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- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam BendixOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeJean WallaceDan DuryeaAfter being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsKim NovakGlenda FarrellJan NorrisA widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
- DirectorDon RichardsonStarsGertrude BergConrad BrombergMorris CarnovskyThis omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.
- DirectorJoseph StrickStarsShelley WintersPeter FalkLee GrantIn a fictional country, the Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
- DirectorBen MaddowStarsViveca LindforsKevin McCarthyLee GrantA neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
- DirectorAllen BaronStarsLee GrantRichard BrayMichael HigginsA boy living in poverty in rural America ventures out into New York City and faces unforeseen obstacles.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsDick Van DykeDebbie ReynoldsJason RobardsDick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsBarbara ParkinsPatty DukePaul BurkeFilm version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsGina LollobrigidaShelley WintersPhil SilversCarla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.
- DirectorAlex MarchStarsRyan O'NealLeigh Taylor-YoungVan HeflinA Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsGregory PeckRichard CrennaDavid JanssenThree American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsBeau BridgesLee GrantDiana SandsAt the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind. He's grown fond of the black tenants and particularly of Fanny (Diana Sands), the wife of a black radical; he's maybe fallen in love with Lanie (Marki Bey), a mixed race girl; he's lost interest in redecorating his home. Joyce (Lee Grant), his mother has not relinquished this interest and in one of the film's most hilarious sequences gives her MasterCharge card to Marge (Pearl Bailey), a black tenant and appoints her decorator.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsKirk DouglasHenry FondaHume CronynA charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
- DirectorTed PostStarsJames FranciscusLee GrantScott MarloweA man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGig YoungLee GrantDenise NickersonA housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stops in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work are the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsRobert YoungBeau BridgesEric ChaseRobert Young hosts a series of sketches poking fun at the American family.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsWalter MatthauMaureen StapletonBarbara HarrisThree vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.
- DirectorErnest LehmanStarsRichard BenjaminKaren BlackLee GrantThe movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLee GrantJack WardenDon GallowayAfter a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsLee GrantRobert CummingsHarry GuardinoA retired lady judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.
- DirectorJay SandrichStarsTed BessellLee GrantLarry HagmanA married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.