William McGivern
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
All of New York City holds its breath as the clock ticks toward October 15, the night when the psychopathic killer known as the Juggler will once again strike, kidnapping, raping, and murdering an innocent young girl. The NYPD task force, headed by Detective Vincent "Gypsy" Tonnelli, is scrambling to unlock the significance of this date in order to catch the killer before it arrives. Meanwhile, from the shadows, an illiterate and childlike giant
...2) The big heat
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
An honest police sergeant risks his life and his job when his investigations lead to the exposure of the crime syndicate that controls the city administration.
Language
English
Description
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for Earl Slater, a bigoted ex-con slumming through life with a patronizing girlfriend, an obliging neighbor and zero expectations. He agrees to be part of a bank job planned by former cop Burke. Until, that is, he finds out one of his partners will be a black man. Earl's desperate need for cash, however, leads him to reconsider. For the job only, he'll put his racism...
4) The big heat
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A former policeman sacrifices everything to take down a mobster and his henchman after his wife is killed.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A prank phone call leads to a night of pure terror. With her parents away on an overnight trip, Libby amuses herself by joining her friend Kit in calling up strangers and whispering, 'I saw what you did.' When Libby dials Steve Marak, a psychopath who just murdered his wife, his jealous neighbor listens in on the call, a conversation that ends with the panicky killer determined to silence them all"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Murderers' row: Having kidnapped the inventor of a death ray that can incinerate entire cities, Julian Wall (Karl Malden) intends to destroy Washington, D.C., as a warning to all those who oppose him. But he hasn't counted on Matt Helm (Dean Martin), who teams up with the inventor's go-go dancing daughter (Ann-Margaret) to save the world from Wall's wicked scheme.
Silencers: Matt Helm (Dean Martin), ICE's greatest secret agent, is in hot pursuit...
Series
Language
English
Description
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for Earl Slater, a bigoted ex-con slumming through life with a patronizing girlfriend, an obliging neighbor and zero expectations. He agrees to be part of a bank job planned by former cop Burke. Until, that is, he finds out one of his partners will be a black man. Earl's desperate need for cash, however, leads him to reconsider. For the job only, he'll put his racism...
8) Brannigan
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Brannigan is a tough Chicago cop who travels to London to hunt down an escaped gangster. When British officials lose track of the racketeer, Brannigan takes charge and shows stodgy Scotland Yard how things are done the good old American way. But Brannigan's also being tailed by a hit man and must bulldoze his way through danger to face his enemies in not one, but two deadly showdowns"--Container.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Murderers' row: Having kidnapped the inventor of a death ray that can incinerate entire cities, Julian Wall (Karl Malden) intends to destroy Washington, D.C., as a warning to all those who oppose him. But he hasn't counted on Matt Helm (Dean Martin), who teams up with the inventor's go-go dancing daughter (Ann-Margaret) to save the world from Wall's wicked scheme.
Silencers: Matt Helm (Dean Martin), ICE's greatest secret agent, is in hot pursuit...
Series
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"In the 1940s, a new genre, film noir, emerged from the world of 'hard-boiled' pulp magazines, paperback thrillers and sensational crime movies. These films, tough and unsentimental, depicted a black-and-white universe at once brutal, erotic and morally ambiguous. Now, Sony Pictures and The Film Foundation have brought five noir classics together in one collection, all restored and remastered"--Container.
The sniper: San Francisco delivery van driver...