Orem Library

The time: 1968. The place: Chicago, setting of the Democratic National convention and a hotbed of political and social change. As protesters and police face off in the streets, fate brings together an unlikly pair: John, a dispassionate TV news cameraman and Eileen, a warmhearted Appalachian raising her son in a Chicago ghetto.

Set to the staccato rhythms of gossip columnist Walter Winchell's constant narration, each episode of the original TV-gangster series told the stories of real-life Prohibition-era rum runners and dope peddlers, stool pigeons, molls and gunsels, and above all, FBI straight-arrow Eliot Ness and his crew of dutiful, hand-picked Untouchables. The time of day was always night, the guns always shot and hit their marks--and the good guys always won.

Set in 1950's Chicago, an African-American family tries to have a better life, while living amongst poverty and racism.

Melodrama set in the US in the 1970s. A former football pro (Conrad) comes back from Vietnam in a wheelchair. He tries to put his life back together by coaching youngsters at a correctional facility.

Set in 1890s Colorado, young Thea escapes the narrow confines of her world to become a world-famous opera singer, defining herself in a man's world. A young woman escapes from rural Colorado to become a world-famous opera singer in Willa Cather's powerful tale of an artist's self-discovery. Based in part on Cather's own experiences growing up on the frontier, the story tells how Thea Kronborg develops a passion for music and seeks fulfillment beyond...

Ray and Danny are the wild men of the Windy City's police force whose unorthodox methods get results in a tough town until they come up against Julio Gonzales, a smooth-talking drug dealer who is bucking to become Chicago's first Spanish Godfather.

Neil and Abby Warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage until their beautiful young daughter is kidnapped, and a cold and calculating sociopath takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose.

A professional safecracker agrees to do one final job for the mafia before retiring and trying to lead a normal life.

Mayor Tome Kane's grip on Chicago is as powerful as ever. With high doses of medication, he's able to beat back the physical symptoms of his debilitating brain disease, but it comes at a cost. Committed to his unorthodox agenda, Kane cuts out the cancers within the political machine he helped build. As corrupt heads roll and his list of enemies grows, Kane's virtuous actions begin to erode the very foundation of power he's worked a lifetime to build....