Movies starring Frank McRae

Hard Times (1975)

93 mins     Drama, Short      

Hard Times (aka: The Streetfighter): Charles Bronson & Charles Coburn are the street fighter and the gambler who make a name for themselves in this depression era movie from Walter Hill...

Used Cars (1980)

113 mins     Comedy      

"Used Cars" comes from the team of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, a partnership which gave us the great "Back to the Future" movies and the nostalgic "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". But "Used Cars" is something else, it is like Zeme...

48 Hrs (1982)

96 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

Long before director Walter Hill gave Eddie Murphy his movie debut in "48 Hrs." there had been buddy movies, from cops with cops to cops with bad guys but in many ways "48 Hrs." is responsible for many a movie which followed....

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

98 mins     Comedy      

When it comes to that sub genre of family road trip movies, there is one which pretty much sets the benchmark when it comes to making it work and that is Chevy Chase's "National Lampoon's Vacation" or just "Vacation" as it's ...

Red Dawn (1984)

109 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

What is there to say about "Red Dawn" which hasn't already been said such as it being the first movie to get a PG-13 certificate causing controversy because of the level of brutality and violence, which seeing as it's a movie...

*Batteries not Included (1987)

106 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

*Batteries not Included (1987) 5 residents under threat from ruthless land developers and their heavies get a miracle in the form of two hub cap size spaceships who arrive at their run down block of flats...

Lock Up (1989)

115 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Whilst Sylvester Stallone has a whole portfolio of well known and popular movies, there are some which are rarely heard off. "Lock Up" is one such movie which sees Stallone take his likable tough guy persona into the world of...

Licence to Kill (1989)

133 mins     Action , Adventure , Crime      

For me "Licence to Kill" is one of the most under rated movies of the James Bond franchise as it delivers almost everything which was good about the early James Bond movies. The storyline is very much a real life story, there...

Farewell to the King (1989)

117 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

John Milius is a name which is familiar to me as he wrote and directed one of my favourite 80s movies "Red Dawn"; in truth he was written many great movies including "Apocalypse Now". But I wouldn't say I was a fan of his as ...

Columbo: A Bird in the Hand (1992)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: A Bird in the Hand" is what I would call a pantomime episode because everyone in this episode over plays their parts. We have Greg Evigan turning on the evil eyes as Harold anxiously watches Columbo snooping around....

Last Action Hero (1993)

130 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

I once read a review of "Last Action Hero" where the critic was disappointed because it sucked as an action movie, which immediately made me question whether the critic missed the point. You see "Last Action Hero" is actually...

Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

84 mins     Comedy      

When "Loaded Weapon 1" was released the sequel was already planned and a poster made but after a poor showing and bad reviews it was never made. That's a shame because "Loaded Weapon 1" is not a bad movie; in fact it is on pa...

Hijack (1999)

94 mins     Action , Thriller      

Hijack: Jeff Fahey stars as a suspended ATF agent on a train carrying a Senator which comes under attack by some terrorists, the ones the agent was after when he was suspended...

Love's Long Journey (2005)

88 mins     Drama, Western      

For those who stumble across "Love's Long Journey" on TV and don't know that it is an adaptation of a Janette Oke story, it is part of a series of stories which take us back to the west. But these are not what I would call we...

Love's Abiding Joy (2006)

87 mins     Drama, Western      

It's been quite a while since I watched and reviewed "Love's Long Journey" the previous movie in this series based on the Janette Oke stories but like with all these movies they still work without prior knowledge of the serie...