System, The Format:DVD

System, The Format:DVDAfter a frightened teenager is cut down by police bullets during a botched heist, a reporter investigates. The story leads him to prominent businessman John E. Merrick (Frank Lovejoy), the secret boss of the gambling ring that had the youth ensnared in a web of wrong way bets. And now Merrick's carefully constructed world of family, upscale neighborhoods, country clubs and community respect begins to crumble around him. In this canny thriller,

but a twenty-five year old in charge of liquid billions just might turn out to be a disastrous combination

well-embodied in this eerily effective

Saving Private Ryan)

Matthau's wife (Maureen Stapleton) discovers that he is fooling around with his secretary

adapted from the book by the father-daughter writing team of Stephen J

heroic musical score

a deeply religious and spiritual man

The film's denouement undoubtedly delighted some moviegoers and riled others

including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death

Warner and Reginald Denny round out the cast for director James Hogan

Marilyn Monroe) and its slam-'em-over-the-handrail