Margaret Klenck

When a 15-year-old boy is reluctantly involved in a robbery and struggles to survive in a hostile Tennessee legal system, a young female social worker seeks better treatment for him and soon becomes interested in more than his rehabilitation. Monologuist Spalding Gray ("Swimming to Cambodia") co-stars with Martin Donovan ("The Unbelievable Truth") and Oscar-nominated writer/director John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Brother from Another Planet"), appearing in one of his few acting roles.

In Loose Cannons, Gene Hackman plays Mac, a Washington, DC, police detective teamed with a new partner, Ellis (Dan Aykroyd), to break open a case that involves the FBI, Nazis, Israelis, and pornographers. The plot involves the fight for the possession of a pornographic film starring Hitler and a prominent German politician.

Mac, a Washington, DC, police detective teams with a new partner, Ellis, to break open a case that involves a fight for the possession of a pornographic film starring Hitler and a prominent German politician.

When a teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and his friend, who then commit a crime, he is charged as an accessory. A female social worker meant to help breaks him out of jail and falls in love with him on the lam. Martin Donovan's film debut.