Table of Contents Acknowledgments x Foreword by Nick McLean Sr. 1 Introduction 5 Riverboat (TV Series, NBC, 1959-1961) 9 Angel Baby (1961) 12 Armored Command (1961) 15 Gunsmoke (TV Series, CBS, 1955-1975) 17 Operation C.I.A. (1965) 20 Navajo Joe (1966) 22 Hawk (TV Series, ABC, 1966) 25 Fade In (1968) 27 100 Rifles (1969) 29 Sam Whiskey (1969) 32 Impasse (1969) 33 Shark (1969) 36 Skullduggery (1970) 38 Hunters Are for Killing (Made-for-Television, 1970) 41 Run Simon Run (Made-for-Television, 1970) 42 Dan August (TV Series, ABC, 1970-1971) 44 Deliverance (1972) 46 Fuzz (1972) 49 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) 52 Ask Me What I Am: An Interview with Bobby Goldsboro 53 Shamus (1973) 57 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) 59 White Lightning (1973) 61 The Longest Yard (1974) 65 At Long Last Love (1975) 69 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) 72 Lucky Lady (1975) 75 Hustle (1975) 78 Silent Movie (1976) 82 Gator (1976) 84 Nickelodeon (1976) 87 Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 89 Semi-Tough (1977) 93 The End (1978) 95 Hooper (1978) 97 Starting Over (1979) 101 Rough Cut (1980) 104 Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) 106 The Cannonball Run (1981) 108 Paternity (1981) 111 Sharky''s Machine (1981) 113 An Interview with Rachel Ward 116 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) 120 Best Friends (1982) 123 Stroker Ace (1983) 127 The Man Who Loved Women (1983) 130 Cannonball Run II (1984) 133 City Heat (1984) 137 Stick (1985) 140 An Interview with Michael D. ­O''Shea 146 Heat (1986) 150 Malone (1987) 153 Rent-a-Cop (1988) 156 Switching Channels (1988) 159 Physical Evidence (1989) 162 Breaking In (1989) 164 An Interview with Bill Forsyth 167 All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) 170 Modern Love (1990) 171 B.

L. Stryker (TV Series, ABC, 1989-1990) 173 Evening Shade (TV Series, CBS, 1990-1994) 178 Cop and a Half (1993) 181 The Man from Left Field (Made-for-Television, 1993) 183 The Maddening (1995) 185 Citizen Ruth (1996) 188 Striptease (1996) 190 Frankenstein and Me (1996) 193 Mad Dog Time (1996) 195 Raven (1996) 196 The Cherokee Kid (Made-for-Television, 1996) 197 Meet Wally Sparks (1997) 198 Bean (1997) 199 Boogie Nights (1997) 200 Big City Blues (1997) 203 An Interview with Clive Fleury 205 Crazy Six (1997) 209 Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (Made-for-Television, 1998) 210 Interview with Matt Battaglia 211 Hard Time Trilogy (Made-for-Television, 1998) 215 The Hunter''s Moon (1999) 217 Pups (1999) 219 The Stringer (1999) 221 Mystery, Alaska (1999) 223 Waterproof (2000) 224 The Crew (2000) 225 The Last Producer (2000) 227 Driven (2001) 229 Tempted (2001) 231 An Interview with Bill Bennett 233 Hotel (2001) 237 The Hollywood Sign (2001) 239 Snapshots (2002) 241 Time of the Wolf (2002) 242 Miss Lettie and Me (Made-for-Television, 2002) 2 43 Johnson County War (Made-for-Television, 2002) 244 Hard Ground (Made-for-Television, 2003) 246 The Librarians (2003) 248 Without a Paddle (2004) 249 The Longest Yard (2005) 250 The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) 252 Cloud 9 (2006) 254 End Game (2006) 255 Forget About It (2006) 256 Broken Bridges (2006) 257 In the Name of the King (2007) 259 Deal (2008) 260 A Bunch of Amateurs (2008) 262 Reel Love (Made-for-Television, 2011) 264 An Interview with Brian K. Roberts 268 Apple of My Eye (2017) 273 Hamlet and Hutch (2017) 274 The Last Movie Star (2017) 274 An Interview with Adam Rifkin 277 Afterword by C. James Lewis 283 Appendix 1: Additional Films: Cameos and Appearances 289 Appendix 2: Recurring Players 290 Bibliography 293 Index 297.