Gloria (1980, U.S.A.)

When Phil Dawn’s (John Adames) family are killed by the mob, their tough neighbour, Gloria (Gena Rowlands, The Notebook) – a former girlfriend of a founding mobster, becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book which his father – the mob’s accountant – gave him, and the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

Directed by Rowland’s husband, John Cassavetes (Rosemary’s Baby).