Leo Penn

Birdman of Alcatraz

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

The Story on Page One

Clifford Odets

Rita Hayworth, Anthony Franciosa

An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.

Not Wanted

Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton

Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

The Undercover Man

Joseph H. Lewis

Glenn Ford, Nina Foch

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.

A Man Called Adam

Leo Penn

Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Ray Danton

Stacy Keach, Emily Rose Chance

After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.

Quarantined

Leo Penn

Gary Collins, John Dehner

A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses to cooperate with her treatment.

The Crossing Guard

Sean Penn

Jack Nicholson, David Morse

After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time to try and make peace with himself and his entourage, and even finds romance. Gale, whose life is spiraling down because of his obsession towards Booth, will bring himself on the very edge of sanity. At he end of the week, both men will find themselves on a collision course with each other.

Sixth and Main

Christopher Cain

Leslie Nielsen, Beverly Garland

Monica Cord is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue mission and shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Monica becomes intrigued by one particular derelict, a tall, quiet man known only as John Doe.

The Wild Life

Art Linson

Chris Penn, Lea Thompson

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice

Aaron Lipstadt, Leo Penn

Benjamin Bratt, Don Franklin

Fall Guy

Reginald Le Borg

Leo Penn, Robert Armstrong

A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escapes in search of answers to the mystery himself.

Judgment in Berlin

Leo Penn

Sean Penn, Martin Sheen

American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

Hellinger's Law

Leo Penn

Sean Penn, Telly Savalas

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.

Murder in Music City

Leo Penn

Sonny Bono, Lee Purcell

A brash songwriter who buys a detective agency as a tax shelter finds himself and his photographer's model bride involved in a puzzling murder, when a dead body turns up in their honeymoon suite, and on a trail that leads them to Nashville.