2024-09-28
Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine play rough in this yarn about a hobo determined to ride a train watched over by a sadistic railroad guard. Cigaret: Keith Carradine. Cracker: Charles Tyner. Hogger: Malcolm Atterbury. Policeman: Simon Oakland. Gray Cat: Elisha Cook. Filmed in Oregon. Directed by Robert Aldrich. (Repeat).
NYC cop John McClane fights terrorists in an L.A. high-rise in a bid to rescue his estranged wife, who happens to be one of the hostages. Meanwhile, the terrorists attempt to steal $600 million from a high-tech safe. (Repeat).
A New York cop tries to deprive terrorists of their quarry at a Washington, D.C., airport. (Repeat).
Cop John McClane teams with a shop owner to outwit a terrorist who is making him perform a series of dangerous tasks all around Manhattan. (Repeat).
In the rollicking, stunt-filled fourth installment in the popular franchise, gung-ho cop John McClane goes interface to interface with technoterrorists plotting to hack into government computers and bring the country to a standstill. (Repeat).
In this explosive "Die Hard" sequel, John McClane travels to Russia to find his estranged son Jack, only to discover that he's an undercover agent working to protect an informant and expose wrongdoing in Chernobyl. (Repeat).
In 1926 China, during the country's civil war, an American crew of a gunboat patrolling the Yangtze comes into cross-cultural conflict with locals on- and off-board. (Repeat).
Heirs to an old plantation (Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers) try to keep up the joint by putting on shows. Rocky: Michael O'Shea. Laddie: Perry Como. Ashley: Glenn Langan. Melanie: Sheila Ryan. Amusing. Some catchy song numbers. Lewis Seiler directed. (Repeat).
A female singer in New York becomes a star thanks to the tireless support of a show-biz impresario who loves her, but she spurns his affections after she hits the big time. Although she has a fling with a rival manager, she eventually considers going back to the man who got her to the top. The film features an Oscar-nominated score. (Repeat).
A gun-toting dance-hall girl is forced to take it on the lam after accidentally shooting a judge (she'd been aiming at her unfaithful boyfriend). Upon arriving in a small town, she is mistaken for a teacher the town has recently hired, so she takes advantage of the ruse to put the moves on a wealthy banker in the town. (Repeat).
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as a TV team who try to adopt a baby. Mawkish plot, but with pleasing production numbers. David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor (film debut), Una Merkel. Henry Koster directed. (Repeat).