Ralph Stanley

A career criminal goes about business unaware that he is being video-taped throughout.

Longtime fans of bluegrass music and those only recently discovering it will appreciate this documentary on the genre, which was born of a combination of African and Celtic sounds and is the base of American country music. This film traces the musical form from its Appalachian roots to the present and features more than 100 songs performed by legends such as Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Martin, Flatt & Scruggs and others.

When Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) gets out of the cooler, he discovers the mother lode in his rich girlfriend's (Dyan Cannon) ritzy apartment building. With help from a safecracker (Christopher Walken), a decorator, and a thug, Duke might be able to pull off the greatest heist yet. What he doesn't know is that someone is watching his every move and beating him at his own game.

When Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) gets out of the cooler, he discovers the mother lode in his rich girlfriend's (Dyan Cannon) ritzy apartment building. With help from a safecracker (Christopher Walken), a decorator, and a thug, Duke might be able to pull off the greatest heist yet. What he doesn't know is that someone is watching his every move and beating him at his own game.

A habitual criminal, looking for a big score immediately upon leaving prison, goes to the syndicate seeking funds for a massive robbery. He intends to ransack a posh East Side New York Apartment building. Rounding up a gang of top-flight thieves, he proceeds to plan and carry out his caper unaware that he is being taped.

The detectives of New York's 87th precinct are horrified when one of their own is gunned down in cold blood, followed rapidly by the murder of his young partner, in this gritty first adaptation of Ed McBain's best-selling crime novels. Lead investigators Steve Carelli (Robert Loggia) and Mike Maguire (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) wrangle with a gang leader (Jerry Orbach) and a nosy reporter (Gene Miller) before uncovering the killer's shocking motive.

Prolific disc jockey and concert producer Alan Freed is the guy they say discovered rock 'n' roll -- which has roots in jazz, blues and gospel -- and this is the saga behind his history-making mark on the world. Ex-boxer Rocky Graziano and Fisher & Marks, the nightclub comedy duo, add laughs. Watch for appearances by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Clyde McPhatter, Frankie Lymon, the Moonglows and Lionel Hampton.

The career of the Brown Bomber recounted by a sportswriter.

Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs. Piloting their ship is Captain Tarnowski, a ruthless alcoholic suffering from malaria- induced bouts of insanity.

Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs. Piloting their ship is Captain Tarnowski, a ruthless alcoholic suffering from malaria- induced bouts of insanity.

After ten years in prison, Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) heads for the luxurious Manhattan apartment of his onetime girlfriend, Ingrid Everleigh (Dyan Cannon). Duke gets an idea from the plush layout: he plans to steal the guts out of every apartment in the building. With the support of syndicate boss Pat Angelo (Alan King), Duke prepares the million dollar caper, recruiting the best burglars in New York, including Tommy Haskins (Martin Balsalm), the team's expert on art, antiques and jewels. As each detail of the robbery is worked into the master plan, it is secretly recorded by the electronic 'bugs' planted by various public and private law enforcement agencies, until all the pieces come together in the film's heart-pounding climax.