Hal Holbrook

Reveals who the United States founding fathers were, discussing their roles in founding the nation, but also who they were outside of politics and government.

Collection of programs exploring the personalities, the battles, the bravery, the losses, and the romance of the early days of the United States. Founding fathers and Founding brothers examine the relationships of the men who risked their fortunes and lives for independence. The Revolution recounts the battles, losses, and victories. Ben Franklin and Benedict Arnold look at the roles played by both men, and Washington the warrior and The crossing...

Dirty Harry: A rooftop sniper named Scorpio has killed twice. Streetwise San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan will nail the perp one way or another, no matter what "the system" prescribes. -- Magnum force: Detective Harry Callahan is pitted against an unexpected lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle cops have turned vigilante, rubbing out crooks the courts can't touch. Their real enemy is the system. Unfortunately...

Wall Street: A financial wizard who lures an ambitious young broker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage in this gripping morality tale about the American dream gone wrong. (1987). Wall Street: money never sleeps: Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with...

What causes a man who seemingly has everything a thriving business and family to snap and throw it all away? It's the question that this provocative and intelligent psychological drama investigates. Successful New York magazine publisher Paul Steward has reached his breaking point and today is the day he has decided to kill himself, his wife, and their children. His marriage to Miriam has grown cold and distant. On this final day, he seeks the answers...

Hal Holbrook leads a group of five doctors on a back-to-nature vacation, but the vacation turns into a nightmare as they are stalked by an unknown terror.

"Candy Morrison is bored with her life as a wife and mother in a small town. She yearns for excitement and finds it in the arms of her husband's close friend, Stan Blankenship. But, the passionate affair ends almost as soon as it began. A few weeks later, Stan's wife is found brutally murdered -- axed to death. Never before in the town's history has someone been killed in such a violent manner. Unbelievably, Candy becomes the prime suspect. Is Candy...

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus : Many centuries ago, long before toys had even been invented, a baby abandoned at the edge of an enchanted forest was adopted and raised by a beautiful wood nymph, thus beginning the life story of Santa Claus. From his truly magical childhood through the discovery of his life's work of making children happy, discover the origin of every tradition surrounding Santa Claus, from toys, stockings, and lighted trees...

Fletch fans rejoice! Comedy great Chevy Chase returns to the screen as the reckless I.M. Fletcher, investigative reporter, in Fletch Lives. This time, the chameleon-like reporter ventures to Belle Isle, a sprawling 80-acre Louisiana plantation that Fletch inherits from his aunt. Trouble begins when a lovely attorney mysteriously turns up dead, a neighborly lawyer warns him to leave town, and a ravishing real estate agent comes calling with a persistent...

This engaging film focuses on the changing roles and relationships of eight Vassar graduates during the years before WWII.