List of the best Theresa Merritt movies: Voodoo Dawn(1990), The Goodbye Girl(1977), The Wiz(1978), The Great Santini(1979), The Serpent and the Rainbow(1988), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(1982), They Might Be Giants(1971) ... ...
Horror
USA
1990
83 Minutes
Group of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zombie army.
Romance
USA
1977
110 Minutes
Mrs. Crosby
Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Quinn Cummings Paul Benedict Barbara Rhoades Theresa Merritt Michael Shawn Patricia Pearcy Gene Castle Daniel Levans Nicol Williamson
dancer daughter actor actress witty cheeky mushy new york city apartment stage romance ambition self-esteem loneliness acting love transformation 1970s
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
Musical, Kids & Family
USA
1978
133 Minutes
Aunt Em
Diana Ross Michael Jackson Richard Pryor Nipsey Russell Ted Ross Mabel King Theresa Merritt Thelma Carpenter Lena Horne Carlton Johnson
teacher wizard scarecrow witch lion tin man charming spectacular oz harlem, n.y. household emerald city journey singing fantasy world returning home courage search adventure discovery
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
Drama
USA
1979
118 Minutes
Arrabella Smalls
Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe Lisa Persky Julie Anne Haddock Brian Andrews Stan Shaw Theresa Merritt David Keith Paul Mantee
pilot marine abusive husband son wife daughter intense touching uneasy south carolina military base family dysfunction marine life flying father/son relationship alcoholism rivalry growing up 1970s
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated Marine pilot.
Horror
USA
1988
98 Minutes
Simone
Bill Pullman Cathy Tyson Zakes Mokae Paul Winfield Brent Jennings Conrad Roberts Badja Djola Theresa Merritt Michael Gough Paul Guilfoyle Dey Young
anthropologist witch doctor doctor native chilling fascinating thrilling haiti airplane harvard university investigation travel zombies voodoo dark secrets revolution discovery mystery 1980s
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1982
114 Minutes
Jewel
Burt Reynolds Dolly Parton Dom DeLuise Charles Durning Jim Nabors Robert Mandan Lois Nettleton Theresa Merritt Noah Beery Jr. Raleigh Bond Barry Corbin
madam sheriff governor reporter prostitute football player playful endearing amusing outlandish brothel texas prostitution morality publicity small-town life tradition forbidden love wretched excess 1980s
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Comedy
USA
1971
91 Minutes
Peggy
George C. Scott Joanne Woodward Jack Gilford Lester Rawlins Al Lewis Rue McClanahan Ron Weyand Oliver Clark Theresa Merritt Jenny Egan
widower psychiatrist brother blackmailer librarian amusing offbeat engaging intricate new york city family home eccentricity fantasy world imagination wealth psychoanalysis mystery transformation escape 1970s
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital a man, convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.