Movies with John Cassady

Voice Over

Genres: Drama

Year: 1983

Country: UK

Director: Christopher Monger

Starring: Ian McNeice, John Cassady, Bish Nethercote, Sarah Martin, David Pearce, Stuart Hutton, Eira Moore

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Does the fact that a film is about a misogynist make it a misogynistic film? That’s the question that plagued Voice Over director, Christopher Monger, on the film’s initial release and which helped hasten its relegation to relative obscurity.Ian McNeice stars as “Fats” Bannerman, the writer of a radio drama for women set in the 19th Century which has attracted a loyal following, much to everyone’s amusement.When he’s faced with some home truths about his show by a local journalist, before being taunted by two women whom he meets in a bar, Fats’ career starts to take a new direction. Then he stumbles upon one of the women in an alley, b...

The Martian Chronicles

Genres: Sci-Fi

Year: 1980

Country: USA

Director: Michael Anderson

Starring: Roddy McDowall, Jon Finch, Laurie Holden, Fritz Weaver, Bernie Casey, Alison Elliott, Robert Beatty

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Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them. Members of a subsequent expedition are hypnotized into believing that they have landed in the childhood community of their leader and have been reunited with deceased family and friends, and they are poisoned by the Martians. Col. John Wilder leads a third expedition and learns that a chicken pox virus brought to Mars by the first two expeditions has almost eradicated the Martian population. A member of Wilder's team becomes obsessed with protecting Mars from Earthman and murders some of the oth...

Victor Victoria

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music

Year: 1982

Country: USA, UK

Director: Blake Edwards

Starring: Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Julie Andrews, James Garner, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Robbins, Graham Stark

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Set in 1930s Paris, starving opera singer Victoria (Julie Andrews) is aided by gay cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston). When Victoria dons Toddy's ex's clothes and then sends the abusive ex flying with a booming shout and an equally booming right hook, Toddy is hit with inspiration: he'll pass her off as a female impersonator. A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman? It all goes well until Chicago "businessman" King Marchand (James Garner), starts to investigate, sure that a man like himself could never fall for another man! The revelation of Kings infatuation brings his body guard 'Squash' Bernstein (Alex Karras) roaring...