HBO May 1979
Cover: "The Greek Tycoon"
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- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsRichard MulliganJohnny SekkaJohn Philip HogdonAn American anthropologist and his son benefit from their experiences with an East African tribe.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRyan O'NealBurt ReynoldsTatum O'NealBuck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsTony CurtisSusan StrasbergMichael AnsaraA psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAnn-MargretEileen BrennanSan Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.
- DirectorJohn GrissmerStarsRobert LansingJudith ChapmanArlen Dean SnyderWhen an unhinged surgeon happens across a young woman with her face beaten beyond recognition, he sees an opportunity to put his trusty scalpel to use - hatching a plan to "reconstruct" her face in the image of his missing daughter.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsRichard PryorHarvey KeitelYaphet KottoWhen three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsJames BrolinJill ClayburghAllen GarfieldA biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
- DirectorTed PostStarsBurt LancasterCraig WassonJonathan GoldsmithDuring the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn CazalePenelope AllenThree amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsDean JonesMichele LeeDavid TomlinsonDown-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJames CoburnMaximilian SchellJames MasonGerman commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
- DirectorDwight BrooksStarsChill WillsMichelle AshburnMuffinIt looks like the end of the line for Poco and Kim when they are separated following a car accident. Poco's relentless search takes him through the desert. Bravely facing the odds, Poco encounters many dangers, and makes some new friends.
- DirectorJohn ClaytonSherry LaFollette-ZabriskieGeorge ZabriskieStarsJames CongdonTavia ZabriskieElizabeth EisenmanIn this heart-tugging kids movie, a vacationing family finds an abandoned mutt and kindly decide to name him Hobo and take him to their home in the big city. When their wicked landlord finds out about the pooch, he threatens to boot them out. Fortunately, Hobo helps to prove that the landlord isn't quite what he seems and manages to protect his newly adopted family.
- DirectorLewis John CarlinoStarsSarah MilesKris KristoffersonJonathan KahnAfter his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsFaye DunawayTommy Lee JonesBrad DourifFashion photographer Laura Mars, whose photographs contain violent images, develops the ability to see through a killer's eyes. Those around her include her driver Tommy, her manager Donald, her ex-husband Michael, and policeman John.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsBurt ReynoldsKris KristoffersonJill ClayburghA three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
- DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsDuncan WatsonGreg FeltonStuart BrotmanThe Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.
- DirectorRichard TaylorStarsChristopher MitchumLes LannomWilliam WatsonLonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. When they attempt to recover their stash with their leader, Abigail, they find out that two happy-go-lucky dudes, Elmo and Al, have bought the car. They quickly pursue the two along with the police who think that the car's new owners are the criminals.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsBarbra StreisandKris KristoffersonGary BuseyHas-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsJoe Don BakerTyne DalyRichard JaeckelAfter a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Novick to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend of Novick's who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can. After a long and convoluted investigation with false leads, psychics and the mafia, Novick at last unravels the identity of the thief.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeChief Dan GeorgeMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsMarie-France PisierJohn BeckSusan SarandonA Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.
- DirectorAshley LazarusFreddie FrancisStarsRichard HarrisAnn TurkelGordon JacksonOn a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsKris KristoffersonAli MacGrawErnest BorgnineTruckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsAnthony QuinnJacqueline BissetRaf ValloneA fictionalized account of the Greek shipping magnate, Onassis, and his meeting and subsequent marriage to the widow of assassinated U.S. president, Jacqueline Kennedy.