Jack Baker

Jack Baker

Born: June 4, 1947
Died: November 13, 1994
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Movies for Jack Baker...

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Title: Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2001
Type: Movie
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy offers audiences a penetrating look inside the world of Ron Jeremy, America's most unlikely sex star and hero to millions. With nearly 25 years in the adult film industry and over 1,600 films to his credit, Ron Jeremy is huge. In his world, Ron reigns supreme-he's made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women, and is indisputably the industry's biggest star. And everyone who's anyone knows Ron-a pop icon to millions, he is a beacon of hope for many American male, since he stands as living proof that pretty much anyone can get some. So how did such a classically unhandsome, big and hairy guy ever get to be suchia super stud? In one of the most fascinating and entertaining comedies of the last year, audiences finally get a chance to get inside the life and times of Ron Jeremy, and find out what's really behind the hardest working man in show business.
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Return of Dr. Blacklove
Title: Return of Dr. Blacklove
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
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Truck Stop Angel
Title: Truck Stop Angel
Released: September 24, 1994
Type: Movie
When truckers have been on the road for really long hours, they get fatigued, but in certain ways that relax alone cannot correct. They need pussy to rejuvenate them and help them get in GEAR!!! Watch as these Truck Stop Angels lend a helping twat to these trucker's cocks!! What fun deviant fun you'll have!!
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Malibu Spice
Title: Malibu Spice
Released: March 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Mr. Sloan is a rich guy who is headed for a big ol' tax bill unless he can come up with a substantial tax loss. His accountant suggests that he give one of his most profitable ventures, a Malibu health spa, to its buff and horny employees. When the ladies get the news, they're so excited they start screwing everybody in sight.
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Boomerwang
Title: Boomerwang
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Black Hard-core Movie
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Venus of the Nile
Title: Venus of the Nile
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A photographer takes sexy photographs onboard a yacht. Eventually she can't resist joining in the action herself.
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New Wave Hookers 2
Title: New Wave Hookers 2
Character: Little Willie
Released: April 9, 1991
Type: Movie
A private investigator uncovers a group of super ultra filthy hookers led by the superbly filthy Madison who sucks and grinds her way as if her life depended on it.
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Date With The Devil
Title: Date With The Devil
Released: December 29, 1989
Type: Movie
Hell hath no fury like a demon scorned. Date With The Devil showcases the decadent Jacqueline at her sinister best, along with an ensemble of erotic evil-doers. Exorcise your libido and make a date with Jacqueline today. It's a sin not to...
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Buttman's Bend Over Babes
Title: Buttman's Bend Over Babes
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Have you ever seen a gorgeous girl with a great ass climbing stairs in a short skirt? Have you ever tried to sneak a peek up that skirt but didn't get a good long look because you were afraid you'd get caught? John "Buttman" Stagliano brings this fantasy and others to life as he takes the risk. He looks up Lauren Brice's shorts while she's on a ladder., Brandy Alexandre's skirts on the stairs, and Sabrina Dawn's bikini on the beach. With the words, "I can make you a star," he gets away with a lot more!
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Pretty Peaches 3: The Quest
Title: Pretty Peaches 3: The Quest
Character: Jack
Released: April 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Peaches is feeling that her life in the trailer park is empty. On the advice of her lesbian doctor, she travels to San Francisco seeking spiritual enlightenment but soon finds herself engulfed in the bizarre world of a sex obsessed traveling Evangelist.
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The Legend of Reggie D.
Title: The Legend of Reggie D.
Released: March 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Salsa Break
Title: Salsa Break
Character: Reggie Johnson
Released: February 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Deep Throat Fantasy
Title: Deep Throat Fantasy
Character: Scott James (as Jack Bailey)
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The search for the next uniquely talented starlet begins
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Dance Fire
Title: Dance Fire
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Mario is a dance instructor for erotic dancers. While living up the life, he ends up becoming obsessed with aspiring dancer Kat.
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Space Cadet
Title: Space Cadet
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Big hair and big tits abound in this classic title.
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Bare Essence
Title: Bare Essence
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Cheeks 2 - The Bitter End
Title: Cheeks 2 - The Bitter End
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The wild goings-on of a coffeehouse crowd in 1962 New York are chronicled.
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The Master Of Pleasure
Title: The Master Of Pleasure
Character: Bradley
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: Movie
In a ritzy penthouse, a passionate lawyer (John Leslie) lives the ultimate sex fantasy! Get ready to experience The Master of Pleasure, and meet the beautiful, insatiable women who satisfy them. No sexual act is taboo. From the delicious thrill of domination and bondage... to illicit lesbian lust... and sizzling sex-toys sessions, the extravagant decadence of jet-set lust is laid bare. It's almost too much for any man to handle. But then, John Leslie isn't just any man!
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Debbie Goes To Hawaii
Title: Debbie Goes To Hawaii
Character: Irwin (Non-Sex)
Released: May 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Oh that Debbie! She gets into enough trouble on land. See what happens in the air on her first flight as a stewardess! First, Debbie gets a relaxing massage from a hunky masseur. Soon, Nana Hartley and Rene Morgan join the fun and everyone gets rubbed the right way! Then on her flight, many outrageous sexcapades unfold with the horny passengers. And if that weren’t enough, once in Honolulu, Debbie and alluring Angel Kelly make sure two studs get lei’d Hawaiian style! It’s an “aloha” they won’t soon forget!
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Innocence Lost
Title: Innocence Lost
Released: March 6, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Godmother
Title: The Godmother
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
An all-star cast gets down and dirty in a wild parody of the "Godfather" movies. Packed with a myriad of sexual variables, including the most extreme backdoor scene ever filmed! Sit back and enjoy this X-rated classic from legendary director John Stagliano.
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Satisfaction Jackson
Title: Satisfaction Jackson
Character: Wilbur
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
If some luscious lady has an aching desire that needs to be filled, call Satisfaction Jackson. He's got the tool for the job and much more!! When sizzling sex kitten Alicia Monet thinks her prudish sister Randa needs 'Faction's help, this X-rated boy scout is hot on her tail! His travels take him to a bookstore, then to a sex club, and finally into the carnal clutches of a kinky dominatrix named Mistress Jezebel! But true to his name, Jackson delivers a drenching avalanche of satisfaction in the end. What a man! What a stud! What a job!
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Debbie - Class of '88
Title: Debbie - Class of '88
Character: Erwin
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
There's a new Debbie, and her name is Monet. See the biggest, most star-studded cast in '88 porn, doing what they do best.
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Debbie for President
Title: Debbie for President
Character: Irwin
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Alicia Monet stars as Debbie, a television reporter assigned to cover the upcoming election from a woman's perspective.
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Backdoor Bonanza 7
Title: Backdoor Bonanza 7
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Final Taboo
Title: The Final Taboo
Character: Sally
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Two sleazy TV evangelists try to dig up dirt on each other while both provide ample fodder.
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The Nicole Stanton Story 2: To the Top
Title: The Nicole Stanton Story 2: To the Top
Character: Childs (Non Sex)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Nicole uses her marriage to Gerald to take over his business, outplay his jealous daughter, seduce his married accountant friend Dan, their butler Don, and she even visits an orgy.
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The Nicole Stanton Story: The Rise
Title: The Nicole Stanton Story: The Rise
Character: Childs (Non Sex)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A sexy but conniving girl sets her sights on a lonely and wealthy widower, who has been devastated since the death of his beloved wife.
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Night Games
Title: Night Games
Released: December 31, 1987
Type: Movie
What's your deepest darkest fantasy? Come on everyone fantasizes during sex right? That what's discussed in Night Games, starring Peter North as Jason. Throughout the entire movie Jason and friends discuss fantasies that range from a closest lesbian who fantasizes about fucking her best friend as she fucks her husband to joining the mile high club in a threesome!
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Living Doll
Title: Living Doll
Released: July 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Living Doll takes place in a toy store and it shows what kind of fun the toys are up to when everyone goes home at night. The toys have nightly sex sessions starting with the ballerina and a Revolutionary soldier! Even the shop keeper gets into the act when a customer comes in and he gives her more than she expected. Eventually the store workers are also turned into toys and the toy orgy is on!
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Knights in White Satin
Title: Knights in White Satin
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Debbie Duz Dishes III
Title: Debbie Duz Dishes III
Character: Driver
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Debbie, accused of moral depravity, defends herself against the Meese Commission on the Citizen's Court TV program.
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Double Penetration 2
Title: Double Penetration 2
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Doctor Blacklove
Title: Doctor Blacklove
Character: (as John Bailey)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Best of Sahara
Title: The Best of Sahara
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The best scene of Sahara
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Chocolate Dreams
Title: Chocolate Dreams
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Black hardcore movie
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Return to Sex Fifth Avenue
Title: Return to Sex Fifth Avenue
Released: December 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Prudish female reporter is writing an article against swing clubs but gives it all up when she gets involved in a sophisticated orgy.
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Nymphette
Title: Nymphette
Released: December 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Let’s go on a journey with our own special nympette. She’s on a mission to cure her sexual addiction, but can she do it? She’s going to go to India, to a special river where she can find out about her sexual powers, and perhaps heal other people’s sexual afflictions as well
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The Devil in Miss Jones 4: The Final Outrage
Title: The Devil in Miss Jones 4: The Final Outrage
Character: Guide through Hell
Released: December 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The mind-searing action that came to a bubbling frenzy in DMJ 3: A New Beginning now reaches a fever pitch! In the grand finale of the Dark Bros. two-part epic, Justine Jones continues her quest to find the way out of Hell with a little help from her infernal guide, Negro. Their search takes them through the sexual underworld, where every known sexual whim is a reality; then it's down to "The Racist Room," where bigots discover the finer points of race relations. But the clincher comes when they reach "The Taboo Room" - and Justine discovers the shocking key to her forbidden past. But does she get out of Hell? You'll find out in the unbelievable climax of The Devil In Miss Jones 4: The Final Outrage.
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Born to Run: The Careena Collins Story
Title: Born to Run: The Careena Collins Story
Released: August 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Through the years, there have been many nubile nymphs and sensual beauties who have been called "star" in the adult film industry, but none of them have been a match for Careena Collins in terms of innocent beauty, physical versatility and sheer sexual delights. Now, you can see how a young princess from a middle-class family turns into a sizzling sexual screen siren. From her early days at home with a domineering father to her days as a down and out runaway living with a gang of bikers to her momentous first audition, you'll see Careena searching for, and finally finding a way to channel her intense libido.
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The Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning
Title: The Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning
Character: Guide through Hell
Released: July 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Loosely based on the Damiano’s 1973 original movie. Tells the story of Justine Jones (Lois Ayres) who dies while having sex and ends up in Hell. The only way out is to go through it, and so she follows a guide.
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Showgirls
Title: Showgirls
Character: Tommy
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Amidst the neon nightlife and erotic electricity of Las Vegas, Showgirls rips the cover off of any kind of revue staged on the strip! Twin temptresses Joanna Storm and Stacey Donovan shine along side Nina Hartley and Eric Edwards in a lavish production. You'll go from center stage to backstage to the private offices and limos of moguls and millionaires as these gorgeous babes do what they do best!
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Forbidden Bodies
Title: Forbidden Bodies
Character: Jack
Released: February 17, 1986
Type: Movie
A drunk regales a bartender with wild sexual tales, all graphically depicted, of an old strip club.
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Voyeur's Delight
Title: Voyeur's Delight
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A telescope becomes a peephole into a world of sensual delights as a brunette beauty spies on her naughty neighbors. The voyeuristic premise serves as a clever way to link collected scenes featuring some of the most alluring starlets in porn history. From a youthful Ginger Lynn frolicking with Tom Byron and a spiky-haired brunette hottie to a wild group session involving the ravishing Rhonda Jo Petty, there's no shortage of sexy star power on hand! And when a vacuum salesman eventually stops by the voyeur's place, he's treated to the torrid time of his life. The scenes are culled from some of the 1970's and 1980's hottest flicks and are filled with plenty of amazing all-natural eye- candy.
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The House of Blue Dreams
Title: The House of Blue Dreams
Character: Cop
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Nina Hartley brings on her passion in this classic filled with beautiful women pleasuring themselves. . . Room filled orgies that seem to be never ending, one on one hot sex with the greatest porn sluts on the planet, and lesbian fantasies cum to life.
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In Search of… the Perfect '10'
Title: In Search of… the Perfect '10'
Character: Dr. Titzling
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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Breakin In
Title: Breakin In
Character: Vincent DeGaul
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Comedy plot line has Fawn and her gal pal Nina Hartley trying to break into the adult industry while schlubs Herschel Savage and Randy Paul figure that becoming adult video actors will help them get laid (!). They fail but then impersonate adult filmmakers and of course cross paths with the gals -pure corn.
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Tracy in Heaven
Title: Tracy in Heaven
Character: Hollywood (Non Sex)
Released: December 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Lustful Tracy dies, but then seduces Saint Tom to get a second chance on Earth to make things right. She opts for marriage, which doesn't go well with her incestuous mother and brother or vengeful prudish cousin Monica.
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Black Throat
Title: Black Throat
Character: Jamal
Released: December 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Roscoe, a typical white guy, finds a card saying Madame Mambo's House of Divine Inspiration Through Fellatio. Along with his pet talking rubber rat Mr. Bob and a new age pimp named Jamal, the three look to find Madame Mambo and go through an odyssey of sexual rendezvous.
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Yankee Seduction
Title: Yankee Seduction
Character: Bo Dickman
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
In the days after the Civil War, Bo Dickman fights with the arrogant Union Major Ridgewood over control of a plantation brothel.
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New Wave Hookers
Title: New Wave Hookers
Character: Jamal Lincoln Bubba Washington
Released: May 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Jamal and Jimmy dream about prostitutes who become sexually aroused when they listen to new wave music.
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White Bunbusters
Title: White Bunbusters
Released: April 20, 1985
Type: Movie
Poor John Doe. All he wants to do is to try a little anal sex with his wife, Jane, but she absolutely refuses! Little does he know that a single call to 'A-Busters' would solve all his problems. For a nominal fee, the A Busters, Buck and Tex, will cure all of your lover's anal fears with their patented 'Lube 'em and Ream 'em' method. So while John wastes his life away worrying about his wife's butt, Buck and Tex work their anal magic on a number of very beautiful, very horny and very satisfied customers. After tasting the joys of back door boffing with his best friend's wife, John finally picks up the phone and makes the call to 'A-Busters.' And boy, is he glad he did!
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Between the Cheeks
Title: Between the Cheeks
Released: April 15, 1985
Type: Movie
The classic movie about guys talking about their experiences of giving hot babes the pleasure of Anal and Double Penetration.
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Thrill St. Blues
Title: Thrill St. Blues
Character: Guy in Line with Bottle
Released: February 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Hookers! All deliciously different and waiting for you at “Belle De Balle’s” Thrill St. Bordello. Yes, Western Visuals’ own Jerome Tanner has filled our plate with another feast of fabulously beautiful female flesh to stimulate our pelvic urges. Belle’s girls are experts at separating you from your cash for their juicy secrets. That is until the arrival of “Flash, the magic dork”. In a flash he can stand a girl’s career on its head and have his sex-stunned victim paying him for the pleasure of his sexual prowess. Another recurring threat is the “Heat”, who do their best to catch our girls in the act. However, in the end, lust conquers all. Flash, the hookers, the detectives and even Flash’s kinky dad come together in an all out lust crazed orgy!
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Sex Fifth Avenue
Title: Sex Fifth Avenue
Released: February 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Judge Striker (Paul Thomas) wants to convince Traci Lords to join his swingers club, Sex Fifth Avenue. After seducing her and being turned down, he has two members kidnap Traci to see if they will change her mind. Traci likes her kidnapper (Tom Byron) so much she decides to join.
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The Night of the Headhunter
Title: The Night of the Headhunter
Character: Willie
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A tribal mask with magical powers influences the lives (including the sex lives) of two generations in Alabama.
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Stiff Competition
Title: Stiff Competition
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1984
Type: Movie
In one corner of the ring stand some of the hunkiest men imaginable, in the other stand four gorgeous, hard-working ladies, one of whom will win $50,000 cash.
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Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 2
Title: Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 2
Released: May 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A most memorable fantasy involving two hardworking moving men in Scarlet Chambers, Marilyn plays a Southern Belle who's more than just little fascinated with her slave's physique. Finally, in Abduction, she takes on three "low life" degenerates and meets up with "Tantala." A bizarre and frightening dominatrix four of the most shockingly erotic fantasies ever filmed are yours for the taking.
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Black and White Affair
Title: Black and White Affair
Character: Harry Harrington
Released: March 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Lady and Harry Harrington. the pride of their black race, are so rich, they don't know what to spend their millions on. One day they decide the peak of luxury is having white servants. Harry goes out and hires Lisa De Leeuw, a delicious, milk-skinned redhead and Desiree Lane, a sultry temptress, as the in-house maids. Naturally the gardener and the chauffeur are white as well. This turns the household into turmoil, as the Harrington's learn they don't have the corner on the passion market. This story mixes black and white and comes up with red hot erotic action as everyone experiments with just about all the combinations available. Whether the Harrington's have solved their servant problem or not doesn't matter because all ends well in this satisfying tail.
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Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout White Chicks
Title: Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout White Chicks
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A pimp and his jive-talking black brothers reminiscence about their erotic encounters with kinky white women.
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Hot Chocolate
Title: Hot Chocolate
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Take a sip and then gulp it all down, but caution: contents are ultra hot (and ultra horny). Starring Tina Davis, Silver Santina, Cinnamon Dream, Jack Baker and Alexander James.
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For Your Thighs Only
Title: For Your Thighs Only
Character: (Non Sex)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
An extremely conservative and religious group of people wants to outlaw sex as an act of pure pleasure between males and females and limit it only to something that must be done for reproductive purposes.
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Tag: The Assassination Game
Title: Tag: The Assassination Game
Character: Gowdy's Aide (as John Anthony Bailey)
Released: April 20, 1982
Type: Movie
Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar. Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...
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Title: The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
Released: September 27, 1980
Type: TV
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The show features many adventures in different segments: Plastic Man, Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man and Yukk, Fangface and Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes, and released into national, first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984. The Plastic Man Comedy Show was produced and directed by Steve Whiting and featured a live-action "Plastic Man", played by Taylor Marks.
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Title: Rickety Rocket
Character: Sunstroke
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: TV
Rickety Rocket is an animated television series, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and ran from 1979 to 1980 as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.
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The Kentucky Fried Movie
Title: The Kentucky Fried Movie
Character: Man (segment "Sex Record")
Released: August 10, 1977
Type: Movie
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
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Title: The McLean Stevenson Show
Released: December 1, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Good Heavens
Released: February 29, 1976
Type: TV
Good Heavens was an ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that aired between February 29 to June 26, 1976. It ranked #17 in the Nielsen ratings during the 1975-76 television season. The main character was Mr. Angel, who was an Emissary of Heaven that came down to Earth to grant wishes to those who had performed a good deed. Episodes featured actors such as Don Ameche, Susan Dey, Sandy Duncan, Pat Harrington Jr., Florence Henderson, Alex Karras, Penny Marshall, Hugh O'Brian, Loretta Swit, Brenda Vaccaro, and Fred Willard.
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Friday Foster
Title: Friday Foster
Character: Cop #1
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
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Space Is the Place
Title: Space Is the Place
Character: Bubbles
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.
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Title: Good Times
Released: February 8, 1974
Type: TV
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
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Title: Happy Days
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: TV
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Private Whitney
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.