, 1h38 Directed byWilliam A. Graham OriginUSA GenresDrama, Musical ThemesFilms about children, Children's films ActorsCharlayne Woodard, Mae Mercer, Nell Carter, Alaina Reed Hall, Scoey Mitchell, Clifton Davis Roles Doctor Rating70% After World War II, Cindy (Woodard) has moved from the south to live in Harlem with her newly blended family. She finds herself constantly abused by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her father (Mitchell) provides some comfort but cannot prevent the abuse entirely. One night, she meets Captain Joe Prince (Davis) and is swept off her feet. Soon after, a romance ensues.
, 1h59 Directed byJames Goldstone OriginUSA GenresThriller, Action, Crime ThemesDisaster films, American disaster films ActorsTimothy Bottoms, George Segal, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Helen Hunt, Susan Strasberg Roles un garde Rating62% A psychopathic bomber (Timothy Bottoms, credited only as "Young Man" and never referred to by any name in the film) sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio-controlled bomb on the tracks of the park's wooden roller coaster, The Rocket. The bomb detonates, the ride derails, and several riders are killed. Ride inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) is called to the park to investigate what initially appears to have been an accident. Calder determines that there was an unauthorized man on the track, thus eliminating structural problems as the cause of the crash.
, 1h36 Directed byLou Antonio OriginUSA GenresDrama ActorsGeraldine Page, Marc Singer, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Linda Kelsey, Kathleen Beller, Steve Guttenberg Roles Man at Practice #1 Rating78% Joey battled leukemia since the age of three, and was one of the first children to undergo chemotherapy for the disease. The story traces John through his years at Penn State seeking the Heisman Trophy, and Joey his preteens, as each brother inspires the other, and their family around them, to try harder in life.
, 2h Directed byLamont Johnson OriginUSA GenresDrama, War ThemesPolitical films, Films about capital punishment ActorsMartin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Charlie Sheen, Matt Clark Roles 109th Regiment Sergeant Rating75% The book and the film tell the story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. The film starred Martin Sheen as Private Slovik, a performance for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama. Sheen said he did not think actors should be compared, and made it clear he would refuse the award. Many critics and viewers consider this to be one of Sheen's finest performances. Among the other Emmy Award nominations, the film was named for "Outstanding Special". The film also won a Peabody Award.
, 1h42 Directed byBarry Shear OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ActorsAnthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Antonio Fargas, Ed Bernard Rating69% This film is set in Harlem, of which 110th Street is an informal boundary line. By-the-book African-American Lieutenant William Pope (Kotto) has to work with crude, racist but streetwise Italian-American Captain Frank Mattelli (Quinn) in the NYPD's 27th precinct. They are looking for three black men who slaughtered seven men—three black gangsters and two Italian gangsters, as well as two patrol officers—in the robbery of $300,000 from a Mafia-owned Harlem policy bank. Mafia lieutenant Nick D'Salvio (Franciosa) and his two henchmen are also after the hoods. In one of many violent scenes, D'Salvio finds getaway driver Henry J. Jackson (Antonio Fargas) and brutalizes him in a Harlem whorehouse.
, 1h30 Directed byNoel Black OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about drugs ActorsMichael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Renee Taylor, Robert De Niro, Steve Vinovich, Barry Bostwick Roles Toll Booth Cop (uncredited) Rating40% Marcus Rottner (Brandon), a 24-year-old heir of his late grandfather's fortune, is living in his New Jersey Palisades apartment as he finds out hippie girlfriend Jennifer Da Silva (Walker) has died of a heroin overdose in his living room. Fearing that he might be arrested for her death, he decides to dump her body, but not before his sister Selma (Taylor) and her psychologist boyfriend Sergei (Bonerz) -- whom Marcus detests—pay him a visit. They notice his strange behavior and suspect that Marcus has gotten himself into trouble. They search his apartment, but to no avail.