Billy Jack Goes to Washington 1977  N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Sam Wanamaker, Lucie Arnaz, E.G. Marshall, Pat O'Brien, Suzanne Somers, John Lawlor, Teresa Kelly, Michael Irving, Richard Gautier, Peter Donat, Harry Holcombe, Don Keefer, Kent Smith
In this sequel to the "Billy Jack" films, Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is in prison. A U.S. Senator has died after promoting an investigation into the nuclear power industry, and the remaining Senator and the U.S. Government name Billy Jack to take the Senator's place in Congress. Billy Jack receives a pardon from prison and reports to the U.S. Senate where he uncovers corruption and, in his usual manner, sets out to bring honesty back to the Senate.
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The Couch 1962  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Owen Crump
Cast: Shirley Knight, Grant Williams, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie, Hope Summers, Michael Bachus, Anne Helm, Simon Scott, Harry Holcombe, John Alvin
Co-written by Blake Edwards, Owen Crump, and Robert Bloch, this suspenseful story involves a psychopath who notifies police of his intended victims just prior to their murders.
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The Fortune Cookie 1966  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Holcombe, Les Tremayne, Ned Glass, Sig Ruman, Lauren Gilbert, Marge Redmond, Noam Pitlik, Harry Davis
This film is a satire on middle-class values in America. When television cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) is injured during his filming of a Cleveland Browns football game, his brother-in-law "Whiplash Willy" (Walter Matthau) becomes his lawyer as they go to court to collect for injuries. Matthau won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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 Foxy Brown 1974  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Jack Hill
Cast: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Kathryn Loder, Harry Holcombe, Sid Haig, Juanita Brown, Sally Ann Stroud, Bob Minor, Tony Giorgio, Fred Lerner, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Judith Cassmore, H.B. Haggerty
After Foxy Brown's (Pam Grier) boyfriend Michael (Terry Carter) is slain, she vows revenge. Foxy goes undercover as a hooker working for Katherine Wall (Kathryn Loder) who heads up a drug cartel. Her efforts to try to infiltrate the mob and find the murderer of Michael leads to an overabundance of violence.
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 The Graduate 1967  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Norman Fell, Elisabeth Fraser, Alice Ghostley, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne, Harry Holcombe
Up until graduation, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has lived by his parents' values; now he is striving to discover what it is that he feels is important in life. Although he falls in love with Elaine (Katharine Ross) who is his own age, he ends up being seduced by her mother, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft). Now he must extricate himself from the situation with the mother in order to win Elaine's love. Mike Nichols won the Oscar for Best Director, and six nominations were received, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Actress (Bancroft), and Supporting Actress (Ross).
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King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Comedy
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Michael Keith, James Yagi, Tadao Takashima, Mie Hama, Kenji Sahara, Harry Holcombe, Akihiko Hirata, Yu Fujiki, Ichiro Arishima, Jun Tazaki, Akiko Wakabayashi, Akemi Negishi, Sensho Matsumoto, Senkichi Omura, Sachio Sakai
After a submarine collides with an iceberg, and Godzilla is released after being trapped for seven years, the great ape, King Kong, is captured and brought to Japan to fight Godzilla. A battle between the two ensues on Mount Fuji; but, when an earthquake sends Godzilla and Kong plunging into the ocean, only one will survive.
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Kisses for My President 1964 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, Eli Wallach, Donald May, Harry Holcombe, Bill Walker, Adrienne Marden
Roles are reversed in this comedy about Doris Reid (Polly Bergen) who is elected the first woman President of the United States, and her husband Thad (Fred MacMurray) must adapt to his new role in the public arena.
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1964 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ed Begley, Hermione Baddeley, Harve Presnell, Jack Kruschen, Martita Hunt, Harvey Lembeck, Kathryn Card, Hayden Rorke, Harry Holcombe
A very determined young woman, Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds), survives tragedies while moving West and later escapes drowning while sailing on the Titanic. In the end, she finds love and monumental wealth in Denver. Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Oscar, which was one of six nominations for the film.
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| 1. Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
2. The Couch (1962)
3. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
4. Foxy Brown (1974)
5. The Graduate (1967)
6. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
7. Kisses for My President (1964)
8. The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
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