5 Movies Starring Brenda Vaccaro

The House by the Lake

The House by the Lake

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-03-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (645 Reviews)

Director:

William Fruet

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

A rich playboy has a large house in the countryside. One weekend he invites a fashion model. On his way to the house, he drives past a gang of crazy young men. The men find out where the house is and begin to terrorize the couple.

Capricorn One

Capricorn One

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-06-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (15089 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Hyams

Fullplot:

Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars. Seconds before the launch, the entire team is pulled from the capsule and the rocket leaves earth unmanned much to Brubaker's anger. The head of the programme explains that the life support system was faulty and that NASA can't afford the publicity of a scratched mission. The plan is to fake the Mars landing and keep the astronauts at a remote base until the mission is over, but then investigative journalist Robert Caulfield starts to suspect something.

Zorro: The Gay Blade

Zorro: The Gay Blade

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-07-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(3118 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Medak

Cast:

Writer:

Hal Dresner (screen story)

Greg Alt (screen story)

Don Moriarty (screen story)

Bob Randall (screen story)

Johnston McCulley (based upon a character created by)

Hal Dresner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot figure out how to continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, luck stays with Vega when his long-lost twin brother Ramon, who was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, whom is also flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth, appears for a visit. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but wishes to make some changes. Bunny becomes 'the Gay Blade' in which his new suits are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored, and Bunny insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte a long-time critic of Captain Esteban's policies, and who has a crush on her masked hero.

Heart of Midnight

Heart of Midnight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-03-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (789 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Chapman

Fullplot:

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special relationship with her uncle as she battles her memories and her surroundings in her new home.

You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (20482 Reviews)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Fullplot:

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - 2011 ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical intravenous drip. The local D.A., the governor, and the Legislature respond. In court scenes, Kevorkian is sometimes antic. He's single-minded about giving dying individuals the right to determine how their lives will end. He wants the Supreme Court to rule. He picks a fight he can't win: is it hubris or heroism?

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.

View our privacy policy.