Hank Rolike

Rocky -- Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is scorned by his gym's owner, patronized by a loan shark and rebuffed by a shy 'plain-Jane', whose butcher brother keeps engineering a romantic match. Rocky would have remained in this rut had not heavyweight champion Apollo Creed come up with the Bicentennial gimmick to give a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody'. The 'Italian Stallion' trains earnestly and goes the distance...against all odds!

Four best friends and perpetual losers -- Dooley (Tim Conway), Lou (Harvey Korman), Elton (Jack Weston) and Stump (Ted Wass) -- obtain their meager pleasure in life from betting on the ponies. But when they fall for a con man's promise to fix a race, the perils of gambling almost skin them alive. To place their bet, the pals borrow $5,000 from the mob and then learn that their horse is an ancient nag that can barely stand up, much less win a race.

W.C. Fields And Me. This film is based on the book detailing Carlotta Monti's relationship with the irascible comedic genius. Rod Steiger depicts this comedy giant's ultimate decline and retreat into alcoholism.

When world heavyweight boxing champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers pick palooka Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Gritty, grim and epic, this crowd-pleasing film won the 1976 Best Picture Oscar thanks to John G. Avildsen's solid direction and Stallone's root-for-the-underdog script.

To some he was the most gifted comic of his time; to others he was a cantankerous drunk. In this biopic, both sides of W.C. Fields come to light. Rod Steiger plays the comedian, following his career from his vaudeville days to his painful death.

Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is scorned by his gym's owner, patronized by a loan shark and rebuffed by a shy 'plain-Jane', whose butcher brother keeps engineering a romantic match. Rocky would have remained in this rut had not heavyweight champion Apollo Creed come up with the Bicentennial gimmick to give a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody'. The "Italian Stallion" trains earnestly and goes the distance...against all odds!

Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is scorned by his gym's owner, patronized by a loan shark and rebuffed by a shy 'plain-Jane', whose butcher brother keeps engineering a romantic match. Rocky would have remained in this rut had not heavyweight champion Apollo Creed come up with the Bicentennial gimmick to give a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody'. The "Italian Stallion" trains earnestly and goes the distance...against all odds!