20 Jan 1998
Buffalo '66
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
The Supreme Sacrifice
David Aldrich aspires to be an author. The publishers reject most of his manuscripts because they seem to lack realism. David struggles on, however, determined to succeed and kept happy by his love for Helen Chambers and for his bosom friend Morton, who is a young minister working among the people on the East Side.
Top Billed Cast
Robert Warwick David Aldrich
Vernon Steele Reverend Philip Morton
Anna Q. Nilsson Helen Chambers
Christine Mayo Lillian Drew
Jessie Lewis Katye Morgan
Robert Forsyth Alexander Chambers
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