James Caan
Author
Series
Death Valley Days volume 25
Description
Suspicious townspeople are drawn toward two brothers who spend their nights digging at a grave.
Author
Series
Death Valley Days volume 5
Description
A father who raised a cold-hearted killer worries his younger son may turn out the same way.
Pub. Date
1964.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Alone in her residence over a holiday weekend, a widow is accidentally trapped in her home elevator during a power failure. Her meticulous, well organized world is shattered as the stalled elevator becomes a claustrophobic torture chamber – a cage.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con (Keanu Reeves) teams up with his former cellmate (James Caan) to organize a heist on the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
5) El Dorado
Pub. Date
1967.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked “businessmen.”
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand by Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. KING ON SCREEN pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
7) Queen bees
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen temporarily moves into a nearby retirement community. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying 'mean girls' the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (1030 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Big Ed Deline is the President of Operations and the head of the surveillance team for the Montecito Resort & Casino. With his right-hand man, they deal with card-counting cheaters and rival casinos stealing their players. Includes all 24 episodes.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (725 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ed Deline and his top-notch surveillance team are back, making sure that all is well in the Montecito Resort and Casino. Episodes include Died in Plain Sight; History of Violins; Heroes; and more. Bonus features include making-of featurette.
12) Henry's crime
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry Torne, a wrongly accused man who winds up behind bars for a bank robbery he didn't commit. After befriending a charismatic lifer in prison, Henry finds his purpose; having done the time, he decides he may as well do the crime. But his outlandish plan to rob the very same bank spins wildly out of control, as he finds himself performing in a stage play and falling in love with the production's seductive leading lady.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story. A man leaves his gangster-filled lifestyle to start over with his family. After he relocates to Los Angeles, it isn't long before the world of crime that he tried to escape finds him. Threatened by a dangerous gangster, his criminal cousin and a drug lord, he finds getting a fresh start almost impossible. He'll do whatever it takes to keep those close to him safe, even if it means going back to his old ways.
14) Comes A Horseman
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Set in the American West of the 1940s, director Alan J. Pakula’s COMES A HORSEMAN gives us a pair of little-guy ranchers (Jane Fonda, James Caan) who join forces against the depredations of a ruthless land baron (Jason Robards) determined to expand his empire at whatever cost. Shot by the incomparable Gordon Willis, with music by the great Michael Small, and featuring an indelible Oscar®-nominated performance from longtime stuntman Richard Farnsworth....
15) Holy Lands
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A Jewish American doctor leaves everything behind to become a pig farmer in Israel, a move that deeply shocks his family and puts him at odds with the local community there.
16) Out of Blue
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars - cosmic secrets that may hold the key to unraveling the crime, while throwing...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (549 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Part I: "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family...
18) Detachment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Oscar-winners Adrien Brody and Marcia Gay Harden star in this award-winning drama about a substitute teacher at a troubled high school. From the Tony Kaye, director of *American History X*. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. "*Harrowing depiction of the American educational system features a superb performance by Adrien Brody.*"- Frank Scheck, ***Hollywood Reporter***
19) The Godfather
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
6 videodisc (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A violent and chilling portrait of the Sicilian family's struggle to stay in power in a post-war America of corruption, deceit and betrayal. Coppola begins his legendary trilogy, masterfully balancing the story of the Corleone's family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged.
20) Small Apartments
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this hilarious indie comedy, Franklin Franklin (Matt Lucas) is surrounded by strange events and odd neighbors played by stars like Billy Crystal, Johnny Knoxville, Rebel Wilson, and James Marsden. SMALL APARTMENTS was adapted from a Chris Millis' novel and nominated for the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award at the **SXSW Film Festival**. *"The brazen, colorful nature of the characters is the strength of this black comedy from Jonas Åkerlund -...