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- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRalph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul StewartA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
- DirectorWilliam CorriganStarsCloris LeachmanElliott SullivanDon McHenryThe story of Martha Berry, who brought education to the impoverished children of rural Georgia after the Civil War.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsPaul NewmanWendell CoreyWalter PidgeonA decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsAndy WilliamsLisa KirkDiahann CarrollAndy Williams as The Man in the Moon comes down to earth and visits the United States. In his travels from the East coast to the Golden Gate Bridge, he comes across Tony Randall, singers Lisa Kirk and Diahann Carroll, dancers Bambi Linn and James Mitchell, actress Cloris Leachman, actor Jester Hairston, and the Four Saints, song-and-dance group. They perform in settings representing different U.S. locales.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Shelley WintersJane FondaBased on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four women (Claire Bloom, Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters and Glynis Johns) with four separate sexual hangups, ranging from frigidity to nymphomania. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. plays a researcher who becomes entangled with Fonda, the young woman suffering from emotional frigidity.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsLloyd BridgesShirley JonesLynn CarlinOver the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.
- DirectorCy HowardStarsGig YoungBea ArthurBonnie BedeliaMike and Susan's wedding is overshadowed by family drama, including Mike's brother's divorce, Susan's father's affair, her sister's marital troubles, and Mike's friend pursuing the maid of honor.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony PerkinsA radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsEli WallachJulie HarrisDeborah WintersComfortable New York suburbanites Arthur and Gerrie Mason learn that their seemingly innocent teenage daughter Maxie is a drug addict.
- DirectorPaul SylbertStarsRichard BenjaminChill WillsCloris LeachmanIn the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill ShepherdIn 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsHal HolbrookBarbara RushMargot KidderA newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLloyd BridgesCloris LeachmanEdward AsnerA group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort but find themselves wondering about their existences after a while.
- DirectorRoger BeattyDick HallDave PowersStarsCarroll O'ConnorCloris LeachmanJack GilfordCBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
- DirectorSam O'SteenStarsCloris LeachmanMartin BalsamMarge RedmondAfter 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first child.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLloyd BridgesVictor BuonoPaul BurkeA group of public and private investigators looks into the suspicious death of the son of one of its members' wealthy girlfriends.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsFred MacMurrayCloris LeachmanHarry MorganCharley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsWarren OatesBen JohnsonMichelle PhillipsJohn Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
- DirectorDarren McGavinStarsPatricia NealCloris LeachmanBobby DarinA teenage drifter becomes embroiled in the lives and mysteries of the residents in a small coastal fishing village while searching for his family roots.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsCloris LeachmanRoss MartinNed BeattyStranded at a roadside diner in the desert, a woman searches for her husband who has mysteriously disappeared from property.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCloris LeachmanRon HowardSissy SpacekA look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsCloris LeachmanMichael BrandonHenry DarrowA Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.
- DirectorJerry BelsonStarsCloris LeachmanCarmine CaridiMabel AlbertsonA recently wedded middle-aged couple, never before married, must adjust to living together after a lifetime of living alone.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsGene WilderBob NewhartEllen BurstynHarry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsCybill ShepherdBarry BrownCloris LeachmanIn this comedy of manners, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsCloris LeachmanDick Van PattenFrank SuttonThe ghost of her dead husband threatens the happy second marriage of a newly married widow.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsCloris LeachmanLaurence LuckinbillNick NolteA juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsCloris LeachmanJames OlsonGlynnis O'ConnorA woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that he has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsMabel AlbertsonEd ArnoldGary Barton
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsCloris LeachmanStuart WhitmanAnn SothernA family of three women, and their male companions, enter a life of crime in a desperate attempt to buy back their family farm, which was taken off of them by corrupt bankers a couple of decades before.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsLee RemickRichard CrennaDon MurrayA young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsRaul JuliaJohn P. RyanPhillip ClarkOn March 13, 1964, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and viciously stabbed to death several times by a psychopath while nearby residents watched but did nothing to help.
- DirectorRichard KinonAlan MyersonStarsDon AdamsTom BosleyFlorence HendersonThe adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico.
- DirectorCharles SwensonFred WolfStarsPeter UstinovCloris LeachmanSally KellermanAdaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding".
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsMarlo ThomasOrson WellesWayne RogersIn the spirit of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her family's Building and Loan business.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMadeline KahnCloris LeachmanA psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsMike ConnorsCloris LeachmanStephanie ZimbalistAfter a harrowing accident when a train crashes into her school bus, a young popular teenager, Celia, learns to handle life with brain damage, the death of several friends, and an amputated limb.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsLeslie UggamsOlivia ColeLouis Gossett Jr.Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsEdward HerrmannBarbara HarrisSusan ClarkA new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.
- DirectorJoan DarlingClaudio GuzmánStarsDeborah RaffinClu GulagerDiane LaddWilla wants to make it on her own. Her mom's a drunk, her husband has abandoned her, and she has 2 kids. She waitresses during the day and loads produce at night in exchange for truck-driving lessons. She is determined to become a truck driver, and will let no obstacles block her path.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry NelsonKermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsCloris LeachmanSeason HubleyDonald MoffatNaive small town teenager Ellie, is raped and beaten on an outing with some older men. The rape investigation and trial are bungled by both local police and the prosecutor. The rapist's female attorney Lynn Hollister shreds Ellie's tearful account on the stand, as Hollister forcefully defends her client. The only other witnesses are the rapist's cleaned-up male buddies, so the smarmy rapist Carl Berg is acquitted. Ellie's mother, mystery novelist Ruth Rendell, sets out to avenge her daughter, though Ellie's stepfather Frank opposes the plan, fearing repercussions. Mrs. R's daughter (played by Season Hubley, daughter of the animators John and Faith Hubley) is caught in the crossfire between her parents, especially when Frank cautions her against talking to strange men.
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsDavid JanssenCloris LeachmanHarry AndrewsOn her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsRichard BenjaminJames CocoScatman CrothersTo inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
- DirectorJack HofsissStarsHenry FondaGeorge GrizzardTimothy HuttonAiming to get in his old man's good graces, Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. Instead, the festivities serve only to make the already sour and crusty patriarch even more truculent and miserable.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsCharles Martin SmithStephen W. BurnsCloris LeachmanThe adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsGary BuseyAnnette O'TooleJohn CalvinA working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.
- DirectorFritz HoltStarsCloris LeachmanJonelle AllenWayne CilentoA revue of songs by Frank Loesser, originally performed at the Westwood Playhouse and later on Broadway.
- DirectorLarry KentStarsClaire PimparéVincent Van PattenEddie AlbertA young soldier maimed in Vietnam, allows his former girlfriend to believe he's dead to spare her the anguish.
- DirectorJoan TewkesburyStarsTed BessellCloris LeachmanDolph SweetAn unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksGregory HinesDom DeLuiseMel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsCloris LeachmanKelly BishopWalter BrookeThis was a pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
- DirectorGus TrikonisStarsDiane LaneCloris LeachmanDavid DukesAfter winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teen-aged girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.
- DirectorGeorge EnglundStarsSuzanne PleshetteCloris LeachmanKenneth McMillanDixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsCharles FieldsLiane LanglandJoyce Van PattenA young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsJeff GoldblumMelody AndersonMadolyn Smith OsborneThe story of Ernie Kovacs, a talented radio and TV presenter and entertainer ahead of his time, who tried to make his shows as innovative and quirky as budget and censorship would allow. Ignored during life, celebrated after death.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsMichael BiehnMadolyn Smith OsborneCloris LeachmanYoung, naive Katherine falls for, marries, and has a child with Dr. Charles Raynor. Then she realizes that he is a tormenting sadist. She divorces him and tries to take their child away, so he decides to kill her.
- DirectorWilliam CoselDavid F. WheelerStarsCloris LeachmanPat MoritaJune AngelaIt is the story of two people once linked by an interracial marriage setting up for their daughter's wedding.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsMare WinninghamCloris LeachmanSid CaesarMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsMayumi TanakaKeiko YokozawaKotoe HatsuiA young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
- DirectorMartine DugowsonStarsHelena Bonham CarterRomane BohringerMarie TrintignantAda and Lise are both costume designers, the first is around 20, the other around 30. Both are working hard on their break through. There are also jobs for the movies. This is where Lise meets producer Alphonse, who is nearly 20 years older than she. Because he is unhappy with his girlfriend a secret relationship evolves. Ada has problems as well, but she's not the only one. There are also the young Emma and Nina, as well as Yves and Guido - enough people to get into complicated relationship entanglements.
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsCloris LeachmanLisa WhelchelKim FieldsBlair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned of a planned jewel heist; Beverly Ann visits a beau from many years ago; Natalie is stranded in the outback; and Tootie meets a Yale student who pretends to be a young Aborigine.
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsChristopher LloydHowie MandelCloris LeachmanA boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.
- DirectorLen TalanStarsDavid WarnerHugh PollardNicola StapletonAfter being told to leave their home by their mother, Hansel and Gretel wrongly walk into the 'North woods' were they discover a delicious gingerbread house. Unbeknown to them it's a witch that lives there.
- DirectorRay PattersonStarsDanny CookseyVincent PriceJonathan WintersA little troll finds himself in a wonderful voyage from the Troll Kingdom until a human house, where he discover the Christmas and God.
- DirectorLee MishkinStarsMel BlancHeidi SorensonCoral BrowneA boy makes friends with a piano, and turns into a virtuoso. But he gradually becomes arrogant and the piano decides to teach him a lesson.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsMark Linn-BakerWendy KilbourneMichele GreeneA couple (Valentine and Greene) are about to get married. And all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive; like the groom's former live-in partner (Kilbourne), and his natural father (Van Patten). And it also appears that the bride also has a secret of her own. And it's here that everybody begins to realize some things about themselves and those around them.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsSam ElliottCloris LeachmanRutanya AldaA farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsJeff BridgesCybill ShepherdTimothy BottomsThe summer of 1984: 32 years after Duane Jackson captained the high school football team and Jacy Farrow was homecoming queen, the small town of Anarene, Texas prepares for its centennial celebration. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. People assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?
- DirectorTom MooreStarsD.W. MoffettTracy PollanJudith HoagThis standard romantic melodrama from prolific romance-novelist Danielle Steel features gorgeous leads, cute kids, tragic illness and death, a nasty custody battle with a ruthless villain, painful rebuilding, deeply-felt emotions, and beautiful settings.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsJeff DanielsCynthia SikesJudith IveyThe story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.
- DirectorJames Steven SadwithStarsBrian DennehyCloris LeachmanMarcia Gay HardenThe fanatically-uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not paying for candy triggers his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but is freed on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year--while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. The people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law into their own hands.
- DirectorJames W. RobersonStarsRichard KielCloris LeachmanLynne SeusA reclusive giant who lives on Thunder Mountain is falsely accused and pursued by people of a small western frontier town for kidnapping three children of the town.
- DirectorMimi LederStarsKirk CameronCloris LeachmanJenny RobertsonWill Loomis lives with his mentally-handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will kidnaps one (and then another) child from the local children's home and tells them they're dead and have gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDavid DukesShiloh StrongGail StricklandLong Island, 1942. 12-year-old Harry detects spies everywhere. But suddenly things get serious, as he and two evacuated London kids, Ned and Flo, stumble onto a real adventure. The children end up with America's destiny in their hands.
- DirectorJohn McPhersonStarsTimothy BusfieldHeather LocklearMichael BeckA professor accidentally records the murder of a neighbor on videotape and finds himself framed for the crime.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsLisa HartmanChristopher MeloniPeter JurasikA young couple have a sick baby who tests positive for having a chemical in antifreeze in his bloodstream. When he dies, his mother is the suspect. Her husband races to find new evidence before her trial. blogmonstermike.word press.com.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsCrystal BernardCloris LeachmanJohn TerryA despairing young widow who abandons her baby pondside among bulrushes and a man who's fighting to reclaim his own son are drawn together. A baby plops out of a rainy, stormy sky into the arms of the town's beloved, vaguely-addled spinster. Miracles suddenly reverse the town's fortunes as drought and unemployment disappear, only to be replaced by boosterism and greed.
- DirectorBob BalabanStarsAndrew LoweryTraci LindDanny ZornA teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsDiedrich BaderErika EleniakJim VarneyNice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil. He and his kin move to posh Beverly Hills.
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsMary-Kate OlsenAshley OlsenCloris LeachmanOn Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanStarsDom DeLuiseCloris LeachmanCharles Nelson ReillyAn evil Queen banishes a flower loving troll named Stanley (Dom DeLuise) to New York City, where he befriends two young children.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsGrant ShowGéza KovácsMaria PitilloSteve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Maria, and his allegiance to Carlo Gambino.
- DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsChristina RicciDemi MooreRosie O'DonnellFour 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
- DirectorGiles WalkerStarsOlympia DukakisJean LapointeJan RubesFour old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.
- DirectorMike JudgeMike de SeveBrian MulroneyStarsMike JudgeBruce WillisDemi MooreOur intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.
- DirectorRoy WilsonStarsRandy TravisJay JohnsonJerry Van DykeA mute boy and a calf with the ability to speak form a deep friendship, learning what it means to love and sacrifice for another.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsEli MarienthalHarry Connick Jr.Jennifer AnistonA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsMeryl StreepCloris LeachmanHenry DinhoferAfter Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
- DirectorWayne KeeleyStarsDavid McCallumEric BraedenJohn CunninghamThe 1912 Senate Investigation into the sinking of the Titanic.
- DirectorDiane KeatonStarsDiane KeatonMeg RyanLisa KudrowA trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
- DirectorAnne DeSalvoStarsCloris LeachmanMercedes RuehlDinah ManoffWhile trying to help their widowed mother cope, each of four sisters begins to understand what is missing in their own lives and relationships, and the lessons they learn affect the entire family.
- DirectorKevin AltieriStarsAlicia WittJohn de LancieElizabeth DailyCaitlin Fairchild is a teenager who is offered a place in an institute for gifted children. She soon learns that the school isn't really a school, but rather a military project to turn children with a special genetic structure into super soldiers. After developing incredibly enhanced abilities, Caitlin rebels against the program that created her, but all is not what it appears; there are some in the military who want to help her, and a deadly enemy is actually a long lost sibling.
- DirectorGabrielle BurtonMaria BurtonStarsShirley JonesCloris LeachmanLouise FletcherWhat happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately....
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsLuke WilsonKate HudsonDavid PaymerA writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
- DirectorAndrew D. WeymanStarsValerie BertinelliPeter MacNicolCloris LeachmanTV pilot starring "Touched by an Angel" Valerie Bertinelli and "Ally McBeal" Peter MacNicol as a baby-boomer couple who adopt a girl from China.
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsAdam SandlerTéa LeoniPaz VegaA woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerBurt ReynoldsChris RockPrison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.