2 Movies Starring Pia Zadora

Butterfly

Butterfly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-02-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (803 Reviews)

Director:

Matt Cimber

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

James M. Cain (novel)

Matt Cimber (adaptation)

John F. Goff (screenplay)

Matt Cimber (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Orson Welles, as judge Rauch, holds a lengthy trial against Jess Tyler, a caretaker deserted by his wife ten years before, who's accused of improper relations with his daughter Kady. Complications follows when Wash, father of Kady's baby, comes back to take her away.

The Lonely Lady

The Lonely Lady

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-09-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

2.5 (717 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Sasdy

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Harold Robbins (novel)

Ellen Shepard (adaptation)

John Kershaw

Shawn Randall

Fullplot:

Jerilee Randall, a simple schoolgirl living in San Fernando, dreams of becoming a famous writer. While at a party, she meets the son of a famous screenwriter. The son invites her over to his house; she accepts. They drive away with some other people, and that night, she is assaulted by one of the son's friends with a garden hose. The "friend" is interrupted in his assault by screenwriter Walter Thornton, who arrives in time to save her from an even more disgusting fate. Walter's rescue of Jerilee begins a friendship between the two, and before you know it, the two fall in love. They marry. Their marriage falls apart when Jerilee's script rewrites actually improve one of Walter's screenplays and he feels one-upped. Jerilee then goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and get it produced.

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