Henry Fonda
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frank is a ruthless murderous psychopath who suffers no conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family and a half-breed is falsely accused of the terrible slaughter. A member of the family, The Man, remembers how his brother was savagely tortured.
3) 12 angry men
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.
Series
Language
English
Description
John Ford's "The Grapes of Wrath" is a left-wing parable, directed by a right-wing American director, about how a sharecropper's son, a barroom brawler, is converted into a union organizer. Tom Joad, paroled convict, returns to his family farm in Oklahoma, only to learn the Joads have been "tractored off the land" and are joining the desperate migration to California. The grand Westward movement of American settlement finds small shareholders forced...
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.
10) On Golden Pond
Language
English
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
11) Midway
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatic personal stories of the men who fought the courageous battle that was to be the Pacific turning point for the United States.
Series
Studio classic volume 14
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wyatt Earp avenges his brother's murder and competes with Doc Holliday for the affections of a schoolteacher.
17) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
18) In harm's way
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (167 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (494 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joseph Armagh is a poor Irish immigrant who is determined to create a better life for his family. He arrives in America in the mid-19th century. Through personal struggle, heartache and perseverance, he becomes one the the wealthest and most powerful men in the country.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Sergio Leone's monumental picture, here in its original form, ranks among his most admired achievements. In the dying days of the Old West, a struggle to control water in a dusty desert town embroils three hard-bitten gunmen in an epic clash of greed, honor and revenge. Henry Fonda stars in his most sinister role as Frank, a hired killer who ruthlessly slays an entire family. Jason Robards plays Cheyenne, an infamous bandit framed for the slaughter....
