Leo Penn

Golden Globe® nominee Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Emmy® winner Ossie Davis, Academy Award® nominee Cicely Tyson, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who "has it all” – love, friendship and fame – but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.

When Freddy and Mary Gale lose their daughter in a drunk-driving accident, Freddy is bent on revenge and intent on punishing the driver who ruined his life -- telling him he has just three days to live.

On August 30, 1978, a couple from East Germany, with their child in tow, hijacked an airliner to a U.S. base in West Germany. What makes the story even more amazing (beside the fact that it's true) is that the man and woman used a toy gun to force the pilots to fly them to freedom. But now, the couple must stand trial in a complex, precedent-shattering case. Stars Carl Lumbly, Martin Sheen and Sean Penn. Directed by Penn's father, Leo.

An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

An East German man with his wife and child hijacks an airliner to a United States base in West Germany using a toy gun.

An East German man with his wife and child hijacks an airliner to a United States base in West Germany using a toy gun.

An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

Calgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.

Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast in this powerful drama.

Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast in this powerful drama.

Sammy Davis Jr. headlines a star-studded cast including Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra Jr. in this powerful drama about a jazz musician who "has it all" - love, friendship and fame - but whose tormented past threatens to destroy him and his career.

Free spirited Sally Keaton (Sally Forrest) meets and falls in love with a roaming musician named Steve (Leo Penn). After a brief romance, which Steve considered a fling, he leaves for South America. Heartbroken and alone, Sally, pregnant with Steve's child, is soon disgraced and homeless. She meets handicaped former war veteran Drew (Keefe Brasselle), who gives her a job at his gas station and helps her find a place to live. Drew falls for Sally, but she only thinks about Steve. Sally finally decides to give her baby up for adoption, but then months later decides she wants her baby back to raise on her own. Sally begins a long and difficult journey to retrieve custody of her child. A well-crafted story well worth watching.