Broken Vows 1987  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, M. Emmet Walsh, Milo O'Shea, David Groh, Madeleine Sherwood, Jean De Baer, David Strathairn, Frances Fisher, Peter Crombie
Impacted by the murder of an artist to whom he gave last rites, Catholic Priest Joseph McMahon (Tommy Lee Jones), along with the murdered man's latest of several girlfriends (Annette O'Toole), investigates the murder. In the process, he realizes that he knows little about what is going on in the neighborhood outside the church and begins to question his faith and celibacy. Made for TV.
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1978 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn Turman, David Groh, Kevin Hooks, Harold Sylvester, Bill Cobbs, Kenneth Green, Erin Blunt, Claire Brenner, Arthur French, Sheila Wills, Arnold Johnson
The focus of this film is Benjie (Larry B. Scott), a 16-year-old boy who becomes addicted to drugs. After Benjie's ghetto parents, Butler and Sweets (Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson), and his grandmother (Helen Martin) become alienated from him, Benjie relies on a social worker (Claire Brenner) for help in dealing with his addiction.
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 Most Wanted 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Hogan
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, Robert Culp, Wolfgang Bodison, Simon Baker, David Groh, Michael Milhoan, Lee de Broux
Persian Gulf hero Sergeant James Dunn (Keenen Ivory Wayans) has been convicted of killing an officer but is given the chance for freedom if he accepts an assassination assignment. The victim turns out to be the First Lady, and Dunn becomes a hunted man with a $10 million reward for his capture.
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Smash-Up on Interstate 5 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Robert Conrad, Sian Barbara Allen, Buddy Ebsen, David Groh, Vera Miles, Terry Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Scott Jacoby, Sue Lyon, Donna Mills
A 39-vehicle crash on the famous California freeway starts off this film with a bang. After that, it plods along.
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Two Minute Warning 1976  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Walter Pidgeon, Beau Bridges, Brock Peters, David Groh
This disaster film involves a sniper who plans to use sports fans in a crowded football stadium as targets. Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and Sergeant Chris Button (John Cassavetes) race to catch the sniper.
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Victory at Entebbe 1976 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Blair, Helen Hayes, Anthony Hopkins, Helmut Berger, David Groh, Jessica Walter, Richard Dreyfuss
This was the first (of three) movie about the Israeli attack on Entebbe to rescue Jewish hostages taken during a skyjacking. The other two, made a year later, are better–"Raid on Entebbe" and "Operation Thunderbolt."
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| 1. Broken Vows (1987)
2. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
3. Most Wanted (1997)
4. Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
5. Two Minute Warning (1976)
6. Victory at Entebbe (1976)
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