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Cannonball, also known as Carquake, is a 1976 film starring David Carradine. The film is one of two released in 1976 (the other being The Gumball Rally) that were based on a real illegal cross-continent road race that took place for a number of years in the United States. The same topic later became the basis for the films The Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II and Speed Zone!. The film was written and directed by Paul Bartel, who also directed Death Race 2000.
The name of the film and the plot were inspired by Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), who traveled across the U.S. several times, and by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an illegal cross-continent road race introduced by Brock Yates to protest against the 55 MPH speed limit.
The Trans-America Grand Prix is an illegal race held every year between Los Angeles and New York City. Recently released from jail, where he was serving a sentence for killing a girl while driving drunk, racing driver Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) hopes to win the race and get his career back on track. Racing team Modern Motors have promised a contract to either him or his arch-rival Cade Redmond (Bill McKinney) who is also in the race - the contract will go to whichever of them wins. Coy is still on probation and when his parole officer, Linda Maxwell (Veronica Hamel), with whom he is having an affair, discovers he will be crossing state lines in violation of his parole, she attempts to stop him, only to have him force her to accompany him on the race.
Actors: Christopher Daniels (actor), Allen Jones (actor), Colton Dunn (actor), Tori Amos (actress), Nigel McGuinness (actor), Isaiah Mustafa (actor), Steve Caballero (actor), Matt Serra (actor), Edward Bursch (editor), Brian Bendis (actor), Tom Brennan (actor), Chris Ward (actor), Todd Casey (writer), Jordan Geary (actor), Claudio Sanchez (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Colin Mochrie (actor), Brian Dooley (actor), William Minsky (writer), William Minsky (actor), Mark Meer (actor), Mark Meer (actor), Dana Andersen (actor), Dana Andersen (producer), Tom Edwards (actor), Christopher Craddock (director), Christopher Craddock (producer), Christopher Craddock (writer), Christopher Craddock (actor), Kevin Gillese (producer), Kevin Gillese (actor),
Plot: Kimberly Beckmen is a reporter who cares less about being good, than about getting a good story. She is drawn into the world of W.A.N.C at a tag team title match, which pits Destroyer and Cannonball against Cowboy and Jeff "The Indian" Osbourne. With help from quack psychiatrist Dr. Melvin Gibson who allows his sessions to be taped, Kimberly examines the wrestlers through her low-end news show Entertainment X. Intrusive interviews, and hidden cameras reveal the underside of a league overseen by the scandalous Commissioner Connor O'Connor. Tag team manager Alan Burnskey works against Destroyer's Fiancée, Janice Kreegman, as she encourages the injured Destroyer to retire. Cowboy struggles with Jeff's growing mental illness, while Pretty Boy Floyd and his partner struggle with Floyd's homosexuality and his partner's homophobia. Lobo wants life to return normal after the death of his parents. His little brother Ian wants to be a wrestler himself and looks up to Lobo and the friendly giant who calls himself The Mass. The league is brought together by the sudden death in the community. At the funeral Kimberly discovers an appreciation for the wrestlers and their lives, as they exist beyond the ring. She and the members of WANC learn to accept loss, change, and a big piece of wedding cake.
Keywords: canadian, dark-comedy, improvised, mockumentaryActors: Eric Etebari (actor), Dave Cobert (actor), Mike Ansbach (actor), Mike Ansbach (writer), Mike Ansbach (director), Mike Ansbach (editor), Mike Ansbach (producer), Chad Horning (actor), Andrea Andes (actress), Rebecca Cardon (actress),
Plot: Ever have a friend totally screw you over? Sure, we all have. This is a story about Karma; a force that is real and powerful, and you'd best be aware of it. Devin had it made -- a date with a former Miss Mississippi. He had it all figured out, that's when he f'd it all up!
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tom Bell (actor), Norman Mitchell (actor), Tim McInnerny (actor), Alistair McGowan (actor), Richard Harris (actor), Margaret Matheson (producer), Ian Carmichael (actor), Simon Day (actor), Earl Cameron (actor), Hal Lindes (composer), Simon Channing Williams (producer), Stephen Lewis (actor), Dorothy Tutin (actress), Hilary Sesta (actress), Georgie Glen (actress),
Plot: The once-reknowned escape-artist and magician, Kandinsky, is now reduced to confounding the staff and inmates of his retirement home. His one regret in life is never mastering an underwater escape. The death of a friend sends him out into the world to track down his old colleagues, particularly the Professor, his old teacher, to master the secret of the escape. But the Professor is an escapologist of no mean order, and Kandinsky has his work cut out for him to wrestle away the secret. Meanwhile, his fellow retirement home inmates prepare for Kandinsky's triumphant return.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Robert Culp (actor), Gregg Henry (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Bill McLean (actor), Arthur Space (actor), Gary Goetzman (actor), Royce D. Applegate (actor), Carmen Argenziano (actor), Pernell Roberts (actor), Brian Libby (actor), Grant Goodeve (actor), Gene Borkan (actor), Jackie Baugh (miscellaneous crew), Robin Mattson (actress), Bruce M. Fischer (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Wallace Fox (director), Bill Elliott (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Eddie Laughton (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor), Art Mix (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Tex Ritter (actor), Hal Taliaferro (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), John Tyrrell (actor), Edythe Elliott (actress), Leon Barsha (producer),
Plot: In a saloon shooting, a cowboy thinks he killed Prince Katey, a man he closely resembles. Cannonball arrives and thinking the cowboy to be Katey, gets him to return to the Katey ranch where the mother is in trouble. She thinks her missing son has returned and even though the Sheriff is chasing him, he decides to take up the mother's fight against the man who is trying to throw her off the ranch.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, bandit, cowboy, henchman, outlaw, sheriff, singer, singing-cowboyActors: Art Seid (editor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Virginia Carroll (actress), Leon Barsha (producer), Fred Myton (writer), Lambert Hillyer (director), Tex Cooper (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor),
Plot: To win possession of the ranches he holds mortgages on, crooked banker Jim Kelton (Tristram Coffin) has his henchmen led by Spike Allen (Joe McGuinn) raid the ranches and stampede the cattle herds thereby ensuring the ranchers can't meet their notes. U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) arrives and is immediately distrusted by Tex Terrell (Tex Ritter) because of Hickok's policy of enforcing the letter of the law. But when Hickok rescues rancher Henry Wade (Hal Price) and his daughter Lucy (Virginia Carroll) from the Kelton gang, Tex joins with Hickok to use the law against Kelton.
Keywords: abduction, accident-prone, derringer, falling-down-a-mine-shaft, gun-handle, hit-with-a-chair, land-grab, malachite, mine, mortgageActors: Charles Nelson (editor), Stanley Brown (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Joel Friedkin (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor), Art Mix (actor), Buck Moulton (actor), Paul Newlan (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Tex Ritter (actor),
Plot: Its pre-civil war days and Bull McQuade is trying to keep Kansas from becomming a free state. He controls the town of Tiburon, a haven for wanted outlaws. One of the wanted men is Bill Hickok and Marshal Tex Martin comes to get him. Later when Hickok saves Tex's life, the two join up and return to Tiburon to try and bring in McQuade and his gang.
Keywords: 1850s, haven-for-outlaws, kansas, outlaw-gangActors: Jess Cavin (actor), Barney Beasley (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Sammy Blum (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Hank Bell (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Jim Corey (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), George Hazel (actor),
Plot: When Tex confronts Hawk Hammond about the murder of his father, the Sheriff is shot. Hammond claims Tex did it and arriving, Bill Hickok takes the job of bringing Tex in. Avoiding Hammond's lynch mob, Bill and Tex take the stage to the County seat. At the relay station Tex finally realizes their mysteriouous stage passenger was in the room when the Sheriff was killed. Finding him gone they head out after him.
Keywords: 1870s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, ambush, b-movie, b-western, bartender, chase, death, deceptionActors: William Hornbeck (editor), Andy Clyde (actor), John A. Waldron (writer), Earle Rodney (director), Wade Boteler (actor), Harry Gribbon (actor), Marvin Loback (actor), Earle Rodney (actor), Marjorie Beebe (actress), Patsy O'Leary (actress), Kathryn Stanley (actress), Mack Sennett (producer), Hampton Del Ruth (writer), Harry McCoy (writer), Earle Rodney (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,