Back Roads 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston
Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other.
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Cry Panic 1974  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: John Forsythe, Earl Holliman, Ralph Meeker, Norman Alden, Anne Francis, Eddie Firestone, Claudia McNeil, Harry Basch, Gene Tyburn, Jason Wingreen, Royce D. Applegate, Wesley Lau
In this made-for-TV mystery, David Ryder (John Forsythe) runs over and kills a pedestrian. When he returns to the scene if the accident, the body is missing. It appears that the townsfolk, including the sheriff, have something to hide.
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The Getaway 1994 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam, Royce D. Applegate, Alex Colon, Daniel Villarreal, Scott McKenna, Justin Williams
In this violent film–a remake of the 1972 movie–gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) arranges for Doc McCoy's (Alex Baldwin) release from a Mexican jail after making a deal with Doc's wife Carol (Kim Basinger). The deal involves Doc holding up an Arizona race track, and Doc, along with Rudy (Michael Madsen) and Frank (Philip Seymour Hoffman), pulls off the heist. But, problems follow, and Doc and Carol try to escape to Mexico with their stolen million dollars.
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Gods and Generals 2003 PG-13, 220 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Frankie Faison, Brian Mallon, Bruce Boxleitner, Royce D. Applegate, Cooper Huckabee, William Sanderson
In this prequel to "Gettysburg" (1993), the focus is on General "Stonewall" Jackson (Stephen Lang) and General Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall) and the battles–Manasses, Fredericksburg, and Chancelorville–that took place before Gettysburg.
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The Mad Bomber 1973 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Detective Geronimo
The Police Connection
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Vince Edwards, Chuck Connors, Neville Brand, Hank Brandt, Christina Hart, Faith Quabius, Ilona Wilson, Nancy Honnold, Ted Gehring, Dee Carroll, Jeff Burton, Royce D. Applegate
Tough cop Geronimo Minneli (Vince Edwards) is on the trail of a mad bomber, William Dorn (Chuck Connors), who is avenging the overdose death of his daughter by blowing up buildings and schools his daughter had frequented.
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Million Dollar Mystery 1987  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
aka: Money Mania
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Pam Matteson, Penny Baker, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Tom Bosley, Kevin Pollak, Daniel McDonald, Gail Neely
Sidney Preston (Tom Bosley) is dining at the Apache Acres Motel and Diner when he suffers a heart attack and, gasping for his last breath, tells fellow travelers at the diner that he has stolen $4 million. He gives them clues of four locations where he has stashed the money, and all who hear him take off in search of the money. As a promotion for the film, sponsors offered $1 million to the first person to correctly spot where the money is located. There were over 300,000 entrants, and 15-year-old Alesia Jones won the prize.
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Phoenix 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Anjelica Huston, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Tamara Clatterbuck, Vanessa Munday, Glenn Morshower
Harry (Ray Liotta) is a Phoenix police detective who owes $32,000 to his bookie. To pay off his gambling debt, Harry concocts a scheme with his co-worker Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) to rip-off a loan shark.
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 The Rookie 2002  G, 129 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Brian Cox, Rick Gonzalez, Angus T. Jones, Chad Lindberg, Angelo Spizzirri, Royce D. Applegate, Russell Richardson, Raynor Scheine
This is the true story of Jimmy Morris (Dennis Quaid) who went from coaching high-school baseball in a small Texas town to the oldest major league rookie in 40 years when he signed as a southpaw for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It all came about because his high-school team made a bargain that if they won the district championship, Coach Morris would try out for major league baseball.
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| 1. Back Roads (1981)
2. Cry Panic (1974)
3. The Getaway (1994)
4. Gods and Generals (2003)
5. The Mad Bomber (1973)
aka: Detective Geronimo
aka: The Police Connection
6. Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
aka: Money Mania
7. Outside Chance (1978)
8. Phoenix (1998)
9. The Rookie (2002)
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