Roger Young — Director (8)

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Dreams Don't Die (1982) IMDb TMDB
Dreams Don't Die
director: Roger Young actor: Ike Eisenmann / Trini Alvarado …
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.

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Under Siege (1986) IMDb TMDB
Under Siege
director: Roger Young actor: Peter Strauss / Mason Adams …
other title: Stato d'assedio / Goodbye America
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.

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Into Thin Air (1985) IMDb TMDB
Into Thin Air
director: Roger Young actor: Ellen Burstyn / Robert Prosky …
other title: Une étrange disparition / La búsqueda de Brian
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.

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Victim of Beauty (1991) IMDb TMDB
Victim of Beauty
director: Roger Young actor: William Devane / Jeri Ryan …
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger sister.

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Love Among Thieves (1987) IMDb TMDB
Love Among Thieves
director: Roger Young actor: Audrey Hepburn / Robert Wagner …
other title: Flashpoint Mexico / La Rançon Mexicaine …
Caroline DuLac, a baroness and concert pianist, steals three jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs from a San Francisco museum. The eggs were demanded as ransom for her kidnapped fiancé. She boards a plane for the Latin American city of Ladera, as per instructions, and is met by Mike Chambers. Caroline first believes that Mike is one of the kidnappers, until a mysterious man in a trench-coat tries to kill her, and Mike comes to the rescue. They are then both captured by a band of Mexican bandits, who also may or may not be part of the scheme.

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The Squeeze (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Squeeze
director: Roger Young actor: Michael Keaton / Rae Dawn Chong …
other title: La scatola misteriosa / Das Doppelspiel …
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful in either role. He owes some money, which gets him involved with Rachel Dobs, a police detective who works with a collection agency. When Harry comes into possession of a strange parcel, both the con man and the detective find themselves wrapped up in a sinister corporate plot to fix the lottery.

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A Knight in Camelot (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Knight in Camelot
director: Roger Young actor: Whoopi Goldberg / Michael York …
other title: Un'americana alla corte di re Artù / Ein Ritter in Camelot …
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.