The D.I. (1958)

Summary: A no-nonsense drill instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, who is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.

Release Date: March 28, 1958

Genre: Drama

Director: Jack Webb

Writer: James Lee Barrett

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Production: Mark VII Ltd.

Language: English

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

The Green Berets (1968)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Shenandoah (1965)

Summary: A Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.

Release Date: July 14, 1965

Genres: Drama, War, Western

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: James Lee Barrett

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 17,268,889

In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Summary: The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.

Release Date: March 06, 1988

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Fred Silverman Productions, JADDA Productions, Juanita Bartlett Production

Country: United States

Language: English

The Compassionate Ones (1986)

Summary: Remake of the 1958 classic, in which two convicts of different color must cooperate in order to survive when they manage to escape a chain gang sentence.

Release Date: January 05, 1986

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: David Lowell Rich