01 Dec 1993
Little Buddha
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
Stuck!
Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek homage to 1950s women-in-prison films.
Top Billed Cast
Karen Black The Neighbor Lady
Susan Traylor Meme
Starina Johnson Daisy
Mink Stole Esther
Pleasant Gehman Dutch
Jane Wiedlin Princess
Betti O The Warden
Stacy Cunningham The Guard
September Carter Mama
Tom Morris The Doctor
Virgil Adams The Prosecutor
William J. Self The Judge
Janet Rawlins Carter The Deli Lady
Jeff Dylan Graham The Greaser
Lady Monster The Laughing Girl
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