Mike Nader Movies

Though serving a prison sentence for using his computer to embezzle from an international corporation, Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) still thinks of himself as an ordinary criminal. His fellow convict, Piper (Lawrence Fishburne), whose basic decency leads him to protect Dodge from an assault by another prisoner, thinks the same. Neither Piper nor Dodge particularly like each other; matters are not improved when they are chained together. When a prison riot transforms into a break-out opportunity, they get to know one another better on the run, and neither is any too thrilled about it. The action soon grows fast and furious when they realize that they are not only on the run from the usual police authorities, but from several different kinds of police and a gang of mobsters, whom Dodge has unknowingly endangered. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason must reevaluate his legal principles when an old buddy asks him to represent the gangster suspected of murdering his wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this made-for-TV movie, the well-known DC comic book character the Flash must use his super-human abilities to stop the Dark Riders, an evil motorcycle gang who caused the death of his brother and now threatens to take over Central City. A TV series of the same name resulted from this pilot film. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Soap opera queen Susan Lucci stars as an orphan adopted by a mobster family who grows up to be a star attorney, but still dreams of getting revenge on the killers who murdered her parents. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Roger Corman directed this psychedelic odyssey concerning the curative properties of LSD, with a surrealistic screenplay written by Jack Nicholson. Peter Fonda is Paul Groves, a television commercial director whose estranged wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) is pressuring him to sign their divorce papers. Feeling strain in both his professional and his personal life, Paul talks to a guru named John (Bruce Dern), who suggests that an acid trip will cure what ails him. Paul goes to John's pad and his trip begins -- at first calm and sedate, but when Sally and a sexy blonde hippie enter his hallucinations, it's every man for himself. Paul experiences crazed sexual couplings, paranoiac visions, and even gets to attend his own funeral. After imagining he's seeing John's head bashed in, he runs from the apartment in terror and takes to the streets. He is finally rescued and brought to a beach house, where he completes his trip while making love to a beautiful woman. After the trip subsides, Paul is convinced he has been reborn and is prepared to face the new day. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Gidget (Sally Field) and Larue (Lynette Winter) organize a folk-singing group along with a couple of guys, one of whom is named Ringo--Ringo Feinberg, that is. A big opportunity comes the girls' way when local deejay Rick Farmer (Sandy Kenyon) holds a singing contest. Unfortunately, the contest is open only to rock 'n' rollers--obliging Gidget and company to switch musical gears literally overnight. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Gidget (Sally Field) thinks it's high time that she declare her independence--that is, she's tired of depending upon her friends to drive her to the beach. Though she's not yet 16, Gidge begins to make payments on a unique form of transportation: a dilapidated old hearse. This is one of several Gidget episodes directed by William Asher, who was concurrently working on Bewitched (and incidentally, you can see the home of Darrin and Samantha Stevens only a few yards away from Gidget's house.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Worried that her widowed daddy Russ (Don Porter) is working too hard, Gidget (Sally Field) suggests that he spend a relaxing day watching a surfing contest at Malibu. But Gidget soon has reason to regret her suggestion when Russ makes the acquaintance of the beautiful Sally Combs (Marian Collier), who has all the characteristics of a (shudder!) gold-digger. Harvey Korman makes a brief appearance as a police officer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Part of American-International's "Beach Party" series, Beach Blanket Bingo was directed by William Asher. Frankie (Frankie Avalon) briefly deserts Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) in favor of pop star Sugar Kane (Linda Evans). Also around and about is a mermaid, appropriately named Lorelei (Marta Kristen). Scurrilous cycle gang leader Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) finds time to sing a tune, while Paul Lynde sneers a lot, Don Rickles insults a lot, Buster Keaton mimes a lot, and columnist Earl Wilson lets everybody know who he is by exclaiming "That's Earl, brother." The whole cast rushes to the rescue when South Dakota Slim (Timothy Carey) binds the lovely Sugar Kane to a buzzsaw. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this comedy, a hapless Army sergeant's plans to marry are temporarily delayed after he accidentally ends up launched into space with a chimpanzee. Upon his return, he is a changed man and is ultimately sent to prison after he threatens to go public with the mix-up. Meanwhile, suave Sgt. Donovan, Deadhead's double, takes his place at the altar. To stop him, Deadhead breaks out of prison and becomes his old self again just as he arrives at the honeymoon suite. Naturally he wins his rightful bride and happiness ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Gidget (Sally Field) frets over the fact that her best friend Larue (Lynette Winters) is a washout with the boys. In addition to neglecting her looks, Larue also has a tendency to show up at the beach fully clothed (the horror!) There is nothing else for Gidget to do but grab her combs, brushes and eyeliners and give her pal a complete fashion-and-poise makeover. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Out of the beaches and into the boudoirs go Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and the rest of the gang in Pajama Party. Actually, the whole megillah is as innocent as a newborn babe, but there's plenty of smirking and snickering during a wild 'n' wacky girl's slumber party. Frankie Avalon has only a cameo, relinquishing center stage to Tommy Kirk, playing a teenaged Martian (!) studying the lovemaking rituals of Earthlings. Old-timers Buster Keaton, Dorothy Lamour and Elsa Lanchester also weave in and out of the proceedings, with Keaton the only one who doesn't look as though he wishes he were somewhere else. And of course there's good old Harvey Lembeck as good old Eric "Why Me?" Von Zipper. Director Don Weis took over for Beach Party's William Asher in Pajama Party, remaining in charge for the ill-fated sequel Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi