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Terry Davis (born 1947) is an American novelist who lives near Spokane, Washington, and is a professor emeritus of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU Mankato), where he taught Creative writing – fiction and screenwriting – as well as adolescent literature. Davis, who has been a high school English teacher and a wrestling coach, is the author of three novels for young adults: Vision Quest (1979), Mysterious Ways (1984), and If Rock & Roll Were a Machine (1992). He has also written Presenting Chris Crutcher, a biography of the respected young-adult author.
John Irving called Vision Quest "the truest novel about growing up since Catcher in the Rye," and said, "it's a better novel about wrestling, and wrestlers, than The World According to Garp."
Vision Quest was made into a 1985 movie of the same title, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino.
Terry Davis was born and raised in Spokane. The son of a housewife and a sales executive, Davis excelled at Shadle Park High School as a wrestler and basketball player, then studied English at Eastern Washington University where he met fellow student Chris Crutcher – a year his senior.
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Genres: Action,Actors: Lee Grant (actress), Virginia Capers (actress), Laura Dern (actress), William Schallert (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Simon Williams (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Ralph Macchio (actor), Judd Hirsch (actor), Ron Dean (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Allen Garfield (actor), Crispin Glover (actor), Ruth Myers (costume designer), JoBeth Williams (actress),
Plot: A teacher overcomes his frustration in a high-school full of flunkies. As he attempts to educate his students, his attempts to help them gets him into trouble with the school board, which only adds to his problems. With the support of his students he beats the school board and his frustration.
Keywords: bra-less, female-nudity, girl-stripped-down-to-panties, high-school, high-school-teacher, popular-teacher, satire, social-satire, student, teacherActors: George 'Buck' Flower (actor), James Hong (director), Dalene Young (actress), James Hong (producer), Perry Lang (actor), Brenda Weisman (miscellaneous crew), Steven Nielson (editor), Jewel Shepard (actress), Richard Hieronymus (composer), Stan Kamber (actor), Michael Heit (actor), Michael Sloane (actor), Kirsten Baker (actress), Richard Singer (actor), Robert Gribbin (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: George Fisher (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), John Quade (actor), Ross Hagen (actor), Chuck Hicks (actor), Allen Pinson (actor), Rosalind Cash (actress), Vonetta McGee (actress), Rockne Tarkington (actor), Calvin Lockhart (actor), Jim Kelly (actor), Gary Pagett (actor), Jerry Butler (composer), Jack Manning (actor), Judyann Elder (actress),
Plot: A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Keywords: assassination, audio-cassette, avenge, blaxploitation, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, character-name-in-title, corruption, corvette, disc-jockey, framed-for-murder