Connections: Breaker Morant
Conntecting a series of movies through each movie's second billed performer
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- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn WatersThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsWilliam HoldenRicky SchroderJack ThompsonDiagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.Connected to "Breaker Morant" through Jack Thompson.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsRicky SchroderAlec GuinnessEric PorterAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.Connected to "The Earthling" through Rick Schroeder.
- DirectorMarshall BrickmanStarsDudley MooreElizabeth McGovernAlec GuinnessA psychiatrist, who falls in love with a patient, is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.Connected to "Little Lord Fauntleroy" through Alec Guiness.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Connected to "Lovesick" through Elizabeth McGovern.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRachel WardJeff BridgesJames WoodsA gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.Connected to "Once Upon a Time in America" through James Woods.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJeff BridgesKaren AllenCharles Martin SmithAn alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.Connected to "Against All Odds" by Jeff Bridges.
- DirectorPierre-William GlennStarsKaren AllenJürgen ProchnowJohnny HallydayIn a sort of "Mad Max" futuristic adventure, an international sport has been established where a driver of a computerized truck must drive across country to an established terminus and not be stopped by other vehicles. The lead truck, called "Monster" has been created by a boy genius and is to be driven by a woman through the course. The only problem is the computer guidance system fails and she ends up in uncharted territories. There she encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her and eventually kill her. Before dying she tells a fellow prisoner about the truck and he uses it to escape. Most of the rest of the film is his relationship ("2001" - Hal-like) with the truck's computer and his avoidance of attacking vehicles. Meanwhile back at the Terminus, the boy genius is ruled by a mysterious doctor, who may have another plan in mind.Connected to "Starman" through Karen Allen.
- DirectorVadim GlownaStarsJürgen ProchnowSam WaterstonSuzanna HamiltonAt the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.Connected to "Terminus" through Jürgen Prochnow.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsElaine StritchDenholm ElliottMia FarrowAt a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.Connected to "Devil's Paradise" through Sam Waterston.
- DirectorJames BridgesStarsMichael J. FoxKiefer SutherlandPhoebe CatesA disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsA group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.Connected to "Bright Lights, Big City" through Kiefer Sutherland.
- DirectorFred HolmesStarsLou Diamond PhillipsDeeDee NortonHerta WareJohn Dakota is young bum with a hidden past. He meets a nice family and works on their ranch. He soon becomes a good friend of the disabled son and helps them overcome local problems.Connected to "Young Guns" through Lou Diamond Phillips. DeeDee Norton was second billed. As this was her last credited movie role, here the list ends.