Mariette Hartley

A Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707, forcing the crew to fly to Russia amidst tensions and stereotypes of the early 1970s. A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia. —Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com> Global Airways domestic flight 502 to Minneapolis-St. Paul has the potential for problems after Angie Thatcher, the girlfriend of co-pilot Sam Allen, is re-assigned as lead flight attendant; she is also the ex-girlfriend of the pilot, Hank O'Hara. There is further excitement once in the air as the President of the United States relays a message for one of the passengers. But those two issues take a back seat when a note for one person obviously to find states that there is a bomb aboard the plane and the note writer will detonate said bomb unless the flight is diverted to Anchorage, Alaska. The location of the note means that it had to have been written by one of the passengers in first class: a jazz cellist off to a gig; an army sergeant on furlough to attend his sister's wedding; a US Senator and his young adult son off on a fishing trip together; a young female hippie; a pregnant woman nearing the end of her third trimester traveling without her husband; and a couple past middle age on their latest move due to yet another work transfer, which the husband views as "losing". The flight crew has to view everyone as a suspect in taking whatever each says with a grain of salt. But even if they are able to discover the identity of the hijacker and his/her motivation and end goal, they still have to find and defuse the bomb. —Huggo

Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits. After his last adventure in the Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), the former leader of the Seven and now a married U.S. Marshall, Chris Adams, declines his old friend Jim McKay's invitation to stop the outlaw De Toro and his marauding gang of bandits from attacking the Mexican border town of Magdalena. Filled with guilt, Chris decides to visit the town--now inhabited by widows--before the tough band's imminent return, having no other choice but to recruit a brand-new team of unlikely defenders. As always, the odds are against them. Can the new Magnificent Seven and the town's defenceless women put an end to De Toro's reign of terror? —Nick Riganas Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes. —David Bassler

Twenty years ago, Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) and Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott) tamed many towns in the wild west. But it's the early 20th century of the early 1900s and they have been forgotten. These two ex-lawmen have nothing; no jobs, no money, no family and no prospects to show for their contributions. Judd rides his horse into a thriving business community. He runs into Westrum whom he hasn't seen for several years. Westrum is running a crooked carnival shooting game and claiming to the the "Oregon Kid". He has taken a wild young man named Heck Longtree (Ron Starr) under his wing and is trying to make him as corrupt as himself. Hoping to get back his self-respect, Judd takes his first meaningful job in years. He is hired by town bankers to ride to Coarse Gold, and transport the miners' gold back to the bank. Because of frequent robberies on the mountain trail, he hires Westrum and Heck to accompany him. Westrum and Heck, who wants to kill Judd, secretly plot to steal the gold for themselves. On their journey, the cynical Westrum reminds Judd of how they were shattered by society, after sacrificing women and wealth to make the West safe for civilization. He hopes Judd will suggest taking the gold, but Judd remains honest. The three men spend the night and the ranch of Joshua Knudsen (R.G. Armstrong), a Bible-quoting religious zealot who has kept his pretty, grown daughter Elsa (Mariette Hartley) a virtual prison so she will have no contact with men. Heck and Elsa are immediately attracted to each other, but she doesn't like how forward he is with her. Angered, Elsa says that she is engaged to miner Billy Hammond, who is living in Coarse Gold. After her father slaps her for talking with Heck, Elsa runs away, joining the three men. When they arrive in the decadent Coarse Gold, Elsa and Billy decide to marry immediately... which makes Heck jealous and Billy's four lecherous brothers happy. After a hellish wedding, the drunk Billy slaps Elsa and tries to force himself on her. Then his brothers join in and attempt to rape her. Judd and Heck arrive in time to rescue her. Westrum forces the drunk Judge Tolliver (Edgar Buchanan) to lie that he has no legal right to perform marriages in California. So, Elsa rides away with Judd, Westrum and Heck. Heck has come to respect Judd, whom he once thought was just an old man, and doesn't want to rob him anymore. But he feels obligated to Westrum. Judd catches Heck and Westrum attempting to steal the gold and ties them both up. He is infuriated with his friend for double-crossing him. In the mountains, the Hammonds catch up with the group after they beat up Judge Tolliver and found that the ceremony was legal. They demand Elsa's return. Prior to a gun battle with the Hammonds, Judd frees Heck because he promises to remain his prisoner after protecting Elsa. Westrum is hurt and disappointed when Judd will not free him. During the gun battle, Sylvus and Jimmy Hammond are killed. Billy, Elder and Henry flee. Westrum manages to untie himself and escape. Judd, Heck and Elsa arrive at the Knudsen ranch, but the Hammonds are waiting for them after they arrived first and killed Knudsen. After springing an ambush, Judd and Heck are both shot. Just then, Westrum rides to the rescue. He and Judd stand together like old times. In the gunfight, the surviving Hammonds are killed and Judd is fatally injured. Westrum promises Judd he will deliver the gold. Westrum is touched when his friend expresses faith in him. Westrum, Heck and Elsa, who are now in love, allow the proud Judd to die alone as they mount their horses and ride off. In the final shot, Judd gazes at the mounts for the last time.