Choke Canyon 1986  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Chuck Ball
Cast: Stephen Collins, Bo Svenson, Janet Julian, Lance Henriksen, Victoria Racimo, Nicholas Pryor, Robert F. Hoy, Michael Flynn, Walter Robles, Kurt Woodruff, Mark Baer, Sherry Sailer, Alan Gregory, Michael Phenicie, Marc Di Nunzio
Choke Canyon is the site of the high-tech lab that is being run by David Lowell (Stephen Collins) who wants to harness energy from a space rock. Meanwhile, the Pilgrim Corporation wants to dump its nuclear waste in Choke Canyon, and they use violence in a ruthless effort to get their way. But, they have underestimated Lowell's ability to thwart their plans.
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 1976  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Roy Jenson, Robert F. Hoy, Jennifer Lee, Sid Gould, Richard Farnsworth, Jerry Willis
An unlikely couple–the Duchess (Goldie Hawn) and the Dirtwater Fox (George Segal)–make off with $40,000 stolen from bank robbers. The robbers follow in pursuit as the couple joins a wagon train of Mormons on their way to Salt Lake City. This film has some funny moments.
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 The Enforcer 1976  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Bradford Dillman, John Crawford, Robert F. Hoy, Rudy Ramos, DeVeren Bookwalter, Samantha Doane, Jocelyn Jones, M.G. Kelly, Nick Pellegrino, Albert Popwell, Rudy Ramos
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) returns, only this time he works with an assistant, Kate Moore (Tyne Daly). Harry goes undercover into a terrorist organization–People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF)–headed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). The PRSF has kidnapped the Mayor (John Crawford) of San Francisco, and Harry and Kate are determined to rescue him. Lots of action in this good "Dirty Harry" film.
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Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues 1983 TV, 195 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Johnny Crawford, Charles Fields, Cameron Mitchell, Gregory Sierra, David Hedison, Brion James, Robert F. Hoy, Ken Swofford, Harold Gould, Paul Koslo, Mitch Ryan, Macon McCalman
Kenny Rogers as Brady Hawkes, "The Gambler," is back for a second made-for-TV effort–a two-part episode. Brady, Billy (Bruce Boxleitner), and young Jeremiah (Charles Field) are riding the train to a major gambling event when the train is taken over by killers in search of money. After they take Jeremiah hostage for ransom, Brady and Billy form their own gang–including bounty hunter Kate (Linda Evans)–to rescue Jeremiah.
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The Slender Thread 1965  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner, Dabney Coleman, Robert F. Hoy, John Benson, Paul Newlan, Jason Wingreen
This film is Sydney Pollack's directorial debut. The story is about Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) who overdoses on drugs. When she calls a suicide hotline, a young volunteer (Sidney Poitier), tries to save her life.
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| 1. Choke Canyon (1986)
2. The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
3. The Enforcer (1976)
4. Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
aka: The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
5. The Slender Thread (1965)
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