Movie List for "old english"

Fruits of Passion (1981)

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shûji Terayama
Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text)
Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: James Ivory
Writer: Jane Austen (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Samuel Richardson (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Jane Austen (text Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man)
Actors: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate

The Comeback (1980)

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time. Year 1980.

Generes: Documentary, Action
Director: Kit Laughlin
Writer: Geoff Bennett
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Platz, Frank Zane, Dennis Tinerino

Savage Weekend (1979)

Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask. Year 1979.

Generes: Horror
Director: David Paulsen, John Mason Kirby
Writer: David Paulsen
Actors: Christopher Allport, Jim Doerr, David Gale, Devin Goldenberg

Meatballs (1979)

Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Writer: Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis
Actors: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham

Delirium (1979)

An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody. Year 1979.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Peter Maris
Writer: Eddie Krell (story), Jim Loew (story), Peter Maris, Richard Yalem
Actors: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek, Barron Winchester

Dawn! (1979)

Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser. Year 1979.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Ken Hannam
Writer: Joy Cavill
Actors: Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunney Brooke, Tom Richards

Plague (1979)

An ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of … Year 1979.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ed Hunt
Writer: Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Actors: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Céline Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay by), Michael Crichton (based on his novel)
Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Zero to Sixty (1978)

A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners. In HD. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Darren McGavin (screenplay), Peg Shirley (story), Judith Bustany (story)
Actors: Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins, Denise Nickerson

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

When seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade a small town, replicating the residents one body at a time. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: W.D. Richter (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Daniel Ford (novel), Wendell Mayes
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

Coma (1978)

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay), Robin Cook (novel)
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. Year 1978.

Generes: Comedy, Mystery, Horror
Director: Radley Metzger
Writer: Radley Metzger (screenplay), John Willard (play)
Actors: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Steve Rash
Writer: Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (book), Robert Gittler (screenplay)
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis