5 Movies Starring Lawrence Dane

Running

Running

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-10-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (533 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him. He sets out on his task with determination and hope that his success will resolve his personal problems.

Scanners

Scanners

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-01-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (31928 Reviews)

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-05-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(4956 Reviews)

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Cast:

Writer:

John C.W. Saxton (screenplay)

Peter Jobin (screenplay)

Timothy Bond (screenplay)

John C.W. Saxton (story)

Fullplot:

Virginia Wainwright is a spirited young woman who has returned to a private school having survived a deadly accident and regenerative brain surgery. She is proud that she belongs to the Top Ten - the school's inner circle with the best students - and attempts to resume a normal life. But her friends are falling prey to a grueling series of murders, and soon there will be no one left to attend her 18th birthday party. Could it be her? Striving to rekindle the memory of her nightmarish accident, Virginia suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. We soon learn the horrible truth behind her accident and what is going on before her birthday party...

Of Unknown Origin

Of Unknown Origin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-11-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1589 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Chauncey G. Parker III (novel)

Brian Taggert (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent.

The Park Is Mine

The Park Is Mine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1166 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lyle Gorch (screenplay)

Stephen Peters (novel)

Fullplot:

A vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.

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