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Subgenre Sampler

 
StripesStripes (1981)
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates
In a moment of weakness and despair, a slobbish Bill Murray enlists in the US Army and spends the rest of the movie humourously regretting the…
Survivor, TheSurvivor, The (1981)
Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten
Aussie horror following a pilot who is the only survivor of a crashed Boeing 747–200, and subsequently begins to experience strange…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series)Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…
Tales of Ordinary MadnessTales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Ben Gazzara
A whiskey–swilling, anarchist poet (Ben Gazzara) searches in vain for redemptive power and inspiration through his self–destructive…
TapsTaps (1981)
Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott
A surprise box–office smash about a group of cadets who take over their military college, which is on the brink of being closed down. Inspired…
Tarzan the Ape ManTarzan the Ape Man (1981)
Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe
Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
Tenko (TV Series)Tenko (TV Series) (1981-1984)
Feat. Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
Memorable British drama in which a group of English women, shipwrecked while fleeing the invasion of Singapore in 1941, are captured by the Japanese…
That's My Boy (TV Series)That's My Boy (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake
ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s kooky Mollie Sugden broke ranks with this batty British sitcom, in which she played the hired housekeeper of a young married…
They Call Her...Cleopatra WongThey Call Her...Cleopatra Wong (1981)
Dir. Bobby A. Suarez
Feat. Marrie Lee
Singapore's top policewoman, the deadly Miss Cleopatra Wong, teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit operation in this…
ThiefThief (1981) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. James Caan, Tuesday Weld
Exhilarating, distinctive portrait of a criminal professional, here a safecracker played with wired conviction by James Caan. A scorching…

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