4 Movies Starring Everett McGill

Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-02-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (15079 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gèrard Brach (screenplay)

J.H. Rosny Sr. (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Anthony Burgess created the primitive language for the early humans in this prehistoric adventure about a trio of warriors who travel the savanna, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibalistic tribes in search of a flame that would replace the fire their tribe has lost.

Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Netherlands

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (14960 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Attias

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Stephen King (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The small town of Tarker's Mills was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing extraordinary ever happened until one night when murders began. The townspeople believe it's some maniacal killer on the loose whom they intend to hunt down. Marty, a young handicapped boy, believes the killer is no man at all, but a werewolf. After a run-in with the werewolf, Marty and his sister Jane hunt all over town for the man who is the werewolf.

Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-12-05

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (27611 Reviews)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Fullplot:

1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Stitch Jones, with who Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don't understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway's platoon solely as a training mechanism for his own elite squad trained by Highway's nemesis, Staff Sergeant Webster. Things for Highway and his platoon change when the United States enters into war in Grenada. Through it all, Highway tries to reconnect with his bar waitress ex-wife Aggie, he even clandestinely reading women's magazines to understand her better. Two primary obstacles stand in his way: Roy Jennings, Aggie's boss and current suitor who hates Marines, and Aggie's own remembrance of how dysfunctional their marriage was.

The People Under the Stairs

The People Under the Stairs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (21611 Reviews)

Director:

Wes Craven

Fullplot:

The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy (Fool) from the ghetto and takes place on his 13th birthday. In an attempted burglary (along with two others) of the home of his family's evil landlords, he becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the "children" that the insane brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs.

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