1c1 < CRC: 0x8D81014B File: plot.list Date: Thu Feb 23 23:09:23 1995 --- > CRC: 0xFAA8E4F5 File: plot.list Date: Thu Mar 2 23:01:40 1995 27,28c27,28 < 545 BY: Ed Stephan < 417 BY: John Vogel --- > 568 BY: Ed Stephan > 420 BY: John Vogel 30,31c30,31 < 266 BY: Rob Hartill < 212 BY: Murray Chapman --- > 269 BY: Rob Hartill > 213 BY: Murray Chapman 45,46c45,46 < * The list currently contains more than 3700 plot outlines for almost < 3500 movies ! --- > * The list currently contains more than 3800 plot outlines for almost > 3600 movies ! 248,262c248,262 < Actors | Col Needham | 02/17/95 < Actresses | Col Needham | 02/17/95 < Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 02/17/95 < Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 02/17/95 < Biographies | Mark Harding | 02/17/95 < Cast Completion | Col Needham | 02/17/95 < Certificates | Mark Harding | 02/17/95 < Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 02/17/95 < Color Information | Mark Harding | 02/17/95 < Composers | Michel Hafner | 02/17/95 < Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 02/17/95 < Countries | Mark Harding | 02/17/95 < Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 02/17/95 < Directors | Col Needham | 02/17/95 < Editors | Harald Mayr | 02/17/95 --- > Actors | Col Needham | 02/24/95 > Actresses | Col Needham | 02/24/95 > Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 02/24/95 > Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 02/24/95 > Biographies | Mark Harding | 02/24/95 > Cast Completion | Col Needham | 02/24/95 > Certificates | Mark Harding | 02/24/95 > Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 02/24/95 > Color Information | Mark Harding | 02/24/95 > Composers | Michel Hafner | 02/24/95 > Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 02/24/95 > Countries | Mark Harding | 02/24/95 > Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 02/24/95 > Directors | Col Needham | 02/24/95 > Editors | Harald Mayr | 02/24/95 265,270c265,270 < Literature | Joachim Polzer | 02/17/95 < Locations | Rob Hartill | 02/17/95 < Misc. 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Each episode contains good-natured > PL: humor and ends with the family a little wiser about the world. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 812a823,835 > MV: "Callan" (1967) > > PL: David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the S.I.S. (British > PL: counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs > PL: his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This bleak, > PL: "Spy who Came in from the Cold"-style espionage drama concentrates > PL: on the seamy underside of covert operations: assassinations, > PL: blackmail and dirty dealing. > > BY: Marg Baskin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1184a1208,1219 > MV: "Going Places" (1990) > > PL: The production staff of The Dick Roberts Show has its hands full > PL: booking guests for the outrageous talk show and dealing with its > PL: egomaniacal host. After work, Charlie, Jack, Alex and Kate share a > PL: house with Kate's 8-year-old nephew Nick, who is quite a handful > PL: himself. > > BY: Kevin Ackley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1419a1455,1467 > MV: "Lost in Space" (1965) > > PL: While the Robinsons had planned a long voyage through space, > PL: the bumbling Dr. Smith, who has stowed away on their experimental > PL: interstellar craft, throws them off course and gets them totally > PL: lost in space. Through many adventures, the family must contend > PL: with the problems that Dr. Smith invariably entangles them in. > PL: Through this they are aided by the trusty Robbie the Robot. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1491a1540,1555 > MV: "Maverick" (1957) > > PL: Brett and Bart Maverick (and in later seasons, their English cousin, Bo) > PL: are well dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for > PL: a good game. Poker (5 card draw) is their favorite but they've been known > PL: to play such odd card games as Three-toed Sloth on occasion. The show > PL: would occasionally feature both or all three Mavericks, but usually would > PL: rotate the central character from week to week. Cross-over appearances > PL: from the other Warner Brothers western programs were an occasional feature. > PL: First seen as a drama, the show began to develope a sense of humor in the > PL: first season that carried it through it's run. > > BY: John Vogel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2545a2610,2625 > MV: "Zorro" (1990) > > PL: Set in Spanish California, this often-refilmed story chronicles the > PL: adventures of Don Diego de la Vega, a young nobleman who lives a double > PL: live as El Zorro ('the Fox'), protector of the people of the Pueblo > PL: de Los Angeles during the early 1800s. Hiding behind the mannerisms > PL: of a bookish fop, Diego keeps his second identity hidden from everyone > PL: but his servant, Felipe. Zorro's greatest enemy is always the Alcalde, > PL: who personifies the distant Spanish government in Los Angeles. > PL: Cantina-owner (and independent woman far ahead of her time) Victoria > PL: Escalante provides the love interest. > > BY: Marg Baskin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3445a3526,3548 > MV: Africa Screams (1949) > > PL: When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller > PL: Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and > PL: ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. > PL: After encounters with liontamers, giant apes and a wild river, > PL: Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the > PL: store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: African Manhunt (1957) > > PL: Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel > PL: from central Africa to the coast, stopping every so often to > PL: watch wild animals attack one another. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3704a3808,3820 > MV: Airport (1970) > > PL: Mel Bakersfeld is the hard-charging manager of Lincoln International > PL: Airport, trying to keep his airport open despite a raging Midwestern > PL: snowstorm and an angry wife. Meanwhile, his antagonistic > PL: brother-in-law, Vernon Demerest, may have his plans for a placid > PL: layover in Italy disturbed by unexpected news from Gwen Meighen, > PL: and by the plans of the D.O. Guerrero, the loose cannon on board. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4804a4921,4933 > MV: Article 99 (1991) > > PL: A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their > PL: hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds. The > PL: main cause of their problems is bureaucratic belt-tightening by > PL: the hospital administrators. The doctors are determined to give > PL: the best service they can, even if that means defying the orders of > PL: management and performing unauthorized operations. > > BY: Murray Chapman > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6059a6189,6211 > MV: Behind Office Doors (1931) > > PL: Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind > PL: successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until > PL: rival Wales tries to take her away from him. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Behind That Curtain (1929) > > PL: Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who > PL: wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, > PL: run off to India. Old friend John Beetham sympathizes with the > PL: bride who sees that her hubby is a liar and drunk. John and Lois > PL: fly to San Francisco. Eric shows up and tries to kill John, but > PL: Scotland Yard's Lt. Charlie Chan intervenes. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6483a6636,6647 > MV: Big Blue, The (1988) > > PL: A rescue diver return to the Mediterranean to participate in a > PL: deep sea dive competition where he meets a beautiful reporter. > PL: An old rivalry starts again when he has to face a friend from > PL: childhood who holds the record for the deepest dive and is the > PL: current champion. > > BY: Ive Edgardo Velez > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6639,6640c6803,6804 < PL: Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Phillip Marlow is asked to deal < PL: with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlow finds that --- > PL: Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal > PL: with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe finds that 6643c6807 < PL: for something else as Marlow probes. --- > PL: for something else as Marlowe probes. 7517a7682,7690 > MV: Bloodsucking Freaks (1978) > > PL: Sardu runs the theatre of the macabre. Sardu is into S&M. Sardu likes > PL: to kill people in public and make them think it's fake. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7541a7715,7726 > MV: Blown Away (1992) > > PL: Megan, the seventeen year old daughter of a strict but wealthy > PL: businessman, falls for Rich who works at his ski resort. Megan's > PL: mother has recently died in a car accident, which she blames on her > PL: father. Is Rich so in love with Megan that he'll watch her kill her > PL: own father ?. > > BY: Rob Hartill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8492a8678,8696 > MV: Bride of Re-Animator (1991) > > PL: Herbert West once again revives the dead. This time, he brings Dan's > PL: ex-girlfriend's heart back inside a 'perfect' body. Dr. Hill returns > PL: as the evil nemesis who lost his head. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > PL: Herbert West and his reluctant sidekick, Dr. Cain, return for another > PL: funny, gory round of bringing back the dead in bits and pieces. This > PL: time, West cons Cain into an attempt to rebuild his late girlfriend, > PL: using her preserved brain and body parts scrounged from the local > PL: hospital. What results is a kind of sideways parody of "The Bride of > PL: Frankenstein". > > BY: Marg Baskin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9061,9073d9264 < MV: Callan (1974) < < PL: David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the S.I.S. (British < PL: counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs < PL: his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This bleak, < PL: "Spy who Came in from the Cold"-style espionage drama concentrates < PL: on the seamy underside of covert operations: assassinations, < PL: blackmail and dirty dealing. < < BY: Marg Baskin < < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9108a9300,9315 > MV: Candleshoe (1977) > > PL: Small time crook, Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor where > PL: Lady St. Edmund resides, with a number of children and her butler (Priory) > PL: is the resting place for a hoard of buried treasure. Unfortunately, he > PL: doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to > PL: dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long lost granddaughter > PL: and then try to find the treasure. Unfortunately, Lady St. Edmund > PL: is flat broke and Casey, Priory and the children help the Lady to > PL: try to keep her home and pride, as they do all the chores and Priory > PL: acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur, old major all at the same time! > > BY: David A Sparling > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9292a9500,9508 > MV: Caroline at Midnight (1994) > > PL: A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who knows about her and her > PL: husband's dirty dealings. > > BY: Darrin Hyrup > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10302a10519,10530 > MV: Chickens Come Home (1931) > > PL: Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame (Mae Busch) tries to > PL: blackmail him with a old photo ('just the same old apple-cheeked > PL: boy'). Stan's attempts to help Ollie keep the blackmailer at bay > PL: incur the wrath of the shrewish Mrs Laurel who takes her revenge with > PL: an axe. > > BY: stephen@telos.demon.co.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10567a10796,10804 > MV: City of the Living Dead (1980) > > PL: The suicide of a clergyman makes an old curse come true. The gate to > PL: hell opens and the dead goes up from her tombs as zombies. > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10867a11105,11119 > MV: Color of Money, The (1986) > > PL: Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player > PL: Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of > PL: himself. To try and make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach > PL: Vincent how to be a hustler. After some hesitations Vincent accepts > PL: and Eddie takes him and Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through > PL: the country to work the pool halls. However, Vincent's tendency to > PL: show off his talent and by doing so warning off the players and losing > PL: money, soon leads to a confrontation with Eddie. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11153a11406,11415 > MV: Congo (1995) > > PL: An expidition to the African Congo ends in disaster, and a new team > PL: is assembled to find out what went wrong. Based on the novel by > PL: Michael Crichton. > > BY: Dan Goldwasser > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11300a11563,11574 > MV: Cops and Robbers (1973) > > PL: Tom and Joe are disillusioned New York cops who decide to pull off one > PL: big robbery and retire on the proceeds. Bearer bonds are what the > PL: local Mafia boss will buy, so that's what they go for. Central Park is > PL: the location for the switch. Can they come out of it with their lives > PL: and the money ? > > BY: Ian Harries > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11360a11635,11648 > MV: Country Girl, The (1954) > > PL: Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back > PL: when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new > PL: musical. Frank however is very insecure, turns to alcohol and shuns > PL: even the smallest of responsibilities, leaving everything up to his > PL: wife Georgie who finds it harder and harder to cope with her husband's > PL: lack of spirit. Bernie tries to help Frank regain his self-confidence, > PL: believing that it is Georgie who's the cause of his insecurity. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11391a11680,11694 > MV: Cover Girl Murders, The (1993) (TV) > > PL: With his magazine, "Image", in financial trouble, Rex needs one > PL: spectacular issue to pull it out so he flies his editor, Kate, and > PL: a group of his top models to an isolated island paradise for a photo > PL: shoot. From the beginning, the trip is marred by Rex's designs on > PL: Kate's younger sister, Rachel, and his ruthless manipulation of the > PL: models and crew. Finally, he pushes one of the women into a stunt > PL: that costs her her life, beginning a pattern of death and murder > PL: reminiscent of "Ten Little Indians". > > BY: Marg Baskin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12560a12864,12874 > MV: Dead of Night (1945) > > PL: Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country > PL: farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. > PL: Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first > PL: listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12827a13142,13153 > MV: Defiant Ones, The (1958) > > PL: Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two bandits who're in jail. They > PL: hate each other. They fly and are pursued by the police. While > PL: they're chained, the two are dependent on one another. When they > PL: eventually get rid of their chains, their hostility has been > PL: changed into fellowship and respect... > > BY: Tony Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13754a14081,14096 > MV: Double Life, A (1947) > > PL: Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the > PL: characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable > PL: person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be > PL: around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; > PL: although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand > PL: living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he > PL: devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and > PL: with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's > PL: murderous jealousy. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13813a14156,14166 > MV: Dr. Butcher M.D. (1979) > > PL: A mad scientist lives at an molukk island inhabited by cannibals. He > PL: experiments with corpses which he reanimates to zombies. The members > PL: of an expidition landing on that island are soon hunted by cannibals > PL: and zombies. > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15605a15959,15969 > MV: Farewell China (1990) > > PL: Award-winning drama deals with the many in Mailand China who > PL: dream of emigration to the U.S. Set primarily in New York City, > PL: the film follows Zhou who follows his wife's journey to America - > PL: and the tough surprises in store for him in the "Promised Land." > > BY: Towne 3, San Jose, Ca > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16060a16425,16436 > MV: Fighting Mad (1948) > > PL: Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores > PL: his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer > PL: Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing > PL: him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save > PL: Knobby's honor. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16361a16738,16750 > MV: Five Easy Pieces (1970) > > PL: Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist > PL: and is now working in oil fields. He lives together with Rayette, > PL: who's a waitress in a diner. When Robert hears from his sister that > PL: his father isn't well, he drives up to Washington to see him, taking > PL: Rayette with him. There he gets confronted with his rich, cultured > PL: family that he had left behind. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17060a17450,17458 > MV: Franchise Affair, The > > PL: Michael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against > PL: Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17146a17545,17557 > MV: Freaky Friday (1976) > > PL: Schoolgirl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed > PL: with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy > PL: life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and > PL: wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one > PL: day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. > PL: Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday. > > BY: David A Sparling > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18100a18512,18535 > MV: Ghost Ships of the Blind Dead (1971) > > PL: Two young girls travel in a newly constructed boat at sea. This event > PL: should make a propaganda for this new construction. The wireless radio > PL: contact breaks suddenly. The search expidition comes across an old > PL: sail ship populated by bloody zombies. It seems there is no escape > PL: from the undead templars... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942) > > PL: Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the > PL: original doctor's son, Ludwig, for help. Ludwig, obsessed with > PL: the idea of restoring the monster to full power, is unaware > PL: that his various associates all have different ideas about > PL: whose brain is to be transplanted into the monster's skull. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18836a19272,19280 > MV: Gorgasm (1990) > > PL: Tara, a psychotic call girl, has a strange obsession with giving men > PL: the ultimate climax. Chase is a detective out to stop her killing spree. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20244a20689,20699 > MV: Heavy Metal (1981) > > PL: A sweeping story of the battle of good against evil is told through an > PL: anthology of short animated films about a glowing green orb (the Locnar) > PL: that is the personification ultimate evil in the universe. Based loosely > PL: on the French magazine "Heavy Metal." > > BY: Christopher E. Meadows > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20496a20952,20960 > MV: Hi Nellie (1934) > > PL: Newsroom comedy with Muni as news editor demoted to lonely-hearts > PL: column > > BY: Anonymous > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20715a21180,21189 > PL: Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose > PL: his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman > PL: Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight! The crafty editor uses every > PL: trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story, about > PL: murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The comedy snowballs > PL: as William's friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce's > PL: mother all get tied up in Walter's web. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > 20854a21329,21338 > MV: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) > > PL: Jack Chandler is a private eye tracking down Samantha the runaway. > PL: In his travels, he comes across a gang of chainsaw weilding prostitutes > PL: that like to carve people up for their cult. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21763a22248,22258 > PL: Jennifer a young novelist, leaves the city to finish her novel in > PL: the quiet of the countryside. She is noticed by a gang of men when > PL: she arives and they begin to take an intrest in her. One day they > PL: catch her near some woods and strip her naked for the village idiot > PL: (matthew), to rape. He can't do it so another one does it for him. > PL: She is then raped a further two times, in the woods and in her > PL: own home before being left for dead. > PL: When she recovers she goes on a hunt for revenge on the four men. > > BY: > 21834a22330,22337 > PL: A not-so-smart security guard (Tim Robbins), working at Princeton > PL: University in 1958, falls for the personal assistant (Meg Ryan of > PL: Albert Einstein, and is forced to masquerade as one of the professor's > PL: boffin-brained students to win her round. Walter Matthau plays > PL: Einstein. > > BY: William Anderson > 21848a22352,22366 > MV: Ice Station Zebra (1968) > > PL: Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, > PL: a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon > PL: of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of > PL: the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew > PL: of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. > PL: The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out > PL: that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop > PL: at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22496a23015,23027 > MV: Invaders from Mars (1953) > > PL: Little David MacLean has a problem--all the adults in town > PL: begin acting strangely shortly after he sees strange lights > PL: settling behind a hill near his home. As more and more > PL: adults are affected, he must turn to the pretty Dr. Blake > PL: for protection. Eventually, he must confront his fears in > PL: the unusual conclusion. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22553a23085,23094 > MV: Investigator, The (1973) > > PL: The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher > PL: is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link > PL: with the murder. > > BY: Jean-Yves Simon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22765a23307,23314 > MV: Jack Ahoy (????) > > PL: A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23132a23682,23762 > MV: Joe MacBeth (1955) > > PL: Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily > PL: MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime > PL: boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- > PL: lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father > PL: and wife are Joe's murder victims. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950) > > PL: Joe and Anne go off on their honeymoon while Knobby books > PL: him into a charity fight which Lord Cecil tries to wreck. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951) > > PL: Joe and Anne Palooka, along with Joe's trainer Knobby, are > PL: vacationing when they a kidnapped by The Professor and his > PL: gang. The Professor plans to make Joe throw a fight (and shows > PL: up at the fight dressed as Anne's aunt). > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948) > > PL: Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more > PL: fight sequences than plot. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) > > PL: Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they > PL: can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in > PL: an attempt to prove his innocence. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka in the Counter Punch (1949) > > PL: Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, > PL: he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with > PL: love interest Anne Howe. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950) > > PL: Joe is witness to a mob killing. Two of the killers are after > PL: him. He is drugged before the big fight which is watched on TV > PL: by his manager Knobby and the thugs who are holding Knobby hostage. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) > > PL: Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains > PL: him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe > PL: and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23260a23891,23902 > MV: Judge Dee and the Monastery Murder (1974) (TV) > > PL: China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial centre Judge Dee and > PL: his three wives spend the night at a taoist monastery. Soon the judge > PL: discovers that the secluded place holds a secret - the former abbot > PL: died of unnatural causes. After a number of mysterious events and > PL: more cases of murder Dee tracks down the true villain. > > BY: Otto Oberhauser > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23427a24070,24081 > MV: Just One of the Guys (1985) > > PL: Terry believes her teachers don't take her serious, just because > PL: she's a pretty girl. When she fails to win a journalism contest, she > PL: decides to switch schools - and gender. She plays her role well > PL: and is accepted as one of the guys. However then she meets Rick... > PL: and likes him. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23605a24260,24268 > MV: Khatta Meetha (????) > > PL: Factory worker with 4 sons marries middle aged woman with 2 sons and > PL: a daughter > > BY: Milind Paranjpe > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23687a24351,24361 > MV: Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) > > PL: Kiki is thirteen and on her own. Once a witch turns thirteen, it is time > PL: for her to go out and find a city to settle in for a year to complete her > PL: witches study. It is this time for her and we get to go along as she > PL: attempts to survive in the world on her own. > > BY: Colin Mahoney > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23764a24439,24450 > MV: Killers from Space (1954) > > PL: Atomic scientist Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes while on > PL: an investigatory mission after a nuclear test. Showing up at the base > PL: later, he is given sodium pentathol after being caught in espionage > PL: activities. He is not believed as he relates how he was captured by > PL: aliens who plan on conquering Earth by using giant animals and insects. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24457a25144,25157 > MV: Last Unicorn, The (1982) > > PL: The last unicorn in the world goes on a quest to discover what has > PL: happened to all the others of her kind. Along the way she meets a > PL: variety of interesting characters including the rather inept Schmendrick > PL: the Magician, a sensible middle-aged woman named Molly Grue, and the evil > PL: King Haggard. The story is part fantasy, part allegory about fairy > PL: tales, and part tale about life itself. Based on the novel of the same > PL: name by Peter S. Beagle. > > BY: Christopher E. Meadows > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24698a25399,25413 > MV: Leap of Faith (1992) > > PL: Jonas is a fraudulent faith healer, who uses all the tricks in the book > PL: to con the people attending his shows. Jonas and his team of helpers, > PL: including Jane who is in need of some romance, travel the country > PL: stopping at big towns and cities to put on their show. When one of the > PL: trucks breaks down in a small town, Jonas is quick to accept the > PL: challenge of making money in this town. His other goal is to seduce > PL: Marva, a waitress in the town, but she's a hard nut to crack, as is > PL: Will, the local sheriff who's determined to expose Jonas as a fraud. > > BY: Rob Hartill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25010a25726,25740 > MV: Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994) (TV) > > PL: This is the authentic story of Laurie Kellog, who was accused of > PL: murder of her husband Bruce in May 1992, told in flashbacks while > PL: she's waiting for her judgment. > PL: With 16 she met the 15 years older Bruce Kellog, a charming guy, > PL: and moved in with him shortly after. What she didn't know was > PL: that he "bought" her from her father in law for 500 bucks. > PL: First she's happy to serve him, but not long and Bruce shows > PL: his real face. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25596a26327,26425 > MV: Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, The (1958) > > PL: Three Indians are murdered. Each was wearing a medallion when > PL: he died. Together the medallions form a puzzle whose solution > PL: points to gold. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Ranger, The (1955) > > PL: What appears to be treaty-breaking by Indians is really a plot > PL: by rancher Kilgore to mine silver on Indian land. The mountain > PL: he wants is sacred to the Indians. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider Ambushed, The (1941) > > PL: The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) > PL: to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He > PL: tries to get the info from Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets > PL: suspicious. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider Crosses the Rio, The (1941) > > PL: Hiding from outlaws in Mexico, Tom and Fuzzy help a Mexican > PL: offical's son by faking his kidnapping (the boy's father > PL: disapproves of his affair with a cabaret singer). When the > PL: kid is really kidnapped, our heroes get blamed. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider Fights Back, The (1941) > > PL: Tom infiltrates a gang of outlaws and soon internal bickering > PL: yields the information he seeks about who murdered his buddy. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider and the Bandit, The (1942) > > PL: Tom disguises himself as a musician to learn who is > PL: terrorizing the miners into selling their claims cheaply. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider in Cheyenne, The (1942) > > PL: Tom attempts to clear the name of a man who has been > PL: wrongfully accused of murdering a prison guard. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider in Ghost Town, The (1941) > > PL: Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, > PL: is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw > PL: gang's hideout, and they scare folks away to protect their mine. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Rider, The (1930) > > PL: Lanning heads a vigilante group till Farrell digs up some dirt > PL: which turns the vigilantes on him. To save his own reputation, > PL: Lanning must bring Farrell to trial. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lone Wolf Keeps a Date, The (1941) > > PL: Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped > PL: businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police > PL: in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25924c26753 < PL: Tate Conovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is --- > PL: Tate Donovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is 25926c26755 < PL: him "Love Potion No. 9", an elixir which can potentially force anyone --- > PL: him "Love Potion No. 8", an elixir which can potentially force anyone 26072a26902,26924 > MV: Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1979) > > PL: Reknowned international thief Lupin III (known as "Wolf" in the English > PL: dub) comes to the small European duchy of Cagliostro to investigate > PL: some excellently-forged money and stumbles across a national conspiracy > PL: going back some hundreds of years. Lupin and his friends must rescue the > PL: beautiful Clarice from the hands of the evil Count Cagliostro and solve > PL: the mystery of a hidden treasure dating back to the 15th century. > > BY: Christopher E. Meadows > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (1987) > > PL: Lupin (referred to as "Rupan" in AnimEigo's translations) must rescue his > PL: companion Goemon's bride-to-be after she is kidnapped by a ninja clan > PL: intent on stealing her family's ancestral treasure. > > BY: Christopher E. Meadows > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29631a30484,30497 > MV: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984) > > PL: In the far future, man has destroyed the Earth in the "Seven Days of > PL: Fire". Now, there are small pockets of humanity that survive. > PL: One pocket is the Valley of Wind where a princess named Nausicaa > PL: tries to understand, rather than destroy the Toxic Jungle. > PL: Note that the old US release titled Warriors of the Wind is an > PL: entirely kiddified version which edits the original movie heavily, > PL: thus creating an entirely different story. -Andre > > BY: Alan Takahashi > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29954a30821,30832 > MV: Night Train To Terror (????) > > PL: God and Satan are on a train discussing to fate of three individuals. > PL: The stories of the persons in question are shown in a trio of very > PL: strange vignettes. One involves an insane asylum with some interesting > PL: treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows > PL: us the adventures of a server of Satan. This is a strange movie. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30171a31050,31062 > MV: Nightmare Concert (1990) > > PL: Dr. Lucio Fulci is a director of splatterfilms. He stages a > PL: gestapo-orgy like it was any other movie scene. But he is influenced > PL: by these things more than he likes. He is hunted by bloody visions > PL: day by day. Is Fulci still normal? He asks a psychatrist. He doesn't > PL: know that the psychatrist has much bigger problems than Fulci himself. > PL: The psychatrist uses Fulci's visions for brutal murders in real life... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30278a31170,31182 > MV: Nightwatch (1994) > > PL: In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman > PL: in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are > PL: deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because > PL: of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to > PL: think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him > PL: but Martin is more and more suspected. > > BY: Joern Richts > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30879a31784,31793 > MV: Omega Man, The (1971) > > PL: The last human on earth needs to find a way to survive on earth after a > PL: plague has wiped everyone out. He is not alone as he is terrorized by > PL: a group of deformed vampiric creatures that call themselves 'the family'. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30999a31914,31928 > MV: Once Bitten (1985) > > PL: The Countess has a problem. She is a 400 year old vampire who will cease > PL: to look young unless she is able to feed on a virgin three times before > PL: Holloween, a week away. She sends Sebastian, her servant and all of her > PL: lesser vampires out to find one. Finding a virgin is difficult in > PL: Los Angeles. Mark has a problem. He wants to 'do it' with Robin in the > PL: worst way, but she wants to wait. Jamie and Russ, Mark's goofy friends > PL: convince him to go to a Hollywood pick up spot where Mark meets the > PL: Countess, on the prowl. Robin's not going to understand. > > BY: John Vogel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31151a32081,32092 > MV: One Million B.C. (1940) > > PL: Tumak, member of the prehistoric Rock tribe, is exiled and makes his way to > PL: the more peaceful Shell tribe, where he is taken in and taught manners by > PL: the lovely Loana. Forced to leave the Shell tribe for fighting, Tumak, > PL: along with Loana, return to the Rock tribe, where Loana shows them the > PL: error of their brutal ways - until the volcano erupts! > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31625a32567,32575 > MV: Palooka (1934) > > PL: Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight > PL: the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31785a32736,32747 > MV: Paris Match (1995) > > PL: A lovey-dovey romance ... with a twist. A cuddlesome couple (Kevin > PL: Kline and Meg Ryan) find that true love doesn't always follow the > PL: straight and narrow, when he goes to Paris, and falls for a gorgeous > PL: French chick. She follows - to win him back - only to fall for a > PL: gorgeous French guy! A fluffy comedy, full of chaos. > > BY: William Anderson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32594a33557,33569 > MV: Pink Nights (1985) > > PL: Danny is shy and always astonished how his friend Jeff can just walk > PL: up to a total stranger and say "Hi!". Even more astonishing that Danny > PL: meets three girls the next week and when his mother goes on vacation, > PL: one after the other shows up on his doorstep and they move in with him! > PL: However that's rather a problem for Danny, because, in love, > PL: he's just with one of them. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32734a33710,33725 > MV: Plague of the Zombies, The (1966) > > PL: Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little > PL: village in English Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks > PL: professor James Forbes for help. The professor and his daughter Sylvia > PL: travel to Thomson. Terrible things happen soon, beyond imagination or > PL: reality. Dead people are seen near an old, unused mine. Late people > PL: seem to live suddenly. Professor Forbes presumes that black magic is > PL: involved and someone has extraordinary power. He doesn't know how > PL: close he is: the dead become alive because of a magic voodoo-ritual, > PL: and so they must serve their master as mindless zombies... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33709a34701,34710 > MV: Psych-Out (1968) > > PL: A deaf girl comes to California in the height of the Flower Power era, > PL: looking for her brother, who sent her a post-card that said "God is > PL: alive and well and living in a sugar cube". > > BY: Simon P. Bullen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34780a35782,35791 > MV: Reform School Girls (1986) > > PL: Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden > PL: Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but > PL: she also has to deal with Charlie the bully. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35108a36120,36132 > MV: Revenge of the Stolen Stars > > PL: Klaus kinski plays the ghost of Duncan McBride, murdered owner of a > PL: plantation and ruby mine on the island of Sunanow, in the South China > PL: sea. The mine, and the Curse which killed his uncle, are inherited by > PL: the inept Gene who comes from San Francisco to look for the Six Stars, > PL: (missing rubies) accompanied by the lovely Kelly Scanlon and persued > PL: by the villanous Alex and Lupe. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35435a36460,36470 > MV: Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (1994) > > PL: Parasitic aliens land in the Midwest and take over the bodies of all > PL: they encounter. They infiltrate the very core of the U.S. Government > PL: before being stopped by the father-and-son team played by Donald > PL: Sutherland and Eric Thal. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37303a38339,38351 > MV: Seven Doors of Death (1981) > > PL: The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. > PL: Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is heir of the hotel > PL: wants to restaurate it. She is confronted with strange events. A > PL: painter has a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes and her friend breaks > PL: his neck. When she escapes to the hospital of a friendly doctor she > PL: doesn't know what a nightmare is waiting there... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40123a41172,41183 > MV: Student Exchange (1987) (TV) > > PL: Carol and Neil are are successful in terms of grades, but not very > PL: popular at their highschool. When Carol comes to know that two > PL: foreign exchange students from France and Italy were redirected > PL: to another school, she figures she and Neil could take their places > PL: and be in the middle of public interest for one semester. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40607a41668,41681 > MV: Swing Time (1936) > > PL: Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other > PL: members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be > PL: allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run into > PL: Penny, a dancing instructor. She and Lucky form a successful dance > PL: partnership, but romance is blighted (till the end of the film at least!) > PL: by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricardo, the band leader who > PL: won't play for them to dance together. > > BY: Sebastian Gibbs sjg94@aber.ac.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42267a43342,43350 > MV: Three Men in a Boat (1956) > > PL: Three London gentlemen take vacation rowing down the Thames, > PL: encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way. > > BY: Tom Haapanen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42438a43522,43533 > MV: Tightrope (1984) > > PL: Wes Block (Eastwood) is a detective who's put on the case of a > PL: serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he > PL: rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the > PL: killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even > PL: his daughters are threatened. > > BY: Tony Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42818a43914,43926 > PL: Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the > PL: Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost > PL: no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the Carrier. When > PL: his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings > PL: and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the > PL: attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death > PL: in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick > PL: struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other > PL: students and in a different way to Charlie, a civilian instructor to > PL: whom he is strongly attracted. > > BY: John Vogel > 43194a44303,44313 > MV: Travelling Players, The (1975) > > PL: Greece 1939 - 1952 > PL: Fascist, Nazi, Communist conflict as seen > PL: through a family of travelling > PL: provincial players > > BY: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44186a45306,45315 > MV: Vampire Hunter D (1992) > > PL: In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests > PL: the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and > PL: thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself. > > BY: Christopher E. Meadows > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44210a45340,45351 > MV: Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) > > PL: An uniterrupted rehersal of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" played out by a > PL: company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an > PL: unusable stage and crubmling ceiling. The play is shown act by act > PL: with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The > PL: lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten. > > BY: Rob Hartill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44514c45655 < BY: sayoung@glg.ed.ac.uk --- > BY: Stuart.Young@glg.ed.ac.uk 44760a45902,45912 > MV: Warriors, The (1979) > > PL: The Warriors are mistakenly accused of killing a big time gang leader > PL: named Cyrus. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge. > PL: The Warriors must make their way from one end of New York to their turf > PL: on the other side of the city. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45433a46586,46600 > MV: White Room, The (1989) > > PL: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, King Boy D and Rockman Rock, try > PL: to find and gain access to the mystical White Room. They leave > PL: a party at their house and drive in their 1968 US Cop Car through > PL: night-time London and the dusty plains of the Sierra Nevada > PL: region of Spain. There they face judgement: will they be allowed > PL: to enter the White Room? Meanwhile their lawyer David Franks > PL: tries to find a loophole to free them from their contract with > PL: Eternity. > > BY: Stuart.Young@ed.ac.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45635a46803,46812 > MV: Wild Life, The (1984) > > PL: Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his > PL: rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man > PL: David. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46861a48039,48056 > > PL: A young woman wants to search for her father who is missing since he > PL: made an expidition to the antilles. She starts the search together > PL: with her friends and a reporter. They arrive at an island where they > PL: get confronted with zombies. The zombies long eagerly for human flesh. > PL: In spite of desperate defence the situation becomes hopeless. More and > PL: more undead corpses crawl up and walk arround looking for flesh... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Zombie 3 (1980) > > PL: A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies > PL: attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby... > > BY: Matthias Luehr