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1. After Russian and Cuban troops invade the United States, a group of midwestern teenagers fight back in "Red Dawn". On one of their patrols they come across a shot-down US pilot who helps them with their raids. Who played the pilot, Col. Andy Tanner?
2. When a picked-on kid, Daniel, asks Mr. Miyagi to teach him karate to defend himself, Mr. Miyagi helps him to understand that there's more to it than just fighting, in "The Karate Kid". Who played Daniel's rival, Johnny Lawrence?
3. Samantha Baker's family is so preoccupied with her sister's wedding that they forget her 16th birthday, in "Sixteen Candles". Nothing else is going well for her either, she loans her underpants to a geek at the school dance, and she can't work up the nerve to talk to her would-be wooer, Jake. Everything works out all right for Sam when he seeks her out after her sister's wedding. Who played Sam's dream guy, Jake Ryan?
4. Two best friends (Michael Caine and Joseph Bologna) go to Rio on vacation with their teenage daughters in the romantic comedy "Blame It On Rio". When Joseph Bologna finds out that his daughter, Jennifer, is seeing an older man, he enlists the help of Michael Caine to find out who it is, never thinking that it would be his good friend. Who played Michael Caine's better-behaved daughter, Nikki?
5. When the police force relaxes their requirements for cadets, perpetually-in-trouble Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) signs up, in "Police Academy". At first more interested in his fellow cadet, Karen Thompson, Mahoney eventually becomes a leader to the other misfits in his class. Who played Cadet Karen Thompson?
6. After his spacecraft crash lands in Wisconsin, an alien takes on the human form of Jenny Hayden's deceased husband in "Starman". As she drives him to Arizona to meet his mothership, they must evade government agents who have bad intentions where the alien is concerned. One of the feds doesn't agree with the government's idea of a 'welcome', and after speaking to the alien, lets him go. Who played the caring Mark Shermin?
7. Nick Nolte is a caring, but burned out teacher at a school being sued by a former student in "Teachers". When he refuses to lie at his deposition, he is asked to resign, something he's not about to do. Who played his former student, Lisa Hammond, who was now the lawyer of the student suing the school?
8. James Garner is Zack Carey, a sergeant major near retirement who owns his own Sherman tank which he uses for parades and such, in "Tank". After Zack interferes in a local deputy's mistreatment of a prostitute, the sheriff decides to get even and locks up Zack's son on a trumped-up drug charge. When reasoning with the law won't go any further, Zack brings out the tank to rescue his son. Who played the son, William Carey?
9. Goldie Hawn plays Sunny, a cocktail waitress who saves the life of a visiting Emir, who then becomes smitten with her. As a thanks, the US government gives Sunny a position in "Protocol", with the ulterior motive of trading Sunny to the Emir in exchange for placing air bases in his country. Michael Ransome seems to be the only one in Sunny's department not in on the deception and eventually they end up together. Who played Michael Ransome?
10. Rutger Hauer plays a recluse who lives on an island full of rare birds in "A Breed Apart". Powers Boothe arrives under the guise of observing two rare eagles who live on the island, but has actually been hired by a wealthy collector to take the eagle's eggs. Both men are attracted to the woman who runs the nearby supply store. Who played the woman, Stella Clayton?
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