The White Falcon - 17.08.1979, Side 4

Movies Aug. 17-24
A. THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES—Comedy (PG). High school stu-
dent Steven Guttenberg works at a restaurant called "Chick-
en on the Run," where Phil Silvers, the owner, lusts after
females and browbeats his employees. (116 min.)
B. MARCO POLO—Animated cartoon (G). No synopsis avail-
able. (81 min.)
C. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY—Drama (PG). A twisty heist
yarn where robbers (Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland)
attempt to steal two safes full of gold in a locked box-
car on a train speeding from London to Folkstone. (104 min.)
D. THE BELSTONE FOX—Drama (G) . Bill Travers, an old
woodsman, takes the- sole surviver from a slaughtered fox
and her cubs to a friend who trains hounds
for hunting. Also stars Rachel Roberts. (87 min.)
E. BOBBY DEERFIELD—Romantic drama (PG). Grand Prix rac-
er A1 Pacino goes to a Swiss sanitorium to visit an in-
jured driver and meets Marthe Keller, a patient who puzzles
him with her flamboyant conversation. (124 min.)
F. JAWS OF DEATH—Adventure drama (PG). A young shark-
keeper (Richard Jaeckel) lives in Florida where he has
certain powers over his "friends," the sharks. (86 min.)
G. THE HEIRESS—Drama (PG). Olivia de Haviland plays an
unattractive wealthy girl pursued by a fortune hunter.
Also stars Montgomery Clift. (115 min.)
H. QUINTET—Fantasy drama (R). In a future time, mil-
lions of people live underground and occupy their time with
a card game "Quintet." Stars Paul Newman and Vittorio
Gassman. (119 min.)
I. DOUBLE NICKELS—Action comedy (PG). Smokey is a hot-
rodding highway patrolman whose main passion in life is
chasing speeders in his high performance patrolcar. Stars
Jack Vacek and Patrice Shubert. (89 min.)
J■ NORMA RAE—Social drama (PG). Sally Field is a hard-
working Southern mill laborer whose main outlet is men, and
Ron Leibman is a hip organizer from New York who sets out
to unionize her plant. (115 min.)
K. THE PSYCHIC—Drama (R). One day, while driving through
a tunnel, young and lovely Virginia (Jennifer O'Neill) ex-
periences nightmarish "visions" of her life and death.
Also stars Marc Porel. (97 min.)
L. THE PASSAGE—Drama (R). A Basque shepherd (Anthony
Quinn) reluctantly agrees to transport an important refugee
scientist (James Mason) through an icy pass in the Pyrenees
connecting occupied France with Spain during WWII. (99 min.)
M. KING KONG—Drama (PG). A remake of the renowned 1933
spectacular where once again the giant ape is captured and
displayed in New York. Breaking out of his cage, he cre-
ates havoc in the city. Stars Jeff Bridges and Jessica
Lange. (134 min.)
N. THE BANDITS—Western drama (PG). In 1867, three men,
Chris (Robert Conrad), Boy (Jan Michael Vincent), and Joshua
(Roy Jensen) are about to be hanged for crimes they did
not commit. (89 min.)
O. FRATERNITY ROW—Drama (PG). Narrator Cliff Robertson
reflects on his days as an idealistic young pledgemaster
at Summit College in 1954. Stars Gregory Harrison and Pe-
ter Fox. (89 min.)
P. BLOOD IN THE STREETS—Action drama (R). In Milan, an
industrialist is murdered by a cyclist and the politically
motivated assassins blame the murder on a dead thief.
Stars Oliver Reed and Rabio Testi. (94 min.)
R. MURDER BY DECREE—Mystery (PG). Sherlock Holmes and
Dr. Watson stalk the notorious murderer of prostitutes
known as Jack the Ripper. Stars Christopher Plummer and
James Mason. (124 min.)
S. DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS—Adventure drama (G) . A
whaling captain takes his grandson to sea where he is kil-
led after running into an iceberg. Stars Richard Widmark
and Lionel Barrymore. (120 min.)
T. THE FRONT—Comedy drama (PG). Woody Allen, as a sim-
ple-minded cashier, rises to the top by submitting the
scripts of blacklisted movie and TV writers under his own
name. Also stars Zero Mostel. (95 min.)
U. HALLOWEEN—Horror suspense (R). A six-year-old boy
stabs his sister to death in 1963. Fifteen years later,
he escapes from a mental institution and heads back to
the same town. Stars Jamie Lee Curtis. (91 min.)
V. FIREPOWER—Action drama (R). After a chemist is kil-
led In an explosion, brother, Paul Garcia takes
revenge on the Mafia Don he believes Is responsible.
Stars James Coburn and Sophia Loren. (Ill min.)
W. WALK PROUD—Romantic drama (PG). Emilio Mendez (Rob-
by Benson), a coming-of-age Mexican-American, and his girl-
friend Sarah Lassiter (Sarah Holcomb) fight against a
background of barrio gang rivalry. (105 min.)
X. MY BOYS ARE GOOD BOYS—Action drama (PG). Story of
three teen-aged boys who successfully break out of a max-
imum security institution and rob an armored truck. Stars
Ralph Meeker and David Doyle. (96 min.)
Y. YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN—Drama (G). A farce-
comedy featuring W.C. Fields, where his specialty is goat-
getting that animated wooden boy named Charlie McCarthy.
Also stars Edgar Bergen. (90 min.)
Z■ WIZARDS—Animated fantasy (PG). Ten million years
from now the earth is ruled by wizards. The civilization
has been destroyed by atomic warfare, and the survivors
are deformed mutants, fairies, and elves. (103 min.)
AA. JOYRIDE—Drama (R). Robert Carradine and Desi Arnaz,
Jr. are brothers who decide to leave home and find their
fortune in Alaska. (92 min.)
BB. THE AMAZING DOBERMANS—Action comedy (PG) . James
Franciscus poses as a gambler to trap racketeer Jack Carter.
When Franciscus deliberately loses and does not pay Carter,
his "collectors" corner him in the forest. (104 min.)
CC. DAY OF THE ANIMALS—Horror drama (PG). Christopher
George is a guide taking a group of city people on a hike
down a mountain. While they are hiking, they soon
notice the animals around them behaving strangely.(105 min.)
DP. GULLIVERS TRAVELS—Animated cartoon (G). No synopsis
available.
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