4 Movies Starring Suzy Amis

Twister

Twister

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-06-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (1641 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Mary Robison (novel)

Michael Almereyda

Fullplot:

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children's TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son, the son's fiancèe, and the black maid. Also thrown into the mix is the daughter's ex-husband, a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife's good graces.

The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1124 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?

Blown Away

Blown Away

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-01

Languages:

English, Irish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (21856 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Cast:

Writer:

John Rice (story)

Joe Batteer (story)

Jay Roach (story)

Joe Batteer (screenplay)

John Rice (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jimmy Dove works for the bomb squad in Boston and he is always the one who is on the tough jobs. One day he decides to quit the force and to become a teacher for the rookies of the squad. A few days later his former partner is killed by a bomb and Jimmy becomes suspicious that maybe this bomb could have been built by a former friend of himself. He begins to investigate and finds out that his worst nightmare has returned from his past.

Last Stand at Saber River

Last Stand at Saber River

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

(967 Reviews)

Director:

Dick Lowry

Cast:

Writer:

Elmore Leonard (novel)

Ronald M. Cohen (teleplay)

Fullplot:

As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort. Desperate to rebuild the life he once knew, Cable ultimately joins forces with Vern Kidston, his Union adversary to make a last stand for the one thing worth fighting for -- his family.

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