
                                                                Exhibit 99.9


                  FIRST AMENDMENT TO INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT


     THIS  AMENDMENT  is  made  as of  August  15,  1997  by and  among  (i) AMC
ENTERTAINMENT,  INC., a Delaware corporation ("AMCE"),  (ii) STANLEY H. DURWOOD,
individually  ("SHD"),  as Trustee of the 1992 Durwood,  Inc. Voting Trust dated
December 12, 1992,  as amended (the "1992  Trust"),  and as Trustee of the trust
created  pursuant to the Stanley H.  Durwood  Trust  Agreement  dated August 14,
1989,  as amended (the "1989  Trust"),  CAROL D.  JOURNAGAN,  EDWARD D. DURWOOD,
ELISSA D.  GRODIN,  BRIAN H.  DURWOOD,  PETER J.  DURWOOD,  THOMAS  A.  DURWOOD,
("TAD"), and THE THOMAS A. AND BARBARA F. DURWOOD FAMILY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP,
a California limited  partnership ("TBD  Partnership") (all persons and entities
listed in this clause (ii) are referred to herein as the "Durwood Parties"), and
(iii) DELTA PROPERTIES, INC., a Missouri corporation ("Delta").

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto (other than TBD Partnership) heretofore entered
into  a  certain   Indemnification   Agreement   dated  as  of  March  31,  1997
("Indemnification  Agreement"),  in connection with a certain Agreement and Plan
of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 31, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement")
between AMCE and Durwood Inc., a Missouri corporation ("DI"),  pursuant to which
DI will be mergered with and into AMCE;

     WHEREAS,  the  parties  hereto  and DI  heretofore  entered  into a certain
Partnership  Interest Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of August 14,
1997 (the  "Assignment and  Assumption"),  pursuant to which TAD assigned to TBD
Partnership,  inter  alia,  an  undivided  portion  of TAD's  rights,  title and
interests in, to and under the  Indemnification  Agreement,  and TBD Partnership
assumed  and  agreed  perform  and  observe,  to the  extent  applicable  to the
interests transferred, all of the terms, covenants and conditions on the part of
TAD to be performed or observed under the Indemnification  Agreement (other than
the provisions of Section 4(c) thereof), upon the terms and conditions contained
therein;

     WHEREAS,  the parties desire to amend the Indemnification  Agreement in the
manner  hereinafter  provided in order to implement the terms of the  Assignment
and Assumption;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set
forth herein, the parties hereto do hereby agree and covenant as follows:

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     1. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Indemnification Agreement.

     2. The parties hereto agree that TBD  Partnership  shall be, and hereby is,
added as a party to the Indemnification Agreement as one of the Durwood Parties.

     3. TBD Partnership  shall, and hereby does, assume and agree to be bound by
and perform and observe,  to the extent applicable directly or indirectly to the
interest  transferred  pursuant to the  Assignment  and  Assumption,  all of the
terms, covenants,  conditions and obligations on the part of TAD to be performed
or  observed  under the  Indemnification  Agreement  (other  than  Section  4(c)
thereof).

     4.  Notwithstanding   anything  contained  or  implied  herein  or  in  the
Assignment and Assumption to the contrary,  TBD Partnership will not participate
in any  vote or  determination  to be  made by the  Durwood  Parties  under  the
Indemnification  Agreement.  All  agreements  and  obligations  of TAD  and  TBD
Partnership  made or arising  under the  Indemnification  Agreement  (other than
Section 4(c)  thereof)  shall be deemed to be joint and several  agreements  and
obligations of each TAD and TBD Partnership.

     5. Except as  expressly  modified by this  Amendment,  the  Indemnification
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and
is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by the parties hereto.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of the date first above written.

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                                     AMC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.



                                     By /s/Peter C. Brown
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                                       Peter C. Brown
                                       President




                                        /s/Stanley H. Durwood
                                        ----------------------
                                        Stanley H. Durwood


                                       /s/Carol D. Journagan
                                       -------------------------
                                       Carol D. Journagan


                                       /s/Edward D. Durwood
                                       -------------------------
                                       Edward D. Durwood


                                       /s/Thomas A. Durwood
                                       ------------------------
                                       Thomas A. Durwood


                                      /s/Elissa D. Grodin
                                      ------------------------
                                      Elissa D. Grodin


                                      /s/Brian H. Durwood
                                      ------------------------
                                      Brian H. Durwood


                                        /s/Peter J. Durwood
                                        -----------------------
                                        Peter J. Durwood

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