A PUBLIC AFFAIR

"A Shocking Look into the Private Lives of the People Involved in? A Public Affair." Idealistic Senator Fred Baines, played by Edward Binns (Night Moves), is alarmed when he reads about a finance company's bill collectors beating up a man unable to pay his debt. When he publicly announces plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit the abuses perpetrated by collection agencies, he finds himself smeared in news reports by agency lobbyists and owners who subsequently attempt to pass an amendment that would cripple Baines' crusade for justice.

DEAD HEAT ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND

Bernard Girard, who both wrote and directed, takes an unusually wry course with this crafty heist yarn. Con man James Coburn gets an early parole from the pen after romancing his prison psychiatrist (Marian Moses). He then proceeds to cut a swath through a field of ladies, seducing and fleecing them of their wealth, all with the intention of buying up the blueprints of a bank at Los Angeles International Airport. Coburn charms the beautiful secretary (Camilla Sparv) of a rich old woman, marries her, then sends her from Boston to L.A. as his unwitting accomplice. With blueprints in hand, he recruits his team (Aldo Ray, Severn Darden and Michael Strong), planning a clever ruse of distraction to access the bank when the Soviet premier arrives from Moscow. Vintage L.A. folks will love seeing plenty of footage of LAX in its newborn infancy. Capped off by an ironic final twist that is both amusing and a bit sad. Co-starring Robert Webber and Nina Wayne, with a youthful Harrison Ford making his uncredited film debut as a bellboy.