Odds and Ends: Guerilla Attacks, Serious Sibling Sagas, Baseball Scouts and Little Leagues have been unearthed…
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| Big Leaguer (1953) | The Promise (1986) | The Sky’s No Limit (1984) | Victory at Entebbe (1976) |
The remarkable 1976 Israeli commando raid that liberated a planeload of Palestinian hostages within Uganda’s borders is recounted in the all-star TV film Victory at Entebbe (1976), with an ensemble including Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Hayes…
James Garner faces challenges when he honors his pledge to his late mother, and assumes the care of schizophrenic younger brother James Woods, in the multi-Emmy-winning telefilm The Promise (1986)…
The selection of America’s first female astronaut inspired the TV drama The Sky’s No Limit (1984), with Anne Archer, Dee Wallace and Sharon Gless as the candidates…
Minor-league skipper Edward G. Robinson puts baseball prospects through their paces in Robert Aldrich’s first feature directing assignment, Big Leaguer (1953)…
Tom Ewell’s assumption of the helm of his son’s Little League team brings nothing but parental pressure in the enjoyable farce The Great American Pastime (1956); Anne Francis, Ann Miller co-star.
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DVD & Blu-ray New Releases: Week of 10-14-12
Bogart and Cagney: Tough Guys, Tough To Find
Randolph Scott Rides Again In New Releases on DVD
Boomer Mill: A Crop of ‘60s and ‘70s Oddball and Groovy Movies