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Supreme Sanction

Director: John Terlesky
Writer: John Terlesky
Michael Madsen (I)Dalton
Kristy SwansonJenna
David Dukes (I)Jordan McNamara

A newspaper reporter (David Dukes) is marked for assassination for his investigation into what happened to some army helicopters that were mysteriously shot down. However, the assassin (Kristy Swanson) cannot pull the trigger when she sees him with his daughter. She then teams up with him to fight the mercenaries (led by Michael Madsen) that are after him.

Ball of Fire

Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Billy Wilder, ...
Gary Cooper (I)Prof. Bertram Potts
Barbara StanwyckKatherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea
Oskar HomolkaProf. Gurkakoff - Mathematics

Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide.

Du rififi chez les hommes

Director: Jules Dassin
Writers: Auguste Le Breton, Jules Dassin, René Wheeler, ...
Jean ServaisTony le Stéphanois
Carl MöhnerJo le Suedois
Robert Manuel (I)Mario Ferrati

After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines.

This Marriage Business

Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Mel Riddle, Alex Ruben, Gladys Atwater, ...
Victor Moore (I)Jud Parker
Allan Lane (I)Bill Bennett
Vickie LesterNancy Parker (as Vicki Lester)

New York city reporter Bill Terry (Allan Lane) and his photographer-assistant Candid Perry (Jack Carson) follow an eloping heiress to a small New York town where he hears the marriage license clerk, Jud Holcomb (Victor Moore), give advice to the eloping couple, and he learns that no couple who has received a license from Jud has ever been divorced. Bill writes a story and Jud becomes a celebrity.

Farmer & Chase

Director: Michael Seitzman
Writer: Michael Seitzman
Todd FieldChase
Ben GazzaraFarmer
Lara Flynn BoyleHillary

A career criminal's son (Field) tries to prove to his father (Gazzara) that he can handle the family biz. The father, Farmer, doubts this but gives his son a chance, and takes him under his wing. Meanwhile the son, Chase, starts glorifying exploits to his girlfriend (Boyle). The father learns of this and tells his son not to see her anymore.

Todesspiel

Director: Heinrich Breloer
Writer: Heinrich Breloer
Hans Brenner (I)Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Sebastian KochAndreas Baader
Hans-Jörg AssmannAlfred Klaus

A thrilling documentary with fictional elements based on the true story of the abduction of the president of the employer's association, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by terrorists in the autumn of 1977.

Sealed Cargo

Director: Alfred L. Werker
Writers: Edmund Gilligan, Dale Van Every, Oliver H.P. Garrett, ...
Dana Andrews (I)Pat Bannon
Carla BalendaMargaret McLean
Claude RainsCaptain Skalder

During the war off Nova Scotia a fishing boat comes across a badly damaged Danish schooner with only the captain aboard after it has apparently been shelled by a German U-boat. Not realising the sinister real purpose of the larger boat, the fishermen agree to tow it into an isolated harbour.

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

Director: Lewis Seiler
Writers: John Kneubuhl, Pat Michaels (II)
Betsy PalmerPhyllis Carter aka Lynn Stuart
Jack Lord (I)Willie Down
Barry AtwaterLt. Jim Hagan

When the nephews of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent, despite the fact she is married and has a young son.

Western Cyclone

Director: Sam Newfield (I)
Writer: Patricia Harper (I)
Buster CrabbeBilly the Kid
Al St. JohnFuzzy Q, Jones
Marjorie MannersMary Arnold

Randall is trying to get the Governor impeached so he can take over control of the state. Knowing the Governor and Billy are good friends, he has Billy framed for murder. Fuzzy finds the shell and Billy sees it has a peculiar mark. Now they have to find the owner of that gun.

U-Boat Prisoner

Directors: Lew Landers, Budd Boetticher
Writers: Archie Gibbs, Aubrey Wisberg, Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Bruce Bennett (I)Archie Gibbs
Erik RolfKapitaen Ganz, The U-Boat Captain
John Abbott (I)Alfonse Lamont

Private Eyes

Director: Edward Bernds
Writers: Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds
Leo GorceyTerrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz HallHorace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Bernard GorceyLouie Dumbrowsky

When Sach is hit on the nose by Herbie, Sach develops a mystic-mind power. This prompts Slip, Chuck, Butch and Louie to buy the Eagle Eye Detective Agency...using, of course, Louie's money. In waltzes Myra Hagen, who leaves with the boys a valuable fur coat and a sealed letter, to be given to the District Attorney, in the event anything happens to her.

Men of the Plains

Director: Robert F. Hill
Writer: Robert Emmett Tansey
Rex Bell (I)Jim Dean, posing as Tom Porter
Joan BarclayLaura Long
George Ball (VI)Billy Sawyer

The Government sends Dean, Baxter, and Gordon to investigate a series of train holdups. Travis is behind the robberies and they are soon on his trail. When things get hot, Travis has a plan of double-crossing his own men that will enable him to keep not only his gold but also the money it is insured for.

Beware, My Lovely

Director: Harry Horner
Writers: Mel Dinelli, Mel Dinelli
Ida LupinoMrs. Helen Gordon
Robert Ryan (I)Howard Wilton
Taylor HolmesMr. Walter Armstrong

"The Changes"

Director: John Prowse (I)
Writers: Peter Dickinson, Anna Home
Victoria Williams (I)Nicky Gore (10 episodes, 1975)
Keith AshtonJonathon (6 episodes, 1975)
Rafiq AnwarChacha (4 episodes, 1975)

Children's drama set in modern-day England - but with a major difference: everyone has rebelled against modern technology (electricity, engines, trains etc) and gone back to a pre-industrial-revolution way of life. When the heroine, Nicky, tries to investigate the cause, she is accused of being a witch and imprisoned to prevent her spreading dissent.

Big Calibre

Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Writers: Perry Murdock, Robert N. Bradbury
Bob Steele (I)Bob O'Neill
Peggy Campbell (I)June Bowers
Forrest TaylorDick Bentley

Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. After escaping, Neal joins up with pretty June Bowers whose father has apparently also been murdered.

Damsels in Bondage 9

Director: Jon Woods (IV)
Sarah Blake (I)
Paris Kennedy
Akira Lane

Shake Hands with Murder

Director: Albert Herman
Writers: Martin Mooney, John T. Neville
Iris AdrianPatsy Brent
Frank JenksEddie Jones
Douglas FowleySteve Morgan

A female bail-bond broker and her partner help an accused embezzler prove his innocence. Having the body of the embezzler's late business partner pop up doesn't help matters.

Bulldog Edition

Director: Charles Lamont (I)
Writers: Danny Ahearn, Richard English (I), Karen DeWolf (I), ...
Ray Walker (I)Ken Dwyer, Daily News Circulation Manager
Evalyn KnappRandy Burns, Daily News Reporter / Cartoonist
Regis ToomeyJ. M. 'Jim' Hardy, Daily News Managing Editor



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