Bill Sands
1) Rocky
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time. He works in a meat factory in Philadelphia for a meager wages so he also earns extra cash as a debt collector. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer. The promoters are touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed,...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Veteran seaman Quinton McHale is commissioned into the Navy Reserve at the start of WWII. He becomes Skipper of Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73, stationed on the island of Taratupa in the Pacific. Assigned to his command are six free-spirited, good-hearted swabbies who love to have fun. McHale and his men are constant irritants to their base commander, Captain Wallace B. Binghamton. Binghamton is forever trying to find a way to get rid of McHale and...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Still stationed on their naval base on the tiny island of Taratupa during World War II, Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale, Ensign Parker and the rest of the scheming crew of PT-73 are back with more adventures from the Pacific. The Skipper and his swabbies are on a permanent quest for wine, women and profit in between war maneuvers. Battles with the Japanese could never measure up to the ongoing conflict between McHale and his commanding officer, Captain Binghamton....
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale, Ensign Parker and the rest of the misfit crew of PT-73 are back in action on the Taratupa Island Naval Base. With an unquenchable thirst for the good life in the middle of a rotten war, McHale and his scheming squad are locked in mortal combat not only with the Japanese, but also with the base's top brass, AKA Captain Binghamton. Whether Binghamton is plotting to get McHale and his crew thrown off the island or...