Barry Russo

Phil Gaines, un policía de Los Ángeles de carácter rudo y algo cínico, se encuentra inmerso en la investigación del oscuro caso de suicidio de una joven actriz de cine porno. Al mismo tiempo, su vida personal está marcada por los problemas que le ocasiona su relación con una prostituta de lujo.

Don, el máximo jefe del sindicato del crimen, ha fallecido. Rápidamente se convoca una reunión en la que participan las distintas familias de la mafia norteamericana para designar al nuevo jefe. La elección recae en Angelo DeMorra, que se convierte en el nuevo ?padrino?, lo que provoca la ira de otro mafioso al ser rechazado. Para hacerse con el poder, éste provocará el enfrentamiento entre el nuevo jefe y el hijo del difunto Don.

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.

A government agent, out to destroy a crime ring, finds himself in the middle of a mob war.

Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions. They refuse to even try to understand. She must also deal with an ex-lover, and a beloved young sister who is following in her footsteps, wanting the idealistic hippie life but making some rash decisions in the process.

Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.

Un criminal de color recluta a varios especialistas para llevar a la práctica un golpe planeado hace tiempo: hacerse con el botín conseguido con la venta de todas las entradas de fútbol del Coliseum de Los Ángeles. El problema comienza con la repartición del botín.

Los Kwimper se disponen a pasar sus vacaciones en una playa de Florida; allí conocerán a los dueños de una propiedad idónea para practicar la pesca. El azar los llevará al negocio del alquiler de embarcaciones para los amantes de esta actividad, aunque la competencia intentará desbaratar su floreciente negocio. (FILMAFFINITY)

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back on the big screen. In addition to Ernest Borgnine’s brilliantly sensitive portrayal as Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, this engrossing picture is deftly photographed by Lucien Ballard, beautifully scored by David Raksin with a stellar supporting cast including Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. Literate, suspenseful and emotionally moving, this memorable film remains the definitive depiction about the emergence of the Mafia in America.

Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency.