A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.

City Heat

1984

English

5.5

♡ 22

22%

Richard Benjamin Director

Art LaFleur as Bruiser

Clint Eastwood as Lieutenant Speer

William Sanderson as Lonnie Ash

Beau Starr as Pitt Lookout

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

The Griddle House

2018

English

5.1

♡ 8

36%

Action

Drama

Paul Tomborello Director

Paul Rodriguez as Amos

William Sanderson as Gus

Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Peterson

Amber Benson as Tiny

The story follows teenager Jack Benson, who is on the hunt for his birth mother. He finds she has been a regular all along at the nearby Griddle House.

American Playhouse The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1982

English

7.0

♡ 9

100%

72%

Action

based on novel or book

Robert M. Young Director

William Sanderson as Cowboy

Bruce McGill as Reporter Blakely

Pepe Serna as Romaldo Cortez

James Gammon as Sheriff Frank Fly

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.

Death Hunt

1981

English

6.9

♡ 22

17%

70%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

Peter R. Hunt Director

Charles Bronson as Albert Johnson

Henry Beckman as Bill Luce

Len Lesser as Lewis

William Sanderson as Ned Warren

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

Savage Weekend

1979

English

4.5

♡ 10

David Paulsen Director

Yancy Butler as Little Girl

Christopher Allport as Nicky

William Sanderson as Otis

Caitlin O'Heaney as Shirley Sales

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

Wagons East

1994

English

4.9

♡ 7

Peter Markle Director

Lochlyn Munro as Billy

Marvin J. McIntyre as Irving Ferguson

John Candy as James Harlow

William Sanderson as Zeke

After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.

Disappearances

2006

English

5.0

♡ 3

52%

father son relationship

great depression

prohibition era

smuggling (contraband)

whiskey

Jay Craven Director

Luis Guzmán as Brother St. Hilaire

Gary Farmer as Herny Coville

William Sanderson as Rat Kinneson

Charlie McDermott as Wild Bill Bonhomme

Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."

Crossfire Trail

2001

English

7.1

♡ 12

40%

Simon Wincer Director

Brad Johnson as Beau Dorn

William Sanderson as Dewey

Joanna Miles as Melissa Thompson

Tom Selleck as Rafe Covington

Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.

Gods and Generals

2003

English

6.2

♡ 33

8%

Ron Maxwell Director

Alex Hyde-White as Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

William Sanderson as Gen. A. P. Hill

Patrick Gorman as Gen. John Bell Hood

Robert Duvall as Gen. Robert E. Lee

The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983

English

6.3

♡ 25

57%

parent child relationship

Steve Carver Director

Don Pike as First Gunman

Dana Kimmell as Sally McQuade

William Sanderson as Snow

R.G. Armstrong as T. Tyler

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.

Raggedy Man

1981

English

6.8

♡ 10

100%

Jack Fisk Director

William Sanderson as Calvin

Henry Thomas as Harry

R.G. Armstrong as Rigby

Eric Roberts as Teddy

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.

The Onion Field

1979

English

6.8

♡ 9

87%

64%

Action

based on a true story

police officer killed

Harold Becker Director

Richard Herd as Beat Cop

Michael Pataki as Dist. Atty. Dino Fulgoni

Bill Morey as Lawyer #1

William Sanderson as Young Con

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.

The Rocketeer

1991

English

6.6

♡ 55

67%

Joe Johnston Director

David Pressman as Hospital Guard

Jennifer Connelly as Jenny

William Sanderson as Skeets

Rick Overton as South Seas Patron

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

Man's Best Friend

1993

English

5.3

♡ 14

21%

John Lafia Director

Robert Costanzo as Detective Kovacs

Cameron Arnett as Dog Catcher #1

William Sanderson as Ray

Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects

A genetic research facility worker exposes animal abuses there to a local TV reporter, who frees and takes in a genetically altered dog from the lab, unaware that he has a violent streak.

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

English

6.0

♡ 6

James W. Roberson Director

Ellen Crawford as Agnes Macgruder Joseph

Joseph as Circus Lion

Dennis Fimple as Henderson

William Sanderson as Percey Crow

A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.

Pretty Ugly People

2008

English

4.9

♡ 2

25%

Tate Taylor Director

Larry Sullivan as Austin

Missi Pyle as Lucy

William Sanderson as Sam

Allison Janney as Suzanne

Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.

Proof of the Man

1977

Japanese

6.6

♡ 4

1950 book of poems

bad parents

based on novel or book

Jun'ya Satô Director

Tôru Minegishi as Detective Shimoda

William Sanderson as Gun Dealer

Rick Jason as Lionel Adams

Toshirô Mifune as Yohei Kori

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

The Executioner's Song

1982

English

7.0

♡ 4

74%

Lawrence Schiller Director

Richard Venture as Earl Dorius

William Sanderson as Gibbs

Rosanna Arquette as Nicole Baker

Ray Girardin as Snyder

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.

Monte Walsh

2003

English

7.0

♡ 9

74%

Action

based on novel or book

Simon Wincer Director

Wallace Shawn as Colonel Wilson

Tom Selleck as Monte Walsh

Joanna Miles as Sairy Brennan

William Sanderson as Skimpy Eagens

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.

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Crossfire Trail

Gods and Generals

Lone Wolf McQuade

Raggedy Man

The Onion Field

The Rocketeer

Man's Best Friend

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Pretty Ugly People

Proof of the Man

The Executioner's Song

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