 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 1969  G, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, William Schallert, Alan Hewitt, Richard Bakalyan, Debbie Paine, Frank Webb, Michael McGreevey, Jon Provost
In this Disney comedy, college student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) is involved in an accident that causes computer data to be implanted in his brain. This leads to a merry chase as mobster A. J. Arno (Cesar Romero) wants the information stored in Riley's head. There is a sequel: "Now You See Him, Now You Don't."
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972 G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus, William Windom, Michael McGreevey, Richard Bakalyan, Alan Hewitt, Ed Begley Jr.
In this sequel to "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," Kurt Russell returns in the role of college student Dexter Riley who invents a fluid that makes things invisible, and mobster A. J. Arno (Caesar Romero) is again after him for his own illegal gains.
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Snowball Express 1972  G, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Johnny Whitaker, Michael McGreevey, George Lindsey, Kathleen Cody, Mary Wickes, David White, Dick Van Patten, Alice Backes
New Yorker Johnny Baxter (Dean Jones) inherits a Colorado ski lodge and leaves the big city with his family for a new start in the clean air of Colorado. The lodge is a real fixer-upper to say the least, but the Baxter family works to make a go of it, despite setbacks such as banker Martin (Keenan Wynn) who wants the property himself. Typical Disney family comedy which ends with a wild and wacky snowmobile race.
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The Strongest Man in the World 1975 G, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers, Dick Van Patten, Harold Gould, Michael McGreevey, Richard Bakalyan, James Gregory
College student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) is at it again when he develops a formula to give superhuman strength and is confronted by others who want financial gain from his invention. This is the third in a series of "Dexter Riley" films by Disney–the previous films are "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and "Now You See Him, Now You Don't."
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The Way West 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum
A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.
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| 1. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
2. Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
3. Snowball Express (1972)
4. The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
5. The Way West (1967)
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