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- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam BendixOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeJean WallaceDan DuryeaAfter being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsKim NovakGlenda FarrellJan NorrisA widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
- DirectorDon RichardsonStarsGertrude BergConrad BrombergMorris CarnovskyThis omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.
- DirectorJoseph StrickStarsShelley WintersPeter FalkLee GrantIn a fictional country, the Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
- DirectorBen MaddowStarsViveca LindforsKevin McCarthyLee GrantA neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
- DirectorAllen BaronStarsLee GrantRichard BrayMichael HigginsA boy living in poverty in rural America ventures out into New York City and faces unforeseen obstacles.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsDick Van DykeDebbie ReynoldsJason RobardsDick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsBarbara ParkinsPatty DukePaul BurkeFilm version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsGina LollobrigidaShelley WintersPhil SilversCarla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.
- DirectorAlex MarchStarsRyan O'NealLeigh Taylor-YoungVan HeflinA Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsGregory PeckRichard CrennaDavid JanssenThree American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsBeau BridgesLee GrantDiana SandsAt the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind. He's grown fond of the black tenants and particularly of Fanny (Diana Sands), the wife of a black radical; he's maybe fallen in love with Lanie (Marki Bey), a mixed race girl; he's lost interest in redecorating his home. Joyce (Lee Grant), his mother has not relinquished this interest and in one of the film's most hilarious sequences gives her MasterCharge card to Marge (Pearl Bailey), a black tenant and appoints her decorator.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsKirk DouglasHenry FondaHume CronynA charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
- DirectorTed PostStarsJames FranciscusLee GrantScott MarloweA man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGig YoungLee GrantDenise NickersonA housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stops in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work are the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsRobert YoungBeau BridgesEric ChaseRobert Young hosts a series of sketches poking fun at the American family.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsWalter MatthauMaureen StapletonBarbara HarrisThree vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.
- DirectorErnest LehmanStarsRichard BenjaminKaren BlackLee GrantThe movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLee GrantJack WardenDon GallowayAfter a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsLee GrantRobert CummingsHarry GuardinoA retired lady judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.
- DirectorJay SandrichStarsTed BessellLee GrantLarry HagmanA married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsJames CoburnLee GrantHarry AndrewsA retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsWarren BeattyJulie ChristieGoldie HawnOn Election Day, 1968, a hairdresser and ladies' man is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his various girlfriends and his mistress, whose husband he meets and finds out is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsMichael ParksLee GrantWilliam ShatnerA South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and holds all of the passengers hostage.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsFaye DunawayOskar WernerLee GrantThe tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsLee GrantSusan MyersLelia GoldoniA teenaged girl, taunted by her schoolmates because she's overweight, uses her supernatural powers to take revenge.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJack LemmonLee GrantJoseph CottenArt thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
- DirectorDon TaylorMike HodgesStarsWilliam HoldenLee GrantJonathan Scott-TaylorDamien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkA huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsLee GrantCarol KaneWill GeerEllen, a successful astronomer, cares for her mentally-ill sister, Cissy, who keeps a variety of primates in the home they inherited from their anthropologist father. When Ellen begins a romance, Cissy's jealousy proves deadly.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsLeslie UggamsOlivia ColeLouis Gossett Jr.Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
- DirectorMilton KatselasStarsCandy ClarkMarjoe GortnerStephanie FaracyTeddy, a troubled Vietnam veteran, has his car break down near a Texas roadside diner. He goes inside and subjects the diners to physical and mental torture.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsLee GrantChris SarandonHurd HatfieldStory of the relationships of a young writer trying to make it in New York of the 1920s, his married lover and an editor who sees the potential for literary genius in him.
- DirectorWalter BernsteinStarsWalter MatthauJulie AndrewsTony CurtisA gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovLee GrantAngie DickinsonDetective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsTony CurtisDavid HuffmanHerschel BernardiChester Masteron owns a famous cosmetics company. For years, he has sought the perfect face to model his company's products. He finds it in Brett Devereaux and falls in love with her in this tale of greed and glamour.
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsGregory HarrisonMarc SingerPatti DavisA young man from Iowa comes to New York hoping to make it as an actor. However, he doesn't get a break and is almost out of money. So another actor who moonlights as a stripper encourages him to try it out. Eventually, he becomes the headliner of the club but his acting aspirations are in danger cause of it.
- DirectorI.C. RapoportStarsLee GrantGary GrahamDiana ScarwidA man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsMichael IronsideLee GrantLinda PurlA deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsBruce BoxleitnerLinda EvansGenie FrancisA T. V. show along the lines of a soap opera which centers on one young woman, Tiger Hayes, as she starts up a perfume company. The usual soap plots of adultery, romance, corruption, and greed abound.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsSusan BlakelyLee GrantRoyal DanoThis biopic depicts troubled actress Frances Farmer's Seattle childhood, college years, political involvement, show business success, doomed love affair with playwright Clifford Odets, and her eventual mental breakdown.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsNick NolteJoBeth WilliamsJudd HirschA well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsScott TilerMary Tanner BaileySeth GreenThree New York City kids fix a broken television and discover it now receives tomorrow's broadcast.
- StarsGeorge C. ScottVirginia MadsenMary Elizabeth MastrantonioThe rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
- DirectorBen BoltHarold BeckerStarsMatt DillonDiane LaneTommy Lee JonesA dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
- DirectorRobert L. CollinsStarsKarl MaldenLee GrantE.G. MarshallThe story of the hijacking of the Italian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisons. In their hands lay the fate of several passengers, many Americans included, and among them, Jewish-American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
- DirectorJohn PattersonStarsVeronica HamelLee GrantRay BakerA successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and slander leaving her feeling raped again.
- DirectorAlbert BrooksStarsAlbert BrooksMeryl StreepRip TornIn an afterlife way-station resembling a major city, the lives of the recently deceased are examined in a court-like setting.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsMolly RingwaldLee GrantPerry KingAn AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsDonna MillsJohn GetzJohn RubinsteinLaura Elias' daughter is raped and murdered by Peter Lipton, who pleads "guilty due to insanity" with his affluential parents' support, and the jury acquits him. Unable to bear the injustice done to her daughter, Laura tries every possible option to obtain justice, but is unsuccessful every time, so she finally decides to take things into her own hands.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsJames WoodsJoe Don BakerJoseph BolognaAs lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
- DirectorPeter ReedStarsLee GrantRobert KnepperEric SwansonDean is 36 and recently diagnosed as HIV positive. He has come home to tell his mother and his older brother Milo.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEric RobertsGregory HarrisonMargaret ChoNick "Eric Roberts", is nearing the end of a 3-year battle with AIDS and makes arrangements to die. He hosts a party to say goodbye to friends and family. His ex-partner, Brandon "Gregory Harrison", attends and things get complicated.
- DirectorDaniel J. SullivanStarsTony GoldwynBenjamin UngarTimothy HuttonPublishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!
- DirectorSlava TsukermanStarsBarbora BobulovaElena DoroninaBen GazzaraA beautiful peasant girl is romanced and abandoned by a young nobleman.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsRichard GereHelen HuntFarrah FawcettA wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.
- DirectorAnne DeSalvoStarsCloris LeachmanMercedes RuehlDinah ManoffWhile trying to help their widowed mother cope, each of four sisters begins to understand what is missing in their own lives and relationships, and the lessons they learn affect the entire family.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
- DirectorHenry JaglomStarsVictoria FoytRob MorrowLee GrantA clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictions of shopping for the women of Beverly Hills.