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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978
6.7
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Enter Three Dragons

1978

Enter Three Dragons

1978
6.4
Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
A Distant Thunder

1978

A Distant Thunder

1978
4.6
Patty is lying awake one night in a church basement, distraught and scared. She is to be executed the next morning for refusing to take the Mark of the Beast. Patty knows what lies ahead if she takes the mark but can still not believe in Christ.When those around her try to comfort her and encourage her to accept the Lord, she lashes out at them.
The Buddy Holly Story

1978

The Buddy Holly Story

1978
7.2
A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.
The Troupe

1978

The Troupe

1978
7.5
The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?
The Guardian and His Poet

1978

The Guardian and His Poet

1978
About the life of writer Robert Walser.
La Banda del Carro Rojo

1978

La Banda del Carro Rojo

1978
7.6
Drug dealers try to cross the US border.
California Suite

1978

California Suite

1978
5.8
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Shaolin Master and the Kid

1978

Shaolin Master and the Kid

1978
6
A government law officer is dispatched to bring his brother's killers to justice. On his bloody mission, untold assassins are thrown at him, but to no avail. One by one they are done away with in a most militant style.
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

1978

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

1978
6.6
Jackie Chan stars as the young warrior Hsu Yiu Fong. Hsu has been entrusted with the book of the "Art of the Snake and Crane," after the mysterious disappearance of the eight Shaolin Masters who had written it. He must fight off numerous clans who are all attempting to steal the book from him, to find out the true reason for the disappearance of the Shaolin Masters.
The President's Mistress

1978

The President's Mistress

1978
6.7
A government courier is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but also a Soviet spy.
Battered Flesh

1978

Battered Flesh

1978
2.2
Berta (Tota Alba) has entered, once again, in prison accused of fraud. From the first moment she steps in the jail, she becomes the toy of all the veteran inmates. The number of conflicts in which she is immersed causes her to be transferred several times from penitentiary. In all of them will live some experience that will change her life; she will know love, hate, despair, etc.
The Other Side of Hell

1978

The Other Side of Hell

1978
7.2
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.
Showdown At The Equator

1978

Showdown At The Equator

1978
An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
The Four Feathers

1978

The Four Feathers

1978
6.7
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.
The Black Panther

1977

The Black Panther

1977
5.6
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Summer City

1977

Summer City

1977
4.4
Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977
7.3
The original cast of "Father Knows Best" returns for the second reunion movie. After learning that none of the children will be home for Christmas, Jim and Margaret decide to sell their house.
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977
5.4
A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
Capricorn One

1977

Capricorn One

1977
6.8
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.