The North Avenue Irregulars

Feb 9, 1979

1h 40m

★ 6.2

The FBI couldn't do it... the CIA couldn't do it... so they sent for... Hill's Angels.

Overview

When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.

Genres

Family

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

The North Avenue Irregulars Trailers

Cast

Michael Hill

Edward Herrmann

Vickie

Barbara Harris

Anne

Susan Clark

Jane

Karen Valentine

Claire

Cloris Leachman

Rose

Patsy Kelly

Cleo

Virginia Capers

Delaney

Douglas Fowley

Marv

Michael Constantine

Tom

Steve Franken

Mother Thurber

Marjorie Bennett

Dean

Bobby Rolofson

Victor has a scuffle with a thirteen-year-old boy who is part of a gang. Hours later he finds his beloved dogs murdered. He gets his gun and begins a journey on board his pick-up truck on a path that will take him across the hostile land of Sinaloa. In his search for clues he will meet disturbing and eccentric characters who may or may not tell the truth about the whereabouts of the young criminal.

5.8

Mr. No Legs

May 1, 1978

A double amputee known as Mr. No Legs oversees a drug syndicate while cavorting around in his double shotgun-equipped wheelchair. When one of the syndicate's drug dealers accidentally kills his own girlfriend—whose brother is a cop—after she announces plans to leave him, the game is on to bury the evidence, protect the syndicate and evade the long arm of the law.

5.4

Girl in 313

May 31, 1940

A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?

0.0

Dynamite Man

Oct 4, 2013

Two brothers try to break free of the gang life, only to be attacked in retaliation for their decision. The younger brother is seriously burned and dying in a hospital, which drives his older brother to take vicious revenge.

7.4

Falling Down

Feb 26, 1993

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

0.0

The Cabinet Minister's Wife

Jan 1, 1989

Becoming a wife of a minister, Zivka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after a being involved in a scandal. Based on a highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nusic.

5.9

The Orgies Villa

Oct 17, 1964

A parliamentary candidate and his mistress will spend the night at the police station. After all, no one is above the law, no matter what his credentials or social status may appear to be.

6.4

Hue and Cry

Feb 1, 1947

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

6.5

It's a Boy Girl Thing

Jul 15, 2006

A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.

5.1

Strike One

Oct 23, 2014

Juan Garcia is a boy on the threshold of manhood living in a gang-controlled neighborhood. His role models could not be further apart: his older sister Angie, a single mom, struggling to gain a foothold in the white corporate world and his uncle Manny, an ex-gang member, who has fallen into an acting career playing gang bangers since his release from prison. With the future on his doorstep, Juan, like most boys, can only think of girls and is unaware of the judicial system's hard line stance against gang affiliation.

5.3

Partners

Apr 25, 2002

In Hong Kong, an elite gang of robbers - regarded as somewhat of a crime dream team - is formed, each member selected for their previous well-planned, swift, and successful operations. They are fearless and lethal, even going so far as to kill an undercover cop to humiliate the police. However, internal strife is brewing among the team. Three of its members plot to get rid of the leader, dissatisfied that his share of the loot seems disproportionate. The questions remain: will this faction of the gang overcome their leader, and could this gang of strong-minded thieves hold up without him?

5.8

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Aug 1, 1941

The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.

0.0

Desperation Rising

Jan 1, 1989

Angelo, a drug-pushing gang leader, has a hidden basement room called The Red Room where he keeps women for prostitution. A motivational speaker named Hunt hires one of Angelo's hookers and ends up in deep shit. When someone seeks revenge against Angelo, bullets whiz, roundhouse kicks fly, and Hunt uses his powers of motivation to rally Angelo's prostitutes into a gang war.

0.0

The Black Killer

Mar 8, 1967

A 1967 Cantonese language action film directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong, starring Connie Chan, Adam Cheng and Liu Chia-Liang. Ming-Wai & Ming-Sing, a brother and sister (dual roles played by Connie Chan) who must go undercover in a gang to rescue their uncle.

6.6

Peace Breaker

Aug 18, 2017

A morally bent detective has one of the worst days of his life after he tries to cover up an accidental crime.

7.6

Le Cercle Rouge

Oct 19, 1970

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

5.6

To Be a Crook

Jun 1, 1965

Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their work.

6.2

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Sep 11, 2009

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

0.0

Banged Out

Jan 1, 2002

The story is simple – three guys; cousins from the same family, one a member of the Bloods, the other a member of the Crips, the third, caught between the ignorance. An urban tale, spawning grit and realism, Banged Out dares to open a Pandora's box of wicked truths.

5.0

Lost & Found

Apr 23, 1999

In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero.