Fireball, The - DVD

The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name cast and enough blazing special effects to turn night into day. Involved are a lumber mill owner (Ernest Borgnine), the widowed operator of a forest lodge (Vera Miles), a teacher on a class outing (Donna Mills), a country doctor (Lloyd Nolan), a couple (Patty Duke Astin and Alex Cord) whose

Conor O'Neill (Reeves) is a down-on-his-luck gambler in debt to dangerous loan sharks. Desperate for cash, Conor reluctantly takes a job coaching a youth baseball team. The "team" turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Secretly, Conor plans to desert the team after he wins a big bet. But the stakes are higher than Conor imagined: The kids need someone to believe in. As Conor wrestles with his pa

Smart, popular and star pitcher of his high school team, Nolan tries has managed to put his troubled childhood behind him with the help of the two things he could always depend on his love of baseball and his best friend, Sam. But now that just as Nolan's future is looking bright and he's happy with a new girlfriend, Sam starts leading him into trouble - playing hard and partying harder. Even with the help of people who love him and will risk everything to save him, it's up to Nolan to keep his head in the game before he strikes out for the last time. Lynn Whitfield (How to Get Away with Murder), Rockmond Dunbar (The Mentalist) and E. Roger Mitchell (Selma) lead a stellar cast in this moving story of a struggling teen taking a swing at redemption.