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- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJimmie RodgersLuana PattenChill WillsAn orphan fights for the north in the Civil War, then returns to his girlfriend in Kentucky.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsKirk DouglasGena RowlandsWalter MatthauA fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDanny KayeCara WilliamsMartha HyerAn employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantAudrey HepburnWalter MatthauRomance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsJoan CrawfordDiane BakerLeif EricksonAfter a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
- DirectorEdward MontagneStarsErnest BorgnineTim ConwayJoe FlynnThe crazy crew of McHale decide to use their PT boat as an off-track betting parlor and run in to lots of trouble when they owe money to some marines and a horse they bought causes a Japanese sub to run aground.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsCelia MiliusLarry DomasinAnn DanielThe story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsJohn ForsytheSenta BergerJane WyattThree children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father.
- DirectorKen KennedyStarsTristram CoffinMarjorie ReynoldsGeorge KennedyDanny, fourteen-year-old son of a police officer (killed in the line of duty) and his widowed mother, Mary, are close to Lieutenant Williams. The Lieutenant would like to marry Mary, who does not have any interest in marrying another police officer. Meanwhile, Gus Jordan, a third-rate wrestler, accidentally kills his girlfriend Lola. Danny witnesses this while on his paper route, and becomes Jordan's target, which Williams must stop.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisOlivia de HavillandJoseph CottenAn aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJohn WayneKirk DouglasPatricia NealA Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGregory PeckDiane BakerWalter MatthauAn accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames StewartDoug McClureGlenn CorbettA Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneDean MartinMartha HyerRanch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter FinchAfter an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsDoris DayPeter GravesGeorge KennedyA widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle--and by organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsMichael CaineJane FondaJohn Phillip LawDrama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles BronsonDuring World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames StewartDean MartinRaquel WelchMace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsJames GarnerEva RenziGeorge KennedyA South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsTony CurtisHenry FondaGeorge KennedyA series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge KennedyJames WhitmoreMonte MarkhamGunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRobert MitchumGeorge KennedyMartin BalsamAn aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsBeau BridgesMelina MercouriBrian KeithTo escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil takes him under her wing, gives him a room in her high-class bordello, and gets him a job at a newspaper. He's so sweet and dumb, he thinks Lil's is a boarding house. He's soon caught up in an electoral struggle between a secretly corrupt reformer and an openly corrupt councilman. Can Ben expose corruption or will he be caught up in allure of power? An alcoholic investigative reporter and the bordello's ingénue try to help him grow up.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJim BrownGeorge KennedyFredric MarchRacial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsGeorge KennedyEli WallachAnne JacksonIn order to collect the ransom offered by the family of a kidnapped industrialist, a terminally-ill man frames himself for the crime, but he accidentally uncovers the real culprit.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsFrank SinatraGeorge KennedyAnne JacksonDirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames StewartGeorge KennedyAnne BaxterIn 1935, after forty years in a West Virginia prison, three released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the $25,000 earned in prison, but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plans to defraud them.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsGeorge KennedyVera MilesWilliam WindomA middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up, his wife forced to go back to work, and his marriage start to break up.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsPeter FinchLiv UllmannSally KellermanWhile escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneGeorge KennedyGary GrimesA tough Marshal has a difficult task when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsGeorge KennedyJan-Michael VincentBradford DillmanSeveral men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with six hundred thousand dollars.
- DirectorJeffrey MandelStarsKristin HarmonRobert HoganTisha SterlingComedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsGeorge KennedyJoanna PettetLee MontgomeryThe father of a wilderness family gets bitten by a skunk, and fearing rabies, chains himself to a barn to protect his family should he go mad. He orders his son not to come near him no matter how persuasive or rational his appearance or argument. However, the creek dries up, indicating an upstream blockage and an imminent flood. Several trips upstream by the son have failed to locate the blockage, and now Dad wants to be released.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsClint EastwoodJeff BridgesGeorge KennedyWith the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonKaren BlackGeorge KennedyA 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerGeorge KennedyVarious interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGeorge KennedyVonetta McGeeClassical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGeorge KennedyJohn MillsRaf ValloneAfter his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJack LemmonLee GrantJoseph CottenArt thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
- DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsGeorge KennedyMariko OkadaYûsaku MatsudaWhen an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police Detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York City. There he is joined by Detective Shuftan, and together they sort out the crime.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGregg HenryKay LenzScatman CrothersWhen his friend injures a little girl in a small southern town while driving drunk, country singer Paul agrees to state in court he had been driving. But his lawyer betrays him, and he ends up on a prison farm, sentenced to five years. Prison turns out as a living hell, when Paul not only has to work hard in the heat of the day, but the sadistic foreman uses his prisoners to train his fighting dogs, who he loves more than anyone else, and there seems to be no chance of getting away.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsSophia LorenJohn CassavetesMax von SydowIn 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt, but the Army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hitman to kill the General.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsPerry KingDon StroudTisa FarrowThe members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up murdered. The police soon begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer. He knows he isn't, and must find the real killer in order to clear his name. He soon realizes, however, that the real killer is now hunting him.
- 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.
- DirectorJoe CampStarsDion PrideGreg HodgesJeff NicholsonSome school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuse to believe them. Later they discover both were part of an assassination plot. Now they have to figure out how to stop the plot and put the bad guys in jail.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAnn AultJan JordenGeorge KennedyHarry Walter, the widowed owner of a plumbing supply company, begins dating an attractive, and much younger, pediatrician named Sarah Keaton. The generation gap reveals itself when Harry wants to get married, and Sarah suggests living together first.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlain DelonSusan BlakelyRobert WagnerA supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsLee MajorsJennifer O'NeillArt CarneyThe construction of a steel skyscraper becomes a race against time and challenges the sanity of a building foreman and his crew.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsGeorge KennedyRichard CrennaNick MancusoA mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiAfter a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- DirectorFrank Q. DobbsStarsGeorge KennedyStrother MartinJohn TerryA hard drinking old man and a cocky street-wise drifter are blackmailed into repossessing a Rolls-Royce from a local gangster, and all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorNicholas CoreaStarsLane CaudellBelinda BauerVictor CamposThe hero is given his mentor's bow (the Heartbow) which chooses its new owner when passed on. It fires arrows that blow up like grenades, but can only be wielded by the one chosen to wield her. The hero is a member of a nomadic tribe wiped out by the Draikian Empire's forces. He attempts to find the wizard Lazar-Sa who might be able to help him. He is joined by a thief looking for adventure and cash, and the daughter of a goddess, Estra, looking to revenger herself on Lazar-Sa for crimes against her mother.
- DirectorJeff LiebermanStarsGeorge KennedyMike KellinChris LemmonFive young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsJoe Don BakerStella StevensGeorge KennedyThirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsBarbara EdenGeorge KennedyMelissa Sue AndersonUnscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the old man's favorite train, the Chattanooga Choo Choo, and make a twenty-four-hour run from Chattanooga to New York City. Bert (Kennedy) sees this as his chance to get free from his wife and get some publicity for his team. Bert's mistress (Barbara Eden), the team coach (Joe Namath), cheerleaders, players press, estranged wife, daughter, potential son-in-law and his father (who is also Bert's business rival), are all on-board for the hilarious trip.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsGeorge KennedyForrest TuckerTom HallickA real-life story of a kidnapped horse in Italy, and a young girl's quest to retrieve it.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsDorian HarewoodGeorg Stanford BrownDebbi MorganThis is the compelling story of Jesse Owens, a man who overcame racial barriers to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes by disproving Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan athletic superiority through his success in track and field.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekGeorge KennedyAndrea OcchipintiSet in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsJoe PesciVictoria JacksonFred WilliamsonRocky Nelson is a New York City cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor. However, when he gets there, the directors think that he is too short to be an actor. He is then approached by someone who offers him a job at a Hollywood security agency, because he would fit in there being an ex-cop, and while working there, he could come in contact with some Hollywood heavyweights who could give him the break he needs, and at the same time, he gets to live in Dean Martin's guest house.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyCharles S. DubinStarsGil GerardBerlinda TolbertPat CrowleyManager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsJohn StockwellMichael DudikoffMichele LittleAfter a nuclear war, Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent fifteen years on their own in a bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, nineteen-years-old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks, and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
- DirectorSimon NuchternStarsGeorge KennedyRichard LynchKaren BlackA vicious biker gang is intent on destroying a small town in Arizona. A war veteran visiting an old friend and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with the gang's ruthless leader.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsChuck NorrisLee MarvinMartin BalsamAfter a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.
- DirectorClaudio M. CutryJefferson RichardStarsKen RobersonGeorge KennedyPamela Jean BryantAs the new partner in an oil-drilling enterprise, Mace Morgan s future looks rosy, until he meets Monique, his partner s girlfriend.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsKenny RogersBruce BoxleitnerLinda GrayBrady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure.
- DirectorRaphael NussbaumStarsGeorge KennedyGreg EviganMitzi KaptureMitzi Kapture plays Helen, as an affianced heiress who becomes romantically involved with stock car racer, Brad Carlton, with whom she got into an auto accident. Brad helps her company win a multi-million dollar government military contract. Predictably, Helen's fiancée Ken resents it when attention is focused on Brad. Brad becomes a victim of sabotage and strange accidents, and realizes someone wants to stop him cold, dead cold.
- DirectorMichael GornickStarsGeorge KennedyLois ChilesDomenick JohnThree macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
- DirectorClay BorrisStarsArt HindleReiner SchöneAnthony AddabboThe Everetts, two brothers and a cousin are trying to make a go of their ranch in Kansas, but Deke Turner, someone who wants to see them fail, is doing everything he can to see that happen. Featuring George Kennedy.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsJim AntonioJudith BaldwinWarren BerlingerOne football player is in college on a scholarship and has not interest in his classes, and other has a fine academic record which becomes threatened by the demands of his sport.
- DirectorJames FargoStarsJoseph BottomsMarla HeasleyRobert LoganA race-car driver falls in love with a beautiful Italian automobile engineer who is travelling the NASCAR circuit to sell her controversial engine technology.
- DirectorJosé Antonio de la LomaStarsJorge RiveroGeorge KennedyAndrew StevensA team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.
- DirectorEmmett AlstonStarsGeorge KennedyDavid Michael O'NeillPamela GilbertA man and his daughter are attacked in the woods by what they believe is a Bigfoot-type creature. However, they soon begin to suspect that they may have stumbled onto a nest of aliens in a hidden spacecraft.
- DirectorNico MastorakisStarsWings HauserBo HopkinsGeorge KennedyScientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.
- DirectorNello RossatiStarsFranco NeroDeborah MooreMary StavinAuthor Ted Angelo discovers a U.F.O. in the Colombian jungle. When he tries to spread the word, he earns more than the usual disbelief. Suddenly he's hunted by almost every organization, like the C.I.A., the K.G.B., the mob, Nazis, and even extra-terrestrials. Those E.T.s obviously do not want to phone home.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsGeorge KennedyAlex CordClu GulagerA cat infected with a genetically engineered virus escapes from a lab and goes on a killing spree, finding its way onboard a shady businessman's yacht loaded with young guests.
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyO.J. SimpsonIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsRobert ForsterGeorge KennedyFernando ReyA priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.
- DirectorThierry NotzStarsAndrew StevensStarr AndreeffGeorge KennedyWhen chemical warfare leaves the world barren and filled with mutated monsters, a band of survivors in an underground complex battle one of the creatures that was able to break in.
- DirectorPeter MarisStarsKen AbrahamNed BeattyBrodie GreerA Minister's family is killed by Arab terrorists, and he takes revenge.
- DirectorAdam SimonStarsBill PullmanBill PaxtonBud CortIn a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsSora JungHak-jae LeeShin Seong-ilTwo North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad, Iraq. When investigators catch up with the two in Bahrain, they take suicide pills, but Ma Yumi is revived and forced to stand trial for her crimes.
- DirectorNico MastorakisPeter RaderStarsBrian ThompsonOliver ReedGeorge KennedyA fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary, and their job is to free an imprisoned rebel leader.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsRay SharkeySteve RailsbackJames KeachFact-based story about a rogue Boston police officer who plotted a bank heist.
- DirectorPeter MarisStarsBrad DavisKim DelaneyKen ForeeA town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsThomas GottschalkBilly Dee WilliamsDom DeLuiseAn eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototype revolutionary new car that runs on vegetables and produces no pollution, but he runs into one madcap situation after another to find a buyer and financier for mass production.
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyGeorge KennedyLieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.
- DirectorDorna X. van RouveroyStarsGeorge KennedyKoen WautersNada van NieA famous surgeon gets into a coma after a car accident. Seven years later, he wakes up as a mutilated monster and starts a massacre.
- DirectorCharles BravermanStarsVictor LoveDuane DavisGeorge KennedyBased on a true story of Hank Gathers, a basketball player from Loyola Marymount who collapsed and died during a game. Hank was a loudmouth Philly kid who was one of the best high school basketball players in the city. His rival comes in the form of Bo Kimble, a more serious athlete who doesn't care for Hank's reckless behavior. When the two players get recruited by USC, they eventually become friends. Hank and Bo are not really played much with the USC team, and head to Loyola Marymount, where the two became college sensations.
- DirectorTôru MurakawaStarsBunta SugawaraDavid CarradineGeorge KennedyAfter his daughter is kidnapped and his wife murdered by drug dealers, a man finds that the gang is protected by corrupt politicians, and sets out to wipe out the gang and expose the politicians.
- DirectorDavid Z. McMahonStarsLibby BrienGerald BunsenJames Doohan
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyGeorge KennedyFrank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.
- DirectorLeonard KatzmanStarsRosalind AllenChris DemetralPatrick DuffyFive years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, he turns up alive and well. He returns to Dallas and plots to bring his family back together, and regain control of Ewing Oil from his archenemy Cliff Barnes.
- DirectorGardner ComptonStarsGeorge KennedyGabriel DamonBrenda AllisonYoung boys go on an adventure to seek out a legendary ghost, but find something far more valuable instead.
- DirectorMark DindalStarsScott BakulaJasmine GuyNatalie ColeDanny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
- DirectorMichael PreeceStarsPatrick DuffyLinda GrayLarry HagmanIt has been two years since Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing took over control of Ewing Oil. Although J.R. is successfully managing a large oil conglomerate, he wants to once again own his father's company. When he discovers that Ray Krebbs' land, which is heavily mortgaged, has undiscovered oil on it, he knows that if he plays his cards right, he can purchase the land and have enough money to regain control of Ewing Oil. But his business rival Carter McKay also has his eyes on Ray's property, and may soon join Bobby and Sue Ellen as an executive at Ewing Oil. Both parties hatch schemes in order to get what they want.