HBO October 1979
Cover: "California Suite"
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- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsLee Van CleefLieh LoPatty ShepardA martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAnnie GirardotPhilippe NoiretCatherine AlricParisian detective Lise meets her childhood sweetheart Antoine by chance. Extremely happy about the reunion, the two arrange to meet. But Lise's duties as an inspector thwart their plans.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsJan-Michael VincentSally FieldAging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo HopkinsBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
- DirectorBrice MackStarsLisa PelikanBert ConvyNina FochOstracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
- DirectorGeorge C. ScottStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereJohn David CarsonA husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsRock HudsonMia FarrowRobert ForsterThe vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsRobert MitchumRichard EganLeslie NielsenEx-DEA agent Quinlan enters a labyrinth of deception and death as he tries to destroy a powerful Amsterdam-based drug cartel named 'Juliana'.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsChristopher PlummerJames MasonDavid HemmingsSherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsDavid CarradineBrenda VaccaroL.Q. JonesA World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
- DirectorJames FargoStarsAnthony QuinnMichael SarrazinChristopher LeeIn 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsYehoram GaonGila AlmagorAssi DayanIn July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages. This movie is based on the true facts and follows the events since the flight's take-off and until the hostages' return to Israel.
- StarsJohn Ritter
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJames CaanJane FondaJason RobardsA brave and proud woman struggles for her land, finding help and something more in unexpected way.
- DirectorJoseph BrooksStarsMichael DeckerJulie GordonJoseph BrooksBob Morrison, a successful composer of TV commercial jingles, is unhappy with his his lack of creative freedom in developing the definitive dog-food song. Frustrated, he heads out to Hollywood to score a movie. While in California, he establishes contact with an old girlfriend. Joe Brooks ("You Light Up My Life") co-wrote, produced, directed, scored and starred in the film.
- DirectorGerald KrellStarsRobert VaughnA television version of Dore Schary's one-man play about FDR, with its original star.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsGeorge C. ScottPeter BoyleSeason HubleyA religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsBurt ReynoldsJennifer BillingsleyNed BeattyAn ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsJane FondaAlan AldaMaggie SmithMisadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
- DirectorBurt ReynoldsStarsBurt ReynoldsSally FieldDom DeLuiseSlapstick black comedy about a man (Reynolds) who finds that he hasn't much longer to live and has bungled his attempts at suicide.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsArt CarneyEllen BurstynRené EnríquezWhen his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKirk DouglasJohn CassavetesCarrie SnodgressA former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency.
- DirectorRemi KramerStarsBen GazzaraBritt EklandPaul WinfieldTwo Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive in Africa.
- DirectorJeff MargolisStarsRichard PryorPatti LaBelleHuey P. NewtonRichard Pryor's classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite target -- himself.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsElliott GouldClive RevillHarry GuardinoA small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsNick NolteTuesday WeldMichael MoriartyA Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn RandolphJack KehoeAn honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
- DirectorHarald ReinlCharles RomineStarsWilliam ShatnerRobert CharrouxJeane DixonA documentary movie about the influence of "ancient astronauts" in mankind's history.
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsA. Michael BaldwinBill ThornburyReggie BannisterA teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsGeorge SegalJacqueline BissetRobert MorleyOne by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenMarthe KellerHildegard KnefDown-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.