Running Scared (1986)

Starring:

• Gregory Hines
• Billy Crystal
• Steven Bauer
• Darlanne Fluegel
• Joe Pantoliano
• Dan Hedaya
• Jon Gries
• Tracy Reed
• Jimmy Smits

Storyline

Ray and Danny (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal) are two Chicago police detectives hot on the trail of drug kingpin Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits). They manage to nab the drug lord, but the bust is messy, and the two are suspended. While vacationing in Key West, Fla., they decide to retire from the police force and open up a bar. But when they return to Chicago and find out that Gonzales has been released on bail, they vow not to quit the force until the dangerous dealer is behind bars for good.

John Henry (1986, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Danny Glover
• Lynn Whitfield
• Tom Hulce
• Lou Rawls
• Julian Christopher
• Barry Corbin
• Thelma Houston
• E'Lon Cox
• David Donham
• Jadili Johnson
• Christopher Burton
• Rick Reynolds
• Lemoria English

Storyline

"On the night John Henry was born, lightning bolts shaped like nine-pound hammers filled the sky," and from that day on, John Henry was known as the extraordinary boy who became an extraordinary man. Acclaimed film actor Danny Glover stars as John Henry, the American folk hero who became the famous steel-driving man of American folklore and song.