Jack Miller Movies

Beulah Bondi returns as Martha Corinne, the feisty 90-year-old aunt of John Walton (Ralph Waite). No sooner has she shown up for a visit with John and his family than Martha has set about meddling in everybody's business. Getting the hint that she's no longer welcome, the old lady packs up and leaves, only to suffer a heart attack on the way home. Rather than have people feel sorry for her, Martha begs John-Boy to keep her condition a secret...and to surreptitiously honor her final wishes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Mara (Rita Hayworth) is the lonely owner of a gas station on a remote road leading to Salina, Mexico in this psychodrama. A young hippie (Robert Walker Jr.) is mistaken for her son who had left four years earlier. He is encouraged to stay and develops an amorous relationship with his supposed sister Billie (Mimsey Farmer). He looks into the family history and discovers Billie may have killed her own brother and Mara could very well be covering up the crime. Warren (Ed Begley) and Mara dance the frug in this feature, the last for Begley who died in April, 1970 and the second to last film for legendary screen siren Hayworth. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

This gritty character study chronicles the ruthless exploits of an ambitious, cold-blooded rock singer who will do anything to make it to the top, even if it means sleeping with an older woman and robbing her while she sleeps. Following the theft, he heads for Hollywood and engages a top agent; he soon begins an affair with the agent's wife. At the same time, he also impregnates a teenager who he takes to a veterinarian for an abortion. He dumps her when he begins to get popular. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Ben Lyon plays an aspiring boxer in this pre-code drama. Cookie Bradford (Lyon) toils at a diner and works out at the gym while waiting for his big break. His one supporter is the gym owner's daughter, Honey (Constance Cummings). When her father dies suddenly, she decides to take over his business. The fighters, however, have no faith in a woman, and they all walk out on her -- except for Bradford. She begins coaching him and he starts winning fights. But when they marry and head for the big city, male prejudice towards Honey works against them until she manages to place Bradford in a charity fight held by a socialite (Thelma Todd, on loan from the Hal Roach Studios). Bradford then fights his way up to Madison Square Garden, but it all goes to his head. He ignores Honey in favor of the socialite, and dumps her as a manager in favor of Dan Wilson, a man with a big name and big promises. But Bradford's luck runs out and he loses his way to the bottom of the bill. It takes Honey's ingenuity to make him into a contender once again. This was Edward N. Buzzell's debut as a feature film director. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi