When Singers Act!
Forgotten (and Forgettable) Roles for Singers in Motion Pictures
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- DirectorAlessio de PaolaStarsCherBarbara LondonSteve WhittakerAfter bumming across the Southwest, a tough, young woman steals a car and runs off to Mexico, where she visits a bordello and is indoctrinated by a lesbian.Some sort of character study with art film aspirations, we watch Cher as the titular character, a rootless hippie woman/child who lurches from one tawdry episode to another. Fortunately for Cher, she lurched into a better film 18 years later--"Moonstruck".
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsWayne NewtonMickey RooneyJo Van FleetA young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children.I haven't seen this film, and don't know anyone who has. From what I can ascertain, it looks like some kind of family flick, a Disneyesque offering.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsStephen BoydElke SommerMilton BerleSnotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.Tony Bennet does a serviceable job in this, a Hollywood expose in the "Sweet Smell of Success"/"All About Eve" mold.
- DirectorMichael D. MooreStarsRoy OrbisonSammy JacksonMaggie PierceNear the ending days of the Civil War, a group of Confederacy spies traveling under guises of musicians are tasked to steal a shipment of gold. Anything goes wrong, one spy (Roy Orbison) has a bullet-shooting guitar handy - just in case.
- DirectorHerbert J. BibermanStarsStephen BoydDionne WarwickOssie DavisA Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsJohnny CashDonald WoodsCay ForesterA murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executives wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsSandra DeeRobert GouletAndy WilliamsA young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his place. When the grandfather suddenly (and secretly) recovers, he uses the situation to his advantage - playing matchmaker in an attempt to ensure his granddaughter's happiness.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBobby VeeJackie DeShannonEddie HodgesStandard boy-girl malt shoppe doings, with a free speech on campus sub-plot dropped in.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsJack JonesPamela StephensonDavid DoyleA singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.Adult contemporary crooner Jack Jones stars in this forgotten British slasher as a former teen idol whose attempt at a comeback is punctuated by the grisly murders of folks in his circle. Allegedly, the producers tried to entice Ringo Starr and Cat Stevens to play the protagonist before settling on Jones.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinRobert McKimsonStarsMichael A. MillerRay ChippewayDennis LardenA rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by Communist enemies of the U.S.