Stay Hungry (
1976) | IMDb:
5.6
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Sally Field
,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
R. G. Armstrong
,
Robert Englund
,
Helena Kallianiotes
The Drowning Pool (
1975) | IMDb:
6.5
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Joanne Woodward
,
Anthony Franciosa
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Gail Strickland
,
Melanie Griffith