Sammy Davis Jr.

Cannonball Run II

Admin — Fri, 29 Jun 1984 00:00:00 +0000

The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.

The Cannonball Run

Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 1981 00:00:00 +0000

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. “Cannonball” Baker, who in the roaring 20’s rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.

Sweet Charity

Admin — Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 +0000

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Admin — Wed, 11 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0000

In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he’s out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys’ orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim’s heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?

Sergeants 3

Admin — Sat, 10 Feb 1962 00:00:00 +0000

Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.

Ocean’s Eleven

Admin — Wed, 17 Feb 1960 00:00:00 +0000

Ocean’s Eleven is the ‘Rat-Pack’ comedy about robber Danny Ocean and his gang’s attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas.

Porgy and Bess

Admin — Wed, 24 Jun 1959 00:00:00 +0000

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.