Patricia Donahue

Burned-out beach-bum Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) and his best friend, disfigured Vietnam veteran Alex Cutter (John Heard), stumble on a murder cover-up involving a powerful landowner in director Ivan Passer's brooding crime thriller. But Bone gets more than he bargained for when Cutter insists on blackmailing the suspect, who forces them into a cunning cat-and-mouse game that ignites a full-blown war. Lisa Eichhorn plays Cutter's neglected wife.

Rock 'n' roll legend Roy Orbison in his first -- and only -- starring feature role as a Confederate spy who becomes entangled in a plot to steal Union gold at the close of the war. But when he and his partner are deemed outlaws, he must rely on his bullet-shooting guitar to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

Posing as purveryors of a snake-oil elixir, Johnny and Steve are really Confederate spies out to nab a major cure-all for depleted rebel coffers: $150,000 in gold from the San Francisco mint.

Private detective Mike Hammer (Robert Bray) learns that a young prostitute he met the night before has been murdered. To avenge the girl's death, Hammer scours the underbelly of Los Angeles looking for her missing ring, which he hopes will lead him to the killer. Based on a novel by Mickey Spillane, this detective movie features brutal beatings, warring criminal gangs and valuable treasures stolen by the Nazis.