Joe Forbrich
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
In this short spoof on the mob genre, two 'could be' mob-types walk into a restaurant and discuss 'business.' But they do so in such non-committal terms it becomes a verbal joust with comedic turns and rhyme schemes, leaving the audience guessing: 'are these guys for real?'
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
