Vic Tayback

A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. (imdb)

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. (imdb)

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. (imdb)

A dog returns from the dead looking for revenge on his killer using an orphan girl who can talk to animals. (imdb)

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist. (imdb)

It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Those people, commonly called "hobos", are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical railway conductor who swore that no hobo will ride his train for free. (imdb)

A lawyer makes an interesting discovery that could affect his chances of getting elected to office. (imdb)

Alex Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother and finally some bad guys that chase his. Despite of all this he cannot stop gambling. (imdb)

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery. (imdb)

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth. (imdb)

After the death of private detective Sam Spade, his son, Sam Spade Jr. (who only knew his father very briefly) is forced to inherit his San Francisco detective agency, much to his chagrin. He also must keep his father's sarcastic secretary, Effie Perrine ("Godzilla"), and must continue his father's tradition of "serving minorities"... (imdb)

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters (Melody Patterson) is sent to an isolated orphanage run by Mrs. Deere (Gloria Grahame) and her handyman (Len Lesser). Taking an avid interest in her welfare is detective Calvin Carruthers (Vic Tayback). Taking almost no interest at all, is social worker Harold Mullins (Milton Selzer) who is completely under Mrs. Deere's thumb... (imdb)

Tracy and Jay are to spend their holiday with a grandfather they don't get along with very well. On the way, though, they decide to pretend to be kidnapped and rope a pair of unlucky safe crackers into their scheme.

Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them. (imdb)

A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Russians Premier. (imdb)

A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it back, the Mafia guy sends his nephews to work at the funeral home to keep a watch on the debtors, but the nephews end up helping in the search for new bodies, and mayhem ensues when some undesirable types are re-animated. (imdb)

Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system. (imdb)

A gang of bank robbers terrorize a small town by knocking on doors and then killing whoever answers (imdb)

Legendary comedian George Carlin tackles some of his favorite subjects along with his brand of comedy and humor. (imdb)

In 1961, with war looming in Berlin, an Air National Guard unit of actors, journalists and studio personnel is up for military academy consideration.

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat. (imdb)

Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, updated to the twentieth century.

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. (imdb)

Bud is a strange loner who works in a liquor store by day and is addicted to betting on the horses at night. He lives in a low-rent building in an even lower-rent section of town, and one day a couple, who appear to be brother and sister, move into Bud's building. Soon the sister begins to try to seduce Bud, but not for the reasons one would expect, as she and her "brother" aren't what they appear to be--but neither is Bud. (imdb)

A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery. (imdb)

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Kyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of under-age girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficultly escaping her pimp and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.

Story of the rise and fall of the Bonanno organized crime family. (imdb)

A deaf girl who witnesses a dead body being stashed in a nearby butcher shop. Not wanting to take the risk of being caught, the murderous butchers decide to kidnap her.

Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers that cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tastings serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes. (iTunes)

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

A greasy-spoon diner in Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this long-running series. The title character, Alice Hyatt, is an aspiring singer who arrives in Phoenix with her teenaged son, Tommy, after the death of her truck-driver husband. Alice is hired at a diner owned by Mel Sharples, a gravel-voiced, male-chauvinist fry cook. She works at Mel's Diner as a waitress while awaiting her big break at fame.

The touching portrayal of a young mother (and dance student) who travels to California after the death of her husband. In order to pay the bills she takes up burlesque dancing. To her dismay, the club she works at is sold to new owners who transform it into a hardcore strip club, where the dancers must bare all. Reluctantly, she performs. Unfortunately, a photographer hired by her father-in-law is in the audience, who snaps some naughty pics of her performing.

A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Peter, who awaits a similar fate. Peter tells him of fear he felt in following Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethesamene, when he denied knowing him three times - and yet Jesus told him that he would be the rock upon which the Church was built. Peter goes on to relate the events of the passion week, including the Christ's crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.

A high school boy, out to find his father's killer, joins up with a gang of juvenile delinquents. (imdb)

Politicians, citizens, the mayor (Raymond Burr) and the police captain (Don Meredith) respond to a big-city blackout.

A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.