Movies Made for Television: 1964-2004 (5 Volume Set)

Movies Made for Television 1964–2004 Volume 1 1964–1979 [1–1128]

Alvin H. Marill

The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland • Toronto • Oxford 2005

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Contents

Foreword by Leonard Maltin

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Movies Made for Television, 1964-1979

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Chronological Listing of Titles, 1964-1979

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About the Author

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Foreword by Leonard Maltin When made-for-TV movies became a reality in the 1960s, some people refused to take them seriously, regarding them as little more than elongated television episodes. By the 1970s, telefilms began to attract top talent, on both sides of the camera, and tackled ground-breaking subject matter. Most TV movies were ephemeral, but some, like Brian’s Song and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, managed to make a lasting impression on critics and audiences alike. Other milestone films like My Sweet Charlie, Katherine, The Day After, and An Early Frost stirred conversation across America, and in some cases even effected social change. In the 1980s and 1990s, as the “Big Three” broadcast networks pulled back from the production of prime-time movies, cable networks’ interest grew. Their freedom from broadcast constraints made it possible for them to offer writers, directors, and actors the chance to work on challenging, adult material, without interference or the need to pander to a youthful demographic. Experienced filmmakers like John Frankenheimer and Paul Mazursky, whose talents were being ignored in a movie industry eager to sign up the hottest music-video directors, were welcomed with open arms. The evolution of made-for-TV movies was now complete. In the heyday of network movies, scripts were geared to incorporate a series of mini-climaxes (for commercial interruptions) and filmmakers had to fight time and budget problems. By the time HBO commissioned Mike Nichols to bring Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to the small screen, the budget was a reported $60 million, and there was nary a compromise in sight. Thanks to home video and DVD, these films now have a chance to remain in the public consciousness for more than just one night. So, it would seem, TV movies have come of age. They demand respect on their own terms. There’s just one problem: keeping track of them. For many years, I included them in my annual paperback Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide. The man I turned to for reviews, credits, and reliable information on these films was Al Marill. Eventually, I was forced to drop telefilms from my book, mostly for reasons of space. Then Al’s indispensable book Movies Made for Television went out of print. Al continued to maintain his meticulous files, however. Even when it seemed as if there might not be a publisher willing to take on a massive reference work on made-for-TV movies, he kept accumulating information—keeping track of actors’ debuts, remakes, Emmy awards, and other related information that put these films into historical context. I am delighted that Scarecrow Press has stepped up to the plate and made Al Marill’s life’s work a reality—happy for Al, of course, but also happy for me and every other film researcher who needs an authoritative source for the leastdocumented aspect of modern filmmaking. Leonard Maltin March 2005

Acknowledgments Many thanks to the following for their invaluable assistance and cooperation in the completeness of this project – for this volume and the ones to follow through the decades: ABC-TV, CBS-TV, NBC-TV, HBO, Showtime, Lifetime, The Disney Channel, A&E, Turner Network Television, USA Networks, PBS, Universal City Studios, Time-Life Television, Viacom, Screen Gems, Quinn Martin Productions. Also a tip of the hat to Monty Arnold, John Behrens, Jim Butler, John Cocchi, Guy Giampapa, Vic Ghidalia, Jane Klain, Stephen Klain, Leonard Maltin, Jim Meyer, James Robert Parish, Vincent Terrace, Jerry Vermilye, Jon Young, the late Alan Barbour and Doug McClelland, and the staffs of the Theatre Collection of the Lincoln Center Library of the Performing Arts, the Academy of Television Arts and Science, The Museum of Television and Radio, and TV Guide – and of course my unfailing VCR with its always reliable pause button without which accurate credit compiling from the closing crawls would be well nigh impossible.

Introduction Movies Made for Television in 2004 celebrates 40 full television seasons. As I wrote in the introduction in 1980 to the original (single) volume that chronicled the genre, the range was as esthetically and technically wide at the time as it would remain through the years since as any theatrical offerings – within its restricted time limits and a quarter of the budget – the equal of what is done on the big screen. On the high end, quality that represents television at its best; on the low, bread-and-butter fare generally several notches above standard weekly series episodes as contemporary counterparts of the fondly recalled theatrical “B” movie. In the beginning – the time frame covered in this first of several volumes – there were just the three networks plus assorted ad hoc syndicated ones. Cable television was a decade or two away. Thus the made-for-TV movie and the miniseries (defined for these purposes as an extended “movie” shown in three or more parts) were limited merely by “viewer sensibility” considerations and other guidelines that eliminated nudity, profanity and assorted explicit mayhem, and by the physical dimension of time allotments and the home receiver itself. These, of course, rather limited the film’s physical scope in regard to outdoor dramas and cast-of-thousands spectacles. Those escapist pieces of the early TV-movie days, generally with lots of close-ups of familiar television faces and themes that stayed generally in the mystery/crime/law-and-order rut, or situation comedy fluff motif, or fast-andfurious adventure plotting (Westerns as well as war dramas), ultimately gave way to more mature themes. Those were to include exploration of such topics as teenage suicide and alcoholism, single parenthood, homosexuality, battered children, problems of the aging and the aged, deadly diseases, wife beating, rape, urban terrorism, Vietnam, and the like. There are those who point to an earlier era of TV movies – specifically those made by ZIV and similar distributing outfits that offered a once-in-awhile film for syndication. Others mention original movies made specifically for “The Wonderful World of Disney” (and its predecessors going back to 1954). These are not included herein since they were made exclusively for showing on that anthology-style family-oriented show, never having been offered into normal syndication – although some received regular theatrical release overseas. A case often has been made for Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (from Disney’s 1954-55 debut season) as being the first true “TV movie.” Actually it was a later theatrical release of three separate Davy Crockett adventures with Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, each airing at least one month apart. And what to make of special film productions made during the late 1960s: television showings in the U.S., and shown theatrically abroad of The Poppy Is Also a Flower, Carol for Another Christmas and Who Has Seen the Wind? Each seemingly has vanished into the nether. Although the genre, as it has come to be recognized, started off only tentatively once NBC and Universal Studios teamed up in 1964 for a series of movies that would be shown under the Project 120 umbrella title, the natural progression soon would be, because of time considerations, for “full-length” filmings of literary works by James Michener, Harold Robbins, Ernest Hemingway, Irwin Shaw, Thomas Wolfe, Irving Wallace and others. Books by bestselling authors, before and after the fact, that could not be done theatrically except in condensed form. Would Alex Haley’s landmark Roots have been effective trimmed to, say, three hours in a theatrical version? Could Michener’s Centennial (which would become the definitive miniseries of its time – in effect running longer than most regularly scheduled series) have been telescoped coherently for the wide screen? Or the rousing John Jakes Revolution War and, in another decade, Civil War sagas? Or the memorable Holocaust, which had in its cast the young, Emmy-winning Meryl Streep? Television has offered, since the mid 1960s, “complete” film versions of From Here to Eternity, Studs Lonigan, Tender Is the Night, and even Little Women and Black Beauty – what the movies (in the first three cases at least) couldn’t show in depth, as the network promotions for them stressed. And it offered an altered (reedited and resequenced) production of The Godfather, reassembled by its director Francis Ford Coppola, into a new, ten-hour

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television film spread over several nights – though not chronicled herein because the original two movies from which it was expanded were made for theatrical showings. Only the most dedicated moviegoer would even consider sitting through a marathon showing of this length in a theater. There really has been no subject too big for television to pursue. Or is there a lack of “stars” – the majority homegrown and cultivated into instant identification the way movie personalities were groomed under the studio system of Hollywood’s halcyon days. Stardom in TV movies and stardom on the big screen, it has been noted, have not necessarily been equal. Elizabeth Montgomery was a huge star on TV; Elizabeth Taylor was not. (The former invariably garnered very big ratings in all of her many television movie projects, virtually of them non-comedic after her “Bewitched” days.) And there have been so many television stars who attracted big audiences to their small screen movies but who meant next to nothing on the big screen. Legendary comedienne Fanny Brice’s equally legendary quip about Esther Williams; screen importance in direct relationship to her wetness is easily paraphrased here: TV biggies of the time, from Richard Chamberlain to Mr. T or Gary Coleman or several of “Charlie’s Angels” on television are stars; in the movies, they ain’t. The making of TV movies, from the late 1960s onward, became vital for the apprenticeship offered to a whole generation of directors, a number of whom moved on to the big screen as important figures. Most notably, of course, there’s Steven Spielberg, onetime TV wunderkind. After doing series work as a brash young Universal contractee just out of his teens, Spielberg leaped to prominence originally by directing Joan Crawford in one segment of a multipart TV movie, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. And then went on to the Gothic horror tale Something Evil with Sandy Dennis, the cult man-versus-machine thriller Duel, and the electronic journalism in the wake of Watergate chiller Savage. John Badham and Randal Kleiser also did their early film directing in TV movie before bursting onto the theatrical movie scene with two of the biggest grossing films of the 1970s, Saturday Night Live and Grease, respectively. Michael Crichton, surgeon-turned-novelist, made his directing debut with the made-for-TV Pursuit in 1972, and Peter Hyams, former jazz musician and Chicago television new anchorman, made his the same year with both Rolling Man and Goodnight My Love. And onetime “B” actor Lamont Johnson who moved behind the camera in TV during the 1950s directed such telefeatures during the 1970s as My Sweet Charlie, dealing with race relations, That Certain Summer (homosexuality), The Execution of Private Slovick (military desertion) and Fear on Trial (blacklisting). Other directors who did the bulk of their early work in television before moving on to big-screen careers (Sidney Lumet, Arthur Penn, Martin Ritt, John Frankenheimer, et al.) eventually would return to TV, and George Cukor, old guard Hollywood veteran, also would be enticed to television movies, as well as international figures like Franco Zeffirelli, John Schlesinger and Tony Richardson. The compendium of made for television movies and miniseries that follows, along with a complete filmography of their credited actors and their directors (plus network and premiere date as well as a very brief story line, notes of interest where called for, and Emmy information) requires some ground rules. This volume covers productions made between 1964 and 1979. Companion volumes cover the succeeding decades. The titles are alphabetically arranged, with the chronological listing at the end of each volume. TV movies, for the purpose of these books are those made to fill 90-minute and two hours and more time slots. Many of these subsequently have been released theatrically abroad, and selected ones, such as the esteemed Brian’s Song and My Sweet Charlie received test movie theatre engagements since their premieres. (The 1979 theatrical features Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century actually were pared-down versions of the initial episode of each of the two TV space series.) A dozen or so others from Universal, most of them TV movie remakes of earlier theatrical films (The Plainsman, Beau Geste, The Paleface (newly titled The Shakiest Gun in the West) and others were diverted instead to movie houses. Another shunted to theatres, ironically, was the very first movie project for NBC’s Project 120 series: Don Siegel’s somewhat violent (for the time) version of Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, starring, among others, Ronald Reagan in his last job as an actor – playing a crime boss not above slapping around Angie Dickinson. Telefeatures, for the purpose of these volumes, are English language films produced as separate entities – not as episodes of continuing series – thus eliminating segments, for instance, of Columbo, The Name of the Game, How the West Was Won, and others. (Aside from the two TV movie pilots to the Columbo series, the lighthearted mysteries in it through the years ranged from titles of weekly umbrella series to stand-alone features, then back to a continuing part of a series, with Peter Falk playing the lead role on and off for more than 35 years.) Films made initially for British television, generally premiering in the U.S. as part of PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre and Great Performances, are not chronicled or, in later years, direct-to-video movies that receive their initial showings on television.

1... 11th Victim (CBS, 11/6/1979, 120 mins). A news anchorwoman from the Midwest comes to Hollywood to learn the truth about the death of her sister, the 11th victim of a killer preying on aspiring actresses, and finds herself possibly the next one on his list despite the help of an overworked cop. The film takes uncredited inspiration from the real-life Hillside strangler case that then was the bane of the Los Angeles Police Department and subsequently was solved. Production Companies Marty Katz Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jonathan Kaplan. Producer Martin Katz. Teleplay Kenneth A Friedman. Photography Charles G Arnold. Music Michel Colombier. Editor O Nicholas Brown. Art Director James E Newport. Cast Bess Armstrong (Jill Kelso), Max Gail (Andrew Spencer), Harold Gould (Benny Barnet), Pamela Ludwig (Sally Taylor), Eric Burdon (Spider), David Hayward (Red Brody), Annazette Chase (Cathy), John Hancock (Captain Long), Dick Miller (Investigator Nick), Marilyn Jones (Cindy Lee), Michael Cavanaugh (Steve), Harry Northup (Officer Thorpe), Alfred Dennis (Ed Little), Tara Strohmeier (Katy), Michelle Downey (Amy), Vicki LeMere (Janie), Edward Bell (Disc jockey), Kasi Lemmons (Hostage), Bill Burton (Suspect), Bill Stout (Reporter), Inez Pedroza (Reporter), Nathan Roberts (Reporter), Patty Ecker (Reporter), Mike Batula (Reporter), Fernando Escandon (Reporter). 2... 21 Hours at Munich (ABC, 11/7/1976, 120 mins). A dramatization of the events surrounding the 1972 Olympics massacre when eight Arab terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes. A well-made, thoughtful film (adapted from Serge Groussard’s book, “The Blood of Israel”) that had the dubious distinction of premiering opposite the initial TV showing of “Gone With the Wind,” gathering virtually no audience, but receiving an Emmy Award nomination as the Outstanding Drama Special of the 1976-77 season and another for editor Ronald J. Fagan. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer Edward S Feldman. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Edward Hume, Howard Fast. Based on a Book by Serge Groussard. Photography Jost Vacano. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Ronald J Fagan. Art Director Herta Pischinger. Titles Phill Norman. Cast William Holden (Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber), Shirley Knight (Annaliese Graes), Franco Nero (Issa), Richard Basehart (Chancellor Willy Brandt), Anthony Quayle (Gen. Zvi Zamir), Noel William (Interior Minister Bruno Merk), Georg Marischka (Hans Dietrich Genscher), Paul Smith (Israeli Gutfreund), Martin Gilat (Moshe Weinberger), Else Quecke (Golda Meir), Michael Degen (Mohamed Kadiff), James Hurley (Avery Brundage), Djamchid Soheli, Walter Kohut, Jan Niklas, Ernst Lenart, Osman Ragheb, Franz Rudnick, Heinz Feldhaus, David Hess, Erik Falk, Bernhard Melcer, Herbert Fox, Wilfried Von Aacken, Abraham Gabison, Ullrich Haupt, Carmelo Celso, Sammy Kazian, Franz Gunther Geider, Julio Pinheiro, Reto Feurer, Joachim Eisler, Dan Van Husen. 3... The 3,000 Mile Chase (NBC, 6/16/1977, 120 mins). A professional courier’s efforts to deliver a key witness crosscountry to a New York court appearance comes under attack by professional gunmen in this pilot film for a prospective series for veteran actor Glenn Ford. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Philip DeGuere. Based on a Story by Roy Huggins. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editors Larry D. Lester, Lawrence J Vallario. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producer Dorothy J. Bailey. Cast Cliff DeYoung (Matthew Considine/Marty Scanlon), Glenn Ford (Paul Dvorak/Leonard Staveck), Blair Brown (Rachel Kane), David Spielberg (Frank Oberon), Priscilla Pointer (Emma Dvorak), Brendan Dillon (Ambrose Finn), Lane Allan (Livingston), John Zenda (Inspector), Carmen Argenziano (Santeen), Tom Bower (Richette), Roger Aaron Brown (Prosecutor), Titos Vandis (Vince Leone), Marc Alaimo (Burrell), Michael J London (Jacoby), Stephen Coit (Stenhardt), Abraham Alvarez (Bathes), Tanya Swerling (Princess Y), Hugh Gillin (Jimbo), June Whitley Taylor (Mrs. Campbell), Shug Fisher (Biker), Michael Mancini (Quinn), Don Maxwell (Seldon), Jerry Hardin (Manager), Richard Lepore (DA), Michael Dan Wagner (Judge).

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4... The 500-Pound Jerk (CBS, 1/2/1973, 90 mins). An ad-man’s dreams of grooming a gentle hillbilly giant into an overnight weight-lifting champion, have him win a gold medal, and then endorse a breakfast cereal are shattered when his protégé falls in love with a petite Russian gymnast and almost ignites an international incident. Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros Television. Director William Kronick. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay James Henerson. Photography Herbert Raditschnig. Music Neal Hefti. Editor James T. Heckert. Cast James Franciscus (Gil Davenport), Hope Lange (Karen Walsh), Alex Karras (Hughie Rae Feather), Claudia Butenuth (Natalya), Rick Parse (Mickey), Heinz Viertaler (Lermontov), Victor Spinetti (Martin Bloore), Ralph Wolter (Glabov), Howard Cosell (Himself). 5... The Abduction of Saint Anne (ABC, 1/21/1975, 90 mins). A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop from the Vatican team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a beautiful 17-year-old girl being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin, whose associates will stop at nothing to keep her imprisoned. Subsequently titled “They’ve Kidnapped Anne Benedict.” Based on the 1972 novel “The Issue of the Bishop’s Blood” by Thomas Patrick McMahon. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer John Wilder. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay Edward Hume. Based on a Novel by Thomas Patrick McMahon. Photography Jack Swain. Music George Duning. Editor Walter A Hannemann. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Cast Robert Wagner (Dave Hatcher), E G Marshall (Bishop Francis Paul Logan), Lloyd Nolan (Carl Gentry), Kathleen Quinlan (Anne Benedict), William Windom (Ted Morrisey), James Gregory (Pete Haggerty), A Martinez (Angel Montoya), Ruth McDevitt (Sister Patrick), Alfred Ryder (Frank Benedict), George McCallister (Wayne Putnam), Tony Young (Vanjack), Martha Scott (Mother Michael), Victor Mohica (Father Rubacava), Patrick Conway (Sheriff Townsend), Roy Jenson (Woody), Milton Selzer (Dr. Simon Roth), Rodolfo Hoyos (Jose Montoya), John Zaremba (Cardinal), Vic Perrin (Doctor). 6... Act of Violence (CBS, 11/10/1979, 120 mins). Elizabeth Montgomery continued her dramatic gallery of resourceful put-upon women, here playing a liberal-minded, divorced newswriter who is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs. Original title: “The Victim: An Anatomy of a Mugging.” Production Companies Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Teleplay Robert Collins. Based on a Story by James Caughlin. Photography Charles W. Short. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Harry Keller. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Catherine McSweeney), James Sloyan (Tony Bonelli), Sean Frye (Jamie), Roy Poole (Catherine’s father), Biff McGuire (Tom Sullivan), Michael Goodwin (Michael), Dolph Sweet (Detective O’Brien), Linden Chiles (Lloyd), Ed Bernard (Clayton), Tom Rosqui (Police commander), Grand L. Bush (Stoneblood), Victor Millan (Detective Ramirez), Church Ortiz (1st mugger), Fredric Cook (Locksmith), Kate Zentall (Association woman), Ruth Manning (Rich woman), Ben Gerard (Man like Michael), Glenn Kaplan (Film editor), Gary Veney (Leonard), Don Cervantes (2nd mugger), Gregory Norman Cruz (3rd mugger), Sandy Champion (Policeman), Minnie G. Lindsey, Matthew Faison, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Bill Deiz, Larry McCormick. 7... The Adventures of Don Quixote (CBS, 4/23/1973, 120 mins). An atmospheric dramatization of Cervantes’ 17thcentury tale of the self-proclaimed Spanish knight who travels the countryside with his squire, tilting at windmills as if they were dragons and trying to reform a bawdy peasant girl. This was the first of a series of co-productions and trade-offs between UniversalTV and the British Broadcasting Corporation. This was the tenth filming of the classic novel, following closely on the heels of the movie version of the musical “Man of La Mancha.” Some months later came a filmed ballet adaptation with Nureyev. Production Companies BBC-TV Productions, Universal Television. Director Alvin Rakoff. Producer Gerald Savory. Teleplay Hugh Whitemore. Based on the Novel by Miguel Cervantes. Based on the Translation by J.M. Cohen. Photography Peter Bartlett. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Dave King. Cast Rex Harrison (Don Quixote), Frank Finlay (Sancho Panza), Rosemary Leach (Dulcinea), Robert Eddison (The Duke), Bernard Hepton (Village priest), Paul Whitsun-Jones (Innkeeper), Murray Melvin (Traveling Barber), Roger Delgado (The Monk), Ronald Lacey (The Barber), Gwen Nelson (The Housekeeper), Francoise Pascal, Brian Spink, John Hollis, Waiter Sparrow, Jon Mattoche, Michael Golden, Brian Coburn, Athol Coats. 8... The Adventures of Nick Carter (NBC, 2/20/1972, 90 mins). Nick Carter (played by Robert Conrad) learns that a fellow private eye’s death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy’s wife, and he hunts for the killer among the social register as well as the dregs of 1912 New York. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Ken Pettus. Photography Alric Edens. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Editor Robert F Shugrue. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Associate Producer Arthur D. Hilton. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Robert Conrad (Nick Carter), Shelley Winters (Bess Tucker), Broderick Crawford (Otis Duncan), Neville Brand (Capt. Dan Keller), Pernell Roberts (Neal Duncan), Pat O’Brien (Hallelujah Harry), Sean Garrison (Lloyd Deams), Laraine Stephens (Joyce Jordan), Dean Stockwell (Freddy Duncan), Brooke Bundy (Roxy O’Rourke), Jaye P Morgan (Plush Horse singer),

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Sorrell Booke (Dr. Zimmerman), Ned Glass (Maxie), Joe Maross (Archer), Arlene Martel (Flo), Byron Morrow (Sam Bates), Arthur Peterson (Coroner), Booth Colman (Parsons), Warren Parker (Butler), Larry Watson (Desk sergeant), Leon Lontoc (Desk clerk), James McCallion (Manager), Charles Davis (Minister), William Benedict (Newsboy), Elizabeth Harrower (Sister Effie), Deidre Hudson (Ivy Duncan). 9... Adventures of the Queen (CBS, 2/14/1975, 120 mins). A luxury cruise ship is threatened with destruction--with all aboard--as part of a deadly vendetta against a multi-millionaire passenger in true Irwin Allen seagoing disaster style. The liner Queen Mary provided the backdrop for this suspense movie. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Story by Irwin Allen. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Bill Brame. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Associate Producers Al Gail, William Welch. Cast Robert Stack (Capt. James Morgan), David Hedison (Dr. Peter Brooks), Ralph Bellamy (J. L. Dundeen), Bradford Dillman (Martin Reed), Sorrell Booke (Robert Dwight), Burr DeBenning (Ted Trevor), John Randolph (John Howe), Ellen Weston (Ann Trevor), Linden Chiles (Matthew Evans), Sheila Mathews (Claudine Lennart), Mills Watson (Jim Greer), Frank Marth (Phillips), Richard X Slattery (Riley), Francine York (Betsy Schuster), Vito Scotti (Bill Schuster), Russell Johnson (Forbes), Elizabeth Rogers (Irene McKay), Lara Parker (Barbara), Paul Carr (Walter Fletcher), Than Wyenn (Fedderson), Patrick Culliton, Steve Marlo, Erik Nelson, Gloria Stuart. 10... The Affair (ABC, 11/20/1973, 90 mins). Natalie Wood returned to TV after an 18-year absence to costar with her husband, Robert Wagner, in this bittersweet tale of a crippled lady songwriter and the sensitive lawyer who becomes her first love. The original title until the eve of airing: “Love Song.” The actress not only made her TV movie debut in this one but also sang the film’s theme song. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Photography Gerald Hirschfeld. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “I Can’t See You Anymore” Jim Gordon, Renee Armand. Song performed by Natalie Wood. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Parke Perine. Wardrobe (Natalie Wood) Nolan Miller. Cast Natalie Wood (Courtney Patterson), Robert Wagner (Marcus Simon), Bruce Davison (Jamie Patterson), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Jennifer), Pat Harrington Jr. (Frank), Kent Smith (Mr. Patterson), Paul Ryan (Bobbie), Frances Reid (Mrs. Patterson), Mark Roberts (Howard), Anna Aries (Annie Simon), Steve Riskas (Peter), Brett Ericson (Evan), Robert Stull (Michael), Anna Karen (Willa), Paul Pepper (Engineer), Sue Taylor, Victoria Carroll, Keith Walker, Marland Proctor. 11... Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (NBC, 5/16/1977, 120 mins). A male hustler has no end of trouble trying to find legitimate work in this sequel to “Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway” (1976), and he soon finds himself involved with a gay football pro. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, NBC Productions. Director John Erman. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Teleplay Walter Dallenbach. Based on a Story by Dalene Young, Walter Dallenbach. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Neil Travis. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast Leigh J. McCloskey (Alexander Duncan), Eve Plumb (Dawn Wetherby), Juliet Mills (Myra), Jean Hagen (Landlady), Lonny Chapman (Eddie Duncan), Earl Holliman (Ray Church), Alan Feinstein (Charles Selby), Asher Brauner (Buddy), Diana Douglas (Clara Duncan), Miss Frances Faye (Singer), Fred Sadoff, Alice Hirson, John Devlin, Mark Baker, Jack Rader (Jack), Claudia Bryar (Ms. Mathias), Gary Campbell (Bernard), Noel Conlon (Thomas), Daria Cook (Della), Pat Corley (Marty), Robert Doyle (Frank), Yolanda Galardo (Linda), Colin Hamilton (Patrick), Wayne Heffley (Fossehi), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Jeff), Damu King (Red), Jonathan Banks (Michael), Larry Rosenberg (Rick), Richard Sanders (Travis), Talia Balsam, Matthew Bennett, P. J. Soles, Ben Marley, Jon Gries, George Whiteman, Sam Weisman, Joe Warfield. 12... Alias Smith and Jones (ABC, 1/5/1971, 120 mins). A lighthearted Western about a pair of notorious outlaws who take the governor’s offer of amnesty, offered through a lawman friend, if they’ll bring in a vicious desperado and his gang--and then discover that their amnesty has other strings attached. A series of the same name with Peter Deuel and Ben Murphy followed, beginning several weeks after the initial showing of this film and continuing through early January 1973. When actor Deuel committed suicide in mid-1972, Roger Davis was brought in to replace him. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Gene Levitt. Executive Producer Frank Price. Producer Glen A. Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Matthew Howard. Based on a Story by Glen A. Larson. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Bob Cagey. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Peter Deuel (Hannibal Hayes/Joshua Smith), Ben Murphy (Jed Kid Curry/Thaddeus Jones), Forrest Tucker (Deputy Harker), Susan Saint James (Miss Porter), James Drury (Sheriff Lom Trevors), Jeanette Nolan (Miss Birdie), Earl Holliman (Wheat), John Russell (Marshal), Dennis Fimple (Kyle), Bill Fletcher (Kane), Bill McKinney (Lobo), Charles Dierkop (Shields), Peter Brocco (Pincus), John Shank (Outlaw), Sid Haig (Outlaw), John Harper (Outlaw), Roger Davis (Narrator). 13... All Creatures Great and Small (NBC, 2/4/1975, 120 mins). A gentle, episodic account of author James Herriot’s apprenticeship in the mid-1930s to an eccentric rural English veterinarian and his awkward courtship of a farmer’s daughter. Based

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on Herriott’s novels “If Only They Could Talk” and “And It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet.” The film was tested briefly following its TV premiere in theatrical release in the U.S. after a semi-successful New York engagement. Production Companies Talent Associates, EMI Television. Director Claude Whatham. Producers David Susskind, Duane C Bogie. Teleplay Hugh Whitemore. Based on Novels by James Harriot. Photography Peter Suschitzky. Music Wilfred Josephs. Editor Ralph Sheldon. Production Designer Geoffrey Drake. Cast Simon Ward (James Herriot), Anthony Hopkins (Siegfried Farnon), Lisa Harrow (Helen Anderson), Brian Stirner (Tristan Farnon), Freddie Jones (Cranford), T.P. McKenna (Soames), Brenda Bruce (Miss Harbottle), John Collin (Mr. Alderson), Christine Buckley (Mrs. Hall), Jane Collins (Connie), Fred Feast (Farmer in cinema), Glynne Geldart (Joyce), Harold Goodwin (Dinsdale’s uncle), Doreen Mantle (Mrs. Seaton), John Nettleton (Headwaiter), Daphne Oxenford (Mrs. Pumphrey), Bert Palmer (Mr. Dean), John Rees (Geoff Mallock), Jenny Runacre (Pamela), Jane Solo (Brenda). 14... All My Darling Daughters (ABC, 11/22/1972, 90 mins). This light-hearted comedy involves a judge (harried Robert Young) with four daughters, four prospective sons-in-law, and four weddings scheduled for the same day. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Story by Robert Presnell Jr., Stan Dreben. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Russell C. Forrest. Cast Robert Young (Judge Charles Raleigh), Eve Arden (Miss Freeling), Raymond Massey (Matthew Cunningham), Darlene Carr (Susan), Judy Strangis (Robin), Sharon Gless (Jennifer), Fawne Harriman (Charlotte), Darrell Larson (Andy O’Brien), Jerry Fogel (Jerry Greene), Colby Chester (Bradley Coombs), Michael Richardson (Biff Brynner), Bruce Kirby Jr. (Anthony Stephanelli), John Lupton (Prosecuting Attorney), Richard Roat (Defense Attorney), Virginia Gregg (Witness), Ilka Windish (Mrs. Stephanelli), Ben Wright (Carter), Anne Loos (Mrs. Markham), Kathi Sawyer (Maid of honor), Dale Johnson (Court clerk). 15... All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS, 11/14/1979, 180 mins). Acclaimed three-hour TV remake of the 1930 film classic about a young generation’s disillusionment and eventual destruction by war. Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine took the roles played in the original by Lew Ayres and Louis Wolheim. This version received seven Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Drama, supporting actor (Borgnine), supporting actress (Patricia Neal), director and art direction, and it won two Emmys for Alan Pattillo’s editing and Roy Whybrow’s special effects. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Paul Monash. Based on the Novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Photography John Coquillon. Music Allyn Ferguson. Supervising Editor Bill Blunden. Editor Alan Pattillo. Art Director Karl Varcek. Production Designer John Stoll. Associate Producer Ron Carr. Cast Richard Thomas (Paul Baumer), Ernest Borgnine (Stanislaus Katczinsky), Ian Holm (Himmelstoss), Donald Pleasence (Kantorek), Patricia Neal (Paul’s mother), Mark Dreway (Tjaden), Mark Elliott (Josef Behm), Dai Bradley (Albert Kropp), Mathew Evans (Friedrich Muller), George Winter (Franz Kemmerich), Dominic Jephcott (Peter Leer), Colin Mayes (Westhaus), Ewan Stewart (Detterling), Simon Haywood (Gessler), Kevin Stoney (Hollerstein), Ken Hutchison (Hammacher), Stephen Reynolds (Franz), Ian Hastings (Lewandowski), Denys Graham (The Kaiser), Mary Miller (Kemmerich’s mother), Michael Sheard (Paul’s father), Marie Noelle-Barre (French brunette), Dominique Varda (French blonde), Arda Brokmenn (3rd French girl), Drahomira Fialkova (Sister Libertine), Katrina Lirova (Paul’s sister), Veronika Jenikova (Anna), Mark Roemmich (Gerard Duval), Andrew Burleigh (Young recruit), Bruce Purchase (Cook). 16... All The Kind Strangers (ABC, 11/12/1974, 90 mins). Drama about seven strange orphans with vicious dogs who turn a remote farmhouse into a prison for unsuspecting travelers who will either become their parents or disappear permanently. Filmed on location in Lebanon, Tennessee. Production Companies Cinemobile Productions, Jerry Gross Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Jerry Gross, Thor Arngrim. Producer Roger Lewis. Teleplay Clyde Ware. Photography Gene Polito, Robert B Hauser Music Ron Frangipane. Song “What Are You Living For?” by Regis Hall. Song Performed by Robby Benson. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Cast Stacy Keach (Jimmy Wheeler), Samantha Eggar (Carol Ann), John Savage (Peter), Robby Benson (John), Arlene Faber (Martha), Tim Parkison (Gilbert), Patti Parkison (Rita), Brent Campbell (James). 17... All Together Now (ABC, 2/5/1975, 90 mins). Family drama inspired by the actual story of four orphaned children who have 30 days to prove they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. John Rubinstein (son of legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein) stars as the oldest, and he also wrote the film’s music. Two other second generation actors also appear: Adam Arkin (son of Alan) and Larry Bishop (son of Joey). Production Company RSO Television. Director Randal Kleiser. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Howard Rosenman. Producer Ron Bernstein. Teleplay Jeff Andrus, Rubin Carson. Based on a Story by Rubin Carson. Photography Gene Polito. Music John Rubinstein. Songs by John Rubinstein, Tim McIntyre. Editors Bob Wyman, Larry Robinson. Cast John Rubinstein (Bill Lindsay), Glynnis O’Connor (Carol Lindsay), Brad Savage (Andy Lindsay), Helen Hunt (Susan Lindsay), Dori Brenner (Nicki), Bill Macy (Charles Drummond), Jane Withers (Helen Drummond), Larry Bishop (Mike), Adam Arkin (Jerry), Moosie Drier (Rafe), Tiger Williams (Joe), Brad Trumbull (Attorney), Frank Ventgen (Chauffeur), Deborah Sherman (Carla), Lyle Anne Morse (Girlfriend), Edwin Mills (Store manager).

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18... Aloha Means Goodbye (CBS, 10/11/1974, 120 mins). A young schoolteacher (Sally Struthers) in Hawaii fights for her life against both a rare blood disease and an unscrupulous surgeon (James Franciscus) in need of a heart-transplant donor. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer David Lowell Rich. Producer Sam Strangis. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Based on a Novel by Naomi A Hintze. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Charles Fox. Editor Richard M. Sprague. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Arthur E. McLaird. Cast Sally Struthers (Sara Moore), Joanna Miles (Pamela Crane), Henry Darrow (Dr. David Kalani), James Franciscus (Dr. Lawrence Maddox), Frank Marth (Dr. Da Costa), Larry Gates (Torger Nilsson), Russell Johnson (Dr. Frank Franklin), Colin Losby (Christian Nilsson), Pat Li (Mrs. Kalani), Tracy Reed (Connie), Dawn Lyn (Blind girl), Anne Schedeen (Stewardess), Frank Michael Liu (Lab assistant), Donald Mantooth (Intern), Robert Ito (Arnold), Randi Kallan (Probationer), Sharon Cintron (File nurse), Carolyn Stellar (Receptionist), Mary Anne Kasica (Nurse), Barbara Dodd (Head nurse). 19... Along Came a Spider (ABC, 2/3/1970, 90 mins). A research scientist’s widow, seeking to avenge her husband’s murder at the hand of his colleague, conceals her true identity and embarks on an affair. Adapted from the novel “Sweet Poison” by Leonard Lee. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Alan A. Armer. Producer Bill Faralla. Teleplay Barry Oringer. Based on a Novel by Leonard Lee. Photography Robert C Moreno. Music David Rose. Editor Desmond Marquette. Art Directors Jack Martin Smith, William Creber. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Anne Banning/Janet Furie), Ed Nelson (Dr. Martin Becker), Andrew Prine (Sam Howard), Brooke Bundy (Adrienne Klein), Richard Anderson (District Attorney Freiberg), Wright King (Frank Dietzler), Barry Atwater (Judge Romagna), Milton Selzer (Dr. Leonard Schuster), Frank Ferguson (Dr. Andrew Blake), Virginia Gregg (Dr. Sylvia Newman), Johnnie Collins II (Herbie), Joe E Tata (Dr. Hernandez). 20... The Alpha Caper (ABC, 10/6/1973, 90 mins). A heist movie in which a parole officer forced into retirement teams up with three ex-cons to hijack a 30-million-dollar gold shipment. The main interest is in seeing Fonda as a criminal mastermind in this film that was shown theatrically overseas as “Inside Job.” Production Companies Silverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Aubrey Schenck. Teleplay Elroy Schwartz. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Oliver Nelson. Supervising Editor Richard Belding. Editors Albert J. J. Zuniga, Les Green. Art Director John J Lloyd. Associate Producer Arnold Turner. Cast Henry Fonda (Mark Forbes), Leonard Nimoy (Mitch), James McEachin (Scat), Elena Verdugo (Hilda), John Marley (Lee Saunders), Larry Hagman (Tudor), Noah Beery (Harry Balsam), Tom Troupe (Harlan Moss), Woodrow Parfrey (Minister), Vic Tayback (Policeman), Kenneth Tobey (Police captain), Paul Kent (John Woodbury), James B Sikking (Henry Kellner), Paul Sorensen (Tow truck driver), Wally Taylor (Sergeant). 21... Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (NBC, 1/8/1979, 120 mins). Comedy/drama, similar to Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” surrounding the preparations by employees, patrons and hopefuls in a roadhouse country-and-western talent show. Production Companies Motown Productions, Universal Television. Director Joel Schumacher. Executive Producer Rob Cohen. Producer Lauren Schuler. Teleplay Joel Schumacher. Photography Ric Waite. Music Craig Bradford. Songs by Craig Bradford. Song “I’m the Singer, You’re the Song” by Jerry Goldstein. Song performed by Tanya Tucker. Choreographer Joanne DiVito. Editor Anthony Redman. Art Directors Henry Bumstead, Raymond A. Brandt. Cast Victor French (Mac), Candy Clark (Sharee), Louise Latham (Fanny), Don Johnson (Cowboy), Jamie Farr (Snuffy McCann), Sheree North (Lettie Norman), Tanya Tucker (Sharon Singleton), Jeff Altman (Marvin Laurie), Pat Ast (Vera Elvira), Ed Begley Jr. (Moss Tillis), Gary Bisig (Roy), Joan Goodfellow (Marcy/waitress), Henry Gibson (Milt Cavanaugh), Rick Hurst (Harry Whittaker), Howard Itzkowitz (Duke), Roz Kelly (Doreen Reese), Mary McCusker (Anita Nutter), Melinda Naud (Joanne Nutter), Dennis Quaid (Buck), Kyle Richards (Laurie Jean), Timothy Scott (Frank Smith), Allan Warnick (Duke), Tanya Russell (Eyewitness), Corey Rand (Pepe Benasquez), Gloria Torres (Serita Flores), Bill Diez (Commentator), Richard Collier (Bronco Andy), Bob Schott (Buddy), Brenda White, Michele Michaels, Barbara Wiggins, Bernice Criswell. 22... The Amazing Howard Hughes (CBS, 4/13/1977 and 4/14/1977, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). An intriguing, if lethargic, look at the life of Howard Hughes, as portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones, from his takeover of the Hughes Tool Company at 18, through his rapidly expanding business ventures. The film covers his interests, ranging from golf and aviation to filmmaking and Hollywood starlets, his involvement in the Senate probe pertaining to war profits, his growing isolation and phobias, and his death in April 1976. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producers Herbert Hirschman, Paul Cameron. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Biography by Noah Dietrich, Bob Thomas. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Aaron Stell. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Howard Hughes), Ed Flanders (Noah Dietrich), James Hampton (Wilbur Peterson), Tovah Feldshuh (Katharine Hepburn), Lee Purcell (Billie Dove), Jim Antonio (George), Sorrell Booke (Fiorello LaGuardia), Marty Brill

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(Lewis Milestone), Marla Carlis (Jane Russell), Lee deBroux (Jimmy), Roy Engel (Production manager), Arthur Franz (Barnes), Denise Galik (Shirley Whithead), Howard Hesseman (Jenks), Tannis G. Montgomery (Mrs. Hughes), Walter O Miles (Gen. Hap Arnold), Garry Walberg (Henry J. Kaiser), Carol Bagdasarian (Jean Peters), Bart Burns (Robert Maheu), Thayer David (Floyd Odlum), Barry Atwater (Senator Brewster), William Dozier (Senator Ferguson), Barney Phillips (Saunders), James Bacon (Himself), John S. Ragin (McKenna), John Lupton (Mayor), Art Gilmore (Newsreel announcer), Ray Ballard (Forbes), Robert Baron (Lewis), James Beach (Assistant cutter), Morgan Brittany (Ella Hughes), Susan Buckner (Jean Harlow), Ray Buktenica (Public Relations man), Sid Conrad (Gresham), Jack Denbo (Chauffeur), John Dennis (Cutter), Steve Doubet (Harris), Shay Duffin (Butler), S. John Launer (Doctor), Joel Lawrence (Emcee), John W. Bellah (Station attendant), Thom Carney (Guard), Peter Dane (DeMarco), Hal England (Reeves), Gene Handsaker (Himself), Ed Harris (Russ), Ted Hartley (Attorney), Wayne Heffley (Dr. Bergman), Russ McGinn (Sheriff), Marvin G. Miles (Himself), Ken Sansom (Hospital administrator), Ken Scott (Vernon Scott), Dave Shelley (Government official), Wayne Thomas (Himself), Jerome Thor (Council), Bert Williams (Mr. Hardesty), James McKrell, Glenn Miller, Myron Natwick, Kim O’Brien, Andy Romano, Jetta Seear. 23... Amelia Earhart (NBC, 10/25/1976, 180 mins). An ambitious three-hour movie biography of the famed aviatrix and her marriage to a noted publisher. Emmy nominations went to Susan Clark as Best Actress, Susan Oliver as Best Supporting Actress, and William Tuntke and Richard Freedman for their art direction and set decoration. Production Company Universal Television. Director George Schaefer. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music David Shire. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director William H Tuntke. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Susan Clark (Amelia Earhart), John Forsythe (G. P. Putnam), Stephen Macht (Paul Mantz), Susan Oliver (Neta Snook (“Snookie”)), Catherine Burns (Pidge Earhart), Jane Wyatt (Amy Earhart), Charles Aidman (Mr. Earhart), Eddie Barth (Sid Isaacs), David Huffman (Radio operator), Bill Vint (Fred Noonan), Jack Colvin (Wilmer Stultz), Kip Niven (Alan Bradford), John Archer (Dr. Paterson), Florida Friebus (Miss Perkins), Lance Kerwin (David Putnam), Kim Diamond (Young Amelia), Lowell Thomas (Broadcaster), Colleen Camp (Starlet), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Esther Biddles), Garry Walberg (Film director), Robert Ridgely (Bailey), Priscilla Morrill (Dorothy), Steve Kanaly (Gordon), Sari Price (Louise), Nora Morgan (Purdue coed), Jack Bannon (Commander), Doris Singleton (Mary-Jack), Michael LeClair (Boy), Kathleen O’Malley (Mrs. Gallagher), Dallas Mitchell (1st reporter), Paul Napier (2nd reporter), Arthur Monde (3rd reporter), Harry Middlebrooks (Joe), Elizabeth Cheshire (Young Pidge), Teris Wyss (Purdue coed), Peter Bourne (Bernt Balcher), Peter Forster (Mr. Gallagher), Donald Mark (1st soldier), Robert Starr (2nd soldier), Jack Frey (Photographer). 24... An American Christmas Carol (ABC, 12/16/1979, 120 mins). The enduring Charles Dickens classic is reworked in this film and updated to Depression-era New Hampshire (it actually was shot in Toronto), with Henry Winkler, under all that theatrical putty, as a Scrooge-like miser named Benedict Slade. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Jon Slan Productions, Smith-Hemion Productions. Director Eric Till. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Smith. Producers Jon Slan, Stanley Chase. Teleplay Jerome Coopersmith. Based on a Story by Charles Dickens. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music Hagood Hardy. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Jack McAdam. Special Makeup Consultant Rick Baker. Cast Henry Winkler (Benedict Slade), David Wayne (Merrivale), Chris Wiggins (Mr. Brewster), R H Thomson (Thatcher), Kenneth Pogue (Jack Latham), Gerard Parkes (Jessup), Susan Hogan (Helen Brewster), Dorian Harewood (Matt Reeves), Tammy Bourne (Sarah Thatcher), Chris Cragg (Jonathan Thatcher), James B. Douglas (Sam Perkins), Arlene F. Duncan (Jennie Reeves), Linda Goranson (Doris Thatcher). 25... Anatomy of a Seduction (CBS, 5/8/1979, 120 mins). Romantic drama about the love affair between a divorced woman and the college-age son of her best friend, alienating her teenage son who is just a few years younger than her lover. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Alison Cross. Photography Howard R Schwartz. Music Hagood Hardy. Song “Let Me Love Again” by Hagood Hardy, Michael Dees. Song Performed by Michael Dees. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director James D. Bissell. Associate Producer Phillips Wylly. Cast Susan Flannery (Maggie Kane), Jameson Parker (Ed), Rita Moreno (Nina), Ed Nelson (Mark Kane), Michael LeClair (Ricky Kane), Allan Miller (Dan Sawyer), Roger C Carmel (Harry Jackson), Sandy Baron (Maitre d’), Bryan O’Byrne (Howard), Ron Prince (Michael), Rod Colbin (Businessman), Barry Michlin (Desk clerk), Ernest Harada (Allan), Peter Turgeon (Paul), Eldon Quick (Maggie’s friend), Joseph Sheen (Roger), Pilar Del Rey (Maid), Frank Wagner (Hippy). 26... And Baby Makes Six (NBC, 10/22/1979, 120 mins). A middle-aged couple with three grown children discover they soon will be parents once more and face a variety of emotional responses from family and friends. Timothy Hutton, on the brink of major screen stardom, is their teenage son in this one, a sequel to which “Baby Comes Home” turned up a year later. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Sonny Fox. Producers Kay Hoffman, Shelley List. Supervising Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Shelley List. Photography Ric Waite. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Gene Milford. Art Director Tracy Bousman.

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Cast Colleen Dewhurst (Anna Cramer), Warren Oates (Michael Cramer), Maggie Cooper (Elizabeth Winston), Al Corley (Franklyn Cramer), Timothy Hutton (Jason Cramer), Allyn Ann McLerie (Dora), Mildred Dunnock (Serena Fox), Mason Adams (Dr. Eliot Losen), Maria Melendez (Marta Montez), Bill Smillie (Pharmacist), Lee Wallace (Sam Blumenkrantz), Christopher Allport (Jeff Winston), Tamu (Donna the housekeeper), Joshua Grenrock (Alex), Richard Roat (Bill Finley), Ruth Silveira (Nurse). 27... And I Alone Survived (NBC, 11/27/1978, 120 mins). Dramatization of the true story of a woman’s ordeal following a plane crash in the Sierra Nevadas in April 1976 that killed her two companions. Blair Brown stars as the real-life Lauren Elder. Based on Elder’s 1978 book, written with Shirley Streshinsky. Production Company Jerry Leider Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Jerry Leider. Producer Burt Nodella. Teleplay Lane Slate. Based on a Book by Lauren Elder, Shirley Streshinsky. Photography Jordan Cronenweth. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Ronald J Fagan. Production Designer Claudio Guzman. Cast Blair Brown (Lauren Elder), David Ackroyd (Jay Fuller), Vera Miles (Irene Elder), G. D. Spradlin (Bob Elder), Maggie Cooper (Jean), James G. Richardson (Jimmie Fitzdale), Michelle Stacy (Carol), Christopher Allport (Craig Elder), Elizabeth Cheshire (Carla Fuller), Charles H Gray (Harry), Pat Corley (Kaminsky). 28... And No One Could Save Her (ABC, 2/21/1973, 90 mins). A middle-aged American heiress (Lee Remick in her TV-movie debut) frantically searches for her banker husband who boarded a plane for Ireland and then disappeared. This was the maiden film made for American TV by the Robert Stigwood Group, which evolved into RSO, producers of films like “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease.” Production Companies Robert Stigwood Productions, Associated London Films. Director Kevin Billington. Executive Producer Beryl Vertue. Producer William Allyn. Teleplay Anthony Skene. Photography Austin Dempster. Music Ron Grainer. Editor Keith Palmer. Art Director Edward Tester. Cast Lee Remick (Fern O’Neil), Milo O’Shea (Patrick O’Dooley), Frank Grimes (Sam O’Neil), Liam Redmond (Fitzgerald), Jenny Linden (Maid), Shelagh Fraser (Mrs. Benet), Edward Golden (Boland), May Cluskey (Miss O’Connor), Ronan Smith (O’Toole), Harold Goldblatt (Cohen), May Ollis (Mrs. Runig), Robert Lang (Beck), Paul Maxwell (Paul). 29... And Your Name Is Jonah (CBS, 1/28/1979, 120 mins). Drama about a New York couple whose seven-year-old son is discovered to be profoundly deaf after having been incorrectly diagnosed as mentally retarded and institutionalized for three years. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Capital Cities. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Norman Felton, Stanley Rubin. Teleplay Michael Bortman. Photography David Myers. Music Fred Karlin. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Michael Bortman. Cast Sally Struthers (Jenny Corelli), James Woods (Danny Corelli), Randee Heller (Connie), Titos Vandis (Grandpa), Penny Santon (Grandma), Ruth Manning (Mrs. Marquardt), Jeff Bravnn (Jonah), Robert Davi (Dickie), Erica Yohn (Jenny’s mother), Lee Kessler (Audiologist), Antony Ponzini (Larry), Robin Pearson Rose (Kathie), Bernard Bragg (Paul), Rose Barbato (Carmen), Paula Shaw (Ann), Tracee Lyles (Aide), Jeremy Licht (Tommy), Dick Rossner (Intern), Michael Fuller (Teacher), Hilary Martin (Teacher), Kathleen Hughes (Nurse Hubert), Michael Griswold (Dr. Tibbs), Billy Seago (Woody). 30... Any Second Now (NBC, 2/11/1969, 120 mins). A photographer tries to knock off his rich young wife after she has caught him playing around. His plan to kill her for her money before she can divorce him goes awry when the automobile accident he has rigged merely causes her to temporarily lose her memory--which could return any second now. This was Stewart Granger’s initial made-for-TV movie. Production Companies Universal Television, Roy Huggins Productions. Director Gene Levitt. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Gene Levitt. Teleplay Gene Levitt. Based on a Story by Harold Jack Bloom, Robert Mitchell. Photography Jack Marta. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor David Rawlins. Art Director Howard E Johnson. Associate Producer Paul Freeman. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Stewart Granger (Paul Dennison), Lois Nettleton (Nancy Dennison), Joseph Campanella (Dr. Raul Valdez), Dana Wynter (Jane Peterson), Katy Jurado (Senora Vorhis), Tom Tully (Howard Lenihan), Marion Ross (Mrs. Hoyt), Eileen Wesson (American girl), Bob Hastings (Gary), Francine York (Samantha), Victor Millan, Luis De Cordova, Bill McCright, John Aladdin, Dallas Mitchell. 31... The Aquarians (NBC, 10/24/1970, 120 mins). A noted scientist and his team of underwater explorers go deep-sea diving to hunt the villain who has stolen the world’s supply of nerve gas and is polluting the ocean. Adventure below sea level, Ivan Tors-style, in his initial plunge into the field of TV movies after his success with “Flipper” and others. Production Companies Ivan Tors Productions, Universal Television. Director Don McDougall. Producer Ivan Tors. Teleplay Leslie Stevens, Winston Miller. Based on a Story by Alan Caillou, Ivan Tors. Photography Clifford Poland. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Erwin Dumbrille. Art Director Gene Harris. Cast Ricardo Montalban (Dr. Luis Delgado), Jose Ferrer (Alfred Vreeland), Leslie Nielsen (Official [and spoken introduction]), Chris Robinson (Ledring), Kate Woodville (Barbara Brand), Lawrence Casey (Bob Exeter), Tom Simcox (Jerry Hollis), Curt Lowens (Ehrlilch), Elisa Ingram (Jean Hollis), Joan Murphy (Norma), Austin Stoker (Bogan), Napoleon Reed

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(Aganda official), Henry Mortimer (Bellboy), Phil Philbin (1st technician), Dan Chandler (Sonar man), Ted Swanson (Aide), William Evenson (Jim Morgan), Ken Harris (2nd technician), Roger Phillips (3rd technician), Myron Natwick (1st reporter), Harlan Warde (2nd reporter). 32... Are You in the House Alone? (CBS, 9/20/1978, 120 mins). A thriller about a beautiful high school student (Kathleen Beller) who becomes the target of a terror campaign that eventually leads to rape in this adaptation of Richard Peck’s Edgar Mystery Award-winning novel. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Judith Parker. Based on the Novel by Richard Peck. Photography Jack Swain. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Tony DiMarco. Associate Producer Allan Marcil. Cast Kathleen Beller (Gail Osborne), Blythe Danner (Anne Osborne), Tony Bill (Neil Osborne), Robin Mattson (Allison), Tricia O’Neil (Jessica Hirsch), Dennis Quaid (Phil Lawver), Alan Fudge (Chris Elden), Scott Colomby (Steve Pastorinis), Ellen Travolta (Rouillard), Randy Stumpf (E. K. Miller), Magda Harout (Malevich), Saundra Sharp (Pamela), Michael Bond (Doctor), Lois Areno (Policewoman), Sandra Giles (Hostess), Ted Gehring (Billy), Richard Molinare, David Leon, Art Kimbro, Jayne Lyn Martin (Singers). 33... The Art of Crime (NBC, 12/3/1975, 90 mins). A pilot for a prospective series dealing with a gypsy private eye who is dragged into a homicide case from his other job--as an antique dealer--when one of his colleagues is accused of the crime. Based on Martin Cruz Smith’s 1971 novel “Gypsy in Amber.” Original title: “Roman Grey.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Jules Irving. Teleplay Bill Davidson, Martin Smith. Based on a Novel by Martin Smith. Photography Jack Priestley, Bernie Abramson. Music Gil Melle. Editor Frederic Baratta. Art Directors May Callas, William L. Campbell. Cast Ron Leibman (Roman Grey), David Hedison (Parker Sharon), Jill Clayburgh (Dany), Eugene Roche (Detective Sergeant Harry Isadore), José Ferrer (Beckwith Sloan), Diane Kagan (Hillary), Cliff Osmond (Nanoosh), Dimitra Arliss (Madame Vera), Mike Kellin (Kore), Louis Guss (Dodo), Tally Brown (Gypsy Queen), William Lanteau (Medical examiner), Richard O’Brien (Chief of Detectives), Helen Kleeb (Customer), Russ Grieve (Customer). 34... Arthur Hailey’s “The Moneychangers” (NBC, 12/4/1976 to 12/19/1976, 4 Parts, 6 1/2 hours). This adaptation of Arthur Hailey's 1975 tale of power and greed in the banking business won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Series of the 1976-77 season. Christopher Plummer won an Emmy for his role as one of two ambitious corporate vice presidents who become rivals when an imminent boardroom vacancy arises. Other nominations went to Susan Flannery (as Kirk Douglas’ lawyer girlfriend), to Joseph Biroc for his photography, and to Phil Normann for his graphics and opening titles. Of interest: Jean Peters returned to films here after spending nearly 20 years in retirement--most of them as Mrs. Howard Hughes. The movie was subsequently shown in three two-hour segments. Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producers Jacque Mapes, Ross Hunter. Teleplay Dean Riesner, Stanford Whitmore. Based on the Novel by Arthur Hailey. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Henry Mancini. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer Marvin Miller. Cast Kirk Douglas (Alex Vandervoort), Christopher Plummer (Roscoe Heyward), Anne Baxter (Edwina Dorsey), Ralph Bellamy (Jerome Devereaux), Timothy Bottoms (Miles Eastin), Joan Collins (Avril Devereaux), Susan Flannery (Margot Bracken), Robert Loggia (Tony Bear), Marisa Pavan (Celia Vandervoort), Jean Peters (Beatrice Heyward), Percy Rodrigues (Nolan Wainwright), Hayden Rorke (Lewis Dorsey), James Shigeta (Wizard Wong), Amy Tivell (Juanita Nunez), Patrick O’Neal (Harold Austin), Lorne Greene (George Quartermain), Helen Hayes (Dr. McCartney), Roger Bowen (Fergus Gatwick), Douglas V. Fowley (Danny Kerrigan), Basil Huffman (Stanley Inchbeck), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Deacon Euphrates), Leonard Cimino (Ben Rosselli), Woodrow Parfrey (Mr. Tottenhoe), Stan Shaw (John Dinkerwell), Joseph J Sicari (Jules LaRocca), Nancy Hseuh (Moonbeam), Bing Russell (Timberwell), Lynnette Mettey (Teller), Virginia Grey (Miss Callahan), Jon Lormer (Depositor), Burt Mustin (Jack Henderson), Marla Gibbs (Mrs. Euphrates), Redmond Gleeson (Vernon Jax), Miiko Taka (Mom), Barry Coe (TV newsman). 35... Arthur Hailey’s “Wheels” (NBC, 5/7/1978 to 5/15/1978, 5 Parts, 10 hours). The slick 1971 Hailey novel about passion and intrigue at the corporate level of the automotive industry emerged as an elegantly produced soap opera in this project, the biggest ever handled by a single director (Jerry London). It was highlighted by the Emmy-nominated performance of Lee Remick as the bored wife who finds that playing second-fiddle to executive husband Rock Hudson’s development of a new car leaves her plenty of time for some extramarital sex, alcohol and drugs. This 10-hour movie was filmed in an unprecedented 61 different locations around southern California with a stellar cast heading a roster of over 150 speaking roles. It subsequently gained the dubious distinction of being truncated in its repeat showing by four hours with absolutely no publicity--and with no viewer complaints as Parts 3 and 4 were simply dropped without notice. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Hank Searls, Millard Lampell, Nancy Lynn Schwartz, Robert Hamilton. Based on the Novel by Arthur Hailey. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Edwin F. England, Gene E. Ranney, James T. Heckert, Jamie Caylor, Larry D. Lester. Art Director William H. Tuntke.

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Cast Rock Hudson (Adam Trenton), Lee Remick (Erica Trenton), Blair Brown (Barbara Lipton), John Beck (Peter Flodenhale), Ralph Bellamy (Lowell Baxter), Scott Brady (Matt Zaleski), John Durren (Merv Rucks), Marj Dusay (Caroline Horton), Lisa Eilbacher (Jody Horton), Anthony Franciosa (Smokey Stevenson), James Carroll Jordan (Kirk Trenton), Adele Mara (Teresa Chapman), Howard McGillin (Greg Trenton), Tim O’Connor (Hub Hewitson), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Rusty Horton), Allan Rich (Waggoner), David Spielberg (Dr. Patterson), Harold Sylvester (Rollie Knight), Jessica Walter (Ursula), Fred Williamson (Leonard Wingate), Anthony Costello (Emerson Vale), Ramon Bieri (Ernie Johnson), James Booth (Sir Phillip Sturdevant), John Crawford (Parkland), Stewart Moss (Brett DeLossanto), Cliff Emmich (Damiano), Deborah Richter (Val), Al White (Newkirk), Ray Singer (Al Holleb), Bob Hastings (Bob Nessel), Richard Venture (Chief Arenson), James Ray (Arnold Beecham), Carole Mallory, Marilyn Devlin, Dave Shelley, Ellen Travolta, Sheila DeWindt, Danna Hansen, Randy Kirby. 36... Aspen (NBC, 11/5/1977 to 11/7/1977, 3 Parts, 120 each, 6 hours). A chic Colorado ski resort in the 1960s is the setting for illicit love, corruption and a sensational murder trial in this melodrama woven together from two novels (actually the title of one, the plot of the other) and subsequently spiced up with a new, more intriguing title (“The Innocent and the Damned”) the second time around. Involved are an ambitious young attorney, a drifter accused of murdering a teenage sexpot, a land developer whose bored daughter has become a jetsetter and an unctuous ex-gangster trying to make a land killing. Cobbled together from two novels—“Aspen” by Bert Hirschfeld and “The Adversary” by Bart Spicer--the miniseries initially ran for six hours in three parts. Production Company Universal Television. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Michael Klein. Producers Jo Swerling Jr., Roy Huggins. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Based on Novels by Bart Spicer and Bert Hirschfeld. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Mike Melvoin, Tom Scott. Editors Larry D. Lester, Lawrence J. Vallario, Edwin F. England. Art Director John Corso. Cast Sam Elliott (Tom Keating), Perry King (Lee Bishop), Gene Barry (Carl Osborne), Martin Beswick (Joan Carolinian), Joseph Cotten (Horton Paine), Roger Davis (Max Kendrick), Lee deBroux (Sam Dinehart), George DiCenzo (Abe Singer), Anthony Franciosa (Alex Budde), Jessica Harper (Kit Pepe), Doug Heyes Jr. (Jon Osborne), Bo Hopkins (Budd Townsend), John Houseman (Joseph Merrill Drummond), John McIntire (Owen Keating), Michelle Phillips (Gloria Osborne), William Prince (Judge Miles Kendrick), Deborah Richter (Angela Morelli), Stephanie Blackmore (Vanessa Faye), Don Collier (Coker), Pepper Martin (Wilson Briggs), Connie Kreski (Jackie Camerovsky), Corinne Michaels (Mrs. Morelli), Angus Duncan (Len Ralston), James O’Connell (Dan Malatesta), Michael Carr (Harry Rodano), Lynn Topping (Golden blonde), Rod Haase (Glen Nilsson), Leslie Simms (Miss Malatta), Todd Martin (Court clerk), Roberta McElroy (Jury foreman), John de Lancie (Ray Chilton), Antony Ponzini (Ric), James Houghton (John Desterrich), Mark Heyes (Monte Frazer), Stephen Coit (Second justice), Dana Baker, Maralee Beck, Sheila Caan, Penny Ciarlo, Terry Donahue, Martha Gerwetz, Jeff Harlan, Wings Hauser, Cassandra Lampert, Susan Lawson, Michael Mancini, Raul Martinet, John McKee, Gary Pagett, Emma Trekman, Sandy Ward, Marion A. Wright. 37... Assault on the Wayne (ABC, 1/12/1971, 90 mins). Intrigue aboard a nuclear sub, commanded by Leonard Nimoy, with foreign agents infiltrating the crew to get their hands on a top secret device. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer Bruce Lansbury. Teleplay Jackson Gillis. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Leith Stevens. Editor Donald R Rode. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Joseph Cotten (The Admiral), Leonard Nimoy (Cmdr. Phil Kettenring), Lloyd Haynes (Lt. Dave Burston), Dewey Martin (Skip Langley), William Windom (Capt. Frank Reardon), Keenan Wynn (Orville Kelly), Malachi Throne (Dr. Dykers), Sam Elliott (Ensign Bandover), Ivor Barry (Ellington), Ron Masak (Corky Schmidt), Lee Stanley (Lieutenant Manners), David Thorpe (Lieutenant Benson), Dale Tarter (1st Karp), Gordon Hoban (2nd Karp), John Winston (English scientist), Bobby Herbeck (Sonarman), Henry Olek (Cab driver), James Beach (Radar operator), Larry McCormick (Radio operator), Ellen Tucker (Mrs. Karp). 38... Assignment: Munich (ABC, 4/30/1972, 120 mins). An undercover agent (played by Roy Scheider), using his bar as a front, vies with three assassins to locate a stolen fortune in Germany for which a man was murdered after leaving prison. Ultimately, in series form, the locale was changed, along with the title (to “Assignment: Vienna”) and the three regulars, following a legal action against Scheider. The actor, expecting big things for himself in movies after winning an Oscar nomination for “The French Connection,” balked at continuing in the part of Jake Webster and was sued by the producers. In the 1972-73 series, Robert Conrad took over the role, Charles Cioffi was signed to play Caldwell, and Anton Diffring was Hoffman. Production Company MGM Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Robert H. Justman. Producers Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Teleplay Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Photography Michael Manszalek. Music George Romanis. Editor William B. Gulick. Art Director Otto Pischinger. Cast Richard Basehart (Maj. Barney Caldwell), Roy Scheider (Jake Webster), Werner Klemperer (Inspector Hoffman), Robert Reed (Doug Mitchell), Keenan Wynn (George), Pernell Roberts (C. C. Boyan), Mike Kellin (Gus), Lesley Ann Warren (Cathy Lange), Karl Otto Alberty (Fritz), Maria Lucca (Hilda), Gerry Crampton (Harry Lange). 39... The Astronaut (ABC, 1/8/1972, 120 mins). Top space officials, fearing for the future of the program, substitute a look-alike for an astronaut (played by Monte Markham) who died during a Mars mission.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Harve Bennett. Teleplay Robert S. Biheller, Charles Kuenstle, Gerald DiPego, Harve Bennett. Based on a Story by Charles Kuenstle, Robert S. Biheller. Photography Alric Edens. Music Gil Melle. Editors John Kaufman Jr., Les Green. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Jackie Cooper (Kurt Anderson), Monte Markham (Eddie Reese/Col. Brice Randolph), Richard Anderson (Dr. Wylie), Robert Lansing (John Phillips), Susan Clark (Gail Randolph), John Lupton (Don Masters), Walter Brooke (Tom Everett), James B. Sikking (Astronaut Higgins), Paul Kent (Carl Samuels), Loretta Leversee (Toni Scott). 40... Attack on Terror: The FBI Versus the Ku Klux Klan (CBS, 2/20/1975 and 2/21/1975, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A fact-based drama, from the FBI files, detailing the story of three civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964 and the subsequent investigation leading to the conviction of seven Ku Klux Klansmen. This was the second in Quinn Martin’s series of landmark FBI cases. Adapted from Don Whitehead’s 1970 book “Attack on Terror: The FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi.” Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Philip Saltzman. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay Calvin Clements Jr. Based on a Book by Don Whitehead. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Mundell Lowe. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Bill Kenney. Associate Producer Bernard R Goodman. Production Executive William Beaudine Jr. Cast Ned Beatty (Ollie Thompson), John Beck (George Greg), Billy Green Bush (Dave Keene), Dabney Coleman (Paul Mathison), Andrew Duggan (Inspector Ryder), Ed Flanders (Ralph Paine), George Grizzard (Attorney Clay), L. Q. Jones (Roy Ralston), Geoffrey Lewis (Ed Duncan), Marlyn Mason (Jean Foster), Wayne Rogers (Don Foster), Peter Strauss (Ben Jacobs), Rip Torn (Glen Tuttle), Mills Watson (Dee Malcolm), James Hampton (Harry Dudley), Sheila Larken (Linn Jacobs), Andrew Parks (Steve Bronson), Hilly Hicks (Charles Gilmore), Luke Askew (Aaron Cord), John McLiam (Jailer Sutton), Martine Bartlett (Bea Sutton), Logan Ramsey (Thurston Carson), Rosalind Miles (Rose Jackson), Taylor Lacher (Luke Sheerer), Paulene Myers (Mrs. Gilmore), Arch Whiting (Carl Rick), Johnny Haymer (Reporter Poole), Hal Riddle (Reporter Josephs), Roy Applegate (John Worden), Jerry Ayres (Wilton Laird), Virginia Gregg (Commissioner Miller), Don Keefer (Dr. Wheeler), Richard Eastham (Investigator), Peter Hobbs (Judge Davidson), Herb Armstrong (Court clerk), James Ball (Militant Black), Guich Koock (Darby). 41... Aunt Mary (CBS, 12/5/1979, 120 mins). The heartwarming true-life Hallmark Hall of Fame drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years. Production Company Henry Jaffe Enterprises. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producers Ellis A. Cohen, Henry Jaffe. Producer Michael Jaffe. Teleplay Burt Prelutsky. Based on a Story by Ellis A. Cohen. Photography Hugh K. Gagnier. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor John Farrell. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Jean Stapleton (Aunt Mary Dobkin), Martin Balsam (Harry Strasberg), Harold Gould (Dr. Hoxley), Dolph Sweet (Amos Jones), Robert Emhardt (Berwick), Philip Bruns (Detective Lamonica), Robbie Rist (Vernon), Anthony Cafiso (Nicholas Rocco), K. C. Martel (Billy), Hap Lawrence (Clyde Hopper), Gerry Black (George Hazel), Marilyn Coleman (Grace Hazel), Lulu Baxter (Susie Martin), Steven Cafiso (Tony Rocco), Mitch Carter (Man on the street), Rick Casorla (Chester), Christopher Ciampa (Hank), Natalie Cilona (Nurse Abbott), Dago Demster (Tommy), Ted Duncan (Man in stunt car), Tim Gemelli (Andy Steinwald), Roger Hampton (Cop Sokowitz), Ernie Harwell (Baseball announcer), Julia Jennings (Nurse Louise), Kristopher Marquis (Mickey), Annie O’Neill (Woman on the street), Barney Pell (Sam Jessup), Steve Pollack (Dennis), Stuart Rogers (Jaguar fielder), Tom Stern (Hawk coach), Jesse Joe Walsh (Randy), DeVoreaux White (Wally Hazel), Terry Wills (Jessup). 42... The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS, 1/31/1974, 120 mins). Winner of nine Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama of the 1973-74 season, this was one of the most acclaimed TV movies ever, highlighted by Cicely Tyson’s Emmy-winning performance as the (fictional) woman who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lived to see the Civil Rights movement a century later. Director John Korty and writer Tracy Keenan Wynn also received Emmy Awards. Additionally, they won the Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America awards, respectively, and the film was given the prestigious Christopher Award. Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ 1971 novel. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director John Korty. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn. Based on the Novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Photography James Crabe. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Sid Levin. Production Designer Michael Haller. Makeup (Cicely Tyson) Rick Baker, Stan Winston. Cast Cicely Tyson (Jane Pittman), Odetta (Big Laura), Josephine Premice (Mme. Gautier), Ted Airhart (Sheriff Guidry), Sidney Arroyo (Tee-Bob), Eric Brown (Jimmy at age 7), Woodrow Chambliss (Freedom investigator), Barbara Chaney (Amma Dean), Noel Cravenze (Long-haired boy), Richard Dysart (Master Bryant), Joel Fluellen (“Unc” Isom), Jerome Green (Etienne), James Goodman (Mr. Clyde), Will Hare (Elbert Cluveau), David Hooks (Colonel Dye), Elinora B Johnson (Mary), Dudley Knight (Trooper Brown), Derrick Mills (Little Ned at age 5), Michael Murphy (Quentin Lerner), Valerie Odell (Ticey [Young Jane]), Rod Perry (Joe Pittman), Roy Poole (Master Robert), Thalmus Rasulala (Ned), Dean Smith (Ned at age 15), Carol Sutton (Vivian), Alana Viliavaso (Mary Agnes), Bill Walker (Elder Banks), Collin Wilcox-Horne (Mistress Bryant), Arnold Wilkerson (Jimmy), Beatrice Winde (Lena).

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43... The Awakening Land (NBC, 2/19/1978 to 2/21/1978, 3 Parts, 7 hours). A lusty frontier saga (told in three parts over seven hours) about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy. Emmy Award nominations went to Elizabeth Montgomery (her 10th), Hal Holbrook and Jeanette Nolan for their acting, Michel Hugo for his cinematography, Fred Karlin for his music score and Bernard J. Small for his film editing. The drama’s authenticity came in part from the unusual speech patterns and dialects adapted for the actors by former dancer Marge Champion who drew upon an apparent family heritage for dialogue realism. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producers Harry Bernsen, Tom Kuhn. Producer Robert E Relyea. Teleplays “The Trees” and “The Fields” James Lee Barrett. Teleplay “The Town” Liam O’Brien. Based on the Novels by Conrad Richter. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Bernard J. Small. Production Designer Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer Robin S. Clark. Dialogue Supervisor Marge Champion. Dance Movement Marge Champion. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Sayward Luckett Wheeler), Hal Holbrook (Portius Wheeler/The Solitary), Jane Seymour (Genny Luckett), Steven Keats (Jack Tench), Louise Latham (Jary Luckett), Tony Mockus (Worth Luckett), Derin Altay (Achsa Luckett), Michelle Stacy (Sulie Luckett), Barney McFadden (Louie Scurrah), William H Macy (Will Beagle), Jeanette Nolan (Granny McWhirter), James O’Reilly (Angus Witherspoon), Charles Tyner (Reverend Hutchins), Dorrie Kavanaugh (Mistress Bartram), Bert Remsen (Isaac Barker), Sandra Wheeler (Cora Baker), Art Kassul (George Roebuck), Louis Blante (Zephron Brown), George Holcomb (Danny Goldring), Charles Gowan (Allen Hamilton), Sean Frye (Resolve Wheeler), Johnny Timko (Kinzie Wheeler), Pia Romans (Huldah Wheeler), Theresa Landreth (Sulie Wheeler), Dennis Dimster (Chancey Wheeler), Tracy Kleronomos (Dezia Wheeler), Katy Kurtzman (Rosa Tench), Byrne Piven (Dr. Pearsall), Devon Ericson (Huldah [as an Adult]), Martin Scanlan (Resolve as an Adult), Paul Swanson (Kinzie as an Adult), Joan Tompkins (Aunt Cornelia). 44... B.J. and the Bear (NBC, 10/4/1978, 120 mins). An action adventure featuring a guitar-plucking independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimp, hauls anything, and finds himself caught up with a bunch of girls trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff. The series based on this film began in January 1979, with Evigan the only holdover (along, of course, with the chimp known as “The Bear”). Subsequently, in the fall of 1979, “The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo” spun off from this with Claude Akins and Mills Watson returning to play Lobo and his thick-headed deputy. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Bruce Bilson. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Producers Christopher Crowe, John Peyser. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Sy Hoffberg. Music John Cacavas. Theme song “B.J. McKay” by Glen A. Larson. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Roy Watts. Second Unit Director John Peyser. Aerial Photography Frank Holgate. Cast Greg Evigan (Billie Joe “B.J.” McKay), Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo), Mills Watson (Perkins), Penny Peyser (Stilts), Julius Harris (Colonel Whitmore), Woodrow Parfrey (Store proprietor), Kristine DeBell (Marcia), Antoinette Stella (Willie), Elena Frank (Julie), Harry Townes (Doctor), Dave Murich (1st deputy), Dennis Fimple (2nd deputy), Ted Gehring (1st sheriff), Mario Roccuzzo (High-ranking suit), Tom Newman (Helicopter pilot), J Andrew Kenny (Deputy), Kimberly Cameron, Jane Steele, Pamela Bryant, Angela Capre, Barbara Stephenson, Leslie Winston, Kory Lynn, Walt Davis, William Stephens, Ross Borden, Irene Kelly, Chip Johnson. 45... Babe (CBS, 10/23/1975, 120 mins). Susan Clark gave an Emmy Award-winning performance as America’s foremost woman athlete who won two Olympic track-and-field gold medals in 1932 and went on to become a world champion golfer. The film traces her development as an athlete, her battles to be accepted in sports, her marriage to wrestler-turned-promoter George Zaharias (played by ex-football pro Alex Karras), and her losing struggle with cancer. In addition to an Emmy for its star, the movie also received a nomination as the Outstanding Special of 1975-76, and director Buzz Kulik and writer Joanna Lee were nominated for their work, as were composer Jerry Goldsmith, cinematographer Charles Wheeler, editor Henry Berman and makeup artist William Tuttle. Production Company MGM Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Producers Norman Felton, Stanley Rubin. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Based on the Autobiography by Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Henry Berman. Art Directors David Marshall, Preston Ames. Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Susan Clark (Babe Didrikson), Alex Karras (George Zaharias), Slim Pickens (Col. William J McCombs), Jeanette Nolan (Hanna Marie Didrikson), Ellen Geer (Lily Didrikson), Ford Rainey (Dr. Tatum), Arch Johnson (Mr. Johnson), Philip Bourneuf (Father), Byron Morrow (Grantland Rice), Herb Vigran (Heckler), James Griffith (Hospital spokesman), Stu Nahan (Sportscaster), Greg Narry (Jimmy), Mickey Sholdar (Golf Pro), Meg Wyllie (Sister Tarsisis), Kathleen Cody (Sue Ellen), Kathleen Hughes (Nancy Armitage), Jeni Gerber (Nurse), Dick Dinman (Randy). 46... Backstairs at the White House (NBC, 1/29/1979 to 2/19/1979, 4 Parts, 9 hours). A loving version of the 1961 book by Lillian Rogers Parks, the crippled seamstress-maid, who, along with her mother, served for 52 years as a White House domestic during eight presidential administrations. A mixture of pop history of the 20th century and the private lives of the various First Families (as portrayed by a stellar cast) as seen through the eyes of the various maids and butlers, played by many of the same actors who had appeared in and “died” in the initial “Roots” and thus were not available for the sequel to that miniseries that, in a programming “coincidence,” premiered in part against “Backstairs at the White House.” There were 11 Emmy Award nominations for the film: Outstanding Limited Series, Best Actress (Olivia Cole), Best Actor (Louis Gossett Jr.), Best Supporting Actress (both

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Eileen Heckart and Celeste Holm), Best Supporting Actor (both Ed Flanders and Robert Vaughn), Outstanding Teleplay (Part 1), Outstanding Teleplay (Part 1), Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration (Part 1), and two other technical awards. These made “Backstairs at the White House” the single most honored program of the 1978-79 TV season. Production Company Ed Friendly Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producer Ed Friendly. Producer Michael O’Herlihy. Teleplay Gwen Bagni-Dubov, Paul Dubov. Based on a Book by Lillian Rogers Parks, Frances Spatz Leighton. Photography Robert L Morrison. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Paul LaMastra, Roy E Peterson. Art Director Richard Y Haman. Associate Producer Robert Enrietto. Cast Olivia Cole (Maggie Rogers), Leslie Uggams (Lillian Rogers Parks), Louis Gossett Jr. (Levi Mercer), Robert Hooks (John Mays), Leslie Nielsen (Ike Hoover), Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Jaffray), Paul Winfield (Emmett Rogers Sr.), Julie Harris (Helen “Nellie” Taft), Victor Buono (William Howard Taft), Robert Vaughn (Woodrow Wilson), Kim Hunter (Ellen Wilson), Claire Bloom (Edith Galt Wilson), Celeste Holm (Florence Harding), George Kennedy (Warren G. Harding), Ed Flanders (Calvin Coolidge), Lee Grant (Grace Coolidge), Larry Gates (Herbert Hoover), Jan Sterling (Lou Hoover), Eileen Heckart (Eleanor Roosevelt), John Anderson (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Harry Morgan (Harry S Truman), Estelle Parsons (Bess Truman), Barbara Barrie (Mamie Eisenhower), Andrew Duggan (Dwight Eisenhower), Kevin Hooks (Young Emmett), Tania Johnson (Young Lillian), Hari Rhodes (Coates), Bill Overton (Jackson), Helena Carroll (Annie Gilhooley), David Downing (Dixon), James A. Watson Jr. (Frazer), Dana Wynter (Mrs. Colgate), John Randolph (Mr. Johnson), Barry Sullivan (Harry Dougherty), Ford Rainey (Navy Secretary), Diane Shalet (Mrs. Long), Kathleen Doyle (Bridgit), Harrison Page (Wheatley Parks), Tom Clancy (Alexander Woollcott), Woodrow Parfrey (Louise Howe), Richard Roat (Krim), Louise Latham (Miss Mesbitt), James Crittenden (Roy Clayton), Bibi Besch (Miss Lahan), Marged Wakeley (Mrs. Walker), Nancy Morgan (Margaret Truman), Ann Doran (Miss Clare), Heather Angel (Mrs. Wallace), Noble Willingham (Charles Kramer), Harry Townes (Judge Jesse Smith), Anna Mathias (Maureen), Brendan Dillon, Joe Lowry, Emmaline Henry, Tom Scott, Dan Mason, Frank McCarthy, Lee Kessler, Carson Sipes, Bill Barrett, Ron Recasner, Bill Quinn, Stymie Beard, Gerry Black, Bebe Drake-Hooks, Guy Christopher, Betty A. Bridges, Ron Kelly, Henry G. Sanders, Marilyn Chris. 47... Bad Ronald (ABC, 10/23/1974, 90 mins). A family with three daughters moves into an old house, unaware that it has a secret room occupied by a teenage murderer. Adapted from the 1973 novel by John Holbrook Vance. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Philip Capice. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Based on the Novel by John Holbrook Vance. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Scott Jacoby (Ronald Wilby), Pippa Scott (Mrs. Wood), John Larch (Sergeant Lynch), Dabney Coleman (Mr. Wood), Kim Hunter (Elaine Wilby), John Fiedler (Mr. Roscoe), Linda Watkins (Mrs. Schumacher), Cindy Fisher (Babs Wood), Cindy Eilbacher (Althea Wood), Lisa Eilbacher (Ellen Wood), Ted Eccles (Duane Mathews), Lesley Woods (Aunt Margaret), Aneta Corsaut (Mrs. Mathews), Linda Purl (Laurie Mathews), Angela Hoffman (Carol Mathews). 48... Baffled! (NBC, 1/30/1973, 120 mins). An American race driver (Leonard Nimoy) has visions, in this British-made TV movie, that are premonitions of danger and joins with a lady psychiatrist, specializing in ESP, to prevent future tragedies and sort out his unaccountable images. Production Companies Arena Films, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producer Norman Felton. Producer Philip Leacock. Teleplay Theodore Apstein. Photography Ken Hodges. Music Richard Hill. Editor Bill Blunden. Art Director Harry Pottle. Cast Leonard Nimoy (Tom Kovack), Susan Hampshire (Michele Brent), Rachel Roberts (Mrs. Farraday), Vera Miles (Andrea Glenn), Jewel Blanch (Jennifer Glenn), Valerie Taylor (Louise Sanford), Ray Brooks (George Tracewell), Angharad Rees (Peggy Tracewell), Christopher Benjamin (Verelli), Mike Murray (Parrish), Ewan Roberts (Hopkins), Milton Johns (Dr. Reed), Al Mancini (TV interviewer), John Rae (Theater doorman), Patsy Smart (Cleaning woman), Shane Rimmer (Track announcer), Roland Brand (Racetrack mechanic), Bill Hutchinson (Doctor), Frank Mann (PA announcer), Michael Sloan (Ambulance man), Dan Meaden (Policeman). 49... The Bait (ABC, 3/13/1973, 120 mins). An undercover policewoman, played by Donna Mills, risks her life as she lures a homicidal rapist (William Devane) into a trap. Based on the 1968 cop novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Leonard J. Horn. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler. Based on the Novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Photography Gert Anderson. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editors Leon Carrere, Neil Travis. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Donna Mills (Tracy Fleming), Michael Constantine (Capt. Gus Maryk), William Devane (Earl Stokey), June Lockhart (Nora), Arlene Golonka (Liz Fowler), Noam Pitlik (Solomon), Thalmus Rasulala (Eddie Nugent), Gianni Russo (Gianni Ruggeri), Xenia Gratsos (Denise), Brad Savage (Mickey), Timothy Agoglia Carey (Big Mike), Don Keefer (Newsdealer), Mitzi Hoag (Nancy), Wendy Wagner, James Melinda, John Dennis, Paul Pepper, James O Rear, Irenee Byatt, Vince Cannon. 50... The Ballad of Andy Crocker (ABC, 11/18/1969, 90 mins). The first TV movie to deal with the Vietnam War, written by actor Stuart Margolin (Angel on “The Rockford Files”), finds a returning veteran discovering that his girlfriend has been

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forced into marriage, his small business is in ruins, and buddies are in short supply. In the part of the girl’s shrewish mother, veteran actress Agnes Moorehead made her TV-movie debut. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Teleplay Stuart Margolin. Photography Henry Cronjager. Music Billy May. Theme song by Murray MacLeod, Paul Sylos. Editor Bob Lewis. Associate Producer Stuart Margolin. Cast Lee Majors (Andy Crocker), Joey Heatherton (Lisa), Jimmy Dean (Mack), Bobby Hatfield (Joe Bob), Marvin Gaye (David Owens), Agnes Moorehead (Lisa’s mother), Pat Hingle (Earl Crocker), Jill Haworth (Karen), Peter Haskell (Nelson), Claudia Bryar (Emily Crocker), Lee deBroux (Johnson), Charlie Briggs (Mr. Paisley), Lisa Todd (Cora Mae), Jackie Russell (Kitty), Barbara Leigh (Mia), Joel Higgins (Mr. Bedecker), Harry Harvey Sr. (Mr. Kirkaby), Warren Peterson (Jimmy). 51... Banacek: Detour to Nowhere (NBC, 3/20/1972, 120 mins). An urbane, Boston-based insurance investigator attempts to locate an armed car filled with gold bullion that vanished in the middle of a deserted Texas highway. This film spawned the TV series with George Peppard (1972-74). Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Anthony Wilson. Photography Sam Leavitt. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director George C. Webb. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast George Peppard (Thomas Banacek), Christina Belford (Charlie Kirkland), Don Dubbins (Sheriff Jessup), Murray Matheson (Felix Mulholland), Russell C. Wiggins (Earl Lewis), Charles Knox Robinson (Arthur Patrick McKinney), Ralph Manza (Jay Drury), George Murdock (Cavanaugh), Ed Nelson (Geoff Holden), Bill Vint (Deputy Bill Makey), Victor Mohica (Joe Hawk), Lou Frizzell (Denny), Gene Dynarski (Loser Griffin), J. Pat O’Malley (Hawk), Dee Gardner (Sharon), Mario J. Machado, Hank Sharon, Larry Burrell. 52... Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free (NBC, 5/3/1976, 120 mins). An amiable Western about an itinerant horse trader (football star-turned-actor Don Meredith) who travels the frontier in 1880 with his orphaned nine-year-old nephew in quest of the boy’s prize Arabian mare, stolen by a ruthless bounty hunter. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Bruce Lansbury Productions Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Producer Bruce Lansbury. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Photography Al Francis. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Dann Cahn, David Wages. Art Directors Carl Brauner, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Mel Swope. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Don Meredith (Banjo Hackett), Ike Eisenmann (Jubal Winner), Jennifer Warren (Mollie Brannen), Chuck Connors (Sam Ivory), Dan O’Herlihy (Tip Conaker), Jeff Corey (Judge Janeway), Gloria DeHaven (Lady Jane Gray), L Q Jones (Sheriff Tadlock), Jan Murray (Jethro Swain), Anne Francis (Flora Dobbs), Slim Pickens (Lijah Tuttle), David Young (Elmore Mintore), Richard Young (Luke Mintore), Stan Haze (Blacksmith), John O’Leary (Mr. Creed), Jeff Morris (Jack O’Spades), John Anderson (Moose Matlock), Kenneth O’Brien (Wiley Pegram), Britt Leach (The Carpenter), Shirley O’Hara (The Postmistress), Elizabeth Perry (Grace Nye), Doodles Weaver (Old Turkey), Ben Bates (1st logger), Walter Wyatt (2nd logger), Albert Able (Rudolf the Bettor), Faith Quabius (Ruttles), John McKee (Official). 53... Banyon (NBC, 3/15/1971, 120 mins). An atmospheric pilot for the series (1972-73) about a private eye working the Los Angeles beat circa 1937. In this outing, he’s embarrassed when a girl--his client--is found murdered in his office with his gun. The subsequent series starring Robert Forster found Joan Blondell (in Hermione Gingold’s pilot role) as the head of the secretarial school who kept Banyon supplied with temporary help, and Richard Jaeckel playing Banyon’s reluctant police contact in the department. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Richard Alan Simmons. Producer Ed Adamson. Teleplay Ed Adamson. Photography Lamar Boren. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Jamie Caylor. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Robert Forster (Myles C. Banyon), Darren McGavin (Lt. Pete Cordova), José Ferrer (Lee Jennings), Anjanette Comer (Diane Jennings), Herbert Edelman (Harry Sprague), Hermione Gingold (Peggy Revere), Leslie Parrish (Ruth Sprague), Ray Danton (Victor Pappas), Deirdre Daniels (Irene Fortolla), Stanley Adams (Eddie Dolan), Carla Borelli (Joan), Ted Hartley (Sonny Arnheim), Paul Hampton (David), Alvin Childress (Mr. Clayton), Joseph Ruskin (Carl Horner), Jeff Morris (Billy), Ann Randall (Linda Hayden), John Lawrence (Willie Douglas), Ned Glass (Lou Moran), Jason Wingreen (Dr. Greenbaum), John Craig (Doorman), Florence Lake (Elderly woman), Cathleen Cordell (Mrs. Fontaine), Robert Shields (Mechanical man). 54... The Barbary Coast (ABC, 5/4/1975, 120 mins). A government undercover agent and the dashing owner of a boomtown San Francisco casino team up to exposé an elaborate extortion plot devised by a Confederate Army officer in this pilot for the short-lived (late 1975) series that bore a striking resemblance to the fondly remembered “Wild, Wild West.” William Shatner repeated his role of Cable (along with his makeup trunk of exotic disguises), Doug McClure took over the part of Conover from Dennis Cole, and Richard Kiel continued as the casino’s giant bouncer. For the TV movie, art director Jack DeShields and set decorator Reg Allen received Emmy Award nominations. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Bill Bixby. Producer Doug Heyes. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Created by Doug Heyes. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Choreographer Anita Mann. Editors Neil MacDonald, Steven C. Brown. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Costumes Guy Verhille.

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Cast William Shatner (Jeff Cable), Dennis Cole (Cash Conover), Charles Aidman (Lieutenant Tully), Michael Ansara (Diamond Jack Bassiter), Neville Brand (Florrie Roscoe), Bobbi Jordan (Flame), Richard Kiel (Moose Moran), John Vernon (Robin Templar), Lynda Day George (Clio Du Bois), Leo V. Gordon (Chief Macdonald Keogh), Bob Hoy (Sergeant Hatch), Terry Lester (Bret Hollister), Simon Scott (Brant Hollister), Todd Martin (Gibbon), Byron Webster (Mr. Speece), Louis de Farra (Jacques Fouchet), Dave Turner (Thumbs), Michael Carr (Mace), Roberta McElroy (Maria), Lidia Kristen (Mame), Charles Picerni (Drunken sailor), Bill Bixby (Philippe Despard). 55... The Bastard (Syndicated, 5/22/1978 and 5/23/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The first of prolific writer John Jakes’ seven-part American Bicentennial series was adapted into a two-part four-hour swashbuckler in which the illegitimate son of a French nobleman fights to regain his rightful inheritance amid the dangers and intrigues when American Colonists were overthrowing British rule. This fictionalized account of the Revolutionary War period follows him from Europe to the New World where he encounters Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and other legendary Colonial figures. The leading role was given to newcomer Andrew Stevens (actress Stella Stevens’ son), with support from a dozen or so seasoned veterans. Emmy Award nominations went to Loyd S. Papez for his art direction and to Richard Friedman for his set decoration. Two sequels followed: “The Rebels” and “The Seekers.” The movie was shown in some locations under the title of “The Kent Chronicles.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer John Wilder. Producer Joe Byrne. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Based on the Novel by John Jakes. Photography Michel Hugo. Music John Addison. Editors Michael S. Murphy, Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Associate Producer Susan Lichtwardt. Costumes Jean-Pierre Dorleac. Cast Andrew Stevens (Phillipe Charboneau/Philip Kent), Tom Bosley (Benjamin Franklin), Kim Cattrall (Anne Ware), Buddy Ebsen (Benjamin Edes), Lorne Greene (Bishop Francis), Olivia Hussey (Alicia), Cameron Mitchell (Captain Plummer), Harry Morgan (Captain Caleb), Patricia Neal (Marie Charboneau), Eleanor Parker (Lady Amberly), Donald Pleasence (Solomon Sholto), William Shatner (Paul Revere), Barry Sullivan (Abraham Ware), Noah Beery (Dan O’Brien), Peter Bonerz (Girard), John Colicos (Lord North), William Daniels (Samuel Adams), James Gregory (Will Campbell), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Lucas), Mark Neely (Roger Amberly), Keenan Wynn (Johnny Malcolm), Raymond Burr (Narrator), Jim Antonio (Dr. Warren), William H. Bassett (British officer), Roger Bowen (Landlord), Robert Burke (Hosea Sholto), George Chandler (Seadog), Sam Chew Jr. (Major), John de Lancie (Lieutenant Stark), Johnny Doran (Jeremy Thaxter), Ike Eisenmann (Gil [Marquis de Lafayette as a teenager]), Peter Elbling (General), Charles Haid (George Lumden), Alex Henteloff (Henry Knox), Russell Johnson (Col. James Barrett), Claude Earl Jones (Fat man), Monte Landis (Turly), Alan Napier (Dr. Bleeker), John Mark Robinson (Dr. Prescott), Elizabeth Shepherd (Emma Sholto), Carol Tru Foster (Daisy O’Brien), James Whitmore Jr. (Esau Sholto), Michael Alldredge (British sergeant), Beege Barkette (Charlotte), Albert Carrier (Valet), Damon Douglas (Auguste Du Pleis), Stephen Furst (Bertrand), James Garrett (Beggar), Philip Baker Hall (Shopkeeper), Keith McConnell (Coachman), Richard Peel (Captain Rotch), Peggy Rea (Woman), Clint Ritchie (Mister Dawes), Benjamin Stewart (Innkeeper), Pamela White (Polly). 56... Battered (NBC, 9/26/1978, 120 mins). A drama interweaving the stories of three women of varied backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by the tragedy of wife-beating. Production Company Henry Jaffe Enterprises. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Henry Jaffe. Producer Michael Jaffe. Teleplay Cynthia Lovelace Sears, Karen Grassle. Photography John Bailey. Music Don Peake. Editor Carol Littleton. Art Director Daniel A Lomino. Cast Karen Grassle (Susannah Hawks), LeVar Burton (Andrew Sinclair), Mike Farrell (Michael Hawks), Chip Fields (Ginny Sinclair), Joan Blondell (Edna Thompson), Howard Duff (Bill Thompson), Diana Scarwid (Doris Thompson), Keith Mitchell (Stevie), Ketty Lester (Helen), Leonard Barr (Professor Hayden), Kris Mersky (Della), Alex Colon (Carlos), Barbara Bishop, Michael Bond, Betty McGuire, Rutanya Alda, Norman Bartold, Lorry Goldman, Virginia Leith, Arthur Rosenberg, Nancy Stephens, Gloria Stuart, William Wintersole, Jody Carter, Patrick Wright. 57... Beach Patrol (ABC, 4/30/1979, 120 mins). “Rookies”-in-dune-buggies series pilot in which a comely lady cop is transferred from the narcotics division and assigned to a special police team patrolling California’s beaches, only to spot a fugitive drug kingpin and find herself targeted for murder. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Robert Kelljan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Philip D. Fehrle. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Ronald Austin. Photography Arch R Dalzell. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Directors Paul Sylos, Seymour Klate. Cast Robin Strand (Russ Patrick), Jonathan Frakes (Marty Green), Christine DeLisle (Jan Plummer), Richard Hill (Earl “Hack” Hackman), Michael Gregory (Sgt. Lou Markowski), Paul Burke (Wes Dobbs), Michael V. Gazzo (The Banker), Panchito Gomez (Wild Boy), Mimi Maynard (Wanda), Princess O’Mahoney (Tall Girl), Lillian Adams (1st older lady), Bella Bruck (2nd older lady), X Brands (1st officer), Georgie Paul (Nurse), Chuck Tamburro, Terry Leonard. 58... The Beasts Are on the Streets (NBC, 5/18/1978, 120 mins). Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts. Filmed in Grand Prairie, Texas.

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Production Companies Hanna-Barbera Productions, NBC Productions. Director Peter Hunt. Executive Producer Joseph Barbera. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on a Story by Frederick Louis Fox. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Argyle Nelson. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Cast Carol Lynley (Dr. Claire McCauley), Dale Robinette (Kevin Johnson), Billy Green Bush (Jim Scudder), Philip Michael Thomas (Eddie Morgan), Casey Biggs (Rick), Burton Gilliam (Al Loring), Sharon Ullrick (Lucetta), Anna Lee (Mrs. Jackson), Michelle Walling (Sandy/Claire’s daughter), Bill Thurman (Trucker), Laura Whyte (Beth), Vernelle Jesse (Commentator), Carter Mullaly Jr. (Sherman). 59... Beauty and the Beast (NBC, 12/3/1976, 90 mins). A striking adaptation of the children’s classic about the beautiful maiden who agrees to marry a beast and live in his magical castle in order to save her father’s life. George C. Scott, who played the role in a boar’s head mask, received an Emmy Award nomination as Best Actor, and nominations also went to Albert Wolsky for his costume designs and to Del Acevedo, John Chambers and Dan Striepke for their unusual makeup creations. Production Company Palm Productions Inc. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Thomas M.C. Johnston. Producer Hank Moonjean. Teleplay Sherman Yellen. Photography Jack Hildyard, Paul Beeson. Music Ron Goodwin. Editor Freddie Wilson. Art Director Elliott Scott. Assistant Director David Tringham. Cast George C. Scott (The Beast), Trish Van Devere (Belle Beaumont), Virginia McKenna (Lucy), Bernard Lee (Edward Beaumont), Patricia Quinn (Susan), Michael N. Harbour (Anthony), William Relton (Nicholas). 60... Before and After (ABC, 10/5/1979, 120 mins). Humorous tale of a housewife (Patty Duke) who goes to a fat farm, only to discover that her husband (Bradford Dillman) has been playing around while she’s been trying to dump the weight he’s found excessive. She takes up with a young artist who doesn’t care about her weight, and her jealous spouse soon begins demanding her undivided attention, but, thinner-but-wiser, she must decide what she really wants from life. Rosemary Murphy, as her somewhat disapproving mother, replaced Inga Swenson. Production Company The Konigsberg Company. Director Kim Friedman. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay Hindi Brooks. Photography Brianne Murphy. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song “Not Now” by Jimmie Haskell, Norman Gimbel. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman, Thomas Stanford. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Costumes Guy Verhille. Cast Patty Duke (Carole Mathews), Bradford Dillman (Jack Mathews), Barbara Feldon (Penny), Art Hindle (Mike Farmer), Conchata Ferrell (Marge), Rosemary Murphy (Helen), Kenneth Mars (Ben Fryer), Randolph Powell (Les the Waiter), Betty White (Anita), Vern Taylor (Ed), Eve Roberts (Dr. Haymer), Jennifer Kramer (Jennie Mathews), Tara Lynn Bottorff (Lisa Mathews), Rick Johnson (Waiter), Richard Hawkins (Male bather). 61... Beg, Borrow...or Steal (ABC, 3/20/1973, 90 mins). Three ex-TV cops hop to the other side of the law in this caper movie with a twist - a complex museum robbery is pulled off by a resourceful team: one with no legs (Mike Connors), one with no eyes (Kent McCord) and one with no hands (Michael Cole). Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Paul Playdon. Based on a Story by Grant Sims, Paul Playdon. Photography Harkness Smith. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Carl Pingitore. Art Director George C. Webb. Associate Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Cast Mike Connors (Victor Cummings), Kent McCord (Lester Yates), Michael Cole (Cliff Norris), Joel Fabiani (Kevin Turner), Henry Beckman (Hal Cooper), Russell Johnson (Alex Langley), Logan Ramsey (Walter Beal), Ron Glass (Ray Buren), Roger Perry (Lieutenant Collier), Barney Phillips (Steve Ramsey), Paul Fiero (Marty), Leonard Stone (Brubaker), Frank Marth (Larry LaCava), Francis DeSales (Dwight Stone), Will J. White (Jerry), John Davey (Guard). 62... Beggarman, Thief (NBC, 11/26/1979 and 11/27/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The two-part sequel to Irwin Shaw’s “Rich Man, Poor Man” and the vastly successful miniseries made from it (and the subsequent, less-successful shortlived series, “Rich Man, Poor Man--Book II,” during the 1976-77 season). Moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the sister not seen in either of the predecessors, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom (in the miniseries) and the disappearance of brother Rudy (in the later series), by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom’s widow. Production Company Universal Television. Director Lawrence Doheny. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Art Eisenson, Mary Agnes Donahue. Based on the Novel by Irwin Shaw. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Eddie Sauter. Editors Albert J. J. Zuniga, Robert Watts. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Saxophone Variations Pete Christello. Cast Jean Simmons (Gretchen Jordache Burke), Glenn Ford (David Donnelly), Lynn Redgrave (Kate Jordache), Tovah Feldshuh (Monika Wolner), Andrew Stevens (Billy Abbott), Bo Hopkins (Bunny Dwyer), Tom Nolan (Wesley Jordache), JeanPierre Aumont (Jean-Paul Delacroix), Dr. Joyce Brothers (Dr. Moira O’Dell), Alex Cord (Evans Kinsella), Anne Francis (Teresa Kraler), Michael V. Gazzo (Sartene), Marcel Hillaire (The Magistrate), Anne Jeffreys (Honor Day), Christian Marquand (Inspector Charboneau), Cliff Osmond (Sagerac), Susan Strasberg (Ida Cohen), Robert Sterling (Colonel Day), Norbert Weisser (Egon Hubisch), Walter Brooke (U.S. Intelligence officer), Stefan Gierasch (Niendorf), Frank Marth (Kraler), Zitto Kazann (Ahmed), Norman Lloyd (Roland Fielding), Robin Eisenmann (Yvonne Miller), Bruce Kimmel (Richard Sanford), Ava Lazar, Kenneth O’Brien, Louis Guss, Andre Landzaat, John Papais, Martin Rudy, Roger Etienne, John Lisbon Wood, Michael J. London, Robert

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Cameron, Stuart Nisbet, Ryan MacDonald, Bank Stahl, John Calvin, Timothy O’Hagan, Gregg Palmer, George Sawaya, Stefan Gudju, Pierre Ganneau, Sandy Ward, Jimmy Joyce, Elysa Lord, Cassandra Hendricks, Joe Maross, Brian Cutler, Wayne Northrop, Albert Carrier, Robert Cornthwaite, Armand Stevens, Janel Alden. 63... Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (NBC, 1/19/1977, 90 mins). Two undercover cops find their avocation-a musical act--helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of a top entertainer. This pilot was for a series that never materialized. Original title (until eve of premiere): “Benny and Barney, the Aristocrats.” Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Ron Satlof. Producer Glen A. Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Stu Phillips. Editors John J. Dumas, Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer Andrew Mirisch. Cast Terry Kiser (Benny Kowalski), Timothy Thomerson (Barney Hill), Jack Colvin (Lieutenant Callan), Jane Seymour (Margie Parks), Jack Cassidy (Mickey Doyle), Hugh O’Brian (Jack Davis), Pat Harrington Jr. (Joey Gallion), Don Marshall (Detective Vincent), Rodney Dangerfield (Manager), Marty Allen (Higgie), George Gobel (Drunk), Bobby Troup (Paul Mizener), Michael Pataki (Sergeant Ross), Dick Gautier (Will Dawson), Ted Cassidy (Jake Tuttle), J P Finegan (Male), Rosalind Miles (Alice), Dorothy Konrad (Landlady), Larry Levine (Pit boss), Ted Manson (Choreographer), Cork Proctor (Sergeant Posi). 64... Berlin Affair (NBC, 11/2/1970, 120 mins). This foreign intrigue thriller has a one-time spy (prolific Darren McGavin) forced by a murder-for-hire syndicate to hunt down and kill his best friend and former colleague. Filmed on location in West Germany. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producers E Jack Neuman, Paul Donnelly. Teleplay E Jack Neuman, Peter Penduik. Based on a Story by Elliott West. Photography Michael Manszalek. Music Francis Lai. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director Jurgen Kiebach. Cast Darren McGavin (Paul Killian), Fritz Weaver (Joe Mallicent), Brian Kelly (Paul Strand), Claude Dauphin (Languin), Pascale Petit (Wendi), Derren Nesbitt (Galt), Christian Roberts (Albert), Kathie Browne (Andrea), Marian Collier (Juliet), Reinhard Kolldehoff (Klaus), Heidrun Hankammer (Mildred), Gitta Schubert (Copy Girl), Manfred Meurer (Vendor), Isabelle Ervens (Blonde). 65... The Bermuda Depths (ABC, 1/27/1978, 120 mins). Scientists pursuing the mysteries of the deep are threatened by a beautiful girl who seems to have returned from the dead and by a prehistoric sea creature that dwells in the deadly Bermuda Triangle. Production Company Rankin-Bass Productions. Director Tom Kotani. Producers Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass. Teleplay William Overgard. Based on a Story by Arthur Rankin Jr. Photography Jeri Sopanen. Music Maury Laws. Song “Jennie” by Jules Bass, Maury Laws. Song Performed by Claude Carmichael. Editor Barry Walter. Associate Producer Benni Korzen. Cast Leigh J. McCloskey (Magnus), Carl Weathers (Eric), Connie Sellecca (Jennie), Julie Woodson (Doshan), Ruth Attaway (Delia), Burl Ives (Paulis). 66... The Best Place to Be (NBC, 5/27/1979 and 5/28/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A lavish two-part romantic drama in true Ross Hunter style about a young widow whose life is complicated by a hippie daughter, a rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair with a younger man--and then a former suitor comes back into the picture. The film, an adaptation of Helen Van Slyke’s 1976 novel, not only marked Donna Reed’s TV-movie debut in this, but also brought her back to television after a 12year absence. Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Jacque Mapes Productions. Director David Miller. Producers Jacque Mapes, Ross Hunter. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on the Novel by Helen Van Slyke. Photography Terry K Meade. Music Henry Mancini. Song “Chain of Love” written and performed by Chris Mancini. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer Marvin Miller. Cast Donna Reed (Sheila Callahan), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Bill Reardon), Mildred Dunnock (Rose Price), Betty White (Sally Cantrell), John Phillip Law (Dr. Gary Mancini), Stephanie Zimbalist (Maryanne Callahan), Michael J. Shannon (Patrick Callahan), Gregory Harrison (Rick Jawlosky), Timothy Hutton (Tommy Callahan), Lloyd Bochner (Bob Stockwood), Madlyn Rhue (Emily Stockwood), Rick Jason (Paul Bellinger), Alice Backes (Kitty Rawlings), Peggy Converse (Jean Callahan), Leon Ames (Sam Callahan), Coleen Gray (Dottie Parker), Susan Walden (Betty Callahan), Liam Sullivan (Sean Callahan), Redmond Gleeson, Booth Colman, Joy Claussen, Pat Corley, Richard Rorke, Jon Montoya, Marguerite DeLain, Eduardo Noriega, Angelina Estrada, Marcus K. Mukai, Johnny Haymer, Jack Grapes, Raymond O’Keefe, Frank Arno, Gloria Stuart, June Whitley Taylor, Taldo Kenyon, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Julie Dolan, Steve Eastin, Charles Walker, Jimmy Weldon, Michael Sloane, Christopher Carson, Mike Hammett, Thomas Logan, Chris Mancini. 67... Betrayal (ABC, 12/3/1974, 90 mins). Amanda Blake, in her TV movie debut and her first role after 18 years on “Gunsmoke,” is a lonely widow who hires a young woman companion, unaware that the girl and her boyfriend are killerextortionists planning to make her their next victim. Singer/actor Dick Haymes also made his initial TV movie appearance in this adaptation of Doris Miles Disney’s “Only Couples Need Apply” (1973).

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Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Gordon Hessler. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay James M. Miller. Based on a Novel by Doris Miles Disney. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Ernest Gold. Editor John A. Martinelli. Associate Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Cast Amanda Blake (Helen Mercer), Tisha Sterling (Gretchen [“Adele Murphy”]), Dick Haymes (Harold Porter), Sam Groom (Jay), Britt Leach (Fred Hawkes), Edward Marshall (Roy), Ted Gehring (Police sergeant), Dennis Cross (Highway patrolman), Eric Brotherson (Mr. Hall), Lucille Benson (Eunice Russell), Vernon Weddle (Savings officer), Rene Bond (Betty/waitress). 68... Betrayal (NBC, 11/13/1978, 120 mins). A dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of therapy. Based on the 1976 book by Julie Roy (Lesley Ann Warren’s character) and Lucy Freeman. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Marc Trabulus. Teleplay Jerrold Freedman, Joanna Crawford. Based on a Book by Julie Roy, Lucy Freeman. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Dann Cahn. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Julie Roy), Rip Torn (Dr. Hartogs), Richard Masur (Loren Plotkin), Ron Silver (Bob Cohen), Bibi Besch (Pat), John Hillerman (Victor Slavin), Jane Marla Robbins (Jane), Peggy Ann Garner (Carol Stockwood), Fred Sadoff (Dr. Todson), Stephen Elliott (Judge Allan Myers), Richard Karlan (Adam), Bob Delegall (Man in bar), Richard Seff (Dr. Van Hoving). 69... Better Late Than Never (NBC, 10/17/1979, 120 mins). A feisty senior citizen (Harold Gould) who, in this lighthearted drama directed by actor Richard Crenna, refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home leads a revolt against the dour head of the house (Tyne Daly). Originally, this one was called “Never Too Young,” and its title song was sung by an uncredited Fred Astaire. Then it was retitled “Darn You, Harry Landers,” before getting its final one. TV veteran George Gobel, despite his prominent billing, does not turn up until the final scene playing an old sea dog, the new boy at the home. Production Company Ten-Four Productions. Director Richard Crenna. Executive Producers Greg Strangis, William Hogan. Producer Bob Birnbaum. Teleplay Greg Strangis, John Carpenter. Photography Ronald W Browne. Music Charles Fox. Song “You’re Never Too Young To Try” by Norman Gimbel. Song Performed by Fred Astaire. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Harold Gould (Harry Landers), Strother Martin (J. D. Ashcroft), Tyne Daly (Ms. Davis), Harry Morgan (Mr. Scott), Marjorie Bennett (Marjorie Crane), Victor Buono (Dr. Zoltan Polos), George Gobel (Captain Taylor), Jeanette Nolan (Lavinia Leventhal), Donald Pleasence (Colonel Riddle), Larry Storch (Sheriff), Lou Jacobi (Milton Cohen), Paula Trueman (Alke Elam), Bill Fiore (Tom Wallace), Joyce Bulifant (Jean Wallace), William Bogert (Rapist), Meg Wyllie (Meg), Arch Johnson, Woodrow Chambliss, Michael P. Alan, Al Berry, Elizabeth Robinson, John Malloy, Vincent Howard, Cele Bullard, Helen Martin, Weldon Sipe, Dick Wilson. 70... Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (NBC, 11/5/1975, 90 mins). A retired businessman (Fred MacMurray) probes into mysterious ship and plane disappearances off the Florida coast after his friends and his fiancée are involved. Originally this one was titled “Beyond This Place There Be Dragons.” Production Company Playboy Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Hugh Hefner. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Charles A. McDaniel. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Harry Sukman. Editor Michael S. McLean. Associate Producer Brenda Beckett. Cast Fred MacMurray (Harry Ballinger), Sam Groom (Jed Horn), Donna Mills (Claudia), Susanne Reed (Jill), Dana Plato (Wendy), Dan White (Caldas), Ric O’Feldman (Doyle), John Di Santi (Linder), Woody Woodbury (Borden), Joan Murphy (Myra), Frank Schuller (Frank), Clarence Thomas, Ismael ‘East’ Carlo, Phil Philbin, Jim Swait, Jack Milavic, Mickey Rooney Jr., Herb Goldstein, Frank Logan, Jeff Gillen, Jack McCall. 71... Big Bob Johnson & His Fantastic Speed Circus (NBC, 6/27/1978, 120 mins). A rambunctious comedy about a ragtag auto racing team that helps an heir to gain the inheritance his uncle is trying to snatch from him, and finds itself in a race from one end of Louisiana to the other that pits one Rolls-Royce against another. Production Companies Playboy Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producers Edward L. Rissien, R. W. Goodwin. Producer Joseph Gantman. Teleplay Bob Comfort, Rick Kellard. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Mark Snow. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Charles Napier (Big Bob Johnson), Maud Adams (Vikki Lee Sanchez), Constance Forslund (Julie Hunsacker), Robert Stoneman (W. G. Blazer), William Daniels (Lawrence Stepwell III), Burton Gilliam (Half-Moon Muldoon), Rick Hurst (Timothy Stepwell), Tom McFadden (Alfie), Clay Turner (Earl), James Bond III (Jesse), Buck Flower (Bert), Stafford Morgan (Man in bar), Jean Mayre (Lady at party), Sylvia ‘Kumba’ Williams (Mrs. Drexel), Brother Dave Gardner (Reverend Garnett). 72... The Big Rip-Off (NBC, 3/11/1975, 90 mins). This was the pilot for Tony Curtis’ “McCoy” series (1975-76) with an elaborate “sting” which he concocts to recover $250,000 in ransom from the kidnappers of a millionaire’s wife.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Dean Hargrove. Producers Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee. Teleplay Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee. Created by Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee. Photography Bill Butler. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Tony Curtis (McCoy), Brenda Vaccaro (Brenda Brooks), Roscoe Lee Browne (Silky Gideon Gibbs), Larry Hagman (Frank Darnell), John Dehner (C. J. Bishop), Morgan Woodward (Jimmie Kelson), Lynn Borden (Grace Bishop), Vito Scotti (Captain of ship), Woodrow Parfrey (Peabody), Priscilla Pointer (Lucy Meredith), Nate Esformes (Art), Len Lesser (Phil), FuddIe Bagley (Notch), Alan Fudge (Security chief), Robert Symonds, Charles Macaulay, Carl Mathis Craig, Trina Parks, Count Billy Varga, Ted Christy, Jack Krupnick, Linda Gray, Jeffrey Kibbee, Barry Cahill, Robert E Ball, John Lawrence Shaw, Owen Hithe Pace, Phil Diskin, Howard Storm, Manuel Depina, Jerry Mann, Linda Evans, Mario Gallo, William Benedict, Don Fenwick, Nancy Belle Fuller, Larry Burrell, James V Christy, Wayne Bartlett, Tyree Glenn Jr., Tobar Mayo, Tom McFadden, Carol Ann Susi, Ben Gage. 73... Big Rose (CBS, 3/26/1974, 90 mins). In this pilot to prospective series for Shelley Winters, she’s a brash private detective who, with her young partner, investigates why a wealthy contractor is the victim of an extortion plot. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Joel Rogosin. Teleplay Andy Lewis. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Robert Prince. Editors Clay Bartels, Jack McSweeney. Art Director Jack Senter. Cast Shelley Winters (Rose Winters), Barry Primus (Ed Mills), Lonny Chapman (Lt. John Moore), Michael Constantine (Gunther), Joan Van Ark (Nina), Peggy Walton (Marian), Paul Mantee (Troy), Paul Picerni (Blass), Yale Summers (James Mayhew), Lenore Kasdorf (Waitress), Burt Mustin, Jennifer Rhodes, Mary Wilcox, Jenifer Shaw. 74... The Billion Dollar Threat (ABC, 4/15/1979, 120 mins). A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours. This light-hearted thriller was the pilot for a proposed series. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Richard Shores. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Robbie L. Shapiro. Art Directors Dale Hennessy, Ross Bellah. Special Effects Joe Unsinn. Cast Dale Robinette (Robert Sands), Ralph Bellamy (Miles Larson), Keenan Wynn (Ely), Patrick Macnee (Horatio Black), Robert Tessier (Benjamin), Beth Specht (Holly), Karen Specht (Ivy), Ronnie Carol (Marcia Buttercup), Stephen Keep (Harold Darling), William Bryant (Harry Grebe), Marianne Marks (Ming), Read Morgan (Charlie), Harold Sakata (Oriental man), Ned Wilson (Martian), Fil Formicola (Bellboy), Bob Hastings (Desk clerk), Than Wyenn (Assistant manager), Walt Davis, Jason Corbett, Robert Lone, Davis Roberts, Elven Havard, Cliff Carnell, George Spicer, Seth Foster. 75... Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (NBC, 9/12/1977, 120 mins). Drama about a ghetto youth’s efforts to escape from his dismal existence and his chance at a future as a veterinarian’s assistant. LeVar Burton of “Roots” has the title role opposite Ossie Davis as the vet. Based on the book “Peoples” by Robert C.S. Downs. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Steven Gethers. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on a Book by Robert C.S. Downs. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Carroll Sax. Cast LeVar Burton (Billy Peoples), Ossie Davis (Dr. Fredericks), Dolph Sweet (George), Chick Vennera (Luis), Tina Andrews (Roseanne), Roxie Roker (Mrs. Peoples), T. K. Carter (Justin), Michael Constantine (Dr. Silver), Sharon Ullrick (Miss Beverly), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Bedford), Leonard Barr (Hospital roommate), Miiko Taka (Receptionist), Ann Weldon, Bill Henderson, Albert Popwell, Richard Hack, Wayne Heffley, Steven Mendillo, Bill Elliott, Bruce Watson, Barbara Allyne Bennett, Lori Robin Lane, Thomas Rosales Jr., Rozelle Gayle, Rick Garcia, Tony Garcia, Robert Minor. 76... The Birdmen (ABC, 9/18/1971, 90 mins). A group of allied POWs held by the Germans plot an unusual breakout from an impregnable medieval castle. They plan to escape by glider and soar into Switzerland. Subsequently titled “Escape of the Birdmen.” Production Companies Bennett-Katleman Productions, Universal Television. Director Philip Leacock. Producers Harris Katleman, Harve Bennett. Teleplay David Kidd. Photography Jack Marta. Music David Rose. Editor Gene Palmer. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Cast Doug McClure (Maj. Harry Cook), Rene Auberjonois (Halden Brevik), Richard Basehart (Schiller), Chuck Connors (Col. Morgan Crawford), Max Baer Jr. (Tanker), Don Knight (Focus Flaherty), Tom Skerritt (Fits), Greg Mullavey (Sparrow), Barry Brown (Donnelly), Paul Koslo (Davies), Genadi Biegouloff (Bridski), RoIf Niehus (Helmut Weber), Peter Hellman (Konrad), Karl Swenson (Gunter), Karl Bruck (Chef). 77... Birds of Prey (CBS, 1/30/1973, 90 mins). Suspense thriller with David Janssen as a World War II ace-turned-traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station who witnesses a bank robbery from his helicopter and is drawn into an aerial duel with the gang. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer Alan A. Armer. Teleplay Robert Boris. Based on a Story by Robert Boris, Rupert Hitzig. Photography Jordan Cronenweth. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Jim Benson.

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Cast David Janssen (Harry Walker), Ralph Meeker (Jim McAndrew), Elayne Heilveil (T J [Teresa Jane]), Harry Klekas (Captain Slater), Sam Dawson (Inspector Sinclair), Don Wilbanks (Trucker), Gavin James (Police pilot), Larry Doll (Robber), Wayne Wilkinson (Robber), Larry Peacey (Robber). 78... Birth of the Beatles (ABC, 11/23/1979, 120 mins). The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Five unknowns play John, Paul, George and Ringo, and Stu Sutcliffe, the “fifth Beatle.” The Beatles’ songs are performed by the rock group, Rain, in this Britishmade film. Production Company dick clark productions. Director Richard Marquand. Executive Producer Dick Clark. Producer Tony Bishop. Teleplay Jacob Eskendar, John Kurland. Based on a Story by John Kurland. Song “Rain” written and performed by The Beatles. Editor Sean Barton. Art Director David Minty. Technical Advisor Pete Best. Cast Stephen Mackenna (John Lennon), Rod Culbertson (Paul McCartney), John Altman (George Harrison), Ray Ashcroft (Ringo Starr), Ryan Michael (Pete Best), David Wilkinson (Stu Sutcliffe), Brian Jameson (Brian Epstein), Wendy Morgan (Cynthia Lennon), Gary Olsen (Roy Storm), Nigel Havers (George Martin), Alyson Spiro (Astrid), Linal Haft (Agent), Eileen Kennally (Aunt). 79... Black Beauty (NBC, 1/31/1978 to 2/4/1978, 5 Parts, 60 mins each, 5 hours). A sentimental, all-star retelling (the ninth and most lavish filming since 1906) of Anna Sewell’s beloved animal classic, stretched out in its premiere showing over five nights in hourly episodes. Subsequently shown in two parts over four hours. Production Company Universal Television. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producer Peter S Fischer. Producer Ben Bishop. Teleplay Peter S Fischer. Based on the Novel by Anna Sewell. Photography J. J. Jones, Terry K Meade. Music John Addison. Editor Michael S Murphy, Skip Lusk. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Associate Producer Norman Chandler Fox. Cast Edward Albert (Lewis Barry), Peter Breck (Dr. Halverson), Eileen Brennan (Annie Gray), Lonny Chapman (Samuel Livingston), Ken Curtis (Howard Jakes), Don DeFore (Martin Tremaine), William Devane (John Manly), Jack Elam (Jonas McBride), Mel Ferrer (Nicholas Skinner), Farley Granger (Enos Sutton), Clu Gulager (Reuben Smith), Van Johnson (Horace Tompkins), Diane Ladd (Amelia Gordon), Zohra Lampert (Polly Baker), Martin Milner (Tom Gray), Cameron Mitchell (Henry Gordon), Diana Muldaur (Elizabeth Sutton), Warren Oates (Jerry Barker), Glynnis O’Connor (Phyllis Carpenter), Jenny O’Hara (Ruth Manly), Brock Peters (Mr. Carmichael), Christopher Stone (Peter Blantyre), Kristoffer Tabori (Adult Luke Gray), Forrest Tucker (Mr. York), David Wayne (Mr. Dowling (and narrator)), Jane Actman (Jennifer Charles), Harry Carey Jr. (Mr. Bond), John de Lancie (Michael Dexter), Dennis Dimster (Joe Green), Christopher Gardner (Harry Barker), Ike Eisenmann (Young Luke Gray), Simone Griffeth (Anne Sutton), Benny Medina (Edgar), Stuart Silbar (Dr. Trumbull), Daniel Tamm (James Howard), Garrison True (Dobson), Michael Odom (George Gordon), Peter Breck (Dr. Halvorson), Luke Sickle (Thomas Green), Sandra Walker (Susan Smith), Kelly Morgan (Patty McBride), Lee Ann Fahey (Dinah Brown), Miles Shearer (Fred Thatcher), John Sullivan (Sam Burns), Bill Nave (Briggs). 80... Black Market Baby (ABC, 10/7/1977, 120 mins). A young college girl becomes pregnant, and she and the fatherto-be are caught in the middle of a desperate struggle with a black market adoption ring out to take their baby. Based on Elizabeth Christman’s 1976 novel “A Nice Italian Girl.” The original pre-airing title was “A Dangerous Love,” and theatrically overseas it was called “Don’t Steal My Baby.” Production Company Brut Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer James Green. Producer Milton Sperling. Supervising Producer Allen Epstein. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Based on a Novel by Elizabeth Christman. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music George Wilkins, Richard Bellis. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast Linda Purl (Anne Macarino), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Steve Aletti), Jessica Walter (Louise Carmino), David Doyle (Joseph Carmino), Tom Bosley (Dr. Andrew Brantford), Bill Bixby (Herbert Freemont), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Krieg), Annie Potts (Linda Cleary), Tracy Brooks Swope (Babs), Allen Joseph (Albert Macarino), Mark Thomas (Mario Macarino), Argentina Brunetti (Aunt Imelda), Tom Pedi (Uncle Sanchi), Beulah Quo (Mrs. Yamato), Robert Resnick (Rick), Stuart Nisbet (Professor Wellman), James Oliver (Waterman), James Fraracci (Victorio), Shelly Hoffman (Sylvana), Andrew Marin (Watcher), Ivana Moore (Gina). 81... Black Noon (CBS, 11/5/1971, 90 mins). An occult Western about a circuit-riding minister and his wife (Roy Thinnes and Lyn Loring) who are caught up in a web of witchcraft involving a mute beauty and a satanical gunfighter. Production Companies Andrew J. Fenady Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Teleplay Andrew J. Fenady. Photography Keith C. Smith. Music George Duning. Editor Dann Cahn. Art Director John Beckman. Cast Roy Thinnes (Rev. John Keyes), Lyn Loring (Lorna Keyes), Yvette Mimieux (Deliverance), Ray Milland (Caleb Hobbs), Henry Silva (Moon), Gloria Grahame (Bethia), William Bryant (Jacob), Buddy Foster (Ethan), Hank Worden (Joseph), Stan Barrett, Joshua Bryant, Leif Garrett, David Cass Sr., Bobby Eilbacher. 82... Black Water Gold (ABC, 1/6/1970, 90 mins). A scuba bum joins a marine archeologist and a Mexican historian in the race to reach a treasure from a sunken Spanish galleon ahead of a well-armed dilettante and his associates.

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Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Alan Landsburg. Executive Producer M.J. Rivkin. Producer Alan Landsburg. Teleplay Ervan Kahane. Based on a Story by Alan Landsburg. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Jerry Steiner, Mike Curb. Editor John Soh. Cast Keir Dullea (Dr. Chris Perdeger), Bradford Dillman (Lyle Fawcett), France Nuyen (Thais), Aron Kincaid (Ray Sandage), Ricardo Montalban (Ali Zayas), Lana Wood (Eagan Ryan), Jacques Aubuchon (Kefalos), Paul Hampton (Roger), Stuart Tyrone (Jason). 83... Blind Ambition (CBS, 5/20/1979 to 5/23/1979, 4 Parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts--his best-seller, her book on how it affected their marriage--and distilled into an eight-hour drama with all of the political figures of the day parading by as Dean relates his story to his attorney when his world, based on blind ambition, begins crashing down on him. Sheen, whose gamut of portrayals has run from Robert Kennedy (in “The Missiles of October”) to Pretty Boy Floyd to John F. Kennedy several years later, is Dean during his years as counsel to President Nixon. Theresa Russell, who then had starred in only two theatrical movies, made her TV acting debut as Maureen Dean. Rip Torn’s offbeat interpretation of Richard Nixon seems to have been based on personal feeling rather than on actual conversations and speeches and occasionally threatened to derail the entire concept of the drama. “Blind Ambition” was nominated for an Emmy as the Outstanding Limited Series of the 1978-79 season. A second nomination went to the film for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Part 3). Production Company Time-Life Television. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producers George Schaefer, Renee Valente. Teleplay Stanley R Greenberg. Based on Books by John Dean and Maureen Dean. Photography Edward R Brown. Music (Parts 1 and 2) Walter Scharf. Music (Parts 3 and 4) Fred Karlin. Editors Arthur D Hilton, John Wright, Peter Parasheles. Art Director Michael Baugh. Associate Producer Diana Kerew. Cast Martin Sheen (John Dean), Theresa Russell (Maureen Dean), Michael Callan (Charles Colson), Lonny Chapman (L. Patrick Gray), William Daniels (G. Gordon Liddy), Clifford David (Fred Fielding), Ed Flanders (Charles Shaffer), Fred Grandy (Donald Segretti), Christopher Guest (Jeb Stuart Magruder), Graham Jarvis (John Ehrlichman), Edward Mallory (Henry Petersen), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (John J. Caulfield), Alan Oppenheimer (George Simonson), Lawrence Pressman (H. R. Haldeman), John Randolph (John Mitchell), Peter Mark Richman (Robert Mardian), William Schallert (Herbert Kalmbach), James Sloyan (Ronald Ziegler), Rip Torn (Richard M. Nixon), William Windom (Richard Kleindienst), Ralph Byers (Hugh Sloan), Patrick Collins (Gordon Strachan), Kip Niven (Egil Krogh), Garn Stephens (Carol Thompson), Logan Ramsey (J. Edgar Hoover), James Greene (E. Howard Hunt), Mitzi Hoag (Press briefing secretary), Lee Kessler (Jane Thomas), Dawson Mays (Dwight Chapin), Darrell Zwerling (Frederick LaRue), Cathleen Cordell (Pat Nixon), Terence McGovern (Jack Garfield), Jenny O’Hara (Liz Garfield), Al Checco (Judge John Sirica), Rosemary DeCamp (Maureen Dean’s mother), David Sheiner (Sam Dash), Josette Banzet (French woman), Ross Bickell (Tom Huston), Stuart Gillard (Larry Higby), Harry Basch (General Walters), Brian Farrell (Bruce Kehrli), James Karen (Earl Silbert), Alan Haufrecht (Robert McCandless), Patricia Stitch (Jill Vollner), Jack Collins (Paul O’Brien), Don Herbert (TV Commentator), Mario J. Machado (TV Commentator), Janice Kent (Colson’s secretary), Hal Fishman (TV Commentator), Janet Langhart (TV Commentator), John Barbour (TV Commentator), Ray Briehm (TV Commentator), Larry Carroll (TV Commentator), Larry McCormick (TV Commentator), Hettie Lynne Hurtes (TV Commentator), John Bernabei (Barber), Paul Lukather (James Neal), Alan Mandell (Seymour Glanzer), Earl Montgomery (Donald Campell), Edwin Owens (Burt), Jack Kosslyn (Paul), Joe Mantell (Joey), Frank McCarthy (Deputy), Jack Radar (Supervisor), Ron Recasner (Marshall), Garn Stephens (Carol Thompson), K Callan (Mrs. Kleindienst), Dan Priest (Richard Moore), Anne Ramsay, Jo DeWinter, Chris Gugas. 84... Bloodsport (ABC, 12/5/1973, 90 mins). A high school athlete is torn between the ambitions of his father, who wants him to get a football scholarship, and his coach, looking for a winning season. “Poetry in Motion” was the original title. Production Company Danny Thomas Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Paul Witt. Producer Tony Thomas. Teleplay Jerrold Freedman. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Randy Edelman. Editor Jerry Sheppard. Production Executive Ronald Jacobs. Cast Ben Johnson (Dwayne Birdsong), Gary Busey (David Lee Birdsong), Larry Hagman (Coach Marshall), William Lucking (Dennis Birdsong), David Doyle (Mr. Schmidt), Mimi Saffian (Mary Louise Schmidt), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Birdsong), Craig Richard Nelson (Michael Braun), Michael Talbott (Bubba Montgomery), Val Avery (Frank Dorsdale), Jan Clayton (Blanche Birdsong), Misty Rowe (Holly), William Hansen (Mr. Millsaps), Michael Lembeck (Reuben), Asher Brauner (C C), Lee Delano (Besco), Marlyn Bingham, Richard Hamilton. 85... The Blue Knight (NBC, 11/11/1973 to 11/16/1973, 3 Parts, 4 hours). Veteran actor William Holden made his dramatic debut on TV in the role of Bumper Morgan, a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department on his last few days on the force before his retirement, and won an Emmy Award for his performance. The miniseries form as subsequently established began with this four-hour film that was shown initially in one-hour segments on four consecutive nights. This is a movie version of the 1972 best-selling novel by Joseph Wambaugh, the ex-cop who turned writer to successfully tell of his experiences here and on the series “Police Woman” and “Joe Forrester,” as well as “The Blue Knight” series with George Kennedy taking over the lead role from William Holden. In addition to Holden’s Emmy, statuettes were given to director Robert Butler (for Part 3) and to editors

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Marjorie and Gene Fowler and Samuel E. Beetley. Lee Remick also received a nomination for her performance as Bumper Morgan’s ever-patient girlfriend Cassie Walters. The movie was subsequently edited down to two hours for syndication. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Walter Coblenz. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Based on the Novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Nelson Riddle. Editors Gene Fowler Jr., Marjorie Fowler, Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Associate Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Cast William Holden (Bumper Morgan), Lee Remick (Cassie Walters), Joe Santos (Sgt. Cruz Segovia), Eileen Brennan (Glenda), Emile Meyer (Harry Debbs), Sam Elliott (Det. Charlie Bronski), Ernest Esparza III (Rudy Garcia), Anne Archer (Laila), Vic Tayback (Neil Grogan), George DiCenzo (Zoot Lafferty), Mario Roccuzzo (Harold Wagner), Ja’Net DuBois (Celia Louise), Jamie Farr (Yasser Hafiz), Ray Guth (Lieutenant Hilliard), John Quade (Knobby Booker), Katherine Bard (Judge Redford), Lucille Benson (Elmire Gooch), John Sylvester White (Freddie Opp), Harry Arnie, Janit Baldwin, James Beach, Nanci Beck, Norland Benson, Arell Blanton, Helen Boll, Roxanne Bonilla, Simmy Bow, Claire Brennan, Don Calfa, Thomas Paul Carey, Ric Carrott, Stanley Clay, Richard Collier, Lou Cutell, Larry Duran, Joe Flaherty, Alan Fudge, John Furlong, Eddra Gale, Janie Greenspun, Margie Haber, Stan Haze, Monika Henreid, Janear Hines, Jan-Minika Hughes, J.J. Johnston, Richard Kalk, Wayne King, Randy Kirby, Dudley Knight, Jon Korkes, Maryann Krakow, Bob Lauher, Paul Lawrence, Norma Lee, Patrick Dennis-Leigh, Gloria Le Roy, David Lipp, Jay W MacIntosh, Arthur Malet, David Moody, Karmin Murcelo, Douglas T. O’Dell, Tim O’Denning, Rudy Ramos, Paul Reid Roman, Nick St. Nicholas, Richard Saradet, Christopher Seitz, Kenneth Smedberg, Michael Steams, Jack Tesler, Russell Thorson, Tom Tolbert, Dino Washington, Lee Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Kenneth Wolger, Richard Wright, Clint Young, E. Jack Neuman. 86... The Blue Knight (CBS, 5/9/1975, 90 mins). Veteran cop Bumper Morgan searches the Los Angeles barrio for the killer of an aging colleague in this pilot for the 1975-76 series. George Kennedy took over the role originated in the 1973 miniseries by William Holden. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director J. Lee Thompson. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer John Furia Jr. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on the Novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Henry Mancini. Editor Samuel E Beetley. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast George Kennedy (William A. “Bumper” Morgan), Alex Rocco (Det. Charley Bronski), Glynn Turman (Edwin Beall), Verna Bloom (Moody Larkin), Michael Margotta (Frank Zugarelli), Seth Allen (Piskor), John Steadman (Wimpey), Richard Hurst (Detective Hartman), Bart Burns (Randy), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Leroy “Tank” Whittier), Walter Barnes (Personnel Officer), Marc Alaimo (The Dutchman), Eric Christmas (Joel Stebbins), Joseph Wambaugh (Desk sergeant), Britt Leach (Programmer), Hoke Howell (Coggins), Reid Cruickshanks (Lieutenant Walsh), Don Hamner (News vendor), Howard Hesseman (Resident), Harry Caesar (Walter), John Dennis (Dolnick), Valentine Villarreal (Jesus), Lieux Dressler (Waitress), Curtis Henderson (Lucius), Richard Kalk (Dibbs), John Furia Jr. (Lieutenant Furia). 87... The Borgia Stick (NBC, 2/25/1967, 120 mins). A suspense thriller about a suburban couple who discover they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate and the problems they face trying to break with it and go straight--especially after learning that their contract with the gang carries no escape clause. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Richard Lewis. Teleplay A J Russell. Photography Morris Hartzband. Music Kenyon Hopkins. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Don Murray (Tom Harrison), Inger Stevens (Eve Harrison), Barry Nelson (Hal Carter), Fritz Weaver (Anderson), Sorrell Booke (Alton), Marc Connelly (Davenport), Kathleen Maguire (Ruth), Dana Elcar (Craigmeyer), Barnard Hughes (Dr. Helm), Sudi Bond (Wilma), Frederick Rolf (Rigley), Hugh Franklin (Willoughby), Ralph Waite (Man from Toledo), Valerie Allen (Louise), John Randolph (Smith), Doreen Lang (Mrs. Hollingsworth), House Jameson (Win Hollingsworth), Conrad Bain (Lawyer), Ed Crowley (Garage man), George Benson (Themselves). 88... Born Innocent (NBC, 9/10/1974, 120 mins). A sensationally promoted juvenile delinquency film about a 14-yearold girl’s struggles to adjust after being sent to a tough detention home. A graphic sequence depicting a broom-handle rape of Linda Blair (in her TV-movie debut) subsequently was deleted but made the film the focal point of a highly publicized lawsuit against the network in 1978. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W Christiansen. Producer Bruce Cohn Curtis. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Photography David Walsh. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Maury Winetrobe. Cast Linda Blair (Chris Parker), Joanna Miles (Barbara Clark), Kim Hunter (Mrs. Parker), Richard Jaeckel (Mr. Parker), Allyn Ann McLerie (Emma Lasko), Mary Murphy (Miss Murphy), Janit Baldwin (Denny), Nora Heflin (Moco), Tina Andrews (Josie), Mitch Vogel (Tom Parker), Sandra Ego (Janet). 89... The Borrowers (NBC, 12/14/1973, 90 mins). An engaging fantasy about a family of inches-tall little people who live beneath the floorboards of a Victorian county house in peace and quiet until discovered by an eight-year-old boy. Based on the 1952 novel by Mary Norton, the taped movie was Emmy nominated as Outstanding Children’s Special, with nominations also going to Dame Judith Anderson and director Walter C. Miller.

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Production Companies Charles M. Schultz Creative Associates, Walt DeFaria Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter C. Miller. Executive Producer Duane C. Bogie. Producers Walt DeFaria, Warren L. Lockhart. Teleplay Jay Presson Allen. Based on a Book by Mary Norton. Music Rod McKuen. Songs “Isn’t It Something” and “The Borrowers” by Rod McKuen. Song “Isn’t It Something” performed by Rod McKuen. Song “The Borrowers” performed by Shelby Flint. Art Director Bill Zaharuk. Cast Eddie Albert (Pod Clock), Tammy Grimes (Homily Clock), Dame Judith Anderson (Aunt Sophy), Karen Pearson (Arrietty Clock), Dennis Larson (Nephew), Beatrice Straight (Mrs. Crampfurl), Barnard Hughes (Mr. Crampfurl), Murray Westgate (Ernie), Danny McIlary (Tom). 90... The Bounty Man (ABC, 10/31/1972, 90 mins). A bounty hunter in the Old West and his longtime rival are both after the reward for a young killer--dead or alive--but find themselves menaced by the outlaw’s gang of cutthroats. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Ralph B. Woolsey. Music The Orphanage. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Associate Producer Robert Monroe. Cast Clint Walker (Kincaid), Richard Basehart (Angus Keogh), John Ericson (Billy Riddle), Margot Kidder (Mae), Gene Evans (Tom Brady), Arthur Hunnicutt (Sheriff), Rex Holman (Driskill), Wayne Sutherlin (Tully), Paul Harper (Hargus), Dennis Cross (Rufus), W. Vincent St. Cyr (Santana), Glenn Wilder (Gault), Robert Townsend (Baker), Hal Needham (Pike), Rita Conde (Hargus’ Woman), Robert Swan (1st bartender), Duke Cigrang (2nd bartender). 91... The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (ABC, 11/12/1976, 120 mins). John Travolta stars as a teenager born with no immunities and forced to live in an incubator-like environment isolating him from any direct human contact. He is faced with a lifeor-death decision when he falls in love with the girl next door. Diana Hyland, playing the boy’s mother, won an Emmy Award for her performance. Writers Douglas Day Stewart and Joseph Morgenstern were cited with Emmy nominations. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Randal Kleiser. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producers Cindy Dunne, Joel Thurm. Teleplay Douglas Day Stewart. Based on a Story by Douglas Day Stewart, Joseph Morgenstern. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Mark Snow. Song “What Would They Say?” written and performed by Paul Williams. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast John Travolta (Tod Lubitch), Glynnis O’Connor (Gina Biggs), Robert Reed (Johnny Lubitch), Diana Hyland (Mickey Lubitch), Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Ernest Gunther), Karen Morrow (Martha Biggs), Howard Platt (Pete Biggs), John Friedrich (Roy Slater), Vernee Watson (Gwen), Buzz Aldrin (Himself), Kelly Ward (Tom Shuster), Skip Lowell (Bruce Shuster), John Megna (Smith), Darrell Zwerling (Mr. Brister), P.J. Soles (Deborah), Timothy Himes (Obnoxious reporter), Victor Brandt (TV installer), Hilda Haynes (Nurse), Jack McLaughlin (Principal), Verna Foxworth (Neighbor), Karri Kirsch (Gina at age 3), Kimberly Kirsch (Gina at age 3), Seth Wagerman (Tod at age 3), Anne Ramsay (Rachel). 92... A Brand New Life (ABC, 2/20/1973, 90 mins). Cloris Leachman won one of her assortment of Emmy Awards for her performance in this melodrama centering on a middle-aged couple’s reaction to the prospect of their first child after 18 years of marriage. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Sam O’Steen. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W Christiansen. Teleplay Jerome Kass, Peggy Chantler. Based on a Story by Peggy Chantler. Photography David Walsh. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor William H. Ziegler. Art Director Ed Graves. Assistant Director Claude Binyon Jr. Cast Cloris Leachman (Victoria Douglas), Martin Balsam (Jim Douglas), Marge Redmond (Eleanor), Gene Nelson (Harry), Mildred Dunnock (Mother), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Berger), Karen Philipp (Sarah White), Lloyd Batista (Dr. Arliss), Barbara Colby (Jessica Hiller), Hunter Von Leer (Burt), Amy Robinson (Nancy), Elizabeth Harrower (Dr. Margaret Kalman), Lois Walden (Nurse), Ann Urcan (Landlady), Marcy Casey (Judith), Jennifer Kulik (Harriet), Tony Mancini (Jack), Dee Gregory (Anne), Dick Kay Hong (Waiter), Marilyn Powell (Singer). 93... The Bravos (ABC, 1/9/1972, 120 mins). A rugged Western about the commander of a beleaguered cavalry post whose precarious friendship with the area’s Indians is destroyed, resulting in his son’s abduction. Filmed in Flagstaff, Arizona. Production Company Universal Television. Director Ted Post. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Norman Lloyd. Teleplay Christopher Knopf, Ted Post. Based on a Story by Christopher Knopf, David Victor, Douglas Benton. Photography Enzo A Martinelli. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Michael R. McAdam, Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Russell C Forrest. Cast George Peppard (Maj. John Harkness), Pernell Roberts (Jackson Buckley), Belinda Montgomery (Heller Chase), L.Q. Jones (Ben Lawler), George Murdock (Captain MacDowall), Barry Brown (Garrett Chase), Dana Elcar (Captain Detroville), John Kellogg (Sergeant Maroy), Bo Svenson (Raeder), Vincent Van Patten (Peter Harkness), Joaquin Martinez (Santana), Kate McKeown (Kate), Clint Ritchie (Corporal Love), Randolph Mantooth (Lieutenant Lewis), Michael Bow (Sergeant Boyd). 94... Breaking Up (ABC, 1/2/1978, 120 mins). A drama about a woman (Lee Remick) who faces a harrowing fight to rediscover her personal identity when her husband of 15 years announces that he is leaving her and their children to search for the indefinable joy he feels he is missing from his life. Subsequently a one-hour pilot called “Tom and JoAnn” was aired (with

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Elizabeth Ashley and Joel Fabiani) to test the waters for a prospective series. Emmy Award nominations went to director Delbert Mann and to Loring Mandel for his teleplay. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Loring Mandel. Photography Gil Taylor. Music Walt Levinsky. Editor Gene Milford. Art Director Ben Edwards. Associate Producer Diana Kerew. Cast Lee Remick (JoAnn Hammil), Granville Van Dusen (Tom Hammil), Vicky Dawson (Amy Hammil), David Stambaugh (T.C. Hammil), Fred J. Scollay (Tony), Stephen Joyce (Gabe), Cynthia Harris (Edie), Michael Lombard (Ira), Meg Mundy (Louise Crawford), Ed Crowley (George), Linda Sorensen (Mickey), Kenneth McMillan (Vancrier), James Noble (Haberle), Bruce Gray (Vic), Lois Markle (Toby), Jill Andre (Alice), Frank Latimore (Robert Crawford). 95... Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (ABC, 9/5/1979 and 9/7/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Six buddies spend the summer together at a Malibu beach house after each has separated from his wife at about the same time. This two-part four-hour film, exploring separation and divorce from the man’s point of view, took its title from the Neil Sedaka-Howard Greenfield song, and subsequently was edited down to a single-part three-hour movie. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Lou Antonio. Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Teleplay James Henerson. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Gerald Fried. Theme song by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield. Theme song performed by Neil Sedaka. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Main Title Design Sandy Dvore. Cast Ted Bessell (Pete McCann), Jeff Conaway (Roy Fletcher), Robert Conrad (Frank Scapa), Billy Crystal (Danny Doyle), Tony Musante (Sal Falcone), David Ogden Stiers (Howard Freed), Bonnie Franklin (Gail Tobin), Susan Sullivan (Diane Sealey), Jim Antonio (Dr. Zowicki), Lane Bradbury (Ruth Doyle), Molly Cheek (Kate), George Gaynes (Wylie), Elaine Giftos (Tina Scapa), Bridger Hanley (Laura McCann), Marcy Hanson (Francie), Jennifer Perito (Sally), Fred Sadoff (Lou Hecksher), Trish Stewart (Leslie Toland), Barrie Youngfellow (Jan Fletcher), Lisa Lambert (Coops McCann), Lola Mason (Lacey), Leigh Hamilton (Gloria Freed), Robert Ellenstein (Van Alden), Kevin Brando (Bruce Freed), Angela Lee (Connie Freed), Michael P. Alan (Danny Doyle Jr.), Scott Mellini (Wayne), Kimberly Woodward (Becky Fletcher), Joey Nagy (Kevin Doyle), Walt Davis (TV director), Norman Field (Bartender), Dee Dee Rescher (Ginger), Maxine Stuart (Gracie), Hanna Hertelendy (Violet), Janice Karman (Beth), Frances Fong (Nurse Grant), Robin T Williams (Jennifer), Mel Gallagher (Maitre d’), Walker Edmiston (Laura’s father), Jean Le Bouvier (Laura’s mother), Colleen Kelly (Patti), William Wheatley (Dr. Leigh). 96... Breakout (NBC, 12/8/1970, 120 mins). A prison escape movie involving a tough convict who concocts a foolproof plan for breaking out to be near his wife and the $50,000 in stolen loot that landed him there in the first place. Filmed in 1968. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Producer Richard Irving. Teleplay Sy Gomberg. Photography Ray Flin. Music Shorty Rogers. Editor Milton Shifman. Art Director Henry Larrecq. Cast James Drury (Joe Baker), Red Buttons (Pipes), Kathryn Hays (Ann Baker), Woody Strode (Skip Manion), Sean Garrison (Frank McCready), Victoria Meyerink (Marian), Bert Freed (Fletcher), Mort Mills (Middleton), William Mims (Banks), Harold J. Stone (Phil Caprio), Don Wilbanks (Mackey), Kenneth Tobey (Ranger), Ric Roman (Bianchi), Kent McCord (Hunter), Charles Lampkin (Cook), Teddy Quinn (Donnie), Buck Kartalian (Hogan). 97... Brenda Starr (ABC, 5/8/1976, 90 mins). The intrepid comic strip newspaperwoman (here played by Jill St. John) follows a hot tip on a billionaire recluse and finds herself involved in voodoo, millions in extortion money, and strange doings in the jungles of Brazil. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Company David L. Wolper Productions. Director Mel Stuart. Executive Producer Paul Mason. Producer Robert E. Larson. Teleplay George Kirgo. Based on a Story by George Kirgo, Ira Barmak. Based on the Comic Strip by Dale Messick. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Jack Kampschroer. Art Director Art Tunkle. Cast Jill St. John (Brenda Starr), Jed Allan (Roger Randall), Sorrell Booke (A.J. Livwright), Tabi Cooper (Hank O’Hare), Victor Buono (Lance O’Toole), Joel Fabiani (Carlos Vegas), Barbara Luna (Luisa Santamaria), Marcia Strassman (Kentucky Smith), Torin Thatcher (Lassiter), Arthur Roberts (Dax Leander), Royce D. Applegate (Tommy). 98... Brian’s Song (ABC, 11/30/1971, 120 mins). One of the most critically acclaimed of all made-for-TV movies, this was a finely told and acted story of Brian Piccolo, running back for the Chicago Bears, his lasting rivalry and friendship with fellow player Gale Sayers, and his losing battle with cancer. The film was an Emmy winner as Best Dramatic Program (1971-72), and Emmy awards also were given to William Blinn for his teleplay and to Jack Warden for his performance as Coach Halas. James Caan and Billy Dee Williams also were nominated. The title theme by Michel Legrand has become a standard. Columbia Pictures later released the film theatrically, with a major premiere in Chicago, but withdrew it because of lack of business (virtually everybody had already seen it for free on television). Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Producer Paul Witt. Teleplay William Blinn. Based on a Book by Gale Sayers, Al Silverman. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast James Caan (Brian Piccolo), Billy Dee Williams (Gale Sayers), Jack Warden (Coach George Halas), Shelley Fabares (Joy Piccolo), Judy Pace (Linda Sayers), Bernie Casey (J.C. Caroline), David Huddleston (Ed McCaskey), Ron Feinberg (Doug

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Atkins), Jack Concannon (Himself), Abe Gibron (Himself), Ed O’Bradovich (Himself), Dick Butkus (Himself), Mario J Machado (1st reporter), Bud Furillo (2nd reporter), Stu Nahan (Speaker), Happy Hairston (Veteran player), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Roommate), Jim Boeke (Veteran player), Larry Delaney (Dr. Fox), Stephen Coit (Mr. Eberle), Doreen Lang (1st nurse), Jennifer Kulik (2nd nurse), Allen A Secher (Hotel man), Jack Wells (Toastmaster), The Chicago Bears (Themselves). 99... Bridger (ABC, 9/10/1976, 120 mins). A true-life adventure of legendary mountain man Jim Bridger who, with the fate of the Pacific Northwest at stake, is given 40 days to blaze a trail through the Rockies to the California coast and told that failure means loss of the territory to England. This two-hour movie was cut to 90 minutes for its rerun and subsequent syndication. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer David Lowell Rich. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Elliot Kaplan. Editor Asa Boyd Clark. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast James Wainwright (Jim Bridger), Ben Murphy (Kit Carson), Dirk Blocker (Joe Meek), Sally Field (Jennifer Melford), John Anderson (Pres. Andrew Jackson), William Windom (Daniel Webster), Margarita Cordova (Shoshone woman), Tom Middleton (Doctor), Robert Miano (Modoc leader), Skeeter Vaughan (Paiute chief), X Brands (Crow chief), W.T. Zacha (Army lieutenant), Keith Evans (Presidential aide), Claudio Martinet (David Bridger). 100... Brief Encounter (NBC, 11/12/1974, 90 mins). An updated version of David Lean’s 1946 film classic (based on Noel Coward’s 1936 drama “Still Life”) retelling the bittersweet tale of two married strangers who meet by chance in an English train station and drift into a short but poignant romance. Sophia Loren made her TV acting debut not as the proper British lady of the original but as an Italian-born housewife married into the English middle-class for 17 years. Production Companies A Carlo Ponti-Cecil Clark Production, The Rank Organization, FCB Productions. Director Alan Bridges. Executive Producer Duane C. Bogie. Producer Cecil Clarke. Teleplay John Bowne. Based on a Play by Noel Coward. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music Cyril Ornadel. Editor Peter Weatherly. Art Director Peter Roden. Cast Richard Burton (Alec Harvey), Sophia Loren (Anna Jesson), Jack Hedley (Graham Jesson), Rosemary Leach (Mrs. Gaines), Ann Firbank (Melanie Harvey), Gwen Cherrell (Dolly), Benjamin Edney (Alistair Jesson), John LeMesurier (Stephen), Jumoke Debayo (Mr. Gaines), Madeline Hinde (Madeline), Marco Orlandini (Dominic Jesson), Patricia Franklin (Beryle), Ernest C Jennings (Porter at country station), Jack Harding (Else), Maggie Walker (Lady scorer), Christopher Hammond (Adam), Norman Mitchell (Bailiff). 101... Brink’s: The Great Robbery (CBS, 3/26/1976, 120 mins). The third film in Quinn Martin’s productions from the annals of the FBI re-creates the infamous January 17, 1950 Brink’s Incorporated robbery in Boston involving the theft of $2,750,000 and the Bureau’s dogged pursuit of the perpetrators, whose names were changed for this movie in the traditional protection of their privacy. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Philip Saltzman. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Carl Betz (Paul Jackson), Stephen Collins (Agent Donald Nash), Burr DeBenning (Ernie Heideman), Michael V. Gazzo (Mario Russo), Cliff Gorman (Danny Conforti), Darren McGavin (James McNally), Art Metrano (Julius Mareno), Leslie Nielsen (Agent Norman Houston), Jenny O’Hara (Maggie Hefner), Bert Remsen (Ted Flynn), Jerry Douglas (Dennis Fisher), Laurence Haddon (Det. Russ Shannon), Philip Kenneally (Les Hayes), Byron Mabe (Jerry Carter), Barney Phillips (Thomas Preston), Amzie Strickland (Neighbor Lady), Frank Borone (Bill Shadix), David Brandon (Robert Bloch), Hank Brandt (Lt. Lorin Pope), Dort Clark (Stoughton Cop), Nick Ferris (Doctor), Mary LaRoche (Betty Houston), Terry Lumley (Sherry), Stuart Nisbet (Pennsylvania Police Chief), John Perak (Dave Stanley), Artie Spain (Donald O’Leary), Marvin Miller (Narrator). 102... Brock’s Last Case (NBC, 3/5/1973, 120 mins). A comedy drama about a New York cop who retires to his small ranch in the West and is reluctantly drawn into a local case of an Indian accused of killing a sheriff with a bow and arrow. This pilot for a series that never materialized looked suspiciously like a reworking of “McCloud” in reverse. Pilot to be a prospective series. Production Companies Talent Associates, Norton Simon Inc., Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern. Producer Roland Kibbee. Teleplay Alex Gordon, Martin Donaldson. Photography Russell Metty. Music Charles Gross. Music Supervisor Hal Mooney. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Richard Widmark (Lt. Max Brock), Henry Darrow (Arthur Goldencorn), Beth Brickell (Ellen Ashley), David Huddleston (Jack Dawson), Henry Beckman (Jake Hinkley), Will Geer (J. Smiley Krenshaw), John Anderson (Joe Cuspis), Michael Burns (Stretch Willis), Pat Morita (Sam Wong), Victor Mohica (Red-Eye), Jean Allison (Alma Gamm), Vaughn Taylor (Doc Walters), Dub Taylor (Judge Robbins), Rudy Bond (McNutty), Richard Hale (Hathaway), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Henderson), Hal K. Dawson (Mr. Henderson), Barry Miller (Staats), Andy Albin (Storekeeper), Carolyn Stellar (Dispatcher). 103... Brotherhood of the Bell (CBS, 9/17/1970, 120 mins). Glenn Ford and Rosemary Forsyth both made their TV acting debuts in this tale of a successful professor who is presented with a due bill from a club he had joined years earlier--a secret society whose power to achieve monetary and professional security for its members is equaled only by its determination to punish those standing in its way. His job now is to prevent a longtime colleague and friend from a Communist bloc country from accepting a professorship.

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Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Hugh Benson. Producer David Karp. Teleplay David Karp. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director William Craig Smith. Cast Glenn Ford (Prof. Andrew Paterson), Rosemary Forsyth (Vivian Paterson), Dean Jagger (Chad Harmon), Maurice Evans (Harry Masters), Will Geer (Mike Paterson), Eduard Franz (Dr. Konstantin Horvathy), William Conrad (Bart Harris), Robert Pine (Philip Dunning), William Smithers (Jerry Fielder), Logan Field (Thaddeus Burns), Lizabeth Hush (Betty Fielder), James McEachin, Leon Lontoc, Dabney Coleman, Virginia Gilmore, Joe Brooks, Robert Clarke, Marc Hannibal, Scott Graham. 104... Bud and Lou (NBC, 11/15/1978, 120 mins). A fact-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team that came out of burlesque to conquer radio, movies and television (the last never once mentioned in this film). Based on Bob Thomas’ 1977 book. Production Company Bob Banner Associates. Director Robert C. Thompson. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Clyde Phillips, Robert C. Thompson. Teleplay George Lefferts. Based on a Book by Bob Thomas. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Dann Cahn. Art Director Serge Krizman. Cast Harvey Korman (Bud Abbott), Buddy Hackett (Lou Costello), Michele Lee (Anne Costello), Arte Johnson (Eddie Sherman), Robert Reed (Alan Randall), William Tregoe (Ted Collins), Danny Dayton (Gene Duffy), Art Ergner, Tracy Morgan, Judith Hanson, Henry Brandon, Edmund Penney, Betty Hartford, Glee Smidt, Ronn Wright, George Barday, Steve Bourne, Bobby Balan, Richard Sanders, Bob Banas, Chris Christiansen, Russell Arms, John Edwards, Peggy McCay. 105... But I Don’t Want to Get Married! (ABC, 10/6/1970, 90 mins). An accountant (Herschel Bernardi in a rare starring role) finds himself a widower after 18 years of marriage and the quarry of a bevy of husband hunters. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Jerry Paris. Producers Aaron Spelling, Jerry Paris. Teleplay Roland Wolpart. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music George Duning. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director William Creber. Cast Herschel Bernardi (Walter Benjamin), Shirley Jones (Evelyn Harris), Brandon Cruz (Bernard), Nanette Fabray (Mrs. Vale), June Lockhart (Hope), Tina Louise (Miss Spencer), Sue Lyon (Laura), Kay Medford (Hallie), Harry Morgan (Mr. Good), Joyce Van Patten (Olga), Ted Eccles (Carl), Kathleen Freeman (Mrs. Borg), Jerry Paris (Harry), Florence Halop (Mrs. Green), Peter Hobbs (Max), Daniel Spelling (Cyrano), Jack Bernardi (Mr. Borg), Tim Herbert (Principal). 106... The Cable Car Murder (CBS, 11/19/1971, 90 mins). A syndicate contract killing in broad daylight of a shipping tycoon’s son on a San Francisco cable car leads two police detectives into a complex search for the killer, involving a drug kingpin, the victim’s sister, a family business associate, the dead man’s physician friend, and the impatient captain of police. This pilot film for a series that was to have starred Robert Hooks, Jeremy Slate and Simon Oakland never went beyond the telefeature stage. The movie subsequently was titled “Cross Current” and shown in a two-hour version. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producer E Jack Neuman. Teleplay Herman Miller. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editors Alex Beaton, John W. Holmes. Art Director Bill Malley. Associate Producer Lloyd Richards. Cast Robert Hooks (Insp. Lou Van Alsdale), Jeremy Slate (Sgt. Pat Cassady), Robert Wagner (Howard McBride), Carol Lynley (Kathy Cooper), Simon Oakland (Capt. E.J. Goodlad), José Ferrer (Dr. Charles Bedford), John Randolph (Frederick D. Cooper), Don Pedro Colley (Fred Trench), Joyce Jameson (Lulu), Wesley Lau (Inspector Poole), James McEachin (Don Cope), Lawrence Cook (Harold Britten), H.B. Haggerty (J.P. Moose), Ta-Tanisha (Rainie Lewis), Milton Stewart (Ernie Deeds), Mario Van Peebles (Rafael), Fred Carson (Victor Shoddy), Marian Collier (Surgical Nurse), Ta-Ronce Allen (Lilly), Jarrod Wong (Ben). 107... Cage Without a Key (CBS, 3/14/1975, 120 mins). A high school girl gets trapped in a web of circumstances after accepting a ride with a strange boy who then forces her at gunpoint to assist him in a robbery during which he kills a clerk, and both are caught and charged with first-degree murder. Convicted and sent to a women’s detention center, the girl discovers that her horrifying experience has just begun. Several similarities, intentional or not, to the Patty Hearst case easily can be glimpsed in this movie. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Roland Gross. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Robert Mintz. Cast Susan Dey (Valerie Smith), Jonelle Allen (Tommy), Samuel Bottoms (Buddy Goleta), Michael Brandon (Ben Holian), Anne Bloom (Joleen), Karen Carlson (Betty Holian), Edith Diaz (Angel Perez), Suesie Elene (Suzy Kurosawa), Dawn Frame (Sarah), Katherine Helmond (Mrs. Little), Vicky Huxstable (Jamie), Karen Morrow (Mrs. Turner), Lani O’Grady (Noreen), Margaret Willock (Wanda Polsky), Marc Alaimo (Workman), Lewis Charles (Liquor customer), Jerry Crews (Supervisor), Edward Cross (Social worker), Ann D’Andrea (Mrs. Smith), Joella Deffenbaugh (Girl in corridor), Al Dunlap (Liquor counterman), Annette Ensley (Rosie). 108... The California Kid (ABC, 9/25/1974, 90 mins). 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lawman into a high speed duel. Real-life brothers Martin Sheen and Joe Estevez played fictional brothers and future star Nick Nolte had a small role as a local punk in this one, billed by ABC Television as its 200th “Movie of the Week” at its premiere showing. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Paul Mason. Producer Howie Hurwitz. Teleplay Richard Compton. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Luchi De Jesus. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Martin Sheen (Michael McCord), Vic Morrow (Sheriff Roy Childress), Michelle Phillips (Maggie), Stuart Margolin (Deputy), Nick Nolte (Buzz Stafford), Janit Baldwin (Sissy), Gary Morgan (Lyle Stafford), Joe Estevez (Don McCord), Donald Mantooth (Jack), Frederic Downs (Judge Hooker), Michael Richardson (Charley), Norman Bartold (Howard), Britt Leach (Johnny), Barbara Collentine (Edith), Gavan O’Herlihy (Tom), Jack McCulloch (Pete), Ken Johnson (Harlie), Sandy Brown Wyeth (Leona), Trent Dolan (Stranger), Monika Henreid (Gerry). 109... Call Her Mom (ABC, 2/15/1972, 90 mins). A sexy waitress becomes a housemother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women’s lib controversy. Gloria DeHaven, playing the ex-chorus girl wife of college president Van Johnson, replaced Ann Miller who in turn had replaced Cyd Charisse. Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Herb Wallerstein. Teleplay Gail Parent, Kenny Solms. Photography Emil Oster. Song “Come On-a My House” by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan. Songs performed by Connie Stevens. Editors Bob Moore, Jim Faris. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Cast Connie Stevens (Angie “Mom” Bianco), Van Johnson (President Hardgrove), Charles Nelson Reilly (Dean Walden), Jim Hutton (Jonathan Calder), Gloria DeHaven (Helen Hardgrove), Thelma Carpenter (Ida), Bill Tepper (Roscoe), Alfie Wise (Jeremy), John David Carson (Woody), Corbett Monica (Bruno), Michael Evans (Wilson), Stephen Vinovich (Feigelbaum), Mike Malmbourg (Chip), Kathleen Freeman (Woman), Herb Rudley (Mr. Guinness), Fritz Feld (Waiter), William Bakewell (Jeremy’s father), Grace Albertson (Jeremy’s mother), William Benedict (Mr. Feigelbaum), Thelma Pelish (Mrs. Feigelbaum), Jonathan Hole, Peter Hobbs, Ray Ballard, William Malloy, Jackie Dalya, Joseph Mell, Maudie Prickett. 110... The Call of the Wild (NBC, 5/22/1976, 120 mins). Jack London’s classic tale of two men, a trapper and a prospector, who, with the aid of a magnificent dog, battle the frozen Klondike in an effort to reach gold country. Clark Gable had starred in William Wellman’s 1935 version, and Charlton Heston headed a multinational cast in the 1974 remake. James Dickey, author of “Deliverance,” wrote the teleplay for this version. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, NBC Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Malcolm Stuart. Teleplay James Dickey. Based on the Novel by Jack London. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Peter Matz. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Joel Schiller. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Cast John Beck (John Thornton), Bernard Fresson (Francois), John McLiam (Prospector), Donald Moffat (Simpson), Michael Pataki (Stranger), Penelope Windust (Rosemary), Billy Green Bush (Redsweater), Johnny Tillotson (Guitar player), Ray Guth (Will), Dennis Burkley (Stoney), Larry Golden (1st clod), Paul Harper (2nd clod), Jim Bohan (Dog trainer), Joaquin Martinez (Manuel), Raymond Singer (1st man), John Pearce (2nd man), René Enriquez (Cook), Marvin Miller (Narrator). 111... Call to Danger (CBS, 2/27/1973, 90 mins). A federal undercover agent (Peter Graves) recruits a computerselected jack-of-all-trades in a scheme to rescue a syndicate witness who has been kidnapped and stashed away in a heavily fortified West Coast enclave. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Tom Gries. Producer Laurence Heath. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Charles Freeman, John Loeffler. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Peter Graves (Doug Warfield), Diana Muldaur (Carrie Donovan), John Anderson (Edward McClure), Clu Gulager (Emmet Jergens), Tina Louise (April Tierney), Stephen McNally (Joe Barker), Ina Balin (Marla Hayes), Michael Ansara (Frank Mulvey), Roy Jenson (Dave Falk), William Jordan (Tony Boyd), Edward Bell (Reed), Paul Mantee (Adams), Wesley Lau (Police sergeant), Victor Campos (Danny), Lesley Woods (Rosalind), Bart Barnes (Chairman), Dan Frazer (Reynolds), Max Gail (Anderson), Bob Hoy, Hal Needham, George Wilbur, Phillip Montgomery. 112... Can Ellen Be Saved? (ABC, 2/5/1974, 90 mins). An exorcism movie involving a girl whose search for herself becomes the object of an intense struggle between her parents and members of a religious commune. Initially this was entitled “Children of God.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Harvey Hart. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Emmett Roberts. Photography Earl Rath. Music The Orphanage. Editors George Jay Nicholson, Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Leslie Nielsen (Arnold Lindsey), Michael Parks (Joseph), Louise Fletcher (Bea Lindsey), Katherine Cannon (Ellen Lindsey), John Saxon (James Hallbeck), Rutanya Alda (Rachael), Christina Hart (Mary), William Katt (Bob), Dennis Redfield (Daniel), Kathleen Quinlan (Joanne), Scott Colomby (Randy), Frederick Draper (Mr. Worth), Jason Parker, Dorothy Dells, Frederick Watson.

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113... Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (CBS, 9/11/1979, 120 mins). The career of comedian Freddie Prinze, who committed suicide in January 1977, at 22, is the subject of this film, with two of the students on “The White Shadow,” Ira Angustain (in his one starring role to date) and Kevin Hooks (son of actor Robert Hooks) as Prinze and his best friend, Nat Blake. Based on Peter S. Greenberg’s Playboy magazine story “Good Night, Sweet Prinze.” Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Peter S. Greenberg. Supervising Producer Terry Morse Jr. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on an Article by Peter S. Greenberg. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Peter Matz. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Joseph Altadonna. Cast Ira Angustain (Freddie Prinze), Kevin Hooks (Nat Blake), Randee Heller (Carol), Julie Carmen (Rose), Ken Sylk (David Brenner), Devon Ericson (Kathy), Stephen Elliott (Jonas), James Callahan (Producer), Michael Binder (Alan Bursky), Annette Charles (Billy), Leon Charles (Acting Coach), Melanie Chartoff (Fan), Stuart Gillard (1st lawyer), Jim Scott (Makeup man), Larry Marko (Booking agent), Heath Jobes (Publicist), Albert Able (Chaplain), Peter Aguilar (Stand-in), Marty Cohen (Lawyer), Fred Carney (Ed Brown), Shoshana Asher (Pie girl). 114... Cannon (CBS, 3/26/1971, 120 mins). In this pilot for the long-running series (1971-77), a portly, well-heeled investigator looks into the murder of an old flame’s husband and becomes enmeshed in a web of small-town corruption. Longtime character actor William Conrad finally attained stardom with this role. Previously he had been one of the great radio voices, a frequent screen and TV villain, a motion picture producer and director, and often narrator of Quinn Martin’s various productions on television as well as the classic “Rocky and Bullwinkle” animated series. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producers Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Edward Hume. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast William Conrad (Frank Cannon), Vera Miles (Diana Langston), J.D. Cannon (Lt. Kelly Redfield), Lynda Day (Christie), Barry Sullivan (Calhoun), Keenan Wynn (Eddie), Murray Hamilton (Virgil Holley), Earl Holliman (Magruder), John Fiedler (Jake), Lawrence Pressman (Herb Mayer), Ross Hagen (Red Dunleavy). 115... Captain America (CBS, 1/19/1979, 120 mins). The legendary comic-strip crimefighter’s ex-Marine son takes up where his dad left off, righting wrongs, defending the American ideal, and pursuing an arch-criminal who plans to decimate Phoenix with a neutron bomb in this pilot for a proposed series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Allan Balter. Producer Martin Goldstein. Teleplay Don Ingalls. Based on a Story by Chester Krumholz, Don Ingalls. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Lou Montejano. Cast Reb Brown (Steve Rogers), Len Birman (Dr. Simon Mills), Heather Menzies (Dr. Wendy Day), Steve Forrest (Lou Brackett), Robin Mattson (Tina Hayden), Joseph Ruskin (Rudy Sandrini), Lance LeGault (Harley), Frank Marth (Charles Barber), Chip Johnson (Jerry), Dan Barton (Jeff Hayden), Nocana Aranda (Throckmorton), Michael McManus (Ortho), James Ingersoll (Lester Wiant), Jim B Smith (FBI Assistant), Ken Chandler (1st doctor), Jason Wingreen (2nd doctor), Buster Jones (3rd doctor), June Dayton (Secretary), Diana Webster (Nurse). 116... Captain America II (CBS, 11/23/1979, 120 mins). Crimefighting Captain America rights more wrongs by doing battle with fanatical terrorist Christopher Lee who uses his deadly drug that causes accelerated aging to finance his world revolution. Originally shown in two one-hour segments on consecutive nights, this sequel to “Captain America” (which premiered in January 1979) later emerged as a single two-hour film subtitled “Death Too Soon,” the second pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Producer Allan Balter. Teleplay William Schiller, Patricia Payne. From characters by Marvel Comics Group. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Lou Montejano. Cast Reb Brown (Steve America), Connie Sellecca (Dr. Wendy Day), Len Birman (Simon Mills), Katherine Justice (Helen Moore), Christopher Lee (Miguel), Christopher Carey (Prof. Ian Ilson), William Lucking (Stader), Ken Swofford (Everett Bliss), Lana Wood (Yolanda), Stanley Kamel (Kramer). 117... Captains and the Kings (NBC, 9/30/1976 to 11/11/1976, 6 Parts, 9 hours). The six-part serialization of Taylor Caldwell’s 1972 novel about an Irish immigrant and the establishment of his family name through the accumulation of wealth and power during the years from 1857 to 1912, along with his goal of having his son elected the first Catholic President of the United States, gained a huge television following because of its thinly disguised similarities to the Kennedy family saga. Richard Jordan and Perry King, as father and son (although basically the same age), became stars of sorts because of their performances. Patty Duke Astin won another of her assorted Emmy Awards for her work as Jordan’s breakdown-prone wife, and cinematographer Ric Waite received one for photographing Part 1 (of six). The production also was nominated as Outstanding Series of 1976-77, as were actors Richard Jordan and Charles Durning, composer Elmer Bernstein, art director Joseph R. Jennings and set designer Jerry Adams (the last two for their work on Part 2). Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Directors Allen Reisner, Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Based on the Novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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Adapted by Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography Isidore Mankofsky, Ric Waite, Vilis Lapenieks. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editors Christopher Nelson, Edwin F. England, Larry D. Lester, Lawrence J. Vallario. Art Directors John Corso, Joseph R. Jennings. Associate Producer Dorothy J. Bailey. Cast Richard Jordan (Joseph Armagh), Perry King (Rory Armagh), Patty Duke (Bernadette Hennessey), Ray Bolger (R.J. Squibbs), Blair Brown (Elizabeth Healey), John Carradine (Father Hale), Katherine Crawford (Moira Armagh), Charles Durning (Ed Healey), Henry Fonda (Sen. Enfield Bassett), Celeste Holm (Sister Angela), John Houseman (Judge Newell Chisholm), David Huffman (Sean Armagh), Burl Ives (“Old Syrup”), Harvey Jason (Haroun “Harry” Zieff), Vic Morrow (Tom Hennessey), Barbara Parkins (Martinique), Joanna Pettet (Katherine Hennessey), Jane Seymour (Marjorie Chisholm Armagh), Ann Sothern (Mrs. Finch), Robert Vaughn (Charles Desmond), Neville Brand (O’Herlihy), Pernell Roberts (Braithwaite), Joe Kapp (Strickland), Linda Kelsey (Peg), Elizabeth Cheshire (Young Bernadette), Johnny Doran (Young Joseph), Kristopher Marquis (Sean as a child), Missy Gold (Mary Armagh as a child), Beverly D’Angelo (Miss Emmy), Peter Donat (Clair Montrose), Doug Heyes Jr. (Kevin Armagh), Stefan Gierasch (Gannon), Terry Kiser (Courtney Wickersham), Clifton James (Governor Skerritt), Cliff DeYoung (Brian Armagh), Alan Hewitt (Governor Hackett), Jenny Sullivan (Honora Houlihan), Sean McClory (Boland), Richard Matheson (President Garfield), George Gaynes (Orestes Bradley), Ford Rainey (Abraham Lincoln), William Prince (Jay Regan), Ann Dusenberry (Ann-Marie), Philip Bourneuf (Father Scanlon), Cynthia Sikes (Claudia Desmond Armagh), Kermit Murdock (James Spaulding), John Herbsleb (Young Courtney), Patrick Laborteaux (Young Rory), Mills Watson (Preston), Roger Robinson (Cpl. Lincoln Douglas), Lee deBroux (Teddy Roosevelt), Robert Donner (Wounded Texan), Ken Swofford (Captain Muldoon), Stephen Coit (President McKinley), Giorgio Tozzi (Foreign Gentleman), Severn Darden (Plover), Byron Webster (William Jennings Bryan), Tracey Gold (Rosemary Armagh), Sian-Barbara Allen (Cara Leslie), Sally Kirkland (Aggie), Bill Quinn (Dr. Harris Herbert), Connie Kreski (Pearl Gray), John de Lancie (Timothy Armagh), Ted Gehring, William Bryant, Todd Martin, Martin Kove, Alex Sharp, Jack Stryker, Duane Grey, Norman Bartold, Boyd Morgan, Woody Skaggs, June Whitley Taylor, Roberta Storm, Alex Wipf, Walt Davis, James O’Connell, George Berkeley, Barbara Morrison, William Gordon, Charles H. Gray, Bernard Behrens, Charles O. Lynch, Richard Herd, Macon McCalman, George Skaff, Rod Haase, Ned Wilson, John Dennis Johnston, Eldon Quick, Sandy Ward, Terrence Locke, Walter O. Miles. 118... Captains Courageous (ABC, 12/4/1977, 120 mins). A remake of Rudyard Kipling’s adventure classic that starred Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew and Melvyn Douglas in 1937 and told of a spoiled rich kid who grows up fast under the care of a crusty sea captain after falling overboard from his father’s ship. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Rudyard Kipling. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Jack McSweeney. Production Designer Hilyard Brown. Cast Karl Malden (Capt. Disko Troop), Jonathan Kahn (Harvey Cheyne), Johnny Doran (Dan), Neville Brand (Little Penn), Fred Gwynne (Long Jack), Charles Dierkop (Tom Platt), Jeff Corey (Salters), Fritz Weaver (Harvey Cheyne Sr.), Ricardo Montalban (Manuel), Stan Haze (Cook), Redmond Gleeson (Phillips), Shay Duffin (Chief steward), Milton Frome (Mr. Atkins), Stanja Lowe (Mrs. Cheyne), Len Wayland (McLean), Don Plumley (Captain Olley), Orville Young (Captain Bush), Randy Faustino (Boy). 119... Carter’s Army (ABC, 1/27/1970, 90 mins). Stephen Boyd plays a redneck army captain who becomes the commanding officer of a WWII all-black rear-echelon service company and is ordered to hold an important dam against the enemy. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Teleplay Aaron Spelling, David Kidd. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Fred Steiner. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Stephen Boyd (Capt. Beau Carter), Robert Hooks (Lt. Edward Wallace), Susan Oliver (Anna), Rosey Grier (Big Jim), Moses Gunn (Doc), Richard Pryor (Jonathan Crunk), Glynn Turman (George Brightman), Billy Dee Williams (Lewis), Paul Stewart (General Clark), Bobby Johnson (Robinson), Napoleon Whiting (Fuzzy). 120... A Case of Rape (NBC, 2/20/1974, 120 mins). A tough drama about a middle-class housewife whose rape experience made her feel not only humiliation but the feeling that she was the guilty party following her husband’s waning trust and the harsh courtroom interrogation leading to sympathy for the accused. The sensitive performance by Elizabeth Montgomery earned her an Emmy nomination (director Boris Sagal and editor Richard Bracken also received one) for this acclaimed movie that, at the time, became the second highest rated made-for-television film ever. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer David Levinson. Producer Louis Rudolph. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Based on a Story by Louis Rudolph. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director George C. Webb. Associate Producer Steve Heilpern. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Ellen Harrod), William Daniels (Leonard Alexander), Cliff Potts (Larry Retzliff), Rosemary Murphy (Muriel Dyer), Ronny Cox (David Harrod), Patricia Smith (Marge Bracken), Ken Swofford (Detective Riley), Jonathan Lippe (Detective Parker), Robert Karnes (Judge), Charles Macaulay (Dr. Marsden), Mario Gallo (Photographer), Lionel Johnston (Officer Kimbel), Anthony Carbone (Officer Carbone), Victor Izay (Night school instructor), Davis Roberts (Officer Kane), Dennis Robertson (1st orderly), J Jay Saunders (2nd orderly), Polly Middleton (Judy), Tom Selleck (Stan), Sandy Kenyon, Gerald Hiken, Debbie Lytton.

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121... The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island (NBC, 5/3/1979, 90 mins). In the second of three additional Gilligan’s Island movies following the series, the gang finds a way of getting rescued from the “uncharted desert isle” for a second time through a series of misadventures but comes back to turn it into a tropical resort for uptight mainlanders. Production Companies Sherwood Schwartz Company, Redwood Productions, Universal Television. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producer Sherwood Schwartz. Producer Lloyd J. Schwartz. Teleplay Al Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz. Photography Fred Jackman, Keith C. Smith. Music Gerald Fried. Theme song by George Wylie, Sherwood Schwartz. Editor Albert J.J. Zuniga. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper), Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III), Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell), Judith Baldwin (Ginger), Russell Johnson (Professor), Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), Tom Bosley (Henry Elliott), Marcia Wallace (Myra Elliott), Ronnie Scribner (Robbie Sloan), Lanna Saunders (Mrs. Sloan), Mokihana (Naheeti), Rod Browning (Dr. Tom Larsen), Joan Roberts (Laura Larsen), Peter MacLean, Natasha Ryan, Sonny Carver. 122... The Cat Creature (ABC, 12/11/1973, 90 mins). In this chiller, a valentine of sorts to the fondly remembered horror B-movie, the theft of an amulet from the mummy of an Egyptian priestess sets off a reign of terror that involves an archeology professor, a mysterious shopkeeper, a pretty salesgirl, and an Oriental thief. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Curtis Harrington. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Robert Bloch. Based on a Story by Douglas S. Cramer, Robert Bloch, Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Photography Charles Rosher. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Stan Ford. Art Director Cary Odell, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Cast Meredith Baxter (Rena Carter), David Hedison (Roger Edmonds), Gale Sondergaard (Hester Black), John Carradine (Hotel Clerk), Stuart Whitman (Lieutenant Marco), Renne Jarrett (Sherry Hastings), Keye Luke (Thief), Kent Smith (Frank Lucas), Milton Parsons (Deputy coroner), John Abbott (Dr. Reinhart), Peter Lorre Jr. (Pawnshop clerk), Virgil Frye (Donovan), William Sims (Bert). 123... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (NBC, 12/6/1976, 120 mins). This was the premiere of Laurence Olivier’s “Tribute to American Theatre,” offering an adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the conflicts, weaknesses and strengths of a Mississippi family portrayed, with three exceptions, by an all-British cast. Production Companies Granada Television, NBC Productions. Director Robert Moore. Producers Derek Granger, Laurence Olivier. Teleplay from his play Tennessee Williams. Music Henry Purcell. Theme song by Michael Lankester. Cast Laurence Olivier (Big Daddy), Natalie Wood (Margaret), Robert Wagner (Brick), Maureen Stapleton (Big Mama), Jack Hedley (Gooper), Mary Peach (Mae), Heidi Rundt (Dixie), Sean Saxon (Sonny), Mark L. Taylor (Buster), Elizabeth Caparros (Trixie), Jennifer Hughes (Polly), Sam Manseray (Lacey), Gladys Taylor (Daisy), Nadia Catouse (Brightie), George Harris (Sookey), Mel Taylor (Small), David Healy (Doc Baugh). 124... The Catcher (NBC, 6/2/1972, 120 mins). A Seattle ex-cop and a Harvard graduate team up to locate fugitives, errant husbands and other missing persons, and are hired to undertake a cross-country search for a runaway coed in this pilot that never caught on. This modern bounty hunter-themed film was made in 1970. Production Companies HBL Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Allen H. Miner. Producer Herbert B. Leonard. Teleplay David Freeman. Photography Irving Lippman. Music Bill Walker. Song “Half Moon, Half Sun” written and performed by Jackie DeShannon. Song “Not For Long” written and performed by Kiel Martin. Editor Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Art Director Ross Bellah. Production Executive Stanley Neufeld. Cast Michael Witney (Noah Hendricks), Jan-Michael Vincent (Sam Callendar), Anthony Franciosa (Joe Cade), Catherine Burns (Sara Faber), Anne Baxter (Kate), Mike Kellin (Mike Keller), David Wayne (Armand Faber), Kiel Martin (Wes Watkins), Jackie DeShannon (Amy Lee Cade), Andrew Robinson (Andy), Marshall Efron (Shooting gallery attendant), Red Piano (Himself), Naomi Thornton (Woman in car), Jacqueline Bertrand (Jewelry saleslady), David Williams (Young clerk), Eugene Ray Katz (Arcade manager), Lou Criscuolo (Fruit vendor), Reuben Figueroa (Billy Figueroa), Reggie Baff (Car rental girl), Rehn Scofield (Record producer), Kay Mason (Memphis tourist lady). 125... Catholics (CBS, 11/29/1973, 90 mins). This acclaimed religious drama, set in the future, brings theological adversaries head to head--the Vatican’s emissary of change and a strong-willed abbot clinging to the old ways. Based on Brian Moore’s 1972 novel, it was broadcast originally as a “CBS Playhouse 90” presentation. Filmed on location in the Republic of Ireland. Production Company Sidney Glazier Productions. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producer Sidney Glazier. Producer Barry Levinson. Teleplay Brian Moore. Based on the Novel by Brian Moore. Photography Gerry Fisher. Music Carl Davis. Editor Anne V. Coates. Art Director John Clark. Cast Trevor Howard (The Abbot), Martin Sheen (Father Kinsella), Raf Vallone (Father General), Cyril Cusack (Father Manus), Andrew Keir (Father Matthew), Michael Gambon (Brother Kevin), Leon Vitale (Brother Donald), Tom Jordan (Father Terrence), Godfrey Quigley (Father Walter), John Kelly (Brother Paul), Richard Oliver (Brother Alphonsus), Patrick Long (Brother Sean), Gilbert McIntyre (Brother John), Connor Evans (Brother Michael), Seamus Healy (Brother Pius), John Franklin (Brother

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Martin), Cecil Sheridan (Brother Malachy), Liam Burk (Brother Daniel), Frank Howard (Father Colum), John Pine (Brother Benedict), Derry Power (Dirty Monk), Joe Pilkington (Boatman), Geoffrey Golden (Publican). 126... Centennial (NBC, 10/1/1978, 3 hours). This is an epic miniseries about the making of America--the most ambitious project filmed for television to its time. This photographing of James A. Michener’s 1,100-page saga spanned the decades of the late 18th century to the mid-to-late 20th century ended up as a 26-hour movie (actually just under 21 hours when later shown on HBO minus commercials). It was irregularly scheduled in two- or three-hour segments over five months and molded into nine self-contained TV movies, each of which could be shown later independently of the others. Heralded in network publicity as “a story of reckless and daring love, of struggle and pain, of laughter and triumph; it’s the story of the land, and the people who turned it into a nation,” the epic not only was the most expensive movie made for television to its time--its $25-million budget was four times that of “Roots”--but had the biggest “name” cast ever assembled for a dramatic presentation (67 “stars” of one illumination or another). David Janssen tied the whole thing together as the overall narrator and star of the final “chapter” (many of the nine written, directed and photographed by a different person) as the current day descendant of those who founded the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado. Unaccountably, “Centennial” received only two Emmy nominations: for film editing (Chapter 1) and art direction/ set decoration (Chapter 7). In Chapter 1, entitled “Only the Rocks Live Forever,” set in the 1750s and running three hours, a French-Canadian trapper named Pasquinel strikes an unlikely partnership with Alexander McKeag, a fugitive Scotsman, and befriends an honorable Arapaho leader while forging an uneasy alliance with warlike Pawnees on the frontier. Production Company Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel (replacing Sam O’Steen). Executive Producer John Wilder. Producer Howard Alston. Supervising Producers Alex Beaton, Richard Caffey. Teleplay John Wilder. Based on the Novel by James A. Michener. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Robert Watts. Production Designer Jack Senter. Associate Producers George E. Crosby, Susan Lichtwardt. Cast Robert Conrad (Pasquinel), Richard Chamberlain (Alexander McKeag), Raymond Burr (Herman Bockweiss), Sally Kellerman (Lise Bockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Clint Walker (Joe Bean), Michael Ansara (Lame Beaver), Maria Potts (Blue Leaf), Robert Walden (Dr. Richard Butler), Henry Darrow (Senor Alvarez), Annette Charles (Senora Alvarez), Ivan Naranjo (Gray Wolf), Ray Tracey (Lame Beaver [age 17]), Robert Tessier (Rude Water), David Yanez (Young Lame Beaver), Maria Yolanda Aguaya (Young Blue Leaf), Steve Shemayme (Pawnee chief), Ken Yellow Moon (2nd Arapaho), Monika Ramirez (Teenage Blue Leaf), David Janssen (Narrator). 127... Centennial (NBC, 10/8/1978, 2 hours). Chapter 2, “The Yellow Apron,” spanning the years 1809 through 1830, finds Pasquinel, in the midst of a quest for gold, raising two sons by the Arapaho woman named Clay Basket and then returning to St. Louis for a bittersweet union with the wife, a gruff silversmith’s daughter, he left there. Production Company Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Producer Howard Alston. Teleplay John Wilder. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Howard Deane. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Cast Robert Conrad (Pasquinel), Richard Chamberlain (Alexander McKeag), Raymond Burr (Herman Bockweiss), Sally Kellerman (Lise Brockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Chief Dan George (Old Sioux), Vincent Roberts (Jacques Pasquinel at age 15), Jamie MacDonald (Jacques Pasquinel at ages 6-9), Stephen McHattie (Adult Jacques Pasquinel), Kario Salem (Marcel Pasquinel), Robert Easton (Major Sibley), Marta Brennan (Mary Sibley), Reb Brown (Jim Bridger), Gordon Steel (Gordon McPherson), Carl Franklin (Jim Beckworth), Stuart Silbar (Colonel Hanley), John Kings (Englishman), Stephen Andrade (First Arapaho). 128... Centennial (NBC, 10/28/1978, 2 hours). Chapter 3, “The Wagon and the Elephant,” follows the westward bound trek by wagon train from St. Louis in 1845 during which Alexander McKeag and Pasquinel’s squaw and two now grown sons cross paths with Levi Zendt, a Mennonite outcast and his wife, a grizzled guide, and an army captain, with whom McKeag tries to pacify increasingly angry Indians. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Jerry Ziegman. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Directors Mark Mansbridge, Sherman Loudermilk, Lou Montejano, Seymour Klate. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Alexander McKeag), Sally Kellerman (Lise Bockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Stephanie Zimbalist (Elly Zendt), Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Chad Everett (Capt. Maxwell Mercy), Donald Pleasence (Samuel Purchase), Stephen McHattie (Jake Pasquinel), Kario Salem (Mike Pasquinel), Cristina Raines (Lucinda McKeag), Irene Tedrow (Mother Zendt), Deborah Richter (Rebecca Stolfitz), Leslie Winston (Laura Lou Booker), Nick Ramus (Lost Eagle), Karen Carlson (Lisette Mercy), Richard Jaeckel (Sergeant Lykes), John Bennett Perry (Maylon Zendt), Jorge Rivero (Broken Thumb), James Kisicki (Reverend Fenstermacher), Michael K. Osborn (Mr. Kellen), Joan Carey (Miss Kruger). 129... Centennial (NBC, 11/4/1978, 2 hours). In Chapter 4, “For as Long as the Waters Flow’’ (set during 1846 through 1860), cavalry officer Maxwell Mercy (Chad Everett) tries to contend with broken treaties that have imperiled relations between Indians, settlers and the army.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Jerry Ziegman. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor John Elias. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Directors Mark Mansbridge, Lou Montejano. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Alexander McKeag), Sally Kellerman (Lise Bockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Cristina Raines (Lucinda McKeag), Chad Everett (Maj. Maxwell Mercy), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbagh), Stephen McHattie (Jake Pasquinel), Kario Salem (Mike Pasquinel), Pernell Roberts (Gen. Leben Asher), Mark Harmon (Lt. John McIntosh), James Sloyan (Spade Larkin), Karen Carlson (Lysette Mercy), Jorge Rivero (Broken Thumb), Barney McFadden (Lt. Abel Tanner), Gene Otis (Stringer), Christopher Lowell (Keefe), Burt Douglas (Capt. William Ketchum), Robert L. Somers (Sergeant). 130... Centennial (NBC, 11/11/1978, 2 hours). In Chapter 5, “The Massacre,” a renegade officer (played by Richard Crenna), a religious fanatic heading his own ragtag private army, oversees the massacre of unarmed plains Indians, precipitating a wave of revenge and recriminations, and vows to destroy the Pasquinel brothers. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Ralph Schoenfeld. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director Sherman Loudermilk. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Alexander McKeag), Sally Kellerman (Lise Bockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Richard Crenna (Col. Frank Skimmerhorn), Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Chad Everett (Maj. Maxwell Mercy), Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Mark Harmon (Capt. John McIntosh), Nick Ramus (Lost Eagle), James Sloyan (Spade Larkin), Steve Burns (Pvt. James Clark), Gloria McMillan (Clara Brumbaugh), Barry Cahill (Major O’Neil), Damon Douglas (William Savage), Ralph Davies Lewis (Tom Ragland). 131... Centennial (NBC, 12/3/1978, 2 hours). Chapter 6, “The Longhorns,” focuses on a tough, demanding trail boss (Dennis Weaver) who molds a group of seasoned veteran as well as greenhorns into a trail crew to push 3,000 Texas longhorns through Indian raids and rustlers’ threats in the first cattle drive from Texas to Colorado. Production Company Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay John Wilder. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music John Addison. Editor Bill Parker. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director John P. Bruce. Cast Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), Dennis Weaver (R.J. Poteet), Glynn Turman (Nate Person), Rafael Campos (Nacho Gomez), Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Scott Hylands (Mike Lasater), Damon Douglas (William Savage), Ralph Davies Lewis (Tom Ragland), Jesse Vint (Amos Calendar), Greg Mullavey (Mule Canby), Les Lannom (Bufe Coker), Dennis Fimple (Buck), Robby Weaver (Gompert), Jay W MacIntosh (Emma Lloyd), Bill Thurman (Uncle Dick Taylor). 132... Centennial (NBC, 12/10/1978, 2 hours). The thrust of Chapter 7, “The Shepherds,” is the range wars of the 1870s between cattle ranchers and farmers, and the introduction of a new element--sheep--complicating matters. Production Company Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Supervising Producer Alex Beaton. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music John Addison. Editor Robert Watts. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director John Corso. Cast Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Cristina Raines (Lucinda McKeag), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), William Atherton (Jim Lloyd), Glynn Turman (Nate Person), Gloria McMillan (Clara Brumbaugh), Jesse Vint (Amos Calendar), Les Lannom (Bufe Coker), Lynn Redgrave (Charlotte Buckland), David Cass (Frank Pettis), Clint Ritchie (Messmore Garrett), Robert Douglas (Henry Buckland), Mark Neely (Martin Zendt), Joella Deffenbaugh (Fat Laura), Takashi (Mr. Takemoto), Steven Rapp (Kurt Brumbaugh), H.P. Evetts (Orvid Pettis), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Christian Zendt). 133... Centennial (NBC, 1/14/1979, 2 hours). The 19th century ends as an era of change begins in the growing community of Centennial, Colorado, in Chapter 8, “The Storm,” with the largest ranch in the area (run by Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave) under a dual threat from a devastating blizzard and a cunning family of con artists. Production Company Universal Television. Director Harry Falk. Supervising Producer Alex Beaton. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Charles W. Short. Music John Addison. Editor Howard Deane. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Lynn Redgrave (Charlotte Seccombe), Brian Keith (Sheriff Axel Dumire), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Clive Revill (Finlay Perkin), William Atherton (Jim Lloyd), Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), Gregory Harrison (Levi Zendt), Cristina Raines (Lucinda Zendt), Adrienne LaRussa (Clemma Zendt), Anthony Zerbe (Mervin Wendell), Lois Nettleton (Maude Wendell), Doug McKeon (Philip Wendell), Greg Mullavey (Mule Canby), Jesse Vint (Amos Calendar), Rafael Campos (Nacho Gomez), John Bennett Perry (Maylon Zendt), Art Metrano (Maurice Cartwright), Robert Phalen (Reverend Holly), Kohji Takahashi (Takamoto), Lani Grant (Mrs. Takimoto).

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134... Centennial (NBC, 1/21/1979, 2 hours). The truth about the con artist family is discovered in Chapter 9, “The Crime,” as the story moves more or less into the modern era, and they try fleecing some of Centennial’s most respected citizens, causing a rift in the clan. Meanwhile, threats of losing his land and his help--Japanese laborers working in his fields--inadvertently makes one of the leading farmers a pillar in Centennial growth. Production Company Universal Television. Director Harry Falk. Supervising Producer Richard Caffey. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Charles W. Short. Music John Addison. Editor Bill Parker. Production Designer Jack Senter. Cast Brian Keith (Sheriff Axel Dumire), Anthony Zerbe (Mervin Wendell), Lois Nettleton (Maude Wendell), Doug McKeon (Philip Wendell), William Atherton (Jim Lloyd), Timothy Dalton (Oliver Seccombe), Lynn Redgrave (Charlotte Seccombe), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), Cristina Raines (Lucinda Zendt), Clive Revill (Finlay Perkin), Jesse Vint (Amos Calendar), Rafael Campos (Nacho Gomez), A Martinez (Tranquilino Marquez), Steve Sandor (Charley Kinderdine), Robert Phalen (Reverend Holly), Sandy McPeak (Swen Sorenson), Clint Ritchie (Messmore Garrett), Alan Napier (Lord Venneford), Eric Lalich (Jake Calendar), Deborah Trissell (Miss Keller), Tiger Thompson (Young Beeley Garrett), Steve Sandor (Charley Kinderdine), Kohji Takahashi (Takimoto), Lani Grant (Mrs. Takimoto). 135... Centennial (NBC, 1/28/1979, 2 hours). Chapter 10, “The Winds of Fortune,” finds the half-breed granddaughter of French-Canadian trader Pasquinel coming to town from St. Louis causing romance between the widow of Centennial’s leading rancher and her unpolished foreman she’s hoping to lasso to hit a snag. She arrives around the time that a family of Mexican immigrants is welcomed to town, somewhat reluctantly, and the con artist family patriarch enters the real estate business and begins amassing a fortune. Production Company Universal Television. Director Harry Falk. Supervising Producer Richard Caffey. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Charles W. Short. Music John Addison. Editor John Elias. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Lynn Redgrave (Charlotte), William Atherton (Jim Lloyd), Brian Keith (Sheriff Axel Dumire), Lois Nettleton (Maude Wendell), Cliff DeYoung (John Skimmerhorn), Cristina Raines (Lucinda Zendt), Adrienne LaRussa (Clemma Zendt), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Jesse Vint (Amos Calendar), Rafael Campos (Nacho Gomez), A Martinez (Tranquilino), Anthony Zerbe (Mervin Wendell), Doug McKeon (Philip Wendell), Lou Frizzell (Mr. Norris), Deborah Trissell (Miss Keller), Joaquin Martinez (Captain Salcedo), Julio Medina (Father Graves), Jacques Hampton (Doctor), Gordon Hurst (Clay), Claude Earl Jones (Matt). 136... Centennial (NBC, 2/3/1979, 2 hours). Chapter 11, “The Winds of Death,” finds Depression Era drought, dust storms, and mortgage foreclosures plaguing homesteading families, Mexican immigrants urging the owners of the leading ranch to halt bigotry, and several land dealings turning into dubious value. Production Company Universal Television. Director Bernard McEveety. Supervising Producer Richard Caffey. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Jerry Ziegman. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Ralph Schoenfeld. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Lynn Redgrave (Charlotte Lloyd), William Atherton (Jim Lloyd), Alex Karras (Hans Brumbaugh), Anthony Zerbe (Mervin Wendell), Lois Nettleton (Maude Wendell), Julie Sommars (Alice Grebe), Claude Jarman (Earl Grebe), Bo Brundin (Magnes Volkema), Lynn Borden (Vesta Volkema), Morgan Paull (Philip Wendell), Geoffrey Lewis (Sheriff Bogardus), William Bogert (Walter Bellamy), Darrell Fetty (Burns), Alan Vint (Beeley Garrett), A Martinez (Tranquilino), Silvana Gallardo (Serafina), Bryon Gilbert (Elmo Perace), Alex Colon (Father Vigil), Dana Elcar (Judge), Mina Vasquez (Soledad Marquez), Dennis Dimster (Timmy Grebe), Michael Goodrow (Ethan Grebe), Eric Server (Young Truinfador), Steve Shaw (Paul Garrett), Alan Caillou (Booth Clibborn), Rachel Orr (Victoria Grebe), Allan Hunt (Stanford), Jeremy Duke (Truinfador Marquez), Rory Dennis MacDonald (Cisco Calendar at age 9). 137... Centennial (NBC, 2/4/1979, 3 hours). Concluding with Chapter 12, “The Scream of Eagles,” the epic tale finds Andy Griffith as a history professor visiting 1970s Centennial where he’s told by David Janssen (narrator for the whole series) as the town’s leading citizen relates its background--mainly in flashbacks reuniting all of the leading characters of the series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Supervising Producer Richard Caffey. Producer George E. Crosby. Teleplay John Wilder. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music John Addison. Editor Robert Watts. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Director John Corso, Loyd S. Papez. Cast David Janssen (Paul Garrett/Narrator), Robert Vaughn (Morgan Wendell), Andy Griffith (Prof. Lew Vernor), Sharon Gless (Sidney Enderman), Merle Haggard (Cisco Calendar), Karmin Murcelo (Flor Marquez), Robert DoQui (Nate Person III), Rene Enriquez (Manolo Marquez), Jim McMullan (District Attorney), James Hampton (Defense Attorney Prescott), James Best (Hank Garvey), Gale Sondergaard (Aunt Augusta), Ed Bakey (Floyd Calendar), Royce D. Applegate (Mr. Holmes), Alex Henteloff (Bradley Finch), Marshall Thompson (Dennis), Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (Sam Lopez), Mari Michener (Janice Welch/newscaster), Sterling Swanson (Hunter), Richard O’Brien (Judge), Phyllis Applegate (Court clerk), Van Williams (George). 138... The Chadwick Family (ABC, 4/17/1974, 90 mins). After many years with “My Three Sons,” Fred MacMurray made his TV movie debut in this pilot about a concerned father whose brood consists of one son, three daughters, two sons-in-law, and the Chinese-American boyfriend of the youngest girl. The revised concept worked better later as “Eight Is Enough.”

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Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Story by David Victor, John Gay. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Fred MacMurray (Ned Chadwick), Kathleen Maguire (Valerie Chadwick), Darlene Carr (Joan Chadwick McTaggart), Jane Actman (Lisa Chadwick), Stephen Nathan (Tim Chadwick), Lara Parker (Eileen Chadwick Hawthorne), John Larch (Fargo), Alan Fudge (Alex Hawthorne), Frank Michael Liu (Lee Wu-Tsaung), Barry Bostwick (Duffy McTaggart), Carlena Gower (Cindy Hawthorne), Kim Durso (Sara Hawthorne), Eben George (Jimmy Hawthorne), Margaret Lindsay (Elly), Walter Brooke (Dr. Simon), Pat Li (Madame Wu-Tsaung), Bruce Boxleitner (Danny), Judson Morgan (Garvey), Elliott Montgomery (Mr. Villars), Ray Ballard (Taxi driver), Sharon Cintron (Nurse), Carle Bensen (Dr. Eisenberg), Morton Lewis (Herbie). 139... The Challenge (ABC, 2/10/1970, 90 mins). This offbeat war movie has an armed conflict between the United States and an Asian country reduced to the lowestcommon denominator, with one surrogate soldier from each country (Darren McGavin and Mako) in a fight to the death on a deserted island. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Michael Toshiyuki Uno. Producers Ed Palmer, Jay Cipes. Teleplay Marc Norman. Photography John M Nicholaus. Music Harry Geller. Editors Joe Gluck, Stanford Tischler. Art Directors Ed Graves, Jack Martin Smith. Cast Darren McGavin (Jacob Gallery), Broderick Crawford (Gen. Lewis Meyers), Mako (Yuro), James Whitmore (Overman), Skip Homeier (Lyman George), Paul Lukas (Dr. Nagy), Sam Elliott (Bryant), Adolph Caesar (Clarence Opano), Andre Philippe (Swiss official), Arianhe Ulmer (Sarah), Davis Roberts (Scientist), Byron Morrow (Defense Secretary), Bill Zuckert (Army colonel), Joseph Bernard (Doctor), Gene Lebell (Karate instructor), Lew Brown (Sergeant), Eddie Guardino (Soldier), Garry Walberg (Submarine captain), Bill Quinn (Marine colonel), Michael Hinn (Army captain). 140... The Challengers (CBS, 2/20/1970, 120 mins). Racing drivers compete here for the Grand Prix. Filmed in March 1968, it originally was scheduled for airing on March 28, 1969, but was preempted because of the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ironically, the film starring Darren McGavin ended up premiering just days after a similarly titled McGavin movie, “The Challenge.” Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Leslie Martinson. Producer Roy Huggins. Teleplay Dick Nelson. Based on a Story by John Thomas James, Robert Hamner. Photography Jack Marta. Music Pete Rugolo. Editors Edward A. Biery, Nick Archer. Art Director John T McCormack. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Darren McGavin (Jim McCabe), Sean Garrison (Cody Scanlon), Nico Minardos (Paco), Anne Baxter (Stephanie York), Richard Conte (Ritchie), Farley Granger (Nealy), Juliet Mills (Mary McCabe), Sal Mineo (Angel de Angelo), Susan Clark (Catherine Burroughs), Michael Evans (Jules), William Sylvester (Brad York), John Holland (Ambrose), Alan Caillou (Bryan Toomey). 141... Champions: A Love Story (CBS, 1/13/1979, 120 mins). The story of two adolescents whose personal relationship blossoms and whose professional relationship matures as they attempt to reach their goal--the national figure skating championships. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director John A. Alonzo. Executive Producer Philip Mandelker. Producer John Sacret Young. Teleplay John Sacret Young. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Bernard J. Small. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Anna Cottle. Cast Shirley Knight (Barbara Harlich), Tony Lo Bianco (Alan Damschroeder), James Vincent McNichol (Peter Scoggin III), Joy Leduc (Carrie Harlich), Jennifer Warren (Camille Scoggin), Richard Jaeckel (Peter Scoggin Jr.), Anne Schedeen (Diane Kachatorian), Elizabeth Cheshire (Lisa), Tiffany Ann Francis (Laura), Missy Francis (Sally), Eddie Deezen (Eric Philpot), Phillip Brown (Ernie Perella). 142... Charleston (NBC, 1/15/1979, 120 mins). A tacky road-company version of “Gone With the Wind” involving a Southern belle (Delta Burke) who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family’s mansion following the Civil War. Its dubious distinction comes from its feminist viewpoint and the fact that its producer, director and writer were women (the last died before completing it) and that its stars were virtual unknowns. Production Companies Robert Stigwood Productions, RSO Television. Director Karen Arthur. Producer Beryl Vertue. Teleplay Nancy Lynn Schwartz. Photography Ric Waite. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Bud Friedgen. Production Designer Tom H. John. Cast Delta Burke (Stella Farrell), Jordan Clarke (Gregg Morgan), Richard Lawson (James Harris), Lynne Moody (Minerva), Patricia Pearcy (Valerie Criss), Martha Scott (Mrs. Farrell [Aunt Louisa]), Mandy Patinkin (Beaudine Croft), Richard Bradford (Cluskey), Lucille Benson (Miss Fay), Ben Halley Jr. (Gabriel), Dennis Burkley (Tom Doder), Ancel Cook (Reverend Dr. Palmer), Alan McRae (Lieutenant Beeson), Rockne Tarkington (Reverend Duchamp), William Norren (Major Day), Sam Cotton (Ned Wilson), Charles ‘Honi’ Coles (Old Shady), Robert Easton (Reverend Allen), Eddie Hailey (Luke), Joseph Chapman (Bank teller), Nelson Welch (Old Durban), Mike Adams (1st soldier), Will Sherwood (2nd soldier), George Ranito Jordan (3rd soldier), Eric Boles (Young Durban), Michael Meday (Andrew), Calvin Levels (Jeff), Vanessa Browne (1st Evans twin), Valeria Browne (2nd Evans twin), Rock Walker (Raider), Richard A. Washington (1st fighter), John Ashby (2nd fighter), Doug Hale (Narrator).

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143... Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (NBC, 6/9/1977, 120 mins). In this pilot for a prospective Western detective series, a private eye of the 1870s (Clu Gulager) is hired to deliver a California rancher’s long-missing daughter to him, despite numerous efforts to thwart the plan involving the rancher’s new wife, his top hand, and a crooked sheriff. Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Peter S. Fischer. Teleplay Peter S. Fischer. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Clu Gulager (Charlie Cobb), Ralph Bellamy (McVea), Blair Brown (Charity), Christopher Connelly (Waco), George Furth (Conroy), Carmen Mathews (Miss Cumberland), Tricia O’Neil (Angelica), Pernell Roberts (Sheriff Yates), Stella Stevens (Martha McVea), Josh Taylor (Vurg), Ted Chapman (Potter), Wallace Rooney (Editor), Madison Arnold (Guthrie), Bob Neill (Thatcher), Jack Garner (Stationmaster), Peter Looney (Preacher). 144... Charlie’s Angels (ABC, 3/21/1976, 90 mins). This was the pilot for the hit TV series that began in September 1976 with three attractive females who work for a very private investigator, a man they have never seen or met, and must use their wiles to con the manager of a vineyard into revealing the whereabouts of the body of his wealthy boss whom he killed years earlier. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producers Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff. Teleplay Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Allan Jacobs. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Kate Jackson (Sabrina), Farrah Fawcett-Majors (Jill Monroe), Jaclyn Smith (Kelly), David Doyle (John Bosley), David Ogden Stiers (Scott Woodville), Diana Muldaur (Rachel LeMaire), Bo Hopkins (Beau Creel), John Lehne (Henry Bancroft), Tommy Lee Jones (Aram Kolegian), Grant Owens (Wilder), Ken Sansom (Hotel clerk), Daniel Nunez (Miguel), Ron Stein (Hicks), Colette Bertrand (Bathing beauty), Russ Grieve (Sheriff Hopkins), John Forsythe (Voice of Charlie). 145... Chase (NBC, 3/24/1973, 90 mins). A special police unit goes out after a cop killer in this pilot to another Jack Webb series that ran briefly during the 1973-74 season. Mitchell Ryan continued as the head of the unit, and Wayne Maunder and Gary Crosby signed on, along with Reid Smith, Michael Richardson, Brian Fong and Albert Reed. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Jack Webb. Producer Jack Webb. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Jack Marta. Music Oliver Nelson. Editor Warren H. Adams. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Cast Mitchell Ryan (Capt. Chase Reddick), Reid Smith (Norm Hamilton), Michael Richardson (Steve Baker), Brian Fong (Fred Sing), Brenda Scott (Nora Devlon), Albert Reed (Chief Frank Dawson), John Chandler (Thomas L. Traynor), Val DeVargas (Lt. Joe Salizar), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mae Monroe), Virginia Gregg (Judge Mary Foreman), Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales, Herb Vigran, Gavin James, Bert E. Holland, Sam Edwards, Ron Henriquez. 146... The Child Stealer (ABC, 3/9/1979, 120 mins). In this drama, a young mother (Blair Brown) battles to get her children back after her ex-husband (Beau Bridges) kidnaps them and the law won’t help her in her efforts. Production Companies The Production Company, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Mike Wise. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Sue Milburn. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor John Farrell. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Cast Beau Bridges (David Rodman), Blair Brown (Jan Rodman), Cristina Raines (Karen), David Groh (Jack Farnham), Eugene Roche (Lew Beck), Marj Dusay (Mrs. Benson), Lauri Hendler (Andrea Rodman), Tracey Gold (Pam Rodman), Lee Wallace (Hoskins), Phillip R. Allen (Gersh), Alan Fudge (Frank Demas), William Bryant (Dan Miller), Robert DoQui (Houghton), Arthur Rosenberg (Jordan), David Burke Rhind (Daniels), Melva Blancett (Betty), Hope Silvestri (Realtor), Marine Olmstead (Manager), Irma Lange (Mrs. Moss), Brenda Elder (Nancy Rout), Helen E. Hintz (School secretary), Barry Gobar, Joe Rainer, Charles A. Haigh. 147... The Chisholms (CBS, 3/29/1979 to 4/19/1979, 4 Parts, 6 hours). The sprawling four-part frontier saga, based on Evan Hunter’s 1976 novel, of a close-knit pioneer family’s hazardous trek from their home in Virginia to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and ultimately California. The subsequent brief series (January-March 1980) “killed off” Robert Preston in the opening segment. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Mel Stuart. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, David Dortort. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Evan Hunter. Created by David Dortort. Based on the Novel by Evan Hunter. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Elmer Bernstein. From Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, and Rodeo Aaron Copland. Editors Art Stafford, Corky Ehlers. Art Director Fred Price. Cast Robert Preston (Hadley Chisholm), Rosemary Harris (Minerva Chisholm), Ben Murphy (Will Chisholm), Brian Kerwin (Gideon Chisholm), Jimmy Van Patten (Beau Chisholm), Stacey Nelkin (Bonnie Sue Chisholm), Susan Swift (Annabel Chisholm), Charles Frank (Lester Hackett), Glynnis O’Connor (Elizabeth Chisholm), Sandra Griego (Kewedinok), David Hayward (Timothy Oates), Anthony Zerbe (Jimmy Jackson), Brian Keith (Andrew Blake), Doug Kershaw (Fiddler Ephraim), Tom Taylor (Harlow Cooper), Gavin Troster (Brian Cassidy), James O’Reilly (Luke Cassidy), Dean Hill (Jeremy Stokes), David Allen (Squire Bailey), Dennis Kennedy (Benjamin Lowery), James Harrell (Doc Simpson), Maureen SteindIer (Millie Bain), Jerry Hardin (Jonah

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Comyns), Katie Handley (Sarah Comyns), Charles L. Campbell (Judge Wilson), Joe ‘Running Fox’ Garcia (Howahkan), Christopher Allport (Franz Schwarzenbacher), Peg Small (Mrs. Hackett), Mike Genovese (Bartender), Tenaya Torres (Youngest daughter), Geno Silva (Ferocious Storm), Ron Godines (Otaktay), Billy Drago (Teetontah), Don Shanks (Enapay), Jack Wallace (Ambrose Miller), Roger Frazier (Major Duggan), Richard Jamison (Captain Kelsey). 148... Christmas Lilies of the Field (NBC, 12/16/1979, 120 mins). This belated sequel to the memorable 1963 theatrical movie, also directed by Ralph Nelson, has jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith (Billy Dee Williams in the original Sidney Poitier role) revisiting the chapel in the Arizona desert he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother Maria (Maria Schell taking over Lilia Skala’s part) and reluctantly helping them out of a pinch once more. Production Companies Osmond Television Productions, Rainbow Productions. Director Ralph Nelson. Executive Producer Ralph Nelson. Producers Jack N. Reddish, Toby Martin. Teleplay John McGreevey, Ralph Nelson. Based on Characters Created by William E. Barrett. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor O. Nicholas Brown. Art Director Hub Braden. Cast Billy Dee Williams (Homer Smith), Maria Schell (Mother Maria), Fay Hauser (Janet Owens), Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Hanna Hertelendy (Sister Albetine), Judith Piquet (Sister Agnes), Donna Johnson (Sister Elizabeth), Bob Hastings (Harold Pruitt), Jean Jenkins (Mrs. Constance Everett), Fred Hart (Father Brian Connor), Sam Di Bello (Dr. Mike Robles), Timmy Arnell (Josh), Oliver Nguyen (Trang), Regina ‘Peachy’ Simons (Pokey), Julie Delgado (Felicia), Michael Witt (No-Name), Rachel Ward (Jenny), Rachel McDowell (Jane Doe), Danny Zapien (Joseph Owlfeather), Adolfo Flores (Rafael Serrano), John Aspiras (Pima Indian), Steve Sotuyo (Worker). 149... Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (NBC, 12/26/1977, 120 mins). A dramatic re-creation of the Christmas Eve 1951 coal mine disaster in which union workers, threatened with replacement by scabs, were forced to enter an unsafe mine and then were trapped underground by an explosion. Veteran actor John Carradine is billed, curiously, as John Carradine Sr., for the first time in a career that spans more than 400 film credits. Subsequently titled “The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Lin Bolen. Teleplay Dalene Young. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Peter Parasheles. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Mitchell Ryan (Matthew Sullivan), Kurt Russell (Johnny), Andrew Prine (Arthur), John Carradine (Grampa), Barbara Babcock (Rachel Sullivan), Don Porter (Caulfield), Karen Lamm (Matilda Sullivan), Melissa Gilbert (Kelly Sullivan [and narrator]), Bill McKinney (Willie), Shelby Leverington (Carrie), Ross Harris (Tim Sullivan), Robert M. Jeffries (Silas/storekeeper), Stephen Earley (Bob), James McKrell (Clay), Phil Adams (1st rescue member), Sean Fallon Walsh (Bartender), Skip Lundby (Miner). 150... A Christmas to Remember (CBS, 12/22/1978, 120 mins). An elderly farm couple take in their city-bred adolescent grandson for the holidays during the darkest days of the Depression, and the old man, embittered by the death of his only son in World War I, gradually opens his heart to the boy as both learn the importance of a giving relationship. Based on Glendon Swarthout’s 1977 novel “The Melodeon.” Production Company George Englund Productions. Director George Englund. Producer George Englund. Teleplay Stewart Stern. Based on a Novel by Glendon Swarthout. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast Jason Robards (Daniel Larson), Eva Marie Saint (Emma Larson), George Parry (Russell McCloud), Joanne Woodward (Mildred McCloud), Bryan Englund (Danny Larson), Mary Beth Manning (Louise Hockmeyer), Nora Martin (Lolly Hockmeyer), Arvid Carlson (Ralph Youngquist), Mildred Carlson (Beulah Youngquist), Alex Mayer (Russell McCloud as an Adult), Pamela Danser (Lolly Hockmeyer as an Adult), Guy Paul (Tall Fellow), Allen Hamilton (Oskar Hockmeyer), Sally Chamberlin (Lil Hockmeyer), Lowell Anderson (Preacher). 151... Cindy (ABC, 3/24/1978, 120 mins). A sparkling musical updating to World War II Harlem of the Cinderella story, featuring virtually an all-black cast, with an original score and several twists at the end. Charlaine Woodard and Nell-Ruth Carter later were reunited in the Broadway smash “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” for which the latter won the Tony Award. Production Company John Charles Walters Productions. Director William A. Graham. Producers David Davis, Ed Weinberger, James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels. Teleplay David Davis, Ed Weinberger, James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels. Photography Larry Boelens. Music Stan Daniels. Editors Kenneth R. Koch, Vince Humphrey. Choreographer Donald McKayle. Production Designer James D. Vance. Associate Producer Harry Waterson. Cast Charlaine Woodard (Cindy), Scoey Mitchlll (Father), Mae Mercer (Sara Hayes/Stepmother), Nell-Ruth Carter (Olive), Alaina Reed (Venus), Cleavant Derricks (Michael Simpson), Clifton Davis (Capt Joe Prince), W. Benson Terry (Miles Archer), John Hancock (Wilcox), Richard Stahl (Recruiter), Noble Willingham (Sergeant), Burke Byrnes (Swearing-in officer), Helen Martin (Flower lady), Graham Brown (Minister), Bill P. Murry (Emcee), Don Dandridge (Military policeman), Spo-de-ooee (Wino), Boyd Bodwell (Recruit), Joseph George (Doctor). 152... A Circle of Children (CBS, 3/10/1977, 120 mins). An affluent suburbanite’s life is changed by a demanding challenge as a volunteer at a school for emotionally disturbed children when her own structured existence, stale marriage and now

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independent college-age daughter no longer provide fulfillment. Steven Gethers’ teleplay earned him an Emmy Award nomination. Based on the 1973 novel by Mary McCracken. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Producer Steven Gethers. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on the Novel by Mary MacCracken. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Nelson Riddle. Theme song by Steven Gethers, Steve Hines. Song Performed by Carmen McRae. Editor Sheldon Kahn. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Associate Producer Robin S. Clark. Cast Jane Alexander (Mary MacCracken), Rachel Roberts (Helga), David Ogden Stiers (Dan Franklin), Nan Martin (Doris Fleming), Matthew Laborteaux (Brian O’Connell), Peter Brandon (Larry MacCracken), Jason Tyler (Chris), Kyle Richards (Sarah Johnson), Susan Pratt (Elizabeth MacCracken), Judy Lewis (Mrs O’Connell), Ray Buktenica (Dr. Marino), Pearl Shear (Mrs Grady), Christopher West (Janie), Nikki Dantine (Betty), William Tregoe (Art dealer). 153... The City (ABC, 5/17/1971, 120 mins). Anthony Quinn’s powerhouse TV-movie debut as a shirt-sleeved mayor in Albuquerque who solves urban as well as personal problems later led him to reprise the role in the brief (1971) series that was retitled “The Man and the City.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Daniel Petrie. Producer Frank Price. Teleplay Howard Rodman. Photography Jack Marta. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “Satisfied With You” by Billy Goldenberg, Bobby Russell. Song performed by Bobby Russell. Editors Larry D. Lester, Robert Watts. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Anthony Quinn (Mayor Thomas Jefferson Alcala), E.G. Marshall (Sheridan Hugotor), Robert Reed (Sealy Graham), Pat Hingle (Ira Groom), John Larch (Holland Yermo), Kaz Garas (Unknown man), Skye Aubrey (Sabina Menard), Peggy McCay (Mrs Lockney), Lorraine Gary (Victoria Ulysses), Emanuel Smith (Detective Loop), Paul Lees (Detective Kosse), John F. Milholland (Plainclothesman), Jim B. Smith (Ambulance attendant), Sue Ann Carpenter (La La Lajilla), James L. McConkey (Bangi Fox), Marjorie M. Sanford (Virginia Fox), W. Robert Stevens (Bishop Martin Bremend), Scott Britt (Commune Hippie), Doyle Randall, Ed Pennybacker, Phil Mead, Robert McCoy, Judson Ford, Manuel J. Gallegos, Howard R. Kirk, Thomas Dycus, Felicita Jojola, Jose Rey Toledo, Eulojia Rubio, Winona Margery Haury, Ken Dunnagan, James R. Eaton, Bud Conlan, Ross Elder, Ben L. Abruzzo, Belle Abeytia. 154... The City (NBC, 1/12/1977, 90 mins). A police-drama pilot featuring two Los Angeles cops (Robert Forster and Don Johnson) scouring the city in search of a psychotic with a deadly grudge against a country singer. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, NBC Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer John Wilder. Teleplay John Wilder. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music John Elizalde. Editors Jim Gross, Ray Daniels. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Second Unit Director Michael Preece. Cast Robert Forster (Lt. Matt Lewis), Don Johnson (Sgt. Brian Scott), Ward Costello (Capt Lloyd Bryant), Jimmy Dean (Wes Collins), Mark Hamill (Eugene Banks), Susan Sullivan (Carol Carter), Felton Perry (Dr. Hank Cullen), Leslie Ackerman (Girl at hospital), Paul Cavonis (Burt Frescura), Paul Fix (Jed Haynes), Joby Baker (Mel Greenwall), William Conrad (Narrator), Jay Varela (Ray Vega), George Clifton (Stanley Myles), Vivi Janis (Cab driver), Joaquin Martinez (Rafael Diaz), Paul Bryar (Cashier), Sarah Selby (Woman in tour bus), Eric Server (Uniformed guard), Adam Rich (Donnie Collins), Stephen Parr (Parking lot guard), Adam Hollander (Kenny). 155... City Beneath the Sea (NBC, 1/25/1971, 120 mins). Presumably intended as a follow-up to his successful “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” TV series, this elaborate Irwin Allen pilot has a group of 21st century colonists inhabiting earth’s first underwater city, called Pacifica, and pitting the predictable good guys against various alien forces. In its theatrical release overseas, this TV movie was known as “One Hour to Doomsday.” Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Irwin Allen. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay John Lucas. Based on a Story by Irwin Allen. Photography Ken Peach Jr. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor James Baiotto. Art Directors Rodger Maus, Stan Jolley. Associate Producers George E. Swink, Sidney Marshall. Cast Stuart Whitman (Adm. Michael Matthews), Robert Wagner (Brett Matthews), Rosemary Forsyth (Lia Holmes), Robert Colbert (Cmdr. Woody Paterson), Susana Miranda (Elena), Burr DeBenning (Dr. Aguila), Richard Basehart (The President), Joseph Cotten (Dr. Ziegler), James Darren (Dr. Talty), Paul Stewart (Mr. Barton), Sugar Ray Robinson (Captain Hunter), Whit Bissell (Professor Holmes), Larry Pennell (Bill Holmes), Tom Drake (General Putnam), Sheila Mathews (Blonde woman), Charles Dierkop (Quinn), Bill Bryant (Captain Lunderson), Robert Dowdell (Young officer), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Dr. Burkson), Johnny Scott Lee (Tony), Glenna Sergent (Sally), Ray Didsbury (Security guard), Erik Nelson (Triton controller). 156... Class of ’63 (ABC, 3/14/1973, 90 mins). A campus reunion is the setting for a jealous husband to take revenge on his wife’s former lover, his college rival, still convinced that the two are seeing each other after all these years. Production Companies Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Lynn Stalmaster. Teleplay Lee Kalcheim. Photography Alan Stensvold. Music Tom Scott. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producer John A. Ireland. Cast James Brolin (Joe Hart), Joan Hackett (Louise Swerner), Cliff Gorman (Mickey Swerner), Woodrow Chambliss (Dr. Pillard), Ed Lauter (Dave McKay), Colby Chester (Brandon George), Graham Beckel (Dan/bartender), Tom Peters (Lenny Hill),

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Ann Noland (Girl), Jessica Rains (Young wife), Lou Picetti (Alumnus husband), Burke Byrnes (2nd alumnus), Don McGovern (Minister), Tom McFadden (Alumni chairman), Andrew Scott (2nd bartender). 157... A Clear and Present Danger (NBC, 3/21/1970, 120 mins). A U.S. senator’s concerned son takes up the cause against air pollution when an old friend of the family dies of emphysema, and finds himself becoming involved in a senatorial race, joining his father. The first TV movie involving environmental problems, this served as the pilot to “The Senator” element of the rotating series under the umbrella title of “The Bold Ones.” It proved to be too good and a shade too controversial for television (Holbrook, Acker and Eilbacher continued their roles in the series and were joined by Michael Tolan in the role originated by Campanella) and lasted only one season (1970-71), being virtually pressured off the airwaves. Hal Holbrook won an Emmy nomination for his performance in the TV movie and the following year again for his work in the series. Production Company Universal Television. Director James Goldstone. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay A.J. Russell, Henri Simoun. Based on a Story by A.J. Russell, S.S. Schweitzer. Photography Bill Butler. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Edward A. Biery, Richard M. Sprague. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer John Badham. Cast Hal Holbrook (Hays Stowe), E.G. Marshall (Senator Stowe), Joseph Campanella (Jordan Boyle), Jack Albertson (Dr. Chanute), Pat Hingle (Salem Chase), Sharon Acker (Erin Stowe), James B. Douglas (Howard Eager), Mike Kellin (Professor Duke), Jeff Corey (Beiseker), Bernie Hamilton (House), Michael Bell (Elliot Morse), Cindy Eilbacher (Norma Stowe), Adrienne Marden (Amanda Shamokin), Harry Basch (Health commissioner), Robert Heinz (Preston Gardiner), Marian Collier (Nurse). 158... Climb an Angry Mountain (NBC, 12/23/1972, 120 mins). A widowed rancher sheriff (Fess Parker) clashes with a hard-nosed New York cop over the techniques for pursuing a fugitive Indian up the side of California’s Mount Shasta. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Leonard J. Horn. Executive Producer Herbert F. Solow. Teleplay Joseph Calvelli, Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Michel Hugo. Music George Duning. Editors Neil Travis, Nick Archer. Cast Fess Parker (Sheriff Elisha Cooper), Marj Dusay (May Franklin), Arthur Hunnicutt (Sunny), Barry Nelson (Lt. Frank Bryant), Joe Kapp (Joey Chilko), Stella Stevens (Sheila Chilko), Clay O’Brien (Michael Cooper), Jewel Blanch (Christina Cooper), Richard Brian Harris (Javis Dwiggins), Casey Tibbs (Buck Moto), Kenneth Washington (Huggins), J.C. McElroy (Minister). 159... The Clone Master (NBC, 9/14/1978, 120 mins). A sci-fi series pilot involving a biochemist, working on a topsecret government project, who clones 13 perfect replicas of himself and sends them forth to fight evil wherever it might exist in the world. Production Companies Mel Ferber Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Don Medford. Executive Producer Mel Ferber. Producer John D. F. Black. Teleplay John D. F. Black. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Art Hindle (Dr. Simon Shane), Robyn Douglass (Gussie), John Van Dreelen (Salt), Ed Lauter (Bender), Mario Roccuzzo (Harry Tiezer), Ralph Bellamy (Ezra Louthin), Stacy Keach Sr. (Admiral Millus), Lew Brown (Fire Chief), Bill Sorrells (Interviewer), Ken Sansom (Wainer), Robert Karnes (Trankus), Betty Lou Robinson (Alba Toussaint), Vernon Weddle (Pine), Steve Eastin (Huberman), Phillip Pine (Navy Commander Tiler), Kirk Duncan (Brigadier General), lan Sullivan (Pat Singer), Trent Dolan (Executive Assistant Schnerlich), Bonwitt St. Claire (Waitress), James O’Connell (Sands), Steve Ross, Richard Lapp, William Whitaker (Clone Doubles). 160... Code Name: Diamond Head (NBC, 5/3/1977, 90 mins). An American undercover agent in Hawaii (Roy Thinnes) duels a master of disguises hired by a foreign power to steal a top secret formula in this unsuccessful pilot for another Quinn Martin TV series. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Paul King. Teleplay Paul King. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Jim Gross. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Roy Thinnes (Johnny Paul), France Nuyen (Tso-Tsing), Zulu (Zulu), Ward Costello (Captain MacIntosh), Don Knight (H K Muldoon), Ian McShane (Sean Donavan/Father Horton/Colonel Butler), Eric Braeden (Ernest Graeber), Dennis Patrick (Commander Yarnell), Alex Henteloff (Edward Sherman), Frank Michael Liu (Sakai), Ernest Harada (Hero Yamamoto), Lee Stetson (Tanner), Harry Endo (Dr. En-Ping), Eric Christmas (Father Murphy), Terence Brady, Dan Cicogni, Cynthia Cookinham, Elissa Dulce Hoopai, Brian Fong, Jack Hisatake, Kimo Hugho, Joe Moore, Sam Peters, Ivan Splater, Bill Valentina, Janet Ritchey Wagener, Frederick H Bruns. 161... Coffee, Tea or Me (CBS, 9/11/1973, 90 mins). A romantic comedy which takes Alec Guinness’ “The Captain’s Paradise” and changes the gender, with an airline stewardess juggling a crammed romantic life that includes one husband in Los Angeles and another in London. Based on the 1967 book by ex-stewardesses Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Norman Panama. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Albert E. Lewin, Norman Panama, Stanley Ralph Ross. Based on a Book by Rachel Jones, Trudy Baker. Photography William T. Cline. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Perry Ferguson II.

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Cast Karen Valentine (Carol Burnham/Byrnes), John Davidson (Dennis Burnham), Michael Anderson Jr. (Tommy Byrnes), Louise Lasser (Susan Edmonds), Lou Jacobi (Waiter), Erica Hagen (Lisa Benton), George Coulouris (Doctor), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Fitzgerald), Kenneth Tobey (Captain), James B. Sikking (Businessman), Virginia Scott King (Salesgirl), Philippa Harris (Salesgirl), Marcy Lafferty (Stewardess), Cynthia Harris (Dee Dee). 162... A Cold Night’s Death (ABC, 1/30/1973, 90 mins). An offbeat psychological horror tale in which two scientists, snowbound in an Arctic research station while looking into the death of a colleague, find themselves stalked by an unknown force. “The Chill Factor” was its original title during production. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Paul Witt. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Gil Melle. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Associate Producers Robert Monroe, Tony Thomas. Cast Robert Culp (Dr. Robert Jones), Eli Wallach (Dr. Frank Enari), Michael C. Gwynne (Val Adams). 163... Come Back, Little Sheba (NBC, 12/31/1977, 120 mins). The second Laurence Olivier “Tribute to American Theatre” brought to television William Inge’s 1950 play about a sensitive man trying to fight alcoholism and understand his loving but inadequate wife who mourns the disappearance of her youth and her little dog. Originally Robert Mitchum was to have played Doc Delaney in this presentation, mounted around the same time as Olivier’s previous “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, made her TV acting debut here. Production Companies Granada Television, NBC Productions. Director Silvio Narizzano. Executive Producer Derek Granger. Teleplay William Inge. Theme song by Henry Purcell, Michael Lankester. Production Designer Eugene Ferguson. Artistic Producer Laurence Olivier. Cast Laurence Olivier (Doc Delaney), Joanne Woodward (Lola), Carrie Fisher (Marie), Patience Collier (Mrs. Coffman), Nicholas Campbell (Turk), William Hootkins (Postman), Robert Sherman (Milkman), Sheridan E. Russell (Telegraph boy), Jay Benedict (Brice), Bruce Boa (Ed), Ed Devereaux (Elmo). 164... The Comedy Company (CBS, 7/21/1978, 120 mins). An ex-comedian (Jack Albertson) fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics. George Burns makes an appearance as himself. Production Companies Merrit Malloy-Jerry Adler Productions, MGM Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Jerry Adler. Producer Merrit Malloy. Teleplay Lee Kalcheim. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Tom Scott. Editors Axel Hubert, Gene Mathews. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Jack Albertson (Barney Bailey), Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (Russell Dodd), Herbert Edelman (Lester Dietz), Joyce Van Patten (Ellen Dietz), Susan Sullivan (Linda Greg), Michael Brandon (Paul Lester), Abe Vigoda (Jake), George Burns (Himself), Ernest Emling (Jerry), Jeff Doucette (Red), Howard Hesseman (Roger Dustleman), Don Calfa (Harry Fenner), Ben Fuhrman (Sid Weller), Christopher Roberts (Hickey McDay), Ann Weldon (Reporter), Lindsay V. Jones (1st waitress), Carole Goldman (Hostess), Trish Soodik (Jokie), Peggy Sandvig (Peggy Piano), Lee Stein (Mike), Gertrude Garner (1st lady), Ginger Farrell (2nd lady), Reginald Farmer (Black man), Laurel Barnett (2nd waitress), Jeffrey Richman (Batter), Patti Jerome (Agent), Robert Kino (Client), Johnny Haymer (Haberson), Patrick Laborteaux (Davey Byron), Jeffrey Winner (Charlie), Donald Hotton (Shrink), Judy Thomas (Heckler), John Davey (Cop), Lee Kalcheim (Man), Victor Cesario (Chauffeur). 165... Companions in Nightmare (NBC, 11/23/1968, 120 min). A psychological thriller involving a number of handpicked professionals going through group therapy together--and one of them turns out to be a murderer. Veteran actor Melvyn Douglas made his TV movie debut here as the renowned psychiatrist who brings them all to his elegant estate. Producer/director Norman Lloyd, another veteran actor who had been a member of Orson Welles’ fabled Mercury Theatre and a sometime Hitchcock villain in films and on TV, later went on to star as Dr. Auschlander on “St. Elsewhere.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Norman Lloyd. Producer Norman Lloyd. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Photography William Margulies. Music Bernard Herrmann. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Gig Young (Eric Nicholson), Anne Baxter (Carlotta Mauridge), Patrick O’Neal (Jeremy Siddack), Dana Wynter (Julia Klanton), Leslie Nielsen (Dr. Neesden), Melvyn Douglas (Dr. Lawrence Strelson), William Redfield (Richard Lyle), Bettye Ackerman (Sara Nicholson), Louis Gossett Jr. (Lt. Adam McKay), Stacy Harris (Phillip Rootes), Thomas Bellin (Detective Cort), Greg Mullavey (Man in funeral parlor), David Fresco (David), Connie Hunter (Waitress), Syl Lamont (Cab driver). 166... The Concrete Cowboys (CBS, 10/17/1979, 120 mins). Country singer Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck, in his first major role in a made-for-TV movie (following the miniseries, “The Sacketts”), are a pair of good old boys from Montana who make their way to Nashville, are approached by Morgan Fairchild to help locate her missing sister, an aspiring singer, and find themselves knee-deep in an intricate blackmail scheme. Reed starred in the subsequent short-lived series (February-March 1981) with Geoffrey Lewis in the Selleck role.

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Production Company Frankel Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producer Ernie Frankel. Producer Richard Newton. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Photography Alan Stensvold. Music Earle Hagen. Song “Breakin’ Loose” written and performd by Jerry Reed. Editor Art Seid. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Cast Jerry Reed (J.D. Reed), Tom Selleck (Will Eubanks), Morgan Fairchild (Kate Harper/Clara Wade), Claude Akins (Woody Stone), Lucille Benson (Peg), Gene Evans (Lieutenant Blocker), Randolph Powell (Lonnie Grimes), Roy Acuff (Himself), Barbara Mandrell (Herself), Ray Stevens (Himself), Red West (Chuck), Grace Zabriskie (Meg), Bob Hannah (Barnaby), Joseph Burke (Joe Hatcheck), Seidina Reed (Singer on Cumberland Queen). 167... Congratulations, It’s a Boy! (ABC, 9/21/1971, 90 mins). A happy bachelor’s swinging life is disrupted by the arrival of a teenager who claims to be his son. “So’s Your Old Man!” was this movie’s original pre-airing title. Jack Albertson replaced Edmond O’Brien. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director William A. Graham. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Stanley Z. Cherry. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Basil Poledouris, Richard Baskin. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Bill Bixby (Johnny Gaines), Diane Baker (Eydie), Jack Albertson (Al Gaines), Ann Sothern (Ethel Gaines), Karen Jensen (Rhonda), Darrell Larson (BJ), Tom Bosley (Herb), Jeff Donnell (Rose), Judy Strangis (Riva), Robert H Harris (Ben Beigleman). 168... The Connection (ABC, 2/27/1973, 90 mins). An out-of-work newspaperman (Charles Durning), trying to keep a step ahead of his alimony payments, becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and the insurance company that wants to settle. Production Company D’Antoni Productions Group. Director Tom Gries. Executive Producer Philip D’Antoni. Producer Jacqueline Babbin. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Photography Richard Kratina. Music John Murtaugh. Editor Norman Gay. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Cast Charles Durning (Frank Devlin), Ronny Cox (Everett Hutchneker), Zohra Lampert (Hannah), Dennis Cole (Sy McGruder), Heather MacRae (June McGruder), Howard Cosell (Himself), Mike Kellin (Pillo), Dana Wynter (Eleanor Warren), Tom Rosqui (Detective Phaelen), Richard Bright (BeeJay), Joe Keyes Jr. (Dewey). 169... Conspiracy of Terror (NBC, 4/10/1975, 90 mins). A husband and wife detective team investigates Satanism in suburbia when not squabbling over visits to his parents, who never forgave him for marrying out of the faith. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay Howard Rodman. Based on a Book by David Delman. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Neal Hefti. Editor Rick Wormell. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Michael Constantine (Jacob Horowitz), Barbara Rhoades (Helen Horowitz), Mariclare Costello (Barbara Warnall), Roger Perry (Fred Warnall), Logan Ramsey (Mr. Dale), Jon Lormer (Mr. Slate), David Opatoshu (Arthur Horowitz), Jed Allan (David Horowitz), Arlene Martel (Leslie Horowitz), Normann Burton (Lieutenant Rossos), Eric Olson (Roger Logan Gordon), Stewart Moss (Rabbi Sinvale), Ken Sansom (Medical examiner), Paul Bryar (Pawnbroker), Beverly Bremers (Coven member), Paul Smith (Pound supervisor), Murray MacLeod (House buyer), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Sergeant Brisbane), Judie Stein (House buyer), Charles Cooper (Irate driver), John Finnegan (Sergeant Carroll), Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Kojova), Bob Hastings (Mr. Kojova), Ricky Powell (Steve Kojova), Dallas Mitchell (Policeman), Ron Stokes (Coven member). 170... Contract on Cherry Street (NBC, 11/19/1977, 180 mins). Frank Sinatra’s TV-movie debut had him playing a hard-driven New York cop who explodes on this three-hour film after his close friend and team partner is gunned down and decides to operate outside of established procedures to break an organized crime ring. Based on Phillip Rosenberg’s 1976 cop novel. Production Companies Renee Valente Productions, Columbia Pictures Television, Artanis Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Renée Valente. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Edward Anhalt. Based on a Book by Philip Rosenberg. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Frank Sinatra (Dep. Insp. Frank Hovannes), Jay Black (Tommy Sinardos), Verna Bloom (Emily Hovannes), Martin Balsam (Capt Ernie Weinberg), Joe DeSantis (Vincenzo Seruto), Martin Gabel (Baruch Waldman), Harry Guardino (Ron Polito), James Luisi (Al Palmini), Michael Nouri (Lou Savage), Marco St. John (Eddie Manzaro), Henry Silva (Roberto Obregon), Richard Ward (Jack Kittens), Addison Powell (Bob Halloran), Steve Inwood (Fran Marks), Johnny Barnes (Otis Washington), Lenny Montana (Phil Lombardi), Murray Moston (Richie Saint), Robert Davi (Mickey Sindardos), Nicky Blair (Jeff Diamond), Estelle Omens (Flo Weinberg), Raymond Serra (Jimmy Macks), Bill Jorgensen (Himself), Sol Weiner (Paul Gold), Jim Boyd (Gallagher), Carmine Foresta (Saladino), Sonny Grosso (Rhodes), Daniel Hannafin (Menneker), Randy Jurgensen (Al Jenner), Michael Stroka (Mike Farren), Ruth Rivera (Cecelia Benitez), Keith Davis (Jamie Lenox), Anna Berger (Mrs. Moore), Richard Corley (Desk Clerk), Mitchell Jason (Leo Goffman), Johnny Smash (Bartender), Louise Campbell (Admissions nurse), Jilly Rizzo (Silvera), Gil Frazier (Bodyguard), Neil Elliot (1st medic), Tucker Smallwood (Bus driver), Phil Rubenstein (Deli clerk), Robert Davis (Rabbi), Michele Mais (Secretary).

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171... Cool Million (NBC, 10/16/1972, 120 mins). An international private investigator, whose fee is one million dollars, hunts for an heiress who has not been seen for 13 years when her tycoon father dies under mysterious circumstances. Filmed on location in Greece and Italy, this pilot emerged in series form with Farentino during the 1972-73 season. Subsequently titled “Mask of Marcella.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Gene Levitt. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Larry Cohen. Photography Gabor Pogany. Music Robert Prince. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Aurelio Crugnola. Cast James Farentino (Jefferson Keyes), John Vernon (Inspector Duprez), Barbara Bouchet (Carla Miles), Christina Belford (Adrienne/Marcella Pascal), Jackie Coogan (Merrill Cossack), Lila Kedrova (Mme. Martine), Patrick O’Neal (Dr. Emile Snow), Guido Alberti (Tomlin), John Karlen (Werner), Mickey Hargitay (Frederick), Jacques Herlin, Frederich Ober, Massimo Serato, Anthony Dawson, Bennes Mendenn, Daniele Vargas. 172... Cops and Robin (NBC, 3/28/1978, 120 mins). An aging street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned to protect the five-year-old daughter of the widow who witnessed the killing of her police officer husband and now is stalked by the gangster who murdered him. This film, which premiered on NBC, tried to breathe new life into the previous season’s ABC show “Future Cop,” in turn recycled from the 1977 TV movie of that name also with Borgnine, Shannon and Amos. Production Companies Culzean Corporation, Paramount Network Television. Director Allen Reisner. Executive Producers Anthony Wilson, Gary Damsker. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Brad Radnitz, Dawning Forsyth, John T. Dugan. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Joe Cleaver), Michael J. Shannon (John Haven), John Amos (Sergeant Bundy), Natasha Ryan (Robin Loren), Carol Lynley (Dr. Alice Acott), Terry Kiser (Wayne Dutton), Philip Abbott (DA Garfield), Richard Bright (Laramie), Jeff David (Jim Loren), James York (Richard), Gene Rutherford (Carl Tyler), J. Kenneth Campbell (Detective Furie), Walter Costello (Dutton’s lawyer), Ivan Bonar (Judge Wheeler), Elizabeth Farley (Marge Loren), Peggy Converse (Housekeeper), Linda Scott (Laura), Linda Gillin (Supermarket checker), Ketty Lester (Secretary). 173... Corey: For the People (NBC, 6/12/1977, 90 mins). A lowly assistant DA bucks the system and files capital charges against a socialite in the murder of her doctor-husband, suspecting that she is more than the battered wife killing her spouse in self-defense. This was a proposed pilot for a series for legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein’s actor/musician son John. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Buzz Kulik. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Alvin Boretz. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Ed Kalehoff. Editor Rita Roland. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Zoltan Muller. Cast John Rubinstein (Dan Corey), Eugene Roche (DA Patrick Shannon), Wynn Irwin (Det. Phil Gilman), Frank Campanella (Judge Taylor), Ysabel McCloskey (Mollie Schultz), Kip Niven (Andy Hanson), Stephen Pearlman (Nick Wolfe), Joan Pringle (Katie Ryan), Bill Quinn (Justin Milford), Arnold Soboloff (Arnie Finnager), Ann Sweeny (Laura Casey), Lana Wood (Janet Hanley), Ronny Cox (Dr. Paul Hanley), Richard Venture (Spence Holland), Carol Rossen (Harriet Morgan), Stephen Burleigh (Sam Myers), Deborah Ryan (Judy Corey), Pitt Herbert (Judge Stone), Betty Carvalho (Gloria), Bob Gunner (Dr. Richard Morgan), Harvey J. Goldberg (Saunders), Ernest Martin, Vivian Farren, Robert Phalen, Al Stephens Scaglione, Gavin Mooney, Joe Petrullo, Barbara Simpson, Cherylane Lee, Jamie Daniel, Richard Alarian, Carol Reiter, Frank Birney. 174... The Corn Is Green (CBS, 1/29/1979, 120 mins). In this remake of the 1945 Bette Davis movie, reuniting Katharine Hepburn and director George Cukor for the 10th time in 37 years (he directed her in her first move, “Bill of Divorcement”), Lilly Moffat, the strong-willed spinster teacher, goes again on her mission to educate the illiterate youth of a turnof-the-century North Wales mining community and finds one with a spark of genius. Hepburn won an Emmy Award nomination for her performance, as did costume designer David Walker. Ivan Davies’ script, adapted from Emlyn Williams’ play, originally was credited to James Costigan. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director George Cukor. Producer Neil Hartley. Teleplay Ivan Davis. Based on a Play by Emlyn Williams. Photography Ted Scaife. Music John Barry. Editors John Wright, Richard Marden. Production Designer Carmen Dillon. Cast Katharine Hepburn (Lilly Moffat), Ian Saynor (Morgan Evans), Bill Fraser (The Squire), Patricia Hayes (Mrs. Watty), Anna Massey (Miss Ronberry), Arturo Morris (John Goronwy Jones), Dorothea Phillips (Sara Pugh), Toyah Wilcox (Bessie Watty), Huw Richards (Idwal), Bryn Fon (Robbart), Dyfan Roberts (Gwyn), Robin John (Ivor). 175... Cotton Candy (NBC, 10/26/1978, 120 mins). An engaging comedy about a group of high school misfits who form a rock band. Ron Howard (of “Happy Days”) directed from an original script he wrote with his brother Clint, one of the film’s stars. Their father, Rance, also acted in it and was associate producer. Production Company Major H Productions. Director Ron Howard. Producer John Thomas Lenox. Teleplay Clint Howard, Ron Howard. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Joe Renzetti. Songs by Charles Martin Smith, Joe Renzetti. 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Cast Charles Martin Smith (George Smally), Clint Howard (Corky MacFearson), Leslie King (Brenda Mathews), Kevin Lee Miller (Barry Bates), Manuel Padilla Jr. (Julio Guererro), Dino Scofield (Bart Bates), Mark Wheeler (Torbin Bequette), Alvy Moore (George’s Father), Joan Crosby (George’s Mother), Ray LePere (Coach Grimes), Rance Howard (Bremmercamp), William H. Burkett (Mr. Barton), Connie Hearn (Karen), Jessie Lee Fulton (Mrs. Kelly), Eugene Lee (Senior president), David May, Kimo Schulze, Darlene Gratz, Marty Bingfeldt, David Ellzey, Jay Fountain, Nick Alexander. 176... The Count of Monte Cristo (NBC, 1/10/1975, 120 mins). A sumptuous new version of the adventure classic that already had been filmed more than a dozen times. Louis Jourdan, who plays DeVillefort this time, was Edmond Dantes in the 1961 adaptation. Both Richard Chamberlain and Trevor Howard won Emmy Award nominations for their performances. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director David Greene. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Sidney Carroll. Based on the Novel by Alexandre Dumas. Photography Aldo Tonti. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editors Bill Blunden, Gene Milford. Art Director Andrew Patriarca. Production Executive Richard McWhorter. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Edmond Dantes), Tony Curtis (Mondego), Trevor Howard (Abbe Faria), Louis Jourdan (DeVillefort), Donald Pleasence (Danglars), Taryn Power (Valentine De Villefort), Kate Nelligan (Mercedes), Angelo Infanti (Jacopo), Harold Bromley (M. Morrell), Carlo Puri (Andrea Benedetto), Alessio Orlando (Caderousse), Dominic Guard (Albert Mondego), Isabelle De Valvert (Haydee), Ralph Michael (M. Dantes), Anthony Dawson (Noirtier De Villefort), Dominic Barto (Bertuccio), Harry Baird (Ali), George Willing (Andre Morrell), David Mills (Girard), John Karlsen, Bill Vanders, Eddy Fay, Marco Tulli, Brian Vreeland, Troy Patterson, Gino Marturano, Lou Waldon, Franco Mazzieri, Ciro Ellias, Loris Perera, Albert Ruprecht, Renzo Marignano, Jean Mas, Andrea Fantasia, Lars Bloch, Richard Watson, George Higgins, Piero Gerlini, Michael Colton, Bondi Esterhazy. 177... The Couple Takes a Wife (ABC, 12/5/1972, 90 mins). In this comedy, an independent-minded couple, each insisting on a business career, decide to hire a second “wife”--someone who looks like a model and works like a scrub-woman--to take care of the house and kids, but the three-way arrangement threatens to break up the marriage. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Paris. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Susan Silver. Photography Bud F. Mautino. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editors Aaron Stell, Bill Brame. Art Director Lester Green. Cast Bill Bixby (Jeff Hamilton), Paula Prentiss (Barbara Hamilton), Myrna Loy (Mother), Robert Goulet (Randy Perkins), Nanette Fabray (Marion Randolph), Larry Storch (David), Valerie Perrine (Jennifer Allen), Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Flanagan), Mia Bendixsen (Christy Hamilton), Dana Laurita (Mindy Hamilton), Penny Marshall (Paula), Dwan Smith (Ginger), Carmen Zapata (Maria), Helen Kleeb (Miss Robbins), Bert E. Holland (Mr. Kaplan), Shirley Mitchell (Employment clerk), Tim Haldeman (Bellboy), Ralph O’Hara (Hotel clerk). 178... The Courage and the Passion (NBC, 5/27/1978, 120 mins). The private lives and personal problems of Air Force test pilots on a sprawling base called “Joshua Tree,” which was to have been the title for this movie and the prospective series that programmers hoped it would spawn, created by and starring Vince Edwards. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers David Gerber, Vince Edwards. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Photography John M Nicholaus. Music Richard Shores. Editors David Wages, Donald R. Rode. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Vince Edwards (Col. Joe Agajanian), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Sgt. Tom Wade), Trisha Noble (Lt. Lisa Rydell), Linda Foster (Capt Kathy Wood), Robert Ginty (Airman Donald Berkle), Robert Hooks (Maj. Stanley Norton), Paul Shenar (Nick Silcox), Laraine Stephens (Brett Gardener), Don Meredith (Col. Jim Gardener), Monty Hall (Gen. Sam Brewster), Melody Rogers (Janet Sayers), Irene Yah-ling Sun (Tuyet Berkle), Donna Wilkes (Tracy), Ellen Travolta (Emily), Wes Parker (Lieutenant Hogan), Robert Englund (Sergeant Bell), Gwen Humble (Jill), Richard Salamanca (Motorcycle rider), Judy Landers (Charlene), Brett Hadley (Lt. Colonel Haggard), David Anderson, Ron Kelly, Adina Ross, Gary Cashdollar, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Alan Koss, Michael Twain, Mark Robin. 179... Cover Girls (NBC, 5/18/1977, 90 mins). A road company “Charlie’s Angels” that never made it to a series format, featuring here a pair of high fashion models who combine photo assignments around the world with working as espionage agents. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producers Charles B. FitzSimmons, Mark Rodgers. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Richard Shores. Editors Arthur D. Hilton, Stanley Wohlberg. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Peterson. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Jayne Kennedy (Monique Lawrence), Cornelia Sharpe (Linda Allen), Don Galloway (James Andrews), Vince Edwards (Bradner), Michael Baseleon (Paul Richards), Deveren Bookwalter (Karl), Jerry Douglas (Fritz Porter), Sean Garrison (Sven), Don Johnson (Johnny Wilson), George Lazenby (Michael), Bill Overton (Football player), Ellen Travolta (Photographer), Erik Holland (1st bodyguard), Paul Dumont (Georg), Maurice Marsac (Mireau), James Almanear (Hans), Todd Martin (3rd bodyguard), Lenore Stevens (Maria), Fritzi Burr (1st seamstress), June Whitley Taylor (2nd seamstress), Peter Gunnean (French detective), Brian Baker (Uniform sergeant), Kieu Chinh (Chinese model), Ben Frommer (Tourist in bus), Carolyn Brand (Girl singer), Bob Hastings (Doorman).

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180... The Cracker Factory (ABC, 3/16/1979, 120 mins). Drama, adapted from Joyce Rebeta Burditt’s 1977 novel, depicts the problems of a suburban housewife (played by Natalie Wood), suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Richard Shapiro. Teleplay Richard Shapiro. Based on the Novel by Joyce RebetaBurditt. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer John A. Martinelli. Cast Natalie Wood (Cassie Barrett), Perry King (Dr. Edwin Alexander), Peter Haskell (Charlie Barrett), Shelley Long (Clara), Vivian Blaine (Helen), Marian Mercer (Eleanor), Juliet Mills (Tinkerbell), John Harkins (Father Dunhill), Barbara Tarbuck (Alice), Shane Butterworth (Greg Barrett), David Comfort (Steven Barrett), Tonya Crowe (Jenny Barrett), Robert Perault (Bobby Barrett), Bebe Drake-Hooks (Gloria), Elsa Raven (Dalton), Peggy Rea (Pomeroy), Art Evans (Abdul), Donald Hotton (Ludwig), Sydney Lassick (Ernie), Delia Salvi (Norma), Eugene Elman (Dr. Proctor), Vernon Weddle (John), Laurence Haddon (Ted R.), Joe Lowry (Dr. Marshall), Hank Ross (Stockboy), Bob Corso (Orderly). 181... Crash (ABC, 10/29/1978, 120 mins). Fact-based recounting of the jetliner crash into the Florida Everglades in December 1972, and the rescue of 73 passengers (103 died), made up primarily of recognizable TV personalities plus famed bandleader Artie Shaw in his TV-movie debut. This crash also was the basis for another 1978 TV movie “The Ghost of Flight 401,” which had Ernest Borgnine as its captain. Based on the 1977 book by Rob and Sarah Elder. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Donald S. Sanford, Steve Brown. Based on a Book by Ron Elder, Sarah Elder. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Photography (Florida sequence) James Pergola. Music Eddy Lawrence Manson. Editor Sam E Waxman. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Cast William Shatner (Carl Tobias [and narrator]), Adrienne Barbeau (Veronica Daniels), Brooke Bundy (Camille Lawrence), Christopher Connelly (Mike Tagliarino), Lorraine Gary (Emily Mulwray), Ron Glass (Jerry Grant), Sharon Gless (Lesley Fuller), Brett Halsey (Standish), Joyce Jameson (Sophie Cross), George Maharis (Evan Walsh), Ed Nelson (Philip Mulwray), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Larry Cross), Artie Shaw (Elderly passenger), Joe Silver (Alvin Jessop), Laraine Stephens (Ginny Duffy), W.K. Stratton (Ray Ordway), Richard Yniguez (Osario), Maria Melendez (Cecilia Tagliarino), George Murdock (Claypool/FAA official), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Helicopter pilot), Maria Elena Cordero, Lurene Tuttle, Shirley O’Hara, Roxanne Bonilla-Giannini, Susan Brown, Edward Call, J. Kenneth Campbell, Royal Dano, Jerry Douglas, Marcy Lafferty, Read Morgan, Lane Smith. 182... Crawlspace (CBS, 2/11/1972, 90 mins). Thriller dealing with middle-aged, childless couple who discover that a young handyman, hired to fix their furnace, has moved into the crawlspace in their cellar, and they make him part of their family. Director John Newland replaced Buzz Kulik in mid-production during the filming in Norwalk, Connecticut, based on Herbert Lieberman’s 1971 novel. Production Company Titus Productions. Director John Newland. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Based on the Novel by Herbert Lieberman. Photography Urs Furrer. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Carl Lerner. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Arthur Kennedy (Albert Graves), Teresa Wright (Alice Graves), Tom Happer (Richard Atlee), Eugene Roche (Emily Birge), Dan Morgan (Harlow), Matthew Cowles (Dave Freeman), Roger Serbagi (Davalos), Louise Campbell (Miz Girard), Fleet Emerson (Wheeler). 183... Crime Club (CBS, 3/6/1973, 90 mins). A fraternity of public and private investigators looks into the suspicious death in an auto accident of the son of one of its members’ longtime, wealthy lady friend. This was yet another pilot for a prospective series for Lloyd Bridges. Production Company CBS Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Frank Glicksman. Producer Charles Larson. Teleplay Charles Larson. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music George Romanis. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Paul Cord), Victor Buono (Judge Roger Knight), Paul Burke (Robert London), William Devane (Jack Kilburn), David Hedison (Nick Kelton), Cloris Leachman (Hilary Kelton), Belinda Montgomery (Anne Dryden), Barbara Rush (Denise London), Martin Sheen (Deputy Wade Wilson), Mills Watson (Joey Parrish), Frank Marth (Sheriff Art Baird), Eugene Peterson (Roy Evans), Richard Hatch (Hugh London), Joan Tompkins (Phone supervisor), Stephen Coit (Frederic/valet), Alan Napier (John/butler), Claiborne Cary (Information clerk), James McCallion (Cab driver). 184... Crime Club (CBS, 4/3/1975, 90 mins). Aided by a defense attorney and an investigative reporter, the head of an exclusive club dedicated to crime prevention sets out to learn who is behind a series of ice pick murders for which a loser craving public attention has confessed. This was another movie pilot for a programming idea that never made it to series form. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer Matthew Rapf. Producer James McAdams. Teleplay Gene Kearney. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Gil Melle. Editors Jim Benson, Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Art Director Peter M. Wooley.

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Cast Robert Lansing (Alex Norton), Eugene Roche (Daniel Lawrence), Scott Thomas (John “Jake” Keesey), Biff McGuire (Byron Craine), Barbara Rhoades (Angela Swoboda), Michael Cristofer (Frank Swoboda), David Clennon (Peter Karpf), Martin Beswick (Dr. Sonia Schroeder), M. Emmet Walsh (Lt. Jack Doyle), Kathleen Beller (Pam Agostino), Jenifer Shaw (Mary Jo Karp), Carl Gottlieb (Jorge Gamos), Regis J. Cordic (Judge Jack Dowd), Rosanna Huffman (Martha), Dolores Quinlan (Gloria), Erica Yohn (Pam’s mother), John Durren (Philip Considine), Jerome Guardino (Pam’s father), Robert Burton (Gordon Dent). 185... Crisis in Mid-Air (CBS, 2/13/1979, 120 mins). A drama involving an aging air traffic controller (George Peppard) who is haunted by a recent midair collision for which an investigator is trying to hold him responsible. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Producer Roger Lewis. Teleplay Sean Baine. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast George Peppard (Nick Culver), Karen Grassle (Betsy Culver), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Tim Donovan), Michael Constantine (Frank Piovano), Greg Morris (Brian Haley), Fabian Forte (Billy Coleman), Dana Elcar (Brad Mullins), Alan Fudge (Bret Loebner), Denise DuBarry (Jenny Sterling), Martin Milner (Dr. Denvers), Don Murray (Adam Travis), James Ray (Attorney), Margie Impert (Maggie Johnson), Chip Lucia (Pope), Brian Farrell (Dowdell), James Blendick (Irv), Hank Rolike (Thompson), Cynthia Pepper (Marsha), Sandra Giles (Darlene), Brett Dunham (Galaxy 44 Pilot), William Dozier (Chairman), Steve Eastin (Jamieson), Robert Denison, Don Moss, Terrence McNally, Richard Weining, Gabrelle Morgan, Sherry Taranto, Joel Hendler, Rod Gist, Jack Lukes, Selma Archerd, Brian Moore, Tom Regan, J.J. Johnston, Elias Jacob, Ciri De Saulnier, Bill Snider, Jon Mercedes, Pat McNamara, Linda Kendall, Fred Stromsoe, Armand Cerami, Ron Burke, Mary Albee, April Troy, Gino Ardito, Paul Laurence, Billy Ray Sharkey, Fiseha Dimetros. 186... Crisis in Sun Valley (NBC, 3/29/1978, 120 mins). In another unrealized go at a series called “Stedman,” dealing with a sheriff and his deputy in a sleepy ski town, this follow-up to “The Deadly Triangle” (1977) tied together two pilot films in which Stedman and Sykes contend with a group of urbanites planning a dangerous mountain climb and then investigate sabotage in a condominium development. Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Paul Stanley. Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay “The Vanishing Kind” Alvin Boretz. Teleplay “Outward Bound” Carl Gottlieb. Photography Al Francis. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editors Gregory Prange, Mike Vejar. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Dale Robinette (Sheriff Bill Stedman), Taylor Lacher (Deputy Archie Sykes), Bo Hopkins (Buchanan), Tracy Brooks Swope (Sheila), Paul Brinegar (Poole), Jason Johnson (Derry), John McIntire (Hubbard), Ken Swofford (Thorndike), Susan Adams (Eva), Charles Fleischer (Shuyler), Larry Jenkins (Lester), Julie Parsons (Jenny), Max Kleven (Adler), Tony Jefferson (Scott), Deborah Winters (Sandy), Wayne Heffley (Baker), Grant Owens (Reynolds), Mark Simeon (Michael), Mike Hoover (Mike), Lorraine Curtis (Marie), Mickey Livingston (Deputy Hank), Bill Quinn (Deputy Willard), Beverly Johnson (Beverly), Paul Ramlow (Ed), Mike Susak (Workman), Tom Drougas (Construction worker), Niall MacGinnis (James), Lori Hughes (Anne), Marcia Stringer (Hazel). 187... The Critical List (NBC, 9/11/1978 and 9/12/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two two-hour pilot films are strung together here in which a hospital director in line for a federal cabinet post first finds that his private life may jeopardize the opportunity and then discovers himself in the middle of a scandal involving stolen federal health funds. Based on the novels “Skeleton” and “The Critical List” by Dr. Marshall Goldberg. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Lou Antonio. Producer Jerry McNeely. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Based on Novels by Marshall Goldberg. Photography Charles Correll. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Richard Berger. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Dr. Dan J. Lassiter), Melinda Dillon (Dr. Kris Lassiter), Buddy Ebsen (Charles Sprague), Barbara Parkins (Angela Adams), Robert Wagner (Dr. Nick Sloan), Ken Howard (Nels Freiberg), Lin McCarthy (Ned Josephson), James Whitmore Jr. (Dr. Jack Hermanson), Robert Hogan (Jordon Donnelly), Scott Marlowe (Dr. Albert Dubron), Felton Perry (Lawrence Harrison), Pat Harrington Jr. (Jimmy Regosi), Louis Gossett Jr. (Lem Harper), Richard Basehart (Matt Kinsella), Ben Piazza (Dr. Henry de Jong), Joanne Linville (Nan Forrester), Eugene Peterson (Sidney Hammond), Jim Antonio (Detweiler), John Larch (Sprony), Brad David (Andrew Vivienne), Wright King (Dr. Kenderly), Joan Tompkins (Judge Susannah Morton), Noble Willingham (Charlie), Mel Gallagher (Mike Bednarik), Sybil Scotford (Joanne Larwin), Will Hare (Edgar Emmonds/wino), Russ Marin (Ed Moorehead), Hildy Brooks (Ruth), Regis J. Cordic (Chairman), Steven Gravers (Senator), Jesse Dizon (Intern Baker), Wayne Heffley (Sheriff), George Reynolds (Andy Simms), John Patlock (Ferris), Janice Karman (Cathy), Walt Davis, Lionel Decker, Robert Kya-Hill, Colleen Kelly, Ray Oliver, Ron Trice, Hanna Hertelendy, Jerry McNeely, George Boyd, Marilyn Coleman, Bryan Clark. 188... The Crooked Hearts (ABC, 11/8/1972, 90 mins). A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonelyhearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. This marked the TVmovie debut of both Rosalind Russell and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and was the last film for the veteran actress. Based on Colin Watson’s 1961 novel “Lonelyhearts 4122.”

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Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Jay Sandrich. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Allen Epstein. Teleplay A.J. Russell. Based on a Novel by Colin Watson. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Rosalind Russell (Laurita Dorsey), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Rex Willoughby), Ross Martin (Sgt. Daniel Shane), Michael Murphy (Frank Adamic), Maureen O’Sullivan (Lillian Stanton), Kent Smith (James Simpson), Dick Van Patten (Edward/desk clerk), Patrick Campbell (Taxi driver), Liam Dunn (Writer), Penny Marshall (Waitress), Kenneth Tobey (Fisherman), Bill Zuckert (Security guard). 189... Crossfire (NBC, 3/24/1975, 90 mins). A cop-show pilot that failed with an undercover officer volunteering to get kicked off the force in order to infiltrate the underworld and learn who has been laundering money being used to corrupt city officials. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, NBC Productions. Director William Hale. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Philip Saltzman. Teleplay Philip Saltzman. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Harry Kaye. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast James Farentino (Vince Rossi), Ramon Bieri (Captain McCardle), John Saxon (Dave Ambrose), Patrick O’Neal (Lane Fielding), Pamela Franklin (Sheila Fielding), Herbert Edelman (Bert Ganz), Lou Frizzell (Arthur Peabody), Joseph Hindy (Jimmy), Ned Glass (Bartender), Garry Walberg (Sergeant Wilburn), Richard Lawson (Ken Dillard), George Spell (Jesse), Buck Young (Captain), Dennis Robertson (Sawhill), Byron Chung (Doctor), Read Morgan (Jailer), Renie Radich (Secretary), Matt Pelto (Surveyor), Frank DeKova (Albert Ambrose). 190... Crowhaven Farm (ABC, 11/24/1970, 90 mins). An occult tale of a middle-class couple (Hope Lange and Paul Burke) who inherit a farm and move in to try to patch up their strained marriage, only to be confronted by the supernatural. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Walter Grauman. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Hope Lange (Maggie Porter), Paul Burke (Ben Porter), Lloyd Bochner (Kevin Pierce), John Carradine (Nate Cheever), Milton Selzer (Dr. Terminer), Cyril Delavanti (Harold Dane), Patricia Barry (Felicia), Cindy Eilbacher (Jennifer), Virginia Gregg (Mercy Lewis), June Dayton (Madeleine Wardwell), Woodrow Parfrey (Sam Wardwell), Louise Troy (Claire Allen), Ross Elliott (Fritz Allen), William Smith (Patrolman Hayes), Pitt Herbert (Henry Pearson), Dennis Cross (Police Chief Conners). 191... Cruise Into Terror (ABC, 2/3/1978, 120 mins). Evil emanates from an ancient sarcophagus brought aboard a pleasure cruise ship peopled by a predictably stellar TV cast. Originally this was to have been called “Voyage Into Evil.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Bruce Kessler. Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Michael Braverman. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Gerald Fried. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editors Dennis Virkler, John Wright. Art Director Alfeo Bocchicchio. Cast Dirk Benedict (Simon), Frank Converse (Matt Lazarus), John Forsythe (Rev. Charles Mather), Christopher George (Neal Barry), Lynda Day George (Sandra Barry), Jo Ann Harris (Judy Haines), Lee Meriwether (Lil Mather), Ray Milland (Dr. Isiah Bakkun), Hugh O’Brian (Andy/captain), Stella Stevens (Marilyn Magnesun), Hilary Thompson (Debbie Porter), Marshall Thompson (Bennett), Ruben Moreno (Emanuel), Roger E. Mosley (Nathan). 192... A Cry for Help (ABC, 2/12/1975, 90 mins). A cynical radio talk show host, who daily insults his audience, receives a suicide threat from a nameless young girl and frantically tries to get his listeners to locate her before she can carry out her threat. During production, the film was called “End of the Line.” Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Howie Hurwitz. Teleplay Peter S. Fischer. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Gil Melle. Editors Douglas Stewart, Frank Morriss. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Robert Culp (Harry Freeman), Elayne Heilveil (Ingrid Brunner), Ken Swofford (Paul Church), Julius Harris (George Rigney), Chuck McCann (Buddy Marino), Michael Lerner (Philip Conover), Bruce Boxleitner (Richie Danko), Lee deBroux (Sgt. Lou Shirley), Granville Van Dusen (Brother Stephen Tyler), Ken Sylk (Hank Buchek), Joseph George (Eddie Frisch), Jean Allison (Irene Schullman), Donald Mantooth (Arthur Schullman), Rudolph Willrich (Quinn Shaw), Lieux Dressler (Mae Dowd), Ralph Manza (Tony Garafolas), Barbara Baldavin (The Woman), Gordon Jump (Lloyd Hogan), Stack Pierce (Sgt. Mike Reese), Jerry Bishop (The Waiter). 193... A Cry in the Wilderness (ABC, 3/26/1974, 90 min). Farmer, bitten by rapid skunk, has himself chained inside his barn to protect his family from his oncoming madness--and then learns that a flood is on its way. Production Company Universal Television. Director Gordon Hessler. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Based on a Story by Gilbert Wright. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Robert Prince. Editor Bud Hoffman. Art Director Arch Bacon.

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Cast George Kennedy (Sam Hadley), Joanna Pettet (Delda Hadley), Lee H. Montgomery (Gus Hadley), Collin WilcoxHorne (Bess Millard), Roy Poole (Rex Millard), Liam Dunn (Mr. Hainie), Bing Russell (Mr. Griffey), Irene Tedrow (Old woman), Robert Brubaker (Doctor), Paul Sorensen (Sam’s father), Anne Seymour (Sam’s grandmother), Bob Hoy (1st man), Troy Melton (2nd man). 194... Cry Panic (ABC, 2/6/1974, 90 mins). John Forsythe plays a man who accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian on the outskirts of a small town whose citizens, including the sheriff, are hiding a deadly secret about the victim. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director James Goldstone. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Jack B. Sowards. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Ken Lauber. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Parke Perine. Cast John Forsythe (Dennis Ryder), Earl Holliman (Sheriff Ross Cabot), Ralph Meeker (Chuck Braswell), Norman Alden (Doc Potter), Claudia McNeil (Ethel Hanson), Anne Francis (Julie), Eddie Firestone (Dozier), Jason Wingreen (Woody), Gene Tyburn (Lipscombe), Harry Basch (Jackson), Roy Applegate (Grady), Wesley Lau (Joe Reed), Jason Ledger (Stacey), Pitt Herbert (Mailman). 195... Cry Rape! (CBS, 11/27/1973, 90 mins). A candid drama that examines the effects of rape on both the victim and the accused as well as their families and acquaintances. Production Company Leonard Freeman Productions. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Leonard Freeman. Producer Will Lorin. Teleplay Will Lorin. Based on a Story by Leonard Freeman, Will Lorin. Photography Jack Woolf. Editor Jack Gleason. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Andrea Marcovicci (Betty Jenner), Peter Coffield (Andy Coleman), Greg Mullavey (Liam Price), Joseph Sirola (Detective Sloane), Lesley Woods (Mrs. Coleman), Patricia Mattick (Jenny Coleman), James Luisi (Detective Kroger), Robert Hogan (Jim Bryan), Jana Bellan (Janie Warren), Howard Platt (Ben Warren), Paul Comi (District Attorney Ritchie), Richard Evans (Dr. Lang), George Murdock (John Curzon), Lawrence Bame (Officer Hill), Lew Horn (Sam Lesinski), Whit Bissell (Judge Newcombe), Frank Maxwell (Thomas Kirby), Hazel Medina (Louise Jennings), Anne Anderson (Hilda Brownlee), Joby Baker (Jerry Cohen), Paul Mantee (Jim Hadley), Carol Lawson (Susan Hadley), Frank Farmer (Ken Javits), Kenneth Washington (Marshall), Barbara George (Mrs. Keeler), Paul Lichtman (Typist), Richard Gittings (Solitary man), Willard Gage (Judge Howell), Sandra Balson (Mrs. Lewis), Don Eitner (Officer Malko), Tony DiMilo (Officer Durham), Anthony Costello (Officer Riley), Phillip Pine (Bail bondsman), Carlyn Jonathan (Charge nurse). 196... Curse of the Black Widow (ABC, 9/16/1977, 120 mins). A chiller about the search for an elusive killer whose victims (a moderately stellar TV cast) are found wrapped in a strange, spider-like web. Subsequently titled “Love Trap.” Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Dan Curtis. Producer Steven North. Teleplay Earl W. Wallace, Robert Blees. Based on a Story by Robert Blees. Photography Paul Lohmann, Stevan Larner. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Anthony Franciosa (Mark Higbie), Donna Mills (Leigh Lockridge), Patty Duke (Laura Lockridge), June Lockhart (Mrs. Lockridge), June Allyson (Olga), Max Gail (Ragsdale), Jeff Corey (Aspa Soldado), Roz Kelly (Flaps), Sid Caesar (Lazlo Cozart), Vic Morrow (Lt. Gully Conti), Michael DeLano (Carlo Lenzi), Robert Burton (Jeff Wallace), Bryan O’Byrne (Oakes/zoo watchman), Rosanna Locke (Jennifer), Robert Nadder (Hank/morgue attendant), Tracy Curtis (Gymnast), H.B. Haggerty (Marion “Popeye” Sykes), Bruce French (Summer/hospital administrator). 197... Cutter (NBC, 1/26/1972, 90 mins). Chicago-based private eye goes looking for a missing pro quarterback in this pilot to what would have been among TV’s first black detective shows (pre-dating by 18 months both “Shaft” and “Tenafly”--which premiered within one day of each other). Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Dean Hargrove. Teleplay Dean Hargrove. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Frank Morriss. Cast Peter De Anda (Frank Cutter), Cameron Mitchell (Riggs), Barbara Rush (Linda), Gabriel Dell (Leone), Robert Webber (Meredith), Janet MacLachlan (Diane Hayden), Marlene Warfield (Susan Macklin), Archie Moore (Ray Brown), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Tom Macklin), Anna Navarro (Miss Aguilera), Stepin Fetchit (Shoeshine man), Karen Carlson (Janice), John Alexander Jr. (Billy), Arlene Banas (Arlene French), Jim Antonio (Ray), Tom Erhart (Paul Benedict), Ira Rogers (Jerome), Tony Mockus (Stanley), John W. Huston (Carl), Patrick Mulvihill (Security guard), Spencer Milligan (Harris). 198... Cutter’s Trail (CBS, 2/10/1970, 90 mins). A formula Western about a U.S. marshal (John Gavin, who later gave up acting to become U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) who finds his town nearly destroyed by Mexican bandits during his absence and vows to track down the desperadoes in their home territory--with the help of a young Mexican mother and her son. Reversing the usual process, this film premiered as a 90-minute movie and subsequently was shown as a two-hour hoss opera. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Vincent McEveety. Producer John Mantley. Teleplay Paul Savage. Photography Richard Batcheller. Music John Parker. Editor Howard Smith. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast John Gavin (Ben Cutter), Manuel Padilla Jr. (Paco Avila), Marisa Pavan (Amelita Avila), Beverly Garland (Maggie Collyer), Joseph Cotten (General Spalding), Nehemiah Persoff (Santillo), J. Carrol Naish (Froteras), Shug Fisher (Tuttle), Ken

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Swofford (Clay Wooten), Victor French (Alex Bowen), Robert Random (Kyle Bowen), Robert Totten (Thatcher), Tom Brown (Orville Mason), Steve Folk, Rodolfo Hoyos. 199... The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (NBC, 1/11/1971, 120 mins). This was the sequel to “The D.A.: Murder One” (1969) and the second pilot for the short-lived series “The D.A.” (1971-72) that starred Robert Conrad, Harry Morgan, Julie Cobb and Ned Romero. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Robert H. Forward. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Photography Alric Edens. Music Frank Comstock. Editor Richard M. Sprague, Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Robert Conrad (Deputy DA Paul Ryan), William Conrad (Chief Vincent Kovac), Belinda Montgomery (Luanne Gibson), Don Stroud (Thomas Bertrand), Steve Ihnat (James Fletcher), Armando Silvestre (Robert Ramirez), Linda Marsh (Rochelle DeHaven), Roger Perry (Attorney Stevens), Leslie Parrish (Ramona Bertrand), Michael Strong (Arthur DeHaven), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Martha Grimes), Tom Geas (Ray Shadlock), Virginia Gregg (Judge Virginia Adamson), Thomas Huff (Walter Gibson), Olan Soule (Dr. Samuels), Stacy Harris (Dr. Leonard), James McEachin (Eddie Jewel), Morgan Sterne (Sergent Webster), Lew Brown (Pullman), William Wintersole, Ray Ballard, Joe E Tata, Sonja Dunson, Arthur Balinger, Arleen Starr, Ron Cavallo, Dick Congey, Dallas Mitchell, David Tyrone, Andrew MacHeath, Larry Levine, Don Edwards, Ralph Gambina, Cisco Andrade. 200... The D.A.: Murder One (NBC, 12/8/1969, 120 mins). A deputy district attorney shows up his supervisors by proving that an attractive nurse has murdered her rich husbands and relatives through insulin overdoses. This was the pilot for the subsequent series (1971-72) that starred Robert Conrad, who wasjoined in it by Harry Morgan, Julie Cobb (Lee J.’s daughter) and Ned Romero as regulars. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Robert H. Forward. Producer Harold Jack Bloom. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom. Photography Alric Edens. Music Frank Comstock. Editor Tony Martinelli. Art Director George C. Webb. Associate Producer Edward K. Dodds. Cast Howard Duff (DA Lynn Compton), Diane Baker (Mary Brokaw), J D Cannon (Nicholas Devaney), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Andrushian), Alfred Ryder (Dr. Stuart), Scott Brady (Cherniss), Carlos Romero (Ramirez), Dana Elcar (Dr. Enright), David Opatoshu (Dr. Grainger), Patric Knowles (Charles Lloyd), Alan Hewitt (Judge Tanner), Fredricka Myers (Vee Ryan), Chuck Daniel (Larry Triplett), Ford Rainey (Dr. Ellis Anders), Dean Harens (Judge Skinner). 201... Daddy, I Don’t Like It Like This (CBS, 7/12/1978, 120 mins). The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdrawal to his own world. Gruff actor Burt Young (an Oscar nominee for “Rocky”) wrote the story with a starring role for himself, and Adell Aldrich, the daughter of director Robert Aldrich, made her TV directing debut here. Look for future Hollywood star Melanie Griffith in a tiny role. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Adell Aldrich. Executive Producer Merrit Malloy. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Burt Young. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music David Shire. Editor John W. Holmes. Art Directors Albert Heschong, David Jenkins. Cast Talia Shire (Carol Agnelli), Burt Young (Rocco Agnelli), Doug McKeon (Peter), Erica Yohn (Margaret), Tresa Hughes (Sister Theresa), Bobby Cassidy (Michael), Melanie Griffith (Girl in hotel room), Jamie Aff (Tommy), Constance McCashin (Marge), Lee Weaver (Bob), Beverly May (Mother Superior), Frank Robles (Store owner), Morton Lewin (Morty), Jessica James (Mill worker), John Wylie (Florist), Raymond J. Barry (Tony), Vicky Perry (Jennifer), Diane Stilwell (Alice), Clinton Allmon (Milkman), Jennifer Cooke (Helen), Bob Mora (Joey), Wayne Harding (Johnny), Adam Monti (Giovanni), Susie Cebulski (Juanita), Mathew Anton (1st boy), Chris Langer (1st girl), Shawn Firtell (1st gang boy), G Adam Gifford (2nd gang boy), Eric Ohanian (3rd gang boy), Larry Silvestri (Giovanni’s friend), Brendan Ward (Class child). 202... The Dain Curse (CBS, 5/22/1978 to 5/24/1978, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Actor James Coburn returned to TV acting after 14 years to star as Dashiell Hammett’s fictional detective Hamilton Nash in this complex six-hour tale of the 1920s that has the private eye looking into a diamond robbery and finding himself involved with a young woman’s obsession with a deadly family curse. The Mystery Writers of America gave the film their annual Edgar Award (for Edgar Allan Poe) as the Best Television Program of 1978, and director E.W. Swackhamer (who replaced Barry Shear) and recent Oscar winner Beatrice Straight both received Emmy Award nominations for the movie. Production Company Martin Poll Films. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Bob Markell. Producers Martin Poll, William C. Gerrity. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Based on the Novel by Dashiell Hammett. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Charles Gross. Editor Murray Solomon. Art Directors Gene Rudolf, John J. Lloyd. Associate Producers Sonny Grosso, William Craver. Cast James Coburn (Hamilton Nash), Hector Elizondo (Ben Feeney), Jason Miller (Owen Fitzstephan), Jean Simmons (Aaronia Haldorn), Paul Stewart (The Old Man), Beatrice Straight (Alice Dain Leggett), Nancy Addison (Gabrielle Leggett), Tom Bower (Sergeant O’Gar), David Canary (Jack Santos), Beeson Carroll (Marshall Cotton), Martin Cassidy (Eric Collinson), Brian Davies (Tom Vernon), Roni Dengel (Daisy Cotton), Clarence Felder (Foley), Paul Harding (Edgar Leggett), Karen Ludwig (Maria Grosso), Malachy McCourt (Mickey Lenihan), Brent Spiner (Tom Fink), Ron Weyand (Judge Cochran), Hattie Winston (Minnie

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Hershey), Roland Winters (Hubert Collinson), Ellis Rabb (Joseph Haldorn), Eric Brown, Leora Dana, James Cada, William Andrews, Conrad Yama, Jasper McNally, Nicholas Wyman. 203... Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (ABC, 1/14/1979, 120 mins). To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls. This was the highest rated TV movie for the 1978-79 season. Production Company Aubrey-Hamner Productions. Director Bruce Bilson. Executive Producers James T. Aubrey, Robert Hamner. Producer Bruce Bilson. Teleplay Robert Hamner. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Jimmie Haskell. Choreographer Texi Waterman. Editor Ira Haymann. Art Director Ray Beal. Associate Producer Jack Leewood. Cast Jane Seymour (Laura Cole), Laraine Stephens (Suzanne Mitchell), Bert Convy (Lyman Spencer), Pamela Susan Shoop (Betty Denton), Ellen Bry (Joanne Vail), Jenifer Shaw (Kim Everly), Kathrine Baumann (Ginny O’Neill), Lauren Tewes (Jessie Mathews), Bucky Dent (Kyle Jessop), Terry Cook (J.R. Denton), Texi Waterman (Herself), Ron Chapman (Himself), Jerri Mote (Herself), Irma P. Hall (Dora), Gavin Troster (Frank Rand), Harlan Jordan (Tyler), Randy Moore (Tom), Jaki Morrison (Mary Lou), Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (Themselves). 204... Danger in Paradise (NBC, 5/12/1977, 120 mins). This was the pilot for the brief 1977-78 series “Big Hawaii” with an angry young man (Cliff Potts) fighting his scheming stepmother (Ina Balin) for control of his ill father’s huge island ranchestate. Production Companies Filmways, NBC Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Perry Lafferty. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay William Wood. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor O. Nicholas Brown. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Cliff Potts (Mitch Fears), John Dehner (Barrett Fears), Ina Balin (Marla Fears), William Lucking (Oscar), Jean Marie Hon (Reva), Michael Mullins (Bobby Fears), Lucia Stralser (Karen), Richard McKenzie (Carson Fears), Harry Moses (Stephen), Sandra Will (Candy), Moe Keale (Garfield), Elizabeth Smith (Big Lulu), Richard Venture, Anthony Charnota, Noel Conlon, Wayne Heffley, Denny Miller, Dave Clannon, Peter Brandon, Lynette Chun. 205... The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones (ABC, 12/25/1966, 120 mins). A Western about a drifter (Robert Horton) who is deputized by a dying marshal to deliver two killers to prison and his efforts to elude a pair of bounty hunters who want his charges. Based on the 1963 novel by Western writer Clifford Adams. This was a pilot for prospective series that failed to materialize. Production Company MGM Television. Director Alex March. Producers David Karp, Max E. Youngstein. Teleplay Frank Fenton, Robert E. Thompson. Based on the novel by Clifford Adams. Photography Ellsworth Fredericks. Music Samuel Matlovsky. Title Song Steve Karliski, Larry Kolber. Song performed by Hank Williams Jr. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Directors George W. Davis, Addison Kehr. Associate Producer Hank Moonjean. Cast Robert Horton (Kiowa Jones), Diane Baker (Amilia Rathmore), Sal Mineo (Bobby Jack Wilkes), Nehemiah Persoff (Skoda), Gary Merrill (Marshal Duncan), Robert H. Harris (Dobie), Lonny Chapman (Roy), Royal Dano (Otto), Zalman King (Jessie), Dean Stanton (Jelly), Val Avery (Morgan). 206... The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (NBC, 1/23/1978 and 1/24/1978, 2 Parts, 180/120 mins, 5 hours). Two-part suspense drama, adapted from actor-turned-author Tom Tryon’s best-selling 1973 novel “Harvest Home,” chronicling the events that beset a New York commercial artist when he and his wife and daughter move to a rustic New England village they visited during their travels, only to find a ritualistic lifestyle full of foreboding secrets. Costumer Bill Jobe was Emmy Award-nominated for his creations.The director was one-time actor Leo Penn, father of actors Sean and Chris. Production Companies Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Leo Penn. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay (Part 1) Jack Guss. Teleplay (Part 2) Charles Israel. Based on a Novel by Thomas Tryon. Adapted by James M. Miller, Jennifer Miller. Photography Charles Correll, Frank Phillips, Ken Dickson. Music Paul Chihara. Editors Robert F. Shugrue, Robert Watts. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Bette Davis (Widow Fortune), David Ackroyd (Nick Constantine), Rosanna Arquette (Kate Constantine), René Auberjonois (Jack Stump), John Calvin (Justin Hooke), Norman Lloyd (Amys Penrose), Linda Marsh (Maggie Dodd), Joanna Miles (Beth Constantine), Michael O’Keefe (Worthy Pettinger), Richard Venture (Morgan), Laurie Prange (Sophie Hooke), Lina Raymond (Tamar Penrose), Tracey Gold (Missy Penrose), Michael Durrell (Ty Harth), Dick Durock (Roy Soakes), Stephen Joyce (Robert Dodd), Stephen Gustafson (Jimmy Minerva), Phoebe Alexander (Mrs. Bucklley), Bill Balhatchet (Fred Minerva), Kathleen Howland (Asra Minerva), John Daheim (Old Man Soakes), Lori Elsie Pounder Street (Elsie Pounder), Martin Shakar (David Adwell), Grayce Grant (Mrs. Pettinger), Donald Pleasence (Narrator). 207... The Dark Side of Innocence (NBC, 5/20/1976, 120 mins). A drama involving three generations of a family in middle-class suburbia: an affluent housewife who feels that life is passing her by, the daughter she embitters by walking out on the family, and the mother whose traditional values are shaken by the woman’s divorce. This was a pilot for a prospective series that never made the cut.

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Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Executive Producer Jerry Thorpe. Producer Philip Mandelker. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Peter Matz. Editors Jack Harnish, Neil Travis. Art Director Phil Jefferies. Cast Joanna Pettet (Jesse Breton), Anne Archer (Nora Hancock Mulligan), John Anderson (Stephen Hancock), Kim Hunter (Kathleen Hancock), Lawrence Casey (Skip Breton), Gail Strickland (Heather), Claudette Nevins (Maggie Hancock), Robert Sampson (Jason Hancock), James Houghton (Dennis Hancock), Ethelinn Block (Rebecca Hancock), Denise Nickerson (Gabriela Hancock), Dennis Bowen (Michael Hancock), Kristopher Marquis (Rodney Breton), Tiger Williams (Kim Breton), Shane Butterworth (Topher Mulligan), Geoffrey Scott (Tony). 208... Dark Victory (NBC, 2/5/1976, 180 mins). An updated three-hour version of the 1939 Bette Davis movie and the 1967 one with Susan Hayward in this poignant love story of a terminally ill TV producer whose love for her doctor gives her the determination to go on. Billy Goldenberg was Emmy Award-nominated for his musical score. The movie was subsequently cut to two hours for its repeat network showing and syndicated runs. Production Company Universal Television. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Jules Irving. Teleplay M. Charles Cohen. Based on a Play by Bertram Bloch, George Emerson Brewer Jr. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Katherine Merrill), Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Michael Grant), Michele Lee (Dolores Marsh), Janet MacLachlan (Eileen), Michael Lerner (Manny), John Elerick (Jeremy), Herbert Berghof (Dr. Kassiter), Vic Tayback (Archie), Mario Roccuzzo (Sandy), Julie Rogers (Veronica), Michael Thoma (Sid), James Ingersoll (Dr. Snyder), Deborah White (Janet), Eric Server (Dr. Birney), Edgar Daniels (Zalenski), Jack Manning (Sam). 209... The Darker Side of Terror (CBS, 4/3/1979, 120 mins). A psychological thriller about a research biologist who, angered when an associate is given a position over him based on stolen research findings, agrees to assist his former professor in a cloning experiment in which a duplicate of himself is created--and which then, with a mind and will of its own, falls in love with the biologist’s wife. Production Companies Bob Banner Associates, Shaner-Ramus Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner. Teleplay Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Ann Mills. Art Director William Sandell. Associate Producer Clyde Phillips. Titles Phill Norman. Cast Robert Forster (Prof. Paul Corwin/The Clone), Adrienne Barbeau (Margaret Corwin), Ray Milland (Professor Meredith), David Sheiner (Prof. Sidney Hillstrom), John Lehne (Lieutenant Merholz), Denise DuBarry (Ann Sweeney), Jack DeMave (Roger), Thomas Bellin (Ed Linnick), Heather Hobbs (Jenny), Eddie Quillan (Watchman), Raye Sheffield (Clone), Russell Shannon (Guard), Jim Nolan (Dr. Tapler), Madeleine Shaner (Audrey Linnick), Johnny Hock (1st skater), Tom Elliott (2nd skater). 210... Daughter of the Mind (ABC, 12/9/1969, 90 mins). In this chiller mixing espionage with the supernatural, based on Paul Gallico’s novel 1964 “The Hand of Mary Constable,” a cybernetics professor (Don Murray) believes that his dead daughter is communicating with him from beyond the grave. The film was Gene Tierney’s debut telefeature. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Grauman. Producer Walter Grauman. Teleplay Luther Davis. Based on a Novel by Paul Gallico. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Michael Economou. Art Directors Jack Martin Smith, Phil Barber. Associate Producer William Kayden. Cast Don Murray (Dr. Alex Lauder), Ray Milland (Prof. Samuel Constable), Gene Tierney (Lendore Constable), Barbara Dana (Tina Cryder), Edward Asner (Saul Wiener), Pamelyn Ferdin (Mary Constable), William Beckley (Arnold Bessmer), Ivor Barry (Dr. Paul Cryder), George Macready (Dr. Frank Ferguson), John Carradine (Mr. Bosch), Virginia Christine (Helga), Cecile Ozorio (Devi Bessmer), Frank Maxwell (General Augstadt), Bill Hickman (Enemy agent), Hal Frederick (Technician). 211... The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (ABC, 9/13/1972, 90 mins). An amiable Western about a rascally fur trapper (Buddy Ebsen) who, in a scheme to keep his landholdings in the wake of a homesteading law, recruits a prostitute, a thief and a pickpocket to portray his daughters. Two sequels to this film later would follow. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Paul Savage. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Jeff Alexander. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Bud Brooks. Associate Producer Robert Monroe. Cast Buddy Ebsen (Joshua Cabe), Karen Valentine (Charity), Lesley Ann Warren (Mae), Sandra Dee (Ada), Don Stroud (Blue Wetherall), Henry Jones (Codge Collier), Jack Elam (Bitterroot), Leif Erickson (Amos Wetherall), Michael Anderson Jr. (Cole Wetherall), Paul Koslo (Deke Wetherall), Julie Mannix (Sister Mary Robert), Ron Soble (Arnie), William Katt (Billy Jack), Claudia Bryar (Warden Tippet), Eve McVeagh (Mother Superior), Erin O’Brien Moore (Matron). 212... The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (ABC, 1/28/1975, 90 mins). In the second of the “Joshua Cabe” movies-this one with an entirely different cast--the three shady ladies, hired by a rascally old rancher to pose as his daughters, are outwitted by the real father of one, who kidnaps his own daughter and holds her for a ransom Cabe can’t pay.

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Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Kathleen Hite. Based on Characters Created by Paul Savage. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Jeff Alexander. Editor Frank P. Keller. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Dan Dailey (Joshua Cabe), Dub Taylor (Bitteroot), Ronne Troup (Ada), Christina Hart (Charity), Brooke Adams (Mae), Kathleen Freeman (Essie), Carl Betz (Will), Arthur Hunnicutt (Miner), Terry Wilson (Sergeant Maxwell), Randall Carver (Jim Finch), Jane Alice Brandon (Jenny Finch), Robert Burton (Claver), Greg Leydig (Vickers), Rayford Barnes (Jenk Harris), Ivan Naranjo (Charlie), Vaughn Taylor (Land agent). 213... David Copperfield (NBC, 3/15/1970, 120 mins). A moody, sentimental fifth film version of the Dickens classic (the first in nearly 35 years) with a stellar cast composed of the giants of the British acting community providing much needed support to the virtual unknown in the title role. Laurence Olivier’s cameo as Creakle won him an Emmy nomination. Production Companies Omnibus-Biography Productions, Sagittarius. Director Delbert Mann. Producer Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Jack Pulman. Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Ken Hodges. Music Malcolm Arnold. Editor Peter Boita. Art Director Alex Vetchinsky. Associate Producer Hugh Attwooll. Cast Robin Phillips (David Copperfield), Susan Hampshire (Agnes Wickfield), Edith Evans (Aunt Betsey Trotwood), Michael Redgrave (Dan’l Peggotty), Ralph Richardson (Mr. Micawber), Wendy Hiller (Mrs. Micawber), Corin Redgrave (James Steerforth), Pamela Franklin (Dora Spenlow), Ron Moody (Uriah Heep), James Donald (Mr. Murdstone), Emlyn Williams (Mr. Dick), Laurence Olivier (Mr. Creakle), Richard Attenborough (Mr. Tungay), Megs Jenkins (Clara Peggotty), Anna Massey (Jane Murdstone), Cyril Cusack (Barkis), Nicholas Pennell (Traddles), Sinead Cusack (Emily), Andrew McCulloch (Ham), Isobel Black (Clara Copperfield), Donald Layne-Smith (Mr. Wickfield), James Hayter (Porter), Helen Cotterill (Mary Ann), Kim Craik (Emily as a child), Alistair MacKenzie (David as a child), Christopher Moran (Steerforth as a boy), Jeffrey Chandler (Traddles as a boy), Liam Redmond (Mr. Quinlon), Alison Blair, Brian Tipping, Gordon Rollings, George Woodbridge, William Lyon-Brown, Christine Ozanne, Phoebe Shaw, Robert Lankesheer. 214... Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (NBC, 9/27/1976, 120 mins). In this controversial (at the time) drama, the 15-year-old daughter of a cocktail waitress goes to the big city to become a prostitute when she can’t find legitimate work. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, NBC Productions. Director Randal Kleiser. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Dalene Young. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Fred Karlin. Song “Cherry Bomb” by Joan Jett, Kim Fowley. Song “Comin’ Home Again” by Fred Karlin, Meg Karlin. Song “Cherry Bomb” performed by The Runaways. Song “Comin’ Home Again” performed by Shaun Cassidy. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Cast Eve Plumb (Dawn Wetherby), Leigh J. McCloskey (Alexander), Lynn Carlin (Dawn’s Mother), William Schallert (Harry), Anne Seymour (Counterwoman), Joan Prather (Susie), Marguerite DeLain (Frankie Lee), Bo Hopkins (Swan), Georg Stanford Brown (Donald Umber), David Knapp (Dr. Roberts), Stephanie Burchfield (Randy), Kaaren Ragland (Melba), Anne Ramsay (Librarian), Paul Bryar (Counterman), Queenie Smith (Old woman), Paul Sorensen (Police sergeant), David Terhune (Tom), Brad Trumbull (Man), John Rose (Salesman), Romo Vincent (Fat man), Sylvia Anderson (Sumi). 215... The Day the Earth Moved (ABC, 9/18/1974, 90 mins). An aerial photography team, headed by Jackie Cooper, tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the walls begin to collapse. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producers Bobby Sherman, Ward Sylvester. Teleplay Jack Turley, Max Jack. Based on a Story by Jack Turley. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Bobby Sherman. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Bill Malley. Stunt Pilot Frank Tallman. Cast Jackie Cooper (Steve Barker), Stella Stevens (Kate Barker), Cleavon Little (Harley Copeland), William Windom (Judge Tom Backsler), Beverly Garland (Helen Backsler), Lucille Benson (Miss Virginia Porter), Tammy Harrington (Angela), Kelly Thordsen (Off. Pat Ferguson), Ellen Blake (Evelyn Ferguson), E.J. Andre (Henry Butler), Sid Melton (Chief), Don Steele (Disc jockey). 216... The Dead Don’t Die (NBC, 1/14/1975, 90 mins). This supernatural period piece set in the mid-1930s has a sailor (George Hamilton) becoming drawn into the netherworld while trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, NBC Productions. Director Curtis Harrington. Executive Producers Douglas S. Cramer, Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Producer Henry Colman. Teleplay Robert Bloch. Photography James Crabe. Music Robert Prince. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Robert Kinoshita. Cast George Hamilton (Don Drake), Ray Milland (Jim Moss), Linda Cristal (Vera La Salle), Ralph Meeker (Lieutenant Reardon), James McEachin (Frankie Specht), Joan Blondell (Levenia), Reggie Nalder (Perdido), Jerry Douglas (Ralph Drake), Milton Parsons (Undertaker), William O’Connell (Priest), Yvette Vickers (Miss Adrian), Brendan Dillon (Prison chaplain), Russ Grieve (Prison guard), Bill Smillie (Newspaper man).

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217... Dead Man on the Run (ABC, 4/2/1975, 90 mins). A special government agent, investigating the murder of a colleague, stumbles onto a plot to cover up a political assassination in this pilot for a prospective TV series using New Orleans as a backdrop. Production Company A Sweeney/Finnegan Production. Director Bruce Bilson. Executive Producer Bob Sweeney. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Ken Pettus. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Harry Geller. Editor Ira Heymann. Cast Peter Graves (Jim Gideon), Katherine Justice (Libby Stockton), Pernell Roberts (Brock Dillon), John Anderson (Jason Monroe), Diana Douglas (Meg), Mills Watson (Father Sebastian), Tom Rosqui (Fletcher), Jack Knight (“Rocky” Flanagan), Joe E. Tata (Bobby DiMosco), Hank Brandt (Alan Stockton), Stocker Fontelieu (Hollander), Don Hood (Sam Daggett), Eugene Autry (Antoine LeClerc), William J. Koolsbergen (Andre Foche), Pat McNamara (Mercer), Chuck Couch (Chaney), George Wilbur (Benet). 218... Dead Men Tell No Tales (CBS, 12/17/1971, 90 mins). A chase thriller that has a travel photographer (played by Christopher George) finding himself the quarry of paid assassins who have mistaken him for somebody else. Based on the novel by Kelley Roos, pseudonym for husband and wife mystery writers Audrey Kelley and William Roos. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Walter Grauman. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Robert Dozier. Based on the Novel by Kelley Roos. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Charles Freeman. Art Director Merrill Pye. Cast Christopher George (Larry Towers), Judy Carne (Midge Taylor), Patricia Barry (Lisa Martin), Richard Anderson (Tom Austin), Larry D. Mann (Sam Mirakian), Kevin Hagen (Karl), Joan Shawlee (Polly Grant), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Mike Carter), Fred Sadoff (Sergeant Corso), Eric Sinclair (Alan), Michael Lookinland (Bud Riley), Judith Hart (Mrs. Riley), Ella Raino Edwards (Mrs. Carter), Len Wayland (Darrow), Bill Quinn (Bartender), Richard O’Brien (Mr. Riley), John Dennis (Mack), Lorna Thayer (Suntan lady). 219... The Deadliest Season (CBS, 3/16/1977, 120 mins). A professional hockey player (Michael Moriarty), compelled by his drive to succeed and by financial pressures to adopt a more aggressive playing style, gets involved with violence on the ice, resulting in the death of a player and a manslaughter charge against him. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Based on a Story by Ernest Kinoy, Tom King. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Dick Hyman. Editor Stephen A. Rotter. Art Director Richard Bianchi. Associate Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Michael Moriarty (Gerry Miller), Kevin Conway (George Graff), Sully Boyar (Tom Feeney), Jill Eikenberry (Carole Eskanazi), Walter McGinn (DA Horace Meade), Meryl Streep (Sharon Miller), Andrew Duggan (Al Miller), Patrick O’Neal (Bertram Fowler), Paul D’Amato (Dave Eskanazi), Mason Adams (Bill Cairns), Mel Boudrot (Coach Bryant), Tom Quinn (Trainer Doyle), Ron Weyand (Judge Reinhardt), Dino Narrizano (Referee Merritt), George O Petrie (President MacCloud), Eddie Moran (Eddie Miller), Frank Bongiorno (Rene Beavois), Rudy Hornish (Waiter), Alan North (Detective Forscher), Ian Stuart (Jury Foreman). 220... Deadlock (NBC, 2/22/1969, 120 mins). In this pilot for “The Protectors,” the single season (1969-70) cop element of “The Bold Ones” series, the conflict between a white police officer and a black DA is established after violence flares in the ghetto when a black youth is killed by a cop and a white newspaperman covering the story is then murdered. Leslie Nielsen, one of the busiest actors in television, and Hari Rhodes, who later changed his first name to Harry, continued opposing each other, despite a grudging respect, in the series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Chester Krumholz, Robert E. Thompson, William Sackheim. Based on a Story by Roland Wolpert, William Sackheim. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Stanley Wilson. Song “Even When You Cry” by Stanley Wilson. Song performed by Blossoms. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director John T. McCormack. Associate Producer Mort Zarcoff. Cast Leslie Nielsen (Lt. Sam Danforth), Hari Rhodes (Leslie Washburn), Aldo Ray (Edward Logan), Ruby Dee (Lucinda), Beverly Todd (Melissa), Max Julien (Coley Walker), Dana Elcar (George Stack), Mel Stewart (Gamel), Roger Bowen (Ski), James McEachin (Noah), Fred Williamson, Walter Reed, Charles Lampkin. 221... The Deadly Dream (ABC, 9/25/1971, 90 mins). A research scientist (Lloyd Bridges) is driven to the brink by a recurring dream that he is marked for death by a mysterious tribunal, and soon he is unable to separate his dreams from reality--and vice versa. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alf Kjellin. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Barry Oringer. Photography Jack Marta. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Dr. Jim Hanley), Janet Leigh (Laurel Hanley), Carl Betz (Dr. Howard Geary), Leif Erickson (Dr. Harold Malcolm), Don Stroud (Kagan), Richard Jaeckel (Delgreve), Phillip Pine (Dr. Farrow), Herbert Nelson (Dr. Goodman). 222... Deadly Game (NBC, 12/3/1977, 120 mins). The second Andy Griffith/Abel Marsh pilot film, sequel to “The Girl in the Empty Grave” (1977), deals with a military conspiracy surrounding the destruction and scandal caused by chemical spillage from an army tanker truck.

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Production Company MGM Television. Director Lane Slate. Executive Producer Richard O. Linke. Producer Gordon A. Webb. Supervising Producer Lane Slate. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Mundell Lowe. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Leon R. Harris. Cast Andy Griffith (Abel Marsh), Mitzi Hoag (Gloria), James Cromwell (Malcolm Rossiter Jr.), Claude Earl Jones (Deputy Fred), Sharon Spelman (“Doc” Susan Glascow), Hunter Von Leer (Deputy John), Dan O’Herlihy (Col. Edward Stryker), Rebecca Balding (Amy Franklin), Eddie Foy Jr. (Carter), Fran Ryan (Frieda Beasley), Med Flory (Sergeant Redman), John Perak (Jake), Steffen Zacharias (Vernon Brea), Ysabel McCloskey (Emma), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Polly), Morgan Woodward (General Olsen), Ted Noose (Goldstone), O.W. Tuthill (Corporal), Christopher Tenney (Jeff), Ellen Blake (Barkeep), Bill McLean (Whit), Chuck Gradi (Tiny). 223... Deadly Harvest (CBS, 9/26/1972, 90 mins). An Iron Curtain defector who has lived peacefully for years as a Napa Valley wine grower discovers that he’s being stalked by an enemy from his past. Based on Geoffrey Household’s 1961 novel “Watcher in the Shadows,” which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay Dan Ullman. Based on a Novel by Geoffrey Household. Photography Earl Rath. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Bud S Isaacs. Cast Richard Boone (Anton Solca), Patty Duke (Jenny), Michael Constantine (Stefan), Jack Kruschen (Vartamian), Murray Hamilton (Sheriff Bill Jessup), Fred Carson (McAndrews/George Anson), Jack DeMave (Franklin), Bill McKeever (Charley/deputy), Richard Roat (Peterson), Richard Turner (Roger), Freddy Mao (Caretaker), Josef Rodriguez (Attendant), T.J. Howard, Stephen Lodge. 224... The Deadly Hunt (CBS, 10/1/1971, 90 mins). A young businessman and his wife on a hunting trip find themselves the quarry of two paid assassins, caught in a forest fire. Based on the novel by Pat Stadley. Production Company Four-Star International Productions. Director John Newland. Executive Producer David Levy. Producer John Newland. Teleplay Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Based on the Novel by Pat Stadley. Photography Fred J Koenekamp. Editor Henry Berman. Music Vic Mizzy. Art Director Walter Neumiester. Cast Anthony Franciosa (Ryan), Peter Lawford (Mason), Anjanette Comer (Martha Cope), Jim Hutton (Cliff Cope), Tim McIntire (Peter Burton), Thomas Hauff (Danny), Bob George (Ferraches), Ivor Harries (Uncle Claude), Wally McSween (Jeb), Billy Barringer (McKeever), Derek Glyn-Jones (Joe), David Glyn-Jones (Perkins). 225... The Deadly Tower (NBC, 10/18/1975, 120 mins). A vivid re-creation of the Texas Tower massacre of August 4, 1966, during which disturbed student Charles Whitman holed up with a gun in the tower of the University of Texas and began firing on people below, killing 13 and wounding 34. Filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Production Companies MGM Television, NBC Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Richard Caffey. Producer Antonio Calderon. Teleplay William Douglas Lansford. Based on a Story by Antonio Calderon, William Douglas Lansford. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Don Ellis. Editor Tom Stevens. Cast Kurt Russell (Charles Whitman), Richard Yniguez (Off. Ramiro Martinez), John Forsythe (Lt. Elwood Forbes), Ned Beatty (Allan Crum), Pernell Roberts (Lieutenant Lee), Clifton James (Capt Fred Ambrose), Paul Carr (C.T. Foss), Alan Vint (Tim Davis), Pepe Serna (Mano), Maria Elena Cordero (Vinnie Martinez), Gilbert Roland (Narrator). 226... Deadly Triangle (NBC, 5/19/1977, 90 mins). An ex-Olympic ski champion becomes the sheriff in his hometown, Sun Valley, just in time to investigate the slaying of a member of a ski team that has come to the resort for training. This was the first of two pilot movies for a never-aired “Stedman” series. Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, Columbia Pictures Television, NBC Productions. Director Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay Carl Gottlieb. Photography Al Francis. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editors Gregory Prange, Mike Vejar. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Dale Robinette (Bill Stedman), Taylor Lacher (Archie Sykes), Geoffrey Lewis (Red Bayliss), Robert Lansing (Charles Cole), Diana Muldaur (Edith Cole), Linda Scruggs Bogart (Joanne Price), Maggie Wellman (Merrie Leonard), Jim Coleman (Dwight Thatcher), Tom McFadden (Wayne), Norbert Weisser (Ernst Haag), Victor Brandt, Gary Wood, Carl Gottlieb, Paul Ramlow, Ned Bell, Ruth Lieder, Terry E. Cole, Mark Abel, Stanley L. Springer, Paula Wakefield, Lorraine Curtis, Kandi Demaray, Alexander Higgins. 227... Deadman’s Curve (CBS, 2/3/1978, 120 mins). A movie biography based on the meteoric careers of Jan and Dean, the popular singing duo of the late 1950s and 1960s who immortalized the day’s California surfing sound, and the tragic auto accident in 1966 that ended their rise when Jan Berry was nearly killed and was hospitalized, either comatose or severely crippled, for more than three years. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Richard Compton. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Pat Rooney. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on an Article by Paul Morantz. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Jacob Zilberg.

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Cast Richard Hatch (Jan Berry), Bruce Davison (Dean Torrence), Pamela Bellwood (Annie), Floy Dean (Dr. Vivian Sheehan), Denise DuBarry (Susan), Priscilla Cory (Linda), Kelly Ward (Billy), Eddie Benton (Nancy), George Wallace (Mr. Berry), June Dayton (Mrs. Berry), Dick Clark (Himself), Wolfman Jack (The Jackal), Hank Brandt (Mr. Torrence), Susan Sullivan (Rainbow), Mike Love (Himself), Bruce Johnston (Himself), David Byrd (Surgeon), Art Bradford (Army sergeant), Leonard Stone (Herb Alpert), James Oliver (Engineer), Noah Keen (Jim Arlett), Vicki McLean (Caroline), Inga Neilson (Kathy), Charles Pitt (Soldier), Art Koulias (Freddie). 228... Death Among Friends (NBC, 5/20/1975, 90 mins). A lady homicide detective tries to solve the murder of an international financier in this pilot for a prospective but unrealized series. Subsequently titled “Mrs. R--Death Among Friends.” Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Douglas S. Cramer, Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Stanley Ralph Ross. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Jim Helms. Editor George Watters. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Production Executive Hal W. Polaire. Special Effects Supervisor Joe Unsinn. Cast Kate Reid (Lt. Shirley Ridgeway), John Anderson (Captain Lewis), A Martinez (Manny Reyes), Martin Balsam (Russell Buckner), Jack Cassidy (Chico Donovan), Paul Henreid (Otto Schiller), Pamela Hensley (Connie Benson), William Smith (Sheldon Casey), Lynda Day George (Lisa Manning), Denver Pyle (Morgan), Robyn Hilton (Nancy), Kathrine Baumann (Carol), Michael Evans, Joseph George, Cec Linder. 229... Death at Love House (ABC, 9/3/1976, 90 mins). Curious over the relationship that his artist-father had with a famous film queen in the 1930s, a young writer and his wife accept the challenge of creating a movie script about the legendary star, gain access to her old mansion, occupied by a lone caretaker, and find themselves menaced by her spirit, which reaches out from her glass tomb. Dorothy Lamour has her only TV-movie role here, appearing with a number of other movie veterans. Filmed on the fabulous Harold Lloyd estate under the title “The Shrine of Lorna Love.” Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Hal Sitowitz. Teleplay Jim Barnett. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Robert Wagner (Joel Gregory Jr./Joel Gregory Sr.), Kate Jackson (Donna Gregory), Sylvia Sidney (Clara Josephs), Marianna Hill (Lorna Love [in flashbacks]), Joan Blondell (Marcella Geffenhart), John Carradine (Conan Carroll), Dorothy Lamour (Denise Christian), Bill Macy (Oscar), Joseph Bernard (Bus driver), John A. Zee (Eric Herman), Robert Gibbons (Director), Al Hansen (Policeman), Crofton Hardester (Actor in film). 230... Death Be Not Proud (ABC, 2/4/1975, 120 mins). The moving true story adapted from John Gunther’s 1949 book about the life and early death of his teenage son from a brain tumor two years earlier. An Emmy Award nomination went to cinematographer Michael Chapman. Production Companies Good Housekeeping Productions, Westfall Productions. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producer Charles Mortimer Jr. Producer Donald Wrye. Teleplay Donald Wrye. Based on Memoirs by John Gunther. Photography Michael Chapman. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Maury Winetrobe. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Cast Arthur Hill (John Gunther), Jane Alexander (Frances Gunther), Robby Benson (Johnny Gunther), Linden Chiles (Dr. Tracy Putnam), Ralph Clanton (Frank Boyden), Wendy Phillips (Mary Wilson). 231... Death Car on the Freeway (CBS, 9/25/1979, 120 mins). Model-turned-Charlie’s Angel Shelley Hack is a determined TV reporter out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the road with his powerful van. A number of familiar TV stars (including Dinah Shore, in her “dramatic” TV debut) turn up in this “car” movie directed by stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham. Production Company The Shpetner Company. Director Hal Needham. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay William Wood. Photography Bobby Byrne. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Cast Shelley Hack (Janette Clausen), George Hamilton (Ray Jeffries), Frank Gorshin (Ralph Candler), Peter Graves (Lieutenant Haller), Harriet Nelson (Mrs. Sheel), Barbara Rush (Rosemary), Dinah Shore (Lynn Bernheimer), Abe Vigoda (Mr. Frisch), Alfie Wise (Ace Durham), Tara Buckman (Jane Guston), Morgan Brittany (Becky Lyons), Robert F. Lyons (Barry Hill), Nancy Stephens (Christine), Gloria Stroock (Dr. Rita Glass), Hal Needham (Blanchard), Jack Collins (Bobby), Roger Aaron Brown (Eddie), Sid Haig (Maurie). 232... Death Cruise (ABC, 10/30/1974, 90 mins). Three couples, all mysterious winners of a pleasure cruise, find that their tickets have guaranteed them a one-way passage to death. Filmed aboard the Queen Mary. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Ralph Senensky. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Jack B. Sowards. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer J. Bret Garwood. Cast Richard Long (Jerry Carter), Polly Bergen (Sylvia Carter), Edward Albert (James Radney), Kate Jackson (Mary Frances Radney), Celeste Holm (Elizabeth Mason), Tom Bosley (David Mason), Michael Constantine (Dr. Burke), Cesare Danova

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(Captain Vettori), Amzie Strickland (Lynn), Alain Patrick (Barrere), Maurice Sherbanee (Room steward), West Gale (Hotel clerk), Mark DeVries (Deck steward). 233... A Death in Canaan (CBS, 3/1/1978, 150 mins). Dramatization of novelist Joan Barthel’s nonfiction account of Connecticut townspeople, rising to the defense of a local teenager charged with the mutilation murder of his mother in September 1973, and outraged at the police handling of the case. Paul Clemens, son of actress Eleanor Parker, made his film acting debut here. This movie also marked the American TV directing debut of Tony Richardson and was Emmy Award nominated as Outstanding Special of the 1977-78 season. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Tony Richardson. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W Christiansen. Teleplay Spencer Eastman, Thomas Thompson. Based on a Book by Joan Barthel. Photography James Crabe. Music John Addison. Editor Bud Smith. Art Director Robert Jillson. Associate Producers Anna Cottle, Henry Kline. Cast Stefanie Powers (Joan Barthel), Paul Clemens (Peter Reilly), Tom Atkins (Lieutenant Bragdon), Jacqueline Brookes (Mildred Carston), Brian Dennehy (Barney Parsons), Conchata Ferrell (Rita Parsons), Charles Haid (Sergeant Case), Floyd Levine (Thomas Lanza), Kenneth McMillan (Sgt. Tim Scully), Gavan O’Herlihy (Father Mark), Yuki Shimoda (Dr. Samura), James Sutorius (Jim Barthel), Bonnie Bartlett (Teresa Noble), William Bronder (Judge Revere), Pat Corley (Judge Vincent), Trent Dolan (Sweeney), Charles Hallahan (Corporal Sebastian), Sally Kemp (Barbara Gibbons), Doreen Lang (Nurse Pynne), Lane Smith (Bob Hartman), Michael Talbott (Trooper Miles), Marc Vahanian (Cliff Parsons), Paige Mellon (Anne Barthel), Dan Miller (Robert Keepre), Brad Willis (CBS Interviewer), Brian McGibbon (Philip Pitts), O-lan Shepard (Carla Pitts). 234... A Death of Innocence (CBS, 11/26/1971, 120 mins). Courtroom drama of the ordeal of a small-town mother who comes to Manhattan from Idaho to attend her daughter’s murder trial, bewildered by the pace of the big city but steadfastly standing beside the girl despite the evidence against her. Kim Stanley originally was to have played the mother of the co-defendant, but a foot injury caused her to be replaced by Ann Sothern, the real-life mother of Tisha Sterling, the accused girl. Based on Zelda Popkin’s 1971 novel. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Based on the Novel by Zelda Popkin. Photography Ben Colman. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Shelley Winters (Elizabeth Cameron), Arthur Kennedy (Marvin Hirsh), Tisha Sterling (Buffie Cameron), Ann Sothern (Annie LaCossitt), John Randolph (Charles Cameron), Harold Gould (Alexander Weisberg), Antoinette Bower (Cara Fellman), Peggy McCay (Helen McCloud), Richard Bright (Jimmy Rekko), Tony Young (Joe LaCossitt), Pilar Seurat (Miss Santiago), Doreen Lang (Mary Fingerhut), Barney Phillips (Klein), Regis J. Cordic (Judge Morahan). 235... The Death of Me Yet (ABC, 10/27/1971, 90 mins). A small-town newspaper editor, a pillar of his community, discovers that his hidden past has caught up with him, and an Iron Curtain agent who knew him in his other life has been sent to kill him. Adapted from Whit Masterson’s 1970 novel. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay A.J. Russell. Based on the Novel by Whit Masterson. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Doug McClure (Edward Young/Paul Towers), Darren McGavin (Joe Chalk), Rosemary Forsyth (Sybil Towers), Richard Basehart (Robert Barnes), Meg Foster (Alice), Dana Elcar (Hank Keller), Jean Allison (Marilyn Keller), Steve Dunne (George Dickman), Scottie MacGregor (Nora Queen), Allen Jaffe (Nylec), Sam Edwards (Jerry), John Kroga (Redstone). 236... The Death of Ocean View Park (ABC, 10/19/1979, 120 mins). A group of celebrants find themselves trapped in an amusement park that is being torn apart by a hurricane during a Fourth of July holiday. The real Ocean View Park in Norfolk, Virginia, scheduled for demolition by the city, actually was blown up and burned down during the filming. Production Companies Furia-Oringer Productions, Playboy Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Producer Michael Trikilis. Teleplay Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Photography Travis Hill. Music Fred Werner. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Joseph Altadonna. Cast Mike Connors (Sam Jackson), Diana Canova (Sheila Brady), Perry Lang (Billy Robbins), Caroline McWilliams (Paula Williams), James Stephens (Phil Brady), Mare Winningham (Jenny Flowers), Martin Landau (Tom Flood), Mel Stewart (Herman Reece), Aarika Wells (Samantha), Janina Mathews (Jessica Jackson). 237... The Death of Richie (NBC, 1/10/1977, 120 mins). A confused teenager (Robby Benson) turns to drugs, leading to erratic outbursts in school and violent quarrels with his straight-arrow father. Adapted from the book by Thomas Thompson. Production Companies Henry Jaffe Enterprises, NBC Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Charles B FitzSimmons. Producer Michael Jaffe. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Thomas Thompson. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Ben Gazzara (George Werner), Robby Benson (Richie Werner), Eileen Brennan (Carol Werner), Lance Kerwin (Russell Werner), Charles Fleischer (Brick), Clint Howard (Peanuts), Harry Gold (Mark), Cindy Eilbacher (Sheila), Rose Gregorio

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(Betty Firmani), Anne Newman Mantee (Judge Feinberg), Sean Thomas Roche (Pat), Shirley O’Hara (Mrs. Norton), Jennifer Rhodes (Elaine), John Zaremba (Mr. Norton), Jesse Emmett (Eddie), Susan Pratt (Janie), John Friedrich (Kurt), Jane Marla Robbins (Nancy), Herbert Voland (Morris Polk), Kathryn Ish (Mrs. Sullivan), Tom Tarpey (Mr. Sullivan), Alice Hirson (Mrs. Blair), Richard Stahl (Arthur Edmunds), Barry Miller (Domenic). 238... Death Race (ABC, 11/10/1973, 90 mins). A war movie pitting a crippled American fighter plane against a Nazi tank in a desert duel. Milton Rosen’s score was written originally for a 1967 World War II yarn called “The Young Warrior.” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Harve Bennett. Teleplay Charles Kuenstle. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Milton Rosen. Editors Carl Pingitore, Les Green. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Gen. Ernst Beimler), Roy Thinnes (Arnold McMillan), Eric Braeden (Stoeffer), Doug McClure (Lt. Del Culpepper), Dennis Wayne Rucker (Lieutenant Voelke), Christopher Cary (British radioman), Brendon Boone (Private Hoffman), Ivor Barry (Major Barry), Tom Dugan (Private Becker), William Beckley (British airman), Eric Micklewood (British officer). 239... Death Scream (ABC, 9/26/1975, 120 mins). An all-star suspense drama about a young woman whose murder was witnessed by 15 of her neighbors who did nothing to help and refused to cooperate with the police. Based on the infamous Kitty Genovese killing in Queens, NY, this was filmed under the title “Homicide” and in its repeat showing was called “The Woman Who Cried Murder.” Production Company RSO Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Ron Bernstein. Producer Deanne Barkley. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Gene Polito. Music Gil Melle. Editor David Newhouse. Associate Producer Donald March. Cast Raul Julia (Det. Nick Rodriguez), John P. Ryan (Det. Dave Lambert), Phillip Clark (Det. Johnny Bellon), Lucie Arnaz (Judy), Edward Asner (Peter Singleton), Art Carney (Mr. Jacobs), Diahann Carroll (Betty May), Kate Jackson (Carol), Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Singleton), Tina Louise (Hilda Murray), Nancy Walker (Mrs. Jacobs), Eric Braeden (Kosinsky), Allyn Ann McLerie (Alice Whitmore), Todd Susman (Jimmy Crescent), Belinda Balaski (Jenny Storm), Dimitra Arliss (Mrs. Kosinsky), William Bryant (Harry Whitmore), Joan Goodfellow (Mrs. Daniels), Thelma Houston (Lady Wing Ding), Bert Freed (Detective Ross), Don Pedro Colley (Detective Hughes), Tony Dow (Joey), Helen Hunt (Teila Rodriguez), Sally Kirkland (Mary), Gail Bonney (Landlady), Joe E Tata (Detective Linsky), Robert Ito (Doctor), Rick Taeger (Mr. Deutch), George Loros (Sergeant Lloyd), Les Lannom (Mr. Daniels), Jose Centeno (Frank Martines), Paul Reid Roman (Patrolman Alpert), Morris Buchanan (Sanitation man), Sam Lewis (Sanitation man), Bill Quinn (Man with cigar), James Jeter (Bus driver), Robert Cleaves (Clerk), Carolyn Ames (Receptionist), Gail Bonney (Landlady), Frank Ventgen (1st patrolman), Keith Wheller (Black man), Ava Readdy (Girl), Alan Paige (Technician), Tina Menard (Mrs. Martinez), Tony Mancini (Worker), Alma Collins (Black girl). 240... Death Sentence (ABC, 10/2/1974, 90 mins). Cloris Leachman is a juror in a murder case who comes to the conclusion that the wrong man is on trial, and then finds her own life threatened by the real killer--her husband. Based on the novel “After the Trial” by Eric Roman. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay John Neufeld. Based on a Novel by Eric Roman. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Leon Carrere. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Cloris Leachman (Susan Davies), Laurence Luckinbill (Don Davies), Nick Nolte (John Healy), Alan Oppenheimer (Lubell), William Schallert (Tanner), Yvonne Wilder (Elaine Croft), Herbert Voland (Lowell Hayes), Hope Summers (Emily Boylan), Peter Hobbs (Judge), Doreen Lang (Mrs. Cottard), Murray MacLeod (Martin Gorman), Bing Russell (Trooper), Meg Wyllie (Mae Sinclair), Lew Brown (Mr. Bowman), C.J. Hincks (Marilyn Healy), Vernon Weddle (Hayden), Robert Cleaves (Dr. Braun), Jack Collins (Willis Wright), Dick Winslow (Barman), Patrick Patterson (Jury guard), Morgan Englund (Bobby), Dinah Englund (Pru). 241... The Death Squad (ABC, 1/8/1974, 90 mins). A television carbon of Clint Eastwood’s “Magnum Force” (1973), this movie likewise has a hard-nosed cop going after a self-styled assassination squad of bad cops who are methodically eliminating criminals they feel were wrongly exonerated in court. Robert Forster is the one routing out the bad apples. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Harry Falk. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Robert Austin. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Stefan Arnsten. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Parke Perine. Cast Robert Forster (Eric Benoit), Michelle Phillips (Joyce Kreski), Claude Akins (Connie Brennan), Mark Goddard (Allen Duke), Melvyn Douglas (Capt Earl Kreski), Kenneth Tobey (Hartman), George Murdock (Vern Acker), Jesse Vint (Harmon), Stephen Young (Lieutenant Andrece), Julie Cobb (Sharon), Bert Remsen (The Chief), Dennis Patrick (The Commissioner), Janis Hansen (Dispatcher), Nate Esformes (Pela), Regis J. Cordic (Judge), Sidney Clute (Driver), Jeane Byron (Commissioner’s wife), Claire Brennan (Waitress Max), Nick Dennis (Greek), Mel Scott (Officer), Ian Scott (Gunman), Trish Mahoney (Woman), Buddy Garion (Staley), Sally Frei (Girl).

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242... Death Stalk (NBC, 1/21/1975, 90 mins). A kidnap thriller (think “Deliverance”) that finds two men desperately trying to save their wives who have been abducted by four escaped convicts fleeing down a treacherous river in rubber rafts. Based on the 1971 novel by Thomas Chastain. Initially scheduled to premiere 11/26/74. Production Companies Herman Rush Associates, Wolper Productions, NBC Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Herman Rush, Ted Bergman. Producer Richard Caffey. Teleplay John W. Bloch, Stephen Kandel. Based on the Novel by Thomas Chastain. Photography Leonard J. South, Michel Hugo. Music Pete Rugolo. Editors James T. Heckert, Chuck Montgomery. Cast Vince Edwards (Jack Trahey), Carol Lynley (Cathy Webster), Anjanette Comer (Pat Trahey), Vic Morrow (Leo Brunner), Neville Brand (Cal Shepherd), Norman Fell (Frank Cody), Robert Webber (Hugh Webster), Larry Wilcox (Roy Joad). 243... Death Takes a Holiday (ABC, 10/23/1971, 90 mins). In this updated remake of the 1934 movie that starred Fredric March, Death in human form comes to earth to learn why people hang onto life so tenaciously and unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman. The film reunited veteran actors Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy for the first time since the 1940s when they worked together in “Third Finger--Left Hand” (1940) and “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” (1948). Based on Albert Casella’s 1928 play “La Morte in Vacanza.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Robert Butler. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Based on a Play by Alberto Casella. Adapted by Walter Ferris. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Laurindo Almeida. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Peggy Chapman), Monte Markham (David Smith), Myrna Loy (Selena Chapman), Bert Convy (John Cummings), Melvyn Douglas (Judge Earl Chapman), Kerwin Mathews (Sen. Earl Chapman Jr.), Priscilla Pointer (Marion Chapman), Austin Willis (Martin Herndon), Colby Chester (Tony Chapman), Maureen Reagan (Ellen Chapman), Mario J. Machado (TV Announcer), Regis J. Cordic (TV Announcer). 244... Deathmoon (CBS, 5/31/1978, 120 mins). An overworked executive vacationing in Hawaii finds that his romance with an attractive businesswoman he meets there is threatened by the supernatural powers of a strange native curse. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Bruce Kessler. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay George Schenck. Based on a Story by George Schenck, Jay Benson. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast France Nuyen (Tapalua), Robert Foxworth (Jason Palmer), Joe Penny (Rick Bladen), Barbara Trentham (Diane May), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Russ Cort), Debralee Scott (Sherry Weston), Charles Haid (Earl Wheelie), Joan Freeman (Mrs. Jennings), Branscombe Richmond (Vince Tatupu), Carole Kai (Tami Waimea), Mitch Mitchell (Ryan Jennings), Albert Harris (Dr. Restin), Lydia Lei Kayahara (Julie Chin), Don Pomes (Dr. Eckworth), Jose Bulatao (Wolf Man Dancer), Terry Takada (Judy), Donna White (Dora), Robert Witthans (Harry Phillips), Robert I. Preston (Marsh), Carol Avery (Kay), Alan Vicencio (Jenner), Chris Bailey (Walt). 245... The Deerslayer (NBC, 12/18/1978, 90 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” film treatment of James Fenimore Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tale” of 1841 that has frontiersman Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook teaming up to rescue a chief’s daughter from the hands of her enemies. Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Schick Sunn Classics. Director Richard Friedenberg. Executive Producers Charles Sellier Jr., James L. Conway. Producer Bill Conford. Teleplay S.S. Schweitzer. Based on the Novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Andrew Belling, Bob Summers. Editor Carl Kress. Art Director Scott Lindquist. Cast Steve Forrest (Hawkeye), Ned Romero (Chingachgook), John Anderson (Hutter), Victor Mohica (Rivenoak), Joan Prather (Judith Hutter), Charles Dierkop (Hurry Harry March), Brian Davies (Lieutenant Plowden), Ted Hamilton (Sieur de Beaujeur), Madeline Stowe (Hetty Hutter), Ruben Moreno (Tamenund), Betty Ann Carr (Wa-Wa-Ta), Alma Beltran, Rosa Maria Hudson, Andrew William Lewis, Stephen Craig Taylor. 246... The Defection of Simas Kudirka (CBS, 1/23/1978, 120 mins). A fact-based drama about the Lithuanian seaman (played by Alan Arkin) who made an abortive attempt for freedom in 1970 by leaping from a Russian ship to the deck of an American Coast Guard cutter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Director David Lowell Rich and editor John A. Martinelli each received an Emmy Award for this film, which also gained nominations for Donald Pleasence (Supporting Actor), Bruce Feldman (Teleplay) and David Shire (Music). Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay Bruce Feldman. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music David Shire. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Cast Alan Arkin (Simas Kudirka), Richard Jordan (Cmdr. Edward Devon), Donald Pleasence (Capt Vladimir Popov), George Dzundza (Gruzauskas), John McMartin (Phillp Chadway), Shirley Knight (Genna Kudirka), Marvin Silberscher (Commander Burkalis), Peter Evans (Mott), Ted Shackelford (Blain), Barton Heyman (Dr. Paegle), Jack Blessing (Kabek), Nicholas Guest (Baltrunar), Matthew Arkin (Petras), Salem Ludwig (Assistant supervisor), Bok Richardson (Admiral Ritter), Don Warnock Jr. (Stender), Nicholas Saunders (Soviet Chairman), Warren Manzi (Radio operator), David Gibson (Garvey), Thomas

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Vegh (Cipola), Mark Bernier (Colley), Clarence Felder (Picnic man), Gedda Petry (Marija), Joe Sabia (Durgas), Daniel Williams (Seaman Nance), Michael Stein (Yakov), Joyce Vining Morgan (Mrs. Paegle), Don Wescott (Prosecutor), Jack Lazare (Old KGB man), Stephen Nuding (Young KGB man), Kenneth Bradford (Captain Sloan). 247... Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (NBC, 4/19/1975, 90 mins). A drama based on the work of John Maher, founder of the Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help rehabilitation center dedicated to recycling ex-junkies, ex-convicts and others. This was an unsuccessful pilot for a proposed weekly series with Walter McGinn. Production Companies Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions, Culzean Corporation, Paramount Network Television. Director James Frawley. Executive Producer Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay Robert Foster. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Mike Vejar. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Robert Foster. Cast Walter McGinn (John McCann), Carmine Caridi (Joe), Michael Conrad (Robert John Holtzman), Louis Gossett Jr. (Otis James), Mark Hamill (Philip Donaldson), Barbara Bostock (Mrs. Donaldson), Barbara Cason (Ms. Sommerville), Anthony Charnota (Tony), Hector Elias (Rudolfo), John Karlen (Richard Copell), John S. Ragin (Jeff Donaldson), Jerii Woods (Suzie Franklin), Joe Flaherty (George Miles), Sylvia Soares (Ruby James), Leigh French (Mary), Bart Cardinelli (Dixon), David Moody (Slim Jim), Bill Toliver (T.D.), James Jeter (2nd guard), M P Murphy (Detective). 248... Deliver Us From Evil (ABC, 9/11/1973, 90 mins). Stumbling onto an injured skyjacker who parachuted into the mountains with $600,000 in ransom, five greenhorn hikers kill the fugitive and fight the elements and each other for the money. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Jack B. Sowards. Photography Bill Butler. Music Andrew Belling. Editor Jim Jenson. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast George Kennedy (Walter “Cowboy” McAdams), Jan-Michael Vincent (Nick Fleming), Bradford Dillman (Steven Dennis), Charles Aidman (Arnold Fleming), Jack Weston (Al Zabrocki), Allen Pinson (Skyjacker). 249... The Delphi Bureau (ABC, 3/6/1972, 120 mins). A suspense drama that has a government agent with a photographic memory assigned to solve the disappearance of an entire fleet of old Air Force planes. Laurence Luckinbill again played the talented operative in the subsequent series (1972-73) with Celeste Holm repeating her role, later to be replaced by Anne Jeffreys. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Sam H. Rolfe. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Ben Colman. Music Harper MacKay. Editor Dann Cahn. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Laurence Luckinbill (Glenn Garth Gregory), Celeste Holm (Sybil Van Loween), Dean Jagger (Matthew Keller), Cameron Mitchell (Stokely), Bradford Dillman (Randy Jamison), Bob Crane (Charlie Taggart), Joanna Pettet (April Thompson), David Sheiner (Joe Dobkin), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Loveless), Kevin Hagen (Luke), June Vincent (Charlotte), Dub Taylor (Old Timer), Frank Marth (Sheriff Morgan), Pamelyn Ferdin (Alice/boarder), Robert Osterloh (Drunk), Judith Baldwin (Penny), William Stevens (Guard), Joseph Mell (Pickpocket), K L Smith (Air Force sergeant). 250... Delta County U.S.A. (ABC, 5/20/1977, 120 mins). Delta County is Peyton Place relocated in a staid southern community, with the communications barrier between the generations as solid as ever. Production Companies Leonard Goldberg Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Tom Rickman. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editors Gordon Scott, Rick Wormell. Art Director Jack T. Collis. Cast Jim Antonio (Jack the Bear), Jeff Conaway (Terry Nicholas), Robert Hays (Bo), Edward Power (Val Nicholas), Joanna Miles (Kate McCain Nicholas), Peter Donat (John McCain Jr.), Lola Albright (Dossie Wilson), Michele Carey (Jonsie Wilson), Leigh Christian (Vonda), John McLiam (Cap McCain), James Crittenden (Bevo), Doney Oatman (McCain), Joe Penny (Joe Ed), Tisch Raye (Robbie Jean), Peter Masterson (Billy Wingate), Morgan Brittany (Doris Ann), Dennis Burkley (Biggie), Sandy McPeak (Chief Doughly), MacIntyre Dixon (Mr. Estes), William Larsen (Mr. Odle), Bill Quinn (Doc Place), Jim Bentley, Mona Bruns, Edward Call, Patricia Gorman, Carlena Gower, Barry Hamilton, Roger Hampton, Lew Horn, Geraldine O’Brien, Ava Readdy, June Whitley Taylor. 251... The Desperate Miles (ABC, 3/5/1975, 90 mins). A disabled Vietnam veteran, out to prove that a person does not have to be helpless, embarks on a grueling 130-mile trip in a wheelchair, an odyssey in which his life is endangered by a paranoid truck driver. Production Companies Frank von Zerneck Films, Robert Greenwald Productions, Universal Television. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producer Joel Rogosin. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Arthur A. Ross, Joel Rogosin. Based on a Story by Arthur A. Ross. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Robert Prince. Song “Many Miles to Morning” by Bill Dyer, Joel Rogosin, Robert Prince. Song Performed by Denny Brooks. Editors Chuck McClelland, Howard Terrill. Cast Tony Musante (Joe Larkin), Joanna Pettit (Ruth Merrick), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Larkin), Lyn Loring (Jill), John Larch (Dr. Bryson), Pepe Serna (Ruiz), Michael Richardson (Ted), Shelly Novack (Lou), Richard Reicheg (Al), Stacy Keach Sr. (Mr. Rhodes), John Chandler (Truck driver), Purvis Atkins (Jason), Marcus Smith (Spaulding), John Elerick, Kathy Cronkite.

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252... The Desperate Mission (NBC, 12/3/1971, 120 mins). Western hokum about Mexican bandit-folk hero Joaquin Murieta here shown to be a frontier Robin Hood, fighting a bunch of ruthless hombres and, with three cohorts, righting wrongs done to harassed pioneers. Filmed in 1969, it was initially shown outside the United States in 1970 under the title “Joaquin Murieta.” Production Companies Montalban Enterprises, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producer Aaron Rosenberg. Producer David Silver. Teleplay Jack Guss, Richard Collins. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Russell Schoengarth. Art Director Alfred Ybarra. Associate Producer Joseph Silver. Costumes Moss Mabry. Cast Ricardo Montalban (Joaquin Murieta), Slim Pickens (Three-Finger Jack), Rosey Grier (Morgan), Ina Balin (Otilia), Earl Holliman (Shad Clay), Jim McMullan (Arkansaw), Miriam Colon (Claudina), Armando Silvestre (Diego Campos), Robert J Wilke (Gant), Anthony Caruso (Don Miguel Ruiz), Charles Horvath (Yuma), Allen Pinson (Croncracker), Ben Archibek (Frankie Gant), Eddra Gale (Dolores/bartender), Jose Chavez (First Monk), Francisco DeCordova (Father Augustine), Eldon Burke (Galvez), Ivan Scott, Tamara Girina, Miguel Fernandes, Juan Garcia, Juan Edwards, Lina Marin, Victor Eberg. 253... Desperate Women (NBC, 10/25/1978, 120 mins). A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an Army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss’ girlfriend and the saddle-tramp’s secret cargo. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay Jack B. Sowards. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Song “Ballad of Three Desperate Women” by Dick DeBenedictis. Song by Sally Stevens. Song Performed by Beau Charles. Editor Sam Vitale. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Gordon A. Webb. Associate Producer (Mexico) Octavio Elias. Cast Susan Saint James (Esther Winters), Dan Haggerty (Benjamin Ward), Ronee Blakley (Selena Watson), Ann Dusenberry (Joanna Dance), Susan Myers (Amy), Randolph Powell (Terry), Max Gail (Lieutenant Spangler), Michael DeLano (Black Jack Ketcham), Taylor Lacher (Tulsa Red), Tiger Williams (Charlie), Bob Hoy (Sergeant Mulrooney), James Griffith (Jonas Scurlock), Rudy Diaz (Two Feathers), William Vaughn (Kendall), Ed Fury (Osterhaus), John Crawford, Clint Ritchie. 254... Destiny of a Spy (NBC, 10/27/1969, 120 mins). A rambling espionage thriller, filmed in London, about a veteran Russian spy (Lorne Greene) who is brought out of retirement for a sabotage task in the West and finds himself falling in love with an attractive British double agent (Rachel Roberts). Based on John Blackburn’s 1962 novel “The Gaunt Woman.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on a Novel by John Blackburn. Photography Arthur Grant. Music Ron Grainer. Editor Archie Ludski. Production Designer Bernard Robinson. Cast Lorne Greene (Peter Vanin), Rachel Roberts (Megan Thomas), Anthony Quayle (Colonel Malendin), James Donald (Sir Martin Rolfe), Harry Andrews (General Kirk), Patrick Magee (John Flack), Patrick Newell (Julius Bates), Raymond Huntley (Superintendent Pode), Olaf Pooley (Igor Trubenoff), Victor Beaumont (Karl Kronig), Janina Faye (Elena Vanin), Josephine Stuart (Elizaveta), Angela Pleasence (Peace girl), Mary Kerridge (Lady Rolfe), Richard Vernon (Colonel). 255... The Devil and Miss Sarah (ABC, 12/4/1971, 90 mins). A legendary Western outlaw with satanic powers, being escorted to justice by a homesteading couple, uses hypnosis to possess the wife’s soul and to help him make his getaway. Production Company Universal Television. Director Michael Caffey. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Calvin Clements Jr. Photography Harry L Wolf. Music David Rose. Editor Budd Small. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Gene Barry (Rankin), James Drury (Gil Turner), Janice Rule (Sarah Turner), Charles McGraw (Marshal Duncan), Slim Pickens (Stoney), Logan Ramsey (Holmes), Donald Moffat (Appleton). 256... Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (CBS, 10/31/1978, 120 mins). A chiller involving a suburban family that falls under the spell of a dog imbued with the spirit of the devil, premiering on television, quite appropriately, on Halloween. Production Company Zeitman-Landers-Roberts Productions. Director Curtis Harrington. Executive Producer Jerome M. Zeitman. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Artie Kane. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director William Cruse. Cast Richard Crenna (Mike Barry), Yvette Mimieux (Betty Barry), Kim Richards (Bonnie Barry), Ike Eisenmann (Charlie Barry), Victor Jory (Shaman), Lou Frizzell (George), Ken Kercheval (Miles Amory), R.G. Armstrong (Dunworth), Martin Beswick (Red-haired lady), Bob Navarro (Newscaster), Lois Ursoni (Mrs. Hadley), Jerry Fogel (Doctor), Warren Munson (Superintendent), Tina Menard (Maria), Kevin McKenzie (Joe), Shelley Curtis, Deborah Karpf, Jan Burrell, Jack Carol, Dana Laurita, James Reynolds, E.A. Sirianni. 257... The Devil’s Daughter (ABC, 1/9/1973, 90 mins). A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to the devil in infancy is now called to the fold by Satan (in the guise of Shelley Winters) who tries to marry her off to a fellow demon. This devilworshipping horror tale was assembled by the producers and the writer of such later collaborations as “Silver Streak” and “Foul Play.”

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Production Companies Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Producers Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L. Miller. Teleplay Colin Higgins. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Rita Roland. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Bob Birnbaum. Titles Phill Norman. Cast Shelley Winters (Lilith Malone), Belinda Montgomery (Diane Shaw), Robert Foxworth (Steve Stone), Jonathan Frid (Mr. Howard), Martha Scott (Mrs. Stone), Joseph Cotten (Judge Wetherby), Barbara Sammeth (Susan Sanford), Diane Ladd (Alice Shaw), Lucille Benson (Janet Poole), Thelma Carpenter (Margaret Poole), Abe Vigoda (Alikhine), Ian Wolfe (Father MacHugh), Robert Cornthwaite (Pastor Dixon), Rozelle Gayle (Fedora), Nick Bolin (Turk), Lillian Bronson (Landlady), Sharon Barr (Kitty), Jock Livingston (Middle-aged man), Grace Genaro (2nd woman), Gail Bonney (1st woman), Mark Thomas (Julio). 258... Dial Hot Line (ABC, 3/8/1970, 120 mins). The concept that eventually became Vince Edwards’ “Matt Lincoln” series (1970-71) revolves around a psychiatric telephone service with Edwards as head man and several younger players taking to the street--in the best tradition of “The Mod Squad”--and getting involved with people with myriads of problems. The later series, although short-lived, did not affect Edwards’ career adversely, but the other four regulars never went on to become household names. John Badham, the pilot’s associate producer, subsequently moved into directing and did such moneymakers as “SaturdayNight Fever” and “Dracula” for the big screen, as well as several television movies. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on a Story by Carol Sobieski, Don Ingalls. Photography Jack Marta. Music Oliver Nelson. Song “Hey, Does Somebody Care” written and perform Linda Perhaps. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director George C Webb. Associate Producer John Badham. Cast Vince Edwards (David Leopold), Chelsea Brown (Tag [Tasmania Australia Gibson]), Michael Larrain (Kevin), June Harding (Ann), Felton Perry (Jimmy), Kim Hunter (Mrs. Edith Carruthers), Lane Bradbury (Pam Carruthers), Elliot Street (Joe), G.D. Spradlin (Dr. Stone), Robert Pratt (Earl), Michael McGreevey (Peter), James Griffith (Sam), Kermit Murdock (4th board member), Vincent Van Patten (Stevie). 259... Diary of a Hitchhiker (ABC, 9/21/1979, 120 mins). Rebellious 17-year-old girl (Charlene Tilton) ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up ultimately by a homicidal maniac. Production Company The Shpetner Company. Director Ted Post. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Robert Malcolm Young. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Joe Renzetti. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director Joseph Altadonna. Associate Producer Ric Rondell. Cast Dick Van Patten (Herb Thurston), Katherine Helmond (Elaine Thurston), James Carroll Jordan (Ron Leland), Katy Kurtzman (Trish Thurston), Christopher Knight (Nick), Brad David Stockton (Wayne), Charlene Tilton (Julie Thurston), Karlene Crockett (Dana), Dominique Dunne (Cathy), Shelly Batt (Francine), Alain Patrick (Claude), Richard Sanders (Mr. Fogarty), Patricia Smith (Marion Burke), Jack Rader (Sean Burke), Noelle North, Don McLean. 260... The Disappearance of Aimee (NBC, 11/17/1976, 120 mins). A dramatization of the unexplained six-week disappearance in 1926 of evangelist Aimee Semple McPhearson after which a court hearing had to decide whether she had been kidnapped to Mexico as she claimed or trysting with a married man as the police and her mother (played by Bette Davis) suspected. This was Faye Dunaway’s TV movie debut in a role that was scheduled to be played by Ann-Margret. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Anthony Harvey. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Paul Leaf. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography James Crabe. Music Steve Byrne. Editor Gerry Greenberg. Art Director Charles Rosen. Associate Producers Ira Loonstein, Irby Smith. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Faye Dunaway (Sister Aimee McPhearson), Bette Davis (Minnie Kennedy), James Sloyan (DA Asa Keyes), James Woods (Asst. DA Joseph Ryan), John Lehne (Captain Cline), Lelia Goldoni (Emma Shaffer), Severn Darden (S.I. Gilbert), William Jordan (Kenneth Ormiston), Sandy Ward (Judge Blake), Barry Brown (Wallace Moore), Irby Smith (Benedict), Hartley Silver (Clerk), Rena Andrews, Lucian Benrier, Richard Jamison, Liz Jury, Harlan Knudson, Lester Palmer, Jerry Reitmeyer, Dusty Saunders. 261... The Disappearance of Flight 412 (NBC, 10/1/1974, 90 mins). After two jets mysteriously disappear while pursuing UFOs and the Air Force officially refuses to recognize the incident, flight commander Glenn Ford disobeys orders from the military complex to learn what happened to his men. Production Company Cinemobile Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Gerald L. Adler. Teleplay George Simpson, Neal R. Burger. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Glenn Ford (Col. Pete Moore), Bradford Dillman (Maj. Mike Dunning), David Soul (Capt. Roy Bishop), Robert F Lyons (Capt. Cliff Riggs), Guy Stockwell (Lt. Colonel Trottman), Greg Mullavey (Lt. Tony Podryski), Stanley Clay (Lieutenant Ferguson), Kent Smith (General Enright), Jonathan Lippe (Smith), Jack Ging (Green), Cynthia Hayward (Nina Moore), Simon Scott (Col. Freeman Barnes), Edward Winter (McCheer), Jesse Vint (Scanner), Morris Buchanan (Sergeant Wallace), Brent Davis (Sergeant Feeney), Kevin Kerchival (Whitey), Herb Ellis (Narrator).

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262... Disaster on the Coastliner (ABC, 10/28/1979, 120 mins). A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the death of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con man Robert Fuller puts his life on the line to ward off the crash. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Richard C Sarafian. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay David Ambrose. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Robert Florio. Art Director Bill Hiney. Aerial Photography Frank Holgate. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Al Mitchell), Raymond Burr (Estes Hill), Robert Fuller (Matt Leigh), Pat Hingle (John Marsh), E.G. Marshall (Roy Snyder), Yvette Mimieux (Paula Harvey), William Shatner (Stuart Peters), Paul Smith (Jim Waterman/Larry Prescott), Arthur Malet (Southbound conductor), Harry Caesar (Northbound conductor), Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Shanks), Michael Pataki (Tate), Peter Jason (LeBoux), Jerry Ayres (Talmadge), Julie Mannix (Debbie Fox), Dago Dimster (David), Ron Prince (Detective), Norman Alexander Gibbs (Steward), Lane Smith (John Carlson), Sandy McPeak (Hennessey), Carole Hemingway (Reporter), Jason Ronard (Helicopter pilot), Russ Reynold (Helicopter pilot), James Gavin (Helicopter pilot). 263... Divorce His/Divorce Hers (ABC, 2/6/1973 and 2/7/1973, 2 Parts, 90 mins each, 3 hours). In their TV movie debuts, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton costarred in this unusual two-part film written by British playwright John Hopkins-actually two films or two stories running concurrently--delving into the dissolution of an 18-year marriage through the eyes of both partners. Production Company World Film Services. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer John Heyman. Producers Gareth Wigen, Terence Baker. Teleplay John Hopkins. Photography Ernst Wild, Gabor Pogany. Music Stanley Myers. Editor John. Bloom. Art Director Roy Stannard. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Jane Reynolds), Richard Burton (Martin Reynolds), Carrie Nye (Diana Proctor), Barry Foster (Donald Trenton), Gabrielle Ferzetti (Turi Livicci), Daniella Surina (Franca), Rudolph Walker (Kaduna), Mark Colleano (Tommy Reynolds), Eva Griffith (Judith Reynolds), Rosalyn Vandor (Peggy), Thomas Baptiste (Minister), Ronald Radd (Angus McIntyre), Marietta Schupp (Gina). 264... Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (ABC, 11/9/1971, 90 mins). Four elderly ladies with time on their hands create a fictional girl for a computer dating service and get involved with a psychopath in this adaptation of Doris Miles Disney’s lighthearted crime novel (1970). Helen Hayes, in her first TV movie, was Emmy nominated for her performance. Production Company Lee Rich Company. Director Ted Post. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay John D.F. Black. Based on the Novel by Doris Miles Disney. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Helen Hayes (Sophie Tate Curtis), Myrna Loy (Evelyn Tryon), Mildred Natwick (Shelby Saunders), Sylvia Sidney (Elizabeth Gibson), Vince Edwards (Mal Weston), John Beradino (Lieutenant Hallum), Larry D Mann (Sergeant Lutz), Paul Smith (Cutter), Barbara Davis (Brenda), Gary Vinson (Jonas), Dodie Denney (Trudy), Patricia Wynand (Hostess), John Mitchum (Ralph Tubbs), Diane Shalet (Ruth Mellon), Margaret Wheeler (Mrs. Mellon), Joe Hayworth (Detective). 265... Do You Take This Stranger? (NBC, 1/18/1971, 120 mins). A social climber schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man. Working and pre-release titles for this one were “A Knock at the Wrong Door” and “Strangers and Lovers.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Matthew Howard. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor John Duman. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Gene Barry (Murray Jarvis), Lloyd Bridges (Steven Breck), Diane Baker (Rachel Jarvis), Joseph Cotten (Dr. Robert Carson), Sidney Blackmer (G.R. Jarvis), Susan Oliver (Mildred Crandall), Arthur Malet (Night man), Ivor Barry (Dr. Bamber), Cara Burgess (Karen), Byron Webster (Taxi driver), Bart Burns (Lawyer), Marc Seaton (Airport officer), Linda Marie (Judy). 266... Doctors’ Private Lives (ABC, 3/20/1978, 120 mins). Two famed heart surgeons find their lives in turmoil when personal passions clash with medical ethics in this pilot for a prospective hospital-based series that finally emerged (briefly) in the spring of 1979. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay James Henerson. Based on a Story by James Henerson, Peggy Elliott. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Richard Markowitz. Editors David Wages, Ronald LaVine. Art Directosr John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Cast John Gavin (Dr. Jeffrey Latimer), Donna Mills (Dr. Beth Demery), Ed Nelson (Dr. Mike Wise), Barbara Anderson (Frances Latimer), Bettye Ackerman (Sylvia), John Randolph (Irv), Randolph Powell (Dr. Rick Calder), Fawne Harriman (Phyllis), Leigh J. McCloskey (Kenny), Kim Hamilton (Kitty), Elinor Donahue (Mona Wise), John Lupton (Howard Weese), Viola Harris (Harriet Wise), Ross Elliott (Lou Wise), Robin Mattson (Sheila), Pamm Kenneally (Tania), Eddie Benton (Diana), Brian Richards (Les Phillips), Lee Delano (Chuck), Lionel Decker (Max Fryman), Jodean Lawrence (Mrs. Archer), Kirk Mee (Mr. Archer), Morgan Jones (Pilot), John Dannis (Fire captain), Gene Hamilton (Anesthetist), James Da Priest (Fred), Mary Angela (Sharon),

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Margarita Cordova (Reporter), Maurice Sneed (Reporter), Charley J. Garrett (Resident), John Vari (Doctor), Tommy Crebbs (Billy Demery), Leslie Vallen (Nurse), Anthony Cardenas (Hestor), Ralph Meyering Jr. (Orderly). 267... Dog and Cat (ABC, 7/22/1977, 90 mins). In this pilot, which premiered more than two months after the shortlived series ended, a veteran cop whose partner was killed while they were trying to collar a hood in the porno business reluctantly agrees to work “dog and cat” with a beautiful young woman officer in order to stay on the case. Lou Antonio (who juggled an acting and directing career on TV), Kim Basinger and Matt Clark were the stars of the series that ran between March and May of 1977. Production Companies Largo Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Kelljan. Executive Producer Lawrence Gordon. Producer Robert L. Singer. Teleplay Heywood Gould, Henry Rosenbaum, Owen Morgan, Walter Hill. Created by Walter Hill. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Dennis Virkler. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Lou Antonio (Jack Ramsey), Kim Basinger (J.Z. Kane), Matt Clark (Captain Kipling), Charles Cioffi (Ralph Travan), Richard Lynch (Shirley), Dale Robinette (Nicholas Evans), Janit Baldwin (Roeanne Lee Peters), Geoffrey Scott (David Storey), Leslie Wood (Velman), Matthew Bennett (Gonzo), Walt Davis (Trog), Dick Wesson (Zink Kauffen), Lynn Borden (Mavis), Richard Forbes (Earl Seagram), James Hall (Frank), Dianne Kay (Connie), Frank McRae (Morgue attendant), James Storm (Change maker), Ken Sylk (Doty), Betty Thomas (Waitress). 268... Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (NBC, 10/24/1978, 120 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” version of American history and the fight waged by a pioneer to save the lives of his family and others in a wagon train who find themselves trapped in deep mountain snows and facing starvation that leads them to (unspecified) cannibalism. Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Schick Sunn Classics. Director James L Conway. Executive Producer Charles Sellier Jr. Producer James Simmons. Teleplay S.S. Schweitzer. Photography Henning Schellerup. Music Bob Summers. Editor Trevor Jolley. Art Director Paul Staheli. Cast Robert Fuller (James Reed [and narrator]), Andrew Prine (Keyser), Michael Callan (William Eddy), Diane McBain (Margaret Reed), John Anderson (Patrick Breen), John Doucette (George Donner), Cynthia Eilbacher (Mary Graves), Royal Dano (Sutter), Gregory Walcott (Will McKutcheon), Lance LeGault (Charles Stanton), Whit Bissell (Uncle Billy Graves), Peg Stewart (Mrs. Breen), Reid Cruickshanks (John Snyder), Robert Carricart, Rudy Diaz, Brian Erickson, John Hansen, Paul Grace, Barta Heiner, Augustin Vallejo, George Barrows, Richard Jury, Elaine Daniels, Michael Ruud, Jorge Moreno. 269... Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (ABC, 10/10/1973, 90 mins). A trim chiller that has a young couple inheriting an old mansion inhabited by demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own. Jim Hutton replaced George Hamilton in the lead. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director John Newland. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Allen Epstein. Teleplay Nigel McKeand. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Michael McCroskey. Production Designer Ed Graves. Associate Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Cast Kim Darby (Sally Farnham), Jim Hutton (Alex Farnham), Barbara Anderson (Joan), William Demarest (Harris the Handyman), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Francisco Perez the Decorator), Lesley Woods (Ethel the Housekeeper), Robert Cleaves (Doctor), Sterling Swanson (Policeman), J.H. Lawrence (George), William Sylvester (Tom), Don Mallon (Bob), Celia Kaye (Anne), Ted Swanson. (Bartender), Felix Silla (Creature), Tamarra Detreaux (Creature), Patti Maloney (Creature), Ethel St. Clair (Party guest), Monika Henreid (Party guest), Robert Priest (Party guest). 270... Don’t Push, I’ll Charge When I’m Ready (NBC, 12/18/1977, 120 mins). An old-fashioned service comedy--the kind Bob Hope used to make in the 1940s--telling of the misadventures of an Italian POW who is drafted into the American army during World War II. Made in 1969, it was produced and directed by Bob Hope’s son-in-law, with Italian actor Enzo Cerusico, remembered by TV trivia buffs as the onetime star of the series “My Friend Tony” (1969), in the lead. This film premiered not in TV’s primetime but on NBC’s late night network movie on a quiet Sunday. Production Company Universal Television. Director Nathaniel Lande. Producer Nathaniel Lande. Teleplay Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Lyn Murray. Theme song performed by Rita Gardner. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Associate Producer Lloyd Richards. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Sue Lyon (Wendy Sutherland), Enzo Cerusico (Angelo Rossini), Dwayne Hickman (Sgt. Ed Hutchins), Cesar Romero (Teodoro Bruzizi), Edward Andrews (Maj. Ralph Watson), Soupy Sales (Santola), Jerry Colonna (Himself), Gino Conforti (Tony Esposito), Mikel Angel (Fabrizio), Parley Baer (Phil Parsons), Victoria Meyerink (Lauren), Kenneth Tobey (Oliver), Avery Schreiber (Announcer), Byron Morrow (General), Dick Simmons (Major), Robert E. Ball (Amedeo), Lee Delano (Alberto). 271... The Doomsday Flight (NBC, 12/13/1966, 120 mins). A controversial thriller about a madman who puts the lives of a group of travelers in jeopardy by planting an altitude-activated bomb aboard a plane in an extortion plot against the airline. Rod Serling’s screenplay was so detailed--creating a device that would explode below 5,000 feet--that a subsequent real-life incident using an almost identical premise caused this film to be withdrawn from distribution for a number of years.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Frank Price. Teleplay Rod Serling. Photography William Margulies. Music Lalo Schifrin. Music Supervisor Stanley Wilson. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Cast Jack Lord (Special Agent Frank Thompson), Edmond O’Brien (The Man), Van Johnson (Captain Anderson), Katherine Crawford (Jean), John Saxon (George Ducette), Richard Carlson (Chief Pilot Shea), Tom Simcox (Engineer Chipps), Michael Sarrazin (Army corporal), Edward Asner (Feldman), Malachi Throne (Bartender), Robert Pickering (Willoughby), Jan Shepard (Mrs. Thompson), Greg Morris (FBI Agent Balaban), David Lewis (Mr. Rierdon), Howard Caine (L.A. Dispatcher), John Kellogg (Seaton), Bernadette Hale (Virginia), Celia Lovsky (Elderly Woman), Dee Pollock (Speed Jet messenger), Edward Faulkner (Copilot Reilly), Don Willbanks (Bomb disposal man), Don Stewart (Charlie). 272... Double Indemnity (ABC, 10/13/1973, 120 mins). A TV remake of Billy Wilder’s 1944 film classic about a scheming wife who inveigles an insurance agent into helping her bump off her husband and of the dogged investigator, the agent’s boss, who stalks them after deciding that the man’s death was not accidental. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Steven Bochco. Based on a Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler. Based on a Novel by James M. Cain. Photography Haskell Boggs. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Joseph M. Alves Jr. Cast Richard Crenna (Walter Neff), Lee J. Cobb (Barton Keyes), Samantha Eggar (Phyllis Dietrickson), Robert Webber (Edward Norton), Arch Johnson (Dietrickson), Kathleen Cody (Lola Dietrickson), John Fiedler (Jackson), John Elerick (Donald Franklin), Gene Dynarski (Sam Bonventura), Joan Pringle (Neff’s secretary), Ken Renard (Porter), Arnold Turner (Redcap), Rand Brooks (Conductor), Joyce Cunning (Norton’s Secretary), Tom Curtis (Charlie), John Furlong (George). 273... Dr. Cook’s Garden (ABC, 1/19/1971, 90 mins). Bing Crosby’s only TV movie has him cast against type as a small-town doctor who sees to it that the bad people in his community die before their time and the good live longer--like the flowers in his garden. In the 1967 Ira Levin play which had a brief Broadway run, Burl Ives was the kindly general practitioner with a warped sense of community service. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Ted Post. Producer Bob Markell. Teleplay Art Wallace. Based on a Play by Ira Levin. Photography Urs Furrer. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director William C. Molyneaux. Associate Producer George Goodman. Cast Bing Crosby (Dr. Leonard Cook), Frank Converse (Jim Tennyson), Blythe Danner (Jane Rausch), Abby Lewis (Dora Ludlow), Barnard Hughes (Elias Hart), Bethel Leslie (Essie Bullitt), Staats Cotsworth (Ted Rausch), Jordan Reed (Billy), Helen Stenborg (Ruth Hart), Carol Morley (Mary Booth), Fred Burrel (Harry Bullitt), Thomas Barbour (The Reverend). 274... Dr. Max (CBS, 4/4/1974, 90 mins). A curmudgeonly big-city doctor’s concern for his patients in a rundown Baltimore neighborhood puts him at odds with his own family. This is a similar contemporary version of the Paul Muni film “The Last Angry Man” (1959), which itself was remade as a TV movie and shown first several weeks after this one. Production Company CBS Productions. Director James Goldstone. Producer James Goldstone. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Lee J. Cobb (Dr. Max Gordon), Janet Ward (Gloria Gordon), Robert Lipton (Alex Gordon), David Sheiner (Lester Opel), Katherine Helmond (Libby Opel), Sorrell Booke (Dr. Scott Herndon), Miriam Colon (Mrs. Camacho), Panchito Gomez (Rafael Camacho), John Lehne (Dr. Jules Grogin), Della Thomas (Jean), Cesar Cordova (Luis Camacho), Granville Van Dusen (Dr. John Poole), Merie Earle (Mrs. Kredenza), Henry Strosier (Roger Larson), Alice Rodriguez (Pediatric nurse), Eric Connor (Student nurse), Jon Dubois (Boy in street), Anthony J Cadorette (Boy in street). 275... Dr. Scorpion (ABC, 2/24/1978, 120 mins). A live-action comic book adventure in which a power-mad genius threatens world peace with a scheme involving the theft of the country’s atomic missiles, and only one man stands in his way. Production Companies Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Charles Correll. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors Diane Adler, George S. Rohrs. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer Chuck Bowman. Cast Nick Mancuso (John Shackelford), Christine Lahti (Tania Reston), Richard Herd (Bill Worthington), Sandra Kerns (Sharon Shackelford), Roscoe Lee Browne (Dr. Cresus), Denny Miller (The Dane), Granville Van Dusen (Terry Batliner), Philip Sterling (Admiral Gunwilder), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Eddie), Joseph Ruskin (Lieutenant Reed), William Lucking (Whitey Ullman), James Murtaugh (Dave Steel), Zitto Kazann (Arubella), James Hong (Ho Chin), Eric Server (Agent Shelby), Robert Minor (Jean Claud Ammatt), Richmond Hoxie (Morrison), Harvey Fisher (Tony). 276... Dr. Strange (CBS, 9/6/1978, 120 mins). An occult drama in which a young psychiatrist joins an urbane, worldweary sorcerer when the latter’s ancient adversary, an unearthly beauty with the power to possess men’s souls, once again appears to spread her evil magic. This tongue-in-cheek tale, laced with all manner of wizardry, was the pilot for a prospective series, joining other comic book heroes on the airwaves.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Philip DeGuere. Producers Philip DeGuere, Alex Beaton. Teleplay Philip DeGuere. Based on Characters Created by Stan Lee. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Christopher Nelson. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Associate Producer Gregory Hoblit. Cast Peter Hooten (Dr. Stephen Strange), Clyde Kusatsu (Wong), Jessica Walter (Morgan Le Fay), Eddie Benton (Clea), John Mills (Lindmer), Philip Sterling (Dr. Frank Taylor), June Barrett (Sarah), Sarah Rush (Nurse), David Hooks (The Nameless One), Diana Webster (Head nurse), Blake Marion (Department chief), Bob Delegall (Intern), Frank Catalano (Orderly), Larry Anderson (Magician), Inez Pedroza (Agnes Carson), Lady Rowlands (Mrs. Sullivan). 277... Dracula (CBS, 2/8/1974, 120 mins). A lavish, atmospheric new version of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of horror with Jack Palance heading a stellar British cast as the bloodthirsty count. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, Universal Television. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on the Novel by Bram Stoker. Photography Oswald Morris. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Jack Palance (Count Dracula), Simon Ward (Arthur Holmwood), Nigel Davenport (Dr. Van Helsing), Pamela Brown (Mrs. Westenra), Fiona Lewis (Lucy Westenra), Penelope Horner (Mina Murray), Murray Brown (Jonathan Harker), Sarah Douglas (Dracula’s wife), Virginia Wetherall (Dracula’s wife), Barbara Lindley (Dracula’s wife), George Pravda (Innkeeper), Hanna-Maria Pravda (Innkeeper’s wife), Reg Lye (Zookeeper), Fred Stone (Priest), Sandra Caron (Whitby Inn maid), Roy Spencer (Whitby Inn clerk), John Challis (Stockton-on-Tees clerk), NigeI Gregory (Midvale shipping clerk), John Pennington (Richmond shipping clerk), Martin Read (Coast Guard), Gitta Denise (Madam Kirstoff). 278... Dragnet (NBC, 1/27/1969, 120 mins). In this pilot for the successful revival version of the classic TV series, Sgt. Joe Friday and partner Bill Gannon doggedly track down the killer of two models. Curiously, this pilot was premiered two years after the second Dragnet series returned to the air for its three-year run (1967-70), mirroring the success Jack Webb had with the original between 1951 and 1959. This TV-movie version, filmed in 1966, is often confused in television listings with Webb’s 1954 theatrical version of the same title. Unexplained is why, in this version and the new series, Joe Friday was “demoted” to sergeant after attaining the rank of lieutenant by the time the original faded from view in the late 1950s. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Jack Webb. Producer Jack Webb. Teleplay Richard L. Breen. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Lyn Murray. Theme Walter Schumann. Editor Richard Belding. Art Director Richard Kimball. Associate Producer Burt Nodella. Cast Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday), Harry Morgan (Off. Bill Gannon), Vic Perrin (Don Negler), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Eve Kruger), Gene Evans (Capt. Hugh Brown), John Roseboro (Sgt. Dave Bradford), Bobby Troup (George Freeman), Tom Williams (Melvin Gannon), Jack Ragotzy (Carl Rockwell), Roger Til (William Smith), Gerald Michenaud (Claude LeBorg), Bruce Watson (Freddie), Herb Ellis (Ricky Markell), Eddie Firestone (Max Shelton), Elizabeth Rogers (Eve Sorenson), Kent McCord (Hotel desk clerk). 279... A Dream for Christmas (ABC, 12/24/1973, 120 mins). An all-black cast shines in this pilot for a proposed series involving a southern minister who is assigned to a poor parish in California with the congregation drifting away and the church scheduled for demolition. The hope here was for writer Earl Hamner Jr. to repeat his success with “The Waltons.” Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Ralph Senensky. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Walter Coblenz. Teleplay John McGreevey, Max Hodge. Based on a Story by Earl Hamner. Photography Frank Phillips. Music David Rose. Editors Anthony Wollner, Bill Mosher, Gene Fowler Jr. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Associate Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Cast Hari Rhodes (Rev. Will Douglas), Beah Richards (Grandma Bessie), Lynn Hamilton (Sarah Douglas), George Spell (Joey Douglas), Marlin Adams (Bradley Douglas), Robert DoQui (George Briggs), Ta-Ronce Allen (Emmarine Douglas), Joel Fluellen (Arthur Rogers), Juanita Moore (Fannie Mitchell), Bebe Redcross (Becky Douglas), Clarence Muse (Donald Freeland), Dorothy Meyer (Cousin Clara), Sarina C. Grant (Marge Fuller), Maidie Norman (Jennie Dailey), Dennis Hines (Cotter), Zara Cully (Beth Rogers), Frances E. Williams (Cassie Thomas). 280... The Dream Makers (NBC, 1/7/1975, 90 mins). A college professor becomes a top recording company executive, only to be swept out of a job in the wake of a payola scandal. Singer Kenny Rogers’ acting debut. Original title: “The Death of Sammy.” Production Company MGM Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Charles Robert McLain. Producer Boris Sagal. Teleplay Bill Svanoe. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Fred Karlin. Song “Love Woman” by Douglas LaGrand. Song written and performed by Kenny Rogers. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Associate Producer Sara Macon. Cast James Franciscus (Sammy Stone), Diane Baker (Mary Stone), John Astin (Manny Wheeler), Kenny Rogers (Earl), Mickey Jones (Jesse), Jamie Donnelly (Sally), Devon Ericson (Carol), Steven Keats (Barry), Michael Lerner (Mike), John Lupton (Dean Halder), Lois Walden (Jo), David Man (Jerry), Erica Yohn (Helen), Ron Rifkin (Herb), Regis J. Cordic (Lyle), Gil Stuart (Tailor), Mario Gallo (Kanarian), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Speedout), Katey Sagal (Unemployment manager), Larry McCormick (TV commentator), Robbie Wolcott (Lindy), Ron Thompson (Dave).

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281... Drive Hard, Drive Fast (NBC, 9/11/1973, 120 mins). A murder drama, filmed in 1969, about a racecar driver (Brian Kelly) who finds himself part of a deadly romantic triangle and his life threatened by a machete-wielding mystery man. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Matthew Howard. Based on a Story by John Thomas James. Photography Gene Polito. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Associate Producer Steve Heilpern. Cast Brian Kelly (Mark Driscoll), Joan Collins (Carole Bradley), Henry Silva (Deek La Costa), Joseph Campanella (Eric Bradley), Karen Huston (Ellen Bradley), Todd Martin (Fielder), Charles H. Gray (Blond man), Patrick Whyte (Cartier), John Trayne (Gerald Ives), Frank Ramirez (Commandante Morales), Budd Albright (1st man), Michael Carr (2nd man), Hal Hopper (Doorman), Jacques Denbeaux (Mechanic), Socorro Serrano (Maria), Abel Franco (Mexican policeman), Luis DelGado (Handyman), Ref Sanchez (Mestizo). 282... Duel (ABC, 11/13/1971, 90 mins). A suspense classic and subsequent cult movie that “made” director Steven Spielberg, pitting a traveling salesman against a ten-ton tanker truck on a lonely stretch of highway. Emmy award nominated for his work was cinematographer Jack A. Marta. The theatrical version shown outside of the United States, and subsequently in festivals in this country, runs somewhat longer with additional footage devoted to the salesman’s home life. Production Company Universal Television. Director Steven Spielberg. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on a Story by Richard Matheson. Photography Jack Marta. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Dennis Weaver (David Mann), Tim Herbert (Gas Station attendant), Charles Seel (Old man), Eddie Firestone (Cafe owner), Shirley O’Hara (Waitress), Lucille Benson (Lady at Snakarama), Alexander Lockwood (Man in car), Amy Douglass (Woman in car), Gene Dynarski (Man in cafe), Cary Loftin (Truck driver). 283... Dummy (CBS, 5/27/1979, 120 mins). The real-life account of an illiterate deaf-and-dumb black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also is deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial where he was determined incompetent by the law because his severe handicaps prevented him from defending himself or testifying to his innocence. Filmed in Chicago, “Dummy” was nominated for an Emmy Award. Production Companies The Konigsberg Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director Frank Perry. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producers Ernest Tidyman, Sam Manners. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on a Book by Ernest Tidyman. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Gil Askey. Editors Benjamin A. Weissman, Donald R. Rode. Art Director William Cassidy. Cast Paul Sorvino (Lowell Myers), LeVar Burton (Donald Lang), Brian Dennehy (Ragoti), Rose Gregorio (Jean Markin), Gregg Henry (Asst. DA Smith), Steven Williams (Julius Lang), Helen Martin (Mrs. Harrod), Jonathan Pilurs (Detective Romain), Paul Butler (Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs), Frankie Hill (Ernestine Williams), Allen Hamilton (Dr. Romney), Patrick Billingsley (Dr. Morris), James O’Reilly (Judge O’Mara), Ray Price (Black Giant), Tricia Borha (Mrs. Lang), Joe Clarke (Young Donald), Obilo (Husband), Richard Cosentino (Dock worker), Jack Oreno (Weary worker), Wilbert Bradley (Bartender), Holly Robinson (Genettia Lang), Ira Rogers (Reverend Jamison), Samantha Caulfield (Woman expert), Melody Robb (Case worker), Bill Nigut (Chief orderly), Nancy Baird (Teacher), Paul Preston (1st trustee), Irma Riley (Black hooker), Ian Williams (Court clerk), Jimmy Spinks (Bar patron), Frank Heinrich (Male resident), Jobe Cerny (Bailiff), Nathan Davis (Cop), Burton Collins (2nd orderly), Yaumilton Brown (Card player), Lorenzo Clemons (2nd worker), J.J. Butler (Jury foreman), Paul Cook (Grand jury foreman), Bernard Chestleigh (Jail guard). 284... Dying Room Only (ABC, 9/18/1973, 90 mins). A rest stop at a dingy roadside diner in the desert becomes a terrifying ordeal for a woman (Cloris Leachman) when her husband mysteriously disappears in the washroom and her search for him is thwarted by the surly proprietor and his sinister friend. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Allen Epstein. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on a Story by Richard Matheson. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Charles Fox. Editor Bill Mosher. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Cast Cloris Leachman (Jean Mitchell), Ross Martin (Jim Cutler), Ned Beatty (Tom King), Louise Latham (Vi), Dana Elcar (Sheriff), Dabney Coleman (Bob Mitchell), Ron Feinberg (Lou McDermott). 285... Earth II (ABC, 11/28/1971, 120 mins). An elaborate space movie focusing on the day-to-day operation of a futuristic space station nation, Earth II, inhabited by 2,000 persons and functioning as a laboratory and an eye in space for Earth I. A soap opera subplot is attached to this imaginative production. Production Company MGM Television. Director Tom Gries. Producers Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield. Teleplay Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Edward G. Carfagno, George W. Davis. Cast Gary Lockwood (David Seville), Anthony Franciosa (Frank Karger), Scott Hylands (Jim Capa), Lew Ayres (Pres. Charles Carter Durant), Mariette Hartley (Lisa Karger), Gary Merrill (Walter Dietrich), Hari Rhodes (Dr. Loren Huxley), Inga Swenson (Ilyana Kovalefskii), Brian Dewey (Matt Karger), Edward Bell (Anton Kovalefskii), Diana Webster (Hannah Young),

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Bart Burns (Steiner), John Carter (Hazlitt), Herbert Nelson (Chairman), Serge Tschernisch (Russian), Vince Cannon (Technician), David Sachs (Surgeon), Bob Hoy (West). 286... Ebony, Ivory and Jade (CBS, 8/3/1979, 90 mins). Tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man Bert Convy doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, going undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hit men as she heads for Washington from the Near East with her super-secret formula. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Frankel Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Ernie Frankel. Producer Jimmy Sangster. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Based on a Story by Ann Beckett, Mike Farrell. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Earle Hagen. Choreographer Lester Wilson. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producer Art Seid. Cast Bert Convy (Mick Jade), Debbie Allen (Claire Bryant [“Ebony”]), Martha Smith (Maggie David [“Ivory”]), Donald Moffat (Ian Cabot), Nina Foch (Dr. Adela Teba), Clifford David (Grady), Nicolas Coster (Linderman), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Stone), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Thurston), Claude Akins (Joe Blair), David Brenner (Himself), Frankie Valli (Himself), Ted Shackelford (Barnes), Bill Lane (Heyman), Ray Guth (Conductor), Cletus Young (Plant cop). 287... Eleanor and Franklin (ABC, 1/11/1976 and 1/12/1976, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). An acclaimed, multiaward-winning production based on Joseph P. Lash’s Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, with the story of the Roosevelts, from early youth to FDR’s death in 1945, told through the recollections of the widowed Eleanor. Chosen Outstanding Special (1975-76 season) at the Emmy Awards, the two-part, four-hour film also won Emmys for Daniel Petrie (director), Rosemary Murphy (supporting actress), James Costigan (original teleplay), Paul Lohmann and Edward R. Brown(photography), Joe I. Tompkins (costume design), Del Armstrong and Mike Westmore (makeup), Jan Scott and Anthony Mondello (art director and set director), and Michael Kahn (editor). Neither Jane Alexander nor Edward Herrmann, each nominated, won however, nor did Irene Tedrow or Lilia Skala, both nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Production Company Talent Associates. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producers Audrey Maas, Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay James Costigan. Based on a Biography by Joseph P. Lash. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music John Barry. Editor Michael Kahn. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Jane Alexander (Eleanor Roosevelt [age 18-60]), Edward Herrmann (Franklin D. Roosevelt [age 20-50]), Rosemary Murphy (Sara Delano Roosevelt), Pamela Franklin (Anna Hall), David Huffman (Elliott Roosevelt Sr.), Mackenzie Phillips (Eleanor Roosevelt [age 14]), Lilia Skala (Mlle. Souvestre), Ed Flanders (Louis Howe), Helen Kleeb (Daisy), Peggy McCay (Grace Tully), Anna Lee (Laura Delano), Irene Tedrow (Mary Hall), Devon Ericson (Corinne Robinson), Linda Purl (Alice Roosevelt [age 14-20]), William Edward Phipps (Theodore Roosevelt), Ted Eccles (Franklin Roosevelt [age 16]), Linda Kelsey (Lucy Mercer), Edward Winter (Joe McCall), Sari Price (Mistress of Ceremonies), Timothy Jecko (Presidential aide), Harry Holcombe (Steve Early), Len Wayland (Admiral McIntire), Hilary Stolla (Eleanor Roosevelt [age 2]), Tiffany Boli (Eleanor Roosevelt [age 6]), Shannon Terhune (Eleanor Roosevelt [age 10]), Irene Robinson (Nun), Lindsay Crouse (Marjorie Bennett), Evan Morgan (Bunny Pierpoint), Lidia Kristen (Fraulein Schteiber), Cynthia Latham (Elsbeth McEachern), John Earle Burnett (Hall Roosevelt), Ellen Drake (Maid), Derrick Lynn-Thomas (Conductor), Ned Wilson (Rev. Endicott Peabody), Carl Lester, Nora Heflin, Cherry Davis, Alvin Childress, Teresa Steenhoek, Vaughn Taylor, Arthur Adams, Jack Stauffer, June Whitley Taylor. 288... Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (ABC, 3/13/1977, 180 mins). A further look into the lives of F.D.R. and Eleanor Roosevelt during their12-year residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, reuniting most of the cast and technical crew responsible for the multiple-award-winning first film (1976). Equally as honored (with 17 Emmy nominations), this film was chosen Outstanding Special of the Year, and Emmy Awards went to director Daniel Petrie, editors Rita Roland and Michael S. McLean, production designer Jan Scott, set decorator Anne D. McCulley, and costume designer Joe I. Tomkins. Nominations also went to Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Walter McGinn, Mark Harmon, writer James Costigan, composer John Barry, cinematographer James Crabe, and others in several technical categories. Production Company Talent Associates. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay James Costigan. Based on a Book by Joseph P. Lash. Photography James Crabe. Music John Barry. Editors Michael S. McLean, Rita Roland. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Jane Alexander (Eleanor Roosevelt), Edward Herrmann (Franklin D. Roosevelt), Priscilla Pointer (Missy LeHand), Walter McGinn (Louis Howe), Rosemary Murphy (Sara Delano Roosevelt), Blair Brown (Anna Roosevelt), David Healy (Theodore Roosevelt), Peggy McCay (Grace Tully), Donald Moffat (Harry Hopkins), Toni Darnay (Malvina Thompson), John Beal (Dr. Carr), Barbara Conrad (Marian Anderson), Morgan Farley (Plog), Mark Harmon (Robert Dunlap), Anna Lee (Laura Delano), Linda Kelsey (Lucy Mercer), Colin Hamilton (Ike Hoover), Ray Baker (James Roosevelt), Brian Patrick Clark (John Roosevelt), Don Howard (Elliott Roosevelt), Joseph Hacker (Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.), Charles Lampkin (Irvin McDuffie), Lindsay Crouse (Marjorie Bennett), Ian Abercrombie (Whiting). 289... The Elevator (ABC, 2/9/1974, 90 mins). A claustrophobic armed robber (James Farentino), fleeing from his latest job, finds himself trapped with a group of people between floors in a high-rise building (among them, veteran actors Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright and Roddy McDowall).

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Bruce Sheeley, Dave Ketchum, Rhoda Blecker. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music John Cacavas. Editors J. Terry Williams, Philip Haberman. Art Director LeRoy Deane. Cast James Farentino (Eddie Holcomb), Roddy McDowall (Marvin Ellis), Craig Stevens (Dr. Stuart Reynolds), Don Stroud (Pete Howarath), Teresa Wright (Edith Reynolds), Myrna Loy (Amanda Kenyon), Carol Lynley (Irene Turner), Arlene Golonka (Wendy Thompson), Barry Livingston (Robert Peters), Jean Allison (Mrs. Peters), Bob Fisher (Alan Rambeau), Paul Sorensen (Detective Lieutenant), Ed Deemer (Parking attendant), Will J. White (1st security guard), Jack Griffin (Delivery man), Jason Wingreen (2nd security guard). 290... Ellery Queen: Don’t Look Behind You (NBC, 11/19/1971, 120 mins). Pilot for a prospective new Ellery Queen series, marred by the miscasting of too-suave Peter Lawford in the leading role. This film, taken from the 1949 mystery by Queen (pseudonym as well as principal character for Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee), has the sleuth involved in a series of murders, with victims having numerically descending ages and males being strangled with blue cords, females with pink ones. Production Company Universal Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer Edward J. Montagne. Producer Leonard J. Ackerman. Teleplay Ted Leighton. Based on a Novel by Ellery Queen. Photography William Margulies. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast Peter Lawford (Ellery Queen), Harry Morgan (Insp. Richard Queen), E.G. Marshall (Dr. Cazalis), Skye Aubrey (Christy), Stefanie Powers (Celeste), Coleen Gray (Mrs. Cazalis), Morgan Sterne (Commissioner), Bill Zuckert (Sergeant Velie), Bob Hastings (Hal Hunter), Than Wyenn (Registrar), Bill Zuckert (Lieutenant Summers), Pat Delany (Miss Price), Buddy Lester (Policeman), Tim Herbert, Robin Raymond, Victoria Hale, Billy Sands. 291... Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (NBC, 3/23/1975, 90 mins). An atmospheric whodunit set in the 1940s that involves an author/criminologist in one of the cases stumping his New York City police inspector father--the murder of a famed fashion designer. Jim Hutton and David Wayne continued their roles in the subsequent series (1975-76) that also had John Hillerman in a recurring role of pompous radio detective Simon Brimmer (a character not in the Ellery Queen mysteries). Subsequently retitled “Too Many Suspects.” Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director David Greene. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on a Novel by Ellery Queen. Photography Howard R Schwartz. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen), David Wayne (Insp. Richard Queen), Ray Milland (Carson McKell), Kim Hunter (Marion McKell), Monte Markham (Tom McKell), John Hillerman (Simon Brimmer), John Larch (District Attorney), Tim O’Connor (Ben Waterson), Nancy Mehta (Monica Gray), Warren Berlinger (Eddie Carter), Harry Von Zell (Announcer), Gail Strickland (Gail Stevens), Tom Reese (Sergeant Velie), Victor Mohica (Ramon), Dawn Smith (Cora Edwards), James Lydon (Radio actor), John Finnegan (Matthew Thomas Cleary), Rosanna Huffman (Penny), Basil Hoffman (Fingerprint expert), Ross Elliott (Judge). 292... Elvis (ABC, 2/11/1979, 180 mins). Cult director John Carpenter’s affectionate biography of The King from his boyhood through his spectacular rise to fame and ending with the Las Vegas nightclub appearance in 1969 that began Elvis’ resurgence and his final epoch. Kurt Russell, cinematographer Donald M. Morgan, and makeup specialist Marv Westmore each won an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company dick clark productions. Director John Carpenter. Executive Producer Dick Clark. Producer Anthony Lawrence. Supervising Producer Tony Bishop. Teleplay Anthony Lawrence. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Joe Renzetti. Editor Tom Walls. Art Directors James E. Newport, Tracy Bousman. Cast Kurt Russell (Elvis Presley), Shelley Winters (Gladys Presley), Bing Russell (Vernon Presley), Robert Gray (Red West), Pat Hingle (Col. Tom Parker), Season Hubley (Priscilla Presley), Melody Anderson (Bonnie), Ed Begley Jr. (D.C. Fontana), James Canning (Scotty), Charles Cyphers (Sam Phillips), Peter Hobbs (Jim Denny), Les Lannom (Sonny West), Elliot Street (Bill Black), Will Jordan (Ed Sullivan), Joe Mantegna (Joe Esposito), Galen Thompson (Hank Snow), Ellen Travolta (Marion), Abi Young (Natalie Wood), Felicia Fenske (Lisa Marie Presley), Randy Gray (Elvis [as a boy]), Meg Wyllie (Grandma), Charlie Hodge (Himself), Nora Boland (Teacher), Larry Geller (Himself), Jim Greenleaf (2nd reporter), Dennis Christopher, Mark Dennis, Bill Erwin, Mario Gallo, Del Hinkley, Ted Lehman, Jack McCulloch, Larry Pennell, Ed Ruffalo, Ken Smolka, David Stafford, Dennis Stewart, Dick Young, Christian Berrigan. 293... Emergency! (NBC, 1/15/1972, 120 mins). The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system--told briskly in the proven, clipped-dialogue Jack Webb style that had served so well in “Dragnet” and “Adam-12” (its two stars turn up here to give this film a Webb continuity). The five leads continued in the series (1972-77), and then first Robert Fuller and then Julie London and Bobby Troup (married in real life) were phased out during the occasional “Emergency!” specials during the 1977-78 season. Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth also provided the voices to their characters in the Saturday morning animated series.

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Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Jack Webb. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer Robert A. Cinader. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader. Photography Jack Marta. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor Warren H. Adams. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer William Stark. Cast Robert Fuller (Dr. Kelly Brackett), Julie London (Nurse Dixie McCall), Bobby Troup (Dr. Joe Early), Randolph Mantooth (John Gage), Kevin Tighe (Roy DeSoto), Martin Milner (Off. Pete Malloy), Kent McCord (Off. Jim Reed), Jack Kruschen (Sen. Mike Wolski), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Woman), Arthur Balinger (Battalion Chief), Virginia Gregg (Nurse Wilma Jacobs), Lew Brown (Man with ulcer), Herb Vigran (Committee chairman), Colby Chester (Fireman Tony Freeman), Ron Pinkard (Dr. Tom Gray), Kathryn Kelly Wiget (Joanne DeSoto), Bert E Holland, Don Ross. 294... The Entertainer (NBC, 3/10/1976, 120 mins). A semi-musical adaptation of John Osborne’s stage and screen drama (both of which starred Laurence Olivier) about a second-rate vaudevillian, still struggling at middle age for success and stardom. The setting is changed from the original British to an American seaside resort and has Emmy Award-nominated performances by Jack Lemmon, Ray Bolger and Sada Thompson, with Elliott Baker’s adaptation and James Crabe’s cinematography also cited. For Lemmon, who began acting on television in its earliest days, this marked his first dramatic TV work in nearly 17 years. It also marked Bolger’s television movie debut and reunited him with Allyn Ann McLerie, his co-star both on stage and screen in “Where’s Charley?” Production Companies RSO Television, Persky-Bright Productions. Director Donald Wrye. Producers Beryl Vertue, Marvin Hamlisch. Teleplay Elliott Baker. Based on the Play by John Osborne. Photography James Crabe. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Song “The Only Way to Go” by Marvin Hamlisch, Tim Rice. Song Performed by Jack Lemmon. Editors Ralph E. Winters, William Reynolds. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Associate Producer Robert T Skodis. Musical Sequences Choreographer Ron Field. Cast Jack Lemmon (Archie Rice), Ray Bolger (Billy Rice), Sada Thompson (Phoebe Rice), Tyne Daly (Jean), Michael Cristofer (Frank), Annette O’Toole (Bambi), Mitchell Ryan (Mr. Pasko), Allyn Ann McLerie (Mrs. Pasko), Dick O’Neill (Charlie), Leanna Johnson Heath (Charleen), Rita O’Connor (Lilly), Alan DeWitt (Bakery clerk). 295... Eric (NBC, 11/10/1975, 120 mins). A young man (John Savage) learns that he has terminal cancer but vows not to give up without an all-out fight in this Hallmark Hall of Fame drama based on Doris Lund’s 1979 memoir of her son’s last year. Production Companies Lorimar Productions, NBC Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Carol Evan McKeand, Nigel McKeand. Based on a Book by Doris Lund. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Dave Grusin. Song “Loving Somebody” written and performed by John Savage. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Patricia Neal (Lois Swenson), Claude Akins (Stanley Swenson), Sian-Barbara Allen (Marilyn Porter), Mark Hamill (Paul Swenson), Nehemiah Persoff (Dr. Duchesnes), John Savage (Eric Swenson), Tom Clancy (Murphy), James G. Richardson (Tom), Eileen McDonough (Linda Swenson), Katherine Squire (Mrs. Harris), Gene Tyburn (Pharmacist), Annette Ferra (Abby). 296... Escape (ABC, 4/6/1971, 90 mins). An escape artist and his sidekick/assistant attempt to rescue a kidnapped scientist and thwart a dastardly plan to rule the world in this unsuccessful pilot to a proposed series. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Bruce Lansbury. Teleplay Paul Playdon. Photography Al Francis. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John Loeffler. Art Director Walter M. Jeffries. Cast Christopher George (Cameron Steele), William Windom (Dr. Henry Walding), Marlyn Mason (Susan Walding), Avery Schreiber (Nicholas Slye), John Vernon (Charles Walding), Gloria Grahame (Evelyn Harrison), William Schallert (Lewis Harrison), Huntz Hall (Gilbert), Mark Tapscott (Dan), George Clifton (Roger), Lucille Benson (Trudy), Lisa Bronwyn Moore (Vicki), Chuck Hicks (Carter), Edward Call (Customer), Lester Fletcher (Designer), Merriana Henrig (Model), Caroline Ross (Photographer). 297... Escape From Bogen County (CBS, 10/7/1977, 120 mins). A tyrannical political kingpin in the Southwest (Mitch Ryan) attempts to keep his young wife (Jaclyn Smith) a virtual prisoner of his power and insane desire to dominate her, stripping her of human and legal rights. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Aries Films, Paramount Network Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Howard W. Koch. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Judith Parker. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Michael Brown. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Maggie Bowman), Mitchell Ryan (Ambler Bowman), Henry Gibson (Abe Rand), Pat Hingle (Judge Henry Martin), Philip Abbott (Harry Webb), Michael Parks (Jack Kern), Julie Mannix (Emily Martin), John Quade (Sheriff Mason), Fred Willard (Pearson), George Memmoli (Hunnicutt), Douglas Dirkson (Bo Walker), Alan Fudge (Reese Dreux), Debi Storm (Mary Lou), Dave Adams (Bank Teller), Murray Kramer (Will), Marian Gibson (School Principal), Jac Zacha (Minister), Drummond Barclay (Auditor), Curtis Pratt (Banker), Sarah D. Alvarado (Woman in bank). 298... Escape to Mindanao (NBC, 12/7/1968, 120 mins). Two American POWs break out of a Japanese jungle prison camp with their captors’ secret decoding device and try to reach freedom despite being slowed by an opportunistic sea captain, his pretty daughter, and a black marketeer.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Don McDougall. Producer Jack Leewood. Teleplay Harold Livingston. Based on a Story by Orville H. Hampton. Photography Ray Flin. Music Lyn Murray. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Napoleon Enriquez. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast George Maharis (Joe Walden), Nehemiah Persoff (Captain Kramer), James Shigeta (Lieutenant Takahashi), Ronald Remy (Lieutenant Parang), Willi Koopman (Anne Kramer), Victor Diaz (Sokuri), Eddie Arenas (Captain Aquino), Gil Deleon (Zairin), Andres Centenera (Viray), Vic Uematsu (Sergeant Major). 299... Evening in Byzantium (Syndicated, 8/14/1978 and 8/15/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Operation Prime Time’s third production and first contemporary project deals with power plays at the Cannes Film Festival, where a once famed producer is trying to finance a new movie and international terrorism, which comes straight from his secret script. Action, violence and sexual intrigue are among the ingredients liberally laced into the four-hour tale (based on Irwin Shaw’s 1973 novel), which stars Glenn Ford as the idealistic producer with the politically provocative script and cover girl and TV commercial model Erin Gray as an aggressive writer who chases him for an interview. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan. Based on the Novel by Irwin Shaw. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Stu Phillips. Editor Buford F. Hayes. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Glenn Ford (Jess Craig), Eddie Albert (Brian Murphy), Vince Edwards (Bret Easton), Patrick Macnee (Ian Wadleigh), Gregory Sierra (Fabricio), Harry Guardino (Jerry Olson), Michael Cole (Danny), Shirley Jones (Constance Dobson), Erin Gray (Gail McKinnon), Simon Oakland (Walter Klein), Gloria DeHaven (Sonia Murphy), Marcel Hillaire (Inspector LeDioux), Christian Marquand (Inspector DuBois), Lee Bergere (Monsieur Carroll), Len Birman (Leonardo), James Booth (Jack Conrad), George Lazenby (Roger Tory), Cynthia Ford (Penny Craig), Anthony Costello (John Macklin), William Dozier (William Bast), Nick Dyrenforth (Senator Kennedy), George Skaff (Moustapha Kamel), Sid Haig (Asied), Ben Frommer (Sine), Chris Winfield (Michael Ruddy), Carol Baxter (Sybil), Edward James Olmos (Angelo), Byron Morrow (Judge). 300... Every Man Needs One (ABC, 12/13/1972, 90 mins). A swinging bachelor architect (Ken Berry) is pressured into hiring a dedicated women’s libber (Connie Stevens) as his assistant and finds himself falling for her. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Jerry Paris. Teleplay Carl Kleinschmitt. Photography William T. Cline. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Bob Wyman. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Cast Connie Stevens (Beth Walden), Ken Berry (David Chase), Gail Fisher (Pauline Kramer), Steve Franken (Bob Rasmussen), Henry Gibson (Walt), Jerry Paris (Marty Ranier), Louise Sorel (Louise Lathrop), Nancy Walker (David’s Mother), Carol Wayne (Nancy), Stanley Adams (Bus driver), Ogden Talbot (Hotel clerk), Buck Gee (McMillan). 301... Evil Roy SIade (NBC, 2/18/1972, 120 mins). A comedy Western involving a rotten outlaw whose villainy knows no bounds, a pretty but bubbleheaded schoolmarm who tries to reform him, and an egotistical singing marshal who is out to capture him. This feature-length film was the second pilot to an unrealized series called “Sheriff Who?” in which the bad guys were the regulars and the good guys and “guest” lawmen were killed off every week. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producer Howie Hurwitz. Producers Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson. Teleplay Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson. Photography Sam Leavitt. Music Jerry Riopelle, Murray MacLeod, Stuart Margolin. Editor Richard M. Sprague. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast Mickey Rooney (Nelson Stool), Dick Shawn (Marshal Bing Bell), Henry Gibson (Clifford Stool), Dom DeLuise (Logan Delp), Edie Adams (Flossie), Pam Austin (Betsy Potter), Milton Berle (Harry Fern), John Astin (Evil Roy Slade), Arthur Batanides (Lee), Larry Hankin (Snake), Milton Frome (Foss telegrapher), Luana Anders (Alice Fern), Robert Liberman (Preacher), Edmund Cambridge (Smith), Connie Sawyer (Aggie Potter), Alice Nunn (Claire Beckendorf), Pat Morita (Turhan), Billy Sands (Randolph Sweet), Leonard Barr (Crippled man), Jim Wagerman (Toy cowboy), Pat Buttram (Narrator), Penny Marshall (Bank teller), John Ritter (Souvenir salesman), Jerry Paris (Minister). 302... The Execution of Private Slovik (NBC, 3/13/1974, 150 mins). Martin Sheen received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War, going to the firing squad in 1945. The film, Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama of the 1973-74 season, is a dramatization of William Bradford Huie’s controversial 1954 book which, several years after publication, Frank Sinatra had acquired and planned to film, using a screen adaptation by Albert Maltz, one of Hollywood’s “Unfriendly 10.” Sinatra was later pressured by various groups to drop Maltz; instead he completely abandoned his project. For the TV production, Emmy Award nominations were also given to director Lamont Johnson, writers Levinson and Link, art director Walter Tyler and editor Frank Morriss (who won). Production Company Universal Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Richard Dubleman. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on a Book by William Bradford Huie. Photography Bill Butler. Music Hal Mooney Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Walter Tyler. Cast Martin Sheen (Eddie Slovik), Mariclare Costello (Antoinette Slovik), Ned Beatty (Father Stafford), Gary Busey (Jimmy Feedek), Matt Clark (Dunn), Ben Hammer (Lt. Colonel Leacock), Warren Kemmerling (Major Fellman), Charles Haid

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(Brockmeyer), Kathryn Grody (Margaret), Paul Lambert (Joe Sirelli), Jon Cedar (Holloway), Joseph George (109th Regiment sergeant), Laurence Haddon (Piper), James Burr-Johnson (NCO), Tom Ligon (Childs), Bill McKinney (Sergeant), Paul Shenar (Crawford), George Sperdakis (Sergeant McCord), William Traylor (Rossiter), Sandy Ward (Enhardt). 303... Exo-Man (NBC, 6/18/1977, 120 mins). This pilot movie for a proposed sci-fi series is about a professor (David Ackroyd), paralyzed in an attack by syndicate hit men, who creates an exo-suit to make him mobile again--and superhuman. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Lionel E. Siegel. Teleplay Henri Simoun, Lionel E. Siegel. Based on a Story by Henri Simoun, Martin Caidin. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Robert Leeds. Art Director John Corso. Cast David Ackroyd (Nicholas Conrad), Anne Schedeen (Emily Frost), A Martinez (Raphael Torres), José Ferrer (Kermit Haas), Jack Colvin (Martin), Harry Morgan (Travis), Donald Moffat (Rogers), Kevin McCarthy (DA Kamenski), Jonathan Segal (Eddie Rubinstein), John Moio (Dominic Leandro), Richard Narita (Jim Yamaguchi), Martin Speer (Ted Kamenski), George Sperdakis (Dr. Garrick), Randy Faustino (Larry), Nick David (Jack), Wina Sturgeon (TV Newsman), Eve McVeagh (Eve), W.T. Zacha, Frances Osborne, Greg Barnett, Max Kleven, Terry Leonard, Alan Oliney, John Robotham, Allan Wyatt Jr., Joe Brooks, Norma Storch, Fritz Ford, Chuck Walsh, Wally Rose, Russ Saunders, Bill Lane. 304... The Eyes of Charles Sand (ABC, 2/29/1972, 90 mins). A young man inherits the ability to see visions from beyond the grave after his uncle’s sudden death and is persuaded to investigate a girl’s story about her brother’s alleged murder. Although no music score is credited because of a composer’s strike against TV film packagers at the time, Henry Mancini happened to recognize much of his “Wait Until Dark” score, which Warner Bros. had in its vault, and subsequently sued the film’s producer. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Reza Badiyi. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Henry Farrell, Stanford Whitmore. Based on a Story by Henry Farrell. Photography Ben Colman. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast Peter Haskell (Charles Sand), Joan Bennett (Aunt Alexandra), Barbara Rush (Katharine Winslow), Sharon Farrell (Emily Parkhurst), Bradford Dillman (Jeffrey Winslow), Adam West (Dr. Paul Scott), Gary Clarke (Raymond), Ivor Francis (Dr. Ballard), Owen Bush (Gardner), Donald Barry (Trainer), Larry Levine (Groom). 305... F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Last of the Belles” (ABC, 1/7/1974, 120 mins). A dramatization intertwining a part of the lives of the famed American writer and his flamboyant wife with one of the author’s short stories, a semi-fictional account of their first meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, while he was a soldier in 1919. Production Company Titus Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay James Costigan. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Don Sebesky. Editor Sidney Katz. Choreographer George Bunt. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Consultant Francis Scott Fitzgerald Smith. Cast Richard Chamberlain (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Blythe Danner (Zelda Fitzgerald), Susan Sarandon (Ailie Calhoun), David Huffman (Andy McKenna), Ernest Thompson (Earl Shoen), Richard Hatch (Bill Knowles), James Naughton (Capt. John Haines), Leslie Williams (Scottie), Albert Stratton (John Briggs), Alex Sheafe (Philippe), Sascha Von Scherler (Jeanette), Thomas A. Stewart (Horace Canby), Norman Barrs (Waiter), Earl Sydnor (Oliver), Brooke Adams (Kitty Preston), Cynthia Woll, Tom Fitzsimmons, Kate Wilkinson, Jane Hoffman, Dan Browning, J. Don Ferguson, Ralph E. Flanders, Brandon Galloway. 306... F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (ABC, 5/16/1976, 120 mins). Fictionalized drama dealing with the famed novelist’s two markedly contrasting stays in the film capital: first in 1927, at the height of his popularity with the widespread acclaim for “The Great Gatsby,” when he and Zelda dazzled Hollywood; then in 1937, with Zelda in a sanitarium and expenses mounting, when a romance developed with ambitious columnist Sheilah Graham that bolstered him in his bouts with illness and alcoholism. Much of the same creative talent also was involved with the earlier “F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Last of the Belles” (1974). Originally titled “The Screen Test.” Production Company Titus Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay James Costigan. Photography James Crabe. Music Morton Gould. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Production Designer Brian Eatwell. Cast Jason Miller (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Tuesday Weld (Zelda Fitzgerald), Julia Foster (Sheilah Graham), Dolores Sutton (Dorothy Parker), Susanne Benton (The Starlet), Michael Lerner (Marvin Margulies), Tom Ligon (Alan Campbell), John Randolph (Rupert Wahler), Tom Rosqui (Edwin Knopf), Audrey Christie (Helen/hostess), Hilda Haynes (Maid), Paul Lambert (Lucius Krieger), Joseph Stern (Detmar), Jacque Lynn Colton (“Schwab’s” waitress), Norma Connolly (Zelda’s nurse), Sarah Cunningham (Mrs. Taft), James Woods (Lenny Schoenfeld), Robert E. Ball (Short hobo), Jim Boles (Studio guard), Herb Carter (Tall hobo), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Lurene), Arthur Franz (Man at party), Robert Gibbons (Mortician), James Hall (Bellboy), Jay Hamner (Young writer), Stuart Nisbet (Hotel clerk), Buddy Ochoa (Wahler associate), Jessica Rains (Airport waitress), Robert Redding (Drugstore cowboy), Hank Rolike (Redcap), Ed Short (Porter), Reggie Valencia (Producer at pool). 307... The Face of Fear (CBS, 10/8/1971, 90 mins). A young Iowa schoolteacher (Elizabeth Ashley) thinks she is dying of leukemia, goes to San Francisco where she hires a syndicate killer to take her life, then changes her mind and tries to cancel the

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contract with the help of the local police. Based on the 1967 novel “Sally” by E.V. Cunningham (actually black-listed writer Howard Fast). Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producers Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Edward Hume. Based on a Novel by E.V. Cunningham. Photography Ben Colman. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Marston Fay. Art Director William Craig Smith. Cast Ricardo Montalban (Sgt. Frank Ortega), Jack Warden (Lt. George Coye), Elizabeth Ashley (Sally Dillman), Dane Clark (Tamworth), Roy Poole (Glenn Kennedy), Charles Dierkop (Patsy Fain), Burr DeBenning (Peter Sargent Fennington), Regis J. Cordic (Dr. Landsteiner), Shirley O’Hara (Nurse), Fred Sadoff, Brooke Mills, Dallas Mitchell, Joel Lawrence, John Yates. 308... The Failing of Raymond (ABC, 11/27/1971, 90 mins). A spinster schoolteacher (Jane Wyman), on the eve of her retirement, finds that she is marked for death by a mentally deranged former student (Dean Stockwell) she had flunked 10 years earlier. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Adrian Spies. Photography Ben Colman. Music Patrick Williams. Editor John Kaufman Jr. Art Director Robert Clatworthy. Cast Jane Wyman (Mary Bloomquist), Dana Andrews (Allan McDonald), Dean Stockwell (Raymond), Murray Hamilton (Sergeant Manzak), Tim O’Connor (Cliff Roeder), Paul Henreid (Dr. Abel), Priscilla Pointer (History teacher), Mary Jackson (Latin teacher), Adrienne Marden (Librarian), Catherine Louise Sagal (Patient), Robert Karnes (City editor), Ray Ballard (Store owner). 309... Fame Is the Name of the Game (NBC, 11/26/1966, 120 mins). In this TV remake of the 1949 Alan Ladd movie “Chicago Deadline,” based on Tiffany Thayer’s 1943 novel “One Woman,” a brash bigtime investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it. Anthony Franciosa subsequently shared star billing (on a rotating basis) with Gene Barry and Robert Stack in the weekly series based on this film, “The Name of the Game” (1968-71), in which Susan Saint James, “introduced” here, also was a regular. Former musical comedy star Nanette Fabray did a rare acting part in this movie, which was written and produced by her husband. Production Company Universal Television. Director Stuart Rosenberg. Producer Ranald MacDougall. Teleplay Ranald MacDougall. Based on a Novel by Tiffany Thayer. Photography John F. Warren. Music Benny Carter. Music Supervisor Stanley Wilson. Editor Edward W. Williams. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Anthony Franciosa (Jeff Dillon), Jill St. John (Leona), Jack Klugman (Ben Welcome), George Macready (Glen Howard), Jack Weston (Griffin), Susan Saint James (Peggy Maxwell), Lee Bowman (Cruikshank), Melodie Johnson (Belle), Robert Duvall (Eddie), Nanette Fabray (Pat), Jay C. Flippen (Dizzy), Nicholas Colasanto (Detective), Ena Hartman (Marsha Davenport), John Hoyt (Larkin), George Furth, John Francis. 310... Family Flight (ABC, 10/25/1972, 90 mins). A flying vacation to Mexico for a troubled family turns into a nearhopeless battle for survival following a crash landing in an isolated section of Baja, California. Production Company Universal Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer Harve Bennett. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Emil Oster. Music Fred Steiner. Editor Chuck McClelland. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Rod Taylor (Jason Carlyle), Dina Merrill (Florence Carlyle), Kristoffer Tabori (David Carlyle), Janet Margolin (Carol Rutledge), Gene Nelson (Aircraft Carrier Captain), Richard Root (Officer of the Deck), Paul Kent (1st controller), James B Sikking (2nd controller), Bill Zuckert (Frank Gross), Ed Begley Jr. (Driver), Arthur Turner (3rd controller). 311... The Family Kovack (CBS, 4/5/1974, 90 mins). A tightly knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department inspector in this pilot for a possible series. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director Ralph Senensky. Executive Producer Edward L. Rissien. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Adrian Spies. Photography William Margulies. Music Harry Sukman. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Robert Clatworthy. Cast James Sloyan (Vinnie Kovack), Sarah Cunningham (Ma Kovack), Andrew Robinson (Butch Kovack), Tammi Bula (Karen Kovack), Richard Gilliland (Lennie Kovack), Renne Jarrett (Jill), Mary LaRoche (Mrs. Linsen), Philip Bruns (Jo-Jo Linsen), Paul Bryar (Charlie), Peter Brocco (Mr. Manzak), Baruch Lumet (Mr. Czablinski), Norma Thayer (Thelma), James Jeter (Albert), Dorothy Mayer (Nurse). 312... The Family Man (CBS, 12/19/1979, 120 mins). Ed Asner is a happily married family man and owner of a parking garage in Manhattan who drifts into a romance with one of his customers, attractive Meredith Baxter Birney, who has been having troubles with her lover. Based on Thomas Gallagher’s 1955 book “The Monogamist.” Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers David Susskind, Freyda Rothstein. Producer Peter Dohanos. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Novel by Thomas Gallagher. Photography Zale Magder. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors John Wright, Sidney Katz. Art Director John Pitts. Associate Producer Ruth Carter. Cast Edward Asner (Eddie Madden), Meredith Baxter Birney (Mercedes Cole), Paul Clemens (Denny Madden), MaryJoan Negro (Oona), Anne Jackson (Maggie Madden), Luke Reilly (Paul), Dick Latessa (Fred), Nick Nichols (Harvey), Michael Kirby (Walter), Lawrence Benedict (John), Michael Wincott (Charlie), Martin Short (Louie), Gordon Thompson (Dance instructor),

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Nicky Fylan (Jerry), Lili Francks (Waitress), Robert O’Ree (Chauffeur), Nicholas Kilbertus (Photographer), Michael Ironside (Bartender). 313... The Family Nobody Wanted (ABC, 2/19/1975, 90 mins). A heartwarming drama recounting the true story of a minister and his wife (James Olson and Shirley Jones) who put together a family of 12 racially mixed children. Adapted from the 1954 book by Helen Doss. Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Ralph Senensky. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Based on the Novel by Helen Doss. Photography Jack Woolf. Music George Romanis. Editor Chuck McClelland. Art Director Ira Diamond. Cast Shirley Jones (Helen Doss), James Olson (Carl Doss), Katherine Helmond (Mrs. Bittner), Woodrow Parfrey (Elmer Franklin), Beeson Carroll (James Collins), Claudia Bryar (Eunice Franklin), Ann Doran (Mrs. Kimberly), Lindsay Workman (Judge Goldman), Willie Aames (Donny), Ernest Esparza III (Rick), Dawn Biglay (Tina), Guillermo San Juan (Tony), Jina Tan (Lynette), Tina Toyota (Pam), Haig Movsesian (Aram), Tim Kim (Ton), Sherry Lynn Kupahu (Debby), Knar Keshishian (Angela). 314... The Family Rico (CBS, 9/12/1972, 90 mins). A drama about underworld pressures on a crime syndicate chief, played by Ben Gazzara, who is torn between his love for a younger brother who defects and his own loyalty to the organization. The 1957 theatrical version of the story, “The Brothers Rico,” starred Richard Conte and Kathryn Grant, who had just become Mrs. Bing Crosby. Based on the novel by French pulp writer Georges Simenon. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer George LeMaire. Teleplay David Karp. Based on the Novel by Georges Simenon. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Ben Gazzara (Eddie Rico), Jack Carter (McGee), Dane Clark (Boston Phil), Leif Erickson (Mike Lamont), James Farentino (Gino Rico), John Marley (Sid Kubik), Sal Mineo (Nick Rico), John Randolph (Malakas/Mario Felici), Jo Van Fleet (Mama Rico), Sian-Barbara Allen (Nora Malakas), Michael Anderson Jr. (George Lamont), Alan Vint (John Ryan), Tom Pedi (Angelo), Richard Gittings (Accountant), Alberto Morin (Chauffeur). 315... A Family Upside Down (NBC, 4/9/1978, 120 mins). Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for their performances as a retired house painter and his loving wife of 40 years who face an emotional crisis when he has a heart attack that makes both of them dependent on their grown children and leads to a separation. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Patty Duke Astin also were cited for their acting with Emmy Award nominations, as was cinematographer Joseph Biroc. Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Jacque Mapes Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producers Jacque Mapes, Ross Hunter. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Photography Joseph Biroc. Editor Richard Bracken. Music Henry Mancini. Art Director Preston Ames. Associate Producer Marvin Miller. Costumes Guy Verhille. Cast Helen Hayes (Emma Long), Fred Astaire (Ted Long), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Mike Long), Pat Crowley (Carol Long), Patty Duke Astin (Wendy), Brad Rearden (Scott Long), Gary Swanson (Instructor), David Haskell (Painter), Ford Rainey (Charlie Case), Jim Montoya (Waiter), Kim Hamilton (Paula), Norwood Smith (Wes Allen), Miiko Taka (Mrs. Taka), Belinda Palmer (Rhoda), Karl Held (Al/Wendy’s husband), Phillip R. Allen (Dr. Russo), Charles Walker II (Aide), Gail Landry (Candy Striper), Bob Marsic (Dave), Lanna Saunders (Mrs. Lovell), Ernestine Barrier (Mrs. Willy), Nolan Leary (Mr. Willy), Peter Rich (Florist), Matthew Tobin (Dr. Chisholm), Owen Cunningham (Frank). 316... Fantasy Island (ABC, 1/14/1977, 120 mins). In this pilot to the hit series which began in the fall of 1977, a planeload of wealthy vacationers land on a glamorous island paradise for the weekend, where for $50,000 each they can live out his or her most compelling fantasies. Suave Ricardo Montalban and his short Man Friday, Herve Villechaize, continued welcoming familiar TV faces in the weekly series through 1984. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Richard Lang. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Gene Levitt. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Ricardo Montalban (Roarke), Bill Bixby (Arnold Greenwood), Sandra Dee (Francesca), Peter Lawford (Grant Baines), Carol Lynley (Liz Hollander), Hugh O’Brian (Paul Henley), Eleanor Parker (Eunice Hollander Baines), Victoria Principal (Michelle), Dick Sargent (Charles Hollander), Christina Sinatra (Connie Raymond), Herve Villechaize (Tattoo), John McKinney (1st hunter), Cedric Scott (2nd hunter), Peter MacLean (3rd hunter/Alex Davidson), Ian Abercrombie (Bartender), Elizabeth Dartmoor (Barmaid), Nancy Cameron (Most Beautiful Girl in the World), Patrick O’Hara (Air raid warden), Richard Ryal (Dart player). 317... Farewell to Manzanar (NBC, 3/11/1976, 130 mins). This true story examines the bitterness and sorrow of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Emmy Award nominations went to Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston and John Korty for the teleplay and to Hiro Narita for his cinematography.

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Production Companies Korty Films, Universal Television. Director John Korty. Executive Producer George Santoro. Producer John Korty. Teleplay Jeanne Wakatsuki, James D. Houston, John Korty. Based on a Book by Jeanne Wakatsuki, James D. Houston. Photography Hiro Narita. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Robert Kinoshita. Cast Yuki Shimoda (Ko Wakatsuki), Nobu McCarthy (Misa/Jeanne Wakatsuki), Dori Takeshita (Young Jeanne), Akemi Kikumura (Koro), Clyde Kusatsu (Teddy Wakatsuki), Mako (Fukimoto), Pat Morita (Zenahiro), James Saito (Richard Wakatsuki), Momo Yashima (Alice), Gretchen Corbett (Lois), Kip Niven (Captain Curtis), Lou Frizzell (Himself), Frank Abe (Nishi), Vernon Kato (Calvin), Seth Sakai (Joe Takahashi), Ron Weyand (Holtzman), Mitsu Yashima (Granny), Greta Chi (Narrator). 318... Fast Friends (NBC, 3/19/1979, 120 mins). A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Sandra Harmon Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Producer Sandra Harmon. Teleplay Sandra Harmon. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Don Peake. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Zoltan Muller. Associate Producer Judith Gill. Cast Carrie Snodgress (Diana Hayward), Dick Shawn (Deke Edwards), Edie Adams (Connie Burton), Jed Allan (Bernie), Vivian Blaine (Sylvia), Denise DuBarry (Marcy), Tom Hallick (Pat McKenna), Elayne Heilveil (Amy), David Letterman (Matt Morgan), Michael Parks (David York), Susan Heldfond (Jenny Roman), Mackenzie Phillips (Susan), Meeno Peluce (Josh Roman), Bruce Stidham (Alan Berkowitz), Pat Proft (Bill Owens), Joseph Hardin (Johnny), Mitch Hara (Terry), Russ Marin (Mac), Michael Payne (Sam), Roscoe Born (Ben Lakeman), Joel Lawrence (Cue card man), Sumi Haru (TV reporter), Moe DiSesso (Mr. Doodles), Lonnie Bradford (Man), Joella Deffenbaugh (Woman), James David Hinton (Donnie Devlin). 319... The FBI Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (CBS, 11/8/1974, 120 mins). The title tells it all in this meticulously restaged first film in a series by producer Quinn Martin based on landmark FBI cases. Through the 1978-79 season, only two others followed, indicating perhaps that Martin lost interest or Bureau cooperation. Subsequently retitled “The FBI Story--Alvin Karpis.” Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Philip Saltzman. Teleplay Calvin Clements Jr. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Duane Tatro. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director James D. Vance. Associate Producer Bernard R. Goodman. Cast Robert Foxworth (Alvin Karpis), David Wayne (Maynard Richards), Kay Lenz (Shirley), Gary Lockwood (Fred Barker), Anne Francis (Colette), Chris Robinson (Earl Anderson), Harris Yulin (J. Edgar Hoover), Eileen Heckart (Ma Barker), James Gammon (Alex Denton), Robert Emhardt (Dr.Willards), Alexandra Hay (Vicky Clinton), Janice Lynde (Bernice Griffiths), Charles Cyphers (Arthur “Doc” Barker), Gerald McRaney (Smith), Fred Sadoff (Frank), Kelly Thordsen (Chief of Detectives), Whit Bissell (Senator McKellar), Lenore Kasdorf (Rita), Charles Bateman (1st aide), Mark Roberts (2nd aide), Byron Mabe (West), Betty Anne Rees (Mary), Robert Patten (1st Washington agent), Arch Whiting (3rd Little Rock agent), Eric Scott (Bert), Claudia Bryar (Landland), Jeff Davis (Atlantic City officer), John Cilgreen (Sergeant Roland), Queenie Smith (Flora), Bill Zuckert (Sheriff C.R. Kelly), Dallas Mitchell (1st Little Rock agent), James B. Sikking (New Orleans SAC), Donovan Jones (2nd Little Rock agent), Richard Roat (2nd Washington agent), William Conrad (Narrator). 320... Fear No Evil (NBC, 3/3/1969, 120 mins). A supernatural thriller involving a worldly psychiatrist specializing in the occult who becomes involved with a man possessed by an antique mirror and his fiancée who discovers that it can return her boyfriend, killed in an auto accident, back from the dead. Louis Jourdan reprised his role of David Sorell later, along with Wilfrid Hyde-White as Harry Snowden, in “Ritual of Evil” (1970). Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Richard Alan Simmons. Teleplay Richard Alan Simmons. Based on a Story by Guy Endore. Photography Andrew J. McIntyre. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Byron Chudnow. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Associate Producer David Levinson. Cast Louis Jourdan (David Sorell), Carroll O’Connor (Myles Donovan), Bradford Dillman (Paul Varney), Wilfrid HydeWhite (Harry Snowden), Lynda Day (Barbara), Marsha Hunt (Mrs. Varney), Kate Woodville (Ingrid Dorne), Harry Davis (Wyant), Ivor Barry, Jeanne Buckley, Robert Sampson, Lyn Peters, Susan Brown. 321... Fear on Trial (CBS, 10/2/1975, 120 mins). This ambitious Emmy-nominated film follows the troubles stalking John Henry Faulk, a folksy, homespun radio-television personality of the early 1950s whose broadcasting career was abruptly cut off during the blacklisting of the era. Retaining attorney Louis Nizer, he went to court and successfully sued for libel, obtaining a $3.5-million judgment, although he never again came back to network radio or television. The character portrayed by Lois Nettleton actually was Kim Hunter, the actress and fellow blacklistee, who refused to allow her name to be used in this teleplay for which David Rintels won an Emmy. William Devane, Lois Nettleton and director Lamont Johnson also were nominated. Bruce Geller, the creator and developer of such TV series as “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix,” played the role of his father, the presiding judge at the trial of Faulk vs. Aware, Inc.

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Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Laurence D. Savadove. Producer Stanley Chase. Teleplay David W. Rintels. Based on the Autobiography by John Henry Faulk. Photography Bill Butler. Editor Tom Rolf. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast George C. Scott (Louis Nizer), William Devane (John Henry Faulk), Dorothy Tristan (Laura Faulk), William Redfield (Stan Hopp), Milt Kogan (Herb Steinmann), Allan Miller (Gerry Dickler), John Lehne (Thomas Bolan), Ben Piazza (Harry), John Harkins (Hartnett), John McMartin (Tom Murray), Paul Hecht (Paul), Lois Nettleton (Nan Claybourne), John Houseman (Mike Collis), Judd Hirsch (Saul), David Susskind (Himself), Mark Goodson (Himself), Bruce Geller (Judge Abraham N. Geller), Dorothy Rice (Anne Steinmann), Paul Jenkins (Paul Martinson), Clifford David (Hall), Nicholas Pryor (Art Beresford), William Traylor (Andy), Mona Bruns (Lady #2), John Lasell (Fred), Irene Robinson (Mildred Nizer), Susan Kirschner (Wendy Faulk), Kim Webster (Jean Faulk), Alice Backes (Lady #1), Maxine Cooper (Helen Soffer), Madeline Lee, Mary-Alan Hokanson, Manuel Depina, Thomas Duncan, William Hellinger, Alan Rachins. 322... Female Artillery (ABC, 1/17/1973, 90 mins). A comedy Western that has a tough outlaw joining forces with a contingent of pioneer women against a vicious gang that wants the money he secretly hid in the ladies’ wagon train. Production Company Universal Television. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Producer Winston Miller. Teleplay Bud Freeman. Based on a Story by Bud Freeman, Jack Sher. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Frank DeVol. Editors Albert J.J. Zuniga, John Elias, John Kaufman Jr. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast Dennis Weaver (Deke Chambers), Ida Lupino (Martha Lindstrom), Sally Ann Howes (Sybil Townsend), Linda Evans (Charlotte Paxton), Lee H. Montgomery (Brian Townsend), Albert Salmi (Frank Taggert), Nina Foch (Amelia Craig), Anna Navarro (Sarah Delao), Charles Dierkop (Sam), Nate Esformes (Johnny), Lee deBroux (Squat), Robert Sorrells (Scotto), Bobby Eilbacher (John Townsend), Robby Weaver (Billy). 323… The Feminist and the Fuzz (ABC, 1/26/1971, 90 mins). A familiar TV sitcom plot that makes roommates of dedicated women’s libber Barbara Eden and male chauvinist cop David Hartman. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jerry Paris. Producer Claudio Guzman. Teleplay James Henerson. Photography Emil Oster. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Bud Molin. Art Director Phillip Bennett, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Joseph Goodson. Cast Barbara Eden (Dr. Jane Bowers), David Hartman (Off. Jerry Frazer), Jo Anne Worley (Dr. Debby Inglefinger), Herbert Edelman (Wyatt Foley), Julie Newmar (Lilah McGuinness), John McGiver (Warren Sorenson), Farrah Fawcett (Kitty Murdock), Harry Morgan (Dr. Horace Bowers), Roger Perry (Dr. Howard Lassiter), Arthur Batanides (Joe), Sheila James (Liberation Lady), Jill Choder (Liberation Lady), Merri Robinson (Liberation Lady), Penny Marshall (Liberation Lady), Patti Chandler (Liberation Lady), Amanda Pepper (Liberation Lady), Judy March (Patty Regan), David Chow (Karate instructor), Dick Balduzzi (1st man), Pepper Martin (Room director), Patricia Winters (Lady), Lyla Graham (Mother), John Garwood (2nd man), Cliff Emmich (Key holder). 324... Fer-De-Lance (CBS, 10/18/1974, 120 mins). A disaster movie that has terror stalking a stricken sub, wedged deep below the sea and crawling with deadly vipers. In Great Britain, this film was released theatrically as “Death Dive,” a somewhat more descriptive title. Production Company Leslie Stevens Productions. Director Russ Mayberry. Producers Dominic Frontiere, Elaine Michea. Teleplay Leslie Stevens. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Bill Butler. Associate Producer Clifford Wenger. Cast David Janssen (Russ Bogan), Hope Lange (Elaine Wedell), Ivan Dixon (Joe Voit), Jason Evers (Commander Kirk), Charles Knox Robinson (Lieutenant Nicholson), Ben Piazza (Lieutenant Whitehead), George Pan (Torquale), Sherry Boucher (Liz McCord), Robert Ito (Masai Ikeda), William Mims (Mayne Bradley), Shizuko Hoshi (Suan Kuroda), Richard Lepore (Chief Hughes), Sandra Ego (Terezita), Felipe Turich (Shaman), Frank Bonner (Compton), Robert Burr (Commander Scott), Phillip Montgomery (Graves), Alain Patrick (Sorrell), Richard Guthrie (Morgan), Bill Catching (Chief Warren), Elvenn Harvard (Holland). 325... A Fire in the Sky (NBC, 11/26/1978, 180 mins). A fiery comet is hurtling toward Phoenix, Arizona, and an astronomer’s desperate warnings fall on deaf ears among city officials in this lengthy disaster tale highlighted by some striking special effects and miniature work. Publicity releases for this movie, based on a story by Paul Gallico, insisted that a record (for a TV film) 5,700 extras were used in the exodus sequences and that the miniature work was the most extensive ever created for television. Emmy Award nominations went to this three-hour film for Special Effects and Sound Editing. Production Companies Bill Driskill Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Bill Driskill. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Dennis Nemec, Michael Blankfort. Based on a Story by Paul Gallico. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Paul Chihara. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Directors Dale Hennessy, Ross Bellah. Special Effects Joe Unsinn. Cast Richard Crenna (Jason Voight), Elizabeth Ashley (Sharon Allan), David Dukes (David Allan), Joanna Miles (Jennifer Dreiser), Lloyd Bochner (Paul Gilliam), Merlin Olsen (Stan Webster), Andrew Duggan (President), Maggie Wellman (Carol), Nicolas Coster (Governor), William Bogert (Lustus), Jenny O’Hara (Ann Webster), Michael Biehn (Tom Reardon), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Reardon), Cynthia Eilbacher (Paula Gilliam), Bill Williams (Dale Turner), Al White (Sergeant Lockett), George O.

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Petrie (Hank), Elta Blake (Coed), Roy Gainter (Dr. Jesse), Pat McMahon (News director), Cecelia Allen (Elizabeth Richie), Dine Bachelor (Danny), Hank Kendrick (Launch director), Bill Heywood (TV announcer), David Burke Rhind (Chief controller), Brad Zinn (Hutton), Bud Conlan (General Kloman). 326... Fire! (NBC, 5/8/1977, 120 mins). A forest fire started by a convict to cover his escape from a road gang threatens to destroy a mountain community. Ernest Borgnine replaced Fred MacMurray. Later, this two-hour movie (formally titled “Irwin Allen’s Production of ‘Fire!’ ”) was cut to 90 minutes and put on TV’s first disaster double bill teamed with Irwin Allen’s “Flood” in June 1978. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Earl Bellamy. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Arthur Weiss. Based on a Story by Norman Katkov. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Bill Brame. Art Director Ward Preston. Associate Producer Al Gail. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Sam Brisbane), Vera Miles (Martha Wagner), Patty Duke Astin (Dr. Peggy Wilson), Alex Cord (Dr. Alex Wilson), Donna Mills (Harriet Malone), Lloyd Nolan (Doc Bennett), Neville Brand (Larry Durant), Ty Hardin (Walt Fleming), Gene Evans (Dan Harter), James Gavin (Bill Clay), Patrick Culliton (Ted), Erik Estrada (Frank), Michelle Stacy (Judy). 327... Fireball Forward (ABC, 3/5/1972, 120 mins). A standard war movie that not only has stalwart Ben Gazzara taking over a hard-luck division at the front but also utilizes lots of extra footage from “Patton,” which Frank McCarthy, producer of that movie and this, had in abundance. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Producer Frank McCarthy. Teleplay Edmund H. North. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Lionel Newman. Theme song “The Longest Day” by Paul Anka. Editors Charles Freeman, Harry Coswick, Pembroke J. Herring. Art Directors Bill Malley, Jack Martin Smith. Cast Ben Gazzara (Maj. Gen Joe Barrett), Ricardo Montalban (Jean Duval), Anne Francis (Helen Sawyer), Dana Elcar (Colonel Talbot), Edward Binns (Corps commander), Morgan Paull (Sgt. Andrew Collins), Curt Lowens (Captain Bauer), L.Q. Jones (Major Larkin), Eddie Albert (Col. Douglas Graham), Robert Patten (Colonel Avery), Richard Yniguez (Capt. Tony Sanchez), Kenneth Tobey (General Dawson), Don Eitner (Sergeant Brock), John Gruber (Doctor), Stanley Beck (MP sergeant), Dick Valentine (Colonel Fowler), Joseph Perry (1st GI), Hank Jones (MP private), Jerry Fogel (Signal Corpsman), Neil Schwartz (Cook), Henry Brown (Wounded soldier), Klair Bybee (First Lieutenant), James Secrest (Signal Corps sergeant), Brent Davis (Second Lieutenant), Ilze Taurins (Mme. Accard), Bob Golden (Sergeant), Buck Holland (2nd GI), Dan Keough (Supply sergeant). 328... Firehouse (ABC, 1/2/1973, 90 mins). Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave of suspected arson in the ghetto. Pilot to the shortlived series that began a run in January 1974, with James Drury (replacing Vince Edwards) and Richard Jaeckel. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Alex March. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Joe Manduke. Teleplay Frank Cucci. Photography Alan Stensvold. Music Tom Scott. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producer John A. Ireland. Cast Richard Roundtree (Shelly Forsythe), Vince Edwards (Spike Ryerson), Andrew Duggan (Capt. Jim Parr), Richard Jaeckel (Hank Myers), Sheila E. Frazier (Michelle Forsythe), Val Avery (Sonny Caputo), Paul LeMat (Bill Dalzell), Michael Lerner (Ernie Bush), Mel Scott (Mamu), Howard Curtis (Eddie Doyle), Joshua Shelley (Mr. Warneche/landlord), Alma Beltran (Spanish lady), Mwako Cumbuka (Clarence), Ty Henderson (Bobby), Dewayne Jessie (Oldest boy), Bobby Johnson (Bartender), Scott A. Smith (Battalion chief). 329... The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (ABC, 5/13/1975, 90 mins). An idealistic young surgical resident (Canadian actor Scott Hylands) confronts the realities of medical ethics with a life and a career at stake during his first hectic hours on call at a big city hospital. Onetime Hollywood star Dana Andrews has a special cameo appearance as one of the senior doctors. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Alexander Singer. Executive Producer Stirling Silliphant. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Jack Kampschroer. Art Directors Robert Purcell, Ross Bellah. Cast Scott Hylands (Dr. Chris Durant), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Konrad Zane), Katherine Helmond (Nurse Katherine Gunther), Karen Carlson (Nurse Olive Olin), Renne Jarrett (Dr. Lynn Peterson), Alex Henteloff (Dr. Alex Keefer), Dana Andrews (Dr. Hutchins), Michael Conrad (Graham), Peter Donat (Dr. Bryce), David Doyle (Dr. Atkinson), James Naughton (Dr. Baxter), Dennis Patrick (Mr. Wesco), Joyce Jameson (Mrs. Graham), Janet Brandt (Surgical secretary), Davis Roberts (Dr. Dorsett). 330... First You Cry (CBS, 11/8/1978, 120 mins). Dramatization of the true story of NBC new correspondent Betty Rollin and her experience with a mastectomy that shook her emotions, her marriage, and her outlook on life. Fredric March’s widow, Florence Eldridge, made a rare acting appearance as Rollin’s mother in one of the only jobs she has ever taken without her husband. The film received four Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Drama, Best Actress in a Special, Music Score and Editing. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director George Schaefer. Producer Philip Barry. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on the Autobiography by Betty Rollin. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Peter Matz. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Albert Heschong.

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Cast Mary Tyler Moore (Betty Rollin), Anthony Perkins (Arthur Herzog), Richard Crenna (David Towers), Jennifer Warren (Erica Wells), Richard Dysart (Dr. Brennerman), Don Johnson (Daniel Easton), Florence Eldridge (Mrs. Rollin), Patricia Barry (Anne), Antoinette Bower (Marsha), James A Watson Jr. (Cal Connors), Donald Bishop (Dr. Sanford Elby), Robin Pearson Rose (Robin), William Lanteau (Notions clerk), Vivi Janis (Martha), Carole Hemingway (Interviewer), Sari Price (Correspondent), Eda Reiss Merin (Saleswoman), Leigh Hamilton (Party guest). 331... Five Desperate Women (ABC, 9/28/1971, 90 mins). Five women, pals from college, meeting on a private island for a reunion, find themselves stalked by a mental institution escapee. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Ted Post. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Marc Norman, Walter Black. Based on a Story by Lawrence Gordon. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Paul Glass. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Anjanette Comer (Lucy), Bradford Dillman (Jim Meeker), Joan Hackett (Dorian), Denise Nicholas (Joy), Stefanie Powers (Gloria), Julie Sommars (Mary Grace), Robert Conrad (Wylie), Connie Sawyer (Mrs. Brown), Beatrice Manley (Mrs. Miller), Patrick Waltz (Man on beach). 332... The Flame Is Love (NBC, 10/15/1979, 120 mins). In this romantic, filmed in Ireland, melodrama, taken from Barbara Cartland’s 1975 bestseller, Linda Purl is a turn-of-the-century American heiress who, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke (Timothy Dalton), encounters love and intrigue in the arms of a French journalist (Shane Briant). Production Companies Friendly-O’Herlihy Ltd., NBC Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producer Ed Friendly. Producers Ed Friendly, Michael O’Herlihy. Teleplay Hindi Brooks. Based on the Novel by Barbara Cartland. Photography John Flinn III. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Alan Pleass. Cast Linda Purl (Emmaline Nevada “Vada” Holtz), Shane Briant (Pierre), Timothy Dalton (Marquis de Guaita), Richard Johnson (Narrator), Joan Greenwood (Duchess of Grantham), Paul Lavers (Duke of Grantham), Kathleen Barrington (Nancy Sparling), Helena Carroll (Charity), Godfrey Quigley (M. Worth), John Franklyn (Verlaine), Jim Fitzgerald (Lautrec), Maureen Toal (La Goulue), Alain Christie (Timbaud), Meryl Gourley (Mrs. Holtz), Peadar Lamb, Brian DeSakuo, John Molloy, Ann O’Dwyer, Edward Golden. 333... Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers (CBS, 2/10/1979, 120 mins). Two young women (played by Annie Potts and Kim Darby) join forces to save an expensive trucking rig from the repo-man and keep it out of the clutches of hijackers. In the truly disparate cast are TV legend Arthur Godfrey, “First Brother” Billy Carter (President Jimmy’s good-ole-boy sib), and onetime movie star Rory Calhoun. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Robert Greenwald. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Robie Robinson. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Don Peake. Song “It’s a Burning Love” by Don Peake, Randy Henry, Steve Gooldman. Title song by Sandy St. John, Didi St. John, Mark Gibbons. Performed by Marshall Chapman. Editor Jack Tucker. Art Director James D. Bissell. Cast Annie Potts (Flatbed Annie), Kim Darby (Ginny LaRose [“Sweetiepie”]), Harry Dean Stanton (C.W. Douglas), Arthur Godfrey (Uncle Wally), Fred Willard (Jack LaRosa), Billy Carter (Deputy Miller), Rory Calhoun (Farmer), Avery Schreiber (Munroe), Rance Howard (Mr. Murray), Julie Mannix (Georgina), Don Pike (Al), Robert Herron (Nick), Lorna Thayer (Hospital attendant), Ann Ryerson (Elsie), Lawrence Bame, Judy Sudol, Victor Eschbach, Edward Cross, David Glover. 334... Flesh and Blood (CBS, 10/14/1979 and 10/16/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Young street-tough-turned boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother. This two-part drama based on Pete Hamill’s 1977 novel was Tom Berenger’s first important television role and offered a surprising change of pace for Suzanne Pleshette in her being cast as his mother. John Cassavetes, as the dedicated fight manager, received an Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Somehow overlooked was ace cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond’s contribution. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Cypress Point Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on the Novel by Pete Hamill. Photography Vilmos Zsigmond. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Gerald J. Wilson. Production Designer Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Ervin Zavada. Cast Tom Berenger (Bobby Fallon), Mitchell Ryan (Jack Fallon), Kristin Griffith (Michelle Gordon), Denzel Washington (Kirk), Suzanne Pleshette (Kate Fallon), John Cassavetes (Gus Caputo), Anthony Charnota (Freddie/trainer), Bert Remsen (Joe Jorgenson), Dolph Sweet (Thompson), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Woody Shaw), Robert Minor (Walker Lewis), Peter Hobbs (Sergeant Corrigan), Stack Pierce (Big Moony), Jack Rader (Charlie), Bill Elliott (Arthur Young), Sam Weisman (Lou Stevens), Alvaro Lopez (Munoz), Frank Mugnolo (Carmine), Mike Arcesi (Stockwood), Chuck Hicks (Kingsize), John Hudkins (Bartender), Walter Olkewicz (1st fat guy), Gene Lebell (2nd fat guy), James Brewer (1st cop), Ted White (2nd cop), Felix Shuman (Gloves official), Felix Billingsley (Older official), Jerome Landfield (Man in dressing room), Eddy Dono (North referee), Marques D. Houston (Raymond North), Nathan Davis (North announcer), Ernest Robinson (North corner), James Andelin (Harding), John Roselius (Soldier Bartlett), Leo Ranieri (Bartlett referee), Joe Rodgers (Reporter), Edward Grennan (Lewis announcer), Stan Berg (Lewis referee), Charles Warfield (Curly Anderson), Nathaniel Morgan (Anderson referee), Al De Rose (Anderson corner), Luca Bercovici

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(Bellhop), Van Allen (Doctor), Bob Smith (Ringside reporter), Tony Quintana (Ringside reporter), Edwin Jahiel (Ringside Reporter), Clarence Davidson (Ringside reporter), Paul Napier (TV producer), Pat Corley (Madison Square Garden reporter), Michael Evans (Fight reporter), Bill Henderson (Fight reporter), Paul Tuerpe (Fight reporter). 335... Flight to Holocaust (NBC, 3/27/1977, 120 mins). Professional troubleshooters, led by Patrick Wayne (son of The Duke), are called to a skyscraper where a private plane has crashed and is lodged in the side of the building at the 20th floor level. Production Companies A.C. Lyles Productions, First Artists Production Company, NBC Productions. Director Bernard L Kowalski. Producer A.C. Lyles. Teleplay Anthony Lawrence, Robert Heverly. Created by A.C. Lyles. Based on a Story by Robert Heverly. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Paul Williams. Theme song performed by Paul Williams. Editor Mike Vejar. Art Director Lyle Wheeler. Special Effects Joe Unsinn. Cast Patrick Wayne (Les Taggart), Christopher Mitchum (Mark Gates), Fawne Harriman (Scotty March), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Rick Bender), Sid Caesar (George Beam), Rory Calhoun (Ed Davis/engineer), Greg Morris (Dr. Jeff Evans), Lloyd Nolan (Wilton Bender), Paul Williams (Colorado Davis), Robert Patten (Gordon Stokes), Anne Schedeen (Linda Michaels), Bill Baldwin (TV commentator), Kathrine Baumann (Sheila Waters), Shirley O’Hara (Mrs. Bender), Argentina Brunetti (Woman in elevator), John Dewey Carter (Crew chief), Bob Hoy (Fire Rescue chief), Don Reid (Tom Lewis), Bill Deiz (Reporter), Louie Elias (Ernie Roberts), Marilyn Fox (Nurse), Robert Gooden (George Balford), Barry Hamilton (Rescue worker), Victor Izay (Emmett Darby), Ed McCready (Rescue worker), Michael J Reynolds (Elevator rescue worker), Mike Wagner (Daddy), Mary Watson (Rescue worker). 336... Flood (NBC, 11/24/1976, 120 mins). Irwin Allen’s first made-for-TV disaster movie follows the course charted by its wide-screen big brothers, only this time it’s a small town about to be devastated by a flood when a faulty dam bursts. At a reported cost of $2.5 million, this was, according to network publicity, the most expensive film made to that time for television. A companion Irwin Allen movie called “Fire!” was aired several weeks later, and then each was trimmed to 90 minutes and rerun as a TV double-bill subsequently. This movie’s formal title was “Irwin Allen’s Production of ‘Flood.’” Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Don Ingalls. Photography Lamar Boren. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Bill Brame. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Robert Culp (Steve Banning), Martin Milner (Paul Blake), Barbara Hershey (Mary Cutler), Richard Basehart (John Cutler), Carol Lynley (Abbie Adams), Roddy McDowall (Franklin [Fisherman]), Cameron Mitchell (Sam Adams), Eric Olson (Andy Cutler), Teresa Wright (Alice Cutler), Francine York (Daisy Kempel), Whit Bissell (Dr. Ted Horne), James Griffith (Charlie Davis), Ann Doran (Emma Fisher), Leif Garrett (Johnny Lowman), Jack Collins (Al Spangler), Elizabeth Rogers (Nancy Lowman), Edna Helton (Mrs. Wilson), Gloria Stuart (Mrs. Parker). 337... Flying High (CBS, 8/28/1978, 120 mins). The pilot movie for the subsequent short-lived series (beginning a month later) dealing with the adventures of three airline stewardesses who became fast friends after surviving their “stew” training. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Peter H. Hunt. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Dawn Aldredge, Martin Cohan. Photography William K Jurgensen. Music Jonathan Tunick. Theme song by David Shire. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Ray Storey. Associate Producer Robin S. Clark. Cast Kathryn Witt (Pam Bellagio), Patricia Klous (Marcy Bower), Connie Sellecca (Lisa Benton), Howard Platt (Capt. Robert March), Marcia Wallace (Connie Martin), Jim Hutton (Paul Mitchell), David Hayward (Burt Stahl), Martin Speer (Bagranditello Jr.), Val Bisoglio (Papa Bagranditello), Lynn Marie Johnston (Sally Boyer), Richard Hack (Desk clerk), Casey Biggs (Dale), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Bellagio), Lilyan Chauvin (Miss Simmons), Louis Zito (Tony Bellagio), Catherine Campbell (1st stewardess trainee), Cyndi James-Reese (2nd stewardess trainee), Victoria Shaw (Computer expert), Karen Rushmore (Kathy), Rita Wilson (Debbie), Marianne Bunch (Ruth), Derrick Lynn-Thomas (Man in line), Brion James (Clyde Boyer), Steve Shaw (Phil), Janear Hines (Security officer), Ann Higgins (Stewardess). 338... Footsteps (CBS, 10/3/1972, 90 mins). Richard Crenna stars as a win-or-else coach who was hired to whip a small college football team into shape and finds himself in trouble with heavy gamblers on the squad’s success, who plan to set the odds. Based on the novel “Paddy” by Hamilton Maule. Subsequently titled “Footsteps: Nice Guys Finish Last.” Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Lynn Stalmaster. Teleplay Alvin Sargent, Robert E. Thompson. Based on a Novel by Hamilton Maule. Photography Alan Stensvold. Music Ernest Gold. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Richard Crenna (Paddy O’Connor), Joanna Pettet (Sarah Allison), Forrest Tucker (Bradford Emmons), Clu Gulager (Jonas Kane), Ned Beatty (Frank Powell), Mary Murphy (Martha Hagger), Beah Richards (Jessie Blake), Bill Overton (J.J. Blake), Allen Garfield (Brewster), Al Lettieri (Zimmerman), Robert Carradine (Gas station attendant), Lou Frizzell (Meat inspector), James Woods (Reporter), Jack Colvin (Crowther), Jennifer Lee (Doreen), Woodrow Chambliss (Minister), Michael Shaw (Drill Major). 339... Force Five (CBS, 3/28/1975, 90 mins). A special police undercover unit composed of ex-cons chosen for their particular skills investigates the vicious syndicate beating of a star basketball player whose father vows to take vengeance if he

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catches the attackers first. This prospective series pilot cleverly adapted the plot hook of “The Dirty Dozen” and its many carbon copies, switching the characters to contemporary police work under a hard-nosed, no-nonsense leader. Production Company Universal Television. Director Walter Grauman. Producers David Levinson, Michael Gleason. Teleplay David Levinson, Michael Gleason. Photography Jack Swain. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Gerald Gordon (Lt. Roy Kessler), Nicholas Pryor (James T. O’Neill), James Hampton (Lester White), Roy Jenson (Arnie Kogan), William Lucking (Vic Bauer), Bradford Dillman (Michael Dominick), David Spielberg (Norman Ellsworth), Normann Burton (Arthur Haberman), Victor Argo (Frankie Hatcher), Lee Paul (Steve Ritchie), Belinda Balaski (Ginger), Rod Haase (Reggie Brinkle), Nancy Belle Fuller (Patty), Claire Brennan (Shirley Cole), George Loros (Detective Felcher), Leif Erickson (Cal Newkirk). 340... Foreign Exchange (ABC, 1/13/1970, 120 mins). In this sequel to “The Spy Killer” (1969), an ex-British Secret Service agent, played by American Robert Horton, is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself ensconced in devious political shenanigans. Based on Jimmy Sangster’s 1968 novel. Production Companies Halsan Productions, ABC Productions. Director Roy Baker. Executive Producer Harold Cohen. Producer Jimmy Sangster. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Based on the Novel by Jimmy Sangster. Photography Arthur Grant. Music Philip Martel. Editor Spencer Reeve. Art Director Scott MacGregor. Cast Robert Horton (John Smith), Sebastian Cabot (Max), Jill St. John (Mary Harper), Dudley Foster (Leo), Clive Graham (Johns), George Roubicek (Karkov), Eric Pohlmann (Borensko), Eric Longworth (Boreman), Drewe Henley (Barker), Alex Miller (Folk singer), Eleanor Summerfield (Mrs. Roberts), Peter Capaldi, Timothy Bateson, Blake Butler, Constantin De Goguel, Warren Stanhope, Anthony Stamboulieh, Carol Cleveland, Carol Dilworth, Anna Gilchrist, Martin Wyldeck, Terence Brady. 341... Forever (CBS, 1/6/1978, 120 mins). Romantic drama about a teenage girl’s first love and the perennial adolescent dilemma of whether to give herself to him in order to hang on to him. Adapted by the estimable A.J. Carothers from the 1975 novel for young people by Judy Blume. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director John Korty. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producers Marc Trabulus, Merrit Malloy. Teleplay A.J. Carothers. Based on the Novel by Judy Blume. Photography David Myers. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Robert Dalva. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Katherine Danziger), Dean Butler (Michael Wagner), John Friedrich (Artie Lewin), Beth Raines (Erica), Diana Scarwid (Sybil Davidson), Jordan Clarke (Theo Maxton), Tom Dahlgren (Roger Danziger), Judy Brock (Diane Danziger), Woodrow Chambliss (Grandpa), Erika Chambliss (Grandma), Judith Weston (Susan), Sid Hollister (Mr. Wagner), Don Caldwell (Ike), Lois Marie Hunter (Interviewer), Roberta F. Vandervort (Singer). 342... The Forgotten Man (ABC, 9/14/1971, 120 mins). An American POW (Dennis Weaver) reportedly killed in action returns from Vietnam to find his wife remarried, his daughter adopted, his business sold. and his life completely changed. Production Company Walter Grauman Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Walter Grauman. Producer Philip Barry. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Based on a Story by Bernie Fein, Mark Rodgers. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Frank P. Keller. Art Director Jack Senter. Cast Dennis Weaver (Lt. Joe Hardy), Lois Nettleton (Anne Wilson), Anne Francis (Marie Hardy Forrest), Andrew Duggan (William Forrest), Percy Rodrigues (Captain Jackson), Pamelyn Ferdin (Sharon Hard), Robert Doyle (Major Everett), James Hong (Major Thon), Frank Maxwell (Colonel Thompson), Carl Reindel (Lieutenant Diamonte), John S Ragin (Major Parkman), Vernon Weddle (Surgeon). 343... Foster and Laurie (CBS, 11/13/1975, 120 mins). This was a film chronicle of the true-life story of two New York City patrolmen who were killed in a brutal ambush in 1972, victims of militant extremists attempting to create a wave of terror in the police department. Adapted from Al Silverman’s 1974 book. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Arthur Stolnitz. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on a Book by Al Silverman. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Perry King (Rocco Laurie), Dorian Harewood (Gregory Foster), Talia Shire (Adelaide Laurie), Jonelle Allen (Jacqueline Foster), Roger Aaron Brown (Sims), Victor Campos (Dealer), Rene Enriquez (Mr. Rosario), Charles Haid (Sergeant Bray), Eric Laneuville (Max), Owen Hithe Pace (Johnson), David Proval (Ianucci), Wallace Rooney (Commissioner), Edward Walsh (Sergeant Petrie), James Woods (Addict). 344... The Four Feathers (NBC, 1/1/1978, 120 mins). The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier (Beau Bridges, among an all-English cast) in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice. Previously made in 1921, 1929, 1939 and 1956. Olga Lehmann received an Emmy Award nomination for her period costumes.

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Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Trident Films. Director Don Sharp. Executive Producer Robert D. Cardona. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Based on the Novel by A.E.W. Mason. Photography John Coquillon. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Eric Boyd-Perkins. Art Director Herbert Westbrook. Cast Beau Bridges (Harry Feversham), Robert Powell (Jack Durrance), Simon Ward (William Trench), Jane Seymour (Ethne Eustace), Harry Andrews (Gen. David Feversham), David Robb (Thomas Willoughby), Richard Beale (Wembol/valet), Robin Bailey (Colonel Eustace), John Hallam (Sergeant-Major), Julian Barnes (Lieutenant Bradley), Mary Maude (Mrs. Feversham), Frank Gatliff (The Old Major), Robert Flemyng (The Old Colonel), Robert James (John/butler), Alexander Bird (Harry Feversham at age 7), Johnathan Scott-Taylor (Harry Feversham at age 14), Pauline Yates (Army nurse), Neil Hallett (Colonel of North Surreys), Richard Johnson (Abou Fatma), Terry Walsh (Lieutenant Smythe). 345... Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (NBC, 9/29/1976, 120 mins). A dramatization of the historic U-2 incident in which a CIA spy pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in the early 1960s and brought to trial. Powers ultimately was returned to the United States in a prisoner swap, and during the later years he became a helicopter traffic reporter for a Los Angeles radio station. He was killed in a helicopter crash while on duty in late 1977. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, NBC Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Edward J. Montagne, John B. Bennett. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Based on the Autobiography by Francis Gary Powers with Curt Gentry. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director Walter Scott Herndon. Cast Lee Majors (Francis Gary Powers), Noah Beery (Oliver Powers), Nehemiah Persoff (Rudenko), Brooke Bundy (Mrs. Powers), William Daniels (Bissell), James Gregory (James Donovan), Marcel Hillaire (DeGaulle), Alf Kjellin (Ivan Vasilev), Biff McGuire (John McCone), Jim McMullan (Robert Kennedy), David Opatoshu (Grinev), Charles Knox Robinson (Wheatley), Lew Ayres (Allen Dulles), Katherine Bard (Ida Powers), James Flavin (Dwight Eisenhower), Thayer David (Nikita Khruschev), Fletcher Allen, Ben Astar, William H. Bassett, Booth Colman, Robert Doyle, Bob Hastings, Curt Lowens, Nelson Demsted, Raymond Singer, Lili Valenty, Bruno Wintzell. 346... Frankenstein (ABC, 1/16/1973 and 1/17/1973, 2 Parts, 90 mins each, 3 hours). Dan Curtis’ retelling of the alltime Gothic horror classic, one of the favorite subjects among moviemakers. Robert Foxworth played Dr. Frankenstein, and Bo Svenson the Monster. This was a two-parter shown in 90-minute segments on successive nights as part of ABC’s late night “Wide World of Mystery” series. Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Glenn Jordan. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Sam Hall, Richard Landau. Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley. Photography Ben Colman. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Dennis Virkler. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Robert Foxworth (Dr. Victor Frankenstein), Susan Strasberg (Elizabeth Clerval), Bo Svenson (Monster), Heidi Vaughn (Agatha DeLacey), Philip Bourneuf (Alphonse Frankenstein), Robert Gentry (Henri Clerval), Jon Lormer (Charles DeLacey), William Hansen (Professor Waldman), John Karlen (Otto Roget), George Morgan (Hugo), Brian Avery (Felix DeLacey), Malila Saint Duval (Safie), Willie Aames (William Frankenstein), Rosella Olson (Bride of the Monster), Edgar Daniels (Innkeeper), Edgar Justice (Mayor). 347... Frankenstein: The True Story (NBC, 11/30/1973 and 12/1/1973, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A literate retelling of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic with the accent here on character instead of terror, establishing an offbeat relationship between the doctor and his creature. Subsequently this film was edited down to two hours or so for theatrical showings overseas and for TV syndication in the United States. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Producer Hunt Stromberg Jr. Teleplay Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy. Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music Gil Melle. Editor Richard Marden. Art Director Fred Carter, Wilfrid J. Shingleton. Cast James Mason (Dr. Polidori), Leonard Whiting (Dr. Victor Frankenstein), David McCallum (Henri Clerval), Jane Seymour (Agatha/Prima), Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth Fanschawe), Michael Sarrazin (The Creature), Michael Wilding (Sir Richard Fanschawe), Clarissa Kaye (Lady Fanschawe), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Blair), Margaret Leighton (Francoise Du Val), Ralph Richardson (Mr. Lacey), John Gielgud (Chief Constable), Tom Baker (Sea Captain), Dallas Adams (Felix), Julian Barnes (Young man), Arnold Diamond (Passenger in coach), Norman Rossington (Seaman). 348... Freedom Road (NBC, 10/29/1979 and 10/30/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this two-part dramatization of Howard Fast’s 1944 novel about an ex-slave who is elected to the U.S. Senate while battling other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives, Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, as former slave and soldier Gideon Jackson and sharecropper Abner Lait, made their TV acting debuts. Director Jan Kadar (whose “The Shop on Main Street” won the 1965 Oscar as Best Foreign Film) died just after completing filming. (Ironically, director Tom Gries died while wrapping up Muhammad Ali’s theatrical movie, “The Greatest,” two years earlier.) Production Companies Zev Braun Pictures, Freedom Road Films. Director Jan Kadar. Executive Producer Zev Braun. Producers Chet Walker, Leland Nolan. Teleplay David Z. Goodman. Based on the Novel by Howard Fast. Photography Charles

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Correll. Music Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Terrence James. Choreographer Bill Mackey. Editor George Folsey Jr. Production Designer Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Muhammad Ali (Gideon Jackson), Kris Kristofferson (Abner Lait), Ron O’Neal (Francis Cardozo), Edward Herrmann (Stephen Holms), John McLiam (President Grant), Ossie Davis (Narrator), Barbara O Jones (Rachel Jackson), Sonny Jim Gaines (Brother Peter), Joel Fluellen (James Allenby), Jean Renee Foster (Ellen Allenby), Grace Zabriskie (Ruth Lait), Bill Mackey (Trooper), Earl Smith (Hannibal), Alfre Woodard (Katie), Fred Covington (Sheriff Bentley), Sonny Shroyer (Jason Hugar), Ernest Dixon (Marion Jefferson), Sylvia ‘Kumba’ Williams (Louise Jefferson), Tom Delaney (Will Boone), Ron Gural (Frank Carson), William Allen Young (Older Jeff Jackson), Tony Ross (Young Jeff Jackson), Erik Washington (Older Marcus Jackson), Rodney King Adams (Young Marcus Jackson), Howard Brunner (Lawyer Greene), Howland Chamberlin (Isaac Went), Georgia Allen (Mrs. Carter), Robert Bloodworth (Major at convention), Barbara Chaney (Mrs. Ganfret), Stuart Culpepper (Major Walsh), Lionel Ferbis Jr. (Uncle Baddy), Ian Graham (Jimmy Lait), Jerome Green (Black delegate), Bill Holliday (Yankee boss), Don Hood (General Ganfret), Maurice Hunt (Dudley Carwell), Don Lutenbacher (Convention speaker), Danny Nelson (Auctioneer), Afemo Omilami (Young black man with scars), Courtney Pledger (Mrs. Dupre), Jeremiah Shabaze (Well-dressed black delegate), Gregg White (Clair Willis), Bob Zay (Roger Dupre), Margaret Fairchild, Michael Ensign, James Bowman, Donald Vincent Brady, Peter J. Gabb, Ritchie Montgomery. 349... The French Atlantic Affair (ABC, 11/15/1979 to 11/18/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). There’s terror on the high seas when cult leader Telly Savalas and his fanatic followers, among whom is devoted Shelley Winters, seize a luxury liner commanded by Louis Jourdan and hold a stellar roster of film and TV luminaries for a ransom of $70 million in gold. Chad Everett is a successful novelist whose earlier sympathetic piece on the cult head makes him the candidate to play the hero and save the passengers. A three-part, six-hour tale based on Ernest Lehman’s 1977 novel. ABC had its high hopes for the first of its miniseries (since “Roots” and “Rich Man, Poor Man”) dashed by audience apathy--star-power to the contrary--and it was to be more than a year before the network again tested the waters of the genre. Phill Norman won an Emmy Award for his title graphics and design. Production Companies MGM Television, Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Robert Mintz. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Based on the Novel by Ernest Lehman. Photography Ralph B. Woolsey. Music John Addison. Supervising Editor Allan Jacobs. Editors Jamie Caylor, Tom Stevens. Production Designer Serge Krizman. Graphic Design and Titles Phill Norman. Cast Jean-Pierre Aumont (Chief Jean-Claude Raffin), Horst Bucholz (Dr. Chabot), James Coco (Sauvinage), Chad Everett (Harold Columbine), José Ferrer (President Broussard), John Houseman (Archady Clemens), Carolyn Jones (Peg), Richard Jordan (Julian Wunderlicht), Louis Jourdan (Capt. Charles Girodt), Michelle Phillips (Jennie Barber), Marie-France Pisier (Lisa), Donald Pleasence (Max Dechambre), John Rubinstein (Herb Kleinfeld), Telly Savalas (Craig Dunleavy), Stella Stevens (Louise Crawford), Shelley Winters (Helen Wabash), Rebecca Balding (Harriet Kleinfeld), Patricia Barry (Bee), Lance LeGault (Lester Foyles), William Lucking (Don Crawford), Nehemiah Persoff (Colonel Schreiner), Dane Clark (J. Elton Knox), Dennis Dimster (Billy Columbine), Richard Anderson (Terence Crown), Corinne Calvet (Madame Broussard), Lee deBroux (Keegan), Doug Heyes Jr. (John), John Fitzpatrick (Maxwell), Michael Carr (Thomas), John Shearin (David), Dan O’Brien (Abraham), Dennis Howard (Brian Joy), Harvey Jason (Plessier), Dana Hill (Maggie Joy), Bruce French (Specht), Jean-Paul Vignon (Pierre DeMarchant), Army Archerd (Stanford Whitman), Martin Costi (Brother Paul), Mark Gorman (Wendel Cornin), Paul Verdier (Claude), Peter Schrum (Bobo), Deborah Benson (Betty), Melissa Converse (Mrs. Joy), Francis X. McCarthy (Tony), Ellen Blake (Tony’s wife), Duane Grey (Fleishman), Jacqueline Beer (Madame Grilley), Kenneth White (Barney), Peter Mamakus (Otto Lanier), Gwen Van Dam (Barney’s wife), Erik Holland (Detective), John Parre (Controller), Jerry Dunphy (Himself), M. Emmet Walsh (Harry), James Jeter (Earl), Edith Fields, Andre Chappuis, Louis de Farra, Roger Etienne, Andre Landzaat, Roberta Storm, Michael Currie, Stanley Grover, Todd Martin, Curt Lowens, Phillippe Leotard, Maurice Marsac, Roger Til, Billy Beck, Sandy Ignon, Patrick Gorman. 350... Friendly Fire (ABC, 4/22/1979, 180 mins). Drama about a rural American couple who become increasingly embittered as they cope with governmental indifference in their search for the truth behind the death of their son in Vietnam--killed by friendly fire from American artillery. Based on C.D.B. Bryan’s 1976 book about war activist Peg Mullen. Emmy Awards: Outstanding Drama, Best Director (David Greene), Best Music Score (Leonard Rosenman), Outstanding Film Sound Editing (William H. Wistrom). The stars Carol Burnett and Ned Beatty also were nominated, as was writer Fay Kanin. Production Company Marble Arch Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producers Fay Kanin, Philip Barry. Teleplay Fay Kanin. Based on a Book by C.D.B. Bryan. Photography Harry J. May. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Michael Economou. Art Directors Kirk Axtell, Lawrence G. Paull. Cast Carol Burnett (Peg Mullen), Ned Beatty (Gene Mullen), Sam Waterston (C.D.B. Bryan), Dennis Erdman (Michael Mullen), Timothy Hutton (John Mullen), Fanny Spies (Pat Mullen), Sherry Hursey (Mary Mullen), Michael Flanagan (Father Shimon), Hilly Hicks (Willis Huddleston), William Jordan (Col. Byron Schindler), Vernon Weddle (Colonel Georgi), Jack Rader (Sergeant Fitzgerald), Robert Wahler (Alan Hulting), David Keith (Young Hamilton), Bernard Behrens (Dietrich), Ford Rainey (Hamilton), Phillip R. Allen (Ralph Jenner), Mark L. Taylor (Captain Bannock), Jenny Sullivan (Mrs. Bryan), Sierra Pecheur (Mrs. Hamilton), Charles Cyphers (Tom Loomis), Nicolas Coster (Carl), Steve Bonino (Prince), Dan Shor, Robert Broyles, Jerry Hardin, Craig Shreeve, Joseph G. Medalis, Norman Bartold, Paul Baxley, Kevin Hooks, Jorge Cervera Jr., Woody Eney, Mary Gregory, Henry Brown, Marcia Shepard, Michael Bond, Steve Benedict, Charles Bracy, Warren Munson, John Hillner, Cosie Costa, Hank Ross, Wyatt Knight, Kevin Geer, Frank Bruno, Demetre Phillips, Virginia Kiser, Macon McCalman, Joe Lowry.

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351... Friendly Persuasion (ABC, 5/18/1975, 120 mins). A loving remake of William Wyler’s 1956 film classic, with Richard Kiley and Shirley Knight in the Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire roles as a Quaker couple who, when forced to a painful decision by their convictions, risk their lives to help a pair of runaway slaves. Based on Jessamyn West’s books “Friendly Persuasion” and “Except for Me and Thee.” Subsequently retitled “Except for Me and Thee.” Production Companies International Film Productions, Allied Artists. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producers Emmanuel L. Wolf, Herbert B. Leonard. Producer Joseph Sargent. Teleplay William Wood. Based on Novels by Jessamyn West. Photography Mario Tosi. Music John Cacavas. Title song Dimitri Tiomkin. Title song lyrics Paul Francis Webster. Editors George Jay Nicholson, Edward J. Forsyth. Art Director James Spencer. Cast Richard Kiley (Jess Birdwell), Shirley Knight (Eliza Birdwell), Clifton James (Sam Jordan), Michael O’Keefe (Josh), Kevin O’Keefe (Labe), Tracie Savage (Mattie), Sparky Marcus (Little Jess), Paul Benjamin (Swan Stebeney), Erik Holland (Enoch), Maria Grimm (Lily Truscott), Robert Minor (Burk), Twila Polland, Bruce Fischer, Art Ellison, Jessie Lee Fulton, Ron Weyand, Walter Scott, Cynthia Grover, Stephanie Leonard, Deana Dickens, Tom Spratley, Charles Seybert, Samantha the Goose. 352... Friendships, Secrets and Lies (NBC, 12/3/1979, 120 mins). Billed as the first TV movie with an exclusively allfemale cast and creative staff (except for the cinematographer), this mystery thriller focuses on six suspects in a murder that happened 20 years earlier, when all were sorority sisters at college and one apparently had a baby who was killed. Based on the 1968 novel “The Walls Came Tumbling Down” by Babs H. Deal. The film had two directors--both female. Production Companies Whittman-Riche Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Directors Ann Shanks, Marlena Laird. Executive Producers Ellen Whittman, Wendy Riche. Producer Jacqueline Babbin. Teleplay Joanna Crawford. Based on a Novel by Babs H. Deal. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Angela Morley. Song “Kappa Beta Chi” by Donna Weiss. Editor Diane Adler. Art Director Patricia Van Ryker. Cast Cathryn Damon (Martha Plowden), Shelley Fabares (Mary Alice Friday), Sondra Locke (Jessie Dunne), Tina Louise (Joan Holmes), Paula Prentiss (Sandy MacIntosh), Stella Stevens (Edyth), Loretta Swit (B.J. Lowell Finch), Fran Bennett (Clarissa), Cathee Shirriff (Miranda), Kyle Richards (Livia MacIntosh), Mickey Hartnet (Lane), Elizabeth Farley (Edyth’s assistant), Cristen Kauffman (Christine), Sarah Selby (Woman in dress shop), Estelle Omens (Woman in dress shop), Ivy Bethune, Tawn Holstra, Ellen Blake, Tricia Cast, Jill Wood, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Ruth Silveira, Edith Fields, Julie Payne. 353... From Here to Eternity (NBC, 2/14/1979 to 2/28/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). An expanded six-hour new version of the 1953 movie classic taken from James Jones’ memorable first novel (1951) dealing with military life in Hawaii on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Burt Lancaster-Deborah Kerr-Montgomery Clift-Frank Sinatra-Donna Reed roles were here played by (respectively) William Devane, Natalie Wood, Steve Railsbach, Joe Pantoliano and Kim Basinger. A series which spun off from this miniseries was planned for the fall of 1979 with William Devane and Roy Thinnes continuing their roles and Barbara Hershey taking over for Natalie Wood. Production Companies Bennett-Katleman Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producers Harris Katleman, Harve Bennett. Producer Buzz Kulik. Supervising Producer Harold Gast. Teleplay Don McGuire, Harold Gast. Based on the Novel by James Jones. Based on the Screenplay by Daniel Taradash. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Walter Scharf. Songs performed by Helen O’Connell, The Modernaires. Editor Les Green, Michael B. Hoggan, Robert L Swanson. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Production Supervisor Carl Pingitore. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Natalie Wood (Karen Holmes), William Devane (Sgt. Milt Warden), Steve Railsback (Pvt. Robert E Lee Prewitt), Roy Thinnes (Capt. Dana Holmes), Joe Pantoliano (Angelo Maggio), Kim Basinger (Lorene Rogers), Peter Boyle (Fatso Judson), Will Sampson (Corporal Cheney), Rick Hurst (PFC Hanson), Salome Jens (Gert Kipfer), Andrew Robinson (Sgt. Maylon Stark), David Spielberg (Lieutenant Ross), Richard Venture (Col. Jake Delbart), Andy Griffith (Gen. Barnet Slater), Richard Bright (Sergeant Doehm), Christopher Murney (Corporal Lewis), Gene Scherer (Corporal Kowalski), John Crawford (Major Thompson), Wynn Irwin (Corporal Leva), Morgan Kesler (Violet), Ron Max (Sergeant McKay), Kenneth White (Sergeant Preem), Gary Swanson (Corporal Herbert), Dea St. Lamount (Della), Jonathan B. Woodward (Chip Holmes), Mariko Tse (Zola), Donegan Smith (Hal), Russ Marin (Tommy), Robert Davi (Guard), Jerry Day (Soldier Red), Sally Kim (Suzie), Bebe Louie (Raven), Clem Low (Sam the Cabbie), Karin Mani (Tawny), Vicky Perry (Colleen), Julia Sabre (China), Allen Wood (Doctor), Carmen Argenziano, Tech Murdock, Jonathan LaPage, Ray Girardin, Charles Parks. 354... Future Cop (ABC, 5/1/1976, 90 mins). An old-time street cop is assigned a rookie partner who happens to be an android programmed in a lab. The subsequent short-lived 1977 series also starred Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Shannon and John Amos, as did another TV movie, “Cops and Robin” (1978), which recycled what the producers felt continued to be a viable concept. Production Companies Culzean Corporation, Tovern Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Gary Damsker. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay Anthony Wilson. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Ronald J. Fagan, Steven C. Brown. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Joe Cleaver), Michael J. Shannon (John Haven), John Amos (Sergeant Bundy), John Larch (Forman), Herbert Nelson (Klausmeier), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Avery), James Luisi (Paterno), Stephen Pearlman (Dorfman), James Daughton (Young Rookie), Shirley O’Hara (Grandmother).

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355... Gargoyles (CBS, 11/21/1972, 90 mins). A horror tale involving an anthropologist (Cornel Wilde) researching his book on demonology with his photographer daughter in a bizarre adventure that has a group of gargoyles, descendants of a monster whose skeleton the two have stumbled upon, menacing the pair in order to retrieve the bones of their ancestor. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director B.W.L. Norton. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography Earl Rath. Music Robert Prince. Editor Frank P. Keller. Gargoyle Makeup Stan Winston. Assistant Director Claude Binyon Jr. Cast Cornel Wilde (Mercer Boley), Jennifer Salt (Diane Boley), Grayson Hall (Mrs. Parks), Bernie Casey (Head Gargoyle), Scott Glenn (James Reeger), William Stevens (Police chief), Woodrow Chambliss (Uncle Willie), John Gruber (Jesse), Timothy Burns (Morris Ray), Jim Connell (Buddy), Mickey Alzola (Gargoyle), Greg Walker (Gargoyle), Rock Walker (Gargoyle). 356... The Gathering (ABC, 12/4/1977, 120 mins). A crusty businessman (Edward Asner), facing his last Christmas, makes an 11th hour attempt to pull together the family he shattered by allowing them to become second to his work and that he left years earlier. Emmy winner as Outstanding Special of 1977-78, with nominations also going to Maureen Stapleton, director Randal Kleiser, writer James Poe, production designer Jan Scott and set decorator Anne D. McCulley. Production Company Hanna-Barbera Productions. Director Randal Kleiser. Executive Producer Joseph Barbera. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay James Poe. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music John Barry. Editor Allan Jacobs. Production Designer Jan Scott. Associate Producer Terry Morse Jr. Cast Edward Asner (Adam Thornton), Maureen Stapleton (Kate Thornton), Rebecca Balding (Julie Pelham), Sarah Cunningham (Clara), Bruce Davison (George Pelham), Veronica Hamel (Helen Thornton), Gregory Harrison (Bud Thornton), James Karen (Bob Block), Lawrence Pressman (Tom Thornton), John Randolph (Dr. John Hodges), Gail Strickland (Peggy Thornton), Edward Winter (Roger), Stephanie Zimbalist (Toni Thornton), John Hubbard (Reverend Powell), Mary Bradley Marable (Mary/maid), Maureen Readinger (Tiffany), Ronald Readinger (Joey), Cynthia Longstreth (Joanna), Priscilla Graham (Connie). 357... The Gathering, Part II (NBC, 12/17/1979, 120 mins). Maureen Stapleton re-creates her Emmy-nominated role of Kate Thornton in this continuation of the movie that was the Emmy-winning drama special of the 1977-78 season. Although Ed Asner, the loving husband who died in the original, was not around, his photo is on prominent display in the family living room to remind everyone about the original as his widow, who has taken over his business, becomes romantically involved with handsome industrialist Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who wants to buy her out. (Zimbalist’s actress daughter Stephanie was in the original that premiered on ABC. This sequel was first shown on NBC.) Production Company Hanna-Barbera Productions. Director Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producer Joseph Barbera. Producer Joel Rogosin. Teleplay Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Robert Prince. Editors Gregory Prange, Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Dale Koeppe. Associate Producer Huw Davies. Cast Maureen Stapleton (Kate Thornton), Rebecca Balding (Julie), Patricia Conwell (Toni), Bruce Davison (George), Veronica Hamel (Helen), Jameson Parker (Bud), Lawrence Pressman (Tom), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Victor Wainwright), Dennis Howard (Aaron), Jessica Hill (Tiffany), John Ine (Joey), Norman Goodman (Lee Rifkind), Anita Sangiolo (Lucille Rifkind), Naomi Thornton (Dr. Ellis), Edward C Higgins (Guard), Rose Weaver (Mary), Father Frank Toste (Priest). 358... Gemini Man (NBC, 5/10/1976, 120 mins). In this recycling of the unsuccessful TV series “The Invisible Man,” a brash special agent finds himself capable of invisibility from the aftereffects of an underwater explosion during a government salvage operation, and he uses his newfound “talent” to prove the incident was sabotage. Unfortunately, his invisibility is a transient affliction, and he must do his out-of-sight undercover work in a specified time. This pilot also spawned a brief series during the 1976-77 season. Subsequently cut to 90 minutes and retitled “Code Name: Minus One.” Production Companies Harve Bennett Productions, Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Leslie Stevens. Adapted from the novel “The Invisible Man” by H.G. Wells. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director David Marshall. Cast Ben Murphy (Sam Casey), Katherine Crawford (Dr. Abby Lawrence), Richard Dysart (Leonard Driscoll), Dana Elcar (Dr. Harold Schuyler), Paul Shenar (Charles Edward Royce), Quinn Redeker (Vince Rogers), H.M. Wynant (Captain Ballard), Len Wayland (Captain Whelan), Cheryl Miller (Receptionist), Richard Kennedy (CHP officer), Robert Forward (Chief controller), Dave Shelley (Mechanic), Gregory Walcott, Austin Stoker, Jim Raymond, Michael Lane. 359... Genesis II (CBS, 3/23/1973, 90 mins). A sci-fi fantasy from the creator of “Star Trek,” Gene Roddenberry. Hoping to duplicate its success, this movie focuses on a twentieth-century NASA scientist who finds himself in a futuristic society after being preserved in suspended animation. It was reworked in 1974 as the TV movie “Planet Earth.” Production Companies Norway Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Gene Roddenberry. Teleplay Gene Roddenberry. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Harry Sukman. Editor George Watters. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Cast Alex Cord (Dylan Hunt), Mariette Hartley (Lyra-a), Ted Cassidy (Isiah), Percy Rodrigues (Isaac Kimbridge), Harvey Jason (Singh), Titos Vandis (Yoloff), Linda Grant (Astrid), Majel Barrett (Primus), Tom Pace (Brian), Leon Askin (Overseer), Liam Dunn (Janus), Lynne Marta (Harper-Smythe), Harry Raybould (Slan-u), Beulah Quo (Lu-Chan), Ray Young

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(Tyranian teacher), Ed Ashley (Weh-r), Dennis Young (General), Robert Hathaway (Shuttle car dispatcher), Bill Striglos (Dr. Kellum), David Westburg (Station operator), Tammi Bula (Teenager), Terry Wills (Cardiologist), Didi Conn (TV actress). 360... Get Christie Love! (ABC, 1/22/1974, 90 mins). A foxy female cop goes undercover to bust a drug empire in this pilot for the first of the policewoman series (1974-75), in which shapely Teresa Graves was joined by Charles Cioffi (in the role originated by Harry Guardino) and Jack Kelly as their boss. Graves, the eye-popping bikini girl of the old “Laugh-In” series, subsequently disappeared from television to take up religious causes. Based on Dorothy Uhnak’s 1970 cop novel “The Ledger.” Production Company Wolper Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Lawrence Turman. Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay George Kirgo. Based on a Novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Photography Meredith Nicholson. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Jim Benson. Associate Producer Eddie Saeta. Cast Teresa Graves (Christie Love), Harry Guardino (Capt. Casey Reardon), Louise Sorel (Helena Varga), Paul Stevens (Enzo Cortino), Andy Romano (Sgt. Seymour Greenberg), Debbie Dozier (Amy), Tracy Roberts (Gwen Fenley), Lee Paul (Max Loomis), Lynne Holmes (Celia Jackson), Bill Henderson (Sgt. Stoner Martin), Titos Vandis (Spiliolis), Davis Roberts (Myron Jones), Richard Hurst (Sgt. Tom Farrell), Byron Chung (Ykari). 361... Getting Away From It All (ABC, 1/18/1972, 90 mins). A comedy about two urban couples who decide to chuck big-city life and return to nature, only to find that rural living has its own set of infuriating problems. Production Company Palomar Pictures. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Leon I Mirell. Producers Howard Felsher, Ira Skutch. Teleplay Roy Kammerman. Photography William K Jurgensen. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor George Jay Nicholson, Stanley Frazen. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Larry Hagman (Fred Clark), Barbara Feldon (Helen Clark), Gary Collins (Mark Selby), E.J. Peaker (Alice Selby), Vivian Vance (May Brodey), Jim Backus (Mike Lorimar), Burgess Meredith (Capt. Frank Coffin), Paul Hartman (Hank (Postmaster)), J. Pat O’Malley (Jeremiah), Melissa Newman (April Brodey), Randy Quaid (Herbie), John Qualen (Charlie Erickson), Hal Smith (Jeb), Rosalie Williams (Rose Malone), Charlotte Knight (Sarah), Jason Wingreen (Eben), Marjorie Bennett (Madeline Erickson), Joe E. Ross (Cab driver), Allen Jenkins (Doorman), Dick Wilson (Kirk Lecount), Bonnie Kammerman (Tourist), Carol Speed (Town clerk). 362... Getting Married (CBS, 5/17/1978, 120 mins). Romantic fluff about an aspiring young songwriter who works in a TV newsroom as an assistant director, and the girl, the station’s attractive newscaster, he decides he is going to marry, despite her own plans to wed somebody else in less than a week. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay John Hudock. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Craig Safan. Song “Now That I’ve Found You” by John Hudock. Editor Kurt Kirschler. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Richard Thomas (Michael Carboni), Bess Armstrong (Kristy Lawrence), Dena Dietrich (Sylvia Carboni), Fabian Forte (Wayne Spanka), Mark Harmon (Howie Lesser), Katherine Helmond (Vera Lesser), Van Johnson (Phil Lawrence), Mimi Kennedy (Jenny), Audra Lindley (Catherine Lawrence), Julie Mannix (Paula), Vic Tayback (Burt Carboni), Richard Deacon (Wedding director), Bryan O’Byrne (First minister), Claude Stroud (Sam Harris), Mark Lenard (Mr. Bloom), Iris Adrian (Neighbor), Jerome Guardino (Uncle Max), Barney Morris (Hugh Sandler), Ken Medlock (Phil Granetti), Ann Ryerson (Telegram girl), Jeanne Bates (Divorced woman), Tony Matranga (Guard), Guy Remsen (Policeman). 363... The Ghost of Flight 401 (NBC, 2/18/1978, 120 mins). A supernatural mystery, based on John G. Fuller’s 1976 book, involving an actual plane crash in December 1972 in the Florida Everglades and the subsequent legend growing from it about the recurring presence on other flights of the ghostly figure of its captain. For his photography, Howard R. Schwartz won an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Teleplay Robert Malcolm. Based on a Book by John G. Fuller. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music David Raksin. Editor Harry Keller. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Dom Cimoli), Gary Lockwood (Jordan Evanhower), Tina Chen (Val), Kim Basinger (Prissy Frazier), Tom Clancy (Dutch), Howard Hesseman (Bert Stockwell), Russell Johnson (Loft), Robert F. Lyons (Bill Bowdish), Allan Miller (Les Garrick), Alan Oppenheimer (Barton), Carol Eve Rossen (Maria Cimoli), Eugene Roche (Matt Andrews), Beverly Todd (Dana), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Collura), John Quade (Marshall), Mark L. Taylor (Ron Smith), Byron Morrow (Bailey), Lynn Wood (Dr.Rosen), Anna Mathias (Cindy), Deborah Harmon (Mary Smith), Meeno Peluce (Billy), Ted Hartley (Rogers), Gordon Connell (Ross), Kerrie Cullen (Michelle), Margie Gordon (Didi), Missy Francis (Kid), Luis Avalos (Perez). 364... Gidget Gets Married (ABC, 1/4/1972, 90 mins). The last screen adventure of Gidget has her married off, finally, and rebelling against the social caste system in her husband’s company. Monie Ellis, daughter of ’40s-’50s movie actress Mona Freeman, followed a long line of up-and-coming actresses in the starring role: Sandra Dee (1959), Deborah Walley (1961), Cindy Carol (1963), Sally Field (1965 TV series), and Karen Valentine (1969 TV movie). Like one or two of her predecessors, Monie Ellis seems to have vanished from the show business scene.

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Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Harry Ackerman. Producer E.W. Swackhamer. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on Characters Created by Frederick Kohner. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Song “Good Morning Love” by John Keller, John Carter. Editor Hugh Chaloupka. Art Directors Carl Anderson, Ross Bellah. Cast Monie Ellis (Gidget Lawrence), Michael Burns (Jeff Stevens), Don Ameche (Otis Ramsey), Joan Bennett (Claire Ramsey), Macdonald Carey (Russ Lawrence), Paul Lynde (Louis B. Lattimer), Elinor Donahue (Medley Blaine), Corinne Camacho (Nancy Lewis), Roger Perry (Tom Blaine), Larry Gelman (Anatole), Burke Byrnes (Minister), Tiger Williams (Richie), Gene Andrusco (Vince Blaine), Radames Pera (Bob Ramsey), Dennis Fimple (Policeman), Victoria Meyerink (Janie), Jimmy Bracken (Andy), Nicholas Beauvy (Gregg), Judy McConnell, Susan Spell, Ivor Barry, Helen Funai, Michael Barbera. 365... Gidget Grows Up (ABC, 12/30/1969, 90 mins). In the fourth “Gidget” movie (the first made for television), our heroine--here played by Karen Valentine--has given up surfing off California to become a UN guide in Manhattan and carry on a long-distance romance with her childhood sweetheart, now an Air Force officer in Greenland. Based on Frederick Kohner’s novel “Gidget Goes to New York.” Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director James Sheldon. Producer Jerome Courtland. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Novel by Frederick Kohner. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Shorty Rogers. Editor Aaron Nibley. Art Directors Howard Campbell, Ross Bellah. Cast Karen Valentine (Gidget Lawrence), Edward Mulhare (Alex MacLaughlin), Paul Peterson (Jeff “Moondoggie” Griffin), Paul Lynde (Louis B. Lattimer), Bob Cummings (Russell Lawrence), Nina Foch (Bibi Crosby), Warner Anderson (Ambassador Post), Susan Batson (Diana), Hal Frederick (Lee), Michael Lembeck (Arnold), Gunilla Knudsen (Katrine), Doreen Lang (Mrs. Willard), Margot Jane (Rae Ellen), Donald Symington (Clerk), Harlan Carraher (Ben), Helen Funai (Minnie), Mario Aniov (Abdul), Davis Roberts, Cynthia Lynn, Leo G. Morrell, Lloyd Kino, Hugo Bianqui. 366... The Gift (CBS, 12/15/1979, 120 mins). Pete Hamill’s 1973 novel about a young Brooklyn man (Gary Frank) home on Christmas leave from the Navy in the early ’50s for a nostalgic visit to his boyhood world. Glenn Ford is his harddrinking, one-legged Irish father; Julie Harris his supportive dreamer of a mother. Ford and Harris previously co-starred as husband and wife in the similarly titled 1974 TV movie, “The Greatest Gift,” which spawned the brief series, “The Family Holvak.” Production Companies The Jozak Company, Cypress Point Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Gerald W Abrams. Producer Joel Rogosin. Teleplay Robert Malloy. Based on the Novel by Pete Hamill. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editors Gregory Prange, John Farrell. Art Director Charles Hughes. Associate Producer Huw Davies. Cast Gary Frank (Pete Devlin), Julie Harris (Anne Devlin), Allison Argo (Kathleen), Glenn Ford (Billy Devlin), Maggie Cooper (Betty), Tom Clancy (Richie Grennan), Harry Gold (Griffin), Kevin Bacon (Teddy), M. Emmet Walsh (Legion commander), Phillip Pine (Boop), Mitchell Group (Sal), Lewis Charles (Izzy), Antony Ponzini (Patsy), Jane Hoffman (Mrs. Crowley), K.C. Martel (John), Matt Russo (Grifter), Bryan Scott (Scott), George Arden (Bus driver), Pat Corley (Brick), Lucas Andreas (1st ironworker), Ed Max (Mr. Bacon), Bob O’Connell (George), Jerry Machen (Eddie Riggs), David Cole, Donal O’Brien, Frank Conn, Nicholas Mele, Art Kassul, Ray Guth, Don Stark, Jon Reigrod. 367... The Gift of Love (ABC, 12/8/1978, 120 mins). Marie Osmond made her dramatic acting debut playing a poor little rich girl who loses her heart to a penniless immigrant in New York of the Gay ’90s in this variation of “The Gift of the Magi,” the O. Henry tale that has the young woman cutting and selling her long hair to buy a watch fob for her husband who secretly has sold his priceless watch to buy a set of jeweled combs for his wife--all of which, naturally, happens in the final minutes of this film. Production Company Osmond Television Productions. Director Don Chaffey. Executive Producers Osmond Brothers, Toby Martin. Producer Mitchell Brower. Teleplay Caryl Ledner. Based on a Story by O Henry. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Fred Karlin. Songs by Fred Karlin. Song “You’ll Have Mine” by Norman Gimbel. Editors John C. Horger, Michael Karr. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Associate Producer William Ross.. Cast Marie Osmond (Beth Atherton), Timothy Bottoms (Rudi Miller), Bethel Leslie (Agnes), June Lockhart (Constance Schuyler), Donald Moffat (William Schuyler), David Wayne (O. Henry/narrator), James Woods (Alfred Browning), Sondra West (Mary O’Halloran), Robert Peirce (Franz Hollner), Fred Stuthman (Griggs), Peggy Rea (Mrs. Mooney), Anne Ramsay (Maeve O’Halloran), Arthur Malet (Emcee at ball), Hedley Mattingly (Jewelry salesman), Jason Yowell (Young man at ball), Christian Gray (Fat man at ball), Glenn Robards (Dancer at ball), Lane Davies (Browning servant), Sara Benoit (Liesl’s mother), Sandy Martin (Jan’s mother), John Hart (Justice of the Peace), Ray Duke (Hack driver), John LaMotta (Vendor). 368... The Girl Called Hatter Fox (CBS, 10/12/1977, 120 mins). A battle of wills between a concerned young doctor and ancient Indian witchcraft, with the future of a teenage Indian girl, sent to a state reformatory as an incorrigible, at stake. Adapted from Marilyn Harris’ 1973 book. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer George Schaefer. Teleplay Darryl Ponicsan. Based on a Book by Marilyn Harris. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Herman Zimmerman.

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Cast Ronny Cox (Dr. Teague Summer), Conchata Ferrell (Nurse Rhinehart), John Durren (Claude), Joanelle Nadine Romero (Hatter Fox), Donald Hotton (Dr. Levering), S. John Launer (Mr. Winton), Mira Santera (Mango), Danny Villaneueva (Policeman), William Farrington (Bartender), Jeanne Stein (Belle), Jack McGuire (Reverend), Mona Lawrence (Indian nurse), Robert Jones (1st man in bar), Arthur Wagner (2nd man in bar), Hardy Phelps (3rd man in bar), David Leyba (2nd policeman), Denise Montoya (Nurse), Sabra Wilson (Matron), Virginia Bird (Old Indian woman), Caroline Rackley (Waitress), Biff Yeager (Cabbie), Billy Beck (Man from orphanage), Adam Williams (Guard), Renn Durren (1st Mango girl), Deborah Brown (2nd Mango girl). 369... The Girl in the Empty Grave (NBC, 9/20/1977, 120 mins). In this pilot film for a series about a small-town police chief, an investigation is launched after a girl, believed to have died months earlier, turns up at the funeral of her murdered parents. In search of a successful follow-up series to “The Andy Griffith Show,” Griffith played his familiar homespun law enforcer, this time without laughs, and without a series. Originally titled “Abel.” Production Companies MGM Television, NBC Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Richard O. Linke. Producers Gordon A. Webb, Lane Slate. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Mundell Lowe. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Leon R. Harris. Cast Andy Griffith (Abel Marsh), Jonathan Banks (Courtland Gates), James Cromwell (Deputy Malcolm), Mitzi Hoag (Gloria), Claude Earl Jones (Deputy Fred), George Gaynes (David Alden), Byron Morrow (MacAlwee), Mary-Robin Redd (Gilda), Robert F. Simon (Jedediah Partridge), Sharon Spelman (Doc), Leonard Stone (Harry), Hunter Von Leer (Deputy John), Edward Winter (Dr. Peter Cabe), Kathleen Clarke (Betty), Eddie Foy Jr. (Carter), Don Keefer (Sylvester Dean), Bill McLean (Whit), Jenny Neumann (Susie), Sybil Scotford (Mrs. Alden), Dick Sondergaard (Willie), Deborah White (Elizabeth Alden). 370... The Girl Most Likely To. . . (ABC, 11/6/1973, 90 mins). A black comedy about the trials of an ugly girl (played by Stockard Channing) who undergoes plastic surgery and then, through a series of bizarre killings, takes revenge on those who have been mean to her. Based on a story by Joan Rivers. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Lee Philips. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Agnes Gallin. Based on a Story by Joan Rivers. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Bernardo Segall. Editors Diane Adler, George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Stockard Channing (Miriam Knight), Edward Asner (Det. Ralph Varone), Jim Backus (Prof. David Tilson), Joe Flynn (Dr. Green), Chuck McCann (Coach), Cyril Delavanti (Minister), Carl Ballantine (Dr. Hankin), Ruth McDevitt (House mistress), Suzanne Zenor (Heidi Murphy), Fred Grandy (Dr. Ted Gates), Larry Wilcox (Moose Meyers), Warren Berlinger (Herman Anderson), Daniel Spelling (Fred Ames), Florence Lake (Computer clerk), Victor Izay (Dr. Wolfe), Bill Zuckert (Priest at funeral), Reb Brown (Football player), Warren Burton (Actor), Angela Clarke (Actress), Dennis Dugan (Charlie Elliott), Annette O’Toole (Jennie), Bobby Griffin (Football player), Charles Pinte (Football player), Bob Hanley (2nd intern), Lonny Stevens (3rd intern), Mary Layne (Lee Ann), Florence London (Anaesthesiologist), John Kirby (2nd aide), Jack Kutcher (1st aide). 371... A Girl Named Sooner (NBC, 6/18/1975, 120 mins). Drama about an abandoned young girl, raised in the hill country of Indiana by an eccentric bootlegging old crone, who becomes the ward of a childless couple. Based on the 1972 novel by Suzanne Clauser. Filmed in Vevay, Indiana. Production Companies Frederick Brogger and Associates, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Frederick Brogger. Producer Fred Hamilton. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Based on the Novel by Suzanne Clauser. Photography Ralph B Woolsey. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor John W. Holmes. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Lee Remick (Elizabeth McHenry), Richard Crenna (R.J. “Mac” McHenry), Don Murray (Sheriff Phil Rotteman), Anne Francis (Selma Goss), Cloris Leachman (Old Mam Hawes), Susan Deer (Sooner), Michael Gross (Jim Seevey), Nancy Bell (Teacher), Ken Hardin (Harey Drummond), Tonia Scotti (Judith Ann Drummond). 372... The Girl on the Late, Late Show (NBC, 4/1/1974, 90 mins). A mystery drama with a Hollywood background and lots of familiar screen faces as TV producer Don Murray inquires around town about faded film queen Gloria Grahame and unwittingly triggers a series of murders. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Richard C. Meyer. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Don Murray (William Martin), Bert Convy (F.J. Allen), Yvonne DeCarlo (Lorraine), Gloria Grahame (Carolyn Parker), Van Johnson (Johnny Leverett), Ralph Meeker (Inspector DeBiesse), Cameron Mitchell (Norman Wilder), Mary Ann Mobley (Librarian), Joe Santos (Sergeant Scott), Laraine Stephens (Paula), John Ireland (Bruno Walters), Walter Pidgeon (John Pahlman), Sherry Jackson (Pat Clauson), Felice Orlandi (Detective), Frankie Darro (Studio guard). 373... The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (ABC, 1/29/1974, 90 mins). A small-town beauty with wide eyes, great ambitions, and empty pockets is presented to a wealthy and jaded magazine publisher as a bikinied birthday present by his business associates.

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Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Bruce Bilson. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Susan Silver. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Parke Perine. Cast Karen Valentine (Sandy Benson), Richard Long (Michael Green), Tom Bosley (Harold), Farrah Fawcett (Patti), Dave Madden (Stanley), Reta Shaw (Miss Markin), Louise Sorel (Sylvia), Patti Cubbison (Cindy), Michael Haynes (Larry), Shelley Morrison (Louise), Carol Veazie (Martha), Monty Margetts (2nd matron), Maurice Sherbanee (Waiter), Dave Morick (Barber), William E. Sands (Barney), Darl Severns (Bob), Sandra Ego (Secretary), Jamie Lynn Bauer (Door girl). 374... The Girls in the Office (ABC, 2/2/1979, 120 mins). A romantic comedy about four women employees of an ultramodern Houston department store who discover that they must choose between love and success. Based on the 1972 book by Jack Olsen. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Ted Post. Producer Barry Oringer. Teleplay Richard Danus. Based on a Book by Jack Olsen. Photography Andrew Costikyan. Music John Parker. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Susan Saint James (Rita Massaro), Barbara Eden (Lee Rawlins), Tony Roberts (Mike Holden), Robyn Douglass (Karen Heineman), Penny Peyser (Tracy Beaumont), Joe Penny (Beau Galloway), Jonathan Goldsmith. (Bill Pearson), David Wayne (Ben Nayfak), Jaki Morrison (Cindy), Hugh Gorian (Sid Praeger), Nik Hagler (Tim Weiss), Gaetana Campbell (Miss Wells), Yvonne McCord (Deena), David Wurst (Ted), Eddie Hinton (Reg), Ralph Ehnthout (Collins), John Conlee (Himself), Jo Jo Starbuck (Herself), Ken Shelley (Himself), Don Dalesandro, Merrill Connally. 375... The Girls of Huntington House (ABC, 2/14/1973, 90 mins). An unmarried teacher (Shirley Jones) in a school for unwed mothers--including a young Sissy Spacek--finds herself increasingly drawn to her students’ problems, leading to a deep emotional crisis. Adapted from the 1972 novel by Blossom Elfman. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Alf Kjellin. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Paul Savage. Based on the Novel by Blossom Elfman. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Tom Scott. Song written and performed by Paul Williams. Editor Gene Fowler Jr., Marjorie Fowler. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Cast Shirley Jones (Anne Baldwin), Mercedes McCambridge (Doris McKenzie), Pamela Sue Martin (Gail Dorn), William Windom (Sam Dutton), Sissy Spacek (Sara), Nancy Malone (Sara’s Mother), Debbie Dozier (Mary Lou), Marilyn Fox (Cookie), Barbara Mallory (Marilyn), Helen Page Camp (Nurse Caulfield), Carmen Zapata (Miss Rodriguez), Darrell Larson (Sandy), Bonnie Van Dyke (Baby), Tina Andrews (Tina), Mary Maldenado (Wanda), Damon Douglas (Harold), Scottie MacGregor (Rose Beckwith), Ruth Warshawsky (Mrs. Conover), Dolores Dorn (Gail’s Mother), Noble Willingham (Harry [Sara’s father]), Queenie Smith (Agnes Swenton), Carol Speed (Marlene), Stephanie Hayes (Betty). 376... The Glass Menagerie (ABC, 12/16/1973, 120 mins). Katharine Hepburn made her television acting debut in this poetic adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ wistful 1945 play about the memories and hopes of the Wingfield family during the 1930s. Filmed once before in 1950 with Gertrude Lawrence, this version offered Emmy Award-winning performances by Joanna Miles and Michael Moriarty (both in the supporting category). Production Companies Talent Associates, Norton Simon Inc. Director Anthony Harvey. Producer David Susskind. Teleplay from his play Tennessee Williams. Photography Billy Williams. Music John Barry. Editor John. Bloom. Art Director Alan Tomkins. Production Designer Terence Marsh. Associate Producer Cecil F. Ford. Cast Katharine Hepburn (Amanda Wingfield), Sam Waterston (Tom), Joanna Miles (Laura), Michael Moriarty (Jim O’Connor/The Gentleman Caller). 377... Go Ask Alice (ABC, 1/24/1973, 90 mins). A drama based on the actual diary of a teenage girl caught in a web of drug addiction who, with the help of her family and true friends, desperately tries to fight her way back to the real world after a bad LSD trip. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay Ellen M. Violett. Photography Earl Rath. Music Bill Schnee, Joel Sill, Michael Omartian. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Rodger Maus. Cast Jamie Smith-Jackson (Alice), William Shatner (Sam), Ruth Roman (Psychiatrist), Wendell Burton (Joel Clements), Julie Adams (Dorothy), Andy Griffith (Priest), Ayn Ruyman (Jan), Mimi Saffian (Beth Bonds), Jennifer Edwards (Chris), Daniel Michael Mann (Richie), Michael Morgan (Tim), Jeanne Avery (Jean), Frederick Herrick (Ted), Robert Carradine (Bill), Gary Marsh (Tom), Mackenzie Phillips (Doris), Al Checco (Male sadist), Brenda Thompson (Female sadist), Charles Martin Smith (Jim), Michael Moore (Bud), Barbara Mallory (Marie), Michael Freeman, Richard Alleman, Elizabeth Jill Guber. 378... Go West, Young Girl! (ABC, 4/27/1978, 120 mins). A lighthearted Western about a peppery New England lady who goes west to seek her fortune by writing of her experiences, and the attractive widow of a cavalry officer, both of whom go in search of Billy the Kid, teaming up to outwit gamblers, bounty hunters, and rough-and-tumble lawmen.

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Production Companies Bennett-Katleman Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producers Harris Katleman, Harve Bennett. Producer George Yanok. Teleplay George Yanok. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Jerrold Immel. Theme song by Jerrold Immel, John Stewart. Editors Ronald LaVine, Sam Vitale. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Karen Valentine (Netty Booth), Sandra Will (Gilda Corin), Stuart Whitman (Deputy Shreeve), Richard Jaeckel (Billy), Michael Bell (Nestor), Cal Bellini (Chato), David Dukes (Reverend Crane), Charles Frank (Captain Anson), Richard Kelton (Griff), William Larsen (Fanchon), John Quade (Ingalls), Gregg Palmer (Payne), Pepe Callahan (Librado), Mark Pinter (Lieutenant), Arnold P. Jefries (Sergeant Helms). 379... The Godchild (ABC, 11/26/1974, 90 mins). An update of the oft-filmed “The Three Godfathers,” previously made in 1916 with Harry Carey, repeating his role in John Ford’s 1919 version (“Marked Men”), in William Wyler’s 1929 adaptation (“Hell’s Heroes”) with Charles Bickford, in Richard Boleslavski’s 1936 production with Chester Morris and Walter Brennan, and in John Ford’s Technicolor version with John Wayne in 1948, dedicated to Harry Carey. Three Civil War prisoners, fleeing from both Confederates and Apaches, risk their freedom and lives to aid a dying woman and become guardians of her newborn child. Production Company MGM Television. Director John Badham. Executive Producer Charles Robert McLain. Producer Richard Collins. Teleplay Ronald Bishop. Based on a Story by Peter B. Kyne. Photography Stevan Larner. Music David Shire. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Jack Palance (Rourke), Jack Warden (Sergeant Dobbs), Keith Carradine (Lieutenant Lewis), Ed Lauter (Crees), José Perez (Sanchez), Bill McKinney (Corporal Crawley), Jesse Vint (Loftus), Fionnuala Flanagan (Virginia), John Quade (Denton), Simon Deckard (William), Ed Bakey (Shaw), Kermit Murdoch (Nathaniel Mony). 380... Gold of the Amazon Women (NBC, 3/6/1979, 120 mins). Two fortune hunters searching for treasure in the South American jungles stumble upon a primitive society of statuesque women, descendants of a legendary warrior tribe, who follow the pair back to present-day Manhattan. Anita Ekberg, screen sex queen of the 1950s, returned to moviemaking in this one after many years out of the limelight. Production Companies MI-KA Productions, NBC Productions. Director Mark L. Lester. Executive Producer Stanley Ralph Ross. Producer Alfredo Leone. Teleplay Sue Donem. Photography David Quaid. Music Gil Melle. Editor Michael A. Luciano. Art Director Karl Hueglin. Cast Bo Svenson (Tom Jensen), Anita Ekberg (Queen Na-Eela), Donald Pleasence (Clarence Blasko), Richard Romanus (Luis Rodriguez), Robert Minor (Noboro), Maggie Jean Smith (Reina), Bond Gideon (Taimi), Susan E Miller (Oriana), Yasmine (Lee-Leeo), Mary Peters (Polani), Ian Edward (Heintz Ginther), Sarita Butterfield (Barari), Charles Reynolds (Jorn Abramson), John Anthony Sarno (Leonard Reynolds), Carl Low (Frederick Reynolds), Fred Berhoff (Man in cage), Joseph Gilbert (Man in cage), Robert Ross (Man in cage), Chere Bryson (Amazon Warrior), Ann Chatterton (Amazon Warrior), Sharon Foust (Amazon Warrior), Tara Gordon (Amazon Warrior), Kaarin Hall (Amazon Warrior), Ann Marie Hollander (Amazon Warrior), Betty Hudson (Amazon Warrior), Elyse Josef (Amazon Warrior), Olie Karlsson (Amazon Warrior), Chris MacLeod (Amazon Warrior), D’Lee Magness (Amazon Warrior), Lisa McMillan (Amazon Warrior), Faith Minton (Amazon Warrior), Deborah Lynn Nagy (Amazon Warrior), Linda Redford (Amazon Warrior), Sandra Voris (Amazon Warrior), Melanie Winter (Amazon Warrior), The Julie Edwards Dancers (Themselves), Holly Betaudier, Wilbert Holder, Kathleen Leone, John Marchesella, Hamilton Perris. 381... The Golden Gate Murders (CBS, 10/3/1979, 120 mins). Gruff detective David Janssen reluctantly joins with nun Susannah York to prove that a priest’s fall from the Golden Gate Bridge was murder instead of the official verdict of suicide. This had all the look of a pilot to a prospective and somewhat offbeat series and has been shown theatrically overseas as “Specter on the Bridge.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Carl Foreman. Producer Jerome L. Davis. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn. Photography Jack Swain. Music Sol Kaplan. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director Seymour Klate. Cast David Janssen (Det. Sgt. Paul Silver), Susannah York (Sister Benecia), Lloyd Bochner (Dr. Hamill), Paul Coufos (Johnny Butler), Tim O’Connor (Capt. Dan Bradley), Kim Hunter (Sister Superior), Alan Fudge (Sergeant McNally), Regis J. Cordic (Father John Thomas), Richard O’Brien (Bridge foreman), Richard Bull (Deputy coroner), Kenneth Tigar (Father O’Brien), Sandy Ward (George Walker), Lee Paul (Willie Peterson), Jon Lormer (Archbishop), Jason Wingreen (Larkin), Hank Brandt (1st detective), Byron Morrow (Chief Sullivan), Michael O’Dwyer (Father Connelly), Olive Bernhart (Sister Teresa), Samuel Hionda, William Boyett, Dave Cassey. 382... Goldenrod (CBS, 6/1/1977, 120 mins). A once-successful champion of the Western Canadian rodeo circuit in the ’50s is crippled in the ring, ending his winning streak and breaking up his marriage. Left with responsibility of raising two young sons after his wife deserts him, he finds his life changing when he discovers strength and direction in his eldest boy, coming into his own young manhood. Based on Herbert Harker’s 1972 book. Production Company Talent Associates. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producers Gerry Arbeid, Lionel Chetwynd. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Based on the Novel by Herbert Harker. Photography Harry Makin. Music Franklin Boyd. Editor Peter Shatalow. Art Director Gerry Holmes.

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Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Jess Gifford), Gloria Carlin (Shirley Gifford), Donald Pleasence (John Tyler Jones), Will MacMillan (Ethan Gifford), Donnelly Rhodes (Keno McLaughlin), Andrew Ian McMillan (George Gifford), Patricia Hamilton (Mrs. Gunderson), Ed McNamara (Johnson), Hagan Beggs. 383... Goldie and the Boxer (NBC, 12/30/1979, 120 mins). Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship with a struggling fighter who was his sparring partner and takes on the job of managing him from obscurity to the championship. The first project for star O.J. Simpson’s own production company, it spawned a sequel that premiered a year later. Production Companies Orenthal Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director David Miller. Executive Producer O.J. Simpson. Producer Hugh Benson. Supervising Producer Dan Mark. Teleplay David Debin, Douglas Schwartz. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Directors Jack F. DeShields, Ross Bellah. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast O.J. Simpson (Joe Gallagher), Vincent Gardenia (Sam Diamond), Ned Glass (Al Levinsky), Gordon Jump (Alex Miller), Madlyn Rhue (Marsha Miller), Phil Silvers (Wally), Annazette Chase (Anne Bennington), Melissa Michaelsen (Goldie Kellog), Fran Ryan (Ethel), Judy Landers (Bonnie Dare), Claude Earl Jones (Willie), Larry Levine (Matty), John Roselius (Paul Kellog), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Radio announcer), Matthew Tobin (Minister), Tim Rossovich (Billy Buck), Gene Lebell (Vinnie), Walter Wyatt (Boxcar man), Daniel Chodos (Italian announcer), Napoleon Whiting (Helper). 384... Good Against Evil (ABC, 5/22/1977, 90 mins). An exorcism movie in which a young couple (Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos) is beset by evil forces--she’s been spoken for by the devil (Richard Lynch). Production Companies Frankel Productions, Lin Bolen Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Ernie Frankel, Lin Bolen. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors Art Seid, George B. Hively. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Dack Rambo (Andy Stuart), Elyssa Davalos (Jessica Gordon), Richard Lynch (Mr. Rimmin), Dan O’Herlihy (Father Kemschler), John Harkins (Father Wheatley), Jenny O’Hara (The Woman), Lelia Goldoni (Sister Monica), Peggy McCay (Irene), Peter Brandon (Dr.Price), Kim Cattrall (Linday Isley), Natasha Ryan (Cindy Isley), Richard Sanders (The Doctor), Lillian Adams (Beatrice), Erica Yohn (Agnes), Richard Stahl (Brown), Sandy Ward (Lieutenant Taggert), Isaac Goz (Merlin). 385... Goodbye Raggedy Ann (CBS, 10/22/1971, 90 mins). A sensitive Hollywood writer, played by Hal Holbrook, tries to talk a young down-on-her-luck actress out of suicide in this movie marking Mia Farrow’s telefeature debut. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Fielder Cook. Producer Jack Sher. Teleplay Jack Sher. Photography Earl Rath. Music Wladimir Selinsky. Editor Philip W. Anderson. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Mia Farrow (Brooke Collier), Hal Holbrook (Harlan Webb), John Colicos (Paul Jamison), Marlene Warfield (Louise Walters), Ed Flanders (David Bevin), Martin Sheen (Jules Worthman), Walter Koenig (Jerry), Marguerita Chan (Kim), Maxine Stuart (Clerk), Barbara Daitch (Woman in line), Tony DiMilo (Man in line), Buck Kartalian (Tony), Nora Marlowe (Autograph seeker), Toni Gilman (Woman officer), Pam Dixon (Receptionist). 386... Goodnight, My Love (ABC, 10/17/1972, 90 mins). This private-eye spoof has a seedy, down-and-out detective and his partner, an erudite dwarf, being drawn by a voluptuous blonde into a missing persons cases leading to murder in the seamy underworld of 1946 Los Angeles. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Peter Hyams. Producer Ward Sylvester. Teleplay Peter Hyams. Photography Earl Rath. Music Harry Betts. Editor James Mitchell. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Richard Boone (Frank Hogan), Michael Dunn (Arthur Boyle), Barbara Bain (Susan Lakely), Victor Buono (Julius Limeway), Gianni Russo (Michael Tarlow), John Quade (Edgar), Walter Burke (Wheezer), Lou Wagner (Sally), Lou Cutell (Sidney), John Lawrence (Reardon), Jan Daley (Nightclub singer), Lucas Andreas (Nightman), Don Calfa (Bananas), Vic Vallardo (Courier), Carl Rizeo (Eddie), Bobby Baum (Benny), Tim Herbert (Sam), George Brenlin (Barney), Sylvia J. Habush (Annie), Paul ‘Mousie’ Garner (Harry), James Espinosa (Manuel), Larry Gorodkin (Parking lot attendant), Lomax Study (Maitre d’), Ron Boutwell (Pool player), Newton Mitzman (Droopy), Bob Corso (Charlie), James Nusser (Night clerk). 387... The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (CBS, 10/25/1978, 120 mins). A comedy-drama, adapted from Erma Bombeck’s 1976 book, about a New York couple who decided to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life of suburbia. Carol Burnett made her TV-movie debut in this film that followed her departure from the grind of weekly television after 10 years of her legendary variety series. Production Company Joe Hamilton Productions. Director Robert Day. Producer Joe Hamilton. Supervising Producer Roger Beatty, Tom Egan. Teleplay Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon. Based on a Book by Erma Bombeck. Photography Steven Poster. Music Peter Matz. Editor Peter Kirby. Art Director Paul Barnes. Associate Producer Robert Wright. Cast Carol Burnett (Dorothy Benson), Charles Grodin (Jim Benson), Alex Rocco (Ralph Corliss), Linda Gray (Leslie Corliss), Robert Sampson (Lester Wentworth), Vicki Belmonte (Helen Wentworth), Craig Richard Nelson (Hal Watson), Annrae

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Walterhouse (Kelly Benson), Eric Stoltz (Steve Benson), David Hollander (Davie Benson), Pat Wilson (Dollie Sullivan), Edwina Gough (Marci), Frank Reilly (Brother Bud), Morgan Upton (Mr. Loring). 388... The Great American Beauty Contest (ABC, 2/13/1973, 90 mins). The pursuit by America’s loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal that implicates a judge, a former winner and one of the five finalists. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Photography James Crabe. Music Ken Wannberg. Editors Bruce Schoengarth, Frank Capacchione, James Mitchell. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Associate Producer Robert Monroe. Cast Eleanor Parker (Peggy Lowery), Bob Cummings (Dan Carson), Louis Jourdan (Ralph Dupree), JoAnna Cameron (Gloria Rockwell), Susan Damante (Angelique Denby), Farrah Fawcett (T.L. Dawson), Kathrine Baumann (Melinda Wilson), Tracy Reed (Pamela Parker), Larry Wilcox (Joe Bunch), Patricia Barry (Kay Earnshaw), Ryan MacDonald (Elliott), Christopher Norris (Miss Utah), Barbi Benton (Miss Iowa), Brett Somers (Miss Texas chaperone), Vernon Scott (Newsman), Will Tusher (Newsman), Joan Crosby (1st female judge), Morton Moss (1st male judge), Joe Pilcher (2nd male judge), Norma Lee Browning (2nd female judge), Carol Veazie (Miss Ohio chaperone), Myrna Fahey (Miss Utah chaperone), Barbara Dodd (Miss New Jersey chaperone), Susan Anton (Betty Sue Allen--Last Year’s Miss American Beauty), Julie Mannix (Shirley), Carol Bagdasarian (Mary Lou), Mady Maguire (Lib girl), Valerie Fitzgerald (Lib girl), Mario J. Machado (TV announcer). 389... A Great American Tragedy (ABC, 10/18/1972, 90 mins). An aerospace engineer is laid off and faces the economic realities of middle-class living, going through the agony of fruitless job interviews and mounting debts while seeing his wife go back to work and his marriage dissolve. Initially the film was called “A New American Tragedy.” Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director J. Lee Thompson. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Ronald Shedlo. Teleplay Caryl Ledner. Photography J. J. Jones. Music George Duning. Editor Henry Berman. Production Designer Joe Wonder. Cast George Kennedy (Brad Wilkes), Vera Miles (Gloria Wilkes), William Windom (Rob Stewart), Sallie Shockley (Carol), Kevin McCarthy (Mark Reynolds), Hilary Thompson (Julie Wilkes), James Woods (Rick), Natalie Trundy (Paula Braun), Nancy Hadley (Trudy Stewart), Robert Mandan (Leslie Baker), Tony Dow (Johnny), Marcia Mac Jones (Claire), Normann Burton, Stephen Coit, Regis J. Cordic, Peter Dane, Jo DeWinter, Emmaline Henry, John Lasell, William Sargent. 390... Great Expectations (NBC, 11/22/1974, 120 mins). A sumptuous remake of the Dickens classic that previously had been filmed in black and white in 1917, 1934, and 1946 (the definitive version). The latest “Expectations” was produced as a musical with an original score by Norman Sachs and Mel Mandel, but none of the songs appeared in the final print for reasons never explained. Production Company Transcontinental Films Productions. Director Joseph Hardy. Producer Robert Fryer. Teleplay Sherman Yellen. Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Freddie Young. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Bill Butler. Art Director Alan Tomkins. Production Designer Terence Marsh. Associate Producer Johnny Goodman. Cast Michael York (Pip), Sarah Miles (Estella), James Mason (Magwich), Margaret Leighton (Miss Havisham), Robert Morley (Pumplec), Anthony Quayle (Jaggers), Joss Ackland (Joe Gargery), Rachel Roberts (Mrs. Gargery), Heather Sears (Biddy), Andrew Ray (Herbert Pocket), Simon Gipps-Kent (Young Pip), James Faulkner (Bentley Drummle), Peter Bull (Wemmick), Sam Kydd (Scarred convict), John Clive (Mr. Wopsle), Patsy Smart (Mrs. Wopsle), Dudley Sutton (Criminal), Celia Hewitt (Molly), Maria Charles (Sara Pocket), Elaine Garreau (Cousin Camilla), Eric Chitty (Old man), Noel Trevarthen (Sergeant), Geoffrey Greenhill (Police inspector), John Wireford (Police officer), Edward Brayshaw (Trabb), Tom Owen (Trabb’s boy), Richard Beaumont (Young Pocket), Paul Ellison (Nephew Pip), Michael Howarth (Gentleman at ball), Ben Cross (Gentleman at ball). 391... The Great Houdinis (ABC, 10/8/1976, 120 mins). A somewhat romanticized biographical dramatization of the life and times of the world-renowned illusionist and escape artist whose glittering career masked a deep obsession with the occult, culminated by a vow that one day he would speak from the beyond, a promise he made to his wife on his deathbed in 1926. Ruth Gordon won an Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Houdini’smother. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Melville Shavelson. Teleplay Melville Shavelson. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Peter Matz. Editor John M. Woodcock. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Technical Advisor Harry Blackstone Jr. Cast Paul Michael Glaser (Harry Houdini [Erich Weiss]), Sally Struthers (Bess Houdini), Ruth Gordon (Cecilia Weiss), Vivian Vance (Minnie), Adrienne Barbeau (Daisy White), Bill Bixby (Rev. Arthur Ford), Jack Carter (Theo Weiss), Peter Cushing (Arthur Conan Doyle), Nina Foch (Reverend LeVeyne), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Superintendent Melville), Maureen O’Sullivan (Lady Doyle), Clive Revill (Dundas Slater), Geoffrey Lewis (Dr. Crandon), Barbara Rhoades (Margery Crandon), Marilyn Brodnick (Dorothy Weiss), Patrick Culliton (Franz Kukla), Jerome Thor (Conductor), Elizabeth E. Moor (Barmaid), Jan Stratton (Hotel maid), Richard Kennedy (Pub policeman).

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392... The Great Ice Rip-Off (ABC, 11/6/1974, 90 mins). A heist comedy pitting a dogged retired cop against a dapper gangster and his cohorts who, with four million dollars indiamonds in their possession, use a cross-country bus to make their getaway. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Director Bill Malley. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Lee J. Cobb (Willy Calso), Gig Young (Harkey Rollins), Grayson Hall (Helen Calso), Robert Walden (Checker), Matt Clark (Georgie), Geoffrey Lewis (Archie), Hank Garrett (Sam), Bill Smillie (Cab driver), Orin Cannon (Boat proprietor), Norman Honath (Bus driver), Jerry August (Thompson), Edgar Daniels (Bus official), Jason Dunn (Peterson), Al Hansen (Highway officer), John Hart (Klein salesman), Marcia Lewis (Mrs. Gilmore), Robert Nadder (Desk clerk), Allan Byrns (Cop with pickpocket), Basil Hoffman (Richards), Bill Martel (Insomniac), Ginger Mason (Girl at hotel), Paul Pepper (Pickpocket), Frank Ventgen (Stein). 393... The Great Man’s Whiskers (NBC, 2/13/1973, 120 mins). A comedy-drama, filmed in 1969, about how a letter from a 10-year-old girl urged President Lincoln to grow a beard and altered America’s most famous face. Based on the one-act play by screenwriter Adrian Scott, who gained notoriety in the late 1940s as one of the Hollywood 10 and was blacklisted for many years. This was his last major work. Production Company Universal Television. Director Philip Leacock. Producer Adrian Scott. Teleplay John Paxton. Based on the Play by Adrian Scott. Photography John F. Warren. Music Earl Robinson. Songs “The Wilderness Man” and “Things That Go Bump in the Night” by E.Y. Harburg, Earl Robinson. Song “The Wilderness Man” performed by Dean Jones. Song “Things That Go Bump in the Night” performed by Isabel Sanford. Editor John Elias. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Dean Jones (James E. Cooper), Ann Sothern (Aunt Margaret Bancroft), Dennis Weaver (Abraham Lincoln), John McGiver (Andrew Hogan), Harve Presnell (Ballad singer), Beth Brickell (Katherine Witherby), Cindy Eilbacher (Elizabeth Cooper), Richard Erdman (Joseph Somerby), Isabel Sanford (Ella), Nicole Meggerson (Pearl), John Hillerman (Major Underwood), Maudie Prickett (Miss Albright), Woodrow Chambliss (Paddleford), Alvin Hammer (Whately), Charles Lane (Philbrick). 394... The Great Niagara (ABC, 9/24/1974, 90 mins). An offbeat Depression-era drama about an embittered old cripple (Richard Boone) whose obsession with conquering the river and the falls endangers his sons’ lives by forcing them to challenge the waters in a barrel. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director William Hale. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Peter Link. Editor Jim Benson. Production Designer Walter Scott Herndon. Production Executive Edward L Rissien. Cast Richard Boone (Aaron Grant), Michael Sacks (Lonnie Grant), Randy Quaid (Carl Grant), Jennifer Salt (Lois), Burt Young (Ace Tully), Les Ruble (Smitty), David Schurmann (Young Mountie), Jack Von Evera (Doctor), Jonathan White (Driver). 395... The Great Wallendas (NBC, 2/12/1978, 120 mins). Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed. Filmed in Sarasota, Florida. Production Companies Daniel Wilson Productions, NBC Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Daniel Wilson. Producer Linda Marmelstein. Teleplay Jan Hartman. Photography Robert Bailin. Music Bill Soden, Joe Weber. Editors Eric Albertson, Patrick McMahon. Art Director Richard Bianchi. Technical Advisor Karl Wallenda. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Karl Wallenda), Britt Ekland (Jenny Wallenda), Taina Elg (Helen Wallenda), Cathy Rigby (Jana Schmidt), John Van Dreelen (Herman Wallenda), Michael McGuire (Arnold Fielding), Ben Fuhrman (Gunther Wallenda), Travis Hudson (Lotte Schmidt), Bruce Ornstein (Mario Wallenda), Stephen Parr (Dick Faughnan), William Sadler (Dieter Schmidt), Isa Thomas (Edith Wallenda), Casey Biggs (Gene Hallow), Lucinda Bridges (Nurse). 396... The Greatest Gift (NBC, 11/4/1974, 120 mins). An impoverished small-town preacher struggles to provide for his family while leading a dwindling congregation, battling restless church deacons and standing up to a bullying sheriff in a small southern town in 1940. The subsequent short-lived series, “The Family Holvak” (Sept.-Nov. 1975), reteamed Glenn Ford, Julie Harris and Lance Kerwin but was moved back in time to theDepression days. Although Abby Mann wrote the teleplay, adapting Jack Farris’ novel “Ramey,” he apparently had his name removed and the screen credit goes to Ben Goodman. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Dean Hargrove. Teleplay Abby Mann. Based on a Novel by Jack Farris. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Song “Look How Far We’ve Come” by Bill Dyer, Dick DeBenedictis. Song Performed by Denny Brooks. Editors Douglas Stewart, Howard Epstein. Art Director Bill Caplan. Associate Producer John Choy. Cast Glenn Ford (The Reverend Holvak), Julie Harris (Elizabeth Holvak), Lance Kerwin (Ramey Holvak), Harris Yulin (Hog Yancy), Charles Tyner (Amos Goodloe), Dabbs Greer (Deacon Hurd), Carl Anne Warder (Julie Mae Holvak), Albert Smith (Eli Wiggins), Furman Walters (Willis Graham), Leslie Thorsen (Tincey Bell), Elsie Travis (Mrs. Goodloe), Ken Renard (Abraham Morrison), J. Don Ferguson (Jim Friedkin), Burt Douglas (Narrator), Bob Hannah (Emmet Poston), Don Devendorf (Brent), Thomas Hilliard (Harold Biglow), Lewell Akins (Hap), Doris Pearse (Mrs. Pradley).

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397... The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (CBS, 10/26/1977, 120 mins). In the 1950s, a real-life teenage athlete (comedian Jimmie Walker in a rare dramatic role) learns that he has leukemia, and his winning spirit is threatened as he faces a major basketball tournament just before Christmas, while his dad’s struggle to maintain his own self-respect often blinds him to his son’s emotional needs. Based on the novel by Don Robinson. Production Companies Crestview Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Gilbert Moses. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Peter S. Beagle. Based on the Novel by Don Robertson. Photography Joseph M. Wilcots. Music David Shire. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Cast Jimmie Walker (Morris Bird III), James Earl Jones (Morris Bird Jr.), Deborah Allen (Julie Sutton), Tamu (Sandra Bird), Valerie Curtin (Miss Goldfarb), Kevin Hooks (Hoover Sissle), Sorrell Booke (Samuelson), William Traylor (Coach), Darrell Zwerling (Dr. Brimson), Sam Laws (Horton), Harry Caesar (Bonner), Saundra Sharp (Aunt Edythe), David Rini, Kathy O’Dare, Hilda Haynes, Royce Wallace, Steve Doubet, Anson Downes, Daniel Tamm, Brian Kerwin, Ned Gill, Betty Aberlin, Kathryn Jackson, Murray Rubin, Amy Joyce, Abigail Shelton, Robert Reese, David Tyre. 398... Green Eyes (ABC, 1/3/1977, 120 mins). Disillusioned and uncertain about his future, a Vietnam veteran (Paul Winfield) journeys back to Southeast Asia to search among thousands of war orphans for the son he left behind. Filmed in the Republic of the Philippines. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producers David Seltzer, John Erman. Teleplay David Seltzer. Based on a Story by David Seltzer, Eugene Logan. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Fred Karlin. Editor John W. Wheeler. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Paul Winfield (Lloyd Dubeck), Rita Tushingham (Margaret Sheen), Jonathan Lippe (Noel Cousins), Victoria Racimo (Em Thuy), Lemi (Trung), Royce Wallace (Mrs. Dubeck), Robert DoQui (Hal), Fred Sadoff (VA officer), Dabbs Greer (Mr. Cousins), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Cousins), Joseph Hieu (Minh), Ric Mancini (Foreman). 399... Griffin and Phoenix (ABC, 2/27/1976, 120 mins). Two lonely people, both terminally ill, have a short-lived love affair, sharing a series of adventures in which they live out their childhood dreams. This film was called “Today Is Forever” for its theatrical showings overseas. Richard C. Glouner won an Emmy Award nomination for his cinematography. Production Companies Danny Thomas Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer Paul Witt. Producer Tony Thomas. Teleplay John Hill. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song written and performed by Paul Williams. Editor O. Nicholas Brown. Art Director Bill Malley. Associate Producers David M Shapiro, Judith Craig Marlin. Cast Peter Falk (Geoffrey Griffin), Jill Clayburgh (Sarah Phoenix), Dorothy Tristan (Jean Griffin), John Lehne (George Griffin), George Chandler (Old Man), John Harkins (Dr. Glenn), Milton Parsons (Professor), Irwin Charone (Dr. Thompson), Ben Hammer (Dr. Feinberg), Randy Faustino (Randy Griffin), Stephen Rogers (Bob Griffin), Sally Kirkland (Jody), Ken Sansom (Dr. Harding), Rod Hasse (Usher), Caroline Yablans, Russell Shannon. 400... Guess Who’s Sleeping in My Bed? (ABC, 10/31/1973, 90 mins). Romantic comedy about a divorcee who wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife, their eight-week-old baby, and their lion-chasing dog camped on her doorstep looking for a place to call home for a while. Adapted by Pamela Chais from her play “Six Weeks in August.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Theodore J. Flicker. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Pamela Chais. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Morton Stevens. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast Barbara Eden (Francine Gregory), Dean Jones (George Gregory), Kenneth Mars (Mitchell Bernard), Susanne Benton (Chloe Gregory), Reta Shaw (Mrs. Guzmando), Todd G. Lookinland (Adam Gregory), Diana Herbert (Delores), Walter Beakel (Waiter). 401... A Guide for the Married Woman (ABC, 10/13/1978, 120 mins). A comedy about a housewife who rebels against being taken for granted by her husband and dreams about finding new romantic adventures in her life. Cybill Shepherd made her television film debut as the star of this semi-sequel to writer Frank Tarloff’s 1967 movie “A Guide for the Married Man.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Hy Averback. Producer Lee Miller. Teleplay Frank Tarloff. Based on a Story by Frank Tarloff, Jerry Rainbow, Jewel Jaffe. Photography Ric Waite. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Song “Nothing Stays the Same” performed by Maureen McGovern. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director David M Haber. Cast Cybill Shepherd (Julie), Charles Frank (Jerry), John Hillerman (Marvin), Elaine Joyce (Helen), Richard Kelton (Everett Hemming/Fantasy Man), Peter Marshall (Fred Hurley), Eve Arden (Employment lady), John Beradino (Doctor), John Byner (Elevator man), Mary Crosby (Eloise), Bill Dana (Ed Small), Bonnie Franklin (Shirley), George Gobel (Hallway man), Bernie Kopell (Bill), Tom Poston (Marty Gibson), Sarah Purcell (Marsha), Bob Seagren (Chuck/pool cleaner), Chuck Woolery (Tennis pro), Barbara Feldon (Maggie), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Garcia), Dick Yarmy (Harry), Steven Monde (Arnold), Allison Balson (Debby), Sarina C. Grant (2nd nurse), John Aprea (Waiter), Danny Wells (Cracked crab waiter), Snag Werris (Motel owner).

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402... Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (NBC, 11/17/1975, 180 mins). Drama chronicling the headline-making murder case involving Dr. Sam Sheppard, the Cleveland osteopathic surgeon, convicted of the July 4, 1954, slaying of his wife Marilyn, the 10 years he spent in prison, and his subsequent life until his death in 1970. Production Companies Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Harold Gast. Teleplay Harold Gast. Based on a Story by Louis Rudolph. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast George Peppard (Dr. Sam Sheppard), Barnard Hughes (Attorney Philip J. Madden), Walter McGinn (F. Lee Bailey), William Windom (Walt Adamson), Nina Van Pallandt (Ilse Brandt), George Murdock (Prosecutor Simons), John Crawford (Fred Stoner), John Carter (Jack), John Harkins (Medical examiner), Claudette Nevins (Marilyn Sheppard), William Dozier (Dr. Richard Sheppard Sr.), Jack Knight (Detective Moore), Paul Fix (Supreme Court Justice), Russell Thorson (Judge Edwards), James Whitmore Jr. (Jerry Wyman), Paul Lambert (Reporter Benson), Michael Richardson (Assistant Prosecutor Schwab), Hank Brandt (Dr. Richard Sheppard Jr.), Michael Keep (Chuck Blackett), Jerry Hardin (Chief Ed Kern), Chuck Bergansky (Vinnie Germansky), Alan Dexter (Reporter Parr), Gene Dynarski (George Fenner), Shelby Leverington (Alicia Bell), Laurence Haddon (Chaplain Gilly), William Flatley (Reporter Laffler), Sandra de Bruin (Reporter Wilma Thompson), James O’Reare (Dr. James Luden), Paul Kent, Katherine Crawford, William Sylvester, Stewart Moss, Charlotte Moore, Smith Evans. 403... The Gun (ABC, 11/13/1974, 90 mins). The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners, in a plot similar to the famed overcoat in “Flesh and Fantasy” (1943). Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director John Badham. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on a Story by Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Stevan Larner. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast Stephen Elliott (Art Hilliard), Jean Le Bouvier (Fran), Wallace Rooney (Howie), David Huffman (Wayne), Pepe Serna (Natcho), Edith Diaz (Gloria), Felipe Turich (Señor Peralta), Val DeVargas (Frank), Ramon Bieri (Walt Kelsy), Michael McGuire (Wilke), Ron Thompson (Tom), John Sylvester White (Braverman), Richard Bright (Gil Strauss), Mariclare Costello (Beryl Strauss), Randy Gray (Kenny). 404... The Gun and the Pulpit (ABC, 4/3/1974, 90 mins). A fugitive gunfighter (played by Marjoe Gortner), disguised as a preacher, is faced with defending townspeople at the mercy of a crooked land baron. Adapted from a novel by Jack Ehrlich. Production Companies Danny Thomas Productions, Cine Enterprises Productions. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Paul Witt. Producer Paul Maslansky. Teleplay William Bowers. Based on the Novel by Jack Ehrlich. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Supervising Editor Jerry Shepard. Editor Terence Anderson. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast Marjoe Gortner (Ernie Parsons), Slim Pickens (Billy One-Eye), David Huddleston (Mr. Ross), Geoffrey Lewis (Jason McCoy), Estelle Parsons (Sadie Underwood), Pamela Sue Martin (Sally Underwood), Jeff Corey (Head of posse), Karl Swenson (Adams), Jon Lormer (Luther), Robert Phillips (Tom Underwood), Larry Ward (Max), Joan Goodfellow (Dixie), Walter Barnes (Oaf), Melanie Fullerton (Emma Underwood), Steve Tackett (Tommy Underwood), Jason Clark (Luke), Kimo Owens (Max), Charles Young (1st outlaw), Ron Nix (2nd outlaw), Roy Gunsburg (Old man). 405... The Hanged Man (NBC, 11/18/1964, 120 mins). Director Don Siegel’s second made-for-TV movie (the first, “The Killers,” had been diverted to theatrical distribution, having originally been deemed too violent for television) is a remake of the chase melodrama “Ride the Pink Horse” (1947), set this time in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. A gunman sets out to avenge his supposed murder of a friend and finds himself neck-deep in trouble with a powerful union official. One of the top songs of the day, “The Girl From Ipanema,” was worked in by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto when the action lagged. Based on the 1946 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Siegel. Producer Ray Wagner. Teleplay Jack Laird, Stanford Whitmore. Based on a Novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Benny Carter. Song by Benny Carter, Sammy Cahn. “The Girl From Ipanema” performed by Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto. Editor Richard Belding. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Robert Culp (Harry Pace), Edmond O’Brien (Arnie Seeger), Vera Miles (Lois Seeger), Norman Fell (Gaylord Greb), Gene Raymond (Whitely Devlin), Brenda Scott (Celine), J. Carrol Naish (Uncle Picaud), Pat Buttram (Otis Honeywell), Edgar Bergen (Hotel clerk), Archie Moore (Xavier), Randy Boone (The Boy), Al Lettieri (Al), Seymour Cassel (Bellboy), Scott Hale (TV newsman), Stan Getz (Himself), Astrud Gilberto (Herself). 406... The Hanged Man (ABC, 3/13/1974, 90 mins). An ex-gunslinger who survives his own hanging turns into a mystical avenger fighting for justice in the Old West, coming first to the help of a young widow who is trying to keep her silver mine from the clutches of an unscrupulous land baron. Production Companies Fenady Associates, Bing Crosby Productions. Director Michael Caffey. Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Photography Keith C Smith. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Nick Archer. Art Director Cary Odell.

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Cast Steve Forrest (James Devlin), Cameron Mitchell (Lew Halleck), Sharon Acker (Carrie Gault), Dean Jagger (Josiah Lowe), Will Geer (Nameless), Barbara Luna (Soledad Villegas), Rafael Campos (Campos), Brendon Boone (Billy Irons), Bobby Eilbacher (Benjamin Gault), Ray Teal (Judge Homer Bayne), Steve Marlo (Joe Janney), John Mitchum (Eubie Turpin), William Bryant (Dr. Lawrence Nye), Hank Worden (Ab Wickes), John Pickard (Ed Culbertson), Michael Masters (Deputy Sheriff), Bill Catching (Executioner), Peter J. Elkington (Constable), Danny Zapien (Jailer), Jud McCabe (Stranger), Ralph Anderson (Executioner’s helper). 407... Hanging by a Thread (NBC, 5/8/1979 and 5/9/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this two-part thriller, Irwin Allen, filmdom’s “disaster master,” strands a party of friends in a disabled sightseeing train dangling above a mountain gorge to sweat out a rescue while reliving (through flashbacks) past jealousies, simmering conflicts, and forgotten secrets as the cable begins snapping wire by wire. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Georg Fenady. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Adrian Spies. Photography John M Nicholaus. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Jamie Caylor. Art Director Duane Alt. Cast Sam Groom (Paul Craig), Patty Duke Astin (Sue Grainger), Joyce Bulifant (Anita Minton), Oliver Clark (Eddie Minton), Bert Convy (Alan Durant), Burr DeBenning (Jim Grainger), Peter Donat (Mr. Durant), Paul Fix (Rogers), Deanna Lund (Mrs. Martin), Donna Mills (Ellen Craig), Cameron Mitchell (Lawton), Roger Perry (Mitchell), Lonny Chapman (Charles Minton), Jacquelyn Hyde (Mrs. Durant), Michael Sharrett (Tommy Craig), Ted Gehring (Jim Croft), Elizabeth Rogers (Maggie Porter), Steve Marlo (Turk), Brendon Boone (Marty), Doug Llewelyn (Bobby Graham), Randy Gray (Alan Durant at age 10), Larry Berman (Pierce), Bill Marlow (Burton), James Gavin (Les Fielding/pilot). 408... Happily Ever After (CBS, 9/5/1978, 120 mins). Suzanne Somers appears in her first TV starring role in this romantic comedy about an aspiring singer torn between making the most of her one chance at fame in Las Vegas or giving her heart to a love-struck mountain man. Production Companies Hamel-Somers Productions, A Whitaker Production, Tri-Mark Media III Inc. Director Robert Scheerer. Executive Producer Philip Barry. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Garry Michael White. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Peter Matz. Song “You Made a Believer Out of Me” by Bobby Gosh. Song performed by John Rubinstein, Suzanne Somers. Editor Larry Heath. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Associate Producer Stan Jolley. Special Music Material Mitzie Welch. Cast Suzanne Somers (Mattie Wilson), Bruce Boxleitner (Jack Gregory), Eric Braeden (Ross Ford), John Rubinstein (Richy Johnson), William Lucking (Lewis Gordon), Ron Hayes (Construction boss), Arch Johnson (Del Gregory), Al Checco (Reverend Hale), Patsy Garrett (Mrs. Hale), William Lanteau (Tennis court manager), Gloria Manners (Jenny Wilson), Reno Nichols (Dealer), Billy Snyder (Al), Ed King Cross (Hotel clerk), Charles Bracy (Policeman), Steve Eastin (1st workman), Bill Cross (2nd workman), Scott Sachs (Young man). 409... Happiness Is a Warm Clue (NBC, 7/1/1973, 120 mins). Plans to bring Charlie Chan back to TV in this mystery involving the legendary sleuth and a wealthy Greek ship tycoon aboard the latter’s yacht off the coast of Vancouver resulted in this curiously disappointing TV-movie with a stranger history. Filmed on location in late 1970, it premiered on British television in July 1973 and subsequently disappeared, only to resurface six years later (7/17/79) under a new title for its first American showing-tucked away on late night TV. The subsequent title was “The Return of Charlie Chan.” Production Companies The Charlie Chan Company, Universal Television. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer John J. Cole. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Gene Kearney. Based on a Story by Gene Kearney, Simon Last. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Robert Prince. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Cast Ross Martin (Charlie Chan), Richard Haydn (Andrew Kidder), Louise Sorel (Ariane Hadrachi), Joseph Hindy (Paul Hadrachi), Kathleen Widdoes (Irene Hadrachi), Don Gordon (Lambert), Peter Donat (Noel Adamson), Leslie Nielsen (Alexander Hadrachi), Rocky Gunn (Peter Chan), Virginia Ann Lee (Doreen Chan), Soon-Teck Oh (Stephen Chan), Ernest Harada (Oliver Chan), William Nunn (Fielding), Patricia Gage (Sylvia Grombach), Ted Greenhalgh (Dr. Howard Jamison), Graham Campbell (Inspector McKenzie), Neil Dainard (Richard Lovell), John Guiliani (Giancarlo Tui), Otto Lowy (Anton Grombach), Pearl Hong (Jan Chan), Adele Yoshioda (Mai-Ling Chan). 410... Hardcase (ABC, 2/1/1972, 90 mins). The first live-action film from Hanna and Barbera, the famed producers of animated cartoons, beginning with “Tom and Jerry,” is a period Western about a soldier of fortune (Clint Walker) who discovers that his wife has sold his ranch and run off with a Mexican revolutionary. Production Company Hanna-Barbera Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Joseph Barbera, William Hanna. Producer Matthew Rapf. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom, Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Rosalio Solano. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Michael Pozen. Art Director José Rodriguez Granada. Stunt Coordinator Hal Needham. Cast Clint Walker (Jack Rutherford), Stefanie Powers (Rozaline), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Simon Fuegos), Alex Karras (Booker Llewellyn), Eduardo Lopez Rojas (Felipe), Luis Mirando (Major Tovar), Martin LaSalle (Luis Comacho).

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411... The Harness (NBC, 11/12/1971, 120 mins). A gentle John Steinbeck tale from 1938 about a farmer (Lorne Greene) who is dominated by his ailing wife until a free-minded young woman turns up at his ranch with her eight-year-old son. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Edward Hume, Leon Tokatyan. Based on the Short Story by John Steinbeck. Photography Russell Metty. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “We Are What We Are” by Billy Goldenberg. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer Rita Dillon. Cast Lorne Greene (Peter Randall), Julie Sommars (Jennifer Shagaras), Murray Hamilton (Roy Kern), Lee H. Montgomery (Tor Shagaras), Louise Latham (Emma Randall), Henry Beckman (Doc Marn), Joan Tompkins (Millie Chappel), Robert Karnes (Edgar Chappel), John Lasell (Minister), William Lanteau (Charlie the Banker). 412... Harold Robbins’ “79 Park Avenue” (NBC, 10/16/1977 to 10/18/1977, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). A poor New York teenager of the mid-1930s is forced into prostitution despite efforts to make a living otherwise, and ultimately becomes the city’s most famous madam, in this six-hour adaptation of Harold Robbins’ 1955 potboiler. An Emmy nomination went to Yvonne Wood for her period costumes. Subsequently it was shown in two parts over four hours. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer Paul Wendkos. Teleplay (Part 1) Richard DeRoy. Teleplay (Part 2) Jack Guss. Teleplay (Part 3) Lionel E. Siegel. Based on the Novel by Harold Robbins. Adapted by Richard DeRoy. Photography Enzo A Martinelli. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor (Parts 1 and 3) Robert F. Shugrue. Editor (Part 2) Rod Stephens. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Art Director (Part 3) Lou Montejano. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Marja Fludjicki/Marianne), Marc Singer (Ross Savitch), David Dukes (Mike Koshko), Barbara Barrie (Kaati Fludjicki), Polly Bergen (Vera Keppler), Raymond Burr (Armand Perfido), Michael Constantine (Ben Savitch), Lloyd Haynes (John Stevens), Scott Jacoby (Paulie Fludjicki [no dialogue in 4-hour version]), Peter Marshall (Brian Whitfield [not in 4hour version]), Alex Rocco (Frank Millerson), Albert Salmi (Peter Markevich), John Saxon (Harry Vito), Robert Webber (John Hackson DeWitt), Jack Weston (Joker Martin), Sandy Helberg (Joey Rannis), Margaret Fairchild (Myrna Savitch), Jane Marla Robbins (Frannie), Andy Romano (Hal Roper), Denise Galik (Candy Berkowski), Veronica Hamel (Laura Koshko), Pamela Susan Shoop (Angie Harding), Maria Grimm (Angela), Russ Marin (Doctor in jail), Ben Wright (Dr. Loragh), Dee Carroll (Jenny Zaca), Al Checco (Max), Richard Seff (Judge Cutter), Gypsi DeYoung (Florence Newburgh), Frances Nealy (Bunny), Paulette Breen (Girl with Ross), Alan Mandell (Dr. George Waldheim), Norman Stuart (Maitre d’), Hank Rolike (Tom), Tara Buckman (Starlet), Roberta Collins (Lola). 413... Harold Robbins’ “The Pirate” (CBS, 11/21/1978 and 11/22/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Elaborate Harold Robbins fiction (told as a two-part, four-hour film) dealing with a handsome Israeli, raised by an influential Arab, who comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country’s oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter. Later edited down to three hours. Production Companies Howard W. Koch Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Ken Annakin. Executive Producer Paul R. Picard. Producer Howard W. Koch. Teleplay Julius J. Epstein. Based on the Novel by Harold Robbins. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music Bill Conti. Editors Howard Epstein, Russell Livingstone. Art Director Phil Jefferies. Associate Producer Skip Ward. Cast Franco Nero (Baydr Al Fay), Anne Archer (Jordana Mason), Olivia Hussey (Leila), Ian McShane (Rashid), Christopher Lee (Samir), Michael Constantine (Yasfir), James Franciscus (Dick Carriage), Armand Assante (Hamid), Stuart Whitman (Terry Sullivan), Eli Wallach (Ben Ezra), Carol Bagdasarian (Maryan), Jeff Corey (Prince Feiyad), Ferdy Mayne (Jabir), Michael Pataki (General Eshnev), Murray Salem (Ramadan), Edward Ansara (Mr. Riad), Dimitra Arliss (Nabilian), Peter Brandon (Captain Hyatt), Leon Charles (Fouad), Renato CibeIli (Major Domo), Edith Diaz (Ben Ezra’s wife), Patricia Donahue (Woman at party), Antonia Ellis (Commanding officer), Ina Gould (Old woman), Magda Harout (Aida), Tina Johnson (Neighbor), Ben Kahlon (Soldier), Zitto Kazann (Yemeni captain), Stacy Keach Sr. (Man at ball), Martine Kelly (Marguerite), Ali Kiani (Raoul), Manuel Kichian (Israeli corporal), Gloria Manos (Mrs. Riad), Macon McCalman (Hutchinson), Mark McIntire (President Kennedy), Musta Ouchama (Mustapha), Alain Patrick (Jacques), Meeno Peluce (Muhammed at age 10), Desiree Richards (Leila at age 8), Jane Marla Robbins (Soad), Leo Rossi (Shadin), Natasha Ryan (Amal (at age 4), Clement St. George (Butler), Naomi Stevens (Farid), Roger Til (Dupree), Dick Wilson (Drunk). 414... Harpy (CBS, 3/12/1971, 120 mins). An offbeat melodrama about a brooding architect who trains eagles, his grasping ex-wife who is trying to break up his impending marriage to his secretary, and his young Indian companion who helps to thwart her plans with the aid of a harpy eagle. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Hugh Benson. Producer Gerald Seth Sindell. Teleplay William Wood. Based on a Story by T.K. Brown III. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music David Shire. Editor Norman Colbert. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Hugh O’Brian (Peter Clune), Elizabeth Ashley (Marian), Tom Nardini (John), Marlyn Mason (Alison Reed), Mark Miller (Don Haskins), Linda Watkins (Mrs. Reed). 415... Hart to Hart (ABC, 8/25/1979, 120 mins). Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers are happily married jet-set investigators and Lionel Stander is their jack-of-all-trades right hand in this pilot to the hit series, coproduced by Wagner and wife,

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Natalie Wood, under their Rona II banner. Here, the Harts look into the mysterious death of a close friend at a posh health spa. Natalie Wood does a cameo walking across a movie set dressed as Scarlett O’Hara and bumping into Lionel Stander. She receives closing credit billing under her real name, Natasha Gurdin. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, Rona II Productions. Director Tom Mankiewicz. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Sidney Sheldon, Tom Mankiewicz. Based on a Story by Sidney Sheldon. Photography Robert E Collins. Music Mark Snow. Theme song by Roger Nichols. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Directors Frank Swig, Paul Sylos. Cast Robert Wagner (Jonathan Hart), Stefanie Powers (Jennifer Hart), Lionel Stander (Max), Roddy McDowall (Dr. Peterson), Jill St. John (Sylvia Maxwell), Eugene Roche (Marcus Wheeler), Clifton James (Sheriff), Michael Lerner (Lt. Harry Moss), Stella Stevens (Dr. Fleming), Lee Bryant (Dorothy Roberts), James Noble (Dr. Metz), Mimi Maynard (Secretary), David Landsberg (Man in sauna), Paul Napier (Sam Roberts), Paul Tuerpe (Bellboy), Art Kassul (Artie), Jack Perkins (Poker player #1), Don Dandridge (Poker player #2), George Skaff (Arab sheik), Eugenia Wright (Desk clerk), Elizabeth Brooks (Attendant #2), Tara Buckman (Sara), Lina Raymond (Jane), Natasha Gurdin (Movie star). 416... The Hatfields and the McCoys (ABC, 1/15/1975, 90 mins). A retelling of the most famous feud in American history, the fabled mountain war between the Hatfields and the McCoys, covered previously in Samuel Goldwyn’s “Roseanna McCoy” (1949). Jack Palance is remarkably subdued as the pipe-smoking Hatfield patriarch, with his ex-wife Virginia Baker and his daughter Brooke as members of the clan. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Alpine Productions, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Clyde Ware. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer George Edwards. Teleplay Clyde Ware. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Ken Lauber. Editor Nick Archer. Art Director Tom Rasmussen. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Cast Jack Palance (Devil Anse Hatfield), Steve Forrest (Randall McCoy), Richard Hatch (Jonse Hatfield), Karen Lamm (Rose Ann McCoy), James Keach (Jim McCoy), John Calvin (CottonTop), Robert Carradine (Bob Hatfield), Gerrit Graham (Calvin McCoy), Morgan Woodward (Ellison Hatfield), Virginia Baker (Levicy Hatfield), Joan Caulfield (Sarah McCoy), Joe Estevez (Troy Hatfield), Brooke Palance (Mary Hatfield), Jim Bohan (Cap Hatfield), Charley Young (Allifair McCoy), Darrell Fetty (Tolbert McCoy), Dick Dinman (T.C. Crawford/narrator), Dennis Bowen (Randall Jr.), Kurt Grayson (Phamer McCoy), Christopher Norris (Nancy McCoy), Scott Plummer (Twinville McCoy), Tom Lowe (Preacher Ance Hatfield), Charlie Briggs (1st deputy), Cal Haynes (2nd deputy), Parke Perine (1st man), Jack Garner (2nd man). 417... Haunts of the Very Rich (ABC, 9/20/1972, 90 mins). Seven people who arrive at an idyllic tropical resort after receiving a mysterious invitation find their dream of paradise turning into a hellish nightmare with little chance of escape. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay William Wood. Based on a Story by T.K. Brown III. Photography Ben Colman. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Fredric Steinkamp. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Dave Woodrough), Cloris Leachman (Ellen Blunt), Edward Asner (Albert Hunsicker), Anne Francis (Annette Larrier), Tony Bill (Lyle), Donna Mills (Laurie), Robert Reed (Rev. John Fellows), Moses Gunn (Seacrist), Phyllis Hill (Rita), Michael Lembeck (Delmonico), Susan Foster (Miss Upton), Beverly Gill (Miss Vick), Todd Martin (Harris), Sammy Jackson (Ham radio operator). 418... Hauser’s Memory (NBC, 11/24/1970, 120 mins). A Cold War thriller about a scientist who is recruited by the CIA to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets, but who soon discovers that he is leading a double life--torn between his own wife and his fellow scientist’s widow, a Nazi sympathizer. Based on writer/director Curt Siodmak’s 1968 novel, a belated sequel to his classic “Donovan’s Brain.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Adrian Spies. Based on the Novel by Curt Siodmak. Photography Petrus Schloemp. Music Billy Byers. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Ellen Schmidt. Cast David McCallum (Hillel Mondoro), Susan Strasberg (Karen Mondoro), Lilli Palmer (Anna), Helmut Kantner (Kramer), Leslie Nielsen (Slaughter), Robert Webber (Dorsey), Herbert Fleischmann (Renner), Hans Elwenspoek (Von Kungen), Peter Capell (Shepilov), Barbara Lass (Angelika), Peter Ehrlich (Kucera), Gunter Meisner (Koroviev), Otto Stern (Gessler), Manfred Reddemann (Sorsen), Arthur Brauss (Bak), Jochen Busse (Dieter), Barbara Capell (Young Anna). 419... Having Babies (ABC, 10/17/1976, 120 mins). Four couples experience childbirth by the “natural” Lamaze method in this stellar TV pilot to the subsequent series. Original title: “Giving Birth.” Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Lew Gallo. Teleplay Peggy Elliott. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Earle Hagen. Song by Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha. Song Performed by Maureen McGovern. Editor Jack McSweeney. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Frank Gorman), Adrienne Barbeau (Allie Duggin), Ronny Cox (George McNamara), Harry Guardino (Ralph Bancini), Tom Kennedy (Hal Bergstrom), Vicki Lawrence (Grace Fontreil), Richard Masur (Max Duggin), Greg Mullavey (Mickey Paterno), Linda Purl (Laura Gorman), Jan Sterling (Mrs. Fontreil), Karen Valentine (Beth Paterno), Abe Vigoda (Al Schneider), Jessica Walter (Sally McNamara), Lawrence Driscoll (Hobie Lewis), Lyman Ward (Dr. Cabe), Dorothy Meyer

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(Admitting nurse), Barry Miller (Kenneth McNamara), Helen Hunt (Sharon McNamara), Steve Shaw (Mark McNamara), James Donahue (Mr. Johnson), Barry Hamilton (Young father), Shera Danese (Kristy Potter), Joseph G Medalis (Dr. Gorman), Allen Williams (Surgeon), Florrie Segelman (Labor nurse), Mimi Harris (OR nurse). 420... Having Babies II (ABC, 10/28/1977, 120 mins). Like its predecessor “Having Babies” (1976), this film focuses on several couples, the emotional crises involving birth and adoption, and hospital personnel’s participation in their lives. Susan Sullivan’s character of Dr. Julie Farr became the pivotal role in this one, which served as a pilot to a “Having Babies” series that ran briefly in early 1978 and almost immediately had its title changed to “Julie Farr, M.D.” Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay Elizabeth Clark. Based on a Story by Ann Marcus. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Fred Karlin. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast Tony Bill (Aaron Canfield), Cliff Gorman (Arthur Magee), Carol Lynley (Sally Magee), Lee Meriwether (Martha Cooper), Paula Prentiss (Trish Canfield), Nicholas Pryor (Jeff Kramer), Wayne Rogers (Lou Plotkin), Susan Sullivan (Dr. Julie Farr), Cassie Yates (Paula Plotkin), Robbie Rist (Danny Magee), Tracy Marshak (Jenny Cooper), Michael St. Clair (Chris Williams), Tracy Bogart (Pregnant woman), Belinda Balaski (Ann), Patrick Collins (Jim Spencer), Rhea Perlman (Cheryl), Cal Haynes (Bob), Valerie Robinson (Terri), Stacy Swor (Cynthia), Rosanna Arquette (Connie), Alice Borden (Receptionist), Marcia Martin (Janet), Vinton Freedley III (Ralph), Sandy McPeak (Sam), Linda Lyons (Ms. Womanian), John Medici (Ted), Nicholas Beauvy (Guy at beach), Marcia Bennett (Girl at party), Alice Hirson (Mimi). 421... Having Babies III (ABC, 3/3/1978, 120 mins). The third pilot movie for the subsequent “Having Babies” series which quickly was retitled “Julie Farr, M.D.” and soon afterward disappeared, all during the last few weeks of the 1977-78 season. Patty Duke Astin won another of her various Emmy Award nominations for her performance. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Gerald W. Abrams. Producer B.W. Sandefur. Teleplay Pamela Chais. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Lee Holdridge. Song”There Will Always Be Love” by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Bill Caplan. Cast Susan Sullivan (Dr. Julie Farr), Dennis Howard (Dr. Ron Daniels), Beverly Todd (Kelly Williams), Mitchell Ryan (Dr. Blake Simmons), Patty Duke Astin (Leslee Wexler), Kathleen Beller (Dawn), Phil Foster (Chuck), Jamie Smith Jackson (Marnie Bridges), Michael Lembeck (Russ Bridges), Rue McClanahan (Gloria Miles), Richard Mulligan (Jim Wexler), Jack Rader (Fred Miles), Terri Nunn (Ellie Miles), K.C. Martel (Brian Miles). 422... Hawaii Five-O (CBS, 9/20/1968, 120 mins). Special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu in this realistic pilot for the long-running series that premiered one week after the telefeature and was one of the top-rated weekly shows for more than a decade. Jack Lord became a major TV personality and Khigh Dhiegh turned up frequently to re-create his role as McGarrett’s longtime nemesis, Wo Fat. Tim O’Kelly and veteran actor Lew Ayres relinquished their original parts to James MacArthur and Richard Denning, respectively, while Kam Fong and Zulu remained with the original cast for a number of years. Production Companies Leonard Freeman Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Leonard Freeman. Teleplay Leonard Freeman. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Ira Haymann. Art Director Gibson Holley. Cast Jack Lord (Steve McGarrett), Nancy Kwan (Rosemary Quong), Leslie Nielsen (Brent), Andrew Duggan (Miller), Lew Ayres (Governor), James Gregory (Jonathan Kaye), Khigh Dhiegh (Wo Fat), Tim O’Kelly (Danny Williams), Kelly Kam Fong (Chin Ho Kelly), Zulu (Det. Kono Kalakaua), Philip Ahn (Attorney General), Mitzi Hoag (May), Noah Keen (Dr. Bernard), Wright Esser (Captain Schroeder), Bill Saito, Baird Miller, Gertrude Flynn, Dale Ishimoto, Russell Thorson, Newell Tarrant, Yankee Chang, Iris Rainer, Mark Lebuse, Soon-Teck Oh, Marine Saltonstall, Kaai Hayes, Ati Soo, Richard Kusa, Stirling Mossman and the Gang. 423... Hawkins on Murder (CBS, 3/13/1973, 90 mins). In his TV movie debut, a pilot to his subsequent short-lived series (1973-74), James Stewart is a homespun West Virginia lawyer who defends an heiress charged with three murders. Strother Martin, as his cracker-barrel sheriff cousin and legman, also appeared in the series. Subsequently titled “Death and the Maiden.” Production Companies Arena Films, MGM Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Norman Felton. Producer David Karp. Teleplay David Karp. Photography Earl Rath. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast James Stewart (Billy Jim Hawkins), Strother Martin (R.J. Hawkins), Bonnie Bedelia (Edith Dayton-Thomas), Kate Reid (Julia Dayton), David Huddleston (Joseph Harrelson), Dana Elcar (Dr. Aaronson), Antoinette Bower (Vivian Vincent), Robert Webber (Carl Vincent), Margaret Markov (Theresa Ruth Colman), Ivan Bonar (Judge), Tom Hallick (Newscaster), Dennis Robertson (Reporter), Bill Robles (Courtroom sketch artist), Virginia Hawkins (Courtroom reporter), Inez Pedroza, Don Diamond.

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424... The Healers (NBC, 5/22/1974, 120 mins). In this pilot for an unrealized series called “Crisis!” the director of a big-city medical center faces the predictable multitude of doctor show problems, from a threatened rebellion among the research staff to a surgeon’s unauthorized use of drugs to the obligatory lack of funds to run the hospital to nagging personal difficulties. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Tom Gries. Executive Producer Jerry Thorpe. Producer John Furia Jr. Teleplay Howard Dimsdale, John Furia Jr. Photography Jack Woolf. Music David Shire. Editor Michael A. Hoey. Art Director Walter Scott Herndon. Associate Producer Sid McCoy. Cast John Forsythe (Dr. Robert Kier), Pat Harrington Jr. (Joe Tate), Kate Woodville (Claire Parlini), Season Hubley (Ann Kilmer), Anthony Zerbe (Dr. Albert Scanlon), Beverly Garland (Laura Kier), John McIntire (Dr. Ernest Wilson), Lance Kerwin (Kennedy Brown), Michael C. Gwynne (Dr. Anton Balinowski), Shelly Juttner (Nikki Kier), Christian Juttner (Vince Kier), Ellen Weston (Barbara/Kier’s secretary), Liam Dunn (Mrs. Addison), Bill McKinney (Mr. Brown), Julio Medina, Jay W. MacIntosh, Priscilla Garcia, Anne Newman, Stack Pierce, Jon Cedar, John Mano, James Storm, Paul Mantee, Angela Gibbs, Casey MacDonald, Jim Boles, Dick Valentine, Jacqueline Weiss, Gavan O’Herlihy. 425... Heat of Anger (CBS, 3/3/1972, 90 mins). A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with his teenage daughter. Susan Hayward replaced ailing Barbara Stanwyck in this pilot for a prospective Stanwyck series that was to have been called “Fitzgerald and Pride.” Production Companies Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Fay Kanin. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Lawrence G Paull. Cast Susan Hayward (Jessie Fitzgerald), James Stacy (Gus Pride), Lee J. Cobb (Frank Galvin), Fritz Weaver (Vincent Kagel), Bettye Ackerman (Stella Galvin), Jennifer Penny (Chris Galvin), Mills Watson (Obie), Ray Simms (Ray Carson), Jack Somack (Mr. Stoller), Lynnette Mettey (Fran), Tyne Daly (Jean Carson), Arnold Mesche (Courtroom Artist), Lucille Benson (Lillian McWhorter), Noah Keen (Judge Randall Berkley), Inez Pedroza (Carmen Garcia), Davis Roberts, George Brenlin, Lew Peralta. 426... Heatwave! (ABC, 1/26/1974, 90 mins). During a severe heat wave, the courageous determination of a young husband and his pregnant young wife ultimately inspires the survivors in a mountain town to unite in an effort to save a life. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Herbert F. Solow. Teleplay Mark Weingart, Peter Allen Fields. Based on a Story by Herbert F. Solow. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Fred Steiner. Editors Doug J. Young, J. Terry Williams. Art Director Robert Jillson. Cast Ben Murphy (Frank Taylor), Bonnie Bedelia (Laura Taylor), Lew Ayres (Dr. Grayson), David Huddleston (Arnold Brady), John Anderson (Toler), Dana Elcar (Prescott), Robert Hogan (Harry), Lionel Johnston (Jerry), Janit Baldwin (Susan), Clete Roberts (Newscaster), Joseph Perry (Counterman), Naomi Stevens (Lady in laundromat), Donald Mantooth (Ambulance attendant), Robert DoQui (Official), Richard Bull (Health Department official), Stuart Nisbet (Doctor), Christine Bennett (Secretary). 427... Hec Ramsey (NBC, 10/8/1972, 120 mins). An aging lawman in the turn-of-the-century West finds himself out of step with the times and reluctantly accepts a job as a deputy to an inexperienced, college-educated copy in this lighthearted pilot for the series (1972-74) that was one of the rotating elements of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie. Richard Boone and Rick Lenz continued in their roles along with (occasionally) Sharon Acker and Harry Morgan. Subsequently titled “The Century Turns.” Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Fred Steiner. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Cast Richard Boone (Hec Ramsey), Rick Lenz (Chief Oliver Stamp), Sharon Acker (Nora Muldoon), Harry Morgan (Doc Amos C Coogan), R.G. Armstrong (Ben Ritt), Robert Pratt (Steve Ritt), Ray Middleton (Judge Leroy Tate), Dick Van Patten (Earl Enright), Perry Lopez (Sgt. Juan Mendoza), Dennis Wayne Rucker (Andy Muldoon), Bill Vint, Brian Dewey, Ron Turbeville, Colby Chester, Robert Phillips, Paul Carr, Maurice Jara, Francis DeSales, Len Wayland, Harry Harvey Sr., Dal Jenkins. 428... Heidi (NBC, 11/17/1968, 120 mins). A superb fourth film version of the all-time favorite children’s novel and the first in a series of movies based on literary classics put together by Frederick Brogger and James Franciscus (through their Omnibus Productions) and director Delbert Mann. “David Copperfield,” “Jane Eyre” and the theatrical “Kidnapped” followed. Making her acting debut in the title role: the daughter of Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews. This film occupies a unique place in television history as the program which preempted the final crucial minutes of an important (to sports fans, at least) football game, causing not only switchboard havoc at the network but also several newspaper editorials about viewer priorities. Production Companies Omnibus-Biography Productions, Sagittarius. Director Delbert Mann. Producers Frederick Brogger, James Franciscus. Teleplay Earl Hamner. Based on the Story by Johanna Spyri. Photography Klaus von Tautenfeld. Music John Williams. Song “A Place of My Own” John Williams, Rod McKuen. Song performed by Rod McKuen. Editor D.J. Cohen. Art Director Mathias Matthies. Cast Maximilian Schell (Herr Richard Sesseman), Jean Simmons (Fraulein Rottenmeier), Michael Redgrave (Grandfather), Jennifer Edwards (Heidi), Walter Slezak (Father Richter), Peter Van Eyck (Dr. Raboux), Zufeika Robson (Klara),

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Elisabeth Neumann (Grandmother), John Moulder-Brown (Peter), Miriam Spoerri (Dete), John Crawley (Klaus), Karl Lieffen (Sebastian/butler). 429... The Heist (ABC, 11/29/1972, 90 mins). In this heist thriller, an armored-car guard (Christopher George) is forced to help rob his own company and then convince the police that he is innocent. Production Companies Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Don McDougall. Producers Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L. Miller. Teleplay Lionel E. Siegel. Photography Al Francis. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Mike Vejar. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Christopher George (Joe Craddock), Elizabeth Ashley (Diane Craddock), Howard Duff (Lieutenant Nicholson), Norman Fell (Pat Dillon), Michael Bell (John Cadiski), Cliff Osmond (Tom Logan), Robert Mandan (Owens), Kami Cotler (Wendy Craddock), Del Monroe (Slausen), Colin Higgins (Ridley), Arthur Batanides (D’Amico), Stacy Keach Sr. (Maxwell), Squire Fridell (Galvin), Ed Hall, June Whitley Taylor, Miguel Landa, Ralph James, Owen Bush, Paul Sorensen. 430... Helter Skelter (CBS, 4/1/1976 and 4/2/1976, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). An explosive dramatization of the bestseller by Vincent T. Bugliosi about the Charles Manson “family” and the trial of the Tate/LaBianca murderers. One of the biggest made-for-TV movie productions to its time, with 115 speaking parts, and the highest-rated television film of all during the two nights it took to unfold. Emmy Award nominations went to director Tom Gries, to composer Billy Goldenberg and to editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt and Bud S. Isaacs. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Tom Gries. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Tom Gries. Teleplay J P Miller. Based on a Book by Vincent T. Bugliosi, Curt Gentry. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “Helter Skelter” by The Beatles. Songs performed by Silverspoon. Supervising Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Editors Bud S. Isaacs, Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt. Art Director Phil Barber. Title Design Phill Norman. Cast George DiCenzo (Vincent Bugliosi), Steve Railsback (Charles Manson), Nancy Wolfe (Susan Atkins [Manson Girl]), Marilyn Burns (Linda Kasabian [Manson Girl]), Christina Hart (Patricia Krenwinkel [Manson Girl], Cathey Paine (Leslie Van Houten [Manson Girl]), Alan Oppenheimer (Asst. DA Aaron Stovitz), Rudy Ramos (Danny DeCarlo/informer), Sondra Blake (Ronnie Howard/inmate), George Garro (Rosner [Polanski’s manager]), Vic Werber (Lt. Sam Brenner), Howard Caine (Everett Scoville [Manson attorney]), Jason Ronard (Paul Watkins), Skip Homeier (Judge Charles H. Older), Marc Alaimo (Sgt. Phil Cohen/L.A. Cop), Bill Durkin (Charles “Tex” Watson), Phillip R. Allen (Sgt. Manuel Gris), David Clennon (Harry Jones), James E. Brodhead (Mr. Ben Quint), Anne Newman Mantee (Mrs. Quint), Joyce Easton (Gail Bugliosi), Jon Gries (William Garretson), Edward Bell (Sgt. Hank Kruger), Roy Jenson (Punchy), Paul Mantee (Sergeant O’Neal), Ray Middleton (George Spahn), Anthony Herrera (Sergeant Smith), Al Checco (Leno LaBianca), Bob Hoy (Sergeant Franklin), Stanley Ralph Ross (Sergeant Ross), Bart Burns (DA Frank Fowler), Jerry Dunphy (Newscaster), George Putnam (Newscaster), Linden Chiles (J. Miller Leavy), Mary Kay Pass (Sergeant Broom), Laura Ash (Virginia), Carol Ita White (Big Sal), Martha Evans (Nurse), Dorothy Meyer (Housekeeper), Raphael Baker (Sergeant Brown), Bert Williams (Deputy), Ralph Montgomery (Grand jury foreman), Richard Venture (Police inspector), Doug McGrath (Plainclothesman), Louise Clark (Susan Struthers), Burt Conway (Judge William Keene), Larry Pennell (Sergeant White), John Fain (Shorty Shea), Toni Moss (Rosemary LaBianca), Jim Boles (Camarinos), Paul Kent (Dennis Ranson/DA’s office), Jack Miller (Joe Dorgan), Will Brodhead (Steve Quint), Josh Albee (Struthers), John Evans (Sanderson), Ronald Gold (Cinquita), Sidney Clute (Reporter), Steve Gries (Steve “Clem” Grogan), Blair Aaronson (Sayce), Bruce French (Officer Ocher), Foy Martin (Le Page), Joe Roman (Bailiff), Lionel Decker (Jury foreman Tubick), Bill Sorrells (Gillespie [Manson lawyer]), John Furlong (Judge Dell), Robert Ito (Drees Darrin [Defense Attorney]), Rod Arrants (Bart Listen), Guy Remsen (Andy Cookley), Read Morgan (Officer Columbine), Cal Haynes (Keith), Adam Williams (Terrence Mellich), Barbara Mallory (A “Family” Girl), Asta Hansen (A “Family” Girl), Deborah Parsons (A “Family” Girl), Melody Hinkle (A “Family” Girl), Deanne Gwinn (A “Family” Girl), Leila Davis (A “Family” Girl), Sondra Lowell (A “Family” Girl), Kathleen Devlin (A “Family” Girl), Mary Jo Thacher (A “Family” Girl), Tracy Tracton (A “Family” Girl), Eileen Dietz Elber (A “Family” Girl), Patricia Post (A “Family” Girl), Lindsay V. Jones (A “Family” Girl). 431... Hey, I’m Alive! (ABC, 11/7/1975, 90 mins). A dramatization of the 1963 plane crash in which an adventurous young woman and an older man survived in the frozenYukon wilderness for 49 days, subsisting on melted snow. Based on Helen Klaben’s memoirs. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Alskog Inc., Worldvision Enterprises. Director Lawrence Schiller. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Based on a Book by Helen Klaben with Beth Day. Photography Richard Moore. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director Cam Porteous. Technical Advisor Helen Klaben Kahn. Cast Edward Asner (Ralph Flores), Sally Struthers (Helen Klaben), Milton Selzer (Glen Sanders), Hagan Beggs (Jeff Lawson), Maria Hernandez (Sheryl Flores), Claudine Melgrave (Mrs. Flores). 432... High Midnight (CBS, 11/27/1979, 120 mins). Blue-collar worker David Birney vows to avenge the murder of his wife and child in a mistaken no-knock drug raid led by ruthlessly ambitious narcotics officer Mike Connors. For his music score, composer Jerry Fielding won one of his last Emmys.

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Production Companies The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Television. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producer Walter Mirisch. Producer Andrew Mirisch. Teleplay Kathryn Montgomery, Michael Montgomery. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Roy Steffensen. Cast Mike Connors (Capt. Lou Mikalich), David Birney (Tony Giannetti), Christina Belford (Sgt. Liz Spencer), Granville Van Dusen (Lieutenant Ellis), Marc Alaimo (Gratzek), Victor Campos (Lopez), John Durren (Red Rudinsky), Edward Grover (Lieutenant Donovan), Kathleen Lloyd (Lee), Larry Bishop (Salesman), George DiCenzo (Bennet), Ben Gerard (Stukey), Jeri Lea Ray (Kathy Giannetti), Virginia Hawkins (Sister Mathias), Ben Frank (Garage Cop), Tony Ballen (Joseph DeAngelo), Noah Hathaway (Timmy), Leopoldo Mandeville (Breeze), Peter Miller (Commissioner), Paul Tuerpe (Officer), Chip Johnson (Doctor), Santos Morales (Garcia), Susan MacDonald (Mrs. Ellis). 433... High Risk (ABC, 5/15/1976, 90 mins). A lighthearted tale of derring-do as six former circus performers engage in a caper to carry off a priceless artifact from a Washington, D.C., embassy in broad daylight. This was an unsuccessful series pilot. Production Companies MGM Television, Danny Thomas Productions. Director Sam O’Steen. Executive Producer Paul Witt. Producer Robert E. Relyea. Teleplay Robert Carrington. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Robbe Roberts. Art Director Jan M. Van Tamelen. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast Victor Buono (Sebastian), Joseph Sirola (Guthrie), Don Stroud (Walker-T), JoAnna Cameron (Sandra), Ronne Troup (Daisy), Wolf Roth (Erik), René Enriquez (Ambassador Henriques), John Fink (Quincey), George Skaff (Aide), William Beckley (Butler). 434... Hijack! (ABC, 9/26/1973, 90 mins). Two veteran truckers are hired to haul a top-secret cargo from Los Angeles to Houston and are challenged by a series of hijacking attempts by a group who will stop at nothing to prevent delivery. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Leonard J. Horn. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Michael Kelly, Ronald Austin. Based on a Story by Michael Kelly. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Peter Dunne. Cast David Janssen (Jake Wilkinson), Keenan Wynn (Donny McDonald), Lee Purcell (Eileen Noonan), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Briscoe), William Schallert (Frank Kleiner), Tom Tully (Mr. Noonan), Ron Feinberg (Bearded man), John A. Zee (Man with glasses), William Mims (Highway patrolman), James Gavin (Helicopter pilot), Dallas Mitchell (Houston dispatcher), Morris Buchanan (L.A. dispatcher), James Burke (1st cowboy), Walter Wyatt (2nd cowboy), Robert Golden (Weigh station officer). 435... Hit Lady (ABC, 10/8/1974, 90 mins). Yvette Mimieux wrote this story and stars as a professional artist who moonlights (primarily in bikini) as a syndicate killer. Writer Tracy Keenan Wynn made his directorial debut with this movie, working for the first time with his father, Keenan Wynn. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Tracy Keenan Wynn. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Yvette Mimieux. Photography Tim Southcott. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Sid Levin. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Wardrobe (Yvette Mimieux) Nolan Miller. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Angela de Vries), Joseph Campanella (Jeffrey Baine), Clu Gulager (Roarke), Dack Rambo (Doug Reynolds), Keenan Wynn (Buddy McCormack), Roy Jenson (Eddie), Paul Genge (Webb), Del Monroe (Hansen), Mitzi Hoag (Woman at airport), Sam Edwards (Innkeeper), Francisco Ortega (Waiter), Leslie McRay (Waitress). 436... Hitched (NBC, 3/31/1973, 90 mins). The further adventures of those teenaged newlyweds of the Old West who were introduced in the TV-movie “Lock, Stock and Barrel” (1971), with Sally Field taking over the role originated by Belinda Montgomery. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Richard Alan Simmons. Teleplay Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Frank Morriss. Cast Sally Field (Roselle Bridgeman), Tim Matheson (Clare Bridgeman), Neville Brand (Banjo Reilly), Slim Pickens (Sam Dawson/Bart Dawson), John Fiedler (Henry), Denver Pyle (Ben Barnstable), John McLiam (Pete Hutter), Kathleen Freeman (Rainbow McLeod), Don Knight (Reese), Bo Svenson (Jay Appleby), Charles Lane (Roundtree), Bill Zuckert (Milgrim), John Chandler (Jannis), Larry D Mann (Governor), Luana Anders (Emily), Robert Karnes (Sheriff). 437... Hitchhike! (ABC, 2/23/1974, 120 mins). Cloris Leachman plays a woman heading for a vacation who unwittingly picks up a murderer and begins a relationship with him that jeopardizes her life during his desperate attempt to elude the police. Originally this was to have been titled “Crisscross.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Gordon Hessler. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Yale Udoff. Based on a Story by Jay Benson, M.K. Landstein, Yale Udoff. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Gil Melle. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Cloris Leachman (Claire Stevens), Michael Brandon (Keith Miles), Henry Darrow (Gardner), Cameron Mitchell (Hadley), Sherry Jackson (Stefanie), Claiborne Cary (Mary Reardon), Linden Chiles (Ken Reardon), John Elerick (Sergeant Hanrathy), Jeff Williams (Ken Reardon Jr.), Les Lannom (Tim Moore), Elizabeth Kerr (Agatha Carlyle), Jack Manning (Matt

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Benton), Nadyne Turney (Dr. Schlesinger), Eddie Quillan (Counterman), James Griffith (Sheriff Bentley), Terry Wilson (Gas station owner). 438... Hollow Image (ABC, 6/24/1979, 120 mins). A black career girl who has made it in the fashion world is torn between her new life “downtown” and her roots in Harlem with an old flame. This was the first TV play by Lee Hunkins and the winner of the 1979 ABC Theatre Award. Filmed in New York. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producers Stephen A. Rotter, Thomas DeWolfe. Supervising Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Lee Hunkins. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Don Sebesky. Song “Makin’ It to the Top” by Thomas DeWolfe, Don Sebesky. Song “Too Many Springs” by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Don Sebesky. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Robert Hooks (Paul Hendrix), Saundra Sharp (Harriet Gittens), Dick Anthony Williams (Danny York), Hattie Winston (Ivy), Morgan Freeman (Sweet Talk /Ralph Simmons), Anna Maria Horsford (Monica), Samuel E. Wright (Scotty), Minnie Gentry (Mamma), Laurie Chock (Sandy), Ted Beniades (Brooks), Lea Scott (Drug counselor), Pat McNamara (Delivery man). 439... Holocaust (NBC, 4/16/1978 to 4/19/1978, 3 Parts, 9 1/2 hours). Chosen as the Outstanding Limited Series (197778) at Emmy Award time, this landmark original drama about two German families that are affected by events between 1935 and 1945 rivaled “Roots” in its impact on viewers in this country and sparked controversy throughout Europe as it premiered on television in one country after another. Gerald Green also won an Emmy Award for his teleplay about a Jewish family’s desperate fight for survival and the parallel story of a young German lawyer, a family friend, who rises to power as an influential Nazi official. Michael Moriarty (the lawyer), Meryl Streep (the Catholic girl who marries into the Jewish family), and onetime sex symbol Carroll Baker’s daughter, Blanche (making her acting debut as the family’s youngest daughter who becomes a Nazi victim after going mad following an assault), won Emmys for their performances, as did Marvin Chomsky for his direction, Morton Gould for his music score and Peggy Farrell and Edith Almoslino for their costumes. Emmy nominations (16 in all) also were given to Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, David Warner and Tovah Feldshuh, as well as production designer Wilfrid J. Shingleton and supervising editor Stephen A. Rotter. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Gerald Green. Photography Brian West. Music Morton Gould. Supervising Editor Stephen A. Rotter. Production Designer Wilfrid J. Shingleton. Art Directors Jurgen Kiebach, Theo Harisch. Associate Producer Pia I. Arnold. Production Executive Thomas DeWolfe, Bruce S. Pustin. Cast Tom Bell (Adolph Eichmann), Joseph Bottoms (Rudi Weiss), Tovah Feldshuh (Helena Slomova), Marius Goring (Herr Palitz), Rosemary Harris (Berta Weiss), Anthony Haygarth (Heinz Muller), Ian Holm (Heinrich Himmler), Lee Montague (Uncle Sasha), Michael Moriarty (Erik Dorf), Deborah Norton (Marta Dorf), George Rose (Lowy), Robert Stephens (Uncle Kurt Dorf), Meryl Streep (Inga Helms Weiss), Sam Wanamaker (Moses Weiss), David Warner (Reinhard Heydrich), Fritz Weaver (Josef Weiss), James Woods (Karl Weiss), Sean Arnold (Hoefle), John Bailey. (Hans Frank), Blanche Baker (Anna Weiss), Kate Jaenicke (Frau Lowy), Charles Korvin (Dr. Kohn), Michael Beck (Hans Helms), John Collin (Rahm), David Daker (Rudolph Hoess), Vernon Dobtcheff (Karp), Edward Hardwicke (Biberstein), Nigel Hawthorne (Oldendorf), Werner Kreindl (Herr Helms), Stanley Lebore (Zalman), Jeremy Levy (Aaron), T.P. McKenna (Colonel Blobel), Hans Meyer (Ernst Kaltenbrunner), Nora Minor (Frau Palitz), Irene Prador (Maria Kalona), George Pravda (Felscher), Oscar Quitak (Tesch), Osman Ragheb (Levin), John Rees (Col. Arthur Nebe), Llewellyn Rees (Father Lichtenberg), Toby Salaman (Kovel), Murray Salem (Anslavitz), Nina Sandt (Frau Helms), Cyril Shaps (Weinberg), Robert Sherman (Cassidy), Gabor Vernon (Rabbi Samuel), Peter Vogel (Frey). 440... Home for the Holidays (ABC, 11/28/1972, 90 mins). A suspense tale in which ailing Walter Brennan summons his three daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his much younger wife (Julie Harris) who he suspects is trying to poison him. It marked Brennan’s last screen role. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Paul Witt. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Photography Leonard J. South. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Allan Jacobs. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast Jessica Walter (Fredrica Morgan), Sally Field (Christine Morgan), Jill Haworth (Joanna), Julie Harris (Elizabeth Hall Morgan), Eleanor Parker (Alex Morgan), Walter Brennan (Benjamin Morgan), John Fink (Dr. Ted Lindsay), Med Flory (Sheriff Nolan). 441... A Home of Our Own (CBS, 10/19/1975, 120 mins). A drama based on the work of Father William Wasson (played by actor/playwright Jason Miller), the founder and director of a home for orphaned children in Mexico. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Fred Baum. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Jason Miller (Father William Wasson), Pancho Cordova (Hilario), Guillermo San Juan (Julio as a child), Enrique Nori (Julio as an adult), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Police captain), Richard Angarola (The Bishop), Carmen Zapata (Elena de la Paz), Farnesio De Bernal (Chicken farmer), Rosario Alvarez (Magdalena as a child), Nancy Rodman (Sister Philomena), Roland Rios

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(Cesar), Richard Padilla (Manolo), Arturo Rodriguez Doring (Pedro), Luis Zaga (Antonio), Luis Montiel (Jose), Armando Duhart (Felipe), Fabian Escobero (Miguel), Susana Dosamantes (Magdalena as an adult), Glenn Ransom (Mr. Burdock), Deloy White (Mr. Halstead), Roger Cudney (Oil executive), Barbara Ransom (Stewardess), Sergio Calderon (1st man), Alvaro Carcano (Doctor), Alejandro Escalante (Raul), Mauricio Rebolledo (Jorge). 442... Home to Stay (CBS, 5/2/1978, 120 mins). A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey with her spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle’s plan to place the old man in a home for the aged. Filmed in Canada, this adaptation of the 1976 book “Grandpa and Frank” by Janet Majerus is set in Illinois farm country. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers David Susskind, Frederick Brogger. Producer Donald W. Reid. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Based on a Novel by Janet Majerus. Photography Reginald Morris. Music Hagood Hardy. Editor Gene Milford. Art Director Ben Edwards. Cast Henry Fonda (Grandpa George), Michael McGuire (Frank McDermott), Frances Hyland (Aunt Martha), David Stambaugh (Joey Brewster), Pixie Bigelow (Clara Hirshman), Louis Del Grande (Richard), Trudy Young (Hildy), Doris Petrie (Mrs. Strickmeyer), Eleanor Beacroft (Frances), Kristen Vigard (Sarah), Dave Thomas (Petrie), David Hughes (Bill Brewster), Judy Sinclair (Edith Brewster), Len Doncheff (Farmer), Sandra Scott (Neighbor). 443... The Homecoming -- The Christmas Story (CBS, 12/19/1971, 120 mins). This was the pilot movie for “The Waltons” (which began its long run in September 1972), recounting the events of one day--Christmas Eve, 1933--in the lives of a rural American mountain family. Later called “The Homecoming -- A Christmas Story,” it won a Christopher Award as well as Emmy nominations for actress Patricia Neal, director Fielder Cook and author Earl Hamner Jr. (who based the story apparently on his own youthful recollections and was the model for “John-Boy”). Hamner previously had written the story in 1961 in another form which emerged on the screen as “Spencer’s Mountain” (1963) with Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara as the parents. When “The Waltons” turned up as a series, Michael Learned, Ralph Waite and Will Geer took over the roles created by Patricia Neal, Andrew Duggan and Edgar Bergen, while most of the others in the cast continued in the parts they originated. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Earl Hamner. Based on the Novel by Earl Hamner. Photography Earl Rath. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Marjorie Fowler, Gene Fowler Jr. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Patricia Neal (Olivia Walton), Richard Thomas (John-Boy Walton), Edgar Bergen (Grandpa Walton), Ellen Corby (Grandma Walton), Cleavon Little (Hawthorne Dooley), Josephine Hutchinson (Mamie Baldwin), Dorothy Stickney (Emily Baldwin), William Windom (Charlie Snead), Andrew Duggan (John Walton), Woodrow Parfrey (Ike Godsey), Judy Norton-Taylor (Mary Ellen Walton), Mary Beth McDonough (Erin Walton), Kami Cotler (Elizabeth Walton), Eric Scott (Ben Walton), David Harper (Jim-Bob Walton), Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton), David Huddleston (Sheriff Ep Bridges), Sally Chamberlin (City lady), Donald Livingston (Claudie Dooley), Betty Carter (Emmarine), Kent Williams, Roderick Bingley, Rodney Bingley, Clarence M. Landry. 444... Honeymoon With a Stranger (ABC, 12/23/1969, 90 mins). Honeymooning in Italy, a young bride (Janet Leigh) wakes up to discover that her husband is gone and an imposter is in his place, but she cannot convince the police of the switch. Adapted from Robert Thomas’ novel “Piege Pour un Homme Seul.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director John Peyser. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay David P Harmon, Henry Slesar. Based on a Novel by Robert Thomas. Photography Rafael Pacheco de Usa. Music Mark Bucci. Editor Joe Gluck. Art Director Santiago Otanon Fernandez. Cast Janet Leigh (Sandra Latham), Rossano Brazzi (Captain Sevilla), Joseph Lenzi (Ernesto #1), Cesare Danova (Ernesto #2), Juan Elize (Juanito), Eric Braeden (Frederico Caprio), Barbara Steele (Carla), Sancho Gracia (Sergeant), Raoul Anthony (Policeman). 445... Honky Tonk (NBC, 4/1/1974, 90 mins). Loosely based on the Clark Gable-Lana Turner-Claire Trevor 1941 movie (at least the character names of the principals match), this lighthearted Western follows the exploits of two hapless con men operating in the boom towns of the Old West. Production Company MGM Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Doug Heyes. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Henry Batista. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Cast Richard Crenna (Candy Johnson), Stella Stevens (Gold Dust), Will Geer (Judge Cotton), Margot Kidder (Lucy Cotton), John Dehner (Brazos), Geoffrey Lewis (Roper), Gregory Sierra (Slade), Robert Casper (Dr. Goodwin), James Luisi (Blackie), Richard Stahl (Mr. Arnold), Stephen Coit (Mr. Bennett), Dub Taylor, John Quade, Dennis Fimple, Richard Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Jason Wingreen, Eddie Firestone, Kevin Hagen, Sandy Kenyon, Hal Smith, Ben Frommer, Robert Williams, John Wheeler. 446... Honor Thy Father (CBS, 3/1/1973, 120 mins). The success of “The Godfather” encouraged this adaptation of Gay Talese’s 1971 bestselling novel about life inside the Mafia, a fact-based drama revolving around the collapse of the Joseph Bonanno family. The real-life Bonanno was kidnapped in 1964 and was not heard from for over 18 months.

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Production Companies Halcyon Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Harold Cohen. Teleplay Lewis John Carlino. Based on a Book by Gay Talese. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz, Howard R. Schwartz. Music George Duning. Editor Richard Halsey. Art Director Rodger Maus. Cast Joseph Bologna (Salvatore “Bill” Bonnano), Brenda Vaccaro (Rosalie Bonnano), Raf Vallone ( Joe “Bananas” Bonnano), Richard Castellano (Father Labruzzo), Joe DeSantis (Joseph Magliocco), Gilbert Green (Gaspare di Gregorio), Marc Lawrence (Stefano Magaddino), Louis Zorich (Joe Notario), Felice Orlandi (Perrone), James Sloyan (Pete Notario), Roger DeKoven (William P. Maloney), Robert Burr (Kreiger), Antonia Rey (Mrs. Profaci), Carmine Caridi (Nick), Joseph Campanella (Narrator), Henry Farentino, Frank Albanese, Anthony Charnota, Leonard Cimino, Sam Coppola. 447... The Horror at 37,000 Feet (CBS, 2/13/1973, 90 mins). A people-in-jeopardy fantasy which finds the baggage hold of a jetliner swarming with a gaggle of ghosts preparing to exact revenge on the passengers in first class. Production Company CBS Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Ronald Austin. Based on a Story by V X Appleton. Photography Earl Rath. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Chuck Connors (Capt. Ernie Slade), Buddy Ebsen (Len Farlee), Tammy Grimes (Mrs. Pinder), Lyn Loring (Manya), Jane Merrow (Sheila O’Neill), France Nuyen (Annalik), William Shatner (Paul Kovalik), Roy Thinnes (Alan O’Neil), Paul Winfield (Dr. Enkalla), Will Hutchins (Steve Holcomb), Darlene Carr (Margot), Brenda Benet (Sally), H.M. Wynant (Jim Driscoll), Mia Bendixsen (Jodi), Russell Johnson (Jim Hawley). 448... The Hostage Heart (CBS, 9/9/1977, 120 mins). Terrorists plot a bizarre kidnapping, breaking into an operating room where a billionaire is undergoing heart surgery and holding him for a $10-million ransom. Based on the 1976 novel by Gerald Green, best known for “The Last Angry Man.” Production Companies A.J. Fenady Associates, MGM Television. Director Bernard McEveety. Executive Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Teleplay Andrew J. Fenady, Charles Sailor, Eric Kaldor. Based on the Novel by Gerald Green. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Marvin Summerfield. Cast Bradford Dillman (Dr. Eric Lake), Loretta Swit (Chris LeBlanc), Vic Morrow (Steve Rockewicz), Sharon Acker (Martha Lake), Stephen Davies (John Trask), George DiCenzo (Chief Reinhold), Cameron Mitchell (Arnold Stade), Belinda Montgomery (Fiona), Paul Shenar (James Cardone), Allan Rich (Dr. Motzkin), Peter Palmer (Dr. Licata), Robert Walden (Brian O’Donnel), Carl Weathers (Bateman Hooks), Hari Rhodes (Don Harris). 449... Hot Rod (ABC, 5/25/1979, 120 mins). A freewheeling drag racer enters a local championship meet and finds himself head-to-head with the tyrannical town boss who has already arranged for his own son to win. Subsequently titled “Rebel of the Road.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director George Armitage. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay George Armitage. Photography Andrew Davis. Music Michael Simpson. Editors Carroll Sax, William Neel. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Gregg Henry (Brian Edison), Pernell Roberts (Sheriff Marsden), Robin Mattson (Jenny), Grant Goodeve (Sonny Munn), Robert Culp (T.L. Munn), Royce D. Applegate (Johnny Hurricane), Topo Swope (Sprout), Ed Begley Jr. (Clay), Bruce Fischer (Cannonball), Erik Holland (Barry Hogue), Julie Gibson (Violet), Carmen Argenziano (Cameraman), Gene Borkan (Soundman), Lisa Cori (Sheila), Richard Davis (Engineer), Gary Goetzman (Security guard), Randy Gray (Lefty). 450... The Hound of the Baskervilles (ABC, 2/12/1972, 90 mins). The oft-filmed Conan Doyle classic (it had been made at least eight times previously) and the first American color version about how Holmes and Watson solve the baffling murder of an heir to the Baskerville fortune on the misty English moors. This was the pilot to a prospective Sherlock Holmes series that was to have rotated with the adventures of Hildegarde Withers and Nick Carter (with Eve Arden and Robert Conrad, respectively) in a regular program bringing to TV three popular fictional detectives. None of the three went beyond the pilot stage. Production Company Universal Television. Director Barry Crane. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Robert E Thompson. Based on the Novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. Photography Harry L Wolf. Supervising Editor Richard Belding. Editor Bill Mosher. Art Director Howard E Johnson. Associate Producer Arthur D Hilton. Cast Stewart Granger (Sherlock Holmes), Bernard Fox (Dr. John Watson), William Shatner (George Stapleton), Anthony Zerbe (Dr. John Mortimer), Sally Ann Howes (Laura Frankland), John Williams (Arthur Frankland), lan Ireland (Sir Henry Baskerville), Jane Merrow (Beryl Stapleton), Alan Caillou (Inspector Lestrade), Brendan Dillon (John Barrymore), Arline Anderson (Eliza Barrymore), Bill Bowles (Billy Cartwright), Chuck Hicks (Seldon), Karen Kondan (Mrs. Mortimer), Liam Dunn (Messenger), Michael St. Clair (Constable), Barry Bernard (Manager), Constance Cavendish (Eel monger), Arthur Malet (Higgins), Elaine Church (Maid servant), Jenifer Shaw (Peasant girl), Terence Pushman (Chestnut salesman), Eric Brotherson (Porter). 451... The House on Garibaldi Street (ABC, 5/28/1979, 120 mins). A dramatization, filmed in Spain, about the events leading up to the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann byIsraeli agents in Argentina in 1960. 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“Nicholas and Alexandra,” respectively, while Martin Balsam portrays the author of the book on which this film was based, who at the time was the head of Israeli Intelligence. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Peter Collinson. Executive Producers Charles Bloch, Steve Shagan. Producer Mort Abrahams. Teleplay Steve Shagan. Based on a Book by Isser Harel. Photography Alejandro Ulloa. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Production Designers Disley Jones, Fernando Gonzalez. Art Director Giorgio Desideri. Production Supervisor Charles Fries. Cast Chaim Topol (Michael), Nick Mancuso (Ari), Janet Suzman (Hedda), Martin Balsam (Isser Harel), Leo McKern (David Ben-Gurion), Charles Gray (General Lischke), Derren Nesbitt (Arthur Lubinsky), Alfred Burke (Adolph Eichmann), John Bennett (Aaron Lazar), John Cater (Doctor), Fernando Hillbeck (Inspector Contreras), Edward Judd (Meged), Alberto Berco (Rodrigues), Alberto DeMendoza (Primo), Ricardo Palacios (Dani), Richard Wren (Dieter Eichmann), Maria Isbert (Vera Eichmann), Simon Shepard (Nicholaus Eichmann), Jorge Bosso (Vincente), Ian Serra (Pedro), Carl Rapp (Flight plan official), Pace Belloch (Ben), Gareth Hunt (Kadem), Antonio Canal (Cordero), Dennis Vaughan (Zichroni), Wolf Kohler (Contreras), Jeff Waters (Co-pilot). 452... The House on Greenapple Road (ABC, 1/11/1970, 135 mins). A crime drama involving a dogged plainclothes cop, a meek salesman accused of murdering his promiscuous wife, and a corpse that cannot be found. The subsequent “Dan August” series (1970-71) starred Burt Reynolds, Norman Fell and Richard Anderson in the roles originally played by Christopher George, Keenan Wynn and Barry Sullivan. Based on the 1966 crime novel by Harold R. Daniels, this movie subsequently was cut to two hours, losing a half hour. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Adrian Samish. Teleplay George Eckstein. Based on the Novel by Harold R. Daniels. Photography Robert Hoffman. Music Duane Tatro. Editor Thomas Ness. Art Director James D. Vance. Cast Christopher George (Lt. Dan August), Janet Leigh (Marian Ord), Julie Harris (Leona Miller), Tim O’Connor (George Ord), Walter Pidgeon (Mayor Jack Parker), Barry Sullivan (Chief Frank Untermyer), Keenan Wynn (Sgt. Charles Wilentz), Mark Richman (Sal Gilman), William Windom (Paul Durstine), Burr DeBenning (Bill Foley), Lynda Day (Lillian Crane), Joanne Linville (Connie Durstine), Edward Asner (Sheriff Muntz), Eve Plumb (Margaret Ord), Lawrence Dane, Ned Romero, Paul Fix, Alice Jubert, Paul Lukather, John Ward, Geoffrey Deuel, Tina Menard, Rees Vaughn, Olan Soule. 453... The House That Would Not Die (ABC, 10/27/1970, 90 mins). Barbara Stanwyck made her TV-movie debut in this tale of witchcraft, black magic and unsettled ghosts in an inherited house in Amish country, adapted from the 1968 novel “Ammie, Come Home” by Barbara Michaels. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Henry Farrell. Based on a Novel by Barbara Michaels. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Barbara Stanwyck (Ruth Bennett), Richard Egan (Pat McDougal), Michael Anderson Jr. (Stan Whitman), Katherine Winn (Sara Dunning), Doreen Lang (Sylvia Wall), Mabel Albertson (Delia McDougal). 454... Houston, We’ve Got a Problem (ABC, 3/2/1974, 90 mins). An earth-bound space thriller about the struggle to return the Apollo 13 astronauts safely to earth after their moon-bound spacecraft was damaged by an explosion in this film based on actual events of the abortive mission. Production Companies Silverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Lawrence Doheny. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Herman Saunders. Teleplay Dick Nelson. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Richard Clements. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Lester L. Green. Cast Robert Culp (Steve Bell), Clu Gulager (Lou Matthews), Gary Collins (Tim Cordell), Sandra Dee (Angie Cordell), Ed Nelson (Gene Kranz), Sheila Sullivan (Lisa Bell), Steve Franken (Shimon Levin), Robert Corff (Abraham Levin), Jack Hogan (Kerwin), Quinn Redeker (Lousma), Barbara Baldwin (Donna), Zolya Tolma (Mrs. Levin), Geoffrey Scott (Mel Anderson), Eric Shea (Mike Matthews), James Harrell (Newsman), Brig. Gen. Thomas P Stafford (Astronaut in Simulator). 455... How Awful About Allan (ABC, 9/22/1970, 90 mins). A chiller, based on Henry Farrell’s 1963 novel, about a man (Anthony Perkins) who is overcome by guilt over his father’s death and tormented by strange voices and an unseen menace. Author Farrell remains better known for his novel “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Curtis Harrington. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer George Edwards. Teleplay Henry Farrell. Based on the Novel by Henry Farrell. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Richard W. Farrell. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Anthony Perkins (Allan Colleigh), Julie Harris (Elizabeth Colleigh), Joan Hackett (Olive), Kent Smith (Raymond Colleigh), Robert H. Harris (Dr. Ellins), Bill Bowles (Harold Dennis), Trent Dolan (Eric), Kenneth Lawrence (Allan as a child), Jeanette Howe (Elizabeth as a child), Molly Dodd (Inmate), Bill Erwin (Dr. Ames).

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456... How I Spent My Summer Vacation (NBC, 1/7/1967, 120 mins). An offbeat thriller (well received in Great Britain where it was shown theatrically under the title “Deadly Roulette”) tells of a ne’er-do-well--played by Robert Wagner--with an obsession that he is the victim of a conspiracy after compiling a dossier on the activities of a mysterious billionaire. Production Company Universal Television. Director William Hale. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Gene Kearney. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Douglas Stuart. Art Director Henry Larrecq. Cast Robert Wagner (Jack Washington), Peter Lawford (Ned Pine), Lola Albright (Mrs. Pine), Walter Pidgeon (Lewis Gannet), Jill St. John (Nikki Pine), Michael Ansara (Pucci), Len Lesser (The Greek), Alberto Morin (Jewelry dealer), Ralph Smiley (Mr. Amin), Tiger Joe Marsh (Yoshiro), Joni Webster (Miss Karali), Lyn Peters (The Interviewer), Asher Dann (Spanish sailor), Peter Camlin (Croupier), Frank Delfino (Croupier’s assistant), Francisco Ortega (1st Spaniard), Victor Dunlop (2nd Spaniard), Peter Pascal, Rolf Sedan, Horst Ebersberg. 457... How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (NBC, 10/6/1976, 90 mins). A sight-gag-happy farce, loaded with cameos by familiar TV faces, about a divorcee’s campaign to make her ex-husband jealous in order to win him back. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, NBC Productions. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner. Teleplay Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner. Photography Richard A. Kelley Music Nelson Riddle. Editors Bob Moore, Bud Molin. Cast Barbara Eden (Ellen Dowling), Hal Linden (Tony Bartlett), Peter Bonerz (Carter Dowling), Marcia Rodd (Eve), Harold Gould (Mr. Henshaw), Betty Bressler (Mrs. Henshaw), Liberty Williams (Jennifer Hartman), Chuck McCann (Man with hangover), Archie Hahn (Harassed waiter), Edward Andrews (Man at concert), Dave Ketchum (Professor Schofield), Carl Ballantine (Conductor), Mary Jo Catlett (Soprano), Leigh French (Marilyn), Barbara Minkus (Gallery guide), Fred Willard (Lance Colson), Ivy Jones, Shirley Prestia, Janis Jamison, Sandra Maley, Roy Stuart, Alberto Sarno, Robert Karvelas, Eileen Dietz, Harriet Gibson, Dale Johnson, Jim Everring, Linda Ann Stewart, Sheila Rogers, Andrew L. Paris. 458... How to Pick Up Girls! (ABC, 11/3/1978, 120 mins). The amusing adventures of an unsophisticated small-town lad who arrives in New York, moves in with this swinging buddy, and surprisingly becomes an authority on the ways and wiles of women as he enters the world of big-time girl-chasing. The star here is not Desi Arnaz Jr., but Fred McCarren, despite the billing. Based on Eric Weber’s 1970 book. Production Company King-Hitzig Productions. Director Bill Persky. Executive Producer Alan King. Producer Rupert Hitzig. Teleplay Bill Persky, David Handler, Jordan Crittenden, Peter Gethers. Based on a Book by Eric Weber. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Don Sebesky. Song written and performed by John Loeffler. Editor Craig McKay. Art Director Ronald Baldwin. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Robbie Harrington), Bess Armstrong (Sally Clabrook), Fred McCarren (Donald Becker), Polly Bergen (Dana Greenberg), Richard Dawson (Chandler Corey), Alan King (Manny Shiller), Abe Vigoda (Nathan Perlmutter), Deborah Raffin (Cynthia Miller), Rudolph Willrich (Frank Cavanaugh), Forbesy Russell (Pam), Hollis Winick (Denise), Shelley Wyant (Cloakroom attendant), Kevin Conroy (Bartender), Chrysis (Donnie), Colette Blonigan (Suzie), Sandahl Bergman (Blonde jogger), Jon Bruno (Store clerk), Denise Flamino (Terry), Lorell Brina (Taxi interview girl), MacIntyre Dixon (Post Office clerk), Wendie Malick (Stephie). 459... How to Steal an Airplane (NBC, 12/10/1971, 120 mins). Two adventurous gringos take on the job of reclaiming a stolen jet from the son of a banana republic dictator. Filmed in late 1968 under the title “Only One Day Left Before Tomorrow,” this one sat in a vault for over two years before reluctantly being shown. In later syndication, it reverted to its original production moniker. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Leslie Martinson. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Philip DeGuere, Robert Foster. Photography Jack Marta. Music Pete Rugolo. Song “Sadness of a Happy Time” performed by Claudine Longet. Editors Budd Small, John J Dumas. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Associate Producers Carl Pingitore, Philip DeGuere, Robert Foster. Cast Peter Deuel (Sam Rollins), Clinton Greyn (Evan Brice), Sal Mineo (Luis Ortega), Claudine Longet (Michelle Chivot), Katherine Crawford (Jan), Julie Sommars (Dorothy), Don Diamond (Sam /Police sergeant). 460... A Howling in the Woods (NBC, 11/5/1971, 120 mins). The “other side” of the costars of TV’s long-running “I Dream of Jeannie” (Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman) shows up in this chiller about a disillusioned housewife vacationing in the wilds, her incompatible husband who is trying to get her to come home, and a starving dog with a baleful howl. Based on the 1968 novel by Velda Johnston. Production Company Universal Television. Director Daniel Petrie. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay Richard DeRoy. Based on the Novel by Velda Johnston. Photography Jack Marta. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Barbara Eden (Liza Crocker), Larry Hagman (Eddie Crocker), John Rubinstein (Justin Conway), Vera Miles (Rose Saines), Tyne Daly (Sally Bixton), Ruta Lee (Sharon), George Murdock (Mel Warren), Ford Rainey (Bud Henshaw), Lisa Gerritsen (Betsy Warren), Bill Vint (Lonnie Henshaw), Karl Swenson (Apperson).

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461... Huckleberry Finn (ABC, 3/25/1975, 90 mins). The Mark Twain perennial with freckle-faced Ron Howard and most of his family--father Rance, mother Jean, brother Clint--in this TV update of the classic. Previous Huck Finns on film were Lewis Sargent in 1919, Junior Durkin (1931) in the Jackie Cooper movie about Tom Sawyer, Mickey Rooney (1939), Eddie Hodges (1960) and Jeff East (to Johnny Whittaker’s Tom Sawyer) in both 1973 and 1974. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Totten. Producer Steven North. Teleplay Jean Holloway. Based on the Novel by Mark Twain. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Earl Robinson. Song “Mississippi (Said the River, I’m Your Friend)” Earl Robinson, Steven North. Song performed by Roy Clark. Editors Diane Adler, Marsh Hendry. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Ron Howard (Huckleberry Finn), Don Most (Tom Sawyer), Royal Dano (Mark Twain), Antonio Fargas (Jim Watson), Jack Elam (The King), Merle Haggard (The Duke), Rance Howard (Pap Finn), Jean Howard (Widow Douglas), Clint Howard (Arch), Shug Fisher (Old Doc), Sarah Selby (Aunt Polly), Bill Erwin (Harvey Wilkes), Frederic Downs (Ben Rucker), James Almanear (Silas Phelps), Patty Weaver (Mary Jane), Woodrow Chambliss (Auctioneer). 462... Human Feelings (NBC, 10/16/1978, 90 mins). A pilot movie (complete with laugh track) dealings with the dayto-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there in seven days, and it’s up to an eager-to-please young angel, a frustrated clerk-typist in the heavenly music department, to try to hold off the total devastation while disguised as a mortal. The 90-minute movie was expanded to two hours for its initial network repeat and the laugh track was eliminated. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Crestview Productions, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Ernest Pintoff. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Henry Bloomstein. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music John Cacavas. Editor Angelo Ross. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Nancy Walker (God [Mrs. G]), Billy Crystal (Miles Gordon), Pamela Sue Martin (Verna Gold), Squire Fridell (Phil Sawyer), Donna Pescow (Gloria Prentice), Armand Assante (Johnny Turner), Richard Dimitri (Garcia), Jack Carter (Robin Dennis), Pat Morita (Waiter), John Fiedler (Lester), Anthony Charnota (Eddie), Tom Pedi (Frank), James Whitmore Jr. (Detective), Scott Walker (1st guard), Pamela Miller (Verna Gold), Diane Silvester, Barry Hamilton, Rozsika Holmes, Tony Cristing, Biff Yeager, Albert Cole, Liberty Godshall, Adele Claire, Joe E. Ross, Charles Bracy, Abigail Shelton. 463... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (NBC, 7/18/1977, 120 mins). A new tape-to-film production of Victor Hugo’s classic focusing on the hunchback bellringer of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in 15th-century Paris, filmed six times previously between 1906 and 1957. Production Company BBC-TV Productions. Director Alan Cooke. Producer Cedric Messina. Teleplay Robert Muller. Based on the Novel by Victor Hugo. Music Wilfred Josephs. Choreographer Geraldine Stephenson. Art Director Don Taylor. Cast Kenneth Haigh (Archdeacon Claude Frolio), Warren Clarke (Quasimodo), Michelle Newell (Esmeralda), Christopher Gable (Pierre), David Rintoul (Jehan), Richard Morant (Phoebus), Henrietta Baynes (Fleur-de-Lys), Ruth Goring (Madame Gondelaurier), Tony Caunter (Clopin), Liz Smith (La Falourdel), John Ratcliff (Robin), Terence Bayler (Cardinal). 464... The Hunted Lady (NBC, 11/28/1977, 120 mins). An undercover policewoman becomes a target for elimination by a crime syndicate and must flee for her life after being framed for murder in this prospective series pilot that bore a close resemblance to “The Fugitive” with a change of gender. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer William Robert Yates. Teleplay William Robert Yates. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jim Gross. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Donna Mills (Susan Reilly), Lawrence Casey (Robert Armstrong), Andrew Duggan (Capt. John Shannon), Alan Feinstein (Sgt. Stanley Arizzio), Geoffrey Lewis (Mr. Eckert), Michael McGuire (Lt. Henry Jacks), Jenny O’Hara (Carol Arizzio), Quinn Redeker (Max Devine), Robert Reed (Dr. Arthur Sills), Will Sampson (Uncle George), Mario Roccuzzo (Angie), Richard Yniguez (David Todd), Jess Walton (Kate), Panchito Gomez (Johnny Ute), Mark Miller (Sen. Roger Clements), Patti Cohoon (Cathy Clements), Robert Nathan. (Lewis Clements), Hank Brandt (Marvin Roister), Taylor Lacher (Sheriff Clancy), David Darlow (James Radford), Richard Herd (Captain Wilson), Vincent Howard (Lieutenant Anderson), Eric Server, Danny Wells, Charles Alvin Bell, James Chandler, Carl Mathis Craig, Tim Haldeman, Byron Mabe, Kathleen O’Malley, Sean Michael Rice. 465... Hunter (CBS, 1/9/1973, 90 mins). In this pilot for a projected spy series by the man who gave “Mission: Impossible” to TV, a fatal racetrack crash in which a government agent is critically injured uncovers an enemy brainwashing scheme, and another agent assumes his colleague’s identity to expose the plot. Made in 1971 and originally scheduled for spring 1972 airing, “Hunter” finally emerged after nearly two years on the shelf. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Leonard J. Horn. Producer Bruce Geller. Teleplay Cliff Gould. Created by Bruce Geller. Photography Jerry Sims. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast John Vernon (David Hunter/Praetorius), Steve Ihnat (Alain Praetorius), Sabina Scharf (Anne Novak), Edward Binns (Owen Larkdale), Fritz Weaver (Cirrak), Ramon Bieri (Mishani), John Schuck (McDaniel), Barbara Rhoades (Girl), Roger Bowen

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(Alfred Blunt), Woodrow Parfrey (Tyson), Lonny Chapman (Albert Treadway), Ed Flanders (Dr. Miles), Sheldon Allman (Dr. Abrams), Davy Jones (Lubbock), Tony Van Bridge (Griggs), Lawrence Cook (Donnelly), Walter Stocker (Gunner). 466... Hunters Are for Killing (CBS, 3/12/1970, 120 mins). A drifter comes home after serving time for manslaughter to claim his share of his mother’s estate and settle things with his abrasive stepfather who is unforgiving since he holds the ex-con responsible for his own son’s death. Burt Reynolds made his TV-movie debut in this one, and during the succeeding decade he acted in just one other telefeature. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Bernard Girard. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Charles Kuenstle. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Edward Mann. Art Director James D. Vance, Michael S. Glick. Cast Burt Reynolds (L.G. Floran), Melvyn Douglas (Keller Floran), Suzanne Pleshette (Barbara Soline), Larry Storch (Rudy LeRoy), Martin Balsam (Wade Hamilton), Peter Brown (Raymond Pera), Jill Banner (Holly Farnell), Donald Barry (Hank Philips), Angus Duncan (Richard Soline), Ivor Francis (Carl Farnell), A Martinez (Jimmy Ramirez). 467... Hunters of the Reef (NBC, 5/20/1978, 120 mins). An action adventure in this pilot for a proposed series entitled Peter Benchley’s “Mysteries of the Deep” (this film’s original title), pitting a salvage boat captain against a better-equipped competitor in a race to locate a sunken wreck in shark-infested waters off the Florida coast. Production Companies The Writers Company Inc., Paramount Network Television. Director Alexander Singer. Executive Producer Stan Kallis. Producer Ben Chapman. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on Characters Created by Peter Benchley. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Richard Markowitz. Song “Spanner’s Key” by Richard Markowitz, Eric Bercovici. Editors Arthur D. Hilton, Gerald J. Wilson. Production Designer Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producers Don Silverman, Jack Clements. Cast Michael Parks (Jim Spanner), Mary Louise Weller (Tracey Russell), William Windom (Panama Cassidy), Felton Perry (Winston L.T. St. Andrew), Moosie Drier (Mike Spanner), Stephen Macht (La Salle), Katy Kurtzman (Kris La Salle). 468... Hurricane (ABC, 9/10/1974, 90 mins). In this film, hurricane hunters Larry Hagman and Martin Milner are in a desperate race to avoid disaster as a violent storm threatens to devastate a Gulf Coast town. Adapted from William C. Anderson’s 1972 novel “Hurricane Hunters.” Production Companies Montagne Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Jack Turley. Based on a Novel by William C. Anderson. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Bill Malley. Cast Larry Hagman (Paul Damon), Martin Milner (Major Stoddard), Jessica Walter (Louise Damon), Barry Sullivan (Hank Stoddard), Michael Learned (Lee Jackson), Frank Sutton (Bert Pearson), Will Geer (Dr. McCutcheon), Lonny Chapman (Pappy), Ayn Ruyman (Suzanne), Barry Livingston (Richie Damon), Jim Antonio (Captain Mackey), Ric Carrott (Barker), Jack Colvin (Newscaster), Alan Landers (Weyburn), Charles Lampkin (Wyn Stokey), Maggie Malooly (Amelia), Read Morgan (Highway patrolman), Jessica Rains (Woman), Paul Tulley (Tarkinson), Patrick Duffy (Jim), Sam Edwards (Del Travis), Carl Mikal Frankl (Doug Piper), Jerry Hardin (Neill), James Jeter (Billy), Thomas Leopold (Lieutenant Oliver), Ken Menard (Guard), Stephen Rogers (Peter Damon), Tracie Savage (Liz Damon). 469... Hustling (ABC, 2/22/1975, 120 mins). A drama about an investigative reporter (obviously based on Gail Sheehy) for a New York-based news magazine who digs into the multimillion-dollar prostitution business in Manhattan in search of the real profiteers. Emmy Award nominations went to Jill Clayburgh for her acting and Fay Kanin for her writing. Production Companies Lillian Gallo Entertainment, Filmways. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Fay Kanin. Based on a Book by Gail Sheehy. Photography Bill Butler. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Herman Blumenthal. Associate Producer Fay Kanin. Cast Lee Remick (Fran Morrison), Monte Markham (Orin Dietrich), Jill Clayburgh (Wanda Klavik), Alex Rocco (Swifty Callino), Melanie Mayron (Dee Dee), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Gizelle), Dick O’Neill (Keough), Burt Young (Gustavino), Paul Benedict (Lester Traube), John Sylvester White (Geist), Allan Miller (Harold Levine), Burke Byrnes (Bus driver), James Andronica (Van patrolman), Howard Hesseman (Detective), Cliff Pellow (Business suit), Stephen Nathan (Bluejeans), Alex Colon (Sergeant Morales), Richard Keith (Marion Haal), Lisa Daniels (Guest at party), Bernie McInerney (Manager). 470... I Heard the Owl Call My Name (CBS, 12/18/1973, 90 mins). A young American priest, in his search for greater knowledge, finds that his schooling has hardly prepared him for his mission to a remote Canadian Indian village in British Columbia. Based on the 1973 book by Margaret Craven. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer Daryl Duke. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Based on a Book by Margaret Craven. Photography Bill Butler. Music Peter Matz. Editor Richard Halsey. Art Director Barry Lavender. Cast Tom Courtenay (Father Tark Brian), Dean Jagger (Bishop), Paul Stanley. (Jim Wallace), Marianne Jones (Keetah), George Clutesi (George P. Hudson), Keith Pepper (Alan Spencer), Margaret Atleo (Marta Stevens).

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471... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (CBS, 4/28/1979, 120 mins). Maya Angelou’s eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Jean Moore Edwards. Teleplay Leonora Thuna, Maya Angelou. Based on a Book by Maya Angelou. Photography Ralph B. Woolsey. Music Peter Matz. Editor Frank J. Urioste. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast Paul Benjamin (Freeman), Diahann Carroll (Vivian), Ruby Dee (Grandmother Baxter), Roger E. Mosley (Bailey Sr.), Esther Rolle (Momma), Madge Sinclair (Miss Flowers), Constance Good (Maya), John M Driver II (Bailey Jr.), Sonny Jim Gaines (Uncle Willie), Art Evans (Principal), J. Don Ferguson (Mr. Donleavy), Georgia Allen (Mrs. Gurney), Darleen Taylor (1st girl), Darryl Williams (Tommy Valden), Tommie Stewart (Lillie), Jack Stevens (Policeman), Monica Kyles (Julie), Frankie Mitchell (2nd Mrs. Fletcher), Richard Salassi (Parmenian), Lewis Liddell (Tommy), Sammy Liddell (Ira), Sylvester Spann (Tutti), Hosie Phillips (Preacher), Myra Jo Arvin (Red), George Cummins (Sheriff Rogers), Torain (Teacher), Laurie Waters (Tall girl), Mose Lee Williams (1st Mrs. Fletcher), M.L. Breeland (Mr. Peters), Angela Brown (Kitty), Abbie Burns (Mary), Johnny Lewis, John L. Patterson, James Peters, Melvin Kennerly, Shirley Perkins, John C Roper Jr., Terri Ann Ross, I.D. Thompson. 472... I Love a Mystery (NBC, 2/27/1973, 120 mins). Surfacing six years after being made and eagerly awaited by oldtime radio buffs, this send-up of the fondly remembered mystery show had insurance detectives Jack Packard, Doc Long and Reggie York searching for a mysterious billionaire. Not to be confused with the 1945 film of the same name, also based on the radio show. Production Company Universal Television. Director Leslie Stevens. Producer Frank Price. Teleplay Leslie Stevens. Based on the Radio Series Created by Carlton E. Morse. Photography Ray Rennahan. Music Oliver Nelson. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Ida Lupino (Randolph Cheyne), Les Crane (Jack Packard), David Hartman (Doc Long), Hagan Beggs (Reggie York), Jack Weston (Job Cheyne), Don Knotts (Alexander Archer), Terry-Thomas (Gordon Elliott), Melodie Johnson (Charity), Karen Jensen (Faith), Deanna Lund (Hope), Andre Philippe (Andre), Francine York (Telegram girl), Peter Mamakos (Fox Face), Lewis Charles (Bellman), Joseph Perry (Smuggler #1), Val Avery (Smuggler #2), Anthony Caruso (Smuggler #3). 473... I Love You. . . Goodbye (CBS, 2/12/1974, 90 mins). Frustrated by the role society has forced on her as a wife and mother, a suburbanite (played by Hope Lange) abandons her family in an effort to find a more challenging and fulfilling life. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Sam O’Steen. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Diana Gould. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director Walter Scott Herndon. Cast Hope Lange (Karen Chandler), Earl Holliman (Tom Chandler), Michael Murphy (Alec Shield), Patricia Smith (Gwen), Mary Murphy (Pam Parks), Kerri Shuttleton (Julie Chandler), Brian Andrews (Stevie Chandler), Stephen Hudis (David Chandler), Milt Kogan (Alton Stockard), Elaine Scurry (Nancy), Deirdre Flynn (Ann), Lois Walden (Joy), Jessica Stuart (Katie), Brenda Smith (Ria), Madge Sinclair (Salesgirl), Alan Paige (Sam/waiter), Elizabeth Harrower (Mrs. Freeman), Hanna Hertelendy (Emily Kimoto), Tony Mancini (Office boy), Booth Colman (Professor Halston), Betty Beaird (Marian), Bernie Valentine (Hazel), Maureen Dawson (Barbara). 474... I Want to Keep My Baby! (CBS, 11/19/1976, 120 mins). Drama about a 15-year-old girl who becomes pregnant and decides to raise the baby herself. The film marked the TV acting debut of Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Jerry Thorpe. Executive Producer Jerry Thorpe. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Frank Stanley. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “Child With a Child” by Craig Lee, Hermine Hilton. Song Performed by Salli Terri. Editor Alex Beaton. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Mariel Hemingway (Sue Ann Cunningham), Susan Anspach (Donna Jo Martelli), Jack Rader (Ralph Martelli), Vincent Baggetta (Don DeReda), Dori Brenner (Renee DeReda), Rhea Perlman (Rae Finer), Jonathan Jones (Chuck Ryan), Herb Williams (Gregg), Lisa Pelikan (Miranda), John Megna (Andy), Lisa Mordente (Marta), John Dennis Johnston (Rico), Constance Ming (Mrs. Greene), Gentry Claussen (Debbie), Judy Mines (Shirley), Don Spencer (Minister), Yvonne Tessler (Leona), Roger Simon (Dr. Bernstein), Scott Perry (Mr. Ryan), Liz Jury (Mrs. Ryan), Betty Gust (Receptionist), B.J. Champion (Mrs. McCellan), Wen Ansun (Miss Kinamura), Lynne O’Neill (Dee Dee), Prentiss Rowe (Landlord), Harlan Knudson (Reverend Sylvester). 475... I Will Fight No More Forever (ABC, 4/19/1975, 120 mins) Dramatization of a tragic part of U.S. history in which the leader of the Nez Perce Indians refused to take his tribe to a reservation in 1877, trying instead to lead them to safety in Canada, with the cavalry in pursuit trying to stop the escape. Emmy Award nominations went to writers Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss and to editor Robert K. Lambert. Production Company Wolper Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook, Theodore Strauss. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Robert K. Lambert. Associate Producer Malcolm D. Alper.

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Cast James Whitmore (Gen. Oliver O. Howard), Ned Romero (Chief Joseph), Sam Elliott (Captain Wood), John Kauffman (Wahlitits), Emilio Delgado (Olloket), Nick Ramus (Rainbow), Linda Redfearn (Toma), Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (White Bird), W. Vincent St. Cyr (Chief Looking Glass), Deloy White (Colonel Gibbon), Charles Ynfante (Yellow Wolf). 476... If Tomorrow Comes (CBS, 12/7/1971, 120 mins). A young couple, a California girl and a Japanese-American boy, ignore local prejudices and marry secretly--on December 7, 1941, minutes before the announcement that Pearl Harbor has been bombed. “The Glass Hammer” was the title of this film while it was in production. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Richard Newton. Teleplay Lew Hunter. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Gil Melle. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Patty Duke (Eileen Phillips), Frank Michael Liu (David Tayaneka), Anne Baxter (Miss Cramer), James Whitmore (Frank Philips), Pat Hingle (Sheriff), Mako (Tadashi), John McLiam (Father Miller), Beulah Quo (Midori), Michael McGreevey (Harlan), Kay Stewart (Helen Phillips), Bennett Ohta (Itachiro), Bert Remsen (Coslow), Michael Fox (Judge), Frank Hotchkiss (Lieutenant), Ron Stokes (Corporal). 477... Ike (ABC, 5/3/1979 to 5/6/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this six-hour miniseries, his relationship with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby. “Ike” came up with five Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Cinematography (Part 2), Outstanding Film Editing (Part 3), and three others in the technical category. Based on the 1976 book “Past Forgetting” by Kay Summersby Morgan, the production subsequently was cut to four hours and retitled “Ike: The War Years.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Boris Sagal (Europe), Melville Shavelson (USA and North Africa). Executive Producer Melville Shavelson. Producer Bill McCutchen. Teleplay Melville Shavelson. Based on a Book by Kay Summersby Morgan. Photography (USA) Arch R. Dalzell. Photography (Europe) Freddie Young. Music Fred Karlin. Choreographer (Europe) Marge Champion. Choreographer (USA) Miriam Nelson. Editors (USA) John M. Woodcock, Kent Schafer. Editor (Europe) Bill Lenny. Art Director (Europe) Peter Murton. Art Director (USA) Ward Preston. Cast Robert Duvall (Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower), Lee Remick (Kay Summersby), Dana Andrews (Gen. George C. Marshall), J.D. Cannon (Gen. Walter Bedell Smith), Paul Gleason (Capt. Ernest “Tex” Lee), Laurence Luckinbill (Maj. Richard Arnold), Darren McGavin (Gen. George S. Patton), Wensley Pithey (Winston Churchill), Ian Richardson (Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery), Stephen Roberts (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), William Schallert (Gen. Mark Clark), Wolfgang Preiss (Field Marshal Alfred Jodl), Bonnie Bartlett (Mamie Eisenhower), Charles H. Gray (Gen. Lucian Truscott), Lowell Thomas (Himself), Vernon Dobtcheff (Gen. Charles DeGaulle), Richard Herd (Gen. Omar Bradley), K Callan (Mrs. Westerfield.), Terry Alexander (Gen. Arthur Tedder), Charles Gray (Gen. “Freddie” DeGuingand), Clifton Jones (Sergeant Hunt), Michael Malnick (General Strong), Vincent Marzello (Mickey McKeogh), Francis Matthews (Noel Coward), Patricia Michael (Gertrude Lawrence), Major Wiley (Sergeant Moaney), Jonathan Banks (1st sergeant), William Boyett (Gen. Ward Hoffenberg), Anne Clements (Cockney mum), Patrick Culliton (Young lieutenant), David DeKeyser (Field Marshal Sir Alan Booke), Clifford Earl (Lord Mountbatten), Don Fellows (Gen. Carl Spaatz), Mitchell Group (2nd sergeant), Lise Hilboldt (Jean Dixon), Peter Hobbs (Admiral with pointer), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (General Pagel), James Keane (Corporal), Julia McKenzie (Sybil Bryan), Richard McKenzie (Colonel Offenheim), Maurice Marsac (Gen. Henri Giraud), Joe Unger (Private), Lloyd Alan (3rd sergeant), Redmond Gleeson (Riley), Robert James (Captain Burns). 478... The Immigrants (Syndicated, 11/20/1978 and 11/27/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Howard Fast’s number one bestseller--the rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San Francisco earthquake to become a shipping magnate, rise to the top of Nob Hill’s society through a loveless marriage to the daughter of the city’s wealthiest family, and find happiness with an Asian mistress despite the collapse of his fortune during the Wall Street crash. It made its spectacular way to television (as a two-part, four-hour movie) on the strength of sincere performances by a solid cast of actors who knew they would be upstaged by the legendary earthquake, re-created on the Universal backlot with new special effects intercut with footage from the studio’s earlier “Earthquake,” from MGM’s “San Francisco” (with individually colored frames for matching shots), and from existing newsreel footage of the actual event in 1906. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Richard Collins. Based on the Novel by Howard Fast. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Gerald Fried. Editors Albert J.J. Zuniga, Edward W. Williams. Art Director George Renne. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Stephen Macht (Dan Lavetta), Sharon Gless (Jean Seldon Lavetta), Aimee Eccles (May Ling), Richard Anderson (Thomas Seldon), Ina Balin (Maria Cassala), Lloyd Bochner (Chris Noel), Kevin Dobson (Pete Lomas), Michael Durrell (Mark Levy), Roddy McDowall (Calvin Braderman), Kathleen Nolan (Mary Seldon), Pernell Roberts (Anthony Cassala), John Saxon (Alan Brocker), Yuki Shimoda (Feng Wo/narrator), Susan Strasberg (Sarah Levy), Barry Sullivan (Grant Whittier), Aharon Ipale (Joseph Lavetta), Michele Marsh (Anna Lavetta), Paul Sylvan (Tony), Joe Bennett (Gregory Pastore), Monika Lewis (Mrs. Whittier), Beulah Quo (So-Toy), Shane Sinutko (Joseph as a boy), Ari Macht (Dan Lavetta as a boy), Cynthia Eilbacher (Barbara), Don Keefer (Doctor), Regis J. Cordic (Somers), Harry Townes (Clancy), Walt Davis, Byron Morrow, Russ McGinn, June Barrett, Jordan Suffin, Lyndel Stuart.

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479... The Immortal (ABC, 9/30/1969, 90 mins). A test driver, discovered to possess a rare blood type that temporarily halts disease and aging, finds that he’s suddenly being stalked by the greedy seeking a second or third lifetime who want a transfusion, voluntarily or otherwise. In the brief series that began a year later (1970-71), Christopher George resumed his role as the continually pursued hero, with Carol Lynley occasionally turning up as his old girlfriend. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Lou Morheim, Robert Specht. Based on a Story by James E. Gunn. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor David Wages. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Christopher George (Ben Richards), Barry Sullivan (Jordan Braddock), Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Matthew Pearce), Jessica Walter (Janet Braddock), Carol Lynley (Sylvia Cartwright), Vincent Beck (Locke), Marvin Silberscher (Doctor), William Sargent (Pilot), Joseph Bernard (Mechanic). 480... The Impatient Heart (NBC, 10/8/1971, 120 mins). A social worker, played by Carrie Snodgress, throws herself into others’ problems but finds that she cannot motivate the man she loves. During production, this film was titled “McCormack.” Production Company Universal Television. Director John Badham. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Alvin Sargent. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music David Shire. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director Joseph M Alves Jr. Cast Carrie Snodgress (Grace McCormack), Michael Brandon (Frank Pescadero), Michael Constantine (Murray Kane), Marian Hailey (Nellie Santchi), Hector Elizondo (Mr. Hernandez), Brad David (Brewster Crowley), Harry Davis (Mr. Pescadero), Victor Millan (Felix Mandez), Penny Santon (Mrs. Esposito), Anna Navarro (Mrs. Hernandez), John Bakos, Linda Dangcil, Yuki Shimoda, Ralph Moody. 481... The Impostor (NBC, 3/18/1975, 90 mins). An ex-Army intelligence officer accepts $5,000 to impersonate a wealthy contractor targeted for assassination and uncovers a conspiracy to loot a land development company. This was a pilot film (made in early 1974) for a project that failed to materialize. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Edward M. Abroms. Executive Producer Richard Bluel. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay Jon Sevorg, Ken August. Based on Characters Created by E. Jack Neuman. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Gil Melle. Editor Carl Pingitore. Art Director LeRoy Deane. Cast Paul Hecht (Joe Tyler), Nancy Kelly (Victoria Kent), Meredith Baxter (Julie Watson), Jack Ging (Carl Rennick), Barbara Baxley (Margaret Elliott), John Vernon (Sheriff Turner), Edward Asner (Barney West), Paul Jenkins (Teddy Durham), Joseph Gallison (Dwight Elliott), Victor Campos (Del Gazzo), Bruce Glover (Jennings), Sherwood Price (Reager), Charlotte Stewart (Jean Durham), Suzanne Denor (April), Ronnie Schell (Dance director), George Murdock (Glover). 482... In Broad Daylight (ABC, 10/16/1971, 90 mins). Richard Boone stars as a blind actor who discovers that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and plots an elaborate double murder. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Robert Mirisch. Teleplay Larry Cohen. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Edward Mann. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Richard Boone (Tony Chappel), Suzanne Pleshette (Kate Todd), Stella Stevens (Elizabeth Chappel), John Marley (Lieutenant Bergman), Fred Beir (Alex Crawford), Whit Bissell (Captain Moss), Paul Smith (Charles/doorman), Daniel Spelling (Teenager), Barbara Dodd (Mother), Ken Sansom (Dr. Grant), Sam Edwards (Cunningham), Buddy Lewis (Driver), Frank Bellu (Sergeant Wilkes), Al C. Ward (Manager). 483... In Name Only (ABC, 11/25/1969, 90 mins). In this romantic comedy, a carbon copy of “We’re Not Married” (1952), several couples discover they were joined in illegal wedlock by a pair of marriage consultants who set about to rectify the situation. Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Harry Ackerman. Producer E.W. Swackhamer. Teleplay Bernard Slade. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Sunset Editorial. Editor Norman Wallerstein. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Michael Callan (Steve Braden), Ann Prentiss (Jill Willis), Eve Arden (Aunt Theda), Ruth Buzzi (Ruth Clayton), Christopher Connelly (Tony Caruso), Bill Daily (Peter Garrity), Elinor Donahue (Ethel Garrity), Herbert Edelman (Bert Clayton), Paul Ford (Elwy Pertwhistle), Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Caruso), Herbert Voland (Sergeant Mulligan), Alan Reed (Phil Haskell), Heather Young (Debbie Caruso), Barbara Bostock (Agnes), Ivor Francis (Father), Adrienne Marden (Mother), Jeannie Berlin (Heather), Chanin Hale (Barbara), William Long Jr. (Uncle Fred), Vincent Perry (Justice of Peace), Celeste Yarnell (Anne), Mary Wilcox (Receptionist), Lee Weaver (Bartender), Art Metrano (Joe), Lindsay Workman (J.P. Robinson), Jill Foster (Shirley), Merie Earle (Granny), Duane Grey (Uncle Larry). 484... In Search of America (ABC, 3/23/1971, 90 mins). A college dropout convinces his family to reexamine their goals and gets them to chuck it all for a cross-country odyssey in a 1928 Greyhound bus--or, the family that stays together...

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Production Company Four-Star International Productions. Director Paul Bogart. Executive Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Producer William Froug. Teleplay Lewis John Carlino. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Fred Myrow. Editor Richard E. Reilly. Art Director Mort Rabinowitz. Cast Carl Betz (Ben Olson), Vera Miles (Jenny Olson), Jeff Bridges (Mike Olson), Ruth McDevitt (Grandma Rose), Renne Jarrett (Kathy), Howard Duff (Ray Chandler), Kim Hunter (Cora Chandler), Michael Anderson Jr. (J.J.), Sal Mineo (Nick), Tyne Daly (Anne), Glynn Turman (Bodhi), George Wallace (Clarence), Mary Gall Hobbs (Claire), Jeff Siggins (Announcer), Ken Syck (Skipper), Tom Baker (Doctor). 485... In Tandem (NBC, 5/8/1974, 90 mins). Gypsy truckers--a tough veteran driver and his young college-educated partner--come to the aid of embattled citrus growers in this pilot for the 1974-75 series about these free-spirited, civic-minded teamsters. Claude Akins and Frank Converse also starred in the series, making pit stops in various locations around the country, much the same way that Martin Milner and George Maharis had done years earlier in the “Route 66” series. Subsequently titled “Movin’ On.” Production Company D’Antoni-Weitz Television Productions. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producer Philip D’Antoni. Producer Barry Weitz. Teleplay Herb Meadow, Robert Collins. Created by Barry Weitz, Philip D’Antoni. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Don Ellis. Editor Howard Deane. Associate Producer Kenneth Utt. Cast Claude Akins (Sonny Pruett), Frank Converse (Will Chandler), Richard Angarola (Victor DiAngelo), Sondra Blake (Connie DiAngelo), Ann Coleman (Betty), Janis Jansen (Cathy), Titos Vandis (Guido), Ernest Sarracino (Emilio), Michael Crishel (Alfonso), Chris D’Anthony (Vincent), Jim Nolan (Wilson), Bart Burns (Dispatcher), Richard O’Brien (Construction boss), Paul Mantee (Man in windbreaker). 486... In the Glitter Palace (NBC, 2/27/1977, 120 mins). A murder melodrama in which a defense lawyer-detective (Chad Everett) is urged by his ex-girlfriend to defend her lesbian lover charged with a killing of which she claims she is innocent. Production Companies The Writers Company Inc., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Stan Kallis. Producers Jay Daniel, Jerry Ludwig. Teleplay Jerry Ludwig. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music John Parker. Editors Herbert H. Dow, Richard Bracken. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Zoltan Muller. Cast Chad Everett (Vincent Halloran), Barbara Hershey (Ellen Lange), Anthony Zerbe (Roy Danko), Howard Duff (Raymond Travers), Diana Scarwid (Casey Walker), David Wayne (Nate Redstone), Tisha Sterling (Grace Mayo), Salome Jens (Judge Kendis Winslow), Ron Rifkin (Roger), Ron Masak (Fred Ruggiero), Paul Stevens (Merrill), Carole Cook (Daisy Dolon), Robert Sampson (Harry Brittenham), Lynne Marta (Ricky), Booth Colman (Kubishan), Gloria Le Roy (Norma Addison), Carole Mallory (Sally), Stanley Kamel (Director), Lee Delano (Producer), Paul Bryar (Private cop), Lucetta Jenison (Nurse), Paula Shaw (Ruth), Romo Vincent (Louis), Warren Vanders (Loomis), Gloria Stuart (Mrs. Bowman), Vicky Perry (Sheila), Mary Woronov (Bartender), Jean Demter Barton (1st woman), Robert Rothwell (Burnett), Niva Ruschell (Receptionist), Mack Harbin (Lineup cop), Norland Benson (Police sergeant). 487... In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (NBC, 9/26/1977, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about the ordeal of a New Jersey couple over whether to keep their comatose teenage daughter alive on life-supporting machines or let her die with dignity. (The girl lapsed into a coma in the spring of 1975, and more than 10 years later she was still alive.) Production Companies Warren V. Bush Productions, NBC Productions. Director Hal Jordan. Executive Producer Warren V. Bush. Producer Hal Sitowitz. Teleplay Hal Sitowitz. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Bill Conti. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Lester D. Gobruegge. Cast Brian Keith (Joe Quinlan), Piper Laurie (Julie Quinlan), David Huffman (Paul Armstrong), Stephanie Zimbalist (Mary Ellen Quinlan), Biff McGuire (Father Tom), David Spielberg (Dr. Mason), Bert Freed (Dr. Julius Korein), Louise Latham (Sister Mary Luke), Mary Anne Grayson (Karen), Habibageli (Dr. Hanif), Byron Morrow (Attorney General Hyland), Vincent Baggetta (Donald Collester Jr.), Jane Elliot (Maria Armstrong), John Friedrich (John Quinlan). 488... In This House of Brede (CBS, 2/27/1975, 120 mins). A sophisticated London widow renounces a successful business career--and the man who loves her--to become a cloistered Benedictine nun. Diana Rigg won an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the lead role. Based on the 1969 novel by Rumer Godden. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Philip Barry. Producer George Schaefer. Teleplay James Costigan. Based on the Novel by Rumer Godden. Photography Chris Challis. Music Peter Matz. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Simon Holland. Associate Producer Paul Cameron. Cast Diana Rigg (Philippa), Jud Bowker (Joanne), Gwen Watford (Dame Catherine), Pamela Brown (Dame Agnes), Denis Quilley (Sir Richard), Nicholas Clay (David), Gladys Spencer (Dame Emily), Julia Blalock (Penny), Frances Rowe (Miss Bowman), Charlotte Mitchell (Mrs. Fraser), Peter Sproule (Jeremy), Margaret Heery (Cynthia), Elizabeth Bradley (Dame Margaret), Dervla Molloy (Dame Beatrice), Ann Rye (Sister Jane), Catherine Willmer (Sister Ellen/Renata), Valerie Lush (Maura), Janette Legge (Barbara), Stacey Tendetter (Louise), Peter Geddis (Mr. Scanlon), Janet Davies (Mrs. Scanlon), Yasuko Nagazumi (Mariko), Michi Takeda (Sumi), Frances Kearney (Louise), Sanae Fukua (Kasiko), Michiko Sukomoro (Yoko), Jun Majima (Yuri), Brian Hawkesley (Bishop), Hugh Morton (Abbot), Gerald Case (Headwaiter), N.K. Sonoda (Matsuki).

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489... Incident in San Francisco (ABC, 2/28/1971, 120 mins). A young reporter crusades to clear a good Samaritan who is charged with murdering a mugger after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. This pilot was for a proposed series to have starred Christopher Connelly as the newshound, Tim O’Connor as the cynical city editor, and Dean Jagger as the tough editor-in-chief. Based on J.E. Brown’s book “Incident at 125th St.” Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Don Medford. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producers Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Robert Dozier. Based on a Novel by J.E. Brown. Photography William W. Spencer. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Richard Brockway. Art Director George B. Chan. Associate Producer Howard Alston. Cast Richard Kiley (Robert Harmon), Leslie Nielsen (Lieutenant Brubaker), Dean Jagger (Sam Baldwin), John Marley (Mario Cianelli), Tim O’Connor (Arthur Andrews), Phyllis Thaxter (Lois Harmon), Ruth Roman (Sophia Cianelli), David Opatoshu (Herschel Rosen), Claudia McNeil (Odessa Carter), Tracy Reed (Penny Carter), Julius Harris (Henry Carter), Tom Nardini (Alfred Cianelli), Christopher Connelly (Jeff Marshall), Richard O’Brien (Jasper Mahoney), Ken Lynch (Detective Hanson), Victoria Vetri, John Considine, William Traylor, Dennis Olivieri, Robert Pine, Fred Sadoff, Radames Pera, Bill Quinn, Geoffrey Gage, Nora Marlowe, Russell Thorson, Doreen McLean, Shirley O’Hara, Robert Lemond, K.L. Smith, Roy Rowan, George Burrafato, Paul Carmen, Joel Lawrence. 490... Incident on a Dark Street (NBC, 1/12/1973, 120 mins). A small-time hood is murdered as he is about to blow the whistle on the syndicate in this pilot for a prospective series about the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Justice Department. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer E. Jack Neuman. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Rita Roland. Art Director Robert Boyle. Cast James Olson (Joseph Dubbs), David Canary (Pete Gallagher), Robert Pine (Paul Hamilton), Richard Castellano (Frank Romeo), William Shatner (Deaver Wallace), Murray Hamilton (Edmund Shilling), Gilbert Roland (Dominic Leopold), John Kerr (Attorney Gallagher), Kathleen Lloyd (Louise Trenier), Wesley Lau (John Pine), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Miles Henderson), David Doyle (Luke Burgess), Gordon Pinsent (Mayor), James Davidson (Arthur Trenier), Jerome Thor (Abe Hirsch), Mark Jenkins (Mark), Jennifer Kulik (Anne), Marlene Clark (Rose), Susan Stafford (Monica Forbes), Tony Giorgio (Vincent Romeo), Val DeVargas (Ernesto De La Pina), Marian Collier (Miss Gentry), Roland LaStarza (Sonny), Earl Ebi (Judge), Nicholas Konakas, Michele Nichols, Michael W Siokey, Owen Orr, Jed Allan, Robyn Millian, Jay W. MacIntosh. 491... The Incredible Hulk (CBS, 11/4/1977, 120 mins). The comic-book tale of the mild-mannered scientist who accidentally gains the secret to superhuman strength that manifests itself when he becomes enraged. This was the pilot for the cult TV series that began in the spring of 1978. Production Company Universal Television. Director Kenneth Johnson. Producer Kenneth Johnson. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson. Based on an Original Idea by Marvel Comics Group. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Joe Harnell. Editors Alan Marks, Jack Schoengarth. Art Director Charles R. Davis. Cast Bill Bixby (Dr. David Bruce Banner), Susan Sullivan (Dr. Elaina Marks), Jack Colvin (Jack McGee), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Susan Batson (Mrs. Jessie Maier), Charles Siebert (Ben), Mario Gallo (Martin Bram), Eric Server (Policeman), Eric Devon (B.J. Maier), Jake Mitchell (Jerry), Lara Parker (Laura Banner), William Larsen (Minister), Olivia Barash (Girl at lake), George Brenlin (Man at lake), June Whitley Taylor (Mrs. Epstein), Terrence Locke (Young Man). 492... The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (CBS, 1/2/1979, 180 mins). A big-city lady doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the local medicine woman. Originally this was titled “The Outlander.” Veteran actress Jane Wyman returned to filmmaking here and was accorded the seldom-used billing “Miss Jane Wyman.” Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Guy Green. Executive Producer Ron Samuels. Producer Paul B. Radin. Teleplay Joseph Fineman, Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz. Photography Al Francis. Music Gerald Fried. Song “Mountain Lady” by Judithe Randall, Robin Randall. Song Performed by Alix Waughurt. Editor Gloryette Clark. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Dr. Meg Laurel), Jane Wyman (Granny Arrowroot), Dorothy McGuire (Effie Webb), Andrew Duggan (Judge Adamson), Gary Lockwood (Harley Moon), Brock Peters (Joe), John Reilly (Thom Laurel), Charles Tyner (Doug Slocomb), James Woods (Sin Eater), Woodrow Parfrey (Messerschmidt), Peggy Walton (Mrs. Slocomb), Kathi Soucie (Becca), Tracey Gold (Laurie Mae Moon), Cherilyn Parsons (Sophie Pride), Gary Graham (Jacob Barth), Ray Young (Joel), Gloria Stuart (Rose Hooper), Mary Ellen O’Neill (Granny Bacon), Meegan King (Willis), David Gregory (Herm), Henry G. Sanders (Harve), Dee Croxton (Mildred Koch), Hazel Johnson (Vyrle Macy), Pauline McFadgen (Corra Macy), Stephanie Smith (Camille Kapp), Carolyn Jane Reed (Mrs. Pride), Ronald Peterson (Joshua Moon), John Driscoll (Walt Ridgeway), Sam J Jones (Roy), Philip Schultz (Butler), Dan Kemp, Diane Fetterly, Sharon McGrath, Marta Nichols, Genevieve Beauvais. 493... The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (NBC, 12/17/1977, 120 mins). A lighthearted Western involving a madcap grudge race from Missouri to California between a young Mark Twain (Christopher Connelly) and his longtime rival, Mike Fink (Forrest Tucker), with the aid of a slightly daft Indian.

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Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Schick Sunn Classics. Director James L Conway. Executive Producer Charles Sellier Jr. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay David O’Malley, Tom Chapman. Photography Henning Schellerup. Music Bob Summers. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Christopher Connelly (Mark Twain), Forrest Tucker (Mike Fink), Larry Storch (Eagle Feather), Jack Kruschen (Jim Bridger), Mike Mazurki (Crazy Horse), Parley Baer (Farley Osmond), Whit Bissell (Simon Hollaway), Bill Zuckert (Mayor Calvin Mercer), Don Haggerty (Sheriff Benedict), Sam Edwards (Milford Petrie), Sandy Gibbon (Virginia City sheriff), William Kazele (Burton), John Hansen (Bill Cody), Robert Easton, Greg Brickman, Tom Chapman, Hugh Burritt, Prentiss Rowe, Warren Ewing, David O’Malley, Allen Wood, Michael Ruud, Earl Smith, Dennis Williams. 494... Indict and Convict (NBC, 1/6/1974, 120 mins). This courtroom drama finds prosecutor George Grizzard against his deputy DA pal William Shatner who is accused of murdering his wife and her lover although he was 150 miles away at the time of the killing. Based on the 1971 book by Bill Davidson. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Winston Miller. Teleplay Winston Miller. Based on a Book by Bill Davidson. Photography Bill Butler. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John T. McCormack. Cast George Grizzard (Bob Mathews), Reni Santoni (Mike Belano), Susan Howard (Joanna Garrett), Ed Flanders (Timothy Fitzgerald), Eli Wallach (DeWitt Foster), William Shatner (Sam Belden), Myrna Loy (Judge Christine Taylor), Harry Guardino (Mel Thomas), Kip Niven (Norman Hastings), Ruta Lee (Phyllis Dorfman), Del Russel (Frank Rogers), Maree Cheatham (Barbara Mathews), Alfred Ryder (Dr. Frank Larsen), Eunice Christopher (Muriel Fitzgerald), Arlene Martel (Mrs. Ann Lansing), Henry Beckman (Marv Theisen), Michael Pataki (Victor). 495... The Initiation of Sarah (ABC, 2/6/1978, 120 mins). Strange goings-on involve a naïve college coed in the bizarre rites of an old sorority. Kathryn Crosby, playing a housemother, returned to filmmaking here in her first appearance following Bing’s death. Mia Farrow’s sister, Van Heflin’s niece, and Martin Balsam’s daughter were among the other campus girls of questionable powers. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Stonehenge Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Carol Saraceno, Don Ingalls, Kenette Gfeller. Based on a Story by Tom Holland, Carol Saraceno. Photography Ric Waite. Music Johnny Harris. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Allan Marcil. Cast Kay Lenz (Sarah), Shelley Winters (Miss Erica), Kathryn Crosby (Mrs. Goodwin), Morgan Brittany (Patti), Morgan Fairchild (Jennifer), Tony Bill (Paul Yates), Elizabeth Stack (Laura), Tisa Farrow (Mouse), Deborah Ryan (Bobbi), Nora Heflin (Barbara), Robert Hays (Scott), Talia Balsam (Allison), Doug Davidson (Tommy), Jennifer Gay (Kathy), Susan Duvall (Regina), Karen Purcil (Pledge), Madeline Kelly (Clerk), Michael Talbott (Freddie), Debi Fries (Susan), Albert Owens (Young man). 496... Institute for Revenge (NBC, 1/22/1979, 90 mins). A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film’s title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the defenseless and assigns human operatives to track down the evildoers and bring them to justice nonviolently. This fanciful pilot was for a series that never materialized. Production Companies Gold-Driskill Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ken Annakin. Executive Producers Bill Driskill, Otto Salamon. Producer Bert Gold. Teleplay Bill Driskill. Based on a Story by Bill Driskill, Otto Salamon. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor J. Terry Williams, Robert M. Ross. Art Directors Richard Lawrence, Ross Bellah. Cast Sam Groom (John Schroeder), Lauren Hutton (Lilah), Lane Binkley (JoAnn), T.J. McCavitt (Bradley), Robert Coote (Wellington), Murray Salem (Bodyguard), Leslie Nielsen (Counselor Barnes), Ray Walston (Frank Anders), George Hamilton (Alan Roberto), Dennis O’Flaherty (Pilot), Robert Emhardt (Senator), James Karen (Powerbroker), John Hillerman (Voice of IFR), Harlee McBride, Ron Roy, Lisle Wilson, Ernie Fuentes, John Yates, Gavin Mooney, Rawn Hutchinson, Paul Lawrence, James Scott Hess, John Davey, Anne Bellamy, Patience Cleveland, Natalie Core. 497... Intimate Strangers (ABC, 11/11/1977, 120 mins). A contemporary drama of a couple who find that their deep love for each other cannot overcome the emotions threatening to destroy their marriage, and she becomes a battered wife. The original title for this: “Battered!” Tyne Daly earned an Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Teleplay Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Walter A. Hannemann. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Cast Dennis Weaver (Donald Halston), Sally Struthers (Janis Halston), Tyne Daly (Karen Renshaw), Larry Hagman (Mort Burns), Melvyn Douglas (Donald’s Father), Brian Andrews (Chris Halston), Quinn Cummings (Peggy Halston), Julian Burton (Dr. James Morgan), Ellen Travolta (Marilyn Burns), Ellen Blake (Bridget), Regis J. Cordic (Simpson/rest home director), James Keane, Edward Walsh, Barbara Iley, Jack Stauffer, Carol Vogel, Dolores Dorn, Judy Farrell, Roberta Jean Williams, Norma Nonn Martin, Margo Ann Bordeshevsky, Rhea Perlman, Irene Forrest, Joseph G. Medalis, Steven Anderson, Terrence McNally, Tony Lucatorto, Larry French, Orin Kennedy, Penny Krompier, Leigh Kavanaugh.

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498... The Intruders (NBC, 11/10/1970, 120 mins). This Western drama finds a town in crisis as the James/Younger gang rides in, and Don Murray, as the local marshal, having lost both his nerve and his skill with a pistol, is put to the test. Look for future star Harrison Ford in a small role. Originally this was to have been titled “Death Dance at Madelia.” Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Bert Granet. Producer James McAdams. Teleplay Dean Riesner. Based on a Story by William Douglas Lansford. Photography Ray Flin. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Howard Terrill. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Don Murray (Sam Garrison), Anne Francis (Leora Garrison), Edmond O’Brien (Col. William Bodeen), John Saxon (Billy Pye), Gene Evans (Cole Younger), Edward Andrews (Elton Dykstra), Shelly Novack (Theron Pardo), Dean Stanton (Whit Dykstra), Stuart Margolin (Jesse James), Zalman King (Bob Younger), Phillip Alford (Harold Gilman), John Hoyt (Appleton), Harrison Ford (Carl), Marlene Tracy (Kate Guerrera), Ken Swofford (Pomerantz), Robert Donner (Roy Kirsh), Edward Faulkner (Bill Riley), James Gammon (Chaunce Dykstra), Len Wayland (George Ganzer), Gavin MacLeod (Warden), Mickey Sholdar, Kay E. Kuter, Ted Gehring, Robert P. Lieb, William Edward Phipps. 499... The Invasion of Johnson County (NBC, 7/31/1976, 120 mins). A footloose Bostonian (Bill Bixby) and a Wyoming cowboy (Bo Hopkins) team up in the Old West to block a private army’s land-grab scheme against a bunch of small-time ranchers. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer Roy Huggins. Teleplay Nicholas E. Baehr. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors Chuck McClelland, Gloryette Clark, Jim Benson. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast Bill Bixby (Sam Lowell), Bo Hopkins (George Dunning), John Hillerman (Major Walcott), Billy Green Bush (Frank Canton), Stephen Elliott (Colonel Van Horn), Lee deBroux (Richard Allen), M. Emmet Walsh (Irvine), Mills Watson (Sheriff Angus), Alan Fudge (Teschmacher), Luke Askew (Deputy Sheriff Brooks), Edward Winter (Maj. Edward Fershay), David Donner, Ted Gehring. 500... The Invisible Man (NBC, 5/6/1975, 90 mins). A scientist working on laser beam projection in a Think Tank discovers a way of making himself invisible, then flees with his secret rather than permit it to be used by the military. This updated version of the H.G. Wells science-fiction classic, filmed initially in 1933 and copied countless times since, was the pilot to the brief series, with David McCallum, Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens in the role originated by Jackie Cooper, that ran for several weeks in the fall of 1975. Production Companies Silverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Steven Bochco. Teleplay Steven Bochco. Based on a Story by Harve Bennett, Steven Bochco. Based on the Novel by H.G. Wells. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Richard Clements. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Bill Caplan. Cast David McCallum (Dr. Daniel Weston), Melinda Fee (Kate Weston), Jackie Cooper (Walter Carlson), Henry Darrow (Dr. Nick Maggio), Alex Henteloff (Rich Steiner), Arch Johnson (General Turner), John McLiam (Blind man), Ted Gehring (Gate guard), Paul Kent (Security chief), Milt Kogan, Jon Cedar, Lew Patter. 501... Ironside (NBC, 3/28/1967, 120 mins). Raymond Burr found another powerful character as a wheelchair-bound San Francisco chief of detectives, crippled by a sniper’s bullet, in this pilot movie for the long-run follow-up series (1967-75) to his equally long-run “Perry Mason.” Joining Burr in the series as regulars were Don Galloway, Donald Mitchell and Barbara Anderson (later replaced by Elizabeth Bauer). For the movie, Burr and writer Don M. Mankiewicz both were Emmy nominated. Production Company Universal Television. Director James Goldstone. Producer Collier Young. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, James Goldstone. Based on a Story by Collier Young. Photography John F. Warren. Music Quincy Jones. Editor Edward W. Williams. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Raymond Burr (Chief Robert Ironside), Geraldine Brooks (Honor Thompson), Wally Cox (Scoutmaster), Kim Darby (Ellen Wells), David Sheiner (Doctor), Don Galloway (Det. Sgt. Ed Brown), Barbara Anderson (Eve Whitfield), Don Mitchell (Mark Sanger), Lilia Skala (Sister Agatha), Gene Lyons (Commissioner Randall), Joel Fabiani (Dr. Schley), Ayllene Gibbons (Baby Peggy Marvel), Terrence O’Flaherty (Announcer), Eddie Firestone (Wheels Montana), Stuart Margolin (Newsman), Tiny Tim (Coffeehouse singer). 502... Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (NBC, 12/20/1978, 120 mins). A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and the story of his friendship with an anthropologist after his discovery in northern California in 1911. Veteran writer Dalton Trumbo died before finishing the teleplay that his son completed. Based on Theodora Kroeber’s 1963 book “Ishi in Two Worlds.” Production Company An Edward and Mildred Lewis Production. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Executive Producers Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis. Producer James F Sommers. Teleplay Christopher Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo. Based on a Novel by Theodore Kroeber Quinn. Photography Woody Omens. Music Maurice Jarre. Editors Argyle Nelson, Harold Wilner. Art Director Mort Rabinowitz. Cast Dennis Weaver (Prof. Benjamin Fuller), Eloy Phil Casados (Ishi as an adult), Devon Ericson (Lushi as a teenager), Joaquin Martinez (Grandfather), Geno Silva (Elder Uncle), Joseph Runningfox (Ishi as a teenager), Lois Red Elk (Grandmother),

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Gregory Norman Cruz (Timawi as a teenager), Arliene Nofchissey Williams (Mother), Michael Medina (Ishi as a boy), Patricia Ganera (Lushi as a girl), Eddy Marquez (Timawi as a boy), Dennis Dimster (Tad Fuller), Wayne Heffley (Sheriff Lockhart), Peter Brandon (Dr. Robbins), Missy Gold (Little girl), Jay W. MacIntosh (Music hall singer), Ernest D. Paul (Barton). 503... The Islander (CBS, 9/16/1978, 120 mins). A mystery-adventure set in Hawaii. This series pilot, which never got anywhere, is about a retired mainland lawyer who buys a small Honolulu hotel and finds himself in a murderous situation involving a runaway grand jury witness, a ruthless mobster, and a racket-busting U.S. senator framed for beating up an airline stewardess. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Glen A. Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Theme song performed by Shelby Flint. Editor Bernard J. Small. Art Director Ira Diamond. Cast Dennis Weaver (Gable McQueen), Sharon Gless (Shauna Cooke), Peter Mark Richman (Lieutenant Larkin), Bernadette Peters (Trudy Engles), Robert Vaughn (Sen. Gerald Stratton), John S. Ragin (Bishop Hatch), Dick Jensen (Al Kahala), Ed Ka’ahea (Kimo), Sheldon Leonard (Paul Lazarro), George Wyner (Sims), Zitto Kazann (Paco), Leann Hunley (Mac’s Wife), Glenn Cannon (Wallace), Jimmy Borges (Sergeant Chow), Danny Kamekona (Sergeant Rojo), Burt Marshall (Reporter), Moe Keale (Henchman), John Fitzgibbon (Charlie Soon), Galen W.Y. Kam (Taxi driver), Kwan Hi Lin (Tiny), Bob Sevey (Commentator). 504... Isn’t It Shocking? (ABC, 10/2/1973, 90 mins). An inexperienced small-town sheriff (Alan Alda) is confronted with the mysterious deaths of the local senior citizens, an ingenious killer, and some very odd goings-on. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director John Badham. Producers Howard Rosenman, Ron Bernstein. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Jack Woolf. Music David Shire. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Joseph M. Alves Jr. Cast Alan Alda (Sheriff Dan Barnes), Louise Lasser (Blanche), Edmond O’Brien (Justin Oates), Ruth Gordon (Marge Savage), Will Geer (Dr. Lemuel Lovell), Dorothy Tristan (Doc Lovell), Lloyd Nolan (Jesse Chapin), Pat Quinn (Ma Tate), Liam Dunn (Myron Flagg), Michael Powell (Michael), Jacqueline Allan McClure (Hattie). 505... Istanbul Express (NBC, 10/22/1968, 120 mins). An espionage adventure against a European backdrop that has a secret agent (played by Gene Barry) posing as an art dealer and dodging bombs, seductive women and a trainload of assassins while trying to retrieve a dead scientist’s top secret research notes. Prolific twosome Richard Levinson and William Link wrote this one. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Producer Richard Irving. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Benjamin H. Kline. Music Oliver Nelson. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer Jerrold Freedman. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Gene Barry (Michael London), John Saxon (Cheval), Senta Berger (Mila Darvos), Tom Simcox (Leland McCord), Mary Ann Mobley (Peggy Coopersmith), Werner Peters (Doctor Lenz), Donald Woods (Shepherd), Jack Kruschen (Captain Granicek), John Marley (Kapel), Philip Bourneuf (Claude), Norma Varden (Englishwoman), Emile Genest (Henri the conductor), Moustache (Gustav). 506... It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy (ABC, 11/19/1974, 90 mins). A comedy about a mild-mannered man (Paul Sorvino) who cries “Rape!” and can’t convince anybody he was seduced and abandoned on a lonely highway by a gorgeous woman with a Cadillac and a gun. Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Cy Howard. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Arne Sultan. Teleplay Arne Sultan, Earl Barret. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Carroll Sax, Christopher Holmes. Associate Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Cast Paul Sorvino (Harry Walters), Michael Learned (Janet Walters), Bob Dishy (Ed Huxley), Adam Arkin (Ken Walters), Eddie Barth (Sergeant Riggs), Roger Bowen (Stu Dotney), JoAnna Cameron (Wanda Olivia Wellman), Barbara Cason (Judge A.J. White), Elaine Shore (Sgt. Rose Templeton), G. Wood (Warren Morgan), Graham Jarvis (Alan Ronston), Sandra Deel (Mrs. Carter), Dick Yarmy (Wineberger), Edward Marshall (Carl Ballagher), Lorna Thayer (Mrs. Gibbs), Ruth Warshawsky (Mrs. Kellogg), Carl Franklin (Hovey), Jack Frey, Arlen Stuart, Patricia Heider, Robert E. Ball, Diane Civita, Helen Ball, Jack Grapes, Howard George, Barbara Barnett. 507... It Happened at Lake Wood Manor (ABC, 12/2/1977, 120 mins). Terror from the depths of the earth traps a group of funseekers at a lavish summer resort in this thriller that initially was to have been called simply “Ants!” The movie was subsequently titled “Panic at Lake Wood Manor.” Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Robert Scheerer. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Bernie Abramson. Music Ken Richmond. Editor George Folsey Jr. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Suzanne Somers (Gloria Henderson), Robert Foxworth (Mike Carr), Myrna Loy (Ethel Adams), Lynda Day George (Valerie Adams), Gerald Gordon (Tony Fleming), Bernie Casey (Vince), Barry Van Dyke (Richard Cyril), Karen Lamm (Linda Howard), Anita Gillette (Peggy Kenter), Moosie Drier (Tommy West), Steve Franken (White), Brian Dennehy (Fire chief), Barbara Brownell (Marjorie West), Bruce French (Tom), Stacy Keach Sr. (Doc), René Enriquez (Luis), Vincent Cobb (Peter), James Storm (Attendant).

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508... It Happened One Christmas (ABC, 12/11/1977, 120 mins). A new version of Frank Capra’s 1946 classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” with a gender switch--Marlo Thomas for James Stewart, Wayne Rogers for Donna Reed, and Cloris Leachman as the guardian angel for Henry Travers. Emmy Award nominations went to Leachman as well as to art director John J. Lloyd and set decorator Hal Gausman. Production Companies Daisy Productions, Universal Television. Director Donald Wrye. Producers Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Based on a Story by Philip Van Doren Stern. Photography Conrad Hall. Music Stephen Lawrence. Editors Bill Martin, Robbe Roberts. Production Designer John J. Lloyd. Cast Marlo Thomas (Mary Bailey Hatch), Orson Welles (Henry F. Potter), Wayne Rogers (George Hatch), Cloris Leachman (Clara), Barney Martin (Uncle Willie), Karen Carlson (Violet), Dick O’Neill (Mr. Gower), Doris Roberts (Mrs. Bailey), Cliff Norton (Martini), Richard Dysart (Peter Bailey), Christopher Guest (Harry Bailey), Morgan Upton (Bert Andrews), Lynn Woodlock (Mary at age 12), Archie Hahn (Ernie Baker), Ceil Cabot (Cousin Tillie), Jim Lovelett (Sam Wainwright), Robert Emhardt (Judge), Gino Conforti (Sassini), Bryan O’Byrne (Doctor), Med Flory (Nick/bartender), Rita George (Helen Bailey), Dan Barrows (Toll keeper), James E Brodhead (Bank examiner). 509... It’s Good to Be Alive (CBS, 2/22/1974, 120 mins). Biographical movie detailing the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher and Hall-of-Famer Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1958. Paul Winfield starred and Michael Landon directed. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy nominated. Production Companies Larry Harmon Pictures, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Michael Landon. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Larry Harmon. Producer Gerald I Isenberg. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on the Autobiography by Roy Campanella. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Michel Legrand. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producer Richard Marx. Cast Paul Winfield (Roy Campanella), Louis Gossett Jr. (Sam Brockington), Ruby Dee (Ruthe Campanella), Ramon Bieri (Walter O’Malley), Joe DeSantis (Campanella’s father), Ty Henderson (David Campanella), Lloyd Gough (Surgeon), Eric Woods (Roy Campanella as a boy), Ketty Lester (Mother), Julian Burton (Dr. Rusk), Len Lesser (Man at accident), Stymie Beard (Garage attendant), Paul Savior (Attendant), Stanley Clay (Boy), Joe E. Tata (Pee Wee Reese), Nina Roman (Nurse), Stuart Nisbet (Reporter), Buck Young (Reporter), Richard Hurst (Patient), Gene Tyburn (Policeman), Willie McIntyre Jr. (Preacher in chapel), Azalie Nickleberry, James Cahill, Roxie Campanella, Joni Campanella, Tony Campanella, Routh Campanella. 510... James A. Michener’s “Dynasty” (NBC, 3/13/1976, 120 mins). The saga of a pioneer family--husband, wife and brother-in-law--torn by jealousy, deception and rivalry in love and business as they seek their fortune on the Ohio frontier. The story, originally entitled “The Americans” and covering a 35-year period starting in the 1820s, looks to be a trial run for Michener’s subsequent American epic, “Centennial.” Production Companies David Paradine Television, Marjay Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer David Frost. Producer Buck Houghton. Teleplay Sidney Carroll. Based on a Story by James A. Michener. Photography William H Cronjager. Music Gil Melle. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Wardrobe (Sarah Miles) Burton Miller. Cast Sarah Miles (Jennifer Blackwood), Stacy Keach (Matt Blackwood), Harris Yulin (John Blackwood), Harrison Ford (Mark Blackwood), Amy Irving (Amanda Blackwood), Granville Van Dusen (Creed Vauclose), Charles Weldon (Sam Adams), Gerrit Graham (Carver Blackwood), Stanley Clay (Young Sam), Tony Swartz (Harry Blackwood), John Carter (Benjamin McCullum), Stephanie Faulkner (Lucinda), Rayford Barnes (Majors), Sari Price (Margaret McCullum), Norbert Schiller (Ernst Schmidt), Ian Wolfe (Dr. Klauber), Guy Raymond (McHenry), Don Eitner (Ross), James Houghton (Alfred Brinkerhoff), J. Jay Saunders (Pelley), Brent Jones (Daughter Slate), William Challee (Plunkett), Francis DeSales (Reverend Wheatley), Wonderful Smith (Minister), Gary Lee Cooper, Michelle Stacy, Dennis Larson, Peter Haas, Brian Busta, Debbi Fresh. 511... James at 15 (NBC, 9/5/1977, 120 mins). This was the pilot movie for the brief series that began in November 1977, later was retitled “James at 16,” and subsequently disappeared. James is introduced here as a smitten teenager who is separated from his girl when his family moves to Boston from Oregon and, heartsick in his new urban surroundings, runs away, meets an attractive hitchhiking art student on the road, and learns several valuable lessons about life. Kate Jackson won an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in that role. Based on the memoirs of Dan Wakefield.. Production Companies Martin Manulis Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Joseph Hardy, Martin Manulis. Teleplay Dan Wakefield. Based on a Book by Dan Wakefield. Photography Charles F Wheeler. Music Richard Baskin. Song “James” performed by Lee H. Montgomery. Editors J. Frank O’Neill, John Loeffler. Art Director Kim Swados. Cast Lance Kerwin (James Hunter), Linden Chiles (Alan Hunter), Lynn Carlin (Meg Hunter), Kim Richards (Sandy Hunter), Melissa Sue Anderson (Lacey Stevens), Vincent Van Patten (Rip Lindeman), Kate Jackson (Robin), Deirdre Berthrong (Kathy Hunter), Marc McClure (Richie Gammons), Dennis Wayne Rucker (Tiger), Jenifer Shaw (Mrs. Larsen), K Callan (Mrs. Stevens), Anne Seymour (Miss Moger), John Devlin (Salesman), Tom Lacy (Counselor), Benny Medina (Roland), Michael Biehn (Tony), Lanny Horn (Tom).

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512... James Dean (NBC, 2/19/1976, 120 mins). An offbeat look at screen legend James Dean (played by Stephen McHattie) by writer William Bast who had roomed with Dean when both were aspiring actors in the early 1950s. Production Companies The Jozak Company, NBC Productions. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Gerald W. Abrams. Producers John Forbes, William Bast. Teleplay William Bast. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Cast Stephen McHattie (James Dean), Michael Brandon (Bill Bast), Candy Clark (Chris White), Meg Foster (Dizzy Sheridan), Jayne Meadows (Reva Randall), Dane Clark (James Whitmore), Katherine Helmond (Claire Folger), Heather Menzies (Jan), Leland Palmer (Arlene), Amy Irving (Norma Jean), Robert Foxworth (Psychiatrist), Chris White (Secretary), Brooke Adams (Beverly), Julian Burton (Ray), Robert Kenton (Mechanic), Jack Murdock (Judge), James O’Connell (Mr. Robbins), Wes Parker, Rita Taggart. 513... Jane Eyre (NBC, 3/24/1971, 120 mins). A lavish, first color filming of Charlotte Bronte’s classic Gothic romance with Emmy-nominated performances by George C. Scott and Susannah York highlighting this ninth screen version of the tale. It also has been staged several times on live television--a “Studio One” adaptation in 1949, for one, starred Charlton Heston at the very beginning of his career. John Williams’ score for this TV film earned him an Emmy nomination in addition to those given to its two stars for acting. Production Companies Omnibus-Biography Productions, Sagittarius. Director Delbert Mann. Producer Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Jack Pulman. Based on the Novel by Charlotte Bronte. Photography Paul Beeson. Music John Williams. Editor Peter Boita. Art Director Alex Vetchinsky. Associate Producer Hugh Attwooll. Cast George C. Scott (Edward Rochester), Susannah York (Jane Eyre), Ian Bannen (St. John Rivers), Jack Hawkins (Mr. Brocklehurst), Nyree Dawn Porter (Blanche Ingram), Rachel Kempson (Mrs. Fairfax), Kenneth Griffith (Mason), Peter Copley (John), Olive Morton (Mr. Eshton), Fanny Rowe (Mrs. Eshton), Susan Lawe (Amy), Angharad Rees (Louise), Carl Bernard (Lord Ingram), Nan Munro (Lady Ingram), Hugh Latimer (Colonel Dent), Sheila Brownrigg (Mrs. Dent), Sarah Gibson (Child Jane Eyre), Jean Marsh (Mrs. Rochester), Jeremy Child (Harry Lynn), Peter Blythe (Frederick Lynn), Helen Goss (Lady Lynn), Louise R. Pajo (Mary Ingram), Kara Wilson (Diana Rivers), Michele Dotrice (Mary Rivers), Lockwood West (Referend Wood), Barbara Young (Miss Scatherd), Rosalyn Landor (Helen Burns), Helen Lindsay (Miss Temple), Sharon Rose (Adele), Anna Korwin (Sophie), Stella Tanner (Grace Poole), Arthur Howard (Doctor), Patrick Jordan (Estate agent), Shirley Steedman (Maid), Julia Nelson (Housekeeper). 514... Jarrett (NBC, 3/17/1973, 90 mins). An unrealized series project for Glenn Ford as an erudite investigator specializing in fine arts cases, here tangling with an urbane villain, a bogus preacher, and his nubile, snake dancer niece while tracking down some missing rare biblical scrolls. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Richard Maibaum. Teleplay Richard Maibaum. Photography Irving Lippman. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editors David Wages, John W. Holmes. Art Director Carl Anderson, Ross Bellah. Cast Glenn Ford (Sam Jarrett), Anthony Quayle (Bassett Cosgrove), Forrest Tucker (Rev. Vocal Simpson), Laraine Stephens (Sigrid Larsen), Yvonne Craig (Luluwa), Richard Anderson (Spencer Loomis), Herb Jeffries (Karoufi), Elliott Montgomery (Dr. Carey), Lee Kolima (Karageorge), Joseph Paul Herrera (I Knooh), Bob Schott (Gordon), Peter Brocco (Arnheim), Jody Gilbert (Sawyer), Robert Easton (Toby), Stack Pierce (Prison guard), Read Morgan (Casimin), Ted White (Arthur), Frank Arno (Motorman). 515... Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (NBC, 3/5/1979, 120 mins). The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain control of the company. The British TV series “The Foundation” was the basis of this movie. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Marble Arch Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Guy Green. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Doris Quinlan. Teleplay Richard Gregson. Photography Michel Hugo. Music William Goldstein. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Jennifer Prince), Bradford Dillman (Donald Prince), Scott Hylands (Lee Devlin), James Booth (George Black), Robin Gammell (Dr. Bob Symon), Michael Goodwin (Jack Dent), John Beal (Prof. Eric Wohlstrom), Doris Roberts (Kay), Kate Mulgrew (Joan Russell), Arthur Franz (Dick Leonard), Basil Hoffman (Neil Turner), Dennis Dimster (Michael Prince), Tracey Gold (Emma Prince), Ted Gehring (Wells/ship foreman), Hope Clarke (Annie/secretary), Momo Yashima (Sarah/maid), John Hillner (Ben Forbes), James Reynolds (Tom/hospital receptionist), Joel Lawrence (Specialist), Fil Formicola (Workman), Whitney Hall (Nurse), Ken Hill (Man at party), Woody Skaggs (Photographer). 516... The Jericho Mile (ABC, 3/18/1979, 120 mins). A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world’s fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team. Peter Strauss won the Emmy Award for his work in this film that also was nominated as Outstanding Drama. Patrick Nolan and Michael Mann received Emmy Awards for their teleplay as did editor Arthur Schmidt.

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Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Michael Mann. Producer Tim Zinnemann. Teleplay Michael Mann, Patrick J. Nolan. Based on a Story by Patrick J. Nolan. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Arthur Schmidt. Art Director Stephen Berger. Cast Peter Strauss (Larry “Rain” Murphy), Richard Lawson (R.C. Stiles), Roger E. Mosley (“Cotton” Crown), Brian Dennehy (“Dr. D”), Billy Green Bush (Warden Earl Gulliver), Ed Lauter (Jerry Beloit), Geoffrey Lewis (Dr. Bill Janowski), Beverly Todd (Wylene), William Prince (OAU chairman), Miguel Pinero (Rubio), Richard Moll (Jocker Gibb), Edmund Penney (OAU official), Burton Gilliam (Jimmy-Jack), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Brother Lateef), Wilmore Thomas (“Moo-Moo”), Leroy Haskins (“Too-Cool”), Gaddie Franklin Jr. (Sahib Wahib), John M. Jackson (Boogatoo), Robert L. Jones (“Abba Dabba”), Gilbert Tewksbury (Panfilo David), Benny L. Rapisura (“Kiki” Pardo), Eluterio Rodarte (“Lord Hueva”), Steven White (Charlie Loon), Jimmy Coppola (“Action Man”), Terry Lee Dawson (“Foghorn”), Joe Campoy (Associate Warden), Marcus Colburn IV (Nomoto), Ed Morris (Guard). 517... Jesus of Nazareth (NBC, 4/3/1977 and 4/10/1977, 2 Parts, 200 mins). A reverent two-part retelling of the biblical tale with British actor Robert Powell heading an all-star cast, winning Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama (1977-78) and for James Farentino as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. Subsequently expanded to eight hours over four nights. Production Companies Lord Grade, ITC Entertainment Group, RAI. Director Franco Zeffirelli. Executive Producer Bernard J. Kingham. Producer Vincenzo Labella. Teleplay Anthony Burgess, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico. Photography Armando Nannuzzi, David Watkin. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Reginald Mills. Art Director Gianni Quaranta. Choreographer (Salome Dance) Alberto Testa. Associate Producer Dyson Lovell. Additional Dialogue David Butler. Cast Robert Powell (Jesus Christ), Anne Bancroft (Mary Magdalene), Ernest Borgnine (The Centurion), Claudia Cardinale (The Adultress), Valentina Cortese (Herodias), James Farentino (Simon Peter), James Earl Jones (Balthasar), Stacy Keach (Barabbas), Tony Lo Bianco (Quintilius), James Mason (Joseph of Armathea), Ian McShane (Judas), Laurence Olivier (Nicodemus), Donald Pleasence (Melchior), Christopher Plummer (Herod Antipas), Anthony Quinn (Caiaphas), Fernando Rey (Gaspar), Ralph Richardson (Simeon), Rod Steiger (Pontius Pilate), Peter Ustinov (Herod the Great), Michael York (John the Baptist), Olivia Hussey (The Virgin Mary), Cyril Cusack (Yehuda), Ian Bannen (Amos), Regina Bianchi (Anna), Marina Berti (Elizabeth), Oliver Tobias (Joel), Maria Carta (Marta), Lee Montague (Habbukuk), Renato Rascel (Blind Man), Norma Bowler (Saturninus), Robert Beatty (Proculus), John Phillips (Naso), Ken Jones (Jotham), Nancy Nevinson (Abigail), Renato Terra (Abel), Roy Holder (Enoch), Jonathan Adams (Adam), Christopher Reich (Metellus), Robert Davey (Daniel), Oliver Smith (Saul), George Camiller (Hosias), Murray Salem (Simon the Zealot), Tony Vogel (Rep Player), Isabel Mestres (Salome), Michael Cronin (Eliphaz), Forbes Collins (Jonas), Lorenzo Monet (Jesus at 12), Ian Holm (Zerah), Yorgo Voyagis (Joseph), Martin Benson (Pharisse). 518... Jigsaw (ABC, 3/26/1972, 120 mins). In this pilot for the 1972-73 series, a detective specializing in missingpersons cases finds himself accused of murder after being found unconscious in the apartment of a slain state official. James Wainwright proved to be a rather unlikely though likeable TV series hero. Retitled “Man on the Move.” Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Bill Kenney. Cast James Wainwright (Lt. Frank Dain), Vera Miles (Lilah Beth Cummings), Andrew Duggan (Harrison Delando), Edmond O’Brien (Det. Ed Burtelson), Marsha Hunt (Dr. Gehlen), Irene Dailey (Mrs. Cummings), Richard Kiley (DA Dan Bellington), Gene Andrusco (Timmy Cummings), Milton Selzer (Psychologist), Elliot Street (Motel clerk), Ken Lynch (Mr. Cummings), Pamela Rodgers (Adele Collier), Jenifer Shaw (Waitress), Claudia Bryar (Motel manager), Felton Perry (Cab driver), Ted Gehring (Deputy Sheriff Coley), Charles Lampkin, J.H. Lawrence, Ed Peck, Casey MacDonald, Adrian Ricard, Lou Krugman, Helen Baron, Bert E. Holland. 519... Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (NBC, 1/27/1977, 120 mins). The dramatization of a chapter in the bestselling 1972 book by Kenneth O’Donnell, David F. Powers and Joe McCarthy, focusing on young John Kennedy’s first run for office as he sought a congressional seat in the 1946 election. Production Companies Talent Associates, Jamel Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Lionel Chetwynd. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Based on a Book by David F. Powers, Joe McCarthy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Garry Sherman. Editor Stephen A. Rotter. Production Designer Peter Dohanos. Associate Producer Peter Dohanos. Cast Paul Rudd (John F. Kennedy), William Prince (Amb. Joseph P. Kennedy), Burgess Meredith (John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald), Kevin Conway (David F. Powers), Richard Venture (Joe Kane), Shirley Rich (Mrs. Rose Kennedy), Tom Berenger (Billy Sutton), David F. Powers (Legion Commander), Joseph Bova (Father Robinson), Paddy Croft (Powers’ sister), Mary Diveny (Mrs. Murphy), Kenneth McMillan (Softy McNamara), Sean Griffin (Sullivan), John Ramsey (Tip Tobin), Ron McLarty (Bubba), Bob O’Connell (O’Brien), Brian Dennehy (Longshoreman), Bernie McInerney (Sully), E. Brian Dean (McGraw), Chip Olcott (Shorty), Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. Gallagher), Rebecca Sand (June Neville), Joanne Dusseau (Heather Van Watt), Bernie Passeltiner (Mo Shapiro).

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520... The Jordan Chance (CBS, 12/12/1978, 120 mins). Raymond Burr again portrays a no-nonsense lawyer in this pilot for a prospective series, this time a prominent attorney who in early life spent seven years behind bars for a crime he did not commit and now has established a foundation dedicated to helping those wrongly accused and unjustly convicted, giving them the Jordan Chance. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, R.B. Productions, Universal Television. Director Jules Irving. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Based on a Story by John Thomas James, Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Larry D. Lester. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Associate Producer Dorothy J. Bailey. Cast Raymond Burr (Frank Jordan), Ted Shackelford (Brian Klosky), James Canning (Jimmy Foster), Jeanne Fitzsimmons (Karen Wagner), Stella Stevens (Virna Stewart), George DiCenzo (Sheriff DeVega), John McIntire (Jasper Colton), Peter Haskell (Lee Southerland), Maria Elena Cordero (Elena Delgado), Gerald McRaney (Sid Burton), John Dennis Johnston (Lew Mayfield), Grant Owens (Mike Anderson), Michael Dan Wagner (Judge Miller), Walt Davis (Ted Teeton), Rod Haase (Terry Prescott), Sylvia Hayes (Sis), Nancy Jeris (Alma Southerland), Julia Benjamin (Girl), Ellen Blake (Anita), Tom Stewart (Deputy DA). 521... Journey From Darkness (NBC, 2/25/1975, 120 mins). A brilliant blind student (played by Marc Singer) fights a seemingly hopeless battle to gain acceptance into medical school. Production Companies Bob Banner Associates, NBC Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Stephen Pouliot, Tom Egan. Teleplay Peggy Chantler-Dick. Based on a Story by Peggy Chantler-Dick, Stephen Pouliot. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Ken Lauber. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Marc Singer (David Hartman), Kay Lenz (Sherry Williams), Wendell Burton (Mike), William Windom (Dr. Cavaliere), Joseph Campanella (Dr. Schroeder), Jack Warden (Fred Hartman), Dorothy Tristan (Ida Mae Hartman), Dirk Benedict (Bill), Nancy Wolfe (Bobbi Hartman), Marcia Strassman (Nancy), Wynn Irwin (Danny), Christian Juttner (David at age 8), Alison Leeman (Bobbi at age 10). 522... The Judge and Jake Wyler (NBC, 12/2/1972, 120 mins). A lighthearted whodunit involving a retired lady judge (Bette Davis), who is a hypochondriac now running a private detective agency, with a charming ex-con as her leg man (Doug McClure) and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation. This prospective pilot failed to catch on and later was tried once more with Lee Grant and Lou Antonio in the Davis/McClure roles. Production Company Universal Television.. Director David Lowell Rich. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay David Shaw, Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography William Margulies. Music Gil Melle. Editor Budd Small. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer Jay Benson. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Bette Davis (Judge Meredith), Doug McClure (Jake Wyler), Eric Braeden (Anton Granicek), Joan Van Ark (Alicia Dodd), Gary Conway (Frank Morrison), Lou Jacobi (Lieutenant Wolfson), James McEachin (Quint), Lizabeth Hush (Caroline Dodd), Kent Smith (Robert Dodd), Barbara Rhoades (Chloe Jones), John Randolph (James Rockmore), Milt Kamen (Mr. Gilbert), John Lupton (Sen. Joseph Pritchard), Michael Fox (Dr. Simon), Rosanna Huffman (Receptionist), Eddie Quillan (Billy Lambert), Celeste Yarnell (Ballerina), Ray Ballard (Harvey Zikoff), Virginia Capers (Mabel Cobb), Myron Natwick (Lyle Jefferson), Harriet E. MacGibbon (Hostess), Stuart Nisbet (Doctor), Steven Peck (Paul), Don Diamond (1st workman), Margarita Cordova (Woman), Khalil Bezaleel (African diplomat). 523... Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (ABC, 12/29/1974, 120 mins). A handsomely produced detective movie set in seventh-century China, with a totally distinctive sleuth faced with an unusual case involving his three wives, a killer bear, three murders, a one-armed lady, a dead monk, a chamber of horrors, a vengeful swordsman, a lovesick juggler, a kidnapped nun-and a nagging head cold. Every role--major, supporting or extra--is portrayed by an Asian, making this another TV movie first. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jeremy Kagan. Producer Gerald I Isenberg. Teleplay Nicholas Meyer. Based on a Novel by Robert Van Gulick. Photography Gene Polito. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editors John Farrell, Patrick Kennedy. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Khigh Dhiegh (Judge Dee), Mako (Tao Gan), Soon-Teck Oh (Kang I-Te), Miiko Taka (Jade Mirror), Irene Tsu (Celestial Wife), Suesie Elene (Miss Ting), James Hong (Prior), Beverly Kushida (Bright Flower), Ching Hocson (White Rose), Yuki Shimoda (Pure Faith), Robert Sadang (Tsung Lee), Keye Luke (Lord Sun Ming), Frances Fong (Mrs. Pao), Tommy Lee (True Wisdom), Richard Lee-Sung (1st driver), Tadashi Yamashita (Motai). 524... Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (NBC, 4/22/1976, 120 mins). A dramatization of the headline-making case in the 1930s of the controversial rape trial involving nine young black men and two white women, and of the embattled Southern judge (played by Arthur Hill) whose initial decision to free them made him a pariah in the community and ruined his career. The nine ultimately were convicted, but the case subsequently was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Horton died in 1967, the last of the Scottsboro boys in 1978. Based on Dan T. Carter’s 1968 book “Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South.” Director Fielder Cook and writer John McGreevey each won an Emmy Award nomination for the film.

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Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Paul Leaf. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Dan T. Carter. Photography Mario Tosi. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Bill Caplan. Cast Arthur Hill (Judge James Edwin Horton), Vera Miles (Mrs. Horton), Lewis J. Stadlen (Sam Liebowitz), Ken Kercheval (DA Tom Knight), Ellen Barber (Victoria Price), Suzanne Lederer (Ruby Bates), Tom Ligon (Lester Carter), David Harris (Haywood Patterson), Rony Clanton (Andy Wright), Wallace Thompson (Willie Roberson), Gregory Wyatt (Olen Montgomery), Larry Butts (Leroy Wright), Paul Benjamin (Ramsey), Barry Snider (Captain Burleson), Robert Fields (Joe Brodsky), Bruce Watson (Orville Gilley). 525... Just a Little Inconvenience (NBC, 10/2/1977, 120 mins). A Vietnam veteran attempts to rehabilitate his buddy who has become bitter and withdrawn after losing an arm and a leg in war action--a loss that he feels his friend could have prevented. This film marked actor James Stacy’s return to TV (he previously had acted in the theatrical movie “Posse” with Kirk Douglas) following a crippling motorcycle accident and earned him an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company Universal Television. Director Theodore J Flicker. Executive Producer Lee Majors. Producer Allan Balter. Teleplay Allan Balter, Theodore J. Flicker. Photography Duke Callaghan. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Bernard J. Small. Art Director David Marshall. Cast Lee Majors (Frank Logan), James Stacy (Kenny Briggs), Barbara Hershey (Nikki Klausing), Lane Bradbury (Bgirl), Jim Davis (Dave Erickson), Charles Cioffi (Major Bloom), John Furey (Bartender), Bob Hastings (Harry), Frank Parker (Bill), Christopher Woods (1st sergeant), Stephen Burleigh (Radio man), R. Anthony Maninno (2nd sergeant), Tim Haldeman (Corporal Cooper), Robert Burgos (Medic). 526... Just an Old Sweet Song (CBS, 9/14/1976, 90 mins). A sentimental tale of a contemporary black family from Detroit whose two-week vacation in the South leads to a variety of changes in their lives. Robert Hooks’ real-life sons played his fictional sons in the story. Pilot to a prospective series called “Down Home.” A second one-hour pilot in 1978 had basically the same cast, except for Madge Sinclair replacing Cicely Tyson. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Producer Philip Barry. Teleplay Melvin Van Peebles. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Peter Matz. Theme song by Melvin Van Peebles. Song Performed by Ira Hawkins. Editor Argyle Nelson. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Cicely Tyson (Priscilla Simmons), Robert Hooks (Nate Simmons), Beah Richards (Grandma), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Joe Mayfield), Minnie Gentry (Aunt Velvet), Edward Binns (Mr. Claypool), Sonny Jim Gaines (Trunk), Mary Alice (Helen Mayfield), Tia Rance (Darlene), Kevin Hooks (Junior), Eric Hooks (Highpockets). 527... Just Me and You (NBC, 5/22/1978, 120 mins). Louise (“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”) Lasser wrote this comedy-drama about a slightly daffy New Yorker with a compulsion to talk who shares a cross-country drive with a down-to-earth salesman--and wrote herself into the lead role. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producers William S. Gilmore, Tony Converse. Teleplay Louise Lasser. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Tina Hirsch. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Louise Lasser (Jane Alofsin), Charles Grodin (Michael Lindsay), Julie Bovasso (Waitress), Paul Fix (Old Man), Michael Alldredge (Max), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Connie), Noble Willingham (Gas Station owner), Mark Syers, Tony Di Benedetto, Marcella Lowery, Dave Thomas, Rosemary Angelis, Jeff Engle, Kate Murtagh, Belle Ellig, Sam Edwards, Dennis Erdman, Michael Morgan. 528... The Kansas City Massacre (ABC, 9/19/1975, 120 mins). Dale Robertson here reprises his role of the flamboyant Melvin Purvis that he originated in Dan Curtis’ “Melvin Purvis, G-Man” (1974) and takes on the crime cartel formed by Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Karpis and others. Their crime wave ended in the notorious Kansas City massacre of June 17, 1933. Of interest: Harris Yulin, who portrayed J. Edgar Hoover in the 1974 TV movie “The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis,” here is on the other side of the law as a vicious crime czar; and former Georgia governor, Lester Maddox, made his movie debut in a small role as the governor of Oklahoma. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Bronson Howitzer, William F. Nolan. Based on a Story by Bronson Howitzer. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editors Dennis Virkler, Richard A. Harris. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Dale Robertson (Melvin Pervis), Bo Hopkins (Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd), Robert Walden (Adam Richetti), Mills Watson (Frank Nash), Scott Brady (Hubert Tucker McElway), Matt Clark (Verne Miller), John Karlen (Sam Cowley), Lyn Loring (Vi Morland), Elliot Street (Lester Gillis “Baby Face” Nelson), Harris Yulin (Johnny Lazia), Philip Bruns (Captain Jackson), Sally Kirkland (Wilma Floyd), William Jordan (John Dillinger), Morgan Paull (Alvin Karpis), James Storm (Larry DeVol), Lester Maddox (Gov. Garfield Burns).

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529... Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (ABC, 5/26/1978, 120 mins). Comedy Western about a turn-of-the-century lady investigator who goes to the wide-open spaces to capture a gang of outlaws headed by a charming Robin Hood of the plains, leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay William Bowers. Photography Lamar Boren. Music Jeff Alexander. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Directors Alfeo Bocchicchio, Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Kate Bliss), Don Meredith (Clint Allison), Harry Morgan (Hugo Peavey), David Huddleston (The Sheriff), Tony Randall (Lord Seymour Devery), Burgess Meredith (William Blackstone), Buck Taylor (Joe), Jerry Hardin (Bud Dozier), Gene Evans (Fred Williker), Don Collier (Tim), Alice Hirson (Beth Dozier), Harry Carey Jr. (Deputy Luke), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Devery’s foreman), Richard Herd (Donovan), James Brewer (Ben), Blair Burrows (Tad), Peggy Rea (Woman on train), George Dunn (Jim Haggerty), Alice Backes (Miss Grantland), John Wheeler (Telegraph operator), Ned Wertimer (Preacher), Alvy Moore (Room clerk), John Hart (Jake Terry), John Pickard (Governor), Bill Smillie (Male passenger), Mike Wagner (Bank manager), Deborah Blanchette (Woman in office), John Lone (Houseman), Steven M. Gagnon (Man in office), Mira Martinez (Maid), Courtney Pledger (2nd woman in office). 530... Kate McShane (CBS, 4/11/1975, 90 mins). A flamboyant Denver lady lawyer, with the help of her father, a retired cop who does the leg work for her investigations, and her brother, a Jesuit priest and university law professor, unravels a murder case of a society woman who allegedly stabbed her husband. This was the plot for Anne Meara’s short-lived series (1975-76). Production Companies A.P.A. Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer E. Jack Neuman. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Created by E. Jack Neuman. Photography Richard H. Kline. Music John Cacavas. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director Monty Elliott. Associate Producer Richard Rosetti. Cast Anne Meara (Kate McShane), Sean McClory (Pat McShane), Charles Haid (Ed McShane), Cal Bellini (Angelo Romero), Christina Belford (Charlotte Randall Chase), Charles Cioffi (Harold Cutler), Larry Gates (Judge Graham Platte), Stefan Gierasch (Dr. Nate Tishman), Alan Fudge (Dr. Frank McCabe), Marian Seldes (Secretary), Marian Collier (Emily Deigh), Richard Erdman (Frederick DeFernando), Joey Chilelli (Kevin McShane), Mark Hogan (Peter Ames Chase). 531... Katherine (ABC, 10/5/1975, 120 mins). The socialite-to-revolutionary evolution of a pampered young heiress (Sissy Spacek) whose concern leads her first to the Peace Corps and ultimately to a group of political terrorists bent on changing the system. Art Carney, as her father in this film paralleling the Patty Hearst case, received an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Originally shown as a two-hour movie, it subsequently has been cut down to 90 minutes. Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Jeremy Kagan. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay Jeremy Kagan. Photography Frank Stanley. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Associate Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Cast Art Carney (Thornton Alman), Sissy Spacek (Katherine Alman), Henry Winkler (Bob Kline), Julie Kavner (Margot Weiss Goldman), Jane Wyatt (Emily Alman), Hector Elias (Juan), Jenny Sullivan (Liz Alman Parks), Mary Murphy (Miss Collins), René Enriquez (Vega), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Julio), Nira Barab (Jessica), Joe DeSantis (Father Echeverra), Barbara Iley (Lillian Colman), Ann Noland (Frizzy), Ta-Ronce Allen (Jennie), John Hawker (Reverend Mills), Brad Rearden (Carl), Buck Young (Cop), James Jeter (Fireman), Joe Warfield (Ted Jenkins), Ilunga Adell (Ibo), Marc Ross (1st man), Jacquie Le Feber (Katherine at age 7), Gale Dixon (Linda), Beverly Ross (Ellen), Todd Bridges (Robert), Lucretia Bingham (Sharon). 532... Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (NBC, 10/23/1978, 120 mins). Kim Bassinger plays a naïve Texas beauty queen seeking Hollywood stardom who quickly learns the realities of the business after encountering an unethical modeling school. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Greenwald. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Nancy Audley. Photography Donald M Morgan. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director David Marshall. Associate Producer Henry Kline. Cast Kim Basinger (Katie McEvera), Vivian Blaine (Marietta Cutler), Fabian (Emcee), Tab Hunter (Elliot Bender), Don Johnson (Gunther), Virginia Kaiser (Deborah Pintoff), Dorothy Malone (Myrtle Cutler), Nan Martin (Aunt Isabel), Melanie Mayron (Madelaine), Terri Nunn (Cindy Holland), Don Stroud (Sullie Toulours), Glynn Turman (Preston de Cordiva), Beau Gordon (Joshua Holland), James Crittenden (Taylor), Janet Wood (Blaze Adams), Dick Dinman (Frank), Victor Eschbach (Cabbie), Ron Prince (Mr. Anderson), Peter von Zerneck (Bender’s valet), Michael Mislove (Seymour), Ken Medlock (Sullie’s valet), Rusty Cole (Next girl in line), Catherane Skillien (Girl), Kristine DeBell (Sally South), Chere Bryson (Holly), Nathan Cook (Postman). 533... Keefer (ABC, 3/16/1978, 120 mins). The pilot movie for a prospective series, with William Conrad playing the leader of a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines during World War II. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producers David Gerber, Bill Driskill. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay Bill Driskill, Simon Muntner. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Duane Tatro. Editor Ken Zemke. Art Directors James G. Hulsey, Ross Bellah. Cast William Conrad (Keefer), Michael O’Hare (Benny), Cathy Lee Crosby (Angel), Kate Woodville (Amy), Brioni Farrell (Beaujolais), Jeremy Kemp (Kleist), Marcel Hillaire (Maureau), Bill Fletcher (Hegel), Ian Abercrombie (Rudy), Jack Ging

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(Benson), Richard Sanders (Bemmel), Norbert Weisser (Vorst), William H. Bassett (Sergeant), Steffen Zacharias (Duval), Natalie Core (Madame Cerral), Alain Patrick (Jacques), Andre Landzaat (Folger). 534... The Keegans (CBS, 5/3/1976, 90 mins). An investigative magazine reporter sets out to prove the innocence of his brother, a professional football player who is accused of murdering his sister’s brutal attacker, found to be tied in with the syndicate. Production Company Universal Television. Director John Badham. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Dean Riesner. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Jamie Caylor. Art Director Ira Diamond. Cast Adam Roarke (Larry Keegan), Spencer Milligan (Pat Keegan), Heather Menzies (Brandy Keegan), Tom Clancy (Tim Keegan), Joan Leslie (Mary Keegan), Paul Shenar (Rudi Portinari), Priscilla Pointer (Helen Hunter McVey), Janit Baldwin (Tracy McVey), Penelope Windust (Penny Voorhees Keegan), Judd Hirsch (Lt. Marco Ciardi), Robert Yuro (Vinnie Cavell), Smith Evans (Angie Carechal), Anna Navarro (Martha Carechal), George Skaff (Don Guido Carechal), Michael McGuire (Bill Richardson), James Louis Watkins (Slim Montana). 535... Key West (NBC, 12/10/1973, 120 mins). An ex-CIA operative, running a boat service in Florida with an old buddy, finds himself the target of an ailing tycoon with a score to settle and becomes involved in a chase for evidence incriminating a U.S. senator in this pilot for a prospective series. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Philip Leacock. Producer Anthony S. Martin. Teleplay Anthony S. Martin. Photography Ben Colman, Ted Voigtlander. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Bill Brame. Associate Producer Donald R. Daves. Cast Stephen Boyd (Steve Cutler), Woody Strode (Candy Rhodes), Tiffany Bolling (Ruth Frazier), Simon Oakland (Gen. Tom Luker), William Prince (Senator Scott), Ford Rainey (Prescott Webb), Don Collier (Chief Jim Miller), Shug Fisher (Sam Olsen), Sheree North (Brandi), Earl Hindman (Rick), Steven Mendillo (George Lucey), Virginia Kiser (Carol Luker), Tony Giorgio (Joseph Canto), Milton Selzer (Stauffer), Dick Sabol (Bodie), Courtney Brown (Ryder), Bud Owen (Elmo Grant), Earl Widener (Albert). 536... The Kid From Left Field (NBC, 9/30/1979, 120 mins). Gary Coleman in his TV-movie debut as the star of this remake of the 1953 movie with Dan Dailey and Anne Bancroft, is a bat boy who guides the San Diego Padres to the World Series with the secret help of his dad, a baseball has-been who now sells refreshments in the stands. Director Adell Aldrich, daughter of veteran director Robert Aldrich, also made her debut here behind the camera, replacing Vince Edwards, who originally has been scheduled. This is the first of three TV movies in which Coleman costars with Robert Guillaume. Production Companies Gary Coleman Productions, Deena Silver-Kramer’s Movie Company. Director Adell Aldrich. Executive Producer Deena Silver-Kramer. Producer Russell Vreeland. Teleplay Jack Sher, Katharyn Michaelian Powers. Based on a Story by Jack Sher. Photography Frank Thackery. Music David Michael Frank. Editors Peter Kirby, Robert Hernandez. Art Director Allen Jones. Cast Gary Coleman (J.R. Cooper), Robert Guillaume (Larry Cooper), Gary Collins (Pete Sloane), Ed McMahon (Fred Walker), Tricia O’Neil (Marion Fowler), Tab Hunter (Bill Lorant), Rick Podell, Alberto Velasquez, Peggy Browne, Ron Draper, Owen Sullivan, Stu Nahan. 537... Kill Me If You Can (NBC, 9/25/1977, 120 mins). A fact-based drama, written by prolific John Gay, about Caryl Chessman, California’s notorious “red light bandit” who was captured in 1948 and spent 12 years on death row in San Quentin before his execution in May 1960. Alan Alda’s performance as Chessman earned him an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Columbia Pictures Television, NBC Productions. Director Buzz Kulik. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay John Gay. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Bill Conti. Editor Les Green. Art Directors Carl Brauner, Ross Bellah. Cast Alan Alda (Caryl W. Chessman), Talia Shire (Rosalie Asher), John Hillerman (George Davis), Barnard Hughes (Judge Fricke), Virginia Kiser (Virginia Gibbons), Edward Mallory (Warden Teets), Walter McGinn (J. Miller Leavy), Ben Piazza (Bill Edmunds), John Randolph (Judge Lewis Goodman), John P. Ryan (Warden Dickson), Maxine Stewart (Mrs. Asher), Rose Mortillo (Sara Loper), Herb Vigran (Hart/jury foreman), Brian Byers (Harris), James B. Sikking (Mr. Lea), George Sperdakis (Court clerk), Joe E. Tata (Kelton), M.P. Murphy (Sergeant Grant), James Keach (1st officer), Carmen Argenziano (Lieutenant), Conrad Bachmann (Warden), Arnold Soboloff (Dr. Graves), James E. Brodhead (Judge Carter), Bill Morey (Judge Rexford), William Bogert (Henry Silvers), Tony Burton (Ben Price), Jack Schultz (Redlight bandit), Philip Baker Hall (Phillips), Ann D’Andrea (Mrs. Lopez), Tom Greenaway (Mr. Perry), F. William Parker (Judge), Sari Price (Irene), Donald Bishop (Reporter), Mwako Cumbuka, Joe Linton, Vivian Brown, Loutz Gage, Anne Bellamy, Rori Gwynne, Jason Johnson, Vincent Lucchesi, Jim Henaghan, Mary Margaret Amato, Leonard Simon, Paul Napier, Richard Smedley, James Malinda, Gil Stuart, Mark Regis, Clint Young, Tom Tarpey, Danny Dayton, Billy Jackson, Patrick Hawley, Charles Picerni, Gary Epper. 538... Killdozer (ABC, 2/2/1974, 90 mins). A man-vs.-machine thriller pitting a group of construction workers against a murderous bulldozer controlled by an alien being, in this adaptation of a short story (70 pages) by sci-fi writer Theodore Sturgeon.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry London. Producer Herbert F Solow. Teleplay Ed MacKillop, Theodore Sturgeon. Based on the Novel by Theodore Sturgeon. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Gil Melle. Editor Fabien Tordjmann. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Cast Clint Walker (Lloyd Kelly), Carl Betz (Dennis Holvig), Neville Brand (Chub Foster), James Wainwright (Jules “Dutch” Krasner), James A Watson Jr. (Al Beltran), Robert Urich (Mack McCarthy). 539... Killer Bees (ABC, 2/26/1974, 90 mins). Gloria Swanson made her TV-film debut as an iron-willed matriarch (with a German accent) who not only dominates a family of California winegrowers but also maintains a strange power over a colony of bees thriving in her vineyard. Production Company RSO Television. Director Curtis Harrington. Producers Howard Rosenman, Ron Bernstein. Teleplay John William Corrington, Joyce Corrington. Photography Jack Woolf. Music David Shire. Editor John W. Holmes, Robert A. Daniels. Production Designer Joel Schumacher. Cast Edward Albert (Edward Van Bohlen), Kate Jackson (Victoria Wells), Gloria Swanson (Madame Van Bohlen [Maria]), Roger Davis (Dr. Helmut Van Bohlen), Don McGovern (Mathias Van Bohlen), Craig Stevens (Rudolf Van Bohlen), John S. Ragin (Sergeant Jeffreys), Liam Dunn (Zeb Tucker), Heather Ann Bostain (Roseanna/housekeeper), Donald Gentry (The Lineman), Jack Perkins (The Salesman), Robert L. Balzar (The Minister), Daniel Woodworth (The Townsman), John Getz (The Attendant). 540... Killer by Night (CBS, 1/7/1972, 120 mins). A doctor’s battle to stem a diphtheria outbreak puts him in conflict with a police captain who is using all his manpower to track down a cop killer. Many elements of this one revive memories of Elia Kazan’s stunning “Panic in the Street” (1950). The original title until the eve of airing: “The City by Night.” Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Bernard McEveety. Producer Fred Engel. Teleplay David P. Harmon. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Quincy Jones. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Jack T. Collis. Cast Robert Wagner (Dr. Larry Ross), Diane Baker (Dr. Tracey Morrow), Greg Morris (Capt. George Benson), Theodore Bikel (Sgt. Phil “Sharkey” Gold), Robert Lansing (Warren Claman), Mercedes McCambridge (Sister Sarah), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Dr. Carlos Madeira), Michael Evans (Marley), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Bradville), Kelly Thordsen (Sam Kenyon), Ivor Francis (Professor Langley), John Crawford (Counterman), Bryan O’Byrne (Hotel clerk), Bill Bryant (Frank Roland), Jason Wingreen (Dr. Jacobs), Nora Marlowe (Nurse Maggie), Irwin Charone (Manager). 541... Killer on Board (NBC, 10/10/1977, 120 mins). A cruise ship, with a traditional roster of familiar TV faces, is swept with fear and panic when hit by a mysterious, deadly virus, disrupting the fun and games. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Peter Dunne. Producer Sandor Stern. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Earle Hagen. Song “Take My Hand” by Carl Friberg, Sandor Stern. Song Performed by Trudy Desmond. Supervising Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Editor Bill Mosher. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Claude Akins (Oscar Billingham), Patty Duke Astin (Norma Walsh), Len Birman (Marvin Luck), Frank Converse (Dr. Paul Jeffries), William Daniels (Marshall Snowden), George Hamilton (Glenn Lyle), Murray Hamilton (Dr. Ned Folger), Susan Howard (Julie), Jeff Lynas (Mitch), Jane Seymour (Jan), Beatrice Straight (Beatrice Richmond), Michael Lerner (Dr. Berglund), Thalmus Rasulala (Dr. Alvarez), John Roper (Buddy Sterpa), Fred Lerner (Meade), Bonnie Bartlett (Debra Snowden), Rafael Campos (Miguel), Joshua Bryant, Fritzi Burr, John Durren, Edward Gallardo, Trudy Desmond, Jay Varela, John DeweyCarter, Pat McNamara, Norman Andrews, Rudy Challenger, James Storm, Robert S. Busch, Kandy Berley, Lee Stetson, Gene Massey, Howard Curtis, Johnny Walker Jr., Wallace W. Landford, Donald R. Smith, Matt Christian, David Hinton, Rene Paulo. 542... The Killer Who Wouldn’t Die (ABC, 4/4/1976, 120 mins). A former cop who now operates a charter boat service following the unsolved bombing murder of his wife is called on to look into the killing of a close friend, an undercover agent, and ends up in Hawaii entangled in a network of intrigue and espionage. This pilot to an unsold series called “Ohanian” (which happens to be Mike Connors’ real last name) returned Connors to the TV screen following the demise of his long-running “Mannix.” Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director William Hale. Producers Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff. Teleplay Cliff Gould. Based on a Story by Ben Roberts, Cliff Gould, Ivan Goff. Photography Gert Anderson. Music Georges Garvarentz. Editor Neil MacDonald. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Mike Connors (Kirk Ohanian), Samantha Eggar (Anne Roland), Gregoire Aslan (Ara), Mariette Hartley (Heather McDougall), Patrick O’Neal (Commissioner Pat Moore), Clu Gulager (Harry Keller), James Shigeta (David Lao), Robert Colbert (Doug McDougall), Robert Hooks (Commissioner Frank Wharton), Lucille Benson (Flo), Philip Ahn (Soong), Christopher Gardner (Doug), Tony Becker (Steve McDougall), Kwan Hi Lin (Chew), Leslie Howard Fong Jr. (Jun). 543... A Killing Affair (CBS, 9/21/1977, 120 mins). A white woman police detective (Elizabeth Montgomery) and her married black partner (O.J. Simpson) are caught up in a love affair while working on a series of vicious crimes. Subsequently titled “Behind the Badge.”

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Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Richard C. Sarafian. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay E. Arthur Kean. Photography Al Francis. Music Richard Shores. Editor Ken Zemke. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Viki Eaton), O.J. Simpson (Woodrow York), Rosalind Cash (Beverly York), John Mahon (Detective Shoup), Priscilla Pointer (Judge Cudahy), Allan Rich (Captain Bullis), Charlie Robinson (Buck Fryman), John P. Ryan (Flagler), Dean Stockwell (Kenneth Switzer), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Scotty Neilson), Todd Bridges (Todd York), Fred Stuthman (Lukens Switzer), John Steadman (Cooks), Michael Durrell (Cabrillo), Stephen Parr (Sergeant Boyle), Ed Knight (Kagel), Michael J. London (Sergeant Gould), Morgan Farley (Mr. Macy), Georgia Schmidt (Mrs. Macy), Natalie Core (Mrs. Harrow), Eleanor Zee (Miss Slauson), Karmin Murcelo (Sergeant Bandini), Tony Perez (José Temple), Jay Ingram (Dyer), Jo Ann Lehmann (Virginia Colorado), Sari Price (Mrs. May), Robert Phalen (Sergeant Holt), Gil Stuart (Vincent), Valentina Quinn (Olive Laveta), Cheryl Carter (Feeney), Mary Maldenado (Carmenita), Danil Torppe (Bluesuit), Yolanda Marquez (Mrs. Nogales), Tim Wead (Tetley), James O’Doherty (Saticoy), Fil Formicola (M.D.), Billy Jackson (Black dude), Frank Doubleday (Driver). 544... Killing Stone (NBC, 5/2/1978, 120 mins). Returning from prison after serving 10 years on trumped-up charges, a free-lance writer tries to uncover the truth behind a homicide involving the son of a U.S. Senator in this pilot (written, produced and directed by Michael Landon) for a prospective series. Production Companies Michael Landon Productions, Universal Television. Director Michael Landon. Producer Michael Landon. Teleplay Michael Landon. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music David Rose. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director Walter M. Jeffries. Cast Gil Gerard (Gil Stone), J.D. Cannon (Sheriff Harky), Jim Davis (Sen. Barry Tyler), Matthew Laborteaux (Christopher Stone), Corinne Michaels (Ellen Rizzi), Joshua Bryant (Harold Rizzi), Nehemiah Persoff (Earl Stone), Howard Witt (Mr. Larson), Laurence Haddon (DA Barkley), Dick DeCoit (Daniel Tyler), Valentina Quinn (Cindy), Ken Johnson (Barney Dawes), Robert L. Gibson (Detective Barnes), Richard Grayling (Detective Gaines), Clint Young (Prison guard), Dick Alexander (Oliver), Roy Gunzburg (J.J. Farnsworth), Charlcie Garrett (Lucille Farnsworth), Dave Adams (Butcher), Dan McBride (Bobby Joe), Barbara Collentine (Receptionist). 545... King (NBC, 2/12/1978 to 2/14/1978, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Three-part drama about the career of Martin Luther King Jr. from his days as a Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in 1968. Aside from Billy Goldenberg’s Emmy Award-winning score, there were nominations for Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson as Best Actor and Actress for their performances as Martin and Coretta King, Ossie Davis as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Sr., and Abby Mann for his directing and for his writing (two nominations), as well as for the editors of the film and for the production itself as Outstanding Series (1977 through 1978). Dick Anthony Williams replaced Harry Belafonte in the role of Malcolm X. Production Companies Abby Mann Productions, Filmways. Director Abby Mann. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer Paul Maslansky. Teleplay Abby Mann. Photography Michael Chapman. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt, David R. Berlatsky, Richard C. Meyer. Production Designer James Spencer. Associate Producer Ted Swanson. Hairstyles (Cicely Tyson) Omar. Production Supervisor Bill Finnegan. Cast Paul Winfield (Martin Luther King Jr.), Cicely Tyson (Coretta King), Tony Bennett (Himself), Roscoe Lee Browne (Philip Harrison), Lonny Chapman (Chief Frank Holloman), Ossie Davis (Martin Luther King Sr.), Cliff DeYoung (Robert F. Kennedy), Al Freeman Jr. (Damon Lockwood), Clu Gulager (William Sullivan), Steven Hill (Stanley Levison), William Jordan (John F. Kennedy), Warren Kemmerling (Lyndon Johnson), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Jerry Waring), Kenneth McMillan (Bull Conner), Howard Rollins Jr. (Andrew Young), David Spielberg (David Beamer), Dolph Sweet (J. Edgar Hoover), Dick Anthony Williams (Malcolm X), Julian Bond. (Himself), Ramsey Clark (Himself), Roger Robinson (Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth), Frances Foster (Mrs. Alberta King), Ernie Lee Banks (Ralph Abernathy), Art Evans (A.D. King), Yolanda King (Rosa Parks), Patrick Hines (Mayor Richard Daley), Charles Knox Robinson (Det. Ed Redditt), Roy Jenson (Sheriff Corruthers), Sheila E. Frazier (June), Terry Alexander (Bernard Lee), Ernie Hudson (Jack Corbin), Donzaleigh Avis Abernathy (Herself), Maynard Jackson (Whitney Young), Linda Hopkins (Ellie), Harriet Karr (Viola Liuzzo), Alveda King Beale, Christine King, Bernice King, Dexter King, Martin Luther King III, Matthew Bennett, Leon Hall, Tony Holmes, Ladonna Carter, Hope Clarke. 546... Kingston: The Power Play (NBC, 9/15/1976, 120 mins). This was the pilot film for Raymond Burr’s brief (3/23/77-8/10/77) series about an investigative reporter given a free hand by the head of a chain of newspapers and TV stations, here uncovering a plot to use nuclear power plants to take over the world. Production Companies Groverton Productions, R.B. Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Dick Nelson. Based on a Story by David Victor, Dick Nelson. Photography Sy Hoffberg. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Raymond Burr (R.B. Kingston), James Canning (Tony Kolsky), Pamela Hensley (Beth Kelly), Lenka Peterson (Laura Frazier), Bradford Dillman (Avery Stanton), Dina Merrill (Helen Martinson), Biff McGuire (Pat Martinson), Robert Sampson (Sam Trowbridge), Milt Kogan (Lieutenant Vokeman), R.G. Armstrong (Father Reardon), Robert Mandan (Senator Hobath), Martin Kove (Deeley), Claire Brennan (Ethelmae Turner), Stacy Keach Sr. (Dr. Eberly), Reid Cruickshanks (Police

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Sergeant), Kristin Larkin (Ellie), John Rayner (Kevin James), Linda Galloway (Martinson’s secretary), Albert Reed (Corner), Gail Bonney (Mrs. Mooney). 547... Kiss Me. . . Kill Me (ABC, 5/8/1976, 90 mins). A pilot movie with Stella Stevens as a lady investigator for the district attorney’s office and her relentless search for the killer of a young teacher who appeared to have been a pillar of the community. Production Companies The Writers Company Inc., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Photography Meredith Nicholson. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Arthur D. Hilton. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Jay Daniel. Production Executive Carl Pingitore. Cast Stella Stevens (Stella Stafford), Michael Anderson Jr. (Dan Hodges), Dabney Coleman (Captain Logan), Claude Akins (Harry Gant), Bruce Boxleitner (Douglas Lane), Alan Fudge (Lieutenant Dagget), Bruce Glover (Sergeant Hovak), Morgan Paull (James Deukmajian), Tisha Sterling (Maureen Coyle), Charles Weldon (Leonard Hicks), Pat O’Brien (Jimmy/morgue attendant), Robert Vaughn (Edward Fuller), Steve Franken (DA Murray Tesco), Arnold Soboloff (Bartender), Helena Carroll (Mrs. Harris), Rex Holman (Maureen’s brother), Jessie Lee Fulton (Mrs. Coyle), Peter D. Greene (Jerry), Beverly Dixon (Dorothy), Jack Griffin (Handler), Lucetta Jenison (Meg), Stack Pierce (Sergeant), Burr Smidt (Waldon), Don ‘Red’ Bealle (Desk officer), Al Dunlap (Mr. Harris), Ron Kelly (Plainclothes Officer), Michael Masters (Gym manager), Dar Robinson (Winston). 548... KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (NBC, 10/28/1978, 120 mins). The uniquely costumed rock group KISS made its acting debut, with the four thwarting a mad scientist attempting to destroy their careers by making robot KISS replicas and turning them loose to create havoc in an amusement park. Production Companies Hanna-Barbera Productions, KISS productions. Director Gordon Hessler. Executive Producer Joseph Barbera. Producer Terry Morse Jr. Teleplay Don Buday, Jan-Michael Sherman. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Hoyt Curtin. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Fight Scene Music Fred Karlin. Production Executive Louis M. Heyward. Cast Paul Stanley (KISS member), Gene Simmons (KISS member), Ace Frehley (KISS member), Peter Criss (KISS member), Anthony Zerbe (Abner Devereaux), Carmine Caridi (Calvin Richards), Deborah Ryan (Melissa), Terry Lester (Sam), John Dennis Johnston (Chopper), John Lisbon Wood (Slime), Lisa Jane Persky (Dirty Dee), John Chappell (Snede), Don Steele (Himself), Richard Hein (Guard), Brion James (Guard), Mary Kay Morse (Girl on pyramid), Marc Winters (KISS soldier), Sandra Penn (Mother), Leon Delaney (Father), Bill Hudson (Man in KISS booth). 549... Kung Fu (ABC, 2/22/1972, 90 mins). A young Chinese-American, fleeing a murder charge in China, becomes the champion of oppressed laborers building the transcontinental railroad in the American West of the 1870s. This was the pilot for the popular series (1972-75) with David Carradine. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producer Jerry Thorpe. Teleplay Ed Spielman, Howard Friedlander. Based on a Story by Ed Spielman. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Jim Helms. Editor John C. Horger. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Technical Advisor David Chow. Cast David Carradine (Caine), Barry Sullivan (Dillon), Albert Salmi (Raif), Wayne Maunder (McKay), Benson Fong (Han Fei), Philip Ahn (Master Kan), Richard Loo (Master Sun), Keye Luke (Master Po), Victor Sen Yung (Chuen), Keith Carradine (Middle Caine), Radames Pera (Boy Caine), Roy Fuller (Jenson), Robert Ito (Fong), John Leoning (Teh), David Chow (Little Monk), Rocky Gunn. 550... Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (NBC, 5/17/1978, 90 mins). This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters--a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile--team up to track down a pair of train robbers, suspects in the shooting of their father. Production Companies Lawrence Gordon Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Lawrence Gordon. Producer Lew Gallo. Supervising Producer Robert L. Singer. Teleplay Kathy Donnell, Madeline DiMaggio-Wagner. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Richard A. Freeman. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Kathleen Lloyd (Kate Lacy), Debra Feuer (Queenie), Edward Andrews (Isaac Harrison), Jack Elam (Willie Red Fire), Matt Clark (Reynolds), Les Lannom (Webber), Christopher Lloyd (Jennings), James Keach (Parker), Anthony Palmer (Sam Lacy), David Byrd (Bixby), Alvy Moore (Reverend), Sandy Ward (Mitchell Beacon), Elizabeth Rogers (Madam Josephine), David Comfort (Lord Percival Winchester), Cliff Pellow (Blacksmith), Robert Casper (Railroad clerk), Jacquelyn Gaschen (Shirley), John Gowans, Mickey Jones, Dan Magiera, Scott Mulhern, Bill Martel, Gordon Metcalfe, Linda Morrow, Garret Pearson, Ava Readdy, Kathi Sawyer, Steve Tannen, Candice Courtney, Alan Koss. 551... Lady of the House (NBC, 11/14/1978, 120 mins). Dyan Cannon stars in this dramatization of the life of the flamboyant San Francisco madam of the 1930s and 1940s who retired in 1950 to open a restaurant in Sausalito, California, despite local opposition, and who became the town’s mayor from 1976 to 1978. Based on Sally Stanford’s 1966 autobiography.

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Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Directors Ralph Nelson, Vincent Sherman. Executive Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Ron Koslow. Based on the Autobiography by Sally Stanford. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Fred Karlin. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Dyan Cannon (Sally Stanford), Armand Assante (Ernest de Paulo), Zohra Lampert (Julia de Paulo), Susan Tyrrell (Helen Proctor), Jesse Dizon (Acapico), Maggie Cooper (Kate de Paulo), Anthony Charnota (Ray Navarette), Colleen Camp (Rosette), Kim Hamilton (Mary), Sam Freed (John David), Melvin Belli (Mayor Jim [of San Francisco]), Charlie Murphy (Mayor Collins), Christopher Norris (Young Marcie), Tom Rosqui (Sgt. John Guffy), Chris Nelson (Dan), Patricia J. Wilson (Mrs. Bowan), Chris Cistaro (John David at age 11), Tony Cistaro (John David at age 15), Julius Varnado (Jadison). 552... Lanigan’s Rabbi (NBC, 6/17/1976, 120 mins). A mystery-comedy about a rabbi and an Irish police chief who form an unlikely alliance to solve the homicide of a housekeeper whose body was found on the doorstep of the synagogue. This was the pilot film to the series during the 1976-77 season with Art Carney and Bruce Solomon (taking over for Stuart Margolin, who was otherwise occupied with “The Rockford Files”series). Subsequently titled “Friday the Rabbi Slept Late” (the title of the 1964 source book by Harry Kemelman). Production Companies Heyday Productions, Universal Television. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern. Producers Robert C. Thompson, Roderick Paul. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler. Based on a Novel by Harry Kemelman. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Volnar Howard III. Art Director Norman R. Newberry. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Art Carney (Police Chief Paul Lanigan), Stuart Margolin (Rabbi David Small), Janis Paige (Kate Lanigan), Janet Margolin (Miriam Small), Lorraine Gary (Myra Galen), Robert Reed (Morton Galen), Andrew Robinson (Willie Norman), Jim Antonio (Jim Blake), David Sheiner (Al Becker), Barbara Carney (Bobbi Whittaker), Robert Doyle (Osgood), William Wheatley (Stanley), Steffen Zacharias (Basserman), Barbara Flicker (Mrs. Blake), Don Keefer (Mr. Kogan), Ray Ballard, Rudy Santos, Branscombe Richmond. 553... Larry (CBS, 4/23/1974, 90 mins). An acclaimed drama about a man, mistakenly confined to a mental institution for his first 26 years, who is discovered to have normal intelligence and is faced with the task of becoming physically self-sufficient to live in the outside world. Based on Dr. Robert McQueen’s book “Larry: Case History of a Mistake.” Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer Herbert Hirschman. Producers Mitchell Brower, Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay David Seltzer. Based on a Book by Robert McQueen. Photography Terry K Meade. Editor Ronald J Fagan. Music Peter Matz. Cast Frederic Forrest (Larry Herman), Tyne Daly (Nancy Hockworth), Michael McGuire (Dr.McCabe), Robert Walden (Tom Corman), Katherine Helmond (Maureen Whitten), Elizabeth Gill (Mona), Tim Ryan (Workman), Barbara Sloane (Waitress), David Garfield (Customer), Ted Swanson (Clothing salesman), Jon Cedar (Cop), Katy Segal (Cashier), Dana Brady (Prostitute), Ray Fry, Chris Hubbard, Don Rizzan, Ted Lange, Linda Redfearn. 554... The Last Angry Man (ABC, 4/16/1974, 90 mins). An irascible depression era doctor (Pat Hingle) who practices in a Brooklyn tenement neighborhood takes an interest in a local teenager whose hostile behavior he eventually attributes to a brain tumor. This film, a remake of the 1959 movie with Paul Muni in his last screen role, was the pilot for a series that never got on the air. Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Ernest A. Losso. Teleplay Gerald Green. Based on the Novel by Gerald Green. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Gil Melle. Editor John F. Link. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Pat Hingle (Dr. Sam Abelman), Lynn Carlin (Sarah Abelman), Paul Jabara (Myron Malcolm), Tracy Bogart (Eunice Abelman), Sorrell Booke (Dr. Max Vogel), Penny Santon (Penny), Titos Vandis (Mr. Parelli), Pepe Serna (Mrs. Parelli), Michael Margotta (Frankie Parelli), Andrew Duggan (Dr. McCabe), Ann Doran (Nurse), David Roy (Petey Parelli), Paul Henry Itkin (Paul Parelli). 555... The Last Child (ABC, 10/5/1971, 90 mins). This futuristic drama, containing Van Heflin’s last performance, focuses on a young couple trying to circumvent the government’s edict that limits each family to only one child. Heflin is a retired U.S. Senator who tries to help them in this film originally to have been called “The Day They Took the Babies Away.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer William Allyn. Teleplay Peter S. Fischer. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Michael Cole (Alan Miller), Harry Guardino (Howard Drumm), Janet Margolin (Karen Miller), Van Heflin (Sen. Quincy George), Edward Asner (Barstow), Kent Smith (Gus Iverson), Michael Larrain (Sandy), Philip Bourneuf (Dr. Tyler), Barbara Babcock (Shelley Drumm), Victor Izay (Silverman), James A. Watson Jr. (Police sergeant), Sondra Blake (Woman in subway), Roy Engel (Conductor), Phyllis Avery (Nurse), Ivor Francis (Dr. Young), Jason Wingreen (Ticket clerk), Bill Walker (Bill Walker), Frank Baster (John).

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556... The Last Convertible (NBC, 9/24/1979 to 9/26/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). A star-laden adaptation by three writers and three directors of Anton Myrer’s sprawling 1978 novel tracing the lives of five Harvard roommates of the class of ’44 and follows them through the next 30 years. Perry King, Bruce Boxleitner, Edward Albert, John Shea and Michael Nouri are the five in this three-part six-hour miniseries, with Deborah Raffin the romantic focus for each at one time or another. Several stars, like John Houseman and his 30 seconds of screen time, provide the now-traditional TV cameos. An Emmy Award nomination went to Pete Rugolo for his music score. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, NBC Productions. Directors, Sidney Hayers (Part 1), Jo Swerling Jr. (Part 2), Gus Trikonis (Part 3). Executive Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay (Part 1) Philip DeGuere. (Parts 2 and 3) Clyde Ware, Stephen McPherson. Based on the Novel by Anton Myrer. Photography (Parts 1 and 3) Thomas Del Ruth. (Part 2) Edward Rio Rotunno. Music Pete Rugolo. Editors (Part 1) John Kaufman Jr., George R. Potter, John Elias (Part 2) Larry D. Lester. (Part 3) Edwin F. England. Art Director (Parts 1 and 3) Howard E Johnson. (Part 2) Sherman Loudermilk. Cast Perry King (Russ Currier), Deborah Raffin (Chris Farris), Bruce Boxleitner (George Virdon), Edward Albert (Ron Dalrymple), Sharon Gless (Kay Haddon), John Shea (Terry Garrigan), Michael Nouri (Jean RGR des Barres), Caroline Smith (Nancy Virdon Van Breymer), Stacey Nelkin (Sheilah Garrigan), Tracy Brooks Swope (Liz Baynor), Kim Darby (Ann Rowan), Fred McCarren (Paul McCreed), Pat Harrington Jr. (Maj. Fred Goodman), Martin Milner (Sergeant Dabric), Vic Morrow (Chief Lonberg), Lisa Pelikan (Rosamond Ardley), Stuart Whitman (Col. Hiram Elkhart), John Houseman (Dr. Wetherell), Sam Weisman (Mel Strasser), Jeanna Michaels (Denise), Paul Jenkins (Dance Emcee), David Drucker (Rhino Tannahil), Ron Rubin (Glenn Miller), Aaron Speiser (Arnie Oppenheim), Shawn Stevens (Rob Dalrymple), Peggy Foster (Peggy Virdon), Rosanna Locke (Italian girl), Chip Johnson (Capt. Philip Burrell), Gavin Mooney (Maj. Adrian Hartnell), Carmen Filpi (Bartender [part 2]), Stephen Manley (Paolo [part 2]), Susan Marcotte, Marie Marthay, Debbie Cooper, Kari Walter, Robin T. Williams, Noah Hathaway, Timothy O’Hagan, Vince Torell, Mark Robin, Steve Whitmore, Charles Parks, David Stafford, Jon Van Kline, Chris MacGregor, Scottie MacGregor, Joe Phillips, Paul Phillips. 557... A Last Cry for Help (ABC, 1/19/1979, 120 mins). A pretty high school coed, fearing that she is not living up to her parents’ expectations and that she is a disappointment to her friends, withdraws into a world of her own and attempts suicide. Production Companies Myrt-Hal Productions, Viacom. Director Hal Sitowitz. Executive Producer Hal Sitowitz. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay Hal Sitowitz. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Miles Goodman. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Adrian Gorton. Cast Linda Purl (Sharon Muir), Shirley Jones (Joan Muir), Tony Lo Bianco (Dr. Ben Abbot), Murray Hamilton (Ralph Muir), Grant Goodeve (Jeff Burgess), Karen Lamm (Connie), Morgan Woodward (Mr. Burgess), Robin Strand (Budd), Cindy Eilbacher (Sandy), Delta Burke (Carol), Renee Brown (Willie), Chip Lucia (Peter), Candy Mobley (Kathy), Stacey Kuhne (Mandy), Melissa Sherman (Jessie), Molly Dodd (Ms Harrison), Ernest Anderson, Melinda Patterson, Jennifer Reisenberg, Charles Brasey, Daniel Benton, Milt Doberman, Frank McCarthy. 558... The Last Day (NBC, 2/15/1975, 120 mins). A trim A.C. Lyles Western (like the type he made in the 1960s with a stellar cast of veteran actors) that has the Dalton gang riding again, forcing a retired gunman (Richard Widmark) to use his weapons once more in the climactic battle at Coffeyville, Kansas. Production Companies A.C. Lyles Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Vincent McEveety. Producer A.C. Lyles. Teleplay Jim Byrnes, Steve Fisher. Based on a Story by A.C. Lyles, Steve Fisher. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Carmine Coppola. Editor Mike Vejar. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Richard Widmark (Will Spence), Christopher Connelly (Dick Broadwell), Robert Conrad (Bob Dalton), Gene Evans (Charlie Connelly), Richard Jaeckel (Gratt Dalton), Tim Matheson (Emmet Dalton), Barbara Rush (Betty Spence), Tom Skerritt (Bill Powers), Loretta Swit (Daisy), Morgan Woodward (Ransom Payne), Kathleen Cody (Julie Johnson), Jon Locke (Player), Bryan O’Byrne (Clerk), William Brawley (Oates), Shug Fisher (Seaman), Douglas V. Fowley (Sheriff Heywood), Logan Ramsey (Riley), Doreen Lang (Agnes Broadwell), Harry Morgan (Narrator). 559... The Last Dinosaur (ABC, 2/11/1977, 120 mins). The world’s richest man, trapped in a pocket of time without weapons, is pursued by a primitive tribe while hunting the last living dinosaur, his obsession in life. The Japanese special effects provide an added touch to this Saturday matinee-type adventure tale. Production Company Rankin-Bass Productions. Director Alex Grasshoff, Tom Kotani. Producers Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass. Teleplay William Overgard. Photography Shoji Ukda. Music Maury Laws. Song “He Is the Last Dinosaur” by Jules Bass, Maury Laws. Song performed by Nancy Wilson. Editor Barry Walter. Art Director Katzou Satsoya. Associate Producer Benni Korzen. Cast Richard Boone (Masten Thrust), Joan Van Ark (Frankie Banks), Luther Rackley (Bunta), Steven Keats (Chuck Wade), Carl Hansen (Barney), Mamiya Sekia (Prehistoric girl), Tatsu Nakamura (Dr. Kawamoto), William Ross (Expedition captain). 560... The Last Giraffe (CBS, 6/7/1979, 120 mins). An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe of Kenya by adopting an orphaned animal

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whose mother had been slain by a notorious poacher. Based on the 1977 book “Raising Daisy Rothschild” by Betty and Jock LeslieMelville. Production Company Westfall Productions. Director Jack Couffer. Executive Producer Charles Mortimer Jr. Producers Jonathan Bernstein, Warren Littlefield. Teleplay Sherman Yellen. Based on a Book by Betty Leslie-Melville, Jock Leslie-Melville. Photography Ted Scaife. Music Fred Karlin. Song “Now I Know Where I Belong” by Fred Karlin, Norman Gimbel. Song Performed by Mary MacGregor. Editor David Garfield. Art Director Tony Reading. Cast Susan Anspach (Betty Leslie-Melville), Simon Ward (Jock Leslie-Melville), Gordon Jackson (Fielding), Don Warrington (Mwenga), Saeed Jaffrey (Taj), John Hallam (Atherton), Rudolph Walker (Kamua). 561... Last Hours Before Morning (NBC, 4/19/1975, 90 mins). Atmospheric private eye film set in the 1940s about a hotshot house detective and ex-cop who moonlights by chasing deadbeats and finds himself investigating the connection between an arrogant gambler’s murder and a beautiful film star’s jewel robbery. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, MGM Television. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Malcolm Stuart. Teleplay George Yanok, Robert Garland. Photography Gene Polito. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Richard Sylbert. Cast Ed Lauter (Bud Delaney), Thalmus Rasulala (Justice Sullivan), George Murdock (Sergeant Hagen), Rhonda Fleming (Vivian Pace), Robert Alda (Theo “Lucky” English), Kaz Garas (Ty Randolph), Don Porter (Mr. Pace), Victoria Principal (Yolanda Marquez), Peter Donat (Peter Helms), Michael Baseleon (Bruno Gant), William Finley (Elmo), Art Lund (Buck Smith), George DiCenzo (Owings), John Harkins (Cashman), John Quade (Korbett), Philip Bruns (Max), Michael Steams (Muscle man), Elaine Pepparde (Dancer), Redmond Gleeson (Hopkins). 562... The Last Hurrah (NBC, 11/16/1977, 120 mins). Carroll O’Connor wrote and starred in this second screen adaptation of the 1956 bestseller (previously filmed by John Ford in 1958 with Spencer Tracy) about the aging and ailing head of a big-time political machine who schemes to stay in power and win a fourth term. Emmy nominations went to Burgess Meredith and Mariette Hartley for supporting actor and actress. Production Companies O’Connor-Becker Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Vincent Sherman. Executive Producer Terry Becker. Producers Franklin R. Levy, Mike Wise. Teleplay Carroll O’Connor. Based on the Novel by Edwin O’Connor. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Peter Matz. Editors Les Green, Bernard Balmuth. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Purcell. Cast Carroll O’Connor (Frank Skeffington), Leslie Ackerman (Prudy Cass), John Anderson (Amos Force), Dana Andrews (Roger Shanley), Robert Brown (Nat Gardiner), Jack Carter (Sam Weinberg), Tom Clancy (Ditto Boland), Brendan Dillon (John Gorman), Arthur Franz (Hack Wiles), Alan Hamel (George Sherrard), Mariette Hartley (Clare Gardiner), Burgess Meredith (Cardinal Burke), Stewart Moss (Winslow), Patrick O’Neal (Norman Cass), Paul Picerni (Dr. Mike Santangelo), Patrick Wayne (Robert Skeffington), Kitty Winn (Maeve Skeffington), Mel Stewart (Herb Ripley), Katherine Bard (Grace Minihan), Bill Quinn (Jimmy Minihan), Sandy Kenyon (Kane), James B. Sikking (Monsignor Killian), Arthur Batanides (Ben Morrow), William Benedict (Willie Degman), Ricki Williams (Elaine), Harry Basch (Editor), Lane Allan (Major O’Sullivan), George Barrows (Tomasino), Jack Griffin (Walsh), Sal Vecchio (Narone), Paul Napier (Collins), Mike Walden (TV announcer), Dennis McMullen (Sgt. Bill Sullivan), Larry McCormick (Election announcer), Barbara Schillaci (Meg Stone), Paul Lawrence (Restaurant captain), Elise O’Connor (Mrs. Cusack). 563... Last of the Good Guys (CBS, 3/7/1978, 120 mins). Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can collect his full benefits. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Theodore J. Flicker. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Howard Clark, John D. Hess, Theodore J. Flicker. Photography Emmett Bergholz. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Robert L. Swanson. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Robert Culp (Sergeant Nichols), Dennis Dugan (Off. Johnny Lucas), Richard Narita (Off. Tash Namaguchi), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Off. Marv Pulaski), Hampton Fancher (Off. George Talltree), Marlyn Mason (Lill O’Malley), Larry Hagman (Sgt. Frank O’Malley), Elta Blake (Marnie), Jonathan Harris (Dr. Cropotkin), Roger Bowen (Mr. Stit), Ernie Hudson (El Caliph), Bob Robertson (Benita Juarez Zapata), Merie Earle (Fanny), Howard Honig (Lester), James Hong (Japanese man), Matthew Tobin (Captain Schuck), Lu Leonard (Heavy woman), Ina Gould (Old lady), Earl Boen (Bureaucrat), Ernest Anderson (Uncle Stan), Anthony Battaglia (John O’Malley), J.A. Miller (Jay O’Malley), Tim Haldeman (Officer), Joi Staton (Neighbor), Jamie Daniel (Oscar), Red Manning (Grilian). 564... Last of the Mohicans (NBC, 11/23/1977, 120 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” version of the James Fenimore Cooper adventure tale about the intrepid white hunter who, with two Indian blood brothers, aids a British officer trying to escort two women through hostile territory. The two-hour production subsequently was cut to 90 minutes. Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Schick Sunn Classics. Director James L. Conway. Executive Producer Charles Sellier Jr. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay Stephen Lord. Based on the Novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Photography Henning Schellerup. Music Bob Summers. Editors Jim Webb, Stephen Michael. Art Director Charles C. Bennett.

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Cast Steve Forrest (Hawkeye), Ned Romero (Chingachgook), Andrew Prine (Major Heyward), Don Shanks (Uncas), Robert Tessier (Magua), Jane Actman (Alice Morgan), Michele Marsh (Cora Morgan), Robert Easton (David Gamut), Whit Bissell (General Webb), Dehl Berti, John Bishop, Beverly Rowland, Coleman Lord, Rosalyn Mike. 565... The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (NBC, 11/20/1979, 180 mins). A somewhat lighthearted view of the Dalton Gang’s legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas, and the years leading up to it as the brothers head up a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers, with their archenemy, railway detective Will Smith, constantly nipping at their heels. The film is framed, curiously, by aged brother Em Dalton, living in Hollywood during the 1930s, trading his eyewitness account to a newspaper reporter in exchange for a drink. Originally scheduled as a four-hour film called “Raid on Coffeyville,” it finally aired in this shortened version. Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Dan Curtis. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay Earl W. Wallace. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Dennis Virkler. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Cliff Potts (Bob Dalton), Randy Quaid (Grat Dalton), Larry Wilcox (Em Dalton), Sharon Farrell (Flo Quick), Jack Palance (Will Smith), Dale Robertson (Judge Isaac Parker), Matt Clark (Bitter Creek/George Newcombe), Royal Dano (Pa Dalton), Julie Hill (Julie Williams), John Karlen (Charlie Powers), Mills Watson (Bill Dalton), Elliot Street (Potts), Terry Kiser (Nafius/reporter), Bo Hopkins (Bill Doolin), John Fitzpatrick (Texas Jack Broadwell), Don Collier (Frank Dalton), James Crittenden (Hugh McElhennie), Dennis Fimple (Blackface/Charlie Bright), Eric Lawson (Willie Powers), R.G. Armstrong (Leland Stanford), Kathleen Freeman (Ma Dalton), Harris Yulin. (Jesse James), Harry Townes (Reverend Johnson), Jorge Moreno (Archulleta), Scott Brady (Poker player), H.M. Wynant (Poker player), Jack Collins (Poker player), Robert Karnes (Poker player), Sid Conrad (Poker player), Orin Cannon (Bartender), Dean Smith (Deputy), Tony Palmer (Stationmaster), Larry Block (Leroy Keenan), Mitch Carter (Gunfighter), Buff Brady (Buffalo Bill), Allen Williams (Preacher), John Calvin (Hollywood cop). 566... The Last Survivors (NBC, 3/4/1975, 120 mins). This uncredited remake of the 1957 Tyrone Power movie “Abandon Ship” recounts the agony of a ship’s officer who must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat are to be sacrificed so that the majority can survive an approaching typhoon. Production Companies Bob Banner Associates, NBC Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producer Tom Egan. Teleplay Douglas Day Stewart. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Mike Melvoin. Editors George Watters, Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Fredric P. Hope. Costumes Guy Verhille. Cast Martin Sheen (Alexander Holmes), Diane Baker (Marilyn West), Tom Bosley (Marcus Damian), Christopher George (Duane Jeffreys), Bruce Davison (Michael Larrieu), Anne Francis (Helen Dixon), Percy Rodrigues (Rudi Franco), Anne Seymour (Susie Mansham), Bethel Leslie (Inez Haynes), Mel Stewart (Sid Douglas), Margaret Willock (Nancy Victor), Lonny Chapman (David Broadhead), Beulah Quo (Mrs. Peters), Eugene Roche (Prosecutor), William Bryant (Captain Harris), Linda Dano (Linda Collison), Steve Franken (Don West), Leif Garrett (Billy Wright), Alex Henteloff (Francis Askin), Andrew Stevens (Checkerman). 567... The Last Tenant (ABC, 6/25/1978, 120 mins). A drama of family members facing decisions about the care of their elderly father (veteran Broadway star and acting teacher Lee Strasberg) who can no longer safely live alone, and the effects on the oldest son (Tony Lo Bianco) whose pending marriage has been placed in jeopardy. George Rubino won an Emmy for his original teleplay, and Sol Negrin received a nomination for his photography. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay George Rubino. Photography Sol Negrin. Music Dick Hyman. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Patrizia von Brandenstein. Associate Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Joey), Lee Strasberg (Frank), Christine Lahti (Carol), Julie Bovasso (Marie), Danny Aiello (Carl), Jeffrey DeMunn (Vinnie), Anne DeSalvo (Connie), Victor Arnold (Carmine), Joanna Merlin (Mrs. Farelli), Ruth Jaroslow (Mrs. Korowski), Antonia Rey (Lucy), Evan Michael Turz (Frankie). 568... The Law (NBC, 10/22/1974, 150 mins). A sensational homicide trial is the focal point of this incisive examination of the inner working of a large city’s legal system and was the Emmy Award winner as the Outstanding Dramatic Special. Director John Badham also was nominated. Production Company Universal Television. Director John Badham. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Joel Oliansky, William Sackheim. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Arthur Sullian. Music (from The Mikado) W.S. Gilbert. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Associate Producer Michael Rhodes. Cast Judd Hirsch (Murray Stone), John Beck (Gene Carey), Bonnie Franklin (Bobbi Stone), Barbara Baxley (Judge Rebeccah Fornier), Sam Wanamaker (Jules Benson), Allan Arbus (Leonard Caporni), John Hillerman (Thomas Q. Rachel), Gary Busey (William Bright), Gerald Hiken (Judge Arnold Lerner), Michael Bell (Cliff Wilson), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Maxwell Fall), Frank Marth (Arthur Winchell), Logan Ramsey (Raymond Bleisch), Sandy Ward (Hoak), George Wyner (Dep. DA Piper), John Sylvester White (Judge Philip Shields), Robert Q. Lewis (Speaker at bar dinner), Ernest Anderson (Barry Hale), Reb Brown (Tommy Cicero), Dennis Burkley (Leese), Don Calfa (Brainard), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Bright), Alex Colon (Esquivel), Regis J. Cordic (Raymond Churchill), Ted Gehring (Detective Manfred), Corey Fischer (Nicholson), Pamela Hensley (Cindy Best), Milt

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Kogan (Detective Vinton), Luis Moreno (Melendez), Joel Oliansky (Wystan Lanier), Eugene Peterson (Leon Zuckerwaar), Anne Ramsay (Eleanor Bleisch), Brad Sullivan (Officer Newberg), Keith Walker (Dwight Heaty), Charlie White (Gordon Riefler), Alex Wilson (Mrozek). 569... Law and Order (NBC, 5/6/1976, 180 mins). Three generations of New York City cops are the focal point of this three-hour saga revolving primarily around the Deputy Chief of Public Affairs caught up in the politics and intrigue of the department, the discovery that his father had been on the take, and the news that his youngest son is having second thoughts about carrying on the family tradition. The movie, based on Dorothy Uhnak’s 1973 book, subsequently was edited to two hours for syndicated showings. Production Companies P.A. Productions Inc., Paramount Network Television, NBC Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer E. Jack Neuman. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Based on the Novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Richard Hazard. Editor Donald R. Rode, Gerald J. Wilson. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Associate Producer Richard Rosetti. Cast Darren McGavin (Dep. Chief Brian O’Malley), Keir Dullea (Johnny Morrison), Robert Reed (Aaron Levine), James Olson (Insp. Ed Shea), Suzanne Pleshette (Karen Day), Teri Garr (Rita Wusinski), Biff McGuire (Lieutenant Lenihan), Jeanette Nolan (Margaret O’Malley), Scott Brady (Sgt. Brian O’Malley Sr.), Will Geer (Pat Crowley), Art Hindle (Patrick O’Malley), Allan Arbus (Arthur Pollack), Whitney Blake (Mary-Ellen Crowley), Tom Clancy (Hennessey), James Whitmore Jr. (Pete Caputo), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Brian O’Malley Sr.), James Flavin (Captain Toomey), Paul Jenkins (Lt. Kevin O’Malley), Robert Hegyes (Angelo), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Lola), Brad Dexter (Patrolman Tierney), Redmond Gleeson (Rev. Martin O’Malley), Jack Knight (Lieutenant Fitzgerald), Patrick O’Moore (Father Damian), Frank Ramirez (Rodriguez), Marian Collier (Sister Providencia), Fredd Wayne (Sergeant Haran), Paul Lichtman (Rabbi Schulman), Dan Priest (Sergeant O’Connor), Harry Basch (Sergeant Feldman). 570... Law of the Land (NBC, 4/29/1976, 120 mins). Originally called “The Deputies,” this pilot movie for a prospective series (referred to as “The Rookies on Horseback”) follows a frontier lawman and his young deputies in their frantic search for a psychopath with a vendetta against prostitutes. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, NBC Productions. Director Virgil W Vogel. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer John Wilder. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay John Wilder, Sam H. Rolfe. Photography William W. Spencer. Music John Parker. Editor Marston Fay. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Jim Davis (Sheriff Pat Lambrose), Don Johnson (Quirt), Cal Bellini (Tom Condor), Nicholas Hammond (Brad Jensen), Darlene Carr (Selina Jensen), Barbara Parkins (Jane Adams), Moses Gunn (Jacob), Andrew Prine (Travis Carrington), Glenn Corbett (Andy Hill), Charles Martin Smith (Dudley), Dana Elcar (Rev. Mr. Endicott), Ward Costello (E.J. Barnes), Paul Stevens (Dwight Canady), Barney Phillips (Doctor), Patti Jerome (Dutch Annie), Regis J. Cordic (Judge), Georganne La Pierre (Lila), Murray MacLeod (2nd cowboy), James Griffith (Clerk), Grant Goodeve (Soldier), David Cass (1st hand), Louie Elias (2nd hand), Grainger Hines (1st cowboy), Keith Atkinson (Reporter). 571... Leave Yesterday Behind (ABC, 5/14/1978, 120 mins). A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with a young woman who leaves her fiancée to help him overcome his handicap. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Richard Michaels. Producer Paul Harrison. Teleplay Paul Harrison. Photography Ric Waite. Music Fred Karlin. Title song performed by Sandi Sinnamon. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast John Ritter (Paul Stallings), Carrie Fisher (Marny Clarkson), Buddy Ebsen (Doc), Ed Nelson (Mr. Clarkson), Carmen Zapata (Connie), Robert Urich (David Lyle), Barbara Stuart (Betty Stallings), Waiter Maslow (Howard Stallings), Lucia Stralser (Kim), Carol Ann Williams (Laura), Josh Hall (Biff), Dan Harrison (Dan). 572... The Legend of Lizzie Borden (ABC, 2/10/1975, 120 mins). An ethereal retelling, stylishly produced, of the story of the New England spinster accused of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 19th-century Fall River, Massachusetts. Emmy Award nominations went to Elizabeth Montgomery, editor John A. Martinelli, art director Jack DeShields, set decorator Henry Gordon, and costume designer Guy Verhille. DeShields and Gordon won. Production Companies George LeMaire Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer George LeMaire. Teleplay William Bast. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer William Bast. Costume Designer Guy Verhille. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Lizzie Borden), Fionnuala Flanagan (Bridget Sullivan), Ed Flanders (Hosea Knowlton), Katherine Helmond (Emma Borden), Don Porter (George Robinson), Fritz Weaver (Andrew Borden), Bonnie Bartlett (Sylvia Knowlton), John Beal (Dr. Bowen), Helen Craig (Abby Borden), Alan Hewitt (Mayor Coughlin), Gall Kobe (Alice Russell), Robert Symonds (Andrew Jennings), Hayden Rorke (Julian Ralph), Iggie Wolfington (Store proprietor). 573... The Legend of the Golden Gun (NBC, 4/10/1979, 120 mins). 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runaway slave to track down the infamous Quantrill. He learns how to shoot from a legendary gunslinger who convinces him to be a fighter for law and justice and save the seventh bullet in his special gun for evil. “Imagine ‘Star Wars’ as a Western” was the publicity ploy for this one, which evoked the names of the greats of the Old West and had General Custer himself turning up with a twinkle in his eye, a corn-cob pipe in his mouth, and, like a later military figure, promising Sitting Bull: “I shall return.” Production Companies Bennett-Katleman Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producers Harris Katleman, Harve Bennett. Producers B.W. Sandefur, Dan Cohan. Teleplay James D. Parriott. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Cast Jeff Osterhage (John Colton), Carl Franklin (Book/Joshua Brown), Hal Holbrook (Jim Hammer), Keir Dullea (Gen. George A. Custer), Robert Davi (William Quantrill), Michele Carey (Maggie Oakley), John McLiam (Jake Powell), Elissa Leeds (Sara Powell), R.G. Armstrong (Judge Harrison Harding), R.L. Tolbert (Buffalo Bill), William Bryant (William Ford), J. Brian Pizer (Captain Marks), Rex Holman (Sturges), Budge Taylor (Dr. Wheller), Walt Davis (3rd soldier), Michael Yama (Photographer), David Holbrook (Young outlaw). 574... The Legend of Valentino (ABC, 11/23/1975, 120 mins). Romantic fiction--a term used by the network to describe it and blunt any possible lawsuits--based on the life and myth of the screen’s first and most famous male sex symbol, portrayed by Franco Nero. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Melville Shavelson. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Melville Shavelson. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Charles Fox. Editor John M. Woodcock. Choreographer Anita Mann. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Franco Nero (Rudolph Valentino), Suzanne Pleshette (June Mathis), Judd Hirsch (Jack Auerbach), Lesley Ann Warren (Laura Lorraine), Milton Berle (Jesse Lasky), Yvette Mimieux (Natacha Rambova), Harold J. Stone (Sam Baldwin), Alicia Bond (Nazimova), Michael Thoma (Rex Ingram), Constance Forslund (Silent Star), Brenda Venus (Constance Carr), Ruben Moreno (Mexican mayor), Penny Santon (Madame Tullio), Jane Alice Brandon (Teenage girl). 575... Les Miserables (CBS, 12/27/1978, 180 mins). Lavish three-hour remake of the Victor Hugo classic about the escaped convict, a woodcutter who had been imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family, and the dogged police inspector who dedicates himself to hounding the man until he again can be put behind bars. An Emmy Award nomination went to director Glenn Jordan. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Glenn Jordan. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Victor Hugo. Photography Jean Tournier. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer Wilfrid J. Shingleton. Art Director (France) Angela Hareiter. Art Director (Great Britain) Anthony Curtis. Associate Producer Ron Carr. Cast Richard Jordan (Jean Valjean), Anthony Perkins (Inspector Javert), Cyril Cusack (Fauchelevent), Claude Dauphin (Bishop Myriel), John Gielgud (Gillenormand), Ian Holm (Thenardier), Celia Johnson (Sister Simplice), Joyce Redman (Magliorie), Flora Robson (The Prioress), Christopher Guard (Marius), Caroline Langrishe (Cosette), Angela Pleasence (Fantine), David Swift (Troufiat), Timothy Morand (Enjolras), William Squire (Magistrate), Geoffrey Russell (Court president), Caroline Blakiston (Madame Thenadier), Robin Scobey (Grave digger), Michael Sheard (Commissary), Dexter Fletcher (Gavroche), Joanna Price (Cosette as a child), Dave Hill (Chenildieu), John Moreno (Cochopaille), Roy Evans (Bravet), Brian McDermott (Lebec), Eileen Way (Lodger), Struan Rodger (Javert’s aide), Deleena Kidd (Valjean’s sister), Kenneth Colley (Police prefect), Christopher Burgess (Police inspector), Christian Rodska (Antoine), Donald Sumpter (Agent), Donald Bissett (Gillenormand’s servant), Michael Barrell (Spectator), Robert Frazer (Gendarme), Anthony Way (Gendarme). 576... Let’s Switch! (ABC, 1/7/1975, 90 mins). Comedy adventures result when a hip woman’s magazine editor and a pretty suburban housewife (Barbara Eden and Barbara Feldon) swap lives. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan Rafkin. Producer Bruce Johnson. Teleplay Peter Lefcourt, Andy Chubby Williams, Ruth Brooks Flippen, Sid Arthur. Based on a Story by Peter Lefcourt. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Harry Geller. Editor Albert J.J. Zuniga. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Barbara Eden (Lacy Colbert), Barbara Feldon (Kate Fleming), George Furth (Sidney King), Richard Schaal (Ross Daniels), Pat Harrington Jr. (Randy Colbert), Barra Grant (Morgan Ames), Penny Marshall (Alice Wright), Joyce Van Patten (Linette Robbin), Kaye Stevens (Flo Moore), Barbara Cason (Greta Bennett), Ron Glass (LaRue Williams), Bella Bruck (Inez Dulin), Bill Balance (Himself), Tanya Matarazzo (Missy), Jerry Bishop (Rex), Roger Til, Paul Hansen, Donald Mantooth, Reb Brown, Mary Anne Kasica. 577... The Letters (ABC, 3/6/1973, 90 mins). Three interconnected stories about nine people whose lives are drastically changed by letters delayed a year in delivery. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Directors “The Andersons” and “The Parkingtons” Gene Nelson, “The Forresters” Paul Krasny. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Paul Witt. Teleplays “The Andersons” and “The Forresters” James G. Hirsch; Teleplay “The Parkingtons” Ellis Marcus, Hal Sitowitz,. Photography “The Andersons” and “The Parkingtons” Tim Southcott, “The Forresters” Leonard J. South. Music Pete

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Rugolo. Editors Carroll Sax, David R. Berlatsky, Robert L. Swanson. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast Henry Jones (The Postman), “The Andersons: Dear Elaine” John Forsythe (Paul Anderson), Jane Powell (Elaine Anderson), Lesley Ann Warren (Laura Reynolds), Trish Mahoney (Stewardess), Gary Dubin (Paul Anderson Jr.), Mia Bendixsen (Lisa). “The Parkingtons: Dear Penelope” Dina Merrill (Penelope Parkington), Leslie Nielsen (Derek Childs), Barbara Stanwyck (Geraldine Parkington), Gil Stuart (Michael), Orville Sherman (Minister). “The Forresters: Dear Karen” Pamela Franklin (Karen Forrester), Ida Lupino (Mrs. Forrester), Ben Murphy (Joe Randolph), Shelly Novack (Sonny), Frederick Herrick (Billy), Ann Noland (Sally), Brick Huston (Officer), Charles Picerni (1st man). 578... Letters From Frank (CBS, 11/22/1979, 120 mins). Art Carney is a newspaper executive who is frustrated at being put out to pasture after 35 years in favor of a computer, but his wife’s unbridled enthusiasm about their new house, the death of his older brother, and the problems of his divorced son, recently remarried, bring home to him an important message about a man’s responsibilities. An up-and-coming young Canadian actor named Michael J. Fox here had one of his earliest TV roles as Carney’s grandson. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Cypress Point Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Edward Parone. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Ronald Shedlo. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf, Larry Grusin. Based on a Story by George Thompson. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music Ernest Gold. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Art Carney (Frank Miller), Maureen Stapleton (Betty Miller), Mike Farrell (Richard Miller), Gail Strickland (Marlene), Mary Jackson (Edna Miller), Jenny O’Hara (Patty Miller), Lew Ayres (Dan Miller), Margaret Hamilton (Grandma Miller), Michael Goodwin (Mr. Carstairs), Michael J. Fox (Ricky Miller), Margaret Martin (Millie), Shirley Barkley (Minnie), Guy Bannerman (Mechanic), Robert Stelmach, John Roeder, Wayne Cox. 579... Letters From Three Lovers (ABC, 10/3/1973, 90 mins). This successor to “The Letters” (1973)--and the second pilot for a proposed series--once more offers three interconnected stories in which three letters, delayed a year, change the lives of a young couple separated by a jail sentence, a suburban housewife involved in a love affair, and two vacationers pretending to be wealthy. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director John Erman. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplays (“Dear Vincent” and “Dear Maggie”) Ann Marcus. Teleplay (“Dear Monica”) Jerome Kass. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Roland Gross. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Parke Perine. Cast Henry Jones (The Postman): “Dear Vincent” Belinda Montgomery (Angie), Martin Sheen (Vincent), Logan Ramsey (Wilson), Lou Frizzell (Eddie), James McCallion (Al), Claudia Bryar (Apartment manager), J. Duke Russo (Harry), Frank Whiteman (Officer). “Dear Monica” June Allyson (Monica), Robert Sterling (Bob), Barry Sullivan (Joshua), June Dayton (Jeanne), Roger Til (Maitre d’), Amentha Dymally (Maid), Howard Morton (Desk clerk). “Dear Maggie” Ken Berry (Jack), Juliet Mills (Maggie), Lyle Waggoner (Sam), Dan Tobin (Thompson), Ellen Weston (Donna), Kathrine Baumann (Girl at pool), Mavis Neal (Jewelry clerk), Bill McClean (Irate man), Ed Fury (Man at pool). 580... Lieutenant Schuster’s Wife (ABC, 10/11/1972, 90 mins). A policeman’s widow (Lee Grant) becomes determined to clear his name after learning that he was accused of being on the take, and following his shooting in an ambush she tracks down the real killer. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Steven Bochco. Teleplay Bernie Kukoff. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Gil Melle. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Lee Grant (Ellie Schuster), Jack Warden (Capt. Patrick Lonergan), Don Galloway (Lt. Danny Reilly), Nehemiah Persoff (Champagne Joe Carroll), Eartha Kitt (Lady), Paul Burke (Lt. Lou Schuster), Murray Matheson (Abbott), George Brenlin (Tony Butrick), Robert DoQui (Detective McMann), Lew Palter (Guido), John Herzfeld (Junkie). 581... The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (NBC, 3/21/1977, 120 mins). A lavishly detailed dramatization of the events leading up to the 1935 assassination of Huey Long, Louisiana’s Depression-era governor and U.S. senator. An Emmy Award nomination went to Ric Waite for his evocative cinematography. Original title: “Every Man a King.” Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Paul Leaf. Teleplay Robert Collins. Photography Ric Waite. Music Fred Karlin. Song “Kingfish” by Fred Karlin. Performed by Randy Newman. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Cast Edward Asner (Huey Long), Nicholas Pryor (Manners), Diane Kagan (Rose Long), Fredric Cook (Earl Long), Dorrie Kavanaugh (Alice Grosjean), Gary Allen (J.R.), Donegan Smith (Harley Bozeman), Stanley Reyes (Seymour Weiss), Rod Masterson (Murphy Roden), Steven Ramay (Russell Long), Jake Staples (O.K. Allen), Wilbur Swartz (Gerald L.K. Smith), Tom Alden (Dr. Vidrine), Edward Hoerner (Dr. Rives), Jean Mayre (Sister Michael), Brooks Read (Representative Fruge), Jerry Leggio (Jack Williamson), Don Draper (Desobre), Walter Krousel (House Speaker), Elliott Keener, J. Frank Lucas, Robert Adams, Don Lutenbacher, Pat McNamara, James Steele, B.J. Hopper, Stocker Fontelieu, Ted Airhart, Bill Holliday, Nick Kreiger.

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582... Like Mom, Like Me (CBS, 10/22/1978, 120 mins). The problems of a college professor and her teenage daughter facing a new life after being deserted by the husband/father are explored in this drama, adapted from the novel by “Like Mother, Like Me,” by Sheila Schwartz. Nancy Malone, an actress in the 1940s who found a new career as a TV executive, produced this film and plays a small role. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Michael Pressman. Producer Nancy Malone. Teleplay Nancy Lynn Schwartz. Based on a Novel by Sheila Schwartz. Photography Brianne Murphy. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Linda Lavin (Althea Gruen), Kristy McNichol (Jennifer Gruen), Patrick O’Neal (Philip Sanford), Max Gail (Henry Millen), Stacey Nelkin (Tao Wolf), Michael LeClair (Peter), Lawrence Pressman (Michael Gruen), Clark Brandon (Kevin), Michael Thoma (Woodhill), Carroll Reynolds (Sam Light), Richard Blake (Doorman), Carver Barners (Desk clerk), Babbet Bram (Waitress), Michele Laurita (Melissa), Nancy Malone (Jackie). 583... Like Normal People (ABC, 4/13/1979, 120 mins). This fact-based drama about a pair of mentally retarded young adults who face angry resistance when they decide to marry is virtually identical to the TV movie “No Other Love,” which premiered three weeks earlier. Rock singer and teen idol Shaun Cassidy made his dramatic acting debut in this film. Robert Meyers’ 1979 book was based upon his mildly retarded brother Roger. Production Companies Christiana Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Harvey Hart. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Based on a Book by Robert Meyers. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music John Addison. Editor Harry Keller. Art Director Stan Jolley. Cast Shaun Cassidy (Roger Meyers), Linda Purl (Virginia Rae Hensler), Zalman King (Bill Stein), James Keach (Robert Meyers Jr.), Michael McGuire (Robert Meyers Sr.), Hope Lange (Roz Meyers), Maureen Arthur (Aunt Kate), Jack Murdock (Lloyd Davis), Jimmy Gatherum (Roger at age 11), Doreen Lang (Grandma Teresa), McKee Anderson (Dorothy), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Billie), Carmen Zapata (License clerk), Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Patterson), Rhea Perlman (Jan), Frankie Kabott (Robert at age 18), Dick Billingsley (Roger at age 4), Dago Dimster (Robert at age 9), Danny Williams (Bobby at age 5), Ken Medlock (Ray), Michael Hughes (Caffey), Fred D. Scott (William), Christopher Ciampa (Tony), Julie Haddock (Amy), Jennine Riley (Donna), Dave Turner (Tully), Michael Fairman (Lieutenant Anderson), Ed Ness (Doctor), Suzanne Kent (Dee), Hu An Tsan (Tracey Ann Chue), Cooper Neal (Sullivan), Steve Butts (Casey), Adam Gunn (Gordon), Marty Smith (Stewart), Jamie Silvani, Bruce Katzman, Alex Kubik, James-Burr Johnson, Peter Burnell, T.J. Castronovo, Shepherd Sanders. 584... Linda (ABC, 11/3/1973, 90 mins). A calculating woman (Stella Stevens) kills her lover’s wife, then sets about framing her own husband for the murder. Mary Robin-Redd replaced Jess Walton. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Based on a Story by John D. MacDonald. Photography Leonard J. South. Music John Cacavas. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Stella Stevens (Linda Reston), Ed Nelson (Paul Reston), John McIntire (Marshall Journeyman), John Saxon (Jeff Braedon), Ford Rainey (Chief Vernon), Mary-Robin Redd (Anne Braedon), John Fink (Brownell), Alan Fudge (Officer Carr), Joyce Cunning (Louella), Ross Elliott (Officer Ramsey), Gary Morgan (Young man). 585... The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (NBC, 2/26/1976, 180 mins). A three-hour dramatization of the 1932 kidnapping of the Lindbergh infant, the search for the abductor, and his capture, trial and execution three years later. Anthony Hopkins won an Emmy for his acting in this movie which itself was nominated as Outstanding Special, as were J P Miller (original teleplay), Rita Roland (editor) and Bob Christenson and Denita Cavett (costume design). Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay J P Miller. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Rita Roland. Art Directors Carl Anderson, Ross Bellah. Cast Cliff DeYoung (Charles Lindbergh), Anthony Hopkins (Bruno Richard Hauptmann), Joseph Cotten (Dr. Joseph Francis Condon), Denise Alexander (Violet Sharpe), Sian-Barbara Allen (Anne Morrow Lindbergh), Martin Balsam (Edward J. Reilly), Peter Donat (Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf), John Fink (Mr. Anderson), Dean Jagger (Koehler), Laurence Luckinbill (Gov. Hal Hoffman), Frank Marth (Chief Harry Wolfe), Tony Roberts (Lt. Jim Finn), Robert Sampson (John Curtis), David Spielberg (David Wilentz), Joseph Stern (Dr. Schonfeld), Kate Woodville (Betty Gow), Keenan Wynn (Fred Huisache), Walter Pidgeon (Judge Trenchard), Bill Quinn (Andrew Phelps), Phillip R. Allen (Detective Bell), Arthur Batanides (Dawson), Larry Block (Barney Fayne), Ray Briehm (Harold Hill), Helen Page Camp (Elsie Whately), Paul Cavonis (Williamson), Larry Delaney (Fortas), John Durren (Harry Walsh), Ellen Geer (Myra Condon), Larry Gelman (Man with cigar), Christa Lang (Anna Hauptmann), Keith McConnell (The Butler), Michael O’Keefe (Terry Long), Terence Scammell (Pound), Arthur Space (Osborne), Gil Stuart (Whately), Nicky Blair (Maitre d’), Peter Brocco (Hochmuth), Gary Cashdollar (Reporter), Wayne C. Dvorak (Martin Bloch), Del Hinkley, Ed Griffith, Maurice Hill, Tony Lorea, George Sperdakis, Kay Stewart, Mark Roberts, Leslie Vallen, Roy West. 586... Lisa, Bright and Dark (NBC, 11/28/1973, 90 mins). Kay Lenz plays a teenager, in the throes of a nervous breakdown, who is helped by three girlfriends who try to draw her out with attempts at their own style of group therapy. A Hallmark Hall of Fame drama, based on John Neufeld’s 1969 bestseller for young people.

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Production Company Bob Banner Associates. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producer Tom Egan. Teleplay Lionel E. Siegel. Based on the Novel by John Neufeld. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Rod McKuen. Editor Keith Olson Cast Anne Baxter (Margaret Schilling), John Forsythe (William Schilling), Kay Lenz (Lisa Schilling), Anne Lockhart (Elizabeth), Debralee Scott (Mary Nell), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Betsy), Anson Williams (Brian), Erin Moran, Stuart Klitsner, Richard Stahl, Jessica Myerson, Lawrence Casey. 587... A Little Game (ABC, 10/30/1971, 90 mins). In this thriller, a hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother’s marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the boy’s next victim. Based on the 1968 novel by Fielden Farrington. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on the Novel by Fielden Farrington. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Robert Prince. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Cast Diane Baker (Elaine Hamilton), Ed Nelson (Paul Hamilton), Howard Duff (Dunlap), Katy Jurado (Laura), Mark Gruner (Robert Mueller), Christopher Shea (Stu Parker), Helen Kleeb (Secretary). 588... Little House on the Prairie (NBC, 3/30/1974, 120 mins). Faithful adaptation of the charming Laura Ingalls Wilder book (1935) about a family’s attempts to adjust to life on the Kansas frontier became the forerunner to the 1974-83 TV series in which Michael Landon not only starred but which he also produced and frequently wrote and directed. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, NBC Productions. Director Michael Landon. Executive Producer Ed Friendly. Producer Michael Landon. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on the Novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music David Rose. Editor John Loeffler. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Kent McCray. Cast Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls), Karen Grassle (Caroline Ingalls), Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls), Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls), Sidney Green Bush (Carrie Ingalls), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Victor Mohica (Soldat Du Chene), Cal Bellini (Brave), Sam Vlahos (1st Indian), Richard Alarian (2nd Indian), Marian Beeler (Grandmother), John Steadman (Grandfather). 589... Little Ladies of the Night (ABC, 1/16/1977, 120 mins). A onetime pimp turned big-city cop (David Soul) takes an interest in a teenage runaway (Linda Purl) who has been drawn into the hard world of prostitution after being shunned by her parents. Originally this was to have premiered in September 1976. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Hal Sitowitz. Teleplay Hal Sitowitz. Based on an Article by Ted Morgan. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast David Soul (Lyle York), Louis Gossett Jr. (Russ Garfield), Linda Purl (Hailey Atkins), Clifton Davis (Comfort), Carolyn Jones (Marilyn Atkins), Paul Burke (Frank Atkins), Lana Wood (Maureen), Kathleen Quinlan (Karen Brodwick), Vic Tayback (Finch), Katherine Helmond (Miss Colby), Dorothy Malone (Maggie), Bibi Osterwald (Matron), Sandra Deel (Mrs. Brodwick), Claude Earl Jones (Wally), David Hayward (Brady), James Ray (1st Senator), Tom McDonald (2nd Senator), Byron Morrow (3rd Senator), Matthew Bennett (1st John), Connie Sawyer (Female guard), David Nash (Doctor), Della Thomas (Lucy), Vincent Duke Milana (2nd John), Joe Warfield (Wilbur), Barbara Sloane (Waitress), Denise Gordy (Foxy lady). 590... Little Mo (NBC, 9/5/1978, 120 mins). Biopic about tennis great Maureen Connolly who, as a teenager, was the first woman to win the Grand Slam of Tennis, became world-renowned as “Little Mo,” and died of cancer in 1969 at the age of 34. Anne Baxter replaced Lana Turner in the part of Maureen’s mother. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Worldvision Enterprises. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer George Sherman. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Billy May, Carl Brandt. Editors Bill E. Garst, Bob Swanson, Doug Hines, Michael Berman. Art Director Carl Anderson. Technical Advisor Nancy Chaffee Kiner. Cast Glynnis O’Connor (Maureen Connolly), Michael Learned (Eleanor “Teach” Tennant), Anne Baxter (Jess Connolly), Claude Akins (Gus Berste), Martin Milner (Wilbur Folsom), Anne Francis (Sophie Fisher), Mark Harmon (Norman Brinker), Leslie Nielsen (Nelson Fisher), Ann Doran (Aunt Gert), Tony Trabert (Himself), Fred Holliday (Dr. Bruce Kimball), Len Wayland (Johnson), Justin Lord (Maxwell), Maggie Wellman (Susan), Jean Kard (Nancy Chaffee), Cindy Brinker (Susan Partridge), K.C. Keller (Laura Lou-Jahn), Tony Fretz (Doris Hart), Stacy Keach Sr. (Chamber of Commerce President), Beatrice Manley (Duchess of Kent), Jason Kincaid (Ben), Tracey Gold (Cindy Brinker), Missy Gold (Missy Brinker), Ian Abercrombie (Dr. Noyes). 591... Little Women (NBC, 10/2/1978 and 10/3/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A lavish fourth filming of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel of family life during the Civil War (previously made in 1919, 1933 and 1949), and the sixth (at least) TV presentation, sparking a weekly series that began in January 1979. Dorothy McGuire, playing Marmee here and in the series, had been scheduled to portray Meg in David O. Selznick’s abortive 1947 movie version, while Greer Garson made her TVmovie debut in this sugarplum production (Mildred Natwick took over her role in the later series). Robert Young here was reunited with McGuire, with whom he had costarred in the 1940s in “Claudia,” “Claudia and David” and “The Enchanted Cottage.” (He also costarred with Garson in “That Forsyte Woman.”) This version ran in two parts over four hours.

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Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer David Victor. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Donald Douglas., Jim Benson. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Meredith Baxter Birney (Meg March), Susan Dey (Jo March), Ann Dusenberry (Amy March), Eve Plumb (Beth March), Dorothy McGuire (Marmee), Robert Young (Grandpa Lawrence), Greer Garson (Aunt March), Richard Gilliland (Laurie), Cliff Potts (John Brooke), William Shatner (Professor Bhaer), William Schallert (Reverend March), Virginia Gregg (Hannah), Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Kirke), John de Lancie (Frank Vaughn), Carlene Watkins (Sally Gardiner), Logan Ramsey (J.T. Dashwood), Carol Baxter (Mrs. Hummel), Ben Wright (Doctor), Henry Sutton (Symms), Chesley Uxbridge (Concierge), Steven Monde, Robert G. Ahlers, Beth Windsor, Mallory Sanoler, Christian Vance. 592... Live Again, Die Again (ABC, 2/16/1974, 90 mins). A cryogenics tale, adapted from David Sale’s 1971 novel “Come to Mother,” about a woman’s reemergence after being frozen for more than 30 years following her death from rheumatic fever--and facing her now aged husband (Walter Pidgeon), her neurotic grown daughter (Vera Miles) and her confused son (Mike Farrell). Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Based on a Novel by David Sale. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music George Romanis. Editors David Newhouse, Jamie Caylor. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Cliff Potts (Joe Dolan), Donna Mills (Caroline Carmichael), Walter Pidgeon (Thomas Carmichael), Mike Farrell (James Carmichael), Geraldine Page (Sissie O’Neil), Vera Miles (Marcia Carmichael), Lurene Tuttle (Betty Simpson), Stewart Moss (Wilson), Irene Tedrow (Nurse), Peter Bromilow (Dr. Felman), Walker Edmiston (Larry Brice), Tom Curtis (Old friend), Florence Lake (Old friend). 593... The Lives of Jenny Dolan (NBC, 10/27/1975, 120 mins). Veteran producer Ross Hunter came to television with this drama (a pilot for a prospective series) about a glamorous newspaper reporter, played by Shirley Jones, who is assigned to investigate the assassination of a political figure. Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Ross Hunter. Producer Jacque Mapes. Teleplay James Lee. Based on an Original Idea by Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Patrick Williams. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Preston Ames. Costumes Guy Verhille. Cast Shirley Jones (Jenny Dolan), Stephen Boyd (Joe Rossiter), Lynn Carlin (Nancy Royce), James Darren (Oriando), Farley Granger (David Ames), George Grizzard (Ralph Stantlow), David Hedison (Dr. Wes Dolan), Stephen McNally (Lieutenant Nesbitt), Ian McShane (Sanders), Pernell Roberts (Camera shop proprietor), Percy Rodrigues (Dr. Laurence Mallen), Collin Wilcox-Horne (Mrs. Owens), Dana Wynter (Andrea Hardesty), Charles Drake (Alan Hardesty), Jess Oppenheimer (Springfield), Paul Carr (Eddie Owens), Virginia Grey (Landlady), Tony Young (Intern). 594... Lock, Stock and Barrel (ABC, 9/24/1971, 90 mins). An amiable Western about a young frontier couple who elope, are pursued by the girl’s displeased father and brothers, are joined by an escaped convict, and become involved with a phony preacher. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producer Richard Alan Simmons. Teleplay Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Harry J. May, Russell Metty. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Cast Tim Matheson (Clarence Bridgeman), Belinda Montgomery (Roselle Bridgeman), Claude Akins (Punch Logan), Jack Albertson (Brucker), Neville Brand (Sergeant Markey), Burgess Meredith (Rev. Willie Pursle), Robert Emhardt (Sam Hartwig), John Beck (Micah Brucker), Felicia Farr (Mattie), Charles Dierkop (Corporal Fowler), Joseph DiReda (Kane), Timothy Scott (Deville), Mills Watson (Plye), Marlene Tracy (Jean). 595... Locusts (ABC, 10/9/1974, 90 mins). Strikingly similar to the short story chiller “Laningen and the Ants” (filmed by Paramount in 1953 as “The Naked Jungle”), this tale has a menacing swarm of locusts advancing on the Midwest, forcing a young World War II pilot, discharged as unfit to fly, to attempt to conquer his personal terror and dispel his father’s shame. Production Companies Carson Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Richard T Heffron. Executive Producer Michael Donohew. Producer Herbert J. Wright. Teleplay Robert Malcolm Young. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Song by Stephen Geyer. Song “Harvest” performed by Herb Pederson. Editor Neil MacDonald. Associate Producer Judith Coppage. Cast Ben Johnson (Amos Fletcher), Ron Howard (Donny Fletcher), Katherine Helmond (Claire Fletcher), Lisa Gerritsen (Sissy Fletcher), Belinda Balaski (Janet Willimer), Rance Howard (Aaron), Robert Cruse (Cully Cullitan), William Speerstra (Ace Teverley), Bob Koons (Blauser), Bob Hoffman (Tom), Les Kimber (Jim), Jacqueline Dunckel (Mrs. Heusen), Jack Goth (Hank), Nancy Dunckel (Lilah), Michael Zawadski (Dr. Brant), Michael James (Cory), Mary D. Kent (Bess), Trevor Hayden (Ramaden), William Barry (Bus driver), Richard Dayton (Lloyd).

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596... The Log of the Black Pearl (NBC, 1/4/1975, 120 mins). A young businessman (Kiel Martin) receives a cryptic message from his seafaring grandfather (Ralph Bellamy), triggering the search for a sunken treasure and an expedition threatened by sabotage, in this Jack Webb-produced adventure. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer William Stark. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom. Based on a Story by Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors John Kaufman Jr., Robert Leeds. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Ralph Bellamy (Captain Fitzsimmons), Kiel Martin (Christopher Sand), Jack Kruschen (Jocko Roper), Glenn Corbett (Michael Devlin), Anne Archer (Lila Bristol), Henry Wilcoxon (Alexander Sand), John Alderson (Eric Kort), Edward Faulkner (Fenner), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Archie Hector), José Angel Espinosa (Benjamin Velasquez), Dale Johnson (Stockbroker). 597... The Loneliest Runner (NBC, 12/20/1976, 90 mins). A teenage loner who happens to be a gifted athlete must cope with personal shame and the angry accusations of his parents, especially his demanding mother, over his chronic bedwetting, although his shame ironically results in his eventually becoming an Olympic gold-medalist runner. Michael Landon based this story on his own teenage experiences. Photographer Ted Voigtlander and editor John Loeffler each received an Emmy nomination. Production Companies Michael Landon Productions, NBC Productions. Director Michael Landon. Producer Michael Landon. Teleplay Michael Landon. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music David Rose. Editor John Loeffler. Art Director Walter M. Jeffries. Associate Producer Kent McCray. Cast Lance Kerwin (John Curtis as a youth), Brian Keith (Arnold Curtis), DeAnn Mears (Alice Curtis), Melissa Sue Anderson (Nancy Rizzi), Rafer Johnson (Himself), Michael Landon (John Curtis as an adult), Randy Faustino (Tony), Dermott Downs (Donnie), Walker Edmiston (Doc Claymer), Herb Vigran (Security guard), Cliff Bellow (George Sanders), Neil Russell (Fred Dawkins), Robert Hackman (Mr. Rizzu), Barbara Collentine (Miss King), Hank Stohl (Assistant director), Mona Bruns (Cashier), Bill Dearth (Policeman). 598... The Lonely Profession (NBC, 10/21/1969, 120 mins). A detective tale about a no-nonsense private eye (Harry Guardino) who looks into the murder of the mistress of one of the world’s wealthiest men. Originally this was to have been called “The Savarona Syndrome,” and it was a pilot for a series that failed to materialize. Based on Douglas Heyes’ 1963 novel, “The Twelfth of Never.” Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Based on a Novel by Doug Heyes. Photography Ralph B. Woolsey. Music Pete Rugolo. Songs performed by Barbara McNair. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Associate Producers Carl Pingitore, Steve Heilpern. Cast Harry Guardino (Lee Gordon), Dean Jagger (Charles Van Cleve), Barbara McNair (Donna Travers), Joseph Cotten (Martin Bannister), Ina Balin (Karen Menardos), Dina Merrill (Beatrice Savarona), Jack Carter (Freddie Farber), Troy Donahue (Julian Thatcher), Stephen McNally (Lt. Joseph Webber), Fernando Lamas (Dominic Savarona), Kermit Murdock, Hal Hopper, Vince Williams, Duane Grey, John S Ragin. 599... Long Journey Back (ABC, 12/15/1978, 120 mins). Drama depicting a teenage girl’s courageous fight following a crushing school bus accident that leaves her physically and emotionally handicapped. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Audrey Davis Levin. Based on an Article by Judith Ramesy. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Herbert H. Dow, John Farrell. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Mike Connors (Vic Casella), Cloris Leachman (Laura Casella), Stephanie Zimbalist (Celia Casella), Katy Kurtzman (Amy Casella), Howard McGillin (Steve), Luis Avalos (Dr. Ropas), Nicolas Coster (Dr. Roberts), Lee Wallace (Dr. Chisholm), John Lamont (Cal), Michael Alldredge (David Lewis), Eunice Christopher (Dee Lewis), Phillip Levien (Jim Thompson), Richard Doran (Alan Wilcox), Blair Ashley (Lisa), Penelope Willis (Peggy), Stephen Keep (Dr. Ross), Nina Axelrod, Weldon Bleiler, Carol Carrington, David Cohen, Patricia Conklin, Eddy Dono, George Englund, Holly Irving, Meegan King, Peter Lempert, Tammy Neal, Eve Roberts, Sara Slack, Brett Williams, Teris Wyss. 600... The Longest Hundred Miles (NBC, 1/21/1967, 120 mins). A war story set in the Philippines, with an American GI, an Army nurse, a local priest, and a busload of native children fleeing enemy. Distinguishing this movie: legendary film composer Franz Waxman’s only television score. Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Weis. Producer Jack Leewood. Teleplay Winston Miller. Based on a story by Hennie Leon. Photography Ray Flin. Music Franz Waxman. Editor Richard G. Wray. Music Supervisor Stanley Wilson. Cast Doug McClure (Cpl. Steve Bennett), Katharine Ross (Laura Huntington), Ricardo Montalban (Father Sanchez), Ronald Remy (Miguel), Helen Thompson (Lupe), Berting Labra (Pedro), Loaki Bay (Paz), Vilma Santos (Maria), Danilo Juardo (Vincente), Debra Gaza (Teresa), Juan Marcelo (José), Danny Tariuam (Chico), Tommy Bismark (Coro), Victor Vematsu (Hiko). 601... The Longest Night (ABC, 9/12/1972, 90 mins). 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search for her before she suffocates. The “inspiration” for the film: the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle, an Emory College student, whose real-estate developer dad paid a half-million dollar ransom to get her back. The snatcher, Gary Steven Krist, was sent to prison for years and later became a respected Indiana doctor. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Photography Sam Leavitt. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast David Janssen (Alan Chambers), James Farentino (John Danbury), Phyllis Thaxter (Norman Chambers), Skye Aubrey (Ellen Gunther), Mike Farrell (Wills), Sallie Shockley (Karen Chambers), Joel Fabiani (Barris), Charles McGraw (Father Chase), Richard Anderson (Harvey Eaton), John Kerr (Officer Jones), Robert Cornthwaite (Frank Cavanaugh), Ross Elliott (Dr. Steven Clay). 602... Longstreet (ABC, 2/23/1971, 90 mins). A New Orleans-based insurance investigator, blinded in an explosion, tracks down the man who killed his wife and took his sight. This was the pilot to the short-lived series (1971-72) that starred James Franciscus, with Peter Mark Richman replacing Bradford Dillman as his boss and Marlyn Mason taking over the role of his Braille teacher/romantic interest from Martine Beswick. Of interest: Bruce Lee had a continuing part instructing Longstreet in the art of Kung Fu. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Stirling Silliphant. Producer Joseph Sargent. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Based on Characters Created by Baynard Kendrick. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast James Franciscus (Michael Longstreet), Bradford Dillman (Duke Paige), John McIntire (Dr. Dan Stockton), Jeanette Nolan (Alice Longstreet), Martin Beswick (Nikki Bell), Barry Russo (Lt. Kirk Gantry), Judith Jones (Ingrid Longstreet), Barney Phillips (Dr. Richards), Martin Kosleck (Von Marks), Lisabeth Field (Nurse), Lincoln Demyan (Inspector), James DeCloss (Police sergeant). 603... Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (ABC, 10/29/1976, 120 mins). This sequel to Roman Polanski’s 1968 classic chiller traces the growth to adulthood of the half-human/half-demon child whose life is a macabre battleground between human and satanic forces. Ruth Gordon re-creates her original film role, and Patty Duke Astin and George Maharis take over where Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes left off. Originally this one was to have been titled simply “Rosemary’s Baby II,” which is what it is called in syndication. Production Companies Culzean Corporation, Paramount Network Television. Director Sam O’Steen. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay Anthony Wilson. Based on an Original Idea by Ira Levin. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Bob Wyman. Art Director Lester D. Gobruegge. Cast Stephen McHattie (Adrian/Andrew), Patty Duke Astin (Rosemary Woodhouse), Broderick Crawford (Holtzman), Ruth Gordon (Minnie Castavet), Lloyd Haynes (Laykin), David Huffman (Peter Simon), Tina Louise (Marjean Dorn), George Maharis (Guy Woodhouse), Ray Milland (Roman Castavet), Donna Mills (Ellen), Philip Boyer (Adrian/Andrew at age 8), Brian Richards (Dr. Lister), Beverly Sanders (Interviewer), Buck Young, Andy Stone. 604... Loose Change (NBC, 2/26/1978 to 2/28/1978, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). A six-hour novel for television focusing on a 10-year period in the lives and loves of three best girlfriends--an author, an artist and a political activist--maturing during the turbulent 1960s. The miniseries, adapted from Sara Davidson’s 1977 novel, subsequently was cut to four hours and retitled “Those Restless Years.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Jules Irving. Executive Producer Jules Irving. Producer Michael Rhodes. Teleplay (Part 1) Charles Israel, Corinne Jacker. Teleplay (Parts 1 and 3) Corinne Jacker. Teleplay (Part 2) Jennifer Miller. Teleplay (Part 3) Corinne Jacker, Jennifer Miller. Based on the Novel by Sara Davidson. Photography (Part 1) John Elsenbach. Photography (Parts 2 and 3) Harry L. Wolf. Music Don Costa. Editor John Elias, Gene Foster, John F. Schreyer. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Gregory Hoblit. Cast Cristina Raines (Kate Evans), Season Hubley (Tanya Berensen), Laurie Heineman (Jenny Reston), Theodore Bikel (Tom Feiffer), Guy Boyd (Rob Kagan), John Getz (John Campbell), Gregg Henry (Hank Okrun), June Lockhart (Irene Evans), Stephen Macht (Peter Lane), Ben Masters (Joe Norman), Joshua Shelley (Sol Berenson), Judy Strangis (Judy Berenson), Michael Tolan (Mark Stewart), David Wayne (Dr. Moe Sinden), Kate Reid (Hilda), Paula Wagner (Roxanne), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Berenson), Richard Stanley (Timmy Reston), Maria Elena Cordero (Marita Kagan), Robert Symonds (Dave Goodwin), James Blendick (Bob O’Brian), Allan Migicovsky (Larry), Alice Hirson (Rosemary), Carl Franklin (Ed Thomas), Gary Swanson (George), Jon Lormer (Mike), Victor Mohica, Milt Kogan, Hunter Von Leer, Tara Buckman, Susan Batson, Robert Clotworthy, Victor Izay, Randy Brooks, Lynn Marie Johnston, Alan Mandell, Stuart Nisbet, Philip Michael Thomas, Randy Stumpf, Catlin Adams, Ivan Bonar, Brett Williams, Michael Alldredge, John Yates, Dennis Stewart, Peter Looney, John Blythe Barrymore, Stephen Hudis, Tara Fields, Chesley Uxbridge, James Rosin, Marjorie Nelson, Barry Hamilton, Barry Quin, Carl Byrd, Mindy Sterling, William Lanteau, Linda Redfearn, Joaquin Garay III, Meeno Peluce, Sparky Marcus, William Wintersole, Peggy Doyle, Phyllis Applegate, Arnold Turner, Janice Carroll, Lou Fant, Rhodes Reason, James McKrell, Mary Margaret Amato, Scott Ellsworth, Paul Willson, Judy Lewis, Robert Moloney.

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605... Louis Armstrong -- Chicago Style (ABC, 1/25/1976, 120 mins). An incident in the life of jazz great Louis Armstrong when, in 1931, he was booked into a small Chicago night spot, turning down a lucrative offer to move over to a club run by gangsters. His manager is bribed to secretly frame him on a marijuana charge, and he is forced to leave town--ironically (after the film ends) going to Europe where he was to skyrocket to international fame. Ben Vereen made his dramatic acting debut playing the young Satchmo. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Lee Philips. Co-Producers Betty L. Myles, Stan Myles Jr. Teleplay James Lee. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Benny Carter. Editors Bud S. Isaacs, Richard Halsey. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Associate Producers David Manson, John A. Ireland. Production Executive Charles Fries. Cast Ben Vereen (Louis Armstrong), Red Buttons (Red Cleveland), Margaret Avery (Alma Rae), Janet MacLachlan (Lil Armstrong [Lil Hardin]), Lee deBroux (Jack Cherney), Karen Jensen (Florence Cleveland), Albert Paulsen (The Man), Bill Henderson (Charles Rudolph), Ketty Lester (Mrs. Thomas), Stack Pierce (Cummins), Richard X. Slattery (1st detective), Wallace Rooney (Police sergeant), Jason Wingreen (2nd detective), Jerry Fogel (Jack Teagarden), Britt Leach (Attendant), Lois Battle (Gertrude), Ray Stewart (Agent), J. Jay Saunders (1st prisoner), Henry Harris (2nd prisoner), Paul Micale (Gardener), Jack Kutcher (Cab driver). 606... Louis L’Amour’s “The Sacketts” (NBC, 5/15/1979 and 5/16/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A traditional sagebrush saga based on two novels (“Sackett” and “The Daybreakers”) by Louis L’Amour, the foremost Western author on the contemporary scene, and the first dramatized for television of the 74 he has written (11 are about the Sackett family). This four-hour movie focuses on the three Sackett brothers in New Mexico territory after the Civil War, seeking their fortunes, avenging a family killing, driving cattle, and fighting for law and order. Production Companies Netter-Scott Productions, Shakalo Enterprises. Director Robert Totten. Producers Douglas Netter, Jim Byrnes. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Based on Novels by Louis L’Amour. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Howard Smith Production Designer Johannes Larson. Art Director Tambi Larsen. Cast Sam Elliott (Tell Sackett), Tom Selleck (Orrin Sackett), Jeff Osterhage (Tye Sackett), Glenn Ford (Tom Sunday), Ben Johnson (Cap Roundtree), Gilbert Roland (Don Luis Alvarado), John Vernon (Jonathan Pritts), Ruth Roman (Rosie), Jack Elam (Ira Bigelow), Gene Evans (Benson Bigelow), L.Q. Jones (Beldon), Paul Koslo (Kid Newton), Mercedes McCambridge (Ma Sackett), Slim Pickens (Jack Bigelow), Pat Buttram (Tathill), James Gammon (Wes Bigelow), Buck Taylor (Reed Carney), Lee deBroux (Simpson), Marcy Hanson (Laura Pritts), Ana-Alicia (Drusilla), Wendy Rastatter (Ange Kerry), Shug Fisher (Purgatorie barkeep), Frank Ramirez (Juan Torres), Ramon Chavez (Pete Romero), Henry Capps (Boyd), Tom Waters (Hobes), Brian Libby (Durango), Kimo Owens (Fetterson), Mai Gray (Harlot), Bill Hart (Rodale), Monique St. Pierre (Delilah), Malcolm Watt (Preacher), Pamela Earnhardt (Mary), Don Collier (L.P. Seeker), James O’Connell (Long Higgins), Buddy Totten, R.L. Tolbert, Bruce Fischer, Anakorita, Billy Cardi, Mark Wales, Patrick Mahoney, John Copeland, Rusty Lee, Dick Kyker, Earl Smith, Melvin Todd, David G Herrera, C.B. Clark, Richard Jamison, Ken Plonkey, Russell Cox Jr., James Almanear. 607... A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (NBC, 1/15/1978, 120 mins). A sentimental retelling of the love story of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife, told from her point of view. Originally this was to have premiered in October 1977, but ironically it was preempted by the World Series. Instead it had its initial airing opposite the Super Bowl Game! An Emmy Award nomination went to Blanche Hanalis for her adaptation of Eleanor Gehrig’s 1976 book, “My Luke and I,” written with sportwriter Joseph Durso. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer David Manson. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on the Autobiography by Eleanor Gehrig with Joseph Durso. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Eddy Lawrence Manson. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Blythe Danner (Eleanor Gehrig), Edward Herrmann (Lou Gehrig), Patricia Neal (Mrs. Gehrig), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Joe McCarthy), Ramon Bieri (Babe Ruth), Jane Wyatt (Eleanor’s Mother), Georgia Engel (Claire Ruth), Michael Lerner (Dr. Canlan), David Ogden Stiers (Dr. Charles Mayo), Gail Strickland (Dorothy), Valerie Curtin (Kitty), Jennifer Penny (Jennifer), Lainie Kazan (Sophie Tucker), Robert Burr (Joe Durso), James Luisi (Tony Lazzeri), Wynn Erwin (Yankee executive), William Wellman Jr. (Bill Dickey). 608... Love Among the Ruins (ABC, 3/6/1975, 120 mins). An outstanding, multi-award-winning romantic comedy, written especially for its two distinguished stars, acting together for the first time and each winning an Emmy Award. Katharine Hepburn plays an aging actress being sued for breach of promise and Laurence Olivier is a blunt barrister, her onetime lover, who must destroy her reputation to protect her fortune. George Cukor made his TV directorial debut here and also won an Emmy, as did James Costigan for his witty, elegant teleplay. The film also won Emmy Awards for art and set decoration and for costumes, and was given the Peabody Award in addition. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director George Cukor. Producer Allan Davis. Teleplay James Costigan. Photography Douglas Slocombe. Music John Barry. Editor John F. Burnett. Art Director Carmen Dillon. Cast Katharine Hepburn (Jessica Medlicott), Laurence Olivier (Sir Arthur Granville-Jones), Colin Blakely (J.F. Devine), Richard Pierson (Druce), Joan Sims (Fanny Pratt), Leigh Lawson (Alfred Pratt), Gwen Nelson (Hermione Davis), Robert H. Harris

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(The Judge), Peter Reeves, Arthur Hewlett, John Dunbar, Ian Sinclair, Mervyn Pascoe, Colin Thomas, Lincoln Wright, John Bromley, Leslie Southwick, Stanley Platts, Philip Lennard, Peter Lund, Frank Forsythe, John Heller, Rosamund Burne, Jacqueline Charlie. 609... The Love Boat (ABC, 9/17/1976, 120 mins). This was the pilot for the hit series, packed with familiar TV names and faces, interweaving several comedy stores of the misadventures of passengers and crew aboard a California to Mexico cruise ship. Production Company Douglas S. Cramer Productions. Director Alan Myerson, Richard Kinon. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplays “Mona Lisa Speaks” and “Til Death Do Its Part” by Carl Kleinschmitt. Teleplay “Mr. And Mrs. Havlicek Aboard” by Robert Iles, James R. Stein. Teleplay “Are There Any Real Love Stories” by Dawn Aldredge, Marion C. Freeman. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Charles Fox. Editors Bob Moore, Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Henry Colman. Cast Don Adams (Donald Richardson), Tom Bosley (George Havlicek), Florence Henderson (Monica Richardson), Gabriel Kaplan (Stan Nichols), Harvey Korman (Clifford), Cloris Leachman (Iris Havlicek), Hal Linden (Andrew Canaan), Karen Valentine (Ellen Carmichael), Ted Hamilton (Capt. Thomas Allen Ford III), Dick Van Patten (Dr. Adam O’Neil), Theodore Wilson (Isaac [the Bartender]), Sandy Helberg (Gopher [the Yeoman Purser]), Joseph J. Sicari (Nino [the Steward]), Terri O’Mara (Gerry Landers [the Cruise Director]), Richard Stahl (Danny DiMarco), Kathryn Ish (Dena DiMarco), Jimmy Baio (Arnold Merrit), Joyce Jameson (Louella McKenzie), Beverly Sanders (Rita Merritt), William H. Bassett (First Officer), David Man (The Photographer), Laurette Spang (Juanita Havlicek), Jetta Seear (Binaca), Ric Carrott (Richard Garrett III), Montana Smover (Momma), Mary Patton (Martha), Linda Borgeson (Dolores), Harry Wilmot (Bud Larsen), Timothy Wayne (Newlywed), Linda Hutson (Newlywed). 610... The Love Boat II (ABC, 1/21/1977, 120 mins). The sequel to “The Love Boat” (1976), this second pilot to the subsequent hit series once again offered an all-star TV cast setting sail for romance under the watchful eyes of a totally new crew, several of whom (Grandy, Kopell and Lange) were signed on for the later weekly voyage, which began cruising in September 1977. Production Company Spelling Entertainment. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Henry Colman. Teleplay “Unfaithfully Yours” by Carl Kleinschmitt. Teleplays “Here’s Looking at You, Love”and “For the Love of Sandy” by Dawn Aldredge, Marion C Freeman, Leonora Thuna. Teleplay “The Heckler” by Steve Pritzker. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Charles Fox. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Ken Berry (Jim Berkley), Bert Convy (Ralph Manning), Celeste Holm (Eva McFarland), Hope Lange (Elaine Palmer), Kristy McNichol (Linda Morley), Robert Reed (Stephen Palmer), Craig Stevens (Robert Grant), Marcia Strassman (Pat McFarland), Lyle Waggoner (Roger), Diana Canova (Donna Morley), Tracy Brooks Swope (Angela), Wesley Addy (Dr. Livingston), Candy Azzara (Amy Mitchell), Fred Grandy (Gopher [Purser]), Bernie Kopell (Dr. O’Neill), Ted Lange (Isaac [Bartender]), Quinn Redeker (Captain Madison), Diane Stilwell (Sandy Summers [Cruise Director]). 611... Love for Rent (ABC, 11/11/1979, 120 mins). Two small-town sisters go to Hollywood and find themselves seduced by the glamour of the big time and big money as high-priced professional escorts. Adapted from Donn Pierce’s Playboy article. Production Company Warren V. Bush Productions. Director David Miller. Executive Producer Warren V. Bush. Producer Phil Parslow. Teleplay Andrew Britt. Based on an Article by Donn Pearce. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Peter Matz. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Annette O’Toole (Carol Martin), Lisa Eilbacher (Lynn Martin), Rhonda Fleming (Maggie Lester), Eugene Roche (Sloane), David Selby (Phil), Darren McGavin (Coach John Martin), Catherine Hicks (Annie), Bert Remsen (Ben), Robin Strand (Howie), Lesley Woods (Mrs. Townsend), Severn Darden (Fred Hallem). 612... Love, Hate, Love (ABC, 2/9/1971, 90 mins). Ryan O’Neal’s TV-movie debut cast him as a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model (Lesley Ann Warren). She in turn jilts her jet-setter fiancé, who turns out to be psychotic. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Joan Harrison. Teleplay Eric Ambler. Based on a Story by Eric Ambler, Robert Summerfield. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Lyn Murray. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Paul Sylos. Wardrobe (Lesley Ann Warren) Nolan Miller. Cast Ryan O’Neal (Russ Emery), Lesley Ann Warren (Sheila Blunden), Peter Haskell (Leo Price), Henry Jones (Tom Blunden), Jeff Donnell (Mary Blunden), Jack Mullaney (Eddie), Stanley Adams (Wally), Shannon Farnon (Karen Roche), Ryan MacDonald (Lt. Hank Robins), Fred Holliday (Patrolman), Mark Tapscott (Deputy Sheriff), Charlene Polite (Secretary). 613... Love Is Not Enough (NBC, 6/12/1978, 120 mins). An amiable comedy-drama about a black family that moves to Los Angeles from Detroit in search of a better life. “Harris and Company,” the series that spun off from this film, ran briefly in the spring of 1979. Production Company Universal Television. Director Ivan Dixon. Producer Stanley G Robertson. Teleplay Arthur A. Ross. Photography Lamar Boren. Music Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Editor Larry Strong. Art Director Sherman Loudermilk. Cast Bernie Casey (Mike Harris), Stuart K. Robinson (David Harris), Renée Brown (Liz Harris), Dain C. Turner (Richard Allen), Carol Tillery Banks (Angie Adams), Lia Jackson (Juanita Harris), Eddie Singleton (Tommy Harris), Stu Gilliam (Cousin

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Charley Adams), James Luisi (Harry Foreman), James Canning (Guitarist), Mel Carter (Mickey Smita), Chesley Uxbridge (Club owner), Douglas Grant (Drummer), Deborah Pratt (Susan), Lois Walden (Louise Forman), Bill Duke (“Happy” Jordan), Warren Miller (Gas station attendant), Vincent Howard (Police officer), Art Kimbro, Ben Hartigan, David Westberg, Phyllis Applegate, Jesse Dizon, Jack Wells, Daniel Free, John Zenda, Pamela Jones, Michael Swan, Carol Baxter, Clarence Floyd III, Raphael Baker, Lisa D. Ray, Kendall McCarthy. 614... The Love War (ABC, 3/10/1970, 90 mins). A science-fiction thriller involving aliens from two warring planets (Lloyd Bridges and Angie Dickinson) who take human form and continue their battle in a small California town. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay David Kidd, Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Paul Uhl. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Kyle), Angie Dickinson (Sandy), Harry Basch (Bal), Daniel J. Travanti (Tod), Allen Jaffe (Hort), Bill McLean (Reed), Byron Foulger (Will), Bob Nash (Limo driver), Judy Jordan (Judy), Art Lewis, Pepper Martin. 615... Love’s Dark Ride (NBC, 4/2/1978, 120 mins). A young advertising executive, blinded in a gun accident, falls in love with a nightclub entertainer he has befriended, and through her he attempts to rebuild his life and career. Blind actor/musician Tom Sullivan lends a degree of authenticity to this true story as a blind psychiatrist who helps the film’s hero. An opening advisory noted: “This program was inspired by the experiences of Steven P. Ehlers.” Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Worldvision Enterprises. Director Delbert Mann. Producer Joseph M Taritero. Teleplay Ann Beckett, Dennis Nemec, Kane O’Connor. Based on a Story by Ann Beckett, Kane O’Connor. Photography Robert H. Wyckoff. Music John D’Andrea, Michael Lloyd. Theme song performed by Tom Sullivan. Editor Richard Greer. Art Director William F. O’Brien. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Associate Producer Robert Leeds. Cast Cliff Potts (Steven P. Ehlers), Carrie Snodgress (Nancy Warren), Jane Seymour (Diana), Granville Van Dusen (Tom Scott), Tom Sullivan (Dr. Brad Smith), Shelly Novack (Karl Sears), Basil Hoffman (Dr. Kanlan), Fred Beir (Dave Ramsey), Bill Deiz (Dr. Rush), John Waldron (John Ehlers), Jimmy Mair (David Ehlers), Judy Jordan West (Debbie). 616... Love’s Savage Fury (ABC, 5/20/1979, 120 mins). This unabashed carbon copy of “Gone With the Wind” had a petulant, self-centered Southern belle fighting not only to keep herself the center of attraction among her countless beaux but also to hold on to the family homestead when the Union Army comes marching through, and then it veers off into a search for a cache of gold and a look at prison camp life under the bluecoats. “Not since ‘Gone With the Wind’ has there been a romantic drama with the epic sweep of ‘Love’s Savage Fury’ ” a voice intoned solemnly before the letters of the title, ripping a page from the classic to which its producers dared compare it, swept majestically across the TV screen. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Ronald Lyon. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Calvin Clements Jr. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music John Addison. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editors John M. Woodcock, Wayne Wahrman. Art Directors Alfeo Bocchicchio, Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Hudson Hickman. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Jennifer O’Neill (Laurel Taggart), Perry King (Col. Zachary Willis), Raymond Burr (Lyle Taggart Sr.), Robert Reed (Colonel Marston), Connie Stevens (Dolby), Ed Lauter (Sergeant Weed), Howard McGillin (Ferris), Vernee Watson (Jewel), Deborah Morgan (Opal), Jeffrey Byron (Lyle Taggart Jr.), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Tighe), Edward Power (Captain Brody), Slim Gaillard (Moss), Aarika Wells (Prostie), Mark Hager (Soldier). 617... Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (CBS, 12/13/1978, 120 mins). In this sequel to “A Circle of Children” (1977), Jane Alexander re-creates her original role as a teacher of disturbed children who must make decisions regarding her own life and the progress of her students. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producers Diana Kerew, Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Josh Greenfeld. Based on a Book by Mary MacCracken. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Jerry Fielding. Supervising Editor Gene Milford. Editor Kent Anthony. Production Designer Karen Bromley. Cast Jane Alexander (Mary MacCracken), Ronny Cox (Cal MacCracken), Kris McKeon (Hannah [“Lovey”]), Jeff Lynas (Brian), Guy Costley (Rufus), Drew Buettow (Jamie), Avril Gentles (Doris Stevens), Helen Shaver (Patty), Karen Allen (Elizabeth), Diane Kagan (Mrs. Rosnic), Danny Aiello (Bernie Serino), Caroline Yeager (Ellen), James Noble (Ed). 618... Lucan (ABC, 5/22/1977, 90 mins). A 20-year-old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own in search of his identity. Subsequently, this became a once-in-awhile series during the 1977-78 season. Production Company MGM Television. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Barry Lowen. Producer David Greene. Teleplay Michael Zagor. Photography Harry J. May. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Scott Conrad. Art Director Brian Eatwell. Cast Kevin Brophy (Lucan), Stockard Channing (Mickey), Ned Beatty (Larry McElwaine), William Jordan (Gene Boone), John Randolph (Dr. Hoagland), Lou Frizzell (Casey), Ben Davidson (Coach Dalton), George Wyner (Rantzen), Hedley

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Mattingly (President Davies), John Finnegan (Jess), Richard C. Adams (Coffin), Todd Olsen (Lucan at age 10), George Reynolds (Policeman), Virginia Hawkins (Woman). 619... Lucas Tanner (NBC, 5/8/1974, 90 mins). A high school teacher’s career is threatened because of a student’s death when the rumor is spread that his negligence killed the boy. The 1974-75 series also starred David Hartman as the problem-solving teacher and Rosemary Murphy as the principal. Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Donner. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Jerry McNeely. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music David Shire. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast David Hartman (Lucas Tanner), Rosemary Murphy (Margaret Blumenthal), Kathleen Quinlan (Joyce Howell), Ramon Bieri (Craig Willeman), Joe Garagiola (Himself), Nancy Malone (Nancy Howell), Michael Baseleon (Tim Howell), Robbie Rist (Glendon), Alan Abelew (Jaytee). 620... The Macahans (ABC, 1/19/1976, 150 mins). A buckskin-clad mountain scout helps to move his parents, his brother and sister-in-law and their four children westward in 1860 ahead of the impending war in this sweeping drama based on the film “How the West Was Won.” James Arness returned to acting in this one after 20 years as Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke,” and he later continued in the once-in-a-while series (1977-79), also called “How the West Was Won.” Production Companies Albert S. Ruddy Productions, MGM Television. Director Bernard McEveety. Executive Producer John Mantley. Producer Jim Byrnes. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Edward R. Plante. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Robbe Roberts. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast James Arness (Zeb Macahan), Eva Marie Saint (Kate Macahan), Richard Kiley (Timothy Macahan), Bruce Boxleitner (Seth Macahan), Kathryn Holcomb (Laura Macahan), William Kirby Cullen (Jeb Macahan), Vicki Schreck (Jessie Macahan), Gene Evans (Dutton), Victor Mohica (Billy Joe), Frank Ferguson (Grandpa Macahan), Ann Doran (Grandma Macahan), Ben Wilson (Henry Jethro), Mel Stevens (Doc Dodd), Rudy Diaz (Chief Bear Dance), John Crawford (Hale Crowley), W. Vincent St. Cyr (Ponoa Chief), F. Allen Livers (The Runner), Jim Ward (Mountain man), Skip Lowell (Dying rebel), Tom Stovall (1st rebel), Jack Wallwork (Commanding Officer of Fort Randall), Ben Zeller (Cavalry officer), Wright King (Infantry captain), William Bryant (Major at Shiloh), Mayf Nutter (Jenkins), Henry Olek (Grayson), Charles Kuenstle (Sergeant Hodges), Claude Johnson (Wounded soldier), Clark Bar (Aide), Lloyd Nelson (Sentry), Jonathan Banks (Woodward), Herb Robins (Polk), Joe Kurtzo (Stenner), Cliff Stevens (Bartender), Bill Zuckert (Caldwell), Hal Baylor (Lawman), I. Stanford Jolley (Farmer), William Conrad (Narrator). 621... Mad Bull (CBS, 12/21/1977, 120 mins). A love story between a hulking wrestler, whose life in the ring has little meaning, and an attractive woman who sees through his muscleman veneer to discover a sensitive human being. Production Companies Steckler Productions, Filmways. Director Len Steckler, Walter Doniger. Executive Producer Len Steckler. Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Teleplay Vernon Zimmerman. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Al DeLory. Editors Scott Conrad, Thomas Stamford. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer William Ross. Cast Alex Karra (Iago “Mad Bull” Karkus), Susan Anspach (Christina Sebastiani), Nicholas Colasanto (Duke Sallow), Elisha Cook (Sweeper), Danny Dayton (Eddie Creech), Chris DeRose (Anthony “The Executioner” Yarkus), Richard Karron (Yapopotsky-”The Cave Man”), Steve Sandor (Jack “The White Knight” Braden), Titos Vandis (Theo Karkus), Tracey Walter (Coley Turner), Bill Baldwin (TV announcer), Dennis Burkley (Earl Lewis), Walker Edmiston (TV interviewer), Eddra Gale (Queenie), H B. Haggerty (Mr. Clean), Laurie Heineman (Delia), Ernie Hudson (Black Bart), Harry Landers (Dr. Bradford), K.C. Martel (Alex Karkus), Mike Mazurki (Tidy), Eddie Quillan (Rafferty), Count Billy Varga (Referee), Jimmy Lennon (Himself), Regis Philbin (Raymond Towne), Charles Waggenheim (Panhandler), Russell Shannon (Cab driver), Simmy Bow (Fan), Patrick Campbell (Body shop worker), Dale Ishimoto (Smitty), Hal Smith (Customer), Barbara Boles (Marie), Harry Landers, Rozelle Gayle, Ila Britton, Bonnie Wiseman, Virginia Peters, Douglas Deane, Al Dunlap, Bradley Lieberman, Merie Earle, Dolores Sandoz, Kathleen Hiethala. 622... Madame Sin (ABC, 1/15/1972, 120 mins). In her initial movie for television, Bette Davis is a ruthless, allpowerful mystery woman who abducts an ex-CIA agent and forces him to help her steal an ultra-modern Polaris submarine. This pilot to a prospective series was a personal project of costar Robert Wagner, here acting as the film’s executive producer. Production Company ITC Entertainment Group. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Robert Wagner. Producers Julian Wintle, Lou Morheim. Teleplay Barry Oringer, David Greene. Created by Barry Shear, Lou Markheim. Photography Anthony B. Richmond. Music Michael Gibbs. Editor Peter Tanner. Production Designer Brian Eatwell. Cast Bette Davis (Madame Sin), Robert Wagner (Tony Lawrence), Denholm Elliott (Malcolm), Gordon Jackson (Cmdr. Teddy Cavandish), Dudley Sutton (Monk), Catherine Schell (Barbara), Paul Maxwell (Connors), Pik-sen Lim (Nikko), David Healy (Braden), Alan Dobie (White), Roy Kinnear (Holidaymaker), Al Mancini (Fisherman), Charles Lloyd Pack (Willoughby), Arnold Diamond (Lengetti), Frank Middlemass (Dr. Henriques), Burt Kwouk (Scarred operator), Paul Young (Naval D), Jack Weir (Chief Petty Officer), Gerard Norman (Lieutenant Brady), Stuart Hoyle (Naval officer), Stuart McGugan (Sailor), Ian Agnew (Boat owner), Gabriella Ligudi (Nun), Vanessa Kempeter (Nun), John Orchard (Revolutionary), John Slavid (Revolutionary), Barry Moreland (Musician).

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623... Magic Carpet (NBC, 11/6/1972, 120 mins). A language student living in Rome (Susan Saint James) hires on as a tour guide and falls for a mysterious stowaway who is sought by the police in this filmed-on-location stellar (by TV standards) romp. Producer/writer Ranald MacDougall’s wife and son (Nanette Fabray and Jamie MacDougall) also participated. Production Companies Westwood Productions, Universal Television. Director William A Graham. Producer Ranald MacDougall. Teleplay Ranald MacDougall. Photography Pietro Portalupi. Music Lyn Murray. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Franco Fumalagi. Cast Susan Saint James (Timothea Lamb), Robert Pratt (Josh Tracy), Cliff Potts (Roger Warden), Enzo Cerusico (Renato Caruso), Jim Backus (George Benson), Henny Backus (Edna Benson), Abby Dalton (Lucy Kane), Wally Cox (Harold Kane), Nanette Fabray (Virginia Wolfe), John Larch (Mr. Tracy), Clint Kimbrough (John Doolittle), Frank Latimore (Henry Toland), Selma Diamond (Mrs. Vogel), Michael Lerner (Michael Glassman), Barbara Pilavin (Clara Burke), Casey MacDonald (Mrs. Tracy), Jamie MacDougall (Jamie Burke), Nona Medici, Bruno Boschetti, Linda De Felice, Bud Walls. 624... The Magician (NBC, 3/17/1973, 90 mins). In this pilot for the 1973-74 series, a dapper magician uses the wizardry of his craft to help people in distress and exposes a staged plane crash when asked by the mother of one of the victims to check into a possible conspiracy. In the later series, Bill Bixby, Keene Curtis and Jim Watkins were joined by Joseph Sirola as the fictional manager of Hollywood’s real-life House of Magic, the club frequented by magicians where the shows were filmed. The title of this TV movie and the subsequent series had nothing to do with Ingmar Bergman’s famed, similarly titled 1959 classic. Production Companies B & B Productions Inc, Paramount Network Television. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Producer Barry Crane. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on a Story by Joseph Stefano. Photography Robert Hoffman. Music Patrick Williams. Editors Donald R. Rode, Larry Strong, Mike Vejar. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Bill Bixby (Anthony Dorian), Keene Curtis (Max Pomeroy), Joan Caulfield (Lulu), Kim Hunter (Nora Coogan), Elizabeth Ashley (Sallie Baker), Barry Sullivan (Joseph Baker), Allen Case (Adams), Signe Hasso (Madame Parga), Jim Watkins (Jerry), Anne Lockhart (Mary Rose Coogan), Todd Crespi (Dennis), Richard Van Fleet, Lorelei Sebring, Cami Sebring, Tol Avery, Jeff Morris, Bill Quinn, Holly Irving, Johnny Hamer. 625... The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (NBC, 6/19/1977, 90 mins). A Disney-like comedy about a naïve young scientist whose employers try to steal his invention--an energy disk that can solve the world’s energy crisis. Originally this film had been scheduled to premiere nearly three months earlier under the title “Adventures of Freddie.” Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producers Hy Averback, James H. Brown. Teleplay Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Asa Boyd Clark. Art Directors James G. Hulsey, Ross Bellah. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Michael Burns (Freddie Griffith), Dick Blasucci (Cal Bixby), Jane Connell (Ida Griffith), Keene Curtis (Mr. Undershaft), Susan Blanchard (Marcie Hamilton), Conrad Janis (Mr. Kreel), Tom Poston (Willard Bensinger), Susan Sullivan (C.B. Macauley), Harry Morgan (J.J. Strange), Loni Anderson (Miss Daroon), Alex Sharp (Alex), Zachary B. Charles (Man in van), Jack Frey (Photographer), Martin Azarow (Lombardi), Hal Floyd (Hessler), Gary Giem (Young executive), Linda McClure (Secretary in van), William Hubbard Knight (Security guard), Lindy Davis (Western Union boy). 626... Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (NBC, 2/8/1976, 120 mins). After many years, first as Perry Mason and then as Robert T. Ironside, Raymond Burr starred in this pilot about a prominent lawyer with a tarnished reputation who defends a young man charged with committing homicide in prison. Production Companies Crescendo Productions, R.B. Productions, Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Joel Oliansky, Joseph Polizzi. Based on a Story by Tom Greene. Photography Russell Metty. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John Corso. Associate Producer Stuart Cohen. Cast Raymond Burr (Daniel Mallory), Robert Loggia (Angelo Rondello), Roger Robinson (Cliff Wilson), Mark Hamill (Joe Celli), Peter Mark Richman (John Shields), A Martinez (Roberto Ruiz), Victor Mohica (Tony Garcia), Eugene Roche (Bob Lattimer), Allan Rich (Judge Paul Pieter), Philip Sterling (Richmond), Joyce Easton (Sandra Wiley), Cliff Emmich (Ron Weimer), William Lucking (George), Stanley Kamel (Cole), Alexander Courtney (Richardson), Karen Somerville (Sandy), Jay Varela (2nd Deputy Marshal), Sandy Ward (1st Deputy Marshal), Wil Albert (Esterhazy), J. Jay Saunders (Interviewing officer), Dan Barrows (Bartender), Mark Travis (O’Rourke), John Finnegan (Deputy Marshal Vieter), Richard Eastham (Executive), Harry Hickox (General). 627... A Man Called Intrepid (NBC, 5/20/1979 to 5/22/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). A fanciful three-part, six-hour suspense drama inspired by William Stevenson’s bestselling account (1976) about the formation of an Allied espionage network during World War II by a wealthy Canadian using his own funds. David Niven made his TV movie debut as the man behind the operation. Production Companies Lorimar Productions, Astral Film Enterprises, CTV Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Director Peter Carter. Executive Producers Harold Greenberg, Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Peter Katz. Producer (Canada) Jim Hanley. Teleplay William Blinn. Based on a Book by William Stevenson. Photography Brian West.

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Supervising Editor Eric Wrate. Music Robert Farnon. Editors Martin Pepler, Tony Lower. Art Director Claude Bonniere. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Associate Producer Gordon L.T. Scott. Cast David Niven (Sir William Stephenson), Michael York (Evan Michaelian), Barbara Hershey (Madelaine), Paul Harding (Colonel Juergen), Flora Robson (Sister Luke), Peter Gilmore (Gubbins), Renée Asherson (Mrs. Wainwright), Nigel Stock (Winston Churchill), Ferdy Mayne (Alexander Korda), Gayle Hunnicutt (Cynthia), Shirley Steedman (Anna), Belinda Mayne (Deidra), Larry Reynolds (Nils Bohr), Joseph Golland (Albert Einstein), Chris Wiggins (Heisenberg), Dick O’Neill (Bill Donovan), Ken James (J. Edgar Hoover), Shane Rimmer (Willoughby), Ian Sharp (Junior Gestapo officer), George Waring (German Naval officer), Hillary Lebow (Ingrid), Christopher Irwin, Dick Grant, Lorna Brown, Reg Lye, Bruce Boa, Leon Green, Colin Fox, Brian Stirner, Paul Shelley, Edward Dentith, David King, Jo Dunlop, John Quentin, Spencer Banks, Sue Vanner, Jack McKenzie, William Greaves, Adrian Gibbs, Roger Owen, Tony Stephens, Chris Jenkinson, Marianne Stone, Lincoln Wright. 628... Man From Atlantis (NBC, 3/4/1977, 120 mins). A sci-fi drama about a water-breathing humanoid, the last survivor of an underwater habitat called Atlantis, and his encounter with earthlings. The subsequent series was short-lived (September-December 1977). Production Companies Solow Production Company, NBC Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Herbert F. Solow. Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Mayo Simon. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Fred Karlin. Supervising Editor Dann Cahn. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Jack Poplin. Cast Patrick Duffy (Mark Harris), Belinda Montgomery (Dr. Elizabeth Merrill), Dean Santoro (Ernie Smith), Art Lund (Adm. Dewey Pierce), Victor Buono (Mr. Schuburt), Lawrence Pressman (Cmdr. Phil Roth), Mark Jenkins (Lieutenant Ainsley), Allen Case (Lt. Cmdr. Johnson), Joshua Bryant (Dr. Doug Berkley), Steve Franken (Doctor), Virginia Gregg (Whale scientist), Curt Lowens (Emil), Charles Davis (British scientist), Lilyan Chauvin (French scientist), Vincent Duke Milana (American scientist), Alex Rodine (Russian scientist), Philip Baker Hall (George), Marguerite DeLain (1st receptionist), Trudy Marshall (Woman at party), Michael J. London (Popeye), Robert Dore (Diver), Michael Watson (Diver), Connie Izay (1st Nurse), Judd Laurance (Intern), James Chandler (Man on beach), Pat Anderson (2nd receptionist), Akemi Kikumura (3rd receptionist), Larry Holt (Ambulance driver), Peter Weiss (Test lab technician), Maralyn Thomas (2nd nurse), Phillip Roye (Intern), Cheryl Robinson (X-ray technician), Scott Stevenson (Boy on beach). 629... The Man in the Iron Mask (NBC, 1/17/1977, 120 mins). A stylish new version of the Dumas swashbuckler, mixing fact and fictitious derring-do and telling of Louis XIV’s identical twin, both played with panache by Richard Chamberlain. It already had been filmed a half-dozen times in several variations. This production earned Emmy Award nominations for writer William Bast and costumer Olga Lehmann. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, NBC Productions. Director Mike Newell. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay William Bast. Based on the Novel by Alexandre Dumas. Photography Freddie Young. Music Allyn Ferguson. Art Director David Tringham. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer John Stoll. Cast Richard Chamberlain (King Louis XIV/Phillippe), Patrick McGoohan (Fouquet), Louis Jourdan (D’Artagnan), Jenny Agutter (Louise de la Valliere), Ian Holm (Duval), Ralph Richardson (Colbert), Vivien Merchant (Queen Maria Theresa), Brenda Bruce (Anne of Austria), Esmond Knight (Armand), Godfrey Quigley (Baisemeauz), Emrys James (Percerin), Denis Lawson (Claude), Anne Zelda (Henriette), Stacy Davis (Blacksmith), Jean Reney (Majordomo), Pierre Marteville (King’s secretary), John Cording (Jailor), Hugh Fraser (Montfieury), Terry Richards (Thug), Max Amyl (Andre), Francois Guillaume (Poncan). 630... The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (NBC, 12/23/1979, 120 mins). Holiday season fantasy in which Fred Astaire turns up as eight different characters to help change the lives of three total strangers who have made their way to a costume shop to rent Santa Claus outfits for various reasons. Along the way, he introduces a new song, “That Once a Year Christmas Day.” Astaire and Nanette Fabray are reunited for the first time since “The Band Wagon” in 1953. Production Company dick clark productions. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producers Al Schwartz, Dick Clark. Producer Lee Miller. Teleplay George Kirgo. Based on a Story by Leonard Gershe. Photography Woody Omens. Music Peter Matz. Song “That Once a Year Christmas Day” by Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel. Song performed by Fred Astaire. Choreographer Diane Arnold. Editor Lovel Ellis. Art Director Frank Swig. Cast Fred Astaire (Costume Shop Proprietor/Driver/Jeweler/Policeman/Cab Driver/Floor Walker/Choral Director/Santa Claus), Gary Burghoff (Bob Willis), John Byner (Stan Summerville), Bert Convy (Gil Travis), Tara Buckman (Polly Primer), Brooke Bundy (Linda Travis), Eddie Barth (Babyskin), Ron Feinberg (Bruno Betinger), Nanette Fabray (Dora Dayton), Harold Gould (Dickie Dayton), Ray Vitte (Eddie), Debbie Lytton (Melissa), Pat Petersen (Lance), Danny Wells (Chandler), Carlo Imperato (Dom), Andre Gower (Terry Travis), David Greenam (Rod Sanborn), Majel Barrett (Miss Forsythe), Sascha Von Scherler (Shopper), Eddie Ryder (Hans), Tony La Torre (Angelo), Ted Thurston (Clerk). 631... Man on a String (CBS, 2/18/1972, 90 mins). A government undercover agent, out to smash a crime ring, finds himself in the middle of a mob war in this pilot for a proposed new version of the old TV series “Tightrope” (1959-60) that had made a star of Mike Connors.

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Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Ben Maddow. Photography Edward Rosson. Editor Asa Boyd Clark. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Joseph Goodson. Cast Christopher George (Lt. Pete King), William Schallert (William Connaught), Michael Baseleon (Mickey Brown), Keith Carradine (Danny Brown), Joel Grey (Big Joe Brown), Kitty Winn (Angela Canyon), Paul Hampton (Cowboy), Jack Warden (Jake Moniker), J. Duke Russo (Carlo Buglione), Jack Bernardi (Counterman), Lincoln Demyan (Billy Prescott), Bob Golden (Motor officer), Jerome Guardino (Scarred man), Byron Morrow (Judge), Carolyn Nelson (Anita), James B. Sikking (Pipe smoker), Richard Yniguez (Officer Jack), Garry Walberg (Sergeant). 632... Man on the Outside (ABC, 6/29/1975, 120 mins). A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate killer in this pilot for Lorne Greene’s brief “Griff” series, which went off the air 18 months before this film was aired. Series dates: 9/23/73-1/4/74. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Larry Cohen. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Elliot Kaplan. Editor Bud Hoffman, Douglas Stewart. Art Director Arch Bacon. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Lorne Greene (Wade Griffin), James Olson (Gerald Griffin), Lee H. Montgomery (Mark Griffin), Lorraine Gary (Nora Griffin), Brooke Bundy (Sandra Ames), Ken Swofford (Lieutenant Matthews), William Watson (Ames), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Scully), Charles Knox Robinson (Mr. Arnold), Garry Walberg (Benny), Jean Allison (Ellen), Ruth McDevitt (Stella Daniels), Scatman Crothers (Ruben Hammer), John Sylvester White (Lou), Robert Karnes (Sergeant), Drout Miller (Officer), Jay Jones (Young sergeant), Alan Fudge (Detective). 633... The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (ABC, 10/17/1973, 90 mins). Isolated from his heartbroken parents in his own solitary world, a troubled boy (Scott Jacoby) allows one special man (Peter Boyle) to penetrate his lonely fortress and bring the family back together. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Donald Wrye. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Douglas Day Stewart. Photography Gene Polito. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Walter Thompson. Production Designer Charles Fultz. Cast Peter Boyle (Charlie Datweiler), Scott Jacoby (Kenny Lassiter), Collin Wilcox-Horne (Honor Lassiter), Tyne Daly (Susie Datweiler), Robert Reed (Tom Lassiter), Denise Nickerson (Dena Pingitore), Jack Wade (Cunningham), Dudley Knight (Mr. Carling), Hanna Hertelendy (Mrs. Broadwhite). 634... The Man Who Died Twice (CBS, 4/13/1973, 120 mins). Originally called “A Spanish Portrait” when filmed in 1970 and then put on the shelf, this movie follows an aimless drifter and painter in Spain who surfaces after seven years, only to find himself plagued by art forgeries and a crooked dealer. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Steve Shagan. Teleplay Jackson Gillis. Photography Gabriel Torres. Music John Parker. Editor Renn Reynolds. Cast Stuart Whitman (Erik Seward), Brigitte Fossey (Denise), Jeremy Slate (Joe Larrbee), Bernard Lee (Francis Cumberland), Severn Darden (Harry), Bruno Barnabe (Poldo), Peter Damon (Kincaid), Ralph Neville (Jenkins). 635... The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (ABC, 12/15/1970, 90 mins). A brilliant heart surgeon (Stuart Whitman) discovers that a private medical research foundation is being used as a cover for sinister purposes. The working title for this film was “Heartfarm” while in production in the Bugaboo Mountains of British Columbia. In its later theatrical release in Great Britain, its title became “The Only Way Out Is Dead!” Production Company Palomar Pictures. Director John Trent. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Henry Denker. Producer Terry Dene. Teleplay Henry Denker. Photography Marc Champion. Music Dolores Claman. Editors M.C. Manne, Ron Wisman. Art Director Jack McAdam. Cast Stuart Whitman (Dr. McCarter Purvis), Sandy Dennis (Dr. Enid Bingham), Burl Ives (T.M. Trask), Tom Harvey (McBride), Robert Goodier (Dr.Wilfrid Morton), Ron Hartmann (Dr. John Emmett), Jack Creley (Dr. George Simmons), Allen Doremus (Dr. Carl Bryant), Ken James (Clinton), Joseph Shaw (Dr. Franz Heinemann), Clem Harbourg (Pianist), Harvey Fisher, Robert Warner, James Forrest, Robert Mann, John S. Davies. 636... The Man With the Power (NBC, 5/24/1977, 120 mins). A pseudo science-fiction series pilot about a man who has inherited unique powers from his father, enabling him to move objects, bend iron, and perform other amazing feats through eye concentration, and who here is given the task of guarding a beautiful Bengal heiress on her visit to America. Production Companies Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Nicholas Sgarro. Producer Allan Balter. Teleplay Allan Balter. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Patrick Williams. Editors Chuck McClelland, Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director George Renne. Associate Producer Rod Holcomb. Cast Bob Neill (Eric Smith), Tim O’Connor (Agent Walter Bloom), Vic Morrow (Paul), Persis Khambatta (Princess Siri), Roger Perry (Farnsworth), René Assa (Major Sajid), Noel DeSouza (Halbadi Shanda), James Ingersoll (Driver), Bill Fletcher

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(Dilling), Regis J. Cordic (Personage), John de Lancie (Clark), Sheldon Allman (Wilmot), Jason Wingreen (Klein), Jim Raymond (Federal man), Jonathan Segal (Communications technician), Judd Laurance (Telemetry technician). 637... The Man Without a Country (ABC, 4/24/1973, 90 mins). This literary classic about the man who renounced his country and lived to regret it received a sparking production here with a tour-de-force performance by Cliff Robertson, aging 60 years as Philip Nolan. Previously it had been filmed three times as a silent movie and once (in 1938) as a short for Vitaphone. This version was the first full-scale sound adaptation of Hale’s 1863 novel. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Sidney Carroll. Based on the Novel by Edward Everett Hale. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Gene Milford. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Cliff Robertson (Philip Nolan), Beau Bridges (Frederick Ingham), Peter Strauss (Arthur Danforth), Robert Ryan (Captain Vaughn), Walter Abel (Col. A.B. Morgan), Geoffrey Holder (Slave on ship), Sheppard Strudwick (Secretary of the Navy), John Cullum (Aaron Burr), Pat Elliott (Mrs. Graff), Laurence Guittard (Lieutenant Pritchard), Alexander Clark (Captain Minton), Guy Spaull (Captain Pendleton), Peter Coffield (Lieutenant Vinson), Addison Powell (Chief Justice Marshall), Geddeth Smith (Lieutenant Philips), Dick Sabol (Lieutenant Prentiss), Peter Weller (Lieutenant Fellows), Jimmy Williams (Lieutenant Benton), Vince Carroll (Captain Waters), William Myers (Dr. Stannard). 638... Mandrake (NBC, 1/24/1979, 120 mins). Suave Mandrake the Magician, the longtime comic-strip favorite, came to television in this pilot movie, to fight not only TV crime but also a madman trying to blackmail a business tycoon for $10 million after arranging for a series of roller coaster murders. Production Company Universal Television. Director Harry Falk. Producer Rick Husky. Teleplay Rick Husky. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Edward W. Williams, Fredric Knudtson. Art Director John P Bruce. Associate Producer Rod Holcomb. Cast Anthony Herrera (Mandrake), Simone Griffeth (Stacy), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Lothar), Hank Brandt (Alec Gordon), Gretchen Corbett (Jennifer Lindsay), Peter Haskell (William Romero), Robert Reed (Arkadian), David Hooks (Dr. Malcolm Lindsay), Harry Blackstone Jr. (Dr. Nolan), James Hong (Theron), Sab Shimono (Ho), Donna Benz (Cindy), David Hollander (Young Mandrake), Edmund Balin (Choreographer), Allan Hunt (Walter Kevan). 639... Maneater (ABC, 12/8/1973, 90 mins). Two city couples on a camping trip become the prey for a pair of hungry tigers set on them by a mad animal trainer in this film not only written by Vince Edwards, but marking his TV-movie directorial debut. Production Company Universal Television. Director Vince Edwards. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster, Marcus Demian. Photography Haskell Boggs. Music George Romanis. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Director William Newberry. Cast Ben Gazzara (Nick Baron), Sheree North (Gloria Baron), Richard Basehart (Carl Brenner), Kip Niven (Shep Saunders), Laurette Spang (Polly), Claire Brennan (Paula Brenner), Stewart Raffill (Louis), Lou Ferragher (2nd ranger), Jerry Fitzpatrick (1st ranger). 640... Maneaters Are Loose! (CBS, 5/3/1978, 120 mins). Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for themselves in the nearby wilderness. Based on the book “Maneater” by Ted Willis. Production Company Finnegan Associates. Director Timothy Galfas. Executive Producer Robert D. Wood. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Based on a Book by Ted Willis. Photography Hugh K. Gagnier. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Howard Smith. Art Director Joe Aubel. Associate Producers Joe Aubel, Patricia Finnegan. Cast Tom Skerritt (John Gosford), Steve Forrest (David Birk), G.D. Spradlin (Gordon Hale), Harry Morgan (Toby Waites), Frank Marth (Jim Taggert), Joshua Bryant (Tom Purcell), Priscilla Morrill (Edith Waites), Jenifer Shaw (Penny Halpern), Diana Muldaur (May Purcell), Dabney Coleman (McCallum), Arthur Roberts (Sheriff Rondel), Tony Swartz (Deputy Parker), Susan Adams (Jill Gosford), Carol Jones (Maud Pennington), Anita Dangler (Mira Crane), Phil Brown (Kevin Pennington), Harry Northup (John Pennington), John Welsh (George Leppard), Kit McDonough (Lucy), Tom Mahoney (Claude Davin), Richard Caine (Peter Street), Kurt Andon (Deputy Miller), Pat Van Patten (Clarissa Pennington). 641... Manhunter (CBS, 2/26/1974, 90 mins). A World War I ex-marine turns 1930s bounty hunter and goes after Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend. Ken Howard later starred in the TV series (1974-75) as the Depression Era crimefighter tracking down wanted criminals for the reward money. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Adrian Samish. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Duane Tatro. Editor Richard Brockway. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Ken Howard (Dave Barrett), Gary Lockwood (Frank Clinger), Tim O’Connor (Ben Marks), James Olson (Walt Hovis), Stefanie Powers (Ann Louise Hovis), John Anderson (Aaron Denver), L.Q. Jones (Charles “Crutch” Shanks), Ford Rainey (James Barrett), Robert Hogan (Paul Tate), R.G. Armstrong (Henry Stratemeyer), Luke Askew (Max Chabriol), Marie Windsor

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(May), Ben Frank (Alvin Davidson), Robert Patten (Jack O’Donahue), Mary Cross (Susan Tate), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Barrett), Shirley O’Hara (Elizabeth Barrett), Lou Frizzell (Scofield), Hilary Thompson (Lizabeth), Russell Thorson (Salesman), John Zaremba (Wilcox Barnes), Charles Seel (Proprietor), Lenore Kasdorf (Sally). 642... The Manhunter (NBC, 4/2/1976, 120 mins). A big-game hunter is hired to track down a bank robbery suspect in the Louisiana swamp country and becomes involved with the wife of his quarry. Based on the novel by Wade Miller (actually the writing team of Robert Allison Bob Wade and H. Bill Miller). Filmed in 1968, this film first saw the light of day on British television in 1972 and finally was given a belated American premiere more than four years later. Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Taylor. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Meyer Dolinsky. Based on the Novel by Wade Miller. Photography Benjamin H. Kline. Music Benny Carter. Editor Howard Epstein. Art Director Henry Larrecq. Cast Sandra Dee (Mara Bocock), Roy Thinnes (David Farrow), Albert Salmi (Rafe Augustine), Sorrell Booke (Carl Auscher), David Brian (Walter Sinclair), Royal Dano (Pa Bocock), Madeleine Sherwood (Ma Bocock), William Smith (Clel Bocock), Madlyn Rhue (Teresa Taylor), Al Hirt (Himself), Pitt Herbert (Prof. Mike Mellick), Lew Brown (Police Sergeant), Richard Van Fleet (Stephen Sinclair), Eric Laneuville (Fronie), Joe Pepi (Mouse), Jeff Burton (Lester), Mel Berger (Market owner), William Fawcett (Lorimer), Foster Brooks (Gas station man), Sharon Johnson (Girl in bar). 643... Marciano (ABC, 10/21/1979, 120 mins). A highly romanticized dramatization of the life of Rocky Marciano, the only heavyweight champion to have retired with a perfect record. Tony Lo Bianco was well cast as Rocky, but petite Belinda Montgomery was all wrong for his wife, Barbara (in the eyes of this TV-movie compiler, a fellow Brocktonian). The focus of the film was on the boxer’s private life, on which great liberties were taken by writer Paul Savage, rather than on his widely heralded career in the ring. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Producer John G. Stephens. Teleplay Paul Savage. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Ernest Gold. Editor Gloryette Clark. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Rocky Marciano), Belinda Montgomery (Barbara Marciano), Michael O’Hare (Allie Columbo), Richard Herd (John Furst), Vincent Gardenia (Al Weill), Frank Ronzio (Pierino), Dolph Sweet (Si Menchlemann), Michael Pataki (Squeek Squalis), Simmy Bow (Charlie Goldman), Vanna Salviati (Rocky’s mother), Meio Alexandria (Jersey Joe Walcott), Susan Plumb (Peggy West), Booth Colman (Doctor), Don Dunphy (Himself), Peter Marciano (Corner man), Natasha Ryan (Mary Ann Marciano), Paul Picerni (John Addelli), Philip Sousa (Izzy), Barbara Baldwin (Nurse), Richard Carlyle (Businessman), Tony Davies (Desk clerk). 644... Marcus Welby, MD (ABC, 3/26/1969, 120 mins). The pilot film for the long-run (1969-76) series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby’s lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo (later played by Elena Verdugo), remaining as regulars. Subsequently titled “A Matter of Humanities.” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz. Based on a story by David Victor. Photography Russell Metty. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Gene Palmer. Art Director George Patrick. Cast Robert Young (Marcus Welby), James Brolin (Steven Kiley), Anne Baxter (Myra Sherwood), Susan Strasberg (Tina Sawyer), Lew Ayres (Dr. Andrew Swanson), Tom Bosley (Tiny Baker), Peter Deuel (Lew Sawyer), Sheila Larken (Sandy Welby), Mercer Harris (Ray Wells), Penny Santon (Consuelo Guadalupe-Lopez), Richard Loo (Kenji Yamashita), Larry Linville, Ben Wright, Ron Stokes, Allison McKay, Craig Littler, Sheila Rogers, Fran Ryan. 645... The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS, 3/8/1973, 180 mins). The acclaimed TV adaptation of Selwyn Rabb’s 1967 book based on the Wylie-Hoffert murders in Manhattan in 1963, resulting in the case that ultimately led to the Supreme Court’s Miranda decision three years later. Both director Joseph Sargent and writer Abby Mann won Emmy Awards, and Telly Savalas received a nomination for his role which skyrocketed him to stardom in the subsequent hit series (1973-78), playing in this film a hard-boiled detective who fights to keep a black teenager from being wrongly convicted of the killings of two women. After its initial showing, it was reedited to 2-1/2 hours and retitled “Kojak and the Marcus-Nelson Murders.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Abby Mann. Producer Matthew Rapf. Teleplay Abby Mann. Based on a Book by Selwyn Rabb. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “I Can’t Walk” by Billy Goldenberg, Bobby Russell. Song Performed by Andy Kim. Editors Carl Pingitore, Richard M. Sprague. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Telly Savalas (Theo Kojak), Marjoe Gortner (Teddy Hopper), José Ferrer (Jake Weinhaus), Ned Beatty (Det. Dan Corrigan), Allen Garfield (Mario Portello), Gene Woodbury (Lewis Humes), William Watson (Det. Matt Black), Val Bisoglio (Det. Lou Jacarrino), Lorraine Gary (Ruthie), Roger Robinson (Bobby Martin), Harriet Karr (Ginny), Chita Rivera (Josie Hopper), Lloyd Gough (Inspector MacNeil), Antonia Rey (Rita Alvarez), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Sgt. Dan McCartney), Robert Walden (Mr. Fisher), Lynn Hamilton (Arless Humes), Lawrence Pressman (Cabot), John Sylvester White (Inspector Hoffstaffer), Carolyn Nelson (Melissa Karr), Paul Jenkins (Al Stabile), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Hopper), Ellen Moss (Lynn Peyser), George Savalas (Jack Deems), Alan

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Manson (Sergeant Roberts), Fred Holliday (Sergeant Tofp), Henry Brown (Abe Humes), Joshua Shelley (Mr. Sack), Patricia O’Connell (Marge Corrigan), Alex Colon (Roberto), Ben Hammer (Judge DeKann), Tol Avery (Justica Redding), Bill Zuckert (Judge Matthews), Elizabeth Berger (Jo-Ann Marcus), Lora Kaye (Kathy Nelson), Steven Gravers (Irwin David). 646... The Mark of Zorro (ABC, 10/29/1974, 90 mins). “TV’s first movie swashbuckler,” as this remake of the old Tyrone Power classic was billed, had Frank Langella portraying the dashing avenger of the oppressed people of early California, a dandified weakling by day, a masked-and-caped crusader by night. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Don McDougall. Producers Robert C. Thompson, Roderick Paul. Teleplay Brian Taggert. Based on a Novel by Johnston McCulley. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Dominic Frontiere. Theme Alfred Newman. Editor Bill Martin. Art Director Walter McKeegan. Cast Frank Langella (Don Diego/Zorro), Ricardo Montalban (Captain Esteban), Gilbert Roland (Don Alejandro Vega), Yvonne DeCarlo (Isabella Vega), Louise Sorel (Inez Quintero), Robert Middleton (Don Luis Quintero), Anne Archer (Teresa), Tom Lacy (Frey Felipe), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Sergeant Gonzales), Inez Perez (Dueña Maria), John Rose (Rodrigo), Jay Hammer (Antonio), Alfonso Tafoya (Miguel), Robert Carricart (Dockworker). 647... Marriage: Year One (NBC, 10/15/1971, 120 mins). Cutesy love story about a fourth-year medical student who marries a free-thinking heiress (Sally Field) and then insists that they live on his meager earnings. Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Norman Felton. Producer Stephen Karpf. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography William Margulies. Music David Shire. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Sally Field (Jane Duden), Robert Pratt (L.T. Mellons), William Windom (Warren Duden), Agnes Moorehead (Grandma Duden), Neville Brand (Golonkas), Bob Balaban (Bernie), Lonny Chapman (Phil), Michael Lerner (Lemberg), Susan Silo (Shirley Lemberg), Cicely Tyson (Emma Teasley), Randolph Mantooth (Dan), Robert Lipton (Luke), Mantan Moreland (Mechanic), Essex Smith (Cal), Alison Rose (Connie), Lorri Davis (Lottie), Stanley Clay (Bobby), Annazette Chase (Loretta), Carol Swenson (Lillian), Paulene Myers (Mrs. Evans), Charles Seel (Matthews), Stuart Nisbet (Judge). 648... Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (NBC, 12/9/1979, 120 mins). A religious drama about Christ’s parents, the events leading up to his birth, and the effect on the lives of the well-known biblical figures of the time. Promoted as being “In the tradition of ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ ” Production Companies Lorimar Productions, Astral Film Enterprises. Director Eric Till. Executive Producers Harold Greenberg, Lee Rich. Producer Gene Corman. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Photography Adam Greenberg. Music Robert Farnon. Editor Howard Terrill. Art Director John Blezard. Cast Blanche Baker (Mary), Lloyd Bochner (Matthew), Colleen Dewhurst (Elizabeth), Shay Duffin (Bartholomew), Jeff East (Joseph), Paul Hecht (Joachim), Marilyn Lightstone (Anna), Murray Matheson (Zacharias), Stephen McHattie (Judah), Tuvia Tavi (Demetrius), Dina Dovon (Esther), Gabi Amrani (Shem), Joseph Bee (Young Zealot), Sira Yacov Ben (Shopkeeper), Yossi Yadin, Amos Mokadi, Noam Kedem, Liron Nirgad, Yehuda Efroni, Yakar Semach, Israel Biderman. 649... Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (CBS, 10/5/1977, 120 mins). Child abuse is the subject of this film dealing with a deeply troubled young mother (Susan Dey) whose serious psychiatric problems lead her to take them out on her daughter. Editor Kenneth R. Koch received an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Christiana Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Allen Reisner. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Kenneth R. Koch. Art Director Kenneth A. Reid. Associate Producer Ralph Riskin. Cast Susan Dey (Rowena Harper), John Vernon (Dr. Orrin Helgerson), Kevin McCarthy (Tom Atherton), Tricia O’Neil (Dr. Angela Buccieri), Bernie Casey (Dave Williams), Priscilla Pointer (Laura Atherton), Phillip R. Allen (Mr. Bernards), Natasha Ryan (Mary Jane Harper), Ray Buktenica (Dr. Mark Handelman), Rhea Perlman (Judy), Ivan Bonar (Judge F.F. Carlson), James Karen (Dr. Sutterman), Chip Lucia (Bill Harper), Sandra Deel (Mrs. Ramish), Elizabeth Robinson (Jeanne Williams), Linda Gillin (Joy), Fritzi Burr (Nancy West), Pierrino Mascarino (Radiologist), Brandi Tucker (Young Rowena), Pat Ast (Billie Rae), Susan E. Hickey (Margo), Christopher Ciampa (Tommy), Connie Izay (Marai Ramos), Read Morgan (Officer Duncan), Lucy Lee Flippin (Mother in park), Nancy Parsons (Billie Rae), Alma Beltran (Maria), Frances Fong (Secretary), Warren Munson (Mr. Ovest), Robert Casper (Angry Man), Hallie Morgan (Babysitter), Patrick Gorman (Police officer). 650... Mary White (ABC, 11/18/1977, 120 mins). A sensitive story of a young girl and her moving relationship with her famed father, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Allen White, and the profound change in his life following her tragic death at 16 in a horseback riding accident in 1921. Caryl Ledner received an Emmy Award for the adaptation of White’s book. Production Company Radnitz/Mattel Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Robert B. Radnitz. Teleplay Caryl Ledner. Based on the writings of William Allen White. Photography Bill Butler. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Ward Preston. Associate Producer Terry Nelson. Cast Ed Flanders (William Allen White), Fionnuala Flanagan (Sallie White), Tim Matheson (William L. White), Donald Moffat (Sir James M. Barrie), Diana Douglas (Jane Addams), Kathleen Beller (Mary White), Howard McGillin (Richard Sloan III),

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Kaki Hunter (Selina), William Kuhlke (John Rice), Henry Strozier (Mr. Andrews), Valerie Cotton (Ellie Rogers), Paul Frederickson (Tom), Jack Meyer (Tod), Barry McGuire (Mr. Bonner), Peggy Lang (Mrs. Peabody), Mildred Meier (Mrs. Pettigrew), Bill Rowley (Kleagle), Art Ellison (Old man), Kathleen Arc (Martha), Pat Kelly (Ben). 651... The Mask of Sheba (NBC, 3/9/1970, 120 mins). Intrigue, romance and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt for a priceless gold mask in the jungles of Ethiopia. Eric Braeden, leader of the expedition, once acted under the name Hans Guedegast, and later went on to become a mainstay of the soap opera, “The Young and the Restless,” as the powerful and charismatic Victor Newman. Production Company MGM Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Sam H. Rolfe. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Gabriel Torres, Harold Wellman. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John Dunning. Art Directors George W. Davis, Marvin Summerfield. Cast Eric Braeden (Dr. Roan Morgan), Stephen Young (Travis Comanche), Corinne Comacho (Dr. Joanna Glenville), Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Max Van Condon), Inger Stevens (Sarah Kramer), Joseph Wiseman (Fandil Bondalok), William Marshall (Capt. Condor Sekallie), Christopher Carey (Peter Drake), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Ben Takahene). 652... Matt Helm (ABC, 5/7/1975, 90 mins). Intrepid secret agent-turned-private eye Matt Helm finds himself involved with an international black market operation in heavy munitions when he tries to protect a beautiful movie star whose life is endangered. The pilot, with Anthony Franciosa taking up where Dean Martin left off after four Helm movies, spawned the brief series (Sept. 1975 - Jan. 1976) starring Franciosa, Laraine Stephens, Gene Evans and Jeff Donnell. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Meadway Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Irving Allen. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Based on the Novel by Donald Hamilton. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Les Green. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Cast Anthony Franciosa (Matt Helm), Ann Turkel (Maggie Gantry), Laraine Stephens (Claire Kronski), Patrick Macnee (Shawcross), John Vernon (Harry Paine), Val Bisoglio (Sergeant James), Gene Evans (Sergeant Hanrahan), Michael C. Gwynne (Charlie Danberry), Hari Rhodes (Seki), James Shigeta (Thomas McCauley III), Catherine Bach (Alice), Richard Butler (Drone), Frank Campanella (Taylor), Paul Picerni (Champion), Joan Shawlee (Saleslady). 653... A Matter of Wife...and Death (NBC, 4/10/1975, 90 mins). A free-wheeling private eye attempts to track down the killers of a small-time hood and finds himself neck-deep in a big-time gambling operation. This pilot to a prospective series called “Shamus” was an attempt to duplicate the success of the theatrical feature that was a big hit for Burt Reynolds. Production Companies Robert M Weitman Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Producer Robert M. Weitman. Teleplay Don Ingalls. Photography Emmett Bergholz. Music Richard Shores. Editor David Wages. Art Director Robert Peterson. Cast Rod Taylor (Shamus), Joe Santos (Lt. Vince Promuto), Eddie Firestone (Blinky), Luke Askew (Snell), John Colicos (Joe Ruby), Tom Drake (Paulie Baker), Anita Gillette (Helen Baker), Charles Picerni (Bruno), Anne Archer (Carol), Larry Block (Springy), Dick Butkus (Heavy), Marc Alaimo (Angie), Cesare Danova (Dottore), Lynda Carter (Zelda), Gene Lebell, Richard Butler, Gary Cashdollar, Leonard D’John, Walter Wanderman, Lloyd McLinn, Stephanie Faulkner, Bobby Baum, Tony Ballen, Abraham Alvarez, Don Ray Hall. 654... Maybe I’ll Come Home in the Spring (ABC, 2/16/1971, 90 mins). A young runaway (Sally Field), going from middle-class suburbia to the heart of the hippie drug culture, returns home only to find deepening family conflicts and parental bickering--and realizes what it threatens to do to her younger sister. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Joseph Sargent. Teleplay Bruce Feldman. Photography Russell Metty. Music Earl Robinson. Song “A Different Day” by Earl Robinson, Bruce Feldman. Title Song Helen Miller, Roger Atkins. Song Performed by Linda Ronstadt. Editor Pembroke J. Herring. Cast Sally Field (Denise Miller), Eleanor Parker (Claire Miller), Jackie Cooper (Ed Miller), Lane Bradbury (Susie Miller), David Carradine (Flack). 655... Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (CBS, 11/12/1976, 120 mins). In this would-be disaster flick, an airliner has been disabled and the lives of its terrified passengers depend on the untried skills of its copilot after the pilot is seriously wounded by a killer who had boarded during a stopover. Based on the 1974 novel “Jet Stream” by Austin Ferguson. Production Companies A.J. Fenady Associates, Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Butler. Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Teleplay Andrew J Fenady, Austin Ferguson, Dick Nelson. Based on a Novel by Austin Ferguson. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Nick Archer. Art Director Robert Kinoshita. Cast David Janssen (Capt. Pete Douglas), Don Meredith (Mike Fuller), Christopher George (Stan Burkhart), Ray Milland (Dr. Joseph Manheim), Lynda Day George (Cathy Armello), Margaret Blye (Susan MacKenzie), Marjoe Gortner (Greco), Broderick Crawford (Marshal Riese), Tom Drake (Harry Jensen), Christopher Norris (Cindy Jensen), Hari Rhodes (Belson), Warren Vanders (Glen Meyer), Shani Wallace (Terry Dunlap), Jane Powell (Kitty Douglas), William Bryant (Kent), John Pickard (Wynberg), Steve Marlo (Controller), James Chandler (Doctor), Philip Mansour (Surgeon), Al Molinaro (Forenzo), Kathleen

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Bracken (Julia), Bill Catching (Dowling), Norland Benson (Jerry), Philip Baker Hall (Reporter), Bert Williams (Lars), Buck Young (Guard), William Harlow (2nd reporter), Alan Foster (3rd reporter), Gary McLarty (Carmichael). 656... Mayflower: The Pilgrim’s Adventure (CBS, 11/21/1979, 120 mins). A recounting of the ordeals and conflicts faced by the Mayflower’s crew and passengers, with Anthony Hopkins and Richard Crenna representing the opposing outlooks. Originally titled “The Voyage of the Mayflower,” it covers much of the same ground as the 1952 theatrical movie “Plymouth Adventure,” which starred Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson. Production Company Syzygy Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Linda Yellen. Producer Linda Yellen. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Ben Edwards. Associate Producer Louise Ramsay. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Capt. Christopher Jones), Richard Crenna (William Brewster), Jenny Agutter (Priscilla Mullens), Michael Beck (John Alden), David Dukes (Miles Standish), Trish Van Devere (Rose Standish), John Heffernan (Christopher Martin), Paul Sparer (Sheriff), Frank Hamilton (William Mullens), W.B. Brydon (Robert Cushman), William Converse-Roberts (Stephen Hopkins), Nicolas Surovy (George Bennett), Guy Sorel (Captain Reynolds), Karen Sunde (Mary Brewster), George Taylor (Dr. Giles Heale), Martha Sinnard Wright (Marie Martin), Tim Barrett (Regis), David Davis (Benjamin White), Jim Magee (Dunston), Scott Roark (Master Joseph Mullens), Michael Loggins. 657... McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.? (NBC, 2/17/1970, 120 mins). Recycled from Don Siegel’s Clint Eastwood film, “Coogan’s Bluff” (1969), this pilot movie for the long-run “McCloud” series (1971-76) brings a modern-day Western marshal to New York with a subpoenaed witness, only to have him kidnapped and then finding himself dragged into a murder case involving Puerto Rican militants, a lady novelist, a Wall Street lawyer and a dead beauty queen. Dennis Weaver was joined in the series by Terry Carter and (occasionally) Diana Muldaur, while Mark Richman’s role of police commissioner was taken over by J.D. Cannon. Subsequently titled “Portrait of a Dead Girl.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Producer Leslie Stevens. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link, Stanford Whitmore. Based on a Story by Stanford Whitmore. Photography Ben Colman. Music David Shire. Editor Bob Kagey, Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Associate Producer John Strong. Cast Dennis Weaver (Marshal Sam McCloud), Craig Stevens (Whitman), Mark Richman (Peter B. Clifford), Diana Muldaur (Chris Coughlin), Terry Carter (Sgt. Joe Broadhurst), Mario Alcalde (Peralta), Raul Julia (Father Nieves), Shelly Novack (James Waldron), Julie Newmar (Adrienne Redman), Michael Bow (Billy), Nefti Millet (Ramos), Kathy Stritch (Merri Ann Coleman), Albert Popwell (Guard), Ira Cook (2nd reporter), Gregory Sierra (1st deputy), Tony Dante (2nd deputy), Victor Bozeman (Black reporter), Bill Baldwin (1st reporter), Ron Henriquez (Vejar), Lee Pulford (Receptionist), Roberto Vargas (Chico). 658... McNaughton’s Daughter (NBC, 3/4/1976, 120 mins). A series pilot about a lady deputy district attorney (Susan Clark), here assigned the task of trying to pin a murder rap on a “saint,” a beloved religious crusader accused of killing her young lover. The series, in fact, never materialized. Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Based on a Story by David Victor, Ken Trevey. Photography Sy Hoffberg. Music David Shire. Editors John Elias, Robert Watts. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Susan Clark (Laurel McNaughton), Ricardo Montalban (DA Charles Quintero), James Callahan (Lew Farragut), John Elerick (Ed Hughes), Louise Latham (Cassy Garnett), Vera Miles (Grace Coventry), Ralph Bellamy (Moses Bellman), Mike Farrell (Colin Pierce), Ramon Bieri (Randall Jardine), Tina Andrews (April), Roger Aaron Brown (Zareb Parker), Ivor Francis (Judge), Jeff Donnell (Mrs. Wilson), Raul Arroyo (Carlos Ruiz), Cliff Emmich (Roy Strickling), Joey Aresco (Jerry Loftus), Quinn Redeker (Dirk Vanderbeck), Martin Speer (Director), June Whitley Taylor (Judge Lerner), Rod Gist (Officer Shanks), Ivan Bonar (Dr. Whitelaw), Dale Ishimoto (Mr. Nagato), Jack Bender (Gary Richardson), KelIy Lange (Herself), Charles Waggenheim, Ed Arnold, Ben Frommer, Phil Diskin, Louise Fitch, Ted Chapman, Joe LaDue, Dave Morick. 659... Medical Story (NBC, 9/4/1975, 120 mins). Paralleling the successful format of its sister show “Police Story,” this pilot for the short-lived anthology series pits an idealistic intern against three established doctors over the question of whether a young actress should have a hysterectomy. Executive producer/writer Abby Mann was said to have based this story on the near-fatal experience of his wife, Harriet Karr, who plays the ailing actress. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer Abby Mann. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Abby Mann. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Arthur Morton. Theme song by Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Richard M. Sprague. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Zoltan Muller. Cast Beau Bridges (Dr. Steve Drucker), Claude Akins (Dr. Matthews), Wendell Burton (Joe Bick), Sydney Chaplin (Dr. Maxwell), José Ferrer (Dr. William Knowland), Harold Gould (Dr. Federici), Harriet Karr (Fritzi Donnelly), Shirley Knight (Phyllis Lenahan), Carl Reiner (Dr. Reiber), Ford Rainey (Dr. Patterson), Madlyn Rhue (Mrs. Drayden), Martha Scott (Miss McDonald), Theodore Wilson (Hadley), Shelly Novack (Jerry), Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Henderson), Marilyn Nix (Nurse Simpson), Ryan MacDonald (General surgeon), Sam Gilman (Dr. Maxwell), Jack Stauffer (Mike), Stuart Nisbet (Dr. McKenzie), Lilyan Chauvin (Mrs. Goodman), Sari Price (Mrs. Baer), Gene Woodbury (Burn victim), Sarita Vara (Nurse Rodriguez), Stephen Coit (Priest), Karen Anders (Lady), Ivan Bonar (Dr. Oorham), Vernon Weddle (Dr. Ellis), Diana Canova (Daughter-in-law).

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660... Melvin Purvis: G-Man (ABC, 4/9/1974, 90 mins). A breezy, fictional account of the dogged pursuit by cigarchomping lawman Purvis of notorious public enemy Machine Gun Kelly throughout the Midwest in 1933. Writers John Milius and William F. Nolan draw Purvis as pure bravado swathed in a flamboyant fur-collared overcoat, and Kelly’s gang as a collection of inept buffoons. Syndication title: “The Legend of Machine Gun Kelly.” Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Paul R. Picard. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay John Milius, William F. Nolan. Based on a Story by John Milius. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Bob Cobert. Editors Corky Ehlers, Richard A. Harris. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Dale Robertson (Melvin Purvis), Harris Yulin (George “Machine Gun” Kelly), Margaret Blye (Katherine Ryan Kelly), Matt Clark (Charles Parimetter), Elliot Street (Thomas “Buckwheat” Longmaker), John Karlen (Tony Redecci), David Canary (Eugene Farber), Steve Kanaly (Sam Cowley), Woodrow Parfrey (Nash Covington), Dick Sargent (Thatcher Covington), Jim Hill (Jim Langaker), Don McGowan (Hamburger stand man), Max Kleven (Purvis’ driver), Eddie Quillan (Hotel clerk), Hank Rolike (Shoeshine man), Bob Pinson (Buckwheat’s pa), Bill Madden (Gas station boy), Darrell Fetty (Drunk). 661... Men of the Dragon (ABC, 3/20/1974, 90 mins). Three karate/kung fu experts run up against a gang of modern slavers in this failed pilot to a series designed to cash in on the latter day martial arts craze. Filmed on location in Hong Kong. Production Company Wolper Productions. Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer Stan Margulies. Producer Barney Rosenzweig. Teleplay Denne Bart Petitclerc. Photography Frank Phillips. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Neil Travis. Art Director Nicholas Tsui. Associate Producer Malcolm D. Alper. Martial Arts Supervisor David Chow. Cast Jared Martin (Jan Kimbro). Katie Saylor (Lisa Kimbro), Robert Ito (Li-The), Joseph Wiseman (Balashev), Lee Tit War (Sato), David Chow (Tao), Hsai Ho Lan (Madame Wu), Mang Sheen Chiou (O-Lan), Bill Jervis (Inspector Endicott), Bobby To (K’Ang), Victor Kan (Chok), Herman Chan (Bellboy), Lee Sat Ngoa (Balashev tough), Lau Hok Lin (Balashev tough), Cheung Kuen (Balashev tough), Rich Kimg (Shopkeeper), 662... Message to My Daughter (ABC, 12/12/1973, 90 mins). A confused teenager (Kitty Winn) finds emotional strength in the tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother. Martin Sheen and Bonnie Bedelia play her parents. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Fred Myrow. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producer Richard Marx. Cast Bonnie Bedelia (Janet Thatcher), Martin Sheen (John Thatcher), Kitty Winn (Miranda Thatcher), Neva Patterson (Mrs. Oliver), Mark Slade (Dave), King Moody (Frank), Bob Goldstein (Phil), Lucille Benson (Woman on train), John Crawford (Abortionist), John Lasell (Doctor), Richard McMurray (Mr. Oliver), Jan Shutan (Lorraine), Peg Shirley (Mother on train), Della Thomas (Abortionist’s contact), Dick Balduzzi (Father on train), Jerry Ayres (Steve), Laurie Jefferson (Nurse Howard), Jennifer Kulik (Girl in restaurant). 663... The Migrants (CBS, 2/3/1974, 90 mins). A stark look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family. The film, based on a short story by Tennessee Williams, was Emmy nominated as the Outstanding Drama of the 1973-74 season, and nominations also went to director Tom Gries, actress Cloris Leachman, cinematographer Dick Kratina, and composer Billy Goldenberg. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Tom Gries. Producer Tom Gries. Teleplay Lanford Wilson. Based on the Short Story by Tennessee Williams. Photography Richard Kratina Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Cast Cloris Leachman (Viola Barlow), Ron Howard (Lyle Barlow), Sissy Spacek (Wanda Trimpin), Cindy Williams (Betty), Ed Lauter (Mr. Barlow), Lisa Lucas (Molly Barlow), Mills Watson (Hec Campbell), David Clennon (Tom Trimpin), Dinah Englund (Billie Jean Barlow), Brad Sullivan (Johnson), Leon Russom (Doctor), CIaudia McNeil (Rose Daw), Tom Rosqui (Father), Dolph Sweet (Sheriff), Mari Gorman (Miss Travers), Wally Parnell (1st overseer), George Castellini (2nd overseer), Henry Newman (Beard), Richard DeFeo (Diaz), Rudolph Tillman (Mr. Daw), Joseph Brady (Minister), Billy Pope (Billy Dan), Sol Weiner (Sheriff’s deputy). 664... Miles to Go Before I Sleep (CBS, 1/8/1975, 90 mins). An idealistic drama about a lonely old man (Martin Balsam) trying to fulfill his life by aiding a teenage delinquent living at a rehabilitation center in Boston. Production Companies Tomorrow Entertainment, Roger Gimbel Productions. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Philip Barry. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Judith Parker. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Wladimir Selinsky. Editor Michael S. McLean. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Martin Balsam (Stanton), Mackenzie Phillips (Robin Williams), Kitty Winn (Maggie Stanton), Pamelyn Ferdin (Lisa), Dorothy Meyer (Hattie), Elizabeth Wilson (Kate Stanton), Florida Friebus (Ruth), Susan Lynn Mathews (Jenny), Wendy Wright-Hay (Kathy), Alma Collins (Susan), Lillian Randolph (Evelyn), Vicki Kriegler (Valerie), Sheldon Allman (Bruce), Tom Atkins (O’Dell), Rose Gregorio (Selma), John Brandon (Bartender), James Keach (Man in bar), E.J. Andre (Mark), Al Hansen (Sergeant), Dean Santoro (Weatherman), John Goff (John).

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665... The Million Dollar Rip-Off (NBC, 9/22/1976, 90 mins). Freddie Prinze, in his only dramatic film role, is an excon electronics whiz who, with the aid of four female accomplices, steals a bundle from the Chicago Transit Authority, much to the annoyance of a dyspeptic detective who has been keeping an eye on him since he left prison. The original story, interestingly, was written by two of the more prolific TV actors of the era (William Devane and John Pleshette), presumably as a vehicle for one or both of them. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, NBC Productions. Director Alexander Singer. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Based on the Screenplay by John Pleshette, William Devane. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Freddie Prinze (Muff Kovak), Allen Garfield (Lt. Ralph Fogherty), Christina Belford (Lil), Linda Scruggs Bogart (Helene), Joanna DeVarona (Jessie), Brooke Mills (Kitty), James Sloyan (Lubeck), Bob Hastings (Sgt. Frank Jarrett), Gary Vinson (Hennessy), Robert P. Lieb (Brown), Colin Hamilton (Funeral director), David Goldring, Al Checco, Sammy Shore, Charles Bracy, Michael O’Dwyer. 666... The Millionaire (CBS, 12/19/1978, 120 mins). Three people’s lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a prospective new series which the producers hoped would equal the success of the original one that ran from 1955 to 1960--with Robert Quarry in the role of Michael Anthony (then played by Marvin Miller), executive secretary to the mysterious John Beresford Tipton, and deliverer of those weekly tax-free million-dollar cashier’s checks. Production Company Don Fedderson Productions. Director Don Weis. Producer Don Fedderson. Teleplay John McGreevey. Created by Don Fedderson. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Harry Keller. Art Director David Scott. Cast Martin Balsam (Arthur Haines), Edward Albert (Paul Mathews), Bill Hudson (Eddie Reardon), Mark Hudson (Mike Reardon), Brett Hudson (Harold Reardon), Pat Crowley (Maggie Haines), Pamela Toll (Kate Mathews), Allan Rich (George Jelks), John Ireland (Marshall Wayburn), Ralph Bellamy (George Mathews), Jane Wyatt (Mrs. Mathews), William Demarest (Oscar Pugh), Robert Quarry (Michael Anthony), Talia Balsam (Doreen), Michael Minor (Clark), Milt Kogan (Parker), Sally Kemp (Judge), Patricia Hindy (Dorothy), P.R. Paul (Allan), Domingo Abriz (Jose), Paul Jackson (Ike), Edith Diaz (Linda), Penelope Jackson (June), Ann Greer (Cory), Patrick Driscoll (Brett), Buck Young (Garageman). 667... Mind Over Murder (CBS, 10/23/1979, 120 mins). A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer--a mass murderer she previously had used her psychic powers to identify to the skeptical police. Originally, this was titled “Are You Alone Tonight?” and Wendy Kaufman was credited as cowriter. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Robert Carrington. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Gerald J. Wilson. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast Deborah Raffin (Suzy), David Ackroyd (Ben), Bruce Davison (Jason), Andrew Prine (The Bald Man), Christopher Cary (John Povey), Robert Englund (Ted), Penelope Willis (Pierce), Wayne Heffley (Lieutenant Wales), Carl Anderson. (Baker), Jan Burrell (Mrs. Witherspoon), Paul Reid Roman (Arnold), Paul Lukather (Captain Moran), Lanny Duncan (Cab driver), Rex Riley (Anderson), Jack Griffin (Cameraman), Clint Young (Mr. Glazier), Don Ray Hall (Reporter), Michael Horsley (Rookie), Linda Ryan (Young woman), Amy Allen Karr (Receptionist), Craig Baxley Jr. (Bobby), Natalija Nogulich, Lenny Geer, Richard Winterstein. 668... Minstrel Man (CBS, 3/2/1977, 120 mins). The era of black minstrels as captured in the lives of two brothers, one an extroverted song-and-dance man determined to break tradition and own his own minstrel troupe in a field dominated by blackfaced whites, the other an introverted and innovative composer struggling to break away from the stereotypes haunting black minstrel artists. Fred Karlin received an Emmy Award nomination for his musical score. Production Company Roger Gimbel Productions. Director William A Graham. Executive Producers Edward L. Rissien, Roger Gimbel. Producers Mitchell Brower, Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Fred Karlin. Choreographer Donald McKayle. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Cast Glynn Turman (Harry Brown Jr.), Ted Ross (Charlie Bates), Stanley Clay (Rennie Brown), Saundra Sharp (Jessamine), Art Evans (Tambo), Gene Bell (Harry Brown Sr. /Fat Man), Earl Billings (George), Anthony Amos (Young Harry Jr.), Amechi Uzodinma (Young Rennie), Arthur Rooks (Robert), Carol Sutton (Tess), Wilbur Swartz (Tobias Finch), Robert Earle (Oliver Turpin), Don Lutenbacher (Carmichael), Bill Holliday (Pitchman), Robert Harper (Fair manager). 669... Miracle on 34th Street (CBS, 12/14/1973, 120 mins). A heartwarming color update of the 1947 movie classic telling whimsically of the department store Santa Claus, the little girl who believes in him, and his trial to prove he really is Kris Kringle. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Fielder Cook. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook. Based on a Story by Valentine Davies. Based on the Screenplay by George Seaton. Photography Earl Rath. Editor Gene Milford. Music Sid Ramin. Editor Gene Milford. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Jane Alexander (Karen Walker), David Hartman (Bill Schaffner), Roddy McDowall (Dr. Henry Sawyer), Sebastian Cabot (Kris Kringle), Suzanne Davidson (Susan Walker), Jim Backus (Horace Shellhammer), David Doyle (R.H. Macy), Tom

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Bosley (Judge Harper), James Gregory (District Attorney), Roland Winters (Mr. Gimbel), Liam Dunn (Reindeer keeper), Conrad Janis (Richardson), Ellen Weston (Celeste), Jason Wingreen (Halloran), Burt Mustin (Roy). 670... The Miracle Worker (NBC, 10/14/1979, 120 mins). Coming full circle, this television remake of the 1962 film tells once again about the relationship between young Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Patty Duke Astin, who won her Academy Award for playing Helen Keller in the earlier version, here is cast as Anne Sullivan and received an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Limited Series or Drama Special. The film itself won the Emmy as Outstanding Drama Special, and so did Larry Germain and Donna Gilbert for their hairstyles. Melissa Gilbert also received an Emmy nomination as Best Actress (in competition with Astin), and Ted Voigtlander got one for his cinematography. “The Miracle Worker” originally was produced on TV and premiered on Playhouse 90 in February 1957, with Teresa Wright and Patty McCormack in the leads. It next was presented on Broadway, beginning in October 1959, with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke (later to become Patty Duke Astin) as the stars. They repeated their roles--each winning an Oscar--in the subsequent film version. All four productions were produced by Fred Coe, who died while this TV-movie adaptation was being filmed and to whom it was dedicated. Production Companies Katz-Gallin Productions, Half Pint Enterprises. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producers Raymond Katz, Sandy Gallin. Producer Fred Coe. Teleplay William Gibson. Based on the Play by William Gibson. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director Kim Swados. Cast Patty Duke Astin (Anne Sullivan), Melissa Gilbert (Helen Keller), Diana Muldaur (Kate Keller), Charles Siebert (Captain Keller), Anne Seymour (Aunt Ev), Stanley Wells (James Keller), Titos Vandis (Prof. Michael Anagos), Hilda Haynes (Vinnie/maid), Jonathan Gilbert (Jimmy), James Lee Canady (Servant). 671... Mirror, Mirror (NBC, 10/10/1979, 120 mins). A wealthy widow (Janet Leigh), a restless housewife (Loretta Swit), and a former model (Lee Meriwether) seek to reshape themselves through cosmetic surgery to please the men in their lives. Production Company Christiana Productions. Director Joanna Lee. Executive Producer Joanna Lee. Producer Jerry Adler. Teleplay Charles Dennis, Leah Appet. Photography Ben Colman. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song “Shadows in the Sand” by Joanna Lee, Jimmie Haskell. Song performed by Ruth Olay. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Serge Krizman. Cast Janet Leigh (Millie Gorman), Lee Meriwether (Vanessa Wagner), Loretta Swit (Sandy McLaren), Robert Vaughn (Michael Jacoby), Peter Bonerz (Andrew McLaren), Robin Mattson (Pamela Gorman), Walter Brooke (Dr. Samuel Shaw), McKee Anderson (Annie), Elizabeth Robinson (Paula Johnson), Chris Lemmon (Jonathan Shelton), Shelley Smith (Nola McGuire), Michael Hughes (Dr. Richards), Angus Duncan (Bud Stone), Ken Medlock (Ken (Coach)), Chris Chiapa (Chris McLaren), José DeVega (Armando (Chauffeur)), Jennie Webb (Wendy Baxter), Regis Philbin (TV host), Ernestine Barrier (Lillian Appleby), Harold P. Pruett (Joey McLaren), Scott Howard Pincus (Sam McLaren), Amanda Davies (Booking coordinator), Monika Lewis, Sandy Martin, Kathleen Hughes, Jeff Bannister, Connie Tracy, Shepherd Sanders, Eric Poppick, Barbara Garrison. 672... The Missiles of October (ABC, 12/18/1974, 180 mins). Three-hour taped (rather than filmed) docudrama dealing with the Kennedy administration’s actions during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The production was Emmy nominated, as were director Anthony Page, writer Stanley Greenberg, and actors William Devane and Ralph Bellamy. Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy’s book “Thirteen Days.” Production Companies Herbert Brodkin-Robert Berger Productions, Viacom Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Irv Wilson. Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Based on a Book by Robert F. Kennedy. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Production Designer Brian Eatwell. Cast William Devane (Pres. John F. Kennedy), Martin Sheen (Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy), Ralph Bellamy (Adlai Stevens), Howard Da Silva (Nikita Khruschchev), James Hong (UN Secretary General U Thant), James Callahan (David Powers), Keene Curtis (John McCone), Charles Cyphers (Press photographer), Clifford David (Theodore Sorensen), John Dehner (Dean Acheson), Francis DeSales (Senator), Peter Donat (British Amb David Ormsby-Gore), Andrew Duggan (Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor), Richard Eastham (Gen. David M. Shoup), Dana Elcar (Robert McNamara), Eugene Elman (Russian Presidium member), Ron Feinberg (Gen. Charles De Gaulle), Michael Fox (Soviet marshal), Allan Franz (Cong. Charles A. Halleck), Larry Gates (Dean Rusk), Jerome Guardino (Reporter), Ted Hartley (American general), Bern Hoffman (Russian Presidium member), Richard Karlan (Chief of the Presidium), Stacy Keach Sr. (W.E. Knox), Wright King (Sen. Richard Russell), Will Kuluva (Valerian Zorin), Paul Lambert (John Scali), Doreen Lang (Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln), Michael Lerner (Pierre Salinger), Robert P. Lieb (Gen. Curtis LeMay), John McMurtry (Yefgani Yevtushenko), Byron Morrow (Sen. William Fullbright), Stewart Moss (Kenneth O’Donnell), Stuart Nisbet (Reporter), Buddy Ochoa (TV assistant), James Olson (McGeorge Bundy), Dennis Patrick (Llewellyn Thompson), Albert Paulsen (Amb. Anatoly Dobrynin), Nehemiah Persoff (Andrei Gromyko), William Prince (C. Douglas Dillon), John Randolph (George Ball), Kenneth Tobey (Adm. George W Anderson Jr.), Serge Tschernisch (Soviet stenographer), Jay Varela (Cuban delegate), George Wyner (Civilian aide), Harris Yulin (Alexandr Fomin), Thayer David (Narrator). 673... The Missing Are Deadly (ABC, 1/8/1975, 90 mins). A suspense tale about the search for an emotionally disturbed teenager who has taken from his father’s research laboratory a rat infected with an incurable virus that can kill one hundred million people in three weeks.

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Production Companies Lawrence Gordon Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Don McDougall. Executive Producer Lawrence Gordon. Producer Allen Epstein. Teleplay Kathryn Michaelian, Michael Michaelian. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Gil Melle. Editor Frank Capacchione. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Steve Tisch. Cast Ed Nelson (Dr. Margolin), Leonard Nimoy (Dr. Durov), George O’Hanlon Jr. (David Margolin), Gary Morgan (Jeff Margolin), José Ferrer (Mr. Warren), Kathleen Quinlan (Michelle), Marjorie Lord (Mrs. Robertson), Armand Alzamora (Dr. Martinez), John Milford (Captain Franklin), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Bates), Stuart Nisbet (Grocer), Bill Smillie (Grocery store owner), Louis James Oliver (Gas station attendant), Paul Sorensen (Station owner), Keith Walker (News announcer), Abraham Alvarez (Dr. Ramirez), Lois Walden (2nd nurse), Marla Gibbs (1st nurse), Drew Michaels (1st reporter), Squire Fridell (2nd reporter), Joe Alfasa, Jennifer Lee, Tom McFadden, Eddie LoRusso. 674... Mister Jerico (ABC, 3/3/1970, 120 mins). A charming conman teams up with a pretty blonde in his attempt to separate a crooked millionaire from a fabulous diamond. Patrick Macnee, better known at the time as John Steed of “The Avengers,” made his initial TV-movie foray--to American audiences at least-- in this British-made comedy adventure. Production Companies ITC Entertainment Group, ATV Ltd. Director Sidney Hayers. Producer Julian Wintle. Teleplay Philip Levine. Based on a Story by David T. Chantler. Photography Alan Hume. Song by Don Black, George Martin. Song “Laurie Johnson Song” performed by Lulu. Editor Lionel Selwyn. Production Designer Harry Pottle. Cast Patrick Macnee (Dudley Jerico), Connie Stevens (Susan), Herbert Lom (Victor Russo), Marty Allen (Wally), Leonardo Pieroni (Angelo), Bruce Boa (Nolan), Joanne Dainton (Merle), Paul Darrow (Hotel clerk), Jasmina Hilton (Maid), Peter Yapp (Felipe), Anne Godfrey (Elegant lady), June Cooper (1st stewardess), Nancy Egerton (2nd stewardess). 675... Mobile Two (ABC, 9/2/1975, 90 mins). A seasoned broadcast journalist, an ex-boozer, gets the chance to again prove himself as a television news reporter in this pilot for the short-lived “Mobile One” series that premiered ten days after this movie’s initial airing and ran through the end of the year. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director David Moessinger. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer William Bowers. Teleplay David Moessinger, James M. Miller. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor Robert Leeds. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Jackie Cooper (Peter Campbell), Julie Gregg (Maggie Spencer), Mark Wheeler (Doug McKnight), Edd “Kookie” Byrnes (Roger Brice), Jack Hogan (Bill Hopkins), Joe E. Tata (Father John Lucas), Harry Bartell (Philip Ganzer), William Boyett (Lt. Don Carter), Burt Mustin (Wally), Barney Phillips (Surgeon). 676... Money to Burn (ABC, 10/27/1973, 90 mins). Lighthearted caper tale about an ingenious convict who manages to counterfeit one million dollars in the prison print shop and, with the aid of his wife, executes a complex scheme to swap the phony bills for real ones in the U.S. Treasury. Production Companies Silverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Harve Bennett. Teleplay Elroy Schwartz. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Oliver Nelson. Editor Les Green. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast E.G. Marshall (Jed Finnegan), Mildred Natwick (Emily Finnegan), Alejandro Rey (Caesar Rodriguez), Cleavon Little (Calvin Baker), David Doyle (Warden Caulfield), Charles McGraw (Neil Davis), Ron Feinberg (Big Maury Kowalski), Lou Frizzell (Guard sergeant), Robert Karnes (Team leader), Lew Brown (Guard), Paul Sorensen (Parking lot attendant), Mel Allen (Attendant), Peggy Walton (Miss Turner), Morris Buchanan (Frank). 677... Mongo’s Back in Town (CBS, 12/10/1971, 90 mins). This sadistic tale of a professional gunman (Joe Don Baker) who is hired by his brother, a syndicate kingpin, to rub out a gangland rival, comes from a novel written in 1969 by a convicted murderer serving time in the Minnesota State Prison. Production Company Bob Banner Associates. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producer Tom Egan. Teleplay Herman Miller. Based on the Novel by E. Richard Johnson. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Mike Melvoin. Editor Howard Smith. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Telly Savalas (Lt. Peter Tolstad), Sally Field (Vicki), Anne Francis (Angel), Charles Cioffi (Mike Nash), Martin Sheen (Gordon), Joe Don Baker (Mongo Nash), Johnny Haymer (Rocco), Harry Basch (Kanole), Howard Dayton (Owl Eyes), Ned Glass (Freddie), Angelo Rossito (Trembles), Gregg Palmer (Szabo). 678... The Monk (ABC, 10/21/1969, 90 mins). This unsuccessful private eye series pilot was developed by Blake Edwards, trying to recapture the glory of his earlier “Peter Gunn” and “Mr. Lucky.” A gumshoe named Monk is somewhat embarrassed after finding himself the prime suspect in the murder of an underworld attorney who had hired him to guard a valuable envelope containing incriminating evidence on a syndicate bigwig. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producer Tony Barrett. Teleplay Blake Edwards, Tony Barrett. Based on a Story by Blake Edwards, Tony Barrett. Based on Characters Created by Blake Edwards. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music Earle Hagen. Supervising Editor Jerry Jameson. Editor Bob Lewis. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Production Executive Ronald Jacobs.

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Cast George Maharis (Gus Monk), Janet Leigh (Janice Barnes), Rick Jason (Wideman), Carl Betz (Danny Gouzenko), Jack Albertson (Tinker), Raymond St. Jacques (Lt. Ed Heritage), William Smithers (Leo Barnes), Jack Soo (Hip Guy), Linda Marsh (Lisa Daniels), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Trapp), Mary Wickes (Mrs. Medford), Jo Besser (Herbie), George Burrafato (Stranger), Walter Reed (Director), George Saurel (Sergeant Mawson), John Hancock (Charlie), Bob Nash (Doorman). 679... Moon of the Wolf (ABC, 9/26/1972, 90 mins). After several townspeople are savagely murdered, a Louisiana bayou sheriff (David Janssen) searches for a crazed killer and becomes convinced that he’s chasing a modern-day werewolf. Based on the 1967 sci-fi novel by Leslie H. Whitten. Production Company Filmways. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Edward S Feldman. Producers Everett Chambers, Peter Thomas. Teleplay Alvin Sapinsley. Based on the Novel by Leslie H. Whitten. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Bernardo Segall. Editor Richard Halsey. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Makeup William Tuttle. Cast David Janssen (Sheriff Aaron Whitaker), Barbara Rush (Louise Rodanthe), Bradford Dillman (Andrew Rodanthe), John Beradino (Dr. Druten), Geoffrey Lewis (Lawrence Burrifors), Royal Dano (Tom Gurmandy Sr.), John Chandler (Tom Gurmandy Jr.), Claudia McNeil (Sara), Paul R Deville (Hugh Burrifors), Dan Priest (Sam Cairns), Robert Phillips (Deputy), Serena Sande (Nurse), George Sawaya (Attendant), Nick Crockett (Attendant), Sonny Klein (Harry), Emory Hollier (Roy Biggers). 680... More Than Friends (ABC, 10/20/1978, 120 mins). A romantic comedy, loosely based on the early courtship of Rob Reiner and his wife, Penny Marshall. It’s about a young couple who can’t make up their minds whether they just want to be bosom buddies or uncommitted lovers, and their embattled relationship between 1958 and 1971 when her show business aspirations take her to Hollywood and his struggles to be a novelist keep him in the Bronx. Production Companies Reiner-Mishkin Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jim Burrows. Executive Producers Phil Mishkin, Rob Reiner. Producer Norman S. Powell. Teleplay Phil Mishkin, Rob Reiner. Photography Jack Swain. Photography (New York sequences) Sol Negrin. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Lee Burch. Art Directors Don Roberts, Ross Bellah. Cast Penny Marshall (Maddy Pearlman), Rob Reiner (Alan Corkus), Kay Medford (Gertie), Phillip R. Allen (William Kane), Dabney Coleman (Josh Harrington), Fawne Harriman (Beverly), Howard Hesseman (Avery Salminella), Michael McKean (Terry Christopher), Claudette Nevins (Frances Harrington), Joe Pantoliano (Ralphie), Army Archerd (Himself), Carl Gottlieb (Director), Cindy Fisher (Wind), Marianne Bunch (Monastery girl), Pamela Hayden (Sky), Kip King (Lily Pad pal), Richard Crystal (Assistant director), Linda Gillin (Hippie-in-Training), Paul Micale (Dominic), Frank Martone (Slanski), Alexander Petale (Cocciatti), William L. Sumper (Monk waiter), Mike Preminger (Customer), Michael Brown (Anthony), Thomas Chu (Waiter). 681... The Morning After (ABC, 2/13/1974, 90 mins). Dick Van Dyke made his TV dramatic debut (Emmy nominated) in this drama about a successful public relations writer whose refusal to admit that he is an alcoholic causes him to lose his selfrespect, his career, his family, and almost his life. Based on the 1973 novel by Jack B. Weiner. Production Company Wolper Productions. Director Richard T Heffron. Executive Producer Lawrence Turman. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on the Novel by Jack B. Weiner. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Song “Yesterday” by John Lennon, Paul McCartney. Song performed by Joey Scarbury. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Ben Kasazkow. Cast Dick Van Dyke (Charlie Lester), Lynn Carlin (Fran Lester), Don Porter (Rudy King), Robert Hover (Frank Lester), Jewel Blanch (Karen Lester), Carolyn Ames (Carol Lester), Richard Derr (Dr. Tillman), Joshua Bryant (Dr. Emmett), Linda Lavin (Toni), Dermott Downs (Danny Lester), Joyce Easton (Rita), Sandy Ward (Telly), Jim Raymond (Jim Doherty), Penny Kunard (Kathy Doherty), Doug Johnson (Stewart), Sam Gilman (Fisherman). 682... Moses the Lawgiver (CBS, 6/21/1975 to 8/2/1975, 6 Parts, 60 mins each, 6 hours). This biblical spectacular, which ran in hour-long segments over a six-week period and then turned up theatrically in a severely edited version not long after its initial TV showing, marked Burt Lancaster’s TV acting debut, as well as that of his son, William (as Young Moses), best known as the writer of the hit movie “The Bad News Bears.” A multinational cast, working in Israel and the Negev, found itself trapped during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War while filming this leisurely paced but very expensive production. Production Companies ATV Ltd., ITC Entertainment Group, RAI. Director Gianfranco DeBosio. Producer Vincenzo Labella. Teleplay Anthony Burgess, Bernardo Zapponi, Gianfranco DeBosio, Vittorio Bonicelli. Photography Marcello Gatti. Music Ennio Morricone. Songs by Dov Seltzer. Editor Alberto Galletti. Art Director Pier Luigi Basile. Cast Burt Lancaster (Moses), Anthony Quayle (Aaron), Ingrid Thulin (Miriam), Irene Papas (Zipporah), William Lancaster (Young Moses), Mariangela Melato (Egyptian Princess), Laurent Terzieff (Mernephta [Pharaoh]), Simonetta Stefanelli (Cotbi), Aharon Ipale (Joshua), Melba Englander (Mernephta’s wife), Mario Ferrari (Ramses II), Antonio Piovanelli (Koreb), Marina Berti (Eliseba), Yosef Shiloa (Dathan), Shmuel Rodensky (Jethro), Paul Muller, José Quaglio, John Francis Lane, Paul Verani, Jacques Herlin, Giancarlo Badese, Cosimo Cinieri, Renato Chiantoni, Didi Lukof, Enzo Fieramonte, Andrea Aureli, Percy Hogan, Fausto Dibella, Galia Kohn, Umberto Raho, Dina Doronne, Marco Steiner, Yossi Warjansky, Almos Tapshir, Balm Bashi, Chaim Banai, Michele Placido.

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683... Most Wanted (ABC, 3/21/1976, 90 mins). In this pilot for the short-lived 1976-77 Robert Stack series, a specialized police unit, made up of a dedicated homicide detective, a lady psychologist, an undercover cop, and an electronic gadgetry expert, tracks down the merciless killer whose victims have included Catholic nuns. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer John Wilder. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Photography Jack Swain. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Robert Stack (Lincoln Evers), Shelly Novack (Charlie Benson), Leslie Charleson (Lee Herrick), Tom Selleck (Tom Roybo), Sheree North (Melissa), Kitty Winn (Sister Beth), Percy Rodrigues (Mayor Stoddard), Jack Kehoe (Phil Benedict), Stephen McNally (Reverend Benson), Marj Dusay (Jean Evers), Roger Perry (Harkness), Fred Sadoff (Goldberg). 684... Mousey (ABC, 3/9/1974, 90 mins). Cast somewhat against type in his first made-for-TV movie, Kirk Douglas is a milquetoast biology teacher in Nova Scotia who learns during divorce proceedings that he is not the father of his wife’s son and stops at nothing to take vengeance on her in a cat-and-mouse game. “Cat and Mouse” was the theatrical title of this film as shown in Great Britain. Production Companies Associated London Films, Universal Productions Canada. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Beryl Vertue. Producer Aida Young. Teleplay John Peacock. Photography Jack Hildyard. Music Ron Grainer. Editor John Trumper. Art Director Roy Stannard. Assistant Director David Tringham. Cast Kirk Douglas (George Anderson), Jean Seberg (Laura Anderson), John Vernon (David Richardson), Bessie Love (Mrs. Richardson), Beth Porter (Sandra), Sam Wanamaker (Inspector), James Bradford (Private detective), Suzanne Lloyd (Nancy), Stuart Chandler (Simon), Valerie Colgan (Miss Wainwright), Mavis Villiers (Martha), Elliott Sullivan (Harry), Robert Sherman (Barman), James Berwick (Headmaster), Marge Alexis (Miss Carter), Robert Henderson (Attorney), Louis Negin (Couturier), Jennifer Watts (Party Guest), Tony Sibbald (Workman), Don Fellows (Foreman), Francis Napier (Engineer), Roy Stephens (Hotel receptionist), Elsa Pickthorne (Concierge). 685... The Movie Murderer (NBC, 2/2/1970, 120 mins). A veteran fire insurance investigator (Arthur Kennedy) pits his long experience against modern computer methods to track down a professional arsonist who is torching movie film. Production Company Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on a Story by Bernard Taper, Stanford Whitmore. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Stanley Wilson. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Cast Arthur Kennedy (Angus MacGregor), Warren Oates (Alfred Fisher), Tom Selleck (Mike Beaudine), Jeff Corey (Collier Landis), Norma Crane (Ellen Farrington), Robert Webber (Karel Kessler), Russell Johnson (Cliff Thomas), Nita Talbot (Lois Warwick), Severn Darden (Jimmy Apache), Elisha Cook (Willie Peanuts), David Astor (J.M. Cole), Henry Jones (Martin Moss), Steve Sandor (King Kong), Ned Glass (Hotel clerk), Woodrow Parfrey (Linderman), Sally Ann Richards (Beaver), Frank Campanella (Arson lieutenant), Mark Allen (Pete Holland), Milton Frome (Jacob Silas). 686... Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (ABC, 11/16/1971, 90 mins). Two high school seniors (Desi Arnaz Jr. and Christopher Norris) try to adjust to adult responsibilities when an unexpected pregnancy forces them into marriage. Adapted from Ann Head’s 1968 novel. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Robert Day. Producer Leslie Linsk. Teleplay William Wood. Based on the Novel by Ann Head. Photography Edward Rosson. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Harry Coswick. Art Director Merrill Pye. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Bo Jo Jones), Christopher Norris (Julie Greher), Dan Dailey (Mr. Greher), Dina Merrill (Mrs. Greher), Tom Bosley (Mr. Jones), Lynn Carlin (Mrs. Jones), Jessie Royce Landis (Grandmother), Susan Strasberg (Lee), Jeanne Arnold (Joan Hartlane), Nicholas Hammond (Evan Clark), Phyllis Love (Nurse), Larry Wilcox (Charlie Saunders), Michael Freeman (Gregory), Julia Benjamin (Grace), Maida Severn (Maid), McLean Stevenson (Minister). 687... Mr. Horn (CBS, 2/1/1979 and 2/3/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A sprawling two-part Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producers Elliott Kastner, Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay William Goldman. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Michael McCroskey. Art Director Agustine Ytuarte. Production Designer William Creber. Associate Producer (Mexico) Octavio Elias. Cast David Carradine (Tom Horn), Richard Widmark (Al Sieber), Karen Black (Ernestina Crawford), Richard Masur (Sheriff Ed Smalley), Clay Tanner (Lt. Henry Lawton), Pat McCormick (John Noble), Jack Starrett (Gen. George Crook), John Durren (Marshal Joe LeFlors), Jeremy Slate (Capt. Emmet Crawford), Enrique Lucero (Geronimo), Stafford Morgan (Gen. Nelson Miles), Don Collier (Mr. Nickell), James Oliver (Mickey Free), George Reynolds (1st rustler), William Smith Jr. (2nd rustler), Ian McLean (Fat rustler), Regino Herrera (Nana), Noye Murayama (Dandy Jim), Romero Rameriz (Dead Shot), Alexis Jacks (Mandy Irwin), Marilyn Starr (Pretty saloon girl), Michael Tanner (Art Laughoff), Sunshine Parker (Vern Laughoff), Dan Vadis (Gene Laughoff), Seamon Glass (Skinny rustler), Lou Cutell (Small man), Blackie Dammett (Small rustler), Billy Murphy (Willie

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Nickell), Tiger Williams (Teenager), John Dayton (Man on the street), John Malloy (Judge), John Alderman (Attorney), Leon Fredericks (Livery man), James Steward (Court reporter), Jon Ian Jacobs (Deputy in jail). 688... Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (NBC, 3/14/1973, 90 mins). Tony Lo Bianco and Hal Linden play New York cops, one losing an arm in a shoot-out, who buck the system to track a foreign embassy official in their efforts to bust a drug ring in this pilot for a prospective series. Production Company D’Antoni Productions Group. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Philip D’Antoni. Producer George Goodman. Teleplay Jerome Coopersmith. Based on an Original Idea by Sonny Grosso. Photography Richard Kratina. Music Charles Gross. Editor Murray Solomon. Art Director William C. Molyneaux. Associate Producer Kenneth Utt. Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Det. Rick Massi), Hal Linden (Det. Lou Isaacs), Paul Benjamin (Lieutenant Valentine), Marcia Jean Kurtz (Renée Isaacs), Stefan Schnabel (Luber), Philip Bruns (Brack), Arnold Soboloff (Gun seller), Melody Santangelo (Hooker), Ed Van Nuys (Frederick Wakeman), Robert Riesel (Emergency sergeant), Sam Coppola (1st cop), Joe Cirillo (2nd cop), Robert Levine (Desk sergeant), Matt Russo (Foreman), Larry Sherman (Clerical officer), Kevin Conway (1st fence), Mark Tenoleyr (2nd dock walloper), Birgit Winslow (Nurse), Randy Jergenson (Detective), Tony Palmer (Detective), Sonny Grosso (Detective), Jacques Sandulescu (Butler). 689... Mrs. R’s Daughter (NBC, 9/19/1979, 120 mins). Cloris Leachman fights the system in a frustrating battle to bring to trial the man who raped her divorced daughter (Season Hubley) and then vows to mete out her own vengeance when the judicial process breaks down. Production Companies NBC Productions, Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Dan Curtis. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay George Rubino. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Cast Cloris Leachman (Ruth Randell), Season Hubley (Ellie Pruitt), Donald Moffat (Frank Randell), John McIntire (Atty. Paul Underwood), Ron Rifkin (Dep. DA Joseph Baron), Stephen Elliott (Dep. DA James Karp), John Fitzpatrick (Carl Bergson), Craig Wasson (Andy Webb), Kerry Sherman (Cathy Burroughs), Deborah Benson (Kerry), Don Megowan (Sergeant Larsen), Barbara Tarbuck (Mchelle), Charles Gray (Dr. Carlson), Nan Martin (Mrs. Berson), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Burroughs), Dennis Burkley (Cal Logan), Belinda Balaski (Lynn Hollister), Danna Hansen (Fisher), Sam Weisman (Dep. DA Chester Cates), Lynn Wood (Judge), Paul Jenkins (DA Edison), Arthur Taxier (Mr. Beringer), Robert Brubaker (Final judge), Robert Kleins (Preliminary judge), Jerry Taft (Court clerk). 690... Mrs. Sundance (ABC, 1/15/1974, 90 mins). With fond memories of her life with the Sundance Kid, Etta Place (played by Elizabeth Montgomery) leads a fugitive’s existence, with a price on her head and bounty hunters on her trail, until rumors reach her that the supposedly dead Sundance still lives. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer Stan Hough. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Etta Place), Robert Foxworth (Jack Maddox), L.Q. Jones (Charles Siringo), Arthur Hunnicutt (Walt Putney), Lorna Thayer (Fanny Porter), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Lee), Claudette Nevins (Mary Lant), Byron Mabe (Merkle), Robert Donner (Ben Lant), Dean Smith (Avery), Jack Williams (Davis), Todd Shelhorse (David). 691... Mulligan’s Stew (NBC, 6/20/1977, 90 mins). A struggling high school football coach, his wife and three growing children take in four more who were being raised by his sister and her husband before dying in a plane crash. This was the pilot for the short-lived 1977-78 series with stars Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue. Production Companies Christiana Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Noel Black. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “We Gotta Stick Together” by Daniel Walsh, Michael Price. Editor Kenneth R. Koch. Art Director Kenneth A. Reid. Cast Lawrence Pressman (Michael Mulligan), Elinor Donahue (Jane Mulligan), Johnny Whitaker (Mark Mulligan), Christopher Ciampa (Adam “Moose” Friedman), K.C. Martel (Jimmy Mulligan), Julie Haddock (Melinda Mulligan), Suzanne Crough (Stevie Friedman), Lory Kochheim (Polly Friedman), Sunshine Lee (Kimmy Friedman), Alex Karras (Mr. Hollenbeck), Johnny Timko (Matt Hollenbeck), Zandor Taylor (Zandor), Jaime Alba (Polo Polocheck), Katy Kurtzman (Katy), David Jolliffe (Greeley, Jamie Silvani (Roselli), Adam Gunn (Brown), Steve Butts (Goodman), Paul Lambert (Principal), Pamela Serpe (Miss Silver), Lynn Holly (Beach girl), Sally Marr (Teacher). 692... Murder at the Mardi Gras (CBS, 5/10/1978, 120 mins). A bubble-brained Philadelphia waitress (Didi Conn) witnesses a murder during the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and finds herself stalked by the killer. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Ken Annakin. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producers Matthew N. Herman, Richard Nader. Teleplay Stanley Ralph Ross. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music Peter Matz. Editor Howard Epstein. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast Barbi Benton (Herself), Didi Conn (Julie Evans), Bill Daily (Jack Murphy), David Groh (Harry Benson), Gregg Henry (Randy Brian), Harry Morgan (Jim Bob Jackson), Ron Silver (Larry Cook), Joyce Van Patten (Janet Murphy), David Wayne (Mickey Mills), Wolfman Jack (Himself), Laverne Hooker (Nancy), Duncan McCord Mathes (Andrew), Andrea Piwetz (Lisa), Don

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Hood (Fenton), Louis Dezseran (Cedric), Don Lutenbacher (Sutton), Joe Mullane (Desk Clerk), Lyla May Owen (Dorothea), Catherine Jackson (Cindy), Stanley Reyes (Henri), James Borders (Clayton), David L. Gray (Jackson Square cop), John Wilmot (Dr.Denton), David Dahlgren (Maynard), Jerry Leggio (1st cop), B J Hopper (2nd cop), James Steele (3rd cop), Shirley Harrison (Maid), Harold Jeansome (Caveman), Nick Kreiger (Caveman). 693... Murder at the World Series (ABC, 3/20/1977, 120 mins). A troubled young man, bent on avenging the Houston Astro baseball team’s rejection of him, plots a bizarre kidnapping during the final two games of the World Series in Houston and places the lives of five innocent women in jeopardy. The original title for this movie: “The Woman in Box 359.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Producer Cy Chermak. Teleplay Cy Chermak. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music John Cacavas. Editors John F. Link, Richard A. Harris. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Lynda Day George (Margot Mannering), Murray Hamilton (Harvey Murkison), Karen Valentine (Lois Marshall), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Moe Gold), Michael Parks (Larry Marshall), Janet Leigh (Karen Weese), Hugh O’Brian (The Governor), Nancy Kelly (Alice Dakso), Johnny Seven (Severino), Tamara Dobson (Lisa), Joseph Wiseman (Sam Druckman), Bruce Boxleitner (Cisco), Larry Mahan (Gary Vawn), Cooper Huckabee (Frank Gresham), Maggie Wellman (Kathy), Cynthia Avila (Jane Torres), Monica Gayle (Barbara Gresham), Lisa Hartman (Stewardess). 694... Murder by Natural Causes (CBS, 2/17/1979, 120 mins). An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying literally to scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife’s ham-actor lover--not only an intriguing who (or whether) dunit but also a literate, adult dramatic puzzle (by Richard Levinson and William Link) with an endless series of twists. Production Company Richard Levinson-William Link Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Jack Swain. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Associate Producer Pattee Roedig. Cast Hal Holbrook (Arthur Sinclair), Katharine Ross (Allison Sinclair), Richard Anderson (George Brubaker), Barry Bostwick (Gil Weston), Bill Fiore (Marty Chambers), Phil Leeds (Eddie), Eve McVeagh (Helen Carrington), Jeff Donnell (Mrs. Mathews), Maida Severn (Garden party hostess), Lloyd McLinn (Director), Victoria Carroll (Television actress), Jessica Rains (Technician), Judith-Marie Bergan (Production assistant), Vivian Brown (Maid), Rosanna Huffman (Woman in play), Dany Marrou (Marta), Margery Nelson (Party guest). 695... Murder in Music City (NBC, 1/16/1979, 120 mins). A brash songwriter (a Cher-less Sonny Bono) who buys a detective business as a tax shelter finds himself and his photographer’s model bride involved in a puzzling murder--when a dead body turns up in their honeymoon suite--and a trail that leads them to Nashville. Subsequently titled “The Country-Western Murders.” Production Companies Frankel Productions, Gank Inc. Director Leo Penn. Executive Producer Ernie Frankel. Producer Jimmy Sangster. Teleplay Ernie Frankel, Jimmy Sangster. Photography Alan Stensvold. Music Earle Hagen. Song “It’s Only Temporary” written and performed by Ray Stevens. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Alan Jones. Associate Producer Russell Vreeland. Cast Sonny Bono (Sonny Hunt), Lee Purcell (Samantha Hunt), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Bloom), Claude Akins (Billy West), Belinda Montgomery (Peggy Ann West), Morgan Fairchild (Dana Morgan), Michael MacRae (Chigger Wade), Harry Bellaver (Jim Feegan), Jim Owen (Sam Prine), T. Tommy Curtrer (Lieutenant Culver), Charlie Daniels (Himself), Larry Gatlin (Himself), Barbara Mandrell (Herself), Ronnie Milsap (Himself), Boots Randolph (Himself), Ray Stevens (Himself), Mel Tillis (Himself), Pete Gardner, Sonny Grosso, Jack Barton. 696... Murder in Peyton Place (NBC, 10/3/1977, 120 mins). A suspense drama focusing on the mysterious killings of Rodney Harrington and Allison MacKenzie (Ryan O’Neal and Mia Farrow in the original series) as part of a diabolical plot to tear the community apart by a former resident, now powerful and wealthy, who has secretly returned seeking revenge. Dorothy Malone, Ed Nelson, Tim O’Connor, Joyce Jillson and Christopher Connelly re-created their original roles from the 1964-69 series, and Mia Farrow appeared in film clips from the original series. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Bruce Kessler. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Richard DeRoy. Based on Characters Created by Grace Metalious. Photography Gert Anderson. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Theme Franz Waxman. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Rodger Maus. Cast Dorothy Malone (Constance MacKenzie), Ed Nelson (Dr. Michael Rossi), Tim O’Connor (Elliot Carson), Joyce Jillson (Jill Harrington), Christopher Connelly (Norman Harrington), Janet Margolin (Betty Anderson Roerick), Marj Dusay (Ellen Considine), James Booth (Tommy Crimpton), David Hedison (Steven Cord), Stella Stevens (Stella Chernak), Jonathan Goldsmith. (Stan Haley), Charlotte Stewart (Denise Haley), Kaz Garas (Springer), Linda Gray (Carla Cord), Kimberly Beck (Bonnie Buehler), Royal Dano (Bo Buehler), Priscilla Morrill (Mae Buehler), David Kyle (Billie Kaiserman), Normann Burton (Jay Kamens), Charles Siebert (Kaiserman), Chris Nelson (Andy Considine), Robert Deman (Tristan), Gale Gladstone (Ruth), Fred Lerner (Chauffeur), Jerome Thor (Manager), Catherine Bach (Linda), Edward Bell (David Roerick), Fred Sadoff, Janis Hendler, Fred Hovey.

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697... Murder on Flight 502 (ABC, 11/21/1975, 120 mins). A road-company “Airport” with a stellar cast being menaced by a maniac on a transatlantic jet who has murdered once and threatens to kill again. Rock-jawed Robert Stack is the stalwart, unflappable pilot; his wife Rosemary and daughter Elizabeth have key roles. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer David Chasman. Teleplay David P Harmon. Photography Arch R Dalzell. Editor Allan Jacobs. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Art Director Alfeo Bocchicchio. Cast Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Kenyon Walker), Polly Bergen (Mona Briarly), Theodore Bikel (Otto Gruenwaldt), Sonny Bono (Jack Marshall), Dane Clark (Ray Garwood), Laraine Day (Claire Garwood), Fernando Lamas (Paul Barons), George Maharis (Robert Davenport), Farrah Fawcett-Majors (Karen White), Hugh O’Brian (Det. Daniel Myerson), Molly Picon (Ida Goldman), Walter Pidgeon (Charlie Perkins), Robert Stack (Captain Larkin), Brooke Adams (Vera Franklin), Danny Bonaduce (Millard Kensington), Rosemary Stack (Dorothy Saunders), Elizabeth Stack (Marilyn Stonehurst), Steve Franken (Arnold Goldman), Pepper Martin (Bomb man), Vincent Baggetta (Fred Connors), Philip Sterling (Benny Cummings). 698... Murder Once Removed (CBS, 10/29/1971, 90 mins). A deadly love triangle involves a scheming doctor who tries to inveigle his patient’s wealthy wife to dump her husband for him, and together they hatch the perfect crime. Production Companies Bob Markell Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Charles S Dubin. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Bob Markell. Teleplay Irving Gaynor Neiman. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast John Forsythe (Dr. Ron Wellesley), Richard Kiley (Frank Manning), Barbara Bain (Lisa Manning), Joseph Campanella (Lt. Phil Procter), Reta Shaw (Nurse Regis), Wendell Burton (Fred Kramer), Laurence Haddon (Off. Charles Bates). 699... Murder or Mercy (ABC, 4/10/1974, 90 mins). An eminent physician, accused of his wife’s mercy-killing, is defended by a retired attorney and his ambitious lawyer son. This film’s plot more than vaguely resembles “An Act of Murder” (1948) that starred Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Adrian Samish. Teleplay Douglas Day Stewart. Photography William W. Spencer. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Richard Brockway. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Bradford Dillman (Sam Champion), Melvyn Douglas (Dr. Paul Harelson), Mildred Dunnock (Lois Harelson), Denver Pyle (Amos Champion), Don Porter (Henry Balin), David Birney (Dr. Peter Peterson), Robert Webber (Dr. Eric Stoneman), Bettye Ackerman (Nurse Cantelli), Kent Smith (Judge), Bonnie Bartlett (Elena Champion), Arthur Franz (Dr. Raymond Eckworth), Regis J. Cordic (Arraignment judge), Lindsay Workman (Bailiff), Warren Parker (Dr. Chadway), Stephen Coit (Coroner). 700... Murdock’s Gang (CBS, 3/20/1973, 90 mins). A flamboyant, disbarred attorney and his staff of ex-cons are hired by a multimillionaire to find an embezzling bookkeeper, uncovering a trail of murder, suicide, blackmail and double-dealing in this unsuccessful series pilot. Production Company Don Fedderson Productions. Director Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producer Don Fedderson. Producer Edward S Feldman. Teleplay Edmund H. North. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Charles Van Enger. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Cast Alex Dreier (Bartley James Murdock), Janet Leigh (Laura Talbot), Murray Hamilton (Harold Talbot), William Daniels (Roger Bates), Harold Gould (Dave Ryker), Don Knight (Glenn Dixon), Walter Burke (Bert Collins), Colby Chester (Larry DeVans), Donna Benz (Terry), Norman Alden (Red Harris), Ed Bernard (Ed Lyman), Charles Dierkop (Denver Briggs), Dave Morick (Mickey Carr), Milton Selzer (Frank Winston), Frank Campanella (Barney Pirelli), Fred Sadoff (Dr. Barkis), Eddie Firestone (Hellstrom), William Fletcher (George), Karen Arthur (Ryler’s secretary), Larry McCormick, Diana Chesney, Gerri Dean. 701... My Darling Daughters’ Anniversary (ABC, 11/7/1973, 90 mins). In this sequel to “All My Darling Daughters” (1972), all the darling daughters get as anniversary presents the news that their widowed dad is about to get married. This film reunited Robert Young and Ruth Hussey after those golden years at MGM in “Honolulu,” “Maisie,” “Northwest Passage,” and “H.M. Pulham, Esq.” It was also Raymond Massey’s film swan song after a long screen career. Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Joseph Pevney. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay John Gay. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Robert Young (Judge Charles Raleigh), Ruth Hussey (Maggie Cartwright), Raymond Massey (Matthew Cunningham), Darlene Carr (Susan), Darrell Larson (Andy), Judy Strangis (Robin), Jerry Fogel (Jerry), Sharon Gless (Jennifer), Colby Chester (Brad), Lara Parker (Charlotte), Alan Vint (Biff), Ben Wright (Carter), Anna Lee (Judge Barbara Hanline), Anne Loos (Miss Markham), Gail Bonney (Helen), Carmen Zapata (Esther), Lois January (Nurse), Bert E. Holland (Doctor), John Day (Officer Hendrix), Virginia Ann Lee (Phyllis), Arnold Turner (Airline messenger). 702... My Father’s House (ABC, 6/1/1975, 120 mins). A drama about a heart attack patient, a busy, highly paid executive, who reflects upon his happy childhood and the way he was brought up in a simpler age. Although playing father and son,

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Robert Preston and Cliff Robertson, sharing star billing, never appear together in this film. Based on the Christopher Awardwinning 1970 memoir by Philip Kunhardt Jr., former managing editor of Life magazine. Production Companies Edward S. Feldman Company, Filmways. Director Alex Segal. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer David Sontag. Teleplay David Seltzer, David Sontag. Based on a Book by Philip Kunhardt Jr. Photography David Walsh. Music Charles Fox. Editor Marion Rothman. Art Director George Renne. Cast Cliff Robertson (Tom Lindholm Jr.), Robert Preston (Tom Lindholm Sr.), Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Lindholm Sr.), Rosemary Forsyth (Judith Lindholm), Ruth McDevitt (Anna), Michael-James Wixted (Tom Jr. as a Boy), Michael Cornelison (Steven), Brad Savage (Brad), Lark Geib (Susan), Gail Strickland (Paula), Carlene Olson (Ellen), Lil Greenwood (Nobel), Joseph Maher (Doctor), Clarke Gordon, Arthur Bernard, Dilart Heyson, Madgel Dean, Cris Capen, Laurie Main. 703... My Husband Is Missing (NBC, 12/5/1978, 120 mins). A young wife journeys to North Vietnam in an effort to find her husband, an American flier reported missing in action, and is joined by a cynical Canadian correspondent on the trail of a human interest story. Original title: “The Reach of Love.” Production Company Bob Banner Associates. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner. Teleplay Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Joseph Weiss. Editors Ann Mills, Richard C. Myers. Art Director Carl Anderson. Associate Producer Jacob Zilberg. Cast Sally Struthers (Kathy Eaton), Tony Musante (Derek Mackenzie), James Hong (Quan Dong), Martin Beswick (Francesca Bellini), Sam Freed (Paul Eaton), Jeff David (Boisson), Nam Loc (Receptionist), Shizuko Hoshi (Vice Consul), Lien Dao (Peasant woman), Lan Tran (Widow), Tran Te (Old man), Tung-Giang (Tuc Dow), Samuel Scofield (Minn Tri), Phan Tan Thieu (Head man), Ngoc Phu (Jeep driver). 704... My Old Man (CBS, 12/7/1979, 120 mins). The relationship between a spunky teenage girl (Kristy McNichol) and her hapless horse-trainer father (Warren Oates) is explored in this Ernest Hemingway short story (1923) that previously was filmed in 1950 as the John Garfield movie, “Under My Skin.” Production Companies Zeitman-McNichol Productions, Robert Halmi Inc. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Caroline McNichol, Jerome M. Zeitman. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Jerome Kass. Based on a Story by Ernest Hemingway. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Argyle Nelson. Music Dominic Frontiere. Production Designer Patrizia von Brandenstein. Cast Kristy McNichol (Jo Butler), Warren Oates (Frank Butler), Eileen Brennan (Marie), Joseph Maher (Phil Kiley), Joseph Leon (Shimmy), Jess Osuna (Matt), David Margulies (Chubby), Mark Arnold (Roy Kiley), Michael Jeter (George Gardner), Peter Maloney (Veterinarian), Kenneth Kimmins (Andy), Carol Teitel (Phoebe), Brandon Maggart (Mule), Howard Rollins Jr. (Doctor), Michael Prince (Stanley), Stanja Lowe (Nurse), William Duell (Rooster). 705... My Sweet Charlie (NBC, 1/20/1970, 120 mins). A pregnant white southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run, meet in a boarded-up house in rural Texas and develop a close friendship for their mutual survival. Patty Duke won an Emmy for her acting--the first given to a TV movie performance--and Richard Levinson and William Link were given Emmys for their original teleplay. In the spring of 1970, “My Sweet Charlie” received a limited theatrical release, including a Manhattan showing, none too successfully. Adapted from David Westheimer’s 1965 novel (and, later, play). Production Companies Bob Banner Associates, Universal Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on the novel and play by David Westheimer. Photography Gene Polito. Music Gil Melle. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Cast Patty Duke (Marlene Chambers), Al Freeman Jr. (Charles Roberts), Ford Rainey (Treadwell), William Hardy (Mr. Larrabee), Chris Wilson (Mrs. Larrabee), Archie Moore (Morgan), Noble Willingham (Grady). 706... Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (CBS, 12/1/1979, 120 mins). An all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all men, in this comic-book level adventure filmed on location in Oahu. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Joseph Pevney. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Gary Sherman, Sandor Stern. Photography Al Francis. Music Jack Tillar, William Loos. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Fred Price. Cast Steven Keats (Mike Stapleton), Jamie Lynn Bauer (Lizabeth), Jayne Kennedy (Chocolate), Kathryn Davis (Snow), Rosalind Chao (Flower), Deborah Shelton (Bambi), Susie Coelho (Jo Jo), Guich Koock (J J), Sandy McPeak (Stu), Michael McGreevey (Danny), Peter Lawford (Gordon Duvall), Clint Walker (Wendell). 707... Nakia (ABC, 4/17/1974, 90 mins). An American Indian deputy sheriff is caught in the middle of a community dispute when the tribe tries to save a historic mission from a housing developer. Robert Forster and Arthur Kennedy continued their roles in the short-lived series that followed (1974-75). Strong overtones of “Billy Jack” (1972) were spotted in both the telefeature and the later series. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Leonard J. Horn. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, Sy Salkowitz.

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Based on a Story by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler. Photography Ric Waite. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Arthur D. Hilton, David Wages. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Robert Forster (Nakia Parker), Arthur Kennedy (Sheriff Sam Jericho), Linda Evans (Samantha Lowell), George Clutesi (Naiche), Maria Elena Cordero (Diane Little Eagle), Joe Kapp (Deputy Hubbell), Taylor Lacher (Elliott), Stephen McNally (Alva Chambers), George Nader (McMasters), Christopher Stone (Otis), Barbara Sigel (Sally), Jed Horner Jr. (Half Cub), Helene Nelson (Sheila), Robert Donner (Fincher), Jay Varela (Indiana Johnny), Joe Renteria (Peter Two Bears). 708... The Nativity (ABC, 12/17/1978, 120 mins). This biblical drama offers a reverent retelling of the courtship of Mary and Joseph (played by Madeleine Stowe and John Shea) and the first Christmas. Filmed around Almeira, Spain. Production Companies D’Angelo-Bullock Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producers Harvey Bullock, Ray Allen. Producer William P. D’Angelo. Teleplay Millard Kaufman, Mort Fine. Photography Gabor Pogany. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors Jerry Dronsky, Robert Phillips. Art Director Luciano Spadoni. Cast Madeline Stowe (Mary), John Shea (Joseph), Jane Wyatt (Anna), Paul Stewart (Zacharias), Audrey Totter (Elizabeth), George Voskovec (Joachim), Julie Garfield (Zipporah), Jamil Zakkai (Menachem), Freddie Jones (Diomedes), John Rhys-Davies (Nestor), Morgan Sheppard (Flavius), Kate O’Mara (Salome), Leo McKern (Herod), Geoffrey Beevers (Eleazar), Barrie Houghton (Preacher), Jacob Witkin (Census taker), Jack Lynn (Innkeeper). 709... The Neon Ceiling (NBC, 2/8/1971, 120 mins). A runaway wife, fleeing middle-class boredom with her teenage daughter, lands in a truck-stop diner in the California desert run by a gruff, beer-drinking recluse living in a fantasy world that is a creative work of art. Lee Grant won an Emmy for her performance and Gig Young was nominated for his. Production Company Universal Television. Director Frank Pierson. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Carol Sobieski, Henri Simoun. Based on a Story by Carol Sobieski. Photography Edward Rosson. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer John Badham. Cast Gig Young (Jones), Lee Grant (Carrie Miller), Denise Nickerson (Paula Miller), Herbert Edelman (Harry), William Smithers (Dr. Miller), Robert Pratt (Ferris Wheel man), James McEachin (Highway patrolman). 710... Nero Wolfe (ABC, 12/19/1979, 120 mins). Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she’s under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murdermystery. This pilot (based on Rex Stout’s 1965 “The Doorbell Rang”) to a prospective Nero Wolfe series went on the shelf after being made in 1977 because of the death of its star and finally emerged in a late, post-midnight premiere. The subsequent series about Stout’s eccentric sleuth starred William Conrad as Wolfe and Lee Horsley as his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin. Production Companies Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Frank Gilroy. Executive Producer Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Frank Gilroy. Based on a Novel by Rex Stout. Photography Ric Waite. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Harry Keller. Art Director John Beckman. Cast Thayer David (Nero Wolfe), Tom Mason (Archie Goodwin), Anne Baxter (Rachel Bruner), Brooke Adams (Sarah Dacos), Biff McGuire (Inspector Cramer), Sarah Cunningham (Mrs. Athaus), John Randolph (Lou Cohen), John O’Leary (Theodore Horstmann), David Hurst (Fritz), Lewis Charles (Saul Panzer), Frank Campanella (Durkin), Jim Gerstead (Dr. Vollmer), John Hoyt (Hewitt), Ivor Francis (Evers), Allen Case (Rugby), Katherine Charles (Marian Hinckley), Robert Phalen (Yarmack), Sam Weisman (Quayle), David Lewis (Mr. Althaus), Rod Browning (2nd FBI man), Joe George (O’Dell), Richard Grayling (1st FBI man). 711... Nevada Smith (NBC, 5/3/1975, 90 mins). The half-breed gunslinger and his former mentor introduced in the theatrical feature of the same title in 1966 and before that in 1964’s “The Carpetbaggers” join forces to escort a shipment of explosives across the Utah territory, in this pilot for an unrealized Western series, Cliff Potts and Lorne Greene had the roles played earlier by Steve McQueen and Brian Keith (in the namesake movie) and by Alan Ladd and Leif Erickson in “The Carpetbaggers.” Production Companies Martin Rackin Productions, John Michael Hayes Productions, MGM Television. Director Gordon Douglas. Producers John Michael Hayes, Martin Rackin. Teleplay John Michael Hayes, Martin Rackin. Created by John Michael Hayes, Martin Rackin. Based on Characters Created by Harold Robbins. Photography Gabriel Torres. Music Lamont Dozier. Editor John C. Horger. Cast Cliff Potts (Nevada Smith), Lorne Greene (Jonas Cord), Adam West (Frank Hartlee), Warren Vanders (Red Fickett), Jorge Luke (Two Moon), Jerry Gatlin (Brill), Eric Cord (Davey), John McKee (McLane), Roger Cudney (Perkins), Alan George (MacBaren), Lorraine Chanel (Belva). 712... Never Con a Killer (ABC, 5/13/1977, 90 mins). In this pilot, shown some time after “The Feather and Father Gang” series came and went in the spring of 1977, detective Stefanie Powers and con man dad Harold Gould team up to outwit Runyonesque horseplayer John Forsythe. Production Companies Larry White Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Larry White. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Bill Driskill. Photography David Walsh. Music George Romanis. Editor Asa Boyd Clark. Art Director Ross Bellah.

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Cast Stefanie Powers (Toni “Feather” Danton), Harold Gould (Harry Danton), William H. Bassett (Huff Hufaker), John Forsythe (E.J. Valerian), Frank Delfino (Enzo), Bettye Ackerman (Dorothy), Jim Backus (Stanley), Severn Darden (Cap), Angus Duncan (Wyatt), Cliff Norton (Contractor), Eugene Roche (Schroeder), Joan Shawlee (Margo), Marc Singer (Tim), Camilla Sparv (Lilah), Edward Winter (J.C. Hadley), Jessica Rains (Jesse). 713... The New Adventures of Heidi (NBC, 12/13/1978, 120 mins). The long-familiar Heidi tale is given a contemporary setting--as the young heroine leaves her familiar Swiss mountain for the bright lights of Manhattan--and a musical background (10 original musical numbers by Buz Kohan). Production Company Pierre Cossette Productions. Director Ralph Senensky. Executive Producer Pierre Cossette. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on Characters Created by Johanna Spyri. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Buz Kohan. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Katy Kurtzman (Heidi), Burl Ives (Grandfather), John Gavin (Dan Wyler), Marlyn Mason (Mady), Sean Marshall (Peter), Sherrie Wills (Elizabeth Wyler), Alex Henteloff (Chef André), Charles Aidman (The Wild Man), Walter Brooke (Cousin Tobias), Amzie Strickland (Cousin Martha), Molly Dodd (Mother Gertrude), Adrienne Marden (Sister Agnes), Arlen Stuart (Hotel telephone operator), Barry Cahill (Hotel manager Krebs), Bartlett Robinson (Oscar the Butler), Fred Lerner (Jacob), Lola Mason (Birgitte), Buck Young (Jensen), Karl Ellis (Harold Sands), Kim Fowler (Marie). 714... The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (ABC, 5/29/1976, 90 mins). Rascally Joshua Cabe is back for his third goaround (John McIntire takes over for Dan Dailey who previously took over for Buddy Ebsen) and is wrongly convicted of murder, so his “daughters” devise a daring plot to smuggle him out of prison and cheat the hangman. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Bruce Bilson. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Paul Savage. Teleplay Paul Savage. Based on a Story by Margaret Armen. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Jeff Alexander. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast John McIntire (Sheriff Joshua Cabe), Jack Elam (Bitterroot), Jeanette Nolan (Essie Cargo), Liberty Williams (Charity), Renne Jarrett (Ada), Lezlie Dalton (Mae), John Dehner (Warden Mannering), Geoffrey Lewis (Dutton), Sean McClory (Codge Collier), Joel Fabiani (Matt Cobley), Ford Rainey (The Judge), Larry Hovis (Clel Tonkins), James Lydon (Jim Pickett), Randall Carver (Billy Linaker). 715... The New Love Boat (ABC, 5/5/1977, 90 mins). In this third pilot to the hugely popular series that--beginning in September 1977--sailed for more than eight years (with several additional periodic cruises thereafter), Gavin MacLeod was piped aboard as the captain, becoming the most successful of the Mary Tyler Moore alumni (series-wise). Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy (in 1986 to forsake acting for a congressional seat from Iowa), and Ted Lange had been part of the crew in “The Love Boat II” and signed aboard for this voyage and the rest of the series run. Alternate title: “The Love Boat III.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Richard Kinon. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Henry Colman. Teleplay Brad Buckner, Rick Hawkins, Liz Sage, Michael Norell. Based on a Book by Jeraldine Saunders. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Charles Fox. Additional music Artie Kane. Title song performed by Jack Jones. Editor Michael S. McLean. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Gavin MacLeod (Capt. Merrill Stubing), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Adam Bricker), Fred Grandy (Burl “Gopher” Smith), Ted Lange (Isaac Washington), Lauren Tewes (Julie McCoy), Georgia Engel (Cleo), Gary Frank (Stanley Adams), Pat Harrington Jr. (Ernie Klopman), Audra Lindley (Mae Allen), Melanie Mayron (Joyce Adams), Phil Silvers (Morris Beckman), Stella Stevens (Leonara Klopman), William H. Bassett (Josh), Paula Victor (Paula). 716... The New Maverick (ABC, 9/3/1978, 120 mins). Recycling the legendary comedy Western series (1957-62), this pilot for a prospective new run for Maverick has brothers Bret and Bart (James Garner and Jack Kelly re-creating their original roles). They join forces with the eager but inexperienced son of their British cousin Beau (played in the earlier series by Roger Moore) in a free-wheeling adventure involving them with a female cardsharp, a corrupt judge, an ill-tempered gunrunner, a gang of train robbers, and a crafty farm girl. Charles Frank and Susan Blanchard returned when the new series premiered in the fall of 1979 as “Young Maverick.” (It was gone three months later.) Production Companies Cherokee Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producer Meta Rosenberg. Producer Robert Foster. Teleplay Juanita Bartlett. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music John Rubinstein. Theme song by David Buttolph. Editors Diane Adler, George S. Rohrs. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Cast James Garner (Bret Maverick), Charles Frank (Ben Maverick), Jack Kelly (Bart Maverick), Susan Blanchard (Nell McGarahan), Eugene Roche (Judge Crupper), Susan Sullivan (Poker Alice), George Loros (Vinnie), Woodrow Parfrey (Leveque), Gary Allen (Dobie), Helen Page Camp (Flora Crupper), Jack Garner (Homer), Graham Jarvis (Lambert/undertaker). 717... The New, Original Wonder Woman (ABC, 11/7/1975, 90 mins). The popular comic books superwoman from the 1940s, the legendary Amazonian princess with the magic golden lasso, the invisible airplane and the bullet-deflecting bracelets, among other devices, performs incredible feats of skill and daring to save the life of handsome army air force pilot Steve Trevor, and then pits her supervisor powers against Nazi spies who will stop at nothing to eliminate her. This pilot for the 1975-78 series was the first of several subsequent films developed from popular comic book heroes (SpiderMan, The Incredible Hulk, Captain

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America and others), and the series that followed was aired on an irregular basis on ABC during the first season (set in the 1940s) before moving over to CBS as a weekly show with a contemporary setting, in which Wonder Woman was allied with the son of the original Steve Trevor. Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner continued their characterizations. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Leonard J. Horn. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Stanley Ralph Ross. Based on Characters Created by Charles Moulton. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Charles Fox. Theme song by Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Titles and Special Animation Phill Norman. Costume Designer Donfeld. Cast Lynda Carter (Diana Prince), Lyle Waggoner (Maj. Steve Trevor), John Randolph (General Blankenship), Red Buttons (Ashley Norman), Cloris Leachman (Queen Hippolyte), Stella Stevens (Marcia), Eric Braeden (Kapitan Drangel), Severn Darden (Bad guy), Fannie Flagg (Amazon doctor), Henry Gibson (Nicholas), Kenneth Mars (Col. Von Balasko), Helen Verbit (Nurse), Fritzi Burr (Saleslady), Ian Wolfe (Bank manager), Tom Rosqui (2nd cop), Gregory Harrison (Army lieutenant), Anne Ramsay (Cab driver), Maida Severn (Teutonic woman). 718... Nicky’s World (CBS, 4/19/1974, 90 mins). A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma of repossession and property without destroying its heritage. Production Companies Tomorrow Entertainment, Marden Productions Inc. Director Paul Stanley. Executive Producer Bob Markell. Producer Joe Manduke. Teleplay Edward Adler, William Katz. Based on a Story by William Katz. Photography Harvey Genkins. Music Charles Gross. Editors David Newhouse, Murray Solomon. Art Director Ben Kasazkow. Associate Producer William C. Gerrity. Cast Charles Cioffi (George Kaminios), George Voskovec (Paul Kaminios), Olympia Dukakis (Irene Kaminios), Despo (Electra), Mark Shera (Nicky Kaminios), René Enriquez (Mr. Torres), Emily Bindiger (Helen), Phyllis Glick (Elizabeth), Joel Fabiani (Mr. Block), Eric Ohanian (Gus), Glenn Walken (Shelton), Michael Mullins (Larry), Rita Karin (Mrs. Mylonas), James Broderick (Russell), Chris Gampel (Oven salesman), Leonard Parker (Electrician), Richard McKenzie (Mr. Lanning), Ted Beniades (Mr. Sullivan), Alfred Hinckley (Fire Chief), Adam Wade (Ezra Lent), Page Johnson (Workman), Stanley Grover (Fireman), Marc Vahanian (Ronnie). 719... Night Chase (CBS, 11/20/1970, 90 mins). A suspense tale of a wealthy businessman’s frantic flight from the scene of his wife’s shooting and his unexpected relationship with the hardened cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexican border. Original title: “The Man in the Back Seat.” Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producer Nathaniel Lande. Producer Collier Young. Teleplay Marvin A. Gluck. Based on a Story by Collier Young. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast David Janssen (Adrian Vico), Yaphet Kotto (Ernie Green), Victoria Vetri (Beverly Dorn), Elisha Cook (Proprietor), Joe DeSantis (Old fisherman), Richard Romanus (Young fisherman), Mel Berger (Jumbo), Karen Carlson (Vico’s wife), John Carter (Captain Walker), Laurie Main (Tout), Edward Faulkner (Patrolman), William Katt (Marine private), Dan Kemp, Sonora McKeller, Robert Rothwell, Stafford Morgan, Lorna Thayer, Robert Kino, Robert Wheeler, John Hall, Armando Diaz, John Steadman, Sam Nudell, Clay Tanner. 720... Night Cries (ABC, 1/29/1978, 120 mins). Suspense tale about a young woman (Susan Saint James) tormented by terrifying dreams that indicate her dead child is alive and in danger. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer David Manson. Teleplay Brian Taggert. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Paul Chihara. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Allan Marcil. Cast Susan Saint James (Jeannie Haskins), Michael Parks (Mitch Haskins), Jamie Smith Jackson (Peggy Barton), Dolores Dorn (Nurse Green), Cathleen Nesbitt (Mrs. Delesande), William Conrad (Dr. Whelan), Britt Leach (Dr. Medlow), Saundra Sharp (Bea Pryor), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Thueson), Ellen Geer (Mrs. Whitney), Lee Kessler (Cynthia), Carl Byrd (George Pryor), James Keane (Charlie), Jennifer Penny (Woman), Robert Starr (Receptionist), Margo Ann Berdeshevsky (Operator), Tracey Gold (Donna Blankenstrip), Scott Mulhern (Technician), Meeno Peluce (Ian Whitney), Nichole Faustino (Young Jeannie). 721... Night Gallery (NBC, 11/8/1969, 120 mins). This three-part drama anthology spawned the popular Rod Serling TV series (1971-73). In the first, directed by Boris Sagal, a young man who murders his uncle for his promised inheritance becomes possessed by a painting of the family cemetery (Ossie Davis, Roddy McDowall and George Macready star). In the second, instrumental in making an important director out of a young Steven Spielberg, a blind millionairess buys the eyes of an indebted gambler to see for 12 hours (starring Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan and Tom Bosley). In the third, under Barry Shear, a fugitive Nazi is recognized by a concentration camp victim during a visit to a Buenos Aires art museum (featuring Richard Kiley and Sam Jaffe). Production Company Universal Television. Directors Boris Sagal, Steven Spielberg, Barry Shear. Producer William Sackheim. Teleplay Rod Serling. Photography Richard Batcheller, William Margulies. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Edward M Abroms. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Associate Producer John Badham. Costumes Burton Miller.

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Cast Joan Crawford (Claudia Menlo), Ossie Davis (Osmond Portifoy), Richard Kiley (Joseph Strobe), Roddy McDowall (Jeremy), Barry Sullivan (Dr. Frank Heatherton), Tom Bosley (Resnick), George Macready (Hendricks), Sam Jaffe (Bleum), Norma Crane (Gretchen), Barry Atwater (Carson), George Murdock (1st agent), Byron Morrow (Packer), Garry Goodrow (Louis), Shannon Farnon (1st nurse), Richard Hale (Doctor), Tom Basham (Gibbons). 722... Night Games (NBC, 3/16/1974, 90 mins). Unorthodox Harvard-educated lawyer, trying to carve out a practice in a small Arizona town with his young bride, defends a pretty socialite accused of murdering her husband in this pilot to the “Petrocelli” series (1974-76). Barry Newman originated the character in the theatrical feature “The Lawyer” (1970), and continued the role, along with Susan Howard and Albert Salmi, in the later series. Production Companies Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer E. Jack Neuman. Producers Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L. Miller. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Barry Newman (Tony Petrocelli), Susan Howard (Patsy Petrocelli), Albert Salmi (Pete Toley), Luke Askew (D.D. Franklin), Stefanie Powers (Pauline Hannigan), JoAnna Cameron (Thelma Lattimer), Anjanette Comer (Jenny Kenedisis), Jon Cypher (Dale Hannigan), Henry Darrow (DA Jaime Martinez), Ralph Meeker (Dutch Armbreck), William Prince (Clayton Nikell), Dennis Patrick (Judge Medford), Robert Emhardt (Judge Ambrose), William Hansen, William Hurst, Sherry Love, Larry Thor, Katey Sweatman, Ernst Neumann. 723... Night of Terror (ABC, 10/10/1972, 90 mins). Chuck Connors plays a syndicate killer relentlessly pursuing a pretty young teacher who doesn’t know what he’s after, although he has already killed twice to get it. Production Companies Paramount Network Television, Miller-Milkis Productions. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Producers Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L. Miller. Teleplay Cliff Gould. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Mike Vejar. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Martin Balsam (Capt. Caleb Sark), Catherine Burns (Celeste Davillo), Chuck Connors (Brian DiPaulo), Donna Mills (Linda Daniel), Agnes Moorehead (Bronsky), Vic Vallardo (Washington), John Karlen (Pete Manning), Peter Hooten (Chris Arden), David Spielberg (Dr. Widdicomb), William Gray Espy (Dr. Cannard), Mary Grace Canfield (Chairlady), Bart LaRue (Phone man), Johnny Martino (Steve Martin), Leon Williams (Intern), Eddie Egan (Lieutenant Costin). 724... The Night Rider (ABC, 5/11/1979, 90 mins). “The Mark of Zorro” was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman (played by David Selby) who turns masked rider to fight for law and order and avenge his family’s killing by four men who wanted their silver mine. Production Companies Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Universal Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Alex Beaton, Stephen J. Cannell. Producer J. Rickly Dumm. Supervising Producer William F. Phillips. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Steven Poster. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors Christopher Nelson, Dominick DiMascio. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Cast David Selby (Lord Thomas Earl), Percy Rodrigues (Robert), Kim Cattrall (Regina Kenton), George Grizzard (Dan Kenton), Anthony Herrera (Tru Sheridan), Anna Lee (Lady Earl), Pernell Roberts (Alex Sheridan), Michael Sharrett (Chock Hollister/Young Thomas), Harris Yulin (Billy “Bowlegs” Baines), Hildy Brooks (Marie Hollister), Curt Lowens (Hans Klaus), Van Williams (Jim Hollister), Stuart Nisbet (Doc Ellis), Gary Allen (Donald White/hotel clerk), Sydney Penny (Melissa Hollister), Ed Knight (Paul Hairston), Maria Diane (Mrs. Klaus), Susan Davis (Deri Kenton), Hugh Gillin (Zack Bodine), Whit Bissell (Richards). 725... Night Slaves (ABC, 9/29/1970, 90 mins). In this sci-fi thriller, James Franciscus plays a man who finds himself stranded in a sleepy Western town with his wife (Lee Grant) and then becomes romantically involved with a beautiful woman who holds the key to the mystery of the strange force that has turned the townspeople into zombies. Based on the 1965 novel by Jerry Sohl. Production Companies Warner Bros Television, Bing Crosby Productions. Director Ted Post. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Everett Chambers, Robert Specht. Based on a Novel by Jerry Sohl. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Bernardo Segall. Editor Michael Kahn. Art Director Howard Hollander. Cast James Franciscus (Clay Howard), Lee Grant (Marjorie Howard), Scott Marlowe (Matt Russell), Andrew Prine (Fess Beany /Noel), Tisha Sterling (Annie Fletcher [Naillil]), Leslie Nielsen (Sheriff Henshaw), Virginia Vincent (Mrs. Crawford), Morris Buchanan (Mr. Hale), Cliff Carnell (Spencer), Victor Izay (Jeff Pardee), Raymond Mayo (Joe Landers), John Kellogg (Mr. Fletcher), Russell Thorson (Dr. Smithers), Nancy Valentine (May). 726... The Night Stalker (ABC, 1/11/1972, 90 mins). A flip, down-on-his-luck newspaper reporter stumbles across a modern-day vampire who is murdering Las Vegas showgirls, but he cannot convince his own editor, let alone the police, of the identity of the crazed maniac. The now-cult lighthearted thriller that eventually spawned the regrettably brief series of the same name (1974-75) with Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland continuing their roles was the highest rated made-for-TV movie up to that time.

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Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on a Story by Jeff Rice. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Desmond Marquette. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Darren McCain (Carl Kolchak), Carol Lynley (Gail Foster), Simon Oakland (Tony Vincenzo), Ralph Meeker (Bernie Jenks), Claude Akins (Sheriff Warren Butcher), Charles McGraw (Chief Ed Masterson), Kent Smith (DA Tom Payne), Larry Linville (Robert Maker), Jordan Rhodes (Dr. John O’Brien), Barry Atwater (Janis Sorely), Stanley Adams (Fred Hurley), Elisa Cook (Mickey Crawford). 727... The Night Strangler (ABC, 1/16/1973, 90 mins). A monster-chasing reporter finds himself searching Seattle for a killer whose grisly record seems to stretch back more than a century, making an appearance every 21 years. This sequel to “The Night Stalker” (1971) led to the near-cult “Kolchak” series (1974-75) that had Darren McGavin trying week after week to convince Simon Oakland, his skeptical editor, of the most bizarre monster stories. Original title: “The Time Killer.” Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on Characters Created by Jeff Rice. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Monster Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Darren McGavin (Carl Kolchak), Jo Ann Pflug (Louise Harper), Simon Oakland (Tony Vincenzo), Scott Brady (Capt. Roscoe Schubert), Wally Cox (Titus Berry), Margaret Hamilton (Prof. Hester Crabwell), John Carradine (Llewellyn Crossbinder), Nina Wayne (Charisma Beauty/Gladys Weems), Ivor Francis (Dr. Christopher Webb), Richard Anderson (Dr. Richard Malcolm), Virginia Peters (Wilma Krankheimer), Kate Murtagh (Janie Watkins), Regina Parton (Ethel Parker), Diane Shalet (Joyce Gabriel). 728... Night Terror (NBC, 2/7/1977, 90 mins). A housewife (Valerie Harper) becomes the quarry of a psychopathic killer (Richard Romanus) after she sees him shoot down a highway patrolman. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Daniel Selznick. Teleplay Carl Gabler, Richard DeNeut. Photography Frank Beascoechea, Vilis Lapenieks. Music Fred Steiner. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast Valerie Harper (Carol Turner), Richard Romanus (The Killer), Nicholas Pryor (Man in Sports Car), John Quade (Old Derelict), Michael Tolan (Walter Turner), Beatrice Manley (Aunt Vera Willis), Quinn Cummings (Nancy), Damon Raskin (Buddy), Madeleine Taylor Holmes (Indian woman), John War Eagle (Indian man), Jan Burrell (Waitress in diner), Gary Springer (Gas station attendant), Gary Barton (Gas station attendant), Dinah Manoff (Attendant’s girlfriend), Linda Lukens (Attendant’s girlfriend), Frank Lugo (Room service waiter), Charles Parks (Hotel parking attendant), Edward Cross (Doctor). 729... The Night That Panicked America (ABC, 10/31/1975, 120 mins). Drama recalling the widespread fright caused by the famous Halloween night 1938 radio broadcast, Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” (meticulously re-created), which sent millions into the streets convinced that America was being invaded by Martians. Nicholas Meyer and Anthony Wilson won Emmy Award nominations for their original teleplay. Also cited were editors Bud S. Isaacs, Tony Radecki and George Jay Nicholson. This was another two-hour movie that subsequently was edited down to 90 minutes for its network rerun (in 1977) and syndicated showings. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Anthony Wilson. Producer Joseph Sargent. Teleplay Anthony Wilson, Nicholas Meyer. Based on a Story by Nicholas Meyer. From the radio play Invasion From Mars by Howard Koch. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Frank Comstock. Editors Bud S. Isaacs, George Jay Nicholson, Tony Radecki. Art Director Monty Elliott. Creative Consultant Paul Stewart. Cast Paul Shenar (Orson Welles), Vic Morrow (Hank Muldoon), Cliff DeYoung (Stefan Grubowski), Michael Constantine (Jess Wingate), Walter McGinn (Paul Stewart), Eileen Brennan (Ann Muldoon), Meredith Baxter (Linda Davis), Tom Bosley (Norman Smith), Will Geer (Reverend Davis), John Ritter (Walter Wingate), Granville Van Dusen (Carl Philips), Burton Gilliam (Tex), Joshua Bryant (Howard Koch), Ron Rifkin (1st radio actor), Walker Edmiston (2nd radio actor), Casey Kasem (3rd radio actor), Marcus J. Grapes (4th radio actor), Liam Dunn (Charlie), Shelley Morrison (Toni/sound effects girl), Art Hannes (Announcer), Byron Webster (Harrison), Clarke Gordon (Matlock), Linda Dano (Secretary), Tracy Brooks Swope (Kelly), Hanna Hertelendy (Maid), Robert Lussier (Arnie), Ed Bakey (Vanderhoff). 730... The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (NBC, 10/24/1977, 120 mins). A hijacking caper involving an airliner carrying not only five beauty contest finalists but also a dangerous laboratory mutation to be used for bacterial warfare. Production Company Don Kirshner Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Don Kirshner, Merrill Grant. Producer George Lefferts. Teleplay George Lefferts. Based on a Story by Lou La Rose. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Walter Murphy. Choreographer James Starbuck. Editors Les Green, Robert L. Swanson. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis. Associate Producer John E. Quill. Cast Gary Collins (Paul Fabiani), Chuck Connors (Mike O’Toole), Henry Gibson (Rolly Royce), Peter Haskell (Damon Faulkner), Karen Lamm (Cindy Lou Barrett), Sheree North (Layla Burden), Victoria Principal (Reba Bar Lev), Gregory Sierra (Omar Welk), Phil Silvers (Marv Barker), Stella Stevens (Kate Malloy), Rosanne Katon (April Garland), Jonathan Banks (Buck), William H. Bassett (Smitty), Marcia Lewis (Mrs. Barrett), Santos Morales (Hector), Burke Byrnes (Barney Jessup), Suzette Carroll

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(Toni McDuff), Lillian Muller (Lillie Schaefer), Phoebe Dorin (Gloria), Al Rossi (Duke), James Jeter (Lew), Bill Overton (Willie), Pat Corley (Roman), Paul Kent (Director). 731... Nightmare (CBS, 1/8/1974, 90 mins). A thriller involving a murder witness who, unable to convince police that the killer is in the apartment across the courtyard from his, realizes that he is the next target of the sniper. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director William Hale. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay David Wiltse. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Peter Link. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Richard Crenna (Howard Falson), Patty Duke Astin (Jan Richards), Vic Morrow (Detective Rausch), Peter Bromilow (Tayor), Arch Johnson (Superintendent), Arlene Golonka (Linda), Richard Schaal (George), Doreen Lang (Louise), Maryesther Denver (Mrs. Ramsey), Norbert Schiller (Albert), Mary Boyland (Marie), Wright King (Director), Christopher Joy (Doctor), James Gavin (Doorman), Henry Winkler (Auditioning actor). 732... Nightmare in Badham County (ABC, 11/5/1976, 120 mins). Two college coeds find their vacation drive across the country turning into a nightmare when one is attacked by a small-town sheriff and both are then beaten, degraded and locked into a corrupt prison farm with no way to tell their parents or friends where they are. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Teleplay Jo Heims. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Carroll Sax. Production Designer Jan Scott. Associate Producer Herb Wallerstein. Cast Deborah Raffin (Cathy Phillips), Lynne Moody (Diane Emery), Chuck Connors (Sheriff Dannen), Fionnuala Flanagan (Dulcie), Tina Louise (Greer), Robert Reed (Superintendent Deaner), Della Reese (Sarah), Lana Wood (Smitty), Ralph Bellamy (The Judge), Kim Wilson (Emiline), Leslie Albers (Waitress), Simpson Hemphill (Governor’s aide), Annette Henley (1st white inmate), Tom Keith (Gas station attendant), John Malloy (Mr. Phillips), Hal Thomas Phillips (Mayor), John Rober Jr. (Restaurant manager), Essex Smith (George), Tommie Stewart (Alma). 733... No Other Love (CBS, 3/24/1979, 120 mins). A drama about a young, marginally retarded girl and boy who meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own--despite the attempts by the girl’s parents to separate them. Production Company Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Richard Pearce. Producers Jon Avnet, Steve Tisch. Teleplay Edwin Francis Kaplan. Photography David Myers. Music Charles Gross. Editors Bill Yahraus, Gary Griffen. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Associate Producer Edwin Francis Kaplan. Cast Richard Thomas (Andrew Madison), Julie Kavner (Janet Michaels), Frances Lee McCain (Pat Hollister), Norman Alden (Les Hollister), Elizabeth Allen (Jean Michaels), M. Emmet Walsh (DeFranco), Robert Loggia (David Michaels), Scott Jacoby (Bruce Michaels), Marilyn Coleman (Mrs. Walker), Neil Cooper (Neil), Billy Drago (Brian), Bradley Gorman (Richard), John Gowans (Justice of the Peace), Cynthia Anne Hoppenfeld (Mrs. Oberman), Corkie Harris (Corkie), Doris Hess (Doris), Julie Krauss (Girl on bus), Sylvia Sage (Sylvia Lane), John O’Leary (Optician), Glenn Robards (Father Hayes), Woody Skaggs (Father O’Riley), Mark L. Taylor (Mark), Robert Wrightman (Billy). 734... No Place to Run (ABC, 9/19/1972, 90 mins). When an adopted boy’s parents are killed and the authorities threaten to keep the boy’s ailing but loving grandfather from gaining custody, the pair run away together. John Badham, the film’s original director, left when the project was suspended because of Herschel Bernardi’s illness, and was replaced by Delbert Mann. Kay Medford also replaced Nancy Walker. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Producers Aaron Spelling, Paul Witt. Teleplay James G. Hirsch. Photography Ralph B. Woolsey. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song written and performed by Paul Williams. Editor Gene Milford. Art Director Bud Brooks. Associate Producer Tony Thomas. Cast Herschel Bernardi (Hyam L. Malsh), Stefanie Powers (Bonnie Howard), Neville Brand (Remus), Tom Bosley (Dr. Sam Golinski), Scott Jacoby (Doug), Kay Medford (Landlady), Larry Hagman (Jay Fox), Robert Donner (Used car salesman), Wesley Lau (Bill Ryan), Woodrow Parfrey (Motel manager), Will J. White (Highway patrolman), Susan Sullivan (Girl on bus), Larry Watson (Cabbie), Curt Conway (1st old man), Peter Brocco (2nd old man), Frank White (Construction worker), Patrick Patterson (News dealer), Wesley E. Barry (Young helper). 735... Nowhere to Hide (NBC, 6/5/1977, 90 mins). Lee Van Cleef’s TV-movie debut was in this pilot for a prospective series called “Scanlon,” the name of a street-wise U.S. marshal assigned here to protect a former syndicate hit man who is testifying against his ex-boss. Production Companies Mark Carliner Productions, Viacom. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producer Mark Carliner. Producers Edward Anhalt, Rift Fournier. Teleplay Edward Anhalt. Based on a Story by Edward Anhalt, Rift Fournier. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Ray Ellis. Editor John C. Horger. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Associate Producer Roberta Haynes. Cast Lee Van Cleef (Ike Scanlon), Tony Musante (Joey Faber), Charles Knox Robinson (Deputy Ted Willoughby), Lelia Goldoni (Linda Faber), Noel Fournier (Frankie Faber), Russell Johnson (Charles Montague), Edward Anhalt (Alberto Amarici),

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John Randolph (Narrator), David Proval (Rick), Clay Tanner (Lee), John McLaughlin (Stan), Robert Hevelone (Giff), Richard Narita (Lou), Stafford Morgan (Ken), Blackie Dammett (John), Bud Davis (Rudy), Vince Di Paolo (Frederico), John Alderman (Vittorio), John Stefano (Pilot #1), Bill Yeager (Copilot), Jack Starrett (Gus), Brian Cutler (Gaynes), Isaac Ruiz (Hernandez), Rick Dano (Torn), Gene Massey (Coxswain), Araceli Rey (Mrs. Amarici), Huguette Pateraude (Deputy Rowan). 736... The Norliss Tapes (NBC, 2/21/1973, 90 mins). In Dan Curtis’ warmed-over, more straightforward version of his “Night Stalker,” a pilot for a prospective new series, a humorless investigative reporter chasing down the supernatural stumbles onto the walking dead and finds himself in the clutches of a demon-spirit. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay William F Nolan. Based on a Story by Fred Mustard Stewart. Photography Ben Colman. Music Bob Cobert. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Roy Thinnes (David Norliss), Angie Dickinson (Ellen Sterns Cort), Claude Akins (Sheriff Tom Hartley), Michele Carey (Marsha Sterns), Vonetta McGee (Mme. Jechiel), Hurd Hatfield (Charles Langdon), Don Porter (Sanford Evans), Robert Mandan (George Rosen), Nick Dimitri (James Cort), Bob Schott (The Demon), Bryan O’Byrne (Sanders), Edmund Gilbert (Sid Phelps), Stanley Adams (Trucker), George DiCenzo (Deceased husband), Jane Dulo (Sara Dobkins). 737... Now You See It, Now You Don’t (NBC, 11/11/1968, 120 mins). A bumbling art expert (played by Jonathan Winters), hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre, schemes to steal it in this gag-ridden comedy that originally was to have been called, more aptly, “The Midnight Oil.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Weis. Producer Roland Kibbee. Teleplay Roland Kibbee. Photography John L. Russell. Music Lyn Murray. Editor Edward W. Williams. Art Director Loyd S Papez. Cast Jonathan Winters (Jeremiah Klay), Luciana Paluzzi (Gabrielle Monet), Steve Allen (Herschel Lucas), Jayne Meadows (Ida), Jack Weston (Prince Haroun), Lewis Charles (Herman), Marcel Hillaire (Moville), Richard X. Slattery (Haggarty), James Westerfield (Captain Boyle), Than Wyenn (Dr. Von Ganza), Michael Fox (Inspector Delon), Lucille Meredith (Miss Ross), Joseph Corey (Taxi driver), Richard Kiel (Nori), Roy Roberts (Mr. Stockman), John Aniston (Achmed), Michael Forest (Hamid), George Neise (George), Tamia Lomani (Belly dancer). 738... Nowhere to Run (NBC, 1/16/1978, 120 mins). A disgruntled husband devises a winning blackjack system as part of an elaborate scheme to leave his overbearing, unfaithful wife and start a new life, despite the fact that she has hired an inept, down-at-the-heels private detective to keep an eye on him. Based on Charles Einstein’s 1976 book “The Blackjack Hijack.” Production Company MTM Entertainment. Director Richard Lang. Producer Jim Byrnes. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Based on a Novel by Charles Einstein. Photography Charles G Arnold. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Albert Heschong. Associate Producer Les Sheldon. Cast David Janssen (Harry Adams), Stefanie Powers (Marian Adams), Allen Garfield (Herbie Stoltz), Linda Evans (Amy Kessler), Neva Patterson (Marian’s Mother), John Randolph (Marian’s Father), Anthony Eisley (Joe Anasto), James Keach (McEnerney), Ahna Capri (Charleen), Lance LeGault (Kaufman), Lionel Decker (Christos), Charles Siebert (Spence), Richard McKenzie (Dr. Steinberg), Kenneth Tobey (Mohr), John Finnegan (O’Neil), Antony Alda (Neft), Ivy Bethune (Mrs. Schneider), Marilyn Coleman (Maid), Paul Tulley (Oliver). 739... O’Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (CBS, 4/2/1971, 120 mins). Narcotics agents break up a dope smuggling ring in the standard, efficient, Jack Webb-produced manner. David Janssen went on to play O’Hara in the 1971-72 series, upholding law and order valiantly. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Jack Webb. Executive Producers Jack Webb, James E. Moser. Producer Leonard B. Kaufman. Teleplay James E. Moser. Photography Alric Edens. Music Ray Heindorf, William Lava. Song “U.S. Treasury March” by Ray Heindorf. Editor Warren H. Adams. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Associate Producer William Stark. Aerial Photography James Gavin. Cast David Janssen (James O’Hara), Lana Wood (Fran Harper), Jerome Thor (Marty Baron), Gary Crosby (Harry Fish), Charles McGraw (Agent Joe Flagg), Jack Ging (Agent Garrick), Stacy Harris (Agent Ben Hazzard), William Conrad (Keegan), Jim B. Smith (Phil Phillips), Michael Road (Russ Novack), John Davis Chandler (Al Garver/henchman), Burt Mustin (Len Clancy), Timothy Brown (Tim Shelley), John McCook (Captain Shafer), Ed Peck (George Foley), Joe E. Tata (Special Agent Bertino), James McEachin (Timothy), Jack Webb (Foreword spoken by). 740... The Old Man Who Cried Wolf! (ABC, 10/13/1970, 90 mins). Edward G. Robinson stars as an old man who, unable to convince anyone--even his own family--that he has been a witness to the brutal murder of a longtime friend, sets out to find the killer himself. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Walter Grauman. Teleplay Luther Davis. Based on a Story by Arnold Horwitt. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Production Executive Edward G. Robinson Jr. Cast Edward G. Robinson (Emile Pulska), Martin Balsam (Stanley Pulska), Diane Baker (Peggy Pulska), Percy Rodrigues (Frank Jones), Ruth Roman (Lois), Edward Asner (Dr. Morheim), Martin E. Brooks (Hudson Ewing), Paul Picerni

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(Detective Green), Sam Jaffe (Abe Stillman), Robert Yuro (Detective Seroly), Bill Elliott (Carl), James A. Watson Jr. (Leon), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Raspili), Virginia Christine (Miss Cummings), Jay C. Flippen (Pawnbroker), Pepe Brown (Louie), Jason Wingreen (Arthur). 741... Once an Eagle (NBC, 12/2/1976 to 1/13/1977, 7 Parts, 9 hours). Sprawling saga of two soldiers--one compassionate, one ruthless--from 1918 through World War II was adapted from Anton Myrer’s sweeping 1968 best-seller for a nine-hour (later six-hour) serialization that juggled wartime action with assorted romantic interludes. Veteran Glenn Ford was the stabilizing influence for his four younger costars, with all the others in the huge cast “guest starring” in alphabetical order. Cinematographer J. J. Jones received the film’s lone Emmy Award nomination for his photography of Part 1 (of seven). Subsequently it was shown in three two-hour segments. Production Company Universal Television. Directors E.W. Swackhamer, Richard Michaels. Executive Producer William Sackheim. Producer Peter S. Fischer. Teleplay Peter S. Fischer. Based on the Novel by Anton Myrer. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Dana Kaproff, Elmer Bernstein. Editors Chuck McClelland, Howard Deane, John Elias. Art Directors Lou Montejano, William L. Campbell. Cast Sam Elliott (Sam Damon), Cliff Potts (Courtney Massengale), Darlene Carr (Tommy Caldwell), Amy Irving (Emily Pawlfrey Massengale), Glenn Ford (George Caldwell), Ralph Bellamy (Ed Caldwell), Dane Clark (Harry Sheppard), Andrew Duggan (General McKelvey), Lynda Day George (Marge Krisler), Gary Grimes (Jack Delvin), Clu Gulager (Alvin Merrick), Robert Hogan (Ben Krisler), Kim Hunter (Kitty Damon), David Huddleston (Earl Preis), Juliet Mills (Joyce), Harriet Nelson (Columbine Crawford), Albert Salmi (Sen. Bert McConnadin), John Saxon (Captain Townsend), James Shigeta (Lin Tso-Han), Barry Sullivan (General Bannerman), Phyllis Thaxter (Alma Caldwell), Forrest Tucker (Colonel Avery), David Wayne (Colonel Terwilliger), William Windom (Gen. Duke Pulleyne), Anthony Zerbe (Dave Shifkin), John Anderson (George Varney), Andrew Robinson (Reb Rayburne), Jeff Cotler (Sam as a boy), Tracie Savage (Peggy Damon), Lynne Marta (Celia Harrodson), Dennis Burkley (Krazewski), Will Seltzer (Brewster), Jane Elliot (Cheryl Logan), Patricia Stitch (Nurse Pomeroy), Patti D’Arbanville (Michele), Hayden Rorke (Paul Sinclair), Ron Masak (Maynard Lambert), James Cromwell (J.L. Cleghorne), George Wyner (Dr. McCabe), Cathey Paine (Mae Lee Cleghorne), Kip Niven (Ryetower), Kario Salem (Joe Brand), Carmen Argenziano (Adam Brand), Tom Reese (Sergeant Stoner), Lee deBroux (Bill Nickerson), Andrew Stevens (Donny Damon), Jim Antonio (Captain Lasovitch), Melanie Griffith (Jinny Massengale), Ben Piazza (Captain Jerome), Kent Smith (General Jacklyn), Jordan Rhodes (Sergeant Ives), George Murdock (Sergeant Chepenek), Frank Michael Liu (Captain Nagasay), Randall Carver (Lee McConnadin), Anne Bellamy (Helene McConnadin), Bert Kramer (Colonel Peterson), Simon Scott, Jenifer Shaw, Rick Podell, George Loros, Chick Vennera, Lew Brown, Gary Springer, Rod Porter, Rori Gwynne, Geoffrey Binney, Rod McCary, Shelley Morrison, Richard Forbes, John Waldron, Sari Price, John Fujioka, Frank Farmer, Jan Burrell, William Bryant, William H. Bassett, Suzanne Horton, Clint Ritchie, Smith Evans, Sean McClory, Stacy Keach Sr. 742... Once Upon a Dead Man (NBC, 9/17/1971, 120 mins). A San Francisco police commissioner is dragged into a charity auction theft and a mysterious murder by his kooky wife. Rock Hudson made his TV acting debut in this pilot to his hit “McMillan and Wife” series (1971-77). Susan Saint James and John Schuck were the other holdovers from the pilot. Production Company Universal Television. Director Leonard B Stern. Executive Producer Leonard B Stern. Producer Paul Mason. Teleplay Chester Krumholz, Leonard B. Stern. Photography Stanley M. Lazan. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Associate Producer Ted Rich. Cast Rock Hudson (Commissioner Stewart McMillan), Susan Saint James (Sally McMillan), Jack Albertson (Chief Andy Yeakel), René Auberjonois (Andre Stryker), Kurt Kasznar (Edmond Corday), Jonathan Harris (Mr. Wortzel), Herbert Edelman (Gregory Constantine), John Schuck (Sergeant Enright), James Wainwright (John Patterson), Lilyan Chauvin (Mme. Jatnal), Frank Orsatti (Dewhawk), Stacy Keach Sr. (Dr. Hinton), Linda Watkins (Emily Hull), Gerald Hiken (Etienne Jacoby), Jerry Harper (George), Gretchen Kanne (Ann). 743... One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (CBS, 9/26/1978, 120 mins). The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore (based on his autobiography, “Breakout”) from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery conviction and his ultimate once-in-a-lifetime chance with the Detroit Tigers, where he became an outstanding baseball player. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer William S. Gilmore. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on the Autobiography by Ron LeFlore with Jimmy Hawkins. Photography Jordan Cronenweth. Music Peter Matz. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director William Fosser. Associate Producers Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella. Cast LeVar Burton (Ron LeFlore), Madge Sinclair (Georgia LeFlore), Paul Benjamin (John LeFlore), James Luisi (Jimmy Karalla), Billy Martin (Himself), Zakes Mokae (Pee Wee Parker), Larry B. Scott (Gerald LeFlore), Yaumilton Brown (Leroy), Walter King (Antoine), Jimmy Spinks (Umpire), James Butsicaris (Himself), John McKee (Ralph Houk), Matt Stephens (Mickey Stanley), Tony Mockus (Prison board chairman), Al Kaline (Himself), Norm Cash (Himself), Jim Northrup (Himself), Bill Freeman (Himself), Tom Erhart (Parole Officer), James Karalla (Heckler).

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744... One of My Wives Is Missing (ABC, 3/5/1976, 90 mins). A small-town detective (Jack Klugman) faces a baffling case when the missing wife of a wealthy man suddenly reappears but the distraught husband claims that she is not his wife but an imposter. The plot was similar to the earlier “Honeymoon With a Stranger” (1969) that starred Janet Leigh and Rossano Brazzi. Based on the play “Trap for a Single Man” by Robert Thomas. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Barney Rosenzweig. Teleplay Pierre Marton. Based on a Play by Robert Thomas. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Jack Klugman (Murray Levine), Elizabeth Ashley (Elizabeth Corban), James Franciscus (Daniel Corban), Joel Fabiani (Father Kelleher), Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. Foster), Milton Selzer (Sidney), Tony Costello (Bert), Byron Webster (Manager), Garry Walberg (Officer Foley). 745... One of Our Own (NBC, 5/5/1975, 120 mins). A hospital drama involving a neurosurgeon/chief of services who faces numerous crises--including saving a fellow doctor’s life after an incompetent physician makes an erroneous diagnosis. This was the pilot for George Peppard’s short-lived “Doctors Hospital” series (1975-76) that had Zohra Lambert, Victor Campos and Albert Paulsen continuing their roles as surgeons at Lowell Memorial Hospital. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard C. Sarafian. Executive Producer Matthew Rapf. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Jack Laird. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director Jack T. Collis. Cast George Peppard (Dr. Jake Goodwin), William Daniels (Dr. Moresby), Louise Sorel (Carole Simon), Strother Martin (LeRoy Atkins), Zohra Lampert (Dr. Norah Purcell), Oscar Homolka (Dr. Helmut Von Schulthers), Victor Campos (Dr. Felipe Ortega), Peter Hooten (Dr. Madison), Albert Paulsen (Dr. Janos Varga), Giorgio Tozzi (Sanantonio), Jacqueline Brookes (Frances Hollander), Ben Masters (Felix Needham), Mary Moon Toy (Grace Chang), Maxine Stuart (Scotty), Rose Gregorio (Rose Sanantonio), William Traylor (Bill Hinshaw), Eleanor Zee (Mavis Porter), Trisha Noble (Sabina), Scott McKay (Adrian Hollander), Wendy Phillips (Debbie Hinshaw), Frances Osborne (Muriel Emhardt), Milt Kogan (Dr. Korngold), Karen Knotts (Myrna), Larry Gelman (Glick). 746... Only With Married Men (ABC, 12/4/1974, 90 mins). A comedy about a sexy girl (Michele Lee) who only wants to date married men and a sly bachelor (David Birney) who pretends to be married to avoid a long-term involvement with anyone. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Jerome L. Davis. Teleplay Jerome L. Davis. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast David Birney (Dave Andrews), Michele Lee (Jill Garrett), John Astin (Dr. Harvey Osterman), Judy Carne (Marge West), Dom DeLuise (Murray West), Gavin MacLeod (Jordan Robbins), Dan Tobin (Alan Tolan), Simone Griffeth (Tina), Yolanda Galardo (Sheila Osterman), Fritz Feld (Chef), Jan Narramore (Alfreda), Royce Wallace (Charlotte), Mike Perrotta (Maitre d’), Lora Kaye (Doris), John Hart (Minister), Michelle Stacy (Ann West), Patrick Laborteaux (Peter West). 747... Operation Petticoat (ABC, 9/4/1977, 120 mins). This pilot movie (complete with laugh track) for the subsequent one season-plus series--with much of the same cast during the first season and a complete overhaul during the initial weeks of the second--is the TV remake of the 1959 Cary Grant-Tony Curtis comedy about a World War II submarine painted shocking pink and numbering among its crew five nurses rescued from battle. Interestingly, one of them is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Tony (and Janet Leigh), who costarred in the original. Production Companies Heyday Productions, Universal Television. Director John Astin. Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Leonard B. Stern. Based on a Story by Joe Stone, Paul King. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Artie Butler. Editor Clay Bartels. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Cast John Astin (Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Sherman), Richard Gilliland (Lt. Nick Holden), Yvonne Wilder (Maj. Edna Hayward), Jackie Cooper (The Admiral), Richard Brestoff (Yeoman Hunkle), Christopher M. Brown (Ensign Stovall), Kraig Cassity (Seaman Dooley), Wayne Long (Chief Herbert Molumphrey), Richard Marion (Williams), Michael Mazes (Seaman Gossett), Jack Murdock (Chief Tostin), Peter Schuck (Seaman Horwich), Raymond Singer (Lieutenant Watson), Jim Varney (Seaman Broom), Melinda Naud (Lt. Dolores Crandell), Jamie Lee Curtis (Lt. Barbara Duran), Dorrie Thomson (Lt. Ruth Colfax), Bond Gideon (Lt. Claire Reid), George O Petrie (Admiral Hatfield), Jesse Dizon (Ramon Gallardo), Philip Sims (Supply officer), Michael Alldredge (Supply CPO). 748... Ordeal (ABC, 10/30/1973, 90 mins). Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, an arrogant businessman (Arthur Hill) fights desperately for survival in order to exact his revenge and discovers an inner strength that changes his life. Originally called “Inferno.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Lee H Katzin. Producer William Bloom. Teleplay Francis Cockrell, Leon Tokatyan. Based on a Story by Francis Cockrell. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Joseph Silver. Art Director Jack Senter. Associate Producer Joseph Silver.

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Cast Arthur Hill (Richard Damian), Diana Muldaur (Kay Damian), James Stacy (Andy Folsom), Macdonald Carey (Eliot Frost), Michael Ansara (Sheriff Geeson), Arch Whiting (Deputy Sheriff Fred), Bill Catching (Deputy Sheriff Joe Duncan), Len Felber (Ralph). 749... The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (ABC, 3/4/1979, 120 mins). The Patricia Hearst story--through the eyes of FBI Special Agent Charles Bates--from her abduction on February 4, 1974, until her capture 19 months later. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, David Paradine Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Marvin Minoff. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Adrian Spies. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Ken Zemke. Art Director Joe Aubel. Associate Producer Patricia Finnegan. Cast Dennis Weaver (Charles Bates), Lisa Eilbacher (Patty Hearst), David Haskell (Steven Weed), Stephen Elliott (Randolph Hearst), Dolores Sutton (Catherine Hearst), Felton Perry (Cinque), Tisa Farrow (Gabi), Jonathan Banks (Pato), Anne DeSalvo (Gelina), Kathryn Butterfield (Carmella), Karen Landry (Fahizah), Nancy Wolfe (Lucy Brawley), Brendan Burns (Cujo), Roy Poole (Tyler), Redmond Gleeson (Sheriff’s deputy), Rosanna Arquette (Becky), Mary McCusker (Zoya), Alan Fudge (Bradshaw), Charles Shull (Shandell), James Karen (Psychologist), Ed Ness (Warrant officer), Richard Crystal (Seaman), Richard O’Brien (Holman), Jordan Wendkos (Student), Bruce Reed (Jess Brawley), Suzanne Kent (Fat girl), Peter Zapp (Bushy-haired guy), David Blue (Schiller), Allen Case (Froelich), Joseph DiReda (Sam Bennett), Paul Henry Itkin (Grass), Bob Delegall (Jackson), Alva Celauro (Sandy), Judith-Marie Bergan (Young stenographer), Robert Behling (Berkeley agent), Stephen Bradley (Berkeley agent), John Alderman (Executive), Heshimu Cumbuka (Drummer), Rockne Tarkington (Death Row), Barbara Iley (Mrs. DeFreeze), Joseph G. Medalis (Professor), Gary Graham (Young editor), Crane Jackson (Police Captain), Judson Pratt (Inspector), Eleanor Zee (Landlady), Ben Marley (Young man), Paul Lukather (Lynwood detective), Bill Deiz (TV news reporter), James Beach (SWAT captain), John Zaremba (Father), Laurence Haddon (Lucas), Michael Greene (Joe), Helen Funai (Wendy Yoshimura). 750... The Oregon Trail (NBC, 1/10/1976, 120 mins). A pioneer family pulls up stakes, packs its belongings. and heads West for the rewards of free land and a freer life. The series that followed this pilot film ran briefly from September to December 1977. Production Companies Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Michael Gleason. Teleplay Michael Gleason. Photography Jack Woolf. Music David Shire. Editors Jamie Caylor, Larry Strong. Art Director Norman R. Newberry. Associate Producer Carl Vitale. Cast Rod Taylor (Evan Thorpe), Blair Brown (Jessica Thorpe), David Huddleston (Painted Face Kelly), Douglas V. Fowley (Eli Thorpe), Andrew Stevens (Andrew Thorpe), Tony Becker (William Thorpe), Gina Mari (Rachel Thorpe), G.D. Spradlin (Thomas Hern), Linda Purl (Deborah Randal), George Kermas (Trenchard), Eddie Little Sky (Sioux Brave), Robert Karnes (Hatcher), Jerry Hardin (Macklin), Wilford Brimley (Ludlow), Hoke Howell (Vaughn), Walker Edmiston (George Cutter), John Wyler (Reverend Turner). 751... Orphan Train (CBS, 12/22/1979, 180 mins). In this three-hour dramatization of a little publicized episode in American history, dedicated social worker Jill Eikenberry organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new families and new lives.This fictionalized account covers the first of hundreds of orphan trains sponsored by what was to evolve as the Children’s Aid Society of New York. Production designer Jan Scott and set decorator Bill Harp received Emmy Award nominations for their artistry. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producers Marian Rees, Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay Millard Lampell. Based on a Story by Dorothea G. Petrie. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Aaron Stell. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Jill Eikenberry (Emma Symms), Kevin Dobson (Frank Carlin), Linda Manz (Sarah), Graham Fletcher-Cook (Liverpool), Melissa Michaelsen (J.P.), Glenn Close (Jessica), Morgan Farley (Mr. McGarrity), Severn Darden (Mr. Barrington), Charlie Fields (Mouse), Peter Neuman (Ben), John Femia (Tony), Sarah Inglis (Annie), Andreas Manske (Dutch), Scott Rogers (Bruce), Justine Johnston (Mrs. Comstock), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Mrs. Gardner), Mike Hammett (Danny), Hallie Foote (Nellie). 752... The Other Man (NBC, 10/19/1970, 120 mins). The neglected wife (Joan Hackett) of an ambitious DA (Arthur Hill) drifts into an affair with the ex-con he had helped send away (Roy Thinnes), and when her lover is found murdered, she cannot shake the idea that her husband is the killer. Based on the novel by Margaret Lynn. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Eric Bercovici, Michael Blankfort. Based on the Novel by Margaret Lynn. Photography E. Charles Straumer. Music Michel Colombier. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Roy Thinnes (Johnny Bryant), Arthur Hill (Paul Maitland), Joan Hackett (Kathy Maitland), Tammy Grimes (Denise Gray), Rodolfo Hoyos (Lieutenant Lorca), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Baird), Anne Collings (Mrs. Turley), James Gavin (George Dunning), Zolya Talma (Maria Soledad), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Dr. Brookner), Julie Foley (Miss Miller), Linda Burton (Bryant’s Wife). 753... The Other Side of Hell (NBC, 1/17/1978, 180 mins). 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witnessing attacks on patients by guards. Production on this three-hour movie began on this as “The Next Howling Wind” and then it was to have been called “Escape From Hell.” Production Companies Aubrey-Lyon Productions, NBC Productions. Director Jan Kadar. Executive Producer James T. Aubrey. Producers Jim Milio, Ronald Lyon. Teleplay Leon Tokatyan. Photography Adam Holender. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Ralph E. Winters. Art Director James Murakami. Associate Producer Russell Vreeland. Cast Alan Arkin (Frank Dole), Roger E. Mosley (Jim Baker), Morgan Woodward (Johnson), Seamon Glass (Donahue), Shay Duffin (Miller), Richard Hawkins (Reverend Wyler), Al Checco (Pudgy Man), Leonard Stone (Morelli), Tony Karloff (Carlo), Nicky Blair (Di Salvo), Barbara Dana (Louise Dole), Rocky Soriano (Baby), Ron Ben Jarrett (Benton), Robert Ferguson (Crying patient), James Bradley (Charlie), Harry Helm (Shaking patient), James Minahan (Kid), Jack Dove (Sam), George Peckham (Piano player), Stanley Yale (Mitchell), Jeffrey Bingham (Hank), Alexander Conley III (Sal), Bob Hoy (Fighter), Richard Riehle (Tattooed man), John Graham (Dr. Brink), James Schuster (Dr. Hazlitt.), Jack Wax (Dr. Menzies), Joel Fredrick (Social worker), Richard Arnold (Frank’s attorney), Donald Einarsen (District Attorney), Gary Boone (1st deputy), Bill Buck (2nd deputy), Mickey Butorovich (Lyon), Vern Taylor (Taniner), Jim Mendenhall (Coleman), Frank Magan (Greenberg). 754... Outrage! (ABC, 11/28/1973, 90 mins). In this film, one man (Robert Culp) decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent community. Based on a true incident, this story originally was titled “One Angry Man.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Richard T. Heffron. Producer Michael C. Green. Teleplay James E. Moser. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Directors Bill Malley, Walter M. Simonds. Cast Robert Culp (Dr. John Kiler), Marlyn Mason (Muriel Kiler), Beah Richards (Thelma), Jacqueline Scott (Mrs. Chandler), Ramon Bieri (Deputy Tottif), Thomas Leopold (Vance Chandler), Mark Lenard (Mr. Chandler), Nicholas Hammond (Ron Werner), Don Dubbins (Phil Werner), Ivor Francis (Judge Cox), Sydney Grossfeld (Attorney Markham), James B. Sikking (Officer Geary), Paul Jenkins (Deputy), Christopher Gardner (Aaron Kiler), Shelly Hines (Bess Kiler), Tony Farella (Birdie Prideman), Robert Weaver (Elliott Bright), Don Stark (Carl Dibble), Michael Rupert (Stu Rudell), Scott Colomby (Dennis Hully), Jason Wingreen (Mr. Bunce), Stuart Nisbet (Mayor), Phillip Pine (John), Walt Davis (Bailiff), Gary Clarke (Ron Werner’s attorney), Richard Hervey (Carl Dibble’s attorney), Byron Mabe (Vance Chandler’s attorney), Jan Burrell (Mrs. Dibble). 755... Outside Chance (CBS, 12/2/1978, 120 mins). A lady advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who steal her car and leave her unconscious by the roadside. She becomes a fugitive after killing her jailer during a rape attempt and breaking out with one of the hitchhikers who could prove her innocence. This is the same story, with a twist, as the unexpectedly successful “Jackson County Jail” (1976), also with Yvette Mimieux and the same technical crew headed by director Michael Miller, with much of the footage from that film telescoped to set up the premise for the new one. Production Companies New World Television, Miller-Begun Productions. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producer Roger Corman. Producer Jeff Begun. Teleplay Michael Miller, Ralph Gaby Wilson. Music Lou Levy, Michael Dunne. Editor Bruce Logan. Art Director John Carter. Associate Producer Richard Shor. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Dinah Hunter), Royce D. Applegate (Larry O’Brien), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Clair), Susan Batson (Mavis), Babs Bram (Miss Hopkins), Fredric Cook (Deputy Hobie), Severn Darden (Sheriff Dempsey), Howard Hesseman (David), Lee Fergus (Doctor), John H. Lawlor (Bill Hill), Betty Thomas (Katherine), Britt Leach (Alfred), Charles Young (Luther), Kimo Owens (Mirror Glasses), Ira Miller (Dale), Nancy Noble (Lola), Robin Sherwood (Tootie), Dick Armstrong (Arnold Bradfield), Janina T. White (Matron), Jerry Hamlin (Jimmy/diesel driver), Nan Martin (Allison), William Malloy (Deputy Lyle Peters), Larry Hankin (Deputy in van), Amparo Mimieux (Woman who bit off nose), John Ross (Bailiff), Allen Wood (Judge), Peter Vedro (O’Brien’s aide), Dorothy Dells (O’Brien’s secretary), Janice Hamlin (Nurse), John Abbott (Coroner), Marge Levine (Bar regular), Jean Francois Ferriol (Bar regular), H. Curley Moore (Sheriff). 756... The Outsider (NBC, 11/21/1967, 120 mins). In the pilot movie for the moderately successful single-season series (1968-69), Darren McGavin is a hard-nosed private eye, an ex-con, who finds that he is the chief suspect when the girl he is trailing in an embezzling case is slain with his gun in his office. Production Companies Universal Television, Roy Huggins Productions. Director Michael Ritchie. Producer Roy Huggins. Teleplay Roy Huggins. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Pete Rugolo. Editors Carl Pingitore, David Rawlings. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Darren McGavin (David Ross), Sean Garrison (Collin Kenniston III), Shirley Knight (Peggy Leyden), Nancy Malone (Honora Dundas), Edmond O’Brien (Marvin Bishop), Ann Sothern (Mrs. Kozzek), Joseph Wiseman (Ernest Grimes), Ossie Davis (Lieutenant Wagner), Audrey Totter (Mrs. Bishop), Mario Alcalde (Sergeant Delgado), Anna Hagan (Carol Dorfman), Madame Spivy (Della), Kent McCord (Officer Dutton). 757... Overboard (NBC, 9/25/1978, 120 mins). A flashback story, filmed in French Polynesia, in which Angie Dickinson spends two hours bobbing around in the ocean after having fallen overboard from lawyer-husband Cliff Robertson’s 40foot sailboat, recalling her life with him and the fling she had ashore with a French playboy. 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Production Company Factor-Newland Productions. Director John Newland. Producer Alan Jay Factor. Teleplay Hank Searls. Based on the Novel by Hank Searls. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Mark Snow. Theme song by Mark Snow, Carol Connors. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Tom Rasmussen. Associate Producers Joan Carson, Michael Economou. Cast Angie Dickinson (Lindy Garrison), Cliff Robertson (Mitch Garrison), Andrew Duggan (Dugan), Stephen Elliott (Shawn), Skip Homeier (Dr. Medlow), Michael Strong (Bernie Bertelli), Lewis Van Bergen (Jean-Paul), Christina Shigedomi (Drug store clerk), Acajou (Fisherman), Gary Edwards (Klaus), Joan Cox (Joan), Yves Doom (Taarii), Tumara Robinson (Mahura), Inez Lombard (Tiari), Coco Dexter (Parts proprietor). 758... The Over-the-Hill Gang (ABC, 10/7/1969, 90 mins). In this comedy Western, a retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff. This marked the TV-movie debuts of both Rick Nelson and Gypsy Rose Lee, and it was the latter’s farewell acting appearance. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director Jean Yarbrough. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producer Shelley Hull. Teleplay Jameson Brewer. Photography Henry Cronjager. Music Hugo Friedhofer. Editor Joe Gluck. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Pat O’Brien (Capt. Oren Hayes), Walter Brennan (Nash Crawford), Chill Wills (Gentleman George Agnew), Edgar Buchanan (Jason Finch), Gypsy Rose Lee (Cassie), Andy Devine (Judge Amos Polk), Jack Elam (Sheriff Clyde Barnes), Edward Andrews (Mayor Nard Lundy), Rick Nelson (Jeff Rose), Kris Nelson (Hannah Rose), William Smith (Lafe Jordan), Myron Healey (Deputy Tucker), Burt Mustin (Old folks home resident), Almira Sessions (Old folks home resident), Robert Karnes (Sheriff Frank), William Benedict (Telegrapher), Guy Wilkerson (Henry the Liveryman), Dennis Cross (Sheriff), Bruce Glover (Deputy), Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Louise Murphy), Don Wilbanks (Big Red Connors), Allen Pinson (Amos), Maggie Peterson (Ellie Crawford). 759... The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (ABC, 11/17/1970, 90 mins). In this sequel to “The Over-the-Hill Gang” (1969), the old-time comrades-in-arms join forces to sober up an old buddy, a down-and-out drunk, and restore his reputation. Fred Astaire made his TV-movie debut in this one, appearing in his only Western role. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producer Shelley Hull. Teleplay Richard Carr. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music David Raksin. Editor Richard W. Farrell. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Walter Brennan (Nash Crawford), Fred Astaire (The Baltimore Kid), Edgar Buchanan (Jason Fitch), Andy Devine (Amos Polk), Chill Wills (George Agnew), Paul Richards (Sam Braham), Lana Wood (Katie), Parley Baer (The Mayor), Walter Burke (Stableman), Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Murphy), Jonathan Hole (Parson), Burt Mustin (Best man), Don Wilbanks (Cowboy), Pepper Martin (Drifter). 760... Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (ABC, 9/12/1971, 120 mins). A successful, recently divorced lawyer defends a hippie accused of murdering a wealthy housewife in this pilot to the hit TV series (1971-74). Arthur Hill continued in the title role, as did Joan Darling (later to become a respected producer and director) in the part of his secretary. Lee Majors signed on as his associate and David Soul became one of his legmen. Subsequently titled “A Pattern of Morality.” Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Based on a Story by David Victor, Jerry McNeely. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director George Patrick. Cast Arthur Hill (Owen Marshall), Vera Miles (Joan Baldwin), Joseph Campanella (Dr. Eric Gibson), William Shatner (DA Dave Blankenship), Bruce Davison (Raymond “Cowboy” Leatherberry), Tim Matheson (Jim McGuire), Dana Wynter (Judge Lynn Oliver), Ramon Bieri (Dr. Thomas Hershey), Sorrell Booke (Murray Gale), Christine Matchett (Melissa Marshall), Rick Lenz (Baird Marshall), Joan Darling (Frieda Krause), Walter Brooke (Dr. Ray Baldwin), Kathleen Lloyd (Gloria Leatherberry), Donald Barry (Innkeeper). 761... Panache (ABC, 5/15/1976, 90 mins). A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-century pratfalls in 17th-century France--obviously inspired by the success of Richard Lester’s robust versions of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Four Musketeers.” This film, which lives up to its title, was the pilot for an unrealized series. Production Company Warner Bros Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Robert E. Relyea. Teleplay E. Duke Vincent. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Les Green. Art Director Fernando Carrere. Cast René Auberjonois (Panache), David Healy (Donat), Charles Frank (Alain), Charles Siebert (Rochefort), John Doucette (Treville), Amy Irving (Anne), Harvey Solin (Louis), Joseph Ruskin (Cardinal Richelieu), Liam Dunn (M. Durant/Pere Joseph), Peggy Walton (Laval), Michael O’Keefe (Horseman), Marjorie Battles (Chevreuse), Paul Jenkins (Montvallier), Lisa Eilbacher (Lisa), Judith Brown (Duchess Montvallier), Robert Karvelas (1st guard). 762... Panic in Echo Park (NBC, 6/23/1977, 90 mins). An undisciplined but dedicated black doctor (Dorian Harewood) spends his off-duty hours tracing the cause of an apparent epidemic afflicting tenants of a slum building of East Los Angeles, with the help of local teenagers, and is accused by city officials of precipitating a panic. This pilot film never materialized into a series.

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Production Company Edgar J. Scherick Associates. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Teleplay Dalene Young. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Johnnie Spence. Song Performed by Dorian Harewood. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Gene Callahan. Associate Producer Robert Greenhut. Cast Dorian Harewood (Dr. Michael Stoner), Robin Gammell (Dr. Tishman), Catlin Adams (Cynthia), Norman Bartold (Harold Dickerson), Ramon Bieri (Fallen Reilly), Regis J. Cordic (Dr. Gavin O’Connor), Vernon Weddle (Mason), George Brenlin (Tony Lamberti), Tamu (Angie), Jane Elliot (Ebony), James Hong (Larry Lee), David Clennon, Movita, René Enriquez, Bryan Gordon, Hilda Haynes, Andre Pavan, George O. Petrie, Rose Portillo, Fran Ryan, Hunter Von Leer, Ira Angustain, Beverly Gill, Trini Marquez, Jolie Jones, Barbara Iley, Janice Williams, Frances Fong, Rhoda Gemignani, Richard Molinare, Grayce Spence, Peter Kwong, Douglas Grant, Michael Salcedo, Robert Mackray, Roy West, Tad Horino, Penny Krompier, Nancy Stephens, Ted Noose, Benny Medina, Dorothy Myers, O.W. Tuthill, Jesse Aragon, Hannah Dean, Eloy Phil Casados, Hank Hoffman, Richard Marion, Doris Martin. 763... Panic on the 5:22 (ABC, 11/20/1974, 90 mins). Terror rides a private railroad car where passengers have only their wits as weapons against three armed men determined to rob and kill them. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Anthony Spinner. Supervising Producer Russell Stoneham. Teleplay Eugene Price. Photography William W. Spencer. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Pembroke J. Herring. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Executive in Charge of Production Arthur Fellows. Cast Ina Balin (Countess Hedy Maria Tovarese), Bernie Casey (Wendell Weaver), Linden Chiles (Tony Ebsen), Andrew Duggan (Harlan Jack Gardner), Dana Elcar (Hal Rodgers), Eduard Franz (Jerome Hartford), Lynda Day George (Mary Ellen Lewis), Laurence Luckinbill (Lawrence Lewis), Reni Santoni (Emil Linz), James Sloyan (Frankie Scamantino), Robert Walden (Eddie Chiario), Dennis Patrick (Dudley Stevenson), Robert Mandan (Dr. Cruikshank), Charles Lampkin (George Lincoln), Joseph Perry (Charlie), Byron Morrow (A.C. Thompson), Derick Stroud (Shoeshine boy), George Kramer (Harry Kinney), Sam DeFazio (Rick Apollo), Jasper Nolan (Priest), Mark Thomas (Tod Winslow), Bernard Kuby, Allen Joseph, Arthur Adams. 764... Paper Man (CBS, 11/12/1971, 90 mins). A suspense drama that begins with a group of college students, led by Dean Stockwell, who create an identity for a fictitious credit cardholder after feeding data into a computer and snowballs into a scheme that leaves three of them dead. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Walter Grauman. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Ronald Austin. Based on a Story by Anthony Wilson. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Duane Tatro. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Directors Jack Martin, Rodger Maus. Cast Dean Stockwell (Avery Jensen), Stefanie Powers (Karen McMillan), James Stacy (Jerry), Elliot Street (Joel Fisher), Tina Chen (Lisa), James Olson (Art Fletcher), Ross Elliott (Sheriff), Marcy Lafferty (Secretary), Robert Patten (Father), Sue Taylor (Mother), Johnny Scott Lee (Avery as a boy), Jason Wingreen (Doctor), Dan Barton (Electronics expert), Bob Golden (Deputy), Len Wayland (Executive), Dean Harens (Bureaucrat). 765... The Paradise Connection (CBS, 9/15/1979, 120 mins). Buddy Ebsen did this pilot to a prospective new series called “Lahaina” while still starring on “Barnaby Jones,” and here plays a notorious Chicago lawyer who leaves his successful practice to search for his estranged son in Hawaii. Ebsen’s daughter, Bonnie, is one of the costars, playing a singing waitress in love with the son who’s involved in some shady dealings and is being sought for drug smuggling. Production Companies Woodruff Productions, QM Productions. Director Michael Preece. Executive Producer Philip Saltzman. Producer Buddy Ebsen. Teleplay Brigitt Christiansen, Jon Christiansen. Photography William W. Spencer. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Donald Hoskinson. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Buddy Ebsen (Stuart Douglas), Marj Dusay (Maggie Donovan), Brian Kerwin (Bruce Douglas), Bonnie Ebsen (Dolly Nielson), Paul Lambert (Nicky Milo), Michael Biehn (Larry DeWitt), John Colicos (Maj. Derek Barclay-Battles), Danny Kamekona (Lieutenant Mako), Zulu (Rudy), Fred Ball (Mr. Goodman), Michael Vendrell (Max), Larry Duran (Pepe), Nephi Hannemann (Manu), Richard Johnson (2nd henchman), Peter Kalua (1st henchman), Andy Ponce (Desk clerk), Diane Crowley (Milo’s secretary), Moe Keale (Driver). 766... Partners in Crime (NBC, 3/24/1973, 90 mins). In this reworking of “The Judge and Jake Wyler” (1972), a lady judge-turned-detective and her ex-con associate go in search of $750,000 in bank robbery loot. Lee Grant and Lou Antonio stepped into their roles done earlier by Bette Davis and Doug McClure. Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay David Shaw. Photography Jack Marta. Music Gil Melle. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Lee Grant (Judge Meredith Leland), Lou Antonio (Sam Hatch), Bob Cummings (Ralph Elsworth), Harry Guardino (Walt Connors), Richard Jaeckel (Frank Jordan), Charles Drake (Lt. Fred Hartnett), John Randolph (Judge Charles Leland), Richard Anderson (Roger Goldsmith), William Schallert (Oscar), Lorraine Gary (Margery Jordan), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Bartender), Gary Crosby (Trooper), Maxine Stewart (Mrs. Harris), Alex Henteloff (John), Vic Tayback (Kelso), J.E. Freeman, Joyce Cunning, Gene Dynarski, Steven Gravers, Reid Cruickshanks, Ray Ballard, Walker Edmiston, Glen Vernon.

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767... Pearl (ABC, 11/15/1978 to 11/19/1978, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). A stellar three-part romantic drama, written by prolific Stirlin Silliphant, looking suspiciously like “From Here to Eternity” (a miniseries version of which turned up some weeks after this one premiered) and interweaving the lives and passions of three military couples living in Honolulu in December 1941. Production Companies Konigsberg Productions, Stirling Silliphant Productions, Warner Bros Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Stirling Silliphant. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music John Addison. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Second Unit Director Alexander Singer. Cast Angie Dickinson (Midge Forrest), Dennis Weaver (Col. Jason Forrest), Robert Wagner (Capt. Cal Lanford), Lesley Ann Warren (Dr. Karel Lang), Tiana Alexander (Holly Nagata), Gregg Henry (Lt. Doug North), Katherine Helmond (Sally Colton), Adam Arkin (Private Zylowski), Brian Dennehy (Sgt. Otto Chain), Max Gail (Sergeant Walder), Char Fontane (Shirley), Audra Lindley (Lily/general’s wife), Richard Anderson (Commissioner John North), Marion Ross (Ellie North), Allan Miller (Harrison), Christian Vance (Pvt. John Finger), Mary Crosby (Patricia North), Chip Lucia (Lieutenant Christopher), David Elliott (Cerruti), Les Lannom (Looper), Joseph Campanella (Narrator), John Fitzgibbon, Mike Miyashiro, Seth Sakai, Marika Yamato, Elizabeth Smith, Ben Cassidy, Fred Stromsoe, John A. Lewis, Molly Mannix, Kathy Stamos, Kathy Lukather, Lawrence T. Zerkel, Moe Keale, Don Rockwell, Bill Edwards, Fred Ball, George Wilbur, Tom Howse, Alan Hathaway, Russell C. Wiggins, Tim Jefferies, John Whitney, Valerie Ann Charles, Marjorie Reynolds, Tiffany Lynn, Col. Ed McDonald, Robby Weaver, Barbara Kelly, Janice Ryan, Debbie Gamble, Mike Senedecker, Tom Drews, Al Litton, Ron Nakahara, Sandy Shirai, Bob Cullifer. 768... The People (ABC, 1/22/1972, 90 mins). A supernatural thriller involving a young teacher (Kim Darby) in an isolated California community who discovers that her pupils and their parents possess special powers and a secret bond. Based on Zenna Henderson’s 1961 novel “Pilgrimage: The Book of the People,” it was filmed in Nicasio, California. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp, American Zoetrope. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Francis Ford Coppola. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay James M. Miller. Based on a Novel by Zenna Henderson. Photography Edward Rosson. Music Carmine Coppola. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Cast Kim Darby (Melodye Amerson), William Shatner (Dr. Curtis), Diane Varsi (Valency Carmody), Laurie Walters (Karen Diemus), Dan O’Herlihy (Sol Diemus), Chris Valentine (Clement Francker), Johanna Baer (Bethie), Stephanie Valentine (Talitha), Jack Dallgren (Kiah), Andrew Crichton (Thann), David Petch (Matt), Dorothy Drady (Dita), Mary Rose McMaster (Maras), Anne Walters (Obla), Tony Dario (Bram), Joy Carlin, Kenna Hunt, Frank Albertson, Don Michaelian. 769... Perfect Gentlemen (CBS, 3/14/1978, 120 mins). Lauren Bacall made her TV-movie debut in this amusing caper film (written by Nora Efron) about three women with totally different backgrounds but sharing a common bond in that each needs a large sum of money and each has a husband in prison, and with the help of a safecracking old lady (Ruth Gordon) they pull off a million-dollar heist. Production Companies Bud Austin Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Bud Austin. Producer Jackie Cooper. Teleplay Nora Ephron. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Jamie Claytor. Production Designer Lyle Wheeler. Cast Lauren Bacall (Lizzie Martin), Ruth Gordon (Mama Cavagnaro), Sandy Dennis (Sophie Rosenman), Lisa Pelikan (Annie Cavagnaro), Robert Alda (Ed Martin), Stephen Pearlman (Murray Rosenman), Steve Allie Collura (Vinnie Cavagnaro), Dick O’Neill (Mr. Appleton), Rick Garcia (Nick Auletta), Robert Kya-Hill (Johnson), Ken Olfson (Desk Clerk), Ralph Manza (Frankie Fox). 770... Perilous Voyage (NBC, 7/29/1976, 120 mins). An alcoholic banana republic revolutionary hijacks a ship carrying armaments and holds a group of passengers hostage. This one sat on the shelf for eight years following its production in 1968. At that time its title was “The Revolution of Antonio DeLeon.” Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Oscar Millard, Robert Weverka, Sidney Stebel. Based on a Story by Robert Weverka, Sidney Stebel. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Gil Melle. Editor Carl Pingitore. Art Director George Patrick. Associate Producer Jerrold Freedman. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Michael Parks (Antonio DeLeon), Lee Grant (Virginia Monroe), William Shatner (Steve Monroe), Frank Silvera (General Salazar), Victor Jory (Dr. Henry Merrill), Charles McGraw (Captain Humphreys), Louise Sorel (Alicia Salazar), Barbara Werle (Maggie Merrill), Michael Tolan (Reynaldo Solis), Stuart Margolin (Rico), Val DeVargas (Colonel). 771... Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (NBC, 11/6/1977, 120 mins). An engaging saga of a teenage frontier lad who becomes a rider for the Pony Express in the Nebraska Territory shortly before the Civil War. Based on Marguerite Henry’s 1972 novel “San Domingo, the Medicine Hat Stallion.” An Emmy Award nomination went to this film as Outstanding Children’s Special of 1977-78. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, NBC Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producer Ed Friendly. Teleplay Jack Turley. Based on a Novel by Marguerite Henry. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Jan M Van Tamelen.

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Cast Leif Garrett (Peter Lundy), Milo O’Shea (Brisly), Bibi Besch (Emily Lundy), John Quade (Adam), Ann Doran (Grandma Lundy), Brad Rearden (Jim Baxter), Mitchell Ryan (Jethro Lundy), John Anderson (Alexander Majors), Charles Tyner (Lefty Slade), Ned Romero (Red Cloud), James Lydon (Muggeridge), Phil Mead (Hugo Rummelholf), Bill Hicks (Bolivar Roberts), Robert Tzudiker (Pee Wee). 772... The Phantom of Hollywood (CBS, 2/12/1974, 90 mins). A masked monster goes on a deadly rampage aimed at those selling his home, the legendary MGM back lot. A passel of B-movie stars populate this one. Production Company MGM Television. Director Gene Levitt. Executive Producer Burt Nodella. Producer Gene Levitt. Teleplay George Shenk, Robert E. Thompson. Based on a Story by George Shenk. Photography Gene Polito. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Henry Batista. Art Director Edward G. Carfagno. Phantom Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Skye Aubrey (Randy Cross), Jack Cassidy (Otto Vonner/Karl Vonner), Jackie Coogan (Jonathan), Broderick Crawford (Captain O’Neal), Peter Haskell (Ray Burns), John Ireland (Lieutenant Gifford), Peter Lawford (Roger Cross), Kent Taylor (Wickes), Bill Williams (Fogel), Corinne Calvet (Mrs. Wickes), Regis Toomey (Joe the watchman), Billy Halop (Studio engineer), Gary Burton (Duke), John Lupton (Al), Fredd Wayne (Clyde), Carl Byrd (Cameraman), Edward Cross (Clint), Bill Stout (Commentator), Damon Douglas (Andy), George Nolan (Pilot). 773... The Picture of Dorian Gray (ABC, 4/23/1973 and 4/24/1973, 2 Parts, 90 mins each, 3 hours). Oscar Wilde’s eerie tale about a handsome Englishman who retains his youth while his portrait ages was given a two-part tape-to-film adaptation. Earlier there had been five silent film versions plus the classic production with Hurd Hatfield in 1945 and its 1970 remake. Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Glenn Jordan. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay John Tomerlin. Based on the Novel by Oscar Wilde. Photography Ben Colman. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Dennis Virkler. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Shane Briant (Dorian Gray), Nigel Davenport (Sir Harry Wotton), Charles Aidman (Basil Hallward), Fionnuala Flanagan (Felicia), Linda Kelsey (Beatrice), Vanessa Howard (Sibyl Vane), John Karlen (Alan Campbell), Dixie Marquis (Madame De Ferrol), Brendan Dillon (Victor). Kim Richards (Beatrice as a child). 774... The Pigeon (ABC, 11/4/1969, 90 mins). A lighthearted detective show about an eager investigator who insists on protecting a girl who doesn’t want his help. Pilot to a prospective series for Sammy Davis Jr. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producer Alex Gottlieb. Teleplay Edward Lasko. Based on a Story by Stanley Roberts. Photography Henry Cronjager. Music Billy May. Editor Ben Ray. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Sammy Davis Jr. (Larry Miller), Dorothy Malone (Elaine Hagen), Victoria Vetri (Barbara Hagen), Ricardo Montalban (John Stambler/Kane), Pat Boone (Dave Williams), Roy Glenn Sr. (Lt. Frank Miller), Patsy Kelly (Mrs. Marcready/landlady), Norman Alden (1st thug/Carl), Bernie Dobbins (2nd thug/Eddie), Bill Quinn (Doctor), Judy Jordan (Sarah), Francis DeSales (Caine), Allen Pinson (Guard), Monica Peterson (Hazel), Mabel Smamey (Helga), Shirley Bonn, Art Lewis, Walter Manson, Fred Stromsoe. 775... Pine Canyon Is Burning (NBC, 5/18/1977, 90 mins). A pilot film out of the Jack Webb municipal-services-salute that has a widowed firefighter (Kent McCord) with two kids transferring to a one-man fire-rescue station in the Los Angeles foothill, permitting him to stay in the field and still be home nights. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Robert A. Cinader. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Albert J.J. Zuniga. Art Director George Renne. Cast Kent McCord (Capt. William Stone), Megan McCord (Margaret Stone), Shane Sinutko (Michael Stone), Diana Muldaur (Sandra), Andrew Duggan (Capt. Ed Wilson), Dick Bakalyan (Charlie Edison), Britt Lind (Anne Walker), Curtis Credel (Whitely Olson), Sandy McPeak (Pete Maddox), Larry Delaney (Captain Number 78), Joan Roberts (Woman), Jim B. Smith (Assistant chief), Wayne Heffley (Chief), Freeman King, William Watson, Gil Serna. 776... Pioneer Woman (ABC, 12/19/1973, 90 mins). The hardships of homesteading in the Wyoming Territory in 1867 are brought into focus through the eyes of a wife and mother when her husband is killed and the decision whether or not to remain on the frontier is hers to make. Filmed in Alberta, Canada. Production Company Filmways. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Edward S Feldman. Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Al DeLory. Editor Rita Roland. Art Director Mort Rabinowitz. Cast Joanna Pettet (Maggie Sergeant), William Shatner (John Sergeant), David Janssen (Robert Douglas), Lance LeGault (Joe Wormser), Helen Hunt (Sarah Sergeant), Russell Baer (Jeremy Sergeant), Linda Kupecek (Philippa Wormser), Lloyd Berry (Slim Hall), Bob Koons (William Seymour), Agatha Mercer (Trudy Seymour), Les Kimber (Jordan Seymour), John Murrell (Henry Seymour), Frank Edge (Frank), Una Pulson (Mrs. Hill).

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777... Planet Earth (ABC, 4/23/1974, 90 mins). An American astronaut, cast into the year 2133 through suspended animation, is captured and enslaved by a female-dominated society in the sci-fi reworking by Gene Roddenberry of his “Genesis II” (1973). Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Marc Daniels. Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry. Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Gene Roddenberry, Juanita Bartlett. Based on a Story by Gene Roddenberry. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Harry Sukman. Editor George Watters. Art Director Robert Kinoshita. Cast John Saxon (Dylan Hunt), Janet Margolin (Harper-Smythe), Ted Cassidy (Isiah), Christopher Cary (Baylok), Diana Muldaur (Marg), Jo DeWinter (Villar), Majel Barrett (Yuloff), Jim Antonio (Dr. Jonathan Connor), Sally Kemp (Treece), Claire Brennan (Delba), Corinne Camacho (Bronta), Sarah Chattin (Thetis), John Quade (Kreeg commandant), Patricia Smith (Skylar), Raymond Sutton (Kreeg captain), Rai Tasco (Peter Kimbridge), Aron Kincaid (Gorda), James Bacon (Partha), Joan Crosby (Kyla), Lew Brown (Merlo), Craig Hundley (Harpsichordist), Robert McAndrew (1st Dink), Bob Golden (2nd Dink). 778... Playmates (ABC, 10/3/1972, 90 mins). A romantic comedy involving two divorced men who become friends and then secretly begin dating the other’s ex-wife, causing even more complications than their original marriages did. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Theodore J. Flicker. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Richard Baer. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Lovel Ellis. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Alan Alda (Marshall Barnett), Connie Stevens (Patti Holvey), Barbara Feldon (Lois Barnett), Doug McClure (Kermit Holvey), Severn Darden (Roger/Man in gallery), Roger Bowen (Man in Kiddieland), Eileen Brennan (Amy), Bryan Scott (Eric Barnett), Tiger Williams (Johnny Holvey), Eloise Hardt (Estelle Chase), Jim Antonio (Nick), Valerie Fitzgerald (1st Bikini girl), Debbie Dozier (2nd Bikini girl), Leon Belasco (Man at concert), Janice Carroll (Waitress), Dick Balduzzi (Bartender), Edward Cross (Father at park), Stanley Appleman (Kiddieland boy). 779... Pleasure Cove (NBC, 1/3/1979, 120 mins). A landlocked variation of “Love Boat” was this pilot for a prospective series, interweaving several lighthearted plots about vacationers at a posh resort--one of whom is Tom Jones, making his acting debut as a charming rogue with criminal intentions. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Lou Shaw Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Bruce Bilson. Producer Mel Swope. Teleplay Lou Shaw. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Perry Botkin. Editor J. Terry Williams, John Farrell. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Tom Jones (Raymond Gordon), Constance Forslund (Kim Parker), Melody Anderson (Julie), Jerry Lacy (Chip Garvey), James Murtaugh (Henry Sinclair), Ernest Harada (Osaki), Joan Hackett (Martha Harrison), Harry Guardino (Bert Harrison), Shelley Fabares (Helen Perlmutter), David Hasselhoff (Scott), Ron Masak (Joe), Barbara Luna (Gayle Tyler), Tanya Roberts (Sally), Rhoda Bates (Zelda Golden), Robert Emhardt (Fat man at bar), David Ankrum (Jack), Sandy Champion (Willard), Wes Parker (Donald), Les Brown (Himself). 780... The Police Story (NBC, 3/20/1973, 120 mins). A solid cop movie that served as the pilot to the acclaimed anthology series (1973-77), which focused on various aspects of police work with different leading players every week (aside from one or two recurring roles). The TV-movie pitted a hard-nosed cop, in charge of a special felony squad, against a trigger-happy gunman who knows his way around the law. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director William A Graham. Producer David Gerber. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Created by Joseph Wambaugh. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Rita Roland. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Christopher Morgan. Cast Vic Morrow (Sgt. Joe LaFrita), Edward Asner (Lt. Dave Blodgett), Diane Baker (Jenny Dale), Ina Balin (Martha LaFrita), Sandy Baron (Ray Gonzales), Chuck Connors (Slow Boy), Harry Guardino (Sgt. Solly Piccolini), Ralph Meeker (Chief Harry Stahlgaher), Mel Scott (K.T.), David Doyle (Kurt Mueller), John Bennett Perry (Sgt. Chick Torpi), Kim Hamilton (Harriet Parsons), Barbara Rhoades (Marnie), Dianne Hull (Patti), Byron Mabe (Arnie Dillon), Hal Williams (Marshall Rhoades), Joseph Bernard (Whitey), James Luisi, Michael Baseleon, John Karlen, Taylor Lacher. 781... Poor Devil (NBC, 2/14/1973, 90 mins). A comedy about Satan’s bumbling disciple (Sammy Davis Jr.) who, after 1,400 years of failure to secure a single soul for his boss (Christopher Lee), gets one last chance when he sets his sights on a gambler, a disgruntled accountant (Jack Klugman). A pilot for a prospective series. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Scheerer. Executive Producers Arne Sultan, Earl Barret. Producer Robert Stambler. Teleplay Arne Sultan, Earl Barret, Richard Baer. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Mike Vejar, Robert Kern Jr. Art Director Monty Elliott. Cast Sammy Davis Jr. (Sammy), Christopher Lee (Lucifer), Jack Klugman (Burnett Emerson), Adam West (Jannes Crawford), Gino Conforti (Bligh), Emily Yancy (Chelsea), Madlyn Rhue (Frances Emerson), Alan Manson (Mr. Moriarty), Ken Lynch (Desk sergeant), Byron Webster (Blackbeard), Buddy Lester (Al Capone), Owen Bush (Tom), Nick Georgiade (Bob Younger), Don Ross (Eddie), Lila Teigh (Woman), Stephen Coit (Father-in-law), Jo DeWinter (Secretary), George Kramer (Cole Younger), Clyde Ventura (Clyde Barrow), Nancy Reichert (Bonnie), Tom Wize (John Younger), David Young (James Younger).

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782... Portrait of a Stripper (CBS, 10/2/1979, 120 mins). Young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother. Originally titled “The Secret Life of Susie Hanson.” Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director John A. Alonzo. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Producer James Walsh. Teleplay Ben Massellink. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Choreography by Sarah Tayir, Steven Merritt. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Production Executive Richard M. Rosenbloom. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Susie Hanson), Edward Herrmann (Frank Andrews), Vic Tailback (Harry Perkins), Allan Miller (Mel), Sheer North (Sally Evers), Thomas Hill (Walt Sterling), K.C. Martel (Mark Hanson), Michael Cavanaugh (Steve Vector), Dana Power (Jackie), Louise Foley (Ruthie), Lucy Lee Flipping (Lori), Jeff Donnell (Edith Sterling), Julie Mannix (Jill), Lillian Chauvin (Yvette), Louisa Moritz (Donna), Kristin Sinclair (Wendy), Paul Limber (Randy), Frank Barney (Director), Jane Cullen (Tracy), Debit Richter (Bonnie), Gene Montoya (Choreographer). 783... The Possessed (NBC, 5/1/1977, 90 mins). James Farentino plays a defrocked minister--and free-lance exorcist-who battles the forces of evil apparently responsible for a rash of mysterious fires threatening an isolated girls’ school. Production Companies Philip Mandelker Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Executive Producer Jerry Thorpe. Producer Philip Mandelker. Teleplay John Sacret Young. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Michael A. Hoey. Art Director Fredric P. Hope. Special Effects Joe Unsinn. Cast James Farentino (Kevin Leahy), Joan Hackett (Louise Gelson), Claudette Nevins (Ellen Sumner), Eugene Roche (Sergeant Taplinger), Harrison Ford (Paul Winjam), Ann Dusenberry (Weezie Sumner), Diana Scarwid (Lane), Dinah Manoff (Celia), Carol Jones (Alex), P.J. Soles (Marty), Ethelinn Block (Barry), Susan Walden (Student), Lawrence Bame, James Parkes, Catherine Cunneff. 784... Powderkeg (CBS, 4/16/1971, 120 mins). A lighthearted adventure in the pre-World War I West with Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole playing a pair of troubleshooters hired to retrieve a hijacked train. They continued their roles and battled early twentieth-century crime in the short-lived late 1971 series “Bearcats!” Production Companies Rodphi Productions, Filmways. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Phil Feldman. Producer Doug Heyes. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Photography John M. Stephens. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Editor Russell Schoengarth. Art Director Jack Martin Smith. Cast Rod Taylor (Hank Bracket), Dennis Cole (Johnny Reach), Fernando Lamas (Chucho Morales), John McIntire (Cyrus Davenport), Luciana Paluzzi (Juanita Sierra-Perez), Michael Ansara (Paco Morales), Tisha Sterling (Beth Parkinson), Reni Santoni (Ricardo Sandoval), Melodie Johnson (Miss Baker), William Bryant (Major Bull Buckner), Joe DeSantis, Jay Novello, James Brown, Roy Jenson. 785... The Power Within (ABC, 5/11/1979, 90 mins). A prospective pilot about a daredevil flyer, barnstorming for county fairs, who becomes a human dynamo after being struck by lightning and is menaced by enemy agents determined to find out the secret of his incredible strength. This was called “Power Man” not only in production but in all publicity and in promotional ads virtually until moments before its initial airing. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Alan Godfrey. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay William Clark. Photography Emil Oster. Music John Addison. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editor Dennis C. Duckwall. Art Directors Paul Sylos, Tom Trimble. Associate Producer Michael S. McLean. Cast Art Hindle (Chris Darrow), Edward Binns (Gen. Tom Darrow), Joseph Rassulo (Bill Carmelli), Eric Braeden (Stephens), David Hedison (Danton), Susan Howard (Dr. Joanna Mills), Dick Sargent (Capt. Ed Holman), Karen Lamm (Marvalee), Isabell MacCloskey (Grandma), K.C. Martel (Small boy), Chris Wallace (1st guard), Bill Sorrells (2nd guard), John Dennis (Rancher). 786... Pray for the Wildcats (ABC, 1/23/1974, 120 mins). A hard-driving executive (an against- type Andy Griffith) induces three advertising men, seeking his business, to accompany him on a wild motorcycle trip into Mexico, jeopardizing their careers, their families and their lives. Production Company ABC Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Anthony Wilson. Teleplay Jack Turley. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Fred Myrow. Editor Les Green. Art Director Bill Malley. Cast Andy Griffith (Sam Farragut), William Shatner (Warren Summerfield), Lorraine Gary (Lila Summerfield), Janet Margolin (Krissie Kincaid), Robert Reed (Paul McIlvian), Marjoe Gortner (Terry Maxon), Angie Dickinson (Nancy McIlvian), John Barbour (Howard Norkan), Skip Burton (Michael), Marilyn Hearn (Loris), John Brascia (Captain Guiterrez), William Wintersole (Mr. Perkins), Paul Kent (Doctor Harris). 787... Prescription: Murder (NBC, 2/20/1968, 120 mins). In the first of two telefeature pilots for the “Columbo” series (1971-78), the wily, rumpled Los Angeles police lieutenant--one of TV’s most original fictional personalities--plays an engaging cat-and-mouse game with a prominent psychiatrist who thinks he has created the perfect crime in the murder of his wife. Originally

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staged several years earlier in a coast-to-coast tour (but never reaching Broadway), the play costarred Joseph Cotten and his wife, Patricia Medina, with Columbo being portrayed by Thomas Mitchell in his last stage appearance. When creators Richard Levinson and William Link subsequently planned to bring their detective to television, their original choice for the part was Bing Crosby. Only when he turned them down did they select Peter Falk. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Producer Richard Irving. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on the Play by Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Ray Rennahan. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Russell Kimball. Associate Producer Jerrold Freedman. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo), Gene Barry (Dr. Ray Flemming), Katherine Justice (Joan Hudson), William Windom (Burt Gordon), Nina Foch (Carol Flemming), Anthony James (Tommy), Virginia Gregg (Miss Petrie), Andrea King (Cynthia Gordon), Susanne Benton (The Blonde), Ena Hartman (Nurse), Sherry Boucher, Tom Williams, Tom Creech, Don Stewart. 788... The President’s Mistress (CBS, 2/10/1978, 120 mins). A government courier (Beau Bridges) is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but also a Soviet spy. Adapted from Patrick Anderson’s 1976 novel. Production Companies Stephen Friedman Productions, Kings Road Production. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Stephen Friedman. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Tom Lazarus. Based on the Novel by Patrick Anderson. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Beau Bridges (Ben Morton), Susan Blanchard (Margaret “Mugsy” Evans), Joel Fabiani (Jim Gilkrest), Larry Hagman (Ed Murphy), Don Porter (Craig), Thalmus Rasulala (Lieutenant Gordon), Gail Strickland (Gwen Bowers), Titos Vandis (Anatoly), Karen Grassle (Donna Morton), Michael Bell (Bradley), Janice Carroll (Jan), Patricia J. Wilson (Claire Whitmore), Richard Balin (Bill Kincaid), Gregory Gay (Josef), John J. Fox (Phil/doorman), Ellen Travolta (Analyst), Virginia Wing (Alvina), Steve Shaw (Boy at zoo), Jason Wingreen (Minor official), Wes Dawn (Peters), Biff Yeager (Cabbie), Laurie Jefferson (Mrs. Gilkrist), Morton Lewis (Charlie), Connie Sawyer (Cleaning lady), Anita Dangler (DMV supervisor), Judi Bridges (Nurse), Tom Moses (1st guard), Dale Ware (2nd guard), Abigail Shelton (Murphy’s secretary). 789... The President’s Plane Is Missing (ABC, 10/23/1973, 120 mins). A political thriller based on the 1967 novel by Robert J. Serling (Rod’s brother) about an incompetent vice president who is left in control of the government when Air Force One mysteriously disappears with the president aboard. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Daryl Duke. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy, Mark Carliner. Based on the Novel by Robert J. Serling. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Gil Melle. Editor John F. Link. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Buddy Ebsen (Vice President Kermit Madigan), Peter Graves (Mark Jones), Arthur Kennedy (Gunther Damon), Raymond Massey (Freeman Sharkey), Mercedes McCambridge (Hester Madigan), Rip Torn (George Oldenberg), Louise Sorel (Joanna Spencer), James Wainwright (Gen. Ben Dunbar), Dabney Coleman (Sen. Burt Haines), Joseph Campanella (Col. Doug Henderson), Todd Andrews (Pres Jeremy Haines), Richard Eastham (General Colton), Jim B. Smith (Maj. Earl Foster), Maida Severn (Judy Nance), Ivan Bonar (Colonel to Dunbar), Gary Haynes (Rod Pitcher), Patty Bodeen (Girl in desert), Robert Reiser (Boy in desert), Byron Morrow (Admiral Phillips), Bill Walker (Thomas), Richard Bull (1st controller), Vernon Weddle (2nd controller), Hoke Howell (Control supervisor), Richard Stahl (Dentist), Gil Peterson (Tower controller), Dale Tarter (Airman), James Gavin (Helicopter pilot), Barry Cahill (Ground crew chief), Lillian Lehman (Genesse), James B. Sikking (Aide to Dunbar), Barbara Leigh (WAF), Jerry Crews (News cameraman), Jeff Burton (Reporter), John Rayner (Aide to Colton), George Barrows (Mr. Moyers), John Amos (Marine corporal), John Ward (Major D’Andrea), Howard K. Smith (Voice). 790... The Priest Killer (NBC, 9/14/1971, 120 mins). Wheelchair-bound Robert Ironside, and cop-turned-priest Sarge Swanson, team up to solve a series of murders among the clergy in this second pilot to George Kennedy’s “Sarge” show, which ran for several months in late 1971. Production Companies Harbour Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Richard Colla. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay Joel Oliansky, Robert Van Scoyk. Based on a Story by David Levy, Robert Van Scoyk. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music David Shire. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Russell C Forrest. Associate Producer Rita Dillon. Costumes Grady Hunt. Assistant Director Christian Nyby II. Cast Raymond Burr (Chief Robert T. Ironside), George Kennedy (Sarge Swanson), Don Galloway (Sgt. Ed Brown), Don Mitchell (Mark Sanger), Louise Latham (Martha Gordon), Anthony Zerbe (Vincent Wiertel), Peter Brocco (Father Miles), Robert Sampson (Father McMurtry), Robert Shayne (Father Wendell), Kermit Murdock (Publisher), Fred Slyter (Author), Max Gail (Patrolman), Ned Romero (Monsignor), David Huddleston (Harrison Davis), Ann Doran (Harriet Miles), Regis J. Cordic (Archbishop), Gail Bonney (Josephine McMurtry), Robert Williams (Tom McMurtry), Robert Karnes (Hugh O’Flynn), Don Ross (Detective Baker), Allison McKay (Woman), Thomas Bellin (Mr. LaPlan), Ron Masak (Michaels), Charles Seel (Sacristan), John Steadman (Rogers).

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791... The Prince of Central Park (CBS, 6/17/1977, 90 mins). A lonely widow who frequents Central Park becomes emotionally involved with two orphaned youngsters who have built an oasis for themselves there after fleeing from a foster home. A young Brooke Shields made her TV acting debut in a small role in the adaptation of Evan H. Rhodes’ classic children’s novel (1974). Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Philip Capice. Producer Harvey Hart. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook. Based on the Novel by Evan H. Rhodes. Photography Victor J. Kemper. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Supervising Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Editor Marjorie Fowler. Art Director Hank Aldrich. Associate Producer Christopher Seitz. Cast Ruth Gordon (Mrs. Miller), T.J. Hargrave (Jay Jay), Lisa Richard (Laurie), Marc Vahanian (Elmo), Eda Reiss Merin (Alice), Carol Gustafason (Ardis), Brooke Shields (Kristin), Brenda Currin (Mme. Dupres), Bruce Howard Webster (Rodney), William Hubbard Knight (Rodney’s Father), Tony Travis (Busboy), Kim Webster (Girl in cafeteria), Jo Flores Chase (Halran woman), Carol Nadell (Mother in cafeteria), Estelle Omens (Preacher lady), J. Herbert Kerr (Security guard), Ellen Ruskin (Tour guide), Dan Hedaya (Hot dog vendor). 792... Probe (NBC, 2/21/1972, 120 mins). In this chase thriller, the pilot for the TV series “Search” (1972-73), a spaceage detective, monitored and directed by mission control center, investigates the disappearance of a fabulous gem collection. Hugh O’Brian, Burgess Meredith and Angel Tompkins continued in the short-lived series and were joined by Tony Franciosa and Doug McClure. Subsequently cut to 90 minutes and retitled “Search.” Production Companies Leslie Stevens Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Producer Leslie Stevens. Teleplay Leslie Stevens. Created by Leslie Stevens. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Bill Brame. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Cast Hugh O’Brian (Hugh Lockwood), Elke Sommer (Heideline “Uli” Ullman), John Gielgud (Harold L. Streeter), Burgess Meredith (B.C. Cameron), Angel Tompkins (Gloria Harding), Lilia Skala (Frieda Ullman), Kent Smith (Dr. Laurent), Alfred Ryder (Cheyne), Ben Wright (Kurt von Niestat), Jules Maitland (Brugge), Robert Boon (Felix Ernst), Albert Popwell (Griffin), A Martinez (Oscar), Ginny Golden (Miss Keach), Byron Chung (Kuroda), Jan Daley, Gun Sundberg, Joanne Frank, Jaclyn Smith, Amy Farrell. 793... Promise Him Anything (ABC, 5/14/1975, 90 mins). A bachelor has high hopes when he takes out a girl whose computer dating card read suggestively “Anything Goes,” but when he learns that nothing goes, he hauls her into court for breach of promise. The music by Nelson Riddle comprised variations on Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” as sung by Diana Trask. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Edward Parone. Producers Mitchell Brower, Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay D.D. Fay. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor John F. Burnett. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Eddie Albert (Pop), Frederic Forrest (Paul Hunter), Meg Foster (Marjorie Sherman), William Schallert (Silver), Tom Ewell (Judge Jason Melbourne), Steven Keats (Chuck), Edward Bell (Tom), Joyce Jameson (Lucille), Aldo Ray (Cop), Ellen Blake (Housewife), Judy Cassmore (Karen), Peggy Rea (Mother), Hunter Von Leer (Lyle), Tom Hatten (O’Brien), Pearl Shear (Seaplane attendant), Mary Grace Canfield (Crazy lady), Patty Regan (Karen). 794... The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children (NBC, 12/14/1970, 120 mins). A hip psychiatrist teams up with an exaddict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for “The Psychiatrist” (Roy Thinnes and Luther Adler continuing their roles) in the spring of 1971--a six-week feature that was the third of the elements in the Four-In-One series. Others: “San Francisco International” (which, like “The Psychiatrist,” did not attract enough viewers to warrant renewal), plus “McCloud” and “Night Gallery.” Subsequently titled “Children of the Lotus Eater.” Production Companies Universal Television, Arena Films. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer Norman Felton. Producer Edgar Small. Teleplay Jerrold Freedman. Based on a Story by Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Roger Kellaway. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Production Consultant Jerrold Freedman. Cast Roy Thinnes (Dr. James Whitman), Peter Deuel (Casey T. Pope), Luther Adler (Dr. Bernard Altman), John Rubinstein (Teddy), Joy Bang (Kendell), Norman Alden (Sheriff Glenn), Barry Brown (Fritz), Katherine Justice (Persephone), Marion Ross (Mrs. Pilgrim), Gilbert Green (Dr. Lewis), Shannon Farnon (Ellen), David Alan Bailey (Weasel), Michael C. Gwynne (Pusher), John Lasell (Maxwell), Danny Smaller (Dariny), Michael Laird (Michael), Lynn Hamilton (Beatrice - Therapy Group member), Jackie Burroughs (Jane - Therapy Group member), Gloria Manos (Cathy - Therapy Group member), Phillip Pine (Don Therapy Group member), Virginia Vincent (Mary - Therapy Group member), George Sperdakis (Art - Therapy Group member), Jere Brian (Steve - Therapy Group member), The Staple Singers (Themselves). 795... Punch and Jody (NBC, 11/26/1974, 90 mins). A circus grifter finds his life suddenly complicated by the arrival of the teenage daughter he never knew about. This pilot for a prospective series for Ford also included in its cast Ford’s new wife, Cynthia Hayward, as well as his son Peter from his earlier marriage to Eleanor Powell.

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Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Fred Karlin. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Stan Jolley. Associate Producers John A. Ireland, John Forbes. Cast Glenn Ford (Peter “Punch” Travers), Pam Griffin (Jody Travers), Ruth Roman (Lil Charny), Kathleen Widdoes (Margaret Howell Grant), Parley Baer (Dan Baxter), Susan Brown (Aunt Jen Kingsley), Donald Barry (Franz Butz/Delbert Clyde Butz), Billy Barty (Stilts [Midget]), Mel Stewart (Woody), Cynthia Hayward (Aurora), Patti Maloney (Mrs. Stilts), Pat Morita (Takahasi), Peter Ford (Bus driver), Read Morgan (Tom Poorbear), Barbara Rhoades (Barbara), Billie Jean Beach (Waitress). 796... Pursuit (ABC, 12/12/1972, 90 mins). A government agent (Ben Gazzara) tries to keep an extremist from decimating with stolen nerve gas a city where a political convention is underway in this suspense thriller that marked the directorial debut of surgeon-turned novelist Michael Crichton, based on the 1972 novel “Binary,” that he wrote under the name John Lange. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Michael Crichton. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert L Jacks. Teleplay Robert Dozier. Based on a Novel by John Lange [Michael Crichton]. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Ben Gazzara (Steven Graves), E.G. Marshall (James Wright), William Windom (Robert Phillips), Joseph Wiseman (Dr. Peter Nordmann), Jim McMullan (Lewis), Martin Sheen (Timothy Drew), Will Kuluva (Dr. Wolff), Hank Brandt (Agent), Quinn Redeker (Captain Morrison), Joe Brooks (Cop), Robert Cleaves (Gleason), Conrad Bachmann (2nd officer), Walt Davis (1st officer), Dan Ferrone (Salesman), Sid Grossfeld (Stack), Diki Lerner (Nerve gas victim), Len Wayland (Karley). 797... QB VII (ABC, 4/29/1974 and 4/30/1974, 2 Parts, 6 1/2 hours). An absorbing six-hour-plus adaptation of Leon Uris’ best-selling 1970 novel telling the story of two successful men, an American writer and a Polish doctor, whose careers lead to a confrontation in a London courtroom when the former accuses the latter of having performed illegal operations in a Nazi prison camp years earlier and is sued for libel. The longest made-for-TV movie to date received 13 Emmy Award nominations including Outstanding Special, as well as for directing, writing, music, cinematography, art, editing and graphic design. Lee Remick, Jack Hawkins (in his last screen role), Anthony Quayle and Juliet Mills all were nominated for supporting performances. Quayle and Mills won, as did Jerry Goldsmith (music), Phill Norman (graphic design), and Brandt and Rosenblum (editing). Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Tom Gries. Producer Douglas S Cramer. Teleplay Edward Anhalt. Based on the Novel by Leon Uris. Photography Paul Beeson, Robert L. Morrison. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt, Irving C. Rosenblum. Art Directors Maurice Fowler, Ross Bellah. Production Concept Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Title Design Phill Norman. Cast Ben Gazzara (Abe Cady), Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Adam Kelno), Leslie Caron (Angela Kelno), Lee Remick (Lady Margaret Alexander Weidman), Juliet Mills (Samantha Cady), Dan O’Herlihy (David Shawcross), Robert Stephens (Robert Highsmith), Anthony Quayle (Tom Bannister), Milo O’Shea (Dr. Stanislaus Lotaki), John Gielgud (Clinton-Meek), Edith Evans (Dr. Parmentier), Jack Hawkins (Justice Gilroy), Judy Carne (Natalie), Kristoffer Tabori (Ben Cady), Joseph Wiseman (Morris Cady), Anthony Andrews (Stephen Kelno), Signe Hasso (Lena Kronska), Sam Jaffe (Dr. Mark Tessler), Alan Napier (Semple), Gregoire Aslan (Sheik Hassan), Lana Wood (Sue Scanlon), Julian Glover (Igor Zaminski), Robert Hutton (Ambassador Richards), Michael Gough (Dr. Fletcher), Vladek Sheybal (Sobotnik), Milos Kirek (Eli Janos), Geoffrey Keen (Magistrate Griffin), MichaelJames Wixted (Stephen Kleno at age 10), Suzanne Fleuret (Arning), Louis Selwyn (Jabir), John Bleifer (Ben-Dan), Bruce Bould (O’Connor), Norma Connolly (Corinne), Cathleen Cordell (Lady Elizabeth), Miki Iveria (Mrs. Cohen), Katherine Kath (Mrs. Czerny), Leigh Lawson (Dicks), David Lodge (Sergeant Flory), Richard Marner (Wladislaw Kranz), Reginald Marsh (Inspector Henderson), Derek Newark (Mr. Graham), Patrick O’Moore (Sir Arthur), George Pravda (Moishe Bartoy), John Savident (Anesthetist), Cyril Shaps (Uri Lehrer), Isabelle Telezynska (Mrs. Gold), Anna Tzelniker (Mrs. Peretz). 798... Quarantined (ABC, 2/24/1970, 90 mins). This unsuccessful pilot is set in a clinic run by a renowned medical family. The plot has them trying to stem a cholera epidemic and save the life of a film star who is fighting treatment. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Leo Penn. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Norman Katkov. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music George Duning. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Gary Collins (Dr. Larry Freeman), John Dehner (Dr. John Bedford), Susan Howard (Peggy Bedford), Gordon Pinsent (Dr. Bud Bedford), Dan Ferrone (Dr. Tom Bedford), Sharon Farrell (Ginny Pepper), Wally Cox (Wilbur Mott), Sam Jaffe (Mr. Berryman), Terry Moore (Martha Atkinson), Virginia Gregg (Nurse Nelson), Greg Mullavey (Mike), Marilyn Hassett (Beverly Marshall), Vincent Howard (James Barning), Joseph Bernard (Sid Glodder), Mitch Vogel (Jimmy Atkinson), Jan Peters (Len Richards), Madison Arnold (Lloyd Atkinson), Arthur Hanson (Dr. Banning). 799... Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS, 2/13/1975, 120 mins). A striking, Emmy Award-winning drama with music about a suddenly widowed housewife who finds that her acute problems are loneliness and the well-meaning attempts at comfort by her family and friends. She discovers a new life and companionship at a local ballroom where she meets a married mailman who becomes her regular dance partner and tender friend. Both Maureen Stapleton and Charles Durning received Emmy nominations, while David Walsh, Marge Champion, Billy Goldenberg and Alan and Marilyn Bergman all won. Sam O’Steen received the Directors Guild of America Award and Jerome Kass and won the Writers Guild of America Award for his teleplay.

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“Queen of the Stardust Ballroom” subsequently was expanded into the Broadway musical “Ballroom” and opened in December 1978. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Sam O’Steen. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Jerome Kass. Photography David Walsh. Music Billy Goldenberg. Songs by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Billy Goldenberg. Choreographer Marge Champion. Editor William H. Ziegler. Production Supervisor Christopher Seitz. Cast Maureen Stapleton (Bea Asher), Charles Durning (Al Green), Michael Brandon (David Asher), Elizabeth Berger (Jennifer), Lewis Charles (Johnny), Natalie Core (Pauline Krimm), Alan Fudge (Louis), Florence Halop (Sylvia), Danna Hansen (Martha), Jacquelyn Hyde (Angie), Holly Irving (Mane), Gil Lamb (Harry), Nora Marlowe (Emily), Charlotte Rae (Helen), Guy Raymond (Petie), Beverly Sanders (Diane), Michael Strong (Jack), Claude Stroud (Moe), Ruth Warshawsky (Shirley), Martha Tilton (Band vocalist), Louise Lorimer (Lady in park), Gaye Taron (Young woman), Lois Walden (Natalie), Robin Muir (Leslie), Charmie Mayer (Terry), Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra. 800... The Quest (NBC, 5/13/1976, 120 mins). Two brothers search the Western frontier for their sister who was taken away as a child and is living with Indians in this pilot for the short-lived series (1976-77) that is more than faintly reminiscent of the story line of John Ford’s “The Searchers” (1956). Adding some distinction to this movie are an offbeat horse/camel race and the performance of Brian Keith as a dissolute old-timer, a crippled ex-gunman on the run from just about every lawman in the West. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Richard Shores. Editor Carl Zemke. Art Director Carl Anderson. Associate Producer Marvin Miller. Cast Tim Matheson (Quentin Baudine), Kurt Russell (Morgan Baudine/Two Persons), Brian Keith (Tank Logan), Keenan Wynn (H.H. Small), Will Hutchins (Earl), Neville Brand (Shea), Cameron Mitchell (Shadrack Peltzer), Morgan Woodward (Sheriff Moses), Irene Yah-ling Sun (China), Art Lund (Blanchard), Gregory Walcott (Blacksmith), Iron Eyes Cody (Old Indian), Luke Askew (Luke), Nick Ramus (Iron Hawk). 801... A Question of Guilt (CBS, 2/21/1978, 120 mins). Inspired by the Alice Crimmins case in New York, this drama focuses on an attractive woman (Tuesday Weld) whose personal life style is viewed by many as distasteful and who later is accused of murdering her young daughter. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Jack Willis, Mary Willis. Photography Ric Waite. Music Artie Kane. Editor Michael McCroskey. Art Director Jan M. Van Tamelen. Cast Tuesday Weld (Doris Winters), Ron Leibman (Det. Louis Kazinsky), Peter Masterson (Lt. Tom Wharton), Alex Rocco (Mel Duvall), Viveca Lindfors (Dr. Rosen), Lana Wood (Elizabeth Carson), Stephen Pearlman (Herman Golub), Ron Rifkin (Asst. DA Verrell), David Wilson (Det. Dick Tracher), Jim Antonio (Larry Winters), M. Emmet Walsh (McCartney), Kelly Jean Peters (Mrs. Wharton), Mari Gorman (Miriam Hamlish), Katherine Bard (Mrs. Winters), Lisa Blake Richards (Mrs. Kazinsky), Robert Costanzo (Norman Picher), James Ingersoll (Dan Mazzo), Nicky Blair (Carmines), Brian Farrell (Polygraph technician), Sid McCoy (Judge Williams), Michael Fairman (Man on stand), John Fitzpatrick (Daly), Philip Halverson (Rappaport), Bernard Behrens (DA Koch). 802... A Question of Love (ABC, 11/26/1978, 120 mins). A sensitive drama about a mother (Gena Rowlands) who battles to keep her son when her ex-husband sues for custody because she is a lesbian and has moved in with her lover (Jane Alexander). Original title: “A Purely Legal Matter.” Production Companies Blinn-Thorpe Productions, Viacom. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producers Jerry Thorpe, William Blinn. Teleplay William Blinn. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Byron Chudnow. Art Director Stephen Berger. Associate Producer Michael A. Hoey. Cast Gena Rowlands (Linda Ray Guettner), Jane Alexander (Barbara Moreland), Ned Beatty (Dwayne Stabler), Clu Gulager (Mike Guettner), Bonnie Bedelia (Joan Saltzman), James Sutorius (Richard Freeman), Keith Mitchell (Billy Guettner), Josh Albee (David Guettner), Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Hunnicutt), Gwen Arner (Dr. Tippit), John Harkins (Dr. Berwick), Nancy McKeon (Susan Moreland), S. John Launer (The Judge), Philip Sterling, Donald Hotton, Michael C. Gwynne, Ned Wilson, Susan Batson, Macon McCalman, Ruth Silveira. 803... The Questor Tapes (NBC, 1/23/1974, 120 mins). An unsucccessful pilot by Gene (“Star Trek”) Roddenberry about a sophisticated android, played by Robert Foxworth, looking for his true identity, hoping to locate his missing creator through the use of his computerized brain. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry. Producer Howie Hurwitz. Teleplay Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry. Based on a Story by Gene Roddenberry. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Editors J. Terry Williams, Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Robert Foxworth (Questor), Mike Farrell (Jerry Robinson), John Vernon (Geoffrey Darro), Lew Ayres (Vaslovik), James Shigeta (Dr. Chen), Robert Douglas (Dr. Michaels), Dana Wynter (Lady Helena Trimble), Ellen Weston (Allison Sample), Majel Barrett (Dr. Bradley), Reuben Singer (Dr. Gorlov), Walter Koenig (Administrative assistant), Fred Sadoff (Dr. Audret),

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Gerald Saunderson Peters (Randolph), Eyde Girard (Stewardess), Alan Caillou (Immigration officer), Lal Baum (Colonel Hendricks), Patti Cubbison (Secretary). 804... The Quinns (ABC, 7/1/1977, 120 mins). A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire Department--and their careers, romances and growing pains. Production Company Daniel Wilson Productions. Director Daniel Petrie. Producer Daniel Wilson. Teleplay Sidney Carroll. Based on an Original Idea by Fran Sears, Phyllis Minoff. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music John Scott. Editors Sidney Scott, Virginia Scott. Art Director Mel Bourne. Cast Barry Bostwick (Bill Quinn), Susan Browning (Elizabeth Quinn), Liam Dunn (Sean Quinn Sr.), Pat Elliott (Rita Quinn O’Neill), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Peggy Quinn), Peter Masterson (Michael Quinn), Penny Peyser (Laurie O’Neill), William Swetland (Tom Quinn), Pat Corley (Eugene Carmody), Blair Brown (Millicent Priestley), Virginia Vestoff (Renée Carmody). 805... Raid on Entebbe (NBC, 1/9/1977, 180 mins). This was the second star-laden three-hour dramatization of the Israeli rescue of plane-bound hostages taken during a Palestinian hijacking on July 4, 1976. Cinematographer Bill Butler won an Emmy Award for his work. Others nominated were Peter Finch (his last screen role), Martin Balsam and Yaphet Kotto, director Irvin Kershner, writer Barry Beckerman, composer David Shire, and editors Bud S. Isaacs, Nick Archer and Art Seid. Charles Bronson returned to television acting in this one (without top billing and even listed below the title) after a decade away in his successful search for movie stardom. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Irvin Kershner. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Teleplay Barry Beckerman. Photography Bill Butler. Music David Shire. Editor Art Seid, Bud S. Isaacs, Nick Archer. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Associate Producer Robin S. Clark. Technical Advisor Aharon Ipale. Cast Peter Finch (Yitzhak Rabin), Martin Balsam (Daniel Cooper), Horst Bucholz (Wilfrid Bose), John Saxon (Maj. Gen. Benny Pelod), Sylvia Sidney (Dora Bloch), Jack Warden (Mordechai Gur), Yaphet Kotto (President Idi Amin), Charles Bronson (Gen. Dan Shamron), Tige Andrews (Shimon Peres), Eddie Constantine (Capt. Michel Bacos), Warren Kemmerling (Yaakobi), Robert Loggia (Yigal Allon), David Opatoshu (Menachem Begin), Allan Arbus (Pasco Cohen), Mariclare Costello (Gabriele Krieger), Stephen Macht (Col. Yonatan “Yonni” Netanyahu), James Woods (Sammy Berg), Lou Gilbert (Bar Lev), Alex Colon (Terrorist), Robin Gammell (Mr. Sager), Aharon Ipale (Lieutenant Grut), Harvey Lembeck (Mr. Harvey), Billy Sands (Goldbaum), Millie Slavin (Mrs. Sager), Pearl Shear (Mrs. Loeb), René Assa (Terrorist No. 38), Barbara Allyne Bennett (1st relative), Anna Berger (Mrs. Berg), Stanley Brock (Israel Gallili), Peter Brocco (Mr. Scharf), Fred Cardoza (Uri Rosen), Lauren Frost (Julie Darin), Larry Gelman (Mr. Berg), Bill Gerber (Nathan Darin), Dov Gottesfeld (Meteorologist), Hanna Hertelendy (Mrs. Gordon), Dinah Manoff (Rachel Sager), Caryn Matchinga (Mrs. Bennett), Harlee McBride (Air France stewardess), George O Petrie (Chaim Zadok), Louis Quinn (Delegation member), Kim Richards (Alice), Tom Rosqui (Amos Eran), Steve Shaw (Jonathan Sager), Martin Speer (Delegation member). 806... Rainbow (NBC, 11/6/1978, 120 mins). A musical drama tracing the life of a young Judy Garland (ages 10 to 17) during her rise from struggling vaudeville performer to the star of “The Wizard of Oz,” with Andrea McArdle, Broadway’s original “Annie,” in the lead. Onetime actor Jackie Cooper, who was a teenage boyfriend of Garland, directed. Based on the 1975 book by Christopher Finch. Cinematographer Howard R. Schwartz received an Emmy Award for his contribution. Production Company Ten-Four Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producers Greg Strangis, William Hogan. Producer Peter Dunne. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Christopher Finch. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Charles Fox. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Bob Birnbaum. Cast Andrea McArdle (Judy Garland), Don Murray (Frank Gumm), Michael Parks (Roger Edens), Rue McClanahan (Ida Koverman), Nicholas Pryor (Will Gilmore), Jack Carter (George Jessel), Donna Pescow (Jinnie Gumm), Erin Donovan (Janey Gumm), Martin Balsam (Louis B. Mayer), Piper Laurie (Ethel Gumm), Moosie Drier (Mickey Rooney), Johnny Doran (Jackie Cooper), Philip Sterling (Arthur Freed), Ben Frank (Agent), Peggy Walton (Laura Gilmore), Carol Leigh (Carole Lombard), Albert Morgenstern, Vincent Duke Milana, Mary Gregory, David Eibel, Frank Bonner, Judith Searle, Selma Archerd, Stanley Kamel, John Murat, Don Sherman. 807... The Rangers (NBC, 12/24/1974, 90 mins). This was the pilot for the short-lived “Sierra” series (Sept.-Dec. 1974) --it was shown two weeks after the series was cancelled--revolving around the rescue operations of the U.S. park rangers. The series starred James G. Richardson along with Ernest Thompson and Jack Hogan in the roles here played by Colby Chester and Jim B. Smith, plus Susan Foster as a lady ranger. Production Companies Mark VII Ltd., NBC Productions. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producer Jack Webb. Producer Ed Self. Teleplay Michael Donavan, Preston Wood, Robert A. Cinader. Photography Robert H. Wyckoff. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bill Parker, John Kaufman Jr. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Cast James G. Richardson (Ranger Tim Cassidy), Colby Chester (Ranger Matt Harper), Jim B. Smith (Chief Ranger Jack Moore), Laurette Spang (Ranger Julie Beck), Laraine Stephens (Edie), Larry Delaney (Bob), Michael Conrad (Frank), Roger Bowen (Sam), Carl Roger Breedlove, Dave Birkoff, Ann Morgan Guilbert.

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808... Ransom for a Dead Man (NBC, 3/1/1971, 120 mins). A clever lady lawyer hatches an intricate plan to do away with her wealthy husband for his fortune and then finds herself parrying with rumpled but wily homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo, who would go on to have a long-running TV series (1971-78). Lee Grant received an Emmy nomination for her performance. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Dean Hargrove. Teleplay Dean Hargrove. Based on a Story by Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo), Lee Grant (Leslie Williams), John Fink (Michael Clarke), Harold Gould (Carlson), Patricia Mattick (Margaret Williams), Paul Carr (Hammond), Jed Allan (Phil), Charles Macaulay (Richard), Hank Brandt (Attorney), Jeane Byron (Pat), Richard Roat (Perkins), Norma Connolly (Celia), Harlan Warde (Paul Williams), Bill Walker (Corwell), Timothy Agoglia Carey (Bert), Judson Morgan (Judge), Richard O’Brien (Priest), Celeste Yarnell (Gloria), Paul Jolicoeur (Nancy), Lois Battle (Waitress), Reginald Fenderson (Mechanic). 809... Ransom for Alice! (NBC, 6/2/1977, 90 mins). This cop movie, an unsuccessful pilot for a prospective series and set in Seattle during the 1890s, finds a deputy marshal and his female partner working as undercover agents trying to locate a teenage girl and bust a gang of white slavers. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Franklin Barton. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music David Rose. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director David Marshall. Cast Gil Gerard (Clint Kirby), Yvette Mimieux (Jenny Cullen), Charles Napier (Pete Phelan), Gene Barry (Harry Darew), John Dennan (Johnson), Laurie Prange (Alice Halliday), Barnard Hughes (Jess Halliday), Robert Hogan (Whitaker Halliday), Harris Yulin (Isaac Pratt), Marc Vahanian (Nick Vithanian), Mills Watson (Toby/bartender), Gavin MacLeod (Yankee Sullivan), Anthony James (James). 810... A Real American Hero (CBS, 12/9/1978, 120 mins). Law-and-order Selma, Tennessee, sheriff Buford Pusser, the resourceful, club-wielding real-life folk hero whose career inspired three ultra-violent movies, returns to wage a relentless battle against a dapper local moonshiner in this TV feature. Brian Dennehy assumed the role played originally by Joe Don Baker in the hugely successful “Walking Tall” and by Bo Svenson in the two sequels. Forrest Tucker, who was Buford’s dad in the last, recreates his role in this TV version. Production Company Bing Crosby Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Charles A. Pratt. Producer Samuel A. Peeples. Teleplay Samuel A. Peeples. Based on an Original Idea by Mort Briskin. Photography Charles Correll. Music Walter Scharf. Song “Walking Tall” by Don Black, Walter Scharf. Song performed by Don Williams. Editor Houseley Stevenson. Production Designer Jack Poplin. Cast Brian Dennehy (Buford Pusser), Forrest Tucker (Carl Pusser), Brian Kerwin (Til Johnson), Ken Howard (Danny Boy Mitchell), Sheree North (Carrie Todd), Lane Bradbury (Debbie Pride), Brad David (Mick Rogers), Edward Call (Grady Coker), W.O. Smith (Obra Eaker), Julie Thrasher (Dwana Pusser), Jason Hood (Mike Pusser), Ann Street (Grandma Pusser), George Boyd (Lloyd Tatum), Maureen Burns (Amelia Biggins), Charlie Briggs (Miles Conway), Elizabeth Lane (Sabrina Marlowe). 811... The Rebels (Syndicated, 5/14/1979 and 5/21/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A second helping of elegantly mounted fiction about the American Revolution as written by the prolific John Jakes. This two-part, four-hour sequel to “The Bastard” (1978) continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America’s independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. Andrew Stevens as Kent, Kim Cattrall as his wife, and Tom Bosley as Ben Franklin are the only performers back from the original four-hour film. William Daniels, who played Samuel Adams in “The Bastard,” is back as John Adams in “The Rebels,” being destined, it seems, to play the entire Adams family (he also was John Adams in 1776 on stage and screen and was John Quincy Adams in the television special “The Adams Chronicles”). Production Company Universal Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Robert A. Cinader, Sean Baine. Based on the Novel by John Jakes. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Gerald Fried. Editors John Kaufman Jr., Skip Lusk. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Bernadette Joyce. Cast Andrew Stevens (Philip Kent), Don Johnson (Judson Fletcher), Doug McClure (Eph Tait), Jim Backus (John Hancock), Richard Basehart (Duke of Kentland), Joan Blondell (Mrs. Brumple), Tom Bosley (Benjamin Franklin), Rory Calhoun (Breen), Macdonald Carey (Dr. Church), Kim Cattrall (Anne Kent), John Chappell (Henry Knox), William Daniels (John Adams), Anne Francis (Mrs. Harris), Peter Graves (George Washington), Pamela Hensley (Charlotte Waverly), Gwen Humble (Peggy McLean), Wilfrid Hyde-White (General Howe), Nehemiah Persoff (Baron von Steuben), William Smith (John Waverly), Warren Stevens (Ambrose Waverly), Kevin Tighe (Thomas Jefferson), Bobby Troup (Sam Gill), Forrest Tucker (Angus Fletcher), Tanya Tucker (Rachel), Marc Vahanian (Lafayette), Robert Vaughn (Seth McLean), William Conrad (Narrator), David Matthau (Royal Rothman), Ben Davidson (Donnigan), Paul Fix (Officer), Deborah Richter (Molly), Chip Johnson (Peter Jennings), Duncan Gamble (Smith), Ted Gehring (Tom Shaw), Sammy Jackson (Sergeant), Gordon Steel (Lieutenant Rorke), Timothy O’Hagan, John Rayner, Tom Williams, Christina Cummings, David Buchanan, Jennifer Holmes, James L. 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812... Red Alert (CBS, 5/18/1977, 120 mins). A suspense thriller about an accident at a nuclear power plant in which a mysterious breakdown causes a giant computer to erroneously detect escaped radiation and seal off the building, trapping 14 technicians inside. Adapted from the 1974 novel “Paradigm Red” by Harold King. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director William Hale. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Barry Goldberg. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on a Novel by Harold King. Photography Ric Waite. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director James Spencer. Associate Producer Richard Briggs. Cast William Devane (Frank Brolen), Michael Brandon (Carl Wyche), Adrienne Barbeau (Judy Wyche), Ralph Waite (Henry Stone), David Hayward (Larry Cadwell), M. Emmet Walsh (Sheriff Sweeney), Malcolm Wittman (Lou Banducci), Don Wiseman (Bill Yancy), Howard Finch (Harry Holland), Charles Krohn (Parker), Dixie Taylor (Mrs. Kerwin), Jim Siedow (Howard Ives), Lois Fleck (Marie Ives), Don Rausch (Dryer), Jim Danko (Perkins), John Martin (Ajax), Mike Scott (Security guard), Dan Ammerman (Rogers), Arnie Shayne (Businessman), Charles J. Bailey (Airline clerk), Arnold Lipin (Patron). 813... The Red Badge of Courage (NBC, 12/3/1974, 90 mins). Novelist Stephen Crane’s Civil War classic, filmed previously in 1951 by John Huston, revolving around a young Union soldier’s flight in terror from his first battle and the ultimate inner resolve that leads him back to the front. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Norman Rosemont. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Stephen Crane. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Jack Elliot. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Bill Malley. Cast Richard Thomas (Henry Fleming), Michael Brandon (Jim Conklin), Wendell Burton (Wilson), Charles Aidman (The Tattered Man), Warren Berlinger (The Cheery Soldier), Lee deBroux (Sergeant), Francesca Jarvis (Mother), George Sawaya (Colonel), Hank Kendrick (Colonel), John Cox (Lieutenant), Tiny Wells (Fat soldier), Norman Stone (Corporal), Jack DeLeon (Narrator). 814... The Red Pony (NBC, 3/18/1973, 120 mins). Peabody Award-winning color remake of the 1949 movie from the 1933 Steinbeck novella--here without the Billy Buck character--telling a turn-of-the-century California farm family and the attachment of their sensitive young son to his horse after being unable to establish an understanding with his gruff father. Emmy Award-nominated as Outstanding Special, with nominations also going to Henry Fonda as well as writers, photographer, music composer, art directors, set decorator, makeup artist and sound editor. Production Companies Omnibus-Biography Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Totten. Producer Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Robert Totten, Ronald Bishop. Based on a Novella by John Steinbeck. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Marsh Hendry. Art Directors James G. Hulsey, Robert Boyle. Associate Producer Ray Kellogg. Cast Henry Fonda (Carl Tiflin), Maureen O’Hara (Ruth Tiflin), Ben Johnson (Jess Taylor), Jack Elam (Grandfather), Clint Howard (Jody Tiflin), Julian Rivero (Gitano), Lieux Dressler (Dearie), Roy Jenson (Toby), Richard Jaeckel (James Creighton), Woodrow Chambliss (Orville Frye), Link Wyler (Sonny Frye), Rance Howard (Sheriff Bill Smith), Warren Douglas (Barton), Yvonne Wood (Sarah Taylor), Sally Carter-Ihnat (Miss Willis), Victor Sen Yung (Mr. Sing/Mr. Green), Jerry Fuentes, David Markham, Clay Radovtch, Clifford Hodge, Heather Totten, Debbie Steele, Verne Ellenwood, Joe Sardello, Bob Roe, Kurt Sled. 815... Reflections of Murder (ABC, 11/24/1974, 120 mins). The wife and former mistress of a tyrannical schoolmaster team up to murder him but he diabolically haunts them with his macabre influence following the baffling disappearance of his body. An exciting remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s French classic “Les Diaboliques” (1954). Production Companies Aaron Rosenberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director John Badham. Producer Aaron Rosenberg. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on a Novel by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor David Rawlins. Production Designer Boris Levin. Cast Tuesday Weld (Vicky), Joan Hackett (Claire Elliott), Sam Waterston (Michael Elliott), Lucille Benson (Mrs. Turner), Michael Lerner (Jerry Steele), Ed Bernard (Coroner), R. G. Armstrong (Mr. Turner), Lance Kerwin (Chip), John. Levin (Keith), Jesse Vint (Cop on freeway), William Turner (Mr. Griffiths), James A. Newcomb (Peter), Sam Henriot (David), Don Sparks (Photographer), Sandra Coburn (Woman), Rita Conde (Maid). 816... Relentless (CBS, 9/14/1977, 90 mins). A taciturn Arizona state trooper pits his Indian skills against modern military combat tactics as he pursues a band of bank robbers who have pulled off a combat-style heist, killed his doting uncle and taken a ranch woman hostage while withdrawing into the snowy mountains. Based on Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Producer Fred Baum. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Based on a Novel by Brian Garfield. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music John Cacavas. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Will Sampson (Sam Watchman), Monte Markham (Paul Vickers), John Hillerman (Maj. Leo Hargit), Marianna Hill (Annie Lansford), Larry Wilcox (Buck), Antony Ponzini (Jack Hanratty), John H. Lawlor (Walker), Ted Markland (Lt. Dan Barraclough), David Pendleton (Dwayne Terry), Ron Foster (Sgt. 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Steve Schemmel (Doctor), Richard Kennedy (Trooper), Pat Bolt (Waitress), Earl Smith (Deputy), Melvin Todd (Proprietor), Dick Armstrong (Reporter), Carroll Reynolds (Winthrop). 817... The Reluctant Heroes (ABC, 11/23/1971, 90 mins). An army tale about an egghead 90-day-wonder who relies on ancient tactics he remembers from the history books to save his beleaguered squad on an important mission in Korea. Original title: “The Egghead on Hill 656.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Robert Mirisch. Teleplay Ernie Frankel, Herman Hoffman. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Frank DeVol. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Ken Berry (Lt. Parnell Murphy), Cameron Mitchell (Sgt. Marion Bryce), Warren Oates (Cpl. Leroy Sprague), Don Marshall (Pvt. Carver LeMoyne), Jim Hutton (Cpl. Bill Lukens), Trini Lopez (Pvt. Sam Rivera), Ralph Meeker (Capt. Luke Danvers), Richard Young (Private Golden), Michael St. George (Corporal Bates), Soon-Teck Oh (Korean Officer). 818... Remember When (NBC, 3/23/1974, 120 min). Sentimental World War II tale (by Herman “Summer of ’42” Raucher) of a small-town Connecticut family with four boys in combat, oozing with warmth and innocence, and shining with the performance of Jack Warden as the live-in bachelor uncle. Original title: “Four Stars in the Window.” Production Companies Danny Thomas Productions, The Raison Company. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Danny Thomas. Producer Paul Witt. Teleplay Herman Raucher. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Choreographer Miriam Nelson. Editor Rita Roland. Art Director William Craig Smith. Associate Producers James Rokos, Tony Thomas. Production Executive Ronald Jacobs. Cast Jack Warden (Joe Hodges), William Schallert (Dick Hodges), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Joanna), Robby Benson (Frankie Hodges), Margaret Willock (Beverly), Nan Martin (Annie Hodges), Tim Matheson (Warren Thompson), Robert Middleton (Kraus the Butcher), Muriel Landers (Shirley), Burton Gilliam (Zack), Frank Delfino (Wesso), Charles Haid (Jimmy). 819... Rendezvous Hotel (CBS, 7/11/1979, 120 mins). “Love Boat” transposed to a posh resort hotel best describes this prospective pilot to a comedy series that ultimately never saw the light of night. The hotel, run by a madcap family headed by Bill Daily (long one of the second bananas on “The Bob Newhart Show”) and Jeff J. Redford as his somewhat scatterbrained nephew, caters to assorted unpredictable guests availing themselves of the resort’s advertised bliss. Subsequently, the film was shaved down to 90 minutes by merely lopping off the final couple of reels and tacking on the original wrap-up. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Peter H Hunt. Executive Producers Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Austin Kalish, Clayton Baxter, Irma Kalish. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Jonathan Tunick. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Ray Storey. Associate Producer Robin S. Clark. Cast Bill Daily (Walter Grainger), Jeff J. Redford (Jerry Greenwood), Theodore Wilson (Cleveland Jennings), Bobbie Mitchell (Barbara Claiborne), Talya Ferro (Concetta Jennings), Edward Winter (Jim Becker), Carole Cook (Lucille Greenwood), Severn Darden (Albert Church), Kathryn Witt (Anne Jones), Nellie Bellflower (Sherry Leonard), Emory Bass (Edward Daley), Dolph Sweet (Harvey Greenwood), Bruce French (Frank Leonard), Sean Garrison (Guy), Jeff Donnell (Mrs. Williams), Jane Abbott (Texas waitress), Jack O’Leary (Mr. Corman), Diane Lander (Dr. Coleman), Brooke Kaplan (Kiki), Jack English (Stuart). 820... Rescue From Gilligan’s Island (NBC, 10/14/1978 and 10/21/1978, 2 Parts, 60 mins each). The gang from the 1964-67 “Gilligan’s Island” series finds its way off the island after 14 years, being carried back to civilization by a giant tidal wave. The castaways (the six original members and Judith Baldwin, replacing Tina Louise) go their separate ways and try to cope with a faster-paced society while Gilligan himself finds that he is the target of a couple of bumbling Soviet agents and ultimately is shipwrecked once again with the old group on the same deserted island. The movie was subsequently shown as a single two-hour segment, and two TV-movie sequels followed in 1979 and 1981. Production Companies Sherwood Schwartz Company, Redwood Productions, Universal Television. Director Leslie Martinson. Executive Producer Sherwood Schwartz. Producer Lloyd J. Schwartz. Teleplay Al Schwartz, David P. Harmon, Elroy Schwartz. Photography Robert Primes. Music Gerald Fried. Theme song by George Wylie, Sherwood Schwartz. Editor Marshall Neilan. Art Director Stan Jolley. Cast Bob Denver (Gillian), Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper), Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III), Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell), Russell Johnson (Professor), Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), Judith Baldwin (Ginger), Vincent Schiavelli (Dimitri), Art La Fleur (Ivan), Norman Bartold (Producer), Barbara Mallory (Cindy Smith), June Whitley Taylor (Miss Ainsworth), Martin Rudy (Dean), Mary Gregory (Mrs. Devonshire), Glenn Richards (Mr. Devonshire), Diana Chesney (Mrs. Fellows), Victor Rogers (Mr. Fellows), Michael Flanagan (Director), Martin Ashe (Butler), Robert Wood (Tony), John Wheeler (Studio guard), Alex Rodine (First officer), Don Marshall (1st FBI agent), Mel Prestidge (Governor’s aide), Lewis Arquette (Judge), Judd Lawrence (Technician), Michael Macready (2nd FBI agent), Richard Rorke (Helicopter pilot), Marcus K Mukai (Hawaiian man), Snag Werris (Cameraman), Mario J. Machado (Reporter), Micki Waugh, Alisa Powell, Portia Stevens, Candace Bowen. 821... The Return of Joe Forrester (NBC, 5/6/1975, 90 mins). Aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from “Police Story”) for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also

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was the basis for “The Blue Knight” series at the same time – and that too was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Original title: “Cop on the Beat.” Production Companies Columbia Pictures Television, David Gerber Productions. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producers David Gerber, Stan Kallis. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Photography Emmett Bergholz. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Arthur D. Hilton. Art Directors Robert Peterson, Ross Bellah. Production Consultant Joseph Wambaugh. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Joe Forrester), Pat Crowley (Georgia Cameron), Jim Backus (Jake Mandel), Dane Clark (Lieutenant Eaker), Dean Stockwell (Sergeant Callan), Della Reese (Claudine), Janis Paige (Irene), Tom Drake (The Golfer), Edie Adams (Massage parlor owner), Hari Rhodes (Dr. Belding), Charles Drake (Commander), Eddie Egan (Sergeant Malone), Don Stroud (Plums), Dwan Smith (Jolene Jackson), Rudy Solari (Valera), Shelly Novack (Henderson), Ted Gehring (Patrol lieutenant), Ray Young, Robert Phillips, Lew Horn, Dick Peabody, Stanley Adams, Adina Ross, Robert Ginty, Gordon Jump, Gary Cashdollar, William Benedict 822... The Return of Mod Squad (ABC, 5/18/1979, 120 mins). With an eye toward reviving the hit series that ran from 1968 to 1973, “Mod Squad” producers Danny Thomas and Aaron Spelling joined forces once again after going their separate ways for many years to call ex-undercover cops Pete, Linc and Julie back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon find that they themselves are the intended victims of a gunman who lives in their old “flower child” world of the 1960s. This ploy to pump new life into old succcesses followed the pattern set previously (and unsuccessfully) by those behind Maverick, Gilligan’s Island, Wild Wild West, Lassie, The Millionaire, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.--and, theatrically, Star Trek and Get Smart. Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producer Lynn Loring. Teleplay Robert Janes. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Mark Snow, Shorty Rogers. Editors Dennis C. Duckwall, Stanley Wohlberg. Art Directors Jan M. Van Tamelen, Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Michael Cole (Pete Cochrane), Clarence Williams III (Linc Hayes), Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes), Tige Andrews (Adam Greer), Tom Bosley (Frank Webber), Todd Bridges (Jason Hayes), Victor Buono (Keith Starr), Tom Ewell (Cook), John Karlen (Marty), Ross Martin (Buck Prescott), Sugar Ray Robinson (Himself), Mark Slade (Richie Webber), Roy Thinnes (Dan), Simon Scott (Barney Metcalf), Jess Walton (Kate Kelsey), Taylor Lacher (Jake/bartender), Rafael Campos (Johnny Sorella), Byron Stewart (Bingo), Hope Holliday (Willie), Thomas Bellin (Phil), Chu Chu Malave, Cis Rundle, Barbara Sammeth, Kenneth White, Cameron Young, Nick Lewis, Stonewall Jackson, Julianna Tatak, Ed Rombola. 823... Return of the Gunfighter (ABC, 1/29/1967, 120 mins). An aging gunman (played by former screen matinee idol Robert Taylor) and a wounded saddle tramp (Chad Everett) team up to help a Mexican girl avenge the death of her parents, who were murdered for their land. Production Companies King Brothers, MGM Television. Director James Neilson. Producers Frank King, Maurice King. Teleplay Robert Buckner. Based on a story by Burt Kennedy, Robert Buckner. Photography Ellsworth Fredericks. Music Hans J. Salter. Editor Richard Heermance. Art Directors George W. Davis, James W Sullivan. Associate Producer Herman King. Cast Robert Taylor (Ben Wyatt), Ana Martin (Anis), Chad Everett (Lee Sutton), Mort Mills (Will Parker), Lyle Bettger (Clay Sutton), John David Chandler (Sundance), Michael Pate (Frank Boone), Barry Atwater (Lomax), John Crawford (Butch Cassidy), Willis Bouchey (Judge Ellis), Rodolfo Hoyos (Luis Domingo), Read Morgan (Wid Boone), Henry Willis (Sam Boone), Bob Shelton (Cowboy), Loretta Miller (Dance hall girl), Janel Alden (Dance hall girl). 824... The Return of the Incredible Hulk (CBS, 11/28/1977, 120 mins). The second pilot to the subsequent series that began in March 1978 and continued somewhat intermittently through the spring of 1982 (87 episodes). It offered the further adventures of the Marvel Comics-created scientist who, as it was described, “conducted radiation experiments that turned him into a homeless wanderer (and occasionally a raging green beast) in search of a cure for the monstrous effects of his experiments.” Notable for premiering only three weeks after its predecessor, and, like the earlier one, later cut in half and presented in two parts on the subsequent cult series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Producer Kenneth Johnson. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson. Photography Charles W. Short. Music Joe Harnell. Editor Jack Schoengarth. Art Director David Marshall. Cast Bill Bixby (Dr. David Bruce Banner), Jack Colvin (Jack McGee), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Laurie Pringle (Julie Griffith), William Daniels (Dr. Bonifant), Dorothy Tristan (Margaret Griffith), Gerald McRaney (Denny), John McLiam (Michael), Mills Watson (Sheriff), Victor Mohica (Rafe), Robert Phillips (Phil), Ann Weldon (1st nurse), Linda Wiser (2nd nurse), Roger Aaron Brown (Lab technician), Janet Adams (3rd nurse), Swan Socorro (Receptionist), Rita Gomez (Maid), Rick Garcia (Cuban). 825... The Return of the World’s Greatest Detective (NBC, 6/16/1976, 90 mins). Larry Hagman stars as a bumbling Los Angeles cop who falls off his motorcycle, and as the result of a concussion he comes to the conclusion that he is really Sherlock Holmes. With the aid of a woman psychiatric social worker named Watson, he then sets out to solve the puzzling murder of an embezzler.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Dean Hargrove. Producers Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee. Teleplay Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee. Photography William Mendenhall. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editor John Kaufman Jr. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Larry Hagman (Sherman Holmes), Jenny O’Hara (Dr. Joan Watson), Nicholas Colasanto (Lt. Nick Tinker), Woodrow Parfrey (Himmel), Helen Verbit (Landlady), Ivor Francis (Spiner), Charles Macaulay (Judge Clement Harley), Ron Silver (Dr. Collins), Sid Haig (Vince Cooley), Booth Colman (Psychiatrist), Lieux Dressler (Mrs. Slater), Fuddle Bagley (Detective), Benny Rubin (Klinger), Robert Snively (Manager), Jude Farese (Caretaker), George Brenlin (Sergeant), Al Dunlap (Bailiff), Jefferson Kibbee (Deliveryman). 826... Return to Earth (ABC, 5/14/1976, 90 mins). The true story of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (played by Cliff Robertson) who, two years after his historic moon landing in 1969, had a breakdown, was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment, and subsequently lost his wife and children. Based on Aldrin’s 1973 autobiography, written with Wayne Warga. Production Company King-Hitzig Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Alan King, Rupert Hitzig. Producer Jud Taylor. Teleplay George Malko. Based on the Autobiography by Buzz Aldrin with Wayne Warga. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Cast Cliff Robertson (Col. Edwin E. ‘Buzz’ Aldrin Jr.), Shirley Knight (Joan Aldrin), Charles Cioffi (Dr. Sam Mayhill), Ralph Bellamy (Col. Edwin E. Aldrin), Stefanie Powers (Marianne), Kraig Metzinger (Andy Aldrin), Alexandra Taylor (Jan Aldrin), Tony Markes (Mike Aldrin), Stephen Pearlman (Dr. Hotfield), Stefan Gierasch (Al Davis), Mark Roberts, Lance Henriksen, Conrad Fowkes, George Wallace, Robert Karnes, Frank Jansen, Georgie Paul, Davis Roberts, John Hesley, Darian Taylor, Sandra de Bruin, Anne Newman Mantee, Mickey Gatlin, Bob Williams, Shelley Mitchell, Mark Plastric. 827... Return to Fantasy Island (ABC, 1/20/1978, 120 mins). This second feature-length pilot for the hit series that began in January 1978 offered more dreams fulfilled for six lucky people on a plush island resort. Originally it was to have been titled simply “Fantasy Island II” and had been scheduled to premiere two months earlier. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director George McCowan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Michael Fisher. Teleplay Marc Brandel. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor John M Woodcock. Art Director Alfeo Bocchicchio. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Ricardo Montalban (Roarke), Adrienne Barbeau (Margo Dean), Horst Bucholz (Charles Fleming), Joseph Campanella (Brian Faber), George Chakiris (Pierre), Joseph Cotten (Mr. Grant), Pat Crowley (Lucy Faber), Laraine Day (Mrs. Grant), George Maharis (Benson), Cameron Mitchell (Raoul), France Nuyen (Kito), Karen Valentine (Janet Fleming), Herve Villechaize (Tattoo), John Zaremba (Dr. Croyden), Kevi Kendall (Pat), Kristine Ritzke (Carol), Nancy McKeon (Ann). 828... Returning Home (ABC, 4/29/1975, 90 mins). A nostalgic war drama based on the 1946 Goldwyn classic “The Best Years of Our Lives,” following three returning World War II veterans as they face the challenge of adjusting to civilian life. Dabney Coleman takes the Fredric March role and Tom Selleck the part played by Dana Andrews, while non-professional actor James Miller (a Vietnam bilateral amputee who is deputy sheriff in Sidney, Montana) enacts the character created by Harold Russell. Production Companies Lorimar Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Bill Svanoe, John McGreevey. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Ken Lauber. Editors Marjorie Fowler, Michael McCroskey. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Dabney Coleman (Al Stephensen), Tom Selleck (Fred Derry), James R. Miller (Homer Parrish), Whitney Blake (Millie Stephensen), Joan Goodfellow (Peggy Stephensen), Sherry Jackson (Marie Derry), Laurie Walters (Wilma Parrish), James A. Watson Jr. (Capt. Will Tobey), Lenka Peterson (Mrs. Parrish), Pat Smith (Mrs. Cameron), Richard O’Brien (Mr. Cameron), Booth Colman (Vern Milton), Lou Frizzell (Butch Cavendish), Jim Antonio (Avery Novak), Don Keefer (Mr. Parrish), James Beach (Henry ‘Wimpy’ Jergens), Paul Lambert (Mike Harris), Tom Blank (Dave), Joseph DiReda (ATC Sergeant), Edward Call (Hank), Allen Price (Rob Stephensen), Adrian Ricard (Customer), Eileen McDonough (Luella). 829... Revenge (ABC, 11/6/1971, 90 mins). Shelley Winters plays a deranged mother who takes revenge on the man she thinks seduced her daughter by caging him in her basement while his wife used ESP in a frantic search to find him. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Davis. Original title: “There Once Was a Woman.” Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Based on a Novel by Elizabeth Davis. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Shelley Winters (Amanda Hilton), Bradford Dillman (Frank Klaner), Stuart Whitman (Mark Hembric), Carol Rossen (Diane Klaner), Roger Perry (Peter Marsh), Gary Clarke (Ed Lucas), Johnny Scott Lee (Jimmy Klaner), Leslie Charleson (Nancy Grover), George Burrafato (Deliveryman). 830... Revenge for a Rape (ABC, 11/19/1976, 120 mins). A compelling drama of a man who becomes a lone vigilante tracking down the three men who attacked his wife while on a camping trip. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Production Company Albert S. Ruddy Productions. Director Timothy Galfas. Executive Producer Richard R. St. Johns. Producer Alan P. Horowitz. Teleplay Yabo Yablonsky. Based on a Story by Albert S. Ruddy. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Jerrold Immel. Song “There’s Nothing Greater Than Our Love” by Larry Kusik, Mike Curb. Song performed by Al Martino. Editor Allan Jacobs. Cast Mike Connors (Travis Green), Robert Reed (Sheriff Paley), Tracy Brooks Swope (Amy Green), Deanna Lund (Raleigh), Larry Watson (Cooper), Jock Livingston (Curly), Glenn Wilder (Chuck), Roger Dressler (Dr. Bird), Shirley Barclay (Nurse), Joe Austin (Farley/postmaster). 831... The Rhinemann Exchange (NBC, 3/10/1977 to 3/24/1977, 3 Parts, 5 hours). Double-dealing and espionage in World War II as an intelligence officer is dispatched by the U.S. government to arrange an exchange in Argentina of industrial diamonds needed by the Germans for a secret gyroscope needed by our side. Adapted from the 1974 Robert Ludlum novel, the fivehour tale subsequently was cut by one hour and shown in two parts. Production Company Universal Television. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer Richard Collins. Teleplay Richard Collins. Based on the Novel by Robert Ludlum. Photography Alex Phillips Jr. Music Elmer Bernstein, Michel Colombier. Editor Anthony Redman, Rod Stevens. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Cast Stephen Collins (David Spaulding), Lauren Hutton (Leslie Jenner Hawkewood), Claude Akins (Walter Kendall), Vince Edwards (General Swanson), José Ferrer (Erich Rhinemann), Larry Hagman (Col. Edmund Pace), John Huston (Amb. Henderson Granville), Roddy McDowall (Bobby Ballard), Len Birman (Asher Feld), Gene Evans (Colonel Barton), Jeremy Kemp (Geoffrey Moore), Werner Klemperer (Franz Altmuller), Trisha Noble (Irene), William Prince (Alex Spaulding), John Van Dreelen (Dietrich), Isela Vega (Anna), Victoria Racimo (The Creole), Kate Woodville (Mrs. Cameron), Bo Brundin (Heinrich Stolz), Ramon Bieri (Daniel Meehan), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Lieutenant Fuentes), René Auberjonois (Dr. Eugene Lyons), Ben Wright (Dr. Azevedo), Anthony Charnota (Johnny), John Hoyt (German scientist), Charles Siebert (Sergeant), Thayer David (Industrialist), Zitto Kazann (Uri Bey), John Chappell, Mark DeVries, John Ashton. 832... Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC, 2/1/1976 to 3/15/1976, 8 Parts, 12 hours). The overwhelming success of this starladen TV adaptation of Irwin Shaw’s 1970 best-seller that was shown as six two-hour motion pictures over a seven-week period ensured the future of the “Novel for Television” miniseries genre. Stars of varying magnitudes were made of the production’s three leading players--Peter Strauss, Susan Blakely and Nick Nolte (each Emmy Award-nominated)--as the two Jordache brothers and the girl involved at one time or another with each during the 20 years from the end of World War II until the late 1960s in this odyssey examining the shifting social and moral values in America. It also spawned a weekly series, “Rich Man, Poor Man -- Book II” (which had nothing to do with Shaw’s original book), running during the 1976-77 television season with Strauss continuing his original role. Emmy Awards were won by Edward Asner and Fionnuala Flanagan for acting, David Greene for directing (Part 8), and Alex North for his music score. Among the other nominations (20 in all) were one for Best Limited Series as well as to Dorothy McGuire, Ray Milland, Bill Bixby, Robert Reed, Van Johnson and Norman Fell (in various specialized acting categories), director Boris Sagal (for Part 5), writer Dean Reisner, cinematographer Howard R. Schwartz, costumer Charles Waldo, and editors Douglas Stewart and Richard Bracken. Production Company Universal Television. Director (Parts 1 ,2, 7 and 8) David Greene. Director (Parts 3, 4, 5 and 6) Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Dean Riesner. Based on the Novel by Irwin Shaw. Photography (Parts 1 and 2) Howard R. Schwartz. Photography (Parts 3 through 8) Russell L. Metty. Music Alex North. Editors Douglas Stewart, Richard Bracken. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Peter Strauss (Rudy Jordache), Nick Nolte (Tom Jordache), Susan Blakely (Julie Prescott), Edward Asner (Axel Jordache), Dick Butkus (Al Fanducci), Michael Evans (Arnold Simms), Gloria Grahame (Sue Prescott), Dorothy McGuire (Mary Jordache), Robert Reed (Teddy Boylan), Dennis Dugan (Claude Tinker), Frank Aletter (Mr. Tinker), Josette Banzet (Miss Lenaut), John Furlong (Dr. Tinker), Mike Baird (Buddy), Martin Ash (Martin), William Bronder (Theatre manager), Steve Allen (Bayard Nichols), Bill Bixby (Willie Abbott), Kim Darby (Virginia Calderwood), Fionnuala Flanagan (Clothilde), Tim McIntire (Brad Knight), Ray Milland (Duncan Calderwood), Lawrence Pressman (Bill Denton), Talia Shire (Teresa Santoro), Bo Brundin (Harold Jordache), Julius Harris (Augie), Ben Archibek (Jay Ledbetter), Craig Stevens (Asher Berg), Norman Fell (Smitty), Jo Ann Harris (Gloria Bartley), Lynda Day George (Linda Quales), George Maharis (Joey Quales), Anthony Carbone (Lou Martin), Roy Jenson (Pete Tierney), Eddie Barth (Papadakis), William Smith (Falconetti), Murray Hamilton (Sid Gossett), Van Johnson (Marsh Goodwin), Dorothy Malone (Irene Goodwin), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Roy Dwyer), Andrew Duggan (Colonel Deiner), Kay Lenz (Kate), Harvey Jason (Pinky), Helen Craig (Martha), Gavan O’Herlihy (Phil McGee), Leigh J. McCloskey (Billy), Michael Morgan (Wesley). 833... Richie Brockelman: Missing 24 Hours (NBC, 10/27/1976, 90 mins). A neophyte gumshoe with more nerve than know-how joins the big leagues when hired by an amnesia victim who not only cannot explain why she’s being sought by a gunman but who also believes that she is involved in a murder. Brockelman originally was introduced on James Garner’s “The Rockford Files” with the idea of making him Rockford’s sidekick. Instead the character was written into this pilot film and then spun off into a very brief “Richie Brockelman” series in 1977 that never caught on, even after Brockelman made another appearance on “The Rockford Files” and again was tried in series.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco. Producer William F. Phillips. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco. Photography William Mendenhall. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor John Elias. Art Director Lester L. Green. Cast Dennis Dugan (Richie Brockelman), Suzanne Pleshette (Elizabeth Morton), Norman Fell (Mr. Brockelman), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Brockelman), Barbara Bosson (Sharon Peterson), Lloyd Bochner (Davenport), Sharon Gless (Darcy Davenport), William Windom (Arnold Springfield), Harold Sylvester (Rider), Ned Wilson (McNeil), Hunter Von Leer (Marine), Gloria Le Roy (Hooker), Ted Gehring (Irv), Lew Palter (Jack), W.T. Zacha (Prell), Tom Falk (Art), Shug Fisher (Dave). 834... Ring of Passion (NBC, 2/4/1978, 120 mins). A fact-based drama about the two Louis-Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II. Originally titled “Countdown to the Big One.” Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Television, NBC Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Sheldon A. Saltman. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Larry Forrester. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Bill Conti. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Bernie Casey (Joe Louis), Stephen Macht (Max Schmeling), Allen Garfield (Damon Runyon), Percy Rodrigues (John Roxborough), Joseph Campanella (Paul Gallico), Britt Ekland (Anny Ondra Schmeling), Norman Alden (Max Machon), Julius Harris (Chappie Jackson), Mordecai Lawner (Joe Jacobs), Barry Dennen (Adolf Hitler), Johnny Haymer (Nazi Official), Al Lewis (Mike Jacobs), Rod McCary (Rodney), Joshua Shelley (Max), Mel Stewart (Julian Black), Denise Nicholas (Marva Trotter Louis), Beah Richards (Lilly Brooks), Stephen Roberts (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Jack Bernardi (Mr. Weisman), Shaka Cumuka (Honey Bear), Sarina C. Grant (Vunies), Tom Kelly (1st Newsman), Jimmy Lennon (Ring Announcer), Allan Malamud (2nd Newsman), David Moody (Wellwisher), Joni Palmer (Emmarell), Clement St. George (German commentator), Wonderful Smith (Minister), Geo Latka (Referee Donovan), Patrick O’Hara (Tom O’Rourke), Warren Munson, Clay Hodges, Frank Slaten, Dan Ayer. 835... Ritual of Evil (NBC, 2/23/1970, 120 mins). Further excursions into black magic and the occult occur in this sequel to “Fear No Evil” (1969) with Louis Jourdan and Wilfrid Hyde-White re-creating their roles. This movie was called “Next Time, My Love” during production and has a noted psychiatrist delving into the death of a patient, a young heiress. Production Company Universal Television. Director Robert Day. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay Robert Presnell Jr. Based on Characters Created by Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Cast Louis Jourdan (David Sorell), Anne Baxter (Jolene Wiley), Diana Hyland (Leila Barton), John McMartin (Edward Bolander), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Harry Snowden), Belinda Montgomery (Loey Wiley), Carla Borelli (Aline Wiley), Georg Stanford Brown (Larry Richmond), Regis J. Cordic (Sheriff), Dehl Berti (Mora), Richard Alan Knox (Hippie), Johnny Williams (Newscaster), Jimmy Joyce (1st reporter), James LaSane (2nd reporter). 836... River of Gold (ABC, 3/9/1971, 90 mins). A pair of beach bums (Dack Rambo and Roger Davis) drift to Acapulco in search of a beautiful young woman and a sunken treasure. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director David Friedkin. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producers David Friedkin, Mort Fine. Teleplay Salvatore C. Puedes. Photography Alex Phillips Jr. Music Fred Steiner. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Ray Milland (Evelyn Rose), Suzanne Pleshette (Anna), Dack Rambo (Riley Briggs), Roger Davis (Marcus McAllister), Melissa Newman (Julie), Jorge Luke (Tomas), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Angel), José Chavez (Rodrigo), Eduardo Lopez Rojas (Cepeda), Teddy Stauffer (Jay Marston), Barbara Angeli (Tina Marston), Francisco DeCordova (Priest). 837... River of Mystery (NBC, 10/1/1971, 120 mins). A couple of free-lance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a revolutionary leader and a diamond hunter in this tale filmed in South America early in 1969. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Stanley. Producer Steve Shagan. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Photography Gabriel Torres. Music Luis Bonfa. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Robert Machado. Cast Vic Morrow (Phil Munger), Claude Akins (Ernie Dorata), Niall MacGinnis (Garwood Drum), Louise Sorel (Elena), Nico Minardos (El Alacron), Edmond O’Brien (R.J. Twitchell), Cicero Shadler (Torres), Dilma Loes (Cleo), Waldir Maia (Pablo), Earl Parker (Gold). 838... Robinson Crusoe (NBC, 11/27/1974, 120 mins). The classic 18th-century saga of a man’s struggle to survive after being shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. This was the initial production in an exchange program between NBC-TV and Great Britain’s BBC and the 15th (at least) film version of the Defoe tale. Production Company BBC-TV Productions. Director James MacTaggart. Producer Cedric Messina. Teleplay James MacTaggart. Based on the Novel by Daniel Defoe. Photography Brian Tufano. Music Wilfred Josephs. Editor Ken Pearce. Cast Stanley Baker (Robinson Crusoe), Ram John Holder (Man Friday), Jerome Willis (The Sea Captain).

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839... The Rockford Files (NBC, 3/27/1974, 90 mins). The pilot to James Garner’s hit TV series that debuted in the fall of 1974 has the ex-con turned private eye investigating the death of a skid row bum after being convinced by the man’s daughter that he was murdered. Joe Santos and Stuart Margolin continued in the series in recurring roles, and Noah Beery was brought in to replace Robert Donley as Rockford’s dad. Production Companies Cherokee Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers Jo Swerling Jr., Meta Rosenberg. Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Based on a Story by John Thomas James. Photography Lamar Boren. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Cast James Garner (Jim Rockford), Lindsay Wagner (Sara Butler), William Smith (Jerry Grimes), Nita Talbot (Mildred Elias), Joe Santos (Det. Dennis Becker), Stuart Margolin (Angel Martin), Robert Donley (Joseph Rockford), Pat Renella (Morrie Talbot), Bill Mumy (Nick Butler), Mike Steele (Danford Baker), Michael Lerner (Dr. Ruben Seelman), Ted Gehring (Norm Mitchell), Joshua Bryant (Capt. Harry Dell), Bill Quinn (Harry Butler), Claude Johnson (Officer), Robert Williams (Arnold DeMura), Luis DelGado (Luis), Jack Garner (Man in washroom). 840... Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (ABC, 5/2/1977, 90 mins). The pilot movie for a series that never materialized, dealing with a pair of free-wheeling investigators who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects as well as missing or kidnapped persons, and who here are hired by a millionaire businessman whose daughter apparently was spirited out of the country. Subsequently titled “Love for Ransom.” Production Companies Bruce Lansbury Productions Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producer Bruce Lansbury. Producer Anthony Spinner. Teleplay Alvin Sapinsley. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editors David Wages, Jack Kampschroer. Art Directors Carl Brauner, Ross Bellah. Cast John Davidson (Roger Quentin), Barry Primus (Harry Jaworsky), Carole Mallory (Kate Wilson), Anne Randall Stewart (Joanna March), Richard Lynch (Curt Blair), Harris Yulin (Arthur Pennington), Susan Sullivan (Cindy St. Claire), Titos Vandis (Claude DuCloche), Biff McGuire (Sylvester March), Alan McRae (David Peterson), Vaughn Armstrong (Heller), Henry Sutton (Cutts), James O’Connell (Mankowitz), Robert DoQui (Lieutenant Shelley), Fred Holliday (TV reporter). 841... Roll, Freddy, Roll! (ABC, 12/17/1974, 90 mins). A mild-mannered computer programmer lives on roller skates for seven days to compete for attention with his son’s stepfather and to win a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Bill Persky. Producers Bill Persky, Sam Denoff. Teleplay Bill Persky, Sam Denoff. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Jerry Shepard. Art Director Bill Malley. Cast Tim Conway (Freddy Danton), Jan Murray (Big Sid Kane), Moosie Drier (Tommy Danton), Barra Grant (Sidni Kane), Scott Brady (Admiral Norton), Robert Hogan (Don Talbert), Ruta Lee (Evelyn Danton Kane), Henry Jones (Theodore Menlo), Danny Wells (Skating rink attendant), Edwina Gough (Rita), Sam Denoff (Gas station attendant), Richard Caine (Policeman), Richard Patterson (Ted Comden), Ed Peck (Admiral Frigate), Cliff Pellow (Guard), Roy West (Announcer), Patricia Heider (Cashier), Richmond Sheppard (Page man), Diane Sommerfield (Helen), Wally Dalton (Counterman), Redmond Gleeson (Man). 842... Rolling Man (ABC, 10/4/1972, 90 mins). Shaken by the death of his wife and the disappearance of his young sons while he spent four years in prison, a simple man, played by Dennis Weaver, tries to rebuild his life while searching for the missing boys. Production Companies ABC Circle Films, Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Peter Hyams. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producers Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography Earl Rath. Music Murray MacLeod, Stuart Margolin. Editors Donald Ernst, Rick Wormell. Art Director Albert Brenner. Cast Dennis Weaver (Lonnie McAfee), Don Stroud (Harold Duncan), Donna Mills (Bebe Lotter), Jimmy Dean (Lyman), Sheree North (Ruby), Slim Pickens (Chuck), Agnes Moorehead (Grandmother), Linda Scott (Crystal), Devra Korwin (Mildred Slye), Donald Larkin (Lester), Jack Haley (Clifford), Joe Nixon (Announcer), Marion Hall, Joanie Hall, Gary Marsh, Carol Swenson, Dallas Mitchell, Edward Call, Hoke Howell, Gordon Jump. 843... The Rookies (ABC, 3/7/1972, 90 mins). Police recruits and their wives try to adjust to the ways of being part of a metropolitan police force. This was the pilot for the popular series (1972-75) starring Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville and Michadel Ontkean, along with Kate Jackson (in the part played by Jennifer Billingsley in this film). Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay William Blinn. Based on a Story by Rita Lakin. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Darren McGavin (Sgt. Eddie Ryker), Paul Burke (Neil Montgomery), Cameron Mitchell (Sniper), Robert F. Lyons (Jared Whitman), Georg Stanford Brown (Terry Webster), Sam Melville (Mike Danko), Michael Ontkean (Willie Gillis), Jeff Pomerantz (Kevin Lassiter), Jennifer Billingsley (Jill Danko), Monika Svenson (Birgitta Whitman), Logan Ramsey (Toby Loomis), Davey Davison (Molly Lassiter), Arch Johnson (Ranch instructor), Robert J. Wilke (Officer Shaw).

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844... Roots (ABC, 1/23/1977 to 1/30/1977, 8 Parts, 12 hours). The dramatization of Alex Haley’s chronicle of his family history from his ancestors’ life in tribal Africa of the 18th century to their emancipation in the post-Civil War South became an overnight phenomenon, the subject of educational programs as well as newspaper editorials that attracted, as it progressed, the largest viewing audience ever for a dramatic TV program. It won an unprecedented 37 Emmy Award nominations and was chosen the Outstanding Dramatic Series of the 1976-77 season, and won Emmys for Louis Gossett Jr. as Best Actor, Edward Asner as Best Supporting Actor and Olivia Cole as Best Supporting Actress, as well as for director David Greene (Part 1), writers Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn (Part 2), editor Neil Travis (Part 1), and Quincy Jones and Gerald Fried for their music score (Part 1). Other acting nominations include: John Amos, LeVar Burton (UCLA drama student in his dramatic acting debut), Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, Madge Sinclair, Moses Gunn, Robert Reed, Ralph Waite, Sandy Duncan and Cicely Tyson, plus Marvin Chomsky (Director, Part 3), John Erman (Director, Part 2), Gilbert Moses (Director, Part 6), Steven Larner (Cinematographer, Part 2), Joseph M. Wilcots (Cinematographer, Part 7), James Lee (Teleplay, Part 5), M. Charles Cohen (Teleplay, Part 8), Neil Travis (Editor, Part 2--also winner for Part 1), Peter Kirby (Editor, Part 3) and James T. Heckert (Editor, Part 8). Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Directors David Greene, John Erman, Gilbert Moses, Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy, James Lee, M. Charles Cohen, William Blinn. Based on the Novel by Alex Haley. Photography (Parts 1 and 2) Stevan Larner. Photography (Parts 3 through 8) Joseph M. Wilcots. Editor Neil Travis, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby. Music Quincy Jones, Gerald Fried. Art Directors Jan Scott, Joseph R Jennings. Special Makeup Stan Winston. Cast Maya Angelou (Nyo Boto), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (The Wrestler), Moses Gunn (The Kintango), Thalmus Rasulala (Omoro), Harry Rhodes (Brima Cesay), William Watson (Gardner), Ren Woods (Fanta), LeVar Burton (Kunta Kinte), Cicely Tyson (Binta), Edward Asner (Capt. Thomas Davies), O. J. Simpson (Kadi Touray), Ralph Waite (Slater), Louis Gossett Jr. (Fiddler), Robert Reed (William Reynolds), Lorne Greene (John Reynolds), Lynda Day George (Mrs. Reynolds), Vic Morrow (Ames), Paul Shenar (John Carrington), John Amos (Toby [Kunta Kinte as an adult]), Madge Sinclair (Bell), Gary Collins (Grill), Lee deBroux (Trumbull), Tanya Boyd (Genelva), Beverly Todd (Fanta as an adult), Thayer David (Harlan), Raymond St. Jacques (The Drummer), Chuck Connors (Tom Moore), Sandy Duncan (Missy Anne Reynolds), Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (Noah), John Schuck (Ordell), Leslie Uggams (Kizzy), Roxie Roker (Melissa), Elma Jackson (Ada), Carolyn Jones (Mrs. Moore), Macdonald Carey (Squire James), Scatman Crothers (Mingo), Olivia Cole (Mathilda), George Hamilton (Stephen Bennett), Ian McShane (Sir Eric Russell), Lillian Randolph (Sister Sara), Richard Roundtree (Sam Bennett), Ben Vereen (Chicken George), Wally Taylor (Reverend), Davis Roberts (Leonard), Lloyd Bridges (Evan Brent), Georg Stanford Brown (Tom), Brad Davis (Ol’ George Johnson), Hilly Hicks (Lewis), Doug McClure (Jemmy Brent), Lynne Moody (Irene), Lane Binkley (Martha Johnson), Richard McKenzie (Sam Harvey), Austin Stoker (Virgil), Sally Kemp (Lila Harvey), Burl Ives (Sen. Arthur Johnson), John Quade (Sheriff Biggs), Charles Cyphers (Drake), Todd Bridges (Bud). 845... Roots: The Next Generations (ABC, 2/18/1979 to 2/25/1979, 7 Parts, 14 hours). The unparalleled success of “Roots” in 1977 prompted this continuation of Alex Haley’s saga, beginning with the events where its predecessor ended in 1882 and bringing the story to the present with James Earl Jones playing Haley and Marlon Brando as American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who agreed to an interview in the 1960s with Haley for Playboy. Brando won an Emmy (as Outstanding Supporting Actor) for his 10-minute cameo part (not his television acting debut, publicity at the time to the contrary). “Roots: The Next Generations” covered 14 television hours, two more than its predecessor, with only Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne Moody (as Tom Harvey and his wife Irene, Alex Haley’s great-great-grandparents) continuing the roles they began in “Roots.” Brown also directed several hours of the sequel. Like its predecessor, the program was an Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Limited Series, with other nominations also going to Ruby Dee as Outstanding Supporting Actress, to Al Freeman Jr. and Paul Winfield as Outstanding Supporting Actor (in competition with Brando) to writer Ernest Kinoy (for Part 1) and to the makeup artists (for Part 3). Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Directors John Erman, Charles S. Dubin, Georg Stanford Brown, Lloyd Richards. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy, Sidney A Glass, Thad Mumford, Daniel Wilcox, John McGreevey. Created by Ernest Kinoy. Based on a Book by Alex Haley. Photography Joseph M. Wilcots. Music Gerald Fried. Editors John W. Wheeler, Robbe Roberts, Neil Travis, David Saxon. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Georg Stanford Brown (Tom Harvey), Olivia de Havilland (Mrs. Warner), Henry Fonda (Col. Frederick Warner), Paul Koslo (Earl Crowther), Avon Long (Chicken George), Lynne Moody (Irene Harvey), Greg Morris (Beeman Jones), Marc Singer (Andy Warner), Richard Thomas (Jim Warner), Fay Fauser (Carrie Barden), Brian Mitchell (John Dolan), Debbi Morgan (Elizabeth Harvey), Kathleen Doyle (Lucy Damson), Ja’Net DuBois (Sally Harvey), Slim Gaillard (Sam Wesley), Harry Morgan (Bob Campbell), Roger E Mosley (Lee Garnet), Stan Shaw (Will Palmer), Irene Cara (Bertha Palmer), James Daly (R S M Boyce), Ossie Davis (Dad Jones), Ruby Dee (Queen Haley), Dorian Harewood (Simon Haley), Kene Holliday (Detroit), George Voskovec (Mr. Goldstein), Hal Williams (Aleck Haley), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Cynthia Palmer), E. Lamont Johnson (Frank Warner at age 20), Bernie Casey (Bubba Haywood), Pam Grier (Francey), Rosey Grier (Big Slew Johnson), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Captain Bowker), Percy Rodrigues (Boyd Moffat), John Rubinstein (Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Andy Warner), Jason Wingreen (Judge Quartermain), Maidie Norman (Sister Scrap Scott), Bruce French (Calloway), Robert Culp (Lyle Pettijohn), Dina Merrill (Mrs. Hickinger), Brock Peters (Ab Decker), Beah Richards (Cynthia Palmer), Paul Winfield (Dr. Horace Huguley), Lynn Hamilton (Cousin Georgia), Christoff (Kristoff) St. John (Alex Haley at age 8), Logan Ramsey (D.L. Lewis), Dennis Fimple

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(Sheriff Duffy), Debbie Allen (Nan Branch Haley), Damon Evans (Alex Haley at ages 17-25)), Andy Griffith (Comm. Robert Munroe), Diahann Carroll (Zeona [Mrs.Simon Haley]), Rafer Johnson (Nelson), Carmen McRae (Lila), John Hancock (Scotty), Della Reese (Mrs. Lydia Branch), Telma Hopkins (Daisy), Milt Kogan (Mel Klein), Barbara Barrie (Dodie Brattle), Marlon Brando (George Lincoln Rockwell), James Broderick (Dr. Lewis), Lee Chamberlin (Odile Richards), Michael Constantine (Dr. Vansina), Norman Fell (Bernie Raymond), Al Freeman Jr. (Malcolm X), James Earl Jones (Alex Haley), Claudia McNeil (Sister Will Ada), Linda Hopkins (Singer), Bobby Short (Pianist), Jane Rose (Mrs. Bulfinch), Howard Rollins Jr. (George Haley), Johnny Sekka (Ebou Manga). 846... Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (NBC, 5/19/1977, 90 mins). A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation that a mysterious intruder did it provides them with a rather weak case. The subsequent series with Tony Roberts and Squire Fridell lasted for several months in late 1977. Production Companies Heyday Productions, Universal Television. Director John Astin. Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern. Producer Jerome L. Davis. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler, Sam H. Rolfe. Photography William Mendenhall. Music Peter Matz. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director Seymour Klate. Cast Tony Roberts (Joseph Rosetti), Squire Fridell (Frank Ryan), Jane Elliot (Jessica Hornesby), Susan Anspach (Beverly Dresden), Dick O’Neill (Judge Proctor Hardcastle), Roberta Leighton (Druscilla Gerard), Al Molinaro (Benny), Andrea Howard (Sister Constanza), William Marshall (Judge Marcus Black), Richard Stahl (Medical examiner), Bill Dana (Sgt. Pete Agopian), Patty Duke Astin (Sylvia Crawford), William Boyett (Hannigan), Penny Santon (Ma Rosetti), René Enriquez (Ortiz), Gloria Stroock (Mrs. Blaine), Hope Alexander Willis (Jefferson), Ruth Manning (Emma), Delos V. Smith (Prosecutor), Heather Lowe (Georgia), John Wyler (White), Barbara Alston (Greta), Bobby Herbeck (Manny), Kip King (Wardell), Art Koustik (Mike), Frank Bongiorno (Pastafiore), John Bentley (Mr. Graves), Luana Anders (Mrs. Gerard), Loren Berman, Li-Chi Chao, Bob Golden, Ralph Hoops, Ed McCready, Roger Price, Jodi Carlson, Paul Micale. 847... Ruby and Oswald (CBS, 2/8/1978, 180 mins). A dramatic three-hour-plus re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, drawn from authenticated events and eyewitness accounts. Subsequently cut to 2½ hours and retitled “Four Days in Dallas.” Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Mel Stuart. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay John McGreevey, Michael McGreevey. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Editor Corky Ehlers, George B. Hively. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Michael Lerner (Jack Ruby), Frederic Forrest (Lee Harvey Oswald), Doris Roberts (Eva), Lou Frizzell (Capt. J. Will Fritz), Bruce French (Robert Oswald), Sandy McPeak (District Attorney Wade), Lanna Saunders (Marina Oswald), Sandy Ward (Chief Curry), James E. Brodhead (Judge Johnston), Brian Dennehy (George Paulsen), Gwynne Gilford (Little Lynn), Gordon Jump (Clyde Gaydosh), Erik Kilpatrick (Andy Armstrong), Walter Mathews (George), Michael Pataki (Ike Pappas), Al Ruscio (Nat Ryan), Jodean Russo (Phyllis Noonan), Richard Sanders (Agent Kelley), Vickery Turner (Wanda Killiem), Max Anderson, Lewis Arquette, Robert Bryan Berger, Dean Brooks, Edward Call, Raymond Colbert, Molly Dodd, David Leroy Dorr, Jessie Lee Fulton, John Galt, Phyllis Glick, Margie Gordon, James Hall, Bill Joyce, Delbert Henry Knight Sr., Jim Lough, Chip Lucia, Lilah McCarthy, Dick McGarvin, John R. MacLean, Jim Mendenhall, Anthony Palmer, George Paul, Richard Roat, Michael Schwartz, Adriana Shaw, Amanda Sherman, Bill Sorrells, John Terry, Lesley Woods, Rabbi Hillel Silverman. 848... Run a Crooked Mile (NBC, 11/18/1969, 120 mins). A thriller about a math teacher (Louis Jourdan), vacationing in Europe, who stumbles onto a plot to manipulate the international gold standard and becomes the prime target of high-level conspirators. One of two very early TV-movies starring Mary Tyler Moore. Production Companies Halsan Productions, ABC Productions. Director Gene Levitt. Executive Producer Charles F. Engel. Producer Ian Lewis. Teleplay Trevor Wallace. Photography Arthur Grant. Music Mike Leander. Editor Bert Rule. Art Director Bernard Robinson. Cast Louis Jourdan (Richard Stuart), Mary Tyler Moore (Elizabeth Sutton), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Dr. Ralph Sawyer), Stanley Holloway (Caretaker), Alexander Knox (Sir Howard Nettleton), Terry Alexander (Peter Martin), Ronald Howard (Inspector Huntington), Laurence Naismith (Lord Dunnsfield), Norma Bird (Sergeant Hooper), Ernest Clark (Chairman), Bernard Archard (Business spokesman), Nora Nicholson (Miss Abernathy), Jean Anderson (Sister Teresa), Elspeth March (Mrs. Doyle), Geoffrey Cheshire (Navvy), Hilard Pritchard (Peter Martin’s secretary), Hugo DeVernier (Charles), Arnold Diamond (Swiss news agent), William Burleigh (Brandon). 849... Run, Simon, Run (ABC, 12/1/1970, 90 mins). Burt Reynolds plays a Papago Indian who returns to his people after serving time in prison and vows to find his brother’s killer. Originally titled “The Tradition of Simon Zuniga,” this movie gave Inger Stevens her final role (she subsequently committed suicide.). Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director George McCowan. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Lionel E. Siegel. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music The Orphanage. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Burt Reynolds (Simon Zuniga), Inger Stevens (Carroll Rennard), Royal Dano (Sheriff Tackaberry), James Best (Henry Burroughs), Rodolfo Acosta (Manuel), Don Dubbins (Freddy Toms), Joyce Jameson (Esther), Barney Phillips (Caesar

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Rosetti), Herman Rudin (Asa), Eddie Little Sky (Santana), Marsha Moode (Helen Polino), Ken Lynch (Warden Loomis), Martin G. Soto (Ignacio), Rosemary Eliot (Marilyn). 850... The Runaway Barge (NBC, 3/24/1975, 90 mins). An adventure drama involving three modern-day Mississippi boatmen who find themselves neck-deep in a kidnapping and hijacking plot. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Boris Sagal. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on an Original Idea by Sara Macon. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Nelson Riddle. Songs by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn. Song “River King” performed by Johnny Rodriguez. Editor Anthony Wollner. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Sara Macon. Cast Bo Hopkins (Ezel Owens), Tim Matheson (Danny Worth), Jim Davis (Capt. Buckshot Bates), Nick Nolte (Ray Blount), Devon Ericson (June Bug Dobbs), Christina Hart (Reba Washburn), James Best (Bingo Washington), Lucille Benson (Madge Henshaw), Clifton James (Sooey), Don Plumley (Whispering Wally), Beau Gibson (Rouge LeBlanc), G.W. Bailey (Booker), John White (1st fleetman), Bill Rowley (2nd fleetman), David B. Carlton (Supply boat captain), Joneal Joplin (Pilot Virgil Henderson), Chuck Gunkel (Arkansas Stupid). 851... Runaway! (ABC, 9/29/1973, 90 mins). A suspense thriller about a bunch of weekend skiers (familiar TV faces all) who sweat out a harrowing journey down a mountainside in a runaway train. Theatrically, in Great Britain, this film was titled, cleverly, as “The Runaway Train.” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer David Lowell Rich. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Ben Johnson (Holly Gibson), Ben Murphy (Les Reaver), Ed Nelson (Nick Staffo), Darlene Carr (Carol Lerner), Lee H. Montgomery (Mark Shedd), Martin Milner (John Shedd), Vera Miles (Ellen Staffo), Ray Danton (Prof. Jack Dunn), Frank Marth (Dispatcher), Bing Russell (Fireman), John McLiam (Conductor), Lou Frizzell (Herb Elkhart/brakeman), Frank Maxwell (Chief dispatcher), Kip Niven (College man), Laurette Spang (Coed), Ross Elliott (Dr. Phillips), Kelley Miles (Screaming girl), Judson Pratt (Bill Travers), Than Wyenn (Man in shock). 852... The Runaways (CBS, 4/1/1975, 90 mins). An adventure drama, based on Victor Canning’s 1972 novel, about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm. Both are befriended by a brusque lady kennel owner with a heart of gold. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Harry Harris. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Philip Capice. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on the Novel by Victor Canning. Photography Russell Metty. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Marjorie Fowler. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Harvey S. Laidman. Second Unit Director Gene Fowler Jr. Cast Dorothy McGuire (Angela Lakey), Van Williams (Joe Ringer), John Randolph (George Collingwood), Neva Patterson (Alice Collingwood), Josh Albee (Johnny Miles), Lenka Peterson (Mrs. Wilson), Steve Ferguson (Lew Brown), Don Matheson (Haines), Tierre Turner (Bob Davis), Janice Carroll (Mrs. Pickerel), John Pickard (Al Pritchard), Gina Alvarado (Rita Armijo), Leonard Stone (Captain Baker), George Reynolds (Kelly), Norman Andrews (Mr. Morgan), Ray A. Stephens (Captain Cole), Wayne A. Jones (Sergeant Coonan), Tony Huston (Marine driver). 853… S.O.S. Titanic (ABC, 9/23/1979, 180 mins). Lavish new three-hour dramatization about the sinking of the Titanic tragedy with three American TV stars heading a huge, basically British cast. Leachman, as the “unsinkable” Molly Brown, also portrayed the same real-life character years before on TV on the dramatic anthology “Telephone Time” series (1957). Emmy Award nominations for editing went to John A. Martinelli and Rusty Coppleman. A shorter version (102 minutes) subsequently has been shown theatrically overseas. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television, Argonaut Films. Director Billy Hale. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, William S. Gilmore. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay James Costigan. Photography Chris Challis. Music Howard Blake. Supervising Editor John A. Martinelli. Editor Rusty Coppleman. Production Designer Herbert Westbrook. Associate Producer Neville C. Thompson. Research Titanic Historical Society. Cast David Janssen (John Jacob Astor), Cloris Leachman (Molly Brown), Susan Saint James (Leigh Goodwin), David Warner (Laurence Beesley), Ian Holm (J Bruce Ismay), Helen Mirren (May Sloan), Harry Andrews (Capt. Edward J Smith), David Battley (S Stebbing), Ed Bishop (Henry Harris), Tony Caunter (Chief Officer Henry Wilde), Nicholas Davies (Alfie King), Matthew Guinness (Father Byles), Jerry Houser (Daniel Marvin), Victor Langley (Wallace Hartley), Gerald McSorley (Martin Gallagher), John Moffat (Benjamin Guggenheim), Aubrey Morris (John Hart), Martin Murphy (Peter Fletcher), Nancy Nevinson (Ida Straus), Philip O’Sullivan (David Charters), Robert Pugh (James Farrell), Maurice Roeves (Fred Barret), Norman Rossington (T. King), Geoffrey Whitehead (Thomas Andrews), Gordon Whiting (Isidor Straus), Paul Young (1st Officer Joseph Murdoch), Peter Bourne (Harold McBride), Shevaun Briars (Katie Gilnagh), Nick Brimble (Olaus Abelseth), Jacob Brooke (John Hardy), Catherine Byrne (Bridget Bradley), Warren Clarke (Joseph Boxall), Deborah Fallender (Mary Marvin), Lise Hilboldt (René Harris), Kate Howard (Countess of Rothes), Karl Howman (5th Officer Harold Lowe), Tony Maiden (E.J. Guy), Michele O’Connor (Kate Mullins), Rynagh O’Grady (Mary Agatha Glynn), Antoinette O’Reilly (Irish beauty), Kevin O’Shea (Reginald Lee), Dorothea

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Phillips (Emma Bucknell), Anna Quayle (Maude Slocombe), Beverly Ross (Madeline Astor), Carolle Rousseau (Mme de Villiers), Madge Ryan (Violet Jessop), Alec Sabin (Frederick Fleet), Ronan Smith (Daniel Buckley), Malcolm Stoddard (2nd Officer Charles H. Lightoller), Philip Stone (Carpathia Capt. Arthur Rostron), Christopher Strauli (Harold Cottam). 854... Salem’s Lot (CBS, 11/17/1979 and 11/24/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Best-sellling author Stephen King’s hugely popular 1975 chiller about modern-day vampirism in New England emerged as a two-part, four-hour film, with David Soul as a successful novelist who returns to his boyhood home and finds strange doings, behind many of which is a sinisterlooking antique dealer played by James Mason. Emmy Award nominations went to Harry Sukman for his musical score, Jack Young and Ben Lane for their vampire makeup, and Gene Kroft for his title sequence graphic design. Later the film was repeated in a single-part three-hour version in 1981, and a cable-TV version running slightly under two hours aired under the title, “Salem’s Lot: The Movie.” In 2004 there would be a remake of the original two-parter. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Tobe Hooper. Executive Producer Stirling Silliphant. Producer Richard Kobritz. Teleplay Paul Monash. Based on the Novel by Stephen King. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Harry Sukman. Editor Carroll Sax. Production Designer Mort Rabinowitz. Associate Producer Anna Cottle. Cast David Soul (Ben Mears), James Mason (Richard K. Starker), Lance Kerwin (Mark Petrie), Bonnie Bedelia (Susan Norton), Lew Ayres (Jason Burke), Julie Cobb (Bonnie Sawyer), Elisha Cook (Weasel), George Dzundza (Cullie Sawyer), Ed Flanders (Dr. Bill Norton), Clarissa Kaye (Marjorie Glick), Geoffrey Lewis (Mike Ryerson), Barney McFadden (Ned Tebbets), Kenneth McMillan (Parkins Gillespie), Fred Willard (Larry Crockett), Marie Windsor (Eve Miller), Reggie Nalder (Kurt Barlow), Barbara Babcock (June Petrie), Bonnie Bartlett (Ann Norton), Joe Brooks (Guard), Joshua Bryant (Ted Petrie), James Gallery (Father Callahan), Robert Lussier (Nolly Gardner), Ernie Phillips (Royal Snow), Brad Savage (Danny Glick), Ronnie Scribner (Ralphie Glick), Ned Wilson (Henry Glick). 855... Salvage (ABC, 1/20/1979, 120 mins). A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this lighthearted pilot to the series which began the following week as “Salvage 1,” with Andy Griffith and his associates using the rocket for other weekly adventures. Production Companies Bennett-Katleman Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Harris Katleman, Harve Bennett. Producers Mike Lloyd Ross, Norman S. Powell. Teleplay Mike Lloyd Ross. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Ronald Levine. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Cast Andy Griffith (Harry Broderick), Joel Higgins (Skip Carmichael), Trish Stewart (Melanie Slozer), Richard Jaeckel (Jack Klinger), J. Jay Saunders (Mack), Raleigh Bond (Fred), Jacqueline Scott (Lorene), Peter Brown (Bill Kelly), Lee deBroux (Hank Beddoes), Richard Eastham (Commentator). 856... Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (NBC, 2/1/1971, 120 mins). In this Western series pilot (unrealized), an alcoholic drifter (Ernest Borgnine) finds himself unchallenged in his run for sheriff in a small town, but campaigning means that he must find the killer of a visiting preacher. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Gene Polito. Music Pete Rugolo. Editors Gloryette Clark, John J. Dumas. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Associate Producer Steve Heilpern. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Deputy Sam Hill), Stephen Hudis (Jethro), Judy Geeson (Jody Kenyon), Will Geer (Simon Anderson), J.D. Cannon (Mal Yeager), Bruce Dern (Deputy Doyle Pickett), Sam Jaffe (Toby), Carmen Mathews (Abigail Booth), John McGiver (Judge Hathaway), Slim Pickens (Kilpatrick), Jay C. Flippen (Sheriff Ben), Woodrow Parfrey (Doc Waters), George Furth (Fletcher), Milton Selzer (George Millordock/banker), Dub Taylor (Reed/lawyer), G.D. Spradlin (Reverend Foster), Ted Gehring (Lucas/Coyle’s crony), Dennis Fimple (Hotel clerk), Robert Gooden (Telegraph operator). 857... Samurai (ABC, 4/30/1979, 90 mins). A young San Francisco lawyer, an assistant district attorney by day, straps on his samurai sword at night to do battle with a power-mad tycoon who is plotting to destroy San Francisco with an earthquake machine, in this pilot for a prospective martial arts series. Former Latin heartthrob Fernando Lamas was executive producer. Production Companies The Lamas Corporation, Danny Thomas Productions, Universal Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Fernando Lamas. Producers Allan Balter, Danny Thomas, Ronald Jacobs. Teleplay Jerry Ludwig. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Albert J.J. Zuniga. Art Director Paul Peters. Associate Producer Martin Goldstein. Cast Joe Penny (Lee Cantrell), Dana Elcar (Frank Boyd), Beulah Quo (Hana Mitsubishi Cantrell), James Shigeta (Takeo Chisato), Charles Cioffi (Amory Bryson), Geoffrey Lewis (Harold Tigner), Norman Alden (Lt. Al DeNisco), Morgan Brittany (Cathy Berman), Ralph Manza (Irving Berman), Shane Sinutko (Tommy), Michael Pataki (Peter Lacey), James McEachin (Richardson), Philip Baker Hall (Prof. Gordon Owens), Randolph Roberts (Phil Mercer), Diana Webster (Prof. Helen Martell), Don Keefer (Norm Jonas), Michael Danahy (Harry Keller), Richard Molinare (Lab aide), Johnny Hamer (Lawyer), Jo McDonnell (Marianne), Walt Davis (Other cop), Robert Minor (Zane), Steve Conte (Technician), Fred Lerner (Powers), Tom Lupe (Frazier), Greg Barnett (Colfax), John Metlock (Accountant).

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858... San Francisco International (NBC, 9/29/1970, 120 mins). Daily doings at a huge airport, not the least of which is a possible $3 million hijacking while the manager and his staff are already wrestling with everything from a kidnapping to a shaky marriage. The subsequent series (1970-71) starred Lloyd Bridges, taking over for Pernell Roberts, and Clu Gulager. Production Company Universal Television. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Frank Price. Producers Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield. Teleplay Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Patrick Williams. Editors Budd Small, John Elias. Art Director Henry Larrecq. Cast Pernell Roberts (Jim Conrad), Clu Gulager (Bob Hatten), Beth Brickell (Katie Barrett), Van Johnson (Lester Scott), David Hartman (Ross Edwards), Nancy Malone (Tina Scott), Ted Eccles (Davey Scott), Walter Brooke (Clifford Foster), Cliff Potts (William Sturtevant), Jill Donohue (Joan Edwards), Chuck Daniel (Frank Davis), Dana Elcar (George Woodruff), Tab Hunter (Stayczek), Robert Sorrells (Dan), Jim B. Smith (Amato), Jason Wingreen (Senator), Marc Hannibal (Sergeant Dobkin), Frank Gerstle (Congressman). 859... The San Pedro Bums (ABC, 5/13/1977, 90 mins). Five rough-and-tumble pals, living on a leaky boat, try to collar a gang of waterfront toughs after a robbery in which their buddy was the victim in this pilot for the brief series beginning in September 1977. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay E. Duke Vincent. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Carroll Sax, Michael S. McLean. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Christopher Murney (Buddy), Jeffrey Druce (Boychick), John Mark Robinson (Dancer), Stuart Pankin (Stuf), Darryl McCullough (Moose), William Lucking (Turk), Titos Vandis (Pop), Ramon Bieri (Sergeant Yost), Jeanne Cooper (Mrs. McClory), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Ramirez), Kevin Hagen (Mr. McClory), Dick Balduzzi (Mr. Donelli), Louise Hoven (Louise), Susan Mullen (Suzy), Lisa Reeves (Margo), Susan Walden (Pam). 860... Sanctuary of Fear (NBC, 4/23/1979, 120 mins). An amiable Manhattan parish priest with a bent for crime-solving comes to the aid of a damsel in distress, a young actress who is innocently embroiled in a series of bizarre incidents and cannot find a sympathetic ear among the police. This pilot for a proposed”Father Brown” series updated the G.K. Chesterton creation, introduced in 1911 in a collection of short stories, who played the detective fictionally through 1935 in pastoral England. The character was transplanted to New York City of the 1970s for this movie, originally to have been shown as “Father Brown, Detective” (the title used when Alec Guinness played the part in the 1954 film), and then was switched to “Sanctuary of Death” before its final name was settled on. Subsequently titled “The Girl in the Park.” Production Company Marble Arch Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Philip Barry. Supervising Producer Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotter. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler. Based on a Novel by G.K. Chesterton. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor John Wright. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Barnard Hughes (Father Brown), Michael McGuire (Lieutenant Bellamy), George Hearn (Monsignor Kerrigan), Robert Schenkkan (Father Wembley), David Rasche (Jack Collins), Fred Gwynne (Judge Potter), Elizabeth Wilson (Mrs. Glidden), Kay Lenz (Carol Bain), Donald Symington (Russell Heyman), Saul Rubinek (Jerry Stone), Peter Maloney (Eli Clay), Jeffrey DeMunn (Whitney Fowler), Maureen Silliman (Beth Landau), Alice Drummond (Grace Barringer), Thomas Hill (Carl Barringer), Sydney Hibbert (Steel drummer), David Ramsey (Auction guest), Robin Mary Paris (Auction guest), Gary Boyer (Mike), Sudi Bond (Annie), Mary Boyland (Mrs. Blount). 861... Sandcastles (CBS, 10/17/1972, 90 mins). A ghostly romance between a lonely young girl and the handsome victim of an auto accident who had died in her arms but later is discovered wandering on the beach. This was the first TV-movie using a single camera videotape system, later being transferred to film. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Ted Post. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf, James M. Miller Photography Alan Stensvold Music Paul Glass. Editor Thomas J. McCarthy. Cast Herschel Bernardi (Alexis), Bonnie Bedelia (Jenna Hampshire), Jan-Michael Vincent (Michael), Mariette Hartley (Sarah), Gary Crosby (Frank Watson), Loretta Leversee (Ruth Watson), Lloyd Gough (Paul Fiedler), William Long Jr. (George Peterson), William Hansen (Sascha), Mimi Davis (Sister), Dick Valentine (Driver), Jody Hauber (Sherry). 862... Sarah T.-- Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (NBC, 2/11/1975, 120 mins). A drama about a 15-year-old girl (Linda Blair again in another of her inevitable put-upon-teenager roles) who is unable to cope with her problems and the lack of love at home and becomes an alcoholic. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Donner. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Associate Producer Stuart Cohen. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Linda Blair (Sarah Travis), Verna Bloom (Jean Hodges), William Daniels (Matt Hodges), Larry Hagman (Jerry Travis), Michael Lerner (Dr. Marvin Kittredge), Mark Hamill (Ken Newkirk), Hilda Haynes (Margaret), Laurette Spang (Nancy), M. Emmet Walsh (Mr. Peterson), Karen Purcil (Marilyn Cooper), Eric Olson (Bobby), Steve Benedict (Ray Peterson), Richard Roat

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(Fred Tyler), Marian Collier (Mrs. Peterson), Jessica Rains (Mrs. Tyler), Sheila Larken (Vice Principal), Heather Totten (Carol), Dean Franklin (Boy). 863... Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (NBC, 2/22/1971, 120 mins). A suspense drama about a veteran cop who turns to the priesthood after his wife is shot to death, and three years later is assigned to a parish where he encounters the assassin who originally had been gunning for him. This was the first of two feature-length pilots for George Kennedy’s first TV series “Sarge” that had a half-season run beginning the following September. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Richard Colla. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay Don M Mankiewicz. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Directors Joseph M. Alves Jr., Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast George Kennedy (Sarge Swanson), Ricardo Montalban (Al Matteo), Nico Minardos (Nico), Diane Baker (Carol Swanson), Stewart Moss (Father Terrence), Sallie Shockley (Valerie), Larry Gates (Arnie Bigelow), Harold Sakata (Kenji Takichi), Naomi Stevens (Mama Bain), Henry Wilcoxon (Bishop Andrade), Stanley Livingston (Charlie), Dana Elcar (Father Frank Dinsmore), Ramon Bieri (Chief Dewey), Walter Brooke (Rector), Charles Tyner (Hawley), David Huddleston (Tyler), Robert Donner, Randolph Mantooth, Barry Cahill, Elizabeth Colla, Morgan Lin Justin, Jeff Thompson. 864... Satan’s School for Girls (ABC, 9/19/1973, 90 mins). A young woman’s investigation into the seemingly unmotivated suicide of her sister leads her to an exclusive girls’ school where she soon finds herself in the same satanic grip that drove her sister and others to their deaths. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director David Lowell Rich. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Arthur A. Ross. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Allan Jacobs, Brian Brunette. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Peter Dunne. Cast Pamela Franklin (Elizabeth Sayres), Roy Thinnes (Professor Clampett), Kate Jackson (Roberta Lockhart), Lloyd Bochner (Professor Delacroix), Jamie Smith-Jackson (Debbie Jones), Jo Van Fleet (Mrs. Jessica Williams), Terry Lumley (Martha Sayres), Gwynne Gilford (Lucy Dembrow), Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor [Cheryl Ladd] (Jody Keller), Frank Marth (Detective), Bill Quinn (Gardener), Bing Russell (Sheriff), Ann Noland (Kris). 865... Satan’s Triangle (ABC, 1/14/1975, 90 mins). Strange ocean phenomena force a woman, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots, her would-be rescuers, to pay the price for trespassing in the Devil’s Place. Production Company Danny Thomas Productions. Director Sutton Roley. Executive Producers Paul Witt, Tony Thomas. Producer James Rokos. Teleplay William Read Woodfield. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Johnny Pate. Editors Bud Molin, Dennis Virkler. Associate Producers Judith Craig Marlin, David M. Shapiro. Cast Kim Novak (Eva), Doug McClure (Lt. J. Haig), Alejandro Rey (Father Pete Martin), Jim Davis (Hal Bancroft), Ed Lauter (Strickland), Michael Conrad (Lt. Cmdr. Pagnolini), Titos Vandis (Salao), Zitto Kazann (Juano), Peter Bourne (Swedish Captain), Hank Stohl (Coast Guard Captain Dunnock), Tom Dever (Miami Rescue radio officer), Trent Dolan (Miami Rescue lieutenant). 866... Savage (NBC, 3/31/1973, 90 mins). A TV journalist investigates the compromising photo of a Supreme Court nominee in this pilot for a prospective series for ex-”Mission: Impossible” stars Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. It marked director Steven Spielberg’s farewell to the TV vineyards where he had started only four years earlier. Originally this movie was titled “Watch Dog.” Production Companies Universal Television, Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions. Director Steven Spielberg. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Paul Mason. Teleplay Mark Rodgers, Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on a Story by Mark Rodgers. Photography Bill Butler. Music Gil Melle. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Cast Martin Landau (Paul Savage), Barbara Bain (Gail Abbott), Will Geer (Joel Ryker), Paul Richards (Phillip Brooks), Michele Carey (Allison Baker), Barry Sullivan (Judge Daniel Stern), Louise Latham (Marian Stern), Susan Howard (Lee Reynolds), Dabney Coleman (Ted Seligson), Pat Harrington Jr. (Russell), Jack Bender (Jerry), Victor Millan (Director), Warren Kemmerling (Lieutenant Chambers), Danny Goldman (Commercial director), Richard Stahl (Photographer), John Finnegan (Mike), Ray Ballard (Assistant), Carl Gottlieb (Floorman), Jack Latham (Commentator), Bill Quinn (Senator Havilland), Ken Sansom (Clerk), Angus Duncan (Reverend Gray), John Mitchum (Motel manager), Charlie Jones (Correspondent), Vic Vallardo (2nd correspondent). 867... The Savage Bees (NBC, 11/22/1976, 120 mins). A swarm of killer bees from South America threatens New Orleans at the height of the Mardi Gras weekend. A neat little thriller that won an Emmy in the category of Film Sound Mixing. Production Companies Alan Landsburg Productions, Don Kirshner Productions. Director Bruce Geller. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Don Kirshner, Merrill Grant. Producer Bruce Geller. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Walter Murphy. Editors Bud Friedgen, George B Hively. Cast Ben Johnson (Sheriff Donald McKew), Michael Parks (Dr. Jeff Du Rand), Paul Hecht (Dr. Rufus Carter), Gretchen Corbett (Jeannie Devereaux), Horst Bucholz (Dr. Jurge Mueller), Bruce French (Police Lieutenant), James Best (Deputy Mayor Pelligrino), David L. Gray (Coast Guard lieutenant), Richard Boyle (Coast Guard chief), Elliott Keener (Freighter boatswain),

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Boardman O’Connor (Freighter captain), Danny Barker (Taxicab driver), Don Hood (Deputy Churn), Bill Holliday (Deputy Stilt), Carol Sutton (Mrs. Comphar), Tiffany Gautier Chase (Julie Comphar), Shirl Cieutat (Mrs. Bryant), Judy Langford (TV interviewer), Lyla May Owen (Mrs. McKew), James Bowers (Morgue technician), Sylvia ‘Kumba’ Williams (Morgue receptionist), Tom Alden (Young priest), Christine Elllsworth (Pirate girl), Kenneth Lorenzen (Pirate), Wayne ‘V’ Mack (Councilman Ralston), Jack L. Morrison (Councilman Tyne), Dr. Norman Gary (Abner Caziot), Cary Alden (Mrs. Caziot). 868... Savages (ABC, 9/11/1974, 90 mins). A wealthy New York attorney (Andy Griffith), on a western hunting trip, turns into a deranged hunter after accidentally killing an old prospector and then deliberately stalking his young guide to protect his own reputation. Based on the 1972 novel “Death Watch” by Robb White. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay William Wood. Based on a Novel by Robb White. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Murray MacLeod. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Andy Griffith (Horton Maddock), Samuel Bottoms (Ben Whiting), Noah Beery (George Whiting), James Best (Sheriff Bert Hamilton), Randy Boone (Deputy Dickie Haycroft), Jim Antonio (Deputy Les Hanford), James Chandler (The Doctor). 869... Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (ABC, 9/27/1972, 90 mins). A pretty research doctor, suddenly widowed, is inveigled by a gruff street doctor to put away the mourning band and join him in his clinic in a Chicago slum area. The title role marked the end of Susan Hayward’s long film career. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Jud Taylor. Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Hugo Montenegro. Title Song Bradford Craig, Hugo Montenegro. Song performed by Dusty Springfield. Editor Bill Mosher. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Robert Monroe. Cast Susan Hayward (Dr. Maggie Cole), Darren McGavin (Dr. Lou Grazzo), Michael Constantine (Dr. Sweeney), Michele Nichols (Lisa Downey), Dane Clark (Hank Cooper), Beverly Garland (Myrna Anderson), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Downey), Maidie Norman (Fergy [Nurse Ferguson]), Richard Anderson (Dr. Ben Cole), Frank Puglia (Mrs. Alessandro), Richard Carlyle (Anderson), Peter Hobbs (Pathologist), Harry Basch (Isadore Glass), Leigh Adams (Night nurse), Jan Peters (Ivan Dvorsky), Robert Cleaves (Brig), Mira Martinez (2nd night nurse), Guy Remsen (Policeman), Jerrie Wollen (2nd day nurse), Bob Bennett (Waiter), Virginia Hawkins (1st day nurse), Scott Edmonds (Barney). 870... Scalplock (ABC, 4/10/1966, 120 mins). This Western, a pilot for Dale Robertson’s series “The Iron Horse” (196668), set up by the subsequent premise in which a dapper frontier gambler wins a railroad line in a poker game and his hands full holding it from the clutches of various conniving bad guys. Robert Random, Robert Cinder and Roger Torrey continued as regulars in the series along with Robertson. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director James Goldstone. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Stephen Kandel. Based on a Story by Stephen Kandel, James Goldstone. Photography Fred Gately. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Richard C. Meyer. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Peterson. Cast Dale Robertson (Ben Calhoun), Robert Random (Barnabas Rogers), Diana Hyland (Martha Grenier), Sandra Smith (Joanna Royce), Lloyd Bochner (John Pendennis), David Sheiner (Frontiersman), James Westerfield (Nehemiah), John Anderson (Standish), Todd Armstrong (Dave Tarrant), Robert Cinder (Brooks), Roger Torrey (Niles Tovald), Cliff Hall (Judge Biddle), Woodrow Parfrey (Holmes), James Doohan (Scrimp), Herbert Voland (Buckeye Sullivan), Eddie Firestone (Bundle), Stephanie Hill (Lucy), Harry Swogger (Groat), Ed Griffith (Briscoe), Harry Basch (Printer), Paul Sorensen (Connelly), Howard Morton (Justin Fornier), Sydna Scott (French Kate), Jerry Summers (Brooks). 871... The Scorpio Letters (NBC, 2/19/1967, 120 mins). A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of blackmailers--James Bond style--headed by a nefarious figure known as Scorpio. One of the early telefeatures (adapted from Victor Canning’s 1964 novel) filmed on location rather than on the old back lot. Production Company MGM Television. Director Richard Thorpe. Producer Richard Thorpe. Teleplay Adrian Spies, Jo Eisinger. Based on the novel by Victor Canning. Photography Ellsworth Fredericks. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Richard W. Farrell. Art Directors George W. Davis, Addison Hehr. Cast Alex Cord (Joe Christopher), Shirley Eaton (Phoebe Stuart), Laurence Naismith (Burr), Oscar Beregi (Phillippe Sorieh [Scorpio]), Lester Matthews (Mr. Harris), Antoinette Bauer (Terry), Arthur Malet (Hinton), Barry Ford (Bratter), Emile Genest (Garrin), Vincent Beck (Paul Fretoni), Ilka Windish (Miss Gunther), Laurie Main (Tyson), Andre Philippe (Gian), Harry Raybould (Lodel), Danielle DeMetz (Maria). 872... Scott Free (NBC, 10/13/1976, 90 mins). James Garner’s production company made this pilot film about a freewheeling professional gambler, here sought by the syndicate, a band of Indians, and the Feds, all interested in a piece of land he won in a poker game.

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Production Companies Cherokee Productions, Universal Television. Director William Wiard. Executive Producers Meta Rosenberg, Stephen J. Cannell. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director Seymour Klate. Cast Michael Brandon (Tony Scott), Stephen Nathan (Kevin Southerland), Susan Saint James (Holly), Robert Loggia (James Donaldson), Ken Swofford (Ed McGraw), Allan Rich (Max), Paul Koslo (Al), Cal Bellini (Tom Little Lion), Michael Lerner (Santini), Dehl Berti (George Running Bear), Peter Brocco (Rossa), Bart Burns (Agent), Harvey Downing, Robert Casper. 873... Scream of the Wolf (ABC, 1/16/1974, 90 mins). A once-famous hunter comes out of retirement to help track down what seems to be a mad killer wolf and discovers that it is no mere animal he is stalking but an animal that may take human form. Based on the story “The Hunter” by David Chase. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on a Story by David Chase. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Peter Graves (John Wetherby), Clint Walker (Byron Douglas), Jo Ann Pflug (Sandy Miller), Philip Carey (Sheriff Vernon Bell), Don Megowan (Grant), Brian Richards (Deputy Crane), Lee Paul (Student), James Storm (Boy), Bonnie Van Dyke (Girl), Dean Smith (Lake), Grant Owens (Deputy Bill), Orville Sherman (Coroner), Vernon Weddle (Newsman), Bill Baldwin (Reporter), Douglas Bungert (1st deputy), Kenneth Stimson (2nd deputy), Randy Kirby (Brian Hammond), Tom Dever, Charles Hayward. 874... Scream, Pretty Peggy (ABC, 11/24/1973, 90 mins). An average horror tale, spiced with a dash or two of “Psycho,” about a sculptor (Ted Bessell) who hires college coeds as housekeepers for the mansion he shares with his recluse mother (played with relish by Bette Davis) and his supposedly insane sister. Production Company Universal Television. Director Gordon Hessler. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster, Arthur Hoffe. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Robert Prince. Editor Larry Strong. Art Director Joseph M. Alves Jr. Costumes Burton Miller. Production Executive Carter DeHaven IV. Cast Ted Bessell (Jeffrey Elliot), Sian-Barbara Allen (Peggy Johns), Bette Davis (Mrs. Elliot), Charles Drake (George Thornton), Allan Arbus (Dr. Saks), Tovah Feldshuh (Agnes Thornton), Johnnie Collins II (Student), Jessica Rains (Office girl), Christiane Schmidtner (Jennifer Elliot). 875... The Screaming Woman (ABC, 1/29/1972, 90 mins). A contemporary Gothic horror story that has a dowager, an ex-mental patient, discovering a woman buried alive and screaming for help on the grounds of her sprawling estate, but her family feels that her mind has snapped and refuses to believe the bizarre story in its greed to get hold of her money if she is declared incompetent. Olivia de Havilland made her TV movie debut in this one, with Joseph Cotten replacing Ray Milland in the role of her lawyer, in this adaptation of a story by Ray Bradbury. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Smight. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Based on the Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Photography Sam Leavitt. Music John Williams. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Olivia de Havilland (Laura Wynant), Ed Nelson (Carl Nesbitt), Laraine Stephens (Caroline Wynant), Joseph Cotten (George Tresvant), Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Amos Larkin), Charles Knox Robinson (Howard Wynant), Alexandra Hay (Evie Carson), Lonny Chapman (Police Sergeant), Charles Drake (Ken Bronson), Russell C. Wiggins (Harry Sands), Gene Andrusco (David/deputy), Joyce Cunningham (Bernice Wilson), Jan Aravan (Martin/servant), Ray Montgomery (Ted Wilson), John Alderman (Slater). 876... Search For the Gods (ABC, 3/9/1975, 120 mins). Three young people search for a priceless medallion in their quest for evidence of ancient visitors to earth. Filmed in Taos, New Mexico. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Teleplay Ken Pettus. Based on a Story by Herman Miller. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Art Seid. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Kurt Russell (Shan Mullins), Stephen McHattie (Willie Longfellow), Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Henderson), Victoria Racimo (Genara Juantez), Raymond St. Jacques (Raymond Stryker), Albert Paulsen (Tarkanian), John War Eagle (Lucio), Carmen Argenziano (Wheeler), Joe David Marcus (Elder), Joe Marcus Jr. (Council Indian), Larry Blake (Jailer), Jackson D. Kane (Glenn). 877... Second Chance (ABC, 2/8/1972, 90 mins). A getting-away-from-it-all serio-comedy about a rich stockbroker, played by Brian Keith, who buys a ghost town in Nevada to create a community for “losers” seeking another chance in life. Production Companies Danny Thomas Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Peter Tewksbury. Executive Producer Danny Thomas. Producer Harold Cohen. Teleplay Michael Morris. Photography Edward Rosson. Editor Jack Wolz. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast Brian Keith (Geoff Smith), Elizabeth Ashley (Ellie Smith), Kenneth Mars (Dr. Julius Roth), William Windom (Stan Petryk), Pat Carroll (Gloria Petryk), Avery Schreiber (Roberto Gazzari), Rosey Grier (Maxie Hill), Juliet Prowse (Martha Foster),

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Ann Morgan Guilbert (Charlene), Brad Savage (Jimmy Smith), Ned Wertimer (Charley Whitehead), Emily Yancy (Stella Hill), Vernon Weddle (Lester Fern), Brett Parker (Hardin), Bob Nichols (Dr. Strick), Oliver Dunbar (Dr. Willard). 878... The Secret Life of John Chapman (CBS, 12/27/1976, 90 mins). A true-life drama about a college president who takes a sabbatical from his position with a small Eastern college to work as a laborer and experience a lifestyle different from his regulated existence. Based on John Royston Coleman’s 1974 book “Blue Collar Journal.” Production Company The Jozak Company. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on a Book by John R. Coleman. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Fred Myrow. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Ralph Waite (John Chapman), Susan Anspach (Wilma), Pat Hingle (Gus Reed), Elayne Heilveil (Meredith Chapman), Brad Davis (Andy Chapman), Maury Cooper (College chairman), Reuben Sierra (Charlie), Gardner Hayes (Victor), Bill Treadwell (Dammit Stanley), Teotha Dennard (Al), John Aylward (Grady), Curtis Jackson (Wally), Peter Fisher (Factory clerk), John Roeder (Manager), Zouanne LeRoy (Secretary), Richard Arnold (Trustee), Thomas Moss, Earnest M. Simon, Norman Bernard, Richard Hawkins, Joe Brazil, Alberta Smith. 879... The Secret Night Caller (NBC, 2/18/1975, 90 mins). A respectable family man (Robert Reed) suffers from a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls in this somewhat seedy drama. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Penthouse Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Florence Small. Producer Arthur Stolnitz. Teleplay Robert Presnell Jr. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music John Parker. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Associate Producer John Surgal. Production Executive Claude Binyon Jr. Cast Robert Reed (Freddy Durant), Hope Lange (Pat Durant), Robin Mattson (Jan Durant), Michael Constantine (Dr. Mayhill), Sylvia Sidney (Kitty), Elaine Giftos (Chloe), Arlene Golonka (Charlotte), Thayer David (Mr. Henry), Marla Adams (Ruth), Robert Doyle (District Attorney), Gloria Calomee (Joan), Kendall March (Didi), Danny Goldman (Billy), Pepper Martin (1st policeman), Beeson Carroll (2nd policeman), Dick Valentine (Bartender). 880... Secrets (ABC, 2/20/1977, 120 mins). An unhappily married woman (Susan Blakely) succumbs to her sexual fantasies and becomes compulsively promiscuous in a desperate attempt to find the “secret” of happiness that her mother had convinced her was hers. Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Teleplay James Henerson. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “Dream Away” written and performed by Susan Blakely. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Cast Susan Blakely (Andrea Fleming), Roy Thinnes (Herb Fleming), Joanne Linville (Helen Warner), John Randolph (Ed Warner), Melody Thomas (Laura Fleming), Frances Lee McCain (Dr. Lee), Charlotte Stewart (Phyllis Turner), Anthony Eisley (Larry Bleier), Michelle Stacy (Chrissie), Rosanne Covy (Joanne Weese), Andrew Stevens (Joel Corcoran), Elizabeth Cheshire (Andrea at age 7), Brian Cutler (Cab Driver), Paul Henry Itkin (Blind piano tuner), Peter Brandon (Benglesdorf), Scott Ellsworth (Swinger), Peter Tomarken (Wes), Carol O’Leary (1st wife), Ellen Novak (2nd wife), Peter Gonzales (Chicano waiter), Larry Gilman (Intern), Robert Phalen (Minister). 881... Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (NBC, 10/9/1978, 120 mins). Three prominent women are suspected in the slaying of an amoral zillionaire (James Franciscus) who has been having affairs with each. Production Company Penthouse Productions. Director Gordon Hessler. Executive Producers Alan Surgal, Florence Small. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Jo Heims. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music John Parker. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Associate Producer Pattee Roedig. Cast Jessica Walter (Christina Wood), Gretchen Corbett (Karen McClure), Eve Plumb (Vicki Wood), Heather MacRae (Lynn Briskin), James Franciscus (Mark Powers), Craig Stevens (Bill McClure), Raymond St. Jacques (Insp. George Dunbar), John Reilly (Harry Briskin), Erica Yohn (Myrtle Hollander), Richard Roat (Carl Wood), Duane Tucker (Detective Bennett), Anthony Charnota (Casino manager), Norman Bartold (Durrell), Sandy Freeman (Marie), Trent Dolan, Lawrence Guy, Linda Galloway. 882... See How She Runs (CBS, 2/1/1978, 120 mins). Joanne Woodward won an Emmy Award for her performance as a middle-aged housewife and mother (one of her fictional daughters was played by real-life daughter Lissy Newman) who, after spending a lifetime giving to others, decides to claim a piece for herself and enters the grueling 26-mile Boston marathon as an obsessive means of self-expression. Composer Jimmie Haskell also received an Emmy for his score. A stage musical, “A Long Way to Boston,” based on this TV-movie, opened at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1969, but never got to Broadway. Nancy Dussault and Shelley Bruce had the roles played in the film by Joanne Woodward and daughter Lissy. Production Company CLN Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Producer George Englund. Teleplay Marvin A. Gluck. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Charles Bailey II. Cast Joanne Woodward (Betty Quinn), John Considine (Larry Quinn), Lissy Newman (Janey Quinn), Mary Beth Manning (Kathy Quinn), Barnard Hughes (John Matusak), Barbara Meek (Evelyn Purnel), James Houghton (Handsome man),

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Linda Peterson (Holly), Chris Anastasio (Mr. Grillo), Harvey Reed (Earl), Tom Kemp (Norman), Nancy Tates (Lois), Annette Miller (Woman with dog), Frank Dolan (Annoyed man), Burt Johnson (Punk), Mickey Jones (Punk), Stephan Driscoll (Punk), Michael Currie (Cop friend), Wendy Sakakeeny (Hostess), John Blood (Starter), Norman Merrill (Young runner), Joan Tolentino (Woman with ice), Bill Castellino (Boy with Corvette), David Wilson (Boy with Corvette), Ken Baker (Man with bandage), Robert J. Colonna (Older cop). 883... See How They Run (NBC, 10/7/1964, 120 mins). A chase drama involving three youngsters who were stalked by syndicate killers after unwittingly taking damaging evidence exposing a crooked international cartel for which their father had been murdered. Based on Michael Blankfort’s 1946 novel “The Widow Makers.” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Michael Blankfort. Based on a Novel by Michael Blankfort. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Cast John Forsythe (Martin Young), Senta Berger (Orlando Miller), Jane Wyatt (Augusta Flanders), Pamela Franklin (Tirza Green), Franchot Tone (Baron Frood), Leslie Nielsen (Elliot Green), George Kennedy (Rudy), Jami Fields (Maggie Green), Jackie Jones (Jamsey Green), Harlan Warde (Manley), John Van Dreelen, Robert Carricart. 884... See the Man Run (ABC, 12/11/1971, 90 mins). A bizarre tale of a struggling actor who casts himself as the middleman in a kidnap plot after being mistakenly called with a ransom demand, and decides to cut himself in for half of the payoff money. The film marked June Allyson’s return to moviemaking after a 12-year absence. Initially this was to be titled “The Second Face.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Corey Allen. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Mann Rubin. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music David Shire. Editor Lovel Ellis. Art Director Joseph M. Alves Jr. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Robert Culp (Ben Taylor), Angie Dickinson (Joanne Taylor), Eddie Albert (Dr. Thomas Spencer), June Allyson (Helene Spencer), Charles Cioffi (Capt. Dan Dorsey), Antoinette Bower (Peggi Larson), Ross Elliott (Ralph Larson), Michael Bell (Mike), Robert Lipton (Dex), John Goddard (Serviceman). 885... The Seeding of Sarah Burns (CBS, 4/7/1979, 120 mins). A young woman decides to volunteer for a proposed embryo transplant to help a couple who are unable to have a child, and then has second thoughts about giving up the baby. Production Companies Michael Klein Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producer Michael Klein. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Sandor Stern, Marc Ray. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song “Open a Window (Unlock the Door)” by Will Jennings. Song written and performed by Richard Kerr. Editor Ina Massari. Art Director Elizabeth Bousman. Associate Producer Vahan Moosekian. Cast Kay Lenz (Sarah Burns), Martin Balsam (Dr. Samuel Melman), Cassie Yates (Karen Lovell), Charles Siebert (Alex Lovell), Cliff DeYoung (Tim), Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Angstrom), Bryan Gordon (Roger Deems), Caitlin O’Heaney (Linda), Jordan Michals (Terri), Margaret Ladd (Bonnie), Ruth Cox (Jill), Peggy Lee Brennan (Penny), Maxine Stuart (Flora), John Dennis (Mr. Swells), Catherine Hickland (Judy), Judy Reich (Norma), Jessica Davis (Nurse Rae), Lin Shaye (2nd nurse), Donna Raye (3rd nurse), Judy Kerr (OB nurse). 886... The Seekers (Syndicated, 12/3/1979 and 12/4/1979, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The third movie about the Kent family of Revolutionary days from the pen of author John Jakes, this two-part, four-hour follow-up to “The Bastard” and “The Rebels” continues the account of Philip Kent’s life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War, and completes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. Martin Milner has the part of the aging Philip Kent (played in the two earlier films by Andrew Stevens), with Randolph Mantooth (in the more dominant starring role) as son Abraham and George DeLoy as Gilbert. Made for the Operation Prime Time consortium of independent stations, “The Seekers” had its premiere, surprisingly, on HBO five months before airing on the OPT network of station. Production Company Universal Television. Director Sidney Hayers. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Steve Hayes. Based on the Novel by John Jakes. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music Gerald Fried. Editors John Elias, John Kaufman Jr. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Associate Producer Bernadette Joyce. Cast Randolph Mantooth (Abraham Kent), Edie Adams (Flora Cato), Neville Brand (Capt. Isaac Drew), Delta Burke (Elizabeth Fletcher), John Carradine (Avery Mills), George Deloy (Gilbert Kent), Julie Gregg (Edna Clapper), Rosey Grier (Amos Samuels), George Hamilton (Lt. Hamilton Stovall), Alex Hyde-White (Oliver Prouty), Harriet Karr (Harriet Kent), Brian Keith (Elijah Weatherby), Donald Mantooth (Plenty Coup), Ross Martin (Supply Pleasant), Gary Merrill (Captain Hull), Martin Milner (Philip Kent), Vic Morrow (Leland Pell), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Jarod Kent), Hugh O’Brian (Andrew Piggot), Robert Reed (Daniel Clapper), Allan Rich (General Wayne), Barbara Rush (Peggy Kent), Sarah Rush (Amanda Kent), Stuart Whitman (Reverend Blackthorn), Ed Harris (Lt. William Clark), Jill Jaress (Josie), Michael Sullivan (Captain Miscampbell), Marty Gold (Jarod at ages 4-6), Skip Riley (Lt. Meriweather Lewis), John Jakes (Alex Elphinstone), Guerin Barry (Adam Clapper), Ray Guth

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(2nd trapper), Marsha Haynes (Young whore), Gwyn Karon (Kentmaid), Eric Lawson (1st gunner), Jeremy Licht (Jarod at age 5), Aaron Neighbors (Gilbert Kent at age 12), James O’Connell (Minister), Joanna Patrice (2nd whore), Eric Stoltz (1st boy), John Joseph Thomas (Adam Clapper at age 14), Paul Tinder (Lieutenant Chasen), Julienne Wells (1st whore), Bruce Wright (Lieutenant Morris), W.T. Zacha (1st drifter). 887... Senior Year (CBS, 3/22/1974, 90 mins). High school in the 1950s as seen through the eyes of five carefree seniors is depicted in this pilot to the short-lived series “Sons and Daughters” (September-November 1974) with much of the same cast. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Donner. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay M. Charles Cohen. Photography Jack Woolf. Music James DiPasquale. Editors Bud Hoffman, Richard Bracken. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Associate Producer Steve Heilpern. Cast Gary Frank (Jeff Reed), Glynnis O’Connor (Anita Cramer), Barry Livingston (Moose Kerner), Debralee Scott (Evie Mortenson), Scott Colomby (Stash), Lionel Johnston (Charlie), Jay W. MacIntosh (Lucille Reed), Michael Morgan (Danny Reed), Jan Shutan (Ruth Cramer), John S. Ragin (Walter Cramer), Dana Elcar (Paul Reed), Chris Nelson (Cody), Christopher Norris (Lisa), Randi Kallan (Tina), Teresa Medaris (Marylou), Cheryl Linde (Dana), Bonnie Van Dyke (Angie), Wallace Rooney (Dr. Arnold), Ted Gehring (Laski), Maida Severn (Lila), Al Dunlap (Joe). 888... A Sensitive, Passionate Man (NBC, 6/6/1977, 120 mins). An affluent couple’s seemingly happy marriage is threatened by the ex-aerospace scientist husband’s alcoholism. Adapted from the 1974 novel by Barbara Mahoney. Production Companies Factor-Newland Productions, NBC Productions. Director John Newland. Producer Alan Jay Factor. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Based on the Novel by Barbara Mahoney. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Bill Conti. Theme song by Bill Conti, Carol Connors, David Janssen. Song performed by Melba Moore. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Angie Dickinson (Marjorie Delaney), David Janssen (Michael Delaney), Mariclare Costello (Pat Morris), Richard Venture (Jack Morris), Todd G. Lookinland (Dan Delaney), Justin Randi (Kerry Delaney), Rhodes Reason (John Chapin), Richard Bull (Dr. Lazerow), Terry Hinz (Mr. De Mora), Marged Wakeley (Ann Chapin), Laura Campbell (Rachel), Beverly Carter (Jane Larkin), Frederick Hoffman (Paul Larkin), Craig Littler (Roy), Elaine Princi (Cindy), Rick Beckner (Frank LaRose), Joseph Della Sorte (Market manager), Wendy Cutler (Stephie), Crane Jackson (Lou), Elizabeth Edwards (Mary Beth Strawmuller), John J Fox (Cabbie), John Francis (Bartender), Dee Carroll (Legal Aid woman), John Levin (Johnny Morris). 889... Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (NBC, 8/21/1978, 120 mins). A strong drama based on the true story of an Air Force sergeant’s fight to stay in the service after admitting his homosexuality. Brad Dourif has the lead. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Paul Leaf. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Paul Leaf. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Teo Macero. Editor Thomas Stanford. Art Director Bill Sully. Cast Brad Dourif (Leonard Matlovich), Frank Converse (Capt. Larsen Jaenicke), William Daniels (Father Veller), Stephen Elliott (Mat’s Father), Rue McClanahan (Mat’s Mother), David Spielberg (David Addlestone), Mitchell Ryan (Lt. Col. Applegate), Barra Grant (Susan Hewman), Alfred Ryder (Colonel Grand), David Ogden Stiers (G-2 Captain), Marc Singer (Jason Cole), Donald Moffat (Colonel Benton), Ellen Holly (Amy), Harrison Page (Josh), William Bogert (Major Holloway), Edward Gallardo (Diego), Charles H. Gray (Colonel McLean), Harv Selsby (Airman), Rick Goldman (Sergeant Dunn), Shaka Cumbuka (Airman Jones), Tom Ormeny (Sergeant Marsh), Ron McIlwain (Captain Marsh), Bill Dearth (Timmons), Stuart Dillon (Needham), Jack Bender (Allcott), Roy West (Teenage girl’s father), Jean Moore (Jean), Lawrence Howard (1st airman), Gavan O’Herlihy (Art Stinson), Jane Ralston (Teenage girl), David Ralston (1st soldier), Steven Anderson (Reeber), Otto Felix (2nd soldier), Michael Fuller (Money), Birgit Winslow (Birgit), David Milton (Joe Green), Bill Duke, Arnold Soboloff, Sandy Ward, Alice Hirson, Sunya Molina William Wintersole, James E. Brodhead, Robert Burgos, Jack Stauffer, Sal Viscuso, Barney McFadden. 890... Serpico: The Deadly Game (NBC, 4/24/1976, 120 mins). This was the pilot for the 1976-77 “Serpico” series with David Birney, in the role originated on the screen by Al Pacino, as the New York undercover cop battling corruption in and out of the department. Based on the 1973 book by Peter Maas. Production Companies Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Collins. Producer Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Teleplay Robert Collins. Based on a Book by Peter Maas. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Bill Caplan. Associate Producer Arthur E. McLaird. Cast David Birney (Frank Serpico), Allen Garfield (The Professor), Burt Young (Alec Rosen), Tom Atkins (Lt. Tom Sullivan), Lane Bradbury (Carol), Christine Jones (Kim), Will Kuluva (Mr. Serpico), Walter McGinn (David Doyle), Mario Roccuzzo (Angelo Serpico), Sydney Lassick (Goldman), Anthony Charnota (Joe Simone), Carl Lee (Carothers), Richard C. Adams (Atkins), Madison Arnold (Polo), Albert Henderson (Sergeant Morgan), Antony Ponzini (Dominique), Harry Shearer (Hippy), Paulette Brein (Gina), Pat Angeli (Rosa), Frank Spalar (Choreographer). 891... Set This Town on Fire (NBC, 1/8/1973, 120 mins). 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put him behind bars, now has second thoughts and the town drunk now has confessed to the crime. Filmed in 1969 as “The Profane Comedy” (its once and future title), it gathered dust in a Universal vault for nearly four years. Production Companies Universal Television, Roy Huggins Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer David Lowell Rich. Teleplay John Thomas James. Photography Gene Polito. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Associate Producer Carl Pingitore. Cast Chuck Connors (Buddy Bates), Carl Betz (Andy Wells), Lynda Day (Molly Thornburgh), Charlie Robinson (Brad Wells), John Anderson (Henry Kealey), Jeff Corey (Walter Stafford), James Westerfield (Carl Rickter), Paul Fix (Senator Porter), Nancy Malone (Shirley Hammond), Vaughn Taylor (Stabler), Joan Tompkins (Alice Whittier), Tol Avery (Chief Murdoch), Sam Edwards (Motel manager), Bing Russell (Chuck), Bob Rodes (Ralph), Bill Quinn (Chairman), William Blakewell (Desk clerk), Maurice Wells (Doctor), Ray Montgomery (Emcee), Drew R. Handley (Harold Kline), James Gavin (Fat man), Michael Masters (Plainclothesman), Jim Neumarker (Hanson), Vincent Deadrick Jr. (Motorcycle officer), Mary L. DeCinces (Blonde). 892... Seven In Darkness (ABC, 9/23/1969, 90 mins). Blind passengers of a plane crash struggle to reach safety after their flight goes down in a mountainous area. Milton Berle’s TV-movie debut further solidified his talents as a dramatic actor. Based on the 1963 novel “Against Heaven’s Hand” by Leonard Bishop. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Michael Caffey. Producer Richard Newton. Teleplay John W. Bloch. Based on a Novel by Leonard Bishop. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Editor Robert L. Swanson. Music Mark Bucci. Art Directors Bill Ross, Jan M. Van Tamelin. Cast Milton Berle (Sam Fuller), Sean Garrison (Mark Larsen), Dina Merrill (Emily Garth Pleasant), Barry Nelson (Alex Swain), Arthur O’Connell (Larry Wise), Alejandro Rey (Ramon Rohas), Elizabeth Walker (Christine Rohas), Lesley Ann Warren (Deborah Cabot), Michael Fox (The pilot), James Griffith (Harlan Cabot), Nancy Fischer (Stewardess), Michael Masters (The father), Ted Foulkes (The boy), Bill Dyer (Co-Pilot). 893... Seventh Avenue (NBC, 2/10/1977 to 2/24/1977, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). The third in NBC’s “Best Seller” series, this three-part, six-hour serialization of Norman Bogner’s 1967 novel about a poor young man from New York’s lower East Side who becomes a power in the garment industry in the post-Depression era won Emmy Award nominations for Steven Keats and Dori Brenner. Production Company Universal Television. Director (Parts 1 and 2) Richard Irving. Director (Part 3) Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Franklin Barton. Producer Richard Irving. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on the Novel by Norman Bogner. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Nelson Riddle. Theme Elmer Bernstein. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Production Designer Philip Rosenberg. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Steven Keats (Jay Blackman), Dori Brenner (Rhoda Gold Blackman), Jane Seymour (Eve Meyers), Anne Archer (Myrna Gold), Kristoffer Tabori (Al Blackman), Herschel Bernardi (Joe Vitelli), Richard Dimitri (Frank Topo), Jack Gilford (Finkelstein), Mike Kellin (Morris Blackman), Alan King (Harry Lee), Ray Milland (Douglas Fredericks), Paul Sorvino (Dave Shaw), Eli Wallach (Gus Farber), William Windom (John Meyers), Leora Dana (Mrs. Gold), John Pleshette (Marty Cass), Lou Criscuolo (Credan), Richard Kline (Howart Horton), Robert Symonds (Edward Gold), Anna Berger (Celia Blackman), Ellen Greene (Paula), Gloria Grahame (Moll), Josh Mostel (Barney Green), Brock Peters (Sergeant Rollins), Joshua Freund (Neal Blackman), Graham Beckel (Detective Clever), Ron Max (Ray Boone). 894... Sex and the Married Woman (NBC, 9/13/1977, 120 mins). A whimsical tale of how success can ruin a good marriage which is thrown into turmoil when the wife achieves sudden fame after publication of her book on her neighbors’ sex lives. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jack Arnold. Executive Producer George Santoro. Producer Jack Arnold. Teleplay Michael Norell. Photography Ben Colman. Music Gerald Fried. Editors Jamie Caylor, Robert Watts. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Associate Producer Norman Chandler. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Barry Newman (Alan Fitch), Joanna Pettet (Leslie Fitch), Keenan Wynn (Uncle June), Dick Gautier (Louie Grosscup), Larry Hovis (Arnie Fish), Jayne Meadows (Irma Caddish), Nita Talbot (Heidi Lomax), Fannie Flagg (Virginia Ladysmith), Chuck McCann (Jim Cutler), F. Murray Abraham (Duke Skaggs), Angus Duncan (Peter Nebben), Jeanne Lange (Carolyn Fish), John Lawrence (Stan Oberfeld), Liz Ingleson (1st Nun), Jessica Rains (2nd Nun), Bryan O’Byrne (Dr. Kazmeter), Roy Stuart (Bartender), Jordan Rhodes (Stan Overfield), Hugh Benson (TV interviewer), Lin Shaye (Sandra Skaggs), Jackie Joseph (Interviewer), Bert E. Holland (Old man), Tamar Cooper (Receptionist), Marco Battaglia, Robin Cohen, Jack Stryker, Dennis McCarthy, Maureen Reagan, Gregg Forest, Andy Stone, Rori King, Lance Gordon, Bill Dyer, Pamela Davenport, Laura Gile, Judith Woodbury, June Fenley, Kathy Longinaker, Sharri Zak, Dave Armstrong. 895... Sex and the Single Parent (CBS, 9/19/1979, 120 mins). Two attractive divorcees find that their newly realized independence continues to be guided by their respective parental obligations in this romantic comedy directed by Jackie Cooper, from the 1978 book by Jane Adams. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producers David Susskind, Philip Mandelker. Producers Freyda Rothstein, Stan Kallis. Teleplay Sue Grafton. Based on a Book by Jane Adams. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Bernard J. Small, Richard C. Meyer. Art Director Paul Barnes.

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Cast Susan Saint James (Sally Bass), Mike Farrell (George McGee), Dori Brenner (Natalie), Warren Berlinger (Ned), Katy Kurtzman (Chloe McGee), Natasha Ryan (Kerry Bass), Justin Dana (Kenny Bass), Marty Gold (Kevin Bass), Barbara Rhoades (Paula), Julie Sommars (Bonnie McGee), Joy Leduc (Stephanie), Frank Bonner (Peter), Jerry Fogel (Brad), John Waldron (Danny), Dago Dimster (Jake), Adina Ross (Girlfriend #2), Jerry Colker (Cashier), Lucetta Jenison (Customer), Vicky Perry (Girlfriend #1), Joby Baker (Millard). 896... The Sex Symbol (ABC, 9/17/1974, 90 mins). A thinly disguised drama, from Alvah Bessie’s 1966 novel “The Symbol,” suggested by Marilyn Monroe’s life and death, with Connie Stevens flaunting her undeniable charms, Shelley Winters as a Hollywood gossip columnist, Don Murray as an attractive married U.S. senator, Nehemiah Persoff as a European-accented studio czar, James Olson as a cerebral artist who becomes the star’s husband, et al. Apparently anticipating a libel suit, ABC Television yanked this film prior to its original premiere in early March 1974 and tried to keep it under wraps. Eduard Franz redubbed the voice of Dr. Otto Litsky for theatrical showings overseas. Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Teleplay Alvah Bessie. Based on a Novel by Alvah Bessie. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Jeff Williams. Theme song by Francis Lai. Editor Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Connie Stevens (Kelly Williams/Emmaline Kelly), Shelley Winters (Agatha Murphy), Jack Carter (Manny Fox), William Castle (Jack P. Harper), Don Murray (Sen Grant O’Neal), James Olson (Calvin Bernard), Nehemiah Persoff (Nikos Fortis), Madlyn Rhue (Joy Hudson), Milton Selzer (Phil Bamberger), Tony Young (Rick Roman), William Smith (Buck Wischnewski), Rand Brooks (Edward Kelly), Malachi Throne (Voice of Dr. Otto Litsky), Frank Loverde (Investigator), Bing Russell (Public relations man), Dennis Wayne Rucker (Tom Brown), Joseph Turkel (Director), Jack Collins (Ted Brown), Rita Guerrero (Serena), Albert Able (1st reporter), Burr Smidt (2nd reporter). 897... A Shadow in the Streets (NBC, 1/28/1975, 90 mins). This pilot for a prospective TV series dealt with a tough exconvict (Tony Lo Bianco) who tries to build a new life on the outside as a parole agent in an experimental paraprofessional program. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director Richard Donner. Executive Producer Hugh Hefner. Producers John D.F. Black, Richard Donner. Teleplay John D.F. Black. Photography Gayne Rescher Music Charles Bernstein. Supervising Editor David Rawlins. Editor Dale MacKay. Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Pete Mackey), Sheree North (Gina Pulaski), Dana Andrews (Len Raeburn), Ed Lauter (Siggy Taylor), Jesse Welles (Debby), Bill Henderson (Leroy Marcus Benson), Dick Balduzzi (Bense), John Sylvester White (Cavelli), Lee deBroux (Lee), Lieux Dressler (Lila), Richard Keith (Steemson), Sherwood Price (Gardner), Jack O’Leary (Hazlett), Timothy Thomerson (Chick), Louis James Oliver (Ducky), Dee Timberlake (Corinne), Elizabeth Thompson (Betty), James Jeter (Travis), Nelson Cuevas (Perez), Read Morgan (John), Bill Woodward (Buchanan), Russ Grieve (Warehouseman), Denise Demirjian (Waitress), Lina Raymond (Ticket clerk), Laura Owens (Hooker). 898... Shadow on the Land (ABC, 12/4/1968, 120 mins). A provocative attempt to show America under the grip of a totalitarian government and a secret underground force battling an iron-fisted dictator. Former child star Jackie Cooper returned to acting in this one after many years as a television executive, producer and director. Gene Hackman, on the other hand, made one of his last TV acting appearances before hitting the big time in films. Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Richard C. Sarafian. Producer Matthew Rapf. Teleplay Nedrick Young. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Sol Kaplan. Editor Henry Batista. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast Jackie Cooper (Lt. Col. Andy Davis), John Forsythe (Gen. Wendell Bruce), Gene Hackman (Rev. Thomas Davis), Carol Lynley (Abigail Tyler), Marc Strange (Maj. Shepherd McCloud), Janice Rule (Captain Everett), Michael Margotta (Timothy Willing), Bill Walker (Arnold), Scott Thomas (Felting), Myron Healey (General Hemstead), Frederic Downs (Drucker), Jonathan Lippe (Lieutenant Allen), Mickey Sholdar (Paul), Ronnie Eckstein (David), Sandy Kevin (Ben), Ken Swofford (Private), Kay Stewart (Sergeant O’Hara), Paul Sorensen (Bricker), Paulene Myers (Webber). 899... Shadow Over Elveron (NBC, 3/5/1968, 120 mins). A young physician (James Franciscus) trying to clear a local youth of a murder charge runs afoul of local corruption and a sadistic sheriff (Leslie Nielsen) who has the town in his hip pocket. This film, adapted from Michael Kingsley’s 1964 novel, marked the last role for veteran actor Franchot Tone. Production Company Universal Television. Director James Goldstone. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Chester Krumholz. Based on the Novel by Michael Kingsley. Photography William Margulies. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast James Franciscus (Dr. Matthew Tregaskis), Leslie Nielsen (Sheriff Verne Drover), Shirley Knight (Joanne Tregaskis), Franchot Tone (Barney Conners), James Dunn (Luke Travers), Don Ameche (Justin Pettit), Vic Dana (Tino), Thomas Gomez (Arturo Silvera), Josephine Hutchinson (Emily Masian), Stuart Erwin (Merle), Jill Banner (Jessie Drover), Clinton Sundberg, Robert Osterloh, Kent McWhirter, Wright King.

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900... Shark Kill (NBC, 5/20/1976, 120 mins). Two ocean-oriented adventurers (Richard Yniguez and Phillip Clark) set sail in search of a man-killing great white shark. Production Companies D’Antoni-Weitz Television Productions, NBC Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Philip D’Antoni. Producer Barry Weitz. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music George Romanis. Editor Art Seid. Cast Richard Yniguez (Cabo Mendoza), Phillip Clark (Rick Dayner), Jennifer Warren (Carolyn), Elizabeth Gill (Bonnie), Victor Campos (Luis), David Huddleston (Bearde), Carmen Zapata (Helena Mendoza), Jim B. Smith (Franey), Roxanna Bonilla Giannini (Maria), Richard Foronjy (Banducci). 901... Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (NBC, 10/31/1977, 120 mins). Drama with Trish Van Devere in the lead that details a professional woman’s romantic life through a series of affairs with married men because she is unable to make a lasting commitment. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Greenwald. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Nancy Greenwald. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Roger Kellaway. Song “The Days Have No Names” by Gene Lees, Roger Kellaway. Song performed by Sarah Vaughan. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Trish Van Devere (Sharon Blake), Patrick O’Neal (Ed Dowling), Janet Margolin (Carol), Sam Groom (Timothy), Mel Ferrer (David), Gloria DeHaven (Mrs. Blake), Rose Gregorio (Anne Dowling), Arthur Storch (Dr. Greenspan), Salome Jens (Terri), Gower Champion (Exercise instructor), Julie Mannix (Jill), Stephen Bradley (Bill Winston). 902... She Cried “Murder!” (CBS, 9/25/1973, 90 mins). A young widow, in New York to resume a modeling career, sees a woman pushed violently into the path of an incoming subway train and reports the incident to the police. In answer to her call, two detectives are sent to get her statement and she recognizes one of them as the killer. Production Company Universal Television. Director Herschel Daugherty. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Based on a Story by Roy Moore. Photography Harry Makin. Music John Cacavas. Editor John Kaufman Jr. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Telly Savalas (Insp. Joe Brody), Lynda Day George (Sara Cornell), Mike Farrell (Detective Stepanek), Kate Reid (Maggie Knowlton), Jeff Toner (Chris Cornell), Stuart Gillard (David Sinclair), Robert Goodier (John McKenzie), Aileen Seaton (Sister Maria Teresa), Hope Garber (Mrs. Brady), Len Birman (Marvin), Murray Westgate (Sergeant Withers), Richard Alden (2nd policeman). 903... She Lives (ABC, 9/12/1973, 90 mins). Two lonely college students meet through a newspaper ad and share an idyllic love until the girl discovers she has a terminal illness, and the couple begin a frantic search to find a doctor, researcher or anyone who can help them. Based on Paul Neimark’s 1972 novel. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Stuart R. Hagmann. Executive Producer Lawrence Turman. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Elizabeth Gill. Based on the Novel by Paul Neimark. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Song “Circles” written and performed by Harry Chapin. Song “Time in a Bottle” written and performed by Jim Croce. Editor Rita Roland. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Andy Reed), Season Hubley (Pam Rainey), Anthony Zerbe (Dr. Wellman), Michael Margotta (Al Reed), Jack Soo (Dr. Osikawa), Jay Robinson (Dr. Mayhill), Bill Striglos (Lab instructor), Jennifer Kulik (Sue Stern), Eleanor Zee (Cashier), Karen Anders (Dean’s secretary), Diane Civita (Newspaper ad girl), Eddie Quillan (Janitor), Clay Tanner (Policeman), Sharon Madigan (Dr. Wellman’s nurse), Jenny Goman (Little girl). 904... She Waits (CBS, 1/28/1972, 90 mins). A murdered woman seeks vengeance and possesses her husband’s new bride in this well-acted ghost story. This marked Dorothy McGuire’s first TV movie as well as her television comeback after a 15year absence. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Delbert Mann. Teleplay Art Wallace. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Morton Stevens. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Associate Producer Mort Zarcoff. Cast Patty Duke (Laura Wilson), David McCallum (Mark Wilson), Lew Ayres (Dr. Sam Carpenter), Dorothy McGuire (Sarah Wilson), Beulah Bondi (Angela Medina/Mrs. M), James Callahan (David Brody), Nelson Olmsted (Kurawicz). 905... Shell Game (CBS, 5/9/1975, 90 mins). A heist romp that has a convicted con man risking another prison term by setting out in Robin Hood style to fleece the crooked head of a big charity fund who has been diverting the money to cover gambling losses. This “Sting” carbon, spurred by the enormous success of the Newman-Redford movie, turned out to be an unsuccessful pilot for a series with singer John Davidson. Production Company Thoroughbred Productions. Director Glenn Jordan. Producer Harold Jack Bloom. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom. Photography Gerald Hirschfeld. Music Lenny Stack. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast John Davidson (Max Castle), Tom Atkins (Stoker Frye), Robert Sampson (Stephen Castle), Maria O’Brien (Lola Ramirez), Jack Kehoe (Lyle Rettig), Joan Van Ark (Shirley), Louise Latham (Mrs. Margolin), Karen Machon (Susan), Robert Symonds (Carruthers), Gary Sandy (Bellhop), Cliff Emmich (Carmichael), Lance Taylor Sr. (Sammy), Gary Pagett (Tim Carson),

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Peter Gonneau (Louis), Signe Hasso (Countess), Deborah Sherman (Bonnie), Jason Wingreen (Klein), Frank Corsentino, Don Diamond. 906... The Sheriff (ABC, 3/30/1971, 90 mins). A rape case tears apart a small California town as a black sheriff and his white deputy (Ossie Davis and Kaz Garas) go after an insurance salesman suspected of attacking a black coed. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Marvin Worth. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Arnold Perl. Photography Emil Oster. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Howard Kunin. Art Directors Cary Odell, Ross Bellah. Cast Ossie Davis (James Lucas), Kaz Garas (Harve Gregory), Ruby Dee (Sue-Anne Lucas), Kyle Johnson (Vance Lucas), John Marley (Kinsella), Ross Martin (Larry Walters), Lynda Day (Almy Gregory), Edward Binns (Paulsen), Moses Gunn (Cliff Wilder), Brenda Sykes (Janet Wilder), Joel Fluellen (Charley Dobey), Austin Willis (Judge), Parley Baer (Braden), Bill Quinn (Doctor), David Moses (Sopes), Lynette Piernas (Wilma). 907... Sherlock Holmes in New York (NBC, 10/18/1976, 120 mins). There is an affectionate bow to Conan Doyle’s master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, not only has kidnapped the son of his (Holmes’) longtime love, actress Irene Adler, but also has hatched a scheme to steal the world’s gold supply, squirreled away under Union Square in lower Manhattan. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Nancy Malone. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay Alvin Sapinsley. Based on Characters Created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast Roger Moore (Sherlock Holmes), John Huston (Prof. James Moriarty), Patrick Macnee (Dr. John Watson), Gig Young (Mortimer McGrew), Charlotte Rampling (Irene Adler), David Huddleston (Inspector Lafferty), Signe Hasso (Frau Reichenbach), Leon Ames (Daniel Furman), John Abbott (Heller/butler), Jackie Coogan (Hotel Haymarket proprietor), Maria Grimm (Nicole Romaine), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Hudson), Geoffrey Moore (Scott Adler), William Benedict (Telegraph office manager), Paul Sorensen (Moriarty henchman), Robert E. Ball (Charles Nickers), John Steadman (Stage doorman), Gil Perkins (Carriage driver). 908... She’s Dressed to Kill (NBC, 12/10/1979, 120 mins). Eleanor Parker, in the best Tallulah Bankhead style, is a once-reigning fashion designer who assembles a group of her top models, a fashion photographer, several critics, and her best customers at her mountaintop retreat for a comeback gala, only to have someone start bumping off the guests one by one. Subsequently this was titled “Someone’s Killing the World’s Greatest Models.” Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, Grant-Case-McGrath Enterprises. Director Gus Trikonis. Producers Barry Weitz, Merrill Grant. Teleplay George Lefferts. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music George Romanis. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Eleanor Parker (Regine Danton), John Rubinstein (Alan Lenz), Jessica Walter (Irene Barton), Connie Sellecca (Alix Goldman), Jim McMullan (David Barton), Clive Revill (Victor De Salle), Gretchen Corbett (Laura Gooch), Barbara Cason (Deenie Gooch), Cathee Shirriff (Kate Bedford), Corinne Calvet (Colette), Joanna Cassidy (Camille Bettencourt), Marianne McAndrew (Lorna), Seamon Glass (Luke), Peter Horton (Tony Smith), Jonathan Banks (Rudy Stryker), Casey Brown (Jacqueline), Gail Joy (Marissa Newport), Russ Marin, Noah Keen, Walter Mathews, Eugene Peterson, Grayce Spence, Lister Shaw, Louise Clark, Marlena Amey, Cassandra Gaviola. 909... A Shining Season, (CBS, 12/26/1979, 120 mins). The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls’ track team to a winning season. Based on the 1978 book by William Buchanan. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Stuart Margolin. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Producer Harry Thomason. Teleplay William Harrison. Based on a Book by William Buchanan. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder, Ross Bellah. Cast Timothy Bottoms (John Baker), Allyn Ann McLerie (Polly Baker), Constance Forslund (Mary Anne), Ed Begley Jr. (John Haaland), Rip Torn (Jack Baker), Mason Adams (Dr. Ed Johnson), Ellen Geer (Veta Mercer), Arthur Rosenberg (Emmett Duncan), Steve Shaw (Ron Bellamy), Tamar Howard (Stephanie Keel), Michael Sharrett (Chuck Lander), Gene D. Jackson (Adolph Plummer), Gary Kanin (Announcer), Bobbi Block (Jill Baker), James Edgcomb (Mr. Keel), Becky Murdock (Mrs. Keel), Wade Stevens (Lab technician), Bill Dowson (The Reverend Hawk), Jerry Riopelle (Tony Sandoval), Rodney Plomp (Bobby), Norman Lucero (Billy), Michael Arredondo (Anthony), Jamie Green (1st dasher), Stacy Thomason (2nd dasher), Annie Murdock (Lori Keel), Alison Murdock (Joni Colson). 910... Shirts/Skins (ABC, 10/9/1973, 90 mins). A sardonic comedy about six businessmen who find their zest for life rekindled when a simple bet after their weekly basketball game turns into a zany anything-goes hide-and-seek contest.

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Production Company MGM Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Burt Nodella. Producers Hugh Benson, Bruce Paltrow. Teleplay Bruce Paltrow. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast René Auberjonois (Sidney Krebs), Bill Bixby (Teddy Bush), Leonard Frey (Jerry Axelrod), Doug McClure (Dr. Francis Murphy), McLean Stevenson (Dr. Benny Summer), Robert Walden (Dick Dubin), Audrey Christie (Rose Axelrod), Loretta Swit (Linda Bush), John Karlen (Herbie Bush), Ron Glass (Mr. Brown), Martin Braddock (Father Duffy), Jessica Rains (Arlene), William Hansen (Perlman), Barney Phillips (2nd detective), Joseph Perry (1st detective), Sandy Ward (Patient), Francesca Bill (Little girl), Lawrence Levy (Guard). 911... Shootout in a One-Dog Town (ABC, 1/9/1974, 90 mins). This lean Western with overtones of “High Noon” finds a small-town banker pitted against a vicious gang who will stop at nothing to steal the $200,000 in his vault. Originally this was to have been called simply “The Bank.” Production Company Hanna-Barbera Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Joseph Barbera, William Hanna. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Larry Cohen, Dick Nelson. Based on a Story by Larry Cohen. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Hoyt Curtin. Editor Warner E. Leighton. Art Director Phillip Bennett. Cast Richard Crenna (Zack Wells), Stefanie Powers (Letty Crandell), Jack Elam (Handy), Arthur O’Connell (Henry Gills), Michael Ansara (Reynolds), Dub Taylor (Halsey), Gene Evans (Gabe), Michael Anderson Jr. (Billy Boy), Richard Egan (Petry), John Pickard (Preston), Jay Ripley (Little Edgar), Jerry Catlin (Clemens), Henry Wills (Jones), Eric Valdez (Edwin). 912... Short Walk to Daylight (ABC, 10/24/1972, 90 mins). Eight terrified people, trapped in a New York subway tunnel when a devastating earthquake levels the city, desperately try to find a way out. Production Company Universal Television. Director Barry Shear. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Gerald DiPego, Philip H Reisman Jr. Based on a Story by Edward J. Montagne. Photography Edward R. Brown, Terry K. Meade. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Sam E. Waxman. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast James Brolin (Tom Phelan), Don Mitchell (Alvin), James McEachin (Ed Mullins), Abbey Lincoln (Dorella), Brooke Bundy (Joanne), Larazo Perez (Jax), Suzanne Charny (Sylvia), Laurette Spang (Sandy), Franklin Cover (Conductor). 913... Sidekicks (CBS, 3/21/1974, 90 mins). Based on the 1971 comedy western “Skin Game,” this lark, a pilot to a prospective series that never materialized, had a couple of hapless post-Civil War con men, one black, one white, on the sagebrush trail trying to collect a $15,000 bounty on an outlaw’s head. Lou Gossett re-created the role he played in the original film, while Larry Hagman stepped in to take over James Garner’s big-screen role. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Burt Kennedy. Producer Burt Kennedy. Teleplay William Bowers. Based on Characters Created by Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music David Shire. Editor Michael Pozen. Art Director Bill Malley. Cast Larry Hagman (Quince), Louis Gossett Jr. (Jason), Blythe Danner (Prudy Jenkins), Jack Elam (Boss), Harry Morgan (Sheriff Jenkins), Gene Evans (Sam), Noah Beery (Tom), Hal Williams (Max), Dick Peabody (Ed), Denver Pyle (Drunk), John Beck (Luke), Tyler McVey (Jones), Billy Shannon (Carl). 914... Siege (CBS, 4/26/1978, 120 mins). A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because the victims are too scared to testify against the bullying leader, the semi-retired toolmaker (Martin Balsam) decides to take a stand. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Richard Pearce. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert ‘Buzz’ Berger. Teleplay Conrad Bromberg. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Charles Gross. Editor Stephen A. Rotter. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Martin Balsam (Henry Fancher), Sylvia Sidney (Lillian Gordon), Dorian Harewood (Simon), James Sutorius (Lt. Don Riegel), Rashel Novikoff (Mrs. Shapiro), Antonia Rey (Mrs. Terranova), Albert M. Ottenheimer (Mr. Lubin), Leslie Nicol (Mrs. Doyle), Ted Butler (Mr. Johnson), Joseph Sullivan (Mr. Hegen), Jety Herlick (Mrs. Mikowski), Mila Conway (Mrs. Camacho), Lloyd Hollar (Sergeant Doan), Alex Colon (Sergeant Bermudez), Larry B. Scott (Ronald), Peter Acevedo (Mikey), Dadi Pinero (Carlos), Wanda Velez (Renée), Maryce Carter (Mrs. Wooten), Carol Nadell (Mrs. Fiebel), Fred Morsell (Mr. Miles), Kurt Garfield, Sharon Madden, Arthur Burghardt. 915... The Silence (NBC, 11/6/1975, 90 mins). This fact-based drama has a West Point cadet reliving for a TV playwright his experiences of being subjected to total exile after being accused of violating the school’s honor code. Filmed on location in New York. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Palomar Pictures. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producer Bridget Potter. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Alan Heim. Art Director Mel Bourne. Associate Producer Robert Greenhut. Cast Richard Thomas (Cadet James Pelosi), Cliff Gorman (Stanley Greenberg), George Hearn (Captain Nichols), Percy Granger (Captain Harris), James Mitchell. (Colonel Mack), John Kellogg (Court president), Charles Frank (Cadet captain), Andrew Duncan (Mr. Pelosi), Malcolm Groom (Andy), Peter Weller (Red Sash), Michael Cooke (Tom Thorne), John Carpenter (Mr.

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Keene), Cynthia Grover (Elaine), Elaine Hyman (Mrs. Pelosi), Polly Holliday (Mrs. Watson/Nichols’ secretary), Dick Shoberg (Chuck), Craig Wasson (Hal), Lionel Pina (Pete). 916... The Silent Gun (ABC, 12/16/1969, 90 mins). An offbeat Western about a gunfighter (Lloyd Bridges) who carries an unloaded pistol after nearly shooting an innocent child, is made sheriff of a wide-open town, and rides into frays on the strength of his reputation. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Michael Caffey. Producer Bruce Lansbury. Teleplay Clyde Ware. Based on Characters Created by Bob Kane. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Leith Stevens. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Brad Clinton), John Beck (Billy Reed), Ed Begley (John Cole), Edd Byrnes (Joe Henning), Pernell Roberts (Sam Benner), Susan Howard (Lorissa Cole), Michael Forest (Trace Evans), Bob Diamond (Eddie), Barbara Rhoades (Hostess), Walker Edmiston (Sheriff Hart), Elizabeth Perry (Woman), Art Lewis (Townsman). 917... Silent Night, Lonely Night (NBC, 12/16/1969, 120 mins). During the Christmas holidays, a brief interlude is shared by two lonely people in a New England college town--he’s there to visit his wife, a mental patient there; she’s there visiting her son after discovering her husband’s infidelity. On Broadway in 1959, in the play by Robert Anderson, the roles were taken by Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes. Filmed on location in Amherst, Massachusetts. Production Company Universal Television. Director Daniel Petrie. Producer Jack Farren. Teleplay John Vlahos. Based on the Play by Robert Anderson. Photography Jack Marta. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Budd Small. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Cast Lloyd Bridges (John Sparrow), Shirley Jones (Katherine Johnson), Lynn Carlin (Jennifer Sparrow), Carrie Snodgress (Janet), Robert Lipton (Philip), Cloris Leachman (Ginny), Richard Eastham (Paul Johnson), Stefan Arngrim (Jerry Johnson), Nydia Westman (Mae), Woodrow Parfrey (Dr. Hyatt), Edward R. Leadbetter (Mac/local cabbie), Walter Boughton (Walter/desk clerk), Amzie Strickland (Saleswoman), Marjorie Anne Short (Young Ginny), Jeff Bridges (Young John). 918... Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story (CBS, 2/24/1979, 120 mins). The real-life account of a deaf girl who overcomes her handicap to become one of Hollywood’s top stunt-women and holder of the women’s world land-speed record in a rocket-powered racing car. Colleen Dewhurst was Emmy Award nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress, and Lou Antonio was nominated as Outstanding Director. Production Company The Channing-Debin-Locke Company. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producers David Debin, Duffy Hambleton. Producer R.J. Louis. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Associate Producer Judith Gill. Cast Stockard Channing (Kitty O’Neil), James Farentino (Duffy Hambleton), Colleen Dewhurst (Mrs. O’Neil), Edward Albert (Tom Buchanan), Brian Dennehy (John O’Neil), Jim Antonio (Charlie), Dr. Sammy Lee (Himself), Richard Balin (Joel Foster/accountant), Hildy Brooks (Interviewer), George O Petrie (Warren Porter), Noble Willingham (1st doctor), Lisa Blake Richards (Orchestra teacher), Angelique Antonio (Kitty at ages 2-4), Elkin Antonio (Kitty at ages 8-10), Andrius Babusis (Child), George Boyd (2nd teacher), Joan Corley (Child), Norman Field (1st director), Mel Gallagher (2nd doctor), Adam Kaish (Child), Ken Kane (3rd director), Janice Karman (3rd teacher), Fred Lerner (2nd man), Jack Lucarelli (Salesman), Jim Normandin (3rd doctor), Sybil Scotford (1st teacher), Dick Sondergaard (Crewman), Franko C. Spolar (Assistant director), Gene Tyburn (CB man), Robby Weaver (2nd director), William Wheatley (Desk clerk), George Wilbur (Bank clerk), Janet Winter (Receptionist). 919... The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC, 3/7/1973, 90 mins). A test pilot, all but killed in a crash, is “remade” through the science of bionics into a superman superior to the flesh-and-blood man he had been. The popular series that followed (1973-78) had Lee Majors repeating his role, with Richard Anderson and Alan Oppenheimer taking over the parts created by Darren McGavin and Martin Balsam. Based on the 1972 novel “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Irving. Producer Richard Irving. Teleplay Henri Simoun. Based on a Novel by Martin Caidin. Photography Emil Oster. Music Gil Melle. Editor Budd Small, Richard M. Sprague. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Lee Majors (Steve Austin), Barbara Anderson (Jean Manners), Martin Balsam (Dr. Rudy Wells), Darren McGavin (Oliver Spencer), Dorothy Green (Mrs. McKay), Charles Knox Robinson (Prisoner), Ivor Barry (Geraldton), Anne Whitfield (Young woman), George Wallace (General), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Ashburn), Olan Soule (Saltillo), Norma Storch (Woman), Maurice Sherbanee (Nudaylah), John Mark Robinson (Aide). 920... Ski Lift to Death (CBS, 3/3/1978, 120 mins). Suspense thriller centering on several people trapped in two derailed ski lift gondolas and facing possible death--a couple of ski champions whom a sports promoter is trying to link together romantically, an ex-mobster, and a professional assassin who is stalking him. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director William Wiard. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producers Bruce J. Sallan, Richard Briggs. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music Barry DeVorzon. 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Cast Deborah Raffin (Lee Larson), Charles Frank (Dick Elston), Howard Duff (Ben Forbes), Don Galloway (Ron Corley), Gail Strickland (Vicki Gordon), Don Johnson (Mike Sloan), Veronica Hamel (Andrea Mason), Clu Gulager (Marv Gillman), Lisa Reeves (Wendy Bryant), Pierre Jalbert (Clevenger), Suzy Chaffee (Ski patroller), Walter Marsh (Joe Larson), Jim Roberts (Whitey), Graham McPherson (John Forbes), Don MacKay (Promoter), Bruce MacLeod (Sheriff), Steve Orchin (Willy), Murray Ord (Don Harwill), Darlene Bradley (Manufacturer’s rep), Trevor Hayden (Minister), Glenn Beck (Dr. Norvel), Tony White (Country singer), Jim Love (Disgruntled skier). 921... Sky Hei$t (NBC, 5/26/1975, 120 mins). A husband and wife team (Stefanie Powers and Frank Gorshin) devise an ingenious plan to steal $10 million in gold bullion, hijacking a police helicopter as a diversionary tactic. Filmed at Long Beach Airport, Lost Altos Airport, Catalina Island and Burbank Studios. Production Companies Warner Bros. Television, NBC Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Producer Rick Rosner. Teleplay Rick Rosner, William F. Nolan. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Leonard Rosenman. Supervising Editor Dann Cahn. Editors Rick Wormell, William Neel. Art Director Jack Martin Smith. Air Sequence James Gavin. Cast Don Meredith (Sgt. Doug Trumbell), Joseph Campanella (Capt. Monty Ballard), Larry Wilcox (Deputy Jim Schiller), Ken Swofford (Deputy Pat Connelly), Stefanie Powers (Terry Hardings), Frank Gorshin (Ben Hardings), Shelley Fabares (Lisa), Ray Vitte (Deputy Rick Busby), Nancy Belle Fuller (Nan Paige), James Daris (Lt. Bill Hammon), John Davey (Deputy Freedman), R.B. Sorko-Ram (Deputy Pearson), James Chandler (Convair pilot), Steve Marlo (1st gunman), Alex Colon (Deputy Rodriguez), Hunter Von Leer (1st deputy sheriff), Hank Worden (Old coot), Suzanne Somers (Reporter), Ed McReady (2nd gunman), Stan Barrett (Aero bureau mechanic), Steve Franken (Traffic controller), Buck Young (Police officer), Arch Whiting (C.H.P. officer), Philip Mansour, Peter Colt, William Harlow, Joe Ohar, Leslie Thompson, Richard Reed, Bill Catching, Al Wyatt, George Wilbur, Stanley Ralph Ross, Renny Roker, Jim Conners, Trent Dolan, Maralyn Thomas, Robert Jordan, Gloria Fioramonti. 922... Skyway to Death (ABC, 1/19/1974, 90 mins). A standard “lives in peril” movie with a dozen or so passengers (familiar TV faces all) trapped on an aerial tramway 8,500 feet in the air. Production Company Universal Television. Director Gordon Hessler. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay David Spector. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bud Hoffman. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Ross Martin (Martin Leonard), Stefanie Powers (Nancy Sorenson), Bobby Sherman (Barney Taylor), Tige Andrews (Sam Nichols), Nancy Malone (Ann Leonard), David Sheiner (Bill Carter), John Astin (Andrew Tustin), Joseph Campanella (Bob Parsons), Ruth McDevitt (Aunt Louise), Severn Darden (Steve Kramer), Billy Green Bush (Walter Benson), Lissa Morrow (Kathy Reed). 923... Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (ABC, 12/3/1976, 120 mins). This drama depicts the lives of an all-star cast prior to their involvement in a massive 39-car crash on a Southern California freeway over a holiday weekend. Future star Tommy Lee Jones has a small role as a motorcycle cop. Based on the 1973 novel “Expressway” by Elleston Trevor. Production Company Filmways. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer Roger Lewis. Teleplay Eugene Price, Robert Presnell Jr. Based on a Novel by Elleston Trevor. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Bill Conti. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Robert Conrad (Sgt. Sam Marcum), Sian-Barbara Allen (Barbara Hutton), Buddy Ebsen (Al Pearson), Herbert Edelman (Danny), David Groh (Dale), Scott Jacoby (Lee Bassett), Joe Kapp (Officer Estevez), Sue Lyon (Burnsey), Vera Miles (Erica), Donna Mills (Laureen), Harriet Nelson (June Pearson), George O’Hanlon Jr. (Pete), Terry Moore (Trudy), David Nelson (Officer Berman), Bonnie Ebsen (Penny), Tommy Lee Jones (Officer Hutton), Joel Parks (Andy), Barry Hamilton (Randy). 924... Smile, Jenny, You’re Dead (ABC, 2/3/1974, 120 mins). This pilot for David Janssen’s “Harry-O” series (197476) had the ex-con moonlighting as a private investigator looking into the murder of a copy friend’s son-in-law and becoming emotionally involved with his daughter who happens to be the chief suspect in the killing. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producer Jerry Thorpe. Teleplay Howard Rodman. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Michael A. Hoey. Art Director Walter Scott Herndon. Associate Producer Sid McCoy. Cast David Janssen (Harry Orwell), John Anderson (Col. John Lockport), Howard Da Silva (Lt. Humphrey Kenner), Martin Gabel (Meade DeRuyter), Clu Gulager (Milt Bosworth), Zalman King (Roy St. John), Tim McIntire (Charley English), Andrea Marcovicci (Jennifer English), Jodie Foster (Liberty Cole), Harvey Jason (Fashion photographer), Barbara Leigh (Mildred), Victor Argo (Lt. Richard Marum), Ellen Weston (Julia), Chet Winfield (Assistant photographer). 925... The Smugglers (NBC, 12/24/1968, 120 mins). In her only TV movie, Shirley Booth is an elderly American tourist on the Continent who, with her pretty stepdaughter, unwittingly becomes involved in a smuggling plot and a slight case of murder. This movie had the dubious distinction of being interrupted halfway through by the arrival of Apollo 8 in the vicinity of the Moon on Christmas Eve--and it was never seen in its entirety on the network.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Norman Lloyd. Producer Norman Lloyd. Teleplay Alfred Hayes. Based on the Novel by Elizabeth Hely. Photography John F. Warren. Music Lyn Murray. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Shirley Booth (Mrs. Hudson), Carol Lynley (Jo Hudson), Kurt Kasznar (Willi Raben), David Opatoshu (Alfredo Faggio), Donnelly Rhodes (Antoine Cirret), Ilka Windish (Anna), Emilio Fernandez (Insp. Cesare Brunelli), Charles Drake (Harry Miller), Michael J. Pollard (Piero), Gayle Hunnicutt (Adrianna), Albert Szabo (Anton), Ralph Manza (Batisto), Rico Cattani (Sergeant Rossi), George Tyne (Customs official), Edward Colmans (Italian hotel clerk), John Indrisano (Freight agent), Gino Gottarelli (Waiter). 926... Snatched (ABC, 1/31/1973, 90 mins). The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for $3,000,000 in ransom, but one husband refuses to pay his share, and that’s possibly deadly the rub. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Sutton Roley. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Tony Thomas. Teleplay Rick Husky. Based on a Story by Sandra Bruzzese. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Randy Edelman. Editor Howard Kunin. Art Director Rolland M. Brooks. Cast Howard Duff (Duncan Wood), Leslie Nielsen (Bill Sutter), Sheree North (Kim Sutter), Barbara Parkins (Barbara Maxville), Robert Reed (Frank McCloy), John Saxon (Paul Maxville), Tisha Sterling (Robin Wood), Anthony Zerbe (Boone), Richard Davalos (Whit), Frank McRae (Cheech), Bart LaRue (Russell), Howard Platt (1st detective), John Gilgreen (2nd detective). 927... The Snoop Sisters (NBC, 12/18/1972, 120 mins). An engaging comedy-mystery about a couple of eccentric mystery writers, a spinster and her widowed sister, who turn detective to hunt down the killer of a faded movie star (Paulette Goddard, who came out of retirement to play the role) with the help of their ex-con bodyguard/chauffeur (Art Carney), hired by their police lieutenant nephew to keep them out of trouble. This was the pilot for the brief series (1973-74), four episodes as rotating elements of the “NBC Tuesday Mystery Movie.” Hayes and Natwick distinguished the series and were joined by actor/director Lou Antonio and game show host Bert Convy in the two roles originated by Art Carney and Lawrence Pressman. Subsequently titled “Female Instinct.” Production Companies Talent Associates, Norton Simon Inc, Universal Television. Director Leonard B. Stern. Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay Hugh Wheeler, Leonard B. Stern. Based on Characters Created by Alan Shayne. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Jerry Fielding. Editor Edward W. Williams. Art Director Kenneth A. Reid. Cast Helen Hayes (Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson), Art Carney (Barney), Paulette Goddard (Norma Treat), Charlie Callas (Charlies), Jill Clayburgh (Mary Nero), Bill Dana (Melvin Kaplan), Ed Flanders (Milo Perkins), Kurt Kasznar (Alexander Scalamandre), Ed Platt (Julius Nero), Kent Smith (Warren Packer), Craig Stevens (Charles Corman), Fritz Weaver (Anton de Tourolet), Lawrence Pressman (Lt. Steven Ostrowski), Gloria Stroock (Pinky Allen), Iggie Wolfington (Frank), Bart Burns (Detective). 928... Snowbeast (NBC, 4/28/1977, 120 mins). A killer beast on the rampage terrorizes a ski resort during a winter carnival. Yvette Mimieux and Sylvia Sidney replaced the originally scheduled Donna Mills and Gloria Swanson, respectively. Filmed on location in Gunnison County, Colorado. Production Company Douglas S. Cramer Productions. Director Herb Wallerstein. Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Teleplay Joseph Stefano. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Robert Prince. Editor Carroll Sax, Dennis Mosher. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Bo Svenson (Gar Seberg), Yvette Mimieux (Ellen Seberg), Robert Logan (Tony Rill), Clint Walker (Sheriff Paraday), Sylvia Sidney (Carrie Rill), Michael J. London (The Beast), Thomas Babson (Buster), Kathy Christopher (Jennifer), Annie McEnroe (Heidi), Jacquie Botts (Betty Joe), Richard Jamison (Ben Cochran), Liz Jury (Mrs. Blodgett), Richard Jury (Charlie Braintree), Rod McClung (2nd deputy), Prentiss Rowe (Billy/bell captain), Victor Raider-Wexler (Deputy Holt). 929... Sole Survivor (CBS, 1/9/1970, 120 mins). The ghosts of the crew of a bomber that crashed in the Libyan desert during World War II return to haunt the navigator, now a general, whom they accuse of desertion when he joins an investigation team sifting through the newly found wreckage 25 years later. This was the maiden production of a new film company formed by CBS. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Paul Stanley. Executive Producer Steve Shagan. Producer Walter Burr. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Photography James Crabe. Music Paul Glass. Editor Renn Reynolds. Art Director William Craig Smith. Cast Vince Edwards (Maj. Michael Devlin), Richard Basehart (Gen. Russell Hamner), William Shatner (Lt. Col. Joe Gronke), Lou Antonio (Tony), Lawrence Casey (Gant), Dennis Cooney (Brandy), Brad David (Elmo), Patrick Wayne (Mac), Alan Caillou (Corey), Timur Bashtu (Beddo), John Winston (British pilot), David Cannon (Captain Patrick), Noah Keen (General Shurin), Ian Abercrombie (British copilot), Bart Burns (Older senator), Julie Bennett (Amanda).

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930... The Solitary Man (CBS, 10/9/1979, 120 mins). A blue-collar “Kramer vs. Kramer,” this drama focuses on a family man’s adjustment after his wife of 15 years one day blurts out that she wants a divorce and leaves him to construct a new life. The original title: “An Unmarried Man.” Production Companies John Conboy Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer John Conboy. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Jack Elliot. Editor Arthur D. Hilton. Production Designer Kirk Axtell. Cast Earl Holliman (Dave Keyes), Carrie Snodgress (Sharon Keyes), Robbie Rist (Davey Jr.), Shannon Terhune (Amy), Dorrie Kavanaugh (Barbara Sellers), Lara Parker (Lisa Tobin), Lane Smith (Jack Collins), Nicolas Coster (Bud Hensen), Michelle Pfeiffer (Tricia), Bill Morey (Jake Shields), Sandy Ward (Mr. Henricks), Ellen Blake (Landlady), Patrick Marshall (Jason), Stanley Wojno Jr. (Party drunk), Don Parker (Maitre d’), Elizabeth Brooks (Joyce), Douglas Orear (Waiter). 931... Some Kind of Miracle (CBS, 1/3/1979, 120 mins). A drama about the emotional and physical shock faced by a TV newscaster and his fiancée, a newspaper reporter, following a surfing accident which paralyzes him and puts him in a wheelchair for life. Based on the 1974 book “But There Are Always Miracles” by Mary Pleshette Willis and Jack Willis. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer George LeMaire. Teleplay Jack Willis, Mary Pleshette Willis. Based on a Book by Jack Willis, Mary Pleshette Willis. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Jimmie Haskell, Robie Porter. Title song by Jill Porter. Song performed by Robie Porter. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director James Spencer. Cast David Dukes (Joe Dine), Andrea Marcovicci (Maggie Nicoff), Michael C. Gwynne (Dr. Mark Spencer), Art Hindle (Sam), Dick Anthony Williams (Dr. Hopstone), John Herzfeld (Hal Siegal), Bruce Kirby Jr. (Frank Smiles), Nancy Marchand (Ruth Nicoff), Stephen Elliott (Arthur Nicoff), Marilyn Chris (Harriet), Katherine Pass (Marge), Art Evans (Elvis), Michael LaGuardia (Aide), Lee Kessler (Janet), Al Checco (Al), James Veres (Max), Susan Bredhoff (Ethel), Anton Greene (Man on beach), Marion Scherer (Waitress), Jerry De Wilde (Male nurse), Jean Holloway (Therapist), Lou Carello (Patient in bar), Brad Parks (Dale), Walker Edmiston (Dr. Stagg). 932... Someone I Touched (ABC, 2/26/1975, 90 mins). When venereal disease infects a young woman and an expectant mother and her husband, the question of who contracted it from who arises. Glynnis O’Connor and Lenka Peterson--daughter and mother in real life--are daughter and mother in this odd-themed movie. The title song, written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, was sung by Cloris Leachman, who starred. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Wayne Weisbart. Teleplay James Henerson. Based on a Story by James Henerson, Patricia Winter. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha. Title song by Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha. Song Performed by Cloris Leachman. Editor John F. Link. Associate Producer John A Ireland. Executive in Charge of Production Charles Fries. Cast Cloris Leachman (Laura Hyatt), James Olson (Sam Hyatt), Glynnis O’Connor (Terry), Andrew Robinson (Frank Berlin), Allyn Ann McLerie (Jean), Kenneth Mars (Paul Wrightwood), Lenka Peterson (Enid), Peggy Feury (Dr. Klemperer), Fred Sadoff (Phil), Les Lannom (Frank), Cynthia Towne (Bess), Richard Guthrie (Eddie), Granville Van Dusen (John), John Dullaghan (2nd assistant director), Bryan Englund (Boy), Hillary Moran (Girl), Sparky Marcus (Matthew). 933... Someone’s Watching Me! (NBC, 11/29/1978, 120 mins). A suspense tale about a career gal (Lauren Hutton) who becomes the target of a terror campaign by an unknown man in a neighboring high rise and who takes matters into her own hands when she cannot get protection form the police. “High Rise” was the original title for this one. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director John Carpenter. Executive Producer Richard Kobritz. Producer Anna Cottle. Teleplay John Carpenter. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Harry Sukman. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Lauren Hutton (Leigh Michaels), David Birney (Paul Winkless), Adrienne Barbeau (Sophie), Charles Cyphers (Gary Hunt), James Murtaugh (Leone), Grainger Hines (Steve), Len Lesser (Burly man), John Mahon (Frimsin), J. Jay Saunders (Police Inspector), Michael Laurence (TV announcer), George Skaff (Herbert Stiles), Robert Phalen (Wayne), Robert Snively (Graves), Jean Le Bouvier (Waitress), James G. McAlpine (Slick man), Edgar Justice (Charlie), John J. Fox (Eddie). 934... Something Evil (CBS, 1/21/1972, 120 mins). A horror tale, directed by then up-and-coming Steven Spielberg, about a young couple moving into a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, farmhouse, unaware that it is occupied by an unseen presence that is trying to possess the wife. Production Companies Belford Productions, CBS Productions. Director Steven Spielberg. Producer Alan Jay Factor. Teleplay Robert Clouse. Photography Bill Butler. Music Wladimir Selinsky. Editor Allan Jacobs. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Sandy Dennis (Marjorie Worden), Darren McGavin (Paul Worden), Jeff Corey (Gehrmann), Ralph Bellamy (Harry Lincoln), John Rubinstein (Ernest Lincoln), Johnny Whitaker (Stevie Worden), Laurie Hagan (Beth), David Knapp (John), Sandy Lempert (Laurie Worden), Herb Armstrong (Schiller), Margaret Avery (Irene), Norman Bartold (Hackett), Sheila Bartold (Mrs. Hackett), Lois Battle (Mrs. Faraday), Bella Bruck (Mrs. Gehrmann), Lynn Cartwright (Secretary), John J. Fox (Soundman), Alan Frost, Carl Gottlieb, John Hudkins, Crane Jackson, Michael Macready, Paul Micale, Margaret Muse, John Nolan, Bruno Vesota, Connie Hunter Ragaway, Elizabeth Rogers.

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935... Something for a Lonely Man (NBC, 11/26/1968, 120 mins). A gentle Western with Dan Blocker in his own starring TV-movie role as a blacksmith outcast who tries to atone to the townsfolk who followed him West and built a town later bypassed by the railroad, and who finally finds the way--with the love of a good woman, a book of Emerson’s essays, and a steam engine that derails nearby. Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Taylor. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Frank Fenton, John Fante. Photography Benjamin H. Kline. Music Jack Marshall. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Henry Larrecq. Cast Dan Blocker (John Killibrew), Susan Clark (Mary Duren), John Dehner (Sam Ball), Warren Oates (Angus Duren), Paul Peterson (Pete Duren), Don Stroud (Eben Duren), Henry Jones (R.J. Hoferkamp), Sandy Kenyon (Bleeck), Edgar Buchanan (Old Man Wolenski), Tom Nolan (Rafe Runkel), Conlan Carter (Doc Gillespie), Dub Taylor (Sheriff), Grady Sutton (Male secretary), Joan Shawlee (Hooker), Ralph Neff (Preacher), Iron Eyes Cody (Indian). 936... Something for Joey (CBS, 4/6/1977, 120 mins). Dramatization of the relationship between 1973 Heisman Trophywinning football star John Cappelletti and his brother, Joey, stricken with leukemia. Director Lou Antonio and writer Jerry McNeely both received Emmy Award nominations. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Lou Antonio. Producer Jerry McNeely. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music David Shire. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Associate Producer Roger Young. Cast Geraldine Page (Anne Cappelletti), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (John Cappelletti Sr.), Marc Singer (John Cappelletti), Jeff Lynas (Joey Cappelletti), Linda Kelsey (Joyce Cappelletti [Narrator]), Brian Farrell (Marty Cappelletti), Kathleen Beller (Jean Cappelletti), Steve Guttenberg (Mike Cappelletti), Paul Picerni (Joe Paterno), Stephen Parr (Eddie O’Neil), David Hooks (Archbishop), June Dayton (Mrs. Frome), James Karen (Dr. Wingreen), David Garfield (Dr. Klunick), Kevin McKenzie (Mark). 937... Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (NBC, 5/14/1979, 120 mins). A poignant true story of a couple who discover that their son is an autistic child but refuse to believe gloomy medical prognoses and devise their own ways of treating him. Remarkable performances were gotten from the two youngsters who played the boy, 3 1/2-year-old twin great-grandsons of veteran film director King Vidor. Based on Barry Neil Kaufman’s 1976 book “Son-Rise.” Production Companies Rothman-Wohl Productions, Filmways. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Bernard Rothman, Jack Wohl. Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Teleplay Stephen Kandel. Based on the Autobiography by Barry Neil Kaufman. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Gerald Fried. Song “Is There Room in Your World for Me?” by Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson. Song performed by Debby Boone. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director James Spencer. Cast James Farentino (Barry Kaufman), Kathryn Harrold (Suzie Kaufman), Stephen Elliott (Abe Kaufman), Henry Olek (Dr. Bob Clark), Kerry Sherman (Nancy), Michael and Casey Adams (Raun Kaufman), Missy Francis (Thea Kaufman), Shelby Balik (Bryn Kaufman), Erica Yohn (Dr. Fields), Don Chastain (Dr. Corelf), Richard Doyle (Herb), Rachel Bard (Roz), Barbara Carney (Dr. Wills), Amentha Dymally (Guide), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Ms. Marcum), Sean Griffin (Pediatrician), Enid Kent (Mother), Mark Ross (Felton), Nancy Steen (Julie), Fred Stuthman (Dr. Johnson), Reba Waters (Laura), Jack Wohl (Grady), June Whitley Taylor (1st teacher), William Wintersole (Dr. Ramsay). 938... Sooner or Later (NBC, 3/25/1979, 120 mins). An anxious 13-year-old girl (Denise Miller) dreams of being a grown-up and tries to make herself look older in order to attract the rock idol she’s fallen for. Filmed on location in Yonkers, New York. Production Companies Laughing Willow Company, NBC Productions. Director Bruce Hart. Producer Carole Hart. Teleplay Bruce Hart, Carole Hart. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Stephen Lawrence. Songs by Bruce Hart, Stephen Lawrence. Songs performed by Rex Smith. Editors Eric Albertson, Patrick McMahon. Art Director Stephen Hendrickson. Cast Denise Miller (Jessie Walters), Rex Smith (Michael Skye), Barbara Feldon (Lois Walters), Judd Hirsch (Bob Walters), Lilia Skala (Grandma), Morey Amsterdam (Eddie Nova), Vivian Blaine (Cosmetic saleslady), Lynn Redgrave (Teacher), Mary Beth Manning (Caroline), Maia Danziger (Karen), Edward Green (Dr. Donnie), Paul Mones (Arnie), Grace Davies (Connie), Tara King (Agnes), Cheryl Francis (Debbie), Emily Bindiger (Skye Band member), Mark Cunningham (Skye Band member), Lenny Mancuso (Skye Band member), Leroy Woodside Jr. (Skye Band member). 939... The Sound of Anger (NBC, 12/10/1968, 120 mins). A courtroom drama involving two attorneys, brothers as well as partners in a law firm that is called on to represent a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s wealthy father, and the gruff senior partner who guides them through the intricacies of the case. This was the initial plot for “The Lawyers” segment of “The Bold Ones,” the series (1969-72) that presented on a rotating basis dramas involving medicine, the law and the police. The formidable Burl Ives continued in the subsequent series along with James Farentino, while Guy Stockwell was replaced by Joseph Campanella. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Michael Ritchie. Producer Roy Huggins. Teleplay Dick Nelson. Based on a Story by Roy Huggins. Photography Gene Polito. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Carl Pingitore. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Costumes Burton Miller.

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Cast Burl Ives (Walter Nichols), Guy Stockwell (Brad Darrell), James Farentino (Neil Darrell), Dorothy Provine (Marge Carruthers), Charles Aidman (Gerald Thompson), Jay C. Flippen (Judge Prentiss), Lynda Day (Barbara Keeley), David Macklin (Barry Kochek), Dana Elcar (Andrew Pearce), Collin Wilcox (Ann Kochek), John Milford (Sheriff Turner), Shannon Farnon (Dorothy Daley), Nina Roman (Jody Schaeffer), George Murdock (Grebe), Gene Dynarski (Lieutenant Morrisey), Arch Whiting (2nd sheriff). 940... Special Olympics (CBS, 2/22/1978, 120 mins). A widowed father (Charles Durning) struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is mentally retarded and enrolled in a state school for “special” children where he finds selffulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother. Filmed in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Subsequently titled “A Special Kind of Love.” Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producers Marc Trabulus, Merrit Malloy, Tony Converse. Teleplay John Sacret Young. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Peter Matz. Editor George Jay Nicholson, John V. LaBarbera. Art Director James Murakami. Cast Charles Durning (Carl Gallitzin), Irene Tedrow (Elmira Gallitzin), Mare Winningham (Janice Gallitzin), Phil Brown (Michael Gallitzin), George Parry (Matthew Gallitzin), Herbert Edelman (Doug Ransom), Debra Winger (Sherie Hensley), Constance McCashin (Trina Cunningham), James Calvin Nelson (Dr. Brennaman), Nat Simmons (Ron Burton), Kevin Condit (Kevin), Bruce Bliven (Bruce), Lisa Ann Cordova (Lisa), James King (Jimmy), Rachel Chavez (Rachel), Brian Schoderbek (Brian), Richard Martinez (Richard), Mervyn Smith (Merv), Kelly B. Goon (Kelly), Rebecca E. Voss (Becky), Steve Bill Maier (Steve), David Tedrich (David). 941... The Specialists (NBC, 1/6/1975, 90 mins). The pilot film for a prospective series called “Vector,” in which a team of U.S. Public Health epidemiologists must trace the cause of health hazards that may start epidemics. Several plot threads: an entire grammar school is afflicted with an unidentified itching rash; a female victim of a rare strain of venereal disease is resistant to standard treatment; a group of European travelers are felled by typhoid; a series of unexplained accidents plague soap factory workers. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Quine. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Teleplay Preston Wood, Robert A. Cinader. Photography Bud F. Mautino. Music Billy May. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Robert York (Urich) (Dr. William Nugent), Maureen Reagan (Dr. Christine Scofield), Jack Hogan (Dr. Edward Grey), Jed Allan (Dick Rawdon), Alfred Ryder (Dr. Al Marsden), Harry Townes (Dr.Burkhart), Lillian Lehman (Resident Doctor), Corinne Camacho (Ruth Conoyer), Anne Whitfield (Mrs. Vanier), Jackie Coogan (Roger), David Lewis (Dave), Chris Anders (Erich), John Erich (Officer), Paul Kant (1st doctor), Sidney Miller (Bartender), Priscilla Morrill (Mrs. Stinnett), Dolores Quinton (Fat Lathrop), Walter Stocker (Ernest Lathrop), Walter Alzman (Telescope man), Kyla Anderson (Sylvia). 942... Spectre (NBC, 5/21/1977, 120 mins). This demonology tale, sumptuously produced, has a world-famed American criminologist (Robert Culp) and his usually tipsy doctor friend (Gig Young) summoned to England to investigate a suspicious wealthy financier and learn that supernatural forces are at work in his Playboy-style estate. Production Companies Norway Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry. Producer Gordon L.T. Scott. Teleplay Gene Roddenberry, Samuel A. Peeples. Based on a Story by Gene Roddenberry. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music John Cameron. Editor Peter Tanner. Art Director Arthur Witherick. Cast Robert Culp (William Sebastian), Gig Young (Dr. Hamilton), John Hurt (Mitri Cyon), Gordon Jackson (Inspector Cabell), Ann Bell (Anitra Cyon), James Villiers (Sir Geoffrey Cyon), Majel Barrett (Lilith/housekeeper), Jenny Runacre (Sydna), Angela Grant (Butler), Linda Benson (Maid), Michael Latimer (Copilot). 943... The Spell (NBC, 2/20/1977, 120 mins). A study in the occult with more than a passing similarity to Brian de Palma’s “Carrie” (1977). An overweight teenager, taunted by schoolmates and unloved at home, turns her supernatural powers on her tormentors. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer David Manson. Teleplay Brian Taggert. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Gerald Fried. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Lee Grant (Marion Matchett), Susan Myers (Rita Matchett), Lelia Goldoni (Jo Standish), Helen Hunt (Kristina Matchett), Jack Colvin (Dale Boyce), James Olson (Glenn Matchett), James Greene (Stan Restin), Wright King (Rian Bellamy), Barbara Bostock (Kathleen Bellamy), Doney Oatman (Jackie Segal), Richard Carlyle (Hugh), Kathleen Hughes (Fenetia), Robert Gibbons (Waiter), Arthur Peterson (Ross). 944... Spider-Man (CBS, 9/14/1977, 90 mins). A comic-book superhero who gained mysterious powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider pursues an evil extortionist whose mind-control plot threatens the lives of 10 innocent people. This pilot movie previewed a series of once-in-a-while programs during the 1977-78 season and thereafter. Subsequently titled “The Amazing Spider-man.”

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Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dan Goodman Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Daniel R. Goodman. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Alvin Boretz. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Johnnie Spence. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Special Consultant Stan Lee. Cast Nicholas Hammond (Peter Parker), David White (J. Jonah Jameson), Michael Pataki (Captain Barbera), Hilly Hicks (Robbie Robinson), Lisa Eilbacher (Judy Tyler), Dick Balduzzi (Delivery man), Jeff Donnell (Aunt May), Bob Hastings (Monahan), Barry Cutler (Purse snatcher), Ivor Francis (Prof. Noah Tyler), Thayer David (Edward Byron), Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar, Carmelita Pope, George Cooper, Robert Snively, Kathryn Reynolds, Harry Caesar, Roy West, James Storm, Ron Gilbert, Larry Anderson, James E. Brodhead, Mary Anne Kasica. 945... Split Second to an Epitaph (NBC, 9/26/1968, 120 mins). In the second “Ironside” movie, the Chief (again played by Raymond Burr) has his spine jolted during a hospital encounter with a narcotics pusher, not only raising the possibility for an operation that might cure his paralysis but also putting him in jeopardy because he can identify the man who had just shot a guard. Production Company Universal Television. Director Leonard J. Horn. Executive Producer Frank Price. Producer Paul Mason. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Sy Salkowitz. Based on Characters Created by Collier Young. Photography Bud Thackery. Editor Edward W. Williams. Music Quincy Jones. Cast Raymond Burr (Chief Robert Ironside), Don Galloway (Det. Sgt. Ed Brown), Barbara Anderson (Eve Whitfield), Don Mitchell (Mark Sanger), Joseph Cotten (Dr. Ben Stern), Troy Donahue (Father Dugan), Lilia Skala (Sister Agatha), Andrew Prine (Ernie Clark), Margaret O’Brien (Louise Prescott), Don Stroud (Albee), Mel Scott (Ralph Fellows). 946... The Spy Killer (ABC, 11/11/1969, 90 mins). Filmed in the autumn of 1968 back-to-back with “Foreign Exchange” (shown in the U.S. initially in January 1970), this spy caper focuses on a private eye who finds himself framed for murder by his old employer, the British Secret Service, and pressed into locating a mysterious notebook filled with names of agents working for Red China. Based on Jimmy Sangster’s 1968 novel “Private I.” Production Companies Halsan Productions, ABC Productions. Director Roy Baker. Executive Producer Harold Cohen. Producer Jimmy Sangster. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Based on a Novel by Jimmy Sangster. Photography Arthur Grant. Music Philip Martel. Editor Spencer Reeve. Art Director Scott MacGregor. Cast Robert Horton (John Smith), Sebastian Cabot (Max), Jill St. John (Mary Harper), Eleanor Summerfield (Miss Roberts), Lee Montague (Igor), Douglas Sheldon (Alworthy), Robert Russell (Police sergeant), Barbara Shelley (Danielle), Donald Morley (Dunning), Kenneth Warren (Diaman), Philip Mardoc (Gar), Peter Capaldi, Timothy Bateson, Douglas Blackwell, Sonny Caldinez, John Slavid, Anthony Stamboulieh. 947... SST--Death Flight (ABC, 2/25/1977, 120 mins). The inaugural flight of America’s first supersonic transport is launched with a celebrity-studded passenger list (familiar TV faces all), but the plane may never land. During filming, this was called “Flight of the Maiden,” and for its overseas showings it was titled simply “Death Flight.” Subsequently titled “SST: Disaster in the Sky.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Meyer Dolinsky, Robert L Joseph, William Roberts. Based on a Story by Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music John Cacavas. Editor Pembroke J. Herring. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Barbara Anderson (Carla Stanley), Bert Convy (Tim Vernon), Peter Graves (Paul Whitley), Lorne Greene (Marshall Cole), Season Hubley (Anne Redding), Tina Louise (Mae), George Maharis (Les Philips), Burgess Meredith (Willy Basset), Doug McClure (Hank Fairbanks), Martin Milner (Lyle Kingman), Brock Peters (Dr. Ralph Therman), Robert Reed (Capt. Jim Walsh), Susan Strasberg (Nancy Kingman), Misty Rowe (Angela Garland), Billy Crystal (David), John de Lancie (Bob Connors), Chrystie Jenner (Kathy), Regis Philbin (Harry Carter), Robert Ito (Roy Nakamura/flight engineer), Tom Stewart (Eric Brant), Sherwood Price (Mickey), Paul Napier (Eddy), Tim Pell (Linus), Alain Patrick (Controller Girard), Richard Derr (Governor Stensky), Ric Carrott (Reporter), Shawn Randall (Passenger), Walter Maslow (Passenger). 948... Stalk the Wild Child (NBC, 11/3/1976, 120 mins). A young boy raised by wild dogs is found and taken to a university where an attempt is made to civilize him. Acting brothers Benjamin and Joseph Bottoms played the lead at different ages. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, NBC Productions. Director William Hale. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Paul Wendkos, Stanley Bass. Teleplay Peter Packer. Photography Harry J. May. Music John Rubinstein. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast David Janssen (Dr. James Hazard), Trish Van Devere (Maggie), Benjamin Bottoms (Cal as a youth), Joseph Bottoms (Cal as a young man), Jamie Smith Jackson (Andrea), Allan Arbus (Gault), Marsha Warner (Secretary), Fran Ryan (Ellen Mott), Jerome Thor (Menzies), George Garno (Lockridge), Rhea Perlman (Jean), Morgan Upton (Hank), Michael Twain (Juvenile officer), Barry Van Dyke (Volleyball player), Steven Kavner (Student). 949... Standing Tall (NBC, 1/21/1978, 120 mins). A small-time half-breed cattle rancher, struggling to eke out a Depression-era existence, is subjected to a terror campaign after refusing to sell out to a ruthless land baron.

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Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producer Martin Katz. Teleplay Franklin D. Thompson. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Jim Gross. Art Director George B. Chan. Associate Producer Edward Teets. Cast Robert Forster (Luke Shasta), Will Sampson (Lonny Moon), L.Q. Jones (Nate Rackley), Robert Donner (Sheriff Brumfield), Ron Hayes (Elroy Bones), Buck Taylor (George Fewster), Linda Evans (Jill Shasta), Chuck Connors (Maj. Roland Hartline), Faith Quabius (Anne Klinger), Dani Janssen (Ginny Tarver), Lee deBroux (Bob Workett), Robert Gentry (Tom Sparkman), Eddie Firestone (Strickland), Bryan Montgomery (Capt. Earl Hinton), Regis J. Cordic (Hodges), David Lewis (Judge Lang), B. Joe Medley (Cargill), Sean Adams (Colonel Dahlgreen), Ron Lillard (Announcer). 950... Starsky and Hutch (ABC, 4/30/1975, 90 mins). In this pilot for the hit series that began in September 1975, an unorthodox pair of undercover cops (played by David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser) investigate a double homicide and discover that they were the intended victims. Production Company Spelling-Goldberg Productions. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Producer Joseph T. Naar. Teleplay William Blinn. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Arch Bacon. Associate Producer J. Bret Garwood. Cast David Soul (Ken Hutchinson), Paul Michael Glaser (Dave Starsky), Michael Lerner (Fat Rolly), Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear), Richard Ward (Captain Doby), Gilbert Green (Frank Tallman), Albert Morgenstern (DA Mark Henderson), Richard Lynch (Zane), Michael Conrad (Cannell), Buddy Lester (Coley), Carol Ita White (Mrs. Gretchen Knebel), Gordon Jump (Vinnie/gym owner), Don Billett (Steele), Karen Lamm (Patty), Douglas V. Fowley (Lijah), James E. Brodhead (Tourist), Larry Manetti (Stan), Simone Griffeth (Secretary), Bill Smillie (Apartment manager). 951... Steel Cowboy (NBC, 12/6/1978, 120 mins). An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good-old-buddy. Original title: “Fast Lane Fever” Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Harvey S. Laidman. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer R.J. Louis. Teleplay Bill Kerby, Douglas Wheeler. Based on a Story by Douglas Wheeler. Photography Frank Holgate. Music Charles Bernstein. Songs by Charles Bernstein. Song Performed by Juice Newton, Silver Spur. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Alan Manser. Cast James Brolin (Clayton Pfanner), Rip Torn (K.W. Hicks), Jennifer Warren (Jesse Pfanner), Melanie Griffith (Johnnie), Julie Cobb (Gloria), Lou Frizzell (Arky), Strother Martin (Pink Pincus), Albert Popwell (Miller), John Dennis Johnston (Bobby ‘Bob’ Hicks), Bob Schott (Tiny Pollard), Don Calfa (“Go” Trucker), Rudy Diaz (Mexican), Bob Hoy (Dixon), Scott Thompson (Randy), Jack O’Leary (2nd Coke machine), Stanley Brock (Rackley), Anthony Charnota (Oil Field dispatcher), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Waitress), Bo Gibson (1st Coke machine), Stuart Gillard (Marshall). 952... A Step Out of Line (CBS, 2/26/1971, 120 mins). Three businessmen, Korean War buddies, attempt to solve their financial problems by pulling off an elaborate bank heist. Peter Falk is a disgruntled insurance agent, Vic Morrow a structural engineer, and Peter Lawford a playboy TV director in this caper tale. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director Bernard McEveety. Producer Steve Shagan. Teleplay S.S. Schweitzer, Steve Shagan. Based on a Story by Albert Ruben. Photography James Crabe. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Robert Y. Takagi. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Peter Falk (Harry Connors), Vic Morrow (Joe Rawlins), Peter Lawford (Art Stoyer), Jo Ann Pflug (Gillian Frances), Lynn Carlin (Linda Connors), Tom Bosley (Jack Berger), John Randolph (Det. John Riddle), Willard Sage (Sorenson), Susan Adams (Angie Rawlins), Stuart Klitsner (Frank Presnell), Leonard Stone (Dr. Finnerman), Donica D’Hondt (Doreen), Russ Hodges (Announcer), George Neise (Joe Presnell), Charles Macaulay (Charles Hubbard). 953... Sticking Together (ABC, 4/14/1978, 90 mins). A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a planned TV series which turned up briefly in the spring of 1979 as “The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove.” Filmed entirely on location on the island of Oahu. Production Companies Blinn-Thorpe Productions, Viacom. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producers Jerry Thorpe, William Blinn. Teleplay William Blinn. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Byron Chudnow. Art Director Gibson Holley. Cast Clu Gulager (Cuda Weber), Sean Thomas Roche (Kevin Mackenzie), Lori Walsh (Bridget MacKenzie), Sean Marshall (Michael MacKenzie), Randi Kiger (Celia MacKenzie), Keith Mitchell (Timothy MacKenzie), Richard Venture (Lead actor), Deborah White (Miss Farrell), Gwen Arner (Miss Steigler), Talia Balsam (Grace Geary), Santos Morales (Officer Stanberry), Moe Keale (Big Ben Kalikini), Sean Hall (Little Ben Kalikini), Leinaala Heina (Mrs. Kalikini). 954... Stone (CBS, 8/26/1979, 120 mins). Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived (eight episodes) series that ran from January to March 1980. Production Companies Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Universal Television. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Producers Don Carlos Dunaway, J. Rickly Dumm. Supervising Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Stephen J.

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Cannell. Based on a Story by Richard Levinson, William Link, Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Woody Omens. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Theme song by Dennis Weaver. Song Performed by Nancy Ames. Editor Rod Stephens. Art Director Lou Montejano. Cast Dennis Weaver (Daniel Ellis Stone), Pat Hingle (Deputy Chief Gene Paulton), Roy Thinnes (Det. Cliff Bell), Joby Baker (Murray Weinstock), Joey Forman (Morty Ruskin), Kim Hamilton (Carla Brown), Vic Morrow (Morgan Teckington), Tom Pedi (Aaron Abromowitz), David Spielberg (Lt. Carey Roth), Mel Stewart (Captain Patchett), Steve Allen (Himself), Mariette Hartley (Dianne Stone), Tara Buckman (Olivia de Carl), Nancy McKeon (Jill Stone), Phillip Pine (Movie producer), Lynn Wood (Judge Grace Curcio), Alice Frost (Aunt Ella), Colby Chester, William Bronder. 955... Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (NBC, 1/16/1977, 90 mins). A pilot movie for Barbara Eden as a female private eye who goes undercover as a porno actress to unravel the case of a prominent industrialist’s missing daughter. Production Company Universal Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer David J. O’Connell. Producer Leslie Stevens. Teleplay Leslie Stevens. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Barbara Eden (Liz Stonestreet), Joseph Mascolo (Max Pierce), Joan Hackett (Jessica Hilliard), Richard Basehart (Elliot Osborn), Louise Latham (Mrs. Schroeder), Elaine Giftos (Arlene), James Ingersoll (Eddie Schroeder), Sally Kirkland (Della Bianco), Val Avery (Chuck Voit), Robert Buton (Dale Anderson), Gino Conforti (Davis), LaWanda Page (Erna), Ryan MacDonald (Watch commander), Ann Dusenberry (Amory Osborn), Len Wayland (Detective), Dave Shelley (Brady), Robert Burton (Dale Anderson), Paula Victor (Miss Gibbons), Lew Palter (Munroe). 956... The Story of David (ABC, 4/9/1976 and 4/11/1976, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Ambitious two-part dramatization of the life of the biblical warrior and ruler, filmed on location in Israel (and Spain) by the producer and writer of “The Story of Jacob and Joseph” (1974). Director Alex Segal fell ill during the filming and was succeeded by David Lowell Rich. Production Companies Mildred Freed Alberg Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Directors Alex Segal, David Lowell Rich. Producer Mildred Freed Alberg. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography John Coquillon. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Directors Kuli Sander, Fernando Gonzalez. Cast Part 1 Timothy Bottoms (David), Anthony Quayle (King Saul), Norman Rodway (Joab), Oded Teumi (Jonathan), Mark Dignam (Samuel), Yehuda Efroni (Abner), Tony Tarruella (Goliath), Ahuva Yuval (Abigail), Irit Benzer (Young Michal), Avram Ben-Yossef (Ahimelech), Yakar Semach (Abiathar), Ilan Dar (Eliab), David Topae (Abinadab), Ori Levy (Gaza). Cast Part 2 Keith Michell (King David), Jane Seymour (Bathsheba), Susan Hampshire (Michal), Brian Blessed (Abner), Barry Morse (Jehosep), David Collings (Nathan), Nelson Modlin (Absalom), Terrence Hardiman (Uriah), Janette Sterke (Abigail), David Nielson (Amnon), Eric Chapman (Seriah). 957... The Story of Jacob and Joseph (ABC, 4/7/1974, 120 mins). A British-made biblical drama, in two parts--the tale of Jacob and Esau in the first hour and the legend of Joseph and his brothers in the second--told by famed Greek director Michael Cacoyannis in his first TV movie. Production Companies Milberg Theatrical Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Michael Cacoyannis. Producer Mildred Freed Alberg. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography (Joseph) Austin Dempster. Photography (Jacob) Ted Moore. Music Mikos Theodorakis. Editor Kevin Connor. Art Director Kuli Sander. Cast Keith Michell (Jacob), Tony Lo Bianco (Joseph), Colleen Dewhurst (Rebekah), Herschel Bernardi (Laban), Harry Andrews (Isaac), Julian Glover (Esau), Yona Elian (Rachel), Yosef Shiloa (Pharaoh), Rachel Shore (Potiphar’s wife), Bennes Maarden (Potiphar), Yehuda Efroni (Reuben), Yossi Graber (Butler), Shmuel Atzmon (Judah), Amnon Meskin (Baker), Zila Karney (Leah), Eli Cohen (Gad), Moti Baharav (Dan), Ilan Dan (Simeon), Menahem Eini (Benjamin), Alan Bates (Narrator). 958... The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (ABC, 5/7/1974, 90 mins). An affecting version of the Floyd saga telling of the Oklahoma farm boy who, to escape poverty, becomes enmeshed in a life of crime and ends up as one of the most notorious bank robbers of the 1930s. Martin Sheen and his real-life brother, Joseph Estevez, played Pretty Boy and one of his two brothers. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Clyde Ware. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Clyde Ware. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Chuck McClelland, Gloryette Clark. Art Director Alfeo Bocchicchio. Cast Martin Sheen (Charles Arthur Floyd), Kim Darby (Ruby Hardgrave), Michael Parks (Bradley Floyd), Ellen Corby (Ma Floyd), Joe Estevez (E.W. Floyd), Kitty Carl (Mary Floyd), Geoffrey Binney (Melvin Purvis), Bill Vint (Bill Miller), Mills Watson (Shine Rush), Abe Vigoda (Dominic Morell), Steven Keats (Eddie Richetti), Rod McCary (George Birdwell), Ford Rainey (Mr. Suggs), Ann Doran (Secretary), Arlene Farber (Juanita), Frank Christi (Phil Donnati), Ted Gehring (Decker), Ron Applegate (Deputy), Amzie Strickland (Farm woman), Misty Rowe (Blonde), Sandra Escamilla (Rose), Erwin Fuller (Banker). 959... The Storyteller (NBC, 12/5/1977, 120 mins). A veteran television writer (played by Martin Balsam) is troubled by charges that his teleplay motivated a boy to actions that caused his death. Richard Levinson and William Link received Emmy Award nominations for their original story.

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Production Companies Fairmount-Foxcroft Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music David Shire. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast Martin Balsam (Ira Davidson), Patty Duke Astin (Sue Davidson), Doris Roberts (Marion Davidson), Rose Gregorio (Mrs. Eberhardt), James Daly (Arthur Huston), Jon Korkes (Randolph), Dick Anthony Williams (Anthony), Tom Aldredge (Fred Eberhardt), David Spielberg (Louis Kellogg), James Staley (Paul Temperson), Peter Masterson (Lee Gardner), Milt Kogan (Phil Curry), Ivan Bonar (Russ Whitman), Susan Adams (Peggy McCall), Shelby Balik (Chrissie), Richard Lepore (Fire captain), Lieux Dressler (Housewife), Nina Wilcox (1st woman), Louis St. Louis (Conductor). 960... Stowaway to the Moon (CBS, 1/10/1975, 120 mins). A lighthearted drama of a spirited young boy’s adventures aboard a manned space flight. This 11-year-old with a consuming interest in space travel hides aboard a rocket ship before it blasts off for the moon. Adapted from the 1973 novel William R. Shelton. Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay Jon Boothe, William R. Shelton. Based on the Novel by William R. Shelton. Photography J. J. Jones. Music Patrick Williams. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Charlie Engelhardt), Jeremy Slate (Astronaut Rich Lawrence), Jim McMullan (Astronaut Ben Pelham), Morgan Paull (Astronaut Dave Anderson), Michael Link (Eli ‘EJ’ Mackernutt), John Carradine (Jacob Avril), James Callahan (Dr. James Smathers), Keene Curtis (Tom Estes), Edward Faulkner (Eli Mackernutt Sr.), Walter Brooke (Whitehead), Barbara Faulkner (Mary Mackernutt), Jon Cedar (Hans Hartman), Stephen Rogers (Joey Williams), Charles ‘Pete’ Conrad Jr. (News Commentator). 961... The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (NBC, 9/24/1974, 90 mins). A family’s move to a new home in a remote area coincides with a series of mysterious accidents, and they soon realize that someone is deadly serious about getting them out of the house. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Alpine Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Sandor Stern. Teleplay Lane Slate, Sandor Stern. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Robert Prince. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Robert Stack (Michael Rhodes), Vera Miles (Christine Rhodes), L.Q. Jones (Sheriff Berlinger), Herbert Edelman (Felix), Dena Dietrich (Audrey), Ted Gehring (Dr. Gilgreen), Margaret Willock (Melissa Rhodes), James McCallion (Ardie Detweiller), Aldine King (Rose), Bill McKinney (Pratt), John Gruber (Deputy), Phil Chambers (Coroner), E.A. Sirianni (Dr. Wren), Gene Massey (Exterminator). 962... Strange Homecoming (NBC, 10/29/1974, 90 mins). A small-town sheriff (Glen Campbell in his TV movie debut) is visited for the first time in nearly 20 years by his brother, a thief-turned-killer. Production Companies Alpine Productions, Fries Entertainment, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Teleplay Eric Bercovici, Jerry Ludwig. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music John Parker. Editor Nick Archer. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Robert Culp (Jack Halsey), Barbara Anderson (Elaine Halsey), Glen Campbell (Bill Halsey), Leif Garrett (Bobby Halsey), John Crawford (Winston), Victor Brandt (Floyd), Gerrit Graham (Earl Gates), Whitney Blake (Peggy Harwood), Tara Talboy (Sandy Halsey), Arch Whiting (Otis), Bill Burton (Mel). 963... Strange New World (ABC, 7/13/1975, 120 mins). A science-fiction adventure with three astronauts returning to earth after 180 years in suspended animation and finding scientists who have developed eternal life and primitives who live with jungle beasts. This pilot film for a prospective series subsequently was edited to 90 minutes from its original two-hour running time for syndicated showings. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producers Walon Green, Ronald F. Graham. Producer Robert E. Larson. Teleplay Walon Green, Ronald F. Graham, Al Ramrus. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Elliot Kaplan, Richard Clements. Editors David Newhouse, Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Jack Martin Smith. Associate Producer Ric Rondell. Cast John Saxon (Capt. Anthony Vico), Kathleen Miller (Dr. Allison Crowley), Keene Curtis (Dr. William Scott), James Olson (The Surgeon), Martin Beswick (Tana), Reb Brown (Sprang), Ford Rainey (Sirus), Bill McKinney (Badger), Gerrit Graham (Daniel), Cynthia Wood (Araba), Catherine Bach (Lara/guide), Norland Benson (Hide), Richard Farnsworth (Elder). 964... The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (NBC, 2/28/1977, 90 mins). Karen Black stars as a housewife who, seeking to change her ordinary routine, alters her hairstyle, makeup and wardrobe, and gradually takes on the personality of another woman who had died five years earlier. Production Companies The Shpetner Company, NBC Productions. Director Gordon Hessler. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Frank Morriss, Jerry L. Garcia. 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Cast Karen Black (Miriam Oliver), George Hamilton (Greg Oliver), Robert F. Lyons (Mark), Lucille Benson (Housekeeper), Jean Allison (Mrs. Dempsey), Gloria Le Roy (Saleslady), Burke Byrnes (Bartender at beach), Asher Brauner (Dance partner in bar), Charles Cooper (Mr. Logan), Danna Hansen (Mrs. Logan), Bill Irwin (Old man), Delos V. Smith (Flower man), Nancy Hahn Leonard (Rose), Macon McCalman (Minister), Bob Palmer (Worker), Sunny Woods (Real Miriam). 965... The Stranger (NBC, 2/26/1973, 120 mins). A sci-fi thriller about an astronaut’s frantic efforts to come home after crashing on Terra, the twin planet of Earth, and finding himself marked for extermination. Later known as “Stranded in Space.” Production Companies Bing Crosby Productions, Fenady Associates. Director Lee H Katzin. Executive Producer Andrew J Fenady. Producers Alan A. Armer, Gerald Sanford. Teleplay Gerald Sanford. Created by Gerald Sanford. Photography Keith C. Smith. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Melvin Shapiro, Nick Archer. Art Director Stan Jolley. Cast Glenn Corbett (Neil Stryker), Cameron Mitchell (George Benedict), Sharon Acker (Dr. Bettina Cooke), Lew Ayres (Prof. Dylan MacAuley), George Coulouris (Max Greene), Steve Franken (Henry Maitland), Dean Jagger (Carl Webster), Tim O’Connor (Dr. Revere), Jerry Douglas (Steve Perry), Arch Whiting (Mike Frome), H.M. Wynant (Eric Sconer), Virginia Gregg (Secretary), Buck Young (Tom Nelson), William Bryant (Trucker), Steve Marlo, Margaret Field, Philip Manson, Alan Foster, Ben Wright, Gregg Shannon, Jonathan Blake, William Harlow, Peg Stewart, James Chandler, Heather McCoy, Jeanne Bates, Joie Magidow, Kathleen M. Schultz. 966... Stranger in Our House (NBC, 10/31/1978, 120 mins). A thriller about a young girl’s encounter with witchcraft when a cousin turns up at her house and begins using supernatural powers to dominate the family. Linda Blair once again was the put-upon one in this film originally to have been called “Summer of Fear,” the title of Lois Duncan’s source novel (1976). Production Companies Finnegan Associates, InterPlanetary Productions. Director Wes Craven. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Max A. Keller, Glenn M. Benest. Based on a Novel by Lois Duncan. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music John D’Andrea, Michael Lloyd. Editor Howard Smith. Associate Producer Joe Aubel. Cast Linda Blair (Rachel Bryant), Lee Purcell (Julia), Jeremy Slate (Tom Bryant), Jeff McCracken (Mike Gallagher), Jeff East (Peter Bryant), Carol Lawrence (Leslie Bryant), Macdonald Carey (Professor Jarvis), James T. Jarnagin (Bobby Bryant), Gwil Richards (Dr. Morgan), Kerry Arquette (Anne), Beatrice Manley (Marge Trent), Patricia J. Wilson (Mrs. Gallagher), Ed Wright (Mr. Wilson), Fran Drescher (Carolyn), Billy Beck (Sheriff), Nicole Keller (Elizabeth), Sierra Pecheur (Nurse Duncan), Frederick Rule (Mailman), Helena Makela (Beverly Hills lady), John Steadman (Veterinarian), Kim Wells (Female rider). 967... Stranger on the Run (NBC, 10/31/1967, 120 mins). In his TV-movie debut, Henry Fonda is a drifter who finds himself wrongly accused of murder by a hostile sheriff and chased into the desert with a horse, some supplies, a one-hour start, and a deadly posse on his heels. Anne Baxter also entered television moviemaking with this one--and director Don Siegel left it. Based on a story by Reginald Rose. Production Company Universal Television. Director Don Siegel. Producer Richard E Lyons. Teleplay Dean Riesner. Based on a Story by Reginald Rose. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Leonard Rosenman. Theme Song Kay Scott. Song performed by Bill Anderson. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Cast Henry Fonda (Ben Chamberlain), Anne Baxter (Valverda Johnson), Michael Parks (Vince McKay), Dan Duryea (O.E. Hotchkiss), Sal Mineo (George Blaylock), Lloyd Bochner (Mr. Gorman), Michael Burns (Matt Johnson), Tom Reese (Leo Weed), Bernie Hamilton (Dickory), Madlyn Rhue (Alma Britten), Zalman King (Larkin), Walter Burke (Berk), Rodolfo Acosta (Mercurio), George Dunn (Pilney), Pepe Hern (Manolo). 968... The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (ABC, 3/6/1974, 90 mins). The drama of an adopted girl searching for her real mother with the help of a young man who also is looking for the parents who gave him up. Meredith Baxter’s real-life mother, Whitney Blake, plays the real mother of the girl in the story. Production Companies Lillian Gallo Entertainment, Filmways. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Photography Mario Tosi. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Theme song performed by Paul Williams. Editor Eve Newman. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast Beau Bridges (Chris Schroeder), Meredith Baxter (Joanne Denver), Walter Brooke (Mr. Denver), Neva Patterson (Mrs. Denver), Whitney Blake (Emma Verko), Woodrow Chambliss (Paul), Ford Rainey (Mr. Gilbert), Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Weiner), Patricia Harty (Carol Sutton), Mary Murphy (Mrs. Quayle), Bill Vint (Bob), Anne Barton (Mrs. Carter), Warren Miller (Mike Sutton), Linda Morrow (Gloria), Victor Bevine (Gary), Cecil Elliot (Gramma Dupre), Jan Arvan (Uncle Charles), Biff Elliot (Charles Verko), Tom Moses (Clerk), Sylvia Walden (Adoptive parent), Millie Slavin (Adoptive parent), Hampton Fancher (Adoptive parent), Jocelyn Jones (Adoptee), Susan Adams (Adoptee), Patrick Duffy (Adoptee), Warren Seabury (Adoptee). 969... The Stranger Within (ABC, 10/1/1974, 90 mins). A chiller about an expectant mother (Barbara Eden) whose bizarre actions are controlled by her unborn baby. Based on an original story by Richard Matheson, it originally was to have been titled “Trespass.”

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Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on a Story by Richard Matheson. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Charles Fox. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Cast Barbara Eden (Ann Collins), George Grizzard (David Collins), Joyce Van Patten (Phyllis), David Doyle (Bob), Nehemiah Persoff (Dr. Edward Klein). 970... The Strangers in 7A (CBS, 11/14/1972, 90 mins). A building superintendent and his wife (Andy Griffith and Ida Lupino) are held hostage in their apartment by a sadistic would-be bank robber and his spaced-out accomplice, in this adaptation of the novel by Fielden Farrington. Production Companies Mark Carliner Productions, Palomar Pictures. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Mark Carliner. Teleplay Eric Roth. Based on the Novel by Fielden Farrington. Photography Robert B. Hauser, Gil Geller. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Andy Griffith (Artie Sawyer), Ida Lupino (Iris Sawyer), Michael Brandon (Billy), James A. Watson Jr. (Riff), Tim McIntire (Virgil), Susanne Hildur (Claudine), Connie Sawyer (Mrs. Layton), Joseph Mell (Danny/bartender), Victoria Carroll (Miss Simpson), Squire Fridell (Pete), Virginia Vincent (Woman), Marc Hannibal (Policeman), Charlotte Knight (Old woman). 971... Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (CBS, 5/13/1979, 120 mins). Drama about a dying woman who returns to the home of her widowed mother after an absence of 20 years and how their bitter estrangement slowly turns to love. This double tour-de-force for Bette Davis and Gena Rowlands was a heralded first effort for writer Michael de Guzman and premiered rightly on Mother’s Day 1979. Bette Davis won an Emmy Award for her performance. Production Company Chris-Rose Productions. Director Milton Katselas. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Photography James Crabe. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designers Albert Brenner, Harry Horner. Art Director Spencer Deverill. Associate Producer Ric Rondell. Cast Bette Davis (Lucy Mason), Gena Rowlands (Abigail Mason), Ford Rainey (Mr. Meecham), Donald Moffat (Wally Ball), Whit Bissell (Dr. Henry Blodgett), Royal Dano (Mr. Willis), Kate Riehl (Mrs. Brighton), Krishan Timberlake (Louis Spencer), Renee McDonell (Joan Spencer), Sally Kemp (Mildred Sloate), Don Fosse, John Zumino, Jay Coffman, Grail Dawson. 972... Street Killing (ABC, 9/12/1976, 90 mins). Andy Griffith is cast against type in this crime drama (a pilot for a prospective series) as a prosecutor for the New York District Attorney’s Office who connects a street mugging and murder to an organized crime chief and a crooked politician. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Everett Chambers. Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Teleplay Bill Driskill. Photography David Walsh. Editors Argyle Nelson, David McCann. Music J.J. Johnson. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Andy Griffith (Gus Brenner), Bradford Dillman (Howard Bronstein), Harry Guardino (Al Lanier), Robert Loggia (Louis Spillane), Don Gordon (Sgt. Bud Schiffman), Adam Wade (J.D. Johnson), Anna Berger (Louise), Deborah White (Darlene Lawrence), Sandy Faison (Susan Brenner), Gigi Semone (Kitty Brenner), John O’Connell (Wally Barnes), Fred Sadoff (Leonard), Paul Hecht (DA Carelli), Gerrit Graham (Dr. Vinton), Stan Shaw (Mitchell Small), Ben Hammer (Daniel Bronstein), Raymond Singer (Dr. M.E. Najukian), Randi Martin (Ace Hendricks), Walter Brooke (The Major), Jack Bannon (Richard Hager), Ed Wagner (Grand jury foreman), Joanne Strauss (Waitress). 973... The Streets of L.A. (CBS, 11/13/1979, 120 mins). Joanne Woodward takes on the vigilante role of a female Charles Bronson, embarking on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed by their malicious tire-slashing on parked cars including hers. Initially it was called simply “East L.A.” Spanish-language film star Fernando Allende made his American movie debut as the lead tough. Production Company George Englund Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Producer George Englund. Teleplay Marvin A. Gluck. Photography Allen Daviau. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Cast Joanne Woodward (Carol Schramm), Robert Webber (Ralph Salkin), Michael C. Gwynne (Walter Kiner), Audrey Christie (Mrs. Wellman), Isela Vega (Anita Zamora), Pepe Serna (Sergeant Castro), Cliff Emmich (Mason/dress buyer), Mercedes Alberti (Mrs. Corona), James Victor (Mr. Corona), Miguel Pinero (2nd duster), Tony Plana (Alberto “Toto” Corona), Fernando Allende (Ramon “Gallo” Zamora), Katherine Pass (Sally), Tom Trujillo (Feliciano “Chano” Beltran), Roger Harkenrider (Ray), Maria Guadalupe Angulo (Maria Zamora), Christopher Doyle (1st duster), John Escobar (3rd duster), Art Falcon (Raul), Nick Falcon (‘Cougher’), Jerrold Freedman (Tire salesman), Gilbert Saldana (Roberto), Luis Sanchez (Parking lot attendant). 974... The Streets of San Francisco (ABC, 9/16/1972, 120 mins). A street-smart veteran cop and his young college educated partner go after the killer of a girl by systematically piecing together her last moves and come upon her junkie brother, a closed-mouth corporation lawyer and someone claiming to be her uncle. This pilot to the hit series (1972-77) marked Karl Malden’s TV movie debut and his first work in the medium in more than 20 years. It teamed him with Michael Douglas, the son of Malden’s old acting pal from the late 1930s, Kirk Douglas. The series that followed would be the younger Douglas’ only one. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producers Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Edward Hume. Based on a Novel by Carolyn

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Weston. Photography Jack Swain, William W. Spencer. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Richard Brockway. Art Director Hoyle Barrett. Cast Karl Malden (Lt. Mike Stone), Robert Wagner (David J. Farr), Michael Douglas (Insp. Steve Keller), Andrew Duggan (Capt. A.R. Malone), Tom Bosley (Saretti), John Rubinstein (Lindy), Carmen Mathews (Sally Caswell), Edward Andrews (Joe Caswell), Larry Dobkin (Gregory Praxas), Kim Darby (Holly Jean Berry), Mako (Kenji), Brad David (Del Berry), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Saretti), Lou Frizzell (Lou), June Vincent (Diana), William Swan (Larry Pyle), Bill Quinn, Richard Brian Harris, Don Soruance, Victor Millan, Robert Mandan, George Burrafato, Justin Smith, Ed Hall, Don Ross, Joe Miksak, Ryan MacDonald, Tina Menard. 975... Strike Force (NBC, 4/12/1975, 90 mins). A streetwise New York detective (Cliff Gorman) teams up with a federal agent (Donald Blakely) and a state trooper (Richard Gere) in this pilot for a proposed series to bust a narcotics case. Production Companies D’Antoni-Weitz Television Productions, NBC Productions. Director Barry Shear. Producers Barry Weitz, Philip D’Antoni. Teleplay Roger O. Hirson. Based on a Story by Sonny Grosso. Protography Jack Priestley. Music John Murtaugh. Supervising Editor Murray Solomon. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Sonny Grosso, . Cast Cliff Gorman (Det. Joey Gentry), Donald Blakely (Agent Jerome Ripley), Richard Gere (Trooper Walter Spenser), Edward Grover (Captain Peterson), Joe Spinell (Sol Terranova), Marilyn Chris (Faye Stone), Mimi Cecchini (Mrs. Morelli), Allan Rich (Police Commissioner), Billy Longo, Arnold Soboloff, Carl Don, Randy Jurgensen. 976... Studs Lonigan (NBC, 3/7/1979 to 3/21/1979, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). The television adaptation drawn from James T. Farrell’s once-banned-for-being-oh-so-racy ‘30s trilogy (“Young Lonigan,” “The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan” and “Judgment Day”) about the struggles and growing pangs of a self-destructive Depression-era Chicago youth introduced to TV viewers the rough-hewn Harry Hamlin, who not long before had made an auspicious debut in films in “Movie, Movie.” Superior in every way to the previous B-movie filming of the Farrell classic in1960, with another virtual unknown, Christopher Knight, in the lead (Knight remained an unknown), this six-hour version nonetheless failed to catch fire despite Reginald Rose’s literate teleplay and the strong performances of veterans like Charles Durning and Colleen Dewhurst as Studs’ parents. Emmy Award nominations went to “Studs Lonigan” for Outstanding Art/Set Direction for both Part 1 and Part 3 (it won for the latter). Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Reginald Rose. Based on the Novel by James T Farrell. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Ken Lauber. Editor Edward A. Biery, Jeff Godison, Ken Zemke. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Harry Hamlin (Bill “Studs” Lonigan), Colleen Dewhurst (Mary Lonigan), Brad Dourif (Danny O’Neill), Charles Durning (Paddy Lonigan), Lisa Pelikan (Lucy Scanlon), Diana Scarwid (Catherine Banahan), John Friedrich (Martin Lonigan), James Callahan (Moxey), Devon Ericson (Fran Lonigan), Jessica Harper (Loretta Lonigan), Sam Weisman (Davey Cohen), David Wilson (Weary Riley), Jed Cooper (Phil Rolfe), Dan Shor (Young Studs), Kevin O’Brien (Young Danny), Corey Pepper (Young Davey), Fredric Lehne (Young Weary), Keith Gordon (Young Paulie), Glenn Withrow (Young Red Kelly), Michael K. Haggerty (Paulie Haggerty), Dolph Sweet (Father Gilhooley), Laurie Heineman (Eileen Haggerty), Leslie Ackerman (Helen Borax), Richard B. Shull (Davey’s Father), Nora Heflin (Sally [Prostitute]), Anne Seymour (Nurse), Bob Neill (Carroll), Jay W. MacIntosh, John Chilton, Shelly Juttner, Steffen Zacharias, Meridith Baer, Annie O’Neill, June Whitley Taylor, Darrell Larson, Bob Hastings, Camila Ashland, Angelo Rossito, Betty Cole, Jade McCall, John Furlong, Pamela Hayden, Delos V. Smith, Meridith Baer, Michael Keaton. 977... Stunt Seven (CBS, 5/30/1979, 120 mins). An intrepid team of stunt experts stage a daring air, sea and land rescue of a kidnapped movie star from the clutches of a suave, modern-day pirate who rules a sovereign fortress state in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. This was a pilot for a prospective adventure series. Production Company Martin Poll Films. Director John Peyser. Producer Martin Poll. Co-Producer William Craver. Teleplay David Shaw. Photography Frank Holgate. Music Bill Conti. Additional Music Jack Eskew, Peter Myers. Supervising Editor Murray Solomon. Production Designer David Chapman. Art Director Joe Aubel. Cast Christopher Connelly (Hill Singleton), Christopher Lloyd (Skip Hartman), Bob Seagren (Wally Ditweiler), SoonTeck Oh (Kenny Uto), Brian Brodsky (Horatio Jennings), Juanin Clay (Dinah Lattimore), Morgan Brittany (Elena Sweet), Bill Macy (Frank Wallach), Patrick Macnee (Boudreau), Elke Sommer (Rebecca Wayne), Morgan Paull (John Heinlein), Lynda Beattie (Monica), Santy Josol (Ilya), Robert Ritchie (Harrison), Peter Webster (Ben Hubbard), Ron White (Captain Sellers), Mark Hager (Roy), Gary Krawford, Richard Calliman, Charley Garrett, Jack McDermott, David Blackwood, Bob Baker, William Lithgow, David Landau. 978... Suddenly, Love (NBC, 12/4/1978, 120 mins). Young lovers--she’s a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he’s a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem--attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage. Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Jacque Mapes Productions. Director Stuart Margolin. Producers Ross Hunter, Jacque Mapes. Teleplay Katherine Coker. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music David Rose. Editors Richard Bracken, Sidney Wolinsky. Art Director Kim Swados. Associate Producer Marvin Miller. Costumes Guy Verhille.

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Cast Cindy Williams (Regina Malloy), Paul Shenar (Jack Graham), Eileen Heckart (Mrs. Malloy), Joan Bennett (Mrs. Graham), Lew Ayres (Mr. Graham), Kurt Kasznar (Dr. Luria), Kristine DeBell (Helen Malloy), Hayden Rorke (Mr. Webster), Lulu Baxter (Regina at age 8), Nancy Fox (Jane), Max Keller (Male student), John Creamer (Old priest), Richard Rorke (Young priest), Linwood Boomer (Dave Busby), Brian Fuld (Mike Kahn), Douglas Anderson (Bill Evans), Drew Barrymore (Bobby Graham), Joshua Bryant, Michael Ebert, Lynne Adams, Norman Bartold, Scott Brady, Christopher Norris, Diana Chesney, Claudia Bryar, Robert Street, Monica Mancini, Chris Mancini, Jim Galante, Michael Flanagan. 979... Suddenly Single (ABC, 10/19/1971, 90 mins). A bittersweet tale of a newly divorced man (Hal Holbrook) trying to find a place for himself in the world of swinging singles. Production Company Chris-Rose Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser, Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography David Walsh. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song written and performed by Kate Porter. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Art Director Perry Ferguson II. Cast Hal Holbrook (Larry Hackett), Barbara Rush (Evelyn Baxter), Margot Kidder (Jackie), Agnes Moorehead (Marlene), Michael Constantine (Frankie Ventura), Harvey Korman (Conrad), Cloris Leachman (Joanne Hackett), Pamela Rodgers (Beverly), David Huddleston (Bennie), Fred Beir (Ted), Steve Dunne (Dick), Kate Porter (Singer), Devra Korwin (Betty). 980... The Suicide’s Wife (CBS, 11/7/1979, 120 mins). Angie Dickinson plays a woman struggling to rebuild her life following her college professor husband’s unexplained suicide and the subsequent feelings that it might have been her fault. In its second network showing, the film, based on the 1978 novel by David Madden, was retitled “A New Life.” Production Company Factor-Newland Productions. Director John Newland. Producer Alan Jay Factor. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Based on the Novel by David Madden. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music David Raksin. Editor Dann Cahn. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Associate Producer Dann Cahn. Cast Angie Dickinson (Diana Harrington), Gordon Pinsent (Allan Crane), Zohra Lampert (Sharon Logan), Todd G. Lookinland (Mark Harrington), Peter Donat (Wayne Harrington), Lane Davies (Anson Keller), Don Marshall (Richard Wilkes), Majel Barrett (Clarissa Harmon), Walt Davis (Jerry Swider), Martin Rudy (William McGuane), Luana Anders (Ms. Robbin), Elaine Princi (Dorothy), Mario J. Machado (Doctor), Lorna Thayer (Therese Harrington), Denis Berkfeldt (Bob), Cathy Brown (Joan Davies), Chris Ellis (Truck driver), Lyla Graham (Female shopper), Susan Niven (Secretary), Peter Skinner (Brubaker), Sean Spencer (Driver’s assistant), Steven Factor (Jason Logan), Marilyn Staley (Bank teller), Hillary Farrell (Teaching assistant), Mathew Baer (Kramer), Alan Frost (Mr. Sloan). 981... Summer of My German Soldier (NBC, 10/30/1978, 120 mins). A bittersweet story of a teenage Jewish girl who falls in love with an escaped Nazi prisoner of war in a small Georgia town during World War II. Esther Rolle won the Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for her performances in this film which also was nominated as the Outstanding Drama of the 1978-79 season. In addition, Jane-Howard Hammerstein received an Emmy Award nomination for her teleplay, adapted from Bette Greene’s 1973 book. Production Companies Highgate Pictures, NBC Productions. Director Michael Tuchner. Producer Linda Gottlieb. Teleplay Jane-Howard Hammerstein. Based on the Novel by Bette Greene. Photography Peter Sova. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Michael Taylor. Art Director Carl Copeland. Production Designer Patrizia von Brandenstein. Associate Producer Robert F. Colesberry. Cast Kristy McNichol (Patty Bergen), Bruce Davison (Anton Reiker), Esther Rolle (Ruth), Michael Constantine (Harry Bergen), Barbara Barrie (Mrs. Bergen), James Noble (Pierce), Robyn Lively (Sharon Bergen), Margaret Hall (Sister Parker), Anne Haney (Mrs. Benn), Sonny Shroyer (McFee), Jane Hickey (Edna Louise), Mary Nell Santacroce (Gussie Mae), Roy Morris (Freddy), William Ovell (Mayor Holderness), J. Don Ferguson (Mr. Jackson), Charles Jenkins (Private), Richard Mitchem (Gas attendant), G.W. Bailey (Corporal). 982... A Summer Without Boys (ABC, 12/4/1973, 90 mins). A middle-aged woman, suffering through the final moments of a dissolving marriage in the early 1940s, tries to get away from it all at a summer lodge where she finds that she is her daughter’s rival for the attentions of the handsome handyman. Filmed at Lake Arrowhead, California. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer Hugh Hefner. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Andrew Belling. Songs performed by Helen O’Connell. Editor Jim Benson. Cast Barbara Bain (Ellen Hailey), Michael Moriarty (Abe Battle), Kay Lenz (Ruth Hailey), Debralee Scott (Lenore Atkins), Mildred Dunnock (Mrs. LaCava), Ric Carrott (Joe), Michael Lembeck (Burt), Sue Taylor (Gladys Potter), Bruce Kirby Jr. (Quincy), Ned Wertimer (Mr. Collins), Jan Burrell (Mrs. Margolis), Diane Hill (Mrs. Denning), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Battle), Jessica Rains (Rikki), Stuart Margolin (Voice of Dan Hailey). 983... Sunshine (CBS, 11/9/1973, 150 mins). A sentimental film based on an actual case history of a cancer victim, taken from a tape-recorded diary, involving a young dropout living in the wilderness with her boyfriend, who is a struggling musician, and her baby daughter. Subsequently, a “Sunshine” series in 1975 starred Cliff DeYoung, Elizabeth Cheshire and Meg Foster, to be

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followed by a second film, “Sunshine Christmas” (1977). Both, in an infrequent occurrence, were on NBC, while the original film premiered on CBS. Production Company Universal Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on the journals of Jacquelyn Helton. Photography Bill Butler. Music John Denver. Editor Budd Small, Richard M Sprague. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast Brenda Vaccaro (Dr. Carol Gilman), Cristina Raines (Kate Hayden), Cliff DeYoung (Sam Hayden), Meg Foster (Nora), Bill Mumy (Weaver), Lindsay Green Bush (Jill Hayden), Alan Fudge (David), Corey Fischer (Corey Givits), Robin Bush (Jill at 2½ years), James Hong (Dr. Wilde), Noble Willingham (Bartender), Adrian Ricard (Nurse), Bill Stout (Interviewer). 984... Sunshine Christmas (NBC, 12/12/1977, 120 mins). In the sequel to “Sunshine” (1973) and the brief series that followed it in the spring of 1975, musician Sam Hayden, moody over the marriage of his sometime lover, decides to take his adopted young daughter home to Texas to celebrate Christmas with his family, and he rekindles a romance with a childhood sweetheart. Production Company Universal Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Photography Edward Rosson. Editor Gordon Scott. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Cliff DeYoung (Sam Hayden), Elizabeth Cheshire (Jill), Bill Mumy (Weaver), Corey Fischer (Corey Grivits), Meg Foster (Nora), Eileen Heckart (Bertha Hayden), Pat Hingle (Joe Hayden), Barbara Hershey (Cody), James Keane (Hugh Bob), Douglas V. Fowley (Stanley), Michael Alldredge (Ray Griff). 985... The Sunshine Patriot (NBC, 12/16/1968, 120 mins). Intrigue and double-identity are the prime elements in this spy tale about a secret agent trying to get out from behind the Iron Curtain with some crucial microfilm while the security police are only a step or two in back of him. Production Company Universal Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Joel Rogosin. Teleplay Gustave Field, Joel Rogosin, John Kneubuhl. Based on a Story by Gustave Field. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Stanley Wilson. Editor Budd Small. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Cliff Robertson (Michael Ross/Arthur Selby), Dina Merrill (Brancie Hagan), Luther Adler (Imre Hyneck), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Morris Vanders), Lilia Skala (Dr. Novack), Antoinette Bower (Iris), Donald Sutherland (Benedeck), Sandor Szabo (Janosi), Clarke Gordon (Scopes), Woodrow Parfrey (Beamis), Victor Brandt (Tibor), Danny Klega (Guard), Charles H. Radilac (Reisling), Jill Cyrzon (Vanders’ secretary). 986... Superdome (ABC, 1/9/1978, 120 mins). A silent killer stalks New Orleans and threatens the Super Bowl football game, putting a roster full of familiar TV faces in jeopardy in this mini-version of “Two Minute Warning.” Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jerry Jameson. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Barry Oringer, Bill Svanoe. Based on a Story by Barry Oringer. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music John Cacavas. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Director Bill Kenney. Cast David Janssen (Mike Shelley), Edie Adams (Joyce), Clifton Davis (P.K. Jackson), Peter Haskell (Doug Collins), Ken Howard (Dave Walecki), Susan Howard (Nancy Walecki), Van Johnson (Chip Green), Vonetta McGee (Sonny), Donna Mills (Lainie), Ed Nelson (George Beldridge), Jane Wyatt (Fay Bonelli), Shelly Novack (Brooks), Robin Mattson (Gail), Tom Selleck (McCauley), Marvin Fleming (Mooney), Les Josephson (Caretta), Bubba Smith (Moses), Michael Pataki (Tony), M. Emmet Walsh (Whitley), Dick Butkus (Hennerson), Charlie Jones (Announcer), Lisa Wolff (Anita). 987... Survival of Dana (CBS, 5/29/1979, 120 mins). A pretty high school girl (Melissa Sue Anderson) moves to a new town and falls in with the wrong crowd in this contemporary drama of teenage values in an affluent society. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Jack Starrett. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Marc Trabulus. Teleplay Frank Norwood, Tom Lazarus. Based on a Story by Frank Norwood. Photography Bruce Logan. Music Craig Safan. Editor Joy Wilson. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Melissa Sue Anderson (Dana Lee), Robert Carradine (Donny Davis), Marion Ross (Madeline Lee), Talia Balsam (Rona Sims), Michael Pataki (Arnold Denker), Kevin Breslin (Roy ‘Skates’ Snider), Judge Reinhold (Francis ‘Bear’ Honfi), Dan Spector (Anthony Cavachi), Barbara Babcock (Lorna Sims), Shelby Leverington (Mrs. Blake), Dawn Jeffory (Joanie), Trent Dolan (Coach Tanner), Scott McGinnis (Paul), Gary Cervantes (Big), Paul Hampton (Bill Snider), Ellen Blake (Mrs. Honfi), Howard Vann (Mr. Honfi), Joshua Gallegos (Little Big), Edith Fields (Mrs. Davis), June Whitley Taylor (Principal), Laura Fanning (Clerk), Jennifer Starrett (Lynn). 988... Sweet Hostage (ABC, 10/10/1975, 120 mins). A bizarre drama of a young woman who is kidnapped by an escaped mental patient and whisked away to his remote mountain cabin, where her abductor becomes her teacher, friend and lover. Originally titled “Welcome to Xanadu,” after the 1968 novel by Nathaniel Benchley, it was filmed in Taos, New Mexico. Production Company Brut Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer George Barrie. Producers Richard E Lyons, Sidney D Balkin. Teleplay Edward Hume. Based on a Novel by Nathaniel Benchley. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Luchi De Jesus. Song “Strangers on a Carousel” by George Barrie, Bob Larimer. Song performed by Stephen Schwartz. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Phil Barber.

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Cast Linda Blair (Doris Mae Withers), Martin Sheen (Leonard Hatch), Jeanne Cooper (Mrs. Withers), Bert Remsen (Mr. Withers), Lee deBroux (Sheriff Emmet), Dehl Berti (Harry Fox), Al Hopson (Mr. Smathers), Bill Sterchi (Hank Smathers), Roberto Valentino DeLeon (Juan), Michael Eiland (Tom Martinez), Mary Michael Carnes (Dry goods clerk), Don Hann (Liquor store proprietor), Ross Elder (Hospital attendant), Chris Williams (Man in bungalow). 989... Sweet, Sweet Rachel (ABC, 10/2/1971, 90 mins). An ESP expert (played by former news commentator Alex Dreier) uses his powers to search for a psychic employing telepathy to commit murder. The series “The Sixth Sense” (Jan.-Dec. 1972) spun off from this movie--without Dreier. Gary Collins starred. Production Company ABC Pictures. Director Sutton Roley. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Anthony Lawrence. Photography James Crabe. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Harry Coswick, James Potter. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Alex Dreier (Dr. Lucas Darrow), Stefanie Powers (Rachel Stanton), Pat Hingle (Arthur Piper), Louise Latham (Lillian Piper), Steve Ihnat (Dr. Tyler), Brenda Scott (Nora Piper), Chris Robinson (Carey), Mark Tapscott (Houseman), William Bryant (Doctor), Len Wayland (Minister), Rod McCary (Paul Stanton), John Alvin (Surgeon), John Hillerman (Medical Examiner). 990... The Swiss Family Robinson (ABC, 4/15/1975, 120 mins). A new version, and a pilot for the 1975-76 series, of the adventure classic about a family striving together to survive on a remote island following a shipwreck and facing an invasion by pirates in search of a golden idol. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Harry Harris. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Based on a Book by Johann Wyss. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Richard LaSalle. Editors Bill Brame, William DeNicholas. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Associate Producers Al Gail, William Welch. Cast Martin Milner (Karl Robinson), Pat Delany (Lottie Robinson), Cameron Mitchell (Jeremiah Worth), Michael-James Wixted (Fred Robinson), Eric Olson (Ernie Robinson), Cindy Fisher (Helga Wagner), John Vernon (Charles Forsythe), George DiCenzo (Suramin), John Crawford (Nate Bidwell). 991... Switch (CBS, 3/21/1975, 90 mins). An ex-con and a retired cop, partners in an investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker with a previous record is innocent of a diamond heist and pin the crime on the police by laying an intricate trap. Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert and Sharon Gless went on to repeat their roles in the later series (1975-77). Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Day. Producer Glen A. Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Ben Colman, John M. Stephens. Music Stu Phillips. Editors Budd Small, Frank Morriss. Art Director George Renne. Cast Robert Wagner (Pete Ryan), Eddie Albert (Frank MacBride), Charles Durning (Phil Beckman), Sharon Gless (Maggie), Ken Swofford (Captain Griffin), Charlie Callas (Malcolm), Alan Manson (Murray Franklin), Jaclyn Smith (Alice), Greg Mullavey (Chuck Powell), Anne Schedeen (Lisa), Marc Lawrence (Franks), Robert Sampson (Slaughter), Roger E. Mosley (Walter), Val Bisoglio (Curry), Ken Lynch (Stoker), Joshua Shelley (Man in shooting gallery). 992... Sybil (NBC, 11/14/1976 and 11/15/1976, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). An acclaimed four-hour production (Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Special) in which Sally Field won an Emmy as Best Actress for playing a young woman so disturbed by childhood experiences that she develops 16 distinct personalities. A third Emmy Award went to Stewart Stern for his teleplay, and a fourth was given for the score by Leonard Rosenman and lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Of interest is that Joanne Woodward, here playing the psychiatrist, gave her own Oscar-winning performance as a similar multi-personality woman in “Three Faces of Eve” (1957), and was Emmy-nominated for her role here, losing to her costar. Cinematographer Mario Tosi also received an Emmy nomination. Adapted from the 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producers Peter Dunne, Philip Capice. Producer Jacqueline Babbin. Teleplay Stewart Stern. Based on a Book by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Photography Mario Tosi. Music Leonard Rosenman. Song by Leonard Rosenman and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Editors Michael S McLean, Rita Roland. Production Designer Tom H John. Cast Joanne Woodward (Dr. Cornelia Wilbur), Sally Field (Sybil Dorsett), Brad Davis (Richard J. Loomis), Martine Bartlett (Hattie), Jane Hoffman (Frieda Dorsett), Charles Lane (Dr. Quinoness), Jessamine Milner (Grandma Dorsett), William Prince (Willard Dorsett), Natasha Ryan (Young Sybil), Tommy Crebbs (Matthew Loomis), Penelope Allen (Miss Penny), Camila Ashland (Cam), Gina Petrushka (Dr. Lazarus), Paul Tulley (Dr. Castle), Elizabeth Ann Beesley, Virginia Campbell, Cathy Lynn Lesko, Gordon Jump, Lionel Pina, Harold P. Pruett, Rachel Longaker, Tasha Lee, Kerry Muir, Karen Obediear, Tony Sherman, Danny Stevenson. 993... Tail Gunner Joe (NBC, 2/6/1977, 120 mins). An ambitious production of questionable accuracy spanning the rise and fall of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy as uncovered by a fictional veteran newsman and the ambitious young lady investigative reporter assigned to assist him. Emmy Awards went to Burgess Meredith for his portrayal of Joseph Welch and to Lane Slate for his original teleplay. Also nominated were Peter Boyle (as McCarthy), Patricia Neal (as Sen. Margaret Chase Smith), director Jud Taylor and cinematographer Ric Waite.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Jud Taylor. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Ric Waite. Music Billy May. Editor Bernard J. Small. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Associate Producer Norman Chandler Fox. Cast Peter Boyle (Joseph McCarthy), John Forsythe (Paul Cunningham), Heather Menzies (Logan), Burgess Meredith (Joseph Welch), Patricia Neal (Sen. Margaret Chase Smith), Jean Stapleton (Mrs. DeCamp), Tim O’Connor (Librarian), Philip Abbott (Sen Scott Lucas), Wesley Addy (Middleton), Ned Beatty (Sylvester), Karen Carlson (Jean Kerr), John Carradine (Wisconsin Farmer), Charles Cioffi (Logan’s Boss), Diana Douglas (Sarah), Andrew Duggan (Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower), Henry Jones (Armitage), Murray Matheson (Publisher), Andrew Prine (Farmer), John Randolph (General Larkin), William Schallert (General Zwicker), Robert F. Simon (Drew Pearson), Robert Symonds (Pres. Harry Truman), Lin McCarthy (Sen. Stuart Symington), John Anderson (Gen. George Marshall), Alan Hewitt (Dean Acheson), George Wyner (Roy Cohn), Sam Chew Jr. (Robert F. Kennedy), Herbert Voland (Sen. Raymond Baldwin), Richard M. Dixon (Sen. Richard M Nixon), Kelly Jean Peters (Mrs. Gates), Charles Siebert (James Juliana), John Chappell (Sen. Karl Mundt), Edward Anhalt (Sen. Herbert Lehman), Howard Hesseman (Lieutenant Cantwell), Charles Macaulay (William Roberts), Wallace Rooney (Speaker), Morgan Upton (Clucas), Shirley O’Hara (Marie), Dallas Mitchell (Reporter), James O’Connell (Navy doctor), Devra Korwin (Divorced wife), George O. Petrie (Charles Kraus), Jack Bannon (Eisenhower aide), Allan Miller, Addison Powell, Alan Oppenheimer, Allan Rich, Simon Scott, Bill Quinn. 994... Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (CBS, 12/28/1977, 120 mins). The crash of a cargo plane unleashes a horde of deadly tarantulas and allows them to move unchecked through a Southwestern town. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Stuart R. Hagmann. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood, John Groves. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Mundell Lowe. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Claude Akins (Bert Springer), Charles Frank (Joe Harmon), Deborah Winters (Cindy Beck), Sandy McPeak (Chief Beasley), Bert Remsen (Mayor Douglas), Pat Hingle (Doc Hodgins), Tom Atkins (Buddy), Howard Hesseman (Fred), Charles Siebert (Rich Finley), John Harkins (Sylvan), Noelle North (Honey Lamb), Penelope Windust (Gloria Beasley), Edwin Owens (Frank), Lanny Horn (Harry Weed), Jerome Guardino (H.L. Williams), Matthew Laborteaux (Matthew), Alex Colon (Hector), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Official), Bill Striglos (Ralph), Steve Bonino (Spud), Mary-Nancy Burnett (Teacher), Bill Erwin (Mr. Schneider), Anita Keith (Mary), Iris Korn (Dorothy), John Medici (Driver), Ruben Moreno (Pedro), Joseph Reale (Lineman), Laird Williamson (Smitty). 995... Target Risk (NBC, 1/6/1975, 90 mins). A bonded courier, whose girlfriend is abducted while they are on a date, is blackmailed into faking a diamond robbery in this pilot for a series that never got off the ground. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Scheerer. Executive Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Don Carlos Dunaway. Based on a Story by Giles Tippette. Photography Bill Butler. Music Eumir Deodato. Editors Gloryette Clark, Chuck McClelland, Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Technical Advisor George American Horse. Cast Bo Svenson (Lee Driscoll), Meredith Baxter (Linda Flayly), Keenan Wynn (Simon Cusack), John P. Ryan (Ralph Sloan), Robert Coote (Julian Ulrich), Philip Bruns (Marty), Charles Shull (Bill Terek), Lee Paul (Harry), Jack Bender (Joe Cordova), William Hansen (Frederick), Regis J. Cordic (Mr. Ryan), Joey Aresco (Junkie), Cliff Carnell (Nick), Arthur Malet (Shoeshine boy), Luis De Cordova (Berruezo), George Skaff (Maitre d’), Rochelle Robertson (Hatcheck girl). 996... A Taste of Evil (ABC, 10/12/1971, 90 mins). Returning from a mental institution following a traumatic rape experience, a young woman (Barbara Parkins) finds herself the target of someone trying to drive her insane. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Barbara Stanwyck (Miriam Jannings), Barbara Parkins (Susan Wilcox), Roddy McDowall (Dr. Michael Lomas), William Windom (Harold Jannings), Arthur O’Connell (John), Bing Russell (Sheriff), Dawn Frame (Young Susan). 997... A Tattered Web (CBS, 9/24/1971, 90 mins). A detective discovers his son-in-law cheating on his daughter, confronts the other woman, and accidentally kills her, and then attempts to pin the crime on a wino. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Bob Markell Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Bob Markell. Teleplay Art Wallace. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Associate Producer Mel Ferber. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Sgt. Ed Stagg), Frank Converse (Steve Butler), Sallie Shockley (Tina Butler), Murray Hamilton (Sgt. Joe Marcus), Broderick Crawford (Willard Edson), Anne Helm (Louise Campbell), John Fiedler (Sam Jeffers), Val Avery (Sgt. Harry Barnes), Walter Brooke (Lieutenant Preston), Whit Bissell (Mr. Harland), Ellen Corby (Mrs. Simmons), Roy Jenson (Bert Korawicz), Joseph Bernard (Bartender), James Hong (Police Surgeon), Allison McKay (Selma Marcus).

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998... Telethon (ABC, 11/6/1977, 120 mins). Romance, intrigue, and danger and possibly murder are among the behindthe-scenes elements surrounding a multimillion-dollar fund-raising telethon with an all-star TV cast assembled against a Las Vegas backdrop. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Roger Wilton. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Peter Matz. Editors Howard Epstein, Michael Karr. Art Director Bill Kenney. Cast Polly Bergen (Dorothy Goodwin), Lloyd Bridges (Matt Tallman), Red Buttons (Marty Rand), Edd Byrnes (Charlie Barton), Dick Clark (Irv Berman), Janet Leigh (Elaine Cotton), John Marley (Arnold Shagan), Kent McCord (Tom Galvin), Eve Plumb (Kim), David Selby (Roy Hansen), Jill St. John (Fran Sullivan), Randi Oakes (June), Sheila Sullivan (Lorna), Dave Burton (Himself), Jimmie Walker (Himself), Sugar Ray Robinson (Himself), Deborah Denomme (Jennifer), The Fercos (Themselves), Heather and David (Themselves), Norman Honath (Bus driver), Jean Magowan (Jean), Peter Rich (Norm Fenton), Dawn Rowan (Sue Marie Atkins), Chad Schooley (Bobby), Billy Snyder (Pit boss), Carol Van Dyke (Mrs. Atkins). 999... Tell Me My Name (CBS, 12/20/1977, 120 mins). The story of a middle-aged wife and mother with two young sons who is forced to face the truth about her life after being confronted by her teenage daughter, born out of wedlock and given up for adoption, who has returned seeking the truth about her origins. Adapted by veteran writer Joanna Lee from the 1975 book by Mary Carter. Production Company Talent Associates. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers David Susskind, Frederick Brogger. Producer Donald W. Reid. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Based on a Book by Mary Carter. Photography Zale Magder. Supervising Editor Gene Milford. Music Hagood Hardy, Mickey Erbe. Editor Kent Anthony. Art Director Karen Bromley. Associate Producer Diana Kerew. Cast Arthur Hill (Porter McPhail), Barbara Barrie (Emily McPhail), Barnard Hughes (Uncle Tyler), Valerie Mahaffey (Alexandra/Sarah), Glenn Zachar (P J), Doug McKeon (Timmy), Deborah Turnbull (Lucy), Murray Westgate (Thurmond), Dawn Greenhalgh (Catherine). 1000... Tell Me Where It Hurts (CBS, 3/12/1974, 90 mins). A housewife (Maureen Stapleton), increasingly disenchanted with her homemaker role, searches for new meaning in her life and organizes a discussion group, changing the lives of her six closest friends. Fay Kanin won an Emmy for her original teleplay. Production Companies Tomorrow Entertainment, Roger Gimbel Productions. Director Paul Bogart. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay Fay Kanin. Photography David Walsh. Music David Shire. Editor Michael S. McLean. Cast Maureen Stapleton (Connie), Paul Sorvino (Joe), Doris Dowling (Reva), Rose Gregorio (Agnes), Ayn Ruyman (Lynn), John Randolph (Lou), Louise Latham (Louise), Scottie MacGregor (Marge), Pearl Shear (Edna), Patricia Smith (Naomi), Fay Kanin (Jane), Maxine Stuart, James Foote, Mark Roberts, Tracy Bogart, Marcy Lafferty, David Ankrum, James Dale, Eugene Troobnick, Gerald L. Ray, Ted Swanson, Gary Pagett. 1001... Tenafly (NBC, 2/12/1973, 90 mins). In this pilot for the short-lived “Tenafly” series with James McEachin (1973-74), a potpourri of slice-of-life comedy and straight-ahead detective mystery, a black private eye investigates the murder of a radio talkshow host’s wife. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Emil Oster. Music Gil Melle. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director George C. Webb. Cast James McEachin (Harry Tenafly), Ed Nelson (Ted Harris), David Huddleston (Lt. Sam Church), John Ericson (Ken Shepherd), Mel Ferrer (Charlie Rush), Rosanna Huffman (Lorrie), Lillian Lehman (Ruth Tenafly), Lillian Randolph (Aunt Gertrude), Bill Walker (Uncle Walter), Paul M. Jackson Jr. (Herbert Tenafly), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Castle), Bert E. Holland, Leonard Stone, Devon Smith, Jack Denton, Don Bexley, Jackie Russell. 1002... The Tenth Month (CBS, 9/16/1979, 120 mins). An unmarried, middle-aged woman who finds herself pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist decides to keep and raise her child in this film written especially for Carol Burnett by Joan Tewkesbury (from Laura Z. Hobson’s 1970 novel), who also directed it. Production Company Joe Hamilton Productions. Director Joan Tewkesbury. Executive Producer Ray Aghayan. Producer Joe Hamilton. Supervising Producer Tom Egan. Teleplay Joan Tewkesbury. Based on the Novel by Laura Z. Hobson. Photography Charles Rosher. Music Peter Matz. Editor David Ramirez. Art Director Peter Michael Jamison. Associate Producer Robert Wright. Cast Carol Burnett (Dori Gray), Keith Michell (Matthew Poole), Dina Merrill (Cele), Melissa Converse (Ellen Varley), Cristina Raines (Nancy Miller), Richard Venture (Dr. Paul Jessup), Yvonne Wilder (Mrs. Figueroa), Martin Beswick (Joan Poole), Woodrow Parfrey (Tad Jones), Joe Ponazecki (Dick Townsen), Del Hinkley (Mark Donovan), Jossie De Guzman (Iliana), Rex Robbins (Gene Varley), Harriet Medin (Mrs. Cox), Linda Addams (Molly Jamison), Joe Seneca (Doorman), Alberta Vasquez (Rinaldo), William Thompson (Cat judge).

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1003... Terraces (NBC, 6/27/1977, 120 mins). An ensemble drama about various people (a doctor, a lawyer, a show girl, et al.) who share adjoining terraces in a high-rise apartment building. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Lila Garrett. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Lila Garrett. Teleplay George Kirgo, Lila Garrett. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Peter Matz. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Lloyd Bochner (Dr. Roger Cabe), Jane Dulo (Roberta Robbins), Arny Freeman (Martin Robbins), Eliza Garrett (Beth Loomis), Bill Gerber (Gregg Loomis), Kit McDonough (Julie Bordon), Julie Newmar (Chalane Turner), James Phipps (Alex Bengston), Lola Albright (Dorothea Cabe), Timothy Thomerson (Steve), Allan Rich (Vogel), Ralph Manza (Louis Parizzi/doorman), Tom Lawrence, Jack Benton, Maurice Hill, Raymond O’Keefe, Gracie Lee, Mark L. Taylor. 1004... Terror in the Sky (CBS, 9/17/1971, 120 mins). This TV carbon of Arthur Hailey’s “Airport” has crew and passengers stricken by food poisoning, forcing a washed-up helicopter pilot on board to land the plane with the help of a stewardess. Previously it had been the basis for a drama “Flight Into Danger” on TV’s “Alcoa Hour” (1956) and then was made as “Zero Hour,” a 1957 theatrical film with Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Producer Matthew Rapf. Teleplay Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf, Dick Nelson. Based on a Novel by Arthur Hailey. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Argyle Nelson. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Doug McClure (George Spencer), Lois Nettleton (Janet Turner), Roddy McDowall (Dr. Ralph Baird), Leif Erickson (Marty Treleavek), Keenan Wynn (Milton), Kenneth Tobey (Captain Wilson), Sam Melville (Stewart), Patricia Mattick (Ellen), Christopher Dark (McCann), Loretta Leversee (Mrs. McCann), Jack Ging (Controller), Leonard Stone (Harry Burdick). 1005... Terror on the 40th Floor (NBC, 9/17/1974, 120 mins). In television’s carbon of “The Towering Inferno,” seven people are trapped in a skyscraper penthouse during an office party, and nobody knows they are there. Production Companies Montagne Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Jack Turley. Based on a Story by Edward J. Montagne, Jack Turley. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Lawrence G. Paull. Cast John Forsythe (Daniel Overland), Joseph Campanella (Howard Foster), Lynn Carlin (Lee Parker), Anjanette Comer (Darlene Foster), Laurie Heineman (Ginger Macklin), Don Meredith (Kelly Freeman), Kelly Jean Peters (Betty Carson), Pippa Scott (Thelma Overland), Mark Tapscott (Captain Harris), Norman Alden (Captain Parker), Danny Goldman (Kasey), Hank Brandt (Jim Pierson), Louis Guss (Charley), John Finnegan (Stark), Bob Hastings (Sam Lewis), Tracie Savage (Cathy Pierson), Kevin Nudis (Paul Pierson), Dean Santoro (Harper), Tracy Brooks Swope (Cathy Foster), Tim Herbert (Building manager), Art Lewis (Secretary). 1006... Terror on the Beach (CBS, 9/18/1973, 90 mins). Dennis Weaver and Estelle Parsons head a family outing that turns into a nightmare when a gang of young thugs begins a campaign of harassment. Production Companies Bedford Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producers Alan Jay Factor, Walter Beakel. Teleplay Bill Svanoe. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Richard Halsey. Art Director Rodger Maus. Associate Producers David Knapp, Stanley Bass. Cast Dennis Weaver (Neil Glynn), Estelle Parsons (Arlene Glynn), Kristoffer Tabori (Steve Glynn), Scott Hylands (Jerry), Susan Dey (Dee Dee Glynn), Michael Christian (David), Henry Olek (Frank), Roberta Collins (Gail), Carol Ita White (Helen), Betsy Slade (Jenny), Jackie Giroux (Mickey), Walter Beakel (Fisherman), David Knapp (Ranger). 1007... Terror Out of the Sky (CBS, 12/26/1978, 120 mins). Two bee specialists and a freelance pilot go all-out to prevent another invasion force of killer bees in this sequel to “The Savage Bees” (1976) which originally was to have been titled “The Revenge of the Savage Bees.” Production Companies Alan Landsburg Productions, Don Kirshner Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Don Kirshner, Merrill Grant Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood, Doris Silverton, Peter Nelson. Photography Michel Hugo. Music William Goldstein. Editor George B. Hively. Art Director Alan Manser. Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (David Martin), Dan Haggerty (Nick Willis), Tovah Feldshuh (Jeannie), Lonny Chapman (Earl Logan), Ike Eisenmann (Eric), Steve Franken (Gladstone), Bruce French (Eli Nathanson), Richard Herd (Colonel Mangus), Joe E. Tata (Groves), Ellen Blake (Agent), Philip Baker Hall (Starrett), Poindexter (Mike), Charles Hallahan (Tibbles), Steve Tannen (Sergeant), Melinda Peterson (Computer operator), Tony La Torre (Young Tibbles), Bill Quinn (Old Dermott), Gwen Van Dam (Ms. Logan), Norman Gary (Finley Dermott). 1008... Testimony of Two Men (Syndicated, 5/9/1977 to 5/23/1977, 3 Parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). The initial production in an off-network project, Operation Prime Time, started by a group of independent stations pooling their resources for high-quality drama to compete with the networks themselves. This ambitious three-part, six-hour post-Civil War costume saga, based on the 1968 Taylor Caldwell novel, intertwines several stories of lust, power, greed and murder as it tells of “two surgeons’ passion for their work and their women” over a 36-year period. An Emmy Award nomination went to costumer Bill Jobe for his stunning antebellum creations.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director (Parts 1 and 3) Leo Penn. Director (Part 2) Larry Yust. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay (Parts 1 and 3) James M. Miller. Teleplay (Parts 2 and 3) William Hanley. Teleplay (Part 3) Jennifer Miller. Based on the Novel by Taylor Caldwell. Photography (Parts 1 and 3) Isidore Mankovsky. Photography (Part 2) Jim Dickson. Music (Parts 1 and 3) Michel Colombier. Music (Part 2) Gerald Fried. Editor (Part 1) Robert F Shugrue. Editor (Part 2) John Elias. Editor (Part 3) Jim Benson. Art Director (Part 1) William H Tuntke. Art Director (Parts 2 and 3) John E. Chilberg II. Cast David Birney (Jonathan Ferrier), Barbara Parkins (Marjorie Ferrier/Hilda Eaton), Steve Forrest (Martin Eaton), Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Jim Spaulding), Theodore Bikel (Peter Heger), Tom Bosley (Dr. Louis Hedler [and narrator]), Barry Brown (Howard Best), J.D. Cannon (Kenton Campion), Dan Dailey (Father McGuire), Leonard Frey (David Paxton), David Huffman (Harald Ferrier), Randolph Mantooth (Father Frank McNulty), Ray Milland (Jonas Witherby), Cameron Mitchell (Jeremiah Hadley), Trisha Noble (Edna Beamish), Kathleen Nolan (Myrtle Heger), Margaret O’Brien (Flora Bumpstead Eaton), Laurie Prange (Jenny Heger), William Shatner (Adrian Ferrier), Inga Swenson (Amelia Foster), Joan Van Ark (Jane Robson), Linda Purl (Mavis Eaton), Devon Ericson (Priscilla “Prissy” Madden Witherby), Kario Salem (Francis Campion), Lynn Tufeld (Elizabeth Best), John de Lancie (Jerome Eaton), Robert Foulke (Amos), Herb Vigran (Stationmaster), Joel Parks (Dr. Moe Abrams), Regis J Cordic (Judge), Logan Ramsey (Dr. Emil Schaeffer), Jeff Corey (William Simpson). 1009... Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (CBS, 2/24/1978, 120 mins). The adventures of two good old boys from Texas, noaccount buddies who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for their girlfriends. Johnny and June Carter Cash made their TV acting debuts in this film. Production Company CBS Productions. Director Jack Starrett. Producers Daniel Paulson, Rod Sheldon. Teleplay William D. Wittliff. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Johnny Cash (Thaddeus Rose), Diane Ladd (Carlotta), Bo Hopkins (Eddie Lee Haskell), June Carter Cash (Crystal), James Hampton (Alvin Karl), Noble Willingham (Judge), Clay Tanner (Singer), Annabelle Weenick (Vioreen), Jesus Resales Morales (Pablo Ramirez), Sarah Novell (Irene Goodall), John Starrett Berry (1st boy), Greg Gault (2nd boy), John O’Connor White (3rd boy), Stephen Schneider (Bartender). 1010... That Certain Summer (ABC, 11/1/1972, 90 mins). An acclaimed drama illuminating the conflict between a divorced homosexual and his teenage son. Hal Holbrook, Scott Jacoby and Hope Lange all were nominated for Emmy Awards (Jacoby won as Best Supporting Actor) and Lamont Johnson won the Directors Guild of America Award. Production Company Universal Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Gil Melle. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Art Director William D. DeCinces. Cast Hal Holbrook (Doug Salter), Martin Sheen (Gary McCain), Joe Don Baker (Phil Bonner), Marlyn Mason (Laureen Hyatt), Scott Jacoby (Nick Salter), Hope Lange (Janet Salter), James McEachin (Mr. Early/conductor), Jan Shepard (Jody Bonner), Clarke Gordon (Artist), Carolyn Bueno (Mrs. Michele), Myron Natwick (Man at party). 1011... Then Came Bronson (NBC, 3/24/1969, 120 mins). A young newspaperman drops out following his friend’s suicide, sets out cross-country on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life, and befriends a runaway bride, another searching soul, in this variation of the “Route 66” series, becoming involved weekly in the lives of diverse people subsequently during the 1969-70 TV season. Veteran actor Akim Tamiroff made his farewell TV appearance in this one. Production Company MGM Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Denne Bart Petitclerc. Photography Ray Flin. Music George Duning. Editors Hugh S. Fowler, Albert P. Wilson. Art Directors George W Davis, Gabriel Scognamillo. Cast Michael Parks (Jim Bronson), Bonnie Bedelia (Temple Brooks), Akim Tamiroff (Papa Bear), Gary Merrill (Inspector Otis), Sheree North (Gloria Oresko), Martin Sheen (Nick Oresko), Bert Freed (Editor Carson), Gene Dynarski (Boots), Lawrence Hauben (Eddie), Peter Brocco (Railroad clerk), Art Metrano (Barker), Bruce Mars (Troy), Ted Gehring (Diner owner), Woodrow Chambliss (Ean). 1012... They Call It Murder (NBC, 12/17/1971, 120 mins). Erle Stanley Gardner’s small-town district attorney, Doug Selby, came to TV in this pilot that has him investigating a swimming pool murder of a gambler, a questionable car crash and a huge insurance claim. Jim Hutton was more successful subsequently in bringing another fictional detective, Ellery Queen, to television. This pilot to a prospective Doug Selby series was filmed in 1969, and was adapted from Gardner’s 1939 mystery novel “The DA Draws a Circle.” Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Television, Paisano Productions Inc. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Cornwell Jackson. Producer Walter Grauman. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Based on a Novel by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Robert Drasnin. Editors Michael Economou, Neil Travis. Art Directors Jack Martin Smith, Phil Barber. Associate Producer William Kayden. Cast Jim Hutton (Doug Selby), Lloyd Bochner (A.B. Carr), Jessica Walter (Jane Antrim), Leslie Nielsen (Frank Antrim), Jo Ann Pflug (Sylvia Martin), Nita Talbot (Rona Corbin), Carmen Mathews (Doris Kane), Robert J. Wilke (Sheriff Rex Brandon), Edward Asner (Chief Otto Larkin), Bill Elliott (Deputy Bob Terry), Miriam Colon (Anita Nogales), Vic Tayback (Jeffrey Poland), Harry Townes (Dr. Garrett), Michael Pataki (Pete Cardiff), Vaughn Taylor (Dr. Harry Maxwell), Normann Burton (Movie director),

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Helen Kleeb (Ellen Saxe), Val DeVargas (Alex Cordoba), Buck Young (Charlie), Dan White (Judge Farraday), Dina Harmsen (Wardrobe woman). 1013... They Only Come Out at Night (NBC, 4/29/1975, 90 mins). This pilot for Jack Warden’s “Jigsaw John” series (1975-76) has him playing a dyspeptic middle-aged homicide investigator looking into a string of robbery-slayings of elderly women in Los Angeles. Production Company MGM Television. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer Everett Chambers. Producer Robert Monroe. Teleplay Al Martinez. Created by Al Martinez. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music The Orphanage. Editor Henry Batista. Associate Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Cast Jack Warden (John St. John), Charles Ynfante (Deputy Tallchief), Madeleine Sherwood (Helen St. John), Joe Mantell (Lieutenant Baylor), Tim O’Connor (Det. Lee Masters), Dick Dinman (David Kanlan), Lili Valenty (Mrs. Eichman), Barbara Luna (Receptionist), King Solomon III (Petulia), Melendy Britt (Mrs. Owens), Constance Pfeiffer (Eichman daughter), Dorothy Dells (Woman pharmacist), Nedra Volt (Elderly woman), Adele Yoshioda (Pharmacy clerk), Francine York (Laura), Victoria Carroll (Nancy), Steve Marlo (Wilshire Station officer), Dan Priest (Watch commander), Daniel Spelling, Frank Baxter, Bob Golden, Dinah Anna Rogers, Dar Robinson. 1014... Thief (ABC, 10/9/1971, 90 mins). A suave professional burglar wants to break with his criminal past but is forced to pull one last job to make good on a gambling debt. Winner of the 1971 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as the Best TV Suspense Film, and nominated for an Emmy as Best Written Original Drama of 1971. Original title: “A Day in the Life of a Burglar.” Production Companies Stonehenge Productions, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay John D.F. Black. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Ron Grainer. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Art Stolnitz. Cast Richard Crenna (Neal Wilkinson), Angie Dickinson (Jean Melville), Cameron Mitchell (Charles Herrod), Hurd Hatfield (Herman Gray), Robert Webber (James Calendar), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Beefy), Michael Lerner (Jack Cutter), Michael C. Gwynne (Junkie), Mary Gregory (Party hostess), Ed Peck (Swinger), Barbara Perry (Mrs. Risman), Richard Stahl (Bob Rifleman), Jo DeWinter (Matron), Todd Martin, Rick Metzler, Jeannie Moore, Patrick Patterson, Hunter Von Leer, Don Rizzan, Kristen Hoffman. 1015... The Thief of Baghdad (NBC, 11/23/1978, 120 mins). The fourth filming of the Arabian Nights fantasy about a friendly thief who helps a handsome prince overcome an evil wizard to win a beautiful princess and a kingdom. Not to be overlooked in this British-made production, of course, are the inevitable flying carpet and the giant genie-in-a-magic-lamp. Production Company Palm Productions Inc. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer Thomas M.C. Johnston. Producer Aida Young. Teleplay A.J. Carothers. Adapted by Andrew Birkin. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music John Cameron. Editor Peter Tanner. Art Director Edward Marshall. Magic Carpet Designer John Stears. Cast Roddy McDowall (Hasan), Kabir Bedi (Prince Taj), Frank Finlay (Abu Bakar), Marina Vlady (Perizadah), Peter Ustinov (The Caliph), Terence Stamp (Wazir Jandur), Pavla Ustinov (Princess Yasmine), Ian Holm (Gatekeeper), Daniel Emilfork (Genie), Ahmed El-Shenawi, Kenji Tanaki, Neil McCarthy, Vincent Wong, Leone Greene, Bruce Montague, Arnold Diamondi, Raymond Llewellyn, Geoffrey Cheshire, Gabor Vernon, Kevork Malikyan, Michael Chesdon, Ahmed Khail, Yasher Adem, George Little. 1016... Things in Their Season (CBS, 11/27/1974, 90 mins). A sentimental family drama about the growing apart--and together--of a household of Wisconsin dairy farmers when the son decides to get married and move away and the mother discovers she has incurable leukemia and only a short time to live. Production Companies Tomorrow Entertainment, Roger Gimbel Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Philip Barry. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay John Gay. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Ken Lauber. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Patricia Neal (Peg Gerlach), Ed Flanders (Carl Gerlach), Marc Singer (Andy Gerlach), Meg Foster (Judy Pines), Charles Haid (Dr. Willie McCreevy), Doreen Lang (Millie Havemeyer), Med Flory (T.J. Tillman), Jim Kaston (Emcee), Oliver Jacques (Clifford Canby), A.R. Bowles (Harold Redman), James Esch (Auctioneer), Ron Timm (Harvey), Sharon Rybacki (Mrs. Weldy), Marcel Reichel (Vera Steelwright). 1017... The Third Girl From the Left (ABC, 10/16/1973, 90 mins). Kim Novak and Tony Curtis made their TV-movie debuts in this drama of an aging chorus girl who falls for an attentive young delivery boy after deciding that her longtime love affair with a nightclub comic is not headed anywhere. Production Company Playboy Productions. Director Peter Medak. Executive Producer Hugh Hefner. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Dory Previn. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Dory Previn. Songs written and performed by Dory Previn. Song “Gloria” performed by Tony Curtis. Choreographer Miriam Nelson. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Frank Arrigo.

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Cast Kim Novak (Gloria Joyce), Tony Curtis (Joey Jordan), Michael Brandon (David), George Furth (Zimmy), Barbi Benton (Melanie), Louis Guss (Murray), Michael Conrad (Hugh), Larry Bishop (Bradford), Anne Ramsay (Madelaine), Jenifer Shaw (Gaye), Bern Hoffman (Stage manager). 1018... This Is the West That Was (NBC, 12/17/1974, 90 mins). A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok (Ben Murphy) and his relationship with Calamity Jane (Kim Darby) as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Earl Rath. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editor Fredric Knudtson, Gloryette Clark. Art Director Robert E. Smith. Cast Ben Murphy (Wild Bill Hickok), Kim Darby (Calamity Jane), Jane Alexander (Sarah Shull), Anthony Franciosa (J.W. McCanles), Stuart Margolin (Blind Pete), Stefan Gierasch (Carmedly), Matt Clark (Buffalo Bill Cody), Bill McKinney (Drago Wellman), W.L. LeGault (Hearts), Luke Askew (Oscar Wellman), Woodrow Parfrey (Mel Castlewaite), Milton Selzer (Pa Wellman), Bruce Glover (Sam Ralston), Dimitra Arliss (Ida May), Roger Davis (Narrator), Roger Robinson, Wayne Sutherlin, Ronnie Claire Edwards. 1019... This Man Stands Alone (NBC, 5/30/1979, 90 mins). This dramatization of the true story of a black civil rights activist who, following Martin Luther King’s assassination, goes home to a small Southern town and runs for sheriff against a popular segregationist, was “inspired” by events in the life of Sheriff Thomas E. Gilmore but was emasculated by severe last-minute editing by the network. The 90-minute movie was originally filmed in 1977 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, as a two-hour telefeature under the title “Lawman Without a Gun.” Production Companies Abby Mann Productions, Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Abby Mann. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Jerrold Freedman. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Fred Karlin. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Tom Haywood), Clu Gulager (Marvin Tayman), Mary Alice (Minnie Haywood), Barry Brown (Fred Tayman), Barton Heyman (George Tayman), James McEachin (Harris McIntyre), Lonny Chapman (Sheriff Harvey Johnson), Philip Michael Thomas (Rufus Cartwright), Helen Martin (Mrs. Cartwright), John Crawford (Sergeant Hunt), Burton Gilliam (Reverend Farrell), Clebert Ford (Albert Jackson), Nick Smith (Factory worker), Mary Kay Pass (Loretta Tayman), Royce Clark (Deputy Poole), John Ashton (1st State Trooper), Joe Morton (Louis), Jerry De Wilde (Greenspan), Andrew Fradkin (Burton), Sheila Bailey (Registrar), Robert Harper (Well-dressed man), Sonny Jim Gaines (Mr. Smith), Patricia A. Gill (Mrs. Hattie Waters), Evelyn Boone (Marvin Tayman’s secretary). 1020... Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (NBC, 11/1/1978, 120 mins). In this initial entry in a projected series on contemporary interpretations of the Ten Commandments, the wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extramarital affair--with his permission. The second film, “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” made around the same time, was not aired until 1982. Production Company Edgar J. Scherick Associates. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Producers Brian Grazer, S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay Calder Willingham, Del Reisman. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director John Braden. Cast Louise Fletcher (Sally Kimball), Wayne Rogers (Vic Tannehill), Bert Convy (Bill Dent), Robert Reed (Jack Kimball), Hal Williams (Boneyard), Shannon Wilcox (Stewardess), Jesse Dizon (JoJo), Lucy Lee Flippin, Donald Petrie, Juanin Clay, Fletcher Allen, Jimmy Mair, John Waldron, Judith-Marie Bergan, Noreen Hennessy, Mallory Sandler. 1021... Three on a Date (ABC, 2/17/1978, 120 mins). The adventures of four couples, winners on a television game show, and their young chaperone on a Hawaiian holiday. A “Love Boat” carbon, set ashore, based on Stephanie Buffington’s book. Production Companies Danny Thomas Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Bill Bixby. Executive Producers Danny Thomas, Ronald Jacobs. Producer David M. Shapiro. Teleplay Michael Norell, Stanley Ralph Ross. Based on a Story by Dale McRaven. Based on a Book by Stephanie Buffington. Photography Charles W. Short. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editors Jack McSweeney, Michael Karr, Tom Stevens. Art Director Michael Baugh. Associate Producer Stephanie Buffington. Cast June Allyson (Marge Emery), Loni Anderson (Angela Ross), Ray Bolger (Andrew), John Byner (Donald Lumis), Didi Conn (Eve Harris), Gary Crosby (Leonard), Geoff Edwards (Emcee), CaroI Lawrence (Joan), Meredith MacRae (Valerie Owens), Rick Nelson (Bob Oakes), Patrick Wayne (Roger Powell), Forbesy Russell (Stephanie Barrington), James Hampton (Ernest), Howard Platt (Frank), Richard Libertini (Gabe), Branscombe Richmond (Allen Lunalilo), Danny Thomas (Man in airport), Joe Maross (Warren), Pat Renella (Bobby), Byron Webster (Mr. Plews), John Dorsey (Himself), Nancy Cameron (Contestant), Bob Cummings (Cab driver), Dana House (Contestant), Harlee McBride (1st model), Denise Michele (Woman), Stanley Ralph Ross (Al), Bonwitt St. Claire (Contestant), Debra Svensk (Beach girl), Sondra Theodore (2nd model), Cynthia Wood (Stewardess). 1022... Three’s a Crowd (ABC, 12/2/1969, 90 mins). An Enoch Arden-themed comedy about a pilot who ends up with two wives in separate cities, mixing elements of Guinness’ “The Captain’s Paradise” and the Cary Grant-Irene Dunne classic, “My Favorite Wife.” Production Companies Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Harry Falk. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Harry Winkler, Nate Monaster. Based on a Story by Nate Monaster. Photography Lathrop Worth. Music Bobby Hart,

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James Boyce. Title song written and performed by Bobby Hart and James Boyce. Editor William Martin. Art Directors Howard Campbell, Ross Bellah. Cast Larry Hagman (Jim Carson), Jessica Walter (Jessica Carson), E.J. Peaker (Ann Carson), Harvey Korman (Dr. Pike), Norman Fell (Norman/elevator operator), Stu Gilliam (Ralph Wilcox), Mickey Deems (Drunk), Shelley Morrison (Mona), Farrah Fawcett (Hitchhiker), Michael Lerner (Sid Bagbay), Alfred Dennis (Rico), Roy Stuart (Buzzy Grant), Ken Greenwald (George Fowler), Sue Taylor (Fran Preeble), Rosemary Eliot (Liz), Paul Vaughn (Oscar Preeble), Stefani Warren (Connie Dodson), Bob Pickett (Roy Dodson), Maggie Malooly (Madge Bagby), Nicky Blair (Waiter), Chet Stratton (Mr. Pomeroy). 1023... Thursday’s Game (ABC, 4/14/1974, 120 mins). A delightful adult comedy with a stellar cast headed by Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart, dealing with the marital and business problems of a couple of middle-aged men who continue their night out with the boys even after the breakup of their Thursday evening poker game. Made in 1971 as a theatrical release, it was shelved for several years before eventually being given a television premiere. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Moore. Producer James L. Brooks. Teleplay James L. Brooks. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “This Is What You Call Happy” by Billy Goldenberg, Dory Previn. Song performed by Mike Settle. Editors Diane Adler, Fredric Steinkamp. Art Director, Trevor Williams Associate Producer Lew Gallo. Cast Gene Wilder (Harry Evers), Bob Newhart (Marvin Ellison), Ellen Burstyn (Lynne Evers), Cloris Leachman (Lois Ellison), Martha Scott (Mrs. Reynolds), Nancy Walker (Miss Bender), Valerie Harper (Ann Menzente), Rob Reiner (Joel Forester), Norman Fell (Melvin Leonard), Gino Conforti (Mike), Richard Schaal (Bob), Robert Sampson (Dave), Dick Gautier (Dick), Gerald Michenaud (David Evers), John Archer (Mr. Wood), Jonathan Kidd (Waiter), Barbara Barnett (Secretary), Jed Allan (Dick), William Callaway (Cabbie), Sidney Clute (Camp director), Chris Sarandon (Counselor), Charles Shull (Announcer), Carol Worthington (Contestant), Ric Mancini (Bartender). 1024... The Time Machine (NBC, 11/5/1978, 120 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” adaptation (updated to the 1970s) of the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic about a scientific wizard who invents a device to transport himself back and forth in time and gets a bleak look at the future when visiting an alien civilization. Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Schick Sunn Classics. Director Henning Schellerup. Executive Producers Charles Sellier Jr., James L. Conway. Producer James Simmons. Teleplay Wallace Bennett. Based on the Novel by H.G. Wells. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music John Cacavas. Supervising Editor James D. Wells. Editor Trevor Jolley. Art Director Paul Staheli. Cast John Beck (Neil Perry), Priscilla Barnes (Weena), Andrew Duggan (Bean Worthington), Rosemary DeCamp (Agnes), Jack Kruschen (John Bedford), Whit Bissell (Ralph Branly), John Hansen (Ariel), R.G. Armstrong (General Harris), John Doucette (Sheriff Finley), Parley Baer (Henry Haverson), Bill Zuckert (Charlie), Peg Stewart, John Zaremba, Hyde Clayton, Craig Clyde, Scott D. Curan, Debbie Dutson, Buck Flower, Paul Grace, Tom Kelly, Maurice Grandmaison, Julie Parrish, Walt Price, H.E.D. Redford, Michael Ruud, Scott Wilkinson, James Lyle Strong, Kerry Summers. 1025... Time Travelers (ABC, 3/19/1976, 90 mins). A pilot movie in which Irwin Allen, recycling his earlier hit series “The Time Tunnel,” has a young doctor and a research scientist, in search of a cure for a deadly epidemic, being whisked back through time to Chicago in 1871 on the eve of the infamous fire, hoping to find the physician who then had stumbled on a cure but whose records were destroyed in the conflagration. Footage from Twentieth Century-Fox’s spectacular “In Old Chicago” (1938) was incorporated into this movie, tinted in sepia to re-create the fire sequences. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Alexander Singer. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Jackson Gillis. Based on a Story by Irwin Allen, Rod Serling. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Bill Brame. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Sam Groom (Dr. Clint Earnshaw), Tom Hallick (Jeff Adams), Richard Basehart (Dr. Joshua P. Henderson), Trish Stewart (Jane Henderson), Francine York (Dr. Helen Sanders), Booth Colman (Dr. Cummings), Walter Burke (Dr. Stafford), Dort Clark (Sharkey), Kathleen Bracken (Irish girl), Victoria Meyerink (Betty), Baynes Barron (Chief Williams), Albert Cole (Newsvendor), Richard Webb (Police sergeant), Patrick Culliton (Jim Younger), Jon Cedar (Pegleg), Gil Lamb (Hansome cabbie), Ed Ness (Hospital attendant), Rita Lupino (Prostitute). 1026... To All My Friends on Shore (CBS, 2/25/1972, 90 mins). Bill Cosby wrote, produced, scored and stars as an airport redcap, whose single-minded dream to move his family out of the ghetto has cut him off from them, until faced with the shattering news that his only son has contacted sickle-cell anemia. Allan Sloane was awarded an Emmy for his teleplay adaptation. Filmed on location in Norwalk, Connecticut. Production Companies Jemnin Productions, Jamel Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producer William Cosby Jr. Producer Gilbert Cates. Teleplay Allan Sloane. Based on a Story by William Cosby Jr. Photography Urs Furrer. Music William Cosby Jr. Editor Angelo Ross. Cast Bill Cosby (Blue), Gloria Foster (Serena), Dennis Hines (Vandy), Teddy Thompson (Tempo), Ray Mason (First doctor), Dennis Tate (Dr. Folkman), Bo Enival (Chipboard man), Garrett Saunders (Garbageman), David Mann (Porter), Judy Mills (Receptionist), Steven Dohanos (Traveler).

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1027... To Kill a Cop (NBC, 4/10/1978 and 4/11/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Police action drama (based on the 1976 novel by Robert Daley) dealing with a maverick chief of detectives with two cop killings and a rash of bank robberies on his hands who is forced to wage war against a backstabbing police commissioner with political ambitions and a black revolutionary leader plotting a police massacre. Emmy Award nominations went to editors Donald R. Rode and Harry Kaye. Joe Don Baker reprised his role in the series “Eischied” that began in the fall of 1979. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on the Novel by Robert Daley. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Lee Holdridge. Editors Donald R. Rode, Harry Kaye. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Ward Preston. Assistant Producer Stanley Neufeld. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Joe Don Baker (Chief Earl Eischied), Louis Gossett Jr. (Everett Walker), Patrick O’Neal (Police Commissioner), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Martin Delahanty), Christine Belford (Agnes Cusack), Eartha Kitt (Paula), George DiCenzo (Captain Cornworth), Julius Harris (Detective Baker), Joyce Van Patten (Betty Eischeid), Ken Swofford (Lieutenant Fitzgerald), Alan Fudge (Ralph O’Connor), Rosey Grier (Albert Hoyt), Diana Muldaur (Florence Kowski), Alan Oppenheimer (Captain Finnerty), Eddie Egan (Chief Ed Palmer), Gene Woodbury (Mark D), Kim Delgado (Butch), Robert Hooks (Capt. Pete Rolfe), Scott Brady (Insp. James Gleason), Nathan George (Charles), Milton Selzer (Myron Klopfman), Ric Mancini (Mike Cusack), Rosalind Miles (Ida), Allen Price (Richie), Joe Maross (District Attorney), David Toma (Louis), Sonny Grosso (Malfitano), Rod Colbin (Chief Emerson), Maxwell Glanville (J.J. Maxwell), Walter Mathews (City editor), Arthur Rosenberg (Lieutenant Pappas), Vernon Weddle (Chief Duncan), Randy Jurgensen (Digillo), James Vickery, Chip McAllister, Justin Lord, Lou Tiaro, Heshimu Cumbuka, Borah Silver, Rochelle Williams, Leon Issacs, Maurice Kowelski, Hetti Lynne Huntes, Bill Deiz, James Veres, James Purcell, Terrence McNally, Fil Formicola, Joe Cirillo, Al White. 1028... Tom Sawyer (CBS, 3/23/1973, 90 mins). This Mark Twain classic, a film perennial, retells the familiar tale of several young friends on an adventurous summer in the sleepy Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. A theatrical Tom Sawyer, musicalized, also was released in 1973, some weeks after the TV version which, technically, was a remake of the 1938 movie (before that, it had been filmed in 1917 and 1930). Production Companies Hal Roach Studios, Universal Television. Director James Neilson. Producers Earl A. Glick, Trevor Wallace. Teleplay Jean Holloway. Based on the Novel by Mark Twain. Photography Fred Mandl. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Jack McSweeney. Production Designer Trevor Wallace. Cast Josh Albee (Tom Sawyer), Jeff Tyler (Huckleberry Finn), Buddy Ebsen (Muff Potter), Jane Wyatt (Aunt Polly), Vic Morrow (Injun Joe), John McGiver (Judge Thatcher), Karen Pearson (Becky Thatcher), Sue Petrie (Mary Sawyer), Scott Fisher (Sid Sawyer), Chris Wiggins (Lawyer), Murray Westgate (Coroner), Dawn Greenhalgh (Mrs. Thatcher), Leonard Bernardo, Gwen Thomas, Robert Goodier, David Yorstan, Kay Hawtrey, Al Bernardo, Colin Fox, Scott Carlson, Ricky O’Neill, Chris Pellett, Susan Stacey, Alysia Pascaris, Leo Leyden, Peter Mews. 1029... Toma (ABC, 3/21/1973, 90 mins). Based on the exploits of David Toma, real-life Newark, New Jersey plainclothes detective with a talent for disguises, this pilot to the subsequent series (1973-74) has the independent-minded cop bucking his superiors to stalk the leader of a syndicate’s numbers racket. Tony Musante, Simon Oakland and Susan Strasberg had the same roles in the series which lasted only one season because Musante tired of it. Later, it was reworked and disguised slightly to become “Baretta,” Robert Blake’s series. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Edward Hume, Gerald DiPego. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Gloryette Clark, John J. Dumas. Cast Tony Musante (David Toma), Simon Oakland (Inspector Spooner), Susan Strasberg (Patty Toma), Michael Baseleon (Tully), Robert Yuro (Frank Barber), David Spielberg (Marlowe), Ron Soule (Harrison), Nicholas Colasanto (Prolaci), Abe Vigoda (Donzer), Philip Michael Thomas (Sam Hooper), David Mauro (Bags Rolland), David Toma (Vinnie Cecca), Robert Phillips (Andretti), Jim Toma (Sean Manning), Donna Toma (Michelle Livingston), Eugene Mazzola (Mark). 1030... Too Far to Go (NBC, 3/12/1979, 120 mins). An incisive study of the dissolution of a 20-year marriage, from 17 John Updike stories that were published in The New Yorker beginning in 1956 and later in Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, and others. Glenn Close, in an early TV role, was billed below the title. Production Companies Sea Cliff Productions, Polytel Films Ltd. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Robert Geller. Producer Chiz Schultz. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on the Story by John Updike. Photography Walter Lassally. Music Elizabeth Swados. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Leon Munier. Associate Producer David Kappes. Cast Michael Moriarty (Richard Maple), Blythe Danner (Joan Barlow Maple), Glenn Close (Rebecca Kuehn), Ken Kercheval (Jack Dennis), Josef Sommer (Henry Mills), Kathryn Walker (Marion Sales), Doran Clark (Judith Maple at age 19), Lori Loughlin (Judith Maple at age 14), Tim Holcomb (Richie Maple at age 17), Mark Moring (Richie Maple at age 12), Adam Storke (John Maple at age 15), Jason Scott (John Maple at age 10), Margaret Schultz (Margaret “Bean” Maple at age 13), Patti Dawson (Margaret “Bean” Maple at age 8), Thomas Hill (Psychiatrist), Alice Beardsley (Records clerk), Mitch McGuire (Attorney), Paul

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Milikin (Attorney), John C. Becher (Judge), Reed Birney (Young driver), John Buckwalter (Minister), Anne Martin (Girlfriend), Robert Geller (Man at pool). 1031... Top Secret (NBC, 6/4/1978, 120 mins). Hip American agent Bill Cosby and his foxy associate try to recover a hundred pounds of stolen plutonium in Italy before it can be used by terrorists. Production Companies Jemnin Productions, NBC Productions. Director Paul Leaf. Executive Producer Sheldon Leonard. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay David Levinson. Photography Gabor Pogany. Music Stu Gardner, Teo Macero. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Pier Luigi Basile. Associate Producer Leon Chooluck, Michael Economou. Cast Bill Cosby (Aaron Strickland), Tracy Reed (McGee), Sheldon Leonard (Carl Vitale), Gloria Foster (Judith), George Brenlin (Murphy), Paolo Turco (Gino), Luciano Bartoli (Pietro), Marisa Merlini (Rosa Tattaglia), Francesca DeSapio (Brigitte), Leonard Treviglio (Tomas), Byran Rostram (Christian), Craig Hill (Zaegar), Walter Williams (Macaferri), Nat Bush (Sergeant), Paul Leaf (Painter). 1032... Topper (ABC, 11/9/1979, 120 mins). This updating of the screwball classic about two brand new angels, a carefree rich couple on earth, who have a devil of a time getting into heaven stars Kate Jackson and her then-husband Andrew Stevens (who also were the film’s executive producers) in the roles played in the 1937 original by Constance Bennett and Cary Grant. It also served as a pilot to a prospective new “Topper” series (the earlier one with Anne Jeffreys and husband Robert Sterling as the invisible twosome ran from 1953 to 1956). Production Companies Cosmo Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director Charles S Dubin. Executive Producers Andrew Stevens, Kate Jackson. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay George Kirgo, Mary Anne Kasica, Michael Scheff. Based on the Novel by Thorne Smith. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Fred Karlin. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Kate Jackson (Marion Kerby), Andrew Stevens (George Kerby), Jack Warden (Cosmo Topper), Rue McClanahan (Clara Topper), James Karen (Fred Korbel), Macon McCalman (Wilkins/butler), Charles Siebert (Stan Ogilvy), Larry Gelman (Mechanic), Gloria Le Roy (Saleswoman), Estelle Omens (Lucy Johnson), Lois Areno (Charlene), Frances Bay (Mrs. Quincey), Gregory Chase (Steve), Ellen March (Hostess), Mary Peters (Marsha), Tom Spratley (1st jailman), Marshall Teague (Man at disco), Janet Wood (Nurse). 1033... Torn Between Two Lovers (CBS, 5/2/1979, 120 mins). A women’s picture, dealing with a happily married suburbanite who becomes romantically attached to a handsome architect she meets at Chicago’s airport. Its distinction comes from Lee Remick’s presence and her reteaming with director Delbert Mann with whom she worked a similar magic on “Breaking Up” (1978) as well as “A Girl Named Sooner” (1975). The title was inspired by Peter Yarrow’s hit song. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Tom Kuhn. Producers Linda Otto, Joan Barnett. Teleplay Doris Silverton. Based on a Story by Doris Silverton, Rita Lakin. From the song “Torn Between Two Lovers” by Peter Yarrow, Philip Jarrell. Photography Ronald M Lautore. Music Ian Fraser. Song performed by Mary MacGregor. Editor Gene Milford, Lloyd Nelson. Art Director David Jaquest. Associate Producer Gary Credle. Cast Lee Remick (Diane Conti), Joseph Bologna (Ted Conti), George Peppard (Paul Rasmussen), Derrick Jones (Andy Conti), Murphy Cross (Nina Dworski), Molly Cheek (Sherry Sanders), Giorgio Tozzi (Joseph Conti), Kay Hawtrey (Anna Conti), Martin Shakar (Frank Conti), Andrea Martin (Steffie Conti), Mary Long (Penny), Lois Markle (Norma Conti), Tom Harvey (Leonard Shaeffer), Jess Osuna (Alex Conti), Sean McCann (Doctor), David Hughes (Dennis Polsky), Rocco Bellusci (Benny), Murray Westgate (Jack DeWitt). 1034... The Trackers (ABC, 12/14/1971, 90 mins). A Western pilot that teams up a strong-willed black frontier scout and a stubborn rancher in a reluctant alliance to findout who killed the latter’s son and made off with his daughter. Sammy Davis Jr. not only starred but wrote the original story and produced, as well. “No Trumpets, No Drums” was the title during production. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Earl Bellamy. Producers Aaron Spelling, Sammy Davis Jr. Teleplay Gerald Gaiser. Based on a Story by Aaron Spelling, Sammy Davis Jr. Photography Tim Southcott. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor Saul Caplan. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Sammy Davis Jr. (Zeke Smith), Ernest Borgnine (Sam Paxton), Julie Adams (Dora Paxton), Connie Kreski (Becky Paxton), Jim Davis (Sheriff Naylor), Arthur Hunnicutt (Ben Vogel), Caleb Brooks (El Grande), Norman Alden (Dilworth), Leo V. Gordon (Higgins), Ross Elliott (Captain), David Reynard (Father Gomez). 1035... Transplant (CBS, 4/17/1979, 120 mins). A fact-based story of a hard-driving young executive (Kevin Dobson) who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant. Adapted from the 1978 book by Philip Dossick. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Philip Dossick. Photography Jordan Cronenweth. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Greyfox. Art Director Julian Sacks. Associate Producer Diana Kerew. Cast Kevin Dobson (John Hurley), Granville Van Dusen (Dr. Kroner), Ronny Cox (Jim Clark), Bibi Besch (Noreen), Melinda Dillon (Ann Hurley), Joan Lancaster (Miss Mills), Helen Hunt (Janice Hurley), Dee Croxton (Mrs. Wiggins), Bari Silvern (Gladys), Woody Eney (Dr. Scofield), Linda Alper (Jean Clark), Melissa Howard (Joanie Hurley), Melinda Cordell (Sylvia), David

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Byrd (Dr. Samuels), Kathleen Doyle (Barbara), Orville Sherman (Boris), Patience Cleveland (Mildred), David Darrell (Dr. Sofier), Robina Suwol (Miss Harper), Carole H. Field (Waitress), Frank Downing (Ed Coonan), Michael O’Dwyer (Salesman), Stephen Liss (Teenager), Lindy Davis (Teenager). 1036... Trapped (ABC, 11/14/1973, 90 mins). A thriller about a man (James Brolin) who accidentally is locked in a department store overnight and finds himself held at bay by six vicious Doberman guard dogs. Cinematographer Fred Mandl’s work was cited for an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company Universal Television. Director Frank De Felitta. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Gary L. Messenger. Teleplay Frank De Felitta. Photography Fred Mandl. Music Gil Melle. Editors John F. Schreyer, Larry D. Lester, Richard Belding. Cast James Brolin (Chuck Brenner), Susan Clark (Elaine Moore), Earl Holliman (David Moore), Robert Hooks (Sergeant Connaught), Ivy Jones (Connie Havenmeyer), Bob Hastings (Bartender), Tammy Harrington (Carrie), Marco Lopez (Steward), Erica Hagen (Stewardess), Mary Robinson (Waitress), Elliott Lindsey (Mr. Higgins). 1037... Trapped Beneath the Sea (ABC, 10/22/1974, 120 mins). A drama based on the true story of four men entombed in a mini-sub off the coast of Florida in 1973. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director William A. Graham. Producer Frank Capra Jr. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn. Editors Ronald J. Fagan, Marshall Neilan. Art Director Phil Jefferies. Cast Lee J. Cobb (Victor Bateman), Martin Balsam (T.C. Hollister), Joshua Bryant (Sam Wallants), Paul Michael Glaser (Jack Beech), Barra Grant (Grace Wallants), Warren Kemmerling (Commander Prestwick), Cliff Potts (Gordon Gaines), Laurie Prange (Chris Moffet), Phillip R. Allen (Commander Hanratty), Redmond Gleeson (POI Stanton), Roger Kern (Jeff Turley), S. John Launer (Captain Osborn), Rod Perry (Jimmy), William Wintersole (Commander Robbins), Hunter Von Leer (Seaman Schrier), Simon Deckard (Dr. Lewison), Fredric Franklyn (Howard Wynte), Norman Honath (1st sailor), Andy Knight (2nd sailor), Howard K. Smith (Narrator). 1038... Travis Logan, D.A. (CBS, 3/11/1971, 120 mins). This prospective series pilot has a hard-nosed prosecutor doggedly trying to crack a homicide case in which the defense’s plea of temporary insanity is the plan to cover the perfect murder, the result of a love triangle. Production Company Quinn Martin Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Quinn Martin. Producers Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Adrian Samish, Arthur Fellows. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Marston Fay. Art Director William Craig Smith. Cast Vic Morrow (Travis Logan), Chris Robinson (Mark), James Callahan (Jerry), Hal Holbrook (Matthew Sand), Brooke Bundy (Eve), Brenda Vicar (Lucille Sand), George Gizzard (Chuck Bentley), Scott Marlow (George Corner), Edward Andrews (Judge Rose), Michael Strong (Dr. Reichart), Josephine Hutchinson (Mrs. Tice), James Chandler (1st reporter), Richard Angarola (Tony Corner), Joseph Perry, Maxine Stuart, Regis J. Cordic, Herb Armstrong, William Stevens. 1039... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (NBC, 3/27/1974, 90 mins). Sentimental tale, remade from Elia Kazan’s 1945 classic (with an eye toward a possible series) of an impoverished family in a 1912 New York tenement with an alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother. Based on the 1943 novel by Betty Smith. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Joseph Hardy. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis, Tess Slesinger. Based on the Novel by Betty Smith. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Gene Milford, J. Frank O’Neill. Art Director Walter McKeegan. Associate Producer Franklin R. Levy. Cast Cliff Robertson (Johnny Nolan), Diane Baker (Katie Nolan), James Olson (McShane), Pamelyn Ferdin (Francie Nolan), Nancy Malone (Aunt Sissy), Michael-James Wixted (Neely Nolan), Liam Dunn (Barker), Anne Seymour (Miss Tilford), Allyn Ann McLerie (Miss Martin), Booth Colman (Doctor). Shirley Slater (Joey’s mother), Johnny Lee (Joey). 1040... The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (ABC, 2/11/1975, 90 mins). The true account of the ordeal of a chaplain, the only U.S. naval officer ever to be court-martialed solely on charges of adultery. Based on Andrew Jensen’s 1974 autobiography. Production Companies Monash-Preissman Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Paul Monash. Producer Ron Preissman. Teleplay Loring Mandel. Based on the Autobiography by Chaplain Andrew F. Jensen with Martin Abramson. Photography Earl Rath. Music Dave Grusin. Editor Aaron Stell, J. Frank O’Neill. Art Director Jack Senter. Cast James Franciscus (Chaplain Andrew Jensen), Joanna Miles (Kathleen Jensen), Lynda Day George (Louise Kennelly), Dorothy Tristan (Adrienne Hess), Charles Durning (Budd Rogers), Harris Yulin (Lieutenant Kastner), Howard Platt (Lieutenant Levin), Alan Manson (Captain Atherton), Dennis Larson (Clark Jensen), Steven Kunz (Donald Jensen), Betty Urich (Jane A. Johnston), Sally Carter Ihnat (Irene Daniels).

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1041... The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (ABC, 9/30/1977 and 10/2/1977, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The bizarre speculative story (told in two parts over four hours) behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial. The title is all that is left of the 1967 Off-Broadway play by Amram Ducovny and Leon Friedman. John Pleshette, whose resemblance to the real Lee Harvey Oswald is remarkable, is the brother of actress Suzanne Pleshette. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Richard J. Freed. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Fred Karlin. Supervising Editor Michael Economou. Editor Allan Jacobs. Art Director Joel Schiller. Associate Producer Lawrence Schiller. Cast Ben Gazzara (Anson “Kip” Roberts), Lorne Greene (Matthew Arnold Watson), Frances Lee McCain (Jan Holder), Lawrence Pressman (Paul Ewbank), Charlie Robinson (Melvin Johnson), George Wyner (Ed Blandings), Mo Malone (Marina Oswald), John Pleshette (Lee Harvey Oswald), Annabelle Weenick (Oswald’s Mother), William Jordan (James Kleist), Charles Cyphers (Michael Brandon), Marisa Pavan (Evita Alesio), Jack Collins (Judge Claymoor), Ed Abry, Jeff Alexander, David Beidelman, Maggie Burns, Burke Byrnes, John Chappell, Desmond Dhooge, Joe Edwards, John Gage, John Galt, Tony Garrett, Ellen Geer, Buddy Gilbert, Robert Ginnaven, Joe Griffith, James Harrell, Susan Heldfond, Harlan Jordan, Elsie Julian, Hugh Lampman, Ray LePere, Don McCord, Billy Dan Millikan, Jaki Morrison, Peyton E. Park, Robert Phalen, William Edward Phipps, Vick Rader, Alex Rodine, Eddie Thomas, Bill Thurman, Billy Vance White, Bill Woods. 1042... Trial Run (NBC, 1/18/1969, 120 mins). Drama involving an ambitious young attorney, the dedicated secretary who tries to help him advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife. Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Jack Laird. Teleplay Chester Krumholz. Based on a Story by Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Alric Edens. Music Stanley Wilson. Editor Douglas Stewart. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Associate Producer Jerrold Freedman. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast James Franciscus (Louis Coleman), Janice Rule (Lucille Harkness), Leslie Nielsen (Jason Harkness), Diane Baker (Carole Trenet), John Vernon (Leo D’Agosta), David Sheiner (Noel Ferguson), Fred Beir (Charles Andrews), Paul Carr (Tyler Peters), Lili Valenty (Mrs. Menderes), Jack Collins (Henry Wyckoff), William Bramley (Karlson), Bartlett Robinson (Larkin), Vicki Medlin (Jeanne), Hazel Scott (Herself), Holt-Young Trio (Themselves). 1043... The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (NBC, 1/30/1979, 120 mins). A dramatic retelling of the 1911 holocaust in which 146 workers died in New York’s garment district and ultimately laid the groundwork for the establishment of the ILGWU. The real-life catastrophe took a mere 11 minutes; the movie, with its soap opera plots and assorted inaccuracies (like several key references by some of the ladies to the popularity of Charlie Chaplin, who, at the time, was totally unknown and did not make his first American movie until three years later), took two agonizing hours to unreel. Three technical Emmy Award nominations went to “The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal,” which won in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling. Production Companies Alan Landsburg Productions, Don Kirshner Productions. Director Mel Stuart. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Don Kirshner, Merrill Grant. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Ethel Brez, Mel Brez. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Corky Ehlers. Production Designer Alan Manser. Associate Producer Gary Credle. Cast Tom Bosley (Morris Feldman), David Dukes (Lou Ribin), Tovah Feldshuh (Florence), Lauren Frost (Sonya Levin), Janet Margolin (Rose), Stacey Nelkin (Gina), Ted Wass (Vinnie), Stephanie Zimbalist (Connie), Charlotte Rae (Bessie), Erica Yohn (Mrs. Levin), Milton Selzer (Mr. Levin), Michael Mullins (Max Levin), Jerome Guardino (Mr. Roselli), Valerie Landsburg (Loretta), Larry Gelman (Mo Pincus), Lin Shaye (Frieda), Judith-Marie Bergan (Edith), Bart Burns (Fire Chief), Sean Thomas Roche (Teacher), Olivia Barash (Ruthie), Rhoda Gemignani (Mary Grasso), Eric Mason (Miller), Milt Oberman (Mr. Klein), Dave Shelley (Mr. Albertson), Wil Albert (Mr. Himmelfarb), Lilah McCarthy (Hysterical woman), Scott Mulhern (Young Man), John O’Connell (Felix), Constance Pfeiffer (Selma), Bill Sorrells (Fireman Bill), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Goldstein), Pamela Toll (Girl), Ron Vernan (Cutter), Patrick Wright (Policeman Rafferty). 1044... The Tribe (ABC, 12/11/1974, 90 mins). This was a most distinctive TV movie set in caveman days, as a tribe of Cro-Magnons fight starvation and the viciously primitive Neanderthals at the dawn of history 100,000 years ago. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Hal Mooney. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director William Newberry. Cast Victor French (Mathis), Warren Vanders (Goriin), Henry Wilcoxon (Cana), Adriana Shaw (Jen), Stewart Moss (Gato), Sam Gilman (Rouse), Tani Phelps Guthrie (Sarish), Mark Gruner (Perron), Meg Wyllie (Hertha), Nancy Elliot (Ardis), Jeannine Brown (Orda), Dominique Pinassi (Kiska), Jack Scalici (The Neanderthal), Paul Richards (Narrator). 1045... Tribes (ABC, 11/10/1970, 90 mins). This social comedy/drama pits a veteran Marine Corps drill instructor (Darren McGavin) against a long-haired hippie (Jan-Michael Vincent) who refuses to adapt to the military way of life. Perceptive writing won Emmy Awards for Tracy Keenan Wynn (son of Keenan, grandson of Ed) and Marvin Schwartz. It was shown theatrically in Great Britain and elsewhere under the title “The Soldier Who Declared Peace.”

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Production Companies Marvin Schwartz Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Producer Marvin Schwartz. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn, Marvin Schwartz,. Photography Russell Metty. Music Al Capps, Marty Cooper. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Directors Richard Day, Jack Martin Smith. Cast Darren McGavin (Sgt. Thomas Drake), Earl Holliman (Sgt. Frank DePayster), Jan-Michael Vincent (Adrian), John Gruber (Quentin), Danny Goldman (Sidney), Richard Yniguez (Sanchez), Antone Curtis (Marcellus), Peter Hooten (Scrunch), David Buchanan (Armstrong), Rick Weaver (Morton). 1046... Trilogy of Terror (ABC, 3/4/1975, 90 mins). Three bizarre stories with Karen Black playing four tormented women. In “Millicent and Therese” she is both a plain-looking woman, almost a recluse, and her amoral sister whom she taunts by revealing to her current boyfriend her past escapades. In “Julie” she is a sexually repressed teacher who is blackmailed by one of her students for past indiscretions in which she played an unwilling part. And in “Amelia” she is a mother-dominated young woman who buys a fetish doll for a new male companion and discovers that the creature is alive and ready to create a reign of terror for her. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay (“Julie” and “Millicent and Therese”) William F. Nolan. Teleplay (“Amelia”) Richard Matheson, based on his short story “Prey.” Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Les Green. Art Director Jan Scott. Associate Producer Robert L. Singer. Cast Karen Black (Millicent Larimore/Therese Larimore/Julie Eldridge/Amelia), Robert Burton (Chad Foster), John Karlen (Thomas Anman), George Gaynes (Dr. Chester Ramsey), James Storm (Eddie Nells), Gregory Harrison (Arthur Moore), Kathryn Reynolds (Anne Richards), Tracy Curtis (Tracy), Orin Cannon (Motel clerk). 1047... Trouble Comes to Town (ABC, 1/10/1973, 90 mins). A racial drama involving a liberal Southern sheriff (Lloyd Bridges) who brings into his home a Northern black delinquent, the son of the man who had saved his life in Korea. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Daniel Petrie. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay David Westheimer. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Tom Scott. Song “Good Morning World” by Cheryl Dilcher. Song performed by Paul Williams. Choreography Miriam Nelson. Editor James Mitchell. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Associate Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Sheriff Porter Murdock), Pat Hingle (Cecil Tabor), Hari Rhodes (Horace Speare), Janet MacLachlan (Naomi Speare), Sheree North (Mrs. Murdock), Thomas Evans (Stacy Garrett), Joseph Bottoms (Billy Keith), Damon Douglas (Darren Fox), James Wheaton (Buchanan), Wilbur Gowdy (Bubba Speare), Bill Zuckert (DePaul), Thom Carney (Baker), Morris Buchanan (Stillman), Victor Izay (Fogel), Betty Keeney (Nurse), Rayburn Key (Gas station customer), Austin Stoker (Harmon), Napoleon Whiting (Uncle Mose). 1048... True Grit (A Further Adventure) (ABC, 5/19/1978, 120 mins). The further adventures of Rooster Cogburn, the rascally, boozing Western hero played in “True Grit” (1969) and “Rooster Cogburn” (1975) by John Wayne, has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Producer Sandor Stern. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on Characters Created by Charles Portis. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Warren Oates (Rooster Cogburn), Lisa Pelikan (Mattie Ross), Lee Meriwether (Annie Sumner), James Stephens (Joshua Sumner), Jeffrey Osterhage (Christopher Sumner), Lee H. Montgomery (Daniel Sumner), Ramon Bieri (Sheriff Ambrose), Jack Fletcher (Clerk), Parley Baer (Rollins), Lee deBroux (Skorby), Fredric Cook (Chaka), Redmond Gleeson (Harrison), Gregg Palmer (Slatter), Derrel Maury (Creed), Roger Frazier (Moses Turk), John Perak (Tom Lacy), Don Spencer (Doc Wade), Burt Douglas (Bast), Simon Tyme (Udall), Charles Burke (Hopkins), Richard McKenzie, Sue Hoffman. 1049... Truman Capote’s “The Glass House” (CBS, 2/4/1972, 120 mins). A grim, award-winning portrait of prison life as seen through the eyes of two newcomers--an idealistic rookie guard (Clu Gulager) and a college professor up for manslaughter (Alan Alda). Tom Gries received an Emmy Award for his direction; Gene Fowler Jr. was nominated for his editing. Based on a story by Truman Capote with Wyatt Cooper. Filmed in the Utah State Prison. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Tom Gries. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn. Based on a Story by Truman Capote with Wyatt Cooper. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Gene Fowler Jr. Cast Vic Morrow (Hugo Slocum), Clu Gulager (Brian Courtland), Billy Dee Williams (Lennox Beach), Kristoffer Tabori (Allan Campbell), Dean Jagger (Warden Auerbach), Alan Alda (Jonathan Paige), Luke Askew (Bibleback), Scott Hylands (Ajax), Edward Bell (Sinclair), Tony Mancini (Steve Berino), G. Wood (Pagonis), Roy Jenson (Officer Brown), Alan Vint (Bree). 1050... Turn of the Screw (ABC, 4/15/1974 and 4/16/1974, 2 Parts, 90 mins each, 3 hours). A thriller about a troubled English governess hired to take charge of a pair of precocious but strangely disturbing orphans beset by demons. This tape-to-film adaptation of Henry James’ 1898 novelette, shown in two parts originally, is occult director Dan Curtis’ version of the horror perennial, frequently staged during TV’s golden age of drama (Ingrid Bergman had made her American TV acting debut in the 1959 production) and filmed as “The Innocents” in 1961 with Deborah Kerr.

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Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay William F. Nolan. Based on the Novel by Henry James. Photography Ben Colman. Music Bob Cobert. Editor Dennis Virkler. Art Director Trevor Williams. Cast Lynn Redgrave (Jane Cubberly), Jasper Jacob (Miles), Eva Griffith (Flora), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Grose), John Barton (Mr. Fredericks), Anthony Langdon (Luke), Benedict Taylor (Timothy), James Laurenson (Peter Quint), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Miss Jessel). 1051... The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (NBC, 4/12/1975, 90 mins). Life in John O’Hara’s small Pennsylvania town of Gibbsville with the son of the town doctor returning home after being kicked out of Yale and finding a new career on the town’s newspaper. Originally it was called “John O’Hara’s Gibbsville,” which became the title for the short-lived (late 1976) series that starred John Savage and Gig Young. Based on O’Hara’s 1935 story “The Doctor’s Son.” Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Frank Gilroy. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producers James H. Brown, Peter Katz. Teleplay Frank Gilroy. Based on a Story by John O’Hara. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor Ken Zemke. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Cast John Savage (Jim Malloy), Biff McGuire (Dr. Mike Malloy), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Malloy), Gig Young (Ray Whitehead), Kathleen Quinlan (Edith Evans), Janis Paige (Lonnie), Allan Miller (Dr. Enright), Frank Campanella (Lintzie), Rosalind Miles (Bo-Peep), John McLiam (Mr. Kelly), Janis Hansen (Terry), Sarah Cunningham (Mrs. Ingram), Noah Keen (Mr. Evans), Dolores Dorn (Mrs. Evans), John Hoyt (Harry Longden), Robert Ginty (Arthur Pond), Wallace Rooney (Mr. Winfield), Ivor Francis (Mr. Pell), Byron Morrow (A.J. Conrad), John Durren (Officer Dorelli). 1052... Twice in a Lifetime (NBC, 3/18/1974, 90 mins). Lovable old salt who operates a salvage tug, and his pal, the gal who runs a waterfront café, clash with the unscrupulous dock foreman who is trying to throw his weight around in this pilot to a prospective series for Ernest Borgnine. Production Company Martin Rackin Productions. Director Herschel Daugherty. Producer Martin Rackin. Teleplay Martin Rackin, Robert Pirosh. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Al Capps. Editor Carroll Sax. Cast Ernest Borgnine (Vince Boselli), Della Reese (Flo), Eric Laneuville (Lewis), Vito Scotti (Carlos), Slim Pickens (Pete Lazich), Herb Jeffries (Hank Davis), Warren Vanders (Kipp), Arte Johnson (Ron Talley), Sheila Wells, Allison McKay. 1053... Twin Detectives (ABC, 5/1/1976, 90 mins). Identical twin detectives use their look-alike images to appear to be in two places at the same time in an attempt to expose a psychic con group, but become involved in a deadly game when a beautiful medium turns up murdered. This unsuccessful pilot for a series with The Hager Twins, country singers who were regulars on TV’s “Hee Haw,” marked the somewhat unlikely TV movie debut for veteran actress Lillian Gish, whose lengthy career spanned the entire history of motion pictures to that time. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Robert Specht. Based on a Story by Everett Chambers, Robert Carrington, Robert Specht. Photography Earl Rath. Music Tom Scott. Songs “Spinning the Wheel” and Hard on Me” performed by The Hudson Brothers. Editor James Potter. Art Director Michael Baugh. Cast Jim Hager (Tony Thomas), Jon Hager (Shep Thomas), LilIian Gish (Billy Jo Haskins), Patrick O’Neal (Leonard Rainier), Michael Constantine (Ben Sampson), Otis Young (Cartwright), Barbara Rhoades (Sheila Rainier), David White (Marvin Telford), Fred Beir (Dr. Hudson), Lynda Day George (Nancy Pendleton), Randi Oakes (Jennie), James Victor (Lieutenant Martinez), Frank London (Hutchins), Billy Barty (Bartender), Carmen Argenziano, Vernon Weddle, Morris Buchanan, Guy Remsen, Thom Carney, Donald W. Sharpe. 1054... Two for the Money (ABC, 2/26/1972, 90 mins). Two cops (Robert Hooks and Stephen Brooks) quit the force to become private detectives and are quickly thrust into the search for a killer who has eluded the authorities for a dozen years. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Howard Rodman. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Robert Hooks (Larry Dean), Stephen Brooks (Chip Bronx), Walter Brennan (Cody Guilford), Catherine Burns (Judith Gap), Neville Brand (Sheriff Harley), Shelley Fabares (Bethany Hagen), Anne Revere (Mrs. Gap), Mercedes McCambridge (Mrs. Castle), Richard Dreyfuss (Morris Gap), Skip Homeier (Doctor), Michael Fox (Hospital administrator), Mady Maguire (Waitress). 1055... The Two-Five (ABC, 4/14/1978, 90 mins). A police show pilot movie dealing with two eager beaver cops who try to set up a major narcotics bust anonymously because their eccentric commander wants to keep his precinct out of the limelight. Production Company Universal Television. Director Bruce Kessler. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Joseph Polizzi, Robert A. Cinader. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Peter Matz. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director George Renne. Cast Don Johnson (Charlie Morgan), Joe Bennett (Frank Sarno), Michael Durrell (Vinnie Lombardo), George Murdock (Commander Malloy), John Crawford (Capt. Paul Carter), Carlene Watkins (Dale Von Krieg), Tara Buckman (Angel), Marty Zagon (Waldo), Jacques Aubuchon (Pierre Menoir), Richard O’Brien (Chief), Sandy McPeak (Ralston), Henry Olek (Bandit),

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Curtis Credel (Cliff Roberts), Walter Mathews (Johnson), Ken Lerner (Desk officer), Michael Alldredge, Sondra Lowell, James Parkes, Robert L. Gibson, Lenore Woodward, Marguerite DeLain. 1056... Two on a Bench (ABC, 11/2/1971, 90 mins). Comedy about a hip young lady and a square stockbroker (Patty Duke and Ted Bessell) who meet on a park bench in Boston and are picked up as international spies. An offbeat project for Richard Levinson and William Link, usually associated with wry mysteries. This is where Patty Duke met future husband John Astin. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Paris. Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Stefan Arnsten. Art Director Walter M. Simonds. Cast Patty Duke (Macy Kramer), Ted Bessell (Preston Albright), Andrew Duggan (Brubaker), John Astin (Dr. Stanley Remington), Alice Ghostley (Mrs. Kramer), Terry Carter (Kingston), Dick Balduzzi (Luckins), Robert Cornthwaite (Mr. Hayes), Jeannie Berlin (Harriet), Gary Waynesmith (Ralph), Ken Sansom (Agent). 1057... The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (CBS, 10/31/1979, 120 mins). A romantic Gothic drama about a modern-day woman’s journey into the past for a desperate attempt to change fate and save the life of her true love, a young artist she had fallen for at the turn of the century. Based on David Williams’ 1977 novel, “Second Sight,” it initially was titled “The Double Life of Jenny Logan.” Production Companies Joe Wizan Television Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Frank De Felitta. Executive Producers Joe Wizan, Ron Samuels. Producer Paul B Radin. Teleplay Frank De Felitta. Based on a Novel by David Williams. Photography Al Francis. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Director Charles M. Zacha Jr. Makeup (Linda Gray’s “Aunt Betty”) Stan Winston. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Jennie Logan), Marc Singer (David Reynolds), Alan Feinstein (Michael Logan), Linda Gray (Elizabeth), Henry Wilcoxon (Harrington), Joan Darling (Dr. Erica Lauren), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Bates), Peter Hobbs (Old John), Constance McCashin (Beverly), Charles Thomas Murphy (Don), Allen Williams (Ed Hartley), Pat Corley (Realtor), John Hawker (Foreman), Gloria Stuart (Roberta), Robert Nadder (Minister), Layla Bias Galloway (Nurse). 1058... The UFO Incident (NBC, 10/20/1975, 120 mins). A talkative drama, reportedly fact-based, about the interracial New Hampshire couple who claim to have been taken aboard a UFO in September 1961 and examined medically by strange extraterrestrial creatures. The original title before initial airing was “Interrupted Journey,” after John G. Fuller’s 1966 book. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Richard Colla. Producer Joe L. Cramer. Teleplay Hesper Anderson, S. Lee Pogostin. Based on a Book by John G. Fuller. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Vic Perrin (Narrator), James Earl Jones (Barney Hill), Estelle Parsons (Betty Hill), Barnard Hughes (Dr. Benjamin Simon), Dick O’Neill (Gen. James Davison), Beeson Carroll (Jack MacRainey), Terrence O’Connor (Lisa MacRainey), Lou Wagner (The Leader), Joe Stefano (Henderson), Jeanne Joe (Examiner), Eric Murphy, Eric Server. 1059... The Ultimate Imposter (CBS, 5/12/1979, 120 mins). A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain linkup--lasting only 72 hours at a time--and is sent to rescue a Russian submarine commander, a defector who has been kidnapped by an agent for another nation. Based on the book “The Capricorn Man” by William Zacha Sr. Production Company Universal Television. Director Paul Stanley. Producer Lionel E. Siegel. Teleplay Lionel E. Siegel. Based on a Novel by William Zacha Sr. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music Dana Kaproff. Editors Clay Bartels, Frederic Baratta. Art Director Lou Montejano. Cast Joseph Hacker (Frank Monihan), Keith Andes (Eugene Danziger), Macon McCalman (Dr. Jake McKeever), Erin Gray (Beatrice Tate), Tracy Brooks Swope (Danielle Parets), John Van Dreelen (Ruben Parets), Rosalind Chao (Lai-Ping), Bobby Riggs (Tennis Pro), Normann Burton (Papich), Robert Phillips (“Red” Cottle), Greg Barnett (Sergeant Williger), Thomas Bellin (Joe Maslan), Loren Berman (Dominic), Bill Capizzi (Tony), Candy Castillo (Esteban), Mark Garcia (Felipe), Graydon Gould (Carl Lathrop), Chip Johnson (Martin), Joseph Hardin (Eddie), Mike Kulcsar (Vaya Malkov), Betty Kwan (Ms. Wang), Harry Pugh (Waters), Roberto Ramirez (Waiter), Bob Thomas. (Tomas), Chuck Tamburro (Carruthers), W.T. Zacha (Weeks), Tommy Reamon (Johnson). 1060... U.M.C. (CBS, 4/17/1969, 120 mins). Edward G. Robinson’s dignified performance as the aging surgeon whose heart transplant gets his protégé slapped with a lawsuit after the donor’s wife charges that her husband was allowed to die so that the young doctor could save his mentor highlights this pilot movie for the popular “Medical Center” series (1969-76). Chad Everett assumed the part originated by Richard Bradford (who virtually disappeared as Everett’s star ascended), while James Daly and Audrey Totter continued as regulars. Subsequently titled “Operation Heartbeat.” Production Company MGM Television. Director Boris Sagal. Producer Frank Glicksman. Teleplay Al C. Ward. Photography Joseph LaShelle. Music George Romanis. Supervising Editor John Dunning. Editor Henry Batista. Art Director George W. Davis, Marvin Summerfield. Cast Richard Bradford (Dr. Joseph Gannon), Edward G. Robinson (Dr. Lee Forestman), James Daly (Dr. Paul Lochner), Kim Stanley (Joanna Hanson), Maurice Evans (Dr. George Barger), Kevin McCarthy (Clifford Coswell), J.D. Cannon (Thomas

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Jarris), William Windom (Raymond Hanson), Don Quine (Tim Martin), Shelley Fabares (“Mike” Carter), James Shigeta (Chief resident), William Marshall (Dr. Harold Tawn), Audrey Totter (Eve Wilcox), Alfred Ryder (Dr. George Corlane), Robert Emhardt (Judge), Angela Cartwright (Angela), Michael Evans (Dr. Dave Falconer), Jason Wingreen (Technician), Tim O’Kelly (Johnson), Mel Carter (Intern), Christopher West (Bonnie), Herb Armstrong (Anaesthesiologist), Karen Norris (Marie), Marianne Gordon (Sylvia Barr), Evelyn Frank (Evelyn). 1061... Undercover With the KKK (NBC, 10/23/1979, 120 mins). The story of Gary Thomas Rowe Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Klan klavern in his Alabama hometown, later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several klansmen, and wrote about it in his 1976 book, “My Undercover Years With the Ku Klux Klan.” Filmed in the spring of 1978 as “Freedom Riders,” it had to be updated by a prologue (on-camera) and a voice-over epilogue by Robert Stack when Rowe subsequently was indicted for the killing of Detroit housewife Viola Liuzzo during the historic Montgomery Freedom March led by Dr. Martin Luther King. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer Douglas Benton. Producer George Lehr. Teleplay Lane Slate. Based on a Book by Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Jack Kampschroer. Art Directors Robert Purcell, Ross Bellah. Cast Don Meredith (Gary Thomas Rowe Jr), Ed Lauter (Rawley Porter), Clifton James (Jimmy Eakin), Albert Salmi (Lester Mitchell), Michele Carey (Mary Beth), Lance LeGault (Weasel), Margaret Blye (Billie Ruth Rowe), Edward Andrews (Pat Murray), Slim Pickens (Yancey Hicks), James Wainwright (T.J. Barker), Don ‘Red’ Barry (Klan jewelry salesman), Ron Trice (Roscoe Cobb), Earl Montgomery (Dr. Sheffield), John Lawrence (Lt. Jim Collins), Cliff Emmich (Orville), Michael Meredith (Tatum), Jim Mansinne (Herb Scott), Julius Varnado (Jim), Karl Felch (Durwood Walker), March McCandless (Sam Jones), Stephen Bradley (Galvin), Dixie Wade (Waitress), Victor Hall (Kevin Ryan), Jim Haynie (1st officer), Peter Scribner (1st jury foreman), Carl Lumbly (Reverend Howell), Blair Leatherwood (Counterboy), Robert Stack (Narrator). 1062... The Underground Man (NBC, 5/6/1974, 120 mins). Peter Graves, completely miscast as novelist Ross MacDonald’s private eye, Lew Archer, goes after the kidnappers of an old flame’s young son and gets mixed up in a series of murders going back 15 years. This was the pilot for the subsequent very short-lived (six episodes) series “Archer” that began in January 1975 and starred Brian Keith, a better but not ideal choice. Production Companies Paramount Network Television, Aries Films. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Howard W. Koch. Producer Phil Parslow. Teleplay Doug Heyes. Based on the Novel by Ross MacDonald. Photography Earl Rath. Music Richard Hazard. Theme song by Marvin Hamlisch. Editor Norman Wallerstein, Richard E. Rabjohn. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Peter Graves (Lew Archer), Sharon Farrell (Marty Nickerson), Celeste Holm (Beatrice Broadhurst), Jim Hutton (Stanley Broadhurst), Kay Lenz (Sue Crandall), Biff McGuire (Cassidy), Vera Miles (Eleanor Strome), Jo Ann Pflug (Jean Broadhurst), Dame Judith Anderson (Mrs. Snow), Jack Klugman (Sheriff Tremaine), Arch Johnson (Joe Kelsey), Bill McKinney (Willy Coggins), Lee Paul (Fritz Snow), Ian John Tanza (Jerry Kilpatrick), Judson Morgan (Dr. Platt), Bill Stout (Newscaster), Maxine Stuart (Librarian), Jay Varela (Dr. Silcox), Erick Hines (Ronny Broadhurst), Sheila Dabney (Rent-A-Car girl), Carlena Gower (Sue at age 6), Bonita Ralen (Sue at age 18), Lawrence Montaigne (Leo Broadhurst). 1063... Unwed Father (ABC, 2/27/1974, 90 mins). A teenage father battles with his girlfriend, her wealthy parents, his own family and the courts in his attempt to gain legal custody of his illegitimate child. C. O’Brien, credited with writing the story and co-writing the teleplay actually is Carol Sobieski, who had her name removed. Production Company Wolper Productions. Director Jeremy Kagan. Executive Producer Lawrence Turman. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay C. O’Brien, Carol Evan McKeand. Based on a Story by C. O’Brien. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Jerry Fielding. Editors Patrick Kennedy, John Levin,. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Cast Joseph Bottoms (Peter), Kay Lenz (Vicky Simmons), Beverly Garland (Estelle), Kim Hunter (Judy Simmons), Joseph Campanella (Scott Simmons), Willie Aames (Gum), William H. Bassett (Principal), William Hansen (Judge), Gina Alvarado (Mrs. Howell), Ed Bernard (Butler), Michelle Art (Donna), Richard Gilliland (Jeff), Jan Hill (Gloria), Joan Crosby (Waitress), Michael Talbott (Corey), Marni Alexander (Karen). 1064... The Users (ABC, 10/1/1978, 150 mins). A small-town girl with a dark past falls in love with a fading screen star and masterminds his spectacular professional and personal comeback. Screen veteran Joan Fontaine made her TV-movie debut here as a Hollywood socialite in this 2½ hour adaptation of Joyce Haber’s smarmy showbiz novel (1975). Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Dominick Dunne. Teleplay Robert J. Shaw. Based on the Novel by Joyce Haber. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt. Art Directors Frank Swig, Paul Sylos. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Elena Schneider), Tony Curtis (Randy Brent), Red Buttons (Warren Ambrose), Alan Feinstein (Marty Lesky), Joan Fontaine (Grace St. George), John Forsythe (Reade Jamieson), George Hamilton (Adam Baker), Darren McGavin (Henry Waller), Carrie Nye (Nancy Baker), Michelle Phillips (Marina Brent), Michael Baseleon (Harvey Parkes), John Pleshette (Kip Nathan), Joanne Linville (Elena’s Mother), Douglas Warner (Andrew Lyons), Army Archerd (Himself), Pat Ast (Dressmaker),

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Walter George Alton (Peter), Judy Landers (Merry), Peter Brandon (Maitre d’), Suzette Carroll (Girl in movie), Frederick Combs (Editor), Colin Hamilton (Theodore), Mimi Maynard (Photographer’s assistant). 1065... A Vacation in Hell (ABC, 5/21/1979, 120 mins). A dream vacation at a posh tropical resort turns into a nightmare for four women and a man who wander off into the jungle on a remote part of the island and wage a desperate fight for survival. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, David Greene Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer David Greene. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Shelley Katz, D.B. Ledrov. Photography Harry J. May. Music Gil Melle. Editors Ken Zemke, Parkie Singh. Art Director Joe Aubel. Associate Producer Mack Bing. Cast Priscilla Barnes (Denise), Barbara Feldon (Evelyn), Andrea Marcovicci (Barbara), Maureen McCormick (Margaret), Michael Brandon (Alan), Ed Ka’ahea (Native). 1066... Valentine (ABC, 12/7/1979, 120 mins). Mary Martin made her TV-movie debut and her first dramatic appearance on television in 19 years as a feisty widow who falls in love with a zestful widower in a retirement community, much to the disapproval of her married daughter. She and Jack Albertson get the opportunity to sing several songs--a couple of standards and some written especially for the film. Production Companies Malloy-Philips Productions, Edward S. Feldman Company. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer Merrit Malloy. Teleplay Lee Philips, Merrit Malloy. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Music Lee Holdridge. Songs by Lee Holdridge. Song “I Can’t Get Started” by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin. Song “My Funny Valentine” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Songs “Valentines” and “Nobody’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Merrit Malloy. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director James D. Bissell. Cast Jack Albertson (Pete Ferguson), Mary Martin (Gracie Schwartz), Loretta Swit (Emily), Danny DeVito (Dewey), Judy Norton-Taylor (Elizabeth), Gary Prendergast (Michael), Lloyd Nolan (Brother Joe), Philip Michael Thomas (Bean), Morgan Farley (Mason), Merie Earle (Birdie), Brad Dexter (Cosmo), Linda Grovenor (Lindy), Ted McGinley (Jogger), Jan Stratton (Nurse), Harry Hanson (Track announcer). 1067... Vampire (ABC, 10/7/1979, 120 mins). Biting contemporary “Dracula” tale of a handsome millionaire with an irresistible power over women who becomes the quarry of a pair of frenzied vampire hunters in present day San Francisco. “I underestimated you two,” he tells them after being trapped by them. “You’re the best in years--in centuries, in fact.” Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Steven Bochco. Producer Gregory Hoblit. Teleplay Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Fred Karlin. Supervising Editor Christopher Nelson. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer David Anspaugh. Cast Jason Miller (John Rawlins), Richard Lynch (Anton Voytek), E.G. Marshall (Harry Kilcoyne), Kathryn Harrold (Leslie Rawlins), Barrie Youngfellow (Andrea Parker), Michael Tucker (Christopher Bell), Jonelle Allen (Brandy), Jessica Walter (Nicole de Camp), Adam Starr (Tommy Parker), Wendy Cutler (Iris), Scott Paulin (Father Hanley), David Hooks (Casket salesman), Brendan Dillon (Old priest), Joe Spinell (Desk captain), Byron Webster (Selby), Ray K. Gorman (Detective), Nicholas Gunn (Dance instructor), San Francisco Ballet Company. 1068... Vanished (NBC, 3/8/1971 and 3/9/1971, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A political thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a senior presidential advisor. This first long-form TV movie, shown in two parts (actual running time minus commercials totaled three hours and ten minutes), paved the way the subsequent filmed miniseries. Both Richard Widmark, in his TV acting debut, and Robert Young, playing against character as a rascally Southern senator, received Emmy nominations. Based on the 1968 novel by Fletcher Knebel. Production Company Universal Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Dean Riesner. Based on the Novel by Fletcher Knebel. Photography Lionel Lindon. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director John J. Lloyd. Cast Richard Widmark (Pres. Paul Roudebush), Skye Aubrey (Jill Nichols), Tom Bosley (Johnny Cavanaugh), James Farentino (Gene Culligan), Larry Hagman (Jerry Frytag), Murray Hamilton (Nick McCann), Arthur Hill (Arnold Greer), Robert Hooks (Larry Storm), E.G. Marshall (Arthur Ingram), Eleanor Parker (Sue Greer), William Shatner (Dave Paulick), Robert Young (Sen. Earl Gannon), Stephen McNally (General Palfrey), Sheree North (Beverly), Robert Lipton (Loomis), Jim Davis (Captain Cooledge), Michael Strong (Descowicz), Catherine McLeod (Grace), Christine Belford (Gretchen Greer), Denny Miller (Cincom Commander), Chet Huntley (Himself), Betty White (Herself), Martin Agronsky (Himself), Herbert Kaplow (Himself), Russell Johnson (Clyde Morehouse), Herb Vigran (Joe Hotchkiss), Neil Hamilton (Merrihew), Stacy Keach Sr. (Governor Wolcott), Ilka Windish (Hester Potinari), Carleton Young (Leonard Carey), Stacy Harris (Captain Meadowcroft), Helen Kleeb (Mrs. Erdlatz), Susan Kussman (Butter Nyguard), Don Pedro Colley (Mercurio), Judy Jordan (Phyllis), Richard Dix (Dr. Winthrop), Nancy Lee Dix (Miss Rogers), Earl Ebi (Admiral Claypool), Athena Lorde (Kate McGuinness), Kevin Hagen (Matthew Silkwood), Randolph Mantooth, Russ Conway, Clark Howart, Gil Stuart, Arthur Balinger, Barry Atwater, James Hong, Larry Linville, Leo G. Morrell, Perry Ribiero, Vincent Howard, Stephen Coit, Francis DeSales, Fred Holliday, William Boyett, Dick Kleiner, Vernon Scott, Joseph Finnegan.

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1069... Vega$ (ABC, 4/25/1978, 120 mins). A flashy private eye in Las Vegas searches for a runaway teenage girl and runs into a murder investigation in this pilot for Robert Urich’s hit series that began in the fall of 1978. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Michael Mann. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor Michael S, McLean. Editors Dennis C Duckwall, Howard Kunin. Art Directors Alfeo Bocchicchio, Paul Sylos. Cast Robert Urich (Dan Tanna), Will Sampson (Harlon Two leaf), Chick Vennera (Costigan), Michael Lerner (Nate Destefano), Elissa Leeds (Marilyn), Red Buttons (Tommy Cirko), June Allyson (Loretta Ochs), Edd Byrnes (Johnny Crystal), Scatman Crothers (Rosie), Jack Kelly (Merle Ochs), Greg Morris (Lt. George Nelson), Tony Curtis (Bernie Roth), Colby Chester (Larry Johnson), Phyllis Davis (Beatrice), Judy Landers (Angie), Diane Parkinson (Charlene), John Quade (Hugh), Naomi Stevens (Sgt. Bella Archer), Catherine Hickland (Julie), Jason Wingreen (Hank Adamek), Ned Glass (Charlie), Bart Braverman (Binzer), Johnnie Collins II, Jeannie Wilson, Al Stephens Scaglione, Janis Hansen. 1070... A Very Missing Person (ABC, 3/4/1972, 90 mins). An ex-schoolmarm turns detective when police ask for her aid in finding a missing heiress in this pilot project to bring to TV the Hildegarde Withers character, as portrayed by Eve Arden, popularized in films in the 1930s by Edna May Oliver. Adapted from the 1969 Stuart Palmer/Fletcher Flora novel “Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene.” Originally titled “Hildegarde Withers.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Richard Irving. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Philip H. Reisman Jr. Based on a Novel by Stuart Palmer, Fletcher Flora. Photography William Margulies. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor Richard M. Sprague. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Eve Arden (Hildegarde Withers), James Gregory (Oscar Piper), Julie Newmar (Aletha Westering), Ray Danton (Captain Westering), Skye Aubrey (Sister Isobel/Leonore Gregory), Dennis Wayne Rucker (Al Fister), Robert Easton (Onofre), Woodrow Parfrey (Eberhardt), Bob Hastings (James Malloy), Pat Morita (Delmar Faulkenstein), Ezra Stone (Judge), Linda Gillin (Bernadine Toller), Dwan Smith (Ora), Peter Morrison Jacobs (Dr. Singer), Savannah Bentley (Mrs. Singer), Udana Power (Mariette). 1071... The Victim (ABC, 11/14/1972, 90 mins). A wealthy woman is trapped by a fierce storm in the house with no electricity or phone, her murdered sister’s body hidden in the basement, and a killer waiting for an opportunity to make her his next victim. Production Company Universal Television. Director Herschel Daugherty. Producer William Frye. Teleplay Merwin Gerard. Based on the Short Story by McKnight Malmar. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Gil Melle. Editor Douglas Stewart, John Kaufman Jr. Art Director Henry Bumstead. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Katherine Wainwright), George Maharis (Ben Chappel), Sue Ane Langdon (Edith Jordan), Eileen Heckart (Mrs. Hawks), Jess Walton (Susan Chappel), Richard Derr (Highway patrolman), Ross Elliott (1st patrolman), George Jue (George/butler), John Furlong (2nd patrolman), Michael Keller (Station attendant). 1072... Victory at Entebbe (ABC, 12/13/1976, 180 mins). The first of two dramatic re-creations of the July 4, 1976 Israeli lightning raid on the airport at Entebbe, Uganda, to rescue a planeload of hostages who had been taken by Palestinian hijackers. Rushed into release in a three-hour timeslot, this was shown initially on videotape and later converted to film for theatrical showings outside of the United States. Ernest Kinoy received an Emmy Award nomination for his teleplay. Julius Harris, as Idi Amin, replaced Godfrey Cambridge, who died during production. Production Company David L. Wolper Productions. Director Marvin J Chomsky. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Robert Guenette. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography James Kilgore. Music Charles Fox. Supervising Editor David Saxon. Editors Jim McElroy, Mike Gavaldon. Production Designer Edward Stephenson. Associate Producer Albert J. Simon. Special Effects Joe Unsinn. Cast Helmut Berger (German Terrorist), Theodore Bikel (Yakov Shlomo), Linda Blair (Chana Vilnofsky), Kirk Douglas (Hershel Vilnofsky), Richard Dreyfuss (Col. Yonatan “Yonni”), Stefan Gierasch (Mordecai Gur), David Groh (Benjamin Wise), Julius Harris (President Idi Amin), Helen Hayes (Mrs. Wise), Anthony Hopkins (Yitzhak Rabin), Burt Lancaster (Shimon Peres), Christian Marquand (Captain Dukas), Elizabeth Taylor (Edra Vilnofsky), Jessica Walter (Nomi Haroun), Harris Yulin (Gen. Dan Shomron), Allan Miller (Natan Haroun), Bibi Besch (German Woman), David Sheiner (Aaron Olav), Severn Darden (Moshe Meyer), Ben Hammer (Yaakobi), Anthony James (Gamal Fahmy), Victor Mohica (Jaif), Samantha Harper (Nan Peyser), Philip Sterling (Col. Baruch Bar-Lev), Erica Yohn (Belgian woman), Lilyan Chauvin (French nun), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Nun’s ward), Zitto Kazann (Peruvian), Jessica St. John (Parisienne), Kristina Wayborn (Claudine), Austin Stoker (Dr. Ghota), Dimitri Logothetis (Young soldier), Jenny Maybrook (Captain Abi), Than Wyenn (Rabin’s Aide), Eunice Christopher (Israeli Intelligence worker), Pitt Herbert (Passenger), Michael Mullins (Passenger), Vera Mandell (Young mother). 1073... The Virginia Hill Story (NBC, 11/19/1974, 90 mins). The fact-based story of Virginia Hill (played by Dyan Cannon), girlfriend of one-time Los Angeles gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel), who was slain in gangland fashion in 1947. Production Companies RSO Television, NBC Productions. Director Joel Schumacher. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Howard Rosenman. Producer Aaron Rosenberg. Teleplay Joel Schumacher, Juleen Compton. Based on a Story by Juleen

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Compton. Photography Jack Woolf. Music David Shire. Editor David Rawlins. Art Director Walter McKeegan. Assistant Director Claude Binyon Jr. Cast Dyan Cannon (Virginia Hill), Harvey Keitel (Bugsy Siegel), Allen Garfield (Leo Ritchie), John Vernon (Nick Rubanos), Herbert Anderson (Sen. Estes Kefauver), Robby Benson (Leroy Small), John Quade (Mousie), Liam Dunn (Auctioneer), Conrad Janis (Halley), Tom Reese (Mac Hill). 1074... Visions... (CBS, 10/10/1972, 90 mins). A clairvoyant professor who alerts Denver police that someone is about to plant a bomb discovers that he is their prime suspect. Subsequently titled “Visions of Death.” Production Companies Leonard Freeman Productions, CBS Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Producer Leonard Freeman. Teleplay Paul Playdon. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Monte Markham (Prof. Mark Lowell), Barbara Anderson (Susan Schaeffer), Telly Savalas (Lt. Phil Keegan), Tim O’Connor (Dr. Bert Hayes), Joseph Sirola (George Simpson), Lonny Chapman (Martin Binzech), Jim Antonio (Sgt. Ted Korel), Richard Erdman (Ellis), Val DeVargas (Steve Curtis), Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. Metcalfe), Robert DoQui (Andrews). 1075... The Voyage of the Yes (CBS, 1/16/1973, 90 mins). Two teenagers (Desi Arnaz Jr. and Michael Evans) embark on a 2,600-mile journey from California to Hawaii in a sailboat, battling the elements as well as their own prejudices. Production Companies Bing Crosby Productions, Fenady Associates. Director Lee H. Katzin. Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Teleplay William Stratton. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Richard Markowitz. Song “El Condor Pasa” performed by Desi Arnaz Jr., Mike Evans. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Michael Karr. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Cal Markwell), Michael Evans (Orlando B. Parker), Beverly Garland (Agatha Markwell), Skip Homeier (Arnold Markwell), Scoey Mitchlll (Pretty), Della Reese (Opal Parker), Dick Powell Jr. (Dick Stanwood), Steve Marlo (Lieutenant Matthews), Ed McCready (Peter Reed), Steve Franken (Doctor), Ben Wright (Philip Blemsley), Beulah Quo (Native nurse). 1076... Wake Me When the War is Over (ABC, 10/14/1969, 90 mins). A comedy about a World War II pilot (Ken Berry) who falls out of his plane and is hidden by a baroness to protect him from the enemy--long after the war has ended. Plot was similar to that of the 1965 Alec Guinness movie, “Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious.” Production Company Thomas-Spelling Productions. Director Gene Nelson. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Danny Thomas. Producers Gene Nelson, Sid Morse. Teleplay Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Fred Steiner. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Ken Berry (Lt. Roger Carrington), Eva Gabor (Baroness Marlene), Danielle DeMetz (Eva), Werner Klemperer (Maj. Erich Mueller), Jim Backus (Colonel), Hans Conried (Erhardt), Martin Kosleck, Alan Hewitt, Parley Baer, Woodrow Parfrey, Norbert Schiller, Jon Cedar, Ben Wright, Ted Gehring, Alex Rodine, Skip Youn. 1077... Walking Through the Fire (CBS, 5/15/1979, 120 mins). Bess Armstrong plays young mother who battles Hodgkin’s Disease, endangering both her own life and that of her unborn baby. Based on Laurel Lee’s 1977 chronicle of her own seemingly hopeless struggle. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Stan Hough. Teleplay Sue Grafton. Based on the Autobiography by Laurel Lee. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Paul Barnes. Cast Bess Armstrong (Laurel Lee), Tom Mason (Richard Lee), Richard Masur (Dr. Maitland), Swoosie Kurtz (Caria), Ken Kercheval (Dr. Freeman), June Lockhart (Ruth Moore), J.D. Cannon (Dr. Goodwin), Bonnie Bedelia (Dr. Rand), Daniel Benton (Dr. Levinson), Hal Frederick (William Francis), Bobby Jacoby (Matthew Lee), Laura Jacoby (Anna Lee), Louise Hoven (Jeannie), Barbara Allen (Delia), Noel Conlon (Dr. Fowler), Michael Prince (Dr. Baker), Tanya Boyd (Nurse Gates), Betty Jinnette (Nurse Ambrose), Karen Werner (Nurse), Isabel Cooley (Nurse). 1078... Wanted: The Sundance Woman (ABC, 10/1/1976, 120 mins). Katharine Ross repeats her portrayal of Etta Pace (from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”) in this adventure of the fugitive who, alone and desperate following the deaths of Butch and Sundance, seeks help from Pancho Villa in exchange for guns and ammunition. Subsequently titled “Mrs. Sundance Rides Again.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Stan Hough. Producer Ron Preissman. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Katharine Ross (Etta Pace), Steve Forrest (Charlie Siringo), Stella Stevens (Lola Watkins), Michael Constantine (Dave Riley), Katherine Helmond (Mattie Riley), Hector Elizondo (Pancho Villa), Hector Elias (Fierro), Warren Berlinger (The Sheriff), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Major Vasquez), Lucille Benson (Elsie Russell), Diane Sommerfield (Rosa/Lola’s maid), Redmond Gleeson, Robert Symonds, Diane Sommerfield, Eric Server, Tom Runyon, Felipe Turich.

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1079... The War Between the Tates (NBC, 6/13/1977, 120 mins). A small-town college professor’s wife discovers that he is having an affair with one of his students, and he is forced to resolve a crisis in his once orderly life. Barbara Turner’s adaptation of Alison Lurie’s 1974 book won her an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Talent Associates, NBC Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Frederick Brogger. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Based on the Novel by Alison Lurie. Photography Zale Magder. Music John Barry. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Earl Preston. Cast Elizabeth Ashley (Erica Tate), Richard Crenna (Prof. Brian Tate), Ann Wedgeworth (Danielle Zimmerman), Annette O’Toole (Wendy Dehagen), Granville Van Dusen (Sanford Finkelstein), Laura Patrick (Mathilda Tate), Shawn Cambell (Jeffrey Tate), Colin Fox (Leonard Zimmerman), Julie Philips (Roo Zimmerman), Mina Badiyi (Celia Zimmerman), Michael J. Reynolds (Chuck), Rebecca Applebaum (Girl in bookstore), Lorraine Carson (Lily), Harvey Atkin (Dr. Ben Kotelchuk). 1080... A War of Children (CBS, 12/5/1972, 90 mins). This Emmy Award-winning drama, chosen the Outstanding Program of the 1972-73 TV season, depicted two middle-class Belfast families--one Protestant, one Catholic--that discovered themselves engulfed in the surrounding violence that turned their years of friendship to bitter hatred which ultimately filtered to the children’s lives. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Producer George Schaefer. Teleplay James Costigan. Photography Chris Challis. Music Jerry Fielding. Editors Anne V. Coates, Christopher Holmes, Eric Boyd-Perkins, Fabien Tordjmann. Art Director Simon Holland. Associate Producer Paul Cameron. Cast Vivien Merchant (Nora Tomelty), Jenny Agutter (Maureen Tomelty), John Ronane (Frank Tomelty), Danny Figgis (Donal Tomelty), Anthony Andrews (Reg Hogg), Aideen O’Kelly (Meg McCullum), David Meredith (Robbie McCullum), Lynch Patrick Dawson (Seamus Lynch), Desman Nealon (British lieutenant), Stuart Knee (British soldier), Kathleen Delaney (Mrs. Doyle), Maura Keeley (Woman in shop), Arthur O’Sullivan (Mr. Fiske), Patrick Laffan (British soldier), Connor Evans (British soldier), Paul Wilson (British soldier). 1081... Washington: Behind Closed Doors (ABC, 9/6/1977 to 9/11/1977, 6 Parts, 12 1/2 hrs). A lavish fictionalized retelling of the Watergate story mixing political intrigue and personal drama and centering on the rise of a power-hungry U.S. president and the men with whom he surrounded himself in order to keep his grip on his office. Robert Vaughn received an Emmy Award for his performance as the president’s chief of staff, with other nominations going to the show itself as Outstanding Series, to Jason Robards for his portrayal of Pres. Richard Monckton with its overt Nixonian images, director Gary Nelson, cinematographers Joseph Biroc and Jack Swain, art directors Jack DeShields and Jamie Claytor and set decorator Barbara Kreiger. The miniseries, adapted from John Erlichman’s 1976 book “The Company,” initially ran 12 1/2 hours in six parts (the first was 2 1/2 hours). Production Companies Paramount Network Television, Eric Bercovici Productions, David W Rintels Productions. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer Stan Kallis. Producer Norman S. Powell. Supervising Producer David W. Rintels, Eric Bercovici. Teleplay David W. Rintels, Eric Bercovici. Based on a Book by John Ehrlichman. Photography Jack Swain, Joseph Biroc. Music Dominic Frontiere. Music (Part 4) Richard Markowitz. Editors Arthur D. Hilton, Gerald J. Wilson, Harry Kaye. Art Directors Jack F DeShields, Jamie Claytor. Associate Producer Frank Cardea. Cast Cliff Robertson (William Martin), Jason Robards (Pres. Richard Monckton), Stefanie Powers (Sally Whalen), Robert Vaughn (Frank Flaherty), Lois Nettleton (Linda Martin), Barry Nelson (Bob Bailey), Harold Gould (Carl Tessler), Tony Bill (Adam Gardiner), Andy Griffith (Esker Scott Anderson), John Houseman (Myron Dunn), David Selby (Roger Castle), Meg Foster (Jennie Jamison), Peter Coffield (Eli McGinn), Barry Primus (Joe Wisnovsky), Diana Ewing (Kathy Ferris), Lara Parker (Wanda Elliott), John Lehne (Tucker Tallford), Alan Oppenheimer (Simon Cappell), Nicholas Pryor (Hank Ferris), Frank Marth (Lawrence Allison), John Randolph (Bennett Lowman), Linden Chiles (Jack Atherton), George Gaynes (Brewster Perry), Thayer David (Elmer Morse), Phillip R. Allen (Walter Tulloch), Skip Homeier (Lars Haglund), Michael Anderson Jr. (Alex Coffee), Joseph Sirola (Ozymandias), Frances Lee McCain (Paula Stoner Gardiner), June Dayton (Mrs. Monckton), Jean Cameron Howell (Dorothy Kemp), Danna Hansen (Marta Anderson), Rick Gates (Bernie Tibbets), Madison Arnold (Harvey Bass), Borah Silver (Burt Saraceni), Karen Smith-Bercovici (Patti), Joseph Hacker (Jimmy Bird), Regis J. Cordic (TV Anchorman), John Kerr (Ashton), Mary LaRoche (Anne Marie Lowman), Fred Sadoff (Sid Gold), Charles Macaulay (Clifford Ryan), J. Jay Saunders (Gus), Patrick Gorman (FBI agent). 1082... The Weekend Nun (ABC, 12/20/1972, 90 mins). Drama based on the life of Joyce Duco, with Joanna Pettet as a young nun torn between the reality of her secular job as a daytime juvenile probation officer and the vows she has taken with the church. Original title: “Matter of the Heart.” Production Companies Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Producers Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L Miller. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Charles Fox. Editor Rita Roland. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Joanna Pettet (Sister Mary Damian/Marjery Walker), Vic Morrow (Chuck Jardine), Ann Sothern (Mother Bonaventure), James Gregory (Sid Richardson), Beverly Garland (Bobby Sue Prewitt), Kay Lenz (Audree Prewitt), Michael Clark (Rick Seiden), Tina Andrews (Bernetta), Judson Pratt (Priest), Barbara Werle (Sister Gratia), Lynn Borden (Connie), Marion Ross (Mrs. Crowe), Stephen Rogers (Arlen Crowe), Ann Summers (Administrator).

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1083... Weekend of Terror (ABC, 12/8/1970, 90 mins). Three kidnapped nuns realize that their abductors need only one of them alive--as a substitute for a hostage they accidentally killed. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Jud Taylor. Producer Joel Freeman. Teleplay Lionel E. Siegel. Photography Les Shorr. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director Walter M. Jeffries. Cast Robert Conrad (Eddie), Lee Majors (Larry), Carol Lynley (Sister Meredith), Lois Nettleton (Sister Ellen), Jane Wyatt (Sister Frances), Kevin Hagen (Lieutenant Papich), Todd Andrews (Wedemeyer), Gregory Sierra (Police sergeant), Byron Clark (Guard), Ann Doran (Sister Nadine), Ford Lile (Hamilton), Barbara Allyne Bennett (Louise), William Lally (Clark), Buck Young (Man). 1084... Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (CBS, 1/30/1972, 120 mins). Martin Landau stars as a Vietnam POW who tries to return to the small New England hometown he dreamed of in captivity but can find no trace of it. Production Company Cinema Center 100. Director George McCowan. Producer Arthur Joel Katz. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Phil Barber. Cast Martin Landau (Capt. Johnny Bristol), Jane Alexander (Anne Palmer), Brock Peters (Dr. Berdahl), Martin Sheen (Graytak), Pat O’Brien (Sergeant McGill), Forrest Tucker (Harry McMartin), Mona Freeman (Margaret Bristol), Jane Elliot (Virginia/Sister Theresa), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Tyson), John Hoyt (Minister), Simon Scott (Colonel Anderson), Mark Roberts (Mr. Bristol), James McEachin (Loughton), Alan Bergman. (Shuster), Richard Evans (Franks), Gerald Michenaud (Young Johnny Bristol). 1085... What Are Best Friends For? (ABC, 12/18/1973, 90 mins). An amiable comedy about the determined efforts of a married couple (Lee Grant and Larry Hagman) to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jay Sandrich. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Rubin Carson, J.A. Vapors. Based on a Story by Rubin Carson. Photography Ben Colman. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Eugene Lourie. Cast Ted Bessell (Paul Nesbitt), Lee Grant (Adele Ross), Larry Hagman (Frank Ross), Barbara Feldon (Valerie Norton), Nita Talbot (Evelyn Housner), George Furth (Barry Chambers), Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Otto Ludwig), Patricia Harty (Roberta), Corinne Camacho (Deborah Nesbitt), Roger Perry (Keith), Barbara Rhoades (Marge), Linda Morrow (Barbara), Shirley O’Hara (Receptionist), Jo Marie Ward (Hostess), Guy Remsen (Patrolman), Salvatore Corsitto (Waiter). 1086... What’s a Nice Girl Like You. . .? (ABC, 12/18/1971, 90 mins). A Bronx working girl (Brenda Vaccaro) is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang of sophisticated con men who force her, because of her remarkable resemblance, to impersonate a wealthy socialite. Based on E.V. Cunningham’s novel “Shirley” (1964). Production Company Universal Television. Director Jerry Paris. Producer Norman Lloyd. Teleplay Howard Fast. Based on a Novel by E.V. Cunningham. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Robert Prince. Editor Richard M. Sprague. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Brenda Vaccaro (Shirley Campbell), Jack Warden (Lt. Joe Burton), Roddy McDowall (Albert Soames), Jo Anne Worley (Cynthia), Edmond O’Brien (Morton Stillman), Vincent Price (William Spevin), Morgan Sterne (Adam Newman), Michael Lerner (Fats Detroit), Gino Conforti (Selzer), Arthur Batanides (Flint), Curt Conway (Mr. Foley), Robert Doyle (Francis Malone), Johnny Silver (Louis/waiter), Maudie Prickett (Elderly woman), Don Diamond (Duty sergeant), Ray Ballard (Mr. Morrow), Barbara Baldavin (Nurse), Arnold Turner (1st policeman). 1087... When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (NBC, 3/12/1978, 120 mins). Fictionalized from events during producer/director/writer Dan Curtis’ boyhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the 1930s, this sentimental drama tells of a local attorney who succumbs to the pleas of his nine-year-old daughter and agrees to defend on homicide charges a mute handyman the girl has befriended, thought to be the town “weirdo” after being shell-shocked during World War I. A sequel, “The Long Days of Summer,” followed two years later. Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Lee Hutson. Based on a Story by Dan Curtis, Lee Hutson. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Ted Virkler. Art Director Jackson DeGovia. Cast Dean Jones (Ed Cooper), Louise Sorel (Millie Cooper), Chris Peterson (Daniel Cooper), Katy Kurtzman (Sarah Cooper), Harris Yulin (Joseph T. Antonelli), Geoffrey Lewis (Albert Cavanaugh/The Snow Man), Scott Brady (Off. Mike Doyle), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Mrs. Najarian), Ben Piazza (Herman Gasser), Henry Wilcoxon (Judge Henry J. Wheeler), Eric Shea (Red Doyle), Michael Pataki (Robert Najarian), Woodrow Parfrey (Dr. Alexander Moss), H.B. Haggerty (Bartender), Moosie Drier (Howie), Scott Kimball (Scott), Tiger Williams (Skipper), Charles Aidman (Narrator), Johnny Timko, Michael Durrell, Bruce French, Gloria Calomee, Chris Charney, George Janet, John Clavin. 1088... When Hell Was in Session (NBC, 10/8/1979, 120 mins). Harrowing dramatization of the true story of then Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton, who was shot down during a bombing mission over Vietnam in 1965, and his torture as a POW over the next seven-and-one-half years while organizing a resistance movement among his fellow prisoners. Surprisingly, Hal Holbrook was overlooked at Emmy Award time, although a nomination went to editor John Woodcock.

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Production Company Aubrey-Hamner Productions. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producers James T. Aubrey, Robert Hamner. Producer R.J. Louis. Teleplay Jake Justiz. Based on a Book by Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., Ed Brandt. Photography Robert B Hauser. Music Jimmie Haskell. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Fred Price. Action Supervisor David Chow. Technical Advisor Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. Cast Hal Holbrook (Jeremiah Denton Jr.), Eva Marie Saint (Jane Denton), Mako (Bai), Ronny Cox (Maj. Frank Perrin), Renne Jarrett (Nancy Tschudy), Richard Evans (Lt. Alec Vardis), James Hong (Nguyen), Tom Bower (Lt. Jim Norton), Stephen Keep (Lt. Bill Grainger), Byron Chung (Quoc), William Kirby Cullen (Jerry Denton), Paul Mantee (Captain Brown), Rod Browning (Ed Brandt), Rod McCary (TV host), Ric Carrott (Lieutenant Hadley), Laurence Haddon (Williams), Sab Shimono (Cao), Emily Banks (Betty Phillips), Tom Kindle (Lt. William Tschudy), David Chow (Diem), Barry Blakeley (Peterson), Kathryn Daley (Frances Parker), Walter Neihenke (Lieutenant Brain), Jerry Fujikawa (Komuro), Nicole Eggert (2nd Mary Beth Denton), Tom Martin (Gordon), Dorothy Dells (Woman shopper), Randy Shepard (Man shopper), Bill Saito (Head guard), Steve Shaw (Jim Denton), Rad Daly (Bill Denton), Hal Fishman (1st newscaster), Charles Rowe (2nd newscaster). 1089... When Michael Calls (ABC, 2/5/1972, 90 mins). A mystery thriller about a woman tormented by phone calls from a nephew who supposedly died 15 years earlier, with Michael Douglas in his TV-movie acting debut. Adapted from John Ferris’ 1969 novel. Production Companies Palomar Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producer Gil Shiva. Teleplay James Bridges. Based on a Novel by John Farris. Photography Don Wilder, Reginald Morris. Music Lionel Newman. Editor P.A. James. Production Designer Jack McAdam. Cast Ben Gazzara (Doremus Connelly), Elizabeth Ashley (Helen Connelly), Michael Douglas (Craig), Karen Pearson (Peggy Connelly), Larry Reynolds (Dr. Britton), Al Waxman (Sheriff Hap Washbrook), Alan McCae (Harry Randall), Marian Waldman (Elsa Britton), Chris Pellett (Peter), Steve Weston (Enoch Mills), Robert Warner (Sam), John Bethune (Mr. Quinlin), William Osler (Professor Swen), Michele Chicoine (Amy). 1090... When She Was Bad (ABC, 11/25/1979, 120 mins). In her first starring role in a made-for-TV movie, Cheryl Ladd is a young wife and mother whose ambitious, often-absent, upwardly mobile husband leaves her unhappy and her growing loneliness leads to frustrations she takes out on her preschool daughter. This child abuse film, originally to have been called “A New Life,” was coproduced by Cheryl Ladd’s then-husband, David (son of veteran actor Alan Ladd). Production Companies Ladd Productions, Henry Jaffe Enterprises. Director Peter H. Hunt. Producers David Ladd, Michael Jaffe. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Perry Botkin. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Betina ‘Teeny’ Morgan), Robert Urich (Bob Morgan), Eileen Brennan (Mary Jensen), Dabney Coleman (Jack Wilson), Marcia Lewis (Gloria), Ramon Bieri (Dr. Gilbert), Nicole Eggert (Robbie Morgan), Roxanne Gregory (Jack’s wife), Michael Flanagan (Dr. Giles), Paul Larson (Harrison), Judy Kiern (Jan), J.P. Bumstead (Man), Julie Parrish (Nurse), Bill Stayers (Sam), Keith Jackson (Himself). 1091... Where Have All the People Gone? (NBC, 10/8/1974, 90 mins). A father and his two children struggle to survive after a lethal virus, the aftermath of a mysterious radiation explosion, kills most of the earth’s population. Production Companies Alpine Productions, The Jozak Company, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Teleplay Lewis John Carlino, Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Lewis John Carlino. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Robert Prince. Editor John A. Martinelli. Associate Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Cast Peter Graves (Steven Anders), Verna Bloom (Jenny), George O’Hanlon Jr. (David Anders), Kathleen Quinlan (Deborah Anders), Michael-James Wixted (Michael), Noble Willingham (Jim Clancy/guide), Doug Chapin (Tom Clancy), Jay W. MacIntosh (Barbara Anders), Dan Barrows (Man with gun), Ken Sansom (Jack McFadden). 1092... Who Is the Black Dahlia? (NBC, 3/1/1975, 120 mins). A fact-based mystery drama about a Los Angeles detective’s obsession with finding the slayer of a star-struck young woman, dubbed the Black Dahlia because of her black hair and penchant for black clothing, whose body was found in a vacant lot in 1947. (The case remains unsolved.) Production Companies Douglas S. Cramer Productions, NBC Productions. Director Joseph Pevney. Executive Producers Douglas S. Cramer, Wilford Lloyd Baumes. Producer Henry Colman. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Photography Al Francis. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Sgt. Harry Hansen), Ronny Cox (Sgt. Finis Brown), Macdonald Carey (Capt. Jack Donahoe), Lucie Arnaz (Elizabeth Short), Tom Bosley (Bevo Means), Linden Chiles (Dr. Walter Coppin), Gloria DeHaven (Police matron), John Fiedler (PX manager), Rick Jason (Miles Harmon), Henry Jones (Lee Jones), June Lockhart (Mrs. Fowler), Mercedes McCambridge (Grandmother), Donna Mills (Susan Winters), Murray MacLeod (Soldier on highway), Frank Maxwell (Mr. Short), Brooke Adams (Diane Fowler), John Fink (Reporter), Lee deBroux (Casting man), Ted Gehring (A. Redfield), Lana Wood (Boarder), Don Keefer (Jim Richardson), Henry Beckman (Traveling salesman), Randolph Roberts (1st sailor), Timothy Scott (Counterman), Sid Haig (Tattoo artist), David Knapp (Naval officer).

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1093... The Whole World Is Watching (NBC, 3/11/1969, 120 mins). A student radical, accused of murdering a cop during a campus revolt, welcomes a court confrontation and then refuses to take the stand, despite the urging of the three highpriced lawyers he has hired to represent him in this second pilot of “The Lawyers,” a rotating segment of “The Bold Ones” series. Hal Holbrook won an Emmy nomination for this performance in this one. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Roy Huggins. Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography E Charles Straumer. Music Pete Rugolo. Song “The Sum of One” by Lee Burch, Stephanie Dubov. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Robert Luthardt. Associate Producer Carl Pingitore, Steve Heilpern. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Burl Ives (Walter Nichols), Joseph Campanella (Brian Darrell), James Farentino (Neil Darrell), Hal Holbrook (Chancellor Graham), Steve Ihnat (Officer Platt), Stephen McNally (The Governor), Rick Ely (Gil Bennett), Dennis Olivieri (Ed Shepp), Roy Poole (Jim Church), Dana Elcar (Huston), Carrie Snodgress (Megan Baker), Eileen Wesson (Debbie), Kermit Murdock (2nd Judge), Juanita Moore (Mrs. Harbeson), Charles Brewer (Student witness), John S. Ragin (Arresting officer), Bennes Mardenn (Dr. Sloan), Stuart Nisbet (Jail guard). 1094... Who’ll Save Our Children? (CBS, 12/16/1978, 120 mins). A childless couple become foster parents to two young children who have been deserted by their irresponsible parents, but when they attempt to adopt them legally after falling in love with them and raising them, are rebuffed when the natural parents sue to reclaim their offspring. Based on the Rachel Maddux’s 1977 novel “The Orchard Children.” Production Company Time-Life Television. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer George Schaefer. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Novel by Rachel Maddux. Photography Don Wilder. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Freyda Rothstein. Cast Shirley Jones (Sarah Laver), Len Cariou (Matt Laver), Cassie Yates (Lurene Garver), David Hayward (Bob Garver), Conchata Ferrell (Dodie Hart), Frances Sternhagen (Nellie Henderson), Lee Ann Mitchell (Marjory Garver), David Schott (Tommy Garver), Jordan Charney (John Drake), Franz Russell (Oscar Taylor), Stephen E. Miller, Janet Wright, Dale Wilson, Anna Hagan, Winston Rekert, Walter Marsh, Bill Barrington, Bruce MacLeod, Nancy Isaak, Chela Matthison, Barney O’Sullivan, Leanne Young, Shane Dennison, Lloyd Orsted. 1095... Widow (NBC, 1/22/1976, 120 mins). Michael Learned stars as a woman with two children who tries to adjust emotionally after the sudden death of her husband. Based on the 1968 autobiography of Lynn Caine. Production Companies Lorimar Productions, NBC Productions. Director J. Lee Thompson. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer John Furia Jr. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Based on the Autobiography by Lynn Caine. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Bill Mosher. Art Director Ed Graves. Cast Michael Learned (Lynn Caine), Bradford Dillman (Richard), Farley Granger (Martin Caine), Carol Rossen (Violet Brown), Louise Sorel (Vivian), Robert Lansing (Harold), Eric Olson (Jon Caine), Michelle Stacy (Buffy Caine), Carmen Mathews (Carmen), Kate Woodville (Paula), Amzie Strickland (Matty), Nicholas Pryor (Mack), Harvey Jason (Aaron), Britt Leach, Edward Bell, Jane Elliot, Judy Lewis, Heidi Vaughn, Wayne Heffley, Mae Mercer. 1096... Wild and Wooly (ABC, 2/20/1978, 120 mins). A Western adventure--a “Charlie’s Angels” on horseback-involving three comely females who meet in a territorial prison, engineer a daring escape, and find themselves in a race against time to prevent the assassination of Teddy Roosevelt. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Earl W. Wallace. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Earl W. Wallace. Photography Jack Swain. Music Charles Bernstein. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editors Dennis C. Duckwall, Howard Kunin. Art Directors Allen E. Smith, Paul Sylos. Associate Producer William A. Porter. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Christine DeLisle (Lacey Sommers), Susan Bigelow (Liz Hannah), Elyssa Davalos (Shiloh), Doug McClure (Delaney Burke), David Doyle (Teddy Roosevelt), Ross Martin (Otis Bergen), Vic Morrow (Warden Willis), Paul Burke (Tobias Singleton), Jessica Walter (Megan), Sherry Bain (Jessica), Charles Siebert (Sean), Med Flory (Burgie), Robert J. Wilke (Demas Scott), Kenneth Tobey (Mark Hannah), Eugene Butler (Perty), Joan Crosby (Sophie), Wayne Grace (O’Rourke), Jim Lough (McHenry), Bill Smillie (Foreman), Borah Silver (Cuoke), Marc Winters (Will), Joe Rainer (Captain Merritt), Jackie Gashen (Widow), Owen Bush (Old Man), Arthur Monde (Drunk), Stephen Blood (Sheriff). 1097... The Wild Wild West Revisited (CBS, 5/9/1979, 120 mins). The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States. This lighthearted romp revived the popular 1965-69 Western series and reunited the show’s original stars, Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, and was the first of two movie pilots to a prospective series. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay William Bowers. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Jeff Alexander. Theme song by Richard Markowitz. Editor Michael McCroskey. Art Director Albert Heschong.

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Cast Robert Conrad (James T. West), Ross Martin (Artemus Gordon), Paul Williams (Michelito Loveless Jr.), Harry Morgan (Robert T. Malone), Rene Auberjonois (Capt. Sir David Edney), Jo Ann Harris (Carmelita), Trisha Noble (Penelope), Robert Shields (Alan), Lorene Yarnell (Sonya), Jeff MacKay (Hugo Kaufman), Susan Blu (Gabrielle), Pavla Ustinov (Nadia), Wilford Brimley (Pres. Grover Cleveland), Ted Hartley (Russian Tsar), Jacquelyn Hyde (Queen Victoria), Alberto Morin (Spanish King), Skip Homeier (Joseph), Joyce Jameson (Lola), John Wheeler (Henry), Mike Wagner (Manager), Jeff J. Redford (The Kid). 1098... Wild Women (ABC, 10/20/1970, 90 mins). Five female convicts are recruited to help secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840 in this offbeat Western adapted from Vincent Forte’s novel “The Trailmakers.” Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling. Producer Lou Morheim. Teleplay Lou Morheim, Richard Carr. Based on a Novel by Vincent Forte. Photography Fleet Southcott. Music Fred Steiner. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Hugh O’Brian (Killian), Anne Francis (Jean Marshek), Marilyn Maxwell (Maude Webber), Marie Windsor (Lottie Clampett), Sherry Jackson (Nancy Delacourt), Robert F. Simon (Colonel Donahue), Richard Kelton (Captain Charring), Cynthia Hull (Mit-O-Ne), Pepe Callahan (Lieutenant Santos), Edward Call (Sergeant Frame), John Neris (Sgt. Elmer Cuss), Loie Bridge (Margie Britt), Troy Melton (Captain Isham), Joseph Kaufmann (Private Bishop), Chuck Hicks (Corporal Hearn), Jim Boles (Warden), Thomas Montgomery (Guard), Kaye Elhardt (Mary Kroll), Michael Keep (Cadet), Pedro Regas (Old Indian). 1099... Willa (CBS, 3/17/1979, 120 mins). A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive. Production Companies Jerry Leider Productions, Dove Entertainment. Directors Joan Darling, Claudio Guzman. Executive Producers Burt Nodella, Jerry Leider. Producer Michael Viner. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music John Barry. Songs written and performed by Hank Williams Jr., Jerry Naylor, Jimmy Witherspoon, Keith Carradine, Merle Kilgore, Susie Allanson, The Bellamy Brothers, Incredible Bongo Band. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Production Designer Claudio Guzman. Cast Deborah Raffin (Willa Barnes), Clu Gulager (Joe Welch), Cloris Leachman (Darla Jean), Diane Ladd (Mae), Nancy Marchand (Mrs. Stanch), Mary Wickes (Eunice/cook), Bob Seagren (Phil), John Amos (Virgil), Hank Williams Jr. (Hank), Gary Bisig (Buck), Gary Grubbs (Junior), Freddye Chapman (Mrs. Beaudry), Corey Feldman (T.C.), Megan Jeffers (Annie), Tommy Aguilar (Jesus), Trudy Marshall (Lady Trucker), Piccola Martin (Lady in welare), Four Scott (Busboy). 1100... Wilma (NBC, 12/19/1977, 120 mins). Fact-based drama of the childhood years of Wilma Rudolph, a Tennessee girl who overcame physical handicaps with her parents’ encouragement and became a champion track sprinter, winning three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Production Companies Cappy Productions Inc., NBC Productions. Director Bud Greenspan. Executive Producer Cappy Petrash Greenspan. Producer Bud Greenspan. Teleplay Bud Greenspan. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Irwin Bazelon. Editor William Cahn. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Shirley Jo Finney (Wilma Rudolph), Cicely Tyson (Blanche Rudolph), Jason Bernard (Coach Temple), Joe Seneca (Ed Rudolph), Denzel Washington (Robert Eldridge at age 18), Charles Blackwell (Coach Gray), Norman Matlock (Doctor Gordon), Larry B. Scott (Robert Eldridge at age 12), Rejane Magloire (Wilma at age 12), Piper Carter (Wilma at age 4), Paulette Pearson (Mae Faggs), Andrea Frierson (Martha Hudson), Stacey Green (Tootie), Dury Cox (Pappy Marshall), Roger Askew (Dr. Williams), J. Franklin Taylor (Principal). 1101... Winchester ’73 (NBC, 3/14/1967, 120 mins). In the remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western of the same title, brother opposes brother--ex-con against law officer--for possession of the famed repeating rifle, and a long chase begins. Interestingly, Dan Duryea appeared in both versions; a bad guy doing nasty things to James Stewart in the original, the good guy cousin to the protagonists in the telefeature. Veteran actress Joan Blondell made her TV movie debut here as a boisterous saloon keeper. Production Company Universal Television. Director Herschel Daugherty. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Richard Adams, Stephen Kandel. Based on the Screenplay by Borden Chase, Robert L. Richards. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Sol Kaplan. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Cast Tom Tryon (Lin McAdam), John Saxon (Dakin McAdam), Dan Duryea (Bart McAdam), John Drew Barrymore (The Preacher), Joan Blondell (Larouge), John Dehner (High-Spade Johnny Dean), Barbara Luna (Meriden), Paul Fix (Ben McAdam), David Pritchard (Dan McAdam), John Doucette (Jake Starret), Jack Lambert (Scots), John Hoyt (Sunrider), Jan Arvan, Robert Bice, Ned Romero, George Keymas. 1102... The Winds of Kitty Hawk (NBC, 12/17/1978, 120 mins). The Wright Brothers’ story and their efforts to fly, stunningly filmed and first shown on the 75th anniversary of their historic flight. Cinematographer Dennis Dalzell and editor John A. Martinelli received Emmy Award nominations for their work, but the project won in only one category: Film Sound Mixing. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook, William Kelley. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Charles Bernstein.

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Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Associate Producer Tony Ganz. Flying Sequences and Montage Lawrence Schiller. Cast Michael Moriarty (Wilbur Wright), David Huffman (Orville Wright), Tom Bower (William Tate), Robin Gammell (H.A. Toumlin), Scott Hylands (Glenn Curtiss), John Randolph (Alexander Graham Bell), Kathryn Walker (Kate Wright), Eugene Roche (Bishop Milton Wright), John Hoyt (Prof. Samuel Langley), Ari Zeltzer (Tom Tate), Lew Brown (Harlan Mumford), Carol Tru Foster (Agnes Osborne), Mo Malone (Elizabeth Mayfield), Dabbs Greer (Ace Hutchin), Ross Durfee (William Howard Taft), Robert Casper (Man), Frank Farmer (Newell), Laurence Haddon (1st general), Tom Lawrence (Doctor), Charles Macaulay (2nd general), Steffen Zacharias (Fisherman), Vaughn Armstrong (Reporter), Joseph Bernard (Mayor of New York). 1103... Wings of Fire (NBC, 2/14/1967, 120 mins). A melodramatic tale of a headstrong aviatrix who enters an international air race to save her father’s foundering business and to soothe the heart of an old flame who returned home with a new wife in tow. Ray Fernstrom was responsible for the aerial photography. Original title: “Cloudbusters.” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer David Lowell Rich. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Bud Thackery. Music Samuel Matlovsky. Music Supervisor Stanley Wilson. Editor Tony Martinelli. Art Director Frank Arrigo. Costume Designer Burton Miller. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Kitty Sanborn), James Farentino (Taff Malloy), Lloyd Nolan (Max Clarity), Juliet Mills (Lisa), Jeremy Slate (Hal Random), Ralph Bellamy (Doug Sanborn), Gary Crosby (Scott), Jaime Sanchez (Luis Passos). 1104... Winner Take All (NBC, 3/3/1975, 120 mins). Shirley Jones plays a woman whose compulsion to gamble threatens to ruin her marriage--especially after losing $30,000 of her husband’s savings. Originally this film was entitled “Time Lock.” Production Companies The Jozak Company, NBC Productions. Director Paul Bogart. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Nancy Malone. Teleplay Caryl Ledner. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music David Shire. Editor Folmar Blangsted. Associate Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Cast Shirley Jones (Eleanor Anderson), Laurence Luckinbill (Bill Anderson), Sam Groom (Rick Santos), Joyce Van Patten (Edie Gould), Joan Blondell (Beverly Craig), Sylvia Sidney (Anne Barclay), John Carter (Leonard Fields), Lori Busk (Stacy Anderson), Wynn Irwin (Arnie), Al Lettieri (Man at track), Carmen Zapata (Sara), Jason Wingreen (Jerry), Parley Baer (Bob), Joseph Hacker, Alex Nicol, Alice Backes, Michael Thoma, Chris West, Sue Taylor, Edward Marshall, Roger Etienne, Dick Silver, Rita Guerrero, Mark Bailey, J. Edward McKinley, Alice Frost, Faye Nuell, Nicky Blair, Pearl Shear, Michael Harrah, Alex Hakobian. 1105... Winter Kill (ABC, 4/15/1974, 120 mins). The sheriff of a ski resort town is challenged by a murderer who leaves spray-painted messages next to his victims. This was a pilot film for a proposed Andy Griffith series that failed to materialize, although several hour-long attempts later turned up with the star doggedly trying to make the concept (slightly altered) a viable prospect. Production Companies MGM Television, Andy Griffith Enterprises. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Richard O. Linke. Producer Burt Nodella. Teleplay John Michael Hayes. Based on a Story by David Karp. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Jerry Goldsmith. Editor Henry Berman. Art Director Albert Brenner. Associate Producer Alan Godfrey. Cast Andy Griffith (Sheriff Sam McNeil), John Larch (Dr. Bill Hammond), Tim O’Connor (Bill Carter), Lawrence Pressman (Peter Lockhard), Eugene Roche (Mayor Clinton Bickford), Charles Tyner (Charley Eastman), Joyce Van Patten (Grace Lockhard), Sheree North (Betty), John Calvin (Deputy Jerry Troy), Louise Latham (Doris), Robert F. Simon (Harvey), Elayne Heilveil (Cynthia Howe), Nick Nolte (Dave Michaels), Ruth McDevitt (Mildred Young), Walter Brooke (Ben), Devra Korwin (Elaine Carter), David Frankham (Reverend Phillips), Vaughn Taylor (Frank). 1106... With This Ring (ABC, 5/5/1978, 120 mins). A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional crises, from past loves and parental pressure to social and financial obligations. Diana Canova is the actress daughter of former hillbilly movie star Judy Canova; Mary Frances Crosby is Bing’s daughter, in her TV-movie debut. Production Companies The Jozak Company, Paramount Network Television. Director James Sheldon. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Teleplay Terence Mulcahy. Photography Roland ‘Ozzie’ Smith. Music George Aliceson Tipton, Richard Hazard. Song “You’re Invited to a Wedding” Norman Gimbel, George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Tony Bill (Peter), Tom Bosley (Edward), Diana Canova (Dolores Andrews), Barbara Cason (Viola Andrews), Joyce DeWitt (Jilly Weston), John Forsythe (Gen. Albert Harris), Scott Hylands (Tom Burkhardt), Don Most (James Cutler), Dick Van Patten (Alvin Andrews), Betty White (Evelyn Harris), Peter Jason (Dirk), Harry Moses (Neil Dankworth), Marty Zagon (Claude), Charles Thomas Murphy (Bill), Howard George (Lenny), Darrell Zwerling (Mr. Pheeb), Mary Frances Crosby (Lisa Harris), J. Jay Saunders (George), Jon Lormer (Reverend), John Wheeler (Bell captain), George O. Petrie (Kyle Saxton), Rosanna Huffman (Photographer), Richard Seff (Minister), Jim Mendenhall (General Harry), Clint Young (Night watchman), Brett Williams (Mike).

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1107... A Woman Called Moses (NBC, 12/11/1978 and 12/12/1978, 2 Parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Dramatization of the life of the legendary Civil War era slave, Harriet Tubman, who escaped to freedom and returned to the South many times to rescue others via her underground railroad. Orson Welles narrated the film, adapted from Marcy Heidish’s 1976 book. Production Companies Henry Jaffe Enterprises, I.K.E. Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Henry Jaffe. Producers Ike Jones, Michael Jaffe. Teleplay Lonne Elder III. Based on the Novel by Marcy Heidish. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Theme song by Van McCoy. Song performed by Tommie Young. Editors Frank Mazzola, Stanley Frazen, Elio Zarmati. Art Director Ray Beal. Cast Cicely Tyson (Harriet Ross Tubman), Will Geer (Thomas Garrett), Robert Hooks (William Still), James Wainwright (Andrew Coleman), Jason Bernard (Daddy Ben Ross), Clifford David (Doc Thompson), Judyann Elder (Bernette Wilson), John Getz (Stewart), Mae Mercer (Aunt Juba), Harry Rhodes (Tazwell Robinson), James B. Sikking (McCracken), Charles Weldon (Shadrack Davis), Dick Anthony Williams (John Tubman), Marilyn Coleman (Molly), Cecilia Hart (Susan), Ann Weldon (Mama Ritt Ross), Jean Renee Foster (Young Harriet Tubman), Malik Carter (Black Man), Alice Hirson (Miss Rodham), Hector Maisonette (Joe Bailey), John Perak (Charley), Hank Rolike (Amos), Patricia Smith (Mrs. Lean Jenkins), Howard Witt (Edward), James D. Bridges Jr. (Young Shadrack Davis), Eugene Daniel (1st patroller), Robert Harper (Wagon driver), Michael Haywood (1st Coleman’s man), Peter Hellman (Karl Muller), Don Hood (Tom), B.J. Hopper (Chairman), Kedren Jones (Elvina), Roy Jones (Robert Ross), Jerry Leggio (3rd Coleman’s man), Minnie G. Lindsey (Rebecca), Dennis McCarthy (Boatman), James O’Connell (Conductor), F. William Parker (Buyer), Kenneth Rogers (Edward Broad), Ray Spruell (Planter), James Steele (2nd patroller), Elliot Washington (Bernie Ross), Kenneth White (Heckler), Frances E. Williams (Old woman in church), Roberta Jean Williams (Hogie Robinson), Jerii Woods (Martha), Emmanuel Thomas (Willie), Todd Davis (Jim), James Jeter (Bowers), Orson Welles (Narrator). 1108... The Woman Hunter (CBS, 9/19/1972, 90 mins). A wealthy woman (Barbara Eden), vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband (Robert Vaughn), stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer, in this thriller based on a story by Brian Clemens. Production Companies Bing Crosby Productions, Jerome L. Epstein Productions. Director Bernard L Kowalski. Executive Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Producer Jerome L Epstein. Teleplay Brian Clemens, Tony Williamson. Based on a Story by Brian Clemens. Photography Gabriel Torres. Music George Duning. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Stan Jolley. Cast Barbara Eden (Dina Hunter), Robert Vaughn (Jerry Hunter), Stuart Whitman (Paul Carter), Sydney Chaplin (George), Enrique Lucero (Commissioner Vardy), Larry Storch (Raconteur), Victor Hugo Jaurequi (Victor), Norma Storch (Mrs. Trice), Aurora Munoz (Señora Amalia). 1109... Woman of the Year (CBS, 7/28/1976, 120 mins). This sophisticated comedy, a remake of the 1942 classic that teamed Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn for the first time, is about the offbeat romance and stormy marriage of a nonchalant sportswriter and a sophisticated international reporter who work on the same newspaper. The husband-wife team of Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor wrote ther teleplay and starred as the leads. Production Company MGM Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Jud Taylor. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor, Bernard M. Kahn. Based on a Screenplay by Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner Jr. Photography David Walsh. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Bob Wyman. Art Director Preston Ames. Makeup William Tuttle. Costumes Moss Mabry. Cast Joseph Bologna (Sam Rodino), Renée Taylor (Tess Harding), Dick O’Neill (Phil Whitaker), Anthony Holland (Gerald Howe), Dick Bakalyan (Pinkey Barbiki), Chuck Bergansky (Pizzo), Hugh Downs (Himself), George Gaynes (Harding), Leon Belasco (Dimitri Subakov), John Fiedler (Justice of the Peace), Virginia Christine (Alma), Regis J. Cordic (Editor Clayton), Burt Young (Ralph Rodino). 1110... Women at West Point (CBS, 2/27/1979, 120 mins). A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the reactions they faced. Filmed entirely at West Point. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Alan Sacks Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Vincent Sherman. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Producer Alan Sacks. Teleplay Ann Marcus, Ellis Marcus. Based on a Story by Juleen Compton. Photography Sol Negrin. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Grant Hoag. Art Director Gene Rudolf. Cast Linda Purl (Jennifer Scott), Leslie Ackerman (Molly Dahl), Jameson Parker (J. J. Palfrey), Andrew Stevens (Doug Davidson), Edward Edwards (Pete Greenway), Bernard Barrow (Commandant), Joan Kaye (Bea Scott), Paul Gleason (Maj. James Kirk), Victor Bevine (Vincent Cavelli), Jack Blessing (Tom Fenton), Lee Toombs (Harvey Hagan), Cheryl Francis (Liz Grote), Michelle Raum (Susan Zachary), Robert Townsend (Russell Baker), Peter Armstrong (Ebberly), Sheila Walsh (Mrs. Dahl), James Mitchell. (Colonel Dahl), Anne Byrne Hoffman (Ms. Atwood), Armin Shimerman (Major Logan), Al Corley (Paul), Javotte S. Greene (Mrs. Grute), Donald Van Horn (Board member), Ken Olin (Board member), Nicholas Guest (Board member). 1111... Women in Chains (ABC, 1/25/1972, 90 mins). A lady parole officer has herself imprisoned in order to examine charges of brutality but is trapped when the only other person who knows why she is there is killed. Playing a sadistic prison superintendent, Ida Lupino (in her TV-movie debut) virtually reprised a similar role 15 years earlier in “Women’s Prison.”

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Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Producer Edward K. Milkis. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Charles Fox. Editor Argyle Nelson. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Ida Lupino (Tyson), Lois Nettleton (Sandra Parker/Sally Porter), Jessica Walter (Dee Dee), Belinda Montgomery (Melinda), Penny Fuller (Helen Anderson), John Larch (Barney), Neile Adams (Leila), Hazel Medina (Althea), Katherine Cannon (Alice), Lucille Benson (Billie), Joyce Jameson (Simpson), Judy Strangis (Maggie), Barbara Luna (Barbara), Alice Backes (Mrs. Foster), Barbara Baldwin, William Bryant, Hollie Hayes, Noah Keen, June Whitley Taylor. 1112... Women in White (NBC, 2/8/1979, 120 mins). Soap opera set in a big city hospital where dedication and professionalism vie with jealousy, romance and rivalry among staff members and the newly appointed Chief of Staff (Susan Flannery) attempts to run the place despite her personal problems. Initially presented over three consecutive weeks, this film from the 1974 novel by the best-selling author of “Doctors’Wives” later was reedited into a two-part four-hour movie. Production Companies Groverton Productions, Universal Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer David Victor. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Robert Malcolm Young, Irving Pearlberg. Based on the Novel by Frank G. Slaughter. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Edwin F. England, Larry Strong. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Costumes Edith Head. Cast Susan Flannery (Dr. Rebecca Dalton), Kathryn Harrold (Dr. Jill Bates), Howard McGillin (Dr. Frank Evanhauer), Sheree North (Lisa Gordon), David Ackroyd (Dr. Mike Rayburn), Patty Duke Astin (Cathy Payson), Maggie Cooper (Priscilla Harper), Robert Culp (Anthony Broadhurst), Gerald McRaney (Dr. Gus Henderson), Stewart Moss (Father Hagan), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Richard Payson), Aldo Ray (Frederick Thayler), Caroline Smith (Ellen Rayburn), Laraine Stephens (Dr. Karen Fletcher), Stuart Whitman (Dr. Ken Dalton), Tracy Reed (Virginia Tyndall), Dene Crowder (Deena Tyndall), Guillermo San Juan (Eduardo Valdez), Gina Alvarado (Mrs. Valdez), Harriet Karr (Valerie), Scott Brady (Bartender), Gloria Delaney (1st nurse), June Whitley Taylor (Nurse Jean Robinson), Carol Baxter (Mary Haskell), Linda Ryan (Helen Thayler), Janet Winter (Admitting nurse), Elaine Blair (June), Paul Picerni (Technician), Erin O’Neill (Mary Haskell’s child), Tonya Crowe (Cynthia Rayburn). 1113... Wonder Woman (ABC, 3/12/1974, 90 mins). The initial project to bring the 1940s comic book heroine to television had her entering the 1970s after leaving her native island home to fight for justice in the world beyond and using her wisdom and strength to recover vital documents from a charming but ruthless international spy and his ego-driven associate. Tennis star Cathy Lee Crosby (no relation to Bing) made a valiant effort to bring this live-action cartoon to life. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Vincent McEveety. Executive Producer John D.F. Black. Producer John G. Stephens. Teleplay John D.F. Black. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Artie Butler. Editor Gene Ruggiero. Art Director Phillip Bennett. Cast Cathy Lee Crosby (Diana Prince), Kaz Garas (Steve Trevor), Ricardo Montalban (Abner Smith), Andrew Prine (George Calvin), Anitra Ford (Ahnjayla), Charlene Holt (Hippolyte), Robert Porter (Joe), Jordan Rhodes (Bob), Richard X. Slattery (Colonel Henkins), Beverly Gill (Dia), Sandy Gaviola (Ting), Roberta Brahm (Zoe), Donna Garrett (Cass), Mario Roccuzzo (Waiter), Ronald Long (Big Spender), Lomax Study (Desk clerk), Thom Carney (Fred), Alain Patrick (Bellman), Ed McCready (Wesley), Steve Mitchell (Thug), Robert Kersch (Man), George Dega (Captain). 1114... The Word (CBS, 11/12/1978 to 11/15/1978, 4 Parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). Intrigue surrounding the discovery and publication of a controversial document that appears to be a long-lost ancient eye-witness account of the life of Christ, with David Janssen playing a public relations executive hired to promote this new version of the Bible. International film beauty Florinda Bolkan made her American acting debut in this four-part eight-hour miniseries, adapted from Irving Wallace’s 1972 novel, and composer Alex North received an Emmy Award nomination for his score. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Bob Markell, Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer David Manson. Teleplay Dick Berg, Robert L. Joseph, S.S. Schweitzer, Richard Fielder. Based on the Novel by Irving Wallace. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Alex North. Supervising Editor David Newhouse. Editors Thomas Fries, Tony DiMarco. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Allan Marcil. Cast David Janssen (Steve Randall), James Whitmore (George Wheeler), Florinda Bolkan (Angela Monti), Eddie Albert (Ogden Towery), Geraldine Chaplin (Naomi Dunn), Hurd Hatfield (Cedric Plummer), John Huston (Nathan Randall), John McEnery (Florian Knight), Ron Moody (LeBrun), Diana Muldaur (Claire Randall), Kate Mulgrew (Tony Nicholson), Janice Rule (Barbara Randall), Martha Scott (Sarah Randall), Nicol Williamson (Maertin de Vroome), David Ackroyd (Tom Carey), Laura Betti (Maria), Bo Brundin (Heldering), Donald Moffat (Henri Aubert), Nehemiah Persoff (Abbot Petropolous), Catherine Burns (Lori Cook), Nicolas Coster (Peter Ajemian), Roland Culver (Dr. Jeffries), Tessie O’Shea (Herself), Walter Gotell (Hennig), Alexa Kenin (Judy Randall), Jon Korkes (Thad Crawford), Allan Miller (Dr. Oppenheim), Lynn Farleigh (Valerie Hughs), Christopher Lloyd (Hans Bogardus), Mario Scaccia (Agusto Monti), John Van Dreelen (Dr. Fass), Alexander Scourby (Narrator). 1115... Yesterday’s Child (NBC, 2/3/1977, 90 mins). Seventeen-year-old girl (an up-and-coming Stephanie Zimbalist) turns up on the doorstep of a wealthy family claiming to be the daughter who was kidnapped 14 years earlier. Based on Doris Miles Disney’s 1967 novel “Night of Clear Choice.”

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Production Companies William Kayden Productions, Paramount Network Television. Directors Corey Allen, Bob Rosenbaum. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Michael Gleason. Based on a Novel by Doris Miles Disney. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Dominic Frontiere. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Shirley Jones (Laura Talbot), Ross Martin (John Talbot), Claude Akins (Cliff Henley), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Emma Talbot), Stephanie Zimbalist (Ann Talbot), Patrick Wayne (Sanford Grant), Daniel Zippi (Seth Talbot), George Murdock (Lieutenant Spano), Booth Colman (Doctor), Terence Scammell (Noel Talbot), Carol Locatell (Marie). 1116... You Can’t Go Home Again (CBS, 4/25/1979, 120 mins). Thomas Wolfe’s literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York’s literary world of the 1920s, his married lover and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein (here called Esther Jack). Editor Maxwell Perkins was the fictional Foxhall Edwards’ real-life counterpart. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Ralph Nelson. Executive Producer Bob Markell. Teleplay Ian McClellan Hunter. Based on the Novel by Thomas Wolfe. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Charles Gross. Editor Murray Solomon. Art Director David Chapman. Cast Lee Grant (Esther Jack), Chris Sarandon (George Webber), Hurd Hatfield (Foxhall Edwards), Tammy Grimes (Amy Carlton), Christopher Murney (Milliken), Roland Winters (Judge Bland), Paul Sparer (Fritz Jack), Malachy McCourt (Tim Wagner), Robert Aberdeen (Piggy Logan), Seth Allen (Sam Pennock), Scott Baker (Sol), John C. Becher (Minister), John Bentley (Higgins), Ronald Bishop. (Sidney), Elif Dagfin (1st officer), Francesca DeSapio (Else von Kohler), Alfred Hinckley (Mayor Kennedy), Michael Egan (Karl), Rex Everhart (Flack), John Favorite (Secretary to the Mayor), Arthur French (Otis), Desirée Gould (1st hooker), John Hallow (Lawrence Hirsh), Edward C. Henry, Ray Hill, Thomas Hill, Beej Johnson, Juergen Kuehn, Eileen Letchworth, Abby Lewis, Paul Milikin, Mack R. Miller, Gordon Oas-Heim, Ralph Redpath, William Robertson, John Seymour, Martin Shakar, Myra Stennett, Jeremiah Sullivan, Vincent Van Lynn, Kai Wulff, Frank Young. 1117... You Lie So Deep, My Love (ABC, 2/25/1975, 90 mins). A desperate man (Don Galloway) wants love and money--his girlfriend has one, his wife has the other--and he will stop at nothing to get both, including murder. Production Company Universal Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer David Lowell Rich. Teleplay John Neufeld, Robert Hamner. Based on a Story by Robert Hamner, William L. Stuart. Photography Leonard J. South. Music Elliot Kaplan. Editor Asa Boyd Clark. Art Director Ira Diamond. Cast Don Galloway (Neal Collins), Barbara Anderson (Susan Collins), Angel Tompkins (Jennifer Pierce), Walter Pidgeon (Uncle Joe Padway), Anne Schedeen (Ellen), Russell Johnson (The Foreman), Virginia Gregg (The Maid), Robert Rothwell (Tom File), Bobbi Jordan (Phyllis), Pitt Herbert (Jordan). 1118... You’ll Never See Me Again (ABC, 2/28/1973, 90 mins). This mystery thriller (based on a short story by Cornell Woolrich) finds a husband searching for his young wife who has disappeared following a domestic tiff and uncovering evidence implicating himself as her murderer. Production Company Universal Television. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer David J. O’Connell. Teleplay Gerald DiPego, William Wood. Based on the Short Story by Cornell Woolrich. Photography Walter Strenge. Music Richard Clements. Editor Richard G. Wray. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Associate Producer Arnold Turner. Cast David Hartman (Ned Bliss), Jane Wyatt (Mary Alden), Ralph Meeker (Will Alden), Jess Walton (Vicki Bliss), Joseph Campanella (Lt. John Stillman), Colby Chester (Bob Sellini), Bo Svenson (Sam), Bill Vint (Ben), George Murdock (Desk sergeant), Brett Parker (Ticket seller), Larry Watson (Garage mechanic), Ned Wertimer (Motel clerk), Jewell Lain (Mrs. Hagen), Jessica Jones (Missing girl). 1119... The Young Country (ABC, 3/17/1970, 90 mins). This lighthearted Western finds a footloose young gambler (newcomer Roger Davis) searching for the owner of a mysterious fortune. Production Companies Roy Huggins Productions, Universal Television. Director Roy Huggins. Producer Roy Huggins. Teleplay Roy Huggins. Photography Vilis Lapenieks. Music Pete Rugolo. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director Joseph M. Alves Jr. Associate Producers Carl Pingitore, Steve Heilpern. Cast Walter Brennan (Sheriff Matt Fenley), Joan Hackett (Clementine Hale), Wally Cox (Aaron Grimes/Ira Greebe), Peter Deuel (Honest John Smith), Roger Davis (Stephen Foster Moody), Skip Young (Hotel Manager), Steve Sandor (Parker), Robert Driscoll Miller (Harvey “Fat” Chance), Richard Van Fleet (Randy Willis), Elliot Street, Barbara Gates, Luis DelGado, Thomas Ballin. 1120... Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (ABC, 9/18/1977, 120 mins). A drama about the eldest Kennedy brother who undertook a perilous World War II mission that would bring him home a hero and achieve the family dream of a Kennedy in the White House. The film, based on Hank Searls’ 1969 book “The Lost Prince,” was Emmy Award nominated as the Outstanding Special of the 1977-78 TV season. Editor Ronald J. Fagan also received an Emmy nomination for his work. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Richard T. Heffron. Producer Bill McCutchen. Teleplay M. Charles Cohen. Based on a Book by Hank Searls. Photography Stevan Larner. Music John Barry. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Bill Malley.

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Cast Peter Strauss (Joseph Kennedy Jr.), Barbara Parkins (Vanessa Hunt), Stephen Elliott (Joseph Kennedy Sr.), Darlene Carr (Kathleen Kennedy), Simon Oakland (Delaney), Asher Brauner (Mike Krasna), Lance Kerwin (Joe Jr. at age 14), Peter Fox (Simpson), Steve Kanaly (Ray Pierce), Robert Englund (Willy), Gloria Stroock (Rose Kennedy), Tara Talboy (Elinor), Ben Fuhrman (Hank Riggs), James B. Sikking (Commander Devril), Ken Swofford (Greenway), Sam Chew Jr. (Jack Kennedy), Patrick Laborteaux (Ted Kennedy), Shane Kerwin (Bobby Kennedy), Margie Zech (Jean Kennedy), Kristin Larkin (Rosemary Kennedy), Rosanne Covy (Eunice Kennedy), Deirdre Berthrong (Pat Kennedy), Lawrence Driscoll (Anderson), Kim O’Brien (Melody Lane), Michael Irving (Billy Harrington), Gardner Hayes (English major). 1121... The Young Lawyers (ABC, 10/28/1969, 90 mins). Life in a student-manned legal aid office in Boston. In their first case, the young lawyers find themselves defending a couple of black musicians accused of beating a racist cabdriver. The subsequent series (1970-71) starred Lee J. Cobb as the boss,along with Judy Pace and Zalman King. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director Harvey Hart. Producer William P. D’Angelo. Teleplay Michael Zagor. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Jason Evers (Michael Cannon), Judy Pace (Ann Fielding), Zalman King (Aaron Silverman), Tom Fielding (David Harrison), Michael Parks (Ron Baron), Keenan Wynn (Frank Baron), Anjanette Comer (Bonnie Baron), George Macready (Jay Spofford), Richard Pryor, James Shigeta, Barry Atwater, Dick Bass, Louise Latham, Georg Stanford Brown, Mark Jenkins, Stafford Repp, Ed McCready, Lili Valenty, Charles H. Radilac, Jon Lormer. 1122... Young Love, First Love (CBS, 11/20/1979, 120 mins). A teenage couple of disparate backgrounds experience their first romance. She’s a girl from a permissive California family; he’s from a conservative midwestern family and has moved in with his sister on the West Coast after the death of his parents. Initially, this was called “A Girl and a Boy: The First Time.” Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Dan Polier Jr. Based on a Story by Norma Klein. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Artie Kane. Song “The First Time Is This Time” by Carol Connors, Artie Kane. Song Performed by Valerie Bertinelli. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Art Director John Kuri. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Robin Gibson), Timothy Hutton (Derek Clayton), Arlen Dean Snyder (Howard), Fionnuala Flanagan (Audrey Gibson), Leslie Ackerman (Sharon), Dee Wallace (Leslie), James Gallery (Dr. Stuart), Grant Wilson (Richard), Adam Gunn (Mark), Charlie Brill (Mr. Quinlan), Michael Lang (Bobby), Stonewall Jackson (Black student), Mitch Brown (Ricky), Loren Lester (Jeff), David Ruprecht (Wayne), Susan Fenberg (Vicky), Mike Foster (Coach Kenny), Steve Ross (Steve Krantz), Mercedes Shirley (Miss Holmes). 1123... Young Pioneers (ABC, 3/1/1976, 120 mins). Teenaged newlyweds use their unbeatable courage and love for each other to tame the Dakota wilderness in the 1870s. Based on two Rose Wilder Lane novels. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producer Ed Friendly. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on Novels by Rose Wilder Lane. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Allan LaMastra. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Roger Kern (David Beaton), Linda Purl (Molly Beaton), Robert Hays (Dan Grey), Shelly Juttner (Nettie Peters), Robert Donner (Mr. Peters), Frank Marth (Mr. Swenson), Brendan Dillon (Doyle), Charles Tyner (Mr. Beaton), Jonathan Kidd (Dr. Thorne), Arnold Soboloff (Clerk), Bernice Smith (Mrs. Swenson), Janis Famison (Eliza), Dennis Fimple (Man in Land Office). 1124... Young Pioneers’ Christmas (ABC, 12/17/1976, 120 mins). In this sequel to the earlier “Young Pioneers,” the young frontier couple put aside the grief of losing their infant son to extend a gift of friendship and help bring a joyous holiday to the Dakota wilderness. A brief “Young Pioneers” series (it lasted just three episodes) followed in January 1977. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producer Ed Friendly. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Allan LaMastra. Art Director Jan M. Van Tamelen. Cast Linda Purl (Molly Beaton), Roger Kern (David Beaton), Robert Hays (Dan Gray), Kay Kimler (Nettie Peters), Robert Donner (Mr. Peters), Britt Leach (Loftus), Arnold Soboloff (Yancy), Brendan Dillon (Doyle), Rand Bridges (Pike), Brian Melrose (Charlie Peters), Sherri Wagner (Flora Peters). 1125... Your Money or Your Wife (CBS, 12/19/1972, 90 mins). A comedy caper about a TV script writer taking revenge on an actress who walks out on his program to become the wife on the wealthy sponsor, putting a damper her into a kidnapping scheme and then turning fiction into fact. Based on the 1972 novel “If You Want to See Your Wife Again” by John Craig. Production Company Brentwood Productions. Director Allen Reisner. Executive Producer Alexander H. Cohen. Producer Everett Rosenthal. Teleplay JP Miller. Based on a Novel by John Craig.. Photography Richard Kratina. Music Elliott Lawrence. Editor Barbara Franks, Morton Fallick. Production Designer Peter Dohanos. Cast Ted Bessell (Dan Cramer), Elizabeth Ashley (Laurel Plunkett), Jack Cassidy (Josh Darwin), Betsy Von Furstenberg (Jill Bennett), Dick Peabody (Bo Tinsley), Graham Jarvis (Richard Bannister), Alfred Drake (Himself), Pat Carey (Jeannie), Alex Cort (TV director), Louis Edmonds (Fair), Peter Lightstone (Vinnie).

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1126... Yuma (ABC, 3/2/1971, 90 mins). A Western adventure about tough marshal Clint Walker’s efforts to clean up a frontier town filled with brawling cattlemen, crooked officials and various bad guys out to discredit him. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Ted Post. Producer Aaron Spelling. Teleplay Charles Wallace. Photography John M. Stephens. Music George Duning. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Paul Sylos. Cast Clint Walker (Marshal Dave Harmon), Barry Sullivan (Nels Decker), Kathryn Hays (Julie Williams), Edgar Buchanan (Mules McNeil), Morgan Woodward (Arch King), Peter Mark Richman (Major Lucas), John Kerr (Captain White), Robert Phillips (Sanders), Miguel Alejandro (Andres), Neil Russell (Rol King), Bruce Glover (Sam King), Rudy Diaz (Caballo), Bill McLean (Storekeeper), Napoleon Whiting (Orderly). 1127... Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (NBC, 5/21/1978, 180 mins). The life and times of the flamboyant showman (played by Paul Shenar, who earlier had portrayed Orson Welles) who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women,. This three-hour film, as told by the women in Ziegfeld’s life, received seven Emmy Award nominations, and Gerald Perry Finnerman won for his photography, John DeCuir for his production design, and Richard C. Goddard for his set decoration. Other nominations included Dick DeBenedictis (music), Les Green (editing) and Grady Hunt (costumes). Flo Ziegfeld’s daughter participated in the production as technical advisor. Production Companies Frankovich Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer M.J. Frankovich. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Choreographer Miriam Nelson. Editor Les Green. Production Designer John DeCuir Jr. Technical Advisor Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Paul Shenar (Flo Ziegfeld), Samantha Eggar (Billie Burke), Barbara Parkins (Anna Held), Pamela Peadon (Marilyn Miller), Valerie Perrine (Lillian Lorraine), Gene McLaughlin (Will Rogers), Richard Shea (Eddie Cantor), Catherine Jacoby (Fanny Brice), David Downing (Bert Williams), Inga Swenson (Nora Bayes), Ron Hussman (Jack Norworth), Frances Lee McCain (Martha), Cliff Norton (Abe Erlanger), Richard B. Shull (Joseph Ervin), David Opatoshu (Flo’s father), Nehemiah Persoff (Charles Frohman), Jessica Rains (Goldie), Kent Kuehn (The Great Shadow), Dan Travis Jr. (Jules Bledsoe), Lilyan Chauvin (Louise), Tara Talboy (Patricia Ziegfeld at age 14), James Francis (Florenz Ziegfeld at age 4), Leon Charles (Diamond Jim Brady), Marti Stevens (Blanche Burke), Penny Ciarlo (Olive Thomas), David Knapp (Julius Steger), Walter Wilson (Frank Carter), David Griffiths (Somerset Maugham), Dan Tullis Jr. (Stevedore), Victor Rogers (Talent scout), William Bogert (Parson), David Levy. (Irving Berlin), Lola Mason (Saleslady), Roger Til (Casino manager), James Veres (Chauffeur Rudy), Louise Fitch (Wardrobe woman), Milt Oberman (Stage manager), Sari Price (Parson’s wife), Burr Smidt (Attendant), Michael Francis Blake, Bob Fraser, Hy Pyke, Howard Dayton. 1128... Zuma Beach (NBC, 9/27/1978, 120 mins). A fading rock star (Suzanne Somers) goes to the beach on the last day of summer to unwind and forget about her faltering career, only to become involved with the problems of a group of teenagers out for surf and sun. John Carpenter, one of the co-writers, went on to big-screen directing (and writing) fame and later did TV’s “Elvis.” Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Warner Bros. Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Producers Bruce Cohn Curtis, Brian Grazer. Teleplay John Carpenter, William A. Schwartz. Based on a Story by Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaver. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Dick Halligan. Song “Don’t Run Away” by Carol Connors, Dick Halligan. Song performed by Suzanne Somers. Editors Robbie L. Shapiro, Robert L. Swanson. Art Director Alan Manser. Cast Suzanne Somers (Bonnie Katt), Steven Keats (Jerry McCabe), Mark Wheeler (David Hunter), Kimberly Beck (Cathy), Perry Lang (Billy), Michael Biehn (J.D.), Biff Warren (Norman), Les Lannom (Stan), Rosanna Arquette (Beverly), Gary Imhoff (Frank), Leonard Stone (Johnson), Steve Franken (Rick), P.J. Soles (Nancy), Ben Marley (Steve), Shelley Johnson (Judy), Richard Molinare (Frank), Tanya Roberts (Denise), Timothy Hutton (Art), Joshua Daniel (Bobby), Gary Prendergast (Pete), Bobby Doran (Lou), Victor Brandt (Tom), Susan Duvall (Barbara), Peter Kowalski (Ward), Andre de la Roche (Jack), Janus Blythe (Jennifer), Gavin Thomas (John), Delta Burke (Terri).

Chronological Listing of Titles, 1964-1979 10/7/1964 – See How They Run 11/18/1964 – The Hanged Man 4/10/1966 – Scalplock 11/26/1966 – Fame Is the Name of the Game 12/13/1966 – The Doomsday Flight 12/25/1966 – The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones 1/7/1967 – How I Spent My Summer Vacation 1/21/1967 – The Longest Hundred Miles 1/29/1967 – Return of the Gunfighter 2/14/1967 – Wings of Fire 2/19/1967 – The Scorpio Letters 3/14/1967 – Winchester ’73 3/28/1967 – Ironside 10/31/1967 – Stranger on the Run 11/21/1967 – The Outsider 2/20/1968 – Prescription: Murder 3/5/1968 – Shadow Over Elveron 9/20/1968 – Hawaii Five-O 9/26/1968 – Split Second to an Epitaph 10/22/1968 – Istanbul Express 11/11/1968 – Now You See It, Now You Don’t 11/17/1968 – Heidi 11/23/1968 – Companions in Nightmare 11/26/1968 – Something for a Lonely Man 12/4/1968 – Shadow on the Land 12/7/1968 – Escape to Mindanao 12/10/1968 – The Sound of Anger 12/16/1968 – The Sunshine Patriot 12/24/1968 – The Smugglers 1/18/1969 – Trial Run 1/27/1969 – Dragnet 2/11/1969 – Any Second Now 2/22/1969 – Deadlock 3/3/1969 – Fear No Evil 3/11/1969 – The Whole World Is Watching 3/24/1969 – Then Came Bronson 3/26/1969 – Marcus Welby, MD

4/17/1969 – U.M.C. 9/23/1969 – Seven In Darkness 9/30/1969 – The Immortal, 10/7/1969 – The Over-the-Hill Gang 10/14/1969 – Wake Me When the War is Over 10/21/1969 – The Monk 10/21/1969 – The Lonely Profession 10/27/1969 – Destiny of a Spy 10/28/1969 – The Young Lawyers 11/4/1969 – The Pigeon 11/8/1969 – Night Gallery 11/11/1969 – The Spy Killer 11/18/1969 – The Ballad of Andy Crocker 11/18/1969 – Run a Crooked Mile 11/25/1969 – In Name Only 12/2/1969 – Three’s a Crowd 12/8/1969 – The D.A.: Murder One 12/9/1969 – Daughter of the Mind 12/16/1969 – The Silent Gun 12/16/1969 – Silent Night, Lonely Night 12/23/1969 – Honeymoon With a Stranger 12/30/1969 – Gidget Grows Up 1/6/1970 – Black Water Gold 1/9/1970 – Sole Survivor 1/11/1970 – The House on Greenapple Road 1/13/1970 – Foreign Exchange 1/20/1970 – My Sweet Charlie 1/27/1970 – Carter’s Army 2/2/1970 – The Movie Murderer

2/3/1970 – Along Came a Spider 2/10/1970 – The Challenge 2/10/1970 – Cutter’s Trail 2/17/1970 – McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.? 2/20/1970 – The Challengers 2/23/1970 – Ritual of Evil 2/24/1970 – Quarantined 3/3/1970 – Mister Jerico 3/8/1970 – Dial Hot Line 3/9/1970 – The Mask of Sheba 3/10/1970 – The Love War 3/12/1970 – Hunters Are for Killing 3/15/1970 – David Copperfield 3/17/1970 – The Young Country 3/21/1970 – A Clear and Present Danger 9/17/1970 – Brotherhood of the Bell 9/22/1970 – How Awful About Allan 9/29/1970 – Night Slaves 9/29/1970 – San Francisco International 10/6/1970 – But I Don’t Want to Get Married! 10/13/1970 – The Old Man Who Cried Wolf! 10/19/1970 – The Other Man 10/20/1970 – Wild Women 10/24/1970 – The Aquarians 10/27/1970 – The House That Would Not Die 11/2/1970 – Berlin Affair 11/10/1970 – Tribes 11/10/1970 – The Intruders 11/17/1970 – The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 11/20/1970 – Night Chase 11/24/1970 – Crowhaven Farm 11/24/1970 – Hauser’s Memory 12/1/1970 – Run, Simon, Run 12/8/1970 – Weekend of Terror 12/8/1970 – Breakout 12/14/1970 – The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

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12/15/1970 – The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever 1/5/1971 – Alias Smith and Jones 1/11/1971 – The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill 1/12/1971 – Assault on the Wayne 1/18/1971 – Do You Take This Stranger? 1/19/1971 – Dr. Cook’s Garden 1/25/1971 – City Beneath the Sea 1/26/1971 – The Feminist and the Fuzz 2/1/1971 – Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? 2/8/1971 – The Neon Ceiling 2/9/1971 – Love, Hate, Love 2/16/1971 – Maybe I’ll Come Home in the Spring 2/22/1971 – Sarge: The Badge or the Cross 2/23/1971 – Longstreet 2/26/1971 – A Step Out of Line 2/28/1971 – Incident in San Francisco 3/1/1971 – Ransom for a Dead Man 3/2/1971 – Yuma 3/8/1971 – Vanished 3/9/1971 – River of Gold 3/11/1971 – Travis Logan, D.A. 3/12/1971 – Harpy 3/15/1971 – Banyon 3/23/1971 – In Search of America 3/24/1971 – Jane Eyre 3/26/1971 – Cannon 3/30/1971 – The Sheriff 4/2/1971 – O’Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra 4/6/1971 – Escape 4/16/1971 – Powderkeg 5/17/1971 – The City 9/12/1971 – Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law 9/14/1971 – The Forgotten Man 9/14/1971 – The Priest Killer 9/17/1971 – Terror in the Sky 9/17/1971 – Once Upon a Dead Man 9/18/1971 – The Birdmen 9/21/1971 – Congratulations, It’s a Boy! 9/24/1971 – Lock, Stock and Barrel 9/24/1971 – A Tattered Web 9/25/1971 – The Deadly Dream 9/28/1971 – Five Desperate Women 10/1/1971 – The Deadly Hunt 10/1/1971 – River of Mystery 10/2/1971 – Sweet, Sweet Rachel 10/5/1971 – The Last Child 10/8/1971 – The Face of Fear 10/8/1971 – The Impatient Heart 10/9/1971 – Thief 10/12/1971 – A Taste of Evil 10/15/1971 – Marriage: Year One 10/16/1971 – In Broad Daylight

10/19/1971 – Suddenly Single 10/22/1971 – Goodbye Raggedy Ann 10/23/1971 – Death Takes a Holiday 10/27/1971 – The Death of Me Yet 10/29/1971 – Murder Once Removed 10/30/1971 – A Little Game 11/2/1971 – Two on a Bench 11/5/1971 – Black Noon 11/5/1971 – A Howling in the Woods 11/6/1971 – Revenge 11/9/1971 – Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate 11/12/1971 – Paper Man 11/12/1971 – The Harness 11/13/1971 – Duel 11/16/1971 – Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones 11/19/1971 – The Cable Car Murder 11/19/1971 – Ellery Queen: Don’t Look Behind You 11/23/1971 – The Reluctant Heroes 11/26/1971 – A Death of Innocence 11/27/1971 – The Failing of Raymond 11/28/1971 – Earth II 11/30/1971 – Brian’s Song 12/3/1971 – The Desperate Mission 12/4/1971 – The Devil and Miss Sarah 12/7/1971 – If Tomorrow Comes 12/10/1971 – Mongo’s Back in Town 12/10/1971 – How to Steal an Airplane 12/11/1971 – See the Man Run 12/14/1971 – The Trackers 12/17/1971 – Dead Men Tell No Tales 12/17/1971 – They Call It Murder 12/18/1971 – What’s a Nice Girl Like You. . .? 12/19/1971 – The Homecoming – The Christmas Story 1/4/1972 – Gidget Gets Married 1/7/1972 – Killer by Night 1/8/1972 – The Astronaut 1/9/1972 – The Bravos

1/11/1972 – The Night Stalker 1/15/1972 – Emergency! 1/15/1972 – Madame Sin 1/18/1972 – Getting Away From it All 1/21/1972 – Something Evil 1/22/1972 – The People 1/25/1972 – Women in Chains 1/26/1972 – Cutter 1/28/1972 – She Waits 1/29/1972 – The Screaming Woman 1/30/1972 – Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol 2/1/1972 – Hardcase 2/4/1972 – Truman Capote’s “The Glass House” 2/5/1972 – When Michael Calls 2/8/1972 – Second Chance 2/11/1972 – Crawlspace 2/12/1972 – The Hound of the Baskervilles 2/15/1972 – Call Her Mom 2/18/1972 – Evil Roy SIade 2/18/1972 – Man on a String 2/20/1972 – The Adventures of Nick Carter 2/21/1972 – Probe 2/22/1972 – Kung Fu 2/25/1972 – To All My Friends on Shore 2/26/1972 – Two for the Money 2/29/1972 – The Eyes of Charles Sand 3/3/1972 – Heat of Anger 3/4/1972 – A Very Missing Person 3/5/1972 – Fireball Forward 3/6/1972 – The Delphi Bureau 3/7/1972 – The Rookies 3/20/1972 – Banacek: Detour to Nowhere 3/26/1972 – Jigsaw 4/30/1972 – Assignment: Munich 6/2/1972 – The Catcher 9/12/1972 – The Longest Night 9/12/1972 – The Family Rico 9/13/1972 – The Daughters of Joshua Cabe 9/16/1972 – The Streets of San Francisco 9/19/1972 – No Place to Run 9/19/1972 – The Woman Hunter 9/20/1972 – Haunts of the Very Rich 9/26/1972 – Deadly Harvest 9/26/1972 – Moon of the Wolf 9/27/1972 – Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole 10/3/1972 – Playmates 10/3/1972 – Footsteps 10/4/1972 – Rolling Man 10/8/1972 – Hec Ramsey 10/10/1972 – Night of Terror 10/10/1972 – Visions... 10/11/1972 – Lieutenant Schuster’s Wife

1964-1979 10/16/1972 – Cool Million 10/17/1972 – Goodnight My Love 10/17/1972 – Sandcastles 10/18/1972 – A Great American Tragedy 10/24/1972 – Short Walk to Daylight 10/25/1972 – Family Flight 10/31/1972 – The Bounty Man 11/1/1972 – That Certain Summer 11/6/1972 – Magic Carpet 11/8/1972 – The Crooked Hearts 11/14/1972 – The Strangers in 7A 11/14/1972 – The Victim 11/21/1972 – Gargoyles 11/22/1972 – All My Darling Daughters 11/28/1972 – Home for the Holidays 11/29/1972 – The Heist 12/2/1972 – The Judge and Jake Wyler 12/5/1972 – The Couple Takes a Wife 12/5/1972 – A War of Children 12/12/1972 – Pursuit 12/13/1972 – Every Man Needs One 12/18/1972 – The Snoop Sisters 12/19/1972 – Your Money or Your Wife 12/20/1972 – The Weekend Nun 12/23/1972 – Climb an Angry Mountain 1/2/1973 – Firehouse 1/2/1973 – The 500-Pound Jerk 1/8/1973 – Set This Town on Fire 1/9/1973 – The Devil’s Daughter 1/9/1973 – Hunter 1/10/1973 – Trouble Comes to Town 1/12/1973 – Incident on a Dark Street 1/16/1973 – The Voyage of the Yes 1/16/1973 – Frankenstein 1/16/1973 – The Night Strangler 1/17/1973 – Female Artillery 1/24/1973 – Go Ask Alice 1/30/1973 – A Cold Night’s Death 1/30/1973 – Birds of Prey 1/30/1973 – Baffled! 1/31/1973 – Snatched 2/6/1973 – Divorce His/Divorce Hers 2/12/1973 – Tenafly 2/13/1973 – The Horror at 37,000 Feet 2/13/1973 – The Great Man’s Whiskers 2/13/1973 – The Great American Beauty Contest 2/14/1973 – The Girls of Huntington House 2/14/1973 – Poor Devil 2/20/1973 – A Brand New Life 2/21/1973 – The Norliss Tapes 2/21/1973 – And No One Could Save Her 2/26/1973 – The Stranger 2/27/1973 – I Love a Mystery 2/27/1973 – The Connection 2/27/1973 – Call to Danger 2/28/1973 – You’ll Never See Me Again

3/1/1973 – Honor Thy Father 3/5/1973 – Brock’s Last Case 3/6/1973 – The Letters 3/6/1973 – Crime Club 3/7/1973 – The Six Million Dollar Man 3/8/1973 – The Marcus-Nelson Murders 3/13/1973 – Hawkins on Murder 3/13/1973 – The Bait 3/14/1973 – Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside 3/14/1973 – Class of ’63 3/17/1973 – Jarrett 3/17/1973 – The Magician 3/18/1973 – The Red Pony 3/20/1973 – Murdock’s Gang 3/20/1973 – The Police Story 3/20/1973 – Beg, Borrow…or Steal 3/21/1973 – Toma 3/23/1973 – Genesis II 3/23/1973 – Tom Sawyer 3/24/1973 – Chase 3/24/1973 – Partners in Crime 3/31/1973 – Savage 3/31/1973 – Hitched 4/13/1973 – The Man Who Died Twice 4/23/1973 – The Adventures of Don Quixote 4/23/1973 – The Picture of Dorian Gray 4/24/1973 – The Man Without a Country 7/1/1973 – Happiness Is a Warm Clue 9/11/1973 – Drive Hard, Drive Fast 9/11/1973 – Coffee, Tea or Me? 9/11/1973 – Deliver Us From Evil 9/12/1973 – She Lives 9/18/1973 – Terror on the Beach 9/18/1973 – Dying Room Only 9/19/1973 – Satan’s School for Girls 9/25/1973 – She Cried “Murder!” 9/26/1973 – Hijack! 9/29/1973 – Runaway! 10/2/1973 – Isn’t It Shocking? 10/3/1973 – Letters From Three Lovers 10/6/1973 – The Alpha Caper 10/9/1973 – Shirts/Skins

251 10/10/1973 – Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 10/13/1973 – Double Indemnity 10/16/1973 – The Third Girl From the Left 10/17/1973 – The Man Who Could Talk to Kids 10/23/1973 – The President’s Plane Is Missing 10/27/1973 – Money to Burn 10/30/1973 – Ordeal 10/31/1973 – Guess Who’s Sleeping in My Bed? 11/3/1973 – Linda 11/6/1973 – The Girl Most Likely To. . . 11/7/1973 – My Darling Daughters’ Anniversary 11/9/1973 – Sunshine 11/10/1973 – Death Race 11/11/1973 – The Blue Knight 11/14/1973 – Trapped 11/20/1973 – The Affair 11/24/1973 – Scream, Pretty Peggy 11/27/1973 – Cry Rape! 11/28/1973 – Lisa, Bright and Dark 11/28/1973 – Outrage! 11/29/1973 – Catholics 11/30/1973 – Frankenstein: The True Story 12/4/1973 – A Summer Without Boys 12/5/1973 – Bloodsport 12/8/1973 – Maneater 12/10/1973 – Key West 12/11/1973 – The Cat Creature 12/12/1973 – Message to My Daughter 12/14/1973 – Miracle on 34th Street 12/14/1973 – The Borrowers 12/16/1973 – The Glass Menagerie 12/18/1973 – I Heard the Owl Call My Name 12/18/1973 – What Are Best Friends For? 12/19/1973 – Pioneer Woman 12/24/1973 – A Dream for Christmas 1/6/1974 – Indict and Convict 1/7/1974 – F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Last of the Belles” 1/8/1974 – Nightmare 1/8/1974 – The Death Squad 1/9/1974 – Shootout in a One-Dog Town 1/15/1974 – Mrs. Sundance 1/16/1974 – Scream of the Wolf 1/19/1974 – Skyway to Death 1/22/1974 – Get Christie Love! 1/23/1974 – Pray for the Wildcats 1/23/1974 – The Questor Tapes 1/26/1974 – Heatwave! 1/29/1974 – The Girl Who Came GiftWrapped

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1/31/1974 – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 2/2/1974 – Killdozer 2/3/1974 – Smile, Jenny, You’re Dead 2/3/1974 – The Migrants 2/5/1974 – Can Ellen Be Saved? 2/6/1974 – Cry Panic 2/8/1974 – Dracula 2/9/1974 – The Elevator 2/12/1974 – I Love You. . . Goodbye 2/12/1974 – The Phantom of Hollywood 2/13/1974 – The Morning After 2/16/1974 – Live Again, Die Again 2/20/1974 – A Case of Rape 2/22/1974 – It’s Good to Be Alive 2/23/1974 – Hitchhike! 2/26/1974 – Killer Bees 2/26/1974 – Manhunter 2/27/1974 – Unwed Father 3/2/1974 – Houston, We’ve Got a Problem 3/6/1974 – The Stranger Who Looks Like Me 3/9/1974 – Mousey 3/12/1974 – Wonder Woman 3/12/1974 – Tell Me Where It Hurts 3/13/1974 – The Hanged Man 3/13/1974 – The Execution of Private Slovik 3/16/1974 – Night Games 3/18/1974 – Twice in a Lifetime 3/20/1974 – Men of the Dragon 3/21/1974 – Sidekicks 3/22/1974 – Senior Year 3/23/1974 – Remember When 3/26/1974 – Big Rose 3/26/1974 – A Cry in the Wilderness 3/27/1974 – The Rockford Files 3/27/1974 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3/30/1974 – Little House on the Prairie 4/1/1974 – The Girl on the Late, Late Show 4/1/1974 – Honky Tonk 4/3/1974 – The Gun and the Pulpit 4/4/1974 – Dr. Max 4/5/1974 – The Family Kovack 4/7/1974 – The Story of Jacob and Joseph 4/9/1974 – Melvin Purvis: G-Man 4/10/1974 – Murder or Mercy 4/14/1974 – Thursday’s Game 4/15/1974 – Turn of the Screw 4/15/1974 – Winter Kill 4/16/1974 – The Last Angry Man 4/17/1974 – The Chadwick Family 4/17/1974 – Nakia 4/19/1974 – Nicky’s World 4/23/1974 – Larry 4/23/1974 – Planet Earth 4/29/1974 – QB VII

5/6/1974 – The Underground Man 5/7/1974 – The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 5/8/1974 – In Tandem 5/8/1974 – Lucas Tanner 5/22/1974 – The Healers 9/10/1974 – Born Innocent 9/10/1974 – Hurricane 9/11/1974 – Savages 9/17/1974 – Terror on the 40th Floor 9/17/1974 – The Sex Symbol 9/18/1974 – The Day the Earth Moved 9/24/1974 – The Strange and Deadly Occurrence 9/24/1974 – The Great Niagara 9/25/1974 – The California Kid 10/1/1974 – The Stranger Within 10/1/1974 – The Disappearance of Flight 412 10/2/1974 – Death Sentence 10/8/1974 – Hit Lady 10/8/1974 – Where Have All the People Gone? 10/9/1974 – Locusts 10/11/1974 – Aloha Means Goodbye 10/18/1974 – Fer-De-Lance 10/22/1974 – Trapped Beneath the Sea 10/22/1974 – The Law 10/23/1974 – Bad Ronald 10/29/1974 – Strange Homecoming 10/29/1974 – The Mark of Zorro 10/30/1974 – Death Cruise 11/4/1974 – The Greatest Gift 11/6/1974 – The Great Ice RipOff 11/8/1974 – The FBI Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One 11/12/1974 – Brief Encounter 11/12/1974 – All The Kind Strangers 11/13/1974 – The Gun 11/19/1974 – The Virginia Hill Story 11/19/1974 – It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy 11/20/1974 – Panic on the 5:22 11/22/1974 – Great Expectations

11/24/1974 – Reflections of Murder 11/26/1974 – The Godchild 11/26/1974 – Punch and Jody 11/27/1974 – Things in Their Season 11/27/1974 – Robinson Crusoe 12/3/1974 – Betrayal 12/3/1974 – The Red Badge of Courage 12/4/1974 – Only With Married Men 12/11/1974 – The Tribe 12/17/1974 – This Is the West That Was 12/17/1974 – Roll, Freddy, Roll! 12/18/1974 – The Missiles of October 12/24/1974 – The Rangers 12/29/1974 – Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders 1/4/1975 – The Log of the Black Pearl 1/6/1975 – The Specialists 1/6/1975 – Target Risk 1/7/1975 – The Dream Makers 1/7/1975 – Let’s Switch! 1/8/1975 – Miles to Go Before I Sleep 1/8/1975 – The Missing Are Deadly 1/10/1975 – The Count of Monte Cristo 1/10/1975 – Stowaway to the Moon 1/14/1975 – The Dead Don’t Die 1/14/1975 – Satan’s Triangle 1/15/1975 – The Hatfields and the McCoys 1/21/1975 – The Abduction of Saint Anne 1/21/1975 – Death Stalk 1/28/1975 – A Shadow in the Streets 1/28/1975 – The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return 2/4/1975 – All Creatures Great and Small 2/4/1975 – Death Be Not Proud 2/5/1975 – All Together Now 2/10/1975 – The Legend of Lizzie Borden 2/11/1975 – The Trial of Chaplain Jensen 2/11/1975 – Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic 2/12/1975 – A Cry for Help 2/13/1975 – Queen of the Stardust Ballroom 2/14/1975 – Adventures of the Queen 2/15/1975 – The Last Day 2/18/1975 – The Secret Night Caller 2/19/1975 – The Family Nobody Wanted 2/20/1975 – Attack on Terror: The FBI Versus the Ku Klux Klan 2/22/1975 – Hustling 2/25/1975 – Journey From Darkness 2/25/1975 – You Lie So Deep, My Love 2/26/1975 – Someone I Touched 2/27/1975 – In This House of Brede 3/1/1975 – Who Is the Black Dahlia?

1964-1979 3/3/1975 – Winner Take All 3/4/1975 – Trilogy of Terror 3/4/1975 – The Last Survivors 3/5/1975 – The Desperate Miles 3/6/1975 – Love Among the Ruins 3/9/1975 – Search For the Gods 3/11/1975 – The Big Rip-Off 3/14/1975 – Cage Without a Key 3/18/1975 – The Impostor 3/21/1975 – Switch 3/23/1975 – Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects 3/24/1975 – Crossfire 3/24/1975 – The Runaway Barge 3/25/1975 – Huckleberry Finn 3/28/1975 – Force Five 4/1/1975 – The Runaways 4/2/1975 – Dead Man on the Run 4/3/1975 – Crime Club 4/10/1975 – Conspiracy of Terror 4/10/1975 – A Matter of Wife...and Death 4/11/1975 – Kate McShane 4/12/1975 – The Turning Point of Jim Malloy 4/12/1975 – Strike Force 4/15/1975 – The Swiss Family Robinson 4/19/1975 – I Will Fight No More Forever 4/19/1975 – Last Hours Before Morning 4/19/1975 – Delancey Street: The Crisis Within 4/29/1975 – They Only Come Out at Night 4/29/1975 – Returning Home 4/30/1975 – Starsky and Hutch 5/3/1975 – Nevada Smith 5/4/1975 – The Barbary Coast 5/5/1975 – One of Our Own 5/6/1975 – The Return of Joe Forrester 5/6/1975 – The Invisible Man 5/7/1975 – Matt Helm 5/9/1975 – Shell Game 5/9/1975 – The Blue Knight 5/13/1975 – The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant 5/14/1975 – Promise Him Anything... 5/18/1975 – Friendly Persuasion 5/20/1975 – Death Among Friends 5/26/1975 – Sky Hei$t 6/1/1975 – My Father’s House 6/18/1975 – A Girl Named Sooner 6/21/1975 – Moses the Lawgiver 6/29/1975 – Man on the Outside 7/13/1975 – Strange New World 9/2/1975 – Mobile Two 9/4/1975 – Medical Story 9/19/1975 – The Kansas City Massacre 9/26/1975 – Death Scream 10/2/1975 – Fear on Trial

10/5/1975 – Katherine 10/10/1975 – Sweet Hostage 10/18/1975 – The Deadly Tower 10/19/1975 – A Home of Our Own 10/20/1975 – The UFO Incident 10/23/1975 – Babe 10/27/1975 – The Lives of Jenny Dolan 10/31/1975 – The Night That Panicked America 11/5/1975 – Beyond the Bermuda Triangle 11/6/1975 – The Silence 11/7/1975 – The New, Original Wonder Woman 11/7/1975 – Hey, I’m Alive! 11/10/1975 – Eric 11/13/1975 – Foster and Laurie 11/17/1975 – Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case 11/21/1975 – Murder on Flight 502 11/23/1975 – The Legend of Valentino 12/3/1975 – The Art of Crime 1/10/1976 – The Oregon Trail 1/11/1976 – Eleanor and Franklin 1/19/1976 – The Macahans 1/22/1976 – Widow 1/25/1976 – Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style 2/1/1976 – Rich Man, Poor Man 2/5/1976 – Dark Victory 2/8/1976 – Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence 2/19/1976 – James Dean 2/26/1976 – The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case 2/27/1976 – Griffin and Phoenix 3/1/1976 – Young Pioneers 3/4/1976 – McNaughton’s Daughter 3/5/1976 – One of My Wives Is Missing 3/10/1976 – The Entertainer 3/11/1976 – Farewell to Manzanar 3/13/1976 – James A. Michener’s “Dynasty” 3/19/1976 – Time Travelers 3/21/1976 – Most Wanted 3/21/1976 – Charlie’s Angels

253 3/26/1976 – Brink’s: The Great Robbery 4/1/1976 – Helter Skelter 4/2/1976 – The Manhunter 4/4/1976 – The Killer Who Wouldn’t Die 4/9/1976 – The Story of David 4/22/1976 – Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 4/24/1976 – Serpico: The Deadly Game 4/29/1976 – Law of the Land 5/1/1976 – Future Cop 5/1/1976 – Twin Detectives 5/3/1976 – The Keegans 5/3/1976 – Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free 5/6/1976 – Law and Order 5/8/1976 – Kiss Me. . . Kill Me 5/8/1976 – Brenda Starr 5/10/1976 – Gemini Man 5/13/1976 – The Quest 5/14/1976 – Return to Earth 5/15/1976 – High Risk 5/15/1976 – Panache 5/16/1976 – F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood 5/20/1976 – The Dark Side of Innocence 5/20/1976 – Shark Kill 5/22/1976 – The Call of the Wild 5/29/1976 – The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe 6/16/1976 – The Return of the World’s Greatest Detective 6/17/1976 – Lanigan’s Rabbi 7/28/1976 – Woman of the Year 7/29/1976 – Perilous Voyage 7/31/1976 – The Invasion of Johnson County 9/3/1976 – Death at Love House 9/10/1976 – Bridger 9/12/1976 – Street Killing 9/14/1976 – Just an Old Sweet Song 9/15/1976 – Kingston: The Power Play 9/17/1976 – The Love Boat 9/22/1976 – The Million Dollar Rip-Off 9/27/1976 – Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway 9/29/1976 – Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 9/30/1976 – Captains and the Kings 10/1/1976 – Wanted: The Sundance Woman 10/6/1976 – How to Break Up a Happy Divorce 10/8/1976 – The Great Houdinis 10/13/1976 – Scott Free 10/17/1976 – Having Babies 10/18/1976 – Sherlock Holmes in New York 10/25/1976 – Amelia Earhart 10/27/1976 – Richie Brockelman: Missing 24 Hours

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10/29/1976 – Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby 11/3/1976 – Stalk the Wild Child 11/5/1976 – Nightmare in Badham County 11/7/1976 – 21 Hours at Munich 11/12/1976 – The Boy in the Plastic Bubble 11/12/1976 – Mayday at 40,000 Feet! 11/14/1976 – Sybil 11/17/1976 – The Disappearance of Aimee 11/19/1976 – Revenge for a Rape 11/19/1976 – I Want to Keep My Baby! 11/22/1976 – The Savage Bees 11/24/1976 – Flood 12/2/1976 – Once an Eagle 12/3/1976 – Beauty and the Beast 12/3/1976 – Smash-Up on Interstate 5 12/4/1976 – Arthur Hailey’s “The Moneychangers” 12/6/1976 – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 12/13/1976 – Victory at Entebbe 12/17/1976 – Young Pioneers’ Christmas 12/20/1976 – The Loneliest Runner 12/27/1976 – The Secret Life of John Chapman 1/3/1977 – Green Eyes 1/9/1977 – Raid on Entebbe 1/10/1977 – The Death of Richie 1/12/1977 – The City 1/14/1977 – Fantasy Island 1/16/1977 – Little Ladies of the Night 1/16/1977 – Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? 1/17/1977 – The Man in the Iron Mask 1/19/1977 – Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover 1/21/1977 – The Love Boat II 1/23/1977 – Roots 1/27/1977 – Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye 2/3/1977 – Yesterday’s Child 2/6/1977 – Tail Gunner Joe 2/7/1977 – Night Terror 2/10/1977 – Seventh Avenue 2/11/1977 – The Last Dinosaur 2/20/1977 – The Spell 2/20/1977 – Secrets 2/25/1977 – SST: Death Flight 2/27/1977 – In the Glitter Palace 2/28/1977 – The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver 3/2/1977 – Minstrel Man 3/4/1977 – Man From Atlantis 3/10/1977 – A Circle of Children 3/10/1977 – The Rhinemann Exchange 3/13/1977 – Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

3/16/1977 – The Deadliest Season 3/20/1977 – Murder at the World Series 3/21/1977 – The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish 3/27/1977 – Flight to Holocaust 4/3/1977 – Jesus of Nazareth 4/6/1977 – Something for Joey 4/13/1977 – The Amazing Howard Hughes 4/28/1977 – Snowbeast 5/1/1977 – The Possessed 5/2/1977 – Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target 5/3/1977 – Code Name: Diamond Head 5/5/1977 – The New Love Boat 5/8/1977 – Fire! 5/9/1977 – Testimony of Two Men 5/12/1977 – Danger in Paradise 5/13/1977 – The San Pedro Bums 5/13/1977 – Never Con a Killer 5/16/1977 – Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 5/18/1977 – Red Alert 5/18/1977 – Cover Girls 5/18/1977 – Pine Canyon Is Burning 5/19/1977 – Deadly Triangle 5/19/1977 – Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women 5/20/1977 – Delta County USA 5/21/1977 – Spectre 5/22/1977 – Good Against Evil 5/22/1977 – Lucan 5/24/1977 – The Man With the Power 6/1/1977 – Goldenrod 6/2/1977 – Ransom for Alice! 6/5/1977 – No Where to Hide 6/6/1977 – A Sensitive, Passionate Man 6/9/1977 – Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging 6/12/1977 – Corey: For the People 6/13/1977 – The War Between the Tates 6/16/1977 – The 3,000 Mile Chase

6/17/1977 – The Prince of Central Park 6/18/1977 – Exo-Man 6/19/1977 – The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa 6/20/1977 – Mulligan’s Stew 6/23/1977 – Panic in Echo Park 6/27/1977 – Terraces 7/1/1977 – The Quinns 7/18/1977 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame 7/22/1977 – Dog and Cat 9/4/1977 – Operation Petticoat 9/5/1977 – James at 15 9/6/1977 – Washington: Behind Closed Doors 9/9/1977 – The Hostage Heart 9/12/1977 – Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid 9/13/1977 – Sex and the Married Woman 9/14/1977 – Relentless 9/14/1977 – Spider-Man 9/16/1977 – Curse of the Black Widow 9/18/1977 – Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy 9/20/1977 – The Girl in the Empty Grave 9/21/1977 – A Killing Affair 9/25/1977 – Kill Me If You Can 9/26/1977 – In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan 9/30/1977 – The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald 10/2/1977 – Just a Little Inconvenience 10/3/1977 – Murder in Peyton Place 10/5/1977 – Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night 10/7/1977 – Black Market Baby 10/7/1977 – Escape From Bogen County 10/10/1977 – Killer on Board 10/12/1977 – The Girl Called Hatter Fox 10/16/1977 – Harold Robbins’ “79 Park Avenue” 10/24/1977 – The Night They Took Miss Beautiful 10/26/1977 – The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened 10/28/1977 – Having Babies II 10/31/1977 – Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress 11/4/1977 – The Incredible Hulk 11/5/1977 – Aspen 11/6/1977 – Telethon 11/6/1977 – Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion 11/11/1977 – Intimate Strangers 11/16/1977 – The Last Hurrah 11/18/1977 – Mary White 11/19/1977 – Contract on Cherry Street 11/23/1977 – Last of the Mohicans

1964-1979 11/28/1977 – The Hunted Lady 11/28/1977 – The Return of the Incredible Hulk 12/2/1977 – It Happened at Lake Wood Manor 12/3/1977 – Deadly Game 12/4/1977 – The Gathering 12/4/1977 – Captains Courageous 12/5/1977 – The Storyteller 12/11/1977 – It Happened One Christmas 12/12/1977 – Sunshine Christmas 12/17/1977 – The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race 12/18/1977 – Don’t Push, I’ll Charge When I’m Ready 12/19/1977 – Wilma 12/20/1977 – Tell Me My Name 12/21/1977 – Mad Bull 12/26/1977 – Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. 12/28/1977 – Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo 12/31/1977 – Come Back, Little Sheba 1/1/1978 – The Four Feathers 1/2/1978 – Breaking Up 1/6/1978 – Forever 1/9/1978 – Superdome 1/15/1978 – A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story 1/16/1978 – Nowhere to Run 1/17/1978 – The Other Side of Hell 1/20/1978 – Return to Fantasy Island 1/21/1978 – Standing Tall 1/23/1978 – The Dark Secret of Harvest Home 1/23/1978 – The Defection of Simas Kudirka 1/27/1978 – The Bermuda Depths 1/29/1978 – Night Cries 1/31/1978 – Black Beauty 2/1/1978 – See How She Runs 2/3/1978 – Deadman’s Curve 2/3/1978 – Cruise Into Terror 2/4/1978 – Ring of Passion 2/6/1978 – The Initiation of Sarah 2/8/1978 – Ruby and Oswald 2/10/1978 – The President’s Mistress 2/12/1978 – King 2/12/1978 – The Great Wallendas 2/17/1978 – Three on a Date 2/18/1978 – The Ghost of Flight 401 2/19/1978 – The Awakening Land 2/20/1978 – Wild and Wooly 2/21/1978 – A Question of Guilt 2/22/1978 – Special Olympics 2/24/1978 – Dr. Scorpion 2/24/1978 – Thaddeus Rose and Eddie 2/26/1978 – Loose Change 3/1/1978 – A Death in Canaan

3/3/1978 – Ski Lift to Death 3/3/1978 – Having Babies III 3/7/1978 – Last of the Good Guys 3/12/1978 – When Every Day Was the Fourth of July 3/14/1978 – Perfect Gentlemen 3/16/1978 – Keefer 3/20/1978 – Doctors’ Private Lives 3/24/1978 – Cindy 3/28/1978 – Cops and Robin 3/29/1978 – Crisis in Sun Valley 4/2/1978 – Love’s Dark Ride 4/9/1978 – A Family Upside Down 4/10/1978 – To Kill a Cop 4/14/1978 – The Two-Five 4/14/1978 – Sticking Together 4/16/1978 – Holocaust 4/25/1978 – Vega$ 4/26/1978 – Siege 4/27/1978 – Go West, Young Girl! 5/2/1978 – Home to Stay 5/2/1978 – Killing Stone 5/3/1978 – Maneaters Are Loose! 5/5/1978 – With This Ring 5/7/1978 – Arthur Hailey’s “Wheels” 5/10/1978 – Murder at the Mardi Gras 5/14/1978 – Leave Yesterday Behind 5/17/1978 – Getting Married 5/17/1978 – Lacy and the Mississippi Queen 5/18/1978 – The Beasts Are on the Streets 5/19/1978 – True Grit (A Further Adventure) 5/20/1978 – Hunters of the Reef 5/21/1978 – Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women 5/22/1978 – Just Me and You 5/22/1978 – The Bastard 5/22/1978 – The Dain Curse 5/26/1978 – Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 5/27/1978 – The Courage and the Passion 5/31/1978 – Deathmoon 6/4/1978 – Top Secret 6/12/1978 – Love Is Not Enough 6/25/1978 – The Last Tenant

255 6/27/1978 – Big Bob Johnson & His Fantastic Speed Circus 7/12/1978 – Daddy, I Don’t Like It Like This 7/21/1978 – The Comedy Company 8/14/1978 – Evening in Byzantium 8/21/1978 – Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force 8/28/1978 – Flying High 9/3/1978 – The New Maverick 9/5/1978 – Happily Ever After 9/5/1978 – Little Mo 9/6/1978 – Dr. Strange 9/11/1978 – The Critical List 9/14/1978 – The Clone Master 9/16/1978 – The Islander 9/20/1978 – Are You in the House Alone? 9/25/1978 – Overboard 9/26/1978 – One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story 9/26/1978 – Battered 9/27/1978 – Zuma Beach 10/1/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 1: Only the Rocks Live Forever 10/1/1978 – The Users 10/2/1978 – Little Women 10/4/1978 – B.J. and the Bear 10/8/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 2: The Yellow Apron 10/9/1978 – Secrets of Three Hungry Wives 10/13/1978 – A Guide for the Married Woman 10/14/1978 – Rescue From Gilligan’s Island 10/16/1978 – Human Feelings 10/20/1978 – More Than Friends 10/22/1978 – Like Mom, Like Me 10/23/1978 – Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold 10/24/1978 – Donner Pass: The Road to Survival 10/25/1978 – Desperate Women 10/25/1978 – The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank 10/26/1978 – Cotton Candy 10/28/1978 – KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park 10/28/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 3: The Wagon and the Elephant 10/29/1978 – Crash 10/30/1978 – Summer of My German Soldier 10/31/1978 – Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 10/31/1978 – Stranger in Our House 11/1/1978 – Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery 11/3/1978 – How to Pick Up Girls!

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11/4/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 4: For as Long as the Water Flows 11/5/1978 – The Time Machine 11/6/1978 – Rainbow 11/8/1978 – First You Cry 11/11/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 5: The Massacre 11/12/1978 – The Word 11/13/1978 – Betrayal 11/14/1978 – Lady of the House 11/15/1978 – Bud and Lou 11/15/1978 – Pearl 11/20/1978 – The Immigrants 11/21/1978 – Harold Robbins’ “The Pirate” 11/23/1978 – The Thief of Baghdad 11/26/1978 – A Fire in the Sky 11/26/1978 – A Question of Love 11/27/1978 – And I Alone Survived 11/29/1978 – Someone’s Watching Me! 12/2/1978 – Outside Chance 12/3/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 6: The Longhorns 12/4/1978 – Suddenly, Love 12/5/1978 – My Husband Is Missing 12/6/1978 – Steel Cowboy 12/8/1978 – The Gift of Love 12/9/1978 – A Real American Hero 12/10/1978 – Centennial - Chapter 7: The Shepherds 12/11/1978 – A Woman Called Moses 12/12/1978 – The Jordan Chance 12/13/1978 – The New Adventures of Heidi 12/13/1978 – Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II 12/15/1978 – Long Journey Back 12/16/1978 – Who’ll Save Our Children? 12/17/1978 – The Nativity 12/17/1978 – The Winds of Kitty Hawk 12/18/1978 – The Deerslayer 12/19/1978 – The Millionaire 12/20/1978 – Ishi: The Last of His Tribe 12/22/1978 – A Christmas to Remember 12/26/1978 – Terror Out of the Sky 12/27/1978 – Les Miserables 1/2/1979 – The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel 1/3/1979 – Some Kind of Miracle 1/3/1979 – Pleasure Cove 1/8/1979 – Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill 1/13/1979 – Champions: A Love Story 1/14/1979 – Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1/14/1979 – Centennial - Chapter 8: The Storm 1/15/1979 – Charleston 1/16/1979 – Murder in Music City

1/19/1979 – A Last Cry for Help 1/19/1979 – Captain America 1/20/1979 – Salvage 1/21/1979 – Centennial Chapter 9: The Crime 1/22/1979 – Institute for Revenge 1/24/1979 – Mandrake 1/28/1979 – And Your Name Is Jonah 1/28/1979 – Centennial Chapter 10: The Winds of Fortune 1/29/1979 – Backstairs at the White House 1/29/1979 – The Corn Is Green 1/30/1979 – The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal 2/1/1979 – Mr. Horn 2/2/1979 – The Girls in the Office 2/3/1979 – Centennial Chapter 11: The Winds of Death 2/4/1979 – Centennial Chapter 12: The Scream of Eagles 2/8/1979 – Women in White 2/10/1979 – Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers 2/11/1979 – Elvis 2/13/1979 – Crisis in Mid-Air 2/14/1979 – From Here to Eternity 2/17/1979 – Murder by Natural Causes 2/18/1979 – Roots: The Next Generations 2/24/1979 – Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story 2/27/1979 – Women at West Point 3/4/1979 – The Ordeal of Patty Hearst 3/5/1979 – Jennifer: A Woman’s Story 3/6/1979 – Gold of the Amazon Women 3/7/1979 – Studs Lonigan 3/9/1979 – The Child Stealer 3/12/1979 – Too Far to Go 3/16/1979 – The Cracker Factory 3/17/1979 – Willa 3/18/1979 – The Jericho Mile 3/19/1979 – Fast Friends 3/24/1979 – No Other Love 3/25/1979 – Sooner or Later 3/29/1979 – The Chisholms

4/3/1979 – The Darker Side of Terror 4/7/1979 – The Seeding of Sarah Burns 4/10/1979 – Legend of the Golden Gun 4/13/1979 – Like Normal People 4/15/1979 – The Billion Dollar Threat 4/17/1979 – Transplant 4/22/1979 – Friendly Fire 4/23/1979 – Sanctuary of Fear 4/25/1979 – You Can’t Go Home Again 4/28/1979 – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 4/30/1979 – Samurai 4/30/1979 – Beach Patrol 5/2/1979 – Torn Between Two Lovers 5/3/1979 – Ike 5/3/1979 – The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island 5/8/1979 – Anatomy of a Seduction 5/8/1979 – Hanging by a Thread 5/9/1979 – The Wild Wild West Revisited 5/11/1979 – The Power Within 5/11/1979 – The Night Rider 5/12/1979 – The Ultimate Imposter 5/13/1979 – Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter 5/14/1979 – Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love 5/14/1979 – The Rebels, 5/15/1979 – Louis L’Amour’s “The Sacketts” 5/15/1979 – Walking Through the Fire 5/18/1979 – The Return of Mod Squad 5/20/1979 – Love’s Savage Fury 5/20/1979 – A Man Called Intrepid 5/20/1979 – Blind Ambition 5/21/1979 – A Vacation in Hell 5/25/1979 – Hot Rod 5/27/1979 – Dummy 5/27/1979 – The Best Place to Be 5/28/1979 – The House on Garibaldi Street 5/29/1979 – Survival of Dana 5/30/1979 – Stunt Seven 5/30/1979 – This Man Stands Alone 6/7/1979 – The Last Giraffe 6/24/1979 – Hollow Image 7/11/1979 – Rendezvous Hotel 8/3/1979 – Ebony, Ivory and Jade 8/25/1979 – Hart to Hart 8/26/1979 – Stone 9/5/1979 – Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 9/11/1979 – Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze 9/15/1979 – The Paradise Connection 9/16/1979 – The Tenth Month 9/19/1979 – Mrs. R’s Daughter 9/19/1979 – Sex and the Single Parent 9/21/1979 – Diary of a Hitchhiker 9/23/1979 – S.O.S. Titanic

1964-1979 9/24/1979 – The Last Convertible 9/25/1979 – Death Car on the Freeway 9/30/1979 – The Kid From Left Field 10/2/1979 – Portrait of a Stripper 10/3/1979 – The Golden Gate Murders 10/5/1979 – Before and After 10/7/1979 – Vampire 10/8/1979 – When Hell Was in Session 10/9/1979 – The Solitary Man 10/10/1979 – Mirror, Mirror 10/14/1979 – The Miracle Worker 10/14/1979 – Flesh and Blood 10/15/1979 – The Flame Is Love 10/17/1979 – The Concrete Cowboys 10/17/1979 – Better Late Than Never 10/19/1979 – The Death of Ocean View Park 10/21/1979 – Marciano 10/22/1979 – And Baby Makes Six 10/23/1979 – Undercover With the KKK 10/23/1979 – Mind Over Murder 10/28/1979 – Disaster on the Coastliner 10/29/1979 – Freedom Road 10/31/1979 – The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan 11/6/1979 – 11th Victim 11/7/1979 – The Suicide’s Wife

11/9/1979 – Topper 11/10/1979 – Act of Violence 11/11/1979 – Love for Rent 11/13/1979 – The Streets of L.A. 11/14/1979 – All Quiet on the Western Front 11/15/1979 – The French Atlantic Affair 11/17/1979 – Salem’s Lot 11/20/1979 – Young Love, First Love 11/20/1979 – The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 11/21/1979 – Mayflower: The Pilgrim’s Adventure 11/22/1979 – Letters From Frank 11/23/1979 – Birth of the Beatles 11/23/1979 – Captain America II 11/25/1979 – When She Was Bad... 11/26/1979 – Beggarman, Thief 11/27/1979 – High Midnight

257 12/1/1979 – Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women 12/3/1979 – The Seekers 12/3/1979 – Friendships, Secrets and Lies 12/5/1979 – Aunt Mary 12/7/1979 – Valentine 12/7/1979 – My Old Man 12/9/1979 – Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith 12/10/1979 – She’s Dressed to Kill 12/15/1979 – The Gift 12/16/1979 – An American Christmas Carol 12/16/1979 – Christmas Lilies of the Field 12/17/1979 – The Gathering, Part II 12/19/1979 – The Family Man 12/19/1979 – Nero Wolfe 12/22/1979 – Orphan Train 12/23/1979 – The Man in the Santa Claus Suit 12/26/1979 – A Shining Season 12/30/1979 – Goldie and the Boxer

About the Author Alvin H. Marill is a graduate of Boston University and has spent his career in broadcasting, direct marketing, the recording industry, and publishing. He is the author of more than twenty books on the stage, screen, and television including The Complete Films of Edward G. Robinson, Robert Mitchum on the Screen, Samuel Goldwyn Presents, The Ultimate John Wayne Trivia Book, and career studies of Anthony Quinn, Sidney Poitier, Tyrone Power, the Three Stooges, Tommy Lee Jones, and Mickey Rooney. He is also the author of the screen music compendium Keeping Score: Film Music 1988-1997 (Scarecrow Press 1998), as well as More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television (Scarecrow Press 1993) and More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001 (Scarecrow Press 2003). Mr. Marill has been executive editor for CBS Entertainment; general editor of the National Review’s 500 Best American Films to Buy, Rent or Videotape; television editor for Films in Review; and is a contributing editor of Leonard Maltin’s annual Movie Guide, as well as Scarlet Street magazine. He is a charter member of the Television Movie Hall of Fame.

Movies Made for Television 1964–2004 Volume 2 1980–1989 [1129–2572]

Alvin H. Marill

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Contents

Foreword by Leonard Maltin

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Movies Made for Television, 1980-1989

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Chronological Listing of Titles, 1980-1989

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About the Author

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Foreword by Leonard Maltin When made-for-TV movies became a reality in the 1960s, some people refused to take them seriously, regarding them as little more than elongated television episodes. By the 1970s, telefilms began to attract top talent, on both sides of the camera, and tackled ground-breaking subject matter. Most TV movies were ephemeral, but some, like Brian’s Song and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, managed to make a lasting impression on critics and audiences alike. Other milestone films like My Sweet Charlie, Katherine, The Day After, and An Early Frost stirred conversation across America, and in some cases even effected social change. In the 1980s and 1990s, as the “Big Three” broadcast networks pulled back from the production of prime-time movies, cable networks’ interest grew. Their freedom from broadcast constraints made it possible for them to offer writers, directors, and actors the chance to work on challenging, adult material, without interference or the need to pander to a youthful demographic. Experienced filmmakers like John Frankenheimer and Paul Mazursky, whose talents were being ignored in a movie industry eager to sign up the hottest music-video directors, were welcomed with open arms. The evolution of made-for-TV movies was now complete. In the heyday of network movies, scripts were geared to incorporate a series of mini-climaxes (for commercial interruptions) and filmmakers had to fight time and budget problems. By the time HBO commissioned Mike Nichols to bring Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to the small screen, the budget was a reported $60 million, and there was nary a compromise in sight. Thanks to home video and DVD, these films now have a chance to remain in the public consciousness for more than just one night. So, it would seem, TV movies have come of age. They demand respect on their own terms. There’s just one problem: keeping track of them. For many years, I included them in my annual paperback Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide. The man I turned to for reviews, credits, and reliable information on these films was Al Marill. Eventually, I was forced to drop telefilms from my book, mostly for reasons of space. Then Al’s indispensable book Movies Made for Television went out of print. Al continued to maintain his meticulous files, however. Even when it seemed as if there might not be a publisher willing to take on a massive reference work on made-for-TV movies, he kept accumulating information—keeping track of actors’ debuts, remakes, Emmy awards, and other related information that put these films into historical context. I am delighted that Scarecrow Press has stepped up to the plate and made Al Marill’s life’s work a reality—happy for Al, of course, but also happy for me and every other film researcher who needs an authoritative source for the leastdocumented aspect of modern filmmaking. Leonard Maltin March 2005

Acknowledgments Many thanks to the following for their invaluable assistance and cooperation in the completeness of this project – for this volume and the ones that follow through the decades: ABC-TV, CBS-TV, NBC-TV, HBO, Showtime, Lifetime, The Disney Channel, A&E, Turner Network Television, USA Networks, PBS, Universal City Studios, Time-Life Television, Viacom, Screen Gems, Quinn Martin Productions. Also a tip of the hat to Monty Arnold, John Behrens, Jim Butler, John Cocchi, Vic Ghidalia, Guy Giampapa, Jane Klain, Stephen Klain, Leonard Maltin, Jim Meyer, James Robert Parish, Vincent Terrace, Jerry Vermilye, Jon Young, the late Alan Barbour and Doug McClelland, and the staffs of the Theatre Collection of the Lincoln Center Library of the Performing Arts, the Academy of Television Arts and Science, The Museum of Television and Radio, and TV Guide – and of course my unfailing VCR with its always reliable pause button without which accurate credit compiling from the closing crawls would be well nigh impossible.

Introduction The 1980s, in the world of made-for-television movies and miniseries, gave the viewing audience a glimpse of things to come as cable began moving into the factor and the three major networks were gearing up for a run for their money. It was also the decade of mega-miniseries like Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and later War and Remembrance, rivaling the earlier Centennial of James Michener in scope and length. Among the highlights of the ’80s were dramatizations of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, Michener’s Space, dealing with America’s space program, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and The Winter of Our Discontent, William Faulkner’s The Long Hot Summer, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, John Jakes’ North and South (and its sequel), James Thomas Flexner’s George Washington (and sequel), Bruce Catton’s The Blue and the Gray, Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds, set in the Australian Outback, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (headlining Ann-Margret as Blanche DuBois), Larry McMurtry’s stellar Lonesome Dove, George Lucas’ fantasies about the Ewoks, three Hollywood on Hollywood movies on consecutive nights adapted from Garson Kanin’s Moviola collection, a half dozen sumptuous Agatha Christie dramatizations, and the ambitious Marco Polo. Robert Ludlom’s spy thriller The Bourne Identity, with Richard Chamberlain, was to become a rare TV movie title, which later would reemerge in a new theatrically made adaptation with Matt Damon. On the other hand, the decade also was less than notable for Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island, Revenge of the Stepford Wives, and The Cowboy and the Ballerina (guess the plot of that one!). There was memorable, Emmy-winning work by Tommy Lee Jones in Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song, Mickey Rooney in Bill (and its sequel), Jane Fonda in The Dollmaker (her only TV movie), Laurence Olivier in both King Lear by Shakespeare and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Dustin Hoffman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Vanessa Redgrave in Miller’s TV original Playing for Time, and Gene Rowlands in The Bette Ford Story. Ingrid Bergman made her final acting appearance during the 1981-82 TV season in A Woman Called Golda, winning an Emmy posthumously for her starring role in the first syndicated TV film to earn an Emmy as Outstanding Drama Special. Interestingly she beat out four other actresses playing real-life women in TV movies: Glenda Jackson as Patricia Neal, Jean Stapleton as Eleanor Roosevelt, Ann Jillian as Mae West and Cicely Tyson as Chicago teacher/activist Marva Collins. Paul Newman directed his wife Joanne Woodward in a TV version of Michael Cristofer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Shadow Box; Joseph Bologna and wife Renée Taylor costarred in Woman of the Year, playing the Tracy-Hepburn roles; Ron Howard directed Bette Davis in Skyward; Danny Kaye made his dramatic television debut in Skokie, playing a Holocaust survivor in his only TV movie; and Bob Hope, James Cagney, Jackie Gleason, and Lucille Ball starred (individually) for the only time in a television movie, and Tom Hanks made his first. In addition to legendary director George Stevens’ Woman of the Year and his Diary of Anne Frank, a number of other theatrical films were remade for TV: Hitchcock’s Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Billy Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution, Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass (as well as the aforementioned East of Eden and A Streetcar Named Desire), John Ford’s Stagecoach, plus Ivanhoe, Johnny Belinda, The Bad Seed, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Canterville Ghost, Anna Karenina, The Defiant Ones, I Want to Live, A Letter to Three Wives, Leave Her to Heaven, Sorry, Wrong Number (the last three starring Loni Anderson, who’d also redo Three Coins in the Fountain during the next decade), and at least a dozen others. There are more than 1,440 titles chronicled between 1980 and 1989. They basically were on the three major networks, proliferating on what would be known generally as the Movie of the Week on each of them and on some

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syndicated outlets. (The most notable of the syndicated, non- or off-network movies aired under the umbrella title “Operation Prime Time,” which was an entity of Paramount Television.) More and more frequently these films were of the so-called “disease of the week” ilk or women in jeopardy flicks. Or else, with increasing regularity, they were adaptations of potboiler, romantic soap operas or bodice-rippers by some of the bestselling pop authors of the day, from Danielle Steel to Sidney Sheldon to Mary Higgins Clark. Or biopics or fictionalized dramatizations of celebrities, ranging from James Dean to Jayne Mansfield to Rosemary Clooney to several Marilyn Monroe films. And sports figures from Satchel Paige to Jesse Owens and Rocky Marciano and Rocky Bleier. It was in 1982 that Showtime premiered its first original movie, a Raiders of the Lost Ark wannabe called Falcon’s Gold. And a few months later, in 1983, HBO followed with its first made-for-TV flock, a Canadian movie about that country’s hero athletes, The Terry Fox Story. Not long afterward, HBO then established itself as a coming power in the genre with Between Friends, which costarred Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett. The Disney Channel came along next in 1984 with its first movie, Love Leads the Way, a fact-based movie with Timothy Bottoms playing a blinded athlete in the ’20s who was the first to be paired with a seeing-eye dog. These films were the initial ones in a long line of those with which cable ultimately would become dominant in the genre during the next couple of decades. The TV-movie genre delved into the growing AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s with NBC’s An Early Frost starring Aidan Quinn and Gene Rowlands and, not long after that one, Showtime’s As Is, with Jonathan Hadary, in his film debut, re-creating his original Off-Broadway role and Robert Carradine, who starred in the L.A. stage production a few years before. Vietnam, on the other hand, provided the home front drama for Friendly Fire with Carol Burnett, The Park Is Mine with Tommy Lee Jones, and To Heal a Nation with Eric Roberts as Jan Scuggs, the guiding light behind the construction of Washington’s Vietnam Memorial. AIDS and Vietnam aside, one of the most watched TV movies of the decade was Return to Mayberry, reuniting Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors, and the whole gang. A note about those titles not included: they are heralded British imports not falling, unfortunately, in the parameters of this compilation. In this group are such PBS offerings as The Jewel in the Crown, Nicholas Nickleby, and the aforementioned King Lear and Brideshead Revisited – somewhat apart from such regular network fare as The Princess and the Cabbie (now what was that one all about?). Also not included are direct-to-video films, generally small, independent movies (comparable to the theatrical ‘B’ movies of yore which have had difficulty finding a theatrical venue and eventually “premiere” on television, generally NOT on the networks.

1129... The $5.20 an Hour Dream (CBS, 1/26/1980, 120 mins). A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line, in this TV movie that is strikingly similar to “Norma Rae,” which was released theatrically around the same time. This pet project for Linda Lavin was in line with the image of a working woman on television, developed over the years in “Alice,” for which she was given an award from the National Commission of Working Women. Production Companies Thompson-Sagal Productions, Big Deal Inc., Finnegan Associates. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Robert C. Thompson. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song “One More Day on the Line” by Jo Klasson, Jimmie Haskell. Song Performed by Katey Sagal. Editors Ken Zemke, Parkie Singh. Production Designer Joe Aubel. Associate Producer Patricia Finnegan. Cast Linda Lavin (Ellen Lissick), Richard Jaeckel (Albert Kleinschmidt), Nicholas Pryor (Ed Lissik), Pamela McMyler (Ginny), Mayf Nutter (Randy), Taurean Blacque (Jive), Fredric Cook (Checker), Robert Davi (Bobby Jim), Cliff Emmich (Purvis), Dennis Fimple (Aiken), Burton Gilliam (Turnvil), Dana Hill (Kim Lissik), Ernie Hudson (Homer Burden), Timothy Scott (Turkel), Raymond Singer (Rawlings), Gary Vinson (Jim Hagen), Claude Woolman (Lawrence Blake), W.K. Stratton (Billy Boy), Sam Coppola, Hersha Parady, Joella Deffenbaugh, Fred Carney, Jennifer Holmes, Stacy Keach Sr. 1130... 14 Going on 30 (ABC, 3/6/1988 and 3/13/1988, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Disney comedy (shown initially in two one-hour parts in succeeding weeks) follows the exploits of a teenager with a crush on his pretty teacher but becomes heartbroken on learning she’s become engaged to the authoritarian gym teacher. As part of an experiment in the school lab, he speed-grows into an adult, gets mistaken for the new principal, and turns school-going into fun for his fellow students. A gaggle of TV names put in brief guest appearances: “M*A*S*H” alums Harry Morgan and Loretta Swit, Patrick Duffy from “Dallas,” Alan Thicke from “Growing Pains,” Dick Van Patten from “Eight Is Enough,” etc. Original title: “Fassst Forward” Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Paul Schneider. Executive Producers James Orr, Jim Cruickshank. Producer Susan B Landau. Teleplay Richard Jefferies. Based on a Story by James Orr, Jim Cruickshank. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Lee Holdridge. Song Lee Holdridge, Mark Mueller. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Director Raymond G Storey. Visual Effects Allen Gonzalves. Cast Steve Eckholdt (Harold Forndexter/Old Dan), Daphne Ashbrook (Peggy Noble), Adam Carl (Lloyd Duffy), Gabriel Olds (Danny O’Neill at age 14), Irene Tedrow (Aunt May), Patrick Duffy (The Gentleman), Harry Morgan (Uncle Herb), Loretta Swit (Miss Horton), Alan Thicke (Mr. Forndexter), Dick Van Patten (Principal John D. Loomis), Rick Rossovich (Roy “Jackjaw” Kelton), Kit McDonough (Danny’s mom), Richard McGonagle (Danny’s dad), John Ingle (Mr. Thornby), Sal Viscuso (Mr. Lloyd), John “Bunky” Butler (Student #2), David Cobb (Beery Jack), Debbie Evans (Police officer), Amy Hathaway (Young Peggy), David Hess (Host), Rachel Jacobs (Odemeyer), Milt Jamin (Waiter), Judith Jones (Nagei), Andrew Potter (Student #1), Otis Sallid (Desk sergeant), John Howard Swain (Maitre d’ #2), Barry Vigon (Maitre d’ #1), Ahmet Zappa (Student #3), Polo (The Master Blasters). 1131... A.D. (NBC, 3/31/1985 to 4/4/1985, 5 parts, 12 hours). Lavish $30-million epic filmed in Tunisia with 400 (count ’em) speaking parts and the traditional Cecil B. DeMillean cast of thousands (press releases claimed 18,000 extras). A successor of sorts to “Jesus of Nazareth” with many of the same behind-the-camera people (and sponsor) involved--but with Stuart Cooper, not Franco Zeffirelli, directing--this 12-hour miniseries, shown in five parts, covered the years 30-69 A.D. and the rising conflict between the Jewish zealots, the early Christians and the Roman Empire.Among the large cast (alphabetically listed) were such notables as Ava Gardner (in her TV-movie debut), James Mason (in his final role), Richard Kiley, John Houseman, Colleen Dewhurst and Jennifer O’Neil--all of whom, like Anthony Andrews as Nero, played second fiddle to nominal if lesser known stars Neil Dickson, Amanda Pays, Philip Sayer and Denis Quilley. In the role of Jesus was Michael Wilding (son of Elizabeth Taylor and British matinee idol of the 1940s and 1950s, Michael Wilding, the original). The production’s sole Emmy Award nomination went to John A. Martinelli for his film editing on part 5. Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, International Film Productions. Director Stuart Cooper. Supervising Producer John A. Martinelli. Producer Vincenzo Labella. Teleplay Vincenzo Labella, Anthony Burgess. Photography Ennio Guarnieri. Music Lalo Schifrin. Additional Music Anthony Burgess. Performed by Orchestre Philharmonique

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De Paris. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Enzo Bulgarelli. Costumes Enrico Sabbatini. Associate Producers Michael D’Addio, Mario Mariani. Cast Anthony Andrews (Nero), Colleen Dewhurst (Antonia), Ava Gardner (Agrippina), David Hedison (Porcius Festus), John Houseman (Gamaliel), Richard Kiley (Claudius), James Mason (Tiberius), John McEnery (Caligula), Ian McShane (Sejanus), Jennifer O’Neill (Messalina), Millie Perkins (Mary), Denis Quilley (Peter), Fernando Rey (Seneca), Richard Roundtree (Serpenius), Susan Sarandon (Livilla), Ben Vereen (Ethiopian), Tony Vogel (Aquila), Jack Warden (Nerva), Anthony Zerbe (Pontius Pilate), Neil Dickson (Valerius), Cecil Humphreys (Caleb), Amanda Pays (Sarah), Phillip Sayer (Saul/Paul), Diane Venora (Corinna), Michael Wilding (Jesus), Vincenzo Ricotta (Stephen), Rebecca Saire (Ruth), Tom Durham (Cleopas), Anthony Pedley (Zachaeus), Harold Kasket (Caiaphas), Ralph Arliss (Samuel), Mike Gwilym (Pallas), Davyd Harries (Thomas), Norma Martinelli (Apicata), Bruce Winant (Seth), Jonathan Hyde (Tigellinus), Damien Thomas (Herod Agrippa), Derek Hoxby (Agrippa II), Angela Morant (Priscilla), Clive Arrindell (Cassius Chaerca), Paul Freeman (Cornelius), Andrea Prodan (Brittanicus), Akosua Busia (Acte), Vernon Dobtcheff (Flavius Sabinus), Gerrard McArthur (Luke), Jane How (Poppea), Jonathan Tafler (Aaron), Richard Kane (Agrippa III), Barrie Houghton (Ananias the Essene), Maggie Wickman (Apicata), Alan Downer (Barnabas), Martin Potter (Gaius Calpernius Piso), Colin Haigh (James), Philip Anthony (James the Elder), Renato Scarpa (Lucius Marinus), Roderick Horn (Marcellus), John Wheatley (Marcus I), Jess Buckley (Matthew), David Sumner (Mathias), Stephen Finlay (Nicanor), Katia Thandoulaki (Octavia), Eddie Grossman (Parmenas), David Haughton (Petronius), John Steiner (Simon the Magus), Robert Wentz (Thrasyllus). 1132... The Abduction of Kari Swenson (NBC, 3/8/1987, 120 mins). Docudrama dealing with Montana biathlon champion Kari Swenson’s 1984 abduction and shooting at the hands of two mountain men, father and son, and her ultimate recovery and return to national competition. Tracy Pollan, best known as Michael J. Fox’s girlfriend on “Family Ties” and later his real-life wife, plays the lead in this film originally known as “Open Season” and then “Innocent Prey.” Production Company NBC Productions. Director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Executive Producer Michael Manheim. Producer Andre R. Guttfreund. Co-Producer Marvin Miller. Teleplay William Gray. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor C. Timothy O’Meara. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Joe Don Baker (Sheriff John Onstad), M. Emmet Walsh (Don Nichols), Ronny Cox (Bob Swenson), Michael Bowen (Dan Nichols), Geoffrey Blake (Paul Swenson), Dorothy Fielding (Jan Swenson), Timothy Scott (Jim Schwalbe), Tony Frank (Sheriff France), Alan Fudge (Williams), Sanford Jensen (Alan Goldstein), Tracy Pollan (Kari Swenson), Bob Seagren (Biathlon announcer), Rand David Kennedy, Franklin A. Fisher, Robert B. Sanders, Kevin O’Neill, Jessica Zeller, Brent William Brown, Ronald Wesley Hall, Jana Lee Dare, Joseph E. Craddock, Dennis Johnson, A. Russell Haigh, Lee H. Hickerson, Mary Allison Powell, Dennis R. Medill, Kenneth E. Bordner, Vern Porter, Cyril C. Scarborough, Gene Roberts, LeVern Hanstedt, Richard Holgate, Liana Dicus, James L. Jackson, Tony Cleveland. 1133... Acceptable Risks (ABC, 3/2/1986, 120 mins). In this social issue drama, written probably with the real-life chemical plant disaster in Bhopal, India, in mind, the potential hazards of a toxic chemical leak killing hundreds in this country is explored, though not in much depth. Brian Dennehy is the plant manager who is slow to wise up to the hazards, Cicely Tyson is the fictional community’s city manager whose concern is that a proposed new housing development is too close to the plant, Kenneth McMillan is the plant’s maintenance manager who is forced by the head office to push his equipment and men beyond the breaking point, and Christine Ebersole is the (superfluous) employee/lover of Dennehy. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Rick Wallace. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Norman Strum. Photography John McPherson. Music Mark Snow. Editor Michael Jablow. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Brian Dennehy (Don Sheppard), Cicely Tyson (Janet Framm), Kenneth McMillan (Wes Boggs), Christine Ebersole (Lee Snyder), Beah Richards (Sally Framm), Richard Gilliland (David Kohler), Vic Polizos (Lou Keller), Peter Jurasik (Jack Morris), Patti Cohoon (Ann Kohler), Steve Eastin (Jerry Haywood), Richard McKenzie (Mayor Earl Ross), Tom Simcox (Joe Reed), Scott Curtis (Kenny Kohler), Charina Felthous (Patty Kohler), Edan Gross (Jake Snyder), John Ingle (Dr. Shaw), Lorinne Vozoff (Mrs. Quealy), Richard E Young (Tom Davidson), Richard Livingston (Police chief), Harvey Vernon (Fire chief), Lou Felder (Jeremiah Coyle), Mary Gregory (Councilwoman), Dale Harimoto (Announcer), Brenda Hillhouse (Nurse), Max Segar (Mr. Hughes), Scott St. James (2nd announcer), Robert Broyles (2nd councilman), Karen Follis, Patricia George, Ann Hoffman, Frank Jenkins, Jeffrey Lampert, Sherry McFarland, James McIntire, David Michael O’Neill, Charles Quertermous, Roger Rook. 1134... The Acorn People (NBC, 3/2/1981, 120 mins). Inspiring drama about the relationship between an unemployed English instructor who takes a job as counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children and his young charges, The Acorn People (the children affectionately refer to themselves as “nuts” and wear handmade acorn necklaces). Cloris Leachman is the camp nurse, Dolph Sweet is the ex-Marine director-cum-commandant, and LeVar Burton is Ted Bessell’s fellow counselor. Many key roles among the campers are played by handicapped children from Dallas, where the movie was made by writer/director Joan Tewkesbury, who adapted the book by Ron Jones. Production Companies Rollins-Joffe Productions, Morra-Breszner Productions, NBC Productions. Director Joan Tewkesbury. Executive Producers Charles Joffe, Larry Breszner. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Joan Tewkesbury. Based on a Book by Ron Jones. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Craig Hundley. Editor David Blangsted. Art Director Jack Marty.

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Cast Ted Bessell (Jesse Hooten), Cloris Leachman (Nurse Betty Nelson), Dolph Sweet (Donald Bradshaw), Cheryl Anderson (Jill), LeVar Burton (Rodney), Shawn Timothy Kennedy (Charlie), Mark Gear (Benny), Tim Stone (Aaron), Patrick Lewis (Stewart), Jay Rowell (Spider), Christian McIntire (Hobson), Paul Davis (Martin), Kate Finlayson (Basil), Gary Jochimsen (Ralph). 1135... Act of Love (NBC, 9/24/1980, 120 mins). Old country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing. Michael de Guzman’s teleplay was inspired by Paige Mitchell’s factual book that chronicled the highly publicized case. Production Companies Cypress Point Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Supervising Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Based on a Book by Paige Mitchell. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director John Vallone. Cast Ron Howard (Leon Cybulkowski), Robert Foxworth (Andrew Rose), Mickey Rourke (Joseph Cybulkowski), David Spielberg (Victor Burton), Jacqueline Brookes (Eugenia Cybulkowski), Sondra West (Margaret Cybulkowski), Gail Youngs (Joan Gruber), Mary Kay Place (Becky Wiggins), Peter Michael Goetz (Dr. Warren Fitzpatrick), Peter Hobbs (Judge Traviera), Kent Williams (Dr. Mitchell), Chris Mulkey (Nurse Watkins), Michael Flanagan (Dr. Gerald Oliver), Laurence Haddon (Doctor), Brian Farrell (Mr. Carney), Pat Corley (Sergeant Waterson), David Faustino (Joey), Jane Bray (Ruth), Jonathan Estrin (Specialist), Kathleen Brown (Specialist). 1136... Act of Vengeance (HBO, 4/20/1986, 120 mins). This based-on-fact story of United Mine Workers’ Jock Yablonski’s challenge to incumbent president Tony Boyle, John L. Lewis’ successor, and Yablonski’s murder provided an unusual change of pace role for Charles Bronson--who, in his early days, had been a mine worker himself. Filmed in Toronto and Pittsburgh by British director John Mackenzie, the Canadian made-for-cable movie showed Bronson in a strikingly different light from his lengthy string of vigilante roles on the big screen. Production Companies Konigsberg Productions, Telepix Canada Corporation, Lorimar-Telepictures, HBO Premiere Films. Director John Mackenzie. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Jack Clements. Co-Producer Iris Sawyer. Teleplay Scott Spencer. Based on a Book by Trevor Armbrister. Photography Phil Meheux. Music Frankie Miller. Editors Stephen Singleton, Malcolm Cooke. Production Designer Phil Jefferies. Associate Producers Jules Schwerin, Barry Jossen. Cast Charles Bronson (Jock Yablonski), Ellen Burstyn (Margaret Yablonski), Wilford Brimley (Tony Boyle), Hoyt Axton (Silous Huddleston), Robert Schenkkan (Paul Gilly), Ellen Barkin (Annette Gilly), Maury Chaykin (Claude Vealy), Caroline Kava (Charlotte Yablonski), Peg Murray (Ellen Rogers), William Newman (Ezra Morgan), Alan North (Albert Pass), Raynor Scheine (Terrance Madden), Alfred E. Humphreys (Ken Yablonski), Joseph Kell (Chip Yablonski), Keanu Reeves (Buddy Palmer), Tom Harvey (Warren Alexander), Ken Pogue (Earl Skidmore), Marc Strange (Pete), Chuck Shamata (Millard Atler), Gordon Allen (Voice in crowd), Jan Austin (Shirley #1), Jim Bearden (William Preter), Christopher Benson (Poll watcher), Peter Colvey (Young miner), Don Deynard (Newscaster), Ferne Downey (Reporter), Erin Flannery (Laurie Skidmore), Angie Gei (Joan Green), Pamela Hyatt (Gloria Fischer), Robyn Jaffe (Wanda), Gordon Jocelyn (Bartender), Audrei Kairden (Singer), Derek Keurvorst (Reporter), Elena Kudaba (Martha), John MacMaster (Reporter), Arlene Mazerolle (Young woman), Paul McCallum (Billy), Daniel Pawlick (Gary Skidmore), Phil Rash (Reporter), Jane Schoettle (Shirley #2), Scott Spencer (Minister), Stephen Walsh (Reporter), Karen Woolridge (Melanie), Gordon Michael Woolvett (Bobby). 1137... Adam (NBC, 10/10/1983, 120 mins). The fact-based story of John and Reve Walsh who, following the kidnapping of their six-year-old (later found murdered), prompted them to mount a national campaign and lobby in Congress to pass the Missing Children’s Bill allowing parents access to the FBI’s national crime computer. At the end of the film, photos and brief descriptions of many missing children were shown, resulting in a significant number of telephone calls and even the discovery of several of the lost youngsters. A repeat showing of the film the following May with another group of photos brought similar satisfying results, augmented by Daniel J. Travanti’s continuing personal campaign on behalf of parents of missing children. The film received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Drama, with nominations also going to Travanti and Williams as Outstanding Actor and Actress and to Alan Leicht for his original teleplay. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Allan Leicht. Photography Mike Fash. Music Mike Post. Editor Corky Ehlers. Cast Daniel J. Travanti (John Walsh), JoBeth Williams (Reve Walsh), Martha Scott (Gram Walsh), Richard Masur (Jay Howell), Paul Regina (Joe Walsh), Mason Adams (Ray Mellete), Tony Frank (Lt. Richard Hynds), John M. Jackson (Det. Jim Gibbons), Alex Harvey (Det. Jack Hoffman), John Boston (Adam Walsh), John Perry Edson (Rep. Clay Shaw), Rick Stokes (Cong. James Sensenbrenner), Robert Ginnaven (Det. Vincent Corso), Robin Bradley (Julie Patz), Gary Moody (Jeff), Marina Astudillo (Detective’s secretary), Robert Gottschall (Father Mike Conboy), Sharon Menzel (Kristin Cole Brown), John Henry Faulk (Sen. Strom Thurmond), Judie Stephen (Customer service), Fred Greenlee (TV reporter), Jo Perkins (Sen. Paula Hawkins), J. Michael Jaynes (Cong. Don Edwards), Kelly Glasse (Thurmond’s aide), Christopher Wycliff (Security guard), Nicholas Berkshire (Adam at age 3).

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1138... Adam: His Song Continues (NBC, 9/29/1986, 120 mins). In this sequel to the acclaimed 1983 television movie, “Adam,” with Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams, Paul Regina, Martha Scott and Richard Masur reprising their original roles, the real-life John and Reve Walsh (Travanti and Williams) continue their efforts to create a national awareness of the problem of missing children. Like the earlier film, this one ended with a roll call of missing youngsters (the roll calls at the end of the first and its subsequent rebroadcasts “found” dozens of children). Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Oliver Hailey. Photography David Gribble. Music Mike Post. Editor Peter Parasheles. Production Designer Richard Brianchi. Associate Producer Jerram A. Swartz. Cast Daniel J. Travanti (John Walsh), JoBeth Williams (Reve Walsh), Richard Masur (Jay Howell), Martha Scott (Gram Walsh), Paul Regina (Joe Walsh), Sam McMurray (Police Lieutenant), Lindsey Amelio (Meghan Walsh), Royana Black (Susan), Bob Gunton (Edgar Milton), Belinda Montgomery (Myra Schmidbauer), Libby Villari (Nancy Jazvac), Gerald Young (Marvin Kleeburg), Charles Krohn (Lt. Governor Baxley), Paul Menzel (Ray Mellette), Sharon Menzel (Elizabeth Carter), Rutherford Cravens (Executive), Sammy Allred (Filibuster), Ron Jackson (Sen. Gary Aldridge), Gil Rodriguez (Production person), Ellen Swenson (Dr. Howardson), Elaine Taylor (Helen), Marcy Banner (Alice), Woody Watson (Jim Wootten), Nik Hagler (Mr. Pine), Charles Sanders (Salesman), Sheri Brogdon (Ann), Darryl Cox (Network person), Doris Hargrave (Legislator), James Harrell (Clerk), Melanie Haynes (1st volunteer), Brad Holloway (Boy being fingerprinted), Julius Tennon (Legislator), Rodney Tolley (Policeman), Nancy Ward (Girl being fingerprinted). 1139... Addicted to His Love (ABC, 3/28/1988, 120 mins). Four women plot the downfall of a skilled con man who has romanced and swindled each of them at the same time. Barry Bostwick is the modern-day Casanova, with Polly Bergen, Erin Gray, Linda Purl and Dee Wallace Stone as the objects of his temporary affections in this lightweight drama. Original titles: “Sisterhood” and “Addicted to Love” Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Producer Danielle Alexandra. Teleplay Ronni Simon, Richard Alfieri. Based on a Story by Ronni Simon. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Robert Purcell. Associate Producer Mark Bacino. Cast Barry Bostwick (Larry Hogan), Polly Bergen (Vivien Langford), Colleen Camp (Ellie Snyder), Erin Gray (Jenny Barrett), Linda Purl (Cassie Robbins), Dee Wallace Stone (Betty Ann Brennan), Hector Elizondo (Detective Currigan), Peggy Lipton (Assistant DA), Rosemary Forsyth (Woman in dress shop), Nicholas Walker (Nathaniel Dean), Liz Torres (Bernice), Gloria Camden (Bertha), Dorothy Dorian James (Mrs. McNally), Beecey Carlson (Christina), Pamela Roylance (Karen Franklin), Mitzi Hoag (Estelle), Nomi Mitty (Patricia), Melissa Tufeld (Laurie), Arthur Malet (Mr. Mayhew), Vivian Bonnell (Real estate broker), Isobel Estorick (Mrs. Merrin), Laura Campbell (Chairlady at church), Karlene Crockett (Susan), Lorinne Vozoff (Marie Robbins), Diana Barrows (Marcy), Jean Sincere (Edith), Roberta Hanlen (Amazon), Kim Terry-Costin (Stunner), Jeff Kizer (Waiter), Robert Crowe (Judge), Gus Corrado (Car salesman), Anna Laura Harp (Serious-looking woman), Dana Stevens (Hostess), Ron Asher (Delivery boy), Robert Jay Mackey (Man at travel agency), Brian Christoph Williams (Young married man), Cynthia Stevenson (Young married woman), Tim Perot (Subpoena server), Rusty Schwimmer (Video dating service woman). 1140... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (NBC, 7/9/1981, 120 mins). This latest retelling of the escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duke and his cohort, Dauphin, is given the “Classics Illustrated” touch and was filmed in 1978. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Jack B Hively. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer Bill Cornford. Teleplay Tom Chapman. Based on the Novel by Mark Twain. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Bob Summers. Editor Michael Spence. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Kurt Ida (Huck Finn), Dan Monahan (Tom Sawyer), Brock Peters (Jim), Forrest Tucker (Duke), Larry Storch (Dauphin), Lurene Tuttle (Miss Watson), Jack Kruschen (Judge Thatcher), Elvia Allman (Aunt Sally), James Griffith (Uncle Silas), Helen Kleeb (Widow Douglas), Michele Marsh (Mrs. Loftus), Prentiss Rowe (Constable Burns), Mike Mazurki (Logan), Cliff Osmond (Pap), Bill Zuckert, Don Haggerty, Michael Ruud, John Arnold, William F. West, John Bishop, Richard Blomgren, Time Winters, Jeff Craggs, H.E.D. Redford, Loren Ewing, Richard Hansen, Robert J. Gallagher, Henry Max Kendrick, Theophil Ross. 1141... The Adventures of Nellie Bly (NBC, 6/11/1981, 120 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” account of pioneer female journalist, Nellie Bly, who became a legend through her exposes of corruption and inhumane conditions in New York of the 1880s in “The New York World.” Filmed in 1979. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Henning Schellerup. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer James L. Conway. Teleplay S.S. Schweitzer. Based on a Story by Seeleg Lester. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Bob Summers. Editor Brent Schoenfeld. Art Director Jim Somard. Production Designer Paul Staheli. Cast Linda Purl (Nellie Bly), Gene Barry (John Cockerill), Ray Buktenica (Kenny Thompson [and narrator]), J.D. Cannon (Boss James J. Palmer), John Randolph (Joseph Pulitzer), Paul Sylvan (Johnny Neesen), Cliff Osmond (Stanfil), Betsy Slade (Rose Woods), Elayne Heilveil (Angela Harris), Fran Ryan (Mrs. Roman), Milton Selzer (Dr. Woodville), Peg Stewart (Mrs. Long), Betsy Clair Barry (Grace Palmer), Michael Ruud (Horrigan), Katherine Klekas (Miss Levy), Bedana Hurwitz (Hilda), Jay

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Bernard, Joanne Camp, Alan Nash, Star Roman, Oscar Roland, Patricia Vicars, Craig Clyde, Tim Eisenhart, Sonya Fitches, John Hansen, Eric Lalich, Leslie Martin, H.E.D. Redford, Gale Sears, David Chambers. 1142... Advice to the Lovelorn (NBC, 11/30/1981, 120 mins). Newspaper columnist Cloris Leachman finds herself able to solve everyone’s problems except her own in this pilot to a prospective series. It had been scheduled to premiere nearly 10 months before it finally aired. Kelly Bishop, as her assistant, and Walter Brooke, as her editor, would have joined her in the series had there been one. Production Company Universal Television. Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Howard Berk. Photography Michel Hugo. Music James DiPasquale. Editors Robert L Kimble, Vern Shaw. Art Director Robert Crawley. Associate Producer Mike Stevens. Cast Cloris Leachman (Maggie Dale), Kelly Bishop (Rita Borden), Walter Brooke (Walter Sheehan), Melissa Sue Anderson (Maureen Tyler), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Steve Vernon), Lance Kerwin (Larry Ames), Donna Pescow (Janice Vernon), Rick Lenz (Prof. Jonas Miller), Tina Louise (Diane Marsh), Dennis Patrick (Dave Marsh), Paul Burke (Nicholas Fraser), Danny Dayton (Drape man), Peter De Anda (Tim Sharp), Dave Agress (Delivery man), Ann Doran (Ada Wells), Barbara Block (Alicia), Joe Terry (Eliot Turner), Jeane Byron (Mrs. Crowley), Rico Cattani (Vittorio Mazzini), Bill Dodenhoff (Bobby), Robert Dunlap (Frank Selby), Ben Hammer (Matthew Cutter), Morgan Jones (Security officer), Natalie Masters (Woman), Gregory Michaels (Dan Coolidge), Michael Mullins (Greg Allen), Jack O’Leary (Rough-looker), Eddie Peterson (Director), Karen Philipp (Marie Moore), Ion Teodorescu (Szigismund Hoberathy), Charles Walker (Professor Bennett), Julienne Wells (Secretary), Joseph Whipp (Tom Moore), John Zaremba (Professor McCall). 1143... After the Promise (CBS, 10/11/1987, 120 mins). Tear-stained Depression Era drama, supposedly based on actual events, tells of an itinerant, unschooled carpenter’s struggle to regain custody of his four sons, institutionalized by social workers after their mother died. Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, New World Television. Director David Greene. Producer Tamara Asseyev. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Based on a Story by Sebastian Milito. Photography René Verzier. Music Ralph Burns. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director David Hiscox. Associate Producer Sebastian Milito. Cast Mark Harmon (Elmer Jackson), Diana Scarwid (Anna Jackson), Rosemary Dunsmore (Florence Jackson), Donnelly Rhodes (Dr. Northfield), Chance Michael Corbitt (Wayne #1), David French (Richard #1), Benjamin Turner (Ellis #1), Lance/Gary Verwoerd (Raymond #1), Shirley Barclay (Mrs. Adams), Alex Bruhanski (Hospital cop), Dwight Koss (Young doctor), Linda Darlow (Welfare officer), Dana Still (Supervisor), Jennifer Griffin (Sitter), Stephen E. Miller (Ben), Blu Mankuma (Jack), Alex Diakun (Foreman), Dan Muldoon (Juvenile judge), Sloan Romano (Raymond #2), Bill Nunn (Superior court judge), Lillian Carlson (Mrs. Sykes), Adrien Dorval (Sykes’ attendant), Janet Wright (Waitress), Ryan Francis (Wayne #2), Donnie Jeffcoat (Richard #2), Ryan Heavenor (Ellis #2), Pat Bermel (Patrolman), Bill Buck (Chief of Staff), Meghan Ramsey (Melissa), Michele Goodger (Welfare worker), Lorraine Foreman (Older nun), Mark Hildreth (Raymond #3), Trey Ames (Ellis #3), Richard Billingsley (Wayne #3), David Peterson (Administrator), Andrew Woodworth (Richard #3). 1144... Agatha Christie’s “A Caribbean Mystery” (CBS, 10/22/1983, 120 mins). Agatha Christie’s redoubtable Jane Marple, intrepid amateur sleuth, belatedly came to television in the person of Helen Hayes to unravel a complex murder case at a colorful Caribbean resort (actually Santa Barbara, California) after a retired British Major is bumped off. This Americanized Christie mystery from 1964 was filmed back-to-back with another one, “Sparkling Cyanide,” by the same producer, director and crew (although with a completely different cast) that premiered two weeks later. Producer Stan Margulies also earlier had made Dame Agatha’s “Murder Is Easy” with Helen Hayes. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Steven Humphrey, Sue Grafton. Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Les Green. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Helen Hayes (Miss Jane Marple), Barnard Hughes (Mr. Rafiel), Jameson Parker (Tim Kendall), Season Hubley (Molly Kendall), Swoosie Kurtz (Ruth Walter), Cassie Yates (Lucky Dyson), Zakes Mokae (Captain Daventry), Stephen Macht (Greg Dyson), Beth Howland (Evelyn Hillingdon), Maurice Evans (Maj. Geoffrey Palgrave), Lynne Moody (Victoria Johnson), Brock Peters (Dr. Graham), Mike Preston (Arthur Jackson), George Innes (Edward Hillingdon), Santos Morales (Miguel), Bernard McDonald (Minister), Cecil Smith (Hotel guest), Sam Scarber (Police sergeant). 1145... Agatha Christie’s “Dead Man’s Folly” (CBS, 1/8/1986, 120 mins). Peter Ustinov returned for the fourth goaround as Hercule Poirot to solve this engaging Agatha Christie mystery (based on her 1956 novel) involving an American novelist with a penchant for staging murder hunts, the latest of which turns into the real thing. Joining him once again--in addition to the guest-starring cast of suspects (including venerable ex-patriate actress Constance Cummings in a rare appearance as a mysterious dowager)--is Jonathan Cecil as Poirot’s sidekick, Arthur Hastings. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Clive Donner. Producer Neil Hartley. Teleplay Rod Browning. Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie. 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Cast Peter Ultimo (Hercule Poirot), Jean Stapleton (Ariadne Oliver), Constance Cummings (Mrs. Folliat), Tim PigottSmith (Sir George Stubbs), Jonathon Cecil (Arthur Hastings), Kenneth Cranham (Inspector Bland), Susan Wooldridge (Amanda Brewis), Christopher Guard (Alec Legge), Jeff Yagher (Eddie South), Nicollette Sheridan (Lady Hattie Stubbs), Ralph Arliss (Michael Weyman), Caroline Langrishe (Sally Legge), James Gaddas (Young foreign man), Jimmy Gardner (Old Merdell), Pippa Hinchley (Marlene Tucker), Marjorie Yates (Mrs. Tucker), Leslie Schofield (Mr. Tucker), Vicky Murdock (Marilyn Tucker), Sandra Dickinson (Marilyn Gale), Alan Parnaby, Simon Cowell-Parker, Siv Borg, Dorothea Phillips, Fanny Carby, Joanna Dickens, Gerald Hely, Cyril Conway. 1146... Agatha Christie’s “Murder in Three Acts” (CBS, 9/30/1986, 120 mins). Peter Ustinov’s fifth go at Agatha Christie’s famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (third time on television) involved him in strange doings and a murder or two at the palatial Acapulco residence of a retired actor trying to recapture his youth. Tony Curtis (with whom Ustinov earlier had costarred in “Spartacus”) is the actor, doing his second Christie mystery (from her 1935 book); previously he was one of the guest suspects in the theatrical film, “The Mirror Crack’d.” Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Gary Nelson. Producer Paul Waigner. Teleplay Scott Swanton. Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Neil Roach. Music Alf Clausen. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director Fernando Ramirez. Cast Peter Ustinov (Hercule Poirot), Tony Curtis (Charles Cartwright), Emma Samms (Jennifer “Egg” Eastman), Jonathon Cecil (Arthur Hastings), Fernando Allende (Ricardo Montoya), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Colonel Mateo), Lisa Eichhorn (Cynthia Dayton), Dana Elcar (Dr. Walter Strange), Frances Lee McCain (Miss Milray), Diana Muldaur (Angela Stafford), Marian Mercer (Daisy Eastman), Nicholas Pryor (Freddie Dayton), Concetta Tomei (Janet Crisp), Jacqueline Evans (Mrs. Babbington), Angeles Gonzalez (Housekeeper), Philip Guilmant (Reverend Babbington), Claudia Guzman (Rosa), Rodolfo Hernandez (Miguel), Martin LaSalle (Doctor), Alma Levy (Nurse), Julio Monterde (Manager), René Pereyra (Waiter), José Chavez Trowe (Watchman). 1147... Agatha Christie’s “Murder Is Easy” (CBS, 1/2/1982, 120 mins). The first in a new TV cycle of Agatha Christie movies by producers David L. Wolper and Stan Margulies, this version of Dame Agatha’s 1939 “Easy to Kill” brings together veteran actresses Helen Hayes and Olivia de Havilland (although they share no scenes)--the former playing a dotty old country lady en route to London to reveal to Scotland Yard the name of the killer of three victims in her village of Wychwood only to become the victim of a hit-and-run driver as she steps off the train; the latter, a longtime friend of hers who becomes one of the suspects in her death. Bill Bixby is an American tourist who investigates the Wychwood murders. An Emmy Award went to the film’s costume designer. Production Companies David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Claude Whatham. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on a Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Brian Tufano. Music Gerald Fried. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Ian Whittaker. Cast Bill Bixby (Luke Williams), Lesley-Anne Down (Bridget Conway), Olivia de Havilland (Miss Honoria Waynflete), Helen Hayes (Lavinia Fullerton), Patrick Allen (Major Horton), Shane Briant (Dr. Thomas), Freddie Jones (Constable Reed), Leigh Lawson (Jimmy Lorrimer), Jonathan Pryce (Mr. Ellsworthy), Ivor Roberts (Vicar), Trevor T. Smith (Rivers), Anthony Valentine (Abbot), Timothy West (Easterfield), Carol Macready (Mrs. Pierce), Diana Goodman (Rose Humbleby), Gordon Lord (King Edward), Frederick Wolfe (Avery), Patrick Wright (Attendant). 1148... Agatha Christie’s “Murder With Mirrors” (CBS, 2/20/1985, 120 mins). Helen Hayes’ second go at Agatha Christie’s intrepid amateur sleuth, Miss Jane Marple (previously she was Miss Marple in “Agatha Christie’s A Caribbean Mystery”), teamed her for the first time with another veteran actress, Bette Davis (returning to filming following several serious illnesses including a stroke), playing a dear old friend trying to save her ancestral home from persons unknown who would like to do her in for the property. Sir John Mills stars as Davis’ urbane husband, Dorothy Tutin is her stolid, middle-aged daughter, Liane Langland is her reckless granddaughter, and Leo McKern represents the law. This was the fourth in a series of Agatha Christie television adaptations in which CBS was involved since 1982, with at least three Hercule Poirot mysteries to follow in the network’s on-going commitment. Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer Neil Hartley. Teleplay George Eckstein. Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Brian West. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Leigh Malone. Associate Producer Maria Padilla. Cast Helen Hayes (Miss Jane Marple), Bette Davis (Carrie Louise Serrocold), John Mills (Lewis Serrocold), Leo McKern (Inspector Curry), Liane Langland (Gina Markham), John Laughlin (Wally Markham), Dorothy Tutin (Mildred Strete), Anton Rodgers (Dr. Max Hargrove), Frances De La Tour (Miss Bellaver), John Woodvine (Christian Gilbranson), James Coombes (Steven Restarick), Tim Roth (Edgar Lawson), Christopher Fairbank (Sergeant Lake), Amanda Maynard (Miss Valentine). 1149... Agatha Christie’s “Sparkling Cyanide” (CBS, 11/5/1983, 120 mins). This updated Christie whodunit, transplanted to Pasadena, California, involves visiting British journalist Anthony Andrews in the events surrounding the puzzling murder of American socialite Deborah Raffin’s philandering sister, Christine Belford, and then the latter’s husband, Josef Sommer, both of whom drank poison-laced champagne at a dinner party featuring the rest of the cast. Filmed by the same producer-director-

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writer-photographer team responsible for “A Caribbean Mystery” which premiered a few weeks earlier. Emmy Award nominations were given to the costume designers. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Robert Malcolm Young, Steven Humphrey, Sue Grafton. Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music James DiPasquale. Editor David Saxon. Art Director Robert MacKichan. Cast Anthony Andrews (Tony Browne), Deborah Raffin (Iris Murdoch), Pamela Bellwood (Ruth Lessing), Nancy Marchand (Lucilla Drake), Josef Sommer (George Barton), David Huffman (Stephan Farraday), Christine Belford (Rosemary Barton), June Chadwick (Sandra Farraday), Barrie Ingham (Eric Kidderminster), Harry Morgan (Captain Kemp), Anne Rogers (Viola Kidderminster), Michael Woods (Victor Drake), Shera Danese (Christine Shannon), Ismael “East” Carlo (Medical examiner), Linda Hoy (Boat manager), Abby Haman (Cabaret singer), Juan Fernandez (Busboy), Eric Sinclair (Charles). 1150... Agatha Christie’s “The Man in the Brown Suit” (CBS, 1/4/1989, 120 mins). Based on Agatha Christie’s 1924 novel (her fourth book), “The Man in the Brown Suit,” updated to 1980s Cairo, follows a flighty American woman traveling though Egypt who becomes involved in solving a diamond theft and the murder of a cabaret singer, possibly by a man in a brown suit she has spotted. Much of the action of this lighthearted romantic mystery-drama takes place aboard a cruise ship on the Nile (although the entire thing was made in Spain) with a group of odd characters. One is played by Tony Randall, who two decades earlier was curiously cast as Dame Agatha’s fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This was CBS’ eighth Christie novel. Production Companies Alan Shayne Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Alan Grint. Executive Producer Alan Shayne. Teleplay Carla Jean Wagner. Based on a Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Ken Westbury. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Donald R. Rode. Production Designer Brian Ackland-Snow. Cast Rue McClanahan (Suzy Blair), Tony Randall (Reverend Chichester), Edward Woodward (Sir Eustace Pedler), Stephanie Zimbalist (Anne Beddingfeld), Ken Howard (Gordon Race), Nickolas Grace (Guy Underhill), Simon Dutton (Harry Lucas), Maria Casal (Anita Carton), Federico Luciano (Leo Carton), Rose McVeigh (Valerie), Jorge Bosso (Businessman), James Duggan (Steward), Robert Case (Ship’s captain), Gabriel Edu (Shop clerk), Antonio Ross (Concierge), Jack Taylor (Police inspector), Bill Holden (John Eardsley), Charly Mahdy (Cab driver #1), Aldo Sambrell (Cab driver #2), Alito Rodgers (Cab driver #3), Jose A Canalejas (Arab #1), Tiby Costas (Arab #2), Elias Mayall (Policeman), Claudio Vicente (Pianist). 1151... Agatha Christie’s “Thirteen at Dinner” (CBS, 10/19/1985, 120 mins). Peter Ustinov brought his interpretation of Hercule Poirot to television after starring on the big screen in versions of Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” and “Evil Under the Sun,” ferreting out in “Thirteen at Dinner” the killer of a wealthy British lord. Faye Dunaway, fresh from starring in the theatrical movie of Dame Agatha’s “Ordeal by Innocence,” here plays a dual role: an American actress newly widowed by her husband’s murder and a talented impersonator confounding the case. The addition to the mix in this film is the character of Arthur Hastings, Poirot’s fussy associate and sounding board (played by Jonathan Cecil). Based on Christie’s 1933 novel “Lord Edgware Dies.” Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Lou Antonio. Producer Neil Hartley. Teleplay Rod Browning. Based on a Novel by Agatha Christie. Photography Curtis Clark. Music John Addison. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Andrew Sanders. Cast Peter Ustinov (Hercule Poirot), Faye Dunaway (Jane Wilkinson [Lady Edgware]/Carlotta Adams), David Suchet (Inspector Japp), Jonathon Cecil (Arthur Hastings), Bill Nighy (Ronald Marsh), Diane Keen (Jenny Driver), John Stride (Film director), Benedict Taylor (Donald Ross), Lee Horsley (Bryan Martin), Allan Cuthbertson (Sir Montague Corner), Glyn Baker (Lord Edgware’s butler), John Barron (Lord George Edgware), Peter Clapham (Mr. Wildburn), Lesley Dunlop (Alice Bennett), Avril Elgar (Miss Carroll), Orianne Grieve (Serious Actress), Russell Keith-Grant (Moxon), Roger Milner (Duke of Merton’s Footman), David Neville (Fluttering Young Man), Amanda Pays (Geraldine Marsh), John Quarmby (Sir Montague’s Butler), Geoffrey Rose (Duke of Merton), Pamela Salem (Mrs. Wildburn), Jean Sincere (Ellis the Maid), Lou Antonio (Movie producer), David Frost (Himself). 1152... Age-Old Friends (HBO, 12/16/1989, 85 mins). Hume Cronyn and Vincent Gardenia both won Emmy Awards (as Outstanding Actor and Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special, respectively) for playing two pals who beat life with spirit and humor in a retirement home--one sound of mind, the other sound of body, and between them they have it all. Tandy Cronyn, Hume’s real-life daughter, plays his screen daughter in this family drama, adapted by Bob Larbey from his 1987 play “A Month of Sundays,” which had starred Jason Robards and Richard Portnow and lasted just four performances on Broadway. Production Companies Granger Productions, HBO Showcase, Central Television Enterprises Ltd. Director Allan Kroeker. Executive Producers Wayne Rogers, Simon Lewis. Producer Patrick Whitley. Teleplay Bob Larbey. Based on a Play by Bob Larbey. Photography Ludek Bogner. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Ronald Sanders. Art Director Carmen Gallo. Associate Producer Nancy Trites Botkin. Cast Hume Cronyn (John Cooper), Vincent Gardenia (Michael Aylott), Tandy Cronyn (Julia), Michele Scarabelli (Nurse Wilson), Esther Rolle (Mrs. Baker), Barry Flatman (Peter), Edward McGibbon (George Hartley), Phillip Jarrett (Larry/chauffeur), Murray Westgate (Colonel), Anna Ferguson (Supervisor), Aaron Schwartz (Dr. Spears), David Harvey (Resident #1), Frummie Blatt (Resident #2).

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1153... The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (NBC, 1/26/1987, 145 mins). The 1836 siege of the Alamo is recounted here with a cast headed by James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, and Lorne Greene in the roles played in John Wayne’s 1960 version of the event by Richard Widmark, Wayne, Laurence Harvey, and Richard Boone. Raul Julia’s particularly flamboyant portrayal of General Santa Anna generated a great deal of press on the premiere of the nearly three-hour film, which was adapted from J. Lon Tinkle’s 1958 book, “13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo.” It was shot in Brackettville, Texas, at the same location used for the John Wayne movie. In addition to Wayne’s onetime protégé James Arness starring Wayne’s youngest son, Ethan, who had a small role in the 1960 film as a small boy, here plays a grown-up as one of the Alamo’s defenders. Lorne Greene’s special appearance in a single scene as Sam Houston was his last acting assignment; he died shortly afterward. An Emmy Award nomination went to John Elsenbach for his photography. Production Companies Alamo Productions, The Finnegan Company, Fries Entertainment, Briggle, Hennessy, Carrothers & Associates. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Stockton Briggle, Richard Carrothers, Dennis D. Hennessy. Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Clyde Ware, Norman Vance Morrill. Based on a Book by J Lon Tinkle. Photography John Elsenbach. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor Michael N. Knue. Production Designer Ward Preston. Cast James Arness (Jim Bowie), Brian Keith (Davy Crockett), Alec Baldwin (Col. William Travis), David Ogden Stiers (Colonel Black), Jim Metzler (James Bonham), Lorne Greene (Sam Houston), Fernando Allende (Almonte), Kathleen York (Susanna Dickinson), Isela Vega (Senora Cross), Raul Julia (Gen. Lopez de Santa Anna), Gene Evans (John McGregor), Michael Wren (Juan Seguin), Jon Lindstrom (Major Dickinson), Hinton Battle (Joe), David Sheiner (Luis), Noble Willingham (Dr. Pollard), Eloy Phil Casados (Gregorio), Tony Becker (George Taylor), Thomas Callaway (Col. James Fannin), Tom Schanley (Danny), Ethan Wayne (Edward Taylor), Laura Martinez-Herring (Elena Musquiz), Buck Taylor (John Colorado Smith), Jerry Potter (Jacob Walker), Stan Ivar (Doc Sutherland), Grainger Hines, Tom Everett, Jan Triska, Gary F. Kasper, John Furlong, Jay Baker, Dale Swann, Laura Fabian, Loyda Ramos, Bel Sandre, Nicky Blair. 1154... Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (NBC, 11/5/1980 and 11/6/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Clarence Carnes, an Indian from Oklahoma who as a teenager was the youngest convict ever incarcerated at Alcatraz following a gas station holdup/ murder, is the central figure in this fictionalized, glorified B-movie account by screenwriter Ernest Tidyman of how Carnes spent decades hatching various escape plans. Most of the other characters in this two-part four-hour film are equally fictional, the main exception (apart from Carnes) being Robert Stroud, the famed Birdman of Alcatraz (played by Art Carney), who turns up periodically to give him counsel and fatherly advice. Initially, this was more pointedly titled “Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes.” Production Company Pierre Cossette Productions. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producer Pierre Cossette. Producers Ernest Tidyman, James H. Brown. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on the Autobiography by Clarence Carnes with Don DeVevi. Photography Robert B Hauser. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor (Part 1) Donald R. Rode. Editor (Part 2) Les Green. Production Designer William L. Campbell. Cast Michael Beck (Clarence Carnes), Art Carney (Robert Stroud), Alex Karras (Jughead Miller), Telly Savalas (Cretzer), Will Sampson (Clarence’s father), Ronny Cox (Bernard Coy), Richard Lynch (Sam Shockley), Robert Davi (Hubbard), John Amos (Bumpy Johnson), James MacArthur (Walt Stomer), Ed Lauter (Frank Morris), Joe Pantoliano (Ray Neal), Louis Giambalvo (Clarence Anglin), Jeffrey Tambor (Dankworth), Paul Mantee (Ordway), Charles Aidman (Warden Johnson), Jack Rader (Weinhold), Walter Mathews (Corwin), Spencer Milligan (Fred Haskell), Sidney Clute (Miller), Redmond Gleeson (Jackson), Brad English (Thompkins), Antony Ponzini (John Anglin), Paul Picerni (Lieutenant Lagason), Burt Marshall (Guard), Lois Red Elk (Clarence’s mother), Arthur Taxier (Connelly), David Boyle (Guard), G.W. Bailey (Holfeld), Sandy Ward (McIntire), Stack Pierce (Presser), Tom Lupe (Dunslay), Roger Haskett (Male nurse), Ken Letner (Armory lieutenant), Tom O’Neill (Guard), Al Gingolani (Carroll), Bob Hoy (Myron Thompson), Peter Coyote (Courtney Taylor), John Wagoner (Alvin Tucker), Wiley Harker (Judge Goodman), John Chappell (Sheriff’s deputy), Peter Jason (Lieutenant Micklin), Hoke Howell (Store owner), Jocko Marcellino (Prisoner), Roger Hampton (Hampton), James Harrison (Dumpy), Jim Steck (Guard Crayden), Pat Valentine (Colman), W.T. Zacha (Baggett), David DeLange (Lieutenant Stanfield), Frank McCarthy (Lieutenant Holmby), James Jeter (Guard Fairgate), Angelo Grisante (Convict), Jim Haynie (Salkin), Nick Eldredge (Larwin), Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (Felish). 1155... Alex: The Life of a Child (ABC, 4/23/1986, 120 mins). Touching but melancholy dramatization of real-life sportswriter Frank Deford’s book about his eight-year-old daughter’s losing battle with cystic fibrosis, with Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia as the grieving parents and Gennie James as the young girl. Carol Evan McKeand and Nigel McKeand earned Emmy Award nominations for their script. A similar theme of a young girl being remembered in writing by her father was explored in the TV movie “Mary White” (1977) taken from the book by William Allen White about his daughter’s death. Production Company Mandy Films. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Executive Supervising Producer Deborah Aal. Producer Nigel McKeand. Teleplay Carol Evan McKeand, Nigel McKeand. Based on a Book by Frank Deford. Photography Neil Roach. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Peter Parasheles. Art Director Earl Preston. Art Director (Los Angeles) Michael Levesque. Cast Craig T. Nelson (Frank Deford), Bonnie Bedelia (Carole Deford), Gennie James (Alex Deford), Danny Corkill (Chris Deford), Mark Withers (Mac Deford), Melonie Mazman (Zehra Deford), Brenda Bazinet (Barbara Keator), Cherry Jones (Tina Crawford), Elva Mai Hoover (Alice Grady), Dann Florek (Dr. Tom Dolan), Sean McCann (Dr. Ralph Stanwyck), Ted Simonett (Dr. Westlake), Jane Schoettle (Woman in market), Lindsey Amelio (Alex at ages 3 to 5), Harley Cross (Chris at ages 6 to

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8), J.J. Stocker (Chris at age 2-1/2), Marshall Perlmutter (Sportscaster), Gordon Masten (Photographer), Barbara Barnes (Miss Arthur), Rachel Blanchard (Wendy), Mag Ruffman (Jane). 1156... Alfred Hitchcock Presents (NBC, 5/5/1985, 120 mins). Recast and redirected re-creations of four classic tales from the classic “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” of three TV decades earlier, with introductions by a computer colorized Hitchcock himself (and voice-over narration by John Huston), comprised this television-movie anthology which became the pilot to a brand new half-hour Hitchcock series that began in the fall of 1985. The first story, “Incident in a Small Jail,” originally was broadcast March 21, 1961, and starred John Fiedler and Richard Jaeckel. The second, “Man from the South,” about a gambler who makes a rash wager, initially turned up on March 13, 1960, with Peter Lorre, Steve McQueen and Neile Adams in the roles taken here by John Huston, Steven Bauer and Kim Novak (Bauer’s wife, Melanie Griffith, also appears in this new version, along with her mother, Hitchcock discovery-of-yore Tippi Hedren, here playing a cameo as a somewhat overaged cocktail waitress). The third, “Bang! You’re Dead!,” about a youngster with a loaded gun, starred Billy Mumy when the short story first ran on October 17, 1961 (a long-since grown Mumy turns up in this version as a supermarket clerk). The fourth, “An Unlocked Window,” was a one-hour suspense thriller when it aired the first time around on February 15, 1965, and starred Dana Wynter and John Kerr. These four individual episodes re-created for the 1985 TV movie subsequently turned up on the new “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” series as half-hour installments. Production Company Universal Television. Executive Producer Christopher Crowe. Supervising Producer Andrew Mirisch. Co-Producers Alan Barnette, Stephen Cragg. Director (Part 1) Joel Oliansky. Teleplay Joel Oliansky. Based on a Story by Henry Slesar. Music John Goux. Director (Part 2) Steve Dejarnatt. Teleplay Steve Dejarnatt. Based on Original Teleplay by William Fay. Story by Roald Dahl. Music Basil Poledouris. Director (Part 3) Randa Haines. Teleplay Christopher Crowe, Harold Swanton. Based on a Story by Margery Vosper. Music Craig Safan. Director (Part 4) Fred Walton. Teleplay Fred Walton. Based on Original Teleplay by James Bridges. Based on a Story by Ethel Lina White. Music Craig Safan. Photography Mario DiLeo. Supervising Editor Edward M. Abroms. Editors Tom Finan, David B. Lloyd. Production Designer Dean Mitzner. Narrator John Huston. Cast Part 1 Ned Beatty (Larry Broome), Lee Ving (Curt Venner), Tony Frank (Sheriff Noakes), John Shearin (Roker), Arthur Taxier (Skelly), Walter Klenhard (Gas station attendant), Gene Ross (Max Spaulding), Richard Lineback (Billy), Jerry Curtin (Mob member), Cynthia Hartley (Young girl); Part 2 John Huston (Carlos), Melanie Griffith (Girl), Steven Bauer (Gambler), Tippi Hedren (Waitress), Kim Novak (Rosa), Jack Thibeau (Bronson), Danny De La Paz (Bellhop); Part 3 Gail Youngs (Amanda’s mother), Lyman Ward (Uncle Jack), Billy Mumy (Clerk), Bianca Rose (Amanda), Jonathan Goldsmith (Manager), Kale Browne (Amanda’s father), Mark L. Taylor (Darlene’s father), Linda Hoy (Big Brownie), David Held (Billy), Gregory Levinson (Stevie), Douglas Emerson (Kid soldier), Christina Lange (Darlene), Gall Barle (Jiffy Snack girl), Gigi Vorgan (Cashier); Part 4 Annette O’Toole (Stella), Bruce Davison (Betty Ames/Baker), Owen Bush (Sam Eyles), Helena Kallianiotes (Maria Kyprianov), Ross Elliott (Glendon Baker), Mary-Nancy Burnett (Nurse). 1157... Alice in Wonderland (CBS, 12/9/1985 and 12/10/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This star-studded musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tales, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass,” offered a relatively major departure from the type of disaster and/or sci-fi fare Irwin Allen had made his trademark. With arguably the largest star cast of any movie (38 names in alphabetical order beginning with his wife, Sheila), Allen proceeded to have them bizarrely costumed by Paul Zastupnevich, and with 19 songs written by Steve Allen (no relation) and script by playwright Paul Zindel (Pulitzer Prize winner for 1971’s “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”), created a sugary four-hour all-day sucker that overwhelmed the fragile charm of the Carroll books. Interestingly, nine-year-old Natalie Gregory was the first actress to play the part of Alice at more-or-less the correct age. The production received Emmy nominations in five categories: art direction/set decoration (part 2), costume design (part 1), makeup (part 2), hairstyling (part 1) and sound editing (part 2). Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions, Columbia Pictures Television, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Harry Harris. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Paul Zindel. Based on a Book by Lewis Carroll. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Morton Stevens. Songs by Steve Allen. Choreography Miriam Nelson. Editors Richard E. Rabjohn, James W. Miller. Production Designer Phil Jefferies. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Hub Braden. Costume Designer Paul Zastupnevich. Associate Producer George E Swink. Cast Sheila Allen (Alice’s mother), Steve Allen (Gentleman in the Paper Suit), Scott Baio (Pat the Pig), Ernest Borgnine (Lion), Beau Bridges (Unicorn), Lloyd Bridges (White Knight), Red Buttons (White Rabbit), Sid Caesar (Gryphon), Carol Channing (White Queen), Imogene Coca (Cook), Sammy Davis Jr. (Caterpillar/“Father William”), Patrick Duffy (Goat), George Gobel (Gnat), Eydie Gorme (Tweedledee), Natalie Gregory (Alice), Merv Griffin (Conductor), Sherman Hemsley (Mouse), Ann Jillian (Red Queen), Arte Johnson (Doormouse), Harvey Korman (White King), Steve Lawrence (Tweedledum), Karl Malden (Walrus), Roddy McDowall (March Hare), Jayne Meadows (Queen of Hearts), Donna Mills (Rose), Pat Morita (Horse), Robert Morley (King of Hearts), Anthony Newley (Mad Hatter), Donald O’Connor (Lory Bird), Louis Nye (Carpenter), Martha Raye (Duchess), Telly Savalas (Cheshire Cat), John Stamos (Messenger), Ringo Starr (Mock Turtle), Sally Struthers (Tiger Lily), Jack Warden (Owl), Jonathan Winters (Humpty Dumpty), Shelley Winters (Dodo Bird), Charles Dougherty (Duck), Billy Braver (Eaglet), Ernie Orsatti (Bill the Lizard), Scotch Byerly (Fish Footman), Robert Axelrod (Frog Footman), Michael Chieffo (Two of Spades), Jeffrey Winner (Five of Spades), John Walter Davis (Seven of Spades), James Joseph Galante (Knave of Hearts), Selma Archerd (Queen of Diamonds), George Savalas (Courtier), Candace Savalas (Lady in Waiting), Troy Jordan (Black Cat), Tom

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McLoughlin (Jabberwocky), Patrick Culliton (Red King), Laura Carlson (Daisy), Kristi Lynes (Oyster), Desiree Szabo (Oyster), Barbie Alison (Oyster), Janie Walton (Oyster), Dee Brantlinger (Lady of the Court), Don Matheson (Red Knight). 1158... The Aliens Are Coming (NBC, 3/2/1980, 120 mins). Spirited sci-fi detective story about the search by a young astrophysicist for sinister extraterrestrials looking for sanctuary for their comrades by possessing the bodies of humans. Originally titled “Alien Force,” it subsequently (if mysteriously) became a two-part four-hour movie in a late night network repeat showing some months after its premiere. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Woodruff Productions, NBC Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Philip Saltzman. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music William Goldstein. Editor Jim Gross. Art Directors George B. Chan, Norman R. Newberry. Cast Tom Mason (Dr. Scott Dryden), Eric Braeden (Leonard Nero), Melinda Fee (Gwen O’Brien), Fawne Harriman (Joyce Cummings), Matthew Laborteaux (Timmy Garner), Ron Masak (Harve Nelson), Caroline McWilliams (Sue Garner), John Milford (Eldon Gates), Max Gail (Russ Garner), Ed Harris (Chuck Polchek), Hank Brandt (Capt. John Sebastian), Laurence Haddon (Burt Fowler), Gerald McRaney (Patrolman Ashley), Curtis Credel (Frank Foley), Peter Schuck (Male nurse), Richard Lockmiller (Patrolman Strong), Sean Griffin (Dr. Conley), Chris O’Brien (Technician), Thomas Lowell (Intern), Nancy Priddy (Teacher), Lorna Thayer (Waitress), John Gilgreen (Floyd), Laurie Beach (Student), Dirk Olthof (Waiter), Tom Pittman (Security guard). 1159... All God’s Children (ABC, 4/28/1980, 120 mins). Richard Widmark is a big city judge involved in a forced busing dispute as the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families--one white, one black--and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades. Production Companies Blinn-Thorpe Productions, Viacom. Director Jerry Thorpe. Producers Jerry Thorpe, William Blinn. Teleplay William Blinn. Photography Frank Phillips. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Byron Chudnow. Art Director Fredric P. Hope. Associate Producer Byron Chudnow. Cast Richard Widmark (Judge Parke Denison), Ned Beatty (Mike Naponic), Ossie Davis (Blaine Whitfield), Ruby Dee (Irene Whitfield), Mariclare Costello (Winnie Naponic), Ken Swofford (Capt. Sam Pierce), John Harkins (Dr. Munter), Fredric Lehne (Howard Naponic), George Spell (Reese Whitfield), Trish Van Devere (Natalie), Harvey Vernon (Pierce), Vincent Duke Milana (Miller Polk), Kenneth Kimmins, Brad English, Lenny Geer, Wendy Skaggs, James McKrell, Frank McCarthy, S. John Launer, Melinda Peterson, Don Starr, Jim Perkins, Herb Downer. 1160... All the Rivers Run (HBO, 1/15/1984 to 1/18/1984, 4 parts, 100 mins each, 8 hours). The first made-for-cable miniseries to be shown in this country, this eight-hour saga set in turn-of-the-century Australia, directed in alternate segments by George Miller (not the one who did “Mad Max” and “The Road Warrior,” but the director of “The Man From Snowy River”) and Pino Amenta, follows the fortunes of an independent-minded young woman who invests her inheritance in a riverboat and falls in love with the riverman who runs it. Popular young Australian actress Sigrid Thornton (the female lead in Miller’s “The Man From Snowy River”) is Philadelphia Gordon, the first woman paddle-steamer captain on Australia’s River Murray, and John Waters, best known in this country as the male star of “The Getting of Wisdom” and “Breaker Morant” is the devil-may-care Brenton Edwards. Based on Nancy Cato’s 1958 novel. Production Companies Crawford Productions International, HBO Premiere Films. Director (Parts 1 and 3) George Miller. Director (Parts 2 and 4) Pino Amenta. Executive Producers Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford, Terry Stapleton. Producer Alan Hardy. Teleplay (Part 1) Peter Yeldham. Teleplay (Part 2) Colin Free. Teleplay (Part 3) Vince Moran. Teleplay (Part 4) Gwanda Marsha. Based on the Novel by Nancy Cato. Photography David Connell. Music Bruce Rowland. Editors Phil Reid, Ralph Strasser. Art Director Tel Stolfo. Cast Sigrid Thornton (Philadelphia Gordon), John Waters (Brenton Edwards), Diane Craig (Miss Barrett), Charles Tingwell (Uncle Charles), Dinah Shearing (Aunt Hester), William Upjohn (Adam), Constance Lansberg (Bessie Griggs), Gus Mercurio (Tom Critchley), Judith Massey (Annie), Cliff Ellen (Elijah), Alan Hardy (Reverend Poison), Margo McLennan (Aunt Miriam), Maureen Edwards (Aunt Agnes), Tom Travers (Bank manager), Jeffrey Hodgson (Solicitor), Adrian Wright (Alastair Raeburn), Frank Gallagher (Mac), Chantal Contouri (Julia), Celia De Burgh (Imogen), Michael Carman (Alloy), Kirk Alexander (Jim), Darius Perkins (Ben), Darryl Pellizer (Joe), John Alansu (Ah Lee), Don Bridges (Useless), Roy Baldwin (Mr. Hamilton), Lloyd Morris (Jeremy), Mary Ann Fahey (Hilda), Di O’Connor (Mrs. Griggs), Carol Burns (Mrs. Slope), Don Barker (George Blakeney), Roger Stephen (Steve Parrelli), Caroline Gillmer (Mabel Blakeney), Nick Waters (Mr. Slope), Steven Jackson (Minister), Viviean Grey (Alicia Raeburn), Betty Lucas (Janet Raeburn), Peter Finlay (Vince), Graham Dow (Captain Jacobson), Lloyd Cunnington (Jack Wallace), Steven Tandy (Robert), Ernie Bourne (Boat builder), Nicholas Brown (Gordon at age 2), Sam Hammington (Gordon at age 4), Harold Baigant (Examining Skipper), Vic Gordon (Examining Skipper), Reg Gorman (Examining Skipper). 1161... Alone in the Neon Jungle (CBS, 1/17/1988, 120 mins). Suzanne Pleshette stars as an embattled police captain assigned by chief Danny Aiello to clean up the most corrupt and demoralized precinct in the city (the film was shot on location in Pittsburgh). Her arrival is, expectedly, greeted with suspicion and hostility by her subordinates. Director Georg Sanford Brown makes a “special guest appearance” as one of the sergeants in a supporting role. Originally this was called “Command in Hell,” and then simply “Neon.”

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Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Georg Stanford Brown. Executive Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Supervising Producer Ira Halberstadt. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Mark Rodgers, Stephen Downing. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Mark Snow. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Gary Weist. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Capt. Janet Hamilton), Danny Aiello (Chief), Jon Tenney (Jim Hansen), Joe Morton (Lt. Ken Fraker), Raymond Serra (Sgt. Sal Ruby), Jon Polito (Brad Stakowski), Priscilla Lopez (Anita DeSimone), Charlotte D’Amboise (Paige O’Brien), W.T. Martin (Lt. Tom Wilson), Jude Ciccolella (Pete Combs), Patty Owen (Wendy Prentiss), Brad Greenquist (Vince Genilli), Alex Coleman (Sam Dolby), Georg Stanford Brown (Sgt. Clevon Jackson), Frank Converse (John Hamilton), Tony Shalhoub (Paul Nahid), John Finn (Sgt. Alan Benson), Bill Dalzell III (Ernie Holland), Jeff Paul (Bixby), Raymond Laine (Farley), Lou Spenser (Callander), Kevin Kindlin (Marine), Chuck Baker (Bartender), David Early (Duke), Sheila McKenna (Karen), Jim Grimshaw (Mounted cop), Marty Schiff (Loudmouth). 1162... Amazons (ABC, 1/29/1984, 120 mins). Madeleine Stowe is a doctor framed for malpractice following the death of a patient, an influential congressman, but convinced of her diagnosis she sets out on her own medical investigation only to stumble onto a secret organization of beautiful women conspiring to take over the government. Actor Paul Michael Glaser, best remembered for “Starsky and Hutch,” made his TV-movie directing debut here (previously he had directed several episodes of his own series). Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Paul Michael Glaser. Executive Producer David Levinson. Producer Stuart Cohen. Teleplay David Solomon. Based on a Story by David Solomon, Guerdon Trueblood. Photography Dean Cundey. Music Basil Poledouris. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Production Designer Dean Mitzner. Cast Tamara Dobson (Rosalund Joseph), Jack Scalia (Lt. Tony Monaco), Stella Stevens (Kathryn Lundquist), Madeline Stowe (Dr. Sharon Fields), Jennifer Warren (Dr. Diane Cosgrove), William Schallert (Cong. Stanford Barstow), Nicholas Pryor (Dr. Thompson), Peter Scolari (Dr. Jerry Menzies), Leslie Bevis (Vivian Todd), Jordan Charney (Cong. Harris Stowe), Greg Monaghan (James), Stephen Keller (Kevin), Hansford Rowe (Governor Price), Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Baker), Suzanne Kent (Nurse Franklin), Robert Harrison (Roger), Morgan Tofting (Marge Webster), Paul Cross (Martin), Carl LaRocco (Rossi), Wesley Thompson (Attendant), Paula Russell (Newscaster), John Walsh (Reporter), Edward Beimfohr (Anchorman), Nick DeMauro (Victim), Donald Craig (Moderator), Ron Prince (Desk sergeant), Fred Dennis (Mailman), Heather Hepler (Tracy), Crystal DeWoody (Amy), Jessica Weisman (Christine), Amy Benesh (Kelly), Misty Hall (Deirdre), Danielle Michonne (Marsha). 1163... Amber Waves (ABC, 3/9/1980, 120 mins). A rugged Midwest wheat farmer (Dennis Weaver) and a male model from back East (Kurt Russell) seeking to find himself clash over their values, time-honored patriotism, and themselves. Mare Winningham, who plays Weaver’s free-spirited daughter, won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress, and the film’s five other Emmy nominations were for Outstanding Drama, director Joseph Sargent, writer Ken Trevey, and for sound mixing and sound editing. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Philip Mandelker. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music John Rubinstein. Songs “Sweet Memory,” “Amber Waves” Dennis Weaver. Song “Hard Times” Robby Weaver. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Paul Barnes. Associate Producer Billy Ray Smith. Cast Dennis Weaver (Elroy “Bud” Burkhardt), Kurt Russell (Larry Koenig), Mare Winningham (Marlene Burkhardt), Fran Brill (Suze Winter), Wilford Brimley (Pete Alberts), Ross Harris (Dougie Burkhardt), Grainger Hines (Gregg Burkhardt), Penny Fuller (Fern Jensen), Eloy Phil Casados (Dwight Willits), Bill Morey (Ansel Porter), Michael Talbott (Tork Torkelson), Robby Weaver (Russ Hahn), Ted Dykstra, Jack Goth, Kay Grieve, Lucetta Jenison, Cathryn Johnston, Les Kimber, Don MacKay, Margaret Martin, Walter Massey, Bruce McCloud, Murray Ord, Kay Robinson, Ted Stidder, Tony Whibley, Dale Wilson, John York. 1164... The Ambush Murders (CBS, 1/5/1982, 120 mins). James Brolin replaced Sam Elliott as the dedicated defense attorney at the third trial of a drawn-out murder case against an outspoken black activist who has been accused in the killing of two white policemen. This fictionalized version of a true story was adapted from the 1979 book by Ben Bradlee Jr. Production Companies David Goldsmith Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer David Goldsmith. Teleplay Tony Kayden. Based on a Book by Ben Bradlee Jr. Photography Frank Phillips. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Richard Patterson. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast James Brolin (Paul Marshall), Dorian Harewood (Ray Ellsworth), Alfre Woodard (Karisha), Robert Denison (Barnes), Louis Giambalvo (Glenn Landis), Amy Madigan (Molly Slavin), John McLiam (Judge Collier), Theodore Wilson (Jay King), Marc Alaimo (Garza), John Calvin (Dennis Bowie), Clinton Derricks-Carroll (Lyle Hawkins), John Diehl (Ferguson), Woody Eney (Bishop), Dorothy Fielding (Beth), Sean Thomas Roche (Hoyt), Antonio Fargas (Vaness), Harry Caesar (Emmett Medford), Michael Catlin (Ben Martenson), Nathan Cook (Gordon Steele), Nicholas Guest (Policeman), Erica Hope (Joanie Hoyt), John Dennis Johnston (Lionel Borland), James Keane (Lambert), William Edward Phipps (Judge Cabot), Gene Ross (Roberts), Tamu (Mandy Kubelik), Dee Timberlake (The teacher), Marc Vahanian (Adam Gibbs), Frances E. Williams (Emily Tyson), Davis Roberts (Moran), Warren Munson (Judge Liebman), Grand L. Bush (Elton Wardell), Earl Finn (Deputy), Dick Rossner (2nd deputy), Joe Handy (Sheriff), Herman Lee Montgomery (Guitarist), Ken Magee, Henry G. Sanders, Marshall Teague, Charles Bracy, Vivian Brown, Debbi Pearl, Richard Crystal, Melanie Noble, Ken Hixon, Gail Pirog, Elena Frank.

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1165... American Dream (ABC, 4/26/1981, 90 mins). Critically acclaimed drama about a family that moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up. The idea is to give the children, who are becoming materialistic snobs, the feel of a big city environment. Veteran actor Hans Conried, as the neighborhood oldtimer who helps these pioneers in reverse, had one of his last roles in this film and the six episode series that followed in the spring of 1981. Both the director and the writers received Emmy Award nominations. Production Companies Mace Neufeld Productions, Viacom. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producer Mace Neufeld. Producers Barney Rosenzweig, Ronald M. Cohen. Teleplay Barbara Corday, Ken Hecht, Ronald M. Cohen. Created by Barbara Corday, Ken Hecht. Photography Paul Vom Brock. Music Artie Butler. Song “Chasin’ the American Dream” by Molly-Ann Leikin, Artie Butler. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Director William Fosser. Cast Stephen Macht (Danny Novak), Karen Carlson (Donna Novak), Hans Conried (Abe Berlowtiz), Michael Hershewe (Todd Novak), Tim Waldrip (Casey Novak), Andrea Smith (Jennifer Novak), John McIntire (Sam Whittier), John Karlen (Coach Ritter), Scott Brady (Mr. Becker), Hortensia Colorado, George Reynolds, Anne Trompeter, Louie Lancilati, John Malkovich, Harry Teinowitz, Juan Luco, Hector Guerra, Peter Speca, Jack Wasserman, Thomas O. Erhart Jr., Tonya Pinkins, Dick Sasso, Richard Rorbach, Richard Kehoe, Jonathan Wallace. 1166... American Geisha (CBS, 9/11/1986, 120 mins). A contemporary drama based on American anthropologist Liza Dalby’s experiences as a foreigner living in the world of the Japanese geisha in Kyoto for her graduate paper at Stanford University. It was published in 1983 under the title “Geisha,” which was also the original title of the film, produced entirely on location in Tokyo and Kyoto in the summer of 1985. Portions of the movie are uncomfortably similar to the earlier “Girls of the White Orchid,” when the fictional Gillian Burke is forced to work in seedy Japanese bars, fending off the advances of amorous businessmen. (Both movies, incidentally, featured Richard Narita, with whom the leading lady in each gets involved.) Production Companies Interscope Communications, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Dick Berg, Ted Field. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Teleplay Judith Paige Mitchell. Based on a Book by Liza Dalby. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Miles Goodman. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Kinya Uchida. Associate Producer Randy T. Siegel. Cast Pam Dawber (Gillian Burke), Richard Narita (Kangoro), Stephanie Faracy (Katy), Robert Ito (Mr. Hashimoto), Dorothy McGuire (Ann Suzuki), Clare Nono (Yoshiko), Beulah Quo (Kangoro’s mother), June Angela (Kohana), Takayo Fischer (Okaasan), Emily Kuroda (Kikusen), Lily Mariye (Shizue), Randy De Vol (Tomio), Kenji Kamei (Tanaka), Tsuyako Okajima (Auntie), Charles Roche (Peter), Hitashi Hamano (Mr. Wada), Yoshihitsu Oda (Kangoro’s father). 1167... American Harvest (CBS, 1/16/1987, 120 mins). Drama of hardship, courage and family rivalries among itinerant Kansas wheat harvesters, with Wayne Rogers as a farmer wiped-out economically by the harsh vagaries of the weather becoming involved in a feud with this brother-in-law (Earl Holliman) over the contracting of inexperienced harvesters with decrepit secondhand machinery. Original title: “Golden Harvest” Production Companies Roth-Stratton Productions, The Finnegan Company. Director Dick Lowry. Supervising Producer Bill Finnegan. Producer Ron Roth. Associate Producer E. Darrell Hallenbeck. Teleplay Bill Stratton. Photography David Gribble. Music Christopher Young. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Guy Barnes. Cast Wayne Rogers (Walter Duncan), Mariclare Costello (Mary Alice Duncan), Fredric Lehne (Roger Duncan), Matt McCoy (Ted), John Anderson (Judge Meriweather), Jill Carroll (Calla), Casey Siemaszko (Dakota), Jay Kerr (T-Bone Conlin), Earl Holliman (Krab Hogan), Randal Patrick (Grover), Courtney Gains (Chips), John Pyper Ferguson (Ricky), Murray McRae (Bucky), Ancel Cook (Farmer Schlecter), Terrence Evans (Emil Schnutzel), Graham McPherson (Dan Westerman), Kelly McQuiggin (Priscilla), Robert Koons (Officer Fraaker), Robb Madrid (Peter). 1168... Amerika (ABC, 2/15/1987 to 2/22/1987, 7 parts, 870 mins, 14.5 hours). Controversial post-apocalyptic drama set ten years after the Soviet takeover of the United States. Ambitious “Amerika” (with a “k”) captured TV audiences for 14-1/2 hours over a week-long period to tell the story of an independent underground movement and its clash with the leaders of the occupying forces in a surreal new world of the 1990s. An original “ABC Novel for Television,” written and directed by Donald Wrye, the seven-part miniseries earned an Oscar nomination for Christine Lahti as the sister of Kris Kristofferson’s ex-presidential candidate, Vietnam activist, and enemy of the people, who becomes engaged in a self-destructive relationship with an East German commander. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producer Donald Wrye. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Co-Producer John Lugar. Teleplay Donald Wrye. Photography Hiro Narita. Music Basil Poledouris. Supervising Editors Dennis M. Hill, Bob Wyman. Editors (Part 4) Raja Gosnell, Craig Bassett, Jacque Toberen, David Holden. Production Designer Scott Ritenour. Art Directors Mark Mansbridge, David Jaquest. Special Effects Supervisor John Dykstra. Cast Kris Kristofferson (Devin Milford), Robert Urich (Peter Bradford), Wendy Hughes (Marion Andrews), Sam Neill (Col. Andrei Denisov), Cindy Pickett (Amanda Bradford), Dorian Harewood (Jeffrey Wyman), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Gen. Petya Samanov), Richard Bradford (Ward Milford), Ivan Dixon (Dr. Alan Drummond), Marcel Hillaire (Dieter Heinlander), Ford Rainey (Will Milford), Graham Beckel (Clayton Cullen), Reiner Schoene (Maj. Helmut Gurtman), Mariel Hemingway (Kimberly Ballard), Christine Lahti (Alethea Milford), Lara Flynn Boyle (Jackie Bradford), Don Reilly (Justin Milford), Kelly Procter (Billy Milford),

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Steve Drury (Scott Bradford), Hanna Hertelendy (Gerta), Wayne Best (Cliff), Turner Stephen Burton (Enos), George Buza (Rick), Deanna Dunagan (Betty Milford), David Ferry (Laird), Patricia Idlette (Melanie Blackstone), Piotr Lysak (Mikel), Keram MalickiSanchez (Caleb Milford), Joe Moser (Puncher), Ken Pogue (Sittman), Allan Royal (President), Mag Ruffman (Sally), Kurt Schweikhardt (Gary Milford), Errol Slue (Rev. James Blackstone), Sherry Smith (Louise), Toby Tarnow (Helen), Barbara Tirrell (Esther), John Madden Towney (Herb Lister), Vlasta Vrana (Sergei). 1169... Amityville: The Evil Escapes (NBC, 5/12/1989, 120 mins). Following three theatrical movies based on John G. Jones’ bestselling “Amityville” books, this television drama, only loosely based on the original haunted house premise, tells of a mother’s desperate fight to save her family from a mysterious evil force in a house in northern California (the initial movie took place in Amityville on Long Island). Subsequently this was retitled “The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes--Part IV” so that it could conveniently be packaged on video with the three predecessors. Later there would be one more in the “series,” a direct-tovideo thriller entitled “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.” Production Companies Steve White Productions, Spectacor Films. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producer Steve White. Co-Executive Producer Sandor Stern. Producer Barry Bernardi. Co-Producer John G. Jones. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on Characters Created by John G. Jones. Photography Tom Richmond. Music Rick Conrad. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Production Designer Kandy Berley Stern. Art Director Mark Stern. Cast Patty Duke (Nancy Evans), Jane Wyatt (Alice Leacock), Fredric Lehne (Father Dennis Kibbler), Lou Hancock (Peggy), Brandy Gold (Jessica Evans), Geri Betzler (Amanda Evans), Aron Eisenberg (Brian Evans), Norman Lloyd (Father Manfred), Robert Alan Browne (Donald McTear), Gloria Cromwell (Rhoda), James Stern (Danny Reade), Peggy McCay (Aunt Helen Royce), Warren Munson (Doctor), Jack Rader (Sheriff), Alex Rebar, Michael Korn, Richard Crystal, John De Bello, David Elliott, Gary-Michael Davies. 1170... Amos (CBS, 9/29/1985, 120 mins). Kirk Douglas plays as a senior citizen, a former minor league baseball player and coach, who is confined to a nursing home following an auto accident that took the life of his domineering wife, only to find himself in conflict with Elizabeth Montgomery’s starchy, overly efficient and somewhat sinister head nurse (shades of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in the Broadway version of which Douglas starred). His Amos Lasher earned him an Emmy nomination as Best Actor. The suspense drama, also Emmy Award-nominated, was produced by his son, Peter Douglas, and the performances of both Dorothy McGuire and Pat Morita, as two of Kirk’s fellow patients, earned them nominations as well. Since making this film, based on the novel by Stanley West, Douglas had become a tireless champion for the cause of senior citizens and proper nursing home care, and had testified a number of times on the subject before Congress. Production Companies Bryna Company Productions, Vincent Pictures, Finnegan Associates. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producer Peter Douglas. Producers Bill Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Teleplay Richard Kramer. Based on the Novel by Stanley West. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Georges Delerue. Editor David Campling. Art Director Richard Berger. Cast Kirk Douglas (Amos Lasher), Elizabeth Montgomery (Daisy Daws), Dorothy McGuire (Hester Farrell), Pat Morita (Tommy Tanaka), James Sloyan (Sheriff JohnThomas), Ray Walston (Johnny Kent), Jerry Hausner (Sol Kessler), Don Keefer (Winston Beard), Jack Blessing (Scott Lasher), Jordan Charney (Commissioner Bert Daniels), Lois DeBanzie (Dorothy Dearborn), Frederick Coffin (Roland), Frances Bay (Lydia), Camila Ashland (Mildred Lasher), Pamela Dunlap (Leah), Royce Wallace (Helen), Helen Martin (Mrs. McKenzie), Robert Schuch (Mortician). 1171... Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (NBC, 12/7/1986 and 12/8/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Lavish dramatization of Peter Kurth’s 1983 book about the mysterious Anna Anderson, a woman who maintained until her death in 1983 that she was Anastasia, the Romanov family’s daughter who survived the assassination in 1917, spent a number of years in an asylum in Germany, and had to convince the Dowager Empress of her claim to the family fortune. Amy Irving in the title role (she replaced Nastassja Kinski before production began) heads an all-star cast in this four-hour movie adaptation by James Goldman. Included are Olivia de Havilland (who won a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Dowager Empress Maria); Rex Harrison as Grand Duke Cyril Romanov, Anna’s rival for the family jewels; Omar Sharif and Claire Bloom as Nicholas and Alexandra; Jan Niklas (who also won a Golden Globe Award, as Best Supporting Actor) and Nicolas Surovy as two of Anna’s lovers; Susan Lucci as a distant American cousin who befriends Anna; Elke Summer as a shallow European aristocrat; Edward Fox as a German doctor who had taken an interest in Anna; and Jennifer Dundas as the teenage Anastasia. Marvin Chomsky, who previously had worked with Niklas and Sharif in “Peter the Great,” directed this production on location in Vienna and New York City. Initially called “Anastasia” and then “Anastasia: The Story of Anna,” it is unrelated except by theme to the famed “Anastasia” of stage, screen and television, written by Marcelle Maurette (and translated by Guy Bolton)and starring, respectively, Viveca Lindfors, Ingrid Bergman and Julie Harris. Production Companies Consolidated Entertainment, Telecom Entertainment Inc., Reteitalia Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Supervising Producer Graham Cottle. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Teleplay James Goldman. Based on a Book by Peter Kurth. Photography Nic Knowland. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Petra von Oelffen. Production Designer Ian Whittaker. Cast Amy Irving (Anna Anderson), Olivia de Havilland (Dowager Empress Maria), Jan Niklas (Prince Erich), Nicolas Surovy (Serge Markov), Susan Lucci (Darya Romanoff), Elke Sommer (Isabel Von Hohenstauffen), Edward Fox (Dr. Hauser), Claire Bloom (Czarina Alexandra), Omar Sharif (Czar Nicholas II), Rex Harrison (Grand Duke Cyril Romanov), Jennifer Dundas

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(Young Anastasia), Christian Bale (Alexis), Andrea Bretterbauer (Sonya Markov), Sydney Bromley (Herbert), Arnold Diamond (Dr. Markov), Carol Gillies (Sasha), Julian Glover (Colonel Koblinski), Rachel Gurney (Grand Duchess Victoria), Betty Marsden (Princess Troubetskaya), Tim McInnerney (Yakovlev), Angela Pleasence (Madwoman), Shane Rimmer (Harvey Coward), Jane Wenham (Sophie), Jerome Willis (Kurt Vermehren), Ian Whitaker (Baggott), Susan Engel, Tristram Jellineck, Franz Morak, Herwig Seebock. 1172... Anatomy of an Illness (CBS, 5/15/1984, 120 mins). Humanitarian, lecturer and “Saturday Review” editor, Norman Cousins’ controversial decision in the mid-1960s to cure himself of a debilitating spinal disorder after the medical community gave up hope provides the thrust of this dramatization of his book. Despite the physical disparity between Cousins and himself, Ed Asner offers a convincing portrait (as, ironically, Jeff Goldblum had done playing Ernie Kovacs only the night before when the Kovacs TV-movie premiered) of a man taking drastic measures to regain control of his life. Cousins’ steadfast friends, his personal physician, Dr. William Hitzig, and fellow author Cleveland Amory, are portrayed by Eli Wallach and David Ogden Stiers. Production Companies Hamner Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Robert Hamner. Supervising Producer Jerry Gershwin. Producer Peter Thompson. Teleplay Lawrence Roman. Based on a Biography by Norman Cousins. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Edward Asner (Norman Cousins), Eli Wallach (Dr. William Hitzig), Millie Perkins (Ellen Cousins), David Ogden Stiers (Cleveland Amory), Lelia Goldoni (Mrs. Farelli), Haunani Minn (Shigeko), Julie Montgomery (Candis), Claudia Wells (Sarakit), Lenora May (Pigeon), Reid Smith (Resident doctor), Allen Williams (Wallace), Michael Fairman (Dr. Lowman), Matthew Faison (Dr. Barrett), Robert Phalen (Dr. Paulsen), Roberta Collins (Joan), Gwen Seliger (Amy), Lillian Lehman (Head nurse), Thom Bray (Intern), F.J. O’Neil (Dr. Flowers), Belinda Balaski, James Eldert, Harvey Lewis, Steve Doubet, Barbara Edelman, Robert Denison, John Gowans, Gaya Trombley, Adele K. West, Tuck Milligan, Greg Monaghan, Peter Wise, Annie Murray, Isabelle Walker, Lisa Pederson. 1173... Angel City (CBS, 11/12/1980, 120 mins). Ralph Waite stars as the head of a rural mountain family that journeys to South Florida as migrant workers only to find themselves trapped in a squalid labor camp controlled by money-hungry Mitchell Ryan and his two henchmen. Adapted from the 1978 book by Patrick Smith. Production Company Factor-Newland Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Producers Alan Jay Factor, John Newland. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Based on a Book by Patrick Smith. Photography James Pergola. Music Mark Snow. Song “Going Home” by Carol Connors, Billy Preston. Song Performed by Billy Preston. Editor and Associate Producer Dann Cahn. Cast Ralph Waite (Jared Teeter), Paul Winfield (Cy), Jennifer Warren (Cloma Teeter), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Kristy Teeter), Mitchell Ryan (Silas Creedy), Robert Macnaughton (Bennie Teeter), Red West (Sud), Robert Minor (Jabbo), Ken Renard (The Cook), Paulene Myers (Bertha), John David Allen (Jeff), Joe Dorsey (Tom), Wallace Wilkinson (Cyrus), Sandra Dorsey (1st woman), Bob Hannah (Fred), Luke Halpin (Gas station attendant), AIan Frost (1st picking contractor), Dan Fitzgerald (2nd picking contractor), Carl Jay Cofield (George), Will Knickerbocker (Loan Shark), Phil Philbin (Sheriff Drummond), Donald Shirley (Grocery clerk), Jorge Gil (1st migrant), Loye Hawkins (2nd migrant), Clarence Thomas (Rude). 1174... Angel Dusted (NBC, 2/16/1981, 120 mins). Drama about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton’s real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or “angel dust,” and the family wrestles with the crisis. Based on the 1979 book by Ursula Etons. Production Company The NRW Company. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay Darlene Craviotto. Based on a Book by Ursula Etons. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music James Horner. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Robert C. Goldstein. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast Jean Stapleton (Betty Eaton), Arthur Hill (Michael Eaton), John Putch (Owen Eaton), Darlene Craviotto (Dr. Joan Gideon), Percy Rodrigues (Dr. Kevin Hastings), Patrick Cassidy (Bob Shecky), Ken Michelman (Mark Eaton), Brian Andrews (Andrew Eaton), Helen Hunt (Lizzie Eaton), Carol Williard (Kathy Eaton), Chip Lucia (Jimmy), Dorothy Neumann (Mrs. Oblanski), Carol Androsky (Gretchen), Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Jerry Hardin, Domingo Ambrie, Toni Catalano, Sue Bugden, Jonathan Perpich, Krystal Richards, Clete Keith, Isabel West, Sari Price, Merilee Magnuson, Reatha Grey, Joella Deffenbaugh. 1175... Angel in Green (CBS, 9/22/1987, 120 mins). Adventure drama of a missionary nun and a gung-ho Green Beret army captain on a remote South Seas island threatened by rebel terrorists. John Huston’s “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” of 1957 covered the general subject using World War II as a backdrop and had only Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in the cast. Production Companies Aligre Productions Inc., Taft Hardie Group (New Zealand) Ltd. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer Harry R. Sherman Teleplay Michael Patrick Goodman. Photography James Bartle. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Howard Kunin. Production Designer David Copping. Associate Producer Tim Sanders. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Capt. William Wicker), Susan Dey (Sister Ann), Milo O’Shea (Father Mahon), Pete Smith (Ramon), Dan Lauria (Kobalzki), Bobby Hosea (Rhodes), Michael Novack (McCoy), José Santana (Rodriguez), Rick Adams (Wentworth), Todd Boyce (Corporal Miller), Peter Quartaroli (Corso), Ned Ngatae (Tama), Eronda Scott (Cikini), Catrina Pau (Puri), John Short (Uma), Nagrima George (George), Mata Timothy (Kulit), Nga Teariki Kokaua (Rebel lieutenant), Kevin Mataiti (Borlu), Te Paki Cherrington (Morae).

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1176... Angel on My Shoulder (ABC, 5/11/1980, 120 mins). A small time Chicago hood, now deceased, gets a second chance at life by striking a bargain with the Devil by inhabiting--and attempting to corrupt--a totally honest politician. In this contemporary version of the 1946 fantasy-comedy that starred Paul Muni, Anne Baxter and Claude Rains, the comparable parts are played by Peter Strauss (in a change-of-pace light role), Barbara Hershey and Richard Kiley. Production Companies Mace Neufeld Productions, Barney Rosenzweig Productions, Beowulf Productions. Director John Berry. Executive Producer Mace Neufeld. Producer Barney Rosenzweig. Teleplay George Kirgo. Based on the Screenplay by Harry Segall, Roland Kibbee. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Artie Butler. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Tom H. John. Associate Producer Dennis Berry. Cast Peter Strauss (Eddie Kagel), Richard Kiley (Nick), Barbara Hershey (Julie), Janis Paige (Dolly Blaine), Seymour Cassel (Smiley Mitchell), Scott Colomby (Tony), Peter MacLean (Gregg Marlowe), Billy Jacoby (Joe Navotny), Douglas Dirkson (Nick’s aide), Anne Newman Mantee (Diana), Murray Matheson (The Stranger), Terry Alexander (Luke), Frank Campanella (Gino Gianelli), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Martin), Charles Cooper (Matt), Janis Hansen (Cissy), Peter Jason, James O’Connell, McKee Anderson, Harry Caesar, Victor Rogers, Philip Simms, Joanne Horne, Shepherd Sanders, Simmy Bow, Michael Goldfinger, John Alderman, Art Aragon, Joe Mays, Susan Barnes, Gordon Hanson, Mary Armstrong, Joe Tornatore, Harrison Baker. 1177... The Ann Jillian Story (NBC, 1/4/1988, 120 mins). Well-cast Ann Jillian earned an Emmy Award nomination for playing herself in the drama about her life from 1977 onward: her romance with and marriage to a Chicago vice cop and her triumph over breast cancer. She also performs several musical numbers, including three written for her by Steve Allen (“Emotions,” “Impossible,” and “Until I Left Chicago”) and the evergreen “Until the Real Thing Comes Along.” Production Companies 9J, Inc. Production, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Andrea Baynes. Producer Peter Thompson. Teleplay Audrey Davis Levin. Photography Reginald Morris. Music Morton Stevens. Theme Nelson Kole. Songs Steve Allen. Songs Performed by Ann Jillian. Editor Duane Hartzell. Art Director Carmen Gallo. Cast Ann Jillian (Ann Jillian), Tony Lo Bianco (Andy Murcia), Viveca Lindfors (Margaret Julanazja), George Touliatos (Joe Julanazja), Leighton Bewley (Ben), Timothy Webber (Charlie Austin), Pamela Hyatt (Joyce Selznick), Todd Waite (Director), Diane D’Aquila (Dr. Francine Caldwell), Thomas Hauff (Dr. William Edelman), Marvin Ishmael (Dr. Rumolo), Robert R. Warner (Dr. Stuart Leech), Tom Harvey (Michael Seeger), Bernard Behrens (Father Thompson), Ann Turnbull (Joan), Kate Lynch, Elizabeth Lennie. 1178... Anna Karenina (CBS, 3/26/1985, 180 mins). This sumptuous three-hour 12th filming (not including the multipart PBS “Masterpiece Theater” version) of Leo Tolstoy’s novel following a tragic love affair set against the social system of late 19th century Russia actually marked the TV movie debuts of both Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve, although a quirk of scheduling had Bisset turning up in her subsequently filmed “Forbidden” two nights before the premiere of this florid melodrama. Production Companies Colgems Productions Ltd., Rastar Productions. Director Simon Langton. Executive Producer Doreen Bergesen. Supervising Producer Hugh Benson. Producer Simon Langton. Teleplay James Goldman. Based on the Novel by Leo Tolstoy. Photography Kelvin Pike. Music Patrick Gowers. Editor Barry Peters. Art Director Tivador Bertalan. Associate Producer Christopher Sutton. Cast Jacqueline Bisset (Anna), Christopher Reeve (Count Vronsky), Paul Scofield (Karenin), Ian Ogilvy (Stiva), Anna Massey (Betsy), Joanna David (Dolly), Jud Bowker (Kitty), Valerie Lush (Annushka), Judy Campbell (Countess Vronsky), Paul Geoffrey (Petritsky), Neil Amswych (Seroyzha), Nicholas Selby (Doctor), Philip Bowen (Mikhail), Oscar Quitak (Volodya), Ralph Nosseck (Grisha), Imre Szabo (Dr. Hauser), Julian Battersby (Train conductor), Magda Darvas (French maid), Marsha Fitzalan (Lady), Peter Forbes-Robertson (Nobleman), Terez Bod (Railway worker’s wife), George Malpus (Stationmaster), Agnes David (Midwife), Sandra Berkin (Nanny), Barbara New (Miss Hull), Sara Mair B Thomas (1st parlormaid), Ildeko Molnar (2nd parlormaid). 1179... The Annihilator (NBC, 4/7/1986, 120 mins). As a newspaper editor pursued by both the police and a subversive army of robot-like automatons, Mark Lindsay Chapman finally got the American television debut that was denied him when he reluctantly had to give up the role of John Lennon sometime earlier in “John and Yoko: A Love Story” because of his name (Mark Chapman is the name of Lennon’s killer). For their work in this pilot to a prospective series, makeup artists Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek were given Emmy Award nominations. Production Company Universal Television. Director Michael Chapman. Executive Producer Roderick Taylor. Supervising Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor. Photography Paul Goldsmith. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor Frank Mazzola. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Cast Mark Lindsay Chapman (Richard Armour), Susan Blakely (Layla), Lisa Blount (Cindy), Brion James (Alien Leader), Earl Boen (Sid), Geoffrey Lewis (Prof. Alan Jeffries), Catherine Mary Stewart (Angela Taylor), Nicole Eggert (Elyse), Barry Pearl (Eddie), Paul Brinegar (Pops), Channing Chase (Susan Weiss), Barbara Townsend (Celia Evans), Christopher Johnston (Christopher), Glen Vernon (Henry Evans), Richard Partlow (2nd FBI agent), Biff Yeager (1st FBI agent), Toni Attell (Patti), James Parkes (Policeman), Roger LaRue (Man in coat), Stanley Clay (Cammie), Greg Collins (Policeman), Lola Fisher (Nervous man), Jerry Boyd (1st agent), Al Pugliese (2nd agent), Martin Clark (Coroner), John Durbin, Donald Hayes, Helen Anderson, William Jackson, Gary Burden.

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1180... Another Woman’s Child (CBS, 1/18/1983, 120 mins). This drama about step-parenting finds Linda Lavin and Tony Lo Bianco as a happily married couple into whose lives suddenly comes the young daughter he fathered out of wedlock. The original title for this movie, coproduced by Lavin, was “The Far Shore.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director John Erman. Producer Asa Maynor. Co-Producer Linda Lavin. Supervising Producer William S. Gilmore. Teleplay Conrad Bromberg. Based on a Story by Conrad Bromberg, Dieter-Phillipe Abt. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Linda Lavin (Terry DeBray), Tony Lo Bianco (Mike DeBray), Joyce Van Patten (Janet Stein), Doris Roberts (Myrna), Ron Rifkin (Barry Stein), Alba Oms (Mrs. Ramirez), Jenny O’Hara (Peggy), Charles Weldon (Roland), Cheryl Anderson (Sonya), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Doris), Michael Alldredge (Robert Martin), Tracey Gold (Lisa), Frederick Combs (Doctor), Dorothy Dells (Nurse), Bette Ford (Bar girl), Amelia Haas (Pat Hughes), Shirley Mitchell (Lady in boutique), Mavis Neal Palmer (Joan), Chris Pina (Jewelry store owner), Patty Regan (Lady in beauty parlor), Susan Wolf (Young dancer). 1181... Apology (HBO, 7/27/1986, 100 mins). Made-for-cable thriller about a sculptress who tapes anonymous phone confessions of sins on her answering machine for use in her latest work--an abstract metal piece designed to serve as a modern-day confessional--and finds herself being stalked by a crazed caller. First-time British director Robert Bierman shot this lady-in-distress film on location in SoHo and Greenwich Village (with interiors in Toronto). The script was by Mark Medoff, who had written Broadway’s “Children of a Lesser God,” and actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein has a running part as a street derelict. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Peregrine Entertainment, A.S.A.P. Productions. Director Robert Bierman. Executive Producer Roger Gimbel. Co-Executive Producer Neil Rosenstein. Producers Richard Parks, Richard Smith, Les Alexander. Teleplay Mark Medoff. Photography Phil Meheux. Music Maurice Jarre. Song “Alone in the Night” Maurice Jarre, Norman Gimbel. Song Performed by Bill Champlin. Editor Jim Benson. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Associate Producer Jacob Zilberg. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Lily McGuire), Peter Weller (Rad Hungate), George Loros (Frank Lestall), John Glover (Philip Purness), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Claude Kenley), Harvey Fierstein (Derelict), Charles S. Dutton (Assistant DA), Skye Bassett (Anna), Garrett M. Brown (Gordon), Christopher Noth (Roy Burnette), Ellen Barber (Patty Garretson), Reathel Bean (Lt. Arnold Goodson), Diana Reis (Jean Rombat), Joe Zaloom (Street vendor), Jay Devlin (Truck driver), Seth Allen (Fabricator), Jacqueline McLeod (1st receptionist), Richard Zavaglia (District Attorney), Stephanie Medoff (Mommy Thorne), Ilana Linden (Woman in bar), Damir Andrei (Audiologist), Lianne Kressin (Waitress), Helen Hanft (Cashier), Sam Moses (Cab driver), Chris Christenson (2nd receptionist), Nicholas Kepros (Paul Benzinger), Sean Hewitt (Custodian), Jack Creley (Building superintendent), Murray Lowry (Detective). 1182... April Morning (CBS, 4/24/1988, 120 mins). This well-acted adaptation of Howard Fast’s 1961 novel about the days leading up to the Revolutionary War and the stand the Minutemen took on Lexington Green has several disconcerting elements, not least of which is New England farmer Tommy Lee Jones’ odd West Texas drawl (long before there was a Texas) as he explains to son Chad Lowe that the family came from Great Britain and now must choose sides, and the fact that the whole thing was filmed outside of Montreal. An Emmy nomination went to Allyn Ferguson for his music score. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers Robert Halmi, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Supervising Producer David J. Patterson. Producers Robert Halmi Jr., Delbert Mann. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Based on a Novel by Howard Fast. Photography Frank Tidy. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer William Beeton. 2nd Unit Photographer Pierre Mignot. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Moses Cooper), Robert Urich (Joseph Simmons), Chad Lowe (Adam Cooper), Susan Blakely (Susan Cooper), Meredith Salenger (Ruth Simmons), Rip Torn (Solomon Chandler), Joan Heney (Granny Cooper), Nicholas Kilbertus (John Parker), Griffith Brewer (Samuel Hadley), Thor Bishopric (Jonathan Harrington), Joel Miller (Reverend), Brian Furlong (Joash Smith), Anthony Ulc (Simon Caspar), Philip Spensley (John Buckman), Peter Colvey (Maj. John Pitcairn), Alan Mozes (Young British soldier), Jeannie Walker (Mrs. Simmons), Gary Plaxton (Lt. Col. Francis Smith), John Baggaley (Metcalf), Vlasta Vrana (Paul Revere), Burke Lawrence (Rider on Concord Road), Paul Rutledge (Lieutenant Sutherland), Ken Siegel (Ensign de Berniere), David Gow (Man at Atkins farm), Teddy Lee Dillon (Man at Atkins farm), James Coull (Captain Parsons), Timothy Hine (British soldier), Vincent Glorioso (Lieutenant Baker). 1183... Arch of Triumph (CBS, 5/29/1985, 120 mins). Anthony Hopkins and Lesley-Anne Down, who had played Quasimodo and Esmeralda in the TV-movie version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” three years earlier, have the roles taken in the 1948 film adaptation of the 1945 Remarque novel by Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman as somewhat unlikely lovers in wartorn France. Donald Pleasence, as the lustful Nazi on chanteuse Down’s tail, has the part taken earlier by Charles Laughton. This production of the story superceded an abortive one started in 1982 with Maximilian Schell and Suzanne Pleshette as the romantic twosome. Production Companies Newland-Raynor Productions, HTV Ltd., The Callendar Company. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Milton (Ted) Raynor, Patrick Dromgoole. Co-Executive Producer J David Williams. Producers John

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Newland, Mort Abrahams, Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay Charles Israel. Based on the Novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer Jane Martin. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Ravic), Lesley-Anne Down (Joan), Donald Pleasence (Haake), Frank Finlay (Boris), Richard Pasco (Veber), Joyce Blair (Rolande), Alexander Davion (Alex), Martin Benson (Goldberg), Stephanie Voss (Mrs. Goldberg), Peter Birrell (Wiesenthal), June Barrie (Proprietress), Teddy Kempner (Young husband), Katherine Levy (Young wife), Philip Shelley (Porter), Andrea Evans (Nurse Eugenie), Paul Nicholson (Anesthetist), Michael Burrell (Meyer), David Trevena (Hotel owner), Cornelius Garrett (Waiter), Tim Hooper (Desk clerk), Isolde Cazelet (Old lady), John Flint (Gendarme), Pavel Douglas (Gendarme), Andrew Hilton (Police officer), John Abineri (Fernand), Roger Bizley (Deportation officer), Jerold Wells (Workman), Stuart Linden (Workman), Stewart Guidotti (Workman), Daniel Rovi (Fire eater), Amanda Hillwood (Sybil). 1184... The Archer--Fugitive From the Empire (NBC, 4/12/1981, 120 mins). The growing popularity of the sword and sorcery genre in theatrical films, books and comics led to this comic book pilot to a proposed TV series and the first television movie to explore the fad. Other than George Kennedy, who plays the warrior hero’s bloodsire, the performers were relatively unfamiliar to TV viewers at the time (and many remain so). The plot revolves around a rugged warrior and his quest to avenge his father’s brutal slaying, and his search for a legendary sorcerer who can help him. Joining him on his mission is a beautiful enchantress who is also searching for the sorcerer; pursuing him is a malevolent wizard who wants him dead. Production Companies Mad Dog Productions, Universal Television. Director Nicholas Corea. Producer Nicholas Corea. Co-Producer Stephen Caldwell. Teleplay Nicholas Corea. Photography John McPherson. Music Ian Underwood. Editor Alan Shefland. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Lane Caudell (Toran of Malveel), Belinda Bauer (Estra), Victor Campos (Slant the Drushian), Kabir Bedi (Gar the Draikian), George Innes (Mak the Master Bowman), Marc Alaimo (Sandros), Allan Rich (Paeter Yos), John Hancock (Baldor the World Chief), Priscilla Pointer (Hawk Lady), George Kennedy (Brakus), Robert Feero (Captain Ria), Richard Dix (Rak), Ivan J. Rado (Vors), Sharon Barr (Mandra the Horse Chief), Tony Swartz (Riis), Richard Moll (Bovum ferryman), Chao-Li Chi (Astrologer), Dee Croxton (Woman scholar), Fred Pinkard (Merchant), Scott Wilder (Dar), Larry Douglas (Lazar-Sa), Andrew Bloch (Rega), Skip Riley (Draikian trooper). 1185... Arthur Hailey’s “Strong Medicine” (Synd, 4/21/1986 and 4/28/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This dramatization of Arthur Hailey’s 1984 best-seller about the pharmaceutical industry and one woman’s rise up the ranks of a giant international drug company in the 1950s and ’60s, produced for the Operation Prime Time syndicated “network” with a stellar cast of interesting names, proved to be a case of more style and setting over substance, leading one critic to warn: “‘Strong Medicine’ produces some serious side effect (including) a tendency to strain one’s sense of credibility, which can lead to acute narcolepsy.” Production Companies Konigsberg-Sanitsky Productions, TVS Films, Telepictures Corporation. Director Guy Green. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Dickie Bamber. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Screen Story by Lisa McKenzie. Based on the Novel by Arthur Hailey. Photography Kelvin Pike. Music Stanley Myers. Supervising Editor Bill Blunden. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Allan Cameron. Art Director Tim Hutchinson. Costume Designer Phyllis Dalton. Cast Ben Cross (Martin Taylor), Patrick Duffy (Dr. Andrew Jordan), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Eli Camperdown), Gayle Hunnicutt (Lillian Hawthorne), Pamela Sue Martin (Celiua Grey Jordan), Sam Neill (Vince Lord), Annette O’Toole (Jessica), Dick Van Dyke (Sam Hawthorne), Kristoffer Tabori (Michael Stein), Michael Thoma (Bill Weitz), Paul Maxwell (Mace), T.P. McKenna (Dr. Sweeting), Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Noah Townsend), Daniel Benzali (Seth Feingold), Jay Bura (Billy at age 8), Richard Butler (Martin’s father), Norman Chancer (Guru), Dennis Creaghan (Clint Etheridge), Charlotte Day (Lisa at age 3), Lauren Day (Lisa at age 4), Anthony Funnell (Billy at ages 4-6), Thomasine Heiner (Mildred), Colette Hiller (Amy), Tom Hunsinger (Joey), Otto Jarman (Kevin), Deleena Kidd (Flora Stedman), Douglas Lambert (Bud Jones), Vincent Marzello (Lou), Hannah Morris (Lisa at age 6), Hayward Morse (Tony Redmond), Patricia Prior (Martin’s mother), Stefan Schwartz (Pete), Donna Yeager (Sandra), David Gilliam (Personnel director), Michael John Paliotti (Denny), Robert Arden (Dr. Potter), Weston Garvin (Doctor), Tony Sibbald (Dr. James), Andrea Browne (Mary Rowe), Ian Taylor (John Rowe), John Cassady (1st Salesman), Mac MacDonald (2nd Salesman), Bob Sherman (Senator Donahue), Michael Fitzpatrick (Dave), Diana Weston (Jane), Hilary Ryan (Tina), Jeff Harding (John), Peter Hutchins (Kurt Wyrazik), Barbara Barnes (Nurse), Mary Conford (Nurse), Julian Sherrier (Moreno), Michael Myers (Young Page), Christopher Muncke (Personnel officer). 1186... Arthur the King (CBS, 4/26/1985, 180 mins). The Arthurian legend, distilled curiously through an Alice in Wonderland-type device (Dyan Cannon is a contemporary tourist who, while wandering around Stonehenge, tumbles into a hole in the ground and comes face-to-face with King Arthur and subjects), provided the framework of this rather bizarre epic with a dubious TV history. Filmed in late 1982 as the television acting debut of Candice Bergen (playing a wraith-like Morgan Le Fay), the three-hour “Arthur the King” was scheduled for broadcast three times--in three different years--before finally getting on the air, by which time Bergen had made her debut in “Hollywood Wives” and Malcolm McDowell had acted both in “Gulag” on cable TV and as the wolf opposite his then-wife, Mary Steenburgen, in “LittleRed Riding Hood” on “Faerie Tale Theater.” Production Companies Martin Poll Films, Comworld Productions. Director Clive Donner. Producer Martin Poll. Teleplay J. David Wyles. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Charles Gross. Editor Peter Tanner. Production Designer Francesco Chianese. Art Director Dusko Jericevic. Costume Designer Phyllis Dalton.

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Cast Malcolm McDowell (Arthur), Candice Bergen (Morgan Le Fay), Edward Woodward (Merlin), Dyan Cannon (Katherine), Lucy Gutteridge (Niniane), Joseph Blatchley (Mordred), Rupert Everett (Lancelot), Rosalyn Landor (Guinevere), Liam Neeson (Grak), Patrick Ryecart (Gawain), Phillip Sayer (Agravain), Ann Thornton (Lady Ragnell), Denis Lill (King Pellinore), John Quarmby (Sir Kai), Michael Gough (Archbishop), Milance Avramovic (Gorgo), Terry Torday (Enchanted Queen), Mary Stavin (Princess), Carole Ashby (Princess), Alison Worth (Princess), Peter Blythe (Guide), Pat Starr (Woman passenger), Marie Elise (1st court lady), Maryam D’Abo (2nd court lady), Tina Robinson (3rd court lady), Pia Constance-Churcher (Barge lady), Linda Fontana (Barge lady), Christianne Hunt (Barge lady), Cia Ford (Barge lady), Miro Pfeiffer (Undead knight), Mire Pitenc (Charnel cart driver), Vlado Spindler (Boatman), Mise Martinovic (Niniane’s father), Tom Vukusic (Ragnar). 1187... As Is (Showtime, 7/27/1986, 120 mins). The made-for-cable film version of the highly regarded 1985 Broadway play by William M. Hoffman about a homosexual stricken with AIDS and his former lover who returns to care for him was the second (and much more graphic) television movie dealing with the scourge--“An Early Frost” predated it by about eight months. Robert Carradine, who had starred in the Los Angeles stage production, is the dying victim, and Jonathan Hadary, in his film debut, re-creates his original stage role, for which he had won an Obie Award for the Off-Broadway production prior to moving uptown. Production Company Brandman Productions. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Executive Producer Michael Brandman. Producer Iris Merlis. Co-Producer Patrick Whitley. Teleplay William M. Hoffman. Based on the Play by William M. Hoffman. Photography Rene Ohashi. Music Peter Matz. Editor Ruth A. Foster. Art Director Jacques Bradette. Cast Robert Carradine (Rich Farrell), Jonathan Hadary (Saul), Joanna Miles (Lily), Alan Scarfe (Brother), Colleen Dewhurst (Hospice worker), Julie Ganton (Brother’s wife), Doug Annear (Chet), Samantha Langevin (Partner), Reg Dreger (1st doctor), Gerald Lenton (2nd doctor), Tonya Lee Williams (TV commentator), Jeremy Ratchford (1st pickup), Chris Owens (2nd pickup), Andrew Lewarne (1st clone), Tedd Dillon (2nd clone), Robbie Haas (Bartender), Stewart Arnott (1st man), Linda Kash (1st woman), Margaret Bard (2nd woman), Brian Young (1st person with AIDS), Paddy Campanaro (2nd person with AIDS), Leonard Chow (3rd person with AIDS), Elizabeth Rukavina (Nurse), Jason Blicker (Hospital worker), Robert Morelli (1st dealer), Billie Newton Davis (2nd dealer). 1188... As Summers Die (HBO, 5/18/1986, 120 mins). Small-town Louisiana of the late 1950s is the setting for this leisurely drama about a local lawyer (Scott Glenn) who volunteers to help a black woman whose property is threatened by the town’s wealthiest family, and finds the old lady’s two allies in an eccentric member of the greedy clan (Bette Davis) and her hotblooded niece (Jamie Lee Curtis). Filming was done entirely in Valdosta, Georgia, for this made-for-cable film directed by JeanClaude Tramont, best known for the 1981 movie, “All Night Long,” which starred Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman. Adapted from the novel by Winston Groom. Production Companies Konigsberg-Sanitsky Productions, Chris-Rose Productions, Telepictures Corporation, HBO Premiere Films. Director Jean-Claude Tramont. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producers Robert W Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg. Co-Producers Peter Baldwin, Richard Aldrich. Teleplay Jeff Andrus, Ed Namzug. Based on the Novel by Winston Groom. Photography Ernest Day. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Michael Brown. Art Director Gene Rudolf. Cast Scott Glenn (Willie Croft), Jamie Lee Curtis (Whitsey Loftin), Bette Davis (Hannah Loftin), John Randolph (Augustus Tompkins), Ron O’Neal (Daniel Backus), Bruce McGill (V.D. Skinner), Richard Venture (Brevard Holt), John McIntire (Judge Dudley McCormack), Beah Richards (Elvira Backus), Penny Fuller (Marcel Holt), Paul Roebling (Percy Holt), CCH Pounder (Priscilla), Tammy Baldwin (Wanda), Nadia Gay Brown (Ruth Holt), Bill Coates (Carley), Ruth Council (Woman in church), John Eldridge (Tax assessor), Roy R. Finn (Man in court), Ed Grady (Boudreaux), Eugene Grenecker Jr. (Records clerk), Jeff Griswald (Tompkins’ assistant), Maceo Antonio Horne (The Butler), J.J. Jennings, Horace Johns, Michael Meatheringham, Danny Nelson, Willie Mack Rose, Rev. Willie Ross Sr., James R. Shoppe, Fluker Stewart, George Tate. 1189... Assassin (CBS, 3/19/1986, 120 mins). Retired government agent Robert Conrad is pressed back into service to aid lady professor Karen Austin capture and terminate a renegade, nearly invincible robot she had created that had been reprogrammed to kill agency director Robert Webber and a group of leading politicians. Richard Young is the bionic man-turnedassassin. Production Company Sankan Productions. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producer Sandor Stern. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Anthony Guefen. Editor James Galloway. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Henry J. Golas. Cast Robert Conrad (Henry Stanton), Karen Austin (Mary Casallas), Richard Young (Robert Golem), Jonathan Banks (Earl Dickman), Robert Webber (Calvin Lantz), Ben Frank (Franklin), Jessica Nelson (Ann Walsh), Nancy Lenehan (Grace Decker), Len Birman (Senator Corbin), Robert F. Hoy (Becker), Nick Angotti (Kreiger), Grace Simmons (Secretary), Allan Graf (Wheeler), Richard Newton (Oliver Smithfield), Scott Lincoln (Todd), John H. Evans (Slocum), Patrick Gorman (Agent One), Mark Lindsay (Hotel clerk), Chuck Courtney (Corridor agent), Jamie Stern (Teenager), Leonard A. Mazzola (Marcus Baines). 1190... Assault and Matrimony (NBC, 9/28/1987, 120 mins). Playing an unhappily married couple plotting to bump each other off in this “romantic” comedy are real-life (and, on “L.A. Law,” fictional) husband and wife Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry. The acrimonious twosome of what appears to be a live-action Jiggs and Maggie cartoon (for the generation that

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remembers that battling duo from the comic strips and B movies) devise a series of less-than-perfect schemes to do in the other one--to the consternation of assorted fellow TV “names.” Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, NBC Productions. Director James Frawley. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Supervising Producer Joel Dean. Producer Karen Moore. Teleplay John Binder. Based on a Book by James Anderson. Photography Dick Bush. Additional Photography Laszlo George. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor Lee Burch. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Art Director Sandy Cochrane. Cast Jill Eikenberry (Sylvia Chalmers), Michael Tucker (Edgar Chalmers), John Hillerman (Cyril Combs), Michelle Phillips (Madge Evers), Joe Cortese (Smith), Raf Mauro (Nokes), Reva Rose (Big Bertha), Kenneth Camroux (Michael Bollard), Patricia Dahlquist (Sally), Antony Holland (George), Duncan MacGregor (Gardener), Monica Marko (Waitress), Walter Marsh (Judge), Wally Michaels (Waiter), Doreen Ramus (Mrs. McGowan), Enid Saunders (Deaf woman), William Taylor (Detective), Jerry Wasserman (Desk clerk). 1191... At Mother’s Request (CBS, 1/4/1987 and 1/6/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The first of two dramatizations, told as a two-part movie, explored the headline-making case of real-life Manhattan socialite Frances Schreuder, a twice-divorced mother of three who harangued her wealthy Utah-based parents for money to support her opulent lifestyle. When her father, Franklin Bradshaw, was found murdered in July 1978, suspicion pointed her way. Investigators found the killer to be her pliant 17-year-old son, Marc, under orders from his manipulative mother to do in his grandfather after he and older brother Larry botched a plot she instigated to steal her father’s will and change it. Both mother and son ended up in the Utah State prison. The sensational case became the subject of several books. The one used here was Jonathan Coleman’s bestseller. The second dramatization of the case, a six-hour miniseries that premiered several months after this version, “Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder,” starred Lee Remick. Production Company A Vista Organization Ltd. Production. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Gabriel Katzka, Bob Markell. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Richard DeLong Adams. Based on a Book by Jonathan Coleman. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Charles Gross. Editor Gary Griffen. Production Designer W. Woods Mackintosh. Associate Producer A. Kitman Ho. Cast Stefanie Powers (Frances Schreuder), Doug McKeon (Marc Schreuder), Frances Sternhagen (Berenice Bradshaw), John Wood (Richard Behrens), Corey Parker (Larry Schreuder), Ray Baker (Michael George), Terry O’Quinn (Joel Campbell), Penny Fuller (Marilyn Bradshaw Reagan), E.G. Marshall (Franklin Bradshaw), Frances Lee McCain (Louise Bradshaw Turner), Roberts Blossom (Doug Steele), Jon DeVries (Ernie Jones), Allan Miller (Mike Rosen), Jenna von Oy (Ashley Schreuder), Dan Lauria (Myles Manning), Mady Kaplan (Mary Lou Kaiser), Mitchell Laurance (Nathan Stein), Ray Reinhardt (Dr. Louis Moench), Martin Donovan (Detective Regan), Christopher Noth (Steve Klein), Louis Borgenicht (Stanley Turner), Nancy Borgenicht (Nancy Jones), Franc Cagney (Birddog), Walt Field (Clive Davis), John Horton (David Richardson), Cynthia Meryl (Real estate agent), Gene Pack (Wally Glover), H.E.D. Redford (Neil Swan), Sally Stark (Cynthia), George Sullivan (Detective Voyles), George Bartenieff (Mr. Coles), Jay Bernard (Judge Baldwin), Frank Biancamano (Vittorio Gentile), Dayton Callie (City postal worker), Mary Cole (Alma), Jasmine Guy (Bank teller), Paul Hoover (Jewelry salesman), Michael C. Mahon (Ernie Cruz), Ray Martucci (Frank Juliano), Mary Testa (Jennie Coles), Paul Van Dam (Himself), Morgan White (Judge Sawaya), Tim Nelson (Security guard). 1192... The Atlanta Child Murders (CBS, 2/10/1985 and 2/12/1985, 2 parts, 120/180 mins 5 hours). A network causecelebre on its initial showing because of presumed “liberties” taken with the facts, this two-part, five-hour docudrama was based on the highly charged Wayne Williams case in Atlanta, Georgia; he was a self-styled black music promoter who was convicted in 1982 for the murder of two adults following a pattern of child killings in Atlanta’s black community between 1979 and 1981. Both Rip Torn and Martin Sheen won Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Supporting Actor (Sheen refused his nomination as he had for “That Certain Summer” a dozen years before) for their performances as, respectively, the politically ambitious district attorney and the former cop who had resigned from the force and went on to aid the victims’ families. (Interestingly Sheen and Torn earlier portrayed John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in TV movies and Torn later would portray Lyndon Johnson.) An Emmy nomination also went to the film’s hairstylist. Production Companies Gerald Rafshoon Communications, Abby Mann Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Abby Mann, Gerald Rafshoon. Supervising Producer Carl Pingitore. Producers Bill Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Teleplay Abby Mann. Photography Victor J. Kemper. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “On the Nickel” by Tom Waits. Song Performed by Bruce Scott. Editors Neil Travis, Earl Herdan, Steven Potter, William Hoy. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Jason Robards (Alvin Binder), James Earl Jones (Major Walker), Rip Torn (Lewis Slaton), Morgan Freeman (Ben Shelter), Calvin Levels (Wayne Williams), Lynne Moody (Selena Cobb), Ruby Dee (Faye Williams), Gloria Foster (Camille Bell), Paul Benjamin (Homer Williams), Martin Sheen (Chet Dettlinger), Andrew Robinson (Jack Mallard), Christopher Allport (Larry Peterson), Guy Boyd (Mike Edwards), Gary Graham (Ken Lawson), Bill Paxton (Campbell), Percy Rodrigues (Mayor Jackson), William Allen Young (Withers), Tina Andrews (Gwendolyn), Michael Alldredge (Bobby Tolin), Jim Antonio (Gilliland), Stephen Godwin (Jerry Heckler), Ernest Harden Jr. (Cool Breeze), Don Hood (McLean), Kenneth Kimmins (Broderick), Christopher Mahar (Dr. Saleh Zaki), Alley Mills (Amy Kennear), CCH Pounder (Venus Taylor), Veronica Redd (Sharon Blakely), Henry G. Sanders (Judge Clarence Cooper), Lisa Blake Richards (Helen Dettlinger), Barbara Sammeth (Connie Levine), Essex Smith (Robert Henry), Harold Sylvester (Hindsman), Royce Wallace (Margaret Carter), Charles Weldon (John Bell), John Wesley (Tombe Chorro), Mark

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Arnold (David Dingle), Beau Billingslea (Commissioner Lee Brown), Ed Cambridge (Mr. Cobb), Marilyn Coleman (Lois Evans), Noel Conlon (Psychiatrist), John Devlin (Cassidy), Clarence Floyd III (J.J. Coleman), Zero Hubbard (Patrick), Barbara Iley (Mary Welcome), Steve W. James (1st policeman), John Lafayette (Young lawyer), Lawrence Lott (Dr. Sack), Felton Perry (Reverend Avery), John Petlock (Pathologist), Jack Rader (Rackleff), J.W. Smith (Nathaniel Carter), Maurice Sneed (Roommate), Christopher St. John (Baltazar), Kristoff St. John (Sheldon Kemp), Olga Talyn (Mrs. Sack), Robert S. Telford (Polygraph operator), Anthony Thompkins (Darryl), Ellen Tobie (Gloria Patterson), Myrna White (Robin Shelter), Noble Willingham (Jerry Armstrong), Erica Yohn (Ruth). 1193... Attack on Fear (CBS, 10/10/1984, 120 mins). A pair of married small-town journalists take on the controversial Synanon organization with their expose forcing a government investigation and winning for them a Pulitzer Prize. Filmed in June of 1982 under the title “The Light of Synanon,” it was based on the book of that name by Dave and Cathy Mitchell (since divorced) and Berkeley professor and expert in social control Richard Ofshe. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Thomas W. Moore, John D. Backe, Philip D Fehrle. Producer Herbert Hirschman. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Based on a Book by Dave Mitchell, Cathy Mitchell, Richard Ofshe. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Tony Berg. Editor Leonard Malek. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Paul Michael Glaser (Dave Mitchell), Linda Kelsey (Cathy Mitchell), Kevin Conway (Richard Ofshe), John Harkins (Tom Banner), Alan Fudge (Art Disterhoft), Barbara Babcock (Jane Dutton), Tom Villard (Keith), Jerry Hardin (Sheriff Bergus), Hugh Reilly (Lofgren), Wendy Goldman (Gail), Marion Kodama Yue (Katie Masato), Macon McCalman (Mr. Bledsoe), Edith Fields (Doris Gambonini), John H. Fields (Al Gambonini), Thomas Lowell (Paul Morantz), Nicholas Mele (Tony), Joseph Chapman (Agent), Cheryl Francis (Tammy), Jody Carter (Artistic lady), Davis Roberts (Seth Anderson), Jack Gregory (Tompkins), Patricia E. Parris (Bonnie), Gary Bayer (Veteran reporter), Cater Cole (Harper), Kimberly Howard (Harper’s wife), Erin Patricia Boyd (Ex-prostitute), Dondi Meredith Bastone (College student), Biff Yeager (Tough detective), Kathleen Hiethala (Jesse), Robert Ruth (John), David Key (Cameraman), Mary Armantrout (Reporter), Joe Handy (Reporter), Chris Pina (Peter), James Cooney (Synanon driver), J.W. Smith (Synanon man), Jack Scalici (Synanon man), Pat McGilligan (George). 1194... The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (CBS, 4/17/1988, 120 mins). Affecting version of the now-famous Anne Frank story told from the perspective of Mies Giep, the Dutch woman who helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis. Mary Steenburgen, in her TV-movie debut, and Lisa Jacobs (later Jakub), whose resemblance to Anne Frank from all known photos is remarkable, both were nominated for Emmy Awards for acting, as were director John Erman and editor Jerrold Ludwig, and the British-made production itself was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama. William Hanley won the Emmy for his teleplay, which he adapted from the book “Anne Frank Remembered” by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold. Production Companies Telecom Entertainment Inc., Yorkshire Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Co-Executive Producers David Cunliffe, William Hanley. Supervising Producer John Erman. Producers Marjorie Kalins, Timothy J. Fee, Nick Gillott. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Book by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold. Photography Peter Jackson. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Malcolm Middleton. Art Director Richard Jarvis. Associate Producer Alison Leslie Gold. Cast Mary Steenburgen (Miep Gies), Paul Scofield (Otto Frank), Huub Stapel (Jan Gies), Eleanor Bron (Edith Frank), Frances Cuka (Petronella Van Daan), Miriam Karlin (Mrs. Samson), Ronald Pickup (Jo Koophuis), Gary Raymond (Kraler), Victor Spinetti (Herman Van Daan), Tom Wilkinson (Silberbauer), Lisa Jakub (Anne Frank), Isabelle Aymes (Elli Vossen), Jan Sears (Peter Van Daan), Georgia Slowe (Margot Frank), Jeffrey Robert (Dr. Albert Dussel), Edda Barends (Lotte Dussel), Sylvia Rotter (Ilsa), Bruce Rawlinson (Hendricks), Tony Doyle (Dortmunn), Lex DeRegt (Muller), Peter Broekaert (Clerk in shop), Arthur Boni (Customer), Guus Van Der Made (Social worker), Greet Groot (Woman customer). 1195... Attica (ABC, 3/2/1980, 120 mins). Acclaimed dramatization of Tom Wicker’s 1975 book “A Time to Die” recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York’s Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War. Marvin J. Chomsky won an Emmy Award for his direction, and nominations went to Charles Durning as Outstanding Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald, to writer James Henerson for his teleplay adapted from the account by Wicker (played in the film by George Grizzard), to editor Paul LaMastra, and to the film’s battery of sound editors. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer Louis Rudolph. Teleplay James Henerson. Based on a Book by Tom Wicker. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Gil Melle. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Henry Darrow (Herman Badillo), Charles Durning (Russell Oswald), Joel Fabiani (Sen. Gordon Conners), Morgan Freeman (Hap Richards), George Grizzard (Tom Wicker), David Harris (T.J.), Roger E. Mosley (Frank Green), Arlen Dean Snyder (Superintendant Vince Macusi), Glynn Turman (Raymond Franklin), Anthony Zerbe (William Kunstler), Andrew Duncan (Lieutenant Driscoll), Ron Foster (Leon Clay), William Flatley (Dudley), Noble Lee Lester (Bobby Seale), Paul Lieber (Art Silver), M.B. Miller (McLaughlin), Earl Rowe (Captain Cowan), Maurice Woods (Lumumba). 1196... Aurora (NBC, 10/22/1984, 120 mins). Sophia Loren and her real-life 11-year-old son (in his acting debut) are mother and son in this romantic comedy-drama about a woman who sets out to track down and trick several former lovers to pay for

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the boy’s badly needed eye operation. A true family affair that not only starred Loren and son but also was produced by Alex Ponti, her stepson, and featured her niece, Allesandra Mussolini (Benito’s granddaughter), this movie was filmed on location in Italy with an all Italian and French cast, except for Daniel J. Travanti, as one of the boy’s possible fathers, and Anna Strasberg (Lee’s widow). Originally it was titled “Aurora By Night” and then “My Three Loves.” Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Peregrine Producers Group. Director Maurizio Ponzi. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Supervising Producer Alessandro Van Norman. Producer Alex Ponti. Teleplay John McGreevey, Franco Ferrini, Gianni Menon, Maurizio Ponzi. Photography Roberto Gerardi. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Michael Brown. Art Director Guido Iosia. Associate Producer Neil Rosenstein. Cast Sophia Loren (Aurora), Daniel J. Travanti (David Ackerman), Edoardo Ponti (Ciro), Angela Goodwin (Nurse), Ricky Tognazzi (Michele Orcini), Marisa Merlini (Teresa), Anna Strasberg (Angela Feretti), Franco Fabrizi (Guelfo), Philippe Noiret (Dr. Andre Feretti), Antonio Allocca (Taxi driver), Gianfranco Amoroso (Gas station attendant), David Caneron (Sergeant Floyd), Vittorio Duce (Mechanic), Jorge Krimer (Priest), Allesandra Mussolini (Bride). 1197... The Awakening of Candra (CBS, 12/16/1983, 120 mins). Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1975 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras, this psychodrama gained the dubious distinction of having its world television premiere in the wee hours of the morning after having sat on the shelf for 2-1/2 years (as “The Brainwashing of Candra Torres”). Production Company Michael Klein Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Michael Klein. CoExecutive Producer Peter Tomarken. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Tom Lazarus. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Blanche Baker (Candra Torres), Cliff DeYoung (Tom Brown), Richard Jaeckel (Detective Harrison), Jeffrey Tambor (Michael Silver), Paul Regina (Julio Torres), Elizabeth Cheshire (Maria), Parley Baer (Chief Brooks), Rosanna Huffman (Sara), Vernon Weddle (Reiser), Gypsi DeYoung (Bonnie), Jonathan Estrin (Forest), Robert Moloney (Hayden), Myron Natwick (Burrows), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Nettles), Gwen Van Dam (Mrs. Stern). 1198... The B.R.A.T. Patrol (ABC, 10/26/1986, 120 mins). Family-oriented Disney adventure about a spirited bunch of military “brats” living at a Marine air station who uncover a scheme to steal base equipment but can’t convince the brass to believe them, so they form their own “B.R.A.T. Patrol,” led by the power-hungry son of the base commander (Brian Keith). Production Companies Mark H. Ovitz Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Mollie Miller. Producer Mark H. Ovitz. Teleplay Chris C. Carter, Michael Patrick Goodman. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Jonathan Tunick. Editors Glenn Farr, Barbara Dixon. Art Director Raymond G. Storey. Cast Sean Astin (Leonard Kinsey), Tim Thomerson (Maj. Dan Hackett), Jason Presson (Raymond McGeorge), Joe Wright (Chuck Newmeyer), Dustin Berkovitz (Darryl “Squeaker” Malloy), Dylan Kussman (Danny “Bug” Malloy), Nia Long (Darla Perkins), Brian Keith (General Newmeyer), Stephen Lee (Phillips), John Quade (“Knife”), Billy Jacoby (Whittle), Dean Anthony (Card checker), Lisa Dinkins (Desk sergeant), Greg Finley (Joe), John Hafrancis (Mr. Foster), Ira Heiden (Gary), Sgt. Anne C. Larson (Lieutenant), Marcus K. Mukai (Young captain), John Putch (Corporal), Daniel Riordan (Harry), Lew Saunders (MP), Michael Tulin (Walter), Jacob Vargas (Student AG), Ed Williams (Asst. Defense Secretary Atwood). 1199... Babes in Toyland (NBC, 12/19/1986, 180 mins). Filmed in Munich, this adaptation of the familiar tale of a young girl who is magically transported to a fantasy land inhabited by story book characters was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel, who also wrote “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” and the earlier all-star TV musical version of “Alice in Wonderland.” Gone, however, was nearly the entire Victor Herbert score so closely identified with “Babes in Toyland,” and in its place was a completely new one by Leslie Bricusse (all that remained of Victor Herbert were “Toyland” and “March of the Toys”). Critics and audiences were far from smitten with this somewhat overproduced version which was unfavorably compared to earlier film versions, particularly Hal Roach’s sparkling, compact (at a mere 70 minutes) production that starred Laurel and Hardy. The 1961 Walt Disney adaptation starred Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger and Ed Wynn. Two other earlier TV versions: in 1950, with Dennis King, Robert Weede, Edith Fellowes, Gil Lamb and others; in 1954 with Wally Cox, Dennis Day, Dave Garroway, Barbara Cook, Jack E. Leonard, etc. (in an adaptation written by, among others, Neil Simon). Production Companies Sheldon Pinchuk Productions, Finnegan Associates, Orion Television. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan. Supervising Producer Anthony Spinner. Producers Tony Ford, Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Paul Zindel. Based on Stage Production by Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music Leslie Bricusse. Songs by Leslie Bricusse. Music Conductor Ian Fraser. Choreographer Eleanor Fazan. Editor David Saxon. Production Designer Robert Laing. Art Director Helmut Gassner. Costume Designer Evangeline Harrison. Cast Drew Barrymore (Lisa Piper), Richard Mulligan (Bernie/Barnaby Barnacle), Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Piper/Widow Hubbard), Keanu Reeves (Alex/Jack Be Nimble), Jill Schoelen (Margaret/Mary Contrary), Googy Gress (Jim/Georgie Porgie), Pat Morita (The Toymaster), Walter Buschoff (Justice Grimm), Rolf Knie (Zack), Gaston Hanei (Mack), Pipe Sosman (Jack-in-theBox), Shari Weiser (Trollog), Chad Carlson (Joey), Elizabeth Schot (Raggedy Ann), Mona Lee Goss (Mrs. Goosefoot), Herbert Heldt (Dr. Foster), Ray Samberg (Town Crier), Wanda Burke, Jean Leroy, Veronica Loomis, John Kanarowski, Tony Barton (Cookie Factory workers).

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1200... Baby Comes Home (CBS, 10/16/1980, 120 mins). This sequel to “And Baby Makes Six” (1979) reunites Colleen Dewhurst and Warren Oates as the middle-aged couple who, having raised three children, become parents again and are forced to restructure their lives. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producers Kay Hoffman, Shelley List. Teleplay Shelley List. Photography Ric Waite. Music Fred Karlin. Editor David Saxon. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Colleen Dewhurst (Anna Kramer), Warren Oates (Michael Kramer), Devon Ericson (Elizabeth Winston), Fredric Lehne (Franklin Kramer), Christopher Marcantel (Jason Kramer), Mildred Dunnock (Serena), Paul McCrane (Bobby Moore), David Huffman (Jeff Winston), Dena Dietrich (Dora), James Noble (Dr. Elliott Losen), Lee Wallace (Sam Blumenkrantz), Floyd Levine (Louise Zambello), Toni Gellman (Loretta Zambello), Maria Melendez (Marta Kramer), Mel Stewart (Mr. Adams), John Medici (Officer Caputo), Janice Kent (Attractive girl in car), Archie Lang (Delivery room doctor), George Carroll (Umberto). 1201... Baby Girl Scott (CBS, 5/24/1987, 120 mins). Well-received, quite affecting contemporary drama dealing with a married couple’s rights to decide the fate of their premature and severely damaged infant daughter, without regard to the bureaucracy of the government or the medical community. Production Companies The Polson Company, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Beth Polson. Supervising Producer Patricia Finnegan. Producer Nick Lombardo. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Based on a Story by Beth Polson, Christopher Knopf. Photography William Wages. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Jim Oliver. Art Director Joe Rainey. Executive in Charge of Production David Roessell. Cast John Lithgow (Neil Scott), Mary Beth Hurt (Wendy Scott), Linda Kelsey (Jean Gelson), Ronny Cox (Dr. Kenderly), Mimi Kennedy (Jane), Julie Cobb (Robin Marshall), Deborah Harmon (Terri), Michael Horton (Dr. Phillips), Raphael Sbarge (Dr. Nelman), John M. Jackson (David Marshall), Robert Desiderio (Dr. Radburn), Janet MacLachlan (Cathy), Nancy Lenehan (Dinah), Mindy Seeger (Bernice), Terri Hanauer (Janet), Robina Suwol (Gail), Cathryn Perdue (Jenny), Armin Shimerman (Mr. Taverner), Jeanne Hepple (Admissions clerk), Dian Kobayashi (Dr. Hiyashi), Vivien Straus (Nurse), Robert Bruce (Resident), T.C. Ryan (Driver), H. Richard Greene (Howard Orrison). 1202... Baby M (ABC, 5/22/1988 and 5/23/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Emotional well-acted docudrama revolving around the landmark child-custody case of the mid-’80s with JoBeth Williams portraying Mary Beth Whitehead, the New Jersey housewife who signed a contract to conceive a child through artificial insemination for William and Elizabeth Stern (John Shea, in an Emmy winning performance as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special, and Robin Strasser) and then reneges after giving birth and fleeing to Florida with the infant named Baby M, leading to a bitter legal custody battle after being forced by the courts to turn over the child. Widely hailed, the two-part four-hour film received several Emmy nominations, aside from the award given to Shea: Outstanding Drama; JoBeth Williams as Outstanding Actress; both Bruce Weitz as Whitehead’s husband and Dabney Coleman as the Sterns’ attorney Gary Skoloff for Outstanding Supporting Actor; James Sadwith for his teleplay (part 1); and James Crabe for his photography (part 1). The outcome of the case was not yet decided at the time of production and a lengthy epilogue was appended on the screen and read by a voice-over narrator to update it to the time of the premiere. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director James Steven Sadwith. Executive Producer Ilene Amy Berg. Producer Gordon L. Freedman. Teleplay James Steven Sadwith. Photography James Crabe. Music Charles Fox. Editors Paul LaMastra, Eric Sears. Production Designer Paul Peters. Cast JoBeth Williams (Mary Beth Whitehead), John Shea (William Stern), Bruce Weitz (Rick Whitehead), Robin Strasser (Elizabeth Stern), Anne Jackson (Lorraine Abraham), Bruce McGill (Harold Cassidy), Dakin Matthews (Judge Harvey R. Sorkow), Jenny Lewis (Tuesday Whitehead), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Sherri Messer), Annabella Price (Sue Herganhan), Dabney Coleman (Gary Skoloff), Lonny Chapman (Joseph Messer), Nancy Addison (Joanne Cahill), Tricia O’Neil (Dr. Grief), Ben Slack (Dr. Schechter), Brian Peter Green (Ryan Whitehead), Lesley Woods (Catherine Messer), Allan Wasserman (Grosman), Matt Roe (Paul Koenig), Lisa Raggio (ICNY receptionist), Linda Porter (Dr. Einwohner), J. Michael Flynn (Dr. Brotzinsky), Laura Owens (Kathy Tyler), John Petlock (Noel Keene), Robert King (Dr. Klein), Michael Young (Lone reporter), Gerry Black (Bailiff), James Paradise (Photographer), Julie Parrish (Nurse in hospital), Flo Di Re (Dr. Silverman), Charles Gruber (Dr. Kopelwicz), Steve Arnold (Dr. Marino), Stuart Nisbet (Mary Beth’s doctor), Chris Hendrie (Perinstologist), Michael Pressman (Conthalmologist), Lisa Dinkins (Nurse), Marilyn Kagan (Delivery nurse), Frances Labyorteaux (Woman at nursery), Stephen Liska (Off. Richard Lange), Hector Estrada, John LeBell, Fred Parker, Dennis Morgan Strange, Dale Swann, James Occhino, Jesse Ehrich, Naomi Stevens, Kate Finlayson, Anne Etue, Helene Udy, Mary Petrie, Harriet Medin, Evelyn Baherges, Channing Chase, Dian Kobayashi, Jeff Liffa, Alexander Folk, John Rixey Moore, Bonnie Emerson, Travis Swords, Jan Connery. 1203... Baby Sister (ABC, 3/6/1983, 120 mins). Sultry college dropout Phoebe Cates moves in with older sister Pamela Bellwood and proceeds to break up the relationship between the latter and her live-in boyfriend, Ted Wass, with whom baby sister begins a sensuous love affair. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is the girls’ stern widower father. Initial title: “Tainted Love.” Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Jo Lynne Michael, Paul Haggard Jr., Susan Title. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Fred Karlin. Songs “When It Gets Too

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Hot” and “Love Can” by Jeff Barry, Fred Karlin. Editors Gregory Prange, Michael Hill. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Robert M. Sertner. Production Executive William Beaudine Jr. Cast Ted Wass (David Mitchell), Phoebe Cates (Annie Burroughs), Pamela Bellwood (Marsha Burroughs), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Tom Burroughs), Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Strauss), Jill Jacobson (Jessie), Eb Lottimer (Buddy), Ed Hooks (Counselor), Ta-Tanisha (Night nurse), Thomas F. Duffy (Michael Fancher). 1204... Babycakes (CBS, 2/14/1989, 120 mins). Semi-comic television remake of Percy Adlon’s 1985 cult German film “Sugarbaby” about a lonely, overweight young mortuary cosmetician (Ricki Lake, in her “chubbette” days making her TV debut) who has all but given up on men, until she lays eyes on an Adonis (Craig Sheffer) and sets out to conquer him. Production Company The Konigsberg-Sanitsky Company. Director Paul Schneider. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Diana Kerew. Co-Producer Joyce Eliason. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on the Screenplay by Percy Adlon. Photography Tony Imi. Music William Olvis. Musical Supervisor Dick Rudolph. Song Performed by Frankie Valli. Editor Ron Binkowski. Production Designer David Gropman. Art Director David Jaquest. Associate Producer Jayne Bieber. Cast Ricki Lake (Grace Johnson), Craig Sheffer (Rob Harrison), Nada Despotovich (Keri), Paul Benedict (Mr. Magleby), Cynthia Dale (Olivia), Erik King (Glide), Betty Buckley (Wanda), Elena Kudaba (Neighbor), Alana Salvatore (Elsa), Nicole Greenspan (Lisa), Marguerite Pigott (Saleslady), Tom Harvey (Judge), Deborah Cass (Mortuary woman #1), Judy Sinclair (Mortuary woman #2), Patrick Patterson (Official), Sandi Ross (Subway token clerk), Ellen Maguire (Waitress), Mary Jo Stryker (Cologne saleslady), Wayne Best (Motorman #1), Jefferson Mappin (Motorman #2), Daniel Pawlick (Motorman #3), Jimhi Kennedy (Scam artist), Nancy Cser (Young TV woman), Deborah Taylor (TV self-help woman), Brenda Kamino (Chinese woman), Harvey Chao (Chinese man), Maxine Miller (Lingerie saleslady), Olga Merediz (Check-out girl). 1205... The Babysitter (ABC, 11/28/1980, 120 mins). In the title role, Stephanie Zimbalist is the sweet young thing who manipulates her way into the lives of Patty Duke Astin and William Shatner as their housekeeper and their daughter’s sitter, and soon fills the family with horror and hate. This psychological thriller reunited Zimbalist with her former teacher and drama department head at Juilliard, John Houseman, playing the doddering old doctor “from next door,” in a special guest appearance (as TV credits like to read). Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Peter Medak. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer David Garcia. Teleplay Jennifer Miller. Photography Rexford Metz. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Douglas Higgins. Production Executives Richard M. Rosenbloom, Stanley Neufeld. Cast Patty Duke Astin (Liz Benedict), William Shatner (Dr. Jeff Benedict), Quinn Cummings (Tara Benedict), David Wallace (Scotty), Kenneth Tigar (Tom Montgomery), Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Welford), Stephanie Zimbalist (Joanna Redwine), John Houseman (Doc Lindquist), Hildy Brooks (Barbara), Frank Birney (Mr. Farragut), Ty Haller (Minister). 1206... The Bad Seed (ABC, 2/7/1985, 120 mins). This television remake of the 1954 Broadway stage hit and subsequent film two years later of Maxwell Anderson’s play adapted from William March’s tidy little chiller novel (both starred Nancy Kelly as the horrified mother and Patty McCormack as the precious young daughter she discovers to be a murderer) emerged an equally frightening contemporary thriller. Blair Brown and nine-year-old Carrie Wells assumed the starring roles, Richard Kiley (in a gender-switched part) had the role taken in both the play and earlier film by Eileen Heckart as the parent of the schoolmate drowned by the “angelic” young girl, and David Carradine (in the old Henry Jones role) is the local dimwit handyman unlucky enough to see through the youngster’s sunny disposition. CinematographerTed Voigtlander won an Emmy Award nomination for his contribution. Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay George Eckstein. Based on the Novel by William March. Based on the Play by Maxwell Anderson. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Steve Cohen. Art Director Fredric P Hope. Associate Producer Maria Padilla. Cast Blair Brown (Christine Penmark), Lynn Redgrave (Monica Breedlove), David Carradine (Leroy), Carrie Wells (Rachel Penmark), Richard Kiley (Richard Bravo), David Ogden Stiers (Emory Breedlove), Anne Haney (Alice Fern), Weldon Bleiler (Fred Daigler), Carol Locatell (Rita Daigler), Chad Allen (Mark Daigler), Eve Smith (Mrs. Post), Christa Denton (Rhoda Penmark), Sarah Fairfax, Katharine Tobin. 1207... Badge of the Assassin (CBS, 11/2/1985, 120 mins). The 1979 bestseller by Robert Tannenbaum (with Philip Rosenberg), the New York County Assistant District Attorney who directed the nationwide pursuit of the killers of two New York City cops in the early 1970s, was dramatized here with James Woods as the tenacious laws enforcer and Yaphet Kotto as the nononsense detective he enlists to help bring in the murderers, members of the Black Liberation Army. Production Company Daniel H. Blatt-Robert Singer Productions. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L. Singer. Co-Executive Producer Robert K. Tanenbaum. Teleplay Lawrence Roman. Based on a Book by Robert K. Tannenbaum, Philip Rosenberg. Photography John Lindley, Joao Fernandes. Music Tom Scott. Supervising Editor Elio Zarmati. Editor Andrew Cohen. Production Designer Alan Jones. Associate Producer Pixie Lamppu.

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Cast James Woods (Robert K. Tannenbaum), Yaphet Kotto (Cliff Fenton), Alex Rocco (Bill Butler), David Harris (Lester Day), Steven Keats (Skelton), Larry Riley (Herman Bell), Pam Grier (Alexandra “Alie” Horn), Rae Dawn Chong (Christine Horn), Richard Bradford (L.J. Delsa), Kene Holliday (Albert Washington), Toni Kalem (Diane Piagentini), Tamu Blackwell (Gloria Lapp), Richard Brooks (Tony Bottom), Akosua Busia (Ruth), Lewis Arquette (1st foreman), Alan Blumenfeld (Charlie), Ernie Lively (US Marshal), Ray Girardin (Agent King), David Wohl (Ken Klein), Kelly Minter (Rachel Torres), Lew Palter (Judge Greenfield), Noble Willingham (Airport guard), Paul Perri (Joseph Piagentini), Henry G. Sanders (2nd foreman), Miguel Sandoval (Francisco Torres), Drew Snyder (Inspector McCoy), Judy Brown (1st reporter), Kim Delgado (Waverly Jones), John Brandon (2nd clerk), Terry Brannon (Mississippi officer), Reginald Bruce (Road gang guy), Daniel H Blatt (2nd reporter), Tomas Gorosteita (Gabriel Torres), Sheila Johns (Linda McGill), Glenn Michael Jones (San Francisco officer), Tom Kindle (New Orleans officer), Paul McCauley (Mississippi judge), Fred Lerner (Sergeant Kowalski), Robert B. Pope (Ulysses Tatum), Charlie Stavola (Judge Aloysius Melia), Dierk Torsek (Defense attorney), Charles Walker (1st court clerk). 1208... Baja Oklahoma (HBO, 2/20/1988, 115 mins). Warmhearted comedy-drama, made for cable and based on Dan Jenkins’ best-selling 1983 novel about a Fort Worth barmaid who pursues her dream of writing a hit song, returns Lesley Ann Warren to her musical roots (she was Cinderella in the second TV version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical). As Juanita Hutchins, singing the blues and serving up ice-cold beers to the rowdy regulars of Herb’s Bar and Grill, she strives to get the ear of her idol Willie Nelson (playing himself briefly), keep her teenage daughter (young Julia Roberts in her only TV movie to date) from running off with druggie “entrepreneur” boyfriend, and put up with an old flame (Peter Coyote), suddenly back in her life after dumping her for another woman 20 years earlier. “Baja Oklahoma” is the name of the song Juanita concocts that she hopes will take her to game, and maybe the Grand Ole Opry. Alice Krige plays the spirit of Patsy Cline, one of Juanita’s idols, and sings “Faded Love.” Emmylou Harris puts in an appearance to perform “In My Dreams.” Other songs are performed by Billy Vera and the Beaters, and Willie and Lesley Ann do the title song, written by Dan Jenkins and Willie Nelson. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Rastar Productions. Director Bobby Roth. Executive Producer Hunt Lowry. Producer Marykay Powell. Teleplay Bobby Roth, Dan Jenkins. Based on a Novel by Dan Jenkins. Photography Michael Ballhaus. Music Stanley Myers. Title Song Willie Nelson, Dan Jenkins. Title Song Performed by Willie Nelson, Lesley Ann Warren, Billy Vera. Editors John Carnochan, Gail Yasunaga. Production Designer Albert Brenner. Art Director David M. Haber. Associate Producer Fred Baron. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Juanita Hutchins), Peter Coyote (Slick Henderson), Swoosie Kurtz (Doris Steadman), Anthony Zerbe (Ol’ Jeemy Williams), William Forsythe (Tommy Earl Browner), Billy Vera (Lonnie Slocum), Willie Nelson (Himself), Bruce Abbott (Dove Christian), Jordan Charney (Beecher Perry), Julia Roberts (Candy Hutchins), Carmen Argenziano (Roy Simmons), Paul Bartel (Minister), Carole Davis (Tina Busher), Linda Dona (Martha Handy), Rhonda Dotson (Kathy), Emmylou Harris (Herself), John M. Jackson (Lee Steadman), Alice Krige (Patsy Cline), Karen Laine (Girl at drive-in), Michael Leslie (Unruly fellow), John Mayall (Himself), Kit McDonough (Sheila Browner), Rob Nilsson (Chuck), Walter Olkewicz (Private eye), Annie O’Neill (Bonnie), Cyril O’Reilly (Weldon Taylor), Dennis Redfield (Vern Sandifer), Bob Wills Jr. (Bob Wills), Susannah Woodsie (Esther), David Morris (Gang member). 1209... Bare Essence (CBS, 10/4/1982 and 10/5/1982, 2 parts, 120/150 mins). In her prime-time starring debut, Genie Francis (of the daytime drama “General Hospital”) is a spunky Malibu girl whose Hollywood mogul father dies and whose muchmarried mother (Linda Evans) invites her back East where she gets a job with a conglomerate that had backed her dad’s last movie. There she discovers skullduggery, intrigue and corporate spying as she works her way up the company ladder to help the organization back to financial stability in the perfume business. This two-part four-and-a-half-hour sudser was based on Meredith Rich’s 1980 novel. The short-lived series that followed also starred Francis as Tyger Hayes, with Jennifer O’Neill in the Evans role. The song, written by Billy Goldbenberg and Carol Connors and sung by Sarah Vaughan over the credits, won an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Walter Grauman. Producer Philip Saltzman. Teleplay Robert Hamilton. Based on the Novel by Meredith Rich. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “I Found You, I Found Love” by Carol Connors, Billy Goldenberg. Song Performed by Sarah Vaughan. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Preston Ames. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Chase Marshall), Linda Evans (Lady Bobbi Rowan), Genie Francis (Tyger Hayes), Lee Grant (Ava Marshall), Joel Higgins (Matt Phillips), Donna Mills (Barbara Fisher), Francois-Marie Benard (Armand), John Dehner (Hadden Marshall), Jonathan Frakes (Marcus Marshall), Susan French (Margaret), Belinda Montgomery (Melody Youngblood), Tim Thomerson (Billy Youngblood), Wendy Fulton (Muffin), John Larroquette (Arthur Williams), John Lupton (Hugh Marshall), Maurice Marsac (DeHavilland), Maidie Norman (Violet), Lena Pousette (Princess Luciani), Morgan Stevens (Robert Spencer), Frances Bergen, Ken Hixon, Byron Morrow, Jim Negele, Martin Rabbett, Don Dolan, Eliza Garrett, Gloria Henry, Elizabeth Robinson, June Whitley Taylor, Garth Wilton, Corinne Bohrer, Donald Craig, Virginia Dale, Lynn Seibel, Joanne Morgan. 1210... Barnum (CBS, 11/30/1986, 120 mins). Onetime circus performer Burt Lancaster is perfectly cast as flamboyant 19th century showman Phineas T. Barnum, in his 70s recounting his never-dull career, beginning in Grassy Plain, Conn., at age 15 and spanning the years until, in 1880, as creator of a circus he labeled “The Greatest Show on Earth,” he combined his venture with James A. Bailey’s International Allied Shows to become the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Lancaster is never less than the star of this

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movie in which German actress Hanna Schygulla, best known in this country as director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s frequent leading lady, does an extended cameo as Jenny Lind, whom Barnum forever dubbed “The Swedish Nightingale.” Virtually everybody else in the cast is from Canada, where “Barnum” was filmed. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., Filmline International. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer Ira Halberstadt. Producer David J. Patterson. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Michael Norell, Andy Siegel. Photography Reginald Morris. Music Charles Gross. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer William Beeton. Art Director Claude Pare. Cast Burt Lancaster (Phineas T. Barnum), Hanna Schygulla (Jenny Lind), John Roney (Young Barnum), Sander Raski (Young Tom Thumb), Patti Maloney (Older Tom Thumb), Laura Press (Charity), Kirsten Bishop (Nancy), Lorena Gale (Joyce Heth), Bronwen Mantel (Queen Victoria), Michael Higgins (Phineas Taylor), Deborah Hancock (Caroline), Andrew Bednarski (Little Phineas), Joseph Cazalet (James Gordon Bennett), Rob Roy (Horace Greeley), Sean Hewitt (Coley Draper), Shawn Lawrence (R.W. Lindsay), Philip Spensley (Deacon Cox), Chris Wiggins (Olmstead), John McCorkell (Heckler Roberts), Harry Hill (Mr. Fish), Richard Dumont (Hummel), Rummy Bishop (Bank doorman), Tony Rabinow (Matthew Scott), Michael Sinelnikoff (Lord in waiting), Joan Heney (Mrs. Stratton), Sam Lemarquand (Chauncey Jerome), Thick Wilson (Museum passerby), John Stanzil (Tap dancer), Hanneford Circus Royal (Themselves). 1211... The Baron and the Kid (CBS, 11/21/1984, 120 mins). A legendary pool player, known as “The Baron,” is challenged by a young hustler, “The Cajun Kid,” who turns out to be the son he never knew, and then must forge a relationship with him. Johnny Cash’s hit song, “The Baron,” provided the basis of this film, much the same way that Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” and “Coward of the Country” set the tone for his hit TV movies. Production Company Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director Gary Nelson. Supervising Producer Gary Nelson. Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Teleplay William Stratton. From the Song “The Baron” by Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill, Jerry Taylor. Photography John Lindley. Music Brad Fiedel. “The Baron” Performed by Johnny Cash. Editor Paul Fried. Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel. Cast Johnny Cash (Will “Baron” Addington), Darren McGavin (Jack “Streamer” Beamer), Greg Webb (Billy Joe “Cajun Kid”), Tracy Pollan (Mary Beth Phillips), June Carter Cash (Dee Dee Stanley), Richard Roundtree (Walter Frost), Claude Akins (Darlin’ Harley Medford), Dan Albright (Barney), Harvey Andrews (Railbird), Bill Ash (Paunchy), Earl Poole Ball (Dr. Pockett), Ron Baskin (Referee), Jere Beery (Jim), Tracey Bise (Inga), Ned Bridges (Arnie), Bill Crabb (No-Neck), Bill Eudaly (Railbird), Marc Gowan (Railbird), Tom Harper (Stan), Charles Kahlenberg (Referee), Julia Kemp (Jaimie), Karen Kruger (Helper), Victoria Loving (Amelia), Jerry Lyles (Mechanic), Mike Massey (Manning), Wallace Merck (Gus), Danny Nelson (Dixon Vance), Ralph Pace (Crockett), Jerry Rushing (Teaser), Betty S. Talmadge (Sarah), Roy Tatum (Cranker), Wallace Wilkinson (Brady), Don Young (Kirk). 1212... Bates Motel (NBC, 7/12/1987, 120 mins). This TV-movie pilot for a prospective--if campy--series based on Hitchcock’s “Psycho” has a wimpy misfit (Bud Cort), recently released from a mental institution, who has inherited the haunted Bates Motel from weird Norman Bates (played here not by Anthony Perkins, who owned the role, but by Kurt Paul) and has high hopes for making it tourist friendly. Other than providing work for a number of up-and-coming young players and one or two veterans, offering the studio to find another way of marketing one of its popular theme park attractions, and perhaps having a series go-ahead from the network, “Bates Motel” was ill-advised and will always remain as a curiosity. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Rothstein. Executive Producer Richard Rothstein. Producer Ken Topolsky. Co-Producer Henry Kline. Teleplay Richard Rothstein. Suggested by the Novel by Robert Bloch. Photography Bill Butler. Music J Peter Robinson. Editors Daniel Cahn, Richard A. Freeman. Production Designer Robb Wilson King. Cast Bud Cort (Alex West), Lori Petty (Willie), Moses Gunn (Henry Watson), Gregg Henry (Tom Fuller), Khrystyne Haje (Sam), Jason Bateman (Tony Scotti), Kerrie Keane (Barbara Peters), Robert Picardo (Dr. Goodman), Lee deBroux (Sheriff), Kurt Paul (Norman Bates), Marla Frumkin (Dr. Phillips), Rick Lieberman (Architect), Roger Duffy (Young Alex), Timothy Fall (Terry Miller), Kelly Ames (Beth Williams), Peter Dobson (Billy Parks), Paula Irvine (Rebecca), Scott St. James (Radio reporter), Greg Finley (Attorney), Nat Bernstein (Salesman), Buck Flower (Vagrant), Carmen Filpi (Buddy), David Wakefield (Macho Chicken), Gary Ballard (Pastor), Andy Albin (Mr. Yokey), Dolores Albin (Mrs. Fisher), Hardy Rawls (Charlie Walters), Peter Stelzer (Bank customer), George J. Woods (Minister), Jack Ross Obney (Workman), John Kenton Shull (Gas station attendant), George Skinta (Theater marquee man), Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales (Mexican gardner), Robert Axelrod (Skeepskin salesman), Chad Jones (Promnighter). 1213... Bay Coven (NBC, 10/25/1987, 120 mins). Yuppie Boston couple buy a quaint house off the coast of New England (though filmed in Toronto) and soon suspect the neighbors of being members of a 300-year-old witches’ coven--filled with familiar TV faces, from Barbara Billingsley (“Leave It to Beaver”) to up-and-coming Woody Harrelson, stepping from behind the bar at Cheers for his TV-movie debut. Production Companies Jerlor Productions Inc., Guber-Peters Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Carl Schenkel. Executive Producers Jon Peters, Peter Guber, Roger Birnbaum. Supervising Producer Stanley M Brooks. Producer

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Michael Rhodes. Teleplay R Timothy Kring. Photography Jack Steyn. Music Shuki Levy. Editor Jimmy B. Frazier. Art Director Richard St. Harrison. Cast Tim Matheson (Jerry Lebon), Pamela Sue Martin (Linda Lebon), Barbara Billingsley (Beatrice), Jeff Conaway (Josh McGwin), Woody Harrelson (Slater), Susan Ruttan (Debbi McGwin), James B. Sikking (Nicholas Kline), Inga Swenson (Matty Kline), Nigel Bennett (Bob Holden #1), Patrick Brymer (Store clerk), Michael Caruana (Priest), John Dee (Old Man Kline), Cree Summer Franck (Jazz singer), David Harvey (Old man), Tom Harvey (Tom Holden), Paul Horruzey (Edward), Susan Jay (Sarah), John Kerr (Ferry captain), Marsha Moreau (Rachel), Eric Murphy (Barter), Neil Vipond (Mr. Welsley). 1214... Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (NBC, 4/23/1989, 120 mins). This day-at-the-beach youth drama about a group of Southern California lifeguards proved such a success that it spawned the phenomenally popular babes-and-hunks in swimsuits “Baywatch” series that began in September 1989 and created a new television subgenre for the ’90s. Production Company GTG Entertainment. Director Richard Compton. Executive Producers Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Producers Robert Hargrove, Gregory J. Bonnan. Teleplay Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz. Based on a Story by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, Gregory J. Bonnan. Photography John McPherson. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Steven Kemper. Art Director Eva Bohn. Cast David Hasselhoff (Lt. Mitch Bucannon), Parker Stevenson (Craig Pomeroy), Shawn Weatherly (Jill Riley), Billy Warlock (Eddie Kramer), Erika Eleniak (Shauni McLain), Richard Jaeckel (Al Gibson), Brandon Call (Hobie Bucannon), Gina Hecht (Gina Pomeroy), Wendie Malick (Gayle Bucannon), Peter Phelps (Trevor Cole), Branscombe Richmond (Kip Kamahele), Monte Markham (Captain Thorpe), Madchen Amick (Lori Harris), Nancy Valen (Mrs. Harris), Michael McManus (Lifeguard dispatcher), Kellie Martin (Chelcie Carroll), Hope Marie Carlton, Kimber Sissons, John Sherrod, Cherie Rae, Mike Newman, Sally Davis, Danielle Delaunay, Mickey Gilbert, Jeremy Hasart. 1215... Behind Enemy Lines (NBC, 12/29/1985, 120 mins). Disjointed World War II espionage feature about the OSS, a pilot project to a prospective series, has professor-turned-spy Hal Holbrook and workaholic career officer David McCallum, his associate, orchestrating the rescue from behind enemy lines in Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Nazis--stock characters one and all. Filmed in England and Norway. Production Companies MTM Enterprises, TVS Films. Director Sheldon Larry. Executive Producer Stephen McPherson. Supervising Producer (Europe) Judith DePaul. Producer Gareth Davies. Teleplay Stephen McPherson. Created by Stephen McPherson. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Jack Chipman, Steve Lindsey. Editor David Rosenbloom. Production Designer Terry Pritchard. Associate Producer Elizabeth Bradley. Cast Hal Holbrook (Col. Calvin Turner), Ray Sharkey (Master Sgt. Max Zierman), Maryam D’Abo (Claudie DeBrille), Lucy Hornack (Peggy Whitmore), Alun Lewis (Jack Gifford), Tom Isbell (Lt. Phillip Bradshaw), Peter Whitman (Capt. Jerry Primack), Anne Twomey (Helen Isaacs), Stephen Shellen (Lt. David Holland), David McCallum (Lt. Col. Shelley Flynn), Renée Soutendijk (Ragni Carswell), Benedict Taylor (Simon), Patricia Hodge (Elizabeth Beaumont), Ian Lavendar (Col. Lumsden-Smith), Julian Glover (Prof. Ivar Thoresen), T.P. McKenna (Sir James Dorsett), Michael J. Shannon (Robert Harwell), William Hope (Lt. Michael Turner), Nick Brimble (Henrick Wergeland), Owen Windhoek (Sgt. Rudolph Rau), Adrian Hough (Corporal Cooper), Nancy Crane (Claire), Jean Badin (Maj. Henri Grisard), Sylvia Coleridge (Mavis), William Armstrong (US Army sergeant), Douglas Lambert (US Army major). 1216... Belle Starr (CBS, 4/2/1980, 120 mins). The dramatization, with contemporary feminist overtones, of the last few months in the life of the notorious Old West bandit queen, from the time she was burned out of her ranch in Texas where she was living with her Indian husband and her son by outlaw Jim Reed and daughter by Cole Younger to her being shot in ambush in 1889. This version resembles the long-ago theatrical one with Gene Tierney in title only. Production Companies Entheos Unlimited Productions, Hanna-Barbera Productions. Director John A. Alonzo. Executive Producers Barry Krost, Joseph Barbera. Producer Doug Chapin. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor David Garfield. Art Director Robert Kinoshita. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Belle Starr), Cliff Potts (Cole Younger), Michael Cavanaugh (Jesse James), Fred Ward (Ned Christie), Jesse Vint (Bob Dalton), Alan Vint (Grat Dalton), Gary Combs (Frank James), Geoffrey Lewis (Reverend Weeks), Sandy McPeak (Pratt), David Knell (Ed Reed), Geno Silva (Blue Duck), Michelle Stacy (Pearl Younger), Peter Hobbs (Jenkins), Morgan Paull (Latham), Sarah Cunningham (Mrs. Chandler), Stony Bower (Summerville), Burt Edwards (Bank manager), James Burke (Fuller), Dee Cooper (Morris), Gilbert Combs (Baggage clerk), Kate Williams (Woman), John Edwards (Stockyard clerk). 1217... Benny’s Place (ABC, 5/31/1982, 120 mins). The fifth winner of the annual ABC Theater Award for new plays, this drama tells of a proud man who feels that time and younger men threaten his existence after he is forced to take on a young assistant in the factory repair shop that he has run by himself for so long. Louis Gossett Jr. is the fiercely independent Benny, Cicely Tyson is the gentle, loving woman who patches him up following a mugging by her young nephew, and Anna Maria Horsford is his younger-woman girlfriend who is pressuring him for a commitment. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Michael Schultz. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Supervising Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay J. Rufus Caleb. Photography Brian West. Music Harold Wheeler. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Edward Burbridge.

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Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Benny Moore), Cicely Tyson (Odessa), Terry Alexander (Jason MacWilliams), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Wanda), David Harris (Ricky T), Anna Maria Horsford (Charmaine), Tiger Haynes (Nate King), Paulene Myers (Miss Atty Carter), Wallace Wilkinson (Dutch), Michael Wright (Jimmy Mills), Lou Walker (Pete/bartender), Thomas Anderson (Isaac), Tom Quinn (Kochak), Leila Dannette, Rosetta LeNoire, John Nixon. 1218... Berlin Tunnel 21 (CBS, 3/25/1981, 120 mins). This dramatization by the ubiquitous John Gay of Donald Lundquist’s 1978 book set in Cold War Berlin has Richard Thomas, as an ex-U.S. Army officer spearheading a plan by five Germans to rescue their loved ones from East Berlin just after the wall went up in 1961. Horst Bucholz is a structural engineer who supervises the building of the tunnel. Production Companies Cypress Point Productions, Filmways. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Bruce J. Sallan, Gerald W Abrams. Supervising Producers Everett Chambers, Richard M. Rosenbloom. Producer Steve Nicolaides. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Donald Lundquist. Photography Igor Luther. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director Jan Schlubach. Production Executive Stanley Neufeld. Cast Richard Thomas (Sandy Mueller), Horst Bucholz (Emerich Weber), José Ferrer (Herr Martin Konamsky), Ute Christensen (Ilse Morrell), Jacques Breuer (Joachim Lentz), Nicholas Farrell (Georg Heptner), Kenneth Griffith (Bruno Balderbach), Robert Freitag (Dr. Lentz), Gerald W. Abrams (Phil), Ilse Bahrs (Butcher customer), Pascal Breuer (Wolf Lentz), Carl Duering (Klaus Schoeneman), Josef Ernst (German border guard), Klaus Goette (Intelligence officer), Gunther Maria Halmer (Herr Klenitz), Irene Jarosh (Woman in crowd), Wolfgang Jorg (Konrad Moss), Charlotte Kerr (Marta Kurzman), Hans Madin (Herr Weber), Joachim Mock (Workman), Dorothea Mortiz (Frau Heptner), Peter Neusser (Lieutenant Geller), Uwe Paulsen (Karl), Eva Ingeborg Scholz (Frau Lentz), Jochem Schroeder (Vopo saved), Katherina Seyfert (Greta Dohr), Walter Tschernich (Greta’s papa), Heinz Weiss (Herr Erich Heptner), Georg Richard Wenkaus (Chief officer), Inge Wolfberg (Woman friend of Greta). 1219... Best Kept Secrets (ABC, 3/26/1984, 120 mins). Originally called “Under Suspicion,” this is a drama about a model cop’s wife who discovers that she and her husband are under investigation in a police spying operation because the church to which they belong has been sheltering refugees from El Salvador, and her efforts to retaliate by exposing the operation. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jerrold Freedman. Producer David Manson. Co-Producer April Smith. Teleplay April Smith. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Gil Melle. Editor Anthony Redman. Art Director Paul Peters. Cast Patty Duke Astin (Laura Dietz), Frederic Forrest (Blaise Dietz), Peter Coyote (Frank Mitchell), Meg Foster (Shari Mitchell), Albert Salmi (Ed Dietz), Miriam Colon (Ina Dietz), Howard Hesseman (Jim Osborne), David Clennon (Reverend Werner), Pepe Serna (Jim Ramos), Richard Bradford (Chief Gilmore), Carmen Argenziano (Lieutenant Clifford), Pat Petersen (Ramsey Dietz), Amanda Peterson (Gretchen Dietz), Karmin Murcelo (Marie Ramos), Marie Denn (Harriet Wade), Peggy Feury (Editor), Rose Portillo (Mrs. Zepeta), Beau Billingslea (2nd TV reporter), Sid Conrad (1st old cop), Reid Cruickshanks (2nd old cop), Deborah Dalton (1st TV reporter), Joshua Grenrock (Young cop), Mallie Jackson (Rookie cop’s wife), Ken Lerner (Lawyer), Kerry Sherman (Joyce). 1220... The Best Little Girl in the World (ABC, 5/11/1981, 120 mins). The story of a teenager suffering the disorder anorexia nervosa--the deliberate starving either by excessive dieting of self-induced vomiting--in the case of this plot, by her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures. Based on the 1978 novel by Steven Levenkron. Jennifer JasonLeigh, daughter of actor Vic Morrow, replaced the originally scheduled Jodie Foster in the lead, with Charles Durning and Eva Marie Saint as her parents. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film editor. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Sam O’Steen. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Lynn Loring. Teleplay David Moessinger. Based on the Novel by Steven Levenkron. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Billy Goldenberg. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editor Barbara Dies. Art Directors Larry Warwick, Paul Sylos. Cast Charles Durning (Frank Powell), Eva Marie Saint (Joanne Powell), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Casey Powell), Melanie Mayron (Carol Link), Lisa Pelikan (Gail Powell), Viveca Lindfors (Madame Seurat), David Spielberg (Dr. Garrett), Jason Miller (Clay Orlovsky), Richard Venture (Dr. Neil Holzer), Lenora May (Julie), Laurence Lau (Mark), Michael Dudikoff (Chuck), Stephanie Cannon (Mary), Ally Sheedy (1st girl), Andrea Pope (Cheerleader), Richard Milholland (Dr. Norman), Jonathan Estrin (Dr. Shuster), Lang Yun (Nurse Prine), Pat Corley (Store manager), Enid Kent (1st nurse), Gwen Van Dam (OR nurse), Ruth Silveira (2nd nurse), Marilyn Coleman (Emergency nurse), Paul Laurence (Respiratory therapist). 1221... Betrayed by Innocence (CBS, 3/1/1986, 120 mins). Barry Bostwick is a documentary filmmaker, Lee Purcell is his working wife who has less and less time for him, Cristen Kauffman is the mature-for-her-age coed who catches his eye and ends up in bed with him, and Paul Sorvino is her policeman father who blows the whistle because she turns out to be a minor--and has the guy charged with statutory rape. Production Company InterPlanetary Productions. Director Elliot Silverstein. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Robert Lloyd Lewis. Producer Micheline H. Keller. Co-Producers Dennis Considine, Charles Hairston. Teleplay Ken August, Stanford Whitmore. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Charles Fox. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Jac McAnelly. Associate Producer Amanda DiGilio.

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Cast Barry Bostwick (Nick DeLeon), Lee Purcell (Sharon DeLeon), Cristen Kauffman (Marisa Vogel), Isaac Hayes (Frank Moreno), Craig Richard Nelson (Warren Berman), Joel Colodner (Arthur Baer), Thom Christopher (Evan Brill), Paul Sorvino (Mike Vogel), Susan Marie Snyder (Andrea DeLeon), Philip Bruns (Judge Mendola), Dendrie Allyn Taylor (Sandi), Jim Townsend (Keith), Vincent Pandoliano (Waiter), Joseph d’Angerio (Vice detective), Ariel Reiss (Queen hooker), John Mahon (Bailiff), Jill Freedman (Teenage hooker), Keny Long (Jail officer), Alana King (Morgan Jensen), Dorothy Sinclair (Secretary), Lyndon Thompson (Film student), Ric O’Feldman (Doyle), John Di Santi (Linder), Woody Woodbury (Borden), Joan Murphy (Myra), Frank Schuller (Frank). 1222... The Betty Ford Story (ABC, 3/2/1987, 120 mins). Gena Rowlands received an Emmy as Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie for her much-admired portrayal of the former First Lady and her struggles to confront alcohol and prescription drug dependency while in the White House and afterward. The film was based on Betty Ford’s 1978 autobiography, “The Times of My Life,” written with Chris Chase. Wardrobe supervisor Dodie Shepard also was cited with an Emmy nomination. Production Companies David L Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director David Greene. Executive Producers David L Wolper, Robert A Papazian. Producer Mark M Wolper. Teleplay Karen Hall. Based on the Autobiography by Betty Ford with Chris Chase. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Gena Rowlands (Betty Ford), Josef Sommer (Gerald Ford), Nan Woods (Susan Ford), Concetta Tomei (Jan Thompson), Jack Rader (Long Beach doctor), Joan McMurtrey (Diane), Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Lukash), Laura Leigh Hughes (Gayle Ford), Daniel McDonald (Mike Ford), Brian McNamara (Steve Ford), Bradley Whitford (Jack Ford), Michael Greene (Head usher), Stanley Grover (Alexander Haig), Peter Jason (Counselor), Donald Stewart (Nelson), Richard Kuss (Will), Sierra Pecheur (Pat Benedict), Ellen Blake (Sandra), Sheila Kelley (Charlotte), Eric Menyuk (Jake), Patricia Allison, Kellie Bennett, Frank Birney, Rod Britt, John David Conti, Michael Flanagan, Jeanne Hepple, John Hostetter, Charles Hoverton, Grant Loud, Muriel Minot, Richardson Morse, Annie O’Connell, Ben Rawnsley, Toni Sawyer, Susan Watson. 1223... Between Friends (HBO, 9/15/1983, 120 mins). In this superstar teaming for the second TV film made especially for Home Box Office, Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett are a pair of divorcees--the former looking for some man to keep her in diamonds and champagne; the latter, a real estate agent just looking for a man. An unlikely friendship is bonded when a snowstorm strands Burnett at Taylor’s rambling mansion which is being put on the market, and through that friendship important changes in their lives become possible. This filmed version of Shelley List’s 1975 novel, “Nobody Makes Me Cry,” was shot on location in Toronto. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producers Marian Rees, Robert Cooper. Producers Jonathan Estrin, Shelley List. Teleplay Jonathan Estrin, Shelley List. Based on a Novel by Shelley List. Photography Francois Protat. Music James Horner. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Lindsey Goddard. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Deborah Shapiro), Carol Burnett (Mary Catherine Castelli), Barbara Bush (Francie Castelli), Henry Ramer (Sam Tucker), Bruce Gray (Malcolm Hollan), Chuck Shamata (Dr. Seth Simpson), Lally Cadeau (Lolly James), Vera Cudjoe (Essie), Stephen Young (Martin), Michael J. Reynolds (Michael), Patricia Idlette (Carolyn), Jim Morris (Limel), Jeri Craden (Mrs. Ingram), Shelach MacKerd (Heather), Clare Barclay (1st young customer), Nancy Kerr (2nd customer), Maida Rogerson (Woman at party), Jim Bearden (Realty office customer), David Clement (Man at party). 1224... Between the Darkness and the Dawn (NBC, 12/23/1985, 120 mins). A woman who awakens from a 20-year coma discovers that the world has grown up without her and that her high school sweetheart is married to her sister. Elizabeth Montgomery is the woman determined to pick up her life that seemingly ended when she was a teenager and Dorothy McGuire is the mother who has kept a diligent vigil by her bedside and must face the fact that her daughter’s conscious condition may not be permanent. Production Companies Doris Keating Productions, Entheos Unlimited Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Doris Keating. Teleplay N. Richard Nash, Dennis Turner. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Joel Schiller. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Abigail Foster), James Naughton (Jack Parrish), Karen Grassle (Ellen Holland), Michael Goodwin (David Holland), Robin Gammell (Dr. Langtry), Marcia Rodd (Lily), Tim Maier (Matthew/Young David), Dorothy McGuire (Beryl Foster), Lori Birdsong (Young Abigail Foster), Robert DoQui (Principal), Sam Kwasman (Arthur), Jennie Smith (Young Ellen), Michael Bacall, Al Berry, Sue Bugden, Connie Danese, Critt Davis, Steve Eckholdt, Julie Jeter, Rachel Orr, David Selburg, Marie-Alise Recasner, Gregg A. Roebuck, Nichole Rosselle, Leslie Ryan, Gina Maria Smika. 1225... Between Two Brothers (CBS, 3/9/1982, 120 mins). Prominent attorney Michael Brandon compulsively tries to make amends with less polished brother Pat Harrington who runs the family business and harbors the guilt for their father’s death. Canadian actress Helen Shaver, who had starred in two short-lived American TV series, “United States” and “Jessica Novak,” here made her TV-movie starring debut. Production Companies Turman-Foster Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers David Foster, Lawrence Turman. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Mike Robe. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Richard Hazard. Editor Les Green. Art Director Charles R. Davis.

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Cast Michael Brandon (Bob Frazer), Pat Harrington Jr. (Russ Frazer), Helen Shaver (Susan Frazer), Mary Jackson (Eddy Frazer), Peter White (Alex Brock), Brad Savage (Robbie Frazer), Maggie Sullivan (Helen), Ruth Manning (Clarice), Frank Dent (Wesley), Joseph Whipp (Sergeant), Edwin Owens (Luther), Ken Magee (Dooley), Susan Shaw (Anchor person), Edith Fellows (Victim’s wife), Larry McCormick (Reporter), Debby Davison (Weather person), Mark Harrison (Floor director), Mary Ann Kohler (Production assistant), Samuel Kuglen (Gene), Art Evans (Sanitation worker), Dean Taylor (Lopes), Craig Schaefer (Flynn), Christopher Grant (Field officer). 1226... Between Two Women (ABC, 3/10/1986, 120 mins). Colleen Dewhurst won an Emmy Award (as Outstanding Supporting Actress) for her starring role with Farrah Fawcett in this dramatic clash of wills between an overbearing, ex-opera diva mother and her school-teacher daughter-in-law living under the same roof. The older woman is determined to retain her powers until cut down by a stroke, the younger one endeavors to learn her own strengths, and both forced by circumstance to come to terms in this adaptation of Gillian Martin’s 1980 novel, “Living Arrows.” Production Company The Jon Avnet Company. Director Jon Avnet. Executive Producer Jon Avnet. Producer Carol Schreder. Co-Producer Polly Platt. Teleplay Larry Grusin, Jon Avnet. Based on a Novel by Gillian Martin. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Charles Gross. Editors Bill Yahraus, John F. Burnett. Production Designer Polly Platt. Associate Producer Larry Grusin. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Val Petherton), Colleen Dewhurst (Barbara Petherton), Michael Nouri (Harry Petherton), Bridgette Andersen (Kate Petherton), Danny Corkill (Sandy Petherton), Steven Hill (Teddy Petherton), Terry O’Quinn (Dr. Wallace), Kenneth Danziger (Charles), Carmen Argenziano (Robert Walker), Bronson Pinchot (Photographer), Jayne Atkinson, Lora Staley, Angelica Anderson, Fran Bennett, Alexandra Borrie, Brandon Coll, Freddie Dawson, Jeffrey Lampert. 1227... Beulah Land (NBC, 10/7/1980 to 10/9/1980, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). This florid amalgam of a pair of novels by Lonnie Coleman about the Old South had ambitions to be the TV equivalent of “Gone With the Wind” in its telling of a young Southern belle who becomes mistress of a magnificent plantation. Trouble-plagued throughout its production (the original director, Virgil Vogel, had a heart attack and was replaced by Harry Falk, and JP Miller, author of “Days of Wine and Roses” and many other distinguished television plays, asked to have his name replaced by a pseudonym after too many changes were made in the original script), The three-part six-hour “Beulah Land” then went on to face a hostile reception from many black factions because of its harsh depiction of slaves and its miscegenation subplot. It did, however, win an Emmy Award nomination for costume design. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Directors Harry Falk, Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Jacques Meunier. Based on Novels by Lonnie Coleman. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editors David Wages, Jim Benson, Ronald LaVine. Art Director Edward G. Carfagno. Associate Producer George Lehr. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Sarah Pennington), Michael Sarrazin (Casey Troy), Eddie Albert (Felix Kendrick), Meredith Baxter Birney (Lauretta Pennington), Hope Lange (Deborah Kendrick), Paul Rudd (Leon Kendrick), Dorian Harewood (Floyd), Martha Scott (Penelope Pennington), Paul Shenar (Roscoe Corlay), Allyn Ann McLerie (Edna Davis), Jenny Agutter (Lizzie Corlay), Don Johnson (Bonard Davis), Clarice Taylor (Lovey), Robert Walker Jr. (Bruce Davis), Taylor Lacher (Sergeant Smede), Bibi Osterwald (Nell Kenrick), Laurie Prange (Rachel Kendrick Davis), Franklyn Seales (Roman), Madeline Stowe (Selma Kendrick Davis), Jean Renée Foster (Pauline), Jonathan Frakes (Adam Davis), Ilene Graff (Annabel Davis), Peter De Anda (Jubal Corlay), Elizabeth Robinson (Dorothy Corlay), K.C. Martel (Young Benjamin), Kevin Hagen (Sheriff Barnes), Marco St. John (Blaylock), Stuart Mabray (Roscoe Corlay II), Ray Girardin (Captain Ponder), James Daughton (Benjamin Davis II), Betsy Slade (Doreen Davis), Patrick Harrison (Benjamin Davis), Vernon Weddle (Clarence Anderson), Ruth Cox (Priscilla Oglethorpe), Peter Hobbs (Governor), Carole Jordan (Trudy Davis), Sheila Ann Cage (Stella), Robin James (Nancy), DeVoreaux White (Abraham), Marvel Lewis (Lotus), Tommie Stewart (Cook), Grand L. Bush (Nathaniel), Gene Rutherford (Hoskinson), Malcolm McMillan (Lipscomb), Will Long (Hardy), Jack Rey (Price), James Steele (Meecham), Rosia Wade-Crisler (Myrtis), Colia Lafayette (Lucille), Michael C. Stewart (Alonzo), B.J. Hopper (Mr. Oglethorpe), Bobbie Harper (Mrs. Oglethorpe), Gloria Winters (Dawcy), Jerry Leggio (Varnedoe), Kyle Richards (Young Sarah), Tina Payne (Young Lauretta), Todd G. Lookinland (Young Leon), Joey Green (Young Floyd), Kristoff St. John (Young Roman), Michelle La Sean Simms (Clovis), Tracy Clanton (Young Selma), Geren Moor (Young Bonard), Zetella Walker (Young Pauline), Ken Dills (Young Bruce), Elizabeth DeLeon (Young Rachel), Eric Shawn Whittington (Young Adam), Anthony Thompkins (Young Roscoe II). 1228... Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (CBS, 10/5/1985, 120 mins). Comely female detective from Laramie, Wyoming, links up with laid-back Beverly Hills cop, a desk jockey assigned to keep her out of the department’s hair, while she goes about tracking down the killer of a respectable small-town girl who turns out to be a hooker mixed up in diamond smuggling. This lighthearted thriller was concocted to give its two stars employment during their summer hiatus from “Hotel” and “Knots Landing,” respectively. Production Company Leonard Goldberg Company. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Executive Supervising Producer Deborah Aal. 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Cast James Brolin (Harry Wild), Lisa Hartman (Amanda Rider), David Hemmings (Ian Blaize), Irena Ferris (Christine Woodward), Michael C. Gwynne (Jimmy Blue), Alexa Hamilton (Karen Moore), Lane Smith (Capt. Max Rosenberg), Drake Hogestyn (Rod), Aharon Ipale (Victor DeLucci), John McCook (Dr. Kenner), Stuart Whitman (Josh Rider), Eric Server (Motorcycle cop), Robin Bach (Livingston), Brenda Bolte (Pretty girl), Wally Dalton (Malcolm), Vincent Dietrich Sr. (Deaf man), Trent Dolan (Officer), Lynn Longos (Waitress), Brian Mann (Doorman), Gregory Michaels (Detective), Ben Mittleman (2nd officer), Susan E. Moore (Nurse), Christopher Morley (Woman), Robyn Peterson (Charlie), Otto Randle (Linc Gilliam), Jeff Severson (Stud), Darlanne Fluegel (Joanne). 1229... Beverly Hills Madam (NBC, 4/6/1986, 120 mins). Faye Dunaway is a chic, powerful jet-setter in this flash-andtrash drama, providing $1,000-a-night call girls to the wealthy and influential, “a lightweight confection,” observed “The Hollywood Reporter,” “that’s all sheen and shine, and a hoot to watch.” Veteran actor Louis Jourdan is her bemused, worldly friend, and Melody Anderson, Terry Farrell, Donna Dixon and newcomer Robin Givens are among her stable of high priced ladiesfor-hire. Production Companies NLS Productions, Orion Television. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Nancy Sackett. Supervising Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Nancy Sackett. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors George Jay Nicholson, Michael F. Anderson. Art Director Beala Neel. Associate Producer Bob Birnbaum. Cast Faye Dunaway (Lil Hutton), Melody Anderson (Claudia Winston), Donna Dixon (Wendy Nelson), Terry Farrell (Julie Taylor), Robin Givens (April Baxter), Louis Jourdan (Douglas Corbin), Marshall Colt (Steven Beck), William Jordan (Len Culver), Nicolas Coster (Uncle Edgar), William Traylor (Taylor), Gary Hershberger (Justin), Rod McCary (Senator Wells), Beulah Quo (Lil’s Maid), Seymour Cassel (Tony), Aki Aleong, Pat Delany, Tom Williams, Jay W. MacIntosh, William Marshall, Roman O’Casey, John Bluto, Christie Claridge, Jack Galvin Clark, Carol J. Connors, Andrew Daniels, Bud Davis, Ron Doyle, Lou Felder, Raphael Ferrer, Michael Gregory, John Ingle, Dani Minnick, Margery Nelson, Albert Owens, Arthur Payton, David A. Penhale, Dale Reynolds, Victor Rogers, David Rowlands, Roger Scott, Michael David Simms, Julie Simpson, Michael White, Jonathan Wise. 1230... The Big Black Pill (NBC, 1/29/1981, 120 mins). The first of three private eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his Baretta character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family. Blake’s wife, Sondra, was cast as Dancer’s wheelchair-bound girl Friday. Production Companies Mickey Productions, Filmways, NBC Productions. Director Reza Badiyi. Executive Producer Robert Blake. Supervising Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Producer Alan Godfrey. Teleplay Michael Butler. Created by Robert Blake. Photography Sherman Kunkel. Music George Romanis. Editor Gloryette Clark. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Robert Blake (Joe Dancer), JoBeth Williams (Tiffany Farrenour), Neva Patterson (Eliza Farrenpour), James Gammon (Capt. Jake Jacqualone), Veronica Cartwright (Sister Theresa), Carol Wayne (Allegra Farrenpour), Edward Winter (Jerrold Farrenpour), Phillip R. Allen (Commissioner Wilkie), Sondra Blake (Charley), Eileen Heckart (Sister Clara), Wilford Brimley (Wally Haskell), Kevyn Major Howard (David Farrenpour), Kenneth Tigar, Bubba Smith, Robert Phillips, Stanton Coffin, Deborah Joy LeVine, Marie Todd. 1231... Bigfoot (ABC, 3/8/1987, 120 mins). Danny Huston, son of the legendary John Huston, directed this diverting Disney drama about the elusive but ever fascinating Sasquatch, with Colleen Dewhurst as a crusty anthropologist who joins forces with two preteens, camping with their backpacking divorced parents, in a battle to save Bigfoot from capture and exploitation. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Danny Huston. Producer Michael S. McLean Teleplay John Groves. Photography Frank Flynn. Music Bruce Rowland. Editor Howard Kunin. Art Director Cameron Birnie. Additional Photography Harry Mathias. Associate Producer Harvey Marks. Cast James Sloyan (Dr. Zach Emerson), Gracie Harrison (Colleen Oneger), Joseph Maher (Jack Hendrix), Adam Carl (Kevin Emerson), Candace Cameron (Samantha Oneger), Bernie White (Lazlo), Colleen Dewhurst (Dr. Gladys Samco), Dawan Scott (Albert), Jerry Chambers (Alice), Timothy Brown (Reporter #2), Lucy Butler (Reporter #1), Lance Anderson. 1232... Bill (CBS, 12/22/1981, 120 mins). Mickey Rooney, fresh of renewed stardom on Broadway in “Sugar Babies,” turned in a remarkable Emmy Award-winning performance as Bill Sackter, an indomitable real-life spirit who is forced to tackle life outside of the mental institution where he was confined for 44 years, with the help of his newfound friend and guardian, aspiring filmmaker Barry Morrow. Corey Blechman, who wrote the script based on Morrow’s story of Sackter, also won an Emmy Award and a nomination went to “Bill” itself as Outstanding Drama Special. It also won the 1981 George Foster Peabody Awards for distinguished programming. Two years later, Rooney reprised his role in a sequel called “Bill: On His Own.” Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Mel Stuart. Teleplay Corey Blechman. Based on a Story by Barry Morrow. Photography Mike Fash. Music William Kraft. Song “Poor Fool” by Anthony Humecke, William Kraft. Editor George B. Hively. Art Director G. Alicon. Associate Producer David Kappes. Cast Mickey Rooney (Bill Sackter), Dennis Quaid (Barry Morrow), Largo Woodruff (Bev Morrow), Harry Goz (Thomas Walz), Anna Maria Horsford (Marge Keating), Kathleen Maguire (Florence Archer), Jenny Dweir (Amy Hill), Tony Turco (Dr.

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Peters), Raymond Serra (Harry), John Towey (Denby), Breon Gorman (Miss Archer’s assistant), George Hamlin (Robert Morrow), Phil Oxnam (Dr. Riis), Harriet Rogers (Landlady), Lotta Palfi (Ida Miller), Katherine Balfour (Mrs. Morrow), Bill Schilling (Professor Rush), Billy Stulberg (Fred/bartender), Bill Winkler (Intern), John Bentley (Cop), Philip Levy (Mugger), Cordis Heard (Arlene), John Ridge (Santa Claus), Carrick Glenn (Coed), Steve Levitt (Student). 1233... Bill: On His Own (CBS, 11/9/1983, 120 mins). Reprising the role that won him an Emmy Award in 1981, Mickey Rooney plays Bill Sackter, struggling to cope after his good friend and guardian, Barry Morrow, and his wife (played again in small roles by Dennis Quaid and Largo Woodruff) move away, learning to read with the help of Teresa Wright in the group home she runs to the consternation of local officials, discovering his religious heritage, overcoming the fire that accidentally destroys his small canteen business, and journeying to the West Coast in search of the Morrows. Rooney is united with director Anthony Page, and at the end, the real Bill Sackter, who puts in a brief appearance (he subsequently died before the premiere of this second film on his life). Rooney again was Emmy-nominated. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Barry Morrow. Photography Mike Fash. Music Lee Curreri. Song Written and Performed by James McVay. Editor John C. Horger. Art Director Roberta Neiman. Associate Producer Neal Nordlinger. Cast Mickey Rooney (Bill Sackter), Helen Hunt (Jenny Wells), Edie McClurg (Angela), Tracey Walter (Kenny), Teresa Wright (Mae Driscoll), Dennis Quaid (Barry Morrow), Paul Lieber (Rabbi Jeff Portman), Harry Goz (Tom Walz), Largo Woodruff (Beverly Morrow), Terrence Evans (Doug), Marianna Clore Blase (Beverly Noble), Jerry Michael Hayes (Clay Morrow), Marina Astudillo (Dr. Edith Franklin), Sharon Menzel (Shirley Crandell), Sebastian Beeton (Jamie Turner), Mona Lee Fultz (Mrs. Turner), Blue Deckert (Stan), Katherine Haack (Little girl), Cantor Ralph L. Katz (Cantor), Richard Andrew (Customer), John Perry Edson (Gordon Everett), Sharisse Baker (Ruth), Fred Greenlee (McCutchen/mailman), Turk Pipkin (Juggler), Doris Hargrave (Roberta Strangis), Jim Danko (Man), Mark Edson (Waiter), Jack E. Shadix (Fire marshal), Jules W. Herlihy (Airport guard), Deborah Shore (Receptionist), Eva Maria Campbell (Salesgirl), Lyle Lovett (Singer at beach). 1234... Billionaire Boys Club (NBC, 11/8/1987 and 11/9/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Judd Nelson plays convicted murderer Joe Hunt, the charismatic, preppie head of an elite group of young men from prestigious Los Angeles families, whose cunning get-rich-quick scheme leads to the 1984 murder of a Beverly Hills con man Ronald Levin (Ron Silver, in an Emmy nominated performance), whose body was never found. A fascinating two-part four-hour fact-based crime saga, Billionaire Boys Club (known simply as BBC by its smug members) also earned Emmy nominations as Outstanding Miniseries or Special and for director Marvin J. Chomsky and the teleplay (for part 1) by Gy Waldron, which was based on Sue Horton’s then-forthcoming book. Actress Shirley Knight put in a chilling unbilled performance in part two of Hunt’s protective mother. Production Companies Donald March Productions, Gross-Weston Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Donald March. Supervising Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Associate Producer Tim Myers. Teleplay Gy Waldron. Based on a Book by Sue Horton. Suggested by an Article by Greg Critser. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Jorge Calandrelli. Editors William B. Stich, Tom Pryor. Production Designer Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Judd Nelson (Joe Hunt), Fredric Lehne (Chris Fairmont), Brian McNamara (Dean Karny), Raphael Sbarge (Eric Fairmont), John Stockwell (Brad Sedgwick), Barry Tubb (Todd Melbourne), Stan Shaw (Frank Booker), James Sloyan (Fred Warner), John Dye (Bob Holmby), Robert Hallak (Masud Naboti), Robert Krantz (Toby Kabek), Eric Larson (Oscar Ristelli), Allan Miller (Leonard Porter), Jill Schoelen (Amy Whitehall), Ron Silver (Ron Levin), Shirley Knight (Mrs. Hunt), Alan Fudge (Walter Thorwell), Peter Jason (Det. Vince Stoloff), James Karen (Mr. Fairmont), Paul Lambert (Levin’s father), Ruth Manning (Carol Levin), Richard McKenzie (Steven Raleigh), Gail O’Grady (Judy), Ben Piazza (Mr. Cody), Vernon Weddle (Peter Faraday), S. John Launer (Judge), Margarita Franco (Rosa Gonzalez), Alexander Zale (Mr. Berberian), Terry Beaver (Sergeant Dexter), Milt Tarver (Ben McQueen), Reva Rose (Court clerk), Dan Chambers (SEC agent), Richard Zavaglia (Sherman), Bebe Drake-Massey (Housekeeper), Joseph Chapman (Henley), Channing Chase (Realty agent), Joseph G. Medalis (1st detective), Jenny LesterMcKeon (BBC secretary). 1235... Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (NBC, 4/30/1989, 120 mins). Second reunion movie for the superhero twosome with the regulars from the two companion series of the late ’70s again teaming up to save the world from a bionic infiltrator. Sandra Bullock is introduced to the mix as the newest member of the team. And there’s a hint of a bionic marriage in the air after all these years for Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner as Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers. Production Companies Michael Sloan Productions, Universal Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producer Michael Sloan. Producers Nigel Watts, Bernadette Joyce. Co-Producers Richard Anderson, Lee Majors. Teleplay Michael Sloan, Brock Choy. Based on a Story by Michael Sloan, Robert DeLaurentis. Based on a Novel by Martin Caidin. Photography Maris Jansons. Music Bill Conti. Editor Bill Goddard. Art Director Tony Hall. Associate Producer Bill Goddard. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Jaime Sommers), Lee Majors (Steve Austin), Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman), Sandra Bullock (Kate Matson), Jeff Yagher (Jim Goldman), Martin E. Brooks (Dr. Rudy Wells), Lee Majors II (Jim Castillian), Josef Sommer (Charles Esterman), Geraint Wyn Davies (Alan Devlin), Lawrence Dane (General Zarensky), Robert Lansing (Gen. John McAllister), Carolyn Dunn (Sally), Jack Blum (Larry), Andrew R. Dan (Comrade Kellagyn), James Kee (OSI officer), Marcia

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Levine (Tanya Versova), Robert McClure (Dr. Williams), David Nerman (Peter), Steve Pernie (Russ), Steve Morris (Sports announcer). 1236... Bitter Harvest (NBC, 5/18/1981, 120 mins). The real-life story of a young farmer’s efforts to find out what’s killing his dairy herd and afflicting his infant son are hampered by the foot-dragging by state agriculture officials. Based on the 1978 book by Frederic and Sandra Halbert. Emmy Award nominations went to director Roger Young, writer Richard Friedenberg, photographer Gayne Rescher and editor Thomas Fries. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Tony Ganz. Teleplay Richard Friedenberg. Based on a Book by Frederic Halbert, Sandra Halbert. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Cast Ron Howard (Ned De Vries), Art Carney (Walter Bauman), Tarah Nutter (Kate De Vries), David Knell (Brandon), Barry Corbin (Dr. Agajanian), Richard Dysart (Dr. Morton Freeman), Michael Bond (Dr. Bill DeJong), Jim Haynie (Doc Vandecamp), Robert Hirschfeld (Harold), G.W. Bailey (Jim Laszlo), Robert Behling (Art), Ken Hixon (Williams), Dwight Schultz (Schlatter), Joe Miksak (Al), Charlotte Stewart (Mrs. Laszlo), Will Marchetti (Farmer), Ronald Meszaros, Terry David Mulligan, Frank Papia, John Argue, Tony G. Brazil, Al Cingolani, Linda Stuart, Matthew Locricchio, Christopher Kriesa, J.E. Freeman. 1237... Black Arrow (Disney, 1/6/1985, 95 mins). This colorful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckler set in 15th century England during the War of the Roses was commissioned by the Disney people for their cable channel. Unlike the 1948 theatrical version (starring Louis Hayward), this go-around had the villains (Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey) getting top billing, with the title role going to the relatively bland Stephan Chase, who was given surprisingly little footage. Production Companies Pan-Atlantic Pictures, Disney Channel. Director John Hough. Producers Michael Biber, Harry Alan Towers. Teleplay David Pursall, Peter Welbeck. Based on the Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Photography John Cabrera. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Geoffrey Foot. Art Director José Maria Alarcon. Cast Oliver Reed (Sir Daniel Brackley), Fernando Rey (Earl of Warwick), Benedict Taylor (Richard Shelton), Stephan Chase (Black Arrow), Donald Pleasence (Sir Oliver Oates), Georgia Slowe (Lady Joanna), Roy Boyd (Will Lawless), Aldo Sanbrell (Scar), Carol Gotell (Hannah), Frank Brana (Sykes), Robert Russell (Appleyard), Ralph Brown (Yardley). 1238... Blackout (HBO, 7/28/1985, 100 mins). Written by committee and produced by what at first glance appeared to be a law firm, this mystery thriller about a retired detective’s obsessive search for a killer so that he can finally close a long-ago murder case is blessed with the commanding presence of Richard Widmark as the dogged now-private eye. He’s out to save damsel-in-distress Kathleen Quinlan from a masked madman who might just be the former cop’s elusive quarry. Like so many of those in the HBO Premiere Films series, this was shot entirely on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, with (except for the leads) a basically all Canadian cast. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Peregrine Entertainment. Director Douglas Hickox. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Freyda Rothstein. Producers Richard Parks, Richard Smith, Les Alexander. Teleplay David Ambrose. Based on a Story by David Ambrose, Richard Parks, Richard Smith, Les Alexander. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Associate Producer Neil Rosenstein. Cast Richard Widmark (Joe Steiner), Keith Carradine (Ed Vinson/Allen Devlin), Kathleen Quinlan (Chris Graham), Michael Beck (Mike Patterson), Gerald Hiken (Theo Grant), Paul Drake (John Davey), Don Hood (Phil Murphy), Martina Deignan (Pauline), Lawrence Lott (Dr. Van Beuren), Kenneth Kimmins (Dr. Barney Kay), Murray Ord (Harlan French), Sheila Moore (Dr. Maggie Alcott), Jason Michas (Mark Graham), Shana Lane-Block (Kathy Graham), Pierre Lamielle (Paul), Dan Shea (Comic), Chris Christiansen (Reporter), Walter Marsh (Dr. Sidney), Danitza Kingsley (1st rape victim), Gabrielle Rose (Victim’s friend), Louise Johann (2nd rape victim), Jerry Wasserman (Motel clerk), Don MacKay (Dental surgeon), Howard Storey (1st man in gym), Bob Hughes (2nd man in gym), Dave Sayer (Younger man), Stephen E. Miller (3rd man in gym), Lillian Carlson (Mrs. Burns), Judith Georgetti (Plastic surgeon), Meredith Bain Woodward (Forensic technician). 1239... Blade in Hong Kong (CBS, 5/15/1985, 120 mins). San Francisco private eye, returning to Hong Kong to visit his adoptive father, a wealthy Chinese merchant, becomes involved in a series of assassination attempts on the old man’s life and uncovers a kidnapping and a multimillion dollar extortion plot that includes a shady tycoon with his own army, his Dragon Ladytype mistress, and a seedy character who’s up to no good (Leslie Nielsen, Nancy Kwan and Anthony Newley, respectively). Soap opera star Terry Lester (from “The Young and the Restless”) was hoping, apparently, that this pilot would be picked up for a weekly action series. Production Company Becker Enterprises Productions. Director Reza Badiyi. Producer Terry Becker. Teleplay Gordon Cotler. Based on an Original Idea by Terry Becker. Photography Woody Omens. Music David Kurtz. Editor Leon Carrere. Production Designer George B. Chan. Cast Terry Lester (Joe Blade), Keye Luke (Chang Ching-tzu), Mike Preston (Derek Charters), Jean Marie Hon (MeiLing), Ken Fagan (Half-Time), Leslie Nielsen (Harry Ingersol), Nancy Kwan (Lily), Ellen Regan (Krista Vale), James Hong (Mr. Key), Anthony Newley (Tommy T), Alice Lau (Key-yah), Patricia Duff (Paloma), Melanie Vincz (Betty), Diana Haye (Britt), Alex Ng (Cue Ball), David Ho (Scarneck).

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1240... Blind Justice (CBS, 3/9/1986, 120 mins). Mistaken identity drama has a happily married freelance photographer’s life turned into a nightmare after he is arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and rape and then living through hell for a year and a half, finally doubting his own innocence, until the real look-alike perpetrator is nabbed. Tim Matheson, whose forte generally has been light comedy, and Lisa Eichhorn, in a relatively infrequent role, are the beleaguered suspect and his first defense attorney. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Rod Holcomb. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Teleplay Josephine Cummings, Richard Yalem. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Miles Goodman. Music Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor George B. Hively. Art Directors Albert Heschong, Joe Nemec III. Associate Producers Richard Yalem, Josephine Cummings. Cast Tim Matheson (Jim Anderson), Mimi Kuzyk (Cathy Anderson), Philip Charles MacKenzie (John Pierson), Tom Atkins (Officer Kramer), Lisa Eichhorn (Carolyn Shefland), John Kellogg (Harold Anderson), Marilyn Lightstone (Dr. Carol Lathrop), Anne Haney (Joyce Anderson), David Froman (Officer Pike), John M. Jackson (Detective Porter), Linda Thorson (Pamela Blake), Jack Blessing (Larry Richards), Ann Ryerson (Leslie Avery), Sam Dalton (Peter Hatman), Daniel Davis (Seth Thompson), Leonard Donato (Atty. Gregory Simpson), John H. Fields (Judge Robert Stanford), Tristan Hickey (Ray Carter), Richard Kuss (Judge Reuben Miller), Carlos Lacamara (Allen Sanders), Holly Lauren (Stacey Munger), Will MacMillan (Guard), Darcy Marta (‘Fine Foto’ Girl), Gary Pagett (Judge Richard Williamson), Michael Pniewski (Scott Carlson), Wendy Robbins (Janice Hanoway), John Shearin (Det. Stan Davis), Kurt Smildsin (Craig Willis), Diane Sommerfield (Newswoman), Hugh Warden (Jury foreman), Joseph Whipp (Detective Collier), Al White (Off. Paul Peterson), Daniel Ziskie (Adam Carter). 1241... Blind Witness (ABC, 11/26/1989, 120 mins). Formulaic suspense tale of an independent-minded blind woman who is determined to avenge her husband’s murder after the cops apprehend two suspects and she’s convinced they have the wrong men. Original title: “Blind Rage” Production Companies Shadowplay Films, King Phoenix Entertainment. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Hans Proppe. Co-Executive Producer Victoria Principal. Producer Richard Colla. Co-Producers Tom Sullivan, Courtney Pledger. Line Producer Ira Marvin. Teleplay Edmond Stevens, Robert Carrington. Based on a Story by Tom Sullivan. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Bob Alcivar. Editors Robert L. Kimble, Bob Kagey. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Victoria Principal (Maggie Kemlich), Paul LeMat (Mike Tuthill), Stephen Macht (Gordon Kemlich), Matt Clark (Lieutenant Schapper), Tim Choate (Remy), Marcia Reider (Joanna), Jeff Olson (DJ), Jesse Bennett (Langvine), Dennis Saylor (Dickie), Russ McGuinn (The Contractor), Donre Sampson (Don Lambert), Jayne Luke (Dr. Gilroy), Will C. Hazlett (Lab Detective), Joshua Devane (Wiggins), J. Omar Hansen, Curley Green Jr., James Cash, Dana Purser, Mark Van Wagener, Steven Anderson, Michael Flynn, Oscar G. Rowland, Michaela Nelligan, Tim Eisenhart. 1242... Blinded by the Light (CBS, 12/16/1980, 120 mins). James Vincent McNichol plays a teenager who renounces his home and family to run off with a quasi-religious cult, and real-life sister Kristy (acting for the first time with her brother) sets out to bring him back, very nearly becoming brainwashed herself. Based on the 1978 novel by Robin F. Brancato. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director John A. Alonzo. Executive Producer Philip Mandelker. Producer Roderick Paul. Teleplay Henry Stern, Robin Vote, Stephen Black. Based on the Novel by Robin F. Brancato. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Jonathan Tunick. Song “The Times They Are A’Changin” Written and Performed by Bob Dylan. Editors Bernard J. Small, John C. Horger. Art Director Paul Barnes. Cast Kristy McNichol (Janet Bowers), James Vincent McNichol (David Bowers), Anne Jackson (Frances Bowers), Michael McGuire (Ed Bowers), Jenny O’Hara (Rose), Phillip R. Allen (Dr. Brockton), Sandy McPeak (Max), Keith Andes (Father Adam), Gail Edwards (Zora), Sean Thomas Roche (Michael), Benjamin Bottoms (Scott), Stephan Burns (Ralph), Michael LeClair (Doug), Grace Zabriskie (Emily), Kent Williams, Ronald Chuman, Tony O’Dell, Ron Ellis, Roberta Stuart, James M. Pike III, Patty Dworkin, Brandon Roberts, David Price. 1243... Blood & Orchids (CBS, 2/23/1986 and 2/24/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This fictional melodrama about a 1930s rape-assault trial in Hawaii, intertwined with prejudice and corruption among the Island’s Establishment, with subplots involving a Hawaiian princess and an unassuming native lawyer-with-a-future, was based on Norman Katkov’s bestselling 1983 novel which he (and, according to initial press releases, Steve Shagan) turned into a four-hour teleplay. Katkov’s book seemingly was inspired by the notorious Massie case that occurred in Honolulu in 1931. Kris Kristofferson is the unusually laidback cop on the case; Jane Alexander the Grande Dame who coerces her unfaithful Navy wife daughter to point the finger at four local youths after the girl is raped and beaten by her lover; José Ferrer is the high-toned lawyer from the mainland brought in to prosecute the case, and Sean Young is Ferrer’s young wife who has a fling with Kristofferson. An Emmy Award nomination went to the costumers of part 1. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Jerry Thorpe. Executive Producer Malcolm Stuart. Producer Andrew Adelson. Teleplay Norman Katkov. Based on the Novel by Norman Katkov. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Mark Snow. Editors Lori Jane Coleman, Marv Adelson. Production Designer Fredric P. Hope. Associate Producer Kim C. Friese. Cast Kris Kristofferson (Curt Maddox), Jane Alexander (Doris Ashley), Sean Young (Leonore Bergman), José Ferrer (Walter Bergman), Susan Blakely (Marie Farrell), David Clennon (Phillip Murray), George Coe (Dr. Howard Lansing), Richard Dysart (Harvey Koster), Elizabeth Lindsey (Sarah Liluohe), Haunani Minn (Princess Luahine), William Russ (Lt. Lloyd Murdoch),

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James Saito (Tom Halehone), Matt Salinger (Lt. Bryce Parker), Madeline Stowe (Hester Ashley Murdoch), Arthur Rosenberg (Sgt. Jack Keller), Merritt Butrick (Duane York), Sandy McPeak (Adm. Glenn Langdon), Henry K. Bal (Dr. Frank Puana), Robert Andre (John Liluohe), Warren Fabro (Mike Romero), Shaun Shimoda (David Masuda), Russell Omori (Harry Shigeru), George O’Hanlon Jr. (Forrest Kimmelman), Clarence Felder (Fairly), Don Nahuku (Parking lot attendant), Ben Wong (Peter Monji), Joyce Maltby (Bruised prostitute), Ray Bumatai (Glander), Glenn E. Crane (Foley Truax), Robert Harker (Russell Ballantine), Marika Yamato (Windward Maid), Prescott Ogle (Dordell), Bill Edwards (George Elmendorf), Michael Perry (Cmdr. James Enders), Michael Cowell (Conrad Hensel), Todd Camenson (Wesley Trask), Hank Lindsley (Leslie McAdams), Terry Cook (1st photographer), Jerry Harpin (2nd photographer), David Cohen (3rd photographer), Andy Dupree (4th photographer), Don Lamond (Judge Briggs), Mieko Hasegawa (David’s mother), Bob Fimiani (1st bailiff), Dorothy Roberts (Elizabeth Liluohe), Rudolph Abel (Court stenographer), Merlin “Sonny” Ching (Powerboat owner), Moe Keale (Roy Manakula), Phill Upton (Judge Walker), Sol K. Bright (Funeral Kahuna), Fred Ball (Diner customer), Reginald F. Ho (Senso Fujito), Clay Wai (News vendor), Rodney Philip Aiu (Shore patrolman), David Palmer (Judge Kesserling), David Traylor (2nd bailiff), Jim Hutchison (Ernest Billings), Clint Marantz (Windward decorator). 1244... Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (Syndicated, 11/29/1982 and 12/6/1982, 2 parts, 150 mins each, 5 hours). This dramatization of Hitler’s corruption of his nation’s young people during the 1933-39 period, with the focus on four families, is distinctive in that it was filmed in West Germany simultaneously in English and German by a bilingual all-German cast. Shown in this country in two parts of 2-1/2 hours each on an ad hoc network of independent stations, the production stars Jeffrey Frank, through whose eyes the horror unfolds. Frank (Michael Caine’s son in “The Island”) is the only American in the cast, although his German-born parents themselves were Jewish victims of the Nazis but managed to get out of the country. Awardwinning American producer Daniel Wilson was responsible for bringing the film to the U.S. Production Companies Daniel Wilson Productions, Taurusfilm. Director Bernd Fischerauer. Executive Producer Daniel Wilson. Supervising Producer Linda Malmelstein. Teleplay Robert Muller. Based on the Screenplay by Helmut Kissel. Photography Johannes Hollmann. Music Ernst Bradner. Editors Jessica Bendiner, Kenneth Wagner. Art Director Karl Schneider. Cast Jeffrey Frank (Hartmut Keller), Gedeon Burkhard (Hartmut at age 10), Steven Rubling (Hans Monkmann), Steven Higgs (Hans at age 10), Jakob Fruchtmann (Franz Kuhn), David Weidner (Franz at age 10), Rolf Becker (Ernst Keller), Marlies Engel (Susanne Keller), Karlheinz Lemken (Dr. Erskin Monkmann), Gila Von Weitershausen (Ruth Monkmann), Leslie Malton (Renate Keller), Gunther Malzacher (Rudolph Gruber), Siegfried Kernan (Mr. Kuhn), Elisabeth Endriss (Mrs. Kuhn), Ulrich Von Dobschutz (Bannfuhrer), Franz Rudnick (Dr. Bodenheim), John Jeffries (Robert Schienz), Sven-Eric Bertholf (Gunter Monkmann), Annegret Schmidt (Heller Monkmann), Bernd Frischauer (Dr. Seisler), Matthew Bader (Theo Gruber), Craig Reid (Theo at age 10), Taina Elg (Narrator [and voice of Renate as an adult]). 1245... Blood Feud (Syndicated, 4/25/1983 and 5/2/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The decade-long battle between James Hoffa, leader of the Teamsters Union, and Robert Kennedy, first as chief counsel for the McClellan committee in the ’50s and then as Attorney General in his brother’s administration, is depicted in this two-part four-hour Operation Prime Time movie. Cotter Smith, a newcomer making his TV-movie starring debut, plays Kennedy. Production Companies Selznick-Glickman Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Mike Newell. Producers Daniel Selznick, Joel Glickman. Teleplay Robert Boris. Music Fred Steiner. Editor John Farrell. Art Director Sidney Z Litwack. Associate Producer Robert Boris. Cast Robert Blake (James Hoffa), Cotter Smith (Robert F. Kennedy), Danny Aiello (Randy Powers), Edward Albert (Phil Wharton), Brian Dennehy (Edward G. Partin), Douglas Dirkson (Clark Mollenhoff), Sam Groom (John F. Kennedy), Lance Henriksen (Mel Pierce), Michael Lerner (Eddie Cheyfitz), Sandy McPeak (Captain Hamilton), Forrest Tucker (Lyndon B. Johnson), Ernest Borgnine (J. Edgar Hoover), José Ferrer (Edward Bennett Williams), Jim Antonio (James Neal), Seymour Cassel (Kierdorff), Jordan Charney (TV commentator), Michael V. Gazzo (Johnny Masseta), Michael C. Gwynne (Hoffa’s attorney), Jim Haynie (Ned Tuckmill), Ron Karabatsos (Tony Buono), George Morfogen (George DeSantis), Nicholas Pryor (John Cye Cheasty), Duncan Ross (Joseph P. Kennedy), Timothy Scott (Dan Ohlmeyer), Vito Scotti (Vince Bocca), Peter Van Norden (Pierre Salinger), James Widdoes (Dave Thatcher), McKee Anderson (Ethel Kennedy), Guy Boyd (Pete the trucker), Philip Bruns (Senator McClellan), David Carlyle (Sheriff), Jacqueline Cassel (Hoffa’s secretary), T.J. Castronovo (Al Perelli), Michael Cavanaugh (US Marshal), Carolyn Coates (Kennedy’s secretary), Robert Costanzo (Rocky), Frank Dent (Michigan DA), Nate Esformes (Capo di Capi), Robert Fields (Gene Sears), John Francis (Restaurant captain), Beatrice Manley (Judge Matthews), Frank McCarthy (Ewing King), Terrence McNally (Justice Department attorney), Owen Orr (Washington reporter), Charles Parks (2nd reporter), Jason Ronard (Soldato), Phil Roth (Electronics expert), Kevin Scannell (Arresting FBI agent), Frank Silvera (Anthony Rossi), Leonard Termo (LA teamster), Jack Thibeau (Stanton), Dean Wein (2nd teamster), Red West (Violent teamster), Bill Yeager (1st teamster), Eleanor Zee (Dry cleaning operator), Clete Roberts (Narrator). 1246... The Blood of Others (HBO, 8/23/1984, 180 mins). This three-hour French and Canadian coproduction based on Simone de Beauvoir’s romantic novel about a couple of star-crossed lovers caught up in Nazi-occupied France in 1938 marked, in effect, noted director Claude Chabrol’s directing debut on this side of the Atlantic. The casting of such non-Gaelic performers as Jodie Foster and Michael Ontkean as French Resistance fighters and New Zealander Sam Neill as a German manufacturer

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hopelessly smitten with Foster stretches the imagination, although veterans like Jean-Pierre Aumont and Micheline Presle as well as Stephane Audran, a favorite of contemporary French cinema, manage to bring things into proper (French) perspective. Production Companies International Cinema Corporation, Antenne 2, Telefilm Canada. Director Claude Chabrol. Executive Producer Lamar Card. Producers Denis Heroux, John Kemeny. Co-Producer Gabriel Boustani. Teleplay Brian Moore. Based on the Novel by Simone de Beauvoir. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music François Dompierre. Editor Yves Langlois. Production Designer François Comtet. Associate Producer Paulo de Oliviera. Cast Jodie Foster (Helene Bertrand), Michael Ontkean (Jean Blomart), Sam Neill (Dieter Bergman), Stephane Audran (Gigi), Lambert Wilson (Paul Perrier), Alexandra Stewart (Madeleine), Monique Mercure (Madame Kotz), Roger Mirmont (Marcel), Jean Francois Balmer (Arnaud), Marie Bunel (Yvonne), John Vernon (Gen. Karlheinz Von Loenig), Christine Laurent (Denise), Michel Robin (Raoul), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Andre Blomart), Micheline Presle (Madame Monge), Kate Reid (Madame Blomart), Renaud Verley (Dr. Duval), Marcel Guy (Dr. Lenfant), Andre Chaumeau (SS General Glaussen), Alain Doutey (Leclerc), Patrick DeLauxeux (Mathieu), Germaine Delbat (Marie), Katia Romanoff (Italian countess), Jean Champion (Elevator operator), Harold Kay (Colonel Davies), Jacques François (Colonel Catelas), Catherine Lachens (Madame Grant), Christian Bobet (1st soldier), Erich Deshors (2nd soldier), Samuel Fuller (Old man in Small Cafe), Didier Sauvegrain (1st soldier in Small Cafe), Didier Bourdon (2nd soldier in Small Cafe), Peter Bemler (Young German officer on Highway), Blanche Ravalec (Nun at station), Christa Lang (German Female Security Officer), Gerard Buhr (German Major at Meurice Restaurant), George Claisse (German Colonel at Meurice Restaurant), Raoul Guylad (German Prison Doctor). 1247... Blood Sport (CBS, 5/21/1986, 120 mins). William Shatner’s T.J. Hooker character (of the ABC primetime series 1982-85 and then the CBS Late Night series beginning in the fall of 1985) found additional life in this adventure TV movie, going to Hawaii on special assignment with cop colleagues Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear) and Jim Corrigan (James Darren) to protect the lives of a U.S. Senator and his wife, the apparent targets of terrorists. Production Companies Spelling-Goldberg Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Vincent McEveety. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Supervising Producer Rick Husky. Producers Kenneth R. Koch, Don Ingalls. Teleplay Rudolph Bochert, Don Ingalls, Stan Berkowitz, Bruce Reisman, Rick Husky. Creator Rick Husky. Based on a Story by Rudolph Borchert. Photography Jack Swain. Music Randy Edelman. Editor Stephen Michael. Art Directors Ross Bellah, David Marshall. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast William Shatner (T.J. Hooker), Heather Locklear (Stacy Sheridan), James Darren (Jim Corrigan), Don Murray (Sen. Stuart Grayle), Kim Miyori (Barbara Grayle), Nobu McCarthy (Nikko McAllister), Henry Darrow (Gus Kalioki), Tim O’Connor (John McAllister), James Pax (Makio), Keye Luke (Dr. Makimura), Hugh Farrington (Lieutenant O’Brien), Yuji Okumoto (Howie Kalanuma), Soon-Teck Oh (Ginzo), Randy Hamilton (Tim Braddock), Buck Taylor (Officer Phillips), Casey Sander (Ricky), Dana Lee (Fujikawa), Jacquie Koch (Carol Raymond), Branscombe Richmond (Bartender), Tonja Walker (Nancy Bosca). 1248... Blood Ties (Showtime, 12/14/1986, 125 mins). An American of Sicilian descent is blackmailed into returning to his ancestral homeland by a vicious Mafia drug kingpin, to convince a local judge--a distant relative--to call off his Mafia investigation. This rather violent international coproduction, made by an Italian cartel with a number of familiar American names and faces in the starring roles, was filmed on location in Sicily and New York. Brad Davis is the used and abused American who ultimately exacts his own vengeance on the mob, Tony Lo Bianco is the dedicated Sicilian judge who won’t be deterred, Vincent Spano is the flashy but sinister drug czar, Michael Gazzo is Davis’ father who is held hostage until Davis’ mission is completed, and Maria Conchita Alonso (Robin Williams’ girlfriend in “Moscow on the Hudson”) is the mistress of an aging Mafia financier in Sicily. “Blood Ties” was the grand prize winner for television production at the 1986 Venice Film Festival. Production Companies RAI Channel 1, Racing Pictures. Director Giacomo Battiato. Producer (RAI-TVl) Alessandro Fracassi. Producer Giovanna Genoese. Teleplay Corrado Augias, Giacomo Battiato, Kenneth A. Friedman. Based on a Story by Corrado Augias, Giacomo Battiato, Robert Katz. Photography Romano Albani. Music Celso Valli. Editor Mario Morra. Art Director Paolo Biagetti. Cast Brad Davis (Julian Salina), Vincent Spano (Mark Ciuni), Tony Lo Bianco (Judge Guiliano Salina), Barbara DeFossi (Luisa Masseria), Arnoldo Foa (Don Vincenzo Ammirati), Angelo Infanti (Romano), Delia Boccardo (Sara Salina), Ricky Tognazzi (Riccardo), Michael V. Gazzo (Joseph Salina), Maria Conchita Alonso (Caterina Ammirati), Joe Spinell, James Andronica, Anita Bartolucci, Loris Bazzochi, Calagero Butta, Nicolo Accursio DiLeo, Paolo Falace, Anita Laurenzi, Alessandro Partexano, Francesco Tola, Elio Zanuto. 1249... Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (NBC, 1/18/1987, 120 mins). A naive young woman working as a designer in the garment industry is swept off her feet by a disarming lawyer whom she marries--only to discover that her husband and his family are high-ranking members of the Mafia. For some reason, the family surname, which was neither Italian-sounding nor even ethnic to begin with, was changed from “Sax” to “Moran” in this drama which also starred, among others, Talia Shire who played a similar role in brother Francis Ford Coppola’s “Godfather” movies. Original title: “The Godfather’s Wife” Production Companies Louis Rudolph Films, Fries Entertainment. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Louis Rudolph. Producers S. Bryan Hickox, Guerdon Trueblood. Teleplay Guerdon Trueblood. Based on a Story by Louis Rudolph, Henry Barrow. Photography Bernd Heinl. Music William Goldstein. Editors Steve Cohen, Donald R Rode. Production Designer Paul Eads.

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Cast Melissa Gilbert (Marian Winslow), Joe Penny (Edward Moran), Eileen Brennan (Sylvia Zimmerman), Talia Shire (Gina Moran), Anthony Franciosa (Lou DiLuca), Carmine Caridi (Uncle Sal), Ron Karabatsos (Aldo), John Aprea (Frank Moran), John Lavachielli (Vincent), Rhoda Gemignani (Mama Moran), Santos Morales, Marianna Pascal, Josh Williams, William Hubbard Knight, Khorsheid Machalle, Helen Siff, Catherine Schreiber, Hilary English, Tony Perez, Shiri Appleby, Tom Regan, Dan Perrett, Barbara Hammond, Richard DeMunn, Kenny Marsten, Paul Ben-Victor, Vince Martorano, Evan Appleby, Carl Ciarfalio, Al Stephens Scaglione, Fred M. Waugh, Cathy O’Haco, Dennis Scott, Fred Lerner, Allan Graf, Stan Barett, Jeff O’Haco, Daniel O’Haco, Billy Lucas, Matt Johnson, Richard Waugh, Janet Brady, Jamie Namson, Heath Waberman, Mike Lerner, Tod Keller, John Meier, Aaron Heyman. 1250... The Blue and the Gray (CBS, 11/14/1982 to 11/17/1982, 3 parts, 8 hours). This sweeping Civil War saga that took eight hours to unfold (over three nights), adapted from historian Bruce Catton’s book, has an all-star cast winding its way through fact and fiction, covering the period from 1859 to the Lincoln assassination. The two leads are Stacy Keach as the fictional Jonas Steele, a secret government agent who reports directly to President Lincoln (Gregory Peck in his television acting debut), and John Hammond as the real-life Civil War newspaper artist, John Geyser. Among the guest cast are Geraldine Page and Rip Torn, working together (though not in the same scenes) in the same film for the first time; Warren Oates in his final TV appearance (he had died at 53 in April 1982); and Sterling Hayden (like Peck, making his TV acting debut) playing abolitionist John Brown. The production garnered four Emmy Award nominations: for photography (part 3), music (part 2), editing (part 1), and sound editing (part 1). Production Companies Larry White-Lou Reda Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Executive Producers Larry White, Lou Reda. Producers Hugh Benson, Harry Thomason. Teleplay Ian McClellan Hunter. Based on a Story by Bruce Catton, John Leekley. Photography Al Francis. Music Bruce Broughton. Editors Bud Friedgen, Fred A. Chulack. Art Directors Gary A Lee, Ross Bellah. Associate Producers John Leekley, Jon C. Anderson. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Stacy Keach (Jonas Steele), John Hammond (John Geyser), Diane Baker (Evelyn Hale), Kathleen Beller (Kathy Reynolds), Paul Benedict (Arbuthnot), Lloyd Bridges (Ben Geyser), Rory Calhoun (Gen. George Meade), Colleen Dewhurst (Maggie Geyser), David Doyle (Phineas Wade), Michael Horton (Mark Geyser), Warren Oates (Preacher/Major Welles), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Sergeant O’Toole), Geraldine Page (Mrs. Lovelace), Dan Shor (Luke Geyser), Rip Torn (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant), Robert Vaughn (Senator Reynolds), John Vernon (Secretary of State Seward), Sterling Hayden (John Brown), Paul Winfield (Jonathan Henry), Gregory Peck (Abraham Lincoln), Julia Duffy (Mary Hale), Robin Gammell (Jacob Hale Sr.), David Harper (James Hale), Julius Harris (Swamp preacher), Gregg Henry (Lester Bedell), Cooper Huckabee (Matthew Geyser), James Carroll Jordan (Professor Lowe), Brian Kerwin (Malachy Hale), William Lucking (Captain Potts), Charles Napier (Major Harrison), Walter Olkewicz (Private Grundy), Penny Peyser (Emma Geyser), Duncan Regehr (Captain Randolph), David Rounds (Christopher Spencer), Christopher Stone (Major Fairbairn), Bruce Abbott (Jake Hale Jr.), Royce D. Applegate (1st cell reporter), Walter Brooke (Gen. Herman Haupt), Janice Carroll (Mary Todd Lincoln), Fredric Cook (Captain Grimes), William Bryan Curran (Dr. Bennett), Alex Harvey (Cavalry colonel), John Dennis Johnston (Lieutenant Hardy), Steve Nevil (Johnny Reb), Gregg Palmer (Bull Run colonel), George O. Petrie (Court clerk), Veronica Redd (Hattie), Jordan Rhodes (Pennsylvania colonel), Warwick Sims (Count Von Ziller), Fred Stuthman (George), Robert Symonds (Gen. Robert E. Lee), Matthew Tobin (James’ doctor), Peter von Zerneck (Prussian general), Len Wayland (Balloon field general), Maggie Wellman (Nell), William Wellman Jr. (Lieutenant Mercer), Noble Willingham (Cavalry general on balloon field). 1251... Blue de Ville (NBC, 12/29/1986, 120 mins). A free-spirited adventurer anxious to locate her absentee father and the yuppie friend she has convinced to dump her dull fiancé and hit the road with her make a cross-country trek in a blue 1959 Cadillac de Ville they have conned from a rich kid at a bar, and acquire along the way a traveling companion in the person of a cool, college-dropout musician who himself is on the bum for mysterious reasons. This slightly off-center comedy-drama, cast with relatively unfamiliar names and faces, was the pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies B & E Enterprises, NBC Productions. Director Jim Johnston. Executive Producers Eugenie Ross-Leming, Brad Buckner. Producers Christopher Nelson, Edward D. Markley. Teleplay Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming. Photography Jerry Hartleben. Music Don Felder. Editor Christopher Nelson. Production Designer John Vallone. Executive in Charge of Production William F. Phillips. Cast Jennifer Runyon (J.C. Swift), Kimberly Pistone (Gus Valentine), Mark Thomas Miller (Rod Sandusky), Alan Autry (Sgt. Augie Valentine), Robert Prescott (Kevin), Micole Mercurio (Vee Valentine), William Frankfather (President Fryborg), Noel Conlon (Marshall Swift), Laurel Adams (Mrs. Fryborg), Toni Sawyer (Justine Swift), John Lafayette (Myers), Paul Scherrer (Jeff), Hal Havins (Shoe), Joe Lynn Turner (Eric Fury), Rusty Dillen, Anthony Bruno, Barry Dunaway, Al Greenwood, Steve West, Todd Jeffries, Steven Schwartz Hartley, Kenny Studer, Michael S. Myers, Douglas Bernstein, David Datz, John Barks, Katherine Engel, Pat Lee, Kathy Fleig, Barbara Dekins, Angela Grace, Angela A. Collier, Veronica Hewitt, Brad Aragon, Linda A. Collier. 1252... The Blue Lightning (CBS, 5/7/1986, 120 mins). Pulp fiction about a tough San Francisco private investigator on a dangerous mission in Australia where he has to do battle with a ruthless master criminal in an Outback fortress for a fabulous pearl (the film’s title). This was the first American television movie to be filmed entirely in Australia with, aside from Sam Elliott as the P.I. and Robert Culp as the bad guy, an all-Aussie cast.

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Production Companies Roadshow, Coote & Carroll, The Seven Network, Alan Sloan Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Alan Sloan, Greg Coote, Matt Carroll. Producer Ross Matthews. Co-Producer William Kelley. Teleplay William Kelley. Photography Geoffrey Simpson. Music Frank Strangio. Editor Ted Otton. Production Designer Chris Breckwoldt. Cast Sam Elliott (Harry Wingate), Rebecca Gilling (Kate McQueen), John Meillon (Dr. William Giles), Robert Coleby (Ninian), Max Phipps (Brutus Cathcart), Robert Culp (Lester McInally), Ralph Cotterill (Words), Jack Davis (Jahrgadu), Ray Meaghr (Hale), Michael Carman (Roberts), Norm Erskine (Clancy), Gary Waddell (Hennessey), Jeff Truman (Sky operator), Gary Who (Mechanic), Bob Barrett (Sullivan), Chris Pang (Tinker Leone), Peter Ford (Quentin McQueen), David Whitten (McInally’s doctor), Ernie Dingo (Pekeri), Kenneth Radley (Radio operator), Dennis Hunt (Becker), Glen Boswell (Verna), Bob Hicks (Jonson), Zev Eleftheriou (Padgett), Roy Edmonds (Matthews). 1253... The Blue Yonder (Disney, 11/17/1985, 90 mins). Disneyesque charmer about a modern-day youngster, obsessed with aviation as his daredevil grandfather had been, and determined to go back in time with the oldtimer next door, ex-partner of the boy’s granddad, to stop the long ago flyer’s daring attempt to be the first across the Atlantic during the Roaring ’20s--a flight that cost him his life. Peter Coyote as the flyer, Art Carney as the aged, tale-spinning neighbor, and Huckleberry Fox as the boy who travels to 1927 in a time machine gave writer/ director Mark Rosman’s story, commissioned by The Disney Channel, the aura Uncle Walt would have loved. “The Blue Yonder” was retitled “Time Flyer” when it subsequently made its network debut on “The Disney Sunday Movie” in February 1986. Production Companies Three Blind Mice Productions, Disney Channel. Director Mark Rosman. Producers Annette Handley, Susan B. Landau, Alan Shapiro. Teleplay Mark Rosman. Photography Hiro Narita. Photography (aerial) Jack Cooperman. Music David Shire. Editor Betsy Blankett. Production Designer Mark Billerman. Associate Producer Jeffrey White. Cast Peter Coyote (Max Knickerbocker), Huckleberry Fox (Jonathan Knicks), Art Carney (Henry Coogan), Dennis Lipscomb (Finch), Joe Flood (Leary), Mitty Smith (Helen Knickerbocker), Frank Simons (Young Coogan), Stuart Klitsner (Mr. Knicks), Morgan Upton (Police Captain), Bennett Cale (Dooley), Cyril Clayton (Drunk), Charles Adams (Newsvendor), Gretchen Grant (Mrs. Knicks), Doug Morrison (Barber), Jerry Landis (Doctor), Jo Mohbach (Nurse), Eric Barnes (Radio announcer), Art Scholl (Finch’s pilot), Scott Devenney (Coach), Stephen Prior (Little Leaguer), Buck McDancer, Sandra Gimpel, Alan Gibb. 1254... Bluegrass (CBS, 2/28/1988 and 2/29/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part romantic drama about Cheryl Ladd’s struggles to achieve success and acceptance among Kentucky’s horsey set, and in a quandary about which suitor she should choose: Anthony Andrews, the dashing Irish gambler, or Brian Kerwin, the recovering alcoholic who manages her horse farm. Also hovering around is Wayne Rogers as a well-connected, villainous judge who years earlier nearly raped her when both were teenagers; real estate agent friend Diane Ladd; and Mickey Rooney as an eccentric businessman named John Paul Jones with a keen eye for horse flesh. Based on the 1976 novel by Borden Deal. Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director Simon Wincer. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Teleplay Mart Crowley. Based on a Novel by Borden Deal. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Mark Snow, Don Davis. Editor Corky Ehlers. Additional Editing Ruben Munoz. Art Director Christian Kelly. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Maude Sage Breen), Brian Kerwin (Dancy Cutler), Anthony Andrews (Michael Fitzgerald), Shawnee Smith (Alice Gibbs), Diane Ladd (Verna Howland), Kieran Mulroney (Merlin Honeycutt), Mickey Rooney (John Paul Jones), Wayne Rogers (Judge Lowell Shipleigh), Arthur Rosenberg (Murray Steiner), Judith-Marie Bergan (Irene Shipleigh), Jerry Hardin (Brock Walters), Will Cascio (Whitey Dahl), Charles David Cooper (Wilson Goodbody), Othello Pumphrey (Bulldog Lewis), Jack Milton Caldwell (Auctioneer), Jack Stubblefield Johnson (Doc Powers), W. Gardner Hayes (Tom Sage), Paula Irvine (Teenage Maude), Blane Wheatley (Teenage Lowell), Chuck Stephenson (Lowell’s father), Duke Thomas Low (Walter Trenton), Mea Combs (Debutante), Bob Lipka (Gordon Ballew), David Conrad (TV announcer), Frank Taylor, William Gregory Etter, Ron Dawson, Julien Benjamin, Steve Wise, Danny Day, Ryan Runahan, Fred Foster, Tom Williams, J.P. Romano, Dennis Scott, Jerry Young. 1255... Bluffing It (ABC, 9/13/1987, 120 mins). Dennis Weaver stars in this contemporary social drama as a blue-collar worker who is functionally illiterate. After rather successfully faking his way through life, he turns down a promotion that requires him to read simple instructions on a machine--and at 50 finds he is virtually unemployable at anything but unskilled labor. Robert Sean Leonard, who plays his teenage son, later went on to become shining light on the 1990s Broadway stage. Production Company Ohlmeyer Communications Company. Director James Steven Sadwith. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Producers Linda Jonsson, Christopher Sands. Co-Producer Karen Danaher-Dorr. Teleplay James Steven Sadwith. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director David Davis. Cast Dennis Weaver (Jack Duggan), Janet Carroll (Margaret Duggan), Michelle Little (Monica), Robert Sean Leonard (Rusty), Cleavant Derricks (Cal Michaels), Victoria Wauchope (Hailey), Wanda Cannon (Kristine), George Buza (Bob Reilly), Michael Copeman (Pete Doherty), Michael Donaghue (Connally), Karl Pruner (Simon), Tom Harvey, Peter Langley, Jack Newman, Gary Reineke, Dick Callahan, Ken James, Marilyn Peppiatt, Jonathan Potts, Cheryl Ross, Nicholas Shields, Ann Turnbull, Stewart Arnott, William Colgate, Katia Depena, Robert Bear, Marilyn Boyle, Wesley Camp, Serge LeBlanc, Betsy Soo, Murray Cruchley, Lee J. Campbell.

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1256... Body of Evidence (CBS, 1/24/1988, 120 mins). Suspense thriller about a recently remarried nurse (Margot Kidder) haunted by the suspicion that her forensic police pathologist husband (Barry Bostwick) might be the serial killer he is supposed to be investigating. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Roy Campanella II. Supervising Producer Henry Colman. Producer Roy Campanella II. Teleplay Cynthia Whitcomb. Based on a Story by Roy Campanella II, Cynthia Whitcomb. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music John Cacavas. Editor Ray Daniels. Production Designer Albert Heschong. Costume Supervisor Frances Harrison Hays. Cast Margot Kidder (Carol Dwyer), Barry Bostwick (Alex Dwyer), Caroline Kava (Jean Fowler), Jennifer Barbour (Jessie), David Hayward (Jack), Tony Lo Bianco (Evan Campbell), Debbie Carr (Lisa), Peter Bibby (Intern), Garwin Sanford (Doctor), Georgia Collins (Lady in hospital), Don S. Davis (Gun salesman), Blu Mankuma (Sawyer), Don MacKay (J.P.), Bill Croft (Construction man #1), Karen Tilly (Stephanie), Betty Phillips (Teacher), Jane McDougal (TV announcer #1), Lee GallagherGilchrist (Victim #1), Elizabeth Keefe (Victim #2), Les Stolzenberg (2nd victim’s boyfriend), Kerrie Pennie (Victim #3), Robert Clinton (Reporter #1), Michelle Fansett (Reporter #2), Maureen Thomas (Reporter #3), Freda Perry (Reporter #4), Tyler Pearson (Delivery man), Paul Jolicoeur (Milo), Caroline Woodside (Vera), Brenda Larsen (Student #1), Kevin Cork (Student #2), Karen McMillan (Mace film woman), Stan Kane (Mace film victim). 1257... Bogie (CBS, 3/4/1980, 120 mins). The Humphrey Bogart story from the early ’30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot (the third Mrs. Bogart) and Lauren Bacall. Academy Award-winning writer, Daniel Taradash, who co-wrote the screenplay to Bogart’s “Knock on Any Door,” did the TV adaptation of the 1966 book by Bogart’s latter-day pal, Joe Hyams, and Vincent Sherman, who helmed several Bogart movies, directed this television biography which somewhat white-washed Bogart’s lengthy career and tempestuous private life. Lauren Bacall reportedly has said that she never saw this TV movie, nor did she want to. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Vincent Sherman. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Philip Barry. Teleplay Daniel Taradash. Based on the Biography by Joe Hyams. Photography Harry J. May. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Patrick M. Ryan. Art Director Bill Ross. Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Kevin O’Connor (Humphrey Bogart), Kathryn Harrold (Lauren Bacall), Ann Wedgeworth (Mayo Methot), Patricia Barry (Zelda O’Moore), Donald May (Pat O’Moore), Alfred Ryder (Mike Romanoff), Carol Vogel (Mary Phillips), Richard Dysart (Jack Warner), Tobias Andersen (Sherwood), Anne Bellamy (Louella Parsons), Michael Bond (Unemployed actor), Herb Braham (Peter Lorre), Normann Burton (Hopkins), Michael Currie (Fogelson), Ross Elliott (Howard Hawks), Woody Eney (Randolph), Arthur Franz (Dr. Bogart), Stephen Keep (Leslie Howard), Sierra Pecheur (Naive lady), William Edward Phipps (Dr. Brandsma), Royce Wallace (May), Gary Faga (Rolls Royce owner), Warren Hay Lyons (Lyons), Tara Leigh (Starlet), John Colton (Assistant director), Tony May (Stephen at age 7), Casey May (Stephen at age 3), Drew Barrymore (Leslie), Robert Karnes (Chess player), Dick Edwards (Bartender). 1258... Bonanza: The Next Generation (Syndicated, 3/8/1988, 120 mins). David Dortort, who created the long-running “Bonanza” (1959-73), tested the waters with this pilot to a prospective revival series, but encountered a couple of roadblocks. First, Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker were no longer available, and Michael Landon was otherwise occupied with his own hit, “Highway to Heaven.” Second, because the original stars would not be in it, NBC showed no incentive. Dortort’s solution: bring on the next generation (Michael Landon Jr. as Little Joe’s son, Benj; Gillian Greene, Lorne’s daughter, as Benj’s love interest of sort) and put it in first-run syndication. The famous opening-credits burning map was there, along with the driving Livingston-Evans theme, and a story was concocted to follow the subsequent history of the Ponderosa, now in 1905. John Ireland has come aboard to run the spread as Ben Cartwright’s seafaring brother Aaron after Ben’s death. Barbara Anderson (once of “Ironside” and “Mission: Impossible”) is there to give the place the woman’s touch as Annie Cartwright, whom--since the original series left prime time--Little Joe had married before subsequently going off to fight with Teddy Roosevelt and dying in the battle for San Juan Hill. John Amos (of “Good Times”) is the Ponderosa cook, taking over from Hop Sing; Robert Fuller is the new ranch foreman, in for Candy; and Brian A. Smith moseys in a Hoss’s never before known illegitimate son. Peter Mark Richman is the guest villain. Apparently NBC’s interest was subsequently piqued, since, with minor casting changes, the network would make a couple of new “Bonanza” movies in the early ’90s. Production Companies Bonanza Ventures Inc., Gaylord Productions, LBS Communications Inc. Director William F. Claxton. Executive Producers Thomas W. Sarnoff, Adam Courtney. Co-Executive Producer William F. Claxton. Supervising Producer Stacy Williams. Producer David Dortort. Teleplay Paul Savage. Based on a Story by David Dortort. Based on Characters Created by David Dortort. Photography Stanley M. Lazan. Music Bob Cobert. Theme Jay Livingston, Ray Evans. Editors Alan Marks, J. Timothy Nugent. Production Designer Brenton Swift. Cast John Ireland (Aaron Cartwright), Robert Fuller (Charlie Poke), Barbara Anderson (Annie Cartwright), Michael Landon Jr. (Benj Cartwright), Brian Andrew Smith (Josh), John Amos (Mr. Mack), Peter Mark Richman (Dunson), Gillian Greene (Jennifer Sills), Kevin Hagen (Nathaniel Amsted), William Benedict (Gus Morton), Richard Bergman (Sheriff Mantooth), Dabbs Greer (Sills), Gary Reed (Eldon Poole), Lee McLaughlin (Mayor), Bob Hoy (Feathers), Rex Linn (Cease), Jack Lilley (Jory), Jerry Gatlin (Deke), Jeffrey Meyer (Lundeen), Robert Jauregui (Cullen), Jeffrey Boudov (Homer), Laurie Rude (Rachel), Clayton Staggs (Mover/shaker), David O. Combs (Father), Michael Della Famina (Townsman #1), Patrick Joseph O’Neill (Hoskins), Joyce

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Anderson (Woman #1), John D. Ward (Preacher), M.C. Christopher (Ranchhand #1), Jack O’Leary (Townsman #2), Robert J. Fuller (Townsman #3), Jeannette Knight (Woman #2), Wm. James Anderson (Miner). 1259... Born Beautiful (NBC, 11/1/1982, 120 mins). Erin Gray (of “Silver Spoons”) and Lori Singer (of “Fame”) are fashion models--one a superstar in the trade nearing 30 and urged to move into other areas while still at the top; the other a troubled high school student hoping to exploit her beauty--who become close friends and bitter competitors under the watchful eye of agency head Polly Bergen. Ed Marinaro (of “Hill Street Blues”) is a free-lance photographer. Filmed on location entirely in New York. Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Dick Atkins. Producer Michael Lepiner. Teleplay Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Photography Michael J. Davis. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Craig McKay. Art Director Richard Bianchi. Cast Erin Gray (Betsy Forrest), Lori Singer (Jodi Belcher), Ed Marinaro (Doug Trainer), Ellen Barber (Carol Trainer), Polly Bergen (Marion Carmody), Judith Barcroft (Serena Belcher), Michael Higgins (Michael), P.J. Benjamin (Ricardo), Barbara Blackburn (Cindy Springer), Paul Dumont (Len Bowles), Andrea Kessler (Amy), Nancy Everhard (Sissy), Albert Stratton (Vincent Conrad), Kevin Conroy (Stan), Nancy Elizabeth Kammer (Maureen O’Neill), William Smitrovich (Jake O’Neill), Peter Hodden (Tony), Stacy Edwards (Model in red hat), Christine Landman (Charlene), Eva Johansson (Ingrid), Harriet Hall (Booking agent), Joel Podz (Ted), Michael Cameron (Michael Forrest), Kaye Dowd (Mary Forrest). 1260... Born to Be Sold (NBC, 11/2/1981, 120 mins). An illegal baby-selling operation is uncovered by social worker Lynda Carter in this drama, based on Lynn McTaggart’s 1980 book “The Baby Brokers,” and produced by the star’s manager/ husband, Ron Samuels. Dean Stockwell and Sharon Farrell run the shady home for unwed mothers that supplies Harold Gould’s equally shady adoption agency. Actress Lana Wood (Natalie’s sister) received billing as producer Ron Samuels’ assistant. Production Company Ron Samuels Productions. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producer Ron Samuels. Producer Gary Credle. Teleplay Karen Harris. Based on a Story by Leo Pipkin. Based on a Book by Lynn McTaggart. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Johnny Harris. Song “What Have I Got to Lose?” Johnny Harris. Song Performed by Lynda Carter. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Daniel A Lomino. Ron Samuels’ Assistant Lana Wood. Associate Producer John A. Martinelli. Cast Lynda Carter (Kate Carlin), Harold Gould (Robert Westfield), Philip Sterling (Sergeant Prill), Dean Stockwell (Marty Helick), Sharon Farrell (Joan Helick), Lloyd Haynes (Malcolm), Ed Nelson (Carl Strickland), Joy Garrett (April Strickland), Claire Malis (Claire), Donna Wilkes (Cindy Carlson), Rita Taggart (Janet Carlson), Bernard Behrens (Judge), Gordon Haight (George), Joyce Temple-Harris (Mrs. Bugner), Kathy Beaudine (Mrs. Hoffman), John Medici (Mr. Hoffman), Ken Hill (Mr. Bugner), Pamela Keepe (Susan), Shelley O’Neil (Girl), Wendel Baker (Tim), Nick Savage (Man), Michael Murphy (Attendant), Martin Azarow (Louie Blatz), Ken Foree, Heshimu Cumbuka, Dan Chambers, Art Kimbro. 1261... The Bourne Identity (ABC, 5/8/1988 and 5/9/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Robert Ludlum’s 1980 spy thriller, with Richard Chamberlain as (initially) an amnesiac who finds he’s a hunted man and Jaclyn Smith as the woman who becomes his loyal companion, emerges as an nonstop, twisty chase tale of murder, greed and passion. Filmed in Nice, Paris, Zurich, London and New York, this two-part four-hour tale received Emmy nominations as Outstanding Drama and for editing (for part 2). Laurence Rosenthal’s score was an Emmy winner (for part 1). “The Bourne Identity” became a last-minute Outstanding Drama nominee when PBS’s “Rumpole of the Bailey” was disqualified, having aired the previous year in Great Britain. In 2002, “The Bourne Identity” was reimagined for a new generation as a theatrical film (Matt Damon in the lead) running a bit over two hours. Production Companies Alan Shayne Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Roger Young. Executive Producer Alan Shayne. Producer Frederick Muller. Co-Producer Martin Rabbett. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on a Novel by Robert Ludlum. Photography Tony Pierce-Roberts. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Benjamin A. Weissman, Ellen Ring Jacobson. Production Designer Peter Mullins. Art Director John Siddall. 2nd Unit Photographer Jimmy Devis. Associate Producer Carol Sobieski. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Jason Bourne), Jaclyn Smith (Marie St. Jacques), Anthony Quayle (Gen. Francoise Villiers), Donald Moffat (David Abbott), Yorgo Voyagis (Carlos), Peter Vaughan (Fritz Koenig), Denholm Elliott (Dr. Geoffrey Washburn), Kate Howard (Angelique Villiers), Bruce Boa (Senator Craford), Shane Rimmer (Gen. Alex Conklin), James Laurenson (Gillette), William Roberts (Peter), Jacqueline Pearce (Mme. Jacqui), James Faulkner (D’Anjou), Philip Madoc (Pierre D’Armacourt), Terry Richards (Johann), Michael Habeck (The fat man), Wolf Kahler (Gold Glasses), Bill Wallis (Chernak), Franciscus Abgottspon (Zurich cabbie #2), Frederick Bartman (Man in bank lobby), John Carlin (Albert Stossel), George Lane Cooper (Gigantic man), Otto Dornbietler (Boarding house manager), Freddie Earlle (The beggar), John Harding (Nigel Goodman), Michael Mellinger (Bertinelli), Wayne Michaels (Man in elevator), Jurgen Pruschansky (Zurich cabbie #1), Cyril Shaps (Apfel), Rand Takeuchi (Vietnamese boy), Roger Tebb (Blonde man), Michael Anthony (French priest), Robert Arden (Elliot Stevens), Marianne Borgo (Boutique receptionist), David Michael Clarke (Carl), Joseph Frost (Young David Webb), Leon Herbert (New York cabbie), Fabreice Houg (Paris cabbie), Ray Johnson (Abbott’s driver), Leslie Lai (Vietnamese wife), Robert MacLeod (Yachtsman), Sylvia Marriott (Meg), Ted Maynard (Dugan), James Walker (Chef).

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1262... The Boy Who Drank Too Much (CBS, 2/6/1980, 120 mins). Scott Baio is a high school athlete well on the road to becoming an alcoholic like his ex-hockey pro father, Don Murray, until his teammate and best friend, Lance Kerwin, commits himself to saving him from his self-destructive habit. Based on the 1979 novel by Shep Greene. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Jerrold Freedman. Producers Donald A Baer, Jerry McNeely. Teleplay Edward DeBlasio. Based on the Novel by Shep Greene. Music Michael Small. Song “Lonely Street, Winter Day” by Jerry McNeely, Michael Small. Song Performed by Robert Jason. Editor Anthony Redman. Production Designer Ron Hobbs. Cast Scott Baio (Buff Saunders), Lance Kerwin (Billy Carpenter), Ed Lauter (Gus Carpenter), Mariclare Costello (Louis Carpenter), Don Murray (Ken Saunders), Stephen Davies (Alan), Toni Kalem (Tina), Katherine Pass (Donna Watson), Dan Shor (Art Collins), Michele Tobin (Julie Seidman), Ron Max (Coach Anderson), Marla Frumkin (Lucy), Jerry McNeely (Spanish teacher), Dan Spector (Murph), John Roselius (Paul Watson), Art Evans (Intern), Elizabeth Berger (Emergency room nurse), Nora Boland (Ruth), Shane Kerwin (Grisdale), Naomi Caryl (Edna), Dorothy Dells, Virginia Bingham, Mavis Neal Palmer, Jerry De Wilde, Cheri Heckman. 1263... Braker (ABC, 4/28/1985, 120 mins). Veteran black L.A. cop and his young white partner, investigating a murder at a music video studio, find the trail leading to the Hollywood porno trade in this busted pilot to a prospective series for Carl Weathers, who had become a star playing Apollo Creed to Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa and, after this pilot, went on to another series of his own, “Fortune Dane.” Production Companies Blatt-Singer Productions, Centerpoint Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Victor Lobl. Executive Producers Daniel H Blatt, Robert L Singer. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay Felix Culver, Jim Carabatsos. Based on a Story by Felix Culver. Photography Roger Shearman. Editors Carl Kress, T Battle Davis, Randy Thornton. Music Brad Fiedel. Song “If Looks Could Kill” by Jack Conrad, Bob Garrett. Art Director Mort Rabinowitz. Associate Producer Judy Palnick. Cast Carl Weathers (Lt. Harry Braker), Joseph Bottoms (Eddie Kelso), Anne Schedeen (Lt. Polly Peters), Alex Rocco (Orsini), Randall “Tex” Cobb (R.E. Packard), Peter Michael Goetz (Captain Joyce), Dann Florek (Hayes), Tracey Ross (Janice), Shanna Reed (Dede Drummond), Ed O’Neill (Danny Buckner), Kristoffer Tabori (Bruce Wines), Ian McShane (Alan Roswell), Eugenie Ross-Leming (Belsky), Gwen Humble (Kate Taylor), Robert Pastorelli (Tyler), E.J. Castillo (Forensics), Maurice Sneed (Booker), Pamela Matteson (Bernice), Becca C. Ashley (Girl hostage), Richard Burns (Medic), Dick Durock (Troy), Cindi Eyman (Girl on videotape), Allan Graf (Jason). 1264... Brass (CBS, 9/11/1985, 120 mins). In his return to television ending a hiatus after playing Archie Bunker from 1971 to 1983 in two different series, Carroll O’Connor starred as a three-star New York City Chief of Detectives in this pilot which drew upon a couple of real-life cases in Manhattan--the so-called CBS parking lot murders and the Penn Station sniper--and mixed in a plot about high level police corruption. O’Connor wrote the teleplay with veteran writer Alvin Boretz, according to initial production notes, from a story which Boretz adapted (vaguely) from the factual book, “Tarnished Brass.” Writing credits when this movie premiered, however, went to the pseudonymous Matt Harris (O’Connor) and Roy Baldwin (Boretz).The film was made entirely on location in Manhattan. Production Companies Carnan Productions, Jaygee Productions, Orion Television. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Jerry Golod. Producer T. J. Castronovo. Teleplay Roy Baldwin, Matt Harris. Based on a Story by Roy Baldwin. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Joe Sherman. Editors Jim Gross, Lovel Ellis. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Carroll O’Connor (Frank Nolan), Lois Nettleton (Claire Willis), Larry Atlas (Capt. Larry Jacobs), Samuel E. Wright (Capt. Michael Shore), Jimmy Baio (Tony Covello), Paul Shenar (Schuyler Ross), Begona Plaza (Rosa Garcia), Pauline Meyers (Lucy Ward), Anita Gillette (Sister Mary Elizabeth), Vincent Gardenia (Chief Mike Maldonato), Robert Brown (Chief Shannon), Richard Bright (Philip Stack), Wayne Tippit (P.C. Haines), Hugh O’Connor (James Flynn), Marcia Cross (Victoria Willis), Gary Klar (Leland Brice), Al Mancini (Gianni Farro), Patricia Kalember (Lori Cartwright), Pat McNamara (Lieutenant Hanley), Angelo Tiffe (Uniformed officer), Louis Guss (Samuel Selig), Jude Ciccolella (Det. Si Levy), David Chandler (Bradley Oates), Andrew Davis (Arnold Boone), Dan Lauria (Detective Navarro), Graciela Lecube (Old woman), Rudy Diaz (Mr. Vargas), Susan Rydin (Michaela), Jim Moody (Medical examiner), Lori Tan Chinn (Hilda), Barrett Heins (Swidon), Paul Herman (Uniformed officer), Rita Karin (Mrs. Dietz), Francin Beers (Eileen), Tom Spackman (Doctor), Andrew Clark (White doorman), Tudi Wiggins (Mrs. Amory), Stefan Schnabel (Norman Steingarten), Franklin Scott (Black detective), Gerry Bamman (George Whitman), Liam Gannon (Priest), Dennis McMullen (Lieutenant Mulachy), Shirley Stoller (Woman in window), Thomas Ikeda (Butler). 1265... Brave New World (NBC, 3/7/1980, 180 mins). An ambitious but confusing and unsuccessful attempt to translate the satirical Aldous Huxley novel (1931) of a futuristic society in a place called Savageland 600 years in the future. No one there ages past 35, babies are mass produced on an assembly line, and “engagings” (sexual trysts) are compulsory. A large, relatively unknown cast, reciting a space-aged gibberish that comes natural only to Robin Williams when he is doing Mork from Ork (“A soma a day keeps the jim jams away,” one character philosophizes), and a tedious script make this three-hour movie (edited down from four before its premiere) difficult going. It did, however, garner three Emmy Award nominations: photography, art direction and set decoration, and costume design. Production Company Universal Television. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producer Milton Sperling. Producer Jacqueline Babbin. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Based on the Novel by Aldous Huxley. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Paul Chihara. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director Tom H. John.

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Cast Julie Cobb (Linda Lysenko), Bud Cort (Bernard Marx), Keir Dullea (Thomas Grambell), Ron O’Neal (Mustapha Mond), Marcia Strassman (Lenina Disney), Kristoffer Tabori (John Savage), Dick Anthony Williams (Helmholtz Watson), Jonelle Allen (Fanny Crowne), Valerie Curtin (Chief Warden Stelina Shell), Tricia O’Neil (Maoina Krupps), Victoria Racimo (Beta teacher), Sheree Brewer (Hochina), Reb Brown (Henry Exxon), Tara Buckman (Alpha teacher), Lee Chamberlin (Head nurse), Sam Chew Jr. (Chief Dispenser Philips Parks Lumen), Beatrice Colen (Gamma female), Patrick J Cronin (Gamma male), Peter Elbling (Darwin Bonaparte), Aron Kincaid (J. Edgar Millhouse), Carole Mallory (Miss Trotsky), Bill Overton (Chief manager), Murray Salem (Chief engineer), Delia Salvi (High priestess), Nicholas Savalas (Benito Hoover), Jonathan Segal (Chem-O-Tech), Jeannetta Arnette (Dwightina), Carol Tillery Banks (Compu-To-Structress), June Barrett (June), Perry Bullington (Roger), Shane Butterworth (Young John at age 6), Jeanne M Carson (Delta twin), Janet A. Carson (Delta twin), Natasha Hanna (Delta triplet), Xenia Hanna (Delta triplet), Alexandra Hanna (Delta triplet), Susan Krebs (Anita Schafly), Sandra McCabe (Martha), Steven Monde (Young Bernard at age 6), Gregory Morton (Village chief), Barney Pell (Young Bernard at age 12), Chris Peterson (Young John at age 12), Caroline Smith (Rona DeMille), Ken Sylk (Pele). 1266... Breaking Point (TNT, 8/18/1989, 120 mins). World War II spy thriller about a captured American officer who is brainwashed in what is ostensibly a US Army hospital inside Germany to think that the war is over and that he can now spill the beans about details of the D-Day invasion. In this remake of “36 Hours” (1964), based on Roald Dahl’s book “Beware of the Dog,” Corbin Bernsen has the role originally played by James Garner. Production Companies The Avnet-Kerner Company, Turner Pictures. Director Peter Markle. Producers Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Based on a Novel by Roald Dahl. Based on a Story by Carl K. Hittleman, Luis H. Vance. Photography Don Burgess. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Debra Neil. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Cast Corbin Bernsen (Maj. Jefferson Pike), Joanna Pacula (Anna/Diana), John Glover (Dr. Walter Gerber), David Marshall Grant (Colonel Osterman), Lawrence Pressman (General Smith), Ken Jenkins (Colonel Lowe), Dennis Creaghan (German General), Joris Stuyck (Paolo), Michael Tulin (Investigator), Kathryn Miller (Catherine), John Alden (Abbott), Alan Toy (Lt. Leroy Harris), Douglas Roberts (Dr. Johns), Andrew Divoff (Aide), Jeannette Kerner (Bertha). 1267... Bride of Boogedy (ABC, 4/12/1987, 120 mins). Television movie follow-up to Disney’s earlier one-hour comedy about a fractious ghost named Mr. Boogedy (played by Howard Witt) who is haunting the house of fun-loving Richard Masur and family and playing pranks on them to banish the clan from their New England home in Lucifer Falls. Here Mr. Boogedy is on the prowl for a bride and may even have designs on the lady of the house. Production Companies Michael Janover-Oz Scott Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Oz Scott. Producers Oz Scott, Michael Janover. Teleplay Michael Janover. Photography King Baggot. Music John Addison. Editor Duane Hartzell. Art Director James Shanahan. Special Photographic Effects Allen Gonzalves. Cast Richard Masur (Carlton Davis), Mimi Kennedy (Eloise Davis), Tammy Lauren (Jennifer Davis), David Faustino (Corwin Davis), Joshua Rudoy (Ahri Davis), Leonard Frey (Walter Witherspoon), Howard Witt (Mr. Boogedy), Eugene Levy (Tom Lynch), Ray Girardin (Elmer), Alice Hirson (Mrs. Hooter), Karen Kondazian (Madeleinska), Vincent Schiavelli (Lazarus), Jeff Abbott (Crowd member #2), Annie Abbott (Crowd member #3), Robert V Barron (Mortician), Michael Bartholomew (Jonathan), Minda Burr (Mother), Bill Capizzi (Pizza man), Kristin Clayton (Linda), Betty Cole (Crowd member #1), Terrence Evans (Mechanic), Matthew Hurley (Brave kid). 1268... Bridesmaids (CBS, 2/21/1989, 120 mins). Four best friends reunite as bridesmaids for the wedding of a fifth, reminisce about the past, and share secrets that bind them together. The feminine touch to this drama includes not only leads but also director, executive producer, supervising producer, and writer (Cynthia Cherbak, whose name was removed from the final credits in favor of the pseudonymous Bett Eyre). Production Companies Motown Productions, West Grand Entertainment, Qintex Entertainment, Deaun Productions. Director Lila Garrett. Executive Producer Suzanne de Passe. Supervising Producer Carol A. Caruso. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Bett Eyre. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Randy Ser. Art Director Natalie Richards. Associate Producer Art Seidel. Cast Shelley Hack (Kimberley Bradstreet), Sela Ward (Caryl Fox), Stephanie Faracy (Beth Babyak), Jack Coleman (Matt), Audra Lindley (Lulu), Brooke Adams (Pat McClinton), Hamilton Camp (Ridgefield), James F. Dean (Officer John), Randy Ser (Clerk), Kathryn Kimler (Teen driver). 1269... Bridge Across Time (NBC, 11/22/1985, 120 mins). Fanciful but straight-faced adventure involving Jack the Ripper plying his dastardly trade in the contemporary world in the shadow of London Bridge, to the dismay of the good folks and townspeople of Lake Havasu, Arizona, where the famed bridge was relocated, stone by stone. His mysterious presence promises havoc in the tourist trade and local detective David Hasselhoff takes it upon himself to thwart the spread of grizzly killings that have begun occurring. Subsequently it had a repeat network showing under the title “Arizona Ripper.” Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Irv Wilson. Producers Richard Maynard, Jack Michon. Teleplay William F. Nolan. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Lalo Schifrin. Songs Written and Performed by Census. Editors Thomas Fries, Leslie Dennis. Art Director William McAllister. Production Executive Claude Binyon Jr.

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Cast David Hasselhoff (Don Gregory), Stepfanie Kramer (Angie Shepherd), Randolph Mantooth (Joe Nez), Adrienne Barbeau (Lynn Chandler), Clu Gulager (Peter Dawson), Lindsay Bloom (Elaine Gardner), Ken Swofford (Ed Nebel), Rose Marie (Alma Bellock), Lane Smith (Anson Whitfield), David Fox-Brenton (Roger Latting), Michael Boyle (Dave Williamson), Barbara Bingham (Alice Williamson), Paul Rossilli (The Ripper), Cameron Milzer (Lab technician), Charles Benton (Mr. Daly), Nancy Skillen (Amy Phelps), Ray Ravero (Waiter), Jim Hodge (Mayor McCoy), Peter Vernon (Lord Mayor of London), Steve Archer (Tom Hale). 1270... Bridge to Silence (CBS, 4/9/1989, 120 mins). Adroitly written and acted drama exploring the relationship between a cold, manipulative woman and her daughter, deaf since childhood, and the tug-of-war over guardianship of the latter’s young daughter following a serious automobile accident. Marlee Matlin, the hearing-impaired actress who won an Oscar for the 1987 film of “Children of a Lesser God,” here has her first speaking role. One element of the plot involves the Theater of the Deaf and a production of “The Glass Menagerie,” in which Phyllis Frelich (who, ironically, won a Tony for starring in the Broadway production of “Children of a Lesser God”) plays Amanda Wingfield with other members of the company. An Emmy nomination went to Fred Karlin for his original music. Production Companies Fries Entertainment, Briggle, Hennessy, Carrothers & Associates. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Stockton Briggle, Dennis D. Hennessy, Richard Carrothers. Teleplay Louisa BurnsBisogno. Based on a Story by Louisa Burns-Bisogno, Tom Bisogno. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Laurel Ladevich. Production Designer Mayling Cheng. Art Director Eric Fraser. Cast Lee Remick (Marge Duffield), Marlee Matlin (Peggy Lawrence), Michael O’Keefe (Dan Burnell), Candace Brecker (Mary Amblett), Allison Silva (Lisa Lawrence), Josef Sommer (Al Duffield), Phyllis Frelich (“Amanda Wingfield”), Patricia Hamilton (Betty Samuels), Cec Linder (Sam Samuels), Bob Hilterman (John Lawrence), Anthony Natale (“Gentleman Caller”), Michael Rhoades (Emergency doctor), Graham McPherson (Dr. Whitsett), Gerard Parkes (Dr. Black), Tom Butler (Attorney McHalley), Enza Roberts (Victoria Allen), Geordie Johnson (Interpreter), Nigel Howard (Tom Young), Vanessa Vaughan (Nell Lang), Helen Carscallen (Court clerk), Irene Pauzer (I C U nurse), Maxine Miller (Saleswoman), Gino Marrocco (Cab driver), Djanet Sears (Private room nurse), Lisa Bunting (Miss Davis), Warren Miller (“Tom Wingfield”), Dr. I. King Jordan (Himself). 1271... Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (CBS, 2/21/1988, 120 mins). Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Sheila James, and the gang reunite 25 years after the original “Dobie Gillis” series went off the air. Dobie has been married to Zelda for 20 years and they have a teenage son. Maynard G. Krebs has returned to town on a mission involving Thalia Menninger, now the richest woman in the world, who has decided that she wants Dobie--who had pined for her all through high school. Thalia (then played by Tuesday Weld) comes home in the person of Connie Stevens. Her (and Eddie Fisher’s) real-life daughter Tricia Leigh Fisher plays the daughter of rich snob Chatsworth Osborne, Dobie’s lifelong nemesis, and she sets her sights on Dobie’s son. Dwayne Hickman, who at the time was a CBS executive, took a leave of absence to coproduce this film and movie in front of the cameras once again. (There had been a one-shot prospective revival series pilot in 1977, “Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?” that most either overlooked or never remembered.) Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Stanley Z. Cherry. Executive Producer Stanley Z. Cherry. Supervising Producer Stan Hough. Producers Dwayne Hickman, Steve Clements, Marc Summers. Teleplay Deborah Zoe Dawson, Victoria Johns, Stanley Z. Cherry. Based on a Story by Max Shulman. Based on Characters Created by Max Shulman. Photography George Koblasa. Music Jimmie Haskell. Theme Lionel Newman, Max Shulman. Song Stanley Z. Cherry, Jimmie Haskell. Editor William B. Stich. Art Director Mary Weaver Dodson. Cast Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis), Bob Denver (Maynard G. Krebs), Connie Stevens (Thalia Menninger), Sheila James (Zelda), Steve Franken (Chatsworth Osborne Jr.), William Schallert (Mr. Pomfritt), Mike Jolly (Earl), Lisa Wilcox (Bonnie Bascomb), Tricia Leigh Fisher (Chatsie Osborne), Scott Grimes (Georgie Gillis), Nicholas Worth (Max), Kathleen Freeman (Marie), Joey D. Vieira (Sheriff Ward Billy Pervis), Dody Goodman (Ruth Knedleman), Andy Rolike (Andy Spunk), James Staley (Donald Snardman), Lisa Fuller (Eloise), Lillian Adams (Sylvia), Janet Rotblatt (Rose), Molly David (Old woman), Billy Beck (Old man). 1272... Broken Angel (ABC, 3/14/1988, 120 mins). William Shatner and Susan Blakely are having a crisis in their marriage when their straight-A teenage daughter (Erika Eleniak) goes off to the senior prom and disappears during a shoot-out between rival gangs, and Shatner goes into action in this cardboard drama launching a concerned search for the girl in the world of druggies and runaways. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, MGM-UA Television. Director Richard T Heffron. Executive Producer Stan Margulies. Producer Robin S. Clark. Teleplay Cynthia A. Cherbak. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Michael F. Anderson. Art Director Roy Alan Amaral. Cast William Shatner (Chuck Coburn), Susan Blakely (Catherine Coburn), Roxann Biggs (Shakti Velasquez), Jason Horst (Drew Coburn), Millie Perkins (Penny Bartmen), Micole Mercurio (Shelly Raskin), Carmen Zapata (Ms. Adkins), Brock Peters (Sergeant Mercurio), Erika Eleniak (Jaime Coburn), Collin Davis (Ron), Amy Lynne (Jenny Bartmen), Tron (Ajax), Rodney Eastman (Billy), Mike Muscate (Harvey), Calvin Jung (Man in teen shelter), Donnie Jeffcoat (Brad), Jack Yee (Tazi), Tommy Pruett (Bob), Georg Olden (Student).

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1273... Broken Promise (CBS, 5/5/1981, 120 mins). Chris Sarandon is a juvenile court services director who strives to fight the odds following his promise to young Melissa Michaelsen, a resourceful 11-year-old, to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite bureaucrat George Coe’s insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producers Tony Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producers Don Taylor, Joe Boston. Teleplay Stephen Kandel. Based on a Book by Kent Hayes, Alex Lazzarino. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Fred Karlin. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director Jack Marty. Cast Chris Sarandon (Bud Griggs), Melissa Michaelsen (Patty Clawson), George Coe (George Mathews), McKee Anderson (Nancy Sloan), David Haskell (Tom Parks), Sondra West (Alice Parks), Marc Alaimo (Joe Clawson), C.J. Hincks (June Clawson), Tristine Schmukler (Sue-Anne Clawson), John McCaffrey (John Clawson), Erika Katz (Karen Clawson), Canaan Crouch (Charlie Clawson), Jessie Lee Fulton (Mrs. Gustafson), Irma P. Hall (Williston), William H. Burkett (Judge Harrington), Nik Hagler (Harrison), Rose-Mary Rumbley (Mrs. Higgins), Norma Young (Anna Nelson), Jeanie Capps (Dr. Carson), Randy Moore (Dr. Sullivan), Helena Humann (Matron Turner), Tony Frank (Barnes), Harlan Jordan (Sheriff), Miles Mutchler (Walter), Jude Johnson (Doris Parmenter), Lisa Le Mole (Kathy), Missi Hutchins (Linda), Norman Colvin (Attendant). 1274... Broken Vows (CBS, 1/28/1987, 120 mins). Tommy Lee Jones’ role of a parish priest who becomes involved with a murder is somewhat similar to Montgomery Clift’s in Hitchcock’s 1952 movie “I Confess.” (Both were even filmed in Canada: this one in Montreal, Hitchcock’s in Quebec.) Jones here also becomes involved with the victim’s girlfriend and is forced to question his vows, while Clift, in the earlier film, was involved when younger with a married woman. While the Hitchcock movie used as its basis a turn-of-the-century French novel, this TV-movie is based on Dorothy Salisbury Davis’ “Where the Dark Streets Go” (1970), which was the film’s title during production. The teleplay was by the estimable James Costigan, who asked that his name be removed prior to the film’s premiere (the pseudonymous Ivan Davis instead appears). Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., Brademan-Self Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Peter Zinner, Robert C. Thompson. Supervising Producer Robert Halmi. Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Teleplay Ivan Davis. Based on a Novel by Dorothy Salisbury Davis. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Charles Gross. Editor Norman Gray. Production Designer Jocelyn Joly. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Joseph McMahon), Annette O’Toole (Nim Fitzpatrick), M. Emmet Walsh (Detective Mulligan), Milo O’Shea (Monsignor Casey), David Groh (Mason Drumm), Madeleine Sherwood (Mrs. Chase), Jean DeBaer (Gena Drumm), David Strathairn (Stuart Chase), Frances Fisher (Maureen Phelan), Peter Crombie (Dan Phalen), Anthony LaGuerre (Carlos), Sylvia Short (Miss Lalor), Richard Dumont (Father Purdy), Andrew Nichols, Joseph Drblik, Mark Kulik. 1275... Brotherhood of Justice (ABC, 5/18/1986, 120 mins). The leader of a vigilante society made up of teenaged high-achievers, formed to rid their school of drugs, violence, vandalism and other evils, finds that the group’s vigilance has turned increasingly toward mayhem. There’s more than a dash of “Mod Squad”1980s-style here, except that it’s the school principal who sends his young charges forth to thwart crime in this pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Guber-Peters Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Charles Braverman. Executive Producers Peter Guber, Jon Peters. Supervising Producer Hans Proppe. Producers Judith James, Margot Winchester. Teleplay Noah Jubelirer, Jeffrey Bloom. Based on a Story by Noah Jubelirer. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors Ann Mills, Bert Glatstein. Art Director Philip Thomas. Cast Keanu Reeves (Derek), Lori Loughlin (Christie), Kiefer Sutherland (Victor), Joe Spano (Bob Grootemat), Darren Dalton (Scottie), Evan Mirand (Mule), Don Michael Paul (Collin), Gary Riley (Barnwell), Billy Zane (Les), Danny Nucci (Willie), Danny De La Paz (Carlos), Jim Haynie (Sheriff), Sean Sullivan (Patsie), Perla Walter (Maria), Walter Brown (Coach), Charles A. Martinet (Deputy), Kent Minault (Mac), Camille Courture (Julie), Brian Hutchinson (Derek’s friend), Ralph Peduto (Teacher), Lee Michael Kopp (Young executive), Karen Lamb (Clerk at school), Rogelio Rojas (Chicano), Daniel O’Connor (Boy at Oasis), Stephen Schmidt (Billy Tremaine), Jolene Stevenson (Waitress). 1276... Brotherhood of the Rose (NBC, 1/22/1989 and 1/23/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Robert Mitchum is a top CIA spymaster who has raised two orphans as brothers, trained them to be assassins, and now is pitting them against one another for the good of the nation in this convoluted two-part four-hour international espionage tale. It was adapted from the bestseller by David Morrell (the creator of “Rambo”) and, despite its Washington, D.C. setting, was filmed entirely in New Zealand. Production Company NBC Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Stirling Silliphant. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Teleplay Gy Waldron. Based on a Novel by David Morrell. Photography James Bartle. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor William B. Stich. Production Designer David Copping. Cast Peter Strauss (Saul Grisman “Romulus”), Robert Mitchum (John C. Eliot), Connie Sellecca (Erika Bernstein), David Morse (Chris Kilmoonie “Remus”), James B. Sikking (Felix), M. Emmet Walsh (Hardy), James Hong (Colonel Chan), Rhys McConnochie (Col. Boris Orlik), Nick Enright (Graham), Martyn Sanderson (Sir Percival Landish), Frank Whitten (Father Janin), Robert Taylor (Pollux), Brett Williams (Castor), Michael Vendrell (Mario), Ken Blackburn (Forbes), Bill Johnson (Ilya Kovshuk), David. Baxter (Anton Kochouby), Ian Harrop (Joseph Malenov), Chic Littlewood, Bob Gould, Pete Morgan, Alan Farquahar, Ernie Stanley, Norman Forsey, Stig Eldred, Sasi Smillie, David Cole, Phil Gordon.

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1277... Brotherly Love (CBS, 5/28/1985, 120 mins). Suspense thriller in which Judd Hirsch plays twins (following by one night, by a quirk of programming--or not--Stefanie Powers’ portrayal of twins in “Deception”), one a successful family man, the other his villainous, revenge-seeking brother. The script to the film, shot in Vancouver, was by the late Ernest Tidyman (one of his last), adapted from William D. Blankenship’s 1981 novel. The movie itself bears a dedication to Tidyman’s memory. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jeff Bleckner. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on the Novel by William D. Blankenship. Photography Bradford May. Music Jonathan Tunick. Editor David Rosenbloom. Art Director Graeme Murray. Associate Producer Paul L. Tucker. Cast Judd Hirsch (Ben Ryder/Harry Ryder), Karen Carlson (Donna Ryder), George Dzundza (Detective Conde), Barry Primus (Detective Trelska), Anthony Charnota (Genovese), Ron Karabatsos (Anthony Scarnato), Josef Sommer (Rafferty), Lori Lethin (Tina), Estee Chandler (Sharon Ryder), Matt Dill (Jeff Ryder), John Demita (Greg Anderson), Martin Doyle (David Salinger), Dale Wilson (Bud Harris), Stephen E. Miller (Ollie Crandall), David Berner (Dr. Marvin Cohen), Jay Brazeau (Dr. Hollis), Blu Mankuma (Wineman), Christianne Hirt (Cathy Scarnato), Don MacKay (Ernest Deems), Wally Marsh (Harry Stanton), David Brass (Vincent Malle), Lee Taylor (Simon), Ken Kirzinger (Charlie), Gregory Hayes (Cop), Zoltan Sarkozy (Rockie), Alvin Lee Sanders, Gillian Barber, Janet Wright, Freda Perry, Lillian Carlson. 1278... Brothers-in-Law (ABC, 4/28/1985, 120 mins). Antagonistic in-laws, a highway patrolman and a good-old-boy trucker, reluctantly join forces to battle an unscrupulous tycoon who happens to be the father of their twin ex-wives and a nasty land developer who’s trying to gobble up valuable waterfront property. A pilot to a prospective series that never saw the further light of day (or night?). Production Company Stephen J Cannell Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Supervising Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer William F. Phillips. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Created by Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor George S. Rohrs. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Associate Producer Alan Cassidy. Cast Mac Davis (T.K. “Tom” Kenny), Joe Cortese (Mickey Gubiacci), Robert Culp (Winston Goodhue), John Saxon (Royal Cane), Daphne Ashbrook (Barbara Jean), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Bud Oliver), John S. Regan (Colton), Candi Brough (Deborah Goodhue), Randi Brough (Gail Goodhue), Dennis Burkley (Frank Lupo), Frank McCarthy (Chief Darcy), Randolph Powell (David Deloria), Bill Morey (Judge William Greystone), Jack Riley (Freeman), Geno Silva (Alejandro), Dick Balduzzi (Bailiff), Lukas Haas (Luke), Beau Billingslea (Carter), Suzanne Fagan (Nurse), Don Maxwell (Doorman), John Petlock (Calvin), John Roselius (Sergeant Adamson), Bruce Tuthill (Floyd), Mark Voland (Deputy). 1279... The Bunker (CBS, 1/27/1981, 180 mins). Anthony Hopkins won the Emmy as Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Adolph Hitler in this three-hour dramatization by prolific John Gay of James P. O’Donnell’s 1978 book depicting the events surrounding Der Fuehrer’s final days in and around his underground hideout. Piper Laurie’s Magda Goebbels earned her an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress, and another nomination went to the film’s sound mixer. Production Companies Time-Life Television, SFP Productions, Antenne 2. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producers David Susskind, Diana Kerew. Producers Aida Young, George Schaefer. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by James P. O’Donnell. Photography Jean Louis Picavet. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Greyfox. Art Director Alain Negre. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Hitler), Richard Jordan (Albert Speer), Cliff Gorman (Joseph Goebbels), James Naughton (James O’Donnell), Michel Lonsdale (Martin Bormann), Piper Laurie (Magda Goebbels), Susan Blakely (Eva Braun), Martin Jarvis (Johannes Hentschel), Michael Kitchen (Rochus Misch), Andrew Ray (Guenter), Robert Austin (Walter Wagner), Yves Brainville (General Guderian), Michael Culver (General Mohnke), Julian Fellowes (Colonel Von Below), Frank Gatliff (Dr. Schenck), Terrence Hardiman (General Fegelein), Edward Hardwicke (Dieter Stahl), Karl Held (Hans Baur), David King (Goering), Sarah Marshall (Mrs. Junge), John Paul (General Keitel), Morris Perry (Dr. Haase), Pamela St. Clement (Cook), John Sharp (Dr. Morell), Michael Sheard (Himmler), Tony Steedman (General Jodl), David Swift (General Rattenhuber). 1280... A Bunny’s Tale (ABC, 2/25/1985, 120 mins). In 1963, celebrated feminist/author/editor Gloria Steinem--then a struggling journalist--decided to do a piece on the newly opened Playboy Club in the Big Apple for Show Magazine and gamely joined other new recruits for training as a Playboy Bunny.The fluff piece later turned up in her bestselling book “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” and two decades later was expanded into this airy TV movie with Kirstie Alley portraying the Steinem of the Bunny brigade. An Emmy Award nomination went to the battery of film sound editors. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, ABC Circle Films. Director Karen Arthur. Producer Stan Margulies. Co-Producer Joan Marks. Teleplay Deena Goldstone. Based on a Story by Deena Goldstone, Lynn Roth. Based on a Magazine Article by Gloria Steinem. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Kirstie Alley (Gloria Steinem), Cotter Smith (Ned Holcomb), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Pearl), Joanna Kerns (Andrea), Lisa Pelikan (Lee), Mary Woronov (Miss Renfro), Delta Burke (Margie), Diana Scarwid (Toby), Romy Windsor (Bobbi), Randi Brooks (Marybeth), Dee Dee Rescher (Hazel), Chick Vennera (Frankie), James Callahan (Phil), Katie Budge (Gwen), Madison Mason (Luther Baines), Lela Rochon (Charlotte), Chanelle Lea (Sherry), Charles Winters (Greg), Randy Hamilton (David), Richard Lefevre (Willie), Keith Mills (Playboy doctor), Otto Felix (Photographer), Theodore Wilson (Older garbage man),

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Keny Long (Younger garbage man), Thomas Bellin (Chiropodist), Philip English (Staring man), Mike Tully (Waiter), Lou Felder (Man at Ned’s), Tamara Baumberger, Lisa Marie Gurley, Susan Healis, Shelley Johnson, Ginger Miller, Precious Powell, Jaime Taylor, Sharon Woods, Patricia Thomson, Victoria Wilburn . 1281... The Burning Bed (NBC, 10/8/1984, 120 mins). Farrah Fawcett astounded critics with the heretofore unplumbed depths of her performing abilities, playing a battered wife charged with her husband’s murder after setting his bed afire following years of beatings and humiliations. Her greatly praised work won her an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress, with other nominations going to the film itself as Outstanding Drama and to supporting actor Richard Masur (as her defense attorney), director Robert Greenwald, writer Rose Leiman Goldemberg, and the editors, makeup artists and hairstylist. Subsequently, the International Television Movie Festival gave its first awards to Fawcett and Paul LeMat (as supporting actor as her brutish husband), and “The Burning Bed” was named Best Television Movie. Based on the 1980 book by Faith McNulty. Production Company Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Robert Greenwald. Executive Producers Jon Avnet, Steve Tisch. Producer Carol Schreder. Co-Producer Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Teleplay Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Based on a Book by Faith McNulty. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Charles Gross. Editors Richard Fetterman, Michael A. Stevenson. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Francine Hughes), Paul LeMat (Mickey Hughes), Richard Masur (Aryon Greydanus), Grace Zabriskie (Flossie Hughes), Penelope Milford (Gaby), Christa Denton (Christy at age 12), James Callahan (Berlin Hughes), Gary Grubbs (District Attorney), David Friedman (Jimmy at age 10), David Andrews (Wimpy Hughes), James Hampton (Police witness), Virgil Frye (Virg), Dixie Wade (Hazel Moran), Heather Rich (Christy at age 6), Justin Gocke (Jimmy at age 4), Elizabeth Lyn Fraser (Nichole at age 6), Ben Fuhrman (Henry Ecksworth), Kimberley Dashiell (Ann), Fred D. Scott (Mr. Barlow), Patricia George (Female deputy), Houlihan Burke (Matron), Sherry McFarland (Ellen), Gilmer McCormick (Salesperson), Anna L. Pagan (Clair), Sonny Carl Davis (Assistant prosecutor), Delana Michaels (Miss Cantor), Gregg Norberg (Ernest), Jeremy Ross (Judge Hotchkiss). 1282... Burning Rage (CBS, 9/21/1984, 120 mins). Country singer Barbara Mandrell made her dramatic TV debut here as a government geologist investigating fires in an abandoned mine in an Appalachian coal town which she finds to be under the thumb of “boss” Eddie Albert. “Coalfire” was the original title of the film, shot entirely in the Lake City area of Tennessee. Production Company Gilbert Cates Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Supervising Producer Wally Samson. Producer Gilbert Cates. Teleplay Karol Ann Hoeffner, Clifford Campion. Based on a Story by Karol Ann Hoeffner, Jeffrey Benjamin, Evan Archerd. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Robert Drasnin. Song “To Me” by Mack David, Michael B Reid. Song Performed by Barbara Mandrell, Lee Greenwood. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director Richard Berger. Associate Producers Jeffrey Benjamin, Evan Archerd. Cast Barbara Mandrell (Kate Bishop), Tom Wopat (Tom Silver), Bert Remsen (J.D. Moses), John Pleshette (Frank Vandenberg), Mary Grace Canfield (Nettie McFadden), Carol Kane (Mary Harwood), Eddie Albert (Will Larson), Terri Gardner (June Summers), Doug Bledsoe (Mike Brockey), Robert Schuch (Luke Brockey), Butch Sutton (Foreman), Terra Crosson (Sally), Bean Pole Weaver (Farmer), Bill Payton (Coal miner), Michael Baish (1st man in Shamrock), Christy Elliott (2nd man in Shamrock), Carol Pritikin (Sara Vandenberg), Chad Davis (Nickie Vandenberg), Nikki Creswell (Suzy Vandenberg), Ron Bledsoe (1st man in bar), Mike Bledsoe (2nd man in bar), Wayne Binkley (Bartender). 1283... C.A.T. Squad (NBC, 7/27/1986, 120 mins). Widely heralded when announced because of its return to television of director William Friedkin, this series pilot about an elite government counter-terrorist unit--here attempting to stem a series of global incidents designed to cripple this country’s secret space-laser project--was reported to have been shot in the style of a theatrical movie on location in various parts of the world. “C.A.T. Squad” (the letters stand for Counter Assault Tactical) emerged as a high concept movie in which the “Star Wars”-type weaponry got in the way of the actors, with the team being headed by Joe Cortese. Filmed entirely in Montreal and Mexicali, Mexico (presumably its worldwide budget was drastically trimmed, as was a promised car chase that was to rival the classic one in Friedkin’s “The French Connection”). Production Company NBC Productions. Director William Friedkin. Executive Producer William Friedkin. Supervising Producer Gerald Petievich. Producer David Salven. Co-Producer Bud Smith. Teleplay Gerald Petievich, David Salven. Photography Robert Yeoman. Music Ennio Morricone. Editor Scott Smith. Editors (Canada) Walt Mulconery, Jere Huggins. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Cast Joe Cortese (John “Doc” Burkholder), Jack Youngblood (John Sommers), Steve W. James (Bud Raines), Patricia Charbonneau (Nikki Blake), Barry Corbin (The Director), Eddie Velez (Carlos), Sam Gray (Dr. Henry Spivak), Al Shannon (Irish Johnny), Frank Military (Willie Darby), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Raines), Bradley Whitford (Leon Trepper), Anne E. Curry (Janet), Hans Bogild (Dieter Porzig), Thomas Hauff (Ernie Nolan), Michael Sinelnikoff (Sir Cyril Sharpe), John Novak (Jack Connery), Reg Hanson (Dr. John Woodhouse), Pamela Collyer (Janice Brown), Umar Rasberry (Buddy Jr.), Vlasta Vrana, Nanette Workman, Guy Provost, Nick Ramus, Rick Garcia, Roberto Jiminez. 1284... C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (ABC, 5/23/1988, 120 mins). In the second “C.A.T. Squad” action movie, airing two years after the first, Joe Cortese, Jack Youngblood, and Steve James reprise their roles in the elite government counterattack group, on a mission, along with a new female member, to stop a high-tech pirate (played by Miguel Ferrer) from illegally exporting

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radioactive material to South Africa. Despite its title, the film--producer-director-cowriter William Friedkin’s second shot at a series--was promoted by the network as “C.A.T. Squad II” until immediately before it aired. Production Company NBC Productions. Director William Friedkin. Executive Producer William Friedkin. Producer David Salven. Teleplay Robert Ward. Based on a Story by Gerald Petrievich, William Friedkin, Robert Ward. Photography Guy DeFaux. Music Ennio Morricone. Editor Jere Huggins. Production Designer Richard Sawyer. Jazz Consultant Charles Ellison. Cast Joe Cortese (Doc Burkholder), Jack Youngblood (John Sommers), Steve W James (Bud Raines), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Nikki Pappas), Miguel Ferrer (Paul Kiley), Alan Scarfe (Georg Bekker), Brian Delate (Lt. Col. Vincent Trask), Michael Fletcher (Maj. Van Crewe), William Mooney (Howard Curtin), Alan Coates (Doctor), Christopher Loomis (Gen. James Highsmith), Neil Hunt (Ted Jantz), Tedd Dillon (Tomaso Rhodes), Peter Neptune (Reeves), William Bell Sullivan (Capt. Ray Anderson), Charles Walker (Fox), Russell Wong (Smuggler), James Saito (Smuggler), Vlasta Vrana (Higgins), David O’Brien (Senator Carroll), Ron Frazier (Senator Clifford), George Seremba (Gafsha), Ron Parady, Abdoulaye N’Gom, Seth Sibanda, Bruce A. Young. 1285... Caddie Woodlawn (Disney, 8/11/1989, 120 mins). Spunky 11-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier with her family becomes friendly with a tribe of Dakota Indians whom frightened settlers are threatening to attack. Disney family adventure shown initially on the Disney Channel and later on PBS’ WonderWorks was adapted from Carol Ryrie Brink’s children’s book (1965). Production Companies Churchill Entertainment, WonderWorks. Director Giles Walker. Executive Producers George McQuilkin, Noel Resnick. Co-Executive Producer Nicky Weaver Nixon. Producer Richard John David. Teleplay Joe Wiesenfeld, Richard John David. Based on a Novel by Carol Ryrie Brink. Photography Gregory Andracke. Music Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Archie Jordan. Editors Jill Nemiro, David Saxon. Production Designer Arnold Whyler. Cast Scanlon Gail (Robert Traton), Season Hubley (Harriet Woodlawn), Conrad Janis (Reverend Tanner), Nick Ramus (Chief Tukenbhenska), James Stephens (John Woodlawn), Parker Stevenson (Edmund), Beverly Townsend (Cousin Annabelle), Emily Schulman (Caddie Woodlawn), Dierk Torsek (Oskar), Harriet Hall (Maybelline), Nancy Paul (Miss Parker), David Renan (Kehtana), Victor DiMattia (Warren), Kenny Morrison (Pete), Trey Parker (Tom), Melissa Clayton (Ella Mae), Aron Eisenberg (Olaf), M.C. Gainey (Hankinson), Don Hanmer (Townsman), Gordon Hurst (Townsman), Terrence Evans (Max Skeel). 1286... Cagney & Lacey (CBS, 10/8/1981, 120 mins). The landmark movie about two women police partners that spawned a series unique in television history—critically acclaimed but twice canceled by the network and twice revived because of audience response. Tyne Daly, the married partner juggling a career and family, subsequently won an Emmy Award as Top Female Series Star as Mary Beth Lacey in 1983, after the show’s second cancellation. Loretta Swit, who was elsewhere occupied on “M*A*S*H” as Margaret Houlihan, gave way to Meg Foster for the “Cagney & Lacey” series, and she in turn was replaced by Sharon Gless. Production Companies Mace Neufeld Productions, Filmways. Director Ted Post. Executive Producer Barney Rosenzweig. Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Teleplay Barbara Avedon. Based on a Story by Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Mark Snow. Editors Gregory Prange, Michael Hill. Art Director Douglas Higgins. Production Executive Stanley Neufeld. Cast Loretta Swit (Chris Cagney), Tyne Daly (Mary Beth Lacey), Al Waxman (Samuels), Joan Copeland (Mrs. Friedlander), Ronald Hunter (Harvey Lacey), Yvette Hawkins (Female), Carl Lumbly (Petrie), Gerard Parkes (Captain Wells), Ben Hammer (Schirmer), Harvey Atkin (Desk sergeant), Anna Berger (Mrs. Goldman), Patrick Brymer (Macho John), Neil Dainard (Taylor), Lili Francks (Honey), Richard Yearwood (Randy), Jefferson Mappin (Isbecki), Nicky Fylan (Pickpocket), Michael Gorrin (Hasidic broker), Jerry Jarrett (Bubov merchant), Taborah Johnson (Tenny), Jack Blum (2nd Hasid), Moish Kanatkin (1st Hasid), Gino Marrocco (Davidson), Mina E. Mina (Mannie Silverman), Miriam Newhouse (Ruby), Dave Nichols (Bachelor), Nick Nichols (Haun), Anni Lantuch (Gloria), Jamie Dick (Harvey Lacey Jr.), Dennis Strong (Sugar/pimp), Gerry Salsberg (Indecisive John), Reuben Singer (1st merchant), Tucker Smallwood (Ace truck driver), Caroline Yeager (Deena), Len Doncheff (Patrolman), Evan Routbard (Michael Lacey). 1287... Calamity Jane (CBS, 3/6/1984, 120 mins). An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bill Hickock, with whom she had an unorthodox courtship, and the flamboyant Buffalo Bill Cody, between the 1870s and the turn of the century. Although sharing a title, this film has nothing to do with the 1954 Doris Day musical that, itself, was restaged for television in 1963 with Carol Burnett. Jane Alexander was Emmy Award-nominated as Outstanding Actress in a Drama. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Bernard Sofronski. Producers Herbert Hirschman, Jane Alexander. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Edward A. Biery. Production Designer Albert Heschong. Cast Jane Alexander (Calamity Jane), Frederic Forrest (Wild Bill Hickock), Ken Kercheval (Buffalo Bill Cody), Walter Olkewicz (Will Lull), Talia Balsam (Jean), Walter Scott (Charlie Burke), David Hemmings (Capt. James O’Neill), Isabell Monk (Nell), Jack Murdock (Reverend Warren), Larry Cedar (Reverend Sipes), Doug Toby (Jackie), Laurie O’Brien (Mamie), Sara Abeles (Jean at age 7), Gillian Eaton (Mrs. O’Neill), Don Hepner (Barker), Jessica Nelson (Patty), Henry Max Kendrick (Station boss), Gloria Henry (Lady), Mavis Neal Palmer (Lady), Theresa DePaolo (Young woman).

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1288... Calendar Girl Murders (ABC, 4/8/1984, 120 mins). Detective Tom Skerritt is put on the case of the killer who seems to be working his way through the year murdering publisher Robert Culp’s calendar girls, already having bumped off Miss January and Miss February and now stalking Miss March. Production Company Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Steve Tisch. Producer James O’Fallon. Teleplay Gregory S. Dinallo, Scott Swanton. Based on a Story by Gregory S. Dinallo. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Brad Fiedel. Choreographer Russell Clark. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Carol Schreder. Cast Tom Skerritt (Dan Stoner), Sharon Stone (Cassie Bascomb), Barbara Bosson (Nancy), Robert Beltran (Mooney), Pat Corley (Tony), Robert Morse (Nat Couray), Alan Thicke (Alan Conti), Silvana Gallardo (Det. Rose Hernandez), Michael C. Gwynne (Krell), Robert Culp (Richard Trainor), Barbara Parkins (Cleo Banks), Wendy Kilbourne (Heather English), Victoria Tucker (Pam), Pamela West (Gail Keating), Claudia Christian (Kara), Donald Hotton (Mr. English), Rip Taylor (Himself), Meredith MacRae (Herself), Peter Brown (Himself), René Levant, David Crowley, Kenny Griswold, Jonathan Aluzas, Mike Tully, Janet Rasak, Lee Anthony, Charles Allen-Anderson, Janet Cole Notey, Penny Baker, Michael Chacamety, Camilla More, Carey More, Rosemary Castelano, Claire Maier, Jeffrey Lampert, Freddie Dawson. 1289... California Girls (ABC, 3/24/1985, 120 mins). A New Jersey mechanic has a yen for a change and heads for California to find the girl of his dreams. Robby Benson is the young man living out his fantasy, Doris Roberts his overbearing mother, Martha Longley the bikini-clad doll he flips for in Malibu, Martin Mull her high-powered manager, Tawny Kitaen the girl from back home whom he bumps into, Charles Rocket a California bon-vivant, and Zsa Zsa Gabor as herself. And then there’s the Beach Boys’ music. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Rick Wallace. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Charles Rosin. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Mark Snow. Title Song Brian Wilson. Songs Performed by The Beach Boys, The Pointer Sisters. Editor Michael Jablow. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Robby Benson (Nathan Bowzer), Martin Mull (Elliot), Charles Rocket (Barry), Ernie Hudson (Ernie), Tawny Kitaen (Karen Malone), Doris Roberts (Mama), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Herself), Martha Longley (Heather), Norman Alden (Mr. Pegem), Bobby Kelton (The Yuppie), Rick Lieberman (Craig), Lynn Tufeld (Natalie), Robert Parugha (Corky), Robert Pastorelli (Mechanic), Robert Firth (Shawn), Susan Elliott (Rent-a-Car Girl), Thomas Ryan (Passenger), Regis Philbin (Himself), Ira Joe Fisher (Himself), Tony Selznick (Chuckles), Heidi Zeigler (Betty), Robert Lee Carroll (Missy), Susan Olar (Stewardess), Robert Broyles (Limo driver), Julie Davis (Customer), Lorinne Vozoff (Guest), Elaine Lewis (Passenger). 1290... California Gold Rush (NBC, 7/30/1981, 120 mins). Two Bret Harte adventures, “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” are threaded together and related from Harte’s point of view, with Robert Hays playing Harte as an aspiring young writer who goes west in the 1840s in search of adventure. Another in the “Classics Illustrated” series (this entry filmed in 1979) that NBC aired periodically between 1977 and 1982. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Jack B. Hively. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer James L. Conway. Teleplay Roy London, Tom Chapman. Adapted from the Stories “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music John Cacavas. Editor Trevor Jolley. Production Designer Paul Staheli. Art Director Jim Somard. Cast John Dehner (Capt. John Sutter), Henry Jones (Joe Gillis), Gene Evans (Sam Brannon), Ken Curtis (Kentuck), Victor Mohica (Joaquin Murieta), Robert Hays (Bret Harte [and narrator]), Cliff Osmond (Harry Love), Don Haggerty (Jake Brown), Coleman Creel (Owens), Henry Max Kendrick (C.C. Smith), Bill Zuckert (Parson), Bert Santos, John Aspiras, Tim Bailey, John Bishop, Don Casto, David Chambers, Stewart Falconer, Don Gomes, Peter Griffin, John Hansen, William Moore, H.E.D. Redford, Oscar G. Rowland, Jim Strong, Scott Wilkinson, Dennis Williams. 1291... Callie & Son (CBS, 10/13/1981, 180 mins). A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a povertystricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed. The original script, set in Texas, was by bestselling author Tommy Thompson, whose novel “Celebrity” subsequently would become a successful miniseries. Production designer J. Michael Riva is the grandson of Marlene Dietrich. Production Companies Rosilyn Heller Productions, Hemdale Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Arnold Orgolini, Peter Nelson. Supervising Producer Ron Samuels. Producer Rosilyn Heller. Teleplay Thomas Thompson. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Production Designer J Michael Riva. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Callie Lord), Jameson Parker (Randy), Dabney Coleman (Randall Bordeaux), Joy Garrett (Jeanne), Michelle Pfeiffer (Sue Lynn), John Harkins (Cotham), James Sloyan (Bubba Wrench), Andrew Prine (Kimball), Richard McKenzie (Donohue), Macon McCalman (Deacon), Edward Call (Willie Chips), Jim Calvert (Randy at age 12), Dawn Jeffory (Martha), Katherine DeHetre (Reporter), Hugh Gillin (Senator Houseman), Bill Morey (Horace Johnston), Arthur Adams (Samuel), Matthew Faison (Packard), Danna Hansen (Ludie England), Claude Earl Jones (Abel Lorrance), Bob Hannah (Judge Younger), Jack Garner (Detective Hart), Paul Marin (Judge Clairmont), Ray Guth (Curry), Alice Nunn (Mrs. Watkins), Pat Corley (Deputy Sheriff), Frances Bay (Mabel Simpson), Kathy Beaudine (Young mother), Jeannetta Arnette (Receptionist), Ivy Bethune (Mrs.

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Carver), Kenneth Patterson (Haynes), Henry G. Sanders (Tanner), Joseph G. Medalis (Doctor), Cindy Ames (Nurse), Casey Dodge (Randy at age 3), Tom Rayhall (City editor), Peter Looney (Ranch hand), Doug Johnson (Reporter). 1292... Camille (CBS, 12/11/1984, 120 mins). A sumptuous refilming of Dumas’ tragic tale of a young Parisian courtesan and her passionate but doomed love affair with a rich young man who showers her daily with white camellias. This was the 25th (at least) movie version dating back to a Danish adaptation in 1907 and including several movies of “La Traviata,” Verdi’s opera based on the same story. Greta Garbo’s 1936 version was perhaps the best known, and this one has another Greta (Scacchi) together with a first-rate British cast including Ben Kingsley, in his American TV debut. An Emmy Award was won by Allyn Ferguson for his music score. (Previous television Camilles were Judith Evalyn in 1948, Ruth Ford in 1949, Michele Morgan in 1953 and Signe Hasso in 1954.) Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Desmond Davis. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on the Novel by Alexandre Dumas. Photography Jean Tournier. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Alan Pattillo. Production Designer Jacques Douy. Cast Greta Scacchi (Marguerite Gautier), Colin Firth (Armand Duval), John Gielgud (Duke de Charles), Billie Whitelaw (Prudence Duvorney), Patrick Ryecart (Gaston Daudet), Denholm Elliott (Count de Nolly), Ben Kingsley (Duval), Lila Kaye (Nanine), Rachel Kempson (Hortense), Ronald Pickup (Jean), Julie Dawn Cole (Julie), Shelagh MacLeod (Nicole), Natalie Ogle (Blanche), Nicholas Hawtrey (Servant), Richard Beale (Farmer), Cazz Scattergood (Mimi), Joanne James (Cleo), Bertie Cortez (Concierge), Garrick Maul (Hotel clerk), Kathy Staff (Flower lady), Andre Raffard (Caretaker), Norman Stokle (Jacques), Michel Motu (Vidal), Maurice Teynac (Joseph), Morgan Sheppard (Captain), O.A. Christie (1st critic), Christian Ericson (2nd critic), Godfrey James (Gautier), Caryle Cline (Madame Borday). 1293... Can You Feel Me Dancing? (NBC, 10/13/1986, 120 mins). In this drama about a young blind woman’s struggle to escape her loving but overly protective family’s grip, only to find that her newfound boyfriend is falling into the same overprotective traps as her parents, Justine Bateman (of “Family Ties”) is teamed with her real-life brother Jason Bateman (of “Valerie”) as her screen brother. Their father Kent Bateman was one of the producers of this story which was, as the closing credits indicated, “inspired by scenes in the life of Cheryl McMannis and Joe Nasser,” both of whom had small roles. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producers Robert Greenwald, Jonathan Bernstein. Supervising Producers Philip K. Kleinbart, Kent Bateman. Producer Cleve Landsberg. Co-Producer Diane Walsh. Teleplay J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Johnny Harris. Song Written and Performed by Roger Wilson. Editors Robert Florio, Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Art Director Julie Kay Towery. Cast Justine Bateman (Karin Nichols), Max Gail (Mel Nichols), Jason Bateman (Larry Nichols), Frances Lee McCain (Joan Nichols), Roger Wilson (Richie Valente), Vicki Eaton (Rehab counselor), Cheryl McMannis (Herself), Santos Morales (Enrique), Phil Rubenstein (Eddie), Joseph Nasser (Danny), Kurek Ashley (Punk), Harold Diamond (Judo instructor), Francis Florio (Nursery manager), Marty Schiff (Bus driver), Jason Stuart (Deejay), Margaret Wheeler (Mrs. Macklin). 1294... The Canterville Ghost (Syndicated, 9/28/1986, 120 mins). Sir John Gielgud, as he’s billed at the head of the cast, romps through this contemporary version of the classic Oscar Wilde fantasy of a restless 17th century ghost bent on getting his modern-day descendents to perform a heroic deed. Rarely staged these days, this version provides a relatively fresh (color) counterpoint to the fondly recalled 1944 movie that starred Charles Laughton, Margaret O’Brien and Robert Young in the roles played here by Sir John, Alyssa Milano (of the series “Who’s the Boss?”) and Ted Wass. In the 1966 television musical production on ABC Stage ’67, Michael Redgrave, Tippy Walker and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. starred, along with Peter Noone of the rock group Herman’s Hermits. This 1986 made-in-England version “premiered” in syndication in America. Production Companies Poundridge Productions, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Paul Bogart. Executive Producers Irwin Meyer, Rod Sheldon, Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay Sue Grafton, Steven Humphrey, George Zalesio. Based on the Short Story by Oscar Wilde. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Howard Blake. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer John Biggs. Cast Sir John Gielgud (Sir Simon de Canterville), Ted Wass (Harry), Andrea Marcovicci (Lucy), Alyssa Milano (Jennifer), Jeff Harding (Earl), Lila Kaye (Mrs. Umney), Harold Innocent (Hummle Umney), George Baker (Uncle Hesketh), Dorothea Phillips (Aunt Gretchen), Bill Wallis (Fenton Cook), Spencer Chandler (Paul Blaine), Brian Oulton (Uncle George), Deddie Davies (Aunt Caroline), Celia Breckon (Lady Eleanor). 1295... Captain James Cook (TNT, 10/1/1989 to 10/3/1989, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Elaborate, three-part, Australian-made film biography of the famed 18th century British navigator and explorer. British actors Keith Michell (in the title role) and Nigel Davenport and Spain’s veteran Fernando Rey are the best-known names (to American audiences) in the cast. Production Companies ABC Forest Films, Revlon. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Executive Producer Geoffrey Daniels. Producer Ray Alchin. Teleplay Peter Yeldham. Photography Peter Hendry. Music José Nieto. Editor Tony Kavanagh. Production Designer Laurie Johnson. Cast Keith Michell (Capt. James Cook), John Gregg (Joseph Banks), Erich Hallhuber (Lt. John Gore), Jacques Penot (Charles Clerke), Steven Grives (Gibson), Xabier Elorriaga (Sandwich), Carol Drinkwater (Elizabeth Cook), Maurice Risch (Monkhouse), Peter Carroll (Solander), Fernando Rey (Admiral Hawke), Benjamin Franklin (Dalrymple), Barry Quin (Lieutenant

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Hicks), Louise Kimitete (Queen Oberea), John Dicks (Green), Nigel Davenport (Jeffs), Tony Martin (Wilkinson), Titaina Bourne (Parita), Te Hare Noi Salmon (Owhaa), Emil Minty (Young Nick), Les Foxcroft (Old Salt), Geoff Morrell (Perry), Tim Elliott (Earl of Morton), Jeanette Stark (Countess of York), Anthony O’Keefe (Greenslade), Robin Martin (Parkinson), Graham Corry (Lord Exeter), John Warnock (Admiralty Secretary), Chris Cummings (Webb), Ross Sharp (Naval Advisor), Barry Langrish (Buchan), Auguste Hauata (Tubouri). 1296... The Capture of Grizzly Adams (NBC, 2/21/1982, 120 mins). Inspired by the 1976 feature film, “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams,” the 1977 series about the fictional mountain man, played by Dan Haggerty, proved to be a popular family-oriented program--although not garnering ratings high enough to warrant renewal--and ended with Grizzly heading for the hills as a fugitive. This two-hour followup movie finds him jeopardizing his freedom by coming out of the hills to save his young niece from being sent to an orphanage after her mother’s death. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Don Kessler. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer James L Conway. Teleplay Arthur Heinemann. Based on a Book by Charles E. Sellier Jr. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Bob Summers. Editors James D. Wells, Mark Lowrie. Art Director Bill Cornford. Cast Dan Haggerty (James “Grizzly” Adams), Kim Darby (Kate Brady), Noah Beery (Sheriff Hawkins), Keenan Wynn (Bert Woolman), June Lockhart (Liz Hawkins), Sydney Penny (Peg Adams), Chuck Connors (Frank Briggs), G.W. Bailey (Tom Quigley), Peg Stewart (Widow Thompkins), Spencer Austin (Daniel Quigley), Jesse Bennett (Doc), Shepherd Sanders (Ranch foreman). 1297... Carly’s Web (NBC, 7/12/1987, 120 mins). Lighthearted adventure weaving disgruntled Native Americans, mysterious truck hijackings, and high-level political intrigue, affording a feisty low-level Justice Department clerk (Daphne Ashbrook) a chance to show her mettle in this prospective series pilot. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Kevin Inch. Executive Producer Michael Gleason. Supervising Producers Brad Kern, John Wirth. Producer Gareth Davies. Teleplay Michael Gleason, Brad Kern, John Wirth. Photography Dennis Matsuda. Music Richard Lewis Warren. Editors Greg Wong, Susan B. Browdy. Music Richard Lewis Warren. Art Director Joe Aubel. Cast Daphne Ashbrook (Carly Foxe), Cyril O’Reilly (Frankie Bell), Vincent Baggetta (Guido Moretti), Peter Billingsley (Roland F. Krantz Jr.), Bert Rosario (Hector Figueroa), Jennifer Dale (Celeste Hedley), Gary Grubbs (Carson Dyle), Lewis Collins (Alexander Prescott), Carole Cook (Myrtle Groggins), Robert S. Woods (Donald Stevens), Robert Symonds (Senator Moreland), John Christy Ewing (Roger Mason), Ramon Bieri (Albert Vogel), Joel Colodner (Peter M. Bloustein), Norman Parker (Det. Carl Larson), K Callan (Roland’s mother), Daniel Ziskie, Michael Horse, Frank Sotonoma Salsedo, Nick Savage, Joe Unger, Nancy Hinman, Fred McGrath, Gene Ross, Ron Kologie, Linda Hoy, Richard Kelley, Doug Franklin. 1298... Carpool (CBS, 10/5/1983, 120 mins). Good fortune smiles on a computer-matched carpool of four losers when they come into possession of a million dollars that tumbled from the back of an armored carrier. But a tough-as-nails ex-cop wants to get his hands on the loot, too, in this mini road-company version of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Stanley Z. Cherry, Carole Cherry. Teleplay Stanley Z. Cherry, Carole Cherry. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Jimmie Haskell. Title Song Jimmie Haskell, Stanley Z Cherry. Editor Gloryette Clark. Art Director Richard Berger. Cast Harvey Korman (Wendell Brooks), Peter Scolari (Bobby Duff), T.K. Carter (Otis Vaughn), Stephanie Faracy (Jennifer), Ernest Borgnine (Mickey Doyle), Chuck McCann (Ryan), Graham Jarvis (Feeney), Dick Yarmy (Lieutenant Ross), Maxine Stuart (Ruth Grogan), William Bogert (Stevens), Susan Peretz (Edna Feeney), Dick Balduzzi (Fred Grubb), Bartine Zane (Rose Doyle), Sally Kemp (Anita Brooks), Timothy Burns (Parker), Martina Finch (Rosanna), Tom Henschel (Al Persky), Morgan Lofting (Evelyn Cook), Stacy MacGregor (George Stulles), Joseph G. Medalis (Supervisor), Terry Willis (Ed), Jeff Austin (Newsman), Derek Barton (Sheriff), Alice Borden (Jilene), Reid Cruickshanks (Bar customer), Elyse Donalson (Newscaster), Jamie Horton (Reporter), Peter Iacangelo (Gates), Roben Kreiger (Airline clerk), Carlos Lacamara (Tico Rivera), Robert Lussier (Dane Phipps), Sandy Martin (Peggy Ryan), Lucille Meredith (Waitress), Wally Rose (Sol Dorfman), Paul Teschke (Peter Ridgely), David Wohl (Doctor), Frank McCarthy (Mitchell). 1299... The Cartier Affair (NBC, 11/4/1984, 120 mins). A pair of unlikely lovers--a TV love goddess and an ex-con-join forces to recover a fortune in stolen jewels that an underworld kingpin, operating out of prison, wants for himself. A lighthearted caper, it provided Joan Collins with a chance to spoof her own TV image and to wear a parade of costumes she herself designed (along with fashion king Donfeld) and for Telly Savalas to return to pre-“Kojak” form as a comic villain, chewing up the scenery as a mobster. Production Companies Hill-Mandelker Productions, B & E Enterprises. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Leonard Hill. Supervising Producers Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming. Producers Joel Dean, Christopher Nelson. Teleplay Eugenie Ross-Leming, Brad Buckner. Based on a Story by Eugenie Ross-Leming, Brad Buckner, Michael Devereaux. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Theme Song Lyrics Cynthia Morrow. Editor Erwin Dumbrille. Art Director Penny Hadfield. Costume Designer Donfeld.

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Cast Joan Collins (Cartier Rand), David Hasselhoff (Curt Taylor), Telly Savalas (Phil Drexler), Ed Lauter (Lyndon Dean), Stephen Apostle Pec (J.J. Phonopolous), Jordan Charney (Ben Foley), Joe LaDue (Russ Houser), Charles Napier (Morgan Carroll), Randi Brooks (Shirl), Rita Taggart (Monica), Jay Gerber, Hilly Hicks, Louisa Moritz, Liz Sheridan, Donald Torres, Paul Marin, Patrick J. Cronin, John Gibson, Linda Hoy, Patricia Elliott, Larry Van Nuys, John Del Regno, Federico Roberto, Dutch Van Delsem, Ralph Mauro, John Bloom, Will Morton, Mark Wilson, Harry Reems, Kate Zentall, Susie Duff. 1300... Casanova (ABC, 3/1/1987, 180 mins). Richard Chamberlain dons a powered wig to swashbuckle through this lighthearted, three-hour romp about the legendary 18th century lover and self-styled “defender of innocence and virtue,” with five leading ladies (American Faye Dunaway, French Sylvia Kristel, Italian Ornella Muti, German Hanna Schygulla, and Britisher Sophie Ward). Dunaway and Kristel are among his glittering conquests; Schygulla is Casanova’s onetime temptress mother. Generating much publicity at the time of the initial showing of “Casanova” was a comprehensive Playboy spread featuring nude photos of many of the film’s actresses (aside from Dunaway). For the film, costume designer Yvonne Blake received an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies The Konigsberg-Sanitsky Company, Reteitalia Productions. Director Simon Langton. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay George MacDonald Fraser. Photography José Luis Alcaine. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Production Designer Gil Parrondo. Additional Editing Ruth Bird, Stephen A. Isaacs, Roger Zaep, Fabien Tordjmann. Associate Producer Luciana Paluzzi. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Giacomo Casanova), Faye Dunaway (Mme. Durfay), Sylvia Kristel (Maddalena), Ornella Muti (Henriette), Hanna Schygulla (Zanetta), Sophie Ward (Jacqueline DeBouvier), Frank Finlay (Count Razetta), Roy Kinnear (Balbi), Kenneth Colley (Le Duc), Richard Griffiths (Cardinal Acquaviva), Patrick Ryecart (De Bernis), Jean-Pierre Cassel (King Louis XV), Toby Rolt (Young Giacomo), Bruce Purchase (Major Grandi), Traci Lind (Heide), Janis Lee Burns (Louison O’Murphy), Christopher Benjamin (Massimeo), John Wells (Judge), Michael Balfour (Jailer), John Boswell (Prosecutor), Marina Baker (Lucrezia), Eros De Simeone (Austrian officer), Chris Edmonds (Austrian sergeant), Anibal Bias Franco (Gartan), Ignacio Munoz Gallo (Sergeant), Paul Geoffrey (Dragoon captain), Gilda Germano (Angelique), Ivana Gianferdi (Marton), Aitana Sanchez Gijon (Therese), David Hart (Dr. Gozzi), Fernando Hilbeck (Grimani), William Job (Tour guide), Alvaro Labra (Tailor), Paul Lacoux (Simon), Savino Maneri (Grand Inquisitor), Elizabeth Mason (Lady-in-waiting), Elmer Modling (Police chief), Rose McVeigh (Captain’s wife), Gary Piquer (Viderol), Dennis Rafter (Treasury official), Dennis Vaughan (Doge of Venice), Christine Walker (Nanette). 1301... Case Closed (CBS, 4/19/1988, 120 mins). In a rare starring role in this lighthearted caper movie, Charles Durning is a tenacious veteran detective who comes out of retirement to work on a jewel heist and murder case with a brash young cop assigned to homicide. His partner is played by Byron Allen, a then twentysomething stand-up comic making his TV acting debut this mildly humorous vehicle which he also wrote and coproduced. Aside from this film (and one other three years later), his work on TV seemed to be limited to occasionally on TV hosting one syndicated talk show or another. Production Companies Houston Motion Picture Entertainment Inc., CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Co-Producer Byron Allen. Teleplay Byron Allen, Steve Crider. Based on a Story by Byron Allen. Photography Brian West. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Guy Barnes. Cast Charles Durning (Les Kabalski), Byron Allen (David Brockman), Marc Alaimo (Curtis Block), James Greene (Scotti Bagwell), Eddie Jones (Capt. Robert Adams), Christopher Neame (Max Dolpho), Charles Weldon (Roger), Erica Gimpel (Kathy Ferguson), Jimmy Briscoe (Little Hammerhead), Kimberly McArthur (Cindy), Johnny Popwell (Lewis), Jon Kohler (Hal), Kenny Leon (Man in alley), John Hayden (Driver #1), Mimi Hall (Driver #2), Bruce Evers (Driver #3), Robby Preddy (Woman on elevator), Jerry Campbell (Hitman #3), Ron Culbreth (Elevator operator), Tony Higgins (Parking lot attendant), Donna Biscoe (Allison), Michael McClendon (Cop #1), Ric Reitz (Cop #2), Charles Franzen (Cop #3), Saundra Franks (Female cop), Sophia Bowen (Girl on car), Stanton Cunningham (Cop in apartment), David de Vries (Ben), Bill Fleet (Detective #1), Lou Walker (Detective #2). 1302... A Case of Deadly Force (CBS, 4/9/1986, 120 mins). Richard Crenna stars as the Boston attorney whose real-life struggle to clear the name of an innocent man killed by the police in January 1975 caused convulsions within the Boston Police Department. The 1983 book about the case, “Deadly Force: The Story of How a Badge Can Become a License to Kill,” written by Lawrence O’Donnell Jr., the son of the character played by Crenna, was the basis of this film shot entirely in Boston 11 years after the fact. Production Company Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Producer Bruce S. Pustin. Co-Producer Dennis Nemec. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Based on a Book by Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Paul Fried. Production Designer Suzanne Cavedon. Associate Producer Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. Cast Richard Crenna (Lawrence O’Donnell Sr.), John Shea (Michael O’Donnell), Lorraine Toussaint (Pat Bowden), Frank McCarthy (Joe Hanna), Tom Isbell (Billy O’Donnell), Tate Donovan (Lawrence O’Donnell Jr.), Michael O’Hare (Joe Miller), Dylan Baker (Kevin O’Donnell), Anna Maria Horsford (Virginia Cates), Anthony Heald (Dave O’Brien), Fred J. Scollay (Judge Walter J. Skinner), Elizabeth J. Fowler (Frances O’Donnell), Paul O’Brien (Off. Ken Mooney), Tom Kemp (Jack Finnegan), John Prosky (Phil Corcoran), Paul D’Amato (Mike Fagan), Peter Gerety (Bobby Doyle), Tracy Fitzpatrick (Mary O’Donnell), Ken

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Cheeseman (Ken Kobre), Ricardo Pitts-Wiley (Eugene Reynolds), Karen Shallo (Maria Sarantopulos), John Savoia (Danny Malone), Gene Amoroso (Tony Raffedie), James R. Sweeney (Jimmy Pietra), Kristin Rhone (Jessica Stokes), Dick McGoldrick (Eddie), John Mulqueeny (Walter Logue), Bill MacDonald (Teddy), Tim McDonough (Mitch), William Lynch (Court clerk), Thomas Vittorioso, Edward Mason, John Purdy. 1303... The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (NBC, 4/2/1989, 120 mins). Crime drama based on the true case of the serial killers who murdered a number of women in the Los Angeles area in late 1977 and early 1978--and the cops who pursued their arrest and conviction. Original title: “Two of a Kind: The Case of the Hillside Stranglers” (after the 1985 nonfiction book by Darcy O’Brien). Production Companies Kenwood Productions, Fries Entertainment. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Michael Rosenfeld. Producer Carole Coates. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on a Book by Darcy O’Brien. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Gil Melle. Editor Debra Neil. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Richard Crenna (Det. Bob Grogan), Dennis Farina (Angelo Buono), Billy Zane (Kenneth Bianchi), Tony Plana (Det. Mike Hernandez), James Tolkan (Lt. Ed Henderson), Karen Austin (J.D. Jackson), Matthew Faison (Judge Ronald George), Robert Harper (Richard Carson), Mary Jackson (Betty Atkins), Rosanna Huffman (Lorena), William H. Bassett (Dr. Watts), Victor Brandt (Dr. Owens), Rick Fitts (Sergeant Thorpe), Ed Hooks (Gary Wilson), Randy Kovitz (Jason Brown), Michael Jackson (Talk show host), Jennifer McAllister (Girl at bus stop), Larry McCormick (Newscaster), Brian Mulholland (Cop), Judy Prescott (Phillipa Sameth), Deborah Thalberg (Mary Grogan), Paul Tulley (Reporter #1), Tasia Valenza (Louise Sojick), Kelli Williams (Margaret Wilson), Charles Champion (Bailiff), Betsy Clark-Caland (Hooker #1), J. Teddy Davis (Lady patient), Leonard Donato (Man asking directions), Nicole Evenhuis (Nikki Ross), Nigel Gibbs (Inmate), Bob Grogan (Bellington policeman), Robyn Hastings (Hooker #2), Manny Kleinmuntz (Dr. Frantz), John Lyons (Ex-convict), Tommy Pruett (Mark Grogan), Ernest Sarracino (Jury foreman), Rande Scott (Court clerk), Renata Scott (Dr. Baxter), Diane Sherry (Reporter #2), John Sistrunk (Vice cop). 1304... Casino (ABC, 8/1/1980, 120 mins). Blake Edwards’ old “Mr. Lucky” series of the early ’60s was dusted off for a prospective television updating and Mike Connors took the lead role as the suave gambler who owns a floating hotel and gambling ship in this new version, on which Edwards takes billing as “creative consultant.” In this pilot, the hotel and its inevitable passenger list of familiar TV faces are stalked by sabotage while on the ship’s maiden voyage. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Don Chaffey. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Richard Carr. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Mark Snow. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Directors Gene Harris, James J Agazzi, Paul Sylos. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Mike Connors (Nick), Barry Van Dyke (Edge), Gene Evans (Capt. K.L. Fitzgerald), Hedley Mattingly (Foxworth), Gary Burghoff (Bill Taylor), Joseph Cotten (Ed Booker), Lynda Day George (Carol), Bo Hopkins (Stoney), Robert Loggia (Karl Hauptman), Robert Reed (Darius), Barry Sullivan (Sam Fletcher), Sherry Jackson (Jennifer), Allison Argo (Angie Taylor), Neil Flanagan (Henri), James Murtaugh (Andrew), Harry Townes (Harry), Conrad Roberts (Inspector Ferber), Don Pedro Colley (Sam/piano player), George Reynolds (Constable), Thomas W. Bobsin (Tour officer). 1305... Cast the First Stone (NBC, 11/13/1989, 120 mins). A schoolteacher and former Catholic novice has her life shattered in this fact-based drama when she is raped by a hitchhiker, becomes pregnant, and because of her religious convictions, decides to keep the child--only to face losing her job on charges of immoral behavior. Original title: “The Diane Martin Story” Production Companies A Mench Production, Columbia Pictures Television. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Sheri Singer. Supervising Producer Janet Faust Krusi. Producer Mark A. Burley. Teleplay Brian Ross. Based on a Story by Brian Ross, Vickie Patik. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Ira Newborn. Editor Jim Oliver. Production Designer Josan F. Russo. Cast Jill Eikenberry (Diane Martin), Richard Masur (Alan Refson), Elizabeth Ruscio (Sandy), Joe Spano (Bill Spencer), Lew Ayres (Mr. Martin), Charles Kimbrough (Frank Murdoch), Salome Jens (Sister Angela), Dick Anthony Williams (Jackson Phillips), Anne Schedeen (Elaine Stanton), H. Richard Greene (Martin Daly), George McDaniel (Larry Stanton), Holly Palance (Ellen Armstrong), Jeff McCarthy (Neil Douglas), Richard Riehle (Dickson), Lorinne Vozoff (Psychiatrist #1), Sandy Bull (Andy), Adilah Barnes (Nun), Thomas Bellin (Judge), Edward Blanchard (Janitor), Dah-Ye Chodan (Cathy), Michael Collins (Foreman), Sam Dalton (Reporter), E.R. Davies (Bailiff), Steven M. Gagnon (Mike), Cordis Heard (Parent), John Ingle (Charles Drake), Patrick Johnston (Man in Drugstore), Jack Kehler (Keeler), David A. Kimball (Psychiatrist #2), Mary McClusker (Doctor), Udana Power (Miss Kramer), Michael Rich (Cary Peters), Myra Turley (Lunch Supervisor), Joan Welles (Mrs. Adams), Rudolph Willrich (Moss), Betsy Townsend, Risa Schiffman, Jessica Monaco. 1306... Cave-In! (NBC, 6/19/1983, 120 mins). A party of tourists--including a state senator, a park ranger who was her onetime lover, a cantankerous professor, and an escaped convict (James Olson)--are trapped deep inside the caverns of an unnamed national park, rescued briefly, and then caught in a second cave-in. This Irwin Allen mini-disaster film made in 1979 was shelved for a number of TV seasons, as was his “The Night the Bridge Fell Down,” made back-to-back with this one by the same director and much of the same crew. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Georg Fenady. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Norman Katkov. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Rick Wormell. Art Director Duane Alt.

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Cast Dennis Cole (Ranger Gene Pearson), Susan Sullivan (Sen. Kate Lassiter), Leslie Nielsen (Joe Johnson), Julie Sommars (Liz Johnson), Sheila Larken (Anne Soames), Lonny Chapman (Walt), James Olson (Tom Arlen), Ray Milland (Professor Soames), Ivan Bonar (Dr. Prison), David Westberg (Lacey Munson), Todd Martin (Herb), Joseph Della Sorte (Cooper), William Bryant (Jack Miller), Joel Chitwood (Lloyd Arlen), Michael Masters (Ray). 1307... Celebration Family (ABC, 5/24/1987, 120 mins). Unable to have any children after their first two, a couple brings into their home over the years a flock of unadopted kids of different ethnic backgrounds, ages, and nationalities, as well as mental and physical capabilities--despite the fact that not everyone in the community is happy about this openheartedness. “Suggested” by the 1983 book by Diane Nason with Birdie Etchison. Production Company von Zerneck-Samuels Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Stu Samuels, Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producer Clifford Campion. Teleplay Richard Lees. Based on a Story by Robert E. Thompson, Richard Lees. Suggested by a Book by Diane Nason with Birdie Etchison. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Fred Karlin. Song Fred Karlin, David Pomeranz. Song Performed by Kate Markowitz. Editors Ann Mills, Duane Hartzell. Art Director Roy Alan Amaral. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Executive in Charge of Production Phillips Wylly Sr. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Janet Marston), James Read (James Marston), Diane Ladd (Mrs. Heflin), Ed Begley Jr. (Jake Foreman), Anne Haney (Judge Gelson), Royce D. Applegate (Shawn), Sandy Kenyon (Abner), Richard Lineback (Benson), Joe Nesnow (Dr. Hodge), Nellie Bellflower (Mrs. Polone), Daniel Bryan Cartmell (Mr. Marston), Judy Jean Berns (Mrs. Duncan), Mary-Margaret Lewis (Miss Jorgenson), Julie Mannix (Nurse), Lou Liberatore (Doctor), Terry Burns (Dr. Anderson), Mort Sertner (Bailiff), Peter Jolly (Phys ed instructor), Weldon Bleiler (Minister), Olivia Burnette (Ellie), Joel Graves (Jimmy), Johnny Jason Graves (Hal), Vaughn Tyree Jelks (Ricky), Aaron Lohr (Walt), Connie Lew (Soo Ling), Mindy Zazanis (Ginny), David Feit (Bobby), Lael Barrones (Lael), Jennifer Estlow (Jennifer), Christopher Peters (Christopher), Jesus Reyes (Jesus). 1308... Celebrity (NBC, 2/12/1984 to 2/14/1984, 3 parts, 6 1/2 hours). In this marathon dramatization of Thompson’s novel, three inseparable Fort Worth buddies from the high school class of 1950 find their destinies intertwined by a youthful crime relived 25 years later. Ben Masters plays an ambitious writer who becomes a celebrated journalist (a semi-autobiographical character patterned after Thomas Thompson, the best-selling author of “Celebrity” who died shortly after its filming), Michael Beck is a smooth-talking hustler who gains celebrity as a charismatic faith healer, and Joseph Bottoms is a football All-American who goes on to Hollywood stardom. Claude Akins replaced Mickey Rooney as Beck’s Uncle Bun, in whose cabin the crime occurs, and Ned Beatty replaced Glenn Ford as powerful defense attorney Otto Leo in the film’s showdown trial. An Emmy Award nomination went to Philip Lathrop for his photography. Production Company NBC Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Producers Richard L. O’Connor, Rosilyn Heller. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on the Novel by Thomas Thompson. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editors James Galloway, David Newhouse, Eric Sears. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Production Executive Charles Goldstein. Title Design Phill Norman. Cast Michael Beck (T.J. Luther), Joseph Bottoms (Mack Crawford), Ben Masters (Kleber Cantrell), James Whitmore (Clifford Casey), Tess Harper (Susan French), Karen Austin (Ceil Shannon), Ned Beatty (Otto Leo), Claude Akins (Uncle Bun Luther), Dinah Manoff (Missy Craymore), Debbie Allen (Regina Brown), Jennifer Warren (Martha Dalton), Hal Holbrook (DA Calvin Sledge), Bonnie Bartlett (Mabel Hofmeyer), Rhonda Dotson (Laurie Killman/Sister Crystal), Jerry Hardin (Jonah Job), Peter Nelson. (Jeff Crawford/Brother Paul), Anne Haney (Millie), Stephen Pearlman (Artie Beckman), Kelli Maroney (Joanna), River Phoenix (Jeffie at age 11), Benjamin Armstrong (Minister), Mary Armstrong (Woman at playhouse), Nora Boland (Ruth Price), J.P. Bumstead (Art), Kathleen Coyne (Bank teller), Ted Demers (Bud), James Edgcomb (Sergeant Fish), Howard Goodwin (Lennie), Gordon Haight (Jodie), Anne Heller-Gutwillig (Jennie at age 6), Jay Louden (Richard), Jack Lucarelli (Jailer), John Mantinuzzi (A.D.), Fred Ponzlov (Theater manager), Sherman Howard (Director), John Walsh (1st newscaster), Lesa Weis (Kate Carpenter), Charles Beall (Mack Mackton), Norman Bennett (Kleber Cantrell Sr.), Bill Burnett (Judge Springer), Kathy Dean (SuBeth Killman), Tony Frack (Walfate), Nik Hagler (Dr. Witt), James Harrell (Dr. Taler), Gloria Hocking (VeeGee Cantrell), Denise Holland (Jennie at age 14), Dennis Holly (TV reporter), John M. Jackson (Detective), Harlan Jordan (Coach), Fred Lerner (Lafe), Peyton E. Park (“Peavine” Luther), Bonnie Pemberton (Clara Eggleston), Ivy Price (Detective), Rose Marie Roundtree (Lillie), Annabelle Weenick (Magda Luther), Norma Young (Sister Gentilla), Mitch Pileggi, Randy Moore, Angie Bolling. 1309... Challenge of a Lifetime (ABC, 2/14/1985, 120 mins). Penny Marshall stars as a lovable eccentric who becomes obsessed with competing in Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon--a grueling day-long contest that consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile running race--and her teenage son encourages her to “go for it!” Much of the movie was filmed on location in Oahu, and ABC Sports got involved through actual Triathlon footage into which the star was cleverly inserted. Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Peachy Markowitz. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Mark Snow. Song “Turn My Life Around” by Ken Savage, Jon Baker, Dan Holloway. Song “Feeling Good About Me” by Jerry Marcellino, Shanna Gray. Songs Performed by Lynn Carey, Alan Graham. Editors Robert Florio, Michael J. Sheridan. Production Designer Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Cast Penny Marshall (Nora Schoonover), Richard Gilliland (Will Brodsky), Jonathan Silverman (Stephen Schoonover), Mary Woronov (Mary Garritee), Paul Gleason (John Schoonover), James Bergeson (Donald Turnquist), Bart Conner (Mark), Nancy

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Hogshead (Leslie), Cathy Rigby (Virginia), Dave Scott (Mike), Mark Spitz (Brad), Jim Lampley (Announcer), Anne Simon (Announcer), Greg Monaghan (Jay Redmond), Dorothy Dells (Dr. Jackson), Dick Anthony Williams (Dr. Hume), Steve Yochem (Rick), Keone Young (Dr. Honowa), Loyita Chapel (Rachel), Elizabeth Lindsey (Lee Kaplan), Peg Shirley (Mrs. Meyer), Gillian Grant, Cynthia Mayberry, Kevin McAfee, Julie Davis, Mort Sertner. 1310... Chameleons (NBC, 12/29/1989, 120 mins). Quirky comic action-adventure about a self-styled superhero crimefighter (Stewart Granger) whose death, in the company of a notorious lady of the night, prompts his slightly off-center sidekick (Marcus Gilbert) and his two spunky granddaughters to find out whodunit. Originally titled “Strange Bedfellows” and then “Best Kept Secrets.” Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, NBC Productions. Director Glen A Larson. Executive Producers Glen A. Larson, Stephen A Miller. Producers Stephen T. Stafford, Janet Curtis-Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Stephen A. Miller. Photography Richard C Glouner. Music David E. Kole. Editor Jim Gross. Production Designer John Leimanis. Associate Producer Chris Larson. Cast Crystal Bernard (Shelly Carr), Marcus Gilbert (Ryan Delaney), Mary Bergmann (Jessica), Richard Burgi (Philip Branscomb), Jayne Frazer (Wendy Lyons), Barbara Blackburn (Andrea Rudner), John Standing (Henry), Stewart Granger (Jason Carr), Terry Kiser (Lieutenant Abel), Judd Omen (Caine), George Murdock (Alex Manning), Roger Davis (Mayor Munroe), Judith Chapman (Lainie Roberts), Dave Witherspoon (Dr. Pritzker), Ed Hooks (Patient), Michael C. Mahon (Michael), Marshall Teague (Turk), Jim Antonio (Locksmith), John Carter (Hal Burton), Dylan Walsh (Stan), Rod Arrants (Dr. Strand), Tom Lister Jr. (Luther), Jerry Wayne Bernard (Preacher), Keith Barbour (Van Cop), Roger Lodge (Anchorman), Jaime Alba (Bartender), Jerry Boyd (Policeman #2), Will MacMillan (Policeman #3). 1311... Champagne Charlie (Syndicated, 4/12/1989 and 4/20/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). “Champagne Charlie” was the name given to the real-life Charles Heidsieck, a mid-19th century wine-selling salesman extraordinaire who popularized champagne in America. This two-part four-hour fictionalization of his life and his loves (his French wife and a Southern belle mistress) is a Canadian-French coproduction with Britisher Hugh Grant as the French bubbly-pushing rake and a basically all Canadian cast, and initially shown Stateside in syndication. Production Companies Champagne Charlie Productions, Falcon Productions, Telefilm Canada, CTV Television Network. Director Allan Eastman. Producers David J. Patterson, Thierry Caillon. Co-Producer Ronald I. Cohen. Teleplay Robert Geoffrin, Jacqueline Lefevre. Photography Michel Cenet. Music Georges Garvarentz. Title Song Georges Garvarentz, Herbert Kretzman. Supervising Editor Tim Williams. Production Designer Frederic Astich-Barre. Cast Hugh Grant (Charles Heidsieck), Megan Gallagher (Pauline), Megan Follows (Louise), Stephane Audran (Therese), R.H. Thomson (Robert Morgan), Georges Descrieres (Pierre-Henri), Jean Claude Dauphin (Ernest), Kenneth Welsh (John Whistlow), Vladek Sheybal (Count Plasky), Alexandra Stewart (Cecile), Jean-Paul Muel (Clement), August Schellenberg (General Butler), Denis Forest (Paul Lampin), Charles Lawther (David McLeod), Hagan Beggs (Tom McLeod), Pier Paolo Capponi (Consul de Giuilan), Jean-Pierre Stewart (Charles Heidsieck Jr.), Vlasta Vrana (Hawkins), Yvon Charette (Mejean), James Rae (Preston Hall), Charles W. Gray (Uncle Ulysses), Cynthia Martino (Penelope), Stephen Ware (Captain Andrews), David Warry-Smith (Union lieutenant), Brian Dooley (Moore), Richard De Burnchurch (Warden), Tom Rack (Abraham Lincoln). 1312... Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (ABC, 9/17/1982, 120 mins). The first of two TV movies premiering in the space of three nights centering on the romance and July 1981 wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. As the two leads, both David Robb and Caroline Bliss made their American TV acting debuts, although Robb had been seen previously in the British miniseries “The Flame Trees of Thika.” The film also marked the first time Queen Elizabeth had been portrayed. Production Companies Edward S. Feldman Company, St. Lorraine Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman. Producer Clyde Phillips. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Ted Moore. Music John Addison. Editors Edward A. Biery, John Troppeler. Art Director Harry Pottle. Cast David Robb (Prince Charles), Caroline Bliss (Lady Diana Spencer), Christopher Lee (Prince Philip), Rod Taylor (Edward Adeane), Margaret Tyzack (Queen Elizabeth), Mona Washbourne (The Queen Mother), Charles Gray (Earl Spencer), David Langton (Earl Mountbatten), Susan Skipper (Sarah Spencer), Jeremy Clyde (Andrew Parker Bowles), Jo Ross (Camilla Parker Bowles), Dan Chatto (Prince Andrew), Patrick Bailey (Prince Edward), Shelagh MacLeod (Caroline Pride), Jenifer Landor (Virginia Pitman), Caroline Goodall (Ann Botton), Shirley Cassidy (Amanda Keatchbull), Julia St. John (Jane Ward). 1313... Charley Hannah (ABC, 4/5/1986, 120 mins). Hard-nosed cop Robert Conrad, having mistakenly shot a youth while pursuing a gang of teenage cop-killers, finds a chance at redemption by taking in a troubled boy (played by real-life son Shane Conrad) who may have witnessed the slayings. This prospective series pilot also features Conrad’s other son, Christian (as a rookie cop), and was produced by Joan Conrad, the star’s daughter, for the Conrad family’s film company, A. Shane Productions. Conrad’s buddy, Red West, also has a prominent role, as he does in virtually every Robert Conrad television movie. Veteran actress Joan Leslie plays Conrad’s wife, and television producer Stephen J. Cannell makes his professional acting debut as a Fagin-like hood, in this action adventure filmed on location in Fort Lauderdale. Production Companies A. Shane Company, Telepictures Corporation. Director Peter H. Hunt. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Producer Roger Bacon. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn. Photography James Pergola. Music Jan Hammer. Song Performed

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by Jan Hammer. Editors Robert L. Sinise, Kurt Bullinger. Production Designer Bill Groom. Art Director Doug Kraner. Associate Producers Timothy Erwin, Nancy Conrad. Cast Robert Conrad (Capt. Charley Hannah), Shane Conrad (Frankie Packard), Christian Conrad (Andy Simms), Joan Leslie (Sandy Hannah), Red West (David “OO” Buck), Kelly Minter (Toni), B. Mike Machalski (Andre), Antoni Corone (Marco), Marco Sanchez (Pizer), Stephen J. Cannell (Roscoe Tanner), James Deuter (The Pope), Alex Paez (Lance), Tracy Holt (Robby Barnes), David Saunders (Manny Short), Deanna Dunagan (Nurse), Alex Panas (Chief Raleigh Poole), David Darlow (Capt. Ray Albright), Jorge Gil (Willie Jones), Miryam Suarez (Carol Mather), Jay Armor, Ruben Rabasa, Teresa Maria Rojas, Fritz Bronner, Ray Forchion, Herb Goldstein, Manny Bronz, Susan Lawlor, Butch Raymond, Scott Thomas, Cindy Bel Air, T.J. Stone, Shaunna Hoffman, Sonia Zomina, Kari Whitman, Donna Rosae, Harold Bergman, A.J. Ross, John Archie, Ann Sawyer, Max Hunt. 1314... Charlie and the Great Balloon Race (NBC, 7/12/1981, 120 mins). Jack Albertson is a retired railroad worker whose dream of crossing the country in a hot air balloon is encouraged by his grandson, who decides to go along for the ride despite the misgivings of his widowed mother whose plans to remarry have left him disenchanted. This lighthearted family adventure was filmed in 1978, accounting for the appearance in the starring role of Albertson, who had died in late 1980. Production Company Daniel Wilson Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Daniel Wilson. Producer Fran Sears. Teleplay Art Wallace. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor Peter Parasheles. Cast Jack Albertson (Charlie Bartlett), Adrienne Barbeau (Susan O’Neill), John Reilly (Wes Cummings), Slim Pickens (Chlover), William Bogert (Alfred Lawson), Pat Cooper (Uncle Mike), Bert Freed (Carlo), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Lawson), William Sadler (Joey), Moosie Drier (Morris O’Neill), Laurence Haddon (Sam Spade), Jack Knight (Police sergeant), Morgan Farley (Frazer), Robert Lussier (Clerk), Edward Ansara (Gardner), Stack Pierce (Lucas), Jack Collins (Sergeant Squire), Irwin Mosley (Morgan), Jack O’Leary (Grant), Claude Traverse (Mallox). 1315... Chase (NBC, 11/23/1985, 120 mins). Hotshot lady lawyer from California (Jennifer O’Neill) returns to her hometown in rural Washington state and finds herself defending the killer of her mentor and then must protect him from vigilante justice and the wrath of a bad cop. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Rod Holcomb. Producer Sam Strangis. Teleplay David Peckinpah. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Charles Bernstein. Music Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Jennifer O’Neill (Sandy Albright), Robert S. Woods (Sheriff Dean Hartley), Michael Parks (Larry Butler), Terence Knox (Craig Phelan), John Philbin (Bobby), Kathleen York (Darlene), J.E. Freeman (Dixon), Cooper Huckabee (Coy), Richard Farnsworth (Judge Grant Pettitt), Michol Sullivan (Gene), John Walter Davis (Korby), Douglas Newell (Bundles), Dick Arnold (Judge Williams), Rich Hawkins (District Attorney), Sandy Albright (Shelley), Sam Bryant (Old man), Peg Phillips (Auntie Jane), Sabra Wilson (Old lady), George Catalano (Driver), Bill MacDonald (Clerk), Ray Kemp (1st migrant), Don Eastman (2nd migrant), Jayne Taini (Waitress), Kathy Messney (Migrant’s wife). 1316... Chicago Story (NBC, 3/15/1981, 120 mins). The pilot to the short-lived 1981-82 series combining three television staples: lawyers, doctors and cops. Filmed entirely on location, it examines a crime--the wounding of a 10-year-old girl by a sniper--from three different angles. Vincent Baggetta and Craig T. Nelson represent the law from opposing sides (they had been law school roommates); Kristoffer Tabori and Kene Holliday are the doctors; Jack Kehoe and Dennis Franz the cops. Writer Eric Bercovici and director Jerry London earlier had collaborated on the miniseries, “Shogun.” Production Companies Eric Bercovici Productions, Epipsychidion Inc., MGM Television. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Eric Bercovici. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director Ron Foreman. Cast Vincent Baggetta (Lou Pellegrino), Dennis Franz (Off. Joe Gilland), Kene Holliday (Dr. Jeff House), Jack Kehoe (Off. Tony Coswell), Craig T. Nelson (Kenneth A. Dutton), Kristoffer Tabori (Dr. Max Carson), Gail Youngs (Elizabeth Bergstrom), Michael Horton (George Stepak), Charles Hallahan (John Ryan), Allan Rich (G.W. Rosen), Richard Venture (Judge Harold Stankey), Brooke Alderson (Margo Ryan), Luca Bercovici (Dukes), Kelly Hayden (B.J. Ryan), Connie Foster (Ann Gilland), Lance Kinsey (Jerry Stepak), Ralph Foody (Sergeant Hesper), Pauline Brailsford (Dr. Dorothea Carroll), Lyn Donely, Fern Parsons, Janet Carroll, Ned Schmidtke, Byrne Piven, Bob Moomey, Ben Rawnsley, Wally Engelhardt, Roger May, Lora Staley, Tony Lincoln, Jack Wasserman, Al Nuti, Susan Schager, Jack Wallace, Aaron Freaman, Richard Baird, Corney Morgan, Richard Ashley, Frank Rice, Jack Orand, Tony Mockus Jr. 1317... Chiefs (CBS, 11/13/1983 to 11/16/1983, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Three police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery: Who is behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a 40-year period? In this miniseries, Charlton Heston returns to TV acting after 14 years (his career in television goes back to 1949). He plays one of the town’s founding fathers as, successively, cotton farmer Wayne Rogers, racist Brad Davis, and college educated Billy Dee Williams become police chiefs over the years in this adaptation of Stuart Woods’ 1981 novel. Keith Carradine replaced an ailing Andy Griffith as Foxy Funderburke, a disgruntled local harboring a 40-year grudge, and received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series. The production itself was nominated as Outstanding Limited Series and for art direction and set decoration.

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Production Company Highgate Pictures. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Martin Manulis. Supervising Producer Jerry London. Producer John E. Quill. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Based on the Novel by Stuart Woods. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Michael Small. Editors John J. Dumas, Eric Albertson. Editor (part 3) Armond Lebowitz. Production Designer Charles C Bennett. Cast Charlton Heston (Hugh Holmes), Keith Carradine (Foxy Funderburke), Stephen Collins (Billy Lee [parts 2 and 3]), Brad Davis (Sonny Butts [part 2]), Tess Harper (Carrie Lee [parts 1 and 2]), Paula Kelly (Liz Watts [part 3]), Wayne Rogers (Will Henry Lee [part 1]), Paul Sorvino (Sheriff Skeeter Willis), Victoria Tennant (Trish Lee [parts 2 and 3]), Billy Dee Williams (Tyler Watts [part 3]), Lane Smith (Hoss Spence), Kaiulani Lee (Mrs. Butts [parts 1 and 2]), Novella Nelson (Nellie Cole [parts 1 and 3]), Danny Glover (Marshall Peters [part 2]), Leo Burmester (Emmett Spence [parts 2 and 3]), Michael Durrell (John Howell [part 3]), Norman Matlock (Jesse Cole), Cary Guffey (Billy Lee), Leo O’Brien (Joshua Cole), Frank Hamilton (T.T. Brown), Wallace Wilkinson (Dr. Frank Manton), Stacie Sanders (Ellie Lee), Mike Grier (Brother Maynard), Randall Hitt (Young Emmett Spence), Stephen Rogers (Young Sonny Butts), Ennis Atkens (Idus Bray), Charles Blackwell (Dooley), Marilyn Carter (Widow Dempsey), Stuart Culpepper (Grady Butts), Charles Franzen (Ben Birdsong), Hugh Jarrett (Lamar Maddox), Donald F. Law (Sam Greer), Wallace Merck (Ed Routon), Laurens Moore (Underwood), Danny Nelson (Dr. Carter Sauls), Ralph Pace (Sheriff Grundey), Leon Rippy (Tommy Allen), Avon Stephenson (Runaway boy), Dean Whitworth (Justin deputy), Kathryn Dowling (Ellie Lee), J. Kenneth Campbell (Dr. Tom Manton), Gail Grate (Annie Peters), Elliot Street (Charlie Ward), Ed Grady (Melvin Thomas), Lagena Lookabill (Charlene), C.K. Bibby (Bert Hill), Katherine Boshamer (Girl dancer), James Chestnutt (4th blond boy), William Crumby (Jim Peters), James Eric (Bob Blankenship), James Brown Henderson (Pieback Johnson), Wanda Jackson (Girl swimmer), William Newman (Mac McKibbon), Frank Williams (Sgt. Dave Barker), John Goodman (Newt “Tub” Murray), Dill Blackwell (Jackson Rowlins), Keith Colbert (Ben Carr), William Dubose (Buddy Bartlett), Chris Ellis (Bobby Patrick), Sondra Dunson Franks (Mrs. Hawkins), Russell Green (Prison captain), E. Pat Hall (Strickland), Robert Inman (Capitol City newsman), Tom Lanier (National newsman), George Lee (Chief Breen), Philip McCale (Sutherland), Walter Mallonee (5th blond boy), Carlisle Roddey (Wilson), Rudy Thompson (Fred Mitchell), Lou Walker (Roosevelt Hawkins), James Wiggins (6th blond boy), Stuart Woods (Pope). 1318... Child Bride of Short Creek (NBC, 12/7/1981, 120 mins). A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, with returning Korean war veteran Christopher Atkins’ rebellion against his father (Conrad Bain) when learning that latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl (Diane Lane) with whom his son is romantically involved. Based on the story “Jessica’s Story” by Michael Fessier Jr. Production Companies Lawrence Schiller Productions, Paul Monash Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producers Lawrence Schiller, Paul Monash. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on a Story by Michael Fessier Jr. Photography Gary Graver. Music John Cacavas. Editor John J. Dumas. Art Director Hub Braden. Associate Producer Michael Economou. Cast Christopher Atkins (Isaac King), Diane Lane (Jessie Jacobs), Conrad Bain (Frank King), Kiel Martin (Bob Kalish), Helen Hunt (Naomi), Warren Vanders (Jay Jacobs), Joan Shawlee (Sister King), Dee Wallace (Mary Jacobs), Babetta Dick (Judy), Melinda Almquist (Viola), Julianne Slocum (Rachel), C. Duane Tuft (Larry), Robert E. Hartenberger (Attorney General Ross), Alan Nash (Sheriff Beal), Jay Bernard (Judge Sears), Karyn Christiansen (Ada King), Sharyn Christiansen (Alma King), Rick Millikan (Boyd Paul), Michael Lang (Ronnie King), Heidi Bohay (Lola), Jacob Johnston (Barth), Trisha Lynn Tibbs (Lila), Mary Tuft, Scott C Anderson, Robert Summerfrucht, Charles Summerfrucht, X.V. Kelly, Paolo Balardi. 1319... The Child Saver (NBC, 1/18/1988, 120 mins). Alfre Woodard is riveting a successful Madison Avenue career woman who wages a desperate battle with drug pusher Mario Van Peebles for the life and soul of a homeless, street-wise sevenyear-old who’s become one of his young dealers. Suggested by article in “The Village Voice” by Ianthe Thomas, this tense drama was initially titled “The Fierce Dreams of Jackie Watson.” Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, NBC Productions. Director Stan Lathan. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Producer Karen Moore. Co-Producer Grace Gilroy. Teleplay Charles Rosin. Suggested by an Article by Ianthe Thomas. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Lennie Niehaus. Editor Lee Burch. Production Designer David Davis. Cast Alfre Woodard (Andrea Crawford), Michael Warren (Rennie Stewart), Mario Van Peebles (Rocket), Constance McCashin (Beverly McCumber), Martin Balsam (Sidney Rosenberg), Deon Richmond (Jackie Watson), Marina Durrell (Segunda), Matthew Kaye (Marty), Fernando Lopez (Raphael), Margo Martindale (Alma), Damir Andrei (Sal Migdantono), Helen Beavis (Character actress), Chris Bondy (David Holmes), Lorne Cossette (Carl Cashen), Lynne Cormack (Susie), Maria Del Mar (Lola), Len Doncheff (Knish vendor), Hal Eisen (Bruce), Victor Ertmanis (Blue collar man), Phillip Jarrett (Brother Love), Tim Koetting (First man), Tex Konig (Cashier), Ken McGregor (Cabbie #2), Gene Mack (Orlando), Dave Nichols (Gene Boyette), Patti Oatman (Waitress), Silvio Oliviero (Cabbie #1), Patrick Patterson (Hunt Sears), Gerry Pearson (Wino), Diana Reis (Jamie), Djanet Sears (Tia Amiros), Sherry Smith (Pastry chef), Leslie Toth (Street tough), Louise Vallance (Julie). 1320... Children in the Crossfire (CBS, 12/3/1984, 120 mins). Four Catholic and Protestant children from war-torn Ireland have their lives and attitudes changed after a summer in the U.S. with foster families. This drama is a companion piece of sort to director George Schaefer’s Emmy Award-winning “A War of Children” of a decade earlier, dealing with another aspect of the same tragedy. Filmed in Los Angeles and Dublin, it initially was titled “Holiday From Fear.” Its battery of sound editors received an Emmy Award nomination.

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Production Company Schaefer-Karpf Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producers Frank Prendergast, Charles Haid, George Schaefer, Aida Young. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Photography Edward R. Brown, Walter Lassally. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Andy Blumenthal. Production Designer William Creber. Production Designer (Ireland) Arden Gantley. Cast Julia Duffy (Dee Malone), Charles Haid (Fred Chandler), David Huffman (Larry Malone), Karen Valentine (Pam Chandler), Niall Toibin (Vincent Lavery), James Norris (Timmy Keegan), Peter Gilroy (Bobby Baxter), Grainne Clark (Beth McVittie), Geraldine Hughes (Mary Holden), Penelope Windust (Anchorwoman), Kirk Cameron (Mickey Chandler), David Held (Sam Chandler), Henry G. Sanders (Ed/mailman), Garn Stephens (Doctor), Oliver Maguire (Father Gene), Michael Duffy (Reverend George), Phyl Stafford (Timmy’s mother), Ena May (Mary’s mother), Patricia Martin (Beth’s mother), Britta Smith (Bobby’s mother), Derek Lord (Bobby’s father), Maurice Sheehan (Corcoran), Elizabeth Hoy, Arcadia E. Haid, Angela Lee. 1321... The Children Nobody Wanted (CBS, 12/5/1981, 120 mins). The true-life story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide a family life for homeless youngsters, becoming not only the first bachelor but also the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri. It was filmed in Marshall, Missouri, where his story continues to take place on a ranch refuge for his “Butter Boys.” The real Butterfield, the film’s associate producer, died in 1982. Production Companies Blatt-Singer Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard Michaels. Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L. Singer. Teleplay Lee Hutson. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Harry Keramidas. Art Director Spencer Deverill. Associate Producer Tom Butterfield. Cast Fredric Lehne (Tom Butterfield), Michelle Pfeiffer (Jennifer Williams), Matt Clark (Bill Westbrook), Noble Willingham (McNaulty), Anne Haney (Mrs. Lightheart), Joe Turley (Joey), Barbara Barrie (Hanna), Jerry Hardin (Dr. Watson), F. William Parker (George Meuschke), Earl Boen (Madden), Ryan Barcroft (Andrew), Patrick Holcer (Dwayne), James Spinks III (Zim), Van Stapleton (Bobby), Gary Riefle (Pete), John Murphy (Danny), Ron Christopher Nielsen (Ray), Jeffrey Todd Nielsen (Billy), Sonja Lanzener (Nurse), Gary Houston (Orderly), Megan Mullally (Sharon), Charlene Romero (Miss Cornwall), Joseph M. Leahy (Real estate man), Dick Solowica (Sheriff), Chelcie Ross (Ralph), Everett Smith (Walter Wilson), Nathan Davis (Orville), Sarah Haines (Registrar), Ted Noose (Angry businessman), David Schmidt (Jason), Steven Butterfield (Delford), Judith Penrod (Judith). 1322... The Children of An Lac (CBS, 10/8/1980, 120 mins). Based on film actress Ina Balin’s account, this drama documented her efforts together with concerned American volunteer Betty Tisdale (played by Shirley Jones) and a compassionate Vietnamese woman running a Saigon orphanage to rescue as many children as possible and fly them out of the country before South Vietnam’s fall in the spring of 1975 through the An Lac baby-lift. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on a Story by Ina Balin. Photography Don McAlpine. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Bob Hilditch. Associate Producer Ina Balin. Cast Shirley Jones (Betty Tisdale), Ina Balin (Herself), Beulah Quo (Madam Ngai), Alan Fudge (Jerry King), Ben Piazza (Dr. Wayde Bensman), Lee Paul (McKinney), Kieu Chinh (Thuy), Vic Silayan (Dr. Dan), Robert “Toffy” Padua (Trong), Victor Diaz (Dr. Tran Van Binh), Bongchi Miraflor (Than), Anita Linda (Ba Day), Manila Gumila (Kim Lan), Nguyet Balin (Herself), Andy Del Mundo (Te), Tony Malanca (Patrick Tisdale), Dexter Doria (Miss Cho), Pepito Rodriguez (Captain Nam), Joe De Castro (Dr. Cao), Janice De Belen (Mai), Roland Dantes (Lee). 1323... Children of Divorce (NBC, 11/24/1980, 120 mins). The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama written and directed by Joanna Lee. Production Companies Christiana Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Joanna Lee. Executive Producer Joanna Lee. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Harry J. May. Music Minette Allton, Raoul Kraushaar. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Barbara Feldon (Irene Hoffman), Lance Kerwin (Tony Malik), Stacey Nelkin (Andrea Hoffman), Carmine Caridi (Joe Hoffman), Christopher Ciampa (Josh Hoffman), Olivia Cole (Betty Williams), Kim Fields (Denise Williams), Zohra Lampert (Mrs. Goldsmith), Greg Mullavey (Tom Malik), Stella Stevens (Sherry Malik), Fritz Weaver (Eli Sorenson), Billy Dee Williams (Walter Williams), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Ruiz), Mary-Robin Redd (Marcia), Pamela McMyler (Mildred), Archie Lang (Judge Hammond), Armand Alzamora (Mr. Martinez), Zale Kessler (Sy Levinson), Lauren Adams (Joanie), Traci Rae (Toby), Denice Kumagai (Dianne), Josh Davis (Buddy), Michael E. Bauer (Don), Liza Ross (Melanie), Suzanne Crough (Kate), Seeley Thurman (Nancy), Ketly Parsons (Pat), Michael Hughes (Hamilton), Shari Summer, Patricia Coyle, Katja Crosby, Erin McKellar, Verda Bridges, Regina Brown-Hooks, Eleanor McCoy, Virginia Braddock. 1324... Children of the Night (CBS, 10/25/1985, 120 mins). Based on the real-life experiences of Lois Lee, who, as a graduate student, researched her doctoral thesis on the roots of female crime by interviewing teenage prostitutes in Hollywood and later opening a halfway house for their rehabilitation, this drama was cowritten by Vickie Patik, whose first script, the previous “Do You Remember Love,” earned her an Emmy Award for writing and won her a great deal of acclaim. Initial publicity information when “Children of the Night” began production in the spring of 1985 indicated that one of the four cowriters was Joan Micklin Silver (only two were finally credited with Silver not among them).

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Production Company Robert Guenette Productions. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Robert Guenette. Producer Conrad Holzgang. Teleplay Vickie Patik, Robert Guenette. Based on a Story by William Wood. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Miles Goodman. Song Performed by Pat Benatar. Editor Peter Parasheles. Art Director Norm Baron. Associate Producers Christine Berardo, Joan Van Tassell. Cast Kathleen Quinlan (Lois Lee), Nicholas Campbell (Larry), Mario Van Peebles (Roy Spanish), Lar Park-Lincoln (Valerie), Wally Ward (Kevin), Eddie Velez (Tom), David Crowley (Marty), Donald Hotton (Dr. Norris), Marta Kober (Linda), Laura Esterman (Arlene), Sherri Stoner (Brandy), Michael Shaner (Jerry), Vincent J. Isaac (Jink), Michelle Anne Martin (Ginger), Monica Calhoun (Wanda), Geri Betzler (Melody), Helene Udy (Dallas), Valerie Gene Richards (Zoe), George Spaveta (Robert Ringen). 1325... The Children of Times Square (ABC, 3/3/1986, 120 mins). In this drama about homeless runaways seeking excitement by dealing drugs in New York’s Times Square, Howard Rollins Jr. switches from his customary heroic roles to play a nasty cocaine trafficker, a 20th century Fagin who mothers a highly organized band of young pushers. Most of the filming was done on location in New York. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, Fries Entertainment. Director Curtis Hanson. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Co-Producer Irv Wilson. Teleplay Curtis Hanson. Photography Robert Elswit. Music Michael Shrieve. Editor Ray Daniels. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Art Director (New York) Gary Weist. Production Executive Mel A. Bishop. Cast Howard Rollins Jr. (Otis), Joanna Cassidy (Sue Roberts), Brandon Douglas (Eric Roberts), David Ackroyd (Peter Roberts), Larry B. Scott (Skater), Jason Bernard (Lieutenant Devins), Danny Nucci (Luis), Silvana Gallardo (Lizette Sotavento), Griffin O’Neal (Rick), DeVoreaux White (C.J.), Gregory “Mars” Martin (Brian), Annie Oringer (Debbie), Selma Archerd (Welfare worker), Guy Christopher (Detective), Yasmin Delawari (Carla), Cecilia Garcia (Social worker), Jacob Vargas (Alberto), Terry Wills (1st businessman), Michael Ashe, Ernie Brown, R.D. Call, John Capodice, Nick Descenza, Jacob Donner, Courtney Gains, Chris Irrizarry, Erik King, Deborah Levin, Edwin Lugo, Clayton Prince, Nancy Renee, Michael Rich, Roberto Roman, Edie Marie Rubio, Bo Rucker, Richard Sassin, Tony Scott, J.W. Smith, Bruce Smolanoff, Joe Spinell, Anthony Trujillo, David Wagner, Stanley Yale, Jack Yates. 1326... Child’s Cry (CBS, 2/9/1986, 120 mins). Social worker Lindsay Wagner tackles the important contemporary social issue of child abuse while investigating the case of a shy, withdrawn young boy and begins to suspect that he has been molested sexually at home. Initially called “Who Hears the Child’s Cry,” it was coproduced by Kate Jackson, whose own television schedule working on her “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”series kept her from taking the lead role herself. Production Companies Shoot the Moon Enterprises Inc., Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producers Kate Jackson, Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Gilbert Cates. Co-Producer Courtney Pledger. Teleplay Jonathan B. Rintels Jr. Based on a Story by Jonathan B. Rintels Jr., Norman Strum. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Garry Sherman. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Joanne Van Buren), Peter Coyote (Matt Townsend), Tailesin Jaffe (Eric Townsend), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Sam), Guy Boyd (Krantz), Brent Jennings (Harkins), Vic Polizos (Thurlow), Marlene Warfield (Maxine), Jack Rader (Donovan), E.J. Castillo (Ramirez), Peter Hobbs (Judge Dietrich), David A. Penhale (Roy), Anne Gee Byrd (Mrs. Goralsky), Kathleen Garrett (Principal), Herta Ware (Mrs. Hartounian), Will Hare (Mr. Edelman), Myra Turley (Housekeeper), Cheryl Anderson (Mrs. Donovan), Theresa DePaolo (4th social worker), Jeremy Lawrence (3rd social worker), Scott Lincoln (1st social worker), Marianne Muellerleile (Eric’s teacher), Victoria Ann-Lewis (2nd social worker), Simmy Bow (Crossing Guard), Heidi Kozak (Receptionist), John LaSall (Townsend attorney), Jeris Lee Poindexter (5th social worker), Virgil Roberson (Deputy), Tom Tully (Bailiff), Lorinne Vozoff (6th social worker). 1327... Chiller (CBS, 5/22/1985, 120 mins). A supernatural suspense drama involving a young man frozen in cryogenic suspension for 10 years, who is brought back to life, returned to his family, reinstated to the board of the family-owned company-all with sinister results. Horror movie veterans, director Wes Craven, writer J.D. Feigelson and makeup specialist Stan Winston, had a field day with this chiller that was produced by “Polar Film Corporation.” Production Companies Polar Film Corporation, J.D. Feigelson Productions. Director Wes Craven. Executive Producer Richard Kobritz. Producer J.D. Feigelson. Teleplay J.D. Feigelson. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Duane Hartzell. Art Director Charles Hughes. Special Effects Supervisor Stan Winston. Cast Michael Beck (Miles Creighton), Beatrice Straight (Marion Creighton), Laura Johnson (Leigh Kenyon), Dick O’Neill (Clarence Benson), Alan Fudge (Dr. Stricklin), Craig Richard Nelson (Dr. Collier), Paul Sorvino (Reverend Penny), Jill Schoelen (Stacey), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Bunch), Russ Marin (Dr. Sample), Jerry Lacy (Jerry Burley), Edward Blackoff (2nd technician), Kenneth White (1st technician), Ned Wertimer (Mr. Hanna), Wendy Goldman (Secretary), Joseph Whipp (Detective), Karen Huie (1st nurse), Melanie F. Williams (2nd nurse), Perla Walter (Night nurse), Starletta DuPois (Nurse), Mimi Meyer-Craven (Nurse Cooper), Brian Libby, Bill Dearth, Roger Hampton, Clare Nono, William Forward. 1328... China Rose (CBS, 10/18/1983, 120 mins). George C. Scott is an American businessman who teams up with Ali MacGraw, a Chinese-speaking guide, to locate his son, Michael Biehn, a political radical who went to China and disappeared during

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the Cultural Revolution in 1967, and in their search get involved in the Hong Kong drug trade. Filmed entirely on location in Hong Kong and Macao. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay David Epstein. Photography Ernest Day. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Leon Ko. Cast George C. Scott (Burton Allen), Ali MacGraw (Rose Arrow), Michael Biehn (Daviel Allen), Denis Lill (Superintendent George), David Snell (Kornfeld), James Hong (Professor Chen), Carolyn Ellis Levine (Maggie Clay), John Nisbet (Milton Clay), Tong Lan Hwa (Li Ling), Harry Ip (Li Chong), Alice Lau (Ho Chin), Lillian Lee (Nun), Ray Burrus (Dale), Kan Tien Chi (Monk), Eric Chan (Desk clerk), Yu Fu (Fortune teller). 1329... The Choice (CBS, 2/10/1981, 120 mins). Sudsy drama with The Choice being whether or not to have an abortion. Susan Clark, the mother, confides to daughter Largo Woodruff, pregnant with boyfriend Paul Regina’s child, that she had agonized over the same question 20 years earlier. Production Companies David Greene Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director David Greene. Executive Producer David Greene. Supervising Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Producer Joseph M. Taritero. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Photography Stevan Larner. Music “Chaconne” from Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Edward Richardson. Associate Producer Christopher N. Seiter. Cast Susan Clark (Kay Clements), Mitchell Ryan (Jerry Clements), Largo Woodruff (Lisa Clements), Paul Regina (Michael Vitella), Kathleen Lloyd (Elaine), Lisa Jane Persky (Emmy Soames), Joanne Naile (Tina), Justin Lord (Robert), Jennifer Warren (Marsha Taylor), Karen Machon (Janice Marker), John Chappell (Dr. Newsome), Jack Rader (Elaine’s husband), Vernon Weddle (Dr. Nathanson), Cynthia Grover (Joan), Mary Ellen O’Neill (Lady in park), Alexandra Johnson (Nervous girl), Cheryl Smith (Chris), Elise Caitlin (Night nurse), Darlene Conley (Marilyn), Eloise Hardt (Andrea), Charles Howerton (Dr. Rhoemer), Barbara Pilavin (Clerk), Jan Stratton (Desk nurse), Cheryl Carter (Sandy), Dolores Aguirre (Chicano girl), Teri Foster Brooks (Receptionist), Kari Michaelsen (Teenager), Cheri Effron (Debby), Denece George (Mother with child), Nancy St. Marie (Nurse), Marti Stevens (Marie), James Gallery (Leisure Suit). 1330... Choices (ABC, 2/17/1986, 120 mins). Self-righteous retired judge, a longtime right-to-lifer, is forced to come to grips with the unwanted pregnancies of both his much younger second wife and his unwed teenage daughter and all three have to face the abortion issue. George C. Scott filmed this slick drama subsequent to his TV portrayal of Gen. George S. Patton, which had yet to premiere. He and Jacqueline Bisset (as his wife) get above-the-title billing; Melissa Gilbert, surprisingly, is below. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director David Lowell Rich. Supervising Producer David Lowell Rich. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Judith Parker. Photography Robert M. Baldwin. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director John Meighen. Art Director (New York) Leon Munier. Costume Designer Donfeld. Cast George C. Scott (Evan Granger), Jacqueline Bisset (Marisa Granger), Melissa Gilbert (Terry Granger), Laurie Kennedy (Ellen), Steven Flynn (Scott), Nancy Allison (Norma), Kirsten Bishopric (Dana), Daliah Bache (Janet), Nicholas A. Bourdon (Aaron), Catherine Colney (Clinic woman), Richard Dumont (Caterer), Lorena Gale (Clinic staffer), Barbara Ann Jones (Receptionist), Terrence Labrosse (Dr. Williams), Mitch Martin (Young woman), Merwan Mehta (Joshua Granger), Joanna Nayes (Counsellor), Tiiv Kohl Paquette (Billy), Rob Roy (Picketer), Howard Ryshpan (Paul), Michael Sinelnikoff (Jonathan), Vlasta Vrana (Minister), Len Watt (Businessman). 1331... Choices of the Heart (NBC, 12/5/1983, 120 mins). The dramatization of the story of Jean Donovan, who evolved from a free-spirited college student to a deeply committed lay missionary, giving up her family, friends and finance to work on behalf of the poor in El Salvador where, in December 1980, she and three Maryknoll nuns were slain by five members of that country’s National Guard. Initially called “Roses” and then called “In December the Roses Will Bloom Again,” it united Melissa Gilbert, in her fourth starring movie for her Half-Pint Productions, with Martin Sheen as an Irish priest who was Donovan’s inspiration, Mike Farrell as American Ambassador Robert White, and René Enriquez, as assassinated El Salvador church leader, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. Production Companies Katz-Gallin Productions, Half-Pint Productions, NBC Productions. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producers John Houseman, Raymond Katz, Sandy Gallin. Producers David W. Rintels, Joseph Sargent. Teleplay John Pielmeier. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music John Rubinstein. Song Written and Performed by Joan Baez. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer Jorge de la Borsolla. Associate Producer Ana Carrigan. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Jean Donovan), Peter Horton (Doug), Helen Hunt (Kathy), Mary McCusker (Sister Maura Clarke), Mari Gorman (Sister Ita Ford), Pamela Bellwood (Sister Dorothy Kazel), Patrick Cassidy (Patrick), René Enriquez (Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero), Mike Farrell (Amb. Robert White), Martin Sheen (Father Matt Phelan), Demian Richir (Armando), Enrique Lucero (Colonel Rojas), Les Monroe (Father Alan Kaiser), Dolores Devine (Gwen), George Belanger (Father Rich). 1332... A Christmas Carol (CBS, 12/17/1984, 120 mins). A lavishly acclaimed and equally lavish production of the Dickens classic that has been placed on a mantle beside the great film versions of the perennial story. George C. 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touch with sequences of Scrooge’s past life (in Roger O. Hirson’s spirited script) unexplored in most of the earlier filmed versions, of which there were at least 11, dating back to 1901. Production Company Entertainment Partners Inc. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer Robert E. Fuisz. Producers William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman. Teleplay Roger O. Hirson. Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Tony Imi. Music Nick Bicat. Song “God Bless Us Every One” by Nick Bicat, Tony Bicat. Music Conductor Tony Britten. Editor Peter Tanner. Production Designer Roger Murray-Leach. Art Director Harry Cardwell. Costume Designer Evangeline Harrison. Cast George C. Scott (Ebenezer Scrooge), Nigel Davenport (Silas Scrooge), Frank Finlay (Marley’s Ghost), Lucy Gutteridge (Belle), Angela Pleasence (Ghost of Christmas Past), Roger Rees (Fred Holywell), David Warner (Bob Cratchit), Edward Woodward (Ghost of Christmas Present), Susannah York (Mrs. Cratchit), Anthony Walters (Tiny Tim), Timothy Bateson (Mr. Fezziwig), Michael Carter (Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come), Michael Gough (Mr. Poole), Caroline Langrishe (Janet Holywell), Peter Woodthorpe (Old Joe), Mark Strickson (Young Scrooge), Joanne Whalley (Fan), John Quarmby (Mr. Harking), Liz Smith (Mrs. Dilber), Brian Pettifer (Ben), Catherine Hall (Meg), Derek Francis (Pemberton), John Sharp (Tipton), Pat Rose (Mrs. Fezziwig), Peter Settelen (Belle’s husband), Joseph Blatchley (George), Gavin Asher (Alfred), Rebecca Burrill (Anne), Cathryn Harrison (Kate), Tim Munro (Mr. Topper), Spencer Banks (Dick Wilkins), Kieron Hughes (Peter Cratchit), Dan Chatto (William), Alan Bodenham, Louise Gasser, Sasha Wells, Ian Giles. 1333... Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (CBS, 12/20/1987, 120 mins). John Schneider and Tom Wopat, cousins Bo and Luke Duke on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” here play feuding brothers who are assigned to bring Yuletide joy, in the form of a truckload of gifts, to a remote and economically hard-hit Alaskan town, and try to survive four days and nights together in the confining cab of an 18-wheeler. This unpretentious holiday drama was filmed in Dawson City in Yukon Territory. Production Companies Blue Andre Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Richard Lang. Producer Blue Andre. Co-Producer Jeffrey Fischgrund. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Michael Norell, Andy Siegel. Suggested by Material by Peter L. Keys. Photography Brenton Spencer. Music Charles Fox. Editor Jerry Shepard. Production Designer Richard Hudolin. Cast John Schneider (Ray), Tom Wopat (Pete), Kim Delaney (Jessie), Zachary Ansley (Mike), Joy Coghill (Charlotte), Antony Holland (Homer), Hoyt Axton (Al Bensinger), Dwight Koss (Mayor Newman), Barbara Russell (Edna Mae), Ted Stidder (Doc), Robert Forsythe (Chief Cobb), Charissa Reeves (Sabrina), Geordie Needham (Thurgood), Robin Mossley (Cecil), Brian MacDonald (Dwayne), Doug Mills (Zeb), Chuck McLeod (Joe), Paul Beckett (Domingo), Rick Otto (Paramedic), Frances Cooper (Mrs. Bensinger), Lelani Marrell (Turtle), Janet Wright (Martha Jane), Beatrice Beopple (Brandy), William Taylor (State trooper), Tom McBeath (Sergeant). 1334... Christmas Eve (NBC, 12/22/1986, 120 mins). Widely heralded at its premiere for the return of Loretta Young after 23 years out of the show business limelight, playing a wealthy, dying widow hoping to reunite her long-estranged family (her dour, unbending banker son, appalled at her philanthropic gifts over the years, and the three now-grown children his meanheartedness has driven from his house) for one final holiday celebration, this sentimental but calculating drama, filmed (in Canada) with a soft lensed, irridescent glow, was a true star vehicle. The still beautiful leading lady won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Television Movie for her performance. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, Republic Pictures. Director Stuart Cooper. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Producer Karen Moore. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on a Story by Laurence Stallings, Richard Landau, Blanche Hanalis. Photography Reginald Morris. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Cast Loretta Young (Amanda Kingsley), Arthur Hill (Andrew Kingsley), Ron Leibman (Huffner), Trevor Howard (Maitland), Patrick Cassidy (Josh Kingsley), Charles Frank (Jamison), Season Hubley (Melissa), Kate Reid (Molly Gottchalk), Deborah Richter (Patti), Allan Royal (Grodin), Wayne Best (Harley Kingsley), Lisa Vidal (Maria Estevez), Bernard Behrens (Dean), Antony Parr (The Professor), Cec Linder (Dr. Greenspan), Philip Akin (Mays), Tommy Earlls (George), Gary Farmer (Jody), Amanda Hancox (Nora), Lisa Jakub (Little girl), James Kidnie (Waiter), Irene Olga Lopez (Rosa), Adam Ludwig, Dwayne McLean, Gerry Pearson, Larry Reynolds, Errol Slue, Richard Sole, Charles Kerr. 1335... The Christmas Gift (CBS, 12/21/1986, 120 mins). A widowed Manhattan architect and his young daughter get away from it all during a Christmas trip to a small town in Colorado--like the one in “Brigadoon” that refuses to die and has remained unchanged for a hundred years--where everybody believes in Santa Claus. The casting of John Denver as big city executive was questioned in many quarters, but the plot quickly returned him to his more comfortable milieu (filming was done in Georgetown, Colorado) and gave him the chance to sing a song from his newest album of the day. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Sunn Classics Productions. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producer Norman Rosemont. Producer David A. Rosemont. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook, Christopher Grabenstein, Ronald Venable. Based on a Story by Christopher Grabenstein, Ronald Venable. Photography John Coquillon. Music Allyn Ferguson. Song “Love Again” Written and Performed by John Denver. Editor J.P. Farrell. Production Designer George Costello. Cast John Denver (George Billings), Jane Kaczmarek (Susan), Edward Winter (Thomas A. Renfield), Gennie James (Alex Billings), Pat Corley (Bud Sawyer), Mary Wickes (Henrietta Sawyer), James Callahan (Robert Truesdale), Kurtwood Smith (Jake Richards), Anne Haney (Clara Huckle), Harvey Vernon (Hank Huckle), Twirp Anderson (Band Member), Pamela Beebe

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(Receptionist Louella), William Eric Bookland (Scruff), Anne H. Bradley (Helen the Maid), Cash Cashman (Band member), Kathryn Christopher (Board member), Kathy Finley (Joanne), Sam Heavrin (Grover), Freddie Hoover (Band member), Jamie Horton (Reverend Ellsworth), Jim Huffman (Board member), Beryl Jones (Ellie), Heather Levin (Melissa), Katherine Levy (Gladys), Kara Mahoney (Kathy), Michael K Osborn (Board member), Paula Preston (Mrs.Truesdale), Shey Sperry (Jennifer), Craig Stout (Board member), Gretchen Taylor (Beth), James Ward (Tim the Barber). 1336... The Christmas Star (ABC, 12/14/1986, 120 mins). A crafty con man, who stages a prison break in a Santa Claus suit intent on recovering the stolen swag he’d hidden a year earlier in a department store’s Christmas decorations, finds his holiday spirit renewed when a pair of youngsters believe him to be a real Saint Nick in this lighthearted Disney Yuletide movie. Production Companies Lake Walloon Productions, Catalina Productions Group, Walt Disney Television. Director Alan Shapiro. Executive Producer Franklin R. Levy. Producers Alan Shapiro, Jeffrey White. Teleplay Alan Shapiro. Based on a Story by Alan Shapiro, Jeffrey White, Carol Dysinger. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Ralph Burns. Editors Andrew London, Joe Ravetz. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Art Director Eric Fraser. Cast Edward Asner (Horace McNickle), René Auberjonois (Sumner), Jim Metzler (Stuart Jameson), Susan Tyrrell (Sara Jameson), Karen Landry (Clara), Alan North (Captain Whittaker), Philip Bruns (Lucky), Nicholas Van Burek (Billy Jameson), Victoria Wauchope (Trudy Jameson), Zachary Ansley (John), Fred Gwynne (Waters), Peter Bibby (Jeremy), Lillian Carlson (Mrs. Thurgood), David Glyn-Jones (Night watchman), Anthony Holland (Old Con), Frank C. Turner (Sad Sack Santa), Claire Brown (Mrs. Jerome), Renée D’Aoust (Waters kid), Linda Darlow (Warrington mom), Lorraine Foreman (Mrs. Waters), Joseph Golland (Junior), Russell Hunter (Old McNickle), Oliver Kearnes (Waters kid), David Longworth (Con), Pamela Martin (Newscaster), Gordon McIntosh (Con), John Payne (Mr. Jerome), Roman Podhora (Barney), Enid Saunders (Salvation Army lady), Raimund Stamm (Warrington Santa), William Taylor (Gate guard), Donald Thompson (Junior), Jerry Wasserman (Desk sergeant), Sid Williams (Brother Gerard), John Bolton, Monica Fuhrmann, Genesee Keevil, Tiffany Michas, Toko Okada, Nicole Roberts, Robyn Stevan, Brittany Wong. 1337... The Christmas Visitor (Disney, 12/5/1987, 120 mins). Set in drought-ridden Australia in the 1890s, this heartwarming family drama, shown initially in this country on the Disney Channel, relates the story of a mischievous eight-year-old (Andrew Ferguson) from a poverty-stricken family who mistakes a rather jolly-looking, bearded ne’er-do-well for Father Christmas and his stubborn belief that this Santa look-alike is the real thing. In Australia the film was called “Bushfire Moon,” because, of course, Christmas comes at the start of the parched summer season there, and tinder dry forests and grasslands produce fires with billows of smoke and dust nearly obscuring the night sky and masking the moon with a ruddy red color. The term came from the first European settlers there and is still used. Subsequently this TV movie from Australia (Dee Wallace Stone is the only American in the cast) was aired on the PBS WonderWorks series where it was retitled “Miracle Down Under.” Production Companies Entertainment Media Pty Ltd., The Disney Channel, Revcom Production. Director George Miller. Producers Peter Beilby, Robert Le Tet. Teleplay Jeff Peck. Photography David Connell. Music Bruce Rowland. Editor Tim Wellburn. Production Designer Otello Stolfo. Cast Dee Wallace Stone (Elizabeth O’Day), John Walters (Patrick O’Day), Charles Tingwell (Max Bell), Bill Kerr (Watson), Nadine Garner (Sarah O’Day), Grant Piro (Angus), Andrew Ferguson (Ned O’Day), Francis Bell (Sharkey), Christopher Stevenson (Jamie), Kim Gyngell (Hungry Bill), David Ravenswood (Mr. Gullett), Maggie Millar (Mrs. Gullett), Francine Ormrod (Penelope Gullett), Bruce Kilpatrick (Adam McKimmie), Callie Gray (Pip McKimmie), Christine Keogh (Heather McKimmie), Neil Melville (Mr. Potts), Martin Redpath (Sergeant Gibbs), Rosie Sturgess (Miss Daly), John Heywood (Tom Murchie), John Bishop (Railworker), David LePage (Stockman), Bruce Crowl (Trader), James Wright (Father Menzies), Bill Medley (Governor’s nephew). 1338... A Christmas Without Snow (CBS, 12/9/1980, 120 mins). Sentimental holiday tale of a divorcée from San Francisco who moves to a small Nebraska town with her son to start a new life and joins the church choir that is under the strict leadership of a perfectionist director who is striving for a professional level presentation of Handel’s “Messiah.” Production Companies Korty Films, The Konigsberg Company. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producers John Korty, Whitney Green. Teleplay John Korty, Judith Nielsen, Richard Beban. Based on a Story by John Korty. Photography Mike Fash. Music Ed Bogas. Editors Peter Parasheles, Barbara Pokras. Art Director Don DeFina. Cast Michael Learned (Zoe Jensen), John Houseman (Ephraim Adams), Ramon Bieri (Henry Quist), James Cromwell (Reverend Lohman), Valerie Curtin (Muriel), David Knell (Terry), Calvin Levels (Wendell), Ruth Nelson (Inez), Beah Richards (Wendell’s grandma), William Swetland (Hartley), Ed Bogas (Seth), Daisietta Kim (Maisie Kim), Joy Carlin (Cora Newman), Anne Lawder (Evangeline Burns), Barbara Tarbuck (Carol Thorpe), Matthew Hautau (Robbie Jensen), Robert Callahan, John Patton, Gail MacGowan, Will Connolly, Jane Frasier-Smith, Will Marchetti, Jay Krohnengold. 1339... Christopher Columbus (CBS, 5/19/1985 and 5/20/1985, 2 parts, 180 mins each, 6 hours). The story of the legendary Genoa-born explorer, tracing his career from his early years as an expert sailor and navigator who sailed west to find Asia and found instead the West Indies and South America, to his 50s, as a tired ailing man whose dreams of exploration and discovery he passed on to his son, had a rousing retelling in this sumptuous two-part six-hour drama with an international cast. Much more elaborate than what appears to be the only other previous film about Columbus, the 1949 British production starring Fredric March,

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this TV movie presented in the title role Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, new to American television audiences. (Later Byrne went on to play another Italian, Benito Mussolini’s son.) Veteran Italian director Alberto Lattuada made his television directorial debut with “Christopher Columbus,” which earned Emmy Award nominations for production designer Mario Chiari (and art director Francesco Frigeri and set decorator Ezio Eusepi) and costume designers Maria De Matteis and Enrico Luzzi. Production Companies RAI, Antenne 2, Bavaria Atelier GmbH, Lorimar Productions. Director Alberto Lattuada. Executive Producers Malcolm Stuart, Ervin Zavada. Supervising Producer Fabrizio Castellani. Producers Silvio Clementelli, Anna Maria Clementelli. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on a Screenplay by Adriano Bolzoni, Alberto Lattuada, Tulio Pinelli. Photography Franco Di Giacomo. Music Riz Ortolani. Editor Russell Lloyd. Production Designer Mario Chiari. Costume Designer Maria DeMattheis. Cast Gabriel Byrne (Christopher Columbus), Rossano Brazzi (Diego Ortiz De Vilhegas), Virna Lisi (Dona Moniz Perestrello), Oliver Reed (Martin Pinzon), Raf Vallone (José Vizinho), Max Von Sydow (King John of Portugal), Eli Wallach (Hernando DeTalavera), Nicol Williamson (King Ferdinand), Faye Dunaway (Queen Isabella), Michel Auclair (Luis DeSantangel), William Berger (Francisco DeBobadilla), Keith Buckley (Luis DeTorres), Keith Buffery (Bartholomew Columbus), Anne Canovas (Beatriz Enriquez), Elpidia Carrillo (Coana), Massimo Girotti (Duke Medina Celi), Larry Lamb (Don Castillo), Stefano Madia (Federico), Audrey Matson (Dona Felipa Perestrello), Murray Melvin (Father Linares), Jack Watson (Father Marchena), Hal Yamanouchi (Guacanabo), Claudio Aliotti (Diego as an adult), Patrick Bauchau (Don Rodrigo), Salvatore Borgese (Juan), Charles Borromel (Xarmiento), Tony Camilleri (Riquelme), Scott Coffey (Vallejo), Cyrus Elias (Alaminos), Francesco Lattuada (DeTriana), Patrick Longhi (Ferdinand), Alexander Lopez (Diego Taino), Antonio Marsina (Vicente Pinzon), David Mills (Dr. Chanca), Line Mintoff (DeGamma), Brizio Montinaro (Ocampo), Joseph Murphy (Escobedo), Luca Orlandini (Diego as a teenager), Iris DePeynado (Selina), Jean Francois Poron (Alonso DeMardan), Gregory Snegoff (Francisco Pinzon), Erik Schumann (Benguela), John Suda (Ruiz), Fabiola Toledo (Dona Maria DeToledo), Sergio Testori (Arias), Josefina Vetencourt (Clara DeMoya), Heinz Weiss (Noscomb). 1340... Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (CBS, 10/12/1986, 120 mins). The abuse of older parents by their grown children is the theme of this drama in which Tuesday Weld is a woman whose life begins unraveling when her husband dumps her for someone else and she begins taking her growing frustrations out on her own mother who has begun showing signs of senility. Initial title: “A Family of Strangers.” Production Companies Sheldon Pinchuk Productions, Gerald Rafshoon Communications, Finnegan Associates, Telepictures Corporation. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Supervising Producer Gerald Rafshoon. Producer Sheldon Pinchuk. Teleplay William Wood. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Gil Melle, The Blue Daisies. Editor David Campling. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Tuesday Weld (Georgia Benfield), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Charlotte Kessling), Peter Bonerz (Pete Benfield), River Phoenix (Chris Benfield), Philip Sterling (Jim McLane), Zouanne LeRoy (Florence McLane), Ellen Travolta (Marion), Sue Giosa (Dr. Kalmeir), Christina Hutter (Addie), Jeanne Dougherty (Woman watering), Adele Gilbert (Mrs. Edwards), Bradley Lieberman (Mark), Jeanette Miller (Woman singer). 1341... City in Fear (ABC, 3/30/1980, 170 mins). David Janssen had his final role as a boozing newspaper columnist who is hired by circulation-hungry publisher Robert Vaughn to make a page-one celebrity out of a psycho (Mickey Rourke) who has been murdering young blondes. Inspired unofficially by New York’s infamous Son of Sam killer, this movie, originally called “Panic on Page One,” was credited to “Alan Smithee,” the pseudonymous director the DGA assigns to any film in which the real one (here it was Jud Taylor) asks to have his own name removed. Production Company Trans World International. Director Alan Smithee (Jud Taylor). Executive Producer Peter Masterson. Producer Ronald Lyon. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on a Story by Peter Masterson. Photography John Bailey. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Charles Rosen. Associate Producer Steve Nicolaides. Cast David Janssen (Vince Perrino), Robert Vaughn (Harrison Crawford III), Perry King (Lt. John Armstrong), Mickey Rourke (Tony Pate), William Prince (Harrison Crawford II), Susan Sullivan (Madelaine Crawford), William Daniels (Freeman Stribling), Pepe Serna (Raymond Zavala), Allan Miller (George Weller), M. Emmet Walsh (Sheldon Lewis), Mark Lonow (Henry Zeller), Lane Binkley (Doris Greasza), Christopher Allport (Kenny Reiger), Lane Smith (Brian), Frank McRae (Captain Madison), Cynthia Eilbacher (Vera), Pearl Shear (Mrs. Purdy), Gloria Stroock (Publisher’s assistant), Stephen Keep (Mayor Boylen), Pat Corley (Supermarket manager), Troas Hayes (Felicia Davenport), Bobby Stam, George O. Petrie, Mary Stuart Masterson, William MacDonald, Bill Elliott, Michael Flanagan, Tony Palmer, Gina DeFranco, Diann Monico, Charles Rowe. 1342... City Killer (NBC, 10/28/1984, 120 mins). A love-crazed terrorist threatens not only the woman he loves but also the entire city by demolishing the downtown area in a twisted attempt to win her over. A cast of familiar TV faces was upstaged by a series of controlled though graphic implosions of multi-story office buildings during location filming in Dallas, Denver, Memphis and Minneapolis. Production Company The Shpetner Company. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay William Wood. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music John Rubinstein. Editors Les Green, Mel Friedman. Production Designer Bryan Ryman.

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Cast Gerald McRaney (Lieutenant Eckford), Heather Locklear (Andrea McKnight), Terence Knox (Leo Kalb), Peter Mark Richman (Lieutenant Walling), John Harkins (Wally Rickvine), Jeff Pomerantz (Conway), Jason Bernard (Captain Sydney), Todd Susman (Jerry Gastine), Jeannetta Arnette (Selma Burkit), Audrey Totter (Peggy Rice), Adam Gregor (Howke), John Nesnow (Ira Metzenbaum), Tom Kindle (Pilot Sohbel), John Gamble, Sharon Madden, Terence Marinan, John Meier, Brian Moore, Wanda Panalver, Ken Stovitz. 1343... Class Cruise (NBC, 10/22/1989, 120 mins). Comedy about students from rival high schools who spend a highly educational semester aboard a “Love Boat”-style floating campus. Stars of assorted TV shows (Ray Walston is the salty old captain, Richard Moll his conniving first mate) are the seafarers in this film initially called “Semester at Sea” and then “Coeds at Sea.” Production Companies Larry Thompson Entertainment, Portoangelo Productions Inc. Director Oz Scott. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Ervin Zavada. Co-Producers Arvin Kaufman, Robert Kosberg. Teleplay Craig Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell. Photography George Koblasa. Music Mark Davis. Editor Michael J. Sullivan. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Jane Carr (Maxine Faggle), Michael DeLuise (Boz Crenshaw), Andrea Elson (Staci Poston), Shelley Fabares (Ellen Poston), Richard Moll (Lieutenant Saunders), Pat Petersen (Evan Prescott), Marc Price (Arnold Guy), McLean Stevenson (Miles Gimrich), Josh Taylor (Roger Poston), Brooke Theiss (Kim Robbins), Ray Walston (Cappy Connors), Billy Warlock (Sam McBride), Frances Bay (Grandma), Jordan Brady (Randy), Dallas Cole (Larinda), Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Guy), Victor Contreras (Carlos), David Correia (Bartender), Magda Harout (Mrs. Rose), Terri Ivens (Vicki), Kathryn Marcopulos (Bev Burns), Billy O’Sullivan (Kid #1), Andrea Robinson (Babe), Ernie Sabella (Mr. McBride). 1344... Classified Love (CBS, 3/8/1986, 120 mins). Romantic urban yuppie comedy involving a trio of Madison Avenue ad agency singles who decide to seek meaningful relationships through the “personals” column of a popular local magazine. “Suggested” by Sherri Foxman’s 1982 book of the same title, this sitcom-level film sans sitcom-style laugh track gave Michael McKean (Squiggy on “Laverne & Shirley”) his first romantic lead role. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Don Taylor. Supervising Producer Stan Hough. Producer Don Taylor. Teleplay Diane English. Based on a Book by Sherri Foxman. Photography Barry Sonnenfeld. Music Artie Butler. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director James A. Taylor. Cast Michael McKean (Pete Newly), Stephanie Faracy (Kate Harris), Dinah Manoff (Theresa Leonetti), Franc Luz (Greg Madison), Paula Trueman (Grandma), Chevi Colton (Rose), Matt Craven (Howie Schwartz), Barrett Heins (Harry), Jack Anthony Rose (Eddie Leonetti), Michele Seyler (Michelle Lewis), Tom Cuff (Mel Seransky), Jesse Bradford (Anthony Leonetti), Keith Langsdale (Gerry), Michael Ayr (Joel), Ronald Guttman (Giancarlo), Dee Ann Allen (Fantasy Bo), Kathi Moss (Reality Bo), Edward Gallardo, William Ellis, Maurice Shrog, Richie Allen, Eric Castro, Joseph Dobish, David Greenam. 1345... Clinton and Nadine (HBO, 5/28/1988, 110 mins). Love story and action-adventure combination put two lost souls, small-time exotic bird smuggler Clinton and high-class hooker Nadine, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy involving gunrunners and the Contras. With a high-profile cast that included, in addition to Andy Garcia and Ellen Barkin as the unlikely lovers-on-the-run, Morgan Freeman as a slick Miami lawyer with an agenda, and had a big name director, Jerry Schatzberg (of “The Panic in Needle Park” and “Scarecrow” fame), it was not surprising that just weeks after the film’s airing on HBO, which had commissioned it, “Clinton and Nadine” was tested theatrically as “Blood Money” Both titles are now used in its various television showings. Production Companies Tough Boys Inc., HBO Pictures, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Jerry Schatzberg. Producer Donald March. Teleplay Willard Walpole. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Jan Hammer. Editor David Ray. Production Designer Howard Barker. Associate Producer Brad R. Loman. Cast Andy Garcia (Clinton Dillard), Ellen Barkin (Nadine Powers), Morgan Freeman (Dorsey Pratt), Michael Lombard (James Conrad), John C. McGinley (Turner), Brad Sullivan (Maj. Gen. John Anson), Alan North (Detective Rayburn), Bill Raymond (Jewell Walker), Mario Ernesto Sanchez (Jesus Rojas), Nancy Giles (Alice), Helen Davies (Ione), Julio Oscar Mechoso (Huosita), Anthony Corsea (Luis), Jay Amor (Bernardo), Helen Hanft (Lady manager), Thomas A. Carlin (Coral Plaza manager), Carlos Cestero (Chamorra), Shawn McAllister (Piano delivery man), Rafael Guzman (Checkpoint soldier), Alfredo AlvarezCalderon (Squad leader), Pedro DePool (Adolfo), Rusty Pouch (Gas station attendant). 1346... Cloud Waltzing (Showtime, 2/14/1987, 105 mins). The second in a series of Harlequin Romance dramas produced for cable (“Love With a Perfect Stranger” preceded it in 1986), this British-made tale shot in the chateau region of southwest France has a pretty American journalist getting romantically involved with a dashing but reclusive vineyard owner she is assigned to interview. As in virtually all the Harlequin Romance movies in the series, the female lead is pretty, self-sufficient though vulnerable, and an American, inevitably falling under the spell of a European charmer. Production Companies Atlantic Video Ventures, Yorkshire Television. Director Gordon Flemyng. Executive Producers John Goldstone, Jonathan Dana, Pat Sandys. Producer Keith Richardson. Contributing Producer Andrew Braunsberg. Teleplay John Bryden Rodgers. Based on a Novel by Tory Cates. Photography Peter Jackson. Music Richie Close. Editor Bryce Clayton. Production Designer Mike Long.

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Cast Kathleen Beller (Meredith Tolliver), François Eric Gendron (François de Paul), Paul Maxwell (Andrew Tolliver), Thérèse Liotard (Monique), David Baxt (Phil Bundy), Dora Doll (Madame Solange), Claude Gensac (Madame Hibbert), Michael Morris (Jeff Graydon). 1347... Club Med (ABC, 1/19/1986, 120 mins). Commercial and music video directing superstar Bob Giraldi made his TV movie directing debut with this glitzy but featherweight excursion set against the unique vacation lifestyle of the popular tropical resort of its time (the early 1980s). Jack Scalia is the footloose Club Med manager, Linda Hamilton an old flame who’d left him years before, the rest of the cast the “Love Boat” type of guests with their various romantic problems. Gorgeous scenery of Ixtapa and Mexico City compensates for the dramatic clichés. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Bob Giraldi. Executive Producer Karen Mack. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Judith Paige Mitchell, Jeff Freilich. Based on a Story by Judith Paige Mitchell. Photography Robert E Collins. Music Peter Bernstein. Song Performed by Miami Sound Machine. Editors Allan Jacobs, Bob Wyman, Marv Adelson, William Butler. Art Director Fredric P. Hope. Associate Producer Judith Paige Mitchell. Cast Jack Scalia (O’Shea), Linda Hamilton (Kate), Patrick Macnee (Gilbert Anthony Paige), Janis Lee Burns (Jody), Jeff Kaake (Bart), Traci Lin-Tavi (Simone LaFontanne), Bill Maher (Rick), Adam Mills (Gyspy), Sinbad (Sinbad), Timothy Williams (Danny), Allison Argo (Allison), Lorraine Chanel, Jason Cook, William Coss, John P. Nadeu, Roberto Yander, Sound Machine Miami. 1348... Coach of the Year (NBC, 12/20/1980, 120 mins). A former football pro comes back from the Vietnam war in a wheelchair and tries to put his life back together by coaching youngsters in a correctional facility. Originally titled “The Coach,” and then, until the eve of its premiere, “4th Down Behind Bars,” this film--the first project produced by Robert Conrad’s A. Shane Company--served as the pilot to a prospective series and co-stars Conrad’s buddy, Red West, who is featured in nearly all of Conrad’s TV movies and series. Production Company A. Shane Company. Director Don Medford. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Producer John Ashley. Teleplay Frank Abatemarco. Photography Paul Vom Brock. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors George S. Rohrs, Howard Deane. Art Director Richard B. Lewis. Cast Robert Conrad (Jim Brandon), Erin Gray (Paula DeFalco), Red West (Superintendent Turner), Daphne Maxwell (Merissa Lane), David Hubbard (Sweetlife), Ricky Paull (Andy DeFalco), Alex Paez (Hector Estrada), Radames Torres (Peanut Rodriguez), Lou Carello (Eddie Lovella), Joneal Joplin (Coach Forester), Dean Hill (McLeash), Kelly Keefe (Cheerleader), Ed O’Bradovich (Himself). 1349... Cocaine and Blue Eyes (NBC, 1/2/1983, 120 mins). In this pilot to a prospective series, O.J. Simpson (also the executive producer) is a San Francisco private eye who gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for a girlfriend of a dead client, leading him to a politically prominent family. The series (based on Fred Zackel’s 1978 detective novel) would have featured TV’s first black detective since “Shaft” and “Tenafly” in the mid ’70s. Production Companies Orenthal Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer O.J. Simpson. Producer Dan Mark. Teleplay Kendall J. Blair. Based on the Novel by Fred Zackel. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Morton Stevens. Editor George B. Hively. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Cast O.J. Simpson (Michael Brennen), Cliff Gorman (Rikki Anatole), Candy Clark (Ruthann Gideon), Eugene Roche (Sergeant Khoury), Maureen Anderman (Lillian Anatole), Cindy Pickett (Catherine), Tracy Reed (Chris Brennen), Leonard Cimino (Orestes Anatole), Van Nessa Clarke (Maid), Keye Luke (Tan Ng), Irena Ferris (Blue Eyes/Dani Anatole), John Spencer (Joey Crawford), Evan Kim (Davy Huey), Ted LePlat (Alex Simons), Belita Moreno (Waitress), Dick Balduzzi (Barkeep), Stephen Tobolowsky (TV clerk), Haunani Minn (Receptionist), Bumper Robinson (Brennen’s son), Micah Morton (Brennen’s daughter), Jessica Biscardi (Mexican nurse), Nigel Butland (Arnold), Stephen Burks (Doc), Beach Dickerson (Bartender), Mare Silver (Morgue clerk), Sam Vicenzio (Hotel clerk). 1350... Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction (NBC, 2/27/1983, 120 mins). Dennis Weaver is a successful real estate agent whose introduction by Pamela Bellwood and her lawyer boyfriend, David Ackroyd, to cocaine during a business slump gets him hooked and threatens his marriage (to Karen Grassle), his career and his life. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, David Goldsmith Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer David Goldsmith. Teleplay Barry Schneider. Based on a Story by Barry Schneider, David Goldsmith. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Thomas Fries. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Cast Dennis Weaver (Eddie Gant), Karen Grassle (Barbara Gant), Pamela Bellwood (Robin Barstowe), James Spader (Buddy Gant), David Ackroyd (Bruce Neumann), Jeffrey Tambor (Dr. Mort Broome), Richard Venture (Dan Hatten), Ted LePlat (Tad Voss), Sandy Ward (Judge), Dennis Robertson (Stu), Terry Wills (Zacher), Kieu Chinh (Madame Marshais), Denise Crosby (Teller), Bill Dearth (Bob), Stephen Keep (Emergency room doctor), Dennis Howard (Jack Baylor), Kelly Piper (Toni Baylor), Clarke L’Amoreaux (Ronnie), Susan Lewis (Linda), Marii Mak (Mrs. Lynpo), Stacy MacGregor (Policeman), Edwin Owens (Gym coach).

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1351... Code of Vengeance (NBC, 6/30/1985, 120 mins). Take “Shane” and have him played by Chuck Norris clone Charles Taylor as a mysterious drifter who helps a young single mother avenge her brother’s murder and finds himself the target of bad guys (here a gang of dope smugglers on the Mexican border). This pilot to a prospective series called “Dalton” (after Taylor’s character) got a promising enough reception for a spring 1986 tryout, but the network ultimately waffled and the initial series episode was sneaked out more than a year later, following a second “Dalton” pilot. Production Company Universal Television. Director Rick Rosenthal. Producer Robert Foster. Teleplay Robert Foster. Photography Duke Callaghan, Thomas Del Ruth. Music Don Peake. Editors Lawrence J. Gleason, Lawrence J. Vallario. Art Director Ray Storey. Associate Producers Carl Vitale, Anne Goursand. Cast Charles Taylor (David Dalton), Erin Gray (Nadine Flowers), Charles Haid (Jim Blanton), Randall “Tex” Cobb (Willard Singleton), Lenka Peterson (Ione Flowers), Chad Allen (A.J. Flowers), Joe Dorsey (Chief Milford Carsworth), Victor Mohica (Mexican Police Chief), Keenan Wynn (Willis), Tiny Wells (Curly), Robert Dryer (Barnes), Leigh Hamilton (Louise), Mitchell Rider (Driver), Arell Blanton (Bartender), Tex Hill (Officer), David G. Herrera (Mexican guard), George Salazar, Gil Escandon, George Aquilar, George Pompa, Cecil Escobedo, Will Strickland, Terry Seago. 1352... Code Red (ABC, 9/20/1981, 90 mins). Lorne Greene heads a family of firefighters in this pilot to the subsequent 1981-82 series. Julie Adams is his wife and Andrew Stevens and Sam J. Jones (best known for playing Bo Derek’s husband in “10” and starring as Flash Gordon in the 1980 update) are his sons. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director J Lee Thompson. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Photography Al Francis. Music Richard LaSalle. Editors Richard E. Rabjohn, Dick Williams. Art Director Ross Bellah. Production Designer Duane Alt. Cast Lorne Greene (Capt. Joe Rorchek), Andrew Stevens (Ted Rorchek), Martina Deignan (Haley Green), Julie Adams (Ann Rorchek), Sam J. Jones (Chris Rorchek), Joe Maross (Capt. Mike Benton), James Crittenden (Rags Harris), Joaquin Garay III (Rico Ortiz), Dennis Haysbert (“Stuff” Wade), Jack Lindine (Al Martelli), Antony Penya (Johnny Raincloud), Robert Alda (Dr. Gerold Brooks), Burr DeBenning (Sam Buhl), Josh Albee (Art Waldon), Judith Penrod (Sharon Brooks), Earl Boen, Michael Currie, Eda Reiss Merin, Frank Birney, J.C. Carr, Howard Culver, Sarah Dammann, Wayne Hamilton, Nick Mariano, Nora Meerbaum, Olan Soule. 1353... Codename: Kyril (Showtime, 4/17/1988 and 4/18/1988, 2 parts, 105 mins each). Tense, complex British spy thriller, with Edward Woodward, as a veteran of MI6, the CIA equivalent, playing a cat-and-mouse game with Ian Charleson, as a Russian (codename: Kyril) dispatched to London by the KGB to flush out a high-ranking Kremlin traitor. This two-part, (almost) four-hour drama had a script by playwright-screenwriter John Hopkins, adapted from John Trenhaile’s novel “A Man Called Kyril.” Production Companies An Incito Production, HTV Ltd. Director Ian Sharp. Executive Producers Patrick Dromgoole, Stein Monn-Iverson. Producer Beryl Vertue. Line Producer Michael Guest. Teleplay John Hopkins. Based on a Novel by John Thenhaile. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Alan Lisk. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer Ken Sharp. Art Director Steve Groves. Cast Edward Woodward (Michael Royston), Ian Charleson (Ivan Bucharensky [Kyril]), Joss Ackland (Sir Richard Bryant [“C”]), Richard E Grant (Laurance Sculby), John McEnery (Victor Loshkevoi), Peter Vaughan (Marshal Voldemar Stanov), James Laurenson (Sikarov), Denholm Elliott (Gen. Stepen Povin), Espen Skjonberg (General Michaelov), Catherine Neilson (Emma Stanton), Sven-Bertil Taube (Stolyinovich), Hugh Fraser (Peter Jackson), Tom Storke (Pevchenko), James Cosmo (Bonham), Dermot Crowley (Carter), Peter Wright (Syrus), Charles Simon (Trumper), Terence Harvey (Chairman Magistrates Court), Alec Linstead (Williams), Geoff Francis (Rostopovich), Hugh Ross (Detective Fitzgerald), Christopher Driscoll (Backman), Antony Carrick (Head of staff), Paul Kiernan (Young policeman), Julie Neubert (Woman patient), Caroline Holdaway (Betty), Jason White (KGB agent), David Lyon (Burrows). 1354... The Cold Room (HBO, 3/24/1984, 95 mins). In this British-made (for cable) psychological thriller adapted from Jeffrey Caine’s 1977 novel, Amanda Pays, in her first television movie, is a college girl who reluctantly accompanies her writer father, George Segal, on vacation to East Berlin. There she discovers that her spirit has become inhabited by that of another girl living through World War II with a Jewish dissident she is trying to smuggle from “the cold room” above her father’s butcher shop that the Gestapo has under surveillance. Production Companies Jethro Films, HBO Premiere Films. Director James Dearden. Producers Bob Weis, Mark Forstater. Teleplay James Dearden. Based on the Novel by Jeffrey Caine. Photography Tony Pierce-Roberts. Music Michael Nyman. Editor Mick Aldsley. Production Designer Tim Hutchinson. Art Director (Berlin) Albrecht Konrad. Art Director (Great Britain) Ian Watson. Associate Producer (Berlin) Ingrid Windisch. Cast George Segal (Hugh Martin), Amanda Pays (Carla Martin/Christa Bruchner), Renée Soutendijk (Lily), Warren Clarke (Bruchner), Anthony Higgins (Erich), Elizabeth Spriggs (Frau Hoffman), Clifford Rose (Mokke), Ursula Howells (Headmistress), George Pravda (Doctor), Lucy Hornack (Sophie), Gertan Klauber (Older Nazi), Tristram Wymark (Young Nazi), Stuart Wolfe (Young man), Wolf Rudiger Reuterman (Customs officer), Judich Melische (Young woman). 1355... Cold Sassy Tree (TNT, 10/16/1989, 120 mins). Drama about the gentle May-December romance set in a turn-ofthe-century Georgia town, as seen through the eyes of a local teenager (Neil Patrick Harris). Richard Widmark apparently retired

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from TV acting after this well-turned tale, which was made by Faye Dunaway’s production company. It was adapted by director Joan Tewkesbury from the 1984 novel by Olive Ann Burns. Production Companies Ohlmeyer Communications Company, Faye Dunaway Productions, Turner Network Television. Director Joan Tewkesbury. Executive Producers Don Ohlmeyer, Faye Dunaway. Producer Karen Danaher-Dorr. Teleplay Joan Tewkesbury. Based on a Novel by Olive Ann Burns. Photography Michael Watkins. Music Brad Fiedel. Songs Ian Whitcomb. Editor Robert P. Seppey. Production Designer Peter Michael Jamison. Associate Producer Barry Rosenbush. Cast Faye Dunaway (Miss Love Simpson), Richard Widmark (E. Rucker Blakeslee), Frances Fisher (Loma Williams), Lee Garlington (Mary Willis Tweedy), John M. Jackson (Hoyt Tweedy), Jay O. Sanders (Clayton McAllister), Jo Harvey Allen (Effie Belle Tate), Ken Strong (Camp Williams), Samantha Mathis (Lightfoot McClendon), Neil Patrick Harris (Will Tweedy/Narrator), Dan Biggers (Minister), Jerry Campbell (Luther), Mary Doster (Mrs. Means), Sherry Foster (Alice Ann), Saundra Franks (Queenie), Ed Grady (Dr. Slaughter), Danny Nelson (Sheriff), Amanda Pillow (Mary Toy), Robby Preddy (Mrs. Dredmore), Mary Nell Santacroce (Miss Gussle), Larry Schuler (Henry Jr.), Bill Stels (Henry), Alex Van (Son Black), Judson Vaughn (Tim), Rebecca Wackler (Mrs. Snodgrass), Lou Walker (Loomis), Tim Ware (Mr. Flourney), Benji Wilhoite (Hosie). 1356... Combat High (NBC, 11/23/1986, 120 mins). From the director of such free-wheeling big screen romps as “Bachelor Party” came this sanitized-for-TV-consumption teen-oriented comedy of a couple of pranksters (Keith Gordon and Wally Ward) whose unending practical jokes have gotten them sentenced to a year in a tough military academy, much to the consternation of its strict commandant (Robert Culp). Loads of familiar TV faces are included among the cast of relatively unfamiliar younger players. Filming was done in Boonville, Missouri, where one of the writers, veteran George Gipe, sustained a fatal bee sting during production. Production Companies von Zerneck-Sertner Films, Lynch-Biller Productions. Director Neal Israel. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Co-Executive Producers Thomas W. Lynch, Gary P. Biller. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producer Bill Novodor. Teleplay Paul W. Shapiro. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Robert Folk. Editors Michael Hill, Tom Finan. Production Designer Donald Lee Harris. Cast Keith Gordon (Max Mendelsson), Wally Ward (Perry Barnett), George Clooney (Biff Woods), Dana Hill (Andrea), Elya Baskin (Interpreter), Tina Caspary (Mary Beth), Danny Nucci (Jai), Kevin Haley (Kevin), Jesse Welles (Mrs. Mendelsson), Robert Culp (General Woods), Jamie Farr (Colonel Frierick), Sherman Hemsley (Judge Daley), Bernie Kopell (Mr. Mendelsson), Richard Moll (Colonel Long), Marc Price (Long’s son), John Ratzenberger (Mr. Barnett), Dick Van Patten (Principal), David Raynr (Winston), Jon Renfield (Hunter), Maris Valaines (Ellya), Adam Gregor (Ivanovitch), Lou Liberatore (Russian cadet), Frank von Zerneck Jr. (Lloyd), Kevin Fewell (Road worker). 1357... The Comeback (CBS, 1/8/1989, 120 mins). A one-time college and pro-football star returns to his family after a 20-year separation as a jet-setting vagabond in this drama and falls for the girlfriend of the college age son he barely knows. Filming was done entirely in the Minneapolis area. Based on the story “Eye of the Beholder” by Seymour Epstein. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Percy Granger. Based on a Story by Seymour Epstein. Photography Bojan Bazelli. Music Craig Safan. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Anthony Redman. Production Designer Michael Molly. Cast Robert Urich (Scotty Malloy), Chynna Phillips (Jessica), Mitchell Anderson (Bo Malloy), Brynn Thayer (Karin Ward), Harvey Martin (Eddie Radish), Ronny Cox (Charlie Ward), Allen Hamilton (Hank Reynolds), Sierra Pecheur (Nora), Aaron Fletcher (Johnny), Mark Bradley (Noel), Kofi Brewer (Boy), Paul Meshejian (Floor manager), Peter Syvertsen (PR man), Terry O’Sullivan (Mr. Crim). 1358... The Comeback Kid (ABC, 4/11/1980, 120 mins). A down-on-his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Peter Levin. Producer Louis Rudolph. Teleplay Joe S. Landon. Photography Ric Waite. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director Norm Baron. Associate Producers Joe S Landon, Robert M. Myman. Cast John Ritter (Bubba Newman), Susan Dey (Megan Barrett), Doug McKeon (Michael), James Gregory (Scotty), Jeremy Licht (Paul), Dick O’Neill (Phil), Rod Gist (Ray Carver), Michael Lembeck (Tony), Patrick Swayze (Chuck), Angela Aames (Sherry), Tan Adams (Shirley), Kevin King Cooper (Tank), Kim Fields (Molly), Eric Greene (Jeep), Fernando Lopez (Larry), Angie McCright (Lisa), Melissa Strawmyer (Randy), Abraham Alvarez (Frank), Jimmy Gatherum (Boy at meet), Clarke Gordon (Man at funeral), Rosanne Katon (3rd girl), Monika Lewis (1st girl), Ruth Ann Lorens (2nd girl), Hank Robinson (Umpire), Bill Smillie (Guard), Bill Sorrells (Track official). 1359... Coming Out of the Ice (CBS, 5/23/1982, 120 mins). The true story of Victor Herman, an American who spent 18 years imprisoned and in exile in Siberia after going to Russia with his parents as a teenager in 1931, and another 18 years fighting for the right to return to the United States. 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to get him to identify himself as a Russian. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named this Best Movie Made for Television in its first annual award in this category. Production Company The Konigsberg Company. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producer Christopher Pearce. Teleplay Alan Sharp. Based on the Autobiography by Victor Herman. Photography Richard H. Kline. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Malcolm Cooke. Production Designer Roger Hall. Cast Willie Nelson (Red Loon), John Savage (Victor Herman), Francesca Annis (Galina), Ben Cross (Tuchachevsky), Frank Windsor (Sam Herman), Peter Vaughan (Belov), Sylvia Kay (Rose Herman), John Malcolm (Chernov), Bernice Stegers (Barber), Steven Berkoff (Atoman), Donald Eccles (Nesterov), Tom Chadbon (Samsonov), Clive Merrison (Bikov), Edward Burnham (Commissar of Krasnovarsk), David T. Hayman (Guard commander, Camp 1), Malcolm Storry (Guard commander, Camp 2), Michael Burrell (Hunger striker), Hal Galili (American guide in Gorky). 1360... Command 5 (ABC, 8/5/1985, 120 mins). Stephen Parr plays a road-company Rambo, leading an elite commando force against a band of mercenaries who’ve taken over a small Southwestern town. This prospective series pilot, a cross between “The Magnificent 7” and “The A-Team,” was labeled “fascistic” by more than one critic on its premiere. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Tony Ford, Anthony Spinner. Producer James O’Keefe. Teleplay Anthony Spinner. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Jack Poplin. Cast Stephen Parr (Blair Morgan), Wings Hauser (Jack Coburn), John Matuszak (Nick Kowalski), William Russ (J.D. Smith), Sonja Smits (Chris Winslow), Gregory Sierra (Delgado), William Forsythe (Hawk), Robert F. Lyons (Vince), Bruce Abbott (Duke Williams), Arthur Adams (Joseph Murphy), Marc Alaimo (Lear businessman), Derek Barton (Marine corporal), Lynn Benesch (Ann Bryan), Dennis Bowen (Larry Webster), Katherine Boyer (Liza Bryan), Chere Bryson (2nd hooker), Timothy Burns (Police sergeant), David Cass (2nd longshoreman), Steve Conte (Lear pilot), Rande DeLuca (Trooper pilot), Thomas F. Duffy (Lew), Greg Finley (Colonel Henderson), Ken Foree (Air controller), Hank Garrett (Capt. Ed Draper), Stan Haze (Pimp), Trevor Henley (Jonas), Joe Horvath (Lear mechanic), Peter Jason (Warden Bryan), Ted LePlat (Tony Jones), Scott Lincoln (Highway Patrol sergeant), Morgan Lofting (Nancy Danelli), Alex McArthur (Deputy Sam), Frank McCarthy (Chicago Police lieutenant), Robert Miranda (Ricco), Kirk Nelson (Young ranger), Mary Peters (1st hooker), Dennis Pratt (Clyde Williams), Tara St. Andrews (Jodi Webster), Warren Stanhope (Jensen), Beau Starr (Smalley), Garry Walberg (Arthur Steur), Ann Walker (Mary Randolph), Terry Willis (Minister), Jack Yates (2nd longshoreman), W.T. Zacha (Van Orden). 1361... Computerside (NBC, 8/1/1982, 120 mins). Sci-fi pilot, filmed in 1977 as “The Final Eye,” about the last private detective on Earth, who is hired to find a missing scientist in the year 1996, last seen by his daughter on Eden Isle, the utopian paradise he founded. Production Companies Culzean Corporation, Paramount Network Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Anthony Wilson. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Anthony Wilson, Robert Foster. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Allyn Ferguson, Jack Elliot. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Joe Cortese (Michael Stringer), Tom Clancy (Hanaran), Susan George (Lisa Korter), David Huddleston (Chief Sorrenson), Donald Pleasence (George Dettler), Liam Sullivan (Emory Korter), Peter Brandon (Kennison), Roger Cudney (Robbins), Elizabeth Wallace (Hostess), Richard Noriega (Host), Linda Gillin (Librarian), Liam Sullivan (Emery Korter), William Benedict (Elderly man), Brian Baker (Cop #2), Carl Bellanger (Security chief), Joseph Chapman (Lab operator), Alan Conrad (Gate guard), Rod Haase (Cop #1), J.D. Hall, Shelly Hoffman, Edgar Justice, Sue Palmer, Raye Sheffield. 1362... Concealed Enemies (PBS, 5/7/1984 to 5/9/1984, 4 parts, 60 mins each). Acclaimed fact-based drama about the infamous 1948 Hiss-Chambers trial (Hiss was accused of being a communist and a spy) in Washington which ended up making and breaking a host of political careers. This British-made miniseries which was broadcast on PBS’ American Playhouse won the Emmy as Outstanding Limited Series and Jeff Bleckner won as Best Director. Production Companies Thames Television, WGBH Boston. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producers Lindsay Law, David Elstein. Producer Peter B. Cook. Teleplay Hugh Whitemore. Photography David Quaid. Music Jonathan Tunick. Editors William A. Anderson, Jeanne Jordan. Production Designer Robert Gundlach. Cast Edward Herrmann (Alger Hiss), John Harkins (Whittaker Chambers), Peter Riegert (Richard M. Nixon), Gerry Bamman (Father John Cronin), Maria Tucci (Priscilla Hiss), Jamie E. Pierce (Tony Hiss), Alice Drummond (Hiss’ secretary), Kurt Knudson (Walter Sarnoff), Alan North (Karl Mundt), MacIntyre Dixon (John McDowell), Lee Wallace (Ben Mandell), Stuart Burney (Louis Russell), Jack Dodson (F. Edward Herbert), Kevin O’Morrison (John E. Rankin), Wayne Tippit (Robert Stripling), Mart Hulswit (Charles Dollard), Henderson Forsythe (John Foster Dulles), Priscilla Reetz (Dulles’ secretary), George Hamlin (Allen Dulles), Frank Maraden (Julian Wadleigh), Jean DeBaer (Edythe Wadleigh), John McMartin (William Marbury), Eunice Anderson (Hisses’ neighbor), Marcia Jean Kurtz (Esther Chambers), Michael Tucker (Harold Rosenwald), Charles Kimbrough (Edward McLean), William Prince (John W. Davis), Melissa Ann Green (Rosenwald’s secretary), Barton Heyman (Mr. Oseas), Vic Polizos (Mr.Wheeler), Ron Rifkin (Samuel Roth), Peter Bigelow (James Reston), Raymond Serra (J. Edgar Hoover), Ralph Byers (Clyde Tolson), Richard Dysart (Lloyd Paul Stryker), Saul Rubinek (Harold Shapiro), Holland Taylor (Mrs. Marbury), Remak Ramsey (Dr. Carl Binger), Anne Pitoniak (Chambers’ mother), Steven Mendillo (Mr. Appell), Richard Hamilton (Club member), John Valentine (Edward T. Folliard), Jess Cain (Lawrence E. Spivak), Tim Wise (Tom Reynolds), Richard Jenkins (Nicholas

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Vazzana), Maurice Plasse (Richard Cleveland), Victoria Howard (Marburys’ maid), Peter Gerety (Edwin H. Fearon), Earl Hindman (FBI agent Lombardo), Joe Ponazecki (Leon Herald), Theresa Merritt (Clytie Catlett), Paul Bates (Mike Catlett), William E. Kennedy (Pat Catlett), Regina Taylor (Burnetta), Mel Winkler (Mr. Marlow), Frederick Coffin (Thomas Murphy), Richard Grusin (Theo Becker), Sam Gray (Judge Samuel Kaufman), Sloane Shelton (Psychoanalyst), Bob Owczarek (Walter H. Anderson), Will Lyman (Gabriel Javsicas), Mary Alice (Edith Murray), Robert Milli (Claude Cross), Hansford Rowe (Judge Henry Goddard), Walter Covell (Court clerk), Linda Peterson (Stryker’s secretary), Madison Arnold (Alexander Campbell), Tom Griffin (Grand juror). 1363... Concrete Beat (ABC, 7/9/1984, 90 mins). Newspaper columnist John Getz tries to juggle the hectic schedule of his job, attempting to clear a woman blamed for her child’s death, and romancing his ex-wife who happens to be his gruff boss’s daughter in this prospective series pilot. Production Companies Picturemaker Productions Inc., Viacom. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Glenn Gordon Caron. Created by Glenn Gordon Caron. Photography James Crabe. Music Artie Kane. Editor Artie Mandelberg. Production Designer Daniel A. Lomino. Cast John Getz (Mickey Thompson), Darlanne Fluegel (Stephanie), Kenneth McMillan (Marion Kaiser), Rhoda Gemignani (Sylvie), Van Nessa Clarke (Corrie James), Dean Santoro (Davis), Marla Adams (Cathy Lord), Ingrid Anderson (Michelle), Thom Bray (Ralph Gurling), Gerry Gibson (Philip Swanson), Ray Girardin (Phil), Alexandra Johnson (Bazooka girl), Terrence McNally (Single Man of the Month), Patricia McPherson (Woman in first bar), Joe Ponazecki (Priest), Bert Rosario (Jose), Henry G. Sanders (Lieutenant Lucas), Le Tari (Big black man), Dave Berman (1st cabbie), David Boyle (Maitre d’), Mary Caron (Woman in second bar), Clarence Felder (Police captain), Fil Formicola (Man in bus), Baxter Harris (Undercover cop), Alan Koss (Guard), Bob Maroff (Desk sergeant), Judith Searle (Swanson’s secretary), Jose Santana (2nd cabbie), Sam Scarber (Busdriver), Kerry Slattery (Felicia), Marion Kodama Yue (Insurance receptionist). 1364... Condominium (Syndicated, 11/20/1980 and 11/24/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Florida sun-and-fun lovers, represented by the customary roster of TV luminaries, face the perils of nature as they fight to save their luxury condominium from the onslaught of a killer hurricane in this two-part adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s 1977 bestseller. Made for the Operation Prime Time syndicated network of independent stations, it premiered first on Home Box Office nearly six months before airing for the first time commercially on the OPT network of stations that had helped bankroll it. Production Company Universal Television. Director Sidney Hayers. Executive Producer Robert A. Cinader. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Hannah Louise Shearer. Teleplay Steve Hayes. Based on the Novel by John D. MacDonald. Adapted by Robert A. Cinader. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Gerald Fried. Editor John Kaufman Jr. Art Director William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Bernadette Joyce. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Barbara Eden (Barbara Messenger), Dan Haggerty (Sam Harrison), Steve Forrest (Gus Garver), Ana-Alicia (Thelma Messenkott), Richard Anderson (Henry Churchbridge), Ralph Bellamy (Lee Messenger), Larry Bishop (Julian Higbee), Macdonald Carey (Dr. Castor), Dane Clark (Pete McGinnity), Linda Cristal (Carlotta Churchbridge), Elinor Donahue (Audrey Ames), Don Galloway (Jack Messenkott), Pamela Hensley (Drusilla Byrne), Arte Johnson (Brooke Ames), Jack Jones (Cole Kimber), Dorothy Malone (Molly Denniver), Mimi Maynard (Lorrie Higbee), Lee Paul (Vic York), Nehemiah Persoff (Conlaw), Nedra Volz (Mrs. Conlaw), Carlene Watkins (Roberta Fish), Stuart Whitman (Marty Liss), Richard Balin (Sig Harper), Larry Carroll (1st newscaster), Richard Eastham (Tom Forrester), Brian Farrell (2nd lawyer), Duncan Gamble (1st lawyer), Danna Hansen (Martha Cook), Harry Townes (David Dow), Jay Varela (Chief meteorologist), Bill Zucker (Frank Branhammer), Harold Ayer (3rd owner), Betty A. Bridges (Nurse), Paul Brown (Controller), Gary Grubbs (1st meteorologist), Len Lawson (4th owner), Virginia Leith (Carolyn Garver), Jodie Mann (Secretary), Duncan McKenzie (1st attendant), Bruce Neckels (Pilot), Inez Pedroza (2nd newscaster), Ernest Sarracino (Veteran), Lyndel Stuart (Doris Branhammer). 1365... Condor (ABC, 8/10/1986, 90 mins). The top agent for an international peacekeeping force teams reluctantly with a lady partner who turns out to be a humanoid to do battle with a diabolical woman who has broken out of prison and gained access to the Pentagon’s computers and everything in them. This prospective series pilot, set in the next century, was categorized by “Daily Variety” as “U.N.C.L.E. with batteries.” Production Companies Jaygee Productions, Orion Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer Jerry Golod. Producers Peter Nelson, Arnold Orgolini. Teleplay Len Janson, Chuck Menville. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music Ken Heller. Editor Jim Gross. Production Designer Bill Hiney. Executive in Charge of Production Stan Neufeld. Cast Ray Wise (Chris Proctor), Wendy Kilbourne (Lisa Hampton), Vic Polizos (Commissioner Ward), James Avery (Cass), Cassandra Gava (Sumiko), Craig Stevens (Cyrus Hampton), Carolyn Seymour (Rachel Hawkins), Shawn Michaels (Watch commander), Mario Roccuzzo (Manny), Catherine Battistone (Lieutenant), Barbara Beckley (1st watch controler), Diana Bellamy (Opera singer), Gene Bicknell (Bartender), Myra Chason (Pirate Pete’s waitress), Tony Epper (2nd cop), Brad Fisher (2nd man), Phil Fondacaro (Quaid), Michael Freeman (1st technician), Karen Montgomery (Monique Hawkins), Jay Scorpio (1st man), Wendell Wright (1st cop).

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1366... Confessions of a Married Man (ABC, 1/31/1983, 120 mins). A middle-aged man fights boredom by walking out on his family and having a fling with a younger woman. Robert Conrad is the philandering hubby, Jennifer Warren his loving wife, and Ann Dusenberry his paramour. Production Companies Gloria Monty Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producer Gloria Monty. Producer Charles A. Pratt. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Ted Haworth. Cast Robert Conrad (Walter Price), Jennifer Warren (Pat Price), Mary Crosby (Ellen Price), Ann Dusenberry (Jennifer), Lance Guest (Arthur Price), John Shepherd (Tom), Bettye Ackerman (Interviewer), Don Gordon (Bill Parker), Walker Edmiston (Warner), Ben Hammer (Ogelthorpe), John O’Leary (Principal), Ann Weldon (Secretary), Red West (Coach), Fred Claussen (Foreman), Erwin Fuller (Dr. Korman), Charles Hutchins (Marty), Lola Mason, Scott Reiniger, Bernard Kuby, Julie Ow, Jeff Silverman, Alvah Stanley, Virginia Vincent, Russell Solberg, Sunny Davis. 1367... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (NBC, 12/18/1989, 120 mins). The Mark Twain classic, adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel, is refashioned as a star vehicle for Keshia Knight Pulliam as a young girl from 1980s America who finds herself in sixth century Camelot and sets out to restore order in King Arthur’s court. Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf Productions, Consolidated Entertainment. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producer Graham Ford. Co-Producer James Pulliami. Teleplay Paul Zindel. Based on a Novel by Mark Twain. Photography Harvey Harrison. Music William Goldstein. Song Michael Jay. Song Performed by Tracie Spencer. Editor Rod Stephens. Production Designer Brian Eatwell. Associate Producer Adrienne Lurasch. Cast Keshia Knight Pulliam (Karen Jones), Jean Marsh (Morgana), René Auberjonois (Merlin), Emma Samms (Queen Guenevere), Whip Hubley (Sir Lancelot), Hugo E. Blick (Mordred), Bryce Hamnet (Clarence), Michael Gross (King Arthur), Berlinda Torbert (Mrs. Jones), Marissa Lindsay (Liz Jones), William Nunn (School teacher), William Jongeneel (Angry Knight), Gardew Robinson (Peasant #1), Natasha Williams (Peasant #2), Bernard McKenna (Peasant #3), Camilla Dempster (Lady Courtier). 1368... Consenting Adult (ABC, 2/4/1985, 120 mins). A college sophomore’s revelation to his parents that he is gay tears apart a “perfect” family, with mom shocked beyond belief and dad, recovering from a near-fatal stroke, devastated and betrayed. The 1975 novel by Laura Z. Hobson, best known for her “Gentleman’s Agreement” of the 1940s, was the source for this “message” movie filmed on location in Vancouver. It won an Emmy Award nomination for director Gilbert Cates. Production Companies Martin Starger Productions, David Lawrence Productions, Ray Aghayan Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Supervising Producer Dennis E. Doty. Producers Ray Aghayan, David Lawrence. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on the Novel by Laura Z. Hobson. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Graeme Murray. Associate Producer Edward D. Markley. Cast Marlo Thomas (Tess Lynd), Martin Sheen (Ken Lynd), Barry Tubb (Jeff Lynd), Talia Balsam (Margie), Ben Piazza (Dr. Mark Waldo), John Terlesky (Pete Roberts), Corinne Michaels (Claire Wister), Matthew Laurance (Nate), Joseph Adams (Stu), Richard Sargent (Pat Malone), Thomas Peacocke (Dr. Daniels), Moira Walley (Sue Wister), Jeff Irvine (Hank), Dave Sayer (Counterman), Rebecca Staples (Maribel), Kim Kondrashoff (Dev), Roman Podhora (Ray), Peter Glashi (Mark), John Ormerod (Kerry). 1369... Conspiracy of Love (CBS, 10/18/1987, 120 mins). Sentimental drama about grandparental rights casts folksy Robert Young as a Chicago barber who is thick as thieves with tomboy granddaughter Drew Barrymore, whose dad has deserted the family and whose hard-working mom has gotten a restraining order to keep the youngster away from gramps, being a perceived bad influence. This was Young’s penultimate TV role. Production Company New World Television. Director Noel Black. Producer Nelle Nugent. Teleplay Barry Morrow. Photography George Tirl. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Stanford C. Allen. Production Designer Alicia Keywan. Associate Producer Richard Heus. Cast Robert Young (Grampa Jo), Drew Barrymore (Jody Wykowski), Elizabeth Wilson (Lillie Wykowski), Mitchell Laurance (Jack), John Fujioka (Mr. Nakamura), Alan Fawcett (Joe Wykowski), Glynnis O’Connor (Marcia Wykowski), Lee-Max Walton (Eric), Ron Singer (Mr. Blumenfeld), Les Podewell (Buzzy), Barbara Gordon (Dr. Celia Hanson), Jack Jessop (Arnie), Warren Van Evera (Whitey), Kate Trotter (Judge), Amanda Hancox (Teacher), Elena Kudaba (Mrs. Dziedzic), Stephen Hunter (Lawyer), Paul De La Rosa (Principal), Christopher Thomas (Policeman), Anna Ferguson (Rental agent), Mairon Bennett (Little girl), Anita La Selva (Deidre), Gareth Bennett, Ian Heath, Ginger Titchener, Tyler Titchener, Judah Katz, Philip Akin. 1370... Control (HBO, 2/14/1987, 87 mins). Burt Lancaster heads an international cast in this Canadian-French-Italianmade drama, playing a renowned, somewhat obsessed nuclear scientist who comes out of retirement to oversee--and “control”--15 volunteers of varying nationalities who agree to spend three weeks in a fully equipped bomb shelter under Frankfurt, Germany. They are faced with an out-of-control situation on learning that, while they are sealed in their bunker, armed missiles have accidentally been launched on the city. Production Companies Alliance Entertainment Corp., Cristaldi Films, Les Films Ariane. Director Giuliano Montaldo. Executive Producer Denis Heroux. Producer Franco Cristaldi. Co-Producer Alexandre Mnouchkine. Teleplay Brian Moore,

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Jeremy Hole. Based on an Original Idea by Piero Angela, Giuliano Montaldo. Photography Armando Nannuzzi. Music Ennio Morricone. Editors Ruggero Mastroianni, Frank Levine. Production Designer Luciano Riccieri. Cast Burt Lancaster (Dr. Herbert Monroe), Kate Nelligan (Sarah Howell), Ben Gazzara (Mike Zeller), Kate Reid (Mme. Camille DuPont), Erland Josephson (Hans Swanson), Cyrielle Claire (Laura Swanson), Andrea Occhipinti (Matteo), Andrea Ferreol (Rosy Block), Jean Benguigui (Max Bloch), Lavinia Sergurini (Eva Bloch), Ingrid Thulin (Mrs. Havemeyer), Amy Werba (Greta Hellstrom), Zeudi Araya (Sheba), Alfredo Pea (Paul Benoit), Flavio Bucci (Herman Pundt), Dean Magri (Jamie Howell), William Berger (Peterson), Daniela Merlo (Journalist), Achillo Brunini, Helmut Hagen, Emillis Cocchi, Carlotta De Furlani, Gianfranco Stoppani, Peter Bloom, Enzo Spitaleri, Carlo Panchetti. 1371... Convicted (ABC, 5/12/1986, 120 mins). Fact-based tale of the five-year-struggle of a wife (Lindsay Wagner) to free her mail carrier husband (John Larroquette) from prison after he was falsely accused and convicted of rape. Carroll O’Connor, in a complete change of pace role, is the hard as nails prosecutor who took the innocent man through two trials and won convictions both times. Production Company Larry Thompson Entertainment. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Paul Pompian. Co-Producer Harriet Brown. Teleplay Jonathan B. Rintels Jr. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Steve Dorff. Editors Argyle Nelson, Barry L Gold. Art Director Jo-Anne Chorney. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Martha Forbes), Carroll O’Connor (Lewis May), John Larroquette (Douglas Forbes), Gary Grubbs (Tom Cowan), Jenny Lewis (Shelley Forbes), Gabriel Damon (Joel Forbes), Alyson Craft (Yolanda Forbes), Jamie McEnnan (Lance Forbes), Glenn Morrissey (Klennard Forbes), Charles Bartlett (Porter Forbes), Patricia Gaul (Norma Forbes), Laurie O’Brien (Audrey Delaney), Caitlin O’Heaney (Carla Larkin), Burton Gilliam (Lieutenant Nance), Paul Comi (Preacher Soames), Peter Jason (Ray Larkin), Clare Halis (Claire), Bert Remsen (Grandfather), Sharon Barr, Joshua Cadman, Chip Heller, Wanda Von Kleist, Grace Weston, Nancy Abramson, Christopher Roberts, Michael J. London, Gloria Hillard, Stewart Bradley, Christopher Johnson, Hank Underwood, Jeanine Jackson, Delane Vaughn, Patrick Culliton, Barry Laws, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Michael D’Agosta, Ronnie Slavis, J. Lee Ballew, Michael Moore, Steve Danton, Peter Rich, Manny Perry, Mike Scott, Tony Swartz. 1372... Convicted: A Mother’s Story (NBC, 2/2/1987, 120 mins). A working mom is separated from her two young kids after going to prison for dipping into her boss’s till to help her slimy boyfriend’s “sure” business venture, and while serving time faces an emotional and physical battle to keep her family together. Fred Savage, the son, went on to bigger things as the star of “The Wonder Years” (1988-93). Production Company NBC Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Lucy Antek Johnson. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Ellen Kesend, Katherine Specktor, Elizabeth Gill. Based on a Story by Elizabeth Gill. Photography Stevan Larner. Music David Shire. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Production Designer Charles Hughes. Cast Ann Jillian (Billie Nickerson), Gloria Loring (Janice Huggins), Kiel Martin (Van), Fred Savage (Matthew Nickerson), Christa Denton (Tiffany Nickerson), Veronica Redd (Odile), James Handy (Bob Huggins), Ren Woods (Rayleen), Jenny Gago (Angie), O-Lan Jones (Rhonda), Frances Bay (Ma Barker), Ray Girardin (Mr. Anderson), Arthur Taxier (Bumgarten), Dana Gladstone (Dana), Lee Kessler (Susan), Tailesin Jaffe (Grant), Christian Jacobs (Jeremy), Randolph Greyfuss, Sandy Martin, John Mahon, Leta Rector, Marji Martin, Sharon Gregg, Ernie Lively, Sharon Watson, William Bronder, Ron Soble, George Galvan, William DeAcutis, Ta-Tanisha, Vivian Bonnell, Donald Thompson, Danielle Michonne, Shanee Edwards, Lisa Ghess. 1373... Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (CBS, 12/13/1983, 120 mins). This dramatization of the still-controversial journeys of world-famous explorers Dr. Frederick Cook and Lt. Robert E. Peary, each of whom claimed discovery of the North Pole after trekking through the Arctic wasteland together and separately in the first years of this century. Peary ultimately emerged as a hero and Cook dishonored and discredited. This version was seen through the eyes of Cook, from his own written accounts that are the basis of I.C. Rapoport’s teleplay. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Robert Halmi, Leigh Wiener. Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport. Photography Ernest Day. Music Charles Gross. Supervising Editor Eric Albertson. Editor Nicholas C. Smith. Art Director Michel Proulx. Associate Producer Steven Felder. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Frederick Cook), Rod Steiger (Robert E. Peary), Diane Venora (Marie Fidele Hunt), Michael Gross (James Troth), Samm Art Williams (Matt Henson), Louis Negin (Maitre d’), Mark Walker (1st gentleman), Barry Blake (2nd gentleman), Bronwen Mantel (Mrs. Dudley), Tara O’Donnel (Ruth Hunt), Daniel Nalbach (Bridgeman), Philip Spensley (Morris Jesup), Antony Parr (General Hubbard), Don Robinson (Alexander Graham Bell), Walter Massey (Theodore Roosevelt), Michael Rudder (Rudolph Franke), Ron Yamamoto (Wela), Donald Li (Etuk), Donald Pilon (Robert Bartlett), Timothy Webber (Harry Whitney), Martin Neufeld (Billy Pritchard), Vlasta Vrana (Murphy), David Connor (1st reporter), Chris Wiggins (Roberts), Arthur Grosser (Club master). 1374... Copacabana (CBS, 12/3/1985, 120 mins). Engaging two-hour exploration of Barry Manilow’s three-minutesplus record hit of the late 1970s turned into a delightfully campy remembrance of the Grade B back-lot movie musical that studios like Universal and Warner Bros. once offered as double-bill fodder. Manilow made his TV acting debut here, playing a struggling 1940s songwriter. Annette O’Toole is the chorus sweetie determined to make it to the big time. Joseph Bologna is the sinister nightclub owner who sweet talks her into working for him in Havana. Manilow also contributed 10 original songs to this fantasy-

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romance produced by Dick Clark’s company, earning an Emmy Award for director Waris Hussein and a nomination for choreographer Grover Dale. Production Companies dick clark productions, Stiletto Ltd. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Dick Clark. Co-Executive Producer Daniel Paulson. Supervising Producer Thomas Kane. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay James Lipton. Based on the Song by Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman. Photography Bobby Byrne. Music Barry Manilow. Lyrics Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman. Music Producers Barry Manilow, Bob Gaudio. Music Score Supervisor Artie Butler. Editor Michael Jablow. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Choreography Grover Dale. Associate Producer Jody Brockway Paonessa. Cast Barry Manilow (Tony Starr), Annette O’Toole (Lola Lamar), Estelle Getty (Bella Stern), James Callahan (Dennis Riley), Andra Akers (Pamela Devereaux), Silvana Gallardo (Conchita Ramon), Joseph Bologna (Rico Castelli), Ernie Sabella (Sam Gropper), Cliff Osmond (Angelo), Dwier Brown (Bibi Sutton), Stanley Brock (2nd publisher), Clarence Felder (Nick Panotis), Hamilton Camp (Nicky Richards), Hartley Silver (Husband), Ralph M. Clift (Customer), John Petlock (Man in lounge), Raf Mauro (1st publisher), Lonnie Burr (Nightclub owner), James Martinez (Reporter), Whitney Rydbeck (Minister), Robert Broyles (Bar patron), Brad Logan (Rico’s henchman), Dickson Hughes (Lounge pianist), Hugo Stanger (Doorman), Lew Horn (2nd patron), Richard Kuller (Radio announcer), Carole Meyers (Wedding guest), Artie Butler (Nightclub piano player), James Gillian (Orchestra leader), Helen Crookes (Copacabana Girl), Lisa Durazo (Copacabana Girl), Lynn Faro (Copacabana Girl), Kris Mooney (Copacabana Girl), Jan Mussetter (Copacabana Girl), Beth Sjogren (Copacabana Girl), Dallace Winkler (Copacabana Girl), Cherise Bate (Dancer), Jeff Calhoun (Dancer), Keith Clifton (Dancer), Alex Cord (Dancer), Alan DeWames (Dancer), Rudy Huston (Dancer), Eddie Jr. (Dancer), Lewis Mari-Kohl (Dancer), Hector Jaime Mercado (Dancer), Steve Marder (Dancer), Regan Patno (Dancer), Mike Weir (Dancer), Anne Williams (Dancer). 1375... The Corsican Brothers (CBS, 2/5/1985, 120 mins). An elaborate remake (the 10th screen version, dating back to 1898) of the Dumas swashbuckler of love and revenge, this spirited production introduced British actor Trevor Eve to American audiences at the head of an all-star English cast, with Geraldine Chaplin (in the how-time-flies department) playing his mother! The best remembered earlier version was the one with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1941. The most recent one: the best-forgotten filming with Cheech and Chong as the twin brothers, preceded this TV version by about six months. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Ian Sharp. Executive Producer Norman Rosemont. Producer David A. Rosemont. Teleplay Robin Miller. Based on the Novel by Alexandre Dumas. Photography Frank Watts. Music Allyn Ferguson. Supervising Editor Alan Pattillo. Editor David Spiers. Production Designer John Stoll. Executive in Charge of Production Derek Kavanagh. Cast Trevor Eve (Louis da Franchi/Lucien da Franchi), Geraldine Chaplin (Madame da Franchi), Olivia Hussey (Annamaria de Guidice), Nicholas Clay (Giordano Martelli), Jean Marsh (Mazzere), Benedict Taylor (Georges du Caillaud), Simon Ward (Duc DeChateau Renaud), Donald Pleasence (The Chancellor), James Hazeldine (Vincente da Franchi), Patsy Kensit (Emilie du Caillaud), Margaret Tyzack (Madame de Guidice), Mark Ryan (Bernardo de Guidice), Kevork Malikyan (Orlandi), Jenny Linden (Countess Wolski), Peter Howell, Anthony Pedley, Peter Cellier, Toby Salaman, Daniel Auguste, Raynald Bandry, Flora Alberti, Lise Roy, Mirelle Chaulet, David A. Brooks. 1376... Country Gold (CBS, 11/22/1982, 120 mins). A Nashville star, at the pinnacle of her career, offers friendship to an aspiring young singer and longtime fan who has ingratiated her way into the entertainer’s life, finds that friendship betrayed in the down-home version of “All About Eve.” A handful of country performers turn up as themselves. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Supervising Producer Gilbert Cates. Producers Ann Weston, Marcy Gross. Teleplay Priscilla English. Photography Gerald Hirschfeld. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director David M. Haber. Cast Loni Anderson (Mollie Dean Purcell), Earl Holliman (Wade Purcell), Linda Hamilton (Josie Greenwood), Cooper Huckabee (Reilly Sears), Dennis Dugan (Daryl), Lee Richardson (Sam Vogul), Mel Tillis (Himself), Lynn Anderson (Herself), Reba McEntire (Herself), Box Car Willie (Himself), Kelli Warren (Herself), The Bellamy Brothers (Themselves), Stella Parton (Herself), Barbara Mandrell (Herself), Robert Keith (Leon), Byron Walls (Connie), Van Fox (Jack Litman), Ralph Emery (Vernon Haywood), Dick Kent (Mr. Delancey), Terri Gardner (Beverly Gillis), Gerry House (Doni Del Regno), Dan Butler (Jonathan), Vernon Oxford (Joe), Bob Furniss (Vet), Andy Park (Hank Gorman), Charles M Pirkle (Joe Cates), Robin Coleman (Groupie), Jamie Kish (Grandson), B.F. Ford (Old man), Lorraine Brown (Fan), Sheila Bailey (Salesgirl), Keith Brown (Studio piano player), Lisa Foster (Mrs. Vogul), Mario Ferrari (Maitre d’), O.B. McClinton (Singer at pavillion), Keith Stegall (Singer at restaurant). 1377... Courage (CBS, 9/24/1986, 180 mins). Dressing “down” to play a Queens, New York, hausfrau, Sophia Loren is a concerned wife and mother in this three-hour fact-based drama about a woman who discovers her elder son hooked on drugs and becomes an undercover agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration and helps bust a $3.5-billion cocaine ring, the largest since the famed French Connection. Billy Dee Williams is a flamboyant detective (a composite character) who becomes her liaison to the DEA; Hector Elizondo is her understandably anxious husband; Dan Hedaya is an international drug czar. Originally this was to have been called “Mother Courage” (after an article in “New York” magazine on which it was based), but presumably Bertolt Brecht’s estate claimed prior ownership of the title.

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Production Companies Highgate Pictures, New World Television. Director Jeremy Kagan. Producer Joel B. Michaels. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Based on an Article by Michael Daly. Photography Steven Poster. Music Craig Safan. Editor Michael Economou. Production Designer Lawrence Miller. Art Director David Davis. Associate Producer Bruce S. Pustin. Cast Sophia Loren (Marianna Miraldo), Billy Dee Williams (Bobby Jay), Hector Elizondo (Nick Maraldo), Val Avery (Pete Solto), Ron Rifkin (Eppy Lucido), Jose Perez (Jose Morales), Mary McDonnell (Gabriella Estrada), Richard Portnow (Frankie Ce De Baca), Gerry Bamman (Asst. US Attorney), Dan Hedaya (John Fosh), Corey Parker (Tony Miraldo), Michael Galardi (Joey Miraldo), Robin Bartlett (Rita Ce De Baca), Elizabeth Lennie (DEA agent), Muget Moreau (Jacqueline Fosh), Francesco Freda (Henri DeSalles), Roberta Weiss (Roberta), Sam Freed (1st agent), Clark Johnson (2nd agent), James Reno (3rd agent), Tony Rosato (Agent X), John O’Banion (Agent Y), David Proval (Angelo Cervi), Gene Mack (Tommy Shanks), Jessie Corti (Chico), Tom Harvey (Rich Larwood), Hrant Alianak (Eddie Cuba), Carlos Marulanda (Luis Cuba), Jennifer Powell (Kimberly), Geza Kovacs (Al), Julie Beaulieu (Barbara Solto), Natalie Davis (Vivianno Solto), Sharolyn Sparrow (Bikini girl), Rachel Luttrell (Bobby’s baughter). 1378... The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (NBC, 1/20/1980, 120 mins). A sort of “Lassie Come Home” set in the wilds of Alaska, this Canadian-made TV-movie followed the 2,000-mile odyssey of a champion sled dog in search of a youngster who once saved his life, and is based on Walt Morey’s popular--in Canada, at least--children’s adventure tale (1968). Filmed entirely on location in British Columbia and in Alaska. Production Companies Stanley Chase-Jon Slan Productions, Pantheon Productions. Director Peter Carter. Executive Producers Gabriel Katzka, Patricia Johnston, Stanley Chase. Producer Jon Slan. Teleplay George Malko. Based on a Book by Walt Morey. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Harry Freeman. Editor Eric Wrate. Art Director Seamus Flannery. Cast Ronny Cox (Kurt Evans), Linda Sorensen (Laura Evans), Andrew Ian McMillan (Andy Evans), Chris Wiggins (Dr. Vic Walker), John Ireland (George Hunter), Vera Mayeska (Edna Hunter), Murray Westgate (Mac), John Candy (Pinky), Cec Linder (Eddie), Johnny Yesno (Charley One-Eye). 1379... Covenant (NBC, 8/5/1985, 90 mins). José Ferrer plays the patriarch of a powerful San Francisco family whose financial empire was built with Nazi gold (he had been special advisor to Hitler) and now controls an evil covenant bordering on the supernatural that is passed on by the women of the clan. Jane Badler is his ruthless young wife, Michelle Phillips plays her fraternal twin sister, Bradford Dillman is Phillips’ devoted husband--and the old man’s son by a former marriage--and Whitney Kershaw is the latter’s spirited teenaged daughter, who unknowingly possesses total power. Lust, incest and unbridled ambition all are laced in primetime soap opera fashion throughout this prospective series pilot that was just too much to get beyond its initial 90 minutes. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, J.D. Feigelson Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Supervising Producers J.D. Feigelson, David DiStefano. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Coordinating Producer Karen Moore. Teleplay J.D. Feigelson, David DiStefano. Photography James Crabe. Music Charles Bernstein. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Cast Jane Badler (Dana Noble), Kevin Conroy (Stephen), Charles Frank (David Wyman), Whitney Kershaw (Angelica), Barry Morse (Zachariah), Judy Parfitt (Renata Beck), Michelle Phillips (Claire Noble), José Ferrer (Victor Noble), Bradford Dillman (Eric Noble), Laurence Guittard (Stuart Hall), Lenore Kasdorf (Cathy Resnick), John Van Dreelen (Heinrich Bosch), Jan Merlin (Kenneth), Jennifer Cooke (Alexandra Noble), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Duboff), Tia Carrere (Girl at Golden Calf), Will Gerard (Officer), Fred Lerner (Stranger), Mike Runyard (Waiter), James Saito (Cabbie), Jon Sharp (Yacht captain), Erica Todd (Stewardess), Scott Utley (Freddie), Charles Walker (TV announcer). 1380... The Cover Girl and the Cop (NBC, 1/16/1989, 120 mins). Julia Duffy’s the snobbish high-fashion model and Dinah Manoff’s the tough, street-wise cop in this reluctant-buddy personality-clash comedy (worked over by five writers), forced to live and work together when they become the target of killers following the murder of a Washington bigwig. Parker Stevenson plays one scene but takes no billing. Original title: “Beauty and Denise” Production Company Barry & Enright-Alexander Productions. Director Neal Israel. Producers Les Alexander, Don Enright. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Les Alexander, Steve Ditlea, Don Enright, Michael Norell, James Norell. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor Tom Walls. Production Designer Donald Light-Harris. Associate Producers John Beaird, Deborah Edell. Cast Julia Duffy (Jackie Flanders), Dinah Manoff (Denise Danielovitch), John Karlen (Lt. Charlie Wingo), Jonathan Frakes (Josh Boyleston), Blair Underwood (Horace Bouchee), Arthur Taxier (Captain Pashnick), Whip Hubley (Lester Sweazy), Robert Picardo (Woody), Tom Silardi (Ken Koslo), Danitra Vance (Jan), David Carradine (Zachary Slade), Parker Stevenson (Cabell Hayward), Trent Dolan (Austin “Bud” Pogue), Tony Abatemarco (Peter), Richard C. Adams (Club member), Nelson Welch (Sergeant-at-Arms), Matt McKenzie (FBI agent), Frank Pesce (Assistant director), Stuart Cornfield (Bartender), Martina Castle (Willow Phoebus), Robert Rackowski (Health Club attendant), George Gallo (Internal Affairs officer), Gene Hartline (Guillermo), Allan Graf (Ox), Charlie Holliday (Welsh), Frank Wagner (Gawker), Cindy Vandor (Anchorwoman). 1381... Coward of the County (CBS, 10/7/1981, 120 mins). Following the eminently successful film inspired by one of his hit records, “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers starred in a second TV-movie also based on one of his records, teaming with the

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same director and co-writer of the earlier smash film. He plays a small-town Southern preacher whose nephew is deemed a coward because he refuses to join the service in the days just after December 7, 1941, honoring a pledge he made to his dying father. Production Company Kraco Productions Inc. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Ken Kragen. Producer John Marias. Teleplay Clyde Ware, Jim Byrnes. Based on a Story by Clyde Ware. Based on the Song by Roger Bowling, Bill Ed Wheeler. Photography Steven Poster. Music Larry Cansler. Editor James Mitchell. Production Designer Richard Sawyer. Associate Producer Karen “Sarge” Sargent. Cast Kenny Rogers (Matthew Spencer), Fredric Lehne (Tommy Spencer), Largo Woodruff (Becky Wagner), Mariclare Costello (Emma Spencer), Ana-Alicia (Violet), William Schreiner (Jimmy Joe Gatlin), Frank Koppala (Paul Gatlin), Todd Waring (Luke Gatlin), Noble Willingham (Car-Wash), Joe Dorsey (Lem Gatlin), Tim Maier (Josh), Ned Bridges (Rube), Marianne Gordon (Mrs. Nichol), Clara Dunn (Mrs. Quigly), Lucille Rogers (Herself), Lelan Rogers (Mr. Richman), J.B. Adams, Ellen Adams, Fred Covington, Allison Biggers, Jon Nicol Hayden, Toombs Lewis Jr., Wallace Wilkinson, Randy Patrick, Bill Ash. 1382... Cowboy (CBS, 4/30/1983, 120 mins). James Brolin plays a tenderfoot rancher in this contemporary Western, a disillusioned schoolteacher who returns from the big city to the scene of his boyhood to fulfill a dream, and Ted Danson is a crippled ex-rodeo performer he hires to teach him the ropes and help run the spread. Annie Potts is the local café owner who gives them a boost on behalf of the locals, while land baron Randy Quaid, crooked banker George DiCenzo and nasty sheriff Michael Pataki conspire to grab Brolin’s land. Filmed in and near Waxahachie, Texas. Production Companies Bercovici-St. Johns Productions, MGM Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Eric Bercovici. Producer Richard R. St. Johns. Teleplay Stanley Z Cherry, Carole Cherry, Dennis Capps. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Bruce Broughton. Title Song Randy Goodrum. Song Performed by Michael Dees. Editor Robert K. Lambert. Production Designer Arch Bacon. Associate Producer Robert K. Lambert. Cast James Brolin (Ward McNally), Annie Potts (D.G.), Randy Quaid (Evan Coleman), George DiCenzo (Davis Bentlow), Michael Pataki (Sheriff Grover), Ted Danson (Dale Weeks), Ed Holmes (Ed Folger), Robert Keith (Rusty). 1383... The Cowboy and the Ballerina (CBS, 10/23/1984, 120 mins). Take one ex-world championship rodeo rider. Add a defecting Russian ballerina. Then introduce Cupid. What you get is this amiable but wafer-thin tale whose title tells the whole plot. Production Company Cowboy Productions Inc. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producers Jerry Weintraub, Lee Majors. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Denne Bart Petitclerc. Photography Ben Colman. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director Bill Camden. Cast Lee Majors (Bob Clayton), Leslie Wing (Natalia Valanova), Christopher Lloyd (Woody), James Booth (Colonel Gori), Antoinette Bower (Madame Rostov), George De La Pena (Rudi), Steven Ford (West Butler), Anjelica Huston (Sonja), John McIntire (Doc), Liam Sullivan (Victor Rostov), J.P. Bumstead (Adams), Severn Darden (Misha), Harrigan Logan (Olga), Michael Pataki (Valery), Roy E Andrews (Doorman), Harold Jones (Policeman), Steve Eastin (FBI agent), Lillian Lehman (TV newscaster). 1384... Cracked Up (ABC, 5/26/1987, 120 mins). Grim drama from the “Dynasty” producing team about all-American high school track star (James Wilder) whose obsession with crack cocaine not only endangers his life but also threatens his relationships with his best buddy (Raphael Sbarge) and his loving but distant clergyman dad (Ed Asner). Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer, Esther Shapiro. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Peter Lefcourt. Teleplay Peter Lefcourt. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music Mark Snow. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Art Director Serge Krizman. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Edward Asner (Vincent Owens), Raphael Sbarge (Chris McNally), James Wilder (John Owens), Marilyn Jones (Terri Sandusky), Richard Holden (Ed Sandusky), Kim Delaney (Jackie), H. Richard Greene (Coach Frank Malvin), F.J. O’Neil (Dr. Carl Eckhart), Terry Alexander (Wilbert Fletcher), Richard Frank (Resident doctor), F. William Parker (Gus), Scott Burkholder (Doctor at track), Toni Sawyer (Woman), Margaret Howell (Hooker), Bobby McGee (Paramedic), Randy Norton (Polombi). 1385... The Cradle Will Fall (CBS, 5/24/1983, 120 mins). The main twist in this Mary Higgins Clark suspense drama, about a lady assistant DA (Lauren Hutton) who stumbles onto a sinister plot involving unethical doctor James Farentino’s youthprolonging research at the local hospital, is the casting, in their regular roles, of several members of the daytime drama, “Guiding Light.” For continuity, Ben Murphy, as a local medical examiner who happens to be Hutton’s boyfriend, made several appearances in the part on “Guiding Light” itself prior to the film’s premiere. Production Companies Cates Films Inc., Procter & Gamble Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Joseph Cates. Teleplay Jerome Coopersmith. Based on the Novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Photography Steven Poster. Music Elliott Lawrence. Editor Dennis O’Connor. Art Director Virginia Field. Cast Lauren Hutton (Kathy DeMaio), Ben Murphy (Dr. Richard Carroll), James Farentino (Dr. Edgar Highley), Charita Bauer (Bert Bauer), Carolyn Ann Clark (Lesley Ann Monroe), Joe Ponazecki (Det. Larry Wyatt), Elvera Roussel (Hope Spaulding), Peter Simon (Dr. Ed Bauer), Jerry ver Dorn (DA Ross Marler), Doris Belack (Edna Burns), Michael Higgins (Dr. Emmet Salem), Ralph Byers (Chris Lewis), Debra Mooney (Vangie Lewis), W.H. Macy (Ben Duffy), Frieda Bauer (Mrs. Rawlings), Audrey Campbell (Dream mother), Cindy Cash (Nurse Betty), Robin Coleman (Nurse’s aide), Dianne Dixon (Mavis), Peggy Dobson

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(Amy), Danielle DuClos (Little Kathy), Ezra Eichelberger (Jim), Terri Gardner, Gerry House, Mary Timoney, Michael Torrey, Barbara B. Shepherd, Jackie Welch. 1386... Crash Course (NBC, 1/17/1988, 120 mins). Teen comedy with a gaggle of familiar television faces in this romp about students enrolled in a summer-school driver’s education class, run by substitute teacher Jackee Harry (here billed simply as Jackee) at the behest of maniacal Harvey Korman as the cartoon-style principal. A melange of popular young actors and veterans from assorted series do their presumably “cool” thing in this film that initially was called--what else?--“Driver’s Ed.” Production Company Fries Entertainment. Director Oz Scott. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Irv Wilson. Teleplay William A. Schwartz. Photography Bernd Heinl. Music Mark Davis. Editor Duane Hartzell. Production Designer Michael Erler. Cast Jackee Harry (Edna Savage), Brian Bloom (Riko Konner), Harvey Korman (Abner Fraser), Alyssa Milano (Vanessa Crawford), Charlie Robinson (Larry Pearle), Rob Stone (Chadley Bennett IV), Tina Yothers (Alice Santini), Dick Butkus (Smilin’ Ed Konner), Olivia D’Abo (Consuela Abea), Edie McClurg (Beth Crawford), Ray Walston (Wendell Paulson), Nathan Dyer (J.J. Maslanski), Julie Payne (Julie), Allen Williams (Rogers), Bradd Wong (“Kichi”), Micah Grant, Stephen Anthony Henry, Frank Lugo. 1387... Crazy Times (ABC, 4/10/1981, 120 mins). As TV’s answer to “Diner,” this film follows the exploits of three teenage buddies sharing the good times back at Rockaway Beach, New York, during the summer of 1955. Steeped in nostalgia and cast with relatively fresh TV faces, the movie--a pilot to a prospective series--won an Emmy Award nomination for costume design. Production Companies Kayden-Gleason Productions, George Reeves Production, Warner Bros. Television. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer George Reeves. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay George Reeves. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Peter Matz. Editor Maury Winetrobe. Art Director Kim Swados. Cast Michael Paré (Harry), David Caruso (Bobby Shea), Ray Liotta (Johnny Lazarra [“Wizard”]), Talia Balsam (Eve), Annette McCarthy (Carol), John Aprea (Ralph), Sandra Giles (Esther), Ernie Hudson (Harold Malloy [“Jazzman”]), Bert Remsen (Father Burke), Eddie Egan (Bartender), Shannon Presby (Eddie), Sal Landi (Rico), Amy Madigan (Marilyn), Jaime Alba (Mike), Albert Insinnia (Deacon), Howard Mann (Mr. Candosta), Joan Lemmo (Wizard’s mother), Ann Doran (Mrs. Keagan), Bob Duggan (Harry’s father), Julie Philips (Mary), James Kavanaugh (Father Farrell), Alan Oliney (Ray Carter), Bill Adler (Flash), Billy Jacoby (Older boy), Bobby Jacoby (Younger boy), Carol Capka (Joan), Ingrid Greer (Black woman), Elisa Carnahan (Oriental woman), Jack Gregory (Husband), Dallas Alinder (Theater manager). 1388... Crime of Innocence (NBC, 10/27/1985, 120 mins). Inspired, as they say, “by actual events,” this drama focuses on a teenage girl’s imprisonment and rape in a jail for adults after an overnight joyride with her friend. Andy Griffith opened a new chapter in his career as a fanatical judge, self-appointed guardian of his town’s children, whose harsh punishment for the young girl causes a nightmare for her law-abiding parents (Ralph Waite and Diane Ladd) who are hoodwinked into signing a warrant for her arrest for unruly behavior. Production Companies Ohlmeyer Communications Company, Telepictures Corporation. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Co-Executive Producer Karen Danaher. Producer Paul B. Radin. Co-Producers Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz. Teleplay Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Paul Chihara. Editors Fabien Tordjmann, Scott Hancock. Art Director William McAllister. Associate Producer Christopher Sands. Cast Andy Griffith (Judge Julius Sullivan), Diane Ladd (Rose Hayward), Steve Inwood (Dennis Specht), Shawnee Smith (Jodi Hayward), Ralph Waite (Frank Hayward), Jordan Charney (Spencer Mulholland), Brent Spiner (Hinnerman), Tammy Lauren (Rene Paterson), Michael Champion (Jailer), Alex McArthur (Cory Yeager), Brian Robbins (Lonnie), Michele Rogers (Sarah Thompson), Oceana Marr (Mrs. Rodgers), Belita Moreno (Marge Kennedy), Lynne Marta (Lucille), John M. Jackson (Police officer), Khrystyne Haje, Michaelian McNab, Haunani Minn, Jessica Myerson, Bruce Reed, Steven L. Ross, Philip Arthur Ross, Gerry Black, Megan Wyss. 1389... Crisis at Central High (CBS, 2/4/1981, 150 mins). The historic 1957 federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huckaby, one of the teachers and girls’ vice principal. Based on Mrs. Huckaby’s journals, this film, which initially ran 2-1/2 hours, brought another Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress to Joanne Woodward. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers David Susskind, Richard Levinson, William Link. Supervising Producer Freyda Rothstein. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on the Autobiography by Elizabeth P. Huckaby. Photography Donald M Morgan. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John Wright. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Joanne Woodward (Elizabeth Huckaby), Charles Durning (Jess Matthews), Henderson Forsythe (Glenn Huckaby), William Russ (J.O. Powell), Calvin Levels (Ernest Green), Tamu (Caroline Fuller), Shannon John (Donn Kirby), Bill Morey (Virgil Blossom), Tony Frank (Hildebrand), John William Galt (Mr. Kirby), Robert Ginnaven (Gen. Thomas Woods), Lori Grupe (Marlene), Irma P. Hall (Lulu Richards), Jerry Haynes (General), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Farrow), Suzie Humphreys (Mrs. Kirby), Ray La Pere (George Truitt), Pat Long (Billie Hobbs), Riona Martin (Carlotta Walls), Bonnie Pemberton (Maggie Armstrong),

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Regina Taylor (Minniejean Brown), Annabelle Weenick (Dorothy Truitt), Nina Wilson (Miss Pettijohn), Norma Young (Miss Opie). 1390... Cross of Fire (NBC, 11/5/1989 and 11/6/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part multilayered factbased account of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan crusade in Indiana and the innocent ex-schoolteacher whose tragic death caused the downfall of its Grand Dragon, political boss D.C. Stephenson, to whom she was initially attracted. Although Lloyd Bridges, as the high-powered defense attorney hired by the Klan, receives billing as one of the stars, he is seen only briefly in part two. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Leonard Hill. Producer Ron Gilbert. Co-Producers Joel Fields, Larry Mascott. Teleplay Robert Crais. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music William Goldstein. Editor Christopher Cooke. Art Director Barbara Dunphy. Associate Producer Ardythe Goergens. Cast John Heard (David D.C. Stephenson), Mel Harris (Madge Oberholtzer), David Morse (Clell Henry), George Dzundza (Boyd Gurley), Lloyd Bridges (Eph Inman), Donald Moffat (George Oberholtzer), Kim Hunter (Matilda Oberholtzer), Caroline Kava (Barbara Evers), Keith Szarabajka (Earl Klinck), Edward Wiley (Earl Gentry), Dakin Matthews (Hiram Evans), Douglas Roberts (Grady Simms), William Schallert (Reverend Hirt), Ford Rainey (Fred Luft), Peggy Rea (Eunice Schultz), Stephen Root (Beggs), Luke Reilly (Millencamp), Richard Riehle (John Duvall), Christopher Curry (Hollings), Frederick Newmann (William Jennings Bryan), Jeris Lee Poindexter (Royal Eames), Olivia Virgil Harper (Arlie Eames), Lynn Milgrim (Marsha Eames), Gilbert Lewis (Levi Thomas), Alan Clarey (Dr. Foreman), Tim Snay (Gov. Ed Jackson), Peggy Friesen (Harriet Morgan), Buzz Barton (Mayor of Addis), T. Max Graham (Kenley), James Shelby (Broadbent), Marc Penny (LeBouf), Paul Meier (Templett), Jennifer Glimpse (Linda Ann Ferguson), Annie Kellogg (Jommy), Dion Anderson (Senator Munroe), Mimi Wickliff (Mrs. Adderly), Pam Kristin (Secretary), Tony Mockus (Judge William Sparks), Ray Reinhardt (Dr. Kingsbury), Joneal Joplin (Dr. Moon), Mary Robbins (Crowe), Kevin Brief (Bailiff), Gary Neal Johnson (Jail Guard). 1391... Crossing the Mob (NBC, 10/14/1988, 120 mins). High school dropout involved in odd jobs and petty scams is taken under the wing of a local mob bigwig, who of course wants something in return. Things get complicated when the teenager’s old love turns up with an infant son he knew nothing about, and parental responsibility and mob callings begin to clash. Original title: “Philly Boy” Production Companies Bateman Company Productions, Interscope Communications. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Ted Field, Kent Bateman, Patricia Clifford. Producer Phil Parslow. Teleplay Lewis Colick, Alan Shapiro. Based on a Story by Lewis Colick. Photography King Baggot. Music Michel Rubini. Editor Barrett Taylor. Production Designer Griff Lambert. Associate Producer Barbara Gunning. Cast Jason Bateman (Philly Patillo), Maura Tierney (Michelle Conte), Patti D’Arbanville (Lucy Conte), Louis Giambalvo (Donny), Evan Mirand (Ralphie), William Gallo (Joey), Robert Costanzo (Carmine), Joey Aresco (D’Amato enforcer), Frank Stallone (Anthony D’Amato), Nicholas Mele (Frankie Patillo), Brent/Brandon Goldman (Tod), Tony Brafa (Luigi), Michael Manasseri (Al), Ron Gilbert (Dock boss), Dominic Barto, Eda Reiss Merin, Tony Colitti, Joe Alfasa, Phil Rubenstein, Cathy Cahn, Joe Flood, Tiiu Leek, Michael Osment, Gus Rethwisch, James Parkes, Margaret Wheeler, Daniel Addes. 1392... Crossings (ABC, 2/23/1986 to 2/25/1986, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Trenchantly described by “Daily Variety” as “a six-hour account of loose morals, tedious characters, and lack of integrity in which gaucheries flow like wine and banalities begin to look like gems,” this adaptation of Danielle Steel’s romantic 1982 bestseller about, as the network summarized it, “the passions that erupt on a transatlantic ocean liner in 1939 between a dashing steel magnate and the beautiful wife of a French ambassador” had several things going for it: a lavish production, a stellar cast, the real liner The Queen Mary (docked in Long Beach, Cal., but creatively looking to be asea), and an especially notable performance by Jane Seymour as the hero’s madcap nympho wife. Film buffs will note that veteran stars Joan Fontaine and Stewart Granger here appear together for the first time in their screen careers. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E Duke Vincent. Producer Howard W. Koch. Teleplay Bill LaMond, Jo LaMond. Based on the Novel by Danielle Steel. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Michel Legrand. Editors Millie Moore, Maurie Beck, John M Woodcock. Art Director Paul Sylos. Costume Designer Nolan Miller. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Liane DeVilliers), Lee Horsley (Nick Burnham), Christopher Plummer (Armand DeVilliers), Jane Seymour (Hillary Burnham), Garrick Dowhan (Philip Markham), Stewart Granger (George Hackett), Joan Fontaine (Alexandra Markham), Joanna Pacula (Marissa Freilich), Horst Bucholz (Martin Goertz), Zach Galligan (Robert DeVilliers), Jan Rubes (Isaac Zimmerman), Carl Steven (Johnny Burnham), Herta Ware (Mrs. Zimmerman), Alice Hirson (Eleanor Roosevelt), Jack Denton (President Roosevelt), Tony Steedman (Dorchester captain), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Freilich), Gerald Hiken (Mr. Freilich), Kelly Allen (Peter Freilich), Garth Wilton (Dorchester doctor), Annibal (Italian woman), Russ Anderson (Civilian friend), Lucy Arnold (Saleswoman), Henri Czarmak (Henri), Julie Bennett (1st lady), Richard A. Davies (Bartender), Ann Fairlie (Helena), David FoxBrenton (Russel Crouse), William Frankfather (Kurt), François Eric Gendron (Baron), Nils GIoagen (Apache dancer), Michael Greene (British ambassador), Rosemarie Giullot (Apache dancer), John Holland (Captain St. John), Sherrie Larimere (Southern woman), Remi Laurent (Jean-Paul), Sean O’Neill (American ambassador), Julie Reding (Wife), Ian Ruskin (Man), Ron Shelby (White House aide), Grace Simmons (Ambassador’s wife), Bunny Summers (Maid), Michael Zelniker (Jean-Jacques Metzger), Bruno Doyon (Bernard), Rick Babich (Tom), John Bluto (Boder), Jean-Claude Bouillon (Priest), West Buchanan (Fishing boat

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captain), Pierre Delazes (Driver), John Evans (1st soldier), Herbert Fala (General at SS Bridge), Jacques Français (Petain), Patrick Gorman (2nd doctor), Kelsey Grammer (Craig Lawson), Montrose Hagins (Liane’s Maid), Christiane Lesser (Christiane), Pierre Lonoiche (General at SS Headquarters), Bill Morey (Edward Glenville), Russell Moss (Young German), Barbara Pilavin (Chris), Donegan Smith (Gestapo officer), Arsenio “Sonny” Trinidad (Kenji), Jean-Pierre Bigot (Françoise), James Dickson (Dr. Frank), Loutz Gage (Admiral Arnold), Vincent Gross (Schmidt), Philippe Jourde (1st Gestapo), Colin Kellaway (Seaman Toomey), Alexander Coumpan (2nd Gestapo), Jim Steck (Boathouse man), Victoria Tucker (Sue). 1393... A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (NBC, 10/2/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about a Connecticut woman who suffers a near-fatal attack by her abusive husband and then sues the local police force for its failure to protect her despite her repeated pleas. The landmark case led to the state’s adopting of the Thurman Law, a model for domesticviolence legislation. Production Companies dick clark productions, U.T.L. Productions. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Dick Clark. Producer Lee Miller Teleplay Beth Sullivan. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music Nicholas Pike. Editor Harvey Rosenstock. Production Designer Gary T. New. Associate Producer Beth Sullivan. Cast Nancy McKeon (Tracey Thurman), Dale Midkiff (Charles “Buck” Thurman), Graham Jarvis (Officer Danziger), Yvette Heyden (Judy Bentley), Terri Hanauer (Cheryl), Philip Baker Hall (Judge Joseph Blumenfeld), David Wohl (Jessie Nagel), David Ciminello (Rick St. Hillaire), Priscilla Pointer (Tracey’s Mother), Bruce Weitz (Burton Weinstein), Burton Collins (Beaird), Paul Comi (Officer Dempsey), Joe George (Captain Kyker), Redmond Gleeson (Officer Bray), Alan Haufrecht (Officer Cooper), William Long Jr. (Desk Sgt. Cherny), Madison Mason (Officer Jones), Raymond O’Keefe (Sergeant Smith), Al Pugliese (Sergeant Kangas), Charles David Richards (Officer Davis), Lee Ryan (Officer Avery), Don Stark (Officer Driscoll), Sky Rumph (C J at age 4), Seth Isler (Lewis), Todd Bryant (Card), John Hertzler (Doctor), Stu Levin (Jury foreman), Andrew Magarian, Walter Addison, David Wells, David Hooks, Richard Balin, MD Barry Heller, MD Keith Stamler, RN Georganne Abbott, RN Susie Goodrich, Russ Tanaka, Carl Haddon, Hank Woessner. 1394... A Cry for Love (NBC, 10/20/1980, 120 mins). She’s an amphetamine addict; he’s an alcoholic. Together they strive to save one another from self-destruction in this adaptation by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor of the autobiographical bestseller “Bedtime Story” by Jill Schary Robinson (daughter of producer/director Doré Schary). Last-minute editing left Charles Siebert (as Susan Blakely’s ex-husband) on the cutting room floor and Edie Adams (as a hooker) with a quick 30 seconds of screen time. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Alan Sacks. Teleplay Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor. Based on a Book by Jill Schary Robinson. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Jimmie Haskell. Songs by Jimmie Haskell. Songs “Mother’s Little Helpers,” “Satisfaction,” by Cindy Bullins. Song “Out of Reach Dreams” Performed by The Know. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Susan Blakely (Polly Harris), Powers Boothe (Tony Bonnell), Charles Siebert (Fred), Herbert Edelman (Jack), Edie Adams (Tessie), Fern Fitzgerald (Barbara), Paul Lieber (Eugene), Jeremy Licht (Nick Harris), Lainie Kazan (Tina Weathersby), Gene Barry (Gordon Harris), Colleen Davis (Felicia Harris), Robert Hegyes (Pizza counterman), Severn Darden (Paul), Dolores Dorn (Karen), Patricia Barry (Jennifer Harris), Richard Balin (Norman Anderson), Douglas Dirkson (Dr. Bailey), Laurence Haddon, Art Metrano, Lin Shaye, Stanley Myron Handelman, Patti Deutsch, Poppy Lagos, Jo Jo D’Amore, John Diehl, Allen Emerson, Billy James, Michael Karm, Orin Kennedy, Alana King, Rick Kleit, Annette McCarthy, Jane Milmore, Barbara Perry, Jonni Robin, Jordan Wendkos. 1395... Cry for the Strangers (CBS, 12/11/1982, 120 mins). Psychiatrist Patrick Duffy and his wife, Cindy Pickett, lease a house in a secluded village on the Pacific coast and discover that one of their neighbors, a hyperkinetic youngster who had been one of his patients, is now involved in a series of strange deaths haunting the apparently peaceful community, and which police chief Brian Keith seems unable to solve. Based on the 1979 book by John Saul. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM Television. Director Peter Medak. Executive Producer David Gerber. Supervising Producer Christopher Seiter. Producers Jay Daniel, Stephen Cragg. Teleplay J.D. Feigelson. Based on a Book by John Saul. Photography Frank Stanley. Music John Cacavas. Editors David Wages, Rick Brandon. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Patrick Duffy (Dr. Brad Russell), Cindy Pickett (Elaine Russell), Lawrence Pressman (Glen Palmer), Brian Keith (Chief Whalen), Claire Malis (Rebecca Palmer), Robin Ignico (Missy Palmer), Shawn Carson (Robby Palmer), Jeff Corey (Riley), Taylor Lacher (Connor), Parley Baer (Doc Phelps), Anita Dangler (Miriam Shelling), Martin Kove (Jeff), J.V. Bradley (Merle), Josef James (Young Whelan). 1396... Cry of the Innocent (CBS, 6/15/1980, 120 mins). Rod Taylor, an American insurance executive who sees his wife and two children die when a plane crashes into their vacation cottage on the Irish coast, uncovers a series of suspicious clues indicating that it was no accident, after a pretty financial reporter who resembles his dead wife (Joanna Pettet in both roles) turns up. Filmed entirely on location in Ireland with, basically, an all Irish and English cast, this film was based on mystery writer Frederick Forsyth’s first original story for television.

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Production Companies Tara Productions, NBC Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers Morgan O’Sullivan, Theodore P. Donahue. Producer Michael O’Herlihy. Teleplay Sidney Michaels. Based on a Story by Frederick Forsyth. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Associate Producer Robert Enrietto. Cast Rod Taylor (Steve Donegan), Joanna Pettet (Cynthia Leighton), Nigel Davenport (Gray Harrison Hunt), Cyril Cusack (Tom Moloney), Walter Gotell (Jack Brewster), Jim Norton (Jasper Tooms), Alexander Knox (Thornton Donegan), Des Cave (Flanagan), Ronnie Walsh (Pete Medwin), Tom Jordan (Buck Haggerty), Alison McCormack (Melody Donegan), John Franklyn (Kapo), Michael O’Sullivan (Officer Gordon), James M. Healy (Sergeant), Fidelma Murphy (Lady clerk), Maire O’Neill (Hotel manager), Phillip Bollard (Steve Donegan Jr.), Joe Cahill (Fritz Grossman), May Ollis (Martha/maid). 1397... The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (NBC, 5/8/1980 and 5/9/1980, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut’s burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never leave the country. Based on Barry Wynne’s 1972 book “Behind the Mask of Tutankhamen.” Initially broadcast in one-hour segments on consecutive nights, it subsequently has been shown as a single two-hour film. Production Companies Stromberg-Kerby Productions, Harlech TV, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Hunt Stromberg Jr., Stoddard W. Kerby. Supervising Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay Herb Meadow. Based on a Book by Barry Wynne. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Gil Melle. Editor Adrian Bernard. Art Director John Biggs. Cast Eva Marie Saint (Sarah Morrissey), Robin Ellis (Howard Carter), Raymond Burr (Jonash Sabastian), Harry Andrews (Lord George Carnarvon), Wendy Hiller (Princess Vilma), Angharad Rees (Lady Evelyn Herbert), Tom Baker (Daoud), Barbara Murray (Giovanna Antoniella), Faith Brook (Lady Almina Carnarvon), Patricia Routledge (“Posh” lady), John Palmer (Fishbait), Darien Angadi (Ahmed Nahas), Rupert Frazer (Collins), Rex Holdsworth (Doctor), Paul Scofield (Narrator). 1398... Dadah Is Death (CBS, 10/30/1988 and 10/31/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Julie Christie made her American television debut in this fact-based drama of an Australian woman’s international campaign to save her son from a mandatory death penalty when he and a friend (Aussie actors John Polson and Hugo Weaving) are arrested for drug smuggling in Malaysia. The four-hour production, filmed on location is Australia and Macao, also marked the debut on American television of Indian film star Victor Banerjee (from “A Passage to India”) as the son’s pro-bono Malaysian attorney. Production Companies Steve Krantz Productions, Roadshow, Coote & Carroll, The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers Steve Krantz, Matt Carroll. Supervising Producer Moya Iceton. Producer Jerry London. Teleplay Bill Kerby. Photography Julian Penney. Music Fred Karlin. Musical Supervisor David Franco. Song Fred Karlin, John Milligan. Song Performed by Phillip Ingram. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Brian Thomson. Associate Producer Michael Brown. Cast Julie Christie (Barbara Barlow), Hugo Weaving (Geoff Chambers), John Polson (Kevin Barlow), Sarah Jessica Parker (Rachel Goldman), Kerry Armstrong (Shawn Burton), Robin Ramsay (Wilf Barlow), Victor Banerjee (Karpal Singh), Shapoor Batiwalla (Nagendrum), David Bookallil (Malay delivery boy), David Bracks (Judge Rati Katrik Baki), Jeni Caffin (Lorraine Cohen), Clive Carlin (Walker Manning), Liddy Clark (Gilda Rickman), Rona Coleman (Neighbor), Lorrie Cruickshank (Neighbor), Robert Davis (David West), Ernie Edema (Kaw Tambahan), David Field (Nevil Travis), Paul Griffiths (TV host), Barry Henry (Mr. Johnstone), Rev. John Hirt (Priest), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Hammed), Aldo King (Shadow man), Maggie King (Nice woman), Paige Livingston (Kimberly), Kym Lynch (Worker), Gandhi MacIntyre (Trial court clerk), Ainslie Masterton (Lucy Shipman), Edgar Metcalfe (Florid businessman), Frederick Miragliotta (Isagong), Laurie Moran (Repo man), Warwick Moss (Plainclothes cop), Dylan O’Neill (Gilda’s boy), John Orcsik (Brian Spinell), Georgie Parker (Corinne Johnstone), Frederick Parslow (Frank Galbally), Mouche Phillips (Michelle Barlow), Alex Pinder (Superintendent Jaya), Steve Rackman (Railway foreman), Monroe Reimers (Anwar), Jeremy Shadlow (Chris Barlow), Gerry Skilton (McManama’s brother-in-law), Noah Taylor (Andrew Barlow), Peggy Thompson (Mrs. Johnstone), Jeff Truman (MacDonald Huntley), Michael Van Schoor (Sung Lee), Ann Weston (McManama), Neela Gay, Julie Godfrey, Aussie Merciadez, Alison Mulvaney, Bruce Venables. 1399... Daddy (ABC, 4/5/1987, 120 mins). Newcomers Dermot Mulroney and Patricia Arquette are cast as high schoolers whose future is destroyed by the bitter reality of teenage parenthood. Danny Aiello offers advice and counsel as the straight-talking, compassionate sex education teacher. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director John Herzfeld. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Supervising Producer Philip K. Kleinbart. Producers Robert Florio, Heidi Frey. Co-Producer Steve McGlothen. Teleplay John Herzfeld. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Simon Rogers. Song Performed by Peter Gabriel. Editor Janet Bartels. Art Director Bernt Amadeus Capra. Cast Dermot Mulroney (Bobby Burnette), John Karlen (Mike Burnette), Tess Harper (Ann Burnette), J.J. Cohen (Dewey), Trey Adams (Chris Burnette), Patricia Arquette (Stacey Holder), Danny Aiello (Coach Jacobs), Darren Dalton (Sparks), Stuart Fratkin (Buff), Laura Leigh Hughes (Kirsten), Deborah Dalton (Miss Hugel), Micole Mercurio (Stacey’s mother), Edan Gross, Kurek Ashley, Noelle Parker, Herb Mitchell, Dorrie Krum, Zouanne LeRoy, Freddye Chapman, Christie Houser, Lulee Fisher, Rochelle Ashana, Ann Fink, David Glasser, Jason Horst, Sandy Martin, Dan Mason, Perla Walter, Bambi Blitz.

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1400... Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II (ABC, 1/13/1980, 120 mins). This sequel to the high-rated 1979 TV-movie provides another fictionalized behind-the-scenes glimpse at the comely squad and the pressures put on them as they face another Super Bowl and an upcoming USO tour. Production Company Aubrey-Hamner Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers James T. Aubrey, Robert Hamner. Producer Alan Godfrey. Teleplay Stephen Kandel. Photography Robert Jessup. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Music Jimmie Haskell. Songs by Carol Connors, Jimmie Haskell. Songs “Sunday Afternoon Fever” and “Night Time” Performed by Carol Connors and The Waters Family. Choreographer Texi Waterman. Editors Bernard Balmuth, Robert Crawford. Cast John Davidson (Terry Killian), Laraine Stephens (Suzanne Mitchell), Julie Hill (Patti Ames), Roxanne Gregory (Diane Tyler), Candy Ann Brown (Candy Beaumont), Terry Richardson (Cheerleader), Karen Baker (Cheerleader), Cindy Garger (Cheerleader), Jane Porter (Cheerleader), Angela Parnell (Cheerleader), Lucille Baker (Cheerleader), Kim Gilway (Cheerleader), Suzette Schultz (Cheerleader), Deborah White (Cheerleader), Tami Barnes (Cheerleader), Pinnell Wagner (Cheerleader), Kim Trueway (Cheerleader), Pam Richards (Cheerleader), Natasha Ryan (Hannah), Rod McCary (Captain Webner), Ray Wise (Dr. Simmons), Joe E. Tata (Pete), Duane Thomas (Tim Waterson), Irma P. Hall (Grandma Beaumont). 1401... Dallas: The Early Years (CBS, 3/23/1986, 180 mins). The origins of the feuds and fortunes of the Ewings and Barnes clan are chronicled in this self-contained “prequel” to the popular “Dallas” series, spanning the years from the Depression through the early 1950s. Larry Hagman, as J.R. Ewing, spins the tale which unfolds entirely in flashback and has a cast of relatively unfamiliar faces as younger versions of the two-warring families in their adventurous early years. This concept of devoting an entire story to the backgrounds of a popular TV show’s characters is relatively rare and usually done (as in the case of “St. Elsewhere”) as an integral part of the series itself. Filmed entirely on location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, this three-hour melodrama received Emmy Award nominations for costume design and sound editing. Production Companies Roundelay, Lorimar Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers David Jacobs, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Teleplay David Jacobs. Photography Neil Roach. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Harry Kaye. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Larry Hagman (Introduction), David Marshall Grant (Willard “Digger” Barnes), Dale Midkiff (John “Jock” Ewing), Molly Hagan (Eleanor “Miss Ellie” Southworth), David Wilson (Jason Ewing), Hoyt Axton (Aaron Southworth), Bill Duke (Seith Foster), Geoffrey Lewis (Ed Porter), Diane Franklin (Amanda), Marshall Thompson (Dr. Ted Johnson), William Frankfather (Newman), Liz Keifer (Cherie Simmons), Wendel Meldrum (Honey), Matt Mulhern (Garrison Southworth), Joe Rainer (Sam Culver), Davis Roberts (Preacher), Kevin Wixted (John Ross “J.R.” Ewing [as a teen]), Joe Berryman (Roscoe), Angie Bolling (Deborah), Blue Deckert (Player), Cynthia Dorn (Jeanne), Bob Hannah (Sheriff), Norma Moore (Maggie), Randy Moore (Hotel Manager), Karen Radcliffe (Hooker), Terrence Riggins (Benjamin Foster), Marjie Rynearson (Barbara Southworth), Joel Allen (Gary Ewing), Norman Allen (Adversary), Jesse Baca (Driver), Ryan Beadle (Bobby Ewing), Frank Bell (Sharecropper), Bill Bolender (4th player), Terrence Evans (Young man), Johnny Felder (Young Cliff Barnes), John William Galt (Guest), Lee Gideon (Haskins), Vernon Grote (Foreman), Max Harey (2nd farmer), Rhashelle Hunter (Priscilla Foster), Joyce Ingle (1st townswoman), T.J. Kennedy (Abernathy), Dennis Letts (Crick), George Leverett (Square dance caller), L. Gregg Loso (Webster), Bernie Moore (Young Benjamin), Tony Morris (1st ranch hand), Chuck Page (1st townsman), Peyton E Park (Justice), Jim Ponds (1st farmer), Ray Redd (2nd townsman), Debra Lynn Rogers (Joanne Haskins), Rose Marie Roundtree (Girlfriend), Mike Shanks (Hobo), Gena Sleete (2nd townswoman), Louanne Stephens (Woman), Fred Vest (2nd ranch hand), Woody Watson (Legionaire), Andrea Wauters (Young Pamela Barnes), Bethany Wright (Laurette). 1402... Dalton: Code of Vengeance II (NBC, 5/11/1986, 120 mins). Sequel to the highly rated “Code of Vengeance” of the year before, this action adventure, filmed in Houston, Texas, and Jacksonville, Florida, was actually two episodes strung together, as Vietnam vet-turned-loner David Dalton goes in pursuit of his now-crazed former CO and the latter’s trigger-happy paramilitary band, the New Patriots, in the Florida Everglades. Subsequently, a short-lived “Dalton” series occupied air time in the summer of 1986. Production Company Universal Television. Director Michael Toshiyuki Uno. Executive Producer Lou Shaw. Supervising Producer Herman Miller. Teleplay Luther Murdoch, Aiken Woodruff. Based on Characters Created by Willard Walpole. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Don Peake. Editor Lawrence J. Vallario. Art Directors Rusty Smith, Gary A. Lee. Associate Producer Bruce Bell. Cast Charles Taylor (David Dalton), Ed Bruce (Sheriff Johnson), Tony Frank (Tommy Honus), Alex Harvey (Sheriff Willoughby), Karen Landry (Jeanne Bennett), Mitch Pileggi (Verbeck), Donnelly Rhodes (Maj. Monty Bennett), William Sanderson (Bobby Fuller), Shannon Stein (Tip Bennett), Belinda Montgomery (Libby Holland), Mac Aikenhead (Harry), Thomas Baird (Freddie), Sal Biagini (3rd surfer), Jerry Biggs (Randy), James Monroe Black (Paramedic), John Brasington (Man), Fred Broderson (Fred), Blue Deckert (Deputy Campbell), Jim Howard (Deputy Morris), Will Knickerbocker (Clerk), Bradley Leland Williams (Deputy Hackett), John Meadows (Minister), Jerry Privich (1st surfer), Steve Privich (2nd surfer), James Brett Rice (Sergeant Brown). 1403... Damien: The Leper Priest (NBC, 10/27/1980, 120 mins). The dramatization of the life of the 19th century priest who devoted himself to service in Hawaii’s leper colony cast Ken Howard in the title role as a last-minute replacement for David

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Janssen, who had just died and to whose memory this film is dedicated. Nominated for Emmy Awards were Peter Matz for his music score, as well as the movie’s makeup artist and hairstylist. A PBS documentary on the same subject preceded the initial showing of this film by several months. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producer Thomas W Moore. Producer Jean Moore Edwards. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Peter Matz. Editor C. Timothy O’Meara. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Ken Howard (Father Damien), William Daniels (Bishop Koeckmann), Mike Farrell (William Robertson), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Bishop Maigret), Sydney Lassick (Superintendent Rudolph Meyer), Logan Ramsey (Captain Sweeney), David Ogden Stiers (Dr. Arthur Mouritz), Alan Chappuis (Father Montiton), Marion Kodama Yue (Nalani), Roger Bowen (Prime Minister Gibson), Irene Tsu (Kapu), John O’Leary (Father Leonor), Joseph Chapman (Ira Dutton), Haunani Minn (Queen), Cloyce Morrow (Sister Olive), Alison Hong (Little Girl), Branscombe Richmond, Eugene Akutagawa, Chao-Li Chi, Yvonne de la Varga, Takayo Doran, Virginia Wing, Muni Samo, Manu Tupou, Bennett Ohta. 1404... Dance ’Til Dawn (CBS, 10/23/1988, 120 mins). Cast with familiar faces from assorted TV sitcoms, this predictable but genial comedy follows a group of small-town high schoolers--jocks, nerds, romeos, mall-shoppers, good girls, teases, plain Janes, sexpots--and their long-suffering parents through one particularly unpredictable prom night. Original titles: “Senior Prom” and “Dancing ’Til Dawn” Production Company The Konigsberg-Sanitsky Company. Director Paul Schneider. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Whitney Green. Teleplay Andrew Guerdat, Steve Kreinberg. Photography Stevan Larner. Score Performed by Acrobat. Musical Supervisor Dick Rudolph. Editor Scott Wallace. Production Designer William Cassidy. Associate Producers Jayne Bieber, Louis Friedman. Cast Christina Applegate (Patrice Johnson), Tempestt Bledsoe (Margaret), Brian Bloom (Kevin McCrea), Cliff DeYoung (Larry Johnson), Mary Frann (Nancy Johnson), Tracey Gold (Angela Strull), Kelsey Grammer (Ed Strull), Edie McClurg (Ruth Strull), Alyssa Milano (Shelly Sheridan), Matthew L. Perry (Roger), Alan Thicke (Dr. Jack Lefcourt), Chris Young (Dan Lefcourt), Molly Cheek (Cecilia), Graham Jarvis (Fred), Candy Azzara (Florist), Hannah Cutrona (Lori), Bradley Gregg (Doug), Haynes Thigpen (Wallace), Michelle La Sean Simms (Marina), Billy Morrissette (Salesboy), Lewis Arquette (Pawnbroker), Kitty Swink (Caterer), John Apicella (Waiter), Christopher Carroll (Maitre d’), R.J. Rudolph (Deejay), Arell Blanton (Cop), Robert Arthur (Reverend), Brent Chalem (Tubby), Robert Dunlop (Carl), Erica Gayle (Kerry), Susan Mullen (Linda), Ron Perkins (Photographer), John Di Santi (Chauffeur), David Glasser, Chris Hebert. 1405... Danger Down Under (NBC, 3/14/1988, 120 mins). Prospective new series pilot for Lee Majors, as an American horse breeder who finds himself the single parent of three young sons in rural Australia, this made-entirely-Down-Under adventure with local actors is similar in concept to the earlier Linda Lavin TV-movie,”A Place to Call Home.” Original title: “Astral Downs” Production Companies Hoyts Productions, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Tri-Star Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producers Lee Majors, Reuben Leder. Producer Jane Scott. Teleplay Reuben Leder. Photography Nino Martinelli. Music Bruce Rowland. Editor Jim Gross. Production Designer Roger Ford. Cast Lee Majors (Reed Harris), Rebecca Gilling (Sharon Harris), Martin Vaughan (Ginger McDowell), William Wallace (Brian Harris), Bruce Hughes (Danny Harris), Morgan Lewis (James Harris), Paul Chubb (Dennis Quinn), Natalie McCurry (Katherine Dillingham), Moya O’Sullivan (Ethel Coombs), Warwick Moss (Toes), Emily Stocker (Lizzie Dillingham), Mervyn Drake (Det. Sgt. Woods), Kenneth Radley (Willie), Benita Collings (Eileen Townsend), Robert Taylor (King), John Hallyday (Leo), Richard Boue (Jack), Andy Dow (Alex), Glen Boswell (Dave), Zev Eleftheriou (Bill), George Parker (Cabbie), Patsy Stephen (Strapper). 1406... Dangerous Affection (NBC, 11/1/1987, 120 mins). Lightweight comedy-mystery with a very-pregnant mom, under suspicion for the murder of her philandering estranged hubby, and her young son who crosses the path of the real killer. There’s also a lovesick police detective assigned to the case, a meddling grandmother, and a smart-mouthed best friend. Original title: “Hit and Run” Production Companies Freyda Rothstein Productions, Litke-Grossbart Productions, New World Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers Freyda Rothstein, Jack Grossbart. Producer Renée Valente. Teleplay Annabel Davis-Goff, Susan Rice. Based on a Story by Annabel Davis-Goff. Photography William Wages. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Harry Kaye. Art Director Gregory Melton. Cast Judith Light (Cathy Proctor), Jimmy Smits (Det. Richard Braden), Audra Lindley (Grammy), Michael Parks (Wicks), Billy O’Sullivan (Sam Proctor), Rhea Perlman (Claudia), Joseph Hacker (David Proctor), John Aylward (Lieutenant Daley), John Lisbon Wood (Benten), Spice Williams (Detective Martindale), Clayton Corzatte (First man), Bill Dore (Dr. Jacobs), Denise Frisino (LaMaze instructor), Susan Ludlow (Mrs. Feeney), Peg Phillips (Mrs. Graham), Tony Romano (Traffic cop), Charles Russo (Superintendent), David Silverman (Towtruck driver), William Weir (Cultist), Johnny “Sugarbear” Willis (Cop #2). 1407... Dangerous Company (CBS, 2/9/1982, 120 mins). The story of real-life ex-convict and reformed criminal Ray Johnson, portrayed by Beau Bridges, starting with the 1958 escape he made with a friend from Folsom Prison (the first and only inmates ever to do so) and continuing with their recapture, Johnson’s placement in solitary confinement for four years and his

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ultimate parole though sentenced to two life terms. Based on “Too Dangerous to Be at Large,” Johnson’s autobiography, written with Mona McCormick. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, The Dangerous Company. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Harry Gittes. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Christopher Keane. Based on the Autobiography by Ray Johnson with Mona McCormick. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Creed Bratton. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Beau Bridges (Ray Johnson), Carlos Brown (Donald Robinette), Karen Carlson (Janet Brody), Jan Sterling (Ray’s mother), Kene Holliday (Bill Washington), Ralph Macchio (Denny Brody), Max Wright (Dr. Boone), Shizuko Hoshi (Mr. Hikaru), Dale Ishimoto (Mrs. Hikaru), Chris Mulkey (Jeremy Blake), Buck Taylor (Petrie), Ward Wood (Doctor), Ray Johnson (Gallagher/guard), Christopher Keane (Inmate), Thomas H. Middleton (Dr. Boylan), David McKnight (Black con), Eric Gold (Tully), Peter Brunt (Harris), David Hall (Doubleday), Patrick Rowe (Page), Sue Rihr (Billie), Steven M Porter (Fuller), Frank F. Muhr (Toland), Ralph Meyering Jr. (Sweeny), Anna Lynn Brown (DMV Clerk), Robert Coad (Security guard). 1408... A Dangerous Life (HBO, 11/27/1988 to 11/29/1988, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Imaginative five-hour three-part account of the decline and fall of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and the rise of Corazon Aquino, as seen through the eyes of fictional TV correspondent Gary Busey and photojournalist wife Rebecca Gilling. This Australian-made miniseries mixes newsclips, reenactments of significant moments and dramatized versions of private conversations in, as several observers noted, a “You Are There” style from American TV’s early days. Original title: “The Four Day Revolution” Production Companies McElroy and McElroy Productions, FilmAccord, Southern Star Group, Australian Broadcasting Corp. Director Robert Markowitz. Producer Hal McElroy. Line Producer Tim Sanders. Producer (Philadelphia) Lope V. Juban Jr. Teleplay David Williamson. Photography James Bartle. Music Brian May. Editors (Part 1) Richard Francis-Bruce, Tony Kavanagh. Editor (Part 2) Mike Honey. Production Designer Murray Picknett. Art Directors Julie Belle, Rodell Cruz. Cast Gary Busey (Tony O’Neill), Rebecca Gilling (Angie Fox), Ramon Rustia (Ferdinand Marcos), Tessie Tomas (Imelda Marcos), Laurice Guillen (Corazon Aquino), James Handy (Mike Heseltine), Joonee Gamboa (Juan Ponce Enrile), Dina Bonnevie (Celie Balamo), Jaime Fabregas (Ben Balamo), Ray Ventura (Gen. Fidel Ramos), Mervyn Samson (Gen. Fabian Ver), Michael Pate (Ambassador Bosworth), Spanky Manikan (Ramon), Johnny Delgado (Lt. Col. “Red” Kapunan), Rez Cortez (Col. “Gringo” Honasan), Dido De La Paz (Colonel Cruz), Rolando Tinio (Cardinal Jaime Sin), Freddie Santos (Butz Aquino), Arthur Sherman (Alex), Dave Brodett (Galman), Leah Cabusi (Kris Aquino), Pita Liboro (Bailsy Aquino), Val Victa (Hermillo Balamo), Ken Metcalfe (Sen. Mark Hatfield), Victor Diaz (Maj. Gen. Olivas), Jacinta Coehlo (Imee Marcos), Robert Talabais (Joker Arroyo), Ernie Zarate (Andres Narvasa), Tony Mabesa (Ernesto Herrera), Lawrence Mah (Agrava Staffer), Tito Tesoro (Lotterina), Gamaliel R. Viray (Dr. Boccay), Peter Gwynne (Sen. Paul Laxalt), Cris Vertido (Doy Laurel), Noel Trinidad (Jimmy Ongpin), Amiel Leonardia (Peping Cojvango), Tony Carrion (Ramon Mitra), Ces Mathay (Ver trial clerk), David Morris (Rodgers), Alexander Cortez (Raoul), Betty Mae Piccio (Computer operator), Crispin Medina (Col. Eduardo Doromal), Bon Vibar (Cardinal Vidal), Pudji Waeso (Father Villegas), Edwina Kinnes (Mother Superior), Mars Cavestany Jr. (Captain Morales), Dody Lacuna (Manager Radio Veritas), Felindo Obach (General Tadiar), Arianthe Galani (Josephine Reyes), Eva Bartholomeuz (Nun), Mohamed Azghar Ali (Tank commander), Mona Lisa (Francisca Monzon), Odetta B. Khan (June Keithley), P. Alvina Jr. (Tadlar’s godfather), Bishop Reyes (Himself), Joe Gruta (Col. Antonio Sotelo), Jim Carpenter (Pilot). 1409... Dark Holiday (NBC, 5/1/1989, 120 mins). In her final role, Lee Remick is the real-life Gene LePere, an American tourist jailed in a Turkish prison in 1983 after being accused of smuggling antiquities following her purchase of what she thought were cheap figurines from a street vendor. Based on the 1987 book “Never Pass This Way Again,” LePere’s personal account of her experience, the film originally was titled “Passport to Terror.” Production Companies Peter Nelson-Lou Antonio Productions, Lou Antonio Productions, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, Orion Television. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Lou Antonio. Supervising Producers Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Based on a Book by Gene LePere. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Gary Griffen. Production Designer Richard Sherman. Cast Lee Remick (Gene LePere), Norma Aleandro (Isha), Tony Goldwyn (Ken Horton), Roy Thinnes (Jimmy LePere), John Standing (Charnaud), Suzanne Wouk (Neshe), Shanit Keter (Lufti), Jim Antonio (Edwin Gant), Christine Burke (Bea), Kim Lonsdale (Nancy Rust), Ian Abercrombie (Captain), Tuck Milligan (Andrews), Vachik Mangassarian (Customs chief), Richard Balin (Larry), Hildy Brooks (Young woman), Pamela Kosh (Connie Devon), Sirri Murad (Judge), Anne Marie Gillis (Marie), Etrat Lavie (Curator), Evangelina Costantakos (Ozgol), Sharon Barr (Hikmet), Tracy Kolis (Mother with baby), Yomi Perry (Yasemin), Leeza Vinnichenko (German woman), Vida Ghrahremani (Hanifa woman), Gonca Ondemir (Sara), Richard Assad (Customs man), Javad Pishvaie (Court clerk), Irene Roseen (Travel agent), Agim Coma (Hotel clerk), Shaun Toub (Prison soldier), Avner Garbi (Doctor), Azdine Melliti, Mary Angela Shea, Reva Rose, Apollo Dukakis, Ray Nazzari. 1410... Dark Mansions (ABC, 8/23/1986, 120 mins). Contemporary Gothic drama about a young woman (Linda Purl) hired to write the family history of a shipbuilding dynasty and finding supernatural forces at work when she moves into the clan’s compound on a lonely, windswept bluff near Seattle. Initially, Loretta Young had been coaxed out of retirement by executive producer and friend Aaron Spelling to play the family matriarch, but changed her mind after seeing the script and allowed the role to go to Joan Fontaine in this pilot to a prospective series.

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Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Jerry London. Co-Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Robert L. McCullough. Based on a Story by Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence, Robert L. McCullough. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Ken Harrison. Editors John M. Woodcock, Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Associate Producers Benjamin A. Weissman, Shelley Hull. Cast Joan Fontaine (Margaret Drake), Michael York (Jason Drake), Paul Shenar (Phillip Drake), Melissa Sue Anderson (Noelle Drake), Steve Inwood (Jerry Mills), Lois Chiles (Jessica Drake), Nicollette Sheridan (Banda Drake), Raymond St. Jacques (Davis), Grant Aleksander (Nicholas Drake), Yves Andre Martin (Cody Drake), Linda Purl (Shellane Victor), Dan O’Herlihy (Alexander Drake), Byron Morrow (David Forbes), Lee Corrigan (Captain Hemmings), Vincent Pandoliano (Chef). 1411... Dark Mirror (ABC, 3/5/1984, 120 mins). A psychotic murderess who has killed her lover, a wealthy attorney, sets out to frame her identical twin sister for the crime in this remake of the 1946 Olivia de Havilland/Lew Ayres movie. Jane Seymour plays both sisters, as de Havilland had done, and Stephen Collins (in the Ayres role) is a psychiatrist specializing in twins who is called in to help the police. Film editor Bob Bring received an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producers Richard Lang, Sanford Schmidt. Teleplay Corey Blechman. Based on the Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Bob Bring. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producers David Leonard, Shelley Hull. Costumes Nolan Miller. Executive in Charge of Production Lynn Loring. Cast Jane Seymour (Leigh Cullen/Tracy), Stephen Collins (Dr. Jim Eiseley), Vincent Gardenia (Det. Al Church), Hank Brandt (Girard), Ty Henderson (Wittman), Jack Kruschen (Smithson), Bill Quinn (Mr. Bennett), Cathleen Cordell (Mrs. Bennett), Robert DoQui (Higgens), Reid Cruickshanks (Avery), Sandy Freeman (Dorothy Francis), Patti Been (Policewoman), Alma Beltran (Woman), Tim Haldeman (Policeman), Cis Rundle (Receptionist). 1412... Dark Night of the Scarecrow (CBS, 10/24/1981, 120 mins). Mystery thriller about a bigoted community’s retribution against the town dummy, whom a group of vigilantes led by the town postman (Charles Durning) think did harm to a 10year-old girl, and strange things begin happening to the stalkers after their vengeance is wreaked. Jocelyn Brando, Marlon’s sister, is the retarded man’s angry mother. Production Company Wizan Productions. Director Frank De Felitta. Executive Producer Joe Wizan. Producer Bobbi Frank. Teleplay J.D. Feigelson. Based on a Story by Butler Handcock, J.D. Feigelson. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor Skip Lusk. Art Director Charles M. Zacha Jr. Associate Producer Janet Greek. Cast Charles Durning (Otis Hazelrig), Robert F. Lyons (Skeeter), Claude Earl Jones (Philby), Lane Smith (Harless Hocker), Tonya Crowe (Marylee Williams), Larry Drake (Charles Bubba Ritter), Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Ritter), Tom Taylor (DA Sam Willock), Richard McKenzie (Judge Henry), Ivy Jones (Mrs. Williams), Jim Tartan (Mr. Williams), Edward Call (Defense Attorney), Alice Nunn (Mrs. Bunch), John Steadman (Mr. Loomis), Dave Adams (Deputy), Ivy Bethune (Mrs. Hocker), Dennis Robertson (Ray), Jetta Scelza (Mrs. Whimberly), Modi Frank (Waitress). 1413... David (ABC, 10/25/1988, 120 mins). Electrifying dramatization of the real-life case involving a divorced mom’s devotion of her six-year-old son whose manipulative dad, angered by the limitation put on his visitation rights, poured kerosene over him and tried to burn him to death. “David” was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama, with nominations also going to Michael Westmore and Gerald Quist for their special makeup and David Hankins as supervising sound editor. Based on the 1986 book by Marie Rothenberg with Mel White. Production Companies Donald March Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director John Erman. Supervising Producer John Erman. Producer Donald March. Teleplay Stephanie Liss. Based on a Book by Marie Rothenberg with Mel White. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Editor James Galloway. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Special Makeup Michael Westmore. Cast Bernadette Peters (Marie Rothenberg), John Glover (Charles Rothenberg), Dan Lauria (John Cirillo), George Grizzard (Dr. Achauer), Christopher Allport (Terry Branum), Georgann Johnson (Loraine Levy), Jordan Charney (Judge), Matthew Lawrence (David Rothenberg), Cheryl Anderson (Dee Fraser), Alexandra Borrie (Gert Chambers), Frederick Combs (Ken Curtis), Jack Rader (Dick Hafdahl), Lisa Blake Richards (Judy Curtis), Barbara Tarbuck (Sue Martinez), Caryn Ward (Jennifer), Nicholas Mele (Detective Flanagan), Frank Whiteman (Police officer), Barbara Sammeth (Glenda), Billy O’Sullivan (Johnny), Phoebe Allen (Johnny’s mom), Casey King (Bob Schneider), Pete Wilson (Newscaster), Patty Regan (Woman at hotel), Kimberly Hall, George Whiteman, Daniel Clouthier. 1414... The Day After (ABC, 11/20/1983, 135 mins). The controversial, widely viewed dramatization of a nuclear catastrophe causing the destruction of Lawrence, Kansas, home of America’s missile arsenal which has become the focus of a super power confrontation. A grim three-hour picture of rural life before, during and after a nuclear blast, with a huge cast headed by Jason Robards as a college professor, it stirred up a firestorm of debate (was it Soviet propaganda, certain factions of ABC’s stockholders wanted to know) and media attention, and provided ammunition for antinuclear peace groups in this country and in Europe. Its 12 Emmy Award nominations included Outstanding Drama Special, Outstanding Supporting Actor (John Lithgow),

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directing, writing, photography, art direction/set decoration, makeup, hairstyles, editing, film sound editing, sound mixing, and special visual effects (which won the Emmy). Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Nicholas Meyer. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Edward Hume. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music David Raksin. Editors Robert Florio, William Paul Dornisch. Production Designer Peter M Wooley. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Jason Robards (Dr. Russell Oakes), JoBeth Williams (Nancy Bauer), Steve Guttenberg (Stephen Klein), John Cullum (Jim Dahlberg), John Lithgow (Joe Huxley), Bibi Besch (Eve Dahlberg), Lori Lethin (Denise Dahlberg), Amy Madigan (Alison Ransom), Jeff East (Bruce Gallatin), Georgann Johnson (Helen Oakes), William Allen Young (Airman McCoy), Calvin Jung (Dr. Sam Hackiya), Lin McCarthy (Dr. Austin), Dennis Lipscomb (Reverend Walker), Clayton Day (Dennis Hendry), Doug Scott (Danny Dahlberg), Ellen Anthony (Jolene Dahlberg), Kyle Aletter (Marilyn Oakes), Alston Ahearn (Cynthia), William Allyn (Professor), Antoine Becker (Ellen Hendry), Pamela Brown (Nurse), Jonathan Estrin (Julian French), Stephen Furst (Aldo), Arliss Howard (Tom Cooper), Rosanna Huffman (Dr. Wallenberg), Barbara Iley (Cleo Mackey), Madison Mason (TV host), Bob Meister (Cody), Vahan Moosekian (Mack), George O. Petrie (Dr. Landowska), Glenn Robards (2nd barber), Tom Spratley (1st barber), Stan Wilson (Vinnie Conrad). 1415... The Day Christ Died (CBS, 3/26/1980, 180 mins). A multinational cast headed by American actor Chris Sarandon dramatizes the events from The Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion. Screenwriters James Lee Barrett and Edward Anhalt mixed biblical fact with fiction, creating the part of Pontius Pilate’s wife for “guest star” Hope Lange, since no written records appear to exist about her either before or after the Crucifixion, and in this three-hour film, she is primarily an observer. Production Companies Martin Manulis Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director James Cellan Jones. Producer Martin Manulis. Teleplay Edward Anhalt, James Lee Barrett. Based on a Book by Jim Bishop. Photography Franco Di Giacomo. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Barry Peters. Art Director Gianni Quaranta. Associate Producer Ted Butcher. Cast Chris Sarandon (Jesus of Nazareth), Colin Blakely (Caiaphas), Keith Michell (Pontius Pilate), Hope Lange (Claudia), Jonathan Pryce (King Herod), Barrie Houghton (Judas), Jay O. Sanders (Peter), Eleanor Bron (Mary), Tim Pigott-Smith (Tulius), Delia Boccardo (Mary Magdalene), Oliver Cotton (John), Gordon Gostelow (Nicodemus), Harold Goldblatt (Annas), Gary Brown (Aaron), Leonard Maguire (The Demoniac), Marne Maitland (Jacob), Tony Vogel (1st temple guard), Brian Coburn (James), Emma Jacobs (Leilah), Ralph Arliss (Matthew), Anna Nogara (Ruth), Dov Gottsfeld (Andrew), Anthony Langdon (1st Roman soldier), Donal O’Brien (2nd Roman soldier), Rodd Dana (Abenadar), John Savident (Herod’s aide), Tomas Milian (Mark), Joseph Murphy (2nd temple guard), Ted Rusoff (Chief temple guard), Charles Boromel (2nd witness), Donald Hodson (Joseph of Arimethea), Veronica Welles (Sara), Leonard Treviglio (Thomas), Cyrus Elias (Herod’s messenger), Fabrizio Jovine (Phillip), Nando Paone (Thaddeus), Samuele Cerri (Nathaniel), Marie-Cristine Dunham (Deborah), Jean-Paul Boucher (James the Younger), Mattia Machiavelli (Simon). 1416... A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (NBC, 11/22/1982, 120 mins). In the third of the Walton movies, the family is reunited for Thanksgiving circa 1946. John-Boy pays a visit from New York (here he is played by Robert Wightman, who inherited the Richard Thomas part late in the series), Jim-Bob wants to set up his own business, aspiring composer Jason talks about closing his small restaurant, and newlyweds Erin and Paul plan to move out of the Walton homestead. Grandma arrives on time, but will John get back from his hospital visit with Olivia (who is not seen in this finale)? Production Companies Amanda Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Harry Harris. Executive Producers Earl Hamner, Lee Rich. Producer Claylene Jones. Teleplay Kathleen Hite. Photography Ken Peach Jr. Music Alexander Courage. Editor Marv Adelson. Art Director John P. Bruce. Cast Ralph Waite (John Walton), Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton), Judy Norton-Taylor (Mary Ellen), Eric Scott (Ben Walton), David Harper (Jim-Bob Walton), Kami Cotler (Elizabeth Walton), Robert Wightman (John-Boy Walton), Ellen Corby (Grandma Walton), Joe Conley (Ike Godsey), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth Godsey), DeAnna Robbins (Aimee Godsey), Leslie Winston (Cindy Walton), Richard Gilliland (Jonesy), Morgan Stevens (Paul Northridge), Mary Beth McDonough (Erin Northridge), David Friedman (John Curtis-Walton), Angela Rhodes (Virginia Walton), Melinda Naud (Jane), Helen Kleeb (Mamie Baldwin), Mary Jackson (Emily Baldwin), Jerry Hoffman (Van Cramer), Daniel Currie (Peterson), Royce D. Applegate (Sweeney), Bettye Ackerman (Belle Tucker), Robert Donner (Yancey Tucker). 1417... Day One (CBS, 3/5/1989, 180 mins). Arresting three-hour film (Emmy nominated as Outstanding Drama) about the Manhattan Project of the 1940s and the race to develop the atomic bomb with a name cast as the major figures of the day. The source for David Rintels’ teleplay was Peter Wyden’s 1984 book, “Day One: Before Hiroshima and After.” A similar big-screen view of the same subject, “Fat Man and Little Boy,” with Paul Newman as Groves (played here by Brian Dennehy), was released several months later. Production Companies Aaron Spelling Productions, David W. Rintels Productions, Paragon Motion Pictures. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent. Producer David W. Rintels. Teleplay David W. Rintels. Based on a Book by Peter Wyden. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Mason Daring. Editor Debra Karen. Production Designer Curtis A. Schnell.

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Cast Brian Dennehy (Gen. Leslie R. Groves), David Strathairn (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Michael Tucker (Leo Szilard), Hume Cronyn (James F. Byrnes), Richard Dysart (Harry S. Truman), Hal Holbrook (Gen. George C. Marshall), Barnard Hughes (Col. Henry L. Stimson), John McMartin (Dr. Holly Compton), David Ogden Stiers (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Anne Twomey (Kitty Oppenheimer), Lawrence Dane (Vannevar Bush), Ron Frazier (Col. Boris Pash), Olek Krupa (Edward Teller), Bernie McInerney (James C. Conant), John Pielmeier (Seth Neddermeyer), Ken Pogue (Lt. Gen Somervell), Gary Reineke (Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower), Alan Scarfe (Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence), John Seitz (Ralph Bard), Tony Shalhoub (Enrico Fermi), Ester Spitz (Trude Weiss), Ron White (Col. Kenneth D. Nichols), Stefan Balint (Eugen Wigner), Peter Boretski (Albert Einstein), Patrick Breen (Richard Feynman), Vlasta Vrana (Hans Bethe), George Popovich (Samuel Goudsmit), Lorne Brass (Klaus Fuchs), Michael Sinelnikoff (Lord Rutherford), Graham Haley (Haakon Chevalier), Fritz Buchinger (Dr. Vincent), Kliment Denchev (Michael Polanyi), Diana Fajrajsi (Ilse Polanyi), Timothy Webber (Colonel Lansdale), Harry Standjofski (Robert Wilson), Lia Sargent (Mrs. Wisnovsky), David Gow (Jack Wisnovsky), Isabelle Melias (Mrs. Trowbridge), Jonathan Wise (Robert Serber), George R. Robertson (Ed Condon), Dee McCafferty (Capt. Deak Parsons), Tom Butler (Captain DeSilva), Robert Morelli (T.O. Jones), John Baggaley (James Tuck), David Bolt (Harry Gold), David Perry (Army major), Heinar Piller (Fleischmann), Francois Klanfer (Haagen), Joel Miller (George Kistiakowsky), Michael J. Reynolds (Kenneth Bainbridge), Edward McGibbon (Adm. William D. Leahy), Nicholas Kilbertus (Capt. Paul Tibbets), Joseph Cazalet (Air Force general), Scott Thompson (Chemist), Bob Clout (Alfred MacCormack), Roland Hewgill (Army general), Stan Gibbons (John J. McCloy), Terrence Labrosse (Allan Dulles), Delise Alison (London pedestrian), Alex Guard (British junior officer), Philip Spensley (British senior officer), Frederick Neumann (Alexander Sachs), Norris Domingue (Gen. Pa Watson). 1418... The Day the Bubble Burst (NBC, 2/7/1982, 180 mins). Chronicling various personal stories surrounding the 1929 stock market crash, this adaptation of the bestseller by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts had a curious TV history. Originally announced in 1978 as a four-hour movie to be called “The Day America Died,” with a stellar cast of TV personalities, it ultimately went into production in mid-1980 in a less ambitious three-hour form and was scheduled to premiere on February 1, 1981, but it was withdrawn without notice on the eve of its showing. It subsequently aired one year later. Production Companies Tamara Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Mike Wise. Producer Martin Katz. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Based on a Book by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Jack Elliot. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Joseph R. Jennings. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Blanche Baker (Jolan Slezsak), Franklin Cover (Herbert Hoover), Richard Crenna (Jesse Livermore), Dana Elcar (Mr. Block), Robert Hays (Gregory Winslow), Audra Lindley (Evangeline Adams), Bill Macy (Goldberger), Rue McClanahan (Barbara Arvay), Caroline McWilliams (Dorothy Livermore), Donna Pescow (Gloria Block), Laurette Spang (Frances Pierce), David Ogden Stiers (William Crapo Durant), Robert Vaughn (Richard Whitney), David Clennon, Nicolas Coster, John Harkins, John Lehne, Ben Marley, John O’Leary, Ron Rifkin, Hunter Von Leer, Stephan Burns, Shane Butterworth, Diana Douglas, James Karen, Harry Northup, James Ray, Arthur Rosenberg, Fredd Wayne, Kent Williams, William Wintersole, James Bacon, Ellen Blake, Ivan Bonar, Christopher M. Brown, Don Caldwell, Don Calfa, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Dennison, Gary Dontzig, Michael Edwards, Sheldon Feldner, Tony Gaetano, Robert C. Garrison, Ben Gerard, Mary Gillis, Terry Green, Roberta Haze, Frank Holms, Eric D. Howell, Bill Hutton, Deborah Kelly, Paul Laurence, Peter Lempert, Terry Logan, Winnie McCarthy, Bill Martel, Geoff Millar, William Mims, Earl Montgomery, Jens Nowak, Nathan H. Roth, Ivan Saric, Marti Stevens, Douglas Stevenson, Ralph Strait, Henry Sutton, Jim Tartan, Torill, Nelson Welch, Jeff Williams, Ken Wright. 1419... The Day the Loving Stopped (ABC, 10/16/1981, 120 mins). Divorce as seen through the eyes of a young girl on the eve of her own marriage and her teenage sister, both overwhelmed by the separation of their once-loving parents. Dominique Dunne, as the older of the two girls, played one of her last roles in this film (she subsequently was murdered). Based on the 1980 book by Julie Autumn List. Production Company Monash-Zeitman Productions. Director Daniel Mann. Executive Producers Paul Monash, Jerome M. Zeitman. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Liz Coe. Based on a Book by Julie Autumn List. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Lee Holdridge. Editors Jack Gleason, Walter A Hannemann. Art Director Michael Levesque. Cast Dennis Weaver (Aaron Danner), Valerie Harper (Norma Danner), Dominique Dunne (Judy Danner), Sam Groom (Bryan Forma), James Canning (Danny Reynolds), Ally Sheedy (Debbie Danner), Francoise Noel (Young Judy), Stacey Glick (Young Debbie), Tasha Martel (Laura), Loraine Wallace (Diane Reynolds), Warren Stanhope (Ed Reynolds), Debbie Hines (Cathy), Kristen Curry (Nancy), Alexis Udinotti (Young Nancy). 1420... The Day the Women Got Even (NBC, 12/4/1980, 120 mins). Four suburban housewives, with a love for the theater, set out to foil an unscrupulous talent agent who has threatened to blackmail each of them. Jo Ann Pflug, Georgia Engel, Tina Louise and Barbara Rhoades, as the quartet, received equal star billing by having their names rotating in a circle. The original title for this was to have been “Every Wednesday,” and apparently it was meant to be a pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Otto Salamon Productions, PKO Television. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Paul Klein. Producer Otto Salamon. Teleplay Gloria Gonzalez, Jud Scott. Photography Brian West. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Evan Lottman. Art Director Edward Burbridge.

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Cast Jo Ann Pflug (Evelyn Michaels), Georgia Engel (Kathy Scott), Tina Louise (Martha Jo Alfieri), Barbara Rhoades (DeeDee Fields), Julie Hagerty (Lisa Harris), Rick Aviles (Pancho Diaz), Gerald Gordon (Marder), Vincent Cobb (Mark Fields), Andrew Duncan (Dr. Bill Scott), Thomas Keena (Tony Alfieri), Rex Robbins (Steve Michaels), Harry Madsen (Joey), Ed O’Neill (Ed), Harriet Hall (Marder receptionist), Charlie White (Father O’Shea), Ed Wheeler (Cop in limosine), Mitchell Greenberg (Groucho), Jerry Maltz (Chico), Stuart Chamo (Harpo), Sue Kennedy (DeeDee’s daughter), Elizabeth Ward (Kathy’s daughter), Laurence Holcomb (Mickey Fields), Justin Frieman (Evelyn’s son), Greer St John (Josie), Rolla Robertson (Jill Larson), James Galvin (Bank guard), Nancy Elizabeth Kammer (Nun), Kelly Doran (Girl in gym). 1421... Dead Man Out (HBO, 3/12/1989, 85 mins). Danny Glover is a prison psychiatrist and Ruben Blades the insane death row inmate he is urged to cure so the state can proceed with the execution in this gritty, confrontational Big House drama. There are echoes here of the Sidney Poitier-Bobby Darin behind bars battle of wits in the 1962 “Pressure Point.” Production Companies Granada Television, Citadel Entertainment. Director Richard Pearce. Executive Producers David R. Ginsburg, Robert Cooper. Co-Executive Producer Michael Cox. Producer Forrest Murray. Co-Producer Lorna Soroko. Teleplay Ron Hutchinson. Based on a Story by J D Maria, Lorna Soroko. Photography Michel Brault. Music Cliff Eidelman. Editor Mia Goldman. Production Designer Anne Pritchard. Cast Danny Glover (Dr. Alex Marsh), Ruben Blades (Ben), Tom Atkins (Warden), Larry Block (Kleinfeld), Samuel L. Jackson (Calvin Fredricks), Maria Ricossa (Prison doctor), Ali Giron (Chairwoman), Sam Stone (Guard Munroe), Val Ford (Security cage guard), Jon Cuthbert (Escort honcho #1), Harry Standjofski (Gun guard honcho #1), Eric Hoziel (Gate house guard), Minor Mustain (Extract team member #1), John Walsh (Extract team member #2), Michael Scherer (Extract team member #3). 1422... Dead Solid Perfect (HBO, 12/18/1988, 95 mins). Comedy-drama about love and life on the professional golf circuit (the title is the term given when the golfer’s ball is hit at a perfect angle). In this sometimes salty adaptation of Dan Jenkins’ 1974 novel, Randy Quaid is the touring golf pro, Kathryn Harrold is his independent-minded “golf widow” wife, and Jack Warden his colorful sponsor, a bigoted Texas loudmouth. Jenkins also cowrote the script with director Bobby Roth, and was executive producer along with Etan Merrick, the wife of Broadway producer David Merrick, whose production company was behind this project. Production Company HBO Pictures in association with David Merrick. Director Bobby Roth. Executive Producers Dan Jenkins, Etan Merrick. Producer Bill Badalato. Teleplay Dan Jenkins, Bobby Roth. Based on a Novel by Dan Jenkins. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Tangerine Dream. Musical Supervisor Dick Rudolph. Title Song Don Schlitz, Hugh McCracken. Song Performed by Billy Vera. Editor Petra von Oelffen. Production Designer Hilda Stark. Art Director Jon Gary Steele. Associate Producer Fred Baron. Cast Randy Quaid (Kenny Lee), Kathryn Harrold (Beverly Lee), Jack Warden (Hubert “Bad Hair” Wimberly), Corinne Bohrer (Janie Rimmer), Brett Cullen (Donny Smithern), Larry Riley (Spec Reynolds), DeLane Matthews (Katie Beth Smithern), Bibi Besch (Rita Wimberly), John M. Jackson (Grover Sconner), Billy Akin (Danny’s caddy), Linda Dona (Blonde), John Durbin (Man), Kate Finlayson (Writer), Banks Harper (Clare Buckley), Bob Harrison (Himself), Ron Hayes (Official), Peter Jacobsen (Himself), Dixie King-Wade (Nedra), Michael Laskin (Associate producer), Frank LiBay (Walter), Burr Middleton (First official), Lindy Miller (Himself), Don Morrow (Golf commentator), Richardson Morse (2nd official), Rob Nilsson (Writer #2), Mac O’Grady (Himself), Keith Olbermann (Golf commentator), Annie O’Neill (Vera), Dan Priest (Official), Kathleen Rodger (Shapely Adorable), R.J. Rudolph (Dr. Bernie Glotzer), Henry G. Sanders (TV director), Bill Smillie (Official), Ann Walker (Waitress). 1423... Deadline: Madrid (ABC, 9/1/1988, 120 mins). A foreign correspondent working on a famine relief story in an unnamed African country forms an alliance with her former lover, a Madrid-based photojournalist, to attempt to expose a bogus organization that delivers guns instead of food. Failed pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Universal Television. Director John Patterson. Executive Producer Karen Harris. Supervising Producer Kevin Donnelly. Producer Pamela de Maigret. Teleplay Karen Harris. Based on a Story by Karen Harris, Pamela de Maigret. Photography Alejandro Ulloa. Music Larry Carlton. Editors Jonthan Powell, John Heath. Production Designer Gil Parrondo. Executive Consultant Meta Rosenberg. Cast Brynn Thayer (Erin Wainright), Leigh Lawson (Robert Minelli), Joe Santos (Jake Gilbert), J. Kenneth Campbell (Paul Johnson), Valerie Wildman (Christine Martin), Paul McCrane (Doug), Wortham Krimmer (Gregg Rosen), Neva Patterson (Andy), Charles Cioffi (Ed Shaw), George Harris (Chief Bandu Banta), Marta DuBois (Carmen), Reggie Montgomery (Nigel), Miriam Colon (Pilar), Jorge Basso (Capt. Felipe Montero), Andrew Rubin (Jonathan Taylor), Peter Marinker (Jim), Steven Gilborn (Leon Sherman), Doug Stender (Donald Boorman), Marina Saura (Elena, Duchess of Villalonga), Elizabeth Hurley (Michele), Dennis Vaughan (Sir Hugh), Richard Walker (Luis), José Coronado (Henry), Isabel Prinz (Flight attendant), Emilio Lindner (Portuguese officer), Madad (Jahmal). 1424... A Deadly Business (CBS, 3/4/1986, 120 mins). Alan Arkin portrays the real-life Harold Kaufman, a small time ex-con trying to go straight, who becomes an FBI informant after obtaining work as a gofer and bagman for a suave gangster (played by Armand Assante), a kingpin in the New Jersey waste-hauling business who has discovered bigger profits illegally dumping chemicals. Filmed on location in New Jersey and in Toronto, Canada, this toxic waste drama was to become, in a quirk of programming, the second allied movie on the subject to premiere in three nights.

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Production Companies Thebaut-Frey Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Jim Thebaut. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Al Ramrus. Photography David Herrington. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Jim Oliver. Art Director Roy Forge Smith. Cast Alan Arkin (Harold Kaufman), Armand Assante (Charles Macaluso), Jon Polito (Vitola), Raymond Serra (DiNardi), George Morfogen (Sordino), Michael Learned (Ann Behrens), James Rebhorn (Corbett), John Seitz (Coglin), Marc Gomes (Rand), Stephen Pearlman (Martin Prager), Dave Nichols (Mayor Thompson), Doug Lennox (Bristol), Marcia Diamond (Mrs. Prager), Marilyn Boyle (Supervisor), Bernard Behrens (Purchasing agent), Marvin Goldhar (1st detective), Tim Henry (2nd detective), Peter Colvey (Cop), Damir Andrei (Head marshal), Mario DeVano (1st driver), John Cuff (2nd driver), Ricardo Keens Douglas (3rd driver), Samantha Langevin (Patient), Peter Dvorsky (Doctor), Paul Dorsey (Helper), Cheryl Wilson (1st girl), Suzanne Cyr (2nd girl), Jayne Heeley (3rd girl), Rex Hagon (Television reporter), Cec Linder (Carmine Franco), David Clement (Frank Longo), Gerry Pearson (Bill Powers), Billy Van (Joe Garland), Michael Tait (2nd executive), Dick Grant (Saxe), Nerene Virgin (Reporter), Michael Copeman (Giradelli), Mario Di Lorio (Mafia soldier), Richard Blackburn (Politician), Bob Clout (1st executive), Scott Robbins (1st reporter), Barry Flatman (2nd reporter). 1425... Deadly Care (CBS, 3/22/1987, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about a dedicated critical care nurse (played by Cheryl Ladd) who descends into drug and alcohol abuse which she hides from her colleagues, and finds that her addiction follows her from job to job. Original title: “One Way Out” Production Company Universal Television. Director David Anspaugh. Executive Producers Wendy Riche, Paula Rudnick, Jon Epstein. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography James Crabe. Music Tangerine Dream. Editor Jane Schwartz Jaffe. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Anne Halloran), Jason Miller (Dr. Miles Keefer), Jennifer Salt (Carol Arbiter), Belinda Balaski (Terry), Joe Dorsey (Kevin Halloran), Richard Evans (Jim), Silvana Gallardo (Blanca Orella), Ann Hearn (Suze), Peggy McCay (Dorothy Halloran), Terrence McNally (Frank Halloran), Chris Mulkey (Richard Halloran), Laurie O’Brien (Gloria), Willard Pugh (Eddie), John Hammond (Larry), Arthur Taxier (Dr. Davidson), Patricia Huston (Marsha Foland), John Christy Ewing (Dr. Lloyd Lucas), John Howard Swain (Justin), Patricia J Wilson (Ethel), Ron Recasner (Dr. Mallory), Judy Jean Berns (Airport clerk), Micole Mercurio (Greta), Gerry Gibson (Father O’Brien), Patrick Campbell (Mr. Skinner), Noel DeSouza (Dr. Wasanta), Troy Melton (Mr. Duffy), Beth Grant (Madge), Frank Biro (Mr. Carafelli), Phyllis Flax (Mrs. Reardon), Troy Evans (Dr. Derwin), Scott Richard Ehredt (Dr. Jackson), S A Griffin (The stranger), Daryl Wood (Woman in elevator), Paddi Edwards (Mrs. Kellerman), Suzanne Schmitt (Stewardess). 1426... Deadly Deception (CBS, 3/8/1987, 120 mins). Drama about a young widowed father (played by Matt Salinger, actor son of reclusive writer J.D. Salinger) who searches desperately for his infant son after his depressed wife’s apparent suicide, despite the misgiving of his family, friends and police who believe the child is dead. Veteran actress Mildred Natwick makes a special guest appearance in one scene as a creepy old lady with a secret; it was one of her final roles. Shot in Vancouver, the film initially was titled “Shattered Dreams.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Teleplay Gordon Cotler. Photography Frank Watts. Music Duane Tatro. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Graeme Murray. Associate Producer Larry Rapaport. Cast Matt Salinger (Jack Shoat), Lisa Eilbacher (Anne Ross), Bonnie Bartlett (Marge Shoat), James Noble (Ed Shoat), Christopher Allport (Lt. Otis McMasters), Robert Harper (Dale Garrett), Joseph Kell (Teddy Shoat), Mildred Natwick (Sarah Cleason), Ethan Phillips (Coroner), Phyllis St. James (Dr. Anderson), Annie Kidder (Kate Garrett), Janet Wright (Desk clerk), Jackson Davies (Officer Poole), Terence Kelly (Bank officer), Dale Wilson (Granger), Antony Holland (Dr. Barker), Angela Gann (May Colman), Betty Phillips (Martha), Linda Marr (Helen), Colleen Winton (Dana), Roger Allford (Sen. Victor Balt), Don S. Davis (Coroner’s assistant), William B. Davis (Lawyer), Matthew Todd (Bo), Garry Chalk (Search team leader). 1427... Deadly Encounter (CBS, 12/18/1982, 120 mins). An ex-combat chopper pilot, now running his own helicopter service in Mexico, runs into an old flame on the lam from a rackets kingpin who wants the little black book her recently murdered husband gave her for safe-keeping. Nonstop action highlights this tale of high adventure, originally called “American Eagle.” Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director William A Graham. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producers Paul Cameron, Robert Boris. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn, Robert Boris. Based on a Story by David J. Kinghorn. Photography Frank Holgate. Music Fred Karlin, Michael Hoenig. Editors Aaron Stell, Michael A. Luciano. Art Director Jack Marty. Fixed Wing Stunt Coordinator Art Scholl. Cast Larry Hagman (Sam Hooten), Susan Anspach (Chris Butler), James Gammon (Frank Kitchens), Michael C. Gwynne (John Servasco), José Chavez (Station attendant), Jack Dunlap (Mickey), John Graham (Sagebrush man), Arnold Jeffers (Paul), Hank Kendrick (Servasco’s aide), Roger LaRue (Tall officer), Glenn Miller (Pocotello Pete), Tim O’Connor (Mechanic), Janet Rasak (Waitress), Gregorio Sanchez Sr. (Doctor), Gregorio Sanchez Jr. (Doctor), Daryl Bennett (Stunt pilot), Chuck Wentworth (Stunt pilot), Lee Meyers (Stunt pilot), Ross Reynolds (Stunt pilot), James Gavin (Stunt pilot), Lawrence Patrick Kirsch (Stunt pilot).

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1428... Deadly Intentions (ABC, 5/19/1985 and 5/20/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Based-on-fact drama, adapted from the 1982 book which prosecutor William Randolph Stevens compiled from court records and investigative reports, about a woman who uncovers the fact that her seemingly perfect husband is a dangerous psychopath plotting to kill her. Production Company Green-Epstein Productions. Director Noel Black. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Supervising Producer Milton Sperling. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Based on a Book by William Randolph Stevens. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Georges Delerue. Editors Robert F. Shugrue, David Blangsted. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producers James Veres, Henry J. Golas. Cast Michael Biehn (Charles Raynor), Madolyn Smith (Katherine Raynor), Morgana King (Anna Livanos), Jack Kruschen (Alex Livanos), Kevin McCarthy (Reichman), Cliff DeYoung (Garner), Cloris Leachman (Charlotte Raynor), Susan Wheeler Duff (Carol Durdin), Edward Edwards (Tom Horner), Bruce French (Dr. Reston), Arthur Rosenberg (Sam Walton), Kimberly Beck (Sally Raynor), Matthew Faison (Judge), Robert Clarke (Pharmacist), Joella Deffenbaugh (Station nurse), Dennis Haskins (Airline attendant), Liis Kailey (Ellen Horner), Joel Lawrence (Attendant), Jody Lee Olhava (Adminstrative nurse), Leslie Vallen (Hostess), Father George J. Venetos (Priest), Sagan Levis (Barbara), Michael Mancini (Grotz), Lloyd Alan (Frank Tils), Victor Brandt (Valenzuela), Starletta DuPois (Security lady), Jamie McEnnan (Little Alex), Barney McFadden (Peter Voss), Michael Laurence (Detective Riley), Nick Angotti (Marshal), Maxine Arnold (Administrator), Donald Bishop (Masling), Byron Clark (Doctor), Cameron Clarke (Desk clerk), Thomas Albert Clay (Bailiff), Michael Currie (Dr. Lawrence), Marty Dudek (Ticket clerk), Bob Larkin (Harry Gelles), Margery Nelson (Reporter), David Selburg (Jury foreman), Jeremy Sunderland, Mark Thomas, James O’Doherty, Justine Viscene, Bert Williams, James Veres. 1429... Deadly Lessons (ABC, 3/7/1983, 120 mins). An exclusive prep school for girls, under headmistress Donna Reed (in an infrequent acting appearance), is terrorized by a crazed killer who is systematically murdering the students one by one. Production Company Leonard Goldberg Company. Director William Wiard. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Supervising Producer Deborah Aal. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Jennifer Miller. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music Ian Freebairn-Smith. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast Donna Reed (Miss Wade), Larry Wilcox (Det. Russ Kemper), Diane Franklin (Stefanie Aggiston), Deena Freeman (Lauren Peele), Renée Jones (Cally), Vicki Kriegler (Shama), Sally Klein (Althea Baxter), Ally Sheedy (Marita Armstrong), Krista Errickson (Tember), Nancy Cartwright (Libby Dean), David Ackroyd (John Ferrar), Bill Paxton (Eddie Fox), Ellen Geer (Mrs. Grant), Ray Girardin (Maitland), Jack Garner (Joe), Donald Hotton (Robert Hartigan), Ruth Silveira (Mrs. Hunt), Rick Rossovich (Craig), Robin Gammell (Morgan Rank). 1430... Deadly Messages (ABC, 2/21/1985, 120 mins). Would-be thriller involving a woman on the run from a vicious killer, her skeptical live-in lover, a spooky motel owner and an antique Ouija board conveying messages from the spirit world. Brad Fiedel’s eerie music is as much a star of this one as any of the actors literally running around for about 100 minutes. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Jack Bender. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay William Bleich. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Jim Benson. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Purcell. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Kathleen Beller (Laura Daniels), Michael Brandon (Michael Krasnick), Dennis Franz (Det. Max Lucas), Scott Paulin (Roger Kelton), Elizabeth Huddle (Nurse Irma Crenshaw), Charles Tyner (George Clark), Raye Birk (Harding), Kurtwood Smith (Lieutenant Burton), Kit McDonough (Book clerk), Sherri Stoner (Cindy Matthews), Joseph G. Medalis (Kenneth Blatt), Mare Silver (Security Clerk), Barbara Collentine (Loretta Clark), Dennis Redfield (Dick Pizza), Michael Cassidy (Mark Banning), Michael Miller (Pawnbroker), Wally Dalton (Fire Chief Jack Brandt), Rion Hunter (Lester), Patricia Gaul (Madge), Terry Wills (Hal), Troy Evans (Jessup), Rod Gist (Sergeant Murray), Erwin Fuller (Harry), Doris Singleton (Marge), Janet Raney (Woman on escalator), Henry G. Sanders (Gym attendant), Edgy Lee (Nurse), Pattie Pierce (Video dating receptionist), Bill DeLand (Man in Video dating service), Teresa Ligier (Woman in Video dating service), Ted Haler (Patrolman), Tim Wade (Man in knife store), Cynthia-Gail Wilson (Woman in knife store), J. Stephen Burton (Fireman). 1431... A Deadly Silence (ABC, 4/16/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about a desperate Long Island teenager who hired a schoolmate to murder her father, with whom she claimed to have been trapped for years in an incestuous relationship. Charles Haid and Bruce Weitz, cop colleagues in “Hill Street Blues,” here play the abusive dad and the chief detective on the case. Based of Dena Kleiman’s 1988 true crime book “A Deadly Silence: The Ordeal of Cheryl Pierson, A Case of Incest and Murder.” Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director John Patterson. Executive Producers Robert Greenwald, Jennifer Miller. Producers Philip K. Kleinbart, Paul Lussier. Co-Producer Robert Florio. Teleplay Jennifer Miller. Based on a Book by Dena Kleiman. Photography Steven Shaw. Editor Robert Florio. Music Richard Gibbs. Production Designer Richard Reynolds. Associate Producer Scott U. Adam. Consultant Dena Kleiman. Cast Mike Farrell (Paul Gianelli), Bruce Weitz (Det. James McReady), Charles Haid (James Pierson), Richard Portnow (DA Ed Jablonski), Wally Ward (Jimmy Pierson), Heather Fairfield (Cheryl Pierson), Sally Struthers (Marilyn Adams), Juliet Sorcey (Joann Pierson), Philip Linton (Sean Pica), Susan Barnes (Alberta Kosser), David Schwimmer (Rob Cuccio), Donna Mitchell (Cathleen Pierson), Jeff Corey (Judge Harvey Sherman), Irene Tedrow (Virginia Pierson), Lee Wilkof (Sean’s defense attorney), Grace Zabriskie (Cheryl’s therapist), David Byron (Young detective), Nat Bernstein (Joann’s psychologist), Sonia Curtis (Diana), Patricia Gaul (Mrs. Pica), James David Hinton (William Everett), Thomas Oglesby (Mike Kosser), Raymond Lynch (Mr.

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Pica), Alan Toy (Sean’s psychologist), Janet Claire Sherkow (Probation officer), Milton Murrill (Supreme Court clerk), Maria Melendez (TV reporter), Kyra Stempel, Dan Leegant, Buckley Norris, Pierrette Grace, Matthew Walker. 1432... A Death in California (ABC, 5/12/1985 and 5/13/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A Beverly Hills socialite embarks on a love/hate relationship with the psychopath who had murdered her fiancé and then raped and terrorized her, eventually becoming involved in a bizarre trial. Joan Barthel’s 1981 book, from which this two-part four-hour film evolved, was based on a notorious 1970s California case. Veteran actress Alexis Smith made her TV-movie debut here as Cheryl Ladd’s wealthy mother, and among those receiving Emmy Award nominations for their work were cinematographer Joseph Biroc, art director Hub Braden and set decorator Don Remackle. Production Companies Mace Neufeld Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers Malcolm Stuart, Mace Neufeld. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Based on a Book by Joan Barthel. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music John Cacavas. Editors James Galloway, Lori Jane Coleman. Art Director Hub Braden. Associate Producer Randy T. Siegel. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Hope Masters), Sam Elliott (D. Jordan Williams), Alexis Smith (Honey Niven), Fritz Weaver (Van Niven), John Ashton (Det. Bob Swalwell), Barry Corbin (Asst. DA Jim Heusdens), Jim Haynie (Dob Fowler), Kerrie Keane (Shannon Foley), George Wyner (Joe Haley), Granville Van Dusen (Richard Morgan), William Lucking (Dan Ward), Joel Polis (Tom Breslin), Chad Allen (Glenn), Michael Cavanaugh (Gene Brooks), Tom Fuccello (Tony Matteo), Jennie Gassmann (Nancy Ellen), Joshua Harris (Tommy), Michael Laskin (Bart Finch), Peter Fox (Craig Masters), Kenneth Tigar (Raymond), Richard Bull (Judge Leonard Ginsburg), John Carter (Green), Bruce Gray (Powell), Bob Larkin (Franklin), John McLiam (Judge Carter), Liam Sullivan (Ned Nelson), George D. Wallace (Judge Roy Ballantyne), Don Dubbins (Reverend Pruitt), Rance Howard (Ralph Lee), Dick McGarvin (Clete Baker), Lydia Nicole-Comissiong (Delores), Robert Broyles (Bradley Taylor), Janice Heiden (Brunette), Jack Rader (Watch Commander), Martin West (Dr. Queensberry), Anne Betancourt (Court translator), Mary Betten (Carter court clerk), D. Wesley Stevens (Juror). 1433... Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (NBC, 11/1/1981, 120 mins). Beating out Bob Fosse’s “Star 80” by nearly two years, this version of the tragic story of Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, the starry-eyed Canadian teenager who went to Hollywood seeking stardom, gave Jamie Lee Curtis her first TV starring role and Bruce Weitz (Belker on “Hill Street Blues”) his, as seedy promoter Paul Snider, who promised the girl a career both as a star and as his wife. Mitchell Ryan is Hugh Hefner and Robert Reed a fictional director named David Palmer (loosely based on Peter Bogdanovich). Production Companies Wilcox Productions, MGM Television. Director Gabrielle Beaumont. Executive Producer Larry Wilcox. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Donald L. Stewart. Photography Emil Oster. Music Roger Webb. Editor Morton Tubor. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Associate Producer Timothy King. Cast Jamie Lee Curtis (Dorothy Stratten), Bruce Weitz (Paul Snider), Robert Reed (David Palmer), Mitchell Ryan (Hugh Hefner), Tracy Reed (Mindy Ames), Bibi Besch (Aunt Hilda Flushing), Mark Withers (Billy Compton), Hugh Gillin (Max Halloran), Gloria Gifford (Jean Wiles), Karlene Crockett (Anna), Steven Hirsch (Sherm), Luca Bercovici (Pooch), Jim Boeke (Lymon), Linda Brooks (1st model), Kale Browne (Sidney Parker), Robert Burgos (Photographer), Robert Clotworthy (Floyd), Monica Furness (Joanne Flushing), Nate Esformes (Barney), Rick Grassl (Waiter), Hanna Hertelendy (Helen), Twyla Littleton (Twyla), Belinda Mayne (2nd girl at Mansion), Ferdy Mayne (Lomax), Adam Mills (Photographer’s assistant), Candi Beth Moore (3rd model), Candi Beteill (Secretary), Joey Pinto (1st gay), Vickie Reigle (3rd girl at Mansion), Joe Restivo (Artie), Rodney Saulsberry (Reggie), Fred Smith (Bartender), Cameron Young (Attendant). 1434... Death of a Salesman (CBS, 9/15/1985, 180 mins). Among the 10 Emmy Award nominations for this widely heralded three-hour film version of the 1984 revival of Arthur Miller’s play were one as Outstanding Drama and one for Dustin Hoffman’s recreation of Willy Loman that he had done on stage (and for which, to the dismay of the theater community, he had failed to get even a nomination at Tony Award time). John Malkovich won the Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor, and Charles Durning (stepping in for David Huddleston, who had been in the Broadway version but had a prior commitment to star in a movie about Santa Claus when “Death of a Salesman” went into production) was nominated. Another Emmy nomination went to Volker Schlondorff (best known in this country for “The Tin Drum,” the Oscar-winning German film), who was recruited by Miller and executive producer Hoffman to direct this adaptation which was shot at the Kaufman Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York. Veteran film composer Alex North (also nominated) wrote the incidental music for this version--as he had done for the original 1949 Broadway production with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock, the 1951 film version with Fredric March and Dunnock, and the 1984 revival. An earlier television staging (in 1955) starred Cobb and Dunnock repeating their stage roles, with James Farentino and George Segal as sons Happy and Biff. Other Emmy Award nominations: production designer Tony Walton (and art direction John Kasarda and set decorator Robert J. Franco), costume designer Ruth Morley, film editor David Ray and sound mixer Tom Fleischman. Production Company A Roxbury and Punch Production. Director Volker Schlondoff. Executive Producers Dustin Hoffman, Arthur Miller. Producer Robert F. Colesberry. Teleplay Arthur Miller. Based on the Play by Arthur Miller. Photography Michael Ballhaus. Music Alex North. Editor David Ray. Production Designer Tony Walton. Art Director John Kasarda. Associate Producers Michael Nozik, Nellie Nugiel.

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Cast Dustin Hoffman (Willy Loman), Kate Reid (Linda Loman), John Malkovich (Biff), Stephen Lang (Happy), Charles Durning (Charley), Louis Zorich (Ben), David Chandler (Bernard), Kathryn Rossetter (Woman from Boston), Jon Polito (Howard), Anne McIntosh (Jenny), Tom Signorelli (Stanley), Linda Kozlowski (Miss Forsythe), Karen Needle (Letta), Michael Quinlan (Waiter). 1435... Death Penalty (NBC, 1/22/1980, 120 mins). Strong-willed psychologist Colleen Dewhurst tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang (David Labiosa, in his TV debut) who has been found guilty of the murder of two other teenagers in a playground rumble. Production Companies Brockway Productions, NBC Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay Edward Adler. Photography Tony Imi. Editor Craig McKay. Art Director W. Oren Parker. Associate Producers Stephen A Rotter, Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Colleen Dewhurst (Elaine Lipton), Dana Elcar (John Mulligan), Joe Morton (William Terry), David Labiosa (Carlos Rivera), Ted Ross (Woody), Dan Hedaya (Det. Ralph Corso), Marcelino Sanchez (Paco Sanchez), Sarah Natoli (Francine Rosario), Paul McCrane (Joey Rodick), James Baffico (Captain Leibowitz), Alba Oms (Maria Lopez), Frank Robles (Luiz Lopez), Thomas Hill (Trial Judge), David Harris (Claudell), E Brian Dean (Keller), Clayton Hill (Bailiff), Hugh Rose (Jury foreman), Marty Chill (Cop). 1436... Death Ray 2000 (NBC, 3/5/1981, 120 mins). The belatedly shown pilot to the short-lived Robert Conrad series, “A Man Called Sloane” (1979-80), has Robert Logan in the role Conrad played, a flamboyant secret agent from UNIT, a secret counterespionage group, teamed here with lady spy Ann Turkel to retrieve a stolen device capable of destroying the world from the clutches of sinister munitions magnate and guest star Clive Revill. One of the bad guys in this film, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, as Torque, a burly giant with a mechanical steel hand, who is killed off in this pilot, unaccountably was brought back to life for the series as T. R. Sloane’s deadly sidekick. Dan O’Herlihy, as The Director, also was in both the film and the series. Production Companies Quinn Martin Productions, Woodruff Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Philip Saltzman. Producer Cliff Gould. Teleplay Cliff Gould. Photography Bill Butler. Music John Elizalde. Editors Jim Gross, Donald Haskinson. Art Directors George B. Chan, Norman R. Newberry. Cast Robert Logan (T.R. Sloane), Dan O’Herlihy (The Director), Penelope Windust (Emma Blessing), Ann Turkel (Sabina Dorffman), Maggie Cooper (Chrissy Randall), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Torque), Paul Mantee (James DiGiorgio), Fred Sadoff (Armand Duke), Clive Revill (Erik Clawson), Diana Webster (Mother Superior), Michele Carey (Effie), Peter Nyberg (August Inmann), Fiona Gordon (Sister Trilby), Tonyo Melendez (Cuban officer), Michael Yama (Photographer), Richard Lineback (Army enlisted man), Yuliis Ruval (Ilse Lander), Ava Lazar, James Chandler, Roger Til, Paula Jones, Connie Garrison, William Meigs, Stephen Coit, David Brandon. 1437... Deceptions (NBC, 5/27/1985 and 5/28/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Twin sisters--one a European jetsetter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife--impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, with unforeseen results. Stefanie Powers, in both roles, had an actress’s field day in the film adaptation of the romantic drama by Judith Michael, a pseudonym for the husband and wife writing team of Judith Barnard and Michael Fain. Ironically, the night following this two-part, four-hour movie, another film about twins (with Judd Hirsch in two roles) was broadcast. “Deceptions” was filmed on location in England and Italy. Production Companies Louis Rudolph Films, Columbia Pictures Television. Directors Robert Chenault, Melville Shavelson. Executive Producer Louis Rudolph. Producer William Hill. Teleplay Melville Shavelson. Based on the Novel by Judith Michael. Photography Ernest Day, Jack Atcheler. Music Nigel Hess. Editors Bill Blunden, Brian Smedley-Aston, Alan Pattillo. Production Designer John Blezard. Associate Producer Nick Gillott. Cast Stefanie Powers (Sabrina Longworth/Stephanie Richards), Barry Bostwick (Grant Richards), Jeremy Brett (Bryan Foxworth), James Faulkner (Richard Blackwell), Sam Wanamaker (Jim Nolan), Fabio Testi (Carlo Ferraro), John Woodvine (Chief Inspector), Joan Sims (Mrs. Thirkell), Fairuza Balk (Penny Richards), Brenda Vaccaro (Helen Adams), Gina Lollobrigida (Princess Alexandra), Jeremy Miller (Mark Richards), Christopher Rozycki (Dmitri Skelnikoff), Peter Woodward, Hugh Millais, Judy Parfitt, Tracey Childs, Garfield Morgan, John Normington, Libby Morris, Thomasine Heiner, John Horsley, Alison Doody, Douglas Wiles. 1438... Deep Dark Secrets (NBC, 10/26/1987, 120 mins). Murky mystery in which a naive young woman (Melody Anderson) discovers unsettling things about her overprotective husband (James Brolin) after he disappears and is presumed dead, and soon finds that she’s married a stranger. Original title: “Intimate Betrayal” Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, Fries Entertainment. Director Robert Lewis. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Teleplay Nancy Sackett. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Charles Fox. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Associate Producer Brenda Friend. Cast James Brolin (Michael Wakefield), Melody Anderson (Julianne Wakefield), Pamela Bellwood (Anna), Morgan Stevens (Paul), Joe Spano (Eric Lloyd), Merrilyn Gann (Susan), Michele Goodger (Katherine), Don Granbury (Tom), Roman Podhora (Albert), Ric Reid (Tony), Susan Walden (Barbara), Mona Abliad, Drew Borland, Beverly Elliott, Jill Diane Filion, Lee Jeffery, Campbell Lane, Marcel Maillard, Walter Marsh, Dana Still, Hilary Strange, John Tierney.

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1439... The Defiant Ones (ABC, 1/5/1986, 120 mins). In this nearly scene-for-scene remake of Stanley Kramer’s 1958 film classic, Robert Urich and Carl Weathers are in the original Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier roles, as a pair of escaping chain gang convicts who, in their flight for freedom, find that they must overcome their mutual hatred to survive. Originally scheduled to premiere in late October of 1985, it fell victim to the World Series and went back on the shelf for another two months or so. Production Companies Stormy Weathers Productions, Urich Productions Inc. Director David Lowell Rich. Supervising Producer David Lowell Rich. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Co-Producers Robert Urich, Carl Weathers. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Based on the Screenplay by Harold Smith, Nathan E Douglas. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Steve Dorff. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Beala Neel. Cast Robert Urich (Johnny “Joker” Johnson), Carl Weathers (Cullen Monroe), Barry Corbin (Floyd Carpenter), Ed Lauter (Sheriff LeRoy), Laurie O’Brien (Pauline), Thalmus Rasulala (Deputy Fred), William Sanderson (Mason), Ritch Brinkley (Lonny), Ebbe Roe Smith (Deputy Miller), Wil Wheaton (Clyde), Charles Bartlett (Jeffcoat), Richard Fullerton (1st guard), Gregg Norberg (Lieutenant), Bob L. Harris (Driver), Charles Bazalova (2nd guard), Dan Levoff (3rd deputy), John Shearin (Sergeant Randall), Monty Cox (Dog Man), Bill Couch (Fisherman). 1440... The Deliberate Stranger (NBC, 5/4/1986 and 5/6/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The story of Ted Bundy, a charismatic law student convicted and sentenced to death for three murders in Florida and a suspect in the killing of at least 25 women in six states, “The Deliberate Stranger” provided Mark Harmon with a flashy starring role--and he made the most of it over the nearly four hours it took to play out his drama. Bundy himself was still on death row in Florida when the movie premiered and had been scheduled to die during that very week, but received another stay of execution (he ultimately was put to death in 1989). Based on Richard W. Larsen’s 1980 book: “Bundy: The Deliberate Stranger.” Production Companies Stuart-Phoenix Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Malcolm Stuart. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Teleplay Hesper Anderson. Based on a Book by Richard W. Larsen. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Gil Melle. Editors Lori Jane Coleman, Howard Kunin, Ronald LaVine. Art Director David M. Haber. Cast Mark Harmon (Ted Bundy), Frederic Forrest (Det. Bob Keppel), George Grizzard (Richard Larsen), Ben Masters (Det. Mike Fisher), Glynnis O’Connor (Cas Richter), M. Emmet Walsh (Capt. Sam Davies), John Ashton (Det. Roger Dunn), Bonnie Bartlett (Louise Bundy), Billy Green Bush (Officer Bradley [Provo detective]), Frederick Coffin (Jerry Thompson), Deborah Goodrich (Martha Chambers), Lawrence Pressman (Ken Wolverton), Macon McCalman (Larsen’s editor), Jeannetta Arnette (Barbara Roth), William Boyett (Aspen detective), Joshua Bryant (Prosecutor), Cecile Callan (Bobbie Hoffman), Steve Eastin (Agronsky), Terry Farrell (Katie Hargreaves), Timothy Gibbs (John), Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Richter), Maggie Roswell (Det. Kathy McChesney), Ann Ryerson (Mrs. Hargreaves), Starr Andreeff (Jane Maxwell), Molly Fontaine (Joann Baker), Emily Longstreth (Susan Delgato), Elaine Wilkes (Lisa Rutledge), Rita Zohar (Eleanor Rose), Kimberly Alexander, Maia Brewton, Dan Chambers, Tom Dahlgren, Rad Daly, Frank Hamilton, Chip Heller, Rick Lieberman, Fred Lerner, Dick McGarvin, Julie Philips, Jack Rader, Nancey Silvers, Sherri Stoner, Joe Unger, Peter Vogt, Kevin Wixted, Lee Brooks, Eunice Christopher, Willie Garson, Laura Kamins, G.R. Smith, Scott Stanley, Jill Andre, Conrad Bachmann, Robert Balderson, Roger Hampton, Will Jeffries, Michael Laurence, Tom McFadden, Nancy Warren, Robert Kanner, Pam Linder, Gregory Mortensen, Leilani Sarelle, Mary Ethel Gregory, Eric Hart, Greg Stuart, Gary Hughes, Nancy Borgenicht. 1441... The Demon Murder Case (NBC, 3/6/1983, 120 mins). Demonologist Andy Griffith, psychic Cloris Leachman and priest Eddie Albert join forces to exorcise a possessed youngster, Charlie Fields, after his sister’s boyfriend (Kevin Bacon) commits murder while similarly under demonic possession. Harvey Fierstein (of “Torch Song Trilogy”) provides the devil’s voice. Filmed entirely on location in Newport, Rhode Island, this fictional drama was to have been called “The Rhode Island Murders.” Production Company dick clark productions. Director William Hale. Executive Producers Dick Clark, Preston Fischer. Supervising Producers Ira Marvin, Joseph P. Kane. Producer Len Steckler. Teleplay William Kelley. Photography John Lindley. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Production Designer Marc Donnenfeld. Cast Kevin Bacon (Kenny Miller), Liane Langland (Nancy Frazier), Cloris Leachman (Joan Greenway), Eddie Albert (Father Dietrich), Ken Kercheval (Richard Clarion), Richard Masur (Anthony Marino), Beverlee McKinsey (Charlotte Harris), Joyce Van Patten (Connie Frazier), Andy Griffith (Guy Harris), Charlie Fields (Brian Frazier), Jack Davidson (Judge Lawrence Hughes), Benjamin Hendrickson (Father Carelli), Frank Hamilton (Father Thomas Eagon), Brian Lima (Gary Frazier Jr.), Armen Garo (Father Lombino), Duncan Inches (Father De Linni), Erika Kruse (Ann-Marie Quinn), Tom Ligon (Phillip Russo), Becca Lish (Trisha Miller), David Kennett (Off. Fred Byers), Tom Dorff (Chief Bill Nielson), Peter Gerety (Andrew Brooks), Tom Griffin (Sgt. Roy Newton), William Begley (Peter Kerner), Harvey Fierstein (Voice of Demon), Richard Ferrone, Melanie Jones, Barbara Orson, Stephanie Haas, Al Conti, James Doerr. 1442... Dempsey (CBS, 9/28/1983, 180 mins). Treat Williams made his dramatic television debut as boxing great Jack Dempsey in this three-hour film covering his career, his first two marriages, his trial for draft evasion in World War I, his lifelong friendship with Damon Runyon and other celebrities, and his ring achievements. Sally Kellerman is Maxine Cates, his first wife, a jaded saloon singer 10 years his senior; Victoria Tennant (her first role after “The Winds of War”) is silent screen actress Estelle Taylor, who became the second Mrs. Dempsey; and Sam Waterston is Doc Kearns, who discovered the young Dempsey and managed his career to the heavyweight championship. Emmy Award nominations went to the costume designers and hairstylist.

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Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Edward DiLorenzo. Based on the Biography by Jack Dempsey with Barbara Piattelli. Photography Ric Waite. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Paul Peters. Cast Treat Williams (Jack Dempsey), Sam Waterston (Doc Kearns), Sally Kellerman (Maxine Cates), Victoria Tennant (Estelle Taylor), Peter Mark Richman (Tex Rickard), Jesse Vint (Bernie Dempsey), Robert Harper (Damon Runyon), John McLiam (Hyrum Dempsey), Bonnie Bartlett (Celia Dempsey), James Noble (Gavin McNab), John Lehne (Gene Normile), Cliff Emmich (Otto), Michael McManus (Babe Ruth), Mark L. Taylor (Price), Robert Darnell (John Reisler), Richard Karron (Morgan), Walker Edmiston (Announcer), Jack O’Leary (Jerry the Greek), Thomas Bellin (Howard Dillard), Michael Fox (Judge Dooling), Richard Winters (Trent), Terence McGovern (Benson), Glenn Robards (Barbour), Lana Schwab (Woman at fight), Galen Thompson (Eddie), Ron Cummins (Fan), Madison Arnold (Man at bar), Ray Galvin (Bartender), John McKee (Actor), Rebecca White (Elsie), S. John Launer (Speaker), Al Silvani (Bronson), Beata Jachulski (Flashy lady), Jimmy Nickerson (Gene Tunney), Clay Hodges (Jess Willard), Eli Cummins (Luis Firpo), Jimmy Lennon (Humphreys), Wally Rose (Ollie Pecord), Bill Caplan (Ring announcer), Larry Rozabilla (1st referee), Walter La Rue (2nd referee), Marty Denkin (Dave Barry). 1443... Dennis the Menace: The Live-Action Movie (Syndicated, 9/26/1987, 120 mins). Cartoonist Hank Ketchum’s mischievous six-year-old is resurrected as a live-action imp, stepping out of the comics for the generation that might have missed Jay North’s Dennis Mitchell in the hit CBS series (1959-63) and his bedevilment of Mr. Wilson, his next-door-neighbor (first Joseph Kerns, then Gale Gordon). This live-action version was syndicated by the same producers also responsible for the Saturday morning animated series that aired on CBS from January to August 1988. (A second cartoon series, “The New Dennis the Menace,” was telecast during the 1993-94 season.) Production Companies DIC Enterprises Production, Coca-Cola Telecommunications Inc. Director Doug Rogers. Executive Producer Andy Heyward. Producer Philip D. Fehrle. Teleplay K.C. Dee, Jack Mendelsohn. Based on a Story by Bruce Kalish, David Garber, K.C. Dee. Creative Consultant Hank Ketchum. Photography Arledge Armenaki. Music Randy Edelman. Editor M. Edward Salier. Production Designer Beala Neel. Cast William Windom (George Wilson), Jim Jansen (Henry Mitchell), Patricia Estrin (Alice Mitchell), Patsy Garrett (Martha Wilson), Zachary Bostrom (PeeBee), Jarrett Lennon (Joey), Molly Morgan (Gina), Kristan Price (Margaret), Barton Tinapp (Dr. Barclay Bo Schyller III), Victor DiMattia (Dennis Mitchell), Gene Knight (Gene), Jessica Drake (Jessie), Karen Hartman (Karen), Lynda Beattie (Linda), O.J. the Dog (Ruff), John Alvin (Mr. Bonfigli), Robert Clotworthy (Tom), Wanda Westcott (Cory), Kenny Rhodes (Bus driver), Greg A Beltz (Angry tourist), Susan Mackin (Meta Flannagan), Robin Alexander (Phil Sanchez), John Paul Gamoke (Tourist), Teri D. LaPorte (Tourist), Roger Nolan (Museum guard). 1444... Desert Rats (NBC, 8/7/1988, 90 mins). Following his accidental foiling of a bank robbery in this lighthearted contemporary Western (prospective series pilot), rowdy Joshua Bodeen, a local rebel, is appointed sheriff. His first assignment is to investigate the suspicious death of his predecessor while trying to convince his deputies--more accustomed to arresting him than reporting to him--he’s fit for the job. Production Companies Cine Enterprises Productions, Universal Television. Director Tony Wharmby. Executive Producers David J. Chisholm, Bernard L. Kowalski. Supervising Producer Ken Yopolsky. Producers Boris Malden, Robert T. Skodis. Teleplay David J. Chisholm. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music J. Peter Robinson. Editors Richard A. Freeman, Neil MacDonald. Production Designer Bill Malley. Cast Scott Plank (Robert James Lee), Scott Paulin (Bones), Dietrich Bader (Mort LaDonka), Mark Thomas Miller (Owen), Geoffrey Lewis (Del Rains), John Dennis Johnston (Mel), Eva La Rue (Tawny), Shanna Reed (Barbara), Greg Finley (Harvey), Brad Jeffries (Keith), Rion Hunter (Baumgartner), Eileen Seeley (Jennifer), Joseph Whipp (Barlow), Tony Pierce (Coroner), David Darmstaedter (Bank robber), Stephen Hastings (Driver), Starr Horton (Norm), James Gooden (Minister), Keith Stephenson (Young driver), Jim Cody Williams (Ormsby), Bill Young (Biker), Corelio Hernandez (Deputy #2), Charlie Garcia (Deputy #1), Charles Keever (Willis), Forrest J. Smith (Andy Barlow), Tom Bryden (Band member), Suzie Tarsha (Band singer), 88’s Rocket (Themselves). 1445... Desperado (NBC, 4/27/1987, 120 mins). First of a handful of Western adventures about an enigmatic saddle tramp named Duell McCall, a loner with a long coat and a fast gun who roves the frontier fighting evil and here faces down corrupt powers-that-be in a company-controlled mining town. Guest stars included a passel of names ranging from weak-willed sheriff Robert Vaughn to town madam Gladys Knight (minus Pips). This movie (and its successors) in search of a series was written by best-selling novelist Elmore Leonard and used as its title theme the hit song by The Eagles. Production Companies Walter Mirisch Productions, Charles E Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer Andrew Mirisch. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Teleplay Elmore Leonard. Photography Dick Bush. Music Michel Colombier. Title Song by Don Henley, Glen Frey. Song Performed by Don Henley. Editor Mark Rosenbaum. Art Director Bill Conford. Associate Producer Tom Finan. Cast Alex McArthur (Duell McCall), David Warner (Gentleman Johnny Ballard), Yaphet Kotto (Bede), Donald Moffat (Malloy), Stephen Davies (Calvin), Lise Cutter (Nora Malloy), Sydney Walsh (Sally), Robert Vaughn (Sheriff John Whaley), Gladys Knight (Mona Lisa), Pernell Roberts (Marshal Dancey), Richard Marcus (Emmett), Dirk Blocker (Grady), Karen Smythe (Jenny), Ed Adams, Linda Almond, William P. Brown, Townsend Cannon, Dan Delligatti, Bob Gottlieb, Joey Hamlin, Charles

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Harden, Bob Hoy, Henry Max Kendrick, Bob Larsen, James Oscar Lee, John Pearce, George Pompa, Michael Berlin Pritchard, Craig Reay, Cappy Rice, Daryl S. Robinson, Forrest J. Smith, Norman Stone, Robin Wayne, Grant Wheeler, Tiny Wells, Red Wolverton. 1446... Desperado: Avalanche at Devil’s Ridge (NBC, 5/24/1988, 120 mins). In this third “Desperado” Western-insearch-of-a-series, roving cowpoke Duell McCall, still on the run, finds himself about to be hanged, saved only by his new lover with the help of her wealthy rancher dad (Rod Steiger)--the two being not all what they initially seem. Original title: “Desperado: Avalanche” Production Companies Walter Mirisch Productions, Charles E Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director Richard Compton. Executive Producer Andrew Mirisch. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Coordinating Producer Les Berke. Teleplay Larry Cohen. Based on Characters Created by Elmore Leonard. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Michel Colombier. Editor Mark Rosenbaum. Art Director Bill Conford. Associate Producer Heather Jo MacDougall. Cast Alex McArthur (Duell McCall), Hoyt Axton (Sheriff Ben Tree), Alice Adair (Rachel Slaten), Dwier Brown (Jim Buckner), Lise Cutter (Nora), Rod Steiger (Silas Slaten), Lee Paul (Joshua Barrens), Arch Archambault (Adams), John Barks (Old Josie), Jack Caffrey (Oldtimer), Thomas Connor (Minister), Ben Connors (Carpenter), Blake Conway (Armbruster), Steve Cormier (Bodyguard), Danmar (Renick), Clifton Doran (Bartender), Katherine Engel (Mrs. Jessop), John David Garfield (Cowhand), R.W. Hampton (Selkirk), Laura Martinez-Herring (Alice), J.M. Jamison (Rettig), Suzanne Lederer (Woman), Chris McCarty (Cashman), Marc Miles (Photographer), Leslie Schwartz (Spectator), Steven Schwartz-Hartley (Cowboy), Timothy Scott (Maj. Sam Jessup), Angela K. Sorrells (Maid), Ben Zeller (Judge Clamore). 1447... Desperado: Badlands Justice (NBC, 12/17/1989, 120 mins). In the fifth and final “Desperado” Western, cowpoke Duell McCall uses a case of mistaken identity to become the sheriff of a frontier town terrorized by a pair of corrupt businessmen. Production Companies Walter Mirisch Productions, Charles E. Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Andrew Mirisch. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Co-Producer Stephen Caldwell. Teleplay Leslie Bohem. Based on a Story by Andrew Mirisch, Leslie Bohem. Based on Characters Created by Elmore Leonard. Photography Billy Dickson. Music Michel Colombier. Supervising Editor Heather Jo MacDougall. Production Designer Bill Cornford. Cast Alex McArthur (Duell McCall), John Rhys-Davies (Richard Marriott), James B. Sikking (Kirby Clarke), Gregory Sierra (Jesus Gutierrez), Robert O’Reilly (Pike), Anne E. Curry (Alison Parsons), Deborah Dawn Slaboda (Jenny Parsons), Joel Colodner (Ethridge), Leslie Neale (Caroline Marriott), Geoffrey Rivas (Hector), Edward Wiley (Henry Booth), Patricia Charbonneau (Emily Harris), Time Winters (Young Boy), Seth Jaffe (Cal Parsons), Steve Eastin (Ledon), Ryan Healey (Lyle), Patrick Casey Irons (Hired Man), Ken Kolb (Bartender), James R. Lee (Marriott Servant), Fredrick Lopez (Latino), Steve Sherwin (Pete), Bob Sorenson (Charlie Young), Don Starr (Railroad Man), Bud Stout (Timmins), George Sullivan (Captain), Jim Cody Williams (Merle). 1448... Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (NBC, 10/10/1989, 120 mins). Fourth in the series of Western adventures dealing with roving cowboy Duell McCall, on the run and framed for crimes he did not commit, here returning to his sometime lover and getting an offer to have his name cleared if he does a bounty hunting job for the local sheriff. Getting in his way is an overzealous journalist named Camillus Fry bent on turning McCall’s life story into a legend. Production Companies Walter Mirisch Productions, Charles E. Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Andrew Mirisch. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Co-Producer Stephen Caldwell. Teleplay William Wisher. Based on a Story by Andrew Mirisch. Created by Elmore Leonard. Photography Billy Dickson. Music Michel Colombier. Song The Eagles. Editor Mark Rosenbaum. Production Designer Bill Cornford. Cast Alex McArthur (Duell McCall), Richard Farnsworth (Marshal Campbell), James Remar (John Sikes), Brad Dourif (Camillus Fly), Tom Bower (Billy Dobbs), Whip Hubley (Charlie Cates), Brion James (Grimes), Debra Feuer (Maggie), Buck Taylor (Porter), Deon Richmond (Thomas Jefferson III), Lise Cutter (Nora), Geoffrey Lewis (Oliver Ostrow), Maria Richwine (Prostitute), Kenneth Bridges (Moses Fortune), Mike Casper (Russell), Caesare Del Trecco (First Townsman), George Dobbs (Hardin), David Kanter (Brady), Henry Max Kendrick (Bartender), William Kiehl (Bell), Robert Knott (Carl Turner), Glenn Leigh Marshall (Cameron), Fred Nelson (Mine Clerk), Royce O’Donnell (Tector), Christy Pickrell (Kate), Craig Reay (Pete Turner), Earl Smith (Wilkes), Rich Wheeler (Second townsman), Isabel Kastrikis, Robert Lipton, Rex Linn, James Luisi, Shannon Tweed, Merete Van Kamp. 1449... Desperate (ABC, 9/19/1987, 90 mins). In this thinly veiled though uncredited new version of Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not,” here a 90-minute prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners. Production Company Warner Bros. Television. Director Peter Markle. Executive Producer Michael Braverman. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Michael Braverman. Photography Jerry O. Good. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Jack Senter.

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Cast John Savage (Noah Sullivan), Meg Foster (Dorymae), Chris Burke (Louis), Liane Langland (Deirdre O’Donahue), Andrew Robinson (Seamus Quentin), J.A. Preston (Homer P. Wiggee), George Dickerson (LeClerc), Castulo Guerra (Estabumonte), Frances Foster (Loretta Harriman), Byrne Piven (Law judge), Ned Bellamy (Agent Coster), John Patrick Hurley (Mullen), Susan Chris Stone (Jeri), Stanley Grover (Noah’s father), Alma Beltran (Cuban mother), Victor Vidales (Cuban man), Oscar Chavez (Cuban man), Mina Martell (Cuban woman), Liana Odalys (Cuban woman). 1450... Desperate for Love (CBS, 1/17/1989, 120 mins). Teenage romantic triangle--two inseparable boyhood chums in a small Southern town and the sassy girl who comes between them--leads to tragedy. This was promoted as a “drama inspired by actual events,” but no further hint was offered. Production Companies Vishudda Productions, Andrew Adelson Company, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Andrew Adelson, Judith Paige Mitchell. Producer Steve McGlothen. Teleplay Judith Paige Mitchell. Photography William Wages. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Production Designer Cindy Carr. Associate Producer Mitchell Binder. Cast Christian Slater (Cliff Petrie), Tammy Lauren (Lily Becker), Brian Bloom (Alex Cutler), Veronica Cartwright (Betty Petrie), Scott Paulin (Merl Becker), Arthur Rosenberg (Buck Cameron), Amy O’Neill (Cindy), Lulee Fisher (Sue Becker), Michael Flynn (Ed Cutler), Billy Vera (Bennett Gates), David Dwyer (Deke), Rebecca Wackler (Margaret), Peter Thomasson (Lambert), Keith Noble (Randy), Benji Wilhoite (Darryl), Mary Lynn Owen (Carla), Ted Manson (Judge), Mark Bailey (TV host), June Berry (Luanne), Gary Bullock (Mac), Janet Burns (Carol), Jerry Campbell (Man #1), Dan Charles (Preacher). 1451... Desperate Intruder (ABC, 7/28/1983, 120 mins). This second Procter & Gamble Production (in association with Comworld), also taped, has a blind woman (Meg Foster) living alone in an isolated beach house and falling in love with a handsome stranger (Nick Mancuso) who happens to be a convict on the lam with another escaped killer. Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Nick Havinga. Executive Producer Deanne Barkley. Producer Joseph Gantman. Teleplay Allan R Folsom. Based on a Story by Dan Mitchell, Gwen Davis. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Tim Simon. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Craig Stearns. Associate Producer Nick Anderson. Cast Meg Foster (Joanna Walcott), Nick Mancuso (Mike), Robert Hogan (Lloyd), Stephen Keep (Sheriff Tom Woodward), Lisa Jane Persky (Linda), Claude Akins (Carl), Edward Blackoff (Fisherman), Frank Avila (Deputy), Philip Linton (Young boy), Jill Tandy (Young girl), Sam Albanase (Man on boat), Jeff Anderson (Clerk). 1452... Desperate Lives (CBS, 3/3/1982, 120 mins). High school brother and sister Helen Hunt and Doug McKeon (in this second TV-movie in as many nights) get involved with drugs. Tom Atkins and Diane Ladd are their parents, Diana Scarwid their student counselor, and Sam Bottoms the local pusher. William Windom and Dr. Joyce Brothers are members of the school board. The film’s title song was written and performed by the then up-and-coming soap star-turned-rock idol, Rick Springfield. Production Companies The Fellows-Keegan Company, Lorimar Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Producer Lew Hunter. Teleplay Lew Hunter. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Bruce Broughton. Theme Song Written and Performed by Rick Springfield. Editor Les Green. Art Director Hub Braden. Cast Diana Scarwid (Eileen Phillips), Doug McKeon (Scott Cameron), Helen Hunt (Sandy Cameron), William Windom (Dr. Jarvis), Art Hindle (Stan), Tom Atkins (John Cameron), Norman Alden (Coach), Tricia Cast (Susan Garber), Samuel Bottoms (Ken Baynes), Diane Ladd (Carol Cameron), Michele Greene (Julie Jordan), Terry Alexander (Robert Walsh), Dr. Joyce Brothers (Mrs. Watson), Aggie Terry (Cindy), Katherine Kelly Lang (Mary), Jane Milmore (Jane), Grant Cramer (Steve), Susan McClung (Sarah), Ralph Meyering Jr. (Frank Cramer), Gail Oda (Kathy), Jennifer Parsons (Olivia), Michael Lang (Frank), Michele Laurita (Diana), Michael Cummings (Brad Davis), Clayton Rohner (Monte), Glenn Michael Jones (Al), Mykelti Williamson (Jack), Joey Green (Howard), Curt Ayers (Jesse), Mark Burke (Paramedic), Claudio Martinet (Jerry), Tina Menard (Maid), Viola Kates Stimpson (Grandmother), James Eldert (Cheerleader), Noel P. Scott (Frisbee thrower), Reynaldo Duran (Manuel), William Vincent Kulak (2nd paramedic). 1453... Desperate Voyage (CBS, 11/29/1980, 120 mins). Modern-day pirate thriller, with Christopher Plummer and his crew of one preying on yachts on the high seas, terrorizing those on board after hijacking their crafts, and plundering the valuables aboard. Billed as the first television drama filmed entirely at sea, it was adapted from Ray Kytle’s novel “Last Voyage of the Valhalla.” Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, Joe Wizan Television Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producer Barry Weitz. Teleplay Alvin Sapinsley. Based on a Novel by Ray Kytle. Photography John Flinn III. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast Christopher Plummer (Jacques Burrifous), Cliff Potts (Vic Michael), Christine Belford (Karen Michael), Lara Parker (Grace Dortlund), Nicholas Pryor (Ralph Dortlund), Jonathan Banks (Louis), Patrick O’Moore (Julian Howard), Michael Swan (Lieutenant Taylor), Glenn Deigan (Beeman).

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1454... Destination: America (ABC, 4/3/1987, 120 mins). A patrician family’s estranged, black-sheep son (Bruce Greenwood) forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father’s murder, with his old childhood friend determined to convict him. Prospective series pilot from the amazingly productive Stephen J. Cannell factory. Production Company Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producers Stephen J. Cannell, Patrick Hasburgh. Supervising Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer Steve Beers. Teleplay Patrick Hasburgh. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Mike Post. Editors James S. Giritlian, George S. Rohrs. Art Director Robert J. Bacon. Cast Bruce Greenwood (Corbet St. James V [Cinco]), Joe Pantoliano (Lt. Mike Amico), Corinne Bohrer (Trisha Leathergood), Alan Autry (Larry Leathergood), Henry Kingi (Reno Sam), Robert Newman (David St. James), Norman Alden (Tom Beller), Steve Kahan (Bambeck), Rip Torn (Corbet St. James IV), Kim Morgan Greene, Luke Anders, Judith Barsi, Booth Colman, Anthony Carbone, Dennis Robertson, Robert Rockwell, Micole Mercurio, David Underwood, Stan Kamber, Elsa Raven, Stephen Anthony Henry, Richard Jamison, Drew Pillsbury, Richard Billingsley, Brandon Bluhm, Antony Penya, David Ralphe, Maura McGiveney, Virgil Frye, Michael Pniewski, Gena Bluff, Lisa Bowman, Inez Pedroza, Scott St. James. 1455... Detour to Terror (NBC, 2/22/1980, 120 mins). A homicidal dune-buggy trio (one of whom is up-and-coming Lorenzo Lamas) terrorizes a Las Vegas-bound tour bus loaded with weekend revelers intent on kidnapping one of them. O.J. Simpson and Arte Johnson, as the driver and the tour guide, strive to save the stranded passengers after the bus is sabotaged mechanically. Production Companies Orenthal Productions, Playboy Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producer O.J. Simpson. Supervising Producer Dan Mark. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Mark Rodgers, Sidney A. Glass. Based on a Story by Sidney A. Glass. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Morton Stevens. Editors Jim Benson, William Mendell. Art Director Ross Bellah. Cast O.J. Simpson (Lee Hayes), Randall Carver (Neil), Anne Francis (Sheila), Rick Hill (Kurt), Kathryn Holcomb (Alicia), Arte Johnson (Harry Edwards), Lorenzo Lamas (Jaime), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Martin Brain), Gloria Lynn Deyer (Irene Martin), Pat Keating (Joyce Landry), Chris Noel Hanks (Peggy Cameron), Phil Mead (John Finch), Pat Ripley (Eleanor), Thomas Rosales (Larry), Paula Victor (Sarah), Louise Egolf (Debby Baker), Kip Allen (Charlie), Sonny Robbins (Milt), Anna Chivera (Theresa), Frederick Raymond Edwards II (Freddie), Freddie Hice (Tony), George Nason (Carl), John Richard Gill (Hillman), Gary Tydings, Mark William Garrity, Alfred Bruce Lewis, James Trujillo. 1456... Dial M for Murder (NBC, 4/9/1981, 120 mins). In this remake of the celebrated 1954 Hitchcock film, Christopher Plummer is the London businessman whose intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money backfires. Initially, Frederick Knott (who also later wrote “Wait Until Dark”) concocted this as a play for British television in 1952, and it later went on to become a success on the London stage as well as Broadway, and twice earlier on American TV: with Maurice Evans and Rosemary Harris in 1958 and then nine years later with Laurence Harvey and Diane Cilento. Production Companies Freyda Rothstein Productions, Time-Life Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Freyda Rothstein. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Play by Frederick Knott. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor David Blangsted. Art Director Ron Hobbs. Cast Angie Dickinson (Margot Wendice), Christopher Plummer (Tony Wendice), Anthony Quayle (Inspector Hubbard), Michael Parks (Max Halliday), Ron Moody (Capt. Lesgate “Swann”), Gerry Gibson (Sergeant Williams), Alan Coates, Dwight Schultz, John Touchstone, Leo Lewis, Clement St. George. 1457... The Diamond Trap (CBS, 11/20/1988, 120 mins). John Minahan’s novel “The Great Diamond Robbery” was the inspiration for this rather jaunty international heist movie that teams NYPD cops Howard Hesseman and Ed Marinaro with gallery employee Brooke Shields to catch the crooks who’ve made off with $12 million in jewels from her place. The trail leads to London where offbeat casting has Twiggy, in her American television acting debut, as a rather unorthodox Scotland Yard detective. Production Companies Jay Bernstein Productions, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Supervising Executive Producers Patrick Dromgoole, Johnny Goodman. Producers Neil T Maffeo, Jeffrey Morton. Teleplay David Peckinpah, John Minahan. Photography (US) Chuck Arnold. Photography (UK) Bob Edwards. Photography (NY) Ronald M. Lautore. Music Ron Ramin. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director John B. Mansbridge. Art Director (Great Britain) Don Homfray. Cast Howard Hesseman (Det. John Rawlings), Brooke Shields (Tara Holden), Ed Marinaro (Det. Brendan Thomas), Twiggy (Det. Sgt. Charlene Lawson), Darren McGavin (Chief Walter Vadney), Dick O’Neill (Lieutenant Barnett), Nicholas Pryor (Exeter), Tony Steedman (Kellogg), Howard George (Jerry Donohoe), Wensley Pithey (Basil), H.M. Wynant (Idrissi), Lou Cutell (Rosencrantz), Todd Eric Andrews (Male hooker), Gary Pagett (Sheriff), Llewellyn Rees (Butler), John A. Dragon (Stephenson), William Utay (Raji), Kirk Sisco (Surgeon), Don Michuno (Eddie Lopata), Thomas H. Middleton (Security guard), Jay Arlen Jones (Cop #1), Jeanette Miller (Mrs. Valin), Steve Whiteford (Reporter #2), Randy Murzynski (Paramedic), Angela Barlow (Head nurse), Allyson Adams (Nurse), Ellen Heuer (Waitress), Richard Bates (Desk clerk), Dave Owen (Cabbie), Gerry Smith (Neighbor). 1458... Diary of a Perfect Murder (NBC, 3/3/1986, 120 mins). Andy Griffith’s portrayal of Ben Matlock, a genial but wily good-old-boy Harvard-bred lawyer from Georgia, was embraced by critics and enthusiastic audiences (based on high ratings for this film on its premiere) and convinced him to return to series television with the character beginning in the fall of 1986. In the

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pilot, he had his associate, daughter Charlene Matlock (played in the film by Lori Lethin and in the subsequent series by Linda Purl) defend a top TV journalist accused of bumping off his ex-wife, an Atlanta television anchorwoman. Kene Holliday is Matlock’s private investigator here and in the series that followed. Hailed as one of the best TV lawyer shows this side of Perry Mason, it probably is not coincidental that the executive producers of the well-received Perry Mason reunion movies of the 1980s, Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove, have similar roles in this production. Although the pilot film was shot primarily on location in Atlanta, the subsequent series called “Matlock” (the initial title for this movie) was to be done entirely in Los Angeles. “Matlock” was a TV hit into the mid-1990s. Production Companies Strathmore Productions, InterMedia Entertainment Company, Viacom. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Producers Joel Steiger, Robin S. Clark. Teleplay Dean Hargrove. Photography Edward R. Plante. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Editors Robert L. Kimble, Edwin F. England. Art Director Ray Storey. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Andy Griffith (Benjamin Matlock), Lori Lethin (Charlene Matlock), Alice Hirson (Hazel), Kene Holliday (Tyler Hudson), Steve Inwood (Steve Emerson), Jack Bannon (Paul Lockwood), James McEachin (Lieutenant Daniels), Lawrence Pressman (Nelson White), Dennis Lipscomb (Les McCall), Katherine Cannon (Linda Coolidge), Billy Green Bush (Billy Ray Webber), Robin Thomas (Burton Hawkins), Al Ruscio (Ernie Mazell), Nadia Starr (Mary Beth), Peter White (Harvey Ravenol), Richard Lineback (Banning), Erica Yohn (Mrs. Harris), Darrell Zwerling (Dr. Bill Farnsworth), Irene Aranga (Production assistant), Robert Schlitt (Matt Pearce), Caroline Schlitt (Betty Pearce), Alan Haufrecht, Richard Newton, Roger Michael, Fred Marcell, James V. Christy, James Ingersoll, Theodore Sorel. 1459... The Diary of Anne Frank (NBC, 11/17/1980, 120 mins). Melissa Gilbert’s version of the memorable drama recounting a Jewish teenager’s ordeal hiding from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam with her family and their friends for two years continued the star’s projects (through her Half-Pint Productions) to do new TV versions of film classics, including “The Miracle Worker” before and “Splendor in the Grass” later. Originally a prize-winning 1956 Broadway play by the husband-and-wife writing team of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, “The Diary of Anne Frank” was made into a movie in 1959 and previously staged for television in 1967 with Theodore Bikel as Otto Frank. This latest version garnered Emmy Award nominations for cinematography, makeup and costume design. Production Companies Katz-Gallin Productions, Half-Pint Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Raymond Katz. Producer Arthur Lewis. Teleplay Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich. Based on the Play by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Garth Craven, Ronald Smith. Art Director Ron Hobbs. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Anne Frank), Maximilian Schell (Otto Frank), Joan Plowright (Edith Frank), James Coco (Mr. Van Daan), Doris Roberts (Mrs. Van Daan), Clive Revill (Mr. Dussel), Scott Jacoby (Peter Van Daan), Melora Marshall (Margot Frank), Erik Holland (Mr. Kraler), Anne Wyndham (Miep). 1460... A Different Affair (CBS, 3/24/1987, 120 mins). Drama about a female psychiatrist with a radio talk show and minimum time for her fellow shrink and true love, who learns a hard lesson in responsibility from a 12-year-old boy living in a poverty pocket of rural Arizona. Singer Kenny Rogers was one of the executive producers of this drama that sat around for about two years before being given its network premiere. Production Company Rogers-Samuels Productions. Director Noel Nosseck. Executive Producers Ron Samuels, Kenny Rogers. Supervising Producer Arthur C. Schaeffer. Producer Ron Samuels. Co-Producers Anna Cottle, Mary Alice Kier. Teleplay Jodi Rothe. Based on a Story by Jodi Rothe, Laurie Spitz. Photography Robert Elswit. Music Johnny Harris. Editor Jim Gross. Production Designer Robb Wilson King. Cast Anne Archer (Dr. Chris Larwin), Tony Roberts (Dr. Jeffrey Fairmont), Bobby Jacoby (Kenny Clemens), Stuart Pankin (Robert), Alan Fudge (Mr. Bartlett), Lenore Kasdorf (Natalie), Beverly Todd (Maria), Lenora May (Wendy), Ellen Geer (Mrs. Williams), Virginia Morris (Mrs. Clemens), Rick Fitts (The counselor), David Goodsmith (Steve), Danny Gellis (Wayne), Brad Bradley (Rich), Larry O. Williams Jr. (David), David T. Hayman (Desk sergeant), Jennifer Ursitti (Nancy), Wendy Brainard (Sylvie), Virginia Hawkins, Marilyn Allen, Linda Fernandez, Michael Kehoe, Max Thayer, Kathleen Erickson. 1461... Dinner at Eight (TNT, 12/11/1989, 120 mins). Lauren Bacall strides through the role Marie Dressler introduced in the 1933 screen version of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber play as a successful but broke trash novelist, while Charles Durning has the old Wallace Beery role as a boorish tycoon. The new script by Tom Griffin attempts to retain the high society sensibilities of the ’30s while blithely tossing in contemporary references. The executive producer was actress Shelley Duval. Production Companies Think Entertainment, Turner Network Television. Director Ron Lagomarsino. Executive Producer Shelley Duvall. Producer Bridget Terry. Teleplay Tom Griffin. Based on the Screenplay by Frances Marion, Herman Mankiewicz. Additional Dialogue Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on a Play by George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber. Photography Ron Vargas. Music Jonathan Sheffer. Editor Roy Watts. Production Designer Jane Osmann. Cast Lauren Bacall (Carlotta Vance), Charles Durning (Dan Packard), Ellen Greene (Kitty Packard), Harry Hamlin (Larry Renault), John Mahoney (Oliver Jordan), Marsha Mason (Millicent Jordan), Stacy Edwards (Paula Jordan), Joel Brooks (Max Kane), Ralph Bruneau (Dr. Wayne Talbot), Bernadette Birkett (Hattie Loomis), Tim Kazurinsky (Ed Loomis), Lenore Kasdorf (Lucy Talbot), William Newman (Alf), Jane Alden (Ms. Copeland), Loyda Ramos (Tina), Julia Sweeney (Miss Wendell), Kelly

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Connell (Dan’s Assistant), Richard Seff (Fosdick), John W. Fleck (Plant Person), Eddie Castrodad (Bobby the Bellhop), Ben Meyerson (Waiter), Ted Lehmann (Gustave), Rodney Scott Hudson (Wine steward), Robert Legionaire (Norman Stengel), Edward Penn (Fitch), Richard Cummings Jr. (Hatfield), Joseph Kell (Ernest). 1462... The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (NBC, 2/4/1985, 120 mins). In this TV-movie sequel to the hit 1967 theatrical adventure film, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel repeat their original roles. Marvin is pressured to once again lead a motley gang of GIs on a secret wartime mission--a suicide assignment behind German lines to thwart an assassination plot against Hitler. This filmed-in-Great Britain movie technically marked Marvin’s first TV movie, since the first one he did, “The Killers” (with Ronald Reagan) in 1964, was at the time deemed too violent for TV and was released theatrically instead. It also marked his sixth time teaming on film with Ernest Borgnine. Production Company MGM-UA Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Producer Harry R Sherman. Teleplay Michael Kane. Photography John Stanier. Music Richard Harvey. Editor Alan Strachan. Production Designer Peter Mullins. Associate Producer Frederick Muller. Cast Lee Marvin (Major Reisman), Ernest Borgnine (Gen. Sam Worden), Ken Wahl (Anthony Valentine), Larry Wilcox (Tommy Wells), Sonny Landham (Sam Sixkiller), Richard Jaeckel (MP Sergeant Bowren), Wolf Kahler (Col. Sepp Dietrich), Gavan O’Herlihy (Conrad Perkins), Ricco Ross (Arlen Driggers), Stephen Hattersley (Otto Deutsch), Rolf Saxon (Robert Wright), Jay Benedict (Didier LeClair), Michael John Paliotti (Baxley), Paul Herzberg (Reynolds), Jeff Harding (Sanders), Sam Douglas (Anderson), Russell Somers (Gary Rosen), Michael Sheard (Hitler), Bruce Boa (Colonel), John Malcolm (Field Marshal), Morgan Sheppard (German general), Crispin Denys (Schmidt), Denis Holmes (Gen. Pierre Fontaine), Alan Barry (Gen. Bulldog Bardsley), Don Fellows (Gen. Trent Tucker). 1463... Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (NBC, 3/1/1987, 120 mins). This second follow-up to “The Dirty Dozen,” Richard Aldrich’s great war movie of 1967, was, like its 1985 TV predecessor and the one which would come later, pretty much of a reworking of the original feature. Ernest Borgnine returned as General Worden, and Telly Savalas, killed off in the original movie, came back as a different character, the gruff leader of renegade WWII GIs assigned to rescue top-secret chemical warfare scientists from the Nazis. Production Companies MGM-UA Television, Jagreb Films. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Mel Swope. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Photography Tomislav Pinter. Music John Cacavas. Production Designer John Stoll. Editors Richard E. Rabjohn, Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Zeljko Senecic. Associate Producer Boris Gregoric. Cast Telly Savalas (Major Wright), Ernest Borgnine (Gen. Sam Worden), Randall “Tex” Cobb (Eric “Swede” Wallan), Vince Edwards (Sergeant Holt), Gary Graham (Joe Stern), Wolf Kahler (Colonel Kreiger), Thom Mathews (Francis Kelly), Emmanuelle Messignac (Marie Valentine), James Van Patten (David Webber), Vincent Van Patten (Ronnie Webber), Bo Svenson (Maurice Fontenac), Paul Picerni (Ernesto Ferucci), Pavle Balenovic (Balos), Mario Barbaric (Chacon), Branko Blace (Martinez), Milan Ristic (Spencer), Matko Raguz (Sturdevant), David Horovitch (Pierre Claudel), Bernard Woringer (George Flemands), Meg Wynn Owen (Julie Flemands), Jay Burra (Frederic Flemands), Bozidar Smiljanic (Paul Veriaine), Frederick Barthman (Dr. Dufresne), Werner Stocker (SS sergeant), David Pullan (Navy lieutenant), Ned Vukovich (British agent), Sam Douglas (Hallet), Vila Matula (Kreiger’s aide), Ivo Kristof (Patrol boat lieutenant), Bozena Ruk-Focic (Wagnerian soprano), Gus Savalas (American general), Elizabeth Edmonds (Brunette), Sally Anne Field (Redhead), Slavica Knezevic (Italian girl). 1464... The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (NBC, 2/14/1988, 120 mins). This third and last “reunion” movie for The Dirty Dozen (here one of the 12 is a woman) has Ernest Borgnine and Telly Savalas repeating their roles from the previous one, leading an all new renegade team of World War II soldiers--with a Nazi spy in their midst--to thwart those trying to establish a new Fourth Reich. A short-lived series, filmed on the cheap in Yugoslavia, followed on the Fox Network with Ben Murphy. Production Companies Jagreb Films, MGM-UA Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Producer Mel Swope. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Based on Characters Created by Nunnally Johnson, Lukas Heller. Based on a Novel by E.M. Nathanson. Photography Tomislav Pinter. Music John Cacavas. Editors Richard E. Rabjohn, Leon Carrere. Art Directors Zeljko Senecic, Vladimir Tadej. Associate Producer Boris Gregoric. Cast Telly Savalas (Major Wright), Ernest Borgnine (Gen. Sam Worden), Hunt Block (Pvt. Joe Stern), Matthew Burton (SS Gen. Karl Richter), Jeff Conaway (Sergeant Holt), Alex Cord (Dravko Demchuck), Erik Estrada (Carmine D’Agostino), Ernie Hudson (Pvt. Joe Hamilton), James Carroll Jordan (Lonnie Wilson), Ray Mancini (Tom Ricketts), John Matuszak (Fred Collins), Natalija Nogulich (Yelena Vascovic), Heather Thomas (Lt. Carol Campbell), Anthony Valentine (Colonel Clark), Richard Yniguez (Roberto Ecchevaria), Branko Blace (Munoz), Robert Bobinac (Porter), Budimar Sobat (Mitchell), Matko Raguz (Peter), Ranko Zidaric (Yasco Petrovic), Ray Armstrong (Kranz), Greg Charles (Lieutenant), Drew Lucas (Captain Craig), Derek Hoxby (Hofman), Peter Arp (SS captain), Slavko Juraga (Partisan fighter), Gus Savalas (US captain), Clare Grant (British whore), Kaiza Pelka (British hooker), Richard Garnett (British pilot), Slavica Knezevic (Lady of the house), Tibor Belicza (New butler), Sreten Mokrovic (Richter’s aide), Slobodan Milovanovic (SS major), Kreso Dolencic (Private), Damir Saban (SS sergeant), Ivo Kristof (Capt. Carl Ludwig), Milan Plecas (Bulgarian partisan). 1465... Disaster at Silo 7 (ABC, 11/27/1988, 120 mins). Fictionalized “suggested by an actual event” drama recounting an Air Force technician’s race against time to prevent a devastating explosion at Texas missile site after a worker accidentally drops

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a wrench socket against the armed seven-story weapon in its silo, causing a fuel leak. The thriller, filmed at the Titan II Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, earned an Emmy nomination for photographer Roy H. Wagner. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Mark Carliner. Producer Julian Krainin. Co-Producer Lynn Guthrie. Teleplay Douglas Lloyd McIntosh. Based on a Story by Mark Carliner, Douglas Lloyd McIntosh. Photography Roy H. Wagner. Music Mark Snow. Song Performed by Cathryn Craig. Editor Peter V. White. Production Designer James Shanahan. Cast Ray Baker (Col. Paul Chadwick), Peter Boyle (General Sanger), Patricia Charbonneau (Kathy Fitzgerald), Perry King (Major Hicks), Michael O’Keefe (Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald), Joe Spano (Sergeant Swaford), Dennis Weaver (Sheriff Ben Harlen), Joe Urla (Sgt. Pepper Martinelli), Brent Jennings (A.C. Jones), Christian Clemenson (Colonel Brandon), Ken Jenkins (Clarence), Maureen Teefy (Penny Travers), Jack Kehler (Colonel Canby), Olivia Burnette (Jennifer Fitzgerald), Justin Burnette (T.J. Fitzgerald), Stephen Jace Kent (Sergeant Frank), Lisa Schnerly (Gale Hunter), Raleigh Bond (Farmer), Marianne Muellerleile (Matilda Recer), Lisle Wilson (Radio controller), Tom Rolfing (Doctor), Tony Noakes (Airman). 1466... Divorce Wars (ABC, 3/1/1982, 120 mins). High-powered Seattle divorce lawyer Tom Selleck discovers his own marriage failing and must juggle his own domestic conflicts with his clients’ problems. Jane Curtin, one of the original “Saturday Night Live” zanies, made her dramatic acting debut in this movie. It had been scheduled to be titled “Divorce Wars: A Love Story.” Production Companies Wrye-Konigsberg Films Inc., Warner Bros. Television. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producers Donald Wrye, Frank Konigsberg. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay Donald Wrye, Linda Elstad. Based on a Story by Linda Elstad. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director David M. Haber. Associate Producer Barry Jossen. Costumes Guy Verhille. Cast Tom Selleck (Jane Sturgess), Jane Curtin (Vickey Sturgess), Candy Azzara (Sylvia Bemous), Joan Bennett (Adele Burgess), Maggie Cooper (Leslie Fields), Charles Haid (Fred Bemous), Viveca Lindfors (Barbara Hansen), Philip Sterling (Max Bernheimer), Dorothy Fielding (Cleo), Mimi Rogers (Belinda Wittiker), Joe Regalbuto (Barry Henry), Alan Oppenheimer (Arthur Lazar), Erica Yohn (Martha Lazar), David Young (Gregg Zapelli), Lara Swimmer (Amanda Sturgess), Joshua Ramsell (Jason Sturgess), Ted D’Arms (Larry Davis), Richard Montague (David Saul), Clare Nono (Donna), J. Brennan Smith (Eddy Bemous), Patricia E Magnano (Pat), Kathy Lichter (Millie), Megan Dean (Francine), Meleesa Wyatt (Bet), Marilyn Bennett (Jill), Lee Corrigan (Jill’s lawyer). 1467... Dixie: Changing Habits (CBS, 2/16/1983, 120 mins). Suzanne Pleshette is a New Orleans madam sent to a convent for 90 days of rehabilitation, and Cloris Leachman is the Mother Superior with whom she at first clashes and then strikes up an offbeat alliance. Production Company George Englund Productions. Director George Englund. Executive Producer George Englund. Producer Michael Greenburg. Teleplay John Considine. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Gary Griffen. Production Designer John Vallone. Associate Producer George Englund Jr. Saxophone Soloist George Englund Jr. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Dixie Cabot), Cloris Leachman (Sister Eugenio), Kenneth McMillan (Tony Marchesso), John Considine (Steven Moss), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Sister Agnes), Judith Ivey (Sister Margaret), Maureen Silliman (Sister Theresa), Susan Kellerman (Sister John the Baptist), Richard Hamilton (Judge Delaney), Monique Van De Ven (Sherry Bouvais), Don Hood (Bob Hagar), Robert Picardo (Harry Meadows), Becki Davis (Sister Mary), Eric Bethancourt (Roger Gelfand), Marco St. John (Emcee), B.J. Hopper (Doctor), Robin Evans (Rita), Bryan Englund (Redneck), John Schluter (Marshal). 1468... Do You Know the Muffin Man? (CBS, 10/22/1989, 120 mins). A police officer’s family is torn apart in this drama when the son turns out to have been abused along with others at a child-care center. Both director Gilbert Cates and composer Lee Holdridge received Emmy Award nominations. Production Company The Avnet-Kerner Company. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producers Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner. Producer Robert Z. Shapiro. Co-Producer Daniel Freudenberger. Teleplay Daniel Freudenberger. Photography Mark Irwin. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director Lisa Smithline. Cast Pam Dawber (Kendra Dollison), John Shea (Roger Dollison), Stephen Dorff (Sandy Dollison), Brian Bonsall (Teddy Dollison), Matthew Laurance (Marvin Bernstein), Anthony Geary (Stephen Pugliotti), Georgann Johnson (Mavis Richardson), Bruce Fairbairn (Ellis Stockman), William Prince (Arthur Richardson), Graham Jarvis (Judge Allen), Ruth de Sosa (Susan Larrimer), Natalie West (Paula Stockman), John Hammond (George Olin), Frani Horner (Miriam Stossburg), Janet Eilber (Dr. Billington), Cassandra Friel (Melinda Stockman), Dee Dee Rescher (Helen Wells), Dale Swann (Lieutenant Dineen), Henry Brown (Sgt. Ernie Ronay), David Wells (Dr. Alex Wells), Tom Reese (Chief Halloran), Beans Morocco (Marty), Suzanne Sanders (Parent), Aron Mandelbaum (Stu), Freddie Dawson (Uniformed officer), David LeBell (Janitor), Jeannette Kerner (Nurse Carmen), Jeff Cook (Adult store patron). 1469... Do You Remember Love (CBS, 5/21/1985, 120 mins). Acclaimed multi-award-winning drama about a vibrant woman stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease while in her prime and the devastating effects on her life, on her loving husband, on her aging mother, and on her grown children. Emmy Award-winner as Outstanding Drama, it also won Emmys for Joanne Woodward as Outstanding Actress and for Vickie Patik, whose incisive script reportedly was her very first sold work. Nominations went to

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Richard Kiley, director Jeff Bleckner and composer David Shire. The film also won a Christopher Award in addition to numerous other honors. Production Company Dave Bell Associates. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer Dave Bell. Co-Executive Producer Marilyn Hall. Producers Wayne Threm, James E. Thompson. Co-Producer Walter Halsey Davis. Teleplay Vickie Patik. Photography Bradford May. Music David Shire. Editor David Rosenbloom. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Joseph Broido. Cast Joanne Woodward (Barbara Wyatt-Hollis), Richard Kiley (George Hollis), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Lorraine Wyatt), Jim Metzler (Tom Hollis), Jordan Charney (Marvin Langdon), Jerry Hardin (Dave McDonough), Marilyn Jones (Helen Hollis), Carolyn Lagerfelt (Liz Shaw), Charles Levin (Dr. Raymond Sawyer), Craig Richard Nelson (Richard Vogt), Ron Rifkin (Gerry Kaplan), Duncan Ross (Dr. Stansell), Rose Gregorio (Betty Marcus), Susan Ruttan (Julie Myers), Sue Giosa (Lupe), Belita Moreno (Social worker), Bill Henderson (Wendell), Saundra Sharp (1st mother), Terry Willis (Male jogger), Caroline Field (Female jogger), Andrea Barber (Jennifer), Judith Barsi (Kathleen), Joseph Brutsman (Grad student), Sally Brown (Grad student), Marilyn Bradfield (Nurse), Herb Mitchell (Mailman), Lee Garlington (2nd mother), Oceana Marr (Receptionist), Adele Gilbert (Female patient), Dorothy Meyer (Social director), Hugo Stanger (Mr. Schulman), Pat Crawford Brown (Woman), Connie Sawyer (Joan), Elizabeth Hoffman (Lila), Margaret Muse (Margaret), Richard Kuller (Emcee). 1470... Doctor Franken (NBC, 1/13/1980, 120 mins). This variation of the Frankenstein legend, “suggested by the Mary Shelley story,” and set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing “parts” home from work--the hospital where he does experimental research--to painstakingly rebuild the shattered body of an anonymous patient with organs from various donors. The original title was to have been “The Franken Project,” and it was to be the pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Titus Productions, Janus Productions, NBC Productions. Directors Marvin J. Chomsky, Jeff Lieberman. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay Lee Thomas. Based on a Story by Jeff Lieberman, Lee Thomas. From an Idea by Mary Shelley. Photography Alan Metzger. Music John Morris. Editor Robert Reitano. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Associate Producers Stephen A. Rotter, Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Robert Vaughn (Dr. Arno Franken), Robert Perrault (John Doe - Room 841), David Selby (Dr. Mike Foster), Teri Garr (Kelli Fisher), Josef Sommer (Mr. Parker), Cynthia Harris (Anita Franken), Addison Powell (Dr. Eric Kerwin), Takayo Doran (Claire), Claiborne Cury (Jenny), Nicolas Surovy (Martin Elson), Rudolph Willrich (Arthur Gurnsey), Sam Schracht (Lieutenant Pearson), Conchetta Tolman (Reporter), Theodore Sorel (Gerald Blake), Sylvia Lowe (Mrs. Parker), Penelope Paley (Technician), Roger Til (Anesthesiologist), Myra Stennett (Hello woman), Ed Van Nuys (Bartender), William Huston (Cop), Ralph Drischell (Doorman), Norman Parker (Morgue attendant). 1471... A Doctor’s Story (NBC, 4/23/1984, 120 mins). An idealistic young resident physician, obsessed with the plight of his geriatric patients, risks not only his career but his marriage to champion his cause. This pilot to a prospective series starring Howard E. Rollins Jr. has him fighting to prove that an elderly man (Art Carney) is not senile, battling not only the patient’s family but also his fellow physicians and the hospital administration. Uta Hagen makes a rare TV acting appearance as a concentration camp survivor who is suicide-prone until Rollins provides her with a reason to live. Production Company Embassy Television. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Ronald Rubin. Producer Phil Parslow. Teleplay Ronald Rubin. Photography Peter Sova. Music Randy Edelman. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Production Designer Jay Moore. Cast Howard E. Rollins Jr. (Dr. Zack Williams), Art Carney (Harry Wickes), Charles Kimbrough (Peter Wickes), Jodi Thelen (Dr. Edie Farmer), Anna Maria Horsford (Leigh Williams), Donna Mitchell (Dr. Janet Larwin), Joseph Culp (Dr. Rick Stockwood), Uta Hagen (Mrs. Hilda Reiner), Viveca Lindfors (Mrs. Kristina Karlberg), Jess Osuna (Dr. Reston), David Margulies (Russell), Marilyn Chris (Anne Wickes), Anne Pitoniak (Gray lady), Margie Impert (Magda), Jay O. Sanders (Dr. Curtis), Wyman Pendleton (Mitchell), Pamela Potillo (Carla), Scott Grimes (Charles Wickes), Billy Mack (Jonathan Williams), Michelle Mason (Louise Williams), Salem Ludwig (Dr. Parmus), Lee Wallace (Anesthiologist), Brian Carney (Dr. Trumway), David Wohl (Trumway’s assistant), Veronica Castang (Nurse Chadway), Saundra McLain (Nurse Toulakany), Ann Lange (Nurse Zabenko), Count Stovall (Paul Jenkins), Novella Nelson (Mrs. Thornton), Tisa Chang (Hospital clerk), Elain Graham (April), Raul Davila (Jack Angel), Gloria Irizarry (Woman in drugstore), Dorothea Duckworth (Edna), Tom McDermott (Larry), Fay Sappington (Vi), Jean DeBaer (Nurse Kinkate), Reg E Cathey (Richie), Joney Smith (Delivery boy), Lionel Pina (Counterman), Kevin Harris (Checker player), Jaime Tirelli (Student), Ellen Newan (Nurse Regosi). 1472... Doing Life (NBC, 9/23/1986, 120 mins). Inspired by the real-life story (from the 1982 book by Steve Bello) of Jerry Rosenberg, a small-time Brooklyn hood and convicted killer who escaped the electric chair to become one of America’s first jailhouse lawyers and ended up as spokesman for the convicts during the infamous Attica uprising, this well-received drama had Tony Danza at the head of a basically Canadian cast making his “all-dramatic debut,” as the press release noted (Danza was best known at the time for his light comedy roles in “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss”). Production Companies Alliance Entertainment Corp., Castilian Productions Inc., Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Gene Reynolds. Executive Producer Gene Reynolds. Co-Executive Producer Tony Danza. Supervising Producer Burt Metcalfe.

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Producer Julian Marks. Teleplay Steve Bello. Based on a Book by Steve Bello. Photography Miklos Lente. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Christopher Nelson. Art Director Gavin Mitchell. Cast Tony Danza (Jerry Rosenberg), Jon DeVries (Warden Henry Felber), Alvin Epstein (Lou Rosenberg), Mitchell Jason (Judge Samuel Leibowitz), Lisa Langlois (Rose Ann Rosenberg), Rocco Sisto (Anthony Portelli), Dawn Greenhalgh (Belle Rosenberg), Dan Lauria (Captain Lubway), Kenneth Pogue (Probst), Allan Royal (Jameson), John Randolph Jones (Chief Benny Stabler), Reginald Vel Johnson (Taylor), Mara Hobel (Rachel Rosenberg at age 15), Frank Pesce (Red Hot Vitale), Angelo Rizacos (Teddy Kemper), Gary Farmer (1st prisoner), Michael J. Reynolds (Parole Board member), Charles W. Gray (Parole Board member), Paul Soles (Jake Epstein), Henry Ramer (Edelbaum), Larry Reynolds (Judge Kellogg), Peter Jobin (District Attorney Selzer), John Friesen (Dr. Frederick), Warren Davis (Dr. Hampton), Alar Aedma (Cadmore), Guy Sanvido (David Samilson), Neil Dainard (Bennett), Jim Bearden (Guard), Dee Francis McCafferty (Proctor), Eugene A. Clark (Wiggins), Gene Mack (Freddie), Aaron Schwartz (Murray Auerbach), Robert O’Ree (Luther Greenhouse), Jennifer Gula (Rachel Rosenberg at age 8), John Winston Carroll (Editor), David Bolt (District Attorney Coleman), Clark Johnson (TV reporter), Vito Rezza (Caracio), Tony De Santis (Sal), Justin Louis (Bobby), Jack Duffy (Jury foreman), Jorge Montesi (Latino translator). 1473... The Dollmaker (ABC, 5/13/1984, 180 mins). In her TV-movie debut, Jane Fonda stars as an illiterate Kentucky woman who uproots her children to follow her husband to Detroit during World War II, where he has found work as a mechanic, and tries to adjust to a new way of life by utilizing her natural talents as a wood carver. Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn, who together wrote the Broadway play, “Foxfire,” in which Cronyn starred with his wife, Jessica Tandy, reunited to do the three-hour television adaptation of Harriette Arnow’s 1954 novel. Tandy initially was to have played the role of Fonda’s mother, but a previous film commitment caused her to give up the part to Geraldine Page. Fonda won an Emmy as Outstanding Actress and costumer Julie Weiss also received an Emmy. Nominations additionally went to the show as Outstanding Drama Special and for the writing and sound mixing. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, IPC Films Inc. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producer Bruce Gilbert. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Hume Cronyn, Susan Cooper. Based on the Novel by Harriette Arnow. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music John Rubinstein. Song by John Rubinstein, Alan Mark Poul. Song Performed by Iron Mountain String Band. Editor Rita Roland. Production Designer George Jenkins. Associate Producer Gary Daigler. Cast Jane Fonda (Gertie Nevels), Levon Helm (Clovis Nevels), Geraldine Page (Mrs. Kendrick), Amanda Plummer (Marnie Childers), Susan Kingsley (Sophronie), Ann Hearn (Max), Robert Swan (Victor), Nikki Creswell (Cassie Nevels), David Dawson (Amos Nevels), Starla Whaley (Clytie Nevels), David Wilson (Enoch Nevels), Jason Yearwood (Reuben Nevels), Raymond Serra (Joe), Dan Hedaya (Skyros), Christine Ebersole (Miss Vashinski), Ellen Marchman (Wheateye), Studs Terkel (Taxi driver), Sheb Wooley (Mr. Kendrick), James Harrell (Old John Miller), Alex Harvey (Whit), Patrick Billingsley (Cooper), Edward Sadlowski (Bender), Billie Henson (Mrs. Nevels), Phyllis Boyens (Mrs. Hall), Mike Timoney (Officer), Bruce McKinnon (Soldier), Van Fox (Doctor), Fran Thornton (1st nurse), Phillip East (Orderly), Marge Korisky (2nd nurse), James Lashly (Cop), Bob Keenan (Desk officer), Les Podewell (Eye doctor), Ellen J Smith (School secretary), Sheila Keenan (Stringer), Mary Seibel (Woman at train station), Robert McCord (Redcap), Gwendolyn McGee (Black woman at station), Everett Smith (Iceman), Ida Will Smith (Red Cross lady), Ralph Foody (Scrapwood man), Mike Nussbaum (Car dealer), Jamie Wild (Gilbert), Jason Wild (Claude-Jean), Matthew P. Freeman (Frankie Daly), Billy Fitzgerald (Christopher Daly), Dennis Lally (Mr. Daly), Diane Dorsey (Mrs. Daley), Etel Billig (Mrs. Schumaker), Jimmy McDermott (Mike Schumaker), Derek Cooge (Bubblegum boy). 1474... Don’t Go to Sleep (ABC, 12/10/1982, 120 mins). The daughter of a troubled family who was killed in an automobile accident in this supernatural thriller returns from the grave to take each member back with her one by one. Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper, as the parents, previously played a married couple in “The Day the Loving Stopped.” Production Companies Aaron Spelling Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Richard Lang. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay Ned Wynn. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Claudia Myhers Tschudin. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Dennis Weaver (Phillip), Valerie Harper (Laura), Robin Ignico (Mary), Kristin Cumming (Jennifer), Oliver Robins (Kevin), Claudette Nevins (Dr. Robin Samuels), Ruth Gordon (Grandma Bernice), Robert Webber (Dr. Cole), Marilyn Coleman (Sarah), Tim Haldeman (Intern), Haven Earle Haley (Priest), Ned Wynn (Paramedic), Ross Porter (Sportscaster). 1475... Don’t Look Back (ABC, 5/31/1981, 120 mins). The story of Leroy “Satchel” Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the ’20s, hoping to break into organized Negro baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. Based on the 1967 autobiography Paige wrote with David Lipman. Paige, who died in 1982, appears briefly as himself in the film’s epilogue. Director Richard A. Colla replaced the originally scheduled George C. Scott. Production Companies TBA Productions, Satie Productions Ltd., TRISEME. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Danny Arnold. Co-Executive Producer Jordan Davis. Producers Jimmy Hawkins, Stanley Rubin. Teleplay Ronald Rubin. Based on the Autobiography by Leroy “Satchel” Paige with David Lipman. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Jack Elliot. Song by Jack Elliot, Norman Gimbel. Song Performed by Andrae Crouch. Editors Bud S. Isaacs, LaReine Johnston. Art Director James D. Bissell.

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Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Satchel Paige), Beverly Todd (Lahoma Brown Paige), Cleavon Little (Rabbit Thompson), Ernie Barnes (Josh Gibson), Clifton Davis (Cool Papa Bell), Hal Williams (Carl Roberts), Taylor Lacher (Announcer), John Beradino (Jake Wells), Jim Davis (Mr. Wilkenson), Ossie Davis (Chuffy Russell), Leroy “Satchel” Paige (Introduction), Tommie Stewart (Mama Paige), J.R. Horne (Mr. Andrews), Donnie Walker (Sugar Boy Porter), Donald Blakely (Bartender), Candy Ann Brown (Ramona), Gloria Gifford (Darlene), Leopoldo Mandeville (Chester), Earle Willoughby (Dizzy Dean), Colia Lafayette (Mrs. Parker), Milton Stafford (Young Satchel), James Unger (Wilson Paige), Lawrence Johnson (Judge), Bobby Angelle (Outfielder), Bubba Phillips (Coach Hardy), Jim B. Smith (White batter). 1476... Double Agent (ABC, 3/29/1987, 120 mins). Disney spy spoof with Michael McKean in the dual role of a suave super-agent who turns up missing in the middle of a secret mission and his unsophisticated veterinarian twin brother who reluctantly stands in for him, engaging in derring-do for his country. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Mark H. Ovitz Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Mike Vejar. Producer Mark H. Ovitz. Teleplay Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle, Howard Friedlander, Ken Peragine. Based on a Story by Howard Friedlander, Ken Peragine. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Alf Clausen. Song by P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri. Song Performed by Kipp Lennon. Editor Dennis Virkler. Production Designer John DeCuir Jr. Cast Michael McKean (Dr. Warren Starbinder/Jason Star), John Putch (Abercrombie), Susan Walden (Sharon Starbinder), Christopher Burton (Russ Starbinder), Judith Jones (Meredith Starbinder), Lloyd Bochner (Special Agent Vaughn), Alexa Hamilton (Gerlinde Krueger), Savely Kramarov (Yurgi), Allan Kolman (Vlado), Big John Studd (Igor Breshnov), Marguerite DeLain (June), Lois January (Dowager), Jane A Johnston (Harriet), Patrick O’Brien (Eddy), Jean-Paul Vignon (Maitre d’), David Yanez (Vendor), Del Zamora (Willie). 1477... Double Standard (NBC, 10/17/1988, 120 mins). Fact-based drama (though seemingly ripped from the tabloids) about a lawyer and Supreme Court Justice (played by Robert Foxworth) who maintains a secret double life with two wives and two families and shuttles back and forth between them for 17 years before being exposed--when his college age children happen to meet on campus. Production Companies Fenton Entertainment Group, Louis Rudolph Films, Fries Entertainment. Director Louis Rudolph. Executive Producer Louis Rudolph. Producers Robert L Fenton, S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay Robert E. Thompson. Based on a Book by James Whitfield Ellison. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Patrick Williams. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director Brent Thomas. Technical Consultant James Whitfield Ellison. Cast Robert Foxworth (Leonard Harik), Michele Greene (Virginia Brymer), Christianne Hirt (Sharon as a teenager), James Kee (David Harik), Pamela Bellwood (Joan Harik), Phillipe Ayoub (William Harik), Sarah Lynn Campbell (Cheryl at age 4), Catherine Flannery (Alice at age 12), Tyler Francey (Brian at age 11), Kay Hawtrey (Joan’s mother), Don R. McManus (Joan’s father), Nathaniel Moreau (Young David), David Orth (Mike), Christina Trivett (Lisa at age 10), Adam Warner (Tommy at age 8), Matthew Webb-Smith (Alan at age 14), Noam Zylberman (Daniel at age 10), Mary J. Armstrong, Steven Bednarski, Corey Brown, Jeffrey Brown, Wesley Camp, William Croat, Warren Davis, Paul De La Rosa, Miranda de Pencier, Jessica Ellis, Thelma Farmer, Richard Farrell, Paul-Emile Frappier, Fran Gebhard, Katherine Guselle, Ted Hanlan, Elizabeth Hannah, Karen Hines, Paul Jolicoeur, Debbie Kirby, Francois Klanfer, John Lefebvre, Maxine Miller, Jim Millington, Christine Mitges, Dave Nichols, Todd Oliver, Ray Paisley, Rick Payne, Karen Pike, Noah Slater, Anna Storimans, Clara Storimans, Ron Vanhart, Rod Wilson. 1478... Double Switch (ABC, 1/4/1987, 120 mins). Disney’s family-oriented comedy, a variation of “The Prince and the Pauper,” followed the breezy misadventures of a teenage rock star and the nerdy winner of his look-alike contest who switch places to learn how the other half lives. Originally called “Switching Places,” it starred newcomer George Newbern as the male lead(s) and future star Elisabeth Shue as the nerd’s high school girlfriend. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director David R. Greenwalt. Producer Mark R. Gordon. Teleplay John McNamara. Based on a Story by Peter Noah. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Michel Colombier. Songs by Jeffrey Hornaday, Charles Hornaday. Song Performed by Kipp Lennon. Editor John Wright. Production Designer John DeCuir Jr. Cast George Newbern (Matt Bender/Bartholomew Holton), Elisabeth Shue (Kathy Shelton), Michael Des Barres (Simon), Peter Van Norden (Jake), Mariclare Costello (Mrs. Holton), Barbara Rhoades (Mrs. Bundy), John H. Lawlor (Mr. Bundy), Alyson Croft (Emily), Claude Knobler (Jason), Christopher Peters (Daryl), Betty Raney (Secretary), Tom Breznahan (Greg), Mark Bringelson (Lone man), Tsutomu Carlton (Valet), Martin Casella (Lawyer), Lucinda Dooling (Costumer), Chris Drury (Roadie), Vicki Gabrielli (Stage manager), Mark R. Gordon (Songwriter), Jeffrey Hornaday (Choreographer), Karen Michaels (Waitress), Rick Overton (Deejay), Lena Ponsette (Princess Regina), John C. Reade (Bus driver), Hal Riddle (Security guard), Michele Russell (Hilary), Henry Sutton (Servant), Jason Tomlins (Sound man), Marc Tubert (Director), Barry Wiggins (Person #3), Bradd Wong (Waiter), Ruth Zakarian (Mary Jo), Michael French (Officer #2). 1479... Double Your Pleasure (NBC, 10/29/1989, 120 mins). Comedy of errors adventure follows the exploits of a sassy waitress who reluctantly agrees to impersonate her twin sister, a glamorous FBI agent injured on the job, and stumbles into a highstakes game that pits her against a shady business mogul. Original title: “Double Trouble”

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Production Companies Steve White Productions, Spectacor Films. Director Paul Lynch. Executive Producers Steve White, Steven A. Vail. Producer Barry Bernardi. Co-Producer Sascha Schneider. Teleplay Jeff Cohn, Kristi Kane. Based on a Story by Jeff Cohn. Photography Mac Ahlberg. Music Tim Truman. Editor Bud Molin. Production Designer Ninkey Dalton. Cast Jackee Harry (Linda Cutter/Sharlene), Richard Lawson (C. Gabriel Dash), Dan Hedaya (John Fraser), Harold Sylvester (Sam), Bill Fagerbakke (Thor), Cynthia Stevenson (Nicole), Sharon Barr (Milly), Eda Reiss Merin (Belle), Marvin Kaplan (Jeff), Earl Boen (Clothing Store Manager), Ray Ballard, Joey Fischer, Ann Bucklin, Don Jay, Jack Bernardi, J. David Krassner, Noreen Hennessy, Willie Garson, Anthony Gordon Overman, Leslie Neale, Michelle Davison, Arlene Banas, John McCann, Noel Webb, Shay Garner, Clive Rosengren, Bingwa, Ryan Fitzgerald, Lawrence Lott, Keny Long, Earl Arremis Johnson, J.D. Hall. 1480... Doubletake (CBS, 11/24/1985 and 11/26/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A New York cop is challenged by a bizarre double murder in which two women, a prostitute and a prim teacher, are killed on the same night, decapitated, and their heads switched, in this two-part, four-hour thriller based on William Bayer’s 1984 bestseller, “Switch.” The book’s title also was to have been the film’s except for the possible confusion arising when the old Robert Wagner-Eddie Albert series of that name was recalled. Production Companies Titus Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Novel by William Bayer. Photography Barry Sonnenfeld. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editors Robert Reitano, Craig McKay. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Cast Richard Crenna (Frank Janek), Beverly D’Angelo (Caroline Wallace), Vincent Baggetta (Sal Marchetti), Paul Gleason (Howie Henley), Cliff Gorman (Aaron Greenberg), Drew Snyder (Stanger), Lee Richardson (Chief Jim Hart), Julie Bovasso (Lou DiMona), Eddie Jones (Sweeney), Lois Smith (Sarah [part 1]), Tom Aldredge (Glendon Lane [part 2]), Priscilla Lopez (Nelly Gardato [part 2]), Jeffrey DeMunn (Andrew Lane [part 2]), Hansford Rowe (Mr. Sims [part 1]), Concetta Tomei (Hazel Carter [part 1]), Fiona Gordon (Amanda), Lisa Emery (Brenda), Corbin Bernsen (Tennis pro), Michael Bofshever (Policeman), Paul Calderon (Bitong), Michael Cerveris (Gary Prine), Marissa Chibas (Cynthia), Pamela Cuming Carhart (Hooker), Steven Gilborn (Maitre d’), Mark Margolis (Janitor), Daniel Ahearn (Mark Ritchie), Angela Bassett (Prostitute at headquarters), William Cain (Weehawken police captain), Johann Carlo (Prostitute), Jude Ciccolella (Mechanic), Herb Downer (Reporter), James Handy (Real estate broker), Peter McRobbie (Sex therapist), John Rensenhouse (Hairdresser), Michael Ryan (Detective Carmichael), Marvin Scott (Newscaster), Willa Scott (Reporter), Fritz Sperberg (Publishing executive), Stephen Stout (Reporter), Mickey Treanor (Bomb expert), Caryn West (Receptionist). 1481... Downpayment on Murder (NBC, 12/6/1987, 120 mins). Convoluted fact-based woman-in-jeopardy thriller deals with a young wife and mother who is abused by her violent, jealous husband and discovers after she has walked out that he has hired a hit man to murder her, giving the would-be killer a down payment. She in turn enlists the help of two cops who’ve been trying to nail him for some shady real-estate deals that have gone sour. Production Companies Adam Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Robert M. Myman. Supervising Producer R.W. Goodwin. Producer Carole Bloom. Teleplay Barry Schneider, Bill Driskill. Photography Bradford May. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Andrew Chulack. Production Designer Jeffrey L. Goldstein. Cast Connie Sellecca (Karen Cardell), Ben Gazzara (Harry Cardell), G.W. Bailey (Eddie Kyle), Jonathan Banks (Detective McKenzie), John Karlen (Albert Ruskin), Sheila Larken (Donna Appleby), David Morse (Det. Earl Jackson), Miguel Ferrer (Martin Cole), Jennifer Beck (Jennifer Cardell), Brandon Bluhm (Benjamin Cardell), Conrad Bachmann (Kenny), John Durbin (Jason), Kimberly Pistone (Nancy Cardell), Marta Kober (Karen), Penelope Sudrow (Linda), Scott Michael Wilson (Mike), Charles Boswell (Officer), Rick Fitts (Simmons), Kay Freeman (Mrs. Lanier), Robert Ruth (Bartender). 1482... Draw! (HBO, 7/15/1984, 100 mins). Kirk Douglas is an old-time outlaw who finds himself trapped in a small Western town after a poker game ends in a gunfight and James Coburn is his old nemesis, a former lawman-turned-boozer, who is hired by the townsfolk to flush him out. This lighthearted hoss opera was the fifth in HBO’s made-for-cable series of original movies with top-drawer stars. Production Companies Astral Film Enterprises, Bryna Company Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Harold Greenberg, Stuart B. Rekant. Producer Ronald M. Cohen. Teleplay Stanley Mann. Photography Laszlo George. Music Ken Wannberg. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Bill Brodie. Cast Kirk Douglas (Harry H. Holland), James Coburn (Sam Starret), Alexandra Bastedo (Bess), Graham Jarvis (Wally Blodgett), Derek McGrath (Reggie Bell), Jason Michas (Moses), Len Birman (Ephraim), Maurice Brand (Mr. Gibson), Graham McPherson (Eugene Lippert), Vladimir Valenta (Mordecai Hurwitz), Linda Sorensen (Teresa), Gerard Parkes (Judge Fawcett), Richard Donat (Sheriff Harmon), Frank Adamson (Bartender), Stuart Gillard (Dr. West), Miles Vasey (Charlie Tucker), James DeFelice (Bank manager), James Forsythe (Bank teller), Sherrill De Marco (Sadie), Larry Musser, Bonar Bain, Wilf Rowe, Brian Fustukian, Frank C. Turner, Brian George, Victor Bain, Joan Hurley, Alan Stebbings, Vincent Gale, Steve Atkinson, Bob Supiene, Charlie Turner, Tom Dasko, Miguel Neri, Bombo Ochica, Broderick Olson.

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1483... Dream Breakers (CBS, 1/31/1989, 120 mins). A Chicago family--building contractor Robert Loggia and sons with opposing ideologies, one a Harvard grad, the other a young priest--finds itself caught up in the schemes of a greedy developer, played against type by “special guest star” Hal Linden. Veteran actor John McIntire had one of his last roles here as the local cardinal. This prospective series pilot was originally titled “The O’Connors,” although the family seemed an ethnic type of a different stripe. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Stuart Millar. Supervising Producer Robert Silberling. Producer Stuart Millar. Co-Producer Ken Swor. Teleplay Victor Levin, Stuart Millar. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Glenn Paxton. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Cast Robert Loggia (Joseph O’Connor), Kyle MacLachlan (Father Bobby O’Connor), D.W. Moffett (Mark O’Connor), Charles Cioffi (Douglas Sloan), Laila Robins (Phoebe Paine), John McIntire (Cardinal Angelo), Hal Linden (Harry Palliser), Helen Lloyd Breed (Mrs. Lucille Shaw), Finn Carter (Sister Catherine), Maureen Mueller (Ivana), Alan Wilder (Salesman), Randall Arney (TV reporter), Ron Dean (Sullivan), Frank Rice (Driver #3), Tommy Vee (Driver #2), Will Zahrn (Driver #1), Del Close (Dr. Stone), Jim Brunner (Receptionist), Ivory Ocean (Concierge), Les Podewell (Elevator starter), Marcella Conlon (Mrs. Fletcher), Dean Tokumo (Albert Cho). 1484... Dream Date (NBC, 10/9/1989, 120 mins). Comedy about an overprotective father and his disastrous attempts at keeping an eye on his teenage daughter’s first date with a high school jock. Original title: “Home by Midnight” Production Companies MollyBen Productions, Golchan-Kosberg Productions, Gary Hoffman-Neal Israel Productions, Saban International. Director Anson Williams. Executive Producers Frederic Golchan, Robert Kosberg, Gary Hoffman, Neal Israel. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Peter Crabbe. Based on a Story by Peter Crabbe, Mark C Miller. Photography Harry Mathias. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor Leslie Dennis Bracken. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Associate Producer Mark C. Miller. Cast Tempestt Bledsoe (Dani Fairview), Clifton Davis (Bill Fairview), Kadeem Hardison (Jim Parker), Brandon Maggart (Charlie), JoAnn Willette (Stacy), Michelle Rene Thomas (Sally Palmer), Pauly Shore (Rudy), Richard Moll (“Man in the Theatre”), Anne-Marie Johnson (Donna Thompson), Howard French (Mike), Michael Prokopuk (T.J.), Bill Bolender (Billie Boy), Margaret Bowman (Woman in hotel room), Jason Sokolosky (Dave), Dan Foley (Waiter), The Pictures (Band), William Dente (Taxi Driver), Peter Crabbe (Usher), Will Hussong (Bellman), Emily Warfield (Girlfriend), Michael Petty, John Edson, Michael Cochrane, Julius Tennon, Heather Hollingsworth, Kathy Trageser, Tiiu Leek. 1485... Dream House (CBS, 11/28/1981, 120 mins). Vacationing Georgia construction worker, John Schneider, meets and falls for Manhattan’s comely Director of Urban Renewal, Marilu Henner, and despite her initial rejection of him, sets out to build a dream house for both of them on a parcel of land in one of New York’s ghetto neighborhoods. Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Supervising Producers Ira Marvin, Joseph P Kane. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Mike Lloyd Ross. Based on a Story by Philip Mandelker. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Howard Barker. Cast John Schneider (Charley Gross), Marilu Henner (Laura Griffith), Michael Gross (Julius Jacobson), Remak Ramsey (Henry Gebhardt), Miguel Fernandes (Shark), David Gale (Will Cross), Tom Fitzsimmons (Arthur), Michael Wright (Mace), John Ramsey (Billings), Shawn Elliott (Miguel Rivas), Harris Laskawy (Rogers), Victor Argo (Ramirez), Ed Moore (Wayne Peyton), Steve Marachuk (Mark), Ray Baker (Steve Corcoran), Cintia Cruz (Wilma), Cooper Cunningham (Wanda), Antonia Rey (Mrs. Gomez), Juan Aguero (Perez), Harry Reems (Phil Billings), Jack Naughton (Auctioneer), Alan Leach (Barton), Julie Osburn (Hostess), Joe Cirillo (Riley). 1486... The Dream Merchants (Syndicated, 5/12/1980 and 5/19/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins’ best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period in this two-part four-hour Operation Prime Time offering. Production Companies Milton Sperling Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Vincent Sherman. Executive Producer Milton Sperling. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Chester Krumholz, Richard DeRoy. Based on the Novel by Harold Robbins. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music George Duning. Choreographer Tad Tadlock. Editors Dick Van Enger Jr., Donald Douglas. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Mark Harmon (Johnny Edge), Vincent Gardenia (Peter Kessler), Morgan Fairchild (Dulcie Warren), Brianne Leary (Doris Kessler), Robert Picardo (Mark Kessler), Eve Arden (Coralee), Kaye Ballard (Esther Kessler), Morgan Brittany (Astrid James), Red Buttons (Bruce Benson), Robert Culp (Henry Farnum), Howard Duff (Charles Slade), José Ferrer (George Pappas), Robert Goulet (Craig Warren), David Groh (Rocco Salvatore), Carolyn Jones (Vera), Fernando Lamas (Conrad Stillman), Ray Milland (Lawrence Radford), Jan Murray (Murray Tucker), Chris Robinson (Zack Larsen), Don “Red” Barry (Captain Casey), Lola Mason (Harriet Farnum), George O. Petrie (Fraser), Seth Wagerman (Bobby Edge), Fredd Wayne (Humber), Lauren White (Thelma Benson), Ray Young (Hansen).

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1487... Dream West (CBS, 4/13/1986 to 4/20/1986, 3 parts, 7 hours). Sweeping adventure taken from David Nevin’s historical 1983 bestseller about explorer, politician and (some say) opportunist John Charles Fremont and his vision of a Western extension of the United States during the mid-1800s. The three-part epic drama teamed Chamberlain once again with Alice Krige (they co-starred in “Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story” earlier), who plays the free-spirited daughter of a powerful U.S. Senator who decides to share her life with the dreamer and to chronicle his adventures. F. Murray Abraham, in his first role since winning the Oscar for “Amadeus,” turns up as Abraham Lincoln; Rip Torn is Kit Carson, Fremont’s longtime trail companion and most trusted friend; Ben Johnson is legendary trapper and explorer Jim Bridger; Broadway’s Jerry Orbach is John Sutter, the prosperous settler who claimed California for himself; and Fritz Weaver is the powerful Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, Fremont’s disapproving father-inlaw. Production Company Sunn Classics Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Chuck McLain. Producer Hunt Lowry. Teleplay Evan Hunter. Based on the Novel by David Nevin. Photography Jack Wallner, Robert M. Baldwin. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Jack Fegan, Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, Dennis Mosher. Production Designer Linda Pearl. Art Director Dena Roth. Art Director (Part 2) Greg Fonseca. Associate Producer Patrick Markey. Cast Richard Chamberlain (John Charles Fremont), Alice Krige (Jessie Benton Fremont), F. Murray Abraham (Abraham Lincoln), René Enriquez (General Castro), Ben Johnson (Jim Bridger), Jerry Orbach (John Sutter), G.D. Spradlin (Gen. Steven Watts Kearny), Rip Torn (Kit Carson), Fritz Weaver (Sen. Thomas Hart Benton), Anthony Zerbe (Bill Williams), Claude Akins (Tom Fitzpatrick), John Anderson (Brigadier General Brooke), Lee Bergere (Papa Joe Nicollet), Jeff East (Tim Donovan), Michael Ensign (Preuss), Mel Ferrer (Judge Elkins), Burton Gilliam (Martineau), John Harkins (Secretary of State George Bancroft), Gayle Hunnicutt (Maria Crittenden), Matt McCoy (Louis Freniere), Cameron Mitchell (Commodore Robert Stockton), Noble Willingham (Pres. James Polk), Bill Campbell (Lieutenant Gaines), James Cromwell (Major General Hunter), Lee deBroux (Provost), Jonathan Frakes (Lieutenant Gillespie), John Francis (Zindel), Stefan Gierasch (Trenor Park), Richard Hamilton (General Murdoch), Will Hare (Dr. McClain), Dave Lowry (Godey), Kip Niven (Sen. John Crittenden), John Quade (Big Fallon), Martin Rabbett (Kern), Hansford Rowe (John Floyd), Timothy Scott (Ezekial Merrit), Vernon Washington (Dodson), Cathryn Purdue (Beasley’s wife), Ann Bjorn (Angelique), Cecile Callan (Nicole), Nikki Creswell (Lily Fremont), Terrence Evans (Farmer), William Glover (Sir Roger Dunston), Gloria Hayes (Indian maiden), Barton Heyman (Judge Advocate Lee), George American Horse (Chief), Charles Hyman (Sergeant Riordan), Joaquin Martinez (Sagundai), George McDaniel (Colonel Mason), Randal Patrick (Carvalho), Buck Taylor (Egloffstein), Helen Floyd (Sally), Charles Bazalova (Mexican officer), Marco Hernandez (Mexican Lieutenant), Jeff Allin (Blond Man), Michael Crabtree (2nd man on Trek 5), Joe Dorsey (Colonel Atherton), Jim Grimshaw (2nd man), Dennis King (Francis Blair), Jay Louden (Campaign aide), Robert Lussier (Dr. Harris), Kelly Junkermann (1st man on Trek 5), Bentley Anderson (Lincoln’s secretary), Erich Anderson (First sergeant), Cleo Banks, Roland Barajas, Dennis Beck, Dan Biggers, Dennis Breckner, Bob Burchette, Chuck Burke, Chris Campbell, Tac Clarke, Ritchie Copenhaver, John Countryman, Glenn Crone, Carole Davis, Bill Eudaly, Tom Even, Kevin Grantz, Jim Grimshaw, Cody Hampton, Linwood Horne, Shirley Hurd, Joe Inscoe, Ralph Johnson, Scott Jones, Randy King, Randy Krier, Sid LaBarr, Stephen Lee, Lee Lively, Fred Lloyd, Don Martin, Bob Mills, John Mingus, Vernon Morris, Glenn Morshower, Randy Mulkey, Danny Nelson. 1488... Dreams Don’t Die (ABC, 5/21/1982, 120 mins). Teenagers growing up in an urban combat zone, filmed on location in New York City and throughout its subway system. Ike Eisenmann is a subway graffiti painter whose artistic talents are noticed by concerned cop Paul Winfield, who becomes his surrogate father and urges him to help track down drug kingpin James Broderick (his final TV role). Original title: “Children of the Streets.” Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Producers Ira Marvin, Joseph P. Kane. Teleplay Garry Michael White. Photography Tony Imi. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designer Howard Barker. Associate Producers Benjamin A. Weissman, Garry Michael White. Cast Ike Eisenmann (Danny Baker), Trini Alvarado (Teresa), Israel Juarbe (Kirk), Paul Winfield (Charlie Banks), James Broderick (Gavin), Mark Gordon (Lieutenant Steadman), George Coe (Sherman), Judi West (Grace Baker), Aaron Manning (Obie), Benjamin Hendrickson (Attorney), Alma Cuervo (Agnes Shields), Baxter Harris (Phil), Richard Allen (Chauffeur), Joe Cirillo (Ray), David Tabor (Cook), Rose Roffman (Motel clerk), Willie Burnette (Tall boy), Radames Torres (Short boy), Wendell Brown (Goofball), John Seeman (Pickup man). 1489... Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (Showtime, 9/13/1987, 102 mins). Third drama in the Harlequin Romance movies series continuing the successful formula of putting an independent, usually self-sufficient American woman in a luxurious European setting (this time a haunted castle in southwest Scotland) and having her find love in the arms of a charming and invariably well-off rogue in the manner adored by millions of readers of romance fiction. The series of British-Canadian films made of these Harlequin page-turners (this one a 1983 novel by Pamela Wallace) found a receptive audience on cable through the late 1980s. Production Companies Atlantic Video Ventures, Yorkshire Television. Director Willi Patterson. Executive Producers John Goldstone, Jonathan Dana, David Cunliffe. Producer Pat Sandys. Contributing Producer Andrew Braunsberg. Teleplay William Corlett. Based on a Novel by Pamela Wallace. Photography Dick Dodd. Music Alan Hawkshaw. Music Conducted by David Snell. Song Alan Hawkshaw, Barry Mason. Song Performed by Marti Webb. Editor Paul Trevor Bale. Production Designer Peter Kindred.

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Cast Kathleen Quinlan (Sarah McAllister), David Robb (Ross Fleming), Betsy Brantley (Jane McAllister), Colette O’Neil (Lady Fleming), Charles Gray (Jason Klein), Louise Breslin (Miss Muir), Tom Watson (Donald Drummond), Anne Kristen (Georgina Farren), Fiona Mollison (Vivienne Tait), Tom Mannion (Tam Stirling), Anne Downie (Sheila Lindsay), Kay Gallie (Margaret Drummond), Raymond Ross (Minister), Gary Denis (Master of ceremonies). 1490... Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (CBS, 11/15/1986, 120 mins). As the title sums it up, this is a dramatization of real-life treasure hunter Mel Fisher’s 17-year search for a sunken Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which had sunk in a storm off the Florida Keys in 1622. On July 20, 1985, the ocean yielded to Fisher and his crew the encrusted remains of the ship and a payload worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, over which he spent the next year fighting the State of Florida through the courts. Production Company InterPlanetary Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Max A. Keller. Supervising Producer Micheline H. Keller. Producers Charles Hairston, Daniel Helfgott. Co-Producers Amanda DiGilio, Dennis Considine. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Photography (underwater) Nick Caloyianis. Music Ernest Gold. Editor Edward A. Biery. Production Designer Robb Wilson King. Cast Cliff Robertson (Mel Fisher), Loretta Swit (Deo Fisher), Ed O’Ross (Trooper Hudley), Scott Paulin (Don Kincaid), Jennifer Runyon (Angel Fisher), Judi Evans (Penelope Cabot), Bruce Toms (Kane Fisher), Kerry Remsen (Taffi Fisher), Jonathan Hogan (David Horan), Martin Rabbett (Dirk Fisher), William Zabka (Kim Fisher), Steven Williams (Mo), Don Hood (Luther Banks), Liam Sullivan (Rupert Carmody), Brett Porter (Duncan Mathewson), Byrne Piven (Local fisherman), Tim Wise (1st panel member), David Orange (2nd panel member), Sandra P. Davis (Tourist), Tony Ayer (3rd panel member), Eric Mathews (Marshall). 1491... Dress Gray (NBC, 3/9/1986 and 3/10/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Drama set in a fictional military academy against the background of the Vietnam War, involving a murder of a homosexual cadet, a cover-up by the commandant, and a relentless investigation by an upperclassman into the killing. Filmed at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell when West Point made itself unavailable due, naturally, to the subject matter, this drama was adapted by television veteran Gore Vidal from Lucian K. Truscott IV’s 1979 novel and earned Vidal, returning to television after more than two decades, an Emmy Award nomination (for part 1). It also was Emmy nominated as Outstanding Miniseries (although this chronicling, despite network terminology, considers miniseries only programs shown in three or more parts). Another nomination went to the film’s costumers (again for part 1). The alphabetically listed cast includes Eddie Albert as the dead cadet’s well-connected Southern aristocratic father, a powerful judge; Alec Baldwin as the senior doggedly trying to unravel the mystery; Lloyd Bridges as the superintendent of the Academy; Patrick Cassidy as the victim; Susan Hess as the judge’s free-spirited daughter; Hal Holbrook as the hard-nosed commandant; Alexis Smith as the superintendent’s wife; et al. Production Companies Frank von Zerneck Films, Warner Bros. Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Glenn Jordan. Co-Producer William Beaudine Jr. Teleplay Gore Vidal. Based on a Book by Lucian K Truscott IV. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Paul Rubell, David Simmons. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Cast Eddie Albert (Judge Hand), Alec Baldwin (Ry Slaight), Lloyd Bridges (Gen. Axel Rylander), Patrick Cassidy (David Hand), Susan Hess (Elizabeth Hand), Hal Holbrook (Gen. Charles Hedges), Alexis Smith (Mrs. Iris Rylander), Lane Smith (Col. Terry King), James B. Sikking (Capt. Clifford Bassett), Albert Salmi (Sergeant Oliphant), Ron Rifkin (Major Consor), Tim Van Patten (Jim Lugar), Cameron Dye (Buck), Peter Nelson (Peter Barnes), Louise Latham (Mrs. Loerna Tutweiler), Jason Beghe (Hank Beaumont), Gary F. Kasper (Bob Cullinan), Joseph Kell (Winant), David Harum (Barham), Steve Kosko (Area sergeant), Cecilia Peck (Helen Sands), Patricia Herd (Secretary), Rick Goldman, Arthur French, Richard Doyle, Alma Martinez, Patrik Baldauff, Tom Everett. 1492... Drop-Out Father (CBS, 9/27/1982, 120 mins). Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race. His family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines, so he and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while his wife and three other kids reevaluate their thinking. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Don Taylor. Supervising Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Producers Bob Shanks, Ann Shanks. Teleplay Bob Shanks. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Photography (New York) Ronald M. Lautore. Music Peter Matz. Song “Indira” Written and Performed by Line One. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Gary Weist. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Dick Van Dyke (Ed McCall), Mariette Hartley (Katherine McCall), George Coe (Kannon Rush), William Daniels (Draper Wright), Monte Markham (Tony Malgrado), Arthur Rosenberg (Marty Zimmerman), George Wyner (Dr. Irving Lefkowitz), Claudia Lonow (Peggy McCall), Charles Bloom (David McCall), Michael Cummings (Bud McCall), Jacques Aubuchon (Dr. Simon), Martha Byrne (Elizabeth McCall), Ray Singer (Doug), Jeff Altman (Harry), Rhea Perlman (Tawny Shapiro), Terry Hard (Muhatma), Jeffrey Richman (Haridresser), Bruce Gray (Austin Morrow), Ned Wilson (Charleton Hart), Frank Ronzio (Angelo), Bill Erwin (Grandpa), Siv Aberg (Housekeeper), Sandy Barry (Muffy), Shelly Batt (Gloria Levin), Terri Berlund (2nd stewardess), David Boyle (TV announcer), Edward Call (Captain O’Malley), Bobby Duncan (Willie), Israel Juarbe (José), William Lithgow (Dr. Furness), Marianne McAndrew (Diane), Ben Powers (Ben Brown), Celia Wellman (Beth Anne),

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Terry Wills, José Aleman, Richard Penn, Dallas Alinder, Ernie Brown, Phil Coccioletti, Peter Foster, Gene Lindsey, Lynn Longos, Susan Ruttan, Toni Sawyer, Shannon Tweed, Stanley Wojno Jr. 1493... Drop-Out Mother (CBS, 1/1/1988, 120 mins). From Ann and Bob Shanks, who wrote and produced the 1982 “Drop-Out Father” with Dick Van Dyke, comes “Drop-Out Mother,” a pleasant comedy about a woman’s less-than-smooth career transition from boardroom to household, walking away from success as a public relations executive. Production Companies Fries Entertainment, Comco Productions Inc. Director Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Julie Corman. Producer Ann Shanks. Co-Producer Bob Shanks. Teleplay Bob Shanks. Photography Ludek Bogner. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Edward Brennan. Art Director Andris Hausmanis. Associate Producer William P. Owens. Cast Valerie Harper (Nora Cromwell), Wayne Rogers (Jack Cromwell), Carol Kane (Maxine), Danny Gerard (Sam), Jayne Eastwood (Blanche), Alyson Court (Caroline), Kim Hunter (Leona), Bruce Gray (Minister), Tim Henry (Jim Sawyer), Meg Hogarth (Grace Harper), Diane Stapley (Donna Sawyer), Marilyn Smith (Cosmetics lady), Allen Stewart-Coates (Rev. Lamar Hodges), Clare Barclay, Wally Bondarenko, Valerie Boyle, Steven Brammer, Tim Byrd, Claire Celluci, Richard Cleland, Heather Clifford, Al Cromwell, Sharon Danley, Rick Davidio, Dorian Davis, Joe DiMambro, Kerry Frost, Dick Grant, Dan Higham, Jeff Holec, Doug Hughes, Shawn Lawrence, Justin Louis, Joseph Matheson, B.J. McQueen, Marjorie Medley, Jack Northmore, Alyson Reed, Annie Ryan, Jane Schoettle, Todd Schroeder, Djanet Sears, Peter Snider, Mike Soligno, Kathryn Trainor, Cindy Valentine, Peter Williams. 1494... An Early Frost (NBC, 11/11/1985, 120 mins). The first major film dealing with the subject of AIDS, this drama was showered with Emmy Award nominations (14 of them) including Outstanding Drama Special, directing, writing, and for five of its stars. The story of how a traditional family copes with the double shock that their son is dying of AIDS and is homosexual earned nominations for Aidan Quinn as the young Chicago lawyer who returns home to rural Pennsylvania gravely ill, Gena Rowlands as his terrified mother, Ben Gazzara as the self-made father unable to accept the fact his son is gay, Sylvia Sidney as the loving, understanding grandmother, and John Glover as another AIDS victim. Other Emmy nominations went for photography, editing, music, art direction/set decoration, makeup and sound mixing.The Directors Guild Award went to John Erman. Production Company NBC Productions. Director John Erman. Producer Perry Lafferty. Co-Producer Art Seidel. Teleplay Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman. Based on a Story by Sherman Yellen. Photography Woody Omens. Music John Kander. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producers Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman. Cast Gena Rowlands (Katherine Pierson), Ben Gazzara (Nick Pierson), Sylvia Sidney (Beatrice McKenna), Aidan Quinn (Michael Pierson), D.W. Moffett (Peter Hilton), John Glover (Victor DiMato), Sydney Walsh (Susan Maracek), Terry O’Quinn (Dr. Redding), Bill Paxton (Bob Maracek), Cheryl Anderson (Christine), Christopher Bradley (Todd), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Nurse Lincoln), Don Hood (Dr. Gilbert), Barbara Iley (Meredith), Scott Jaeck (Phil), John Lafayette (Paramedic), John Lasell (Jonathan), Michael Prince (Norman Wesker), Essex Smith (James), Lee Wilkof (Dr. Reisberg). 1495... Earth*Star Voyager (ABC, 1/17/1988 and 1/24/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Disney science fiction adventure set 100 years into the future, with six young Space Academy cadets--whose captain has mysteriously vanished--on a mission to explore and colonize as distant planet. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Marstar Limited Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Howard Alston. Co-Producer Dennis E. Doty. Teleplay Ed Spielman. Photography Robert Stevens. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors Edward A. Biery, Edward Nassour. Production Designer John DeCuir Jr. Art Director Ian D. Thomas. Cast Duncan Regehr (Jake Brown), Brian McNamara (Capt. Jonathan Hays), Julia Montgomery (Dr. Sally Arthur), Jason Michas (Jessie “Beanie” Beinstock), Tom Breznahan (Huxley Welles), Margaret Langrick (Luz Sansone), Sean O’Byrne (Vance Arthur), Peter Donat (Admiral Beasley), Henry Kingi (Shell), Lynnette Mettey (Priscilla), Ric Reid (Captain Forbes), Frank C. Turner (Willy), Dinah Gaston (Lani Mayori), Bruce Harwood (Dr. Leland Eugene), Bill Croft (Trager), Nigel Harvey (Security leader), John “Bear” Curtis, Stephen Dimopoulos, Andrew Kavaors, Barry Kennedy, Kevin McNulty, Jennifer Michas, Stephen E. Miller, Enid Saunders, Mike Stack, Sandy Tucker, Meredith Bain Woodward. 1496... Easy Prey (ABC, 10/26/1986, 120 mins). Gerald McRaney, in a role reversal from his chores as easygoing, laidback Rick Simon on the series “Simon & Simon,” plays real-life serial rapist/murderer Christopher Wilder in this fact-based drama about Wilder and the teenage girl (played by Shawnee Smith) he abducted from a Torrence, California, shopping mall in the spring of 1984 and forced to accompany him on a cross-country ride of terror. It was filmed in and around Toronto. Production Companies René Malo Productions, New World Television. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producers Lawrence Taylor-Mortoff, Allan Bodoh. Producers René Malo, Barry Rosen, Gary Goodman. Teleplay John Carlen. Photography Reginald Morris. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Tony Lower. Art Director Douglas Higgins. Cast Gerald McRaney (Christopher Wilder), Sean McCann (Paul Worthy), Susan Hogan (Carol Risico), Kate Lynch (Fran Altman), Barry Flatman (Wells), Neil Clifford (Blake), Jessica Steen (Wendy Robinson), Shawnee Smith (Tina Risico), Philip Akin (Blair), Laurie Paton (Angela), Brian Taylor (Dr. Hearsch), Jeremy Ratchford (Billy), Alan Fawcett (Store manager), Tedde Moore (Meg), Denise Ferguson (Jean), Lisa Schrage (Julie), Victor Young (Norman), Lisa Howard (1st Oklahoma girl), Wendy Lyon (2nd Oklahoma girl), Jennifer Irwin (Jenny Worthy).

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1497... Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (NBC, 10/18/1987, 120 mins). Dick Van Patten and eight series costars return for this pedestrian reunion movie with the Bradford family coming together to celebrate dad’s big 5-0. Only new cast member this time around: Mary Frann (Joanna Loudon on “Newhart”) stepping in to play Abby Bradford, in place of Betty Buckley from the 1977-81 series. Production Companies Echo Cove Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Harry Harris. Executive Producer William Blinn. Supervising Producer Harry Harris. Producer Frank Fischer. Teleplay Gwen Bagni-Dubov. Photography Marvin Gunter. Music Lee Holdridge. Song Lyrics Molly-Ann Leikin, Jeff Scott. Song Performed by Willie Aames. Editor Andrew Cohen. Art Director Al Rohm. Cast Dick Van Patten (Tom Bradford), Willie Aames (Tommy), Brian Patrick Clark (Merle Stockwell), Grant Goodeve (David), Dianne Kay (Nancy), Connie Needham (Elizabeth), Lani O’Grady (Mary), Joan Prather (Janet), Adam Rich (Nicholas), Susan Richardson (Susan), Laurie Walters (Joanie), Mary Frann (Abby Bradford), James Karen (Elliot Rogers), Christopher McDonald (Jeb), Jonathan Perpich (Chuck), Sarah Douglas (Leona Starke), Peter Nelson (Mark), Paul Rossilli (Jean Pierre), Pat Van Patten (Rebecca), Jennifer Darling (Donna), Ashton Bezamat, Amy Gibson, LaGena Hart, Arnold Turner, Rod Britt, Rose Dursy. 1498... An Eight Is Enough Wedding (NBC, 10/15/1989, 120 mins). The Bradford clan reunites for a second time--here for son David’s wedding. Nine members of the original series return, although this time the role of Abby Bradford is played by Sandy Faison--in place of Mary Frann, who had the role in the 1987 TV movie, and Betty Buckley, Abby in the earlier series. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Stan Lathan. Executive Producer Greg Strangis. Coordinating Producer Bernie Laramie. Teleplay Greg Strangis. Based on a Novel by Thomas W. Braden. Photography Dennis Matsuda. Music Billy Thorpe. Editors Noel Rogers, Billy Fox. Production Designer Robert J Bacon. Cast Dick Van Patten (Tom Bradford), Sandy Faison (Abby Bradford), Grant Goodeve (David Bradford), Joan Prather (Janet), Lani O’Grady (Mary), Laurie Walters (Joanie), Susan Richardson (Susan), Dianne Kay (Nancy), Connie Needham (Elizabeth), Willie Aames (Tommy), Adam Rich (Nicholas), Lisa Fuller (Rebekka), Nancy Everhard (Marilyn “Mike” Fulbright), Eugene Roche (Mr. Fulbright), Christopher McDonald (Jeb), Jonathan Perpich (Chuck), James Van Patten (Meryl), Peter Nelson (Mark), Paul Rossilli (Jean-Pierre), Glenn Walker Harris (Jordie), Marianne Muellerleile (Greta Wolfson), Eddie Barth (Cabbie), Pat Van Patten (Mrs. Fulbright), John Hostetter (Reverend), Laura Drake (Patrol person), Danny Tate (Buddy), Mike Jacobs Jr. (Zephyr), Daryl Roach (State Trooper), Walter Sylvest (Photographer), Rosin Lynn (Chauffeur). 1499... Eleanor, First Lady of the World (CBS, 5/12/1982, 120 mins). A dramatization of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt following FDR’s death through the time of her new career at the fledgling United Nations. Jean Stapleton was Emmy Awardnominated as Outstanding Actress, and other nominations went for costume design and hairstyles. Production Companies Murbill Productions, Embassy Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer Virginia Carter. Supervising Producer Michael Weisbarth. Producer Fern Feld. Teleplay Caryl Ledner, Cynthia Mandelberg. Based on a Story by Rhoda Lerman. Photography (Europe) Brian West. Photography (USA) John McPherson. Music John Addison. Editor David Newhouse. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Jean Stapleton (Eleanor Roosevelt), E.G. Marshall (John Foster Dulles), Coral Browne (Lady Stella Reading), Joyce Van Patten (Malvina “Tommy” Thompson), Gail Strickland (Anna Roosevelt Dall), Kenneth Kimmins (Durward Sandifer), Freddie Jones (Dr. Pavlov), Jeffrey Marcus (Buzz Dall), Kabir Bedi (Dr. Charles Malik), Lin McCarthy (Sen. Arthur Vandenberg), Richard McKenzie (Pres. Harry Truman), Richard Angarola (Zafrulla), Tasha Martel (Madame Jahan), Peter White (James Roosevelt), Chris Winfield (2nd steward), Michael Marsac (Crillon manager), Douglas Robinson (2nd reporter), Hannah Cutrona (Hedi), John Bleifer (Herr Simon), Alex Rodine (Vishinski), David Frankham (UN President), Duncan Ross (Chairman 3rd committee), Essex Smith (John Mays), Lee Wilkof (1st reporter), Curtis Roosevelt (Epilogue narrator). 1500... Ellis Island (CBS, 11/11/1984 to 11/14/1984, 3 parts, 180/120 mins 7 hours). Fred Mustard Stewart’s sprawling saga (1983) chronicling several European immigrants who come to New York just after the turn of the century in search of the American dream. One, patterned after Irving Berlin, is a Russian Jew hoping to develop a career in songwriting; another is an ambitious Italian gardener who eventually marries a wealthy U.S. Senator’s daughter; the two others in prominent immigrant roles are Irish sisters, one of whom is blind. Faye Dunaway, as the Senator’s actress wife, was named Best Supporting Actress in a miniseries by the International Television Movie Festival in its first awards. Ann Jillian, as the ambitious performer who strives to further her career by marrying the up-and-coming songwriter (Peter Riegert), won an Emmy nomination. So did Richard Burton (as the Senator) in his last role, playing opposite his real-life daughter, Kate Burton (as his screen daughter); Burton died in August 1984, two weeks after filming his scenes. Other Emmy nominations went to the film itself as Outstanding Miniseries and to sound mixer Tony Dawe. Costume designer Barbara Lane won the Emmy for her work on part 1. The entire production, incidentally, was filmed on location in England and Italy with interiors done at Shepperton Studios near London. When “Ellis Island” was rebroadcast initially by the network in 1986 to coincide with the Liberty Centennial Celebration, it was cut from seven hours to six, running in two-hour segments on consecutive nights. Production Companies Pantheon Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers Gabriel Katzka, Frank Konigsberg. Supervising Producer Jerry London. Producer Nick Gillott. Teleplay Fred Mustard Stewart,

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Christopher Newman. Based on the Novel by Fred Mustard Stewart. Photography Jack Hildyard, Dudley Lovell, Ennio Guarnieri. Music John Addison. Song “Elsie” by John Addison, Fred Mustard Stewart, Douglas Brayfield. Song Performed by Peter Riegert. Songs “Raggedy Ragtime Man,” “Knock Knock New York” John Addison, Douglas Brayfield. Performed by Melba Moore. Songs “Lucky Star” “Why Can’t We Marry Now?” “We’re Already Falling in Love” John Addison, Douglas Brayfield. Performed by Ann Jillian. Editors (Parts 1 through 3) John J Dumas, Bernard Gribble. Editor (Part 3) James Galloway. Production Designer Robert Laing. Costumes Barbara Lane. Associate Producers Patricia Johnston, Barry Jossen. Cast Peter Riegert (Jacob Rubinstein), Greg Martyn (Marco Santorelli), Claire Bloom (Rebecca Weiler), Jud Bowker (Georgiana O’Donnell), Kate Burton (Vanessa Ogden), Joan Greenwood (Madame Levitska), Ann Jillian (Nellie Byfield), Lila Kaye (Kathleen O’Donnell), Stubby Kaye (Abe Shulman), Alice Krige (Bridget O’Donnell), Cherie Lunghi (Una Marbury), Melba Moore (Flora Mitchum), Milo O’Shea (Casey O’Donnell), Emma Samms (Violet Weiler), Ben Vereen (Roscoe Haines), Faye Dunaway (Maud Charteris), Richard Burton (Sen. Phipps Ogden), Michael Byrne (Dr. Carl Travers), Liam Neeson (Kevin Murray), John Moulder-Brown (Terry Billings), John Barrard (Guido), Ellen Blueth (Mrs. Fleming), Mark Burdis (Sean), Jonathan Burn (Al Jolson), Edward Burnham (Seamus), Jason Carter (Jamie Barrymore), Peter Childs (Dan O’Leary), Frances De La Tour (Millie Renfrew), Billy Enninger (Mark Santorelli), Douglas Fisher (Harry Epstein), Clark Flanagan (Denny), Stephen Grief (Jesse Lasky), Michael N. Harbour (Gene Fairchild), Adam Henderson (Eddy Forbes), Julian Holloway (Flo Ziegfeld), Helen Horton (Miss Pringle), Ian Jentle (Ike Ferguson), Chuck Julian (William Morris), Leo Kahle (Little immigrant boy), Victor Langley (Yates), Mark Lewis (Albertini), James Lister (Dino Frascati), Isabelle Lucas (Stella), William Merrow (Hoffemeister), Christopher Muncke (Travis Crane), Sarah Peterson (Laura), Natasha Richardson (Young whore), Bernice Stegers (Renata), Ian Tyler (Peter), Sydney Arnold (Call boy), Kenneth Waller (1st shepherd), Jeff Harding (Young reporter), Bill Hutchinson (Official), David Gibson (Bridget’s son), Stephen Lubman (Tutor), William Roberts (2nd shepherd), Robert MacLeon (Marty Sontag), Shane Rimmer (Duffy), John Barrard (Cade), Duncan Preston (Pat McCay), Douglas Lambert (Richards), Richard Aylen (1st backer), Ted Maynard (2nd backer), Gay Baynes (Ria), The Clark Brothers (Dancers), Vernon Dobtcheff (Rachmaninoff), Peter Banks (Election clerk), Gitta Denise (Rally singer). 1501... Elvis and Me (ABC, 2/7/1988 and 2/8/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part dramatization of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley’s not especially happy life with Elvis and the 14 years they spent together. Dale Midkiff is the latest in the string of TV Elvises, following Kurt Russell, Don Johnson, et al. In her book (written with Sandra Harmon), Priscilla offers the only upclose and personal insight into the complex icon, and since she was one of the executive producers of the film, it is to be assumed that adapter Joyce Eliason got it right and it had Mrs. P’s stamp of approval, and until an Elvis autobiography surfaces, this is the definitive word. Filming was done in Quebec (representing Germany), Las Vegas, and at Graceland, and, as with nearly all movies about Elvis, the Presley songs are sung by Ronnie McDowell, the best of his vocal interpreters. An Emmy nomination went to Russell Smith for his hairstyles. Production Companies Navarone Productions, New World Television. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producers Priscilla Presley, Bernard Schwartz, Joel Stevens. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on a Book by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. Photography Peter Stein. Music Richard Stone. Songs Performed by Ronnie McDowell. Supervising Editor Eric Sears. Production Designers Bryan Ryman, Shay Austin. Art Director Claude Paré. Associate Producers Vicki Niemi-Gordon, Eric Sears. Cast Dale Midkiff (Elvis Presley), Susan Walters (Priscilla Beaulieu), Billy Green Bush (Vernon Presley), Linda G. Miller (Ann Beaulieu), Jon Cypher (Capt. Paul Beaulieu), Ken Gibbel (Corey Grant), Anne Haney (Grandma Presley), Wayne Powers (Joe Esposito), Hugh Gillin (Col. Tom Parker), Mark Thomas Miller (Jerry Schilling), Marshall Teague (Rick Golden), Greg Webb (DeMond), Alice Cadogan (Dee), Linda Dona (Patsy), Holly Susan Dorff (Linda), Cody Hampton (Gene), Cynthia Harrison (Dee Stanley), Jesse Heneke (Jess), Kimberly McArthur (Billy), Vivian Bonnell (Alberta), Greta Brown (Tully), Jay Goldenberg (Director), Dorothy Gordon (Saleslady), Lynn Hamilton (Hattie), Kristen Holstrom (Michelle Beaulieu at age 5), Elizabeth Hoffman (Mother Superior), Erick Ratliff, Elden Ratliff, Chris Ulfand, Bruce Banke, Amy Greenspun, Brian Greenspun, Michael Herzog, Sarah Martineck, Reno Nichols, Dani Nolan, Jessica Puscas, Tony Rui, Christopher Ursitti. 1502... Elvis and the Beauty Queen (NBC, 3/1/1981, 120 mins). In this TV movie, the story of Elvis Presley’s romance with Memphis-born beauty queen Linda Thompson (after his marriage to Priscilla) is retold from the viewpoint of Miss Thompson, who received billing as “program consultant.” Elvis’s songs are sung by Ronnie McDowell and lip-synched by Don Johnson. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay Julia Cameron. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Allyn Ferguson. Songs Performed by Ronnie McDowell. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director Michael Baugh. Associate Producer Jack N. Reddish. Program Consultant Linda Thompson. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Linda Thompson), Don Johnson (Elvis Presley), Ann Dusenberry (Jeannie LeMay), Rick Lenz (David Briggs), Ann Wedgeworth (Aunt Betty), Richard Herd (Sanford Thompson), Jay W. MacIntosh (Marge Thompson), Ruta Lee (Sue-Sue), Edward Edwards (Sam Thompson), John Crawford (Vernon Presley), Darrell Fetty (Pete Moore), Richard Winterstein (Bobby Farr), Gary Lee Davis (Ray), John Ashton (Jake), Bobbi Jordan (Pregnant woman), Susan Mullen (Nurse), John Christy Ewing (Doctor), Tony Giorgio (Mob figure), Odette Mitchell (Redhead), John Bernabei (Agent), Andre Tayir (Choreographer), Ken Foree (Boxer), Kerry Stein (Bob), Cathy Foy (Miss Hawaii).

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1503... Embassy (ABC, 4/21/1985, 120 mins). Nick Mancuso, as the Deputy Chief of the American Embassy in Rome, finds himself at the center of various crises, including a plot to steal U.S. defense secrets, in this unsuccessful pilot to a series. Mancuso had better series luck with his subsequent pilot, “Stingray,” which emerged as a surprise hit. “Embassy” itself wound up with a single Emmy Award nomination, for film sound editing. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Beppe Maccari. Music Gerald Fried. Song “The Forsaken” by Joshua Fried, Jonathan Fried, Deena Shoshkes. Performed by Paul Sabu. Editor Michael Economou. Art Director Francesco Chianese. Cast Nick Mancuso (Harry Brackett), Mimi Rogers (Nancy Russell), Richard Masur (Dennis Thorne), Richard Gilliland (Ted Davidson), Blanche Baker (Megan Hillyer), Lee Curreri (Mike Forte), Kim Darby (Sue Davidson), George Grizzard (Senator Tunnard), Elya Baskin (Alex Serov), Eli Wallach (Joe Verga), Sam Wanamaker (Amb. Arthur Ingram), Marina Berti (Marina), Marine Mase (Inspector Caselli), Mirella D’Angelo (Eleanore Livorski), Nikky Gaida, Yankton Halten, Myrna White, Bruce Michael McGuire, Attilio Cesare LoPinto, Elissa D’Agati. 1504... Emergency Room (Syndicated, 7/18/1983, 120 mins). Set against the background of a hospital emergency room, this (taped) film produced for syndication by Procter & Gamble Productions and its movie-making partner, Comworld, mixes the usual hospital drama ingredients with Sarah Purcell (of “Real People”) as the doctor in charge, dividing her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with fellow doctor Gary Frank. Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Deanne Barkley. Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Joe Viola. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Richard Shores. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Craig Stearns. Associate Producer Nick Anderson. Cast Sarah Purcell (Dr. Connie Sullivan), LeVar Burton (Ray Walden), Gary Frank (Dr. Paul Klein), Penny Peyser (Nicky Tice), Paul Stewart (Dr. Drucker), Kenneth Kimmins (Keith Mackerson), Julie Sommars (Nina Cole), Gary Lockwood (Dr. David Becker), Conchata Ferrell (Nurse Sylvia Kaye), Arlene McIntyre (Molly Cole), Luca Bercovici (Rudy), Art La Fleur (Colon), Richard Balin (Gaddis), Warren Munson (Fire chief), Al White (Jackson), Michael Spound (2nd fireman), John Vargas (Apache), Nancy Lenehan (Young woman), Frank Pesce (Dusted man), Eddie Frescas (Gang boy), Opelene Bartley (Disaster worker), Gary Faga (1st fireman), Robert Vega (Cortez), Biff Yeager (Mr. Hawkins), Melinda Peterson (Mrs. Quinn), Hap Lawrence (Mr. Horton), Dan Barton (Mapes). 1505... Emma: Queen of the South Seas (Syndicated, 5/23/1988 and 5/30/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Factbased romantic adventure about a headstrong 19th century Polynesian woman, daughter of a Samoan princess and the American consul there (Hal Holbrook), who came to the United States for her education and ultimately found husbands and lovers from the four corners of the world, while meeting the likes of President Ulysses S. Grant and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The two-part four-hour New Zealand-Australian coproduction has exotic, Nicaraguan-born Barbara Carerra in the title role (playing the part from age 17 to Emma Coe’s untimely and violent death at 43), and, in addition to Holbrook and E.G. Marshall as Grant, a huge cast of Aussie actors. It was adapted from Geoffrey Dutton’s novel “Queen Emma of the South Seas.” Production Companies Ando Productions Pty. Ltd., Fries Entertainment, International Film Productions. Director John Banas. Executive Producers Rob Chapman, Antony I. Ginnane. Producers Ann Chapman, Ross Matthews. Teleplay Ann Chapman, Rob Chapman, Petru Popescu. Based on a Novel by Geoffrey Dutton. Photography Geoff Burton. Music John Halsey, Felicity Halsey. Song Performed by Naomi Pearce. Editor Wayne LeClos. Production Designer Neill Angwin. Cast Barbara Carrera (Emma Eliza Coe), Steve Bisley (Thomas Farrell), Thaao Penghlis (Col. Albert Steinberger), Hal Holbrook (Jonas Coe), Barry Quin (Hon. W.H. Lyttelton), Ron Haddrick (Rev. George Brown), Rebecca Rigg (Phebe Coe Parkinson), Gerald Kennedy (Capt. Gustave Rabardy), June Salter (Mrs. Dr. Lane), E G Marshall (Pres. Ulysses S. Grant), Kenk Johannes (Lt. Paul Kolbe), Nathaniel Lees (King Malietoa Laupapa I), Bob Baines (Mr. Keegan), Andrew Tighe (Captain Forsayth), Jim Kemp (Richard Parkinson), Anna-Maria Monticelli (Princess Le’utu Mal Coe), Ramon Rimoni (Kaiser Wilhelm II), Marilyn Allen (Sister Monica), Paul Sifis (Young Asi), Rebekah Elmaloglou (Emma Eliza Coe at age 13), Michael Long (Capt. Cyril Stevens), Malcolm Robertson (Gov. Albert Hahl), Ray Hadfield (Helmuth Poppe), Halina Abramowicz (Hella Poppe), Robin Eyre (Coe Forsayth at age 3), Shaun Revell (Coe Forsayth at age 7), Robert Mammone (Coe Forsayth at age 20), Alfie Bell (Reverend Ellerby), Tony Turner (Reverend Schmidt), Nicola Gazzana (Father Lucarelli), Bernard Ledger (“Big Leg” Johnniie), Fay Kelton (Aunt Elizabeth), Markus Weber (Krause), Christian Manon (Lieutenant Bellamy), James Trevelyan (Young Daniel), Hugo Buret (Maurice), Stephanie Neutze (Young Tani), Tai Tamariki (To Aku), Samuelo Afitu (Julal), Kate Sheil (Gwen Purdam), Jeanette Cronin (Alice Purdam), Andy Devine, Marc Caleb, Renaldo Navarro, Aurel Verne, Rhys Davis, David Vallon, Manuel De La Roche, Robert Eyre, Ronald Scheich, Waldemar Gorecki, Darius Daczynski, Olivier Sidore, Kim Knuckey, Sherman Powell, Ben Patrick, Nobryn Eyre, Jeanelle Revell, Isabella Monticelli, Osmond Eyre, Alesang Nukai. 1506... Enola Gay (NBC, 11/23/1980, 180 mins). The story of Col. Paul Tibbets (played by Patrick Duffy) and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima bringing World War II to a close, is recounted in this three-hour movie adapted by James Poe and Millard Kaufman from the bestselling book. It was “dedicated to the memory of James Poe” who died before the script’s completion. Production Companies The Production Company, Viacom. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Mike Wise, Richard S. Reisberg. Producers Stan Kallis, Ted Zachary. Teleplay James Poe, Millard Kaufman. Based on

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a Book by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan Witts. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor Byron Chudnow. Art Directors Jack F. DeShields, John Cartwright. Cast Billy Crystal (Lt. Jake Beser), Kim Darby (Lucy Tibbets), Patrick Duffy (Col. Paul Tibbets), Gary Frank (Maj. Tom Ferebee), Gregory Harrison (Capt. Bob Lewis), Stephen Macht (Maj. William “Bud” Uanna), Walter Olkewicz (Sgt. Shug Crawford), Robert Pine (Capt. William “Deke” Parsons), James Shigeta (Field Marshal Abehata), Robert Walden (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Richard Venture (Alexander Sachs), Richard Herd (General Groves), Henry Wilcoxon (Secretary of War Stimson), Ed Nelson (Harry S Truman), Stephen Roberts (FDR), Michael Tucci (Capt. Claude Eatherly), Than Wyenn (Gen. Curtis LeMay), Stephen Burleigh (Theodore Van Kirk), Marion Kodama Yue (Aya), Bill Morey (Gen. George Marshall), John Fujioka (General Nagai), James Saito (Lt. Tatsuo Yamato), Phillip Pine, Ned Wilson, Michael Currie, Bill Hutton, Matthew McGowan, Rummel Mor, Glenn Morrissey, Devon Nuir, Dick Christie, Stephen Keep, Stanley Grover, Peter Jason, Tony Lucatorto, Leslie Moonves, Richard Mulholland, Nancy Hamilton, Jed Nolan, Lynn Hancock, Matthew Haggerty, Charles Benton, Gary Mike Casper, Will MacMillan, Peter Fox. 1507... Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” (NBC, 12/9/1984 and 12/10/1984, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This four-hour “expansion” of Ernest Hemingway’s vivid 1926 novel about American expatriates trying to find themselves in lives of disillusion in Europe just after World War I proved to be as flawed as the 1957 movie version that starred Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner and Errol Flynn, among other notables. Not helping matters was producer/writer Robert L. Joseph’s insistence that not only was he writing in Hemingway’s style (introducing new situations and characters like The Count, played by Leonard Nimoy), but offering such brazen observations as “This is the way Papa Hemingway would have written it for TV, I’m sure.” Production Companies Furia-Oringer Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer John Furia Jr. Producer Robert L. Joseph. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Based on the Novel by Ernest Hemingway. Photography Jacques Robin. Music Billy Goldenberg. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editors Richard E. Rabjohn, Robert P. Seppey. Production Designer François DeLamothe. Art Directors Jacques Brizzio, José Tapiador. Cast Jane Seymour (Lady Brett Ashley), Hart Bochner (Jake Barnes), Robert Carradine (Robert Cohn), Zeljko Ivanek (Bill Gorton), Ian Charleson (Mike Campbell), Leonard Nimoy (The Count), Stephane Audran (Georgette), Andrea Occhipinti (Pedro Romero), Elizabeth Bourgine (Nicole), Hutton Cobb (Chaz), Jennifer Hilary (Frances Clyne), Arch Taylor (Lew Braddocks), Renata Benedict (Eve Braddocks), Julian Firth (Gerald), Jacques Alric, Laurence Badie, Pierre Baton, Dominique Briand, Jean Champion, Bradley Cole, Steve Gadler, Francois Guetary, Michael Morris, Manuel Pereiro, Tom Stephens. 1508... Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (ABC, 5/14/1984, 120 mins). This drama about the pioneering TV comedian spotlights the little known story of his two-year search for the two young daughters abducted by his ex-wife following a bitter custody struggle that raged while he was making his meteoric rise from local Philadelphia television personality to network star in the early ’50s. Jeff Goldblum’s portrayal was generally admired but most took exception to his physical casting as the bearlike Kovacs, and similar eyebrow-raising was caused by Cloris Leachman’s somewhat outre performance as Kovacs’ Hungarianaccented meddler of a mother which won her an Emmy Award nomination. Edie Adams,who had been a singer on Kovacs’ show in Philadelphia and on the network while pursuing a stage career for herself (“Wonderful Town” and “Li’l Abner” were her only two Broadway musicals to that time) and, as his girlfriend at the time, remained at his side to share his agony, turned in a cameo appearance as Mae West to give timely show business advice to the screen Edie (Melody Anderson). She also is credited as technical advisor for the production and supplier of material incorporated into April Smith’s Emmy Award-nominated script. Director Lamont Johnson also received a nomination. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Lamont Johnson. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay April Smith. Based on Material by Edie Adams. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Ralph Burns. Editor Scott Conrad. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Jeff Goldblum (Ernie Kovacs), Melody Anderson (Edie Adams), Madolyn Smith (Dorothy Kovacs), John Glover (Pierre Lafitte), Cloris Leachman (Mary Kovacs), Joseph Mascolo (Richards), Jordan Charney (Harry Ascot), Frank McCarthy (Judge), Lois DeBanzie (Mrs. Enke), Murphy Dunne (Leon Lane), Steven M. Porter (Rusty), Edie Adams (Mae West), Fran Bennett (Miss Deal), Weldon Beiler (Bum detective), Bryan Englund (Cab driver), Soleil Moon Frye (2nd Elizabeth), David Garrison (Dick Eisenbach), Bill Geisslinger (Daryl Pollack), Mike Genovese (1st detective), Gary Grubbs (Det. Nigel Edmunds), Michael Higgins (William Spear), Mary-Alan Hokanson (Gossip columnist), Ryan Michell Lunsford (1st Kippy), Walter Mathews (Mr. Warren), Tom Middleton (Station manager), Annie Murray (Mrs. Lane), Ginger Orell (2nd Kippy), Tom Ormeny (MacIntyre), Elsa Raven (Mrs. Shotwell), Sue Rihr (1st witness), Liam Sullivan (George Abbott), Robina Suwol (2nd witness), Arthur Taxier (2nd detective), Heidi Zeigler (1st Elizabeth). 1509... Escape (CBS, 2/20/1980, 120 mins). In TV’s answer to “Midnight Express,” Timothy Bottoms stars as real-life Dwight Worker, an American jailed in Mexico on drug charges, who, in a brazen, well-planned breakout, made what is claimed to be the only escape from Lecumberri Prison since Pancho Villa. Based on the 1977 book by Dwight Worker and Barbara Worker. Production Company Henry Jaffe Enterprises. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Henry Jaffe, William Beaudine Jr. Producer Michael Jaffe. Teleplay Michael Zagor. Based on a Book by Barbara Worker, Dwight Worker. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Frank Morriss. Art Director Richard Lawrence.

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Cast Timothy Bottoms (Dwight Worker), Kay Lenz (Barbara Chilcoate), Colleen Dewhurst (Lily Levinson), Miguel Angel Suaree (Fernando Gardner-Pasquel), Sandra Alexander (Gabrielle), Allan Miller (Jack Branch), Antonio Fargas (Jaime Valdez), Vincent Schiavelli (J.W. White), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Tierno/guard), Elliot Street (Roger Brody), Louis Giambalvo (Hank), Phillip Levien (Steven), William Marquez (Colonel Fuentes), Tina Menard (Lupe), Ernie Fuentes (Guard), Rick Garcia (1st commando), Bert Santos (2nd commando), Larry Duran (Arturo), Tiger Perez (Alfredo), Luis Lopez Casanova (Little guard). 1510... Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper (CBS, 5/17/1981, 120 mins). Canadian-made TV-movie about the efforts of that country’s Ambassador to Iran to spirit out of Teheran six Americans who had slipped away from the United States Embassy during its takeover in November 1979 by Iranian revolutionaries. Production Companies Canamedia Productions, CTV Television Network, Stanley Rubin Productions. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Stanley Rubin. Producers Les Harris, Rob Iveson. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Based on a Story by Lionel Chetwynd, Stanley Rubin. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Peter Jermyn. Editors Jeff Warren, Leslie Brown. Art Director Carol Spier. Cast Gordon Pinsent (Amb. Ken Taylor), Chris Wiggins (John Sheardown), Diana Barrington (Zena Sheardown), Robert Joy (Mark Lijek), James B. Douglas (Bob Anders), Tisa Chang (Pat Taylor), Larry Audbrey (Joe Stafford), Matsu Anderson (Cora Lijek), Julie Khaner (Kathy Stafford), Leslie Carlson (L. Bruce Laingen), Robert Lalonde (Jean Pelletier), R.H. Thomson (Lee Schatz), Carl Marotte (Marine Sergeant Lopez), Jason Dean (Sergeant Gauthier), Jonathan Welsh (Michael Howland), John-Peter Linton (Victor Tomseth), Barbara Gordon (Kathryn Koob), Tom Berry (Kim King), Hrant Alianak (Iranian Minister), George Bloomfield (Sampson), Maher Boutros (Siad), Jack Blum (Louis LeClerc), Jon Granik, François Klanfer, Mina E. Mina, Michael J. Reynolds, George R. Robertson, George Touliatos, Mikki Moore, Ross Petty, Laura Press, Guy Sanvido, Casey Stevens. 1511... Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 4/12/1987, 180 mins). Superior fact-based drama about the largest prisoner escape from a Nazi death camp in World War II, based on the 1982 bestseller by Richard Rashke. Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama, it dramatized the events that led to a desperate escape attempt on October 14, 1943, of more than 600 inmates from the most secret of three death camps located in Eastern Poland (more than 300 made it to freedom). Alan Arkin, as the mastermind behind the escape plan, received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Special, and nomination also went to director Jack Gold, veteran writer Reginald Rose for his teleplay, and production designer Allan Starski and crew. Production Company Rule-Starger Productions. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Dennis E. Doty. Co-Producer Howard Alston. Teleplay Reginald Rose. Based on a Book by Richard Rashke. Based on a Manuscript by Thomas Blatt, Stanislaw Szmajzner. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Allan Starski. Technical Consultant Stanislaw Szmajzner. Cast Alan Arkin (Leon Feldhandler), Joanna Pacula (Luka), Rutger Hauer (Sasha Pechersky), Hartmut Becker (SS Sgt. Gustav Wagner), Jack Shepherd (Itzhak Lichtman), Emil Wolk (Samuel Freiberg), Simon Gregor (Shlomo Szmajzner), Linal Haft (Kapo Porchek), Jason Norman (Toivi Blatt), Robert Gwilym (Chaim Engel), Eli Nathanson (Moses Szmajzner), Kurt Raab (Sergeant Frenzel), Eric P. Caspar (Captain Reichleitner), Hugo Bower (Sergeant Beckmann), Klaus Grunberg (Sergeant Bauer), Wolfgang Bathke (Sergeant Hurst), Henning Gissel (Sergeant Fallaster), Henry Stolow (Lieutenant Niemann), Ullrich Haupt (Sergeant Wolf), Patti Love (Eda), Judith Sharp (Bajle), Ellis Van Maarseveen (Selma), David Miller (Mundek), Jack Chissick (Hershel Zuckerman), Ned Vukovich (Morris), Sara Sugarman (Naomi), Peter Jonfield (Kapo Sturm), Dijana Krzanic (Esther), Irfan Mensur (Kalimali), Zoran Stojiljkovic (Boris), Svetolik Nikacevik (Old man), Misa Janketic (Kapo Berliner), Dejan Cavic (Kapo Spitz), Zlatan Fazlagic (Weiss), Predrag Milinkovic (Kapo Jacob). 1512... Evergreen (NBC, 2/24/1985 to 2/26/1985, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Opulent miniseries based on Belva Plain’s romantic bestseller (1978) tracing the rise of a Polish-Jewish immigrant from seamstress on New York’s lower East Side to wealthy wife of a Westchester contractor although the secret love of her life is the aristocratic son of the Fifth Avenue snobs who had taken her family into service. Filmed in Toronto and Israel (where, in part 3, her grandson is trying to carve out his own life in the 1950s). “Evergreen” won an Emmy Award for art direction/set decoration and received nominations for photography and costume design (all for part 1). Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Susan Pollock. Producer Philip Barry. Teleplay Jerome Kass. Based on the Novel by Belva Plain. Photography Woody Omens. Photography (Israel) David Gurfinkel. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Supervising Editors Bud S. Isaacs, Marjorie Fowler, Gene Fowler. Editor Andrew Cohen. Art Director (New York) Charles C. Bennett. Art Director (Toronto) David Davis. Art Director (Israel) Kuli Sander. Associate Producer Bruce S. Pustin. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Anna Friedman), Armand Assante (Joseph Friedman), Ian McShane (Paul Lerner), Betty Buckley (Mrs. Bradford), Brian Dennehy (Matthew Malone), Robert Vaughn (John Bradford), Patricia Barry (Mrs. Lerner), Ron Rifkin (Solly), Katherine Borowitz (Ruth), Joan Allen (Iris Friedman), Kate Burton (Agatha Bradford), Tony Soper (Maury Friedman), Jan Triska (Dr. Theo Stoller), Mark Keyloun (Eric Friedman), Cecile Callan (Juliana), Joan Orenstein (Mrs. Monaghan), Barbara Montgomery (Celeste), Boyd Gaines (Chris Bradford), Jackie Burroughs (Dorothy/maid), Benjamin Bernouy (Eric at ages 9-13), Sarah Rose (Iris at age 9), Jonas Marlowe (Maury at age 13), Richard Bauer (Friedman lawyer), Glynis Davies (Marion), Marcia Diamond (Ella), Alfie Scopp (Mr. Lerner), Ruth Jaroslow (Old woman), Fyvush Finkel (Peddler), Sol Frieder (Peddler), Lieb Lensky (Peddler), Reuben Schafer (Peddler), Michael Scalera (Martin Levin), Brad Frankel (Harry Levin), Jeany Caron (Levin

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boarder), Nicole Bellusci (Cecile Levin), Gordon Clapp (Palm Court waiter), Francis Malkin (Marion’s grandmother), Morton Shulman (Marion’s father), Mrs. M. Shulman (Marion’s mother), Susannah Hoffman (Marion’s sister), Howard Ryshpan (Obstetrician), Marnie Walsh (Ellen), Bernie Passeltiner (Doorman), Tom Nursall (Messenger), Clare Coulter (Mary Malone), Gordon Jocelyn (Grandfather Bradford), Gary Reineke (Bradford lawyer), Earl Pennington (Mr. Kirsch), Patti Gail (Woman in store), Carolyn Hetherington (Bradford guest), Ann Ward (Bradford guest), Jon Granik (Bradford guest), Wally Kemin (Real estate agent), George Malers (Ratner’s waiter), Gert Peckart (Yale student), George R. Robertson (Emcee), Dalik Valinitz (Allon), Angus McInnes (1st trooper), Damir Andrei (2nd trooper), Ben Grossman (David Friedman), Norwich Duff (Hotel clerk), Doron Sheffer (Leo). 1513... Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (ABC, 5/21/1989, 120 mins). Gripping “dramatization-ofan-actual-event” recounting how the people of Midland, Texas, banded together to save a toddler who had tumbled into an abandoned well. Enacted by an ensemble cast, this drama, based on events of October 14-16, 1987, is a suspense-filled exercise despite the worldwide coverage it received at the time and the known outcome. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, The Campbell Soup Company, Interscope Communications. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Ted Field, Dick Berg, Patricia Clifford. Co-Executive Producer John Kander II. Producer Diana Kerew. Teleplay David Eyre Jr. Photography Shelly Johnson. Music Mark Snow. Editor Ron Binkowski. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Cast Beau Bridges (Police Chief Richard Czech), Pat Hingle (Fire Chief James Roberts), Roxana Zal (Cissy McClure), Patty Duke (Carolyn Henry), Will Oldham (Chip McClure), Whip Hubley (Paramedic Robert O’Donnell), Robin Gammell (MSHA investigator Thomas Kaye), Walter Olkewicz (Off. Andy Glasscock), Rudy Ramos (Off. Manny Beltran), Jack Rader (PIO James White), Guy Stockwell (Bill Jones), Daryl Anderson (Richard Armstrong), Mills Watson (Charles Boler), Bo Foxworth (Paramedic Steve Forbes), Robin Frates (Jamie Moore), Don Hood (Fire Captain Alan Doyle), Randy Crowder (Phil), Mark Davenport (Texas electric workman), Carmen Filpi (Cotto), Kate Finlayson (Sally Jo Francis), Scott Fults (Ribble Boler), Jessie Jones (Dr. Fitzpatrick), Molly McClure (Mrs. Sprague), Laura/Jennifer Loesch (Jessica McClure), T.V. Reeves, Nancy Stephens, Hank Woessner, Rodney Wunsch, Dean Abston, Steven V. Barr, Bill Brochtrup, Tim deZarn, Michelle Harrell, Stephen Prutting, Dale Swann. 1514... Evil in Clear River (ABC, 1/11/1988, 120 mins). Fictionalized but fact-based drama about a small-town housewife who learns that a popular high school instructor is teaching blatant anti-Semitism, that none of the townspeople seem to care and that she is ostracized when she makes a court case out of it. Ironically, in an era when a great many television movies set in America are filmed in Canada (for budgetary reasons), this one was set in the town of Clear River in Edmonton, Canada, but shot entirely in Salt Lake City, Utah. Production Companies The Steve Tisch Company, Lionel Chetwynd Productions, Phoenix Television Productions. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers Steve Tisch, Lionel Chetwynd. Supervising Producer Judith A. Polone. Producer Barbara Black. Teleplay William Schmidt. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music William Olvis. Editor Laurel Ladevich. Production Designer John Told. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Kate McKinnon), Randy Quaid (Pete Suvak), Thomas Wilson Brown (Mark McKinnon), Michael Flynn (Glen McKinnon), Stephanie Dees (Heather McKinnon), Carolyn Croft (Anne McKinnon), Gloria Carlin (Millicent Wilhelm), Steven Anderson (John Grottenthale), Jay Bernard (Reverend Henderson), James Berry (Martin Brady), Charles Black (Court clerk), Kimberly Cannady (Cindy Peterson), Kirk Chambers (Jack Kean), Craig Clyde (Harry Van Pelt), Robert Conder (Coach Elston), Mark Ericson (Lee Englehart), Michele Gagnon (Genevieve Clark), Trent Hanson (Matthew Arnell Stan), Russell Lacasce (Mark at age 6), Anthony Leger (Glen Hoskins), Don Linder (Judge Roderick), Jeff Olson (Gorden Wilhelm), H.E.D. Redford (Ronald Nelford), Sarah Stuyvesant (Sarah Wilhelm), George Sullivan (Colin Hudson), Spencer Alston (Eric Jackson), Kimberly Gallagher, J. Omar Hansen. 1515... Evita Peron (NBC, 2/23/1981 and 2/24/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Faye Dunaway is the ambitious peasant girl from the Argentine village of Junin who claws her way to the top to help make her lover, Juan Peron, the nation’s dictator-president and herself one of the world’s richest, most powerful women. In her early forties, Dunaway was somewhat old for the role which calls for her to portray Evita (which had nothing to do with the Broadway musical the producers and the network were careful to point out in a disclaimer) from teenager to her death at 32. James Farentino played the part of Peron for which Robert Mitchum initially had been announced. This two-part four-hour film was Emmy Award nominated as Outstanding Drama Special as well as for costume design and sound mixing. The film won a technical Emmy for sound editing. Original title: “Evita, First Lady” Production Companies Zephyr Productions, Hartwest Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producers Harry Sloan, Lawrence L. Kuppin, Selma Jaffe. Supervising Producer Fred Baum. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Co-Producer David R. Ames. Teleplay Ronald Harwood. Based on a Book by Nicholas Fraser, John Barnes. Photography Stan Gilbert. Music Johnny Mandel. Editors George S. Rohrs, James T. Heckert. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Art Director (Mexico) Agustine Ytuarte. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Faye Dunaway (Evita Peron), James Farentino (Juan Peron), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Cypriano Reyes), Michael Constantine (Jaime Yankelovitch), Signe Hasso (Fedora), Katy Jurado (Doña Juana), Jeremy Kemp (German official), John Van

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Dreelen (Captain von Weber), Robert Viharo (Juan Duarte), Kai Wulff (Lieutenant Frick), Rita Moreno (Renata Riguel), José Ferrer (Augustin Magaldi), Peter Bromilow (Captain Gayado), Jon Cypher (Colonel Imbert), Severn Darden (Alfredo Suero), Ferdy Mayne (Saffici), Carmen Armendariz (Girl in Junin), Bill Baldwin (Radio announcer), Barbara Allyne Bennett (Woman “A”), Deveren Bookwalter (Peron’s aide), Ton Brande (Tomasso), Henry Brandon (Gen. Pedro Ramirez), Argentina Brunetti (Old woman), Joan Crosby (2nd actress), Molly Dodd (Woman at Opera), Roberto Dumond (Colonel Velasco), Ismael “East” Carlo (Priest in Junin), Eugene Elman (Crofseman), Jacqueline Evans (Senora Duarte), Paul Gale (Peron’s 2nd aide), George Gaynes (Evita’s doctor), Virginia Gregg (Radio actress), Peter Hellman (2nd fugitive), Barbara de Hubp (Isabel Ernst), Mallie Jackson (Pirana), Curt Lowens (1st fugitive), Chip Lucia (Robert Alderson), Derrick Lynn-Thomas (Husband at opera), Marvin Miller (Radio actor), Barbara Pilavin (1st actress), Star Roman (Anita), Johnny Silver (Stage manager), Allison Smith (Evita as a child), Mark Thomas (Man), Cicely Walper (Doña Luisa Alvarez), Stew Walensky (Colonel Mercanta). 1516... The Ewok Adventure (ABC, 11/25/1984, 120 mins). Those furry creatures introduced in “Return of the Jedi” provided George Lucas with his entry into television in this remarkable film odyssey, given a visual excitement from Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic company that transforms the Ewoks’ adventures with two young space castaways searching for their imperiled parents into a wondrous extraterrestrial one. Lucas wrote the script and was executive producer for this intriguing film that won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Children’s Program. Overseas, where it was retitled “Caravan of Courage,” its theatrical premiere caused nearly as much excitement as the opening of Lucas’s “Star Wars.” Production Companies Lucasfilm Ltd., Korty Films. Director John Korty. Executive Producer George Lucas. Producer Thomas G. Smith. Teleplay Bob Carrau. Based on a Story by George Lucas. Photography John Korty. Music Peter Bernstein. Music “Wicket’s Theme” John Williams. Performed by The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Editor John Nutt. Production Designer Joe Johnston. Art Director Harley Jessup. Cast Eric Walker (Mace Towani), Warwick Davis (Wicket), Fionnula Flanagan (Catarine Towani), Guy Boyd (Jeremitt Towani), Daniel Frishman (Deej), Debbie Carrington (Weechee), Tony Cox (Widdle), Kevin Thompson (Chukha Trok), Margarita Fernandez (Kaink), Pam Grizz (Shodu), Bobby Bell (Logray), Aubree Miller (Cindel Towani), Burl Ives (Narrator). 1517... Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (ABC, 11/24/1985, 120 mins). In this sequel to the greatly admired “The Ewok Adventure” which premiered a year earlier as George Lucas’s maiden television venture (directed by John Korty), these imaginative, adventuresome furry creatures team up with a little girl marooned on the forest moon of Endor where her family’s starship has crashed and with a feisty old hermit (played by veteran actor Wilford Brimley) to fight off a fearsome king, a hazardous cave monster, a sinister witch (Sian Phillips), and the king’s army of giants. Written and directed by the relatively little-known brother team, Jim and Ken Wheat, Lucas discoveries, this second adventure won Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Children’s Program and for sound mixing. Curiously (since it premiered in TV’s family hour), it also bore a warning: “Parental discretion is advised.” Production Company Lucasfilm Ltd. Directors Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat. Executive Producer George Lucas. Producer Thomas G. Smith. Teleplay Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat. Based on a Story by George Lucas. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor Eric Jenkins. Production Designers Joe Johnston, Harley Jessup. Cast Wilford Brimley (Noa), Warwick Davis (Wicket), Aubree Miller (Cindel), Sian Phillips (Charal), Carel Struycken (Terak), Niki Bothelo (Teek), Eric Walker (Mace Towani), Marianne Horine (Young witch), Daniel Frishman (Deej), Tony Cox (Willy), Pam Grizz (Shodu), Roger Johnson (Lieutenant), Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (1st card player), Michael Berlin Pritchard (2nd card player). 1518... The Execution (NBC, 1/14/1985, 120 mins). A successful Los Angeles restaurateur is stalked by five women who remember him as the sadistic former Nazi doctor who three decades earlier had tortured them during their concentration camp internment; one of them has drawn the assignment of executing him. Based on the novel by Oliver Crawford. The plot, unfortunately, had to rely on the Misses Swit, Harper, Dennis, Walter and Barrie being accepted as Holocaust survivors-turnedCalifornia matrons and Mah Jongg players. An Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming went to Mina Mittelman and James D. Kessler. Production Companies Newland-Raynor Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer John Newland. Supervising Producer Jack Farren. Producers Milton (Ted) Raynor, Oliver Crawford. Teleplay William Wood, Oliver Crawford. Based on the Novel by Oliver Crawford. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Steve Cohen. Art Director Jack Senter. Cast Loretta Swit (Marysia Walenka), Rip Torn (Wilheim Gehbert/Walter Grossman), Jessica Walter (Gertrude Simon), Barbara Barrie (Sophie Langbein), Sandy Dennis (Elsa Spahn), Valerie Harper (Hannah Epstein), Martin E. Brooks (Martin Renner), Michael Lerner (Sidney Ferraro), Allan Miller (Ted Simon), Alan Oppenheimer (Max Langbein), John Randolph (Judge), Peter White (Gil Spahn), Robert Hooks (DA Alton Reese), Rita Zohar, Jared Barclay, Michael Kearns, R.J. Adams, Barbara Becker, Bill Dearth, Duke Dennis, Ariane Goday, Jeanne Dougherty. 1519... The Executioner’s Song (NBC, 11/28/1982 and 11/29/1982, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In his Emmy Award-winning role as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Special in this two-part four-hour film, Tommy Lee Jones is convicted killer Gary Gilmore during his final nine months, spanning his parole, his reimprisonment, and the firing squad execution he demanded of

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the state of Utah in January 1977. Rosanna Arquette, as his hot-blooded teenage girlfriend, received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress, and author Norman Mailer was nominated for the teleplay he adapted from his bestselling 1979 book, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Emmy nominations in the technical field went to its sound editor and sound mixer. Production Companies Lawrence Schiller Productions, Film Communications Inc. Director Lawrence Schiller. Supervising Producer John Thomas Lenox. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Teleplay Norman Mailer. Based on a Book by Norman Mailer. Music John Cacavas. Songs Performed by Waylon Jennings. Editor (Part 1) Richard A Harris. Editor (Part 2) Tom Rolf. Production Designer Jac McAnelly. Associate Producers Michael Economou, Mimi Rothman. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Gary Gilmore), Rosanna Arquette (Nicole Baker), Christine Lahti (Brenda Nicol), Eli Wallach (Uncle Vern Damico), Jordan Clarke (Johnny Nicol), Steven Keats (Larry Samuels), Richard Venture (Earl Dorius), Jenny Wright (April Baker), Walter Olkewicz (Pete Galovan), Michael LeClair (Rikki Wood), Grace Zabriskie (Kathryne Baker), Pat Corley (Val Conlan), Mary Gregory (Ida Damico), John Dennis Johnston (Jimmy Poker-Game), Norris Church (LuAnn), Kenneth O’Brien (Spencer McGrath), Jim Youngs (Sterling Baker), Rance Howard (Lieutenant Nielsen), John Chappell (Ron Stanger), Charles Cyphers (Noall Wootton), Ray Girardin (Snyder), Grant Gottschall (Mikal Gilmore), Mark Campbell (Benny Bushnell), Kathryn Whitehead (Debbie Bushnell), Bruce Newbold (Max Jensen), Babetta Dick (Chris Caffee), Sharon Lehner (Sue), Angie Sorenson (Sunny), Victoria Jean (Pepper), Greg Soohov (Conlin’s salesman), H.E.D. Redford (Norman Fulmer), Kenneth White (Warden Smith), Judith Ramsey Wolbach (Sue Canfield), Jerry Rodrigues (Correction officer), Spencer Moody (Kid in drugstore), Tip Boxell (Toby Bath), Elizabeth Grand, Duane Hill, Stuart McDonald, John Hansen, Tim Eisenhart, Toby Bath, Russ McGinn, Oscar G. Rowland, Walt Field, Phil L Hansen, Leo Ware, Jeanette D. Young, Jay Bernard, Thomas A. Carlin, Anthony Leger, Dennis L. Boaz, Bob Mood, Ted Peacock, John C. Wood. 1520... Eye on the Sparrow (NBC, 12/7/1987, 120 mins). Emotionally charged true story of a loving blind couple who, against the advice of family and friends, marry and, determined to raise a family, decide to challenge the bureaucracy and existing laws preventing disabled parents from adopting children. Production Companies Sarabande Productions, Republic Pictures. Director John Korty. Executive Producer David Manson. Producer Barbara Turner. Co-Producer Cyrus Yavneh. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Photography William Wages. Music Eddy Lawrence Manson. Title Song Mel Carter. Editor Laurel Ladevich. Production Designer Harley Jessup. Associate Producer Katherine Morris. Cast Mare Winningham (Ethel Hollars Lee), Keith Carradine (Jim Lee), Sandy McPeak (Harv Hollars), Kaaren Lee (Lorrine Hollars), Conchata Ferrell (Mary Olney), Bianca Rose (Ethel as a girl), Joy Carlin (Mrs. Grissom), Anne Lawder (Mrs. Lee), Winifred Mann (Mrs. Magnuson), Joe Bellan (Customer), Sandy Bull (Chuck), Coleman Corby (Bob), Cab Covay (Counselor), James Cranna (Pastor), A. Donald Cross (Mr. Lee), Charles Dean (Cates), Lorri Holt (Miss Brower), Ellen Idelson (Donna), Ed Ivory (Superior #1), John M. Jackson (Marcus), Steven Anthony Jones (Jerry), Patricia Joye (Marilyn), Kathryn Knotts (Teacher), Christopher Nelson (Chuck as a child), Darry Porter (Billy), Jack Powell (Pediatrician), Allison Studdiford (Della), Kathleen Turco-Lyon (Jennifer), Abigail Van Alyn (Headmistress), Sydney Walker (Obstetrician), Michael Winters (Ophthamologist). 1521... F.D.R.--The Last Year (NBC, 5/15/1980, 180 mins). Jason Robards, who was seen as Leland Hayward initially only the night before, starred as a dying Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this dramatization of Jim Bishop’s 1974 book, and garnered an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actor. This three-hour production, taped rather than filmed, also brought a Supporting Actress nomination to Eileen Heckart for her Eleanor Roosevelt, whom she previously had portrayed in “Backstairs at the White House.” Production Company Titus Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay Stanley R. Greenberg. Based on a Book by Jim Bishop. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Production Designer Richard Henry. Cast Jason Robards (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Eileen Heckart (Eleanor Roosevelt), Edward Binns (General “Pa” Watson), Augusta Dabney (Grace Tully), Larry Gates (Admiral Leahy), Michael Gross (Dr. Howard Bruenn), Kim Hunter (Lucy Rutherford), James Karen (Admiral McIntire), Mike Kellin (Andre Kromyko), Jan Miner (Cousin Daisy), Nehemiah Persoff (Josef Stalin), Ted Ross (Prettyman), Sylvia Sidney (Cousin Polly), Kathryn Walker (Anna Roosevelt), Kenneth Welsh (Thomas E. Dewey), Andrew Duncan (Robert Nixon), Richard Hamilton (Robert Hanagan), Cec Linder (Samuel Rosenman), Avon Long (Bunnright), Wensley Pithey (Winston Churchill), Norman Rose (Ben Cohen), Murray Westgate (Cordell Hull), George R. Robertson (General Groves), Tom Harvey (Edward J. Flynn), Terry O’Quinn (James Roosevelt), Ed Moore (Douglas Cornell), Sloan Sheldon (Captain), Jay Garner (Mayor), Ellen Rose (Gibbon), Mandel Kramer (Henry Morganthau Jr.), Robert Hitt (Lieutenant Taylor). 1522... The Face of Rage (ABC, 3/20/1983, 120 mins). Dianne Wiest is a rape victim, a schoolteacher and a mother of two, who comes to grips with her fears and, at a crisis center, agrees to meet face-to-face with hardened rapists in an experimental therapy program. Production Companies Hal Sitowitz Productions, Viacom. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producer Hal Sitowitz. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Donald Wrye, Hal Sitowitz. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Miles Goodman. Editors Bob Wyman, Howard Deane, Paul LaMastra, Peter E. Berger. Art Director Jack Marty. Production Supervisor Terry Morse Jr.

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Cast Dianne Wiest (Rebecca Hammill), George Dzundza (Nicholas Cadchuck), Graham Beckel (Rich), Jeffrey DeMunn (Jeff Hammill), Raymond J. Barry (Sid), Paul Bates (Ben), Stephanie Dunnam (Abby), Danny Glover (Gary), John Glover (Clifford), John Goodman (Fred), Deborah Hedwall (Nancy), E. Lamont Johnson (Bertrand), Warren Manzi (Michael), Luke Reilly (Keith), Cyndi James-Reese (Kim), Keith Szarabajka (Bill), Lorraine Toussaint (Stendah), Thomas G. Waites (Howard), Kent C. Blanch (Guard), Sami Chester (David), Norman Colvin (Inmate), Haskell Craver (Guard), Amy Dommer (Jill), Rhonda Dotson (Sherril), Mary David-Duncan (Victim), Tony Frank (Guard), John Galt (Guard), Anne Galvan (Victim), Mat Hames (Band singer), Lou Hancock (Rebecca’s mother), Melanie Haynes (Mrs. Wilson), John D. Henderson (Guard), John M Jackson (Warden), Charles Keese (Steven), Suzi McLaughlin (Catherine), David Meece (Josh), Mandi Miller (Lori), Bonnie Pemberton (Florence), Elfriede Russell (Victim), Terry Schoolcraft (Policewoman), Alan Serventnick (Dr. Peters), Leslie Shaw (Bessy), Charles J. Thomason (Dr. Glass), Weee Tildon (Victim), Judith Townsend (Jean), Luke Vander Linden (Schoolboy), Bret Warren (Charles), Annabelle Weenick (Maureen), Terri Wilhelm (Melissa), Don Wyse (Rebecca’s father). 1523... The Facts of Life Down Under (NBC, 2/15/1987, 120 mins). The second “extension” movie from the longrunning “Facts of Life” series, with Cloris Leachman chaperoning the girls to Australia on a cultural exchange program--and a search for Mel Gibson (who is never seen). Future action star/director Mario Van Peebles joins the show’s regulars: Lisa Welchel, Nancy McKeon, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, and Mackenzie Astin (Patty Duke and John Astin’s son). Production Companies Crawford Productions International, Embassy Television. Director Stuart Margolin. Executive Producer Virginia Carter. Supervising Producer Rita Dillon. Producer Michael Lake. Teleplay Gordon Cotler. Photography Ron Hagen. Music Fred Karlin. Editor David Stiven. Art Director Sally Shepherd. Cast Cloris Leachman (Beverly Ann Stickle), Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner), Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey), Mindy Cohn (Natalie Green), Mackenzie Astin (Andy Moffat), Nancy McKeon (Jo Polniaszek), Beverly-Jane Cole (Miss Carstairs), Jay Hackett (Kevin Colton), Joss McWilliam (Nick Antree), Mario Van Peebles (Dave Johnson), Andrew McKaige (Ben Calley), Noel Trevarthen (Roger Pitt), Misty Bernard (Jane Willis), Salli Martin (Gwen Pitt), Gary Waddell (Hugo), Kristoffer Greaves (Danny), Melissa Bickerton (Helen Brown), Martha Westbrook (Betty Owens), Joan Bruce (Mrs. Winters), Annie Byron (Country girl), Dan Holiday (Aussie passerby), John Faasen (Choral director), Tony Deary (Opal merchant), Bevan Wilson (Gerber), Steve Dodd (Aborigine #1), Soul Bellear (Aborigine #2), Laurie Moran (Mr. Calley), Danny Caretti (Waiter). 1524... The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (NBC, 9/25/1982, 120 mins). An oddity among TV movies involving the characters of a still-running series, with its five stars summer vacationing in Paris where Charlotte Rae brushes up on French cooking and her students go off to absorb French culture and, hopefully, a little continental romance. Production Companies Embassy Television, NBC Productions. Director Asaad Kelada. Executive Producers Jack Elinson, Jerry Mayer. Producers Linda Marsh, Margie Peters. Teleplay Deirdre Fay, Jack Elinson, Jerry Mayer, Linda Marsh, Margie Peters, Stu Wolpert. Based on the Television Series by Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon. Photography Woody Omens. Music Misha Segal. Editor John C. Horger. Art Director William McAllister. Associate Producer Phillips Wylly. Cast Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett), Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner), Nancy McKeon (Jo), Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey), Mindy Cohn (Natalie Greene), Jacques Ferriere (Pierre Petit), Frederic Andrei (David LeClair), Roger Til (Chef Antoine), Vivian Brown (Miss Southwick), Frank Bonner (Garth Kiley), Laurie Main (Reggie). 1525... Falcon’s Gold (Showtime, 12/18/1982, 90 mins). Curmudgeonly scientist John Marley (in one of his last roles) goes looking for an ancient artifact in the mountains of Mexico, accompanied by his teenage granddaughter, Louise Vallance, rugged journalist Simon MacCorkindale, and Mexican outfitter Blanca Guerra, before sinister tycoon George Touliatos and his henchmen can get their hands on it. A “Raiders of the Lost Ark”-type adventure/fantasy, this film was heralded as the first madefor-pay-cable movie. Originally it was announced as an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Challenger’s Gold,” and it not only was a pilot to a prospective adventure series, but also the first TV-movie to have nudity and strong language, with “Parental Guidance” advised. It later became available theatrically as “Robbers of the Sacred Mountain.” Production Companies Paul Heller Productions, Intrepid Productions. Director Bob Schulz. Executive Producer Paul Heller. Producer Keith Rotman. Teleplay Olaf Pooley, Walter Bell. Photography Laszlo George. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Ralph Brunjes. Production Designer David Davis. Associate Producers Georgeanne Aldrich Heller, Paulo Borda. Cast John Marley (Prof. Christopher Falcon), Simon MacCorkindale (Hank Richards), Louise Vallance (Tracey Falcon), George Touliatos (Ivor Murdoch), Blanca Guerra (B.G. Alvarez), Jorge Reynaldo (Marquez), Roger Cudney (Hathaway), Martin LaSalle (Professor Sanchez), Enrique Lucero (Wadu), Jorge Santoyo (Brother Juan), Jose Chavez Trowe (Garcia), Pedro Montero (Abbot), Salvador Codinez (Brother Ignatius), Lorraine Chanel (Museum secretary), Harry Kopolan (Lieutenant Cardenas), Michelle Wagner (Girl at airport). 1526... The Fall of the House of Usher (NBC, 7/25/1982, 120 mins). A “Classics Illustrated” adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe thriller about a 19th century New England home and its inhabitants disintegrating unnaturally. Sitting around since 1978, this (for the record) was the last of the remaining productions in the once-in-a-while series. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director James L. Conway. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer James L. Conway. Teleplay Stephen Lord. Based on the Story by Edgar Allan Poe. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Bob Summers. Editor Trevor Jolley. 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Cast Martin Landau (Roderick Usher), Robert Hays (Jonathan Cresswell), Charlene Tilton (Jennifer Cresswell), Dimitra Arliss (Madeline Usher), Ray Walston (Thaddeus), Peg Stewart (Barmaid), Michael Ruud, H.E.D. Redford. 1527... Fallen Angel (CBS, 2/24/1981, 120 mins). Controversial child pornography drama involving a 13-year-old runaway and a photographer who induces her to pose for dirty pictures. One of the highest rated TV movies of its time, it received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Drama Special. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Producers Audrey Blasdel-Goddard, Lew Hunter. Teleplay Lew Hunter. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L Campbell. Associate Producer Pat Butler. Cast Melinda Dillon (Sherry Phillips), Richard Masur (Howard Nichols), Dana Hill (Jennifer Phillips), Ronny Cox (Frank Dawson), David Hayward (Dennis), Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Foster), Shelby Leverington (Jane Rizzo), Adam Gunn (David), Ron Joseph (Lt. John Cooper), David Rode (Tom), Arthur Rosenberg (Simmons), Sherrie Wills (Heather), Edward Call (Desk Sergeant), Elizabeth Cheshire, Tamar Cooper, Buddy Farmer, Jamie Green, Holly Henderson, Bert Hinchman, Carol Lippin, Richard Lockmiller, Dan Magiera, Ralph Meyering Jr., Larry Moran, Angeline Peters, Persephanie Silverthon, Penelope Sudrow. 1528... False Witness (NBC, 10/23/1989, 120 mins). An ambitious assistant DA clashes with her coworker, who is also her lover, as they solve a headline-making crime--the rape of a controversial talk-show hostess. Based on the1981 book by Dorothy Uhnak, the prolific novelist of cop capers. Production Companies Valente-Kritzer Productions, New World Television, Entertainment Professionals Inc. (EPI). Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Renée Valente, Richard Alfieri, Eddie Kritzer. Line Producer Albert J Salzer. Teleplay Bill Driskill. Based on a Novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music David Michael Frank. Editor Bert Glatstein. Production Designer C. Robert Holloway. Art Director Roger Pancake. Cast Phylicia Rashad (Lynne Jacobi), Philip Michael Thomas (Bobby Marsh), Teri Austin (Sandralee Dawson), George Grizzard (Larry McMahon), Robin Mattson (Jody Nichols), Joycelyn O’Brien (Lucy Capella), John Bennett Perry (Dr. Leland Stiner), James Sutorius (Kevin Masters), Lenore Banks (Mrs. Stiner), Gus Corrado (Arnie Wellman), Daniel Kamin (Len Houston), Elliott Keener (Reggie Morris), Cary Alden, James Borders, Matt Borel, Gloria Camden, James Dean Cochran, John Fertitta, Maarten Goslins, Ron Gural, Harold Jeansome, Ralph Joseph, Marie Kaposchin, Jeff Kizer, Jerry Leggio, Mary Ann Mason, Rod Masterson, Dean Minaro, John “Spud” McConnell, David Petitjean, Brooks Read, Victoria Revels, William G. Schilling, Taylor Simpson, Sadie Veraldi, John Wilmot, George Wood, Terry Wood. 1529... Family Reunion (NBC, 10/11/1981 and 10/12/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Bette Davis plays a New England schoolteacher put out to pasture after 50 years of dedicated service. She sets out to rediscover her family--large enough to keep a soap opera going for years--only to discover that the town that bears the family name and her home for her lifetime is threatened with extinction by certain members of the clan who are in cahoots with a land developer. Davis’s real-life grandson, J. Ashley Hyman, made his acting debut as the young neighbor boy she takes on her extended trip. Production Companies Creative Projects Inc., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Fielder Cook. Producer Lucy Jarvis. Teleplay Allan Sloane. Based on a Story by Allan Sloane from a Ladies’ Home Journal Article by Joe Spartan. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Wladimir Selinsky. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Helen Baker. Cast Bette Davis (Elizabeth Winfield), J. Ashley Hyman (Richard Cooper), David Huddleston (Sen. Chester Winfield), John Shea (James Cookman), Roy Dotrice (Luther Frye), David Rounds (Grover Winfield), Kathryn Walker (Louisa King), Roberts Blossom (Phil King), Roberta Wallach (Jessica Winfield), Jeff McCracken (Max Winfield), Annie Lange (Carol Lyman), Beth Ehlers (Janice Lyman), Paul Rudd (Lane Lynman), Paul Hecht (Vernon Markham), Charles Brown (Sam Baker), Robert Fields (George Winfield III), Kim Beaty (Lucy Gorman), Christopher Murray (Arthur Lyman), Sally Prager (Susan Lyman), June Conboy (Laurie), Adam Redfield (George Winfield IV), Frederikke Borge (Madge Winfield), Priscilla Smith (Eubie Winfield), Julia Barer (Betsy Winfield), Suzy Block (Justine Winfield), Sydney Swier (Fran Baker), Maurice Golshin (Eric Baker), H. Douglas Kerr (Ethan Winfield), Sally Chamberlin (Judge Catherine Summers), Peter Minor (Tommy O’Donnell), Mark Winston (Clifford), Julie Garfield (Girl on bus), Tom Brennan (Schoolteacher), Steven Owsley (Jerry Bates), Mark Watson (Older cop). 1530... Family Secrets (NBC, 5/13/1984, 120 mins). A newly widowed mother, her advertising executive daughter, and her teenage granddaughter, reunite for an emotion charged weekend to close up the recently sold family home, relive painful memories and resolve long-standing tensions. For this film, initially called “Mother’s Day” (after the day on which it long had been scheduled to premiere), Stefanie Powers made her producing debut and wrote the original story from which co-producer Leonora Thuna created the teleplay. Production Companies Katz-Gallin Productions, Half-Pint Productions. Director Jack Hofsiss. Executive Producers Raymond Katz, Sandy Gallin. Producers Leonora Thuna, Stefanie Powers. Supervising Producer Frank Brill. Teleplay Leonora Thuna. Based on a Story by Stefanie Powers. Photography James Crabe. Music Charles Fox. Editor Marjorie Fowler. Art Director James J. Agazzi.

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Cast Maureen Stapleton (Maggie Lukauer), Stefanie Powers (Jessie Calloway), Melissa Gilbert (Sara Calloway), James Spader (Lowell Everall), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Fenwick), Kimmy Robertson (Mickey), Gary Dontzig (Barry Haynes), Marion Ramsey (Linda Jones), Gary Sinise (Motorcyclist), Marlena Giovi (Store checker). 1531... Family Sins (CBS, 10/25/1987, 120 mins). Grim psychological drama about a dysfunctional family: rigid, unforgiving dad harangues young sons about not living up to his expectations, ending with one of the kids drowning while trying to please the old man and the other contemplating suicide. Production Company London Films Inc. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Jerry London. Producer Mel A. Bishop. Teleplay George Rubino. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Elizabeth Swados. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director Leslie McDonald. Associate Producers Salli Newman, Ed Milkovich. Cast James Farentino (Gordon Williams), Jill Eikenberry (Kate Williams), Andrew Bednarski (Keith Williams), Mimi Kuzyk (Sara Burke), Brent Spiner (Ken McMahon), Michael Durrell (Dr. Hamilton), Tom Bower (Sheriff T.A. Ogden), Richard Venture (Judge), Thomas Wilson Brown (Bryan Williams), Michelle Casey (Miss Hayes), Ben Dickson (Deputy), Michael Halton (Mr. Sanford), Kate Hawley (Peggy), Yuri Lane (Freddie), Shane Miner (Gil). 1532... Family Ties Vacation (NBC, 9/23/1985, 120 mins). As the network touted in the press release for this two-hour movie version of the popular series, “The Keaton Family finds mystery, fun and romance in London.” Michael J. Fox, as Alex, goes for a summer scholarship program at Oxford, and is accompanied by his parents, who become embroiled in international espionage, and his sisters, who get involved with local lads. Like “The Facts of Life Goes to Paris” (1982), this movie ploy gave the network an extra opportunity to get extra mileage out of a hit series outside of its weekly time period. Production Companies UBU Productions, Paramount Network Television, NBC Productions. Director Will Mackenzie. Executive Producer Gary David Goldberg. Producers Michael J. Weithorn, Alan Uger. Co-Producer Marc Lawrence. Teleplay Gary David Goldberg, Alan Uger, Michael J. Weithorn, Marc Lawrence. Photography Norman Warwick. Music Tom Scott. Editor Bruce Green. Production Designer Harry Pottle. Cast Meredith Baxter Birney (Elyse Keaton), Michael Gross (Steven Keaton), Michael J. Fox (Alex Keaton), Justine Bateman (Mallory Keaton), Tina Yothers (Jennifer Keaton), Philip Hynd (Clifford Markham), Charles McKeown (Frederic Weiss), James Saxon (Luther Broder), John Moulder-Brown (William Clive-Hopkins), John Westbrook (Earl of Cureton), Derek Nimmo (Gwynne-Davies), Richard Huw (Michael), Guy Henry (Jonathan), John Gillett (Inspector Wyman), Harry Lockwood West (Professor Hardy), Stuart Saunders (1st Lord), Charles Lewson (2nd Lord), Peter Guinness (Contact man), Philip Anthony (Receptionist), Mark Greenstreet (Bellboy), Jean Ainslie (Tour guide), Tim Swinton (Airport attendant), Ravindar Singh (Indian man). 1533... Fantasies (ABC, 1/18/1982, 120 mins). In her second TV-movie premiering in a period of three nights, Suzanne Pleshette is the creator and writer of a popular late-night soap opera, the future of which is threatened when, one by one, the stars begin dying mysteriously and she soon discovers that she could be the next victim. Several daytime soap opera stars, including Peter Bergman of “All My Children,” Stuart Damon of “General Hospital,” John Gabriel of “Ryan’s Hope,” Robin Mattson of “General Hospital” and Robert S. Woods of “One Life to Live,” put in appearances as a gimmick. Production Companies Mandy Films, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director William Wiard. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay David Levinson. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Directors Paul Sylos, Serge Krizman. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Carla Webber), Barry Newman (Detective Flynn), Robert Vaughn (Girard), Patrick O’Neal (John Webber), Lenora May (Sandy), Allyn Ann McLerie (Shirley), Madlyn Rhue (Rebecca), Ben Marley (Arthur), Barry Corbin (Naylor), Aarika Wells (Marsha), Peter Bergman (Larry), John Gabriel (Mallory), Robin Mattson (April), Stuart Damon (Hanson), Robert S. Woods (Clint), Carol Smith, Terry Alexander, J.P. Bumstead, John Sanderford, J. Victor Lopez, Selma Archerd, Jack Garner, Hap Lawrence, Sal Viscuso, Susan Brecht, Karen Austin, Laurence Lau, John Gowans, Ruth Cox, Larry Jenkins, Edith Fields. 1534... The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (NBC, 2/10/1984, 120 mins). In his fifth TV-movie, Gary Coleman is a UN diplomat’s son who continually daydreams about various movie heroes, ranging from Dwight Cloudclimber (sort of a miniaturized Luke “Star Wars” Skywalker) and Alabama Smith (who is not unlike Indiana “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Jones), to a James Bond-type and General Patton, all of whom help this junior Walter Mitty keep a step or two ahead of secret agents trying to retrieve a packet of documents he inadvertently came to possess. Production Companies Guillaume-Margo Productions, Zephyr Productions. Director Leslie Martinson. Executive Producer Phil Margo. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay Martin Cohan, Phil Margo. Photography Gary Graver. Music Mitch Margo, Dennis Dreith, A.S. Dimond. Editor Joe Morrisey. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Associate Producer Jim Ragan. Cast Gary Coleman (D.C. Collins), Bernie Casey (J.T. Collins), Shelley Smith (Ann Harris), Fred Dryer (Barney Daniels), Pamela Segall (Tatyana), Jason Bateman (Addison Cromwell), Luis Avalos (Cabbie), Philip Abbott (Manning), Marilyn McCoo (Vanessa Collins), Harvey Jason (Dutch), George Gobel (Bergman/hot dog vendor), Michael Ansara (Turk), Jan Triska (Deputy Markov), Lewis Van Bergen (Denker), George Dickerson (Underwood), Linda Stelling (Beautiful lady), Rance Howard

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(Policeman), Jim Begg (Man), Eric Campion, Steve Dubiot, Richard Epcar, Lewis P. Finnegan, Gulshin Gilbert, Adam Gregor, Ronald David Jackson, Jane Lillig, Tirzah Lowe, John Mansfield, Josh Miller. 1535... The Far Pavilions (HBO, 4/22/1984 to 4/24/1984, 3 parts, 100 mins each, 6 hours). Faithfully adapted from M.M. Kaye’s epic 1978 novel of British colonial India of the 19th century, this colorful three-part HBO miniseries about battle, love and treachery and intrigue, as well as love and honor involving one of Her Majesty’s cavalry officers and an Indian princess who has been promised in marriage to a despotic ruler, brings to the TV screen the sweeping adventure that in years past had been the domain of Errol Flynn, Robert Taylor and Tyrone Power. (Ironically, a new television production of “Kim” premiered shortly afterward.) Ben Cross and Amy Irving are the lovers, Omar Sharif is his Indian mentor, Rossano Brazzi is the Indian ruler who wants Irving as his bride, Christopher Lee is her benevolent uncle, and Sir John Gielgud is Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, British Ambassador to Afghanistan, who is killed at the siege of Kabul. Production Companies Goldcrest Films, HBO Premiere Films. Director Peter Duffell. Executive Producer John Peverall. Producer Geoffrey Reeve. Teleplay Julian Bond. Based on the Novel by M.M. Kaye. Photography Jack Cardiff. Music Carl Davis. Editors John Jympson, Peter Boita. Production Designer Robert Laing. Cast Ben Cross (Ashton Pelham-Martyn), Amy Irving (Anjuli), Omar Sharif (Koda Dad), John Gielgud (Major Sir Louis Cavagnari), Christopher Lee (Kaka-ji Rao), Rossano Brazzi (Rana of Bhithor), Benedict Taylor (Wally), Sneh Gupta (Shushila), Saeed Jaffrey (Biju Ram), Robert Hardy (Commandant), Jennifer Kendal (Mrs. Viccary), Felicity Dean (Belinda Harlowe), Rupert Everett (George Garforth), Mary Peach (Mrs. Harlowe), Adam Bareham (Jenkins), Rupert Frazer (Wilgram Battye), Clive Francis (Kelly), Tanveer Ghani (Gul Baz), Goga Kapoor (Diwan), Art Malik (Zarin), Vinod Nagpal (Gobind Dass), Shayur Mehta (Prince Jhoti), Anthony Sharp (Chiverton), Caterina Boratto (Mrs. Chiverton), Peter Arne (General), Michael Cochrane (Crimpley), William Gaunt (Commissioner), Jeremy Sinden (Raikes), Constantine Gregory (Porson), John Forbes-Robertson (Squad commander), Michael Malnick (Podmore-Smythe), James Snell (Ponsonby), Ifftikar (Nakshaband Khan), Ravi Behil (Prince Nandu), Ravi Valecha (Prince Lalji), Atul Tandon (Amir Yakub Khan), Rama Vij (Geeta), Bharati Devi (Unpora Bai), Bhushan Tewari (Manilal), Praveen Paul (Promila Devi), Tony Jordan (Ash at age 11), Jonie Sethi (Sita), Kristina Lesho (Anjuli at age 5), Ajit Singh (Awal Shah), Moti Makan (Telegraph clerk), Taj Sapru (Afzal), Sultan Lalani (Mr. Singh). 1536... Farrell for the People (NBC, 10/18/1982, 120 mins). Valerie Harper stars as a spunky assistant DA in this pilot to a prospective post-“Rhoda” series, here involved with a puzzling rape case, another dealing with a brilliant ex-con accused of murder and his celebrity sponsor (borrowed from the well-publicized Jack Abbott-Norman Mailer affair), and a romance with a defense lawyer. Production Companies InterMedia Entertainment Company, TAL Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Tony Cacciotti. Producer Lin Bolen. Teleplay Larry Brody, Janis Hendler. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Bill Conti. Editor Dann Cahn. Production Designer Jack Senter. Associate Producer Carol Rubin. Cast Valerie Harper (Liz Farrell), Ed O’Neill (Jay Brennan), Gregory Sierra (Mike Rodriguez), Judith Chapman (Victoria Walton-Mason), Steve Inwood (Alan Hellinger), Kene Holliday (Ron Dixon), Dennis Lipscomb (Jed Carter), Richard Herd (Randolph Gardner), Eugene Roche (Patrick J. Malloy), Frank McCarthy (Vince Raleigh), Millie Slavin (Max), Calvin Jung (Otis), Alba Oms (Rosa Delgado), Celia Perry (Ann Grady), Floyd Levine (Judge Shafner), Rhoda Gemignani (Louise Theodakis), Al Ruscio (Judge Portugal), Will Nye (Fenwick), Chip Johnson (Barron), William Bryan Curran (Corelli), Bob Goldstein (Beansie), Norma Donaldson (Mrs. Grey), Bill Capizzi (Christy), William Marquez (Oscar Rivera), M.K. Lewis (Bailiff), Bert Hinchman (Clerk), Fil Formicola (Cop), Sandy Martin (Newswoman), Martin Speer (Dr. Kramer), Ismael “East” Carlo (Judge Sanchez), Stacy Dash (Denise Grey). 1537... Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (NBC, 11/30/1987, 120 mins). Detective writer Ralph McInerny’s crime-solving Chicago priest, Father Frank Dowling, came to television in this lighthearted television movie that kicked off a so-so second career for the maddeningly inquisitive churchman as a series star, unmasking killers and corrupt officials with the help of a savvy streetwise young nun, Sister Steve. Tom Bosley and Tracy Nelson (daughter of rock idol Rick Nelson) sleuthed through the subsequent series that NBC put on its schedule in January 1989 and dropped it in March, only to have ABC pick it up the following year and running it on and off for a season and a half. Longtime movie sidekick Mary Wickes continued the role of the busybody rectory housekeeper from the film. Production Companies Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Christopher Hibler. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Donald E Westlake. Based on Characters Created by Ralph McInerny. Photography Rick Anderson. Music Artie Kane. Theme Dick DeBenedictis. Editor Ruth A. Foster. Art Director Al Rohm. Associate Producer Ruth A. Foster. Cast Tom Bosley (Father Frank Dowling), Tracy Nelson (Sister Steve), Robert Prescott (Sgt. Phil Keegan), Mary Wickes (Marie), Susan Blakely (Patricia Erdain), Leslie Nielsen (Sen. Paul Erdain), Peter Scolari (Charles Robinson), Sada Thompson (Maria Pello), Kevin Crowley (Andy Moore), Holly Fulger (Teresa Robinson), Stella Stevens (Kate), Nathan Davis (Dr. Sidney Canfield), Mark Arndtt (Computer technician), Mike Nussbaum (Fred), Guy Fricano (Sloan), Joe Greco (Head of security), Ted Liss (Bishop MacNee), Sarah Long (Jane), Jack McLaughlin-Gray (Bank officer), Miguel Nino (Pool player #1), Greg Noonan (Plant manager), Sam Sanders (Bank guard), Michael Skewes (Swat team head), Richard Wharton (Perpertrator).

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1538... Fatal Judgement (CBS, 10/18/1988, 120 mins). Story based on a real-life practical nurse who is put on trial after administering too much medication to a patient--following the attending physician’s instructions, which he later denied--killing the woman. A politically ambitious DA pushes for Murder One. Patty Duke works her way through the somewhat manipulative role with her usual skill and a Boston accent. Her lawyer, a local attorney who was born in nearby Brockton of a large Italian family, is, rather disconcertingly, played by Tom Conti, without any attempt to mask his Scottish burr. Based on Bay Stater Gary Provost’s 1985 book “Fatal Dosage.” Production Companies Jack Farren Productions, Group W Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producer Jack Farren. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Gerald Green. Based on a Book by Gary Provost. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Lee Holdridge. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Bobbie Shapiro. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Patty Duke (Anne Capute), Joe Regalbuto (Charlie Capute), Jo Henderson (Sara Bannerman), Dana Gladstone (Dr. Andrew Tate), Peter Crook (DA James Steele), Richard Cummings Jr. (Ben Clark), Merrya Small (Sally Wilson), Mary Tanner (Susan Capute), Jane Harnick (Lori Capute), Crystal McKellar (Meredith Capute), Tom Conti (Pat Piscitelli), Philip Sterling (Judge Josiah Clay), Thomas Ryan (Henry Eastlake), Pippa Pearthree (Lauren Davis), Libby Boone (Jenny LaCosta), Kevin Haley (Aide), Loren Haynes (Tom Macay), Lenka Peterson (Martha Busak), David Hooks (Arraignment judge), Martin Doyle (Dr. Lawrence Ash), Doug MacHugh (Second doctor), Jack Ragotzy (Mr. Busak), Sarah Maclay (Daughter), Lang Yun (Mrs. Kim), Dick Winslow (Old man), Nick Latour (Eddie), Karen Radcliffe (Merry Piscitelli), Loren Farmer (Guard), Mark Kemble (Truck driver), R. Leo Schreiber (Bailiff), Michael Field, Joe Faust, Thomas H. Middleton, Charlene Hall, R.J. Lindsay, Larry Moss, David Stewstrom, Barney McGeary, Brian Bastien, Paul DuPratt, Vivian Farren, Edward Gil. 1539... Fatal Vision (NBC, 11/18/1984 and 11/19/1984, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The much-acclaimed four-hour dramatization of Joe McGinniss’s 1983 bestseller about Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the former Green Beret captain accused, then cleared, in the brutal murders of his wife and daughters in February 1970, won Emmy Award nominations for the film itself as Outstanding Drama Special as well as for director David Greene, writer John Gay and makeup artist Steve Abroms. It also brought an Emmy Award to Karl Malden for his performance as Freddy Kassab, MacDonald’s father-in-law and at first his most ardent supporter until convinced of his guilt, causing him (Kassab) to wage a relentless (and successful) battle for MacDonald’s conviction. Newcomer Gary Cole, from the Chicago stage, portrayed MacDonald, Eva Marie Saint his mother-in-law, Barry Newman his attorney, and Andy Griffith the government prosecutor. Production Companies NBC Productions, Dan Wigutow Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Dan Wigutow, Michael Rosenfeld. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Joe McGinniss. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Gil Melle. Editors Parkie Singh, William A Stitch. Production Designer Charles R. Davis. Associate Producer Randy T. Siegel. Cast Karl Malden (Freddy Kassab), Eva Marie Saint (Mildred Kassab), Barry Newman (Bernie Segal), Gary Cole (Jeffrey MacDonald), Andy Griffith (Victor Worheide), Gary Grubbs (James Blackburn), Joel Polis (Brian Murtagh), Mitchell Ryan (Paul Strombaugh), Wendy Schaal (Colette MacDonald), Scott Paulin (William Ivory), Barry Corbin (Franz Grebner), Albert Salmi (Judge Dupree), Alexandra Johnson (Helena Stoeckley), Paddi Edwards (Mrs. Perry MacDonald), Frank Dent (Joe McGinniss), Carmen Argenziano (Colonel Pruett), Andy Wood (Robert Shaw), Dennis Redfield (Peter Kearns), Joe Mays (William Posey), Rex Ryon (Jay MacDonald), J.P. Bumstead (Colonel Rock), Brandy Gold (Kimberly at age 5), Dylan Galer (Kristen), Lance Rosen (Dennis Eisman), Patricia Duff (Joy), Nadine van der Velde (Randi), Laurence Haddon (General Flanagan), Jack Rader (Provost Marshal), Kenneth Tigar (Pathologist), Fred Morsell (Agent), Roy London (Dr. Thornton), Ken Hill (Neighbor), Eugene Butler (Captain Somers), Judith Barsi (Kimberly at age 3), Anne Betancourt (St. Mary’s sister), Scotch Byerly (Lab technician), Kathy Christopher (Hippie girl), Robert Clotworthy (MP sergeant), Hortensia Colorado (Nurse), Kathleen Coyne (First witness), David Dangler (MP lieutenant), Matthew Faison (Dr. Bronstein), Norman Alexander Gibbs (News reporter), Howard Goodwin (Party announcer), Lance Gordon (CID captain), Norman Lee Harris (CID man), Billy James (TV interviewer), Steve W. James (US marshal), Allan Kolman (Reporter), Richard Lineback (MP captain), Tracee Lyles (Nurse), James Morrison (Green Beret), Clare Nono (Nurse), Fred Ponzlov (Reporter), Fred Retes (Photographer), John Rose (FBI agent), Paul Ryan (Talk show host), Miguel Sandoval (MP in Jeep), Grayce Spence (Court clerk), Tom Tarpey (Psychiatrist), Brian Thompson (Lieutenant Harrison), Arnold Turner (Lab technician), Bethany Ringwald (Baby-sitter), Wesley Thompson (Sergeant McPherson), Bill Vint (Dr. Sadoff), Justine Visone (Secretary), Peter Vogt (Jury foreman). 1540... The Father Clements Story (NBC, 12/13/1987, 120 mins). Drama about the real-life Father George Clements (played strongly by Louis Gossett Jr.), an unconventional black priest in Chicago who fought the local Church hierarchy (in the person of Carroll O’Connor) for the right to adopt a son after being confronted with the growing problem of homeless youngsters in the projects and swaying the Vatican in his favor. Clements ultimately adopts a rebellious teenager (Malcolm Jamal-Warner in his first work outside of “The Cosby Show”) in an attempt to wean him away from the local gangs, and soon founded “One Church, One Child,” a Chicago youth shelter which exists today. The publicity for the film erroneously listed in the film’s cast 26-year-old Larry (now Lawrence) Fishburn (sic) in the role of teen gang member Ice, but screen credit for the part went to Leon Robinson. Production Companies Zev Braun Pictures, Interscope Communications. Director Ed Sherin. Executive Producers Ted Field, Zev Braun. Producer Phil Parslow. Co-Producer Chet Walker. Teleplay Arthur Heinemann, Ted Tally. Based on a Story

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by Arthur Heinemann. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Mark Snow. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Production Designer Ned Parsons. Technical Consultant Father George Clements. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Father George Clements), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Joey), Ron McLarty (O’Hare), Leon Robinson (Ice), Rosetta LeNoire (Mrs. Clements), Glenn Plummer (Daryl), Carroll O’Connor (Cardinal Cody), Antoine Roshell (Andy), Pat Bowie (Anna), Bob Brueler (Father Guiness), Bruce A. Young (Adams), Phil Locker (Father Powers), Irv Kupcinet (TV host), Zaid Farid, Patrick Billingsley, Darryl Jones, Anthony Griffin, Oscar Jordan, Faith McKinney, Tony Cannata, Kathleen Perkins, Jackie Taylor, Jack McLaughlin-Gray. 1541... Father Figure (CBS, 10/26/1980, 120 mins). A teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they long have been separated following the latter’s divorce from their recently deceased mother, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored. Adapted from the 1978 book by Richard Peck. Production Companies Time-Life Television, Finnegan Associates. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers David Susskind, Freyda Rothstein. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Book by Richard Peck. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director Paul Barnes. Cast Hal Linden (Howard), Timothy Hutton (Jim), Jeremy Licht (Byron), Martha Scott (Hilda Wollman), Cassie Yates (Mariella Flynn), Betty McGuire (Alma the maid), Joy Hyler (Barbara), Corey Feldman (Bobby), Bob Hastings (Doctor), Dolores Mann (Woman in park). 1542... Father of Hell Town (NBC, 3/6/1985, 120 mins). Robert Blake’s scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish was the latest in his series of original characters (after “Baretta” and “Joe Dancer”) and his “Hell Town” turned into a surprise hit (written pseudonymously by Blake). Blake convinced the network into going ahead, reluctantly at first, with a “Hell Town” series, which bombed out after a handful of airings. Most saw Blake’s Father Hardstep, despite his colorful melange of cohorts, simply as “Baretta” with his collar turned around. Production Companies Mickey Productions, Breezy Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Don Medford. Executive Producer Lyman P. Docker. Producer Alan Godfrey. Co-Producer E. Nick Alexander. Teleplay Lyman P. Docker, E. Nick Alexander, Brian Cassidy. Based on a Story by Lyman P Docker. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music George Romanis. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Norm Baron. Associate Producer Michael R. Casey. Cast Robert Blake (Father Noah “Hardstep” Rivers), Jeff Corey (Lawyer Sam), James Gammon (Lt. Raymond Tracy), Zitto Kazann (Crazy Horse), Vonetta McGee (Sister Indigo), Fran Ryan (Mother Maggie), Isabel Grandin (Sister Angel Cakes), Rhonda Dotson (Sister Daisy), Tony Longo (Stump), Whitman Mayo (One Ball), Timothy Scott (Mr. Turner), Amy Green (Amy Turner), Liz Torres (Miss Morales), Warren Vanders (Roy Bean), Lynn Marie Parker (Mette), Lili Valenty (Mrs. Gold), Tracy Morgan (Brandy Wine), Lydia Nicole (Milo), Eddie Quillan (Smitty), June Smaney (Flo), W.T. Zacha (Drug dealer), Paula Victor (Mrs. Rabinowitz), Gary A. McMillan (Young man), Rhea Harris (Masaya), Laura Jacoby (Lisa), Frances E. Williams (Nora), Peter Pan (Mr. Lee), Vincent James Wells (Sly), Anthony William (Duce) James (Duce), Cage Johnson, Stanley Yale, Albert A. Scott, Harry C. Benson, Tom Wade, Jimenez Fernando, Calderon Alvaro, Hank Underwood, Rashaan Meneses, Michael D’Agosta, Javier Cortez, Tony Moran, Emily Pastrama, Soliz Fernando. 1543... A Father’s Homecoming (NBC, 6/19/1988, 120 mins). Ensemble comedy-drama (and prospective series pilot), written by the team of Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, who were involved with “American Graffiti” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” among others, dealing with a family living in small New England community (though it was filmed in a small town near Atlanta). Newly appointed prep school headmaster Michael McKean’s son and buddies (one’s dad is a union leader thrown out of work when the other’s dad, president of the parent company, shuts down the town factory), face day-to-day involvement with coeducation in the formerly all-male school, parental problems, and class differences. “A Father’s Homecoming” aired initially on Father’s Day. Production Company NBC Productions. Director Rick Wallace. Executive Producers Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Coordinating Producer Ed Milkovich. Teleplay Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Tom Scott. Editors Charles Bornstein, Sidney Wolinsky, Paul Dixon. Additional Editing Andrew Chulack, John M. Woodcock, Millie Moore. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Emily Kaufman. Cast Michael McKean (Michael Fields), Nana Visitor (Laura Purcell), Jonathan Ward (David Fields), Brandon Douglas (Corry Saxon), Byron Thames (Eric Birstock), Marcianne Warman (Rebecca Fields), Peter Michael Goetz (Dr. Andrew Chapin), Cady McClain (Holly), Reginald Vel Johnson (TV reporter), Susan Krebs (Mona Neely), Billy Morrissette (Jerry Purcell), Rosemary Dunsmore (Dolores Birstock), Jadrien Steele (Miles), Thomas Ryan (Harry Birstock), Brenda Bakke (Nurse Pitzer), David Kaufman (Roger Fuller), Bill Cwikowski (Kenny), Tom O’Rourke (Paul Miller), Ken Letner (Mr. Edwards), John Sanderford (Marshall Saxon), Hope Clarke (Doctor), Kevin Joseph (Nelson), Cynthia Stevenson (Toni). 1544... A Father’s Revenge (ABC, 1/24/1988, 120 mins). Brian Dennehy plays an American father who takes matters into his own hands--including hiring a private army--to save the life of his stewardess daughter abducted by a notorious terrorist band in Germany, when the U.S. Government drags its feet on the matter. This kinetic suspense story, with initially stoic Dennehy turning into Rambo, was filmed on location in West Berlin.

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Production Companies A Shadowplay-Rosco Production, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director John Herzfeld. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Hans Proppe. Co-Producers Hans Brockmann, Mel Frohman. Teleplay Mel Frohman. Based on a Story by Tom Schulman, Mel Frohman. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Klaus Doldinger. Editors Thomas Schwalm, Klaus Zimmermann. Art Director Peter Alteneder. Associate Producer Jody Brockway Paonessa. Cast Brian Dennehy (Paul Hobart), Ron Silver (Max Greenwald), Anthony Valentine (Peter Vickers), Christoph M. Ohrt (Wolfgang Donner), Claudia Matschulla (Ingrid Kleist), Alexander Radszun (Capt. Klaus Schilling), Angus McInnes (Patterson), Joanna Cassidy (Barbara Hobart), Helen Patton (Karen Hobart), Arnfried Lerche (Albert), Matthew Burton, Deborah Dalton, Donald M. Griffith, Karina Thayenthal, Ulricke Mockel, Horst Scheel, Simon Newby, Colin Gilder, Sebastian Baur, Hans Steinberg, Yolande Gildt, Holly-Jane Rahlens, David Creedon, Andrea Grossmann, David Kehoe, Daphne Moore, Beat Hellsteen. 1545... Favorite Son (NBC, 10/30/1988 to 11/1/1988, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Dramatization of novelist and television executive Steve Sohmer’s popular 1987 political thriller about a charismatic vice-presidential hopeful (Harry Hamlin) and his ambitious press aide (Linda Kozlowski, the “Crocodile Dundee” actress in her TV movie debut) who will stop at nothing--from political assassinations to high-level cover-ups--to get into office. World-weary FBI agent Nick Mancuso would spin off to a weekly series, “Mancuso, FBI” during the 1989-90 season, in which Loggia costarred with Fredric Lehne, playing Mancuso’s button-down young superior. Loggia’s Nick Mancuso should not be confused with the real actor named Nick Mancuso, who has many starring credits on television. Production Companies Steve Sohmer Inc., NBC Productions. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer Steve Sohmer. Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Teleplay Steve Sohmer. Based on a Novel by Steve Sohmer. Photography Bradford May. Music John Morris. Supervising Editor Joe Ann Fogle. Editor Jeff Freeman. Production Designer David M. Haber. Associate Producer Tim Myers. Cast Harry Hamlin (Sen. Terry Fallon), Linda Kozlowski (Sally Crain), Robert Loggia (Nick Mancuso), John Mahoney (Lou Brenner), Ronny Cox (Adm. William Rieker), Kenneth McMillan (Henry O’Brien), Mitchell Ryan (Vice Pres. Dan Eastman), Richard Bradford (Rep. Charles MacDonnal), Jason Alexander (Chris van Allen), Jon Cypher (Bartholomew Scott), Fredric Lehne (E. Ben Wycoff), James Whitmore (Pres. Samuel Baker), Stepfanie Kramer (Stevie Chandler), Lance Guest (David Ross), Richard Herd (Harry Wilson), Randi Brooks (FBI secretary), Dante D’Andre (Sen. Julio Ramirez), J. Kenneth Campbell (Steve Thomas), Lee Kessler (President’s secretary), John Shearin (Agent Browning), Brian Thompson (Petersen), Charles Siebert (Dr. Summers), Geno Silva (Col. Octavio Martinez), Rosemary Dunsmore (Harriet Fallon), Tony Goldwyn (Lt. Tim Fairburn), William Bogert (Pat Flaherty), Richard Allen (Maurice), Wendy Bowers (Stevie’s assistant), Beecey Carlson (Gertie), Larry Carroll (TV host), Arell Blanton (Police lieutenant), Brian Frank (Paige), Conrad Bachmann (General Devane), Tiiu Leek (UBS reporter), Frantz Turner (TV director), Kristoff St. John (TV switcher), Rif Hutton (Cop), Fred D. Scott (Waiter), Ryan MacDonald (Hamilton Tate), Danny D Daniels (Diplomat), Roosevelt Richard (Interpreter), D. Paul Thomas (Doctor), Robina Suwol (Motel clerk), Ted Hayden (Arlen Amory), Lou Beatty Jr. (SWAT captain), Suzanne Childs (TV newsperson), Patrick DeSantis (Arcade man), Karin Woodward (Barmaid), Rachel Bard (Mother Superior), Chris Lane (Anchorman), Mark Phelan (SWAT officer), Geof Brewer (SWAT officer), Rod Britt (Announcer), Phil Elber (Wine captain), Geoffrey Forward (Government agent), Michael Fairman (Dr. Armowitz), Lynnette Mettey (Elaine Ross), Helen Backlin (Landlady), Joseph Chapman (Agent Rodgers), Eric Poppick (Agent Vanderpool), Beverly Piper (FBI woman), Wendy Brokaw (Carla Ross), John Walter Davis (Larry Harris), Gregory Avellone (Stage manager), Mary Gregory (FBI cashier), Bunny Summers (Dolores), Bobby Baum (Newsvendor), Nike Doukas, Diana Lewis, Darwyn Carson, Vance Valencia, Philip McKeown, Ron Tank, Rob Narita, Marion Scherer, Kathy Fleig, Chuck Sloan, Brad Laughlin. 1546... Fear Stalk (CBS, 12/17/1989, 120 mins). In this suspense drama Jill Clayburgh is a successful soap opera producer who goes into a tailspin when belongings are stolen by a psychopath and she finds herself being stalked and her life taken over. Production Companies Donald March Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Larry Shaw. Producer Donald March. Teleplay Ellen Weston. Photography Neil Roach. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer Paul Peters. Associate Producer Art Levinson. Cast Jill Clayburgh (Ally Maynard), Stephen Macht (Tom Hagar), Lynne Thigpen (Barbara), Sandy McPeak (Richard), Mary Ellen Trainor (Jennifer), Lorna Luft (Doris), Cheryl Anderson (Sandy), Sada Thompson (Pearl), Andrew Divoff (Man), David Kaufman (Danny Maynard), Leigh Lombardi (Susan), Zouanne LeRoy (Miss Brody), William Marquez (Police Sergeant), Kimberly Hall (Gloria), Marie-Alise Recasner (Virginia), Michelle Costello (Anne), Scott N. Stevens (Willy), John LaFleur (Alan), Ian Romeyn (Andrew), Terence Wayne (Bank security chief), Richard Herkert, Tom Astor, Dennis Bowen, Terry Israel, Sean Griffin. 1547... A Few Days in Weasel Creek (CBS, 10/21/1981, 120 mins). Serio-comic road movie (based on the 1980 book by Joanna Brent) about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for herself and her house trailer with a runaway farm boy and accompanies him on a side trip to visit his aunt in the Southern hamlet of Weasel Creek. Production Companies Hummingbird Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Cyma Rubin. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Durrell Royce Crays. Based on a Book by Joanna Brent. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music James Horner. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis.

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Cast Mare Winningham (Locksley Claitor), John Hammond (Beldon Stokes), Kevin Geer (Calvin Stokes), Nicholas Pryor (Elwin Potter), Glenn Morshower (Eugene), Tracey Gold (Buddy), Colleen Dewhurst (Cora Jackfield), Richard Farnsworth (Jason Stayvey), Barry Corbin (Gus Lobell), Robert Carnegie (Bob Riggins), Michael Keenan (Sarpey), Amzie Strickland (Maribeth Stayvey), John W. Bellah (Nolan), Kim Bronson (Jolene), Johnnie Collins II (Station attendant), Ernest Harada (Papa tourist), Karyn Harrison (LaVerne), Sally Imamura (Baby tourist), Kathy Kartiganer (Calvin’s wife), Randy Patrick (Dewey), Elsa Raven (Station owner), Lucy Webb (Darlene), Carol Ann Williams (Bebe), Trey Wilson (Lester), Momo Yashima (Mama tourist). 1548... The Fifth Missile (NBC, 2/23/1986, 120 mins). Bizarre nuclear disaster drama about war games aboard an American Trident submarine going haywire and threatening to ignite WWIII--all because of toxic paint! Robert Conrad and Sam Waterston, as a pair of naval commanders, attempt to thwart a holocaust when Conrad’s Queeg-like superior (David Soul) flips out. Without the cooperation of the U.S. Navy (for obvious reasons), filming was done overseas in Malta and Italy with a basically Italian crew. Its initial title was “The Gold Crew,” after the novel on which executive producer Eric Bercovici based his teleplay. Production Companies Bercovici-St. Johns Productions, Cinecitta, MGM-UA Television. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producer Eric Bercovici. Producer Arthur Fellows. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on a Novel by Thomas N. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson. Based on an Original Idea by Skip Stetlof. Photography Cristiano Pogany. Music Pino Donaggio. Editors Jack Tucker, Maureen O’Connell. Production Designer Beala Neel. Associate Producer Frederick Muller. Cast Robert Conrad (Lt. Cmdr. Mark Van Meer), Sam Waterston (Cmdr. Allard Renslow), Richard Roundtree (Cmdr. Frederick Bryce), Jonathan Banks (Ray Olson), Art La Fleur (Meslinsky), Dennis Holahan (Warden), Sergio Fantoni (Pietro), Yvette Mimieux (Cheryl Leary), David Soul (Capt. Kevin Harris), Ed Bishop (Stewart Cullinane), Michael Aronin (Ernie Gradow), William Berger (Dr. Strickland), David Gilliam (Longstreet), Trevor Thomas (McCune), Donald Stewart (Admiral Howard), David Lema (Dempsey), Joseph Drago (Gerassi/Fuhrman), William Paulson (Tony Cermak), Bruce McGuire (Spencer), Justin Muller (Russo), Jeff Harding (Epping), John Leamer (Glenn Dailey), Russell Case (Leggett), Eugene Brell (Britt), Mickey Knox (Falcon), Penny Brown (Florence Gradow), Carolyn DeFonseca (Mrs. Padgett), Robert Spafford (Moody). 1549... A Fight for Jenny (NBC, 10/6/1986, 120 mins). An interracial Southern couple faces a custody battle when the woman’s ex-husband attempts to have the courts return their daughter to him, charging improper environment after his former wife marries a black man. Similar to the memorable 1964 theatrical film “One Potato, Two Potato,” this television drama went through a variety of titles, including “Society’s Child” and “Color,” before settling on its final one virtually on the day of its premiere. Ironically, the “Jenny” of the title is never called that in the story--she’s always “Jennifer.” Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Gilbert Moses. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Co-Producer Diane Walsh. Teleplay Judy Merl, Paul Eric Myers, Duffy Bart. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music Ashford & Simpson. Songs Performed by Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson. Editors Robert Florio, Janet Bartels. Art Director Julie Kay Towery. Cast Philip Michael Thomas (David Caldwell), Lesley Ann Warren (Kelsey Wilkes), Jaclyn-Rose Lester (Jennifer Wilkes), Jean Smart (Valerie Thomas), Lynne Moody (Alice Martin), Barbara Montgomery (Mrs. Martin), Drew Snyder (Ben Wilkes), William Atherton (Michael Rosen), Chip Arnold (Mr. Green), Matthew Faison (George Morrison), Kenneth Kimmins (Gary Cole), James Staley (Supervisor), Wally Taylor (Max), Peggy Walton-Walker (Beverly), Jim Alquist (Woodworker), Lindsey Beamish (1st girl), Juliette Hagerman (Wedding vocalist), BilIy G. Ingram (Minister), Richard Partlow (1st man), Laurel Lockhart (Mrs. Randall). 1550... Fight for Life (ABC, 3/23/1987, 120 mins). Offbeat casting of Jerry Lewis (in a rare dramatic role in his TVmovie debut) and Patty Duke as a real-life couple trying desperately to save their epileptic little girl, even though the one drug that could help her is not legally available in the U.S. Morgan Freeman has the role of a paraplegic doctor sympathetic to their cause. Jerry Lewis not only played noted optometrist Dr. Bernard Abrams but also was listed among the film’s technical consultants. Production Company Fries Entertainment. Director Elliot Silverstein. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Irv Wilson. Producer Ian McDougall. Teleplay Scott Nisor, Tom Nesi. Based on a Story by Tom Nesi. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Leslie Dennis. Production Designer Charles Dunlop. Associate Producer Tom Nesi. Technical Advisor Jerry Lewis. Production Executive S. Bryan Hickox. Cast Jerry Lewis (Dr. Bernard Abrams), Patty Duke (Shirley Abrams), Morgan Freeman (Dr. Sherard), Jaclyn Bernstein (Felice Abrams), Gerard Parkes (Father Robert Hunt), Barry Morse (Dr. Whalley), Robert Benson (Dr. Keith), Sean Roberge (David), Alana King (Nurse Thompson), Jim Bearden, Eve Crawford, Marcia Diamond, Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton, Samantha Langevin, Cec Linder, Michael Millar, David B. Nichols, John Stocker, Robert Wisden. 1551... The Fighter (CBS, 2/19/1983, 120 mins). Unemployed mill worker Gregory Harrison, to make ends meet, tries his luck at amateur boxing against the wishes of his wife who has taken a job at a beauty salon. Initially this was titled “Fighting Chance.” Production Companies Martin Manulis Productions, Catalina Productions Group. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Martin Manulis. Producers Ellen I. Levine, Franklin R. Levy, Ron Parker. Teleplay Jerome Kass. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Patrick Williams. Editor David Finfer. Art Director Jack Senter.

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Cast Gregory Harrison (Merle Banks), Glynnis O’Connor (Rindy Banks), Pat Hingle (Henry Banks), Steve Inwood (Toby), Susan Kellerman (Monty), Justin Lord (Willie), Susan Krebs (Theresa), Roxanne Reese (Caren), Robert Englund (Charlie), Craig Ashley (Guest), Darlene Conley (Mrs. MacCauley), Peggy Kaye Fury (Nurse), Lindy Nisbet (Louise), Susan Ruttan (Hostess), Larry O. Williams Jr. (Kenny), Gus Guardino (Fighter), Anthony J. Notaro (Fighter), Ray Notaro Jr. (Fighter), George Wilbur (Fighter), Ike Willis (Fighter), Eli Cummins (Fighter), Rebecca Stanley, Michael Tucci, Michael Alldredge, Deborah Harmon, Larry Marko, Tony Lucas. 1552... Fighting Back (ABC, 12/7/1980, 120 mins). A dramatization of the story of Pittsburgh Steelers football star Rocky Bleier, and his comeback from serious injuries during the Vietnam War, thanks to Art Rooney, the team’s benevolent owner. Based on Bleier’s autobiography. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Robert Lieberman. Executive Producer Jerry McNeely. Producers Donald A. Baer, Maurice Welsh Gable. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Based on the Autobiography by Rocky Bleier with Terry O’Neill. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Fred Karlin. Editor A. David Marshall. Art Director Richard Berger. Associate Producer David Anspaugh. Cast Robert Urich (Rocky Bleier), Bonnie Bedelia (Aleta), Art Carney (Art Rooney), Richard Herd (Chuck Noll), Howard Cosell (Himself), Steve Tannen (Terry Hanratty), Bubba Smith (Jacobs), Simone Griffeth (Marcy), Sandy McPeak (Bob Bleier), Dennis Howard (Ken), Joe Spano (Captain Murphy), Peggy McCay (Ellen Bleier), John Chappell (Buff Boston), Raymond Serra (Tony Parisi), Enrique Castillo (Carlos Martinez), Jerry Lacy (Dr. Jenson), Barton Heyman (Assistant Coach), Pittsburgh Steelers (Themselves). 1553... A Fighting Choice (ABC, 4/13/1986, 120 mins). An epileptic teenager challenges his parents’ authority in court for the right to undergo a rare form of brain surgery aimed at combating his seizures, insisting in this Disney movie that he deserves “A Fighting Choice,” despite the reluctance of his dad and mom, played by Beau Bridges and Karen Valentine. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Ferdinand Fairfax. Producer Nelle Nugent. Teleplay Craig Buck. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Stanford C. Allen. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Beau Bridges (Thad Taylor), Karen Valentine (Meg Taylor), Patrick Dempsey (Kellin Taylor), Frances Lee McCain (Virginia Hagan), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Tobin), Danielle von Zerneck (Susie), Allan Arbus (Dr. Andreas Hellman), Alice Hirson (Judge Rosenstiel), Parker Jacobs (Harvey), Allen Williams (Dan Goodman), Philip Linton (Eli Rhodes), Robin Thomas (Dr. Gardner), Charles Lanyer (Dr. Leonard Faraday), Nina Henderson (Janet), Jeanne Hepple (Martha), Don Saroyan (Dick), Ric Biggs (Process server), Damita Jo Freeman (Natalie), Jimmy Gatherum (Boy at school), Creed Bratton (Court clerk), Marion Kodama Yue (Newscaster). 1554... The Final Days (ABC, 10/29/1989, 150 mins). Three-hour Emmy-nominated docudrama chronicling Richard Nixon’s last days in the White House, culled from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s 456 page bestseller (1976). Other Emmy nominations went to director Richard Pearce, writer Hugh Whitemore, and photographer Fred Murphy. Production Companies Poochie Productions Inc., The Samuels Film Company. Director Richard Pearce. Executive Producer Stu Samuels. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Co-Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Teleplay Hugh Whitemore. Based on a Book by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Cliff Eidelman. Editor Bill Yahraus. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Cast Lane Smith (Richard Nixon), David Ogden Stiers (Gen. Alexander Haig), Ed Flanders (Leonard Garment), Theodore Bikel (Henry Kissinger), Graham Beckel (Ron Ziegler), James B. Sikking (Elliot Richardson), Richard Venture (James St. Clair), Gregg Henry (John Dean), Richard Kiley (J. Fred Buzhardt), Ramon Bieri (Judge John J. Sirica), Ann Hearn (Julie Nixon Eisenhower), Amanda Wyss (Tricia Nixon Cox), Alan Fudge (Gerald R. Ford), George D. Wallace (Archibald Cox), Susan Brown (Pat Nixon), Diana Bellamy (Rose Mary Woods), Gary Sinise (Richard Ben-Veniste), James Edgcomb (Alexander Butterfield), Wayne Tippit (Sen. Edward Gurney), Newell Alexander (Ollie Atkins), Elizabeth Norment (Jill Volner), Jeff Perry (White House Staffer), Patrick Massett (Edward Cox), Milo Kevin Floeter (David Eisenhower), Paul Yeuell (Stephen Bull), Mort Sertner (Doctor), Boris Sichkin (Leonid Brezhnev), Matt Roe (Dick Keiser), Kate Williamson (Mrs. Buzhardt), Julio Medina (Manolo Sanchez), Richardson Morse, Vasek Simek, Arell Blanton, Tom Miller, Susan Ware, Dick O’Connor, Sue Ann Gilfillan, Diane Behrens. 1555... Final Jeopardy (NBC, 12/8/1985, 120 mins). A naïve small-town couple’s nightmarish adventures in a strange city one night provides the stark plot of this thriller, with Richard Thomas and Mary Crosby as the terrified twosome. Production Companies Frank von Zerneck Films, Telepictures Corporation. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M Sertner. Teleplay Shirl Hendryx. Photography King Baggot. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Millie Moore, Maurie Beck. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Executive in Charge of Production Phillips Wylly Sr. Cast Richard Thomas (Marty Campbell), Mary Crosby (Susan Campbell), Jeff Corey (Derelict), Jonathan Goldsmith (Bartender), Michael Cavanaugh (Garage attendant), Joey Sagal (Mike), Jaime Alba (Slash), Travis McKenna (DOA), Johnny Venocur (Ice), Jordan Charney (Mr. Clemens), John Malloy (1st policeman), Dennis Farina (2nd policeman), Lycia Naff (Vickie), Sharon Wyatt (Sharon), Michael Griswold (Man in car), Kim Joseph (Mrs. Fletcher), Mark Everett (Street kid).

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1556... Final Notice (USA, 11/29/1989, 120 mins). Gil Gerard plays Harry Stoner, author Jonathan Valin’s detective hero, in this thriller about the search through the art world for a psycho killer; Melody Anderson is a prim librarian who becomes involved in his investigation; David Ogden Stiers has two scenes as an art book curator; and Steve Landesburg is Stoner’s lieutenant friend at the police station. Louise Fletcher is given “special guest appearance” billing as a woman who knows something. Adapted from the 1980 Valin novel. Production Companies Sharmhill Productions, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Jay Bernstein, Jeffrey Morton. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Novel by Jonathan Valin. Photography Frank Tidy. Music Tom Scott. Editor Barrett Taylor. Production Designer Tony Hall. Cast Gil Gerard (Harry Stoner), Melody Anderson (Kate Davis), Jackie Burroughs (Jessie Moeselle), Kevin Hicks (Jacob Lord), Louise Fletcher (Mrs. Lord), David Ogden Stiers (Ringgold), Steve Landesberg (Lt. Al Frank), Howard Jerome (George Sachs), Malcolm Stewart (George Devries), Alar Aedma (Norris Cotts), Ted Dykstra (Gerald Arthur), Sam Malkin (Lou Aamons), Libbie Lennie (Jeanne Kilgore), Larry Reynolds (Pop), Helen Hughes (Mrs. Gibson), Dwayne McLean (Lou Thornton), Victor Ertmanis (Lester), John Winston Carroll (Sheriff Levy), John Rutter (Bartender), Kim Bourne (Twyla Belton). 1557... Finish Line (TNT, 1/11/1989, 120 mins). Drama about a father-son relationship with a real-life father-son team playing the fictional roles. The passionate involvement of the ambitious, dedicated-to-winning older man, a former track star, in the younger one’s athletic career drives the latter to steroid abuse and tragedy. Mariska Hargitay, as Josh Brolin’s girlfriend, is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay. Production Companies Guber-Peters Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment Group, Turner Network Television. Director John Nicolella. Executive Producers Peter Guber, Jon Peters, Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Stanley M. Brooks. Co-Producer David Zelon. Line Producer William P. Owens Teleplay Norman Vance Morrill. Photography Jonathan West. Music William Olvis. Editors Doug Ibold, Michael Renaud. Production Designer K.C. Fox. Associate Producer Norman Vance Morrill. Cast James Brolin (Martin Shrevelowe), Josh Brolin (Glen Shrevelowe), Mariska Hargitay (Lisa Karsh), Kristoff St. John (Tito Landrieau), John Finnegan (Purdy Hall), Christopher Keyes (Ray White), Billy Vera (Doctor Springer), Stephen Lang (Coach Harkins), Grand L. Bush (Mike Gray), Joe Jackson (Milky), James Ray (Dr. Willard), Owen Engelman (Athlete #2), Todd Gerimonte (Athlete #1), Karen Saddington (Instructor), Dave Weinkauf (Official #2), Edward Ragozzino (Doctor Weisman), Stan Brooks (Dr. Loeb), Earl Ruttencutter (Doctor), Norman Vance Morrill (Messenger). 1558... Finnegan Begin Again (HBO, 2/24/1985, 115 mins). A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman now working the lonely hearts desk, whose wife is on the edge of senility. A joyous romantic comedy played with flair by the two leads. Mary Tyler Moore returned to comedy with this movie (made for cable); Robert Preston slipped back into a pseudo-Harold Hill guise for his part. Production Companies Zenith/Consolidated, Jennie & Co. Productions. Director Joan Micklin Silver. Executive Producer Michael Deeley. Producer Gower Frost. Teleplay Walter Lockwood. Photography Robby Muller. Music David Sanborn, Michael Colina. Editor Jay Freund. Art Director David Nichols. Cast Mary Tyler Moore (Liz DeHaan), Robert Preston (Mike Finnegan), Sam Waterston (Paul Broadbent), Sylvia Sidney (Margaret Finnegan), David Huddleston (Jack Archer), Bob Gunton (Christian Jamison), Giancarlo Esposito (Intruder), Russell Horton (Mort), Avery Brooks (Dude on bus), Peter Friedman (John Jewell), Jon DeVries (Dr. Binder), Frederick Strother (Elias Williams), Ron McLarty (Leo the bartender), Rick Warner (Charlie), Jan Gallarino (Ticket seller), Judith Drake, Alan Sader, Russell Davis, Dwayne Eddings, Tyrone Nelson, Othia Edwards, Ashley Worrell, Lynsey Worrell, Leslee Cheng, Robert Francis, Carl Lester, Clover Smith, Jamla Smith, Victor Magnotta. 1559... Fire and Rain (USA, 9/13/1989, 120 mins). One of the fact-based TV-movie staples, this airplane crash drama, with an all-star ensemble cast, recounts the fate of Delta Flight 191 and its downing in a thunderstorm in August 1985 at the DallasFort Worth Airport taking 131 lives. Based on the 1986 book by Jerome Greer Chandler. Production Companies Pierre Cossette Productions, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Producer Richard Luke Rothschild. Teleplay Gary Sherman. Based on a Book by Jerome Greer Chandler. Photography Frederick Moore. Music Artie Kane. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Curtis A Schnell. Art Director Okowita. Cast Charles Haid (Bob Sonnamaker), John Beck (Capt. Ted Connors), Tom Bosley (Derryl Price), Dick Christie (First Officer Rudy Price), Penny Fuller (Peggy Hamilton), Robert Guillaume (Carter Guthrie), David Hasselhoff (Dr. Dan Meyer), Dean Jones (Jack Ayers), Patti LaBelle (Lucille Johnson), Lawrence Pressman (Paul Hamilton), Susan Ruttan (Sandra Thompson), Angie Dickinson (Beth Mancini), Joe Berryman (Michael Steinberg), Gloria Hocking (Marilyn Steinberg), Blue Deckert (Jim Rodman), L. Gregg Loso (Clint Smith), Marianne Rogers (Wanda), Angie Bolling (Helen Smith/Sally Howard), Jerry Young (Christopher Meier), Rudy Young (William Mayberry), Annie Biggs (Terri Mayberry), Desi Doyen (Susan Anderson), Gary Moody (Charles Petty), Vernon Grote (Rescue worker), Jerry Cotton (Greg Graze), Macaulay Bruton (Rabbi), Norma Harris Gordon (Amy Hughes), Tom Snyder (Narrator). 1560... Fire on the Mountain (NBC, 11/23/1981, 120 mins). 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government which wants his ranch for an Army missile base. Michael Conrad (Phil Esterhaus of “Hill Street Blues”) is the Army colonel charged with getting the old codger off his land. Adapted from the 1962 book by Edward Abbey, this film brought an Emmy Award nomination to its sound mixer. Production Company Bonnard Productions. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Supervising Producer John Sacret Young. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Co-Producer Richard Rosenthal. Teleplay John Sacret Young. Based on a Book by Edward Abbey. Photography Woody Omens. Music Basil Poledouris. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Beala Neel. Cast Buddy Ebsen (John Vogelin), Ron Howard (Lee Mackie), Julie Carmen (Cruza Peralta), Ross Harris (Billy Starr), Ed Brodow (Major Parrell), Michael Conrad (Colonel Desalius), Gary Graham (Marshal Burr), Harvey Vernon (Bartender), Will Hare (Hayduke), Xander Berkeley, Richard Chaves. 1561... Firefighter (CBS, 9/23/1986, 120 mins). Nancy McKeon portrays Cindy Fralick in this fact-based drama about the first woman to break into the all-male ranks of the Los Angeles Fire Department, filmed entirely on location--in Vancouver. This was McKeon’s first project as a television mogul and she got her new production company to hire her for the lead role. The initial titles for the film: “A Greater Alarm” and “The Lady in Firehouse 109.” Production Companies Forest Hills Productions, Embassy Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Greg H. Sims, Nancy McKeon. Supervising Producer Paul Freeman. Producer Robert Michael Lewis. Teleplay Kathryn Montgomery. Photography Frank Watts. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Corky Ehlers. Production Designer Richard Wilcox. Art Director Michael Nemirsky. Cast Nancy McKeon (Cindy Fralick), Vincent Irizarry (Mike), Barry Corbin (Captain Johnson), Guy Boyd (Captain Cauley), Amanda Wyss (Marilyn), Whip Hubley (Lance), James Whitmore Jr. (Captain Bukowski), Ed Lauter (B.C. Thompson), Terry David Mulligan (Captain Romano), Javier Grajeda (Firefighter Lopez), Stephen E. Miller (Engineer Bennett), Natino Bellantoni (Candidate Garcia), Kevin McNulty (Firefighter Stranan), Ric Reid (Firefighter Carter), Blu Mankuma (Paramedic Washington), Don MacKay (Cindy’s father), Lorraine Foreman (Cindy’s mother), Robyn Stevan (Cindy’s sister), Karin Konoval (Fire Department secretary), Danny Mora, Barbara Duncan, Rebecca Toolan, Bob Metcalfe, Dana Still, Dwight Koss, Kathleen Forget, Moira Whalley. 1562... First Affair (CBS, 10/25/1983, 120 mins). College professor Loretta Swit hires naïve freshman Melissa Sue Anderson as a baby-sitter and soon finds her lavishing an inordinate amount of attention on her (Swit’s) husband, Joel Higgins. Filmed on location in Boston and at Harvard University (although Harvard made certain that the producers added a disclaimer that “Harvard had no connection with the production and neither endorsed nor approved its content”). Initially titled “Freshman Year.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Producers Andrew Gottlieb, Judith Parker. Teleplay Judith Parker. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Loretta Swit (Jane Simon), Melissa Sue Anderson (Toby King), Joel Higgins (Greg Simon), Kim Delaney (Cathy), Amanda Bearse (Karen), Robin Morse (Debbie), Charley Lang (Robert), Robert Curtis-Brown (Donald), Diane Shalet (Claire King), John Bottoms (Director), Peter Gerety (Taxi driver), Therese Giammarco (2nd coed), Amanda Helfen (Jenny Simon), Jay Ine (Colin Simon), Caroline Rose Isenberg (Meg), Mark McLaughlin (1st male student), Corin Nelson (1st coed), Theodore Reinstein (Grad student), Courtney B. Vance (2nd male student), Erica Van Wagener (Edie), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Bill King), Jonathan P. Whitehead (Andy King). 1563... The First Olympics--Athens 1896 (NBC, 5/20/1984 and 5/21/1984, 2 parts, 120/180 mins 5 hours). Lovingly detailed, this dramatization of the first modern Olympic Games, revived in 1896 by a French aristocrat (Louis Jourdan) with the help of a Princeton professor (David Ogden Stiers), followed the fortunes of a ragtag team of amateur American athletes whose Olympic triumphs stunned the sports world. Veteran performers like Angela Lansbury, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers (the husband-and-wife acting team from “Born Free” and other British films) and Honor Blackman were joined by a large cast of relative unknowns, including Alex Hyde-White (Wilfrid’s son) and Jason Connery (Sean’s son), who made up the Cinderella team and their competitors. This two-part five-hour miniseries was filmed in England and Greece, including the Athens stadium that was the actual site of the 1896 games. Emmy Award went to composer Bruce Broughton for his score (to part 1) and nominations also were given to David Ogden Stiers as Outstanding Supporting Actor as well as to the art directors and set decorator. Production Companies Larry White Productions, Gary Allison Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Alvin Rakoff. Executive Producer Larry White. Supervising Producer Gary Allison. Producer William Hill. Teleplay Gary Allison, William Bast. Based on a Story by Gary Allison. Photography Paul Beeson. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor John Grover. Production Designer Michael Stringer. Production Designer Michael Stringer. Art Director (Great Britain) Fred Carter. Art Director (Greece) Melina Violetzi. Cast David Ogden Stiers (William Sloane), Hunt Block (Robert Garrett), David Caruso (James Connolly), Alex HydeWhite (Charles Blake), Benedict Taylor (Edwin Flack), Edward Wiley (John Graham), Nikos Ziagos (Spiridon Louis), Honor Blackman (Ursula Schumann), Gayle Hunnicutt (Mary Sloane), Virginia McKenna (Annabel Flack), Bill Travers (Harold Flack), Louis Jourdan (Baron Pierre de Coubertin), Angela Lansbury (Alice Garrett), Keith Edwards (Albert Tyler), David King (Dean Elliott), Rolf Saxon (Coldfelt), Titos Vandis (Stavros Louis), William Armstrong (William Hoyt), Hutton Cobb (Thomas Burke),

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Jason Connery (Thomas Curtis), Matt Frewer (Francis Lane), Ian Morton (Ellery Clark), Aaron Swartz (Herbert Jamison), Betty Valassi (Maria Louis), Elvira Poulianou (Eleni), David Gilliam (Gardner Williams), Terrance Conder (Sumner Paine), Peter Merrill (John Paine), Nancy Paul (Charlotte Patton), Alice Parsons (Myra), Jenifer Landor (Kathy Baker), Miles Richardson (Hadley), David Healy, Bruce Boa, Sean Caffrey, Alexander Revidis, Dimitri Malavetas, Christos Efthimon, Alkis Panagiotios, Michael Yannatos, Ed Bishop, Andy Pantelidou, Robert James, Kevork Malikyan, Jeff Harding, Albert Welling, Paul Maxwell, Robert Addie, Alan Rowe, Brian Coburn, Kate Binchy, Dimitri Andrea. 1564... First Steps (CBS, 3/19/1985, 120 mins). This is a based-on-fact chronicle, initially the subject of a “60 Minutes” report, about an Ohio bio-engineer, Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, and the pretty 23-year-old paraplegic who, through his pioneering efforts with computer electrodes, successfully walks the 10 steps to get her college diploma at her graduation in 1978. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Sheldon Larry. Supervising Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Producer Ellis A. Cohen. Teleplay Rod Browning. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Judd Hirsch (Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky), Amy Steel (Nan Davis), Kim Darby (Sherry Petrofsky), Frances Lee McCain (Louise Davis), John Pankow (Fred), James B. Sikking (Jim Davis), David Packer (Brian), Ned Schmidtke (Dr. Chandler Phillips), Lucinda Jenney (Carolyn), Alan Ruck (Dave), Janice St. John (Naomi), Megan Mullally (Cathy), Dawn Arnemann (Deb), Molly Hagan (Pam), Todd Cerveris (John), Ann Dowd (Debby), Lance Edwards (Don), Juan Ramirez (José), Linda Kimbrough (Phoebe), Bonnie Sue Arp (Tammy), Gary Cole (Manny), Bruce A. Young (Leon), Allen Hamilton (Dr. Barrett), Del Close (Zoologist), Anthony Starke (Dean Conroy), Colin Lane (Patrick Delmont), John Mahoney (‘60 Minutes’ producer), Will Zahrn (Emergency room doctor), Jerome Landfield (Dr. Kergerris), Bill Campbell (Dwayne), Phil Donahue (Himself), Nan Davis (Loretta Kramer), David Darlow (Doctor in Lima Hospital), Thomas Dowen (Timothy Bowen), Ezella Barner (Jane Simonson), Mattie Shaw (Mary Francis Dunn), Gerry Becker, Rick Snyder, Rebecca Cole, Nancy Serlin, Alan Wilder, Richard Baird, Hillary Wolf, Peggy Roeder. 1565... The First Time (ABC, 11/8/1982, 120 mins). Teenager Jennifer Jason-Leigh drops out of high school to follow her boyfriend to San Diego, and her desperate mother, Susan Anspach, not ready for her daughter’s loss of innocence, enlists the aid of an old Navy friend to help locate her. Harriet Nelson is the girl’s liberal-minded grandmother. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Orion Television. Director Noel Nosseck. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Robie Robinson. Photography Charles Correll. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Gregory Prange, Michael Hill. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer James Hay. Cast Susan Anspach (Lucy Dillon), Jennifer Jason-Leigh (Bonny Dillon), Peter Barton (Steve Kingsley), Edward Winter (Capt. Michael McKenzie), Alex Rocco (Jay), John Anderson (Paul Cooper), Krista Errickson (Karen), Harriet Nelson (Charlotte), Terry Alexander (Chief duty officer), Ken Stovitz (Gary), Ron Prince (Sergeant Maloney), Bob Basso (Lieutenant Garr), Joseph Phelan (Sailor), Tom Valentino (Youth), Evonne Kezios (Libby), Ta-Tanisha (Shari), Susan Quick (Carol), Ed Hooks (Manager), Wade Wallace (Radio operator), Greg Finley (Waiter), Frank Kilmond (Salesman). 1566... The Five of Me (CBS, 5/12/1981, 120 mins). In the tradition of TV’s earlier “Sybil” with Sally Field and Joanne Woodward and the even earlier theatrical movie “The Three Faces of Eve” with Woodward, this film is the portrait of a man who must battle four alter egos living within his body. Reportedly, this affliction--multiple personalities--most often strikes women, rarely men, as indicated in Henry Hawksworth’s 1977 autobiographical book which was the basis for this film. Production Companies Factor-Newland Productions, Jack Farren Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Alan Jay Factor, John Newland. Producer Jack Farren. Teleplay Lawrence B. Marcus. Based on the Autobiography by Henry Hawksworth with Ted Schwarz. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Dann Cahn. Production Designer Elayne Barbara Ceder. Associate Producer Dann Cahn. Cast David Birney (Henry Hawksworth), Dee Wallace (Ann), Mitchell Ryan (Dr. Ralph B Allison [and narrator]), John McLiam (Father), James Whitmore Jr. (Harry Larkin), Ben Piazza (Neurologist), Judith Chapman (Sally Preston), Robert L. Gibson (Fred), Herb Armstrong (Bowling alley manager), Liam Sullivan (Prosecutor), Russ Marin (Defense attorney), Buck Young (Colonel), Richard Doughty (Soldier), Lee Terry (Woman in car), Christopher Prince (Young Dana), Stephen Coit (Minister), Colin Hamilton (Judge), Savannah Bentley (Dorothy/waitress), Don Keefer, John Francis, William Bronder, Robert Balderson, Feather Austen, Elise Caitlin, Maggie Brown, Charles Cooper, Lindsay Workman, Buddy Lewis, Mitzi Hoag, Peter Kim, Ken Hill, Wayne Woodson, Robert Moloney, John Otrin. 1567... Flamingo Road (NBC, 5/12/1980, 120 mins). This remake of the 1949 Joan Crawford movie, bringing a carnival drifter (Cristina Raines in the Crawford part) to a small Florida city where an aristocratic family unwillingly becomes involved with the ruthless sheriff (Howard Duff taking over where Sydney Greenstreet long ago left off) who fancies himself a political kingmaker, served as the pilot to the semi-successful 1981-82 series in the “Dallas” and “Dynasty” mold. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Michael Filerman. Producer Edward S. Feldman. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Based on the Play by Robert Wilder. Photography Roland “Ozzie” Smith. Music Gerald Fried. Editors Fred W. Berger, John Arthur Davis. Art Director Charles M. Zacha Jr.

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Cast John Beck (Sam Curtis), Woody Brown (Skipper Weldon), Howard Duff (Titus Semple), Morgan Fairchild (Constance Weldon), Mark Harmon (Fielding Carlyle), Kevin McCarthy (Claude Weldon), Cristina Raines (Lane Ballou), Barbara Rush (Eudora Weldon), Stella Stevens (Lute-May Sanders), Mason Adams (Elmo Tyson), Norman Alden (Pete), Dianne Kay (Annabelle Troy), Melba Moore (Alma), Leonard Gaines (Horse auctioneer), Michael DeLano (Tom Coyne), Glenn Robards (Jasper/butler), Danil Torppe, Karen Rushmore, Lee Weaver, Pat Colbert, Don Starr, Ted Lehman, Paul Sorensen, Tom Regan, John Furlong, Ben Young, Ed Kenny, Bill McLaughlin, Nick Angotti, Derek Thompson, Raymond Lynch. 1568... Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (NBC, 4/1/1984, 120 mins). Realistic dramatization of the fatal Air Florida crash in Washington, D.C. in January 1982, and its effects on the survivors, their families, and those who helped in the rescue attempts. Among the notable sidelights: the crash itself is never shown and the rescues are staged from a heated pool in the middle of Los Angeles filled with chunks of styrofoam ice floes. Technical EmmyAward nominations were given for film sound editing and mixing. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, Sheldon Pinchuk Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Sheldon Pinchuk. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay John McGreevey. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Gil Melle. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Bernard Malmuth. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Associate Producer Robin Forman. Cast Jeannetta Arnette (Nikki French), Barry Corbin (Bert Hamilton), Stephen Macht (Joe Stiley), Dinah Manoff (Priscilla Tirado), Richard Masur (Roger Olian), Donnelly Rhodes (Arland Williams), Jamie Rose (Marilyn Nichols), Richard Beauchamp (Jose Tirado), K Callan (Barbara Hamilton), Jane Kaczmarek (Donna Olian), Kerrie Keane (Carole Biggs), Ken Olin (David Frank), James Whitmore Jr. (Captain Wheaton), Richard Backus (Larry Nichols), Steve Tannen (Don Usher), Jack Radar (Gene Windsor), Connie Sawyer (Josie Keefer), Kate Vernon (Donna Adams), Kathleen Wilhoite (Kelly Duncan), Bruce Wright (Officer Petit), Chad Lowe (Al Hamilton), Bobby Jacoby (Glenn Biggs), Perry Lafferty (Senior captain), Burke Byrnes (Senior 1st officer), Larry Cedar (Jordan), Jack Murdock (Mr. Farrell), Lawrence Lott (Steve Schemering), Brenda Currin, Tony Abatemarco, Tamar Cooper, Jack Lindine, Frank Kahlil Wheaton, Jason Edwards, Stan Roth, Wade Mayer, Tony Quinn, Robert Factor, Thomas Ryan. 1569... Florence Nightingale (NBC, 4/7/1985, 180 mins). The legend and whitewashed life of the 19th-century Englishwoman turned national heroine as a battlefield nurse during the Crimean War, teaming Jaclyn Smith with an all-British cast. Claire Bloom and Jeremy Brett are her socially prominent parents, and Timothy Dalton (replacing Michael York, initially announced for the role) as the handsome young chap she dumps for a career in nursing. Previously, the Florence Nightingale story had been interpreted by Kay Francis in “The White Angel” (1936) and Anna Neagle in the British “The Lady With the Lamp” (1951). This three-hour account was coproduced by Jaclyn Smith’s husband, Tony Richmond. Production Company Cypress Point Productions. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producers Tony Richmond, Ron Carr. Teleplay Ivan R. Moffat, Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Based on a Story by Ivan R. Moffat. Photography Jack Hildyard. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Bill Lenny. Production Designer Harry Pottle. Art Director Mark Nerini. Associate Producer Jennifer Paulstitch. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Florence Nightingale), Claire Bloom (Fanny Nightingale), Timothy Dalton (Richard Milnes), Timothy West (Russell), Peter McEnery (Sidney Herbert), Stephan Chase (Dr. Sutherland), Ann Thornton (Parthe Nightingale), Jeremy Brett (William Nightingale), Jeremy Child (Dr. Hall), Brian Cox (Dr. McGrigor), Patrick Drury (Henry Nicholson), Lesley Dunlop (Joanne), Michael Elwyn (Dr. Menzies), Julian Fellowes (Charles), Lorna Heilbron (Selina), Wolf Kahler (Gunther), Madeline Christie (Mrs. Clover), Erin Geraghty (Iris), Andrea Evans (Mrs. Brent), Emma Watson (Elizabeth Herbert), Marjorie Yates (Trude), Denis Lill (Dr. Howe), Jacqueline Reddin (Mary Kennedy), Carol Gillies (Nurse Davis), Richenda Carey, Fanny Carby, Ellen Pollock, Richard Leech, Aimee Delamane, June C. Ellis, Peter Burton, John Quarmby, Stephen Churchett, Paul Williamson, Patrick Murray, Mark Jeffries, Kenneth Waller, Martin Phillips, Tim Seeley. 1570... Florida Straits (HBO, 10/26/1986, 95 mins). A trio of adventurers brave the treacherous Cuban jungles, bandits, hurricanes and machine gun attacks to search for a fortune in gold, buried by one of them (white-suited Raul Julia), a Cuban national recently released from prison after 20 years for the part he played in the Bay of Pigs invasion. This made-for-cable action film was shot mainly aboard ship in waters off Myrtle Beach, S.C., and in the “jungles” around the 4,000-acre Cherokee nuclear power station near independent moviemaker Earl Owensby’s North Carolina studios--by a Canadian production company. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Mike Hodge. Executive Producer Robert Cooper. Producer Stuart B. Rekant. Co-Producer Stephen L. Ward. Teleplay Roderick Taylor. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Michel Colombier. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Production Designer Voytek Roman. Art Director Mack Pittman. Cast Raul Julia (Carlos Jayne), Fred Ward (Lucky Boone), Daniel Jenkins (Mac), Jaime Sanchez (Innocente), Victor Argo (Pablo), Ilka Tanya Payan (Carmen), Antonio Fargas (El Gato Negro), Jessie Corti (Guido), Raul Davila (Esteban), Simon Frederick (Beer handler), Ed Grady (Larry), Olivia Grieco (Carmen’s daughter), Mario R. Grieco (Patrol boat captain), Dani Gulledge (Danny’s girlfriend), Cedric Guthrie (Danny), Henry Hunter (Pool hustler), Jon Thompson (Chef). 1571... Fly Away Home (ABC, 9/18/1981, 120 mins). Oscar-winning screenwriter and TV veteran, Stirling Silliphant, wrote and produced this ambitious pilot to a prospective series revolving around a combat cameraman in Vietnam. The film, one of

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TV’s first to deal with Vietnam as a war zone, places Bruce Boxleitner in Saigon on assignment at the start of the 1968 Tet offensive, with Brian Dennehy playing his cynical boss, the local bureau chief. Tiana Alexandra (Mrs. Silliphant, who also was in his miniseries “Pearl”) plays the cameraman’s love interest, aVietnamese doctor whose brother happens to be a leader in the Viet Cong and whose influential parents (Kieu Chinh and Keye Luke) are involved in high-level corruption. Production Companies An Lac Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Krasny. Producer Stirling Silliphant. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Lee Holdridge. Song by Stirling Silliphant, Johnny Stewart. Song Performed by Johnny Stewart. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director George B. Chan. Associate Producer F.A. Miller. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Carl Danton), Tiana Alexandra (Mai), Michael Beck (Lt. Mark Wakefield), Randy Brooks (Shenandoah Brookford), Teri Copley (Sabrina), Brian Dennehy (Tim Arnold), Laura Johnson (Chickie Wakefield), Lynne Moody (Mercy), Edward Winter (Lt. Col. Hannibal Pace), Olivia Cole (Sarah Brookford), Louis Giambalvo (Vogel), Michael Alldredge (Jed Holston), Kieu Chinh (Anh), Barry Jenner (Sergeant Downs), Michael Fairman (Hap Andrews), Keye Luke (Duc), Duc Huy (Linh), Wayne Heffley (Maloney), John Berwick (Captain in District 8). 1572... For Ladies Only (NBC, 11/9/1981, 120 mins). An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theater. Gregory Harrison stars (and coproduced the film as well as cowrote and sang three songs) along with Patricia Davis (Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s actress daughter) as a casting assistant who falls for him. Both Dinah Manoff and her real-life mother, Lee Grant, also have designs on him (although they share no scenes) as does Louise Lasser, looking vastly different from her days as “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” Male exotic dancers from New York’s ladies-only club, Chippendales, make appearances in this film, shot almost entirely in Manhattan. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Viacom. Director Mel Damski. Producer Franklin R. Levy. CoProducer Gregory Harrison. Teleplay John Riley. Photography Tony Imi. Music Lee Holdridge. Songs “I’ve Got Dreams,” “On the Street,” and “For Ladies Only” Lee Holdridge, Gregory Harrison. Performed by Gregory Harrison. Choreographer Paul DeRolf. Editor David Finfer. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Cast Gregory Harrison (John Phillips), Marc Singer (Stan Novak), Patricia Davis (Sandy Green), Viveca Lindfors (Rachel Loring), Steven Keats (Mark Brashler), Dinah Manoff (Mary Louise), Louise Lasser (Beth Doyle), Lee Grant (Anne Holt), Richard Charles Barsch (Sonny/emcee), Melvin Bernhardt (1st director), Max Wright (2nd director), Vivian Matalon (3rd director), Charles Kimbrough (Bob Merlis), Tom Quinn (Dave Lamros), Robert Weil (Larry Shanks), Frank Hamilton, Bill Hutton, Brad Rice, Tucker Smallwood, Miguel Godreau, Chester Clark, Star Frohman, Jack Gilpin, Rosemary Hochschild, Valerie Kassel, Iris Little-Roberts, Tony Lucas, John Seeman, Patrick Bagwell, Georgia Southcotte, Wendy Wolfe, Chandra Wolle, Bunny Bakke, Rita Byrd, Dale Carman, Marc Clement, Bill Coates, Richard E. Kalebaugh, Zachary Lewis, Mansoor Najee-Ullah, Joe Nicolini, Hortensia Colorado, Shirley Gunther, Candy Howard, Edith Ivey, Fulton Kuykendall, Johnny Popwell, Larry Quackenbush. 1573... For Love or Money (CBS, 11/20/1984, 120 mins). A pair of attractive money-hungry strangers find themselves paired up as contestants on a television game show, and are forced to demonstrate overwhelming passion to collect the milliondollar payoff, only to discover that they ultimately must choose between finance and romance. Production Companies Robert Papazian Productions, Henerson-Hirsch Productions. Director Terry Hughes. Executive Producers James Henerson, James G. Hirsch. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay James Henerson. Photography Harry J. May. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Directors Bill Ross, Ed Flesh. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Joanna Piper), Gil Gerard (Mike Coyne), Jamie Farr (Larry Melody), Ray Walston (Eddie Eppes), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Herb Frobisher), Barney Martin (George Piper), Lori Lethin (Betty), Ray Buktenica (Director), Mary Kay Place (K.K.), Michael Pasternak (Rudy), Squire Fridell (Howard Flowers), Nedra Volz (Hypatia Flowers), Ray Young (Billy Ralph), Donna Mitchell (Roberta Flowers), Jim Bentley (Network boy), Tim Topper (Network boy). 1574... For Lovers Only (ABC, 10/15/1982, 120 mins). Viewed as a land-locked “Love Boat” this comedy pilot about a honeymoon haven in the Poconos run by its founder/owner Andy Griffith, his career-minded daughter Deborah Raffin, and her unsuccessful playwright husband Gary Sandy, has the predictable assortment of TV luminaries as guests. The prospective series was to have been titled “Honeymoon Hotel.” Production Company Henerson-Hirsch Productions. Director Claudio Guzman. Executive Producers James Henerson, James G. Hirsch. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay James G Hirsch. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Pete Rugolo. Song “On Our Honeymoon” by James G. Hirsch, James Henerson. Performed by Thea & Company. Editors Dennis C. Duckwall, Richard L. McCullough. Production Designer Duane Alt. Cast Deborah Raffin (Lilah Ward), Andy Griffith (Vernon Bliss), Robert Hegyes (Frankie Spoleto), Katherine Helmond (Bea Winchell), Gordon Jump (Harvey Pugh), Jane Kaczmarek (Margie Spoleto), Sally Kellerman (Emmy Pugh), Gary Sandy (Peter Ward), Alan North (Max Inglefinger), Christopher Wells (Flip Leonard), Charlie White (Justice of the Peace), Anna Garduno (Candy/photographer), Cindy Perlman, Dick Bocelli, Herb Oscar Anderson III, James Henerson, Jacqueline Page, Wayne Knight, Vicky Perry, Vernon Lockwood, Tracy Pollan, Gretchen West, Ronn Carroll, Ned Eisenberg, Billy Jackson, Janice Lynde, Leigh Murray, Renée Ray.

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1575... For the Love of It (ABC, 9/26/1980, 120 mins). This zany romantic comedy, which turns out to be one long car chase, has model Deborah Raffin and love-struck medical student Jeff Conaway pursued by assorted villains, bumbling government agents, a busload of Elvis Presley look-alikes, a jeep-driving matron and others, for a passel of foreign secrets they don’t know they have. This went through several earlier titles: among them, “Love on the Run” and “Why Are They Stealing My Girlfriend?” Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Neila Productions. Director Hal Kanter. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Stanley Ralph Ross. Teleplay Stanley Ralph Ross. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song by Jimmie Haskell, Stanley Ralph Ross. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Deborah Raffin (Barbara Gibbons), Jeff Conaway (Russ Moran), Barbi Benton (Anita Carney), Tom Bosley (Norman), William Christopher (Barton), Norman Fell (Hall), Henry Gibson (George), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Al Leon), Adrian Zmed (Fernando Forsalito), Adam West (Jock Higgins), Pat Morita (Ishihara), Don Rickles (Jim Joy), Jack Carter (Existentialist), Tony Epper (Warren), Abbe Kanter (Caterer), Gil Lamb (Lockie McGraw), Regis Philbin (Paint store manager), Roger Price (Electric cowboy), Eddie Quillan (Wino), Lurene Tuttle (Blanche), Stanley Ralph Ross (Agitated driver), Lori Shannon (Maternity woman), John Volstad (Harvey Mookey), Bob Abrogast (Grocery store manager), Christina Cummings (Selena), Dennis W. Hall (1st Elvis), Charles Bracy, Vance Colvig, Nick Dimitri, Allan Graf, Hope Haves, Michael Kidd, James Klahr, James Malinda, Pete Wilcox, Walter Wyatt, Jonathan Yarbrough, Mark Yarbrough. 1576... Forbidden (HBO, 3/24/1985, 115 mins). Jacqueline Bisset made her TV acting debut in this melodrama (based on fact and the 1982 book “The Last Jews in Berlin” by Leonard Gross) about a German countess who falls head over heels for a Jewish intellectual and hides him from the Nazis for the duration of the war while working for the underground. The film, shot entirely on location in Berlin, also introduced American TV audiences to Jurgen Prochnow, best-known previously in this country for his portrayal of the U-boat captain in the movie “Das Boot.” Production Companies Stella Productions, HBO Premiere Films. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Co-Executive Producers Fritz Buttenstedt, Herbert G. Kloiber. Producer Mark Forstater. Co-Producer Hans Brockmann. Teleplay Leonard Gross. Based on a Book by Leonard Gross. Photography Wolfgang Treu. Music Tangerine Dream. Editor Thomas Schwalm. Production Designer Toni Ludi. Associate Producer Ingrid Windisch. Cast Jacqueline Bisset (Nina von Halder), Jurgen Prochnow (Fritz Friedlander), Irene Worth (Ruth Friedlander), Peter Vaughan (Major Stauffel), Amanda Cannings (Lucie), Avis Bunnage (Frau Schmidt), Robert Dietl (Nils Arvidsson), Malcolm Kaye (Max Baum), Georg Tryphon (Franz), Osman Ragheb (Hans Wittenhagen), Annie Leon (Erica von Kirdoff), Guntbert Karns (Librarian), Herta Schwarz (Berta), Ulli Kunalzyk (Gestapo agent), Gerhard Frey (Emil Jacobs), Erich Will (Shopkeeper), Bernd Vollsbrecht (Hitler youth), Chris Kurbjohn (Hitler youth), Friedhelm Lehmann (Russian Jewish officer), Susanne Bonasewicz (Christa), Michael Traynor, Harmut Volle, Klaus Munster, Dagmar Cassers-Dunton, Ralf Marnitz, Horst P. Scheel. 1577... Forbidden Love (CBS, 10/18/1982, 120 mins). San Francisco businesswoman, a wealthy divorcee, meets handsome intern half her age on a ski slope and persuades him to move in with her, but their hot love affair runs afoul of his hardworking parents and her disapproving daughter, only slightly younger than the doctor, in this umpteenth variation on the older woman-younger man romance theme. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Teleplay Laurian Legett, Priscilla English. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Hagood Hardy. Song “Chasing a Dream” Written and Performed by Dan Hill. Editor Kurt Kirschler. Art Director Rafael Caro. Associate Producer William Beaudine Jr. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Joanna Bittan), Andrew Stevens (Casey Wagner), Lisa Lucas (Pamela), Jerry Houser (Warren), Randy Brooks (Gregory), Lynn Carlin (Ella Wagner), Hildy Brooks (Carol), John Considine (Curtis Bittan), Dana Elcar (Burt Wagner), Jack Fletcher (Porter), Eb Lottimer (Max), Robbi Morgan (Jerry), Jill Jacobson (Roseanna), Bryan O’Byrne (Gordon), John Petlock (Philip Norman), Jeffrey Lynn (Dr. Brinkley), Steve Fifield (David), Virginia Gregg (Henny Brandywynne), Kathleen Hughes (Sybil), Charles Howerton (Grainger), Albert Lord (Crane), William Vincent Kulak (First intern), Nora Gaye (Wanda), Ed Hooks (Benny), Sandy Rosenberg (Receptionist), Marina Ferrier (Hostess), Renée Jones (Michelle), Harriet Itkinson (Lisa), Jessica Hoyt (Marie). 1578... Ford: The Man and the Machine (Syndicated, 4/27/1987 and 4/28/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Ambitious Canadian-made biography of American automaker Henry Ford. (Cliff Robertson in the lead, Hope Lange as his devoted but done-wrong wife Clara, and Heather Thomas as his lover Evangeline Cote are the few Hollywood actors in the lengthy cast.) Ambitious and determined, Ford had a singularity of purpose and was a stern controller, which even extended to his only son Edsel and his right-hand man, Harry Bennett--all detailed in the Robert Lacey 1986 book about Ford that was the source of this made-forsyndication film. Production Companies Lantana Productions, Robert Halmi Inc., Operation Prime Time. Director Allan Eastman. Executive Producers Alex Winitsky, Arlene Sellers, Robert Halmi Jr. Producer David J Patterson. Teleplay Robert Hamilton. Based on a Book by Robert Lacey. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Editor Tim Williams. Music Paul Zaza. Production Designer William Beeton. Art Director Claude Pare. Cast Cliff Robertson (Henry Ford), Hope Lange (Clara Ford), Heather Thomas (Evangeline Cote), Michael Ironside (Harry Bennett), R.H. 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(William Murphy), Chris Wiggins (Malcolmson), Nicholas Kilbertus (Jack Patterson), Ken Pogue (Chief Watson), Tom Rack (John Dodge), Damir Andrei (Horace Dodge), Denis Forest (Henry Ford II), Walter Massey (Dawson [part 1]), Archer Grosser (Junior partner [part 1]), Alain Laclouse (Fairlane guard [part 1]), Jimmy Tapp (Ford doctor part 1]), Mathew Mackay (Henry Ford at age 12 [part 1]), Alar Aedma (Ford’s father), Harry Hill (Ford butler [part 1]), Harvey Berger (Aaron Sapiro), Michael Sinelnikoff (Sapiro’s lawyer [part 1]), Joseph Drblik (Streetcar conductor [part1]), Chuck Collins (William Mayberry ([part 1]), Roland Nincheri (Richmond [part 1]), Hy Miller (Evans [part 1]), Jacob Tierney (Edsel Ford at ages 5-7 [part1]), Robert A. Scott (Winton ([part 1]), Steve Michaels (Judge [part 1), David Rigby (Outrider [part 1]), Griffith Brewer (John Gray [part 1]), Marc Nicolson (Edsel Ford at ages 12-15 [part 1]), Phillip Fretton (Plant foreman [part 1]), Harry Standjofski (Saboteur [part 1]), Richard Dumont (Couzan’s assistant), Daniel Naibach (Engineer [part 1]), Andy Dunavan (Plant reporter #1), P. Cardarelli (Plant reporter #2), Doug Price (War reporter #1), John Baggaley (War reporter #2), Cintija Eastman (Crying woman [part 1]), Matt Birman (Thug #1), Michael Scherer (Thug #2), Mark Burns (Racist foreman), Robert Austern (Racist worker #1), Anthony Ulc (Racist worker #2), Claude Paré (Engineer [part 1]), Stefan Wodeslawsky (Sal [part 1]), Jack Langedijk (Ray Dahlinger [part 2]), David J Patterson (Engineer [part 2]), David Warry-Smith (Robert [part 2]), Allan Eastman (Sam [part 2]), Vittorio Rossi (Messenger part 2]), M. Galloway (Draft chairman), Terrence Labrosse (Walter Chrysler [part 2]), A.J. Henderson (Bidding [part 2]), Lynne Adams (Eleanor Ford), Peter Rona (Model A reporter [part 2]), T. Donald (Model A reporter [part 2]), Bob Pot (Striker [part 2]), Rob Roy (Ernest Kenzler [part 2]), Richard Zeman (Hunger marcher [part 2]), Hans Bogild (Harrison), Don Lamoureaux (Fire chief), Brian Dooley (Walter Reuther [part 2]), David Gow (Union activist [part 2]), Yves Langlois (Union activist [part 2]), Marco Bianco (Union activist), Philip Spensley (German consul [part 2]), Lynda Clark (Bridge player [part 2]), Ann Page (Bridge player [part 2]), Gary Plaxton (Dr. Matthews [part 2]), Tony Robinow (Wibel [part 2]), Victor Knight (Minister [part 2]), Louis Gascon (Naval officer [part 2]), Carla Borgen (Kathy), Linda Rona (Secretary [part 2]), Andrew Johnston (Supply clerk [part 2]). 1579... The Forgotten (USA, 4/26/1989, 120 mins). “The Forgotten” are six Green Berets who are released from a Vietcong POW camp 17 years after their capture and go after the high-ranking officials who betrayed them. Actor-turned-director James Keach teamed up with pals Keith Carradine and Steve Railsback (executive producers here who also play two of the POWs) for this drama which Keach not only produced and directed but also cowrote and turned into a family affair with roles for then-wife Mimi Maynard and brother Stacy, in a small part as a government bigwig. This was the maiden TV movie for the USA Network. Production Companies Keach-Railsback Productions, Forgotten Limited, Wilshire Court Productions, Jadran Films. Director James Keach. Executive Producers Steve Railsback, Keith Carradine. Supervising Producer Dennis Salvaryn. Producer James Keach. Co-Producer Boris Gregoric. Teleplay James Keach, Steve Railsback, Matthew Barr, Glenn M. Benest. Based on a Story by Paul Staples. Photography Vlasko Filac. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jack Hofstra. Art Director Zeljko Senecic. Associate Producers Paul Staples, Diana Greenwood. Cast Keith Carradine (Capt. Tom Watkins), Steve Railsback (Lt. Jess Brady), Pepe Serna (Sgt. Pepe Guiterrez), Richard Lawson (Sgt. Doc McDermott), Don Keith Opper (Sgt. Peter Lowell), Michael Champion (Sgt. Elmer J. Miller), Tzi Ma (Bao Duan), Bruce Boa (Robert Pierce), Mimi Maynard (Claudia Lowell), Sandra Will (Major White), Kai Wulff (Kurt Herzog), William Lucking (Col. Jack Westford), Stacy Keach (Adam Roth), Louise Lombard (Kristina Lowell), Venco Kapural (Werner), Eric Donovan (Reporter #1), Simon Harrigan (Reporter #2), Matko Raguz (Reporter #3), Matt Zimmerman (Military attaché), Ian Tyler (Liaison officer), Jeff Harding (Officer #1), Denny Salvaryn (Chaplain), Diana Greenwood (Military nurse), Jlara Dokmanovic (Woman assassin), Filip Nola (Guard), Dafne Jemersic (Miss Brandt), Petar Buntic (Bodyguard), Speten Ivokrovic (Policeman), Bozidar Smiljanic (German man). 1580... Fortress (HBO, 11/24/1985, 90 mins). Australian-made thriller pitting a one-room school teacher and her nine students against four thugs in strange disguises who have kidnapped them and dragged them into the bush country. This tale of survival and terror, based on Gabrielle Lord’s 1980 novel, was filmed entirely on location on the plains around Victoria, Australia, and in the Grampians, a nearby mountain range. British model-turned-actress Rachel Ward is virtually the only one in the film familiar to American audiences. Production Companies Crawford Productions International, HBO Premiere Films. Director Arch Nicholson. Executive Producers Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford, Terry Stapleton. Producer Raymond Menmuir. Teleplay Everett DeRoche. Based on the Novel by Gabrielle Lord. Photography David Connell. Music Danny Beckerman. Editor Ralph Strasser. Production Designer Philip Warner. Art Director Nicholas McCallum. Associate Producers Michael Lake, Hilary Heath. Cast Rachel Ward (Sally Jones), Sean Garlick (Sid), Rebecca Rigg (Narelle), Robin Mason (Derek), Marc Gray (Tommy), Beth Buchanan (Leanne), Asher Keddie (Sue), Bradley Meehan (Richard), Anna Crawford (Sarah), Richard Terrill (Toby), Peter Hehir (Father Christmas), Roger Stephen (Mac the Mouse), Vernon Wells (Dabby Duck), David Bradshaw (Pussy Cat), Elaine Cusick (Mrs. O’Brien), Laurie Moran (Mr. O’Brien), Ray Chubb (Publican), Wendy Playfair (Old woman), Ed Turley (Old man), Nick Waters (Det. Sgt. Carter), Terence Donovan (Det. Sgt. Mitchell). 1581... Found Money (NBC, 12/19/1983, 120 mins). Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer, and guard Sid Caesar, unceremoniously dismissed before his pension comes due, concoct a computerized scheme to steal from the rich (i.e., the bank) and give to the poor with anonymous checks (money accessed from inactive accounts) to average do-gooders. 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Production Companies Cypress Point Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Bill Persky. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Teleplay Michael Fairman, Richard Sanders. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Jack Elliot. Editor Norman Gay. Production Designer David Nichols. Associate Producer Jennifer Alward. Cast Dick Van Dyke (Max Shepherd), Sid Caesar (Sam Green), Shelley Hack (Leslie Phillips), William Prince (George Peterson), Christopher Murney (Warren Masterson), Ron Frazier (Garland Dean), Jack Gilpin (Chuck McCallister), Barton Heyman (Whitlow), Richard Caine (Husband), Cooper Cunningham (Deputy), Sam Denoff (1st passenger), John Doolittle (Bank teller), Michael Fairman (Lieutenant Haskell), Scott Klaman (Associate producer), Christina-Avis Krauss (Secretary), Bill Marcus (Cab driver), Dadi Pinero (Julio), Richard Sanders (Robbins), Nick Smith (Conductor), Julie Wilder (TV director). 1582... Foxfire (CBS, 12/13/1987, 120 mins). Jessica Tandy offers an illuminating Emmy Award-winning performance, reprising her role in the 1982 play which earned her a Tony, as an elderly mountain widow living on isolated farm property that developers want and conversing with her dead husband (Hume Cronyn, also repeating his stage role) whom only she can see. Singer John Denver is her devoted but distant son who wants to take her away from all this (Keith Carradine had the part on stage). In addition to Tandy’s award, Emmy nominations went to Cronyn, writer Susan Cooper (whose teleplay was based on the play she and Cronyn wrote), composer Johnny Mandel, film editor Paul LaMastra, art director Jan Scott and set decorator Erica Rogalla, and sound mixer Hank Garfield. “Foxfire” itself was nominated as Outstanding Drama Comedy Special. Ironically, although director Jud Taylor was overlooked in the Emmy nominations, he won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for his work. Production Company Marian Rees Associates. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay Susan Cooper. Based on a Play by Susan Cooper, Hume Cronyn. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Johnny Mandel. Songs Jon Brielle, Susan Cooper, Hume Cronyn. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Jan Scott. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast Jessica Tandy (Annie Nations), Hume Cronyn (Hector Nations), John Denver (Dillard Nations), Gary Grubbs (Prince Carpenter), Harriet Hall (Holly Burrell), Collin Wilcox-Paxton (Madge Burton), Joshua Bryson (Heckie), Jenny Whitter (Becky), Kenny Kosek (Band member [Fiddle]), Tony Trischka (Band member [Banjo]), Roger Mason (Band member [Bass]), Shanci Bearden (Susie), Suzanne Nixon (Lynn), John J. Brown (Gentleman on porch), Aaron Miller (Gentleman on porch), Russell Glenn Nail (Tommy). 1583... Freedom (ABC, 5/18/1981, 120 mins). Mare Winningham plays a teenager whose search for herself after her emancipation by her family leads to the realization, after being on the road and working in a traveling carnival, that happiness can be found in her own back yard despite her conflict with her divorced mother. This film reunited the actress with several members of the creative team--director, executive producer and photographer--of the award-winning “Amber Waves.” Singer-composer Janis Ian wrote several original songs for the film, all sung by Winningham. Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Producer Terry Morse Jr. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Lee Holdridge. Songs by Janis Ian. Songs Performed by Mare Winningham. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Mare Winningham (Libby Bellow), Jennifer Warren (Rachel Bellow), Tony Bill (Richard), Roy Thinnes (Michael), Peter Horton (Bill), Heather McAdam (Jessie), Eloy Phil Casados (Ron), J. Pat O’Malley (Papa J), Tara King (Sherri), Noelle North (Amanda), Taylor Negron (Brett), Ray Girardin (John), Buddy Douglas (Link), Steven Helm (Wizard), Jerold Pearson (Whiskey), Ina Gould (Mama J), Carolyn Nelson (Gena). 1584... Freedom Fighter (NBC, 1/11/1988, 120 mins). An American G.I. based in Berlin with a girlfriend in the eastern sector wakes up on the morning of August 13, 1961, to find the crossing point between East and West suddenly closed and the Berlin Wall going up, and that he must risk his life to get the woman he loves out. The Cold War drama, suggested by the 1965 book “The Berlin Wall,” by distinguished “Paris Match” editor Pierre Galante (actress Olivia de Havilland’s husband at the time), was made by Britain’s HTV Television and was oddly cast with Sid Caesar as a jovial German cafe owner and David McCallum (of “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”) and David Robb (Prince Charles in one of the Charles and Diana TV movies) as East German soldiers. Original title: “Wall of Tyranny” Production Companies Bill McCutchen Productions, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Desmond Davis. Executive Producer Bill McCutchen. Co-Executive Producer Tony Danza. Supervising Executive Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producers Frederic Golchan, William Hill. Producer (HTV) Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Suggested by a Book by Pierre Galante. Photography Tony Impey. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Supervising Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Charles Bond. Technical Advisor Pierre Galante. Cast Tony Danza (Victor Ross), Neil Dickson (Rudi Donner), Geraldine James (Krista Donner), David McCallum (Sgt. Hans Kemper), David Robb (Lt. Karl Pressler), Colette Stevenson (Anna Mentz), Sid Caesar (Max Wilke), Bob Sherman (Captain Winter), Jasper Jacob (Klaus), James Conway (Willy), Ben Daniels (Striemer), Geraldine Alexander (Helga), Herbie Norville (PFC Mason), Margery Mason (Lina), James Greene (Mr. Mentz), Merelina Kendall (Mrs. Mentz), Brionie Pritchard (Girl at crossing point), Robert Wesley (Topo officer), Andrew Black (Undercover Topo). 1585... Fresno (CBS, 11/16/1986 to 11/20/1986, 5 parts, 6 hours). An ambitious (though failed) television experiment--a miniseries parody of primetime soap operas--this tale of “love, hate and sour grapes” (as it was humorously promoted) was set in

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the raisin industry. Against the gloss and glitter of America’s 64th largest city, the old and proud but financially imperiled raisinproducing Kensingtons (of which Carol Burnett was the matriarch) battled their archrival Tyler Cane (Dabney Coleman), head of a powerful raisin conglomerate. Among the players: Charles Grodin as the vile, power-mad Cane Kensington, the son; Teri Garr as his voluptuous nympho wife; Gregory Harrison as the shirtless stranger who hires on as a Kensington farmhand and fires the hearts of the Kensington women, and others. Of note is the appearance of famed stage director José Quintero (best known for his work on Eugene O’Neill’s plays) in his film acting debut. In many quarters, it was felt that this straight-faced soap opera sendup would have played better as a one-hour production on Carol Burnett’s fondly remembered variety show which remains one of the bright lights of the television firmament. Production Company MTM Entertainment. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer Barry Kemp. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Barry Kemp, Mark Ganzel, Michael Petryni. Photography Robert Steadman. Music John Morris. Editor Andrew Chulack. Production Designer Tommy Goetz. Costumes (for leading ladies) Bob Mackie. Associate Producers Mark Ganzel, Jay Kleckner, Jollie Sharton. Cast Carol Burnett (Charlotte Kensington), Dabney Coleman (Tyler Cane), Gregory Harrison (Torch), Teri Garr (Talon Kensington), Charles Grodin (Cane Kensington), Luis Avalos (Juan), Pat Corley (Earl Duke), Valerie Mahaffey (Tiffany Kensington), Anthony Heald (Kevin Kensington), Teresa Ganzel (Bobbi Jo Bobb), Bill Paxton (Billy Joe Bobb), Jerry Van Dyke (Tucker Agajanian), Charles Keating (Charles), Melanie Chartoff (Desiree DeMornay), Michael Richards (2nd henchman), J.E. Freeman (1st henchman), Jeffrey Jones (Mr. Acme), Tom Poston (Doc Parseghian), Louise Latham (Ethel Duke), Henry Darrow (Commandante), Tammy Lauren (Candy Cane), Natalie Gregory (China Kensington), James Staley (Kyle Tensinger), José Quintero (Don Diego de la Peña), John Hancock (Commissioner), Thomas Hill (Mr. Crowther), William Lanteau (Mr. Kasabian), Jack Kehler (Sergeant Cooper), Todd Susman (Sergeant Dobbs), Paul Drake (Roach), Richard Beauchamp (1st soldier), Raye Birk (Mr. Loats), Maggie Kemp (Rosemary Dubarry), Dale Doig (Mayor), George D. Wallace (Judge Henry Bejajian), Dakin Matthews (Prosecutor), Troy Curvey Jr. (Troy), Terry Beaver (1st guard in visiting room), Jim Lough (Yancy Kensington), Lynnda Ferguson (Receptionist), J. Ed Araiza (Foot soldier), Tom Kindle (Male contestant), Sandy Martin (Middle-aged woman), Barry Doe (Tattooed husband), Raleigh Bond (Organ store manager), Greg Lewis (2nd guard in cellblock), Peter Jolly (Mall policeman), Mike Jolly (1st policeman), Robert Hanley (2nd policeman), Nick Toth (Mr. Rausch), Gamy L. Taylor (Nurse), Ralph Wood (1st reporter), Zouanne LeRoy (Houselady), Mary Anne Dorward (Female newsperson), Vance Valencia (4th reporter), Randy Kovitz (Photographer), Chris Finefrock (B.J. Bobb), Lisle Wilson (3rd reporter), Nike Doukas (2nd reporter), Connie Danese (Dolly), Rick Hamilton (MC), Michael Rider (2nd prisoner), Marianne Muellerleile (Gloria), Carmen Alvarez Block (1st singer), Rose Weaver (2nd singer), Bill McIntyre (Bailiff), Thomas Ryan (Sergeant Chepecian), Peggy Schoditsch (Mrs. Rausch), Michael Karm (Cop), Harold Ayer (Clerk). 1586... A Friendship in Vienna (Disney, 8/27/1988, 115 mins). Sentimental Disney drama that tells of the friendship between two teenage girls--one Jewish, the other Catholic--in 1938 Vienna (it was filmed in Budapest) in the days before the Anschluss, and of the latter’s distress on learning that her parents have become part of the Nazi hierarchy. Jenny Lewis is the Jewish girl, Jane Alexander and Stephen Macht her mama and papa, and Ed Asner her kindly grandfather. The film, adapted from Doris Orgel’s 1978 novel “The Devil in Vienna,” has an off-camera narration by Jean Simmons, as Jenny Lewis’s grown-up character. Costume designer Maria Horanyi received an Emmy nomination. Production Companies The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, Hungarofilm, Malfilm Studios. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Producer Christopher Morgan. Co-Producer Frederick Hunter. Teleplay Richard Alfieri. Based on a Novel by Doris Orgel. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bert Glatstein. Art Director Tamas Banovich. Associate Producer Richard Alfieri. Cast Edward Asner (Opah Oskar Reichman), Stephen Macht (Franz Dornenwald), Jenny Lewis (Inge Dornenwald), Kamie Harper (Lise Mueller), Rosemary Forsyth (Fraulein Pappenheim), Jane Alexander (Hannah Dornenwald), Ferdinand Mayne (Father Bernard), Jeff Kizer (Gustl), John Cameron Mitchell (Tommi Lowberg), Kenna Kendall (Mitzi), John Hartley (Herr Mueller), Jeremy Gagan (Herbert Lowberg), Helen Bourne (Marianne Lowberg), Claire Sawyer (Gerda), Zoe Tahir (Susi), Luisa Bradshaw-White (Herte), Natasha Bell (Ami), Robert Jay Mackey (SA officer), Richard Jaromy (Heinz Mueller), Kati Marton (Frau Mueller), Andras Marton (Yugoslavian consul), Ildiko Pecsi (Frau Krausse), Aniko Safar (Frau Werner), Laszlo Dozsa (Man in church), Peter Kertesz (SA officer #2), Zoltan Gera (Building manager), Robert Revesz (Heinz’s friend), Zsu Zsa Manyai (Princess Jasmine), Csaba Pethes (Princess Jasmine’s assistant), Magda Darvas (Frau Vollmer), Jean Simmons (Narrator). 1587... From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II (NBC, 12/20/1981, 150 mins). This 2-1/2 hour British/Polish TV coproduction, “presented by Lord Grade,” traced the life of Karol Wojtyla from his boyhood in Poland to the Vatican, although the nominal stars are New Zealand actor Sam Neill and English actor Christopher Cazenove as two of his friends from the early years. Wojtyla is portrayed by Polish actor Cezary Morawski, who is unknown in the United States. More than two years later, another film about Pope John Paul II would mark Albert Finney’s American TV acting debut. Production Companies Trans World International, ITC Entertainment Group, RAI. Director Krzysztof Zanussi. Producers Giacomo Pezzali, Vincenzo Labella. Teleplay A. Kijowski, J.J. Szczepanski. Photography Slawomir Idziak. Music Wojciech Kilar. Editor Anthony Gibbs. Production Designer Janusz Sosnowski.

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Cast Sam Neill (Marian), Christopher Cazenove (Tadek), Lisa Harrow (Wanda), Warren Clarke (Wladek), Maurice Denham (Sapieha), Cezary Morawski (Karol Wojtyla), Jonathan Blake (Jozef), Kathleen Byron (Tadek’s mother), Anne Dyson (Wladek’s mother), John Franklyn-Robbins (Curate), Carol Gillies (Wladek’s wife). 1588... From the Dead of Night (NBC, 2/27/1989 and 2/28/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Thriller that tells of a woman (played by Lindsay Wagner) who miraculously survives a brush with death only to be haunted afterward by terrifying encounters with strangers who seem to be trying to kill her. Novelist Gary Brandner’s 1980 mystery-thriller “Walkers” was the source for the two-part four-hour film. Production Companies Shadowplay Films, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Hans Proppe. Co-Producer Jody Brockway Paonessa. Line Producer Barbara Black. Teleplay Bill Bleich. Based on a Novel by Gary Brandner. Photography Bernd Heinl. Music Gil Melle. Editors Steve Cohen, Christopher Cooke. Production Designer Penny Hadfield. Associate Producer Dennis Turner. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Joanna Darby), Bruce Boxleitner (Peter Langford), Robin Thomas (Glen Eastman), Robert Prosky (Dr. Walter Hovde), Merritt Butrick (Rick), Peter Jason (Hank Jackson), Joanne Linville (Dr. Ann Morgan), Dani Minnick (Jackie), Diahann Carroll (Maggie Corwin), Philip Sterling (Prof. Martin Corning), Michael Durrell (Dr. Morrow), Walter Addison (Vincent Carlson), Jeanne Bates (Nurse), Victor Contreras (Boat captain), Karrie Emerson (Heather), John H. Evans (Patrolman), Timothy Fall (Kevin), Richard Fancy (Dr. Stanley Breedlove), Sheldon Feldner (Gus), Rick Fitts (Patrolman), Sandy Freeman (Yvonne Carlson), Ernie Fuentes (Passenger), Dominick Guillemot (Photographer), Christian Hoff (Davey), Krisann Keane (Karen), Frank Kopvic (Gunshop owner), Nancy Linari (Edna), Doug MacHugh (Trucker), Joseph G. Medalis (2nd man), Julie Osburn (Catherine), Tory Polone (Coed), Joe Praml (Mr. King), Roberto Ramirez (Vendor), Sue Rihr (Margaret), Miguel Sandoval (Duty officer), John Shearin (Sergeant Gregson), Robert Tzudiker (George Harris), Whitney Weston (Melody), Noni White (Head nurse), Terry Wills (1st man). 1589... Fugitive Family (CBS, 10/1/1980, 120 mins). Undercover Justice Department agent Richard Crenna fingers syndicate czar Mel Ferrer and is forced into the government’s Witness Protection Program to escape Mob vengeance when Ferrer’s successor, Don Murray, puts out a contract on his wife. Eli Wallach is a vintner who takes in Murray and his family and makes him a partner. Production Company Aubrey-Hamner Productions. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producers James T Aubrey, Robert Hamner. Producer Ronald Lyon. Teleplay James G. Hirsch, Tony Kayden. Based on a Story by James G. Hirsch. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Morton Stevens. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Norm Kahn. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Richard Crenna (Brian Roberts), Diane Baker (Ellen Roberts), Eli Wallach (Olan Vachio), Don Murray (Peter Ritchie), Ronny Cox (Mike Sylvester), Robin Dearden (Nancy Roberts), K.C. Martel (Andy Roberts), William Kirby Cullen (Mark Simonson), Mel Ferrer (Anthony Durano), Paul Mantee (Walther), Felice Orlandi (Fabiani), Sidney Clute (Sam Todd), Judy Farrell (Jennifer Balinger), Bobby Rolofson (Chip Balinger), Ken Hill (Mr. Shraft), Burt Marshall (Mike’s man). 1590... The Fulfillment of Mary Gray (CBS, 2/19/1989, 120 mins). Based on LaVyrle Spencer’s first novel “The Fulfillment” (published in 1979 as a mass market paperback and a decade later in hard cover), this romantic drama, set at the turn of the century, tells of a woman torn by her love for her husband, who can’t give her a child, and his younger brother, who can--and an unusual accommodation is set into motion. Production Companies Indian Neck Entertainment, Mary Gray Inc., Lee Caplin Productions. Director Piers Haggard. Executive Producers Howard Baldwin, Richard M. Cohen, Lee Caplin. Supervising Producer Brian Russell. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Laird Koenig. Based on a Novel by LaVyrle Spencer. Photography David Bridges. Music Gary Scott. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Mary Gray), Ted Levine (Jonathan Gray), Lewis Smith (Aaron Gray), Sheila Kelley (Kate Volence), Marietta Marich (Aunt Mabel), Eileen Seeley (Faye), Margaret Bowman (Mrs. Flora Hawkins), Julie Condra (Sarah Gray), Lance Fenton (Johnny), Karin Schuberth (Katherine Duzak), George William Lee (Newt Volence), Tom Lagleder (Tony Halek), Tony Frank (Uncle Garner), Paul Menzel (Eddie Duzak), Jill Parker-Jones (Agnes Volence), Matthew Posey (Mike Duzek), Dan Ammerman (Doc Haymes), Brandon Smith (Clem Volence). 1591... Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal (NBC, 2/5/1989, 120 mins). Lisa Hartman is an assistant DA, Anthony John Denison a police detective whose team she joins, and former Miss America Vanessa Williams in her first major acting role (she later went on to become a noted singer and a Broadway musical star) the roommate of a high-priced Hollywood call girl whose murder is being investigated and who has come into possession of incriminating videotapes. Jennifer O’Neill (in a “special guest appearance”) runs the “model” agency in question. Original title: “The Sex Tapes” Production Company von Zerneck-Sertner Films. Director Noel Nosseck. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert M. Sertner. Producer Gregory Prange. Co-Producer Stephen Zito. Teleplay Stephen Zito. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Gregory Prange. Production Designer Donald Light-Harris. Cast Lisa Hartman (Sarah Dutton), Anthony John Denison (Lt. James Thompson), Vanessa L. Williams (Valentine Hayward), Peter Jurasik (Portis), Jennifer O’Neill (Debralee Taft), John Anderson (George Dutton), James Avery (Earl Clark),

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René Enriquez (Capt. Daniel Ramirez), Alan Fudge (Chief Haller), Walter Olkewicz (Lenny Coles), Judson Scott (John “Amazing” Grace), Jennifer Warren (Lorna Hanna), Bill Applebaum (Roger Hardy), Tom Everett (Mickey), Johnny Haymer (Sheldon), Allan Wasserman (Morris Fell), Mort Sertner (Judge Drake), David Wells (Coroner), Sam Chew Jr. (Banker), Evelyn Bakerges (Sgt. Lucy Delgado), Kim Terry-Costin (Connie Hecht), Ted Warren (Randy Parks), Linda Dona (Young Hooker), Lance E. Nichols (Hollis Strather), Channing Chase (Miss Rand), Jeanette O’Connor (Helen), Maureen Fletcher Evans (Receptionist). 1592... Fun and Games (NBC, 5/25/1980, 120 mins). Billed as the first television film dealing with sexual harassment on the job, this movie finds Valerie Harper playing a divorcee who decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, played by Max Gail, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company as well as her union take notice. Pseudonymous director “Alan Smithee” here actually is Paul Bogart who apparently had “creative differences” with the producers. Production Companies Kanin-Gallo Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Alan Smithee [Paul Bogart]. Producers Fay Kanin, Lillian Gallo. Teleplay David Smilow, Elizabeth V. Wilson. Based on a Story by Elizabeth V. Wilson. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Peter Matz. Editor Jack Gleason. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Valerie Harper (Carol Hefferman), Cliff DeYoung (Pete Dermot), Max Gail (Ray Garvey), JoBeth Williams (Laura Weston), Peter Donat (Ted), Art Hindle (Gordy), Michael Nouri (Greg), Peggy Rea (Rose), Frank Maxwell (Delaney), Lloyd Gough (Fred Fermin), Naomi Stevens (Helen), Yolanda Marquez (Eileen), Richard Roat (Blodgett), Laurence Haddon (Frank), Dee Timberlake (Lois McKay), Brad English (Tex Landers), Maria Richwine (Berta), Burke Byrnes (Dennis), Jocelyn Jones (Nan), Howard George (Stan), Bill McLean (Union man), Gloria Stuart, Lisa Teeney, John Shearin, Jan Peters, Tom Mahoney, Kathleen Brown, Jessica Nelson, Buck Young, Gypsi DeYoung, Pilar Del Rey, Renee Wedel, George Tyne, Linda Lawrence, Christina Holt, Sylvia Soares. 1593... Games Mother Never Taught You (CBS, 11/27/1982, 120 mins). Hard-working career wife Loretta Swit becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is dismayed to find she now has to learn the rules of the corporate game. Sam Waterston is her understanding artist husband, Eileen Heckart (with just two scenes) is her mother, and unbilled Madlyn Rhue is the wife of the office hustler who gives her a crash course on corporate infighting. Based on the 1977 book by Betty Lehan Harragan. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Lee Philips. Supervising Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Producer Tristine Rainer. Teleplay Liz Coe. Based on a Book by Betty Lehan Harragan. Photography Ken Peach Jr. Photography (New York) Ronald M. Lautore. Music Mark Snow. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Albert Heschong. Art Director (New York) Mischa Petrow. Cast Loretta Swit (Laura Bentells), Sam Waterston (David Bentells), David Spielberg (Alan Porter), Edward Grover (Pete Kelsey), Bill Morey (Duke Shirmer), Christopher Allport (Steve Clark), Madlyn Rhue (Elaine Porter), Robert Brown (Warren Faber), Basil Hoffman (Dwayne Hilson), Eileen Heckart (Martha Brewster), Betty Kennedy (Ginger), Elaine Giftos (Vivian Nortray), Carol Locatell (Kitty Statler), Zane Buzby (Saleswoman), Al Anton (Patrick), Mary Armstrong (Helen), Natalie Core (Babs), Anne E. Curry (Carol), June Von Drueding (Receptionist), Starletta DuPois (Ann), Michael Ensign (Jennings Lachman), Philip Baker Hall (Lester Greene), Dee Dee Rescher (Rita), Pearl Shear (Doris). 1594... A Gathering of Old Men (CBS, 5/10/1987, 120 mins). A group of elderly black men in a bayou country summon up the courage to admit en masse to a menacing white racist killing perpetrated by one of them. Highly regarded dramatic production with a peerless lineage starting with a fine cast and extending through an acclaimed director (who had previously done “Death of a Salesman”), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller (of “A Soldier’s Play” which became the film “A Soldier’s Story”), and novelist Ernest J. Gaines (“The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman”). The film features an Emmynominated performance by Louis Gossett Jr. and a rare latter day one by Richard Widmark (as the local sheriff who ultimately comes to condone the action). Up-and-coming Holly Hunter plays a wealthy young white woman who is a friend of “old-timer” Gossett (made up in white hair and beard to be in his 70s). Legendary Cajun/R&B fiddler Papa John Creach not only portrayed one of the elderly men but also provided some of the show’s music. The film subsequently was retitled “Murder on the Bayou,” which became its video release title. Production Company A Consolidated, Jennie & Co. Zenith Production. Director Volker Schlondoff. Executive Producer Michael Deeley. Producer Gower Frost. Teleplay Charles Fuller. Based on a Novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Photography Edward Lachman. Music Ron Carter. Additional Music Papa John Creach. Editors Nancy Baker, Craig McKay. Production Designer Thomas A. Walsh. Associate Producer James Bigwood. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Mathu), Richard Widmark (Mapes), Holly Hunter (Candy Marshall), Joe Seneca (Clatoo), Woody Strode (Yank), Tiger Haynes (Booker), Papa John Creach (Jacob), Julius Harris (Coot), Rosanna Carter (Bealah), Walter Breaux (Charlie), Will Patton (Lou Dimes), Adam Storke (Gil Boutan), Jay Flash Riley (Reverend Jameson), Danny Barker (Chimley), Sandman Sims (Uncle Billy), P Jay Sidney (Gable), Art Shilling (Griffin), Lenore Banks (Miss Merle), Al Shannon (Luke Will), Stocker Fontelieu (Fix Boutan), Richard Whaley (Beau Boutan), Lucille McKay (Bea Marshall), Elliott Keener (Herman), Carol Sutton (Janey), Pat Perkins (Aunt Glo), Jerome Reddick (Snookum), David Petitjean (Russell), Dwayne Jones (Leroy), James Michael Bailey (Alcee), Robert Earl Willis (Sharp), Buddy St. Amant (Tee-Jack), Michael Audley (Jack Marshall), Randy Charamie (Jean), Paul Landry (Auguste), Rick Duet (Claude), Michael Johnson (Sully), Michael Thomas (Cal), Rosetta Wiggs

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(Corinne), Catundra Reese (Minnie), Eliska Thomas (Sally), Rod Masterson (Couch), Cindy Taylor (Cajun girl), Henry Willis (Man at Glo’s). 1595... Gauguin the Savage (CBS, 4/29/1980, 150 mins). The turbulent life of temperamental French painter Paul Gauguin and his compulsive search for creative freedom that causes him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for contentment in Tahiti is dramatized in this lengthy, somewhat talky, but spectacularly designed and photographed movie. Gauguin’s story was more memorably related by Somerset Maugham in “The Moon and Sixpence” which starred George Sanders as the artist. Emmy Awards for this version, initially called “In Search of Eden,” went to production designer Wilfrid Shingleton and his art directors and set decorators in Tahiti, France and the U.S. Production Company Nephi Productions. Director Fielder Cook. Producers Douglas Benton, Robert D. Wood. Teleplay JP Miller. Photography Walter Lassally. Editor Greyfox. Music Gerald Fried. Production Designer Wilfrid J. Shingleton. Art Director (France) Jean Taillandier. Art Director (Tahiti/USA) Julian Sacks. Associate Producer Gilles A. de Turenne. Cast David Carradine (Paul Gauguin), Lynn Redgrave (Mette Gad), Barrie Houghton (Vincent Van Gogh), Flora Robson (Sister Allandre), Michael Hordern (Durand Ruel), Ian Richardson (Degas), Emrys James (Maurice Schuffenecker), Carmen Mathews (Madame Jeanette), Bernard Fox (Captain Chablat), Alan Caillou (Inspector Aumont), Christopher Cary (Dr. Feydeau), Fiona Fullerton (Rachel), Alex Hyde-White (Emil), Vanessa Paine (Older Aline), Allison Wolfson (Younger Aline), Nicholas Amer (Mallarme), Timothy Carlton (De Monfried), Coco Dexter (Totefa), Elvina Jon Over (Titi), Arthur Mendelli (Monsieur Gobbi), Harvey Stephens (Young Emil), Edwige Taie (Teha ‘amana), Manuia Taie (Momo), Danil Torppe (Lieutenant Viktor), Bill Travers Jr. (Lieutenant Jenot), Gordon Whiting (Innkeeper), Heather Wright (Sister Catherine), Nigel LeVaillant (Art student). 1596... Generation (ABC, 5/24/1985, 120 mins). Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin to the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie “Rollerball,” revolves around a turn-of-the-millennium family on the Great Eve (the night before the year 2000 begins) planning for a reunion. Son Richard Beymer (returning to the spotlight years after “West Side Story” and of late carving out a second career as a well-respected still and movie photographer) is an inventor working with prosthetic devices to help young athlete brother Drake Hogestyn perfect his game of combat hockey to maintain his skills as a national hero, and Cristina Raines is a socially conscious doctor who wants nothing to do with their prideful father, Bert Remsen, to the distress of their loving mother, Priscilla Pointer. Production Company Embassy Television. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producer Gerald DiPego. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Charles Bernstein. Editors Carl Kress, Randy Thornton. Production Designer William Sandell. Creative Consultant Jud Kinberg. Cast Richard Beymer (Allan Breed), Hannah Cutrona (Bel Breed), Marta DuBois (Kate Mendez Breed), Drake Hogestyn (Jack Breed), Priscilla Pointer (Ellen Breed), Cristina Raines (Roma Breed), Bert Remsen (Tom Breed), Kim Miyori (Teri Tanaka), Reid Shelton (Raymond Wilkes), Lorene Yarnell (Pal), Scott Paulin (Graff), Harrison Page (George Link), Liz Sheridan (Clara), Michael Young (Rick Tolmer), Grand L. Bush (Catt), Nick Corri (Scrad), Beah Richards (Edna), Stephen Lee (Mark Stein), Leigh Lombardi (Ann), Michael Lemon (Henderson), Paige Price (Gila), Bill Erwin (John), Kevin Sifuentes (Gang boy), Dean Dittman (Taxi driver), Pete Leal (Spanish man), Francesca Roberts (Spanish woman). 1597... The Gentleman Bandit (CBS, 5/6/1981, 120 mins). A socially concerned, controversial priest suddenly finds himself under arrest as a stickup man, and a number of people are willing to identify him as the culprit. This dramatization of the true-life experience of Baltimore priest, Father Bernard Pagano, on whom even the church turned its back, was called, until the very eve of its initial showing, “The Bandit Priest.” Production Company Highgate Pictures. Director Jonathan Kaplan. Executive Producer Linda Gottlieb. Producer John E. Quill. Teleplay Milan Stitt. Photography John Lindley. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Grace Garland Janisz. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Kimberly Myers. Cast Ralph Waite (Father Bernard Pagano), Julie Bovasso (Doris), Jerry Zaks (Carl Schnee), Joe Grifasi (Detective Esposito), Estelle Parsons (Marjorie Seebode), Tom Aldredge (Monsignor Nicholson), Arthur French (Detective Doerfler), Ed Van Nuys (Dean Wedge), Joe Ponazecki (Ron Clauser), Frances Chaney (Rona Mintz), Sheila K. Adams (Carole Slintak), Joyce Reehling (Jennifer Pollock), Charley Lang (Charlie Sinzeri), Marta Heflin (Marie), Scotty Bloch (Theresa), Antonia Rey (Grandma Perez), Vincent Spano (Angel Perez), Bill Schilling (Hospital guard), Richard Backus (Attorney), Sharon Brous (Veronica), Giancarlo Esposito (Jamie), Sandra Kazan (Polygraph lady), J.R. Horne (Father Trainor). 1598... The George McKenna Story (CBS, 11/11/1986, 120 mins). The real-life George McKenna’s inspiring story was dramatized here by actor Denzel Washington and director Eric Laneuville (both of whom act together on “St. Elsewhere”). As principal of the once gang-ridden, drug-infested George Washington High School in South Los Angeles, McKenna transformed the school into an achievement-oriented place of learning through hard work, student pride and parental involvement. Ironically, this was filmed entirely on location in Houston, Texas! Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director Eric Laneuville. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Charles Johnson. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Herbie Hancock. Additional Music Laurin Rinder, Michael J. Lewis. Editor Robin Wilson. Production Designer Jeffrey L Goldstein. Associate Producer Jerram A. Swartz.

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Cast Denzel Washington (George McKenna), Lynn Whitfield (Bobbie Maxwell), Akosua Busia (Cynthia Byers), Richard Masur (Ben Proctor), Ray Buktenica (Alan Keith), Virginia Capers (Margaret Wright), Barbara Townsend (Aura Kruger), Israel Juarbe (Miguel), J.A. Preston (Mr. McKenna), Bill Henderson (Mr. Goodman), Earl Billings (Mr. Rogers), Brent Jennings (Mr. Jackson), Terrance Ellis (Robert Norris), Michael Matthew (E.J.), Ken Sagoes (Mark Rogers), Dion (Kelly), Gary Moody (Delroy), Deborah Oliver Artis (Wilma), Royce Wallace, Irma P. Hall, Jim Ponds, Elaine Taylor, Edna Auguillard, Billy Jaye Banner, James Bowman, Shannon Harold, Gregg Dandridge, Alexander Byrd, Kim Davis, Blue Deckert, Johnny Fisher, Theresa Flores, Michael Forney, Billy Green, Greg Elam, Kirk A. Elam. 1599... George Washington (CBS, 4/8/1984 to 4/11/1984, 3 parts, 8 hours). A sweeping eight-hour three-part miniseries chronicling in the grand style the life of Washington from ages 11 to 51, beginning just after the death of his father in 1743 and taking him through his journeyman days as a young surveyor, his hidden love for Sally Fairfax, the wife of his best friend, his marriage to widowed Martha Custis, his involvement in the French and Indian wars, his premature retirement from military life, and his return to uniform to head the American colonists in the Revolutionary War. It concludes with his emotional farewell to his officers and his return to Mount Vernon following war’s end. Barry Bostwick heads an all-star cast in this dramatization of historian James Thomas Flexner’s four-volume George Washington biography, which was published between 1965 and 1973. The film itself was made over a five-month period on location in the Alexandria-Mount Vernon area of Virginia, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and in the Philadelphia-Valley Forge area of Pennsylvania. In addition to Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Limited Series and to Patty Duke Astin as Outstanding Supporting Actress, the production received nominations for editing (part 3), makeup (part 3), and hairstyles (part 1). Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Richard Fielder. Supervising Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Teleplay (Part 1) Jon Boothe. Based on a Book by James Thomas Flexner. Photography Harry Stradling Jr. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Les Green, Donald Douglas, David Wages, Mel Friedman. Production Designer Alfred Sweeney. Cast Barry Bostwick (George Washington), Jaclyn Smith (Sally Fairfax), Patty Duke Astin (Martha Washington), David Dukes (George William Fairfax), Lloyd Bridges (Caleb Quinn), José Ferrer (Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie), Hal Holbrook (John Adams), Trevor Howard (Lord Fairfax), Jeremy Kemp (Gen. Horatio Gates), Richard Kiley (George Mason), Stephen Macht (Gen. Benedict Arnold), James Mason (Gen. Edward Braddock), Rosemary Murphy (Mary Ball Washington), Clive Revill (Lord Loudoun), Robert Stack (Gen. John Stark), Anthony Zerbe (St. Pierre), Jace Alexander (Dan), Leo Burmester (Eban Krutch), J. Kenneth Campbell (Richard Henry Lee), Philip Casnoff (Lafayette), Josh Clark (Tench Tilghman), Patrick James Clarke (Joseph Mooney), Kevin Conroy (John Laurens), Peter Evans (Col. Thomas Mifflin), Megan Gallagher (Peggy Shippen), John Glover (Gen. Charles Lee), Harry Groener (Patrick Henry), Patrick Horgan (Gen. William Howe), John Horton (Gen. Charles Cornwallis), Scott Hylands (Gen. Nathanael Greene), Barrie Ingham (Gen. Henry Clinton), Will Lyman (Lawrence Washington), Tom Mason (Col. Joseph Reed), Jon Matthews (Jacky Curtis), Ann McDonough (Anne Washington), William Prince (William Fairfax), Ned Romero (Tanachriston), Robert Schenkkan (Alexander Hamilton), Nicolas Surovy (Col. Thomas Conway), Kristi Alford (Patsy as child), Michael Allinson (General Gage), Bentley Anderson (John Blair), Randy Anderson (Major André), Octavia Arnold (Mrs. Blair), Greg Ashburn (Execution officer), Tom Assalone (Augustine Washington), John Klaus Becker (Colonel Roll), Matt Callahan (Lieutenant Tarleton), Ron Canada (Billy Lee), Ralph Cosham (Braddock’s captain), Terrence Currier (Captain Mackay), Wally Doyle (Major Campbell), Rex Ellis (Benjamin), Robert Elston (Peyton Randolph), Christine Estabrook (Abigail Adams), Richard Fancy (Sam Adams), Louisa Flaningham (Milly), Justin Freiman (Jacky as a teenager), Jerry Gatlin (Bob), Ian Goodwin (Speaker of the House), Kelsey Grammer (Lieutenant Stewart), Bill Grimmett (Martha’s butler), Mike Hodge (Breechy), Carroll James (Reverend Massey), Jennifer Deer Johnson (Betty Washington as a child), Kurt Knudson (Baron Von Steuben), Richard Learman (Daniel Custis), Elva Leff (Patsy Custis), David Lively (John Alton), Norman “Max” Maxwell (Trelawny), Thomas McCarthy (Dockworker spy), Patrick F. McDade (Isaac Low), David McGinley (Colonel Wilkinson), John Means (General O’Hara), Sally Mercer (Prudence Mooney), B.J. Morrison (Jacky as a child), Viggo Mortensen (Lieutenant at LeBoeuf), Tim Moyer (John Jay), J. Craig Nannos (General Lincoln), Donald Neal (Genn), Richard Nephew (Running Elk), Robert Noble (Enos Tarbell), Robert O’Neill (Lee’s aide), Bonnie Patrick (Patience), Theresa Payne (Betty Washington as a child), Gavin Pearce (George Washington at age 11), Richard Rhodes (Lt. Colonel Verick), Timothy Rice (Lawyer Turnbull), John Ridge (Van Braam), Doug Roberts (Auctioneer), James C. Scopeletis (Captain Mercer), Farnham Scott (General Knox), Brad Sullivan (Gen. Artemus Ward), Dennis Telfer (Surgeon), June Thorne (Nanny Jane), Louis Turenne (General Rochambeau), John A. Washington V (John Augustine Washington), Douglas Wing (James Delancey). 1600... George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (CBS, 9/21/1986 and 9/22/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this four-hour continuation of the greatly admired 1984 eight-hour miniseries about the Father of Our Country, Barry Bostwick and Patty Duke (she was Patty Duke Astin in the earlier historical drama but since had divorced actor John Astin and reverted to her original acting name) reprised their roles as George and Martha during Washington’s presidential years. The twopart film, which many felt was not long enough to allow for more than a skimming of this portion of American history, spanned the nine years from the Constitutional Ratification Convention in Virginia in 1788 to the inauguration of John Adams as America’s second president in 1797 during which time Washington found himself in the middle of another war raging among a generation of younger leaders and moderating political intrigues involving Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Adams. Filming for this

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epic was done entirely on location in Philadelphia and Mount Vernon, as well as New Castle, Delaware. Adapted, like the original, from James Thomas Flexner’s Washington biography. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer David Gerber. Supervising Producer Robert Hargrove. Producer Richard Fielder. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Based on the Biography by James Thomas Flexner. Photography James Crabe. Music Bruce Broughton. Editors Ronald J. Fagan, William B. Stich. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Cast Barry Bostwick (George Washington), Patty Duke (Martha Washington), Jeffrey Jones (Thomas Jefferson), Richard Bekins (Alexander Hamilton), Penny Fuller (Eliza Powel), Guy Paul (James Madison), Norman Snow (Edmond Randolph), Lise Hilboldt (Maria Reynolds), Robert Kelly (James Monroe), Haviland Morris (Henrietta Liston), Daniel Davis (Patrick Henry), Sam Tsoutsouvas (Citizen Genet), Farnham Scott (General Knox), Leo Burmester (Eban Krutch), Nicholas Kepros (John Jay), Paul Collins (John Adams), Richard Fancy (William Duer), Clayton Prince (Christopher), Erika Alexander (Oney), Timothy Landfield (Oliver Walcott), Gregory Abels (Thomas Pickering), Eve Bennett-Gordon (Betsy Hamilton), Christopher Goutman (James Reynold), Jonathan Farwell (Hammond), Robert Billbrough (Tobias Lear), Marcia Cross (Anne Bingham), Alison Hedges (Nelly at age 16), John Timmons (Bradford), Jeffrey Hayenga (Philip Freneau), John Bleasdale, Ralph Byers, Greg Cantwell, Gene Crane, David Cryer, Lee Devin, John Favorite, Charles Lord, Brian Morgan, Tim Moyer, Courtney Twining, Nicholas Van Strander, Millicent Sparks, Al Wright, James McCrane, Douglas Wing, Don Auspi’tz, Doug Wild, Stanley Oliver, David Toll, J. Craig Nannos, Dan Barton, Christopher Whelan, Dean Bennett, Robert Gleason, Jason Dinter, Harry Kunesch, Eric Forsythe, Richard Bey, Louis Lippa, Allen Fitzpatrick, Chuck Hicks, Bob Lohrmann, Maxine Greene, Christopher Van Strander, Patrick F. McDade, Rik Viola, Stephen Novelli, Robert Noble, John Salvo, Greg Wood, John V. O’Donnell, Will Stuts, James Sinclair, Erick Von Starck, Matthew Russell. 1601... The Georgia Peaches (CBS, 11/8/1980, 120 mins). A Southern gal who runs her family’s auto repair shop, her aspiring country singer sister, and their stock-car racing friend who runs moonshine on the side are conned into working as government undercover agents to track down a dangerous criminal. A pilot to a prospective TV series. Production Company New World Television. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producer Roger Corman. Producers James Sbardellati, Thomas M. Hammel. Teleplay Mick Benderoth, Monte Stettin, William Hjortsberg, Lois Luger. Based on a Story by Mick Benderoth, Monte Stettin. Photography David Sanderson. Music R. Donovan Fox. Theme Song Performed by Tanya Tucker. Editor Sandra Nervig. Art Director Michael Erler. Cast Tanya Tucker (Lorette Peach), Terri Nunn (Sue Lynn Peach), Dirk Benedict (Dusty Tyree), Lane Smith (Randolph Dukane), Sally Kirkland (Vivian Stark), Dennis Patrick (Wade Holt), David Hayward (Joe Don Carter), Noble Willingham (Jarvis Wheeler), Burton Gilliam (Delbert Huggins), David Tress (Mr. Marco), Ed Bakey (Desmond Winkus), Bob Hannah (Officer Orville), Sandra Dorsey, Willie Woods, Don Tucker, Jerry Rushing, Harry Vanella, Stuart Donnelly, Marc Clement, David Cass. 1602... Get Smart, Again! (ABC, 2/26/1989, 120 mins). Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 and their CONTROL colleagues reunite to fight another incredible if bumbling battle against KAOS in their first TV get-together since the classic Mel Brooks-Buck Henry series (1965-69 on NBC; 1969-70 on CBS) left prime time. This caper turned up on ABC (and a later ill-conceived update several years later on Fox) making “Get Smart” the rare show to have aired in first run on four different networks, not to mention as an equally ill-conceived feature. The film was dedicated to the memory of “The Chief” (Ed Platt from the original, who had died in the mid-’70s.) Production Companies The IndieProd Company, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producers Leonard B. Stern, Daniel Melnick. Supervising Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Producer Burt Nodella. Teleplay Leonard B. Stern, Mark Curtiss, Rod Ash. Based on a Story by Leonard B Stern. Based on Characters Created by Mel Brooks, Buck Henry. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Peter Rodgers Melnick. Theme Irving Szarthmary. Editor Donald R. Rode. Production Designer K.C. Fox. Executive in Charge of Production Gerald I. Isenberg. Cast Don Adams (Maxwell Smart), Barbara Feldon (Agent 99), Bernie Kopell (Konrad Siegfried), Dick Gautier (Hymie), Robert Karvelas (Larrabee), King Moody (Shtarker), Harold Gould (Nicholas Dimente), Kenneth Mars (Cmdr. Douglas Drury), John de Lancie (Maj. Preston Waterhouse), Steve Levitt (Beamish), Dave Ketchum (Agent 13), Danny Goldman (Dr. Denton), Roger Price (Dr. Marcus Hottentot), Rachelle Carson (Lisa Spencer), Lou Felder (The President), Kate Stern (Dr. Godivar), Jim Antonio (Merriweather), Stacey Adams (Metermaid), Cecily Adams (Customer), Fritz Feld (Waiter), Yvonne Farrow (Undersecretary). 1603... Getting Physical (CBS, 3/20/1984, 120 mins). The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a means of self-defense following a physical attack by two men, but then finds that while concentrating on building up her body her relationship with her parents, with whom she is living, and her newfound boyfriend, a young cop, is breaking down. Several noted bodybuilders and iron-pumpers, male and female, put in appearances to give this production an added authenticity. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Supervising Producer Ron Roth. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Teleplay Laurian Legett. Based on a Story by Laurian Legett, Ann Weston, Marcy Gross. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music William Goldstein. Songs by Carol Connors, William

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Goldstein. Songs Performed by Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn McCoo, Thelma Houston. Choreographer Jerry Evans. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Alexandra Paul (Kendall Gibley), Sandahl Bergman (Nadine Cawley), David Naughton (Micky Ritter), John Aprea (Craig Cawley), Janet Carroll (Myra Gibley), Sydney Penny (Ramona), Robert Webber (Hugh Gibley), France Columbu (Himself), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Jorgen), Earl Boen (Byron Waldo), Phil Rubenstein (Maury), Candy Csencsits (Janine Daley), Vicki KiblerSilengo (Vicki), Lisa Lyons (Pilar Jones), Rachel McLish (Tawny Runyon), Thomas F. Duffy (1st boy), Yana Nirvana (Astrid Anders), Marcelyn Ann Williams (Rebecca Dawn), Joe Anderson (Hans), William Boyett (Desk sergeant), Connie Downing (Blonde), Jeannie Epper, Denise Gordy, Paulette Le Gilbert, Marie Lillo, Raymond Martino, Greg Monaghan, Anne Ramsay, Gene Ross, Robina Suwol. 1604... Ghost Dancing (ABC, 5/30/1983, 120 mins). Dorothy McGuire returned to television after a long absence to star as a feisty, widowed desert farmer who takes on the water company by dynamiting the city-owned reservoir to spotlight her cause: the depletion of the valley’s water to feed the city’s aqueduct system. Bill Erwin is her dear old Paiute Indian friend; Victoria Racimo is his adopted daughter whom McGuire has educated as a lawyer; Richard Farnsworth is the sympathetic sheriff, a longtime family friend; and Bo Hopkins is the water department’s chief engineer who is reluctant to fight the widow. Filmed in St. George, Utah, this sixth winner of the annual ABC Theatre Award is an original by Phil Penningroth. Production Companies Herbert Brodkin Productions, Titus Productions, Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Supervising Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Photography Brian West. Music John Morris. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Jane Musky. Cast Dorothy McGuire (Sarah Bowman), Bruce Davison (Calvin Oberst), Bill Erwin (Joe Greyfeather), Richard Farnsworth (Russ Ward), Wings Hauser (Frank Carswell), Victoria Racimo (Anne Greyfeather), Bo Hopkins (Dave Groves), Rod Colbin (Arch), Richard Lineback (Brian), Karen Machon (Betty Groves), Sierra Pecheur (Willa Smithers), John W. Bellah (Powerman), Scotch Byerly (Powerman), Robert Clotworthy (Water deliveryman), Fran Ryan (Judge Roberta Morgan), Eleanor Zee, Henry Hamilton. 1605... Ghost of a Chance (CBS, 5/12/1987, 120 mins). Comedy fantasy, with shades of “Here Comes Mr. Jordan,” “Heaven Can Wait,” and others, features a narcotics detective who, in his zeal to nail an elusive drug dealer, accidentally kills a honky-tonk piano player and finds himself haunted by the unfortunate victim, sent back in celestial form by an angel emissary since it is not yet his time to go. Narc and ghost (Dick Van Dyke and Redd Foxx) form an uneasy alliance to alter the eternal destinations of both. This was the only TV movie (co)starring Redd Foxx, who here plays the sarcastic specter. Production Companies Stuart-Phoenix Productions, Thunder Road Production, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producers Stuart Sheslow, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Sam Strangis. Teleplay Hank Bradford. Photography David Herrington. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director Tony Hall. Cast Dick Van Dyke (Det. William Nolan), Redd Foxx (Ivory Clay), Geoffrey Holder (Mr. Johnson), Brynn Thayer (Kathleen Reilly), Richard Romanus (Julio Mendez), Kimble Joyner (Jessie), Sean McCann (Capt. Tom Shields), Timothy Webber (Detective Fein), Jack Jessop (Marvin Goody), Tom Butler (Det. Ed Ross), Michael Copeman (Paulie), Gene Mack (Ralph), Elliott McIvor (Cotton Club waiter), Robert Collins (Mechanical bull operator), Barbara Harris (Gladys), Graham Batchelor (Mr. Emory), David B. Nichols (Det. Phil Hauck), Robert Morelli (Lyle), Gino Marrocco (Tony the bartender), Sandra Scott (Lady), Wayne Lam (Tran), Dennis Strong (Minister), Robert O’Ree (Beggar), Don Cullen (Mr. Davidow), Jason Harris (Wino), Thick Wilson (Wes), Howard Jerome (2nd man in bar), Jackie Richardson (Loretta), Sandi Ross (Nettie), Lynn Armstrong (Esther), Colleen Embree, Dick Grant, Taborah Johnson. 1606... Gideon’s Trumpet (CBS, 4/30/1980, 120 mins). In one of his final television roles, Henry Fonda stars as the semi-literate Florida drifter whose court case--being denied counsel at a breaking-and-entering trial because of inability to afford a lawyer--drastically changed the course of American legal history. His performance won him an Emmy Award nomination, as did the script by David Rintels with whom Fonda (and John Houseman, who stars as the Chief Justice of the United States) had been associated on stage and later television on Rintels’ one-man play, “Clarence Darrow.” Fay Wray, the veteran actress best remembered as King Kong’s leading lady, returned to acting briefly to play Fonda’s landlady in this film following years of selfimposed retirement. Based on Anthony Lewis’ 1964 nonfiction book. Production Companies Gideon Productions, Worldvision Enterprises. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producer John Houseman. Producer David W. Rintels. Teleplay David W. Rintels. Based on a Book by Anthony Lewis. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Joseph Weiss. Editor Frank Bracht. Production Designer Edward G. Carfagno. Cast Henry Fonda (Clarence Earl Gideon), José Ferrer (Abe Fortas), John Houseman (Chief Justice), Fay Wray (Edna Curtis), Sam Jaffe (1st Justice), Dean Jagger (6th Justice), Nicholas Pryor (Jacob), William Prince (5th Justice), Lane Smith (Fred Turner), Richard McKenzie (Judge Robert McCrary), Dolph Sweet (Charlie), Ford Rainey (2nd Justice), David Sheiner (Abe Krash), J. Patrick McNamara (Harris), Les Lannom (Bobby Earle), Malcolm Groom (John Ely), Allan Rich (Tobias Simon), Richard Lineback (Lester Wade), David Clennon (James Fitzpatrick), Michael Cavanaugh (Stocker), Paul Benjamin (Artis), Cliff Pellow (Justin Pike), Jerry Hardin (Sheriff Mel Cobb), Fredric Cook (Leo Stafford), Steven Peterman (Arthur Vitale), James O’Connell (Warden), Jon Locke (Supervisor), Gary Grubbs (Deputy Hamilton), Seamon Glass (Prison Guard), Gwen Van Dam

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(Mrs. Lawrence), James E. Brodhead (Court crier), Edmund H North (3rd Justice), Emmet Lavery Sr. (7th Justice), Liam O’Brien (4th Justice), Herb Benkman (8th Justice), Don Draper (Bailiff), Henry Proach (Guard), Anthony Lewis (Reporter), Timothy Scott (Toby Block). 1607... Gidget’s Summer Reunion (Syndicated, 6/1/1985, 120 mins). Gidget’s all grown up in this first new adventure since 1972, married to her Moondoggie, running a travel agency, having marital spats, running interference for her teenaged niece, and trying to arrange a reunion of hubby’s old surfer buddies, while the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean are singing nostalgically on the soundtrack. Newcomer Caryn Richman is Gidget, Dean Butler (late of “Little House on the Prairie”) is Moondoggie, and Don Stroud is the Old Kahoona, long in tooth but still able to outsurf just about anybody. This is the third “Gidget” TV-movie, following the Sally Field series that lasted but one season (1965-66). This syndicated film was well-enough received to prompt a new nonnetwork series that began in Fall 1986 with Richman and Butler repeating their roles as Gidget and Moondoggie, and Sydney Penny replacing Allison Barron as Kim. Production Companies Ackerman-Riskin Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Bruce Bilson. Executive Producer Harry Ackerman. Producer Ralph Riskin. Teleplay Robert Blees, George Zateslo. Based on Characters Created by Frederick Kohner. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “Everybody’s Down at the Beach” by George Aliceton Tipton, Dean Torrence, Randell Kirsch, Gary Griffin. Performed by Jan & Dean, Bel Air Bandits. Songs “Little Surfer Girl,” “Surfin’ Safari” Performed by The Beach Boys. Editor Art Strafford. Art Directors Ross Bellah, George B. Chan. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Caryn Richman (Francine “Gidget” Griffin), Dean Butler (Jeff “Moondoggie” Griffin), Allison Barron (Kim), Don Stroud (The Great Kahoona), Anne Lockhart (Larue Powell), Vincent Van Patten (Mickey), Johnny Yune (Johnny Soon), David Knell (Albert Winslow), Ben Murphy (Ron Levering), Mary Frann (Anne Bedford), William Schallert (Russ Lawrence), Will Nye (Slim), Steven Kavner (Malibu Mac), Michael Pniewski (Scooter Boy), Peter Ackerman (Darryl), Brad Zutaut (Kirk), Buck Young (Bob), Gillian Dobb (Mary Jane), George Zateslo (Hot Dog), Bill Edwards (Harry Schaffer), Danny Kamekona (George the Chauffeur), Florence Schauffler (Neighbor), Peter Youngblood (Worker), Moe Keale (Bob the Driver). 1608... The Gift of Life (CBS, 3/16/1982, 120 mins). A young wife, the mother of two, contracts to undertake a surrogate pregnancy for another woman, with her husband’s reluctant approval, but is crushed when her best friend, as well as her parents, denounce her. The first of several TV-movies with variations on the theme. Production Companies Turman-Foster Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers David Foster, Lawrence Turman. Producer Jerry London. Teleplay Mike Robe. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “Just a Litte More Love” by Billy Goldenberg, Harry Shannon. Song Performed by Lane Brody. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Paul Barnes. Associate Producer Ellen I. Levine. Cast Susan Dey (Joleen Sutton), Paul LeMat (Dwayne Sutton), Edward Herrmann (Dr. Quinn), Cassie Yates (Louise Rutledge), Caroline McWilliams (Clair Danhaus), Priscilla Pointer (Rosalee Boyer), Art Lund (John Boyer), Michael Alldredge (Carl), Grainger Hines (Cal), Ray Singer (Harold Fry), Lois Foraker (Myra), Sharon Madden (Charlotte), Drew Snyder (Ronnie), Sam Weisman (Resident physician), Rod Gist (Oscar), F.J. O’Neil (TV host), Laurence Haddon (Governor Peerce). 1609... The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (CBS, 12/20/1983, 120 mins). Lee Remick is a suburbanite whose Christmas holiday is shattered by the death of her mother (Angela Lansbury, in their first project together since “Anyone Can Whistle,” the Stephen Sondheim musical), the failure of her husband’s business and the possible collapse of her marriage, and only through a dream-like visit to a simpler time in the New England village she once knew does she find the personal strength to overcome her despair. Earl (“The Waltons”) Hamner adapted his teleplay from Bess Streeter Aldrich’s short story, “The Silent Stars Go By.” Production Companies Amanda Productions, Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Co-Executive Producer Earl Hamner. Producer Dick Atkins. Co-Producer J. Harman Jr. Teleplay Earl Hamner. Based on a story by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Paul Fried. Production Designer Gary Weist. Cast Lee Remick (Janet Broderick), Angela Lansbury (Amanda Fenwick), Polly Holliday (Aunt Min), Joseph Warren (Spencer), Mart Hulswit (Neil), Michael Pearlman (Michael), Samantha Atkins (Dorothy), Alexander Harrington (Russell), Michael Higgins (Hanibal), Conrad McLaren (Dr. Graham), Alex Saltzman (Raymond), Michael Pastryk (Chance), Joanne Rathgeb (Miss Powers), Janet Peterson (Abigail Prince), Denise Whittier (Irene), Shawn R. Rodgers (Dustin), Jim Dodds (Santa Claus), Rev. George Lawrence (Brass player), Nancy Lawrence (Bell ringer), Patricia Berns (Rose). 1610... The Gifted One (NBC, 6/25/1989, 120 mins). Prospective series pilot follows the adventures of a young man with telepathic powers in his cross-country search for his birth mother to discover why he is so gifted. Along the way, he uses his special powers to help people. Original title: “Blessed” Production Companies Richard Rothstein Productions, NBC Productions. Director Stephen Herek. Executive Producer Richard Rothstein. Producer Ariel Levy. Teleplay Richard Rothstein, Lisa James. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music J. Peter Robinson. Editors Larry Bock, Gib Jaffe. Production Designer Rodger Maus.

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Cast Pete Kowanko (Michael Grant), John Rhys-Davies (Dr. Carl Bordman), G.W. Bailey (Dr. Paul Winslow), Gregg Henry (Jack), Khrystyne Haje (Mary Joe), Wendy Phillips (Sarah Grant), Thomas Callaway (John Grant), Brandon Call (Michael at age 10-12), Joe Elrady (Frankie Bodi at age 10-12), Kristopher Kent Hill (Billy Farady), James Eric (Tom Farady), Shano Palovich (Beth Farady), Lucky Hayes (Mrs. Williams), Charles Benton (Mr. Williams), Dey Young (Susan Martin), Dale Swann (Gordon Thomas), Rose Weaver (Dr. Claire Henry), Stephen Hastings (Dr. Hart), Jim Newcomer (Dr. James), Spensley Schroder (Dr. Solomon), Kenneth Bridges (Dr. Heflin), Doug Cotner (Dr. Richards), Anthony Bolden (Technician), Michael Manning (Principal), Tami French (Hannah), Arell Blanton (Guard), Norm McBride (Coach), Michael Mancini (Umpire), Jason Douglas Fisher (Doctor), Emily Y. Ragsdale (Nurse), Mason Arnold (Tommy), Chris Balcerzak (Johnny), Steven Suggs (Jeffrey), Christopher Michael (Bobby), Christina Herczeg (Little girl), Hank Lawrence (Big Lou), Sandy Gibbons (Policeman #1), Jonathan Voyce (Policeman #2). 1611... The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (Syndicated, 5/21/1981, 120 mins). In this Operation Prime Time sequel to 1980’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s bestselling sci-fi fantasy, “The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything,” true-blue Kirby Winter, who inherited a floundering business and a magical watch that can stop time, and free-spirited Bonnie Lee Beaumont have their wedding interrupted by a frantic call from her mother to help save the family farm from a nasty land tycoon. Philip MacHale and Lee Purcell are in the roles played initially by Robert Hays and Pam Dawber. Production Companies The Fellows-Keegan Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay George Zateslo. Based on Characters Created by John D. MacDonald. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Bruce Broughton. Song “Two Hearts in Perfect Time” by Ayn Robins, Hod David Schudson. Song Performed by Richie Havens. Editor Kenneth R. Koch. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Lee Purcell (Bonnie Lee Beaumont), Philip MacHale (Kirby Winter), Burton Gilliam (Hoover Hess III), Zohra Lampert (Wilma Farnham), Jack Elam (Seth Beaumont), Gary Lockwood (Sheriff Earl Baker), Jerry Mathers (Dep. Henry Thomas Watts), Richie Havens (Amos), Barney Phillips (Old farmer), Lyle Alzado (Mamie), CaroI Lawrence (Sarah Ann Beaumont), Tom Poston (Omar Krepps), Larry Linville (Wesley Reins), Morgan Fairchild (Stella Walker), Gene Barry (Andrew Stovall), Marcy Hanson (Lola), Rodney Cornelius (Levee guard), Tony Matranga (Holdup man), Jerry Hausner (Ed Appleton), Michele Butin (Michele). 1612... The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (Syndicated, 6/13/1980, 120 mins). After inheriting a magical gold watch from his multimillionaire uncle’s estate, Robert Hays and his somewhat dippy girlfriend, Pam Dawber, soon discover not only that he can stop time with the watch but also that it holds the secret to his late uncle’s fortune--a secret others fall over themselves trying to steal. John D. MacDonald’s 1962 sci-fi comedy proved popular enough to warrant an Operation Prime Time sequel the following year called “The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite,” with two other performers in the Hays and Dawber roles. Production Companies The Fellows-Keegan Company, Paramount Network Television. Director William Wiard. Executive Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Producer Myrl A. Schreibman. Teleplay George Zateslo. Based on the Novel by John D. MacDonald. Photography Jacques Haitkin. Music Hod David Schudson. Song “Two Hearts in Perfect Time” by Ayn Robbins, Hod David Schudson. Song Performed by Richie Havens. Editor Kenneth R. Koch. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Robert Hays (Kirby Winter), Pam Dawber (Bonny Lee Beaumont), Zohra Lampert (Wilma Farnham), Ed Nelson (Joseph Locordolos), Maurice Evans (D. Leroy Wintermore), Peter Brown (Raoul), Larry Hankin (Rene), Macdonald Carey (Walton Grumby), Burton Gilliam (Hoover Hess), Jill Ireland (Charla O’Rourke), Linn Sheldon (TV announcer), Michelle Burton (Michele), Peter Kevorian (Man in heart), Vera Laurin (Young wife), Steffen Zacharias (Old man), Arthur Bernard (Hank), Tony Matranga (Vegas desk clerk), Edward E. Carroll (Truck driver), John Roselius (Patrolman Harris). 1613... The Girl Who Spelled Freedom (ABC, 2/23/1986, 120 mins). Inspirational Disney drama based on the true story of a teenage Cambodian refugee who spoke little English when she arrived in the United States in 1970 but went on to become a spelling bee champion within four years. Set in Chattanooga, Tenn., it was filmed by Australian director Simon Wincer (his first American television film) in Vancouver, and originally was titled “The Story of Linn Yann.” It received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Children’s Program. Production Companies Knopf-Simon Productions, ITC Entertainment Group, Walt Disney Television. Director Simon Wincer. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Co-Producer David A. Simons. Teleplay Christopher Knopf, David A. Simons. Photography Frank Watts. Music Mark Snow. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Editor Michael Jablow. Art Director David Hiscox. Cast Wayne Rogers (George Thrash), Mary Kay Place (Prissy Thrash), Kieu Chinh (Phoen Yann), Kathleen Sisk (Laura Thrash), Margot Pinvidic (Mandy), Susan Walden (Suanna), Blu Mankuma (Henry Turner), Jade Chinn (Linn Yann), Diana Ung (Kiev Yann), Linda Wong (Yieng Yann), Jasmin Tam (Ngor Yann), Wilson Lo (Choueng Yann), Raymond Lau (Hing Yann), Robert Broyles (Jim), Shawn Clements (Billy), Don S. Davis (Realtor), Tom Heaton (Buddy Brannan), Gary Hetherington (Bill Johnson), Don MacKay (Dr. Fitzroy), Terry David Mulligan (Zack Coley), Meredith Bain Woodward (Elinor Howes), Janet Wright (Neighbor). 1614... Girls of the White Orchid (CBS, 11/28/1983, 120 mins). An aspiring young singer naively takes a job in a Tokyo nightspot and is drawn into a white slavery ring in which the entertainers are forced into prostitution by the Yakuza, Japan’s

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equivalent of the syndicate. This TV version of what long was a B-movie staple of an earlier generation ran through several titles before its premiere: “Abducted,” “Ride to Osaka” and “Violation of Innocence,” among others. Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Jonathan Kaplan. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Producer Claude Binyon Jr. Supervising Producers Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella. Teleplay Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella. Based on a Story by Tom Allard. Photography John Lindley. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Brent Schoenfeld. Art Director Robert Kinoshita. Cast Jennifer Jason-Leigh (Carol Heath), Thomas Byrd (Don Potter), Mako (Mori), Carolyn Seymour (Madame Mori), Richard Narita (Shiro), Soon-Teck Oh (Hatanaka), Ann Jillian (Marilyn), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Cavanaugh), Yvonne McCord (Susanne), Leslie Wing (Lisa), John Hancock (Sergeant Kelly), Lionel Decker (Travis), Eda Reiss Merin (Mrs. Powers), Isabell Monk (Esther), Keone Young (Akira), Rodney Kageyama (Police supervisor), Dian Kobayashi (Policewoman), Owen Orr (Caucasian man), James Saito (1st officer), Jenny DuBasso (Inga), Jerry Loo (1st Yakuza guard), Rob Narita (2nd Yakuza guard), Tom Allard (Vendor), Art Tizon (Businessman), Ernesto Hernandez (Latino), Jerry Tondo (Policeman in Japan), Michael Woods (Air Force buddy), Suzanne LaRusch (Hostess), George Karatsu, Hirotaka Okubo, Kenny Endoso, Norman Howell, James Lew, Cindy “Toad” Wills, Bill Saito, Phil Chong. 1615... Gladiator (ABC, 2/3/1986, 120 mins). Vigilantism gone amok is what was represented by this pilot to a prospective series, with our hero brooking no nonsense in his dedication to bringing the hit-and-run killer of his brother to justice, while at the same time ridding the highways of drunk and reckless drivers, becoming a one-man avenger of the road in his customized truck. Production Companies Walker Brothers Productions, New World Television. Director Abel Ferrara. Executive Producers Jeffrey Walker, Michael Chase Walker, Tom Schulman. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Co-Producer William Bleich. Teleplay William Bleich. Based on a Story by Tom Schulman, Jeffrey Walker. Photography James Lemmo. Music David Michael Frank. Editor Herbert H. Dow. Production Designer Richard E. LaMotte. Cast Ken Wahl (Rick Benson), Nancy Allen (Susan Neville), Robert Culp (Lt. Frank Mason), Stan Shaw (Joe), Rosemary Forsyth (Dr. Loretta Simpson), Bart Braverman (Man with pregnant woman), Brian Robbins (Jeff Benton), Rick Dees (Garth), Michael Young (Reporter), Harry Beer (Franklin), Garry Goodrow (Cadillac drunk), Robert Phalen (Dr. Maxwell), Georgie Paul (Elderly woman), Mort Sertner (Elderly man), José Flores (1st policeman), Royce D. Applegate (Phil), Mary Baldwin (Mary), Bieroz, Thom Bierdz (Kid), Gary Epper (Driving Double Rick), Gary Lev (Fast food manager), Linda Thorson (Lady in class), Stephen Anthony Henry (Man in class), Jan Merlin (2nd man in class), James Wilkey (Death car driver). 1616... The Glitter Dome (HBO, 11/18/1984, 95 mins). Joseph Wambaugh’s cop novel about two L.A. detectives who set out to crack the murder of a film mogul and get involved with Hollywood’s seamier side--from drug dealers and hustlers to kinky actresses and sadistic killers. Amiable James Garner reunited with his longtime TV sidekick Stuart Margolin, who plays the mogul’s shady nephew and also was the film’s director, coproducer, and music composer). Made for cable television, this gritty tale proved to be somewhat gamey for the networks, especially an extended sequence involving Margot Kidder as a bondage-craving actress. Production Companies Konigsberg Productions, Telepictures Corporation, Trincomali Films. Director Stuart Margolin. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producers Stuart Margolin, Justis Greene. Teleplay Stan Kallis. Based on the Novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Photography Michael Watkins, Fred Murphy. Music Stuart Margolin. Editor M.S. Martin. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Art Director Michael Bolton. Associate Producer Barry Jossen. Cast James Garner (Al Mackey), Margot Kidder (Willie), John Lithgow (Marty Welborn), John Marley (Captain Woofer), Stuart Margolin (Herman Sinclair), Paul Koslo (Griswold Veals), Colleen Dewhurst (Lorna Dilman), Alex Diakun (Weasel), Billy Kerr (Ferret), William Taylor (Officer Gibson Hand), Dusty Morean (Buckmore Phipps), Christianne Hirt (Peggy Farrel/“Jill”), Tom McBeath (Flameout Farrell), Dixie Seatle (Amazing Grace), Dale Wilson (Lloyd Bozeman), Julian Munoz (Elliot Ramos), Sal Lopez (Chucy), Real Andrews (Maxine), Stephen Chang (Minh Nguyen), Dawn Luker (Gladys), Claudine Melgrave (Yacht woman), Colin Skinner (Yacht man), Harvey Miller (Harvey Himmelfarb), Enid Saunders (Eleanor St. Denis), Alistair MacDuff (Malcolm Sinclair), Clara Kamuude (Whore), William Nunn (Detective Simon), Preston Ford (Detective Schultz), Beau Kazar (Hockey Player), Christopher Martini (Danny), Michelle Martini (Karen), Max Martini (Steven), Benson Fong (Wing/bartender). 1617... Glitz (NBC, 10/21/1988, 120 mins). This adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s bestselling 1985 crime novel, Variety wrote, “is as faithful to the original as a prisoner’s wife.” Jimmy Smits is a Miami-based cop, recovering in Puerto Rico from a gunshot wound, who tracks the killer of an old flame-turned-call girl. Along with a casino lounge singer who has fallen in with him, he wends his way to Atlantic City--only to discover that he is the murderer’s real target. Although the name of Alan Trustman (who wrote “The Thomas Crown Affair,” among others) is listed on all of the network’s press material as cowriter of the teleplay, his name does not appear among the screen credits. Production Companies Above the Line Productions, Citadel Entertainment, Lorimar Television. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producers Gary Adelson, David R. Ginsburg. Producer Steve McGlothen. Teleplay Stephen Zito. Based on a Novel by Elmore Leonard. Photography Richard Bowen. Music Dana Kaproff. 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Cast Jimmy Smits (Vincent Mora), Markie Post (Linda Moon), John Diehl (Teddy Magyk), Madison Mason (Lt. Dixie Davies), Ken Foree (DeLeon “Moose” Johnson), Geno Silva (Lorendo), James Purcell (Jackie Garbo), Robin Strasser (Nancy Donovan), Patrie Allen (La Donna), Kathleen Freeman (Mrs. Magyk), Santos Morales (Isodoro), Michael Russo (Ricky Brans), George Touliatos (Frank Cingoro), Tasia Valenza (Iris Ruiz), Kurek Ashley (Bad Isham), Harold Ayer (Jimmy Deeks), Carlos Cervantes (Osvaldo Benevides), Peter Christopher (Clerk), Lulee Fisher (The Blond), Chuck Rapoport (Bartender), Tom Simmons (Cop #1), Gavin Smith (Bodyguard), James Stern (Driver), Robert Thomas (Croupier), Shaun Toub (Maitre d’), Darrell Zwerling (Bertoia). 1618... Glory Days (CBS, 12/11/1988, 120 mins). Robert Conrad directed and stars in this drama about a middle-aged man who fulfills his desire to be a football star, going back to college after retiring and becoming a grid hero. As with most of the latter-day Conrad vehicles, this is a family affair. Real-life son Shane (for whom his production company is named) plays his screen son; real-life daughter Joan is executive producer; another daughter Nancy has a small role as a coed; close pal Roger Bacon is coproducer. Production Companies A. Shane Company, Sibling Rivalries. Director Robert Conrad. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Producers Roger Bacon, Glenn D Banner. Teleplay Timothy Stack, Larry Williams, David J. Kinghorn. Based on a Story by Timothy Stack, Larry Williams. Photography James Roberson. Music Robert Folk. Editor Kurt Bullinger. Art Director Debi Tewell. Choreography by Edward T. Hanley. Cast Robert Conrad (Michael “Mike” Moran Sr.), Jennifer O’Neill (Scotty Moran), Shane Conrad (Michael “Mikey” Moran Jr.), Stacy Edwards (Andrea Moran), Pamela Gidley (Diane Novak), Russell Curry (Jordy Colwell), Duane Davis (Gred “Hitman” Meyers), Timothy Erwin (Jokester), Micah Grant (Kevin Parr), Brian Andrew Smith (Carl “No Neck” Malone), David E. Thompkins (Bobby “Whiplash” Puckett), Ed O’Ross (Dave Trumbo), Timothy Brown (Denny Howell), Tawnia Cannell (Student), Nancy Conrad (Nancy), Michael Fisher. (High School quarterback), Edward T. Hanley (Runner), Jeff Hochendoner (Opponent), Jim Jansen (Scott Triplett), Bo Kaprall (Joe Daniels), Larry McNeely (Himself), Michael Papajohn (Player), Randy Pelish (Professor Willard), Marty Rider (Todd), Candace Stevens (Reporter), Jack Tate (Reds Bagnel). 1619... Glory! Glory! (HBO, 2/19/1989 and 2/20/1989, 2 parts, 90/105 mins). Wickedly provocative satire, initially shown in two parts, skewering televangelism, with Ellen Greene as a down-and-out rock singer who becomes a charismatic religious leader, imported to bring salvation to a once-prosperous church now on a downspin because its new leader (Richard Thomas), son of the ailing founder, is such a dullard. James Whitmore is a pragmatic church elder in this adult comedy, British film director Lindsay Anderson’s maiden American TV venture. Production Companies Stan Daniels Productions, Grief-Dore Company, Atlantis Films Ltd., Orion Television. Director Lindsay Anderson. Executive Producers Bonny Dore, Leslie Greif. Supervising Producer Michael MacMillan. Producers Stan Daniels, Seaton McLean. Co-Producer Jonathan Goodwill. Teleplay Stan Daniels. Based on a Story by Stan Daniels, Bonny Dore, Larry Hovey. Photography Mike Fash. Music Christopher Dedrick. Song John Lewis Parker, Stephanie Tyrell, Steve Tyrell, Barry Coffing, Stan Daniels. Song Performed by Ellen Greene. Editor Ruth A. Foster. Production Designer Andris Hausmanis. Art Director Andrew Poulos. Cast Ellen Greene (Sister Ruth), Richard Thomas (Rev. Bobby Joe Stuckey), James Whitmore (Lester Babbitt), Winston Rekert (Chet Madison), Barry Morse (Rev. Dan Stuckey), George Buza (Vincent Plumb), Barry Stevens (Roger Dalton), Michael Kirby (Warren Clifford), Myron Natwick (Leonard Everett), Richard Comar (Gary), Ted Simonett (Hank), Denton Young (Eric), Mikki Moore (Judy Francis), Frances Hyland (Velma), Barbara Hamilton (Selma), Richard Blackburn (Ethan), Jackie Richardson (Bessie), Jamie Near (Young Bobby Joe), Kim Lombard (Zake), David Grey (Keyboard), Jack Switzer (Bass), Chick Roberts (Dexter), Warren Van Evera (Monroe), Christina Collins (Heather), David Clement (Prof. Leroy Harris), Richard Alden (Senator Monteith), Michael Tait (Denton Thurmond), Ann de Villiers (Blind woman), Phillipe Ayoub (Aide), Michelle McAdorey (Bess Walker), Gladys O’Connor (Mrs. Dexter), Matt Cooke (Guard), J.R. Zimmerman (Constipated man), Ted Hanlon (Christ), Paul Bardier, Marcia Bennett, Wally Bondarenko, Fred Booker, Sophie Brownlee, Heather Clifford, Layne Coleman, Brian Crabb, J.J. Evans, “Bear” Finlay, Richard Fitzpatrick, Patti Gail, Linda Goranson, Lisa Jakub, Jennifer Klein, Gail Herbel, Gordon Masten, Irene Pauzer, Harvey Patterson, Thomas Rickert, Bessie Stapworthy, Brian Smegal, Paul Taylor, Shaun Taylor, Cliff Woolner. 1620... Go Toward the Light (CBS, 11/1/1988, 120 mins). Fact-based weeper about a couple (Linda Hamilton and Richard Thomas) facing the approaching death of their young son, a hemophiliac who has contracted AIDS. Ironically, Hamilton would, several years later, star in another AIDS-themed TV movie--this time as a young mother afflicted by the disease. Based on the 1988 autobiography by Chris Oyler. Production Companies Corapeake Productions, The Polson Company. Director Mike Robe. Executive Producer Beth Polson. Producer Nick Lombardo. Teleplay Susan Nanus, Beth Polson. Based on a Book by Chris Oyler, Laurie Becklund, Beth Polson. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music James Newton Howard. Editor Jim Oliver. Art Director Joe Rainey. Associate Producer Susan Nanus. Cast Linda Hamilton (Claire Madison), Piper Laurie (Margo), Joshua Harris (Ben Madison), Ned Beatty (George), Gary Bayer (Dr. Gladstone), Rosemary Dunsmore (Sally), Steve Eckholdt (Jeff), Brian Bonsall (Zack Madison), Mitchell Allen (Brian Madison), Richard Thomas (Greg Madison), Brian Lando (Keith), Ryan McWhorter (Randy), Jack Tate (Rick), John Wesley (Doctor #2), Madison Mason (Joe), Susan Krebs (Social worker), Matthew Faison (Obstetrician), Robert Sampson (Bishop

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Sawyer), Conrad Bachmann (Tillman), Nat Bernstein (Resident), John M Jackson (Dr. Paxton), Shiri Appleby (Jessica), Bill Cort (Mr. Brockett), Michelle Harrell (Receptionist), Jack Stouffer (Announcer). 1621... God Bless the Child (ABC, 3/21/1988, 120 mins). Mare Winningham is a desperate single mom, caught in the cycle of poverty as she and her young daughter are trapped by circumstances of homelessness in this affecting drama, and Dorian Harewood is the charity worker who tries to help. Suggested by a 1985 ABC newscast, “Children of Poverty,” this film initially also had that title. Production Companies An IndieProd Production, Alliance Entertainment Corp., Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Bruce J. Sallan. Producer Andras Hamori. Co-Producer Dennis Nemec. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Photography Laszlo George. Music David Shire. Editor Peter V. White. Production Designer François Seguin. Cast Mare Winningham (Theresa Johnson), Grace Johnston (Hillary Johnson), L. Scott Caldwell (Althea Marcus), Obba Babatunde (Raymond Marcus), Dorian Harewood (Calvin Reed), Jennifer Leigh Warren (Sharee Marcus), Davenia McFadden (Kathleen), Dante Terrell Smith (Richard Marcus), José Soto (Bobby), Shawana Kemp (Tracy), Charlaine Woodard (Chandra), Akuyoe (Charlesletta), Nicholas Podbrey (Kenny), Brenda Thomas Denmark (Elizabeth), Jayeson Boyd (Greg), Paul Sullivan (Ed), Kate Lynch, Jayne Eastwood, Lorena Gale, Ali Giron, Joan Austen, Jeannie Walker, David DeSanctis, Michelle Sweeney, Jacqueline Lamarre, Damilola Amurawaiye, Jason Burke, Vlasta Vrana, Timothy Webber, Charles Doucet, Arthur Holden, B.J. Reed, Lois Dellar, Sylvia Bonett, Felicia Shulman, Victoria Kogan, Philip Pretten. 1622... Goddess of Love (NBC, 11/20/1988, 120 mins). Noted “Wheel of Fortune” letter-turner Vanna White here makes her acting debut in a romantic fantasy as the legendary Venus, who springs to life after 3,000 years and falls in love with shy hairstylist (David Naughton) who runs a salon with his flamboyant partner (played by Little Richard). This bit of fluff with its somewhat bizarre casting would be the star’s only TV movie. Production Companies Phil Margo Enterprises, New World Television, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Jim Drake. Executive Producer Phil Margo. Producer Don Segall. Co-Producer Ray Manzella. Line Producer Barbara Black. Teleplay Don Segall, Phil Margo. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Mitch Margo, Dennis Dreith, A.S. Dimond. Editor Michael Economou. Production Designer Ninkey Dalton. Cast Vanna White (Venus), David Naughton (Ted Beckman), David Leisure (Jimmy Manning), Amanda Bearse (Dr. Cathy Howard), Philip Baker Hall (Detective Charles), Betsy Palmer (Hera), John Rhys-Davies (Zeus), Little Richard (Alphonso), Raymond O’Connor (Joe), Michael Goldfinger (Mack), Jennifer Bassey (Mrs. Wilson), Marty Davis (Guard), David Dunham (Fire marshal), James Edgcomb (Uniformed policeman), Lyndsey Fields (Tour guide), Mitchell Kreindel (Bud Foreman), Robin Krueger (Mrs. Feeney), Vincent Lucchesi (Wally), Stuart Mabray (Cop #1), Phil Margo (Lounge lizard #1), John C. Moskoff (Desk cop), Phil Reeves (Clergyman), Florence Shauffer (Aunt Julie), Don Segall (Lounge lizard #2), Shari Shattuck (Debbie), Paul Tinder (Guy #1), Jordana Capra (Athena), Sid Haig (Hephaestius), Kay E. Kuter (Neptune), Ben Schick (Mercury). 1623... Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (CBS, 5/8/1985, 120 mins). The Bill Johnson story follows the fortunes of a tough, street-smart skier from Oregon who put his scrapes with the law behind him and emerged a Gold Medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Anthony Edwards, one of filmdom’s self-styled “brat pack” of the early 1980s, and later star of “ER,” is Johnson, Dennis Weaver is his dad, and soap star Wayne Northrop is his Olympic coach. Initially, this film was to have been titled “Guts and Glory: The Bill Johnson Story.” Production Companies Goodman-Rosen Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Producers Gary Goodman, Barry Rosen. Teleplay Maxwell Pitt. Based on a Story by Maxwell Pitt, Elizabeth A. Bardsley. Photography Cristiano Pogany, Robert Jessup. Music J.A. Redford. Editors Tom Stevens, Charles V. Coleman. Art Director Aurelio Crugnola. Cast Anthony Edwards (Bill Johnson), Sarah Jessica Parker (Maggie), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Kimberly), Wayne Northrop (Lider), Dennis Weaver (Wally Johnson), Ed Bishop (Sanders), David Lema (Perlmutter), Jean-Marc Barr (Scott), Sam DeFazio (Faulstich), Danny Pinto (Montana), Roman Muller (Hans Wiener), Paul Sinclair (Jed), Michael John Paliotti (Buddy Gilmore), William Berger (Stuart), Vicko Ruic (Yorgy), Venantino Venantini (Friedmeyer), Karlo Metikos (Elvis Presley), Todd Duckworth (Craig), Christianne Hirt (Cindy), Tom Heaton (Police sergeant), Don MacKay (Harry/mailman), Terry David Mulligan (Announcer). 1624... Going to the Chapel (NBC, 10/9/1988, 120 mins). A roster of alphabetically listed familiar faces from assorted TV series play feuding friends, obnoxious relatives, and various family members who think they know best sabotage the perfect wedding of Michele Greene and Scott Valentine and make it a comic nightmare. Original title: “Wedding Bell Blues” Production Companies The Furia Organization, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company. Director Paul Lynch. Executive Producer Barry Oringer. Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Erik Tarloff. Photography Chuck Arnold. Music Charles Fox. Editor Leslie Dennis Bracken. Art Director Joe Rainey. Cast Barbara Billingsley (Aunt Clair), Eileen Brennan (Maude Roberti), Joel Brooks (Rod Armitage), Michele Greene (Margo Roberti), Wendy Kilbourne (Alice Gladstone), Cloris Leachman (Buff Haldane), Mark Linn-Baker (Norman Brinkman), John Ratzenberger (Uncle Walt Caruso), Jennifer Savidge (Tina Roberti), Jane Sibbett (Judith Corcoran), Michael Talbott (Marty Harris), Scott Valentine (Jeff Haldane), Dick Van Patten (Rick Schuler), Max Wright (Howard Haldane), Earl Boen (Mr. Palmer),

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Ellen Albertini Dow (Grandma Haldane), John Di Santi (Cabbie), Linda Dona (Cathy), Jon Menick (Desk clerk #1), Marianne Muellerleile (Linda), Bill Wiley (Desk clerk #2), Robin Antin (Kimberly), Dian Kobayashi (Travel agent), Alice Lunsford (Hostess), Yosh Moriwaki (Japanese translator), Rand Walters (Paul), Ed Williams (Reverend Morton), Adam Zerkel (Jason). 1625... Golden Gate (ABC, 9/25/1981, 120 mins). A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted but ailing patriarch’s son and a ruthless businessman who tries for a takeover. This sudsy pilot is in the “Dallas”-“Dynasty”-“Falcon Crest” soap opera school. Production Companies Lin Bolen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Lin Bolen. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Ralph Burns. Editor Gerald J. Wilson. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Henry Kline. Cast Perry King (Jordan Kingsley), Jean Simmons (Jane Kingsley), Richard Kiley (Thomas J. Kingsley), Robyn Douglass (Candy Martin), Mary Crosby (Natalie Kingsley), John Saxon (Monty Sagar), Melanie Griffith (Karen), Cheryl Paris (Claire McCartney), Margaret Blye (Bess McCartney), Tim Thomerson (Frank Nightingale), Peter Donat (Richard Byrne), Eric Coplin (Johnny Kingsley), Jason Evers (Harry Stillwell), Jordan Wendkos, Russ Marin, Scott Devenney, Weston Gavin, Robert Picardo, Robert Rockwell, Lynn Seibel, Don Keefer, Archie Lang, Warren Munson, Buck Young, David Bowman, Kathleen Coyne, Robert Moloney. 1626... The Golden Moment--An Olympic Love Story (NBC, 5/25/1980 and 5/26/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete (David Keith) whose dreams of winning the Decathlon are threatened by his romance with a pretty Russian gymnast (Stephanie Zimbalist). Its two stars then were on the verge of major TV and screen recognition, but not soon enough to help this two-part romantic youth-oriented drama already made somewhat redundant by this country’s withdrawal from competition. To its team of sound mixers, however, went an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Don Ohlmeyer Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Richard C. Sarafian. Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Teleplay David Peckinpah. Based on a Story by Don Ohlmeyer, Douglas Wolfe. Photography Stephen H. Burum. Music Perry Botkin. Editors Gregory Prange, Robert Florio. Art Director John Vallone. Associate Producer Michael Greenburg. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Anya Andreyev), David Keith (Wayne Robinson), Richard Lawson (Gene Davis), Victor French (Anatoly Andreyev), Merlin Olsen (Todd Simms), Ed McMahon (Marv Jordon), Salome Jens (Ilyena), Robert Peirce (Viktor), Jack Palance (Whitey Robinson), James Earl Jones (Dane Oliver), Bryant Gumbel (Himself), Charlie Jones (Himself), O.J. Simpson (Himself), Dick Enberg (Himself), Bruce Jenner (Himself), Kerry Sherman, Sunny Johnson, Nicholas Mele, Paul Larson, Diane Sommerfield, Jeff Severson, Denise Cheshire, Dan C Reed, J.P. Bumstead, Lance Rosen, John Kelly, Ken Foree, James Saito, Preston Sparks, Wolfgang Linkman, Owen Bush, Emmet Brown, Patricia Dratel, Jo Ann Lehmann. 1627... Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (NBC, 2/19/1981, 120 mins). In this sequel to 1979’s “Goldie and the Boxer,” the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ (O.J. Simpson) and his 10-year-old manager (Melissa Michaelsen), flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution. Jack Gilford takes the part an ailing Phil Silvers had in the original (boxer Joe Gallagher’s trainer), and Stubby Kaye and Sheila MacRae are his show biz cousins. Production Companies Columbia Pictures Television, Orenthal Productions. Director David Miller. Executive Producer O.J. Simpson. Supervising Producer Dan Mark. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, Lew Hunter. Based on a Story by Benjamin Ashley, Ethel Brez, Mel Brez. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor J. Terry Williams. Choreographer Don Crichton. Art Directors Robert Purcell, Ross Bellah. Cast O.J. Simpson (Joe Gallagher), Melissa Michaelsen (Goldie Kellogg), Roger Bowen (Scott Durkin), Reb Brown (Brian Kilpatrick/Johnny Gems), Jack Gilford (Wally), James Gregory (Leo Hackett), Stubby Kaye (Babe), Sheila MacRae (Cuddles), Robert Mandan (Jack Fountain), Frank Marth (Judge), Lynne Moody (Melanie Foster), George O. Petrie (Frank), Bill Williams (Cowboy Bob), Larry Levine (Matty), Sparky Marcus (Petey Hunter), Timothy Gibbs (Artie Philips), Meg Wyllie (Glenda), George Wilbur (Sugar Jack Harris), Ivor Francis (Dr. William Walken), Bill Baldwin (Fight announcer), Ray Young (Tex Brown), Richard Aute (Ronnie), Anthony Aiello (Reporter), Jeanette O’Connell (Reporter), Nicholas Worth (Steve Gleason), Bob Ozman (Fight official), Al Silvani (LA referee), Raleigh Bond (The Director), Fred D. Scott, Melanie Vincz, Mike Walden. 1628... Goliath Awaits (Syndicated, 11/16/1981 and 11/17/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Oceanographer Mark Harmon, diving to claim salvage rights to the fictional luxury liner Goliath that was sunk by U-boats during World War II, discovers that a small colony of survivors, trapped for over 40 years, are alive and well in the wreckage, with their Utopian society ruled by a benevolent dictator (Christopher Lee) who had been the ship’s engineer. This two-part four-hour original undersea adventure tale was one of the periodic Operation Prime Time entries. Production Companies Larry White Productions, Hugh Benson Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Kevin Connor. Executive Producer Larry White. Producers Hugh Benson, Richard Bluel. Teleplay Pat Fiedler, Richard Bluel. Based on an Idea by Hugh Benson, Richard Bluel. Photography Al Francis. Music George Duning. Editors J. Terry Williams, Donald Douglas. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Pat Fiedler. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Mark Harmon (Peter Cabot), Christopher Lee (John McKenzie), Eddie Albert (Adm. Wiley Sloan), John Carradine (Ronald Bentley), Alex Cord (Dr. Sam Marlow), Robert Forster (Comm. Jeff Selkirk), Frank Gorshin (Dan Wesker), Jean Marsh

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(Dr. Goldman), John McIntire (Senator Bartholomew), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Bartholomew), Emma Samms (Lea McKenzie), Alan Fudge (Comm. Lew Bascomb), Duncan Regehr (Paul Ryker), John Ratzenberger (Bill Sweeney), Kip Niven (Gantman), Hedley Mattingly (Bailey), George Innes (Dave Miller), Alan Caillou (Captain of Goliath), Warwick Sims (Luke Crane), Belinda Mayne (Sally Crane), Christina Nigra (Beth Crane), Michael Evans (Eric Whittaker), Peter von Zerneck (Hoffman), Tony Ballen (Edward R. Morrow), Laurence Haddon (Captain Volero of the Selma), Lori Lethin (Maria), Julie Bennett (Sylvia King), Clete Roberts (Anchorman [himself]), Irene Hervey (Carrie), Sandy Simpson (Moore), Peter Stader (Ed Linder), John Brandon (Chief Engineer), Jack Blessing (Roskoff), Lawrence Benedict (Young Bailey), Bruce Heighley (Technician), John Berwick (Crewman), Michael Vendrell (Robby Cole), Larry Weston (Bow person), Peter Ashton (Enterprise Four commander), Karen Lustgarten (Nurse), Larry Levine (Enterprise Four officer). 1629... A Good Sport (CBS, 2/8/1984, 120 mins). A “Woman of the Year”-type romantic comedy teams Lee Remick, as the stylish editor of a fashion magazine, with Ralph Waite, as a rumpled Manhattan sports reporter, and has them endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level. Filmed entirely on location in New York. Production Companies Ralph Waite Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producers Ralph Waite, Richard Dorso. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Arnold Margolin. Photography Fred Schuler. Music Mark Snow. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director W. Woods Mackintosh. Associate Producer Gary Griffen. Cast Lee Remick (Michelle Tenney), Ralph Waite (Tommy O’Bannon), Sam Gray (Abe), Richard Hamilton (Carl), Delphi Harrington (Diana), Tracy Pollan (Suzanne Tenney), Dan Frazer (Byron Carter), Antonio Fargas (Clifford), Janie Sell (Sherri), James B. Douglas (Benny the bartender), Melinda Fee (Sheila), Ron McLarty (Brad Rolling), Joe Morton (Lionel Zachary), Cydney Cort, Kate Colleran, Augustus Waite, Bruce Waite. 1630... Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (Disney, 12/3/1988, 90 mins). Impressive Disney period drama revolving around a family of Greek immigrants living in rural West Virginia around World War I. This story of innocence, in the person of the family’s idealistic teenage daughter (played by Roxana Zal) and her friendship with a local black man, versus evil (local prejudice, bigotry, and the KKK) is set against a canvas of small-town Americana that includes the outbreak of war, an explosion at the local factory, a deadly Spanish influenza epidemic, and the annual Miss 4th of July contest. The film was adapted from “Miss 4th of July, Goodbye,” the 1985 novel by Christopher G. Janus (the first member of his family to be born in America) that chronicles the family’s immigrant experiences. Production Companies The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, Walt Disney Television. Director George Miller. Executive Producers Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Producers Christopher Seiter, Josephine Lyons, Peter Miller. Teleplay Kathy McCormick. Based on a Book by Christopher G. Janus. Photography Neil Roach. Music Mark Snow. Editor Jim Gross. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer David Roessell. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Big John Creed), Chris Sarandon (George Janus), Chantal Contouri (Olympia Janus), Chynna Phillips (Alma), Mitchell Anderson (Henderson Kerr), Conchata Ferrell (Minnie Bixby), Ed Lauter (B.D. Devon), Walker Edmiston (Dr. O’Neill), Ned Vaughn (Tommy), Roxana Zal (Niki Janus), Kai Wulff (Peter Getmer), E’Lon (Jimmy Washington), Phil Diskin (Mr. Stamos), Andrew R. Stahl (Earl Whatley), Richard Speight Jr. (Young Klansman), Andy Rice (Soldier), George Roberts (Mayor Kerr), Charlie Riddle (Sheriff), Jackie Wright Miller (Woman at station), Tim Powell (Rev. Bob Carter), Dan Owensby (Billy Ray Odum), Patrick Cobble (Billy), Andrew Cobble (Eugene), Danny Dill (Judge), Mark Slagle (Prosecutor), Peggy Shipe, Harriet Sumner, Robert Mausolf. 1631... Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid (TNT, 5/10/1989, 120 mins). Fanciful account of Billy the Kid, his arrest for the murder of the rancher who took him on as a young cowhand and was like a father to him, his parrying with friend-turned foe Sheriff Pat Garrett, his discussions of amnesty from Governor Lew Wallace (also known as author of “Ben-Hur”), and his fictional affair with Garrett’s sister-in-law. This was author Gore Vidal’s second go at the Billy the Kid legend: in the mid ’50s there was Vidal’s TV drama “The Death of Billy the Kid,” which starred Paul Newman (who subsequently made it into the 1958 film “The LeftHanded Gun”). Production Companies von Zerneck-Sertner Films, Turner Network Television. Director William A Graham. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producers Gregory Prange, Phillips Wylly Sr. Teleplay Gore Vidal. Photography Denis C Lewiston. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor William B. Stich. Production Designer Donald Light-Harris. Cast Val Kilmer (William Bonney), Duncan Regehr (Pat Garrett), Julie Carmen (Celsa), René Auberjonois (Drunk), Wilford Brimley (Gov. Lew Wallace), Tom Everett (Joe Poe), Michael Parks (Rynerson), Albert Salmi (Pete Maxwell), Red West (Joe Grant), Gore Vidal (Minister), Patrick Massett (Tom), Ned Vaughn (Charlie), Nate Esformes (Valdez), Andrew Bicknell (John Tunstall), John O’Hurley (J.J. Dolan), Burr Steers (Gang member), Mike Casper (Ollinger), Jack Dunlap (Brady), Billy Joe Patton (Peppin), Bing Blenman (Deputy Sheriff), Roberto Guajardo (Photographer), Richard Glover (Beaver Smith), Richard Blake (Bartender), Sam Smiley (Hotel clerk), Ed Adams (Posse man), Kirk Nelson (Lieutenant), Clark Ray (Mulligan), Henry Max Kendrick (Dolan’s man), Ric Sannicholas (Bell), Rich Wheeler (Carpenter), Tiny Wells (Cowman), William M. Hannah (Duff). 1632... Gore Vidal’s Lincoln (NBC, 3/27/1988 and 3/28/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Four-hour adaptation by the estimable Ernest Kinoy of Gore Vidal’s 1984 best-seller tracing the personal and political life of the 16th president from just prior to his inauguration until his assassination. Sam Waterston repeated his Lincoln which he had done in assorted stage

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productions; Mary Tyler Moore received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Actress in a Drama Special or Miniseries; Ruby Dee also was Emmy nominated for her Elizabeth Keckley, former slave-turned hairdresser and only friend and confidante of Mrs. Lincoln; and John Houseman gave his last performance, playing Gen. Winfield Scott. The drama itself received an Emmy nomination, as did production designer Paul Peters, set decorator Lynn Smartt, costume designers George Little and Joseph G. Aulisi, and hairstylists Kevin Trahan and Sally Harper (all for part 1). Lamont Johnson took the Emmy for Outstanding Direction. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Producers Robert W. Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Based on a Novel by Gore Vidal. Photography William Wages. Music Ernest Gold. Editor Jim Oliver. Production Designer Paul Peters. Associate Producer David Roessell. Cast Sam Waterston (Abraham Lincoln), Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Todd Lincoln), Richard Mulligan (William Seward), Deborah Adair (Kate Chase), Tom Brennan (Sen. Charles Sumner), Gregory Cooke (Robert Lincoln), Steven Culp (John Hay), Ruby Dee (Elizabeth Keckley), Jerome Dempsey (Cong. Elihu Washburne), Jeffrey DeMunn (Billy Herndon), Jon DeVries (Sec. Edwin Stanton), George Ede (McManus), Robin Gammell (Sen. Stephen Douglas), James Gammon (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant), Thomas Gibson (Gov. William Sprague), Tim Guinee (Col. Elmer Ellsworth), David Leary (Gen. George McClellan), Cleavon Little (E.M. Thomas), John McMartin (Sen. Salmon P. Chase), Patrick Rowe (Ward Hill Lamond), John Houseman (Gen. Winfield Scott), James Anklam (Telegraph operator #1), Bev Appleton (Office seeker #2), Joe Ayres (Singing soldier), Greg Baber (Henry), Coby Batty (Earle), Charles Thomas Baxter (Staff captain), John Billings (Assistant manager), Roy Butler (Southern Congressman #3), Dick Cheatham (Staff officer), Bill Chorney (Pinkerton), Ray Collins (Office seeker #5), Ritchie Copenhaver (Captain Holmes), Del Driver (Thompson), Glenn Faigen (John Wilkes Booth), Bill Falkenstein (Plenipotentiary), Kevin Grantz (Office seeker #3), Fay Greenbaum (Mrs. Ord), Dick Harrington (Stewart), Rick Hite (Speaker Hickman), J. Michael Hunter (Office seeker #1), Karen Hutcheson (Julia Grant), Edward James Hyland (Editor Forney), Phil Hyland (Young soldier), Helen Jervey (Mrs. Laury), Col. Marion Johnson (Blair), Lee Lively (Gen. John Wool), Jim Lowell (Southern Congressman #2), Tom Mason (Southern Congressman #1), John Mingus (Governor Curtin), Kevin Murry (Hotel clerk), Patrick Coe McCluskey (Willie Perham), Harry McEnerny (Leland Grover), R. Max Ramsey (Manservant), Adrien Riedler (Fred Grant), Stephen Rudlin (Telegraph operator #2), Alan Sader (Sickles), Michael Schauer (Barkeep), Bob Schindler (Sergeant), Troy Sweeney (Tad Lincoln), Richard Travis (Nicolay), Rick Warner (Staff colonel), Paul Welch (Willie Lincoln), Phil Whiteay (Glove salesman), Tom Width (Surgeon). 1633... The Gossip Columnist (Syndicated, 3/21/1980, 120 mins). Aspiring political writer Kim Cattrall is pressured by editor Dick Sargent to take over the Hollywood gossip column from which he has removed aging news-hen Sylvia Sidney. Martha Raye is an on-the-skids club singer hoping for a comeback, and, in a nice nostalgic touch, she is seen briefly in a film clip from “Never Say Die,” one of her early movies with Bob Hope. Production Companies Universal Television, Operation Prime Time. Director James Sheldon. Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Michael Gleason. Photography Enzo A. Martinelli. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Associate Producer Yvonne Demery. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Bobby Vinton (Marty Kaplan), Robert Vaughn (Mark Case), Dick Sargent (Alan Keyes), Kim Cattrall (Dina Moran), Conrad Janis (Ivan Block), Joe Penny (Paul Cameron), Martha Raye (Georgia O’Hanlon), Bobby Sherman (Buddy Harwin), Sylvia Sidney (Alma Lewellyn), Lyle Waggoner (Terry Anderson), Steve Allen (Himself), Jim Backus (Himself), Henny Backus (Herself), Jack Carter (Himself), Allen Ludden (Himself), Jayne Meadows (Herself), Rip Taylor (Himself), Betty White (Herself), Richard Deacon (Director), Stanley Kamel (Phil), Lynne Randall (Stacey Stevens), Ivor Barry (Maitre d’), David Sheehan (Himself), Pat Akins (3rd photographer), Paul Brown (Assistant director), Catherine Campbell (Darleen Daniels), Kathryn Daley (Stewardess), Ernie Garrett (1st photographer), John Hart (Gentleman), Timothy O’Hagan (Officer), Joe Terry (2nd photographer), Roxy Young (Receptionist). 1634... Gotham (Showtime, 8/21/1988, 100 mins). Noirish, humor-tinged tale with Tommy Lee Jones as a down-on-hisluck Manhattan gumshoe hired by a wealthy financier to find the latter’s wife and stop her from harassing him--except that she is dead and buried. Her ghost, however, has returned to demand the jewels that hubby had neglected to throw into the coffin with her. Haunting Virginia Madsen is the dead woman who begins a steamy love affair with the hard-boiled detective. Nearly unrecognizable Frederic Forrest is a long-bearded orthodox priest who gives the shamus some unorthodox advice in a scene or two. Production Companies Keith Addis & Associates Productions, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Lloyd Fonvielle. Executive Producers Gerald I. Isenberg, Keith Addis. Producer David Latt. Co-Producer Eli Johnson. Teleplay Lloyd Fonvielle. Photography Michael Chapman. Music George S. Clinton. Song Performed by J.B. White. Editor Evan Lottman. Production Designer Carol Spier. Art Director James McAteer. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Eddie Martel Mallard), Virginia Madsen (Rachel Carlyle), Colin Bruce (Charlie Rand), Denise Stephenson (Debbie), Kevin Jarre (Tim), Frederic Forrest (Father George), J.B. White (Jimbo), Michael Chapman (Landlord), Alec Willows (Bartender), Jack Creley (Grandfather), Peter Jobin (Doorman), Michael Villela (Cop), David Cryer (Waiter), Holly Johnson (Singer), Hugh McCarten (Piano player). 1635... Grace Kelly (ABC, 2/21/1983, 120 mins). This valentine to the Philadelphia socialite who hit it big in show business before giving up her career to marry Monaco’s Prince Rainier in 1956 reportedly had Princess Grace’s blessings as well as her participation and input, until her death from a stroke and an automobile accident in September 1982. Aside from Cheryl Ladd,

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made up to look remarkably like Grace, in the title role of the movie covering her life up to her wedding, the cast includes Lloyd Bridges (who had acted with Grace Kelly in “High Noon”) as her father, and assorted show business figures impersonated in passing. Production Companies Takota Productions, Embassy Television. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producers Michael Weisbarth, Brian Russell. Producer Stanley Chase. Teleplay Cynthia Mandelberg. Photography Woody Omens. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Editors John C. Horger, Gene Foster. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Associate Producer Phillips Wylly. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Grace Kelly), Lloyd Bridges (Jack Kelly), Diane Ladd (Margaret Kelly), Alejandro Rey (Oleg Cassini), Ian McShane (Prince Rainier), William Schallert (Father Tucker), Marta DuBois (Rita Gam), Salome Jens (Mady Christians), Ryan MacDonald (Mr. Austin), Donna Martel (Mrs. Austin), David Paymer (Jay Kantner), Paul Lieber (Mr. Stern), Paul Lambert (Raymond Massey), Boyd Holister (Clark Gable), Scott Edmund Lane (Tom), Edith Fellows (Edith Head), Dorothy Constantine (Grace’s hairdresser), Christina Applegate (Grace as a child), Walker Edmiston (Fred Zinnemann), Janet Wood (Elaine), Rene Roussell (Jean-Pierre Aumont), Gisele Grimm (Countess De Segonzac), Pierre Fromont (Colonel Severec), Jaime Alba (Delivery boy), Anthony Benson (Still photographer), Arthur Berggren (Alec Guinness), Van Corwith (William Holden), Bill Sorrells (George Seaton), Lomax Study (Alfred Hitchcock), Brian Patrick Clark, Heidi Bohay, Ben Piazza, Michael Alan Brooks, Edward Call, Mark Carlton, Donald Carter, James Caulder, Michael Chemey, Alain Chevalier, Al Dunlap, Don Galvezani, William Hellinger, Marilyn Horones, Jean LaFrançois, Lennine Richelle Mellinger, Roland Mark, Milton Murrill, James Newell, Edward Penny, Tony Rohr, Simon Rouse, Charles Stewart, Roger Til, Phillip Tripp, Noni White, Wendee Winters. 1636... Grambling’s White Tiger (NBC, 10/4/1981, 120 mins). The true story of James Gregory, an outstanding high school quarterback from California who, hoping to get into pro football, becomes the lone white student at Grambling College in Louisiana. Harry Belafonte made his TV dramatic debut as the famed Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, and the part of Gregory was the first starring role for sports star-turned-actor Bruce Jenner,whose production company co-produced the film. Jenner’s manager since becoming an Olympic decathlon gold medalist in 1978, George Wallach, is the other half of Jenner/Wallach Productions. Based on Bruce Behrenberg’s book “My Littler Brother Is Coming Tomorrow.” A dispute over screen credit for writing involved veteran Abby Mann, who was a script consultant on the project and supervised several rewrites, and the three writers finally credited had to be arbitrated by the Writers Guild. Production Companies InterPlanetary Productions, Jenner-Wallach Productions. Director Georg Stanford Brown. Executive Producers George Wallach, Max A. Keller. Producers Bert Gold, Micheline H. Keller. Teleplay Zev Cohen, Louis A. Potter, William Attaway. Based on a Book by Bruce Behrenberg. Photography Joseph M. Wilcots. Music John D’Andrea, Michael Lloyd. Editor David Rosenbloom. Art Director Fred Price. Associate Producer Scoey Mitchlll. Cast Bruce Jenner (Jim Gregory), Dennis Haysbert (James “Shack” Harris), Bill Overton (“Fat Rabbit” Manning), Deborah Pratt (Jennifer Johnson), Byron Stewart (Anthony “Sandman” Collins), Ray Vitte (Ronald “Rags” Downey), LeVar Burton (Charles “Tank” Smith), Harry Belafonte (Eddie Robinson), Herbert Nelson (“Slob”), Vance Davis (Coach Don Porter), Fred Pinkard (Dr. Johnson), Katie Robinson (Waitress), Dorsey Richards (“Rhino”), Daniel Joseph Bernard (Gibbons), Mark Chavis (Chris), Anita Parrott (Mrs. Johnson), Robert Parham (J.J. Johnson), Gilbert Culpepper (Holmes). 1637... The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway (NBC, 4/21/1980, 120 mins). Two teenagers on the run with a quarter of a million dollars belonging to an illegal drug ring are pursued by suave crime czar George Hamilton and, after they gain a celebrity of sorts, by the whole country, which wants to partake of their largesse in their coast-to-coast spending spree. Production Company Penthouse Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers Alan Surgal, Florence Small. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Philip H. Reisman Jr. Photography Gert Anderson. Music John Parker. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast David Kyle (Jim Bailey), Elissa Leeds (Hallie Dornbusch), Albert Salmi (J.J. Hicks), Richard Bull (Mr. Dornbusch), James Keach (Bondo), Audrey Totter (Judge), Dee Carroll (Mrs. Dornbusch), Duane Tucker (Ed Snow), Peggy Rea (Motel owner), Sam Edwards (Announcer), George Hamilton (Hightower), Eddie Quillan (Alfred Ammonet), Albert Able (Corrigan), Mary Margaret Amato (Waitress), Dick Geary, Ray Ballard, Bill McSwain, Jonathan Kidd, Janis Jamison, James Gavin, Ron Kelly, Donovan Scott. 1638... The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (NBC, 11/6/1988 and 11/7/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part war drama in which the original 1963 adventure thriller is more or less remade in the first part (the Great Escape) and continues on through the aftermath of the fact-based story in the second, in which a small group of former POWs return to Nazi Germany to hunt down the killers of 50 fellow prisoners. Christopher Reeve is curiously cast as a German-speaking American-born British officer; Judd Hirsch comes onto the scene in part 2 as an American intelligence officer assigned by Churchill to help in the hunt; and Donald Pleasence, who played The Forger in the original and was killed off, here is a nasty SS officer. The film, shot in and around Zagreb, Yugoslavia, had two directors, Paul Wendkos for part 1 and Jud Taylor for part 2. Production Companies Michael Jaffe Films, Spectacor Films. Director (Part 1) Paul Wendkos. Director (Part 2) Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Michael Jaffe. Producer Jud Taylor. Co-Producer Branko Lustig. Teleplay Walter Halsey Davis. Photography Dietrich Lohmann. Music Johnny Mandel. Editors Paul LaMastra, Christopher Cooke. Production Designer Malcolm Middleton.

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Cast Christopher Reeve (Maj. John Dodge), Judd Hirsch (Capt. David Matthews [part 2]), Anthony John Denison (Lt. Mike Corey), Charles Haid (Sgt. Mac MacKenzie), Michael Nader (Burchhardt), Ian McShane (Roger Bushell), Mijou Kovacs (Marie-Chantel DuBois), Derek de Lint (Dr. Thost), Donald Pleasence (Dr. Absalon), Andrew Bicknell (Cmdr. Wings Day), Manfred Andrae (Col. Von Lindeiner), Martin Umbach (Franz Pieber), Karl-Heinz Knaup (Max Wielen), Tony Mathews (Captain Whitely), Karlheinz Lemken (Herr Schmidt), Ron Donachie (Al Hake), Peter Dennis (Group Captain Massey), Geoffrey Beevers (Jim Kitteridge), Ulrich Gunther (Rubberneck), Dieter Steinbrink (Interrogator), Christopher Neame (Kiowski), Dominique Gould (Jules), Ludwig Haas (Adolph Hitler), Robert Daws (Kidder), Brian Pettifer (Kirby-Green), Ian Redford (Willie), Bill Wallis (Schatz), Klaus Brunberg (Zacharias), Michael Gahr (Herman Goering), Sreten Mokrovic (Wielen’s assistant), Dusko Valentic (Corporal Breslau), Serge Marquand (French farmhand), Ronald Lacey (Winston Churchill), Manning Redwood (General McLaren), Garrick Hagon (Major Paul), Ronnie Janot (Hans Gebhart), Ian Tyler (Cpl. Tony Gampesi), James Carroll Jordan (Captain Lewis), Russell Kilmister (Johnson), Charles Millot (Bartender in Brno), Michael Habeck (Bar owner in Hamburg), Christopher Muncke (MP captain), Vlado Bacic, Demeter Bitenc, Jerzy Rogulski, Johnny Dennis, Richard Aylen, Sam Miller, Vlado Zivkovic, Damir Saban, Ivan Joncis, Helena Buljan, Huguette Faget, Nikola Gec, Raymond Witch. 1639... Great Expectations (Disney, 7/9/1989 to 7/11/1989, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Three-part adaptation fully exploring Charles Dickens’ enduring novel, tracing the growth of Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, sent off by a benefactor to become a gentleman and realize his great expectations. Anthony Hopkins earned an Emmy nomination for a typically polished performance as the adult Pip (Stacy Keach originally was engaged to do the part) and Jean Simmons, who as an up-and-coming teenager played the Young Estella in David Lean’s 1946 version, here is Miss Haversham. Other Emmy nominations went to production designer Keith Wilson, costume designers Joyce Stoneman and Tiny Nichols, and hairstylist Eithne Fennell. This British-made production premiered in America on the Disney Channel a full two years before airing in Great Britain. Production Companies PrimeTime Television Ltd., HTV Ltd., The Disney Channel. Director Kevin Connor. Producer Greg Smith. Teleplay John Goldsmith. Based on a Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Doug Milsome. Music Ken Thorne. Editor Barry Peters. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Costume Designer Joyce Stoneman. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Magwitch), Jean Simmons (Miss Havisham), John Rhys-Davies (Joe Gargery), Ray McAnally (Mr. Jaggers), Anthony Calf (Pip), Kim Thomson (Estella), Adam Blackwood (Herbert Pocket), Sean Arnold (Compeyson), Niven Boyd (Orlick), Susan Franklyn (Biddy), Martin Harvey (Young Pip), Charles Lewson (Wemmick), Rosemary McHale (Mrs. Joe Gargery), Frank Middlemass (Uncle Pumblechook), John Quentin (Mr. Wopsie), Owen Teale (Mr. Drummle), Frank Thornton (Mr. Trabb), Carolyn Jones (Molly), Preston Lockwood (Mr. Hubble), Evan Pearce (Mrs. Hubble), P.J. Davidson (Sergeant), Maria Charles (Sarah Pocket), Madaleine Moffatt (Georgina), Gerald Campion (Mr. Raymond), Hilary Mason (Mrs. Fragge), Shirley Steffox (Mrs. Camilla), Henry Powers (Young Herbert), Desmond Barrit (Jaggers’ client), John Sharp (Judge), Simon Warwick (Mr. Startop), Charles Pemberton (Mr. Philbean), Angela Ellis (Mrs. Pocket), Sarah Crowden (Miss Skiffkins), Jonathan Newth (Matthew Pocket), Paul Reynolds, Jonathan Stevens, Arthur Hewlett, Jeffrey Gardiner, Christine Moore, John Quarmby, Stephanie Schonfeld, Frank Moorey, Martino Lazzeri, Peter Gorey, Peter Spraggon. 1640... Gridlock (NBC, 10/2/1980, 120 mins). A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl. Howard Hesseman plays the voice of an unseen radio disc jockey whose happy-talk commentary throughout keeps the stranded motorists entertained. Later called “The Great American Traffic Jam.” Production Company Ten-Four Productions. Director James Frawley. Executive Producers Greg Strangis, Sam Strangis. Producers Arthur E. McLaird, David Hackel, Steve Hattman. Photography Charles Correll. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Dominick DiMascio. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Frank “Cat” Ballou. Cast Desi Arnaz Jr. (Robbie Reinhardt), John Beck (Buzz Gregory), Noah Beery (Barney), René Enriquez (Mayor Julio Escontrerez), Shelley Fabares (Louise Gregory), Phil Foster (Koppleman), James Gregory (Gen. Caribou Caruthers), Lisa Hartman (Nikki), Michael Lerner (Marv), Rue McClanahan (Adele Sherman), James McEachin (Speed-O), Ed McMahon (Henry Sherman), Al Molinaro (Sightseer), Charles Napier (Sonny), Christopher Norris (Linda Reinhardt), Alan Sues (Dudley), Vic Tayback (Floyd “Snake” Kraslowski), Abe Vigoda (Herb), Lyle Waggoner (Wilbur Stokes), Marcia Wallace (Boom Boom Shavelson), Howard Hesseman (Voice of Señor Smooth), Robbie Rist (Rick Gregory), Larry Hankin (Sill), William Bryant (Long Hauler), Nedra Volz (Mrs. Felcher), Titos Vandis (Nuzzi), Seven Anne McDonald (Chris), Rod Burton (Skeeter), Jon Sloan (Pete), Jack Galvin Clark (Golfer), Art James (Golfer), Jim Perry (Golfer), Wink Martindale (Sam), Paul Willson (Danny), Pamela Ann Rack, Norman Shields, Cynthia Songe, Joey Lawrence. 1641... The Guardian (HBO, 10/20/1984, 110 mins). A no-nonsense ex-military man (Louis Gossett Jr.) is hired as security guard by tenants of an upper West Side apartment building in Manhattan where a murder recently occurred, arousing the suspicions of one of the inhabitants, a liberal (Martin Sheen), who wonders whether their new employee is a protector or instigator after a new set of assaults is uncovered. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, Richard Levinson-William Link Productions, Stanley Chase Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Stanley Chase, Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert Cooper. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music Robert O. Ragland. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Production Designer Trevor Williams, .

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Cast Martin Sheen (Charles Hyatt), Louis Gossett Jr. (John Mack), Arthur Hill (Dr. .Phil Julian), Tandy Cronyn (Lynn Hyatt), Simon Reynolds (Robbie Hyatt), Tom Harvey (Mr. Wicker), Maury Chaykin (Rudy Simbro), Anthony Sherwood (Mr. Chambers), Taborah Johnson (Mrs. Chambers), Dinah Christie (Claire Julian), Kate Lynch (Fran), Shaun Taylor (Junkie), Bathsheba Grant (Ida Jacobs), Hadley Kay (Jason), Sean McCann (Lt. John Yaeger), Harvey Atkin (Mr. Wallace), Robert Reece (Beret), David Labiosa (Puerto Rican boy), Boris Lara (Puerto Rican boy), Al Bernardo (Mr. Androsia), Sharon Dyer (Mrs. Androsia), Alice Leslie (Lorraine), Caroline Yeager (Production assistant), Bonnie Brooks (Woman), Kurt Reis (Man), Marcia Diamond (Mrs. Wallace), John Dick (Fletcher/blind newsman), Michael Copeman (Rapist), John Lefleur (Stuart), Lon Pitoscia (Cabbie), Jim Bearden (Patrolman), Angela Fusco (Woman), Ross Petty (Bill McCarthy). 1642... Guilty Conscience (CBS, 4/2/1985, 120 mins). Richard Levinson and William Link’s cerebral thriller about a philandering attorney, debating with his alter ego assorted devious plans to do awaywith high-minded wife for the sake of his calculating mistress, while each has her own plans to do him in, provided the setting for this elegant if somewhat talky three-person drama played in high style for which the noted producing and writing team has set the television standards. Production Companies Richard Levinson-William Link Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Arthur Jamison), Blythe Danner (Louise Jamison), Swoosie Kurtz (Jackie Willis), Donegan Smith (Jamison’s double), Wiley Harker (Older man), Ruth Manning (Older woman). 1643... Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (CBS, 2/3/1987, 120 mins). The based-on-fact story of Lenell Geter, a young, well-educated black Dallas County engineer sentenced to life imprisonment for a 1982 armed robbery he did not commit, provided Dorian Harewood with another showcase for his acting talents. Dabney Coleman, in a rare serious acting assignment, is his court-appointed attorney, and Paul Winfield is the NAACP lawyer who joins Geter’s cause. The predicament came to national attention through a piece on “60 Minutes,” and a new trial subsequently cleared him when the real perpetrator, bearing a close resemblance, is discovered. Original title: “Justice Delayed: The Lenell Geter Story” Production Company Embassy Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Sheri Singer. Producer Fern Field. Teleplay Harold Gast. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Ira Newborn. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Jack Marty. Cast Dorian Harewood (Lenell Geter), Dabney Coleman (Ed Siegel), Hoyt Axton (Charles Hartford), Dennis Lipscomb (Andrew Hutchinson), Debbi Morgan (Marcia Hickson), Marshall Colt (Andrew Winkler), Gary Grubbs (Martin Nash), Victor Love (Anthony Williams), Paul Winfield (George Hairston), Alan Ackles (Larry Jones), Dan Ammerman (Judge Schaflin), Terrence Riggins (Rick McGants), Randolph Tallman (Glyndon Rosse), Cynthia Dorn (Mrs. Hickson), Bob Hannah (Sheriff Dean), T.J. Kennedy (Henry Wade), Randy Moore (Dr. Brigham), Kirk Sisco (Mike Hockley), Norma Young (Pollu Travis). 1644... Gulag (HBO, 1/13/1985, 130 mins). An American sportscaster, covering the Moscow Olympics, is railroaded by the KGB into a Russian labor camp in Siberia where he engineers a daring escape with a fellow prisoner in this Cold War clone of “Midnight Express.” It was filmed in London (where a replica of a Soviet work camp was built in a limestone quarry) and Finse, Norway, where the Hardangerjokulen glacier doubled for the frozen Russian tundra. A theatrical version of this film, for showing overseas, runs 10 minutes less. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producers James Retter, Dan Gordon. Supervising Producer Barry Steinberg. Producer Andrew Adelson. Teleplay Dan Gordon. Based on a Story by Dan Gordon, Raphael Shauli, Yehousha Ben-Porat. Photography Kelvin Pike. Music Elmer Bernstein. Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orch. Editor John Jympson. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Costume Designer Barbara Lane. Associate Producer Frederick Muller. Cast David Keith (Mickey Almon), Malcolm McDowell (Kenneth Barrington), David Suchet (Matvei), Warren Clarke (Hooker), John McEnery (Diczek), Nancy Paul (Susan Almon), Brian Pettifer (Vlasov), George Pravda (Bukovsky), Shane Rimmer (Jay), Bruce Boa (McHenry), Eugene Lipinski (Yuri), Ray Jewers (TV interviewer), Bogdan Kominowski (Stolypin guard), Alexei Jawdokimov (Vikstrom), Barrie Houghton (Wisinsky), Ivan Lee (Chinaman), Forbes Collins (Luba), Stuart Milligan (Runner), Bibbs Eckel (Balalaika player), Dallas Adams (Pearson), Angela Pleasence (Female interpreter), Mark Malicz (Old prisoner), Daniel Wozniak (Searcher), Nigel Bennett (Lubyanka guard), John Benfield (Lubyanka guard), Norten Borgensen (Lubyanka guard), Rolf Iversen, Bjorn Sundquist, Aril Martinsen, Jannik Bonnere, Per Toffe, Rannow Nilsen, Vicar Weld Haavik, Peter Lindbaek, Erik Malon. 1645... A Gun in the House (CBS, 2/11/1981, 120 mins). A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney bent on making an example of her case. Stockard Channing (partner with then-husband David Debin and their associate, Peter Locke, in the company which made the film) originally was to have starred, but Sally Struthers ultimately took the lead role. Millie Perkins, who played Anne Frank in the 1959 movie, made her acting comeback in the small role of a rape victim.

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Production Company The Channing-Debin-Locke Company. Director Ivan Nagy. Producers David Debin, Peter Locke. Teleplay James M. Miller, Stephen Zito. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Jonathan Debin. Cast Sally Struthers (Emily Cates), David Ackroyd (Joe Cates), Dick Anthony Williams (Detective Campbell), Joel Bailey (Matt Grine), Frank Koppala (Henry Galsworthy), Jeffrey Tambor (DA Lance Kessler), Allan Rich (Grutman), Belita Moreno (Marcie Clark), Missy Francis (Diana Cates), Valorie F. Armstrong (Phyllis Thatcher), Max Showalter (Peter Schechter), Gary Wood (Tompal Shockley), Matthew Faison (Paul Clark), Laurence Haddon (Hal), Juliana McCarthy (Thelma Grine), Millie Perkins (Lena Webber), Katherine Justice (Andrea Freemont), Michael Gregory (Officer Auchner), Robert Burgos (Bob Parkins), Rita Lynn (Judge Rose Berryman), William Marquez (Bradley Morse), Jenny Gago (Juanita Romero). 1646... The Gunfighters (Syndicated, 10/27/1987, 120 mins). Made in Canada with a virtually all Canadian cast, this syndicated series wannabe Western, has a pair of brothers and their cousin out to avenge the loss of their Kansas ranch at the hands of empire-building George Kennedy (the lone American in the cast) and his private army. Show’s executive producers Sonny Grosso (a onetime NYC detective) and Larry Jacobson are best known for the string of lean cop shows over the years. Production Companies Grosso-Jacobson Productions, Alliance Entertainment Corp., Tribune Entertainment. Director Clay Borris. Executive Producers Sonny Grosso, Larry Jacobson. Supervising Producer Stephen J. Roth. Producer Jeff King. CoProducer Allan Stein. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Miklos Lente. Music Dominic Troiano. Editor David B. Thompson. Art Director Brent Thomas. Cast Art Hindle (Cole Everett), Reiner Schoene (Dutch Everett), Tony Addabbo (Matt Everett), George Kennedy (Deke Turner), Michael Kane (Governor Hornbeck), Lori Hallier (Sally Wells), Howard Kruschke (Jake Marant), Francis Damberger (Sam Martin), Beverly Hendry (Kate Burrows), Wendell Smith (Sheriff Burrows), Moira Wally (Lorna), Dale Wilson (Coburn), Bill Meilen, Brian Fustukian, Eric Allan Kramer, Blair Haynes, Alex Green, Paul Whitney, Raoul Tome, Mike Evans, Jay Smith, Dennis Robinson, Glenn Beck, Steve Atkinson, James DeFelice, Tom Glass, Kent Gallie, Paul Daniel Wood, Kevin Smith, Wilf Rowe, Damien Keene, Larry Yachimec, Calvin Cairnes. 1647... Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (CBS, 9/26/1987, 120 mins). James Arness saddles up once again as Matt Dillon, now retired and living in the hills enjoying life as a trapper, more than a dozen years after the longest running Western in television left prime time. Also reprising their roles in this first of several new “Gunsmoke” movies are Amanda Blake, Miss Kitty in the series for 19 years, now living in New Orleans; Fran Ryan, who as Hannah had taken over the Long Branch Saloon from Miss Kitty during the show’s final year; Buck Taylor as Newly O’Brien, originally the Dodge City’s gunsmith and now the marshal; and Steve Forrest as Mannon, the viperous varmint he played in a number of episodes. Veteran Vincent McEveety directed this “Gunsmoke” tale as he had done for nearly three dozen episodes of the legendary series. Amanda Blake played Miss Kitty for the last time here. She died of AIDS in 1989. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Vincent McEveety. Producer John Mantley. Supervising Producer Stan Hough. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography Charles Correll. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Ray Daniels. Production Designer Albert Heschong. Costume Supervisor Frances Harrison Hays. Cast James Arness (Matt Dillon), Amanda Blake (Kitty Russell), Buck Taylor (Newly O’Brien), Fran Ryan (Hannah), Earl Holliman (Jake Flagg), Ken Olandt (Lieutenant Dexter), W. Morgan Sheppard (Digger), Patrice Martinez (Bright Water), Tantoo Cardinal (Little Doe), Steve Forrest (Mannon), Mickey Jones (Oakum), Frank M. Totino (Logan), Robert Koons (Warden Brown), Walter Kaasa (Judge Collins), Georgia Collins (Mrs. Collins), Tony Epper (Farnum), Louie Elias (Bubba), Ken Kirzinger (Potts), Denny Arnold (Clyman), Alex Green (The Flogger), Paul Daniel Wood (Harry), Larry Musser (Wilber), Robert Clinton (Guard), Frank Huish (Watt), Jacob Rupp (Hutter), Mary Jane Wildman (Indian woman). 1648... Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (NBC, 6/2/1985, 90 mins). Two ex-GIs, a fast talking hustler from Detroit and an Oklahoma hayseed, just returned from WWII, team up with the latter’s bubble-headed fiancée to make a killing racing on the Southern dogtrack circuit they had bought. Comedian Scoey Mitchlll (he of the three “l’s”) wrote and was executive producer of this prospective series pilot and also plays a Florida cop who gives the trio a hard time. Production Companies Kaledonia Productions, SCOMI. Director James Fargo. Executive Producer Scoey Mitchlll. Producer Ronald E. Frazier. Teleplay Scoey Mitchlll. Based on a Story by Tracy Morgan, Scoey Mitchlll. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Harry Middlebrooks. Song by Chris Page. Performed by O.C. Smith. Editor Raymond Bush. Art Director Tommy Goetz. Cast John Schneider (Gus Brown), Ron Glass (Midnight Brewster), Teri Copley (Rayline), Scoey Mitchlll (Maurice), Fay Hauser (Miss Ann), Harvey Vernon (Tillis), Russell Curry (Jonathan), Frantz Turner (Shine), Gary Allen, Raymond Allen, Owen Bush, Cliff Emmich, Terrence Evans, Al Fann, Dennis Fimple, Brenda Fogarty, Robert Gooden, Colin Hamilton, Hoke Howell, Bernard Kuby, Ken Lerner, Robert Lussier, Lee McLaughlin, Florence Schauffler, Robert Sorrells, Sparky Watt, Bill Wiley, Roger Carter, Don Circle, E. Harold Goode, Carole Kean, Freeman King, Carolyn Lardinois, Robert Lee, Roy Mack, Ron Manning, Karen McIntyre, Calvin Monroe, Zeke Nucleus, Miguel Nunez Jr., Alan Oliney, Jan Rooney, Frank Sprague, Nick Young, Gary Veney, Virgil Wilson, Donovan Womack.

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1649... Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (CBS, 4/30/1989 and 5/2/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part drama chronicling the life and career of Lt. Col. Oliver North and tracing the events that allowed his rise to power and led to his downfall. As with all “chronicles” of this type, there are nagging questions of who was privy to the private conversations between principal real-life figures, despite that this one is based on the 1988 book by the noted Washington Post editor and best-selling author, Ben Bradlee Jr. Production Companies Mike Robe Productions, Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment. Director Mike Robe. Executive Producer Mike Robe. Producers Robert A. Papazian, James G Hirsch Teleplay Mike Robe. Based on a Book by Ben Bradlee Jr. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Karen P. Sharp. Production Designer Rodger Maus. Associate Producer Kent Wilson. Cast David Keith (Lt. Col. Oliver North), Barnard Hughes (William Casey), Annette O’Toole (Betsy North), Peter Boyle (Adm. John Poindexter), Paul Dooley (Robert McFarlane), Amy Stock-Poynton (Fawn Hall), Bryan Clark (Pres. Ronald Reagan), Joe Dorsey (Gen. Richard Secord), Terry O’Quinn (Aaron Sykes), Miguel Ferrer (Toney), Madison Mason (Jimmie Lee Scott), Suzanne Snyder (Alicia), Scott Kraft (DeRoy), David Spielberg (Len Weissman), Dakin Matthews (Edwin Meese), David Sage (Phil Jenner), John Shearin (Ted), Reid Shelton (Donald Regan), Dwier Brown (Jeff Simms), Tony Colitti (Harv Konig), Joel Colodner (Richard Stone), Dante D’Andre (El Presidente), Alan Haufrecht (ER Doctor), Alex Henteloff (Bender), F.J. O’Neil (Colonel Bernhardt), Michael Pniewski (Lieutenant Jacobs), Arlen Dean Snyder (Maj. Gen. Schweitzer), Wayne Tippit (Boxing instructor), David Tress (Vice Admiral), Tom Byrd (Robert Owen), Maria Claire (Tait North), Anthony Defonte (Manucher Ghorbanifar), Donnie Jeffcoat (Stuart), Warren Munson (Rep. Lee Hamilton), Bruce Gray (Pete Antonelli), Michael Wren (Diaz), Tom Fuccello (Spitz Channel), Jane Kean (Mrs. Cornwall), Colby Kline (Dornin), Rob Neukirch (Jack), James Gavin (Stunt pilot). 1650... Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (ABC, 4/15/1980 and 4/16/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Then-relatively unknown Powers Boothe’s dynamic performance as the charismatic self-styled preacher who led the settlers of Jonestown, Guyana, to mass suicide in late 1978, won him the Emmy Award as Outstanding Actor. His appearance at the Emmy ceremony as the only performer to show up (an actors’ strike caused an almost total boycott of the Emmy presentations that year) brought him some headline-making publicity, although he admitted in his acceptance speech that he might be committing professional suicide by being there. The two-part, four-hour film, which also received nominations as Outstanding Drama Special, for director William A. Graham and the sound mixing crew, subsequently was cut to a single-part three-hour movie. Production Company The Konigsberg Company. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producers Ernest Tidyman, Sam Manners. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on a Book by Charles A. Krause. The Eyewitness Account by Washington Post Staff. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Elmer Bernstein. Songs Performed by Gospel Music Workshop of America (Atlanta chapter). Choral Arrangements by James Bulliard. Editors Aaron Stell, Tony DeZarraga. Production Designer Walter Scott Herndon. Cast Powers Boothe (Rev. Jim Jones), Ned Beatty (Cong. Leo J. Ryan), Irene Cara (Alice Jefferson), Veronica Cartwright (Marceline Jones), Rosalind Cash (Jennie Hammond), Brad Dourif (David Langtree), Meg Foster (Jean Ritchie), Michael C. Gwynne (Larry King), Albert Hall (Otis Jefferson), Linda Haynes (Karen Bundy), Diane Ladd (Lynetta Jones), Ron O’Neal (Colonel Robles), Randy Quaid (Clayton Ritchie), Diana Scarwid (Sheila Langtree), Madge Sinclair (Mrs. Jefferson), Brenda Vaccaro (Jane Briggs), LeVar Burton (Richard Jefferson), Colleen Dewhurst (Myrtle Kennedy), Clifton James (Barber Charlie Amos), Ed Lauter (Jim Jones Sr.), James Earl Jones (Father Divine), Dimitra Arliss (Sister Fleming), David Hubbard (Raymond Jefferson), John Dukakis (Jack Daniels), Benji Wilhoite (Jim Jones as a boy), Ralph Pace (Mr. Hester), William Dozier (Mr. Caldwell), Paul Wallace (Charlie Fishback), Walter M. Elder Sr. (Mr. Holloway), Martha Knighton (Mrs. Kruger), Tony Foster (Joshua), Danny Nelson (Mr. Stevens), Georgia Allen (Sister Carmella), Mildred Brown (Sister Crandall), Roy Tatum (Brother Morris), Bernardine Mitchell (Black woman), Charlie Anderson (Hoodlum), Alvin Pealer (George), Charles Franzen (Phil), Les Hatfield (Klan leader), Buzzy Hill (Albert), Joe Dorsey (Jakes), Kenry Lide (Mr. Brooks), Terry Browning (Cashier), Bernice Ramsey (Angel), Guy Del Russo (1st reporter), Richard Reiner (2nd reporter), Frank Konigsberg (3rd reporter), Tony King (Choate), Joel Godard (John Briggs), Meg Brush (Mrs. Briggs), Vivian Edwards (Mrs. Halperin), Rita Byrd (Mrs. Manners), Savino Maneri, Dolores Robinson, Luther McLaughlin, Steve Grand, Peter Moldonado, Pedro Ilerio, Bill Coyne, Annie Feliciana. 1651... Hands of a Stranger (NBC, 5/10/1987 and 5/11/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). An ambitious but adulterous detective becomes obsessed with finding the truth about his wife’s rape in this two-part movie adapted by noted playwright Arthur Kopit from Robert Daley’s bestselling 1985 novel. Cast as a police sergeant is future star/director Forest Whitaker. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Co-Executive Producer Gary Hoffman. Producer Lynn Raynor. Teleplay Arthur Kopit. Based on a Novel by Robert Daley. Photography Laszlo George. Music Michel Rubini. Saxophone Soloist Ernie Watts. Editor Art Seid. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Cast Armand Assante (Joe Hearn), Blair Brown (Diane Beaton), Beverly D’Angelo (Mary Hearn), Michael Lerner (Captain Cirillo), Philip Casnoff (Marty Loftus), Arliss Howard (Felix Lyttle), Sam McMurray (Dep. Insp. Pearson), Irving Metzman (Arthur Katz), Patricia Richardson (Helen), Forest Whitaker (Sergeant Delaney), Ben Affleck (Billy Hearn), Tony Rosato (Anthony Ligouri), Glenn Plummer (Willy Johnson), Angelo Rizacos (Crawford), Sarah Polley (Suzie Hearn), Robert Pastorelli (Handyman), Alex Bruhanski (Bluestone), Ken James (Captain Sample), Diana Belshaw (Miss O’Hara), John “Bear” Curtis

1980-1989

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(Dornfelder), Gordon Clapp (Sergeant Markey), Don Lake (Grady), Jackson Davies (Captain Lauder), Jerry Wasserman (Hotel employee), Patricia Idlette (Last rape victim), Don MacKay (Judge Forester), Joseph Golland (Superintendent), Walter Marsh (Judge #1), Donna Peerless (Judge #2), Ralph Cole (Jury foreman), Betty Phillips (Neighbor), Kim Horseman (Staffer #1), Tom Heaton (Staffer #2), Blu Mankuma (Detective), Stephen E Miller (Inspector Davidoff), Raimund Stamm, Bill Smyth, Mikal Dughi, Campbell Lane, Antony Holland, Natino Bellantoni, David Clarke, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Garry Chalk, Howard Storey, Anna Hagan, Stephen Aberle, Peri Best, James Kidnie, Tony Pantages, Gary Hetherington, Alanna Matthew, Jayme Knox, Dawn Swenson, Angela Tambosso, Franklin Johnson, Peter L. Broz. 1652... Happy (CBS, 10/26/1983, 120 mins). As a once-popular TV clown now doing store openings, a hero only to his young son (played by real-life son David), Dom DeLuise is caught in a gangland execution while on a fill-in club date and his partner, Jack Gilford, is shot. His identification of the shooter (Henry Silva) differs from that of other eyewitnesses, whom the cops believe, so he puts his family in jeopardy by tracking down the gunman himself. DeLuise made his dramatic TV debut in this film, on which he also was executive producer and found roles for his three sons and his wife (as a TV floor manager). Production Company Bacchus Films. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Dom DeLuise. Producer A. Marco Turk. Co-Producers Paul Jordan, Steve Nicolaides. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport, Larry Williams. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song by Billy Goldenberg, Harry Shannon. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Norm Baron. Cast Dom DeLuise (Roger Hanover), Dee Wallace (Marilyn), Henry Silva (Sinclair), Jack Gilford (Bernie Nelson), Tony Burton (Lt. J.L. Stevens), Bill Morey (Chief Lysatt), Carol Locatell (Sandy Hanover), David DeLuise (Roger Hanover), Michael DeLuise (Mikey), Lew Horn (Detective Hunt), Kimberly Alexander (2nd mommy), Stuart Berton (Whiz), Robert Briscoe (Driver), Frank Coppola (Assistant director), Carol Arthur DeLuise (Floor manager), Peter DeLuise (Skateboarder), Patrick DeSantis (Cop), Maxine Elliott (Mrs. Fisher), Deborah Fallender (1st mommy), Theodocia Goodrich (Landlady), Sandy Hackett (Warm-up entertainer), Florence LaRue (1st foxy lady), Howard Mann (Councilman Brady), Bill McLean (Hotel clerk), Ernie Misko (Technician), Jan Munroe (Organist), Michael Newland (Bum), Kent Perkins (Policeman), Tessa Richarde (2nd foxy lady), Patrick Stack (Ken Hall), Mark Travis (Director), Hillary Turk (Hatcheck girl), Susan Turk (Newscaster), Larry Williams (Scoop). 1653... Happy Endings (CBS, 3/1/1983, 120 mins). In this first of two 1983 TV-movies with the same title, author/schoolteacher John Schneider and aspiring singer Catherine Hicks, his new apartment-house neighbor, discover romance on the rebound, being thrown together while still carrying torches for former lovers. An Emmy Award nomination went to the title song by William Goldstein and Molly-Ann Leikin. Production Company Motown Productions. Director Noel Black. Executive Producer Suzanne de Passe. Supervising Producer Michael Sevareid. Producer Carol A. Caruso. Teleplay Christopher Canaan. Photography Stevan Larner. Music William Goldstein. Song “Happy Endings Theme Song” by Molly-Ann Leikin, William Goldstein. Editor Bill Yahraus. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast John Schneider (Nick Callohan), Catherine Hicks (Lisa Sage), Ana-Alicia (Veronica), Joseph Hacker (James Sage), Matthew Faison (Arnie), Bibi Osterwald (Mrs. Dooley), Murphy Cross (Marilyn), Jonathan Perpich (Gary), Robin Tilghman (Woman in gallery), Frantz Turner (Stage manager), Al Fann (Lou), Erik Holland (Ticket agent), James Hornbeck (Ambulance attendant), Candace McKendree (Receptionist), Buddy Farmer (Moving man), Kenneth Allen Edgar (Bouncer). 1654... Happy Endings (NBC, 12/26/1983, 120 mins). The second TV-movie in 1983 using this title, “Happy Endings,” explores the plight of a teenager who postpones his determination to become a songwriter so that he can keep his younger brother and two sisters together as a family following the death of their parents. Based on the true experiences of its producer-writer, Christopher Beaumont, one of the guiding forces behind TV’s “Fame,” this film, initially titled “House of Cards,” also was the pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Blinn-Thorpe Productions, NBC Productions. Director Jerry Thorpe. Executive Producers Jerry Thorpe, William Blinn. Supervising Producer Harvey Frand. Producer Christopher Beaumont. Teleplay Christopher Beaumont. Based on an Article by Rubin Carson. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music J.A. Redford. Song “You and Me Love” by Guy Thomas, Gary Scott. Song Performed by Alan Roy Scott. Song “Together” Written and Performed by Lori Lieberman, Gary Scott. Editors Buford F. Hayes, Michael A. Hoey. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Michael A. Hoey. Cast Lee H. Montgomery (Jimmy Bartlett), Jill Schoelen (Anne Marie Bartlett), Sarah Navin (Susana Bartlett), Robbie Kiger (Bobby Bartlett), Oliver Clark (Murray Cramer), Robin Gammell (Uncle John Constantine), Joey Gian (Mario), Carol Eve Rossen (Aunt Deborah), Carol Mayo Jenkins (Jan Wilkerson), John Hancock (Judge Randolph), Warren Munson (Constantine lawyer), Laura Dern (Audrey Constantine), Frank McCarthy, Matthew Faison, Larry Cedar, Robin Klein, Victoria J. Boyd, Jim Boyle, Ken Magee, Wally Dalton, Barbara Staum, Tom McGreevey, Shirley Mitchell, Rod Hall, Edith Fellows, Pete Leal, Ben Hartigan. 1655... Hard Knox (NBC, 1/13/1984, 120 mins). In another pilot to a prospective series, Robert Conrad is an aging Marine Corps pilot who is grounded and, rather than become a desk jockey, agrees to take over the running of his old alma mater, a military school that has gone to seed. With his longtime aide, Red West (Conrad’s real-life buddy and frequent screen sidekick), he proceeds to shape up the young misfits with his strict, no-nonsense approach. This appeared to be TV’s youth-oriented response to theatrical movies of the time about military academies, like “Taps” and “Lords of Discipline.”

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Movies Made for Television

Production Company A. Shane Company. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn. Based on a Story by David J. Kinghorn, Robert Conrad. Photography George Kohut. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Kaja Fehr. Production Designer Fred Luff III. Cast Robert Conrad (Col. Joe Knox), Red West (M/Sgt. Red Tuttle), Joan Sweeny (Marilyn Cole), Bill Erwin (General Garfield), Dean Hill (Maj. Benjamin Garfield), Dianne Shaw (Lela Stallings), Stephen Caffrey (Gary Pascoe), Shane Conrad (Erik Shaner), Frank Howard (David Ambrose), Ricky Paull (Jeff Bridley), Alan Ruck (Frankie Tyrone), David Saunders (Bobby Sayers), Casey Siemaszko (Aaron Davis), Kathleen Sisk (Jessi Richards), Alex Stirling (Kimi), John Boyd (Cory Beasley), Michael Baseleon (General Green), Christian Conrad (Major Whitehouse), Jack Armstrong, Richard Baird, Fern Parsons, Paul Arbizzani, Reb Brown, Gennifer Brown, Emily Dragoo, Judy Dudek, Deanna Dunagan, Dennis Farina, Paul Flynn, Jim Hartman, Lt. Eric “Bud” Heidrausen, Trevor Henley, Beth Joyce, Kevin S. Luindgren, Morgan McCabe, David Nevarez, James O’Reilly, Chelcie Ross, Nancy Sellers, Marcella Tate, Alma Washington. 1656... Hardhat and Legs (CBS, 2/9/1980, 120 mins). Garson Kanin and wife Ruth Gordon’s first collaborative effort in 28 years--and their first work for television--resulted in this romantic comedy about a construction worker in New York with two passions, girl-watching and gambling, and the sex education teacher he has been ogling for days. Production Company Syzygy Productions. Director Lee Philips. Producer Linda Yellen. Teleplay Garson Kanin, Ruth Gordon. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Larry Silk. Art Director Patrizia von Brandenstein. Associate Producer David B. Appleton. Cast Kevin Dobson (Sal Pacheco), Sharon Gless (Patricia Botsford), Raymond Serra (Vinnie), Charlie Aiken (Bud Botsford), Eva Josephson (Deedee Botsford), Jacqueline Brookes (Stella Botsford), W.T. Martin (William Botsford), Bobby Short (Himself), Arnold Soboloff (Ingmar Olson), Ray Xifo (Augie), Harris Laskawy (Ralph), John McCurry (Teddy), P.J. Barry (Carl), Ron Faber (Edelstein), James Amistad (Court stenographer), Ronn Carroll (1st gambler), Marge Greene (2nd gambler), George Ryan (3rd gambler), Mary Doyle (Helen/note taker), Norman Bush (Ted), Norman Allen (Cecil), Vanessa French (Cecil’s lady), Lorey Hayes (Maid), Joan M Baribeault (Singing telegram person), Hubert Edwards (3-Card Monte), Yanni Sfinias (Hotdog vendor), David Tice (Priest), Annabella Turco (Francesca), Tony Turco (Guido), Sam Coppola (Aldo), Ray Liotta (Family), Michael Parva (Family), Stephanie Cotsirilos (Silvia), Janet Sarno (Josie), Lisa Mollo, Randi Mollo, Mathew Cofiso, Casey Martin, Michele Martin, Marianne Dobson, Sal LaPera. 1657... Harem (ABC, 2/9/1986 and 2/10/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The kidnapping of an American woman for Turkish Sultan Omar Sharif’s harem at the turn of the century is just the prelude to this ambling action adventure that winds its way through conspiracy and insurrection, rescues and escapes, murder and intrigue, and an armed revolution at various moments during its four-hour running time. Ava Gardner, who, movie buffs remember, played Omar Sharif’s mother (!) in the 1969 film version of “Mayerling,” here plays his number one wife, the Harem’s jealous Grand Dame, as it were. Amid all of the fun are the richly evocative costumes and spectacular settings provided by such exotic filming locales as Seville, Granada, Ronda and Almodovar del Rio in Spain, as well as Tunis and London. Production Companies Highgate Pictures, New World Television. Director Billy Hale. Executive Producer Martin Manulis. Supervising Producers Frank Doelger, Helen Verno. Producer Michael Dryhurst. Teleplay Karol Ann Hoeffner. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Additional Photography Brian West. Music John Scott. Supervising Editor John F. Link. Editors Peter Boita, Jason Krasucki. Production Designer Simon Holland. Cast Nancy Travis (Jessica Gray), Art Malik (Pasha), Sarah Miles (Lady Ashley), Yaphet Kotto (Kislar), Julian Sands (Forest), Cherie Lunghi (Usta), Omar Sharif (Sultan Hasan), Ava Gardner (Kadin), Georgine Anderson (Aunt Lily), Shirley Cain (Embassy hostess), George Camiller (Grand Visier Bey), Jojo Cole (Emily), James Coyle (Sultan’s spy), Sarah Crowden (Charlotte), Caroline Dorian (Victoria), David Gant (Chief commander), Mike Gwilym (Salim), Barrie Houghton (Astrologer), Stephen Jenn (Moslem spy), Ian Jentle (Doctor), Robert Lang (Ambassador Grant), George Savvides (Misha), Josette Simon (Geisla), Jeremy Sinden (Randolph), Liz Smith (Mrs. Pendleton), John L. Stevens (Radik), Philip Stone (Arthur Gray), James Taylor (Mr. Pendleton), Tony Spiridakis (Murat). 1658... The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island (NBC, 5/15/1981, 120 mins). The title tells the plot of this third pilot to a prospective new “Gilligan’s Island” series after the team’s chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, with the Globetrotters and Gilligan’s gang playing basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by mad scientist Martin Landau and his assistant (and real-life wife) Barbara Bain. Production Companies Redwood Productions, Universal Television. Director Peter Baldwin. Executive Producer Sherwood Schwartz. Producers Lloyd J. Schwartz, Hap Wyman. Teleplay Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, David P. Harmon, Gordon Mitchell. Photography Keith C. Smith. Music Gerald Fried. Editors Albert J.J. Zuniga, Beryl Gelfond. Art Director Robert Crawley. Cast Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper), Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III), Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell), Constance Forslund (Ginger), Russell Johnson (Professor), Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), David Ruprecht (Thurston Howell IV), Martin Landau (J.J. Pierson), Barbara Bain (Dr. Olga Schmetner), Scatman Crothers (Dewey Stevens), Whitney Rydbeck (George the Robot), Dreama Denver (Lucinda), Rosalind Chao (Hotel clerk), Stu Nahan (Sportscaster), Chuck Hern (Sportscaster), Bruce Briggs (Referee), Cindy Appleton (Linda), Wendy Hoffman (Jackie), The Harlem Globetrotters (Themselves).

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1659... Harry’s Hong Kong (ABC, 5/8/1987, 120 mins). David Soul, who in the early 1980s briefly ran Rick’s Place in the ill-advised second “Casablanca” series, plays a white-suited Rick-like soldier of fortune as an old “China hand” working out of a Hong Kong watering hole and being drawn into the apparent murder of a shady friend (David Hemmings). The prospective series pilot, originally titled quite expectedly “China Hand,” featured among its “guest stars” actress Julia Nickson, soon to become (for a while) Julia Nickson-Soul. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Executive Supervisor E Duke Vincent. Supervising Producer Stirling Silliphant. Producer Jerry London. Co-Producer James L. Conway. Teleplay Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designer Bill Kenney. Wardrobe Consultant Nolan Miller. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast David Soul (Harry Petros), Mike Preston (Max Trumble), Mel Harris (Fay Salerno), Jan Gan Boyd (Sally Cheng), Lisa Lu (Rose), Julia Nickson (Mei Ling), James Hong (Mr. Yu), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Hamilton), David Hemmings (Jack Roarke), Russell Wong (Sergeant Lee), Robert Easton (American tourist), Raymond Choi (Ching), Mike Harley (Skipper), David Ho (Extra bodyguard #2), Wilson Lam (Helmsman), Michael Lee (Soothsayer), Cho Lo (Sparrow man), Mansoor (Jewelry salesman), Matthew James McAuley (Sergeant), Mak Yuen Mei (Mamasan), Bill Pak (Mr. Cheng), Wilson Ng Wing Sam (Tailor). 1660... Haunted by Her Past (NBC, 10/5/1987, 120 mins). Several daytime soap stars invaded prime time (a growing movement in the world of TV movies) in this haunted hotel drama. Susan Lucci, as the devoted wife of a dashing lawyer (John James), is drawn mysteriously to an old English inn in colonial Williamstown and there becomes possessed by the spirit of a seductive murderess (Finola Hughes) hanged for killing her lover. Original title: “Secret Passions” Production Companies Norton Wright Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producer Norton Wright. Producer Terry Morse. Teleplay Barry Schneider. Based on a Story by Barry Schneider, Norton Wright. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer Roy Forge Smith. Cast Susan Lucci (Karen Beckett), Marcia Strassman (Rita Kamen), Robin Thomas (Charles Kamen), Finola Hughes (Megan Meguire), Douglas Seale (Innkeeper MacVey), John C. James (Eric Beckett), Page Fletcher (Lieutenant Eisley), Chris Owens (Thomas), Susan Douglas Rubes (Karen’s mother), Bernard Behrens (Karen’s father), Deborah Taylor (Secretary in prison), Brian Taylor (Doctor), John Stoneham (Rowdy #1), Victor Ertmanis (Rowdy #2), Kay Hawtrey (Saleslady), Jimmy Loftus (Balding salesman), Avery Saltzman (Man at dinner), Jim Bearden (Carriage driver), Karen Wooldridge (Elizabeth Raymond), Catherine Disher (Salesgirl), Dwayne McLean (Handyman), Madeleine Sherwood (“Mr. Goode”). 1661... The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (USA, 5/31/1989, 120 mins). Thriller about a newly married heiress (Sela Ward) who fears she is going mad when she thinks the ghost of her dead mother is haunting the family mansion. The teleplay was adapted from Jim Flanagan’s psychological chiller “A Crossing.” Production Company London Films Inc. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Jerry London. Producers Richard Luke Rothschild, Salli Newman. Teleplay Thomas Baum. Based on a Novel by Jim Flanagan. Photography Bojan Bazelli. Music Michel Rubini. Editor Bernard Gribble. Art Director Cheryal Kearney. Cast Sela Ward (Sarah Hardy), Michael Woods (Austin Hardy), Roscoe Born (Dr. Alan Davidian), Polly Bergen (Emily Thetford), Morgan Fairchild (Lucy Milgrim), Charles Barnard (Uncle Neddy), Vana O’Brien (Aunt Caroline), Janet Penner (Dorothea York), Steven Clark Pachosa (Lieutenant Shingler), Bethany Ward (Young Sarah), Joe Cronin (Dr. Burton McMahon), Dawn Prociv (Young Lucy), Jeff Williams (Young Alan), Mitzi Ellis (Nan Claiborne), Rod Pilloud (Biff Claiborne), Nicholas Leland (“Macbeth” director), Richard Wiltshire (Shakespearean actor #1), Tracy Conklin (Shakespearean actor #2), Ross HuffmanKerr (Minister at funeral), Al Taylor (Minister at wedding), Tom Enyart (Neurologist), Peggy West (Maid), Russ Fast (Patrolman #1), Todd Tolces (Patrolman #2), Don Alder (Crime lab technician), Jane Geesman (“Macbeth” witch), Joanna Guff (“Macbeth” witch), Beth Harper (“Macbeth” witch), Teddy Deane (Bandleader), Bernard Szymanski (Gardener). 1662... The Haunting Passion (NBC, 10/24/1983, 120 mins). Beautiful Jane Seymour is torn between two loves--her sportscaster husband whose career setback causes him to ignore her, and a handsome, sensual ghost who wants to possess her sexually. Elegantly--and erotically--photographed by Hiro Narita. Production Companies BSR Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director John Korty. Executive Producers Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Producer Paul B. Radin. Teleplay Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Photography Hiro Narita. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Peter Kirby. Art Director David Hiscox. Cast Jane Seymour (Julie Evans), Gerald McRaney (Dan Evans), Millie Perkins (Lois O’Connor), Ruth Nelson (Judith Granville), Paul Rossilli (Jonathan Kane), Ivan Bonar (Thorne Abbott), Lisa Britt (Karen), Ocean Hellman (Tracy), Terry David Milligan (Steve Roye), Ted Strider (Dr. Corsay), Tom Heaton (TV director), Lee Taylor (Coach Richter), Paul Savath (Dr. Mosher), Bill Reiter (Detective Alden), Duncan Fraser, Barney O’Sullivan, Peter Anderson, Raimund Stamm, Bill Taylor, Don MacKay, Margaret Martin, Betty Phillips, George Hosef, Robert Yacknin, Jim McLarty, Jessica Marlow.

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1663... Having It All (ABC, 10/13/1982, 120 mins). Dyan Cannon is a bicoastal businesswoman with importer hubby Barry Newman in New York and Los Angeles cartoonist Hart Bochner three thousand miles away in this change-of-gender variation on the Alec Guinness classic “The Captain’s Paradise.” Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Edward Zwick. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Producers John Thomas Lenox, Tristine Rainer. Teleplay Ann Beckett, Elizabeth Gill. Based on a Story by Elizabeth Gill. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Miles Goodman. Title Song Performed by Brock Walsh. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis. Associate Producer Michael S. McLean. Cast Dyan Cannon (Thera Baylin), Barry Newman (Peter Baylin), Hart Bochner (Jess Enright), Melanie Chartoff (Dace), Sylvia Sidney (Marney), Herb Walker (Peter), Gay Hagen (Guest), Frank Delsi (Limo driver), Andra Millican (Amy), Richard Hochberg (Process server), Heather Hobbs (Kim), Cynthia Kanai (Andrea). 1664... Haywire (CBS, 5/14/1980, 180 mins). Author Brooke Hayward’s 1977 bestseller about her parents, actress Margaret Sullavan and theatrical agent/producer Leland Hayward, as well as her vulnerable younger sister and troubled brother (who produced this film), was dramatized here (in three hours) to critical acclaim, with Lee Remick receiving an Emmy Award nomination along with the film’s makeup artist and hairstylists. Production Companies Pando Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Michael Tuchner. Producers Anna Cottle, William Hayward. Teleplay Frank Pierson, Ivan Davis. Based on a Story by Ivan Davis, Peter Davis. Based on a Biography by Brooke Hayward. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Billy Goldenberg. Supervising Editor David R. Berlatsky. Editor Burt Weinstein. Art Director Carl Anderson. Cast Lee Remick (Margaret Sullavan), Jason Robards (Leland Hayward), Deborah Raffin (Brooke Hayward), Dianne Hull (Bridget Hayward), Hart Bochner (Bill Hayward), Linda Gray (Nan), Richard Johnson (Kenneth Wagg), Dean Jagger (Dr. Kubie), Christopher Guest (TV director), Charlie Robinson (Male nurse), Dennis Holahan (1st guest), Donald Petrie (2nd guest), Kaki Hunter (The Girl), Bill Cort (The Actor), Larry Gordon (Dr. Miller), Royce Wallace (Clio/maid), Natalie Masters (Mother Superior), Melora Hardin (Brooke at age 11), Debbie Lytton (Bridget at age 9), Karen Werner (Autograph hunter), John Alderson (Andrew), Ivy Bethune (Emily), Kim Guerin (Brooke’s daughter), Lindsay Brooke King (Brooke at age 7), Kimberly Knox (Bridget at age 5), Todd Tomlinson (Bill at age 7), Matthew McGowan (Bill at age 3), Mary Gregory (Miriam), Evelyn Bell (Tourist), Margarita Garcia (Brooke’s maid), Isabel Cooley (Nurse), Minnie G. Lindsey (Elizabeth). 1665... A Hazard of Hearts (CBS, 12/27/1987, 120 mins). Elegantly mounted Gothic drama, based on prolific Barbara Cartland’s 1948 novel, dresses a stellar cast in period costumes and plunks the players down in early 19th century England. Helena Bonham Carter plays a young beauty whose father (Christopher Plummer) loses her, and his estate, in a gambling wager to a lecherous rival (Edward Fox), who in turn loses everything to a handsome marquis (newcomer Marcus Gilbert). The sumptuous bodice-ripper is done to a turn by Lord Lew Grade’s company in the style of the great romantic film dramas of the past. Production Companies The Grade Company, Gainsborough Pictures. Director John Hough. Producers Albert Fennell, John Hough. Teleplay Terence Feely. Based on a Novel by Barbara Cartland. Photography Frank Watts. Music Laurie Johnson. Editor Robert C. Dearberg. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Cast Diana Rigg (Harriet, Vulcan Marchione), Edward Fox (Lord Harry Wrotham), Helena Bonham Carter (Serena Staverly), Fiona Fullerton (Lady Isabel Gillingham), Neil Dickson (Nicholas), Marcus Gilbert (Justin, Lord Vulcan), Christopher Plummer (Sir Giles Staverly), Stewart Granger (Old Vulcan), Anna Massey (Eudora), Eileen Atkins (Martha), Gareth Hunt (Joker), Robert Addie (Lord Peter Gillingham), James Gaddas (Lord John Burley), Christopher Villiers (Captain Jackson), Ben Aris (Lieutenant of Dragoons), Genevieve Allenbury (Yvette), Lea Rochelle (Marie Louise), Kenny Ireland (Padlett), Daniel Moynihan (Referee), Neville Phillips (First gambler), John Abbott (Second gambler), Josanne (La Flamme), John Boswell (Meadows), Frank Baker (Lerker), Hugh Munro (Butler at Mandrake), Henry Moxon (Butler in London), Norman Lumsden (Stanton), Johanna Hargreaves, Richard Tolan, Mark Sproston, Mark Elstob, Roy Boyd. 1666... Hear No Evil (CBS, 11/20/1982, 120 mins). Cop show pilot with a twist: left stone deaf when a gang of bikers he was trying to nail for drug trafficking attempts to kill him, police detective Gil Gerard goes on medical leave from the force and continues his investigation on his own with his “hearing” dog and information from his former partner, Bernie Casey. Production Companies Paul Pompian Productions, MGM Television. Director Harry Falk. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Tom Lazarus. Photography Michael Joyce. Music Lance Rubin. Editor Ann Mills. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Gil Gerard (Bill Dragon), Bernie Casey (Monday), Wings Hauser (Don Gerrard), Mimi Rogers (Meg), Ron Karabatsos (Lt. Lew Healy), Ronald Dryer (Vinnie Holzer), Christina Hart (Sheila Green), Brion James (Bobby Boy Burns), Emily Heebner (Vikki), Bruce McKay (Captain Shelhart), Linda Yee (TV reporter), Parker Whitman (Riles), Joe Bellan (Cabbie), Nugget (Bozo the Dog), Raven De La Croix (Candy Burns), Mickey Jones (Blackman), William Paterson (Minister), John G. Scanlon (Summers), Jana Winters (Hooker), Charles Bouvier (Wilkes), Steve Burton (Plainclothesman), Sam Conti (Sonny), Scott Devenney (Rachmil), Chuck Dorsett (Dr. Larsen), Paul Drake (T.D.), Julianna Fjeld (Rico), Cab Covay (Hit man), Gary Hettinger (Rigley), Janet Raney (Terry). 1667... The Hearst and Davies Affair (ABC, 1/14/1985, 120 mins). Slick but superficial dramatization of the scandalous, longtime love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld star

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and 1930s film personality. Mitchum played Mitchum here although the script called him William Randolph Hearst and starlet Virginia Madsen was introduced here as Marion Davies in this dramatic fiction filmed in Canada (Toronto and London, Ontario) but not at Hearst’s fabled San Simeon. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Alison Cross, David Solomon. Based on a Story by Alison Cross. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director David Jaquest. Choreography Kelly Robinson. Cast Robert Mitchum (William Randolph Hearst), Virginia Madsen (Marion Davies), Fritz Weaver (Arthur Beal), Doris Belack (Louella Parsons), Laura Henry (Reine Davies), Frances Hyland (Rose Duras), Caroline Yeager (Millicent Hearst), Lorne Kennedy (Charlie Chaplin), George Touliatos (Paul Block), Wayne Best (Byron Sloane), David Clement (Reporter), Michael Miller (Reporter), Billy Van (Advisor), Kimble Hall (Thomas Ince), Derek Keurvorst (Director), Ben Gordon (Oscar Hirsch), Cheryl Cashman (Hazel Hirsch), Don Keppy (Defense lawyer), Philip Craig (Marion’s attorney), Don R. McManus (Politician), Peter Jobin (Party guest), Jack Jessop (Party guest), Kathleen Laskey (Girl at party), Tom Nursall (Reporter), Norma Del’Agnesse (Hollywood reporter), John Innes (Hollywood reporter), Wally Bullard (Detective), John Winston Carroll (City editor), David Bol, Donna Goodhand, David Calderisi, Cynthia Belliveau. 1668... Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (CBS, 5/1/1985, 120 mins). The lightweight story of former WBA Lightweight Champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, who claimed he fought to keep alive the dream of his dad, a onetime lightweight contender whose chance at the title was dashed by World War II and being wounded in action. Sylvester Stallone, one of the screen’s most famous fictional boxers, not only was executive producer of this film but also choreographed the fight sequences as he had done for his Rocky movies. Before acquiring its final title, this superficial TV movie biography was called, variously, “Dreams Don’t Die--The Ray Mancini Story,” “A Champion’s Edge” and “I Walk in Your Shadow,” and probably had several other earlier names during production. Production Companies A Rare Titles Production, Robert Papazian Productions. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer Sylvester Stallone. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Co-Producer Rhonda Young. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Photography Jan De Bont. Music Mike Post. Choreography (Boxing Sequences) Sylvester Stallone. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Robert Blake (Lenny Mancini), Doug McKeon (Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini), Mariclare Costello (Ellen Mancini), Tony Burton (Grif), Ray Buktenica (Dave Wolf), James Callahan (Father O’Neill), Dick Bakalyan (Frank Jacobs), Curtis Conaway (Lenny Jr.), Luisa Leschin (Ellen Jr.), Norman Alden (Ray Arcel), Ben Frank (Eddie Sullivan), Carl Steven (Ray at age 10), James Arone (Freddy), Marty Denkin (Referee), Richard Doyle (1st journalist), Steve Eastin (Reporter), Jimmy Gambina (Older fan), Johnny Haymer (Stan), Paul Jenkins (Steelworker), Marta Kober (Sandy), Jimmy Lennon (Ring announcer), Jimmy Lennon Jr. (2nd ring announcer), Mario J. Machado (Broadcaster), Stephen Mendel (Eye doctor), Duke Moosekian (Fan), Lycia Naff (Cynthia), Margery Nelson (2nd journalist), Judith Penrod (Business lady), Dee Dee Rescher (Reporter), Scott St James (Broadcaster), Steve Satello (Alexis Arguello). 1669... Heart of Steel (ABC, 12/4/1983, 120 mins). Peter Strauss is a steelworker caught in the shutdown of a mill where his family had worked for decades and goes South to find a job but, frustrated when the unemployment drags on, he turns to drink and takes his frustration out on the wife and kids. Production Company Beowulf Productions. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producers Gary DeVore, Peter Strauss. Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay Gary DeVore. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Scott Conrad. Art Director Bo Welch. Cast Peter Strauss (Emory Driscoll), Pamela Reed (Valerie Driscoll), John Doucette (Clifford), Barry Primus (Amendola), John Goodman (Raymond), Robert Swan (Dutton), Gary Cole (Lee), Bruce A. Young (Louie), Frank Howard (Mickey Driscoll), Justin Ernsberger (Brian Driscoll), Les Podewell (Eddie), Ron Dean (Lathrop), Don Brockett (Bill), Scott Peck (Bartender), Ken Jenkins (Priest), Patricia Hicok (Lois), Morgan Lund (Drin). 1670... Heartsounds (ABC, 9/30/1984, 150 mins). A happily married couple--he’s a successful physician, she’s a respected writer--refuse to be crushed when a series of heart attacks repeatedly threaten the doctor’s life. Both stars (James Garner in particular shedding his genial rugged man image with extra poundage and thinning hair) demonstrated true grit in this weeper and won Emmy Award nominations, and the 2-1/2 hour film itself was nominated as Outstanding Drama. Fay Kanin’s persuasive script was based on the 1980 book by Martha Weinman Lear, and the doctor’s real-life cousin, Norman Lear, was the film’s executive producer. Garner was named Best Actor for his against-type performance by the International Television Movie Festival. Production Company Embassy Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Norman Lear. Producers Fay Kanin, Fern Field. Teleplay Fay Kanin. Based on a Book by Martha Weinman Lear. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor John Wright. Production Design Ed Wittstein. Cast Mary Tyler Moore (Martha Lear), James Garner (Dr. Harold Lear), Sam Wanamaker (Moe Silverman), Wendy Crewson (Judy), David Gardner (Barney Knapp), Carl Marotte (Michael), David Bolt (Psychoanalyst), David Clement (Dr. Bell), Marvin Goldhar (Mr. Weinman), Doris Petrie (Mrs. Weinman), Wayne Best (Intern “Lover”), Anthony Bishop (Proprietor), Beverly Cooper (Nurse Lark), Eve Crawford (Ruth Nathanson), Sandy Crawley (Chief resident), Lynne Gorman (Mrs. Bailey), Patricia Hamilton (Flo), Tom Harvey (Walter Simon), Meg Hogarth (Estelle), Cec Linder (Dr. Korber), Steve Pernie (Chet), Maida

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Rogerson (Annie), Michael J Reynolds (Dr. Roberts), Francoise Vallee (Neurologist), Paul Vincent (Doorman), Jimmy Williams (Carl), George Zeeman (Dr. Gross). 1671... The Heist (HBO, 9/16/1989, 97 mins). Standard caper movie which has Pierce Brosnan as an ex-con who plans to knock over the security firm for a San Diego racetrack to exact revenge on his former partner who framed him in an emerald smuggling deal. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, Paramount Pictures Television, HBO Pictures. Director Stuart Orme. Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen. Teleplay William Irish Jr., David Fuller, Rick Natkin. Based on a Story by William Irish Jr. Photography George Tirl. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Jim Oliver. Associate Producer Ted Adams Swanson. Cast Pierce Brosnan (Neal Skinner), Tom Skerritt (Ebel Berens), Wendy Hughes (Sheila), Noble Willingham (Stuckey), Tom Atkins (Detective Leland), Robert Prosky (Dancer), Stephen F. Apostolina (Ramirez), Ben Mittleman (Morganthal), Nino Surdo (Brewst), Shelton Redden (Cane), Roger Hewlett (Durfin), Joseph Carnberry (Kelso), Fats Williams (Fats), Art Frankel (Walnut), Andrew Barnicle (Draper), Roger Chapman (Luis), Dan Hare (Parkhurst), Will Cascio (First jockey), Kevin Furlong (Second jockey), Fred Bailey (Limo driver), Gary Wright (Max), Luisa Vargas (Security guard), Susan Thompson (Receptionist), Gale McNeeley (Sam Edelman), Jack Oreno (Cashier), Matthew Wood (Border guard), Alan Buchdahl (Track announcer). 1672... Helen Keller--The Miracle Continues (Syndicated, 4/23/1984, 120 mins). The now familiar story of the early Helen Keller, as told in the TV, stage and screen versions of “The Miracle Worker,” continues in the less frequently related events surrounding Helen as a young adult, her attendance at Radcliffe College where she graduated cum laude in 1904, her infatuation with John Macy, the young editor who helped her with her first book and who married her teacher/companion, Anne Sullivan, her brief love affair with Peter Fagan and her short-lived stint in vaudeville. The source for this version of Helen’s story was the 1980 book “Helen & Teacher” by Joseph P. Lash, who also wrote “Eleanor and Franklin.” Production Companies Castle Combe Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Alan Gibson. Producer David Lawrence. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Joseph P. Lash. Photography Frank Watts. Music J.A. Redford. Theme Song by Jack Tillar, William Loos. Editor John Farrell. Production Designer Roger Hall. Associate Producers Adam Lawrence, Robyn A. Watson. Cast Blythe Danner (Anne Sullivan), Mare Winningham (Helen Keller), Perry King (John Macy), Vera Miles (Kate Keller), Peter Cushing (Prof. Charles Copeland), Alexander Knox (Mr. Gilman), Jack Warden (Mark Twain), Jeff Harding (Peter Fagan), Sarah Keller (Helen Meyers), Alan Tilvern (William Alexander), Billy J. Mitchell (Alan Webber), Bill Reimbold (Herman Webber), Jerry Harte (Lebaron Briggs), Lynn Webster (Clara), Ron Berglas (Jerry), Tristram Jellineck (Farr), Ian Tyler (Burke), Dean Stuart (Reporter). 1673... Hellinger’s Law (CBS, 3/10/1981, 120 mins). In this pilot to a follow-up series to his “Kojak,” Telly Savalas is a flamboyant criminal lawyer who takes on the case of the syndicate’s accountant--actually a Justice Department plant who has infiltrated the mob--accused of murdering a local TV newscaster. Hellinger finds that not only does the government want him to defend the man but syndicate front Rod Taylor does too. Production Company Universal Television. Director Leo Penn. Executive Producers Jack Laird, James McAdams. Producer Chas Floyd Johnson. Teleplay Jack Laird, Lawrence Vail. Based on a Story by Lawrence Vail, Ted Leighton. Photography Charles Correll. Music John Cacavas. Editor Leon Ortiz-Gil, Bill Parker, John J. Dumas. Art Director Howard E. Johnson. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Telly Savalas (Nick Hellinger), Morgan Stevens (Andy Clay), Ja’Net DuBois (Dottie Singer), Roy Poole (Judge Carroll), Rod Taylor (Clint Tolliver), Melinda Dillon (Anne Gronouski), James Sutorius (Lon Braden), Tom McFadden (Det. Roy Donovan), Lisa Blake Richards (Cara Braden), Kyle Richards (Julie Braden), Arlen Dean Snyder (DA Fred Whedon), Thom Christopher (Bill Rossetti), M. Emmet Walsh (Mr. Graebner), Robert Phalen (Dave Fredericks), Jack Ramage (Douglas Langley), Fatsy Rahn (Laura Weire), Don Hamner (DA Stevenson), Frank McCarthy (Paul Savage), Cindy Fisher (Jill Gronouski), Bill Cross (Leo), Paul Larson (Philadelphia judge), Paul Picerni (TV drector), John Christy Ewing (Assistant director), Marcy Pullman (Mrs. Carlson). 1674... Help Wanted: Kids (ABC, 2/2/1986, 120 mins). A flight of fancy that served as premiere of “The Disney Sunday Movie” which returned the Disney name to weekly network television, this comedy teamed real-life husband and wife Cindy Williams and Bill Hudson as urbane ad executives who move to Arizona after hiring two spirited youngsters to be their children to maintain the family image their new boss has “encouraged” them to display. Production Companies Stan Rogow Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director David R. Greenwalt. Executive Producer Stan Rogow. Producers Stephen Black, Henry Stern. Teleplay Stephen Black, Henry Stern. Photography King Baggot. Music Craig Safan. Songs Performed by Kipp Lennon, David Morgan, Huey Lewis and the News, Mr. Mister. Editor Kaja Fehr. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Cindy Williams (Lisa Burke), Bill Hudson (Tom Burke), Chad Allen (Coop), Hillary Wolf (Mickey), John Dehner (Cyrus), Joel Brooks (Lee), Miriam Flynn (Helen), Billie Bird (Bea), Carol Morley (Matty), Ebbe Roe Smith (Jesse), Cecily Thompson (Missy), Joseph Chapman (Kaiser), Kenneth Kimmins (Principal), Hap Lawrence (Western Union man), Toni Attell

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(Welfare worker), Arlene Banas (Lady with clipboard), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Berri), Owen Bush (Attendant), Jack Galvin Clark (Man), Kellie Martin (Linda), Rick Overton (Photographer), Dorothy Patterson (Woman passenger), Kathy Wagner (Tammy), Joan Welles (Receptionist), Fred D. Scott (Elderly man), Shug Fisher (Bus driver), Dion Zamora (Arnold). 1675... Help Wanted: Male (CBS, 1/16/1982, 120 mins). Suzanne Pleshette, in this romantic comedy, is an unmarried career woman who decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes, after first maneuvering her boyfriend into proposing marriage and then learning he can’t have children. Production Companies Brademan-Self Productions, QM Productions. Director William Wiard. Executive Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Producer Bruce Kane. Teleplay Max Shulman. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor Donald Hoskinson. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Laura Bingham), Gil Gerard (Johnny Gillis), Bert Convy (Skip McCullough), Dana Elcar (Milhauser), Harold Gould (Eliot Bingham), Caren Kaye (Aggie Swoboda), Ed Nelson (George Dobbs), Hank Brandt (Briggs), Diana Chesney (Hilda), Noel Conlon (Kramer), John Edwards (Minister), Ted Gehring (Dr. Merten), Ray Girardin (Gleason), Nancy Jeris (Helen), Curt Lowens (Claude), Bobby Ramsen (Williams), Gwen Van Dam (Dr. Quinn). 1676... Hemingway (Syndicated, 4/25/1988 and 5/2/1988, 2 parts, 180 mins each, 6 hours). Stacy Keach earned an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Special for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in this two-part six-hour biopic about the legendary novelist, his turbulent life, and his stormy relationships with his four wives. This international coproduction, filmed in many of the writer known as Papa’s stomping grounds, is based on “Ernest Hemingway--Collected Letters 1917-1961” and Carlos Baker’s biography “Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story.” Production Companies Daniel Wilson Productions, Alcor Film GmbH, Cine Alliance SA, Channel 4 Television, RAI Uno, TF1, ZDF Enterprises. Director Bernhard Sinkel. Executive Producers Daniel Wilson, Bodo Scriba. Producers Linda Marmelstein, Ully Pickardt, Gerhard Von Halem. Teleplay Bernhard Sinkel. Based on Letters by Ernest Hemingway. Based on a Biography by Carlos Baker. Photography Wolfgang Treu. Music James Calabrese, Kenneth Higgins. Editor John F. Carter. Production Designers W. Woods Mackintosh, Michael Molly. Cast Stacy Keach (Ernest Hemingway), Lisa Banes (Martha Gellhorn), Marisa Berenson (Pauline Pfeiffer), Josephine Chaplin (Hadley Richardson), Pamela Reed (Mary Welsh), Fiona Fullerton (Lady Duff Twysden), Consuelo de Haviland (Kitty Cannell), Rebecca Potok (Gertrude Stein), Rex Robbins (Max Perkins), Myron Natwick (Sherwood Anderson), Geoffrey Carey (Ezra Pound), Jesse Doran (John Dos Passos), Richard De Burnchurch (Pat Guthrie), Zoey Wilson (Sylvia Beach), Jerry Di Giacomo (Harold Loeb), Priscilla Pointer (Grace Hemingway), Stuart Whitman (Dr. Hemingway), James Villiers (Perceval), Dudley Sutton (Tom Delmer), Peter Hallwachs (Michilov), Rosel Zech (Lilli Marleen), Ana Torrent (Adriana), Judith Burnett (Alice B. Toklas), Jean-Yves Berteloot (Jean/waiter), Aldo Sambrell (Italian soldier), Jacques Ballutin (Boxing coach), Alain Flick (M. Lavigne), Nadar Farman (Leon Fleischman), Louis Redby-Pradeau (Bumby), Jorge Bosso (Hotelkeeper), Fernando Guillen (Cayetano Ordonez), Rory McGuiness (Charles), Ka Vundla (M’kola), James Ward (Pilot), Eric Eiterman (Young Ernest), Scott Weinger (Patrick), Armando Lodigiani (Carlos), Phillipe Marquis (Tourist), Raymond Forchion (Willard), Clarence Thomas (Skinner). 1677... The Henderson Monster (CBS, 5/27/1980, 120 mins). Actor/playwright Jason Miller is a moody, egotistical Nobel scientist in DNA research in this variation on the Frankenstein theme (an original teleplay by Ernest Kinoy), with Christine Lahti as his Ph.D. assistant and Stephen Collins her cynical, hard-drinking science-fiction writer husband as the other key figures, agonizing over Miller’s single-minded efforts to tamper with Mother Nature. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Dick Hyman. Song “I Saw the Light” by Thomas DeWolfe. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Marsha Louise Eck. Associate Producers Stephen A. Rotter, Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Stephen Collins (Pete Casimir), Larry Gates (Pres. Alan Doby), Christine Lahti (Dr. Louise Casimir), Jason Miller (Dr. Tom Henderson), Nehemiah Persoff (Prof. Leo Tedeschi), David Spielberg (Mayor Frank Bellona), Josef Sommer (Dr. Martin Grossman), Peter Evans (Harold), Kenneth Kimmins (Dr. Lewis Halloran), Mark Hulcher (Boy), Andrew Early (Youth), Glenn Crone (Professor), Lalla Rolfe (Woman), David Kilgore (Nelson Chase), Anne Goodwin (Irene Forster Dodd), Steve Boschen (Student), Carl Lester (Waiter), Beatrice Bush (TV reporter). 1678... Her Life As a Man (NBC, 3/12/1984, 120 mins). To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man in this comedy/drama inspired by Carol Lynn Mither’s true story that she revealed in a headline-making cover article in 1982 in “The Village Voice.” Production Company L.S. Entertainment Inc. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Executive Producer Lawrence Schiller. Supervising Producer Jim Begg. Producer Mimi Rothman. Teleplay Diane English, Joanna Crawford. Based on a Story by Joanna Crawford. Based on an Article by Carol Lynn Mithers. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music John Cacavas. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Directors Lynda Burbank, J. Rae Fox. Executive Consultant Rita Lakin. Cast Robyn Douglass (Caryl Perkins/Carl Parsons), Marc Singer (Mark Rogers), Laraine Newman (Barbara), Miriam Flynn (Sheila), Robert Culp (Dave Fleming), Joan Collins (Pam Dugan), Anthony Holland (Proprietor), Patricia Barry (Gloria

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Rogers), Malcolm Campbell (Police officer), Steve Fogel (Writer), Dino Gigante (Reseradonist), Debbie Gilbert (Girl at disco), Loretta Greenwood (Girl at personnel office), Bobby Hosea (Football player), Suze Lanier (Rosalee), Francine Lembi (Female cabbie), Blackie Markbreiter (Cabbie), Carol Lynn Mithers (Waitress), Paul Napier (Nat Rogers), Buckley Norris (Maitre d’), David Paymer (Ted), Anthony Peck (Writer), Carol Potter (Elaine), Kathryn Reynolds (Waitress), John Rose (Ron), Bill Santoro (Proper waiter), Stan Sells (Steve), Sandy Sampson (Motorcyclist), Mark A. Tolbert (Football player), Liz Torres (Susie), Mark Withers (Tom). 1679... Her Secret Life (ABC, 4/12/1987, 120 mins). A former secret agent leading a quiet life as a wife and schoolteacher risks a one-woman invasion of Cuba to rescue an old colleague--code name “The Dancer”--and an entanglement with a former lover, now a highly placed Havana official, when she is coerced into taking one more assignment. Original title: “One for the Dancer” Production Company Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Supervising Producer Larry Kostroff. Producer Buzz Kulik. Co-Producer Carla Jean Wagner. Photography James Crabe. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Art Director Steven Karatzas. Production Executive Barbara Black. Cast Kate Capshaw (Anne Goodwin), Jeroen Krabbe (Malarin), Gregory Sierra (Vic “The Dancer” Reva), Valerie Mahaffey (Becky), James Sloyan (Wardell), Cliff DeYoung (Paul Goodwin), Kurt Braunreiter (Swim instructor), Francisco Cuevrs (Rours), Robin Hudis (First woman), Kimberly Kulik (2nd student), Honorato Magaloni (Abel Orozco), Jorge Martinez de Hoyos (Rudy Villegas), Hilary Perez (1st student), Garette Ratliff (Scott), Andaluz Russel (Beatriz), Helen Siff (Secretary), Alex Statler (Lawyer), Jill Wagner-Porter (1st woman), Krzyztof Waliszewski (Russian), Tracy Williams (Mrs. Egan). 1680... Herman Wouk’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” (CBS, 5/8/1988, 120 mins). The emotionally charged court-martial segment, the heart of Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel that became the climax to the 1954 Bogart movie as well as a play in itself, first staged on Broadway in early 1954 and then live on television late the following year, brought director Robert Altman back to network television where his career had been spawned three decades earlier. This still-powerful drama--about the fictional 1945 trial of a young naval lieutenant charged with relieving his captain of command of a destroyerminesweeper at the height of a typhoon--is enacted by an ensemble cast and shot in sequence entirely in location at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington. Except for some military marches heard faintly in the background when the courtroom door is opened, there is no music in the entire production. Production Companies The Maltese Companies, Wouk-Ware Productions, Sandcastle 5 Productions. Director Robert Altman. Executive Producers Ray Volpe, Joseph Wouk. Co-Executive Producer Edd Griles. Supervising Producer Scott Bushnell. Producers Robert Altman, John Flaxman. Teleplay Herman Wouk. Based on the Novel and Play by Herman Wouk. Photography Jacek Laskus. Editor Dorian Harris. Production Designer Stephen Altman. Associate Producers Matthew Seig, Valerie Ross. Cast Eric Bogosian (Lt. Barney Greenwald), Jeff Daniels (Lt. Stephen Maryk), Brad Davis (Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Queeg), Peter Gallagher (Lt. Cmdr. John Challee), Michael Murphy (Captain Blakely), Kevin J. O’Connor (Lt. Thomas Keefer), Daniel Jenkins (Lt. jg Willis Seward Keith), Danny Darst (Capt. Randolph Southhard), Ken Michels (Dr. Alan Winston Bird), David Miller (Court stenographer), Matt Malloy (Legal assistant), David Barnett (Legal assistant), Ken Jones (Legal assistant), Brian Haley (Party guest), Matt Smith (Party guest), L.W.Wyman (Party guest). 1681... Hero in the Family (ABC, 9/28/1986, 120 mins). Disney adventure involving the efforts of an astronaut’s teenage son to make things the way they used to be after his dad and a chimp “swapped” brains during a space mishap. There is a vague similarity here to “The Monkey’s Uncle” of 20 years earlier, which Uncle Walt (Disney) made with Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello and reaped, in return, a bundle. Production Companies Barry & Enright Productions, Alexander Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producer Les Alexander. Supervising Producer Richard Briggs. Producer John Drimmer. Teleplay John Drimmer, Geoffrey Loftus. Photography Paul Goldsmith. Music William Goldstein. Editors Stanford C. Allen, Rod Stephens. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Art Director Eric Fraser. Cast Christopher Collet (Benjamin Reed), Cliff DeYoung (Digger Reed), Annabeth Gish (Jessie), Darlene Carr (Lisa Reed), Keith Dorman (Ralph), David Wohl (Loudon), M. Emmet Walsh (General Presser), Jay Brazeau (Zoo guard), Bernard Cuffling (Galleria manager), Don S. Davis (CAPCOM), Bill Down (NASA technician), Deryl Hayes (Security man), Max Margolin (Student Council president), Alicia Michelle (Buffy), Stephen E. Miller (Security man), Robin Mossley (Mr. Ozone Driver), Gordon McIntosh (Sonny Biker), William Nunn (Express driver), Betty Phillips (Chairwoman), Andrew Rhodes (NASA technician), Howard Stoley (Guard at gate), Raimund Stamm (Dempsey). 1682... He’s Fired, She’s Hired (CBS, 12/18/1984, 120 mins). A high-priced advertising executive who becomes a victim of a recession concocts a scheme with his wife to preserve their upscale lifestyle: to help her land a job as a copywriter, despite her total lack of credentials, using his expertise from home. “Paper Castles” was the original title for this amiable comedy, and Harvey Hart initially was announced as director.

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Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Marc Daniels. Supervising Producer Stan Hough. Producer Ann Shanks. Co-Producer Bob Shanks. Teleplay Bob Shanks. Based on an Unpublished Novel by Judy Rand. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Reuben Freed. Associate Producer George Manasse. Cast Wayne Rogers (Alex Grier), Karen Valentine (Annabelle Grier), Elizabeth Ashley (Freddie Fox), Novella Nelson (Serena), Frederick Koehler (Lexy Grier), Martha Byrne (Emily Grier), Mimi Kuzyk (Maureen McCullough), Howard Rollins Jr. (Raoul), John Horton (Fenley), Tudi Wiggins (Wheezy Knowlton), Eve Crawford (Inge), Leslie Toth (Tim), George Touliatos (Niko), Marcia Bennett (Rose Randall), Paul Brown (Jonathan Dale), Susanne Absolon, John Bayliss, Greg Beresford, Walker Econe, Kenneth Camroux, Linda Carter, Bibi Casparai, Anna Guardino, Len Henry, Michael Hogan, Noel James, Gordon Jocelyn, Jennifer Kiara, Danielle Kiraly, Patricia Knutson, Doug Lennox, James Loxley, Gene Mack, Peter Manierka, Paul Massie, Judith McGilligan, Maxine Miller, James Rebhorn, Heather Sinclair, Patricia Sinclair, Stella Sprowell. 1683... He’s Not Your Son (CBS, 10/3/1984, 120 mins). Two couples face the possibility that their infant sons, born the same day, were inadvertently switched at the hospital, and a chain of revelations and decisions threatens both families. Stars of assorted TV nighttime soaps toplined this film that was shot on location in Dallas. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Don Taylor. Producer Sam Strangis. Co-Producer Alan Collis. Teleplay Alan Collis, Robert J. Friedl, Alicia Van Gores, Arnold Margolin. Based on a Story by Alan Collis, Robert J. Friedl, Alicia Van Gores. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Charles Fox. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Donna Mills (Kathy Saunders), Ken Howard (Michael Saunders), Ann Dusenberry (Holly Barnes), John C. James (Ted Barnes), Michael C. Gwynne (Dr. Langtry), George Coe (Dr. Stadler), Dorothy Malone (Dr. Sullivan), Hugh Gorrian (Bob Swain), Jeanne Evans (Mae Daniels), Ed Holmes (Judge Long), Arnold Margolin (Dorian Dupree), Jerry Haynes (Dr. Steinman), Karen Radcliffe (Holly’s nurse), Lisa Lemole (Announcer), Norman Bennett (Frank Barnes), Norma Young (Shirley Barnes), Maryanna Austin (Ouida Rae Barnes), Blue Deckert (Coach Morris), Andrea McCall (Head nurse), Susan Bayer (Kathy’s nurse), Michele Rusheene (Station nurse), Woody Watson (Ken Barnes), Cecilia Flores (2nd nurse), Gloria Hocking (Penny), Irma P. Hall (Nurse Anne Hall), Craig Branham (Gardere), Cliff Samuelson (John Simmons), Angie Bolling (Marcia), Ralph Brown (Bailiff), Sean McGraw (Harry), Jane Simoneau (1st nurse), Nina Wilson (Secretary), Andrew Bailey (Kevin). 1684... High Desert Kill (USA, 11/1/1989, 120 mins). Three sportsmen go out for a week of hunting and male bonding in the New Mexico Badlands, and, with a grizzled old cowpoke who agrees to be their guide, find their bodies and minds invaded by a supernatural force in this offbeat sci-fi thriller. Production Companies Lehigh Entertainment, MCA Television Entertainment (MTE). Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer Jon Epstein. Co-Executive Producer T.S. Cook. Supervising Producer Barry Greenfield. Line Producer G. Warren Smith. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor David B. Lloyd. Production Designer Roger Holzberg. Cast Anthony Geary (Dr. Jim Cole), Marc Singer (Brad Mueller), Chuck Connors (Stan Brown), Micah Grant (Ray Bettencamp), Vaughn Armstrong (Paul Bettencamp/The Alien), Lori Birdsong (Terry), Deborah Anne Mansy (Kathleen). 1685... High Ice (NBC, 1/7/1980, 120 mins). A grizzled veteran forest ranger (David Janssen) finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer (Tony Musante) who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge. Production Company ESJ Productions. Director Eugene S. Jones. Executive Producer Sy Gomberg. Producers Eugene S. Jones, Natalie R. Jones. Teleplay Jack Turley, Sy Gomberg. Based on a Story by Eugene S. Jones, Natalie R. Jones. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Robert O. Ragland. Editor George B Hively. Art Director Ray Storey. Associate Producer William Beaudine Jr. Cast David Janssen (Glencoe MacDonald), Tony Musante (Lt. Col. Harris Thatcher), Madge Sinclair (Dr. Pittman), Gretchen Corbett (Liz), James G. Richardson (Scott), Allison Argo (Kathy), Dorian Harewood (Lt. Zack Hawkins), Warren Stevens (Master Sergeant Lomax), Katherine Cannon (Sandy), James Canning (Lieutenant Foster), James Kaufman (Lieutenant Foley), Dan Chambers (Ranger Boyd), Byron Patt (Ranger Lawson), Jeffrey Prather (Tom), Zachary Lewis (Glennie), Michael Cunningham (Morgan), Maxine Cooper (Peggy), Rick Dominy (Pete), John Brill (Crew chief), Bill Young (Crew chief). 1686... High Mountain Rangers (CBS, 4/19/1987, 120 mins). Action adventure set in the High Sierra country involving an intrepid ranger, who has come out of retirement and, with the special squad he has created, leads the search for a vicious escaped convict who had returned to the mountains. This TV-movie pilot to the subsequent short-lived “High Mountain Rangers” series (January-July 1988) and its revamped follow-up “Jesse Hawkes” (April-May 1989) was a family affair, with Robert Conrad cowriting and directing it and starring with sons Christian and Shane, while daughter Joan was executive producer for Conrad’s production outfit, A. Shane Company. Production Company A Shane Company. Director Robert Conrad. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Supervising Producer Kurt Bullinger. Producers Roger Bacon, Glenn D. Banner. Teleplay David J Kinghorn. Based on a Story by David J. Kinghorn, Robert Conrad. Photography George Kohut. Music Robert Folk. Editor Kurt Bullinger. Co-Editor Mervin Dayan. 2nd Unit Photographer James Roberson. Associate Producer Debi Tewell.

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Cast Robert Conrad (Jesse Hawkes), Christian Conrad (Matt Hawkes), Shane Conrad (Cody Hawkes), P.A. Christian (Robin Kelly), Tony Acierto (Avilla), Todd Allen (Shepard), Russell Todd (Cutler), Rick J. Porter (Pierce), Eugene Williams (Hart), Tom Towles (T.J. Cousins), Ed O’Ross (Bernie Cousins), Antoni Corone (Fiore), Joe E. Tata (Cavelli), Robyn Peterson (Jackie Hawkes), Terry Brannon (Hal Brisbane), Ric Mancini (Sheriff Dante), Elizabeth Reilly (Donna Brisboe), J.R. Allen, Mel Berenson, Joe Costanza, Timothy Erwin, Bud Leaseburge, Thomas M. Martin, John Rixey Moore, Lincoln Simonds, Kristine Spilotoro, Lauren Stanley, Dingy the Dog. 1687... High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (CBS, 11/15/1980, 120 mins). Twenty-eight years after the original film classic, this sequel comes along to continue the story of Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, with Lee Majors stepping into Gary Cooper’s boots to return to Hadleyville for the first time since the memorable gunfight with Frank Miller and his gang, only to find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting marshal (Pernell Roberts) and his two gun-happy deputies. David Carradine turns up as a drifter, wanted dead or alive for a crime he didn’t commit. The length of time between the original movie and its sequel remains a record of its type. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Elmore Leonard. Photography Harry J. May. Editor Lee Burch. Art Director Adrian Gorton. Cast Lee Majors (Will Kane), David Carradine (Ben Irons), J.A. Preston (Alonzo), Michael Pataki (Darold), Katherine Cannon (Amy Kane), Pernell Roberts (Marshal J.D. Ward), M Emmet Walsh (Harold Patton), Frank Campanella (Dr. Losey), Tracey Walter (Harlan Tyler), Britt Leach (Virgil), Charles Benton (Emmett), Sanford Gibbons (Frank Stam), Stonewall Jackson (Telegrapher), Francesca Jarvis (Mrs. Garver), Hank Kendrick (Martin Garver), Kirk Koskella (Richie), Warren Stanhope (Desk clerk), Tiny Wells (Riley). 1688... The High Price of Passion (NBC, 11/30/1986, 120 mins). The sordid true tale of a Tufts University professor who becomes obsessed with a prostitute and is driven to murder, as recounted in Russell M. Glitman’s book, “The Ruling Passion,” is enacted by Richard Crenna, at the head of a lengthy Canadian cast. Tufts officials doubtless were unnerved to discover that in this rather exploitative film their institution somehow got relocated from suburban Medford, Mass., to downtown Boston, smack in the middle of the infamous and gaudy Combat Zone, the city’s red-light district. (Perhaps to avoid any further unwanted publicity, the university chose not to sue the producers for what could be called “defamation of character.”) Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Producer Lynn Raynor. Teleplay Mel Frohman. Based on a Book by Russell M Glitman. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Joseph Conlan. Editor Art Seid. Art Director David Davis. Cast Richard Crenna (Williams Douglas), Karen Young (Robin Benedict), Sean McCann (John Benedict), Terry Tweed (Shirley Benedict), Steven Flynn (Willie), Richard Monette (Asst. DA Joe Grant), George R. Robertson (Phillips), David B. Nichols (Bishop), Michele Scarabelli (Chris), Samantha Langevin (Ruth), Wayne Best (Keefe), Carolyn Dunn (Rhonda Benedict), Michael Copeman (Petrizzi), Jim Bearden (Detective Merrill), Hamish McEwan (Hal), Cec Linder (Judge), Eric Keenleyside (David), Tom Butler (Security man), Jeannie Becker (TV anchorperson), Barclay Hope (1st officer), Walker Boone (Bartender), Mung Ling (1st student), Bob Martin (2nd student), Kelly Rowan (3rd student), Bob Collins (Hardhat), Stan Coles (Key man), Philip Akin (Locksmith), Richard Fitzpatrick (Clerk), David Clement (1st carpet man), Lee J. Campbell (2nd carpet man). 1689... High School U.S.A. (NBC, 10/16/1983, 120 mins). Two generations of television personalities--the contemporary players as students and ’50s and ’60s actors parents and teachers--are pitted against each other in this teenage comedy set in a Midwestern high school. This potential series pilot was followed by a second, hour-long one some months later. (Interestingly, David Nelson was in the original pilot as the school principal; brother Rick had the role in the second, along with mom Harriet.) Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Rod Amateau. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Supervising Producer Dori Weiss. Producers Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz. Co-Producers Robin S. Clark, Wolfgang Glattes. Teleplay Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Miles Goodman, Tony Berg. Editor John Cortland. Art Director George Costello. Cast Michael J. Fox (Jay-Jay Manners), Nancy McKeon (Beth Franklin), Todd Bridges (Otto Lipton), Angela Cartwright (Miss D’Angelo), Bob Denver (Milton Feld), Dwayne Hickman (Mr. Plaza), Lauri Hendler (Nadine), Dana Plato (Cara Ames), Crystal Bernard (Anne-Marie Conklin), Anthony Edwards (Beau Middleton), Frank Bank (Mr. Gerardi), Elinor Donahue (Mrs. Franklin), Tony Dow (Pete Kinney), Steve Franken (Dr. Fritz Hauptmann), David Nelson (Mr. Krinsky), Ken Osmond (Baxter Franklin), Dawn Wells (Miss Lorilee Lee), Barry Livingston (Mr. Sirota), Tom Villard (Crazy Leo Bandini), Crispin Glover (Archie Feld), Michael Zorek (Chuckie Dipple), Jon Caliri (Jerry), David Packer (Danny), Cathy Silvers (Peggy), Jonathan Gries (Dirty Curt), Kelly Ann Conn (Swoozie), Robin Evans (Girl), Kaley Ward (Chris), Jerry Maren (Otto’s robot), Danny Williams (Clem Pickens). 1690... Higher Ground (CBS, 9/4/1988, 120 mins). John Denver is an FBI agent turned Alaska bush pilot who gets enmeshed in his air charter service partner’s drug-smuggling escapades and then has to solve his pal’s murder in this action-

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adventure drama that Denver hoped would lead to a weekly series. In addition to starring, he cowrote the title song with Lee Holdridge and wrote and sings “Alaska and Me.” Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Co-Executive Producer John Denver. Supervising Producer Steve Barnett. Producer Jim Green. Teleplay Michael Eric Stein. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Lee Holdridge. Title Song John Denver, Lee Holdridge. Performed by John Denver. Musical Consultant John Denver. Editor David Blangsted. Art Director David Fischer. Associate Producer Mark Bacino. Cast John Denver (Jim Clayton), Meg Wittner (Ginny Loden), David Renan (Link Holmes), Brandon Marsh (Tommy Loden), John Rhys-Davies (Lieutenant Smight), Martin Kove (Rick Loden), Richard Masur (Bill McClain), Michael Benyaer (Ike Tench), Jane McDougal (Julia Reeves), Paul G. Batten (Leidecker), Peter Yunker (Dave Finnell), Gordon Tootoosis (Willingham), Venus Terzo (Lisa Bell), Alex Bruhanski (Donoso), Garry Chalk (Captain Jenkins), Garry Davey (Steve Healy), Stephen Dimopoulos (Jim Yagoda), Luther “Corky” Williams (Don Land), Frank C. Turner (Jack Simon), Margo Kane (Mala Brenner), Ross Douglas (Chris Brenner), Charles Andre (Kayaker), Mark Birakowski (Reverend), Kim Kondrashoff (Nat Bryce), George Josef (Bodyguard), Norman Walker (Herman Baker). 1691... The Highwayman (NBC, 9/20/1987, 120 mins). Its title suggesting an 18th century British costume adventure notwithstanding, “The Highwayman” is a contemporary action-drama and prospective series pilot that has Sam Jones as a hi-tech undercover cop who, operating out of a futuristic 18-wheeler, tries to save homeless Vietnam vet (Jimmy Smits) targeted for death by his former war buddy (Watergate figure-turned-radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy), and a sadistic small-town Texas sheriff (Wings Hauser). Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Doug Heyes. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Supervising Producer Mark Clafferty. Producer Harker Wade. Co-Producer J.C. Larson. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Doug Heyes. Photography John M. Stephens. Music Stu Phillips. Theme Stu Phillips, Glen A. Larson. Editors Gloryette Clark, David Howe. Art Director Gary A. Lee. Associate Producer Scott Levitta. Cast Sam J. Jones (The Highwayman), Claudia Christian (Dawn), Stan Egi (Mr. Toto), Jimmy Smits (Bo Ziker), Wings Hauser (Sheriff Wyatt), Jennifer Runyon (Amanda Merrick), Lyle Alzado (Iron Butt), “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (Preacher), Kenny Morrison (Travis Ziker), Theresa Saldana (Angela Brown), Bill McKinney (Deputy Stebbins), Jon Menick (Cash), G. Gordon Liddy (Ed Merrick), William Conrad (Narrator), John Quade (Bartender), Paul Drake (Deputy Bricker), Tommy Lamey (Deputy Dogget), Branscombe Richmond (Geronimo), Michael Berryman (Chromedome), Mickey Jones (Pepper Hansen), Michael Carr (Deputy Turley), Keith Barbour, Michael McGinnis, Mindi Iden, Joanne Wolf, Carmen Kotta, Ed Hooks , James Griffith, Patrick Cranshaw, Marion A. Wright, Maura Soden. 1692... The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (NBC, 2/13/1989, 120 mins). First of two TV movies about the 1985 terrorist takeover of a luxury cruise ship on a Mediterranean cruise and the murder of one American, wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer. Three Actors Studio pals--Lee Grant, Karl Malden, and E.G. Marshall--head the cast of this fact-based drama (filmed in Australia), initially called “Sea of Terror.” An Emmy nomination went to Chris Boardman for his music scoring. Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, Spectacor Films, New World Television. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producer Tamara Asseyev. Supervising Producer Sue Milliken. Teleplay Robert Collins. Photography Vincent Monton. Music Chris Boardman. Supervising Editor Robert K. Lambert. Production Designer Ross Major. Cast Karl Malden (Leon Klinghoffer), Lee Grant (Marilyn Klinghoffer), Vera Miles (Sophie Kubacki), E.G. Marshall (Stan Kubacki), Christina Pickles (Charlotte Spiegel), Barry Otto (Kevin Blaxland), Susan Lyons (Ruth Blaxland), Neva Small (Lisa Klinghoffer), John Orcsik (Samir al-Quantari), Phillip Hinton (Captain de Rosa), Brian Harrison (Ambassador Veliotes), Vincent Ball (British Ambassador), Alastair Duncan (Mossad officer), Martin Harris (The visitor), Caz Lederman (Susan Moran), Rob Dator (Danny Moran), Michael Van Schoor (Ahmed al-Assadi), Tony Helou (Ibrahim Adelatif), Charles Nassif (Bassam alAshkar), Mohab Boctor (Magid al-Moqui), Monica Trapaga (Ilsa Klinghoffer), Ray Duparc (Brother Gregory), Toni Moran (Elizabeth), David Bracks (Egyptian Foreign Minister), Robert Mammone (Aldo), Nabil Hakkim (Abul Abbas), Ezio Scimone (Italian Ambassador), Nick Magasic (Guide), Nick Gassana (Lorenzetti), Nicole Smith (Enoch Moran), Steve Browne (Terrorist), Eric Lewis (Terrorist), Jade Clayton (Terrorist), Adam Cockburn (Terrorist). 1693... His Mistress (NBC, 10/21/1984, 120 mins). A married tycoon becomes involved in an emotional triangle after beginning an affair with an ambitious female executive whom he sets up in a lavish penthouse. Robert Urich, Linda Kelsey and Julianne Phillips make up the triangle, with Cynthia Sikes as the savvy mistress of one of industrialist Urich’s executives. Sachi Parker, daughter of Shirley MacLaine, plays one of the secretaries. Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Chuck McLain. Producer Hunt Lowry. Teleplay Beth Sullivan. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jack Fegan. Production Designer William Sandell. Cast Robert Urich (Allen Beck), Julianne Phillips (Anne Davis), Cynthia Sikes (Paula Schuster), Tim Thomerson (Tom Goodman), Mark Shera (Jeff Perkins), Linda Kelsey (Katherine Beck), Jeb Adams (Ross Beck), Becca C. Ashley (Jean Beck), Tom Fuccello (Mike White), Sachi Parker (Susan Frazier), Virginia Dale (Lillian), Joan Prather (Lauren), Jake Dengel (Anne’s father), Patricia Herd (Anne’s mother), David Eric (Waiter), Rebecca Perle (Megan), Susan Shearer (Anne’s sister), Elizabeth Lyn Fraser,

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Anne-Marie Johnson, Dawn Merrick, Eugene Morris, Maidie Norman, Randy Patrick, Robert Rothwell, Barry Sattels, Susan Watson, Joseph Whipp. 1694... Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil (NBC, 2/17/1985, 180 mins). In this three-hour study of the fortunes of a workingclass German family between 1931 and 1945, two brothers (John Shea and Bill Nighy) find themselves on opposite sides of the Third Reich. The secondary characters, curiously, were of more interest: especially David Warner repeating the role of Reinhard Heydrich, which he had done earlier in “Holocaust,” and Tony Randall as Putzi, an effeminate, anti-Nazi nightclub performer (a counterpart of sort to Joel Grey’s emcee in “Cabaret”), in one of the campiest performances on television in years. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Colason Ltd., Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Jim Goddard. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producer Aida Young. Teleplay Lukas Heller. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Richard Hartley. Lyrics Roger McGough. Editor John Shirley. Production Designers Eileen Diss, Michael Porter. Choreography Eve Darlow. Cast John Shea (Karl Hoffman), Bill Nighy (Helmut Hoffman), Lucy Gutteridge (Mitzi Templer), David Warner (Reinhard Heydrich), Warren Clarke (Becker), Michael Elphick (Ernst Roehm), Stratford Johns (Uncle Walter), Robert Urquhart (Albrecht Hoffman), José Ferrer (Professor Rosenberg), Carroll Baker (Gerda Hoffman), Tony Randall (Putzi), John Normington (Heinrich Himmler), Derek Newark (Eicke), Paul Brooke (August Blegler), Colin Jeavons (Adolf Hitler), Ivor Roberts (Rudolf Langner), John Dicks (Lutze), Prentis Hancock (Karl Tessler), Struan Rodger (Thea Schmidt), Roland MacLeod (Meissner), John Woodnutt (Pastor Sommers), Waiter Sparrow (Klaus), Bernard Lloyd (Dietrich), Peter Craze (Keilbach), John Benfield (Griesch), James Coyle (Mueller), Forbes Collins (Hauptscharfuhrer), Royston Tickner (Colonel), Shaun Curry (Colonel), Dave Atkins (Deserter sergeant), Stephen Bronowski (Legless soldier), Peter Howell (Prison governor), Ray Armstrong (Police sergeant), Ruth Goring (Mrs. Langner), Tricia Thorns (Louisa), Steve Dixon (Mechanic), Nick Brimble (Gildisch), Alec Linstead (Dr. Best), Tessa Shaw (Frau Leber), Mateylock Gibbs, Harry Webster, Harry Jones, Pamela St. Clement, John Moore, Robert Demeger, Peter Marquis, Jodie Andrews, Caspain Batoris, Philip Croskin, Maurice Colbourne, Christopher Gray, Ian Collier, Terry Gurry, Chris Jenkinson, Cyril Appleton, Charles Lawson, Brian Grellis, Roger Pope, Jonathan Stratt, Mark Crey, Bruce Morrison, Tim Milsom, Jeff Hall, Billy Gray. 1695... A Hobo’s Christmas (CBS, 12/6/1987, 120 mins). Sentimental Yuletide tale reuniting after 25 years a wizened oldster, a onetime salesman who long ago walked out on his family to ride the rails with colorful, like-minded hoboes, and his estranged son, a widowed cop with two children, who still nurses the pain and resentment he felt as a young boy when his dad ran away. Time has come for the wanderer to mend fences and be Santa to the two grandchildren he has never seen. The film, set in Salt Lake City (where it was shot), not only cast veteran actor Barnard Hughes in the starring role but also gave him the chance to act with his real-life wife Helen Sternborg, playing the kids’ maternal grandma. Production Companies A Joe Byrne-Falrose Production, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Will Mackenzie. Executive Producer Joe Byrne. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook. Based on a Story by Joe Byrne, Jeb Rosebrook. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Mark Snow. Editor Corky Ehlers. Cast Barnard Hughes (Chance Grovner), Gerald McRaney (Charlie Grovner), Wendy Crewson (Laurie Michaels), William Hickey (Cincinnati Harold), Lee Weaver (Biloxi Slim), Jamie Mills (Kathy Grovner), Harley Cross (Bobby Grovner), Helen Stenborg (Gladys Morgan), Michael Ruud (Omaha John Boswell), Logan Field (Lieutenant Nielsen), Alan Gregory (Desk clerk), Michael Flynn (Priest), Laura Leigh Hughes (Carolina Blue), Dana Cutrer (Cajun), Donré Sampson (Desk sergeant), Gregory Dee Watts (Topeka Kid), Curley Green (Orderly), Gail Ho (Nurse), Gae P. Cowley (Waitress). 1696... Hobson’s Choice (CBS, 12/21/1983, 120 mins). The TV remake of the 1954 David Lean movie classic that starred Charles Laughton and John Mills was transplanted from Lancashire, England, of the 1880s to New Orleans of 1914 while retaining its basic story about a cantankerous, carousing shoe shop owner determined not to give his three daughters a dowry and his clash with the oldest one, a strong-willed girl with a dream who takes her fate in her own hands and sets her sights on one of her father’s simpleminded lackeys who happens to be a talented shoemaker. Written in 1916 as a three-act stage comedy, it became the basis of the 1966 Broadway musical, “Walking Happy.” Production Companies Blue-Greene Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Producers Blue Andre, Vanessa Greene. Teleplay Burt Prelutsky. Based on the Play by Harold Brighouse. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director Richard Berger. Associate Producer Alice Pardo. Cast Richard Thomas (Will Mossop), Sharon Gless (Maggie Hobson), Jack Warden (Henry Hobson), LilIian Gish (Miss Molly Winkle), Bert Remsen (Homer Ralston), Wynn Irwin (A.D. Hallem), Lenora May (Vickey Hobson), Jennifer Holmes (Alice Hobson), Robert Englund (Freddy Beenstock), Frank Dent (Albert Prosser), Henry G. Sanders (Tubby), Duncan Ross (Dr. McFarlane), Robert Earle (Ross Ferber), Bill Holliday (Bob McCaulley), Michael Morrison (Joey), Ron Gural (Red), Jack Hollahan (Father Lawrence), Becki Davis (Mabel Higgins), Lenore Banks (Mrs. Higgins), Stocker Pontelieu (Jason Monroe), Barbara Chaney (Miss Amy), Lyla May Owen (Waitress), Matt Sorel (Taxi driver), Donna Thompson (Bank teller), Nimard File (Bank teller), Charles Szasley (Trumpeter [father]), Kenyatto Szasley (Trumpeter [son]), John Schluter (Chauffeur), Joe Catalanotto (Weight guesser).

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1697... Hold That Dream (Syndicated, 10/27/1986 and 11/3/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The two-part follow-up to Barbara Taylor Bradford’s “A Woman of Substance” reunited much of the original miniseries--Deborah Kerr, now playing Emma Harte at 80 and in the winter of her life; Jenny Seagrove, young Emma in the original and now her granddaughter, Paula; John Mills, as Emma’s respected advisor, Henry Rossiter; and Liam Neeson, returning as Blackie O’Neill at 85. Where the initial Barbara Taylor Bradford book was produced by American actress Diane Baker and adapted by Lee Langley, “Hold That Dream” was adapted by the author herself and her husband Robert Bradford was executive producer. Production Companies Robert Bradford Productions, Bradford Portman Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Don Sharp. Executive Producer Robert Bradford. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Based on the Novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Photography John Coquillon. Music Barrie Guard. Title Song Performed by Elkie Brookes. Editor Teddy Darvas. Production Designer Brian Ackland-Snow. Cast Jenny Seagrove (Paula Fairley), Stephen Collins (Shane O’Neill), Deborah Kerr (Emma Harte), James Brolin (Ross Nelson), Claire Bloom (Edwina [Lady Dunvale]), Paul Daneman (David Amory), Fiona Fullerton (Skye Smith), Suzanna Hamilton (Emily Barkstone), Nigel Havers (Jim Fairley), John Mills (Henry Rossiter), Liam Neeson (Blackie O’Neill), Pauline Yates (Daisy McGill Amory), Valentine Pelka (Winston Harte), Sarah-Jane Varley (Sally Harte), Paul Geoffrey (Anthony [Earl of Dunvale]), Dominic Jephcott (Jonathan Ainsley), Victoria Wicks (Sarah Lowther), David Swift (John Cross), Nicholas Farrell (Sebastian Cross), Richard Morant (Malcolm Perring), Bruce Boa (Dale Stevens), Denyse Alexander (Gaye Sloane), Amanda Boxer (Minerva), Kate Harper (Elaine Vickers), Christopher Muncke (Sonny Vickers), Ralph Watson (Sam Fellowes), Sorcha Cusack (Bridget O’Donnell), Joan Heal (Ann Donovan), Patricia Lawrence (Mrs. Padgett), James Hayes, Sean Caffrey, Kenneth Nelson, Neville Phillips, Paul Miles Kingston, Elizabeth Benson, Joe Crilly. 1698... A Holiday Affair (NBC, 12/19/1988, 120 mins). Robert Young brings his Marcus Welby alter ego to television for one last time. Having retired, the good doctor takes a trip to Europe alone, and falls in love with Alexis Smith, as an American divorcee who is caring for a blind dancer. Craig (“Peter Gunn”) Stevens, Smith’s real-life husband, is Welby’s rival for her affections. Young retired from acting after this movie. Production Companies Marstar Limited Productions, Condor Productions. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producers Howard Alston, Peter-Christian Fueter. Co-Producer William Hartman. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on Characters Created by David Victor. Photography Hans Liechti. Music Georges Garvarentz. Editors Melvin Shapiro, David B. Lloyd. Art Directors Franz Mauer, Gerard Viard. Cast Robert Young (Marcus Welby), Alexis Smith (Tessa Menard), Delphine Forest (Anna Dupuy), Craig Stevens (Frank Poston), Robert Hardy (Dr. Price), Betsy Blair (Grace Simpson), Robert MacLeod (Allen Simpson), Paul Maxwell (Dr. Wallace), Pierre Leclercq (Dr. Marcel), Pauline Larrieu (Cece), Daniel Leger (French hotel clerk), Anna Gaylot (Housekeeper), Mary Martlew (Ruth Wilson), Alain Klarer (French doctor), Douglas Hudkins (Chef). 1699... The Hollywood Detective (USA, 10/25/1989, 120 mins). Telly Savalas spoofs his Theo Kojak persona as an unemployed TV detective who takes on a real case to pay his rent, and hooks up with an avid fan of his old show, a ditz named Wednesday who becomes his girl Friday. Telly’s daughter Candace and his brother Gus also have small roles in this ’40s gumshoe movie send-up. Production Companies Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment, MCA Television Entertainment (MTE). Director Kevin Connor. Executive Producers Robert A. Papazian, James G. Hirsch. Co-Executive Producer Christopher Crowe. Producer R.J. Louis. CoProducer Kevin Connor. Teleplay Christopher Crowe. Photography Doug Milsome. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Rodger Maus. Cast Telly Savalas (Harry Bell), Helene Udy (Lois Wednesday), George Coe (Sid Kurly), Joe Dallesandro (Jerry Brazil), Tom Reese (Lt. Victor Grabowsky), William H. Bassett (Delbert Mitchell), James Greene (Eddie Northcott), Donald Hotton (Rupert Hollenbeck), Greg Mullavey (Mike Maglin), Troy Evans (Huck), Jon Paul Jones (Cronjager), David Katims (Reporter), Mark Lowenthal (Ira Estevits), Herman Poppe (Marvin Morris), Randy Polk (Stitch), Candace Savalas (Reporter), Gus Savalas (Desk Sergeant), Alan Shearman (Palhouse), Christopher West (Young Punk), John Wheeler (Jack), Angela Wilder Worthy (Secretary). 1700... Hollywood Wives (ABC, 2/17/1985 to 2/19/1985, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Trash-wallowers, if TV ratings are a believable barometer, were beside themselves with glee, savoring every minute of this three-part, six-hour adaptation of Jackie Collins’ popular 1983 book about women who, according to the network publicity releases, “are caught up in the low life and high society of the film capital.” In this fictionalized counterpart of TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” a stellar cast sashayed classily through the glitz--although many were surprised to find someone of Anthony Hopkins’ caliber willing to admit this particular credit into his filmography. Candice Bergen received star billing here; her real-life mother Frances also appeared, as Robert Stack’s society missus. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film editors for part 2. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E Duke Vincent. Producer Howard W. Koch. Teleplay Robert L. McCullough. Based on the Novel by Jackie Collins. Creative Consultant Jackie Collins. Photography William W. Spencer. Music Lalo Schifrin. Title Song Jan Buckingham, Jeff Silbar. Song Performed by Laura Branigan. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editors Fred A.

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Chulack, Ray Daniels. Art Director John E Chilberg II. Costume Designer Nolan Miller. Associate Producers Steven Milkis, J. David Williams. Cast Candice Bergen (Elaine Conti), Joanna Cassidy (Marilee Gray), Mary Crosby (Karen Lancaster), Angie Dickinson (Sadie LaSalle), Steve Forrest (Ross Conti), Anthony Hopkins (Neil Gray), Roddy McDowall (Jason Swankle), Stefanie Powers (Montana Gray), Suzanne Somers (Gina Germaine), Robert Stack (George Lancaster), Rod Steiger (Oliver Easterne), Andrew Stevens (Buddy Hudson), Catherine Mary Stewart (Angel Hudson), Frances Bergen (Pamela Lancaster), Daryl Anderson (Ferdie), Stephen Shellen (Randy), Danielle Aubry (Bibi), James Bacon (Himself), Angel Black (Herself), K Callan (Catherine), Corinne Conley (Norma), Wally Dalton (Maury), Dorothy Dells (Francis), Tom Everett (Dresser), Edith Fields (Helen Andrews), Mike Genovese (Ray), Dino Gigante (Hairdresser), James “Gypsy” Haake (Koko), Julius Harris (Reverend Daniel), Mary Hart (Herself), James Jeter (Truck driver), Richard Kuss (John Andrews), Shelby Leverington (Julie), Jay W. MacIntosh (Celeste), Anna Maria Poon (Brenda), Fran Ryan (Nina Carrolle), Aleisa Shirley (Shelly), Bill Sorrells (Friedman), Joe E. Tata (Eliot), Vernon Weddle (Jameson), Allen Williams (Dr. McMartin), Meg Wyllie (Mrs. Liederman). 1701... Home Fires (Showtime, 8/16/1987 and 8/17/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Ambitious two-part “family values” concept drama made for cable, following an all-American 1980s family of five over four days, much in the manner of the PBS docudrama about the real-life Louds a decade earlier. The cast was filled with then-unfamiliar faces (including teenagers Juliette Lewis and Max Perlich in their first leading roles). Michael Toshiyuki Uno here made his debut as a feature director after doing some award-winning shorts, receiving an Emmy for a drama in the “CBS After School Special” series, and helming episodes of series such as the new “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Executive Producers Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Co-Executive Producer Michael Barnathan. Producer Barry Jossen. Teleplay Gill Dennis. Photography Tom Sigel. Music Dan Kuramoto. Editor Michael C. Smith. Production Designer Pam Warner. Cast Guy Boyd (Charlie Ash), Amy Steel (Cath Ash), Max Perlich (Sam Ash), Juliette Lewis (Mary Ash), Whitby Hertford (Will Ash), Mitchell Laurance (Mark Lowenthal), Elizabeth Ruscio (Joan Martino), Nan Martin (Judge Jane Dalton), Daniel McDonald (Brian Bozian), Jordan Charney (Hal Robison), Jennifer Shockley (Janet), David Byrd (Howard Whalen), Juliana Donald (Paula), Laurence Haddon (Dr. Kenner), Laura Harrington (Beryl Fletcher), Jay Ingram (James Stephens), Russell Johnson (Michael Galbreath), Janet MacLachlan (Sam’s teacher), Marianne McAndrew (Mrs. Peters), Kristen Peckinpah (Lauren), Kate Williamson (Preschool teacher), Brad Bradley (Junior High boy), Ryan Brennan (Preschool boy #1), Marguerite DeLain (Chico’s mother), Richard Frankfather (Sam’s friend), Wendy Girard (Susan Wallace), Lynn Kuratomi (Kitty), Cady McClain (Margie), J. Patrick McNamara (Mr. Peters), Alicia Menke (Emily Fletcher), Richard Morgan (Party rapper #1), Garette Ratliff (Preschool Superman), Stefanie Ridel (Suzanne Peters), Mark Dakota Robinson (Preschool boy #2), Michael Russo (David Cassella), Christine Scherick (Party greeter), Arthur Sellars (Supermarket clerk), Paul J. Sherman (Art class student), Sheeneeka Smith (Chico), Jason Tomlins (Part rapper #2), Charles Walker (Court clerk), Noni White (Ruth Ash), Gill Dennis (Newsstand clerk). 1702... Home Fires Burning (CBS, 1/29/1989, 120 mins). World War II drama adapted by Robert Inman from his 1987 novel about a crusty, opinionated small-town Georgia newspaper editor-publisher whose struggles to understand the changing of America sorely test his long-suffering wife and the loving grandson who lives with them; his best friend, the mayor; his estranged son, who returns home after having been declared missing in action and then declared dead; and his daughter-in-law, whom he at first does not want to acknowledge. The loving Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation may have confused viewers who might have recalled the similarly titled “Home Fires” from several months earlier. Production Company Marian Rees Associates. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Glenn Jordan. Teleplay Robert Inman. Based on a Novel by Robert Inman. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Don Davis. Editor Paul Rubell. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast Barnard Hughes (Jake Tibbetts), Sada Thompson (Pastine Tibbetts), Robert Prosky (Rosh Benefield), Bill Pullman (Henry Tibbetts), Elizabeth Berridge (Francine Tibbetts), Neil Patrick Harris (Lonnie Tibbetts), Brad Sullivan (Fog Martin), William Duell (Whit Hennessy), Dan Biggers (Tunstall Renfroe), Warde Butler (Biscuit Brunson), Wallace Wilkinson (Hilton Redlinger), Ric Reitz (Lieutenant Whalen), Tom Even (Ollie Whittle), Kyle Chandler (Billy Benefield), Monica Achilles (Alsatia Renfroe), Edith Ivey (Jailer), Ray Johnson (Minister), Bob Penny (Bystander), Jere Ronveaux (Em Nesbitt), Mary Doster (Marvel Renfroe). 1703... Homeward Bound (CBS, 11/19/1980, 120 mins). The relationship among a divorced man, his incurably ill teenage son, and his long-estranged father is explored when the youngster joins his dad for one final summer vacation and they end up at the grandfather’s vineyard where he reconciles the two older men. Production Company Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Richard Michaels. Producers Jon Avnet, Steve Tisch. Teleplay Burt Prelutsky. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Fred Karlin. Song “Home” by Fred Karlin, David Pomeranz. Song Performed by David Pomeranz. Editor Harry Kermidas. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producers Cathy Waterson, David Nicksay. Cast David Soul (Jake Seaton), Moosie Drier (Bobby Seaton), Barnard Hughes (Harry Seaton), Judith Penrod (Leslie), Jeff Corey (George), Carmen Zapata (Lorenza), Michelle Downey (Kathy Bailey), Jim Haynie (Vernon Richards), Lynne Marta (Mary Jo Lawson), Carol Vogel (Nora), Jim Antonio (Joe), Robert Elross (Willy), Titos Vandis (Charley).

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1704... Honeyboy (NBC, 10/17/1982, 120 mins). Young boxer from the barrio finds fame and fortune as a middleweight contender is not what it’s all cracked up to be and loses sight of his goals by first becoming romantically involved with his attractive publicist and then having to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory had been rigged. Production Companies Estrada Productions, Fan Fares Inc. Director John Berry. Executive Producers Irv Wilson, Helen Azevedo. Producer John Berry. Supervising Producer William L. Young. Teleplay John Berry, Lee Gold. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Art Seid. Production Designer Ted Haworth. Cast Erik Estrada (Rico “Honeyboy” Ramirez), Morgan Fairchild (Judy Wellman), James McEachin (Nate Walker), Robert Costanzo (Tiger’s trainer), Yvonne Wilder (Hortensia Ramirez), Phillip R. Allen (Jimmy Bowford), Robert Alan Browne (Frank Ingalls), Jill Jaress (Arlene Ingalls), Bill Baldwin (Ring announcer), Jem Echollas (Tiger Maddox), Hector Elizondo (Emilio Ramirez), Sugar Ray Robinson (Himself), Fred Dennis (Amos White), Claudio Martinet (Roberto Ramirez), Lydia Nicole (Soledad Ramirez), Carlos Lacamara (Pablo), Church Ortiz (Manolo), Red McIlvaine, Frank Romano, Murray Westgate, Ernest Snow, Ron Flagge, Carl Milinac, Jocko Marcellino. 1705... Hoover Vs The Kennedys: The Second Civil War (Syndicated, 10/26/1987 and 11/2/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part syndicated docudrama in the “Operation Prime Time” umbrella series chronicling the bitter conflicts between bulldog J. Edgar Hoover (Jack Warden here a better choice than Treat Williams, TV’s previous Hoover) and Jack and Bobby Kennedy in the early 1960s. A parade of the important people of the time marches through, with most of the famous Americans played by Canadians. The rambling Lionel E. Siegel script was “suggested” by material by Joel Glickman (one of the executive producers) and was “freely adapted from “Of Kennedys and Kings” by Harris Wofford and “Kennedy Justice” by Victor Havasky. Production Companies Sunrise Films Ltd., Saltzman and Selznick, Glickman Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers Daniel Selznick, Joel Glickman. Producer Paul Saltzman. Teleplay Lionel E Siegel. Suggested by Material by Joel Glickman. Based on Books by Harris Wofford, Victor Navasky. Photography David Herrington. Music Paul Hoffert. Editor Ralph Brunjes. Production Designer David Jaquest. Associate Producer Barbara Kelly. Cast Jack Warden (J. Edgar Hoover), Nicholas Campbell (Bobby Kennedy), Robert Pine (John F. Kennedy), Barry Morse (Joseph Kennedy Sr.), Heather Thomas (Marilyn Monroe), Richard Anderson (Lyndon Johnson), Leland Gantt (Martin Luther King Jr.), Marc Strange (Clyde Tolson), Jennifer Dale (Jacqueline Kennedy), Michael Hogan (Harris Wofford), August Schellenberg (Courtney Evans), Tom Butler (John Siegenthaler), Paul Soles (Stanley Levinson), Greg Rogers (William Sullivan), James Loxley (Cartha DeLoach), Helen Hughes (Miss Gandy), Robert O’Ree (Sam Noisette), Stewart Arnott (Agent Logan), François Klanfer (Burke Marshall), Dick Grant (Nicholas Katzenbach), Stan Coles (Byron White), Charles W. Gray (Louis Martin), Marcia Bennett (Angie Novello), Jackie Richardson (Mavis), Leslie Carlson (Oath giver), Ralph Small (G. Robert Blakey), Jacqueline Blais (Blakey’s secretary), Linda Goranson (Ethel Kennedy), Brioni Farrell (Judith Campbell), Damon Redfern (Peter Lawford), Carol Lymon (Caroline Kennedy), Alex Richardson (John-John), Djanet Sears (Coretta King), Errol Slue (Ralph Abernathy), Tommy Earlls (James Farmer), David Collins (Andrew Young), Elliott McIvor (Roy Wilkins), Lloyd White (Martin Luther King Sr.), Charlene Richards (King’s companion), Philip Akin (Jerome Smith), Enid Rose (Lena Horne), Peter Williams (Harry Belafonte), Paul Taylor (Clarence Jones), Tom Harvey (Gov. Ross Barnett), Richard Fitzpatrick (CIA Officer Edwards), Michael Donaghue (CIA Officer Houston), Aaron Schwartz (Allard Lowenstein), George Buza (FBI informant), Richard Alden (Chicago FBI agent), Wally Bondarenko (Secret Service agent), Ron Payne (FBI Agent Hawkins), A Frank Ruffo (FBI agent in garden), Andrew Thompson (FBI agent in garden), Bob Church (Washington newscaster), Doug Paulson (Washington newscaster), Allen StuartCoates (Atlanta newscaster), Bruce McFee (Atlanta journalist), Jean Daigle (Atlanta TV reporter), Brian Taylor, Cecily Thompson, William Lynn, David Gardner, Cec Linder, Bill Lake, Eric Keenleyside, Doug Stratton, Walker Boone. 1706... Hostage (CBS, 2/14/1988, 120 mins). Carol Burnett plays a lonely widow in this twisty drama and her real-life daughter Carrie Hamilton plays a teenage fugitive from prison who kidnaps her. Captor and captive become the hunted, both by the law and by the girl’s unbalanced, vengeful father, and it is the relationship between Burnett and Hamilton, complicated by their situation and individual needs that is at the heart of the film. Annette Bening has a tangential early role as one of Hamilton’s fellow inmates. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Peter Levin. Producer Diana Kerew. Teleplay Stephen H. Foreman. Photography Frank Watts. Music Brad Fiedel. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Michael F. Anderson. Art Director David Jaquest. Executive in Charge of Production Norman S. Powell. Cast Carol Burnett (Martha), Carrie Hamilton (Bonnie Lee), Leon Russom (Grady), Annette Bening (Jill), Priscilla Caroline Smith (Bonnie’s mom), Doris Belack (Edna), Mike Anscombe (Newscaster), Barbara Barnes-Hopkins (Matron), John Bentley (Patrolman), Ardon Bess (Garage attendant), Jennifer Cornish (Girl in car), John S Davies (Hotel manager), Pierre Gautreau (Boy in car), Patricia Idlette (Cellmate), Clark Johnson (Detective Morton), Francois Klanfer (Restaurant customer), Gordon Martineau (Newscaster), John Stoneham (Van driver), Peter Virgile (Gas station attendant). 1707... Hostage Flight (NBC, 11/17/1985, 120 mins). Passengers aboard a domestic flight headed for Detroit take matters into their own hands when international terrorists hijack the plane and demand the release of a notorious comrade held in a

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British prison. Reportedly, an ending shot for this movie--with the captives retaking the plane in flight, setting themselves up as judge and jury, and lynching the bad guys--was rejected by the network and a less severe conclusion substituted. Production Companies Frank von Zerneck Films, Shooting Star Entertainment, Telepictures Corporation. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert M. Sertner. Producer James Hay. Teleplay Stephen Zito, Felix Culver. Based on a Story by Howard Koch, Harry Essex. Photography King Baggot. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Ann Mills, Millie Moore. Art Director Donald Lee Harris. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Cast Ned Beatty (Art Hofstadter), Barbara Bosson (Roberta Spooner), Rene Enriquez (Hector), Jack Gilford (Mr. Singer), John Karlen (DiSalvo), Frank McRae (Bart Cooper), Mitchell Ryan (Captain Malone), Dee Wallace Stone (Laura Kenrick), Kristina Wayborn (Ilsa Beck), Ina Balin (Rita), Kim Ulrich (Jane), Frank M. Benard (Jean Batiste Ronet), Frank Annese (Nasrallah), Michael Alldredge (Bradigan), Allan Miller (Lawyer), Jonathan Perpich (Writer), John Sanderford (Keating), Michael Cavanaugh (Bill Orfman), Michael Sabatino (Bob Hidalgo), Michael MacRae (Harrison), Kabir Bedi (Khatib Nasif), Morgan Paull (John Roberts), Luanne Bishop (Colette), Hank Garrett (Hoopman), Julie Mannix (Julia), William Glover (London supervisor), Ian Abercrombie (Scotland Yard supervisor), Michael Harrington (JFK controller), Mort Sertner (Indianapolis supervisor), Gary Miller (1st observer), Ken Gildin (Indianapolis controller), Anne Marie McEvoy (Tammy), Stephen Anthony Henry (Security guard). 1708... The Hostage Tower (CBS, 5/13/1980, 120 mins). Billed as a novelist Alistair MacLean’s first original television thriller, this tale finds flamboyant master criminal Keir Dullea and several specialists staging an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President’s mother (veteran British actress Celia Johnson), while Douglas Fairbanks Jr., head of a UN security force, tries to foil the plot with the aid of Peter Fonda (his TV-movie debut) and Billy Dee Williams. Rachel Roberts (as Fairbanks’ assistant) had her final role here, although a later TV appearance in “The Wall,” filmed earlier, followed in 1981. Production Company Jerry Leider Productions. Director Claudio Guzman. Executive Producer Jerry Leider. Producers Burt Nodella, Peter Snell. Teleplay Robert Carrington. Based on a Story by Alistair MacLean, Robert Carrington. Photography Jean Boffety. Music John Scott. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Production Designer Claudio Guzman. Cast Peter Fonda (Mike Graham), Billy Dee Williams (Clarence Whitlock), Keir Dullea (Mr. Smith), Maud Adams (Sabrina Carver), Celia Johnson (Mrs. Wheeler), Rachel Roberts (Sonya Kolchinski), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Malcolm Philpott), Jack Lenoir (Claude), Andre Oumansky (Pei), Jacques Maury (Poupon), Nicholas Vogel (Ducret), Britt Ekland (Leah), Daniel Perche (Tote), Hubert Noel (Ducret’s aide), Michel Bardinet (Legrain), Lyle Joyce (US Ambassador), Rene Roussell (General Jaubert), Bill Kearns (General Hornbecker), Roger Lumont (Superintendent), Jean Michaud (Verner), Albert Augier (Albert), Steve Gadler (US corporal), Philippe Mareuil (Doctor), Brian Edwards (Pilot), Denis Seurat, Alain Saugout, Gerard Moisan, Jean-Louis Paschal. 1709... Hot Paint (CBS, 3/20/1988, 120 mins). Aspiring actor Gregory Harrison and unemployed salesman John Larroquette inadvertently, during a small-time heist, steal a Renoir and become involved in a frenetic quest, with fellow “art lover” Cyrielle Claire, to unload the hot painting. A road company “Road” picture, the kind that Crosby, Hope and Lamour made so popular. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, MGM-UA Television. Director Sheldon Larry. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Gregory Harrison. Producers Michael Rauch, Matthew Rushton. Co-Producers Eliot Wald, Andrew Kurtzman. Teleplay Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald. Photography Rene Ohashi. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Neil Travis. Production Designer Barbara Dunphy. Cast Gregory Harrison (Phil Willis), John Larroquette (Gus Kinnike), Cyrielle Claire (Dominique DeSonge), John Glover (Algernon Ellaus), Jonathon Cecil (Earl of Lanscombe), Maury Chaykin (Lionel Wilensky), Julie Bovasso (Mrs. Zeffirelli), Don Francks (Don Spatulo), Graeme Campbell (Adnon Adnaj), Elias Zarou (Faisal Adnaj), Sam Moses (Sheik Akbar), Graham Harley (Louis Piedmont), John Winston Carroll (Borchers), Alison Gordy (Donna), Philip Akin (Marshall), Dick Callahan (Irv), Alar Aedma, Michael D’Aguilar, Marion Gilsenan, Helen Hughes, Bill Hutton, David Main, Peter Messaline, Mike Starr, Leonard Chow, Deborah Grover, Sharon Lewis, Arlene Mazerolle, Dan Shadwell, Ruth Springfield, Abbott Anderson, Anthony Bekenn, Amos Crawley, James Edmond, Richard Fitzpatrick, Adam Ludwig, Al Maini, Louisa Martin, Alexander Pocsai, Ralph Small, John Shepherd, Scott Thompson, Ian Wallace, Philip Williams. 1710... Hotline (CBS, 10/16/1982, 120 mins). Struggling artist Lynda Carter is talked into being a volunteer to answer phones part-time at Granville Van Dusen’s crisis center only to find herself being stalked by a psychotic caller. Original title: “Reachout.” Production Companies Wrather Entertainment International, Ron Samuels Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producers Ron Samuels, Tom McDermott. Producer Gary Credle. Teleplay David Peckinpah. Based on a Story by David Peckinpah, Stancil Johnson. Photography Matthew F Leonetti. Music Johnny Harris. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Cast Lynda Carter (Brianne O’Neil), Steve Forrest (Tom Hunter), Granville Van Dusen (Justin Price), Monte Markham (Kyle Durham), Joy Garrett (Judy/barmaid), James Reynolds (Ron Chandler), Harry Waters Jr. (Rick Hernandez), James Booth (Charlie Jackson), Arthur Malet (Hooten), Nick Angotti (Larsen), Julian Fellowes (Leo), James Ingersoll (Policeman), Blane

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Savage (Tim Tracy), Scott Durnavich (Andy), Linda Fernandez (Hostess), Joyce Temple Harris (Dr. Barnes), Mike Jackson (Jack), Saranne Redhill (Carol), Carol Robbins (Stewardess), Frank Stallone (Barnie), Catherine J. Worthington (Vicki). 1711... Houston: The Legend of Texas (CBS, 11/22/1986, 180 mins). The three-hour drama recounting the exploits of frontier war hero, politician and statesman Sam Houston from 1829 to 1863 was the first of two television movies during the 198687 season to deal with the battle of the Alamo. This sprawling epic starred Sam Elliott in the title role, Michael Beck as Jim Bowie, Richard Yniguez as Santa Anna, and G.D. Spradlin as President Andrew Jackson, and included, in a brief unbilled part near the conclusion, Katharine Ross (the star’s wife and frequent acting colleague), who also spoke the epilogue. The remainder of the tale was narrated by actor William Schallert. It was titled, practically until its actual premiere, “Gone to Texas: The Sam Houston Story,” and was filmed entirely on locations near Austin and Houston. Production Companies J.D. Feigelson Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer J.D. Feigelson. Supervising Producer Paul Freeman. Producer Frank Q. Dobbs. Teleplay John Binder. Based on a Story by Frank Q. Dobbs, John Binder. Photography Frank Watts. Music Dennis McCarthy. Editors Michael Eliot, Paula Sanburn. Production Designer Mort Rabinowitz. Art Director William Strom. Cast Sam Elliott (Sam Houston), Claudia Christian (Eliza Allen), Devon Ericson (Tiana Rogers), Michael C. Gwynne (Mosley Baker), Donald Moffat (Col. John Allen), John Quade (Senator Stanbury), Ned Romero (Chief John Jolly), William Russ (Will Travis), John P. Ryan (David Burnet), James Stephens (Stephen Austin), Richard Yniguez (Gen. Santa Anna), Michael Beck (Jim Bowie), Bo Hopkins (Col. Sidney Sherman), G.D. Spradlin (Pres. Andrew Jackson), Ritch Brinkley (Senator Buckner), John de Lancie (John Van Fossen), Peter Gonzales Falcon (Juan Seguin), Javier Grajeda (Mexican lawyer), Cynthia Cuprill (Emily), Blue Deckert (Thomas Rusk), Ambrosio Guerra (General Coss), Jerry Haynes (Uncle Jimmy), Robert F. Hoy (Colonel Burleson), Brad Leland (Sergeant Quinn), Dennis Letts (Captain Ross), Joe Morales (Captain Olivera), Luis Munoz (Mexican judge), David Pena (Colonel Almonte), Ivy Pryce (Deaf Smith), John Nixon (Joe), Andrew R. Stahl (Robinson), Dave Tanner (George Hockley), John B Wells (Kuykendahl), Katharine Ross (Woman at Alamo [unbilled]), William Schallert (Narrator). 1712... Howard Beach: Making the Case for Murder (NBC, 12/4/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based drama dealing with the racial confrontation in 1986 in the nearly all-white Howard Beach section of Queens, New York, by five whites who were accused of attacking three blacks, one of whom died when chased into oncoming traffic on the nearby Long Island Expressway. Daniel J. Travanti is the prosecuting attorney (subsequently a noted DA) and William Daniels is his suave courtroom adversary. Production Companies Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment, World International Network (WIN). Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Kenneth Kaufman, Tom Patchett. Supervising Producer Steve Bello. Producer J. Harman Jr. Teleplay Steve Bello. Based on an Article by Jack Newfield. Photography Ron Fortunato. Music Jonathan Elias. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Michael Merritt. Cast Daniel J. Travanti (Charles J. Hynes), William Daniels (David Slaney), Joe Morton (Cedric Sandiford), Cliff Gorman (Dick Bernstein), Bruce A. Young (Richard Mangum), Regina Taylor (Pam Hayes), Bill Cwikowski (Dennis Hawkins), Dan Lauria (Doug Le Vien), Gerry Becker (Ed Boyer), Kurt Naebig (Robert Riley), Johnny O’Donnell (Jon Lester), Michael Nathan Robinson (Jason Ladone), Anthony Russell Jr. (Timothy Grimes), Cleodis Ingrim (Michael Griffith), Gregory AlanWilliams (Charlie Brasher), Laura Whyte (Pat Hynes), Julianne Buescher (Theresa Fisher), Al De Christo (Barry Keiler), Fred Stone (Gary Ross), Ernest Perry Jr. (Clayton Berry), Guy Mount (Kevin Hynes), Charlie Hutchinson (Sean Hynes), Joey Garfield (Patrick Hynes), C.C. Mulvihill (Jeannie Hynes), Merritt Lear (Lisa Hynes), Paul Conway (Michael Pirone), Frank Fiacchino (Scott Kern), Ron Beattie, Ray Bradford, Kate Buddeke, Michael P. Byrne, Christopher Cartmill, Brian Creal, Corey Curties, Shayesia L. Davis, Matt DeCaro, Don Herion, Tim Hopper, Louise Jenkins, Jacqueline Kim, Heidi Kling, Bob Kurcz, Charles Pistone. 1713... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (CBS, 2/4/1982, 120 mins). Sumptuous 14th film version of the Victor Hugo classic with Anthony Hopkins’ Quasimodo earning him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actor. Trivia buffs will note that this film’s two stars--Hopkins and Derek Jacobi, as Dom Claude Frollo--were TV’s most famous Hitlers. Robert Powell, who was Christ in “Jesus of Nazareth,” returns to TV in the role of Phoebus, the Royal Archer Captain. The first film of the Hugo story was made in France in 1906. The most famous versions were the ones with Lon Chaney (1923), Charles Laughton (1939) and Anthony Quinn (1957). There also were three television productions, including a British miniseries in 1966. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Michael Tuchner. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Victor Hugo. Photography Alan Hume. Music Ken Thorne. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer John Stoll. Art Director Bill Bennison. Associate Producer Malcolm J. Christopher. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Quasimodo), Derek Jacobi (Dom Claude Frollo), Lesley-Anne Down (Esmerelda), John Gielgud (Charmolue), Robert Powell (Phoebus), David Suchet (Trouillefou), Gerry Sundquist (Pierre Grangois), Tim Pigott-Smith (Philippe), Alan Webb (Quasimodo trial judge), Nigel Hawthorne (Esmerelda trial magistrate), Rosalie Crutchley (Simone), Joseph Blatchley (Albert), Roland Culver (Bishop of Paris), Dave Hill (Coppenhole), Timothy Bateson (Commerce), Patsy Smart, Freddie Earlle, Harry Jones, Heather Channing, Roy Evans, Jerold Wells, Eileen Way, Sheila Ferris, Rosamund Greenwood, Jack Klaff, June Brown, Sara Clee, Pamela St. Clement, Jacob Witkin, Timothy Morand, Martin Carroll, John Moore, Terry Duggan, Hugo De Vernier, Eunice Black, Ken Baker, Peter Mandell.

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1714... The Hustler of Muscle Beach (ABC, 5/16/1980, 120 mins). The world of bodybuilding is the backdrop for director Jonathan Kaplan’s comedy-drama of a sharp operator from New York who goes West and sees his shot at success promoting a world-class contest among muscle men and iron pumpers. Several bodybuilding superstars, including Franco Columbu and Todd Nash, gave the plot added authenticity, as did the filming location of Venice, California. Production Company Furia-Oringer Productions. Director Jonathan Kaplan. Executive Producers Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay David Smilow. Based on a Story by David Smilow, Tim Maschler. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Earle Hagen. Supervising Editor Leon Carrere. Editor LaReine Johnston. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Richard Hatch (Nick Demec), Kay Lenz (Jenny O’Rourke), Jeanette Nolan (Rose MacIntosh), Joe Santos (Barry Layton), Jack Carter (Mancusco), Veronica Hamel (Sheila Dodge), Kenneth McMillan (Joseph Demec), France Columbu (Himself), Frank Zane (Himself), Tim Kimber (Todd Nash), Bobby Van (Emcee), Walter Burke (Priest), Sam Laws (Stan), Paul Bartel (The Director), Paul Bryar (Uncle Sam), Steve Davis (Ken Rock), James Hong (Desk clerk), Don Hamner (Car salesman), Paddy Jerome (Mr. Davidson), Bill Taylor (Bill), Larry Jacobs (Himself), Stacy Bentley (Himself), Claude Stern (Himself), Lisa Lyons (Herself). 1715... I, Desire (ABC, 11/15/1982, 120 mins). A young law student moonlighting as a coroner’s aide becomes suspicious when a murder victim is found to have his body drained of blood, and soon begins piecing together a puzzle tying in a string of killings with an alluring hooker who might just be into vampirism. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Teleplay Robert Foster. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Don Peake. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Fredric P. Hope. Associate Producer Pat Butler. Cast David Naughton (David Balsiger), Dorian Harewood (Det. Jerry van Ness), Marilyn Jones (Cheryl Gillen), Barbara Stock (Mona), Arthur Rosenberg (Milton King), James Victor (Dr. Herrera), Brad Dourif (Paul), Anne Bloom (Marge Bookman), Linda Lawrence (Undercover cop), Adele Rosse (Head nurse), Mare Silver (Larry), Timothy Stack (Daryl), Ann Blessing (Pat), James Oliver (Restaurant manager), Herb Mitchell (Bernard McDougal), John Bennick, Nigel Bullard, Cathy Green, Stacy MacGregor, Gary A. McMillan, Liis Kailey, Laurel Rosenberg, Bruce Wright. 1716... I Dream of Jeannie...15 Years Later (NBC, 10/20/1985, 120 mins). In the increasingly popular mode of creating “reunion” movies to capture the nostalgia market, Jeannie the Genie was resurrected by its star 15 years after the initial series went to the big syndication field in the sky. Happily married to her handsome astronaut (here played by Wayne Rogers, since Larry Hagman had moved to other lucrative pursuits as dastardly J.R. Ewing), she is devastated when he breaks his promise to retire to go on one more mission--with an attractive female colleague. Much was made of the fact that Ms. Eden’s harem outfits would reveal the navel that could not be on view in the earlier series of more innocent times. Returning from the old cast were Bill Daily and Hayden Rorke; among the newcomers, Mackenzie Astin, son of Patty Duke and John Astin, as Jeannie’s teenage son. Production Companies Can’t Sing Can’t Dance Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director William Asher. Executive Producer Barbara Corday. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay Irma Kalish. Based on a Story by Dinah Kirgo, Julie Kirgo, Irma Kalish. Based on Characters Created by Sidney Sheldon. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Mark Snow. “I Dream of Jeannie” Theme Hugo Montenegro, Buddy Kaye. Editors William Martin, Michael F. Anderson, Bud Friedgen. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Peterson. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Barbara Eden (Jeannie/Jeannie II), Wayne Rogers (Tony Nelson), Bill Daily (Capt. Roger Healy), Hayden Rorke (Dr. Alfred Bellows), Mackenzie Astin (T.J.), Dori Brenner (Dori Greene), Andre DeShields (Haji), John Bennett Perry (Wes Morrison), Dody Goodman (Scheherazade), Michael Fairman (General Hatten), Belita Moreno (Mrs. Farrell), Ronalda Douglas (Alice), Lee Taylor-Allen (Nelly Hunt), Dierk Torsek (Colonel Klapper), Nicole Eggert (Melissa), Helen Siff (Millie), Brandon Call (Tony Jr. at age 7), Niall Gartlan (Brad), Hette Lynne-Hortes, Michael Laurence, Craig Marks, Gene Whittington, Frank Moon, Denise Gallup, Dian Gallup, Bill Shick. 1717... I Know My First Name Is Steven (NBC, 5/22/1989 and 5/23/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part dramatization of the fact-based case of Steven Stayner, kidnapped in 1972 at age seven and coming home when he was 14 to adjust to a family and a life he had long forgotten. The story, by JP Miller (“Days of Wine and Roses”), was inspired by material by W.H. (Mike) Echols II, and developed into a teleplay by Miller and Cynthia Whitcomb. The teleplay, together with the film, and teenage actor Corin (Corky) Nemec, as the older Steven, all received Emmy nominations. Production Companies Andrew Adelson Company, Lorimar Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Andrew Adelson. Producer Kim C. Friese. Teleplay JP Miller, Cynthia Whitcomb. Based on a Story by JP Miller. Based on Material by W.H. Echols II. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music David Shire. Editors David Ramirez, Peter V. White. Production Designer W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Cindy Pickett (Kay Stayner), John Ashton (Del Stayner), Corin Nemec (Steven Stayner at ages 14-16/Dennis Parnell), Luke Edwards (Steven at age 7), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Ervin Murphy), Ray Walston (Bob Augustine), Gregg Henry (Officer Kean), Jim Haynie (Chief Hal Kulbeth), Amy O’Neill (Jodie Edmonton), Barry Corbin (Off. Bob Warner), Arliss Howard (Ken Parnell), Barbara Tarbuck (School counselor), Peter Michael Goetz (Pat Hallford), Alan Fudge (Chief Johnson), Scott Curtis (Cary Stayner at age 11), Todd Eric Andrews (Cary Stayner at age 18), Stephanie Walski (Cindy Stayner at age 9), Hilary Morse

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(Cindy Stayner at age 16), Sumer Stamper (Jody Stayner at age 5), Shantell Stebbins (Jody Stayner at age 12), Billy O’Sullivan (Victor at age 7), Gregory “Mars” Martin (Victor at age 14), Jacob Gelman (Timmy White), June C. Ellis (Miss Rebecca), Jason Presson (Deke), Stephen Dorff (Pete), Scott Reeves (Bruce), Bryan Cranston (Officer Dickenson), Dennis Fimple (Fred), Vance Valencia (Selfides), Brenda Hillhouse (Barbara), Robina Suwol (Checker), Nell Heller (Mrs. Alpha), Anne Faulkner (Mrs. Ditschman), Beth Grant (Mrs. Beta), Lynnsey Ryan (Secretary), Allison Mack (Nettie), Anne Convery (Female officer), Harold P. Pruett (Birch), Jonathan Perpich (Officer Sevareid), William Frankfather (Judge Sabraw), John Vickery (George McLure), James Ingersoll (Joe Allen), John De Mita (Dan Smith), Billy Ray Sharkey (Sheriff Suggs), Shannon Holt (Angela White), Mark Tymchyshyn (Jim White), Michael Chieffo (Don), Whitney Rydbeck (Mr. Craft), Natividad Vacio (Vicente), Pamela McMyler (Rosanna), Ken Zavayna, Lyla Graham, Shane McCabe, Al Berry, Kenny McMurphy, Raymond Cruz, Karl Wiedergott, Ron Tank, Andrew Amador, Jeremy McCollum, David Glasser, Robert Balderson, Wendy Gordon, Darcy DeMoss, Dave Adams, Annie O’Donnell, Dan Kelpine, Tiiu Leek, Kim Maxwell, Jeff Olson. 1718... I Love You Perfect (ABC, 10/8/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based weeper (based on an unidentified nonfiction article) about a woman, her lover, and her best friend coping with the tragedy of a misdiagnosed illness. A distant cousin to “Love Story,” the film was coproduced by star Susan Dey’s company, and, according to the press material, had a music score by Bob Cobert (who writes primarily for producer-director Dan Curtis) but it apparently was replaced at the last minute by pop composer Yanni. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, Susan Dey Productions, Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Harry Winer. Executive Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Producers Susan Dey, Jeff Silverman, Dalene Young, Brenda Friend. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on an Article by John Ed Bradley. Photography Thomas Alger Olgierson. Music Yanni. Editor Andrew Cohen. Art Director James E. Newport. Cast Susan Dey (Christina Tyson), Anthony John Denison (Alan Matthews), Alley Mills (Gloria), David Wilson (Eddie), Timothy Scott (Red), Linda Darlow (Dr. Grant), Kevin McNulty (Pete), Ric Reid (Greg Hoffman), Lorena Gale (Nurse), Lee Taylor (Dr. Willard), Betty Phillips (Landlord), James Kidnie (Defense Attorney). 1719... I Married a Centerfold (NBC, 11/11/1984, 120 mins). Tenacious young engineer flips over the centerfold model he spots on television and embarks on a romantic adventure on a bet with his buddies. A lightweight comedy that takes full advantage of Teri Copley’s undeniable assets at the expense of much of the other talent involved. Production Company von Zerneck-Sertner Films. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Victoria G. Hochberg. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Mark Snow. Song “Someone Like You” by Douglas Fraser, Julia Fraser. Editors Robert Florio, Gregory Prange. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Teri Copley (Debra Ryan), Timothy Daly (Kevin Coates), Diane Ladd (Jeanette Bryan), Todd Susman (Bill Bodell), Robert Hanley (Roger Evans), Anson Williams (Bick Bellows), Bert Remsen (Gramps), Roger Aaron Brown (Bob Waters), Richard Jamison (Ernie Kreeger), Suzanne LaRusch (Dolly), Jack Fletcher (Daniel McDay), Rick Podell (Comic), Steve Yochem (Stage manager), Sharon Wyatt (Trudie), Tom Kindle (Ed Weeks), Mort Sertner (1st reporter), Joseph Phelan (2nd reporter), Karen Witter (Ms. February), Linda Wieme (Ms. December), Robert Pastorelli (Guard), Joe Nesnow (Jerry Landthrop), Brent Hinkley (1st actor), Don Swayze (2nd actor), Robbi Morgan (Kitty Selver). 1720... I Married Wyatt Earp (NBC, 1/10/1983, 120 mins). Marie Osmond is Old West singer/actress Josephine Marcus in this dramatization of her memoirs chronicling how a middle-class Jewish teenager from San Francisco joined a traveling opera company at 19, ran into Marshal Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, Arizona, became part of a love triangle that included Earp’s rival, Sheriff John Behan, and ultimately settled down with Wyatt for the next 47 years. Made in early 1981, this film marked Ross Martin’s final role. Production Companies Osmond Television Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers Dennis Johnson, Richard Briggs. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport. Photography John Flinn III. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Marie Osmond (Josephine Marcus), Bruce Boxleitner (Wyatt Earp), John Bennett Perry (John Behan), Ross Martin (Jacob Speigler), Alison Arngrim (Amy), Jeffrey DeMunn (Doc Holliday), Joe Rainer (Morgan Earp), Ron Manning (Virgil Earp), Dee Maaske (Mattie Earp), Earl Smith (Frank Stillwell), Randy Wells (Frank McLaury), Joe Corcoran (Tom McLaury), Charles Benton (Ike Clanton), Tom Assalone (Billy Clanton), Elayne Stein (Mama Speigler), Donna Brown (Allie Earp), Linda Jergens (Louise Earp), Ron Chapman (Marsh Williams), Claud Hereford (Bud Philpot), Kirk Koskella (McMasters), Joseph Bottoms (The Driver). 1721... I Saw What You Did (CBS, 5/20/1988, 120 mins). A neat little thriller about two young babysitters whose telephone prank accidentally connects with someone who has just committed murder. They innocently announce “I saw what you did and I know who you are” and soon are stalked by a psycho. This remake of William Castle’s cult 1965 flick of the same name that starred Joan Crawford has the stunt casting of brothers Robert and David Carradine as the weirdo and his straight-arrow brother, and is based on the 1964 book “Out of the Dark” by Ursula Curtiss. An Emmy Award went to Woody Omens for his photography.

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Production Company Universal Television. Director Fred Walton. Executive Producers Jon Epstein, Wendy Riche. Producer Barry Greenfield. Teleplay Cynthia Cidre. Based on a Novel by Ursula Curtiss. Photography Woody Omens. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Shawnee Smith (Kim Fielding), Tammy Lauren (Lisa Haris), Candace Cameron (Julia Fielding), Robert Carradine (Adrian Lancer), David Carradine (Stephen Lancer), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Harris), Jo Anderson (Robyn Griffin), Bo Brundin (Mr. Marley), Patrick O’Brien (Louis), Dana Gladstone (Sid), Alan Fudge (Mark Fielding), Susan Kellerman (Gym teacher), Michael Ross (Mike), Stack Pierce (Policeman), Robert Winley (Randy), James McKrell, Thom Adcox, Laura Kamins. 1722... I Take These Men (CBS, 1/5/1983, 120 mins). Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Susan Saint James shocks him by asking for a divorce and during the course of the party fantasizes marriage with each of three other men: egotistical real estate magnate, Adam West; milquetoast English professor, John Rubinstein; and her best friend Dee Wallace’s husband, Brian Dennehy. “Surprise, Surprise!” was the original title of this romantic comedy. Production Companies Lillian Gallo Entertainment, United Artists Television. Director Larry Peerce. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Richard Baer. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Bob Wyman. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Susan Saint James (Carol Sherwood), John Rubinstein (David Koenig), James Murtaugh (Dr. Stuart Sherwood), Adam West (Craig Wyler), Dee Wallace (Elaine Zakarian), Brian Dennehy (Phil Zakarian), Steve Garvey (Himself), Hermione Baddeley (Mrs. Lomax), Earl Boen (Walter Bromfield), Hamilton Camp (Harry Green), Nan Martin (Doris), Danny Dayton (Rabbi Silverberg), Barbara Perry (Prof. Ann Bromfield), Wiley Harker (Prof. Edward Lomax), Oliver Clark (Dr. Norman Krevoy), April Clough (Gabrielle), Laurence Fishburne (Hank Johnson), Paul Jenkins (Bob Paikowski), Patrick O’Brien (Peter Sherwood), Kiva Dawson (Diana Sherwood), Eddie Firestone (Reverend Hargrove), John Ward (Pit boss), Warren Miller (Bartender), Buck Young (Judge), Aida Grey (Herself), Dino Gigante (Dino), Mary Moon (1st showgirl), Julia Jennings (2nd showgirl), Renée Wedel (Hazel Green), Jennifer Horton (Naomi Koenig), Michael Yama (Waiter), Michael Shaner (Hotel manager), Eddie Carideo (Nunzio). 1723... I Want to Live (ABC, 5/9/1983, 120 mins). Lindsay Wagner stars as Barbara Graham, who was executed in the San Quentin gas chamber in 1955 for her participation in a robbery/murder. This remake of the 1958 movie which won Susan Hayward her Academy Award was written by Don M. Mankiewicz (who co-authored the screenplay to the Hayward movie) and Gordon Cotler. Martin Balsam is her lawyer, Jack Brady, the part played in the earlier film by Simon Oakland. Production Companies Paul Pompian Productions, United Artists Television. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler. Based on the Letters of Barbara Graham. Based on Newspaper Articles by Ed Montgomery. Based on the Screenplay by Don M Mankiewicz, Nelson Gidding. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor David Finfer. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Barbara Graham), Martin Balsam (Jack Brady), Pamela Reed (Edie Bannister), Harry Dean Stanton (Emmett Perkins), Michael Alldredge (Mr. Cooley), Kent Broadhurst (District Attorney), Seymour Cassel (Jack Santo), Jon Cedar (Jim Stockard), Dana Elcar (Warden), Ellen Geer (Mrs. Cooley), Robert Ginty (Henry Graham), Barry Primus (Al Matthews), Don Stroud (John True), Ken Swofford (Sergeant Black), William Bogert (Prosecution judge), Vincent Bufano (Sergeant Russo), Darlene Conley (Miss Bain), Pat Corley (Bartender), Michael Currie (Doctor), Cliff Emmich (Saxon), Robert Englund (Sam Cooper), Gerry Gibson (Perjury judge), Pat McNamara (Captain Polk), William Edward Phipps (Police lieutenant), Dean Santoro (1st Federal agent), Rebecca Stanley (Nurse), Peter White (Judge Charles Fricke), Pamela Baker (Lissa), Ned Bellamy (Jerry), Steve Burton (2nd Federal agent), Daniel Chodos (News editor), Ian Foster (Eric), Lance Gordon (Mr. Wallace), Bert Hinchman (Technician), DeWitt Kirk (Court clerk), Larry Marko (Reporter), Will Nye (Sailor), Anne Ramsay (Matron), Woody Skaggs (Reporter), Jon Slade (Father Charles), Ed Williams (Minister). 1724... I Was a Mail Order Bride (CBS, 12/14/1982, 120 mins). On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks. Production Companies Michael Jaffe Films, Tuxedo Ltd. Productions, MGM Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producers Jack Grossbart, Marty Litke. Producers Michael Jaffe, Ervin Zavada, Andrew Hill. Teleplay Stephen Zito. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music John Addison. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Kate Tosconi), Ted Wass (Robert Fitzgerald), Kenneth Kimmins (Joe Kimbel), Karen Morrow (Eve Wister), Holland Taylor (Dottie Birmington), Sam Wanamaker (Frank Tosconi), Jack Collins (Archibald Tucker), Jason Bernard (Judge), Judith Baldwin (Rita Kimbel), David Chomsky (Bartender), Marie Denn (Mrs. Tucker), Lynnda Ferguson (Kelly), Hoke Howell (Bailiff), Marii Mak (Japanese woman), John Snee (Boy), Stephen Stout (Dad), Herb Vigran (Casey). 1725... If It’s Tuesday, This Still Must Be Belgium (NBC, 9/21/1987, 120 mins). Only vaguely related to the funny big-screen travelogue from 1969, “If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium,” this joke-riddled comedy with a gaggle of past, present, and future television “names”--an odd assortment thrown together on an unconventional European tour that manages to include a visit to the Queen’s boudoir in Buckingham Palace--turned out to be two hours of TV hijinks woven together by a Henry Mancini theme.

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Production Company MGM-UA Television. Director Bob Sweeney. Executive Producers John J. McMahon, Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz. Producer Mel Swope. Teleplay Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Ken Thorne. Theme Henry Mancini. Editor Richard E. Rabjohn. Art Director Zeljko Senecic. Cast Claude Akins (Mo Wyshocki), Lou Liberatore (Marty Bacon), Courteney Cox (Hana Wyshocki), Faith Ford (Kalin Brewster), Stephen Furst (Leo Fletch), Peter Graves (Mr. Wainwright), Kene Holliday (Bob Sperling), Anna Maria Horsford (Edith Sperling), Lou Jacobi (Ed Blye), Bradley Kane (Hank Johnson), David Leisure (Andrew Selsky), Kiel Martin (Zane Drinkwater), Richard Moll (Nick Carpenter), Tracy Nelson (Randi Wainwright), David Oliver (David Swanson), Devin Ratray (Donnie), Doris Roberts (Dottie Wilson), Bruce Weitz (Martini). 1726... If Things Were Different (CBS, 1/16/1980, 120 mins). Following her husband’s nervous breakdown, and his collapse into a catatonic state, plucky Suzanne Pleshette struggles to hold herself and her family together and finds that she is romantically drawn to her boss after landing a job in a TV station. Production Company Bob Banner Associates. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Bob Banner. Producers Bill Froehlich, Clyde Phillips, Mark Lisson. Teleplay Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Janet Langford), Tony Roberts (Michael Boden), Arte Johnson (Allen Dunn), Chuck McCann (Farmer Frank), Dan Shor (Eric Langford), Sherrie Wills (Tracy Langford), Don Murray (Robert Langford), Alice Hirson (Karen Evans), Paul Kent (Charlie Evans), Donald Hotton (Dr. Kaylen), Jane Milmore (Courtney), Ray Singer (Burt Mellor), Robert C. Ayers (Technical director), Jonathan Estrin (Hal), Barbara Iley (1st nurse), Kathleen Bracken (2nd nurse), John Finn (Attendant), James Padnos (Orderly), Gary L. Seybert (Tattered man). 1727... If Tomorrow Comes (CBS, 3/16/1986 to 3/18/1986, 3 parts, 7 hours). Madolyn Smith and Tom Berenger are a pair of romantically entwined international jewel thieves in this slickly produced three-part adaptation by Carmen Culver of Sidney Sheldon’s bestselling 1985 novel, filmed in Los Angeles, New Orleans, London, Nice, Cannes, Cap Ferrat and Amsterdam. Richard Kiley is a suave European con man and David Keith is the persistent insurance investigator who always seems to be just a step or two behind his quarry in this adventure directed by miniseries “king” Jerry London, the man earlier responsible for “Wheels,” “Chiefs,” “Shogun” and “Ellis Island,” among others. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Bob Markell. Supervising Producer Jerry London. Producers Carmen Culver, Nick Gillott. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on the Novel by Sidney Sheldon. Photography (Part 1) Paul Lohmann. Photography (Parts 2 and 3) Denis C. Lewiston. Music Nick Bicat. Additional Music Chris Walker. Editors Bernard Gribble, Dick Darling, George W. Brooks. Production Designer (Parts 2 and 3) Robert Laing. Art Director (Part 1) Jack F. DeShields. Art Directors (Parts 2 and 3) Robert Cartwright, Kit Surrey. Cast Madolyn Smith (Tracy Whitney), Tom Berenger (Jeff Stevens), David Keith (Daniel Cooper), Liam Neeson (Inspector Trignant), Jack Weston (Uncle Willie), Richard Kiley (Gunther Hartog), Joe Cortese (Joe Romano), George DiCenzo (Anthony Orsatti), Susan Hess (Louise Hollander), Jeffrey Jones (Budge Hollander), John Laughlin (Charles Stanhope), Susan Tyrrell (Bertha), Harold Sylvester (Al), Lane Smith (Warden Brannigan), CCH Pounder (Ernestine Littlechap), Frank Dent (Perry Pope), Alice Hirson (Mrs. Stanhope), Barry Jenner (Zeller), James Ray (Mr. Stanhope), Anne Schedeen (Charlotte), Lois Foraker (Paula), Silvana Gallardo (Lola), Julian Holloway (Trevor), Sandy Martin (Guard Gladys), Chip Arnold (Lester), Michael Audley (Judge Lawrence), Peter Banks (Conrad Morgan), Ivan Bonar (Ackerman), Raleigh Bond (Personnel manager), Patricia Gaul (Nancy), Laurence Haddon (Jensen), Gennie James (Amy Brannigan), Kenneth Kimmins (Fogerty), Susan Krebs (Mrs. Murphy), Dinah Lenney (Shirley), Olivier Pierre (J.J. Reynolds), Duncan Preston (Sergeant Durkin), Ray Reinhardt (Hans), Harry Towb (Conductor), Diane Keen (Silvana Luadi), Philip Madoc (Alberto Fornati), Bill Bailey (Priest), Elizabeth Counsell (Blanche), Edward DeSouza (Inspector Ricci), Vernon Dobtcheff (Melnikov), Christina Greatrex (Baroness Lihgon), Constantine Gregory (KGB man), Sneh Gupta (Maharani), Andrew Hawkins (Marseille desk clerk), Richard Kane (Padova), André Maranne (Cruise ship captain), Valentine Pelka (Gino), Peter Reeves (Purser), Granville Saxton (Negulesco), Marjorie Sommerville (Little old lady), James Walker (Harold), Tracey Ward (Pretty young programmer), Jeffrey Wickham (Lord Weston), Nicholas Amer (Carlton Hotel clerk), Cyril Appleton (Guard in diamond factory), Gay Baynes (Woman in diamond factory), George Baker (Maximillian Pierpont), Peter Birrell (Commissioner Willems), Valerie Braddell (Mrs. Cooper), Maryam D’Abo (Solange), Alexander Davion (Count DiNatengna), Jack Galloway (Witkamp), Chris Jenkinson (Van Der Hoff), James Morrissey (Young Cooper), Dorothea Phillips (Brunhilda), Brian Poyser (Passport Official), Peter Settelen (Roland), Janet Steel (Hotelkeeper’s daughter). 1728... I’ll Be Home for Christmas (NBC, 12/12/1988, 120 mins). Heartwarming holiday-themed drama set in 1944 New England, exploring the lives and relationships of a close-knit family while waiting for one of the sons to return from the war and welcoming a young soldier without a family into its bosom. Although it was an original by the esteemed Blanche Hanalis, a number of plot elements paralleled similar ones from Saroyan’s “The Human Comedy.” Emmy Award nominations went to production designer Jan Scott and set decorator Edward J. McDonald. Original title: “A Rockport Christmas” Production Company NBC Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Michael Manheim. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Jorge Calandrelli. Title Song Kim Gannon, Walter Kent. Editor William B. Stich. Production Designer Jan Scott.

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Cast Hal Holbrook (Joseph Bundy), Eva Marie Saint (Martha Bundy), Nancy Travis (Leah Bundy), Peter Gallagher (Sgt. Aaron Copler), Jason Oliver (Terrel Bundy), David Moscow (Davey Bundy), Courteney Cox (Nora Bundy), Charles Tyner (Isaiah Cawley), Whip Hubley (Capt. Mike Bundy), Harvey Vernon (Pastor Marcus), John Shepherd (Greg), Kieran Mulroney (George), Drew Pillsbury, Charles Rampage Nelson, Tarrish Potter. 1729... I’ll Take Manhattan (CBS, 3/1/1987 to 3/4/1987, 4 parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). Four-part, eight-hour miniseries based on the popular Judith Krantz novel (1986) about the fictional Amberville family and its publishing empire emerged as the glittering TV equivalent of a page-turner with a stellar cast of small-screen names and faces and two directors splitting the chores of putting the parade of actors through their paces. In addition, there were two cinematographers (one doing the San Francisco shooting, the other handling New York and London), and two screenwriters worked independently on the Krantz novel adaptation; playwright Sherman Yellen wrote the first two parts and Diana Gold, the second two. Many critics who carped over the slushy presentation felt that the best thing about the whole extravagant enterprise was the classic Ella Fitzgerald recording of Rodgers and Hart’s title song which played under the opening credits. They also noted that buried down in the cast, as society matron and family friend Pepper Fairfield, was Katharine Houghton, returning to films two decades after making her screen debut in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” in which she played real-life aunt Katharine Hepburn’s daughter. Production Company Steve Krantz Productions. Directors Douglas Hickox, Richard Michaels. Executive Producer Steve Krantz. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay (Parts 1 & 2) Sherman Yellen. Teleplay (Parts 3 & 4) Diana Gould. Based on a Novel by Judith Krantz. Photography Steven Poster. Photography (NY and LA) Larry Pizer. Music Lee Holdridge. Title Song Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart. Song Performed by Ella Fitzgerald. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Art Director Richard Hudolin. Associate Producers Michael Brown, Grace Gilroy. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Maxi Amberville), Barry Bostwick (Zachary Amberville), Francesca Annis (Lily Amberville), Jane Kaczmarek (Nina Stern), Jack Scalia (Rocco Cipriani), Paul Hecht (Pavka Myer), Timothy Daly (Toby Amberville), Julianne Moore (India West), Adam Storke (Justin Amberville), Perry King (Cutter Amberville), Ken Olin (Nathan Lammerman), Kate Vernon (Nanette), Brett Cullen (Dennis Brady), Lynne Griffin (Candice Alexander), Georgia Slowe (Young Lily), Adam LeFevre (Jumbo Booker), Doug Davidson (Jon), Staci Love (Angelica), Barbara Barrie (Mrs. Amberville), Fritz Weaver (Mr. Amberville), Donald Trump (Himself), Katharine Houghton (Pepper Fairfield), John Colicos (Lester Maypole), Louis Guss (Newsey), Robert Milli (Leonard Wilder), Corinne Bohrer (Julie), Robert Addie (Laddie), Walter Gotell (Jonas Alexander), Eddie Jones (Barney Koster), Hillary Wolf (Angelica at age 7), Sean McCann (Uncle Bob), Barry Flatman (George Peterson), David McIlwraith (McRiley), Lolita David [Davidovich] (Penny), Billy Van (Harry Field), Jennifer Daniel (Lady Adamsfield), Christopher Noth (Fred), Rita Fredericks (Mrs. Lowell), Alison Porter (Young Maxi), Aubrey Woods (Viscount Adamsfield), Carla Gillies (Alma Gray), Robert Christie (Sir Charles), Robin Ward (Mark Spencer), David Clement (Oxford), Lucetta Jenison (Mrs. Brown), Christine Cattell (Alice), Derek Bowerman (Dr. Rathwell), Paul Craig (Sir Roger Falk), Chuck Shamata (Man Ray), Ted Simonett (Rap Kelly). 1730... Illusions (CBS, 1/18/1983, 120 mins). Investigating the mysterious death of her husband while on a business trip in Europe, a young American fashion designer (Karen Valentine) becomes entangled in international intrigue while retracing his route as a salesman and finding that he might not be the man she believed him to be for the years of their marriage. Filmed primarily in and around Montreal. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producers Stanley Z. Cherry, Carole Cherry. Producer Walter Grauman. Teleplay Stanley Z. Cherry, Carole Cherry. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Jerry Young. Production Designer Albert Heschong. Art Director Penny Hadfield. Associate Producer Donald C. Klune. Cast Karen Valentine (Linda Dobbins), Ben Masters (Larry Dobbins), Brian Murray (Claude de Rochemont), Wayne Tippit (Cliff), Joe Silver (Arnie), Mark Walker (Jim Desmond), Bronwen Mantel (Anne), Renée Girard (Iris), Vlasta Vrana (Grover), John Lefebvre (Parker), Harry Hill (McNabb), Philip Spensley (Davidson), Victor Desy (Robaine), Neil Shee (Colonel Shapiro), Carl Marotte (MacEnerny), Lyn Jackson (Inge), Pierre Zimmer (Dr. Pascal), Joan Heney (Marcia), Victor Knight (Higby), Daniel Roussel (Fuad), Howard Ryshpan, Roger Michael, Terrence Labrosse, Liliane Clune. 1731... I-Man (ABC, 4/6/1986, 120 mins). In this Disney movie, a cab driver, his young son and the family dog all become virtually indestructible after breathing a mysterious gas while rescuing the driver of a NASA van trapped in a wreck, and soon find themselves being pursued by a powerful villain who wants to put their super powers to use in his dastardly plan to rule the world. The “I” in “I-Man” stands for “indestructible” in this pilot to a prospective Disney series. Production Companies Mark H. Ovitz Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Mark H. Ovitz. Supervising Producer Richard Briggs. Producers Howard Friedlander, Ken Peragine. Teleplay Howard Friedlander, Ken Peragine. Photography Frank Watts. Music Craig Safan. Editor Lovel Ellis. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Cast Scott Bakula (Jeffrey Wilder), Ellen Bry (Karen McCorder), Joey Cramer (Eric Wilder), John Bloom (Harry Murphy), Herschel Bernardi (Art Bogosian), John Anderson (Holbrook), Dale Wilson (Rudy), Cindy Higgins (Allison), Charles Siegel (Cabbie), Joseph Golland (Meek man), Ian Tracey (Robbery suspect), Ted Stidder (Dr. Allen), George Josef (Guide guard), Campbell Lane (General), Lillian Carlson (Emergency Room nurse), Roger Allford (1st ISA agent), Anthony Harrison (Curtain

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guard), Don S. Davis (Surgeon), Rebeccah Bush (Sara), Garwin Sanford (Van driver), Doug Tuck (Paramedic), Brian Arnold (Newscaster), Raimund Stamm (Norman), Jane McDougal (Station nurse), Nicolas Von Zill (Party guard), Rob Morton (Man on barge), Tatoo (Nolan). 1732... The Impossible Spy (HBO, 11/28/1987, 85 mins). Intriguing tale of real-life Egyptian-born Israeli spy Elie Cohen, an accountant with a photographic memory, who was recruited by the Mossad on 1959 to infiltrate the highest levels of the Syrian government. The mission lasted four years. Although he was exposed and executed in 1965, Israel’s Six Day War victory on the Golan Heights in 1967 was said to have been due in part to information he provided. Syria never returned his body. Other than John Shea in the title role and Eli Wallach as the Mossad chief in Tel Aviv, the entire cast of this BBC production is Israeli or Egyptian. British director Jim Goddard is best remembered for “Nicholas Nickleby” and “Reilly, Ace of Spies” on PBS, as well as the miniseries “Kennedy,” in which Shea played Robert F. Kennedy. Production Companies BBC-TV Productions, Quartet International, IMGC. Director Jim Goddard. Executive Producer Harvey Chertok. Producers Graham Massey, David Goldstein, Sarah Frank. Teleplay Marty Ross, Douglas Livingstone. Photography Colin Munn. Music Richard Hartley. Editor Ken Pearce. Production Designer Humphrey Jaeger. Cast John Shea (Elie Cohen), Eli Wallach (Yacov), Michal Bat-Adam (Nadia Cohen), Rami Danon (Avram), Sasson Gabay (Gen. Gamal Haled), Haim Girafi (Salloum), Jack Cohen (Assan), Anat Barzilay, Yossi Kenan, Judith Milo, Victor Kammar, Fahami Shishtawi, Shlomo Sadan, Jonathan Cherchi, Itzhak Aloni, Asi Hanegbi, Wahabi Hasson, Shmuel Shillo, Ahouva Ketlen, Hamdi El-Asmar. 1733... The Imposter (NBC, 11/8/1984, 120 mins). A con artist charms his way into a job as school principal to be near his ex-fiancée and gets his former prison mate a position in charge of security when the school’s mounting drug problem surfaces. Daytime soap star Anthony Geary plays the chameleon-like ex-con, and daytime soap producer Gloria Monty (of “General Hospital”) is the film’s executive producer. Original title: “The Snowman” Production Companies Gloria Monty Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producer Gloria Monty. Producer Nancy Malone. Co-Producer Terry Morse Jr. Teleplay Eric Hendershot, Dori Pierson, Marc Rubel. Photography Andrew Costikyan. Music Craig Safan. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director William Fosser. Cast Anthony Geary (Cade Malloy), Lorna Patterson (Julie Warren), Jordan Charney (Superintendent Barela), Penny Johnson (Michelle Carver), Ken Olandt (Snyder), Billy Dee Williams (Matthew Raines), Peter Syvertsen (Dolan), Sarajane Donley (Joan), Gerry Becker (Larry), Todd Cerveris (Tony), Pat Bowie, Jack McLaughlin Grey, Nathan Davis, Ron Parady, Dean Fortunato, Donald James, Will Zahrn, Richard Baird, Frank Rice, Doug Sloan, Maureen Steindler, Mary Seibel, Fern Parsons, Beatrice Friedman, Marta Rubell, Lincoln Stalmaster, Mike Hagerty, Meagan Fay, Dennis Farina, Jeff Bennett, John Kapelos, Alan Ruck, James Lashly, John Mahoney, Sandra Bogan, Melva Williams. 1734... In Defense of Kids (CBS, 4/6/1983, 120 mins). Lady lawyer Blythe Danner gives up her job with a prestigious firm to help children and adolescents in trouble with the law. Sam Waterston is her supportive photographer husband, Joyce Van Patten is a social worker who will do anything short of murder (and perhaps that, too) for kids, and actor/director Georg Stanford Brown an accomplished attorney who puts his career on the line to work with children. Many of the creative talents behind TV’s “Lou Grant” were involved with this film, which was shot on location in Toronto. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Gene Reynolds. Executive Producer Gene Reynolds. Producer Seth Freeman. Teleplay Michele Gallery. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Michael Vittes. Art Director Reuben Freed. Associate Producer Michael Vittes. Cast Blythe Danner (Ellen Wilcox), Sam Waterston (Paul Wilcox), Joyce Van Patten (Caroline Ruben), Georg Stanford Brown (Ben Humphries), Beth Ehlers (Marie Shurtleff), Tony La Torre (Alex Giankanis), Khalif Bobatoon (Gordon), Noelle Parker (Charmian Basillio), Bernard Behrens (Edgar Dempsey), Rochelle Oliver (Mrs. Giankanis), Delores Ettienne (Mrs. Patterson), Ann Sweeny (Mrs. Deffabianchi). 1735... In Like Flynn (ABC, 9/14/1985, 120 mins). This Canadian-made pilot, filmed in Toronto and Jamaica, played suspiciously like a television road company of “Romancing the Stone,” with British actress Jenny Seagrove (better known to American audiences for her starring role in “A Woman of Substance”) as a bestselling novelist’s researcher whose life becomes a series of cliffhangers when she hooks up with a freelance photographer who reminds her of the macho hero of the novel she researches, the fictional Jason Flynn. Playing the baddies: veteran actors William Conrad, Eddie Albert and Robert Webber. Originally, this lighthearted adventure was to have premiered nearly three months before its ultimate air date, but only the network knows why. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Astral Film Enterprises, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Supervising Producer Harker Wade. Producer Richard Lang. Co-Producer Stewart Harding. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Rene Verzier. Music Stu Phillips. Theme Stu Phillips, Glen A. Larson. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editor David Howe, John J. Dumas. Production Designer Charles Dunlop. Art Director Barbara Dunphy. Associate Producers Scott Levitta, Dave Fisher. Cast Jenny Seagrove (Terri McLane), William Gray Espy (Beatty Woodstock), Robert Webber (Colonel Harper), William Conrad (Sergeant Dominic), Eddie Albert (Bill White), Murray Cruchley (Fulton), Maury Chaykin (McWilliams), Chuck Shamata

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(Dawson), Laura Press (Stephanie Holden), Dennis Strong (Thurman), Barry Greene (Tugger), Page Fletcher (Tim Holden), Alan Jordan (Dover), Philip Akin (Customs officer), Lee Broker (Bunco), John Loxley (Sergeant Bunker), Louis Negin (Dr. Howe), Lawrence Dane (Gavin), Ian Deakin (Medical examiner), Karl Binger (Taxi driver), Barry Edward Blake (Beal), Jean Raymond Chales (Little tourist), Harry Hill (Big tourist), Cathy Levy (Stewardess), Lindsay Marrithew (Young man), Oliver Samuels (Police officer), Kim Sherwood (Bell captain). 1736... In Love and War (ABC, 3/16/1987, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about U.S. Navy Commander James B. Stockdale’s difficult imprisonment after being shot down over North Vietnam (he was the highest-ranking American POW of the war) and his wife Sybil’s fight back home on behalf of all POWs and their families during his eight-year ordeal. The film was based on the 1984 book written by both of them, taking views of the war from both sides. Stockdale later became a college professor and found himself in the national spotlight during the 1992 presidential campaign as Ross Perot’s seemingly reluctant running mate. This was the one of only two TV movies in which Oscar-winner Dr. Haing S. Ngor costarred. He was murdered in Los Angeles in early 1996. Production Companies Carol Schreder Productions, Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producer Jon Avnet. Producers Steve Tisch, Carol Schreder. Teleplay Carol Schreder. Based on a Book by Jim Stockdale, Sybil Stockdale. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Charles Gross. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Production Designer Lynda Paradise. Associate Producer Steve McGlothen. Cast Jane Alexander (Sybil Stockdale), James Woods (Jim Stockdale), Concetta Tomei (Doyen Salsig), Richard McKenzie (Commander Boroughs), James Pax (Rabbit), Dr. Haing Ngor (Major Bui), Sally Klein (Allison Decker), Lillian Lehman (News anchorwoman), Stephen Dorff (Stan at age 9), Lou Fant (Sybil’s father), Leo Geter (Mike Haggerty), Jon Cedar (Bud Salsig), Raymond Ma (Pig Eye), James Hong (Vietnamese Ambassador), Steven Vincent Leigh (Big Ugh), James Lashly (Chaplain), George Milan (Amb. Averell Harriman), Christopher Michael Moore (Intelligence), Brad Finefrock (Taylor at age 4), David Alan Johnson (Jimmy at age 22), Christian Hoff (Sid at age 18), Jamie McEnnan (Stan at age 6), Christian Jacobs (Jimmy at age 11), Matt Graber (Taylor at age 10), John Posey (Pasquarelli), Richard Jennings (Pilot #1), John Emerson (Junior officer). 1737... In Love With an Older Woman (CBS, 11/24/1982, 120 mins). Junior partner in a San Francisco law firm finds his life taking on new meaning when he meets the firm’s newest employee, a free-spirited woman 15 years his senior, and is invited to move in with her. The one hitch is that she has a daughter his age. Based on David Kaufelt’s 1980 book “Six Months With an Older Woman.” Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Poundridge Productions. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Irwin Meyer. Supervising Producer Alan Sacks. Producer Sharon Kovacs. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Novel by David Kaufelt. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Lee Holdridge. Song “Don’t Show Your Love” by Carol Connors, Lee Holdridge. Song Performed by Laura Branigan. Editor Hillary Jane Kranze. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast John Ritter (Robert Christenberry), Karen Carlson (Isobel Ross), Jamie Rose (Debbie Ross), Robert Mandan (Sen. John Strickland), Jeff Altman (Gordon), George Murdock (Max Rosen), Robin Curtis (Michelle), Wendell Wright (Conan Williams), Deborah Tilton (Susie), Blaine Novak (Skip), Robert Townsend (James), Jo Anne Astrow (Liz), Mary-Alan Hokanson (Carolyn), Michael Cummings (Charlie), Clark Brandon (Chip), Sandy Ward (Riggs), Karen-Leigh Hopkins (The Blonde), Jon Soul, Adam Myman, Micole Mercurio, Michael Pataki, Jerry Harding. 1738... In Self Defense (ABC, 5/22/1987, 120 mins). An innocent witness decides to testify against a multiple murderer and is plunged into a nightmare world when the killer is freed and begins to terrorize her. This familiar woman-in-peril theme has become, in various forms, a favorite of TV-movie writers, two of whom turned out this one under the title “Hollow Point” (referring to the ammunition the heroine puts into the handgun she has bought for protection when all else fails), and later, until its premiere, called “Armed Response.” Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Bruce Seth Green. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Robert O’Connor. Producer Ron Gilbert. Co-Producers Robert Crais, Daniel Cahn. Teleplay Robert Crais, David Peckinpah. Based on a Story by David Peckinpah. Photography Paul Onorato. Music Patrick Gleeson. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Jeremy Railton. Art Director Jocelyn Railton. Associate Producer Joel Fields. Cast Linda Purl (Susan Andrews), Yaphet Kotto (Lieutenant Tyrell), Terry Lester (Dan Edwards), Billy Drago (Eddie Reeves), Gail Edwards (Alice), Rick Lenz (Chris Fowler), Peter Crook (Cory Ross), Andrew Bloch (Belson), Lenora May (Sherry Parker), Richard Green (Charles Parker), Whitby Hertford (Evan Parker), Tom Fuccello (DA Sparks), Phillip R. Allen (Leon Toner), John M. Jackson (Pete Simms), James McIntire, Harry Basch, Josh Cruze, Sam Dalton, Jim Doughan, Alan David Gelman, Roger Hampton, Bill Kohne, Darrell Kunitomi, Ken Smolka. 1739... In the Custody of Strangers (ABC, 5/26/1982, 120 mins). Restless teenager Emilio Estevez is arrested and jailed following a drunken binge, and his parents face a 40-day ordeal of trying to get him out after he is charged with assault when he attempts to defend himself from hardened criminals with whom he was locked up. Martin Sheen and real-life son Emilio Estevez acted together for the first time as fictional father and son in this film. 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Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Robert Greenwald. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Jennifer Miller. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Matthew McCauley. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer William Beaudine Jr. Production Executive Richard M. Rosenbloom. Cast Martin Sheen (Frank Caldwell), Jane Alexander (Sandy Caldwell), Emilio Estevez (Danny Caldwell), Kenneth McMillan (Al Caruso), Ed Lauter (Judge Halloran), Matt Clark (Mike Raines), John Hancock (Judge Bennett), Virginia Kiser (Dr. Foreman), Jon Van Ness (Corky), Judyann Elder (Marni Blake), Deborah Foreman (Karen), Susan Peretz (Big Faye), Peter Jurasik (Barnes), Pat McNamara (Quinn), Henry Tomaszewski (Roach), Ramon Estevez (Pick), Ross Harris (Rusty), J.P. Bumstead (Doctor), W.T. Zacha (Foreman), David Moses (Cop), Bill Smillie (Sergeant), Liz Sheridan (Caseworker), Art La Fleur (Clifford), David Faustino (David), Sonny Davis (Store clerk), Anthony Davis (Inmate), Cheryl Francis (Inmate), Sharon Barr (Inmate). 1740... In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (NBC, 11/27/1988, 120 mins). First in an ongoing series of TV movies under the umbrella title “In the Line of Duty” dealing with dramatizations of law enforcement officials doing their sometimes dangerous thing: here FBI agents engage in a six-month pursuit of two deranged killers (Michael Gross and David Soul), robbing banks and terrorizing Miami, that ends on April 11, 1986, with the bloodiest shootout--up to that time--in the agency’s history. Production Companies Telecom Entertainment Inc., World International Network (WIN). Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman. Producer David Kappes. Co-Producer Tracy Keenan Wynn. Coordinating Producer Doty Moorehead. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn. Photography Mike Fash. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Anita Brandt-Burgoyne. Art Director Guy Barnes. Associate Producers Doris Bacon, Mark Sennet. Cast Ronny Cox (Agent Ben Grogan), Bruce Greenwood (Agent Jerry Dove), Michael Gross (Bill Matix), Doug Sheehan (Agent Gordon McNeill), David Soul (Mike Platt), Ronald G. Joseph (Agent Ed Mireles), Teri Copley (Vickie), Richard Jenkins (Detective Hamill), Peter McRobbie (Agent John Hanlon), Annie Lange (Sandra Platt), Kathleen Layman (Carol Ann Matix), Silvio Luciano (Marco Mireles), Loren Peele (Corey Platt), Deborah May, Becky Gelke, Randal Patrick, Ashton Wise, Jaime Tirelli, Geoffrey Deuel, Craig Thomas, Ann Kymberlie, Lisa Rieffel, Jeanne Taney Williams, Dorothy Keller, David Orr, Cameron Praito, Daniel Fern, Dave Corey, Dennis L. Boaz, Grant Foster, B.J. McQueen, Ed Montgomery, Elliot Fried, Jan Carr, Tracy Roberts, Carole Nease, Terri Cobb. 1741... Incident at Crestridge (CBS, 12/29/1981, 120 mins). Eileen Brennan stars as a woman who wins election as sheriff in a modern-day Wyoming town rife with corruption, where she had moved with her husband (Sandy McPeak). Pernell Roberts is the venal, glad-handing mayor who does not cotton to the outsider, and Bruce Davison is the deputy sheriff whose suspicions she strives to allay. The film was shot entirely on location in Park City, Utah, and initially was called simply “Female Sheriff.” Production Companies Jaffe-Taylor Productions, MGM Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Jud Taylor, Michael Jaffe. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Photography William Gereghty. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Andrew Hill. Cast Eileen Brennan (Sara Davis), Pernell Roberts (Mayor David Hill), Bruce Davison (Clint Larsen), Sandy McPeak (Robert Davis), Maria Richwine (Vicky Costello), Cliff Osmond (Bill McLaren), Barbara Dirickson (Pat Sheppard), Max Robinson (Bruce Webb), Craig Lewis (Barney Daye), Julie Boyd (Glory), Russ McGinn (Lloyd Bonini), Michael Ruud (Yank Tabor), John Perryman (Carl Tucker), Walt Field (Wally Malone), Tip Boxell (Steve Nichols), H.E.D. Redford (Jack Pfister), Jan Burrell (Mrs. Cutter), Carolyn Coates (Mrs. Dobbs), Coleman Creel (Hal Paret), William Moore (Ed Johnson), Corky Fowler (Mat Storms), Oscar G. Rowland (Sam Maynard), Jim Strong (Mr. Grimes), David Anderson (Mr. Jones), Rebecca Barrett (Waitress), Babetta Dick (Reporter), Jayne Luke (Amy), Don Steffey (Farmer), Beverly Rowland (Secretary). 1742... Incident at Dark River (TNT, 12/4/1989, 120 mins). Environmentally aware Mike Farrell not only cowrote this sobering drama and was its executive producer but also stars as a college maintenance man in a factory town who is ostracized, losing both wife and friends after linking his young daughter’s illness and subsequent death to the leading factory’s toxic waste. His one source of support: a young student activist (played by Helen Hunt). Production Companies Farrell-Minoff Productions, Turner Network Television. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers Mike Farrell, Marvin Minoff, David Reiss. Producer Marvin Minoff. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on a Story by Mike Farrell, David Reiss. Photography Jacek Laskus. Editor Ronald Roose. Music Lee Holdridge. Production Designer K.C. Fox. Cast Mike Farrell (Tim McFall), Tess Harper (Betty McFall), Helen Hunt (Jesse McCandless), Arthur Rosenberg (Dale Hanratty), Philip Baker Hall (Dr. Leo Manus), Dion Anderson (Editor), Nicolas Coster (Mr. Gorman), Stefan Gierasch (Otto Wilshke), Douglas Rowe (Arthur Riskin), Gary Bayer (Frank Draper), K Callan (Eleanor Osner), Tom Isbell (Doctor), Joe Bratcher (Calvin Oates), Jonjiorgi Enos (Paul Strickland), Daniel Beecher (Paul McFall), Becky Hubish (Kathleen McFall), Jim Platt (Fire Chief), Steven Anderson (Chief Engineer), Michaela Nelligan (Librarian), Hester Schell, Steve Wigdahl, Geoff Bennett, Lego Lewis, Veylonique Enos, Debra MacFarlane, David Blackwell, Ron Sauve, Sandra Shotwell, Oscar G. Rowland, Donré Sampson, Thom Dillon. 1743... The Incredible Hulk Returns (NBC, 5/22/1988, 120 mins). Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno reprise their roles as research scientist Dr. David Banner and his superhero alter ego, The Incredible Hulk, from the popular series based on Stan Lee’s

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comic-book character. “The Incredible Hulk” ran on CBS from March 1978 to June 1982 and inspired a successful Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1985. Here Banner wants to try a Gamma Ray Transponder he has developed that he believes will reverse the radioactive damage he has suffered and forever purge the Hulk from his life. Unfortunately it is hijacked by a group of power-hungry industrialists. Two other Hulk “reunion” movies would follow. Production Companies Bixby-Brandon Productions, New World Television. Director Nicholas Corea. Executive Producers Nicholas Corea, Bill Bixby. Supervising Producer Daniel McPhee. Teleplay Nicholas Corea. Based on Characters Created by Stan Lee. Photography Chuck Colwell. Music Lance Rubin. Editors Janet Ashikaga, Briana London. Art Director Michael Parker. Cast Bill Bixby (Dr. David Banner/Banion), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Jack Colvin (Jack McGee), Lee Purcell (Dr. Maggie Shaw), Charles Napier (Mike), John Gabriel (Josh Lambert), Jay Baker (Zachary Lambert), Tim Thomerson (Lack LeBeau), Eric Allan Kramer (Thor), Steve Levitt (Donald Blake), William Riley (Police sergeant), Tom Finnegan (Police captain), Donald Willis (Halward), Carl Ciarfalio, Bobby Travis McLaughlin, Burke Denis, Nick Costa, Peisha McPhee, William Malone, Joanie Allen. 1744... Independence (NBC, 3/29/1987, 120 mins). Western drama involving a dedicated frontier sheriff whose first family was wiped out by marauding renegades and has a second chance for revenge years later when the same tattered gang threatens his new family and the titular town he single-handedly tamed. This prospective series pilot was called by many reviewers “Hill Street Blues in buckskin,” primarily because of the creators and production crew having been involved in that hit cop show and because of the faintly similar concept. An Emmy award went to costume designer Frances Hays. Production Company Sunn Classics Productions. Director John Patterson. Executive Producers Gordon Dawson, Michael Kozoll. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Teleplay Gordon Dawson. Photography John Coquillon. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Ben Zeller. Art Director Anthony Cowley. Costume Supervisor Frances Harrison Hays. Cast John Bennett Perry (Sheriff Sam Hatch), Isabella Hofmann (Bridie), Sandy McPeak (Sterling Mott), Macon McCalman (Mayor Angus Thurston), Stephanie Dunnam (Prudence Hatch), Amanda Wyss (Chastity Hatch), Julius Carry III (Graves), Devin Hoelscher (Deputy Elmo Tait), R.G. Armstrong (Uriah Creed), Anthony Zerbe (Gen. Oral Grey), Christian Clemenson (Isaiah Creed), Adam Gregor (Ivo Kanker), Joseph Brutsman (Ezekial Creed), Joshua Julian (Fitz), Ola David Verploegh (Young Tait), Carlo Pettine (Sam Jr.), Noah Haley (Young Fitz), Scott Jones (Truman), Gisli Bjorgvinsson (Deputy Nilsson), Vanessa Vallez (Keelia), J. Michael Flynn (Brolin), John Chandler (Reedy Briscoe), Paul Brinegar (Old man), W.T. Zacha (Coyote Kid), Michael Pniewski (Rath Jr.), Leo Geter (Ned Spencer), Charles Valley (Charlie Rose), Tommy Bush (Oskeroff), Ben Zeller (Parson), Doug Doran (Vern Fallon), Ronnie Lee (Delbert), Al R. Jones (McCliney), Curtis Conaway (Avery Ballard), Adam Taylor (Zink), Jose Garcia (Callaroza), Corey Eubanks (Alex Rose), Paul Plunkett (Otis Fagen), Bruce Watson (Gillette), Marc Siciliani (Montamuro), Gordon Dawson (Telegrapher). 1745... Indiscreet (CBS, 10/24/1988, 120 mins). In this British-made update of the well-remembered 1958 light romantic movie, Robert Wagner plays Cary Grant and Lesley-Anne Down plays Ingrid Bergman, a jet-setting diplomat posing as a married man to avoid serious entanglements and a successful actress whose image is compromised when she falls in love with the wrong man. The original source for all of this was Norman Krasna’s 1953 play, “Kind Sir,” which starred Mary Martin and Charles Boyer. Production Company Republic Pictures. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Karen Mack, Patrick Dromgoole, Johnny Goodman. Supervising Producer Jane Petteway. Producer John Davis. Teleplay Walter Lockwood, Sally Robinson. Based on the Play and Screenplay by Norman Krasna. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer Ken Sharp. Associate Producer Deborah Edell. Cast Robert Wagner (Phillip Adams), Lesley-Anne Down (Anne Kingston), Maggie Henderson (Margaret), Robert McBain (Alfred), Jeni Barnett (Erica James), Fanny Carby (Smitty), Derek Royle (Harry Lawford), Timothy Davies (Peterson), Geoffrey Chater (Herbert Finley), Barry Wolger (Andrew Aukwell), Michael Howarth (Alan Sealove), David Ashford (Charles), Remy Beard (William), Stanley Davies (Taxi driver), Pavel Douglas (Makeup man), Barry Andrew (Director), Jerry Harte (Senator Blake), Robert Swales (Actor), Kevin Francis (Runner). 1746... Infidelity (ABC, 4/13/1987, 120 mins). Drama dealing with a loving couple whose chic marriage is torn apart when the photographer husband spends the night with the best friend of his research scientist wife and she learns of his indiscretion. Production Companies Mark Carliner Productions, Jett Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Ilene Amy Berg. Producers Tony Mark, Sue Jett. Teleplay Sue Jett. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Steve Dorff. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director William Elliott. Associate Producer Barry Rosenbush. Cast Kirstie Alley (Ellie Donato), Lee Horsley (Nick Donato), Laurie O’Brien (Eileen), Robert Englund (Scott), Courtney Thorne-Smith (Robin), Lindsay Parker (Melissa Donato), Michael Caven (Etienne), Vera Lockwood (Mama Rose), Alfred Dennis (Uncle Vito), Lynne Charnay (Aunt Vi), Ben Wright (Edgar), Jeb Ellis-Brown (Ray), Terence Cooper, John Hamelin, Helaine Lembeck, Jim O’Malley, Frank Walker, Ed Williams, Onochie Chukwurah, David Romano, Muni Zano, Anyarel Glynn. 1747... Inherit the Wind (NBC, 3/20/1988, 120 mins). Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Drama with an Emmy also going to Jason Robards as Outstanding Actor. This classic American drama was inspired by the famous Scopes “monkey trial” involving eminent lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan (fictionalized in the play, movie, and TV drama as Henry

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Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady) in the prosecution of a ’20s Southern teacher for bringing Darwin’s theory of evolution into the classroom. An earlier television version in 1965 starred Melvyn Douglas and Ed Begley, both of whom were on Broadway with the play (separately). For this production, executive producer Peter Douglas reunited dad Kirk Douglas with Jean Simmons (his “Spartacus” sweetheart) to play husband and wife. In addition to the Emmy Awards won for the drama, Stevan Larner was nominated for his photography Production Companies Vincent Pictures Production-MGM TV, UA Television, David Greene-Robert A. Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Peter Douglas. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Play by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Kirk Douglas (Matthew Harrison Brady), Jason Robards (Henry Drummond), Darren McGavin (E.K. Hornbeck), John Harkins (Judge), Megan Follows (Rachel Brown), Kyle Secor (Bertram Cates), Michael Ensign (Rev. Jeremiah Brown), Don Hood (Mayor), Jean Simmons (Lucy Brady), Josh Clark (Davenport), Scotch Byerly (Meeker), Ebbe Roe Smith (Dunlap), Douglas Dirkson (Mr. Bannister), Richard Lineback (George Sillers), Thom McCleister (Bailiff), Jason Marin (Howard), Ron Hayden (Radio newsman), Richard Gilbert Hall (Radio newsman), Terry Wills (Man at counter), Kathy Kinney (Woman at depot), Glenn Robards (Man at depot), Robert Broyles (Man on platform). 1748... Inmates: A Love Story (ABC, 2/13/1981, 120 mins). A coed penitentiary is the offbeat backdrop for this romantic drama where Kate Jackson and Perry King are a pair of security inmates under the watchful eye of unorthodox superintendent Shirley Jones. Tony Curtis is another of the cons, a flamboyant small-time hood. Production Companies Henerson-Hirsch Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director Guy Green. Executive Producers James G. Hirsch, James Henerson. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Delia Jordan, James G. Hirsch. Based on a Story by Delia Jordan. Photography Al Francis. Music Dana Kaproff. Songs by Dana Kaproff, James Henerson. Songs Performed by Maxayn Lewis. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Joe Aubel. Cast Kate Jackson (Jane Mount), Perry King (Roy Matson), Pamela Reed (Sunny), Paul Koslo (Virgil), Fay Hauser (Grace), Penelope Allen (Gloria), Craig T. Nelson (Daniels), Tony King (John), Paul Lieber (Eliot), Judith Chapman (Leslie), Shirley Jones (E.F. Crown), Tony Curtis (Flanagan), Maxayn Lewis (Shawna), Virginia Capers (Agnes), Ted Noose (Hodges), Arva Holt (Marty), Norma Donaldson (Lila), Peggy Walton-Walker (Clair), Duke Stroud (Sheriff), Rita Taggart (Salt), Cynthia Avila (Pepper), Randal Johnson (Tony), Ron Spivey (Mac), Janet Lee Parker (Bennett), S John Launer (Chairman). 1749... An Innocent Love (CBS, 3/2/1982, 120 mins). A 14-year-old math prodigy, enrolled at the University of Washington, hires on as tutor to a 19-year-old coed who needs to raise her grades to stay on the volleyball team, and romance blossoms in the then-fashionable older woman/younger man mode, much to the consternation of her campus jock boyfriend. Initial title: “One Starry Night.” Production Company Steve Binder Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producer Steve Binder. Producer Buck Houghton. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport. Based on a Story by I.C. Rapoport, Eric Gethers, Sam Schwartz. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music David Michael Frank. Song by David Michael Frank. Song Written and Performed by Lois Walden. Editor Michael Vittes. Art Director Alexander A Mayer. Associate Producers Ed Goldstone, Sam Schwartz. Cast Melissa Sue Anderson (Molly Rush), Doug McKeon (Harry Woodward), Rocky Bauer (Dunc Widders), Kristoff St. John (Mario), Bill Calvert (Max), Kendall Kay Munsey (Beatrice), Pat Finley (June Woodward), John Colenback (Andrew Woodward), Paul Hosteller (Professor Budnick), Dr. Robert Loper (Dr. Amberman), Stephanie Shine (Hilary Woodward), Dick Erickson (Crew coach), Steve Suttich (Volleyball coach), Sheryl Drummond (Clerk), Susan Fenberg (Stewardess). 1750... Inside the Third Reich (ABC, 5/9/1982 and 5/10/1982, 2 parts, 180/120 mins). Rutger Hauer, the Dutch actor, made his American TV-movie debut as Albert Speer, Hitler’s personal architect, in this two-part, five-hour dramatization of Speer’s autobiography. Fellow Dutch performer Renée Soutendijk made her television debut in this country as Eva Braun. Derek Jacobi’s portrait of Adolph Hitler earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor. Marvin J. Chomsky won the Emmy for his direction, as he had earlier for “Holocaust” (1978) and “Attica” (1980). Nominations also went to the movie as Outstanding Drama Special and to the film’s production designer, editor, graphic designer/title sequences, and sound editors. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producer E. Jack Neuman. Teleplay E. Jack Neuman. Based on the Autobiography by Albert Speer. Photography Tony Imi. Music Fred Karlin. Editors James T. Heckert, Richard Belding. Editor (Part 2) Les Green. Production Designer Rolf Zehetbauer. Art Directors Herbert Strabel, Kuli Sander. Cast Rutger Hauer (Albert Speer), John Gielgud (Albert Speer Sr.), Maria Schell (Mother Speer), Blythe Danner (Margarete Speer), Trevor Howard (Prof. Heinrich Tessenow), Viveca Lindfors (Gypsy), Derek Jacobi (Adolf Hitler), Randy Quaid (Putzi Hanfstaengl), Stephen Collins (Karl Hanke), Ian Holm (Dr. Joseph Goebbels), Elke Sommer (Magda Goebbels), Renee Soutendijk (Eva Braun), Robert Vaughn (Field Marshal Erhard Milch), Zoe Wanamaker (Annemarie Kempf), Marian Collier (Lady bartender), Maurice Roeves (Rudolph Hess), Derek Newark (Martin Bormann), Mort Sahl (Werner Fink), George Murcell (Hermann Goering), David Shawyer (Heinrich Himmler), Hans Meyer (Ernst Kaltenbrunner), Bernard Horsfall, Rowena Cooper, Geoffrey Whitehead, Don Fellows, Michael Gough, Pat Keen, Boris Isarov, Graham McGrath, Natasha Knight, Terrence Hardiman, Bernard Archard, Leon Lissek.

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1751... Internal Affairs (CBS, 11/6/1988 and 11/7/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Suspenseful two-part fourhour follow-up to “Doubletake” (1985) has Richard Crenna reprising his role of stalwart NYPD Detective Frank Janek and Cliff Gorman as Janek’s sidekick Aaron Greenberg, attempting to ferret out corruption in the police ranks and solve another bizarre murder. Several further Janek movies with the two would be made later. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay William Bayer. Photography Frank Watts. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editors Robert Reitano, Ronald Roose. Production Designer W. Woods Mackintosh. Technical Advisor Ed Zigo. Cast Richard Crenna (Lt. Frank Janek), Kate Capshaw (Joanna Gates), Cliff Gorman (Sgt. Aaron Greenberg), Dennis Boutsikaris (Det. Jerry Renfrew), Danton Stone (Det. Sal Marchetti), Sam Coppola (Det. Dave De Soto), Caroline Kava (Det. Jean Harp), James McDaniel (Det. Fred Crowley), Ronald Hunter (Det. Mario Grasselli), John Capodice (Det. Tony Grasselli), Philip Bosco (Chief John Wycoff), Min Luong (Off. Molly Tran), David Leary (Ross Canfield), Paul Guilfoyle (The Watcher), Lee Richardson (Chief Hart), Ula Hedwig (Martina Rossoff), Mitchell Ryan (Hunter), Michael Fischetti (Det. Ray Boyce), Aki Aleong (Quynh), Barbara Anson (Medical examiner), Yusef Bulos (Psychiatrist), Lisa Cain (Marie Evans), Daniel Chapman (Bartender), Christopher Curry (State trooper), Dave Florek (Mechanic), John Hayden (Karate teacher), John Herzog (Prison guard), Ellen Kaye (Computer operator), Matthew Locricchio (Polygraph operator), Roma Maffia (Diane), Olivia Negron (Mrs. Valdez), Jim O’Malley (Narc), José Ramon Rosario (Narc), Ahvi Spindell (Ratso), Gregory Wallace (Joanna’s assistant), Takayo Fischer (Mme Binh), John P.Connolly (DaCosta), Richard Gant (Police Commissioner), Derek Smith (Marc Gates), Joseph Amodei (Security guard), Donald Linahan (Banquet chairman), Ed Zigo (Stoney). 1752... International Airport (ABC, 5/25/1985, 120 mins). The old white-knuckles disaster-in-the-plot, featuring a cast of familiar “guest stars,” is dusted off (there’s a bomb aboard a Hawaiian-bound jetliner) for this pilot to a prospective series revolving around the problems on the job--and at home--of a manager of a large metropolitan airport. Movie buffs will note that the presence of George Kennedy--here simply as a passenger--gives this one credibility as an authentic airplane disaster flick, to say nothing of the fact that it’s simply a recycling of the various “Airport” films, based on the “Based on a novel by Arthur Hailey” credit. Two directors were involved on this project. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Directors Charles S. Dubin, Don Chaffey. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Robert L. McCullough. Teleplay Robert L. McCullough. Based on the Novel by Arthur Hailey. Photography Emil Oster. Music Mark Snow. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editors Tom Stevens, Tom Benko, William P. Magee. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Gil Gerard (David Montgomery), Belinda Tolbert (Kathy Henderson), Pat Crowley (Beverly Gerber), Katherine Moffat (Marjorie Lucas), Danny Ponce (Pepe), Cliff Potts (Jack Marshall), Bill Bixby (Harvey Jameson), Susan Blakely (Joanne Roberts), George Grizzard (Martin Harris), George Kennedy (Rudy Van Leuven), Vera Miles (Elaine Corley), Susan Oliver (Mary Van Leuven), Robert Reed (Carl Roberts), Connie Sellecca (Dana Fredricks), Robert Vaughn (Captain Powell), Robin Greer (Susan Shepherd), Don Knight (Jarvis), Jason Wingreen (Mr. Dornan), Fred Sadoff (Jones), Steven Williams (Frazier), Kurtwood Smith (Gilbert), Don Eitner (Morgan), Paul Tuerpe (Officer Munton), Suzan McCullough (Jill), Ann Fairlie (Saleslady), Mary Ellen Dunbar (Julie), Baynia Willis (Sheila), Diane Ander (Smith), Martin Speer (Holtman), Christopher Kriesa (Lambert), David Dangler (Ferguson), Noel Conlon, Katie Hauley Creone, David Stroud, George Crowell, David Dunard, Paul Sinclair, Tony Lucas, Yong Sun. 1753... Intimate Agony (ABC, 3/21/1983, 120 mins). Daytime television soap opera stars Anthony Geary and Judith Light have the leads as a visiting doctor and a resort community resident in this exploitive drama dealing with a herpes outbreak that developer Robert Vaughn wants hushed up before the scandal ruins him. Originally (and outrageously) titled “Lovesick The Herpes Story.” Production Companies Henerson-Hirsch Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers James G. Hirsch, James Henerson. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay James G. Hirsch, James Henerson, Richard DeRoy. Based on a Story by Richard DeRoy. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Anthony Geary (Dr. Kyle Richardson), Judith Light (Marsha Sarno), Mark Harmon (Tommy), Arthur Hill (Dr. Steve Holliston), Brian Kerwin (Nick Todd), Penny Fuller (Joanna Fairmont), Cindy Fisher (Katy Fairmont), Lori Lethin (Connie Todd), Robert Vaughn (Dave Fairmont), Shawn Schepps (Lisa Corwin), Harrigan Logan (Lauren Michaels), Rebecca Birken (Ginny), Leigh Christian (Marilyn), Norma Donaldson (Dr. Bryce), James Henerson (Bartender). 1754... Intimate Contact (HBO, 10/5/1987 and 10/6/1987, 2 parts, 90 mins each, 3 hours). Strong British-made drama focusing on sheltered upper-class wife who must confront ignorance and prejudice when her husband contracts AIDS on a business trip to New York. A first-rate two-part three-hour production, frankest among the early TV dramas dealing with the plague, boasts exceptional performances by Claire Bloom and Daniel Massey, as the devastated couple, with Massey’s graphic deterioration making for a harrowing final section. 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Production Companies Zenith Productions Ltd., Central Television. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Ted Childs. Producer Chris Burt. Teleplay Alma Cullen. Photography Peter Jessop. Music Ilona Sekacz. Editor Laurence MeryClark. Production Designer Maurice Cain. Cast Claire Bloom (Ruth Gregory), Daniel Massey (Clive Gregory), Sylvia Syms (Annie Stanhope), Mark Kingston (Dr. Bill Stanhope), Maggie Steed (Becca Crichton), David Phelan (Martin Gregory), Abigail Cruttenden (Nell Gregory), Sally Jane Jackson (Sharon Stanhope), Paul Jesson (Dr. Trevor Singleton), John Murtagh (Dennis), David Webb (Scott), Neil Pearson (Morrie), Mark Penfold (Paddy Firth), Sebastian Breaks (Marcus), James Woolley (George), Derek Benfield (Edgar), Rupert Massey (David Langley), Scott Furnell (Fraser), Lizzy McInnerny (Charlotte), John Rowe (Managing director), Pamela Pritchard (Mrs. Gordon), Peter Miles (Returning officer), Alan Thompson (Commissionaire), John Cording (Security man), Alissa Bosschaert (Nurse), Hugh Fraser (Vicar), Phyllida Hewat (Madge Peterson), Patricia Englund (Ginnie), Amanda Walker (Patricia), Sally Lahee (Alice), Kate Lansbury (Eleanor), Norman McDonald, Nicholas McArdle, Joan Blackham, David Gillies, Jack Ellis, Rowan Stuart, Barbara Hickmott, Lindsay Honey, Wilfred Grove. 1755... Intimate Encounters (NBC, 9/28/1986, 120 mins). Donna Mills plays a woman who feels that her ideal marriage has gone stale and begins fantasizing about sexual encounters with strangers. Mills and her manager, Larry Thompson, were the film’s executive producers of this Harlequin romance-like woman’s drama that she and costar James Brolin made between seasons of “Knots Landing” and “Hotel,” respectively. Cicely Tyson has a brief but never invisible role of her sex therapist. Later retitled “Encounters in the Night” Production Companies Larry Thompson Entertainment, Donna Mills Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Jon C. Anderson. Co-Producer Robert Kosberg. Teleplay Dennis Turner. Photography Paul Goldsmith. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor Terry Williams. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Donna Mills (Julie Atkins), James Brolin (Nick Atkins), Veronica Cartwright (Emily), Gary Bayer (Gordon), Mitchell Anderson (Sean), Cicely Tyson (Dr. Claire Dalton), Clyde Kusatsu (Professor Ikeda), Michael Greene (Steven), Phil Rubenstein (Harold), Frank Dicopoulos (Gas station attendant), Stephen Yates (Jogger), David Mason Daniels (Young driver), JoAnn Willette (Young girl), Clayton Norcross (Male student), Jack Wells (Stanley Knapp), Elena Monica (Kathy), Marta Korber (2nd girl), Gina Calabrese (1st girl), Mark Zuelke (Man in park), Bobby Hand (Little boy), Douglas John Falconer (2nd man), Barry Dillard (Trendy man), Jean Malahn (Mother in car). 1756... Intimate Strangers (ABC, 1/1/1986, 120 mins). Army nurse returns home after nine years in a Vietnamese POW camp following the fall of Saigon--with an Asian child in tow--turning her successful doctor husband’s world upside down, forcing him to reevaluate his relationship with his current lover.Teri Garr, Stacy Keach, and Cathy Lee Crosby constitute the romantic triangle in this drama filmed on location in Jacksonville, Florida. Production Companies Nederlander Television and Film Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Executive Producers John Bard Manulis, Gladys Rackmil. Producer Kenneth Utt. Teleplay Norman Vance Morrill. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Norman Gay. Production Designer Michael Molly. Cast Teri Garr (Sally Bierston), Stacy Keach (Dr. Jeff Bierston), Cathy Lee Crosby (Shauna Davis), Priscilla Lopez (Wanda Orozco), Justin Deas (Brad Bierston), Max Gail (Sol Kramer), Max Barabas (George), Tresa Hughes (Meriam Bierston), Bob Hannah (Colonel Wagner), Robert S. Goodman (Captain Holcroft), Ray Forchion (Cory Wells), Manny Bronz (Rory), Ernest Aruba (Bin Phan), Carol Gun (Rose), Christine Page (Embassy secretary), Jay Cady (Marine sergeant), Richard E. Harvin (Marine), Rhonda “Ru” Flynn (Ginny), Lee Duval (Man at party), Iris Acker (Reporter), John Archie (Reporter), Grant Ford (Reporter), Larry Parish (Reporter), Thom Scoggins (Reporter), Dutch (Supply sergeant), Rex Benson (Landlord), Phyllis Alexton (Bookkeeper), Antoni Corone (Sergeant Ellis), Adair Simon (Pamela), Veronica Anderson (Teacher). 1757... Into the Homeland (HBO, 12/26/1987, 117 mins). Strong made-for-cable drama about a brooding, boozing excop (Powers Boothe), hiding from the past, whose search for his missing teenage daughter brings him into contact with a dangerous white supremacist group, the American Liberation Movement, with a charismatic leader (Paul LeMat). The original teleplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan, author of Peter Bogdanovich’s “Mask” that starred Cher, bears striking similarities to a 1968 episode of the series “The Name of the Game” entitled “The Protector” (Robert Young played totally against type in the role of an ultra-right fanatic with his own private army and his own solution to the race problem). Production Companies Keith McCormick-Anna Hamilton Phelan Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Lesli Linka Glatter. Executive Producer Anna Hamilton Phelan. Producer Keith McCormick. Teleplay Anna Hamilton Phelan. Photography Robert Elswit. Music David Mansfield. Editor Eve Newman. Production Designer David Chapman. Cast Powers Boothe (Jackson Swallow), C. Thomas Howell (Tripp Winston), Cindy Pickett (Rye Swallow), David Caruso (Ryder), Arye Gross (Joel Bassman), Paul LeMat (Derrick Winston), Shelby Leverington (Rebecca Winston), Emily Longstreth (Ember Swallow), Chris Ulfand (Joshua Winston), Ernie Lively (Tom Bernstein), Manu Tupou (Marlon), Summer Thomas (Angel), Lisa Cloud (Mae Castle), Gary Hershberger (Whitey), Father Terrance Sweeney (Father O’Neil), Eunice McEwan (Clara Jolly), Duncan McLeod (Reverend Smealey), Becky Barnes (Liberty Winston), Kimberlee Bonnet (Glory Winston), R.J. Chambers (Lookout soldier), Frank Collison (Gas station attendant), Gwen Covington (Janet), Rick Dano (Undercover officer), Eric DaRe (Surfer #1), Ian Foxx (Ricardo), James Greenblatt (Skateboarder), Dawn Holder (Justine Winston), Pete Leal (Godparent),

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Paul Linke (Red Hughes), Wade Mayer (Walt), Jose Mercado (Hispanic father), Anthony Peck (Marine MP), Jon Renfield (Daryl Jolly), Ariana Richards (Ember at ages 5-7), Lela Rochon (Exquisite woman), Andrew Ross (Duane Jolly), R.L. Tolbert (Main guard), Bruce Wright (Rick), Randy Ziegler (Freedom Winston). 1758... Into Thin Air (CBS, 10/29/1985, 120 mins). A fact-based drama about an anguished mother’s frantic search for her 19-year-old son who vanished into thin air in 1978 while driving alone to summer school in Boulder, Colorado, from his home in Ottowa, Canada, gave Ellen Burstyn another of her customary tour-de-force roles. Sam Robards (son of Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards) is her older son and Robert Prosky the out-to-pasture detective they hire to doggedly pursue the missing boy. Based on a Canadian Broadcasting Company report, “Just Another Missing Kid,” the film initially was called “Brian Walker, Please Call Home.” Production Companies Tony Ganz Productions, Major H Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producers Tony Ganz, Irv Wilson, Ron Howard. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay George Rubino. Photography Charles Correll. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Eric Sears. Art Director Douglas Higgins. Cast Ellen Burstyn (Joan Walker), Robert Prosky (Jim Conway), Sam Robards (Stephen Walker), Nicholas Pryor (Larry Walker), John Dennis Johnston (Earl Pike), Patricia Smith (Olga Conway), Tate Donovan (Brian Walker), Caroline McWilliams (Asst. DA Towler), J.P. Bumstead (Agent Cameron), Bill Calvert (Rob Walker), Britt Leach (Sergeant Keyes), Ebbe Roe Smith (Kevin), Elizabeth Barclay (Girl in gas station), Dale Wilson (Agent Drake), Babz Chula (Maggie), Ken Douglas (Lloyd Mason), Tom McBeath (Bob Jacobs), Antony Holland (Ben Lober), Paul G. Batten (Computer executive), Gary Heatherington (Sergeant Frazier), Tom Heaton (VW dealer), Wally Marsh (Repair shop manager), Pat Barlow (Motel proprietress), Garry Chalk (Gas station attendant), Janet Hodgkinson (Secretary), David Longworth (Grocery store manager), Frank C. Turner (Motel manager), Bob Metcalfe (Billy). 1759... Intrigue (CBS, 9/11/1988, 120 mins). Scott Glenn is an undercover agent masquerading as a cultural attaché at the United States Embassy in Brussels who must smuggle an American defector (Robert Loggia)--his former mentor who now decides he wants to come home--out from behind the Iron Curtain. Production Companies Crew Neck Productions, Linnea Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director David Drury. Executive Producers John Scheinfeld, Jeff Melvoin. Producer Nick Gillott. Teleplay Jeff Melvoin, Robert Collins. Based on a Story by Robert Collins. Photography Tomislav Pinter. Music Basil Poledouris. Editors James T. Heckert, David Campling. Production Designer Anthony Curtis. Cast Scott Glenn (Crawford), Robert Loggia (Buzzer Higbe), William Atherton (Doggett), Martin Shaw (Roskov), Cherie Lunghi (Adriana), Eleanor Bron (Sophia), Paul Maxwell (Leonard Esterbrook), William Roberts (Walter Merriman), Don Fellows (O’Brien), Blain Fairman (Geneva section chief), Philip O’Brien (Secretary of State), Bozidar Smiljanic (TV reporter), Sanja Plepelic (Michelle), Slobodan Dimitrijevic (Security man), Marija Kohn (Soprano), Sreten Mokrovic (Customs official), Tom Stojkovic (Opera company manager), Damir Mejovesk, Julije Perlaki, Branka Strmac, Paul Womer, Dusko Valentic, Boris Gregoric, Michael Sesich, Robert Tankovich, Andrea Saric, Venco Kapural. 1760... The Intruder Within (ABC, 2/20/1981, 120 mins). Sinister doings on an isolated oil rig off the coast of Antarctica, with geologist Chad Everett and cohorts finding themselves menaced by a primeval creature dredged up accidentally from the ocean floor. Production Company F/O Productions. Director Peter Carter. Executive Producers Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Ed Waters. Photography James Pergola. Music Gil Melle. Editor Richard E. Rabjohn. Art Director Geoffrey Holmes. Associate Producer John Ryan. Cast Chad Everett (Jake Nevins), Jennifer Warren (Colette Beaudroux), Joseph Bottoms (Scott), Rockne Tarkington (Mark), Lynda Mason Green (Robyn), Paul Larson (Sam), James Hayden (Harry Colman), Mary Ann McDonald (Nurse Wilma), Matt Craven (Phil Mallard), Michael Hogan (Chili), Ed LaPlante (Ed), Mickey Gilbert (Mickey), Joseph Finnegan (Final creature). 1761... An Invasion of Privacy (CBS, 1/12/1983, 120 mins). Valerie Harper is a divorcee who moves to a small island community off the Maine coast, becomes involved with the local police chief and then faces ostracism by her formerly sympathetic neighbors when she brings rape charges against a local handyman. Filmed mainly on Shelter Island, a vacation spot on Long Island South in New York. Based on Joan Taylor’s 1980 book “Asking For It.” Jerry Orbach has one scene as her ex-husband and Tammy Grimes literally phones in her part as one of her best friends from back home. Both Orbach and Grimes at the time were starring on Broadway in “42nd Street” and seemed to have done their roles in an afternoon. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Embassy Television. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Allan Marcil. Teleplay Elaine Mueller. Based on a Novel by Joan Taylor. Photography John Lindley. Music Tony Rains. Editor David Finfer. Production Designer Marc Donnenfeld. Associate Producer Boyd Berlind. Cast Valerie Harper (Kate Bianchi), Cliff DeYoung (Carl Slater), Tammy Grimes (Paula), Carol Kane (Ilene Cohen), Richard Masur (Dr. Harvey Cohen), Jerry Orbach (Sam Bianchi), Jeff Daniels (Francis Ryan), Peter Michael Goetz (Gerald Diems), Frederick Coffin (Alvin Bird), J.C. Quinn (Wilbur Purdy), Jacqueline Brookes (Charlotte Beach), Paul Austin (Sergeant Trippett), Jessica Courtney (Miranda Cohen), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Jennifer Bianchi), Frank Hamilton (Judge), Carrie Smith (Nurse), Leon B. Stevens (Dr. Conrad).

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1762... The Invisible Woman (NBC, 2/13/1983, 120 mins). Biochemist Bob Denver’s pretty reporter niece, Alexa Hamilton, stumbles onto an invisibility chemical in his lab and realizes that not being seen can help in tracking down a story on a million-dollar art heist. This pilot to a prospective series (produced and written by the creators of “Gilligan’s Isand”), a sitcom variation on the H.G. Wells fantasy, was produced on tape rather than film and aired with a laugh-track initially. It was to have been titled “Out of Sight.” Production Companies Redwood Productions, Universal Television. Director Alan J Levi. Executive Producers Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd J. Schwartz. Producer Alan J Levi. Teleplay Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd J. Schwartz. Photography Dean Cundey. Music David Michael Frank. Song “She Must Be Around Here Someplace” by Lloyd J Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, David Michael Frank. Editor Houseley Stevenson. Art Director Richard B. Lewis. Associate Producer John Whitman. Cast Bob Denver (Dr. Dudley Plunkett), Jonathan Banks (Darren), David Doyle (Gilmore Neil), George Gobel (Dr. Farrington), Anne Haney (Mrs. Van Dam), Harvey Korman (Carlisle Edwards), Art La Fleur (Phil), Garrett Morris (Lt. Greg Larkin), Ron Pallilo (Spike Mitchell), Richard Sanders (Orville), Mel Stewart (Security guard), Jacques Tate (Lt. Dan Williams), Alexa Hamilton (Sandy Martinson), Scott Nemes (Rodney Sherman), Jake Steinfeld (Attendant), Ken Sansom (Lionel Gilbert), Teri Beckerman (Receptionist), Ronald E. Morgan (1st cop), Joseph Phelan (2nd cop), Dan Woren (Gallery guard), Marsha Warner (Saleslady), Clinton Chase (Officer), David Whitfield (Marvin Carter), Valerie Hall (Miss Tomkins). 1763... Invitation to Hell (ABC, 5/24/1984, 120 mins). Space scientist Robert Urich and his wife Joanna Cassidy move to a new community where they are recruited for membership in an exclusive country club by a beautiful seductress with unearthly powers only to discover that she is the devil herself and the posh surroundings are the gateway to hell. Daytime soap opera star Susan Lucci (of “All My Children”) makes her primetime movie debut as the slinky siren. An Emmy Award nomination was given for art direction and set decoration, basically the Hell sequence created by Introvision. Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Wes Craven. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Richard Rothstein. Photography Dean Cundey. Music Sylvester Levay. Editors Ann Mills, Gregory Prange. Art Director Hub Braden. Production Executive Phillips Wylly Sr. Second Unit Director Gregory Prange. Cast Robert Urich (Matt Winslow), Joanna Cassidy (Patricia Winslow), Susan Lucci (Jessica Jones), Joe Regalbuto (Tom Peterson), Kevin McCarthy (Mr. Thompson), Patricia McCormack (Mary Peterson), Bill Erwin (Walt Henderson), Soleil Moon Frye (Chrissie Winslow), Barret Oliver (Robbie Winslow), Nicholas Worth (Sheriff), Virginia Vincent (Grace Henderson), Greg Monaghan (Pete), Lois Hamilton (Tracy Winters), Cal Bartlett (Frank Stepson), Anne Marie McEvoy (Janie), Bruce Gray (Larry Ferris), Gino DeMauro (Jimmy), Jason Presson (Billy), John Zenda (Doorman), Billy Beck (Mover), Michael Berryman (Valet), Frank von Zerneck Jr. (Newsboy). 1764... Isabel’s Choice (CBS, 12/16/1981, 120 mins). When Richard Kiley, the boss she helped climb the corporate ladder, is forced into early retirement, Jean Stapleton, a widowed executive secretary, must choose between his surprise marriage proposal or new challenges and continuing her career by helping his successor (Peter Coyote) adjust to his company duties. Initially this was titled “A Life of Her Own,” and Stapleton received an award from the National Commission of Working Women for her performance. Production Companies Pantheon Productions, Stuart Millar Productions. Director Guy Green. Producers Gabriel Katzka, Stuart Millar. Teleplay Oliver Hailey. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Phil Jefferies. Production Designer Joe Aubel. Cast Jean Stapleton (Isabel Cooper), Richard Kiley (Lyman Jones), Peter Coyote (Wynn Thomas), Betsy Palmer (Ellie Fineman), Mildred Dunnock (Helen), Sally Kemp (Miss Hamilton), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Harper), Douglas Robinson (Supervisor), Howard Morton (Miles), Lesley Woods (Claire James), Newell Alexander (Mac Clarkson), Ann McCormack (Angie Carlson), Liam Sullivan (Johnny Parker), Beverly Dixon (Mae Parker), Kathleen O’Malley (Housekeeper), Roger Rose (Delivery boy), June Whitley Taylor (Friend), Ward Donovan (Friend). 1765... Island Sons (ABC, 5/15/1987, 120 mins). Four actor brothers (the Bottoms family) star as four brothers, using their own real first names, seeking to preserve the family dynasty when their dad mysteriously disappears after being indicted for bribery. This was a pilot to a prospective Hawaii-based series. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producer James D. Parriott. Co-Executive Producer Deanne Barkley. Producer Leonard B. Kaufman. Teleplay James Dott. Photography John Flinn III. Music Basil Poledouris. Editors Michael Berman, Bill Luciano. Production Designer John D. Jeffries. Associate Producer Daniel McPhee. Cast Timothy Bottoms (Tim Faraday), Joseph Bottoms (Joe Faraday), Samuel Bottoms (Sam Faraday), Benjamin Bottoms (Ben Faraday), David Wohl (Herb Engleman), Clare Kirkconnell (Abby Faraday), Richard Narita (John Saito), Michael Currie (Jess Hamlin), Romy Windsor (Kate Landis), Henry K. Bal (Abraham), Mokihana (Malama), Kim Miyori (Diane Ishimura), Moe Keale (Lieutenant Sapolu), Paul Martin (Detective Jenkins), Ben Wong (Billy), Russell Omori (Yuki Kimura), Carmella Barut (Helen), Bob Fimiani (Older man), George O’Hanlon Jr. (Young man), Violet Mangene (Mary), John Collins (Ellis), Bruce Truelsen (Deckhand).

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1766... It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Syndicated, 12/15/1984, 120 mins). Mickey Rooney’s an ex-cop from Manhattan, living in California with his family, who decides to show his grandson what a real New York Christmas is like, but dies before he can take the journey and must show the kid the seasonal glories as an angel. This made-for-syndication movie already has established itself as a Christmas perennial in local stations around the country. Production Companies Schenck-Cardea Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Peter Hunt. Producers Frank Cardea, George Schenck. Teleplay George Schenck, Frank Cardea. Photography Dean Cundey. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Carl Brauner. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Mickey Rooney (Mike Halligan), Scott Grimes (Robbie Westin), Barrie Youngfellow (Kate Westin), George Gaynes (Archangel), Gary Bayer (Rick Westin), William Griffis (Wiley Boggs), Christina Pickles (Chris), Hamilton Camp (Meek angel), Elisha Cook (Mr. Bibbs), Lloyd Nolan (Monsignor Donoghue), Nicholas Hormann (Mr. Jones), Wynn Irwin (Santini), Hector Elias (Ramos), Barbette Tweed (Joanie), Lew Horn (Johnson), Annie Potts (Cindy Mills), Alyson Kirk (Missy Westin), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Hunt), George Pentecost (Dr. Kent), Garry Goodrow (Cabbie), Ollie O’Toole (Janitor), Dan Barrows (Harried angel), Buddy Douglas (1st elf), Billy Curtis (2nd elf), Jerry Maren (3rd elf), Jan Chamberlin (Music teacher), Paddi Edwards (Charity lady), Seth Wagerman (Scott), Michael Laskin (Assistant), Benny Baker (Harry), Gary Imhoff (Mailman), Eve Smith (Mrs. Honeywell), Eric Uhler (Jim Johnson), Richard Paxton (Salesman), Irwin Keyes (Guard), Joe Van Enders (1st paramedic), Jimmy Bridges (2nd paramedic), Edgar Justice (Ed), Eddie Pisano (Kid), John Welsh (Jogger), Nick DeMarinis (Bellhop), Ellen Gerstein (Nurse), Roger Scott (Father Kent), Chino “Fats” Williams (Calvin), Eric Stacey (Weatherman), Ernie Banks (Host), James Fry (Street hustler), Erwin Fuller (Manager), Ray Bengston (Perry). 1767... It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas (Syndicated, 12/10/1989, 120 mins). Lighthearted holiday fare that casts Charles Durning as Santa Claus in this tale by the Osmond family of entertainers of how, with the help of a con man and an elf, St. Nick helps a little girl go from Chicago to her father in Los Angeles. Wayne Osmond is the dad and also sings the title song, written by his brothers Merrill and James (the latter the film’s producer). Production Companies Ventura Entertainment Corporation, LBS Communications Inc. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producers Irwin Meyer, Rod Sheldon, James A. Osmond. Co-Executive Producers Harvey Bibicoff, Sterling Martell. Supervising Producer James A. Osmond. Producers Mark Burdge, Jon Ackelson. Co-Producers Alan Jay Glueckman, Golda David. Teleplay Alan Jay Glueckman, Golda David. Based on a Story by Stanley Isaacs, Alan Jay Glueckman, Golda David. Photography Gordon Lonsdale. Music Kurt Bestor. Song Merrill Osmond, James A. Osmond, Kurt Bestor. Song Performed by Wayne Osmond. Supervising Editor Howard Taksen. Production Designer Douglas G. Johnson. Cast Charles Durning (Santa Claus), Ted Lange (Napoleon the Great), Wayne Osmond (Jeff Baxter), Annette Marin (Beverly Baxter), Risa Schiffman (Jennifer Baxter), Bruce Vilanch (Philpot), Beverly Rowland (Mrs. Claus), Tip Boxell (Jeff’s Boss), M.J. Bench (Stubby), Dottie Bench (Roly Poly), Debbie Christensen (Muffin), Kenneth Kunz (Trouper), Star Roman (Mother), Brett Webb (Son), Gary Barnes (Father), Paul Grace (Mugger), Alan Nash (Ticket Clerk), Jason Ball (Bus Driver), John Daryl, Lila Leyar, Anne Taylor Meyers, Leonard James, Michael Picardi, Michael Ruud, Bill Lawrence, Thom Dillon, Stephen Blosil, Ryan Webb, J. Omar Hansen, Michael Flynn, Hester Schell, Michael Weatherrod, Jesse Bennett, Ivan Crosland, Jeffrey Hubrich, Marvin Payne, Shannon Engemann, Ryan Healey, David Blackwell. 1768... Ivanhoe (CBS, 2/23/1982, 180 mins). Expansive fifth filming (a three-hour version) of the Sir Walter Scott classic novel dealing with the adventures of a chivalrous 12th century Saxon knight and the two women in his life, Lady Rowena and the Jewish girl, Rebecca. Anthony Andrews, newcomer Lysette Anthony, and Olivia Hussey play the roles taken in the 1952 version by Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine and Elizabeth Taylor. There also had been two separate British TV series based on “Ivanhoe”: in 1956 (with Roger Moore) and in 1971. There additionally was an hour-long animated production of it from Australia that was shown in the U.S. in 1975. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Douglas Camfield. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Sir Walter Scott. Photography John Coquillon. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer John Blezard. Associate Producer William Hill. Second Unit Director David Tringham. Cast James Mason (Isaac of York), Anthony Andrews (Wilfred of Ivanhoe), Sam Neill (Brian de Bois-Guilbert), Michael Hordern (Cedric the Saxon), Olivia Hussey (Rebecca), Lysette Anthony (Lady Rowena), Julian Glover (King Richard), George Innes (Wamba), Ronald Pickup (Prince John), John Rhys-Davies (Reginald Front-de-Boeuf), David Robb (Robin Hood), Stuart Wilson (Maurice De Bracy), Michael Gothard (Athelstane), Anthony Haygarth (Friar Tuck), Philip Locke (Grant Master), Timothy Morand (Prince John’s attendant), Dean Harris (Phillippe), John Hallam (Herald), Kenneth Gilbert (Marshall), Debbie Farrington (Alicia), Stewart Bevan (Edward), Geoffrey Veevers (Beaslin), John Forgeham (Front’s lieutenant), Chloe Franks (Attendant), Robert Russell (Leader). 1769... The Ivory Ape (CBS, 4/15/1980, 120 mins). A government agent and his former girlfriend try to defend a rare snow-white gorilla from a vengeful mob after it had been captured in Africa by an unprincipled white hunter who then smuggled it to Bermuda in a tramp steamer. This was one of a series of Japanese-American co-productions in which the team of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, whose regular television milieu long had been in the Saturday morning cartoon shows, involved themselves.

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Production Company Rankin-Bass Productions. Director Tom Kotani. Executive Producers Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass. Producer Arthur Rankin Jr. Teleplay William Overgard. Based on a Story by Arthur Rankin Jr., William Overgard. Photography Yozo Inagaki. Music Bernard Hoffer, Maury Laws. Supervising Editor Barry Walter. Editor Wendy Wank. Production Designer Katzou Satsoya. Art Director Peter Politanoff. Associate Producer Benni Korzen. Cast Jack Palance (Marc Kazarian), Steven Keats (Baxter Mapes), Cindy Pickett (Lil Taylor), Earle Hyman (Inspector St. George), Celine Lomez (Valerie Lamont), Derek Partridge (Aubrey Range), Tricia Sembera (Vita Haverman), David Mann (Dr. Cole), Lou David (Roomie Pope), William Horrigan (The Captain), Leonard Daniels (Smith), George Rushe (Wilkinson), John Truscott (Collins), John Lough (Trot Toomer), Jane Bainbridge (Mother in car), Charles Jeffers (Congo father), Kevin Dill (Congo son), Grace Rawlins (Congo mother), Eston Rawlins (Congo boy), Barbara Adams (Secretary), Marlene Butterfield (Newscaster), Courtney Floyd (Child in car), Irving Wilkinson (Butler), Daniel Thomas (Cab driver). 1770... Izzy and Moe (CBS, 9/23/1985, 120 mins). Jackie Gleason and Art Carney reunited for the first time since 1978, not as Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, but as Izzy and Moe (actually the real-life Isadore Einstein and Morris Smith) in this fictionalized version of the true adventures--done as a series of lighthearted vignettes--of a pair of ’20s ex-vaudevillians who went to work for the Feds in New York as Prohibition officers. Gleason (who, in addition, wrote the music for this movie) and Carney also starred together years earlier in a 1953 “Studio One” drama called “The Laugh Maker.” Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Jackie Cooper. Producer Robert Halmi. Co-Producer Robert Boris. Teleplay Robert Boris. Photography Peter Stein. Music Jackie Gleason. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Toby Corbett. Art Director Mike Moran. Associate Producer Steven Felder. Cast Jackie Gleason (Isadore “Izzy” Einstein), Art Carney (Morris “Moe” Smith), Cynthia Harris (Dallas Carter), Zohra Lampert (Esther), Dick Latessa (Lieutenant Murphy), Thelma Lee (Mrs. Pearlman), Drew Snyder (Sgt. John McCoy), Jesse Doran (John “Dutch” Vanderhoff), Tom Wiggin (Agent Norman Harris), Rick Washburn (Jake), Roy Brocksmith (Sheriff Bledsoe), Sully Boyar (Fat Harry), William Hickey (Hotel desk clerk), Tracy Sallows (Paula), Mary Tanner (Lily), Robyn Finn (Sarah), Nandrea Lin (Ellen), Steve McNaughton (Doctor), Peter Jason (Bartender), Adrienne Meltzer (Reporter), MacIntyre Dixon (Reporter), Loren Haynes (Reporter), Gwyllum Evans (Butler), Michael Conforti (Gentleman), Karen Ashley (Singer), Lydia Laurans (Singer), Sarah Combs (Singer), Peter McRobbie (Cop), Marilyn Gleason (Sophisticated lady). 1771... J. Edgar Hoover (Showtime, 1/11/1987, 110 mins). A rather accurate biography (minus the more sensational aspects of his private life that subsequently surfaced) of the controversial director the FBI, who served a 48-year tenure in the post under presidents from Warren G. Harding to Richard M. Nixon. Tall, sleek Treat Williams, not everybody’s first choice in the casting of the gruff, somewhat squat Director (as he came to be called by all in the sprawling agency), stars in this dramatization, the first since his death, covering the lawman’s life from his turn of the century childhood in a working class section of Washington, D.C., to his final days during the social and political turbulence of the ’60s and ’70s. It was taken from the 1979 book “My 30 Years in Hoover’s FBI,” written by one of the Director’s subordinates, William G. Sullivan. Production Companies RLC Productions, The Finnegan Company. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan. Producer Robert Collins. Co-Producer Scott Winant. Supervising Producer E. Darrell Hallenbeck. Teleplay Robert Collins. Based on a Book by William G. Sullivan, William S. Brown. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music J. Peter Robinson. Editors Patrick Kennedy, James Stanley. Production Designer Ward Preston. Art Director Robert L. Zilliox. Cast Treat Williams (J. Edgar Hoover), Rip Torn (Lyndon Johnson), David Ogden Stiers (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Andrew Duggan (Dwight D. Eisenhower), Robert Harper (Clyde Tolson), Art Hindle (John F. Kennedy), Charles Hallahan (Joseph McCarthy), John McLiam (A. Mitchell Palmer), Walker Edmiston (Harry S Truman), Joe Regalbuto (William S. Sullivan), Louise Fletcher (Annie M. Hoover), Charles Levin (Producer), Ford Rainey (Harlan Fisk-Stone), Harvey Vernon (Senator Norris), William Traylor (Nicholas Katzenbach), Robert Alan Browne (Gaston Meese), Kenneth Washington (Justus Crawford), Edson Stroll (Sen. Edmund Muskie), James F. Kelly (Robert F. Kennedy), Anthony Palmer (Richard M. Nixon), Mills Watson (Senator McKellar), Paul Kent (Harry M. Daugherty), Lee Kessler (Miss Grody), Erik Holland (William J. Burns), F.J. O’Neil (Harry Vaughn), Gracie Lee (Annie), Cliff Murdock (Carl Mathews), Paul Keith (Doctor), Mark Carlton (2nd agent), Michael Griswold (Congressman Beggs), Michael David Simms (Agent #1), Don Draper (Maitre d’). 1772... J.O.E. and the Colonel (ABC, 9/11/1985, 120 mins). Terrorists threatening to shut down America’s national defense systems have their dastardly work cut out for them when J.O.E., a human male created through biological engineering and developed to be the ultimate soldier with superhuman powers, gets on their trail. A pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Mad Dog Productions, Universal Television. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producer Nicholas Corea. Producer Stephen Caldwell. Teleplay Nicholas Corea. Photography William H. Cronjager. Additional Photography Frank Thackery. Music Joseph Conlan. Editors Patrick M. Ryan, Ellen Ring Jacobson. Art Director John Leimanis. Cast Gary F. Kasper (J.O.E.), William Lucking (Col. H.C. Fleming), Terence Knox (Dr. Michael Rourke), Gail Edwards (Dr. Lena Gant), Aimee Eccles (Miss Kai), Allan Miller (Lyle), Marie Windsor (Mrs. Roth), Allan Rich (Mr. Roth), Christie Houser (Pam), William Riley (Travis), Michael Swan (Pike), Don Swayze (Max Carney), Douglas Alan Shanklin (Alpha), Robert Feero (Mueller), Bruce Cervi (Chief technician), Frankie Hill (Female technician), John Davey (Wilson), Joe Borgese (1st agent), Leigh Lombardi (Angelina).

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1773... Jack the Ripper (CBS, 10/21/1988 and 10/23/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Opulently mounted twopart four-hour drama about late 1880s London’s infamous Jack the Ripper, concocted by producer-director David Wickes, who claimed to have unmasked the elusive serial killer’s identity after 100 years. Michael Caine, returning to TV after more than two decades, is the Scotland Yard inspector who doggedly pursued the case; Jane Seymour “guest stars” as his love, artist Emma Prentice; Susan George turns up briefly as a scarlet lady who is one of the Ripper’s victims; and Armand Assante, in an Emmy Award-nominated performance, is American actor Richard Mansfield, a suspect at the time. A second Emmy nomination went to hairstylist Betty Glasgove. During filming, Wickes shot five different endings--with his conclusions unveiled in the version that premiered. Production Companies Euston Films Production, Thames Television, Hill-O’Connor Entertainment, Lorimar Productions. Director David Wickes. Executive Producers Robert O’Connor, Leonard Hill, Lloyd Shirley. Producer David Wickes. Teleplay Derek Marlowe, David Wickes. Photography Alan Hume. Music John Cameron. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer John Blezard. Art Director Tony Reading. Cast Michael Caine (Insp. Frederick Abberline), Armand Assante (Richard Mansfield), Ray McAnally (Sir William Gull), Lewis Collins (Sgt. George Godley), Ken Bones (Robert James Lee), Susan George (Catherine Eddowes), Jane Seymour (Emma Prentice), Michael Gothard (George Lusk), Harry Andrews (Coroner Wynne Baxter), Lysette Anthony (Mary Jane Kelly), Roger Ashton Griffiths (Rodman), Peter Armitage (Sergeant Kirby), Desmond Askew (Copy boy), Trevor Baxter (Lanyon), Jennifer Calvert (Nurse), Mike Carnell (News vendor), Ann Castle (Lady Gull), Keir Charles (Newsboy), Deirdre Costello (Annie Chapman), David Crane (Newsboy), John Croft (Mr. Thackery), Angela Crow (Liz Stride), Kelly Cryer (Annette), Marc Culwick (Prince Albert Victor), John Dair (Isenschmid), Roy Evans (Doorkeeper), John Fletcher (P.C. Watkins), Sheridan Forbes (Millie), Hugh Fraser (Sir Charles Warren), Martin Friend (News vendor), Christopher Fulford (Sergeant Brent/Beggar), Bruce Green (Jack Pizer), Rikki Harnet (Pickpocket), Ronald Hines (Henry Matthews), Michael Hughes (Dr. Llewellyn), Peter Hughes (Mr. Paulson), Frank Jarvis (First passerby), Edward Judd (DCS Arnold), Gertan Klauber (Diemschutz), Jon Laurimore (Insp. John T. Spratling), Mike Lewin (Duty guard), Rod Lewis (Mortician), Gary Love (Derek), George Malpus (Old man), Eric Mason (Publican), Bernadette Milne (Woman in doorway), Jonathan Moore (Benjamin Bates), Richard Morant (Dr. Theodore Acland), T.P. McKenna (Mr. O’Connor), John Normington (Drafter), Richard Nunnery (Davis), Sandra Payne (Caroline Acland), Neville Phillips (Cabinet secretary), Ain Rattray (Tough cop), David Ryall (Bowyer), Gary Shail (Billy White), Gerald Sim (Dr. Bagster Phillips), George Sweeney (John Netley), David Swift (Lord Salisbury), Norman Warwick (Richardson), Brian Weske (Porter). 1774... Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (NBC, 5/22/1983, 120 mins). In this dramatization of the story of Argentine newspaper publisher Jacobo Timerman’s experiences and torture in a secret prison, the casting of both Roy Schneider and Liv Ullmann, as Timerman and his wife, raised a good many critical eyebrows and seemed to work against the movie, as did trying to make New York City and New Jersey, where it was filmed, pass for downtown Buenos Aires and surroundings. Based on Timerman’s 1981 autobiography. Production Company Chrysalis-Yellen Productions. Director Linda Yellen. Executive Producers Richard Dorso, Terry Ellis. Producer Linda Yellen. Teleplay Jonathan Platnick, Linda Yellen, Oliver Drexell Jr. Based on a Story by Oliver Drexell Jr., Stan Silverman. Based on a Biography by Jacobo Timerman. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Jay Freund. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Associate Producer Jonathan Platnick. Cast Roy Scheider (Jacobo Timerman), Liv Ullmann (Risha Timerman), Terrance O’Quinn (Col. Thomas Rhodes), Sam Robards (Daniel Timerman), Zach Galligan (Hector Timerman), Trini Alvarado (Lisa Castello), Paul Collins (General), Kaiulani Lee (Patricia Derian), Christopher Murney (Colonel Rossi), Michael Pearlman (Javier Timerman), David Cryer (Ernesto Keaton), Castulo Guerra (Enrique Vega), Lee Wilkof (Edgardo Sajon), Marcia Jean Kurtz (Dona Marie), Camille Saviola (Estela Rossi), Joanna Merlin, David Orange, Richard Russell Ramos, Frances Conroy, Charles Felder, Joe Costa, Roy Brocksmith, Ken Gray, Bryce Holman, Ed Herlihy, Leslie Lyles, Rocco Sisto, Natalija Nogulich, Michael Medeiros, Carl Pistilli, Stephen Zettler, J.T. Walsh, LeIand Schwantes, Richard Cottrell, Art Vasil, Robert Stattel, Barbara Hanna. 1775... Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (ABC, 10/14/1981, 180 mins). Jaclyn Smith plays the starring role, tracing Jackie Kennedy’s career from age five through finishing school, her arrival in Washington as a newspaper photographer and columnist, her whirlwind romance with a young congressman from Boston, to November 22, 1963, in Dallas. James Franciscus is JFK, a role he played before (as a fictional figure with a somewhat similar name) in “The Greek Tycoon.” The three-hour film received three Emmy Award nominations: for music, costume design and hairstyles. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Steven Gethers. Producer Louis Randolph. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Jacqueline Kennedy), James Franciscus (John F. Kennedy), Rod Taylor (Jack Bouvier), Stephen Elliott (Joseph P. Kennedy), Claudette Nevins (Janet Bouvier Auchincloss), Donald Moffat (Hugh Auchincloss), Joseph Chapman (John Husted), Heather Hobbs (Jacqueline at age 5), Dolph Sweet (Waldrop), Maurice Marsac (Gen. Charles de Gaulle), Eve Roberts (Rose Kennedy), James F Kelly (Robert F. Kennedy), Robert Easton (David Finley), Lauree Berger (Helen), Julie Johnson (Sue Norton), Ned Wilson (Senator), Roger Til (Ambassador Monet), Vernon Weddle (Aide), Erin McElroy (Caroline Kennedy), Walter Stocker (Charles Collingwood), John Terry Bell (Headmaster), Kip Gilman (Richard Pavlick), Will Hunt (Theodore White),

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Natalie Core (JFK’s secretary), Sam Colton (Politician), John Furlong (Politician), Jennifer Rhodes (Press secretary), Wonderful Smith (Butler). 1776... Jacqueline Susann’s “Valley of the Dolls 1981” (CBS, 10/19/1981 and 10/20/1981, 2 parts, 120/180 mins 5 hours). The contemporary updating of Jacqueline Susann’s ’60s bestseller (plus, apparently, material omitted from the published novel) offers Catherine Hicks, Lisa Hartman and Veronica Hamel in the roles played in the 1967 film by Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke (before she was Astin) and Sharon Tate. Jean Simmons has the part that Susan Hayward did originally. James Coburn made his TV-movie debut here (previously he starred with Simmons in the miniseries of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Dain Curse” that in turn had brought him back to TV after more than 20 years). Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Irving Mansfield. Producer Renée Valente. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on the Novel by Jacqueline Susann. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Fred Karlin. Song “What Becomes of Love” by George Barrie, Sammy Cahn. Song Performed by Dionne Warwick. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Jan Scott. Choreographer Earl Barton. Title Design Phill Norman. Cast Catherine Hicks (Ann Welles), Lisa Hartman (Neely O’Hara), Veronica Hamel (Jennifer North), David Birney (Lyon Burke), Jean Simmons (Helen Lawson), James Coburn (Henry Bellamy), Gary Collins (Kevin Gilmore), Bert Convy (Tony Polar), Britt Ekland (Francoise), Denise Nicholas-Hill (Connie), Steve Inwood (Teddi Casablanca), Carol Lawrence (Miriam), Camilla Sparv (Vivienne Moray), Kathleen Nolan (Dr. Galens), Tricia O’Neil (Enid Marshall), Robert Sampson (Charles Golden), Janet MacLachlan (Alva Solazarno), Joe E. Tata (Art Williams), Army Archerd (TV commentator), Michael Gregory (Dr. Wade), David Hess (Robaire), Lew Horn (Emcee), David K. Johnston (Robin), Floyd Levine (Dr. Corey), Amy Nachbar (Tessa), Burr Smidt (Cameraman), Sam Weisman (Editor), Le Tari (Stan Adams), Jean-Pierre Dorleac (Himself), Nancy Bleier (Marsha), Arthur Adams (George), Dan Geary (Jerry Lippman), Nicholas Guest (Reporter), Ed Kenny (Captain Morgan), Richard Knight (Slateman), Nathan Lane (Stage manager), Wesley Lau (Man with dog), Joie Magidow (Resident psychiatrist), Byron Morrow (Minister), Barry Quin (Messenger), Jimmi D. Shaanon (“Star Shop” host), Maurice Sherbanee (Victor), Jeanine D. Sorel (Mrs. Brown), Judie Stein (Rochelle), Jimmy D. Baron, Drew Berman, Allan Byrns, Gerald Castillo, David Channell, Randi Jean Davis, Ric Di Angelo, Judith Doty, Debra Duggan, Bill Dyer, Leah Kates, Kerry Remsen, Noel P. Scott, Leigh Walsh, Mickey White. 1777... Jake Spanner, Private Eye (USA, 11/15/1989, 120 mins). Spoofing his movie gumshoe image, Robert Mitchum is a onetime private eye who sits around the park feeding pigeons and savoring old Robert Mitchum flicks--until coaxed out of retirement to rescue the kidnapped granddaughter of mobster Ernest Borgnine, whom he once helped send up the river. Loads of cameos here by screen veterans, along with son Jim Mitchum and brother John Mitchum (here playing father and son), and basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in a gag single scene with one word. Mitchum also gets a chance to sing and is seen in scenes from his “Out of the Past.” Based on the 1981 Edgar Award-winning book “The Old Dick” by L.A. Morse. Production Companies ABC Distribution Company, USA Network. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Producers Syd Vinnedge, John Vinnedge. Co-Producer Duke Fenady. Teleplay Andrew J. Fenady. Based on a Book by L.A. Morse. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song Performed by Robert Mitchum. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Richard Y. Haman. Cast Robert Mitchum (Jake Spanner), Ernest Borgnine (Sal Piccolo), John Mitchum (J.P. Spanner), Richard Yniguez (Sgt. Ben Nuñez), Jim Mitchum (Lt. Kevin Spanner), Laurie Lathem (Antonia “Toni New” Newella), Dick Van Patten (The Commodore), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Himself), Edie Adams (Booster Club Lady), Kenneth Kimmins (Wellington Warren), Terry Moore (Flo/bartender), Sheree North (Mrs. Bernstein), Clive Revill (Herb Soames), Stella Stevens (Sandra Summers), Nita Talbot (Nurse at VA Hospital), Julius Carry III (Lenny), Joseph Della Sorte (The Short Man), Edy Williams (Lady at nudist club), Michael Masters (George), Mike Jacobs Jr. (Mike), Lew Hopson (Pete Blackman), Gene Borkan, Michael Durrette, Steve Marlo, Christopher Fleming, Norm Stephens, Becky Le Beau, Paul Lyell, Jack Boyle. 1778... Jamaica Inn (Syndicated, 6/3/1985 and 6/10/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Lavishly produced (if one cuts through all the ground fog and moor mist) Victorian drama based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1936 novel that later was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock with Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara. Patrick McGoohan and Jane Seymour have the roles in this color version, an all-British production that premiered in this country on an ad-hoc network of syndicated stations. McGoohan is the nasty, drunken shipwrecker (Laughton played the part more high-born) and Seymour is his spunky, damsel-in-distress-for-fourhours niece, with an eye for romantic rogue Trevor Eve. Production Companies HTV Ltd., Metromedia Producers Corp. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Executive Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Co-Executive Producers Stephen Bankler Jukes, Hilary Heath. Producer Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay Derek Marlowe. Based on the Novel by Daphne du Maurier. Photography Roger Pearce. Music Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orch. Editor Geoff Shepherd. Production Designer Kenneth V. Jones. Associate Producer Chris Brown. Cast Jane Seymour (Mary Yellan), Patrick McGoohan (Joss Merlyn), Trevor Eve (Jem Meryn), John McEnery (Rev. Francis Davey), Billie Whitelaw (Aunt Patience), Vivien Pickles (Martha Yellan), Peter Vaughan (Squire Bassatt), Michael Goldie (Harry), John Abineri (Richards), Norma Bowler (Captain), Christopher Douglas (Walter), Hubert Tucker (Dr. Rawlings), Nick Brimble (Hussar), Howard Goorney (Coach driver), June Marlowe (Woman in coach), Ian Brimble (Customs officer), Rex Hodsworth (Lighthouse keeper), Adrian Cairns (Preacher), Tim Hooper (Tinker), Paul Cresswell (Helmsman), Tony Rohr (Guard),

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Jo Anderson (Prisoner’s woman), Chris Colyer (2nd guard), Susan Dury (Maria Bassatt), Edwinna Ford (Hannah), Pavel Douglas (James), Paul Nicholson (Manservant), Dennis Patten (Punch and Judy man), Bill Wallis (Blacksmith). 1779... James A. Michener’s “Space” (CBS, 4/14/1985 to 4/18/1985, 5 parts, 13 hours). James A. Michener’s epic bestselling fictional account of America’s space program, spanning the years from the end of World War II to the exploration of the moon in the early 1970s and a fictional expedition to the “dark” side, was the basis of this well-received 13-hour miniseries with a stellar cast headed by James Garner as a naval war hero turned U.S. Senator and advocate of the fledgling space venture. Bruce Dern, as an engineer whose wartime mission was to deliver Hitler’s rocket experts into U.S. hands, returned to television after a lengthy career in films and won a Best Supporting Actor (in a miniseries) nod in the second annual Television Movie Awards from the International Television Movie Festival. Two directors worked on “Space” and split the chores; Joseph Sargent directed parts 1 and 5 and Lee Philips, the middle 3. The production won an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Limited Series, in addition to two technical awards. In its initial network rebroadcast, it was shorn by four hours. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director (Parts 1 and 5) Joseph Sargent. Director (Parts 2, 3 and 4) Lee Philips. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producer Martin Manulis. Co-Producer Allan Marcil. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant, Dick Berg. Based on the Novel by James A Michener. Photography (Parts 1 and 5) Hector Figueroa. Photography (Parts 2, 3 and 4) Gayne Rescher. Music Miles Goodman, Tony Berg. Editor (Parts 1 and 5) Patrick Kennedy. Editor (Parts 2 and 4) George Jay Nicholson. Editor (Part 3) Donald R. Rode. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Art Director (Great Britain) Lionel Couch. Art Director (Parts 2, 3 and 4) Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer Neal Nordlinger. Cast James Garner (Norman Grant), Susan Anspach (Elinor Grant), Beau Bridges (Randy Claggart), Blair Brown (Penny Pope), Bruce Dern (Stanley Mott), Melinda Dillon (Rachel Mott), David Dukes (Leopold Strabismus), Harry Hamlin (John Pope), Barbara Sukowa (Liesl Kolff), Michael York (Dieter Kolff), Ralph Bellamy (Paul Stidham), Roscoe Lee Browne (Charles Farquar), Martin Balsam (Sen. Michael Glancey), James Sutorius (Tim Finnerty), Stephanie Faracy (Debbie Lee Claggart), G.D. Spradlin (Tucker Thomas), Wolf Kahler (Colonel Funkhauser), Jennifer Runyon (Marcia Grant), David Spielberg (Skip Morgan), Bert Remsen (Edd Specktor), Maggie Han (Cindy Rhee), Clu Gulager (Victor Hardesty), Dick Anthony Williams (Gawain Butler), Les Lannom (Larry Penzoss), Scotch Byerly (Harry Jensen), James Edgcomb (Ed Cater), Lawrence Lott (Tim Bell), Richard Partlow (Charles Lee), Jonathan Goldsmith (Raf Perry), Christina Pickles (Mrs. McKellar), Gerald Hiken (Professor Anderson), Murphy Dunne (Lieutenant Wiles), Michael Talbott (Tom Savage), Peter Nelson (Millard Mott), Richard Pierson (Roger), Charles Tyner (Dracula), Barbara Bingham (Cluny Bell), Christine Dickinson (Gloria Carter), Jeanne Lange (Inger Jensen), Annie O’Neill (Sandra Lee), Donald Craig (Newsman), Robby Weaver (Sam Cottage), Julie Philips (Ronnie), Alan Fudge (Dr. Pomfret), Lia Sargent (Mia Portnow), Sue Strain (Sally Quint), Michael Cochrane (Wing Commander Blount), Stephen Jenn (Hans Brenner), Gary F. Kasper (Brother), Bill Morey (Dean Robert Hawkins), Shane Rimmer (General Quigley), Sheila Ruskin (Lt. Constance Hall-Tipping), Michael Sheard (Himmler), Eleanor Zee (Mrs. Griffin), Mary Jackson (Frankie), Richard Delmonte (Ramirez), Walter Mathews (Jennings), Burke Byrnes (FBI agent), Nancy Abramson (School secretary), Jim Antonio (Levering), Ivan Bonar (Harry Crampton), Max Wright (Scientist), Jack Garner (Flight Operations officer), Bill Sorrells (Colonel Boyd), Jack Thibeau (Captain Penscott), William Wellman Jr. (Air Force captain), Howard Mann (Lawyer/tycoon), Bob McLean (Newsman), Richard X. Slattery (Navy captain), Vernon Weddle (Burgess), Kenneth White (Expert), Richard Gordon (Cap Com), James Avery (Jean-Marie), Lizabeth Pritchett (Esther Glancey), Woody Eney (TV science consultant), Marya Morgan (Anchorwoman), Laurence Luckinbill (Narrator). 1780... James Clavell’s “Noble House” (NBC, 2/21/1988 to 2/24/1988, 4 parts, 8 hours). Big-budget (reportedly $19 million), attention-grabbing adaptation by Eric Bercovici of James Clavell’s richly detailed tale about the good life in Hong Kong-updated from the original 1963 to the late ’80s. Brosnan is austere loner Ian Dunross, tai-pan (supreme leader) of Noble House, an international trading combine, who is determined to thwart the takeover plans of an American conglomerate led by ruthless Ben Masters and his ambitious second-in-command, Deborah Raffin. A bestseller in 1981 with more than five million books in print, “Noble House” was the fourth in author Clavell’s Asian saga, that also included “King Rat,” “Tai-pan,” and “Shogun,” all of which were filmed. The TV saga earned an Emmy nomination for production designer Robert Laing and his team. It also provided one of the last roles for John Houseman, making a “special appearance” as the governor of Hong Kong. Production Companies Noble House Productions, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer James Clavell. Producer Eric Bercovici. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on a Novel by James Clavell. Photography Cristiano Pogany. Music Paul Chihara. Score Performed by London Symphony Orch. Music Conducted by Ashley Arbuckle. Supervising Editor Alan Strachan. Editor Peter Holt. Production Designer Robert Laing. Art Directors Francesco Chianese, George Richardson. Associate Producer Frederick Muller. Cast Pierce Brosnan (Ian Dunross), Deborah Raffin (Casey Tcholok), Ben Masters (Linc Bartlett), John Rhys-Davies (Quillan Gornt), Julia Nickson (Orlanda Ramos), Khigh Dhiegh (Four Finger Wu), Gordon Jackson (Superintendent Armstrong), Burt Kwouk (Phillip Chen), Nancy Kwan (Claudia Chen), John Van Dreelen (Jacques de Ville), Ping Wu (Paul Choy), Kay Tong Lim (Superint. Brian Kwok), Lisa Lu (Ah Tam), Damien Thomas (Lando Mata), Dudley Sutton (Commissioner Crosse), Ric Young (Tsu-Yan), Tia Carrere (Venus Poon), Steven Vincent Leigh (John Chen), John Houseman (Sir Geoffrey Allison), Denholm Elliott (Alastair Struan), Harris Laskawy (Biltzmann), Leon Lissek (Christian Toxe), Keith Bonnard (Tip Tok-Toh), Edward Petherbridge (Jason Plumm), Bennett Ohta (Richard Kwang), Brian Fong (Goodweather Poon), Helen Funai (Mrs. Kwang), Irene Tsu (Dianne Chen), David Shaughnessy (Dr. Dorn), John Fujioka (Baldhead Kin), Richard Durden (Haverhill), David Henry (Bruce Johnjohn),

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George Innes (Trawkin), Choy Lingman (Mary Li), Pip Miller (Inspector Smyth), Duncan Preston (Pugmire), Michael Siberry (Linbar Struan), Victor K. Wong (Lim Chu), Galen Yuen (Smallpox Kin). 1781... Jane Doe (CBS, 3/12/1983, 120 mins). A suspense thriller involving a young amnesiac who was left for dead following a brutal assault and now is being stalked by her assailant to complete the job before she can remember the circumstances of the crime. Karen Valentine is the victim, William Devane the tenacious detective intrigued by her case, Eva Marie Saint the psychiatrist who tries to help her recall her past, and David Huffman her concerned husband. Production Company ITC Entertainment Group. Director Ivan Nagy. Executive Producer Dennis E. Doty. Producer Paul B. Radin. Teleplay Cynthia Mandelberg, Walter Halsey Davis. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Peter Kirby. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Production Executive Howard Alston. Cast Karen Valentine (Jane Doe/Victoria Schaeffer), William Devane (Lt. William Quinn), David Huffman (David Schaeffer), Eva Marie Saint (Dr. Addie Coleman), Stephen E. Miller (Harry Johnson), Jackson Davies (Off. Willie Dean), Anthony Holland (Capt. Stewart Potter), Jason Michas (The Boy), Ann Petrie (Reporter), Terry David Mulligan (Reporter), Wayne Cox (Reporter), Fred Latremouille (Reporter), Julie D Brown (Reporter), Tom Heaton (1st doctor), Don Schreiber (2nd doctor), Jonathan Pallone (Truck driver), Don MacKay (Desk sergeant), Glenn Jay Braithwaite (Paramedic), Ross Hallaway (Paramedic), Susan Fletcher (Phone operator). 1782... The Jayne Mansfield Story (CBS, 10/29/1980, 120 mins). In her first starring role in a TV movie, Loni Anderson plays the ’50s platinum-blonde sex symbol whose search for stardom and meteoric (if brief) career ended in an automobile accident when she was 36. Onetime (undefeated) Mr. Universe-turned-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger made his TV starring debut as Mansfield’s second husband, bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay. Third husband, movie producer Matt Cimber, went unmentioned as did other Hollywood figures, some of whom were fictionalized for the movie. Adapted from Martha Saxton’s book “Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties.” Originally titled “Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the ’50s,” it was Emmy Award nominated for costume design, makeup and hairstyles. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Tom Kuhn. Producers Joan Barnett, Linda Otto. Teleplay Charles Dennis, Nancy Gayle. Based on a Biography by Martha Saxton. Adapted by Elinor Karpf, Stephen Karpf. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Associate Producer Gary Credle. Cast Loni Anderson (Jayne Mansfield), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Mickey Hargitay), Ray Buktenica (Bob Garrett), Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Sue Peters), G. D. Spradlin (Gerald Conway), Dave Shelley (Barry Charles), Laura Jacoby (Jayne Marie at age 6), Whitney Rydbeck (Photographer), John Medici (Bud Leland), Lewis Arquette (Publicity man), James Jeter (Middle-aged man), Janice Kent (Young woman writer), Lynn Seibel (Casting director), Gwen Van Dam (Vivian), Joan Welles (Sheila), Buck Young (City editor), Kathy Beaudine (Casting office secretary), Lawrence Bame (1st reporter), Charles Parks (2nd reporter), Len Lawson (1st reporter at hospital), J.P. Bumstead (2nd reporter at hospital), Nora Boland, Elizabeth A. Gardner, Frank Holmgren, Robb Madrid, David Stafford, Cynthia Szigeti, William Ward. 1783... Jealousy (ABC, 1/23/1984, 120 mins). Angie Dickinson has a tour-de-force starring in three separate stories: as a rich woman competing with her sexy daughter for the man she (Dickinson) married; as a beauty who marries a billionaire and becomes insanely jealous of his other love; and as a country singer who is forced to choose between a career and a possessive boyfriend. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Alan Sacks Productions. Director Jeffrey Bloom. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Alan Sacks. Teleplay Jeffrey Bloom. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music (Part 1) Gil Melle. Music (Parts 2 and 3) Jimmie Haskell. Songs Written and Performed by Lynne Marta. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Paul Peters. Cast Angie Dickinson (Georgia/Lynn/Ginny), Paul Michael Glaser (Daniel), Bo Svenson (Bo), Susan Tyrrell (Dixie), Julie Philips (Heather), France Nuyen (Beverly), David Carradine (Bobby DuChamp), Richard Mulligan (Merrill Forsythe), Ray Stricklyn (Sheriff), Charles A. Martinez (Deputy), Scott Van Estrom (Johnny), Garth Wilton (Woodward/butler), Michael Voletti (French crewman), Virginia Peters (Maid), Jennifer Navarro (Beautiful woman), Rick Vito (Singer), Frank Welker (Voice of Melody). 1784... Jenny’s War (Syndicated, 10/28/1985 and 11/4/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). “Inspired by one of the most incredible true stories of World War II, “Jenny’s War” tells of one woman’s courageous quest for her only son behind enemy lines.” So the publicity read for this two-part Operation Prime Time adventure that had Dyan Cannon as the plucky mother, an American living in England, traipsing through German stalags masquerading as a man searching for her RAF flier son who had been shot down over Germany. A not-yet-well-known Hugh Grant plays that role. Elke Sommer is an old friend-turned-brothel madam, Richard Todd the British general who enlists her as a spy, Robert Hardy the local Gestapo chief who is continually wary of her, and Harmut Becker her estranged second husband, a Nazi major. The real-life Jenny Baines story might have been fantastic, but this dramatization of it, based on Jack Stoneley’s novel and filmed entirely on location in England, is straight from the bottom half of a 1940s Saturday matinee double bill. Production Companies Louis Rudolph Films, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producers Louis Rudolph, Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Robert Chenault. Producer (HTV) Peter Graham Scott.

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Teleplay Steven Gethers. Based on the Novel by Jack Stoneley. Photography Bob Edwards. Music John Cacavas. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer Bruce Grimes. Art Director Caroline Smith. Cast Dyan Cannon (Jenny Baines), Elke Sommer (Eva Gruenberg), Robert Hardy (Herr Klein), Patrick Ryecart (Steinhardt), Richard Todd (Gen. Benjamin Cutler), Hartmut Becker (Maj. Karl Koenig), Nigel Hawthorne (Colonel), Christopher Cazenove (Captain Preston), Sion Tudor Owen (Price), John Moulder-Brown (Flynn), Denis Lill (Johns), Garfield Morgan (Wilford), Michael Elphick (Schumann), Hugh Grant (Peter Baines), Mick Ford (Paddy), Jeremy Bulloch (Paul Schroeder), Erika Hoffman (Gerta), Jonathan Coy (Mitchell), Nicholas Courtney (Doctor), Oscar Quitak (Weiss), Tim Bannerman (Higgins), Michael Stone (Russian), Sam Kelly (Bromley), Michael Poole (Russian), Ben Howard (Corporal), Christopher Merrick (British soldier), David Milner (Private Smith), Ray Barron (Sergeant Major), Frank Jarvis (Sergeant Davies), Andrea Evans (Receptionist). 1785... The Jerk, Too (NBC, 1/6/1984, 120 mins). The TV sequel--bordering on a complete remake--of Steve Martin’s theatrical movie, “The Jerk,” the saga of Navin Johnson, country bumpkin who leaves the family of black sharecroppers that had raised him and proceeds to make his zany way in the world. Stand-up comic Mark Blankfield, one of Steve’s protégés, has the lead in this prospective TV pilot for Martin’s production company. Bumbling from one misadventure to another on his cross-country odyssey to find his true love on the eve of her wedding to an aristocrat, he teams with enterprising hobo Ray Walston, dances in the park with bag lady Gwen Verdon (in a bizarre musical sequence similar to something that might have come from Steve Martin’s “Pennies From Heaven”), and beats unbilled Jimmie Walker, Martin Mull and (billed) Lainie Kazan in poker in Las Vegas. Production Companies 40 Share Productions, Universal Television. Director Michael Schultz. Executive Producer Steve Martin. Producer Ziggy Steinberg. Teleplay Rocco Urbisci, Ziggy Steinberg. Based on Characters Created by Carl Gottlieb, Steve Martin. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music John Sebastian, Phil Galston. Title Song Performed by John Sebastian. Editors Harry Keramidas, Jack Gleason. Art Director Richard B. Lewis. Associate Producer George E. Crosby. Cast Mark Blankfield (Navin Johnson), Ray Walston (Diesel), Robert Sampson (Gilbert van Buren), Patricia Barry (Helen van Buren), Barrie Ingham (Carl the Butler), Stacey Nelkin (Marie van Buren), Jean LeClerc (Count Marco del Belvedere), Thalmus Rasulala (Crossroads), Pat McCormick (Dudley), Mabel King (Mama Johnson), Bill Saluga (Shoes), Lina Raymond (Cheetah), William Smith (Suicide), Peter Schrum (Ugly Eddie), Lainie Kazan (Card player), Martin Mull (Card player), Jimmie Walker (Card player), Gwen Verdon (Bag lady), Al Fann (Papa Johnson), Todd Hallowell (Damon Johnson), Jack O’Leary (Porter), Larry B. Scott (Harold Johnson), Benny Baker (Pop the bookseller), Frank Birney (Priest), David Bowman (Man at party), Ava Cadell (French maid), Charlie Dell (Donaldson), Gail Ganley (4th dancer), Chester Grimes (Wheel), Stacy Harris (Carmen Johnson), Bill Hastings (5th dancer), Birl Jonns (2nd dancer), Richard Lee-Sung (Hobo Lee), Maurice Marsac (Chef), Helen Martin (Grandma Johnson), Joyce O’Neal (Organist), Shana O’Neil (1st kid), Gene Ramsel (1st dancer), Gary Riley (2nd kid), Grace Simmons (Trixie), Olan Soule (Mr. Baxter/postman), Ron Stein (Goon), Bill Yeager (Security guard). 1786... Jesse (CBS, 10/4/1988, 120 mins). Drama of a selfless nurse in a remote desert community in Death Valley who is placed on trial in 1965 for practicing medicine without a license, particularly since the nearest drug store is more than 100 miles away and the regular doctor can fly in only once a week, weather permitting. Based on the true story of Patricia Coda. Production Companies A Turman-Foster Company-Jordan Production, Republic Pictures. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Lawrence Turman, David Foster. Producer Glenn Jordan. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Photography Larry Pizer. Music David Shire. Editor Paul Rubell. Production Designer Ninkey Dalton. Associate Producers Paul Rubell, Dennis Stuart Murphy. Cast Lee Remick (Jesse Maloney), Scott Wilson (Sam Maloney), Richard Marcus (Ray Butler), Priscilla Lopez (Martha), Leon Rippy (Joe Boone), Albert Salmi (Sheriff Bill Sommers), Macon McCalman (Donald Hopkins), Richard Erdman (Dr. Clifford Adams), Stephen Jace Kent (Holland), Richard Glover (Harrison), Kevin Conway (Ken Brand), Dave Adams (Claude), Brian J. Case (Rob Maloney), Mike Casper (Mike Watts), Megan Marie Comon (Little girl), Bob Cota (Deputy Lewis), Maedell Dixon (Agnes Miller), Edward Gabel (Mulvaney), Marian Gibson (Mrs. Carpenter), Roberto Guajardo (Bailiff), Henry Max Kendrick (Granger), Amy McKenzie (Maggie Boone), Michelle Navarro (Sarah), David Palmer (Judge Arthur Newcomb), Layla Revis (Betsy Maloney), Rick Schieffer (Jury foreman). 1787... The Jesse Owens Story (Syndicated, 7/9/1984 and 7/16/1984, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The legendary black track gold medalist of the 1936 Berlin Olympics is the subject of this two-part four-hour docudrama, which deals with 40 years of his life, traced from his Alabama roots to his tax battles with the government and his final vindication. Shown to coincide with the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, it is told through the eyes of investigator Georg Stanford Brown, as a parole officer appointed by the courts to prepare a background report on Owens (played over a four-decade span by Dorian Harewood) by interviewing the various people in his life. Production Companies Harve Bennett Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Richard Irving. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Harold Gast. Teleplay Harold Gast. Photography Charles Correll. Music Michel Legrand. Editor (Part 1) Richard Bracken. Editor (Part 2) Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Associate Producer Arnold Turner. Cast Dorian Harewood (Jesse Owens), Georg Stanford Brown (Lew Gilbert), Debbi Morgan (Ruth Solomon Owens), Barry Corbin (Judge J. Samuel Perry), Kai Wulff (Luz Long), Lynn Hamilton (Mamma Solomon), Tom Bosley (Jimmy Hoffa), LeVar Burton (Prof. Slade Preston), Ronny Cox (Coach Larry Snyder), Norman Fell (Marty Forkins), Greg Morris (Mel Walker),

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James B. Sikking (Avery Brundage), Vic Tayback (Abe Saperstein), Ben Vereen (Herb Douglas), George Kennedy (Charley Riley), Weyman Thompson (Herb Solomon), John Vargas (Pasqual Martinez), Bob Banks (Henry Owens), Terrence Riggins (Dave Albritton), Norma Moore (Diner waitress), John William Galt (1st Indian officer), Jerry Haynes (2nd Indian officer), David Stump (Dave Levitt), Norma Young (1st beauty parlor patron), Gena Sleete (2nd beauty parlor patron), Dan Ammerman (Coach Robertson), Randy Moore (Coach Cromwell), Arnold Turner (Ralph Metcalfe), Glenn Colerider (OSU Professor Gremish), Robert Chidsey (Governor’s aide), Bernard Canepari (Attorney Grossfeld). 1788... Jimmy B. & Andre (CBS, 3/18/1980, 120 mins). The real-life tale of the relationship between popular Detroit restaurateur Jimmy Butsicaris and a black youngster he tries to adopt. Former football star Alex Karras not only stars, but also coproduced the movie with his actress wife Susan Clark (who plays a small role as Jimmy B’s woman friend) for their own company, Georgian Bay Productions. Production Company Georgian Bay Productions. Director Guy Green. Executive Producer Alex Karras. Producers John C. Dutton, Susan Clark. Teleplay Charles Johnson, Douglas Graham. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Bruce Langhorne. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Associate Producer Stanley M. Brooks. Cast Alex Karras (Jimmy Butsicaris), Madge Sinclair (Mudear), Eddie Barth (Tassos), George Sperdakis (Johnny Butsicaris), Joby Baker (Judge Tom Lucci), Susan Clark (Stevie), Curtis Yates (Andre Reynolds), Kay Armen (Mama Butsicaris), Barbara Meek (Roxanne), Hank Rolike (Reverend Cunningham), Maury Chaykin (Bruno), Paul Micale (Tony), Darlene French (Auntie), Andrew Crawford (Curtis), Carole Morisseau (Mrs. Garcia), Sharon Douglas (Kim Reynolds), Mary Gutzi (Angela), Scanlon Gail (Costas), Betsy Marion (Mariya), Reverend Demetrios Kavadas (Himself), Tom Vance (Angel), Michael Jay (Satch), Chevi Kavorikan (2nd Greek), William Perry (Derrick), Michael Woods, J.L. Dahlmann, Sonny Eliot, Sande Drew, James T. Constand, Jim Hartman, David Regal. 1789... John and Yoko: A Love Story (NBC, 12/2/1985, 180 mins). In this three-hour movie about the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from their meeting in 1966 following the Beatles’ tour of America to his death in 1980, the focus is strictly on them. The other three Beatles are complete ciphers here, although the soundtrack is loaded with 28 songs by them as well as John and Yoko (together and alone). Ironically, the actor who nearly was signed to play John Lennon was an unknown (to Americans at least) named Mark Lindsay, but when it became known that his real name was Mark Chapman, the name of the man who assassinated John Lennon in front of the Dakota in New York, he had to relinquish the part. Liverpool-native Mark McGann, also relatively unknown, got the Lennon role, and actor Mark Lindsay later got to star in the TV-movie “The Annihilator.” Production Company Carson Productions. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Producer Aida Young. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Sandor Stern, Edward Hume. Photography Alan Hume. Songs by The Beatles, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elton John. Editor Ralph Sheldon. Production Designer Kandy Berley Stern. Production Designer (Great Britain) Leo Austin. Cast Mark McGann (John Lennon), Kim Miyori (Yoko Ono), Kenneth Price (Paul McCartney), Peter Capaldi (George Harrison), Phillip Walsh (Ringo Starr), Richard Morant (Brian Epstein), Rachel Laurence (Cynthia Lennon), Lou Hirsch (Allen Klein), Vincent Marzello (Tony Cox), Chuck Julian (Leon Wildes), Val McLane (Aunt Mimi), Matthew Marsh (Elton John), Rob Lee (Eisuke Ono), Harue Ito (Isoko Ono), John Sinclair (George Martin), David Baxt (Elliot Mintz), Ray Charleson (Phil Spector), Danny Brainin (Jerry Rubin), Ling Tai (May Pang), Catherine Strauss (Linda Eastman), David Gilliam (Harry Nilsson), Bob Babenia (The Mahareshi), Joe Randall Cutler (Julian at age 5), Samuel Wetmore (Julian at age 11), Paul Lockwood (Julian at age 15), Catherine Wrigley (Kyoko at age 5), Larissa Anastacio (Kyoko at age 8), Tim Kiley (Sean Lennon), Robert Davis (John Dunbar), Peter Howell (Canon Verney), Robert Putt (Det. Sergeant Pilcher), Bruce Boa (Houston lawyer), Richard Hampton (British lawyer), Andy Lucas (Spanish magistrate), Martyn Whitby (Mal Evans), Jerry Harte (New York judge), Gordon Sterne (New York critic), Angus McInnes (New York doctor), Dianne Lynn-Daniels (Nurse), Norman Hartley (British doctor). 1790... John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” (ABC, 2/8/1981 to 2/10/1981, 3 parts, 8 hours). This three-part exploration of the John Steinbeck novel about the Trask family and the woman who haunted their lives for two generations covered far more ground than did the 1955 feature film that starred James Dean, Julie Harris and RaymondMassey. Timothy Bottoms and Bruce Boxleitner are the two half-brothers vying for the attention of their father, lettuce farmer Warren Oates, and Jane Seymour is the vixenous Cathy who seduces both brothers and marries Bottoms, bearing him two sons (Sam Bottoms and Hart Bochner) before leaving to become a whore. The production won two Emmy Awards: for art direction (part 3) and set decoration. It also received nomination as Outstanding Limited Series and for photography (part 2). Production Companies Mace Neufeld Productions, Barney Rosenzweig Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producer Mace Neufeld. Producers Barney Rosenzweig, Ken Wales. Teleplay Richard Shapiro. Based on the Novel by John Steinbeck. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Lee Holdridge. Editors Bill Brame, Michael Brown. Art Directors Kim Swados, Ray Storey. Cast Timothy Bottoms (Adam Trask), Jane Seymour (Cathy/Kate Ames), Bruce Boxleitner (Charles Trask), Soon-Teck Oh (Lee), Karen Allen (Abra), Hart Bochner (Aron Trask), Samuel Bottoms (Cal Trask), Warren Oates (Cyrus Trask), Howard Duff (Jules Edwards), Anne Baxter (Faye), Richard Masur (Will Hamilton), Nicholas Pryor (James Grew), Lloyd Bridges (Samuel Hamilton), Nellie Bellflower (Mrs. Trask), M. 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(Mrs. Ames), Stymie Beard (Cotton Eye), Wendell Burton (Tom Hamilton), Timothy Agoglia Carey (Preacher), Walter Brooke, Fredric Cook, John Michael Johnson, Harry Lewis, Brett Williams, Brian Ann Zoccola, Buck Taylor, Peter Maloney, Paul Harper. 1791... John Steinbeck’s “The Winter of Our Discontent” (CBS, 12/6/1983, 120 mins). In his return to dramatic TV after more than 15 years, Donald Sutherland is a grocery store clerk who dreams of buying back from the present owner the store that had been in his family for generations and his corruption at the hands of the town banker who wants him to sell out his alcoholic friend. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s 1960 novel, his final one, followed on the heels of the somewhat more successful TV versions of his “Of Mice and Men” and “East of Eden.” Tuesday Weld received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Special. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Gary Adelson, Malcolm Stuart. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Based on the Novel by John Steinbeck. Photography Robbie Greenberg. Music Mark Snow. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Donald Sutherland (Ethan Hawley), Teri Garr (Mary Hawley), Tuesday Weld (Margie Young-Hunt), Michael V. Gazzo (Marullo), Richard Masur (Danny), E.G. Marshall (Mr. Baker), Kirk Brennan (Allen Hawley), Amanita Hyldahl (Ellen Hawley), Nan Martin (Mrs. Baker), Macon McCalman (Reverend Sloane), Ben Piazza (Louis Brock), Margaret Wheeler (Miss Elgar), Tom Pletts (Dave), Linda Hoy (Mildred). 1792... Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (CBS, 10/21/1986, 120 mins). Johnnie Mae Gibson, the first black female FBI agent, is portrayed by actress Lynn Whitfield in this fact-based story of a woman “who overcame the poverty of her childhood and balanced career and family to enter the dangerous and exciting world of undercover intrigue”--as the drama (filmed on location in Oakland, California) was described. Among its earlier titles: “The Johnnie Gibson Story” and “Agent Gibson: Undercover FBI.” Production Companies Henerson-Hirsch Productions, Foolscap Productions. Director Bill Duke. Executive Producers James Henerson, James G. Hirsch. Supervising Producer Deborah Ellis Leoni. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay James G. Hirsch. Photography Hal Trussell. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Director Gregory Melton. Associate Producer Vahan Moosekian. Cast Howard Rollins Jr. (T.C. Russell), Richard Lawson (Adam Prentice), William Allen Young (Marvin Gibson), John Lehne (Billy Whelan), Marta DuBois (Ginny Talbot), Lynn Whitfield (Johnnie Mae Gibson), Hugh Gillin (Phil Barnes), Henry G. Sanders (Al Melden), Veronica Redd (Momma Melden), Eb Lottimer (Neal Visser), Brian Degan Scott (Randy Abel), Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (Agent Ed King), Robert Ford (Ed Brukoff), Abigail Van Alyn (Paulette Branzlik), Mia Simon (Tiffany Gibson), Frank Papia (Detective Wayne), Ajuana Harrison (Johnnie at age 16), Sandy Colton (Johnnie at age 9), Edward Faulkner (Tom Higgins), Cindy Herron (Gloria Powell), Karen Raff (Sherry), Eva Gholson (Brenda), Edward Blair (Wally Hubbard), James Brewster Thompson (Jackson), Peter Fitzsimmons (Larry Wansley), Frank Sheppard (Danny Arrilla), Jamila Jones (Clara Melden), Zorana Edun (Ruth Melden), Johnny Tidwell (Hotel clerk), Adilah Barnes (Woman at door), Robert Callahan (Edna Coglin), Vahan Moosekian (Waiter), James Henerson (Mr. Davis), Tiffany Gibson (T.C.’s daughter), Badm Bhanji, Pamela Goodwin, Delores Palmer, Karesia D Thomas. 1793... Johnny Belinda (CBS, 10/19/1982, 120 mins). In this remake of the 1948 Jane Wyman-Lew Ayres film (based on the 1940 Elmer Harris Broadway play), Richard Thomas is a do-gooder in a poverty stricken rural area with VISTA where he encounters Rosanna Arquette, who everybody believes to be retarded but he soon discovers to be deaf. A tentative romance blossoms between the two of them, but violence intervenes when she is raped by the local bully (Dennis Quaid). Except for the elimination of the climatic courtroom scene of the Wyman film, this version, directed by Anthony Page (whose list of TV credits otherwise have encompassed real-life figures or events, ranging from “Missiles of October” and “F.D.R. The Last Year” to “The Patricia Neal Story” and “Bill”), is a faithful contemporization of the original. Three earlier TV productions of “Johnny Belinda” starred Eddie Albert and Katherine Bard (1955), Julie Harris and Christopher Plummer (1958), and Mia Farrow and Ian Bannen (1967). Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producers Dick Berg, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Stanley Bass. Supervising Producer Allan Marcil. Teleplay Sue Milburn. Based on a Play by Elmer Harris. Based on the Screenplay by Allan Vincent, Irmgard Von Cube. Photography Harry J. May. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Ron Hobbs. Cast Richard Thomas (Bill Richmond), Rosanna Arquette (Belinda McAdam), Dennis Quaid (Kyle Hager), Candy Clark (Julie Sayles), Roberts Blossom (John McAdam), Fran Ryan (Aggie), Robert Dryer (Hes), Billy Drago (Cutter), Richard Lineback (Dan), Mickey Jones (Lowell), Penelope Windust (Dr. Harris), Wayne Heffley (Tully), Marcello Krakoff (Leon Wright), Ed Bakey (Junkyard man), Noni White (Mae Wright), Santos Morales (Manuel), Carmen Filpi (Old man), Julianna Fjeld (Assistant). 1794... Johnny Bull (ABC, 5/19/1986, 120 mins). A wide-eyed Cockney girl who comes to America to join her husband, a young soldier she had met while he was stationed in England, finds a culture shock when she ends up in the distressed mining town that is his home and the two must live with his parents and sister. This drama by first-time writer Kathleen Betsko Yale, under the auspices of the National Playwright Conference of the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center, reunited frequent costars Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst as the bitter parents and introduced Suzanna Hamilton as the English bride. It was filmed on location in Beach Grove, Tennessee.

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Production Companies Herbert Brodkin-Robert Berger Productions, Titus Productions, Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Director Claudia Weill. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Supervising Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producers Thomas DeWolfe, Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Teleplay Kathleen Betsko Yale. Photography Brian West. Music Dick Hyman. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Jane Musky. Cast Jason Robards (Stephan Kovacs), Colleen Dewhurst (Marie Kovacs), Peter MacNicol (Joe Kovacs), Kathy Bates (Katrine Kovacs), Suzanna Hamilton (Iris Kovacs), Bill Cobbs (Wiggins), Tom Wright (Paulie), Thomas Martell Brimm (Stoop), Daniel Butler (Buddy Zupnik), Richard Cowl (Janos), E. Brian Dean (Sneaky Pete), Cherie Elledge (Elvira Mae), Pat Fuleihan (Vee), Don Jones (Immigration officer), Becky Jordan (Unemployment clerk), Dan Lauria (Skuska). 1795... Joseph Wambaugh’s “Echoes in the Darkness” (CBS, 11/1/1987 and 11/2/1987, 2 parts, 120/180mins). Engrossing two-part docudrama of cop-turned-novelist Joseph Wambaugh’s account of the 1979 “Main Line” murder case involving the killing of teacher Susan Reinert and the disappearance of her two children from an affluent Philadelphia suburb, the seven years it took for the FBI and Pennsylvania State Police to solve the case, the ultimate arrest of two of her colleagues: a charming, manipulating fellow teacher and the sinister principal, and the bizarre trial that followed. Stockard Channing received an Emmy Award nomination (for part 1) as did director Glenn Jordan. Production Companies Litke-Grossbart Productions, New World Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Jack Grossbart. Producer Glenn Jordan. Co-Producer Joseph Wambaugh. Teleplay Joseph Wambaugh. Based on a Book by Joseph Wambaugh. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music David Shire. Editor Paul Rubell. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Associate Producer Paul Rubell. Cast Peter Coyote (Bill Bradfield), Stockard Channing (Susan Reinert), Robert Loggia (Jay Smith), Peter Boyle (Joe Vannort), Cindy Pickett (Sue Myers), Gary Cole (Jack Holtz), Zeljko Ivanek (Vince Valaitis), Alex Hyde-White (Chris Pappas), Treat Williams (Rick Guida), Brenda Bazinet (Lynn Reinert), Diane D’Aquila (Pat Schnure), Tony De Santis (Lou De Santis), Patricia Hamilton (Dorothy Hunsberger), Susannah Hoffman (Beth Ann), Alan Jordan (Ken Reinert), Isabelle Mejias (Shelly), Vincent Irizarry (Charles Montione), Philip Bosco (Judge Isaac Garb), Eugene A. Clark (Proctor Nowell), Richard Comar (Matt Mullin), Scott Denton (Joshua Lock), Jayne Eastwood (Betty Vannort), David Perry (Don Reddin), Chuck Shamata (William Costopoulos), Mary Ellen Trainor (Beverly), Taro Meyer (Karen Reinert), Brady Gunderson (Michael Reinert), Lori Chodos (Molly at age 9), Stephen Mendel (Biv Schnure), Brigit Wilson (Stephanie Hunsberger), Bill Lake (Detective Moore), Sam Malkin (Sabinon), Nicholas Van Burek (Jason), Dan Hennessey (Gallagher), Joseph Shaw (John Reinert), Doris Petrie (Florence Reinert), Laura Nichols (Bank teller), David Clement (Bank manager), Don Dickinson (Pizza maker), David Cameron (Pizza cop), Michael Fox (Police driver), Wayne Best (Police passenger), Brian Taylor (Detective #1), Lubomia Mykytiuk (Detective #2), Barry Stevens (Detective #3), Frank Pellegrino (Detective #4), Ken McGregor (Police photographer), Ed Chester (Real courier), Barbara Barnes Hopkins (Cashier), Patricia Collins (Therapist), Trixie Schink (Patient #1), Catherine Gallant (Patient #2), Ann Auglin (Patient #3), Simon Reynolds (Student), John Winston Carroll (Desk officer), Peter Hutt (Insurance agent), Marilyn Boyle (Marilyn), Michelyn Emelle (Sarah), Barry Flatman (Jackson Stewart), Michael J. Reynolds (O’Brien), Warren Van Evera (Michaels), Amanda Hancox (TV newsperson), Jack Jessop (Jury foreman), Neil Monroe (Inspector Dove), Peter Van Wart (Trooper #1), Kevin Fox (Trooper #2), Gerard Parkes (Judge Warren Morgan), Leslie Carlson (Pathologist), David Hughes (Judge Robert Wright), Bernard Behrens (Principal), Real Andrews (Black con), Cec Linder (Judge Lipsitt), Kay Hawtrey (Foreperson), Richard Partington, Shawn Lawrence, Leslie Toth, Liisa Repo-Martell, Malcolm Stewart, Cheryl Wilson, Victor Ertmanis, Myra Fried, Michael Kirby, Harvey Sokoloff, Hugo Dann, Alan Fawcett, John Karasevich, Juno Mills-Cockel, Dylan Neal, Anna Ferguson, Michael Donaghue, Charles Jolliffe, Scott Thompson, Layne Coleman, David Foley, Andrew Gunn, Taryn Whittlin, Beverly McPharland. 1796... Judith Krantz’s “Till We Meet Again” (CBS, 11/19/1989 and 11/21/1989, 2 parts, 120/180 mins). Sumptuous two-part five-hour romantic drama, adapted from Judith Krantz’s fifth bestseller-turned-into-CBS miniseries, follows the fortunes and loves of three women (onetime Paris musical hall star and her two independent daughters) over the decades from pre-World War I through the mid-’50s. It was coincidental that Barry Bostwick here appears in a film with Juliet Mills opposite the Disney “Parent Trap” movie in which he acts with Hayley Mills, her sister. Production Companies Steve Krantz Productions, Yorkshire Television. Director Charles Jarrott. Executive Producers Steve Krantz, Keith Richardson. Supervising Producer Anne W. Gibbons. Producer Steve Lanning. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Based on a Novel by Judith Krantz. Photography Alan Hume. Music Vladimir Cosma. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Roger Hall. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Lt. Jock Hampton), Courteney Cox (Freddy de Lancel), Mia Sara (Delphine de Lancel), Lucy Gutteridge (Eve de Lancel Coudert), Hugh Grant (Bruno de Lancel), Charles Shaughnessy (Armand Sadowski), Maxwell Caulfield (Alain Marais), John Vickery (Tony Longbridge), Barry Bostwick (Terence McGuire), Michael York (Paul de Lancel), Denis Arndt (Swede Castelli), Juliet Mills (Vivianne de Biron), Phyllida Law (Annette), Serena Gordon (Jane Longbridge), Paul Daneman (Jean-Luc), Olivier Pierre (Dr. Coudert), Caroline Blakiston (Madame Coudert), Vernon Dobtcheff (Felix Penroux), Niamh Cusack (Louise), Keith Anderson (Jules), Rachel Bell (Jeanette), Mike Kelly (Charles Martin), Joyce Grundy (Madame Martin), Nick Wright (Edward Martin), Susanna Harker (Laure St. Fraycourt), Roland Curram (Marquis), Rosalind Knight (Marquise), Jonathan Burn (Nico Ambert), Christopher Chaplin (Jacques Sette), Michael Sarne (General Von Stern), Wolf Kahler (Captain Rutteman), Jasper Jacob (Guy Marchant), David Marrick (Claude de Koville), Geoff Tomlinson (Lord Penelope), Angela Browne (Lady Penelope), Lucy Gradwell (Polly Longbridge), Richard Gradwell (Dylon Longbridge), William Foreshaw (Eric Longbridge), Lucy

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Jackson (Beth Longbridge), Linden Chiles (Richard Armstrong), James Hornbeck (Dr. Weitz), Aubrey Woods (Priest), Hope Johnson (Madame Grillon), James Langton (Roger Grillon), Joan Campion, Glenn Cunningham, Ted Haler, Conrad Bachmann, David Scase, William Fair, Michael Johnson, Annie O’Donnell, Robin Polley, Sam Mitchell, Alan Starkey, Paul Humpoletz, Elisabeth Harnois, Sierra Samuel. 1797... Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” (NBC, 4/16/1989 to 4/18/1989, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Ambitious, multinational retelling of Jules Verne’s classic adventure starring Pierce Brosnan playing (Indiana Jones-style) the 19th century aristocrat who bets his card-playing friends that he can circle the globe in 80 days. Episodic six-hour miniseries is filled with assorted figures not found in Michael Todd’s memorable ’50s version, such as Sarah Bernhardt (Lee Remick in one of her last roles), Jesse James, Queen Victoria, Louis Pasteur, et al. Robert Morley and Sir John Mills have cameos here different from the ones they played in Todd’s film. Emmy nominations went to production designer Michael Porter and hair supervisor Dorothy Fox. Production Companies Harmony Gold, ReteEuropa, Valente-Baerwald Productions. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producers Renée Valente, Paul Baerwald. Producer Renée Valente. Co-Producers Frank Agrama, Daniele Lorenzano. Line Producers Alessandro Tasca, Mirjana Milojlic, Charles Luang. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Novel by Jules Verne. Photography Nic Knowland. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Les Green, David Beatty, Peter Parasheles. Production Designer Michael Porter. Art Director Ian Watson. 2nd Unit Photographer Jacques Renoir. Cast Pierce Brosnan (Phileas Fogg), Eric Idle (Jean Passepartout), Peter Ustinov (Detective Wilbur Fix), Julia Nickson (Princess Aouda), Arielle Dombasle (Lucette), Gabrielle Ferzetti (Rimani), Henry Gibson (Train conductor), John Hillerman (Sir Francis Commarty), Rick Jason (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Jack Klugman (Captain Bunsby), Christopher Lee (Thomas Flanagan), Patrick Macnee (Gautier Ralph), Roddy McDowall (Gerald McBaines), Darren McGavin (Mr. Mudge), John Mills (Faversham), Robert Morley (Sir Forbes Wentworth), Stephen Nichols (Jesse James), Lee Remick (Sarah Bernhardt), Pernell Roberts (Captain Speedy), James B. Sikking (Engineer Jenks), Jill St. John (Mrs. Bennett), Robert Wagner (Alfred Bennett), Simon Ward (Andrew Stuart), John Abineri (Father Gruber), Yves Aubert (Gravier), Bill Bailey (Captain Phillips), Peter Birrell (Brindisi Terminal clerk), John Carlin (Forster), Jean Pierre Castaldi (Lenoir), Lane Cooper (Kyaukese), Julian Curry (Wilson), Ellis Dale (Bank clerk), Bruce Troy Davis (Captain Lacey), Edward Dentith (Faversham’s aide), Hugo De Vernier (Louis Pasteur), Geraldo DiMiglio (Bonheur 1st officer), Roy Evans (Shirley Rose engineer), J. Don Ferguson (Bombay Director of Police), Henry Fong (T’ung Chih), Mike Gable (Frank James), Maurice Gardette (French Consul in Yokohama), Arne Gordon (Bank guard), Olivier Hemon (Georges), Colin Higgins (Reporter), Mark Holmes (Major Bryce), George Ip (Tailor), Subash Ioshi (Indian gentleman), Abraham Lee (Carnatic Steamship clerk), Michael Lee (Sinji servant), Lily Leung (Empress), Joseph Long (Italian squad leader), Victor Maddern (Liverpool ticket agent), Anna Massey (Queen Victoria), Ian McNeice (William Batgular), Ajay Mehta (Calcutta harbor clerk), Christopher Muncke (Vanderbilt 1st officer), Pierre Olaf (Captain Rondicherry), Stuart Ong (Bayfront Hotel clerk), Arvin Pathela (Kiru), John Rapley (Rev. Samuel Smythe), Terence Scammell (Grimes), Peter Sharman (English Consul clerk), Eve Shickle (The Harlot), Cassie Stuart (Madelaine), Tommy Tam (Chinese dock worker), Ted Thomas (Police Chief in Hong Kong), Violette (Mildred Harthswaite), Edward Wiley (Ffolkstone), Tariq Yanus (Prince Bayinnaung). 1798... Just Another Secret (USA, 12/13/1989, 120 mins). First in a British-Yugoslav-made occasional series of Frederick Forsyth espionage thrillers, this one dealing with a plot to assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev during a secret visit to East Germany, uncovered by Beau Bridges as a CIA agent sent to investigate the disappearance of five colleagues there. Forsyth, who wrote the story on which the teleplay was based, provides an on-screen introduction. Production Companies F.F.S. Productions, Taurusfilm, Blair Communications. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Executive Producers Frederick Forsyth, Murray Smith, Nick Elliott. Producer Frederick Muller. Teleplay Murray Smith. Based on a Story by Frederick Forsyth. Photography Cristiano Pogany. Music Paul Chihara. Supervising Editor Bill Blunden. Editor Alan Pattillo. Production Designer Peter Mullins. Cast Beau Bridges (Jake Grant), Kenneth Cranham (Brosch), James Faulkner (Marcus Vogel), Erich Hallhuber (Dieter Oberg), Enn Reitel (Dietrich), Richard Kane (Zaitsev), Michael Ensign (Chuck Lupus), Beatie Edney (Anneliese), Alan Howard (Sam McCready), Thomas Wheatley (Malcolm Turner), David Howey (Schnabel), Timothy Kightley (Rudi Junsche), Carolyn Choa (Anthea), Bernd Stephan (Dr. Ziegler), Donald Arthur (Stevens), Michael Gahr (Cop), Frederick Forsyth (Narrator), Darko Jones, Dani Segina, Venco Kapural, Dusko Valentic, Zdenko Jelcic, Julije Perlaki, Ljubo Zecevic, Nadia Arbus, Jura Mofcan. 1799... Justin Case (ABC, 5/15/1988, 90 mins). Filmmaker Blake Edwards returned to television with this 90-minute Disney comedy starring George Carlin (in his first leading role) as the ghost of a private investigator named Justin Case who comes back from the dead to track down his own killer. Written and directed by Edwards, from a story he and actress daughter Jennifer concocted. Initially to be shown in two one-hour parts but quickly edited down at the last minute, the film has, as expected, a musical score by Henry Mancini, whose collaborative relationship with Edwards was to span more than 35 years and include the director’s two most famous television series, “Peter Gunn” and “Mr. Lucky.” Production Companies The Blake Edwards Company, Walt Disney Television. Director Blake Edwards. Executive Producer Blake Edwards. Producer Tony Adams. Teleplay Blake Edwards. Based on a Story by Jennifer Edwards, Blake Edwards. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Henry Mancini. Editor Robert Pergament. Production Designer James Shanahan.

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Cast George Carlin (Justin Case), Molly Hagan (Jennifer Spaulding), Timothy Stack (Officer Swan), Kevin McClarnon (Officer Rush), Douglas Sills (David Porter), Gordon Jump (Sheldon Wannamaker), Paul Sand (Cab driver), Valerie Wildman (Woman in black), Todd Susman (Aaron Slinker), Rod McCary (Simon Fresca), Philippe Denham (Paul Arkin), Richard McGonagle (Dr. Weintraub), Jay Thomas (Delivery man), Kenneth Tigar (Mr. Wales), Kay Perry (Lucille Marposian), John Lavachielli (Cop), Dotty Coloroso (Leggy), Reed McCanis (Choreographer), Joe Mays (John Attaway), Lily Mariye (Commentator), Andrew Nadell (Newscaster), Nina Mann (Mona Fresca), Jerry Martin (Police photographer). 1800... Kane & Abel (CBS, 11/17/1985 to 11/19/1985, 3 parts, 7 hours). The three-part miniseries which writer Robert W. Lenski adapted from Jeffrey Archer’s 1980 bestseller that was hailed as “the novel of the decade” and subsequently translated into 21 languages was, as one critic observed, “something like an old-fashioned read by the fireplace.” In this elaborately mounted tale of two powerful tycoons, born worlds apart on the same day, who become obsessed by their attempt to destroy one another, Peter Strauss is Abel Rosnovski, the Polish immigrant who comes to America by way of Siberia and claws his way to success, while Sam Neill is a Boston brahmin who had innocently and inadvertently aroused his wrath and become his bitterest enemy. Filmed with panache on location in Toronto, New York City, Paris and at Rigne Usse in France’s Loire Valley, “Kane & Abel” ultimately earned a lone Emmy Award nomination for editing (part 1). Production Companies Schreckinger Communications Co., Embassy Television. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producers Jud Kinberg, Michael Grade. Co-Executive Producer Jinny Schreckinger. Supervising Producer Buzz Kulik. Producers Fern Field, Stan Kallis. Teleplay Robert W. Lenski. Based on the Novel by Jeffrey Archer. Photography Mike Fash. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Les Green, Mel Friedman, James Galloway. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Art Director David Jaquest. Art Director (New York) Vanessa James. Art Director (Paris) Daniel Brock. Associate Producer Richard Learman. Cast Peter Strauss (Abel Rosnovski), Sam Neill (William Lowell Kane), Ron Silver (Thaddeus Cohen), David Dukes (David Osborne), Fred Gwynne (Davis LeRoy), Thomas Byrd (Richard Kane), Alberta Watson (Zaphia), Reed Birney (Matthew Lester), Vyto Ruginis (George Nowak), Jill Eikenberry (Susan Lester), Richard Anderson (Alan Lloyd), Kate McNeil (Florentyna Rosnovski), Veronica Hamel (Kate Kane), Lisa Banes (Anne Kane), Christopher Cazenove (The Baron), Sheree Wilson (Melanie LeRoy), Kent Broadhurst (Tony Simmons), Debra Engle (Millie Preston), Harry Groener (Lowell Kane), Jan Rubes (Polish consul), Richard Seff (Curtis Fenton), William Cain (H.T. Jilks), Henry Beckman (Glen Ricardo), Larry Keith (Thomas Cohen), Robert Milli (Charles Lester), Ken Pogue (Dr. MacKendrick), Lally Cadeau (Maisie), Paul Harding (David Maxton), Robert Schenkkan (Jack Thomas), Richard Thomsen (Ted Leach), Carry Anthony (Florentyna at ages 12-16), Patrick Bauchau (Ludwik), Tan Bura (Wladek/Abel at ages 9-13), Torquil Campbell (Young William Kane), Dani Cusson (Florentyna at age 11), Marc De Jonge (Alfons), Mignon Elkins (William’s 2nd secretary), Diane Fabian (Glove customer), John Gilbert (Ames), Gordon Gould (TV newsman), Melissa Joan Hart (Florentyna at age 7), Alexei Jawdokimov (Jasio), George Hamlin (Rupert Cork-Smith), Helen Hughes (William’s 1st secretary), Joe Jamrog (Doorman), Kimberly Kulik (Florentyna at ages 4-5), Peter Millard (Mr. Munro), Jonathan Moore (Peter Parfitt), John Newton (Desmond Pacey), Raymond O’Connor (New York newsboy), Martitia Palmer (Fashion reporter), Darren Panet (Richard Kane at ages 7-8), Eddie Parker (Richard Kane at age 5), Anthony Pearson (Stefan), Hilary Perez (Florentyna at ages 3-4), Meredith Phelan (Virginia Kane at ages 3-4), Adam Philipson (Richard Kane at ages 14-16), Nicholas Pietrek (Leon Rosnovski), Stephanie Pitt (Florentyna at ages 18-20), Benjamin Rayson (New York cabbie), James Rebhorn (Federal prosecutor), Michael J. Reynolds (John Preston), Sylvia Rotter (Helena), David Shawyer (Dr. Dubien), Leon B Stevens (Judge Prescott), Austin Willis (Senator Willins). 1801... The Karen Carpenter Story (CBS, 1/1/1989, 120 mins). Dramatization based on the life and career of the girlnext-door recording superstar who with her brother made up one of the world’s top musical duos of the ’70s. Ravaged by anorexia nervosa, she suddenly died in 1983 at age 33. The film, executive produced by brother Richard who also wrote and oversaw the music scoring, was packed with dozens of the Carpenters’ big hits, and earned an Emmy nomination for sound mixing by Charles T. Knight. Production Company Weintraub Entertainment Group. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Richard Carpenter. Producers Robert A. Papazian, Hal Galli. Teleplay Barry Morrow. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Richard Carpenter. Editors George Jay Nicholson, Richard Bracken. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Cynthia Gibb (Karen Carpenter), Mitchell Anderson (Richard Carpenter), Peter Michael Goetz (Harold Carpenter), Michael McGuire (Sherwin Sheldon), Lise Hilboldt (Lucy Newman), Kenneth David Gilman (Dr. David Latimer), Richard Minchenberg (Don Kimball), Richard Burkholder (Ted Newman), Louise Fletcher (Agnes Carpenter), John Patrick Reger (Bob Knight), Doug MacHugh (Dr. Lazwell), William Tucker (Peter Howard), Henry Crowell Jr. (Denny), Josh Cruze (Herb Alpert), Carrie Mitchum (Randy Bash), James Hong (Dr. Lee Dentworth), Stephanie Griffin (Dr. Brooks), Hartley Silver (Band teacher), Robert Broyles (Bowl emcee), Howard Dayton (Park emcee), Grayce Spence (Nurse). 1802... Kate’s Secret (NBC, 11/17/1986, 120 mins). A beautiful woman married to a successful attorney and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a secret bulimic, allowing the disease-of-the-week television movie genre to tap a previously unexplored physical affliction that within weeks was also the subject of original dramas by the competing networks. Production Companies Andrea Baynes Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Andrea Baynes, Susan Seeger. Producers Robert A. Papazian, Stephanie Austin. Teleplay Susan Seeger,

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Denise DeGarmo. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music J. Peter Robinson. Editor Millie Moore. Art Directors Ross Bellah, John Beckman. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Meredith Baxter (Kate Stark), Ben Masters (Jack Stark), Georgann Johnson (Faith), Tracy Nelson (Patch Reed), Shari Belafonte-Harper (Gail Harper), Leslie Bevis (Monica Fields), Edward Asner (Dr. Resnick), Mackenzie Phillips (Deyna), Summer Phoenix (Becky Stark), Sharon Spelman (Liz Reed), Mindy Seeger (Markie), Isabel Grandin (Dot), Liz Torres (Laura), Gwynne Gilford (Lorna), Rosanna Huffman (Megan), Liz Sheridan (Evelyn), Jeri Gaile (Connie), Robert Lipton (1st doctor), Nomi Mitty (Judy), William Wintersole (Eddie), Phyllis Applegate (Ilona), Ron Asher (Teen at Pizza Parlor), Richard Brose (Brad), Lori Caldwell (2nd nurse), Gloria Camden (Checker), Maggie Curran (1st Nurse), John M. Jackson (Dick), Mike Jacobs Jr. (Counter person), Rick McGee (Dave), Joan McMurtrey (2nd doctor in emergency room), Tony Miller (Jim), Duke Moosekian (Server), Liberty Phoenix (1st brownie), Rebecca Staples (Teenage girl), Robina Suwol (Nurse at club), Gary Werntz (Clerk). 1803... Kennedy (NBC, 11/20/1983 to 11/22/1983, 3 parts, 7 hours). This seven-hour miniseries covering John F. Kennedy’s presidency and dramatizing his personal life is distinguished by being an all-British production (including director and crew) with a lengthy cast headed by American actors. Premiering to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, the three-part film covered (in part 1) JFK’s triumph over Nixon, the abortive Bay of Pigs, and J. Edgar Hoover’s constant snooping into Kennedy’s personal life; (in part 2) the Civil Rights movement led by Martin Luther King and Kennedy’s involving America in Vietnam; (in part 3) the missile confrontation with Russia, JFK’s crackdown on the steel industry, and the killing in Dallas. Martin Sheen, who had played Robert Kennedy in “The Missiles of October” (1974), has the starring role as JFK. Jim Goddard, best known in this country as director of the marathon television dramatization of “Nicholas Nickleby,” directed from an original script by Reg Gadney, who reportedly spent 20 years researching the Kennedys in preparation of a book about the family. Production Companies Central Television Enterprises Ltd., Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Jim Goddard. Executive Producer Margaret Matheson. Producer Andrew Brown. Supervising Producer Joan Barnett. Teleplay Reg Gadney. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Richard Hartley. Supervising Editor Ralph Sheldon. Editor Andrew Nelson. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Cast Martin Sheen (John F. Kennedy), John Shea (Robert F. Kennedy), E.G. Marshall (Joseph Kennedy), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Rose Kennedy), Vincent Gardenia (J. Edgar Hoover), Blair Brown (Jacqueline Kennedy), Kevin Conroy (Ted Kennedy), Charles Brown (Martin Luther King), Nesbitt Blaisdell (Lyndon Johnson), Peter Boyden (Pierre Salinger), Kent Broadhurst (Richard Paul Pavlech), James Burge (Peter Lawford), William Cann (Gen. Lymon Lemnitzer), Joanne Camp (Eunice Shriver), Veronica Castang (Evelyn Lincoln), Frances Conroy (Jean Smith), Al Conti (Sargent Shriver), Jessica Ann Durr (Caroline Kennedy), Hannah Fallon (Caroline Kennedy), David Faulkner (Lou Harris), Bill Gibberson (Douglas Dillon), John Glover (William Walton), Kelsey Grammer (Stephen Smith), G. Hamlin (Allen Dulles), Peggy Hewitt (Letitia Baldridge), Edward Kemmer (Admiral Burke), Laurie Kennedy (Patricia Lawford), David Leary (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.), Maggie Lee (Ann Gargan), Johanna Lester (Elizabeth Pozen), Joe Lowry (Dave Powers), Barbara Lyndon (Rita Dallas), Don MacLaughlin (Chief Justice Warren), Wendy Marlowe (Girl worker), Robert Dale Martin (Senator Fulbright), Carmen Mathews (Mamie Eisenhower), Tanny McDonald (Lady Bird Johnson), Kit Miller (Mary Dense), Diana Lynn Moltrup (Caroline’s friend), Wendy Jane Moltrup (Caroline’s friend), Ellen Parker (Ethel Kennedy), Remak Ramsey (Richard Bissell), Rex Robbins (Theodore Sorensen), David Schramm (Robert McNamara), Janet Sheen (Elaine de Nooning), Albert Stratton (McGeorge Bundy), Ed Van Nuys (Dean Rusk), Sharon Watroba (Joan Kennedy), Trey Wilson (Kenneth O’Donnell), Betsy Ames (Secretary), John Blood (Newsman), Stuart Burney (Inspector Peterson), J. Kenneth Campbell (Secret Service man), Mara Clark (Maude Shaw), Brian Corrigan (Workman with radio), David Cryer (Secret Service man), Dick McGoldrick (Newsman), Tom McGowan (Agent Wells), Ted O’Brien (Radio commentator), Frederick Peach (Newsman), George-Michael Tuzzi (Dalton), Gerald F. Gough (Governor Patterson), J.R. Dusenberry (Gov. John Connally), Jimmie Ray Weeks (John Seigenthaler), George Guidall (Nicholas Katzenbach), Larry Keith (Stanley Levison), F.J. O’Neil (Gen. Maxwell Taylor), Wendy Sakakeeny (Mary Gallagher), Nat Benchley (FBI agent), Franklyn Bullard (Simeon Booker), William G. Clark (Heckler), Michael S. Connolly (Designer), Robert Eades (Patrolman), Bruce Elliott (FBI film director), Robert Graham (Patrolman), Christopher Haley (Freedom rider), Michael Elliot Hill (African diplomat), Don Jacobs (White House emcee), Erik King (Young black), Walt Lochman (Bus superintendent), David King (Police officer), Martha Manning (Angela Novello), Brian MacDonald (Heckler), Norvel McDonald (Aide to Dr. King), Alice McGill (African wife), Mark Murray-Mauzi (African diplomat), Paul Nagel (Doctor), Doug Roberts (Police officer), David Samson (Journalist), Robert Smith Jr. (Aide to Dr. King), Robert Sommerwerck (Journalist), Rick Warner (FBI agent), Tom Brennan (Adlai Stevenson), Ralph Cosham (Dr. Clark), James Dukas (Roger Blough), Merwin Goldsmith (Zorin), Harry Goz (Anatoly Dobrinin), Barton Heyman (Gen. Curtis LeMay), John Michael King (Charles Bohlen), Alan Leach (John Scali), George Martin (Dean Acheson), David Sabin (General Carter), Michael Shillo (Fomin), Margo Tully (Nellie Connally), Robert Blackburn (General Russell), L. William Booth (Kellerman), Morris Chalick (Doctor), Scott Coffey (Roberts), Walt Davis (Surgeon), Ron Frazier (Commentator), Frances Glick (Nurse Nelson), Carroll James (Lawrence O’Brien), M. Ryan Goff (John-John Kennedy), Harry Madsen (Clint Hill), Michael Medeiros (Pamphleteer), Donald Neal (Senator Yarborough), David O’Brien (Commentator), Don Ruskin (Doctor), Gorham Scott (Randolph), Tom Toner (Halleck), Joseph Warren (Llewellyn Thompson), Cathy Taylor, Richard Butler, Daniel Dod, Tony Farentino, Gene Hartline, Jerry Hewitt, Phil Neilson.

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1804... Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (CBS, 4/8/1980, 120 mins). This Western adventure, inspired by the Kenny Rogers hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an arrogant railroad owner and a gang of villains. One of the highest rated TV movies to its time, thanks to Rogers’ undeniable popularity, it is one of the very few films to have the star’s name in the title. Emmy Award nominations: photography and editing. Production Company Kragen & Company. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Ken Kragen. Producer Jim Byrnes. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Based on a Story by Cort Casady, Jim Byrnes. Based on the Song by Don Schlitz. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Larry Cansler. Songs Performed by Kenny Rogers. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Directors Allen E. Smith, Richard Sawyer. Cast Kenny Rogers (Brady Hawkes), Christine Belford (Eliza), Bruce Boxleitner (Billy Montana), Harold Gould (Arthur Stobridge), Clu Gulager (Rufe Bennett), Lance LeGault (Doc Palmer), Lee Purcell (Jennie Reed), Ronnie Scribner (Jeremiah), Noble Willingham (Conductor), Bruce Fischer (Tabor), Borah Silver (Botkin), Lew Brown (Johnson), Lee Paul (George), Robert Lussier (Businessman), Edward Walsh (Charlie Rose), Marianne Gordon (Dallas), David Cass (Winters), Catherine J. Worthington (Lilly), Jerry Wills (Rufe’s henchman), Neil Summers (Polo), Charles Knapp (Shuster), Ed Bakey (Eli). 1805... Kenny Rogers as The Gambler Part III--The Legend Continues (CBS, 11/22/1987 and 11/24/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Kenny Rogers moseys back for a third foray into the adventures of Brady Hawkes, along with sidekick Billy Montana (Bruce Boxleitner), in this two-part four-hour Western involving them with assorted historical figures like Chief Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill. Here Hawkes and Montana try to stave off the final defeat of the Sioux. Based on Rogers’ hit record, “The Gambler,” this meandering saga which would continue with periodic multipart TV movies provided the white-bearded singing star an ongoing opportunity to seek a second career as an actor--particularly since his own production company made the films and his personal manager and longtime associate, Ken Kragen, was an executive producer. Production Company Wild Horses Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Ken Kragen, Lelan Rogers, Dick Lowry. Producer Patrick Markey. Co-Producer Peter Burrell. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook, Roderick Taylor. Based on a Story by Roderick Taylor. Based on Characters Created by Cort Casady, Jim Byrnes. Photography Robert M. Baldwin. Music Larry Cansler. Editors Jack Fegan, Dennis Mosher, Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Production Designer Guy Barnes. Cast Kenny Rogers (Brady Hawkes), Bruce Boxleitner (Billy Montana), Linda Gray (Mary Collins), Melanie Chartoff (Deborah), Matt Clark (Sergeant Grinder), George Kennedy (Gen. Nelson Miles), Marvin J. McIntyre (Peabo Kirby), Dean Stockwell (James McGlaughlin), Jeffrey Jones (Buffalo Bill), Charles Durning (Sen. Henry Colton), Matt Clark (Sergeant Grindler), Richard Chaves (Iron Dog), Tony Plana (White Man Runs Him), George American Horse (Sitting Bull), James Greene (Higgs), Marco Rodriguez (Wade Friendly), Marc Alaimo (Pvt. Bob Butler), Michael Berryman (Corporal Cartlett), Sandy Martin (Mrs. Dickey), Lenora May (Denise), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Charles Afraid of Bear), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Plow salesman), Terrence Evans (Lucas Boatwright), Rion Hunter (Hawk Man), Colm Meaney (Tinker), Brenda Strong (Desiree), Jeff Allin (Homesteader), Sam Boxleitner, Dick Lowry IV, Ann Gillespie, Larry Sellers, Gene McLaughlin, Cliff McLaughlin, Monty Stuart. 1806... Kenny Rogers as The Gambler--The Adventure Continues (CBS, 11/28/1983 and 11/29/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The surprise ratings generated by the first Kenny Rogers movie about the Old West professional gambler, Brady Hawkes (from Kenny’s hit recording “The Gambler”), making it the single most-watched made-for-TV movie of the 1979-80 season, inspired this sequel running twice as long. Reuniting Kenny with most of the original cast and production crew, including Bruce Boxleitner as the idolizing farmboy, Billy Montana, this second film added to the cast Linda Evans as a gun-toting, bountyhunting saloon performer, joining the two as they set out to retrieve Hawkes’ young son who had been snatched from a train by a gang of robbers expecting to find a gold shipment aboard. Equaling the popularity of the original two-hour movie, this two-part four-hour film that received several technical Emmy Award nominations encouraged Kenny Rogers and his manager, Ken Kragen, to push their luck with an even longer, three-part six-hour miniseries continuing “The Gambler” adventures during the 1984-85 TV season. Production Companies Kragen & Company, Lion Share Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Producers Dick Lowry, Ken Kragen. Supervising Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Based on the Song by Don Schlitz. Photography James Pergola. Music Larry Cansler. Editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Bernard Balmuth. Production Designer Paul Peters. Cast Kenny Rogers (Brady Hawkes), Bruce Boxleitner (Billy Montana), Linda Evans (Kate Muldoon), Johnny Crawford (Masket), Charlie Fields (Jeremiah), David Hedison (Carson), Bob Hoy (Juno), Brion James (Reece), Paul Koslo (Holt), Cameron Mitchell (Colonel Greeley), Mitchell Ryan (Charlie McCourt), Gregory Sierra (Silvera), Ken Swofford (Witchita Pike), Harold Gould (Stowbridge), Macon McCalman (Rawlins Sheriff), Lee Paul (Pettibone), Roy Jenson (Hatch), Gary Cox (Sergeant Norton), Ann Gillespie (Young saloon girl), Marianne Gordon (Dallas), Bill Hart (Daniels), Kelly Junkermann (Young gambler), Hank Kendrick (Colonel Collins), Joe Massengale (Grau), Cliff McLaughlin (Evans), Gene McLaughlin (Simms), Patrick O’Brien (Jenkins), John Putch (Hanging Deputy), Lelan Rogers (Swenson), Roy Rogers (Drunk), Monty Simons (Baggage Guard), Earl Smith (Forbes), John Tatum (Horseman), Bob Terhune (Thayer), Henry Wills (Rand), Bunky Young (Pioneer woman), Catherine J. Worthington (Lilly), Ron Colby (Haines Sheriff), Debbie Atkinson (Girl on street), Randy Patrick (Orville), Whitney Rydbeck (Teller).

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1807... Kent State (NBC, 2/8/1981, 180 mins). A large, relatively unfamiliar cast heads this three-hour dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between National Guardsmen and students staging antiwar demonstrations. Based on three books: James A. Michener’s “Kent State: What Happened and Why?” Joseph Kelner and James Munves’ “The Kent State Cover-Up” and J. Gregory Paynes’ “Mayday Kent State.” Director James Goldstone won an Emmy Award for his work, and another nomination was in the technical area. Production Companies InterPlanetary Productions, Osmond Television Productions. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller, Philip Barry. Producer Lin Ephraim. Teleplay Gerald Green, Richard Kramer. Based on Books by James A. Michener, J. Gregory Paynes, James Munves and Joseph Kelner. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Ken Lauber. Editors Edward A. Biery, John Ward Nielson. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Cast Jane Fleiss (Allison Krause), Charley Lang (Barry Levine), Talia Balsam (Sandy Scheuer), Keith Gordon (Jeff Miller), Jeff McCracken (Bill Schroeder), Peter Miner (Robbie), Michael Higgins (Prof. Glenn Frank), John Getz (Prof. Ted Arnold), Michael Horton (Cody), Ann Gillespie (Sharon), Sheppard Strudwick (Professor Warren), Roxanne Hart (Jean Arnold), Steve Beauchamp (Scooter), David VandeBrake (Chip), David Marshall Grant (Tom), Gretchen West (Buffy), Margaret Dirolf (Wendy), Frederick Allen (Wesley), Bill Moses (President White), Jerome Dempsey (Gov. James A. Rhodes), George Coe (Mayor Leroy Satrom), Barry Snider (Sergeant Steincamp), Ron Frazier, John Kellogg, Betsy Banks Harper, Daniel Aguar, Mark Chamberlin, Rikke Borge, Will Patton, Christopher Murney, Lenny Von Dohlen, Arthur Weaver, Josh Clark, Richard Kusyk, Edwin Abernathy, Terry Bauer, Ernie Brown, Larry Jordan, Wallace Wilkinson. 1808... Kentucky Woman (CBS, 1/11/1983, 120 mins). To support her ailing coal mining father disabled with black lung disease and her young son, a divorcee leaves her low-paying job as a waitress in the local diner to seek employment in the mines. She struggles to retain her dignity while encountering harassment, humiliation, a near rape--and expulsion from the church choir. Filmed entirely on location in eastern Kentucky, the movie initially was titled “Women in the Mines.” Production Companies Walter Doniger Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Walter Doniger. Producer Walter Doniger. Teleplay Walter Doniger. Photography Robert Jessup. Music George Romanis. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editor Robert Watts. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Maggie Telford), Ned Beatty (Luke Telford), Phillip Levien (Ward Elkins), Sandy McPeak (Roger Varney), Tess Harper (Lorna Whateley), Lewis Smith (Spinner Lynnbaugh), Peter Weller (Deke Cullover), Peter Hobbs (Doc James Bartholomew), Christopher Coffey (Fred Obermeyer), Brett Johnson (Andy Telford), Britt Leach (Amos), John Randolph (Reverend Palkstater), Nancy Vawter (Aunt Minnifer), James Carrington (Lukash), John Chappell (Fred Humphries). 1809... The Key to Rebecca (Syndicated, 4/29/1985 and 5/6/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Ken Follett’s tale of wartime intrigue pitting a ruthless Nazi spy (David Soul) against a fearless British Army major (Cliff Robertson), engaging them in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, and involving them with a courageous Jewish entertainer with a shady past and a sexually voracious belly-dancer, unfolded in this four-hour production as part of the syndicated Operation Prime Time package. It was filmed entirely on location in North Africa, with the title having a significant tie to the classic Daphne du Maurier novel, “Rebecca.” Production Companies David Lawrence Productions, Castle Combe Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director David Hemmings. Executive Producer David Lawrence. Producers Robyn A. Watson, Adam Lawrence. Teleplay Samuel Harris. Based on the Novel by Ken Follett. Photography Mario Vulpiani. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Enrico Fiorentini. Cast Cliff Robertson (Maj. William Vandam), David Soul (Alex Wolff), Season Hubley (Elene Fontana), Lina Raymond (Sonja El Aram), Anthony Quayle (Abdullah), David Hemmings (Maj. Sanford Smith), Robert Culp (Gen. Erwin Rommel), Robert Swales (Sgt. Jake Lendenowen), Charlie Condou (Billy Vandam), Ellis Dale (Colonel Bogge), Ray Young (General Povey), Richard Gibson (Captain Newman), Bruce McGuire (Corporal Cox), Robyn A. Watson (Corporal Maxwell), Larry Mendelson (Provost Officer), Mark Lewis (Superintendent Kemel), Marne Maitland (Gaafar), Terry Raven (Ishmael), David George (Hershel), Cyrus Elias (Aristopolous), Taieb Weslaty (Ibrahim), Ahmed Snoussi (Detective), John Malcolm (Field Marshal Kesselring), Chris Jenkinson (Von Mellenthin). 1810... Kicks (ABC, 3/11/1985, 120 mins). A wealthy eccentric with a mysterious lifestyle teams up with a beautiful college professor who he finds has a mutual obsession with challenging, high-risk, life-endangering games. Most critics found this alleged thriller beneath contempt. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director William Wiard. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay David Levinson. Photography Bobby Byrne. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor David Simmons. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Holly Bernstein. Cast Anthony Geary (Martin Cheever), Shelley Hack (Maggie), Tom Mason (Caleb), Ian Abercrombie (Barnes), Susan Ruttan (Rosemary), James Avery (Stanley), Larry Cedar (Cop), Timothy J. Cutt (Jump instructor), Ralph Drischell (2nd security guard), Joe Flood (Policeman), Bradley Gregg (2nd boy), James LeGros (1st boy), Chuck Lindsly (Carl), Henry G. Sanders (Garage attendant), Tom Spratley (1st security guard). 1811... The Kid From Nowhere (NBC, 1/4/1982, 120 mins). The Kid From Nowhere is a retarded youngster who becomes involved in the Special Olympics when coach Beau Bridges (also the film’s director) convinces the boy’s divorced mother

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(Susan Saint James), who has insulated her son from the world, that the physical training will give him renewed motivation. Ricky Wittman, a victim of Down’s Syndrome, makes his acting debut as the boy. Actress/writer Judy Farrell, wife of Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H’s B.J. Hunnicutt), authored the teleplay, which included a role for her son, Michael, as well as two of Beau Bridges’ children and his wife, Judi. Olympics star Rafer Johnson plays himself. Production Companies Gilbert Cates Productions, Beau Bridges Productions, Jamal Productions Inc., Casada Productions Inc. Director Beau Bridges. Producer Gilbert Cates. Teleplay Judy Farrell. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Garry Sherman. Editor Melvin Shapiro. Art Director Ida Random. Associate Producers Steve Nicolaides, Tom Folino. Special Olympic Photography Haskell Wexler. Cast Susan Saint James (Samantha Kandal), Beau Bridges (Bud Herren), Loretta Swit (Caroline Sanders), Ricky Wittman (John Kandal), Janet MacLachlan (Linda Killian), Fred Dryer (Larry Kandal), René Auberjonois (Howard), Nicholas Pryor (Greg Baker Sr.), Lynn Carlin (Molly Edward), Pat Petersen (Greg Baker Jr.), Andrew Parks (James Leonard), Khalif Bobatoon (Joey), Edith Fields (Gift shop customer), Rafer Johnson (Himself), Lucinda Jany (Wanda), Michael Farrell (Mike), Casey Bridges (Sean), Judi Bridges (Alice), Selma Archerd (Dress shop saleslady), Ron Masak (Olympics announcer), Jordan Bridges, Daniel Moreno, Erin Farrell, Harley Random. 1812... The Kid With the Broken Halo (NBC, 4/5/1982, 120 mins). In this fantasy adventure which served as the pilot to his 1982-83 Saturday morning animated cartoon series, Gary Coleman is a 12-year-old wayward angel who must prove himself worthy of passing through the Pearly Gates and is sent to Earth accompanied by a reluctant Robert Guillaume to save three souls. Production Company Satellite Productions. Director Leslie Martinson. Executive Producers Harry Sloan, Lawrence L. Kuppin. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay George Kirgo. Photography Gary Graver. Music Tommy Vig. Editor Ed Cotter. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Cast Gary Coleman (Andy LeBeau), Robert Guillaume (Blake), June Allyson (Dorothea Powell), Mason Adams (Harry Tannenbaum), Ray Walston (Michael), John Pleshette (Jeff McNulty), Lani O’Grady (Julie McNulty), Telma Hopkins (Gail Desautel), Kim Fields (Teri Desautel), Georg Stanford Brown (Rudy Desautel), Tammy Lauren (Diana McNulty), Keith Mitchell (Nick McNulty), Rance Howard (Coach Ramsdell), Corey Feldman (Rudy), Randy Kirby (Frank Vargas), Wesley Ann Pfenning (Glynnis Vargas), Hugh McPhillips (Pierce), Don Diamond (Giuseppe), David Askrow (Dave), Billy Beck (Fenton), Jim Begg (Prospect), Traci Lee Briggs (Haber), Barry Hope (Flanagan), Rachel Jacobs (Marta), Gary Guttenberg, Ty Mitchell, Talmose Scott, Claude Swanger, Rick Fitts, Victor Trivas, Doug Toby. 1813... The Kid With the 200 I.Q. (NBC, 2/6/1983, 120 mins). Gary Coleman stars as a 13-year-old genius who goes to college and tries to cope not only with campus social life but also with his professor, Robert Guillaume (in their third TV film together). Harriet Nelson is his creative writing instructor. Production Companies Zephyr Productions, Guillaume-Margo Productions. Director Leslie Martinson. Executive Producers Phil Margo, Robert Guillaume. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay Oliver Hawthorne. Based on a Story by Phil Margo. Photography Gary Graver. Music Dennis McCarthy. Editor Joe Morrisey. Art Director Chester Kaczenski. Associate Producer Jim Ragan. Cast Gary Coleman (Nick Newell), Robert Guillaume (Professor Mills), Kari Michaelsen (Julie Gordon), Mel Stewart (Debs), Darian Mathias (Dinah St. Clair), Charles Bloom (Travis Ault), Clayton Rohner (Jeff Langford), Harriet Nelson (Professor Conklin), Dean Butler (Steve Bensfield), Harrison Page (Walter Newell), Starletta DuPois (Minna Newell), Christina Murrill (Denise Mills), Jason Max Adams, Karen Anders, Jimmy D Baron, Jim Begg, Barry Berman, Corinne Bohrer, James D. Bridges Jr., Verda Bridges, Laine Burton, Robert Clotworthy, Chad Cooperman, Marco Del Chiaro, Jeff Doucette, James Gallery, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Michael Goodrow, Sandra Gould, Kevin Guillaume, Rance Howard, Randy Kirby, Walter Mathews, Barrie Metz, Tracye Richardson, Robert Rockwell, Cindy Scoggan, Bunny Summers, Grace Lee Whitney. 1814... Kids Don’t Tell (CBS, 3/5/1985, 120 mins). Child molestation is the subject touched on superficially here, with a freelance filmmaker (Michael Ontkean) discovering his documentary on the sexual abuse of children has begun distancing him from his wife and two young daughters, as kids, he finds, keep traumatic horrors bottled up. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, Viacom. Director Sam O’Steen. Executive Producers Robert W. Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg. Producer Barry Greenfield. Teleplay Peter Silverman, Maurice Hurley. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Randy Roberts. Art Director John Cartwright. Cast Michael Ontkean (John Ryan), JoBeth Williams (Claudia Ryan), Leo Rossi (Detective Rastelli), John Sanderford (Eli Davis), Ari Meyers (Nicky Ryan), Jordan Charney (Tatum), Robin Gammell (Dr. Houghton), Shelley Morrison (Carol), Jean Bruce Scott (Clare), Matthew Faison (Evan Harris), David S. Aaron (Waiter), Roger Askin (Man at wedding), Judith Barsi (Jennifer Ryan), Gary Bayer (Speaker at meeting), Earl Billings (Terry), Dennis Bowen (Ted), Sally Brown (Jill), Victor Campos (Dale), Diane Civita (Sandra Luce), E.M. Friedrick (Cocktail waitress), Kristin Gamboa (Linda), Mari Gorman (Macy), Nancy Lee Grahn (Puppet lady), Natalie Gregory (Girl with puppet lady), David Kaufman (Kenny), Charles Lanyer (Scotty), Michael Laskin (Man at park), Christopher Lofton (Charles), Oceana Marr (Mildred), Robert Minor (Pool player), Milton Murrill (Detective Timmy), John Napierala (David), David Lloyd Nelson (Lyle), Greg Nourse (Bartender), Stephen Pershing (Officer at desk), Leaf Phoenix (Frankie), Branscombe Richmond (Pool player), Jack Thibeau (Donny), Cori Wellins (Lisa), Jaleel White (Christofer).

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1815... Kids Like These (CBS, 11/8/1987, 120 mins). Down’s Syndrome is the subject of this skillful drama with an overachieving mom blinded by the challenge of rearing an infant born with the affliction, despite her initially supportive husband’s concerns and the recommendations of doctors for institutionalization. Five young actors, each with Down’s played the role of the son from infant to nine-year-old, in this affecting story by Emily Perl Kingsley, based primarily on her own experiences as the mother of a Down’s Syndrome child. Tyne Daly, in the lead, was directed by her then-husband Georg Stanford Brown, executive producer for their own company, Nexus Productions. Production Companies Nexus Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Georg Stanford Brown. Executive Producer Georg Stanford Brown. Supervising Producer Bert Gold. Producer Edward Gold. Teleplay Emily Perl Kingsley, Allan Sloane. Based on a Story by Emily Perl Kingsley. Photography Joseph M. Wilcots. Music Mark Snow. Editor Peter V. White. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Andrew Golov. Cast Tyne Daly (Joanna Goodman), Richard Crenna (Bob Goodman), Martin Balsam (Grandpa), Joey McFarland (Alex at age 4), Joshua O’Neill (Alex at age 5½), Ted Polito (Alex at ages 8½-9½), David Kaufman (Ritchie), Amy Van Nostrand (Amy), Zachary M. Allen (David at ages 3½-5), Brian Personette (David at age 8), Dr. Margaret Giannini (Doctor), Paul Cavonis (Mr. La Polla), Ja’Net DuBois (Mrs. Page), Carol Bacall (Mrs. Bowen), Warde Butler (Dr. Gastner), Joey Chavez (Mr. Salazar), Alice Heffernan-Sneed (Nurse #1), Geoff McKnight (Group leader), Georgia Allen (Nurse #2), Charlene Gowen (Parent #1), Holly Wilkinson (Mrs. Hardwick), Donna Biscoe (Parent #2), Nikki Chatham (Becky), Michelle Orr (Parent #3), Erica Richardson (Leslie), Tony Higgins (Soccer coach), Mary Key Simpson (Teacher), Finn Smith, Dick Stelling, B.J. McCroskey, Jon Kohler, Sonya Maddox. 1816... A Killer in the Family (ABC, 10/30/1983, 120 mins). Robert Mitchum is the real-life Gary Tison who, in 1978, was sprung from Arizona State Prison by his teenage sons, along with vicious fellow inmate, Stuart Margolin, and then leads them on a murderous spree across the Southwest. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, Sunn Classics Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Stan Margulies. Producer Robert Aller. Teleplay Sue Grafton, Robert Aller, Steven Humphrey. Based on a Story by Robert Aller. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Michael Eliot. Art Director William Strom. Associate Producer Gloria Aller. Cast Robert Mitchum (Gary Tison), James Spader (Donny Tison), Lance Kerwin (Ray Tison), Eric Stoltz (Ricky Tison), Salome Jens (Alice Johansen), Lynn Carlin (Dorothy Tison), Stuart Margolin (Randy Greenwalt), Arliss Howard (John Lyons), Amanda Wyss (Dannelda Lyons), Susan Swift (Teresa), Catherine Mary Stewart (Carol), Nolan Adams, Spencer Alston, Tip Boxell, Craig Clyde, Walt Feld, Philip Halstead, C. Michael Henry, Russ McGinn, Richard Mitchell, Michael Ruud, Michael Stanley, George Strine, George Sullivan, Ted White, Scott Wilkinson. 1817... Killer in the Mirror (NBC, 3/31/1986, 120 mins). In this remake of the 1964 Bette Davis movie, “Dead Ringer,”Ann Jillian has a dual role as twin sisters--one good, the other evil--one of whom is accused of murdering the other’s wealthy husband in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Originally titled “Stolen Dreams,” it should not be confused with either Davis’ “A Stolen Life” nor the similarly plotted Olivia de Havilland film, “The Dark Mirror,” which Jane Seymour redid for television (as good and bad twins) in 1984. Production Companies Litke-Grossbart Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Frank De Felitta. Executive Producer Jack Grossbart. Producer Michael S. McLean. Teleplay Frank De Felitta. Based on Characters Created by Rian James. Photography Robert Seaman. Music Gil Melle. Editor Donald R. Rode. Production Designer Jack Senter. Cast Ann Jillian (Samantha DeLorca/Karen Edwards), Len Cariou (Jason Howell), Max Gail (Jim Armbruster), Allen Garfield (DA Randall Hale), Christopher Noth (Johnny Mathews), Jessica Walter (Francesca DeLorca), Andra Akers (Stacey Courtney), Parley Baer (Dr. Crane), Eileen Barnett (Allison Moreland), Joseph Chapman (Ben), Barney Martin (Dr. Sloane), Robin Pearson Rose (Samantha’s maid), Philip Sterling (Judge Alex W. Kessel), David Ursin (Michael), James Louis Watkins (Detective Reiner), Bill Zuckert (Mr. Wilkens), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Wilkens), Tom McGreevey (Minister), Janice Carroll, Ralph M. Clift, Howard George, Ken Hill, Julie Inouye, Jeff O’Haco, Richard Partlow, Father George J. Venetos, Nelson Welch. 1818... Killer Instinct (NBC, 11/22/1988, 120 mins). Drama about a young psychiatrist (Melissa Gilbert) who puts her promising career on the line when she goes to bat for a disturbed young man institutionalized for attacking his cousin--only to have him later go on a killing spree. Production Companies Miller-Bromberg II Inc., ITC Entertainment Group. Director Waris Hussein. Producers Conrad Bromberg, Stuart Millar. Teleplay Conrad Bromberg. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Andrew Chulack. Art Director Richard Kent. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Dr. Lisa DeVito), Woody Harrelson (Charlie Daimler), Lane Smith (Dr. Butler), Kevin Conroy (Steve), Fernando Lopez (Freddie Zamora), Roy Brocksmith (Mr. Solomon), Michael Kaufman (Dr. Parney), Janet MacLachlan (Nurse Stoddard), William Marshall (Mr. Poore), Marco Rodriguez (Detective Garcia), Garn Stephens (Claire), Nat Bernstein (Dr. Felzer), Anne Betancourt (Aunt Sonia), Barry Dennen (Mr. Martin), Peter Iacangelo (Owner), Robert Schuch (Rich), Lorinne Vozoff (Clerk), Cecilia Aguillon (Arlene), Harold Ayer (Mr. Zakis), Dick Balduzzi (Mr. Cerutti), Michael Canavan (Pisella), Juney Smith (Jackson), Alexander Folk (Benny), Azdine Melliti (Ronnie), Christine Jansen (Waitress), Jeris Lee Poindexter (Cop), Jared Seide (Ambulance attendant).

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1819... Killing at Hell’s Gate (CBS, 10/31/1981, 120 mins). A party of river rafters find their pleasure trip turning into a white water nightmare in this thinly disguised carbon of “Deliverance,” the main difference being the inclusion of two women. “Hell and High Water” was the initial title of this film. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Lee Hutson. Photography Bill Butler. Music David Bell. Song “Marylee and Mr. Moonlight” by Stewart Harris, Keith Stegall. Song Performed by Keith Stegall. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Albert Heschong. Associate Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Cast Robert Urich (Charles Duke), Deborah Raffin (Anna Medley), Lee Purcell (Jane Pascoe), Joel Higgins (Jack Holmby), George DiCenzo (Sam Caldwell), Paul Burke (Cong. James Corbin), Mitch Carter (Andy Jenkins), Brion James (Turkey Jones), John Randolph (Attorney General), Maya Braddock (Girl at party), Vicci Cooke (Sam’s wife), William D. Cottrell (Senator Holmby), Bob Griggs (Mayor), Curt Hanson (Alex Hampton), Kenny Kinsner (Old mill worker), Doug McDonald (Max Berger), Christina Miles (Reporter), Gregg Nickerson (Walter), Margaret Rubin (Councilwoman), H.R. Scott (Bartender), Don Senecal (Councilman), Walter Stroud (Foreman). 1820... The Killing of Randy Webster (CBS, 3/11/1981, 120 mins). When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father (Hal Holbrook) undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy’s body was a “throwdown,” a weapon planted by the cops. This true story initially was to be called “The Throwdown,” after the article by Tom Curtis on which the teleplay was based. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film’s sound mixer. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Sam Wanamaker. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Supervising Producer Terry Morse Jr. Producers Robert Gutwillig, Rosilyn Heller. Teleplay Scott Swanton. Based on an Article by Tom Curtis. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Peter Matz. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Hal Holbrook (John Webster), Dixie Carter (Billie Webster), James Whitmore Jr. (Officer Vane), Jennifer JasonLeigh (Amy Wheeler), Nancy Malone (Lois Carter), Gary McCleery (Randy Webster), Barry Corbin (Nick Hanson), Richard Beauchamp (Carlos Vega), Dennis Redfield (Off. A.D. Jakes), John Dennis Johnston (Off. Bob Draxel), Sondra Blake (May Wheeler), Sean Penn (Don Fremont), Robert Denison (DA Mike King), Chris Mulkey (Sonny Manse), Jim Antonio (Detective), John Chappell (Chief Newmeyer), Med Florey (Cort), Robert Phalen (Foreman), Anthony Edwards (Tommy Lee Swanson), Scott Paulin (Tom Curtis), Anne Ramsay (Martha Dodson), Robert S. Telford (Olson), Pat Studstill (Driver), John H. Fields (Judge), Susan Berger (Wife), James Brewer (Friend). 1821... Killjoy (CBS, 10/22/1981, 120 mins). Offbeat mystery entangling in a web of intrigue a womanizing surgeon (Stephen Macht), a pathologist (John Rubinstein), his scheming doctor mother (Nancy Marchand), the hospital board chairman’s wealthy daughter (Kim Basinger), and a shady character (Robert Culp), following the murder of a model. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s annual Edgar Award. An Emmy Award nomination went to Bruce Broughton for his music score. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Sam H. Rolfe. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Dennis C. Duckwall. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Kim Basinger (Laury Medford), Robert Culp (Lou Corbin), Stephen Macht (Dr. Max Heller), Nancy Marchand (Dr. Martha Trenton), John Rubinstein (Dr. Paul Trenton), Ann Dusenberry (Joy Morgan/Elaine Steel), Ann Wedgeworth (Rosie), Helene Winston (Mrs. Goodman), Francine Verrett (Nurse), Terry Burns (Dr. Joe Jacobs), Arthur Roberts (TV doctor), Kelly Jean Peters (Mary Roberts). 1822... Kim (CBS, 5/16/1984, 180 mins). The Kipling adventure classic about colonial India and the resourceful British youngster who was raised in the streets as a native and is recruited as a spy for the British Secret Service, gets a colorful retelling in this rousing three-hour remake of the 1950 movie that starred Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell and Paul Lukas. In the comparable roles are Australian actor Bryan Brown; Milwaukee-born teenager Ravi Sheth (who has lived in Bombay since the age of two with his Indian father and American mother), making his acting debut in the title role; and Peter O’Toole, in a bizarre bit of casting, as a somewhat outrageous Buddhist monk. An earlier TV version of “Kim” on “The Shirley Temple Theatre” in 1960 starred Michael Rennie, Joseph Wiseman and Tony Haig as young Kim. Production Company London Films Inc. Director John Howard Davies. Executive Producer Mark Shelmerdine. Producer David Conroy. Teleplay James Brabazon. Based on the Novel by Rudyard Kipling. Photography Michael Reed. Music Marc Wilkinson. Editor John Shirley. Production Designer Roger Hall. Associate Producer Peter Manley. Cast Peter O’Toole (Lama), Bryan Brown (Mahbub Ali), John Rhys-Davies (Babu), Ravi Sheth (Kim), Julian Glover (Colonel Creighton), Lee Montague (Kozelski), Alfred Burke (Lurgan), Mick Ford (Corporal Bruce), Bill Leadbetter (Gorin), Sneh Gupta (Indra), Roger Booth (Father Victor), Peter Childs (Company sergeant major), Noel Coleman (Commander in Chief), Nadira (Widow of Kulu), Lavlin (Shahana), Jalal Agha (Rajah of Bunar), Sean Scanlan (Sergeant major), Prentis Hancock (Grogan), Phunsok Ladhakhi (Aruk), Keith Stevenson (Mohammed), Brian Badcoe (School teacher), Nigel Lea-Jones (Monk), Ashiek Madhvani (Boy), Raj Kapoor (Policeman), Aamir Raza Husain (Rajah Hilas), Saleem Ghouse (E23), Sagarika Ghosh (Village girl), Benita Stevenson (Flower of Delight), Reenie Kaur (Market woman).

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1823... King Crab (ABC, 6/15/1980, 120 mins). Winner of the third annual ABC Theater Award, this maiden TV play by Preston Ransome dramatizes the conflict between two brothers, Barry Newman and Jeffrey DeMunn, over the family seafood business and their father’s love. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Supervising Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producers Stephen A. Rotter, Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay Preston A. Ransome. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Dick Hyman. Editor Katherine Wenning. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Barry Newman (Johnny Campana), Julie Bovasso (Mrs. Campana), Jeffrey DeMunn (Sam Campana), Joel Fabiani (Lucian Trumble), Gail Strickland (Vicky), Harold Gould (Mr. Campana), Anne DeSalvo (Carol), Ron McLarty (Teddy), MaryJoan Negro (Susan), Maureen Anderman (Betty), Sam Coppola (Otto), Justine Lichtman (Charlene), Jo Henderson (Judge Taylor), Fred Strong (Vernon Matthews), Scott Russell Brown (Freddie), Will Forman (Floyd Redmont). 1824... The King of Love (ABC, 11/19/1987, 120 mins). Talky drama--“a modern-day fable” was how the network publicized it--about a Hugh Hefner-Bob Guccione type of media magnate who builds a publishing empire on sexual and political freedom and ultimately sees it crumble. It is told rather superficially with “Citizen Kane” pretensions, with the dying tycoon recalling the highs and lows of his experiences. Production Companies Sarabande Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Anthony Wilkinson. Executive Producer David Manson. Producer Cyrus Yavneh. Teleplay Donald Freed. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Paul Chihara. Editors Mark Melnick, Kelly Crawford. Production Designer Harley Jessup. Associate Producer Katherine Morris. Cast Nick Mancuso (William Hall), Sela Ward (Annie Larkspur), Rip Torn (J.S. Kraft), Michael Lerner (Nat Goldberg), Alan Rosenberg (Jay Schoen), Katy Boyer (Lorna), Robin Gammell (Arnold Space), Kaaren Lee (Dinah Hall), Brian Frank (Young “H”), Theresa Plikaitis (Bea), Michael Harrington (Reese Henry), Rosemary Smith (Helen), Adilah Barnes (Nurse), Cab Covay (Special agent), Sydney Walker (Judge), Ed Ivory (Grand jury foreman), Bernie Hern (Detective), Joel Jones (Blue), George Maguire (Reporter), George Siegal (Anchorman), Sandy Bull (Photographer). 1825... King of the Olympics: The Lives & Loves Avery Brundage (Syndicated, 8/15/1988 and 8/18/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part syndicated biographical (though superficial) drama chronicling the public life and private love affairs of Avery Brundage, for 50 years the ambitious, iron-fisted Olympics leader who championed the cause of amateur athletics as president of the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Sybil Maas plays his socialite wife and Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk his Finnish mistress who gives him two sons. Production Companies Harmony Gold, SFP Productions, ReteEuropa, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Patricia Finnegan, Bill Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Producers Frank Agrama, Henri Spade, Riccardo Tozzi. Line Producer Alessandro Tasca Jehan Agrama. Teleplay William Wood. Photography Jean Louis Picavet. Music Paul Chihara. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Michel Janiaud. Associate Producer David Roessell. Cast David Selby (Avery Brundage), Renée Soutendijk (Linnea Dresden), Sybil Maas (Elizabeth Brundage), Shelagh MacLeod (Frances Blakely), Pat Starr (Minnie Brundage), Kristoffer Tabori (Chester Brundage), John Evans (Edward Brundage), Nicholas Hawtrey (David Burghley), Roland Waden (Carl Diem), Michael Morris (Gus Kirby), Patrick Floersheim (Martin Delaney), Georges Bruce (Jan Veeder), Van Doude (Sigfried Edstrum), Alan Rossett (William Holabird), Vincent Grass (BailletLatour), Steve Gadler (Wilbur Burroughs), Oskar Freitag (Adolph Hitler), Ronnie Britton (Jesse Owens), Sheila Loren-Tissot (Aunt Germaine), Robert Barr (Charles Dunlap), William Doherty (Mathematics professor), Jesse Joe Walsh (Paddy), Manning Redwood (Senator Dirkson), Robert Ground (Bank manager), Mel Cobb (Jim Thorpe), Lauren Sinclair (Cora), Caryle Cline (Social worker), Alan Wenger (Somersby), Annette Milson (Rita), Michele Seeberger (Frances’ nurse), Bela Grushka (Elizabeth’s nurse), Jerry Di Giacomo (Opthamologist), Nadia Vasil (Marie), Francois Montagut (Hotel bellboy), Brad Cole (Gilbert Ritchie), Peter Evans (Student), Richard De Burnchurch (Minister), Philip Jowdy (Dr. Vasquez), Edwin Apps (Adrianov), Jimmy Schuman (Friend at track), Nicholas Calderbank (Assistant coach), Herb Baskind (Waiter), Bertie Cortez (Israeli diplomat), Jurgen Mash (Willi Daume), Bill Dunn (Sports announcer), Lucy Morgan (Musicale hostess), Vincent Lascoumes (Reporter), Richard Graham (Reporter), Edwards Cluny (Reporter), Todd Selby (Houseboy), Jenny Arasse (Reporter), Nadar Farman (Reporter), Michael Goldman (Reporter), Michael Modo (Clarke-Flores), Ernest Paolucci (Museum guard), Cathleen Nunez (Sarah), Joseph Briaud (Young Avery Brundage), Felix Briaud (Young Chester Brundage), Ryan Christopher, Todd Ptak, Justin Ptak, Keith Peters, Michael Peters. 1826... Kiss Shot (CBS, 4/11/1989, 120 mins). Whoopi Goldberg made her TV-movie debut in this romantic comedy as a pool hustler, a self-made single mother turning her skills into fast money to meet her mortgage payments. Dennis Franz plays her promoter and Dorian Harewood is a part-time player and full-time playboy. Production Companies London Films Inc., Whoop Inc. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Jerry London. Producers Salli Newman, Mel A. Bishop. Teleplay Carl Kleinschmitt. Photography Chuy Elizondo. Music Steve Dorff. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Tom Wells. Art Director Jack Wiley. Associate Producers Chad Cooperman, Abra Edelman. Cast Whoopi Goldberg (Sarah Collins), Dennis Franz (Max Fleischer), Tasha Scott (Jenny Collins), David Marciano (Rick Powell), Theodore Wilson (Billy Tatum), Dorian Harewood (Kevin Merrick), Adilah Barnes (Amanda Gilbert), Charles

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Branklyn (Lyle Gilbert), Phyllis Coates (Ruby Tibbs), Richard Dupell (Honcho), Bob Ernst (Cowboy), Eva Gholson (Young woman), Michael Halton (Cowboy opponent), Chuck L. Hilbert (Tiny), Kathryn Keats (Sharon), Joe Lerer (Mr. Cloyd), Drew Letchworth (Customer), Thomas McCrory (Cocky kid), Ivars Mikelson (Jim Tibbs), Michael Orcena (Announcer), Angelo Pagan (Wolf’s buddy), Jeff Richmond (Referee), Blaine Souza (Big burly guy), Howard Swain (Wolf), Maud Winchester (Debi), Billy Woodruff (Fat opponent). 1827... Kojak: The Belarus File (CBS, 2/16/1985, 120 mins). Savalas re-created his popular role of Theo Kojak, the NYPD detective he had portrayed from 1973 to 1978, in this hybrid movie that meshed a Kojak adventure with a mystery about the murder of a number of elderly Russian émigrés that was the plot of John Loftus’ 1982 bestseller, “The Belarus Secret.” Kojak and a comely Federal Agent (Suzanne Pleshette) uncover a conspiracy reaching back to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union, but for the most part the charismatic, bald, lollipop-sucking (though not here) detective remains on the periphery of the story. This film tested the waters for a possible new “Kojak” series. Trivia buffs will note that both Savalas and Von Sydow acted together as, respectively, Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ, in “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” Also, both actors had played James Bond’s arch nemesis, Ernst Blofeld: Savalas menacing George Lazenby in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” and Von Sydow menacing Sean Connery in “Never Say Never Again.” Production Company Universal Television. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer James McAdams. Producer Albert Ruben. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Creator Abby Mann. Based on a Novel by John Loftus. Photography Alan Metzger. Music Barry DeVorzon, Joseph Conlan. Editor Katherine Wenning. Art Director Richard Bianchi. Associate Producer Michael Scott. Cast Telly Savalas (Theo Kojak), Suzanne Pleshette (Dana Sutton), Max Von Sydow (Peter Barak), Herbert Berghof (Buchardt), Dan Frazer (Frank McNeil), Betsy Aidem (Elissa Barak), Alan Rosenberg (Lustig), Charles Brown (Capt. Julius Gay), George Savalas (Stavros), David Leary (Chris Kennert), Harry Davis (Rabbi), Rita Karin (Mrs. Fitzev), Mark B. Russell (Saperstein), Vince Conti (Rizzo), Margaret Thomson (Miss Hingle), Otto Von Wernherr (Bodyguard), James Handy (1st Federal Agent), Dan Lauria (2nd Federal Agent), Clarence Felder (Kelly), Martin Shakar (Assistant DA), Noberto Kerner (Nikolas Kastenov), Herman Schwedt (Vadim Savatsky), José Santana (Ristivo), Adam Klugman (Lane), Michael Longfield (Sergeant). 1828... Kojak: The Price of Justice (CBS, 2/21/1987, 120 mins). The second (and last) “extension” movie for Telly Savalas’ popular “Kojak” series (1973-78), which years later would have a short-lived revival. This time out, Theo Kojak becomes involved with a flamboyant but enigmatic woman charged with murder after the bodies of her two small sons are pulled from the Harlem River in Manhattan. Savalas’ daughter Candace made her TV-movie debut here as a policewoman, and later would be in the cast of the “Kojak” revival series. His brother Nicholas also had a small role in this film, which was dedicated to the memory of George Savalas, the brother who played Detective Stavros in the original series. Australian actor Jack Thompson’s tabloid publisher was a thinly veiled Rupert Murdoch. Alan Metzger replaced Rick Wallace as director, and Victor J. Kemper earned an Emmy nomination for his photography. Based on Dorothy Uhnak’s police novel “The Investigation” (1977). Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan Metzger. Executive Producer James McAdams. Supervising Producer Stuart Cohen. Co-Producers Daniel Lieberstein, Peter A. Runfolo. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Created by Abby Mann. Based on a Novel by Dorothy Uhnak. Photography Victor J. Kemper. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Robert Q. Lovett. Production Designer Jeffrey Beecroft. Cast Telly Savalas (Theo Kojak), Kate Nelligan (Kitty Keeler), Pat Hingle (George Keeler), Jack Thompson (Aubrey Dubose), Brian Murray (Tim Neary), John Bedford Lloyd (Milton Bass), Jeffrey DeMunn (Vincent Marsucci), Tony Di Benedetto (Det. Lou Catalano), Ron Frazier (J.T. Williams), Stephen Joyce (Chief Brisco), Earl Hindman (Danny Keeler), James Rebhorn (Henry Quibro), Martin Shakar (Arnold Nadler), Joseph Carberry (Lorenzo), Fausto Bara (Benjamin), Novella Nelson (Mrs. Silverberg), Lee Wallace (Chief Barnes), Kenneth Ryan (Johnson), Norman Matlock (Judge), Miriam Cruz (Mrs. Quintana), Candace Savalas (Anna Witt), Margaret Thomson (Second tenant), Stanley Tucci (First tenant), Angela Pietropinto (Receptionist), Alvin A. Carmines (Priest), E. Eric Donlan (Youth), Nicholas Savalas (Court officer), Nata G. Tolischus (Mrs. Quintana’s sister), Nick Georgiade (Detective). 1829... Kung Fu: The Movie (CBS, 2/1/1986, 120 mins). David Carradine reprised his role here of Chinese-American Shaolin priest and martial arts master Kwai Chang Caine, which he had originated in the popular “Kung Fu” series that ran for three seasons beginning in 1972. Keye Luke once again returned to the role of Master Po, Caine’s blind teacher (in flashbacks). Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, is “introduced” as a young Manchu assassin in the pay of Mako, an evil warlord stalking Caine through northern California in the late 1880s. Production Companies Lou-Step Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producer Paul R Picard. Producer Skip Ward. Co-Producer David Carradine. Teleplay Durrell Royce Crays. Based on the Television Series by Ed Spielman, Herman Miller. Photography Robert Seaman. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Production Designer Jack Senter. Associate Producer Skip Schoolnik. Cast David Carradine (Kwai Chang Caine), Kerrie Keane (Sarah Perkins), Mako (The Manchu), William Lucking (Wyatt), Luke Askew (Sheriff Mills), Keye Luke (Master Po), Benson Fong (The Old One), Brandon Lee (Chung Wang), Martin Landau (John Martin Perkins III), Ellen Geer (Old Wife), Robert Harper (Prosecutor), Paul Rudd (Rev. Lawrence Perkins), John

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Alderman (Well-dressed man), Michael Paul Chan (Ching), Patience Cleveland (Maid), Roland Harrah III (Liu), Jim Haynie (Federal marshal), Roy Jenson (Foreman). 1830... L.A. Takedown (NBC, 8/27/1989, 120 mins). Prospective series pilot pitting a supercop and a supercriminal against each other. The mutual, somewhat violent outwitting is played out against the flashy production touches that producerdirector-writer Michael Mann made a trademark earlier in “Miami Vice.” Original title (and probably the name of the series): “Hanna.” Production Companies AJAR, Inc., Movie Film Productions, BV, World International Network (WIN). Director Michael Mann. Executive Producer Michael Mann. Producer Patrick Markey. Teleplay Michael Mann. Photography Ron Garcia. Music Tim Truman. Song by The Doors. Performed by Billy Idol. Editor Dov Hoenig. Production Designer Dean Taucher. Associate Producer John Lattanzio. Cast Scott Plank (Vincent Hanna), Alex McArthur (Patrick McLaren), Michael Rooker (Bosko), Ely Pouget (Lillian), Vincent Guastaferro (Michael Cerrito), Richard Chaves (Casals), Victor Rivers (Arriaga), Laura Harrington (Eady), Daniel Baldwin (Detective Schwartz), Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Mustafa Breedan), R.D. Call (Harry Dieter), Peter Dobson (Chris Shemeus), John Santucci (Raymond), Xander Berkeley (Waingro), Ivan Fernandez (Turena), Tony Xavet (Tony), Sam J. Jones (Jimmy/bartender), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Hugh Benny), Mary Broussard, Aixa Clemente, Michael De Luna, Ed De Fusco, Robert Gammons, Donald Grant, Emmett Grennan, Al R. Jones, Anthony Lattanzio, Leo Lee, Mimi Lieber, Albert Michael Jr., Jan Munroe, Gil Parra, Dennis Scott, Jentry Tuvil, Daniel Villarreal, Robert Winley, Anthony Winters. 1831... Lace (ABC, 2/26/1984 and 2/27/1984, 2 parts, 180/120 mins). Sumptuous filming of Shirley Conran’s sprawling 1982 bestseller about an international sex symbol’s single-minded quest to find and destroy the mother she never knew--one of three school chums, each of whom went on to fame and fortune. “Lace” is the name of the magazine one of them, Bess Armstrong, publishes. The two-part five-hour film, incidentally, boasts one of the great lines of TV-movie lore, as petulant teenager turned hooker-model-movie star (Phoebe Cates), after luring the three women to an audience with her, asks: “All right, which one of you bitches is my mother?” A two-part sequel would follow 15 months later. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Billy Hale. Executive Producers Gary Adelson, David Jacobs. Producer Preston Fischer. Teleplay Elliott Baker. Based on the Novel by Shirley Conran. Photography Phil Meheux. Music Nick Bicat. Editor (US) John F. Link. Editors (Great Britain) Derek Trigg, Peter Boita. Production Designer Allan Cameron. Cast Bess Armstrong (Judy Hale), Brooke Adams (Pagan Tralone), Arielle Dombasle (Maxine Pascal), Phoebe Cates (Lili), Anthony Higgins (Abdullah), Angela Lansbury (Aunt Hortense Boutin), Herbert Lom (Monsieur Chardin), Anthony Quayle (Dr. Geneste), Honor Blackman (Selma), Nickolas Grace (Sir Christopher Swann), Leigh Lawson (Count Charles de Chazalle), Simon Chandler (Nick Cliffe), Trevor Eve (Tom Schwartz), François Guetary (Pierre), Jonathan Hyde (Paul), June Brown (Mrs. Trelawney), Simon De La Brosse (Alexandre), Feodor Atkine (Felix), Sylvie Herbert (Angelina), Jacques Maury (Sartor), Philip Stone (Zwimmer), Ginette Garcin (Madame Chardin), Terence Rigby (Stiarkoz), Pierre Olaf (Serge), Annette Badland (Piggy Fassbinder), Celia Gregory (Queen Serah), Rachel Salik (Cheap hotel manager), Dominique Blanc (Teresa), Stephane Bonnet (Gerard), Kate Harper (Lili’s secretary), Rahmann Querishi (Prince Mustapha), Jenny Cleve (Nurse), Michael Moor (Abdullah’s aide), Carolyn Pickles (Muscles Templeton), Laura Koffler (Head girl at table), Kenneth Nelson (NY hotel manager), Belinda Mayne (TV reporter), Nicolas Chagrin (Film director), Shane Rimmer (Press agent), Jacques Herlin (Clergyman), Bruce Boa (Mr. Hale), Richenda Carey (Mrs. Hale), Jerzy Rogulski (Uncle Carl), Frank Middlemass (King Maajid), Stefan Kalipha (Amoud), Trevor Thomas (Lieutenant), Herbert Norville (Jonjo), Sean Aita (Rick), William Hope (Francis), Mike McKenzie (Singer/pianist), John Abineri (Uncle Harold), Terry Alexander (Sir Douglas), Gary Cady (Robert Salter), Bill Hutchinson, Patricia Pierangeli, Alan Rossett, Robert Appleby, Elizabeth Kaza, Jacques David, Servane Ducorps, Henri Garcin, Nancy Roberts, Elvire Audray. 1832... Lace II (ABC, 5/5/1985 and 5/6/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In the original two-part, five-hour adaptation of Shirley Conran’s runaway bestseller broadcast during the 1983-84 season, Phoebe Cates, as the bimbo turned movie sex goddess, found out her mother’s identity from among three candidates. Now she spends four hours not only tracking down her real father but the dastard who has kidnapped her mother and dragged her off into the jungle. Three of the four leading ladies from the original repeated their roles here (only Bess Armstrong had declined to come back and was replaced by Deborah Raffin). There was no novel counterpart to this plush film--an original written by Elliott Baker, “suggested” by the Conran novel. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Billy Hale. Executive Producer Gary Adelson. Supervising Producer Elliott Baker. Producer Preston Fischer. Teleplay Elliott Baker. Based on Characters Created by Shirley Conran. Photography John Coquillon. Music Nick Bicat. Song by Nick Bicat, Tony Bicat. Performed by Deniece Williams. Editor (US) John F. Link. Editors (Great Britain) Peter Boita, Peter Weatherly. Production Designer Anthony Curtis. Art Director (Great Britain) Michael Pickwoad. Art Director (France) Jacques Douy. Costume Designer Barbara Lane. Cast Brooke Adams (Pagan Tralone), Deborah Raffin (Judy Hale), Arielle Dombasle (Maxine), Phoebe Cates (Lili), Anthony Higgins (Abdullah), Christopher Cazenove (Raleigh), James Read (Daryl Webster), Patrick Ryecart (Werner Graff), Michael Gough (Bank messenger), François Guetary (Pierre), Michael Fitzpatrick (Nicholas Cliffe), Walter Gotell (General Zedd), Paul Shelley (Christopher Swann), Edward Wiley (Tom Schwartz), Peter Jeffrey (Nicholas Cliffe Sr.), James Faulkner (Charles Chazelle), Simon De La Brosse (Alexandre Chazelle), Terence Rigby (Jo Stiarkoz), Bruce Boa (Mr. Hale), Richenda Carey (Mrs. Hale), David Healey (Mayor), Kenneth Nelson (Interviewer at premiere), Celia Gregory (Queen Serah), Rahman Querishi (Prince

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Mustapha), Hugo DeVernier (Konrad), Elizabeth Spender (Vanessa), Albert Welling (TV director at Ritz), Raymond Sawyer, Jane Myerson, Crispin Denys, Della Finch, Victor Baring, Marita Phillips, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Elizabeth Bennett, Bill McGuirk, Eric Picou, Sarah Simmons, Morgan Deare, Paula Jacobs, Graham Callan, Lillian Hammond. 1833... The Ladies (NBC, 6/22/1987, 120 mins). Comedy--and pilot to a prospective series--making a mother facing a divorce and free-spirited daughter reluctant roommates and doing the dating scene together. Mom is stage actress Patricia Elliott, 1973 Tony Award winner for “A Little Night Music”; daughter is Talia Balsam, following in actor father Martin Balsam’s footsteps. The director: onetime actor Jackie Cooper. NBC kept this TV movie on the shelf for nearly four years since its production in 1983. Production Company Ed Friendly Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Ed Friendly. Producers Jackie Cooper, Robert Klane. Teleplay Robert Klane. Based on a Story by Ed Friendly, Robert Klane. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Production Designer Raymond G. Storey. Cast Patricia Elliott (Darlene Patten), Talia Balsam (Linda Taylor), Steven Peterman (Stephen Taylor), Robert Webber (Jerry Patten), Logan Ramsey (Leonard Gray), Michael J. Shannon (Bruce Nelson), Warwick Sims (Roger Bannon), Jeanne Mori (Sachiko), Harry Caesar (Desk sergeant), Edward Penn (Mark Steel), Barbara Iley (Miss Dennison), Louie Piday (Sal), Raleigh Bond (Mr. Roberts), Jack Wells (William Jones), Dr. Toni Grant (Herself). 1834... The Lady and the Highwayman (CBS, 1/22/1989, 120 mins). All-star swashbuckler, adapted from prolific Barbara Cartland’s bodice-ripping “Cupid Rides Pillion” (1952), set in 17th century England during Charles II’s reign. Playing the title characters are Lysette Anthony as the damsel in distress and Hugh Grant as a notorious aristocrat-turned-highwayman who saves her from rape, the intrigues of her foppish cousin (Christopher Cazanove) who wants her fortune, and the machinations of the scheming mistress (Emma Samms) of the King (Michael York). Produced with his usual panache by Lord Lew Grade. Original title: “Dangerous Love” Production Companies Lord Grade, Gainsborough Pictures. Director John Hough. Executive Producer Lord Lew Grade. Producers Albert Fennell, John Hough. Co-Producer Peter Manley. Teleplay Terence Feely. Based on a Novel by Barbara Cartland. Photography Terence Cole. Music Laurie Johnson. Editor Peter Weatherly. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Cast Emma Samms (Lady Barbara Castlemaine), Oliver Reed (Sir Philip Gage), Claire Bloom (Lady Darlington), Christopher Cazenove (Lord Rudolph Vyne), Lysette Anthony (Lady Panthea Vyne), Hugh Grant (Highwayman/Lord Vyne), Michael York (King Charles II), John Mills (Sir Lawrence Dobson), Ian Bannen (Christopher Drysdale), Robert Morley (Lord Chancellor), Bernard Miles (Lord Justice Dalrymple), Gordon Jackson (Harry), Gareth Hunt (Seth), Stephanie Pitt (Martha), Floyd Bevan (Jack), Wayne Michaels (Rory), Lamya Derval (The Queen), Forbes Collins (Krull), Liz Frazer (Flossie), James Booth (Millionaire), Tom Duggan (Kindly caroler), John Baskcomb (Archbishop), Greg Powell (Roundhead Officer), Preston Lockwood (Vicar), Stephan Chase (Lord Eversham), Octavia Verdin (Lady Caroline), Lea Rochelle (Lady Anne), Dorothy Lawrence (Lady Henrietta), Jennifer Croxton (Lady Sarah), Tricia Ford (Poor woman), Roy Boyd (Sir John), Kenneth Gilbert (Lord Henry), Jeffery Dench (Magistrate), Christopher Robbie (Priest), Terry Plummer (Axeman), Adam White (Richard Vyne). 1835... Lady Blue (ABC, 4/15/1985, 120 mins). A fiery, redheaded, rule-bending female detective, dubbed by critics as “Dirty Harriette” because of her Clint Eastwood-like approach to let her guns do the talking where the bad guys are involved, takes on a ruthless cocaine matriarch in this exceptionally violent movie whose unexpected popularity led to a short-lived series during the first part of the 1985-86 season. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Herb Wallerstein. Teleplay Robert Vincent O’Neil. Photography Jack Priestley. Music John Cacavas. Song “Lady Blue” by John Cacavas, Molly Mandeville, Anthony Guefen. Editors Ronald LaVine, Richard Bracken. Production Designer Jack F. DeShields. Associate Producer Christopher Chulack. Cast Jamie Rose (Katy Maloney), Danny Aiello (Lt. Terry McNichols), Katy Jurado (Dona Marie Theresa), Bibi Besch (Judy Bingham), Jim Brown (Stoker), Tony Lo Bianco (Det. Sgt. Bing Bingham), Marco Rodriguez (Barranquilla), Ajay Naidu (Paquito), Ron Dean (Gino Gianelli), Zaid Farid (Cassidy), Henry Godinez (Rocci), John Mahoney (Flynn), Steven Memel (Vince Newman), Kathryn Jodsten (Margo), Ralph Foody (Howe), Ernest Perry Jr. (Snowman), Laurel Cronin (Edna), Nancy Serlin (Wanda), Robert Murcz (Union Clerk), David Hernandez (Busboy), Gloria Nava (Tatailia Santina), Frank Diaz (Mr. Santina), Sergio Cardenes (Danny Gomez), Bob Adams (Toy Clerk), Luis R. Montalvo (Old man at funeral), John Stirich (Sergeant Harry), Trish Schaeffer (Stripper), Bob Maxey (Finisher). 1836... The Lady Forgets (CBS, 10/29/1989, 100 mins). Suspense drama about a women who returns home to find two years mysteriously missing from her life and that she is the prime suspect in a diabolical murder she cannot recall. Based on the 1941 Cornell Woolrich novel “The Black Curtain,” also the source for the film “Street of Chance” with Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor (1942). Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Bradford May. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Robert O’Connor. Supervising Producer Ron Gilbert. Producer Joel Fields. Co-Producers Durrell Royce Crays, Grace Gilroy. Teleplay Durrell Royce Crays. Based on a Novel by Cornell Woolrich. Photography Ron Orieux. Music Walter Murphy. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Mark Freeborn.

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Cast Donna Mills (Rebecca Simms/Julie Black), Greg Evigan (Tony Clay), Andrew Robinson (Andrew Simms), Mark Rolston (Chauffeur), Lon Katzman (Crew Cut), Roy Dotrice (Payton Massey), Kathleen McNeil (Priscilla Simms), Don S. Davis (Dr. Bennett), Linton S. Garner (Rick), Florence Patterson (Rebecca’s mom), Brock Johnson (Junkie), Jack Ackroyd (Sergeant Taylor), Bill Dow (Butler), Freda Perry (Hooker), Wendy Van Riesen (Diana Bernstein), Michael Naxos (Franklin Tully), Elaine Church (Alexis), Judith Berlin (Librarian), Bill Croft, Merrilyn Gann, Michele Goodger, Ted Harrison, David Longworth, Chris Nannarone, Frank Ferrucci. 1837... The Lady From Yesterday (CBS, 5/14/1985, 120 mins). A married Houston executive’s life is turned inside out when a lady from his past--a pretty Vietnamese woman with whom he had had an affair 10 years earlier--turns up, with the son he never knew he had in tow. Filmed entirely on location in Houston. Production Companies The Houston Lady Company, Comworld Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Teleplay Tim Manschler, Ken Pettus. Photography R. Michael Stringer. Music Mark Snow. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Judy Summers. Cast Wayne Rogers (Craig Weston), Bonnie Bedelia (Janet Weston), Pat Hingle (Jim Bartlett), Barrie Youngfellow (Rita Bartlett), Blue Deckert (Sam Horton), Tina Chen (Lien), Bryan Price (Quan), Ruth Kobart (Ida), Paul Menzel (Howard Ames), Nicole Benton (Kimberly Weston), KaRan Neff Reed (Abby Weston), Beulah Quo (Mai Ling Luong), James Crittenden (Steve Addison), H.F. Stone (Nurse), Maggie Egan (Kay), Rick Stokes (Doctor), Kate Porter (Ticket clerk), Ken Lewis (Boarding clerk). 1838... Lady in a Corner (NBC, 12/11/1989, 120 mins). Woman’s drama starring Loretta Young (in her final TV acting) as a fashion magazine editor who stands to lose her job in a daring takeover of her publication and has to chose between continuing and going with her boss (Brian Keith), a onetime lover, who’d like her to retire with him to the country. Production Companies Sagaponack Films, Pantheon Productions, Allan Leicht Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producers Stuart Millar, Gabriel Katzka. Producer Stuart Millar. Teleplay Allan Leicht. Photography Reginald Morris. Music David Raksin. Editors Les Green, David Beatty. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Cast Loretta Young (Grace Guthrie), Brian Keith (David Henderson), Lindsay Frost (Susan Dawson), Christopher Neame (Charles Patrick), Bruce Davison (Bill Guthrie), Roscoe Lee Browne (Omar DeLacy), Donna Goodhand (Lily), William Preston (E.B. Bennett), Colin Fox (Theo), Lois Maxwell (Mary Smith), Michael Kirby (Lloyd Grebber), Renée Lippin (Holly Grebber), Barry Stevens (Roy Lewis), John Evans (Paul Meyers), James Loxley (Attorney), Barbara Gordon (Miriam), Victoria Snow (Ann Henshaw), Patricia Collins (Candide), Dan Lim (Photographer), Bunty Webb (Julia), Amanda Hancox (Corin), Mairon Bennett (Molly). 1839... Lady Mobster (ABC, 10/16/1988, 120 mins). Drama played at B movie level about a brilliant lady attorney (soap diva Susan Lucci) whose allegiance is torn between the law and the family of a crime lord who had taken her in and raised her when orphaned as a teenager--and into it she has married. Production Company von Zerneck-Samuels Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Stu Samuels. Producer Robert M Sertner. Co-Producer Phillips Wylly Sr. Teleplay Stephen Zito. Based on a Story by Bill LaMond, Jo LaMond, Stephen Zito. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Gregory Prange, Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Production Designer Donald Light-Harris. Cast Susan Lucci (Laurel March), Michael Nader (Nick Scalfone), Roscoe Born (Robert Castle), Thom Bray (Paul Castle), Al Ruscio (Tony D’Angelo), Hy Anzell (Jim Malatesta), Norman Alden (Sal Borolo), Anthony James (Fowler), Joseph Wiseman (Victor Castle), Jon Cypher (Harry Mallory), Helaine Lembeck (Anna Castle), Tom Everett (Freddie D’Angelo), Stuart Nisbet (Charles Walker), Allan Wasserman (Gino Albertini), Floyd Levine (Abe Weinstein), Mark Margolis (Peter Calicas), John Mansfield (Walter March), Stacey Elliot (Young Laurel), Daniel Sabia (Joey Fingers), Alfred Dennis (Barzotti), David J Partington (Warehouse owner), Robert Pastorelli (Matteo Villani), Joe Faust (CEO), Ronnie Carol (Angela March), Martin Treat (Desk clerk), Michele Russell (Button man), Warren Stanhope (Maitre d’), Brian Frank (Young Robert), Michael Bendetti (Young Nick). 1840... Ladykillers (ABC, 11/9/1988, 120 mins). Feminist cop drama with a clever title having two meanings here puts tough-cookie police detective Marilu Henner on the trail of a female psycho (or psychos) whose victims are male strippers at a steamy L.A. nightclub called “Ladykillers.” Thomas Calabro is her hunky young rookie partner she sends undercover to take his clothes off. Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Lewis. Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Producer Andrew Hill. Teleplay Gregory S. Dinallo. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Mark Snow. Editor J.P. Farrell. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Marilu Henner (Lt. Samantha Flannery), Susan Blakely (Lilah Corbett), Thomas Calabro (Cavanaugh), William Lucking (Capt. Eric Bucholtz), Alexandra Borrie (Jane Rand), Mark Carlton (Sergeant Kramer), David Correia (Garcia), Gary Hudson (Michael Foster), Michael Ensign (Dr. Nelson Eisenman), Del Zamora (Pelo), Lesley-Anne Down (Morganna Ross), Keith David (Abe Nicholson), Lela Ivey (Sue Hiller), Dan Blom (Hugo), Neil Farrell (Timothy Walden), Scott Layne (Gene), Keith McDaniel (Bobby), Margery Nelson (Woman at club), Daniel K. Peterson (Wally), Jeff Harlan (MC), Michael Hartson (James), Peter Parros (Zak Lockhart), Madeline Swift (Julie), Milt Tarver (Mitch).

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1841... Laguna Heat (HBO, 11/15/1987, 115 mins). Suspense thriller about a California cop who, following his partner’s murder and the dissolution of his stormy marriage, leaves L.A. and goes home to repair a strained relationship with his father--only to find that crime has followed: he’s hip deep in corruption and flaming bodies are turning up all around him. This was the first in what was hoped to be a series of mystery dramas involving novelist T. Jefferson Parker’s detective Tom Shephard. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Jay Weston Productions. Director Simon Langton. Executive Director Jay Weston. Producer Bill Badalato. Teleplay Pete Hamill, D. Eyre Jr., David Burton Morris. Based on a Book by T. Jefferson Parker. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Joseph T. Garrity. Art Director Pat Tagliaferro. Associate Producer Fred Baron. Cast Harry Hamlin (Tom Shephard), Jason Robards (Wade Shephard), Rip Torn (Joe Datilla), Catherine Hicks (Jane Algernon), Anne Francis (Helene Long), James Gammon (Grimes), Jeff Kober (Vic Harmon), Dehl Berti (Azul Mercante), Rutanya Alda (Dr. Koryden), Clyde Kusatsu (Coroner), Gary Pagett (Pavliki), Fred Ponzlov (Ricky Hyams), Peter Jason (Chief Hanover), Tom Pedi (Jimmy Hyikama), Peggy Doyle (Dot Hyikama), Peter Brocco (Judge Rubio), Ryan McWhorter (Young Tom), Amy Michelson (Reporter), Dennis Lee Kelly, Dave Rembrandt, Liza Ross, Harry Woolf, Fredric Arnold, Michael D’Agosta, Sally Fallender, Bentley Evans, Roberta Hanlen. 1842... The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (NBC, 2/16/1986, 120 mins). The story of the James boys gets another retelling with the contemporary country music counterpart of the old Sinatra “Rat Pack,” including buddies Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson (in a cameo as Rebel General Jo Shelby), David Allen Coe and June Carter Cash (Johnny’s wife here playing his and Kris’ mother!)--all of whom later would also turn up in the TV remake of “Stagecoach.” Filming was done on location in Nashville and environs, probably so that the stars could remain close to their recording studios. Production Company Joseph Cates Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Joseph Cates. Producer Phillip Cates. Teleplay William Stratton. Photography Tony Imi. Music Paul Chihara. Song “The Legend of Jesse James” Performed by Johnny Cash. Editor Patrick McMahon. Production Designer David Gropman. Cast Johnny Cash (Frank James), Kris Kristofferson (Jesse James), Ed Bruce (Major Edwards), Gail Youngs (Anna James), David Allan Coe (Whiskeyhead Ryan), Andrew R. Stahl (Dick Liddil), June Carter Cash (Mother James), Willie Nelson (Gen. Jo Shelby), Marcia Cross (Sarah Hite), Darrell Wilks (Bob Ford), Margaret Gibson (Zee James), James Sinclair (Charlie Ford), Cherie Elledge Grapes (Martha Bolton), Peter Bradshaw (Wood Hite), Earl Poole Ball (Squire Farnum), Jack Barlow (Uncle George Hite), Mac Bennett (Clarence Hite), John Brown (Gentleman), Dan Butler (New York reporter), Glen Clark (Angry man), David Cobb (Dr. Samuel), Bruce Darnaham (Sedalia reporter), Ed Evans (Gov. Tom Crittenden), Marshall Falwell (Jim Ward), Buck Ford (William Pinkerton), Donnie Fritts (Jury foreman), Lecille Harris (Bartender), Mary Jane Harrill (Actress), Dan Hoffman (Conductor Westfall), John Jay Hooker Jr. (John Phillip), G.W. Jones (Colonel Sariston), Irv Kane (John Eulich), Joe Kurtzo (French Joe Duval), Jack Lawrence (Galatin Sheriff), Slick Lawson (Ed Kelly), William Newman (Sheriff Timberlake), John Ramsey (Jake Iglehart), Kal Roberts (Slim Whitsett), Jack Wesley Routh (Train supervisor), John Jackson Routh (Jesse at age 3), Rick Schulman (Maddox), Jimmy Tittle (Jim McDaniels), Dennis Tucker (Bud McDaniels), Byron Warner (William Wallace), Charlie Williams (Judge). 1843... The Last Days of Patton (CBS, 9/14/1986, 180 mins). George C. Scott returned to a favorite subject, the role of George S. Patton Jr., 14 years after playing the famed World War II general initially and winning (but refusing) the Academy Award for his big screen portrayal. This three-hour drama chronicles Patton’s postwar career from May 1945 until his death just before Christmas from injuries sustained 12 days earlier in a freak automobile accident. Scott has perhaps the longest death scene in screen history, lasting nearly one-third of the film, shot primarily in England in June 1985. Veteran actor Murray Hamilton had his final role here, as Patton’s close friend, Gen. Hobart “Hap” Gay. Production Company Entertainment Partners Inc. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Robert E. Fuisz. Producers William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman. Teleplay William Luce. Based on a Book by Ladislas Farago. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer Peter James. Associate Producer Norman Foster. Costume Designer Phyllis Dalton. Cast George C Scott (Gen. George S. Patton Jr.), Eva Marie Saint (Beatrice Patton), Richard Dysart (Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower), Murray Hamilton (Gen. Hobart “Hap” Gay), Ed Lauter (Lt. Col. Paul S. Hill), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Jean Gordon), Horst Janson (Baron Von Wangenheim), Daniel Benzali (Col. Glen Spurling), Ron Berglas (Young George Patton), Don Fellows (Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith), Errol John (Sgt. George Meeks), Alan MacNaughton (Brigadier Hugh Cairns), Paul Maxwell (Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes), Lee Patterson (Col. Paul Harkins), Shane Rimmer (Col. Lawrence Ball), Erika Hoffman (Young Beatrice), Ian Tyler (PFC Horace “Woody” Woodring), Aaron Swartz (Sgt. Joe Spruce), William Hope (MP Corp. Philip Leach), Bradley Lavelle (Thompson), Daniel Kash (Melvin), Lou Hirsch (Dexter), Ray Charleson (MP Lieutenant Mertz), David Gilliam (MP Lieutenant Babalas), Paul Michael (Capt. Ned Snyder), Thomasine Heiner (Lt. Bertha Hohle), Irina Brook (Lt. Ann Maertz), Lesa Lockford (Nurse O’Brien), Michael John Paliotti (Capt. Warren A. Lapp), Christopher Malcolm (Maj. Ken Morgan), Garrick Hagon (Lt. Col. Walter Kerwin), Devon Scott (Nancy), Tony Sibbald (Major Kelleher), Olivier Pierre (Richard Thorpe), John Sterland (Tom Reilly), Pat Starr (Catherine McNulty), Peter Banks (Father White), Amanda Mainard (English correspondent at Hospital), Frank Dux (American correspondent at Hospital), Sharon Holm (Ruth Ellen Patton), Michael Fitzpatrick (Officer at party), Van Hinman (Vocalist at party), Jeff Harding (West Point professor), Bill Hutchinson (General Mason), Crispin Denys (SS Colonel), Terry Gurry (SS Sergeant), Oscar Quitak (Minister President Schaeffer), Catherine Strauss (WAC aide to General Patton),

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Diana Hunter (WAC aide to General Gay), Nancy Crane (WAC aide to General Eisenhower), Keith Edwards (Patton’s Father), Michael Domenico (Patton at age 8), Trinity Boys Choir (Hospital Choir). 1844... The Last Days of Pompeii (ABC, 5/6/1984 to 5/8/1984, 3 parts, 7 hours). This three-part seven-hour BritishItalian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon. Carmen Culver, who wrote the teleplay to “The Thorn Birds,” did this (tongue-in-cheek?) adaptation of Lytton’s novel, and Jack Cardiff, who photographed such screen classics as “The Red Shoes” and “War and Peace,” as well as TV’s “Ivanhoe,” “Masada” and “The Far Pavillions,” was the cinematographer. This miniseries also had the dubious distinction of being scheduled, in a rare network programming ploy, directly opposite another one, “V--The Final Battle.” Production Companies RAI, David Gerber Productions, Centerpoint Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Peter Hunt. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producers Richard Irving, William Hill. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on the Novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Photography Jack Cardiff. Music Trevor Jones. Editors Michael Ellis, Richard Marden. Production Designer Michael Stringer. Cast Ned Beatty (Diomed), Brian Blessed (Olinthus), Ernest Borgnine (Marcus), Nicholas Clay (Glaucus), Lesley-Anne Down (Chloe), Olivia Hussey (Ione), Siobhan McKenna (Fortunata), Franco Nero (Arbaces), Linda Purl (Nydia), Anthony Quayle (Quintus), Duncan Regehr (Lydon), Laurence Olivier (Gaius), Benedict Taylor (Antonius), Gerry Sundquist (Clodius), Catriona MacColl (Julia), Tony Anholt (Lepidus), David Robb (Sallust), Stephen Grief (Sporus), Peter Cellier (Calenus), Barry Stokes (Gar), Howard Lang (Medon), Malcolm Jamieson (Petrus), Marilu Tolo (Xenia), Francesca Roma Coluzzi (Stratonice), Brian Coucher (Melior), George Claydon (Philos), Brian Coburn (Burbo), Joyce Blair (Lucretia), Michael Quill (Catus). 1845... The Last Fling (ABC, 2/9/1987, 120 mins). Romantic comedy about a lonely man who finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to learn that Ms. Right is not who she says she is and is about to marry someone else--and he has to do something about that. A number of TV stars, past, present, and future, gave this lighthearted tale its bounce. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Corey Allen. Executive Producer Leonard Hill. Supervising Producer Robert M. Myman. Producer Ron Gilbert. Co-Producers Joseph Ackerman, Mitchel Lee Katlin. Teleplay Mitchel Lee Katlin. Photography Peter Stein. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Daniel Cahn. Art Director Stephen Berger. Associate Producer Daniel Cahn. Cast John Ritter (Phil Reed), Connie Sellecca (Gloria Franklin), Randee Heller (Mimi), John Bennett Perry (Jason Elliott), Paul Sand (Jack Berman), Scott Bakula (Drew), Kate Zentall (Lynda Berman), Shannon Tweed (Joan Preston), Larry Gelman (Walt), Gretchen Wyler (Mrs. Franklin), Andrew Masset (Doug), Janet Wood (Nancy), Steve Kahan (Steve), Bea Silvern (Sophia), Michael Alldredge (Larry Fields), Lucas Andreas (Putulski), Brian Mann (Gloria’s brother), Paddi Edwards (Mrs. Reed), Deena Freeman (Beverly), Olive Dunbar, Julie Parrish, Kelly Andrus, Jamie Bizian, Dean Dittman, Don Draper, Rick Garcia, Rod Gist, H.B. Haggerty, Lillian Lehman, Mario Lopez, Maria Mayenzet, Ben Mittleman, Read Scott. 1846... The Last Frontier (CBS, 10/5/1986 and 10/7/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Drama about (in the words of the network press release) “a courageous American woman in Australia who battles an unmerciful environment, the greed of land-hungry neighbors, and her own dangerous yearning for a handsome renegade,” played respectively by Linda Evans, Jason Robards and Australian stars Judy Morris and Jack Thompson. Except for the first two, and Meredith Salinger and Peter Billingsley (as Linda Evans’ children), the entire cast is basically Australian. Toni Lamond, as a rough-hewn Outback neighbor, is singer Helen Reddy’s older sister. Production Companies McElroy and McElroy Productions, Taft Hardie Group (New Zealand) Ltd. Director Simon Wincer. Executive Producer Hal McElroy. Producer Tim Sanders. Teleplay Michael Laurence, John Misto. Based on a Story by Michael Laurence, Hal McElroy. Photography Ian Baker. Photography (LA) Thomas Neuwirth. Music Brian May. Supervising Editor Tony Paterson. Production Designer Ross Major. Cast Linda Evans (Kate Hannon), Jack Thompson (Nick Stenning), Jason Robards (Ed Stenning), Judy Morris (Meg Stenning), Tony Bonner (Tom Hannon), Meredith Salinger (Tina Adamson), Peter Billingsley (Marty Adamson), Toni Lamond (Auntie Dier), John Ewart (Henry Dingwell), Beth Buchanan (Zoe Hannon), Asher Keddie (Emma Hannon), Les Foxcroft (Ralph), Peter Ford (Phil), Elizabeth Coulter (Molly), Les Dayman (Bowman), Micole Mercurio (Judy), Bill Sandy (Gillie), Laurence Barlow (Jamie), Barry Donnelly (Simmo), Lois Foraker (Mary), David Ravenswood (Austin), Jack Allen (Barman), Michael Gow (Bert), Mary Lou Stewart (Teacher), Janet MacLaughlin (Fran). 1847... The Last Innocent Man (HBO, 4/19/1987, 113 mins). Courtroom drama with a top criminal attorney coming back to the bar one last time and becoming involved in a deadly affair with a woman who has persuaded him to defend her estranged husband on murder charges. 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that has in its cast, as an urbane, malevolent wife-killer, David Suchet, who later would establish himself as the definitive Hercule Poirot in several dozen British productions based on Agatha Christie’s peripatetic detective. Production Companies Maurice Singer Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Roger Spottiswoode. Executive Producer Maurice Singer. Producer Ron Silverman. Teleplay Dan Bronson. Based on a Novel by Phillip M. Margolin. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors Lois Freeman-Fox, Paul Seydor. Production Designer Steven Legler. Art Director Steven Karatzas. 2nd Unit Photographer Stephen L Posey. Associate Producers Donna Dubrow, Dan Bronson. Cast Ed Harris (Harry Nash), Roxanne Hart (Jenny Stafford), David Suchet (Jonathan Gault), Bruce McGill (Det. Burt Matson), Darrell Larson (Phillip Stafford), Rose Gregorio (Monica Powers), Clarence Williams III (D.J. Johnson), Robert Lesser (Jerry Landau), Joe Mays (Lester Grimes), Meshach Taylor (Crosby), Michael Durrell (District Attorney), Frank Koppala (Tony Seals), Charles Lampkin (Judge Clement Autley), Robert S. Biheller (Thorp), Lance Rosen (Defense Attorney), Anne Whitfield (Crime lab witness), Robert H. Harris (Medical witness), Richard Willis (Automobile witness), Tracy Conklin (Clothing witness), Gary Brickner-Schulz (Police witness), Judge Richard Unis (Himself), Kim Frankel (Judge Paula Lathrop), Rebecca Webb (Newscaster), Phillip M. Margolin (Foreman), Dave Alexander (Foreman), Karen Trumbo (Marge Hirsch), Tee Dennard (Kermit), Curt Hanson (Clerk), Charles Compton (Clerk), Matt Williams (Reporter), Kim Singer (Reporter), Eric Hull (Technician), Russ Fast (Ambulance driver), Kevin Connolly (Policeman), De Von Poe (Rap singer), Ursus Stroud (Rap singer), Charles Stewart (Lawyer’s aide), Nannette Renée Blakely (Crazy Lucy). 1848... The Last Ninja (ABC, 7/7/1983, 120 mins). The double life of an American art dealer who is secretly a Ninja, raised from infancy by a Japanese-American family and is recruited, in this pilot to a prospective series, to rescue a group of important scientists held by terrorists atop a Dallas skyscraper. Michael Beck’s adoptive sister is played by veteran actress Nancy Kwan, who alone shares his secret, and his nemesis is Richard Lynch as the fanatical professor trying to steal a vital mobile laser system. Production Company Paramount Network Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Anthony Spinner. Teleplay Ed Spielman. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Bob Cobert. Editors Peter Parasheles, Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Michael Beck (Ken Sakura), Nancy Kwan (Noriko), John McMartin (Cosmo), Mako (Mataro Sakura), Richard Lynch (Prof. Gustave Norden), John Larroquette (Army officer), Irene Tedrow (Dr. Stanford), Carmen Argenziano (Rooney), Kevin Brando (Young Ken), Robin Gammell (Dr. McAllister), Shizuko Hoshi (Miyako), Rob Kim (Sasaki), Christopher Mahar (Amin), Rob Narita (Akira), Ivan Saric (Aziz), Henry Slate (Cleaning man), Curtis Credel (Hauptmann), Carolyn Seymour (Lydia), Frank Arno (Operative), Clabe Hartley (Seidler), John Hugh (Bob), Ronald A. Kauk (Slack chain walker), Tony Lee (Hiromi), Leigh Walsh (Green Eyes). 1849... Last of the Great Survivors (CBS, 1/3/1984, 120 mins). A dedicated social worker (Pam Dawber) joins forces with a group of senior citizens fighting City Hall to prevent the demolition of their apartment building and falls for the man she meets on a blind date at a punk rock club. She soon learns that he is the building inspector who condemned the seniors’ decrepit home, forcing her to turn to her amorous ex-boyfriend lawyer to find the loophole that will save the building. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Producers Andrew Gottlieb, Doris Keating. Teleplay Jim Kouf. Photography James Glennon. Music Artie Butler. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Associate Producer Jill Trump. Cast Pam Dawber (Laura Mathews), James Naughton (Richard Wylie), Thom Bray (Eddie), Maryedith Burrell (Vie), Nedra Volz (Gladys), Fritz Feld (Mary LaFontaine), Michael Callan (Jerry Matson), Charles Lampkin (Elroy), Jerado DeCordovier (Chief Dancing Dog), Gloria Gifford (Ms. Revson), Richard Kuss (Arnold Brooks), Pat McNamara (Reginald Burke), Helene Frances (Ms. Williamson), Roy Jenson (Driver), Bob Hoy (Derelict), John Paragon (Beef), Gene Ross (Sergeant Muldoon), Kirk Scott (Buddy Henshaw), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Mark Bringelson (Newsman), Dr. Joyce Brothers (Herself), Polly Burson (Resident), Chris Caputo (Big Guy), Hillary Carlip (Star), Ruth Clarkson (Receptionist), Carol Keppler (TV reporter), Lee Lucas (Mad punk), Boyd Morgan (Mr. Jessup), Peter Pan (Chinese man), Wally Rose (Resident), Tom Steele (Danny), Chequered Past (Rock band), Locke (Max the chimp). 1850... The Last Precinct (NBC, 1/26/1986, 120 mins). In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent (Spring 1986) short-lived series, a bunch of bumbling misfits and rejects from the police academy, all assembled under straitlaced but dim-witted Captain Adam West (“Batman” of yore), fumble their way to success cracking a drug ring run by a blind mobster. Every cop show cliché and tired gag found its way into this “Airplane” rip-off set in a run-down big city precinct. Production Company Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Hy Averback. Executive Producers Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo. Supervising Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producers William F. Phillips, Jim Mulligan. Teleplay Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Edward Rio Rotunno. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors George S. Rohrs, John J. Dumas, Howard Terrill. Art Director Robert J. Bacon. Associate Producers Steve Beers, Rob S. Bowman. Cast Jonathan Perpich (Sgt. Price Pascall), Ernie Hudson (Sgt. “Night Train” Lane), Wings Hauser (Lt. Ronald Hobbs), Randi Brooks (Off. Mel Brubaker), Rick Ducommun (Off. William “Raid” Raider), Lucy Lee Flippin (Off. Rina Starland), Vijay Amritraj (Alphabet), Yana Nirvana (Sgt. Martha Haggerty), Pete Wilcox (The King), Hank Rolike (Sundance), Keenan Wynn (Butch), Adam West (Capt. Rob Wright), Carl Strano (Dead-Eye Al Morada), James Cromwell (Deputy Chief Arnold Bludhorn),

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Geoffrey Elliott (Justin Dial), Misty Rowe (Charmaine), George Pentecost (Jay Hornburg), Jere Burns (Junior Allen), Derek McGrath (Kagan), Katherine Kelly Lang (Crystal), Jack Andreozzi (Angie), Robert Miranda (Solly Rico), Joe Pento (Luke), Nicolette Scorsese (Stacey), Jason Edwards (Sergeant), John Davey (Watch commander), Stan Kamber (Sherm), Robert Morof (Attendant), Louisa Abernathy (Bailiff). 1851... The Last Song (CBS, 10/23/1980, 120 mins). In her first TV-movie following her starmaking “Wonder Woman” series, Lynda Carter is an aspiring singer who unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner in their electronic eavesdropping business were murdered, and discovers that she and her daughter are now being stalked by the killers. Production Companies Motown Productions, Ron Samuels Productions. Director Alan J Levi. Executive Producer Ron Samuels. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Photography Robert Hoffman. Music Johnny Harris. Title Song Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch. Song Performed by Lynda Carter. Editor Erwin Dumbrille. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Associate Producer Patricia Sonsini. Cast Lynda Carter (Brooke Newman), Ronny Cox (Sid Pachanski), Nicholas Pryor (Ryan), Paul Rudd (Gary Aronson), Jenny O’Hara (Deb Pierce), Dale Robinette (Mike Newman), William Lucking (Detective Colin), Don Porter (Philip Brockhurst), Louanne (Abby Newman), Ed Bernard (Morgan), Robert Phalen (Arnold Overstratten), Kene Holliday (Doug), Ben Piazza (Ken Pentoff), Charles Aidman (Dr. Shaw), Anthony Charnota (Webster), Arthur Taxier (Stuart), John Sylvester White (Philip Hagar), David Mendenhall (Bobby Pierce), Drew Michaels (Lloyd Pierce), Bobby Rolofson (Jeffrey Pierce), Bill Cross (Emmett Gardner), Denise Denise (Passenger agent), Buddy Farmer (Guard), Karl Johnson (Policeman), Dan Magiera (Russ), Duane Tucker (Hard hat), S. John Launer (John Millikan). 1852... Laura Lansing Slept Here (NBC, 3/7/1988, 120 mins). This lighthearted star vehicle sparkler for Katharine Hepburn, a variation on “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” was written for her by James Prideaux (who’d also written her previous “Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry”). Playing an outrageous, world-famous novelist she bets her agent that she can still lead a normal life with the Little People, and invades the home of a middle-class suburban couple and their kids for seven days, turning their place upside down as she meddles humorously in their affairs. The family’s teenage daughter, Schuyler Grant, is Hepburn’s real-life niece. Original title: “Guest Appearance” Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf-Eckstein Production, Gaylord Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producer George Schaefer. Co-Producer James Prideaux. Teleplay James Prideaux. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Peter Matz. Editor Rod Stephens. Art Director Ian D. Thomas. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast Katharine Hepburn (Laura Lansing), Karen Austin (Melody Gomphers), Brenda Forbes (Doris Weems), Joel Higgins (Walter Gomphers), Lee Richardson (Larry Baumgarten), Nicolas Surovy (Conway Reed), Schuyler Grant (Annette Gomphers), Moira Walley (Violet), Janet Wright (Francey Barbour), Sean Harmon (Walter Gomphers Jr.), Ryan/Kyle Comber (Malcolm Gomphers), Kevin McNulty (Howard), Dana Still (Talk show host), Merrilyn Gann (Talk show host), Freda Perry (TV interviewer), Venus Terzo (Soap opera woman #1), Beverly Hendry (Soap opera woman #2). 1853... LBJ: The Early Years (NBC, 2/1/1987, 180 mins). Randy Quaid earned an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson in this three-hour TV biography tracing LBJ’s personal and political rise to fame and fortune, from 1934 when he was a secretary to a Texas congressman and then as House Speaker Sam Rayburn’s protégé to his later clashes with Robert Kennedy and his inauguration as President following the JFK assassination in November 1963. Patti LuPone, best known previously for her role on Broadway as Evita Peron, here plays Lady Bird Johnson. Robert Kennedy is played by James F. Kelly, who has built a virtual career in that part (he also was Bobby Kennedy several week earlier in the TV dramatization of J. Edgar Hoover’s life). “LBJ: The Early Years” also won Emmy nominations as Outstanding TV Movie and for director Peter Werner, composer Johnny Mandel, editor Steve Cohen, and sound mixer Don Summers. Production Companies Louis Rudolph Films, Brice Productions, Fries Entertainment. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Louis Rudolph. Producers John Brice, Sandra Saxon Brice. Teleplay Ken Trevey. Photography John Lindley. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor Steve Cohen. Production Designer Jane Musky. Cast Randy Quaid (Lyndon B Johnson), Patti LuPone (Lady Bird Johnson), Morgan Brittany (Alice Glass), Pat Hingle (Sam Rayburn), R.G. Armstrong (Lyndon’s father), Barry Corbin (Judge Wirtz), Robin Curtis (Jacqueline Kennedy), Charles Frank (John F. Kennedy), James F. Kelly (Robert F. Kennedy), Kevin McCarthy (Joseph P. Kennedy), Jack Blessing (Billy Bob Proudy), Tony Frank (Samuels), Jack Garner (Charles Marsh), Anne Haney (Lyndon’s mother), Jerry Hardin (Earl), Don Moss (Hubert Humphrey), Michael Greene (Coke Stevenson), Woody Eney (Richard Kleberg), Royce Wallace (Phoebe Wilson), Royal Dano (Southern Senator), Joan Prather, Sandy Ward, Ian Wolfe, Gary Bayer, Bruce Gray, Joan Welles, Frances Conroy, Ron Hayes, Bob Aaron, Dave Adams, Jennifer Lynn Bigonger, Margaret Blye, Jim Boeke, Tommy Bush, David Carlile, Rudy Challenger, George Christy, Terrence Evans, William Fair, Kate Finlayson, Al Hansen, Ted Hayden, Linda Hoy, Tom Maier, Kenny Marsten, Ken McGee, Duncan McLeod, Burr Middleton, Leslie Morris, Merritt Olsen, Jerry Potter, Dan Priest, Buddy Quaid, Berkley Quinn, Celeste Simpson-Boyd, Angela Skinner, Bill Smillie, Sonja Svenson, Walter Silvest, Tamara Taylor, Michael Dan Wagner, Tim Ware, Bob Wills Jr., Lesley Woods.

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1854... Leap of Faith (CBS, 10/6/1988, 120 mins). Drama following the spiritual and psychological journey of the real life Debby Franke Ogg who refused to accept a medical death sentence for cancer and beat the odds with less traditional methods for a cure--visualization, exercise and nutrition, and meditation and bio feedback. Actress Marlo Thomas, initially to have been cast in the lead, was one of the executive producers with her two partners. Production Company Hart, Thomas & Berlin Productions. Director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Executive Producers Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas, Kathie Berlin. Producer Ira Marvin. Teleplay Bruce Hart. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Charles Gross. Song Don Henley, Glen Frey. Song Performed by Lynn Fanelli. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designer K.C. Fox. Associate Producer Benjamin A. Weissman. Cast Anne Archer (Debby Franke Ogg), Sam Neill (Oscar Ogg), Frances Lee McCain (Susan), Louis Giambalvo (Dr. Santini), Norman Parker (Marty), James Hong (Mr. Li), James Tolkan (Dr. Bernie Siegel), Elizabeth Ruscio (Kathy), CCH Pounder (Roberta), Michael Constantine (Dr. Rudolph), Kent Williams (Dr. Simms), Kelly Wolf (Sara), Aaron Lustig (Dr. Kent), Tony Abatemarco (Yogi Gupta), Dean Norris (Richard), Lora Zane (Karen), Georgia Emelin (Vanessa), John Gowans (Dr. Siegel’s seminar), Lia Sargent (Dr. Siegel’s seminar), Willie Walton (Dr. Siegel’s seminar), Joan deMarris (Dr. Siegel’s seminar), Kathe Mazur (Dr. Siegel’s seminar), Ronald William Lawrence (Carpenter #1), Joe Verroca (Carpenter #2), Chloe Amateau (Young woman), Annie Olson (Secretary), Sharon Mansano (Young Debby). 1855... Leave ’Em Laughing (CBS, 4/29/1981, 120 mins). Mickey Rooney is real-life clown Jack Thum who, with his devoted wife Shirlee, cared for dozens of homeless children--37 of them over the years--in the Chicago area, all of whom come back to visit when they discover he’s terminally ill. The film reunited Rooney with another former child star from the MGM days, director Jackie Cooper. They had worked together as teenagers in “The Devil Is a Sissy” in 1935 and later as adults in “Everything’s Ducky” in 1961. Production Companies Julian Fowles Productions, Charles Fries Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Julian Fowles. Supervising Producer Alan Sacks. Teleplay Cynthia Mandelberg. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song “Wear a Smile” by Stanley Ralph Ross, Jimmie Haskell. Song Performed by Mickey Rooney. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Ned Parsons. Associate Producer Paul Harrison. Cast Mickey Rooney (Jack Thum), Anne Jackson (Shirlee Thum), Allen Goorwitz (Dr. Arthur Abrams), Elisha Cook (Jetter), Michael LeClair (Tom), William Windom (Smiley Jenkins), Red Buttons (Roland Green), Carol Ann Susi (Gina), Bruce French (McClain), DeVoreaux White (Ralph), Adrienne Kingman (Alice), Jan Stratton (1st nurse), Candy Mobley (2nd nurse), Gary Miller (Jeff), Joseph Pon (Ringmaster), Richard Paxton (Man), Dione Paray (Trapeze lady), William McCabe (Clown), Danny Lance (Zooky). 1856... The Leftovers (ABC, 11/16/1986, 120 mins). John Denver, in his television movie acting debut, is director of a foster facility for older children in this Disney comedy about hard-to-adopt kids--or “leftovers” as they call themselves--and Cindy Williams is the pretty widow (an orphan herself) who not only signs on as his housekeeper but also, predictably, captures the hearts of Denver and his charges. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Paul Schneider. Executive Producer Susan B. Landau. Teleplay Gen LeRoy. Based on a Story by Steven Slavkin, Gen LeRoy. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Tom Scott. Editors Norman Hollyn, Dick Darling. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast John Denver (Max Sinclair), Cindy Williams (Heather Drew), George Wyner (Mr. Gladstone), Pamela Segall (Jesse), Andrea Barber (Zoey), Matthew Brooks (Kim), Douglas Emerson (Harry), Jason Presson (Charlie), Jaleel White (Jake), Matthew Laurance (Dan), Henry Jones (Thorndike), Anne Seymour (Aunt Winifred), Bernadette Birkett (Miss Parillo), Lucy Butler (Real estate lady), Allan David Fox (2nd assistant), Willie Garson (Gladstone’s assistant), Ed Hooks (Cab driver), John Hostetter (Mr. Harmon), Terry Wills (Mr. Wiggans), Enid Kent (Mrs. Wiggans), John Ingle (Commissioner), Richard McGonagle (Danny Scott), Dom Irrera (Mechanic), Carolyn Kennedy (Anchor person). 1857... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (NBC, 10/31/1980, 120 mins). The venerable Washington Irving literary classic about clumsy schoolteacher Ichabod Crane’s encounter with the fabled Headless Horseman in the town of Sleepy Hollow initially premiered, typically, on Halloween night. An entry in NBC’s periodic “Classics Illustrated” series, this presentation was framed by hosts Gary Coleman and Steve Allen, whose appearances were eliminated subsequently. It was to be the only “Classic Illustrated” movie to receive an Emmy Award nomination--as Outstanding Children’s Program. Production Companies Schick Sunn Classics, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Henning Schellerup. Executive Producer Charles Sellier Jr. Producer James L. Conway. Teleplay Jack Jacobs, Marvin Wald, Tom Chapman. Based on a Book by Washington Irving. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Bob Summers. Editor Michael Spence. Production Designer Paul Staheli. Art Director John David Peters. Cast Jeff Goldblum (Ichabod Crane), Dick Butkus (Brom Bones), Meg Foster (Katrina Van Tassel), Paul Sand (Frederic Dutcher), John Sylvester White (Fritz Vanderhoof), Laura Campbell (Thelma Vanderhoof Dumke), James Griffith (Squire Van Tassel), Michael Ruud (Winthrop Palmer), Karin Isaacson (Jenny), H.E.D. Redford (Karl), Tiger Thompson (Jan Van Tassel), Michael Witt (Ted Vanderhoof).

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1858... The Legend of Walks Far Woman (ABC, 5/31/1982, 145 mins). Raquel Welch made a personal crusade of getting this film about a legendary Blackfoot Indian woman shown. Not only was it her TV acting debut, but also a production of her own company, filmed in 1979 as a three-hour movie, adapted by novelist Evan Hunter from Colin Stuart’s 1976 book. It finally was scheduled as a two hour and 40 minute film nearly three years later, but at the last instant another 15 minutes were shorn from it by simply lopping off the final reel and patching on the last scene, making the ending nearly incomprehensible, and showing Raquel (as Walks Far) at the age of 102, shortly before the real-life Indian’s death in 1953. Except for the star and Bradford Dillman, as a white trader with whom Walks Far falls in love, all the actors were either Native American or Mexican-American. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Raquel Welch Productions, Lee Levinson Productions, EMI Television. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producers Lee Levinson, William S. Gilmore. Teleplay Evan Hunter. Based on a Novel by Colin Stuart. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Editor David Finfer. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Raquel Welch (Walks Far Woman), Bradford Dillman (Singer), George Clutesi (Old Grandfather), Nick Mancuso (Horses Ghost), Eloy Phil Casados (Feather Earrings), Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (Many Scalps), Hortensia Colorado (Red Hoop Woman), Nick Ramus (Left Hand Bull), Alex Hubik (Elk Hollering), Branscombe Richmond (Big Lake), Dehl Berti (Sitting Bull’s envoy), Nocana Aranda (Metis leader), Henry K. Bal (Pipe), Gerald Red Elk (Father of 3 Moccasins), Janice Harman (Janet McKay), Joanelle Nadine Romero (Fire Wing), Philip Beaumont (Little Plume), Ralph Brannen (Fat person), Rudy Diaz (Empty Barrel), Louella Johnson (Assimboin woman), Geraldine Herns (White Calf), Winona Plenty Hoops (2nd midwife), Marie Pretty Paint (1st midwife). 1859... Legs (ABC, 5/2/1983, 120 mins). Three hopefuls--Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner and Maureen Teefy--each wants to be a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, vying for the one open spot the hall’s choreographer, Gwen Verdon (in her TVmovie debut), has to fill. Sheree North plays Geffner’s ex-Rockette mother and John Heard is a magazine reporter who falls for each of the aspiring dancers. The film, for which actor Gregory Harrison was executive producer, was shot partially at Radio City Music Hall and was given a single public showing there several nights before its television premiere. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Radio City Music Hall Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producers Bernard Gersten, Gregory Harrison. Producers Franklin R. Levy, Ron Parker. Teleplay Jerrold Freedman. Based on a Story by Brian Garfield. Photography Allen Daviau. Music Lee Holdridge. Choreographer Violet Holmes. Editor Anthony Redman. Art Director Ed Wittstein. Cast Gwen Verdon (Maureen), John Heard (Dan Foster), Sheree North (Ida), David Marshall Grant (Sid Lewis), Maureen Teefy (Melissa Rizzo), Deborah Geffner (Terry Riga), Shanna Reed (Lisa Norwood), Eileen Collins (Barbara), Barton Heyman (Larry Clark), Ron Karabatsos (Mr. Rizzo), Vera Lockwood (Mrs. Rizzo), Carol Harbich (Paula), Mace Barrett (Bob Schaeffer), Marilyn Cooper (Rita), Robert King (Freddie Tayler), Margery Nelson (Aunt Agnes), Sandra Phillips (Cabbie), Radio City Music Hall Rockettes (Themselves). 1860... Lena: My 100 Children (NBC, 11/23/1987, 120 mins). Affecting fact-based drama with Linda Lavin as a dedicated Jewish teacher who survived the Holocaust by posing as a Gentile in World War II and, to absolve herself of her shame later risked her life to save 100 forlorn Jewish children from prejudice and poverty in Poland and shepherded them to Palestine. The real Lena Kuchler-Silberman, on whose 1961 autobiography the film is based, died two months before the movie’s premiere. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Ed Sherin. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Supervising Producer Philip K. Kleinbart. Producers Tova Laiter, Steve McGlothen. Teleplay Jonathan Rintels, Yabo Yablonsky. Based on a Book by Lena Kuchler-Silberman. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music Misha Segal. Editors Gregory Prange, Michael J. Sheridan. Production Designer Tamas Banovich. Associate Producer Gregory Prange. Cast Linda Lavin (Lena Kuchler-Silberman), Torquil Campbell (Harold), Leonore Harris (Bella), Cynthia Wilde (Rhea), George Touliatos (Polonski), Susannah Hoffman (Maria), John Evans (Sani), Sam Malkin (Stefan), Victoria Wauchope (Mira), Megan Fahlenbock (Hanka), Adam Kositsky (Saul), Andrew Adolphus, Geoffrey Boving, Sean Roberge, Mairon Bennett, Andras Ambrus, Laszlo Sos. 1861... The Letter (ABC, 5/3/1982, 120 mins). In this sumptuous remake of the 1940 Bette Davis-Herbert Marshall version of Somerset Maugham’s tale of smoldering passions on a rubber plantation in the Malayan jungles, Lee Remick and Australian actor Jack Thompson star as the restless wife and her rubber planter husband behind whose back she had been playing around with the man she is now accused of murdering. Among the various other screen versions of the melodrama: in 1929 with Jeanne Eagels and Herbert Marshall, and in 1947 (as “The Unfaithful”) with Ann Sheridan and Zachary Scott (Lew Ayres was the other man). Before this latest version, which won Emmy Awards for photography, art direction/set design and costume design, and nominations for music and makeup, there had been three other TV adaptations: in 1950 with Madeleine Carroll starring; in 1952 with Sylvia Sidney and Gene Raymond, and in 1956 with Siobhan McKenna, John Mills and Michael Rennie (the other man). On the “Lux Video Theater” version of “The Unfaithful” in 1956, Jan Sterling was the star. Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producers Anna Cottle, Kip Gowans. Teleplay Lawrence B. Marcus. Based on the Short Story by W. Somerset Maugham. Photography James Crabe. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Maria Padilla.

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Cast Lee Remick (Leslie Crosbie), Ronald Pickup (Howard Joyce), Jack Thompson (Robert Crosbie), Ian McShane (Geoff Hammond), Christopher Cazenove (Off Withers), Kieu Chinh (Chinese woman), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Judge), Sarah Marshall (Dorothy Joyce), Soon-Teck Oh (Ong), James Hong (Old man), Molly Roden (Warden Larkin), Byron Chung (Crosbies’ houseboy), Beulah Quo (Ong’s mother). 1862... A Letter to Three Wives (NBC, 12/16/1985, 120 mins). Updated version of the 1949 movie classic about three wives who, while embarking on a riverboat picnic, receive news that one of their husbands has run off with a beautiful divorcée. This version was notable for the appearance (after many years away from the camera) of Ann Sothern--one of the wives in the original movie--now playing the mother of the Loni Anderson character. Composer Johnny Mandel received an Emmy Award nomination for his score. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Supervising Producer Robert P. Marcucci. Producer Karen Moore. Co-Producer Terry Morse. Teleplay Sally Robinson. Based on the Story “A Letter to Five Wives” John Klempner. Adapted by Vera Caspary. Based on the Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Photography Laszlo George. Music Johnny Mandel. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Richard Wilcox. Cast Loni Anderson (Lora Mae Holloway), Michele Lee (Rita Phipps), Stephanie Zimbalist (Debra Bishop), Charles Frank (Brad Bishop), Michael Gross (George Phipps), Ben Gazzara (Porter Holloway), Doris Roberts (Sadie Finney), Ann Sothern (Ma Finney), Whitney Kershaw (Babe Finney), James Staley (Frank Elkin), David Garrison (Ted Polikoff), Stephen Shellen (Nicky Fletcher), Nancy Warren (Jenny), Hagan Beggs (Freddy), Karen Austin (Kate), Logan Connaughton (Logan Phipps), Noah Connaughton (Noah Phipps), Campbell Lane (Carl), Louise Johann (Melissa), Shane Punt (Mickey), Richard Sargent (Captain), Shelly Fisher (Piano player), Stewart Bethune (Waiter). 1863... Letting Go (ABC, 5/11/1985, 120 mins). A serio-comedy involving a comely schoolteacher, recently dumped by her lover, and a widower, whose life’s been in a tailspin following the death of his wife, who come together in a self-help group and try to shake their melancholy in each other’s company. Two basically comic actors (John Ritter and Sharon Gless) laugh it up through their tears in this surprisingly upbeat movie based on the 1978 book by Dr. Zev Wanderer with Tracy Cabot. Production Companies Adam Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Co-Executive Producer Robert M. Myman. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Charlotte Brown. Based on a Book by Dr. Zev Wanderer, Tracy Cabot. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Lee Holdridge. Song “In My Life” by John Lennon, Paul McCartney. Performed by Rain. Editors Jim Benson, Fred Roth. Art Director Gerry Holmes. Cast John Ritter (Alex Schuster), Sharon Gless (Kate Marshall), Joe Cortese (Neil), Kit McDonough (Sheila), Peter Dvorsky (Jim), Michael Fantini (Max Schuster), Max Gail (Dr. Rudnick), Barbara Gordon (Mrs. Rudnick), Deborah Turnbull (Jean Michaels), Richard Hardacre (Fireman), Rhonda D’Amour (Neil’s girlfriend), Gordon Clapp (Walter [at Therapy]), Laura Owens (Joanne [at Therapy]), Sandra Scott (Angela [at Therapy]), Brenda Kamino (Melodie [at Therapy]), David Bolt (Jerry [at Therapy]), James Edmond (Frank [at Therapy]), Lili Francks (Nitzi [at Therapy]), Michele Scarabelli (Terry), Keanu Reeves (1st stereo teen), Leslie Toth (2nd stereo teen), Ron Bullied (Ken Wood), Francie Klein (Beverly Sander), Taborah Johnson (Waitress), Gino Marrocco (Mr. Brooks), Denise Ferguson (Mrs. Keaton), Philip Williams (Cab driver), Elena Kudaba (Cheesecake lady). 1864... Liberace (ABC, 10/2/1988, 120 mins). The first of two quite selective dramatizations (airing initially in consecutive weeks on different networks) of the life of the flamboyant television and nightclub star who became known as “Mr. Showmanship.” Andrew Robinson’s resemblance to Liberace, who died of AIDS in February 1987, compensated for many of the production’s inaccuracies and inconsistencies--the most glaring of which had a young Liberace accompanying a second-rate cabaret chanteuse in 1934 performing “The Man That Got Away,” a song that was not written until 1954. This “portrait” was billed as the authorized version of the late performer’s life, developed, as the publicity noted “with the full cooperation of the Liberace estate.” Production Companies dick clark productions, Republic Pictures. Director William Hale. Executive Producers Dick Clark, Joel R. Strote. Supervising Producer Arnold Shapiro. Producer Preston Fischer. Teleplay Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Gary William Friedman. Musical Supervisor David. Franco. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer K.C. Fox. Associate Producer John A. Martinelli. Cast Andrew Robinson (Liberace), John Rubinstein (Jamie James), Maris Valaines (Scott Thorsen), Deborah Goodrich (Joanne Rio), Carmen Argenziano (Sam Liberace), Louis Giambalvo (Eddie Rio), Kario Salem (George Liberace), Rue McClanahan (Frances Liberace), Robert Petkoff (Young Liberace), Debi A. Monahan (Miss Bea Haven), Leslie Bevis (Maxine Lewis), Romy Windsor (Jane), Gerald Hiken (John), Benjamin Cleveland (Young George), Alba Francesca (Courtney), Thom Adcox (Darin), Tracy Shaffer (Lydia), Nick Toth, John Kirby, Lily Mariye, Ron Recasner, Charles David Richards, Kim Weeks, Roger Rook, Judy Jean Berns. 1865... Liberace: Behind the Music (CBS, 10/9/1988, 120 mins). Liberace, in this “unauthorized” version, is portrayed from age 19 to 67 by Victor Garber, who--even with outrageous makeup--resembles the popular entertainer not in the least. The Gavin Lambert script shows its subject primarily from the point of view of both Scott Thorsen and Glenn Rivers, Liberace’s companions toward the end of his life. Given creative consultant billing here is Seymour N. Heller, Liberace’s manager of 25 years, who is not even mentioned in the earlier “authorized” TV biography.

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Production Companies Kushner-Locke Company, Canadian International Studios. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Linda Yellen, Nancy Bein. Producer Murray Shostak. Teleplay Gavin Lambert. Photography René Verzier. Music Hagood Hardy. Editor Yves Langlois. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Creative Advisors Peter Locke, Donald Kushner. Creative Consultant Seymour N. Heller. Cast Victor Garber (Liberace), Saul Rubinek (Seymour Heller), Michael Dolan (Scott Thorsen), Maureen Stapleton (Frances Liberace), Shawn Levy (Glenn Rivers), Frances Hyland (Florence), Kenneth Welsh (John Jacobs), Michael Wilkes (George Liberace), George Touliatos (Salvatore Liberace), Paul Hipp (Elvis Presley), Dianne Heatherington (Tessie), Macha Grenon (Joanne Rio), Stephen Watts (Jimmy), Rochelle Bruneau (George’s girl), Joan Heney (Serious lady), Andrew Nichols (Teenager), Shirley Merovitz (Lola), Amanda Strawn (Gladys), Philip Pretten (TV director), Linda Smith (Jane), Pat Crawford Brown (Nancy), Karina Huber (Jimmy’s wife), José Miguel (Luis), Mark Brennan (Basketball player), Philip Spensley (Dr. Taylor), Gayle Garfinkle, Daniel Nelbach, Richard Zeman, Susan Almgren, Michelle Sweeney, Linda O’Dwyer, Martine Aubin. 1866... The Liberators (ABC, 2/8/1987, 120 mins). In this Disney-made historical drama, two young best friends--one white, one black--ride shoulder-to-shoulder to lead runaway slaves out of the pre-Civil War South to the Underground Railway and freedom in Canada. Production Companies Kenneth Johnson Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Kenneth Johnson. Executive Producer Kenneth Johnson. Producer Jeanne Marie Byrd. Supervising Producer Ed Lahti. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson. Photography George Koblasa. Music Joe Harnell. Editor Alan Marks. Art Director Raymond G. Storey. Additional Photography Philip Lathrop. Cast Robert Carradine (John Fairchild), Larry B. Scott (Bill Jackson), Cynthia Dale (Elizabeth Giddings), Renée Jones (Lilah), Bumper Robinson (Adam), Caryn Ward (Emily), James B. Douglas (Crocker Giddings), Denis Forest (Brandt), James Mainprize (Levi Coffin), Marsha Moreau (Angelica Giddings), Ken Pogue (Uncle Avery), Chris Wiggins (Flour merchant), Tonya Lee Williams (Jenny), Barry Edward Blake (Patroler), George Buza (Store owner), Herb J. Chambers (Jacob), Alexander Chapman (Joseph), Gene Clark (Gabriel), Warren Davis (Ticket man), Michael Donaghue (Randolph), Arlene F. Duncan (Amanda), Yohance Dyer (Mathew), Blain Fairman (Sheriff), Lorena Gale (Emily’s mother), Barbara Eve Harris (Bill’s mother), Paul Horruzey (Young John), David W Hudson (Boat builder), David Hughes (Auctioneer), Patricia Idlette (Josie), Nicholas Kilbertus (Dinner guest), Gene Mack (Fred), Andrew Moodie (Emmanuel), Benjamin Newton (Young Bill), Sandi Ross (Mary), G. Danovan Spence (Joshua), Henderson Walcott (Jedediah). 1867... Liberty (NBC, 6/23/1986, 180 mins). This expensive three-hour drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the 1880s and scheduled for premiere to capitalize on the July 4, 1986, rededication of Lady Liberty, interweaves real-life and fictional characters, was written by noted columnist and author Pete Hamill (who had his name removed and allowed credit to be given to the pseudonymous Robert Malloy). It was filmed entirely on location in Baltimore and in Paris. Frank Langella is the famed sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Chris Sarandon is the fictional Jewish coppersmith from France who helps him create his vision, and Carrie Fisher is poet Emma Lazarus, whose inscription on the base of the Statue helped immortalize it. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Richard C Sarafian. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Co-Executive Producer Jean Chalopin. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Robert Malloy. Photography (France) Jean Tournier. Photography (USA) Johnny E. Jensen. Music William Goldstein. Editor Robert Florio. Additional Editing Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Production Designer James Allen. Production Designer (France) Francois DeLamothe. Art Directors Vincent Peranio, Stephen Walker. Associate Producer Gabrielle Mandelik. Cast Chris Sarandon (Jack Marchand), Frank Langella (Frederic Auguste Bartholdi), Carrie Fisher (Emma Lazarus), Dana Delany (Moya Trevor), Corinne Touzet (Jeanne Baheau), George Kennedy (Seamus Reilly), Claire Bloom (Madam Bartholdi), LeVar Burton (Robert Johnson), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Eduard de Laboulaye), Remak Ramsey (John LaFarge), Philip Bosco (Boss William Tweed), Alan North (Ulysses S. Grant), Max Wright (Alexandre Gustave Eiffel), Jean DeBaer (Allyse), Walter Gotell (Rabbi Goteyel), Angela Bassett (Linda Thornton), Dennis Boutsikaris (Joseph Pulitzer), David Franchetta (First mate), Richard Dix (Iron monger), Donald Neal (Flagler), Mike Scott (Higgins), Paul Pompian (1st businessman), Pat Blake (Anderson), Richard C. Sarafian (Philbert Evans), Joe Glenn (Mayor Hall), Jim Scopalias (Denton), Roland Bezman (Teacher), Bud Seese (Gustafson), Brian Gottesman (Itzhak), Terrence Riggins (Frankie Martin), John Reeves (Carter), Rik Viola (Osgood), Tom Signorelli, Doug Roberts, Rosemary Knower, Robert Creese, Seymour Horowitz, David Samson, Mary Hunter, Hans Kramm, Prudence Barry, Jimmy Carr, Paul Hjelmervik, Art Laupus, Maya Lebenzon, Louie Elias, Daniel Joseph Bernard, Jean-Pierre Stewart. 1868... License to Kill (CBS, 1/10/1984, 120 mins). In this companion piece of sorts to “M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers,” James Farentino and Penny Fuller are a married couple whose college-bound daughter is killed in an automobile accident with a drunk driver (Don Murray), who had a few drinks too many with his country club cronies. Production Companies Marian Rees Associates, Dorothea G. Petrie Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay William A. Schwartz. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Song “Time in a Bottle” Written and Performed by Jim Croce. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Jack Marty. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins.

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Cast James Farentino (John Peterson), Penny Fuller (Judith Peterson), Don Murray (Tom Fiske), Millie Perkins (Mary Fiske), Ari Meyers (Amy Peterson), Donald Moffat (Howard Webster), Jacqueline Brookes (Judge Miriam Roth), Kristen Vigard (Lynne Peterson), Denzel Washington (Martin Sawyer), George Martin (Steve), John M. Jackson (Officer Caskey), Joe Rainer (Reece Campbell), Jerry Haynes (Bill Wilson), Mare Gilpin (Larry Chernoff), Niki Flacks (Meredith), Hugh Gorrian (Brice McCullough), Kenneth Barry (Lou), Brandon Smith (Warren Clark), Howard Fisher (Principal), Christopher Bradley (David), Vernon Grote (Carl), Lawrence Montaigne (Sergeant Hartman), Michele Rusheene (DA’s receptionist), Bob Hibbard (Bailiff), Karen Radcliffe (Court clerk), Ray Walker (Dr. Sandler). 1869... Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (CBS, 9/29/1982, 120 mins). This dramatization of the life of the founder of the first alcoholic recovery house for women in Los Angeles provided Carol Burnett with another dramatic tour-de-force as the gregarious, hard-drinking Beatrice O’Reilly, whose life is turned around by Alcoholics Anonymous. Mitzie Welch, Burnett’s longtime writer, along with husband Ken (who co-produced this film with Mitzie), did the teleplay. Production Companies Welch/Welch Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch. Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Teleplay Mitzie Welch. Photography Al Francis. Music Ian Fraser. Theme Song by Mitzie Welch, Ken Welch. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Ross Bellah. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Carol Burnett (Beatrice O’Reilly), Lloyd Bridges (Johnny O’Reilly), Marian Mercer (Rita), Geoffrey Lewis (Capt. Charley Rawlins), Conchata Ferrell (Captain Burnsite), Gail Strickland (Abbie), Rose Arrick (Kay), Sarina C. Grant (Mary Lou Brown), Tom Bower (Tom), Ford Rainey (Beatrice’s father), Fran Ryan (Beatrice’s mother), Macon McCalman (Dr. Samuels), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Cunningham), Linda Redfearn (Jessie), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Rugolo), Kristine DeBell (Toni Blasdell), Anna Levine (Janie), Robert Rockwell (Mr. Saxe), Jane Mason (Mrs. Miller), Dulcie Jordan (Charlotte), Kathryn Kates (Dierdre), Robina Suwol (Terry), Luisa Leschin (Suellen), Joanelle Nadine Romero (Julie), Lillian Domio (Shirleen), Naomi Caryl (Sophie), Paddi Edwards (Elzee), Frances Nealy (Ann), Joan Pirkle (Gillian), Mary Gregory, Herb Mitchell, Conlan Carter, Carol Capka, Ken Letner, Donald Bishop. 1870... The Lion of Africa (HBO, 6/28/1987, 107 mins). Romantic adventure pits a woman bush doctor and a ragged diamond trader in the wilds of West Africa against the elements, bandits, smugglers, and each other, and teams the intrepid duo in an effort to reach desperately needed medical supplies awaiting her 450 km away. The title refers to the battered old Bedford truck that is their transportation. Filming was done entirely on location in Kenya, the Rift Valley, Nairobi National Park, and various game resorts. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Lois Luger Productions. Director Kevin Connor. Executive Producer Lois Luger. Producer Yoram Ben-Ami. Teleplay Bruce Franklin Singer. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music George S. Clinton. Musical Supervisor Dick Rudolph. Song by Chris Farren. Song Performed by Chris Farren, Amy Holland. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Cast Brian Dennehy (Samuel Marsh), Brooke Adams (Grace Danet), Yosef Shiloa (Valentim Mustapha Taqui), Don Warrington (Henry), Carl Andrews (Jemmy), Katherine Schofield (Cecilia), Joe Chege (Wallace), Tony Msalame (African doctor), Oliver Litondo (Sergeant), Peter Kumani (Policeman #1), Njoroge Ngoima (Policeman #2), Douglas Chege (Policeman #3), Jonathan Atherton (Thug #1), Gary Fernance (Thug #2), Shane Mwigerere (Thug #3), William Tsuma (Joko), Rose Maruru (Joko’s girlfriend), Edwin Muhinda (Joko’s brother), Mwangangi Ndunda (Kandinko Shaman), David Whish Wilson (Digger #1), Stephan Murray (Digger #2), Rolf Schmidt (Turcos), Peter Strong (Airplane owner), Arjan Shankla (Pilot), Margaret Averdang (Jemmy’s wife), Macharia Gachege (Taxi driver), Nicholas Charles (Driver), Clarence Bwire (Boatman #1), Samwell Olang (Boatman #2), Clive Byers (Transvestite), Kassim Kasu (Drunken digger), Munyilla Wambua (Old Mammy), Albert Waneago (Minister of Health). 1871... Listen to Your Heart (CBS, 1/4/1983, 120 mins). Kate Jackson and Tim Matheson try to maintain a relationship in this romantic comedy while working together for the same publishing company where she has taken a job as an art director after bailing out of a six-year romance with someone else, and he is an upwardly mobile editor. Filmed on location in Chicago, it initially was titled “A Change of Heart.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Don Taylor. Producer Don Taylor. Supervising Producer William F. Phillips. Teleplay Christopher Beaumont. Based on a Story by Christopher Beaumont, Peter Parnell. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director John E. Chilberg II. Cast Kate Jackson (Frannie Greene), Tim Matheson (Josh Stern), Cassie Yates (Stacey), George Coe (John Graham), Will Nye (Marvin Brady), Tony Plana (Julio), Ann Landers (Herself), Jerry Fujikawa (Translator), Mike Genovese (Kurt), Ernest Harada (Sushi chef), Michael Yama (Hirata), Ramiro Carrillo (Maitre d’), Ann Cole (Bar girl), Elizabeth Curran (Sally), Nathan Davis (Doorman), Paula Francis (Cocktail waitress), Edna Garza (Carmen), Peter Greenberg (Pitcher), B.J. Jones (Waiter), Kathryn Joosten (Waitress), Tim Joosten (Mike), Marge Kotliski (Marian), Alison LaPlaca (Lynne), John Mahoney (Second baseman), Tony Mockus Jr. (Rick), Sherry Narens (Book saleswoman), Ellen J. Smith (Amy), Taylor Williams (Third baseman), John York (Steve), Bruce A. Young (Bob).

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1872... Little Girl Lost (ABC, 4/25/1988, 120 mins). Fact-based drama of a determined couple who are pitted against the bureaucracy in their tireless attempts to adopt a foster child they believe is being abused by her natural father. An Emmy nomination went to Philip Lathrop for his photography. Production Companies Marian Rees Associates, Vantage Entertainment Group Inc. Director Sharron Miller. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Robert Huddleston. Co-Producers Angela Shelley, C. Scott Alsop, David Graham. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Teleplay Ann Beckett. Based on a Story by Angela Shelley, C. Scott Alsop. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Art Stafford. Production Designer Richard James. Cast Tess Harper (Clara Brady), Frederic Forrest (Tim Brady), Patricia Kalember (Andrea Neuman), Lawrence Pressman (Lester Keysey), Christopher McDonald (Gregory Wolff), Sandy Martin (Violet Young), Joel Colodner (Hank Winnetka), William Edward Phipps (Derek Strull), Marie Martin (Tella), Kathy Trageser (Kelly Brody), Matthew Scott Carlton (Nathan Lees), C. Jack Robinson (Judge Greer), Ann Hamilton (Judge Julia Quinn), Gigi Cervantes (Brandy), Rudy Young (Ed deBush), Annabelle Weenick (Gwynneth Soames), Esther Benson (Mrs. Morella), Suzanne Savoy (Dr. Deborah Meewsen), Gil Glasgow (Police officer), Lee Ritchey (Earl Lockwood), Libby Villari (Harriet Baker), Deborah Winters (File clerk), Vernon Grote (Bailiff), Hugh Feagin (Bruce Magnusen). 1873... Little Gloria...Happy At Last (NBC, 10/24/1982 and 10/25/1982, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A stellar alphabetically billed cast and six Emmy Award nominations distinguished this two-part four-hour dramatization of Barbara Goldsmith’s 1980 best-seller about the bitter 1934 child custody case involving 10-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt, America’s famous “poor little rich girl.” In addition to nominations as Outstanding Drama Special and for its writer, production designer and costumer, it earned one each for Angela Lansbury as Outstanding Actress (as little Gloria’s rich and powerful aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney) and Bette Davis as Outstanding Supporting Actress (as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, the family matriarch). Lansbury, returning to TV acting after 17 years, made her TV-movie debut here, and Michael Gross (as Gloria’s lawyer/guardian) replaced Ken Howard. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Metromedia Producers Corp., Cine-Gloria Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Scott Rudin. Producers David Nicksay, Justine Heroux. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Book by Barbara Goldsmith. Photography Tony Imi. Music Berthold Carriere. Editor Malcolm Cooke. Art Director Guy Comtois. Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel. Associate Producer Donna Smith. Cast Martin Balsam (Nathan Burkan), Bette Davis (Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt), Michael Gross (Gilchrist), Lucy Gutteridge (Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt), John Hillerman (Maury Paul), Barnard Hughes (Justice John Francis Carew), Glynis Johns (Laura Fitzpatrick Morgan), Angela Lansbury (Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney), Rosalyn Landor (Thelma Morgan Converse), Joseph Maher (Smythe), Christopher Plummer (Reginald Vanderbilt), Maureen Stapleton (Nurse Emma Kieslich), Willoughby Leueen (Consuelo Morgan), Jennifer Dundas (“Little Gloria”), Kenneth Pogue (Judge James Aloycious Foley), Cec Linder, Danielle Schneider, Philip Craig, Araby Lockhart, Philip Pretten, Booth Savage, Jan Rubes, Lawrence Dane, Kirsten Bishopric, Robin McCulloch, Charles Palmer, Dana Ivey, J.T. Walsh. 1874... Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (NBC, 12/17/1984, 120 mins). One of three feature-length “Little House on the Prairie” films following the departure of the long-running series (1974-1981), this Christmas story about the kidnapping of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s infant daughter was the second to be filmed but the last to be broadcast (after the one about the total destruction of the fictional town of Walnut Grove). Michael Landon, who created the series and starred in many of the episodes, while directing others, did not make an appearance in this one. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, NBC Productions. Director Victor French. Executive Producer Michael Landon. Producer Kent McCray. Teleplay Chris Abbott. Creator Blanche Hanalis. Based on Characters Created by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Photography Haskell Boggs. Music David Rose. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director George Renne. Associate Producer Marvin Coil. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Richard Bull (Nels Oleson), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Pamela Roylance (Sarah Carter), Lindsay Kennedy (Jeb Carter), David Friedman (Jason Carter), Shannen Doherty (Jenny Wilder), Leslie Landon (Etta Plum), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Patricia Pearcy (Elsa Norris), Robin Clarke (Patrick Norris), Harvey Vernon (Mr. Baker), Joel Graves (Sam), J.S. Young (Beggar), Colin Hamilton (Mr. Dodsworthy), Stephen Roberts (Dr. Langley), Kate Williamson (Nurse), Robert Lee (Ticket agent), Hank Kendrick (1st sheriff), Richard Armstrong (2nd sheriff), Jack Dunlap (3rd sheriff), Garin Bougie (Butcher boy), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Jack Lilley (Stagecoach driver). 1875... Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (NBC, 12/12/1983, 120 mins). The first of three TV-movies inspired by the long-running “Little House on the Prairie” series, with guest star Michael Landon returning to Walnut Grove to visit family and friends and discovering that guest star Matthew Laborteaux, as his aspiring doctor son, Albert, has contracted an incurable blood disease. Nearly all of the original cast members, except Karen Grassle, returned for this film which, despite network publicity, was directed by “Little House” regular Victor French, not executive producer/star and “mother hen” Michael Landon (who did direct his share of the episodes over the series’ lengthy run). Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, NBC Productions. Director Victor French. Executive Producer Michael Landon. Producer Kent McCray. Teleplay Vince R. Gutierrez. Based on Characters Created by Blanche Hanalis.

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Photography Brianne Murphy. Music David Rose. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director George Renne. Associate Producer Marvin Coil. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Richard Bull (Nels Oleson), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls), Matthew Laborteaux (Albert Ingalls), Kevin Hagen (Dr. Baker), Dabbs Greer (Reverend Alden), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Allison Batson (Nancy Oleson), Stan Ivar (John Carter), Pamela Roylance (Sarah Carter), Lindsay Kennedy (Jeb Carter), David Friedman (Jason Carter), Shannen Doherty (Jenny Wilder), Leslie Landon (Etta Plum), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown), Cooper Huckabee (Vance Reed), Melora Hardin (Michele Pierson), Henry Brandon (Otis Wagner), James Callahan (Dr. Houser), Charles Cyphers (Zack Taylor), Victor Izay (Thomas Hail), Erik Holland (Gunnar Lindstrom), Shonda Whipple (Amy Bryant), Lois Hall (Secretary), Robert Balderson (Doctor), Jack Lilley (1st townsman), Robert Miles (2nd townsman). 1876... Little House: The Last Farewell (NBC, 2/6/1984, 120 mins). In the last of the three “Little House on the Prairie” post-series movies (actually it premiered second in an offbeat network programming move), Charles and Caroline Ingalls (Michael Landon and Karen Grassle) return to the town of Walnut Grove in time to see it leveled after its citizens decide on drastic action to keep it from falling into the hands of an unscrupulous land baron. Since the actual set was being prepared for demolition, executive producer-director-star Landon wrote the series’ swan-song story around its destruction. Production Companies Ed Friendly Productions, NBC Productions. Director Michael Landon. Executive Producer Michael Landon. Producer Kent McCray. Teleplay Michael Landon. Based on Characters Created by Blanche Hanalis. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music David Rose. Editor Jerry Taylor. Art Director George Renne. Associate Producer Marvin Coil. Cast Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls), Karen Grassle (Caroline Ingalls), Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Richard Bull (Nels Oleson), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Kevin Hagen (Dr. Parker), Dabbs Greer (Rev. Alden), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Allison Balson (Nancy Oleson), Stan Ivar (John Carter), Pamela Roylance (Sarah Carter), Shannen Doherty (Jenny Wilder), James Karen (James Lassiter), Dennis Robertson (Drew Coleson), Roger Torrey (Colonel Forbes), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Lindsay Kennedy (Jeb Carter), David Friedman (Jason Carter), Leslie Landon (Etta Plum), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown), Rod Colbin (Mr. Davis), Alvy Moore (1st Mayor), Bill McLennan (2nd Mayor), Ronald Meszaros (Customer), Diane Kennerly (Girl), Steve Rumph (Arnie), Gary Pagett (Turner), Alex Sharp (Henchman), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Jack Lilley (Stagecoach driver). 1877... Little Lord Fauntleroy (CBS, 11/25/1980, 120 mins). The sumptuous remake, another in the string of literary classics lavishly redone for TV by Norman Rosemont, recounts the tale of the impoverished youngster from New York who becomes heir to his titled grandfather’s British estate, but has to warm the old man’s heart before he can truly lay claim. Previously filmed in 1936, the movie returned Alec Guinness to American TV after more than 20 years (although he had been seen shortly before as George Smiley in the British-made miniseries, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”), and it won its sole Emmy Award for Arthur Ibbetson’s lush photography. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Jack Gold. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on the Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Herbert Westbrook. Art Director Martin Atkinson. Associate Producer William Hill. Cast Ricky Schroder (Cedric Erroll/Lord Fauntleroy), Alec Guinness (Earl of Dorincourt), Eric Porter (Havisham), Colin Blakely (Hobbs), Connie Booth (Mrs. Erroll), Rachel Kempson (Lady Lorradaile), Gerry Cowper (Mellon), Barry Jackson (Hustings), Antonia Pemberton (Dawson), John Southworth (Higgins), Carmel McSharry (Mary), Edward Wylie (Ben Tipton), Tony Melody (Kimsey), Rolf Saxon (Dick), John Cater (Thomas), Fatsy Rowlands (Mrs. Dibble), Ann Way (Miss Smiff), Kate Harper (Minna), Peter Copley (Reverend Muldaur), Patrick Stewart (Wilkins), Rohan McCullough (Lady Grace), Dicon Murray (Georgia), Ballard Berkeley (Sir Harry), Norman Pitt (Lord Ashby-Delefant). 1878... The Little Match Girl (NBC, 12/21/1987, 120 mins). The title role of this updating of Hans Christian Andersen’s 19th century tale is played by Keshia Knight Pulliam, the first starring part for the impish young actress remembered as Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.” The story, reset in 1920s New England, tells of a homeless child who peddles matches in the freezing cold and, invited into the home of a rich and powerful family, touches the lives of everyone in the household. Of particular interest is the fact that it was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who usually is found in “Brideshead Revisited” territory. Production Company NBC Productions. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Executive Producer Michael Manheim. Supervising Producer Andre R. Guttfreund. Producer Robert Hargrove. Teleplay Maryedith Burrell. Based on a Story by Hans Christian Andersen. Photography Kenneth MacMillan. Music John Morris. Editor Steven Kemper. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Cast Keshia Knight Pulliam (Molly), William Daniels (Haywood Dutton), John Rhys-Davies (Police Chief Murphy), Jim Metzler (Joe Dutton), William Youmans (Neville Dutton), Hallie Foote (Mary Margaret Dutton), Maryedith Burrell (Rita), Rue McClanahan (Frances Dutton), Robyn Stevan (Lindsay), Stephen Dimopoulos (David), Bernard Cuffling (Bridges), Charles Andre (Patrick), Norma MacMillan (Edith), William B. Davis (Dr. Sam Easton), Tamsin Kelsey, Ric Reid, Blu Mankuma, Stephen E. Miller, Kim Kondrashoff, Howard Storey, Nikki Sharp, Joy Coghill, David Porayko, Chris Porayko, Scott Porayko, Franklin Johnson, Ted Cole, Tosca Baggoo, Imbert Orchard.

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1879... Little Spies (ABC, 10/5/1986, 120 mins). A gung-ho band of youngsters falls under the tutelage of the neighborhood recluse--a WWII hero played by Mickey Rooney--to stage a commando raid on a puppy kennel to rescue their adopted dog from the clutches of the kennel owner, in this lighthearted Disney adventure. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Greg Beeman. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay Stephen Greenfield, Stephen Bonds. Based on a Story by John Greg Pain, Stephen Bonds, Stephen Greenfield. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor T. Battle Davis. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Mickey Rooney (Jimmie the Hermit), Robert Costanzo (Bernie), Peter S. Smith (Jason), Candace Cameron (Julie), Adam Carl (Melvin), Sean Hall (Clarence), Jason Hervey (Clint), Sarah Jo Martin (Kristi), Scott Nemes (Wendell), James Tolkan (Kennel master), Jamie Abbott (Sponge), Elise Caitlin (Spud), J.J. Hardy (Big Al), Laura Jacoby (Blister), Eric Walker (Scratch), Robin Pearson Rose (Jason’s mother), Alan Haufrecht (Jason’s father), Art La Fleur (Sergeant Westwood), Nancy Parsons (Truck driver), Charles Walker (2nd cop), Wayner Alexander (2nd father), Cher Bennett (2nd mother). 1880... Little White Lies (NBC, 11/27/1989, 120 mins). Frothy romantic comedy about a pair of Americans on a Rome vacation who tell each other little white lies about their jobs when they first meet (she’s a cop pretending to be a corporate executive; he’s an prominent surgeon passing himself off as hospital orderly) and can’t bring themselves to tell the truth when they fall in love. Network press material credited the writing to Janis Hirsch, but Emily Potter was named on the screen. Production Companies Larry Thompson Organization, New World Television. Director Anson Williams. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Kevin Inch. Co-Producer Arvin Kaufman. Teleplay Emily Potter. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Photography (Rome) Sergio Salvati. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Robert Pergament. Production Designer Michael Corenblith. Cast Ann Jillian (Liz Donaldson), Tim Matheson (Harry McCall), Suzie Plakson (Phyllis), Marc McClure (Peter Barlow), Amy Yasbeck (Vicki), Robert Costanzo (Joe Holland), Stephen Lee (Marty), Michael Craven (Gianni), Jeff Altman (Technician), Richard Coca (Claudio), Jo DeWinter (Neurotic woman), Jerry Anderson (Mawbry/Boyd), Shari Ballard (Nurse #1), Brian Byers (Yuppie), Clint Howard (Limo driver), Jim Hudson (Norman), Jeanine Jackson (Mother), Sharoulee McLean (Woman officer), Alvy Moore (Mr. Jeakell), Marie Boyde Sloat (Ginnie Markel), Myra Turley (Mrs. Thompkins), Jeff Blynn (Consierge), Ornella Marcucci (Anne), Vanessa Pagnotta (Beautiful woman). 1881... The Littlest Victims (CBS, 4/23/1989, 120 mins). Tim Matheson plays the real-life Newark-based pediatrician who in the early ’80s was one of the country’s first physicians to detect AIDS in children. The drama, taped in high definition video on location in Atlanta, initially was scheduled to premiere six months before its airing. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Marian Brayton. Supervising Producers Anne Carlucci, Norman G. Brooks. Producer Fern Field. Co-Producer Derek Kavanagh. Associate Producer Ray McCullough. Teleplay Kenneth Cavander, JJ Towne. Based on a Story by JJ Towne. Photography John McPherson. Music Joel Rosenbaum. Editor Michael F. Anderson. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Tim Matheson (Dr. James Oleske), Lewis Arlt (Neil Rutkin), Mary-Joan Negro (Mary Pryor), Maryann Plunkett (Barbara Oleske), Nan-Lynne Nelson (Estelle), Harsh Nayyar (Ramesh), Novella Nelson (Audrey Munson), Graham Brown (Mr. Munson), William Cain (Dr. Paul Romney), Larry Keith (Congressman Waxman), Richard Venture (Dr. Alan Davidson), Christina Haag (Cheryl Alessandro), Victoria Johnson (Selie), Chinasa Mitchell (Tricia), Dominique Troutman (Georgie), Hill Bermont (Hypnotist), Chris Cunningham (Jimmy Oleske), Raul Davila (Mr. Cruz), Tamar (Isabelle Cruz), Pamela Garmon (Mrs. Cruz), Ted Henning (Dr. Brandt), Tom Key (Cardiologist), Jon Kohler (Records clerk), Tommy Michaels (Johnny Oleske), Michael H. Moss (TV reporter), Bill Nunn (Orderly), Tony Vaughn (Darren Thomas). 1882... Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (NBC, 3/7/1983, 120 mins). The story of the country singer’s struggle to get out of the shadow of his folk hero father and establish his own identity, with a descent into alcoholism and a fall from a mountaintop, breaking every bone in his body, as part of the price. Taken from Hank Williams Jr.’s 1979 autobiography (written with Michael Bane), this film was coproduced by its star, Richard Thomas, who also did some of the singing. Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, Telecom Entertainment Inc., Melponeme Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Richard Thomas. Producer Michael Lepiner. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport, Stephen Kandel. Based on a Biography by Hank Williams Jr. with Michael Bane. Photography Robert M. Baldwin. Editors Craig McKay, Nancy Kanter. Production Designer Gary Weist. Cast Richard Thomas (Hank Williams Jr.), Lenora May (Lisa), Liane Langland (June Bradshaw), Ann Gillespie (Becky), Merle Kilgore (Himself), Clu Gulager (J.R. Smith), Allyn Ann McLerie (Audrey Williams), Barton Heyman (Bobby Deane), Noble Willingham (Dr. Graham), Jay O. Sanders (Dick Willey), Christian Slater (Walt Willey), Jonathan Hogan (Dennis), Randal Patrick (Eddie), Mickey Jones (Mickey), Daniel Savenana (Leon), Naomi Judd (Redhead), Bob Hannah (Reynolds), Robin Coleman (Nurse Thompson), Connie Freeman (Therapist), Buck Ford (Producer), Tony Lyons (Engineer), Vicki Newbern (Blonde girl), Brent Campbell (Gofer), Lightnin’ Chance (Emcee at Opry).

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1883... Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (CBS, 2/17/1982, 120 mins). In her TV-movie debut, Marsha Mason is the reallife New York housewife-turned-activist who spearheaded her community’s fight, beginning in 1978, to force the government to relocate those families threatened by chemical dumping around Niagara Falls’ Love Canal area. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Glenn Jordan. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Michael Zagor. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music John D. Berkman. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producers Courtney Pledger, Roni Weisberg. Cast Marsha Mason (Lois Gibbs), Bob Gunton (Harry Gibbs), Penny Fuller (Jeannie Kolchak), Roberta Maxwell (Mary Belinski), Jeremy Licht (Michael Gibbs), Louise Latham (Pat Kinsman), James Ray (Mr. Bain), Bianca Ferguson (Gail Shepherd), Thomas Hill (Dr. Halperin), Robert Picardo (Larry McGuinness), Priscilla Morrill (Mrs. Fowler), Raleigh Bond (Dave Hobart), Mackenzie Astin (Tony Belinski), Michael Flanagan (Spokesman), Tina M Kaye (Missy Gibbs), Peter Fox (Mr. Davis), F William Parker (Dr. Ulster), Hope Clarke (Chris), Nancy Steen (Brenda), John Doolittle (Missy’s doctor), Tom Fuccello (Newsman), Dolores Sandoz (Woman), Patricia Herd (Maggie Hobart), Art La Fleur (Homeowner), Dick Christie (Photographer). 1884... Lonesome Dove (CBS, 2/5/1989 to 2/8/1989, 4 parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). The Old West came roaring back to television in a big way in this gritty adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s sprawling “Lonesome Dove.” Spread out originally over four nights, this stellar, eight-hour epic adapted from his Pulitzer Prize novel deals with two longtime saddle pals, former Texas Rangers who undertake a grueling cattle drive with their motley crew. The title refers to the small Texas town sitting astride the Rio Grande and from where the drive by their Hat Creek Outfit begins. The television saga earned 18 Emmy nominations, including one as Outstanding Miniseries (losing to “War and Remembrance”) and five going to its lead actors: Robert Duvall as the easygoing, philosophical Capt. Gus McRae, who leads the drive from Texas to Montana with the dream of establishing a cattle ranch; whitehaired and bearded Tommy Lee Jones as brooding, taciturn Capt. Woodrow Call, his pal from their days as Rangers and his partner on the drive; Danny Glover as Joshua Deets, the black tracker, scout, and founding member of McRae and Call’s Outfit; Diane Lane as Lorena Wood, the town whore with a burning desire to leave behind her life in Lonesome Dove; and Anjelica Huston as Clara Allen, Gus McRae’s great lost love whose appearance along the drive represents a special goal for him. Ever-reliable Robert Urich, one of the kings of TV-movies, does a rare bad guy turn as charming, opportunistic ex-Ranger Jake Spoon, on the run from a jail sentence following an accidental shooting and Lorena’s ticket out of town; Frederic Forrest plays against type as Indian renegade Blue Duck, McRae and Call’s nemesis from their Ranger days; and Rick Schroder is Newt Dobbs, the teenage greenhorn taken in by the Outfit after his prostitute mother’s death, who gains maturity on the long drive. Newt’s character would continue through the 1991 sequel miniseries (with which author McMurtry had nothing to do) and the 1994 syndicated series based on both miniseries. Call’s character would return in the person of Jon Voight in the 1991 sequel and once again with James Garner in the role in the 1995 “Streets of Laredo,” another chapter of McMurtry’s Old West tale. Other Emmy nominations went to director Simon Wincer (who won), writer Bill Witliff, cinematographer Douglas Milsome, music composer Basil Poledouris (who also won), editor Corky Ehlers, and production designer Cary White. “Lonesome Dove” also garnered Emmys for costume design, makeup, sound editing, and sound mixing. Production Companies Motown Productions, Panagaea, Qintex Entertainment. Director Simon Wincer. Executive Producers Suzanne de Passe, Bill Wittliff. Co-Executive Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Supervising Producer Michael Weisbarth. Producer Dyson Lovell. Teleplay Bill Wittliff. Based on a Novel by Larry McMurtry. Photography Doug Milsome. Music Basil Poledouris. Editor Corky Ehlers. Production Designer Cary White. Cast Robert Duvall (Augustus McCrae), Tommy Lee Jones (Woodrow F. Call), Danny Glover (Joshua Deets), Diane Lane (Lorena Wood), Robert Urich (Jake Spoon), Frederic Forrest (Blue Duck), D.B. Sweeney (Dish Boggett), Ricky Schroder (Newt Dobbs), Anjelica Huston (Clara Allen), Chris Cooper (Sheriff July Johnson), Timothy Scott (Pea Eye Parker), Glenne Headly (Elmira Johnson), Barry Corbin (Deputy Roscoe Brown), William Sanderson (Lippy Jones), Barry Tubb (Jasper Fant), Gavan O’Herlihy (Dan Suggs), Steve Buscemi (Luke), Frederick Coffin (Big Zwey), Travis Swords (Allen O’Brien), Kevin O’Morrison (Doctor), Ron Weyand (Old Hugh), Leon Singer (Bolivar), Helena Humann (Peach Johnson), Adam Faraizl (Joe Boot), Bradley Gregg (Sean O’Brien), Pierre Epstein (Xavier Wanz), John Quijada (Pedro Flores), Max Evers (Charlie Barnes), Wallace Merck (Fowler), Jimmy Pickens (Bill Spettle), Robert Donley (Old Sam), Matthew Cowles (Monkey John), David Ode (Dog Face), Nina Siemaszko (Janey), O-Lan Jones (Sally Skull), Paul James Vasques (Buffalo Hunter), Brandon Smith (Bartender), Jordan Lund (Hutto), Matthew Posey (Jim #1), Michael Tylo (Dee Boot), Nada Despotovich (Mary), Margo Martindale (Buffalo Heiffer), Jorge Martinez de Hoyos (Po Campo), Jerry Biggs (Roy Suggs), Sean Hennigan (Edie Suggs), Julius Tennon (Frog Lip), David Carpenter (Needle Nelson), Lanny Flaherty (Soupy Jones), Thomas Connor (Bob Allen), Missy Crider (Sally Allen), James McMurtry (Jimmy Rainey), Charlie Haynie (Ben Rainey), Sonny Carl Davis (Bert Borum), Terry McIlvain (Cowboy), Jack Caffrey (Cholo), Vern Porter (Dr. Arandel), Daniel Kamin (Captain Weaver), Tony Epper (Dixon), Boots Southerland (Sergeant), Michael Berlin Pritchard (First cowboy), Dave Powell (Second cowboy), Adam Taylor (Deputy #1), Eddie Komalestewa (Young brave), Eddie “Bud” Shrake (Sodbuster), John Bark (First trapper), Richard Slaughter (Second trapper), Ed Geldart (Undertaker), Curtis Taylor (Blacksmith), David Little (Sheriff), Kenny Call (Deputy #2). 1885... The Long Days of Summer (ABC, 5/23/1980, 90 mins). In this sequel to his 1978 “When Every Day Was the Fourth of July” (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during the late ’30s, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a promising law career to defend a Jewish immigrant against the prejudices of a staid New England town. Dean Jones repeats the role he had in the earlier film.

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Production Company Dan Curtis Productions. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Dan Curtis. Producers Joseph Stern, Lee Hutson. Teleplay Lee Hutson. Based on a Story by Hindi Brooks, Lee Hutson. Photography Charles Correll. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Cast Dean Jones (Ed Cooper), Joan Hackett (Millie Cooper), Ronnie Scribner (Daniel Cooper), Louanne (Sarah Cooper), Donald Moffat (Josef Kaplan), Andrew Duggan (Sam Wiggins), David Baron (Freddy Landauer Jr.), Michael McGuire (Lieutenant O’Hare), Lee deBroux (Fred Landauer Sr.), Baruch Lumet (Rabbi), Charles Aidman (Narrator), Leigh French (Frances Haley), John Karlen (Duane Haley), Joseph G. Medalis (Coach Daniel), Tiger Williams (Charlie Wilson), Stephen Roberts (FDR), Gloria Calomee, Adam Gunn, Brian Andrews, Danny Appel, Dave Shelley, Richard Reicheg, Paula Brook, Steve Wayne. 1886... Long Gone (HBO, 5/23/1987, 110 mins). Comedic baseball film, publicized as the story of a minor league team with major league dreams, stars William L. Petersen as a brash player-manager reduced to coaching a mid-’50s third-rate team and Virginia Madsen as a sassy blonde beauty queen intent on turning a one-night stand with him (and possibly every other one of his players) into a lifelong commitment. This engaging comedy-drama is full of bite, grit, good feelings, and--being made for cable-semi-nudity and foul language. Production Companies The Landsburg Company, HBO Pictures. Director Martin Davidson. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Supervising Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Producer Joan Barnett. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Paul Hemphill. Photography Robert Elswit. Music Kenny Vance, Phillip Namanworth. Music Performed by Peter Himmelman. Title Song Hank Williams. Editor Gib Jaffe. Production Designer Glenn Ganis. Associate Producer Paul Kurta. Cast William Petersen (Cecil “Stud” Cantrell), Virginia Madsen (Dixie Lee Boxx), Dermot Mulroney (Jamie Don Weeks), Larry Riley (Joe Louis Brown), Katy Boyer (Esther Wrenn), Henry Gibson (Hale Buchman Sr.), Teller (Hale Buchman Jr.), Robert Easton (Cletis Romey), Guich Koock (Bump Klein), Arthur Rosenberg (Peaches), Panchito Gomez (Paco Izquerido), David Langston Smyrl (Monroe), Will Zahrn (Knucklsie Chappell), Ed Blatchford (Whiz Whitman), Joel Murray (Bart Polonski), Kenneth Erinsen (Bubba Boon), Neil P. DuGroot (Pokey Sanchez), Steve Zurk (Buster Smenglia), Ken Dominguez (Corky Lucodello), Mike McKown (Scooter Cagle), Nardi Contreras (Hobo Harrington), John Bauldrey (Tommy Tatum), Ken Krannick (Rock Robb), Hazen Gifford (J. Harrell Smythe), Kathryn Hasty (Bonnie), Monica Moran (Mrs. Wrenn), Ron Allen (Mr. Wrenn), Tracy Roberts (Redhead), Jim Rabe (Rusty Ledbetter), Tony Vila Jr. (Dusty Hoolihan), William Wohrman (Whitey Connolly), Dave Emrhein (Virgil Hawkins), Coleman Male (Minister), Debbie Maples (Midge), Ed Montgomery (Stumpy), Kip Radigan (Policeman), Carmen Alexander (Baseball announcer), David Carlisle, Bob Donahay, Stan Babicz, Lynne Adams. 1887... The Long Hot Summer (NBC, 10/6/1985 and 10/7/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Atmospheric remake of the flavorful 1958 Martin Ritt movie sizzler promised TV watchers a steamy pairing of Don Johnson and Cybill Shepherd, two of the day’s hottest television stars--but dismayed legions by failing to deliver. (These were the roles played in the original movie by Paul Newman and Lee Remick.) The Johnson character of Ben Quick was instead teamed with the stage’s Judith Ivey, as the spinsterish Noel Varner (Joanne Woodward in the earlier film) in this adaptation of Faulkner’s “The Hamlet,” about an ambitious drifter with a reputation for trouble (his daddy was a notorious barnburner) and the Southern tyrant into whose family he insinuates himself. Jason Robards and Ava Gardner are in the roles taken earlier by Orson Welles and Angela Lansbury. British director Stuart Cooper shot this version on location in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and Marshall, Texas, and it won Emmy Award nominations both as Outstanding Miniseries and for its art direction and set decoration. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Stuart Cooper. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, John Thomas Lenox. Producer Dori Weiss. Teleplay Rita Mae Brown, Dennis Turner. Based on a Novel by William Faulkner. Based on the Screenplay by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. Photography Reed Smoot, Steve Yaconelli. Music Charles Bernstein. Song “One More Roll of the Dice” by Steve Moos. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Jan Scott. Associate Producer Daniel Cahn. Cast Don Johnson (Ben Quick), Jason Robards (Will Varner), Judith Ivey (Noel Varner), Cybill Shepherd (Eula Varner), Ava Gardner (Minnie Littlejohn), William Russ (Jody Varner), Wings Hauser (Wilson Manhood), William Forsythe (Issac), Albert Hall (Armistead Howlett), James Gammon (Billy Quick), Stephen Davies (Alan Stewart), Alexandra Johnson (Agnes Stewart), Rance Howard (Wilk), Bill Thurman (Houstin), Irma P Hall (Cecilia), Joe Berryman (Deputy Hampton), Robert Wentz (Ratliff), Jerry Haynes (Lew), Patricia Rendleman (Lisa), Norman Bennett (Auctioneer), Charlotte Stanton (Mrs. Stewart), Byron Nora, David Stump, Jim Clancy, Jecori White, Don Simmons. 1888... The Long Journey Home (CBS, 11/29/1987, 120 mins). A wealthy young heiress and her dead husband, long presumed missing-in-action in Vietnam, who suddenly and mysteriously reappears, become involved in a web of murder and international intrigue. She fakes her own death, attends her own funeral (complete with pre-carved tombstone!), and changes her identity to join him in fleeing an assassin stalking them. Far-fetched suspense drama with its two stars (married at the time to one another) as co-executive producers. Production Companies Andrea Baynes Productions, Grail Productions, Lorimar Television. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Andrea Baynes. Co-Executive Producers David Birney, Meredith Baxter. Producer Ervin Zavada. Associate Producer Karen Clark. Teleplay Karen Clark. Photography Ed Koons. Editor Christopher Nelson. Music J A Redford. Art Director Bill Hiney.

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Cast Meredith Baxter Birney (Maura Wells), David Birney (Carter Wells), Ray Baker (Grey Harrison), James Sutorius (Mike Cadell), Daphne Maxwell (Joan Haines), Kevin McCarthy (Harland Caldwell), Mike Preston (Frank Mota), Margaret Gibson (Katherine Bolton), Peggy Walton-Walker (Diane Reed), Bob Mendelsohn (Jeff Marsh), Robert Glaudini (Ray Sullivan), Sylvia Webb White (MIA wife #1), Bairbra Dowling (MIA wife #2), Lori Caldwell (Bank executive), Dale Tarter (Bartender), Steve Dart (Pilot), Sharon Clark (Policewoman). 1889... The Long Summer of George Adams (NBC, 1/18/1982, 120 mins). James Garner is a homespun railroad man in Oklahoma of the 1950s whose future is jeopardized when diesel engines threaten to make his job obsolete, compounding domestic problems with his wife and the ridicule he faces from the town folks because of his second job as a watchman. Acting buddy Stuart Margolin, a regular on most of Garner’s various latter-day series, directed this comedy drama which the prolific John Gay adapted from Weldon Hill’s folksy book, and Garner’s own Cherokee Productions produced. Production Companies Cherokee Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Stuart Margolin. Producer Meta Rosenberg. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Weldon Hill. Photography Andrew Jackson. Music J.A. Redford, Murray MacLeod, Stuart Margolin. Editor George S. Rohrs. Art Director Ward Preston. Cast James Garner (George Adams), Joan Hackett (Norma Adams), Alex Harvey (Ernie Langford), Juanin Clay (Ann Sharp), Anjanette Comer (Venida), David Graf (Olin), Helena Humann (Vi), Marla Maddoux (Mandy), Bobby Fite (Bill Adams), Blake Tannery (Leroy Adams), Joe Satterwhite (Ben Adams), Darryl Royal (Al Green), Jack Garner (Woody Pierce), Jessie Lee Fulton (Ada May). 1890... Long Time Gone (ABC, 5/23/1986, 120 mins). A down-and-out private eye tries to establish a relationship with his 11-year-old son while stumbling through a bizarre missing persons case in this series pilot that apparently had been filmed several years earlier and finally got dusted off for a belated premiere. It was written by Glenn Gordon Caron, who went on to create “Moonlighting.” Production Companies Picturemaker Productions Inc., ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Glenn Gordon Caron. Photography James Crabe. Music Artie Kane. Song by Carol Connors. Performed by Gail Lopada. Editor Artie Mandelberg. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Costume Designer Robert Turturice. Cast Paul LeMat (Nick Sandusky), Wil Wheaton (Mitchell), Ann Dusenberry (Marilyn), Ray Girardin (Michael Diablo), Barbara Stock (Georgia Diablo), Richard C. Sarafian (Omar), Deborah Wakeham (Peggy), Eddie Zammit (Carl), Bill Marcus (1st associate), Melvin E. Allen (Security man), Blake Clark (Bartender), Art Evans (1st neighbor), Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Man), Mary Ann Gibson (Secretary), Michael Laskin (Ray), Ann Pennington (Catherine), Vicky Perry (Flight attendant), Nicholas Shields (Wise guy), Beau Starr (Man in car). 1891... A Long Way Home (ABC, 12/6/1981, 120 mins). Timothy Hutton is a married teenager obsessed with finding his long-lost brother and sister years after all three, as youngsters, had been placed with different families following their abandonment by their migrant worker parents. Brenda Vaccaro is the compassionate social worker who at first reluctantly decides to help him cut through the bureaucracy. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Tom Kuhn. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music William Goldstein. Editor Peter Parasheles. Art Director Allen E. Smith. Cast Timothy Hutton (Donald Branch Booth), Brenda Vaccaro (Lillian Jacobs), Rosanna Arquette (Rose Cavanaugh), Paul Regina (David Branch Czaky), George Dzundza (Floyd Booth), John Lehne (Riggins), Bonnie Bartlett (JoAnn Booth), Wil Wheaton (Donald Branch at age 8), Seven Anne McDonald (Andy Booth), Floyd Levine (Judge Sosna), Brendan Klinger (David Branch at age 5), Neta Lee Noy (Carolyn Branch at age 5), Lauren Peterson (Carolyn as an adult), Paul Haber (Rudy), Garry Kluger (Paul), Don Moss (Jimmy), Beverly Elder (Gloria), Brendan Burns, John Touchstone. 1892... Longarm (ABC, 3/6/1988, 90 mins). Whimsical Western (a 90-minute pilot to a prospective series) about a chiseled, Dudley Dooright-type U.S.marshal, Custis Long, and his adventures with pretty women, colorful outlaws, and fractious horses. René Auberjonois turns up briefly as real-life Gov. Lew Wallace, busy writing “Ben-Hur” and suggesting the marshal take some hints from it. Based on the “Longarm” character from the books by Tabor Evans, the lighthearted concept later seemed to be reworked by others for the mid-’90s series “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.” Production Companies Charles E. Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer David J. Chisholm. Supervising Producer Ken Topolsky. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Teleplay David J. Chisholm. Based on Novels by Tabor Evans. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Richard Stone. Editor Michael Spence. Production Designer Bill Cornford. Cast John Terlesky (Marshal Custis Long), Whitney Kershaw (Miss Barnett), Deborah Dawn Slaboda (Tyler), René Auberjonois (Gov. Lew Wallace), Daphne Ashbrook (Pearl Horn), Lee deBroux (Sheriff Jim Garrett), John Dennis Johnston (Deputy Carson), John Quade (Hollie Sparks), Malachi Throne (Blalock), Shannon Tweed (Crazy Sally), Noble Willingham (Marshal Grimes), John Laughlin (Codie Branch), Frank Doubleday (The Drifter), Dietrich Bader (Marshal Brody), Michael Horse

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(Deputy Vasquez), Wes Studi (The Ute), Weasel Forshaw (Lester Charles), Starr Horton (Deputy #1), Brad Leland (Range), Joey Hamlin, Terri Ivens, Jay Rasumny, Mark Silverstein, R.W. Hampton, Steve Lindsay, Johnny Walker. 1893... Looking for Miracles (Disney Channel, 6/3/1989, 110 mins). Sentimental Canadian-made film set in a boys’ summer camp during the Depression in which a teenager, who has bluffed his way to a counselor’s job, comes to discover how much he cares for his younger nine-year-old brother who their widowed mom persuaded to go with his older sibling. This film, adapted from A.E. Hotchner’s 1975 book “Looking for Miracles: A Memoir About Loving” later was shown as part of PBS’ WonderWorks series. Production Company Sullivan Entertainment. Director Kevin Sullivan. Executive Producers Kevin Sullivan, Trudy Grant. Producer David A. Shepherd. Teleplay Kevin Sullivan, Stuart McLean. Based on a Book by A.E. Hotchner. Photography Brian Thomson. Music John Weisman. Editor James Lahti. Production Designer Carmen Gallo. Cast Greg Spottiswood (Ryan Delaney), Zachary Bennett (Sullivan Delaney), Joe Flaherty (Chief Arnold Berman), Patricia Gage (Grace Gibson), Patricia Phillips (Mrs. Delaney), Noah Godfrey (Ratface), Paul Haddad (Paul), Dean Hamilton (Babe), Hugh Thompson (Mo), Eric Fink (Floyd), Thor Bishopric (Billy Tisser), Mary Durkan (Aunt Maureen), Mag Ruffman (Nurse Blanche), Michael Rubinoff (Moose), Darlene Henslip (Greta), Elliott Hurst (Myron), Beverly Cooper (Connie), Leslie Carlson (Principal), Jack Jessop (Photographer), Howard Jerome (Mr. Schultz), Richard Horgan (John Schultz), Marilyn Boyle, Lynne Gorman, Vivian Reis, Araby Lockhart, Dora Dainton, Les Ruble. 1894... The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (CBS, 1/24/1984, 120 mins). The 1975 German film, “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,” was the basis of veteran television writer Loring Mandel’s Americanization of the Heinrich Boll 1974 novel. Executive producer Marlo Thomas deglamorized herself to star as an innocent Chicago shopkeeper whose life is shattered when she finds herself hounded by police and press after spending the night with Kris Kristofferson, playing a man who, unknown to her, is a suspected terrorist. Production Companies Open Road Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Simon Langton. Executive Producer Marlo Thomas. Producer John Nicolella. Teleplay Karl Miller. Adapted by Loring Mandel. Based on the Novel and Film by Heinrich Boll. Photography Gordon Willis. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Phillip Schopper. Production Designer Peter Larkin. Cast Marlo Thomas (Kathryn Beck), Kris Kristofferson (Ben Cole), George Dzundza (Lieutenant DeCarlo), Jon DeVries (Bob Fuhrman), David Rasche (Donald Catton), Linda Thorson (Cory Fuhrman), Edward Winter (Carl Macaluso), Randy Rocca (Det. Gerry Astarte), Christine Estabrook (Janet Reiss), Steven Williams (Les Averback), Ron Parady (James McLandish), William Leach (Harry Flynn), Belinda Bremmer (Mary Siebel), Karen Cole (Toby Carson), Mike Genovese (Sergeant Ornett), Jack McLaughlin, Ralph Foody, Bruno Eclin, Michael Bacarella, Cynthia Baker, Ron Beattie, Richard Brown, Susan Bugg, Baralynne Crittenden, Richard Cusak, Ron Dean, Wally Engelhardt, Beverly Feldt, Stella Froman, Elizabeth Greenberg, Jane Hall, Edna Moreno, Greg Noonan, Rush Pierson, Chelcie Ross, Christine Seelicke, Norm Tobin, Bruce A Young. 1895... Lost in London (CBS, 11/20/1985, 120 mins). Pint-sized Emmanuel Lewis, in his first starring movie, is a youngster bored and lonely in London after his recently divorced fashion designer mother relocates there. He manages to get himself lost and falls in with a group of street performing orphans working for a Fagin type in this genial “Oliver Twist” update, which Lewis’ production company filmed entirely on location. Production Companies Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, D’Angelo Productions, Group W Productions. Director Robert Lewis. Executive Producer William P. D’Angelo. Producer Peter Manley. Teleplay Ronald Rubin. Photography Terry Gilbert. Music Ken Thorne. Choreography Terry Gilbert. Editor Louis L. Rosen. Production Designer Phil Roberson. Cast Emmanuel Lewis (Davey Williams), Lynne Moody (Janet Williams), Ben Vereen (Paul Williams), Freddie Jones (Leo Porter), Basil Hoskins (Arnold Pierce-Jones), Courtney Roper Knight (Sean), Bobby Collins (Harry), Horace Oliver (Barney), Amber-Jane Raab (Heather), Michelle Welch (Nancy), Wayne Goddard (Derek), Peter Hughes (Inspector Wellen), Deirdre Costello (Dawn), Michael Robbins (Bill), Linda Regan (Rosey), Heronimo Sehmi (Indian porter), Daniel Matthews (Stockboy), Stanley Page (Train guard), John Rapley (Publican), Patti Dalton (Baker), Derek Deadman (Deli stall owner), Roland MacLeod (Man with wallet), Joanna Dickens (German housekeeper), Martin Herring (Newsboy), Leslie Schofield (Mr. Holland), Christopher Bowen (P.C. Holt), Mark Sinden (TV commentator), Roy Evans (Taxi driver), Gary John Charles (Small boy). 1896... Lots of Luck (Disney Channel, 2/3/1985, 90 mins). In this made-for-Disney TV-movie, Annette Funicello made her (grown-up) television acting debut and was reunited with her lovingly remembered “home” studio after 20 years (“The Monkey’s Uncle” was her last there in 1965), playing a happily married housewife whose winning lottery ticket brings the family a raft of unforeseen problems. Martin Mull is her auto mechanic husband in this cable movie that later turned up on network television during the first season of ABC’s “The Disney Sunday Movie.” Production Companies Tomorrow Entertainment, Disney Channel. Director Peter Baldwin. Executive Producers John D. Backe, Philip D. Fehrle. Producer Shirley J. Eaton. Teleplay Deborah Cavanaugh, Eric Loeb. Photography Reed Smoot. Music William Goldstein. Editor Mark Melnick. Art Director C. Robert Holloway. Cast Martin Mull (Frank Maris), Annette Funicello (Julie Maris), Fred Willard (A.J. Foley), Polly Holliday (Lucille), Mia Dillon (Jessie Foley), Tracey Gold (Cindy Maris), Jeremy Licht (Davis Maris), Christina Nigra (Trish Maris), Hamilton Camp

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(Joe), Dick O’Neill (Wilson), Jack Riley (Marvin), Vincent Schiavelli (Skinny), Frederick Long (Fatty), Joseph Chapman (Mr. Ardle), Richard Patterson, John Terry Bell, Lonnie Burr, Sheila Cluff, Angela Dangler, Stephanie Edwards, William Edward Phipps, Erin Patricia Boyd, Gloria Camden, Keith Coburn, Adele Corey, Keith L. Johnson, Frank Killmond, Matthew Licht, Anne Marie McEvoy, Bill McLean, Henry Proach, Ann Romeo, Robert Ruth, Sandra Sexton, William Schreiner, Helen Siff. 1897... Louis L’Amour’s “Down the Long Hills” (Disney Channel, 11/15/1986, 95 mins). Disney family adventure, adapted from one of the myriad of Louis L’Amour’s best-selling Western novels, tells of the struggles of a teenage boy and a young girl to make their way with their red stallion through the Utah wilderness after escaping a wagon train massacre, while keeping a step or two ahead of a deadly grizzly bear and a pair of murderous horse thieves who want their stallion. Bruce Boxleitner is the boy’s widowed father, Jack Elam is his mountain man buddy, and Bo Hopkins and Michael Wren are the villains. It was filmed entirely in Utah’s Wasatch and Uinta Mountains and Heber Valley. Production Companies The Finnegan Company, Disney Channel. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Patricia Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Jon Povare, Ruth Povare. Based on the Novel by Louis L’Amour. Photography Reed Smoot. Music Mark Snow. Editor Warner E. Leighton. Art Director Roger S. Crandall. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Scott Collins), Bo Hopkins (Jud), Michael Wren (Cal), Don Shanks (Ashawakie), Ed Bruce (Bregman), Buck Taylor (Grey), Thomas Wilson Brown (Hardy Collins), Lisa MacFarlane (Betty Sue Powell), Jack Elam (Squires), David Cass (Mr. Andy), Peggy Matheson (Mrs. Andy), Beverly Rowland (Mrs. Bregman), Michael Ruud (Wagonmaster), Corry Randall, Roy J Cohoe, Richard J. Martin, Fenton Quinn. 1898... Louis L’Amour’s “The Shadow Riders” (CBS, 9/28/1982, 120 mins). In this Western from Louis L’Amour’s library of sagebrush sagas, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott, brothers on opposite sides in the Civil War, return home to find that their younger brother, Jeffrey Osterhage, their two sisters, and Elliott’s sweetheart, Katharine Ross (his subsequent real-life wife), have been abducted by a ragtag band of renegades led by Geoffrey Lewis, a rebel officer unable to accept the Confederacy’s defeat. Their plan is to exchange the prisoners for guns and ammunition from arms merchant Gene Evans so that they can continue to fight against the Union. Much of the same cast and crew worked previously on the two-part adaptation of L’Amour’s “The Sacketts” (1979). One of the now-rare TV Westerns, it was cited for special recognition at the first TV-Movie Awards from the Locarno Film Festival in 1983. Production Companies Pegasus Group Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Executive Producer Jim Byrnes. Supervising Producer Hugh Benson. Producers Dennis Durney, Vernes Nobles. Teleplay Jim Byrnes. Based on a Story by Louis L’Amour. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Bud Friedgen. Production Designer Jack F. DeShields. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Jon C. Anderson. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Tom Selleck (Mac Traven), Sam Elliott (Dal Traven), Ben Johnson (Uncle Jack Traven), Geoffrey Lewis (Major Ashbury), Jeffrey Osterhage (Jesse Traven), Gene Evans (Holiday Hammond), Katharine Ross (Kate Connery), R.G. Armstrong (Sheriff Miles Gillette), Marshall Teague (Lieutenant Butler), Robert B. Craig (Laird), Ben Fuhrman (Devol), Jane Greer (Ma Traven), Harry Carey Jr. (Pa Traven), Dominique Dunne (Sissy Traven), Natalie May (Heather Traven), Jeannetta Arnette (Southern belle), Owen Orr (Frank King), Kristina David (Renfro Damsel), Joe Capone (Sergeant Bullock), Scanlon Gail (Yankee officer). 1899... Louisiana (Cinemax, 10/22/1984 and 10/23/1984, 2 parts, 105 mins each). Florid drama, set in Margaret Mitchell’s Old South, involving a strong-willed woman’s single-minded resolve to recover the plantation and all its holdings that had been lost to her during her schooling in Paris. Based on a pair of French novels by Maurice Denuziere, this saga of murder, revenge (and lots of sex), as well as stunning photography, was filmed on location in Paris and around St. Francisville, Louisiana, as a Franco-Canadian coproduction by Philippe DeBroca, who ended up marrying (briefly) his leading lady. (DeBroca inherited the project from Jacques Demy who in turn had stepped in for Etienne Perier.) It originally had been scheduled as a six-hour miniseries for both French and American television, but was hacked down to four hours or less before its Cinemax premiere and even more (slightly more than three hours) for its theatrical release abroad. Production Company International Cinema Corporation. Director Philippe DeBroca. Producers John Kemeny, Denis Heroux. Co-Producer Gabriel Boustani, Nader Atassi. Teleplay Etienne Perier, Dominique Fabre, Charles Israel. Based on Novels by Maurice Denuziere. Photography Michel Brault. Music Claude Bolling. Editor Henri Lance. Production Designer Jack McAdam. Cast Margot Kidder (Virginia Tregan), Ian Charleson (Clarence Dandridge), Andrea Ferreol (Mignette), Lloyd Bochner (Adrien Damvilliers), Victor Lanoux (Charles de Vigors), Len Cariou (Oswald), Hilly Hicks (Brent), Raymond Pellegrin (Morley), Ken Pogue (Dr. Murphy), Akosua Busia (Ivy), Corinne Marchand (Anne McGregor), Jim Bearden (Percy Templeton), Larry Lewis (Adrien II), Wayne Best (Major McGregor), Ron Lewis (Pierre), Angus McInnes (Albert), Alex Liggett (Young Adrien II), Matthew Breeding (Young Pierre), Scott Burnelle (Fabian), Kelli Brasselle (Julie), Tara Winder (Young Ivy), Mark Polley (Adrien McGregor), Michael J. Reynolds (General Bank), Pat Perkins (Nella), Becki Davis (Betty Templeton), Ron Cural (Bradley), Valarian Smith (Theodore), B.J. Hopper (Della Prince captain), Jerry Leggio (Banker), Stocker Fontelieu (Auctioneer), Layton Martens (Bascom).

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1900... Love Among Thieves (ABC, 2/23/1987, 120 mins). Audrey Hepburn returned to TV acting after 30 years in this romantic thriller, her only television movie. She plays an elegant world-renowned concert pianist involved in the heist of several priceless Faberge eggs to barter for the life of her kidnapped fiancee in the Nevada desert, only to get involved with Robert Wagner as a raffish, rumpled, cigar-chomping stranger. The leading lady played to type in her typically glamorous Givenchy gowns in this film, reminiscent of her “How to Steal a Million” that she made with Peter O’Toole in 1966. Original title: “Here a Thief, There a Thief” Production Company Robert Papazian Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producer Karen Mack. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Stephen Black, Henry Stern. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor James Mitchell. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Gowns by Givenchy. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Audrey Hepburn (Caroline DuLac), Robert Wagner (Mike Chambers), Jerry Orbach (Spicer), Patrick Bauchau (Alan Channing), Brion James (Andre), Samantha Eggar (Solange DuLac), Christopher Neame (Ian), Kenneth Kimmins (Booking officer), Ismael “East” Carlo (Mazo), Alma Beltran (Airline clerk), John Chandler (Hotel clerk), Bob Cota (Waiter in cafe), Dante D’Andre (Doctor), Joy Garrett (Hooker), Tonyo Melendez (Airport official), Maurice Orozco (Goat herder), Maria Russell (Flight attendant), Cynthia Steele (Theresa). 1901... Love and Betrayal (CBS, 4/16/1989, 120 mins). Woman’s drama about a happily married mother of two teenagers who is devastated when her husband walks out on her for someone younger, goes into denial, and becomes filled with self-doubt about her age, appearance, and ability to find a job. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Richard Michaels. Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston Teleplay Laurian Legett. Photography Shelly Johnson. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Andrew Cohen. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Art Director Nathan Haas. Technical Consultant Dr. Judy Kuriansky. Associate Producer Brenda Friend. Cast Stefanie Powers (Caroline Landry), David Birney (Bill Landry), Fran Drescher (Germaine), Amanda Peterson (Stefanie Landry), Josh Williams (Brendan Landry), Martha Scott (Ginger), Reiner Schoene (Dieter), Lisa Aliff (Patty), Ann Ryerson (Cynthia), Pamella D’Pella (Lissa), Cathy McAuley (Anne-Marie), Mary Gordon Murray (Jeannine), Susan Krebs (Ann), Bobbi Jo Lathan (Christine), Colleen Casey (Jane), Kendrick Hughes (Maitre d’), Shelly Lipkin (Harvey), Michael Skopes (Tom), Stephen Burleigh (Doctor), Patricia Lee Willson (Agency lady), David Selburg (Mr. Biggs), Peter Marc (Clyde), Matt Roe (Irv), Jason Smith (Sam). 1902... Love Is Forever (NBC, 3/27/1983, 180 mins). This three-hour film dramatizes the exploits of Australian journalist John Everingham and his efforts to snatch the Laotian girl, left behind following the Vietnam War, from under the noses of the Pathet Lao in 1978. It wended its reportedly trouble-plagued way to TVafter a theatrical version premiered earlier in 1983 under the title “Comeback.” A dispute between writer/director Hall Bartlett and star/producer Michael Landon over who did what functions during its production surfaced, with bad words between the two being duly reported in the press. In addition to a questionably cast Landon in the lead, the film introduces to American TV German actor Jurgen Prochnow (of “Das Boot”), has Priscilla Presley (Elvis’ actress ex-wife) in her TV-movie debut, and “presents” Moira Chen, introduced as a noted Indonesian actress but later revealed by “Variety” actually to be Laura Gemser, star of “Emmanuelle” and numerous other soft-core sex movies. A similarly themed theatrical film, “Saigon: Year of the Cat” by British playwright David Hare, starring Frederic Forrest and E.G. Marshall, was made about the same time but did not receive a release until more than a year later. Production Companies Michael Landon Productions, Hall Bartlett Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Hall Bartlett. Executive Producer Michael Landon. Producer Hall Bartlett. Teleplay Hall Bartlett. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Klaus Doldinger. Title Song by Carol Connors, Lee Holdridge. Song Performed by Laura Branigan. Editor Jay Cassidy. Art Director Daniel A Lomino. Associate Producers Cathy Bartlett, David Leonard, William Kushner. Director of Underwater Photography Al Giddings. Cast Michael Landon (John Everingham), Jurgen Prochnow (Gen. Serge Kapler), Edward Woodward (Derek McBracken), Priscilla Presley (Sandy Redford), Moira Chen (Keo Sirisomphene), Gabriele Tinti (Georges), David Leonard (Steve Hammond), Cathy Bartlett (Cathy Hammond), William Kushner (Clive), Eric Miller (Frank Mosley), Dee Barough (Madeleine), Kurn Ramivartan (General Khams), Leata Galloway, Scott Rollins, Sumner Bartholomew, Noi Naksawadi, Kurn Kringkrai. 1903... Love Is Never Silent (NBC, 12/9/1985, 120 mins). The hearing daughter of deaf parents is torn between a life of her own and being the ears for her mother and father in this family drama spanning three decades, beginning with the Great Depression. This critically acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation not only was the first television movie to feature three deaf actors and dozens of non-hearing extras (co-executive producer Julianna Fjeld also is deaf) but won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Drama Special, as well. Joseph Sargent also won an Emmy as Outstanding Director. Other nominations went to Mare Winningham as Outstanding Lead Actress (as the daughter) and to Darlene Craviotto, whose script was adapted from Joanne Greenberg’s 1970 novel, “In This Sign.” The drama additionally won the prestigious Christopher Award. Production Company Marian Rees Associates. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Marian Rees. CoExecutive Producer Julianna Fjeld. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay Darlene Craviotto. Based on a Novel by Joanne Greenberg. Photography David Gribble. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Keith R. Hein. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Executive in Charge of Production Robert Huddleston.

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Cast Mare Winningham (Margaret Ryder), Phyllis Frelich (Janice Ryder), Ed Waterstreet (Abel Ryder), Fredric Lehne (William Anglin), Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Anglin), Sid Caesar (Mr. Petrakis), Susan Ann Curtis (Young Margaret), Mark Hildreth (Bradley Ryder), Lou Fant (Reverend Maartens), Julianna Fjeld (Barbara), Jeremy Christall (Marshall Anglin), Stephen E. Miller (Driver), Alex Diakun (Funeral director), Gregory Hayes (Neil Switzer), Frank C. Turner (Mr. Frank), Ted Stidder (Doctor), Joseph Golland (Plant manager), Jackson Davies (Mr. Woods), Jennifer Miches (Ester Cohen), Jeff Schultz (Donald Anglin), David Peterson (Mr. Cotter). 1904... Love Leads the Way (Disney Channel, 10/7/1984, 95 mins). This dramatization of the true story of the first American, a young man blinded in a gym accident in 1927 Nashville, to be paired up with a seeing eye dog, was an unusually stellar production (by TV standards)--both in front of the camera and behind it--commissioned by the Disney people for their cable channel. Based on Morris Frank’s 1957 autobiography “First Lady of the Seeing Eye,” written with Blake Clark. Production Companies A Hawkins/Permut Production, Walt Disney Television. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer David Permut. Producer Jimmy Hawkins. Teleplay Henry Denker. Based on a Story by Jimmy Hawkins, Henry Denker. Based on the Autobiography by Morris Frank with Blake Clark. Photography Gary Graver. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Carolyn Ott. Cast Timothy Bottoms (Morris Frank), Eva Marie Saint (Dorothy Eustis), Arthur Hill (Mr. Frank), Patricia Neal (Mrs. Frank), Glynnis O’Connor (Lois), Susan Dey (Beth), Gerald Hiken (Jack), George D. Wallace (Blind Institute director), Michael Anderson Jr. (Hank), Stephen Young (Mike McShane), Ralph Bellamy (Senator Christl), Ernest Borgnine (Senator Brighton), Richard Roat (Proprietor), Richard Speight Jr. (Jimmy), Paul Klapper (Veterinarian), Terri Gardner (Secretary), Bill Erwin (Mailman), Eugene Pidgeon (Nate), Chip Arnold (Bus driver), Ray Hill (Cliff), John Brown (Mr. Tyler), David Cobb (Carnes). 1905... Love Lives On (ABC, 4/1/1985, 120 mins). Talk about your “disease of the week” TV movies! This one is allencompassing drama including teenage pregnancy, drug addiction, alcoholism, terminal cancer, premature birth, medical red tape, and other wrenching traumas--all involving a 15-year-old high schooler (played by Mary Stuart Masterson). The original song, “Lullaby,” by Douglas Brayfield and James DiPasquale, won the composers an Emmy Award, and a nomination went to hairstylist Vivian McAteer. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Larry Peerce. Producer April Smith. Co-Producers Roderick Paul, Robert C Thompson. Teleplay April Smith. Photography Gerald Hirschfeld. Music James DiPasquale. Songs “Wildflower” and “Lullaby” by James DiPasquale, Douglas Brayfield. Editor Eric Sears. Production Designer Bill Hiney. Cast Christine Lahti (Marilyn Wallace), Sam Waterston (Bernie Wallace), Ricky Paull Goldin (Brian), Louise Latham (Nana), Joe Regalbuto (Dr. Dan), Mary Stuart Masterson (Susan Wallace), Margaret Blye (Lucille Carver), John Doolittle (Father Eric), Kevin Scannell (Izzy), Lauren Holly (Tracy), Keri Houlihan (Christine), Bill Calvert (Matthew), Jack Thibeau (Mike Carver), John Wesley (Dr. Winston), Christine Avila (Dr. Cathy), David Beaman (Grampy), Carrie Hamilton (Kathy), Brent Hinkley (Patrick), Billy Kane (Clerk), Suzanne Kent (Nurse Charlotte), Charles Sweigart (Anesthesiologist), Eugene Williams (Mack). 1906... Love on the Run (NBC, 10/21/1985, 120 mins). Fictionalization of the bizarre real-life tale of a lady lawyer who falls for her convict client and helps him escape from prison, following the loners as they hit the road. Another version of this story was dramatized in the later theatrical film, “Hard Choices” (1986). As with increasing frequency, the television drama teamed two attractive video stars (she’s from “Remington Steele” and he’s from “Knots Landing”). Production Company NBC Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producers Sue Grafton, Steven Humphrey. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Sue Grafton, Steven Humphrey. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Paul Peters. Production Executive Charles Goldstein. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Diane Rockland), Alec Baldwin (Sean Carpenter), Constance McCashin (Elizabeth Nellison), Ernie Hudson (Lamar), Madison Mason (Roy Nellison), Howard Duff (Lionel Rockland), Matthew Cowles (Yancy), Kit LeFever (Cherry), Savannah Smith Boucher (Martha), David Hayward (Gary Snyder), Francine Lembi (Bonnie), Ken Lerner (Aaron), Arnold Turner (Rick Wade), Burke Byrnes (Melvin Small), Beau Starr (Lieutenant Sturgis), Eric Server (Lathrop), Bobby Bass (Click), Mary Betten (Maid), Tony Borgia (1st patrolman), Jan B. Daly (Buffy), Jeff Levine (Jackie Boles), Robert Lussier (Clerk), Barbara Mallory (Receptionist), Ron Recasner (2nd patrolman), Ben Slack (Al Beatty), Galen Thompson (1st reporter), Noni White (2nd reporter), Richard Ziker (Curtis). 1907... The Love Tapes (ABC, 5/9/1980, 120 mins). Another “Love Boat”/”Fantasy Island” variation, this pilot to a prospective series, loaded up with familiar TV faces, focuses on the misadventures of the clients of Good Possibilities, a state-ofthe-art videotape dating service run by Michael Constantine. During production, this movie was titled “They’re Playing Our Tape.” Production Companies Christiana Productions, MGM Television. Director Allen Reisner. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Elliot Schoenman, Joanna Emerson. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Carroll Sax. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Martin Balsam (David Franklin), Larry Breeding (Peter Barnes), Michael Constantine (Frank Yost), Mariette Hartley (Barbara Welles), Arte Johnson (Harlan Devane), Wendy Phillips (Lisa Del Monte), Jan Smithers (Carol Clark), Loretta Swit (Samantha Young), Timothy Blake (Victoria), David Jolliffe (Tommy), Margaret Ladd (Gloria), Darryl Cooksey (Joey), Shera Danese (Susan), Larry Wilcox (Marty Richardson).

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1908... Love Thy Neighbor (ABC, 5/23/1984, 120 mins). A serio-comedy casting John Ritter and Penny Marshall as next door suburbanites who overcome their mutual dislike for one another and are drawn into an unlikely affair when his wife runs off with her husband, leaving them to cope with their children and their houses. Production Companies Patricia Nardo Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Tony Bill. Executive Producer Patricia Nardo. Producer Renée Valente. Teleplay Chris Conrad. Photography Roland “Ozzie” Smith. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast John Ritter (Danny Loeb), Penny Marshall (Linda Wilson), Cassie Yates (Judy Lister), Bert Convy (Mike Wilson), Constance McCashin (Sally Loeb), Roger Perry (George Pappas), Thomas Byrd (Wayne Nelson), Seth Wagerman (Mark Loeb), Lukas Haas (Bobby Loeb), Bobby Jacoby (Brian Wilson), Jerry Supiran (Joey Wilson), Barbara Crampton (Carol), Putter Smith (Putter), Carol Carrington (2nd mourner), Janice Davies (Putter’s mother), John Earmes (Minister), Gina Ehren (4th mourner), Holgie Forrester (1st guest), Steve Kramer (3rd guest), Marc Ross (Usher), Robina Suwol (2nd guest). 1909... Love With a Perfect Stranger (Showtime, 10/12/1986, 100 mins). The first of the “Harlequin Romance” television movies, based on the hugely popular series of romantic novels and, according to the promotional pieces drumbeating the inaugural film, “true to the Harlequin tradition in presenting solid romantic adventures, with erotic locations, glamorous characters, passionate encounters, and of course, happy endings.” Ideally, for American audiences, these sumptuously filmed (with gauze on the lens) love stories boast an American actress in the lead with a basically European cast. “Love With a Perfect Stranger” has a successful and wealthy American businesswoman, traveling by train from Sicily to Florence, in romantic encounters with a dashing Irishman. Noted British director Desmond Davis, for unexplained reasons, had his name removed from the credits. Production Companies Yorkshire Television, Atlantic Video Ventures. Director (uncredited) Desmond Davis. Executive Producers John Goldstone, David Cunliffe, Jonathan Dana. Producer Pat Sandys. Teleplay Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham. Based on the Novel by Pamela Wallace. Photography Allan Pyrah. Music John DuPrez. Editor Stan Hawkes. Production Designers Roger Andrews, Agnes Hall, Alan Davis. Cast Marilu Henner (Victoria Ducane), Daniel Massey (Hugo DeLacey), Sky Dumont (Gerard Sandry), Stephen Grief (Andre), Shirin Taylor (Antonia), Robert Rietty (Bruno), Delia Paton (Mirella), Tim Stern (Giovanni), Philip O’Brien (George), Gay Baynes (Marie), Rita Lester (American tourist), John Delaney (Mike), Ray Marioni (Bar steward), Bruce Lidington (Clerk), Anthony Wingate (French tourist), Geraint Dodd (Singer), Tim Price (Guitarist). 1910... Love, Mary (CBS, 10/8/1985, 120 mins). Mary Groda-Lewis, on whose life this drama was based, is an awardwinning physician who bucked the odds by surviving adolescence as a rebellious, illiterate dyslexic who was sent to reform school at 13 for auto theft and a student protester in college during the 1960s as well as a subsequent stroke victim while giving birth to her second child, to graduating from medical school. Plucky Kristy McNichol portrayed the indomitable woman from age 18 through 35 in this seemingly incredible (plotwise, at least) bizarre drama filmed on location in Vancouver. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Robert Day. Supervising Producer Stan Hough. Producer Ellis A. Cohen. Teleplay Clifford Campion. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Michael Bolton. Cast Kristy McNichol (Mary Groda-Lewis), Matt Clark (Fennie Groda), David Paymer (David Lewis), Rachel Ticotin (Rachel Martin), Piper Laurie (Christine Groda), Leslie Wing (Jill), Wayne Robson (Dr. Sitton), Dorothy Dells (Beatrice Symes), David Sage (Dr. Miller), Romy Windsor (Jean), Lycia Naff (Delia), David Faustino (Christopher), Sarah Partridge (Barbara), Ron Recasner (Bernard Fuller), Tamu Blackwell (Eugenia), Shana Lane-Block (Iris), Terry David Mulligan (Dr. Powers), Tom Heaton (Gerald Crowhurst), Kate Robbins (Jan), Sheila Moore (Dr. Hofflund), Todd Duckworth (Dr. Grovner), Tom McBeath (Dr. Pearl), Christianne Hirt (Natalie), Jackson Davies (Mr. Yates), Twyla Dawn Vokins (Beth), Lossen Chambers (Tanya), Gabrielle Rose (Julie Trenton), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Proper lady), Peter Yunker (Richard), Pam Dangelmeier (SDS teenager), Stephen Chang (Karate instructor), Frances Flanagan (Nurse Osco), Ruby Montgomery (Nurse Curtis), Joseph Golland (Dr. McWright), Sharon Wahl (Secretary). 1911... M Station: Hawaii (CBS, 6/10/1980, 120 mins). Following his12 years as star of “Hawaii Five-O,” Jack Lord created a prospective new Hawaii-based series to which this cloak-and-dagger suspense thriller, set in a Honolulu underwater research and salvage firm, was the pilot. In addition to being executive producer (for his Lord and Lady Enterprises) and director of the film, Lord also took a guest role as a Navy admiral instrumental in the hiring of five oceanographic experts to help search for a mystery Soviet submarine missing in Hawaiian waters. Production Company Lord and Lady Enterprises. Director Jack Lord. Executive Producer Jack Lord. Producer Fred Baum. Teleplay Robert Janes. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Patrick M. Ryan. Art Director William Craig Smith. Associate Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Cast Jared Martin (Dana Ryan), Jo Ann Harris (Karen Holt), Andrew Duggan (Andrew McClelland), Jack Lord (Admiral Henderson), Dana Wynter (Maggie Michaels), Tom McFadden (Billy Jim Whitney), Ted Hamilton (Vasily Litvak), Lyle Bettger (Admiral Lincoln), Andrew Prine (Capt. Ben Galloway), Elissa Dulce (Luana Sorel), Moe Keale (Truck Kealoha), Frankie Stevens (Restov), James Reynolds (Barsak), Allen Andrade (Commander Black), Tina Santiago, Herb Hardin, David Palmer, Barton McCullough.

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1912... M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (NBC, 3/14/1983, 120 mins). Mariette Hartley won an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Candy Lightner, the California woman who spearheaded the drive for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own young daughter became a hit-and-run victim. The film itself was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama Special. Production Company Universal Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer David Moessinger. Supervising Producer Douglas Benton. Producer Michael Braverman. Teleplay Michael Braverman. Photography Dean Cundey. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Art Director James Shanahan. Associate Producer George Lehr. Cast Mariette Hartley (Candy Lightner), Paula Prentiss (Lynne Wiley), John Rubinstein (Steve White), Shelby Balik (Cari Lightner/Serena Lightner), Robert Carnegie (Doug Hamilton), Nicolas Coster (Maurice Carver), Lee deBroux (Officer Chesrow), Alan Fudge (Porter), James Gammon (Willard Kohler), David Huddleston (Steve Blankenship), Elizabeth Huddle (Jean Moorhead), Tammy Lauren (Chandler Doherty), William Lucking (Officer McKnight), Bert Remsen (Dick Dodridge), Andy Romano (Harry Doherty), Ken Swofford (Sergeant Wagner), Grace Zabriskie (Silvie Alice Kohler), Richard Backus (Dr. Schumwaith), Teri Beckerman (Vicki), Katherine DeHetre (Kathy Livingston), John Elerick (Minister), Brad English (Officer Sternhagen), Matthew Faison (Jack Sapunor), Leo V. Gordon (Officer Horvath), John Hancock (Judge Daugherty), Milt Kogan (Dr. Christiansen), Janet Rasak (Sheila Evans), Dennis Robertson (Father Michael Donnelly), Paul Stout (Travis Lightner), John Callahan (Officer Landers), Robert Dunlap (Jim Schultz), Frank Lugo (Hector), Robina Suwol (Nurse Judy), Toni Lawrence (Marilyn Sabin), Livingston Holmes (Elinore), DeVoreaux White (Jerome), S. John Launer (Judge Sheldon Greenfield), Candy Lightner (Reporter), Charles Allen Anderson, Wendy Gates, Doug Hale, Momo Yashima, Ruth Britt, Donna M. Holton. 1913... Madame X (NBC, 3/16/1981, 120 mins). In this seventh version of the famed weeper, Tuesday Weld--who replaced Susan Blakely--is the woman who had married into a prominent family and subsequently is forced by her mother-in-law (Eleanor Parker) to abandon her beloved husband and daughter to protect them from shame, only to be reunited with the now-grown girl many years later in a dramatic twist in the courtroom. Comedian Jerry Stiller provided some offbeat casting as a sinister blackmailer. Hairstylist Shirley Padgett won an Emmy Award for her work. Production Companies Levenback-Riche Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Producers Paula Levenback, Wendy Riche. Teleplay Edward Anhalt. Based on a Play by Alexandre Bisson. Based on the Screenplay by Jean Holloway. Photography Woody Omens. Music Angela Morley. Editor Skip Lusk. Art Director William McAllister. Associate Producer Bernadette Joyce. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Tuesday Weld (Holly Richardson), Jeremy Brett (Dr. Terrence Keith), Len Cariou (John Abbott), Martina Deignan (Elizabeth Reeves), Robert Hooks (DA Roerich), Eleanor Parker (Katherine Richardson), Jerry Stiller (Burt Orland), Robin Strand (Willy Dwyer), Granville Van Dusen (Clay Richardson), Norman Bartold (Judge Tom Matlock), Raleigh Bond (Captain Costa), Stanley Brock (Arthur Penrose), Camilla Carr (Kit), Pola Miller (Bejay Matlock), Tony Plana (Senor Rueda), John Rose (Dr. Rascoff), William Wintersole (Tom Cleveland), Edward Anhalt (Judge), Wendy Cutler (Nurse), Meg Sargent (Miss Kilgore), Bridget Sienna (Clerk), Ellen Snortland (Belle), Deanna Deignan (Linda), Bennett Foster (Dr. Everly), Susan Lanier (Peggy), Beverly Hay (Margaret), Ramon Menendez (Luis), John Madison (Mr. Reilly), Randi Martin (Young Elizabeth), Kenneth Allen (Senator Seabury), Tom Tully (Man in bar), Laurette Healy, Mary Sagady, John Bates, Esther Lee, Ray Wise, Conrad Palmisano. 1914... Mae West (ABC, 5/2/1982, 120 mins). Ann Jillian’s portrait of legendary actress Mae West in this customarily whitewashed TV biography, covering her flamboyant career through her triumphant Broadway return in “Diamond Lil” in 1948, won her an Emmy Award nomination. James Brolin plays Mae West’s longtime lover and manager, Jim Timony, and Roddy McDowall is a fictionalized female impersonator who helps her develop her distinctive stage and screen persona. Director Lee Philips also received an Emmy nomination, as did Jean-Pierre Dorleac and Richard Blair for costume design and makeup, respectively. Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Producer Terry Morse Jr. Teleplay E. Arthur Kean. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Choreographer Dom Salinaro. Art Director Kim Swados. Cast Ann Jillian (Mae West), James Brolin (Jim Timony), Piper Laurie (Matilda West), Roddy McDowall (René Valentine), Louis Giambalvo (George Kane), Chuck McCann (W.C. Fields), Lee deBroux (Jack West), Donald Hotton (Edward Eisner), Ian Wolfe (Dorset), Bill Morey (Al Kaufman), Rita Taggart (Sally), Michael Currie (Bill Le Baron), Jay Garner (Archie Mayo), Burke Byrnes (Withers), Bridgette Andersen (Mae at age 7), Debbie Lytton (Mae at age 13), Than Wyenn (Ira Pitkin), Blane Savage (Frank Wallace), Lew Horn (Sergeant Kirk), Fredric Franklyn (Judge Donnellan), Harry Reems (Narrator), Woody Eney (Warden Schleth), J.P. Bumstead (Rush), Martin Azarow (Detective), Dennis Alwood (Edgar Bergen), Paul Willson (Abbey), Redmond Gleeson (Reverend Bragg), Fred Stuthman (Father Walter Cox), Edward Call (Driggs), Nicholas Mayer (George Raft). 1915... Mafia Princess (NBC, 1/19/1986, 120 mins). The bestselling 1984 autobiography by Antoinette Giancana, daughter of infamous Chicago Mafia chieftain Sam Giancana, provided silver-maned Tony Curtis with his best part in years and soap opera vixen Susan Lucci another go at primetime stardom in the title role. Curtis took full advantage of the opportunity to age 40 years in the time span of the film, from young father to aging hot-tempered don. The real-life Antoinette can be spotted briefly in a communion scene in this somewhat whitewashed tale.

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Production Companies Jack Farren Productions, Group W Productions. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producer Jack Farren. Producer Lew Gallo. Teleplay Robert W Lenski. Based on the Biography by Antoinette Giancana. Based on a Book by Thomas C. Renner. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Jean-Marc Vasseur. Art Director Claude Bonniere. Cast Susan Lucci (Antoinette Giancana), Kathleen Widdoes (Angela Giancana), Tony Curtis (Sam Giancana), Chuck Shamata (Fat Louie), Louis Di Bianco (Jimmy Lucca), David McIlwraith (Dr. Raymond Spiros), Tony De Santis (Joey Leone), Marsha Moreau (Little Annette), Albert Schultz (Phillip), Norma Edwards (School administrator), Ken Pogue (Committee member), Tom Harvey (David O’Brien), Bill Lake (Federal agent), Laurie Waller-Brown (Nun administrator), J.C. MacKenzie (Hotel waiter), Ann-Marie MacDonald (Student), Dennis Strong (Richard Smith), Jonathan Welsh (Dr. Towers), Jacquie Presly (Nurse), Richard Comar (Nick), Randall Carpenter (Diana), Bruce Pirrie (Young man), François Klanfer (Head waiter), Linn Armstrong (Maid), Marilyn Smith (Wedding guest), Barbara Gordon (Acting coach), Allan Aarons (Sal Pagano), Tom MacCarone (Davey Gallo), Virginia Reh (Celia Gallo), David Mulholland (Priest), Marvin Goldhar (Mogul), Shawn Lawrence (Photographer), Charles Lawther (Makeup artist), Dan Hennessey (Doctor), Reg Dreger (Abortionist), Antoinette Giancana (Communion guest). 1916... Magic Moments (Showtime, 3/19/1989, 115 mins). Drama based on the Harlequin Romance novel “The Magic Moment” (singular) involves a stage magician from America and a British TV producer, reversing the normal Harlequin plotline of having the Yank a pretty woman and the European a dashing rake. This would be the last in the series of Harlequin Romance movies, made for Yorkshire Television on exotic sites on the Continent and acquired for cable television Stateside. Production Companies Arena Films, Atlantic Video Ventures, Yorkshire Television. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Executive Producers Keith Richardson, Jonathan Dana, John Goldstone. Producer David Conroy. Teleplay Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham. Based on a Novel by Nora Roberts. Photography Ken Westbury. Music Alan Hawkshaw. Music Conducted by David Snell. Song Alan Hawkshaw, Athene Fielding. Song Performed by Miriam Stockley. Editor John S. Smith. Production Designer Anthony Curtis. Cast John Shea (Troy Gardner), Jenny Seagrove (Melanie James), Paul Freeman (Brian Swan), Deborah Weston (Beth), Sam Douglas (Lee), Tony Caunter (TV director), Shirley Cassidy (Television production assistant), Charles Collingwood (TV announcer), Alison Sterling (Clare), Stephen Hoye (Tony), John Abbott (Reporter), Neville Phillips (Diplomat), Pepe Yepes (Paco). 1917... Maid in America (CBS, 9/22/1982, 120 mins). Lighthearted romantic comedy, somewhat akin to the long-lost screwball genre, about an unemployed Atlanta worker (Alex Karras) who answers crusading lady lawyer Susan Clark’s ad for a live-in maid and then has to take her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination. Production Companies Georgian Bay Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producers Alex Karras, Susan Clark. Producer Norman I. Cohen. Teleplay Peter Feibelman. Photography Norman Leigh. Music David Michael Frank. Editor John Farrell. Art Director Nick Romanac. Associate Producer G. Chevalier Kevorkian. Cast Susan Clark (Catherine Abel), Alex Karras (Cal Bullington), Fritz Weaver (Jonas Angstrom), Mildred Natwick (Mrs. Angstrom), Barbara Byrne (Aunt Melissa), David Spielberg (Harold Klumper), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Margaret), Colby Chester (Dwight Freeman), Elizabeth Ward (Myra Abel), Jonathan Ward (John Abel), Georgia Allen (Judge Alice Hailey), Dan Biggers (Judge Fink), Chester Clark (Mr. Lipton), Terrayne Crawford (2nd woman at party), Ken Daniel (2nd delivery boy), Don Devendorf (Doctor), Sandra Dorsey (3rd construction worker), Clara Dunn (Mrs. Schultz), Lynn Fitzpatrick (Mary Little-Brown), Judith Garland (Woman at party), Edith Ivey (Woman applicant), Larry Jordan (Reporter), Betty Leighton (2nd woman applicant), Iris Little-Roberts (Helen), Danny Nelson (1st construction worker), Pat Reilly (Mrs. Freeman), Kenny Raskin (Mime), Tony Ross (Delivery boy), Wanda Strange (Catering lady), Howard Stopeck (Mr. Green), Lou Walker (2nd construction worker), Jim Williamson (Man at party), Chandra Wolle (Woman on phone). 1918... Maigret (Syndicated, 8/20/1988, 120 mins). Indubitably Irish Richard Harris puts his curious spin on Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, the rumpled but shrewd Paris police investigator of George Simenon’s classic detective novels (portrayed definitively to most moviegoers by Jean Gabin in the ’50s), and Britisher Barbara Shelley, known affectionately as the “scream queen” of Hammer horror films, is Maigret’s long-suffering wife Louise. In this British-produced film made for first-run syndication, Maigret sets out to solve the murder of a close friend and colleague, tossed into a river from a Paris-bound train, and gets involved with American industrialist Patrick O’Neal and wife Victoria Tennant before bodies start piling up. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Paul Lynch. Executive Producers Robert Cooper, Arthur Weingarten. Supervising Executive Producers Patrick Dromgoole, Johnny Goodman. Producer Arthur Weingarten. Teleplay Arthur Weingarten. Based on Characters Created by George Simenon. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Alan Lisk. Editor Lyndon Matthews. Production Designer Caroline Smith. Art Director Steve Groves. Cast Richard Harris (Inspector Jules Maigret), Patrick O’Neal (Kevin Portman), Victoria Tennant (Victoria Portman), Ian Ogilvy (Daniel Portman), Barbara Shelley (Louise Maigret), Andrew McCulloch (Sergeant Lucas), Richard Durden (Julian Barden), Annette Andre (Judith Hollenbeck), Dominique Barnes (Tara Portman), Eric Deacon (Tony Portman), Caroline Munro (Carolyn Page), Don Henderson (Barge captain), Mark Audley (Ekers), Eve Ferret (Mrs. Tippet), Milo Sperber (Oliver Durbin), Vernon Dobtcheff (Gannett), Lachele Carl (Sgt. Leila Normand), John Abineri (Renault), Adrian Cairns (Dr. Parton).

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1919... Make Me an Offer (ABC, 1/11/1980, 120 mins). Susan Blakely is a woman who gets involved in the real estate game after the husband she helped put through law school dumps her in this romantic comedy that initially was titled “House Hunting,” and Patrick O’Neal is the self-proclaimed “king” of Beverly Hills real estate who wants more than she cares to give for teaching her the ins and outs of the business. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jerry Paris. Executive Producer Stephen Jaffe. Producer Carter DeHaven. Teleplay Pamela Chais. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Ralph Burns. Editors John F. Link, Tom Stevens. Art Director Daniel A. Lomino. Cast Susan Blakely (Joyce Windsor), Patrick O’Neal (Pete Strickland), John Rubinstein (Dr. Max Westcott), Bruce Bauer (Donald Windsor), Edie Adams (Francine Sherman), Kathleen Lloyd (Millie Barash), Carole Cook (Pru Babcock), Stella Stevens (Deidre Price), Walter Brooke (Glenn Harris), William Prince (Milo Spears), Susan Cotton (Glenna), Richard Patterson (Harvey Clark), Janit Baldwin (Angela Roberts), George Skaff (Arab prince), Kelly Britt (Mrs. Schultz), Tom Hatten (Rodgers), Brett White (Rock star). 1920... Making of a Male Model (ABC, 10/9/1983, 120 mins). A chic Manhattan modeling agency’s seductive owner plucks a rugged young Nevada rancher from obscurity and endeavors to make him into an overnight sex symbol, only to discover that he craves the wide open spaces back home. Jon-Erik Hexum, in his first starring film, is the hunk who came to real-life prominence via two bestselling beefcake calendars, followed by the short-lived “Voyagers” series. Among the cast members are second generation actors including Michael Anderson Jr., Robert Walker Jr., Heidi Hagman (Larry’s daughter), and Jennifer Edwards (Blake’s daughter), as well as Rosemary Stack (wife of Robert Stack) as a fashion world bigwig. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Irving J. Moore. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producers Elaine Rich, Lynn Loring. Teleplay A.J. Carothers. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Artie Butler. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Dick Darling. Art Director Tom Trimble. Associate Producer Dennis Hammer. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Joan Collins (Kay Dillon), Jon-Erik Hexum (Tyler Burnett), Kevin McCarthy (Ward Hawley), Roxie Roker (Madge Davis), Arte Johnson (Marty Simpson), Ted McGinley (Gary Angelo), Jeff Conaway (Chuck Lanyard), Tonja Walker (Alma Rockwell), Patricia Smith (Mrs. Rockwell), Michael Anderson Jr. (Sven), Robert Walker Jr. (Joseph), Tamara Stafford (Linda), Gary Bisig (Frank), Greta Blackburn (Jenna), Clare Kirkconnell (Joanne), Richard Pierson (Leo), Heather McNair (Denise), Hunter Von Leer (Director), Barry Pearl (Clarence), Michael Kearns (Roddy), Heidi Hagman (Connie), Andrea Howard (Marsha), Sandy Freeman (Leonora), Robert Pinkerton (Scott), Robert DoQui (Policeman), Raleigh Bond (Mr. Breedlove), Rosemary Stack (Lila Chandler), Ingrid Anderson (Veronica), Twyla Littleton (Amanda), Casey Brown (Barbara), Marcia Wolf (Lisa), Joyce Little (Isabella), Wendy Smith Howard (Junie), Jennifer Edwards (Laurie), Jeff Crawford (Assistant director), Shane McCabe (Austin), Yasuko Nagazumi (Receptionist), Dino Gigante (Stylist), Kimberly Foster (Susan), Harry Langdon (Miles), Timothy Shelton (Mark), Bank Sand (Bartender), Ted Rooney (Roy), Alex Rodine (Maitre d’), Ken Wilson (Cinematographer), Marc Buceda (John), Kelly Elias (Charlie), Tom Jordan (Fred), Ben Marino (Tony), Susan Olar (Margo), Kristie Welch (Pam), James “Gypsy” Haake (Female impersonator #1), Christopher Morley (Female impersonator #2). 1921... Malibu (ABC, 1/23/1983 and 1/24/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A young couple from Milwaukee, William Atherton and Susan Dey, come to California, rent an overpriced house in the fabled Malibu beach community and become involved with the wealthy beautiful people who spend their time either soaking up the sun or partying. Kim Novak is the real estate agent; Chad Everett, a womanizing tennis pro; James Coburn, a ruthless lawyer; Ann Jillian, a TV journalist, and Troy Donahue a mysterious recluse, among the large cast of familiar TV names in this two-part adaptation of William Murray’s 1977 novel. Production Companies Hamner Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Robert Hamner. Producer Peter Thompson. Teleplay Elliott Baker. Based on the Novel by William Murray. Photography Robert L Morrison. Music Mark Snow. Title Song Written and Performed by Anthony Newley. Editors J. Terry Williams, Tom Stevens. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L Campbell. Associate Producer Jack Leewood. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast William Atherton (Stan Harvey), James Coburn (Tom Wharton), Susan Dey (Linda Harvey), Chad Everett (Art Bonnell), Steve Forrest (Rich Bradley), George Hamilton (Jay Pomerantz), Jenilee Harrison (Cindy), Ann Jillian (Gail Hessian), Richard Mulligan (Charlie Wigham), Anthony Newley (Wilson Mahoney), Kim Novak (Billie Farnsworth), Valerie Perrine (Dee Staufer), Eva Marie Saint (Mary Wharton), Bridger Hanley (Laura Bonnell), Troy Donahue (Clint Redman), Brad Maule (Lane Ponds), Richard McKenzie (Hunnicutt Powell), Rod McCary (Alex West), Selma Archerd (Amanda Settles), Floyd Levine (Mr. X), Hansford Rowe (Dr. Ferraro), William Glover (Butler), Reid Smith (Tad), Douglas Dirkson (Bascomb), Diane Sommerfield (Leoni), Steve Levitt (Goopy), Peter Van Norden (Bumbo), Carol Hamner (Mrs. Benedict), Monique St. Pierre (Jane Dennison), Tawny Kitaen (Mahoney’s girlfriend). 1922... Malice in Wonderland (CBS, 5/12/1985, 120 mins). Fact-based comedy drama recounting Hollywood’s legendary feud between Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper during filmdom’s golden era. Based on George Eells’ 1972 book “Hedda and Louella.” Jane Alexander’s depiction of Hedda Hopper won her an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress, with other nominations going to costume designers Nolan Miller and Mina Mittleman and film sound mixer Keith A. Wester. Philip Lathrop won the Emmy Award for his cinematography.

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Production Company ITC Entertainment Group. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler. Based on a Book by George Eells. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Charles Bernstein. Editors Allan Jacobs, Rebecca Ross. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Costume Designer (Elizabeth Taylor) Nolan Miller. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Louella Parsons), Jane Alexander (Hedda Hopper), Richard Dysart (Louis B. Mayer), Joyce Van Patten (Dema Harshbarger), Jon Cypher (Dr. Harry “Docky” Martin), Leslie Ackerman (Harriet Parsons), Bonnie Bartlett (Ida Koverman), Thomas Byrd (William Hopper), Joel Colodner (Andy Kenderson), Rick Lenz (Iceman), Mary McCusker (Dot), John Pleshette (Tommy Gallep), Eric Purcell (Orson Welles), Tim Robbins (Joseph Cotten), Mark L. Taylor (Howard Strickling), Nancy Travis (Ann), B.J. Ward (June), Vernon Weddle (Sam Goldwyn), Allen Williams (Joel), Theodore Wilson (Collins), Jason Wingreen (Jack Warner), Helen Baron (Ellen), Thomas Bellin (Hotel clerk), Denise Crosby (Carole Lombard), Robert Darnell (Heiner), Christine Dickinson (Betty), Douglas Emerson (Young Bill Hopper), Edith Fields (Mrs. Washburn), Lyla Graham (Mrs. Clayton), Anne Haney (Dema’s secretary), Mindi Iden (Starlet), Leigh Kavanaugh (2nd journalist), Amelia Laurenson (Elizabeth Arden), Galen Thompson (Hal), Jan Triska (Mike Romanoff), Keith Walker (Albert), Gary Wayne (Clark Gable), Noni White (1st journalist). 1923... Man Against the Mob (NBC, 1/10/1988, 120 mins). Stylish ’40s crime drama with George Peppard as an untouchable homicide detective leading a hand-picked “A” team of no-nonsense gangbusters fighting to keep Los Angeles free from organized crime in the person of East Coast mobsters. Peppard would return to the role in a sequel nearly two years later. Original title: “Trouble in the City of Angels” Production Company Frank von Zerneck Films. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert M. Sertner. Producer Phillips Wylly Sr. Co-Producer John Rester Zodrow. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn. Based on a Story by John Rester Zodrow, David J. Kinghorn. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Artie Kane. Editor Barrett Taylor. Production Designer Shay Austin. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Cast George Peppard (Sgt. Frank Doakey), Kathryn Harrold (Marilyn Butler), Max Gail (Vernon “Rusty” Kitchens), Barry Corbin (Roy “Big Mac” McCleary), Fredric Lehne (Sammy Turner), Norman Alden (Capt. John Necker), Sandy Ward (Capt. Leon Spivy), Danielle von Zerneck (Lynn Wilson), Michael Gregory (Lonny “Dog Man” DeMarco), Peter Miller (Manny the Coroner), Paul Tuerpe (Mayor Barlow Rush), Stella Stevens (Joey Day), Douglas Dirkson (Clarence Veitor), Cheryl Anderson (Patty Kitchens), Mark Lonow (Eddie “BigHands” Traverso), Henry G. Sanders (Bode Ross), Greg Monaghan (Danny Foxx), Anthony Caruso (Joe Benedetti), Paul Sylvan (Vinny DeMarco), Elyse Donalson (Shirley Veitor), Wayne Grace (Bobby Motta), Courtenay McWhinney (Mother Superior), Mort Sertner (Reporter), Juanita Jennings (Hooker). 1924... Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (NBC, 12/10/1989, 120 mins). In this sequel to “Man Against the Mob,” George Peppard reprises he role as homicide detective Frank Doakey in ’40s Los Angeles, tackling a string of murders connected to a mob-run Chinatown prostitution ring and why strange tattoos are found on each of the victims. Production Company von Zerneck-Sertner Films. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert M. Sertner. Producers Michael Pressman, Susan Weber-Gold. Co-Producers Cleve Landsberg, John Rester Zodrow. Teleplay Michael Petryni. Based on a Story by David J. Kinghorn. Based on Characters Created by John Rester Zodrow, David J. Kinghorn. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Artie Kane. Song Performed by Sally Stevens. Editor Ronald Roose. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Cast George Peppard (Sgt. Frank Doakey), Richard Bradford (Terry O’Brien), Charles Haid (Buddy Bunnucci), Ursula Andress (Betty Starr), Jason Beghe (Sammy Turner), Julia Nickson (Kaylie), James Pax (Tommy Chiang), Sandy Ward (Manny), Norman Alden (Chief), Tom Everett (Silva), Robert Lesser (Jeter), Michele B. Chan (Mai-Ling), Jonathan Goldsmith (Ralph), Marc Tubert (Tony Cruse), Ric Mancini (Johnny Stratta), Joe Tornatore (Joey Bumpus), Hal Shafer (Big Daddy), Mort Sertner (Cal Maguire), Greg Monaghan (Danny Foxx), Richard Lee Sung (Jackie Fong), Jill Jacobson (Verta), Richard Balin (Dr. Silver), Cynthia Gouw (Lyn Chiang), Bill Dyer (Fisherman), Michael Pressman (Bernie), Yong Sun (Chinese Man), Kit Wong (Landlord). 1925... A Man For All Seasons (TNT, 12/7/1988, 180 mins). Classy, stellar production of the memorable stage and screen drama exploring the actual events on the last decade of Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, with mortal conflict with Henry VIII, and his beheading in 1535. Charlton Heston, who had campaigned to star in Fred Zinnemann’s 1966 film and then went on to star in various stage productions in the United States and Great Britain, directed this version and plays the lead role. Vanessa Redgrave, who had a small role as Anne Boleyn in the 1966 film, costars here as Lady Alice More. Charlton’s son Fraser produced and Robert Bolt adapted his original 1960 play to television. It was dedicated to veteran British actor Roy Kinnear (here playing The Common Man) who had died in a horseback accident when subsequently filming. Production Companies Agamemnon Films, British Lion, Turner Network Television. Director Charlton Heston. Executive Producer Peter Snell. Producer Fraser C Heston. Teleplay Robert Bolt. Based on a Play by Robert Bolt. Photography Denis C Lewiston. Music Julia Downes. Tudor Music by Henry VIII HRH. Music Performed by New London Consort. Musical Supervisor Eric Tomlinson. Editor Eric Boyd-Perkins. Production Designer Tony Woollard. Art Director Malcolm Stone. 2nd Unit Photographer Alan Hall Associate Producer Ted Lloyd. Cast Charlton Heston (Sir Thomas More), Vanessa Redgrave (Lady Alice More), John Gielgud (Cardinal Wolsey), Richard Johnson (Duke of Norfolk), Roy Kinnear (The Common Man), Benjamin Whitrow (Thomas Cromwell), Adrienne Thomas

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(Margaret More), Martin Chamberlain (King Henry VIII), John Hudson (William Roper), Jonathan Hackett (Richard Rich), Nicholas Amer (Champuys), Milton Cadman (Cranmer), Valerie Minifie (Woman litigant), Geoff Owen (Chapuy’s assistant), Brian Badcoe (Chamberlain). 1926... The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (HBO, 10/31/1987, 115 mins). True-life made-for-cable drama tells the story of Robert Elliot Burns, an innocent man sentenced to a 1920s Georgia chain gang and escaped twice. His story inspired the classic early ’30s Paul Muni film “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,” but despite the publicity material and the observation of many reviewers, is not a remake of that noted movie. A rare television performance by Val Kilmer (earlier he was in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”), and a return to television for veteran director Daniel Mann, whose only previous TV movies were “Playing for Time” and “The Day the Loving Stopped.” Production Companies Journey Entertainment Inc., HBO Pictures. Director Daniel Mann. Executive Producer Michael Campus. Producer Yoram Ben-Ami. Teleplay Michael Campus. Based on a Book by Vincent Godfrey Burns. Photography Mikael Salomon. Music Charles Bernstein. Songs Performed by Taj Mahal. Editors Walter A. Hannemann, Noel Rogers, Diana Friedberg. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Val Kilmer (Robert Elliot Burns), Charles Durning (Warden Leroy Hardy), Kyra Sedgwick (Lillian Saylow), James Keach (Vincent Godfrey Burns), Clancy Brown (Flagg), Elisha Cook (Pappy Glue), William Sanderson (Trump), Sonia Braga (Emily Pusceo), Taj Mahal (Bones), Paul Benjamin (Big Sam), Bill Bolender (Rayford), Esther Benson (Mother Burns), Burt Conway (Father Burns), Charles Carroll (Hobo #1), Ransom Andrews (Hobo #2), Stan Sturing (Burns’ Atlanta lawyer), John Mitchum (Atlanta judge), Taylor Presnell (George Seales), Roy Morgan (Deebo), Bert Williams (Police chief), Lawrence Parks (Merle McBain), Chris Mulkey (Burns’ Chicago lawyer), Billy Kane (Burley), Jerry Anderson (Speech chairman), Rony Clanton (Cowboy), Warren Vanders (Stuckey), Tommy Bush (Chicago judge), Bill Gratton, Michael Clark, George Auld, Helen Hall, Pat Minter, Joe McCaig, Harlan Jordan, Julius Tennon, Desmond Dhooge, Dennis Pace, Charles Floyd, Richard Nelson, Glynn Bradley, Robert Callender, Tim Hicks, Kenneth Cooks. 1927... The Man Who Fell to Earth (ABC, 8/23/1987, 120 mins). This sci-fi tale of the sole survivor of an alien spacecraft that has crashed to Earth and his struggles to return to his dying planet Anthea to save his loved ones is less a remake of the 1976 David Bowie movie of the same name than it is a reworking--as a prospective series pilot--of the premise advanced in the 1963 Walter Trevis novel, the source of both. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Robert J Roth. Executive Producer David Gerber. Supervising Producer Lewis B Chesler. Producer Christopher Chulack. Co-Producer Richard Kletter. Teleplay Richard Kletter. Based on the Novel by Walter Tevis. Theatrical Screenplay Paul Mayersberg. Photography Frederick Moore. Music Doug Timm. Editors John Carnochan, Gail Yasunaga. Production Designer John B. Mansbridge. Executive in Charge of Production Christopher Seitz. Cast Lewis Smith (John Dory), James Laurenson (Felix Hawthorne), Robert Picardo (Morse), Bruce McGill (Dr. Vernon Gage), Wil Wheaton (Billy), Annie Potts (Louise), Beverly D’Angelo (Eva), Henry G. Sanders (Messenger), Bobbi Jo Lathan (Trucker), Carmen Argenziano (General), Chris DeRose (Record clerk), Ritch Shydner (Video clerk), Rob Neilson (Captain), Steve Natole (Soldier), Michael Fontaine (Guard), Albert Owens (Cop), Scott Fouser (Lohar), Hank Stratton (Waiter), Diana Wolfe (Pointed-headed lady), Amy Sawaya (Dancer), Carl D. Parker (Rancher). 1928... The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (Syndicated, 11/28/1988 and 11/29/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part dramatization of A.E. Hotchner’s 1982 novel about an American dilettante (Perry King) who believes he can shut out the threat of the Nazis who have commandeered Paris’ luxurious Ritz Hotel where he is comfortably ensconced--only to find himself suddenly enmeshed in the Resistance. The international coproduction has a cast that includes Leslie Caron as couturiere Coco Chanel, the legendary Parisienne chanteuse Patachou as Madame Ritz, David McCallum as her son Charley, ’50s French sex kitten Mylene Demongeot as Madame Roget, and others. Production Companies Harmony Gold, SFP Productions, ReteEuropa, Bill McCutchen Productions. Director Desmond Davis. Executive Producer Bill McCutchen. Producers Frank Agrama, Henri Spade, Riccardo Tozzi. Line Producers Serge Touboul, Evelyne Madec. Teleplay Gordon Cotler. Based on a Novel by A. E. Hotchner. Photography Claude Rubin. Editor Ralph Sheldon. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Production Designer Jacques Douy. Associate Producers Jehan Agrama, Heidi Wall. Cast Perry King (Philip Weber), Leslie Caron (Coco Chanel), Cherie Lunghi (Lili Gloebocka), David McCallum (Charley Ritz), David Robb (De Forrestiere), Patachou (Madam Ritz), Mylene Demongeot (Madam Roget), Sophie Barjac (Martine Fauvet), Joss Ackland (Hermann Goering), Terry Taplin (Colonel Stupelmeyer), Brigitte Kahn (Ilse Falle), Barrie Houghton (Goebbels), John Grillo (Von Behr), Nathalie Cerda (Edith Piaf), Wolf Kahler (Krupp), Richard Durden (Man Ray), Donald Douglas (Major Ritter), Murray Gronwall (Louis Delor), Andre Penvern (Henri Bretonne), Christian Erickson (Karl), Geoffrey Bateman (Fuerbach), Marc De Jonge (Auxerre), Mijou Kovacs (Goebbel’s mistress), David Shawyer (Himmler), Nicholas Hawtrey (Lohse), Jasper Jacob (Major Lindt), Marc Duret (Pierre Monet), David Gabinson (Delocque), Lynette Dunda (Denise), Bill Kearns (Uncle Gerard), Jean Jacques Charriere (Accordionist), Christiane Jean (Claire), Patrice Melenic (Cressler), Max Douchin (Heller), Paul Maxwell (Myles), Jean Rupert (Clock shop man), Michel Motu (Victor), Michael Jacob (Kurt), Ronald Mills (Rosenberg), Franz Sauer (Bormann), Yann Marchal DeGarnier (Gaston), Charles Mardsi (Old man), Bernard Lepinaux (Captain Benz), Jacques Lepius

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(Roget doorman), Michael Hoffland, Roland Waden, Marc Emmanuel, Bertrand De Hantefort, Cyrielle Monge, Christopher Merian, Claude Pascadel, Eric Witta, Eric Margolis, Pierre Decazes, Alexander Ubeda, Richard Temple. 1929... Mandela (HBO, 9/20/1987, 135 mins). Danny Glover received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela--at the time, marking his 25th year in prison for treason and other anti-apartheid activities--and his then-deep and sustaining relationship with his activist wife Winnie. This British-made movie biography (running 2:15) with an otherwise all English and native African cast and spanning the years from 1948 to 1986 was filmed in Zimbabwe since shooting it in South Africa was, in its day, not possible. Production Companies Titus Productions, Polymuse Productions Inc., TVS Films, HBO Pictures. Director Philip Saville. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Co-Producers Leslie Linder, Robert A. Goldston, Dickie Bamber. Teleplay Ronald Harwood. Photography John Coquillon. Music Richard Hartley. Editor Ralph Sheldon. Production Designer Michael Porter. Cast Danny Glover (Nelson Mandela), Alfre Woodard (Winnie Mandela), Tam Mpofu (Young man), Priscilla Mundawarara (Angry mother), Mike Davey (Police officer), Peter Joyce (Police sergeant), Mbuso Pityana (African policeman), Dudley Dickin (Minister), Andy Nimmo (1st Civil Servant), Brian McKenzie (2nd Civil Servant), Julian Glover (Senior police officer), Neil Nativel (Sergeant Van Niekerk), Doug Wilson (Sergeant Naude), Hans Woolfe (Sergeant Louw), Warren Clarke (Swanepoel), John Matshikiza (Walter Sisulu), John Indi (Oliver Tambo), Peter Cartwright (Court judge), John Mathews (Lawyer Joffe), Saul Reichlin (Lawyer Bram Fischer), Juanita Waterman (Adelaide Tambo), Liz James (Welfare social worker), Josh Makawa (1st man in street), Jane Esau (1st woman in street), Ben Sibenke (2nd man in street), Kingston Mupotsa (1st man in restaurant), Kashka Banjoko (2nd man in restaurant), Kathy Kuleya (1st woman in restaurant), Edith Mashore (2nd woman in restaurant), Reverend Maseko (Wedding priest), Dominic Kanaventi (Organizer man), Simpson Korea (Bus driver), Veni Sithole (Organizer woman), Brian Cooper (Telephone police officer), Jan Jooste (Yard police officer), Alister Pulford (Press reporter), Nathan Dambuza Mdledle (Chief Albert Luthuli), Michael Chinyamurindi (1st prisoner), Tich Mudede (2nd prisoner), Chris Muchenje (3rd prisoner), Allan Corduner (Benny), Edwin Angless (Estate agent), Mannie de Villiers (Special branch driver), Murray Russell (Special branch officer), Simon Shumba (Postman), Mike Phillips (Dennis Goldberg), Tsokolo Muso (African singer), Colin Neilson (Court magistrate), Andy Dipenaar (Prison warder), Dennis Sipthorpe (Second judge), Kelvin Weare (Sergeant Van Heerden), Dr. Bishop Shiri (Funeral priest), Hywell Williams (Senior police officer), Eloi Fernandes (Lawyer Ayoub), Andrew Whaley (Pollsmoor Warder), Xoliswa Sithole (Zindzi), Gertrude Rook (Zeni). 1930... Manhunt for Claude Dallas (CBS, 10/28/1986, 120 mins). Dallas, a self-styled mountain man who, in 1981, gunned down two Idaho Fish and Game officers, was tracked down and arrested after a long manhunt, and was tried and convicted, escaped from the Idaho State Correctional Institution in Boise on Easter Sunday 1986. A folk hero to some, a cold-blooded killer to others, the real-life Dallas was still at large (and possibly even watching his story) when this based-on-fact film premiered. Matt Salinger, the actor son of reclusive writer J.D. Salinger, made his starring debut in the lead role. Based on Jeff Long’s true-crime book “Outlaw.” Production Company London Films Inc. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer Jerry London. Producer Lee Rafner. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Jeff Long. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Steve Dorff. Song “Ballad of Claude Dallas” by Steve Dorff, Milton Brown. Song Performed by Richard Dean. Editor Benjamin A Weissman. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producers Salli Newman, Todd London. Cast Matt Salinger (Claude Dallas Jr.), Claude Akins (Bill Pogue), Beau Starr (Ed Pogue), Frederick Coffin (Frank Weston), Lois Nettleton (Dee Pogue), Brent Spiner (Jim Stevens), Pat Hingle (George Nielsen), Rip Torn (Tim Nettleton), Ritch Brinkley (Judge Edward Lodge), James Lashly (Hoyt Wilson), Jamie Horton (Attorney Anderson), Dori Salois (Sandra Stevens), John Accola (Reporter), Mark Anderson (2nd deputy), Tom Becker (Deputy Reeves), Annette Bening (Ann Tillman), Bill Berry (Desk clerk), Ray Blunk (Jury foreman), Jack Casperson (Buckaroo boss), Rachel Corday (Liz Nielsen), Gary Cupp (2nd lawman), Kay Doubleday (Esther), David Grogan (Bailiff), Steve Holdren (Owyhee lawman), Sue Leiser (Employment office clerk), Katherine Levy (Sherry Elms), Gary Montgomery (Hank), Ed O’Brien (Conley Elms), Luis Oropeza (Basque Buckaroo), Michael K. Osborn (Deputy Rorex), Ken Plonkey (Trapper), Denver Robinson (1st lawman), Jim Ryan (Jerry Theisen), Randal Saunders (Cowhand), Keith Sellon-Wright (Craig Carver), Art Shilling (Jake Nuberg), Dutch Shindler (Ed Carlin), Archie Smith (Old man), Peter Styvertson (Michael Elms), Mark Vance (FBI Agent Ferber), Pam Ward (Coco Wilson), Bernie Welch (1st deputy), Alan Westbrook (Jerry Conley). 1931... Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (NBC, 11/12/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based drama about the investigation leading to the arrest of Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker (having nothing, of course, to do with the cult TV series), a serial killer who terrorized the state of California during the summer of 1985. Ramirez ultimately was captured, received 19 death-penalty sentences, and according to the epilogue, was sentenced to the gas chamber. Production Companies Joel Fields Productions, Leonard Hill Films. Director Bruce Seth Green. Executive Producers Ron Gilbert, Leonard Hill. Producer Joel Fields. Teleplay Joseph Gunn. Photography Stan Taylor. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor Mark Rosenbaum. Production Designer Barbara Dunphy. Associate Producer Ardythe Goergens. Cast Richard Jordan (Frank Salerno), A Martinez (Gil Carrillo), Alan Feinstein (Peter), Lisa Eilbacher (Ann Clark), Julie Carmen (Pearl Carrillo), Gregory Norman Cruz (Richard Ramirez), Gerry Bamman (Phil Thomas), Jenny Sullivan (Jane Salerno),

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Marisol R. Reyes (Maria Hernandez), Roger Hampton (Detective Keller), Jack Rader (Captain Grimm), Soon-Teck Oh (Dr. Chow), Scott Lincoln (Bill Melton), Jake Dengel (Jessie), Angela Paton (Mrs. Webster), Dawn Arnemann (Virginia Peterson), George Ball (Bartender), Eddie Castrodad (Joe Romero), Alma Beltran (Lupe Ybarra), Joshua Caceres (“Jaws” Carillo), James Casino (Faustino Pinon), Scott Alan Campbell (Detective Hamilton), Jenna Cole (Judith Arnold), Ed Corbett (Liquor Store Owner), B.J. Davis (Police Officer), Marguerite DeLain (Radio Officer), Fabian Escobero (Octavio Ramos), Eric Fleeks (Detective Washington), Priscilla Fuentes (René Carillo), Jack Gallagher (Rip Rollins), Tony Genaro (Manuel de la Torre), Bill Gratton (Sheriff Brad Gates), James Harper (Detective Orsini), Richmond Hoxie (Technician), Tiiu Leek (Sherry Washington), Blas Lorenzo (Juan Gallo), Alan McRae (Chris Peterson), Burr Middleton (Lapo Rubino), Virginia Morris (Female Crowd Member), Gil Perez (Ramon Martinez), Tanya Russell (Angelina de la Torre), Max Segar (Sheriff Block), Scott Utley (Detective Johnson), Laura Vega (Rachel Navarro), Martin West (Chief Darryl Gates). 1932... The Manions of America (ABC, 9/30/1981, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). This handsome romantic drama chronicling the lives of two 19th century families--one Irish, the other English--and the American family dynasties they began, was the collaborative work of daytime soap opera queen Agnes Nixon (creator of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” among others) and British writer Rosemary Anne Sisson (creator of “Upstairs, Downstairs”). The three-part, six-hour saga, the work of two directors and three photographers, served ultimately to introduce to American audiences Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, playing Rory O’Manion, who rises from immigrant to successful Philadelphia businessman and Union Army captain during the American Civil War. Filmed entirely in and around Dublin (which doubled for Philadelphia of the middle 1800s). Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director (Part 1) Joseph Sargent. Director (Parts 2 and 3) Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay Agnes Nixon, Rosemary Anne Sisson. Created by Agnes Nixon. Based on a Story by Agnes Nixon, Rosemary Anne Sisson. Photography (Part 1) Hector Figueroa. Photography (Part 2) Lamar Boren. Photography (Part 3) Frank Watts. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Paul Barnes. Art Director (Ireland) Conor Devlin. Cast Kathleen Beller (Maureen O’Brian), Pierce Brosnan (Rory O’Manion), Steve Forrest (James Kent), Peter Gilmore (Jim O’Brian), Nicholas Hammond (Padraic/Sean), Simon MacCorkindale (David Clement), Kate Mulgrew (Rachel Clement), Barbara Parkins (Charlotte Kent), Linda Purl (Deirdre O’Manion), Anthony Quayle (Lord Montgomery), Simon Rouse (Eamon Fleming), David Soul (Caleb Staunton), T.P. McKenna (Harry Clement), James Greene (Shane O’Manion), Harry Towb (Michael O’Connor), James Coyle (John Houlihan), Jim Culleton (Brian as a child), Struan Rodger (Brian as an adult), Deirdre Lawless (Mollie O’Brian), Tom Jordan (Seamus Doherty), Laurence Foster (Sam O’Shea), Pat Layde (O’Casey), John Murphy (Dr. Fleming), Aaron Harris (Noonan), Hurd Hatfield (British agent), Julie Hamilton (Mrs. Doherty), Tom Hickey (Kerrigan), Mannix Flynn (Doyle), Derek Lord (Agent Hume), Gerry Sullivan (Foreman), Ena May (Moira), Christopher Casson, Brendan Cauldwell, Padraic Mullholand, Peter Marinker, O.Z. Whitehead, Ronnie Walsh. 1933... Many Happy Returns (CBS, 9/19/1986, 120 mins). George Segal and Rob Leibman are battling in-laws in this amiable filmed-in-Canada comedy about an average Joe who happens to get himself targeted by a district IRS office trying to meet its quota and whose life is turned into such a nightmare that he undertakes a one-man crusade seeking revenge. Segal and Leibman previously costarred in the cult film “Where’s Poppa?” as brothers and in “The Hot Rock” as cohorts in crime. Production Company A Levin-Stern Film. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Alan M. Levin. Producers Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Steven Hilliard Stern. Teleplay Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie. Photography Laszlo George. Music Matthew McCauley. Editor Tony Lower. Art Director Tony Hall. Cast George Segal (Bud Robinson), Ron Leibman (Jerry Brenner), Helen Shaver (Sally Robinson), Walter Olkewicz (Darryl Webb), Linda Sorensen (Marsha Brenner), Sean McCann (Calvin Dixon), Paul Brown (Herb), Michael Donaghue (Maury), Alfie Scopp (The Judge), Lawrence Dane (Holloway), Michael Riley (Rick Morrell), Jason Blicker (Dave Kemp), Sylvia Lennick (Frenchie), James Kidnie (Lieutenant Arroyo), Ellen-Ray Hennessey (Debbie), Grant Cowan (Mayhew), Doug Lennox (Cong. Vince D’Angelo), Richard Liss (Gray), Marshall Perlmutter (Taperman), Shawn Lawrence (Gabe Lewis/TV reporter), Ben Lennick (Dorso), Guy Sanvido (Mailman), Cynthia Belliveau (Melanie Haines), Lee-Max Walton (Todd Robinson), Victoria Wauchope (Melinda Robinson), James Dick (Brett Brenner), Chick Roberts (Bailiff), Jeri Craden (Jury foreperson), John MacMaster (Cop at mall), Sam Stone (Artie the Garbageman), Jack Newman (1st customer), Ralph Thain (2nd customer), James Hobson (Executive), Gail Kerbel (Newscaster), Marilyn Boyle (Miss Zelinka), Patrick Patterson (Man in wheelchair), Emma Levine (Mrs. Potampkin), Warren Van Evera (Old man in bank), Bill McDermott (IRS agent), Sharolyn Sparrow (1st hooker), Barbara Loughnan (Court stenographer), Richard Comar (TV anchorman), James Loxley (IRS agent), Bret Pearson (Counterboy). 1934... Marathon (CBS, 1/30/1980, 120 mins). Bob Newhart is a bemused, mild-mannered accountant (which he was in real-life before becoming a professional comic) who takes up jogging and Leigh Taylor-Young is the lithesome young woman who sprints into his life, to the annoyance of his non-running wife, Anita Gillette. Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producers Joan Barnett, Linda Otto. Teleplay Ron Friedman. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Joe Renzetti. Editor Art Stafford. Art Director Fred Price. Cast Bob Newhart (Walter Burton), Herbert Edelman (Saul Feigenbaum), Dick Gautier (Bud Vase), Anita Gillette (Anita Burton), Leigh Taylor-Young (Barrie Johnson), John Hillerman (Greg Previn), René Enriquez (Manuel), Valerie Landsburg (Annie

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Burton), Richard Roat (Mr. Litchfield), Bill Smillie (General Underhill), Kathy Beaudine (Miss McMasters), Jerry Colker (Timekeeper), John Dukakis (Young man), Greg Friedkin (Smiling desk clerk), Julia Jennings (Litchfield’s secretary), Don Keefer (Doctor), Jack Marston (Dignitary), John McCurry (Man in white), Laszlo Tabori (Himself), Wendell Wright (Desk clerk), Morgana (Solana). 1935... Marco Polo (NBC, 5/16/1982 to 5/19/1982, 4 parts, 10 hours). Ambitious dramatization (in four parts) of the Marco Polo odyssey, filmed in Italy, Morocco and the People’s Republic of China, where it was the first Western production to be made since the 1940s, all at a hefty (by TV standards) cost of $10-million during a 13-month shooting schedule. Ken Marshall, a relative unknown who subsequently starred in the theatrical sword-and-sorcery film “Krull,” has the lead role at the head of a cast of name stars. As Kublai Khan, one of China’s leading actors, Ying Ruocheng, made his Western debut. Ruocheng, who was forced into the provinces to perform manual labor during the Cultural Revolution, reportedly was his country’s Toshiro Mifune. In 1983 he received further attention not only for his surprising fluency in English, but also in his capacity as codirector with Arthur Miller and star of “Death of a Salesman,” the first American play to be staged in China since the Communist takeover after World War II. Despite the less-than-enthusiastic critical reception of “Marco Polo,” this Italian-made miniseries won the Emmy Award as the Outstanding Limited Series. Its other nominations were for photography (part 4), production design and set decoration (part 2), costume design (part 3), and editing, hairstyles, and sound editing (all part 4). Production Companies RAI Uno, Cristaldi-Labella Productions. Director Giuliano Montaldo. Executive Producers Franco Cristaldi, Giovanni Bertolucci. Producer Vincenzo Labella. Teleplay David Butler, Giuliano Montaldo, Vincenzo Labella. Photography Pasqualino DeSantis. Music Ennio Morricone. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Luciano Riccieri. Associate Producer John A. Martinelli. Cast Ken Marshall (Marco Polo), Denholm Elliott (Niccolo Polo), Tony Vogel (Matteo Polo), Anne Bancroft (Signora Polo), John Gielgud (The Doge), John Houseman (Patriarch), Burt Lancaster (Pope Gregory X), Tony Lo Bianco (Brother Nicholas), Sada Thompson (Aunt Flora), David Warner (Rustichello), Ying Ruocheng (Kublai Khan), Ian McShane (Ali Ben Yussouf), Leonard Nimoy (Achmet), Kathryn Dowling (Monica), Mario Adorf (Giovanni), F. Murray Abraham (Jacopo), Hal Buckley (Brother William), Richard Cucciola (Uncle Zane), John Dicks (Brother Philip), Marilu Tolo (Fiammetta), Georgia Slowe (Catherina), Bruno Zanin (Giulio), Alexander Picolo (Marco as a child), Beulah Quo (Empress Chabi), James Hong (Phags-Pa), Junichi Ishida (Prince Chinkin), Soon-Teck Oh (Yang Zhu), En He Sheen (Bektor Khan), Jesse Dizon (Tibetan monk), Patrick Mower (Brother Damian), Zhao Er Kang (Nayan), Tetsuro Tamba (Japanese potter), Tony Raven (Talib), Agnes Chan (Mei-Li), Renato Scarpa, Gino Santercole, Paul Muller, Renato Miracco, Corrado Gaipa, Bruno Corazzari, Rossella Como, Yu Shaokang, Lao Li, Sun Shulin, Tang Bowen, Yang Gang, Wang Jianing, Ren Shen, Huang Xialei, Li Zhihua, Zhang Zhongxi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tad Horino, Shi Kuan, Nikmutu, Shi Jen Ohuan, Na Renhua, Xiao Yan, Cao Zengyin. 1936... Margaret Bourke-White (TNT, 4/24/1989, 120 mins). Biopic about noted Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s and her longtime relationship with author Erskine Caldwell. Many critics carped about the selectivity of this adaptation of the 1986 Vicki Goldberg biography, concentrating on Bourke-White’s romantic life than on her extraordinary work all over the world through the years. Production Companies A CTE Production, The New Ingot Company, Robert Halmi Inc. Director Lawrence Schiller. Executive Producers Robert Halmi Jr., Rupert Dilnott-Cooper. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Co-Producer Ronald B. Colby. Teleplay Marjorie David. Based on a Biography by Vicki Goldberg. Photography Robert Elswit. Music John Cacavas. Editor Don Brochu. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Margaret Bourke-White), Frederic Forrest (Erskine Caldwell), David Huddleston (Bemis), Jay Patterson (Henry Luce), Ken Marshall (Chappie), Mitchell Ryan (Gen. George Patton), Robert Stanton (Lloyd-Smith), Tamara Akulova (Maria Rostov), Stanislav Covorukhin (German Andreevich), Robert Katims (Moscowitz), Robert Kearney (Elroy Kolas), Ann Marie Lee (Sally), Jennifer Griffin (Helen Caldwell), Lane Trippe (Clare Booth Luce), Diana Baylston (Janie), David Carpenter (GI Doug), Vince Grant (GI Larry), Brandon Smith (Patton’s aide), Jack Hallett (Messenger), Edmund Kearney (Gott), Ralph Sims (Aide to FDR), Tom Richards (Ernie), Douglas Forsythe Rye (Sargent), Nera Trowbridge (Woman #1), Elliott Keener (Plant supervisor), Francine Segal (Woman #2), Dennis Letts (Caldwell’s father), Anthony Ian Schiller (Caldwell son #1), Cameron Austin Schiller (Caldwell son #2), Walter Breaux (Chain gang captain), Brooks Read (Calvin Wiliston Jr.), Donald Vincent Brady (Doc), Matt Borel (Western Union clerk), Frank Baroni III (Kid assistant), Jerry Leggio (Reporter #6), Jack Canon (Angry reporter), Harold Evans (Preacher), Warren Kenner (Man on porch), Dan Ammerman (Reporer #1), Art Schilling (Reporter #2), Jim Ross (Reporter #3), Richard K. Olsen (Reporter #4), John Wilmot (Reporter #5), Thomas Uskali (Martin), Rick Duet (MP), Jonathan Bendreaux (Crippled boy), Norbert Boudreaux (White farmer), Caroline Brock (Surprised mother), Wanda Hutchinson (Black mother), Eliska Thomas (Black granny #1), Emma Williams (Black granny #2). 1937... Marian Rose White (CBS, 1/19/1982, 120 mins). Somewhat of a companion story to that of Bill Sackter, whose life Mickey Rooney dramatized in “Bill,” this film chronicles the true-life drama of a woman who spent 30 years in a state asylum after being abandoned by her mother at 13, thought to be feeble-minded but later discovered to be handicapped only by poor eyesight. She was institutionalized with retarded and criminally insane patients, involuntarily sterilized as required then by state law, and finally rescued by sympathetic staff members. Nancy Cartwright, who had done TV voices for cartoon shows, made her TV-movie debut in the title role.

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Production Companies Cypress Point Productions, Gerald Abrams Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Steve Nicolaides. Teleplay Garry Rusoff. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director Ray Storey. Cast Nancy Cartwright (Marian Rose White), Charles Aidman (Dr. Ashcroft), Ruth Silveira (Nurse Hartman), Louis Giambalvo (Eddy White), Valerie Perrine (Stella White), Katharine Ross (Bonnie MacNeil), Frances Lee McCain (Brenda Moore), John Putch (Randy), Lillian Adams (Maria Bianca), John Considine (Frank Wells), Anne Haney (Sister Agatha), Peter Hobbs (Dr. Smith), Bill Morey (Judge Thomas Byrns), Gigi Vorgan (Irene Williams), Robert Symonds (Dr. Arnold), Jessica Smith (Black-out), John Davey (Maxie), Ian Abercrombie (Lord Bates), Robert Day Jr (Jack White), Edith Fields (Nurse Gray), Anne Ramsay (Teacher), June C. Ellis (Old lady), Dorothy Dells (Miss Simms), Mary Betten (Saleslady at bakery), Mary Munday (Attendant), John Roselius (Sonny), Beatrice Page (Woman at fight), Jan Munroe (Attendant), Ricky Wittman (Ricky), Annie Margolis (Nurse), Enid Kent (Nurse). 1938... Marilyn: The Untold Story (ABC, 9/28/1980, 180 mins). Norman Mailer’s 1973 book on Marilyn Monroe was the basis of this second Marilyn TV movie, covering the legendary actress right up to the time of her death, in contrast to the earlier film, based on Garson Kanin’s account, that ended just as she reached stardom. Catherine Hicks won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress for her Marilyn Monroe portrayal, with nominations also going to the cinematographer, art directors and makeup artist. This three-hour film maintains one other distinction: it had three directors credited! Production Company Lawrence Schiller Productions. Directors John Flynn, Jack Arnold. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on a Biography by Norman Mailer. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music William Goldstein. Editors Jack Gleason, Patrick T. Roark. Art Directors Jan Scott, Sidney Z. Litwack. Director of Additional Sequences Lawrence Schiller. Dialogue Coach Sheree North. Cast Catherine Hicks (Marilyn Monroe), Richard Basehart (Johnny Hyde), Frank Converse (Joe DiMaggio), John Ireland (John Huston), Viveca Lindfors (Natasha Lytess), Jason Miller (Arthur Miller), Sheree North (Gladys Baker), Kevin Geer (Jim Dougherty), Tracey Gold (Young Norma Jean), Priscilla Morrill (Louella Parsons), John Christy Ewing (Lawyer), Bill Vint (Montgomery Clift), Larry Pennell (Clark Gable), Heath Jobes (Tom Ewell), Howard Caine (Billy Wilder), Brad Blaisdell (Jack Lemmon), Anthony Gordon (Laurence Olivier), Bruce Neckels (Tony Curtis), Michael Fairman, J.P. Bumstead, Carol Tru Foster, Paul Larson, Anne Ramsay, John Steadman, Janus Blythe, Jim Greenleaf, James Hayden, Mae Marmy, Jessamine Milner, Frank Pesce, Alex Romero, Lance Rosen, George Skaff, Cicely Wolper. 1939... Mario Puzo’s “The Fortunate Pilgrim” (NBC, 4/3/1988 and 4/4/1988, 2 parts, 120/180min). Sophia Loren plays a strong-willed Italian immigrant in this two-part five-hour drama, struggling to overcome great obstacles and achieve the American dream for her family over a 40-year period. Husband Carlo Ponti was executive producer and stepson Alex Ponti producer of this adaptation of Mario Puzo’s sprawling 1964 novel, set in New York City but filmed entirely in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Future stars John Turturro and Annabella Sciorra are Loren’s eldest son and daughter. Initial production information indicated that Anthony Zerbe was to play Italo-American labor enforcer Pasquale DiLucca, which is credited on-screen to Robert X. Modicas. Production Companies A Carlo and Alex Ponti Production, ReteEuropa. Director Stuart Cooper. Executive Producer Carlo Ponti. Producer Alex Ponti. Co-Producers Fern Field, Norman G. Brooks. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Novel by Mario Puzo. Photography Reginald Morris. Music Lucio Dalla, Mauro Malavasi. Song Performed by Luciano Pavarotti. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Production Designer Wolf Kroeger. 2nd Unit Photographer Cristiano Pogany. Associate Producer Michael S. Murphy. Cast Sophia Loren (Lucia Angeluzzi Corbo), Edward James Olmos (Frank Corbo), John Turturro (Larry Angeluzzi), Anna Strasberg (Cousin Filomena), Yorgo Voyagis (Tony Angeluzzi), Mirjana Karanovic (Clara Cinglata), Annabella Sciorra (Octavia Angeluzzi), Ron Marquette (Vinnie Angeluzzi), Harold P. Pruett (Gino Corbo), Hal Holbrook (Dr. Andrew McKaig), Roxann Biggs (Louisa Marconozzi), Edward Wiley (Lo Squalo), Helen Stirling (Zia Louche), John Hallam (Hooperman), Shane Rimmer (Reilly), David Flosi (Young Gino), Aili Sovio (Young Octavia), Robert X. Modica (Pasquale DiLucca), Andreina Lairet (Lena at ages 12-16), Marijana Dabic (Lena at age 6), Stefano Cordano (Young Larry), Daniel Osorio (Young Vinnie), Vladimir Jevtovic (Umberto), Minja Stevovic (Trina), Zarko Lavsevic (Guido), Rada Djuricin (Teresa), Ljljana Blagojevic (Rosa), Luigi Basagaluppi (Tommaso Cinglata), Aaron Swartz (Dan Jacoby), Pepe Serna (John Colluci), Elizabeta Djorevska (Rita Colluci), Bernard Kay (Puguate), Stuart Milligan (Lefty Fay), Frano Lasic (Dr. Eschen), Phil Brown (Post office supervisor), Eddie Stacy (Kinch), Robert Pereno (Sven), Dianne Daniels (Harriet), Alan Heath (Judge), Andrew Castell (Swede), Pedja Bjelac (Railroad foreman), Gojko Baletic (Railroad supervisor), Petar Ovejic (Supervisor), Richard Lintern (WWII patient), Simone Audisio (Joey). 1940... Mark, I Love You (CBS, 12/10/1980, 120 mins). Kevin Dobson is Hal Painter, a distraught widower, caught in a bitter custody battle with his late wife’s parents over his 10-year-old son, following his plan to remarry and move off to California with the boy. The real-life Painter’s book about his experiences was the source for Sue Grafton’s script. Production Company The Aubrey Company. Director Gunnar Hellstrom. Executive Producers James T. Aubrey, Mardi Rustam. Producer William Hayward. Teleplay Sue Grafton. Based on the Autobiography by Hal W. Painter. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Bob Bring. Production Designer Fred Price.

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Cast Kevin Dobson (Hal Painter), James Whitmore (Dwight Hamilton), Cassie Yates (Marylyn), Dana Elcar (Mr. Bassett), Peggy McCay (Margaret Hamilton), Molly Cheek (Jeanne), Lane Smith (Don Payer), Justin Dana (Mark Painter), Jay W. MacIntosh (Dr. Hastings), Raleigh Bond (Dr. Eckert), Pat Corley (Bucky Sims), Michael Currie (Mr. Schmidt), Jack Murdock (William Chastain), Lloyd Nelson (Mr. Henry), Maurice Hill (Judge), Susan Niven (Mrs. Sherwood), Mariah Dobson (Janet). 1941... Marriage Is Alive and Well (NBC, 1/25/1980, 120 mins). Joe Namath, as a freewheeling wedding photographer, is the link to three comic tales about the institution of marriage in this pilot to a prospective series that never was to be. This was billed as Namath’s TV acting debut. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Marc Merson. Producer Paul Waigner. Teleplay Lee Kalcheim. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Gerald J. Wilson. Songs by Fred Karlin, Sheldon Harnick. Art Director John Kuri. Cast Jack Albertson (Manny Wax), Deborah Baltzell (Corky Dennis), Melinda Dillon (Jeannie), Judd Hirsch (Herb Rollie), Fred McCarren (Chris Dennis), Joe Namath (Brian Fish), Nicholas Pryor (Larry Wax), Susan Sullivan (Sara Fish), Swoosie Kurtz (Jane Tremont), John Harkins (Sunny Delmar), Jordan Charney (Fritz), Mel Stewart (Judge Elton Sheffield), Jack Riley (Owen), David Clennon (David), Jeannie Wilson (Lou Anne Brightly), Joanna Kerns (Meg), Stanley Grover (Mr. Sandusky), Rick Beckner (Stan Durso), Randy Phillips (Mr. Dennis), Richard Marion (Jess Loudon), Ingrid Wang (Hop Jo), Alan Manson (Dr. Tibbitt), Erica Yohn (Mrs. O’Connell), Gigi Vorgan (Rachel Saderwise). 1942... A Married Man (Syndicated, 5/23/1984 and 5/30/1984, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this British-made domestic drama, adapted from the 1979 novel by Piers Paul Read, Anthony Hopkins, a bored barrister with a yen for politics and a roving eye, finds that he is a murder suspect after dumping his loyal wife for a wealthy American girl from Radcliffe who has become a prison social worker. This two-part four-hour movie, filmed in 1982, initially was presented on London’s Channel Four before an American syndication deal brought it to the U.S. solely, it is presumed, on Hopkins’ name. Production Companies London Weekend Television, Lionhearted Productions Ltd. Director Charles Jarrott. Producer John Howard Davies. Teleplay Derek Marlowe. Based on the Novel by Piers Paul Read. Photography Geoff Harrison. Music Wilfred Josephs. Editors Ray Helm, Ray Weedon. Production Designer Alison Humphries, Colin Monk. Associate Producer Julian Fellowes. Cast Anthony Hopkins (John Strickland), Ciaran Madden (Claire Strickland), Lise Hilboldt (Paula Gerrard), Yvonne Coulette (Helen Lough), John LeMesurier (Eustace Lough), Alexander Scrivenor (Tom Strickland), Sophie Ashton (Anna Strickland), Clifford Rose (Father Michael), Julian Sands (Guy Lough), Clive Francis (Henry Mascall), Christopher Fulford (Terry Pike), John Wentworth (Sir Christopher Gerrard), Diana King (Lady Gerrard), Patrick Marley (Mickey), Bridget McConnel (Arabella), Jenny Robbins (Joanna), Kenneth Farrington (Gordon Pratt), Geoffrey Chater (Sir Peter Craxton), John Ringham (Mr. Maitland), David Belcher (Man at meeting), Frank Taylor (Chairman), Brian Osborne (Deputy Inspector Thompson), Vincent Brimble (Deputy Sergeant Simms), John Forgeham (Deputy Inspector Blackett), Hal Crittenden (Schoolboy), Michael Copperwhite (Schoolboy), Frank Tregear (Tailor’s assistant), Sarah Sherborne (Harriette Williams), Iain Anders (Returning officer), Keith Taylor (Solicitor), Ronald Russell (Judge), Jonathan Burn (Simon Barclay), Christina Greatrex (Eva Barclay), Robert Ashley (Priest). 1943... The Martian Chronicles (NBC, 1/27/1980 to 1/29/1980, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). The commendable attempt to translate the 1950 Ray Bradbury sci-fi classic to the screen, from an adaptation by Richard Matheson, finds Rock Hudson as the intrepid commander who is sent to discover the whereabouts of the first two missions that had been sent to Mars and were never heard from again. An uneasy mixture of adventure and comedy, this three-part, six-hour miniseries was filmed rather lavishly in Britain, Malta and the Canary Islands, with, basically, an all British cast (save Hudson, Darren McGavin, Bernadette Peters, Maria Schell, and a few others), and marked the TV-directing debut of veteran Michael Anderson, best known for “Around the World in 80 Days.” The special effects were by John Sears, who had won Oscars for his work in this capacity in “Thunderball” and “Star Wars.” Production Companies NBC Productions, Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Michael Anderson. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producers Andrew Donnally, Milton Subotsky. Teleplay Richard Matheson. Based on the Novel by Ray Bradbury. Photography Ted Moore. Music Stanley Myers. Supervising Editor John Jympson. Editor Eunice Mountjoy. Production Designer Ashton Gordon. Second Unit Director John Stears. Special Effects John Stears. Cast Rock Hudson (Col. John Wilder), Gayle Hunnicutt (Ruth Wilder), Bernie Casey (Maj. Jeff Spender), Christopher Connelly (Ben Driscoll), Nicholas Hammond (Cmdr. Arthur Black), Roddy McDowall (Father Stone), Darren McGavin (Sam Parkhill), Bernadette Peters (Genevieve Seltzer), Maria Schell (Anna Lustig), Joyce Van Patten (Elma Parkhill), Fritz Weaver (Father Peregrine), Linda Lou Allen (Marilyn Becker), Michael Anderson Jr. (David Lustig), Robert Beatty (General Halstead), James Faulkner (Mr. K), Jon Finch (Christ), Richard Heffer (Captain Conover), Barry Morse (Peter Hathaway), Nyree Dawn Porter (Alice Hathaway), Wolfgang Reichmann (Lafe Lustig), Margaret Wright (Ylla), Terence Longdon (Wise Martian), Richard Oldfield (Capt. Nathaniel York), John Cassady (Briggs), Anthony Pullen-Shaw (Edward Black), Burnell Tucker (Bill Wilder), Peter Marinker (McClure), Vladimir Glowna (Sam Hinston), Alison Elliott (Lavinia Spaulding), Derek Landen (Sandship Martian), Phil Brown (Narrator).

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1944... The Marva Collins Story (CBS, 12/1/1981, 120 mins). Cicely Tyson was Emmy nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labeled “unteachable” were spotlighted in a 1979 “60 Minutes” segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style. Production Company NRW Features. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Conrad Holzgang. Co-Producer Clifford Campion. Teleplay Clifford Campion. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Marjorie Fowler. Art Director Richard B. Lewis. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Costumes Burton Miller. Cast Cicely Tyson (Marva Collins), Morgan Freeman (Clarence Collins), Roderick Wimberly (Martin Luther Jones), Mashaune Hardy (Cindy Collins), Brett Bouldin (Patrick Collins), Samuel Muhammad Jr. (Eric Collins), Dianne Kirksey (Cynthia Rawls), Frankie Hill (Ida Banbower), Charles Brown (Chester Boland), Marsha Warfield (Lela Boland), Ce Ce Thompson (Louise Jones), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Zay Smith), Mike Genovese (Mardesich), Kelly Crosby (Tina Boland), Tonda Leavy (Clarissa Lester), Duke Thorbs (Eddie Banbower), Darlene Jackson (Roxanne Johnston), Cynthia Collins (Rose), Erika McCoy (Brenda), Gordie Wright (Truman), Edward Asner (Open/Close narrator). 1945... Masada (ABC, 4/5/1981 to 4/8/1981, 4 parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). Peter O’Toole made his American TV acting debut as the Roman general leading the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where more than 900 Jewish Zealots made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman soldiers. Peter Strauss is the fiery leader of the freedom-fighting Zealots, and their confrontation earned both actors Emmy Award nominations for this eight-hour miniseries (shown in four parts), based on Ernest K. Gann’s 1971 book “The Antagonists.” David Warner, as O’Toole’s devious rival, won an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor, and Anthony Quayle was nominated in the same category. Jerry Goldsmith also won an Emmy for his score for part 2, while Morton Stevens got a nomination for scoring part 4. The show itself was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Limited Series, and other nominations went to director Boris Sagal, as well as to writer Joel Oliansky, supervising editor John Bloom, and the editors, costume designer, set decorators and makeup artists, all for part 4. Production Companies Arnon Milchan Productions Ltd., Universal Television. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer Richard Irving. Supervising Producer (Israel) Arnon Milchan. Teleplay Joel Oliansky. Based on a Novel by Ernest K. Gann. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music (Parts 1 and 2) Jerry Goldsmith. Music (Parts 3 and 4) Morton Stevens. Theme Song by Jerry Goldsmith. Supervising Editor John Bloom. Editors Edwin F. England, Peter Kirby. Production Designer Jack Senter. Art Directors Kuli Sander, George Renne. Dialogue Coach Marge Champion Sagal. Cast Peter O’Toole (Cornelius Flavius Silva), Peter Strauss (Eleazar Ben Yair), Barbara Carrera (Sheva), Nigel Davenport (Mucianus), Alan Feinstein (Aaron), Giulia Pagano (Miriam), Anthony Quayle (Rubrius Gallus), Denis Quilley (Marcus Quadratus), Paul Smith (Gideon), Anthony Valentine (Merovius), Timothy West (Emperor Vespasian), David Warner (Pomponius Falco), Clive Francis (Attius), George Innes (Titus), David Opatoshu (Shimon), Richard Pierson (Ephraim), Jack Watson (3rd Centurion), Joseph Wiseman (Jerahmeel), Hein Bernhard (Elder), Christopher Biggins (Claudius Albinus), David A Block (Reuben), Warren Clarke (Plinius), Vernon Dobtcheff (Chief Priest), Michael Elphick (Vettius), David Hooks (Kophar), Ken Hutchison (Fronto), David Mauro (Epos), Kevin McNally (Norbanus), Derek Newark (Engineering officer), Alex Peleg (Zidon), Joey Sagal (Seth), Michael Shillo (Ezra), Ray Smith (Lentius), Diana Webster (Quintilia), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Butcher), John Terry Bell (Master of Ceremonies), Nick Brimble (Milades), Leone Greene (1st Centurion), John Phillips (Centurion), Norman Rossington (Maro), Michael Schneider (Surgeon), Morgan Sheppard (Sergeant), Patrick Gorman (Centurion), Richard Basehart (Narrator). 1946... Massarati and the Brain (ABC, 8/26/1982, 120 mins). A 12-year-old genius joins forces with his international soldier-of-fortune uncle and the latter’s agent colleagues, a sexy spy and a very proper butler, to retrieve a treasure of artworks from a nefarious neo-Nazi leader, played by Christopher Lee. A pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Teleplay George Kirgo. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Directors Frank Swig, Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Hudson Hickman. Cast Daniel Pilon (Massarati), Peter Billingsley (Christopher “The Brain”), Christopher Hewett (Anatole), Markie Post (Julie Ramsdell), Ann Turkel (Diana/Wilma), Camilla Sparv (Dorothea), Kathryn Witt (Diana [Other]), Christopher Lee (Victor Leopold), Kaz Garas (Nick Henry), Gail Jensen (Camille Henry), Heather O’Rourke (Skye Henry), Ricky Supiran (Rocky Henry), Yukio Collins (Yukio), Jeff Imada (Sushi), Greta Blackburn (Sharon), Chuck Tamburro (Joe Perkins). 1947... The Master of Ballantrae (CBS, 1/31/1984, 180 mins). This lavish adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s rousing swashbuckler about two Scottish brothers who are lifelong rivals for their father’s title and property casts Richard Thomas in the role that Errol Flynn played in the 1953 movie version and Michael York in the part Anthony Steel had. John Gielgud received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor, as did costume designer Olga Lehmann and art directors John Biggs and Derek Nice. Production Companies HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Douglas Hickox. Executive Producer Larry White. Producers Hugh Benson, Peter Graham Scott. Teleplay William Bast. Based on the Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Photography Bob Edwards. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Geoff Shepherd. Production Designer John Biggs. Art Director Derek Nice. Cast Richard Thomas (Henry Durie), Michael York (James Durie), John Gielgud (Lord Durrideer), Timothy Dalton (Col. Francis Blake), Ian Richardson (Andrew Mackeller), Nickolas Grace (Secundra Dass), Finola Hughes (Alison Graeme), Brian Blessed (Captain Teach), Kim Hicks (Jessie Broun), Donald Eccles (John Paul), Pavel Douglas (Prince Charles), James Cosmo (Lone horseman), Brian Pettifer (Andy Broun), Robert James (Macconochie), James Coyle (Grady the pirate), Jeremy Bulloch (Warship first officer), John Abineri (Warship captain), Eddie Tagoe (Roberts the Pirate), Nick Brimble (Chew), Cornelius Garrett (French soldier), Lapana Sengupta (1st Indian dancer), Gigi Chowdhury (2nd Indian dancer), Katya Mirza (Indian girl attendant), Esmail Sheikh (Tabla player), Mick Taylor (Sitar player), Leonard McGuire (Sin eater), Conrad Phillips (Man in Paris salon), Andrew Panton (Alexander), Paul McDowell (Gov. General Clinton), John Hallam (Captain Harris), Brian Coburn (John Mountain), Ed Bishop (Pinkerton), Don Henderson (Hicks), Arua Taylor (Indian Cipaye boy). 1948... Master of the Game (CBS, 2/19/1984 to 2/21/1984, 3 parts, 180 mins each, 9 hours). Sidney Sheldon’s colorful, 1982 bestselling saga of a dynasty that made a fortune in diamonds was the basis of this three-part, nine-hour miniseries spanning over a century, beginning with a young Scotsman (Ian Charleston) going to South Africa to seek his fortune and vowing revenge against the local merchant (Donald Pleasence) who has done him wrong, seducing the merchant’s sheltered daughter. Their child, portrayed from ages 17 to 90 by Dyan Cannon, becomes the driven, power-hungry head of the family’s corporate empire that ultimately is nearly torn apart by the twin daughters (Liane Langland) of her weak-willed son (Harry Hamlin). Filmed on location in Kenya, England, France and New York by two directors, the lavish production returns Leslie Caron (as the family governess) to the television cameras for the first time since “QB VII” (1974) and presents Ian Charleston (Eric Liddell in “Chariots of Fire”) in his American TV debut. Composer Allyn Ferguson received an Emmy Award nomination for his score. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director (Parts 1 and 2) Kevin Connor. Director (Parts 2 and 3) Harvey Hart. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay (Part 1) Paul Yurick, John Nation. Teleplay (Parts 2 and 3) Alvin Boretz. Based on the Novel by Sidney Sheldon. Photography (Africa) Arthur Ibbetson. Photography (Part 1) Ronnie Taylor. Photography (Parts 2 and 3) John Coquillon. Music Allyn Ferguson. Supervising Editor Alan Pattillo. Production Designer John Stoll. Cast Dyan Cannon (Kate Blackwell), Harry Hamlin (Tony Blackwell), Ian Charleston (Jamie McGregor), Cliff DeYoung (Brad Rogers), Fernando Allende (George Mellis), Liane Langland (Eva/Alexandra Blackwell), Donald Pleasence (Salomon Van der Merwe), Cherie Lunghi (Margaret Van der Merwe), Jean Marsh (Mrs. Talley), Barry Morse (Dr. Harley), Johnny Sekka (Banda), Angharad Rees (Marianne), Maryam D’Abo (Dominique), David Suchet (D’Useau), Leslie Caron (Solange), David Birney (David Blackwell), Alan Dobie (McMillan), Stratford Johns (Zimmerman), Norman Chancer (Keith Webster), Anna Nygh (Madam Agnes), Jimmy Nail (Smith), Henry Moxon (Lawyer), Lester Schofield (Dr. Teeger), Dulcie Huston (Millie), Phil Brown (State Governor), Brian Lee (Robert), Simon Holmes (Young Jamie), Graham Rowe (Minister), Petronella Whitefield (David’s secretary), Anthony Heaton (Saloon customer), Richard Piper (Saloon customer), Harry Jones (Store customer), Dave Atkins (Store customer), Richard Ireson (Bordello customer), Ron Flanagan (Bordello customer), Annie Lambert (Josephine McNeill), Bill Bailey (Tim O’Neill), David Hirsch (Anton Marshak), Olivier Pierre (Maitre Cantal), Glenn Kezer (Wyatt), Cynthia Tucker (Lucy Wyatt), Ralph Michael (Count Hoffman), David Gilliam (Danny), John Serret (Moret), Wladimir Yordanoff (Christopher), Antoine Brusset (Paul), Shane Rimmer (Caroll), Burnell Tucker (Tom), William Hope (James), Trevor Martin (South African Prime Minister), Lois Butlin (South African secretary), Charles Millot (Gerr Bueller), Bill Hutchinson (Doherty), John Paul Lopez (Tony at age 10), Ed Bishop (Dr. Mattson), Sharon Holm (Vera), Lillian Silverstone (Ruth), Alan Shearman (Architect), Richard Oldfield (Anaesthetist), Alan Polansky (Intern), Jean Ainslie (Schoolteacher), Debbie Killingback (Kate at age 12), Kimberly Van Kruan (Kate at age 6), Andrea Brown (Maid), Robert Henderson (Cartwright), Diana Katis (Stewardess), Diana Ricardo (Woman on plane), Stuart Milligan (Texas chauffeur), Stephen Davies (Peter Templeton), Louis Zorich (Lieutenant Pappas), Jay Thomas (Levy), Jerry Harte (Dr. Manning), Bill Reimbold (Sanitarium doctor), Mark Rolston (Attendant), Alison Giddings (Eve at age 6), Michell Giddings (Alexandra at age 6), Clare Mathews (Eve at age 12), Sarah Mathews (Alexandra at age 12), Helen Horton (Mrs. Chandler), Christopher Muncke (David), Dan Foley (Tommy), Robert Arden (Dr. Wilson), Anna Campbell (Alice), Rhoda Lewis (Madame Mallot), Jeremy Gittens (Rene), Clive Geahle (Cadet), Ewen Solon (Count Maurier), Laurence Lignigres (Countess Maurier), Thomasine Heiner (Helen Thatcher), Susannah Fellows (Nita Ludwig), Nancy Roberts (Dorothy Hollister), Ken Gray (Ingram), Marcus Gilbert (Rory), Michael Drew (Todd), Richard Parmentier (Dexter), James Tillitt (Maitre d’), Morgan Deare (Waiter), Roger Kemp (Butler), Kate Harper (Saleswoman). 1949... A Masterpiece of Murder (NBC, 1/27/1986, 120 mins). Bob Hope, in his only made-for-TV movie as well as his first starring film in over a dozen years, teamed with veteran actor Don Ameche, playing a down-on-his-luck gumshoe and a wealthy retired master thief, respectively, to solve a string of art thefts and murders involving a stellar (by TV standards) guest cast. Among the earlier titles for this one were “A Nice, Pleasant, Deadly Weekend in Palm Springs” and then simply “A Nice, Pleasant, Deadly Weekend” (probably because the production was moved, lock, stock, and suspects to Vancouver). Production Companies Andrew J. Fenady Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Charles S. Dubin. Executive Producer Andrew J. Fenady. Producer Terry Morse. Teleplay Andrew J. Fenady, Terry Nation. Based on a Story by Andrew J. Fenady. Photography Laszlo George. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Steve Geaghan. Associate Producer Duke Fenady.

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Cast Bob Hope (Dan Dolan), Don Ameche (Frank Aherne), Jayne Meadows (Matilda Hussey), Claudia Christian (Julia Forsythe), Yvonne DeCarlo (Mrs. Murphy), Anne Francis (Ruth Beekman), Frank Gorshin (Pierre Rudin), Steven Keats (Lt. Simon Wax), Kevin McCarthy (Jonathan Hire), Anita Morris (Lola Crane), Clive Revill (Vincent Faunce), Stella Stevens (Della Valance/Deb Potts), Jamie Farr (Himself), Penny Baker (Christine Manning), Peter Palmer (Bronson), Eddie Ryder (Jerry Page), Louise Sorel (Louise), Joseph Della Sorte (Ugarti Van Meer), Jason Wingreen (Williams), Richard Sargent (Maurice Beekman), Keith Barrett, Drew Boland, Alex Bruhanski, Garry Chalk, Alex Diakun, Anita Edwards, Francois Naida. 1950... The Mating Season (CBS, 12/30/1980, 120 mins). Lucie Arnaz is a high-strung attorney and then-husband-to-be Laurence Luckinbill is a good-natured laundromat owner who are thrown together in this whimsical movie set in a birdwatching retreat. Swoosie Kurtz is her dippy best friend, a kindergarten teacher who has convinced her to go watch birds for their vacation rather than basking on a Caribbean beach. Production Company Highgate Pictures. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Linda Gottlieb. Producer John E. Quill. Teleplay Larry Grusin. Photography Norman Leigh. Music John Morris. Editor Dennis O’Connor. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Charles C. Bennett. Cast Lucie Arnaz (Sydney Wyatt), Laurence Luckinbill (Harry McClain), Swoosie Kurtz (Roberta), Diane Stilwell (Terry Underwood), Joel Brooks (Paul Wagner), Bob Herman (Max), Anne Haney (Elizabeth), Megan Follows (Laura McClain), Marian Hailey (Erika), Truman Gaige (Phil), Imogene Bliss (Nora), Timothy Farmer (Busboy), Georgine Hall (Lucille Kemper). 1951... A Matter of Life and Death (CBS, 1/13/1981, 120 mins). Inspired by a story that appeared on “60 minutes” in 1978 about Joy Ufema, a nurse dedicated to treating the terminally ill, Linda Lavin turned it into this TV movie for her Big Deal, Inc. production outfit, teaming with Tyne Daly, playing Joy’s psychologist friend and confidante. Coincidentally, another “60 Minutes”-inspired story turned up not long afterwards as the TV movie “Thornwell.” Production Companies Big Deal Inc., Raven’s Claw Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Philip Capice. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Hub Braden. Cast Linda Lavin (Joy Ufema), Salome Jens (Colleen Murphy), Gail Strickland (Mary Coggins), Ramon Bieri (Mr. Kutzreba), Larry Breeding (Dr. Kellerman), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Duffy), John Bennett Perry (Shad Fleming), Tyne Daly (Donna), Peter Donat (Dr. Whedon), John H. Lawlor (Bud Coggins), J. Pat O’Malley (Mr. McBain), Ben Piazza (Dr. Laurie), William Prince (Dr. Burgess), Jacqueline Scott (Sally Lyons), Barbara Cason (Nurse Barnes), Sarina C. Grant (Sarah Oakes), Ernie Hudson (Mr. Harrison), Alley Mills (Allison Cross), Lynne Moody (Harley), Charles Tyner (Joy’s father), Michael Alaimo (Frank), Rose Arrick (Sue Glasgow), Cynthia Avila (Blanca Orella), Stanley Brock (3rd boardmember), Lew Brown (Guard), Eunice Christopher (Sally Zim), Lillian Domio (Johnson), Carol Jones (Janice Coggins), Robbie Kiger (Mike), Kip Niven (Dr. Hamilton), Fred D. Scott (Dix), Amzie Strickland (Nellie Norris), Le Tari (Samuel Oakes), Barbara Barron, Patti Chamberlain, Mike Foster, Gay Hagen, Barbara James, Betty Jinnette, Cynthia Mayberry, Albert Reed, Marion Scherer, Tom Scott, Sonja Svenson, Phillip Williamson, Ken Wright, Christine Ziaya. 1952... A Matter of Sex (CBS, 1/16/1984, 120 mins). The somewhat exploitive title notwithstanding, this provocative film dramatizes the bitter, true-life struggle of the Wilmar 8, eight women who, in 1977, began a two-year strike against the small Minnesota bank that employed them, charging sex discrimination in hiring and promotion. Lee Grant, who directed this film (that starred not only her daughter, Dinah Manoff, but also Jean Stapleton and her daughter, Pamela Putch), previously had directed an acclaimed documentary on the same subject for Public Television. This film’s original title was “Women of Wilmar.” Production Companies Iveson & Iveson Ltd., Orion Television. Director Lee Grant. Executive Producer Everett Chambers. Producers Joseph Feury, Mary Beth Yarrow. Co-Producers Rob Iveson, Gwen Iveson. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Matthew McCauley. Supervising Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Karen Bromley. Associate Producers Jamie Miller, Milton Justice. Production Executive Stanley Neufeld. Cast Jean Stapleton (Irene Wallin), Dinah Manoff (Glennis Rasmussen), Nancy Beatty (Sandi Treml), John Winston Carroll (Ray Artisan), Peter Dvorsky (John Mack), Jeanne Elias (Shirley Solyntjes), Gillian Farrell (Sylvia Erickson), Tom Harvey (Vern Dimmick), Mary Pirie (Donna Fern), Pamela Putch (Jane Harguth), Judge Reinhold (Tobe Rasmussen), Diana Reis (Terren Novotny), Joanne Strauss (Doris Boshart), Layne Coleman (Billy Dimmick), Marvin Karon (Darryl Lund), Philip Craig (Roy Wallin), Nicky Guadagni (Mary), Marcia Bennett (Clara), Roger Dunn (Robert Sykes), Bob Warner (Mr. Rasmussen), Charles Jolliffe (Reverend Howell), Morris Buchanan (Judge Garfield), Bob Church (1st TV reporter), Barbara Kyle (2nd TV reporter), Sharon Dyek (Mrs. Jacobson), Jan Chamberlin (Mrs. Simmons), Michael J Reynolds (Bruce Jennings), Murray Westgate (1st union man), Helen Caracallea (2nd railroad woman), Peter Spence (Young man). 1953... Maybe Baby (NBC, 12/5/1988, 120 mins). A two-career, romance-filled marriage is upset when the wife decides she wants to have a baby, sending shock waves through friends, families and coworkers--to say nothing of her bemused middleaged husband. This breezy comedy was originally titled: “Sooner or Later.” Production Companies Perry Lafferty Productions, von Zerneck-Samuels Productions. Director Tom Moore. Executive Producers Perry Lafferty, Frank von Zerneck, Stu Samuels. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producer Phillips Wylly Sr.

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Teleplay Janet Kovalcik. Photography Hal Trussell. Music Patrick Williams. Editor/2nd Unit Director Gregory Prange. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Cast Jane Curtin (Julia Gilbert), Dabney Coleman (Hal Gilbert), Julia Duffy (Casey), Florence Stanley (Ebba Douglas), David Bowe (Mark Gilbert), Peter Michael Goetz (Mayor Vincent Maneri), David Doyle (Pete), Lucy Webb (Fran), Claire Malis (Lois), Diane Salinger (Dr. Strauss), Mort Sertner (Bill), Marla Adams (Shirley), Nancy Fox (Lamaze instructor), Camilla More (Emily), Jane Higginson (Dr. Beth Harrigan), Matt Landers (Bruce), David Hess (Maitre d’), Sumer Stamper (Sarah), Melanie Charles (Molly), Marilyn Bradfield (Nurse), Christina Belford (Emma). 1954... Mayflower Madam (CBS, 11/15/1987, 120 mins). Candice Bergen has the title role in this rather whitewashed drama “inspired” by the life of Sydney Biddle Barrows, the former debutante turned socialite-careerist, active in the best social circles, who became the proprietor of a high-class Manhattan escort service--because, she later said, she could not find any other suitable work. She became known as the Mayflower Madam because she was proud of being the descendant of a minister who arrived on the Mayflower. Chita Rivera gives a rare TV acting performance here as Barrows’ defense attorney at the latter’s trial. (Her only previous TV movie was “The Marcus-Nelson Murders,” which served as the 1973 pilot to the “Kojak” series.) Sydney Biddle Barrows herself not only was associate producer of the film but also plays a small role as a social butterfly. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Lou Antonio. Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer Ira Halberstadt. Teleplay Elizabeth Gill, Charles Israel. Photography Elliot Davis. Music David Shire. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Sydney Biddle Barrows. Cast Candice Bergen (Sydney Biddle Barrows), Chris Sarandon (Matt Whittington), Caitlin Clarke (Virginia), Jim Antonio (Frank Gullett), Debra Rogers (Tammy), Leslie Hardy (Hilary), Victoria Loving (Pamela), Robert Silver (Eddie), Chita Rivera (Rise Dickstein), Georgia Allen (Landlord’s lawyer), Sydney Biddle Barrows (Peggy Eaton), Jane Berman (Job interviewer), Jennifer Deer Johnson (Paula), David de Vries (Fenton), Marianne Fraulo (Forbes), Al Garrison (Raul), Ted Henning (Mr. Stone), Bernadette Hudson (Sylvia), Charles Kahlenberg (Williams), Tom Key (Driscoll), Randi Martin (Tory), Tracey Ross (Annabelle), Beth Anne Spanier (Jill), Andrew R. Stahl (Stuart), Steve Sutherland (Audubon), Bruce Taylor (Governor of the Ball), Suzanne Ventulette (Eve). 1955... Memorial Day (CBS, 11/27/1983, 120 mins). A happily married lawyer’s unexpected reunion with some Vietnam war buddies unleashes a flood of memories he had struggled to suppress, and his emotional turmoil is heightened by the sudden suicide of one of the veterans. Mike Farrell not only starred with wife Shelley Fabares but also served as executive consultant on the project. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Michael Bortman. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song Written and Performed by Buffalo Springfield. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Executive Consultant Mike Farrell. Cast Mike Farrell (Matt Walker), Shelley Fabares (Ellie Walker), Keith Mitchell (Marsh Gibbs), Bonnie Bedelia (Cass), Robert Walden (Tom Gibbs), Edward Herrmann (Ned Larwin), Bert Remsen (Clay Gibbs), Alan Oppenheimer (Conroy), Danny Glover (Willie Monroe), Charles Cyphers (Jack Ruskin), Jonathan Goldsmith (Jordan Banks), Kaleena Kiff (Kara Walker), Robbie Kiger (Jamie Walker), Charles Lanyer (Jim Black), William Marquez (Juan De La Torre), Peggy McCay (Emma Gibbs), Mary McCusker (Gay Larwin), Carolyn Nelson (June Black), Paul Pepper (Carl Lambert), Tom Rosqui (Barney French), Grayce Spence (Paula Lambert), James Carroll Jordan (Richards), Judd Laurance (Engineer), Hanns Manship (Desk man), John Markanton (Maitre d’), Joseph G. Medalis (INS Officer), Margery Nelson (Woman at INS center), Michael Talbott (Watney), Lauren Unger (Receptionist), Norm Wilson (Beach), Robert Broyles (The Preacher). 1956... Memories Never Die (CBS, 12/15/1982, 120 mins). Lindsay Wagner is a troubled woman who returns home after spending six years in a fashionable mental clinic; Gerald McRaney is her loving husband whose heart attack triggered her homecoming; Barbara Babcock is the strong-willed housekeeper who has become second mother to her children. Hostility and suspicion greet the former patient the minute she steps through the door, and all, including her brother and sister-in-law, expect her to fall apart at any moment in this version of Zoa Sherburne’s 1963 book “Stranger in the House” (the original title of the film), which was adapted by Ken Trevey. The plot is a variation on Olivia de Havilland’s 1972 TV-movie, “The Screaming Woman.” Production Companies Groverton Productions, Scholastic Productions, Universal Television. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producers David Victor, Jane Startz. Producer Robert F. O’Neill. Teleplay Ken Trevey, Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Ken Trevey. Based on a Book by Zoa Sherburne. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Skip Lusk. Art Director Richard B. Lewis. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Joanne Tilford), Gerald McRaney (Howdy Tilford), Melissa Michaelsen (Kathy Tilford), Peter Billingsley (Shawn Tilford), Barbara Cason (Rita Jean Tilford McEwan), Richard McKenzie (Everett McEwan), Richard Yniguez (Dr. Larry Quintero), Jay Robinson (Dr. Max Heilbrunn), Barbara Babcock (Louise Lowry), Janice Carroll (Nurse Gladys). 1957... The Memory of Eva Ryker (CBS, 5/5/1980, 180 mins). Natalie Wood plays a dual role in what was to be her last television work, starring as an heiress to a fortune trying to uncover the mysterious death of her mother, who went down with a torpedoed luxury liner during World War II. Ralph Bellamy is her wealthy father who is obsessed with the ship, and Robert

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Foxworth is the writer he hires to cover his project of salvaging it. This three-hour film was produced by Irwin Allen and was based on the 1978 novel by Donald A. Stanwood. Production Company Irwin Allen Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on the Novel by Donald A Stanwood. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor John A. Fegan Jr. Art Director Duane Alt. Associate Producer George E. Swink. Cast Natalie Wood (Eva Ryker/Claire Ryker), Robert Foxworth (Norman Hall), Ralph Bellamy (William E. Ryker), Roddy McDowall (MacFarland), Bradford Dillman (Jason Eddington), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Inspector Laurier), Peter Graves (Mike Rogers), Mel Ferrer (Dr. Sanford), Robert Hogan (J.H. Martin), Morgan Fairchild (Lisa Eddington), Tonya Crowe (Eva as a child), Vincent Howard (Albert), Ella Raino Edwards (Martha), John Alderson (Sheriff), Len Wayland (Commander Masterson), Ted Gehring (Lieutenant Galbraith), William Beckley (Leeds), Eric Sinclair (Deck officer), Keith McConnell (Captain Blake), John Orchard (Burke), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Gardener), John Furlong (Doctor), Terrence McNally (Launch helmsman). 1958... Mercy or Murder? (NBC, 1/11/1987, 120 mins). Robert Young returned to television to play, somewhat against type, Roswell Gilbert, in a dramatization of the celebrated case of the Florida senior citizen who took the life of his incurably ill wife in March 1985 and was later tried for murder. Frances Reid (“Days of Our Lives”) played his Alzheimer’s disease-afflicted wife, Michael Learned his daughter, and Eddie Albert the defense attorney who finds his client’s pride and his efforts to preserve his wife’s memory making things difficult in court. Production Companies John McMahon Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Steven Gethers. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Producer Len Steckler. Teleplay Steven Gethers. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Peter Matz. Editor Paul LaMastra. Art Director Norm Baron. Executive in Charge of Production Christopher Seitz. Cast Robert Young (Roswell Gilbert), Frances Reid (Emily Gilbert), Eddie Albert (Joe Varon), Marshall Colt (Kelly Hancock), Michael Learned (Skipper), Alex Panas (Dr. Marvin Freedman), Barry Hober (Gulkin), Joe Petrullo (Magnano), Roger Pretto (Dr. Hildago), Arnie Ross (Detective Scheff), Joyce Feurring (Kelly’s mother), Susan Hatfield (Sandy D’Amico), Sherman Roberts (Dr. Ongley), Sherry Farber (Jackie Rhodes), Dick Callivan (John Rhodes), Shawn McAllister (Clark), Fred Buch (Judge Thomas Coker), Hope Pomerance (Sylvia Firestone), Paulette Attle (Lillian Previn), Nancy Hassinger (Libby), Renée Sweeney (Dawn), Nancy Duerr (Kelly’s secretary), Phillipe Marquis (Dr. Hanson), Darcy Shean (Floor nurse), Phil Philbin (Gene Hudak). 1959... Mickey Spillane’s Margin for Murder (CBS, 10/15/1981, 120 mins). Mickey Spillane’s hard-hitting ’50s private eye, Mike Hammer, returns to television in the guise of Kevin Dobson (Darren McGavin was Hammer in the 1958-59 series) to track down the killer of his best friend who was driving his (Hammer’s) car. Joining in the hunt are the detective’s Girl Friday, the ever-hopeful Velma, and his cop friend, Pat Chambers. This film finally appeared about the same time as a theatrical remake of Mickey Spillane’s “I, the Jury” with Armand Assante as Hammer, bringing renewed interest in the tough shamus, and subsequently was followed by another TV-movie “Mike Hammer” pilot with Stacy Keach that spawned the hit series in 1983. Production Company Hamner Productions. Director Daniel Haller. Executive Producers Jay Bernstein, Larry A. Thompson, Robert Hamner. Supervising Producer Biff Johnson. Producer Alex Lucas. Teleplay Calvin Clements Jr. Based on a Story by Alex Lucas. Based on Characters Created by Mickey Spillane. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Nelson Riddle. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Kenneth S. Davis. Cast Kevin Dobson (Mike Hammer), Charles Hallahan (Pat Chambers), Cindy Pickett (Velda), Donna Dixon (Daisy), Asher Brauner (Jerry Adams), Floyd Levine (Geraldo Machetti), Aarika Wells (Lindsey Brooks), John Considine (Lou Krone), Renata Vanni (Mama De Fellita), Charles Picerni (Glover), Nicholas Hormann (John O’Hare), David Downing, Elizabeth Wickenshaw, Ivan Saric, Gary Reynolds, John Alderman, Carol Hamner, Katia Christine, A. Gerald Singer, Dock P. Ellis Jr., Ralph Strait, Tybee Brascia, Zacky Murphy, Marilyn Faith Hickey, Christina Cummings, Glenn Wilder, Elizabeth Robinson, Chuck Tamburro, Christine Wagner. 1960... Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: More Than Murder (CBS, 1/26/1984, 120 mins). Tough private eye Mike Hammer is out to clear his pal, Capt. Pat Chambers, who has become a scapegoat in a drug bust, in this second pilot to the 1980s series that began shortly thereafter. The regular starring cast was in place for this one (Lindsay Bloom moving into the role of Velda, Hammer’s girl Friday, in place of Tanya Roberts, who had played the part in the previous Hammer pilot movie about a year earlier). “The Face” also made an appearance here, the anonymous actress, billed by her pseudonymous name in the closing credits, who was to be one of the recurring “gimmicks” in the series. Production Companies Jay Bernstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Supervising Producers Robert L. Singer, Daniel H. Blatt. Producer Lew Gallo. Teleplay Bill Stratton, Stephen Downing. Based on Characters Created by Mickey Spillane. Photography James Crabe. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Michael F. Anderson. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Associate Producer Jon C. Anderson. Cast Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer), Lindsay Bloom (Velda), Don Stroud (Capt. Pat Chambers), Kent Williams (Asst. DA Lawrence Barrington), Tim McIntire (Malcolm Dobbs), Lynn-Holly Johnson (Sandy), Sam Groom (Phillips), Richard Romanus (Bordante), Denny Miller (Tallahassee), Robyn Douglass (Eve Warwick), Danny Goldman (Ozzie), Gail Rae Carlson (Linda), Kevin King (Davey), Ingrid Anderson (Angela), John Hancock (Judge), Stephanie Blackmore (Roz), David Haskell (Titus), Martin West (Ellison), Lee Meredith (Marty), Nora Gaye (Nicky), Jineane Ford (Honey), Mindi Iden (Bonnie), Darcy Lee (Jolene), Michele Michaels (Maisy), Jinaki (Millie), Carol Pritikin (Bidder), Leroy Applebaum III (Norman Matlock), Jay Bernstein

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(Sprague), Mike Glassman, Robert Tzudiker, Buddy Lester, Yong Sun, Nick DeMauro, Brad Sanders, James Rosin, Richard Butler, Jerry Taft, Kirk Cameron, Victor Magnotta, Deborah Jean Templin, John Coran, Jena Greco. 1961... Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You (CBS, 4/9/1983, 120 mins). Stacy Keach’s portrayal of hard-hitting Mike Hammer as an ’80s private eye (a Vietnam veteran) whose search for a daughter he never knew he had and the killer of her mother, the long-lost, only love of his life, sold this pilot as a series beginning in early 1984. Tanya Roberts, who played sexy Velda, his loyal girl Friday in this film, was replaced by Lindsay Bloom for the series, while Don Stroud (in a rare good-guy role) continued in the part of Hammer’s cop pal, Capt. Pat Chambers. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award. Gayne Rescher’s photography won him an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Jay Bernstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producers Jay Bernstein, Larry A. Thompson. Producer Lew Gallo. Teleplay William Stratton. Based on Characters Created by Mickey Spillane. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Directors Fredric P. Hope, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Lana Wood. Cast Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer), Tanya Roberts (Velda), Don Stroud (Capt. Pat Chambers), Delta Burke (Paula Corey), Tom Atkins (Jack Vance), Jonathan Banks (Janos Saracen), Kent Williams (Lawrence Barrigton), Lisa Blount (Michelle Jameson), Michelle Phillips (Chris Jameson), Bert Rosario (Duardo), Randi Brooks (Arla), Lee Meredith (Marty), Ric Mancini (Cal Pope), Eddie Egan (Hennessey), Madison Arnold (Conlin), Ava Lazar (Janice Wells), James Arone (Bumpo), Michelle Avonne (Betty Beraldo), Julie Hayek (2nd French courier), Quinn Kessler (Karen Marshall), William Vincent Kulak (Paramedic), Carol Pritikin (2nd receptionist), Timothy Stack (Natty), Michael A. Andrews (Isadora Shepperton). 1962... Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (CBS, 5/21/1989, 120 mins). Stacy Keach returns to the role of tough-as-nails Mike Hammer which he had played in the 1984-87 series. In this caper, with Don Stroud repeating his role as Capt. Pat Chambers and Lindsay Crouse hers as Velda, Hammer’s girl Friday, Mike is kidnapped, drugged and parachuted into the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas, where he is framed for the murder of a celebrity entertainer and telethon host. Later star Jim Carrey made his TV-movie debut here. (Stacy Keach later chose to return to Mike Hammer in a syndicated series in the 1997-98 season.) Production Companies Jay Bernstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director John Nicolella. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Supervising Producer Peter Dunne. Producer Jeffrey Morton. Teleplay Mark Edward Edens. Based on a Story by Mark Edward Edens, Rudy Day. Based on Characters Created by Mickey Spillane. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Ron Ramin. Theme Earle Hagen. Editor Michael Renaud. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer), Lynda Carter (Helen Durant), Lindsay Bloom (Velda), Don Stroud (Capt. Pat Chambers), Jim Carrey (Brad Peters), Stacy Galina (Amy Durant), Lyle Alzado (Reggie Diaz), Royce D. Applegate (William Bundy), John Calvin (Dr. Carl Durant), Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (John McNeese), Kristen Jensen (Woman in bar), Paul Lieber (Lieutenant Fallon), Edward Winter (Johnny Roman), Michelle Phillips (Leora), Lee Benton (Jennie), James “Gypsy” Haake (Madame), Kelly Andrus (Prostitute #1), Michael Bower (Velda’s nephew), Jennifer Ciesar (Showgirl #1), Gene Freedman (Maintenance man), Toni Aileen Hart (Wedding counselor), Rosalia Hayakawa (Hotel maid), Stephanie Lund (Nurse), Kelly Jerles (Barbara Leguire), Paul Peterson (Stanfield), Lauren Taylor (Showgirl #2), Joelle Waide (Prostitute #2), Lisa Wiley (Nurse), Denise Young (Woman in lingerie). 1963... Midas Valley (ABC, 6/27/1985, 120 mins). Move Southfork, the Ewing spread, to silicon valley in California, substitute computer chips for oil, mix in the traditional television formula of greed, passion and intrigue among a cast of TV familiars as well as such veteran players as Jean Simmons, Robert Stack, George Grizzard and France Nuyen, and the result is this prospective “Dallas”-type series pilot about the competitive world of computer electronics. Production Companies Edward S. Feldman Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producers Edward S. Feldman, Clyde Phillips. Producer Robert Lloyd Lewis. Teleplay Ann Beckett. Based on a Story by Ann Beckett, Clyde Phillips. Photography Ric Waite. Music Jerrold Immel. Editors Michael Brown, Jack Fegan. Art Director Jack G. Taylor Jr. Cast Phillip R. Allen (Eric Gregory), Brett Cullen (Brad Turner), Stephen Elliott (Elias Markov), George Grizzard (George Carew), Joseph Hacker (Franklin Hammond), France Nuyen (Mitsi Kawamato), Linda Purl (Sarah), James Read (Josh Landau), Shanna Reed (Lillian Hammond), Jean Simmons (Molly Hammond), Robert Stack (Drew Hammond), Catherine Mary Stewart (Betsy), Scott Paulin (Seth), Kathryn Witt (Donna), Albert Hall (Dr. Aaronson), Richard Kuss (Max), Woody Eney (Mr. Baxter), Rebecca Stanley, Lora Staley, Pamela G. Kay, David Andrews, Barbara George, Adrienne Hampton, Christopher Templeton, Ernest Harada, John P. Menese, Steve Conte, Nancy Wagner, Renee Rogers. 1964... The Midnight Hour (ABC, 11/1/1985, 120 mins). Crossbreeding a grade B horror flick of yore and a contemporary music video, with a 300-year-old teenage witch unwittingly resurrected by her mid-1980s descendent and the latter’s high school pals, there’s the devil to pay (and striking Shari Belafonte-Harper to perform). Production designer Charles Hughes was the artist behind the imaginative look of Michael Jackson’s memorable “Thriller” video several years earlier. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Jack Bender. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Bill Bleich. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Brad Fiedel. Song “Get Dead” Richard Gibbs, Philip Giffin. Lyrics “Get Dead” Richard

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Gibbs, Philip Giffin, Jack Bender, Bill Bleich. Song Performed by Shari Belafonte-Harper. Choreography Myrna Garwyn. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Charles Hughes. Cast Shari Belafonte-Harper (Melissa Cavender), LeVar Burton (Vinnie Davis), Lee H. Montgomery (Phil Grenville), Dick Van Patten (Martin Grenville), Kevin McCarthy (Judge Crandall), Jonelle Allen (Lucinda Cavender), Dedee Pfeiffer (Mary Masterson), Jonna Lee (Sandy Matthews), Cindy Morgan (Vicky Jensen), Peter DeLuise (Mitch Crandall), Mark Blankfield (The Ghoul), Hank Garrett (Sergeant Thompson), Sheila Larken (Janet Grenville), Dennis Redfield (Lester Mitchell), Kurtwood Smith (Warren Jensen), Wolfman Jack (Deejay), Joe Gieb (Elf), Mickey Morton (Vernon Nestor). 1965... Midnight Lace (NBC, 2/9/1981, 120 mins). In her first starring movie, a remake of the 1960 Doris Day thriller, Mary Crosby (Bing’s daughter) is a TV reporter stalked mercilessly by a mysterious assassin. Gary Frank (who replaced Timothy Bottoms) has the role of her record producer husband--the Rex Harrison part in the earlier version--and Celeste Holm is her very wealthy, supportive mother, who lives nearby. Nightclub comedian Shecky Greene has an offbeat role as a police lieutenant, and Carolyn Jones, in one of her last performances, has one scene as a psychic. Based on the book “Mathilda Shouted Fire” by Janet Green. Production Companies Four R Productions, Universal Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Executive Producer Leonard Rosenberg. Supervising Producer David J. O’Connell. Producer Dennis Berry. Teleplay Jerry Ludwig. Based on a Novel by Janet Green. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Stu Phillips. Editors Peter Kirby, Robert Watts. Art Director Charles R. Davis. Associate Producer Gino Grimaldi. Cast Mary Crosby (Cathy Preston), Gary Frank (Brian Preston), Celeste Holm (Sylvia Randall), Robin Clarke (Craig Clinton), Shecky Greene (Lt. Sam Ackerman), Carolyn Jones (Bernadette Chase), Susan Tyrrell (Ann Galvin), Blackie Dammett (Herman Laird), Missy Francis (Cathy at age 11), DeForest Covan (Fred), Joanne Naile (Luana Smiley), Chris Caputo (Artie Colman), Michael Prince (Dr. Irving Perlman), Tony Lorea (Emcee), Jim Haynie (Swathmore), David Castle (Recording engineer), Marlene Amery (Leslie Norman), Brian Collins (Vinnie DeNisco), Sonny LaRocca (Technical director), William Marquez (Det. Al Sanchez). 1966... Midnight Offerings (ABC, 2/27/1981, 120 mins). A sinister witch, determined to destroy anyone she cannot dominate, confronts a young coed with supernatural abilities in this chiller peopled by an array of familiar TV names. Production Company Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Co-Executive Producer Juanita Bartlett. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Juanita Bartlett. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Christopher Nelson. Art Director John D. Jeffries. Associate Producer Christopher Nelson. Cast Melissa Sue Anderson (Vivian Sotherland), Mary Beth McDonough (Robin Prentiss), Patrick Cassidy (David Sterling), Marion Ross (Emily Moore), Gordon Jump (Sherm Sotherland), Cathryn Damon (Diane Sotherland), Ray Girardin (Clausen), Peter MacLean (Charles Prentiss), Jack Garner (Hugh Garvey), Dana Kimmell (Lily), Jeff MacKay (Herb Nemenz), Michael Morgan (Frankel), Vanna White (Devona), Wendy Rastatter, Dino Shorte, Dean Wein, Curt Ayers, Gary Dubin, Kym Karath, Robin Klein, Terry Wagner. 1967... Miles to Go (CBS, 10/14/1986, 120 mins). Jill Clayburgh, in a rare television acting appearance, is a wife, mother and art gallery owner who launches a quiet (occasionally humorous) campaign to find a potential replacement for herself in her family’s life after discovering that her cancer has returned. This drama, filmed in and around Montreal, was initially called “Leaving Home.” Production Company Keating-Shostak Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Doris Keating. Producer Murray Shostak. Co-Producer Robert Baylis. Teleplay Beverly Levitt, Stuart Fischoff. Based on a Story by Beverly Levitt. Photography René Verzier. Music Ken Wannberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Production Designer Anne Pritchard. Cast Jill Clayburgh (Moira Browning), Tom Skerritt (Stuart Browning), Mimi Kuzyk (Suzanne), Rosemary Dunsmore (Cynthia), Cyndy Preston (Jani Browning), Andrew Bednarski (Brad Browning), Peter Dvorsky (Dr. Michael Kosberg), Caroline Arnold (Center woman), Sheena Larkin (Flo), Catherine Colvey (Nancy), Lorena Gale (Gloria), Linda Smith (Kelly), Danette Mackay (Andrea), Donna Farron (Denise), Katherine Trowell (Nurse), Ian Finlay (Ted), Chantel Condor (Meg), Catherine Jackson (Julie), Gayle Garfinkle, Shawn Levy, Robert Austern, Jean Chevalier. 1968... The Million Dollar Face (NBC, 3/12/1981, 120 mins). Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to be run by his former lover Lee Grant, and finds his company in the grip of a power struggle among his executives (one of whom, unbeknownst to him, is the son he’d never met) when he is severely injured in a helicopter accident. This pilot (based on Lois Wyse’s 1977 novel “Kiss Inc.”) to a prospective primetime soap opera to be called “Kiss of Gold” failed to generate network interest. Production Company Nephi-Hamner Productions. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Executive Producers Robert Hamner, Robert D. Wood. Producer Alan Godfrey. Teleplay Jud Kinberg, Robert Hamner. Based on a Story by Matthew Howard, Robert Robert J. Shaw. Adapted from a Novel by Lois Wyse. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Morton Stevens. Song “Kiss of Gold” by Carol Connors, Morton Stevens. 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Cast Tony Curtis (Chester Masterson), David Huffman (Christopher Ward), Herschel Bernardi (Nick Ravenna), Gayle Hunnicutt (Diana Masterson), William Daniels (Henry Burns), Deidre Hall (Barbara Sanderson), Sylvia Kristel (Brett Devereaux), Roddy McDowall (Derek), Murray Matheson (Sir Douglas Devereaux), Polly Bergen (Jo Burns), Lee Grant (Evalyna), Stefan Gierasch (Dr. Sidney Gelson), Michael Anderson Jr., Peter MacLean, Milton Selzer, Ron Kelly, Gregory Rozakis, Ed Ness, Marc Baxley, Maggie Jean Smith, Barbara Bingham, Paula Jones, Victoria Peters, A. Paul Smith, Liz Miller, Sandra Bernadou. 1969... Million Dollar Infield (CBS, 2/2/1982, 120 mins). Rob Reiner coproduced and cowrote this affectionate, semiautobiographical comedy and stars as third baseman Monte Miller, an affluent Long Island suburbanite who finds his life, and those of three buddies, revolving around their softball team at the expense of their crumbling marriages. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Hal Cooper. Producers Peter Katz, Rob Reiner. Teleplay Dick Wimmer, Phil Mishkin, Rob Reiner. Based on a Story by Dick Wimmer. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Artie Kane. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Rob Reiner (Monte Miller), Bonnie Bedelia (Marcia Miller), Robert Costanzo (Artie Levitas), Christopher Guest (Bucky Frische), Bruce Kirby Jr. (Lou Bunomato), Candy Azzara (Rochelle Levitas), Gretchen Corbett (Carole Frische), Elizabeth Wilson (Sally Ephron), Philip Sterling (Harry Ephron), Meeno Peluce (Joshua Miller), Oliver Robins (Aaron Miller), Shera Danese (Bunny Wahl), Jack Dodson (Chuck), Elsa Raven (Dr. Isabel Armen), Neil Billingsley (Jay Frische), Keith Mitchell (Vance Levitas), Mel Allen (Himself), Bonnie-Campbel Britton (Marlene), Cis Rundle (Shari), Harry Shearer (Jack Savage), Jack Banister (“Long Island Buck”), Harold Franklin (“Long Island Buck”), Neal Kaz (“Long Island Buck”), Ken Lerner (“Long Island Buck”), Pat Puccinelli (“Long Island Buck”). 1970... Miracle at Beekman’s Place (NBC, 12/26/1988, 120 mins). Actor/comic Scoey Mitchlll created, wrote and stars in this prospective series pilot, playing an idealistic hospital chief of staff who, following a family tragedy, dumps his high-paying job to open a storefront inner city clinic. Original title: “Beekman’s Place” Production Company EM/BE Inc. Productions. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producer Sue Milliken. Producer Donald R. Boyle. Teleplay Donald R. Boyle, Sue Milliken. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Chris Page, Harry Middlebrooks. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Don Wallschlaeger. Cast Scoey Mitchll (Dr. Cyrus Beekman), Theresa Merritt (Sarah Coleman), Robert Costanzo (Mario D’Agostino), Liz Torres (Isabella D’Agostino), Brian Mathews (Dr. Paul Hemingway), Jane Sibbett (Alexis Peterson), Hector Mercado (Tomas Rivera), Jane Alden (Mrs. Kramer), Laura Carden (Patty Murphy), Gloria Charles (Francine), Loren Haynes (Dr. Feelgood), Bobbi Jordan (Rose Murphy), James McKrell (Howard), John O’Connell (Stan Winston), Jan Shutan (Mrs. Ridgely), Emily Yancy (Olivia), Elizabeth Norment, Davis Roberts, Tim Russ, Lin McCarthy, Ellen Geer, Fred D. Scott, Julie Hayek, Gary Pagett, Amber Gilbert, Zack Phifer, Tyrone G. Jones, Buckley Norris, Frank Telfer, Ken Hill, David Blackwood, Noah Blake, Jerry Tondo, Corinne Carroll, Alina Cenel, Gwen Nichols, Otto Felix, Tom Lester, Joanne Case, Victor DiMattia, Steve Doolittle, Michael D’Agosta, Alden Milliken, Kenny Davis, James King. 1971... The Miracle of Kathy Miller (CBS, 10/5/1981, 120 mins). A dramatized account of Kathy Miller, a sportsminded Arizona teenage girl who was struck down by a speeding auto in 1977, spent 10 weeks in a coma with massive brain damage and eventually recovered miraculously to be named as the world’s most courageous athlete, receiving England’s Victoria Award. Original title: “All I Need is Time.” Production Companies Rothman-Wohl Productions, Universal Television. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producers Bernard Rothman, Jack Wohl. Teleplay Mel Brez, Ethel Brez. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Les Green. Art Director Charles R. Davis. Cast Sharon Gless (Barbara Miller), Frank Converse (Larry Miller), Helen Hunt (Kathy Miller), Bill Beyers (Larry Don Miller), John de Lancie (Dr. Christensen), Michele Greene (Shari), Bill Forsythe (Mark), Mary Ann Chinn (Nurse Meredith), David Hooks (Dr. Mahon), Louise Fitch (Desk nurse), Mark Tapscott (Principal), Rance Howard (Dr. Jewell), Julie Piekarski (Carol), Charles Stewart (Ray MacMillan), Brad Blaisdell (Paramedic). 1972... Miracle of the Heart: A Boystown Story (Syndicated, 3/31/1986, 120 mins). This contemporary reworking of the old Spencer Tracy-Mickey Rooney classic, produced for syndication entirely on location in Boys Town and Omaha, Nebraska, has Art Carney and Casey Siemaszko at its core as the kindly but firm priest who is being forced into unwanted retirement and the troubled youth, a petty thief dumped at Boys Town by his unwed drunken mother. (A curious--and possibly sloppy (?)--sidebar: On screen, “Boystown” is one word, although it is traditionally two, without an apostrophe. Throughout, it appears both ways on banners, road markers, athletes’ shirts, etc.--but as two words in the closing acknowledgement.) Production Companies Larry White Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Georg Stanford Brown. Executive Producer Larry White. Producer Hugh Benson. Teleplay B. Sandefur. Based on a Story by William Putnam. Photography James Pergola. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bud Friedgen. Art Director John Beckman. Cast Art Carney (Father Michael T. O’Halloran), Jack Bannon (Father Lester), Anne Pitoniak (Maggie Scott), Darrell Larson (Hank Grogan), Reginald T. Dorsey (Winslow Denton), Shashawnee Hall (Randall), Lisa Sloan (Nancy Grogan), Casey Siemaszko (Andy Grainger), Barbara Rae (Leona Grainger), Jacob Vargas (Enrique Mendoza), Kristy Swanson (Stephanie Gamble), Brian Andrews (Toby Mason), Lillian Lehman (Anne Compton), Donald Nelson (Tex), Amy Sgro (Melissa Grogan), Jose

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Evans (Thad Baxton), John Dokrane (Glenn), Leta Powell Drake (Nurse Elvira Henderson), Vikram Jaswal (Will), Stan Durey (Doctor), Jerry Longe (Officer Rhodes), Rod McCullough (John Gamble), Frank Mitchell (Officer Stewart), Michael Moten (Coach), Soraya Cardenes (Violet Stone), Earl Bates II (Patrolman), Alicia Santos Luebbe (Carolyn Cardwell), Louise Filbert (1st nurse), Bill Dunbar (The John), Paul Schwalenberg (Brian), Robert Mindlin Jr. (Teddy). 1973... Miracle on Ice (ABC, 3/1/1981, 120 mins). The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks to win a gold medal at Lake Placid during the winter games. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producers Frank von Zerneck, Robert Greenwald. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Kurt Hirschler, Richard Patterson. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producers David Garcia, James Hay. Cast Karl Malden (Herb Brooks), Andrew Stevens (Mike Eruzione), Steve Guttenberg (Jim Craig), Jerry Houser (Auge), Allan Miller (Kaminski), Robert F Lyons (Murray), Robert Peirce (Craig Patrick), Michael Cavanaugh (George), Lucinda Dooling (Donna), Eugene Roche (Mr. Craig), Jessica Walter (Pat Brooks), Thomas Babson (Steve Thompson), Jack Blessing (Mark Pavelich), Michael Cummings (Mark Johnson), Richard Dano (Dave Silk), Thomas F. Duffy (Dave Christian), Scott Ferago (Ken Morrow), Peter Horton (Jack O’Callahan), John Lansing (Ed Paradis), Brian Mozur (Ralph Cox), William Schreiner (John Harrington), Steve Schulefand (Jack Hughes), Jonathan Segal (Buzz Schneider), Ken Stovitz (Rob McClanahan), David Wallace (Bill Baker), Douglas Werner (John Grazier), Paul Micale (Mr. Eruzione), Bill Basson (Barkeeper), Lillian Muller (Stewardess), Ted Zeigler (Drunk in bar), Clint Young (Man in bar), John Lupton (Paul Anderson), Jesse Logan (Anna), Tom Kindle (Referee), James L. Brown (Reporter #1), Steve Bond (Reporter #2), Al Michaels (Himself). 1974... Mirrors (NBC, 9/16/1985, 120 mins). A starry-eyed hopeful from middle America follows her dreams of becoming a ballerina to the Big Apple, becomes a Broadway “gypsy,” and is forced to choose between romance and a career as a performer. Newcomer Marguerite Hickey is the spunky, determined dancer, and hunky Antony Hamilton, onetime Australian male model who played half of the starring roles in “Samson and Delilah” (1984) and later replaced Jon-Erik Hexum in “Cover Up,” is the fellow dancer who tries to put the make on her. In support are veteran actors Keenan Wynn, Signe Hasso and Patricia Morison (Broadway musical star of “Kiss Me Kate” long out of the spotlight). Film, based on James Lipton’s1981 novel, borrows not only from “A Chorus Line” and “The Turning Point,” but also “Fame” and the hoary “Of Human Bondage.” Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Harry Winer. Executive Producer Leonard Hill. Supervising Producer Ron Gilbert. Producer James Lipton. Teleplay James Lipton. Based on the Novel by James Lipton. Music Craig Safan. Song “Isn’t It Everything” James Lipton, Mark Mueller. Song “Over Anxious” Mark Mueller. Choreography Graciela Daniele. Editor Paul Rubell. Art Director Gene Rudolf. Associate Producer Paul Rubell. Cast Timothy Daly (Chris Philips), Shanna Reed (Diane), Antony Hamilton (Gino), Nicholas Gunn (Terry), Ron Field (Sonny), Signe Hasso (Madame Eugenia), Keenan Wynn (Reverend Dahlstrom), Marguerite Hickey (Karin Bradley), Patricia Morison (Mrs. Rome), Laurence Haddon (Producer), Milton Selzer (Phil Kagan), Don Johanson, Cheryl Anderson, Mitchell Kreindel, Haru Aki, Garnett Smith, Lupe Amador, Tony Miller, Tricia McFarlin, Tina Paul, Reggie Leon, Steve Eastin. 1975... Miss All-American Beauty (CBS, 12/29/1982, 120 mins). Naïve teenage beauty contest winner Diane Lane finds herself being “remade” by the pageant’s trainer (Cloris Leachman), its high-powered PR man (David Dukes), and its haughty director (Jayne Meadows), while her relationship with her boyfriend back home and her family rapidly deteriorates. This behindthe-scenes look at beauty pageants is not too dissimilar from another TV-movie, “Twirl,” by the same director. Filmed on location in Dallas and Fort Worth. Production Company Marian Rees Associates. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Supervising Producer Robert Huddleston. Producers Ann Weston, Marcy Gross. Teleplay Emily Tracy, Nancy Audley. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Jack Marty. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast Diane Lane (Sally Butterfield), Cloris Leachman (Agatha Blaine), David Dukes (Avery McPherson), Jayne Meadows (Gertrude Hunnicutt), Alice Hirson (Marjorie Butterfield), Brian Kerwin (Michael Carrington), Norman Bennett (George Butterfield), Jim Mills (Buzz Butterfield), Bobby Fite (Petey Butterfield), Jane Roberts (Dottie Blaine), Debra Lynn Rogers (Libby), Stephanie Dunnam (Felicity), Michele Rusheene (Cecelia), Peggy Woody (Colleen), Helen Martin Brockie (Melissa), Ralph Baker (Pageant emcee), Bryan Bourg (TV talk show host), Beverly Renquist (TV reporter), Susan Oakey, Rodger Boyce, Robert Chapman, Pamela Bowen, Sandy Hargrove. 1976... Missing Children: A Mother’s Story (CBS, 12/1/1982, 120 mins). Illiterate, unemployed woman (Mare Winningham) abandoned by an abusive husband, puts her three children in a child-care center and then learns she has unwittingly signed them away to an unscrupulous private adoption agency and finds that she is the victim of a conspiracy. Emmy Award nominations for costume design and hairstyles. Production Companies Kayden-Gleason Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer William Kayden. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Nancy Sackett, Jim Lawrence. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Paul Peters.

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Cast Mare Winningham (Kate Bradshaw), Polly Holliday (Mary Gertrude), John Anderson (Stanley Willard), Kate Capshaw (Elaine Rogers), Scatman Crothers (Mose Wheeler), Richard Dysart (Hunter Burgess), Mary McCusker (Melissa), Peter Scolari (Woody Grant), Jane Wyatt (Judge Eloise Walker), Anne Haney (Mrs. Sims), Lenora May (Susan Tyree), Robert Wightman (T.C.), Noble Willingham (Lander Hughes), Robert Alan Browne (Mr. Lester), Conlan Carter (Reverend Hamner), Roger Hampton (Dock foreman), Ernest Harden Jr. (1st dude), Randy Patrick (Court clerk), O-lan Shepard (Donna), David Friedman (Tom Jr.), Soleil Moon Frye (Mary Elizabeth), Marissa Cowman (Baby Ruth). 1977... Missing Pieces (CBS, 5/14/1983, 120 mins). A woman, whose political reporter husband was murdered before her eyes, decides to track down the killers herself and, while doing legwork on a routine marital infidelity case for a rumpled private investigator who has given her a job, stumbles onto clues about the shooting and discovers her and her daughter’s lives might be in jeopardy. Initially titled “A Private Investigation” (after the Karl Alexander 1980 novel on which it was based), this sometimes sardonic, smart-alecky private-eye film marked a change of pace of sorts for its star whose TV work (usually one film a year) since leaving “Bewitched” had been a string of straight dramas. Production Companies Entheos Unlimited Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Mike Hodge. Executive Producer Barry Krost. Producer Doug Chapin. Teleplay Mike Hodge. Based on a Novel by Karl Alexander. Photography Charles Correll. Editor Jim Oliver. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Sara Scott), Ron Karabatsos (Claude Papazian), John Reilly (Sam), Louanne (Valerie Scott), Robin Gammell (Lawrence Conrad), Julius Harris (Spencer Harris), David Haskell (Andy Scott), Daniel Pilon (Jorge Martinez), Gina Alvarado (Anna Perez), Leslie Ackerman (Judith Rosenus), Martin Azarow (Hector Bolinas), David Byrd (Motel manager), Burke Byrnes (2nd hood), Daniel Currie (Doctor), Lou Cutell (Man), Beverly Dixon (Receptionist), Tim Dunigan (Al Seco), Leigh Hamilton (Helen Richmond), John Medici (Cabby), Alan Oliney (Dr. James Richmond), Don Sherman (Sergeant Palenko), Kurtwood Smith (Edward Sincoff), Robert Sutton (Security guard), Jay Varela (Lt. Carlos Ruiz), Kenneth Tigar (Alan Rosenus). 1978... Mistral’s Daughter (CBS, 9/24/1985 to 9/26/1985, 3 parts, 8 hours). Vividly filmed kitsch from the pen of Judith Krantz--in the tradition of “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy”--as adapted by Rosemary Anne Sisson (one of the creators of “Upstairs, Downstairs”) and Terence Feely, with directing chores split between Douglas Hickox and Kevin Connor. In the eight-hour miniseries (originally scheduled for only seven), beginning in the 1920s, Stacy Keach is the self-centered French painter to whom three generations of women give their love--the naïve American girl in Paris (Stefanie Powers) who becomes famous after he paints her and then dumps her for wealthy American patron, Lee Remick; the subsequently successful model agency head Powers’ daughter, who becomes his mistress; and their illegitimate daughter, played by newcomer Philippine Leroy Beaulieu (in the title role). Hickox directed the first four hours, from the ’20s to World War II; Connor took the story to the present. Production Companies Steve Krantz Productions, RTL Productions, Antenne 2. Directors Douglas Hickox, Kevin Connor. Executive Producer Steve Krantz. Producers Herbert Hirschman, Suzanne Wisenfeld. Teleplay Rosemary Anne Sisson, Terence Feely. Based on the Novel by Judith Krantz. Photography Jean Tournier, Pierre L’homme. Music Vladimir Cosma. Editors John Bloom, Barry Peters. Production Designer Alain Negre. Choreography Jean Guelis. Costume Designer Michel Fresnay. Associate Producer Hubert De La Bouillerie. Cast Stefanie Powers (Maggy Lunel), Lee Remick (Kate Browning), Stacy Keach (Julien Mistral), Robert Urich (Jason Darcy), Timothy Dalton (Perry Kilkullen), Stephane Audran (Paula), Ian Richardson (Adrien Avigdor), Stephanie Dunnam (Teddy), Cotter Smith (Frank), Pierre Malet (Eric Avigdor), Philippine Leroy Beaulieu (Fauve Lunel), Alexandra Stewart (Mary Jane Kilkullen), Joanna Lumley (Lally Longbridge), Caroline Langrishe (Nadine Del Mar), Jonathan Hyde (Philippe), Angela Thorne (Nancy Butterfield), Michael Gough (Cardinal), Francine Olivier (Marthe), Alan Adair (Maxwell Browning), Sean O’Neal (Louis Fairmont), Geoffrey Carey (Vadim), Annie Jouzier (Kiki), Wolf Kahler (Major Schmidt), Francoise Brion (Patricia Falkland), Shane Rimmer (Harry Klein), Victor Spinetti (Alberto Biachi), Jean Claudio (Etienne Delage), Jean-François Stevenin (Dr. Beauvoir), Pierre Vernier (Maitre Duclos), Robert Favart (Maitre Fresnais), Helene Vallier (Ruth Avigdor), Jacques Maury (Dr. Mille), Charlotte Allen (Young Fauve). 1979... Mistress (CBS, 10/4/1987, 120 mins). Drama about “the other woman” who years earlier had abandoned an acting career when she became a wealthy married man’s secret paramour now faces the reality of starting over again as an outcast when he suddenly dies, his unsuspecting widow assumes the estate purse strings, and she finds herself broke. Production Companies Jaffe-Lansing Productions, Republic Pictures. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Sherry Lansing, Richard Fischoff. Supervising Producers David Permut, Joyce Eliason. Producer Stephanie Austin. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on a Story by David Friendly. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Michael Convertino. Editor David Campling. Art Directors Robert Howland, Greg J. Grande. Cast Victoria Principal (Rae Colton), Kerrie Keane (Margo), Joanna Kerns (Stephanie Blume), Alan Rachins (Ben Washburn), Guy Boyd (Burke Johnson), Darrell Larson (Bobby North), Grace Zabriskie (Deanie), Spiros Focas (Paolo), William Bumiller (Craig Baker), Don Murray (Wyn Brooks), Michael Prince (Frank), Clyde Kusatsu (Miki), Sherry Adamo (Store manager), Rowena Balos (Acting teacher), Abby Bemiller (Young Rae), Wayne Benson (Sky Cap), Teresa Bowman (Real estate agent), Martha Cecilia (Mexican housekeeper), Cindi Dietrich (Rachel), Patricia Everly (Kathy), Donald Grant (Agent), Rosanna Huffman (Agent), Richard Marion (Director), Molly McClure (Aunt), Wolf Muser (Hans), Richard Partlow (Ricky), Hal Riddle

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(Uncle), Warren Selko (Waiter), Lin Shaye (Woman customer), Milt Tarver (Rooney), Deborah Tranelli (Clerk), Gustav Vintas (Werner), Christopher Weeks (Johnny). 1980... Mistress of Paradise (ABC, 10/4/1981, 120 mins). In this lurid Gothic thriller, Genevieve Bujold makes her TVmovie debut as an heiress from up North who marries worldly southerner Chad Everett, owner of a plantation known as Paradise, but finds herself fighting off the advances of Anthony Andrews, the owner of a neighboring plantation. This antebellum “Harlequin”-type romance, that also has a crazy ex-wife locked in a secret room (like in “Jane Eyre”), was filmed entirely on location in Natchez, Mississippi. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Peter Medak. Executive Producers Joanne Brough, Malcolm Stuart. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Bennett Foster, William Bast. Photography Ken Lamkin. Music John Addison. Editor Hillary Jane Kranze. Art Director Richard Berger. Cast Genevieve Bujold (Elizabeth Beaufort), Chad Everett (Charles Beaufort), Anthony Andrews (Buckley), Olivia Cole (Victorine), Lelia Goldoni (Peg), Carolyn Seymour (Adele), John McLiam (Nathan MacKay), Myron Natwick (Dr. Slocum), Fred D. Scott (Franklin), Bill Wiley (Captain Tyler), Tonea Stuart (Sister Sarah), Valarian Smith (Jimmy). 1981... Mom, the Wolfman and Me (Syndicated, 10/20/1980, 120 mins). This romantic comedy entry in the independently syndicated Operation Prime Time series looks at the lighthearted complications faced by an ultra-liberated Manhattan fashion photographer, living with her 11-year-old daughter who does the cooking and books her mom’s appointments. On one hand, there’s the newly divorced advertising executive (John Lithgow), who’s been proposing marriage; on the other, there’s a charming but unemployed teacher (David Birney), who has dropped into her life with his Irish wolfhound (nicknamed Wolfman). And there are her parents, who look disapprovingly at her free-spirited lifestyle. Based on the 1972 novel by Norma Klein. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Edmond A. Levy. Executive Producers David Susskind, Freyda Rothstein. Producer Malcolm R. Harding. Teleplay Edmond A. Levy. Based on the Novel by Norma Klein. Photography Zale Magder. Music Fred Karlin. Editor David Blangsted. Art Director Karen Bromley. Cast Patty Duke Astin (Deborah Bergman), David Birney (Theo Marker), Keenan Wynn (Grandpa Bergman), Danielle Brisebois (Jenny Bergman), Viveca Lindfors (Grandma Bergman), John Lithgow (Wally), Chris Barnes (Andrew), Deborah May (Gunilla), Carrie Horner (Evelyn), Caroline Yeager (Andrew’s mother), Daniel Buccos (Dr. Root), John Dee (Old man in park), Beth Amos (Old woman), Kay Hawtrey (Nurse), William Osler (Proprietor), Wolfdane’s Luck O’ the Irish (Norma Wolfhound), Dan Higham, Patti Oatman, Gordon Jocelyn, Lynch Patrick Dawson, Robbie Hiles. 1982... Money on the Side (ABC, 9/29/1982, 120 mins). To make ends meet, suburban housewives Karen Valentine, Jamie Lee Curtis and Linda Purl join a prostitution ring run by local realtor Susan Flannery and find themselves trapped with a vice syndicate. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Hal Landers Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Supervising Producer Audrey Blasdel-Goddard. Producer Hal Landers. Teleplay Eugene Price, Robert Collins. Based on a Story by Mort Fine. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Karen Valentine (Janice Vernon), Jamie Lee Curtis (Michelle Jamison), Linda Purl (Annie Gilson), Christopher Lloyd (Sergeant Stampone), Richard Masur (Nelson Vernon), Gary Graham (Jack Gilson), Edward Edwards (Paul), John Bennett Perry (Tom Westmore), Joseph Lambie (Chip Jamison), Susan Flannery (Karen Gordon), Arthur Rosenberg (Mason Hutchons), Lee deBroux (Claude), Terry Burns (Louis), John H. Fields (Judge Evans), Sarina C. Grant (Nina), Pat Studstill (Cowboy), Kenneth Washington (Detective White), Adele Rosse (Mrs. Gersh), Mary McDonnell (Terri), Micole Mercurio (Donna Pallizzano), Paul Brennan (Russell), Eric Milota (Scottie), Francesca Roberts (Clerk). 1983... Money, Power, Murder (CBS, 12/10/1989, 120 mins). New York sports columnist Mike Lupica’s 1986 novel “Dead Air” was the source for this drama, and Kevin Dobson plays the Lupica-like television reporter, tough and unorthodox, who is on the trail of a missing star network anchorwoman. Filmed entirely on location in New York City, it has Lupica himself in a small role as Mike and an appearance by the distinguished Choir of St. John the Divine Cathedral. Production Companies SKids Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Susan Dobson. Producer Vanessa Greene. Teleplay Mike Lupica. Based on a Novel by Mike Lupica. Photography Richard Kratina. Music Miles Goodman. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Ann Millgate. Production Designer Tom H. John. Cast Kevin Dobson (Peter Finley), Blythe Danner (J.B. “Jeannie” Berlin), Josef Sommer (Jack Finley), John Cullum (Rev. Eugene Endicott), Paul McCrane (Billy Lynn), Wayne Tippit (Lt. Hugh Dunphy), Dion Anderson (Sam Cummings), Julianne Moore (Peggy Lynn Brady), Peter Bergman (Johnny Brant), Peter Maloney (Charles Davidson), Casey Sander (Marty Pearl), Julie Philips (Natalie Ferrare), Raymond Serra (Richie/bartender), Anthony Herrera (Tom Harrold), Roger Robinson (Willie B), Tony Shalhoub (Seth Parker), Russ Anderson (David), Rocky Carroll (Dwan), Alice Drummond (Helen), Kevin Jackson (Cop), Marcia Lewis (Woman at Global), Yvette Hawkins (Secretary), Jim Lovelett (First man), Steve Ryan (Little John), Kathryn Rossetter (Woman at laundry), Mike Lupica (Mike), St. John the Divine Choir.

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1984... The Monkey Mission (NBC, 3/23/1981, 120 mins). Robert Blake’s second (of three) “Joe Dancer” movie has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (John Fiedler) who happens to be an expert sneak thief, and an electronics genius of questionable repute (Keenan Wynn) to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II. Production Companies Mickey Productions, Filmways, NBC Productions. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producer Robert Blake. Producer Alan Godfrey. Teleplay Robert Crais. Photography Sherman Kunkel. Music George Romanis. Editors Gloryette Clark, John Kamen. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Gino Grimaldi. Cast Robert Blake (Joe Dancer), John Fiedler (Jimmy Papadopolous), Pepe Serna (Vito), Clive Revill (Teabag), Sondra Blake (Charley), Keenan Wynn (Stump Harris), Mitchell Ryan (Keyes), Willy the Monkey (Gregor), Andy Wood (Benny), Logan Ramsey (Museum curator), Alan Napier (Briarton), Elizabeth Haliday (Jennifer Athens), Laura Jacoby (Charlie’s niece), Jennifer Gordon, Norman Rice, Demonic Bando. 1985... Monte Carlo (CBS, 11/9/1986 and 11/10/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Splashy, lighthearted romantic drama, in Joan Collins’ previous “Sins” mold, that casts her as Russian-born, British-bred chanteuse-turned-spy for the allies on the eve of WWII, obsessed, as it were, with the memories of her dead husband (real-life husband of the moment--and coexecutive producer with her of the four-hour film--Peter Holm), an intelligence agent murdered by the Nazis. George Hamilton is a debonair, down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter, Lauren Hutton a wealthy American widow who is keeping him, Malcolm McDowell an Irish mercenary and war profiteer, Lisa Eilbacher a free-spirited American heiress, and Robert Carradine an American pilot in the RAF. Collins gets the opportunity not only to change fabulous outfits with regularity(all designed personally for her by designer Michel Fresnay) but also to sing “The Last Time I Saw Paris” a year or so before Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein got around to writing it. Based on the 1985 novel by Stephen Sheppard. Production Companies Collins-Holm Productions, Highgate Pictures, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producers Joan Collins, Peter Holm. Supervising Producer Peter Lefcourt. Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Teleplay Peter Lefcourt. Based on the Novel by Stephen Sheppard. Photography Jean Tournier. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Bill Lenny. Production Designer Francois DeLamothe. Costume Designer Michel Fresnay. Associate Producer Vahan Moosekian. Cast Joan Collins (Katrina Petrovna), George Hamilton (Harry Price), Lisa Eilbacher (Maggie Egan), Lauren Hutton (Evelyn MacIntyre), Robert Carradine (Bobby Morgan), Malcolm McDowell (Christopher Quinn), Philip Madoc (Properi), Leslie Phillips (Baldwin), Peter Vaughan (Pabst), Henri Garcin (La Coste), Clement Harari (Schimmel), Rainer Hunold (Gunther), Steve Kalfa (Marcel), David Quilter (Graham), Jean-Paul Denizon (Cafe patron), Patrick Godfrey (Lambert), Jean-Paul Solal (Louis), Claudine Berg (Maid), Peter Bonke (Gestapo man), Zannie Campan (Madame Tranchard), Alain Chevalier (1st reporter), Steve Gadler (2nd reporter), Jacques Ciron (De Salis), Marc De Jonge (Croupier), Raoul Delfosse (Michel), Valerie Lumbroso (Nurse), Jacques Marin (Jean), Michael Modo (Roadblock policeman), Mark Payton (Archie Hewitt), Andre Penvern (French policeman), Stephen Petcher (Teddy Franks), Eric Prat (Taxi driver), Jean-Marie Riviere (Henri), Marc Samuel (Sergeant), Philippe Sturbelle (Desk clerk), Pierre Vernier (Italian commandant), Peter Holm (Katrina’s husband). 1986... Moonlight (CBS, 9/14/1982, 90 mins). A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help track down the leader. This prospective series pilot has the pseudonymous Alan Smithee credited as director, after both Jackie Cooper and his successor, Rod Holcomb, had their names removed. Production Company Universal Television. Director Alan Smithee [Jackie Cooper and Rod Holcomb]. Executive Producer David Chase. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay David Chase. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Robert Desiderio (Lenny Barbella), Michelle Phillips (Meredith Tyne), William Prince (Mr. White/Bibb), Antony Ponzini (Victor Barbella), Carmine Mitore (“Pop” Barbella), Penny Santon (Josephine Barbella), Benson Fong (Clifford Wu), Sandra Kearns (Judi Becker), Christa Linder (Ulrich Pabst), Christopher Pennock (Bob Smith), Alexander Zale (Anatoli), Rosalind Chao (Daphne Wu), Martin Rudy (Dr. Rex Becker), Hank Brandt (Mr. Green), Evan Richards (Sean), Zitto Kazann (Yusef), Bill Erwin (Dr. Tucker), Pedro Montero (Pulgar), Murray MacLeod (Agent Barhydt), William H. Bassett (Tappan Zee man), J.P. Bumstead (Interrogator), Kathryn Reynolds (Joan Barbella), Vincent Howard (NYPD chief). 1987... More Wild Wild West (CBS, 10/7/1980 and 10/8/1980, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Intrepid Old West U.S. intelligence agents James T. West and Artemus Gordon returned from TV’s netherland for one final assignment in the guise of stars Robert Conrad and Ross Martin to do battle with a daffy megalomaniac, played by Jonathan Winters, with the dubious assistance of the arrogant head of British Intelligence (Victor Buono, in his last movie). This second pilot, a follow-up to “The Wild Wild West Revisited” (1979), which the producers hoped would lead to a revival of the legendary Western spy-spoof series that originally ran from 1965 to 1969, was to mark the final case for West and Gordon, rusty from the lengthy retirement from which they were reactivated, due to Ross Martin’s subsequent death. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Tony Kayden, William Bowers. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Jeff Alexander. Theme Song by Richard Markowitz. Editor Michael McCroskey. Production Designer Albert Heschong. 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Cast Robert Conrad (James T. West), Ross Martin (Artemus Gordon), Jonathan Winters (Prof. Albert Paradine II), Harry Morgan (Robert T. “Skinny” Malone), René Auberjonois (Capt. Sir David Edney), Randi Brough (Yvonne), Candi Brough (Daphne), Victor Buono (Dr. Messenger), Liz Torres (Juanita), Emma Samms (Mirabelle), Jack LaLanne (Jack LaStrange), Dr. Joyce Brothers (Bystander), James Bacon (Wheelman), Sandy Helberg (1st aide), Richard Hawk (2nd aide), Joe Alfasa (Italian Ambassador), Gino Conforti (French Ambassador), Hector Elias (Spanish Ambassador), Dave Madden (German Ambassador), Avery Schreiber (Russian Ambassador), John Furlong (Bavarian delegate), Rick Drasnin (1st hulk), Rex Pearson (2nd hulk), David Cass (Juanita’s brother), Tony Epper (Juanita’s brother), Casey Tibbs (Juanita’s brother), Edward Jenson (Secret Service man). 1988... Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (ABC, 1/25/1980, 120 mins). Tuesday Weld, Frances Sternhagen and Kathleen Beller comprise the three generations of women in this exploration of a love-hate relationship spanning 30 years. Besides the well-oiled ensemble performances, the film is notable for the “special appearance” by Harry Chapin and several songs he and wife Sandy wrote. Production Company Edgar J. Scherick Associates. Director Burt Brinckerhoff. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producer S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Lee Holdridge. Songs Written and Performed by Harry Chapin, Sandy Chapin. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Richard Sawyer. Makeup William Tuttle. Cast Tuesday Weld (Lillie Lloyd McCann), Frances Sternhagen (Mrs. Lloyd), Kathleen Beller (Renie), Jeanne Lange (Marie), Edward Winter (Doug), Harry Chapin (Himself), William Bronder (Frank), Delia Salvi (Greta), Elizabeth Kerr (Mrs. Thatcher), Melendy Britt (Dinah Drake), Rick Casorla (Richie), Tonya Crowe (Renie at age 8), Michael Currie (1st doctor), Brad English (Don), Eugene Peterson (Roy Drake), Stephanie Steele (Susan), Irene Arrigua (Lillie’s assistant). 1989... A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (NBC, 12/3/1989 and 12/10/1989, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Inspirational Emmy-winning Disney drama (Outstanding Children’s Drama) recounting the life of early life of Detroit Pistons basketball great Isiah Thomas and the loving upbringing in the Chicago projects by his saintly but stern mother Mary, as portrayed by Alfre Woodard, in an Emmy nominated performance. Originally shown in two one-hour parts. Production Companies Chet Walker Enterprises, Interscope Communications, Walt Disney Television. Director John Patterson. Executive Producers Ted Field, Robert W. Cort. Co-Executive Producers Patricia Clifford, Kate Wright. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Co-Producer Chet Walker. Teleplay Jason Miller. Photography King Baggot. Music Lee Holdridge. Songs “Sooner or Later” and “Goin’ & Growin’” T.C. Carson. Editor Richard A. Harris. Art Director Michael Merritt. Cast Alfre Woodard (Mary Thomas), A.J. Johnson (Ruby Thomas), Leon (Lord Michael Thomas), Garland Spencer (Isiah Thomas at age 11), Chick Vennera (Coach Pingatore), Larry O. Williams Jr. (Isiah at age 15), Jamey Sheridan (Brother Ted), Harry J. Lennix (Nero), Wandachristine (Sara), Shamon Ricks (Jojo), Lanei Chapman (Mary Thomas at age 16), Barbara Robertson (Miss Day), Marty Higginbotham (Mr. Davis), Edward Grennan (Mayor Richard Daley), Moon Hi Hanson (Dr. Kim), Bernard Mixon (Mary’s Father), Rengin Altay (M.J.), Bob Kohut (LoBianco), Kent Martin (Grocery Store Manager), Darrell Echols (Store Clerk), Susan Ware (Mayor’s Receptionist). 1990... Mother’s Day (CBN, 5/13/1989, 115 mins). Drama about a mother, living in the inner-city projects, who risks her life to save her teenage son when he is arrested for murder after being fingered by three “pals,” going undercover and posing as a bag lady (among other disguises) to discover the real killer. Subsequently retitled “Vindicated: A Mother’s War.” This was to be the only original TV movie on the then-Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Production Companies CBN Producers Group Inc., RESI Inc. Director Susan Rohrer. Executive Producer S. Harry Young. Co-Executive Producers Paul Krinsier, Terry A Rotwick. Producer Susan Rohrer. Teleplay B.W. Sandefur. Photography Stan Gilbert. Music Brent Havens. Editor Earl Waggoner. Art Director Nelson Coates. Associate Producer Danya Browder. Cast Denise Nicholas (Elizabeth Sturgis), Bernie Casey (Kale Sturgis), Melba Moore (Jean Douglas), Joseph Lambie (Insp. Sam Lassiter), Art Hindle (DA O’Neill), Gregory Salata (Roy Bernachi), Grant Goodeve (Sgt. Pete Casey), José Ferrer (Judge Leatham), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Cullen Sturgis), Ellen Dolan (Allison Fredericks), Amber Kain (Lucille), Monsita Ferrer (Vonnie Sturgis), Richard K Olsen, Seth Martin, Paula Dean, Herbert Eley, Rex Ellis, Kurt Halow, Christopher Frederick, Ethan Martin, Richard Steen, F.L. Schmidlapp, Marty Terry, Debbie McClendon, Rick Warner, Chantee Davis, Eddie Allen, Ron Rosenthal, Gary DeLavine, Joe Inscoe, Jonathan Marten, Omar Jermaine, Rodney Williams. 1991... Mother’s Day on Waltons Mountain (NBC, 5/9/1982, 120 mins). The second of three TV-movies inspired by the long-running series briefly returns Olivia Walton from the tubercular sanatorium to which she had retreated toward the end of the initial series (when actress Michael Learned decided to leave the show) in order to help three of the daughters cope with assorted crises. Most of the original cast was back, save Richard Thomas and Ellen Geer. Production Companies Amanda Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Gwen Arner. Executive Producers Earl Hamner, Lee Rich. Producer Claylene Jones. Teleplay Juliet Packer. Photography Ken Peach Jr. Music Alexander Courage. Editor Samuel E. Beetley. Art Director John P. Bruce. Cast Ralph Waite (John Walton), Michael Learned (Olivia Walton), Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton), Judy Norton-Taylor (Mary Ellen), Mary Beth McDonough (Erin Walton), Eric Scott (Ben Walton), David Harper (Jim-Bob Walton), Kami Cotler (Elizabeth Walton), Joe Conley (Ike Godsey), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth Godsey), Leslie Winston (Cindy Walton), DeAnna

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Robbins (Aimee Godsey), Angela Rhodes (Virginia Walton), David Friedman (John-Curtis Walton), Richard Gilliland (Jonesy), Kip Niven (Rev. Tom Marshall), Joanna Kerns (Doris Marshall), Morgan Stevens (Paul Northridge), John Considine (Dr. Coleman), Penelope Windust (Mrs. Norris), Gwen Van Dam (Nurse), Tony Becker (Drew). 1992... Mothers, Daughters and Lovers (NBC, 9/10/1989, 120 mins). Single working mom sets to carve out a decent life for herself and her two teenage daughters in the fictitious whistle-stop town of American River in Washington. Pilot to a prospective series from the producers of “American Graffiti,” among others. Original title: “American River” Production Companies Katz-Huyck Films, NBC Productions. Director Matthew Robbins. Executive Producers Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz. Producer Kim Kurumada. Teleplay Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz. Photography Hiro Narita. Music Tom Scott. Editors Glenn Farr, Michael Tronick, Fred Roth. Production Designer Ted Haworth. Associate Producer Emily Kaufman. Cast Helen Shaver (Claire Nichols), David McIlwraith (Phil Studer), Perrey Reeves (Laura Nichols), Marcianne Warman (Toni Nichols), Debra Jo Rupp (Lottie), Rick Hurst (Rubell Marcus), Jack Blessing (Billy Weber), Robert Duncan McNeil (Wylie Holt), Claude Akins (Kibby), Ellen Dolan (Erika Holt), Jim Beaver (Sheriff Jack Edzard), Monique Lavier, Tracy Fraim, Gary Bayer, Jill Tracy, Rich Hebert, Tom Rodrigues, Huck Liggett, Craig Clyde, Russ McGinn. 1993... Moving Target (NBC, 2/8/1988, 120 mins). A teenage musician returns home from camp one day to find an empty house--no family, no furniture, no dog--and spends the rest of the film not only trying to track them down but also finding himself hunted by the police as well as some mysterious bad guys. This dramatic showcase for young Jason Bateman was coexecutive produced by his dad Kent Bateman for the Bateman Company. Production Companies Lewis B. Chesler Productions, Bateman Company Productions, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, MGM-UA Television. Director Chris Thomson. Executive Producers Lewis B. Chesler, Kent Bateman. Producer Christopher Morgan. Co-Producers Andy Tennant, Ed Hunsaker. Teleplay Andy Tennant. Based on a Story by Andy Tennant, Ed Hunsaker. Photography Neil Roach. Music Michel Rubini. Editor Mark Melnick. Production Designer Bernt Amadeus Capra. Art Director Corey Kaplan. Associate Producer David Roessell. Cast Jason Bateman (Toby Kellogg), John Glover (Fred Dobbins), Jack Wagner (Tim Sutcliff), Chynna Phillips (Megan Lawrence), Donna Mitchell (Sarah Kellogg), Claude Brooks (David), Bernie Coulson (Jeff Ackley), Richard Dysart (Arthur Cambridge), Tom Skerritt (Joe Kellogg), William Lanteau (Mr. Bauman), Robert Downey Sr. (Weinberg), Tom Fridley (Darrin), Arnold Turner (George Suggs), Javier Grajeda (Lopez), Aimee Brooks (Jody Kellogg), Dana Young (Trevor Kellogg), Bebe DrakeMassey (Postal clerk), Marylou Kenworthy (Realtor), Peg Shirley (Mrs. Ackley), Wade Wilson (Busboy), Terry Bozeman (Agent on duty), Jim Boeke (Fire chief), Christopher Kriesa (Police officer), Wayne C. Dvorak (Airport clerk), Robert Tzudiker (Businessman), Robert Finoccoli (FBI agent), Sasha Jenson (Scott), Derek Rydall (Barry). 1994... Moviola: The Scarlett O’Hara War (NBC, 5/19/1980, 120 mins). The second of the “Moviola” segments, a lighthearted look at David O. Selznick’s search for his “Gone With the Wind” leading lady, was acclaimed as the best of the three and brought Emmy Award nominations to Tony Curtis as Outstanding Actor for his Selznick, in supporting actor categories to Harold Gould and Carrie Nye, and to director John Erman. Emmy Awards were given to costumer Travilla and makeup artist Richard Blair. Production Companies Wolper Productions, Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Novel by Garson Kanin. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Walter Scharf. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Tony Curtis (David O. Selznick), Bill Macy (Myron Selznick), Harold Gould (Louis B. Mayer), Sharon Gless (Carole Lombard), George Furth (George Cukor), Edward Winter (Clark Gable), Barrie Youngfellow (Joan Crawford), Carrie Nye (Tallulah Bankhead), Clive Revill (Charlie Chaplin), Gwen Humble (Paulette Goddard), Morgan Brittany (Vivien Leigh), Patricia Smith (Louise Knight), James Ray (Tom Adams), William Bogert (Russell Birdwell), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Kay Brown), Joey Forman (Walter Winchell), Jane Kean (Louella Parsons), Merleann Taylor (Katharine Hepburn), Gypsi DeYoung (Lucille Ball), Vicki Belmonte (Jean Arthur), Sheila Wells (Miriam Hopkins), Kenneth Kimmins (Fuller), Sam Weisman (Page), Elizabeth Fraser (Southern lady), Don Keefer (Judge), Melody Thomas (Laurie Lee), Don Caldwell (Sidney Howard), Paul Kreppel (Delivery Man), Michael Hewitson (Ashley [screen test]), Jean Gilpin (Margaret Sullavan), Jean Celeste (Joan Bennett), Howard George (Max Arnow), Warren Munson (William Menzies), Dee Dee Rescher (Phoebe), Gaye Kruger (Lorraine), Jo McDonnell (Isobel), Jessica St. John (Secretary), Maurice Hill (Richard Walsh). 1995... Moviola: The Silent Lovers (NBC, 5/20/1980, 120 mins). The ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert is the centerpiece of the third “Moviola” film. Swedish actress/model Kristina Wayborn made her American debut as Garbo, but next to nothing was heard from her since, other than reemerging as one of James Bond’s girls in “Octopussy.” The Emmy Award that went to this movie was for Gayne Rescher’s photography, while nominations were given for music, art direction/set decoration, hairstylings, and editing. Production Companies Wolper Productions, Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Novel by Garson Kanin.

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Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Gerald Fried. Editor David Newhouse. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Brian Keith (Mauritz Stiller), Barry Bostwick (John Gilbert), Harold Gould (Louis B. Mayer), John Rubinstein (Irving Thalberg), James Olson (Victor Seastrom), Barney Martin (Eddie Mannix), Audra Lindley (Laura Hope Crews), Mackenzie Phillips (Lillian Gish), Kristina Wayborn (Greta Garbo), Hank Garrett (Clarence Brown), Terrence McNally (Robert Taylor), Thaao Penghlis (Antonio Moreno), Kerry McGrath (Eleanor Boardman), Joseph Hacker (King Vidor), Cecilia Hart (Norma Shearer), Heather Lowe (Woman in red), Tony Gaetano (Reporter), Frederick Combs, John Petlock, M.E. Lorenge, Marc Jacobs. 1996... Moviola: This Year’s Blonde (NBC, 5/18/1980, 120 mins). The first of two 1980 television movies about Marilyn Monroe, this version of her story, for which writer James Lee won an Emmy Award nomination, came from a chapter of Garson Kanin’s popular behind-the-scenes-of-Hollywood book and covered the Monroe story from her days as an aspiring actress through her love affair with high-powered agent Johnny Hyde to the brink of stardom on the eve of his sudden death. It was the first of three self-contained films about the movies, dramatized from “Moviola,” that aired initially on consecutive nights, each produced by Stan Margulies, directed by John Erman and photographed by Gayne Rescher. Subsequently it was retitled “The Secret Love of Marilyn Monroe.” Production Companies Wolper Productions, Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay James Lee. Based on a Novel by Garson Kanin. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Elmer Bernstein. Editor Michael McCroskey. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Lloyd Bridges (Johnny Hyde), Constance Forslund (Marilyn Monroe), Norman Fell (Pat Toledo), Vic Tayback (Harry Cohn), Michael Lerner (Jack Warner), John Marley (Joseph Schenck), Richard Seer (Norman), Lee Wallace (Samuel Goldwyn), William Frankfather (John Huston), Philip Sterling (Dr. Freed), Sondra Blake (Mrs. Baker), Barney Martin (Eddie Mannix), Michael Strong (Dick Silver), Peter Maloney (Darryl F. Zanuck), Stephen Keep (Dore Schary), Lee Wilkof (Paddy), Fred Sadoff (Dr. Benson), Kathleen King (Margot Revere), John Dennis (Andrew), Mary Gregory (Jean Hagen), Amelia Haas (Nurse), Clyde Ventura (Derek), Don Diamond (Lacey’s captain), Michael Prince (David), Bob Harders (UCLA student), Angela Aames (Blonde at pool). 1997... Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (CBS, 3/30/1986, 120 mins). Both Katharine Hepburn and Harold Gould received Emmy Award nominations for their performances in this romantic comedy as the wealthy, aging, high society WASP and the kindly Jewish doctor she sets her sights on--much to the consternation of both of their families and neighbors. There are her mercenary offspring, his bigoted children and the snobbish friends of both of them. But love threatens to conquer all in this original December-December romance from Broadway playwright James Prideaux which was Emmy nominated as Outstanding Comedy or Drama Special. It was filmed in Vancouver. Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf Productions, Gaylord Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producer George Schaefer. Co-Producer James Prideaux. Teleplay James Prideaux. Photography Walter Lassally. Music Peter Matz. Editor Andy Blumenthal. Art Director Douglas Higgins. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast Katharine Hepburn (Margaret Delafield), Bibi Besch (Doreen Delafield), Denholm Elliott (George Parker), Brenda Forbes (Gladys Parker), Charles Frank (Chipper Delafield), Harold Gould (Dr. Marvin Elias), Suzanne Lederer (Shirley Elias), John Pleshette (David Elias), David Ogden Stiers (Horton Delafield), Kathryn Walker (Sarah), Babz Chula (Frieda), Daphne Goldrick (Karen), Tom Heaton (Harrison), Antony Holland (Reverend Brooks), Dorothy James (Edna Elias), Norma MacMillan (Miss Fry), Doreen Ramus (Miss Kelly), Charles Siegel (Rabbi), Ted Stidder (Old Billy), Ghislaine Crawford (Jane), Justine Crawford (June), Robert Sidley (Digby Delafield), Doris Chillcott (Lucille), Janet Hodgkinson (Marie), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Office worker), Wally Marsh (Man in men’s club). 1998... Muggable Mary, Street Cop (CBS, 2/25/1982, 120 mins). Karen Valentine is real-life New York City policewoman Mary Glatzle, a jobless divorcee whose young son’s congenital medical problem caused her to join the force and tough it out at the police academy before being allowed to prove herself as an undercover cop. Based on Mary Glatzle’s autobiography, written with Evelyn Fiore. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Sandor Stern. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Based on the Autobiography by Mary Glatzle with Evelyn Fiore. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Earle Hagen. Editor Ina Massari. Art Director Gary Weist. Associate Producer George Manasse. Cast Karen Valentine (Mary Glatzle), John Getz (Det. Dan Waters), Anne DeSalvo (Sue Ann), Robert Christian (Det. Joe Bell), Michael Pearlman (Eric Glatzle), Vincent Gardenia (Captain Maggio), Beej Johnson (Donna Metzger), Alan North (Mary’s father), Anna Maria Horsford (Kathy Thomas), Dan Lauria (Vince Palucci), John Corcoran (Frank Reineke), Frederick Coffin (Used car salesman), P.J. Benjamin (Warren Livergans), Russell Horton (Dr. Rubin), Mark Margolis (Sergeant Meyers), Ray Abruzzo (Hospital security guard), Waiter Atamaniuk (Sergeant Whipple), Donny Burns (Tommy Pope), Sharon Chatten (Debbie Stats), Alma Cuervo (Vira), Dawn M. Davis (Stewardess), Tony Diaz (Neighbor man), Henry Farentino (Sam), Dinny Fitzpatrick (Second baseman), Patrica L. Hodges (Liz), Michael Ingram (Barry Bongard), Sondra James (Neighbor woman), Keith Lochim (Benny), Charlotte Jones (Mrs. Massick), Ivy Jones (Estelle), Joan Kaye (Woman in doctor’s office), Ed Kovens (Haendle), Tom

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Mardirosian (Maitre d’), Karen MacLaughlin (Nurse), Tom Nardini (Mugger in supermarket), Robert Riesel (Jim Edgeworth), William Riker (Man in park with newspaper), Larry Riley (Steve Kelsey), Bo Rucker (Cal), Kevin Scannell (Bill Deeks), William Servers (Police captain), William Smitrovich (Charlie Hack), Maggie Task (Supermarket cashier), James York (Police commissioner), William Anagnos (Planetarium rapist), Lisa Cain (PCP tripper prisoner), Lance W. Guercia (Baseball bat mugger), Edward Earl Hatch (Mugger outside supermarket), Steve W. James (Park slasher/rapist), Linda Kerns (Coconut woman prisoner), Eric Mourino (Baseball bat mugger), Tanya Russell (Girl with gun [Mary’s double]). 1999... The Munsters’ Revenge (NBC, 2/27/1981, 120 mins). In the popular tradition of TV “reunion” movies, this film had the lovable Munster family again taking up residence at 1313 Mockingbird Lane 15 years after their original show had been relegated to that big syndication series in the sky. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo and Al Lewis, reprising their roles as clumsy Herman, vampirish Lily and Grandpa, a dead-ringer for Dracula, find their placid world turned into turmoil by diabolical Dr. Diablo (Sid Caesar, united with his old TV buddy, Howard Morris, as his assistant), the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots including clones of Herman and Grandpa. Like other reunion movies, this was made with an eye toward a brand new series. Production Companies Universal Television, NBC Productions. Director Don Weis. Executive Producer Edward J. Montagne. Producers Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson. Teleplay Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Vic Mizzy. Editor Frederic Baratta. Art Director James Martin Bachman. Cast Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster), Yvonne DeCarlo (Lily Munster), Al Lewis (Grandpa), Jo McDonnell (Marilyn), K.C. Martel (Eddie Munster), Sid Caesar (Dr. Dustin Diablo), Peter Fox (Det. Glen Boyle), Bob Hastings (Cousin Phantom), Herbert Voland (Chief Boyle), Charles Macaulay (Commissioner McCluskey), Colby Chester (Michael), Joseph Ruskin (Pizza man), Howard Morris (Cousin Igor), Ezra Stone (Dr. Lichtliter), Michael McManus (Ralph), Gary Vinson (Patrolman Leary), Sandy Champion (Patrolman Pete), Al White (Prisoner), Billy Sands (Shorty), Tom Newman (Slim), Barry Pearl (Warren Thurston), Anita Dangler (Elvira), Dolores Mann (Mrs. Furnston), Hildy Horan, Henry Rhoades, Mickey Deems, Pete Morgan. 2000... Murder 1, Dancer 0 (NBC, 6/5/1983, 120 mins). The last of Robert Blake’s three “Joe Dancer “movies (like its predecessors, filmed in 1981) finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star’s career. Original titles: “Joe Dancer III” and “Lights, Camera, Murder.” Production Companies Mickey Productions, Filmways. Director Reza Badiyi. Executive Producer Robert Blake. Supervising Producer Alan Godfrey. Producer Gino Grimaldi. Teleplay Ed Waters. Based on an Original Idea by Robert Blake. Photography Sherman Kunkel. Music George Romanis. Editor Gloryette Clark. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Robert Blake (Joe Dancer), Kenneth McMillan (Lt. Herbie Quinlan), Joel Bailey (Judd Hampton), William Prince (Asa Lamar), Jane Daly (Carol Banding), Royal Dano (Cow John), Sydney Lassick (Phil Estin), Sondra Blake (Charley), Robin Dearden (Jenny Burnell), Sam Anderson (Paul Iberville), Deborah Geffner (Jackie), Gino Conforti (Photo man), KelIy Lange (Newscaster), Heather Mathey (Jill), Harry Caesar (Morgue attendant), Joseph DiReda, Kelly Grant, Glenn Robards, Reed Rondell, Larry Williams. 2001... Murder: By Reason of Insanity (CBS, 10/1/1985, 120 mins). Drama based on the true story of a Polish couple who had defected to America and joined middle-class suburbia on Long Island until the husband (unable to assimilate as well as his better-educated mate) became paranoid and increasingly abusive toward his wife. Authorities locked up the man--only to release him on a day pass from the institution to go after his wife. “Death on a Day Pass” was the initial title of the dramatization of the 1979 case that later became a “Newsday” expose and the subject of a “60 Minutes” broadcast. Production Company Lawrence Schiller Productions. Director Anthony Page. Producer Lawrence Schiller. Teleplay Scott Swanton. Based on an Article by Marilyn Goldstein. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music John Cacavas. Editor John C. Horger. Production Design W. Stewart Campbell. Associate Producers Garrison Singer, Deborah Joy LeVine. Cast Candice Bergen (Ewa Berwid), Jurgen Prochnow (Adam Berwid), Hector Elizondo (Ben Haggarty), Eli Wallach (Dr. Huffman), Alison LaPlaca (Janet Landry), Lee Kessler (Maggie Teresi), Norman Parker (Judge Gold), Kent Williams (Dick Crowell), Keri Houlihan (Sara Berwid), Justin Gocke (Daniel Berwid), Arthur Taxier (Sergeant Mahaaski), Sloane Shelton (Nurse Karris), Tom Everett (Mr. Olson), Gary Wichard (Gerry), Al White (Staggers), Kavi Raz (Dr. Honrada), Henry Yuk (Dr. Chang), Robert Hover (Tom), Paul Drake (Donnie), Edgar J. Scherick (Howard Norton), Sharon Madden (Dr. Johnson), Susan Ruttan (Judge M. Tyson), John Welsh (Salesman), David Haney (Janitor), Kenny Burke (Inmate). 2002... Murder by Moonlight (CBS, 5/9/1989, 120 mins). Futuristic British-made murder mystery set on the moon in the year 2015 where the Americans and Soviets are sharing a colony and a killing brings Brigitte Nielsen, as NASA’s top space-age investigator, and Julian Sands, as an arrogant KGB agent, into romantic as well as professional conflict. Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, London Weekend Television, Viacom. Director Michael LindsayHogg. Executive Producer Tamara Asseyev. Producer Ron Carr. Teleplay Carla Jean Wagner. Photography David Watkin. Music Trevor Jones. Supervising Editor Robert K. Lambert. Production Designer Austen Spriggs. Art Director Malcolm Middleton. Cast Brigitte Nielsen (Lt. Maggie Bartok), Julian Sands (Maj. Stefan Kirilenko), Jane Lapotaire (Louise Mackey), Brian Cox (Colonel Voronov), Gerald McRaney (Dennis Huff), Alphonsia Emmanuel (Dr. Isabella Klein), Celia Imre (Patsy Diehl), David Yip (Gary Chang), Stuart Milligan (Tim Contarini), Stephen Jenn (Kevin Faber), Georgina Hale (Quinney), Ricco Ross

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(Colonel Alvarado), Berwick Kaler (Trifonov), Tomeck Bork (Sorokin), Andrzej Borkowski (Russian representative), Aaron Swartz (NASA captain), James Hamill (Driver), Michael Brogan (The miner). 2003... Murder by Night (USA, 7/19/1989, 120 mins). Thriller about a jogger (Robert Urich) unfortunate enough to be found unconscious at a brutal murder scene and now an amnesiac, who is plagued with recurring nightmares and pursued by those who suspect he can identify the killer. Production Companies Norstar Entertainment, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, MCA Television Entertainment (MTE). Director Paul Lynch. Executive Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Supervising Producer Ray Sager. Producer Peter P Simpson. Co-Producer David Roessell. Teleplay Alan B. McElroy. Photography Brian R.R. Hebb. Music Paul Zaza. Editor Nick Rotundo. Production Designer Reuben Freed. Associate Producer Alan B. McElroy. Cast Robert Urich (Allan Strong), Kay Lenz (Karen Hicks), Jim Metzler (Kevin Carlisle), Richard Monette (Sean Kessler), Michael Ironside (Det. Carl Madsen), Geoffrey Bowes (Young Doctor), Barbara Von Radicki (Hostess), Christine Midges (Jean Montgomery), Steve Mousseau (Raymond Wilcott), Dale Wilson (Erickson), Cynthia Belliveau (Charlene Blackman), Paula Barrett (Carla English), Greg Beresford (Anchorman), Michael Williams (Eric/Street reporter), Howard Jerome (Bartender), Dolores Toth (Woman Passerby), Sandra P Grant (Nurse), Aaron Schwartz (Neurologist), Rena Polley (Young Nurse), Deborah Burgess (Marilyn Kennedy), Brian Kaulback (Security Guard), Paul De La Rosa (Forensic #1). 2004... Murder by the Book (CBS, 3/17/1987, 120 mins). Witty comedy-mystery about a mild-mannered author of hard-boiled detective novels whose cynical fictional gumshoe helps help solve a case in which he has become involved in the real world. Robert Hays plays both roles as mother-dominated writer and tough shamus; Catherine Mary Stewart the pretty heroine; Fred Gwynne a murderous art dealer at the heart of the case; and Celeste Holm the wealthy, urbane mom trying to get author-son to do more upscale writing. The film’s original title, “Alter Ego,” was also that of the 1983 source book by Mel Arrighi. Production Companies Peter Nelson Productions, Orion Television. Director Mel Damski. Producer Peter Nelson. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Michael Norell, Andy Siegel. Based on a Novel by Mel Arrighi. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Mark Snow. Editor Joanne D’Antonio. Production Designer Gavin Mitchell. Cast Robert Hays (D.H. “Hank” Mercer/Biff Deegan), Catherine Mary Stewart (Merissa Winfield), Christopher Murney (Lt. Stanley Greenberg), Fred Gwynne (Victor Grenville), Celeste Holm (Claire Mercer), Lewis J. Stadlen (Norman Wagstaff), Gavin Reed (Roger), Jonathan Moore (Nicholas Rubenstein), Martin Neufeld (Peter Winfield), Jacques Sandulescu (Timothy), Eric Keenleyside (Sergeant), Robin Ward (Harold Bordagaray), Eric Fink (Martinez the Doorman), Thick Wilson (Dream sequence victim), Al Bernardo (Taxi driver), Louis Di Bianco (Limo driver), Marc Gomes (Captain), Raymond Hunt, Jim Walton, Lynne Cormack, Lynne Gorman, Robbi Baker, Bunty Webb. 2005... Murder Can Hurt You! (ABC, 5/21/1980, 120 mins). A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal. An Emmy Award nomination for hairstylings went to this comedy. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Roger Duchowny. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Teleplay Ron Friedman. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Artie Kane. Editor John F. Schreyer. Art Directors Paul Sylos, Tom Trimble. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Victor Buono (Ironbottom), John Byner (Hatch), Tony Danza (Pony Lambretta), Jamie Farr (Studsky), Gavin MacLeod (Nojak), Buck Owens (Jim MacSkye), Connie Stevens (Salty Sanderson), Jimmie Walker (Parks the Pusher), Burt Young (Palumbo), Marty Allen (Starkos), Richard Deacon (Mr. Bernice), Gunilla Hutton (Raquel), Roz Kelly (Virginia Trickwood), Liz Torres (Serafina Palumbo), Don Adams (Narrator), Mitchell Kreindel (Man in white), Michael DeLano (Thug), Tessa Richarde (Sophia), E. Wetta Little (Marilyn), Iris Adrian (Purse-snatch victim), Muffi Durham (Hooker), Mason Adams (Willie the Wino), W.T. Zacha, Jack Lindine, Colin Hamilton, Harriet Medin, Carle Bensen, Linda Lawrence, Kathy Clark, Twink Caplan, Allen Chase, Tanya Boyd. 2006... Murder in Coweta County (CBS, 2/15/1983, 120 mins). Johnny Cash is the honest, no-nonsense local Georgia sheriff who is determined to nail Andy Griffith, boss of a neighboring county, for the killing of a tenant farmer who double-crossed him. Cash’s singer wife, June Carter Cash, is an eccentric old soothsayer in this film based on Margaret Anne Barnes’ true-crime book (1976) about an actual murder case in 1948. Production Companies The International Picture Show Company, Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Lloyd Adams. Supervising Producer Gary Nelson. Producer Dick Atkins. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Based on a Book by Margaret Anne Barnes. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel. Cast Johnny Cash (Lamar Potts), Andy Griffith (John Wallace), Earl Hindman (J.H. Potts), Ed Van Nuys (Huddleson), Robert Schenkkan (Wilson Turner), Jo Henderson (Josephine Wallace), Daniel Keyes (Elzie Hancock), Brent Jennings (Robert Lee Gates), Norman Matlock (Albert Brooks), Danny Nelson (Sheriff Hardy Collier), June Carter Cash (Mayhayley Lancaster), James Neale (A.L. Henson), Earl Poole Ball (Steve Smith), Dan Biggers (Judge Sam Boynton), Marc Clement (J.C. Otwell), Bill Crabb (Strickland’s cousin), Stuart Culpepper (Strickland), Charles Darden (Gas thief), Douglas Dillingham (2nd deputy), Bobby Dunn

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(Liquor runner), Clara Dunn (Sally Lancaster), J. Don Ferguson (Jim Hillin), Wilbur Fitzgerald (Prosecutor), Harry George (Henry Mobley’s attorney), James Olivor Griffin (Strickland’s attorney), Ellen Heard (Eula Baxter), Harry Howell (Sivell’s attorney), Hugh Jarrett (Millard Rigsby), Rebecca Jernigan (Irene), Ray Johnson (Bailiff), Cyndi Knight (Julia Turner), Victor Langdon (1st deputy), Evan E. Lee (Tommy Windham), Wallace Merck (Sheriff Threadwell), Larry Quackenbush (Jury foreman), Nolin Randolph (Luther), Jerry Rushing (Herring Sivell), Burt Slade (Warden), Bea Swanson (Vivian), Betty S. Talmadge (Geneva Yeager), Walter Wilder (Woody), Wallace Wilkinson (Woodsman), Don Young (Minister). 2007... Murder in Space (Showtime, 7/28/1985, 90 mins). The crew of a multinational space probe is being systematically bumped off and the problem faced by ground control, the CIA and the KGB is whether to let the craft land, possibly permitting the killer to escape through political hanky panky, or keep it aloft until the mystery is solved, while the number of those aboard dwindles. An additional twist to this whodunit, created by Levinson and Link using the noms-de-plume “Wesley Ferguson” to keep the secret, was airing it initially without the conclusive final half hour, allowing Showtime subscribers to unravel the mystery for large cash prizes. It subsequently was shown in its entirety. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, Zenith Productions Ltd., CTV Television Network. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert Cooper. Teleplay Wesley Ferguson. Photography George Laszlo. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Rit Wallis. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Otto Penzler. Cast Wilford Brimley (Dr. Andrew McCallister), Michael Ironside (Capt. Neal Braddock), Martin Balsam (Alexander Rostov), Damir Andrei (Col. Andrei Kalsinov), Tom Butler (Maj. Kurt Steiner), Wendy Crewson (Irene Tremayne), Scott Denton (David Tremayne), Peter Dvorsky (Mitch Carlino), Leo Illial (Dr. Phillipe Berdoux), Alan Jordan (Jeffrey Kilbride), Jan Rubes (Giorgi Denerenko), Cathee Shirriff (Olga Denerenko), Kate Trotter (Pamela Cooper), Nerene Virgin (Dr. Margaret Leigh), Alberta Watson (Dominica Mastrelli), Timothy Webber (Guy Sterling), Arthur Hill (Vice President), Alar Aedma (Vasilev), Kate Lynch (Eleanor Sterling), Richard Blackburn (Captain), Barry Flatman (Roarke), Gloria Carlin (Dinah Greenberg), Vince Metcalfe (Colonel Jenner), Tedd Dillon (Courier), Tom Masek (Deputy), Cheryl Wilson (Reporter), Thick Wilson (Man), Dave Duvall (TV announcer), Margot Finley (Technician), Marc Gomes (Technician), Clark Johnson (Technician), Bill Lake (Technician). 2008... Murder in Texas (NBC, 5/3/1981 and 5/4/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part dramatization of the sensational Texas court case of the late ’60s involving a noted Houston plastic surgeon, accused of doing away with his socially prominent first wife in order to marry somebody else. Based on the 1976 book “Prescription: Murder” by the doctor’s second wife, the film resulted in an Emmy Award nomination for Andy Griffith’s performance as the horse-woman socialite’s oilman father, who suspected foul play in his daughter’s death and set out to avenge it. An Emmy Award went to editor John A. Martinelli. Production Company dick clark productions. Director Billy Hale. Executive Producers Dick Clark, Preston Fischer. Producer Billy Hale. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Ann Kurth. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Art Smith. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer John A. Martinelli. Cast Katharine Ross (Ann Kurth), Sam Elliott (Dr. John Hill), Farrah Fawcett (Joan Robinson Hill), Andy Griffith (Ash Robinson), G.W. Bailey (“Racehorse” Haynes), Barry Corbin (I.D. McMasters), Pamela Myers (Mary), Craig T. Nelson (Jack Ramsey), Royce Wallace (Wilma Turner), Dimitra Arliss (Gina Meier), Jude Farese (Casselli), Philip Sterling (Dr. Milton Halpern), Vernon Weddle (Dr. Joe Jachimcyzk), Lesley Woods (Rhea Robinson), Parley Baer (Ann’s attorney), Gregory Braendel (Pathologist), Woodrow Chambliss (Oil man), Carolyn Coates (Helen Fairchild), George Dickerson (Woody), Mitzi Hoag (Edie Kalb), Warren Munson (Atkins), Barbara Sammeth (Mrs. Connie Hill), Kurtwood Smith (Gus Kalb), Billy Jacoby (Mel Kurth), Steven Monde (Robert “Boot” Hill), Vidal Peterson (Jim Kurth), Alex Woodard (Glen Kurth), Frances Bay (Mrs. Myra Hill), David Bowman (Judge), William Brace (Court clerk), Paul Braden (Officer Coonan), Terry Burns (McMaster’s associate), Tim Clark (Steve), Joe Clarke (TV reporter), Joanna Dierck (Nurse), Steve Farrell (Doctor), Lydia Fernandez (Nurse Pollard), Steve Fifield (TV reporter), Niki Flacks (Annabelle), Chuy Franco (Mexican policeman), Nik Hagler (Reporter), James Harrell (Minister), Jim Hudson (Anchorperson), Gregory Itzin (Newsman), John M. Jackson (Waiter), Genevieve Martin (Shirley), Ann Moore (Azalea Queen), Matt Pelto (Mortuary employee), Peter Renaday (Funeral director), Robert Rockwell (Parker), Roger Rook (Photographer), Lila Selik (Mrs. Martin), Bill Sharkey (Masked man), Helen Siff (Marian Timmons), G.R. Smith (Racehorse’s assistant), Bruce Sterling (New Casselli), Robert Symonds (Cameron Fairchild), Naomi White (Reporter), Bill Wiley (Reporter), Don Wiseman (Zach), Bill Dana (Himself), R.L. Tolbert, Adam Stern, Marguerite Happy. 2009... The Murder of Mary Phagan (NBC, 1/24/1988 and 1/25/1988, 2 parts, 150 mins each, 5 hours). Two-part fivehour drama which won the Emmy as Outstanding Miniseries (1987-88) retells--selectively--the fact-based story of the still controversial 1913 Leo Frank case, his arrest and trial for the murder of Atlanta teenager Mary Phagan, railroaded to the gallows on circumstantial evidence by self-serving politicians and a strong anti-Semitic bloc, and the moral crisis it posed for John Slaton, the populist Georgia governor (Jack Lemmon, in an Emmy nominated performance), subsequently convinced of Frank’s innocence. Peter Gallagher plays Leo Frank, Richard Jordan the state’s ambitious solicitor general, Robert Prosky the powerful political boss, Kevin Spacey a vicious reporter, and Charles Dutton the janitor who knows something important about the crime. Emmy nominations, besides Lemmon’s, went to writers Jeffrey Lane and George Stevens Jr. and editor John A. Martinelli (both for part 2). 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was the basis of the 1937 film, “They Won’t Forget,” with Lana Turner, in one of her earliest roles, playing the victim (named “Mary Clay”). The TV movie, originally titled “The Ballad of Mary Phagan,” gives “special thanks” credit to Daniel Petrie, who took over for director Billy Hale when the latter fell ill. Initially scheduled to air on consecutive nights, part 2 had to be moved to make way for the presidential State of the Union address (which somehow the network programmers overlooked). Production Companies A George Stevens Jr. Production, Century Towers Productions. Director Billy Hale. Producer George Stevens Jr. Teleplay Jeffrey Lane, George Stevens Jr. Based on a Story by Larry McMurtry. Photography Nic Knowland. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Penny Hadfield. Art Director Vaughan Edwards. Cast Jack Lemmon (Gov. John M Slaton), Richard Jordan (Hugh Dorsey), Robert Prosky (Tom Watson), Peter Gallagher (Leo Frank), Kathryn Walker (Sally Slaton), Rebecca Miller (Lucile Frank), Paul Dooley (William J. Burns), Charles S. Dutton (Jim Conley), Kevin Spacey (Wes Brent), Cynthia Nixon (Doreen Camp), Kenneth Welsh (Luther Rosser), Dylan Baker (Ravenel Morris), Wendy Cooke (Mary Phagan), Loretta Devine (Annie Maude Carter), Barbara Eda-Young (Mrs. Phagan), Sam Gray (Sig Montag), Richard Hamilton (Sheriff Wheeler Mangum), Brent Jennings (Newt Lee), Jordan Marder (Alonzo Mann), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Detective Jeffries), Nicholas Wyman (Lund), Daniel Benzali (Coroner), William H Macy (Randy), Penny Allen, Thomas Anderson, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Beeson Carroll, William C. Crawford, David Cromwell, William Duff-Griffin, Jennifer East, Gwyllum Evans, Carl Gordon, Heather McAdam, William Newman, Owen Rackleff, Bill Raymond, Fred Sadoff, Reiner Schoene, Brian Smiar, Kate McGregor Stewart, Ron Weyand. 2010... Murder Ordained (CBS, 5/3/1987 and 5/5/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Fact-based drama recounting the events surrounding a pair of 1983 Kansas murders that involved an upstanding small-town Lutheran minister whose wife was found dead in a car crash and his married girlfriend, the mother of four who worked for the church. Stage actor Terry Kinney, cofounder of Chicago’s esteemed Steppenwolf Theatre, made an immediate impression in his first major television work as the minister with peculiar habits. The film, with two writers (one for each part), originally was titled “Broken Commandments” and was shot on location in and around Emporia, Kansas, actual site of the events. Production Companies Zev Braun Pictures, Interscope Communications. Director Mike Robe. Executive Producers Zev Braun, Ted Field. Producer Phil Parslow. Co-Producer Patricia Clifford. Associate Producers Kent Wilson, Kathleen Cromley. Teleplay (Part 1) Mike Robe. Teleplay (Part 2) James Steven Sadwith, Mike Robe. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Mark Snow. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Keith Carradine (John Rule), JoBeth Williams (Lorna Anderson), Terry Kinney (Tom Bird), Guy Boyd (Sheriff Mike Buckley), Terence Knox (Martin Anderson), Darrell Larson (Ronald Stark), Annabella Price (Sandra Bird), Margot Rose (Nancy Horst), M. Emmet Walsh (Vern Humphrey), Anne E. Curry (Lorraine Rule), Bruce French (Bruce Linton), Lee Garlington (Marge), Don Hood (Sgt. Russ Clayton), George McDaniel (Duane Stark), John Goodman (Hugh Rayburn [part 2]), Robert Harper (Prosecuting Attorney Rick Warren [part 2]), Joel Colodner (Simon Long [part 2]), Terry Bozeman (Kevin Lloyd), Margaret Gibson (Cheryl Frye), Lee Kessler (Helen Crosswaite), Michael Pniewski (Ted Shanks), Ned Schmidtke (Jeff Ellis), Patricia Gaul (Paulette Groves), Nathan Davis (Dr. Giles), Jason Barnhill (Jason Rule), Johnny Galecki (Doug Rule), Hillary Wolf (Holly Anderson), Angela Locken (Mary Anderson), Michael A. Krawic (Defense Attorney Ira Rucker), Larry Brandenburg (Judge Strickland), Chelcie Ross (Jack Pierson), Jerry Jarrett (Dr. William Eckert), Bob Britton (Evangelist), Dede Dresser (Neighbor wife), Holmes Osborne (Masked killer), Patrick Billingsley (Ray Call), Mary Seibel (June Post), Tony Lincoln (Lester Kerns), Ann Whitney (Edith Hanson), William Kuhlke (Jim Tyler), Darrell Fetty (Bagwell). 2011... The Murder That Wouldn’t Die (NBC, 3/9/1980, 120 mins). William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as college security chief and assistant football coach in this pilot to a post“Cannon” series to have been called “Battles.” With the aid of his niece, the school’s star football player, a local, tough-turnedcollege student, and the college dean, he investigates two related murders that occurred nearly 40 years apart. Films buffs will note an inaccuracy by having Lowell Thomas, who long had been the voice of FoxMovietone News, narrating a cleverly recreated black and white Universal newsreel that turns out to be vital to the case. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Producer Ben Kadish. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan. Photography Harry L. Wolf. Music Glen A. Larson, Joe Harnell. Song by Glen A. Larson, Stu Phillips. Editor David Howe. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast William Conrad (William Battles), Lane Caudell (Deacon Joe Jackson), Robin Mattson (Shelby Battles), Marj Dusay (Dean Mary Phillips), Tommy Aguilar (Tuliosis), Jimmy Borges (Lt. Frank Fowler), Roger Bowen (Coach Spaulding), Sharon Acker (Jill Vanderway), Edward Binns (Allan Battles), Jose Ferrer (Jeff Briggs), John Hillerman (Paul Harrison), Mike Kellin (Captain Ames), Ben Piazza (Dr. John Spencer), Don Porter (Gen Rocky Jensen), Kenneth Tobey (Chuck Parks), Angus Duncan (Rogers). 2012... Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (HBO, 4/23/1989, 180 mins). Trenchant drama tracing the life of the man who survived World War II and came out of the concentration camps to dedicate the rest of his life to documenting Hitler’s genocide and hunt down those responsible for the Holocaust as the world’s leading Nazi-hunter. 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Vote, and Ron Hutchinson won the Emmy for their original script. (Original production data indicated that the teleplay was written by Mann and Lane Slate.) Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, Citadel Entertainment, HBO Pictures, TVS Films, Hungarian Television. Director Brian Gibson. Executive Producers Robert Cooper, Abby Mann, Graham Benson. Producers John Kemeny, Robert Cooper. Teleplay Abby Mann, Robin Vote, Ron Hutchinson. Photography Elemer Ragalyi. Music Bill Conti. Music Performed by Budapest Symphony Orch. Editors Chris Wimble, Eva Gardos. Production Designer Jozsef Romvari. Cast Ben Kingsley (Simon Wiesenthal), Renée Soutendijk (Cyla Wiesenthal), Craig T. Nelson (Major Bill Harcourt), Paul Freeman (Joseph the Informer), Anton Lesser (Stein), David Threlfall (Alex), Jack Shepherd (Jakob Brodi), Carol Macready (Anna), Louisa Haigh (Paulina Wiesenthal), Robert Morelli (Redd), Anna Cropper (Karl’s mother), Christopher Rozycki (Mischa), Sandor Teri (Hauptmann), Murray Ewan (Fischbach), Eva Zilcher (Rose), Ferenc Nemethy (Herschel), Anton Martin (Pavel), Istvan Jenei (Waltke), Philip Franks (Maertz), Henry Goodman (Josek), Frigyes Harsanyi (Franz Murer), Piroska Nagy (Nurse), Laszlo Dozsa (Heinen), Andras Suranyi (Rabbi), Alan Goddison (Young man), Oliver Ford Davis (Police commissioner), Ivan Angelus (1st witness), Julia Carpenter (2nd witness), Marci Ragalyi (Little boy), Patrick Godfrey (Major Jones), Vernon Dobtcheff (Dr. Webber), Harry Towb (Weinstein), Georg Kovary (Baron), Ralph Nosseck (Ministry official), Jack Klaff (Yoram), Miriam Margolyes (Mrs. Rauzman), John Burgess (Defense counsel), Fritz Von Friedl (Prosecutor), Zoltan Gera (Martin Weiss), Peter Kertesz (Fainberg), Antal Leisen (Jury foreman). 2013... The Murders in the Rue Morgue (CBS, 12/7/1986, 120 nins). Stylish fourth film version of the Edgar Allan Poe chiller with George C. Scott playing a retired French police inspector investigating (unofficially of course) a hideous and seemingly unfathomable double murder in 19th century Paris. Previously it was done in the early 1970s with Jason Robards, as a 3-D movie in the 1950s as “Phantom of the Rue Morgue” with Karl Malden, and in 1932 with Bela Lugosi. In this television version, for inexplicable reasons, all of the store signs are in English while the street signs are in French, and filming was done entirely in Paris, where the tale itself is set. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., International Film Productions. Director Jeannot Szwarc. Executive Producer David L. Watters. Producer Robert Halmi. Co-Producer Edward J. Pope. Teleplay David Epstein. Based on a Story by Edgar Allan Poe. Photography Bruno De Keyzer. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director Andre Guerin. Associate Producer David Epstein. Cast George C. Scott (Auguste Dupin), Rebecca De Mornay (Claire Dupin), Ian McShane (Prefect of Police), Neil Dickson (Adolphe Le Bon), Val Kilmer (Philippe Huron), Maud Rayer (Melle L’Espanaye), Maxence Mailfort (Inspector Alphonse), Fernand Guiot (Dupar), Patrick Floersheim (The Sailor), Roger Lumont (Sergeant Marcel), Erick Desmarestz (Inspector Bec), Yvette Petit (Laundress), Serge Ridoux (Prison Guard), Isabelle Klowcowsky (Madame L’Espanaye), Mak Wilson (The Ape). 2014... Murrow (HBO, 1/19/1986, 100 mins). The dramatic biography of the fabled CBS News journalist, tracing his career from the early days of WWII through his pioneering efforts in television news to his departure from the network in the late 1950s to become director of the U.S. Information Agency and his death in 1985. Most of Murrow’s colleagues and those still living compatriots portrayed in this film, shot primarily in London, were less inclined to cheer veteran writer Ernest Kinoy’s script; many, in fact, were rather vocal in the press about their feelings. Other than a severely made-up Daniel J. Travanti, none of the actors even approached a resemblance physically (or, it is said, philosophically) to those they were portraying. This made-for-cable biography undoubtedly was cold-shouldered in script form by all three commercial networks. Production Companies Titus Productions, TVS Films. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer (TVS) Dickie Bamber. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography Brian West. Music Carl Davis. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Robert Cartwright. Art Director (Great Britain) Frank Walsh. Art Director (New York) Jane Musky. Cast Daniel J. Travanti (Edward R. Murrow), Dabney Coleman (William S. Paley), Edward Herrmann (Fred Friendly), David Suchet (William L. Shirer), John McMartin (Frank Stanton), Robert Vaughn (Franklin D. Roosevelt), Harry Ditson (Don Hollenbeck), Bob Sherman (Don Hewitt), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Janet Murrow), Christopher Muncke (Joe Wershba), Stephen Churchett (BBC technician), Martyn Stanbridge (Lancaster captain), Phillip Voss (Carson), Lorelei King (Waitress), Frank Dux (BBC director), Lana Traverse (Kay Campbell), John Sterland (1st board member), Billy J. Mitchell (2nd board member), Bill Hutchinson (3rd board member), Leo Kharibian (Lighting director), Jeff Harding (Milo Raducivich), Manning Redwood (Air Force general), Dennis Creaghan, Blain Fairman, Adam Gavzer, Anthony Bishop, William Roberts, Sam Douglas, Paul Springer, Douglas Lambert, Ted Maynard, Robert Arden, Andrea Browne, Pat Starr, Frank Duncan. 2015... Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (HBO, 9/8/1985 and 9/9/1985, 2 parts, 105/90 mins). This threehour-plus drama about Benito Mussolini (Bob Hoskins) as seen through the eyes of his daughter (Susan Sarandon) predated the George C. Scott one about Il Duce by several months and was one of the rare Home Box Office “original” movies to be broadcast in two parts on successive nights. The leads in this Italian-made coproduction involving a cartel of European companies were, curiously, played by an American actress, two British actors and a French actress, none of whom attempted an Italian accent. (At least a German actor was employed to portray Hitler who in one earlier instance in a TV movie was played by Anthony Hopkins, here essaying the role of Mussolini’s ambitious son-in-law and Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano). In syndication, the film is known as “Mussolini and I.”

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Production Companies RAI Uno, Antenne 2, Radiotelevisione Italiana, TVE, BetaFilm, HBO Premiere Films. Director Alberto Negrin. Executive Producer Thomas M.C. Johnston. Producer Mario Gallo. Teleplay Nicola Badalucco, Alberto Negrin. Based on a Story by Nicola Badalucco. Photography Armando Nannuzzi. Additional Photography Daniele Nannuzzi. Music Egisto Macchi. Editors Robert Perpignani, Peter Taylor. Art Director Mario Garbuglia. Additional Dialogue Dan Gordon. Cast Bob Hoskins (Benito Mussolini), Susan Sarandon (Edda Ciano), Anthony Hopkins (Galeazzo Ciano), Annie Girardot (Rachele Mussolini), Barbara De Rossi (Claretta Petacci), Dietlinde Turban (Felicitas Beetz), Vittorio Mezzogiorno (Sandro Pavolini), Fabio Testi (Lorenzo), Pier Paolo Capponi (Don Chiot), Francesca Rinaldi (Dindina Ciano), Kurt Raab (Hitler), Oliver Dominck (Deilman), Hans Dieter Asner (Ribbentrop), David George Brown (Castellano), Micaela Giustiniani (Carolina Ciano), Carolyn DeFonseca (Giuseppina Petacci), Ted Rusoff (Francesco Rosario Petacci), Marine Mase (Don Pancino), Marne Maitland (King Vittorio Emanuele), Mario Ingrassia (Luciano Gottardi), Karl-Heinz Heitman (General Wolff), Dieter Schidor (Spoegler), Giovanni Baghino (Prison guard), Luciano Baglioni (Scorza), Jolanda Benczova (Aristocratic lady), Stefano DeSando (Dino Grandi), Harald Dietl (Skorzony), Ulrich Ernst (Major Otto), Sergio Gibello (Farletti), Paolo Magagna (Soldier), Pietro Palermini (Roberto Farinacci), Luigi Romano (Partschi), Alex Serra (Puntoni), Leslie Thomas (Emilio DeBona), Eric Valsecchi (Romano Mussolini), Luca Orlandini (Fabrizio Ciano), Gian Paolo Vetturini (Mario Ciano), Manuela Mortera (Anna Maria Mussolini), Guido Mariotti (Carabinieri captain), Franco Mazzieri (Marinelli), Franco Meroni (Giuseppe Bettai). 2016... Mussolini: The Untold Story (NBC, 11/24/1985 to 11/26/1985, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). George C. Scott’s portrait of Benito Mussolini, like Bob Hoskins’ before him in the “other” Mussolini movie that premiered more than two months earlier, painted Il Duce only superficially, dealing primarily with his personal life and leaving much of 20th century Italian history in the shadows and World War II in the newspapers. Like the Hoskins version, the Italian temperament and strengths had to be conveyed by an almost totally non-Italian cast (at least in the lead roles). Aside from the overage-for-the-part Scott, there were Jewish-girl-from-the-Bronx Lee Grant as Benito’s tormented wife, Rachele; Irishman Gabriel Byrne, who earlier had played another Italian lad, Christopher Columbus, as Mussolini’s son, Vittorio; Puerto Rico-born Raul Julia as Benito’s conniving son-inlaw, Count Ciano; and relative American newcomer Virginia Madsen, a Chicagoan who earlier had played Marion Davies in the television movie about Davies’ romance with William Randolph Hearst, is a golden blonde Claretta, Mussolini’s mistress whom newspaper photos always have depicted as dark and brooding. Italo-American Broadway actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, known to moviegoers as Al Pacino’s sister in “Scarface,” best captured the moment(s) as Il Duce’s daughter, Edda, who married Ciano. Filmed primarily in Yugoslavia, this three-part six-hour Mussolini miniseries earned two Emmy Award nominations: for film editing and sound mixing. Production Company Trian Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producers Raymond Katz, Bernard Sofronski. Producer Stirling Silliphant. Co-Producer Hal W. Polaire. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Ronald J. Fagan, Rod Stephens, Noelle Imparto. Production Designer Harry Lange. Art Director Dusko Jericevic. Cast George C. Scott (Benito Mussolini), Lee Grant (Rachele Mussolini), Raul Julia (Count Galeazzo Ciano), Virginia Madsen (Claretta Petacci), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Edda Mussolini-Ciano), Gabriel Byrne (Vittorio Mussolini), Robert Downey (Bruno Mussolini), Kenneth Colley (King Vittorio Emmanuel), Michael Aldridge (Matteotti), Gina Bellman (Gena Ruberti), Vernon Dobtcheff (Sebastiani), Paul Kehagias (Young Bruno), Anne Louise Lambert (Orsola), Spencer Chandler (Young Vittorio), Bruce Lidington (Air Force major), Wolf Kahler (Skorzeny), Paul Herzberg (Major Spogler), David Suchet (Grandi), Gunnar Moeller (Adolf Hitler), Tracey Ward (Maria Ciano), Constantine Gregory (Barone Russo), Philip Madoc (Bucchini), Annabel Leventon (Senora Petacci), Tony Vogel (Tarabella), Deborah Norton (Mrs. Thompson), Milton Johns (German ambassador), Godfrey James (Marshal Pietro Badoglio), Ryan Mitchell (Jewish boy), Monique Sofronski (Young girl), Stephen Marshall (Romano), George Coulouris (DeBono), Eileen Way (Vendor), David Pollan (German officer at prison), Richard Kane (Ribbentrop), Robert Gwilym (Partisan leader), Michael Forest (Prison commandant), Michael MacKenzie (Amalfi), John Moreno, Janet Rasak, Virginia Hey. 2017... My Body, My Child (ABC, 4/12/1982, 120 mins). Vanessa Redgrave is a middle-aged Irish-American schoolteacher and mother of three grown daughters who finds herself pregnant again and must agonize over whether to give birth to a child that probably will be deformed or have an abortion against her religious beliefs. Jack Albertson, as her tough-talking invalid father, posthumously won an Emmy Award nomination. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Supervising Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay Louisa Burns-Bisogno. Photography Tony Imi. Music Charles Gross. Editors Robert Reitano, Ronald Roose. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Vanessa Redgrave (Leenie Cabrezi), Joseph Campanella (Joe Cabrezi), Stephen Elliott (Dr. Gallagher), James Naughton (Dr. Dan Berenson), Gail Strickland (Adele), Jack Albertson (Poppa MacMahon), Maia Danziger (Bo), Kenneth Kimmins (Bill), Stephen D. Newman (Dr. Fialkin), Cynthia Nixon (Nancy), Sarah Jessica Parker (Katy), Alexandra Borrie (Jana), Leon B. Stevens (Dr. Butler), Charles Kahlenberg (Dr. Spokes), Mavis Ray (Aunt Beasey), Van Fox (Uncle Bernie), Polly Rowles (Grace). 2018... My Boyfriend’s Back (NBC, 9/25/1989, 120 mins). Set to the doo-wop classic by the early ’60s girl group The Angels, this lighthearted drama reunites three onetime friends for a TV special by a Dick Clark type, 25 years after having a hit

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record as The Boufants. A number of pop musical artists from the ’60s appear as themselves performing their hits (or portions thereof). Production Company Interscope Communications. Director Paul Schneider. Executive Producers Ted Field, Patricia Clifford. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Co-Producer Barbara Gunning. Teleplay Lindsay Harrison. Based on a Story by April Campbell, Bruce Jones, Lindsay Harrison. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Acrobat. Musical Supervisor Dick Rudolph. Editor Richard A. Harris. Production Designer Mark Haskins. Cast Sandy Duncan (Chris Henry), Jill Eikenberry (Deborah McGuire), Judith Light (Vicki Vane), John Sanderford (Harry Simon), Stephen Macht (Joseph), Alan Feinstein (Bobby Henry), Robert Costanzo (Nick), David Bowe (Eddy), Lois Foraker (Edie), Carol Gustafason (Millie), Stuart Nisbet (Art), John Patrick Wagner (TV Host), Kenneth Lloyd (Donald), Larue Stanley (Penny), Bob Drew (Michael Page), Robert Broyles (Man in Lounge), Ryan McWhorter (Taylor), Jarrett Lennon (Adam), Anita Brabec (Waitress), Vernon Buchwald (Earl), John Joseph Bucchino (Accompanist), Kirk Scott (Cosmetic Man), Gary Lewis (Himself), Peggy March (Herself), The Penguins (Themselves), Gary Plunkett (Himself), Mary Wells (Herself). 2019... My Brother’s Wife (ABC, 12/17/1989, 120 mins). John Ritter, playing the black sheep cutup of a rich Boston family, relentlessly pursues a conservative beauty for nearly three decades--even though she’s his own sister-in-law--in this adaptation of A.R. Gurney’s funny and poignant 1983 play “The Middle Ages.” Production Companies Adam Productions, Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producers Robert Greenwald, Robert M. Myman. Producers Philip K. Kleinbart, Paul Lussier. Co-Producer Joan Stein. Teleplay Percy Granger. Based on a Play by A R Gurney. Photography Neil Roach. Music Laura Karpman. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Associate Producer Robert Florio. Cast John Ritter (Barney Rusher), Mel Harris (Eleanor Gilbert Rusher), Polly Bergen (Myra Gilbert), Dakin Matthews (Charles Rusher), Lee Weaver (Ollie), David Byron (Billy Rusher), Richard Marion (Photographer), Glenn Dixon (Minister), Ruth Engel (Airplane Passenger). 2020... My Father, My Son (CBS, 5/22/1988, 120 mins). Inspirational drama about the real-life relationship between Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. who ordered the use of the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam in 1968, and his son, a navy lieutenant at the time, who developed two forms of cancer that it turned out were caused by the herbicide. The heartfelt love and friendship between the two men, played by Karl Malden and Keith Carradine, was at the core of this well-regarded drama, based on the book written by the Zumwalts, father and son. Carradine’s daughter Sandra plays his daughter in the film. Elmo Russell Zumwalt III died at age 42 three months after its initial airing. Production Companies Fred Weintraub Productions, John McMahon Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Producer Fred Weintraub. Line Producer Rick Nathanson. Teleplay Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler. Based on a Book by Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., Elmo R Zumwalt III. Photography Cliff Ralke. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Joe Ann Fogle. Production Designer Francesca Bartoccini. Art Director Pam Warner. Cast Keith Carradine (Elmo R. Zumwalt III), Karl Malden (Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.), Margaret Klenck (Kathy Zumwalt), Michael Horton (Geoff Martin), Dirk Blocker (Billy Naimore), Mack Dryden (Whiting Shuford), Tim Choate (Harvey Miller), Jenny Lewis (Maya Zumwalt), Billy Sullivan (Elmo Russell Zumwalt IV), Grace Zabriskie (Mouza Zumwalt), Larry Larson (Jim Zumwalt), Marilyn Martin (Mouzetta), Sandra Carradine (Ann Zumwalt), Libby Whittmore (Sandi Quinn), Johnny Ziomek (Elmo at age 12), Etan Boritzer (Ken Norton), Kathy Cadin (Alice Nairmore), Dan Albright (Dr. Mike), Lonnie Smith (Officer), Phillip R. Allen (Capt. Howard Kerr). 2021.. My First Love (ABC, 12/4/1988, 120 mins). Adult romantic comedy about a middle-aged widow who wants another chance at love and seeks out her onetime high school sweetheart, now divorced, with whom she has not communicated in over 15 years. The twosome must then overcome the suspicions and displeasure of their grown children. Also called “Second Chance.” Production Company The Avnet-Kerner Company. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producers Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner. Producer Gail Mutrux. Co-Producer Ed Kaplan. Teleplay Ed Kaplan. Photography Mark Irwin. Photography (NY) Thomas Houghton. Music Alf Clausen. Editor Debra Neil. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Cast Beatrice Arthur (Jean Miller), Richard Kiley (Sam Morrissey), Joan Van Ark (Claire Thomas), Anne Francis (Terry), Richard Herd (Chet Townsend), Barbara Barrie (Ruth Waxman), Edith Fields (Marion), Kate Charleson (Barbara), Julia Meade (Chris Townsend), Tom Fridley (Ray McDonald), Lewis Arquette (Mark Grossman), Susan Johnson (Bernice), Larry Marco (Martin Miller), Jack Heller (Marshall Horner), Janet Brandt (Mrs. Salsky), Julio Oscar Mechoso (David), Barbara Adside (Marie Mitchell), Jonathan Tisch (Concierge), Freddie Dawson (Inspector), Jeannette Kerner (Ahnette), Jeffrey Lampert (Mr. Campbell), Brett Stimely (John), Al Maines (Old man). 2022... My Kidnapper, My Love (NBC, 12/8/1980, 120 mins). Small-time crook Mickey Rooney cons his crippled brother (James Stacy), a street-wise newsvendor, into snatching a wealthy, emotionally disturbed runaway to extort money from her parents, but the brother throws the get-rich-quick scheme awry by falling in love with her. Based on the 1974 novel “The Dark Side of Love” by Oscar Saul.

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Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Sam Wanamaker. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer James Stacy. Teleplay Louie Elias. Based on a Novel by Oscar Saul. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Alexander A. Mayer. Associate Producer Louie Elias. Cast James Stacy (Denny), Glynnis O’Connor (GeeGee/Arlette Fairlain), J.D. Cannon (Lieutenant Kringler), Jan Sterling (Letty Fairlain), Richard Venture (Arthur Fairlain), Mickey Rooney (The Maker), Ellen Geer (Paula Stanley), Lonny Stevens (The King of Spades), Darryl Young (Willie), Louie Elias (Lowell), Nick Kreiger (Admiral), Christopher Needles (Perdy), Lionel Ferbis Jr. (Deacon), Luis Barroso, Edward Flotaro, Peter J. Gabb, Edward Hoerner, Bill Holliday, Lorraine Murphy, Brooks Read, Carol Sutton, Wilbur Swartz, Valerie M. Thibodeaux, Sylvia “Kumba” Williams. 2023... My Mother’s Secret Life (ABC, 2/5/1984, 120 mins). Midwestern teenager (Amanda Wyss) sets out for San Francisco following her father’s death and camps on the doorstep of the mother she never knew (Loni Anderson), unaware that mom is a high-priced call girl unable or unwilling to alter her lifestyle to becoming a regular mother. Production Companies Furia-Oringer Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producers Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Teleplay Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr. Photography Robbie Greenberg. Music Brad Fiedel. Song Written and Performed by Brad Fiedel. Editor Peter Parasheles. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Loni Anderson (Ellen Blake), Paul Sorvino (Max), Amanda Wyss (Tobi Jensen), James Sutorius (Joe Parkman), Sandy McPeak (Frank), Douglas Dirkson (Michael Jensen), Grace Zabriskie (Maggie Ryan), Stanley Kamel (Larry Fenton), Grand L. Bush (William Rayfield), Francine Lembi (Sharon), Dan Shor (Jack Camaras), James Arone (Tony), Eric Barnes (Bartender), Stephanie Borsos (Biker girl), Mike Boyle (Carnival barker), David Byrd (Principal), Channing Chase (Aunt Martha Hayward), Sam Conti (Carnival barker), Mike Finnerman (Desk man), Margaret Fitzgerald (Lisa), Sarina C Grant (Policewoman), Bill Heath (Salesman), Michael David Lally (Construction worker), Vincent Palmieri (Bartender), Ariel Reiss (Woman on street), Pamela Springsteen (Kelly), Charlie Stavola (Man trick), Sherri Stoner (Laura Sievers), Martin West (Danny McLain). 2024... My Name Is Bill W. (ABC, 4/30/1989, 120 mins). Compelling drama telling the story of flamboyant Bill Wilson, a boozer who, with longtime friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in the early ’30s. In addition to James Woods’ Emmy-winning portrayal as Bill W., the much-honored Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation had nominations both as Outstanding Drama and for James Garner as Outstanding Lead Actor, along with director Daniel Petrie, writer William G. Borchert, editors Paul Rubell and John Wright, and costume designer April Ferry. Production Companies Garner-Duchow Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Daniel Petrie. Executive Producers Peter K Duchow, James Garner. Producer Daniel Petrie. Teleplay William G Borchert. Photography Neil Roach. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Paul Rubell, John Wright. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Associate Producer Paul Rubell. Cast James Woods (Bill Wilson), JoBeth Williams (Lois Wilson), James Garner (Dr. Robert Smith), Gary Sinise (Ebby Thatcher), George Coe (Frank Shaw), Robert Harper (Dr. Jeremy Partlin), Ray Reinhardt (Dr. Silkworth), Fritz Weaver (Dr. Burnham), Rick Warner (Bill Dotson), Joe Inscoe (Fred), Susan Duchow (Adele Gentry), Rich Valliere (Charley), Mark Joy (Guy Kolb), Bill Aylward (Controller), Richard Travis (Stock quoter), Mike McBlair (Mayflower clerk), Wally Doyle (Mayflower bartender), Norman Aronovic (Hospital attendant), Bruce Morrow (Chief engineer), Catherine Shaffner (Head nurse), Celia Clark (Nurse), Greg Baber (Soldier #1), Walter Borchert (Soldier #2), Daniel Moore (Soldier #3), James C. Scopeletis (Pete), Jack Garner (Zack), William G. Borchert (Wade), Max Marshall (Casey), Rick Marshall (Artie), Belle Doughty (Ellen), Bev Appleton (Hank), David Frisinger (Shorty), Bill Sullivan (Michael), Meredith Strange Boston (Dorothy Strong), John Bedila (Leonard Strong), Margo Tully (Henrietta Seiberling), Helen Carey (Anne Smith), Joseph McCartney (Customer), Chris Bass Randolph (Norene), Gail Summer (Lottie Rich), Kweli Leapart (Lizzie). 2025... My Two Loves (ABC, 4/7/1986, 120 mins). Mariette Hartley is a widow and mother who is forced to confront her bisexuality when she finds herself romantically drawn to both her new lover, her late husband’s former partner (Barry Newman), and a coworker (Lynn Redgrave), with whom she has developed a close friendship. Filming was done entirely in San Antonio. Production Companies Alvin Cooperman Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Noel Black. Executive Producer Alvin Cooperman. Teleplay Reginald Rose, Rita Mae Brown. Photography Arthur Albert. Music Gary William Friedman. Editor John A. Martinelli. Art Director Christian Kelly. Associate Producers Patty Newburger, Graham Ford. Cast Mariette Hartley (Gail Springer), Lynn Redgrave (Marjorie Lloyd), Barry Newman (Ben Taylor), Sada Thompson (Dorothea), Sarah Inglis (Amy Springer), Robert L. Leonard (Larry Taylor), Eve Roberts (Dr. Patricia Hoffman), Arturo Tamaez (John), Thee Swan (Martha), Rachel Rey (Instructress), Ray Loberto, Edwin Neal, Diane Perella, Lee Connally. 2026... My Wicked, Wicked Ways . . . The Legend of ErroI Flynn (CBS, 1/21/1985, 180 mins). This lively if rather questionable adaptation of Errol Flynn’s autobiography, mixing the usual television amalgam of real-life figures, fictitious ones and those with “names changed to protect the innocent (and guilty)” had a relative unknown Canadian actor (and fair look-alike) swashing and buckling quite acceptably; previously, he had starred on American television in the series “Wizards and Warriors” in which a young Flynn might have found himself under other circumstances. Doris Keating, who produced and cowrote the movie,

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felt eminently at home with her subject; Flynn had been her godfather. It won Emmy Award nominations for art direction, set decoration and hairstylings. Production Companies Doris Keating Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Don Taylor. Producer Doris Keating. Co-Producers Andrew Gottlieb, Jill Trump. Teleplay Doris Keating, Jill Trump, James Lee, Don Taylor. Based on the Autobiography by Errol Flynn. Photography James Glennon. Music Ken Thorne. Editors Tom Stevens, Mark Stevens. Art Director Richard Berger. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Duncan Regehr (Errol Flynn), Barbara Hershey (Lili Damita), Darren McGavin (Dr. Gerrit Koets), Lee Purcell (Olivia de Havilland), Barrie Ingham (John Barrymore), George Coe (Irving Jerome), Hal Linden (Jack Warner), Deborah Harmon (Prudence), John Dennis Johnston (Billy Welch), Morgan Hart (Marie Smith), Michael Callan (Hal Wallis), Pamela Mason (Phoebe Straight), Michael C. Gwynne (Raoul Walsh), Alan Oppenheimer (Jerry Geisler), Stefan Gierasch (Michael Curtiz), Adrian Aron (Wife/Actress), James Bacon (Himself), Joe Baker (Governor General), William Beckley (Alexandre), Mark Bringelson (Detective/Actor), Jan Burrell (Millie), Pepe Callahan (Pepe), Mark Carlton (Skildany), Camilla Carr (Lou Warner), Martin Casella (1st assistant director), Luis Contreras (Spanish offficer), Neilson Cook (4th Assistant Director), Denise Crosby (Diana Dyrenforth), Noel DeSouza (Corpsman), Dick Durock (Crusher), William Frankfather (Mr. Quink), George Ives (Narrman), Jack Jozefson (Dockmaster), Ami Julius (2nd Girl), Gene Knight (Master of Ceremonies), Judd Laurance (2nd assistant director), Elissa Leeds (Bette Davis), Irene Olga Lopez (Mexican madam), Darian Mathias (1st girl), Hector Morales (Mexican father), Ingrid Oliu (Mexican nun), Carol Pritikin (Marty), Barbara Reeder (Girl on 2nd train), Victor Rendina (Maitre d’), Deborah Richter (Lucille Hartley), Roger Rook (3rd assistant director), Gene Ross (Muldoon), George Marshall Ruge (Fencing opponent), Elizabeth Savage (Mrs. Quink), David Schroeder (Bartender), Linda D. Shayne (Girl on 1st train), Ron Shotola (Wilson), Beth Windsor (Lita), Carl Esmond (General von Helmuth). 2027... Mysterious Two (NBC, 5/31/1982, 120 mins). An extraterrestrial couple come to Earth to recruit misfits and adventurers for a trip to their galaxy in this prospective series pilot. John Forsythe and Priscilla Pointer are He and She, and James Stephens (Hart on “The Paper Chase”) heads the guest cast of TV luminaries He and She try to entice to New Tomorrow, the town they have set up near an abandoned missile site outside of Santa Fe. Until the eve of its premiere, after sitting on the shelf for some time (during which Forsythe subsequently found regular work as Blake Carrington on “Dynasty”), this film was entitled “Follow Me If You Dare.” Production Company Alan Landsburg Productions. Director Gary Sherman. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producers Gary Credle, Sonny Fox. Teleplay Gary Sherman. Photography Steven Poster. Music Joe Renzetti. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast John Forsythe (He), Priscilla Pointer (She), James Stephens (Tim Armstrong), Robert Pine (Arnold Brown), Karen Werner (Natalie), Noah Beery (Sheriff Virgil Malloy), Vic Tayback (Ted Randall), Robert Englund (Boone), Mo Malone (Martha), Renny Roker (Williams), Constance Pfeiffer (Sarah), Bill Quinn (Tom), Bill Smillie (Smilin’ Jack), Edward Call (Jasper), James Parkes (Air Force captain), Georgie Paul (Woman on bus), Candy Mobley (Amanda), Dale Reynolds, Bruce French, Lauren Frost, E.J. André, Lee Bryant, Jerry Hardin, Shannon Wilcox. 2028... The Mystic Warrior (ABC, 5/20/1984 and 5/21/1984, 2 parts, 180/120 mins 5 hours). This two-part five-hour saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave (Robert Beltran) to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors, was the end result of a controversial programming venture that was envisioned nearly five years earlier as a 10-hour miniseries adaptation of Ruth Beebe Hill’s best-selling “Hanta Yo.” Later, questions about the authenticity of the book and about its author, who is Caucasian, prompted various Indian factions to pressure the producers and then the network for substantial changes in the film’s concept (and possibly a complete scrapping of the project). Executive producers Wolper and Margulies, who had done “Roots,” persevered with this scaled-down version, cast primarily with relatively unfamiliar TV faces--many of them Native American. Emmy Award to hairstylist Dino Ganziano and nominations to Gerald Fried for his music score (part 1) and to the costume designers and makeup artists. Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Stan Margulies Company, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Stan Margulies. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook. Based on a Novel by Ruth Beebe Hill. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Gerald Fried. Editors Michael Eliot, Richard L. McCullough. Production Designer Mort Rabinowitz. Cast Robert Beltran (Ahbleza), Devon Ericson (Heyatawin), Rion Hunter (Tonweya), Victoria Racimo (Napewaste), Nick Ramus (Olepi), James Remar (Pesla), Ned Romero (Wisa), Ron Soble (Wanagi), Will Sampson (Wambli), Roger Campo (Young Pesla), Hortensia Colorado (Heyatawin’s mother), Brigitte Gault (Kipanna), Patty Kotero (Wicahpi), Ivan Naranjo (Ogle), Branscombe Richmond (Miyaca), Rita Rogers (Cankuna), Joanelle Nadine Romero (Zitkala), Geno Silva (Huste), Doug Toby (Young Ahbleza), David Yanez (Young Tonweya), George Aguilar (Kungi Yuha leader), Henry K. Bal (Siyo Breed), Joshua Gallegos (Psa leader), Darwin V. Mitchell (Sungmani), Tony Russel (Red Lake), Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (Sinte), Sonny Skyhawk (Heyatawin’s father). 2029... Nadia (Syndicated, 6/11/1984, 120 mins). The story of Rumanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, the remarkable teenager who stunned the world with her athletic abilities in the 1976 Olympics. A British-Yugoslavian coproduction, the film has a number of American actors at the top of the cast, all playing Slavs.

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Production Companies David Bell Productions, Jadran Films, Tribune Entertainment. Director Alan Cooke. Executive Producers Dave Bell, Sheldon Cooper. Producers James E. Thompson, Wayne Threm. Teleplay Jim McGinn. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Christopher L. Stone. Editor Raymond Bridgers. Production Designer George Becket. Art Director Zeljko Senecic. Associate Producer Marilyn Hall. Cast Talia Balsam (Maria Karolyi), Jonathan Banks (Gheorghe Comaneci), Joe Bennett (Bela Karolyi), Simone Blue (Older Teodova), Johann Carlo (Older Nadia), Conchata Ferrell (Mili Simonecu), Carrie Snodgress (Stefania Comaneci), Carl Strano (Nicholae Vieru), Karrie Ullman (Teodova L’arqreanu [younger]), Leslie Weiner (Young Nadia), Geza Poscar (Himself), Sonja Kereskenji (Marianna), Marcia Frederick (Older Nadia [Olympic double]), Karin Aderente (Older Teodova [Olympic double]), Gregory Cooke, Vjenceslav Kapural, Tom Vukusic, Bozidar Smiljanic, Gheorghe Berechet, Zvondur Gavranovic, Anne Paret, Jelena Gavranovic, Simon Adams, Milan Plecas, Bozidar Alic, Cynthia Asperger, Lee Ann Dubravec, Branka Strmac, Tamara Berkovic, Nives Osvald, Zivcic Kamenka. 2030... Nairobi Affair (CBS, 10/17/1984, 120 mins). A variation of filmdom’s old great-white-hunter tales pits the owner of a photographic safari camp against his long-estranged, ex-Green Beret son (now hunting poachers for the Kenyan government) over that latter’s former wife, but romance takes a back seat while they all join forces to track down a gang of animal killers in the wilds. Filmed entirely on location in Kenya. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Executive Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Supervising Producer David Kappes. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay David Epstein. Photography Ronnie Taylor. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Brad R. Loman. Associate Producer David Epstein. Cast Charlton Heston (Lee Cahill), John Savage (Rick Cahill), Maud Adams (Anne Malone), John Rhys-Davies (Simon), Connie Booth (Mrs. Gardner), Shane Rimmer (Mr. Gardner), Thomas Baptiste (Nbomba), Bill Wright (Mr. Jensen), Elizabeth McConnell (Mrs. Jensen). 2031... Naked Lie (CBS, 2/26/1989, 120 mins). Victoria Principal and James Farentino play a romantically involved district attorney and judge whose secret love affair becomes complicated when she finds herself prosecuting a blackmail and murder case in his courtroom in this somewhat implausible drama. Original title: “Inadmissible Evidence” Production Companies Shadowplay Films, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producers Victoria Principal, Hans Proppe. Producer Stephanie Austin. Teleplay Timothy Wurtz, Glenn M. Benest, John Robert Bensink. Based on a Story by Timothy Wurtz, Glenn M. Benest. Photography Ron Garcia. Music Bob Alcivar. Editor Robert L. Kimble. Production Designer Matthew C. Jacobs. Cast Victoria Principal (Joanne Dawson), James Farentino (Jonathan Morris), Glenn Withrow (Andy Fencik), William Lucking (Bob Webster), Dakin Matthews (Adam Berger), Vic Polizos (Larry Sanders), Douglas Roberts (Jack Ross), Craig Richard Nelson (Harry), Bonnie Burroughs (Mary Kyle), Gregory Cooke (Phil Berman), William Forward (Med Student Stearns), Susan E. Moore (Carrie), James O’Doherty (2nd detective), Fredric Arnold (Philip Conroy), Lori Butler (Street hooker), Diane Fischer (Court reporter), Teddy M. Haggarty (Bailiff), James Higgins (Senator Browning), Aaron Lustig (Ellis Scott), Phyllis St. James (Reporter), Jack Scalici (Man in bar), Frantz Turner (Cop #1), Ron Vernan (Irv Walters), Penelope Windust (Allison Browning). 2032... Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (ABC, 11/10/1987 to 11/12/1987, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Sumptuous, somewhat idealized three-part drama about one of history’s great romances, with a polyglot international cast headed by Manhattanite Armand Assante and Britisher Jacqueline Bisset as the passionate French lovers, along with French actress Jane Lapotaire more to the point as Napoleon’s mother. America’s Anthony Perkins as Talleyrand, the wily French statesman, and Patrick Cassidy as Hippolyte Charles, one of Josephine’s lovers, as well as Leigh Taylor-Young, as scheming French society doyenne Madame de Staël, continue the odd assemblage. Ione Skye, up-and-coming actress daughter of Donovan, ’60s folk-rock singer, received “introducing” billing here in the role of Napoleon’s younger sister. Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Bernard Sofronski. Producer Alfred R. Kelman. Co-Producer Suzanne Wiesenfeld. Teleplay James Lee. Photography Jean Tournier. Music Gerald Fried. Theme Bill Conti. Editors Michael Eliot, Scott C. Eyler. Production Designer François DeLamothe. Cast Armand Assante (Napoleon Bonaparte), Jacqueline Bisset (Josephine de Beauharnais), Stephanie Beacham (Thérèse), Anthony Higgins (Joseph Bonaparte), Patrick Cassidy (Capt. Hyppolete Charles), Nickolas Grace (Lord Nelson), Jane Lapotaire (Letizia Bonaparte), William Lucking (Sergeant Dupont), Jean-Pierre Stewart (Barras), John Vickery (Bourienne), Leigh Taylor-Young (Madame de Staël), Ione Skye (Pauline Bonaparte), Anthony Perkins (Tallyrand), Geoffrey Beevers (Bussiere), Jean Boissery (Goater Antibes), Paul Brooke (Junot), Colin Bruce (Lucien), Jeremy Brudenell (Louis), Nicholas Calderbank (Guard’s officer), Simon Chandler (LeClerc), Jacques Ciron (Valois), Sally Davis (Hortense as a child), Paul Geoffrey (Murat), Julie Graham (Caroline [part 1]), Gilles Guelblum (Soldier Tulieries [1]), Jane Gurnett (Eliza), Nolan Hemmings (Eugene as a child [1,2]), Paul Herzberg (Marchand [1,2]), Frank Hochuli (Corporal clerk [1]), Marc De Jonge (Robespierre [1]), Pascale Kalensky (Louise), JeanMarc Menuge (Robert [1]), Joe Sheridan (Prefect [1]), Bill Stewart (Varrange [1]), Patrice Le Bazadet (Captain Foures [2]), Philip Bowen (Hardy), Sophia Carle (Claudine), James Coombes (Corporal Roland [2]), Jean Claude Demet (Italian Cardinal [2]), William Doherty (Doctor [2]), Natalie Forbes (Yvonne Grande [2,3]), Steve Gadler (Squad officer [2]), Jerry Di Giacomo (Soldier [2]), Emma Harbour (Adult Hortense [2,3]), Dominique Hulin (Mametuke giant [2]), Dominic Jephcott (Villeforte [2,3]), Jeffrey

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Kine (Dragoon captain [2]), Stefan Schwartz (Adult Eugene [2,3]), Valerie Steffen (Jeannette Foures [2]), Mostefa Stiti (Egyptian officer), Isabelle Gardien (Marie-Louise [3]), Andrew Hawkins (Drummond [3]), Richard T. Heffron (Duchene [3]), Peter Howell (Count Walewska [3]), Peter Hudson (D’Enghten [3]), Sam Jenkins (Georgette [3]), Stephen Jenn (Fouche [3]), Leslie Lisbona (Young girl [3]), Charles Millot (Pope [3]), Jean-Paul Solal (Pourdray [3]), Ken Stargevic (Gian Carlo [3]), Wendy Stokie (Maria Walewska [3]). 2033... Nashville Beat (TNN, 10/21/1989, 120 mins). Years after playing Officers Jim Reed and Pete Malloy in “Adam 12,” Kent McCord and Martin Milner (returning to acting after some time) joined forces again in this prospective series pilot, this time with the Nashville police. An anomaly, this TV movie was the first--and only--feature produced for the Nashville Network on cable. Production Companies Nashville Beat Inc., Buck Productions Inc., RDK Productions, NAC Productions, Golden M Communications. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producers Michael E. Marcovsky, Kent McCord, Nyhl Henson, Richard Klinger. Producer Hannah Louise Shearer. Co-Producers Jean Hester-Lunt, Bernadette Joyce. Teleplay Hannah Louise Shearer. Based on a Story by Hannah Louise Shearer, Kent McCord. Photography John Flinn III. Music Mike Post. Editor Albert J.J. Zuniga. Art Director Mark Ragland. Cast Kent McCord (Mike Delaney), Martin Milner (Capt. Brian O’Neil), John Terlesky (Sgt. Stick Woods), Rosemary Forsyth (Kate O’Neil), Richard Herd (Chief Kinkaid), Red Montgomery (Georgia Jackson), Sherry Hursey (Patsy Ross), Ed Beechner (Phil Evers), Stan Foster (Kevin Hill), Cameron Dye (Harry Rodica), Patrika Darbo (Sara Murtry), James Short (Gino), Clay Wilcox (Ben Hurley), Kenny Davis (Bubba Danvers), Debra Rogers (Anne Beauchamp), Buck Ford (Gregory Brown), J. Karen Thomas (Martha Simpson), Virgil Beckman (Joe), Bernard Peyton (Eli), David Lee (Danny Truitt), William Fair (Frank James), Mike Snider (Announcer), Angel Hightower (Regina Howard), Garth Brooks (Himself), Joey Anderson (Woman), Liza Case (Lily), Steve Chambers (Student), Melissa Davis (Singer #1), Renee Wilson (Singer #2), William Moloney (Maury), Andrew R. Stahl (Beat Cop), Arinetta Utley (Young Woman), Jack Crook (Boswell), Norm Woodel (Bartender). 2034... Nashville Grab (NBC, 10/18/1981, 120 mins). Country singer Jeff Conaway, giving a concert at a local prison, is kidnapped by a pair of female convicts (Betty Thomas and Mari Gorman) who plan to use him as their ticket out of stir. This freewheeling comedy, packed with familiar TV faces, was an offbeat entry from the producers and crew of the “Classics Illustrated” series of films based on literary classics. Production Company Taft Entertainment Television. Director James L. Conway. Executive Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Producer Tom Chapman. Teleplay David O’Malley, Tom Chapman. Photography Paul Hipp. Music Bob Summers. Song “I Can Lick ‘Em” by Penny Summers, Bob Summers. Editors Mark Lowrie, Mark Rosenbaum. Art Director Chip Radelli. Cast Jeff Conaway (Buddy Walker), Cristina Raines (Laurel Ellison), Dianne Kay (Katie Morrison), Slim Pickens (Ross Common), Henry Gibson (Art Schmeckle), Betty Thomas (Maxine Pearce), Mari Gorman (Rita Madison), Gary Sandy (Frank Ford), John Chappell (Det. Carl Dobbin), Larry Cedar (Donald Common), Darlene Conley (Rooney), Bill Zuckert (Old Codger), Tom Barberi (DJ), Michael Ruud (Drunk), Jeff Olson, Tip Boxell, J. Paul Broadhead, Coleman Creel, Robert E. Hartenberger, Max Robinson, Rick Seaman, J.D. Silvester, Mickey Alzola, Bruce Barber, Chuck Forcon, Gary Jenson, Mary Peters. 2035... Nasty Boys (NBC, 9/22/1989, 120 mins). The real North Las Vegas Nasty Boys, an elite team of undercover vice squad agents who protect their anonymity by wearing black Ninja outfits, are the models for this action-adventure film, a prospective series pilot created by Dick Wolf (of the subsequent “Law and Order”). In a slightly revamped form, a series was developed but it would be short lived (February-July 1990). Production Companies Wolf Films, Universal Television. Director Rick Rosenthal. Executive Producer Dick Wolf. Supervising Producer David Black. Producer Lynn Guthrie. Co-Producers Daniel Sackheim, Richard Wechsler, Victor Davich. Teleplay Dick Wolf, David Black. Photography Roy H. Wagner. Music Basil Poledouris. Song Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis. Song Performed by Lisa Keith. Editor Arthur Forney. Production Designer Jo-Anne Chorney. Cast Benjamin Bratt (Eduardo Cruz), Don Franklin (Al Wheeler), Craig Hurley (Danny Larsen), Jeff Kaake (Paul Morrissey), James Pax (Jimmy Kee), William Russ (Lt. Ben Farlow), Melissa Leo (Katie Morrissey), Nia Peeples (Serena Cruz), Thomas Mikal Ford (Payday), Soon-Teck Oh (The General), Sandy McPeak (Chief), T. Rodgers (Busy B), Whip Hubley (Matt Morrissey), Nick Ramus (Luis Castro), John Petlock (Mayor), Mike Moroff (The “Elephant”), Nick Angotti (Duggan), Sal Jenco (Bilbo), Deke Anderson (Steve Michaels), Tonya Lee Williams (Sadie McGowan), Richard Romero (Castillo), Michael Durrette (Moon), Katherine Armstrong (Girl), Alan Haufrecht (Mike Forney), Catherine Bergstrom (Allison Blythe). 2036... Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (ABC, 11/23/1986, 120 mins). Farrah Fawcett again got critical acceptance as a serious actress for her portrayal here of the real-life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the encouragement and support of her Jewish law student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign (continuing to the present) to bring Nazi war criminals to justice--notably the infamous Klaus Barbie, and surviving jail, torture, assassination attempts, arrests in South America as well as Germany and a miscarriage in her pursuit. Geraldine Page replaced Geraldine Fitzgerald (whose son directed this drama) as a fictional concentration camp survivor, and Catherine Allegret, daughter of French actress Simone Signoret and veteran director Yves Allegret, plays another key witness. Filming was done entirely in Paris and Nice.

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Production Companies George Walker Television Productions, SFP Productions, Silver Chalice Productions, William Kayden Productions, Orion Television. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Executive Producer Judith DePaul. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Frederick Hunter. Photography Dick Bush. Music Richard Hartley. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer Austen Spriggs. Art Director Michel Janiaud. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Beate Klarsfeld), Tom Conti (Serge Klarsfeld), Geraldine Page (Itta Halaunbrenner), Catherine Allegret (Mme. Simone Lagrange), Feodor Atkine (Luc Pleyel), Helene Vallier (Raisa), Vincent Gauthier (Barbie [in 1944]), Claude Vernier (Old Barbie/Klaus Altman), Jacques Vincey (David), Florence Haziot (Chantal), Eric Prat (Marco), Pierre Olivier Scotto (Eli), Gilles Segal (Herbert John), Laszlo Szabo (Arno Klarsfeld [in 1943]), Pascale DeBoysson (Frau Kunzel), O.J. Pengyel (Herr Kunzel), Flavie Ducorps (Simone), Jacques Herlin (Geissman), Stephen Meldegg (Ludolph), Facundo Bo (Greminger), Phillippe Laudenbach (French official), Edouardo Barrios (Vargas), Liliane Rovere (Mme. Kadousche), Michel Motu (Dr. Schuler), Jacques Alric (Judge at police station), Albert Simono (Aurore’s editor), Jean-Pierre Moulin (Resistance leader), Huguette Faget (CDU female orator). 2037... Necessity (CBS, 5/3/1988, 120 mins). High fashion model Loni Anderson (in a role originally announced for Jaclyn Smith) with a successful career, a handsome husband (James Naughton), and a beautiful baby girl learns that hubby’s business is drug tracking and organized crime; then finding her life in peril she attempts to escape his vengeance and rescue their child from his control. Based on Brian Garfield’s 1984 novel. Production Companies Barry & Enright Productions, Alexander Productions. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producer Don Enright. Supervising Producer Richard Briggs. Producers Les Alexander, Don Enright. Teleplay Michael Ahnemann. Based on a Novel by Brian Garfield. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Johnny Harris. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Charles Hughes. Cast Loni Anderson (Lauren LaSalle/Jennifer), John Heard (Charlie Reed), Harris Laskawy (Ray Seale), Sherman Howard (Jack Martinelli), Dendrie Allyn Taylor (Sally Ann), Diana Bellamy (Apartment manager), James Naughton (Rick LaSalle), David Selburg (Mr. Howard), Duke Moosekian (Elliot), Harold Cannon-Lopez (Cuban), Michael Nicolosi (Seale’s man), Maud Winchester (Seale’s secretary), Peter Siiteri (Philip), Jennifer Weil (Marjorie), Janice Fuller (Nurse), Roberta Callahan (Veronica), Kathryn Howell (Trish), Paige/Lauren Shanahan (Marci), Deborah Pryor (Nanny Deborah), Hank Baumert (Eddie), Michael K. Colyar, Sydney Walker, Susan Dills, Richard B. Cella, Shirley Spangler, R.H. Wheeler, Erica Enright, Jeanne Jensen. 2038... The Neighborhood (NBC, 4/20/1982, 120 mins). Residents of a blue-collar neighborhood in the Queens section of New York become alarmed when several black families move in to change the ethnic makeup. This pilot to a prospective series was filmed on location in Brooklyn in 1979, several years before Howard E. Rollins Jr. gained celebrity as an Academy Award nominee for “Ragtime.” Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Lee H. Katzin. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Based on an Original Idea by Jimmy Breslin. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Richard Markowitz. Editor Donald Douglas. Production Designer Robert Gundlach. Cast Ron Masak (Nick Riccardo), Christine Belford (Meg Penner), Ben Masters (Tony Bernhardt), Carol Potter (Sue Bernhardt), Michael Gross (Jack Wolfe), Tom Quinn (Max Hoffman), Gary Bayer (Frank Penner), Howard E. Rollins Jr. (Allen Campbell), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Doris Campbell), Minnie Gordon Caster (Ethel Hoffman), Livia Genise (Linda), Steven Ryan (Eddie Kilroy), Christopher Loomis (Roy Green), Pat Stanley, Michael Shay, Amy Robinson, E. Brian Dean, Barry Snider, Joe Jamrog, Frances Foster, Dick Latessa, Clarence Felder, Tom Mardirosian, Michael Fiorello, Victor Arnold, Bob Warner, Brad Sullivan, Jane Portela, Cecelia Norfleet, Gerrit DeBeer, Dominic Accardi, Joel Wolfe, Robert Schenkkan, Samuel E. Wright, William Sadler, William Huston, Jim Oyster, Ray Baker, Barry Ennis, Frank Irizarry, Suzannah Glidden, Olympia Dukakis, Mary Doyle, Rise Collins. 2039... The Neon Empire (Showtime, 12/3/1989 and 12/4/1989, 2 parts, 90 mins each). Drama about the early ’40s transformation of Las Vegas from a dusty desert town into a sophisticated mecca of gambling and glitter--loosely based on the reallife saga of Bugsy Siegel and his crime syndicate backers. Journalist and author Pete Hamill’s script (from a story he collaborated with Edward Anhalt), focuses on a volatile and ambitious New York gangster played by Ray Sharkey--who not long before had starred as Al Capone in one of many films about the infamous Chicago mobster. Production Company Fries Entertainment. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Richard Maynard. Teleplay Pete Hamill. Based on a Story by Edward Anhalt, Pete Hamill. Photography Gerald Hirschfeld. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Bob Wyman. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Ray Sharkey (Junior Moloff), Linda Fiorentino (Lucy Jordan), Dylan McDermott (Vic Rothman), Julie Carmen (Miranda), Harry Guardino (Nick Donatello), Martin Landau (Max Brower), Martin Zelnicker (Burt Stone), Richard Brooks (Tampa), Andreas Katsulas (Vito Carnesecca), Tyra Ferrell (Samantha), Dale Dye (Sheriff Bates), Gary Busey (Frank Weston), Natalija Nogulich (Mildred), Felice Orlandi (Luciano), Gary Groomes (Collins), Amy Michelson (Candy), Matt Roe (Metzger), Cecile Callan (Bridget), James Arone, Ken Gibbel, Murray Kramer, Robert Mangiardi, Richard Wheeler, Karon Kearney, Earl Finn, Steve Kopy, Ken Love, Tom Rankin, John Ingle, Renata Scott, Mary Chalon, Ron Perkins, Paul Collins, Dale Elliott, Scott Williams, Barry Michlin, Ron Douglas, Roger Rook, Don Starr, Martin Garner, Stephanie Menuez, Carlos Cantu, Robert Beecher, George Galvan, Charlie Lucas.

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2040... News at Eleven (CBS, 4/2/1986, 120 mins). San Diego television news anchorman Martin Sheen, on his way down from the network big time, clashes with his ambitious young boss Peter Riegert, whose eye is on the ratings, over the public’s right to know versus the rights of the individual, and is caught in a moral dilemma when a story he (Sheen) has broken about a student friend of his teenage daughter who has accused her high school teacher of rape is turned into a media circus. Production Companies Turman-Foster Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director Mike Robe. Executive Producers Lawrence Turman, David Foster. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Mike Robe. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Mark Snow. Editor Scott Conrad. Art Director Peter M. Wooley. Cast Martin Sheen (Frank Kenley), Peter Riegert (Eric Ross), Barbara Babcock (Joanne Steckler), David Sheiner (David Kogan), Christopher Allport (Gene Silas), Susan Krebs (Sally), Christa Denton (April Gibbs), Amanda Ingber (Karen), Sydney Penny (Melissa Kenley), Sheree Wilson (Christine Arnold), Brooke Bundy (Donna Kenley), Sandy McPeak (Gordon), Tina Caspary (Gretchen Kent), Carlos Lacamara (Tony Romero), Joshua Bryant (Mr. Kent), Susan Powell (Mrs. Kent), C.J. Hincks (Mrs. Gibbs), Robin Ignico (‘Juliet’), Harry Waters Jr. (Stage Manager), Josh Milrad (‘Romeo’), Paul T. Murray (Caller), Corinne Kason (Psychologist), Clare Nono (Newscaster), Ivy Bethune (Mrs. Ferguson), James A. Williams (Principal), Merritt Olsen (Radio reporter). 2041... Nick Knight (CBS, 8/20/1989, 120 mins). Lighthearted cop show about a police detective who prefers to work only at night because--well, he’s a vampire, and only his close friend, a forensic pathologist, knows his secret. And to add to his affliction, he’s assigned an obnoxious, garlic-chomping as his partner. Prospective series pilot for rock singer-turned-actor Rick Springfield from the company colorfully named Cuppa Blood Productions. It eventually evolved into “Forever Knight,” starring Canadian actor Geraint Wyn Davies, which aired initially on CBS during the 1992-93 season and then in first-run syndication beginning in 1994. Production Company Cuppa Blood Productions Inc. Director Farhad Mann. Executive Producers Barry Weitz, Roberta Becker Ziegel. Producer S. Michael Formica. Teleplay James D Parriott. Based on a Story by Barney Cohen, James D Parriott. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Joseph Conlan. Editor Benjamin A Weissman. Production Designer Paul Eads. Associate Producer Benjamin A Weissman. Cast Rick Springfield (Nick Knight), John Kapelos (Don Schanke), Robert Harper (Dr. Jack Brittington), Richard Fancy (Captain Brunetti), Laura Johnson (Alyce Hunter), Craig Richard Nelson (Jack Fenner), Fran Ryan (Jeannie), Cec Verrell (Janette), Jack Murdock (Topper), Michael Nader (Lacroix), Gregory Wagrowski (Detective Jessell), Irene Miracle (Nurse), Al Fann (Dedrick), Davis Roberts (Dr. Dave), David Correia (Mechanic), Al Berry (Desk Sergeant), Allison Barron, David Byrd, Dendrie Allyn Taylor, Pamela West, Audree Chapman, Rosanna Huffman, Rif Hutton, Dennis Moynahan, Christopher Bertolini, Freddie Dawson, Troy Melton, Robert Neches, Carl Ciarfalio. 2042... Night of Courage (ABC, 1/12/1987, 120 mins). A high school teacher (Daniel Hugh Kelly), determined to discover the truth about the killing of a Hispanic teenager who is beaten to death in a racial attack after being denied refuge in the home of an elderly couple, learns truths about fear and hatred when confronting the stubborn old man (Barnard Hughes) who witnessed the crime and did nothing to help. Adapted by Bryan Williams from his play “In This Fallen City.” Production Companies Herbert Brodkin-Robert Berger Productions, Titus Productions + Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Director Elliot Silverstein. Executive Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Teleplay Bryan Williams. Based on a Play by Bryan Williams. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Gary William Friedman. Editor Robert Reitano. Production Designer Jack Poplin. Cast Barnard Hughes (Abner Abelsen), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Paul Forrest), David Hernandez (Angel Ortiz), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Abby Abelsen), Holly Fulger (Karen), Alba Oms (Carla Gonzalez), Lili Taylor (Marina), Irene Gonzales (Mrs. Ortiz), Tom Hodges (Rob), Alana King (Beth), Kurt Naebig (Walt), Chelcie Ross (Lt. Bieber), Gail Tangeros (Punk girl), Michael Stoyanov (Nick), Scott Whithead (Mohawk), Pat Bowie (Nurse), Ramiro Darrillo (Reporter), Kevin Dunn (Policeman), Sunnie Hikawa (TV reporter), Tony Olivieri (Miguel), Pedro Quintero (Man in shop), Dick Sasso (Marina’s dad), Willie J. Watson (Calvin). 2043... Night Partners (CBS, 10/11/1983, 120 mins). The success of “Cagney & Lacey” as a series resulted in a number of similarly plotted lady cop carbons like this variation. Two Bakersfield, California housewives volunteer to help the police by working with crime victims. This pilot, inspired by the actual Victim Witness Program of Tucson, has Yvette Mimieux and Diana Canova cruising in a retired, unmarked police car at night to help potential kidnap victim (the former Patty McCormack of “The Bad Seed”), rape victim Patricia Davis (daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan), and needy senior citizen Peter Brocco. Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Noel Nosseck. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Judy Merl, Paul Eric Myers. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Gregory Prange, Robert Florio. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Roni Weisberg. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Elizabeth McGuire), Diana Canova (Lauren Hensley), Arlen Dean Snyder (Glen McGuire), M. Emmet Walsh (Joe Kirby), Patricia McCormack (Sophie Metzman), Patricia Davis (Janice Tyler), Michael Cavanaugh (Roy Henderson), Peter Brocco (Katsulas), Larry Linville (Chief John Wilson), Dick Anthony Williams (Instructor), Nellie Bellflower (Battered wife), Dee Dee Bridgewater (Gloria), Eb Lottimer (Buzz Cochran), Cynthia Avila (Rita Torres), Patrick Brennan (Sam

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McGuire), Barbara Barron (Elvira Newton), M.C. Gainey (Rapist), Ron Prince (SWAT commander), Mary Gregory (Ms. Larson), John Howard Swain (Andy Hensley), Tricia Cast (Francine McGuire), Michael Evans (Josh Hensley), Kurt Smildsin (Dan), Robert Balderson (Jack), William Vincent Kulak (Officer), Kathleen Coyne (Student), Ed Hooks (Man), Nancy Pearlberg (Elderly woman), Grant Owens (Watch commander), Robert Moberly (Mr. Newton). 2044... The Night the Bridge Fell Down (NBC, 2/28/1983, 180 mins). Movies’ “disaster master,” Irwin Allen, was the man behind this adventure yarn that strands a group of motorists and fleeing bank robber, Desi Arnaz Jr., and his girlfriend, Char Fontane, on a bridge that is collapsing because of shifting sands near the pylons. Its unique history is more interesting than its premise: made in 1979 as a two-part four-hour film called “The Night the Bridge Collapsed,” it was set to premiere in early January 1980. Pulled from the schedule at the last minute, it was given its first showing in this form in Australia several months later. Subsequently cut to three hours as a single-part film, it was rescheduled for a mid-October 1980 showing but was preempted by the World Series. It then went into limbo until finally being dragged off the shelf for its ultimate U.S. premiere in early 1983. Its star, James MacArthur, hot off “Hawaii Five-O,” at the time the film was shot long had been in semiretirement from acting. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Georg Fenady. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Alvin Boretz, Arthur Weiss, Michael Robert David, Ray Goldstone. Photography John M. Nicholaus. Music Richard LaSalle. Editor Axel Hubert. Art Director Duane Alt. Cast James MacArthur (Cal Miller), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Johnny Pyle), Char Fontane (Dee), Richard Gilliland (Harvey Lewis), Leslie Nielsen (Paul Warren), Eve Plumb (Terry Kelly), Barbara Rush (Elaine Howard), Gregory Sierra (Diego Ramirez), Colleen Davis (Judy), Steve Marlo (Grogan), Philip Baker Hall (Warren Meech), Ted Gehring (Police Chief), Larry Pennell (Chief Barrett), Marlina Vega (Isabel), Susan Lanier, Joseph Della Sorte, Peg Stewart, Buck Young, Brendon Boone, Howard Culver. 2045... The Night the City Screamed (ABC, 12/14/1980, 120 mins). What happens to a cast of television luminaries when the lights go out in a major city and the looters take over, with councilman Robert Culp, police captain Don Meredith, mayor Raymond Burr and power official George DiCenzo trying to keep things cool while playing politics. Production Company David Gerber Productions. Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Mel Swope. Teleplay Larry Brody. Photography Michel Hugo. Editor Jim Benson. Production Designer Ward Preston. Associate Producer Stephen Cragg. Cast Georg Stanford Brown (Charles Nelville), Raymond Burr (The Mayor), David Cassidy (David Greeley), Robert Culp (Frank McGuire), Clifton Davis (Arnold Clements), George DiCenzo (Cliff Barankos), Gary Frank (Ron Farrell), Don Meredith (Capt. Donald Wiacek), Linda Purl (Brenda Farrell), Shelley Smith (Judy Agretti), Vic Tayback (Morris Brustein), Dick Anthony Williams (Jim Downs), Stuart K. Robinson (Douglas King), Grand L. Bush (Herbert Lee), Anne Sward (Christine Reynolds), Richard Roat (John Reynolds), J. Jay Saunders (Chet Springfield), Laura Campbell (Joyce Madison), Donald Hotton (George Martinson), Peter Nyberg (Gilbert Farrow), Jonathan Frakes (Richard Hawkins), Taurean Blacque (Oscar), Christina Hart (Woman in elevator), Daniel Feraldo (Camera store looter), Tom Rosqui (Tom Burnham), Joan Tompkins (Woman doctor), Eric Server (Cal Carmody), Jason Bernard (Dale Wrightson), Chip Fields (Young Clements), Ketty Lester (Mrs. King), Gary Veney (Freddie), Bobby Elerbee (Rollie), John Brandon (George Carmody), Matthew Faison (Dwight Nances), Robert Lee Jarvis (Police officer), Mark Thomas (Man in elevator). 2046... The Night They Saved Christmas (ABC, 12/13/1984, 120 mins). This whimsical tale, Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Children’s Program, finds Santa Claus and his toy factory (an imaginative world created by Introvision in a gaily wrapped gift box) saved from destruction by a trio of wide-eyed children and their initially disbelieving mom after their oil wildcatter dad goes forward, on orders, with a drilling site near the North Pole. Art Carney’s Santa is an off-center looney who despises “Jingle Bells,” and Paul Williams is the earnest Ed, his chief elf, who also wrote the songs for this movie. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producers Robert Halmi Jr., Jack Haley Jr., David Niven Jr. Producers David Kappes, Robert Halmi. Teleplay James C. Moloney, David Niven Jr. Based on a Story by James C. Moloney, David Niven Jr., Rudy Dochterman. Photography David Worth. Music Charles Gross. Song “If You Believe” Written and Performed by Paul Williams. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer George Costello. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Claudia Baldwin), Art Carney (Santa Claus), Paul LeMat (Michael Baldwin), Mason Adams (Sumner Murdock), June Lockhart (Mrs. Claus), Paul Williams (Ed), Scott Grimes (David Baldwin), Laura Jacoby (Marianne Baldwin), R.J. Williams (C.B. Baldwin), James Staley (Martin), Albert Hall (Loomis), Anne Haney (Hedda), Buddy Douglas (Dr. Fernando), Billy Curtis (Jack), Michael Keys Hall (Faulkner), Randy Crosby (Pilot). 2047... The Night Train to Kathmandu (Disney Channel, 6/5/1988, 120 mins). Disney adventure involving an American family staying in Nepal where household head is a self-serving professor on a teaching exchange visit (balding, bearded Pernell Roberts, resembling Sean Connery as Indiana Jones’s dad). Daughter (the 12-year-old Russian model Milla Jovovich, here not using her last name) falls for a teenage prince who has ingratiated himself into the household, while a mystical jade medallion and “a city that mysteriously appears twice during every royal generation,” as it is explained, also figure into the plot which incorporates hints of both “Brigadoon” and “Lost Horizon.” Production Companies Ned Kandel-Robert Wiemer Productions+D416, Golden Tiger Pictures. Director Robert Wiemer. Executive Producers Robert Weimer, Ned Kandel. Producer Glenn Kershaw. Co-Producers Marshall Wiemer, Steven B. Kalafer.

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Teleplay Robert Wiemer, Ian Robert. Photography Glenn Kershaw. Music Paul Baillargeon. Editors James Eaton, Stephanie Ng. Production Designer Bill Bonecutter. Cast Pernell Roberts (Prof. Harry Hadley-Smithe), Eddie Castrodad (Prince Johar), Milla Jovovich (Lily McLeod), Kavi Raz (Prof. Dewan Godbatha), Tim Eyster (Andrew McLeod), Robert Stoeckle (Jeff McLeod), Jan Pessano (Maureen McLeod), Beecey Carlson (Sidham), Ric Stonebeck (Brother Arjaan), Emile Homaw (Shri Nam), Tad Horino (Holy One), Santos Pant (Ravi), Gopal Raj Pant (Priest), Gopal Raj Bhutani (Lootan), Cochise Ochoa (Photographer). 2048... Night Walk (CBS, 10/1/1989, 120 mins). Suspense yarn involving an unhappily married woman who finds herself the target of professional killers after witnessing a murder on a deserted section of beach and a widowed cop whose investigation uncovers neither a corpse nor any other evidence of a crime. Robert Urich’s son Ryan makes his acting debut here as his film son. Production Companies Galatea Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producers Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet. Teleplay Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Ray Daniels. Production Designer Pam Warner. Cast Robert Urich (Jake Simon), Lesley-Anne Down (Geneva Miller), Mark Joy (Jerry Miller), Michael Alldredge (Brody), Lawrence Casey (Timothy Alfieri), Richie Devaney (Brian Simon), Ryan Urich (Matt Simon), Bert Remsen (Chauncey), Richard Butler (Alfieri’s Henchman), Frederick Koehler (Eric Miller), Meredith Strange-Boston (Waitress), Beverly Skinner (Ms. Puttman), James Martin Jr. (Deputy Terry Berns), Jeanette Park Arvay (Officer Laura), Bob Hannah (Deputy Morse), Michael Burgess (Deputy Kove), James Wilkey, Pat Hall, Chuck Kinlaw, Bill Betts, Diana Taylor, Mary-Fran Lyman, Pearl Jones. 2049... Nightbreaker (TNT, 3/8/1989, 120 mins). Strong drama about the government’s nuclear testing program of the ’50s features Martin Sheen and real-life son Emilio Estevez as, respectively, a noted neurosurgeon from contemporary times and his younger self during his involvement with the program as a psychologist three decades before. The T.S. Cook script was adapted from Howard Rosenberg’s 1980 book “Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments,” which was inspired by testimony from GIs who were involved in the testing program. Production Companies Symphony Pictures Productions, Wisdom Productions, Companionway Films. Director Peter Markle. Executive Producers Martin Sheen, Jeffrey Auerbach. Co-Executive Producer T.S. Cook. Producer William R Greenblatt. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Based on a Book by Howard L. Rosenberg. Photography Ron Garcia. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor Stephen E. Rivkin. Production Designer James E. Newport. Art Directors Steven Wolff, Robert J. Quinn. Cast Martin Sheen (Dr. Alexander Brown), Emilio Estevez (Young Alex Brown), Lea Thompson (Sally Matthews), Melinda Dillon (Paula Brown), Joe Pantoliano (Sgt. Jack Russell), Geoffrey Blake (Python), Paul Eiding (Dr. Roscoe Cummings), James Marshall (Immerman), Lance Slaughter (Bass), Ricky Dean Logan (Roberto), Leonard Post (Dick Nebrun), Nicholas Pryor (Col. William Deverau), Michael Laskin (Dr. Hatch), Tom Bower (Dan Cutler), Gerry Black (Vet #1), Jack Jozefson (Vet #2), Frank Beddor (Maj. Frank Brady), David Moses (Dr. Martin), Alan Toy (Dr. Rosenberg), Michael Gregory (Indoctrination officer), Nancy Banks (Betty Carver), Shawne Rowe (Lillian Jones), Buckley Norris (Driver), Father Bill O’Donnell (Chaplain), Frank Koppala (Corp Adams), Lisa Hayslip (Sally’s friend), Dominic Oliver (Radio broadcaster), Bob Stupak (Dealer), Michael Francis Kelly (Reporter #1), Sherri Lubov (Reporter #2), Edward Corrar (Reporter #3), Matthias Clark (Photographer), Thomas Cook (Voice of Nightbreaker). 2050... Nightingales (NBC, 6/27/1988, 120 mins). “Nightgales” are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aaron Spelling production that ultimately was developed into a short-lived series which aired on NBC at the beginning of 1989. Subsequently edited down to 90 minutes, this film later served as the premiere episode for the series, which was reworked to add Suzanne Pleshette and Barry Newman as stars. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Mimi Leder. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer Rita Lakin. Producers Dennis Hammer, Frank V. Farino. Teleplay Howard Lakin. Based on a Story by Rita Lakin, Frank V. Farino, Howard Lakin. Photography Frederick Moore. Music William Olvis. Editor Kenneth Miller, Pamela Malouf. Production Designer Ward Preston. Wardrobe Consultant Nolan Miller. Cast Fran Bennett (Nurse Ritt), Chelsea Field (Samantha), Galyn Gorg (Lorna Michaels), Neith Hunter (Julie Prescott), Mimi Kuzyk (Liz McCarren), John Bennett Perry (Dr. Roger Trainor), Britta Phillips (Thea Bascomb), Larry Poindexter (Buzz Forman), Reed Rudy (Tod Aronson), Kristy Swanson (Becky), Susan Walters (Bridget), Randy Brooks (Dr. Warren), Woody Brown (Daniel Parker), Bette Ford (Bridget’s mother), Sherman Howard (Carl Brock), Jennifer Rhodes (Effie), Philip Sterling (Sam Stein), Gary Werntz (Agent James), Fern Fitzgerald (Prosecutor), J. Jay Saunders (Judge), David Gale (Herman Holiday), Keone Young (Bill Chao), Lorinne Vozoff (Mrs. Frelich), John Dullaghan (Attorney), Susan Saldivar (School aide), Anthony Barton (Chauffeur), Christina Schulze (Daughter), Robert Vega (Repairman), Robin Antin (Amara), Rhianna Janette (Little girl), Tony Addabbo (Guy at bar), Linda Klein (Nurse), Megan Miller (Megan). 2051... Nightlife (USA, 8/23/1989, 120 mins). Contemporary black comedy-thriller about a restless vampire (Ben Cross) who has spent the last 100 years searching for his undead beloved and finally tracking her down to a modern-day blood bank where she has captured the heart of a dedicated hematologist who can keep her in drinks. Filmed entirely in Mexico City.

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Production Company Dan Wigutow Productions. Director Daniel Taplitz. Executive Producer Dan Wigutow. Producer Robert T Skodis. Teleplay Daniel Taplitz, Anne Beatts. Based on a Story by Anne Beatts. Photography Peter Fernberger. Editor Edward M Abroms. Music Dana Kaproff. Production Designer Arturo Brito. Cast Ben Cross (Vlad), Maryam D’Abo (Angelique), Keith Szarabajka (Dr. David R. Zuckerman), Camille Saviola (Rosa Mercedes), Jessie Corti (Dr. José Gara), Oliver Clark (Bill), Glenn Shadix (Jake), Geraldo Mayol (First Gravedigger), Juan Antonio Llanes (Second Gravedigger), Geraldo Raz (Tour Guide), Carlos Gonzalez (Policeman), Marta Resnikoff (Receptionist), Martin LaSalle (Old Man), Paco Pharrez (Cleaning Man), Robert T. Skodis (Cartier Owner). 2052... Nightmare at Bitter Creek (CBS, 5/24/1988, 120 mins). In this change-of-gender twist on “Deliverance,” a group of women, longtime college pals and the teenage daughter of one of them, embark on a wilderness weekend with a guide and become involved in a tense, life-and-death struggle with armed fugitives from a far-right extremist group that has taken to the hills. Initially called simply “Bitter Creek” before the network decided to jazz up the title by adding the ominous and exploitive “Nightmare,” the film marked the American television debut of Australian director Tim Burstall. Production Companies Swanton Films, Guber-Peters Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Tim Burstall. Executive Producers Jon Peters, Peter Guber. Supervising Producer Ron Roth. Producer Scott Swanton. Co-Producer Stanley M. Brooks. Teleplay Scott Swanton, Greg McCarty. Photography Jack Steyn. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor John F. Link. Production Designer Richard Wilcox. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Nita), Tom Skerritt (Ding Harris), Constance McCashin (Connie), Joanna Cassidy (Allison), Janne Mortil (Tracy), Ray Guth (Proctor), Dwight McFee (Bully), J.C. Roberts (Sheriff Bob Clamps), Walter Marsh (Coroner), Ric Reid (Jack), Bruce MacLeod (Agent Richard Dukes), Bill Croft (Suspect), Jennifer Griffin (Waitress), Andrew Kavadas (Cop), Roman Podhora (Billy), Robert Collins (Wolfe), Denny Arnold (Doyle), George Josef (Tracker #1), Tony Morelli (Shooter). 2053... The Nightmare Years (TNT, 9/17/1989 to 9/20/1989, 4 parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). Four-part adaptation of famed journalist William L. Shirer’s bestselling 1984 autobiography about his years as a foreign correspondent. An international coproduction filmed in Budapest, the miniseries, based on an adaptation by author-journalist Bob Woodward and others, stars Sam Waterston (one of the few Americans in the lengthy cast) in another of his real-life portrayals, which have ranged from New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (in “The Killing Fields”) to Abraham Lincoln and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Production Companies Consolidated-Atlantique Productions, RAI Uno, Malfilm Studios, Hungarofilm. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Gerald Rafshoon. Producer Graham Ford. Teleplay Ian Curteis. Based on a Story by Christian Williams, Bob Woodward, Ian Curteis. Based on a Book by William L Shirer. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Vladimir Cosma. Supervising Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Zsolt Czengery. Cast Sam Waterston (Wiliam L. Shirer), Marthe Keller (Tess Shirer), Kurtwood Smith (Dr. Joseph Goebbels), Frances Barber (Helga Baver), Ronald Pickup (Putzi Hanstengel), Peter Jeffrey (Norman Ebbutt), Peter Whitman (Victor Schneider), Frederick Jaeger (Wilfred Bade), Gunther Maria Halmer (Kellenbach), Keith Edwards (Ralph Barnes), Gillian Eaton (Agnes Knickerbocker), Bill Bailey (Knick Knickerbocker), Christopher Muncke (Peter Bruder), Shane Rimmer (Ambassador Dodd), John Steiner (Reverend Lenz), George Claisse (Dr. Obermann), Flavio Bucci (Dr. Fleischmann), Anna Galiena (Ruth Klauber), Garrick Hagon (Edward R. Morrow), Greg Hicks (Sculptor), Ronald Lacey (Emil Luger), Michael Fitzpatrick (Jeff Higgins), Vera Venczei (Mrs. Lenz), Michael Wolf (Hermann Goering), Basil Henson (Lord Stanwood), Pip Torrens (Major Radford), Zoltan Gera (Walter Schwertfader), Gabor Nagy (Lieutenant Wolfe), Gabor Reviczky (Colonel Keller), Adam Rajhona (Pastor Niemoeller), Walter Gotell (General Von Fritsch), Angela Czaszar (Sarah Schneider), Alexander Harborne (Ernest Schneider), Courtney Ingersoll (Petra Schneider), Xavier Kreichbaum (Paul Schneider), Jerry Harte (Seymour Berkson), Bruce Boa (Nick Roosevelt), Tamas Toth, Anton Konrad, Antal Leisen, Lajos Mezey, Steven White, Donna Ingersoll, Anne Harrington, Mirella D’Angelo, Ken Butler, Andras Marton, Istvan Kovacs, Katir Sir, Janos Czernak, Anna Fehrer, Ottila Borbath, David Sibley, Gyorgy Gonda, Peter Benko, Antal Czerna, Jacques Marin, Peter Kertesz, Miklos Tolnay, Peter Czeke, Odon Rubold, Csaba Jakab, Zsolt Kortvelyessi. 2054... Nightside (ABC, 6/8/1980, 120 mins). Doug McClure returned to TV looking for a new series via this pilot that followed the adventures of a good-humored, street-wise cop working the dusk to dawn shift in Los Angeles with his somewhat naïve partner (played by Michael Cornelison). Production Companies Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producers Glen A. Larson, Stephen J. Cannell. Producer Alex Beaton. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Arthur R. Botham. Music John Andrew Tartaglia. Editors David Howe, Gene E. Ranney, Neil MacDonald. Art Director John Leimanis. Cast Doug McClure (Danny Dandoy), Michael Cornelison (Macey), John de Lancie (Willy Potts), Roy Jenson (Sergeant Duckman), Jason Kincaid (Samuel Hicks), Melinda Naud (Jane Moody), Michael D. Roberts (Greenlight), Danny Wells (Eddie Kopeck), Michael Winslow (Redlight), Joe Spinell (Michael Vincent), Wayne Heffley (Sergeant Treetorn), Vincent Schiavelli (Tom Adams), Timothy Agoglia Carey (Slowboy), Sondra Blake (Margie), Janice Lynde (Lily), Michael Alldredge (Tellinger), Larry Cedar (LaSalle), Peter Kowalski (Terry), Doug Cox (Bones), Patch MacKenzie (Redhead), Susan Plumb (Sharon), Karen Newell (Rusty), Louie Elias (Vanilla), Sid Conrad (President).

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2055... Nitti (ABC, 4/17/1988, 120 mins). Anthony La Paglia here made a striking early impression as gangster Frank Nitti, known during the ’30s as “The Enforcer,” Al Capone’s top lieutenant--a quite different portrayal from the one by Bruce Gordon to which fans of “The Untouchables” had become accustomed. Although all network press material gave “Frank Nitti: The Enforcer” as the film’s title, and Variety reviewed it as “Nitti: The Story of Frank Nitti, the Enforcer,” the actual screen title was simply “Nitti.” Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Michael Switzer. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Robert O’Connor. Producer Lee David Zlotoff. Co-Producers Daniel Cahn, Joel Fields. Teleplay Lee David Zlotoff. Photography Paul Onorato. Music Yanni. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Griff Lambert. Cast Anthony La Paglia (Frank Nitti), Vincent Guastaferro (Al Capone), Trini Alvarado (Anna Rogna), Michael Moriarty (Hugh Kelly), Michael Russo (Paul Ricca), Louis Guss (Carlo Regato), Clayton Landey (Ted Newberry), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Anton Cermack), Renata Vanni (Teresa Regato), Michael Collins (Det. Harry Miller), Mike Starr (Sgt. Harry Lang), Wayne Grace (George Brown), Peter Iacangelo (Willie Bioff), Alan Blumenfeld (Lou Greenberg), Pat Renella, Lynn Tufeld, John Shepherd, Lloyd Alan, Michael Goldfinger, Larry Eisenber, Phil Rubenstein, Hank Azaria, Joe Dorsey, John Breganti, Eugene Brusilovsky, Tony Colitti, David Correia, Ward Costello, Vinnie Curto, Patrick DeSantis, Bill Dunnam, M.C. Gainey, Bennett Liss, Gregory Littman, Larry Marko, Jeff Maynard, Bob Mendelsohn, Ralph Peduto, Judith Piquet, Carl Princi, Tessa Richarde, Larry Robb, Frank Schuller, Lincoln Simonds, Elise Turner, Harry Woolf. 2056... No Man’s Land (NBC, 5/27/1984, 120 mins). Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters--one by each of her previous husbands--to rope in a notorious desperado and a band of foreign revolutionaries in this lighthearted Western pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies JADDA Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Juanita Bartlett. Supervising Producer Michael Maschio. Producers Christopher Nelson, Rod Holcomb. Teleplay Juanita Bartlett. Created by Juanita Bartlett. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Song by Mike Post. Song Written and Performed by Stephen Geyer. Editor Seymour Masters. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Stella Stevens (Nellie Wilder), Terri Garber (Brianne Wilder), Melissa Michaelsen (Missy Wilder), Donna Dixon (Sarah Wilder), Estelle Getty (Euroi Muller), Sam J Jones (Eli Howe), Frank Bonner (Deputy Thad Prouty), John Rhys-Davies (John Grimshaw), Dack Rambo (Pat Connell), Robert Webber (Will Blackfield), Ralph Michael (Doc Havilland), Janis Paige (Maggie Hodiak), John Quade (Henry Lambert), Bryan McGuire (Dandy Wallace), Wil Albert (Wilmot), Tony Swartz (Monroe), Marc Alaimo (Clay Allison), Jack Garner (Simon Claypool), Eldon Quick (Everett Vanders), Roz Witt (Harriet Claypool), Billy Streater (Holden), Jeremy Ross (Pratt), Buck Taylor (Buck). 2057... No Place Like Home (CBS, 12/3/1989, 120 mins). Christine Lahti received an Emmy nomination for playing a wife and mother who struggles to keep her head above water after the family’s apartment building burns down and everything is lost, and while her husband, who was the building’s super, is seeking employment in another city, finds herself and her two youngsters first in a welfare hotel and then living on the streets. Lee Grant directed the film, originally titled “Homeless,” in Pittsburgh; her husband Joseph Feury produced. Production Companies Joseph Feury Productions, Orion Television. Director Lee Grant. Executive Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Producer Joseph Feury. Teleplay Ara Watson, Sam Blackwell. Photography Tony Pierce-Roberts. Music Charles Gross. Editor Rick Shaine. Production Designer Doug Kraner. Associate Producer Donna Carolan. Cast Christine Lahti (Zan Cooper), Jeff Daniels (Mike Cooper), Scott Marlowe (Eddie Cooper), CCH Pounder (Prue), Kathy Bates (Bonnie Cooper), Anne Pitoniak (Opal), Lantz Landry (David Cooper), Kyndra Joy Casper (Tina Cooper), Steve Rankin (Frank), Rick Aviles (J.J./guard), Ernest Eyth (Tomaso), Helena Routi (Missy), Michael Hume (Clyde), Marcia Haufrecht (Hilda), Brandon Greene (Jason), James Chapman (Sledge), Leonard Kelly-Young (Dealer), Larry John Meyers, Bill Dalzell III, Rick Applegate, Maggie Stewart, Jill Wadsworth, G. Ross Berger, Joey Shea, Chrissy DeLisi, William Cameron, Ann Muffly, Vernell Lillie, Aisha Jordan, Vinson Baker, Tom Spanedda, Lamont Arnold, David Early, Greg Funk, Susan Chapek. 2058... No Place to Hide (CBS, 3/4/1981, 120 mins). Kathleen Beller is a young art student who frantically tries to prove that she is being stalked by a mysterious man who has threatened her life, and finds her sanity questioned by her stepmother (Mariette Hartley), the family attorney (Arlen Dean Snyder), even a psychiatrist (Keir Dullea), in this suspense thriller. Production Company Metromedia Producers Corp. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Robert D. Wood. Producers Jay Daniel, S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Based on a Story by Harriet Steinberg. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music John Cacavas. Editor Dennis C. Duckwall. Production Designer Duane Alt. Cast Mariette Hartley (Adele Manning), Kathleen Beller (Amy Manning), Arlen Dean Snyder (James Stockwood), Gary Graham (David Norlan), Keir Dullea (Cliff Letterman), Sandy McPeak (Sergeant Newman), Milton Selzer (Florist), Brad M. Bucklin (Driver), Charles Cleveland (Ralph), Anne Gerety (Emily), Mark Handler (1st young man), Roy Harrison (2nd young man), Michael Hoit (Art student), Vicky Perry (James’ secretary). 2059... Nobody’s Child (CBS, 4/6/1986, 120 mins). In an Emmy Award-winning performance (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special), Marlo Thomas starred as the real-life Marie Balter, a Massachusetts woman who spent 20 years in a mental institution and confounded physicians who considered her incapable of leading a normal life. She ultimately went on to

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college and earned a master’s degree from Harvard, later becoming a mental health administrator. Initially called “The Marie Balter Story,” it won a Christopher Award and was director Lee Grant’s second made-for-television movie in that capacity. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist, longtime associate of Ingmar Bergman, here made his American television debut. Lee Grant subsequently won the Directors Guild Award, and Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson the Writers Guild Award. The movie itself was much-honored, receiving a Christopher Award, among others. Filming was done on location in Vancouver. Production Companies Joseph Feury Productions, Gaylord Productions. Director Lee Grant. Executive Producer Dyson Lovell. Producer Joseph Feury. Co-Producer Milton Justice. Teleplay Mary Gallagher, Ara Watson. Photography Sven Nykvist. Music Michael Small. Editor Alan Heim. Production Designer Keith R. Hein. Cast Marlo Thomas (Marie Balter), Ray Baker (Joe Balter), Caroline Kava (Dr. Blackwell), Kathy Baker (Lucy Stavros), Anna Maria Horsford (Nurse Betty), Madeleine Sherwood (Nurse Rhonda), Jackson Davies (Bob Stavros), Michael Higgins (Dr. Walker), Blanche Baker (Shari), Vanessa Santos (Little Marie), Donna Ford (Marie at age 16), William Nunn (Pa Bartello), Stefania DeStefanis (Ma Bartello), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Natural mother), Garwin Sanford (Dr. Pitteo), Joseph Golland (Dr. Potts), Sheila Moore (Dr. Sara Steppe), Antony Holland (Dr. Burt), Peter Yunker (Psychology professor), Don MacKay (Mr. Baldanza), Campbell Lane (Mr. Edmond), Joy Coghill (1st patient), Susan Williamson (2nd patient), Nancy Beatty (Lee), Sandra Seacat (Barbara), William Taylor (Attendant), Todd Duckworth (Alan), Tom Heaton (Jim), Betty Phillips (Mother Superior), Patricia Ludwick (Woman at funeral), Joseph Cafariello, Jason Priestley, Pierre Lamielle, Lucinda Nielsen, Carla Marosits, Scott David Patko, Donna Cox. 2060... Norman Rockwell’s “Breaking Home Ties” (ABC, 11/26/1987, 120 mins). Inspired by the famous Rockwell painting of a pensive-looking father and his eager son seated on the running board of an old truck, waiting for the train that will take the boy off to college, this nostalgic drama set in the ’50s tells of the latter’s coming of age and the dark family secret that threatens to alienate him from his dad. Veteran actress Claire Trevor made her only TV-movie appearance here as the young Doug McKeon’s high school teacher confidante. The film was dedicated to the memory of longtime TV producer Quinn Martin. Production Companies John Wilder Nightwatch Production, Telecom Entertainment Inc. Director John Wilder. Executive Producers Michael Lepiner, Kenneth Kaufman, John Wilder. Producer Graham Cottle. Teleplay John Wilder. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Gary Griffen. Production Designer Richard James. Associate Producer Daniel Schneider. Cast Jason Robards (Lloyd Welles), Eva Marie Saint (Emma Welles), Doug McKeon (Lonnie Welles), Erin Gray (Carol Sheldrake), Claire Trevor (Grace Porter), J. Eddie Peck (Brad Sheldrake), Kristen Lux (Bonnie Jo Jensen), David Denny (Roy Gibbs), Parley Baer (Sears), Jerry Haynes (Dr. Barton Hendrickson), Norman Bennett, Miles Mutchler, Tom Campitelli, Abby Newman, John Cadenhead, Jill Parker Jones, Dale Smith. 2061... North and South (ABC, 11/3/1985 to 11/10/1985, 6 parts, 12 hours). Among the most expensive television productions of all time, this pre-Civil War epic intertwining the friendship and hatred between two families (the Mains and the Hazards) as the war clouds loom ranks near the top. After having worked his way through earlier American history--his Revolutionary War novels became bestsellers and several of them popular miniseries--John Jakes had his 780-page novelization of the 20 years leading up to the War Between the States culled by four writers into standard Old South movie fare and floridly enacted by a melange of relatively familiar TV personalities and a dozen “guest stars.” In the latter group are, among others, Gene Kelly (making his TV movie/miniseries acting debut), Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Hal Holbrook as Lincoln. Filmed virtually back-to-back with this was “North and South, Book II,” also six parts and 12 hours, which picked up the story with much of the same “regular cast” (different “guest stars”) and was broadcast in the spring of 1986. “North and South” received seven Emmy Award nominations: for photography (part 6), music (part 1), film editing (part 4), costuming (part 4), makeup (part 6), hairstyles (part 1) and sound editing (part 2). Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard T Heffron. Executive Producers David L Wolper, Chuck McLain. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Doug Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Kathleen A. Shelley, Patricia Green. Based on the Novel by John Jakes. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Bill Conti. Editors Scott C. Eyler, Michael Eliot. Production Designer Arch Bacon. Cast Kirstie Alley (Virgilia Hazard), Georg Stanford Brown (Grady), David Carradine (Justin LaMotte), Philip Casnoff (Elkanah Bent), Lesley-Anne Down (Madeline Fabray), Genie Francis (Brett Main), Terri Garber (Ashton Main), Wendy Kilbourne (Constance Flynn Hazard), Jim Metzler (James Huntoon), James Read (George Hazard), Lewis Smith (Charles Main), John Stockwell (Billy Hazard), Patrick Swayze (Orry Main), Johnny Cash (John Brown), Olivia Cole (Maum Sally), Morgan Fairchild (Burdetta Halloran), Robert Guillaume (Frederick Douglass), Hal Holbrook (Abraham Lincoln), Gene Kelly (Senator Edwards), Robert Mitchum (Patrick Flynn), Jean Simmons (Clarissa Main), David Ogden Stiers (Cong. Sam Greene), Inga Swenson (Maude Hazard), Elizabeth Taylor (Madam Conti), John Anderson (William Hazard), Lee Bergere (Nicholas Fabray), Jonathan Frakes (Stanley Hazard), Wendy Fulton (Isabel Hazard), David Harris (Priam), Mitchell Ryan (Tillet Main), Forest Whitaker (Cuffey), Tony Frank (Salem Jones), Erica Gimpel (Semiramis), Walter Barnes (Benny Haven), Nikki Creswell (Brett as a minor), Chris Douridas (McClellan), Temi Le Anne Epstein (Young Ashton), William Preston Daly (Tom “Stonewall” Jackson), Arthur Gilliard (Nathaniel), Cary Guffey (Young Billy Hazard), Cody Hampton (George Pickett), Barton Heyman (Overseer), Mark Moses (General Grant), Andrew R. Stahl (Ned Fiske), Teresa Tabron (Nancy), William Ostrander (Forbes LaMotte), Drew Deighan (Orderly), Terri Gardner (Alice Peet), Stephen Godwin (Lieutenant Pearson), Stephanie Allison Jobluck (Ashton as a minor),

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Melissa Manley (Brett as a minor), Tuck Milligan (Miss Dawkins), Ginnie Randall (Clyta), Lou Walker (Ezekial), Tim Wise (Surgeon), William J. Arway Jr. (Whitney Smith), Bill Bender (2nd asylum inmate), John Fortune Dunn (Referee), Mert Hatfield (Ironworker), Joanne Morgan (Thisbee), Ralph Pace (Gerritt Smith), Ray Spruell (Ironworker), Jacob Stewart (Abner), Ronnie Stutes (Ironworker), Alveda King Beal (Slave), Jim Cheatham (Cadet lieutenant), Michael Crabtree (Galen DeVere), Frances Foster (Slave), Oliver Hamilton (Clinton), Jon Nicol Hayden (Myles Woodward), Eric Heffron (1st cadet), Ron O’Neal (William Still [unbilled]), Patricia Allison (2nd abolitionist), Virginia Dale (3rd abolitionist), Michael McHugh (1st gunman), Ted Manson (Dr. Sapp), David Muir (1st abolitionist), David Beauford (Clarence), Norman Bennett (The Planter), Tom Brennan (Gilhoully), Lou Hancock (‘The Woman’), James Hurdle (Officer of the Day), Vince McKewin (Corporal Tannen), James Rebhorn (Major Anderson), Michael Tulin (Lt. Ben Carpenter), Robert Vaucresson (Jed), David Weaver (Preston Smith). 2062... North and South, Book II (ABC, 5/4/1986 to 5/11/1986, 6 parts, 120 mins each, 12 hours). The Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina are swept into the ferocious conflict and turbulent passions of the Civil War, as the network publicity reminded one and all about this unique same-TV-season sequel (also 12 hours) to the epic dramatization of John Jakes’ novel. This one, directed by Kevin Connor rather than Richard T. Heffron, came from Jakes’ “Love and War,” picking up at the point where its predecessor left off (except that Parker Stevenson replaced John Stockwell in the role of Billy Hazard, and Mary Crosby and Kate McNeil were added to the starring cast). Among the “new” guest stars in the second miniseries: Lloyd Bridges, Linda Evans, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, Wayne Newton and Anthony Zerbe. It received three Emmy Award nominations: for Richard Fletcher’s costume designs (part 1), for hairstyling (part 1) and for sound editing (part 6). Production Companies David L Wolper Productions, Robert Papazian Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Kevin Connor. Executive Producer David L Wolper. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Based on a Novel by John Jakes. Developed by Doug Heyes. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Bill Conti. Editors Eric Sears, Eric Boyd Perkins, John W. Carr, Susan Heick, David Saxon. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin, Mark M Wolper. Cast Kirstie Alley (Virgilia Hazard Grady), David Carradine (Justin LaMotte), Philip Casnoff (Elkanah Bent), Mary Crosby (Isabel Hazard), Lesley-Anne Down (Madeline Fabray LaMotte), Jonathan Frakes (Stanley Hazard), Genie Francis (Brett Main Hazard), Terri Garber (Ashton Main Huntoon), Wendy Kilbourne (Constance Flynn Hazard), Kate McNeil (Augusta Barclay), Jim Metzler (James Huntoon), James Read (George Hazard), Lewis Smith (Charles Main), Parker Stevenson (Billy Hazard), Patrick Swayze (Orry Main), Lloyd Bridges (Jefferson Davis), Olivia de Havilland (Mrs. Neal), Linda Evans (Rose Sinclar), Morgan Fairchild (Burdetta Halloran), Hal Holbrook (Abraham Lincoln), Lee Horsley (Rafe Beaudeen), Nancy Marchand (Dorothea Dix), Wayne Newton (Maj. Thomas Turner), Jean Simmons (Clarissa Main), James Stewart (Miles Colbert), David Ogden Stiers (Cong. Sam Greene), Inga Swenson (Maude Hazard), Anthony Zerbe (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant), Bonnie Bartlett (General’s Wife), Michael Dudikoff (Lt. Rudy Bodford), Burton Gilliam (Corporal Strock), Erica Gimpel (Semiramis), Clu Gulager (Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan), Grant “Whip” Hubley (Lt. Stephen Kent), William Schallert (Gen. Robert E. Lee), Forest Whitaker (Cuffey), Beau Billingslea (Ezra), Michael Champion (Detective Haller), Bryan Cranston (Colonel Austin), Robert Englund (Deserter), Tony Frank (Salem Jones), James Houghton (Ambrose Pell), John Nixon (Washington), David Michael O’Neill (Lt. Jamie Powell), Bumper Robinson (Michael), Kurtwood Smith (Col. Hiram Berdan), Arlen Dean Snyder (Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman), Ray Stricklyn (Col. Wade Hampton), Jack Thibeau (Mr. Morgan), Lee Anthony (General Scott), Michael Burgess (Jim), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Reilly), Russell Rarick (Tom the Drummer Boy), Jeff Robie (Boz), Liam Sullivan (General), Lloyd Alan (Lieutenant Robert), David Braselman (Lieutenant Hurt), Eb Lottimer (Northern Lieutenant), Jerry Potter (Proprietor), Leon Rippy (Sanders), Harry Caesar (Joseph), Patrick Dollaghan (Joshua Dupree), Francis Strickland (Gospel Singer), Charles Bartlett (Sarge), George De La Peña (Tim), Billy Drago (Rat), Eric Love (Wounded sergeant), Harry Northup (Major), Maurice Roeves (Shain), Sheila Rogers (Mrs. Nix), Harvey Vernon (Colonel Hart), Dixie Wade (Mrs. Shoup), Robert Ward (Major Mosby), Charles Boswell (Hughes), Gary Grubbs (Lieutenant Pickles), James Morrison (Bradley), James Walch (Sergeant Parker), Bernard Addison (Caleb), Lou Felder (Vice President Thaddeus Stevens), Andrew R. Stahl (Ned Fiske). 2063... North Beach and Rawhide (CBS, 11/12/1985 and 11/13/1985, 2 parts, 60 mins each). The old “Boys Town” plot gets a contemporary twist in this drama of a onetime convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile delinquents. Initially shown in two one-hour segments on consecutive nights and later as a single two-hour movie, “North Beach and Rawhide” (William Shatner, replacing the originally announced Frederic Forrest, is Rawhide) teamed Christopher Penn (Sean’s younger brother) and dad Leo Penn (erstwhile actor turned director) as concerned father/troubled son. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Harry Falk. Supervising Producer Ernie Frankel. Producer Roni Weisberg. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster, John Beaird, George Yanok. Based on a Story by John Beaird. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Earle Hagen. Editor J.P. Farrell. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast William Shatner (Rawhide MacGregor), Tate Donovan (Sean Connelly), James Olson (Bill Cassidy), Ron O’Neal (Kyle Weston), Lori Loughlin (Candy Cassidy), Conchata Ferrell (Doc Norman), G.W. Bailey (Sheriff), Grace Zabriskie (Hearings Officer), Gretchen Corbett (Rita Aaron), Christopher Penn (Dan Donnelly), Leo Penn (Mr. Donnelly), Geoffrey Blake (Tepper), Dean Devlin (Pedro Sanchez), Beau Dremann (Harley), David Raynr (Mark Alley), J.C. Quinn (Mayor), Lenny Hicks (Morgan), Hugh Gillin (Chairman), Nicholas Guest (Reverend), Barbara Allyne Bennett (Edna), Joseph G. Medalis (Langford), John Gowans (Instructor).

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2064... Northstar (ABC, 8/10/1986, 90 mins). A television movie and series pilot about an astronaut’s freak accident in space which empowers him with the skill to intensify his five senses beyond imagination--an ability that others manipulate to try to destroy him. Production Companies Daniel Grodnik Productions, Clyde Phillips Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producers Clyde Phillips, Daniel Grodnik. Producer Howard Lakin. Teleplay Howard Lakin. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors Skip Schoolnik, Jack Fegan. Art Director Jack G. Taylor Jr. Associate Producer John W. Rogers. Cast Greg Evigan (Maj. Jack North), Deborah Wakeham (Dr. Alison Taylor), Mitchell Ryan (Col. Evan Marshall), Mason Adams (Dr. Karl Janss), David Hayward (Bill Harlow), Sonny Landham (Becker), Robin Curtis (Jane Harlow), Richard Garrison (National Security agent), Steven Williams (National Security agent), Ken Foree (Astronaut). 2065... Not in Front of the Children (CBS, 10/26/1982, 120 mins). A divorced mother (Linda Gray) finds she has a bitter custody fight on her hands after inviting a young doctor (John Getz) to move in with her, to the consternation of her exhusband (John Lithgow). Production Companies Edward S. Feldman Company, Tamtco Productions. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producer Edward S Feldman. Supervising Producer Clyde Phillips. Producer A. Marco Turk. Teleplay Cynthia Mandelberg. Photography King Baggot. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer James Spencer. Cast Linda Gray (Nancy Carruthers), John Getz (Dr. Paul Adams), John Lithgow (Richard Carruthers), Stephen Elliott (Rev. John Carruthers), Carol Rossen (Jane), Lin McCarthy (Judge), Cathryn Damon (Sheila), George Grizzard (Leland Crenshaw), Jennifer Horton (Hilary), Brittany Wilson (Mindy), Renée Rogers (Miss Brent), James Ray (Irv), Helen Stenborg (Elsa Carruthers), Matthew Faison (Lawrence Holmes), Ben Gerard (Bailiff), Steve Conte (Man), Richard McGonagle (Minister), Mark Gavin (Reporter), Nancy Kyes (Reporter), Richard Patton (John), Jim Tartan (Reporter), Christopher Lofton (Doctor), Cheryl Anderson (Secretary). 2066... Not Just Another Affair (CBS, 10/2/1982, 120 mins). A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is not used to being rejected sexually, and it becomes a battle of wills as to who will emerge the winner in this romantic comedy. Production Company Ten-Four Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Sam Strangis. Supervising Producer Arthur E. McLaird. Producers Greg Strangis, Lawrence Konner. Teleplay Michael Preminger, Phil Mishkin, Rick Podell. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Bill Parker. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Frank “Cat” Ballou. Cast Victoria Principal (Dr. Diana Dawson), Gil Gerard (Bob Gifford), Robert Webber (Wally Dawson), Barbara Barrie (Martha Dawson), Richard Kline (Andrew Saul), Markie Post (Jan Thacker), Albert Hague (Professor Zakall), Judy Strangis (Dee Courso), Ed Begley Jr. (Warren Krueger), Steve Franken (Dr. Morton Schiller), Jill Jacobson (Sophia), Carmen Zapata (Judge Mercado), William Dozier (Julius Thompkins), Luis Avalos (Dr. Compos), Sharon Stone (Lynette), Byron Webster (Morgan), Greta Blackburn (Mara), Joseph Chapman (Norm), Brett Clark (Number 24), Vicki Marasco (Marie), Robert E. Quigley (Biff), Wonderful Smith (Court clerk). 2067... Not My Kid (CBS, 1/15/1985, 120 mins). Surprisingly mature (and critically well-received) drama about a family’s coming to grips with itself on discovering that teenage daughter Viveka Davis is a “druggie” with George Segal as her shattered surgeon father and Stockard Channing her heartsick mother. Based on the 1984 book by Beth Polson and Miller Newton, PhD. Production Companies Beth Polson Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producer Beth Polson. Supervising Producer Bill Finnegan. Producer Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Based on a Book by Beth Polson with Miller Newton, PhD. Based on a Story by Christopher Knopf. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Mark Snow. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Jeffrey L. Goldstein. Associate Producers Nick Lombardo, Erica Fox. Cast George Segal (Frank Bower), Stockard Channing (Helen Bower), Andrew Robinson (Dr. Royce), Gary Bayer (Dr. Gramley), Nancy Cartwright (Jean), Christa Denton (Kelly Bower), Tate Donovan (Ricky), Laura Harrington (Melody), John Philbin (Brian), Kathleen Wilhoite (Penny), Kathleen York (Linda), Viveka Davis (Susan Bower), Dennis Howard (Charlie Rafferty), Caroline Smith (Diane Rafferty), Shana O’Neil (Wendy), Shawnee Smith (Carol), Dionne Parens (Tina), Curtiss Marlowe (Arnie), Jack Axelrod (Harlan Crockett), John Gowans (Mr. Sutter), Lee Millay (Mrs. Edwards), Joel Colodner (Dr. Fineman), Biff Yeager (Parent), Barbara Rae (Parent), Virginia Morris (Parent), Barbara Barron (Parent), John M. Jackson (Parent), Terry Wills (Parent), Noni White (Parent), Charles Parks (Parent), Kerry Remsen (Chris), Michael J. Shea (Pat), Chad Allen (Bobby), Melissa Hayden (Michelle), Josh Hamilton (Eddie), Joseph Brutsman (Norman), Adam Silbar (Scott), Benjamin Jurand (Deputy), Charles Douglass (Kevin), Terry Burns (Adult staffer), Jill Carroll (Julie), Kay Tornborg (Nurse). 2068... Not Quite Human (Disney Channel, 6/19/1987, 120 mins). Contemporary comedy from the Disney factory with Pinocchio overtones featuring a widowed inventor who, as a companion to his high school age daughter, has created a lifelike android, only to have his “son” eyed as the “property” of the villainous head of the toy company for which he (the inventor) works.

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Two TV-movie sequels followed in the next few years. “Not Quite Human” premiered on the Disney Channel, and six months later aired on ABC in two one-hour parts. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Noel Resnick. Teleplay Alan Ormsby. Based on Characters Created by Seth McAvoy. Photography Ken Lamkin. Music Tom Scott. Songs Performed by Figures Major. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Alan Thicke (Dr. Jonas Carson), Robyn Lively (Becky Carson), Robert Harper (J.J. Durks), Joseph Bologna (Gordon Vogel), Jay Underwood (Chip Carson), Brian Cole (Jake Blocker), Brandon Douglas (Scott Barnes), Lili Hayden (Jenny Beckerman), Sasha Mitchell (Bryan Skelly), Greg Monaghan (Coach Duckworth), Lonny Price (Mr. Sturges), Carey Scott (Paul Fairgate), Kristy Swanson (Erin Jeffries), Bob Anthony (Mr. Burley), Gene Blakely (Principal Gutman), Marcia Darroch (Ms. Buzzi), Aaron Peterman (Bartlett), Billie Shepard (Vogel’s secretary), Judy Starr (Dr. Sondra Stahl), Pat Willoughby (Greta). 2069... Not Quite Human II (Disney Channel, 9/23/1989, 100 mins). In this sequel to the fanciful 1987 Disney TV movie, the Pinocchio-like relationship between an eccentric scientist and his laboratory-created android “son” continues, with the latter graduating from high school and facing new adventures when leaving home for college. The film first aired on the Disney Channel and six months later had its network “premiere” on NBC. Production Companies Resnick-Margellos Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Eric Luke. Executive Producer Noel Resnick. Producer James Margellos. Teleplay Eric Luke. Based on Books by Seth McEvoy. Based on Characters Created by Kevin Osborn. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Michel Rubini. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Production Designer Nilo Rodis. Cast Alan Thicke (Dr. Jonas Carson), Robyn Lively (Becky Carson), Greg Mullavey (Dr. Phil Masters), Kate Barberi (Roberta), Dey Young (Prof. Victoria Gray), Scott Nell (Brandon), Mark Arnott (Moore), Mike Russell (Miller), Ty Miller (Austin), Eric Bruskotter (Rick), Jay Underwood (Chip Carson), Bob Sorenson (Walter), Doug Cotner (Mel), Nanette Vartla (Party Girl #1), Holly Robertson (Party Girl #2), Kari Kulvinskas (Tiffany), Karon Kearney (Hostess). 2070... Nurse (CBS, 4/9/1980, 120 mins). In her pilot to a post “ Waltons” series, Michael Learned stars as a recently widowed woman, confronted with her son’s departure for college, resuming her career as head nurse in a Manhattan hospital. Based on the 1978 novel by Peggy Anderson. The critically acclaimed, New York-filmed series followed but failed to attract a largeenough following despite several tries, throughout the 1981-82 season, to find its audience. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director David Lowell Rich. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Sue Grafton. Based on the Novel by Peggy Anderson. Photography Peter Sova. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Art Director James A. Taylor. Cast Michael Learned (Mary Benjamin), Robert Reed (Dr. Kenneth Rose), Tom Aldredge (Kelly O’Brien), Antonio Fargas (Marshall Gripps), Hattie Winston (Toni Gillette), Jon Matthews (Chip Benjamin), Luke Reilly (Dr. John Benson), Leora Dana (Celia O’Brien), Ron McLarty (Mike O’Brien), Cynthia Belgrave (Mrs. Donovan), Ruth Rivera (Ana Sanchez), Hortensia Colorado (Mrs. Losada), Jodi Long (Gail), Bonnie Hellman (Penny), Barton Heyman (Hody Warner), Madge West (Mrs. Vance), Scotty Bloch (Christine Belser), Joanna Merlin (Nan Riley), Peter Boyden (Morris Weintraub), Wyman Pendleton (Dr. Wittemberry), Jessica James (Mrs. Wittemberry), Claiborne Cary (Adrienne Davis), Bill Severs (Richard Whittemore), Nancy Berg (Irene), Louis Zorich (John Bloom), John Hallow (Rupert Ash). 2071... Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (NBC, 3/22/1987 to 3/24/1987, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Three-part miniseries exploring the case of Frances Schreuder, the self-styled Manhattan socialite who manipulated her son into murdering her frugal millionaire father, that was examined earlier in the two-part four-hour drama “At Mother’s Request.” This production, starring Lee Remick, was based on Shana Alexander’s 1985 bestseller, which in turn was based on research by late author Tommy Thompson. There were nine Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding miniseries, actress, supporting actor (John Glover as Schreuder’s slimy confidant, Richard Behrens), supporting actress (Elizabeth Wilson as Schreuder’s overindulgent mother, Berenice Bradshaw), director, writer (part 2), music (part 2), costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge (part 1), and makeup by Alan Fama and Paul Stanhope (part 1). Production Companies A Green Arrow Production, Warner Bros. Television. Director Paul Bogart. Executive Producer Chuck McLain. Co-Executive Producer William Hanley. Producer William Beaudine Jr. Teleplay William Hanley. Based on a Book by Shana Alexander. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Jack Fegan, Richard Bracken. Production Designer Jack Senter. Choreography by Zina Bethune. Costumes Theoni V. Aldredge. Cast Lee Remick (Frances Schreuder), Tate Donovan (Marc Schreuder), John Glover (Richard Behrens), Linda Kelsey (Elaine Bradshaw Dropman), Frank Military (Larry Schreuder), G.D. Spradlin (Franklin Bradshaw), Inga Swenson (Marilyn Bradshaw Reagan), Elizabeth Wilson (Berenice Bradshaw), David Ackroyd (Ernest Jones), Lee deBroux (Van Dam), Jonathan Frakes (Rosen), Harris Laskawy (Reggie Waring), Robert Schenkkan (Joel Campbell), Tony Musante (Vittorio Gentile), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Mike George), Zina Bethune (Paula), Terrence Evans (Doug Steele), Gerald Hiken (Erdheim), Thomas Hill (Dr. Grant), Charles Howerton (Frederick Schreuder), Ryan MacDonald (Divorce judge), George McDaniel (Dr. Blake), Jack Rader (Robert Reagan), Don Starr (Judge Baldwin), George D. Wallace (Bernard Bradshaw), Michael Welden (Frances’ companion), Joseph Whipp (Steve Klein), Noble Willingham (Tesch), Virginia Dale (Miss Taylor), Ben Hartigan (Minister), Paul Jonathan Henry (Marco at age 7), John Kirby (Frank/bartender), Jarrett Lennon (Lorenzo at age 4), Matthew Newmark (Lorenzo at age 8),

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Cathryn Perdue (Nancy James), Nicholas Rutherford (Marco at age 3), Edmund Stoiber (Cerny), T.Z. Worzalla (Ariadne at age 6), J.C. Quinn (Schmidler), Andy Wood (Voyles), Dean Dittman (Dr. Moore), Bradford English (Clive Davis), Todd Everett (Technician), Timothy Fall (Cavanaugh), Tom Hodges (Jeff), John Patrick Hurley (Companion), Michael Lemon (Charles), John Petlock (Doctor), Dick Spanger (Newscaster), Ned Bellamy (Goldman), Frances Bergen (Mary Porter), Dan Chambers (Lawyer), Lilyan Chauvin (Paulette), Cindi Dietrich (Janet), Peter Hobbs (Judge Sawaya), Tuck Milligan (David Frankel), Robert Bendall (Man), Dennis J. Brechner (Frances’ bedroom companion), Darwyn Carson (Bank teller), Peter Crook (Jason), Leslie Engelberg (Ariadne at age 8), Stanley Grover (Hiram Carey), Aumi Katz (Salloum), Cliff Murdock (Chairman), Liam Sullivan (Elderly man), Jack Sydow (Lincoln Kirstein). 2072... Obsessed With a Married Woman (ABC, 2/11/1985, 120 mins). In this romantic slush dealing with role reversal, glib young writer Tim Matheson finds himself quite willingly a male “mistress” to the sleek, very beautiful, but very married Jane Seymour, his magazine editor boss. Production Companies Sidaris/Camhe Productions, Edward S. Feldman Company. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Edward S. Feldman, Clyde Phillips. Supervising Producer Stuart Cohen. Producers Beverly J. Camhe, Arlene Sidaris. Teleplay C. O’Brien, Dori Pierson, Marc Rubel. Based on a Story by Beverly J. Camhe, Arlene Sidaris. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John A Fegan Jr. Art Director Ginni Barr. Associate Producer John Vallone. Cast Jane Seymour (Diane Putman), Tim Matheson (Tony Hammond), Richard Masur (Ed Karasick), Dori Brenner (Carole Karasick), Claudia Cron (Rachel), Michael Goodwin (Richard Putnam), Nancy Lee Grahn (Bianca), Randee Heller (Rita), Suzanne Lederer (Karen), Kathleen Lloyd (Wendy), Laurie O’Brien (Gail), Donna Pescow (Susan), David Spielberg (Sammler), Dick Billingsley (Timmy Putnam), Andre Gower (Max Karasick), Eric Farlow (Eric Karasick), Lyman Ward, Tony Miller, Eliza Garrett, John Kirby, Steve Conte, Tom Costello. 2073... Obsessive Love (CBS, 10/2/1984, 120 mins). A shy, introverted woman imagines herself in a seamy love affair with a television soap star, turns herself into a chic, attractive blonde and insinuates her way into his life, causing him to panic ultimately and try frantically to free himself from her machinations. Star Yvette Mimieux, the coproducer, also cowrote the original story. Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Onza Inc. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producer Yvette Mimieux. Teleplay Petru Popescu, Iris Friedman. Based on a Story by Petru Popescu, Iris Friedman, Yvette Mimieux. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Matthew McCauley. Editors Michael Hill, Daniel Hanley. Production Designer Mark Mansbridge. 2nd Unit Director Gregory Prange. Cast Yvette Mimieux (Linda Foster), Simon MacCorkindale (Glenn Stevens), Constance McCashin (Jackie Stevens), Kin Shriner (Garreth), Jill Jacobson (DeeDee), Allan Miller (Sedgely), Louise Latham (Mrs. Foster), Jonathan Goldsmith (Alex), Lainie Kazan (Margaret Chase), Jerry Supiran (Bobby Stevens), Greg Monaghan (Salesman), Robert DoQui (Douglas), Tony Miller (Director), Barry Michlin (Hotel Clerk), Pati Blankinship (Cynthia), Linda Fernandez (Receptionist), Gabrielle Mandelik (Soap production assistant), Troy Evans (Studio guard), Joy Ellison (Mary), Helen Schustack. Barbara Beckley, Mary Burke, Tannis Reed, Ralph M. Clift, Sheila Cassidy, Jeff McVey. 2074... Oceans of Fire (CBS, 9/16/1986, 120 mins). Gregory Harrison, Billy Dee Williams, ex-football star Lyle Alzado, former boxing champions Ken Norton and Ray “BoomBoom” Mancini, along with Cynthia Sikes, battle a hazardous sea to complete an off-shore oil rig in this he-man drama. “The Rig” was the initial title of this action adventure in which Harrison also functioned as executive producer for Catalina Productions, the outfit in which he is partnered with Franklin R. Levy and is involved with a growing number of projects (many with Harrison) on stage in Los Angeles and for both cable and network television. Production Company Catalina Productions Group. Director Steve Carver. Executive Producer Gregory Harrison. Producers Franklin R Levy, Matthew Rushton. Co-Producer Paul Nagle. Teleplay Walter Halsey Davis. Photography Tony Imi. Photography (underwater) Ramon Bravo. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Anthony Redman. Production Designer Gene Rudolf. Cast Gregory Harrison (Ben Laforche), Billy Dee Williams (Jim McKinley), Lyle Alzado (Witkowski), Tony Burton (Clay), Ray Mancini (Romano), Ken Norton (Chief), Lee Ving (Pembroke), Cynthia Sikes (Helen Kyger), David Carradine (J.C. Busch), R.G. Armstrong (Rusty West), Ramon Bieri (Chuck Horn), Alan Fudge (Bartlett), David Wohl (Ira Handel), Jeff Cooper (Handsome), Jorge Rusek (Cox), Roger Cudney (Tool pusher), Miguel Angel Fuentes (Roughneck), Sergio Calderon (Oil worker), Bill Hutton (Cabin boy), Ramiro Jaloma (Head diver), Tony Lucas (3rd diver), William McKee (Cameraman), Antonio Zazueta (Boy on cliff). 2075... Of Mice and Men (NBC, 11/29/1981, 120 mins). Robert Blake and much of the creative talent involved in his “Baretta” series and three “Joe Dancer” TV-movies tackled this 2-1/2 hour television adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel focusing on the lives of a pair of itinerant ranch hands in the rural South. Blake and Randy Quaid have the roles taken in the 1940 film version by Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney. In this production (“dedicated to Lewis Milestone,” the director of the original), Lew Ayres replaced an ailing Art Carney in the role of the aging ranch hand, Candy. Production Company Of Mice and Men Productions. Director Reza Badiyi. Executive Producer Robert Blake. Supervising Producer Alan Godfrey. Producers Gino Grimaldi, Robert Hargrove. Teleplay E. Nick Alexander. Based on the

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Screenplay by Eugene Solow. Based on the Novel by John Steinbeck. Photography Neil Roach. Music George Romanis. Editor Gloryette Clark. Production Designer John Vallone. Associate Producer Michael R. Casey. Cast Robert Blake (George Milton), Randy Quaid (Lenny Small), Lew Ayres (Candy), Mitchell Ryan (Slim), Ted Neely (Curley), Cassie Yates (Mae), Pat Hingle (Jackson), Whitman Mayo (Crooks), Dennis Fimple (Whit), Pat Corley (Carlson), Sondra Blake (Girl). 2076... Of Pure Blood (CBS, 10/19/1986, 120 mins). International intrigue and murder are the dominant themes of this drama “suggested by” the 1974 French book “Au Nom de la Race,” dealing with Heinrich Himmler’s Lebensborn program--his human breeding farms. Lee Remick is an American careerwoman who stumbles upon the fact that she had been a Lebensborn baby herself when she returns to Germany, the country of her birth, to investigate the violent death of her son, a student, and learns that he had a child by his German girlfriend. Production Companies K-M Productions, Joseph Sargent Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Kip Gowans. Supervising Producer Cleve Landsberg. Producer Joseph Sargent. Teleplay Michael Zagor. Based on a Story by Del Coleman, Michael Zagor. Based on a Book by Marc Hillel, Clarissa Henry. Photography Franz Rath. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Carl Pingitore. Art Director Gabor Dora. Cast Lee Remick (Alicia Browning), Patrick McGoohan (Dr. Felix Neumann), Gottfried John (Paul Bergmann), Richard Munch (Dr. Gregor Bamberg), Katharina Bohm (Ursula Schiller), Edith Schneider (Erika Muller), Carolyn Nelson (Johanna), Robert Bowman (Mark Browning), Catherine McGoohan (Pru), Jem Wall (Skinhead), Bans Jurgen Schate (Bank manager), Pascal Breuer (Eric), Beate Finckh (Marta), Thomas Kylau (Verger). 2077... Off Sides (NBC, 7/6/1984, 120 mins). A football field becomes the confrontation site between a small-town police department headed by its peace-loving chief (Eugene Roche) and a band of local hippies led by his son (Grant Goodeve) who decide to settle their differences on the gridiron. Tony Randall is a bearded guru--a successful insurance agent who dropped out-chosen to coach the hippies in this film, set in the late ’60s, based on a short movie by Jack Epps Jr., that won a Blue Ribbon from the American Film Institute. Made as “Pigs vs. Freaks” (the same title as Epps’ 1970 short film), it sat on the shelf for more than four years before premiering, although initially it had been scheduled to be first shown in November in 1980. Production Company Ten-Four Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Greg Strangis, Sam Strangis. Supervising Producer Robert Lovenheim. Producers Jack Epps Jr., Robert Huddleston. Teleplay Gordon Dawson. Based on a Story by Gordon Dawson, Jack Epps Jr. Adapted from the Short Film “Pigs vs. Freaks” by Jack Epps Jr. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Mark Snow. Editors Bill Parker, Dominick DiMascio, John Kaufman Jr. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Frank “Cat” Ballou. Cast Tony Randall (Rambaba Organimus), Eugene Roche (Chief Frank Brockmeyer), Grant Goodeve (Neal Brockmeyer), Adam Baldwin (Mickey South), Penny Peyser (Janice Zimmer), Brian Dennehy (Sergeant Cheever), Stephen Furst (Steamboat), Gloria DeHaven (Maureen Brockmeyer), Patrick Swayze (Doug Zimmer), William Windom (Mayor Malcolm Wallwood), Elisha Cook (Novatney), Charles Bloom (Creekmore), Tom Harmon (Game announcer), Joe Kapp (Pete Bose), Pat Studstill (Mad Dog Osloff), Graham Jarvis (Commander Oliver Krebs), Brad Wilkin (Ben Grimaldi), J.D. Hall (Riley Webster), Jim Greenleaf (Blatz), Lanny Horn (Morton), Jack Eiseman (Cochran), Eugenia Wright (Didi), Shauna Sullivan (Kim), Shari Santilli (Emily Wallwood), Tom Martin (Chow Chow Gedrechowski), David Cass (Keough), Alan Oliney (Fishbeck), Curt Hanson (1st Fed), Chieko Araki (Debby Brockmeyer), Priscilla Lauris (Mom), Robina Suwol (Pig wife), Vern Taylor (Pop), Holly Johnson (Reporter). 2078... Off the Minnesota Strip (ABC, 5/5/1980, 120 mins). A teenage runaway (played by Mare Winningham) attempts to readjust to home and family after having worked the streets of New York as a hooker and tries desperately to gain her parents’ understanding and love. David Chase won the Emmy for his original script. Production Companies Universal Television, Cherokee Productions. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Meta Rosenberg. Producer David Chase. Teleplay David Chase. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Songs Performed by Peggy Blue, John Hiatt. Editors Diane Adler, George S. Rohrs. Art Director Vincent J Cresciman. Associate Producer Mark Horowitz. Cast Hal Holbrook (Budd Johansen), Michael Learned (Hughlene Johansen), Mare Winningham (Michele Johansen), Heather McAdam (Danielle Johansen), Ronald Hunter (Dr. Fischel), Ben Marley (Dwayne Foti), James Murtaugh (Lt. Bruce McGrath), Richard Venture (Dr. Walter Haas), Leon Isaac Kennedy (Louis Knox Jr.), Lenora May (Lisa Sherman), Sally Prager (Kathi Maresca), Kevyn Major Howard (Steve Gruenberg), Kirby Furlong (Tony Woytowicz), Jan Burrell (Aunt Vinny), Robin Taylor (Miriam), Pat Roe (Garage attendant), J.J. Butler (Janitor), Bob Yannetti (Sal), Layla Gallaway (Tony’s mother), Michele Laurita (Allison Anderson), Dick Sollenberger (Cop), Walter Mathews, Billy Woomer, Kevin King, Jack Callahan. 2079... Ohms (CBS, 1/2/1980, 120 mins). Ralph Waite plays a conservative farmer who rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land. David Birney is the political activist schoolteacher who helps them organize into an effective bloc. Filmed entirely on location in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Production Company Grant-Case-McGrath Enterprises. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Merrill Grant. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Gene Case. Photography James Pergola. Music Elizabeth Swados. Editor LaReine Johnston. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Patricia Sonsini.

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Cast Ralph Waite (Floyd Wing), David Birney (Jack Coker), Talia Balsam (Noranne Wing), Dixie Carter (Nora Wing), Charley Lang (Bo Wing), Cameron Mitchell (Arch Wilbur), Leslie Nielsen (Governor), Paul Hecht (Thomas Eichen), Roy Poole (Joe Szabo), John Ramsey (Smiley), Nicholas Hormann (David Nash), Tom Toner (Judge Donald Itta), Keith Cosgrove (Dee Wing), John E. Becker (Henry Lucker), David Cass (Dump truck driver), Charlie Fields (Bailiff), Albert Gill (Dr. Pypnowski), John Gladstein (Vinnie Volt), Charlotte Graffe (Girl in drugstore), John Hubbard (Motel keeper), Jan Jones (TV newscaster), James Kisicki (UP attorney), Don Kost (Gravel pit supervisor), Ralph Kraus (Frank Scenna), Joe Lauck (Governor’s aide), Lisa Murphy (Garonsik), Hal O’Leary (Investigator), Conrad Palmisano (Stuntman), Richard Pilcher (Wacky Watt), Jay Ross (Officer Cooper), Paula Trueman (Wheeler’s Mother), Bob Wells (TV reporter), Dale Young (Pilot). 2080... The Oklahoma City Dolls (ABC, 1/23/1981, 120 mins). Susan Blakely leads rebellion among her sister factory workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires down-on-his-luck coach Eddie Albert to make them winners. Singer Waylon Jennings made his TV acting debut (although he had appeared periodically as The Balladeer on “The Dukes of Hazzard”). Production Companies I.K.E. Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director E W Swackhamer. Executive Producer Ike Jones. Producer Matthew Rapf. Teleplay Ann Beckett. Photograpy Edward R. Brown. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Donald Douglas. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Mary Eagle. Cast Susan Blakely (Sally Jo Purkey), Ronee Blakley (Varene Burns), Sarah Cunningham (Marilyn), Judyann Elder (Helen), Jack Ging (C.C. Jamespon), Joan Goodfellow (Michael Ann), David Huddleston (J.D. Hines), Art Lund (Hank McDaniel), Lynne Moody (Arvelle), Sierra Pecheur (Sunny), Eddie Albert (Coach Homer Sixx), Waylon Jennings (Wayne Doak), Savannah Smith (Darla Guthrie), Robert Hooks (John Miller), Theodore Wilson (Tom Petree), Robert Easton (Sheriff Mike Sorenson), Bumper (Billie Purkey), Carol Jones (Jan), Edward Call (Coach), Raymond Mayo (McHenry), Buckley Beery (Tom Purkey), Jade McCall (Jo), Hattie Lynn Kurtis (Jane), Heather Lowe (Sue), Mike Walden (Newscaster). 2081... Oliver Twist (CBS, 3/23/1982, 120 mins). The Dickens classic is accorded a memorable new recounting with George C. Scott’s offbeat, fatherly approach to Fagin giving a distinct dimension to the time-honored tale. British newcomer, 10year-old Richard Charles, who had been on the London stage, made his TV acting debut as the title role. James Goldman, who had won an Oscar for his screenplay to “The Lion in Winter” and a Tony for his book to the Broadway musical, “Follies,” wrote the teleplay to this version of Dickens. Del Acevedo’s Fagin makeup won him an Emmy Award. Production Companies Claridge Group Ltd., Grafton Films. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer William F. Storke. Producers Norton Romsey, Ted Childs. Teleplay James Goldman. Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Norman Langley. Music Nick Bicat. Editor Peter Tanner. Production Designer Anthony Curtis. Cast George C Scott (Fagin), Richard Charles (Oliver), Tim Curry (Bill Sikes), Michael Hordern (George Brownlow), Timothy West (Mr. Bumble), Eileen Atkins (Mrs. Mann), Cherie Lunghi (Nancy), Oliver Cotton (Monks), Martin Tempest (Artful Dodger), Matthew Drew (Charlie), Eleanor David (Rose Mailey), Philip Locke (Sowerberry), Spencer Rheult (Bob), Ann Tirard (Mrs. Corney), Ann Beach (Mrs. Sowerberry), Brenda Cowling (Mrs. Fedwin), John Barrard (Dr. Losborne), Bill Dean (2nd jailer), Declan Mulholland (Publican), Dax Jackson (Fagin gang member), Dominic Martelli (Fagin gang member), Paul Davies Prowles (Fagin gang member), Robert Russell (2nd constable), Roy Evans (Dull-eyed man), Astra Sheridan (Street singer), Lysette Anthony (Oliver’s mother), Michael Logan (Board chairman). 2082... On Fire (ABC, 1/5/1987, 120 mins). John Forsythe (also executive producer) is Chief of Arson Investigation for a big-city fire department, forced into mandatory retirement at age 60 and, desperate to recapture his dignity and self-worth, decides to fight back. Carroll Baker plays his supportive wife, and veteran actor Woody Strode a former associate now retired who is still energized by the sight of a speeding fire engine. John Herzfeld, who wrote and co-produced the film, is his former aide. Original title: “Fired” Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Robert Greenwald. Executive Producer John Forsythe. Co-Executive Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Producer Robert Greenwald. Co-Producers Steve McGlothen, John Herzfeld. Teleplay John Herzfeld. Photography Steven Shaw. Music William Goldstein. Editor Robert Florio, Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Art Director Bob Fox, K.C. Fox. Production Executive Philip K. Kleinbart. Associate Producers Robert Florio, Gabrielle Mandelik. Cast John Forsythe (Joe Leary), Carroll Baker (Maureen Leary), Michael Bowen (Joe Jr.), Alan Feinstein (Domonic LaRoca), John Herzfeld (Nico), Gordon Jump (Chief John Heller), Brian McNamara (Richie Leary), Herb Mitchell (Stan), Woody Strode (Woody), Sandy Ward (Boomer), Tony Burton (Mike Wintchell), Deborah Dalton (Clair), Jill Andre (Paula), John de Lancie (Bobby Holicker), Bill Erwin (Joe Sr.), Madison Mason (Zale), Louisa Abernathy (Nurse), J.P. Bumstead (Chief Frazer), Blanca De Carr (Tracy), Mike Genovese (Max), Montrose Hagins (Mrs. Sealy), Robert Lesser (Store manager), Charlie Malcolm (Sam), John Napierala (Interviewer), Phil Nemy (Pyromaniac), Paul Tuerpe (Obnoxious man), Heidi Frey (Sandwich girl), Radha Delamarter (Receptionist), Christopher Wynne (Young policeman), Kurek Ashley (Young thief). 2083... On Wings of Eagles (NBC, 5/18/1986 and 5/19/1986, 2 parts, 180/120 mins 5 hours). Ken Follett’s 1983 bestseller about real-life Texas multimillionaire H. Ross Perot’s efforts to rescue two of his employees held in an Iranian prison following the revolution there in 1978, with the help of a retired U.S. Army colonel, was dramatized in this two-part five-hour action-adventure tale. It was filmed on location in Mexico City and Toluca, Mexico, with a nearly exclusively all-male cast. Burt

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Lancaster, in a relatively rare television acting assignment, had an especially energetic role that recalled the type of action parts he was famous for earlier in his career. As one of the few ladies in this film, Constance Towers, on vacation from her continuing part in the daytime drama, “Capitol,” apparently took the brief role of Mrs. Perot, while visiting her husband, former actor John Gavin, who at the time was U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Production Companies Edgar J Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producer Lynn Raynor. Teleplay Sam H. Rolfe. Based on a Book by Ken Follett. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Alan Strachan. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Art Director Jack G. Taylor Jr. Associate Producers Michael Barnathan, Jeffrey A. Nelson. Cast Burt Lancaster (Lt. Col. Arthur E “Bull” Simons), Richard Crenna (H. Ross Perot), Paul LeMat (Jay Coburn), Jim Metzler (William Gaylord), James Sutorius (Joe Poche), Louis Giambalvo (Paul Chiapparone), Robert Wightman (Keane Taylor), William Bumiller (Rich Gallagher), Cyril O’Reilly (Pat Scully), Lawrence Pressman (Bill Gayden), Esai Morales (Rashid), Martin Doyle (Jim Schwebach), Karen Carlson (Ruth Chiapparone), John Doolittle (Glen Jackson), Bob Delegall (Ron Davis), Patrick Collins (John Howell), Constance Towers (Margot Perot), Alan Fudge (Merv Stauffer), Kabir Bedi (Mohammad), Raul Miranda (T.J. Marquez), Patricia McCormack (Liz Coburn), Richard Anthony Crenna (Ross Perot Jr.), Sterling Sowden (Lee Morgan), Steve Franken (Mort Myerson), Diane Salinger (Emily Gaylord), Parviz Sayyad (Hosain Dadgar), Karen Landry (Cathy Gallagher), Mary Aspick (Mrs. Nourbash), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Mr. Dobuti), Diana Bracho (Mrs. Dobuti), Steven Spencer (Lou Goetz), Dorothy Plummer (Kula May Perot), Joy Rogers (Kathy), Erika Carlson (Ann Tercel), Jennifer Sibly (Nurse), Manuel Ojeda, Sebastian Ligarde, Gregory Garland, Elia Domenzian, Ramon Alvarez, Alfredo Sevilla, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Mercos Rossek, John Sterlini, Julio Ahvet, Alberto Rodriguez, Carlos Cardan, Dennis Bell, Martin LaSalle, Victorina Garessi. 2084... Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (ABC, 5/1/1988 and 5/2/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Tall, virile Raul Julia appears to be quite miscast as short, pudgy Aristotle Onassis in this two-part (and unintentionally funny) drama about the life of the peripatetic shipping magnate and social lion, with further miscasting of sleek Jane Seymour as volcanic Maria Callas, and Britisher Francesca Annis as Jacqueline Kennedy. Regardless, Seymour won an Emmy as Outstanding Actress in a Drama or Miniseries, and Anthony Quinn, playing Onassis’ Zorba-like father Socrates, was nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actor. (Quinn a decade earlier had played a thinly disguised Ari Onassis in the feature film “The Greek Tycoon.”) Lorenzo Quinn, Anthony’s son, plays Ari’s son Alexander, whose death in a plane crash broke the old man’s heart. Based on the book “Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Onassis” by Peter Evans, this rather selective saga was called, until the eve of its premiere, “The Richest Man in the World: The Story of Aristotle Onassis.” Production Companies The Konigsberg-Sanitsky Company, Television Espanola SA. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Alfred R. Kelman. Teleplay Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler. Based on a Book by Peter Evans. Photography Alan Doberman. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor David Saxon. Production Designer Gil Parrondo. Associate Producer Ron Binkowski, Jayne Bieber. Cast Raul Julia (Aristotle Onassis), Jane Seymour (Maria Callas), Francesca Annis (Jacqueline Kennedy), Elias Koteas (Young Ari), Beatie Edney (Tina Onassis), Anthony Zerbe (Stavros Livanos), John Kapelos (Constantine Gratsos), Anthony Quinn (Socrates Onassis), Robert Krantz (Young Gratsos), Lorenzo Quinn (Alexander Onassis), Richard Chaves (Turkish lieutenant), Silvia Tortosa (Claudio Muzio), Simon Andreu (Examining officer), Geoffrey Hutchings (Peter Meneghini), Dimitra Arliss (Artemis), Shanit Keter (Young Artemis), Harriet Bagnell (Christina Onassis), James F. Kelly (Bobby Kennedy), Joris Stuyck (Teddy Kennedy), Yannis Voglis (Uncle Alexander), Thorley Walters (Winston Churchill), David Gilliam (John F. Kennedy), Garrick Hagon (Roy Cohn), Richard Svare (Billy Baldwin), Marela Oppenheim (Lee Radziwill), John Tigehurst (Cardinal Cushing), Covadonga Icaza (Eugenie), Margarita Lascoiti (Tango dancer), Vissils Bougioukdakis (Sadiq Topal), Francisco Oleachea (Taxos), Covadonga Cadenas (Helen), Laura Cepeda (Emine), Jose Lifante (Barman at opera), Rosemary McVeigh (Woman at wake), Mauro Munoz (Bandleader), Robert Cooper (Ari’s doctor), Alvaro Labra (Priest at wedding), Pamela Cela (Madame Ayshe), Antonio Ross (Bandaged prisoner), Guillermo Lanaro (Theo), Tony Luke (Aide at hospital), Ana Mialdea (Christine as a child), Alfonso Mialdea (Alexander as a child), Luis Maluenda (Callas’ manager), Irene Cannidis (Carla), Concha Guetos (Madame Claude), Helene Girard (Callas’ designer), Angela Rosal (Muzio’s dresser), Dennis Vaughan (Jackie’s butler). 2085... Once Upon a Family (CBS, 1/22/1980, 120 mins). Another Kramer vs. Kramer variation (with two kids instead of one) has Barry Bostwick as a father trying to make it as a single parent when his wife (Maureen Anderman) walks out on him and the children. Production Company Universal Television. Director Richard Michaels. Producer Jacqueline Babbin. Teleplay Alvin Sapinsley. Photography Ronald W. Browne. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Skip Lusk. Art Director Ira Diamond. Associate Producer Norman Chandler Fox. Cast Barry Bostwick (Henry Demerjian), Maureen Anderman (Janet Demerjian), Lee Chamberlin (Mrs. Grace), Jonathan Goldsmith (George Conway), Jeremy Licht (D.W. Demerjian), Nancy Marchand (Mrs. Demerjian), Lara Parker (Maggie Conway), John Pleshette (Willie Hedges), Kyle Richards (Liz Demerjian), Marcia Strassman (Pam Ferguson), Elizabeth Wilson (Judge Norma Solomon), Susan Tolsky (Gail Unger), James Karen (Alvin Heller), Nancy Bond (Roz French), Sandra de Bruin (Woman), Jim Brochu (Fred Belnap/realtor), Margaret Doty (Waitress), Jerry G. Velasco (Parking attendant), Fred D. Scott (Court clerk).

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2086... Once Upon a Spy (ABC, 9/19/1980, 120 mins). Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of exploits with villainous Christopher Lee and his army of lethal blue-eyed blondes. Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Based on a Story by Jimmy Sangster, Lemuel Pitkin. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music John Cacavas. Editors Bob Fish, William Neel. Production Designer Duane Alt. Art Director Ross Bellah. Associate Producer Mary Eagle. Cast Ted Danson (Jack Chenault), Mary Louise Weller (Paige Tannehill), Christopher Lee (Marcus Valorium), Eleanor Parker (The Lady), Leonard Stone (Dr. Charlie Webster), Terry Lester (Rudy), Jo McDonnell (Susan Webster), Yuliis Ruval (Christine), Irena Ferris (Greta), Burke Byrnes (Burkle), Gary Dontzig (Klaus), Bobb Hopkins (Hans), Vicky Perry (Cashier), John Hostetter (Chief). 2087... Once Upon a Texas Train (CBS, 1/3/1988, 120 mins). Willie Nelson is a Texas badman trying to live out his fantasies as a bold railway bandit who’s been behind bars for 20 years and Richard Widmark is the former Texas Ranger and now head of the parole board who feels responsible for letting his old adversary out of prison to resume his lawless ways. The comedy Western--written, produced, and directed by Burt Kennedy, an old hand at the genre on the big screen--with Willie and his over-thehill gang (then-82-year-old Dub Taylor plays his baby brother) doing battle with a bunch of youthful renegades, led by Shaun Cassidy, later was retitled “Texas Guns” for video. Production Companies Robert Papazian Productions, Brigade Productions, Rastar Productions. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Doreen Bergesen, Robert A. Papazian. Producer Burt Kennedy. Teleplay Burt Kennedy. Photography Ken Lamkin. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Warner E. Leighton. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Willie Nelson (John Henry Lee), Richard Widmark (Capt. Oren Hayes), Shaun Cassidy (Cotton), Chuck Connors (Nash Crawford), Ken Curtis (Kelly Sutton), Royal Dano (Nitro Jones), Jack Elam (Jason Fitch), Gene Evans (Fargo Parker), Kevin McCarthy (The Governor), Dub Taylor (Charlie Lee), Stuart Whitman (George Agnew), Angie Dickinson (Maggie), Jeb Stuart Adams (Billy Bates), Clare Carey (Meg Boley), Harry Carey Jr. (Herald Fitch), David Michael O’Neill (John Young), Red West (Bates Boley), Hank Worden (Old Timer), John Calkins (John Brown), Lisa Cloud (Attendant), Don Collier (Warden), Dennis Fimple (Telegrapher), John Furlong (Wid Miller). 2088... One Cooks, the Other Doesn’t (CBS, 9/27/1983, 120 mins). A romantic comedy involving a financially troubled realtor (Joe Bologna), his sexy new bride (Rosanna Arquette) who can’t boil water, and his ex-wife (Suzanne Pleshette) who moves in on the couple with her son when she loses her job and alimony payments no longer cover the bills. Production Companies Kaleidoscope Films Ltd., Lorimar Productions. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Malcolm Stuart. Supervising Producer Ron Roth. Producers Ian Sander, Laura Ziskin. Teleplay Larry Grusin. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Joanne Boone), Joseph Bologna (Max Boone), Rosanna Arquette (Tracy), Evan Richards (Benjamin Boone), Oliver Clark (Danny), Robin Strand (Stewart), Carl Franklin (Off. Lloyd Green), Allyce Beasley (Mrs. Cutler), Gregg Berger (Mr. Cutler), Tony Craig (Fred Dunbar), Jim Weston (Off. Arthur Butansky), Don Bovingloh (Bartender), Paddi Edwards (Hobson), Shelby Leverington (Pauline), Robert Denison, Bobbie Ferguson, Rita Crafts. 2089... One Police Plaza (CBS, 11/29/1986, 120 mins). In this mystery thriller based on the bestselling 1984 novel by William J. Caunitz, Robert Conrad is a veteran New York City police lieutenant whose attempts to solve a bizarre murder case lead to a web of corruption in the highest levels of the department. Despite the location of the story, most of the filming was done in Montreal. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Supervising Producer Paul King. Producer Stan Hough. Teleplay Paul King. Based on the Novel by William J. Caunitz. Photography Guy Dufaux. Music Mark Snow. Editor George W. Brooks. Production Designer François Seguin. Associate Producer Alan Crosland. Cast Robert Conrad (Lt. Daniel Malone), George Dzundza (Det. Gus Stamms), James Olson (Whitney Zangline), Jamey Sheridan (Det. Bo Davis), Larry Riley (Detective Starling), Lisa Banes (Erica), Joe Grifasi (Insp. Nicholas Zambrano), Stephen Joyce (Chief Dennis McQuade), Earl Hindman (Det. Jake Stern), Anthony Zerbe (Yakov Anderman), Janet-Laine Green (Janet Fox), Peter MacNeill (David Ancorie), Barton Heyman (Judge Niarxos), Nicholas Hormann (Morris Dunbar), David Cryer (Monsignor McDevlin), Alar Aedma (Joseph Stenner), Glynis Davies (Andrea St. James), Tony Rosato (Sol), Terry Haig (Edward Bramson), Andrew Johnston (James Kelly), Lynne Adams (Iris), Sonia Benezra (Ursula). 2090... One Shoe Makes It Murder (NBC, 11/1/1982, 120 mins). Although filmed after “The Winds of War,” this suspense drama marked Robert Mitchum’s TV acting debut, as a down-and-out ex-San Diego cop who is hired by gambling kingpin Mel Ferrer (also the film’s producer) to find his missing wife, who turns out to be a possible suicide. Angie Dickinson is a shady lady Mitchum encounters during his investigation in this adaptation of Eric Bercovici’s 1981 novel “So Little Cause for Caroline.” Production Companies The Fellows-Keegan Company, Lorimar Productions. Director William Hale. 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Based on a Novel by Eric Bercovici. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Donald Lee Harris. Cast Robert Mitchum (Harold Schillmann), Angie Dickinson (Fay Reid), Mel Ferrer (Carl Charnock), Jose Perez (Inspector Carmona), John Harkins (Smiley Copell), Howard Hesseman (Joe Hervey), Asher Brauner (Rudy), Bill Henderson (Chick), Cathee Shirriff (Caroline Charnock), William G. Schilling (Cab driver), Sandy Martin (Gloria), Grainger Hines, Peter Renaday, Valerie Robinson, Tony Matranga, Roger Rook. 2091... One Terrific Guy (CBS, 2/18/1986, 120 mins). Playing against his longtime good guy image, Wayne Rogers is a deceptively charming high school biology teacher and baseball coach whose talents for manipulating coeds into bogus sex research for his “dissertation” are exposed when one of the girls blabs and gets her mother to prosecute him. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Supervising Producer William F. Phillips. Producers Mike Merrick, Joseph Siegman. Teleplay Cynthia Whitcomb. Photography Don Reddy. Music Mark Snow. Editor Craig Holt. Art Director Mary Ann Biddle. Associate Producer Derek Kavanagh. Cast Mariette Hartley (Martha “Marty” Burton), Wayne Rogers (Charlie Brennan), Laurence Luckinbill (Jim Burton), Geoffrey Blake (Mark Johnson), Brian Robbins (Todd Burton), Susan Rinell (Carrie Burton), Jim Antonio (Mr. Thatcher), Jane Sibbett (Donna Cumberland), Hildy Brooks (Amanda Zukowski), Janette Lane Bradbury (Valerie Roebuck), Catherine Larson (Toni Chase), Stuart Boyd (Simon Moore), Andrew R. Stahl (Vern Haggerty), Lou Walker (Judge Reinhardt), Jeff Benninghofen (Mutt), Ned Bridges (Jeff), Beth Burns (Sunny Peterson), Robin Cahill (Police sergeant), Marcia Christie (Jodie), Tom Even (Umpire), Louis Fox (David), Kenneth French (Mr. Spaulding), Marion Guyot (Wanda Merrill), Susie Hall (Anita Cumberland), Jerry Homan (Dan Merrill), Lawrence Johnson (Boy in hallway), Linda Christian Jones (Francine), Christina Martin (Holly Taylor), Randy Martin (Irene Brennan), Dave Michaels (1st reporter), Jeff Miller (Boy in hallway), B.J. Rucker (2nd reporter), Mary Nell Santacroce (Secretary), Judith Sullivan (Sandy), Peter Thomasson (Stewart Cumberland), Janet Meshad Wells (Joyce). 2092... Open Admissions (CBS, 9/8/1988, 120 mins). An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenged by a ghetto youth with an intense desire to get a good education in this issue-oriented drama which Shirley Lauro adapted from her 1982 one-act play that was expanded for Broadway, where it ran briefly in early 1984. Jane Alexander is the initially disinterested teacher; her son Jace has a small role as one of her students. The action takes place within a single 24-hour period. Production Companies The Mount Company, Viacom. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producers Stevie Phillips, Thom Mount. Producer Stevie Phillips. Co-Producer J. Harman Jr. Teleplay Shirley Lauro. Based on a Play by Shirley Lauro. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer William F. DeSeta. Cast Jane Alexander (Ginny Carlson), Dennis Farina (Fred Carlson), Estelle Parsons (Clare Block), Michael Beach (Calvin Jefferson), Wandachristine (Salina), James O’Reilly (Win Lathrop), Pat Bowie (Willa Joe McQueen), Kyra K. Kyles (Georgia Jefferson), Betty Yee (Kitty Shim), Lori Kathryn Holton (Cinnamon), Louise Jenkins (Mrs. Brewster), Jace Alexander (Nick), Domenica Cameron Scorsese (Cathy Carlson), Bob Breuler (Paul), Ebony Grisby (Pumpkin), Marji Bank (Mrs. Roth), Steven J. Craton (Geronimo), Alger Ellis (Little T), Leo Washington Jones III (Kingpin). 2093... The Ordeal of Bill Carney (CBS, 12/23/1981, 120 mins). The landmark court battle waged by a real-life quadriplegic for the custody of his children is recounted in this drama. Ray Sharkey is Carney, who was injured in an accident during weekend maneuvers with the Army Reserve, and Richard Crenna his attorney, Mason Rose, himself a paraplegic. Curiously, Sharkey was billed at the end of the film and not up front among the stars. Original title: “Carney vs. Carney” Production Companies The Belle Company, Comworld Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Renée Wayne Golden. Producer Jerry London. Teleplay Tom Lazarus. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director James Shanahan. Associate Producer Ellen I. Levine. Cast Richard Crenna (Mason Rose), Ray Sharkey (Bill Carney), Betty Buckley (Barbara Slaner), Ana-Alicia (Lisa Saldonna), Jeremy Licht (Willie Carney), Vincent Baggetta (Jack Hollister), Martin Milner (Peter Belton), C.J. Hincks (Ellen Carney), David Faustino (Eddie Carney), Lynnette Mettey (Nora Rose), Douglas Dirkson (Dr. Share), Tony Dow (Dr. Russell), Allan Rich (Judge Stanley Mosk), Robert Prosky (Judge Philip Erbsen), Lora Staley (Cathy), Noam Pitlik (Restaurant manager), Luca Bercovici (Bryan), Helen Schustack (Rita), Pat Puccinelli (Clerk), Kenner Cagle (Scott), Hugh Smith, Lou Carrello, Les Jankey, Alan Toy, Darrell Ray, Hugh March. 2094... The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (CBS, 3/25/1980, 180 mins). Dennis Weaver is the Maryland physician condemned to prison in the Dry Tortugas in 1865 after unwittingly aiding in John Wilkes Booth’s escape following Lincoln’s assassination by setting Booth’s broken leg. Several years later was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson for his work during an epidemic at the prison. Much of the same historical ground was covered in the 1939 theatrical movie, “Prisoner of Shark Island.” Emmy Award nominations went for art direction/set decoration and sound mixing. Production Companies Martin Starger Productions, BSR Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Paul B. Radin. Producers Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Teleplay Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Ken Zemke. Art Director Jack F. DeShields.

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Cast Dennis Weaver (Dr. Samuel A. Mudd), Susan Sullivan (Francis Mudd), Richard Dysart (Edwin Stanton), Michael McGuire (Captain Murdock), Nigel Davenport (Col. George Grenfell), Arthur Hill (Gen. Thomas Ewing), Mary Nell Santacroce (Ellen Stanton), Larry Larson (Riggins Thorpe), Teddy Milford (Andrew Mudd at age 6), Angela Tully (Sissy Mudd at age 4), Ryan Grady (Thomas Mudd at age 3), Bill Gribble (Tyler/John Wilkes Booth), Luke Halpin (Tyson/David Herold), Terry Beaver (Union Sergeant), Sean Ahern (1st Union soldier), Roy Tatum (Lieutenant Lovett), Don Kovacs (Officer Lloyd), Lawrence Montaigne (Judge Holt), Harold Bergman (Undersecretary), Fred Covington (Attorney Lake), Joe Dorsey (Gen. Edward Trafe), Jim Peck (General Harris), Gregg Oliver (Louis Weichman), Bill Eudaly (Daniel Thomas), Don Devendorf (George Mudd), Tony Kish (William Watson), Wallace Wilkinson (DC Prison Guard), Anthony Edenfield (1st prisoner), Jere Beery (3rd guard), Kent Stephens (Zachary), Stuart Culpepper (Boone), Mark Rand (Andrew Mudd at age 9), Melonie Martin (Sissy Mudd at age 7), Earl Miller (Thomas Mudd at age 6), David Hamilton (Sam Jr. at age 4), Richard Andrew (Anthony Ellis/Orator), Dan Chandler (Master sergeant), Richard Reiner (6th guard), J. Don Ferguson (4th soldier), Jack Norhanian (5th guard), Pat Hurley (1st patient), Skip Foster (Decampo), Charles Kaufman (Jones), Tommy Lane (Captain Longheart), Bill Hindman (Pres. Andrew Johnson), George DeVries (Waters), Ilse Earl (Screaming woman). 2095... Original Sin (NBC, 2/20/1989, 120 mins). Charlton Heston plays against type as an underworld boss in this standard melodrama whose young grandson’s kidnapping may or may not be on his orders, and daughter-in-law Ann Jillian, unaware of the old man’s position (she was led to believe her father-in-law was dead), wants to know what he knows about the kid’s whereabouts, and how her deceptively quiet husband fits into the family business. Production Companies Larry Thompson Organization, New World Television. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Ian Sander. Co-Producers Bruce Savin, Barbara Title, Arvin Kaufman. Teleplay Philip F. Messina. Photography Steven Fierberg. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Richard Sherman. Cast Ann Jillian (Sharon Richards), Robert Desiderio (John Richards), Lou Liberatore (Chris Mancini), Richard Portnow (Vincent Marco), Louis Guss (Giorgio Rossi), Jason Bernard (Detective Mitchell), Marshall Teague (Richie Morgan), Charlton Heston (Louis Mancini), S.A. Griffin (Lenny Percel), Joseph Ruskin (Sid), Zachary Benjamin (Mathew Richards), Nicky Blair, Al Checco, Marykate Harris, Gary F. Kasper, Frank Piazza, Nicholas Worth, Camille Ameen, Nick Dimitri, Al R Jones, George Kmeck, Bruce Savin, Stephanie Shroyer, Michael Stroka. 2096... The Other Lover (CBS, 9/24/1985, 120 mins). Loving mother and career woman (she’s a publishing executive) gets involved romantically with a surly author whose book she is promoting, despite the fact that she’s still deeply in love with her cardiologist husband, in this smartly attired, sumptuously filmed, surprisingly literate woman’s drama concocted by five writers. Production Companies Larry Thompson Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Ellis Miller. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Producer Hugh Benson. Co-Producer Robert Kosberg. Teleplay Judith Parker, Susan Title. Based on a Story by Larry A. Thompson, Robert Kosberg, Deborah Amelon. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Claire Fielding), Jack Scalia (Jack Hollander), Max Gail (Sal), Millie Perkins (Kate), John Bennett Perry (Peter Fielding), Shannen Doherty (Alison Fielding), Jonathan Perpich (Denny), Alex Donnelley (Lisa), Sands Hall (Jenny), Jamie Lyn Hart (Maggie Fielding), Stephanie Winslow (Diane), John Short (Tour guide), Lisle Wilson (D.J.), Gary Wong (Bartender), Joseph Knowland (Gentleman at party), Horace Johnson (Waiter), David Wiley (Innkeeper), Michael Jackson (Himself/radio personality). 2097... The Other Victim (CBS, 11/4/1981, 120 mins). After his wife is raped at knifepoint when he is away from home, a happily married construction worker discovers a radical change in his relationship with her, although she desperately needs his understanding, and within himself, as his emotions turn to rage. Production Company The Shpetner Company. Director Noel Black. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Richard DeRoy. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Joseph Altadonna. Cast William Devane (Harry Langford), Jennifer O’Neill (Nancy Langford), James Blendick (Mack Fisher), Charles Hallahan (Jack Berger), Todd Susman (Tim McQuire), Mary Beth McDonough (Zemack’s girlfriend), John Crawford (Price), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Detective Mead), Janet MacLachlan (Sergeant Debbins), John Shepherd (Steve Langford), Amanda Wyss (Kimi Langford), Sheila Larken (Dottie Fisher), Hal Bokar (Gunshop owner), Kieu Chinh (Mrs. Troung), Michael Currie (Dr. Coombs), Jim Staskel (Tommy Forbes), Casey Swaim (Vendor), Rita Taggart (Janice), Mary-Nancy Burnett (Karen), Liz Keifer (Margie), Frank Parker (Minister), Scott Reiniger (Rapist). 2098... The Other Woman (CBS, 3/22/1983, 120 mins). After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Hal Linden falls for and marries his daughter’s sexy roommate but soon learns he has absolutely nothing in common with her. Anne Meara (who cowrote the script) is a divorced grandmother who comes along to take his mind off of her and they embark on a love affair. Jerry Stiller, Meara’s real-life husband and comedy partner, plays Linden’s dentist and close friend. Lila Garrett and Anne Meara were cited by the Writers Guild of America in the Anthology-Comedy category for their script. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Melville Shavelson. Producer Lila Garrett. Supervising Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Teleplay Anne Meara, Lila Garrett. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Artie Butler. Song “Easy with You” by Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox. Editor Robert Florio. Art Director Albert Heschong.

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Cast Hal Linden (Lou Chadway), Anne Meara (Peg Gilford), Madolyn Smith (Cindy Barnes), Warren Berlinger (Phil Gleason), Joe Regalbuto (Jeff Marisol), Alley Mills (Amy Vitelli), P.J. Soles (Mary Louise), Janis Paige (Mrs. Barnes), Jerry Stiller (Mel Binns), Selma Diamond (Aunt Jeanette), Jane Dulo (Aunt Mae), Gregory Itzin (Mario), Fran Myers (Sherry Marisol), Stephen Nathan (Leslie), Robert Picardo (Chuchi), Beverly Sanders (Linda Gleason), Nita Talbot (Grace Binns), Phoebe Dorin (Myra), Katie Budge (Fawn Feldenheim), R.J. Williams (Bobby Vitelli), Richard C. Beard (Diablo), Vivian Farren (Rosemary), Rosanna Huffman (Minister), Kedren Jones (Mavis), Twyla Littleton (Daphne), Madison Mason (Jean Pierre), Herbert Rubens (Butcher), Barry Satterfield (Moroccan waiter), Donna Stellini (Lolly), Julian Sylvester (Attila the Hun), Ella Towns (Shanga), Victoria Tucker (Heidi), Frantz Turner (Waiter). 2099... Our Family Business (ABC, 9/20/1981, 90 mins). This film, dealing with the life and family of a syndicate boss (played by actor/director Sam Wanamaker), emerged as an offbeat pilot to a prospective series--TV’s first dealing exclusively with organized crime from the syndicate’s point of view. Ted Danson, later to find stardom on “Cheers,” is the family’s oldest son who has been informing to the police in exchange for protection, and David Morse, who would go on to bigger things on “St. Elsewhere,” is one of his brothers, a bank vice president trying to separate himself from the family’s business. Most unusual casting was Ray Milland’s as an ailing Mafia chieftain. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producers Gary Adelson, Joanne Brough. Producer Lee Rich. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Tom Scott. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Paul Peters. Cast Steven Apostl’e (Leeper), Deborah Carney (Susan), Ted Danson (Gep), Chip Mayer (Jaimie), Vera Miles (Patricia), David Morse (Phil), James O’Sullivan (Jonas), Ayn Ruyman (Annie), Sam Wanamaker (Ralph), Ray Milland (Tony), James Luisi (Frank), John Carter (Mr. MacGregor), Terry Alexander (Neils), Michael Currie (Mr. Allingham), Ben Fuhrman (Bodyguard), Kenneth Washington (Harry), Mary Betten (Secretary), Candi Beth Moore (Dawn), Al Kahn (Waiter). 2100... Out of the Darkness (CBS, 10/12/1985, 120 mins). The personal story of Ed Zigo, the New York City detective who helped crack the headline-making “Son of Sam” murders case in the late 1970s following the killer’s 13-month reign, gave veteran actor Martin Sheen another meaty role. Broadway actor Robert Trebor put his amazing resemblance to David Berkowitz, who gained the nickname “Son of Sam,” to perfect use in the role of the unbalanced murderer; and Sheen’s own son, Charlie, one of the newer generation’s up-and-coming “Brat Pack” stars, does a surprise walk-on, slamming the door in dad’s face during one of Zigo’s door-to-door investigations. “Zigo’s Choice” was this film’s initial title, and it was filmed entirely on location in Manhattan. Production Companies Grosso-Jacobson Productions, Centerpoint Productions. Director Jud Taylor. Producers Sonny Grosso, Larry Jacobson. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Photography Brian West. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Norman Gay, Patrick McMahon. Production Designer Michael Molly. Associate Producer Kathryn Wallack. Cast Martin Sheen (Ed Zigo), Hector Elizondo (Father George), Matt Clark (John Hubbard), Jennifer Salt (Ann Zigo), Eddie Egan (Tom Duncan), Robert Trebor (David Berkowitz), Val Avery (Guido Pressano), Joe Spinell (Jim Halsey), Victor Arnold (Nick Zigo), Ann Talman (Susan Zigo), Vince Grant (Ed Jr.), Bernie McInerney (Dr. Miller), Paul Jabara (Henry), Dick Latessa (‘Boss’ Tom Messenger), Sam McMurray (Morrison), Charlie Sheen (Man shaving [unbilled]), Ed Zigo (Primary negotiator), Marvin Scott (TV newsman), Larry Atlas, Beege Berkette, Jim Borrelli, James Canning, Jane Cronin, Gina DeAngelis, Rosemary De Angelis, Harold Guskin, Lucinda Jenney, Sugar Johnson, Eriq LaSalle, Joe Lisi, John McCurry, Kate Mulligan, Pam Nahal, Antonia Rey, Vincent Russo, Ann Sachs, Lauren Saunter, John Scott, Ben Siegler, Andrew Spathis, Fritz Sperberg, D.B. Sweeney, Mark Tenore, Mickey Treanor, Martin Vidnovic, Olivia Ward, Caryn West. 2101... Out of the Shadows (Showtime, 9/11/1988, 105 mins). Romantic mystery in the made-for-cable Harlequin Romance series. The formulaic drama finds an beautiful American woman employed at the United States Consulate in Athens finding herself caught up in an international smuggling ring and placing her life in the hands of a dashing Scotland Yard investigator. Production Companies Atlantic Video Ventures, Yorkshire Television. Director Willi Patterson. Executive Producers David Cunliffe, Jonathan Dana, John Goldstone. Producer Derek Bennett. Teleplay Michael J. Bird. Based on a Novel by Andrea Davidson. Photography Peter Jackson. Music Dave Lawson. Editor Bryce Clayton. Production Designer Mike Long. Cast Charles Dance (Michael Hayden), Alexandra Paul (Jan Lindsey), Michael J. Shannon (Frank Osborne), David DeKeyser (James Bluminfeld), Wanda Ventham (Liz Bennett), Gregory Karr (Spiros Martis), David Sumner (Andreas Voutsas), John Grillo (Markos Tocas), Petro Fysson (Costas Angeles), Yannis Kakleas (Captain Parrios), Nikos Papaconstantinou (Father Demetrious), Andrew Andreopoulos (Takis), Jan Sears (Petros), Grant Russell (Nikos Matinakos), Anthony Stamboulieh (Hotel keeper), Dina Konsta (Concierge). 2102... Out of Time (NBC, 7/17/1988, 120 mins). Maverick 21st century policeman Bruce Abbott pursues villainous Adam Ant (the rock star) through a time tunnel back to 1988 Los Angeles. There the cop is joined by his bungling crime-solving great grandfather Bill Maher (the stand-up comic, pre-“Politically Incorrect”) in their joint efforts to solve the murder of an important scientist who perfected time travel. The comedy-drama was a prospective series pilot. Production Companies Out of Time Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert Butler. Executive Producer Robert Butler. Supervising Producers John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart. Producer David Latt. Teleplay Brian Alan Lane,

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John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart. Based on a Story by Brian Alan Lane. Photography Lloyd Ahern II. Music Andy Summers. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Tommy Goetz. Costume Supervisor Ivette Silberman. Visual Effects Louis G. Friedman. Cast Bruce Abbott (Channing Taylor), Bill Maher (Max Taylor), Rebecca Schaeffer (Pam Wallis), Kristian Alfonso (Cassandra Barber), Leo Rossi (Ed Hawkins), Ray Girardin (Capt. Stephen Krones), Adam Ant (Richard Marcus), Arva Holt (Captain Stuart), Tom LaGrua (Frank), Kimberly Sedgwick (Salesgirl), Barbara Tarbuck (Dr. Kerry Langdon), Chuck Lindsly (Foreman), Arthur Mendoza (Vendor), Rick Avery (Motocycle officer), Ashley Brittingham (Hot babe), Don Maxwell (Desk sergeant), Richard Lavin (Guard), Neal Penso (Officer), Jay Richardson (Officer Minton), Shaun Toub (Speechmaker), Martin Treat (Supervisor), Thomas Wagner (Grizzled officer), Patrick DeSantis (Cop #1), Greg Collins (Cop #2). 2103... Out on a Limb (ABC, 1/18/1987 and 1/19/1987, 2 parts, 180/120min). Shirley MacLaine plays herself in this two-part five-hour dramatization of her 1983 autobiographical bestseller, billed by the network as “the story of a passionate love affair and an incredible spiritual journey.” Included in this tale is a lengthy interlude with a married man, a distinguished foreign politician whose real name she never divulges; experiences with “trance channelers” who help expand her interest in spiritual enlightenment; world travels in search of personal discovery; and occasional appearance of good friend Bella Abzug (played by Anne Jackson), the chapeaued New York politician and leading feminist. MacLaine also cowrote the teleplay with novelist and screenwriter Colin Higgins. Production Companies Stan Margulies Company, ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Butler. Producer Stan Margulies. Co-Producer Colin Higgins. Teleplay Colin Higgins, Shirley MacLaine. Based on a Book by Shirley MacLaine. Photography Bradford May. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor (Part 1) Neil Travis. Editor (Part 2) Peter Parasheles. Art Director Charles Hughes. Art Directors (Peru) Bill Hiney, Rodger Maus. Special Effects Supervisor John Dykstra. Aerial Photography Frank Holgate, Doug Holgate. Cast Shirley MacLaine (Herself), Charles Dance (Gerry Stamford), John Heard (David Manning), Anne Jackson (Bella Abzug), Jerry Orbach (Mort Viner), Kevin Ryerson (Himself), Sture Johanssen (Himself), Kathryn Skatula (Katerina), Fabia Drake (Bookstore owner), Shirley de Burgh (Lady Carlton), Anki Leden (Birgitta), Stefan Ekman (Lars), Neil Hunt (Journalist), Elizabet Bolme (Turid Johanssen), Eric Helland (Gallery owner), Peter Fonfield (Grocer), Alison Evans (Secretary), Jenny Gago (Maria), Estela Paredes (Edelmira), Louis Rivera, Michael Kaye, Shawn Schepps. 2104... Out on the Edge (CBS, 5/14/1989, 120 mins). Lonely, rejected teenager finds himself committed against his will to a behavior treatment center. Rick Schroder gets sole above-the-title billing here but then this is a family project. His company Rick Dawn Productions made it (Dawn is Rick’s sister) and mom Diane Schroder was associate producer. Production Companies Rick-Dawn Enterprises, The Steve Tisch Company, King Phoenix Entertainment. Director John Pasquin. Executive Producer Steve Tisch. Co-Executive Producer Mireille Soria. Producer Stephanie Austin. Teleplay Rene Balcer. Based on a Story by Rene Balcer, Al Martinez. Photography Walt Lloyd. Music Stanley Clarke. Editor David Campling. Production Designer Dena Roth. Associate Producer Diane Schroder. Cast Rick Schroder (Danny Evetts), Mary Kay Place (Sondra Evetts), Richard Jenkins (Paul Evetts), Natalija Nogulich (Lynn Myerson), Joseph Hacker (Wayne), Dakin Matthews (Dr. Cutler), DeVoreaux White (Lonnie), Kim Myers (Chris Evetts), Maya Lebenzon (Kerri), Grand L. Bush (Quinn), Andrew Divoff (Luke), Jason Horst (Jim), Patricia Allison (Miss Fox), Chance Michael Corbitt (Swift), Ron Canada (Dr. Hemmerick), Victor Gardell (Cutler’s assistant), Kelli Williams (Melissa), Michael Stoyanov (Russell), Alfonso Ribiero (Jesse), J.D. Hall (Lonnie’s dad), Stan Kamber (Father), Travis Swords (Cop #3), Dante DiLoreto (Cop #1), Jeanine Jackson (Marie), Christine Cavanaugh (Girl), Katherine Heard (Susan), Stephanie Segar (Nurse), Harris Shore (Desk sergeant). 2105... Outback Bound (CBS, 10/11/1988, 120 mins). Lighthearted adventure romp about a glamorous Beverly Hills gallery owner who suddenly finds herself penniless and travels to Australia to sell her late father’s worthless opal mine. Though down and out, she still takes comfort in having two Outback locals competing for her affections. The entire tale was shot on location in Sydney and the opal-mining community of Broken Hill, called Lightning Ridge in the film. Production Companies Andrew Gottlieb Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Robert Silberling. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Line Producer Antonia Barnard. Teleplay Elizabeth Comici, Luciano Comici. Photography Paul Murphy. Music Miles Goodman. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Ray Daniels. Production Designer Igor Nay. Associate Producers Luciano Comici, Elizabeth Comici. Cast Donna Mills (Samantha Hollings), Andrew Clarke (Bill Wellesley), John Meillon (Nobby), Collette Mann (Edith Fraser), Robert Harper (Harold Bennett), Nina Foch (Samantha’s mother), John Schneider (Jim Tully), Joanna Lockwood (Fiona), Beth Child (Gemma Jilloway), Frank Holden (Reg Purdy), Warren Owens (Roger), Philip De Carle (Miner), Roger Eagle (Conductor), Les Foxcroft (Store owner), Elizabeth Gentle (Mary), Julie Godfrey (Salesgirl), Paula Goodman (The blonde), Chard Hayward (David), Bart John (Newsreader), Rosey Jones (Jenny), Len Kaserman (Moving man), Penny Maegraith (Female reporter), Christian Manon (Maitre d’), Barry McMahon (Butler), Laurie Moran (Mullery), Alan Penney (Snodin), Steve Rackman, Kenneth Radley, Vic Rooney, Doug Scroop, Gerry Skilton, Bruce Venables.

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2106... The Outlaws (ABC, 7/9/1984, 90 mins). Christopher Lemmon (Jack’s son) is a suburban nine-to-fiver who gets mixed up in inventor buddy Charlie Rocket’s get-rich-quick scheme that lands both of them in prison and eventually into a string of misadventures resulting from a bizarre breakout in this pilot to a prospective comedy series. Production Companies Limekiln and Templar Productions, Universal Television. Director James Frawley. Executive Producers Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff. Producer Les Sheldon. Teleplay Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Houseley Stevenson. Art Director Charles R. Davis. Cast Chris Lemmon (Eugene Griswold), Charles Rocket (Stanley Flynn), Joan Sweeny (Cindy Dawson), Charles Napier (Captain Striker), Robert Mandan (Nicholas Zotanis), Dub Taylor (L.D. Sloane), Panchito Gomez (Raphael), Mel Stewart (Det. Lou Franklin), M. Emmet Walsh (Warden MacDonald), Geoff Edwards (Roger Demarest), John Steadman (Prospector), Joe Mantegna (Yuri), Shelly Batt (Mona Griswold), Nathan Roberts (Phil Barnes), Yolanda Marquez (Raphael’s mother), Frank Lugo (Roberto), Tony Crupi (Chauffeur), Teri Beckerman (Arlene), Martin Azarow (Emil), Carl Strano (Eddie Sawyer), Tad Horino (Fujiyama), Robert Balderson (Sidney), Andrew Bloch, Garry Goodrow, Duke Stroud, Sam Scarber, Steve L Buckingham, Richard Ziker, Glenn Wilder, Robert Ellis Driscoll. 2107... Outrage! (CBS, 3/2/1986, 120 mins). Courtroom drama that begins with a man who admits killing his daughter’s rapist and murderer and whose wife not long afterwards dies of a broken heart, and then wends its careful way through an examination of our legal system and its countless loopholes. Robert Preston (in his final role), as the man who insists on his day in court, curiously spends much of the film literally as a spectator in an almost wordless part. Beau Bridges is the brash young lawyer who takes his defense; Burgess Meredith is the crusty judge; Mel Ferrer is one of the latter’s colleagues who is called to testify. Lawyer-turned-playwright and novelist Henry Denker, whose works (like “A Case of Libel”) invariably deal with the law, wrote the teleplay from his own bestselling 1982 book. Production Companies Irwin Allen Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Walter Grauman. Producer Irwin Allen. Teleplay Henry Denker. Based on the Novel by Henry Denker. Music Morton Stevens. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Directors Hub Braden, Ross Bellah. Associate Producer George E. Swink. Cast Robert Preston (Dennis Riordan), Beau Bridges (Brad Gordon), Burgess Meredith (Judge Aaron Klein), Linda Purl (Arlene Robbins), Anthony Newley (Victor Coles), William Allen Young (Lester Crewe), Mel Ferrer (Judge Michael Lengel), Sheila Allen (Mary Delehanty), Nick Angotti (Attendant), Selma Archerd (Nedda Riordan), Paul Cloud (Attendant), Bill Dearth (Spence), Robert Dowdell (DA Curran), Greg Finley (Court attendant), Seth Foster (Detective), Peter Gonneau (Officer Moore), Stan Haze (Charlie Johnson), Vincent Howard (Prouty), Brent Jennings (Wilbert Ward), Susan Mackin (Agnes Riordan), Ric Mancini (Sergeant Kalbfus), Steve Marlo (William Simmons), Robert Miano (Detective Santini), Carol Pritikin (Cynthia/secretary), Elizabeth Rogers (Stella Smith), Lou Valenzi (District attorney), Buck Young (1st reporter), Armand Cerami, Ken Del Conte, Patrick Culliton, London Donfield, James Joseph Galante, William Ian Gamble, Troy Jordan, Kirk Scott, Elizabeth Elian, Morgan Lane, John C. Mooney, David H. Roth, Frank Holms, Bruce Neckels, Ivan Saric, Patrick Culliton, Myron Natwick. 2108... The Outside Woman (CBS, 2/12/1989, 120 mins). Fact-based contemporary Bonnie and Clyde tale involving a Louisiana millworker, who spices up her humdrum life by visiting prison inmates as part of a church function, becomes enamored with one of the convicts, and finds herself part of his and two pals’ planned escape in a helicopter she has been coerced to hijack, but to join in, as well, on their somewhat bumbling crime spree--and liking it immensely, especially the media attention. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Lorimar Television. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein, William Blinn. Supervising Producer Albert J. Salzer. Producer Lou Antonio. Co-Producer Leigh Murray. Teleplay William Blinn. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Craig Holt. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Art Director Roger Pancake. Associate Producer Mark Bacino. Cast Sharon Gless (Joyce Mattox), Scott Glenn (Jesse Glen Smith), Max Gail (Billy Bellew), Kyle Secor (Jimmy Leonard), Ken Jenkins (Junior Miller), Peter Michael Goetz (Everett Madison), Lenore Banks (Della), Taylor Simpson (Bonnie), Barbara Chaney (Mrs. Forester), Lane Trippe (Mindy Kaufman), Ray Spruell (Capt. Sam Dubinion), Robert Kearney (Clanton), Elliott Keener (Verne Mecom), David Dahlgren (Helicopter pilot), Dekki Moate (Mrs. Jesse Smith), Stanley Zareff (Bass singer), B.J. Hopper (Judge Jacob Brimley), Carol Sutton (Guard), Peter J. Gabb (Chaplain Wicks), Dean Cochran (Trustee), Rod Masterson (Guard), Robert Pfeiffer (Prison guard), Danny Hanemann (Plainclothes officer), John Wilmot (State trooper), Leslie Carde (TV reporter), Harold Evans (Dwayne), Roger Thomas (Guard), Patrik Baldauff (Highway lieutenant), James Michael Bailey (State trooper), Ralph Joseph (Bailiff), Barbara Tasker (Matron), Leigh Murray (Female reporter). 2109... Pack of Lies (CBS, 4/26/1987, 120 mins). Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of Hugh Whitemore’s hit West End and Broadway play about a 1960s suburban London couple who face a moral crisis when they allow British Intelligence agents, led by Alan Bates, to use their home to spy on their Canadian neighbors, who are also their best friends. The 1985 Broadway production starred Rosemary Harris along with Patrick McGoohan in the role played here by Bates. The British-made film was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Drama, with nominations also going to Ellen Burstyn as Outstanding Actress and to Ralph Gallup for his teleplay. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Anthony Page. Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer Terry Lens. Teleplay Ralph Gallup. Based on a Play by Hugh Whitemore. Photography Kenneth MacMillan. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Chris Wimble. Production Designer Anthony Curtis.

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Cast Ellen Burstyn (Barbara Jackson), Teri Garr (Helen Schaefer), Sammi Davis (Julie Jackson), Ronald Hines (Bob Jackson), Clive Swift (Ellis), Daniel Benzali (Peter Schaefer), Alan Bates (Stewart), Peter Schofield (Laurence Powell), David Corti (Malcolm Granger), Margot Leicester (Thelma), Jackie Downey (Sally), Peter Hughes (Country club manager), Bruce Morrison (Country club waiter), Tim Barker (Telephone man), Alan Renwick (Vegetable truck man), Terry John (Police gas man). 2110... Packin’ It In (CBS, 2/7/1983, 120 mins). A married couple decide to kiss big city living goodbye after losing their jobs and then finding their house ransacked, head for the wilds of Oregon over the protests of their TV-addicted son and punkcrazed daughter. They find themselves knee-deep in the game of basic back-to-the-land survival. Richard Benjamin, in his TVmovie debut, stars opposite his wife, Paula Prentiss, for the first time since their “He and She” series during the 1967-68 season. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Supervising Producer Christopher Seitz. Producers Donald Reiker, Patricia Jones. Teleplay Donald Reiker, Patricia Jones. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Mark Snow. Editor Michael Brown. Art Director Graeme Murray. Cast Richard Benjamin (Gary Webber), Paula Prentiss (Diana Webber), Tony Roberts (Charlie Baumgarten), Andrea Marcovicci (Rita Baumgarten), Molly Ringwald (Melissa Webber), Mari Gorman (Brooklyn Mary), Sam Whipple (Zack Estep), Kenneth McMillan (Howard Estep), David Hollander (Jay Webber), Philip Proctor (Motor home driver), Susan Ruttan (Mrs. Estep), Clinton Dean (Johnny), Ivan Bonar (Gas station attendant), Laura Bruneau (Claire), Walter Marsh (Dr. Langendorf), Paddy White (Old man), Edward Heeley (National Guardsman). 2111... Pals (CBS, 2/28/1987, 120 mins). This comedy about two retired WWII army buddies, trailer park neighbors who stumble upon three million dollars in drug-related cash, is interesting primarily for the somewhat offbeat casting of George C. Scott and Don Ameche as contemporaries plus Sylvia Sidney as Scott’s eccentric mom. In real life, Ameche was more than 18 years older than Scott (would these two really have been chumming around together?) and even several years older than the venerable Ms. Sidney (one would suspect that she’d be chumming around with Ameche). Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Supervising Producer Ira Halberstadt. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Michael Norell. Based on a Story by Michael Norell, Andy Siegel. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Mark Snow. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Cast George C. Scott (Jack Stobbs), Don Ameche (Art Riddle), Sylvia Sidney (Fern Stobbs), Susan Rinell (Certainty Dowd), James Greene (Leek), Lenka Peterson (Betty), Richard Hamilton (Herman), Jean Hale (Muffy), Kenneth French (Mr. Green), Marc Gowan (Judge), Georgia Allen (Mrs. Rambaugh), Bruce Taylor (Lance), Randy Martin (Tugar), Jane Berman (Mary Dudley), Rick Maley (Romney), Tim Maley (Bromley), Lou Walker (Mailman). 2112... Pancho Barnes (CBS, 10/25/1988, 180 mins). This three-hour dramatization following the exploits of the reallife Florence “Pancho” Barnes, ’20s Pasadena debutante turned pioneer aviatrix and barnstormer who was an inspiration to the flyers with the right stuff, provided Valerie Bertinelli with another star turn. Familiar headline-grabbers woven through the tale are George Patton, Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Doolittle, Howard Hughes, and, from the modern era, Chuck Yeager. Emmy nominations went to Allyn Ferguson for his music score and wardrobe supervisor Paula Kaatz. Production Companies Blue Andre Productions, Orion Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Blue Andre. Supervising Producer Albert J. Salzer. Producer Blue Andre. Co-Producer Alice Pardo. Teleplay John Michael Hayes. Based on a Story by David J. Chisholm, John Michael Hayes. Photography William Wages. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editors Michael Eliot, Michael F. Anderson. Production Designer Veronica Hadfield. Art Director Vaughan Edwards. 2nd Unit Photographer Jerry G. Callaway. Associate Producer David J. Chisholm. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Florence Lowe/Pancho), Ted Wass (Frank Clark), James Stephens (Rankin Barnes), Cynthia Harris (Mrs. Lowe), Geoffrey Lewis (Ben Catlin), Richard Young (Roger Chute), Todd Allen (Chuck Yeager), Sam Robards (Gene McKendry), Bill Shaw (Grandfather Lowe), Melissa Ragsdale (Young Florence), Robert Manning (Maj. George Patton), Randolph Tallman (Mr. Lowe), Dan Ammerman (Boat captain), Luis Lemus (Ignacio), Russell Juelg (Young Billy Barnes), Norman Bennett (Doctor), Vince Davis (Jimmy Doolittle), John Hussey (Will Rogers), Nance Williamson (Amelia Earhart), Sandi Fish (Marvel Crosson), Michael Skipper (Leo Noomis), John Evans (Jack Evans), Kurt Rhoads (Paul Mantz), David Kockinis (Howard Hughes), John S. Davies (Assistant director), Sean Galaise (Teenage Billy Barnes), Marco Perella (Major Cooper), Bill Bolender (Colonel Rand), Brent Anderson (Danny), Michael Campbell (Mike), Jason Sokolosky (Andy), David Hussey (Carter), Coquina Dunn (January Smith), Katherine Bongfeldt (April Smith), Mary Catherine Quintana (March Smith), Paul Turner (Older Billy Barnes). 2113... Paper Dolls (ABC, 5/24/1982, 120 mins). This superficial drama deals with the marketing of teenage fashion models, with Joan Hackett and Jennifer Warren as the ambitious mothers of million-dollar babies Daryl Hannah and Alexandra Paul, and Joan Collins as a powerful agent. Morgan Fairchild took the Collins role in the subsequent series based on this film during the 1984-85 TV season. Production Company Leonard Goldberg Company. Director Edward Zwick. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Producer Michele Rappaport. Teleplay Casey T. Mitchell, Leah Marcus. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Mark Snow. Song Written and Performed by Brock Walsh. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Joan Hackett (Julie Blake), Jennifer Warren (Dinah Caswell), Joan Collins (Racine), Daryl Hannah (Taryn Blake), Alexandra Paul (Laurie Caswell), Marc Singer (Wesley Miles), Antonio Fargas (Oliver), Barry Primus (Alan), Craig T. Nelson

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(Michael Caswell), William Bryan Curran (Gareth), Jeffrey Richman (Conrad), Eric Stoltz (Steve), Lillibet Stern (Kelly), Shawn Schepps, Wendy Phillips, Lisa Orgolini, Jean Marie Hon. 2114... The Parade (CBS, 2/29/1984, 120 mins). Michael Learned finds that her life in a small Kansas town and that of both her mother (Geraldine Page) and her daughter (Rosanna Arquette) are thrown into turmoil with the unexpected return of her drifter husband (Frederic Forrest) after seven years in prison.The drama is played out against the preparations for the traditional small town Fourth of July parade. Based on a story by veteran TV writer N. Richard Nash. Production Company Hill-Mandelker Productions. Director Peter H. Hunt. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Philip Mandelker. Supervising Producer Ron Gilbert. Producer Claude Binyon Jr. Teleplay N Richard Nash, Emily Tracy. Based on a Story by N. Richard Nash. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Bill Groom. Associate Producers C. Robert Holloway, Jerry Ludwig. Cast Michael Learned (Rachel Kirby), Frederic Forrest (Matt Kirby), Rosanna Arquette (Tilda Kirby), Maxwell Caulfield (Jeff), James Olson (Andy Janacek), Geraldine Page (Sarah), Tom Wees (Crow), Angela Wallace (Aggie), Karla Burns (Hottie), Adam Mueller (Mitchie), Steve Frazier (Officer Chibbs), Troy Mays (Manager), Andy Musick (Clint), James Erickson (Burt), Ruth McCormick (Mrs. Wallace), Tim McGill (Sam), Dorothy Jones (Mrs. Horton), Denny Arnold (Player), John S. Parke (Conductor), Robert E. Lee (Ingram), Orvey R. Cousatte (Shrine leader). 2115... Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (NBC, 11/19/1989 and 11/26/1989, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Third and final “Parent Trap” sequel to Hayley Mills’ 1961 Disney movie, again playing adult twins. One marries a widower with identical teenage triplets (matchmakers all) and honeymoons in Oahu where the couple inherits a broken-down hotel. Shown initially in two one-hour parts shown a week apart. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Mollie Miller. Producers Charles Milhaupt, Richard Luke Rothschild. Co-Producer John McNamara. Teleplay John McNamara. Based on Characters Created by Deborah Amelon, Jill Donner. Based on a Book by Eric Kastner. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Joel McNeely. Editors Art Stafford, Karen I. Stern. Production Designer Rodger Maus. Cast Hayley Mills (Sharon/Susan), Barry Bostwick (Jeffrey Wyatt), John M Jackson (Ray Devlin), Sasha Mitchell (Jack), Lightfield Lewis (Tim), Glenn Shadix (Chuck), Leanna Creel (Nadine Wyatt), Monica Creel (Jessie Wyatt), Joy Creel (Lisa Wyatt), Jayne Meadows (Charlotte Brink), Nancy Lenehan (Mrs. Harris), Joe Mays (Ben Milton), Wayne Federman (Messenger), Al Acain (Cab driver), Mike Ebner (Mr. Harris), Kamika Nakanelua (Keo), Steven Perry (Cop at Luau). 2116... Parent Trap II (Disney Channel, 7/26/1986, 95 mins). Hayley Mills reprised the dual role as rambunctious young twin sisters she had created 25 years earlier in Disney’s “The Parent Trap,” and now the girls find themselves in a romantic mix-up of their own in this belated sequel bringing the actress and the Disney Studio together again for the first time in over two decades. (She had made five other Disney films besides “The Parent Trap.”) “Parent Trap II” was filmed entirely on location in Tampa, Florida. Production Companies The Landsburg Company, Disney Channel. Director Ronald F Maxwell. Executive Producer Alan Landsburg. Producer Joan Barnett. Teleplay Stu Krieger. Based on a Book by Eric Kastner. Photography Peter Stein. Music Charles Fox. Song “Let’s Keep What We’ve Got” Charles Fox, Hal David. Song Performed by Marilyn McCoo. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Dan Leigh. Cast Hayley Mills (Sharon Ferris/Susan Corey), Tom Skerritt (Bill Grand), Carrie Kei Hein (Nikki Ferris), Bridgette Andersen (Mary Grand), Alex Harvey (Brian Corey), Gloria Cromwell (Florence), Judith Tannen (Jessica Dintruff), Janice Tesh (Irene), Duchess Tomasello (Mrs. Blazey), Daniel Brun (Steve), Antonio Fabrizio (Bruce), Ted Science (Kris), Margaret Woodall (Florist), Leonard Altobell (Walter Elias), Dorothy Keller (Lillian Elias), Terri Keever (Crystal). 2117... Parent Trap III (NBC, 4/9/1989 and 4/16/1989, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Hayley Mills returns to the (twin) roles she originated as a youngster in Disney’s 1961 and repeated as an adult in the 1987 TV-movie “sequel.” The twist on the plot this time has (one twin) Hayley becoming romantically with the widowed father of identical teen triplets who’s on the verge of marrying the wrong woman (in the girls’ opinion), and their matchmaking mission is launched. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Mollie Miller. Producers Henry Colman, Jill Donner. Teleplay Jill Donner. Based on Characters Created by Erik Kostner. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Editors Howard Kunin, Duane Hartzell. Music Joel McNeely. Art Director Raymond G. Storey. Cast Hayley Mills (Susan/Sharon Evers), Barry Bostwick (Jeffrey Wyatt), Ray Baker (Nick), Patricia Richardson (Cassie McGuire), Christopher Gartin (David), Jon Maynard Pennell (Hawk), Joy Creel (Lisa Wyatt), Leanna Creel (Nadine Wyatt), Monica Creel (Jessie Wyatt), Loretta Devine (Thelma), Richard Coga (Sergio), Robert P Lieb (Shopkeeper), Tommy Morgan (Andy), Sharon Owens (Blair), John Cardone (Customs official). 2118... The Park Is Mine (HBO, 10/6/1985, 100 mins). A Vietnam veteran takes New York’s Central Park hostage after learning that a buddy of his has killed himself and left a note claiming he’d mined it to protest governmental indifference to the plight of those who came back from ’Nam. 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Tommy Lee Jones as the emotionally battered biker vet and Yaphet Kotto as the S.W.A.T. team commander as the American acting “contingent” among the north-of-the-border cast. Based on the 1981 novel by Stephen Peters. Production Companies Astral Film Enterprises, HBO Premiere Films. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Harold Greenberg, Claude Heroux. Producer Denis Heroux. Teleplay Lyle Gorch. Based on the Novel by Stephen Peters. Photography Laszlo George. Music Tangerine Dream. Editor Ronald Sanders. Art Director François DeLucy. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Mitch Harris), Helen Shaver (Valery Weaver), Yaphet Kotto (Frank Eubanks), Eric Peterson (Mike Kuhn), Lawrence Dane (Commander Keller), Peter Dvorsky (David Dix), Denis Simpson (Richie), Reg Dreger (Commander Curran), Louis Di Bianco (Captain Juliano), Gale Garnett (Rachel), Carl Marotte (Santini), Dennis O’Connor (Sergeant Duffy), Tom Harvey (General Bryant), R.D. Reid (Policeman on ledge), George Bloomfield (Dr. Mueller), Marvin Karon (Warburton), Robert Windsor (Minister), Peter Langley (Verdanken), Stewart Arnott (Newsman), Jennifer Dean (Detective Balkan), Philip Akin (Hardy), Ardon Bess (Daniels), Andrew Martin Thomson, Allan Aarons, James Kidnie, Michael Copeman, Jesse Collins, Marco Bianco, Gerry Mendicino, Bill Copeland, Shelley Goldstein, Jeff B. Cohen, R. Emmet Fitzsimmons, Mario DeVano. 2119... Parole (CBS, 4/20/1982, 120 mins). Boston parole officer James Naughton and a troubled young parolee (newcomer Mark Soper) who had been doing 1-to-15 for armed robbery are the protagonists in this prospective series pilot about the day-to-day activities and personal life of a fictional P.O. It was filmed in 1980 on location in and around Boston and at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in nearby Walpole. Production Companies Robert Stigwood Productions, Parole Production Company. Director Michael Tuchner. Producer Beryl Vertue. Teleplay Edward Hume. Photography Laszlo George. Music George Fenton. Song “I Shall Be Released” by Bob Dylan. Song Performed by Sting. Editor Bill Blunden. Art Director Rafael Caro. Cast James Naughton (Andy Driscoll), Lori Cardille (Suzanne Driscoll), Mark Soper (Jimmy McCusick), Ted Ross (Barney), Barbara Meek (Mrs. Sawyer), Brent Jennings (Marco), Ellen Barkin (Donna), Jay Acovone (Leo), Ann Gillespie (Marie), Jerry Gershman (Augie), Patricia Wettig (Maureen), Steven Mendillo (Mike), John Bottoms (Willy), Brad Jones (Dexter), Peter Siragusa (Louis), John LaGioia (Matthew), Tom Kemp (Frank), J.J. Wright (Desmond), Brett Smith (Daniel), Charles Moore (McLeod), Robertson Dean (Cory), Bill Winn (Shift sergeant), Matt Siegel (David), Richard Jenkins (1st cop), Joseph Wilkins (Cop on wharf), John Drabick (Tuttle), Meb Boden (Marge). 2120... Passion and Paradise (ABC, 2/19/1989 and 2/21/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Dramatically restructured (and whitewashed) account of the scandalous 1943 murder in the Bahamas of Sir Harry Oakes, Canadian-born tycoon friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and his playboy son-in-law who becomes the prime suspect. Wayne Rogers shambles onto the scene in the second of this two-part four-hour drama as a deceptively mild-mannered private eye doggedly in pursuit of the truth. Based on the 1985 book “Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes” by James Leasor, along with “additional material” by David Reid, the film was slashed to two hours in its network repeat four years later. Production Companies Leonard Hill Films, Picturebase International, Primedia Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, W. Patterson Ferns, Peter Jeffries. Producers Michael Custance, Ian McDougall. Co-Producer Joel Fields. Teleplay Andrew Laskos. Based on a Book by James Leasor. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Hagood Hardy. Supervising Editor Daniel Cahn. Editor David Hill. Art Director Gerry Holmes. Cast Armand Assante (Alfred De Marigny), Catherine Mary Stewart (Nancy Oakes), Mariette Hartley (Lady Eunice Oakes), Kevin McCarthy (Harold Christie), Rod Steiger (Sir Harry Oakes), Wayne Rogers (Raymond Schindler [part 2]), Michael Sarrazin (Mike Vincent), Andrew Ray (Duke of Windsor), Linda Griffiths (Duchess of Windsor), Johnny Sekka (Alfred Adderly), Tim Woodward (Godfrey Higgs), Gwynyth Walsh (Leigh Kingsley), Ron White (Lucky Luciano), Sam Malkin (Meyer Lansky), Damir Andrei (Marc Sorel), Henry Ramer (Lt. Charles Hattenden), Peter Blythe (Maj. Eric Nicholls), Shaun Scott (Dennis Bullingham), John Swindells (Col. R.A. Erskine-Lindop), Ben Gordon (Capt. James Barker), Sean McCann (Capt. Ed Melchem), Roy Hall (Dr. Gordon), Colin Fox (Axel Wenner-Gren), Ancile Gloudin (Samuel), Nigel Bennett (Lt. Johnny Douglas), Carl Davis (Edgar Kinbona), Paul Campbell (Terron), Leonie Forbes (Mrs. Kinbona), Elizabeth Richardson (Joyce Higgs), Bobby Ghisays (Judge Oscar Daly), Adele Colfelt (Dowager), Ashley Gambrill (Angela), Linda Gambrill (Dowager), Brian Heap (Young man), Tony Hendriks (Correspondent), Chris Kenmay (Captain), Peter Lloyd (Curtis Thompson), Paul Noble (Doug), Kristen Pringle (Cynthia), Cindy Tavares-Finson (Sophie), Munair Zagga (Photographer), Helen Burrell (Secretary). 2121... Passion Flower (CBS, 1/19/1986, 120 mins). Exotic settings, atmospheric camerawork and performers acting as though there were no tomorrow provide whatever substance there is to this contemporary rehash of the type of plot of which longcherished “B” movies of yore were awash--with an expatriate American banking executive, a gorgeous heiress, and her ruthless father enmeshed in evil doings in Singapore, where the film was shot in its entirety. Production Companies Doris Keating Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Doris Keating. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Teleplay Richard Guttman. Photography Dean Semler. Music Miles Goodman. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Chris Breckwoldt. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Larry Janson), Barbara Hershey (Julia Maitland), Nicol Williamson (Albert Coskins), John Waters (Leslie Maitland), Dick O’Neill (Martin Churit), Carolyn Nelson (Eleanor Churit), Moshe Kedem (Alkaffah), Jenny Ong (Song Lee), Peggy Williamson (Coskin’s wife), Jane Mason (Julia [as a child]), Lindsay Jones (Henry), Kathleen Watson (Henry’s wife), Christopher Allen (Daniels), Jason Chang (Finance minister), Koh Mah Hoe (Old Chinese woman).

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2122... Passions (CBS, 10/1/1984, 120 mins). What happens when a wealthy businessman, torn between his loving wife and his spirited young mistress (and with children by both), drops dead, forcing the two women ultimately to confront one another is the thrust of this sudsy romantic triangle drama. Production Companies Carson Productions, Wizan Productions. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Producer Bobbi Frank. Teleplay Janet Greek, Robin Maxwell, Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Janet Greek, Robin Maxwell. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Director Kandy Berley Stern. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Nina Simon), Joanne Woodward (Catherine Kennerly), Richard Crenna (Richard Kennerly), Mason Adams (Ron Sandler), Heather Langenkamp (Beth Kennerly), John Considine (Jack Blaine), Albert Hague (Peters), R.J. Williams (Eric), Len Birman (Sam Cooper), Viveca Lindfors (Lila), Gloria Stroock (Theona), Rosanna Huffman (Maggie), John Alvin (Minister), Hortensia Colorado (Maria), John Walcutt (Tim), Jonathan Estrin (Dr. Persky), Linda Fernandez (Secretary), Rick Richards (Employee), Jessica Rains (Nurse), Catherine Bergstrom (Grisswald). 2123... The Patricia Neal Story (CBS, 12/8/1981, 120 mins). The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal’s miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock (playing herself). Glenda Jackson, who received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress, made her American TV debut as Neal and Dirk Bogarde his TV-movie debut as Dahl. Based on Barry Farrell’s 1969 book, “Pat and Roald.” Because the film was made in two parts with a lengthy hiatus in between (so that Jackson could do a Broadway play to fulfill a previous commitment), two directors were involved: Anthony Harvey for the earlier section filmed in Hollywood; Anthony Page for the later part filmed in England. Production Company Procter & Gamble Productions. Directors Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page. Executive Producer Lawrence Schiller. Producer Don Silverman. Teleplay Robert Anderson. Based on a Book by Barry Farrell. Photography Mike Fash, Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Bernard Gribble, Edward M. Abroms. Art Director (USA) Peter Smith. Art Director (Great Britain) Tony Smith. Associate Producer Michael Economou. Cast Glenda Jackson (Patricia Neal), Dirk Bogarde (Roald Dahl), Ken Kercheval (Dr. Charles Carton), Jane Merrow (Val Eaton), John Reilly (Barry Farrell), Mildred Dunnock (Herself), Sydney Penny (Tessa Dahl), Robbie Kiger (Theo Dahl), Priscilla Morrill (Sarah), James Hayden (Martin Sheen), Angela Cheyne (Angela), Edward Bell (Dick Shepherd), Constance Chapman (Mrs. Bateman), Jessica Rains (Nurse Jean), Christopher Murray (Rod), Pamela Dunlap (Speech therapist), Sandy Martin (1st woman), Alba Francesca (2nd woman), Gabrielle Daye (Mrs. Ingrams), Anna Carteret (1st neighbor), Helen Fraser (2nd neighbor), Edward Jewesbury (Brigadier), Gillian Martell (Mrs. Johnson), Robin Soans (Dr. Hawks), Herbert Clayton Penny (Photographer), Gloria Stroock (Herself), John Dorrin (Jack Albertson), Steve Eastin (Frank Gilroy), Newell Alexander (Reporter), James Bacon (Reporter), Dolores Quinton (Reporter), June Whitley Taylor (Older nurse), Brianne Strauss (Ophelia), Rock Hudson (Himself [walk-on]). 2124... Penalty Phase (CBS, 11/18/1986, 120 mins). Peter Strauss stars as a liberal judge who wrestles with the tough decision about destroying his family, career and chances for reelection by bringing to light a technical flaw that will let a mass murderer go free during the case’s penalty phase--that’s when the jurors, having found a defendant guilty, must decide on death sentence or life in prison without possibility of parole. First-time writer Gale Patrick Hickman is himself a judge serving Orange County, California. Oscar winner Tony Richardson here did a rare foray into directing on American television (in 1978, he had called the shots on the television movie “A Death in Canaan.”) Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, New World Television. Director Tony Richardson. Producer Tamara Asseyev. Teleplay Gale Patrick Hickman. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Raymond Leppard. Editor David Simmons. Art Director Steven Karatzas. Cast Peter Strauss (Judge Kenneth Hoffman), Jonelle Allen (Susan Jansen), Karen Austin (Julie), Jane Badler (Katie Pinter), John Harkins (Mr. Hunter), Millie Perkins (Nancy Faulkner), Mitchell Ryan (Judge Donald Faulkner), Richard Bright (Judge Vonkarman), Richard Chaves (Nolan Esherman), Ross Harris (Zach Hoffman), Art La Fleur (Pete Pavlovitch), Melissa Gilbert (Leah Furman), Mark Allen (Gil), Ron Campbell (Chris), Stuart Duckworth (Singleton), Michelle Gutherie (Miss Levine), Merlin Marston (Mark Rogers), Stacey Pickren (Clair Turnley). 2125... The Penthouse (ABC, 3/5/1989, 120 mins). Robin Givens, in a star turn, plays a pampered young woman who finds herself a prisoner in her own penthouse, forced to rely on her wits to save her life when a childhood friend, now mentally unbalanced, becomes dangerously obsessed with her. Based on the 1983 novel by Elleston Trevor. Production Companies Greene-White Productions Ltd., Spectacor Films. Director David Greene. Executive Producers David Greene, Steve White. Co-Executive Producer Jerry Reger. Producer Harold Tichenor. Teleplay William Wood, Frank De Felitta. Based on a Novel by Elleston Trevor. Photography René Verzier. Music Peter Manning Robinson. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Jill Scott. Cast Robin Givens (Dinah St. Clair), David Hewlett (Joe Dobson), Cedric Smith (Commissioner Warner), Donnelly Rhodes (Lt. Nick Valeri), Robert Guillaume (Eugene St. Clair), Alex Bruhanski (Officer Mundy), Dale Wilson (Steziak the sharpshooter), Jerry Wasserman (Link), William Taylor (Michael), Antony Holland (Stanley), Babz Chula (Maria), Rod Menzies, Deryl Hayes, Adrien Dorval, Roman Podhora.

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2126... The People Across the Lake (NBC, 10/3/1988, 120 mins). A successful stockbroker and his realtor wife abandon their careers and move their family from crime-ridden big city to peaceful rural life where they find unintentionally funny chills--disembodied arms and legs in the local lake, disappearing corpses, body parts falling from cupboards, etc.--and other sinister community secrets. Production Companies Bill McCutchen Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producer Bill McCutchen. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Co-Producer Dalene Young. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on a Story by Bill McCutchen, Dalene Young. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Bert Klatstein. Production Designer David Fischer. Art Director Rex Raglan. Cast Valerie Harper (Rachel Yoman), Gerald McRaney (Chuck Yoman), Barry Corbin (Malcolm Bryce), Tammy Lauren (Lisa Yoman), Daryl Anderson (Henry Link), Jeff Kizer (Dep. John Bryce), Gary Bisig (Duane Mortimer), Gregory Togel (Stevie Yoman), Dorothy Lyman (Ruth Mortimer), Thomas Peacocke (Sheriff Glen Boignton), Frank C. Turner (Ed Feldman), Johanna Newmarch (Debbie Mortimer), Don MacKay (Real estate agent), Matt Hill (Morris Alexis), Judy Herridge (Martha Bryce). 2127... People vs. Jean Harris (NBC, 5/7/1981 and 5/8/1981, 2 parts, 120/60 mins). For topicality, this production remains unique in having its premiere just nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed “Scarsdale Diet” author. This taped movie brought Emmy Award nominations to Ellen Burstyn as OutstandingActress and O. Tamburri for Outstanding Technical Direction. Martin Balsam costars as defense attorney Joel Aurnou and Peter Coyote as the prosecutor, George Bolen. Production Company PKO Television. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Paul Klein. Producer George Schaefer. Supervising Producer Otto Salamon. Teleplay George Lefferts. Music Brad Fiedel. Cast Ellen Burstyn (Jean Harris), Martin Balsam (Joel Aurnou), Richard Dysart (Judge Russell R. Leggett), Peter Coyote (George Bolen), Priscilla Morrill (Juanita Edwards), Sarah Marshall (Suzanne Van der Vreken), Millie Slavin (Narrator), Marilyn McAvoy (Bonnie), Sari Price (Court officer), Al Ruscio (Detective Siciliano), David Cramer (Guard), David Cooper (Mr. Lalla), Milton Selzer (Dr. Roth), Alvin Ing (Dr. Louis Roh), Alan Manson (Dr. Henry Francis Ryan), Chris Curry (Officer McKenna), Lesley Woods (Clerk), Glenn Carlson (Vonglan [jury foreman]). 2128... A Perfect Match (CBS, 10/5/1980, 120 mins). A successful fashion designer who learns that she has a mysterious illness that threatens her life searches frantically for the one suitable donor for a bone marrow transplant--the daughter she, as a teenager, had given up for adoption. John Sayles, whose reputation has grown through his cult film “The Return of the Secaucus Seven” and the later “Baby, It’s You,” wrote the teleplay. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Lee Rich, David Jacobs. Producer Andre R. Guttfreund. Teleplay John Sayles. Based on a Story by Andre R. Guttfreund, Mel Damski. Photography Ric Waite. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor John Farrell. Art Director Tom H. John. Cast Linda Kelsey (Miranda McLloyd), Michael Brandon (Steve Triandos), Lisa Lucas (Julie Larson), Charles Durning (Bill Larson), Colleen Dewhurst (Meg Larson), Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Tommy Chang), Bonnie Bartlett (Judge Greenburg), Hildy Brooks (Esther), Alexa Kenin (Angel), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Rhonda), Marilyn Kagan (Lisa), Darian Mathias (Ann), Alvin Hammer (Leo), Peter Lempert (Specs), Michael Currie (Dr. Banks), John Clavin (Stewart), Daniel Nuñez (Boy), Susie Coelho (Margo), Christine Dickinson (Lexie), Zoey Wilson (Helen), Gayanne Meyers (Tara), Lani McKee (Nurse). 2129... Perfect People (ABC, 2/29/1988, 120 mins). Lauren Hutton and Perry King spoof their good-looks images as drab couch potatoes in their forties who decide do something about their dowdiness by embarking in an obsessive odyssey of diet, exercise, and plastic surgery. This lighthearted accent-on-youth drama also features “special appearances” by Karen Valentine as a health nut sounding board for self-doubting King and June Lockhart as Hutton’s sensible mother. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Bruce Seth Green. Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. Supervising Producer Philip K. Kleinbart. Producer Heidi Frey. Teleplay Gregory Goodell. Photography Tom Sigel. Music Patrick Gleeson. Editor Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Production Designer Curtis A Schnell. Cast Lauren Hutton (Barbara Lawton), Perry King (Kenneth Lawton), Priscilla Barnes (Amy), Cheryl Pollak (Irene Lawton), David Leisure (Derek), Robert Estes (Monty), June Lockhart (Esther), Karen Valentine (Margo Harris), Jennifer Rhodes (Dr. Teall), Roger Nolan (Dr. Freidman), Twink Caplan (Zoe), Vincent Howard (The Manager), Ronnie Schell (Dr. Stroud), James Acheson (Coach), Darcy DeMoss (Janet), Julie Ow (Cute salesgirl), Earl Theroux (Joe), Rob Zapple (Ralph Linder), Frank Wagner (Uncle Edward), Alexandra Goodell (Alexandra), Krista Murphy (Krista), Justin Rice (Bobby). 2130... Perfect Witness (HBO, 10/28/1989, 105 mins). Aidan Quinn, in the title role, has seen a mob rubout; Brian Dennehy, a conscienceless U.S. attorney trying to nail the shooter, offers him protection to talk in court; and Stockard Channing (in an Emmy nominated performance), the latter’s girlfriend-assistant, tries to convince the reluctant witness to tell what he knows to a grand jury. But his family is threatened--and the pressure is on from all sides in this tangled drama executive produced by actorfilmmaker Wayne Rogers (of “M*A*S*H”).

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Production Companies Granger Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Robert Mandel. Executive Producers Wayne Rogers, Amy H. Rogers. Producer Elaine H. Sperber. Teleplay Terry Curtis Fox, Ron Hutchinson. Photography Lajos Koltai. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Wendy Greene Bricmont. Production Designer Richard Wilcox. Cast Brian Dennehy (James Falcon), Stockard Channing (Liz Sapperstein), Aidan Quinn (Sam Paxton), Laura Harrington (Jeanie Paxton), Delroy Lindo (Asst. DA Berger), Joe Grifasi (Breeze), Ken Pogue (Costello), Markus Flanagan (Woods), David Margulies (Rudnick), David Cumming (Kevin O’Rourke), Nial Lancaster (Danny Paxton), James Greene (Paddy O’Rourke), Colm Meaney (Meagher), Tobin Bell (Dillon), Tony Sirico (Marco), Sam Malkin (Stefano), Kevin Rushton (Rikky), David Proval (Lucco), James O’Regan, Christopher Trace, Steve Mosseau, Barbara Barnes Hopkins, Suzanne Coy, David Adamson, Jennifer Pearson, Larry Mannell, Conrad Bergschneider, Peter Langley, Mike Hodge, Timothy Paul Perez, Craig Purves, James Jorgensen, Robert Bidaman. 2131... Perry Mason Returns (NBC, 12/1/1985, 120 mins). Perry Mason’s return in the authoritative form of graying, now-bearded Raymond Burr, 19 years after he had retired the character, was greeted enthusiastically by audiences who made this film the highest-rated television movie of the 1985-86 season. Mason, now a judge, resigns from the bench when called by his faithful former secretary, Della Street (played once again by Barbara Hale), who has been framed for the murder of an unlikable tycoon for whom she has been working. William Katt (Hale’s real-life son) comes aboard to play Paul Drake Jr., the private eye Mason calls on to do the leg work in the case. The enthusiastic response to this “reunion” movie convinced Burr (whose production company was involved) and colleagues to do a second Perry Mason movie for showing later in the season and several after as occasional movie specials. “Perry Mason Returns” was filmed on location in Toronto. Production Companies Strathmore Productions, InterMedia Entertainment Company, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Producer Barry Steinberg. Teleplay Dean Hargrove. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Bert Dunk. Music Dick DeBenedictis. “Perry Mason” Theme Fred Steiner. Editors Robert L. Kimble, Edwin F. England. Art Director David Jaquest. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Patrick O’Neal (Arthur Gordon), Holland Taylor (Paula Gordon), Richard Anderson (Ken Braddock), Kerrie Keane (Kathryn Gordon), Al Freeman Jr. (Lieutenant Cooper), David McIlwraith (David Gordon), Roberta Weiss (Laura Gordon), Cassie Yates (Barbara Scott), James Kidnie (Bobby Lynch), Paul Hubbard (Sergeant Stratton), Lindsay Merrithew (Chris), Kathleen Laskey (Lianne), Charles Macaulay (Judge Norman Whitewood), Mag Ruffman (Salesgirl), Carolyn Hetherington (Mrs. Jeffries), Cec Linder (DA Jack Welles), J.C. MacKenzie (Gas station attendant), David Bolt (Dr. Henderson), Doug Lennox (Vinnie), Frank Adamson (Mr. Williams), Nerene Virgin (Minicam reporter), Ken Pogue (Frank Lynch), Doris Petrie (Mrs. Lynch), Lillian Lewis (Customer), Derek Keurvorst (Court clerk). 2132... Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (NBC, 11/19/1989, 120 mins). Perry takes on the defense of an injured pro-hockey star (Jason Beghe) who is accused of murdering an arrogant sports mogul (Pernell Roberts). Original title: “The Case of the Sudden Death Playoff” Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Viacom. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Executive Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Supervising Producer Robert Hamilton. Producer Peter Katz. Co-Producer David Solomon. Teleplay Robert Hamilton. Based on a Story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger, Robert Hamilton. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Daniel McKinny. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editors David Solomon, Carter DeHaven IV. Art Director Paul Staheli. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William R. Moses (Ken Malansky), Alexandra Paul (Amy Hastings), Deidre Hall (Linda Horton), Bruce Greenwood (Stewart Horton), Shari Belafonte (Kathy Grant), Pernell Roberts (Thatcher Morton), Jason Beghe (Robert Spencer), Julius Carry III (Temple Brown), S.A. Griffin (Richards), Valerie Mahaffey (Barbara August), James McEachin (Lt. Ed Brock), Ron Recasner (Judge Russell Holden), Alexis Alexander (Charly), Dennis Baker (Al), Joe Horvath (Wendell Parker). 2133... Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (NBC, 2/28/1988, 120 mins). Perry Mason defends an army officer (Larry Wilcox) he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge (between the time the Perry Mason series left prime time television and resumed two decades later in TV-movie form). Seems a new witness has turned up, but Mason’s client has escaped from jail, the witness is murdered, and the murder weapon is found in the escapee’s hand. “Special guest” Patty Duke makes an appearance as the starchy wife of the shady boss of the victim whose killing started the ball rolling. Dick DeBenedictis’ music score earned him an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Executive Supervising Producer Philip Saltzman. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Executive Consultant Franklin Thompson. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Lee David Zlotoff. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editor David Solomon. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer David Solomon. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Erin Gray (Capt Terry O’Malley), Larry Wilcox (Lt. Col. Parks), Charles Siebert (Jason Sloan), James Sutorius (Mark Egan), Arthur Taxier (Frank Johnson/Ellis Millbourne), James McEachin (Sgt. Clifford Brock), Don Galloway (General Hobart), Richard Sanders (Chester

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Lackberry), Gary Hershberger (Lieutenant Wilkins), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Patty Duke (Althea Sloan), James McIntire (Daryl Herley), Joel Colodner (Lester McCarren), Pam Ward (Judge Eleanor Daniels), Tony Higgins (Lt. Peter Graham), Regina Krueger (Shannon Parks), Dotty Coloroso (Amy Beth Sawyer), Michael K Martin (Captain Peterson), Caitlin O’Connell (Denise McCarren), Susannah Hoffman (Laundress), Tupper Cullum (Deputy #1), Wendeline Harston (Jury foreman), Burt Goodman (Judge Patrick Hoffman). 2134... Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (NBC, 5/15/1988, 120 mins). Perry’s case this time: defending the husband (David Hasselhoff) accused of the killing of his heiress wife following her lakeside disappearance, and uncovering a kidnapping-murder conspiracy involving his client’s ex-girlfriend and the head of his family’s mining company. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Executive Supervising Producer Philip Saltzman. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Executive Consultant Franklin Thompson. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Shel Willens. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editor David Solomon. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer David Solomon. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), David Hasselhoff (Billy Travis), John Beck (Doug Vickers), Doran Clark (Sara Wingate Travis), George Deloy (Frank Travis), John Ireland (Walter Haslitt), Liane Langland (Lisa Blake), Darrell Larson (Skip Wingate), Audra Lindley (Mrs. Chaney), David Ogden Stiers (Michael Reston), Terrence Evans (Sheriff Ed Prine), Richard Jury (Hans Brock), Nadia Starr (Polly Neff), Wendy MacDonald (Jobeth), Jim Beaver (Motel manager), Michael Flynn (Dr. Everett), Carl Morrow (Ranger Evans), David Watson (Judge Howard McGraw), Mike Preston (Waiter). 2135... Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (NBC, 2/12/1989, 120 mins). Perry decides to defend a young law student accused of the killing the son of his (Perry’s) longtime friend, played by Brian Keith. The defendant is played by William R. Moses, who would go on to replace William (Paul Drake Jr.) Katt as Perry’s associate and legman through the rest of the series. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Executive Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Supervising Producer Robert Hamilton. Producer Peter Katz. Co-Producer David Solomon. Teleplay Robert Hamilton. Based on a Story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editor David Solomon. Art Director Paul Staheli. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), Alexandra Paul (Amy Hastings), William R. Moses (Ken Malansky), Brian Keith (Frank Wellman Sr.), Leslie Ackerman (Donna Lehman), Richard Allen (Jeff Thomas), Brian Backer (Eugene), John De Mita (Scott McDonald), Karen Kopins (Kimberly McDonald), John La Motta (Al the Bartender), Charley Lang (Travis Howe), John Allen Nelson (Frank Wellman Jr.), Mark Rolston (Binky), Raye Birk (Sam Morgan), Marlene Warfield (DA Marilyn Hanson), Kathryn Christopher (Judge Patricia Hoffman), Albert Valdez (Paul Roberti). 2136... Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (NBC, 2/23/1987, 120 mins). The fourth in what would be a long string of Perry Mason television movies, following the popular series, differed slightly in having Perry romantically involved with a client (if only peripherally). Guest star Jean Simmons plays his long ago lover, now a lawyer on the verge of a senatorial appointment whose husband (Gene Barry) stands accused of murder, while an assortment of TV names and faces hover around guiltily. As with all the Perry Mason movies after the first, this one was filmed in Denver, although the city is not really germane to the formulaic plot. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Barry Steinberg. Teleplay Anne Collins. Based on a Story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editor David Solomon. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Jean Simmons (Laura Robertson), Robert Mandan (Dr. Emmet Michaels), Robert Walden (Robert Lane), Stephen Elliott (Elliot Moore), Robert F. Lyons (Pete Dickson), Gordon Jump (Arthur Wellman), Jonathan Banks (Luke Dickson), Stephanie Dunnam (Jennifer Parker), Leslie Wing (Sgt. Linda Austin), Gene Barry (Glen Robertson), David Ogden Stiers (Michael Reston), Pam Ward (Judge Eleanor Daniels), Lucien Berrier, Julian Gamble, Virginia Gregory, Dee Dee Olinyk, Norvell Rose. 2137... Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (NBC, 10/4/1987, 120 mins). Perry Mason investigates the killing of a former madam (Ann Jillian) and while defending her murder-suspect husband, a friend of Della Street, uncovers a very large bank fraud. Reprising their roles with Raymond Burr from the earlier TV-movie Perry Masons are Barbara Hale and William Katt, as well as David Ogden Stiers as the unlucky-before-the-bar DA. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Executive Supervising Producer Philip Saltzman. 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Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editor David Solomon. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer David Solomon. Executive Consultant Franklin Thompson. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Daphne Ashbrook (Miranda Bonner), Vincent Baggetta (Tony Domenico), Jason Bernard (Sergeant Koslow), Anthony Geary (Steve Reynolds), Bill Macy (Richard Wilson), James Noble (Leonard Weeks), John Rhys-Davies (Edward Tremayne), Ann Jillian (Suzanne Domenico), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Kim Ulrich (Candy), Jamie Horton (Frank Sims), Richard Portnow (Harry Long), Mike Moroff (Bouncer), Wendeline Harston (Helen Robinson), John Nance (Judge Harrison Prescott), Michael K. Osborn (Sy Hammond). 2138... Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (NBC, 4/9/1989, 120 mins). Perry Mason this time takes on the defense of a promising young stage manager accused of the murdering the arrogant director of a Broadway-bound musical about notorious madam Polly Adler. (The producers resisted calling it “Hello, Polly!”) Debbie Reynolds, in a rare guest starring role, plays the suspect’s mother, a fading leading lady looking to revive her career, and does a musical number--somewhat rare for the Perry Mason show. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Executive Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Supervising Producer Robert Hamilton. Producer Peter Katz. Co-Producer David Solomon. Teleplay George Eckstein. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editors David Solomon, Carter DeHaven IV. Art Director Paul Staheli. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William R. Moses (Ken Malansky), Alexandra Paul (Amy Hastings), Debbie Reynolds (Amanda Cody), Jerry Orbach (Blaine Counter), Dwight Schultz (Tony Franklin), Luis Avalos (Judge Robert Morano), Mary Cadorette (Leslie Singer), Alexa Hamilton (Kate Ferrar), Valerie Mahaffey (Prosecutor), James McEachin (Lt. Ed Brock), Jim Metzler (Johnny Whitcomb), Lori Petty (Cassie), Henry G. Sanders (Harry), Raymond Singer (James Walton), Philip Sterling (Mel Singer), Rick Aiello (Parker Newton), Wendeline Harston (Nurse), Ron Headlee (Father Alan Rooney), Bea Hurwitz (Vera Pitts), Kirk Nyby (Judge Douglas Daniels), Douglas Stevenson (Walter Pitts), Sheila Ivy Traister (Owner), Richard Van Vleet (Attorney). 2139... Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (NBC, 5/25/1986, 120 mins). The second of Perry Mason reunion movies with Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale (following their earlier continuing portrayals of Mason and ever-faithful secretary Della Street between 1957 and 1966) has the venerable lawyer defending a young nun accused of murdering a priest with whom, it was rumored, she was romantically involved. Michele Greene is the nun, Timothy Bottoms the priest. William Katt, Hale’s real-life son, once again portrays Paul Drake Jr., Mason’s private investigator, in this film that virtually matched its predecessor which premiered six months earlier in its enthusiastic viewer reception. Production Companies Strathmore Productions, InterMedia Entertainment Company, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Barry Steinberg. Teleplay Joel Steiger. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Editors Robert L. Kimble, George Chanian. Production Designer Richard Wilcox. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Timothy Bottoms (Father Thomas O’Neil), Jon Cypher (Dr. Peter Lattimore), Michele Greene (Sister Margaret), James McEachin (Detective Brock), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Monsignor Kyser), William Prince (Archbishop Stefan Corro), Edward Winter (Jonathan Eastman), Barbara Parkins (Ellen Cartwright), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Tom Bosley (Father DeLeon), Arthur Hill (Thomas Shea), Hagan Beggs (Richard Logan), Donna Cox, Alex Diakun, Dennis Kelli, Jane Mortifee, David Peterson, Marie Stillin. 2140... Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (NBC, 11/15/1987, 120 mins). In his defense of a young woman accused of killing her boss, the publisher of a poplar supermarket tabloid (played by Robert Guillaume), at a charity party he and Della Street are attending, Perry Mason uncovers a series of blackmail schemes. A customary all-star cast of “the usual suspects,” the alliterative title, and the expected courtroom humiliation of his adversary added to the formulaic drama that was part of the enduring success of the Mason mysteries. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Executive Supervising Producer Philip Saltzman. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Anthony Spinner. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Editors David Solomon, Carter DeHaven IV. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer David Solomon. Executive Consultant Franklin Thompson. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Robert Guillaume (Harlan Wade), Morgan Brittany (Marianne Clayman), Eugene Butler (Nick Moretti), Rene Enriquez (Oscar Ortega), George Grizzard (Dr. Jack Clayman), Wings Hauser (Capt. James Rivers), Yaphet Kotto (General Sorenson), Susan Wilder (Michelle Benti), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Ben Slack (Frank Peterson), Wiley Harker (Cyril Enright), Dennis Hayden (The Animal), Phillip Le Strange (Collier Jennings), James McEachin (Harry Forbes), Pam Ward (Judge Eleanor Daniels), Ed O’Brien (Lt. Peter Donahue), Dan Kopper (Rick Conner), Patrick Mahoney (Col. Stanton Macauley).

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2141... Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (NBC, 11/9/1986, 120 mins). Perry defends a famous film actor/director accused of murdering equally famous TV talk show host pal in front of 40 million viewers. The in-joke here is that the host is played by Alan Thicke who, before becoming the star of the hit TV show “Growing Pains,” was a talk show host that most critics roasted and suggested actually should be shot. Production Companies Strathmore Productions, InterMedia Entertainment Company, Viacom. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Barry Steinberg. Teleplay Anne Collins. Based on a Story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Hector Figueroa. Editor David Solomon. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Art Director Charles Dunlop. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Joe Penny (Robert McCay), Ron Glass (Eric Brenner), Alan Thicke (Steve Carr), Ivan Dixon (Judge), Wendy Crewson (Michelle Benti), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Jennifer O’Neill (Alison Carr), Ross Petty (Peter Towne), Mary Kane (Kate Huntley), Lisa Howard (Sharon Loring), Bryan Genesse, Lee Wilkof, J. Kenneth Campbell, John Evans, Cec Linder, Ken James, Michael Donaghue, Mag Ruffman. 2142... Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (NBC, 5/24/1987, 120 mins). Erle Stanley Gardner’s invincible defense attorney takes on the case of a publisher (Robert Stack), accused of murdering a successful horror novelist in a haunted hotel. Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason is aided, as usual, by Barbara Hale as Della Street and William Katt (Hale’s real-life son) as Mason’s intrepid investigator, while David Ogden Stiers, returning as Perry’s prosecutor adversary, makes another vain stab at winning at least one case. Production Companies Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove. Supervising Producer Joel Steiger. Producer Barry Steinberg. Teleplay Anne Collins. Based on a Story by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger, Glenn M Benest, Timothy Wurtz. Based on Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Photography Arch Bryant. Editor David Solomon. Music Dick DeBenedictis. Theme Fred Steiner. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer Jeff Peters. Cast Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Katt (Paul Drake Jr.), Robert Stack (Jordan White), Dwight Schultz (Andrew Lloyd), Kim Delaney (Susan Warrenfield), Dennis Lipscomb (Michael Light), Jack Bannon (Donald Sayer), Leigh Taylor-Young (Maura McGuire), Matthew Faison (David Hall), David Ogden Stiers (DA Michael Reston), Percy Rodrigues (Doctor Froman), Ed O’Brien (Judge R.L. Boone), Burt Douglas (Rich), Richard Jury (Police lieutenant), Michael K. Osborn (Harold Parsons), Kathryn Christopher (Carol White). 2143... Peter and Paul (CBS, 4/12/1981 and 4/14/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A two-part chronicle following two of Jesus’ disciples, from his crucifixion and the three decades that followed in which they strive to keep Christ’s faith alive to their fate in Rome of approximately A.D. 64, with the beheading of Paul and the crucifixion of Peter. Aside from the two leads there was some offbeat casting of which much was made. Jean Peters, as a Jewess who converts to Christianity, made a rare acting appearance here (previously she had been in the miniseries “Wheels” and a PBS special, “Winesburg, Ohio”). Emmy Awards went to the makeup artists, and a nomination was given to the film’s costume designer. Production Company Procter & Gamble Productions. Director Robert Day. Producer Stan Hough. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Based on a Story by Christopher Knopf, Stan Hough. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Houseley Stevenson. Production Designer George Renne. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Paul), Robert Foxworth (Peter), Eddie Albert (Festus), Raymond Burr (Herod Agrippa I), José Ferrer (Gamaliel), Jon Finch (Luke), David Gwillim (Mark), Herbert Lom (Barnabas), Jean Peters (Priscilla), Julian Fellowes (Nero), Shanit Keter (Daphne), Denis Lill (James I), John Rhys-Davies (Silas), Gareth Thomas (Julius), Clive Arrindell (Timothy), Kenneth Colley (Theodotus), Vernon Dobtcheff (Herod’s high priest), Donald Douglas (Burrus), Valentine Dyall (Seneca), James Faulkner (Menachem), Paul Herzberg (Herod Agrippa II), Emrys James (Ananias), Olga Karlatos (Bernice), Harold Kasket (Pisidian high priest), Stanley Lebore (Naaman), Despina Tomazina (Peter’s wife), Yannis Voglis (John), Kevork Malikyan (Sapai), Adrian Mann (Mark [as a boy]), Nicholas Savalas (James II), John Gabriel, Howard Goorney, Michael Griffiths. 2144... Peter Gunn (ABC, 4/23/1989, 120 mins). Blake Edwards’ memorable late ’50s private eye returns to television for the first time in this bluesy, Henry Mancini-tinged reunion movie that is an anomaly: the only one in which not a single actor from the original is in it. Peter Strauss here is the suave Peter Gunn, who becomes an innocent pawn in a war between gangland bosses and the cops. Jennifer Edwards (writer-director Blake’s daughter) plays Gunn’s airhead secretary--a character not in the original--and Pearl Bailey, in her only TV movie, has the role of Mother, the owner of the jazz club where Gunn hangs out. Production Companies The Blake Edwards Company, New World Television. Director Blake Edwards. Executive Producers Blake Edwards, Tony Adams. Producer Tony Adams. Teleplay Blake Edwards. Based on Characters Created by Blake Edwards. Photography Arthur R. Botham. Music Henry Mancini. Editor Robert Pergament. Production Designer Richard Y. Haman. Cast Peter Strauss (Peter Gunn), Peter Jurasik (Lieutenant Jacobi), Jennifer Edwards (Maggie Dugan), Barbara Williams (Edie Hart), Charles Cioffi (Tony Amatti), Richard Portnow (Spiros Cotulis), Debra Sandlund (Sheila Shaw), Leo Rossi (Detective Russo), Tony Longo (Sergeant Holstead), Pearl Bailey (Mother), André “Rosey” Brown (Bouncer), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Abe

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Greenspan), Vito D’Ambrosio (Futsy), Willie Garson (Rusty), Mary Pat Gleason (Nurse), Robin Greer (Hooker), James N. Hamilton (Henry), J.J. Johnston (Barney), Israel Juarbe (Angel), Rosanne Katon (Waitress), Arthur Malet (Willie), Chazz Palminteri (Soldier), Vic Polizos (Gus), Jeremy Roberts (Slick), Charles Walker (Detective), Eddie Zammit (Johnny Stefano). 2145... Peter the Great (NBC, 2/2/1986 to 2/5/1986, 4 parts, 120 mins each, 8 hours). Emmy Award-winner as Outstanding Miniseries, “Peter the Great” ranks among network television’s most ambitious and expensive productions ever done and the first to be produced in the Soviet Union. There cast and crew spent countless months, many of them arduous because of well-documented behind-the-scene problems: the original director, Lawrence Schiller, who had conceived the project, was dismissed and replaced by Marvin J. Chomsky; later Maximillian Schell, the star of the sumptuous historical drama took ill, returned home to Germany, then went on to a previous commitment (directing an opera), while another actor stood in for him-literally in the shadows. A stellar roster of names brought veteran writer Edward Anhalt’s lengthy script to life and Oscar-winning photographer Vittorio Storaro and composer Laurence Rosenthal dynamically captured czarist Russia’s mood and majesty. Rosenthal won an Emmy for his score, with other nominations going to Vanessa Redgrave (in a Supporting role as Czar Peter’s steely sister Sophia), to the production design crew, the costume designers and the sound editors (all for part 1 of this four-part miniseries), and to Storaro for his cinematography in part 3. Producer credits went to arbitration, and on Emmy night the award for the multipart drama went to the “Production Unit” of Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller and Konstantin Thoeren. Production Companies PTG Productions, NBC Productions. Directors Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller. Producer Marvin J. Chomsky. Teleplay Edward Anhalt. Based on a Book by Robert K. Massie. Photography Vittorio Storaro. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Performed by Bavarian Philharmonic of Munich. Supervising Editor James T. Heckert. Co-Editor Bill Parker. Production Designers Alexander Popov, John Blezard. Costume Designers Ella Maklakova, Sibylle Ulasmer. Cast Maximilian Schell (Peter), Vanessa Redgrave (Sophia), Omar Sharif (Prince Feodor Romodanovsky), Trevor Howard (Sir Isaac Newton), Laurence Olivier (King William III), Helmut Griem (Alexander Menshikov), Jan Niklas (Peter [as a young man]), Elke Sommer (Charlotte), Renée Soutendijk (Anna Mons), Ursula Andress (Athalie), Mel Ferrer (Frederick), Hanna Schygulla (Catherine Skevronskaya), Mike Gwilym (Shafirov), Gunther Maria Halmer (Peter Tolstoy), Jan Malmsjo (Patriarch), Lilli Palmer (Natalya), Geoffrey Whitehead (Prince Vasily Golitsyn), Jeremy Kemp (Col. Patrick Gordon), Boris Plotnikov (Alexis), Roman Fillippov (Danilo Menshikov), Vsevolod Larionov (Prince Sukhorukov), Algis Arlauskas (Father Theodosius), Walter Buschoff (Silvestre Mons), Christoph Eichhorn (King Charles XII), Lyubov Ghermanova (Afrosina), Burkhard Heyl (Count Piper), Natalya Andreichenko (Eudoxia), Graham McGrath (Peter as a boy), Nikolai Lazarev (Ivan), Tolly Thwaites (Alexis as a boy), Ulli Philipp (Louise), Denis DeMarne (Peter as an older man), Philip Bower, Carl Duering, Vladimir Ilyn, Michael MacKenzie, Vera Kharibina, George Murcell, Anton Ragulin, Boris Tscherbakov, Heinz Weiss, Ann Zacharias. 2146... Peyton Place: The Next Generation (NBC, 5/13/1985, 120 mins). Nine members of the original cast of TV’s “Peyton Place” (1964-69) were reunited to reprise their original roles when Megan MacKenzie turns up in town on the 20th anniversary of her mother Allison’s (Mia Farrow in the original series) disappearance just before her wedding to Rodney Harrington (Ryan O’Neal in the series). Publicity surrounding this film ignored the existence of “Murder in Peyton Place,” the 1977 TV-movie that also brought back most of the original cast to determine whodunit – murdered Allison and Rodney. Repeating their series roles in the 1985 film: Dorothy Malone, Barbara Parkins, Tim O’Connor, Ed Nelson, Pat Morrow, Evelyn Scott, Ruth Warrick, James Douglas and Christopher Connelly. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Producer Terry Morse Jr. Co-Producer Karen Moore. Teleplay Rita Lakin. Based on Characters Created by Grace Metalious. Photography Neil Roach. Music Jerrold Immel. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. “Peyton Place” Theme Franz Waxman. Editors Stanford Tischler, Stuart Bass. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Christopher Connelly (Norman Harrington), James B. Douglas (Steven Cord), Dorothy Malone (Constance MacKenzie Carson), Pat Morrow (Rita Jacks Harrington), Ed Nelson (Dr. Michael Rossi), Tim O’Connor (Elliott Carson), Barbara Parkins (Betty Harrington Cord), Evelyn Scott (Ada Jacks), Ruth Warrick (Hannah Cord), Deborah Goodrich (Kelly Carson), Bruce Greenwood (Dana Harrington), Marguerite Hickey (Megan MacKenzie), Tony Quinn (Joey Harrington), John Beck (Dorian Blake), Randy Moore (Dr. Christopher), Jerry Haynes (Minister), Lou Hancock (Miss Dawson), Scott Everhart (Chuck Daly), Norma Moore (Nurse), Cynthia Dorn (Secretary), J. Center (Maitre d’), Trish Avery (Maid), Gregg Brazzel (1st millworker), Mike Shanks (2nd millworker). 2147... Phantom of the Opera (CBS, 1/29/1983, 120 mins). This fourth filming of the horror classic (fifth, if one counts the rock spoof, “Phantom of the Paradise”) gives Maximilian Schell the role of the disfigured musician whose obsession is diabolical revenge for the suicide of his young opera singer wife. Jane Seymour is not only his wife but also an up-and-coming singer whose stardom he orchestrates because of her resemblance to his true love. Michael York is the opera producer who has taken a romantic interest in the look-alike (comparable to the Nelson Eddy role in the 1943 version). Lon Chaney had played The Phantom in the 1925 movie, Claude Rains in 1943, and Herbert Lom in 1962. Gaston Leroux was not credited as the author of this timeless novel. Filmed on location in Budapest. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Sherman Yellen. Based on the Novel by Gaston Leroux. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Ralph Burns. Editor Caroline Ferriol. Art Director Tivador Bertalan. Associate Producer Christine Berardo. Phantom Design Stan Winston.

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Cast Maximilian Schell (Sandor Korvin [Phantom]), Jane Seymour (Elena Korvin/Maria Gianelli), Michael York (Michael Hartnell), Jeremy Kemp (Baron Hunyadi), Diana Quick (Brigida Bianchi), Philip Stone (Oscar Kraus), Paul Brooke (Police Inspector), Andras Miko (Balas), Gellert Raksanyi (Lajos), Laszlo Nemeth (Tony), Jeno Kis (Fodor), Laszlo Sos (Willi), Denes Ujlaky (Footman of Hunyadi), Terez Bod (1st cleaning lady), Agnes David (2nd cleaning lady), Sandor Halmagyi (Clerk), Lajos Mezey (Stage manager), Sandor Deki Lakatos (Gypsy violinist), Pal Kovacs (Faust), Ferenc Begalyi (Mephisto), Nora Nemeth (Ilona). 2148... The Phoenix (ABC, 4/26/1981, 90 mins). A god-like being, discovered in an ancient sarcophagus in the plains of South America, is brought back to life and must learn to cope with today’s society while using his extraordinary powers to combat evil. This variation on the “Superman” theme served as the pilot to the short-lived series (1981-82) with the same four leads. Production Company Mark Carliner Productions. Director Douglas Hickox. Executive Producer Mark Carliner. Producers Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence. Co-Producer Christopher Kochoff. Teleplay Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Production Designer William McAllister. Associate Producer Carole Coates-West. Cast Judson Scott (Bennu), Fernando Allende (Diego De Varga), E.G. Marshall (Dr. Ward Frazier), Shelley Smith (Noel Marshall), Daryl Anderson (Dr. Cliff Davis), Hersha Parady (Lynn), Jimmy Mair (Tim), Lyman Ward (Howard), Carmen Argenziano (Kingston), Stanley Kamel (Murray), Angus Duncan (Surgeon), Wayne Storm (Patrolman), Terry Jastrow (Hood), Brett Williams (Technician), Paul Marin (Anesthesiologist), Patricia Conklin (Surgical nurse), James Malinda (Croupier). 2149... A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (CBS, 2/3/1982, 120 mins). Bette Davis is a widow whose doctor has diagnosed her as senile, the courts have deemed incompetent, and her son wants placed in a nursing home, in this adaptation of the 1980 book by Robert Oliphant. With the loving support of her granddaughter, the help of a young lawyer who agrees to represent her, and the newfound love for an old friend (Keenan Wynn), she makes a determined effort to regain control of her life and her estate. An Emmy Award nomination went to editor Rita Roland. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producers Christopher Seitz, George Schaefer. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Robert Oliphant. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music James Horner. Editor Rita Roland. Art Directors Fred Price, Graeme Murray. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast Bette Davis (Esther Cimino), Penny Fuller (Mrs. Polanski), Alexa Kenin (Karen Cimino), George Hearn (George Cimino), Christopher Guest (Philip Ryan), Graham Jarvis (Edward Leach), Keenan Wynn (Barney Fellman), Paul Roebling (Roger Desmond), Leroy Schultz (Harold Cimino), Walter Marsh (Dr. Mitchell), Celeste Insell (Nurse Graham), Fran Gebhard (Gloria Cimino), Karen Austin (Alice Cimino), Anna Hagan (Social Service director), Antony Holland (Judge Herman Schultz), Bill Buck (Dr. Sorrell), David Peterson (Mr. Hartman), Ted Stidder (Mr. Anderson), Joan Panton (Mrs. Nash), Cathryn Johnston (Mrs. Wohlsteader), Barbara Tremain (Mrs. Yeager), Terence Kelly (Mr. Emory), Wiley Harker (Mr. Bales), Eda Reiss Merin (Mary Gatlin), David Cramer (Bank clerk), David Downing (Mr. Harris). 2150... Picking Up the Pieces (CBS, 10/22/1985, 120 mins). Margot Kidder is the plucky wife and mother who literally picks herself up off the floor when her vindictive husband, threatened by her demand of divorce, strips their household of its possessions, closes out their bank account, and cuts off her credit cards. James Farentino is a widower with whom she subsequently develops a caring relationship; David Ackroyd is the not-so-nice ex-hubby. An Emmy Award nomination went to Philip Lathrop for his cinematography. The film’s original title: “First Strike on Sycamore Lane.” Production Companies Dorothea G. Petrie Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Producer Dorothea G. Petrie. Teleplay Gordon Cotler. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Steve Cohen. Art Director Jack Senter. Associate Producer Paul A. Levin. Cast Margot Kidder (Linette Harding), David Ackroyd (Eric Harding), Ari Meyers (Stacy Harding), Barbara Rhoades (Denise), Joyce Van Patten (Harriet), Len Birman (Carew), Herbert Edelman (Mac), Robin Gammell (Sabinson), Stephen Young (Cole), James Farentino (Don Hagen), Jack Higgins (Eddie Harding), C.B. Barnes (Tom Harding), Christianne Hirt (Adrienne Marshall), Tom Heaton (Officer Berle), Jackson Davies (Dr. Simmons), Betty Phillips (Mrs. Gersten), Stephen E. Miller (Bailey), Sheila Moore (Mrs. Welch), Dale Wilson (Cal Arnold), Janet Hodgkinson (Miss Williams), Raimund Stamm, Jessica Loring, Lee Taylor, Louise Johann, David Peterson, Wes Tritter. 2151... A Place to Call Home (CBS, 2/7/1987, 120 mins). A child-loving Houston housewife, who oversees a disparate and rambunctious brood of 11 youngsters, including her natural children and adoptees, moves to a remote, run-down sheep ranch in rural Australia out of concern about drugs, violence and other facets of contemporary big-city life. When her husband’s business commitments prevent him from accompanying her, she sets up housekeeping alone--except for a hard-drinking unkempt ranch hand with little inclination to take orders from a woman. This fact-based drama was filmed entirely on location Down Under with a basically Australian cast and crew. Star Linda Lavin also was one of the executive producers for her own production company, Big Deal Inc. Production Companies Big Deal Inc., Embassy Television, Crawford Productions International. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producers Virginia Carter, Linda Lavin, Marty Litke. Supervising Producer Jeri Taylor. Producers Michael Lake, Ross

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Matthews. Teleplay Carol Sobieski, Jeri Taylor. Based on a Story by Carol Sobieski. Photography Ron Hagen. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Corky Ehlers. Art Director Sally Shepherd. Cast Linda Lavin (Liz Gavin), Lane Smith (Sam Gavin), Lori Loughlin (Jenny Gavin), Robert Macnaughton (Michael Gavin), Paul Cronin (Bob Jakes), Maggie Fitzgibbon (Alva), Skye Bassett (Sharon), Patricia Patts (Sarah Gavin), Ricardo Alzaga (Matt Gavin), Philip J. Amelio (Patrick Gavin), Bessie Anne Collins (Bridget Gavin), Michael J. Bird (John Gavin), Tasmin West (Jane Gavin), Fiona Walshe (Jean Gavin), Kenny Harrison Jr. (Owen Gavin), Nancy Black (Joan Morgan), Mervyn Drake (Father O’Leary), Craig Reardon (George Gavin), Bruce Knappet (Shearer #1), Jim Ewing (Shearer #2), Lawrence Mah (Wool buyer). 2152... Playing For Time (CBS, 9/30/1980, 180 mins). Multi-award winning three-hour dramatization based on the memoirs of Fania Fenelon, a French Jew who became a member of a women’s orchestra inside Auschwitz, playing music for their Nazi captors as well as for fellow inmates marching to their deaths. The controversial casting of Vanessa Redgrave, making her American TV acting debut and winning an Emmy Award as OutstandingActress, and the occasion for playwright Arthur Miller, who also won an Emmy for his script, to participate in a TV movie, gave this film added distinction. It was chosen Outstanding Drama Special for the 1980-81 season at the Emmy Award ceremonies, and another Emmy went to Jane Alexander as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alma Rose, the orchestra’s cold, officious leader. Shirley Knight also received a Supporting Actress nomination for her role as the malevolent camp matron, and art director Robert Gundlach got the last of the movie’s six nominations. Initially, it was to have been directed by Tony Richardson, Redgrave’s former husband, but he left over “artistic differences,” and was replaced by Joseph Sargent, who in turn was replaced by Daniel Mann, the director of record. Fania Fenelon herself, vociferous against Redgrave’s casting, died in 1983. Production Company Syzygy Productions. Director Daniel Mann. Producers John E Quill, Linda Yellen. Teleplay Arthur Miller. Based on Memoirs by Fania Fenelon. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Jay Freund. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Louise Ramsay. Camp Orchestral Music Norman Gold. Cast Vanessa Redgrave (Fania Fenelon), Jane Alexander (Alma Rose), Maud Adams (Mala), Christine Baranski (Olga), Robin Bartlett (Etalina), Marisa Berenson (Elzvieta), Verna Bloom (Paulette), Donna Haley (Katrina), Leonore Harris (Charlotte), Mady Kaplan (Varya), Will Lee (Shmuel), Anna Levine (Michou), Viveca Lindfors (Frau Schmidt), Melanie Mayron (Marianne), Marcell Rosenblatt (Giselle), Max Wright (Dr. Mengele), Shirley Knight (Frau Lagerfuhrerin Maria Mandel), Elaine Bromka (Tchiakowska), Faith Catlin (Liesle), Clarence Felder (Commandant Kramer), Marta Heflin (Ester), Martha Schlamme (Lady in train). 2153... Playing With Fire (NBC, 4/14/1985, 120 mins). Troubled teenager whose parents have split up and who thinks his life is coming apart takes out his frustrations by setting fires. Gary Coleman plays his first true dramatic role on television as the pint-sized arsonist who, at program’s end, steps out of character to face the audience and give a lecture against playing with fire. Production Companies Zephyr Productions, New World Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Executive Producers Lew Hunter, Lee Levinson. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay Lew Hunter. Photography Gary Graver. Music Dennis McCarthy. Supervising Editor Michael Economou. Editor Ed Cotter. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Associate Producers Miller Drake, Bill Walker, Al D’Ossche. Cast Gary Coleman (David Phillips), Cicely Tyson (Carol Phillips), Ron O’Neal (Steve Phillips), Yaphet Kotto (Fire Chief Walker), Tammy Lauren (Pamela Fredericks), Tom Fridley (Mike Harris), Salome Jens (Dr. Becker), Richard McKenzie (Principal Sweeney), Arthur Burghardt (Harry), Jacque Lynn Colton (Miss Somerhalter), Rance Howard (Fireman Goodwin), Ron Jackson (Fireman Wilson), Cherie Johnson (Eileen Phillips), Wesley Ann Pfenning (Mrs. Williams), Brad Savage (Paul), Erica Zeitlin (Judy), Jimmy Keegan (Jody), Jonathan Leonard (Hank Phillips), John C. Louie (Willie), Gary Riley (Charlie), Kim Sedwick (Mary). 2154... Pleasure Palace (CBS, 10/22/1980, 120 mins). Dashing Omar Sharif stars as a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help Hope Lange, as a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner, from losing its controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady (Victoria Principal) who seems to operate on both sides of the law. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Photography Jack Swain. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor John A. Fegan Jr. Art Director Stephen Berger. Cast Omar Sharif (Louis LeFevre), Victoria Principal (Patti), J.D. Cannon (Howland), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Benny Moffoe), José Ferrer (Pokey), Hope Lange (Madelaine), Teddi Siddall (Bobby), John Fujioka (Ito), Alexander Zale (Hussein), Joseph Bernard (Starkey), Chuck Hicks (Dietrich), Dave Burton (Brech), Eddie Sherman (Schroeder), George LaForge (French croupier), Perry Sheehan Adair (Woman in Baden Baden), Timothy Himes (Cashier), Eddie Baker (Manager), George Primo (Dealer), Michael Justin (Waiter), Maggie Peterson (1st woman), Diane Thorne (2nd woman), Red McIlvaine (Guard), Peggy Ryan (Elderly woman), Karl Schrom (German croupier), Cathleen Cordell (English woman), Ted Monson (English croupier), William Lally (English husband), Alan King (Himself).

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2155... Pleasures (ABC, 3/31/1986, 120 mins). Joanna Cassidy, Linda Purl and Tracy Nelson (singer Rick Nelson’s actress daughter) are ladies with lust in their eyes, and during one sensual summer, live out their fantasies with the men of their dreams: an artist (Barry Bostwick), a rock star (Rick Moses) and a Latin lothario (Sasha Mitchell), respectively. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Sharron Miller. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Gregory Harrison, Matthew Rushton. Producer Peter Katz. Co-Producer Jon C. Anderson. Teleplay Jill Gordon. Based on a Book by Lonnie Barbach. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Lee Holdridge. Song by Rick Moses, Marc Donahue. Editors Art Stafford, Richard Bracken. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Sidney Z. Litwack. Cast Joanna Cassidy (Lillian Benton), Linda Purl (Eve Harper), Tracy Nelson (Annie Benton), Rick Moses (Niles Perry), Pamela Segall (Claudia), David Paymer (Stanley), Sasha Mitchell (Antonio), Barry Bostwick (Ben Scott), Pamela Dunlap (Elaine), Elizabeth Kerr (Mrs. Gilroy), Richard Gates (Fred), Perla Walter (Mrs. Santole), Rif Hutton (Rock manager), Rick Gibbs (David), Jorge Russek (Ritherman), Luis Gomez (Maricio), Alec Murdock (Drunk), Mary-Margaret Lewis (Claudia’s mom), Ruby Handler (Jeff’s girlfriend). 2156... The Plutonium Incident (CBS, 3/11/1980, 120 mins). The real-life Karen Silkwood case provided the rather obvious inspiration for this fictionalized account of a plutonium plant employee (Janet Margolin) who becomes the target of management as well as union harassment when she tries to blow the whistle on the company for negligent safety procedures, and soon finds her life in peril. This film, of course, preceded “Silkwood” by three years. It received an Emmy Award nomination for its sound mixer. Production Company Time-Life Television. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer David Susskind. Supervising Producer Diana Kerew. Producer Malcolm R.Harding. Teleplay Dalene Young. Photography Harry J. May. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Greyfox. Production Designer John Kuri. Cast Janet Margolin (Judith Longdon), Bo Hopkins (Art Reeves), Joseph Campanella (Harry Skirvan), Powers Boothe (Dick Hawkins), Jordan Charney (Mr. Orr), J.A. Preston (Dr. Samuels), Nicholas Pryor (Dave Gildea), Bibi Besch (Barbara O’Neill), Judith Penrod (Dr. Montgomery), Margaret Martin (Woman with groceries), Larry Musser (N.O.N. guard), Blu Mankuma (Benny), Christian Bruyere (Sam), Don MacKay (Head of personnel), Stephen E. Miller (Haskins), Robert Silcock (Art’s father), Tim Dundom (Health physicist), David Major (Worker), Lloyd Berry (Sheriff), Fred Latremouille (Washington official), Jackson Davies (Walker), Bob Robertson (Phelan), Fred Galloway (Worker). 2157... Poison Ivy (NBC, 2/10/1985, 120 mins). Television’s answer to the spate of early-1980s, generally raunchy summer camp comedies mixes the genre’s traditional romance and hijinks involving campers and counselors. Michael J. Fox and Nancy McKeon, two of TV’s bright young lights, handle the youthful romantic angle, Robert Klein is the bumbling camp director and Caren Kaye is his shapely, oversexed wife, and the proverbial gaggle of spirited youngsters round out the amiable cast. Production Company NBC Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Deborah Aal. Producer Marvin Miller. Teleplay Bennett Tramer. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Miles Goodman. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Michael J. Fox (Dennis Baxter), Nancy McKeon (Rhonda Malone), Caren Kaye (Margo Klopper), Adam Baldwin (Ike Dimick), Robert Klein (Big Irv Klopper), Joe Wright (Jerry), Tommy Nowell (Brian Firestone), Matthew Shugallo (Toby Kaplan), Derek Googe (Bobby Novak), Cary Guffey (Timmy Mizzy), Hoke Reece (Walter), Cameron Arnett (Steve), Ryan Langhorn, Brett Rice, Lou Walker, Jarrett Beal, Shanna Stewart, Josh Jabroe, Robert Illg, Wesley Gelb, Chris Greer, Mark Oliver, David Wasman, Marc Clement, Ginger Taylor, Thad Persons, Harvey Christiansen, Frank Margalio, Carol Chambers, Lisa Adler, Joan Riordan, Gilbran Brown, Ryan Mullinax, Jan Maris, Shaun Cornish. 2158... Poker Alice (CBS, 5/22/1987, 120 mins). Elizabeth Taylor flounces into this lighthearted Western as a Biblereading lady who happens to a skillful card player and, while stranded in New Mexico territory, wins a piece of property she discovers to be a brothel. Joining in the romp are Tom Skerritt as a bounty hunter who falls under her spell; George Hamilton as her cousin, a dandy who is her constant companion and closest friend since childhood; David Wayne as a grizzled station master; Richard Mulligan as the sartorially splendid town boss; and Susan Tyrell as a defiant hooker who came along with the brothel, and with whom the star has a knock-down, drag-out fight reminiscent of the one in “Destry Rides Again.” Production Companies Harvey Matofsky Entertainment, New World Television. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producer Harvey Matofsky. Producer Renée Valente. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director Ninkey Dalton. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Alice Moffett), Tom Skerritt (Jeremy Collins), Richard Mulligan (Jake Sears), David Wayne (Amos), Susan Tyrrell (Mad Mary), Pat Corley (Paul McCarthy), Paul Drake (Baker), George Hamilton (Cousin John), Annabella Price (Miss Tuttweiler), Merrya Small (Baby Doe), Gary Bisig (Gilmore), Liz Torres (Big Erma), Gary Grubbs (Marshal), John Bennett Perry (Frank Hartwell), Ed Adams (Harris), Sid Dawson (Steward), Jack Dunlap (Carlyle), Maarten Goslins (Gray), William M. Hannah (Mason), Henry Max Kendrick (Carter), Stephen Jace Kent (Pellum), Gloria Manos (Saloon girl), John Pearce (Man in street), Caroline Reed (Maggie), Bob Shelton (Crocker). 2159... Police Story: The Freeway Killings (NBC, 5/3/1987, 180 mins). In this three-hour resurrection of the wellregarded “Police Story” anthology series (1973-77), a stellar cast portrayed dedicated police detectives in pursuit of a homicidal

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maniac who is terrorizing an entire city (a thinly veiled Chicago). The search is balanced with the expected interludes involving the personal lives of some of the cops. This film served as a pilot to a proposed revival of the original series and was initially titled “Police Story II,” strange in that several two-hour post-series episodes were aired between 1977 and 1980. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM-UA Television, Columbia Pictures Television. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Charles B. FitzSimmons. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Created by Joseph Wambaugh. Developed by E. Jack Neuman. Photography Robert Steadman. Music John Cacavas. Theme Jerry Goldsmith. Editors Ronald J. Fagan, Peter Parasheles. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Michael Baugh. Cast Richard Crenna (Dep. Chief Robert Devers), Angie Dickinson (Off. Anne Cavanaugh), Tony Lo Bianco (Sergeant DiAngelo), Don Meredith (Sergeant Foley), James B. Sikking (Mayor Cameron), Ben Gazzara (Capt. Tom Wright), Gloria Loring (Katherine Devers), Vincent Baggetta (Cmdr. Paul Harris), Scott Paulin (Lt. Todd Banion), Frances Lee McCain (Clare Wright), Julie Philips (Carrie Wright), Michael C. Gwynne (Gavin), Joan McMurtrey (Lt. Joan Manning), Robert Knepper (Karl James), Marc Alaimo (Louis Morello), Sam Vlahos (Sgt. Freddie Diaz), Javier Grajeda (Lt. Mario Garcia), Ken Hixon (Hallett), Louise Shaffer (Laura Healey), Freddye Chapman (Mary Morris), Charles Bouvier (Stan Ujak), Michael Griswold (Al Narder), Julie Ariola (Test examiner), Carlos Cervantes (Chico), Hawthorne James (Reverend Johnson), Kamala Lopez (Lydia Chacon), Murray Leward (Max), Susie Chan (Kim), Steve Kahan (Paulis), Tony Perez (Captain Rodriguez), Wendy Cooke (Marna), James Scott Hess (Chairman of Oral Board), Charles FitzSimmons Jr. (Tony Palmenta), Lawrence Lott (Businessman), Betty A. Bridges (Eunice), Joseph Whipp (Gene Benson), Janet Rasak (Reporter), Jason Ronard (Robert Nayland), Luis Contreras (Apartment manager), Andy Mathes (Travis), T.C. Ryan (News cameraman), Larry Kirsch (Helicopter pilot), Jay Senensky (CHP officer), Kelly Ames (Janice Carson), John H. Field, Alexandra Melchi, Terri Lynn Wood (Earline Carson), Charles Allen-Anderson, Jan Munroe, Brenda Ballard, Gary Ballard, John W. Bellah, Mang Duong, Peter Jolly, David Pressman, Bill Couch, Neal Kaz. 2160... Policewoman Centerfold (NBC, 10/17/1983, 120 mins). A female cop who agrees to pose for the centerfold of a Playboy-type magazine puts her job and reputation on the line in this movie that was inspired by actual events. Heading the cast are three TV personalities: Melody Anderson of “Manimal,” Ed Marinaro of “Hill Street Blues,” and Donna Pescow of “Angie,” each continuing the growing trend of building made-for-television films around familiar TV faces. Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Reza Badiyi. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Jan Worthington. Photography Woody Omens. Music Fred Karlin. Songs “This One’s For Me,” “Listen to Me Talking To You” by Fred Karlin. Song “Right Before Your Eyes” by Leland Bond, Debra Barsha. Song Performed by Debra Barsha. Editor Robert Florio. Art Director Joseph Altadonna. Associate Producer Marilyn R. Berro. Cast Melody Anderson (Jennifer Oaks), Ed Marinaro (Nick Velano), Greg Monaghan (Chris Sands), Bert Remsen (Capt. David Buckman), David Spielberg (Steve Jones), Michael LeClair (Skip Oaks), David Haskell (Todd Walker), Jerry Supiran (Tommy Oaks), Corinne Carroll (Betty Oaks), Donna Pescow (Sissy Oaks), Vince Ferragamo (Himself), Jill Jacobson (Annie), John Milford (Mr. Oaks), Andrea Howard (Margo Syms), George Loros (Bob), Ron Prince (Officer Bill), Sam Anderson (Druggist), Elyse Donalson (Linda), Bob Basso (Lieutenant Cook), Gina DeFranco (Waitress), Ian Rosenberg (Limo driver), Deborah Harris (Jane), Joe Mays (Mark), Steve Yochem (1st officer), John Otrin (2nd officer). 2161... Polly (NBC, 11/12/1989, 120 mins). In this revamping of Disney’s “Pollyanna,” the 1960 hit that starred Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman, the turn-of-the-century setting is updated to the ’50s, the production is converted to a musical and attempts to encompass a story of racial integration in a stodgy Alabama town, and the cast is, with one or two exceptions, all black. Keshia Knight Pulliam and Phylicia Rashad (both from “The Cosby Show”) have the leads as the winsome orphan who manages to inspire an entire town and her rich spinster aunt with whom she comes to live. Debbie Allen, Rashad’s sister, not only directed but also cowrote several of the original songs and won an Emmy nomination for choreographing the whole affair. A sequel would follow several years later. Production Companies Echo Cove Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Debbie Allen. Executive Producer William Blinn. Producer Frank Fischer. Teleplay William Blinn. Based on a Story by David Swift. Based on a Novel by Eleanor H Porter. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Joel McNeely. Musical Arranger Harold Wheeler. Editor Jim McElroy. Art Director Peter Clemens. Choreography by Debbie Allen. Associate Producer James Pulliam. Cast Keshia Knight Pulliam (Polly Williams), Phylicia Rashad (Aunt Polly Harrington), Dorian Harewood (Dr. Robert Shannon), Barbara Montgomery (Mrs. Conley), T.K. Carter (George), Vanessa Bell Calloway (Nancy Palmer), Brandon Adams (Jimmy Bean), Ken Page (Mayor Warren), Larry Riley (Reverend Gillis), Butterfly McQueen (Miss Priss), Brock Peters (Mr. Eban Pendergast), Celeste Holm (Miss Snow), George Anthony Bell (Mr. Tarbell), Tom McGreevey (Doctor), Michael Peters (Mr. Thurm), Vickilyn Reynolds (Mrs. Tarbell), William Thomas Jr. (Manager), Lorraine Fields (Salesgirl #1). 2162... Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (NBC, 11/16/1987 and 11/17/1987, 2 parts, 120/180min). Farrah Fawcett’s portrayal of famed heiress Barbara Hutton and James Read’s of Cary Grant, Hutton’s third husband, are the main attractions in this two-part five-hour adaptation by screenwriter Dennis Turner of C. David Heymann’s bestselling 1983 book about the somewhat excessive life of the poor little rich girl (as she was known) who at age 21 inherited nearly $1 billion (in mid-1980s dollars) and died at age 86 in 1979 with only $3,500 in her checking account. Her lavish lifestyle and her assorted husbands as enacted provide the grist for this somewhat selective biographical drama, which also featured Burl Ives (his last TV-movie) as Hutton’s grandfather, F.W. Woolworth; Kevin McCarthy as her playboy, emotionally distant father, Franklyn Hutton; Anne Francis

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as her socially prominent aunt, Marjorie Merriweather Post; Nicholas Clay as her prolifigate first husband, Prince Alexis Mdivani; Amadeus August as her domineering second husband, Count Court Reventlow; Sascha Hein as her sixth husband, Baron Gottfried Von Cramm, Germany’s top tennis star of the 1930s; and Bruce Davison as Jimmy Donahue, her cousin and confidant. The sumptuousness of the film earned Emmy Awards for costume designer Jane Robinson, makeup artists Pauline Hayes and Linda Devetta (and crew), and hairstylists Jan Archibald and Stephen Rose. When the production began filming, Herbert Wise (the celebrated Britisher who made “I, Claudius,” among others) was listed as director. Somewhere along the way, Charles Jarrott took the reins and received final credit. Production Companies A Poor Little Rich Girl Production, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Charles Jarrott. Executive Producer Lester Persky. Teleplay Dennis Turner. Based on a Book by C. David Heymann. Photography Alan Hume, John Lindley. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designers Eileen Diss, Bryan Ryman. Art Director Richard Hornsby. Associate Producer Tomlinson Dean. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Barbara Hutton), James Read (Cary Grant), David Ackroyd (Graham Mattison), Stephane Audran (Pauline Rocher), Amadeus August (Court Reventlow), Nicholas Clay (Alexis Mdivani), Bruce Davison (Jimmy Donahue), Carmen Du Sautoy (Roussie Sert), Anne Francis (Marjorie Meriwether Post), Sascha Hehn (Gottfried Von Cramm), Kevin McCarthy (Franklyn Hutton), Burl Ives (F.W. Woolworth), Tony Peck (James Douglas II), Zoe Wanamaker (Jean Kennerly), Michael J. Shannon (Morley Kennerly), Jana Shelden (Irene Hutton), Fairuza Balk (Barbara at age 12), Clive Arrindell (Prince Igor Troubetzkoy), Linden Ashby (Lance Reventlow as adult), Deborah Barker (Jill St. John), Brenda Blethyn (Ticki Tocquet), Nigel LeVaillant (David Herbert), Miriam Margolyes (Lisa Maxwell), Carolyn Seymour (Dorothy DiFrasso), Tracy Brooks Swope (Peggy Reventlow), Toria Fuller (Edna Hutton), Matilda Johansson (Barbara at age 5), Blain Fairman (James P Donahue), Susan MacDonald (Nurse at Biltmore), Patricia Northcott (Jessie Donahue), Liza Rosa (Aunt Grace), John Lindros (Jimmy Donahue at age 11), Nancy Gair (Louise Van Allen), Julie Eccles (Doris Duke), David Gilliam (Phil Plant), Peter Scranton (Jack Pauling), John Golightly (Inspector Clair), Julie Ronnie (Sally), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Raymond Needham), James Woolley (Clifford Turner), Vernon Dobtcheff (Jules Glaenzer), Nicholas Leprovost (Sir Patrick Hastings), Tim Bannerman (Norman Birkett), Kevin Colson (E.F. Hutton), Jonathan Brandis (Lance at age 11), Robert Holman, Sneh Gupta, Lolly Susi, Gordon Dulieu, Ellen Barber, Jeremy Anthony, Neville Jason, Tracy Fraim, Lisa Aliff, Nick Gillott. 2163... Pope John Paul II (CBS, 4/22/1984, 180 mins). Albert Finney made his American TV acting debut in this reverential three-hour drama tracing the life and career of Karol Wojtyla from a young activist in his native Poland (played at that point by British newcomer Michael Crompton) to his installation in 1978 as Pope. An earlier movie about Pope John Paul II, “From a Far Country,” made as a British/Polish coproduction, premiered on television in 1981. Production Companies Alvin Cooperman Productions, Judith DePaul Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Herbert Wise. Executive Producers Alvin Cooperman, Judith DePaul. Producer Burt Nodella. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Photography Tony Imi. Music Wilfred Josephs. Editor Brian Smedley-Aston. Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel. Art Director Herta Hareiter. Associate Producer Pia I. Arnold. Cast Albert Finney (Karol Wojtyla), Michael Crompton (Young Karol), Robert Austin (Governor General Hans Frank), Caroline Bliss (Rosa Kossack), Antony Brown (Father Zary), Alfred Burke (Wojtyla Sr.), Brian Cox (Father Gora), Sam Dastor (Josef Teitelbaum), Victoria Fairbrother (Ruth Teitelbaum), John Forgeham (Officer Moljek), Derek Francis (Bishop Lec), Nigel Hawthorne (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski), Marne Maitland (Mountain sacristan), Patrick Marley (Raczynski), John McEnery (Monsignor Kuczkowski), Kilian McKenna (Stefan Putrya), Lee Montague (Marshal Konev), Michael Mueller (Pawel), Jonathan Newth (Archbishop Adam Sapieha), Neil Nisbet (Wiktor), Derrick O’Connor (Swiacki), Valentine Pelka (Bogulslaw Banas), Ronald Pickup (Jan Tyranowski), Bruce Purchase (Jerzy Loparicz), Andrew Ray (Professor Pigon), Vincenzo Ricotta (Teodor Krawick), William Simons (Foreman Krauze), Natalie Slater (Hanna Jastrun), Eve Slatner (Sister Jadwiga), John Stacy (Professor Grabowski), Patrick Stewart (Party Secretary Gomulka), Philip Stone (Archbishop Baziak), Kevin Stoney (Bishop Dygat), Malcolm Tierney (Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski), Mario Viggiano (Franciszek), Fiona Walker (Anna Lopericz), Tim Woodward (Juliusz Kydrynski). 2164... Popeye Doyle (NBC, 9/7/1986, 120 mins). Re-creating the role that won an Oscar for Gene Hackman in the 1971 film, “The French Connection,” then-relatively unfamiliar Ed O’Neill is the tough, rumpled, no-nonsense New York City detective (based on real-life cop-turned-actor Eddie Egan) in this action-packed pilot to a prospective “Popeye Doyle” series. Here Doyle handles a complicated murder case with international implications, beginning with the death of a sultry, high-class call girl (played by Audrey Landers, who is seen only on videotape). Filmed primarily in Toronto and on location in Manhattan. Production Companies December 3rd Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Robert L. Singer. Producer Richard Dilello. Teleplay Richard Dilello. Photography Reginald Morris. Additional Photography Richard Kratina. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors Skip Schoolnik, Terence Anderson. Production Designer Vanessa James. Art Director Art Dunlop. Cast Ed O’Neill (Popeye Doyle), Matthew Laurance (Tony Parese), James Handy (Lt. Gregory Paulus), Candy Clark (Corinne Evans), George De La Pena (The Shadow/Itan Kellerman), Audrey Landers (Jill Anneyard [on video]), Elias Zarou (Fahoud Nazzim), Nicholas Kadi (The Weasel/Auram Bardas), Gary Tacon (1st deli bandit), Phil Neilson (2nd deli bandit), Elizabeth Lennie (Toni), Peter Virgile (Pretty Boy), Richard Monette (Patrick Henley), S.J. Fellows (1st Nurse), Guy Sanvido (Sammy), Philip Williams (2nd patrolman), Linda Gambell (2nd nurse), Chick Roberts (Detective Bender), Jonathan Simmons

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(Patrolman in park), Richard McMillan (Apartment building manager), Joanna Perica (Connie Parese), Alexandra Innes (Marta Rodriguez), Tony Rosato (Wise-ass reporter), Todd Postlewaite (Manager Club 1502), Susan Diol (The Blonde). 2165... Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger (CBS, 4/22/1980, 120 mins). The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America’s first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws. This was Bonnie Franklin’s first major dramatic role on television after stardom on her “One Day at a Time” series, and was produced by her husband, Marvin Minoff. Original title: “The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger.” Production Companies Marvin Minoff Productions, David Paradine Television. Director Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer Marvin Minoff. Producer Christopher Morgan. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Fred Harpman. Cast Bonnie Franklin (Margaret Sanger), David Dukes (Bill Sanger), Richard Johnson (Havelock Ellis), Frances Lee McCain (Ethel Higgins), Milo O’Shea (Michael Higgins), Albert Salmi (Big Bill Haywood), Yvonne Wilder (Fania Mindell), William Windom (Monseigneur Soldini), Carol Rossen (Anita), Garn Stephens (Mollie Farber), Deborah Baltzell (Ida Lifshiz), Kathleen Doyle (Marvis), James Karen (Untermeyer), F. William Parker (Warden Hale), Helen Ball, John Carlyle, Cherry Davis, John Christy Ewing, Joella Deffenbaugh, Anson Downes, Olive Dunbar, Lisabeth Field, Laurence Haddon, Maurice Hill, Stacy Keach Sr., Tommy G. Kendrick, Archie Lang, Bob Larkin, Russ Marin, Lee Murphy, Robert Nadder, John O’Leary, Jamie Sue Platt, Bruce Reed, Glenn Robards, Elizabeth Ruscio, Catherine Schreiber, Shirley Slater, Jane Strudwick, Bunny Summers, Stacy Heather Tolkin, Jimmy Weldon, Jason Wingreen, Jason Slyter, Joanne Strauss. 2166... Portrait of a Showgirl (CBS, 5/3/1982, 120 mins). The life and loves of Las Vegas dancers, with Lesley Ann Warren as the recent arrival from New York, fleeing an unhappy affair; Dianne Kay as the naïve newcomer, and Rita Moreno (earning an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress) as the chorus line veteran and mother hen. Tony Curtis is Moreno’s husband who is forever making disastrous financial investments. Production Company Hamner Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Robert Hamner. Teleplay Bob Merrill. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Jimmie Haskell. Choreographer Alan Johnson. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Lesley Ann Warren (Jillian Brooks), Rita Moreno (Rosella DeLeon), Dianne Kay (Marci), Tony Curtis (Joey DeLeon), Barry Primus (Dennis Phillips), Kip Gilman (Paul Cooperman), Howard Morris (Wally Gordon), Hamilton Camp (Stevie), Floyd Levine (Selwyn), Douglas Dirkson (Spangler), Charles Shull (Wilkerson), Stephen Young (Congressman), Nicky Blair (Jerry), Sharon Thomas (Angela), Paul Gale (Allan), Greg Monaghan (State trooper), Cindy Perlman (Donna), Robert P Lieb (Landlord), Dock P. Ellis Jr. (Waiter), Oligita De Castro (Fitter), Angela Bath, Candice Arena, Deborah Denomme, Lillian D’Honau, Julia Hantig, Elaine Hawley, Mary Ann Lamb, Mary Ann Lipson, Donna McGaughey, Debra Meier, Cameron Milzer, Marian Palmer, Cyndi Tarte, Gaya Trombley. 2167... Portrait of an Escort (CBS, 10/8/1980, 120 mins). Moonlighting nights at a professional dating service to make ends meet, a divorcée (Susan Anspach) causes the neighbors to whisper and her teenage daughter, unaware of her mom’s other job in addition to the one at the local real estate office, to become suspicious, but when she tries to quit the night work, she finds herself harassed by Edie Adams, her boss at the escort service, and terrorized by an unknown former client. Original title: “Professional Date” Production Companies Moonlight Productions, Filmways. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Ann Beckett. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Hagood Hardy. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Art Director Rafael Caro. Associate Producer David Garcia. Cast Susan Anspach (Jordan West), Tony Bill (Beau Simpson), Cyd Charisse (Sheilah Croft), Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Ken Paige), Edie Adams (Mrs. Kennedy), Mary Frann (Sandy), Gretchen Wyler (Emily Amend), Todd Susman (Ted Quinn), Debbie Lytton (Jessica West), Douglas Dirkson (Loren), Lauri Hendler (Mandy), Richard Crystal (Vice detective), Biff Elliot (Lieutenant), Frank Birney (Professor Lewis), Kathie Spencer-Neff (Waitress), John C. Moskoff (Dr. Sean Feldon), Bari Roulette (Mary-Ellen Lewis), Tony Matranga (Film director). 2168... Power (NBC, 1/14/1980 and 1/15/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this four-hour movie traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (played by Joe Don Baker) from Chicago dockworker to influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, eventually finds himself behind bars in a federal prison and later, not long after his parole, and again like Hoffa, is taken for a ride, never to be seen again. Emmy Award nomination: film sound editors. Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Directors Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel. Executive Producer David Gerber. Supervising Producer James H. Brown. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Jerrold Immel. Editors Donald Douglas, Jim Benson, John V. LaBarbera. Art Directors Ward Preston, Richard Lawrence. Cast Joe Don Baker (Tommy Vanda), Karen Black (Rose Vanda), David Groh (Tony Guidice), Howard Da Silva (Jack Eisenstadt), Tom Atkins (Buck Buchanan), Scott Brady (Armstrong), Victor Jory (Hillman), Brian Keith (Charles Kandel), Suzanne Lederer (Catherine), William Lucking (Sham Murphy), John Quade (Loading dock foreman), Joe Santos (Arthur Konigsburg), Laraine Stephens (Norma Greer), Paul Stewart (Vince Ianelli), Jo Van Fleet (Mother Vanda), Ralph Bellamy (Ben Frelinghuysen),

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Red Buttons (Solly Weiss), Jacques Aubuchon (Robins), William Kirby Cullen (Bobby Vanda), Lee Delano (Fred Goff), John Durren (Dan Feldon), Sean Garrison (Tex), Kevin Hagen (Paul Hackett), Brett Halsey (Prosecutor), Victor Holchak (Lonny), Brian Kerwin (Jack Vanda), Lance LeGault (Stevens), Byron Morrow (Harry Bliss), Don Reid (Faraday), Joseph Ruskin (Bill Davis), Walter Barnes (Al Grove), Frederic Downs (Oldtimer), Bess Gatewood (Receptionist), Jean Holloway (Mrs. Goff), David Levy (Carl Biaggi), Bill Adler, Johnny Alpaugh, Nora Boland, William Bronder, Jim Haynie, Samantha Caulfield, Read Morgan, Michael Mullins, Ted White, Than Wyenn. 2169... Pray TV (ABC, 2/1/1982, 120 mins). Newly ordained a minister John Ritter accepts a summer job with dynamic TV envangelist Ned Beatty only to find deep conflicts between the latter’s conventional activities spiritual needs and his power wielded as a television celebrity. A similarly titled theatrical feature dealt more lightheartedly with the same subject. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Robert Markowitz. Producer Peter S. Greenberg. Teleplay Lane Slate. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Dennis McCarthy. Songs by Dennis McCarthy, Peter S. Greenberg. Editor Peter Parasheles. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Cast John Ritter (Tom McPherson), Ned Beatty (Rev. Freddy Stone), Richard Kiley (Rev. Gus Keiffer), Madolyn Smith (Liz Oakes), Louise Latham (Mrs. Oakes), Jonathan Prince (Bill Oakes), Michael Currie (Artie Allman), Kenneth Tigar (Parker), Lois Areno (Bobbi Ellis), Jason Bernard (Everett), Frank Birney (Johnson), James Keane (Fats), Richard Kennedy (Announcer), Mel Torme (Himself), Ronald Craig (Adminstrator), Dana Halsted (Louise), Duncan McLeod (Guard), Herb Mitchell (Guard), Lawrence Bame, David Bowman, Michael Lang, James O’Connell, Kurt Smildsin. 2170... The Preppie Murder (ABC, 9/24/1989, 120 mins). Dramatized account of the slaying of Jennifer Levin in New York’s Central Park, a sensationalized case in 1986 dubbed the Preppie Murder because it dealt with a prep school stud (Robert Chambers, played by William Baldwin) who spots a college-bound chick in his hangout bar and has a fling with her that gets out of hand, but later in the courtroom, the defense almost turned the victim into the accused by focusing on her lifestyle. (Chambers was sentenced to 15 years behind bars.) Production Companies Jack Grossbart Productions, Preppie Productions Inc., Spectacor Films. Director John Herzfeld. Executive Producer Jack Grossbart. Producers Paul Pompian, Sydell Albert. Teleplay John Herzfeld, Irv Roud. Based on a Story by Irv Roud. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Chris Isaak, Simon Rogers. Editor Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Production Designer Michael Helmy. Cast Danny Aiello (Det. Mike Sheehan), William Baldwin (Robert Chambers), Joanna Kerns (Linda Fairstein), Lara Flynn Boyle (Jennifer Levin), Dorothy Fielding (Phyllis Chambers), James Handy (Det. Joe Brady), William Devane (Jack Littman), J.C. Quinn (Jack Dorrian), Allan Arbus (Arnold Domentz), Christine Healy (Ellen Levin), Herb Mitchell (Bob Chambers Sr.), David Spielberg (Steve Levin), Alan Rosenberg (Dan Levin), Thalmus Rasulala (Judge Richard Bell), Mike Sheehan (Lt. Doyle), Rafael Abramovitz (Himself), Dietrich Bader (Peter), Sandra Bullock (Stacy), Steve Dunleavy (Himself), Lisanne Falk (Alex LaGatta), Amanda Foreman (Larissa), Tuesday Knight (Shawn), Emily Kuroda (Reporter), Andrew Lauer (Josh), Maya Lebenzon (Missy), Noelle Parker (Betsy), Tory Polone (Casey), Perrey Reeves (Lauren), Suzanne Snyder (Kim), Leonard Termo (Griggs), Dierk Torsek (Dr. Spitz), Kim Walker (Candace), Rodney Eastman (Jersey), Kim Terry-Costin (Arlene Levin), Kurt Andon (Polumbo), Francis Guinan, John Mullally, Michael Melon, Joshua Devane, Michael Miller, Yolanda Jilot, John Apicella, Joe Wizan, Paula McClure, Michael Becker, Bryan Shane, Lisa Specht, Rick Aiello, Mary Mara, Alvin Alexis, David Goldstein, DeWitt Kirk, Lauren Scionti, Nicole Hansen, Lisa Patruno, Ava Lazar. 2171... The Pride of Jesse Hallam (CBS, 3/3/1981, 120 mins). Coal-miner Jesse Hallam, a functional illiterate, comes to grips with his problem to help himself and his kids with the help of his new boss (played by Eli Wallach) in Cincinnati and the latter’s school-teacher daughter (Brenda Vaccaro), who tutors him in reading and writing. Johnny Cash not only stars but also wrote the music and performs the songs with his wife, June Carter Cash, and their group. Production Company The Konigsberg Company. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer Frank Konigsberg. Producer Sam Manners. Teleplay Suzanne Clauser. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Johnny Cash. Songs Performed by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, The Great Eighties/8. Editor Tony DeZarraga. Art Director Serge Krizman. Cast Johnny Cash (Jesse Hallam), Brenda Vaccaro (Marion Galucci), Ben Marley (Ted Hallam), Eli Wallach (Sal Galucci), Guy Boyd (Policeman), Chrystal Smith (Jenny Hallam), Earl Poole Ball (Uncle Charley), Linda Bennett (Receptionist), Viola Borden (Mrs. Kleeman), Michael Burnham (Tully), Tara Cash (Student), Malinda Comer (Clerk), Ray Comier (Trucker), William Dickenson (Schofield), Dale Doerman, Mark Heffernan, Charles Holmond, Allen Karpe, Josephine Keenan, Ralph Lewis, Bob Lipka, Savino Maneri, Carolanne Mary, Ronnie Rondell, William Speed, Stephen Truss, Corinne Vandeveer, Jackie Walsh, Reginald Willis, Brad Zinn. 2172... Prime Suspect (CBS, 1/20/1982, 120 mins). In a film somewhat akin to Paul Newman’s “Absence of Malice,” Mike Farrell is an upstanding, law-abiding citizen whose life is shattered by TV reporter Teri Garr’s story linking him with the sex murder of a young girl from whom he was seen buying cookies, and his voluntary cooperation with the police seems to get him more deeply involved and the coverage of his case more relentless. Original title:” Cry of Innocence.”

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Production Company Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Noel Black. Producers Jon Avnet, Steve Tisch. Teleplay Douglas Graham. Based on a Story by Jeffrey Bloom, Steven Nalevansy. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Charles Gross. Editor Bill Yahraus. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Associate Producer James O’Fallon. Cast Mike Farrell (Frank Staplin), Teri Garr (Amy McCleary), Veronica Cartwright (Janice Staplin), Lane Smith (Tom Keating), Barry Corbin (Bob Austin), James Sloyan (John Malloy), Charles Aidman (Roy McKinney), Matthew Faison (Dwight Curry), Ron Joseph (Sergeant Mendoza), Nan Martin (Sonia Lindstrom), Peter Hobbs (Farmer), Terry Kiser (DA Elliot Lyman), Ray Girardin (Ray Embry), Martina Deignan (Ursula Linderson), Penelope Windust (Marilyn Harris), Marnie Wilson (Tracy Staplin), Ruth Silveira (Mrs. Edwards), Charles Shull (Steve Wilson), Elizabeth Hoy (Sharon Harris), Eunice Christopher (Edna), Sheldon Feldner (Dr. Fuller), Jessica Rains (Fran Bundy), Jenny Richman (Leslie Lieberman), Billy James, Linda Bernstein, Dennis Tufano. 2173... Prime Target (NBC, 9/29/1989, 120 mins). Back in uniform, if not as Sgt. Pepper Martin from “Police Woman” or any of those cops she played in recurring roles on “Police Story,” Angie Dickinson is a tough homicide sergeant heading a task force investigating the serial killings of policewomen. Based on the 1978 book “No Business Being a Cop” by Lillian O’Donnell. Production Companies Pipeline Productions, RLC Productions, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, MGM-UA Television. Director Robert Collins. Executive Producer Robert Collins. Producer Dennis E. Jones. Teleplay Robert Collins. Based on a Novel by Lillian O’Donnell. Photography Anthony B. Richmond. Music Chris Boardman. Editor Mark Conte. Production Designer Richard Hoover. Cast Angie Dickinson (Kelly Mulcahaney), Joseph Bologna (Judge Manza), David Soul (Peter Armetage), Yaphet Kotto (Gilmore Brown), Joe Regalbuto (Tom Janssen), Dennis Lipscomb (Officer Rodney), Jo Anderson (Megan McGuire), Dennis Creaghan (Scully O’Brien), Wanda De Jesus (Pilar Sandoval), Andy Romano (Victor Rosselli), Arthur Taxier (Andrew Kaufman), Mills Watson (Lt. Carl Fahey), Charles Durning (Earl Mulcahaney), Patricia Cammi (Juanita Esquivel), Richard Cansino (Jesus Esquivel), Roma Alvarez (Mrs. Sandoval), Don Draper (Store Manager), Father Robert Curtis (Monsignor), Mark Carlton (Mr. Weissman), Joanne Baron (Mrs. Weissman), Eloy Phil Casados (Thin Man), Michael Gregory, Victor Mack, French Napier, Mike Starr, Ari Neil Ben, Vance Valencia. 2174... Prince of Bel-Air (ABC, 1/20/1986, 120 mins). Swinging Southern California bachelor who runs a pool service for the rich and famous of Bel Air and services nubile young women and restless wives is forced to reassess his adolescent lifestyle by an initial one-night stand who becomes a threat to his freedom--a girl who turns out to be his well-heeled sponsor’s niece. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Charles Braverman. Executive Producer Leonard Hill. Supervising Producer Ron Gilbert. Producer Albert J. Salzer. Co-Producers Joseph Ackerman, Marc Rubel, Dori Pierson. Teleplay Dori Pierson, Marc Rubel. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Robert Folk. Editor Dann Cahn. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Associate Producer Daniel Cahn. Cast Mark Harmon (Robin Prince), Kirstie Alley (Jamie Harris), Robert Vaughn (Stanley Auerbach), Patrick Labyorteaux (Justin Auerbach), Bart Braverman (Mr. Kampion), Deborah Harmon (Mrs. Kampion), Katherine Moffat (Kelli), Scott Getlin (Steve Cooper), Michael Horton (Michael Jacobs), Jonathan Stark (Brad Griffin), Sherry Hursey (Sandi), Lisanne Falk (Stacy), Dean Cameron (Willard), Don Swayze (Darryl), Barbara Crampton (Anne White), Leslie Winston (Terry White), John Otrin (Roland Schein), Terri Hanauer (Ellen Schein), Neil Bagg (Colin Lambrary), Max G. Braverman (Jarrett Schein), Norman Merrill (Gallery Owner), Karen Witter (1st young woman). 2175... The Princess and the Cabbie (CBS, 11/3/1981, 120 mins). Valerie Bertinelli is a pretty young heiress suffering from dyslexia and Robert Desiderio is a feisty, self-taught cabbie, a frustrated writer, who helps reeducate her in this romantic comedy/drama. An Emmy Award went to composer Patrick Williams for his score and a nomination went to Gayne Rescher for his photography. Production Companies Freyda Rothstein Productions, Time-Life Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Freyda Rothstein. Supervising Producer Greg Antonacci. Producer Ilene Kahn. Teleplay Edward Pomerantz. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Michael McCroskey. Art Director William McAllister. Associate Producer George Goodman. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Joanna James), Robert Desiderio (Joe Holliday), Cynthia Harris (Barbara Cunningham), Peter Donat (Edward James), Shelley Long (Carol), Ellen Geer (Nellie), Harry Moses (Louis Cunningham), William Browder (Jacques), Al Cingolani (2nd driver), Dolores Dorn (Emcee), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Dr. Beatrice Adams), Jim Haynie (Executive), Joe Miksak (3rd doorman), Charlotte Stewart (Nurse), Bill Bonham (Deli waiter), Chuck Dorsett (4th doorman), Allen Gebhart (Young man in bar), Ray Goodman (2nd doorman), Helen Hughes (Woman in bar), Tom O’Neill (Man in car), Bill Smillie (1st doorman), Arnold Turner (Jimmy), Ed Vasgersian (Italian waiter), Michael Voletti (Maitre d’). 2176... Princess Daisy (NBC, 11/6/1983 and 11/7/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This star-laden, two-part adaptation of Judith Krantz’s 1980 bestseller follows the fortunes of the spirited daughter of a beautiful American movie star (Lindsay Wagner) (and a dashing Russian prince played by Stacy Keach), struggling to overcome her past--the institutionaliztion of her retarded twin sister and assault by her half-brother--to claw her way to the top in the cosmetics business.

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Production Companies Steve Krantz Productions, NBC Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Steve Krantz. Producer Lillian Gallo. Teleplay Diana Hammond. Based on the Novel by Judith Krantz. Photography (USA) Charles Rosher. Photography (Europe) Tony Imi. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Production Designer Dean Mitzner. Associate Producer Diane Asselin. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Francesca Valensky), Paul Michael Glaser (Frederick North), Robert Urich (Patrick Shannon), Claudia Cardinale (Annabel de Fourdemont Valensky), Rupert Everett (Ram Valensky), Sada Thompson (Masha), Jim Metzler (John), Stacy Keach (Count Stash Valensky), Barbara Bach (Vanessa Valerian), Ringo Starr (Robin Valerian), Merete Van Kamp (Princess Daisy/Dannie Valensky), Alexa Kenin (Kiki Kavanaugh), Nicolas Coster (Matty Firestone), Hildy Brooks (Margo Firestone), Lysette Anthony (Lady Sarah), Sal Viscuso (Wingo), David Haskell (Luke), Garn Stephens (Candice Bloom), Melissa Dennis (Young Daisy), Barry Bartle (Hamilton Short), Peter Bayliss (English journalist), Kris Mersky (North’s secretary), Hillard Elkins (Hilly Burr), Joan Sweeny (Reporter), Nikki Dantine (Topsy Short), Toby Robins (Eleanor Kavanaugh), Grant Ashley Warnock (Young Ram), Nigel Pegram (Dr. Harris), David McAllister (Photographer), Rachel Weaver (Stash’s maid), Janet Davies, Shaun Curry, April Olrich, Lynne Miller, Bill Santoro. 2177... Prison for Children (CBS, 3/14/1987, 120 mins). Contemporary drama dealing with an orphaned teenager trapped in an antiquated juvenile disciplinary system and the efforts of the institution’s superintendent and a sympathetic teacher (John Ritter and Betty Thomas, both given “special appearance” billing) to get that system changed. Original titles: “Find a Safe Place” and “A Prison of Children” Production Companies Knopf-Simons Productions, Viacom. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producer David A. Simons. Producer Lee Rafner. Teleplay Christopher Knopf. Editor Eric Sears. Music Basil Poledouris. Art Director Paul Staheli. Associate Producer Eric Sears. Cast Raphael Sbarge (John Parsons), Kenny Ransom (Thomas Holmes), Jonathan Chapin (Chaser), Gordie Wright (Tyrone Roosevelt), Josh Brolin (Boise), James Callahan (Judge Collins), Betty Thomas (Angela Brannon), John Ritter (David Royce), Thomas Zak (Joey Elkins), William Bryant (Will Waylon), Jamie Horton (Chris Parsons), Aaron Makinen (Hermit), Bobby Anderson (Robert Hulsey), Brad Arkin (Mickey Phillips), Tom Becker (Night watchman), Dulcie Camp (Bea Saunders), Walt Conely (Shop supervisor), Lorraine Davies (Judy), Bill Gibson (Brad), Marque Gritta (Marcus), Robert Himber (Casey Sellers), Emery Kedocia (Admissions attendant), Ed O’Brien (Arthur Franklin), Tom Patterson (Hank Sims), Randy Pybus (Randy), Vern Porter (Dr. Willett), Terry Rhoades (Ward), Dutch Shindler (Owen Wilbur), Archie Smith (Pop Saunders), Craig Stout (Barrett), Alan Westbrook (Honeycutt), Mimi Wickliff (Mariann Groves), Don Spencer (Oliver Beame), Susan Coyne (Susan). 2178... Prisoners of the Lost Universe (Showtime, 8/15/1983, 80 mins). A fantasy adventure tale in the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” mold, this made-for-cable movie throws together Richard Hatch and Kay Lenz in a time travel machine. Catapulted to the planet Vonya, Lenz is taken by John Saxon, the cruel warlord, as his new mistress, and Hatch assembles a group of mutants--a Greenman, a Dwarf, and a Manbeast--to help rescue her from the warlord’s mountaintop fortress. Production Company Marcel-Robertson Productions. Director Terry Marcel. Executive Producer John Hardy. Producer Harry Robertson. Teleplay Harry Robertson, Terry Marcel. Photography Derek Browne. Music Harry Robertson. Editor Alan Jones. Associate Producer Dennis Johnson. Cast Richard Hatch (Dan Roebuck), Kay Lenz (Carrie Madison), John Saxon (Kleel), Peter O’Farrell (Malachi the Thief), Ray Charleson (The Greenman), Kenneth Hendel (Dr. B. Hartmann), Philip Van Der Byl (Kahar), Larry Taylor (Vosk), Dawn Abraham (Shareen), Ron Smerczak (Head trader), Charles Comyn (Treet), Ian Steadman (1st prisoner), Bill Flynn (2nd prisoner), Danie Vogles (Giant Nabu), Myles Robertson (Waterbeast). 2179... A Private Battle (CBS, 10/7/1980, 120 mins). A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of “The Longest Day,” and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife while at the same time determined to complete “A Bridge Too Far,” which he had spent years researching. Prolific TV screenwriter John Gay based his script on the 1979 book by the Ryans. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., Procter & Gamble Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producer Michael Lepiner. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Biography by Cornelius Ryan, Kathryn Morgan Ryan. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Charles Gross. Editor Patrick McMahon. Art Director James A. Taylor. Cast Jack Warden (Cornelius Ryan), Anne Jackson (Kathryn Morgan Ryan), David Stockton (Geoffrey Ryan), Rachel Kelly (Vicki Ryan), Rebecca Schull (Anne Bardenhagen), Bill Moor (Pat Neligan), Frederick Rolf (Dr. Slossy), Robert Elston (Dr. Whitmore), Jim Boyd (Dr. Jewett), Peter De Maio (Harold Robbins), Millie Velazquez (Nurse), W.T. Martin (Staff physician), Peter Miner (Woody), John Bartholomew Tucker (Emcee), Walter Cronkite (Himself), Truman Gaige (Banquet speaker), David Lang, Clayton Rohner, Dick Ensslen, Jacques Roux, Susan Stevens, Annette Miller, Joseph O’Connor, Victor Magnotta, Laura A. Ross, Lee Colligan. 2180... Private Sessions (NBC, 3/18/1985, 120 mins). A Manhattan psychotherapist gets uncharacteristically (and unprofessionally) involved with one of his patients--a young woman with a compulsion for picking up total strangers for sex, in this pilot to a prospective series that would star Mike Farrell, as a divorced therapist with a teenage daughter, and Maureen Stapleton, as a psychoanalyst with whom he shares a suite of offices.

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Production Companies Comworld Productions, Raven’s Claw Productions. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Norman Gimbel, Philip Capice. Producer Thom Thomas. Teleplay Thom Thomas, David Seltzer. Photography Mike Fash. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Craig McKay. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Cast Mike Farrell (Dr. Joe Braden), Maureen Stapleton (Dr. Liz Bolger), Denise Miller (Angie), Kathryn Walker (Claire Braden), Mary Tanner (Millie Braden), David Labiosa (Ramon/doorman), Tom Bosley (Harry O’Reilly), Robert Vaughn (Oliver Coles), Kelly McGillis (Jennifer Coles), Greg Evigan (Rick), Hope Lange (Mrs. Coles), Kim Hunter (Rosemary O’Reilly), Victor Garber (Jerry Sharma), John Cunningham (Paul Rodgers), Wendie Malick (Tippi), Elias Koteas (Johnny O’Reilly), Paul Land (Delivery boy), Davenia McFadden (Gail), Edmond Genest (Quentin Byrd), Eevin Harisborough (Jennifer at age 9), John Horton (Businessman), Kathryn Dowling (Susan Prescott), Jane Cronin (Miss Finney), Raul Davila (Mr. Fontana), John Capodice (George), Geoffrey Horne (Man), Doug Sloan (Man at bus stop), William Converse-Roberts (Artist), John Bentley (Morrie). 2181... Promise (CBS, 12/14/1986, 120 mins). Deeply moving story of a carefree bachelor (James Garner) who takes on real responsibility for the first time in his life when his mother dies and he must fulfill his long-ago promise to her that he would take over the care of the schizophrenic brother (James Woods) who had been out of his life for the past 30 years. Woods won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Television Drama, and “Promise” was itself named Best Television Movie of the Year. It also won both a Christopher and a Peabody Award. Garner was co-executive producer for this drama filmed entirely on location in Oregon. Production Companies Garner-Duchow Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Peter K. Duchow, James Garner. Producer Glenn Jordan. Co-Producer Richard Friedenberg. Teleplay Richard Friedenberg. Based on a Story by Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music David Shire. Editor Paul Rubell. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Associate Producer Paul Rubell. Cast James Garner (Bob Beuhler), James Woods (D.J.), Piper Laurie (Annie Gilbert), Peter Michael Goetz (Stuart), Michael Alldredge (Gibb), Alan Rosenberg (Dr. Pressman), Mary Marsh (Mrs. Post), Barbara Alexander (Joan), Steven M. Gagnon (Michael), Raissa Fleming (Lonnie), Art Burke (Dr. Wexler), Bob Griggs (Minister), Janet Baumhover (Mrs. Green), Charles Bernard (Mr. Allison), Claretta Mariana (Beth), Virginia Settle (Mrs. Burden), Diana Van Arnam (Netta). 2182... The Promise of Love (CBS, 11/11/1980, 120 mins). Teenage bride Valerie Bertinelli becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband Andy Romano is killed in Vietnam, and into her life comes a civilian recreation director (Jameson Parker) who works at Camp Pendleton in this romantic young love drama that originally was titled “Personal Edge.” Production Company Pierre Cossette Productions. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Pierre Cossette. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Carol Saraceno, Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Paul Chihara. Song by Paul Chihara, Lori Lieberman. Song Performed by Lori Lieberman. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Kathy Emelio), Jameson Parker (Sam), Andy Romano (John Emelio), Joanna Miles (Toni Emelio), David James Carroll (Chuck Wakemore), Lauri Hendler (Laurie), Virginia Kiser (Beverly), Craig T. Nelson (Major Landau), Karlene Crockett (Tracy), Dey Young (Jennifer), Shelley Long (Lorraine), Don Caldwell (Bill Walker), Anne Gee Byrd (Virginia Walker), Heath Kaye (Bobby), Bobby Jacoby (Butch), Samantha Harper (Dorothy), Marguerite DeLain (Gail), Cynthia Songe (Jackie), Cathryn Purdue (Lynn), Tracy Newman (Paula), Judee Morton (Alice), Naomi White (Marlene), Helen Baron (Maxine), Charles Walker (Master Sergeant), C.M. Gampel (The Minister). 2183... Promised a Miracle (CBS, 5/19/1988, 120 mins). Rosanna Arquette and Judge Reinhold are the real-life Alice and Larry Parker, a devoutly religious California couple who were accused on manslaughter in 1974 following the death of their diabetic son, whom they had sought to heal through spiritual rather than medical means. The drama is based on the 1980 book “We Let Our Son Die” by Larry Parker (as told to Don Tanner). Production Companies Roni Weisberg Productions, dick clark productions, Republic Pictures. Director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Executive Producer Preston Fischer. Co-Executive Producers Dick Clark, Fran La Maina. Producer Roni Weisberg. Co-Producers Daniel Paulson, Lisa Demberg. Teleplay David Hill. Based on a Book by Larry Parker with Don Tanner. Photography Thomas Burstyn. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor John F. Link. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Cast Rosanna Arquette (Alice “Lucky” Parker), Judge Reinhold (Larry Parker), Tom Bower (Michael Elliott), Vonni Ribisi (Wesley Parker), Robin Pearson Rose (Beth Wilson), John Vickery (Pastor Evans), Gary Bayer (Donald Clark), Shawn Elliott (Rev. Alex Romero), Maria O’Brien (Donna Martinez), Jennifer Puscas (Patricia Parker), America Martin (Pamela Parker), Michael Cavanaugh (Detective), Wyatt Knight (Brother Walker), Amy Michelson (Carol Parker), Terry Wills (Mitchell O’Connor), Kathy Kinney (Cindy Wilson), Tuesday Knight (Roberta Palmer), Walter Addison (Judge Leighton Bashford), Suzanne Kent (Mrs. Weeden), Christopher Burton (Bradley), Eric Poppick (Mortician), Bill McIntyre (Police chief), John Mansfield (Dr. Carruthers), Nike Doukas, John Gowans, Mark Phelan, Richard Leros. 2184... Promises to Keep (CBS, 10/15/1985, 120 mins). Three generations of the Robert Mitchum family united for this project, initially called “Fathering,” with the veteran actor playing a dying rancher who decides to visit the family he had deserted 30 years earlier. His son Christopher, and Christopher’s son Bentley (in his acting debut) play his fictional son and grandson, the

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older one contemptuous toward the man who had abandoned him as a boy, the younger one (the show’s narrator) thrilled by his belated return. Filmed primarily in Malibu and Santa Barbara, near Robert Mitchum’s real-life stomping grounds. Production Companies Sandra Harmon Productions, Green-Epstein Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Noel Black. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Supervising Producers Robert A. Papazian, Milton Sperling. Producer Sandra Harmon. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Based on a Story by Frederick Hunter. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producers James Veres, Stephanie Austin. Cast Robert Mitchum (Jack Palmer), Christopher Mitchum (Tom Palmer), Bentley C. Mitchum (Johnny Palmer), Tess Harper (Gwen Palmer), Claire Bloom (Sally), Merritt Butrick (Reg), Jane Sibbett (Libby), Hugh Gillin (Wendell), Peter Hobbs (Doctor), Paul Mantee (Mike), Thomas Oglesby (Ames), Andy Romano (Ben Wilson), Richard Partlow (Fish buyer), George Kee Cheung (Jerry), Robert F. Hoy (Bud), Michael Laskin (Art dealer), Eva Charney (Bank teller), Gilbert Combs (Ralph), Cliff Happy (Jeff), Jeremy Sunderland (Hotel clerk), Mark Thomas (Gardener). 2185... Prototype (CBS, 12/7/1983, 120 mins). In this contemporary reworking of the “Frankenstein” story, Nobel Prizewinning scientist Christopher Plummer kidnaps the humanoid he and his team have developed, after finding that the Pentagon, which bankrolled his research work, is about to reprogram his creation (David Morse) for a destructive mission. Production Companies Richard Levinson-William Link Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Harry J. May. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Christopher Plummer (Dr. Carl Forrester), David Morse (Michael), Frances Sternhagen (Dorothy Forrester), James Sutorius (Dr. Gene Pressman), Stephen Elliott (Dr. Arthur Jarret), Doran Clark (Chris), Alley Mills (Dr. Rebecca Bishop), Edward Call (Security guard), Jonathan Estrin (Dr. Cooper), Richard Kuss (Harris), Pat McNamara (Landlord), Vahan Moosekian (Kirk). 2186... Proud Men (ABC, 10/1/1987, 120 mins). Contemporary generational Western pitting a conservative cattle rancher and World War II veteran against his bitterly estranged, expatriate son who had dishonored himself in Vietnam and who now returns home for an uneasy final reconciliation. Later the film was retitled “A Thousand Heroes.” Production Companies von Zerneck-Samuels Productions, Agamemnon Films, Cowboy Productions Inc. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producers Stu Samuels, Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Co-Producer Fraser C. Heston. Teleplay Jeff Andrus. Photography Denis C Lewiston. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Gregory Prange. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Associate Producer Susan Weber-Gold. Cast Charlton Heston (Charley MacLeod), Peter Strauss (Charley MacLeod Jr.), Nan Martin (Laura MacLeod), Alan Autry (Brian Winoon), Belinda Balaski (Nell Harris), Maria Mayenzet (Adrianne), Red West (Cookie), Billy Ray Sharkey (Abner), Buck Taylor (Homer), Gregory Kupiec (René MacLeod), Dale Swann (Deputy), Steve Whittaker (Sergeant), Mark McIntire (Doc), John Woodbridge (Barkeep), Bud Walls (Warren), Darrin Prentice (Alma George). 2187... Quarterback Princess (CBS, 12/3/1983, 120 mins). This fact-based drama about Tami Maida, a teenage girl from Canada who in 1981 became a quarterback for the boys’ junior varsity football team while living briefly in Oregon, and not only led the squad to a winning season but also was crowned homecoming princess, gave young TV veteran Helen Hunt her first starring role. Filmed on location in McMinnville, Oregon. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Noel Black. Supervising Producer Ron Roth. Producers Barry Rosen, Gary Goodman. Teleplay Rod Browning. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director Richard Berger. Cast Don Murray (Ralph Maida), Barbara Babcock (Judy Maida), Dana Elcar (Mr. Caine), John Stockwell (Scott Massey), Helen Hunt (Tami Maida), Mary-Robin Redd (Saleswoman), Joshua Cadman (Brian), Severn Darden (Hobart), Carmen Argenziano (Ed Ainsworth), Nancy Parsons (Mrs. Klosterman), Tim Robbins (Marvin), Daphne Zuniga (Kim Maida), Holly Bressler (Jody Maida), Katherine Moir (Heidi Maida), Melanie Parker (Gidget Maida), Michael Currie (Chairman), Beau Bremann (B.J. Caine), Vincent Barbour (Chuck), John Wesley (George Watson), Kathleen Wilhoite (Carolyn Hobbs), Jonna Lee (Tiffany Upchurch), Scott Culbertson (Roger), Alex Schrage (Dennis), Paul Sinclair (Larry Fenwick), Dominique Steffanoff (Darlene), Kim Carbone (Janelle), Mary Marsh (Mrs. Upchurch), Jan O’Dell (Mrs. Schroder), Anne Whitfield (Mrs. Wortham), Cheryl Cantwell (Teacher). 2188... Queenie (ABC, 5/10/1987 and 5/11/1987, 2 parts, 120/180min). Based on publisher/novelist Michael Korda’s bestseller, the thinly veiled story of actress Merle Oberon (who was discovered by and married to film mogul Alexander Korda, the author’s late uncle), told as a two-part five-hour movie, follows an exotic Anglo-Indian girl from the slums of 1931 Calcutta to the brink of international stardom. Newcomer Mia Sara was given the title role and Kirk Douglas played the Alexander Korda part (under the name David Koenig) at the head of a stellar, alphabetically listed cast. Production Companies von Zerneck-Samuels Productions, Highgate Pictures, New World Television. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer John Cutts. Co-Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay Winston Beard,

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April Smith. Based on a Novel by Michael Korda. Photography Tony Imi. Music Georges Delerue. Editors Eric Sears, Michael Ripps. Additional Editing Dennis C. Vejar. Production Designer Peter Mullins. Art Directors John Siddall, David Minty. Cast Joss Ackland (Sir Burton Rumsey), Martin Balsam (Marty Katz), Claire Bloom (Vicky Kelly), Gary Cady (Lucien Chambrun), Kirk Douglas (David Konig), Serena Gordon (Prunella Rumsey), Joel Grey (Aaron Diamond), Leigh Lawson (Uncle Morgan), Sarah Miles (Lady Sybil), Mia Sara (Queenie Kelly), Chaim Topol (Dimitri Goldner), Rosalie Crutchley (Mrs. Jones), Kate Emma Davies (Young Queenie), Abigail Painter (Young Prunella), Ernest Clark (Sir Phillip Wentworth), Albert Moses (Inspector Singh), Geoffrey Rose (Mr. Pugh), Paul Hawkins (Frederick), Misha Kapur (Rhada), Godfrey Talbot (Joss), Rob Spendlove (Dickey), John Grillo (Johann Krauss), John Carlin (James), John J. Carney (Taxi driver). 2189... A Question of Honor (CBS, 4/28/1982, 180 mins). More than passingly resembling Sidney Lumet’s theatrical “Prince of the City,” Budd Schulberg’s first television script in over 20 years, from the 1978 book “Point Blank” by Sonny Grosso and Philip Rosenberg, fictionalizes in this three-hour movie the death of a cop who had been involved in a federal corruption investigation within the department after accidentally having been caught in the special unit’s trap. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Sonny Grosso Productions, EMI Television. Director Jud Taylor. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Producer Sonny Grosso. Teleplay Budd Schulberg. Based on a Book by Sonny Grosso, Philip Rosenberg. Photography Brian West. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editors Aaron Stell, Norman Gay. Art Director Michael Molly. Cast Ben Gazzara (Joe DeFalco), Paul Sorvino (Danzie), Robert Vaughn (Frederick Walker), Tony Roberts (Marlowe), Danny Aiello (Martelli), Carol Rossen (Jeannie DeFalco), Steve Inwood (Luke Romano), Anthony Zerbe (Captain Marcus), Hector Jaime Mercado (Stallard), Barton Heyman (Al Krikorian), Lance Henriksen (Wiley), Donna Mitchell (Mickie), Donald Symington (Kane), John Brandon (Horne), Sam Coppola (John), Mimi Cozzens (Rita Martelli), Gina DeAngelis (Mama DeFalco), Nick Discenza (Sal), Frank Gio (Boston), Tom LaBruno (Joey), Dick Latessa (Charlie), Bob Levine (HQ officer), Marie Puma (Teresa), Joanne Rizzo (Marie), John Scott (Repeat agent). 2190... The Quick and the Dead (HBO, 2/28/1987, 93 mins). Rugged frontier saga by the world’s best-known contemporary writer of Westerns, Louis L’Amour, stars Sam Elliott (in his third sagebrush saga by the author) as a mysterious, fastwith-the-guns stranger, who rides in to assist a newly arrived but woefully inexperienced couple from the East learn the ways of the West as they fight for their very survival. The publicity for the outdoor drama noted that L’Amour was the only American author to have had seven titles on The New York Times bestseller list in a single year, with more than 18 million books in print in 14 languages--32 of them translated to the screen or television. Production Companies Joseph Cates Productions, HBO Pictures. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Joseph Cates. Producer Phillip Cates. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Based on a Novel by Louis L’Amour. Photography Dick Bush. Editor Jay Freund. Music Steve Dorff. Production Designer Chester Kaczenski. Cast Sam Elliott (Con Vallian), Kate Capshaw (Susanna McKaskel), Tom Conti (Duncan McKaskel), Kenny Morrison (Tom McKaskel), Patrick Kilpatrick (Ute), Jerry Potter (Red Hayle), Billy Streater (Ike Mantle), Del Shores (Purdy Mantle), Matt Clark (Doc Shabitt), R.L. Tolbert (Johnny Dobbs), Jeffrey Meyer (Butcher McLoud), Kurt D. Lott (Lenny Shabitt), Hardy Rawls (Jay), Larry Sellers (Running Wolf), Bill Stedman (Bartender). 2191... Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (CBS, 12/26/1988, 120 mins). Uplifting biopic based on the life of the former all-star football player for Michigan State who developed Lou Gehrig’s disease at age 31 but continued to coach for another 15 years, despite being given only a year to live when first diagnosed and ultimately the inability to speak. Directing this sports drama was Roy Campanella II, whose own dad was the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers catcher who was left paralyzed following an auto accident. Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director Roy Campanella II. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Barry Morrow. Photography Stan Gilbert. Music Don Davis. Editor Robin Wilson. Production Designer Norm Baron. Cast Pam Dawber (Lucy Wedemeyer), Michael Nouri (Charlie Wedemeyer), Bess Meyer (Carri Wedemeyer), Peter Berg (Bobby Manker), James Handy (Dr. Frank Griffin), Dan Lauria (Hank Perry), Reginald VelJohnson (John Van Horn), Noble Willingham (Ted Simonsen), Stephen Dorff (Kale Wedemeyer), Gracie Harrison (Karen), Betty Carvalho (Ruth Wedemeyer), Robert Apisa (Kahuna), Amelia Burnette (Young Carri), Kyle Chandler (Skinner), James A. Cockett (Bill), Judy Simpson Cook (Female client), Bob Durrett (Bandleader), Wendy Bilton Glover (Paramedic #4), Art Green (Nichols), Sharon Green (Sharon), Jim Grimshaw (Jim Finholt), Michael Gross (Flick), Jack Hallett (Intern #2), Howard Kingkade (Paramedic #1), Richard K. Olsen (Mayor Lochner), Timothy Britten Parker (Miller), Diana Taylor (Nurse Seeley). 2192... Quo Vadis? (USA, 12/8/1987 and 12/9/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part Italian-made version of the epic biblical drama best remembered as the MGM spectacular of 1951 starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, and Peter Ustinov as Nero. Henryk Sienkiewicz’s original, late 19th century novel (initially filmed in 1913) was set in an ancient Rome torn apart by discontent, political intrigue, and a newfound Christianity. With an international cast introducing Francisco Quinn (Anthony’s son) in the Taylor role, along with Americans Cristina Raines and Frederic Forrest and Klaus Maria Brandauer playing Nero, this

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adaptation first was aired on Italian television in 1985 and premiered in the U.S. in syndication during the Christmas season of 1987. Production Companies RAI Channel 1, Leone Film, Antenne 2, Polyphon, Channel 4 Television, TVE, RTSI. Director Franco Rossi. Producer Elio Scardamaglia. Producer (RAI) Lucia Pinnelli. Teleplay Ennio De Concini, Francesco Scardamaglia, Franco Rossi, William Weaver, Robert Holman. Based on a Novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Photography Luigi Kuveiller. Music Piero Piccioni. Editor Giorgio Serrallonga. Art Director Luciano Riccieri. Script Consultant Ottavio Alessi. Associate Producer Francesco Scardamaglia. Cast Klaus Maria Brandauer (Nero), Frederic Forrest (Petronius), Cristina Raines (Poppaea), Barbara De Rossi (Eunice), Francesco Quinn (Marcus Vinicius), Marie Therese Relin (Lygia), Gabrielle Ferzetti (Piso), Massimo Girotti (Aulus Plautius), Leopoldo Trieste (Chilo), Marko Nikolic (Tigellinus), Francoise Fabian (Pomponia), Georges Wilson (Pedanius), Max Von Sydow (Peter the Apostle), Angela Molina (Acte), Steven Vincent Leigh (Paul), Olga Karlatos (Epicari), Marisa Solinas (Polybia), Paolo Giusti (Volusius Proculus), Annie Belle (Myriam), Ljubisa Samardzic (Phaemius Rufus), Svetozar Cvetkovic (Crispus), Dusan Columbovsky (Phaon), Zlata Numanagic (Crysothemis), Ivan Klemenc (Lucan), Branislav Jerinic (Scaevinus), Radomir Kovacevic (Ursus), Robert Spafford (Seneca), Leso Miroljub (Ephrem), Valerija Brkijac (Epaphrodites), Bogic Boskovic (Baibillus), Stojan Degermic (Mark the Evangelist), Toma Jovanovic (Aliturus), Dusko Vojkovic (Crazed woman), Slobodan Aleksic (Superintendent), Miograd Gavrilovic (Cassius Longinus), Andreja Maricic (Gito). 2193... Rage (NBC, 9/25/1980, 120 mins). The rehabilitation of a convicted rapist (David Soul) through group therapy is the subject of this film which, despite its title, should not be confused with the similarly named theatrical movies that starred Glenn Ford and George C. Scott, respectively. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Diane Silver Productions. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Diane Silver. Teleplay George Rubino. Photography Allen Daviau. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director Peter Deyell. Cast David Soul (Cal Morrissey), James Whitmore (Hugh Borski), Caroline McWilliams (Maryann Morrissey), Craig T. Nelson (Ray), Tom Noonan (Bo), Randy Brooks (P.J.), Darlene Carr (Hildy), Garry Walberg (Maryann’s father), John Durren (Jud), Vic Tayback (Tommy), Sharon Farrell (Dottie), Yaphet Kotto (Ernie), James Gammon (Joe Dean), Robert Davi (1st resident), Jonathan Banks (2nd resident), Leo V. Gordon (Cal’s father), Meg Wyllie (Cal’s mother), Martin Speer (Bob), Barry Corbin (6th resident), Kevin Geer (Young Cal), Lois Hall (Maryann’s mother), Bill Quinn (Judge), S. John Launer (Dr. Fisher), Jennifer Story (Lori), W. Duane Tucker (Prison player), Ted Noose (Guard), Ron Spivey (Weightlifter), Albert Henderson, Dewayne Jessie, Jeffrey Druce, Charles Allen Anderson, Zachary Lewis, Joseph Whipp, Fred Ottaviano, David Garrett, Will Knox, Bernard Erhard, Carlos Brown, John Finn. 2194... Rage of Angels (NBC, 2/20/1983 and 2/21/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this expansive, two-part adaptation of Sidney Sheldon’s racy 1980 novel, Jaclyn Smith is a beautiful young lawyer who overcomes a Mob frame-up while working as an assistant DA to become a top defense attorney, while juggling romantic affairs with a married political hopeful (Ken Howard) and a rugged mobster (Armand Assante). Along the way, the plot weaves itself around and through adultery, suicide, murder, homosexuality, drowning, and sudsy hand (and heart) wringing. Composer Billy Goldenberg won an Emmy Award for his score. Production Companies Furia-Oringer Productions, NBC Productions. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producer Sidney Sheldon. Producers Barry Oringer, John Furia Jr., Richard L. O’Connor. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Based on the Novel by Sidney Sheldon. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Photography (France) Michel Keiber. Photography (Mexico) Jorge Stahl. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Les Green. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Jennifer Parker), Ken Howard (Adam Warner), Kevin Conway (Ken Bailey), Ronald Hunter (DA Robert di Salva), Armand Assante (Michael Moretti), Joseph Wiseman (Antonio Granelli), George Coe (Maguire), Deborah May (Mary Beth Warner), Joseph Warren (Thomas Colfax), John Glover (Scanlon/Jackson), Wesley Addy (Abner Parker), Bill Cobbs (Abraham Wilson), James Greene (Father Ryan), Pauline Flanagan (Mrs. Mackey), Lois Smith (Clara), Art Vasil (Karl Stell), Edward J. Lynch (Lewis), Richard Woods (Seth Needham), Court Miller (Ben Bluestone), Barry Snider (Warden Howard Paterson), Leonard Jackson (Judge North), E. Brian Dean (Captain Childress), Sheila Dabney (Sharon), Portia Nelson (Receptionist), Leo Burmester (Jim), Afemo Omilami (1st vet), Art Hammer (Halleck), Glenn Robards (Speaker), Peter Friedman (Larry), Wayne Tippit (Dunninger), Richard Seff (Judge Waldman), Mark Margolis (Ricky), Stephen Schnetzer (Young lawyer), Joan-Carrol Baron (Donna), Sam Stonebruner (Maitre d’), Tony Turco (Dock master), Heidi Hagman (Jogger), Patrick Stack (Jogger), Lloyd Hollar (Doctor), Sally-Jane Heit (1st nurse), Freei Chandler (2nd nurse), Sam Gray (Judge Mineon). 2195... Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (NBC, 11/2/1986 and 11/3/1986, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). A fourhour sequel to the hugely popular two-part 1983 drama, this romantic tale focuses on the continuing fortune of high-powered Manhattan trial lawyer Jennifer Parker, mixing in delectable dollops of blackmail, nymphomania, revenge and sports cars, as “Variety” pointed out. Jaclyn Smith and Ken Howard reprise their roles from the original, Michael Nouri comes aboard as the menacing brother of the Mafia attorney played earlier by Armand Assante (he was killed off in the original), Susan Sullivan takes over the role (of Howard’s alcoholic wife) that Deborah May had initially, and Angela Lansbury adds more class as a wealthy Italian Marchesa.

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Production Company NBC Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Sidney Sheldon. Supervising Producer Robert L. Joseph. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Based on Characters Created by Sidney Sheldon. Photography Jack Priestley. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor James Galloway. Production Designer Michael Molly. Executive in Charge of Production Charles Goldstein. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Jennifer Parker), Ken Howard (Adam Warner), Michael Nouri (James Moretti), Susan Sullivan (Mary Beth Warner), Mason Adams (Father Ryan), Linda Dano (Margot Delefont), Brad Dourif (Seymour Bourne), Michael Woods (Deak Farmer), Paul Roebling (Jeremy Summers), Ronald Hunter (Robert Di Salva), Paul Shenar (Jerry Worth), Angela Lansbury (Marchesa Allabrandi), Philip Bosco (Thomas Colfax), Danny Gerard (Joshua), Michael O’Hare (Dennis Callahan [aka Boisse]), Jay O. Sanders (Argath Winnet), Pauline Flanagan (Mrs. Mackey), Cameron Charles Johann (William Havermire), Pierre Epstein (Ben Bluestone), Frank Maraden, Tonya Pinkins, Philip Kraus, Forrest Compton, Debra Mooney, Alexander Bernstein, Stefanio Loverso. 2196... Rape and Marriage--The Rideout Case (CBS, 10/30/1980, 120 mins). Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her. This was to be a milestone case in American jurisprudence, although at the time the woman was depicted in some elements of the press as just being a hysterical wife. Production Companies Stonehenge Productions, Blue-Greene Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producers Blue Andre, Vanessa Greene. Teleplay Vesper Anderson. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Gil Melle. Editor Howard Terrill. Art Director Josan F. Russo. Cast Mickey Rourke (John Rideout), Linda Hamilton (Greta Rideout), Rip Torn (Charles Burt), Eugene Roche (Gary Gortmaker), Conchata Ferrell (Helen), Gail Strickland (Jean Christiansen), Bonnie Bartlett (Norma Joyce), Richard Venture (Judge Richard Barber), Alley Mills (Wanda), Paul Koslo (Ralph Larson), Mo Malone (Sally), Gerald McRaney (Cliff Sulkes), Camila Ashland (Jackie Godfrey), Brad Blaisdell (Geller), Deborah Baltzell (Holly Duncan), John Fitzpatrick (Doug Lowe), Rod Colbin (Tom Robinson), Richard Brestoff (Dr. Sayre), Luci-Lynn Norris (Jenny Rideout), Paddi Edwards (Pauline Speerstra), Marji Martin (Susan Perry), Stanley DeSantis (Reporter Greene), Marged Wakeley (Linda Steele), Rita Taggart (Amy Morrison), Matthew Faison (Reporter Williams), Peter Fox, Rosanna Huffman, Margery Nelson, Marcella Warner, Steve Wayne, Harriet Matthew, Danielle Fraser, Barry Cutler, Helen Shaw, Glenn Robards, James Purcell, Tom Regan, Kale Browne, Luci-Lynn Norris. 2197... The Rape of Richard Beck (ABC, 5/27/1985, 120 mins). Richard Crenna won the Emmy Award as Outstanding Actor for his performance as a macho police officer forced to reexamine his own cynical attitude toward sexually assaulted women when he himself is raped by a pair of burly cop-haters. Costar Meredith Baxter Birney had a relatively small role as a rape counselor. Production Companies Robert Papazian Productions, Henerson-Hirsch Productions. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers James Henerson, James G. Hirsch. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay James G. Hirsch. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music Peter Bernstein. Editors Millie Moore, Maurie Beck. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producers Stephanie Austin, Vahan Moosekian. Cast Richard Crenna (Richard Beck), Meredith Baxter Birney (Barbara McKee), Pat Hingle (Chappy Beck), Frances Lee McCain (Caroline Beck), Cotter Smith (Lieutenant Hugo), Joanna Kerns (Anita Parrish), Mark Dickison (Eric Gibbs), Jason Bernard (Sgt. Wally Rydell), George Dzundza (Blastig), Nicholas Worth (Ray), M.C. Gainey (Sonny), Stanley Kamel (Dr. Greenberg), James Goodwin Rice (Stan Weatherspoon), Jonas Marlowe (Joey Beck), Gregory Wagrowski (Harlan Bozer), Troy Evans (Norris), Richard Jamison (Rizelli), Greg Monaghan (Jerry Van Adams), Robert Balderson (Scardlow), Michael Goodell (Bailey), J. Bradley (Ellis), Betsy Baker (Kristi), James Henerson (Nolan), Jili Moser, Nara Scott Wood, Anne Kanter (Tour guide), Annie Cagen, Dan Mahar, William Hall, Robert Lee, Lang Yun, Evonne Kezios. 2198... Rascals and Robbers--The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (CBS, 2/27/1982, 120 mins). This “brand-new” Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn adventure, with apologies to Mark Twain, starred a pair of newcomers, Patrick Creadon and Anthony Michael Hall, as the Missouri lads get involved with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister’s freedom, and see that a dastardly villain gets his comeuppance. Emmy Award nominations went to its art director/set decorator, editor and film sound mixer. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producer Hunt Lowry. Producers Carlos Davis, David Taylor. Teleplay Carlos Davis, David Taylor. Based on Characters Created by Mark Twain. Photography James Pergola. Music James Horner. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Albert Heschong. Associate Producer Thomas M. Hammel. Cast Patrick Creadon (Tom Sawyer), Anthony Michael Hall (Huck Finn), Anthony James (Scree), Allyn Ann McLerie (Aunt Polly), Ed Begley Jr. (Jeb), Cynthia Nixon (Alice), John Harkins (Mr. Clinch), Hansford Rowe (Colonel Beeton), Anthony Zerbe (Arco the Magnificent), J.D. Hall (George), William Le Massena (Judge Thatcher), Gretchen West (Callie), Eugenia Wright (Reba), Ed Bakey, Robert Lussier, Blake Brocksmith, John Quern, Al Scott, Hoskins Deterly, Chris Ellis, Ron Gural, Jerry Leggio, Ed Seamon, Sam Sherrill, David Cass, Neil Summers, Lydy Henley Caldwell, Patti Tierce, Laddy Sartin, Robert Adams, Boyce Holliman.

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2199... The Ratings Game (Movie Channel, 12/15/1984, 120 mins). Diminutive Danny DeVito, as both actor and director, skewers television, the ratings system, big business and anything else that gets in the way in this first movie-for-television made for The Movie Channel, playing a New Jersey trucking magnate who breaks into television by having the worst idea ever to come down the pike accepted by a disgruntled, just-fired TV programming chief. DeVito’s script becomes the biggest hit in television history and he becomes the industry’s darling. DeVito’s wife, Rhea Pearlman, plays his girlfriend in the lengthy cast of veteran actors. Production Company An Imagination/New Street Production. Director Danny DeVito. Producer David Jablin. Teleplay Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music David Spear. Choreography Joe Tremaine. Editors Marshall Harvey, Dale Beldin. Production Designer Michael Corenblith. Associate Producer Lee Biondi. Cast Danny DeVito (Vic DeSalvo), Rhea Perlman (Francine Kester), Gerrit Graham (Parker Braithwaite), Bernadette Birkett (Mrs. Sweeney), Barry Corbin (Colonel), Louis Giambalvo (Goody DeSalvo), Ronny Graham (Cap’n Andy), Huntz Hall (Benny Benson), Basil Hoffman (Frank Friedlander), Kevin McCarthy (Wes Vandergelder), John Megna (Al), Michael Richards (Sal), Ron Rifkin (Television director), Joe Santos (Tony), Vincent Schiavelli (Skip Imperiale), Fred Scialla (Richie DeSalvo), Frank Sivero (Bruno), Mark L. Taylor (Ken), George Wendt (Mr. Sweeney), Steve Allen (Himself), Jayne Meadows (Herself), Randi Brooks (Teresa), Cisse Cameron (Wendy Pomeroy), Gela Jacobson (Tamara), Candi Brough (Bambi), Randi Brough (Stacy), Army Archerd (Himself), Gall Barle (Hamilton’s girl), Allyce Beasley (Paisan receptionist), Peter Brocco (Vic’s tailor), Jacqueline Cassel (MBC secretary), Robert Costanzo (Nunzio), Selma Diamond (Voice of Francine’s Mother), Michael Ensign (Le Boeuf Maitre d’), Stan Haze (Lavar), Jason Hervey (Todd Sweeney), Damon Hines (Woodrow T. Brown), Jerry Hoffman (Mr. Foley), Kenneth Kimmins (Network spokesman), Bruce Kimmel (‘Wacked Out’ recruit), Katie LaBourdette (Le Boeuf woman), Jeffrey Kanpert (MBC guard), Paul Larson (Julie), James LeGros (Car attendant), Russ Marin (Sid), Randall Miller (Car attendant), Joe Pento (Teamster sailor), Susan Peretz (Network receptionist), Bob Perlow (Warm-up comic), Hal Riddle (The Dean), Jerry Seinfeld (1st network representative), Harvey Skolnick (2nd network representative), J.T. Solomon (Mrs. Johnson), Charlie Stavola (1st cop), J. Alan Thomas (2nd cop), Louis Welch (Steve), Lisle Wilson (Mr. Johnson), Lee Ving, Lorenzo Bunke, Tim Leitch, Nora Gaye, Louise Dorsey, Victoria Cooke. 2200... Rearview Mirror (NBC, 11/26/1984, 120 mins). Crazed escaped convict, with a street-smart New York cop nipping at heels, kidnaps a woman and forces her to drive him on a reckless rampage through the swamps and island towns of North Carolina, eluding roadblocks and assorted police traps. Based on Caroline B. Cooney’s 1980 novel. Original title: “Street Heat.” Production Companies Sunn Classics Productions, Simon-Asher Entertainment. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Barry Krost. Supervising Producer Paul Freeman. Producers Kip Gowans, Deborah Simon. Teleplay Lorenzo Semple Jr. Based on the Novel by Caroline B. Cooney. Photography Frank Watts. Music William Goldstein. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Executive in Charge of Production Elliot Friedgen. Cast Lee Remick (Terry Seton), Tony Musante (Vince Martino), Michael Beck (Jerry Sam Hopps), Jim Antonio (Chief Yates), Don Galloway (Roger Seton), Ned Bridges (Powell), Allison Biggers (Janelle), Stuart Boyd (Deputy Eakins), Kaya Carter (Lulu), Sherry Foster (Woman at crossroads), Pamela Garmon (Marylou), Don Hann (Storeman), Edith Ivey (Mother), Elmer Dadis Javier (Andrew), Jack Leland (Loafer), Joe Powell (Kid at gas station), Julie Ridley (Jill), Mary Nell Santacroce (Miss Melchior), Andrew R. Stahl (Henry Davenport), Roy Tatum (Highway patrolman), Lou Walker (Deputy Sprague), William Ashley Ward (Boy in river), Bonnie Jean Willard (Daughter). 2201... A Reason to Live (NBC, 1/7/1985, 120 mins). When his dad loses his job and starts thinking about suicide, and mom announcing she’s leaving, a teenager decides to take matters into his own hands and embarks on a series of desperate ploys to encourage the old man to want to live. At first called “My Life, Your Life,” the film was erroneously promoted as being Peter Fonda’s television movie debut--ignoring the fact that he was the star five years earlier of Alistair MacLean’s “The Hostage Tower.” Production Companies Robert Papazian Productions, Rastar Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Doreen Bergesen. Supervising Producer Robert Lewin. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Robert Lewin. Photography John McPherson. Music Miles Goodman. Editor Eric Sears. Art Director Richard Berger. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Ricky Schroder (Alex Stewart), Peter Fonda (Gus Stewart), Deidre Hall (Delores Stewart), Tracey Gold (Ellen Maynes), Maxine Stuart (Fay Stewart), Carrie Snodgress (Isobel Bennett), Bruce Weitz (Bob Cousins), Peter Jason (Dick Biheller), James McKrell (Josh Turner), Rosanna Huffman (Felicia Massey), Matthew Faison (Jack Mayberry), Mark Goddard (Jerry), Linda Meiklejohn (June Baker), Lee Anthony (Ray Dryer), Sands Hall (Marion Stewart), Ray Girardin (Tom Yusem), Bobbie Ferguson (Carla Yusem), Gerald Berns (Henry Stewart), Charles Bateman (Dan Hodgins), Archie Lang (Mike), Stewart Bradley (Guard), Walter Jones (Kid). 2202... Reckless Disregard (Showtime, 3/17/1985, 105 mins). Based largely on the 1983 trial in Los Angeles of Dr. Carl A. Galloway against both CBS and Dan Rather, following a Rather report on “60 Minutes” linking the doctor with a pill-dispensing clinic, this fictional account (filmed in Toronto) parallels the case to a great extent, pitting a small-time lawyer (Tess Harper) against a smug television journalist (Leslie Nielsen), claiming “Reckless Disregard” for the truth and reputation of a slandered doctor. Made-for-cable with a basically Canadian cast and crew.

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Production Companies Telecom Entertainment Inc., Polar Film Corporation, Fremantle of Canada Ltd. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producers Kenneth Kaufman, Michael Lepiner, Marjorie Kalins, Mark Tarlov. Producers Chris Dalton, Wayne Fenske. Teleplay Charlie Haas. Photography Rene Verzier. Music Gil Goldstein. Editor Tony Lower. Art Director Gerry Holmes. Associate Producers David Daniels, Charlie Haas. Cast Tess Harper (Meredith Craig), Leslie Nielsen (Bob Franklin), Ronny Cox (Dan Leone), Henry Ramer (Jack Coburn), Kate Lynch (Lauren Gardner), Sean McCann (Harold Stern), Frank Adamson (Dr. Edward Lucas), Lili Francks (Mrs. Walker), Tony De Santis (Patient), Gary Reineke (Det. Lew Mackton), Tony Lower (Editor), Barry Flatman (Jeremy), Mark Humphrey (Stu), Patricia Idlette (Receptionist), Garfield Andrews (Dr. Peterson), Nuala Fitzgerald (Judge Henderson), Scott Denton (Michael Ziff), Jo-Anne Bates (Mary), Ken Glass (Ferris Mulcahy), Peter Jobin (Randall), Jack Mather (Arnold Ericson), Mag Ruffman (Sandy), Alan McRae (Bill Lewis), Sharon Noble (Mrs. Florence Milgrim), Paul Kligman (Amos Greisman), Roger Abbott, Matsu Anderson, Glenn Beck, Ardon Bess, Richard Comar, Grant Cowan, David Daniels, Mark Humphrey, Jack Jessop, Lorne Monte, Andrea Nevitt. 2203... Red Earth, White Earth (CBS, 1/24/1989, 120 mins). Trenchant contemporary drama involving a threegeneration Minnesota farm family faced with personal problems, trouble on the land, and political turmoil with local Native American factions. The story was adapted from Will Weaver’s 1986 novel, and most of the film was shot on the Kahnawake Reservation not far from Quebec. Its premiere, scheduled for mid October 1988, was postponed for three months due to a presidential debate. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, Entcorp Corporations. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Rick Rosenberg, Robert W Christiansen. Producer Murray Shostak. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Based on a Novel by Will Weaver. Photography Rene Verzier. Editor Parkie Singh. Music Ralph Grierson. Art Director Francois Seguin. Cast Genevieve Bujold (Madeline), Timothy Daly (Guy Pehrsson), Alberta Watson (Cassandra), Billy Merasty (Tom Redfox), Richard Farnsworth (Helmer Pehrsson), Ralph Waite (Martin Pehrsson), Danette Mackay (Mary Ann), Ron Lea (Fenske), Joseph Cazalet (Jewell), Francois Klanfer (Sen Howard Stanbrook), Walter Massey (Doc), Philip Spensley (Banker), Norris Domingue (Henry Schroder), Ritchie Nadeau (Kid #1), Jordan Marchand (Kid #2), Harry Standjofski (Farmer), Vlasta Vrana (William), Billy Two Rivers (Indian #2), Ian Finlay (Reporter), Dean Hagopian (Losano), Patricia Ann Eshkibok (1st Indian), Doreen Stevens (2nd Indian), Michael Sandy (3rd Indian). 2204... Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (CBS, 10/3/1981, 120 mins). Rivalry between jet pilots is woven through this fictional account of Air Force war games over the Nevada desert, highlighted by some extraordinary aerial photography by Rexford Metz. Retired General Charles Yeager, the famed test pilot of the ’50s whose exploits were a major part of “The Right Stuff,” was this film’s technical advisor. Production Company Marble Arch Productions. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Peter S. Greenberg. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor David R. Berlatsky. Art Director Spencer Deverill. Aerial Photography Art Scholl, Rexford Metz. Cast Barry Bostwick (Maj. Jay Rivers), Joan Van Ark (Marie Rivers), Fred McCarren (Frank Barnstable), Debra Feuer (Elaine Barnstable), George Coe (Colonel Winn), Linden Chiles (Colonel Collette), Arlen Dean Snyder (Colonel Anderson), William Devane (Maj. Phil Clark), Jay Kerr (Poppa), Alan Campbell (Lt. Tommy Heinz), Eve McVeagh (Amanda Clark), Vic Vallardo (Dr. E.B. Jones), Joan O’Connell (Linda Fowles), Tom Daniels (Acmi technician), Dick Padgett (Dennis Frampton), Chase Cordell (Lieutenant Bodine), Van Corwith (Captain Marshfield), John Liscio (Captain Peneau), Richard D. Peterson (Joe Peters), Don Shultis (Red Radar technician), Dennis Pfeil (Blue Radar technician), Frank Scerbo, Charles Bean, Amold Clark, Scott A. Embury, Don Mirault, Lewis B. Ford. Mike Barbuti, Jay Levine. 2205... Red King, White Knight (HBO, 11/25/1989, 105 mins). Political thriller in which the CIA has uncovered a plot to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and that a KGB official is behind it. Tom Skerritt, as an ex-CIA man recruited by the agency to thwart the scheme, and Max Von Sydow, in an Emmy-nominated performance as a counterintelligence agent and his former enemy, play the cat-and-mouse game. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Zenith Productions Ltd., Citadel Entertainment, John Kemeny. Director Geoff Murphy. Executive Producer David R. Ginsburg. Producer John Kemeny. Teleplay Ron Hutchinson. Photography Elemer Ragalyi. Music John Scott. Editor Peter Davies. Production Designer Jozsef Romvari. Cast Tom Skerritt (Bill Stoner), Max Von Sydow (Szaz), Helen Mirren (Anna), Tom Bell (Tulayev), Lou Hirsch (Baetz), Neil Dudgeon (Vlasek), Gavan O’Herlihy (Clancy), Barry Corbin (Bentick), Clarke Peters (Jones), Kerry Shale (Viktor), David DeKeyser (Director), Kenneth Nelson (Senator), Shane Rimmer (General), Boris Isarov (Soviet Advisor), Garrick Hagon (Economist), Gay Baynes (Ecologist). 2206... Red River (CBS, 4/10/1988, 120 mins). James Arness has the role his mentor John Wayne had in Howard Hawks’ 1948 classic Western and Bruce Boxleitner and Gregory Harrison the parts played originally by Montgomery Clift (in his film debut) and John Ireland. 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(Broken Arrow), and Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickock). “Red River” is based on Borden Chase’s story “The Chisholm Trail” and the screenplay by Chase and Charles Schnee. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, MGM-UA Television. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Gregory Harrison. Producers Michael Rauch, Matthew Rushton. Teleplay Richard Fielder. Based on a Story by Borden Chase. Based on the Screenplay by Borden Chase, Charles Schnee. Photography Shelly Johnson. Music Ken Wannberg. Editor Michael Eliot. Production Designer Victoria Paul. Cast James Arness (Tom Dunson), Bruce Boxleitner (Matthew Garth), Gregory Harrison (Cherry Valance), Ray Walston (Horace Groot), Laura Johnson (Kate Millay), Zachary Ansley (Cal Burnett), L.Q. Jones (Sims), Jerry Potter (Teeler), Burton Gilliam (Buster), Stan Shaw (Jack Byrd), Ty Hardin (Cotton Grogan), Robert Horton (Melville), John Lupton (Eli Pruitt), Guy Madison (Bill Meeker), Travis Swords (Bunk Kennelly), Temple Williams (Boots), Donnie Jeffcoat (Young Matt), James Oscar Lee (Laredo), Johnmark Bradley (Walt), Bud Stout (Hank), Bob Terhune (Dan). 2207... The Red Spider (CBS, 4/21/1988, 120 mins). James Farentino has the role of the tough police detective here that Robert Conrad played in the earlier “One Police Plaza,” based on author William J. Caunitz’s cop novels, this one about Asian gangs and bizarre ritual murder involving a red spider design carved into the victim (as a “calling card” clue). Only actors Stephen Joyce and Earl Hindeman returned to repeat their roles from the 1986 TV film. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Producers Timothy King, Paul King. Co-Producer Derek Kavanagh. Teleplay Paul King. Based on Characters Created by William J. Caunitz. Photography Brian West. Music Artie Kane. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor John M. Woodcock. Art Director Michael Bolton. Costume Supervisor Frances Harrison Hays. Cast James Farentino (Lt. Daniel Malone), Amy Steel (Kate O’Day), Philip Casnoff (Det. Patrick Shaunessy), Soon-Teck Oh (Sonny Wu), Stephen Joyce (Chief Dennis McQuade), Earl Hindman (Det. Jake Stern), Kario Salem (Det. James Starling), Blu Mankuma (Det. Bo Davis), Jennifer O’Neill (Stephanie Hartford), Brad Sullivan (Colonel Claymore), Kevin J. O’Connor (Hank Tibbs), Olivia Virgil Harper (Dr. Preston), Jim Byrnes (Jack Fine), Jay Brazeau (Sam Epstein), Lelani Marrell (Cherry Pie), Duncan Fraser (Sgt. Jefferson Day), Alex Bruhanski (Sissy Mayo), Garry Chalk (Hooter), Christian Cousins (Mike Turner), Alex Diakun (Harold), Thomas Kopache (Squad leader), Dale Robins (TV reporter), Howard Storey (Doctor), Frank C. Turner (Salvation Army man), Jerry Wasserman (Joe Velch), Dale Wilson (Bartender). 2208... The Red-Light Sting (CBS, 4/5/1984, 120 mins). Government agent Beau Bridges, out to nail rackets czar Harold Gould, concocts a plan to have the Justice Department buy a brothel, set up professional call girl Farrah Fawcett as hostess, and get the crime boss on extortion. The original title, “The Whorehouse Sting” (the title of Henry Post’s article on which the film was based), was expectedly thought to be a tad strong for network television. Production Companies J E Productions Inc., Universal Television. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Jon Epstein. Teleplay Howard Berk. Based on an Article by Henry Post. Photography Woody Omens. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director William H. Tuntke. Associate Producer Mike Stevens. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Kathy Dunne), Beau Bridges (Frank Powell), Harold Gould (Oliver Sully), Paul Burke (John Brockelhurst), Katherine Cannon (Diane Marks), Alex Henteloff (Jesse Lorner), Conrad Janis (Bowman), Sunny Johnson (Sonia), James Luisi (Renny Lucas), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Ruger), Macon McCalman (Jeffers), Lawrence Pressman (Larry Barton), Eddie Barth (Sam Hollander), Stanley Kamel (Hansen), Conrad Bachmann (Ben Harris), Morgan Jones (George Seeley), Bob Neill, John McCann, Teri Beckerman, Dani Minnick, Gloria Charles, Cheri Maugans, Claudia Kim, James Parkes, Mark Harrison, Vincent Howard, Arnold Turner, Murray MacLeod, Blake March, Scott Devenney, Will Durst. 2209... Rehearsal for Murder (CBS, 5/26/1982, 120 mins). On the eve of her marriage to successful playwright Robert Preston, film star Lynn Redgrave, who had just made her New York stage debut, is found dead, and rejecting an official verdict of suicide, Preston arranges an on-stage reunion of all involved in his play to trap a suspected murderer. “Cold Reading” was the original title of this film, which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. Production Companies Richard Levinson-William Link Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Production Designer Lawrence G. Paull. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Robert Preston (Alex Dennison), Lynn Redgrave (Monica Welles), Patrick Macnee (David Matthews), Lawrence Pressman (Lloyd Andrews), William Russ (Frank Heller), Madolyn Smith (Karen Daniels), Jeff Goldblum (Leo Gibbs), William Daniels (Walter Lamb), Wallace Rooney (Ernie), John Finnegan (Damon), Nicholas Mele (1st officer), Charlie Robinson (2nd officer), Vahan Moosekian (Moving man), Buck Young (Lieutenant McElroy). 2210... Remembrance of Love (NBC, 12/6/1982, 120 mins). A middle-aged New York widower, a survivor of the Holocaust, has an unexpected meeting with the woman he once loved when both were in their teens in the Polish ghetto during World War II and then were separated. Kirk Douglas, in a rare TV acting role, stars with Pam Dawber as his daughter, Israeli actress Chana Eden (who had starred in one American film, “Wind Across the Everglades,” in 1958) as his lost love, Robert Clary (an actual Holocaust survivor who became an actor, married one of Eddie Cantor’s daughters and starred on Broadway in “New

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Faces of 1952” and on TV in “Hogan’s Heroes” and the soap opera “Days of Our Lives”) playing himself, and Eric Douglas, Kirk’s son, playing his father as a young man. Filmed entirely on location in Israel. Production Companies Doris Quinlan Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Jack Smight. Producer Doris Quinlan. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom. Photography Adam Greenberg. Music William Goldstein. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Ariel Roshko. Associate Producer Lynn Guthrie. Cast Kirk Douglas (Joe Rabin), Pam Dawber (Marcy Rabin), Chana Eden (Leah Koenig), Yoran Gall (David), Robert Clary (Himself), Michael Goodwin (Ken Woodruff), Eric Douglas (Young Joe Rabin), Irit Frank (Young Leah), Gladys Gerwitz (Rose), Yossi Yadin (Saul Koenig), Gideon Singer (Mikhail), Reuben Singer (Sam), Irv Kaplan (Henderson), Warren Feign (Sid Goldstein), Sira Yacov Ben (Moishe Levin), Yehuda Efroni (Speaker), Dina Doronne (Frieda), Loscha Rosenberg (Ann Lindell), Shavit Shlomo Bar (Rabbi), Judith Koren Frost (Sarah Villes), Joanna Reis (Young Woman). 2211... The Renegades (ABC, 8/11/1982, 120 mins). This update of TV’s “Mod Squad,” with a bunch of streetwise toughs recruited by police lieutenant James Luisi as undercover investigators to shut off the flow of stolen weapons, was the pilot to the short-lived 1982-83 series. Production Companies Lawrence Gordon Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Roger Spottiswoode. Executive Producer Lawrence Gordon. Producer Chuck Gordon. Teleplay Rick Husky, Steven E. de Souza. Based on a Story by Lawrence Gordon. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Barry DeVorzon, Joseph Conlan. Editors John F. Link, Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Ray Storey. Creative Consultant Aaron Spelling. Cast Philip Casnoff (Dancer), Patrick Swayze (Bandit), Randy Brooks (Eagle), Cheryl Paris (Tracy), Paul Mones (J.T.), Angel Granados Jr. (Gaucho), Peter Kwong (Dragon), Kurtwood Smith (Capt. Frank Scanlon), James Luisi (Lt. Joe Marciano), James Shigeta (Jimmy Lee), Paul Regina (Joey Tate), Dana Lee (Willie), Karin Argoud (Angela Harris), Luca Bercovici (Blade), Richard Fullerton (Reese), Christopher Martin (Danny), Tom Dever (Miller), Marii Mak (Lisa Chang), James Saito (Khan). 2212... Resting Place (CBS, 4/27/1986, 120 mins). John Lithgow’s portrayal of an army officer trying to secure burial for a black Vietnam War hero in an all-white Georgia cemetery with the help of the dead soldier’s resolute parents brought him an Emmy Award nomination, and John Korty’s direction of this Hallmark Hall of Fame production was Emmy-nominated as well. Filming was done entirely on location in and around Atlanta. Production Company Marian Rees Associates. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Robert Huddleston. Teleplay Walter Halsey Davis. Photography William Wages. Music Paul Chihara. Editors Bonnie Koehler, Laurel Ladevich. Production Designer Keith R. Hein. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast John Lithgow (Maj. Kendall Laird), Richard Bradford (Gen. Willard P. Hauer), Morgan Freeman (Luther Johnson), CCH Pounder (Ada Johnson), G.D. Spradlin (Sam Jennings), Frances Sternhagen (Mrs. Eudora McAlister), M. Emmet Walsh (Sarge), John Philbin (Bradford Erskine), Brian Tarantina (Sp4 Beyer), Richard Brooks (Booker T. Douglas), Tegan West (Mervyn Oliver), Buck Herron (Private Porter), Bob Hannah (Col. Richard Holmby), Mert Hatfield (Police chief), Hugh Jarrett (Oster), Denise Mickelbury (Eleanor Clark), Wallace Wilkinson (Ezra Cooper), Charles Kahlenberg (1st businessman), Marc Clement (2nd businessman), Rev. Claude Ray James (Pastor), Elliot Street (Staff sergeant), Pamela Garmon (Waitress), Joyce Leigh (Gen. Hauer’s secretary), Sherrie Diane Lewandowski (Passerby), Bernardine Mitchell (Singer), Pete Willis (Singer), Sidney Lamar Payne (Soldier), Thomas Di Aglio (Yuehara). 2213... The Return of Ben Casey (Syndicated, 1/31/1988, 120 mins). A mellowed Vince Edwards returns after more than two decades to the role that made him a star, Dr. Ben Casey (which he played 1961-66), in this syndicated, Canadian-made pilot to a prospective revival series. Harry Landers, in two scenes as colleague Dr. Ted Hoffman, is the only other actor back in residence from the original series. Production Companies Cooper Canadian Films Inc., Alliance Entertainment Corp. Director Joseph L. Scanlan. Executive Producer Robert Cooper. Producer Julian Marks. Teleplay Barry Oringer. Based on Characters Created by James E. Moser. Photography Guy Dufaux. Music Mark Snow. Theme David Raksin. Editor Rit Wallis. Production Designer Claude Paré. Cast Vince Edwards (Dr. Ben Casey), Al Waxman (Dr. Stratton), Gwynyth Walsh (Dr. Rita Gillette), Lynda Mason Green (Nurse Antonelli), Jason Blicker (Dr. Jacobs), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), August Schellenberg (Dr. Lewis Madigan), Torquil Campbell (Kyle Madigan), Joanne Vannicola (Blaine), Tracy Moore (Dr. Shelley Burnside), Dana Kaminski (Dr. Dowling), Teddy Lee Dillon (Dr. Brown), Dale Azzard (Dr. Samadji), Cassandra Edwards (Dr. Sarah Hollis), John Stocker (Dennard), Gary Reineke (Randall), Terry Haig (Frank Wigham), Linda Smith (Oates), Barbara Eve Harris (Nurse Cowell), Ilana Linden (Nurse Costa), Barbara Law (Della), Daniel Iorio (Ken), Griffith Brewer (Hill), Chantel Condor (Kelly), Declan Hill (Resident), Irene Kessler (Woman), Wilma Lashley (ER team member), Robin Stewart (ER team member), Harry Lattas (ER team doctor), Robert Martin (Phelan), Uni Park (Stanziola), Yohan Perez (Steve), Michel Perron (Rogin), Philip Spensley (Attending physician), Ginette St. Germain (Donna), Peter Dellicolli (Anaesthestologist), Claude Paré (The Pimp). 2214... The Return of Desperado (NBC, 2/15/1988, 120 mins). Second in a series of “Desperado” Westerns, continuing the adventures of roving cowpoke Duell McCall (played by a stoic Alex McArthur), on the run and having been framed for murder.

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With overtones of “The Fugitive” on the frontier, this one has McCall coming to the aid of a group of black homesteaders whose land the railroad wants. Original title: “Desperado: A Town Called Beauty” Production Companies Walter Mirisch Productions, Charles E. Sellier Productions, Universal Television. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Andrew Mirisch. Producer Charles E. Sellier Jr. Coordinating Producer Les Berke. Teleplay John Mankiewicz, Daniel Pyne, Charles Grant Craig. Based on a Story by John Mankiewicz, Daniel Pyne. Based on Characters Created by Elmore Leonard. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Michel Colombier. Title Song Don Henley, Glen Frey. Editor Mark Rosenbaum. Art Director Bill Cornford. Associate Producer Heather Jo MacDougall. Cast Alex McArthur (Duell McCall), Robert Foxworth (Capt. Marcus Dryden), Marcy Walker (Caitlin Jones), Victor Love (Nathaniel Pickett), Vanessa Bell (Molly Pickett), Shelby Leverington (Hannah Dryden), Charles Boswell (Evans), Billy Dee Williams (Daniel Lancaster), Vivian Bonnell (Mrs. Pickett), Hal Havins (Fletch), J. Jay Saunders (Ben), John Barks (Old man), Gregg Binkley (Jesse), Radha Delamarter (Young woman), Rusty Dillen (Darnell), Jerry Gardiner (Jake), Dallan Rusch Gathings (Young man), Sam Gauny (Fratus), Daniel Kamin (Sharkey), Ivy Price (Preacher), Adam Taylor (Furey), Tommy Townsend (Zeke), Marvin Walters (Cyrus). 2215... The Return of Frank Cannon (NBC, 10/31/1980, 120 mins). William Conrad brought his Frank Cannon character out of self-imposed retirement to look into an old friend and Army Intelligence colleague’s death, which had been ruled a suicide. A new “Cannon” series did not follow; Conrad instead did one as Nero Wolfe. Production Company QM Productions. Director Corey Allen. Producer Michael Rhodes. Teleplay James David Buchanan, Ronald Austin. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Bruce Broughton. Theme John Lewis Parker. Editor Donald Hoskinson. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast William Conrad (Frank Cannon), Allison Argo (Jessica Bingham), Burr DeBenning (Charles Kirkland), Taylor Lacher (Sheriff Lew Garland), Diana Muldaur (Sally Bingham), Ed Nelson (Mike Danvers), Joanna Pettet (Alana Richardson), William Smithers (Wilson Barrett), Arthur Hill (Dr. Curtis McDonald), Hank Brandt (Pearson), Rafael Campos (Luis Barrientos), Hector Elias (Paparazzo), René Enriquez (Salvador Cruz), Gary Grubbs (Mechanic), Evelyn Guerrero (Inez), James Hong (Yutong), John Steadman (Guard at zoo), James Gavin (Helicopter pilot). 2216... The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC, 5/16/1984, 120 mins). Robert Young re-creates his legendary TV character from the long-running series (1969-76) and is joined by Elena Verdugo as Nurse Consuelo Lopez and a roster of brand new characters in this pilot to a revival of the series. Here, Dr. Welby resists attempts to put him out to pasture by the hospital where he has moved his practice and now faces being stripped of his accreditation to make way for young physicians. Production Companies Marstar Limited Productions, Universal Television. Director Alexander Singer. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Dennis E. Doty. Co-Producers Howard Alston, Michael Braverman. Teleplay John McGreevey, Michael Braverman. Based on a Story by John McGreevey. Based on the Television Series Marcus Welby, M.D. by David Victor. Photography Edward R. Plante. Additional Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Michael J. Lynch. Art Director Patricia Van Ryker. Executive Consultant David Victor. Cast Robert Young (Marcus Welby, MD), Darren McGavin (Dr. David Jennings), Morgan Stevens (Dr. Matthew Jennings), Elena Verdugo (Consuelo Lopez), Dennis Haysbert (Dr. Hoover Beaumont), Cristina Raines (Nikki St. Hilaire), Jessica Walter (Astrid Carlisle), Yvonne Wilder (Dr. Nina Velasquez), Joanna Kerns (Pamela Saletta), Katherine DeHetre (Francine Parnell), Bridgette Andersen (Alison Lattimer), Cyndi James-Reese (Phaedra Beaumont), Milt Kogan (Perry McMasters), Robert Carnegie (Dr. Ingram), Milt Oberman (Joel Silvers), Nicholas Hormann (Kevin Saletta), Janet Rasak (Robin Litvak), Bill Cross (Mike Parnell), Fran Ryan (Millie Clark), Jacquelyn Hyde (Fanny Glickman), Momo Yashima (Angela), Al Christy (Aaron Glickman), Christopher Kriesa (1st doctor), Richard Marion (2nd doctor), Lee Arnone (2nd nurse), Linda Hoy (3rd nurse), Cynthia Avila (4th nurse), Victoria Ann-Lewis (1st ER nurse), Barbara Mealy (2nd ER nurse). 2217... Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer (CBS, 4/18/1986, 120 mins). Hard-boiled Mike Hammer and his trusty .45 Betsy defends justice and throws over dames while chasing a gang of renegade Vietnam vets running a racket of stealing and selling children in Hollywood. Stacy Keach, hoping to have his Mike Hammer series restarted (it was) after spending time in an English prison on a drug conviction, was reunited with Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud and Kent Williams, and surrounded by a cast of notable “guests,” many of whom were clients of the film’s producer and agent Jay Bernstein. Mickey Rooney had a cameo as a gabby movie agent, Dionne Warwick drove by and waved in a five-second part, Bruce Boxleitner and Dabney Coleman were themselves in walk-ons. Vince Edwards, in his first role in years, plays an FBI inspector who reluctantly allies himself with Hammer. Production Companies Jay Bernstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ray Danton. Executive Producer Jay Bernstein. Producer Gray Frederickson. Teleplay James M. Miller, Larry Brody, Janis Hendler. Based on Characters Created by Mickey Spillane. Photography (Hollywood) Hector Figueroa. Photography (New York) Warren Rothenberg. Music Earle Hagen. Theme Song “Harlem Nocturne” Earle Hagen. Editor Richard E. Rabjohn. Art Directors Ross Bellah, William L. Campbell. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Associate Producer Jeffrey Morton. Cast Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer), Don Stroud (Capt. Pat Chambers), Lindsay Bloom (Velda), Kent Williams (Lawrence D. Barrington), Vince Edwards (Insp. Frank Walker), Lauren Hutton (Joanna Lake), John Karlen (Simon Chapel), Frank McRae (Herschel Dean), Leo Penn (Leo Hawkins), Mike Preston (Dak [David Anson Kohler]), Mickey Rooney (Jack Bergan), Stephen

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Macht (Nick Anton), Bruce Boxleitner (Himself), Dabney Coleman (Himself), Dionne Warwick (Herself), Tom Everett (Orville Tate), Emily Chance (Megan Lake), Lee Benton (Jennie), David Chow (Professor Lai), Peter Iacangelo (Norwood Fitz), Kieu Chinh (Sai Luhn), Hunter Von Leer (Sneakers man), Dawn Mangrum (Dancer), Don Lewis (Mime), Andre “Rosey” Brown (Big Black Man), Andre Feijo (Bus driver), Jeannie Marie Austin (PA), Danny Goldman (Ozzie the Answer), Jo Ann Pflug (TV reporter [unbilled]), Frank Romano (Postman), Patrice Chanel (Nichols), Joseph DiSante (Lieutenant), Julie Hayek (Ticket cashier), Malgosia Tomassi (Nun), Corinne Wahl (Sandra), Otto Felix (Agent Adler), Christina Jenson (Carla Arnell), Kathy Chaffin (Wanda), Laurie Cantwell (Sergeant Hooper), Laura Dankel (Sasha Davison), Gregory Chase (George), Donna Snow (Paula), Ron Foster (Forensic man), Bobby Bass (Bruiser), Gianni Russo (Card player), Larry Grant (Camera assistant). 2218... The Return of Sam McCloud (CBS, 11/12/1989, 120 mins). Dennis Weaver returns to the role of Sam McCloud (now a U.S. Senator from New Mexico) along with several others from the 1970-77 series and becomes enmeshed in sinister international intrigue in England involving a multinational pharmaceutical company. Production Companies Michael Sloan Productions, Universal Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producer Michael Sloan. Co-Executive Producer Dennis Weaver. Producers Nigel Watts, Bernadette Joyce. Teleplay Michael Sloan. Based on Characters Created by Herman Miller. Photography Frank Watts. Music Steve Dorff. Editors Buford F. Hayes, Victor B Lackey. Production Designer Austen Spriggs. Cast Dennis Weaver (Sen. Sam McCloud), J.D. Cannon (Peter B. Clifford), Terry Carter (Chief Joe Broadhurst), Diana Muldaur (Chris Coughlin), Patrick Macnee (Tom Jamison), Kerrie Keane (Ashley Stevens), Roger Rees (Jason Cross), Simon Williams (Simon Langton), Sondra Currie (Rachel), Robert Beatty (William Maitland), Melissa Anderson (Colleen), David McCallum (Inspector Craig), Michael Cochrane (Geraint Davies), Patrick Monckton (Jack Barron), John Turner (McFarland), Ricco Ross (Rifkin), Linda Hayden (Nancy Cratchett), Mel Cobb (John Bishop), Sion Tudor Owen (Sergeant Phillips), Hilary Crane (Mary Clifford), Ian Taylor (Jodie Freeman), Raymond Marlowe (Fulton Reece), Alan Polonsky (Taxi driver), Adam Richardson (Waiter), Maxine Howe (Sally), Paul Stanton (Chemtel guard). 2219... The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS, 1/10/1987, 120 mins). The Sherlock Holmes story is given a lighthearted contemporary twist when the world’s most famous detective is restored to life in the 1980s by a struggling young (female) private eye from Boston who is attempting to follow in the family footsteps, particularly those of her great grandfather, John H. Watson, MD. Visiting the ancestral home in England she inherited that has been closed since 1929, she discovers a body in the basement in frozen suspension and has it thawed out, only to find that it belongs to none other than that intrepid sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, whom the original Dr. Watson had had frozen in 1901. The fanciful tale then teamed Jane Watson with Holmes, trying to master ’80s culture and technology, in a case involving a computer nerd and a mysterious murder. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Kevin Connor. Supervising Producer Bob Shayne. Producer Nick Gillott. Teleplay Bob Shayne. Photography Tony Imi. Music Ken Thorne. Editor Bernard Gribble. Production Designer Keith Wilson. Cast Margaret Colin (Jane Watson), Lila Kaye (Ms. Houston), Connie Booth (Violet Morstan), Nicholas Guest (Toby Gregory), Michael Pennington (Sherlock Holmes), Barry Morse (Carter Morstan), William Hootkins (Myron Spellman), Tony Steedman (The Doctor), Paul Maxwell (Agent Hopkins), Shane Rimmer (Lisander Stark), Olivier Pierre (Hampton), Sheila Brand (Kitty Horowitz), Ray Jewers (Singer), Daniel Benzali (Charles Ross), Sneh Gupta, Ricco Ross, Nancy Paul, Deborah Weston, Hubert Tucker, Howard Swinson, John Sterland, Miles Richardson. 2220... Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 10/6/1981, 120 mins). Jed Clampett and family returned to television after a decade in syndicated reruns to help solve the energy crisis in their own rustic ways. Buddy Ebsen, Nancy Culp and Donna Douglas reprised their roles as Jed Clampett, Jane Hathaway and Elly May Clampett. Imogene Coco came aboard as Granny’s hundred-year-old Ma (Irene Ryan, who had played Granny, had died in 1973), and Ray Young is the new Jethro, in place of Max Baer (who had left acting to get into the production end of films). This pilot to a prospective new “Beverly Hillbillies” series originally was titled “Solving the Energy Crisis.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Robert Leeds. Executive Producers Albert J. Simon, Ron Beckman. Producer Paul Henning. Teleplay Paul Henning. Photography Frank Phillips. Music Billy May. Editor Richard Greer. Art Director Albert Heschong. Cast Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett), Donna Douglas (Elly May), Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway), Ray Young (Jethro Bodine), Imogene Coca (Granny’s Maw), Werner Klemperer (C.D. Medford), Shad Heller (Himself), Linda Henning (Linda/secretary), King Donovan (Andy Miller/father), Lurene Tuttle (Mollie Heller), Earl Scruggs (Himself), Charles Lane (Chief), Shug Fisher (Judge Gillum), Howard Culver (Veterinarian), Heather Locklear (Heather), Nancy Gayle (1st old maid), Dana Kimmell (2nd old maid), Fenton Jones (Square dance caller), John Hartford (Fiddle player), Rodney Dillard (Guitar player), Buddy Van Horn (Townsman). 2221... The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. (CBS, 4/5/1983, 120 mins). Reunion film that brought Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, superspy stars of television between 1964 and 1968, out of comfortable retirement--the former had become a computer company mogul, the latter the head of a trendy Park Avenue fashion salon--to do battle once again with their archenemy, THRUSH, and its nefarious leader, Justin Sepheran. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprise their original roles, with Patrick

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Macnee as their new boss, Sir John Raleigh (who had replaced Alexander Waverly, since Leo G. Carroll, who had played him, had died), and Anthony Zerbe as Sepheran. This pilot to a prospective new series was subtitled “The Fifteen Years Later Affair.” Production Companies Michael Sloan Productions, Viacom. Director Ray Austin. Executive Producer Michael Sloan. Producer Nigel Watts. Teleplay Michael Sloan. Based on the Television Series by Norman Felton, Sam H. Rolfe. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Gerald Fried. Theme by Jerry Goldsmith. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Robert Vaughn (Napoleon Solo), David McCallum (Illya Kuryakin), Patrick Macnee (Sir John Raleigh), Tom Mason (Benjamin Kowalski), Gayle Hunnicutt (Andrea Markovitch), Geoffrey Lewis (Janus), Anthony Zerbe (Justin Sepheran), Keenan Wynn (Piers Castillian), Simon Williams (Nigel Pennington-Smythe), John Harkins (Alexi Kemp), Jan Triska (Vaselievitch), Susan Woollen (Janice Friday), Carolyn Seymour (Actress), George Lazenby (J.B.), Judith Chapman (“Z”), Lois DeBanzie (Ms. Delquist), Dick Durock (Guido), Randi Brooks (Model), Jack Somack (Tailor), Eddie Barker (Card dealer). 2222... Return of the Rebels (CBS, 10/17/1981, 120 mins). Graying ex-members of a motorcycle gang reassemble for a 25-year reunion to help out one of their own, Barbara Eden, the widowed operator of a popular campground that is being threatened. Initially this was to have beentitled “The Eagle Rock Rebels Ride Again.” Production Companies Moonlight Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Noel Nosseck. Producer Frank von Zerneck. Teleplay Robie Robinson. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Mike Melvoin. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Associate Producer David H. Balkan. Production Executive William Beaudine Jr. Cast Barbara Eden (Mary Beth Allen), Don Murray (Sonny Morgan), Christopher Connelly (Jay Arnold Wayne), Michael Baseleon (Wild Bill Karp), Robert Mandan (Big Al Williams), Jamie Farr (Mickey Fine), Patrick Swayze (K.C. Barnes), DeAnna Robbins (Amy Allen), Nora Gaye (Sally), Curt Ayers (Earl), H.B. Haggerty (Bear), Patrick Cranshaw (Storekeeper), Herb Armstrong (Sheriff), Tom Kindle (Deputy), Bob Basso (Garage customer), Steve Jones (Policeman), Frank Birney (Patrick), Barry Michlin (Camper), June Christopher (Bonnie), Dana Halsted (Marci), Anthony Aiello (Director). 2223... The Return of the Shaggy Dog (ABC, 11/1/1987 and 11/8/1987, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Chucklesome sequel (shown initially in two parts on successive weeks in one-hour dollops) to Disney’s 1959 theatrical hit “The Shaggy Dog” and the 1976 follow-up “The Shaggy D.A.” telling of the further escapades of Wilby Daniels (Gary Kroeger of “Saturday Night Live” here; Tommy Kirk in the original and Dean Jones in the second), a successful lawyer, but still turning at inappropriate moments into a large, furry pooch. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Stuart Gillard. Executive Producer Michael S. McLean. Producer Harvey Marks. Teleplay Diane Wilk, Paul Haggis. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music David Bell. Editors Michael F. Anderson, Dennis C. Duckwall, Jack Harnish. Art Director Ian D. Thomas. Associate Producer Justis Greene. Cast Gary Kroeger (Wilby Daniels), Todd Waring (Moochie Daniels), Michelle Little (Betty Fielding), Cindy Morgan (Laura Wells), Jane Carr (Myra), Gavin Reed (Carl), K Callan (Mrs. Fielding), James McKrell (Mr. Fielding), Jack Ammon (Professor Plunkutt), Paul G Batten (Officer #1), Lorena Gale (Officer #2), Gary Hetherington (Director), Antony Holland (Minister), Don MacKay (Mr. Frampton), Betty Phillips (Cynthia), Leroy Schultz (Florist), Raimund Stamm (Raglin), Denalda Williams (Ellen), Bobby Porter (The Shaggy Dog). 2224... Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (NBC, 5/17/1987, 120 mins). First of several reunion movies bringing together Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner, along with Richard Anderson, in the characters they played on the popular “bionic” action shows of the 1970s. Tom Shanley is introduced to the movie as Majors’ bionic son, and his real-life son comes aboard as Anderson’s brash assistant. Martin Landau guest stars as the villainous leader of a radical organization. Martin Caidin’s novel “Cyborg” is the source of the original series created by Michael Sloan, here the executive producer and writer. Production Companies Michael Sloan Productions, Universal Television. Director Ray Austin. Executive Producer Michael Sloan. Supervising Producer Bruce Lansbury. Producer Bernadette Joyce. Teleplay Michael Sloan. Based on a Story by Michael Sloan, Bruce Lansbury. Based on a Novel by Martin Caidin. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Editors Buford F. Hayes, Victor B. Lackey. Art Director Gary A. Lee. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Jaime Sommers), Lee Majors (Steve Austin), Tom Schanley (Michael Austin), Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman), Martin E. Brooks (Dr. Rudy Wells), Lee Majors II (Jim Castillian), Martin Landau (Lyle Stenning), Gary Lockwood (John Praiser), Will Bledsoe (Morgan), Gary Blumsack (Rogers), Bill Campbell (General Forrest), Bob Hoy (Kyle), Cheryl McMannis (Carol), Patrick Pankhurst (Duke Renneker), Bob Seagren (Martin), Danil Torppe (Daniel), Susan Wollen (Trish O’Sullivan), Scott Kraft (Nick), Bryan Cranston (Dr. Shephard), Keith Farrell (Jim Manion), Phil Nordell (Christopher), Pamela Bryant (Blind girl), Catherine McGoohan (Receptionist), Deborah White (Sally), Kawena Charlot (Megan), Sandey Grinn (Waiter), Leonard Kilbrick (Jensen), Michele Minalo (Holly), Julie H. Morgan (Hostess). 2225... Return to Eden (Syndicated, 10/27/1984 to 10/30/1984, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Romance novel-like Australian-made melodrama that follows the lives and loves, the fortunes and foibles of plain but wealthy Stephanie Harper and her girlhood chum Jilly Stewart through, as “Hollywood Reporter” put it, “one of the most egregiously absurd woman’s revenge plots ever devised in the history of trashy miniseries, thus far.” Rebecca Gilling played two roles – less than pretty and smashing, and Karen Arthur, an American, directed the all-Australian cast (and crew), primarily on Orpheus Island, Barrier Reef, Queensland

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(where the family mansion, Eden, was “portrayed” by Jalbour House in Dalby) and in Darwin. Produced in 1983, “Return to Eden” has been made available for the U.S. market in either two three-hour segments or three two-hour ones. Production Companies Hanna-Barbera Pty Ltd., McElroy and McElroy Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Karen Arthur. Producer Hal McElroy. Co-Producer Michael Laurence. Teleplay Michael Laurence. Created by Michael Laurence. Photography Dean Semler. Music Brian May. Editor David Huggett. Production Designer Owen Williams. Cast Rebecca Gilling (Stephanie Harper/Tara Welles), James Reyne (Greg Marsden), Wendy Hughes (Jilly Stewart), James Smilie (Dan Marshall), Olivia Hamnett (Joanna Randall), Peter Cousens (Dennis Harper), Nicki Paull (Sarah Harper), Patricia Kennedy (Kathy Basklain), Bill Kerr (Dave Welles), Saskia Post (Jessica Stewart), Peter Gwynne (Bill McMaster), Daniel Abineri (Jake Sanders), Charles Lathalu Yunipingli (Christopher), Steve Djati Yunipingli (Sam), Paul Sonkilla (Joe Reeder), Angelo D’Angelo (Angelo Vitale), Johnny Lee (Philip Stewart), Warren Blondell (Tom McMaster), Jennifer Navin-Smith (Lisa), Jackie Byrne (Suzi), Benita Collings (Estelle Rutherford), Charles McCallum (Marty), Robin Ramsay (Sheik Amahl), Keith Aberdein (Johnno Ryan), Jayson Duncan (Dennis), Ken Goodlet (Sandy Dell), Jamie Blain (Bea), Sheila Kennelly (Lissie), Cedric Myers (Max Harper), Tony Blackett (Reg), Alan Russell (Minister), Nicole Pyner (Sarah), Brenda Scallon, Maurice O’Laughlin, Hudson Fawcett, Harry Jervis, Chris Haywood, Megan Williams, Robert Wilde. 2226... Return to Mayberry (NBC, 4/13/1986, 120 mins). Hugely successful (the year’s highest rated television movie) was this reunion comedy of the original characters of “The Andy Griffith Show” that ran originally from 1960 to 1968 and has been a syndication sensation ever since. Not only were 15 of the original characters brought together (with the exception of Howard McNear, barber Floyd Lawson, who subsequently had died, and Frances Bavier, the lovable Aunt Bea, who was too ill to come out of retirement for the show), but most of the original production crew (producer, director, writers, etc.) also returned to Mayberry. In this adventure, a pilot for a possible new series had its star not opted to go in another direction with “Matlock” instead, Andy Taylor returns to the fictional town of Mayberry, N.C., to run for the office of sheriff again only to discover that his former deputy and longtime friend Barney Fife is campaigning for the job. Opie Taylor is now the town’s editor and about to become a father himself, and Gomer Pyle and his cousin Goober are still running the local garage. And Barney, it seems, is on the verge of finally marrying Thelma Lou after a courtship of nearly 25 years. Look for Don Knotts’ daughter playing Opie’s secretary and Ron Howard’s dad as the preacher. Filming was done in Los Olivos and Arroyo Grande, California, stand-ins for Mayberry. Production Companies Strathmore Productions, Viacom. Director Bob Sweeney. Executive Producers Andy Griffith, Richard O. Linke. Producers Dean Hargrove, Robin S. Clark. Teleplay Harvey Bullock, Everett Greenbaum. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Earle Hagen. Editor David Solomon. Production Designer Ray Storey. Associate Producer Donna Colabella. Cast Andy Griffith (Andy Taylor), Ron Howard (Opie Taylor), Don Knotts (Barney Fife), Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle), George Lindsey (Goober Pyle), Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump Taylor), Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou), Jack Dodson (Howard Sprague), Hal Smith (Otis Campbell), Howard Morris (Ernest T. Bass), Denver Pyle (Briscoe Darling), Maggie Peterson-Mancuso (Charlene Darling), Richard Lineback (Butler), Karlene Crockett (Eunice Taylor), Rodney Dillard (Darling Family Member), Doug Dillard (Darling Family Member), Dean Webb (Darling Family member), Mitch Jayne (Darling Family Member), Karen Knotts (Opie’s secretary), Allen Williams (Lloyd Fox), Rance Howard (Preacher), Paul Willson (Ben Woods), Robert Broyles (Wilson). 2227... Return to Treasure Island (Disney Channel, 4/5/1986 to 6/10/1986, 6 parts, 10 hours). This British-made miniseries (10 hours), picking up 10 years after the original adventure took place, was acquired for American showing by The Disney Channel and retitled “Disney’s Retun to Treasure Island” (no mention of Robert Louis Stevenson). English novelist John Goldsmith invented a few new characters for this swashbuckler and turned young Jim Hawkins into a 24-year-old Oxford graduate who is coaxed by his old friend Long John Silver into a new treasure hunt. Production Companies HTV Ltd., PrimeTime Television Ltd., Walt Disney Television. Director Piers Haggard. Executive Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Alan Clayton. Teleplay John Goldsmith. Based on a Story by Ivor Dean. Based on the Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Photography Tony Impey. Music Terry Oldfield, Tom Guinness. Supervising Editor Geoff Shepherd. Production Designers Doug James, Colin Pocock. Cast Brian Blessed (Long John Silver), Christopher Guard (Jim Hawkins), Raynor Scheine (Van Der Brecken), Kenneth Colley (Ben Gunn), Donald Pickering (Hallows), Deborah Poplett (Isabella), Richard Beale (Captain Smollett), Peter Copley (Dr. Livesey), Bruce Purchase (Squire Trelawney), Christopher Godwin (Devereaux), John Hallam (Captain Parker), Nick Brimble (Keelhaul), Aixa Moreno (Conchita), Arturo Morris (Reverend Morgan), Peter Lloyd (Abed Jones), Charlotte Mitchell (Mrs. Hawkins), John Tordoff (Gadney), Tony Osoba (Joe), Geoffrey Greenhill (Hockley), Forbes Collins (Gridley), Hubert Tucker (Tom the Coachman), Martyn Colborn (Beadle), Jean Faulds (Miss MacPhail), Mark Colleano (Moxon), Declan Mulholland (Cook), Ray Armstrong (Captain Williams), John Bennett (Garcia), Oliver Cotton (Corbeau), Malcolm Terris (Dr. Leach), John Cater (Sharpe), Jorge Bosso (Madero). 2228... Reunion (CBS, 10/14/1980, 120 mins). A married man, returning to his hometown for his high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school sweetheart and her 17-year-old daughter whose boyfriend is the star player on the varsity basketball team his fellow alumni are playing. The high school jock is played by Nick Cassavetes, son of Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes, in his dramatic debut.

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Production Company Barry Weitz Films. Director Russ Mayberry. Producer Barry Weitz. Teleplay Sue Milburn. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music George Romanis. Editor Ira Heymann. Art Director Robert J. Bacon. Cast Kevin Dobson (Don Hollander), Joanna Cassidy (Peggy Sager), Linda Hamilton (Anne Samoorian), George DiCenzo (Vincent Scozzola), Conchata Ferrell (Toni Owens), Rick Lenz (Walker Hanson), Nicholas Pryor (Dick Owens), George Wyner (John Wiepert), Lew Ayres (Bob Hollander), Nick Cassavetes (Steve Cowan), Sean Morgan (Jim Harrison), Chuck Morrell (Michael Smith), Joseph Rassulo (John McPherson), Don Sawyer (Harve Leverett), Melendy Britt (Evelyn Hollander), Mindy Feldman, Brian Sheehan, Curt Hanson, Richard Rumble, Cynthia Mayberry, Janetta Nartey, John R Shields, Nathan Jones, Vern Marshall, Craig Spooner, Ron Ellis, Joe Ivy, B. Joe Medley, William Schenley. 2229... Reunion at Fairborough (HBO, 5/12/1985, 110 mins). Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr, who had costarred three times previously in films, have a screen reunion as a former American flyer and the old flame he last had seen four decades earlier while stationed in England as a bomber pilot, and he is introduced to the granddaughter he never knew he had. This madefor-cable film was shot entirely in England at Shepperton Studios, in and around London and Cambridge, and in the village of Shere, which dates back to the Middle Ages. Production Companies Centerpoint Productions, Consolidated Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Television, HBO Premiere Films. Director Herbert Wise. Executive Producers Alan King, Alan Wagner. Producer William Hill. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Photography Tony Imi. Photography (aerial) Peter Allwork. Music Nigel Hess. Editor Brian Smedley-Aston. Production Designer Brian Ackland-Snow. Cast Robert Mitchum (Carl Hostrup), Deborah Kerr (Sally Wells), Red Buttons (Jiggs Quealy), Judi Trott (Sheila), Barry Morse (Dr. “Ski” Barsky), Shane Rimmer (Joe Szyluk), Don Fellows (Duffy), Manning Redwood (Colonel Bigard), Ed Devereaux (George Kloss), Helen Horton (Mrs. Bigard), Thomasine Heiner, Bill Hutchinson, John Alderson, Peter Carlisle, Leo Kharibian, Bill Kearns, Philip O’Brien, Robert Arden, John Sterland, Bill Reimbold, Diana Ricardo, Alan Tilvern, George Cooper, Richard Pearson, Eve Pearce, Celestine Randall, Eira Griffiths, Dorian Healy, Jane Sumner. 2230... The Revenge of Al Capone (NBC, 2/26/1989, 120 mins). Al Capone, one of film and television’s most durable gangsters, running his criminal empire from prison, vows to bump off the fictional FBI agent and his family for putting him behind bars. In this fanciful fact-fiction blend by writer Tracy Keenan Wynn, Eliot Ness, the “Untouchable” who actually got Capone sent up the river, is given short shrift, along with a who’s who of ’30s gangsterdom. Original title: “Capone in Jail” Production Companies Unity Productions Inc., River City Productions. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers John Levoff, Robert Lovenheim. Producer Vicki Niemi-Gordon. Co-Producer Tracy Keenan Wynn. Teleplay Tracy Keenan Wynn. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Craig Safan. Editor Jeff Freeman. Production Designer Stephen Storer. 2nd Unit Photographer Geoff Schaaf. Cast Keith Carradine (Agent Michael Rourke), Ray Sharkey (Al Capone), Debrah Farentino (Jennie Charbonneau), Charles Haid (Alex Connors), Jayne Atkinson (Elizabeth Rourke), Neil Gray Giuntoli (Dutch Schultz), Charles Hallahan (Muldowney), James Handy (Hotchkiss), Scott Paulin (Eliot Ness), Alan Rosenberg (Frank Nitti), Jordan Charney (J. Edgar Hoover), Robert Benedetti (Mayor Anton Cermak), Peter Noel Duhamel (Newberry), Tony Amendola (Zangara), Christopher Carroll (Judge), Donald Craig (FDR), John Di Santi (D’Andrea), Bradford English (Warden Johnson), Elaine Joyce (Chanteuse), William Long Jr. (Captain), Michael Medeiros (Coletti), Raymond O’Keefe (Desk sergeant), James Brenner (Reporter), Kate Brenner (Amanda Rourke), Jeffrey Concklin (Reporter), Nick Corello (Driver), Kimberly Cullum (Becky Rourke), Troy Evans (Harry Lang), Marc Figueroa (Bugsy Siegel), Ron Gilbert (Schultz’s lawyer), Joe Gilbride (Henchman), Gary Gordon (Policeman), Michael Hungerford (Henry Miller), Heath Jobes (Lawyer in Miami), Scott Edmund Lane (Miami newsman), Marty Levy (Reporter), Dave Matzke (Henchman), Nicholas Mele (Lucky Luciano), Burr Middleton (Reporter), Reno Nichols (Tourist), Conor O’Farrell (Sergeant Cailahan), Steven Jason Oliver (Newsman), Judith Piquet (Nurse), Eugene Pressman (Reporter), Michael Pressman (Agent), Charles Prior (Snitch), Michael Prokopuk (Atlanta guard), Debbie Lynn Ross (Schultz’s girl), David Stenstrom (Fred Clawson), Bob Swaim (Reporter), Kirk Thornton (Reporter), Merritt Yohnka (Agent). 2231... Revenge of the Stepford Wives (NBC, 10/12/1980, 120 mins). In this sequel of sorts to the 1975 theatrical movie based on Ira Levin’s bestseller, Sharon Gless is a television reporter who stumbles onto the secret of a small New England town whose women are programmed to be their husbands’ contented domestic slaves, and finds an ally in her research in Julie Kavner, as a free-thinker newly moved to Stepford and not yet completelyprogrammed. Production Company Edgar J. Scherick Associates. Director Robert Fuest. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick. Producers Robert A. Papazian, Scott Rudin. Teleplay David Wiltse. Based on Characters by Ira Levin. Photography Ric Waite. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Art Director Tom H. John. Cast Sharon Gless (Kay Foster), Julie Kavner (Megan Brady), Audra Lindley (Barbara Parkinson), Don Johnson (Andy Brady), Mason Adams (Wally/innkeeper), Arthur Hill (Dale “Diz” Corbett), Ellen Weston (Kitten), Thomas Hill (Dr. Edgar Trent), Gay Rowan (Angelina), James McKrell (Bruce Manson), Lee Benard (Sally Tarshis), Edward Bell (Gary Tarshis), Sheldon Feldner (Norman Kahn), Howard Witt (Police chief), Peter Maloney (Henry/druggist), Millie Slavin (Saleslady), Stephanie Blackmore (Druggist’s wife), Melissa Newman (Muffin Sheridan), Joseph G. Medalis (Real estate agent), Dean Wein, Charles Gray, Bonnie Sullivan.

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2232... Reward (ABC, 5/23/1980, 90 mins). In this pilot to a prospective series, a dispirited cop (Michael Parks) chucks his job on the force and, with the aid of a young coed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend. Production Companies Jerry Adler Productions, Esprit Enterprises Inc., Lorimar Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Jerry Adler. Teleplay Jason Miller. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Gloryette Clark. Art Director Lee Fischer. Cast Michael Parks (Michael Dolan), Richard Jaeckel (Captain Randolph), Louis Giambalvo (Dutch/bartender), Malachy McCourt (Jimmy Moran), Annie McEnroe (Christine), Andrew Robinson (Frank Morella), Calvin Jung (Melon), Bridger Hanley (Marie Morella), Lance LeGault (Van Dyke), David Clennon (Steve Rawlin), James A. Watson Jr. (Officer Marley), Martin Cassidy (Zedick), Byron Webster (Sherril), Biff Warren (Krebs). 2233... The Richest Cat in the World (ABC, 3/9/1986, 120 mins). In this Disney film, a talking feline who has inherited $5 million is catnapped by its deceased owner’s dastardly relatives who figure the inheritance is rightly theirs. Palmer the Cat, playing to the hilt of role of Leo Kohlmeyer, befurred and four-legged multimillionaire, received prominent star billing in this amiable comedy that was written by a platoon of scripters, among whom was humorist Marshall Efron. As “Variety” noted: “Palmer probably ranks toward the top of the list of all-time great cat actors.” Production Companies Les Alexander Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Greg Beeman. Executive Producer Les Alexander. Supervising Producer John Garbett. Producers Andy Rose, Alex Gorby. Teleplay Alfa-Betty Olsen, Marshall Efron. Based on a Story by Les Alexander, Steve Ditlea. Photography George Koblasa. Music Peter Bernstein. Editor Stanford C. Allen. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Ramon Bieri (Oscar Kohlmeyer), Steve Kampmann (Merle Piggans), Caroline McWilliams (Paula Rigsby), Stephen Vinovich (Gus Barrett), Jesse Welles (Louise), George Wyner (Victor Rigsby), Brandon Call (Bart), Kellie Martin (Veronica), Palmer the Cat (Leo Kohlmeyer the Cat), J.A. Preston, Christina Cocek, Thomas Hill, Richard Kuss, Thomas Oglesby, Joel Bennett, Richard Blum, Bonnie Hellman, Linda Hoy, Deirdre Kelly, Frank Miller, Fred Morsell, Jordan Myers, John Otrin, Roger Rook, Kevin Sifuentes, Kitty Swink, William Utay, Dan Woren, Matthew Faison. 2234... The Right of the People (ABC, 1/13/1986, 120 mins). The right to bear arms is given a going over in this drama about a city where the Second Amendment to the Constitution is interpreted literally (and liberally), and a law allowing people to carry guns for self-defense after a holdup turns into a massacre is championed--to his possible regret--by upstanding defense attorney Michael Ontkean whose liberal views are shattered following the slaughter of his wife and daughter. Production Companies Big Name Films, Fries Entertainment. Director Jeffrey Bloom. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Thomas Fries. Teleplay Jeffrey Bloom. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Leslie Dennis. Art Director David Jaquest. Associate Producer Ian McDougall. Cast Michael Ontkean (Chris Booth), Jane Kaczmarek (Alicia Frost), Billy Dee Williams (Mike Trainor), John Randolph (Chief Everett Hollander), M. Emmet Walsh (Mayor), Jamie Smith Jackson (Angela Booth), Janet Carroll (Marjorie Lucas), Joanne Linville (Rosalind), Jeffrey Josephson (Charles Styles), Scott Michael Wilson (Robbie Curtis), Sandra Lynn Currie (Nurse), Chuck Shamata (Phil Petroni), Ken Pogue (Jay Brooks), Lawrence Kopp (Law student), Mikki Moore (TV hostess), Henry Gomez (Henry the Butler), Sean Thompson (Gun salesman), John Winston Carroll (Detective), Kent Deuters (Robber), Jeff Christensen (Robber), Brock Johnson (Ralph Hubert), Lisa Jakub (Katie Booth), Natasha Frazer (Trainor’s daughter), Don Saunders (Restaurant patron), Alar Aedma (Market bandit), Guy Sanvido (Man with cigar), Eric Keenleyside (Burly man), Angie Gei (Journalist), David Clement (Jounalist), Ray Landry (Journalist), Gillian Doria (Student), Ken McAuliffe (Student), Michael James (Man in bar), Matthew Elek Pummel (Nurse’s son), Nerene Virgin (Dianne Trainor), Gordon Clapp (Chris’ friend), Paul Harvey (News commentator). 2235... Right of Way (HBO, 11/21/1983, 105 mins). This made-for-cable movie, uniting screen legends Bette Davis and James Stewart for the first time, deals with the conflict between an elderly couple who decide to end their lives together in a suicide pact when the wife learns she has a terminal illness, and their married daughter who, with the help of local social service agencies, tries to dissuade them from their misguided plan. Based on Richard Lee’s 1978 play which was produced at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis but never got to Broadway, the film generated some controversy until its premiere, shortly before which the ending was changed and several characters were eliminated (although their names remain among the credits). Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf Productions, HBO Pictures. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producers George Schaefer, Phil Parslow. Teleplay Richard Lee. Based on the Play by Richard Lee. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer John E. Chilberg II. Cast Bette Davis (Mini Dwyer), James Stewart (Teddy Dwyer), Melinda Dillon (Ruda Dwyer), Priscilla Morrill (Louise Finter), John Harkins (G. Clayburn), Louis Schaefer (Kahn), Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Belkin), Charles Walker (Kahn’s assistant), Philip Littell (Cashier), Edith Fields (Saleswoman), Ismael “East” Carlo (Gardener), Jodi Hicks (Belkin daughter), Erin Karpf (Belkin daughter), Bobby Jacoby (Belkin son), Michael Murphy (Process server). 2236... Right to Die (NBC, 10/12/1987, 120 mins). Raquel Welch stretched her acting skills to play a psychology professor and mother of two who has contacted Lou Gehrig’s disease and, as she deteriorates, fights a battle with her anguished husband and her private nurse to end her life with dignity. Playing the part with increasingly less Welch glamour, thanks to her

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personal makeup artist Tommy Cole, gives the star that extra moment of truth in this sometimes uncomfortable drama that makes a case for euthanasia. Production Company Ohlmeyer Communications Company. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Producer Karen Danaher-Dorr. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Suggested by an Article by Andrew H. Malcolm. Photography Bernd Heinl. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Dena Roth. Associate Producer Patti Singer. Cast Raquel Welch (Emily Bauer), Michael Gross (Bob Bauer), Bonnie Bartlett (Lillian), Peter Michael Goetz (Woody Charris), Joanna Miles (Katherine Hayd), Ed O’Neill (Russ), Diane Salinger (Betsy Parker), Mark Shera (Roger Haskell), Jordan Charney (DA Martin Baylor), Castulo Guerra (Dr. Reuben Espinoza), Jaclyn Bernstein (Lynn Bauer), David Wohl (Andrew Breton), Alan Fudge (Dr. Harley Adams), Karen Landry (Lindsey Jones), Gerald Castillo (Manuel Silva), Lilyan Chauvin (Raylen), Ashley Bank (Gail Bauer), Judyann Elder, Nancy Fish, Dierk Torsek, Philip Linton, Natalie McWhorter, Stephanie Reese, Lynn Clark, Nay K. Dorsey, Eric Margerum, Lily Mariye, Edmund Stoiber, Jordan Wendkos. 2237... Right to Kill? (ABC, 5/22/1985, 120 mins). The subject of domestic violence was addressed here in the factbased story of a father shot to death by his teenage son, fed up with the physical and emotional abuse he, his sister and their mother have been taking for years. Although the actual story took place in South Dakota, the film was shot entirely on location in Dallas, Texas. Production Companies Wrye-Konigsberg Films Inc., Taper Media Enterprises, Telepictures Corporation. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Donald Wrye. Supervising Producer Larry Sanitsky. Producer Jack Clements. Co-Producers Elizabeth Daley, Gordon Davidson. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Scott Conrad. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Barry Jossen. Cast Frederic Forrest (Richard Jahnke Sr.), Christopher Collet (Richard Jahnke Jr.), Karmin Murcelo (Maria Jahnke), Justine Bateman (Deborak Jahnke), Ann Wedgeworth (Eve Whitcomb), Terrance O’Quinn (Jim Barrett), Lisa Blake Richards (Vera Scofield), J.T. Walsh (Major Vegvary), Alison Bartlett (Candy), John M. Jackson (Social worker), Randy Moore (Counselor), Norman Bennett (Detective), Jerry Haynes (Mr. Harris), Daniel Von Bargen (Detective Roberts), Robert Ginnaven (Detective Marquez), Mare Gilpin (Billy), John Morrison (Candy’s father), Norma Moore (Candy’s mother), Karen Radcliffe (Robyn), Gary Moody (Officer Torgerson), Brian Sadlier (Shawn), Hugh Gorrian (Police officer). 2238... Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (CBS, 11/2/1983, 120 mins). In the tradition of TV’s star biographies, this skin-deep dramatization of the Hollywood sex queen chronicles her early career as a dancer and her evolution into a film star, spanning the years 1934 to 1952, and put Lynda Carter in the spotlight with the Israeli actor Aharon Ipale as Aly Khan. David Susskind was the executive producer; his son, Andrew the producer. Based on John Kobal’s 1977 book “Rita Hayworth: The Time, the Place and the Woman.” Production Company The Susskind Company. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producer David Susskind. Producer Andrew Susskind. Supervising Producer Stan Kallis. Teleplay E. Arthur Kean. Based on a Biography by John Kobal. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Lalo Schifrin. Choreographer Tad Tadlock. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Jan Scott. Cast Lynda Carter (Rita Hayworth), Michael Lerner (Harry Cohn), John Considine (Ed Judson), Jane Hallaren (Virginia Van Upp), Alejandro Rey (Eduardo Cansino), Aharon Ipale (Aly Kahn), Edward Edwards (Orson Welles), Dave Shelley (Vincent Sherman), Philip Sterling (Joseph Schenck), Joe Dorsey (Winfield Sheehan), Ivan Bonar (Howard Hawks), Hildy Brooks (Makeup lady), James Callahan (Test director), Julian Fellowes (Aly Kahn’s chauffeur), Ron Frazier (Freddie Rice), Rance Howard (Still photographer), Margaret Fairchild (Rita’s mother), Stewart Stern (Writer), David Byrd (Leonard Mann), Lindsay Ginter (John Rayborn), Gloria Henry (2nd secretary), Lucetta Jenison (1st secretary), Terri Lynn (Kim Novak), Leonard Mann (Contract player), John Rayburn (2nd assistant director), Paul Rossilli (1st contract player), Tad Tadlock (Choreographer). 2239... Riviera (ABC, 5/31/1987, 120 mins). Action-adventure film, a pilot to a prospective series set on the French Riviera, tells of an ex-American spy who finds his life in imminent danger from agents on both sides of the fence when he comes out of hiding to save his dead father’s chateau in the south of France. Although John Frankenheimer, then on his way to reviving his once-lustrous career, directed this vehicle, he had his name removed in favor of the pseudonymous Alan Smithee. Production Company MTM Enterprises. Director Alan Smithee [John Frankenheimer]. Executive Producer Michael Sloan. Producer Robert L. Rosen. Teleplay Michael Sloan. Photography Bernard Lutic, Henri DeCae. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Production Designer Theo Meurisse. Cast Ben Masters (Jonathan Patrick Kelly), Elyssa Davalos (Ashley Stevens), Patrick Bauchau (Rykker), Richard Hamilton (Kennedy), Michel Lonsdale (Detective Dubois), Jon Finch (Jeffers), Shane Rimmer (Doc Donovan), Lalla Ward (Laura), Geoffrey Chater (Grayson), Patrick Monckton (Spiros), Jacques Marin (Renoir), George Murcell (Kamil), Tony Jay (Habib), Danil Torppe (Kyle), Jason Nardone (Asuka), Daniel Emilfork (Condoli), Stefan Gryff (Petrovik), Neville Rofaila (Rashid), Francis Terzian (Quentrill), Sergei Rousakov, Fred M. Waugh, Paolo Barzman, Lisa Turner. 2240... Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (CBS, 5/20/1981, 120 mins). A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily armed drug dealer in this pilot to a prospective series. Harry Morgan is the kindly priest who lives next door to bounty hunting Ron Leibman and looks after his 12-year-old wheelchair-bound son.

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Production Companies Ten-Four Productions, Chiaroscurio Productions. Director Harry Harris. Executive Producers Greg Strangis, Peter Lefcourt. Producers Arthur E. McLaird, Frank “Cat” Ballou. Teleplay Peter Lefcourt. Photography Richard Kratina. Music Arthur B Rubinstein. Editor Bill Parker. Art Director Gary Weist. Associate Producer Ursula Alexander. 2nd Unit Director Charles Picerni. Cast Ron Leibman (Stan Rivkin), Harry Morgan (Father Everett Kolodny), Harold Gary (Manny Tarlow), Verna Bloom (Bertha), George DiCenzo (Tony Caruso), John Getz (Lester Dederow), Glenn Scarpelli (Keith Rivkin), Harry Bellaver (Lou Colla), Jim Moody (Captain O’Donnell), Bo Rucker (Nick St. Clair), Manuel Martinet (Lupe Manilo), Carl Don (Gus), Barry Ford (Maitre d’), Jamie Aff (Kid at orphanage), Mort Freeman (Rabbi), Tony Turco (Foreman), Rochelle Williams, Harris Laskawy, P Jay Sidney, Thomas Ryan, Michael LaGuardia, Stan Rivkin, Charles Picerni, Robyn Peterson, Allyn Nichols, Ellen Sherman, Tino Juarez. 2241... The Road Raiders (CBS, 4/25/1989, 120 mins). Lighthearted World War II action drama, out of the “A-Team” school by way of “McHale’s Navy,” with Bruce Boxleitner heading a military unit comprised of misfits, castoffs, and oddballs, wreaking havoc on the enemy in the occupied Philippines (with Jacksonville, Florida, standing in as location site). Pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies New East Entertainment Inc., Universal Television. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Producer Charles F. Engel. Co-Producers Scott Levitta, J.C. Larson Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Mark Jones. Based on a Story by Glen A. Larson. Photography Anthony B. Richmond. Music Stu Phillips. Title Theme Glen A. Larson, Stu Phillips. Editor David Howe. Production Designer John Leimanis. Associate Producer Chris Larson. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Capt. Charlie Rhodes), Susan Diol (Lt. Hanna Johanson), Reed McCants (Harlem), Noble Willingham (Sergeant Crankcase), Leslie Jordan (Whip), Stephen Geoffreys (Cpl. “Einstein” Poindexter), David/Peter Paul (Bruise Brothers), Mark Blankfield (Schizoid), J.D. Cannon (Commander), Clyde Kusatsu (Shimoto), Tia Carrere (Cyanne), John Fujioka (Admiral Yamata). 2242... Roald Dahl’s “Danny, The Champion of the World” (Disney Channel, 4/29/1989, 100 mins). Jeremy Irons costars with real-life nine-year-old son Samuel (in his film debut) in this adaptation of noted author Roald Dahl’s 1975 children’s tale about a father and son who struggle to save their small piece of property from an evil land baron (Robbie Coltrane) in 1955 England. A cast of veteran British actors appear in support in this comedy-drama that premiered in America on the Disney Channel and later aired on PBS’s WonderWorks. Production Companies Disney Channel, WonderWorks, Thames Television, Portobello Productions. Director Gavin Millar. Executive Producers Alan Horrox, Paulo de Oliviera, Carol Rubin, Jay Ravid, Dale Bell, Simon Relph, Monica Sims. Producer Eric Abraham. Co-Producer Robin Douet. Teleplay John Goldsmith. Photography Oliver Stapleton. Music Stanley Myers. Editors Peter Tanner, Angus Newton. Art Director Richard Hornsby. Cast Jeremy Irons (William Smith), Samuel Irons (Danny Smith), Robbie Coltrane (Victor Hazell), Cyril Cusack (Doc Spencer), Michael Hordern (Sir Claybury), Lionel Jeffries (Mr. Snoddy), Jean Marsh (Miss Hunter), Jimmy Nail (Rabbetts), Ronald Pickup (Captain Lancaster), William Armstrong (Springer), John Woodvine (Charles Tailon), Ceri Jackson (Mrs. Clipstone), James Walker (Vicar), Paul Nice (Postman), Anthony Collin (Wheeler), Jonathan Adams (Samways), Jonathan Leigh (Sidney), Richard Cubison (Inspector), John Grillo (Mr. Parker), Andrew MacLachlan (The Duke). 2243... Robert Kennedy and His Times (CBS, 1/27/1985 to 1/29/1985, 3 parts, 7 hours). Brad Davis offered up his Robert Kennedy interpretation in this three-part, seven-hour dramatization of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s biography (1978). Davis followed in the acting footsteps of other Robert Kennedys over the years, like Martin Sheen (who later played brother Jack) in “The Missiles of October,” Cotter Smith in “Blood Feud,” John Shea in “Kennedy” and Cliff DeYoung (who, in this miniseries, played Jack) in “King,” the film about Martin Luther King Jr. “Robert Kennedy and His Times,” covering Kennedy’s life from 1946, when he was campaigning for his older brother’s congressional race, to his assassination in 1968, won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Limited Series. Another nomination went to hairstylist Lynda Gurasich for her work on part 1. Production Companies Chris-Rose Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Marvin J. Chomsky. Producers Robert W Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg. Teleplay Walon Green. Based on a Biography by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Corky Ehlers. Production Designer Bill Kenney. Art Director Ross Bellah. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Associate Producer Irving Lazar. Cast Brad Davis (Robert Kennedy), Veronica Cartwright (Ethel Kennedy), Cliff DeYoung (John F. Kennedy), Ned Beatty (J. Edgar Hoover), Beatrice Straight (Rose Kennedy), G.D. Spradlin (Lyndon Johnson), George Grizzard (John Seigenthaler), Harris Yulin (Sen. Joseph McCarthy), Mitchell Ryan (Robert McNamara), Joe Pantoliano (Roy Cohn), Jeffrey Tambor (Pierre Salinger), Jack Warden (Joseph Kennedy Sr.), Jordan Charney (Arthur Schlesinger), John Ericson (Senator), Danna Hansen (Lady Bird Johnson), Mimi Kennedy (Pat Kennedy), Dean Santoro (Fred Dutton), Charles Bateman (Army General Carey), Juanin Clay (Jacqueline Kennedy), Dorothy Fielding (Jean Kennedy), Belita Moreno (Angie Novello), James Read (Teddy Kennedy), Dennis Redfield (Walter Sheridan), Alan Rosenberg (Jack Newfield), Hansford Rowe (Ron McMasters), Trey Wilson (Jimmy Hoffa), Betsy Baker (Courtney Kennedy [part 3]), Jason Bateman (Joe Kennedy III), Jeremy Brown (Matthew Kennedy), Shannen Doherty (Kathleen Kennedy), Jordan Denton (Michael Kennedy), Natalie Gregory (Courtney Kennedy [parts 1 and 2]), Rebecca Guillion (Kathleen Kennedy [part 3]), Chris Hebert (Robert Kennedy Jr. [parts 1 and 2]), River Phoenix (Robert Kennedy

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Jr. [part 3]), Steve Rumph (Young Joe III), Branden Williams (David Kennedy), Nancy Abramson (Woman at stable), Phyllis Applegate (Ruby), Amanda Barrett (Kerry Kennedy), Dorothy Butts (Annie Lee Moss), Ralph M Clift (Governor Patterson), Darlene Conley (Moderator), Walter Covell (Old timer), Kathy Cronkite (Official’s wife), Reid Cruickshanks (Sam Baron), Robert Decker (Staffer), Louis de Farra (Waiter), Ben Fuhrman (Edward Partin), Gokul (Nehru), Albert Hall (Roy Wilkins), Richard Kuss (Dave Beck), Wendy LaMastra (Joan Kennedy), Charles Lanyer (Porter Biggs), Christopher Lofton (Steve Smith), John McCook (Interrogator), Elizabeth Norment (Eunice Kennedy), Austin Stocker (Robert Henderson), Jack Thibeau (Clyde Tolson), Father Frank Toste (Priest), Jean-Paul Vignon (French general), Madison Arnold (Marvin Haanstra), Barbara Allyne Bennett (Evelyn Lincoln), Pat Corley (Andy McLaughlin), Matthew Faison (Dick Peterson), Bruce French (Frank Simpson), James Hornbeck (Keating advisor), Will Jeffries (Silvio Mollo), Shelly Lipkin (Robert Morgenthau), Walter Mathews (Kenneth Keating), David Lloyd Nelson (Functionary), William Wintersole (Robert Travis), Wayne Armstrong (Timberman), David Austin (Aide), Joe Dorsey (Chief of police), Richard Fullerton (2nd timberman), Patrick Gorman (John Gunter Dean), Haven Earle Haley (Reporter), Maurice Marsac (Etienne Manach), Bufort McClerkins (Roosevelt Grier), Paul Napier (Mayor), Jonah Pearson (Adam Walinsky), Matthew Ribis (David), John Scott (John Frankenheimer), Brent Spiner (Allard Lowenstein). 2244... Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (Showtime, 1/15/1984, 100 mins). A cast of unfamiliar faces (in America, at least) gave a sword and sorcery touch to the Robin Hood legend that actually not only was the pilot to a contemporary British series about the denizens of Sherwood Forest, but served also as the pilot to the cable-TVseries that followed the premiere (on cable) of this adventure film. Production Companies Goldcrest Films, HTV Ltd. Director Ian Sharp. Executive Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Paul Knight. Teleplay Ian Sharp. Photography Roger Pearce. Music Clannard. Editor Terry Maisey. Art Director John Biggs. Cast Michael Praed (Robin Hood), Anthony Valentine (Baron Simon de Belleme), Nickolas Grace (Sheriff of Nottingham), Judi Trott (Maid Marion), Ray Winstone (Will Scarlett), Clive Mantle (Little John), Philip Jackson (Abbot Hugo), Robert Addie (Guy of Gisburne), Phil Rose (Friar Tuck), Peter Llewellyn Williams (Much the Miller’s Son), Paul Duggan (Tom the Fletcher), Mark Audley (Dickon of Barnsley), John Abineri (Herne the Hunter), Mark Ryan (Nasir), Thomas Henty (Flambart), Geoffrey Greenhill (The Miller), Wayne Michaels (Clerk), Harry Herring (Clerk), Tobby Lee (Young Robin). 2245... Rock ‘n’ Roll Mom (ABC, 2/7/1988, 120 mins). A suburban mom who overnight rockets to rock ‘n’ roll stardom as a hot sensation named “Mystere” is forced to hide the fact that she has a couple of teenage children, in this lighthearted Disney fare. Future TV bombshell Heather Locklear is given “special appearance” billing as a temperamental recording artist named Darcy X. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Michael Schultz. Producer Stan Rogow. Teleplay Gen LeRoy. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Lee Ritenour. Editor Conrad M. Gonzalez. Art Director Mark Mansbridge. Cast Dyan Cannon (Annie Hackett), Michael Brandon (Jeff Robins), Telma Hopkins (Etta Sloane), Nancy Lenehan (Connie Orsini), Josh Blake (Nicky Hackett), Amy Lynne (Emma Hackett), Fran Drescher (Jody Levin), Alex Rocco (Jerry Weiss), Joe Pantoliano (Ronnie), Heather Locklear (Darcy X), Nina Blackwood (Video DJ), Maree Cheatham (Janine), Waddy Wachtel (Himself), David Paymer (Boris), Jonathan Chapin (MC), Paula Hoffman (Shelley), Anne Rogers (Fritzie), John Hostetter (Johnny), Billy Elmer (Jelly Belly), Ian Fried (Albert), Chad Hayes (Engineer), Beverly Horn (Lucy), Alan Berger (Stage manager), Niche Saboda (MC), Clay Wilcox (Eric), José Eber (Himself). 2246... Rockabye (CBS, 1/12/1986, 120 mins). A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young son snatched from her moments after getting off the bus in New York City on her way to Vermont, and reluctantly accepts the help of a hard-nosed reporter in tracking him down after being given the runaround from the police. Based on the 1981 book by Laird Koenig. Outdoor scenes were shot on location in Manhattan; indoor ones were done in Toronto. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, Peregrine Entertainment, Bertinelli Productions Inc. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Freyda Rothstein. Producers Jack Grossbart, Marty Litke. Teleplay Laird Koenig. Photography John Lindley. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Jim Benson. Production Designer Jane Musky. Associate Producer Neil Rosenstein. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Susannah Bartok), Rachel Ticotin (Victoria Garcia), Jason Alexander (Lt. Ernest Foy), Ray Baker (Donald F. Donald), Roderick Cook (Christopher Zellner), Jo Henderson (Doctor), Dick Latessa (Malcolm Sterling), Jonathan Raskin (Sonny Bartok), Rafe McPherson (Larson), James Rebhorn (Arthur Reardon), Lynne Thigpen (Rica Towne), David James Carroll (Joey), Mary Gordon Murray (Audrey), Chris McCann (Candyman), Rex Robbins (Emerson), Sam Malkin (Dignam), Paul Calderon (Street vendor), Larry Joshua (1st policeman), Jimmy Smits (2nd policeman), Giancarlo Esposito (Marcus), Caitlin Hicks (Policewoman), Jonathan Bolt (Drunk), Ian Watson (Jeffrey Segal), Clark Johnson (Medical examiner), Maggie Burke (TV reporter), Michael Caruana (Enrique), Tom Mardirosian (Cabbie #1), Gregory Salata (Cabbie #2), John Capodice (Airport security guard), Melissa Gallagher (Ticket agent), Steve Liebman (Airline passenger). 2247... Rodeo Girl (CBS, 9/17/1980, 120 mins). The wife of a champion rodeo performer, tired of her subsidiary role at home, becomes an aspiring rodeo rider herself, encouraged by her onetime performer mother, and confronts her new lifestyle despite her husband’s disapproval, in this film based on the true story of rodeo champion Sue Pirtle.

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Production Companies Steckler Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Martin Starger. Producer Len Steckler. Teleplay Katharyn Michaelian Powers. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Al DeLory. Song “How Many Times” by Michael B. Reid. Song Performed by Juice Newton. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Fred Price. Cast Katharine Ross (Sammy Garrett), Bo Hopkins (Will Garrett), Candy Clark (J.R. Patterson), Jacqueline Brookes (Charlene), Wilford Brimley (Bingo), Parley Baer (Doc Tanner), Elise Caitlin (Bonnie Sue), Savannah Bentley (Wanda), Nancy Priddy (Gail), Bucklind Peery (Marsh), Dee Croxton (Nurse), Arlene Banas (Joyce), June Evett (Lisa Sanchez), Pamela Earnhardt (Vicky), Bob Tallman (Announcer), Lex Connelly (Announcer). 2248... Roe vs. Wade (NBC, 5/15/1989, 120 mins). Emmy Award-winning drama focusing on the women who challenged the nation’s abortion laws and were responsible for the 1973 Supreme Court decision. Holly Hunter as Ellen Russell, aka Jane Roe, won the Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Drama or Miniseries, and Amy Madigan was nominated, as were director Gregory Hoblit, writer Alison Cross, and editors Elodie Keene and Joe Ann Fogle. The film itself shared the Emmy as Outstanding Drama with “Day One.” Production Companies The Manheim Company, NBC Productions. Director Gregory Hoblit. Executive Producer Michael Manheim. Producers Gregory Hoblit, Alison Cross. Teleplay Alison Cross. Photography Tom Sigel. Music W.G. Snuffy Walden. Editors Elodie Keene, Joe Ann Fogle. Production Designer Hilda Stark. Art Director Jon Gary Steele. Cast Holly Hunter (Ellen Russell), Amy Madigan (Sarah Weddington), Kathy Bates (Jessie), James Gammon (Jimmy Russell), Chris Mulkey (Ron Weddington), Micole Mercurio (Ida Russell), Dion Anderson (Robert C. Flowers), Annabella Price (Linda Coffee), Daniel Benzali (Davis), David Wohl (Terry Bowman), Jerry Hardin (Judge I. Goldberg), Ken Jenkins (Rogers), Terry O’Quinn (Jay Floyd), George Murdock (Flanders), Stephen Tobolowsky (Daryl Horwood), James Avery, Paul Lambert, Kenneth Tigar, Ward Costello, Wendy Cutler, Maggie Baird, Katherine Cortez, Kevin Cooney, Jeff Allin, Jeff Perry, David Crowley, Jim Antonio, Morgen Drasnin, Susan Forristal, Glenn Morshower, Thomas Oglesby, Angela Paton, Randal Patrick, David Selburg, Teddi Siddall, Dierk Torsek, Ali Grant, Karole Selmon, Marnie Andrews. 2249... Roman Holiday (NBC, 12/28/1987, 120 mins). William Wyler’s 1953 screen classic which made a star of Audrey Hepburn gets an agreeable (though purists will say unnecessary) television redo with Catherine Oxenberg as the adventureseeking princess who, on an official Rome visit, slips away to explore the city on her own and falls for a brash American newspaperman--the Gregory Peck role here played by Britisher Tom Conti (Joe Penny was originally announced for the part). An earlier recycling of the story turned up on a 1972 episode of “The Odd Couple,” with guest star Jean Simmons, as the inquisitive princess, being given a tour of Manhattan by Jack Klugman and very nearly falling in love with him. Production Companies Jerry Ludwig Enterprises, Paramount Network Television. Director Noel Nosseck. Executive Producer Jerry Ludwig. Producer Mel Efros. Teleplay Jerry Ludwig. Based on a Story by Ian McClellan Hunter. Photography Romano Albani. Music Mark Snow. Editor Jay Scherberth. Art Director Franco Fumalagi. Cast Tom Conti (Joe Bradley), Catherine Oxenberg (Princess Alisa), Ed Begley Jr. (Leonard Lupo), Paul Daneman (King), Eileen Atkins (Countess), Patrick Allen (General), Francis Matthews (Ambassador), Shane Rimmer (Hogan), Christopher Muncke (Phil), Tessa Hood (Secretary), Andrew Bicknell (Squad leader, elite guard), David Rolfe (Majordomo), Felipe Ferrer (Dr. Bonanova), Peter Peterson (Boy playing guitar), Michael Roubaix (French reporter), Rugerio Vieria (Reporter), Celia Boughman (British TV reporter), Brian Bowyer (British reporter), Jeremy Boulbee (Airport reporter #1), Harry Jones (Airport reporter #2). 2250... Romance on the Orient Express (NBC, 3/4/1985, 120 mins). Torn, seemingly, from one of those soft-cover romance novels, this lush drama deals with an interlude between an American magazine editor and a dashing young Englishman while traveling between Venice and Paris, rekindling briefly an affair the two had enjoyed together 10 years earlier. John Gielgud, as the man’s snooty father, won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor for his quite brief performance. Filmed entirely on location all over Italy, France and in Leeds, England. Production Companies Frank von Zerneck Films, Yorkshire Television. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producers James Hay, Michael Glyn. Teleplay Jan Worthington. Photography Peter Jackson. Editor Stan Hawkes. Music Allyn Ferguson. Production Designer Richard Jarvis. Cast Cheryl Ladd (Lily Conrad), Stuart Wilson (Alex Woodward), Renee Asherson (Beatrice), Ralph Michael (Harry), Ruby Wax (Susan Lawson), Julian Sands (Sandy), Sir John Gielgud (Theodore Woodward), Barry Stokes (Flavio), Betsy Brantley (Stacey), Alan Downer (Cabin steward), Danielle Tylke (Alexandra), Olivier Pierre, John Serret, Andrew Lawler, Guy Nichols, Ian Bleasdale, David Smith, Thomasine Heiner. 2251... Rona Jaffe’s “Mazes and Monsters” (CBS, 12/28/1982, 120 mins). Four gifted college students’ fantasy game-a complex, theoretical war strategy played against a medieval background allowing each to assume other identities and plunge into various adventures--takes an ominous turn. A quartet of young, fairly-new-to-television actors (in addition to future star Tom Hanks) take the leads in this Canadian-made film, with a number of veteran performers as their parents. The first TV-movie based on one of Rona Jaffe’s novels, this is a dramatization of the author’s chronicle that was inspired by newspaper accounts of a teenager’s 1979 disappearance while playing “Dungeons and Dragons.”

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Production Companies Procter & Gamble Productions, McDermott Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Tom McDermott. Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay Tom Lazarus. Based on the Novel by Rona Jaffe. Photography Laszlo George. Music Hagood Hardy. Song “Friends in This World” by Hagood Hardy, Judith Lander. Song Performed by Cal Dodd, Judith Lander. Editor Bill Parker. Art Director Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Rona Jaffe. Cast Tom Hanks (Robbie Wheeling), Wendy Crewson (Kate Finch), David Wallace (Daniel), Chris Makepeace (Jay Jay Brockway), Lloyd Bochner (Hall [Robbie’s dad]), Peter Donat (Harold [Daniel’s dad]), Anne Francis (Ellie [Daniel’s mom]), Murray Hamilton (Lieutenant Martini), Vera Miles (Cat [Robbie’s mom]), Louise Sorel (Julia [Jay Jay’s mom]), Susan Strasberg (Meg [Kate’s mom]), Chris Wiggins (King), Clark Johnson (Perry), Tom Harvey (Hayden), James O. Regan (Paul), Kevin Fox (Punk), Angelo Tizagos (Punk), Eric Fink (Video Tech), Kevin Peter Hall (Garvil), Jim Bearden (Parole Officer). 2252... The Room Upstairs (CBS, 1/31/1987, 120 mins). An offbeat Hallmark Hall of Fame comedy-drama about a lonely and isolated Boston boarding house owner whose life is transformed when she opens herself up to the outside world and to a gentle, romantic relationship with a cellist who seeks out the room upstairs as a refuge after a family tragedy. The eclectic cast, headed by a number of actors who come from the stage, also included Renée Estevez, sister of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen. Based on the 1984 novel by Norma Levinson. Production Companies Marian Rees Associates, The Alexander Group Productions Inc. Director Stuart Margolin. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Robert Huddleston Teleplay Steve Lawson. Based on a Novel by Norma Levinson. Photography Ron Hagen. Music Robert Folk. Editor Kurt Bullinger. Production Designer Ian D Thomas. Associate Producer Anne Hopkins. Cast Stockard Channing (Leah Lazenby), Sam Waterston (Travis Coles), Linda Hunt (Mrs. Sanders), Joan Allen (Ellie), Clancy Brown (Kevin), Sarah Jessica Parker (Mandy Janovic), James Handy (Frank), Jerry O’Connell (Carl), DeVoreaux White (Jack), Renée Estevez (Susan), Denice Kumagai (Deena), Maureen Webb (Resident woman), Sheri Houle (The blonde), Johnny D’Agostino (Micky), Jim Jastrzebski (George). 2253... Rooster (ABC, 8/19/1982, 120 mins). Paul Williams and Pat McCormick are a pair of ill-matched investigators-a police psychologist and a onetime cop turned insurance detective--tracking down arsonists and running into assorted “guests,” like Eddie Albert as a flamboyant TV evangelist, William Daniels as the head of a sex clinic, Marie Osmond as a gospel singer, and others. This pilot to a prospective series has Williams and McCormick playing the same comic characters they had done on assorted other Glen A. Larson series, like “The Fall Guy,” from which this would be a spin-off of sorts. Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Tugboat Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Glen A. Larson. Supervising Producer Harker Wade. Teleplay Glen A. Larson, Paul Williams. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Stu Phillips. Editor David Howe. Art Director John Leimanis. Associate Producer Keith Pierce. Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Dorleac. Cast Paul Williams (Rooster Steele), Pat McCormick (Sweets McBride), J.D. Cannon (Chief Willard T. Coburn), Ed Lauter (Jack Claggert), Jill St. John (Joanna Van Eegan), Kathrine Baumann (Amy Hammond), Amy Botwinick (B.B.), William Bryant (Fire Chief), Delta Burke (Laura De Vega), Charlie Callas (Francis A. Melville), Henry Darrow (Dr. Sanchez), Pamela Hensley (Bunny Richter), Lara Parker (Janet), William Daniels (Dr. DeVega), John Saxon (Jerome Brademan), Eddie Albert (Rev. Harlan Barnum), Marie Osmond (Sister Mae Davis), Dan Pastorini (Himself), Dusty Baker (Himself), Jerry Reuss (Himself), Mike Scioscia (Himself), Severn Darden (Conway), Ken Lynch (Poker player), Michele Carey (Policewoman), Betty A. Bridges (Nurse), Darian Dash (Billy), Cody Jones (Eno), Larry Levine (Levine). 2254... Roots: The Gift (ABC, 12/11/1988, 120 mins). Louis Gossett Jr. and LeVar Burton return to their characters of Fiddler and young Kunta Kinte from “Roots” in this yuletide-themed tale (not included in Alex Haley’s family saga) that has the two being caught up in a secret plot to lead slaves to freedom on Christmas Eve. Haley himself lent his presence as well as his characters to this project by doing an on-camera prologue. Production Companies David L Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Kevin Hooks. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Bernard Sofronski. Producer Mark M. Wolper. Teleplay D. Eyre Jr. Based on Characters Created by Alex Haley. Photography John A. Alonzo. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Stanford C. Allen. Co-Editor Richard L. McCullough. Production Designer Beala Neel. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Fiddler), LeVar Burton (Kunta Kinte), Avery Brooks (Cletus Moyer), Kate Mulgrew (Hattie Carraway), Shaun Cassidy (Edmund Parker Jr.), John McMartin (Edmund Parker Sr.), Jerry Hardin (Dr. Reynolds), Annabella Price (Sarah Renshaw), Fran Bennett (Mammy May), Tim Russ (Marcellus), Michael Learned (Amelia Parker), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Scarvie), Brandy Brown (Arabella), Ernest Harden Jr. (Nick), Maria Bryant Ellis (Lilly), James McIntire (Jubal), Lawrence Mandley (Boatman), John Sherrod (Driver #1), Karl Anthony Smith (Gaunt man), J. Christopher Sullivan (Driver #2), Donna Howell (Elly), Billy Ray Reynolds (Christopher), Michael Edwards (Gentleman #1), Myke Mueller (Gentleman #2), John Murrey (Bishop Walley), Alex Haley (Prologue). 2255... Roses Are for the Rich (CBS, 5/17/1987 and 5/19/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Two-part romantic drama, adapted from the novel by Jonell (cq) Lawson, dealing with a young woman who was once done wrong, her vendetta against

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the powerful businessman she accuses of killing her husband, and her trial for the murder of that tycoon. All of this is played out in sumptuous, elegantly appointed soap opera fashion. Production Companies Karen Mack-Robert Papazian Productions, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producer Karen Mack. Co-Executive Producer Robert A. Papazian. Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Teleplay Judith Paige Mitchell. Based on a Novel by Jonell Lawson. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein, Barndance Band Bucksnort. Editor Gregory Prange, Ann Mills. Editor (Part 2) Barrett Taylor. Art Director C. Robert Holloway Associate Producer Judith Paige Mitchell. Cast Lisa Hartman (Autumn McAvan Norton), Bruce Dern (Douglas Osborne), Joe Penny (Lloyd Murphy), Richard Masur (Everett Corbett), Howard Duff (Denton), Morgan Stevens (Brian Osborne), Sharon Wyatt (Harriet Osborne), Jim Youngs (Ronnie Norton), Betty Buckley (Ella), Rita Zohar (Daisy), Anne Haney (Aunt Molly), Peggy Pope (Bea Osborne), Madison Mason (Prentis Osborne), Britton Elliott (Young Autumn), Richard McKenzie (Prosecutor), Robert Picardo (Durant), Kate Mulgrew (Kendall Murphy), Rhonda Dotson (Josie), Dee Dee Rescher (Carrie), Dendrie Allyn Taylor (Kiki), Mary Conley (Hostess), Helen Duffy (Manager), Janie Greenspun (Reporter #2), Ben Hickman (Politician), Diana Hunter (Waitress), John M Jackson (Dr. Clyde Andrews), Al R. Jones (Miner #3), Thomas Knickerbocker (Male guest), Duke Moosekian (Desk clerk), Jeanne Mori (Eurasian girl), Edward Mudd Jr. (Miner #1), Richard Murphy (Miner #4), Michael Nicolosi (Reporter #1), Patricia Richarde (Coroner), Herman Robinson (Gardner), Roger Rook (Policeman), Chad Smoak (Young Brian), Ester Spitz (Jury forman), Marjorie Stappe (Matron), Jason Stuart (DJ), Jerry Taft (Minister), Vikki Tiffany (Jail matron), Michael Dan Wagner (Judge), William Wolfe (Supervisor), Hunter Yarborough (Joshua). 2256... Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (CBS, 12/8/1982, 120 mins). The dramatization of the life of the pop singer from her rise to stardom and her marriage to José Ferrer to her courageous comeback from her 1968 mental breakdown following the Robert Kennedy assassination. Based on Clooney’s 1977 autobiography (written with Raymond Strait), it has Rosemary dubbing not only her own songs but also her sister Betty’s. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film’s hairstylist. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Alan Sacks Productions. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Supervising Producer Alan Sacks. Producer Jackie Cooper. Teleplay Katherine Coker. Based on a Biography by Rosemary Clooney with Raymond Strait. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Frank Ortega. Songs Performed by Rosemary Clooney. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Sondra Locke (Rosemary Clooney), Tony Orlando (José Ferrer), Penelope Milford (Betty Clooney), John Karlen (Uncle George), Cheryl Anderson (Aunt Jean), Robert Ridgely (Mort Weiner), Joey Travolta (Dante DiPaulo), Katherine Helmond (Frances Clooney), Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Jones), Richard Balin (Bill Loeb), Christopher Thomas (Bob Lewine), Eli Rill (Mitch Miller), Jeb Adams (Nicky Clooney), Edson Stroll (Arthur Park), Chris DeRose (Charles Trotta), Michael Keenan (Dr. Halliman), Cliff Murdock (Dr. Sherman), Guy Pastor (Tony Pastor), Mark Bruser (Bill Petering), Hilary Beane (Grace Raines), Tamar Cooper (Edith Head), Jessica Rains (Marjorie), Debi Fries (Nurse), Judith Novgrod (Script girl), Alfred Dennis (Henri), Blake Marion (Steven Smith), Wendell Wright (Man at rally), Sammy Shore (Comic), Joseph Cala (Producer), Don Sherman (Club manager), Patti Jerome (Maid), Walter Berry (Dr. Slocum), Ruth Ann McCoy (Campaigner), Richard Quinn (Miguel Ferrer), Carola McGuiness (Maria Ferrer), Marcello Krakoff (Gabriel Ferrer), Carl Steven (Raphael Ferrer). 2257... Roughnecks (Syndicated, 7/15/1980 and 7/16/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The second two-part “Golden Circle” film (“Wild Times” by the same production group was the first), this adventure tale about modern-day wildcatters mixes the regular TV formula of action and romance involving a stalwart drilling magnate and his tool-pusher (veteran actors Steve Forrest and Harry Morgan) and a young roughneck associate (Sam Melville) endeavoring to save the ranching empire of Forrest’s debt-ridden old flame (Vera Miles) by trying to bring in a methane gas well on her spread. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Rattlesnake Productions. Director Bernard McEveety. Executive Producer Douglas Netter. Producer Richard E. Lyons. Teleplay Michael Michaelian. Based on a Story by Charles Pieper, Michael Michaelian. Photography John Flinn III. Music Jerrold Immel. Song Performed by Juice Newton. Editor Alan Shefland. Art Director Beala Neel. Cast Ana-Alicia (Yolanda Suarez), Wilford Brimley (Willie Clayton), Cathy Lee Crosby (Tracy Carter), Steve Forrest (Paul Marshall), Kevin Geer (Tom McBride), A Martinez (Sal Espinoza), Stephen McHattie (Roy Bethke), Sam Melville (O’Dell Hartman), Vera Miles (Ida McBride), Harry Morgan (Plug Champion), Andrew Rubin (George Harris), Sarah Rush (Carol McBride), Timothy Scott (Boone Maddox), Rockne Tarkington (Lenny Booker), Louise Heath (Linda Booker), Janice Carroll (Nurse), William Marquez (Manuel). 2258... Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (NBC, 10/16/1989, 120 mins). Titillating docudrama about Roxanne Pulitzer and her much older husband, Herbert (aka “Pete,” the publishing heir); their indulgent Palm Beach lifestyle; their scandal-plagued divorce in 1980; and their custody battle for their twin sons. Based on the 1987 autobiography by Roxanne (with Cathy Maxa). Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., Qintex Entertainment. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer George Manasse. Producer James Chory. Teleplay Elizabeth Gill. Based on the Autobiography by Roxanne Pulitzer with Cathy Maxa. Photography Laszlo George. Music Bob Alcivar. Editors Robert L. Kimble, Bob Kagey. Production Designer Charles C Bennett.

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Cast Perry King (Herbert “Peter” Pulitzer), Courteney Cox (Jacquie Kimberly), Betsy Russell (Liza Pulitzer), Sondra Blake (Marilyn Dixon), Caitlin Brown (Lorraine Odasso), Amy Adams (Randy), Richard Champlin (Ty Dixon), Richardson Morse (Jim Kimberley), Jay Glick (Farish), Mary Fanaro (Greta), Thom Scoggins (Arthur Hager), Chynna Phillips (Roxanne Pulitzer), Christian Cousins (Baby Mac), Joseph Cousins (Baby Zac), Janice Benson (Mrs. Griffin), Jim Grimshaw (Judge Harper), Don Sheldon (Chuck Nugent), Bob Barnes (Ed McCabe), Nick Kelly (Hollister), Marc McCauley (Luttier), Judy Clayton (Supervisor), Barry Foster (Alan Walker), Valdini (Pierrette), Bill Gillespie (Health Club Manager), James Mattox (Ty Ulrich), Kathryn Kalahan (Lily Rousseau), Rosemary Johannson, Sally Ricca, Pat Worthington, Betsy Lovett, Norm Lund, Roxanne Pulitzer, Victor Jones, Theresa Blake, Kainda Jade-Lauritzen, Bubba List, Harold Bergman, Joyce Boyer, Barbara Winn. 2259... The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (CBS, 9/20/1982, 120 mins). The second Charles and Diana movie, with two virtual unknowns in the leads: Christopher Baines had acted on the British stage and on the BBC, but Catherine Oxenberg, a U.S.-born, British-raised professional model, here made her acting debut. Of particular interest to film buffs was the casting of Dana Wynter as Queen Elizabeth, Stewart Granger as Prince Phillip, Olivia de Havilland as the Queen Mother, and Ray Milland as a general factotum around the Palace. Production Company Chrysalis-Yellen Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producer Linda Yellen. Producer Terry Ellis. Teleplay Robert L. Freedman, Selma Thompson, Jonathan Platnick, Linda Yellen. Based on a Story by Robert L. Freedman, Selma Thompson. Photography Arthur J. Ornitz. Music David Palmer. Score Performed by London Philharmonic. Editor Jay Freund. Art Director Ben Edwards. Associate Producer Louise Ramsay. Cast Christopher Baines (Prince Charles), Catherine Oxenberg (Lady Diana), Ray Milland (Mr. Griffiths), Dana Wynter (Queen Elizabeth), Stewart Granger (Prince Phillip), Olivia de Havilland (The Queen Mother), Barbara Caruso (Raine Spencer), Holland Taylor (Mrs. Shand Kydd), George Martin (Earl Spencer), John Hadden (Prince Andrew), Michael E. Knight (Prince Edward), Jeannine Taylor (Samantha Edwards), Estella Masters (Sarah Spencer), Ibbits Warriner (Kate), Roberta Wallach (Princess Marguerite), Cecile Callan (Phoebe), Cordis Heard (Gwendolyn Carrington), Pamela Brook (Victoria Hadley-Sloan), Tom Tammi (Thomas Carrington), Frances Conroy (Mrs. Watson), Lisa Shue (Lynn Osborne), Kerry Nix (Diana at age 7), Bonnie Deroski, Jean Barker, John S. Green, John Hallow, Chris McHale, Benjamin Bernouy, Jonathan Moore, Dillon Evans, Catherine Griffiths, Willy Nickels. 2260... The Rules of Marriage (CBS, 5/10/1982 and 5/11/1982, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Lengthy two-part contemporary drama, written by Reginald Rose, dealing with a supposedly “perfect marriage” and its effects when it breaks up--on the couple involved, their children, and their friends. Elizabeth Montgomery and Elliott Gould (in his TV acting debut) are an affluent suburban couple who split on the eve of their 15th wedding anniversary. She becomes involved with their close friend (Michael Murphy), he with a flower child (Melinda Culea). In subsequent showings it was edited from four hours down to three. Production Companies Entheos Unlimited Productions, Brownstone Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Milton Katselas. Executive Producer Barry Krost. Supervising Producer Marc Merson. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Reginald Rose. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Joan Hagen), Elliott Gould (Michael Hagen), Michael Murphy (Alan Murray), Melinda Culea (Holly Stone), Sean Astin (Charlie Hagen), Susan Blackstone (Margo Hagen), Nancy Cartwright (Jill Murray), Patricia Harty (Ronnie Starr), Alice Hirson (Eva Hewlitt), Millie Slavin (Doris Gallup), Kenneth Mars (Red Hewitt), Neva Patterson (Mrs. Kirby), William Windom (George Olsen), Lew Palter (Max Fine), James Ray (Norbert Ashby), Maxine Stuart (Ingrid Olsen), Lucinda Dooling (Rita Lombard), Kit McDonough (Jean Barnes), Jack Riley (Herb Gallup), Elizabeth Farley (Lillian Ashby), Roberta Haynes (Elaine Fine), Twyla Littleton (Dolores), R. Jay Miller (Delivery man), Rebecca Reynolds (Mrs. McLaughlin), Vinny Argiro, James Bacon, Katia Christine, Kate Stern, Eddie Zammit. 2261... A Rumor of War (CBS, 9/24/1980 and 9/25/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Caputo’s bestselling account of his Vietnam experiences and his transformation from idealistic college student turned Marine to battle-hardened and subsequently embittered veteran is dramatized in this two-part four-hour film with Brad Davis as Caputo and Keith Carradine and Michael O’Keefe as his buddies. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film’s sound mixer. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Dick Berg. Producer David Manson. Teleplay John Sacret Young. Based on a Book by Philip Caputo. Photography Jorge Stahl, Stevan Larner. Music Charles Gross. Editors Michael Eliot, Scott C. Eyler, Thomas Fries. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Allan Marcil. Cast Brad Davis (Phil Caputo), Keith Carradine (Lt. Murph McCoy), Michael O’Keefe (Walter Cohen), Richard Bradford (Gen. Merle Rupert), Brian Dennehy (Sgt. Ned Coleman), John Friedrich (Corporal Pascarella), Perry Lang (Woodward), Christopher Mitchum (Captain Peterson), Steve Forrest (Colonel Atherton), Stacy Keach (Major Ball), Dan Shor (Manhole), Lane Smith (Sgt. William Holgren), Nicholas Woodeson (Corporal Kazmarak), Gail Youngs (Carol), Phillip R. Allen (Colonel Perry), Michael Cavanaugh (Captain Lake), Mickey Ellerbee (Corporal Mackey), Bobby Elliott (Sullivan), Laurence Fishburne (Lightbulb), Redmond Gleeson (Sergeant Furth), Edward Grover (Coker), Gavan O’Herlihy (Stanton), Christopher Allport (Van Cott), Jeff Daniels (Chaplain), John Herzfeld (Drill instructor), Stephen Keep (Angry major), Helaine Lembeck (Lisa Modesta), Sandy McPeak (Joe Caputo), Chris Mulkey (Radio man), Enrique Novi (José Ramirez), Sean Thomas Roche (Hodkins), Steven Rotblatt (Zirpoli), Al Ruscio (Uncle Al), Koko Tani (Simone), Thu Thuy (Le Dung’s wife), Marion Kodama Yue (Hoa), David

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Chow (Mayor of Danang), Eunice Christopher (Mrs. Caputo), Oliver Chung (Le Dung), Alex Daniels (Stasek), John Diehl (D.T.), John Ferrand (Sergeant Whittaker), Ken Foree (MP), Karen Kondazian (Mrs. Modesta), Lynn Kuratomi (Yip Yap), Joe Lowry (Winslow), David Manson (2nd reporter), Dani Minnick (Miss Cunningham), Scott Mulhern (Priest), Qui Van Ngo (ARVN interrogator), Rodney Saulsberry (Sergeant Wehr), Scott Sebastian (1st reporter), Stewart Wolinski (Doctor). 2262... Run Till You Fall (CBS, 9/9/1988, 90 mins). A rare starring role in this warmhearted detective drama finds Jamie Farr (Corporal Klinger of “M*A*S*H”) as a small-town private eye trying to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son, when he takes on a seemingly easy case that sours. Mike Farrell (who costarred with Farr on “M*A*S*H”) here makes his TV-movie directing debut and his wife Shelley Fabares plays the female lead. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Mike Farrell. Producer Marvin Minoff. Teleplay Gary Garrett, Dan Wilcox. Based on a Story by Gary Garrett. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Tom Scott. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Executive in Charge of Production Norman S. Powell. Cast Jamie Farr (Michael Reuben), Fred Savage (Davy Reuben), Shelley Fabares (Kathy Reuben), CCH Pounder (Janice), Clyde Kusatsu (Fujimoto), Beatrice Straight (Margaret Channing), Douglas Rowe (Coach Jeffries), Ann Nelson (Old woman), Robert Ellenstein (Mr. Leopold), Betty Jinnette (Mrs. Leopold), Jeffrey Josephson (Billy Roy), Amy Moore Davis (Marilyn), Evelina Fernandez (Evelina), Mark Haining (Man in suit), George Kmeck (2nd hood), Jack Ross Obney (1st hood), J.J. Wall (Baggage clerk), Christopher Burton (Tommy), Clarence Brown (Baseball fan), Chris Hendrie (Gus), Mark Harrison (Airline clerk), Hank Robinson (Umpire), Kevin Wilk (Parking valet), Jim Poyner (Delivery man), Larry Moskowitz (The John). 2263... Running Out (CBS, 1/26/1983, 120 mins). Remarkably similar to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” this film about a young woman who ran out on her husband and young daughter takes a different twist by having her return 12 years later in hopes of rekindling a bond with them. Actor and sometime director and producer Tony Bill has the male lead in this one, made entirely in New York. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Producer Jonathan Bernstein. Teleplay Elissa Guest. Photography Ronald M. Lautore. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Cast Deborah Raffin (Elisabeth St. Claire), Tony Bill (Paul Corsini), Toni Kalem (Shelly), Ari Meyers (Jenny Corsini), Daniel Keyes (Sal Corsini), Joseph Buloff (Mr. Sadvoranski), Paul Hecht (Michel Genet), Jessica James (Mrs. Bogart), Larry Joshua (Mark), Beverly May (Stephanie), Anthony Michael Hall (Kylie), Brandon Maggart (Bert), Rony Clanton (Ray), Ralph Drischell (Alex), Rex Robbins (Jack Armstrong), Sonia Zomina (Mrs. Sadvoranski), Rex Everhart (Frank), Ron Faber (Hal), Lois Holmes (Mrs. Duggan), Truman Gaige (Jimmy Duggan), Jon Polito (Joe Poswalsky), Stephen Vinovich (Dr. Bernstein), Gloria Irizarry (Mrs. Diaz), Shelly Bade (Lorraine), James Lecesne (Male dancer), Marcell Rosenblatt (Recital woman), Margery Nelson (Lydia Rosen), Albert Macklin (Bellhop), Roberta Wallach (Secretary), James Selby (Waiter), Victor Truro (Waiter), Peter S. Smith (Young man). 2264... The Ryan White Story (ABC, 1/16/1989, 120 mins). Uplifting drama about a real-life teenage hemophiliac and his mother who wage a fight against those who would bar him from school when he develops AIDS from tainted blood products. George C. Scott, in a “special guest appearance,” is the dogged lawyer who fights on their behalf. Ryan White’s story touched the national consciousness in the mid-1980s, and the boy himself played a small role in the film. At the time it was repeated about 18 months later, Ryan had died, and a special epilogue was added to the movie. Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director John Herzfeld. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Linda Otto. Teleplay Phil Penningroth, John Herzfeld. Based on a Story by Phil Penningroth. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Mike Post. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer Norm Baron. Cast Judith Light (Jeanne White), Lukas Haas (Ryan White), Michael Bowen (Harley), Nikki Cox (Andrea White), George Dzundza (Dr. Kleiman), Valerie Landsburg (Arletta), Sarah Jessica Parker (Laura), Mitchell Ryan (Tom), Peter Scolari (David Day), George C. Scott (Charles Vaughn Sr.), Grace Zabriskie (Gloria Hale), Kathy Wagner (Sue Hatch), Cliff Bemis (Dick Bronson), Casey Ellison (Heath), Mark Joy (Charles Vaughn Jr.), Robert Albertia (Judge Nowland), Kurek Ashley (Jim), Helen Baldwin (Marcia Rosselot), Nat Benchley (David Rosselot), Joyce Bowden-Kirby (Reporter), Amelia Burnette (Girl), Kendrith Cheek (Tammy), Bonnie Cook (Katherine Angelove), Jim Grimshaw (Policeman), Bob Hannah (Daniel Carter), Frankie LittleHardin (Mitzi Johnson), Mert Hatfield (Union representative), Randell Haynes (Judge O’Neill), John Herzfeld (Florist), Heather Hodde (Heather), Lucious Houghton (Charlie Cropper), Steve Howard (Ron Colby), J. Michael Hunter (Jeffrey Squires MD), Rebecca Koon (Housewife), Stephanie Lake (Schoolgirl), Lorri Lindberg (Factory worker), Terry Loughlin (J.O. Smith), Rick Marshall (Homeowner), Michael Melon (Reporter), Mark Jeffrey Miller (Jake), Robert P. Miller (Parent #1), Richard K. Olsen (Judge Brubaker), Michael Ruff (Obnoxious kid), Alan Sader (Reverend Williams), Sue Satoris (Jennifer), Steven Shaw (Announcer), John M. Silvia (Parent #2), Meredith Strange-Boston (Reporter), Jon Thompson (Cicero principal), Andrea White (Girl on bus), Ryan White (Chad). 2265... S*H*E (CBS, 2/23/1980, 120 mins). Cornelia Sharpe is a female James Bond in this action-adventure live-action cartoon battling an urbane Italian playboy (Omar Sharif, in his TV acting debut) involved in a global blackmail scheme. This

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prospective series pilot, also bringing ’50s sex goddess Anita Ekberg back to the (small) screen, has absolutely nothing in common with Rider Haggard’s oft-filmed “She.” Production Company Martin Bregman Productions. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Producer Martin Bregman. Teleplay Richard Maibaum. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Michael Kamen. Songs “Here’s to the Love” and “That Game of Love” Michael Kamen. Songs Performed by Linda Gaines. Editor Michael Economou. Production Designers Francesco Bronzi, Jurgen Kiebach. Associate Producer Michael Economou. Cast Omar Sharif (Cesare Magnasco), Cornelia Sharpe (Lavinia Kean), Robert Lansing (Owen Hooper), William Traylor (Lacey), Isabella Rye (Fanya), Thom Christopher (Eddie Bronzi), Anita Ekberg (Dr. Else Biebling), Fabio Testi (Rudolph Caserta), Mario Colli (Alfredo Mucci), Claudio Ruffini (Larue), Geoffrey Copplestone (UN Speaker), Fortunate Arena (Paesano), Emilio Messina (Zel). 2266... Sadat (Syndicated, 10/31/1983 and 11/7/1983, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The casting of Louis Gossett Jr. as Anwar Sadat in this dramatization of the Egyptian leader’s life, from his early years as a young officer fighting the British to his assassination 30 years later, brought the wrath of Egypt against Columbia Pictures and the film’s producers and star, all of whose films were, briefly, banned in that country. Filmed in Mexico, this Operation Prime Time entry came on the heels of the success of “A Woman Called Golda,” in which Sadat (played by Robert Loggia) was personified. Gossett received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Special. Production Companies Blatt-Singer Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Richard Michaels. Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L. Singer. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Photography Jan De Bont. Music Charles Bernstein. Editors Bud S. Isaacs, J. Terry Williams. Art Director Penny Hadfield. Production Designer Guy Comtois. Associate Producer Brad Aronson. Costumes Grady Hunt. Cast Louis Gossett Jr. (Sadat Anwar), John Rhys-Davies (Gamal Abdel Nasser), Madolyn Smith (Jihan Sadat), Jeremy Kemp (Thompson), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Sibai), Eric Berry (Rashad), Anne Heywood (Mrs. Raouf), Ferdinand Mayne (Mullah), Barry Morse (Menachem Begin), Thaao Penghlis (Amer), Nehemiah Persoff (Leonid Brezhnev), Pepe Serna (Atif Sadat), Paul Smith (King Farouk), Jeffrey Tambor (Sharaff), Aharon Ipale (Israeli man), Richard Kuss (Bolodorov), Hugh Gillin (American Ambassador), George Morfogen (Salem), James Garrett (British corporal), Judith Penrod (TV reporter), James O’Sullivan (Jordan), Alexander Zale (Shafi), Tony Plana (Dentist), James Staley (Williams), Nick Faltas (Raouf), Dennis Howard (Richardson), David Hess (Israeli soldier), Michael McCole (Libyan), Walt Hanna (Pres. Jimmy Carter), Gertrudis Kunte (Golda Meir), Ben Slack (Ariel Sharon), Joe Renteria (Egyptian soldier), Mohamed Abdul Kheir (Wedding mullah), Nathan Lam (Rabbi). 2267... Sadie and Son (CBS, 10/21/1987, 120 mins). In her TV-movie debut, Debbie Reynolds is a somewhat over the hill New York City cop, a widow living with her aspiring comic son who connives to get him on the force as her partner so they can chase down perps together. Lighthearted pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Norton Wright Productions, Kenny Rogers Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Norton Wright. Producer Richard L. O’Connor. Teleplay Carl Kleinschmitt. Photography Brian R.R. Hebb. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Donald R. Rode. Art Director Carmen Gallo. Associate Producers Lelan Rogers, Gary Grossman. Cast Debbie Reynolds (Sadie Rothman), Brian McNamara (Nolie Rothman), Sam Wanamaker (Marty Goldstein), Cynthia Dale (Paula), David Perry (Captain Ruggles), Robert Morelli (Stoner), Alar Aedma (Strangler), Philip Akin (Jerome), Michael J. Reynolds (Commandant), Michael Woods (Instructor), Roselle Stone (Mrs. Lefkowitz), Jean Frenette (Purse snatcher), Joyce Gordon (Flo), Marilyn Boyle (Estelle), Kate Lynch (Angela Pedoza), Tony Rosato (Morris), Dana Brooks (Myrna), J.J. Evans (Soft Shoe). 2268... Sakharov (HBO, 6/20/1984, 120 mins). Russian nuclear physicist turned political dissident Andrei Sakharov, whose outspoken views on human rights oppression in his homeland brought him not only the Nobel Peace Prize, but also internal exile in the closed-to-foreigners city of Gorky, was the timely subject of this made-for-cable film. It was so timely that its premiere date was moved forward by three months because of Sakharov’s widely publicized hunger strike aimed at forcing the authorities to allow his activist wife, Dr. Elena Bonner, to go abroad (for a second time) for a needed operation. A voice-over epilogue brought the film, made in late 1983 in Austria and England, up to date as of its premiere. Production Companies Titus Productions, HBO Premiere Films. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay David W. Rintels. Photography Tony Imi. Music Carl Davis. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Herbert Westbrook. Art Director (Great Britain) Adrian Smith. Art Director (Austria) Thomas Riccabona. Cast Jason Robards (Andrei Sakharov), Glenda Jackson (Elena Bonner), Nicol Williamson (Malyarov), Frank Finlay (Kravtsov), Michael Bryant (Syshchikov), Paul Freeman (Pavel Leontiev), Anna Massey (Klavdia), Joe MeIia (Sergei Kovalov), Lee Montague (Slavsky), Jim Norton (Roy Medvedev), Valentine Pelka (Efrem), Catherine Hall (Tanya), John McAndrew (Alyosha), Debbie Farrington (Lisa), David Midwinter (Matvei at age 10), Crain Dickerson (Matvei at age 5), Toni Warwick (Anya), Eileen Way (Ruf Grigorievna), Denyse Alexander (Dr. Lydia), Marion Bailey (Ludmilla Kovalov), Anton Lesser (Valery Chalidze), Norman Rodway (Psychiatrist), Elizabeth Spriggs (Nobel presenter), Robert Sherman (American reporter), Paola Dionisotti (Patient’s wife), Avril Algar (OVIR administrator), Tenniel Evans (Dean Fedorenko), Jean Heywood (Sakharov

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secretary), Alex McCrindle, John Rowe, Janet Wood, Ruth Goring, Bernard Kay, David Landsberg, John Normington, Olivier Pierre, Tony Sibbald, Martyn Whitby, John Boswell, Robert Gwilym, John Cording, Laurence Harrington, Richard Cubison, Ralph Nosseck, Ron Donachie, James Sport, John Forgeham, Vic Tablian, John Golightly, Tom Wilkinson. 2269... Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (CBS, 5/19/1986, 120 mins). Martin Sheen plays social activist Mitch Snyder, who made a name for himself in the 1980s through his tireless struggle bringing the plight of the homeless to the nation’s consciousness--often through well-publicized hunger strikes in the shadow of The White House. Cicely Tyson is a toothless bag lady who acts as Snyder’s mentor in teaching him the survival tactics of the homeless. Production Companies LeVine-Robins Productions Ltd., Fries Entertainment. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Irv Wilson. Producers Deborah Joy LeVine, Debbie Robins. Co-Producer Clifford Campion. Teleplay Clifford Campion. Photography Hanania Baer. Music Craig Safan. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Production Designer Greg Fonseca. Cast Martin Sheen (Mitch Snyder), Roxanne Hart (Carol Fennelly), Joe Seneca (“Reverend”), Stan Shaw (Harold Moss), Cicely Tyson (Muriel), James Avery (Hank Dudney), Guy Boyd (Tom), Janet Carroll (Susan Baker), Jordan Charney (Pete Stark), Brett Cullen (Billy), Conchata Ferrell (Ida Sinclair), Dorothy Fielding (Diane Fisk), James Handy (Melvin Mander), Matthew Laurance (Max), John McLiam (Jessie), Dey Young (Cathleen), Gail Youngs (Mary Ellen), Patrik Baldauff, Ted Hartley, F.J. O’Neil, Rick Lieberman, Gene Ross, Tim Russ, John Wesley, Ron Canada, Al Christy, John G. Cottingham, Gwen Evans, Gerald F Gough, Terry Hinz, Carl “Mr. Rhythm” Jackson, Robert M. Kelly, Ann Shayne Ladd, Cliff McMullen, Mark Murray-Mauzi, Clive Rosengren, Richard Sassin, Diane Sherry, Ruth Sitton, Teman Treadway, Tim Wise. 2270... Samson and Delilah (ABC, 4/1/1984, 120 mins). In this lavish (by TV standards) remake of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1949 biblical epic, the bold and rebellious Danite from one of the tribes of Israel that fled Egypt in the Great Exodus and the Philistine courtesan who seduces and then betrays him, newcomer Antony Hamilton is Samson and Australian actress/model Belinda Bauer is Delilah. Interesting casting, aside from the other international names, was that of Victor Mature, who played Samson in the DeMille version, coming out of semi-retirement to make his TV acting debut in the role of Samson’s father. Based on Eric Linklater’s book “Husband of Delilah” and filmed entirely on location in (where else?) Mexico. Hairstylist Jan Van Uchelen received an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Comworld Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Gregory Harrison. Producer Franklin R. Levy. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Eric Linklater. Photography Gerry Fisher. Music Maurice Jarre. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Art Director José Rodriguez Granada. Associate Producer Matthew Rushton. Executive in Charge of Production Matthew N Herman. Cast Max Von Sydow (Sidka), Belinda Bauer (Delilah), Stephen Macht (Malchuk), Antony Hamilton (Samson), Clive Revill (Raul), Daniel Stern (Micah), Jose Ferrer (High Priest), Maria Schell (Deborah), Victor Mature (Manoah), Jennifer Holmes (Varinia), David Eisner (Arin), David Byrd (Elon), Angelica Aragon (Niji), Rene Ruiz (Temple man), Brandon Scott (Magician). 2271... Save the Dog! (Disney Channel, 3/19/1988, 95 mins). Madcap Disney comedy about aspiring actress Cindy Williams who bungles an audition for a dog food commercial using her own pooch which then goes off and, unenthusiastic about healthy dog food snacks at the local fast food emporium, manages to chow down on high calorie junk stuff and becomes deathly ill. It’s up to her to save the dog so that they can audition again the next day, if she can come up with the cash to pay kindly but monetarily astute vet Tom Poston. Subsequently this received a prime-time network airing, edited down to under an hour. Production Companies Elsboy Entertainment Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producers Paul Aaron, Erwin Stoff. Supervising Producer George W. Perkins. Producers Jim Kouf, Lynn Bigelow. Teleplay Haris Orkin, John McNamara. Photography Jacques Haitkin. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Norman Hollyn. Production Designer Chester Kaczenski. Cast Cindy Williams (Becky Dale), Tony Randall (Oliver Bishop), Katherine Helmond (Maude McGraw), Tom Poston (Doc Crowley), Charlotte Rae (Dotty Schnitt), Al Lewis (Neighbor), Joey Hartogen (Oliver’s assistant), Rick Stokes (Bill Gantz), Chris Kincade (Medic #1), Starla Benford (Medic #2), Jerry Young (Glenn Yaboo), Julius Tennon (Arresting officer), Vernon Grote (Norton Bullnock), Erika Flores (Sharon). 2272... Scandal in a Small Town (NBC, 4/10/1988, 120 mins). Like the earlier “Evil in Clear River,” this Raquel Welch star turn deals with a solo war being waged by her on grassroots anti-Semitism, and has Raquel as a local cocktail waitress with a dubious reputation who discovers that her daughter is learning hate in history teacher Ronny Cox’s classroom. Viewers were treated to the sight of the leading lady dressed tantalizingly but somewhat inappropriately in hot pants as she shows up in court to testify in the climactic trial. Original title: “The Education of Leda Beth Vincent” Production Company Carliner-Rappaport Productions. Director Anthony Page. Producers Michele Rappaport, Mark Carliner. Teleplay Robert J Avrech. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Mark Snow. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Production Designer Richard Sherman. Art Director Walt Shipley. Associate Producer Skip Schoolnik. Cast Raquel Welch (Leda Beth Vincent), Christa Denton (Julie Vincent), Frances Lee McCain (Gwendolyn McLeod), Peter Van Norden (Baker’s lawyer), Robin Gammell (Prof. Paul Martin), Ronny Cox (George Baker), Mickey Jones (Glenn), Ray Girardin (Don Thompson), Robert Symonds (Lucas Wethli), Peter Palmer (Scottie), Ernie Lively (Jeremy Travis), Arell Blanton (Jud), Katherine McGrath (Verna), Laurence Haddon (Judge John Larson), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Bengston), Madison Mason

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(Keith Ritter), Harold P. Pruett (Michael Bishop), Scott Nell (Jason Travis), Noni White (Clarisse), John Furlong (Mr. Erickson), Linda Hoy (Meg Hanson), Annie Abbott (Helen Travis), Holly Fields (Dawn), Jean Sincere (Etta Wethli), Julie Hayek (Savannah), Lee Millay (Karen Martin), Kamie Harper (Jessica Martin), Justin Gocke (Thomas Martin), George Hirchmann (Bailiff), Louis Plante (Guard), Jeremy Applegate (Kid). 2273... Scandal Sheet (ABC, 1/21/1985, 120 mins). Burt Lancaster’s unscrupulous publisher of a slick, supermarket checkout-counter tabloid bent on exploiting a glamorous movieland couple was seen in many quarters as what had become of his corrupt J.J. Hunsecker character of “Sweet Smell of Success” nearly 20 years earlier. Henry Winkler, “The Fonz” himself, was executive producer of this tale of gutter journalism through his Fair Dinkum Productions. Production Company Fair Dinkum Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Henry Winkler. Producer Roger Birnbaum. Teleplay Howard Rodman. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Randy Edelman. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director George B. Chan. Cast Burt Lancaster (Harold Fallen), Pamela Reed (Helen Grant), Robert Urich (Ben Rowan), Lauren Hutton (Meg North), Peter Jurasik (McKey), Bobby DiCicco (Platte), Trey Wilson (Paul Brown), Susan Peretz (Missus Hurt), Lois DeBanzie (Mrs. Skye), Max Wright (Stan Clark), Penelope Windust, Douglas Rowe, Belita Moreno, Jim Baker, Frances McDormand, Rance Howard, Patricia Gaul, Frederick Coffin, Gillian Eaton, Hanna Hertelendy, Bobby Jacoby, Jeanne Mori, Bill Gratton, Jamie Wild, Anna L. Pagan. 2274... Scared Straight! Another Story (CBS, 11/6/1980, 120 mins). The brutally frank TV documentary “Scared Straight” that was widely broadcast and critically acclaimed in 1979 (and won both an Oscar and an Emmy) was the inspiration for this fictional drama about a prison encounter group involving juveniles, put together by probation officer Cliff DeYoung and hardtime convict Stan Shaw. It initially aired, coincidentally, opposite the made-for-TV prison movie about Clarence Carnes, the longtime Alcatraz inmate. Production Companies Golden West Television, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producer John T. Reynolds. Producer Arnold Shapiro. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Harry Keramidas. Art Director John Kuri. Associate Producer William Watkins. Cast Cliff DeYoung (Paul Lipton), Stan Shaw (Carl Jones), Terri Nunn (Lucy Loring), Randy Brooks (Sam), Tony Burton (Rafer), Linden Chiles (John Loring), Don Fullilove (Smash), Eric Laneuville (James), William Sanderson (Harlan), Nathan Cook (“Doctor”), John Hammond (Rak), Michael Fairman (Warden Livermore), S. John Launer (Judge Wadsworth), Bebe DrakeMassey (Jean Lewis), Al White (Ken Sharp), Kevyn Major Howard (Robert Davis), Scott Edmund Lane (DA Harding), Carolyn Coates (Mary Loring), Jean Demter Barton (Mrs. Rakowski), Sonny Gibson (Officer Rawlins), Chuck Lyles (Tyrone), Doug Cronin, Rodni Hardison, Jerico, Dan Halleck. 2275... The Scarlet and the Black (CBS, 2/2/1983, 180 mins). In his first TV starring role (after having debuted as Abraham Lincoln in the miniseries “The Blue and the Gray”), Gregory Peck is the real-life Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a Vatican official responsible for concealing thousands of allied POW escapees in German-occupied Rome. Christopher Plummer is the head of the S.S. under whose nose the escapes were being pulled off and with whom Msgr. O’Flaherty played an intriguing cat-andmouse game. (O’Flaherty died in 1963.) This three-hour film was based on J.P. Gallagher’s “The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican.” Emmy Award nominations went to the film’s editor, sound mixer and graphic designer. It also won the top prize, the Golden Gate Award, at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and was one of the winners of the prestigious Christopher Award in 1984 for distinguished TV programming. Production Companies Bill McCutchen Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Jerry London. Producer Bill McCutchen. Teleplay David Butler. Based on a Book by J.P. Gallagher. Photography Giuseppe Rotunno. Music Ennio Morricone. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designers John Stoll, Pier Luigi Basile. Graphic Design Phill Norman. Cast Gregory Peck (Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty), Christopher Plummer (Col. Herbert Kappler), John Gielgud (Pope Pius XII), Raf Vallone (Father Vittorio), Kenneth Colley (Captain Hirsch), Walter Gotell (Gen. Max Helm), Barbara Bouchet (Minna Kappler), Julian Holloway (Alfred West), Angelo Infanti (Father Morosini), Olga Karlatos (Francesca Lombardo), Michael Byrne (Reinhard Beck), T.P. McKenna (Heinrich Himmler), Vernon Dobtcheff (Count Langenthal), John Terry (Lt. Jack Manning), Peter Burton (Sir D’Arcy Osborne), Phillip Hatton (Lt. Harry Barnett), Mark Lewis (Corp. Les Tate), Marne Maitland (Papal secretary), Italo Nardulli (Franz Kappler), Cariddi Nardulli (Liesel Kappler), Fabiana Udenio (Guilia Lombardo), Alessandra Cozzo (Emilia Lombardo), Giovanni Crippa (Simon Weiss), Gabriella D’Olive (Mother Superior), Billy Boyle (Paddy Doyle), Remo Remotti (Rabbi Leoni), Cesarina Tacconi (Pregnant woman), David Brandon (SS officer), Bruno Corazzari (Coalman), William Berger (US Intelligence officer), Edmund Purdom (British Intelligence officer). 2276... The Scarlet Pimpernel (CBS, 11/9/1982, 180 mins). A rousing retelling of the adventure classic with Anthony Andrews as the foppish English nobleman who masquerades as the dashing Scarlet Pimpernel to rescue French aristocrats from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. This sumptuous new three-hour version (there had been five movies made of the tale previously) won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Drama Special and one for production designer Anthony Curtis (not the actor, but the noted British art director). Phyllis Dalton won an Emmy for her elegant costume designs.

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Production Companies London Films Inc., Edgar J Scherick Associates. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer Mark Shelmerdine. Producer David Conroy. Teleplay William Bast. Based on Novels by Baroness Orczy. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Nick Bicat. Choreographer Eleanor Fazan. Editor Peter Tanner. Production Designer Anthony Curtis. Production Consultant Edgar J. Scherick. Cast Anthony Andrews (Sir Percy Blakeney/Scarlet Pimpernel), Jane Seymour (Marguerite St. Just), Ian McKellen (Paul Chauvelin), James Villiers (Baron De Batz), Eleanor David (Louise Lenjean), Malcolm Jamieson (Armand St. Just), Denis Lill (Count de Tournay), Ann Firbank (Countess de Tournay), Richard Morant (Robespierre), Julian Fellowes (Prince Regent), Timothy Carlton (Count de Beaulieu), David Gant (Foquet), John Quarmby (Ponceau), Gordon Gostelow (Duval), Carol Macready (Madame Duval), Tracey Childs (Suzanne), Joanna Dickens (Aunt Lulu), Dominic Jephcott (Sir Andrew Ffoulkes), Christopher Villiers (Lord Anthony Dewhurst), Geoffrey Toone (Marquis de St. Cyr), Daphne Anderson (Lady Grenville), Tony Caunter (Pochard), Nick Brimble (Bibot),), Mark Dreway (Lord Timothy Hastings), Barrie Houghton (Executioner), Kate Howard (Countess de Beaulieu), Richard Hill (The Dauphin), Sean Mathias, Athene Fielding, Preston Lockwood, Martin Wyldeck, Gabrielle Parker, Derek Deadman, Carolyn Pertwee, Martine Copeland. 2277... Scorned and Swindled (CBS, 10/9/1984, 120 mins). A smooth-talking charmer who lures women into fraudulent marriages and then swindles them out of everything they own meets his match in Tuesday Weld who is first swept off her feet but then, after discovering she’s been taken, refuses to play the pushover and decides to hunt him down in a cross-country odyssey in this inspired-by-a-true-drama. Production Company Cypress Point Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Supervising Producer Ronald S. Dunas. Producer Nick Anderson. Teleplay Karol Ann Hoeffner, Jerome Kass. Based on a Story by Jerome Kass. Based on an Article by Cable Neuhaus. Photography Gil Hubbs, Peter Smokler. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor David Simmons. Production Designer Brenton Swift. Associate Producer Jennifer Alward. Cast Tuesday Weld (Sharon Clark), Keith Carradine (John Boslett), Peter Coyote (Anthony Ristelli), Sheree North (Maxine Wagner), Fionnuala Flanagan (Margaret), Susan Ruttan (Margie), Pat Corley (Ty Jenkins), Monica Parker (Dolores), Oscar G. Rowland (Reverend Perkins), Dan Rogers, John Bishop, Lynn Hallowell, Craig Clyde, Michael Ruud, Michael Alvarez, George Sullivan, Bruce Newbold, Barta Heiner, Beverly Rowland, Michael Flynn, Patricia Dasko, Eddy Eby, Suzanne McKenna. 2278... Scout’s Honor (NBC, 9/30/1980, 120 mins). Gary Coleman’s second TV movie stars him as an orphan yearning to become a Boy Scout and features not only a handful of former child stars of an earlier television age, here playing the parents of Coleman’s fellow scouts, but Pat O’Brien as well in his final screen role. It also was the last film for veteran director Henry Levin, who died on the final day of production. Among those in the cast: former TV child stars Jay North, Paul Petersen and Lauren Chapin. Coleman’s own company, Zephyr Productions, produced the movie. Production Company Zephyr Productions. Director Henry Levin. Executive Producer Jimmy Hawkins. Supervising Producer Nancy Geller. Producer Jim Begg. Teleplay Bennett Foster. Photography Gary Graver. Music Mike Post. Editor Ed Cotter. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Cast Gary Coleman (Joey Seymour), Katherine Helmond (Pearl Bartlett), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Nuncle Toby Bartlett), Pat O’Brien (Mr. Caboose), Harry Morgan (Mr. Briggs), Eric Taslitz (Grogan), Meeno Peluce (Big Ace), Marcello Krakoff (Little Ace), John C. Louie (Patrick), Angela Cartwright (Alfredo’s mom), Lauren Chapin (Ace’s mom), Jay North (Grogan’s dad), Paul Peterson (Ace’s dad), Joanna Moore (Ms. Odom), Peter Hobbs (US President), Wesley Ann Pfenning (Ms. Lopes), Robert Trujillo (Boy Scout), Basil Hoffman (Alexander), Rance Howard (Captain), Al Fann (Mr. Prewitt), Shelley Oloport (Linda), Jean Busada, Jim Begg, Hope Clarke, Frank Miller. 2279... Scruples (CBS, 2/25/1980 to 2/28/1980, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). The title of the bestselling 1978 novel by Judith Krantz is the name of an ultra-chic Beverly Hills boutique that rags-to-riches Billy Ikehorn (Lindsay Wagner) established to fill the void left in her life by the illness of her elderly tycoon husband (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and his subsequent death. To help make Scruples what it has become, Billy had brought in top fashion photographer Spider Elliott (Barry Bostwick) and fashion designer Valentine O’Neill (Marie-France Pisier), and it is the intertwined lives and romances of the three that propel this sumptuous but sudsy saga through its six romantic hours. Included in the cast are Genevieve, the onetime Broadway singer/dancer whose fractured English made her popular on the Jack Paar Show from 1958 to 1962 before leaving show business, and Gene Tierney, the veteran movie star whose last TV acting had been in the 1968 telefeature “Daughter of the Mind.” Hy Averback had been scheduled to direct “Scruples” but it is Alan J. Levi who is credited. In 1981, a two-hour television movie continued the story of Scruples with Shelley Smith and Dirk Benedict in the Wagner/Bostwick parts. Production Companies Lou-Step Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Alan J Levi. Executive Producer Paul R. Picard. Supervising Producer Ron Samuels. Producer Leonard B. Kaufman. Teleplay James Lee. Based on the Novel by Judith Krantz. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor (Parts 1 and 3) Erwin Dumbrille. Editor (Part 2) Howard Deane. Art Directors Frank Taylor-Smith, Ron Foreman. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Billy Ikehorn), Barry Bostwick (Spider Elliott), Marie-France Pisier (Valentine O’Neill), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Ellis Ikehorn), Connie Stevens (Maggie McGregor), Nick Mancuso (Vito Orsini), Robert Reed (Josh Hillman), Gene Tierney (Harriet Toppingham), Louise Latham (Mary Ann Evans), Genevieve (Lilianne de Vertdulac), Michael Callan (Alan Wilton), Gary Graham (Jake Cassidy), Sarah Marshall (Susan Arvey), Milton Selzer (Sid Amos), Paul Carr (Pat O’Byrnne), John

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Hancock (Lt. Tony Bakersmith), Anna Lee (Aunt Wilhelmina), Lelia Goldoni (Joanne Hillman), George Gaynes (John Prince), Kim Cattrall (Melanie Adams), François-Marie Benard (Edouard), Gavin MacLeod (Curt Arvey), Carol O’Leary (Faye), Walker Edmiston (Jonathan Dorman), Gino de Fulgentiis (Sergio), Doris Dowling (Sally Reuters), Robert Clarke (Clem Fuery), Jan Clayton (Mrs. Elliott), Murphy Cross (Dolly Moon), Gloria Le Roy (Rosie), John de Lancie (Pierre Goodman), Lynda Costanzo (Jessica), Berry Berenson (Receptionist), Eloise Hardt (La Comtesse), Evelyn Kuhn (Lucia), Bert Wood (Hank Sanders), Kim Genelle (Beth), Michael Heit (Donald Grimm), Sheryl Simmons (Tami), Chuck Todd (Sandy), Stanley Brock (Theater manager), Bill Quinn, (Judge Riddle), Bruce Reed (Damon Kennedy), Gregg Enton, Joy Claussen, Walt Davis, Laurie Main, Michael Greene, Buck Young. 2280... Scruples (ABC, 5/22/1981, 120 mins). Sequel to the 1980 miniseries, taking up the plot where it--and Judith Krantz’s source novel--left off. Shelley Smith (in the part originated by Lindsay Wagner) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. As a pilot to a prospective series, it has Dirk Benedict, Olga Karlatos, Priscilla Barnes, Jessica Walter and James Darren in the roles taken in the miniseries by Barry Bostwick, Marie-France Pisier, Kim Cattrall, Connie Stevens and Nick Mancuso. Production Companies Lou-Step Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Robert Day. Executive Producer Paul R Picard. Supervising Producer Leonard B. Kaufman. Producer Camille Marchetta. Teleplay Camille Marchetta. Based on Characters Created by Judith Krantz. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Erwin Dumbrille. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Shelley Smith (Billy Ikehorn), Priscilla Barnes (Melanie Adams), Dirk Benedict (Spider Elliot), Elizabeth Edwards (Nora Gregson), Olga Karlatos (Valentine O’Neill), Jim McMullan (Greg Dunne), Robert Peirce (Luke), Laraine Stephens (Eliza Dunne), Roy Thinnes (Bennett Hall), Jessica Walter (Maggie McGregor), James Darren (Vito Orsini), Sandy McPeak (Josh Hillman), Vonetta McGee (Francine), Henry Polic II (Mark Stiner), Kale Browne (Kenny Higgins), Ted Hartley (Herman Lingwood), Walter Brooke (Dr. Rutgers), Brett Halsey (Derek Wagner), Charles Shull (Andy Lewis), Roger Til (Phillipe), Gay Rowan (Denise), Sean Allen (Jerry), Terri Hanauer (French woman), Simmy Bow (Gus), Gregg Enton, Tom Lowe, Walt Davis. 2281... Second Serve (CBS, 5/13/1986, 120 mins). Compelling telling of the story of Dr. Renée Richards, the tennis star who had undergone a sex change operation after having lived the first part of her life as a man, Richard Raskind (here called Richard Radley), a loving father, and a transvestite. Vanessa Redgrave’s acclaimed performance as both Richard and Renée earned her an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actress in a Drama. Louise Fletcher is her strong-willed mother, Alice Krige is Richard’s first girlfriend, Kerrie Keane is the young woman with whom he falls in love briefly, and Martin Balsam is his psychiatrist. “Second Serve” won Emmys for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup and in Hairstyling. Production Companies Linda Yellen Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Anthony Page. Executive Producer Linda Yellen. Teleplay Stephanie Liss, Gavin Lambert. Based on a Biography by Renée Richards with John Ames. Photography Robbie Greenberg. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors John C. Horger, Bob Wyman, Lee Burch. Production Designer Jan Scott. Cast Vanessa Redgrave (Richard Radley/Renée Richards), Martin Balsam (Dr. Stone), William Russ (Josh), Alice Krige (Gwen), Kerrie Keane (Meriam), Richard Venture (David Radley), Reni Santoni (Dr. Granato), Louise Fletcher (Sadie Bishop), Jeff Corey (Dr. Benjamin), Alan Feinstein (Bill), Nina Van Pallandt (Danielle), Michael Cavanaugh (Gene Scott), Kenneth Tigar (Ross), Alison LaPlaca (Trish Collins), Ray Girardin (Jeff Grisley), James Victor (Middle-aged Spaniard), Josh Sonne (Andy), Gerry Gibson (Dr. Tirico), Michael Harrington (Lowell), Merrya Small (Navy wife), Whitby Hertford (Richard as a child), Keri Houlihan (Mike), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Crockett), Camila Ashland (Mrs. Brady), Logan Carter (Female impersonator), Richard Newton (Naval officer), Santos Morales (Spanish police chief), Charles Joseph Martin (Young Spaniard), James Ingersoll (Dale), Eunice Christopher (Gloria), Nathan Legrand, Wendy Joy, Lee Arnone, Eric Fleeks, Edward Call, Dan Gilvezan, John Hostetter, James Newell, Bobby Hosea, Arlene Banas, Chalon Crawford, Jessica Losch. 2282... Second Sight: A Love Story (CBS, 3/13/1984, 120 mins). A self-sufficient blind woman who has lived with her handicap for 15 years, the golden Labrador retriever she at first reluctantly agrees to accept as a seeing-eye dog, and the man with whom she begins a relationship and who convinces her to attempt an operation that might restore her sight are the elements of this inspiring drama adapted from Sheila Hockin’s 1977 book, “Emma and I” (Emma is the dog), which was the initial title for this film. Production Companies Entheos Unlimited Productions, TTC Enterprises. Director John Korty. Executive Producers Barry Krost, Doug Chapin. Producer William Watkins. Teleplay Dennis Turner. Based on a Story by Susan Miller. Based on a Book by Sheila Hockin. Photography James Glennon. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Jim Oliver. Art Director Bill Hiney. Associate Producer Jack Clements. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Alexandra McKay), Barry Newman (Richard Chapman), Nicholas Pryor (Mitchell McKay), Michael Horton (Gary Renzi), Susan Ruttan (Robin), Mitzi Hoag (Leslie McKay), Ben Marley (Michael), Richard Romanus (Dr. Ross Harkin), Frances Bay (Old woman), Liz Sheridan (Mrs. Carlisle), Marta Kober (Megan), Christian Jacobs (Bruce), Sanford Jensen (Stephan), Michael McCreary (Peter), Lance Gordon, Isabell Monk, Monty Cox, Catherine Schreiber, Julie Nouye, Robina Suwol, Tony Miller, Tammy Clark, David Stotland, Ben Hartigan, Lamar Upshaw, Lacey Shackelford, William S. Taylor, John Volstad, Brian Buhrow.

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2283... The Secret Garden (CBS, 11/30/1987, 120 mins). Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Children’s Program of 1987-88, “The Secret Garden,” from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 book, was rediscovered by family audiences through this elegant Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, impeccably played by a British cast. Made as a silent film with Lila Lee in 1919 and once again three decades later with Margaret O’Brien, the story seemed to have gone out of favor in America (although there were multipart versions of it on the BBC in early 1960 and again in mid-1976). This elegant Norman Rosemont production restored its worldwide popularity, and “The Secret Garden” went on to be mounted as a popular Broadway musical and an acclaimed theatrical favorite in the 1990s. Production Company Rosemont Productions. Director Alan Grint. Executive Producer Norman Rosemont. Producer Steve Lanning. Teleplay Blanche Hanalis. Based on a Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Photography Robert Paynter. Music John Cameron. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer John Stoll. Art Director Brian Ackland-Snow. Cast Gennie James (Mary Lennox), Barret Oliver (Dickon), Jadrien Steele (Colin Craven), Michael Hordern (Ben Weatherstaff), Billie Whitelaw (Mrs. Medlock), Derek Jacobi (Archibald Craven), Lucy Gutteridge (Mrs. Lennox), Colin Firth (Adult Colin), Julian Glover (Colonel McGraw), Cassie Stuart (Martha), Margaret Whiting (Nurse Boggs), Philip Locke (Pitcher), Karen Archer (Mrs. Crawford), Irina Brook (Adult Mary), David Waller (Dr. Craven), Pat Heywood (Mrs. Sowerby), Carmel McSharry (Mrs. Gordy), Sophie Thursfield (Betty), Tony Selby (Sergeant Barney), Alison Doody (Lilias), Edward Tudor-Pole (John the Footman), Stephen Dillon (Captain Lennox), Dominic Hawksley (Young officer). 2284... The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (NBC, 10/7/1988, 120 mins). Romantic comedy variation on the Cinderella story with Barbara Eden playing a grocery-store checker who becomes involved in high society when accidentally being taken for a stock-market expert and falls in love with a charming tycoon but can’t bring herself to tell him the truth. Original title: “Happily Ever After” Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, New World Television, American First Run Studios. Director Robert Lewis. Executive Producer Tamara Asseyev. Co-Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Producers Barbara Eden, Gloria Goldsmith. Teleplay Jim Brecher. Based on a Story by Gloria Goldsmith. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music Mark Snow. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Barbara Eden (Kathy McCormick), Josh Taylor (Grant Sherwood), Judith-Marie Bergan (Janice), Judy Geeson (Babs), Jenny O’Hara (Lisa Mason), Robert Costanzo (Sid Thompson), Jennifer Savidge (Marsha), Ernie Lively (Jeff), Paul Kent (Bill Blake), Dick O’Neill (Ray McCormick), Liz Sheridan (Mrs. Van Adams), Kat Sawyer-Young (Louise), Sally Kemp (Emily), Elizabeth Robinson (Edna), Lauree Berger (Alice), Victor DiMattia (Sean), Peggy Mannix (Customer), Mary Pat Gleason (Waitress), Christopher St. John (Mayor), Marjorie Stappe (Clara), Norman Merrill Jr. (Carl), Zachary Bostrom, Jack Frankel, Roberta Haynes, Beverly Lewis, John W. Fleck, Peter Schreiner, Sheldon Feldner, Patricia Everly, Joe Bonny. 2285... The Secret War of Jackie’s Girls (NBC, 11/29/1980, 120 mins). In this pilot to a prospective series about World War II female fliers on covert missions behind enemy lines, Mariette Hartley guest stars as the group’s organizer, but apparently did not plan to stay around for the regular series--were it to occur--since she was killed off midway through the movie. Production Companies Public Arts Productions, Penthouse Productions, Universal Television. Director Gordon Hessler. Executive Producers Florence Small, John Surgal. Producer Dorothy J. Bailey. Teleplay Theodore Jonas, D. Guthrie. Based on a Story by Theodore Jonas. Based on an Original Idea by Jean Ross Kondek, Mary Agnes Donahue. Photography William H. Cronjager. Music Fred Karlin. Editors Beryl Gelfond, Jean-Marc Vasseur, Larry D. Lester, Larry Strong, Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Sherman Loudermilk. Cast Lee Purcell (Casey McCann/narrator), Ann Dusenberry (Donna), Tracy Brooks Swope (Zimmy), Dee Wallace (Maxine), Caroline Smith (Patti), John Reilly (Russ Hamilton), Sheila MacRae (Phyllis), Mariette Hartley (Jackie Scott), Don Knight (Sergeant McPherson), Ben Murphy (Buck Wheeler), Marilyn Chris (Cpl. Mabel Wheaton), Edward Bell (Brewer), Curt Lowens (Dr. Kruger), Henry Olek (Dieter), William Lodge (Kaminsky), David James Carroll (David), George DeRoy (Al), Mark Neely (Peter), Dave Tucker (Sergeant), Nick Mariano (Mechanic), Robert Pearce (Hans). 2286... Secret Weapons (NBC, 3/3/1985, 120 mins). Harking back to assorted B-movies of the late 1930s, here with a modern-day twist, this one has Sally Kellerman, wife of a ruthless Soviet colonel (James Franciscus), in charge of a spy school where beautiful young women are trained by the KGB to seduce and blackmail American industrialists--only to discover that some of her budding spies aren’t as pliant as the State would like. Based on Donald Lewis’ 1976 book “Sexpionage: The Exploitation of Sex by Soviet Intelligence.” In its initial network rebroadcast, it was retitled “Secrets of the Red Bedroom.” Production Companies Goodman-Rosen Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Producers Gary Goodman, Barry Rosen. Teleplay Thomas Baum, Sandor Stern. Based on a Story by Thomas Baum. Based on a Book by Donald Lewis. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor Tom Stevens. Production Designer Jocelyn Joly. Cast Sally Kellerman (Vera Malevich), Linda Hamilton (Elena Koslov), Hunt Block (Jack Spaulding), Viveca Lindfors (Aunt Rosa Koslov), Geena Davis (Tamara Reshevsky), Barrie Ingham (General Suslev), Christopher Atkins (Allen Collier), James Franciscus (Col. Victor Khudenko), Donald Pilon (Tubin), John Cassatio (Bruno), Linda Clune (Lisa), Vlasta Vrana (Ivan), Catherine Lafonde (Alexandra), Fernanda Tavares (Raya), Lydia Waddington (Nadya), Kimberley Myles (Talia), Katlyska Bravia

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(Lara), Hamish McEwan (Elena’s cadet), Alan Fawcett (Lomax), Tom Rack (Stepak), Barbara Redd-Harris (Miriam), Danielle Schneider (Annette), Cavin Pinnich (Ticket agent), Brian Kaufberch (KGB man), Jerome Tiberghien (Tubin’s driver). 2287... Secret Witness (CBS, 9/9/1988, 90 mins). Two 12-year-old pals play a mischievous game of “peeping Tom” and are drawn into a murder case in a quiet island community, only to find themselves being stalked by the killer. This suspense thriller went into production as “No Secrets” and sat around for nearly 18 months before being aired. Production Companies Just Greene Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Eric Laneuville. Producer Vanessa Greene. Teleplay Alfred Sole, Paul Monette. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Robert Drasnin. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Brandy Alexander. Associate Producers Alice Pardo-Gitlin, Susan Jeter. Executive in Charge of Production Norman S. Powell. Cast David Rasche (Sandy Highsmith), Paul LeMat (Kurt Blackburn), Leaf Phoenix (Drew Highsmith), Kellie Martin (Jennie Thomas), Barry Corbin (Sheriff Wallace), Paddi Edwards (Eunice), Deborah Wakeham (Katie Corey), Dean Wein (Deputy #1), Kendall McCarthy (Deputy #2), Eric Love (Vagrant), T.C. Ryan (Prisoner), Jeff O’Haco (Detective), Eric Harrison (Mr. Anderson), Betty A. Bridges (Mrs. Diamond), David Raynr (Alan Diamond). 2288... Secrets of a Married Man (NBC, 9/24/1984, 120 mins). The compulsive need to seek the company of prostitutes is the problem of William Shatner as the married man of the title--which previously had been “Trick Eyes” and before that “Portrait of a John.” He discovers by the final reel that the need has jeopardized his marriage, his job and possibly even his life. Filmed in Vancouver, this somewhat manipulative drama was a coproduction of Britain’s ITC and Italy’s Radiotelevisione Italiana--its nearly total cast and crew notwithstanding. Production Companies ITC Entertainment Group, Radiotelevisione Italiana. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer Tristine Rainer. Supervising Producer Judith A. Polone. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Teleplay Dennis Nemec. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Mark Snow. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Costume Designer Robert Turturice. Cast William Shatner (Christopher Jordan), Michelle Phillips (Katie Jordan), Glynn Turman (Jesse), Cybill Shepherd (Elaine), Jackson Davies (Terry), Kevin George (Brian Jordan), Wally Marsh (McKenna), Tiffany Michas (Beth Jordan), Dameon Clark (Alex Jordan), Dale Wilson (1st cop), Blu Mankuma (2nd cop), J.C. Roberts (Businessman), Shirley Barekay (Helen), Don MacKay (Doctor), Moira Walley (Angela), Kathryn Maclellan (1st hooker), Lovena Fox (2nd hooker), Christianne Hunt (3rd hooker), Gabrielle Rose (Assistant), Celeste MacLeod (Saleswoman). 2289... Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (CBS, 10/4/1983, 120 mins). Mother and daughter clash over the same man-the mother emerging from her widow’s weeds, the daughter rebounding from marital problems, and a handsome restaurateur the object of the desires of both. Production Company The Shpetner Company. Director Gabrielle Beaumont. Producer Stan Shpetner. Teleplay Laurian Legett. Photography Frank Stanley. Music John Rubinstein. Editor James T. Heckert. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Katharine Ross (Ava Pryce), Linda Hamilton (Susan Decker), Michael Nouri (Alex Shepherd), Bibi Besch (Tessa Beaumont), Mary Beth Evans (Kitty Beaumont), Paul Keenan (Nicky), Joanna Barnes (Carina), Maidie Norman (Neddy), Joshua Bryant (Barry), Shannon Farnon (Gwen), Jackie Joseph (Syndey Wolfe), Ray Girardin (Abe/bartender), J.P. Burns (Benjamin Hweitt), Wallace Rooney (Jimbo/barman), Twyla Littleton (Model), Bill Zucker (Clerk). 2290... Seduced (CBS, 3/12/1985, 120 mins). A romantic thriller involving an ambitious attorney and the old flame with whom he resumes his passionate love affair of years before, only that now she is married to a powerful millionaire whose subsequent murder complicates matters. Gregory Harrison not only starred but also was executive producer for his and partner Franklin Levy’s Catalina Production Group. The film provided a reunion for José Ferrer and Mel Ferrer (no relation to one another), acting colleagues from the Broadway stage of the 1940s. José Ferrer later directed Mel Ferrer in the 1945 production of “Strange Fruit” and Mel Ferrer directed José Ferrer the next year in “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Their last acting together was in José Ferrer’s “Captain Nemo” TV series. Patrick Williams’ musical score won him an Emmy Award nomination. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Comworld Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Gregory Harrison. Producer Franklin R. Levy. Co-Producer Matthew Rushton. Teleplay Charles Robert Carner. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Anthony Redman. Production Designer Joel Schiller. Cast Gregory Harrison (Mike Riordan), Cybill Shepherd (Vicki Orloff), José Ferrer (James Killian), Michael C. Gwynne (Fitzgibbons), Ray Wise (Bartecki), Karmin Murcelo (Alvarado), Paul Stewart (Weinglass), Jordan Christopher (Howell), Adrienne Barbeau (Barbara Orloff), Mel Ferrer (Arthur Orloff), Felton Perry (Randall Perkins), Wally Taylor (Judge Warfield), Michele Greene (Thunder Thighs), Barbara Pilavin (Lenore Orloff), William Bryan Curran (Lawrence Orloff), Norm Blankenship (Manicola), Sharron Shayne (Secretary), Cec Linder (Executive at exchange), Don R. McManus (German merchant), Gertrude Flynn (Mrs. Youngquist), Clark Johnson (Messenger), E. Hampton Beagle (Double D), Tony Lucas (Law clerk), Art Evans (1st cop), James Hornbeck (2nd cop), John Roselius (Detective), Kendall Carly Brown (Ms. Schmitz), Bert Hinchman (Court clerk), John Brandon (Executive), Archie Lang (Executive), Dwight Laricic (Executive), Ben Hartigan (Executive), John Kelly (Executive), Jackie Burroughs (Mrs. Riordan).

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2291... The Seduction of Gina (CBS, 1/17/1984, 120 mins). Lonely young wife of a medical intern tries her hand at blackjack at Lake Tahoe for excitement and, with the help of a casino operative, becomes a compulsive gambler. This film, produced by Valerie Bertinelli’s company (as were all of her previous TV movies), initially had the somewhat less seductive title, “Another High Roller.” Production Company Bertinelli-Jaffe Productions. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Marty Litke. Producer Jack Grossbart. Teleplay Judith Parker. Photography Tak Fujimoto. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Anthony Redman. Production Designer Ron Hobbs. Associate Producer Mel Efros. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Gina Breslin), Michael Brandon (Keith Sindell), Fredric Lehne (David Breslin), Ed Lauter (Carl), John Harkins (Matthew Walters), Dinah Manoff (Mary), Pamela Dunlap (Annette), Charles Van Eman (Andrew), Randy Brooks (John), Michael Paul Chan (Jack), John Doolittle (Car salesman), Patty Dworkin (Marsha), Michael Talbott (Gregg), David Bowman (Shooter), Jerry De Wilde (Professor), Art Evans (Delivery man), Marlena Giovi (Julie), Michael Hoit (Pit boss), Patti Johns (Intern), Denis Mandel (Resident), Nora Masterson (Nurse), Gary Morgan (Larry), Jeffrey Mylett (Marc), Richard Partlow (Bartender), Katherine Pass (Player), Bernard Pick (Resident), Alison Price (Andrea), Anne Ramsay (Woman on bus), Ted Schwartz (Man on bus), Michael Yama (Baccarat croupier). 2292... The Seduction of Miss Leona (CBS, 8/26/1980, 120 mins). In this adaptation by Dan Wakefield of the novel “Bliss” by Elizabeth Gundy, Lynn Redgrave is an unmarried, reclusive college teacher torn between a married maintenance man named Bliss (Brian Dennehy) who has been repairing her house and for whom she has fallen, and her former professor and lover, played by Anthony Zerbe. Subsequently released on tape as “To Love Again.” Production Company Edgar J. Scherick Associates. Director Joseph Hardy. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, S. Bryan Hickox. Producers Dan Wakefield, Joseph Hardy. Teleplay Dan Wakefield. Based on a Novel by Elizabeth Gundy. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Robert Prince. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Patricia Van Ryker. Cast Lynn Redgrave (Leona DeVos), Anthony Zerbe (Clem Steggman), Conchata Ferrell (Hazel Dawson), Brian Dennehy (Bliss Dawson), Elizabeth Cheshire (Janie Dawson), James Ray (Donald Curdy), Linda Ryan (Murial Curdy), Garn Stephens (June Setzer), Matthew Tobin (Professor Fowler), David James Carroll (Borgland), Kristen Baker (Sue), Marc Bentley (Joey Dawson). 2293... Seize the Day (PBS, 5/1/1987, 95 mins). Robin Williams has an early dramatic role in this adaptation of Saul Bellow’s 1956 novel, playing a middleager who has lost his salesman’s job, his family, his sense of direction, and is now living in a residential hotel, with the person he aspires to be trapped in despair. A downbeat movie, it is peopled by a marvelous cast, and was first presented on PBS Great Performances series. Production Company Learning in Focus. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Robert Geller. Producer Chiz Schultz. Teleplay Ronald Ribman. Based on the Novel by Saul Bellow. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music Elizabeth Swados. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer John J. Lloyd. Cast Robin Williams (Tommy Whelan), Richard B. Shull (Rojax), Glenne Headly (Olive), David H. Bickford (Son-inlaw), Stephen Strimpell (Stockbroker), Joseph Wiseman (Dr. Adler), Jayne Heller (Mrs. Adler), Katherine Borowitz (Margaret), John Fiedler (Carl), William Duell (Joey), Jerry Stiller (Dr. Tamkin), James Cahill (Phil), Louis Guss (Rubin), Fran Brill (Mother), Stephen Vinovich (Zeigler), Tony Roberts (Bernie Pell), Saul Bellow (Man in hallway), Adam Rappaport (Michael), Carl Low (Rowland), Jo Van Fleet (Mrs. Einhorn), Paula Trueman (Woman #1), Mildred Clinton (Woman #2), Rose Arrick (Waitress), Roger DeKoven (Fischer), Allen Swift (Maurice Venice), Fyvush Finkel (Shomier), Harry Davis (Elderly man), William Hickey (Perls), Robert Carricart (Trader #1), Joe Sharkey (Trader #2), Kent Broadhurst (Trader #3), Eileen Heckart (Funeral woman #1), Elizabeth Perry (Funeral woman #2), . 2294... Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (CBS, 1/9/1980, 120 mins). Dramatization of the true story of a young singer’s brush with death after brain surgery and the brash neurosurgeon whose career is affected by the outcome. The real Kathy Morris put in a special appearance to sing “I Never Will Marry.” Based on the book “Seizure” by Charles L. Mee Jr. Production Company The Jozak Company. Director Gerald I. Isenberg. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Lee Miller. Teleplay Jack Willis, Mary Willis, Robert Lewin. Based on a Book by Charles L. Mee Jr. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “I’m Going For It This Time” by Molly-Ann Leikin, George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Art Director Charles Hughes. Associate Producer Carole Isenberg. Brain Simulation Device Stan Winston. Cast Leonard Nimoy (Dr. Richard Connought), Penelope Milford (Kathy Morris), Christopher Allport (Larry), Fredric Lehne (Patrick Morris), Linda G. Miller (Lili Connought), Arthur Rosenberg (Dr. Ross), Hal Frederick (Dr. Luddy), Lloyd Kino (Dr. Quong), Gay Rowan (Dr. Beale), Steven Peterman (Dr. Clark), Nicholas Guest (Dr. Ames), Jonathan Estrin (Mr. Wilcox), Rita Taggart (Nina), Shelly Batt (Nurse), Tom Mardirosian (Bus driver), Lenka Peterson (Music teacher), Sarah Truslow (Debbie), Joie Magidow (Waitress), Kathryn Jackson (Patient), Arthur Trevino (Orderly), Frederick Herrick (Intern), Del Russel (Musician), Jordan Suffin (Musician). 2295... Senior Trip! (CBS, 12/30/1981, 120 mins). The graduating class of a Midwestern high school comes to the Big Apple to celebrate. Among the students: an ambitious teenager aiming for success in big business (Scott Baio), an aspiring rock star

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(Randy Brooks), a stage-struck coed (Liz Callaway), a free spirit hoping to obtain a degree of sophistication (Faye Grant), a gregarious young man looking for big city women (James Carroll), and a would-be artist (Jeffrey Marcus). Mickey Rooney does a cameo role as himself, backstage at “Sugar Babies.” Production Companies Kenneth Johnson Productions, QM Productions. Director Kenneth Johnson. Executive Producer Kenneth Johnson. Producer Daniel Kibbie. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson, Daniel Kibbie. Photography John McPherson. Music Joe Harnell. Songs by Joe Harnell, Kenneth Johnson. Editor Jack Schoengarth. Art Director Stuart Wurtzel. Cast Scott Baio (Roger Ellis), Faye Grant (Denise), Randy Brooks (David), Peter Coffield (Jerry), Mickey Rooney (Himself), Jane Hoffman (Mrs. Pritchardson), Jeffrey Marcus (Jon Lipton), Liz Callaway (Judy Matheson), James Carroll (Fred), Ralph Davies (Vic), Ron Fassler (Bob), Julie Montgomery (Marlene), Bernard Barrow (Nathan Aldrich), Robert Hitt (Stanley Simpson), Vincent Spano (Dick), Peter Leeds (Mickey’s friend), Patti Walsh (Peggy), James Weissenbach (Tim), Robert Townsend (Randy), Jason Alexander (Pete), Elaine Kilden (Call girl), Ed Van Nuys (Malcolm Ferris), Gretchen West (Desiree), Mansoor Najee-Ullah (Pimp), Shen Freda Foh (Ticket agent), John Randolph Jones (Mr. Whitaker), Mary-Alan Hokanson (ITA receptionist), Isabell Monk (Manhattan receptionist). 2296... Sentimental Journey (CBS, 10/16/1984, 120 mins). This tearjerker about a show-biz couple (she’s a Broadway producer, he’s a prominent stage actor) and the precocious orphan who comes into their lives is a contemporary update of the 1946 weeper that starred Maureen O’Hara and John Payne and its 1958 remake (“A Gift of Love”) that teamed Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack. The television version was produced by Lucille Ball’s production company, with Lucy’s husband, Gary Morton, and star Jaclyn Smith’s husband, Tony Richmond, as executive producers. (Smith and David Dukes also costarred in the miniseries “George Washington,” as Washington’s friends, Sally and George Fairfax.) Production Companies Lucille Ball Productions, Smith Richmond Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director James Goldstone. Executive Producers Gary Morton, Anthony B. Richmond. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Co-Producer Lawrence Taylor-Mortoff. Teleplay Darlene Craviotto, Frank Cavestani. Based on a Story by Nelia Gardner White. Photography Richard Kratina. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Edward A. Biery. Art Director Michael Molly. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Julie Ross-Gardner), David Dukes (Bill Gardner), Maureen Stapleton (Ruthie), Jessica Rene Carroll (Libby), Elia Enid Cadilla (Alicia), Phillip Levien (Steve), Russell Horton (Gregory), Sam Schacht (Roger), Robert Hitt (Bookkeeper), Richmond Hoxie (Salesman), Michael P. Moran (Stagehand), Gerry Bamman (Artie), William Andrews (Apartment workman), Arthur French (Doorman), Tom Bade (Stage manager), Michael Jeter (Messenger), Tom Costello (Man on street), Charles Duval (Frenchman), Shawn Elliott (Baker). 2297... September Gun (CBS, 10/8/1983, 120 mins). Lighthearted Western teams an aging hired gunfighter (Robert Preston) and a determined Catholic nun (Patty Duke Astin) in an effort to find sanctuary for a group of unwanted Apache children. They find the perfect spot: the town saloon that had been converted from the wooden frame church that used to stand there. Production Companies Brademan-Self Productions, Quinn Martin Productions. Director Don Taylor. Executive Producers Hal Goodman, Larry Klein. Supervising Producer Elliot Friedgen. Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Teleplay William Norton. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Larry Cansler. Editor Tom Stevens. Art Director William L. Campbell. Cast Robert Preston (Ben Sunday), Patty Duke Astin (Sister Dulcina), Geoffrey Lewis (Sheriff Bill Johnson), Sally Kellerman (Mama Queen), David Knell (Jason Farragut), Jacques Aubuchon (Father Jerome), Christopher Lloyd (Jack Brian), Jonathan Gries (Brian Brian), Clayton Landey (Boomer Brian), Pat Anderson (Billie Sue), Gene Blakely (Merchant), Henry Max Kendrick (Lawyer), Gary Mike Casper (2nd bartender), Grizzly Green (Luke), Roy Gunzburg (Jasper), Austin Judson (Henry), Arnie Krauss (Gunfighter), Calvin Monroe (Store owner), Earl Smith (1st bartender), Rusty Lee Stockwell (Harry [oldtimer]), Greg Suke (Victorio), Don Collier (Sheriff Mills). 2298... Sessions (ABC, 9/26/1983, 120 mins). A high-priced call girl goes through an identity crisis as her professional life starts to unravel. Like many of the “Hill Street Blues” cast members, Veronica Hamel got her own starring movie here, with Jeffrey DeMunn as her latest lover, a doctor who offers her an honest relationship; Henderson Forsythe as her father who wanted only sons; Tracy Pollan as the younger sister to whom she is a confidante, and David Marshall Grant as the live-in lover she finally tosses out. Production Companies Thorne/EMI Television, Sarabande Productions. Director Richard Pearce. Executive Producers Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse. Supervising Producer Barbara Turner. Producer David Manson. Teleplay Barbara Turner. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Charles Gross. Editor Bill Yahraus. Production Designer Anne Pritchard. Associate Producer Jacob Zilberg. Cast Veronica Hamel (Leigh Churchill), Jeffrey DeMunn (Walter Hemmings), Jill Eikenberry (Matron), David Marshall Grant (Josh), George Coe (Max Dreyfuss), Doris Belack (Designer), Henderson Forsythe (Mr. Churchill), Jo Henderson (Mrs. Churchill), Deborah Hedwall (Analyst), Ann Lange (Young call girl), Tracy Pollan (Leslie Churchill), Heather Denna (Rachel Churchill), Carrie Kei Hein (Millie Churchill), Lenny Von Dohlen (Paulie), Colgate Salsbury (Len), John Doolittle (Howard Lewis), James Rebhorn (Harry), Mart Hulswit (Elliot), Ellen Toualt (Ellen Dreyfuss), Anthony Mannino (Waiter), William DuffGriffin (Professor), Frankie Faison (Intern), William Cain (Crying client), Dianne Neil (Josh’s girlfriend), Vic Polizos (Cab driver), David Thornton (Marc), Ziska (Inga), Merwin Goldsmith (Herb), George Hosmer (Michael), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Church).

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2299... Settle the Score (NBC, 10/30/1989, 120 mins). A Chicago policewoman who, consumed by the memory of being raped by an unknown assailant as a teenager, sets out to track down her attacker and bring him to justice. Jaclyn Smith, in the lead, is lovingly photographed by Anthony B. Richmond, her then-husband. Howard Duff, playing her father in this drama, had his last role here. Original titles: first “Bloodknot,” then “Hidden Rage” Production Companies Steve Sohmer Inc., ITC Entertainment Group. Director Ed Sherin. Executive Producer Steve Sohmer. Producer Bob Markell. Teleplay Steve Sohmer. Photography Anthony B. Richmond. Music Mark Snow. Editor William B. Stich. Production Designers Bernt Amadeus Capra, Bernadette di Santo. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Kate Whately), Jeffrey DeMunn (Josh Longstreet), Louise Latham (Mrs. Whately), Howard Duff (Mr. Whately), Amy Wright (Becky Whately), Richard Masur (Lincoln Whately), Frederick Coffin (Tucker), Robert King (Captain Clerk), Monica Miller (Young Kate), Donald Hotton (Doc Stevens), Dave Adams (Hank), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Justin Whately), Bob Larkin (Farmer), Leonore Harris (Waitress). 2300... The Shadow Box (ABC, 12/28/1980, 120 mins). The Paul Newman TV adaptation of Michael Cristofer’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning 1977 play about three terminally ill patients and how they and their families face the challenge. Newman made his TV directing debut with this film, coproduced by his daughter and starring his wife, and won an Emmy Award nomination for his work. Other nominations went to the movie itself (given theatrical-style credit as “A Paul Newman Film”) as Outstanding Drama Special and to Cristofer for his teleplay adaptation of his own work. Production Company The Shadow Box Film Company. Director Paul Newman. Producers Jill Marti, Susan Kendall Newman. Teleplay Michael Cristofer. Based on his play Michael Cristofer. Photography Adam Holender. Music Henry Mancini. Editor Allan Jacobs. Art Director Tom H. John. Cast Joanne Woodward (Beverly), Christopher Plummer (Brian), Valerie Harper (Maggie), James Broderick (Joe), Sylvia Sidney (Felicity Thomas), Melinda Dillon (Agnes), Ben Masters (Mark), Curtiss Marlowe (Steve), John Considine (Interviewer). 2301... Shadow on the Sun (CBS, 5/15/1988 and 5/17/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Film about the life and loves of pioneer British aviatrix Beryl Markham, the first woman bush pilot in Africa, and professional horse trainer, who in 1936 became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. The drama stars coproducer Stefanie Powers heading a basically British cast that includes actor James Fox (playing the wealthy second of her three husbands). He is not to be confused with author James Fox, on whose 1984 Vanity Fair article “The Beryl Markham Mystery” and other interviews this drama was based. John Rubinstein’s character of journalist Arthur Cane is inspired on Fox the writer. Beryl Markham was a contemporary and friend of Karen Blixen (portrayed by Meryl Streep in “Out of Africa”) and although Blixen is not portrayed in this TV film, her white hunter husband Bror (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) and her great love Denys Finch Hatton (Trevor Eve) are. Original title: “The Beryl Markham Story” Production Companies Tamara Asseyev Productions, London Weekend Television, New World Television. Director Tony Richardson. Executive Producer Tamara Asseyev. Producers Tamara Asseyev, Stefanie Powers. Teleplay Allan Scott. Based on an Article by James Fox. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Supervising Editor Robert K. Lambert. Music John Addison. Editors David Simmons, Fabien Tordjmann. Production Designer Timian Alsaker. Art Director Robert Cartwright. 2nd Unit Director Richard Olivier. Consultant James Fox. Cast Stefanie Powers (Beryl Markham), Claire Bloom (Lady Delamere), Peter Bowles (Jack Carberry), Brian Cox (Jack Purves), Niamh Cusack (Clara Clutterbuck), Trevor Eve (Denys Finch Hatton), Frederic Forrest (Raoul Schumacher), James Fox (Mansfield Markham), Rupert Frazer (Prince Henry), Joseph Mydell (Kibii), Sverre Anker Ousdal (Bror Blixen), Nicola Pagett (Emma Orchardson), John Rubinstein (Arthur Cane), Jack Thompson (Tom Campbell Black), Frederick Treves (Lord Delamere), Timothy West (Charles Clutterback), Jason Carter (Gervase #2), Rosalie Crutchley (Mrs. Markham), Bryan Epson (BrownWilliams), Helen Fraser (June Carberry), Peter Pearce (Sir Michael Keane), Geoffrey Beavers (Oliver Hatton), Joseph Blatchley (Martin Baker), Fergus Brazier (Gervase #1), Peter Collier (Sir George Truman), Serena McGuinness (Beryl #1), Alix Daykin (Beryl #2), Alexander McGuinness (Richard #1), Duncan Lindsay (Richard #2), Richard Olivier (Young Delamere), David Drews (Delamere’s son #1), Ross Withey (Delamere’s son #2), Kuldeep Kumar Bhakoo (Roshen Patel), Peter Sands (Prince of Wales), John de Villiers (Eden), Timian Alsaker (Director), Richard Blomfield (Major Browning), David Neville (Anthony Markham), Sidede Onyulo (Arap Maina), Jimmy Allan Masumba (Kibii #1), Nicholas Ndungu (Kibii #2), Brian Greene (Beryl’s manager), William Kearns (Farmer), Amanda Walker (Nurse Graham), Geoffrey Bateman (Penrose), Kenneth Midwood (Jameson), Dorothea Phillips (Nurse at Markham House), Tamara Asseyev (Karen Blixen), Peter Graves (Doctor in England). 2302... Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (CBS, 4/22/1988, 120 mins). Despite the title, this is a rather merrily paced drama about real-life Charlie Stoker, a zealous vice cop, and his late 1940s crusade against a notorious Hollywood madam that stirred up a hornet’s nest of governmental scandal and rocked Los Angeles. With the exception of ’40s mobster Mickey Cohen (and Stoker) all the names have been fictionalized. Costumer Eddie Marks received an Emmy for his work. Original title: “Vice Queen of the Sunset Strip” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Producers Walter Grauman, Harold Gast. Teleplay Harold Gast. Photography Robert C. Moreno. Music Lalo Schifrin. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer John B. Mansbridge.

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Cast Perry King (Sgt. Charles Stoker), Season Hubley (Officer Audre Davis), Joan Van Ark (Brenda Allen), Vincent Baggetta (Sgt. Marvin G. Fuller), Alan Blumenfeld (Off. James Parslow), David Graf (Off. Jack Ruggles), Robert Hirschfeld (Off. Leo Rankin), Michael McGuire (Insp. William H. Parker), Joan McMurtrey (Betty Stoker), Charles Siebert (Sgt. Wayne Gerber), H. Richard Greene (Dep. DA Ernest J. Fellows), Harris Laskawy (Mickey Cohen), Normann Burton (Ward Sullivan), Sean McGuirk (Off. Lynn Selby), John Carter (Foreman Baker), Patrick J. Cronin (Chairman Adams), Jack Kehler (William A. Fage), David Sage (Mayor Fletcher Bowron), Lee Wilkof (Officer Dunkle), Jeff Abbott (Fred Henderson), Robert Benedetti (Lt. “Bookem” Schwartz), Nora Gaye (Carol), Jerry Hauck (Reporter Jerry Ramlow), Ken Letner (Chief Clements Horrall), John Mahon (Deputy Chief Evans), Tom McGreevey (Capt. John Braden), Joseph G. Medalis (Lester), Richardson Morse (Judge Myron Untermeyer), Charles Quertermous (John Barnes), Mark Roberts (Judge Eisen), Charles Stransky (Sgt. Ralph Drummond). 2303... Shannon’s Deal (NBC, 6/4/1989, 120 mins). Disillusioned high-rolling Philadelphia-based corporate lawyer tries to reorganize his life in private practice from an office in a rundown building handling low-key cases, but here gets involved in a front-page international drugs-for-arms scheme. This turned out to be the two-hour pilot to the later series that, despite its pedigree (created by writer-director John Sayles; Alan Dershowitz as legal consultant; music by Wynton Marsalis) would have a troubled run with a handful of episodes in spring 1990 and several more in spring 1991. Production Companies Stan Rogow Productions, NBC Productions. Director Lewis Teague. Producer Stan Rogow. Teleplay John Sayles. Photography Andrew Dintenfass. Music Wynton Marsalis. Editor Neil Travis. Production Designer John Vallone. Cast Jamey Sheridan (Jack Shannon), Elizabeth Peña (Lucy Acosta), Martin Ferrero (Lou Gondolph), Jenny Lewis (Neala Shannon), Alberta Watson (Terry Lomax), Michael Bowen (Scott Powell), Claudia Christian (Molly Temple), Jesse Dizon (Russell Yip), Miguel Ferrer (Todd Sperier), Stefan Gierasch (Dr. Heimlicker), Ronald G. Joseph (Det. Joe Menke), Ely Pouget (Gwen), Brian Smiar (Arnold Cox), Eddie Velez (Chuy Vargas), Richard Edson (Wilmer Slade), Andrew Lowery (Eric Menke), Michael Wren (Coco Mendoza), Robert Gossett (Hood), Augusta Dabney (Hilda), Tom McGreevey (Moreland Rips), Steve Sohmer (CIA official), Carla Belver (Hazel), Eugene Osborne Smith (Records clerk), Danny Trejo (Raul Galenda), Danny Dayton (Card player), Jack Andreozzi (Card player), Stanley Grover (Card player), Kevin Peter Hall (Card player), Cynthia Szigeti (Card player), Norman Merrill Jr., Robert Randall, Bill Dearth, Edgar Small. 2304... Sharing Richard (CBS, 4/26/1988, 120 mins). Contemporary comedy of modern manners, mores and friendships, about three thirtysomething single women, bosom buddies, who devise a plan to share the same charming, recently divorced Adonis between them rather than give him up. Production Companies Houston Motion Picture Entertainment Inc., CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Peter Bonerz. Supervising Producer Ian Sander. Producer Roni Weisberg. Teleplay Ann Donahue, Marion Zola. Based on a Story by Marion Zola. Photography Steven Fierberg. Music Mike Melvoin. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Ed Marinaro (Dr. Richard Bronowski), Eileen Davidson (J.C. Dennison), Nancy Frangione (Bonnie Griswold), Janet Carroll (Amanda), Lisa Jane Persky (Roberta), Roger Bowen (Mr. Gore), Kelly Jo Minter (Furgie), Murphy Dunne (Dr. Ted Beckman), Hillary Bailey Smith (Roz Franklin), Jason Rugiero (Billy Griswold), Paul Menzel (Frank), Monique St. Pierre (Alma), Michelle Arnold Sullivan (Office manager), Sharon Menzel (Waitress), Mitchell H. Gossett (Law student #1), Mark Mitchell (Law student #2), Jerry Young (Usher), Deborah Oliver Artis (Co-worker #1), Elaine Taylor (Nurse), Sharon Beck (Psychologist). 2305... Shattered Innocence (CBS, 3/9/1988, 120 mins). Fact-based teen-in-jeopardy drama involving a high school cheerleader from small-town Kansas who lights out for Los Angeles looking for excitement and possibly fame but finds only infamy and tragedy as a nude model, a coked-up star in pornographic movies, and a suicide at 20. Original title: “Images of Eileen” Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures. Director Sandor Stern. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Supervising Producer Albert J. Salzer. Producer Milton Sperling. Teleplay Thanet Richard, Sandor Stern. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Richard Bellis. Editor Robert F. Shugrue. Production Designer Kandy Berley Stern. Associate Producer Mark Bacino. Cast Jonna Lee (Pauline Anderson), Melinda Dillon (Sharon Anderson), John Pleshette (Mel Erman), Kris Kamm (Cory), Ben Frank (Lou), Dennis Howard (Del Anderson), Stephen Schnetzer (Danny), Richard Cox (Brad), Nadine van der Velde (Nora), Randy Hamilton (Vince), Peppi Sanders (Vicki), Melissa Michaelsen (Patricia), Ana Auther (Chrissie), Mark Gluckman (Roy), Traci Davis (Mary Lou), Bob Sorenson (Dave), Dick Alexander (Man #1), Diana Baines (Waitress), Tammy Bass (Convention girl), Neil Billingsley (Don), Kenneth Bridges (Detective), Jody Carter (Mary), Cheli Ayn Chew (Woman #1), Doug Cotner (Doctor), Crissy Cummings (Annette), Jo Ellen Geske (Lady at party), Richard Glover (Phil), Lucky Hayes (Susan), Linda Rae Jurgens (Woman presenter), Sheila Lane-Limon (Carolyn), Jeff Mabee (Waiter), Steven Mastroieni (Maitre d’), Burke Rhind (Man #2), Sheila Paige Roth (Maureen), Carrie Schultz (Lisa), Stephen Yoakam (Jerry). 2306... Shattered Spirits (ABC, 1/6/1986, 120 mins). Martin Sheen’s chilling portrayal of an abusive drunk whose alcoholism tears apart his family, although his wife steadfastly denies there’s a problem, gave this commanding drama its own sheen, as it were. In a small part is his real-life daughter, Renée Estevez, whom he later would direct in a daytime drama (“Babies Having Babies”) and earn himself an Emmy Award.

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Production Companies Sheen-Greenblatt Productions, Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Robert Greenwald. Executive Producers Robert Greenwald, Paul Pompian. Teleplay Gregory Goodell. Photography Johnny E. Jensen. Music Michael Hoenig. Editor Robert Florio. Art Directors K.C. Fox, Bob Fox. Associate Producer Diane Walsh. Cast Martin Sheen (Lyle Mollencamp), Melinda Dillon (Joyce Mollencamp), Roxana Zal (Lesley Mollencamp), Matthew Laborteaux (Kenny Mollencamp), Lukas Haas (Brian Mollencamp), Jill Schoelen (Allison), Jenny Gago (Dr. Mavis Forman), Gabrielle Mandelik (Mrs. Donovan), Lenny Hicks (Officer Pratt), Dyana Ortelli (Mrs. Martinez), John Herzfeld (Detective Pearlman), John Miranda (Carl), Edward Call (Sergeant), Francine Lembi (Mother), Freddie Dawson (Mr. Monteil), Michael Gough (Fred), Ed Kenny (AA meeting man), Frank von Zerneck Jr. (Arnold), Ellie Wood-Walker (Adult friend), Noni White (Judge), Rachel Greenwald (Caroline), Leah Greenwald (Alice), Paul Cloud (Patrolman), Renée Estevez (Girl at phone), Peter Christopher (Social worker), Mike Scott (Bartender), Paul Pompian (Salesman), Chris Ward (Officer Naitland). 2307... Shattered Vows (NBC, 10/29/1984, 120 mins). Young nun’s unspoken love for a priest and growing desire for a family cause her to depart the convent before taking her final vows is this subject of this fact-based film with the exploitative title (by time-honored television tradition). It was based on the 1983 book “Nun: A Memoir” by Dr. Mary Gilligan Wong (the Bertinelli role), now a clinical psychologist in California. Production Companies Bertinelli Productions Inc., River City Productions. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producers Jack Grossbart, Marty Litke. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Audrey Davis Levin. Based on a Book by Dr. Mary Gilligan Wong. Photography Misha Suslov. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Lori Jane Coleman. Associate Producer Richard Sawyer. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Mary Gilligan), David Morse (Father Tim), Caroline McWilliams (Sister Agnes), Tom Parsekian (Rick), Millie Perkins (Mrs. Gilligan), Leslie Ackerman (Bonnie), Lisa Jane Persky (Cathy), Elayne Heilveil (Sister Miriam Rose), Ben Powers (Tod), Patricia Neal (Sister Carmelita), Matt Adler (Pat), Father Joseph Battaglia (Priest), Susan Blackstone (Anita), Robert Alan Browne (Mr. Gilligan), Robert Clotworthy (Mark), Gabriel Damon (Cheryl), Susan Wheeler Duff (Waitress), Michael Ensign (Father Meyer), Lois Foraker, Elizabeth Gill, Robina Hoff, Jeanne Kiely, Marta Kober, Curtiss Marlowe, Max the Dog, Kit McDonough, Suzan Newman, Lydia Nicole, Randy Norton, Wendy Phillips, Orly Kate Sitowitz, Sherri Stoner, Marilyn Tokuda, Susan Wolf. 2308... She Knows Too Much (NBC, 1/29/1989, 120 mins). Mystery comedy teaming a pretty former cat burglar and a bungling undercover agent from S.O.B. (for Special Operations Bureau) in an uneasy alliance to crack a series of murders involving a prominent Washington congressman. Original titles: “Lady Be Good,” then “She Knew Too Much.” Production Companies The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, Fred Silverman Company, MGM-UA Television. Director Paul Lynch. Executive Producer Fred Silverman. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk. Co-Producer Meredith Baxter. Teleplay Michael Norell. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Editor Jim Gross. Music Alf Clausen. Art Director Joe Rainey. Associate Producer David Roessell. Cast Meredith Baxter (Samantha), Robert Urich (Harry Schofield), John Bennett Perry (Congressman Bream), Dennis Lipscomb (Ivan Fletcher), Lawrence Pressman (Robert Hughes), Mills Watson (Gordon Hecht), Erik Estrada (Jimmy Alvarez), Jim Jansen (Waring), Armin Shimerman (Plahte), Gloria Stuart Sheekman (Kiki Warwood), Walter Gotell (Foreigner), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Newscaster #1), Leontine Guilliard (Bad Pearl), Anna Nicholas (Hooker), Angeles Echols (Sateen), Susan Wolf (Supervisor), Joe Ivy (Warden), Craig Hurley (Kid), Wendy Kim Sullivan (Taffy), Jack Gallagher (Newscaster #2), Ali Olmo (Singer), Marianne Muellerleile (Guard), Raymond Lynch (Limo driver), Henry Kingi (Tall thug), James Wilkey (Short Thug). 2309... She Was Marked for Murder (NBC, 12/18/1988, 120 mins). Suspense thriller (incorporating elements from Agatha Christie’s “Love From a Stranger” and a touch or two of “All About Eve”) tells of a widowed magazine publisher, played by Stefanie Powers, who falls in love with a young man and discovers, after a whirlwind marriage, that he’s too good to be true and realizes her life is in danger. Original title: “Deadly Vows” Production Company Jack Grossbart Productions. Director Chris Thomson. Executive Producer Jack Grossbart. Producer Elaine Rich. Teleplay David Stenn. Photography Gideon Porath. Music Nan Schwartz. Editor Michael S. McLean. Art Director Gregory Melton. Cast Stefanie Powers (Elena Forrester), Lloyd Bridges (Justin Matthews), Hunt Block (Eric Chandler), Debrah Farentino (Claire Potter), Polly Bergen (Laura Lee Webster), Lou Liberatore (Donald), Randy Brooks (Paul), Eddie Jones (Det. Mike Devlin), Dana Stevens (Cindy Stoner), Tom Henschel (Jim), Sheryl Lynn Piland (Stacey), Leeza Vinnichenko (Kathleen), Rowena Balos, T. Patrick Cavanaugh, Steve Forleo, Michael Fox, Ben Kronen, Jack Wells. 2310... The Shell Seekers (ABC, 12/3/1989, 120 mins). Literate Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher’s 1987 book with a stellar cast of British actors, headed by Angela Lansbury as a woman who, after a heart attack, reviews her life and her need for independence from her grown children who treat her like an invalid. Emmy nominations went to Irene Worth as Outstanding Supporting Actress (as Lansbury’s hostile mother-in-law) as well as to composer James Di Pasquale and editor Fred Chulack. Production Companies Marian Rees Associates, Central Television Enterprises Ltd. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producer Marian Rees. Producer Anne Hopkins. Co-Producer William Hill. Teleplay John Pielmeier. Based on a Novel by

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Rosamunde Pilcher. Photography Brian West. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Jane Martin. Associate Producer Deborah Edell. Cast Angela Lansbury (Penelope Keeling), Sam Wanamaker (Richard), Christopher Bowen (Noel), Anna Carteret (Nancy), Michael Gough (Roy Brookner), Patricia Hodge (Olivia), Denis Quilley (Cosmo), Sophie Ward (Antonia), Irene Worth (Dolly), Mark Lewis Jones (Danus), John Rowe (George), Andrew Keir (Lawrence), Serena Gordon (Amabel), Tracey Childs (Penelope at age 20), William Hope (Young Richard), Cornelia Hayes (Sophie), Patrick Blackwell (Taxi Driver), Gemma Hubbard (Penelope at age 5), Laura Goodwin (Melanie), James Goodwin (Rupert), David Simeon (Mr. Plackett). 2311... She’s in the Army Now (ABC, 5/20/1981, 120 mins). The comic rigors and romantic run-ins of five young women who join the Army, a pilot to a prospective series, followed the success of Goldie Hawn’s movie “Private Benjamin,” which itself spawned a television series beginning in the fall of 1981. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Hy Averback. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Earl W. Wallace. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Artie Butler. Editors Diane Adler, George S. Rohrs. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Kathleen Quinlan (Cass Donner), Jamie Lee Curtis (Rita Jennings), Susan Blanchard (Virginia Marshall), Melanie Griffith (Sylvie Knoll), Julie Carmen (Yvette Rios), Janet MacLachlan (Sergeant Reed), Dale Robinette (Sergeant Barnes), Robert Peirce (Virgil Knoll), Barbara Block (Joanne Knoll), Rocky Bauer (Nick Donato), Douglas Dirkson (Sergeant King), Damita Jo Freeman (Tina), Susan Barnes (Grace), Ted Markland (Highway patrol officer). 2312... Shocktrauma (Syndicated, 10/27/1982, 120 mins). The first TV-movie made exclusively for syndication rather than for a network airing, this Canadian-made production deals with Dr. R. Adams Cowley, the Baltimore physician who pioneered medicine’s first shocktrauma unit, fighting hospital bureaucracy to gain recognition for his center. Except for star William Conrad, the cast and crew were Canadian, and the film was made entirely in Toronto. Production Companies Telecom Entertainment Inc., Glen-Warren Productions Ltd. Director Eric Till. Executive Producers Dick Atkins, Michael Lepiner. Producers Chris Dalton, Wayne Fenske. Teleplay Stephen Kandel. Based on a Book by Joe Franklin, Alan Doelp. Photography Zale Magder. Music Eric N. Robertson. Supervising Editor Eric Wrate. Editor Kelly Smith. Art Director David Jaquest. Cast William Conrad (Dr. R. Adams Cowley), Scott Hylands (Dr. “Tex” Goodnight), Linda Sorensen (Elizabeth Scanlan), Lawrence Dane (Dr. Jordan Tracy), Kerrie Keane (Jill Jackson), Beau Starr (Gene Kowalski), Ken Pogue (Governor), Chris Wiggins (Dr. McCall), Leslie Carlson (Elton Bates), Philip Akin (Sam Hooker), Murray Westgate (Police Superintendent Grier), Patricia Idlette (Nurse Malcolm), Andrew Martin Thomson (Dr. Silverthorn), Barbara Williams (Nurse Andrea Davidson). 2313... Shogun (NBC, 9/14/1980 to 9/18/1980, 5 parts, 12 hours). A landmark in the miniseries genre that occupies a permanent niche alongside “Roots,” “Centennial” and “Rich Man, Poor Man,” this 12-hour, five-part adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 best-seller follows the fortunes of an ambitious English navigator who is shipwrecked with his Dutch crew in feudal Japan, finds himself enmeshed in a long battle between two powerful warlords, and eventually becomes the first western Shogun (or chief samurai). Unique in its initial presentation with much of it spoken in untranslated Japanese (subtitles were added in its network rerun several years later), it had a voice-over narration by Orson Welles, made a matinee idol of Richard Chamberlain, and introduced to American TV veteran Japanese star Toshiro Mifune (as the Shogun) and newcomer Yoko Shimada (as Chamberlain’s love interest and interpreter). All three stars, in addition to Yuki Meguro (as a samurai warrior) and John Rhys-Davies (as a flamboyant Portuguese pirate ship captain), received Emmy Award nominations for acting. Winning an Emmy as Outstanding Dramatic Series, “Shogun” also received nominations for direction, writing, photography, production design, art direction, set decoration, editing and film sound editing--and winning for costume design and main title design. Subsequently it was edited down from 12 hours to just over three for a theatrical version shown overseas and to a two-hour-plus version for home videotape and videodisc (these had some nudity as well as more graphic violence than was in the miniseries). In July 1984, “Shogun” was given a network premiere in a 2-1/2 hour movie form. In the 1990s, there was an unsuccessful musical version that played on Broadway. Production Companies Paramount Network Television, NBC Productions. Director Jerry London. Executive Producer James Clavell. Producer Eric Bercovici. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on the Novel by James Clavell. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Maurice Jarre. Song “Blackthorne’s Shanty” by Eric Bercovici. Editors Benjamin A. Weissman, Bill Luciano, Donald R. Rode, James T. Heckert, Jerry Young. Production Designer Joseph R. Jennings. Art Director Yoshinobu Nishioka. Associate Producers Ben Chapman, Kerry Feltham. Title Design Phill Norman. Cast Richard Chamberlain (John Blackthorne), Toshiro Mifune (Toranga), Yoke Shimada (Lady Toda Buntaro (Mariko), Frankie Sakai (Yab), Alan Badel (Father dell’Aqua), Michael Hordern (Friar Domingo), Damien Thomas (Father Alvito), John Rhys-Davies (Vasco Rodriguez), Vladek Sheybal (Captain Ferriera), George Innes (Johann da Vinck), Leon Lissek (Father Sebastio), Yuki Meguro (Omi), Nobuo Kaneko (Ishido), Hideo Takamatsu (Buntaro), Hiromi Senno (Fujiko), Edward Peel (Pieterzoon), Eric Richard (Maetsukker), Steven Ubels (Roper), Stewart MacKenzie (Croocq), John J. Carney (Ginsel), Ian Jentle (Salamon), Neil McCarthy (Spillbergen), Morgan Sheppard (Specz), Seiji Miyaguchi (Muraji), Toru Abe (Hiromatsu), Mika Kitagawa (Kiku), Shin Takuma (Naga), Hyoei Enoki (Jirobei), Hiroshi Hasegawa (Galley captain), Akira Sera (Old gardener), Miiko Taka (Kiri), Rinichi Yamamoto (Yoshinaka), Yuko Kada (Sazuko), Midori Takei (Sono), Ai Matsubara (Rako), Yumiko

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Morishita (Asa), Masumi Okada (Brother Michael), Yosuke Natsuki (Zataki), Takeshi Ohbayashi (Urano), Yoshie Kitsuda (Gyoko), Masashi Ebara (Suga), Setsuko Sekine (Genjiko), Atsuko Sano (Lady Ochiba), Orson Welles (Narrator). 2314... Shootdown (NBC, 11/28/1988, 120 mins). Angela Lansbury is the real-life Nan Moore, an anguished government employee, who embarks on an odyssey to uncover the facts behind the death of her son in the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines flight 007 on September 1, 1983. Based on the 1986 book “Shootdown--Flight 007 and the American Connection” by R.W. Johnson. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Robert O’Connor. Supervising Producer Ron Gilbert. Producers Judy Merl, Paul Eric Myers. Co-Producer Joel Fields. Teleplay Judy Merl, Paul Eric Myers. Based on a Book by R.W. Johnson. Photography William Wages. Music Craig Safan. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Associate Producers Daniel Cahn, Ardythe Goergens. Cast Angela Lansbury (Nan Moore), George Coe (David), Kyle Secor (John Moore), Molly Hagan (Elizabeth Moore), Jennifer Savidge (Mary), Diana Bellamy (Lillian), Alan Gudge (Bruce Raskin), Booth Colman (Bernard Abt), Richard McKenzie (Rep Oberstar), John Cullum (Robert Allardyce), Robin Curtis (Newswoman), Terri Hanauer (Rita Steinhardt), Haunani Minn (Anna Nillson), Paul Linke (Martin Henderson), Richard Green (Radio host), George Grant (Kasmin), Audree Chapman (Newswoman #2), Francois Chau (Korean man #1), Eric Chen (Chinese student), Alec Murdock (Man), Gloria Stuart (Gertrude), Byron Chung (Korean man #2), Graydon Gould (Capt. Paul Billings), Arva Holt (Co-worker), Michele Marsh (Jane), Herb Muller (Newsvendor), Paul Tulley (Tom), Lorinne Vozoff (Woman #2), Charles Walker (Co-worker). 2315... Shooter (NBC, 9/11/1988, 120 mins). David Hume Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam combat photographer and official White House photographer during the Ford administration, incorporated wartime background and reminiscences from his book to create this prospective series pilot about wire-service “shooters” working in ’Nam--sort of an updated M*A*S*H with cameras rather than scalpels. An Emmy nomination went to cinematographer Gayne Rescher. Production Companies UBU Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Gary Nelson. Executive Producer David Hume Kennerly. Executive Director Stephen Kline. Producer Barry Berg. Co-Producer Charles Jennings. Teleplay Stephen Kline, David Hume Kennerly. Based on a Book by David Hume Kennerly. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Song by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil. Editors Donald R Rode, Peter Parasheles. Production Designer Steve Spence. Cast Jeffrey Nordling (Matt Thompson), Alan Ruck (Hank “Stork” O’Connor), Noble Willingham (Arnold B. Rizzo), Carol Huston (Cat), Rosalind Chao (Lan Nguyen), Kario Salem (René), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Klaus von Rueger), Cu-Ba Nguyen (Ngac), Helen Hunt (Tracey Dryer), Adrian Paul (Ian Steele), Grace Zabriskie (Sister Marie), Nick Cassavetes (Machine-Gun Tex), Steven Ford (Capt. Patrick Walker III), Rummel Mor (Minh), Ennallis Berl (Point man), Louis Roth (Garth Andrews), Dean Brelis (Hildy), John Greenough (Senator Washburn), Bradley White (New Army CO), Kavi Raz (Houseboy). 2316... Shooting Stars (ABC, 7/28/1983, 120 mins). Billy Dee Williams and Parker Stevenson star in this prospective series pilot as a pair of TV detectives who are fired from their fictional series by their jealous costar (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and decide to open up shop as real private eyes to earn money between acting jobs. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer, E. Duke Vincent. Supervising Producer Michael Fisher. Producer Richard Lang. Teleplay Michael Fisher. Based on a Story by Michael Fisher, Vernon Zimmerman. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editors Bob Bring, Marsh Hendry. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer Claudia Myhers Tschudin. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Billy Dee Williams (Douglas Hawke), Parker Stevenson (Bill O’Keefe), John P. Ryan (Detective McGee), Edie Adams (Hazel), Fred Travalena (Teddy), Dick Bakalyan (Snuffy), Victoria Spelling (Danny), Frank McRae (Tubbs), Robert Webber (J. Woodrow Norton), Kathleen Lloyd (Laura O’Keefe), Denny Miller (Tanner), John Randolph (Stevenson), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Jonathan Light), Herbert Edelman (Rex), Don Calfa (Driscoll), Kathryn Daley (Janie), D.D. Howard (Glenda), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Brand), Eric Server (Director), David Faustino (Patrick O’Keefe), Paul Tuerpe (Patrolman), Larry McCormick (TV newscaster), Cis Rundle (Girl at door), Elizabeth Foxx (Tracy), Tim Haldeman (Prop man), Stephen E. Miller (TV newsman). 2317... Side by Side (CBS, 3/6/1988, 120 mins). Comic greats Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, and Danny Thomas team as three men who refuse to be categorized as “too old” and decide to go into business together with a line of sophisticated clothes for senior citizens. But moneylenders and gangsters become involved and their lifelong friendship seems threatened as their enterprise faces apparent ruin from not having thought out the whole thing in advance. Fellow comic Morey Amsterdam is the owner of the deli where they meet to commiserate, and Marjorie Lord, Thomas’s wife on “The Danny Thomas Show,” here plays Caesar’s loving missus. Original title: “Nothing’s Impossible.” Production Company The Avnet-Kerner Company. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producers Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner. Producer Rosemary Edelman. Teleplay Rosemary Edelman, Sheldon Keller. Based on a Story by Rosemary Edelman, Anthony Velona. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Charles Gross. Editor Michael Tronick. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Cast Milton Berle (Abe Mercer), Sid Caesar (Louie Hammerstein), Danny Thomas (Charlie Warren), Morey Amsterdam (Moe), Marjorie Lord (Lillian Hammerstein), Georgann Johnson (Alice Grayson), Richard Kline (Matt Rheinhorn), Edith Fields

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(Frances Mercer), Michael Lembeck (Tony Mercer), Laura Owens (Barbara Hammerstein), Jennifer Bassey (Jennifer Benson), Jeffrey Lampert (Truck driver), Maidie Norman (Eunice), Ben Slack (Frank Johnson), Gina Belafonte (Loan officer), Freddie Dawson (Young man), Suzanne Dudley (Receptionist), Tyra Ferrell (Rita Gold), Kip Gilman (Franklin), Phillip Glasser (Young Louie), Whitby Hertford (Newsboy), Carlos Lacamara (Salesman), Al Maines (Mr. Baskin), Pat Musick (Secretary), Troy Slaten (Young Charlie), Jeff Wiener (Young Abe), Paul “Mousie” Garner (Tim). 2318... Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family (NBC, 4/26/1982, 120 mins). Marie Osmond portrays her mother in this dramatic recounting of how the elder Osmonds met and raised eight talented children, two of whom are hearing impaired. Several of the younger Osmonds play their own parents at the same age on this family film produced by Osmond Productions almost entirely in Provo, Utah. Production Companies Osmond Television Productions, Comworld Productions. Director Russ Mayberry. Executive Producer Deanne Barkley. Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay E.F. Wallengren. Based on a Story by Tom Lazarus. Photography Roland “Ozzie” Smith. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Marie Osmond (Olive Osmond), Joseph Bottoms (George Osmond), Karen Alston (Belva), Cheryl Hudock (Marianne), Scott Wilkinson (Lieutenant Gonez), Daryl Bingham (Young Alan), Brian Poelman (Young Wayne), Spencer Alston (Young Merrill), Jason Sanders (Young Jay), Todd Dutson (Older Alan), Vine Massa (Older Wayne), Shane Wallace (Older Merrill), Jeremy Haslam (Older Jay), David Eaves (Older Virl), Shane Chournos (Older Tom), Travis Osmond (Virl at age 6), Justin Osmond (Tom at age 4), Jamon Rivera (Marie at age 5), Amy Osmond (Marie at age 3), Anne Decker (Vera Davis), H.E.D. Redford (Tom Davis), Coleman Creel (Dr. Ward), Babetta Dick (Miss Harper), Bruce Hartford, Beverly Rowland, Tip Boxell, Duane Hill, Oscar G. Rowland, Rollie Bestor, Bob Hart, Rob Peterson, Anthony Auer. 2319... Side Show (NBC, 6/5/1981, 120 mins). A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers. Red Buttons plays a sideshow barker, Connie Stevens a Hungarian aerialist, and Anthony Franciosa the lion tamer, one of her former lovers. Director William Conrad, who filmed this in 1978, also wrote the main song and provides the voice of the ring announcer. Production Company Krofft Entertainment. Director William Conrad. Executive Producers Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft. Producer George Kirgo. Teleplay George Kirgo. Photography Jack Swain. Music Ralph Burns. Songs “All These Things” and “Circus Day Parade” by William Conrad. Editor Howard Epstein. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Lance Kerwin (Nick Pallas), Connie Stevens (Graciela), William Windom (Byron Gage), Barbara Rhoades (Paula Picasso), Albert Paulsen (Otto Scholl), Calvin Levels (Billy Johnson), Anthony Franciosa (Zaranov), Red Buttons (Harry Hubbell), Jerry Maren (Tom Tiny), Patti Maloney (Thelma Tiny), Sandy Allen (Goliatha), Joy McConnochie (Ronda), John Edward Allen (Antonio), Richard C. Beard (Excalibur), Bob Yerkes (Man Without a Face), Tim Cunningham (Michael Janis), Teresa Baxter (Helen Janis), Bonnie Jean Marinoff (Susan Janis), Okay Miller (Barker), Ernie Phillips (Roustabout), Clifford Vargas (Ringmaster), Emma Creighton, Bridget Ballantine, Lawrence Grant Jayner. 2320... Sidney Sheldon’s “Windmills of the Gods” (CBS, 2/7/1988 and 2/9/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Sidney Sheldon’s 1987 bestselling page-turner translated to television as a two-part four-hour drama that had romance, drama, international intrigue, an assassination plot, and Jaclyn Smith as United States Ambassador to Romania (casting that became fodder for critics and, as one source put it, probably made foreign service professionals wince). There’s a name (and almost-name) cast ranging from Robert Wagner, as her deputy at the embassy, David Ackroyd as her doctor husband, and Michael Moriarty as the President, to continental actors Franco Nero, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Christopher Cazanove and Ian McKellen. Actress Deborah Raffin and husband Michael Viner produced this film for their Dove Productions. Production Companies Dove Inc. Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producer Sidney Sheldon. Producer Michael Viner. Co-Producer Deborah Raffin. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Novel by Sidney Sheldon. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Perry Botkin. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer Claudio Guzman. Art Director George Richardson. Cast Jaclyn Smith (Mary Ashley), Robert Wagner (Mike Slade), Franco Nero (Pres. Alex Ionescu), Christopher Cazenove (Dr. Louis DesForges), David Ackroyd (Dr. Edward Ashley), Jean-Pierre Aumont (POF member), Nicholas Ball (Harry Lantz), Ruby Dee (Dorothy Stone), Jeffrey DeMunn (Stanton Rogers), Stephanie Faracy (Florence Schiffer), Ian McKellen (The Chairman), Ari Meyers (Beth Ashley), Michael Moriarty (Pres. Paul Ellison), Lisa Pelikan (Hannah Murphy), John Pleshette (Eddie Maltz), John Standing (Sir George), Susan Tyrrell (Neusa Munez), John Van Dreelen (Capt. Aurel Istrase), J.T. Walsh (Col. Bill McKinney), Dick Olsen (Ben Cohn), Kim Weeks (Corina Socoli), R.J. Williams (Tim Ashley), Betsy Palmer (Mrs. Hart Brisbane), Bob Seagren (John Burns), J. Michael Hunter (Dr. Doug Schiffer), Lou Criscuolo (Peter Connors), Jimmy Sessions (Angel), Douglas Kiker (TV interviewer), Nick Hunter (Florian), Scott Williams (Gunny Hughes), Joshua Bo Lozoff (Nicu Ionesco), Thomas J. McGovern (David Victor), Bob Senseney (Lucas Janklow), Pete Prehn (Ted Thompson), Nello Tare (James Hatfield), Joe Herold (Malden), Tony Pender (Constable Hanson), Winston Hemingway (Marine guard), John Rushton (Diplomat), Rick Warner (James Stuckley), Andrew Stratas (David), Greg Reyes (Tabac bartender), Philip DeMarco (Mikai), Pat Hall (Deputy Jake), J. Don Ferguson (Ian Villers), Jim Grimshaw (Language instructor), Ray Johnson (General Handley), Gloria Crist (Carmen), Mert Hatfield (Senator), T.M. George (Senator), Louis Cassada (Senator), Ben Kistler (Drycleaner), Herschel Sparber (Kidnapper), Eric Tilley (Romanian police officer), Jemila Ericson (Nurse), Arona Sterling (Annie), Stephen Reilly (Lecturer), Anthony Barry

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Richmond (Inspector Pakula), Michael Titterton (Hyde-White), Charles Kroger Jr. (Senator Anderson), Norman “Max” Maxwell (Romanian diplomat), James Anklam (Aide), Kimberly Foster (Woman on Mike’s arm). 2321... Sidney Shorr: A Girl’s Best Friend (NBC, 10/5/1981, 120 mins). Tony Randall is a lonely, middle-aged artist who shares his Manhattan brownstone with a young lady in a platonic relationship, and when she becomes pregnant by a married man, decides to raise her child as his own in this poignant comedy that evolved into the well-received series “Love, Sidney” (198182). Much was made of the fact that the lead character’s homosexuality was skirted entirely in this film and only briefly touched on in the series, based on a story by Marilyn Cantor Baker, daughter of comedian Eddie Cantor. An Emmy Award nomination went to Oliver Hailey for his teleplay to the film. Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Russ Mayberry. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Oliver Hailey. Based on a Story by Marilyn Cantor Baker. Photography Charles G. Arnold. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jim Benson. Art Director Frank Swig. Associate Producer Maria Padilla. Cast Tony Randall (Sidney Shorr), Lorna Patterson (Laurie Morgan), David Huffman (Jimmy), Kaleena Kiff (Patti), Ann Weldon (Judge Wilcox), John Lupton (Frank), Tom Villard (Eric), Betty Carvalho (Nurse), Tom Ficcello (Reese), Daniel Grace (TV actor), Martin Rudy (Mallory). 2322... Silence of the Heart (CBS, 10/30/1984, 120 mins). This drama dealing with teenage suicide features several members of moviedom’s so-called “Brat Pack”--among them Chad Lowe as the 17-year-old from a middle-class family, whose school pressures and difficult social life lead him to drive his car over a cliff, and Charlie Sheen (making his television movie debut) as his guilt-ridden best friend. Dana Hill is the suicide’s sister who begins investigating his last days after discovering that her parents cannot or will not cope with the devastating situation. Production Companies Tisch-Avnet Productions, David A. Simons Productions. Director Richard Michaels. Executive Producers Steve Tisch, Jon Avnet. Producer James O’Fallon. Co-Producer David A Simons. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Peter E. Berger. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Mariette Hartley (Barbara Lewis), Dana Hill (Cindy Lewis), Howard Hesseman (Carl Lewis), Chad Lowe (Skip Lewis), Silvana Gallardo (Alice Roberti), Elizabeth Berridge (Penny Jacobs), Alexandra Powers (Andrea), Charlie Sheen (Ken Cruze), Lynnette Mettey (Marilyn Cruze), Rick Fitts (Dan Norlan), Ray Girardin (Harris), Jaleel White (Henry), Rad Daly (Basketball player), Melissa Hayden (Rachel), Jim Boyle (Public worker), Sherilyn Fenn (Monica), Jeffrey Lampert (Mr. Bonaducci), Freddie Dawson (Dr. Weaver). 2323... Silent Witness (NBC, 10/14/1985, 120 mins). A young working woman is torn between testifying against her brother-in-law after seeing him rape a girl in a bar she was visiting with her husband or remaining silent to protect the close-knit working class family into which she had married, and when the victim commits suicide, she faces ostracism by both family and friends after going to the authorities. Production Company Robert Greenwald Productions. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producers Robert Greenwald, Joe Wizan, Paul Pompian. Producer Conrad Bromberg. Teleplay Conrad Bromberg. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Michael Hoenig. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer James Allen. Associate Producer Robert Florio. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Anna Dunne), John Savage (Kevin Dunne), Chris Nash (Michael Dunne), Melissa Leo (Patti Mullen), Pat Corley (Brad Huffman), Steven Williams (Asst. DA Ted Gunning), Jacqueline Brookes (Ma Dunne), Katie McCombs (Jean Dunne), Alex McArthur (Joey Caputo), Tom Signorelli (Detective Pileggi), Billy Elmer (Karl Englehardt), Tom Badal (Lou), Bruce Kirkpatrick (Bob Paulos), Dennis Harrington (Judge Carlin), Etta L. Cox (Detective Johnson), Helena Ruoti (Alma Koenig), Robert Creese (Dom), Scott Peck (Lee), Bikki Kohhar (Dr. Khalsa), Nann Mogg, Barbara Russell, Bernadette Prigoric, Tim Wade, Mike Scott, Phyllis Stern, Clayton Hill. 2324... Sin of Innocence (CBS, 3/26/1986, 120 mins). After a widower and a divorcée marry, trouble ensues when his son and her daughter fall in love with one another in the overcrowded new domicile that also includes other children. Bill Bixby, who had turned his attention from acting to directing in the late 1970s and early 1980s, returned in front of the camera as the widowed elementary school principal. Dermot Mulroney, as his 18-year-old son, made his network television debut in this film, initially--and more accurately--called “Two Young People.” Production Companies Renée Valente Productions, Jeremac Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Jerry McNeely, Renée Valente. Producer Renée Valente. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Based on a Story by Walter M. Dalton, H. Schireson, Jerry McNeely. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Tom Benko. Art Director Stephen Berger. Cast Bill Bixby (David McGary), Dee Wallace Stone (Vicki McGary), Megan Follows (Jenny Colleran), Dermot Mulroney (Tim McGary), James Naughton (Andy Colleran), Loren Peele (Kyle Colleran), Darlene Wheatley (Tory), John Morrow (Damon), Cary Silver (Brent), Jerry McNeely (Judge), Steve Coleman (Starter), Jane Bruns (Airline clerk), John Archie (Wedding guest), Sandra Patton (Wedding guest), Barry Hober (Wedding guest), Jack McDermott (Wedding guest), Chris Noel (Wedding guest), Robert Thompson (Wedding guest).

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2325... Single Bars, Single Women (ABC, 10/14/1984, 120 mins). “An intimate comedy-drama about the people who pursue their love fantasies in neon-lit gathering places” is how the network publicly releases described this quite incisive saga of the lonely women (and men) who have turned a well-patronized small city bar into the local pickup joint. Dolly Parton’s hit song, “Single Women,” which she wrote with Michael O’Donoghue (the movie’s co-executive producer), as the film’s inspiration. The other executive producers went on to bigger things, among them, “The Cosby Show.” Production Companies Carsey-Werner Productions, Sunn Classics Productions. Director Harry Winer. Executive Producers Tom Werner, Marcy Carsey. Co-Executive Producer Michael O’Donoghue. Producer Stuart Cohen. Teleplay Michael Bortman. Photography Juan Ruiz-Anchia. Music Basil Poledouris. Song “Single Women” by Michael O’Donoghue. Song Performed by Dolly Parton. Editor Richard Bracken. Production Designer Ivo Cristante. Cast Tony Danza (Dennis), Paul Michael Glaser (Gabe), Keith Gordon (Lionel), Shelley Hack (Frankie), Christine Lahti (Elsie), Frances Lee McCain (Patti), Kathleen Wilhoite (DeeDee), Mare Winningham (Bootsie), Christopher Allport (Max), Rick Rossovich (Dolph), Richard Hamilton (Tate), Ivan Bonar (John), Brett Cullen (Duane), Jessica Nelson (Sonia), Jean Smart (Virge). 2326... Single Women, Married Men (CBS, 10/27/1989, 120 mins). A divorced psychotherapist (played by Michele Lee, who also was executive producer of this fictionalized drama) forms a support group for single women whose lovers are married men. Inspired by actual events in the life of a widely recognized (but unidentified) family counselor. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Nick Havinga. Executive Producer Michele Lee. Supervising Producer Elaine Rich. Teleplay Hilma Wolitzer. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Johnny Mandel. Editor James Galloway. Production Designer Leslie Parsons. Associate Producer Alan Crosland. Cast Michele Lee (Susan Parmel), Lee Horsley (Ross Marino), Alan Rachins (Dr. Jerry Zimmer), Carrie Hamilton (April Coletti), Jeannetta Arnette (Maureen Harrison), Margaret Avery (Grace Williams), Joelle Jacobi (Lisa Parmel), Drew Snyder (Victor Parmel), Julie Harris (Lucille Frankel), Mary Frann (Pat Michaels), Michael Ensign (John Briggs), Marilyn McIntyre (Marilyn Zimmer), Elizabeth Norment (Laurie), Patti Cohoon (Motel Woman), David Farentino (Marc), Ben Hartigan (Elderly Man), Vinece Lee (Terri), James Milanesa (Messenger). 2327... Sins (CBS, 2/2/1986 to 2/4/1986, 3 parts, 7 hours). The bestselling 1982 rags-to-riches novel by Judith Gould (in reality, a two-person writing team, Rhea Gallaher Jr. and Nick Bienes, according to columnist Liz Smith), this splashy, star-laden three-part seven-hour miniseries that initially premiered opposite “Peter the Great” followed the fortunes of a fictional French woman who claws her way to the top of an international fashion magazine publishing empire and then goes back to exact revenge on the man who, during the Nazi occupation, destroyed her family. Lovingly crafted as a film vehicle for Joan Collins (who also was co-executive producer with her husband), heading a big name cast with the likes of Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Marisa Berenson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Italian star Giancarlo Giannini, “Sins” allows its leading lady the opportunity, according to its publicity, to wear more than 30 creations by noted designer Valentino and a chance for more than 87 costume changes from the 1950s to the present. Filmed on location in Paris, the Riviera and Venice, the miniseries initially was to have had a music score by composer Michel Legrand. When it finally aired, however, Francis Lai (Oscar winner for his score for “Love Story”) received credit for the music and Legrand for “special musical material.” Production Companies Grief-Dore Company, Collins-Holm Productions, New World Television. Director Douglas Hickox. Executive Producers Joan Collins, Peter Holm. Co-Executive Producers Bonny Dore, Leslie Greif. Producer Steve Krantz. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Based on the Novel by Judith Gould. Photography Jean Tournier. Music Francis Lai. Additional Music Michel Legrand. Theme Song “Hard To Be Tender” Francis Lai, Jacob Brackman, Carly Simon. Song Performed by Carly Simon. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Francois DeLamothe. Art Director Jacques Brizzio. Art Director (Venice) Guido Josia. Costume Designers Valentino, Michel Fresnay. Cast Joan Collins (Helene Junot), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Count De Ville), Marisa Berenson (Luba Tcherina), Steven Berkoff (Karl Von Eiderfeld), Joseph Bologna (Steve Bryant), Elizabeth Bourgine (Jeanne), Jud Bowker (Natalie Junot), Capucine (Odile), Timothy Dalton (Edmund Junot), Arielle Dombasle (Jacqueline Gore), James Farentino (David Westfield), Paul Freeman (Mueller), Allen Garfield (Adam Gore), Giancarlo Giannini (Marcello D’Itri), Lauren Hutton (ZZ Bryant), Gene Kelly (Eric Hovland), Catherine Mary Stewart (Young Helene), William Allen Young (Jacques Danvers), Feodor Atkine (Chameleon), Faith Brook (Julia Westfield), John McEnery (Defense lawyer), Regine (Madame Liu), Alexandra Stewart (Countess), Peter Vaughan (Chief prosecutor), Paul Barrett (Motor trooper), Nicholas Baby (2nd parking attendant), Bouzid Boukanes (North African), Daniel Breton (Corporal), Jacques Brucher (Trooper), Gerard Buhr (Psychiatrist), Jacques Collard (Captain at Maxim’s), Yvonne Constant (Annette), Bernard Dany (Chauffeur), Michael Davidson (Parking attendant), Simon De La Brosse (Messenger boy), Diane Delor (Pretty Italian girl), Theirry Der’Ven (2nd trooper), William Doherty (Austrian doctor), Alexander Ducluzeau (Odile’s receptionist), Eric Duret (Male nurse), Eric Franklin (Rieman), Peggy Frankston (Woman guest), Ginette Garcin (Madame Guerin), Olga Pinot Georges (Mamam), Robert Ground (Nazi soldier), Nicholas Hawtrey (Count’s butler), Peter Hudson (1st advertiser), Brigitte Kahn (Von Eiderfeld’s assistant), Sam Karman (Maquis Leader), Barry Langford (Gentleman), Ogue Janos Lengyel (Servant), Cathleen Leslie (Helene’s secretary), Graham McGrath (Young Edmund), Edward Marcus (Levantine), Philippe Mareuil (House manager), Charles Millot (Russian), Mary-Joe Morrice (Marie), Elizabeth Mortenson (Frau Eiderfeld), Fanny Mousseau (1st model), Sophie Nidergang (1st young woman), Frederic Norbert (Gerard), Serge Nubret (Masseur), Sean O’Neill (Carlson), Jill Reeves (2nd young woman), Victor Spinetti (Susumu), Danielle Volle (Aunt Louise), Andre Waksman (2nd advertiser), Rosine Young (Giselle), Jean Claudio (Inspector Remy), Bertie Cortez (Ruggles), Bill Dunn (Vincennes doctor), Jean-Phillippe Ecoffey (2nd reporter), Robert

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Favart (Dr. Beaumais), Oskar Freitag (Bailiff), Bertrand DeHautefort (Viennese captain), Herve Hiolle (Usher), Sybil Maas (Nun), Lucy Morgan (Luba’s secretary), Michael Morris (Wade), René Roussell (Priest), Alan Rossett (Head juror), Jean-Pierre Stewart (Johnson), Norman Stokle (Catholic doctor), Pierre Tabard (Head judge), Jean Valmont (Juror), Viviane Ventura (Odette), Guy Verda (1st reporter), Claude Villers (Skouri), Judy Bryer (Carla), Nicholas Calderbank (Julia’s butler), Jean-Philippe Chatrier (2nd New York reporter), Brian Edwards (Male department head), Steve Gadler (New York reporter), Jerry D. Giacomo (Paluzzi), Consuelo DeHavilland (Female department head), Peter Holm (Television Reporter), Arland Iverson (Greeter), Bill Kearns (New York doctor), Robin Lent (Hospital attendant), Jean-Paul Solal (Fabrizio), Jesse Joe Walsh (O’Rourke), Timothy Wood (Assistant photographer). 2328... The Sins of Dorian Gray (ABC, 5/27/1983, 120 mins). This contemporary retelling of Oscar Wilde’s macabre tale is given a change of gender with Dorian now a beautiful, never-aging model. Anthony Perkins is the evil fashion world manipulator who leads her into a life of corruption, and Joseph Bottoms is her lover who has deserted his pregnant wife for her and lives to regret it. Updated remake of the 1945 film that was done once again theatrically in 1970 and on TV in 1973. Production Company Rankin-Bass Productions. Director Tony Maylam. Executive Producer Arthur Rankin Jr. Producer Jules Bass. Teleplay Ken August, Peter Lawrence. Based on the Novel by Oscar Wilde. Photography Zale Madger. Music Bernard Hoffer. Song by Bernard Hoffer, Jules Bass. Song Performed by Lisa Dal Bello. Editor Ron Wisman. Art Director Karen Bromley. Associate Producer Tony Alatis. Cast Anthony Perkins (Henry Lord), Belinda Bauer (Dorian Gray), Joseph Bottoms (Stuart Vane), Olga Karlatos (Sofia Lord), Michael Ironside (Alan Campbell), Caroline Yeager (Angela Vane), Fatsy Rahn (Tracy), Roxanne Moffitt (Marie-Rose), Jeff Braunstein (Parker), Roy Wordsworth (Victor), Peter Hanlon (Christian), Hrant Alianak (Nightclub manager), Carol Robinson (Secretary), Mark Duffy (Elevator man), Bob Collins, Trudy Weiss, Richard Comar, James Kidnie, Jai Lone, Rusty Ryan, Danny Love. 2329... Sins of the Father (NBC, 1/13/1985, 120 mins). Philandering high-powered attorney finds that his mistress, the lawyer daughter of his dead ex-partner, has been hopping into bed with his marine biologist son. Curiously, however, Elizabeth Gill’s teleplay lays all the blame on the woman of the piece, leaving all the decisions about with whom to sleep in this unlikely triangle up to her, and allowing the assorted men in her life to be either guiltless or guileless. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Ronald Lyon, Jack Michon. Teleplay Elizabeth Gill, Jeff Cohn. Based on a Story by Elizabeth Gill. Photography Robert E. Collins. Music Sylvester Levay. Supervising Editor David Newhouse. Editor Andrea Sharf. Art Director Bill Ross. Executive in Charge of Production Irv Wilson. Cast James Coburn (Frank Murchison), Ted Wass (Greg Murchison), Glynnis O’Connor (Kevan Harris), Marion Ross (Caroline Murchison), Joan Prather (Megan Harris), Channing Mitchell (Hayden), Kathleen Lloyd (Louise Bertolli), John O’Leary (Bodell), Pepper Davis (Mr. Rutledge), Nico Stevens (Paul Stavros), Liz Sheridan (Middle-age woman), Donald Allen (Tod), Janell Baca (Receptionist), Victoria Cardosa (Gloria), Al Checco (Darryl Davis), George Christy (Legal counsel), Joel Colodner (Financial officer), Don Conte (Waiter), Ruth Manning (Peggy), Jan Marlin (Saleslady), Morgan Nagler (Melissa), Michael Prince (Pierson), Diane Sherry (Michelle), Theodore Sorel (Legal counsel), Mark L. Taylor (Ted). 2330... Sins of the Fathers (Showtime, 7/10/1988 and 7/11/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Complex, multigenerational two-part film, made in 1986 for German television, has the unusual star casting of Oscar winner Burt Lancaster as a German chemical baron and the patriarch of a dysfunctional family that includes Oscar winner Julie Christie as the cokehead daughter-in-law who sets herself up as “queen of the empire” throughout World War II. Munich-born writer and director Bernhard Sinkel worked from Susan Horvath’s novel about the Deutz family, spanning the years from 1911 to 1947. Production Companies Bavaria Atelier GmbH, Taurusfilm, FR3, ORF, RAI, RETE 1. Director Bernhard Sinkel. Executive Producers Gunter Rohrbach, Bodo Scriba. Producers Jorn Schroder, Helmut Krapp. Teleplay Bernhard Sinkel. Based on a Novel by Susan Howatch. Photography Dietrich Lohmann. Music Peer Raben. Editor Jean-Claude Piroue. Cast Burt Lancaster (Carl Julius Dietz), Julie Christie (Charlotte Deutz), Dieter Laser (Friedrich Deutz), Katherina Thalbach (Elli Deutz), Martin Falk (Edmund Deutz), Bruno Ganz (Heinrich Beck), Tina Engel (Luise Beck), Laura Morante (Judith Bernheim), Rudiger Vogler (Ulrich Deutz), Burkhard Heyl (Carl Beck), Martin Benrath (Banker Bernheim), Hannes Jaenick (Max Bernheim), Cyrielle Claire (Anni), Christian Doermer (Dr. Korner), Alexander Radszun (Sokolowski), Herbert Gronemeyer (Georg Deutz), Bernd Fischerauer, Hark Bohm, Holger Petzold, Karlheinz Lemken, Jan Meyer, Robert Cunningham, Christopher Burton, John Fosberry, Andre Dumas, James Drew Lucas, Peter Reinhardt, Holger Artl, Lutz Teschner, Ute Loeck, Heidemarie Geese. 2331... Sins of the Past (ABC, 4/2/1984, 120 mins). A group of former high-priced call girls who got out of the trade in the ’60s after one of them was battered to death are reunited 20 years later when the convicted killer is released from prison vowing vengeance. Among the hookers, in an interesting casting twist, is Debby Boone in her TV-movie debut playing radically against type although the character has left the past behind to become a celebrated inspirational singer. Production Company Leonard Goldberg Company. Director Peter H. Hunt. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Supervising Producer David Levinson. Producer Stuart Cohen. Teleplay Steve Brown. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music

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Arthur B. Rubinstein. Song “O Come All Ye Faithful” by Richard Mullins. Song Performed by Debby Boone. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Patrick Kennedy. Production Designer David L. Snyder. Associate Producer Holly Bernstein. Cast Barbara Carrera (Terry Halloran), Kim Cattrall (Paula Bennett), Debby Boone (Clarissa Hope), Tracy Reed (Maureen Warren), Kirstie Alley (Patrice), Anthony Geary (Lieutenant Malovich), John Anderson (Reverend Randolph), Kristen Meadows (Diane), Roger Aaron Brown (Dennis Warren), Gene Dynarski (Ralph Easton), Daniel Chodos (Sergeant Castor), Sean De Veritch (Douglas Halloran), Megan Galagher (Ellen Easton), Mallie Jackson (Amy), Peter White (Peter Halloran), Matthew Faison, Robert Alan Browne, Mark Schneider, Terence McGovern, Lew Horn, Robert Denison, Chip Johnson, Art La Fleur, Kerry Slattery. 2332... Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (CBS, 1/17/1987, 120 mins). As a nun determined to start a halfway house for women leaving prison on parole, Bonnie Franklin returned to television. On the outside, she encounters reticence from her religious superiors, antagonism from her neighbors, indifference from the political community, belligerence from trade union officials, and physical violence from the criminal element whose turf she invades. Franklin subsequently vanished from before the camera to pursue a career as a sitcom director. In her TV-movie debut, singer Rosemary Clooney had a rare acting role as one of the parolees. Production Company Poolhouse Productions Inc. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producer Marilyn Shapiro. Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Teleplay Terry Louise Fisher, Steve Brown. Based on a Story by Alvin Boretz, Terry Louise Fisher, Steve Brown. Photography Chuck Arnold. Music Gerald Alters. Editor Steve Cohen. Production Designer Elayne Barbara Ceder. Associate Producer Henry J. Golas. Cast Bonnie Franklin (Sister Margaret), Jeannetta Arnette (Helene), Tranzana Beverley (Johnny), Jon Cardiet (Julio), Rosemary Clooney (Sarah), Lydia Nicole-Comissiong (Isabel), Cindy Fisher (Lois), Maria O’Brien (Sandra Martinez), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Corelle), Harold Sylvester (Father Christopher), Joseph Chapman (Brad Dunn), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Horace), Francis X. McCarthy (Superintendant Marshall), Carla Meyer (Julie Knight), John O’Leary (Father Karsey), Andy Romano (Andy Masingo), Nick Angotti (Detective), Richard Cerenzio (Jimmy), Michael DeLorenzo (Miguel), Steve Eastin (McFarlane), Laura Flagg (Lucy), Richard Jamison (MacDonald), Stan Kamber (Head picket), Richard Partlow (Cop), David Selburg (Eastman), Patti Tippo (Tonya), Donnice Wilson (Jessie), Kenneth White (Donaldson). 2333... Sister, Sister (NBC, 6/7/1982, 120 mins). Diahann Carroll, Rosalind Cash and Irene Cara are three sisters whose reunion when the family home is put up for sale reopens old wounds. This original drama by Maya Angelou, somewhat akin to Arthur Miller’s play, “The Price,” was filmed in 1979 in Montgomery, Alabama, and has Carroll as the straitlaced spinster who has lived in the family home taking care of the youngest sister, Cara, since their parents died; Cash as the free-wheeling divorcee with a young son; Paul Winfield as the owner of a local nightclub who has been after Carroll for years; Dick Anthony Williams as a politically ambitious minister who finds himself attracted to Cash; and Robert Hooks as Cash’s musician ex-husband. Originally it was called simply “Sisters.” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director John Berry. Executive Producer Irv Wilson. Producers John Berry, Maya Angelou. Teleplay Maya Angelou. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Alex North. Editor Art Seid. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Associate Producer Dennis Berry. Cast Diahann Carroll (Carolyne Lovejoy), Paul Winfield (Eddie Craven), Dick Anthony Williams (Rev. Richard Henderson), Rosalind Cash (Freida Lovejoy Burton), Irene Cara (Sissy Lovejoy), Robert Hooks (Harry Burton), Diana Douglas (Rhoda), E. Lamont Johnson (Tommy), Kristoff St. John (Danny Burton), Albert Popwell (Drunk), Frances E. Williams (Mother Bishop), Alvin Childress (Reverend Jasper), Gloria Edwards (Gloria). 2334... Six Against the Rock (NBC, 5/18/1987, 120 mins). Prison drama, played out in the style of the fondly remembered jailhouse movies of the ’30s and ’40s, based on what the network called “the shocking true story” of six convicts who, in 1946, battled the odds, and the U.S. Marines, who were called in, for a desperate escape from Alcatraz. Based on the 1977 book by Clark Howard, it featured all-male cast, headed by a number of familiar TV faces that included Richard Dysart as the iron-willed warden, who summoned the leathernecks, and Dennis Farina in the Birdman of Alcatraz role that Burt Lancaster once made famous. Clint Eastwood’s film “Escape From Alcatraz” dealt with a later breakout, one which sealed the prison’s fate and prompted the government to close it down. Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf-Eckstein Production, Gaylord Productions. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers George Eckstein, Merrill H. Karpf. Producer Terry Carr. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Book by Clark Howard. Photography Philip Lathrop. Music William Goldstein. Editors Rod Stephens, Alan Marks. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast David Carradine (Bernard Coy), Richard Dysart (Warden Johnston), Dennis Farina (Birdman of Alcatraz), Charles Haid (Sam Shockley), Howard Hesseman (Joseph “Dutch” Cretzer), David Morse (Marvin Hubbard), Jan-Michael Vincent (Miran “Buddy” Thompson), Paul Sanchez (Dan Durando), John Mahon (Off. Bill Miller), J.P. Bumstead (Off. Cecil Corwin), Tom Reese (Captain Weinhold), Ian Patrick Williams (Lieutenant Bergen), Lee Anthony (Lt. Joe Simpson), Scanlon Gail (Officer Baker), Eric Server (Officer Lageson), Gary Norberg (Associate warden), H Ray Huff (General Stilwell), Don Matheson (General Merrill), Wayne Grace (Officer Bristow), Newell Alexander (Officer Faulk), Thad Greer (Mail guard), Ron Hayden (Officer Burdette), Joe Howard (Officer Fish), Fred Lerner (Officer Burch), Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (Buckner).

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2335... Sizzle (ABC, 11/29/1981, 120 mins). Loni Anderson is a sultry nightclub singer and John Forsythe is a Chicago crime kingpin in this period piece, set in the Prohibition era, about a small-town girl who comes to the big city with her boyfriend, and after he is killed while running illegal booze for the mob, sets out to avenge his murder. Both she and newfound pal Leslie Uggams get a chance to sing a batch of ’20s evergreens. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Don Medford. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producers Lynn Loring, Cindy Dunne. Teleplay Clyde Ware, Richard Carr. Photography Arch R. Dalzell. Music Artie Butler. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editor George W. Brooks. Choreographer Carl Jablonski. Art Directors Paul Sylos, Tom Trimble. Associate Producer Chip Hayes. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Loni Anderson (Julie Davis), Leslie Uggams (Vonda), Roy Thinnes (Wheeler), Richard Lynch (Johnny O’Brien), Michael Goodwin (Danny Clark), Phyllis Davis (Sally), Michael V. Gazzo (Tripoli), John Forsythe (Mike Callahan), Richard Bright (Corky), Martine Bartlett (Freda), Robert Costanzo (Al Capone), Arnie Moore (Boggs), Paul Larson (Johnson), Bonwitt St. Claire (Dess), Sandy Martin (Freda’s assistant), Charles Picerni (Hitman), Laurence Haddon (Judge), Redmond Gleeson (Minister), James O’Connell (Simms), Tom Shell (Eddie), Tony Epper (Bobby), Ted Markland (Guard), Lee Delano (Tripoli’s hood), Dante Deandre (Maitre d’), McKee Anderson (Nurse), Al Hansen (Sampson), Mary Armstrong (1st inmate), Susan Serbes (2nd inmate), Judith-Marie Bergan (Louise), Yvonne Childress (Mrs. Walters), Bruce Reed (1st electrician), Walker Edmiston (2nd electrician). 2336... Skag (NBC, 1/6/1980, 180 mins). Karl Malden plays a veteran steel mill foreman whose world is torn apart when he suffers a stroke leaving him temporary paralyzed. This highly acclaimed pilot to the subsequent short-lived series received six Emmy Award nominations; direction, writing, music scoring, art direction/set direction, editing and sound. Production Companies Abby Mann Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Frank Perry. Executive Producers Abby Mann, Lee Rich. Supervising Producer Douglas Benton. Producer Brad Dexter. Teleplay Abby Mann. Photography Ed Koons. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Sidney Katz. Art Directors David Marshall, William Craig Smith. Cast Karl Malden (Pete Skagska), Piper Laurie (Jo Skagska), Craig Wasson (David Skagska), Peter Gallagher (John Skagska), Kathryn Holcomb (Patricia Skagska), Leslie Ackerman (Barbara Skagska), George Voskovec (Petar Skagska), Powers Boothe (Jim Whalen), M. Emmet Walsh (Moran), Tom Atkins (Dr. Moscone), Charles Hallahan (Fisher), Juanin Clay (Joyce), Gwen Humble (Audrey Landis), Bert Freed (Bishop), Tony Burton, Art Evans, Ernie Hudson, George O. Petrie, Kathleen Doyle, Steven Peterman, Camila Ashland, Tom Mahoney, Nora Denney, Cyril O’Reilly, John Megna, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Jude Farese, Jean Holloway, Simeon Holloway, Ray Girardin. 2337... Skeezer (NBC, 12/27/1982, 120 mins). Karen Valentine is a nurse/therapist in this true story about a lovable canine that helped change the lives of emotionally disturbed children. This film, which premiered in a nighttime slot, was part of NBC’s critically acclaimed children-oriented “Operation Peacock” series that normally was presented periodically as late afternoon specials or on Saturday mornings. Based on Elizabeth Yates’ 1973 book “Skeezer, Dog With a Mission,” the film received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Children’s Program. Production Companies Margie-Lee Enterprises, Blue Marble Company, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Peter H. Hunt. Executive Producer Bill McCutchen. Producer Lee Levinson. Teleplay Robert Hamilton. Based on a Book by Elizabeth Yates. Photography Harry J. May. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Editor John F. Link. Production Designer Arch Bacon. Cast Karen Valentine (Carrie Jessup), Leighton Greer (Ruthie), Mariclare Costello (Barbara Thompson), Tom Atkins (Dr. Chanless), Justin Lord (Sam Johnson), Jeremy Licht (Jed), Dee Wallace (Lucille), O.J. the Dog (Skeezer the Dog), Jack DeMave (Uncle Jim), Christina Hutter (Jill), Max Hunt (Steve), Flonisha Powell (Cindy), Kyle Oliver (Charley), Bunny Summers (Sally), Sandi Cornell (Young Sally), Mary-Margaret Lewis (Mrs. Harris), Glenn Morshower (Tom), David Cullinane (Jackson), Tom Pletts (Jake), Patricia Conklin (Claudia), Al Robertson (Billy), Peter Scranton (Dan), Barbara Beckley (Dental receptionist), Max Thayer (Attendant). 2338... Skokie (CBS, 11/17/1981, 150 mins). Danny Kaye made his television acting debut in this highly acclaimed film dramatizing the controversial street demonstrations attempted by neo-Nazis in the mainly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois, in late 1977, and the effects of the prospective march on many World War II concentration camp survivors who live there. The 2-1/2 hour film was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Drama Special, with nominations also going to director Herbert Wise and writer Ernest Kinoy. (Wise won the Directors Guild of America Award; Kinoy won the Writers Guild of America Award.) It was the last TV acting for the legendary Lee Strasberg, who died before the film aired. Production Company Titus Productions. Director Herbert Wise. Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin. Producer Robert “Buzz” Berger. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Photography Alex Thomson. Editors Robert Reitano, Stephen A. Rotter. Art Director Richard Bianchi. Associate Producer Thomas DeWolfe. Cast Danny Kaye (Max Feldman), John Rubinstein (Herb Lewisohn), Carl Reiner (Abbot Rosen), Kim Hunter (Bertha Feldman), Eli Wallach (Bert Silverman), Lee Strasberg (Morton Wiseman), Brian Dennehy (Chief Arthur Buchanan), George Dzundza (Frank Collin), Ed Flanders (Mayor Albert J. Smith), Charles Levin (Rabbi Steinberg), Stephen D. Newman (Aryeh Neier), James Sutorius (David Hamlin), Marin Kanter (Janet Feldman), Michele Shay (Sheila Ryan), Robin Bartlett (JDL girl),

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David Hurst (Sol Goldstein), Joseph Leon (Hershkowitz), Ruth Nelson (Grandma Jensen), Robin Morse (Penny Jensen), Harry Elders (Judge Sullivan), Teri Liss (Justice). 2339... The Sky’s No Limit (CBS, 2/7/1984, 120 mins). Inevitably compared to events surrounding the exploits of Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, this film, made entirely on location in Houston, Texas, focuses on three women astronaut candidates, their lives, loves and personal problems. Production Company Palance-Levy Productions. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producer Virginia Baker Palance. Supervising Producer Harry Ackerman. Producer David Lowell Rich. Co-Producer Ahron Leichtman. Teleplay Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet. Photography Mike Fash. Music Maurice Jarre. Song “Picking Up the Pieces” by David Calloway. Song “Papa Swing” Written and Performed by Hawkeye. Editor David Finfer. Art Director Robb Wilson King. Cast Sharon Gless (Joanna Douglas), Dee Wallace (Maureen Harris), Anne Archer (Susan Browning), David Ackroyd (Col. Charlie King), Barnard Hughes (Arthur Bennett), Paul Menzel (David Harris), Gary Moody (Jim Grady), Alex Harvey (Randy Webster), Joe Rainer (Fred Canning), Dan Ammerman (Jack Hamilton), Robin Mosley (Newswoman), Jerry Biggs (Buoyancy supervisor), Theresa Graham (Erin), Nicole Fusselman (Cybele), Jo Perkins (Dr. Elaine Carey), Robert Gottschall (Dr. Belkin), Christopher Wycliff (Astronaut), Mitch Pileggi (Jerry Morrow), Doris Hargrave, John M. Jackson, Sharisse Baker, Blue Deckert, Margaret Johnson, Thomas Boyd. 2340... Skyward (NBC, 11/20/1980, 120 mins). Teenage paraplegic Suzy Gilstrap made her TV acting debut as a wheelchair-bound girl with a desire to pilot her own airplane. Bette Davis, as a former stunt flyer who now runs a small airport’s café, and Howard Hesseman, as the airport’s easygoing watchman, team up to help her fulfill her dream. Formerly titled “Ron Howard’s ‘Skyward,’” this movie, written by Howard’s “Happy Days” pal, Anson Williams, and featuring both Howard’s dad, Rance, and brother, Clint, was followed some months later by an hour-long sequel called “Skyward Christmas,” also starring Gilstrap, a pilot to a prospective series. Production Companies Major H Productions, Anson Productions. Director Ron Howard. Executive Producers Anson Williams, Ron Howard. Producer John Kuri. Teleplay Nancy Sackett. Based on a Story by Anson Williams. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Robert Kern Jr. Art Director Jack Morley. Aerial Photography John Kuri. Cast Bette Davis (Billie Dupree), Howard Hesseman (Koup Trenton), Marion Ross (Natalie Ward), Clu Gulager (Steve Ward), Ben Marley (Scott Billings), Lisa Whelchel (Lisa Ward), Suzy Gilstrap (Julie Ward), Jana Hall (Miss Sinclair), Mark Wheeler, Jessie Lee Fulton, Rance Howard, Bill Thurman, Bill Blackwood, Rhonda Minton, Gene Pietragallo, Alex Bond Winslow, John Martin, Cheryl Howard, Marla Maddoux, Rusty McCaskey, Greta Blackburn, Clint Howard, Kate Finlayson. 2341... Slow Burn (Showtime, 6/29/1986, 100 mins). Ex-newspaperman turned detective Jacob Asch, the hero of a series of popular mystery novels by Arthur Lyons, came to television in this tale of a Palm Springs artist who hires Asch to locate the son he had abandoned 11 years earlier, and embroils the gumshoe in deception, blackmail and murder while wending his way through a seamy, convoluted plot. Adapted from Lyons’ “Castles Burning” (1980). Production Companies A Castles Burning Production, Universal Pay Television. Director Matthew Chapman. Executive Producers Joel Schumacher, Stefanie Staffin Kowal. Producer Mark Levinson. Teleplay Matthew Chapman. Based on a Novel by Arthur Lyons. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Loek Dikker. Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra of Flanders. Music Conductor Huub Kerstans. Editor T. Battle Davis. Production Designer Bo Welch. Cast Eric Roberts (Jacob Asch), Beverly D’Angelo (Lainie Fleischer), Dennis Lipscomb (Chief Ron McDonald), Raymond J. Barry (Gerald McMurtty), Anne Schedeen (Mona), Emily Longstreth (Pam Draper), Johnny Depp (Donnie Fleischer), Henry Gibson (Robert), Dan Hedaya (Simon Fleischer), Frank Schuller (Agent Norton), Edward Bunker (George), Ruth Richards (Mrs. Poulson), Pat Ast, Linda Rae Barre, Tom Bazan, Gary Boswell, Cliff Courtney, Patrick Delinger, Jean Poltros, Teresa Preter, Gigi Valente, Kay Younker, Victoria Gatlin. 2342... A Small Killing (CBS, 11/24/1981, 120 mins). A woman college professor (Jean Simmons) is recruited by an undercover cop (Edward Asner), against his better judgment, to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid row crone (Sylvia Sidney). Based on the 1978 book “The Rag Bag Clan” by Richard Barth. Production Companies Orgolini-Nelson Productions, Motown Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Supervising Producer Neil T. Maffeo. Producers Arnold Orgolini, Peter Nelson. Teleplay Burt Prelutsky. Based on a Book by Richard Barth. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music Fred Werner. Editor Richard E. Rabjohn. Art Director Vincent J Cresciman. Associate Producer Patricia Sonsini. Cast Edward Asner (Simon Shaber), Jean Simmons (Margaret Lawrence), Andrew Prine (Lt. Ward Arlen), J. Pat O’Malley (Charley), Mary Jackson (Rose), Sylvia Sidney (Sadie Ross), John Steadman (Leon), Kent Williams (Michael), Matthew Faison (Earl Rice), Anne Ramsay (Doris), Barbara Edelman (Ann), Nicholas Guest (Dicks), Enrique Castillo (Latin student), Doug Johnson (Keefer), Noel Conlon (Minister), Brian Herskowitz (Ben), J. Victor Lopez (Jogger), Phil Rubenstein (Man in theater), Gwen Seliger (Kay), Nicholas Mele (Parker). 2343... Small Sacrifices (ABC, 11/12/1989 and 11/13/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Farrah Fawcett, in an Emmy nominated performance, plays a real-life Oregon mother accused of shooting her three children, and John Shea is the

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determined assistant DA who relentlessly pursues the truth in this strong two-part drama, which garnered an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Drama or Miniseries. Another nomination went to editor Parkie Singh. Ryan O’Neal returned to television here in a small role as her former “fatal attraction” lover. Based on Ann Rule’s 1987 bestseller. Production Companies Louis Rudolph Films, Motown Productions, Allarcom Ltd., Fries Entertainment. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Suzanne de Passe, Louis Rudolph. Producer S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on a Book by Ann Rule. Photography Ron Orieux. Music Peter Manning Robinson. Editor Parkie Singh. Production Designer Brent Thomas. Cast Farrah Fawcett (Diane Downs), Gordon Clapp (Doug Welch), Ryan O’Neal (Lew Lewiston), John Shea (Frank Joziak), Emily Perkins (Karen Downs), Garry Chalk (Boyd Paul Downs), Ken James (Daryl Chapman), Sean McCann (Russell Wade), Garwin Sanford (Matt Jensen), Tom Butler (Wally Beck), Elan Ross Gibson (Rosalind Dyring), Lynne Cormack (Lola Joziak), Jayne Eastwood (Evelyn Slaven), Christopher Carvalho (Robbie Downs), Anne Bradley Jaeger (Herself), Victoria Wauchope (Shauna Downs), Maxine Miller (Verla Mae Wells), Graham McPherson (Judge Foote), Candice Elzinga (Judy Patterson), Colin Fox (Jim Pex), Karen Gartner (Chris Rosage), Tom Banks (DA Pat Horton), Patricia Phillips (Nora Lewiston), Steve Bobowski, Julie Bond, Juliet Brown, Robert Corness, Larry Farley, Kirk Grayson, Walter Kaasa, Judy Mahbey, Paul McGassey, Peter McNab, Barbara Reese, George R. Robertson, Dennis Robinson, Bob Roitblat, Lisa Rudolph, Timothy Sell, Alana Stewart. 2344... Smiley’s People (Syndicated, 10/25/1982 to 11/8/1982, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Alec Guinness plays master spy George Smiley, reprising his role from that earlier in the six-part British miniseries “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” that was shown in the United States on PBS’ “Great Performances” series in September 1980. This third and final segment of John Le Carré’s espionage trilogy, “The Quest for Karla” (part 2, “The Honourable Schoolboy,” was not filmed), has Smiley striving to capture his Russian counterpart, codenamed Karla, in East Berlin while working his methodical way through a maze of intrigue. German actor Curt Jurgens, in his final performance, is a Russian general who once had worked for British intelligence and a longtime friend of Smiley’s despite now being with the other side. This six-hour film, shown as part of the syndicated Operation Prime Time series, was made available for airing in either two- or three-hour segments. Production Companies BBC Television, Paramount Network Television. Director Simon Langton. Producer Jonathan Powell. Teleplay John Hopkins, John Le Carré. Based on the Novel by John Le Carré. Photography Kenneth MacMillan. Music Patrick Gowers. Editors Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas. Production Designer Austin Springer. Cast Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Eileen Atkins (Madame Ostrakova), Michael Gough (Mikhel), Vladek Sheybal (Otto Leipzig), Anthony Bate (Oliver Lacon), Maureen Lipman (Stella Craven), Bernard Hepton (Toby Esterhase), Beryl Reid (Connie Sachs), Barry Foster (Saul Enderby), Sian Phillips (Ann Smiley), Tusse Silberg (Alexandra), Patrick Stewart (Karla), Curt Jurgens (The General [Vladimir]), Mario Adorf (Claus Kretschmar), Michel Lonsdale (Anton Grigoriev), Rosalie Crutchley (Mother Felicity), Dudley Sutton (Oleg Kirov), Paul Herzberg (Villem Craven), Bill Patterson (Lauda Strickland), Michael Elphick (Superintendent), Ingrid Pitt (Elvira), Michael Byrne (Peter Guillam), Lucy Fleming (Molly Meahan), Carl Duering (Walther), Jonathan Burn (Edmonds), Guy Standeven (British Embassy official), Elizabeth Goebel (Woman at water camp), Caroline Sihol (Marie-Claire Guillam), Michael Feldman (Stango), Frank Compton (Circus janitor), Jean Champion (Monsieur La Pierre), MarieHelene Daste (Madame Delbarre), George Hubert (Monsieur Delbarre), Richard Leech (Uncle Harry), Roswitha Dorst (Sanatorium nurse), Mina Zuckerman (Art gallery receptionist), Andrew Bradford (Ferguson), Jacques Maury (Sergei), Germaine Delbat (Madame La Pierre), Trevor Cooper (Sergeant Pike), Vass Anderson (Carson), Lucinda Curtis (Sister Beatitude), Alan Rickman (Brownlow), Stephen Riddle (Nigel Mostyn), Eugene Lipinski (De Silsky), Tanya Reese (Beckie Craven), Alex Jennings (PC Hall), Ralph Richter (Young man at water camp), Inigo Gallo (Franz), Victoria Elliott (Grigorieva), Joe Praml (Paul Skordino), Peter Guinness (Hare Krisna monk), Margaret Heery (Mrs. Tremedda), Rene Krupinski (Kuznetsov), Thessy Kuhis (Frau Kretschmar), Julia McCarthy (Millie McCraig), Jan Fedder, Gitta Denise, Yves Peneau, Okan Jones, Matthais Dittmer. 2345... A Smoky Mountain Christmas (ABC, 12/14/1986, 120 mins). Dolly Parton made her television acting debut starring in this contemporary first cousin to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” ideally cast as a country singer whose quiet Christmas holiday in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee involves her with seven orphans, a mysterious mountain man and an evil witch. The star not only cowrote the story but also composed and sang six original songs. Henry Winkler made his movie directing debut here, and John Ritter turned up unbilled as a sympathetic judge who must decide whether Dolly can stay with the children who have “adopted” her. Production Company Sandollar Productions. Director Henry Winkler. Executive Producer Sandy Gallin. Supervising Producer Carol Baum. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay William Bleich. Based on a Story by William Bleich, Dolly Parton. Photography Reynaldo Villalobos. Music Dana Kaproff. Songs Written and Performed by Dolly Parton. Choreography Paula Abdul. Editor Michael A. Stevenson. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Dolly Parton (Lorna Davis), Lee Majors (Mountain Dan), Bo Hopkins (Sheriff John Jensen), Dan Hedaya (Harry), Anita Morris (Jezebel), Danny Cooksey (Jasper), Gennie James (Cindy), Chad Sheets (Jasper), Daryl Bartley (Freddy), Mark Dakota Robinson (Louie), Ashley Bank (Mary), David Ackroyd (Video director), René Auberjonois (Ned), John Ritter (Judge Harold Benton [unbilled]), Rance Howard (Dr. Jennings), Jeanne Hepple (Mattie Applegate), Linda Hoy (Hattie Applegate), Carl Franklin (Lieutenant Danvers), Chris Nash (Deputy Frank), Claude Earl Jones (Bartender), Marc Flanagan (Cop), Jean Speegle (Old lady Jezebel), Debra Christofferson (Nurse), Clint Parton (Clint), Bryan Seaver (Bryan).

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2346... Something About Amelia (ABC, 1/9/1984, 120 mins). Controversial, highly publicized drama about incest, spotlighted at the time as TV’s “last taboo,” with Ted Danson--as far from his “Cheers” character of Sam Malone as imaginable-playing the father accused by his teenage daughter of sexually molesting her. Original, more exploitive title was “Daddy’s Little Girl.” It won the Emmy Award as Outstanding Drama Special, and Emmys also went to Roxana Zal as Outstanding Supporting Actress and to William Hanley for his script. Danson and costar Glenn Close were nominated as Best Actor and Actress, as were director Randa Haines, composer Mark Snow and editor Jack Harnish. Production Company Leonard Goldberg Company. Director Randa Haines. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Supervising Producer Deborah Aal. Producer Michele Rappaport. Teleplay William Hanley. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music Mark Snow. Editor Jack Harnish. Art Director Bill Malley. Associate Producer Vahan Moosekian. Cast Ted Danson (Steve Bennett), Glenn Close (Gail Bennett), Olivia Cole (Ruth Walters), Roxana Zal (Amelia Bennett), Lane Smith (Officer Dealy), Jane Kaczmarek (Mrs. Hall), Missy Francis (Beth Bennett), Kevin Conway (Dr. Kevin Farley), Matthew Faison (Judge), James Carrington (Officer Barnes), Mark Withers (Jensen), Michael Bond (Heller), Edward Call (Sergeant), Robert Hitt (Johnson), Keri Montgomery (Janie), Patrick O’Brien (Robert). 2347... Something in Common (CBS, 11/2/1986, 120 mins). Lighthearted romantic drama about a sophisticated book editor, her 22-year-old shy, gourmet-cooking son with whom she shares her Manhattan apartment, and the forty-ish divorcée who comes into his life, forcing his widowed mom of about the same age to reexamine her own life. “Love 40” was the film’s original title; the new one apparently was meant to confuse those who had just seen “Nothing in Common” (the Jackie Gleason/Tom Hanks movie). Production Companies Freyda Rothstein Productions, Litke-Grossbart Productions, New World Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Freyda Rothstein, Jack Grossbart. Producer Glenn Jordan. Teleplay Susan Rice. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music John Addison. Editor Paul Rubell. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Cast Ellen Burstyn (Lynn Hollander), Tuesday Weld (Shelly Grant), Patrick Cassidy (Nick Hollander), Don Murray (Theo Fontana), Eli Wallach (Norman Voss), Amanda Wyss (Laura Grant), Kenneth Kimmins (Eugene Skerritt), Marc Poppel (Stephen Hollander), Terri Treas (Nancy Webster), Gertrude Flynn (Aunt Celia), George O. Petrie (Uncle Louie), Elizabeth Kerr (Aunt Rose), Anita Dangler (Barbara Slater), Douglas Emerson (Jason Grant), Shannon Farnon (Wealthy woman), Suzanne Kent (Woman fan), Richardson Morse (Doctor), Loyda Ramos (Nurse), John Scott (Waiter). 2348... Something Is Out There (NBC, 5/8/1988 and 5/9/1988, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Lighthearted monsterfrom-outer-space thriller has a street-smart undercover cop joining forces with a beautiful British-accented intergalactic woman (pretending to be from Milwaukee) when his city is being terrorized by an escaped being from another world. When the creature becomes aware that the two know of its plan to take over Earth, it begins relentlessly stalking them. Filmed in Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia, this two-part four-hour production is blessed with the estimable John Dykstra’s terrific special effects and Rick Baker’s Emmy-nominated creature creation. Dedicated fans will be amused by seeing the alien invaders passing their time aboard their spaceship by watching “Crime Story,” the well-received cop series of the day. Original title: “Invader” Production Companies Invader Productions, Hoyts Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producers Frank Lupo, John Ashley. Associate Producer Bernadette Joyce. Teleplay Frank Lupo. Photography Laszlo George, Geoff Burton. Music Sylvester Levay. Editors David Ramirez, Howard Deane, Larry L. Mills. Production Designers Anthony Cowley, Herbert Pinter. Creature Designed by Rick Baker. Special Visual Effects John Dykstra. Cast Joe Cortese (Jack Breslin), Maryam D’Abo (Ta’ra), George Dzundza (Frank Dileo), Gregory Sierra (Victor Maldonado), Kim Delaney (Mandy Estabrook), John Putch (Wendle), Robert Webber (Commissioner Estabrook), Joseph Cali (Roger), John O’Hurley (Remar), Earl Billings (Coroner), Melanie Jones (Dr. Claire Riggs), Matthew Faison (Ron Cobb), Ray Reinhardt (Professor Dietrich), Lori Michaels (Kelly Simon), Dino Scofield (Andrew Brockhurst), Hector Mercado (Enrique), Anne Elizabeth Ramsay (Limo driver), Hank Rolike (Doorman), Daniel Moriarty (Valet), Christopher Carroll (Maitre d’), Hope North (Jogger), Mickey Jones (Arnie McKuen), Jack Bricker (The Creature), Kristoffer Greaves (Prisoner X-90), Robert Taylor, David Jobling, Ian Mortimer, Andi Chapman, Richard Burns, James Emery, Doug MacHugh, Clive Rosengren, Jack Scalici, Noelle BouSliman, Cal Gibson, Tyler Coppin, Roger Eagle. 2349... Something So Right (CBS, 11/30/1982, 120 mins). The adult male friend (a balding, paunchy, somewhat klutzy, middle-aged nightclub owner) the Big Brother organization recruits for the troubled preteen son of a hard-working divorcée turns out to be more than she bargained for. His “average Joe” casting against image surprised James Farentino’s fans, used to seeing him in the handsome leading man mold, and impressed critics. Production Companies List-Estrin Productions, Tisch-Avnet Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producers Jon Avnet, Steve Tisch. Producers Jonathan Estrin, Shelley List. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Charles Gross. Song Performed by Valerie Simpson. Editor Gary Griffen. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Associate Producer James O’Fallon. Cast Ricky Schroder (Joey Bosnick), Patty Duke Astin (Jeanne Bosnick), James Farentino (Arnie Potts), Fred Dryer (Mike Bosnick), Annie Potts (Sunday), Carole Cook (Cahuenga), Dick Anthony Williams (Morris Elliot), Neva Patterson (Mrs. Farrow), Newell Alexander (Dapper man), Edward Call (Sergeant Sullivan), Henry G. Sanders (1st officer), Stuart Boyd (Dr. Fast), Gregory Cassel (John Bergen), Marilyn Coleman (Secretary), Dennis Tufano (1st club act), Margot Rose (2nd club act), Sheri Bond

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(Waitress), Gene Tyburn (Umpire), Marnie Wilson (April), Craig Wilson (Piano player), Jan Stuart Schwartz (Mime), Jon Sloan (1st bartender), Harry Melching (2nd bartender), Freddie Dawson (4th club act), Jeffrey Lampert (3rd club act). 2350... Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (NBC, 10/26/1980, 180 mins). Sophia Loren’s portrayal of not only herself during adulthood but also her mother makes this television biopic quite unusual, since no other major star to this time (with the exception of Audie Murphy) ever has played herself in a dramatization of her own life story.This three-hour film (adapted from A.E. Hotchner’s 1979 biography “Sophia Loren: Living and Loving/Her Own Story”) covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies. It also marks the final acting appearance of John Gavin (as Grant) before his appointment by Ronald Reagan as ambassador to Mexico. Ironically, Theresa Saldana (as Loren’s sister, Maria) later nearly lost her life in a mugging/slashing and, during the 1984-85 TV season, she was preparing to play herself in her own television biography. Production Companies Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television. Director Mel Stuart. Executive Producers Herbert Hirschman, Roger Gimbel. Producers Alex Ponti, Peter Katz. Teleplay Joanna Crawford. Based on the Biography by A.E.Hotchner. Photography Alberto Spagnoli. Editors Art Stafford, George B. Hively, David Blangsted, Dick Darling. Music Fred Karlin. Art Director Boris Juraga. Cast Sophia Loren (Sophia/Romilda Villani), Armand Assante (Riccardo Scicolone), John Gavin (Cary Grant), Rip Torn (Carlo Ponti), Theresa Saldana (Maria), Ritza Brown (Sophia at age 16), Edmund Purdom (Vittorio DeSica), Richard Cucciola (Dominico Villani), Anna Miserocchi (Louisa Villani), Chiara Ferraro (Sophia at ages 4-7), Francesca DiSapio (Dora), Cyrus Elias (Guido), Veronica Wells (Riccardo’s mother), Mickey Knox (Mr. Dunn), Lionello Pio diSavoia (Naples lawyer). 2351... The Sophisticated Gents (NBC, 9/29/1981 to 10/1/1981, 3 parts, 120/60/60 mins 4 hours). Twenty-five-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club, based on the 1976 book “The Junior Bachelor Society,” brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is marred by a murder investigation involving one of the gents (Melvin Van Peebles, who had written the teleplay as well as one of the songs). This basically all-black film, made in 1979, sat on the network shelf for nearly two years. It was shown over a four-hour period: first part two hours; second and third parts, 60 minutes each. Production Company Daniel Wilson Productions. Director Harry Falk. Executive Producer Daniel Wilson. Producer Fran Sears. Teleplay Melvin Van Peebles. Based on a Book by John A. Williams. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Benny Golson. Song “Greased Lightning” by Melvin Van Peebles. Editor Betsy Blankett. Art Director Tom Rasmussen. Associate Producers Linda Feitelson, Melvin Van Peebles. Cast Sonny Jim Gaines (Coach Charles “Cappie” Davis), Paul Winfield (Richard “Bubbles” Wiggins), Bernie Casey (Shurley Walker), Rosey Grier (Cudjo Evers), Thalmus Rasulala (Kenneth “Snake” Dobson), Robert Hooks (Ezzard “Chops” Jackson), Raymond St. Jacques (D’Artagnan “Dart” Parks), Ron O’Neal (Clarence “Clare” Henderson), Melvin Van Peebles (Walter “Moon” Porter [Silky]), Dick Anthony Williams (Ralph Joplin), Rosalind Cash (Christine Jackson), Ja’Net DuBois (Onetha Wiggins), Alfre Woodard (Evelyn Evers), Joanna Miles (Sandra Dobson), Janet MacLachlan (Diane), Bibi Besch (Simone Parks), Denise Nicholas (Pat Henderson), Marlene Warfield (Lil Joplin), Beah Richards (Miz Mae Porter), Albert Hall (Det. Swoop Ferguson), Harry Guardino (Vice Detective Collins), Robert Earl Jones (Big Ralph Joplin), Lynn Benesch (Renée Marcus), Al Fann (Sugar), John Zaremba (Mayor Farrington), Charles Blackwell (Heflin), Dennis Patrick (Wilbur Marcus), Davis Roberts (Perkins), Lee Hamilton (Gail/hooker), Stymie Beard (Mickey Mouse), Wayne Stone (Stash Qualek), Wally Taylor (Wally Griggs), Candace McKendree (Stewardess), Randy Lindsay (Caged man), Gene Whittington (Worker #1), Rene Levant (Actor), Mario Van Peebles (Nicholas), Alicia D’Hanifu (Anetha), Tom Delaney (Worker #2), Christina Hart (Gerda), Clement St. George (Michael), Hank Brandt (Clyde Fitzgerald), Mel Scott (Cutting), Leigh Hamilton, Al Robertson, Casey Brown, Robert Williams, Dee Timberlake, Janice Whitby, Cynthia Latham, Lawrence Green, Mary Ellen O’Neill, Harry Middlebrooks, Vince Trankina, June Christopher, James Luisi, Clement Von Franckenstein. 2352... Sorry, Wrong Number (USA, 10/11/1989, 120 mins). Loni Anderson takes the Barbara Stanwyck role from the 1948 movie (which in turn was made famous on radio in the ’40s by Agnes Moorehead), playing a wealthy bedridden woman who overhears on the phone plans for her own murder. For contemporary audiences a subplot about a heavy drug deal has been dropped in to pad radio writer Lucille Fletcher’s lean story between the initial setup and the harrowing climax. Production Companies Jack Grossbart Productions, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Tony Wharmby. Executive Producer Jack Grossbart. Producer Paul Freeman. Teleplay Ann Louise Bardach. Based on the Radio Play by Lucille Fletcher. Photography Frank Tidy. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Production Designer Tony Hall. Cast Loni Anderson (Madelyn Stevenson), Carl Weintraub (Charlie Stevenson), Patrick Macnee (Nigel Evans), Diane D’Aquila (Sally Luntschild), Miguel Fernandes (Carlos Diaz), Hal Holbrook (Jim Coltrane), Helen Hughes (Paula Jennings), Harvey Atkin (Detective Kiley), Alan Jordan (Jerry Luntschild), Barry Flatman (Dr. Levine), Bernard Behrens (Dr. John Fisher), Geoffrey Bowes (Rob), Ted Simonett (Dave), Keri Lynn (Levine’s Girl), Marilyn Peppiatt (Helen), Bruce McFee (Risner), Michael J. Reynolds (Henry), Tom Melissis (Waiter), Elliott McIvor (Headwaiter), John Winston Carroll (Sergeant Crowley), Jillian Cook (Norma), Victor Ertmanis (Dispatcher), Ric Sarabia (Cabbie), Lorne Cossette (Preacher).

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2353... Spearfield’s Daughter (Syndicated, 5/25/1986 to 5/28/1986, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Six-hour Australian/Canadian miniseries, premiering in syndication in the United States rather than on one of the networks, follows the exploits of an ambitious lady reporter covering the Vietnam War for an Australian paper, much to the distress of her father, a prominent politician Down Under, and her flings with an American newsman and a married British newspaper tycoon. Steven Railsback (who once played Charles Manson in a TV movie) and Nancy Marchand (best remembered as Mrs. Pinchon on “Lou Grant”) are the only two American actors among a lengthy cast of Canadian and Australian performers. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., The Seven Network, Filmline International. Director Gilbert Shilton. Executive Producers Robert Halmi, David Evans, Ray Beattie, Ray Sturzaker. Producers Anthony Cafiso, David J. Patterson. Teleplay Jon Cleary. Based on the Novel by Jon Cleary. Photography (Australia) John P. McLean. Photography Mark Irwin. Music Irwin Fisch. Editor Debra Karen. Production Designer Louella Hatfield. Art Director Reuben Freed. Cast Christopher Plummer (Lord Jack Cruze), Nancy Marchand (Claudine Roux), Kim Braden (Cleo Spearfield), Steve Railsback (Tom Border), Anne E. Curry (Louise), Celine Leger-Lomez (Simone), Bronwen Mantel (Ilse Fuchs), John Novak (Alain Roux), Ross Petty (Roger Brisson), Chris Wiggins (Sylvester Spearfield), Jill Frappier (Emma Cruze), Rita Tuckett (Rose Martin), Kay Griffin (Dorothy Martin), Sheena Larkin (Mrs. Cornwell), David Francis (Sid Cornwell), Leo Leyden (Quentin Massey), Tony Sherwood (Phil Rainer), Peter Blackwood (O’Brien), Philip Spensley (Braverly), Michael Sinelnikoff (Dr. Hynd), Norris Domingue (Joe Hamlyn), Daniel Nalbach (Carl Fishburg), Walter Massey (Brodowski), Guy Sanvido (Mr. Kagel), Ron Lea (Rossano), Joy Boushel (Billie Locke), Ken Pogue (Ryan), Terrence Labrosse (Ziegler), Bobby Pearson (Siria), Jack Rider (1st hitman), Paul Delaney (2nd hitman), Jack Creley (Stephen Jessen), Jack Langedijk (Driver Johnson), Ken Roberts (Sergeant Brodsky), Michael Rudder (Crenshaw), Henry Hardy (Cleo’s boss), Vlasta Vrana (Gerd), Stephanie Morgenstern (Trudi), Griffith Brewer (Partridge), Mark Walker (Kibler), Myron Galloway (Stabler), Len Watt (Galloway), Joseph Drblik (Waldron), Sam Lemarquand (Beaton), Jimmy Tapp (Board member), Tony Scott (Police lieutenant), Maurice Podbrey (London editor), Eve Napier (Felicity Kidson), Stephen Daniels (Groom), Pauline Rathbone (Cleo’s landlady), Reg Hanson (Politician), Don Robinson (Irish hotel clerk), Pier Kohl Paquette (Hamburg clerk), Madeleine Delpheckward (1st reporter), Doug Price (2nd reporter), Pete Bierman (Dunlop), Henderson Walcott (Martin Willis), Tom Rack (Hartstone), Victor Knight (Groundsman), Michael J. Reynolds (Court chairman), Lois Dellar (Claudine’s maid), Philip Pretten (Dr. Gabin), Harry Hill (Zimmer), Sharman Sturgess (Office clerk), Pamela Collyer (Apartment saleslady), Barbara Jones (Cleo’s secretary), Jerome Tiberghien (Hitman), Ron Stephenson (1st IRA man), Ric Carter (2nd IRA man), Malcolm Wilson (Mard), Nicholas Holland (Kite), Michael Walters (Sanchez), Danny Poole (Gunner), Chris Hession (Sergeant), Lance Strauss (Press officer), Patrick Ward (Napier Andrews), William Johnstone (Mike Carmody), Pam Sharp (Miss Parton), Desmond Campbell (Cleo’s doorman), Jack Duffy (Jake Lintus), Hans Bogild (Kurt). 2354... Special Bulletin (NBC, 3/20/1983, 120 mins). Nuclear protestors threaten the destruction of Charleston, S.C., unless warheads stored there are deactivated, in this unique, taped (rather than filmed) simulated newscast that received an Emmy Award as Outstanding Drama Special with Emmys also for the writers/producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick. Zwick also was nominated for his direction, as was the videotape editor. So realistically staged was this production that frequent disclaimers had to be superimposed at the bottom of the TV screen. Production Company Ohlmeyer Communications Company. Director Edward Zwick. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Producers Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskowitz. Teleplay Marshall Herskowitz. Based on the Story by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskowitz. Associate Producer Lynn D Baltimore. Cast Ed Flanders (John Woodley), Kathryn Walker (Susan Myles), Roxanne Hart (Megan Barclay), Christopher Allport (Steve Levitt), David Clennon (Dr. Bruce Lyman), David Rasche (Dr. David McKeeson), Rosalind Cash (Frieda Barton), Ebbe Roe Smith (Jim Seaver), Roberta Maxwell (Diane Silverman), Robert Kay (George Takashima), J. Wesley Huston (Bernard Frost), Frank Dent (Dr. Jason Halpern), Charles Lanyer (Meritt Cunningham), Mie Hunt (Ellen Stevens), Bruce Fields (Walter S. Letteau), Lane Smith (Morton Sanders), Jim Jansen (Arlen Surrey), Peter Hobbs (Jonathan E. Herman), Mary Armstrong, Bernard Behrens, Ivan Bonar, Ron Frazier, Bruce Frank, Elizabeth Gill, June Kim, George Morfogen, Duncan Ross, Bill Saito, Kenneth Tigar, John Walsh, Steve Arvin, Edwin Bernstein, Wanda Bowe, Robert Buckingham, Judie Carroll, Marian A. Carter, Kelly Condon, William Gimble Jr., William J. Ghinta, Liberty Godshall, Virginia Gourdin, Steven Ledford, Marc Levy, Michael Madsen, Robert Marks, Joe Mays, Arthur McDonald, David Moses, Arthur R. Nuzzo, Ellen Ren, Adrian Ricard, Steven M. Sawyer, Sadina H. Terry, Jack Thompson, Celestine Turner, David VandeBrake, Elizabeth Young, Sam Youngblood. 2355... A Special Friendship (CBS, 3/31/1987, 120 mins). Like “The Liberators,” which premiered a few weeks earlier, this Civil War drama teams two best friends (female this time)--one white, the other her former slave--and the ties that bind them over the passing years as they become involved as real-life Union spies. Production Company Entertainment Partners Inc. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producer Robert E. Fuisz. Producers William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman. Co-Producer Philip I. Levitan. Teleplay Kenneth Cavander. Photography Eric Van Haren Noman. Music Teo Macero. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Ben Edwards. Cast Tracy Pollan (Elizabeth Van Lew), Akosua Busia (Mary Bowser), LeVar Burton (Ben Sumner), Josef Sommer (General Winder), Adam Storke (Tom Gadsen), Tom Aldredge (Jefferson Davis), Patricia Elliott (Mrs. Davis), William Newman (Quaker), Cynthia Harris (Mrs. Van Lew), Richard Brooks (Matt Bowser), John Horton (Congressman Gadsen), John Ramsey (Union general), Andrew R. Stahl (Revere), Andi Chapman (Sally Bowser), Edmond Genest (John Van Lew), Keith Colbert (Jefferson Davis’ aide), Alina Kilpatrick (Elizabeth at age 8), LaShaunna Brown (Mary at age 9), Michael Mattison (General

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Winder’s aide), Anne Owens (Mrs. Cooper), Darla Warner (Mrs. Cooper’s daughter), Ruth Gottlieb Moore (Matron), Graham Brown (Jeremiah), Laurens Moore (Eli Cornwell), Terrence Markovich (Auctioneer), Roy Lind (Parks), Rebecca Koon (Governess), George Washington (Pompey), John Carpenter (Lawyer), Nate Bynum (Lecturer), Isabell Monk (Mrs. Webb), John Daman (Joey Davis), Joy S. Pryor (Gospel singer), Andrew Reilly, Steve Boles, Ted Prause, Danny Nelson, Robert McCourt, Paris Peet, Boyd T. Cooke, Jon Thompson. 2356... Special People (CBS, 9/11/1984, 120 mins). Brooke Adams is the real-life Diane Dupuy, the Canadian woman whose vision and drive molded a group of mentally handicapped young adults into the Famous People Players, a professional puppet troupe that has become world renowned, having performed Radio City Music Hall and Las Vegas (Liberace’s opening act in 1975) to the People’s Republic of China. Seven of the Famous People Players are in this movie as themselves. The film was made under the title “Blacklight” more than 15 months before its premiere showing. Production Company Joseph Cates Productions. Director Marc Daniels. Executive Producer Bruce Raymond. Producer Joseph Cates. Co-Producer John M. Eckert. Teleplay Corey Blechman. Photography Mark Irwin. Music Eric N. Robertson. Editor Ron Wisman. Art Director Karen Bromley. Cast Brooke Adams (Diane Dupuy), Susan Roman (Annie), Sandra Ciccone (Herself), Lesleh Donaldson (Robin), Benny D’Onofrio (Himself), Albert Gentile (Himself), Ron James (Doug), Joseph Kelly (Tom), Greg Kozak (Himself), Renato Marulli (Himself), Isabelle Mejias (Julie), Glenn Milligan (Himself), Brenda Woods (Herself), Nicholas Kilbertus (Bernard), David Gardner (Dr. Rhodes), Liberace (Himself), Angela Fusco (Mrs. Marulli), Patricia Hamilton (Mrs. Bates), Barbara Gordon (Mrs. Hasselman), Michael J. Reynolds (Mr. Hasselman), Ron White (Frank), Samantha Langevin (Ruth Gregory). 2357... Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (CBS, 11/22/1988, 120 mins). Zany, imaginatively titled action comedy with irreverent Harry Anderson (in his TV-movie debut) as a house guest from hell who may or may not be on assignment to catch “the world’s most deadly assassin,” a woman of unknown identity who kills with objects ranging from a cookie cutter to a copying machine. Production Companies Robert Halmi Inc., Brademan-Self Productions, Cineplex Odeon Television, Qintex Entertainment. Director James Frawley. Executive Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Executive Director Robert Halmi. Producers Robert Halmi Jr., David J. Patterson. Teleplay Ed Self. Photography Robert Seaman. Music Jack Elliot. Editor Roger Bondelli. Art Director Barbara Dunphy. Associate Producer Roger Bondell. Cast Harry Anderson (Freddie Fallon), Ed Begley Jr. (Alan Rossmore), Wendy Crewson (Evelyn Fallon), Linda Purl (Beverly Rossmore), Rachel Ticotin (Sonia Varga), Raymond Singer (Yuri), Brent Carver (Gunther Manx), Maria Mayenzet (Hilda Manx), Gavin Asner (Omar), Hrant Alianak (Abdul), Christopher Britton (Englishman), Harvey Chao (Asian), Louis Di Bianco (Restaurant captain), Anthony Sherwood (Dobson), Paul Jolicoeur (Maltby), Sam Malkin (Max), Jefferson Mappin (Swiss), John Roarke (Celebrity male voices), Patti Gilbert (Celebrity female voices), Tim Lee (Security guard Wilson), David Walden (Doorman), Al Lohman (Voice of narrator), Don Chan (Chinese translator), Chris Cheung (Hong), Simon Telfer (First Indian student), Richard Singh (Second Indian student), Dave Ramdewar (Third Indian student), Buki Ade (African girl). 2358... The Spirit (ABC, 7/31/1987, 90 mins). Sam Jones (here without the middle J. initial), who was Flash Gordon in the 1980 theatrical film, here plays comic book hero Denny Colt, a small-town cop gunned down in the line of duty and left for dead but who comes back as a masked crimefighter called The Spirit determined to rid the world of evildoers. A pilot to a prospective series, this 90-minute TV movie was drawn from the pages of Will Eisner’s classic comic books. Production Companies A de Souza Production, von Zerneck-Samuels Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Michael Schultz. Executive Producers Stu Samuels, Frank von Zerneck. Supervising Producer Steven E. de Souza. Producer Paul Aratow. Co-Producer William Beaudine Jr. Teleplay Steven E. de Souza. Based on Characters Created by Will Eisner. Photography Frank Thackery. Music Barry Goldberg. Editor Gregory Prange. Production Designer Fred Harpman. Cast Sam Jones (Denny Colt/The Spirit), Nana Visitor (Ellen Dolan), Bumper Robinson (Eubie), Garry Walberg (Commissioner Dolan), Les Lannom (Oficer King), McKinlay Robinson (P’Gell Roxton), Daniel Davis (Dr. Simon Teasdale), Philip Baker Hall (Cabbie), John Allen (Bruno), Sarah Dammann (Hilde), Janet Rotblatt (Victim), Ernestine Mercer (Martha), Annibal Llende (Ricardo). 2359... Splash, Too (ABC, 5/1/1988 and 5/8/1988, 2 parts, 60 mins each). This Disney sequel to the 1984 box-office comedy hit about a young New York produce manager who met and subsequently married a beautiful mermaid has one major problem: namely, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and John Candy are missing. (Their roles are played here by Todd Waring, Amy Yasbeck, and Donovan Scott.) The otherwise humorous fish story initially aired in two separate one-hour parts. Production Companies Mark H. Ovitz Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Greg Antonacci. Producer Mark H. Ovitz. Teleplay Bruce Franklin Singer. Based on Characters Created by Bruce Jay Friedman. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Joel McNeely. Editors Dennis M Hill, Bob Wyman. Art Director Raymond G. Storey. Cast Todd Waring (Alan Bauer), Amy Yasbeck (Madison), Donovan Scott (Freddie Bauer), Rita Taggart (Fern Hooten), Noble Willingham (Karl Hooten), Dody Goodman (Mrs. Stimler), Mark Blankfield (Dr. Otto Benus), Barney Martin (Herb Needler), Doris Belack (Lois Needler), Timothy Williams (Harvey), Jana Marie Hupp (Buffy), Joey Travolta (Jerry), Kirk Fyson (Walter), Roger Hewlett, Russell J. McConnell, Ralph Peduto, Joseph Reed Jr., R.A. Rondell.

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2360... Splendor in the Grass (NBC, 10/26/1981, 120 mins). In this TV adaptation of Elia Kazan’s notable 1961 film of William Inge’s bittersweet drama of young love in 1928 Kansas, Melissa Gilbert and Cyril O’Reilly take the roles played originally by Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty as Deanie Loomis, the girl from the strict home who is on the verge of an emotional collapse, and Bud Stampler, the wealthy boy whose plans to marry her are thwarted by his domineering father who urges him to go off to college. A nearly scene-for-scene remake of the original movie. Production Companies Katz-Gallin Productions, Half-Pint Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard C. Sarafian. Executive Producer Raymond Katz. Producer Arthur Lewis. Teleplay John Herzfeld. Based on the Screenplay by William Inge. Photography Ted Voigtlander. Music John Morris. Editor Robert Florio. Art Director Kirk Axtell. Associate Producer Hal W. Polaire. Cast Melissa Gilbert (Deanie Loomis), Cyril O’Reilly (Bud Stampler), Ned Beatty (Ace Stampler), Eva Marie Saint (Mrs. Loomis), Michelle Pfeiffer (Ginny Stampler), Todd Elliott (Bill Brown), Gail Rice (Terry Smith), Macon McCalman (Del Loomis), Richard McKenzie (Doc Smiley), Jim Youngs (Alan “Toots” Tuttle), Nicholas Pryor (Dr. Judd), Toni Kalem (Angelina), Graham Jarvis (Dean Pollard), Doran Clark (Juanita Howard), K Callan (Miss Metcalf), Ally Sheedy (Hazel), David James Carroll (Johnnie Masterson), Peter Jason (Coach), Gigi Vorgan (June), Lenora May (Kay), Richard Young (Brian Stacey), Gary Dubin (Rusty), David Underwood (Jack), Merritt Butrick (Glenn). 2361... Spooner (Disney Channel, 12/2/1989, 100 mins). Disney family drama about an escaped forger (Robert Urich) who takes on a false identity and becomes an English instructor and a wrestling coach at a small town high school, turning a losing team into a championship squad when he’s not romancing a fellow teacher. Production Companies The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, Walt Disney Television. Director George Miller. Producers Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Co-Producer Peter Baloff, Dave Wollert. Teleplay Peter Baloff, Dave Wollert. Photography Tim Suhrstedt. Music Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks. Editor Jim Gross. Art Director Joe Radney. Cast Robert Urich (Harry Spooner), Jane Kaczmarek (Gail Archer), Paul Gleason (Rolland Bishop), Keith Coogan (D.B. Reynolds), Barry Corbin (Bennet Haskin), Eric Christmas (Landlord), Rick Lenz (Sheriff Reynolds), John Wesley (Marshal Ed Miller), Brent Fraser (Shane O’Connor), Kate Barberi (Caroline), Robert King (Coach Milligan), Vince McKewin (Len Spenak), Mark Phelan (Deputy Bradley), Bo Sabato (Ron Fisher), William Boyett (State Police Captain), Conrad Bachmann (Warden Holt), Seth Fisher (Harvey Wardlow), Steve Zanotti (Tucker), Henry Priest (Tim Borden), Jon “Jake” Jacobmeer, Jim Townsend, Eric Welch, Brandi Burkett, Skip O’Brien, Diane Diefendorf, Phil Culotta, Patrick Day, Hal Sparks. 2362... Spraggue (ABC, 6/29/1984, 120 mins). In this pilot to a prospective series, college professor Michael Nouri, an amateur sleuth, and his eccentric blueblood aunt, Glynis Johns, set out to trap suave but murderous doctor Patrick O’Neal who specializes in heart attacks. Filmed on location in and around Boston and at Tufts University. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Supervising Producer Karen Moore. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Teleplay Henry Olek. Based on Characters Created by Linda Barnes. Photography Frank Raymond. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editors Morton Tubor, Robert Phillips. Art Director W. Stewart Campbell. Cast Michael Nouri (Michael Spraggue), Glynis Johns (Aunt Mary), James Cromwell (Lieutenant Hurley), Mark Herrier (Randy Hearn), Patrick O’Neal (Dr. Miles Richards), Andrea Marcovicci (Samara Weller), Hank Garrett (Knuckles), Callan White (Hildegarde), John Savoia (Wink), Melissa Ann Green (Melody), Bill Corsair (Defense Attorney), Fritzi Jane Courtney (Judge), Bruce Donaldson (Bike race doctor), Alice Freedy (Tiny lady). 2363... Spy (USA, 12/27/1989, 100 mins). Disenchanted CIA agent decides to leave the agency but apparently must be silenced because he knows too much in this tale of intrigue and international espionage as concocted by spy novelist Norman Garbo. Despite faking his own death and undergoing plastic surgery, he continues finding himself pursued by shadowy figures and murderous events. Production Companies Deadly Productions Inc., Wilshire Court Productions. Director Philip F Messina. Producer Robert Lloyd Lewis. Teleplay Philip F. Messina. Based on a Novel by Norman Garbo. Photography Johnny E. Jensen. Music Nan Schwartz. Editor David Handman. Art Director Woody Crocker. Cast Bruce Greenwood (Richard Berk [aka Eric]), Jameson Parker (Frank Harkevy), Tim Choate (David Tiomchin), Riad (Dolores), Catherine Hicks (Angela Berk), Ned Beatty (Thomas Ludlow), Michael Tucker (Tony Krueger), Michael Thoma (Richard Berk #1), Len Lesser (Dr. Stern), John Knotts (Brewster), Rod Pilloud (Senator McQuinn), Corey Brunish (Gangly Artist), Twig Webster (Gallery Owner), Don Scorby (Head Waiter), Jimmy Hollister (George), Gary Basey (Burly Artist), Tommy Morgan (Joey), Jonathan Peker (Ralph), Juan Del Castillo Jr. (Manuel). 2364... Stagecoach (CBS, 5/18/1986, 120 mins). Four country music stars and assorted friends banded together for this third version of “Stagecoach,” as a disparate group of passengers setting out across the Arizona badlands to reach Lordsburg. Kris Kristofferson is in the role of Ringo, which had made John Wayne a star 47 years earlier; Elizabeth Ashley has the Claire Trevor role; Willie Nelson is in the part taken originally by Thomas Mitchell. Interestingly, Mary Crosby, Bing’s daughter, is also in this version as the pregnant passenger. Her dad had the Mitchell role in the 1966 refilming of the classic Western.

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Production Companies Raymond Katz Productions, Heritage Group. Director Ted Post. Executive Producers Raymond Katz, Willie Nelson. Producers Hal W. Polaire, Jack Thompson. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Based on the Short Story by Ernest Lee Haycox. Based on a Screenplay by Dudley Nichols. Photography Gary Graver. Music Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe. Song Performed by Willie Nelson. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Art Director Bill Conford. Cast Willie Nelson (Doc Holliday), Kris Kristofferson (Ringo), Johnny Cash (Marshal Curly Wilcox), Waylon Jennings (Hatfield), John Schneider (Buck), Elizabeth Ashley (Dallas), Anthony Newley (Peacock), Anthony Franciosa (Gatewood), Mary Crosby (Lucy Mallory), Merritt Butrick (Lieutenant Blanchard), June Carter Cash (Mrs. Pickett), Jesse Colter (Martha), Alex Kubik (Luke Plummer), David Allan Coe (Ike Plummer), Bob McLean (Chris), Lash LaRue (Lash), John Carter Cash (Billy Pickett), Michael Haynes (Captain Mallory), Anthony Russell (Ticket clerk), Joe Unger (Captain Sickels), Kal Roberts (Hank Plummer), Ed Adams (White scout), Billy Swan (1st bartender), Sonny Carl Davis (Corporal), Glen Clark (Shotgun guard), Tim Gilbert (Town character), Dave Adams (2nd bartender), Norman Stone (1st man), Jack Dunlap (2nd man), Bob Cota (Indian scout). 2365... Stand by Your Man (CBS, 5/13/1981, 120 mins). The rags-to-riches tale of country music queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood to country’s First Lady and her two rocky marriages to fellow superstar George Jones, who had been her childhood idol. TV’s answer to “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the Oscar-winning film about Loretta Lynn, “Stand By Your Man” gave Annette O’Toole the starring role and allowed her to do her own singing rather than dubbing in Tammy Wynette. (Initially it had been scheduled to premiere on March 31, 1981, but was bumped from the schedule when that year’s Academy Award telecast was delayed by one night and moved into the film’s slot.) Production Companies Robert Papazian Productions, Guber-Peters Entertainment. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Rusty LeMorande. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Autobiography by Tammy Wynette with Joan Dew. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Earle Hagen. Songs Performed by Annette O’Toole, Ronnie McCranie. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Annette O’Toole (Tammy Wynette), Tim McIntire (George Jones), Cooper Huckabee (Euple Byrd), James Hampton (Billy Sherrill), Helen Page Camp (Mother Pugh), John Horn (Charlie Carter), Monica Parker (Jane), Ivy Bethune (Clara Jones), Rudy Bond (Grandfather), Dorothy Butts (Doris), Robert Carnegie (Glen Daley), Rhodie Cogan (Grandmother), Fredric Cook (Richard), Buddy Farmer (Emcee), Jennifer Gay (Girl), Bert Hinchman (Dr. Barnes), Rosanna Huffman (Mrs. Hadley), Mickey Jones (Karl), Dan Magiera (Slim), Bob McClurg (Dr. Egly), Lori McGinley (Receptionist), John Medici (Engineer), Paul Napier (Dr. Harris), Douglas Robinson (Uncle Harvey), Ken Sansom (Dr. Pegram), Kelly Sarber (Euple’s sister), Chris Shaffer (Hotel manager), Morgan Stoddard (Bandleader), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Watkins), Gwen Van Dam (Mrs. Sims), Buck Young (Policeman), Dyan Hobday (Younger Gwen), Casey Sides (Youngest Jackie), Kelly Henson (Younger Jackie), Wendy Henson (Older Jackie), Tracy Justrich (Tina). 2366... The Star Maker (NBC, 5/11/1981 and 5/12/1981, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this two-part drama, Rock Hudson is a famed Hollywood director with a reputation for molding sex starlets into superstars and then turning his discoveries into his wives, one after another. Suzanne Pleshette is his latest bride, who decides to turn the tables on him. Production Companies The Channing-Debin-Locke Company, Carson Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer John J. McMahon. Producers David Debin, Peter Locke, William Bast. Teleplay William Bast. Photography Charles Correll. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editors Gary Griffen, Michael Renaud. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Jonathan Debin. Cast Rock Hudson (Danny Youngblood), Suzanne Pleshette (Margot Murray), Melanie Griffith (Dawn), Teri Copley (Angel Parker), Jack Scalia (Vince Martino), Jeffrey Tambor (Harry Lanson), April Clough (Honey Potts), Kristian Alfonso (Kelly Blake), Titos Vandis (Spiros Livadas), Ed McMahon (Lou Parker), Brenda Vaccaro (Dolores Baker), Frank Aletter (Edgar J. Winters), Fred Dryer (Harvey Denver), Fred Sadoff (Milt Cooperman), Jim Antonio (Dr. Don Gold), Dan Hamilton (Fred Windsor), Lawrence Brame (Steve Brady), Franko C. Spolar (Italian priest), Army Archerd (Himself), Hanna Hertelendy, Kathryn Butterfield, David Debin, Steve de Naut, Mel Gallagher, Athan Karras, Colleen Kelly, Corinne Alphen, Stuart Boyd, Norman Field, Karen Locke, William Marquez, Harry Melching, Ruben Moreno, Edward Ricard, Rodney Saulsberry, Dick Sondergaard, Terry Kingsley Smith, Gene Tyburn, Robby Weaver, Janet Winter. 2367... Starcrossed (ABC, 1/31/1985, 120 mins). Take the Jeff Bridges/Karen Allen movie, “Starman,” and change the sexes, add a touch of music video ambiance, delete the foul language, and this brisk, amiable sci-fi tale emerges, with a lithe extraterrestrial fleeing relentless alien killers with the help of a sympathetic but endlessly astonished auto mechanic earthling--and a music video-style score. Production Company Fries Entertainment. Director Jeffrey Bloom. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Robert Lovenheim. Co-Producer Thomas Fries. Teleplay Jeffrey Bloom. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Gil Melle. Song “I’m Restless” by Jennifer Warnes. Song Performed by Lynne Marta. Song “Out on the Run” by Anne Melville. Song Performed by Darrell Petty. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Gerry Holmes. Associate Producer John W. Rogers. Cast James Spader (Joey), Belinda Bauer (Mary), Pete Kowanko (Stewy), Clark Johnson (Ralph), Jacqueline Brookes (Professor Hobbs), Edward Groenenberg (Enemy Alien), Rowland Groenenberg (Enemy Alien), Chuck Shamata (Chairman), James Kidnie (Federal Agent), Fred Lee (Waiter), Barbara Barnes (Waitress), Andy Maton (Frankie).

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2368... Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land (ABC, 2/27/1983, 180 mins). Disaster strikes when a world’s fastest passenger plane, a hydrogen-powered craft, is accidentally hurled into outer space on its maiden flight with a cast of television luminaries. John Dykstra, of “Star Wars” fame, created the special effects for this three-hour film, shown theatrically overseas as “Starflight One.” TV star Henry Winkler is co-executive producer. Production Companies Orgolini-Nelson Productions, Filmways. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producers Alan Manning, Henry Winkler. Producers Arnold Orgolini, Peter Nelson. Teleplay Robert Malcolm Young. Based on a Story by Gene Warren, Peter R. Brooke. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor John F. Link. Art Director Stephen Dane. Production Designer David L. Snyder. Associate Producer Peter R. Brooke. Wardrobe (Lauren Hutton) Halston. Cast Lee Majors (Capt. Cody Briggs), Hal Linden (Josh Gilliam), Lauren Hutton (Erika Hansen), Ray Milland (Q.T. Thornwell), Gail Strickland (Nancy Gilliam), George DiCenzo (Bowdish), Tess Harper (Janet Briggs), Terry Kiser (Freddie Baron), Heather McAdam (Lori Hansen), Michael Sacks (Pete), Gary Bayer (Martin Thornwell), Pat Corley (Joe), Robert Webber (Felix Duncan), Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Harvey), Diane Stilwell (Betty), Phil Coccioletti (Hal), Peter Jason (Schultie), Kirk Scott (Del), Stephen Keep (Chris), Carolyn Coates (Claire), Marius Mazmanian (Jean-Pierre), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Kenny), Michael Currie (Dr. Hyatt), Robert Englund (Scott), Jon Van Ness (Ray), Robin Pearson Rose (Linda), Lois Areno (Millie), Ellen Bry (Laura), Kirk Cameron (Gary), Redmond Gleeson (Bud), Jean Marie Hon (Andrea), Marshall Teague (Guard), George Whiteman (Reporter), Ken Bates (Carl), Jeff Bannister (Russell), Dar Robinson (Holt), Scott Sowers (Passenger), Ann Marie D’Angelo (Amy). 2369... Stark (CBS, 4/10/1985, 120 mins). Hard-drinking Wichita cop comes to Las Vegas in search of his younger sister, a chorus girl who has disappeared with one of her roommates, and ends up taking on the Vegas mob. Nicolas Surovy (daytime soap actor son of former diva Risë Stevens) and Dennis Hopper, returning to American moviemaking after many years to play Stark’s cop pal/antagonist, were to have been the stars of the prospective series beyond this pilot, and both starred in the second “Stark” movie made a year later. This drama, filmed entirely in Las Vegas, was one of the last scripts written by veteran Ernest Tidyman. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Rod Holcomb. Supervising Producers Sam Strangis, Bill Stratton. Producer David H. Balkan. Teleplay Ernest Tidyman. Based on a Story by Ernest Tidyman, David H. Balkan. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Peter Myers. Theme Music Bill Conti. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director Bill Ross. Cast Marilu Henner (Ashley Walters), Nicolas Surovy (Patrick Evan Stark), Pat Corley (Chief Waldron), Seth Jaffe (Al Conner), Arthur Rosenberg (Jeff Draper), Dennis Hopper (Lt. Ron Bliss), Norbert Weisser (Powell), Barry Gordon (Lee Vogel), Wendel Meldrum (Laura Stark), Denise Crosby (Kim Parker), Allen Williams (Tom Hefton), Tom Henschel (Bobby Dukes), Bill Cross (Walter Reinhardt), Mike Genovese (Officer Chalmers), Peter Vogt (Todd Seymour), Peter Anthony (Lorenzo), Jane Hallaren (Judge Margaret Hallaren), Michael Champion (Sam), Bobb Hopkins (Dino), Charles Hayward (Scurvy), John Bloom (Rhino), Michael Crabtree (1st security guard), Don Hedrick (Biker buddy), Leo Needham (Night watchman), Barbara Ann Miller (1st gambler), William Hardy (2nd gambler), Red McIlvaine (3rd gambler), Sly Smith (Patrolman), Perry Sheehan Adair (Frumpy woman), Billy Ray Sharkey (Brock), Paul Brent (Officer Metz), John Liscio, Stefan Zema, L. Leain Thompson, R. Scott Hamann, Cameron Milzer, Vincent Tucker, Robin Timm, Ronn E. Tombaugh, Maggie Peterson, Dom Angelo,Tony Becker. 2370... Stark: Mirror Image (CBS, 5/14/1986, 120 mins). Nicolas Surovy returned as Sgt. Evan Stark, the no-nonsense police detective from Wichita, a role he had created in the 1985 TV movie, “Stark,” this time prowling the Las Vegas strip in search of his partner’s killer. Both Dennis Hopper, as Lt. Ron Bliss, the Vegas police chief with whom Stark has a rocky professional relationship, and Pat Corley, as Chief Waldron, reprise their roles in this crime drama which continued to have aspirations of going to a series. Original title: “Mirror Image (Stark II)” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Noel Nosseck. Supervising Producer Sam Strangis. Producer David H. Balkan. Teleplay David H. Balkan. Based on Characters Created by David H. Balkan, Ernest Tidyman. Photography Frank Beascoechea. Music Peter Myers. Music Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Theme Bill Conti. Choreography Jeanne Marie. Editor George B. Hively. Production Designer Bo Welch. Associate Producer Derek Kavanagh. Cast Nicolas Surovy (Sgt. Evan Stark), Kirstie Alley (Maggie Carter), Pat Corley (Chief Waldron), Ben Murphy (Steve Graves), Michelle Phillips (Jennifer Clayton), David Ackroyd (Kenneth Clayton), Barry Gordon (Lee Fogel), Belinda Montgomery (Claire Graves), Dennis Hopper (Lt. Ron Bliss), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (The Baker), Gina Gershon (Allison Cromwell), Peter Boyden (Chester Moonchase), Thomas Ryan (Wade Davis), Jeffrey Josephson (Clement), Diane Delano (Simone Lubchansky), Sly-Ali Smith (Patrolman), Teresa Gilmore (Dance instructor), Rick Wagner (Police officer), Rusty Feuer (Acting instructor), Stefan Zema (Delvecchio), Jim Owen (Hotel guard), Maureen Hopkins (Judge), Rose Rivers (Donna), Karryn Sherman (Woman customer). 2371... Steal the Sky (HBO, 8/28/1988, 108 mins). Mariel Hemingway is a married American woman in the Middle East leading a double life as a spy for Israeli’s Mossad in this fact-based though seemingly far-fetched suspense drama set on the eve of the Six Day War. Her mission is to seduce Ben Cross as an Iraqi pilot and convince him to defect to Israel with his MIG jet. Complicating matters is that they fall in love. This Israeli production was filmed on location in the Sinai as well as in Rome and Reno, Nevada.

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Production Companies Yoram Ben-Ami Productions, Paramount Pictures Television. Director John Hancock. Producer Yoram Ben-Ami. Teleplay Christopher Wood, Dorothy Tristan. Photography Misha Suslov. Music Yanni. Editors Dennis O’Connor, Jon Poll. Production Designers Keith Wilson, Robert L. Zilliox. Associate Producer Patricia Carr. Cast Mariel Hemingway (Helen Mason), Ben Cross (Munir Redfa), Sasson Gabay (Kemel Djem), Nicolas Surovy (David Mason), Mark Rolston (Colonel Bukharin), Ronald Guttman (Mohammed Khader), Tamara Triffez (Chantal), Michael Shillo (General Tal), Etti Ankri (Fara Redfa), Sam Gray (General Guri), Andreas Katsulas (Colonel Gemayel), Yosef Shiloa (Aziz), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Dr. Taupe), Faim Sardi (Anwar), Maria Cavaiani (Nadi), Ilan Zehavi (Marcel), Tikva Aziz (Lila), Victor Ken (Yusef), Uri Gavriel (Akmed), Ted Kasanov (President Arif), Rivka Bachar (Servant), Motti Levy (Ticket collector), Gabi Amrani (Gas station owner), Chaim Banai (Van driver), Ilan Kernerman (Waiter), Abir Haddad (Stewardess), Elvira Demasi (Singer in restaurant), Maffi Salach (Kurd leader), Yoram Ben-Ami (Mossad agent), Eloy Phil Casados (Ground crewman), Carroll Van Cleave (Radio operator), Eyal Grad (Israeli pilot), Vadim Suslov (Israeli pilot), Joanne Buchanan (Woman), Eugene Schluglett (Russian officer), Andrew Thorne (Iraqi crewman), Bar Selah Yitshak (Iraqi crewman). 2372... The Stepford Children (NBC, 3/15/1987, 120 mins). Following the premise of Ira Levin’s “The Stepford Wives,” the 1975 theatrical feature, and the 1980 TV-movie “Revenge of the Stepford Wives,” this film revisits the small town of Stepford where “perfection” is required and another new family has moved in, forsaking big city life but finding unpleasant surprises in the eerie goings on. Chubby, balding James Coco had one of his last roles here, relishing that of a high school cooking instructor. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Alan J. Levi. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Bill Bleich. Photography Steven Shaw. Music Joseph Conlan. Editor Michael Berman. Production Designer Greg Fonseca. Cast Barbara Eden (Laura Harding), Don Murray (Steven Harding), Tammy Lauren (Mary Harding), Pat Corley (Sheriff Weston), Ken Swofford (Frank Gregson), Richard Anderson (Lawrence Dalton), Sharon Spelman (Sandy Gregson), James Staley (Swimming instructor), Raye Birk (George Larson), Debbie Baker (Lois Gregson), Dick Butkus (Tom Wilcox), James Coco (Mr. Jamison), Randall Batinkoff (David Harding), John Cameron Mitchell (Kenny), Judith Baldwin (Stepford wife), Peter Elbling (Stepford husband), Pirie Jones (Stepford husband), Michael Murray (Hank Wilcox), Pamela Newman (Stepford wife), John Hostetter (Mr. Moreland), Ronnie Carol (Wife #1), Toni Sawyer (Wife #2), Barbara Altz (Wife #3), Amy Lynne (Cindy), Ryan Francis (Baseball player #1), Philip Walker (Baseball player #2), Pat Darling (Librarian), Erick Ratliff (Baseball player #3), Holly Susan Dorff (Young girl), Kim Scolari (Stepford wife), Sheryl Staples (Violinist). 2373... Still Crazy Like a Fox (CBS, 4/5/1987, 120 mins). The lighthearted “extension” movie to the 1984-86 series “Crazy Like a Fox” takes irascible private eye Harry Fox and conservative attorney son, reluctant leg man Harrison, from San Francisco to merrie olde England with the latter’s patient wife and loving son, and there get comically involved in shady doings at an elegant castle and a popular duke’s murder. This would be the show’s only reunion movie. Monty Python’s zany Graham Chapman upstages one and all as a somewhat manic Scotland Yard chief inspector. Production Companies Schenck-Cardea Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producers George Schenck, Frank Cardea. Producer William Hill. Teleplay George Schenck, Frank Cardea. Based on Characters Created by Roger Schulman, John Baskin, George Schenck, Frank Cardea. Photography Brian West. Music Mark Snow. Editor J. Terry Williams. Production Designer John Blezard. Cast Jack Warden (Harry Fox), John Rubinstein (Harrison Fox), Penny Peyser (Cindy Fox), Robbie Kiger (Josh Fox), Graham Chapman (Inspector Palmer), James Faulkner (William Church, Duke Trent), Michael Jayston (Randall Perry), Rosemary Leach (Eleanor Trundle), Catherine Oxenberg (Nancy Church), Colin Stanton (Thurmond Richards), Moray Watson (Garreth Hubbard), John Moffat (Milton), Maxine Howe (Roberta Bick), Matt Zimmerman (Donald Bick), Allan Cuthbertson (Monty Clayton), John Cater (Rockhill), Paul Brooke (Constable), C.J. Allen (Service station attendant), Stephen Churchett (Sergeant), Arturo Morris (Elderly judge), James Fleet (Bellhop), Catherine Harding (Chambermaid), Christopher Robbie (Newscaster), Edward Wiley (Skipper). 2374... Still the Beaver (CBS, 3/19/1983, 120 mins). This reunion movie, bringing together the cast of TV’s legendary “Leave It to Beaver” 20 years later (“in memory of Hugh Beaumont,” the father in the original show, who died shortly before this movie was filmed), served as the pilot to a brand new “Beaver” series that began airing on cable TV on The Disney Channel in late 1984 after all three networks passed on taking it as a regular series. Production Companies Bud Austin Productions, Universal Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producer Bud Austin. Producer Nick Abdo. Teleplay Brian Levant. Based on a Story by Brian Levant, Nick Abdo. Based on the Television Series by Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher. Photography Howard R. Schwartz. Music John Cacavas. Theme Song by Melvin Lenard, Mort Greene, Dave Kahn. Editor Kurt Hirschler. Production Designer John Corso. Associate Producer Arnold Turner. Cast Barbara Billingsley (June Cleaver), Tony Dow (Wally Cleaver), Jerry Mathers (Beaver Cleaver), Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), Frank Bank (Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford), Ed Begley Jr. (Whitey Whitney), Corey Feldman (Corey Cleaver), John Snee (Oliver Cleaver), Richard Correll (Richard Rickover), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Janice Kent (Mary Ellen Cleaver), Joanna Gleason (Kimberly Cleaver), Diane Brewster (Miss Canfield), Luke Fafara (Tooey Brown), Damon Hines (Marcus Garvey), Eric Osmond (Eddie Haskell Jr.).

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2375... Stillwatch (CBS, 2/10/1987, 120 mins). TV news reporter (Lynda Carter), on assignment to produce a profile of a prominent senator (Angie Dickinson), is plunged into a high-stakes mystery dealing with both political power in Washington and the occult, in this film adaptation of the 1984 Mary Higgins Clark novel. The title refers to a term used by psychics indicating a wary vigil in the night against an unspecified evil. Production Companies Zev Braun Pictures, Potomac Productions, Interscope Communications. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producers Zev Braun, Lynda Carter. Producer Terry Morse. Teleplay Laird Koenig, David Peckinpah. Based on the Novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Photography Jon Kranhouse. Music Gil Melle. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer Jo-Anne Chorney. Associate Producers Philip Krupp, Kathleen Cromley. Cast Lynda Carter (Patricia Traymore), Angie Dickinson (Abigail Winslow), Don Murray (Sam Kingsley), Barry Primus (Toby Wilson), Louise Latham (Lila Thatcher), Stuart Whitman (Luther Pelham), Walter Olkewicz (Sid Sherman), Bibi Osterwald (Margaret Langley), Jack Heller (Jeremy Saunders), John Wesley (Philip Buckley), Eunice Christopher (Claire Lawrence), John M. Jackson (Detective), Gary Werntz (Uniformed cop), Michael Dan Wagner (Witness), Dan Peters (Willard), Carol Higgins Clark (Interviewer), Gwen Van Dam (Woman), Lin Shaye (Reporter #1), Rif Hutton (Reporter #2), William Joyce (President), Joe Duquette (Playwright), Sandy Peckinpah (Anne Cutter), Jack Tate (Dean Adams), Patricia Richarde (Deborah), Kristine Paige Griffen (Kelly Adams), Richard Waters (Newscaster), Rebecca Sonia Castel (Maid). 2376... Stingray (NBC, 7/14/1985, 120 mins). A mystery man who takes his name from the sleek black car in which he tools around (a cross between TV’s “Knight Rider” and the venerable “The Lone Ranger”) pursues crime cases for free under various guises, after extracting a promise that those helped will someday return the favor. Unexpectedly high initial ratings encouraged the network to order a series go-ahead for the spring of 1986. Production Company Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Richard Colla. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Supervising Producer Jo Swerling Jr. Producer J. Rickly Dumm. Teleplay Stephen J. Cannell. Created by Stephen J. Cannell. Photography Ron Garcia. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editors George S. Rohrs, Albert J.J. Zuniga, James S. Giritlian, David Ramirez. Production Designer Ron Hobbs. Associate Producers Alan Cassidy, Rob S. Bowman, Larry Shaw. Cast Nick Mancuso (Stingray), Susan Blakely (Evelyn Decter), Robyn Douglass (Dep. Daphne Delgado), Gregory Sierra (Tony Mendosa), Michael Fairman (Dr. Ned Rosenberg), Wendell Wright (Fast Freddy), Joe Renteria (Dep. Eduardo Cantero), John Aprea (Peter Shefland), Fern Fitzgerald (Marcia Finch), Greg Monaghan (Norm), Thomas Payne (Cundo Rio), Ellen Geer (Sybil Rosenberg), Ramon Franco, Anne Wyndham, Ed O’Ross, David Kagen, John LaMotta, Gregory Norman Cruz, Susanne Wasson, William Long Jr., Jeffrey Josephson, Evan Kim, Elizabeth Fraser, Wilfredo Hernandez, Joe Pento, Joseph Taggart, Dick Stewart, Melba Englander, Susan O’Sullivan, Vera Perez, Jack Scalici, Bruce Neckels, Bruce Tuthill, Christopher Carroll. 2377... Stone Fox (NBC, 3/30/1987, 120 mins). Family drama, inspired by--according to the network’s publicity material--“a Rocky Mountain folk tale,” follows the exploits of a turn-of-the-century youngster, living in a cabin with his ailing, bed-ridden grandfather in Wyoming, who enters a dog-sled race to raise money to save the family farm. The title character is a burly Shoshone Indian, his chief competitor, who has never lost a race. Production Companies Hanna-Barbera Productions, Allarcom Ltd., Taft Entertainment Television. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producers William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Harry R. Sherman. Supervising Producer Peter Thompson. Producer James Anthony Allard. Teleplay Walter Halsey Davis. Based on a Book by John Reynolds Gardiner. Photography Richard Leiterman, Robert Ennis. Music Peter Matz, Allyn Ferguson. Editor Doug Forbes. Art Director Scott Dobbie. Cast Buddy Ebsen (Grampa), Joey Cramer (Willy), Belinda Montgomery (Doc Stone), Gordon Tootoosis (Stone Fox), O.J. the Dog (Morgan), Jason Michas (Orrin), Joel Dacks (Nase), Nikki Jansen (Sara Foster), Franklin Johnson (Toothless), J.C. Roberts (Mayor), Gordon McIntosh (Sam), Dale Wilson (Mr. Lester), Jerry Wasserman (Carson), Frank C. Turner (Emil Janssen), Larry Musser (Mr. Johnson), Sherry Wells (Miss Williams), Charles Siegel (Mr. Foster). 2378... Stone Pillow (CBS, 11/5/1985, 120 mins). Lucille Ball’s widely heralded dramatic debut as a Manhattan bag lady (actually, she had done some relatively straight, noncomedic work on television in the 1950s) was the catalyst for this gritty examination of the growing national phenomenon of the homeless street people, eloquently detailed by Rose Leiman Goldemberg, who previously has won acclaim for “The Burning Bed.” Daphne Zuniga is the idealistic young social worker with whom Ball teams up to teach the ways of the street in this drama filmed entirely on location in New York City. Production Companies Schaefer-Karpf Productions, Gaylord Productions. Director George Schaefer. Executive Producer Merrill H. Karpf. Producer George Schaefer. Co-Producer Terence A. Donnelly. Teleplay Rose Leiman Goldemberg. Photography Walter Lassally. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Andy Blumenthal. Art Director Warren Clymer. Associate Producer Adrienne Luraschi. Cast Lucille Ball (Florabelle), Daphne Zuniga (Carrie Lang), William Converse-Roberts (Max), Stephen Lang (Tim), Susan Batson (Ruby), Anna Maria Horsford (Collins), Stefan Schnabel (Mr. Berman), Rebecca Schull (Mrs. Nelson), Imogene Bliss (Violet), Michael Champagne (Supermarket manager), Gloria Cromwell (Bus terminal matron), Patrick Kilpatrick (Young thug), Matthew Locricchio (Tony), Pat McNamara (Daggett), Josephine Nichols (Bag lady), Patricia O’Connell (Hargrove shelter guard), Peter Phillips (Bus driver), Victor Raider-Wexler (Joe), John Ramsey (Older thug), Mary Lou Rosato (Bus terminal cop), Ed Seamon (Al), Raymond Serra (Stan), Gary Singer (Hargrove shelter guard).

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2379... Stones for Ibarra (CBS, 1/29/1988, 120 mins). Haunting Hallmark Hall of Fame drama adapted by the estimable Ernest Kinoy from Harriet Doerr’s delicate 1984 novel (National Book Award), telling of an American couple who in 1959 resettle in a rural Mexican village. There they adapt to the local values and perceptions of life and death. Other than the two leads, the entire cast was Latino, although the film was shot entirely in and around Old Tucson, Arizona. Production Companies Herbert Brodkin-Robert Berger Productions, Titus Productions. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producer Bruce S. Pustin. Teleplay Ernest Kinoy. Based on a Novel by Harriet Doerr. Photography Mike Fash. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Keith Palmer. Production Designer Penny Hadfield. Cast Glenn Close (Sara Everton), Keith Carradine (Richard Everton), Alfonso Arau (Chuy Santos), Jorge Cervera Jr. (José Reyes), Ron Joseph (Dr. de la Luna), Lupe Ontiveros (Remedios Acosta), Diane Rodriguez (Maria de Lourdes), Trinidad Silva (Basilio Garcia), Ray Oriel (Domingo Garcia), Joaquin Martinez (The Cura), Marco Rodriguez (El Golondrino), Angie Porres (Madre Petra), Kamala Lopez (Manuela Reyes), Carlos Palomino (Julian Palacio), E.J. Castillo (The Intern), Jennifer Balgobin (Carmen Lopez), Arturo Martinez (Gaspar Lopez), Michael Rabago (Luis Fuentes), Danny Mora (El Gallo), Bob Cota (Tomas Palacio), Margie Dorame (Luz Reyes), George Salazar (Dynamitaro), Ray Chavez (Policeman), Barbara Glover (Receptionist), Henry Max Kendrick (Specialist), Arnold Tafolla (Kid Munoz), Miguel Delgado (Señor Gomez), Yolanda Hovey (Feliciana), Frank Soto (Taco vendor). 2380... A Stoning in Fulham County (NBC, 10/24/1988, 120 mins). County prosecutor Ken Olin fights to bring to trial group of teenagers who harassed an Amish family and accidentally killed their infant child, but is not helped by the lack of cooperation from the victim’s family whose refusal to testify stems from the violation of its religious beliefs. Ron Perlman, who became an overnight TV star in “Beauty and the Beast,” makes a “special appearance” as a bearded turn-the-other-cheek elder and the child’s father. Original title: “The Amish Story” Production Company The Landsburg Company. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Jud Kinberg. Teleplay Jud Kinberg, Jackson Gillis. Based on a Story by Jackson Gillis. Photography Laszlo George. Music Don Davis. Editor Peter V. White. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Don Goldman. Cast Ken Olin (Jim Sandler), Jill Eikenberry (Susan Sandler), Maureen Mueller (Sarah Shuler), Gregg Henry (Sheriff Steve Woodman), Nicholas Pryor (Richard Baxter), Noble Willingham (Judge Manning), Peter Michael Goetz (Homer Keller), Ron Perlman (Jacob Shuler), Theodore Bikel (Abe Moser), Olivia Burnette (Rachel Shuler), Bill Allen (Roy Bowman), Brad Pitt (Philip Carr), Michael Crisculo (Bill Ames), Michael Johnston (Paul Cooper), Mert Hatfield (Hector Grant), James Eric (Teddy Johnson), Judy Simpson Cook (Ann Johnson), Max Tucker (David Sandler), James Martin Jr. (Deputy Dave Lawson), Michael Mattick (Peter Shuler), Bob Hannah (Mr. Cooper), Rick Warner (Cooper’s lawyer), Kay Joyner (Betty), Jody Smith (Warren), Dale Wright (Court clerk), David Parker (Judge Parker), Linda Pierce (Young woman), Leslie Riley (Pam), Debby Severs, John Carl Shore, Regina Bridges, Ashley Bell, Lowndes B. Grier, Kay Gerhard, Greg Gault, Wayne A Jones. 2381... Stormin’ Home (CBS, 4/5/1985, 120 mins). An aging motocross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semitractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career. Filmed entirely on location in Dallas. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Supervising Producer James Westman. Producer Jerry Jameson. Co-Producer Jill Trump. Teleplay Jerry Jameson, James Booth, George Yanok. Based on a Story by Jerry Jameson, James Booth. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Lee Burch. Art Director Richard James. Associate Producer Paul A. Levin. Cast Gil Gerard (Bobby Atkins), Lisa Blount (Sissy Rigetti), Pat Corley (Broker), Emily Moultrie (Annie), Joanna Kerns (Lana Singer), John Pleshette (Al Singer), Geoffrey Lewis (Scooter Lee), Joe Rainer (Bo Wiggens), Jerry Haynes (Tommy Ray Davis), Harvey Lewis (Lonny Ray Davis), Wes Forshaw (Buster), Bob Hannah (Donnelly), Ray LePere (Uncle Ernie), Raul Flores (Chico), Vance Davis (Matson), J. David Moeller (Red), Libby Villari (Waitress), Angela Churchill (Jenny), Harlan Jordan (1st cop), Joe Maglio (2nd cop), Mark Walters (Clement), Bill Thurman (Bailiff), Jan DeWitt (Nurse), Eli Cummins (Jesse), Tommy Townsend (Bartender), Gil Glasgow (Big man), Lee Bell (Gus), Norma Young (Miss Moss), Sean McGraw (TV interviewer), James Moseley (Junior Preston). 2382... Stranded (NBC, 9/22/1986, 120 mins). Loni Anderson and Perry King are rival advertising executives who wind up on a deserted island near Tahiti in this romantic comedy that initially was to have been directed by (and possibly also to have costarred) Burt Reynolds. Loni manages to display an amazing assortment of designer Robert Turturice’s smashing sarongs from her overnight bag and get herself dunked in the blue Pacific periodically to attract the huge viewing audience that “Stranded” ending up obtaining. Filming was done entirely (save a scene or two) in Tahiti. Production Companies Columbia Pictures Television, Tim Flack Productions. Director Rod Daniel. Executive Producer Tim Flack. Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Co-Producer Chan Mahon. Teleplay Janis Hirsch, Stephen Black, Henry Stern. Based on a Story by Stephen Black, Henry Stern. Photography Peter Moss. Music Alf Clausen. Song Performed by Stephen Bishop. Editor Lois Freeman-Fox. Art Directors Ross Bellah, James G. Hulsey. Art Director (Tahiti) Chris Breckwoldt. 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Cast Loni Anderson (Stacy Tweed), Perry King (Nick MacKenzie), Elaine Stritch (Maxine), Joel Brooks (Phil), Edward Winter (Tommy Claybourne), Eugene Roche (Sullivan), William Hickey (Mr. Pierson), Ja’Net DuBois (Bettina), Joan Welles (Alice), Margot Rose (Anita), Elizabeth Garrett (Madeleine), Richard Cansino (Cabbie), Pat Green (Valet), Jean Pierre Blavette (Otis Dubeque), Charles Atae (Tahitian cabbie). 2383... Strange Voices (NBC, 10/19/1987, 120 mins). Schizophrenia drama about a college coed, seemingly well adjusted, who suddenly becomes paranoid, alienating family and friends, hearing “voices” increasingly, and suffering a breakdown. Nancy McKeon, who grew up on TV in “The Facts of Life,” is the one hearing voices; Valerie Harper and Stephen Macht are mom and dad; and Tricia Leigh Fisher (daughter of Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher) is the younger sister. Original title: “72 Hours” Production Companies The Landsburg Company, Forrest Hills Productions. Director Arthur Allan Seidelman. Executive Producers Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Co-Executive Producers Greg H. Sims, Nancy McKeon. Producers Roberta Dacks, Nancy Geller. Teleplay Donna Dottley Powers, Wayne Powers. Based on a Story by Roberta Dacks, Nancy Geller. Photography Hanania Baer. Music John Addison. Song Performed by James McVay. Editor Robin Wilson. Production Designer Ninkey Dalton. Cast Nancy McKeon (Nikki Glover), Valerie Harper (Lynn Glover), Stephen Macht (Dave Glover), Tricia Leigh Fisher (Lisa Glover), Millie Perkins (Helen), Robert Krantz (Jeff), Jack Blessing (Dr. Dorfman), Gerald Hiken (Dr. Austin), Marta Kristen (Mona), Fay Hauser (Eva), Gary Bisig (Gary), Robin Morse (Jenny), Micah Grant (Kenny), Heidi Schooler (Karen), Nomi Mitty (Mrs. Linden), William Wintersole (Referee), Christine Avila (Advocate), Fred Ponzlov (Art teacher), Madeline Swift (Waitress), Charles Walker (Security officer), Ethel Winant (Professor), Molly McClure (Matron), Gloria Camden, Robert Crowe, Art Bradford, Donna Garrett, Buck McDancer. 2384... Stranger in My Bed (NBC, 1/12/1987, 120 mins). A woman struggles to recover her self-identity and relationship with her family after a tragic auto accident leaves her with total amnesia, and confused, finds temporary solace in a handsome businessman. This fact-based woman-in-peril drama, long a staple of TV movies, was originally scheduled to premiere two months before it actually did. Based on the 1984 book by Beverly Slater and Frances Spatz Leighton. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Producer Lynn Raynor. Teleplay Audrey Davis Levin. Based on a Book by Beverly Slater, Frances Spatz Leighton. Photography Laszlo George. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Art Seid. Production Designer Michael Bolton. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Beverly Slater), Armand Assante (Hal Slater), Doug Sheehan (Roger), Gabriel Damon (Stuart Slater), Allyn Ann McLerie (Shirley Hunter), R.H. Thomson (Dr. Davidson), Alyson Court (Joan Slater), Clayton Corzatte (Lou Hunter), Garry Chalk (Pete), Margot Pinvidic (Pat), Frances Flanagan (Sally), Kenneth Camroux (Dr. Gilbert), Campbell Lane (Reverend Pierce), Michelle Stanford (Darlene), Lynn Johnson (Olivia), Susan Chapple (Sandi), Roger Allford (Fred), Doris Chillcott (Mrs. Rudd), John Brydon, Lesley Ewen, Gloria Lee. 2385... Stranger on My Land (ABC, 1/17/1988, 120 mins). A Vietnam veteran comes home to the family spread and begins waging a one-man fight to keep the government from seizing the land for a missile base expansion. The drama, with a strong cast headed by Tommy Lee Jones, in his increasingly familiar persona as the loner who draws the line at the barbed wire fence, echoes the earlier “Fire on the Mountain,” with Ron Howard and Buddy Ebsen battling military land-grabbers. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Producer Michael Barnathan. Teleplay Edward Hume, I.C. Rapoport. Based on a Story by Edward Hume. Photography Laszlo George. Music Ron Ramin. Editor Peter V. White. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Buddy Whitman), Dee Wallace Stone (Annie Whitman), Ben Johnson (Vern Whitman), Terry O’Quinn (Connie Priest), Pat Hingle (Judge Munson), Barry Corbin (Gil Rosine), Richard Anderson (Major Walters), Ned Romero (Doc), Natalie Gregory (Gillie Whitman), Lyman Ward (Doug Whitman), Paul Chan (Eliot Song), Kent Williams (Judge), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Rounder), Annie O’Connell (Mrs. Fourchette), Michael Flynn (Brewer), Tip Boxell (Captain Wister), Eric Hart (Gil Worthy), John Daryl (Kyle), Michael Ruud (Abel), George Sullivan (Thorne), Jeff Allin (Marine captain), Arsenio “Sonny” Trinidad (Peasant elder), Tien Long (ARVIN officer), Alan Nash (Simon Crane), Jeff Olson (Gene Stewart), John Perryman, Mike Watkiss, Tim Nelson, Marshall Bill Turner, Bill Shanks. 2386... A Stranger Waits (CBS, 3/29/1987, 120 mins). Drama about a recently widowed woman whose endeavors to run her late husband’s financial empire are imperiled when she falls into a passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man. Angela Lansbury’s brothers, twins Bruce and Edgar Lansbury, were executive producers for this suspense film, based on a screen story by Bruce. Production Companies Bruce Lansbury Productions Ltd., Edgar Lansbury Productions Inc., Lewisfilm Ltd., New Century Television Productions. Director Robert Lewis. Executive Producers Bruce Lansbury, Edgar Lansbury. Producer Robert Lewis. Teleplay Durrell Royce Crays. Based on a Story by Bruce Lansbury. Photography John Lindley. Music James DiPasquale. Editors Corky Ehlers, Ruben Muñoz. Art Director David Fischer.

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Cast Suzanne Pleshette (Kate Bennington), Tom Atkins (Burke Collier), Paul Benjamin (Cooper), Justin Deas (Mike Webber), Ann Wedgeworth (Susan Berger), Kenneth Welsh (Richard Miller), Alexandra Johnson (Penny), Jesse Welles (Bea), Bill Ontiveros (Espinoza), Terry David Mulligan (Wayne Tyler), Debra Karr (Wendy Rogers), Tom Heaton (Harold Murtaugh), Beverly Lewis (Secretary), Jessica Loring (Sylvia), Jonathan Pallone (Man at party), Donna Cox (Ellie), Marie Stillin (Rachel), Frank C. Turner (Station attendant), Gary Hetherington (Larry), Alan Lysell (Waller), Donna Peerless (Diane). 2387... Street of Dreams (CBS, 10/7/1988, 120 mins). Beach bum private eye is drawn into a seamy Hollywood murder involving an unstable damsel, a movie stuntman, a ruthless film mogul, a tippling screenwriter, and a gaggle of mob goons in this atmospheric adaptation of Timothy Harris’ 1979 Thomas Kyd mystery, “Good Night and Good-Bye.” Production Companies Bill Stratton-Myrtos Productions, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director William A. Graham. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Co-Executive Producers Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod. Supervising Producer Bill Stratton. Producer Richard M. Ravin. Line Producer William P. Owens. Teleplay Bill Stratton. Based on a Book by Timothy Harris. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Production Designer Roberta Neiman. Cast Ben Masters (Thomas Kyd), Morgan Fairchild (Laura Cassidy), Diane Salinger (Anne Kepler), Michael Cavanaugh (Lieutenant Marcus), Alan Autry (Morris Field), Gerald Hiken (Dix Landau), Wendell Wellman (Carl Bomberg), Julie Philips (Pidge), Danny Goldman (Dr. Abrahamson), John Putch (Sergeant Arnie), Mike Moroff (Chauncey), Richard Green (Paul Sassari), David Marciano (Frankie Bando), John Hillerman (Raymond Kepler), Willie Gault (Mojo), Lisa Dinkins, Laura Julian, Pamela Rasak, John Frey. 2388... A Streetcar Named Desire (ABC, 3/4/1984, 155 mins). Ann-Margret and Treat Williams, in the second TVmovie for each, have the roles made famous in the 1951 version of Tennessee Williams’ play by Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando as the sexually repressed Southern belle and her animalistic brother-in-law. In contrast to the earlier film’s censorship conformities, this version is more closely based on Williams’ original play that opened on Broadway in 1947 with Jessica Tandy and a young Brando in the leads. It won the Emmy in four categories: cinematography, editing, art direction/set decoration and sound mixing. There were seven other nominations: Outstanding Drama Special, Best Actress, Supporting Actress (D’Angelo), Supporting Actor (Quaid), director, costumer, sound editor. Production Company Keith Barish Productions. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Craig Baumgarten, Keith Barish. Producer Marc Trabulus. Teleplay Tennessee Williams. Based on the Play by Tennessee Williams. Photography Bill Butler. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Hairstyles (Ann-Margret) Sydney Guilaroff. Costume Designer Travilla. Cast Ann-Margret (Blanche DuBois), Treat Williams (Stanley Kowalski), Beverly D’Angelo (Stella Kowalski), Randy Quaid (Mitch), Erica Yohn (Eunice), Rafael Campos (Pablo), Ric Mancini (Steve), Fred Sadoff (Doctor), Elsa Raven (Nurse), Tina Menard (Mexican woman), Raphael Sbarge (The Collector). 2389... Streets of Justice (NBC, 11/10/1985, 120 mins). Auto worker turns vigilante and goes in pursuit of the gang of brutal bikers who’d murdered his wife and young son and then gotten off through legal loopholes. A pilot to a prospective series about a self-appointed avenger with newcomer John Laughlin as the taciturn but tireless vigilante and veteran Robert Loggia as the detective who cannot quite condone his tactics but surely understands them. Production Company Universal Television. Director Christopher Crowe. Executive Producer Christopher Crowe. Supervising Producer Alex Beaton. Producer Alan Barnette. Teleplay Christopher Crowe. Photography Mario DiLeo. Additional Photography Thomas Spalding. Music Junior Homrick. Editor Robert Barrere. Production Designer Dean Mitzner. Associate Producer Carol Winstead Wood. Cast John Laughlin (Hudson James), Robert Loggia (Det. Christopher Ryan), Lance Henriksen (DA Jerry Logan), Jack Thibeau (Zero McKenzie), John Hancock (Henry Brewer), William Sanderson (Weasel), Douglas Dirkson (Bull), Robin Gammell (Judge Phineas Odets), Cristina Raines (Asst. DA Carol Nielsen), Paul Shenar (J. Elliott Sloan), Kate Charleson (Madeleine James), Pepe Serna (Detective Amos), Don Gibb (Road Rodent), Roger Aaron Brown (Detective Crowther), Richard Foronjy (Det. Arnold Johnson), Al Israel (Colombian), Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Edwards), Tandy Cronyn (Tina), Sam Vlahos (Burt), Susan Powell (Gena), Nancy Lee Grahn (Young woman lawyer), Steve Eastin (Public relations officer), Fred Taylor (Stink), Wayne Anderson (Lee James Smithbeck), Joshua Horowitz (Danny James), Les Dudek (Bill McDowell), Casey Sander (Police deputy), Walter Klenhard (Officer Peters), Paul Tuerpe (Officer Matthews), Bill Dearth (Officer Rutherford), Joel Oliansky (Brent Burrows), Mario J. Machado, Clare Nono, Anne Kaestner, Larry McCormick, Doug Hale, Rick Fitts, Don Maxwell, Karl Johnson, Rod Ball, Henry Kingi, Roberto Contreras. 2390... Stuck With Each Other (NBC, 10/17/1989, 120 mins). Comedy about a two coworkers with nothing in common except their stingy boss who suddenly drops dead. Stumbling upon a million bucks in untraceable bills hidden in his safe, they decide to split the loot and go their separate ways to live it up--only to learn that a gang of thugs, the dead man’s shady associates, want the money and will stop at nothing to get it. Tyne Daly’s then-husband Georg Stanford Brown directed the film for their Nexus Productions. The San Francisco earthquake intervened and coverage of it permanently interrupted the film on its premiere (it was repeated in a complete airing three nights later).

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Production Company Nexus Productions. Director Georg Stanford Brown. Executive Producer Georg Stanford Brown. Supervising Producer Bert Gold. Producer Edward Gold. Teleplay Harold Jack Bloom, Howard Albrecht. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Mark Snow. Editor Philip J. Sgriccia. Production Designer William Strom. Cast Tyne Daly (Sylvia Cass), Richard Crenna (Bert Medwick), Roscoe Lee Browne (Calhearn), Eileen Heckart (Fay Cass), Terrence Mann (Brian Whitestone), Vassili Lambrinos (Ricardo Ruiz), Michael J. Pollard (Smitty), Bubba Smith (Augie), Henry Beckman (Mr. Klopperman), Ruth Lesko (Blonde), Charles Sanders (Desk Clerk), Sheila McKenna (Travel Agent), Mark Thompson (Assistant Hotel Manager), Carol Ashley (Bonnie), Shirley Tannenbaum (Louise), William Duncan (Columnist), David Butler (Roger Dowling), George Gee (Orchestra Leader). 2391... Student Exchange (ABC, 11/29/1987 and 12/6/1987, 2 parts, 60 mins each). Duplicitous Disney comedy in which two American high schoolers masquerade as ultra-chic European exchange students to fulfill their wildest dreams of popularity and success. Shown initially in two one-hour parts, the film contains TV-star cameos by Lindsay Wagner as the school principal, O.J. Simpson as the football coach, Lisa Hartman as the heroine’s hairdresser cousin. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director Mollie Miller. Producer Charles Milhaupt. Teleplay William Davies, William Osborne. Based on a Story by Debra Frankel. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Phil Marshall. Editors Paul Dixon, John M. Woodcock. Art Director Raymond G. Storey. Associate Producer Richard Luke Rothschild. Cast Viveka Davis (Carol Whitcomb/Simone Soirée), Todd Field (Neil Barton/Adriano Fabrizi), Mitchell Anderson (Rod), Heather Graham (Dorrie Ryder), Maura Tierney (Kathy Maltby), Gavin MacLeod (Vice Principal Durfner), Lisa Hartman (Peggy), O.J. Simpson (Coach Seaver), Lindsay Wagner (School principal), Moon Zappa (Murphy the Biker), Kim Walker (Kit), Virginya Keehne (Lucy Whitcomb), Ira Heiden (Simon), Rob Estes (Beach), Lee Garlington (Mrs. Whitcomb), David Selburg (Mr. Whitcomb), Nancy Lenehan (Mrs. Barton), Glenn Shadix (Mr. Barton), Lisa Mende (Tanning salon receptionist), Michelangelo Kowalski (Joe the Biker), Nancy Fish (Vera), Edward Edwards (Tony Gordon), “Flash” Harris-Metter (Roller skating waitress), Michael Ennis (Driving instructor), Patricia Patts (Patrica), Philippe Simon (French waiter), Robin Stober (Mrs. Beat), Ria Pavia (Student Bagley), Jack McGee (Cabbie), Alex Lende (Andre), Viva Vinson (Real Simone), Nick Bellazi (Real Adriano). 2392... Stunts Unlimited (ABC, 1/4/1980, 90 mins). A group of Hollywood stunt performers are recruited by former U.S. Intelligence agent Glenn Corbett to retrieve a stolen laser gun from a notorious arms dealer in this pilot to a prospective series. One member of the team, Sam J. Jones, is best remembered for playing “Flash Gordon” in the 1982 movie. Stuntman-turneddirector Hal Needham was a member of the real-life group known as Stunts Unlimited, which performed all the stunt work for this film. Production Companies Lawrence Gordon Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Hal Needham. Executive Producer Lawrence Gordon. Producer Lionel E. Siegel. Teleplay Laurence Heath. Photography Mike Shea. Music Barry DeVorzon. Editor Bob Phillips. Art Director Hilyard Brown. Associate Producer Dennis Virkler. Cast Chip Mayer (Matt Lewis), Susanna Dalton (C.C. Brandt), Sam J. Jones (Bo Carlson), Glenn Corbett (Dirk Macauley), Linda Grovenor (Jody Webber), Alejandro Rey (Fernando Castilla), Stefan Gierasch (Axel Kalb), Victor Mohica (Joe Tallia), Lina Raymond (Cora), Alfie Wise (Tom), Hal Needham (Himself), Charles Picerni (Stuntman), Mickey Gilbert (Horse Gilbert), Arthur Weiss, Linda McClure, Nick David. 2393... Summer Fantasy (NBC, 5/25/1984, 120 mins). A summer of sun and fun awaits the first female lifeguard on a Southern California beach, a 17-year-old who becomes infatuated with the rugged head guard and is encouraged to “go for it” by her boy-crazy best friend. Production Company Moonlight Productions. Director Noel Nosseck. Executive Producer Frank von Zerneck. Producer Robert M. Sertner. Teleplay René Downs. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Peter Bernstein. Editors Daniel Hanley, Steven C. Brown. Production Designer Mark Mansbridge. Production Executive Phillips Wylly Sr. Associate Producer Marilyn R. Berro. Second Unit Director Gregory Prange. Cast Julianne Phillips (Joanna Brannigan), Ted Shackelford (Carlisle), Michael Gross (Ben Brannigan), Dorothy Lyman (Dr. Nancy Brannigan), Paul Keenan (Jackson Wryskiewski), Danielle von Zerneck (Denise Biaggi), Richard Eden (Tod), Chip Lucia (Tony), Eddie Velez (Stratis), Winnie Gardner (Clare), Dennis Burkley (Darcy), Brent Huff (Samuels), Leonard C. Lightfoot (Smitty), John Howard Swain (Tim), Jim Foulk (Perry), Sharee Gregory (Carrie), Dan Mason (Phil), Corky Pigeon (Donny), Lin Shaye (Woman on beach). 2394... Summer Girl (CBS, 4/12/1983, 120 mins). A married couple who hire a live-in baby-sitter for their two young children slowly discover that she is taking over their lives and their kids, changing from a shy, rather plain-looking girl to a glamorous, seductive siren. Not too dissimilar from an earlier TV-movie, “The Baby Sitter,” this one, based on Caroline Crane’s 1979 novel, was filmed entirely on location in Hawaii. Producer Roberta Haynes, a former actress, had been Gary Cooper’s leading lady in “Return to Paradise” (1953). Production Companies Bruce Lansbury Productions Ltd., Roberta Haynes Productions, Finnegan Associates. Director Robert Michael Lewis. Executive Producers Bruce Lansbury, Edgar Lansbury. Supervising Producer Bill Finnegan. Producer Roberta Haynes. Teleplay A.J. Carothers. Based on the Novel by Caroline Crane. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Angela Morley. Editor Les Green. Art Director Richard Lawrence.

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Cast Barry Bostwick (Gavin Shelburne), Kim Darby (Mary Shelburne), Martha Scott (Martina Sheburne), Murray Hamilton (Jack Reardon), Millie Slavin (Esther Reardon), Diane Franklin (Cinni), Hunt Block (Peter Mitchell), David Faustino (Jason Shelburne), Laura Jacoby (Fern Shelburne), Linda Ryan (Mrs. Ricks), Benjamin C. Jaus (Captain), David Kraul (Sheriff), Jim Lansbury (1st officer), Randy Spangler (2nd officer), Lee Gaber (Bus driver). 2395... A Summer to Remember (CBS, 3/27/1985, 120 mins). A deaf boy (played by a hearing-impaired newcomer Sean Justin Gerlis) establishes a unique friendship with an orangutan that understands sign language--thanks to scientist Louise Fletcher--after the animal takes refuge near the youngster’s home following a highway accident allowing it to escape. James Farentino and Tess Harper are the boy’s understanding parents and Burt Young is a seedy circus owner who’d do anything to get his hands on the orangutan. Production Company InterPlanetary Productions. Director Robert Lloyd Lewis. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Robert Lloyd Lewis. Producers Micheline H. Keller, Edward Gold. Teleplay Scott Swanton. Based on a Story by Scott Swanton, Robert Lloyd Lewis. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Charles Fox. Editor Les Green. Art Directors Douglas Dick, Steven Karatzas. Cast James Farentino (Tom Wyler), Tess Harper (Jeannie Wyler), Bridgette Andersen (Jill), C J the Orangutan (Casey), Sean Justin Gerlis (Toby), Burt Young (Fidel Fargo), Louise Fletcher (Dr. Dolly McKeever), Dennis Haysbert (Sheriff Pierce), Molly Cheek (Trish), Dennis Fimple (Smitty), Taylor Lacher (1st sheriff), Tom Lovinger (Carl), Corey Brunish (Meadows), B. Joe Medley (Veterinarian), Steven Clark Pachosa (Sergeant), Jim Crawford (1st Deputy), Brian Boe (2nd Deputy), Scott Parker (Doctor), Caleb Chung (Gorilla Mime), Andrew Woodworth (Axelman Boy), Stephen Jason Jenkins (2nd Boy), Alice Spivak (3rd Deputy), Boone Narr (4th Deputy), Sled Reynolds (5th Deputy), Andre Baruch (Narrator). 2396... Sunday Drive (ABC, 11/30/1986, 120 mins). Six people and a rambunctious pooch are involved in the complications that ensue when the owners of two identical cars drive off in the wrong ones in this Disney comedy that has Tony Randall as an eccentric Army major, Audra Lindley as his wife, author of several books on childrearing, and two children heading for a family jaunt, and Ted Wass as an artist headed for a job interview with his big dog and Carrie Fisher, a free-spirited woman who becomes their traveling companion. Production Companies Wizan Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Mark Cullingham. Executive Producers Joe Wizan, Todd Black. Producer Joseph Stern. Teleplay Larry Brand. Photography King Baggot. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Duane Hartzell. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Tony Randall (Uncle Bill), Carrie Fisher (Franny Jessup), Audra Lindley (Aunt Joan), Hillary Wolf (Christine Franklin), Raffi DiBlasio (John-Elliot Franklin), Ted Wass (Paul Sheridan), Claudia Cron (Susan), Norman Alden (Norman), Charley Garrett (Robert Franklin), Lynnette Mettey (Lynn Franklin), James Avery (Oliver), Chip Johnson (Chip), Branscombe Richmond (Johnson), William Utay (Jackson), Chris Smith (Biker), Thomas F. Maguire (McSwain), Richard Wiley (Richard), Larry Brand (Mike), Patricia L. Broidy (Beth), Susan Bugg (Karen), Georgia Dell (Woman in car), Art Frankel (Hotel clerk), Nancy Lenehan (Receptionist), Sharon Madden (Redhead), Winifred Mann (Sally), Edward Markmann (Dickman), Ron Orbach (Station attendant), Stacey Lyn Shaffer (Waitress), Liz Sheridan (Hostess), James Terry (Dennis), John Achorn (Officer Penny). 2397... Sunset Limousine (CBS, 10/12/1983, 120 mins). Aspiring comic John Ritter, sent into the cruel world by his divorcée girlfriend, Susan Dey, who is tired of supporting him, takes a job as a limousine chauffeur and inadvertently gets involved with the Mob, which wants to retrieve a briefcase one of his customers left in the back seat. Ritter and Dey previously had costarred in the TV-movie “The Comeback Kid.” Production Companies Witzend Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Terry Hughes. Executive Producer Dennis E. Doty. Producers Allan McKeown, Robert Vehon. Teleplay Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Frank Denson. Editor Michael J. Lynch. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis. Cast John Ritter (Alan O’Black), Susan Dey (Julie Preston), Paul Reiser (Jay Neilson), Audrie Neenan (Karen), Martin Short (Bradley Colman), Martin Mull (Mel Shaver [unbilled]), George Kirby (Elmer), James Luisi (Angel), Louise Sorel (Barbara Chase), Lainie Kazan (Jessie Durning), Michael Ensign (Gavrik), Charles Lane (Arnold Reinhammer), Joyce Little (Laurel), Stacey Nelkin (Stacey), Richard Patterson (Howard Chase), John Snee (Steven Preston), Darrell Zwerling (Janczyn), Tom Dreesen (Himself), Zale Kessler (Accountant), Robert Denison (1st TV executive), James Ingersoll (2nd TV executive), Garry Kluger (Gang leader), Patty Dworkin (Clerk), Eleanor Mondale (Secretary), Hal Landon Jr. (Gardner), Deborah Chenowith (Nurse). 2398... Surviving (ABC, 2/10/1985, 120 mins). Two teenagers fulfill a suicide pact that tears apart two families in this socially significant update of the “Romeo and Juliet” theme, allowing tour-de-force peformances by stars Ellen Burstyn and Marsha Mason as two women, close friends whose lives are forever changed by the death of their children, two of the bright up-and-comers of the early 1980s, Molly Ringwald and Zach Galligan. Production Companies Konigsberg-Sanitsky Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Hunt Lowry. Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music James Horner. Supervising Editor John F. Burnett. Editors Kurt Bullinger, Leslie Dennis. Production Designer Roy Stannard.

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Cast Ellen Burstyn (Tina Brogan), Len Cariou (David Brogan), Zach Galligan (Rick Brogan), Marsha Mason (Lois), Molly Ringwald (Lonnie), Paul Sorvino (Harvey), River Phoenix (Philip Brogan), Heather O’Rourke (Sarah Brogan), William Windom (Dr. Madsen), Mare Gilpin (Bobby), Paddi Edwards (Alma), Camila Ashland (Woman), Jane Simoneau (May), Joe Berryman (Sheriff), Lon Coggeshall (Jed), Midge Woolsey (Helen), Sandra Gilpin (Woman), David C. Allen (Kid), Kim Valentine (Sherry), Robert Douglas Scott (Artie), Regina Johnson (Supervisor), Norma Moore (Psychologist). 2399... Suspicion (PBS, 4/20/1988, 90 mins). British-made update of the 1941 Hitchcock classic--a shy heiress marries a charming wastrel and comes to believe that he is a possible murderer--premiered in the US as part of PBS’ American Playhouse. The production was somewhat marred by the odd casting of Anthony Andrews in the old Cary Grant role and erstwhile Saturday Night Live comedienne Jane Curtin in Joan Fontaine’s Oscar-winning one. Like the Hitchcock version, the story did not quite follow the 1932 source novel, Francis Illes’ “Before the Fact.” Production Companies HTV Ltd., Hemisphere Productions. Director Andrew Grieve. Executive Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Barry Levinson. Co-Producers Patrick Lynch, Sebastian Robinson. Teleplay Barry Levinson, Jonathan Lynn. Based on the Screenplay by Joan Harrison, Samson Raphaelson, Alma Reville. Photography Brian Morgan. Music Larry Grossman. Editor Christine Westlake. Production Designer Ken Sharp. Cast Anthony Andrews (Johnnie Aysgarth), Jane Curtin (Lina McLaidlaw), Jonathan Lynn (Beaky Thwaite), Betsy Blair (Lady McLaidlaw), Michael Hordern (Lord McLaidlaw), Nola Haynes (Sarah Phillips), Vivien Pickles (Isobel Sedbusk), Ellis Dale (Bertram Sedbusk), Denis Lill (Inspector Hodson), Tricia George (Phyllis Swinghurst), Brian Oulton (Mr. Webster), Donald Pickering (Captain Melbeck), Tim Bannerman (Reggie Wetherby), Jo Anderson (Melbeck’s secretary), Penn Ashton (Mrs. Newsham), Sally Home (Mrs. Barham), Cory Pulman (Jessie Barham), Melissa Simmonds (Alice Barham), Simone Lloyd-Davies (Mrs. Jenner), Eric Dodson (Sir Gerald), Martin Clunes (Photographer), Paul Nicholson (Butler), Barry Woolgar (Mr. Bailey), Jeremy Northam (Mr. Benson), Nigel Stephenson (Insurance clerk), Ron Pember (Ticket collector), John Serret (Orient Express waiter). 2400... Svengali (CBS, 3/9/1983, 120 mins). In this contemporary updating of the Svengali-Trilby story, filmed entirely on location in New York, Peter O’Toole is a volatile onetime musical stage star who now earns a living training singers and takes on young rock-and-roller Jodie Foster at the urging of her agent, Elizabeth Ashley, and his former lover. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Anthony Harvey. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Frank Cucci. Based on a Story by Sue Grafton. Photography Larry Pizer. Music John Barry. Songs by Don Black, John Barry. Editor Norman Gay. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Production Supervisor A Kitman Ho. Cast Peter O’Toole (Anton Bosnyak), Jodie Foster (Zoe Alexander), Elizabeth Ashley (Eve Swiss), Larry Joshua (Johnny Rainbow), Pamela Blair (Trish), Barbara Byrne (Mrs. Burns-Rizzo), Ron Weyand (Hypnotist), Robin Thomas (Mendy Weindenbaum), Brian Carney (Abbot Renfrew), Madeline Potter (Antonia), Holly Hunter (Leslie), Vera Mayer (Gizella), Paul O’Keefe (Oliver), Stu Charno (Boomer), Peter Boruchowitz (Chris), Skunkadelique (Footlockers), Ed Vadas (Emcee), Dick Turnail (A&R man), Fritzi Jane Courtney (Norvid), Jacques Perreault (Lance). 2401... Swan Song (ABC, 2/8/1980, 120 mins). Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who helps him regain his self-respect. David Soul, who stars as skier Jesse Swan, co-produced the film. Production Companies Renée Valente Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Jerry London. Producers David Soul, Renée Valente. Teleplay Jeffrey Bloom, Michael Mann, Ron Koslow. Based on a Story by Jeffrey Bloom. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Jonathan Tunick. Songs “September Song” and “Unchained Melody” Performed by Willie Nelson. Editors Benjamin A. Weissman, Donald R. Rode. Art Director Stephen Berger. Cast David Soul (Jesse Swan), Bo Brundin (Bob Loomis), Jill Eikenberry (Anna), Murray Hamilton (Jack McCauley), Leonard Mann (Pietro Durni), Slim Pickens (George), Joseph Sirola (Adolfo), John Van Dreelen (Bergstrom), Robert P. Beattie (Siskin), Geoffrey Binney (Jerry), JoAnna Cameron (Karen), Bob Hastings (Mitch), Shelley Smith (Sheila), Michael Thoma (Michael), Ed Peck (Karl), Mike Hunter (Race announcer). 2402... Sweet Revenge (CBS, 10/31/1984, 120 mins). The sweet revenge is by a woman whose brother years earlier had been destroyed by a fellow army officer and who now, 14 years later, comes face to face with the man, a highly decorated career soldier, responsible for his death, and, unaware of the woman’s identity, makes a play for her. Kevin Dobson acted against type as a villain in this psychological drama, originally titled “For Love of a Soldier,” and taking place in two distinct time frames over a dozen years apart. Production Companies David Greene Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer David Greene. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Andrew Peter Marin. Photography Harry J. May. Music Gil Melle. Music Performed by Syren. Editor Parkie Singh. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Kevin Dobson (Col. Joseph Cheever), Kelly McGillis (Katherine Dennison Breen), Alec Baldwin (Maj. Alex Breen), Savannah Smith (Anne Haggarty Cheever), Wings Hauser (Maj. Frank Hollins), Alfre Woodard (Vickie Teegue), Merritt Butrick (Capt. Paul Dennison), Richard Bradford (Gen. George Markham), Rick Fitts (Maj. Bill Teegue), Helen Hunt (Debbie

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Markham), Dana Elcar (Sen. Arthur Haggarty), Heather Haase (Katherine at age 13), Barbara Brownell (Mrs. Markham), Scotch Byerly (Photographer), Albert Carrier (Maitre d’), Robert Clotworthy (Cashier), Lynn Lowry (Rita), Thomas Rosales Jr. (Mexican). 2403... Swimsuit (NBC, 2/19/1989, 120 mins). Frothy babes-on-the-beach tale in which an ambitious young ad exec concocts a talent search for the perfect model to represent a floundering swimsuit company, run by Cyd Charisse, in a rare latter-day acting job. Production Companies American First Run Studios, Musifilm Productions. Director Chris Thomson. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller, Charles Hairston. Co-Executive Producer Carla Singer. Producers Michael Lloyd, Rod Amateau. Line Producer Robert Lloyd Lewis. Teleplay Robin Schiff. Photography Laszlo George. Music Michael Lloyd, John D’Andrea. Editor David Rosenbloom. Production Designer Michael Erler. Associate Producer Gina Scheerer. Cast William Katt (Brian Rutledge), Catherine Oxenberg (Jade Greene), Nia Peeples (Maria Detney), Cheryl Pollak (Rosy Campbell), Tom Villard (Willard Thurm), Jack Wagner (Hart Chadway), Ally Walker (Romella Loopesko), Billy Warlock (Chris Cutty), Cyd Charisse (Catherine Allison), Brian Patrick, Paul Johanssen, Robert Benedetti, Janice Holland, Collin Goddard, Robert Del Sesto, Brandis Kemp, Katie Ralston, Peter Mins, James Higdon, Greta Blackburn, Tom Lusth, Bill Crowe, Lauren Berley, Rich Cooper, Lewis Dauber. 2404... Sword of Gideon (HBO, 11/29/1986, 100 minutes). Action adventure about global vengeance and a secret Israeli anti-terrorist team sent to hunt down those responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. This Canadian/French coproduction, shot on location in Israel, Rome, Paris, London, New York and Montreal and on the sands of the Jordan desert, has Rod Steiger, as a senior Israeli intelligence officer, recruiting Steven Bauer, a highly decorated Israeli army officer to put together a commando team to avenge the killings. Colleen Dewhurst turns up periodically as Golda Meir, and Michael York gets special billing as Robert (no last name), an English explosives expert. Based on Gerorge Jonas’ 1984 nonfiction book “Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team.” Production Company Alliance Entertainment Corp. Director Michael Anderson. Executive Producers John Kemeny, Denis Heroux. Producer Robert Lantos. Teleplay Chris Bryant. Based on a Book by George Jonas. Photography Claude Agostini. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Art Director (Israel) Ariel Roshko. Cast Steven Bauer (Avner), Robert Joy (Hans), Leslie Hope (Shoshana), Laurent Malet (Jean), Peter Dvorsky (Carl), Rod Steiger (Mordechai Samuels), Colleen Dewhurst (Golda Meir), Michael York (Robert), John Hirsch (Avner’s father), Linda Griffiths (Miriam), Lino Ventura (Papa), Cyrielle Claire (Jeanette Von Lesseps), Eric Gaudry (Louis), Audi Levy (Maj. Gen Harrari), Hrant Alianak (Wael Zwaiter), Mire Wahba (Mahmoud Hamshari), Daniel Alfie (Ali Hassan Salameh), Neil Kroetch (Abu Daoud), Sonia Benezra (Mrs. Hamshari), Septimiu Sever, Gregory Tal, Arthur Grosser, Danette Mackay, Israel Rubinchik, Shawn Laurence, Carol Ann Francis, Serge Bossac, Nati Dabakh, Mimi D’Estee, Pierre Zimmer, Pauline Rathbone, Harry Hill, Jack Messinger, Gladys Hadaya, Pierre Magny, Ernesto Echevarria, Bassir Dany Rajjab, David Weinstein, Clare Walker. 2405... Sworn to Silence (ABC, 4/6/1987, 120 mins). Legal drama dealing with two disparate defense attorneys, one an upstanding small-town lawyer respected in the community (Peter Coyote), the other a down-on-his-luck criminal lawyer with a sharp mind and a knowledge of the system (Dabney Coleman). They face the rage of townspeople bent on vengeance for a series of murders when they protect the confidentiality of the confession of their client, a demented killer (not-yet star Liam Neeson). Coleman won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a miniseries or special (of which this was really neither). This film, set in Pennsylvania but shot in Canada, is “suggested by” the 1984 book “Privileged Information,” which was the original title. Production Companies The Privileged Company, Daniel H. Blatt-Robert Singer Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L. Singer. Producer George Wyner. Teleplay Robert L Joseph. Based on a Book by Tom Alibrandi, Frank Armani. Photography Frank Watts. Music Dennis McCarthy. Art Director Richard Wilcox. Editor Skip Schoolnik. Associate Producer Debra Armani. Cast Peter Coyote (Sam Fischetti), Dabney Coleman (Marty Costigan), Caroline McWilliams (Maureen Fischetti), David Spielberg (Aaron Goodman), Ed Nelson (Victor Handler), Mavor Moore (Judge Bingham), Linda Darlow (Jeanine Witsitt), Liam Neeson (Vincent Cauley), Tamsin Kelsey (Vivian Cauley), Guy Sanvido (Carlo Fischetti), Robyn Stevan (Monica Fischetti), Margaret Langrick (Theresa Fischetti), Terence Kelly (Sergeant Phelps), William B. Davis (Peter Massio), Rebecca Toolan (Mrs. Handler), Peter Yunker (Les Midgely), Terry David Mulligan (Stanley Jones), Jan James (Melissa Haytor), Paul G. Batten (Milt Posner), Michele Goodger (Roberta Lovingwell), Garry Chalk (State trooper), Howard Storey (Reporter #1), Tom Heaton (Ted), Ty Haller (Fire marshal), Pamela Marton (TV reporter), Don S. Davis (Jury foreman), Lorraine Foreman (Louise), Colin Ferguson (Todd). Keith Beardwood, Gary Heatherington, R.G. Miller, Brent Appleton, Deryl Hayes, Sheila Paterson, Peri Best, Wayne Cox, Jessica Loring, Lynn Johnson. 2406... Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (HBO, 8/20/1989, 90 mins). British-made docudrama about the shooting down of Korean Airline 007 in 1983 that resulted in 269 deaths, dealing with the political aspects of the tragedy. The human side of the same event was dramatized earlier in “Shootdown” starring Angela Lansbury. Production Companies Darlow Smithson Productions, HBO Showcase, Granada Television. Director David Darlow. Executive Producers Ray Fitzwalter, Leslie Woodhead. Producer John Smithson. Teleplay Brian Phelan. Photography Witold Stok. Music David Ferguson. Editor Chris Gill. Production Designer Alistair Paton.

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Cast Michael Murphy (Richard Burt), Michael Moriarty (Maj. Hank Daniels), Chris Sarandon (John Lenczowsk), Harris Yulin (Gen. Tom Tyson), Ed O’Ross (Sergeant Duffy), Gavan O’Herlihy (Sergeant Muller), Soon-Teck Oh (Captain Park), Jay Patterson (Gene), Shane Rimmer (Admiral Riley), Michael J. Shannon (Grover), Joris Stuyck (Sherman), George Roth (Captain Ames), Mark Burton (Levin), Otto Jarman (Clark), Bradley Lavelle (Jamie), Kieron Jecchinis (Coles), Matthew P. Freeman (Aaron), Andrew Browne (Operative [Misawa AFB]), James Tillitt (Operative [Misawa AFB]), Deborah Weston (Carol), Colin Bruce (Dave), Marc Smith (Mort Pringle), Bill Bailey (Military [State Dept.]), Peter Whitman (Watch Officer [State Dept.]), Francine Brody (Watch Officer [State Dept.]), Alexander Webb (Aide [State Dept.]), Nic D’Avirro (Norman), Weston Gavin (Vince), Stephen Hoye (Captain Beales), Eugene Brell (Operator [Pentagon]), Colin Stinton (Operator [Pentagon]), Thomasine Heiner (Mrs. Tyson), Rolf Saxon (Frank), Lee Calder (Secretary [NSC]), Angus McInnes (Karilees), William Roberts (Villiger), Garrick Hagon (TV Anchorman), Jana Shelden (Jane Leonart), Tomeck Bork (Soviet Major Kasmin),Vincent Marsello, Brian Greene, Cliff Taylor, Keith Edwards, Robert Jezek, Boris Isarov, Alexei Jawdokimov, Stephane Cornicard, Togo Igawa, Takashi Kawahara, Eddie Yeo. 2407... Take My Daughters, Please (NBC, 11/21/1988, 120 mins). Comedy about a widow who decides that her four independent daughters (stars of assorted series all) need help in finding husbands and, as a newspaper columnist, launches a campaign to get them to the altar. Initially this was called “All My Darling Daughters”--until it was discovered that was the title of a 1972 Robert Young TV movie with a similar concept. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, NBC Productions. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Producer Karen Moore. Teleplay Lindsay Harrison. Photography Neil Roach. Music Nan Schwartz. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Art Director Bryan Ryma. Associate Producer Michael S. Murphy. Cast Rue McClanahan (Lilah Page), Kim Delaney (Evan Page), Deidre Hall (Nell Page), Stepfanie Kramer (Jess Page), Susan Ruttan (Courtney Page Adams), Charles Frank (Marc Lockridge), Sam McMurray (David Thomas), Michael T. Weiss (Joe Blake), Audra Lindley (Rebecca), Stan Ivar (James), Bill Applebaum (Adam), William Bogert (Dr. Oscar Reback), Paul Eiding (Barry Lansing), William Glover (Benjamin Harris), Justin Burnette (Jarret), Charles Champion (Mark), Michael Fontaine (Male student), John Lansing (Ron), Larue Stanley (Shoe customer), Tina Bacon (Housewife), Robert Bendall (Dr. Richard Chadway), Robert Benedict (Bob), Gerard David Jr. (Barry), Happy Hall (Fantastic Elmer), Elaine Welton Hill (Elaine), Vachik Mangassarian (Andre), Kevin McBride (Frank), Mark S. Porro (Peter), Roy Sommersett (Jonathan), Gwen Van Dam (Margaret), Kathryn White (Mary), Michelle Davison, William Fair, Michael Garfield, Leslie Pruitt. 2408... Take Your Best Shot (CBS, 10/12/1982, 120 mins). An actor struggling to keep his career alive and his marriage from unraveling is the plot outline of this romantic comedy from the team of Richard Levinson and William Link, a change of pace for the writing/producing pair whose usual stomping grounds are the TV mystery and the social drama. Production Companies Richard Levinson-William Link Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Peter Matz. Editor Parkie Singh. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Robert Urich (Jess Marriner), Meredith Baxter Birney (Carol Marriner), Jeffrey Tambor (Alden Pepper), Jack Bannon (Dr. Barry Richardson), Claudette Nevins (Andrea), Susan Peretz (Plump girl), Howard McGillin (Dean Hilliard), Rosanna Huffman (Gail), Jeannetta Arnette (Fran), Richard Roat (Bainbridge), Matthew Faison (Sy Dellinger), Michael Bell (Phil), Ruth Manning (Casting director), Vahan Moosekian (Young man in acting class), Robert Nadder (Acting teacher), Sam Scarber (Actor), Tom Simms (Mime), Eric Sinclair (Butler), Stephen Yates (Actor-type in gas station). 2409... Taken Away (CBS, 11/5/1989, 120 mins). Drama about a single working mother who is suspected of being an unsuitable parent and is forced to fight authorities to regain custody of her eight-year-old daughter. Original title: “Torn Apart” Production Company Hart, Thomas & Berlin Productions. Director John Patterson. Executive Producers Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas, Kathie Berlin. Producer Kimberly Myers. Co-Producers Paul Alan Mones, Timothy McFlynn. Teleplay Selma Thompson, Robert L. Freedman. Photography Paul Onorato. Music Rob Mounsey. Editor Stanley Warnow. Production Designer Toby Corbett. Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Stephanie Monroe), Kevin Dunn (Jeff Lombardi), Juliet Sorcey (Abby Monroe), Nada Despotovich (Brenda), Joshua Maurer (Tom), Matthew Faison (Judge), James Arone (Gary), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Pierson), Scott Alan Campbell (Cop #1), Eugene Williams (Cop #2), James F. Dean (Psychologist), April Ortiz (Intake worker), Rose Portillo (Paralegal), Susannah Blinkoff, Edith Fields, Ivan Kane, Rose Peduto, Michael Chieffo, Dan Leegant, Don Maxwell, Patricia Veselich, Kimberly Adams, Carlease Burke, Loretta Marie Chandler, Kimberly Myers, Alexis Fish, Dale Swann, Stuart Nelson, Janet Claire Sherkow, Jack Kyrieleison, Stephanie Shroyer, David Byrd, John C. Moskoff, Edwina Moore, Terri Semper, Suzy Sharp, Michele Milantoni, Nina Werman, Ebony Smith, Akuyoe, Lawrence Lott, J. Christopher Sullivan. 2410... The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (NBC, 5/2/1988, 120 mins). Graphic, fact-based terror-inthe-sky drama about the courageous German-speaking flight attendant (played by all-American Lindsay Wagner) whose composure and bravery saved lives on the infamous Athens-to-Rome flight in June 1985 that was hijacked and diverted to Beirut and then

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Algiers. The film received five Emmy nominations: Outstanding Drama, director Paul Wendkos, editor James Galloway, makeup artist John Elliott, and the sound editing team. Production Company Columbia Pictures Television. Director Paul Wendkos. Executive Producers Jim Calio, David Hume Kennerly. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Norman Vance Morrill. Photography Chuck Arnold. Music Gil Melle. Editor James Galloway. Production Designer Ross Bellah. Art Director Robert Maddy. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Uli Derickson), Eli Danker (Castro), Sandy McPeak (Capt. John Testrake), Ray Wise (Phil Maresca), Leslie Easterbrook (Audrey), Laurie Walters (Jane), Joseph Nasser (Saiid), Barry Jenner (Ben Zimmerman), Valorie F. Armstrong (Woman in red coat), Jim McMullan (Russell Derickson), Steve Eckholdt (Robert Stethem), Phillip Levien (Richard Weisman), Lynn Tufeld (Mrs. Weisman), Edwin Gerard (Dr. Panes), Bridget Hoffman (Mrs. Panes), Nick Angotti (Scott Holmes), Wren T. Brown (Ernie Jackson), J. Michael Flynn (Peter Currier), Ginger Garrett (Young mother), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Woman in mink), Kavi Raz (Pamphlet man), Roy Genachy (Abdu), Emile Beaucard (Ali Atwa), Micah Grant (Ken Taylor), Elsayad Badreya (Skull & Crossbones), Dennis Moynahan (Teenager), Brandon Bluhm (Matthew), Leslie Tilchman Blanner (Boarding clerk), Brian Kinsel (Silver), Caron L. Steiner (Meyers), John S. Davies (Bachman). 2411... A Tale of Two Cities (CBS, 12/2/1980, 180 mins). Dickens’ historical romance set against a backdrop of the French Revolution gets its seventh filming, and probably its most lavish, with Chris Sarandon in the dual roles of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. Kenneth More plays one of his last roles as Jarvis Lorry, an agent for the Franco-British banking house and a family friend of Lucy Mannette, the girl who loves Darnay. Flora Robson also gave her last performance in this three-hour film. An Emmy Award nomination went to Olga Lehmann for her costume designs. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions. Director Jim Goddard. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens. Photography Tony Imi. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Bill Blunden. Production Designer John Stoll. Associate Producer William Hill. Cast Chris Sarandon (Charles Darnay/Sydney Carton), Peter Cushing (Dr. Manette), Kenneth More (Jarvis Lorry), Barry Morse (Marquis St. Evremonde), Flora Robson (Miss Pross), Billie Whitelaw (Madame Defarge), Alice Krige (Lucie Manette), Norman Jones (Monsieur Defarge), Nigel Hawthorne (Stryver), George Innes (Cruncher), Robert Urquhart (Attorney General), Kevin Stoney (Lord Chief Justice), Bernard Hug (Gaspard), Martin Carroll (Clerk of the Court), Valerie Tilburg (Seamstress), Wally Thomas (Foreman), Harry Jones (Wiggins), David Suchet (Barsad), Martha Parsey (Little Lucie), Anna Manahan (Vengeance), Bernard Archard (Tribunal President), Alan Collins (Jailer), James Coyle (Jacques), Michael Burrell (Tellsons Bank clerk), Gerald James (Gabelle), Stanley Lebore (Captain of the Guard), Robin Scobey (Victor), Philip Trewinnard (Royal George Hotel clerk). 2412... Tarzan in Manhattan (CBS, 4/15/1989, 120 mins). Contemporary version of the Tarzan story, with the Lord of the Apes swapping his familiar jungle for the concrete Big Apple jungle and finding his present-day Jane as a Manhattan cabbie. This lighthearted take on the Edgar Rice Burroughs adventures (a prospective series pilot filmed in Hawaii and New York) has male model Joe Lara in his acting debut as Tarzan. Production Company American First Run Studios. Director Michael Schultz. Executive Producers Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller. Producer Charles Hairston. Teleplay Anna Sandor, William Gough. Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Photography Laszlo George. Music Charles Fox. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Tarzan Created by Danton Burroughs. Associate Producer Gina Scheerer. Cast Joe Lara (Tarzan), Kim Crosby (Jane Porter), Jimmy Medina Taggert (Juan Lipshitz), Jan-Michael Vincent (Vincent Brightmore), Joe Seneca (Joseph), Tony Curtis (Archimedes Porter), Peter Sherayko (Rollins), Joel Carlson (Young Tarzan), Robert Benedetti, Jim Doughan, Oliver Muirhead, Darnelle Gregorio, Jerry Queeney, Sloan Fischer, Terry Millines, Rodney Saulsberry, Don McLeod, Buck Young, Christopher Carroll. 2413... Tears in the Rain (Showtime, 12/11/1988, 101 mins). Fifth in the series of Harlequin Romance dramas stars Sharon Stone as a young American woman who travels to England to fulfill her mother’s dying wish--to deliver a sealed letter to a wealthy lord, her World War II lover. Christopher Casanove, as the man’s son, sweeps her off her feet and helps her explore the past. Production Companies British Lion, Atlantic Video Ventures, Yorkshire Television. Director Don Sharp. Executive Producers Keith Richardson, Jonathan Sana, John Goldstone. Producer Peter Snell. Teleplay Freda Kelsall. Based on a Novel by Pamela Wallace. Photography Ken Westbury. Music Barrie Guard. Editor Teddy Darvas. Production Designer Martyn Hebert. Art Director Andrew Rothschild. Associate Producer Ted Lloyd. Cast Sharon Stone (Casey Cantrell), Christopher Cazenove (Michael Bredon), Leigh Lawson (Hamdan al Dubai), Paul Daneman (Lord Richard Bredon), Maurice Denham (Fordingbridge), Anna Massey (Lady Emily Bredon), Rachel Dowling (Young Emily), Harry Burton (Young Richard), Colette Stevenson (Jessie Cantrell), Stephanie Cole (Billy Martin), Janet Lees-Price (Receptionist), Donald Gee (Policeman). 2414... The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (NBC, 11/24/1986, 120 mins). An inspiring story even if the main character were not a member of the Kennedy clan, this human drama of an active preteen who overcomes the loss of a leg to cancer, goes through a difficult rehabilitation period challenging himself to be independent once again, and proceeds on to lead an active life, introduces

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Kimber Shoop in the title role. It was filmed basically in Europe (France, Ireland and England), with some production also done at Arlington National Cemetery. The real Ted Kennedy Jr. appears in the film’s epilogue. Production Company Entertainment Partners Inc. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Robert E. Fuisz. Producers William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman. Teleplay Roger O. Hirson. Photography John Coquillon. Music Teo Macero. Editor Alan Pattillo. Production Designer Peter James. Associate Producer Lawrence Horowitz. Cast Craig T. Nelson (Sen. Edward Kennedy), Susan Blakely (Joan Kennedy), Kimber Shoop (Teddy Kennedy Jr.), Michael J. Shannon (Sen. John Tunney), Dennis Creaghan (Dr. Bill Reed), David Healy (Dr. George Hyatt), Jeff Harding (Joe Wright), Erin Dougherty (Kara Kennedy), Christopher Connelly (Patrick Kennedy), Sharon Holm (Teresa Fitzpatrick), Jeremy Noonan (Joey Gargan), Bruce McGuire (Dr. Frei), Garrick Hagon (Dr. Rein), Peter Banks (Dr. Matlock), Bruce Boa (Dr. Skein), David Gilliam (Dr. Keswick), Douglas Willes (Dr. Moore), Helena Stevens (Nurse Louella Hennessy), Robert Jezek (Terence Boyle), Robert L. Carrickford (Skipper Liam Costello), Oliver Maguire (Joseph O’Brien), Christopher Malcolm (Ben Gibbs), Laura Kearsley (Sandy), Kim Fetterley (Girl at party), Peter Merrill (St. Albins teacher), Philip O’Brien (St. Albins headmaster), Cory Spence (Brian Robertson), Ted Kennedy Jr. (Himself in epilogue). 2415... Tender Is the Night (Showtime, 10/27/1985 to 11/26/1985, 5 parts, 7 hours). Much acclaim was heaped on this sumptuous British-American coproduction of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1934 novel about the ill-fated romance and marriage of a worldly psychiatrist and a wealthy, schizophrenic American beauty and their friends of the lost generation. This leisurely $7-million saga-with every penny showing up on the screen--was adapted by Dennis Potter (best known for the BBC-TV series, “Pennies From Heaven”), lovingly directed by Robert Knights, scored by Richard Rodney Bennett, and acted with style by an international cast headed by six American actors. Though superior to the 1962 movie version with Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards and Joan Fontaine (in the Mary Steenburgen, Peter Strauss and Piper Laurie roles), this five-part cable miniseries--a rarity--tended to find itself being watched almost exclusively by an audience of eclectic tastes. It was filmed in Paris, Switzerland and the south of France. Production Companies BBC Films, The Seven Network. Director Robert Knights. Executive Producer Jonathan Powell. Producer Betty Willingale. Teleplay Dennis Potter. Based on the Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Photography Ken Westbury. Music Richard Rodney Bennett. Editor Tariq Anwar. Choreography Christopher Wren. Production Designer Derek Dodd. Cast Peter Strauss (Dick Diver), Mary Steenburgen (Nicole Warren Diver), John Heard (Abe North), Sean Young (Rosemary Hoyt), Edward Asner (Devereux Warren), Piper Laurie (Elsie Speers), Jürgen Brugger (Franz Gregorovius), Erwin Kohlund (Dr. Dohmler), Joris Stuyck (Tommy Barban), Kate Harper (Baby Warren), Nancy Paul (Mary North), Astrid Frank (Kaethe Gregorovious), Francois Guetary (Conte DiMarmora), Rosario Serrano (Woman in shawl), Richard Linford (Wounded American soldier), Keith Edwards (Major on train), Terrance Conder (Royal Dumphry), Toria Fuller (Violet McKisco), Dennis Creaghan (Albert McKisco), Mary Ellen Ray (Mrs. Abrams), Vernon Dobtcheff (Luis Campion), Andre Chaumeau (French doctor), Linsey Beauchamp (Tennessee girl), Ruddy L. Davis (Jules Peterson), Erin Donovan (Helen), Pat Starr (Helen’s mother), Joanna David (Hannah), Timothy West (Mr. Morris), Marc-Samuel Hadjad (Nicotera), Frank Carla (Film director), Hutton Cobb (Collis Clay), Barbara Atkinson (English Woman patient), Teco Celio (Italian taxi driver), Norman Storkle (Preacher at Graveside), Jean Reno (Doctor Dangeu), David Pontremoli (Rome police officer), Guido Adorni (Carabinieri captain), Matt Frewer (American at bar), Rolf Saxon (American at bar), William Hope (American at bar), Nicholas Amer (Spanish patient), Louis Selwyn (Young man), Amanda Hillwood (Lady Caroline Sibley-Biers), Jerome Willis (T.F. Golding), John Sessions (Young Scot), Ray Marioni (Italian in bar). 2416... Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth” (NBC, 10/1/1989, 120 mins). Elizabeth Taylor takes on Tennessee Williams for a second time (earlier she had done “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”) as the faded movie queen trying to find solace through drugs, alcohol, and young men in this high profile production--the first on television of the Williams play. Rip Torn, who was Tom Junior in both the 1959 Broadway play and the 1962 film, graduates here to the role of Boss Finley (in effect, the original character’s own father). Mark Harmon is the layabout Chance Wayne (Paul Newman’s stage and screen role originally).The star’s son, Michael Wilding, has a small role as the producer who entices her character back to Hollywood. Production Company Kushner-Locke Company. Director Nicolas Roeg. Executive Producers Linda Yellen, Laurence Mark, Peter Locke, Donald Kushner. Producer Fred Whitehead. Line Producer Amanda DiGilio. Teleplay Gavin Lambert. Based on a Play by Tennessee Williams. Photography Francis Kenny. Music Ralph Burns. Editor Pamela Malouf-Cundy. Production Designer Penny Hadfield. Costume Designer Nolan Miller. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Alexandra Del Largo), Mark Harmon (Chance Wayne), Valerie Perrine (Miss Lucy), Kevin Geer (Tom Finley Jr.), Seymour Cassel (Hatcher), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Aunt Nonnie), Cheryl Paris (Heavenly Finley), Rip Torn (Tom “Boss” Finley), Charles Lucia (Dr. George Scudder), Theodore Wilson (Fly), Megan Blake (Nona), John W. Fleck (Danson), Tom Nolan (Stuff), Billy Ray Sharkey (Scotty), Michael Wilding (Morton Fraser), Ruta Lee (Sally Powers), Hal England, Avon Hill, Norita Koppel, Martha Miliken, Michael Shaner, Angela Teek. 2417... The Tenth Man (CBS, 12/4/1988, 120 mins). High-profile Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Graham Greene’s short, unpublished 1944 novel (written while he was toiling in Hollywood as a writer for MGM). At the center of this drama with intellectual and religious overtones are two memorable performances: by Anthony Hopkins, as a once prosperous French lawyer wrongly imprisoned and marked for execution by the Germans in occupied Paris but trades lives with a fellow prisoner, the “tenth man,” who dies in his stead, and then takes work as a handyman at his old house where the dead man’s family

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now resides, and by Derek Jacobi (Emmy nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama), as an impostor who turns up at the place trying to pass himself off as the prisoner who was executed. Interestingly the two noted British actors each played Adolf Hitler in separate television biopics. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, William Self Productions, MGM-UA Television. Director Jack Gold. Executive Producers Norman Rosemont, William Self. Producers David A. Rosemont, William Hill, Michael Stringer. Teleplay Lee Langley. Based on a Novel by Graham Greene. Photography Alan Hume. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Millie Moore. Cast Anthony Hopkins (Jean-Louis Chavel), Kristin Scott Thomas (Therese Mangeot), Derek Jacobi (Imposter), Cyril Cusack (Priest), Brenda Bruce (Madam Mangeot), Timothy Watson (Michel Mangeot), Paul Rogers (Breton), Peter Jonfield (Roche), Geoffrey Bayldon (Clerk), Mike Attwell (Krogh), Jim Carter (Pierre), Robert Morgan (German officer), Patrice Valota (Voisin), John Bennett (Maitre d’), Alan Rossett (Prisoner #3), Guy Matchord (Prisoner #4), François Lalande (Prisoner #5), Sebastien Floche (Concierge), Eva Schmidt (Secretary). 2418... Terrible Joe Moran (CBS, 3/27/1984, 120 mins). James Cagney made his TV-movie debut, and did his first television acting in 25 years, playing a wheelchair-bound former boxing champion whose long-estranged granddaughter, an aspiring writer, pops back into his life, at first searching for money to help her ne’er-do-well boyfriend get off the hook with the syndicate and later redeveloping a warm, familial bond with the old man. Filmed entirely on location in Manhattan, whose flamboyant mayor, Edward Koch, puts in a cameo as a seedy fight promoter. Art Carney won an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor for his performance as Cagney’s longtime pal. Production Company Robert Halmi Inc. Director Joseph Sargent. Supervising Producer David Kappes. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Frank Cucci. Photography Mike Fash. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer Leon Munier. Cast James Cagney (Joe Moran), Art Carney (Tony), Ellen Barkin (Ronnie), Peter Gallagher (Nick), Joseph Sirola (Capo), Mayor Edward Koch (Moe), Floyd Patterson (Himself), Harris Laskawy (Minty), Lawrence Tierney (Pico), Terrance Ellis (Young hopeful), Peter DeAngello (Young boxer), Susan Lowden (Lady with dog), Anna Bergern (Real estate agent), Andrew MacMillan (Announcer), Maurice Shrog (Benny the Wino), Mike Starr (1st thug), Joe Seneca (Black boxer), David Wohl (Meat handler), Marilyn Raphael (Mrs. Hoskins), Shelley O’Neil (Marge). 2419... Terror Among Us (CBS, 1/12/1981, 120 mins). Police sergeant Don Meredith and parole officer Jennifer Salt endeavor to stop rapist-on-parole Ted Shackelford before he can follow through on his threats to five women. The cast, comprised completely of TV actors (as opposed to film stars), and the production company, as well as the theme and its execution, make this appear to be a left-over script from “Police Story,” on which football pro-turned-sportscaster-turned-actor Meredith frequently worked. Production Company David Gerber Productions. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay Dallas Barnes, JoAnne Barnes. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Richard A. Freeman. Production Designer Norm Baron. Cast Don Meredith (Sgt. Tom Stockwell), Sarah Purcell (Jennifer), Jennifer Salt (Connie Paxton), Ted Shackelford (Delbert Ramsey), Kim Lankford (Vickie Stevens), Sharon Spelman (Sara Kates), Rod McCary (Gates), Elta Blake (Bethany), Patricia Klous (Cathy), Jim Antonio (Doctor), Gina Alvarado (Mrs. Quinn), Tracy Reed (Barbara), Spencer Milligan (Alex), Stephen Keep (Roger Shields), Joseph G. Medalis (Fred), Tom Williams (Bill), Barbara Brownell (Kim), Austin Stoker (DA Clayburn), Janice Carroll (Nancy Klinger), Marsha Hunt (Marge), Sidney Clute (Collins), Jane Badler (Pam), David Boyle (Steve), Paul Conn (Judge Cameron), Isabell MacCloskey (Mrs. Shaw), Marie Dunn (Mrs. Clark), Jane Milmore (Girl), Bob Jarvis (Detective), Scott Ferago (Gil), Ken Foree (Prisoner), Burt Marshall (1st jailor), Marc Bentley (Bill Jr.), Lisa Morton (Susie), Lew Saunders (2nd jailor). 2420... Terror at Alcatraz (NBC, 7/4/1982, 120 mins). Tom and Dick Smothers are Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, ace TV cameraman and intrepid street reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buried treasure of Al Capone on Alcatraz Island where he was imprisoned. This was the pilot to their 1981 “Fitz and Bones” series that came and went many months before this film’s premiere showing. Jack Albertson, as a retired prison guard who holds the key to the treasure, guest starred here before playing his final role subsequently in “My Body, My Child.” Production Companies Glen Larson Productions, Universal Television. Director Sidney Hayers. Executive Producers Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw. Producer Ben Kadish. Teleplay Glen A. Larson. Photography Mario DiLeo. Music Stu Phillips. Editors David Howe, Gene E. Ranney. Art Director Fred A. Tuck. Cast Tommy Smothers (Bones Howard), Dick Smothers (Ryan Fitzpatrick), Diana Muldaur (Terri Seymour), Mike Kellin (Roger Whitmore), Lynnette Mettey (Lt. Rosie Cochran), Roger C. Carmel (Lawrence Brody), Tom Ewell (Johnson), Jack Albertson (George “Deacon” Wheeler), Marc Lawrence (Daniel Ginelli), Elisha Cook (Hotel desk clerk), Titos Vandis (Ginelli lieutenant), Jim Antonio (Federal Marshal Stevens), Adrienne LaRussa (Janine), Kathrine Baumann (Sally), John Kerry (Federal Marshal Davis), Janet Curtis (Tucker), Otto Felix (Harve), Doug Hale (Mel Bishop), John Finnegan (Murphy), Keith Barbour (Morty), Tom Stern (Charlie), Zitto Kazann (Gino), Michael J. London (Carlo), Michael Pataki (Cabbie), Helen Funai (Nancy), Guerin Barry (TV director), Carole Schweid (Assistant director), Ken Chandler (Technical director), Barbara Baldwin (Newswriter), Georgia Schmidt (Nancy Wheeler), Colleen Kelly (Stewardess).

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2421... Terror on Highway 91 (CBS, 1/3/1989, 120 mins). Baby-faced Ricky Schroder stars as a rookie cop in this factbased dramatization of police corruption in a small Southern town. For some reason the book on which the film was based, “Terror on Highway 59,” was slightly altered to “Terror on Highway 91.” Production Companies Katy Film Productions Inc., CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jerry Jameson. Supervising Producer Henry Colman. Producers Dan Witt, Courtney Pledger. Teleplay Stuart Schoffman. Based on a Story by Dan Witt, Stuart Schoffman. Based on a Book by Steve Sellers. Photography Brian West. Music Artie Kane. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editor George W. Brooks. Production Designer Gregory Bolton. Executive in Charge of Production Norman S. Powell. Cast Ricky Schroder (Clay Nelson), George Dzundza (Sheriff Jesse Barton), Matt Clark (Jim Warren), Lara Flynn Boyle (Laura Taggart), David Sherrill (Randy Barton), Richard Brooks (Lester Mitchell), Jeff Doucette (Wade Foster), Brad Dourif (Keith Evans), Fredric Lehne (Charlie Stone), J. Michael Hunter (Terry Snyder), Kay Joyner (Rita Taggart), Mark Thomas Miller (Doyle Conway), Jeris Lee Poindexter (Maurice), Jim Grimshaw (Rex Stevens), Terry Loughlin (David McAndrews), Bonnie Cook (Helen Warren), Daphne Eckler (Mrs. Baxter), Chuck Bibby (Doctor), Herbert Eley (Prisoner), Michael Burgess (Terrell), Steve Howard (Mr. Baxter), Linda Pierce (Mrs. Nelson), Richard Rhodes (Dutton), Seldon Smith (Paula), James Wiggins (Tony), Michael Crisculo (Tommy), Pat Hall (New deputy), Rick Marshall (Ed Taggart), Rick Warner (Lawman #1). 2422... Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs Salim Ajami (CBS, 1/10/1988, 175 mins). Engrossing three-hour tale (the final work of the team of Richard Levinson and William Link), set some time in the near future, with an enigmatic Arab terrorist (Robert Davi), snatched from overseas by the United States and put on trial for crimes against America citizens abroad. He chooses for his defense attorney a Jewish law professor (Ron Leibman), who initially is reluctant to take on the case. Sam Waterston is the prosecutor, years before taking on a similar role in “Law and Order.” The film, dedicated to the memory of Richard Levinson, was originally titled “The Trial.” Production Companies George Englund Productions, Robert Papazian Productions. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer George Englund. Co-Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Photography Jeffrey Jur. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editor Eric Sears. Art Director Bill Ross. Legal Advisor Alan Dershowitz. Cast Sam Waterston (James Delmore), Ron Leibman (Simon Resnik), Robert Davi (Salim Ajami), Joe Morton (Kevin Tandy), Jo Henderson (Judge Leona Bonner), Stephen Lee (Bradford Ellis), Frances Conroy (Lynn Kessler), James Greene (George Flanders), Sheila Kelley (Trish McWilliams), Nancy Stephens (Ginny Delmore), Dakin Matthews (Morrison Catlett), George D. Wallace (Judge Willard Shoop), Nick Angotti (Major), Billy Beck (Gus the Doorman), John Braden (Justice Department man), Scott Alan Campbell (Sergeant), Smokey Campbell (Lieutenant), Darwyn Carson (Reporter), Andi Chapman (Andi), Michael Collins (Doctor), Frank Dent (Elliot Sanderson), Alan Desatti (Hasaad), Nike Doukas (Reporter), Adam Englund (TV host), Timothy Fall (Tim), J.E. Freeman (Peter Nello), Gary Hershberger (Marine guard), Kate Hopkins (Kate), Timothy Jecko (Reporter), Patrick Johnston (Pat), Milt Kogan (Raymond Dushoff), Jon Korkes (Justice Department man), John Mansfield (Len Gregory), Michael McGrady (Captain), Jeanne Mori (Jeanne), John C. Moskoff (Man in diner), Milton Murrill (Jury foreman), Margery Nelson (Newscaster), Michael Nicolosi (Marine guard), Maidie Norman (Edna), Richard Penn (Court clerk), Glenn Plummer (MP), Philip Proctor (Newscaster), Ray Reinhardt (Older man), Cristine Rose (Justice Department woman), Lia Sargent (Lia), Geoffrey Thorne (Geoff), William Ward (Jeff Larkin). 2423... The Terry Fox Story (HBO, 5/25/1983, 95 mins). Young Canadian athlete Terry Fox’s cross-country Marathon of Hope after losing a leg to cancer was dramatized in this movie heralded as the first made exclusively for HBO. Filmed in Canada with a basically local cast and crew (and Eric Fryer making his acting debut in the lead), it had two actors from the United States: Robert Duvall as the opportunistic PR man who helps turn Fox into a national hero, and Rosalind Chao (Soon-Ling Klinger on “M*A*S*H” and “AfterMash”) as Fox’s girlfriend. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, CTV Television Network. Director Ralph L Thomas. Executive Producers Michael Levine, Gurston I. Rosenfield. Producer Robert Cooper. Teleplay Edward Hume. Based on a Story by John Kastner, Rose Kastner. Photography Richard Ciupka. Music Bill Conti. Editor Ron Wisman. Art Director Gavin Mitchell. Associate Producer John M. Eckert. Cast Eric Fryer (Terry Fox), Robert Duvall (Bill Vigars), Chris Makepeace (Darrell Fox), Rosalind Chao (Rika), Michael Zelniker (Doug Alward), Elva Mai Hoover (Betty Fox), Frank Adamson (Rolly), Marie McCann (Judith Fox), R.H. Thomson (Dr. Simon), Gloria Figura (Marie), Karen Racicot (Waitress), Matt Craven (Bob Cady), Saul Rubinek (Dan), Chuck Shamata (Wilson), Austin Davis (Merchant), Dorothy Wyatt (Mayor Wyatt), Clyde Rose (Fisherman), Alfred E. Humphreys (Lecturer), Roberta Weiss (Jeannie), Patrick Watson (Peg Leg), Jeremy Brown (Emcee Nathan Phillips Square), Sheldon Rybowski (Gogie), Stephen Hunter, Jane Foster, Howard Siegal, Laura Vickers, Gary Baker, Barry Greene, Wayne Brace, Al Coombs, Lori Chodos, Laurie Oberding, Jaclyn Stevens, Ian Heath, Brian Kaulback, Murray Lowry, Susan Payne. 2424... The Thanksgiving Promise (ABC, 11/23/1986, 120 mins). Warm, family-oriented Disney entertainment that not only was directed by Beau Bridges but also costarred him with his real-life father Lloyd, mother Dorothy (in her apparent acting debut), son Jordan (also performing on film for the first time) and equally famous brother Jeff (in an unbilled walk-on). It spun the

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holiday tale--adapted from “Chester, I Love You,” Blaine and Brenton Yorgason’s heartwarming 1983 novel--of a young boy who is torn between his love for an injured Canada goose he has found and his agreement to fatten and slaughter it for the Thanksgiving table of his neighbors (played by Lloyd and Dorothy Dean Bridges). Production Companies Mark H. Ovitz Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Beau Bridges. Executive Producer Mel Ferrer. Producer Mark H. Ovitz. Teleplay Glenn L. Anderson, Peter N. Johnson, Blaine M. Yorgason, Craig Holyoak. Based on a Novel by Blaine M. Yorgason, Brenton Yorgason. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor James T. Heckert. Production Designer Ida Random. Cast Beau Bridges (Hank Tilby), Millie Perkins (Lois Tilby), Courtney Thorne-Smith (Sheryl), Ed Lauter (Coach Gruniger), Anne Haney (Mrs. Sudsup), Beau Dremann (Alec), Bill Calvert (Jason Tilby), Jordan Bridges (Travis Tilby), Jason Bateman (Steve Tilby), Lloyd Bridges (Stewart Larson), Dorothy Dean Bridges (Aggie Larson), Jason Naylor (Arnold), Jessica Puscas (Jenni Tilby), Joshua Bryant (Sam the Vet), Tina Caspary (1st girl), Scott Nemes (1st boy), Kiblena Peace (Emily), Mark Clayman (Timmy), Zero Hubbard (Jeff), Allan Dietrich (Square dance caller), Lucinda Jany (Neighbor lady), Lenny Geer (Old man), Jeff Bridges (Neighbor [unbilled]). 2425... That Secret Sunday (CBS, 11/25/1986, 120 mins). A police cover-up of the murder of two young women at a wild party and the possible faking of a story by an overzealous young reporter seeking instant newspaper stardom is the theme of this suspense drama, filmed in Vancouver under the title “Betrayal of Trust.” Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Richard Colla. Producer Philip Saltzman. Teleplay Al Martinez, Philip Saltzman. Photography Laszlo George. Music Bob Alcivar. Editor Ray Daniels. Art Director John Willett. Associate Producer Derek Kavanagh. Cast James Farentino (Gerald Remson), Parker Stevenson (Scott Dennis), Daphne Ashbrook (Collie Sherwood), William Lucking (Det. Bernie Hodges), Michael Lerner (Mario Pinelli), Dan Hedaya (Captain Bates), Charles Frank (Det. Courtney Walters), Robert Romanus (Mando Harris), Joe Regalbuto (Willie Fitz), Patrick Dollaghan (Det. Harry Morrow), George Grizzard (Tom Guerney), Sondra Blake (Wanda Halverson), Wendy Van Riesen (Alice Fitz), Lesley Ewen (Sarah), Candace O’Connor (Julie Dolan), Caroline Barclay (Jill), Barbara Russell (Eve), Don MacKay (Frank), Betty Phillips (Mrs. Trueblood), Ed Milaney (Manager), Don S Davis (Customer), Christianne Hirt (Bonnie), Janne Mortil (Lisa), Marsha Andrews (Debbie Jack), Meredith Bain Woodward (Secretary), Raul Velazquez-Aguilar (Busboy). 2426... There Must Be a Pony (ABC, 10/5/1986, 120 mins). In this television adaptation of novelist James Kirkwood’s book and play (produced in 1962 with Myrna Loy in the starring role but which never made it to Broadway), Elizabeth Taylor is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, trying to reestablish a relationship with her teenaged son, and risking a romance with a mysterious stranger. Costar Robert Wagner was the executive producer and Mart Crowley, author of “The Boys in the Band” and coproducer of Wagner’s series “Hart to Hart,” wrote the TV adaptation. Mickey Rooney does a walk-on as himself, reuniting him with his long-ago “National Velvet” costar, Taylor. Production Companies R.J. Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Robert Wagner. Producer Howard Jeffrey. Teleplay Mart Crowley. Based on the Novel by James Kirkwood. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Jack Harnish. Production Designer James J. Agazzi. Art Director Ross Bellah. Costume Designer Nolan Miller. Cast Elizabeth Taylor (Marguerite Sydney), Robert Wagner (Ben Nichols), James Coco (Merwin Trellis), William Windom (Lee Hertzig), Edward Winter (David Hollis), Ken Olin (Jay Savage), Dick O’Neill (Chief Investigator Roy Clymer), Chad Lowe (Josh Sydney), Mickey Rooney (Himself [unbilled]), Richard Bright (Detective), Richard Minchenberg (Ron Miller), Robby Weaver (Chris), Helen Siff (Woman at airport), Charles Stratton (Scott), Terrence Evans, Grayce Spence, Henry Crowell Jr., Richard Hoyt-Miller, Peter Jolly, Lia Sargent, Jeanne Culbertson, Kiva Lawrence, Lou Felder, Kendra Booth, Charles Boyd, Mare Silver. 2427... Thin Ice (CBS, 2/17/1981, 120 mins). Another older woman/younger man romance, this one involving a widowed high school teacher and one of her students. Veteran actress Lillian Gish made a rare TV acting appearance here as the grandmother with whom Kate Jackson lives in this film made on location in and around Charleston, South Carolina. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producer Mel Sokolow. Producer Norman I. Cohen. Teleplay David Epstein. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music Earl Rose. Editor Fabien Tordjmann. Art Director Nick Romanac. Cast Kate Jackson (Linda Rivers), Gerald Prendergast (Paul McCormick), Louise Latham (Mrs. McCormick), Mimi Kennedy (Arlene Gilbert), Lillian Gish (Grandmother), James Greene (Mr. McCormick), Barton Heyman (Mr. Boynes), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Jack McCormick), Malachy McCourt (Matt), Hansford Rowe (George Kiernan), Richard Seff (Mr. Reckler), Lenore Bender (Mrs. Archer), George Guidall (Mr. Corona), Lawrence Holofcener (Mr. Wembly), Dwight Schultz (Mr. Ritchie), Bill Bender (Bus driver), Jerry Curtin (Nursing home director), R. Allison Dukes (Alice), William Easterby (Mr. Ray), J. Michael Graves (Reverend Enders), Marla Kinne (Doreen), Milton E. McCullough (Server), Randolph Miller (William), Mark Mixson (Boots), Robert Moseley (Pete), Lorraine Orr (Mrs. Smither), Chris Reneger (Ed), Scott Ross (Neil), Thomas Sena (Arthur), Catherine F. Shroka (Mrs. Kiernan).

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2428... Third Degree Burn (HBO, 5/28/1989, 115 mins). Noirish crime thriller that has a Seattle-based ex-cop turned private eye who falls for the woman he was asked to tail by her husband, only to have the man turn up dead and he framed for the murder. Treat Williams replaced John Heard in the lead of this original with James M. Cain undertones. Production Companies HBO Pictures, MTM Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Television. Director Roger Spottiswoode. Executive Producer Marianne Moloney. Producer Fredda Weiss. Teleplay Duncan Gibbins, Yale Udoff. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music Charles Gross. Editor Garth Craven. Production Designer Chester Kaczenski. Cast Treat Williams (Scott Weston), Virginia Madsen (Anne Scholes), CCH Pounder (Julie Hanson), Richard Masur (Clay Reynolds), Michael Chapman (Dan Rourke), Robert Nadir (Art Hanson), Mary J. Armstrong (Anita Stevens), Joe Mays (Hank Gordy), Lisa Zebro (Nancy Rourke), George Catalano (Detective Routh), John Aylward (Lomax), William Marquez (Gutierrez), David Paul Cutler (Rental car representative), Robert Daly (Hotel valet), Tom Hammond (Rental car driver), Gus Levin (Seattle waiter), Bill Ontiveros (Policeman), Richard Soto (Mexican waiter), Rick Tutor (Fred), Alex Thayer (Adams), Jim Stockdale (Minister), Johnny “Sugarbear” Willis (Workman #1), Michael J. Smith (Workman #2), Manny Castro (Cantina band). 2429... This Child Is Mine (NBC, 11/4/1985, 120 mins). Lindsay Wagner and Chris Sarandon are the adoptive parents and Nancy McKeon the unwed teenage mother who has signed her baby over to them but then has second thoughts and wants her child back in this drama exploring the emotional struggles and legal turmoils involved. Veteran cinematographer Harry J. May died shortly after filming, and the picture bears a dedication to him. Production Companies Beth Polson Productions, Finnegan Associates, Telepictures Corporation. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Beth Polson. Supervising Producer Bill Finnegan. Producer Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Charles Rosin. Photography Harry J. May. Music Hagood Hardy. Editor David Campling. Art Director Michael Baugh. Associate Producer Nick Lombardo. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Bonnie Wilkerson), Chris Sarandon (Craig Wilkerson), Michael Lerner (Abe Rosenberg), John Philbin (Matt), Kathleen York (Janet Resnick), Frank Dent (Harper Carswell), Joan McMurtrey (Olivia O’Neill), Matthew Faison (Johnson), Nancy McKeon (Kimberly Downs), Carolyn Coates (Grace), Eve Roberts (Shirley), Jennifer Parsons (Leslie), Leigh French (Carol), Paul Tuerpe (Gary), Susan Peretz (Mrs. Kragen), Sierra Pecheur (Claudia Taylor), Joel Colodner (David Sidney), John Napierala (Judge Habbiger), Amy Resnick (Candystriper), Scotch Byerly (Dr. Greevy), Sandra de Bruin (Saleslady), James Ishida (Dr. Ying), Myrna White (Nurse Farrington). 2430... This Girl for Hire (CBS, 11/1/1983, 120 mins). This ’40s private eye movie spoof (a series pilot) casts Bess Armstrong as a flippant, somewhat klutzy female detective who sets out to track down the killer of an obnoxious mystery writer (José Ferrer). Among the many other screen veterans in this humorous tale: Celeste Holm as her flamboyant mother, a one-time Hollywood starlet, and Howard Duff as the latter’s live-in lover, a movie has-been who now runs a memorabilia shop, plus Roddy McDowall, Scott Brady, Ray Walston, Beverly Garland and Elisha Cook. Production Companies Barney Rosenzweig Productions, Orion Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Barney Rosenzweig. Teleplay Steve Brown, Terry Louise Fisher. Based on a Story by Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday, Barney Rosenzweig. Based on Characters Created by Clifford Hoelscher, Jean Hoelscher. Photography Robbie Greenberg. Music Bruce Broughton. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director David M. Haber. Alto Saxophone Bud Shank. Cast Bess Armstrong (B.T. Brady), Celeste Holm (Zandra Stoneham), Cliff DeYoung (Lieutenant Hanson), Hermione Baddeley (Edwina Gaylord), Scott Brady (Mitch Dillon), Howard Duff (Wolfe Macready), José Ferrer (Harrison Woody), Beverly Garland (Evan Picard), Roddy McDowall (Manfred Hayes), Percy Rodrigues (Jonathan Eastman), Ray Walston (Abner Litto), Elisha Cook (Eddie the Newsman), William Lanteau (Maurice), Fredric Lehne (Peter Canton), George Reynolds (Garth Jackson), Dan Shor (Punk), J.P. Bumstead (Miller), Robin Cantor (Ticket taker), Richard Delmonte (Low rider), Margaret Fitzgerald (Groupie), Ken Hill (Patron), Paul Mantee (Finnegan), Larry Marko (Muldoon), Joseph Whipp (Cop). 2431... This House Possessed (ABC, 2/6/1981, 120 mins). A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion (Lisa Eilbacher) of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, that the house is alive and determined to keep her prisoner. Veteran actress Joan Bennett, in a rare appearance, is an old bag lady who seems to hold the secret to this house possessed. Production Company Mandy Films. Director William Wiard. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg. Producer David Levinson. Teleplay David Levinson. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song by Billy Goldenberg, Carol Connors. Editor Leon Carrere. Art Directors Jack F. DeShields, Dale Koppe. Cast Parker Stevenson (Gary Straihorn), Lisa Eilbacher (Sheila), Joan Bennett (Rag Lady), Slim Pickens (Arthur Keene), Shelley Smith (Tanya), Bill Morey (Robbins), Jan Shutan (Helen), David Paymer (Pasternak), Jack Garner (Feeney), K Callan (Lucille), Barry Corbin (Lieutenant Fletcher), John Dukakis (Donny), Amanda Wyss (Holly), Ivy Bethune (Martha), Philip Baker Hall (Clerk), Doug Johnson (Orderly). 2432... This Is Kate Bennett... (ABC, 5/28/1982, 120 mins). In this pilot to a prospective series about the adventures of a TV investigative news reporter and single mother, fictional Kate Bennett finds her life imperiled, along with that of her daughter, when she doggedly pursues the story of a sniper attack on several nurses.

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Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Harvey Hart. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Joanne Brough. Supervising Producer Karen Mack. Producer James H. Brown. Teleplay Sue Milburn. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bill Brame. Art Director Ray Storey. Cast Janet Eilber (Kate Bennett), David Haskell (Marv Epstein), Greg Mullavey (Ed Fiore), Kyle Richards (Jennifer Bennett), Granville Van Dusen (Tim Maxwell), James Noble (Tom Fairmont), Larry Breeding (Seth Greenwald), David Groh (Jeff Bennett), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Harris), Joel Bailey (Bill Harris), Dick Anthony Williams (Leonard Hayes), Nora Heflin (Pat Gans), Stephanie Blackmore (Melissa Morgan), Jennifer Perito (Esther O’Donnell), William Bogert (Lawson), Garret Pearson (Manny Resinos), Royce Wallace (Virginia Watson), Carol Tru Foster (Lisa), Bever-Leigh Banfield (Maura Wilson), Fred Holliday (Larry Hamilton), William Callaway (Morris Steinman), Michael Talbott (Gary Harris). 2433... This Wife for Hire (ABC, 3/18/1985, 120 mins). A cutesy treatment of a reportedly true story about a happily married housewife and mother who hires herself out for assorted domestic services--though drawing the line at sex--with Yuppie lawyer husband incensed at having to share wifey with various part-time “mates.” Production Companies Guillaume-Margo Productions, The Belle Company, Comworld Productions. Director Jim Drake. Executive Producer Deanne Barkley. Producers Phil Margo, Don Segall. Teleplay Phil Margo, Don Segall. Photography Rexford Metz. Music Mitch Margo, A.S. Dimond, Dennis Dreith. Title Song A.S. Dimond, Mitch Margo. Song Performed by Mitch Margo. Editor Sidney Katz. Production Designer Michael Baugh. Cast Pam Dawber (Marsha Harper), Robert Klein (Alan Harper), Laraine Newman (Louise Bellini), Dick Gautier (Howard Greer), Sal Viscuso (Paul Bellini), Sam J. Jones (Tommy Sellers), Ann Jillian (Valerie Roberts), David White (Larry Dunston), Tim Kazurinsky (Dr. Mel Greenfield), Maia Brewton (Amy Harper), Scott Nemes (Greg Harper), Tessa Richarde (Brenda), Nora Gaye (Candy Atwood), Channing Chase (Mrs. Greer), Lisa Figus (Kate Dunston), Ronalda Douglas (Secretary), Susan Gaunther (Woman at party), Pat Studstill (Security guard), Bill Sorrells (Race official), Joseph Cala (1st announcer), Nelson Davis (2nd announcer). 2434... Thompson’s Last Run (CBS, 2/16/1986, 120 mins). The venerable Western plot about the aging lawman tracking down and bringing in his long-ago pal who had turned bad and now was an escaped convict gets a fresh reworking thanks to the strong presences of both Robert Mitchum (as a safecracker who’d been sent up for life, only to be sprung by his long-lost niece who’s trying to get her clutches on the cash he’s stashed somewhere) and Wilford Brimley (the weary, sentimental ex-cop turned reluctantly bounty hunter for the Feds). Brimley, one of the most admired character actors on the contemporary scene, specializing in playing old codgers despite being just in his early 50s, provides the proper counterpoint to veteran actor Mitchum, close to 69 when the film was shot (as “The Last Run”) in Dallas and Fort Worth. Production Companies Cypress Point Productions, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams. Supervising Producer Jim Begg. Producer Jennifer Faulstich. Teleplay John Carlen. Photography Hal Trussell. Music Miles Goodman. Editor Anthony Redman. Art Director Gregory Melton. Cast Robert Mitchum (John Thompson), Wilford Brimley (Red Haines), Kathleen York (Louise), Guy Boyd (James Warner), Royce Wallace (Mary), Susan Tyrrell (‘Pookie’), Daniel McDonald (Casino), Ben Gregory (Little John), Joe Berryman (5th guard), Jerry Biggs (Carny), Johnny Brink (Bait Shop owner), Sa’mi Chester (Attendant), Jack Gould (Conductor), Joe Graham (1st card player), Kerry Graves (2nd guard), Patricia Heider (Martha), Travis Hobbs (2nd card player), Helena Humann (Ruby), Ebonye Jones (Little guy), Benjamin F. Jones (3rd guard), Betty R King (Waitress), Dennis Milliken (Policeman), Peyton E Park (1st guard), Karen Radcliffe (Cathy), Kirk Sisco (Doctor), Wendy Truskey (Officer), Woody Watson (4th guard), Caroline Williams (Hooker). 2435... The Thorn Birds (ABC, 3/27/1983 to 3/30/1983, 4 parts, 10 hours). This 10-hour dramatization of Colleen McCullough’s 1977 sweeping novel, following the fortunes of one Australian family over a 42-year period beginning in 1920 and of a charismatic priest and the women in his life, became a popular television event. Richard Chamberlain, already being dubbed the king of the miniseries, heads a stellar cast including Barbara Stanwyck, in a rare latter-day acting role, Australian star Bryan Brown and British actress Rachel Ward in her American TV debut (Brown and Ward subsequently married), Chamberlain and Stanwyck won Golden Globe Awards as Best Actor and Actress. Stanwyck also won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress (she appeared only in the first of four segments), and both Richard Kiley and Jean Simmons won in the supporting category. Other Emmy nominations went to Chamberlain as Outstanding Actor, Brown and Christopher Plummer as Supporting Actor, Piper Laurie as Supporting Actress, plus for direction, photography, music, costume design, editing (part 1) and editing (part 3). Nearly two decades later, Jane Seymour would joke to the press that as a young actress, she auditioned for the role of Meggie Cleery at a time when she had just given birth but was told that she was too voluptuous and was breast-feeding her new daughter, and was leaking all over Chamberlain in the screen test, so lost the role to Ward. Production Companies David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions, Edward Lewis Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Edward Lewis. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on the Novel by Colleen McCullough. Photography Bill Butler. Music Henry Mancini. Song “Anywhere the Heart Goes” by Will Jennings, Henry Mancini. Song Performed by Karen Brooks. Editor (Parts 1 and 4) Robert F. Shugrue. Editor (Part 2) David Saxon. Editor (Parts 3 and 4) C. Timothy O’Meara. Production Designer Robert MacKichan. Associate Producer Irving Lazar. Costume Designer Travilla.

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Cast Richard Chamberlain (Ralph de Bricassart), Rachel Ward (Meggie Cleary), Jean Simmons (Fiona “Fee” Cleary), Ken Howard (Rainer Hartheim), Mare Winningham (Justine O’Neill), Piper Laurie (Anne Mueller), Richard Kiley (Paddy Cleary), Earl Holliman (Luddie Mueller), Bryan Brown (Luke O’Neill), Philip Anglim (Dane O’Neill), Barbara Stanwyck (Mary Carson), Christopher Plummer (Vittorio Contini-Verchese), John Friedrich (Frank Cleary), Allyn Ann McLerie (Mrs. Smith), Richard Venture (Harry Gough), Stephanie Faracy (Judy), Barry Corbin (Pete), Sydney Penny (Young Meggie), Stephan Burns (Jack Cleary), Brett Cullen (Bob Cleary), Antoinette Bower (Sarah MacQueen), Dwier Brown (Stuart Cleary), John de Lancie (Alastair MacQueen), Bill Morey (Angus MacQueen), Vidal Peterson (Young Stuart), Holly Palance (Miss Carmichael), Chard Hayward (Arne Swenson), Rance Howard (Doc Wilson), Lucinda Dooling (Martha), Aspa Nakopolou (Phaedre), Meg Wyllie (Annie), Wally Dalton (Barker at fair), Nan Martin (Sister Agatha). 2436... Thornwell (CBS, 1/28/1981, 120 mins). The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later. Harry Moses, who produced a “60 Minutes” segment on Thornwell in 1979, produced and directed this dramatized version of the former soldier’s ordeal. The real Thornwell, who was permanently scarred by the events, never was able to hold a job as a civilian and died June 1984. Production Company MTM Entertainment. Director Harry Moses. Executive Producer Harry Moses. Producer Mark Tinker. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Photography Stevan Larner. Photography (Europe) Norman Langley. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Christopher Nelson. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Associate Producer Scott Brazil. Cast Glynn Turman (James Thornwell), Vincent Gardenia (Traeger), Craig Wasson (Captain Busher), Howard Rollins Jr. (Carson), Michael Alldredge (Beecham), Todd Susman (Ketchum), Nicholas Kepros (The Man), Julius Harris (Frisco), Paul Lieber (Lt. Col. Roberts), Edward Bell (Harvey Kletz [and narrator]), Deborah Morgan-Weldon (Katherine), Shirley Jo Finney (Lieutenant Stone), Al Fann (Raymond), Cosie Costa (Armando), William H. Bassett (C.I.C. Agent), Frank Whiteman (C.I.C. Agent), Gary Pagett (C.I.C. Agent), Steven M. Gagnon (C.I.C. Agent), Roger Aaron Brown (Court officer), John Terry Bell (Major), Gerry Black (School principal), Bob Hastings (Sanborn), Gregory Itzin (Polygraph tester), Tom Kindle (Lieutenant Graham), Earl Montgomery (Peckham), Maidie Norman (Ruth Thornwell), Timothy Stack (Means), Le Tari (Williams), Eleanor McCoy (Sister), Jerii Woods (Sister), Andre Previn Henry (Brother), Larry Dilg (Potts), Nathalie Nort (French woman), Stacy MacGregor (Sergeant), Christopher Bell-James (Thornwell’s son), Brent Davis (Polygraph tester), Ken Letner (Hypnotist), David Brandon (Doctor), Serge Feullard (French policeman), François Jaubert (French policeman). 2437... Those She Left Behind (NBC, 3/6/1989, 120 mins). A businessman (Gary Cole) struggles to rebuild his life and care for his newborn baby following his wife’s death in this tearstained drama highlighted by an Emmy-nominated performance by Colleen Dewhurst as the woman’s mother. Original title: “Daddy” Production Company NBC Productions. Director Waris Hussein. Producer R.W. Goodwin. Co-Producer Ed Milkovich. Teleplay Michael O’Hara. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Mark Snow. Editor Fred A. Chulack. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Associate Producers Michael O’Hara, Michael S. Murphy. Cast Gary Cole (Scott Grimes), Joanna Kerns (Diane Pappas), Mary Page Keller (Sue Grimes), George Coe (Bill Page), Maryedith Burrell (Ann Hobson), Colleen Dewhurst (Margaret Page), Joel Polis (Roger Kerns), Saachiko (Dr. Yamura), Judyann Elder (Counselor), Paul Mendoza (Art Acosta), David Selburg (Dr. Razzar), Lupe Ontiveros (Rosa), Harry Stephens (Dr. Paul Spencer), James Edgcomb (Poker player), Folkert Schmidt (Eric), Wyatt Knight (Mr. Kroyer), Stephanie Shroyer (Mrs. Schrader), Judy Kain (Dr. Yamura’s nurse), Vicky Dawson (Mrs. Kroyer), Julie Ariola (Julie’s mom), Amy Buffington (Julie), Nike Doukas (Tracy), K.T. Vogt (Paula), Nick Hardin (Diane’s date), Louisa Abernathy (Clerk), Mary Pat Gleason (Nurse Walker). 2438... Thou Shalt Not Kill (NBC, 4/12/1982, 120 mins). The second in a prospective but aborted series contemporizing the Ten Commandments, this 1979-made film about a lady defense attorney’s attempt to prove the innocence of a young man on two murder charges was a follow-up to “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery” (1978) and originally was scheduled for airing in October 1981. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Warner Bros. Television. Director I.C. Rapoport. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Edgar J. Scherick. Producer S. Bryan Hickox. Teleplay I.C. Rapoport, Lonne Elder III. Based on a Story by Lonne Elder III. Photography Charles W. Short. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Bud S. Isaacs. Art Director Richard Sawyer. Cast Lee Grant (Maxine Lochman), Gary Graham (Ray Masters), Diana Scarwid (Susan Masters), Robert Culp (Steve Nevins), James Keach (Jeff Tomkins), Michael C. Gwynne (Roebuck), Lane Smith (Blake), Albert Salmi (Hugh Grover), Scott Marlowe, Chuck Bergansky, David Boyle, Dorothy Butts, Harry Caesar, Ric D’Angelo, Susan Duvall, Robert Englund, Redmond Gleeson, Mathew Greene, Michael Greene, Jerry Hardin, Jacky Hoppus, Donald Hotton, Paul Larson, Louise Lorimer, Johnny Martino, John Medici, George Planco, Bruce Reed, Jason Ronard, Shepherd Sanders, Bill Stavers, Paula Victor, Dick Whittington. 2439... Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie (NBC, 1/12/1981, 120 mins). Entertainer Tony Orlando made his dramatic acting debut in this dramatization of the true story of a San Antonio cop who, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to greet him at the finish.

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Production Companies PKO Television, Edward S. Feldman Company, Yellow Ribbon Productions. Director Clyde Ware. Executive Producers Edward S. Feldman, Tony Orlando. Supervising Producer Otto Salamon. Producer Antonio Calderon. Teleplay Clyde Ware. Photography Brian West. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor Les Green. Art Director William F. DeSeta. Cast Tony Orlando (Alberto Rodriguez), Edward James Olmos (Art Vela), Pepe Serna (Bobby Hernandez), Julie Carmen (Rose Sanchez), Rosana DeSoto (Lydia), Gregory Sierra (Dr. Galfas), Peter Graves (Captain McIntyre), TJ Olivares (Stephanie at age 4), Sidney Leigh Wells (Mary Ann), Mina Vasquez (Angie), Francisco Paco Vela (Michael Quintanilla), Janet Sunderland (Dr. Harmon), José Armando (Mr. Rodriguez), Rosita Fernandez (Mrs. Rodriguez), Margarito Guzman (Hector), Betty Riehl (Sylvia), Suzanne Michaels, Cesar Cordova. 2440... The Three Kings (ABC, 12/17/1987, 120 mins). Whimsical, allegorical retelling of the three biblical wise men-here a trio of contemporary misfits (Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Stan Shaw)--who escape a mental institution on camelback on Christmas Eve in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles in search of the true spirit of the season. The teleplay is by the esteemed Stirling Silliphant, from a story which he wrote with Aaron Spelling. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer, Esther Shapiro. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producers Stirling Silliphant, Mel Damski Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Based on a Story by Aaron Spelling, Stirling Silliphant. Photography Johnny E. Jensen. Music William Goldstein. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Production Designer Ward Preston. Associate Producer John B. Moranville. Wardrobe Consultant Nolan Miller. Cast Jack Warden (Ken), Lou Diamond Phillips (Tag), Stan Shaw (Paul), Jane Kaczmarek (Dr. Paula Bolet), Vic Tayback (Harold), Charles Nelson Reilly (Clerk), Tiana Alexandra (Jan DuLong), Joey Aresco (Tony), H. Richard Greene (Lieutenant), Rick Lenz (Tag’s father), Jerry Houser (Jerry), Pepe Serna (Alex Sweetwood), Art La Fleur (Sheriff), Leilani Sarelle (Judy), James Scally (Irish cop), Sheldon Feldner, Richard Partlow, Michael Pniewski, Kavi Raz, Phil Rubenstein, Fred D. Scott, Tori Spelling, Robert Wilson, Ashley Bank, Randall Caldwell, Gail Cameron, Max Chain, Michael Paul Chan, Frank Corsentino, Julie Cypher, John Gilgreen, Tomas Goros, Kenia, Brian Lando, Bruce Marchiano, Aaron Mendelsohn, Paul C. Raczkowski, Jerry Tondo. 2441... Three on a Match (NBC, 8/2/1987, 120 mins). Three disparate escapees from a tough southern prison--a naive three-piece businessman falsely accused of a crime, a slick scholarly con man with a British accent, and a black dude with a sharp eye for the ladies--join forces to elude capture, use their wits to stay out from behind bars, earn an honest living, and help the downtrodden. This second cousin to “The A-Team” and prospective series pilot was the brainchild of Donald Bellisario, the man behind the earlier “Magnum, P.I.” and the later “Quantum Leap.” Production Companies Belisarius Productions, Tri-Star Television. Director Donald P. Bellisario. Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario. Producer Stuart Segall. Teleplay Donald P Bellisario. Photography Jack A. Whitman. Music Ian FreebairnSmith. Editor Arthur Forney. Additional Editing Leon Ortiz-Gil. Production Designer Bill Malley. Associate Producer David Bellisario. Cast Patrick Cassidy (Scott Crossfield), Bruce A. Young (Andy “Ripper” Pierce), David Hemmings (Maxwell “Newt” Newton), Lance LeGault (Hornet), Mitch Pileggi (Bull Tully), Deborah Pratt (Sissy), Diana Bellamy (Bonnie), Reiner Schoene (Skeeter), Dendrie Allyn Taylor (Mary Lou), Jim Haynie (Judge Winthrop), Everett McGill (Boss), Kendall Conrad (Sarah Winthrop), John Calvin (Mark), Joseph Adams (Chad), David Hart (Ray Bob), Geraldine Pratt (Mama), B.J. Hopper (Judge Tully), Elliott Keener (Chester), Jason Saugier (Billie Joe), Trellis Septor (Kip), Louis Bourgeois (Guard), Jeffrey Hays (Crowley), Duane Bennet (Georgie), Ken Gerson (Attendant). 2442... Three Wishes for Jamie (Syndicated, 3/9/1987, 120 mins). Jack Warden heads an all-Irish cast, as an Irish matchmaker and storyteller, in this British-made film which premiered in America in syndication. Adapted from Charles O’Neal’s 1949 book, it follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue. A musical version of the O’Neal book played on Broadway briefly in 1952 with John Raitt, Anne Jeffreys, and old-time vaudevillian Bert Wheeler in the leads. It had a score by Ralph Blane (music) and Abe Burrows and O’Neal (book and lyrics). Production Companies Hill-St. Johns Films, HTV Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television. Director Robert William Young. Executive Producers Kathleen St. Johns, Andrew Hill. Supervising Producer Patrick Dromgoole. Producer Peter Graham Scott. Based on a Novel by Charles O’Neal. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Patrick Moloney. Music Performed by The Chieftains. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer John Biggs. Cast Jack Warden (Owen Tavish), Stevan Rimkus (Jamie McGrew), Anna Livia Ryan (Maeve Harrigan), David Healy (Father Kerry), Peter Marinker (Standish Bunn), Ed Bishop (Proddy), Benjy Lawrence (Kevin Shiel McGrew), Liam O’Callaghan (Shiel Harrigan), Barry Lynch (Dennis McGrew), Derry Power (Dan McGrew), Marie Conmee (Aunt Bid), Gillian Hackett (Kate McGrew), Fiona MacAnna (Tess Shanahan), Catherine Roman (Doreen), Dan Foley (Tim Shanahan), Pat Roche (Me-Patrick), Stuart Milligan (Big Tom), Frank Melia (Shanahan Brother), David Nolan (Shanahan Brother), Frank O’Sullivan (Shanahan Brother), James Bartley (Shanahan Brother), Steve Ryan (Shanahan Brother), Derek Halligan (Shanahan Brother), Ronan Wilmot

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(Paddy O’Dowd), Niall MacAnna (Waddie O’Dowd), Fintan McKeown (Priest/Narrator), Billy J. Mitchell (Floyd Talbot), Bruce Boa (Sheriff Jack Haynes), Philip Dettmer (Sean). 2443... The Three Wishes of Billy Crier (ABC, 11/1/1984, 120 mins). A teenager who is the victim of a rare disease that rapidly accelerates aging tries to cram his three great life ambitions into the months he has left: to locate the father who had walked out on his family 15 years earlier, to play saxophone with a jazz band, and to make love to a woman. The film, originally titled “Billy Grier, Billy Grier, Billy Grier,” won an Emmy Award for Michael Westmore, creator of the special makeup that turned Ralph Macchio (of “The Karate Kid”) into an oldster. Production Company I & C Productions. Director Corey Blechman. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Supervising Producer Hans Proppe. Producer Jay Benson. Teleplay Corey Blechman. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Gregory Prange. Associate Producer Deborah Ellis Leoni. Cast Ralph Macchio (Billy Grier), Betty Buckley (Nancy Grier), Hal Holbrook (Grandpa), Season Hubley (Phyllis), Jeffrey Tambor (Dr. Lindsey), Lawrence Pressman (Frank), Conchata Ferrell (Dr. Gardner), Ed Lauter (Mr. Grier), Viveca Lindfors (Dr. Rice), Laura Dern (Crissy), Betty Phillips (Mary Whitelaw), Meredith Bain Woodward (Mrs. Patrick), Janet Wright (Woman in bar), Bill Murdoch (Scott), Lillian Carlson (Hotel manager), Stephen E. Miller (Gas man), Dorothy Jones (Mrs. Farber), Shirley Barclay (Mrs. Clark), Jessica Loring (Nurse), Lois McClean (Waitress), Sharon Wahl (Waitress), Lloyd Berry (Bartender). 2444... Threesome (CBS, 9/14/1984, 120 mins). Herbert Gold’s 1963 novel, “Salt,” served as the source for this romantic drama set against Manhattan’s singles scene, involving two best friends--one, a hedonistic, upwardly mobile stockbroker, the other, his recently divorced buddy from the Midwest--who love the same woman. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Lou Antonio. Producer Ron Roth. Teleplay Lawrence B. Marcus. Based on a Novel by Herbert Gold. Photography Adam Holender. Music Angela Morley. Editor John F. Link. Production Designer W. Woods Mackintosh. Cast Stephen Collins (Peter Hatten), Deborah Raffin (Barbara Jones), Joel Higgins (Dan Shaper), Susan Hess (Gloria), Addison Powell (Mr. Jones), Dana Delany (Laura Shaper), Donald Gantry (Walter), Melody Combs (Linda), Harry Melching (Ranger), Eleanor Phelps (Mrs. Larkin), Denise Pence (Lisa), Justin Ernsberger (Robert), Brian Kohn (Joey), W.T. Martin (Harry), Frank Simpson (Maitre d’), Richard Ryder (Photographer), Debra Byrd (Pregnant woman), Leonard Parker (Police sergeant), Hovey Burgess (Juggling instructor), Denise Lute (Photographer assistant), Ron Lee Savin (Gloria’s date), Bob Scarantino (Shoe vendor), Kenneth French (Farmer), Brian Calvert (Waiter), Lynn Stafford (1st neighbor), Barbara Selden (2nd neighbor). 2445... Through Naked Eyes (ABC, 12/11/1983, 120 mins). Musician David Soul, scanning the tower opposite his through binoculars from the living room of his plush Chicago lakeside complex, finds an alluring woman, Pam Dawber, watching him through a telescope, and soon the two discover that their voyeuristic game has been joined by someone else who is watching them--and it could be the murderer of two people in the complex. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producer Paul Pompian. Teleplay Jeffrey Bloom. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Gil Melle. Editor Dennis C. Duckwall. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Associate Producer Don Buday. Cast David Soul (William Parrish), Pam Dawber (Anne Walsh), Fionnuala Flanagan (Dr. Frances Muller), William Schallert (William’s father), Dick Anthony Williams (Detective Wylie), Gerald Castillo (Sergeant Scopetta), Rod McCary (Terry Sheppard), Amy Morton (Karen), Ward Ohrman (Chairman), Mike Miller (Waiter), Arnold Kopek (One-armed man), Rick Lefevour (Stuntman), Rick Cluckey (Detective), Roberta Baskin (Newswoman), Rolf Boettger (Maitre d’), Annabel Armour (1st spinster), Joanne Lazzerini (2nd spinster), Stacey Guastaferro (1st woman), Pamela Baker (2nd woman), Will Cleary (Elderly man), Roslyn Alexander (Elderly woman), Meg Thalken (Security Guard), Sarajane Donley (One-armed man’s wife), Dennis Farina (Patrolman), Ted Levine (Patrolman), Donald Moffat (Patrolman), John Herrera (Patrolman). 2446... Through the Magic Pyramid (NBC, 12/6/1981 and 12/13/1981, 2 parts, 60 mins each, 2 hours). Ron Howard, director and executive producer of this family-oriented adventure, worked from a script coauthored by his father, Rance Howard, that told of a youngster magically transported back to ancient Egypt where he befriends young Prince Tut, who is a pawn in palace intrigue. This Disney-level tale, in which a couple of resourceful lads get the better of a handful of often nasty adults, won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Children’s Special and was shown initially in two one-hour segments a week apart before later being edited into a single two-hour movie. Production Company Major H Productions. Director Ron Howard. Executive Producer Ron Howard. Producers Herbert J. Wright, Rance Howard. Teleplay Herbert J. Wright, Rance Howard. Photography Gary Graver. Music Joe Renzetti. Editor Robert Kern Jr. Art Director and Associate Producer John Kuri. Cast Chris Barnes (Bobby Tuttle), Hans Conried (Ay/Mr. Mantley), Vic Tayback (Horembeb), Olivia Barash (Princess Baket), Betty Beaird (Eleanor Tuttle), Gino Conforti (Hotep), Elaine Giftos (Nefertiti), James Hampton (Sam Tuttle), Robbie Rist (Bonkers), Kario Salem (Akhenaten), Eric Greene (Tut), Jo Anne Worley (Moontdeme), Sydney Penny (Princess Ankelsen), Woodrow Chambliss, Mel Berger, Mary Carver, Kurt Christian, Daniel Leon, Hoke Howell, Ralph Dougherty.

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2447... Thunderboat Row (ABC, 9/10/1989, 120 mins). An elite team of lawmen, using a new super fast boat, battles drug smugglers off the coast of Florida in this prospective series pilot for Chad Everett, playing the craft’s designer and civilian leader of the unit. Production Company Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Thomas J. Wright. Executive Producer Stephen J. Cannell. Supervising Producer Jo Swerling Jr., Stuart Segall. Producer Randall Wallace. Teleplay Stephen J Cannell. Based on a Story by Stephen J. Cannell, Randall Wallace. Photography James Pergola. Music Mike Post. Editors David Blangsted, Howard Terrill, Larry D. Lester. Production Designer Bill Malley. Cast Chad Everett (Ben Bishop), Jason Adams (Bobby Garland), Nick Corri (Hector), Robert Estes (Danny Palidino), Anthony Jones (Lt. Jeffrey Cave), Peter Murnick (Moby Griffin), Todd Schaefer (Lt. Adam Wheaton), Freddie Simpson (Rose O’Shea), Dennis Boutsikaris (Tom Rampy), John J. York (Lon Otto), Governor Robert Martinez (Himself), Mayor Alex Doud (Himself), Ed Amatrudo (Ramiro), Parris Buckner (Chris), Carrell Myers (Tami), Robert S. Goodman (Lt. Clark Hanover), Stephen G. Anthony (Lt. jg Don French), Arnie Ross (Phil Hart), Ken Smolka (Chuck Martin). 2448... Thursday’s Child (CBS, 2/1/1983, 120 mins). An athletic 17-year-old who requires a heart transplant brings this family to a life-threatening crisis. Rob Lowe was”introduced” in this uplifting drama that initially had been scheduled for airing and subsequently twice pulled from the schedule in December 1982. Gena Rowlands and Don Murray play his parents, and Jessica Walter is his aunt and family cheerleader. Based on Victoria Poole’s 1980 book. Production Companies Catalina Productions Group, Viacom. Director David Lowell Rich. Executive Producers Franklin R. Levy, Gregory Harrison, Ron Parker. Producer Peter Katz. Teleplay Gwen Bagni-Dubov. Based on a Book by Victoria Poole. Photography Charles F. Wheeler. Music Lee Holdridge. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Director Richard Berger. Associate Producer Matthew Rushton. Production Executive Terry Morse Jr. Cast Gena Rowlands (Victoria Alden), Don Murray (Parker Alden), Jessica Walter (Roz Richardson), Rob Lowe (Sam Alden), Tracey Gold (Alix), Glenn Morrissey (Pokie), Ken Stovitz (Charlie), Heidi Bohay (Ruthie), Liz Keifer (Tina), Larry Poindexter (Malcolm), Robin Gammell (Dr. Schroeder), Alan Fudge (Dr. Baumbartner), Thomas Hill (Dr. Owens), Stephen Keep (Dr. Reston), Curt Lowens (Dr. Wakely), Ryan MacDonald (Dr. Shumway), Janet MacLachlan (Nurse Judy), Lindy Nisbet (Portsmouth nurse), Susan Ruttan (Portsmouth nurse), Ella Raino Edwards (Duty nurse), Sharon Benyakar (Nurse), Julie Inouye (Stanford Floor nurse), Robert S. Biheller (Bar owner), Brad Cowgill (Student), Robert Ethier (Adam), Dal Jenkins (Mr. Rushton), William Vincent Kulak (Painter), Michael Saucedo (Randy), Woody Eney (Hart Perry), Jan Reed (Cardiologist), Carla Stevens (Stewardess), Kenneth Tigar (Bill Richardson), Jennifer Holmes (Young woman). 2449... Time Bomb (NBC, 3/25/1984, 120 mins). A team of “transport specialists” are determined to thwart a ruthless terrorist and her gang attempting to hijack a super-sophisticated armored vehicle carrying nuclear weapons-grade plutonium across Texas. This pilot to a prospective series involving Billy DeeWilliams and Joseph Bottoms as highly trained trucker buddies received an extra dose of publicity by the casting of Morgan Fairchild as a cold-blooded baddie. Production Companies Barry Weitz Films, Universal Television. Director Paul Krasny. Executive Producer Barry Weitz. Producer Tom Thayer. Supervising Producer James McAdams. Teleplay Wes Claridge. Based on a Story by Roderick Taylor. Photography Don Reddy. Music Sylvester Levay. Editors Donald R. Rode, David Simmons. Production Designer Richard B. Lewis. Cast Morgan Fairchild (Renée DeSalles), Billy Dee Williams (Wes Tanner), Merlin Olsen (Jake Calahan), Joseph Bottoms (Dan Picard), Anne Kerry (Tracy), Chad Redding (Laura), Dianne Shaw (Carra), Colin Lane (Marchand), Alan Austin (2nd Bailiff), Sandi Fish (Judy Mallory), Robert Ginnaven (Halifax), Hugh Gorrian (Hawsley), Harlan Jordan (Matt Ridgeway), Tom McMadden (Atherton), Kenneth McLean (Fabrina), Miguel (Ronteria), Norma Moore (Peg Ridgeway), Rick Stokes (Coroner), Wade Blassingame (Lon Ridgeway), Cynthia Mims (Debra Ridgeway), Nicholas Anthony (Co-pilot), Al Dupree (Singer), Frank L. Henderson (Barron), Ray La Pere (Felix), Dennis Letts (Watchdog), Joe Maslin (Navigator), Dean O’Fallan (FBI agent), Paul Pender (Officer Temple), Jack Robinson, Gil Rodriguez Jr., Alan Serventnick. 2450... A Time for Miracles (ABC, 12/21/1980, 120 mins). The story of Elizabeth Bayley Seton (1774-1821) on her journey from a wealthy New York businessman’s wife and the mother of five to founder of the American Sisters of Charity and the first Catholic orphanage, and subsequently became America’s first native-born Catholic saint. An Emmy Award nomination went to sound mixer William Teague. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Michael O’Herlihy. Producers Beverlee Dean, Jimmy Hawkins. Teleplay Henry Denker. Photography Don H. Birnkrant. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Tracy Bousman. Cast Kate Mulgrew (Mother Elizabeth Bayley Seton), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Father Dubois), Rossano Brazzi (Fillipo Fillici), John Forsythe (The Postulator), Lorne Greene (Bishop John Carroll), Jean LeClerc (Father Bruté), Leonard Mann (Antonio Fillici), Robin Clarke (William Seton), William Prince (Prefect), Dominic Chianese (Promoter), George Murdock, Milo O’Shea, Danny Moran, Todd Fine, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Erika Katz, Amy Linker, Ellen Barber, Doug Johnson, Sharon Foote, Houlihan Burke, Sherrie Wills, Everett McGill.

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2451... A Time to Live (NBC, 10/28/1985, 120 mins). Liza Minnelli’s TV movie debut occurred here in vivid portrayal of real-life author and mother Mary-Lou Weisman, whose book “Intensive Care” (this film’s original title) was a loving and often humorous account for her experience during her son’s decade-long struggle against muscular dystrophy and the on-going trauma threatening her marriage. The drama was a Christopher Award winner. Production Companies Blue Andre Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Rick Wallace. Executive Producer Judith A. Polone. Producer Blue Andre. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by Mary-Lou Weisman. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Georges Delerue. Editor William A. Anderson. Art Director Anne Pritchard. Production Consultant Mary-Lou Weisman. Cast Liza Minnelli (Mary-Lou Weisman), Jeffrey DeMunn (Larry Weisman), Swoosie Kurtz (Patricia), Scott Schwartz (Adam Weisman), Corey Haim (Peter Weisman), Janine Manatis (Mangie), Karen Shallo (Betty Vehon), Kurt Reis (Kurt Vehon), Trevor T. Smith (Jeff), François Klanfer (Julien-Serre), Ken Pogue (Dr. Doran), Samantha Langevin (Dr. Ulmer), Chuck Shamata (Dr. Strathmore), Alain Goulem (Juliano), David Connor (Spelvin), Richard Allen Heft (Student), Linda Lee Tracey (Chairwoman), Jacklin Webb (Woman journalist), Vlasta Vrana (Policeman Grosso), Marty Edwards (Coleman), Henry G. Sanders (Fred). 2452... A Time to Triumph (CBS, 1/7/1986, 120 mins). In this real-life drama based on the story of Concetta Hassan, Patty Duke is a housewife who becomes the family breadwinner, trading in her apron for a jumpsuit as an Army helicopter pilot, when her husband is stricken with a massive heart attack and is incapacitated. This was the actress’ first movie since reverting to her original show biz name (following her divorce from John Astin) and being elected President of the Screen Actors Guild. Not long afterward, she married an Army sergeant who had been assigned as one of the film’s technical advisors during production, which took place at Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Rucker, Alabama. Production Companies Billos-Kaufman Productions, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Noel Black. Executive Producer Ethel Winant. Producers Fran Billos, Judy Kauffman. Teleplay Lavina Dawson, George Yanok. Photography Kees Van Oostrum. Music John Cacavas. Editor John A. Martinelli. Production Designer Diane Campbell. Associate Producer John A Martinelli. Cast Patty Duke (Concetta Hassan), Joseph Bologna (Chuck Hassan), Julie Bovasso (Jackie), Denise Mickelbury (Sergeant Martin), Dara Modglin (Raye Loudin), Jackie Welch (Frances), Keith Colbert (Frankie), Mert Hatfield (Flight candidate), Mike McGehee (Flight candidate), Charlotte Dillon (Connie at age 8), Lucy Ann Dow (Christina at age 5), Tia Tucker (Connie at age 12), Christian Haas (Christina at age 9), Amanda Barbano (Jo Ellen at age 5), Suzi Bass (Welfare lady), Jerry Campbell (Building manager), Marc Clement (Kover), David de Vries (PFC Jensen), Pattie Lundberg (PTA lady), Andrew R. Stahl (Doctor), Catherine McGoohan (Nurse), Dick Tirschel (Griff), Alpha Trivette (Barracks warrant offier). 2453... Timestalkers (CBS, 3/10/1987, 120 mins). Imaginative time-travel mystery adventure with Lauren Hutton (in the future) chasing power-crazed scientist Klaus Kinski (in the past) through various centuries from 2586 back to 1886 with contemporary history professor William Devane becoming involved because of an unusual tintype he has stumbled across. Forrest Tucker had his final role in this film as a Western authority. “Timestalker,” scheduled by the network and then moved over a period of several months before premiering, was adapted by author Brian Clemens from Ray Brown’s original story, “The Tintype.” Production Companies Fries Entertainment, Newland-Raynor Productions, Newland-Raynor Productions. Director Michael Schultz. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Milton (Ted) Raynor. Producers John Newland, Richard Maynard. Teleplay Brian Clemens. Based on a Story by Ray Brown. Photography Harry Mathias. Music Craig Safan. Song Lyrics Brian Clemens. Editor Conrad M. Gonzalez. Production Designer Shay Austin. 2nd Unit Director Bob Bralver. Cast William Devane (Dr. Scott McKenzie), Lauren Hutton (Georgia Crawford), John Ratzenberger (Gen. Joseph Brodsky), Forrest Tucker (“Texas” John Cody), Klaus Kinski (Dr. Joseph Cole), Tracey Walter (Sam), James Avery (Blacksmith), R.D. Call (Bart), John Considine (Dr. Mathew Crawford), Danny Pintauro (Billy McKenzie), Gail Youngs (Mrs. McKenzie), Patrik Baldauff (Callan), Ritch Brinkley (Barman), J. Michael Flynn (Michael), A.J. Freeman (Grover Cleveland), Deborah Levin (Carol), Begoña Plaza (Carla), Tim Russ (Sergeant Filton), Michael Strasser (Driver), Buck Taylor (Shaving cowboy), John Wesley (Jack), Burke Dennis (Undertaker), Joshua Devane (Frank), Terry Funk (Bearded cowboy), Tommy Lamey (Tough cowboy), Bob Bralver, Monty Cox, Christopher Doyle, Tim Gilbert, Lane Leavitt, Eric Mansker, Seth Mitchell, Jedd Nabonsal, George Parrish, Ben Rawnsley, Arnold Roberts, Dean Smith, John Timothy Williams, Merritt Yohnka. 2454... Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (PBS, 9/29/1980 to 11/3/1980, 6 parts, 60 mins each, 6 hours). Alec Guinness gives a commanding performance in this BBC spy thriller, based on John Le Carré’s 1974 book, as a retired spy who’s brought back to service to flush out a mole at the Circus, his old outfit in British Intelligence. This premiered on PBS’ Great Performances as a sixpart tale spun in hour-long dollops over six weeks. Production Companies BBC Television, Paramount Network Television. Director John Irvin, Frances Alcock. Producer Jonathan Powell. Teleplay Arthur Hopcraft. Based on the Novel by John Le Carré. Photography Tony Pierce-Roberts. Music Geoffrey Burgon. Editors Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas. Art Director Austen Spriggs. Cast Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Bernard Hepton (Toby Esterhase), Terence Rigby (Roy Bland), Michael Aldridge (Percy Alleline), Alexander Knox (Control), Ian Bannen (Jim Prideaux), Michael Jayston (Peter Guillam), Nigel Stock (Roddy Martindale), Anthony Bate (Oliver Lacon), Hywel Bennett (Ricki Tarr), Sian Phillips (Ann Smiley), Joss Ackland (Jerry Westerby), Jo Apted (Linda), Mandy Cuthbert (Molly Purcell), Warren Clarke (Alwyn), Frank Compton (Bryant), Milos Kirek (Barak),

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Thorley Walters (Tufty Thessinger), Beryl Reid (Connie Sachs), Frank Moorey (Lauda Strickland), Joe Praml (Paul Skordino), Ian Richardson (Bill Haydon), John Standing (Sam Collins), Patrick Stewart (Karla), George Pravda (Polyakov), Guy Standeven (Flemyng-Smith), Stephen Earle (Norman), Daniel Beecher (Spikely), Marjorie Hogan (Alisa Brimley), Duncan Jones (“Jumbo” Roach), Alec Sabin (Fawn), George Sewell (Mendel), Susan Kodicek (Irina), Pauline Letts (Mrs. Pope-Graham), Eugene Lipinski (Czech guard), Hilary Minster (Boris), John Wells (Headmaster), Brian Hawksley (Bookseller), Betty Hardy (Headmaster’s mother). 2455... To Catch a King (HBO, 2/12/1984, 100 mins). In this espionage thriller that tries in its own way to emulate “Casablanca,” Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, living at the time (1942) in Portugal. Together they set out to try to thwart the plan as a wily German general closes in on them. Despite this HBO film’s starring role going to a white-suited, Bogart-like Wagner, much of the focus was on Garr racing across Europe in a tight skirt and six-inch spike heels with the Gestapo in hot pursuit. The source novel was by Harry Patterson,which is the pen-name of Jack Higgins, author of “The Eagle Has Landed.” Production Companies Gaylord Productions, Entertainment Partners Inc., Tara Productions, HBO Premiere Films. Director Clive Donner. Executive Producer Robert E Fuisz. Producers Alfred R. Kelman, William F. Storke. Co-Producers Thomas M.C. Johnston, Mark Monnet. Teleplay Roger O. Hirson. Based on the Novel by Harry Patterson. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Nick Bicat. Editor Peter Tanner. Art Director Peter James. Cast Robert Wagner (Joe Jackson), Teri Garr (Hannah Winter), Horst Hanson (Gen. Walter Schellenberg), John Standing (Duke of Windsor), Barbara Parkins (Duchess of Windsor), Marcel Bozzuffi (Colonel da Cunha), Jane Lapotaire (Irene Neumann), Barry Foster (Max Winter), Peter Egan (Heydrich), John Patrick (Major Kleiber), Constantine Gregory (Captain Mohta), John Barron (Sir Walter Selby), Edmund Kente (Lord Walter Monckton), Peter Woodthorpe (Elric Becker), Lex Van Delden (Egger), Nicholas Courtney (de Oliviera), Stephen Moore (Himmler), Fulton MacKay, Pierre Baton, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Sylvia Potter, Tusse Selders, Alan Parkeasy, Anthony Calf, Annie Sabato, Laurel Soveral, Pierre Londiche, Gavin Asner, Maria Da Fe, Joao Moura, Kevork Malikyan. 2456... To Find My Son (CBS, 10/6/1980, 120 mins). A single man and part-time college student discovers the bureaucratic frustrations when he tries to adopt a handicapped, love-starved orphan whom he had been helping overcome a speech problem, and wages a battle against Child Welfare Department officials determined to place the youngster with a more suitable, mature, married couple. Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producers Allen Epstein, Jim Green. Producer Harry Thomason. Teleplay Sandor Stern. Photography Gerald Perry Finnerman. Music Ralph Grierson. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Directors John Beckman, Ross Bellah. Cast Richard Thomas (David Benjamin), Justin Dana (Tommy), Molly Cheek (Julie), Julie Cobb (Connie Marx), Steve Kanaly (Arthur Gwen), Allyn Ann McLerie (Mrs. Braggs), Arthur Rosenberg (Fred Willis), Ron Joseph (Manny Garcia), Royce Wallace (Nancy Grady), Gene D. Jackson (Bobby Johnson), Melva Blancett (Mrs. Ryan), Francesca Jarvis (Mrs. Benjamin), Warner McKay (Mr. Benjamin), Charles Benton (Dr. Holder), Mary Mizell (Ida), Bob Sola (Dr. Nelgrin), Susan Donovan (Helen Shannon), Brad Zinn (Young doctor), Joe Rainer (Mr. Brenner), Kimberly Baker (Mrs. Brenner), Dawn Schroeder (Carol), Traci Davis (Theresa). 2457... To Heal a Nation (NBC, 5/29/1988, 120 mins). Quite affecting drama about the efforts of a group of dedicated veterans--headed by the real-life Jan Scruggs (played by Eric Roberts)--in their valiant struggle against governmental opposition to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall in Washington. The moving film, which initially, and appropriately, aired on Memorial Day weekend, received an Emmy nomination for editing by Gregory Prange and Millie Moore. Production Companies Lionel Chetwynd Productions, von Zerneck-Samuels Productions, Orion Television. Director Michael Pressman. Executive Producers Frank von Zerneck, Stu Samuels, Lionel Chetwynd. Producer Robert M. Sertner. CoProducers Gordon L. Freedman, Ian Sander. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors Gregory Prange, Millie Moore. Production Designer Roy Alan Amaral. Associate Producer Susan WeberGold. Cast Eric Roberts (Jan Scruggs), Glynnis O’Connor (Becky Scruggs), Marshall Colt (John Wheeler), Scott Paulin (Robert Doubek), Lee Purcell (Sandie Fariol), Brock Peters (Paul Turner), Gloria Carlin (Monica Healy), Jordan Charney (Paul Spreiregen), Tamlyn Tomita (Maya Ying Lin), Laurence Luckinbill (Sen. Charles Mathias), Linden Chiles (Sen. John Warner), James F. Kelly (James Webb), Eloy Phil Casados (Richardson), Tom Everett (Thompson), Gary Hershberger (Chaney), Alley Mills (Stonecutter), John Lafayette (Sergeant), Conrad Bachmann (H. Ross Perot), David Wells (Sec. James Watt), Stuart Nisbet (Rep. Phil Burton), Laura Owens (Elisa Wheeler), Alan Hunter (D.J.), Ron Ray (J. Carter Brown), J. C. Wells (General Price), Alan Toy (Veteran), Richard Chaves (Veteran), Lyle Keeler (Veteran), P.W. Williams (Veteran), John DiFusco (Veteran), Sam Chew Jr. (Speaker), Mort Sertner (Speaker), Ron Prince (Speaker), Dale Swann (Speaker), Robert Patten (Colonel), Ed Williams (Chaplain), Travis Swords (Questioner), Lisa Roberts (Questioner), Naomi Stevens (Woman), Olivia Burnette (Child), Theresa Karanik (Nurse), David Hess (Anchorman), D. David Morin (Reporter), Matt Coltrin (Bureaucrat), Pattie Pierce (Mother), Patrick Rogers (Volunteer), Richard Foster (Contractor), Bill Grimmett (Guard).

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2458... To Race the Wind (CBS, 3/12/1980, 120 mins). A lighthearted dramatization of the autobiography of Harold Krents, a blind Harvard Law School student trying to make his way in a sighted world. Krents, whose experiences inspired the play and film, “Butterflies Are Free,” subsequently has become a lawyer (although he initially was rejected by 42 law firms), and as this film premiered was head of Mainstream, a foundation dedicated to helping the handicapped in the corporate business world. Production Company Walter Grauman Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producer Walter Grauman. Producer William Kayden. Teleplay Carmen Culver. Based on the Autobiography by Harold Krents. Photography Vincent A. Martinelli. Music John Rubinstein. Editor Tony DiMarco. Art Director Spencer Deverill. Cast Steve Guttenberg (Harold Krents), Randy Quaid (Chet Watson), Mark L. Taylor (Ben Chase), Lisa Eilbacher (Kit), Barbara Barrie (Mrs. Krents), Gregory Walcott (Don Summerfun), Normann Burton (Mr. Krents), Deborah Ryan (Bonnie), Catherine Hicks (Beth), David James Carroll (Jerry Baker), David Hollander (Young Harold), Demetre Phillips (Moose), Cameron Young (Jones), Michael Talbott (Burly man), Lisa Freeman (Pat), Sean Marshall (Wilson), Josh David (Perkins), Jonathan Moore (Law professor), Catherine Hickland (Marcie), Hildy Brooks (Rachel), Christine Dickinson (Girl at dance), Robin Dearden (Mary), Robert Rockwell (Clayburn), Kerry McGrath (Kerry). 2459... Tomorrow’s Child (ABC, 3/22/1982, 120 mins). The second surrogate mother TV-movie to premiere in less than a week, with Stephanie Zimbalist as research geneticist William Atherton’s wife who agrees to the experimental procedure of a “test-tube baby,” having her fetus brought to full term in a glass jar in a laboratory. Original title: “Genesis” Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Jerry McNeely. Producer Donald A. Baer. Teleplay Jerry McNeely. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Patrick Williams. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Cast Stephanie Zimbalist (Kay Spence), William Atherton (Jim Spence), Bruce Davison (Cliff Bender), Ed Flanders (Anders Stenslund), Salome Jens (Laura Pressburg), James Shigeta (Donald Shibura), Susan Oliver (Marilyn Hurst), Arthur Hill (Glenn Gorham), Teddi Siddall (Janice Bender), J. Victor Lopez (Roy), Jerry McNeely (Dr. Sargent), Dave Turner (Lieutenant Wolders), Stephen Douglas Helm (Man at accident), Virginia Bingham (Cheryl), Freddye Chapman (Nurse), Lance Rosen (Chuck), Jody Myler (Arlene), Shelley O’Neil (Secretary). 2460... Tonight’s the Night (ABC, 2/2/1987, 120 mins). Single men and women spend a weekend at a popular club hoping to find the perfect relationship, only to find that the fast life bringing more surprises than they bargained for. TV stars playing those on the prowl included both Ed Molinaro and Ken Olin from “Hill Street Blues” and Max Gail from “Barney Miller.” Tracy Nelson, one of the women frequenting the “in” pickup spot, was the daughter of Rick Nelson, and later went on to star as Sister Steve in “Father Dowling Mysteries.” Original title: “Single Men” Production Companies An IndieProd Production, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Bobby Roth. Executive Producers Ilene Amy Berg, Bruce J. Sallan. Producer Jack Clements. Teleplay Steven Humphrey, Sue Grafton. Photography Steven Fierberg. Music Score Tangerine Dream. Band Performer Billy and the Beaters. Editor Michael Jablow. Production Designer R. Chris Westlund. Cast Ed Marinaro (Hayden Fox), Ken Olin (Henry Fox), Max Gail (Sam Davies), Robert Rusler (Kenny Costner), Belinda Bauer (Pam Hilberg), Tracy Nelson (Jamie Davies), Janet Margolin (Chris), Jack Blessing (Peter), Gerrit Graham (Charlie), Brynn Thayer (Jackie), Monique Van De Ven (Donna), Michelle Meyrink (Steffi), Emily Longstreth (Kim), Tom Fridley (Tom), Gary Hershberger (Ronnie), Linda Dona (Goldie), Henry G Sanders (Disc jockey), Laura Owens (Julie), Annie O’Neill (Barbara), Bart Braverman (Guy #1), Lisa Denton (Betsy), Diana Wolfe (Bonnie), Helene Udy (Woman at bar), Sheila Kelley (Tanya), Billy Vera (Lead singer), Sara La Porte (Amanda). 2461... Too Good to Be True (NBC, 11/14/1988, 120 mins). Loni Anderson tackles a new version of the 1945 Gene Tierney movie “Leave Her to Heaven” (from the Ben Ames Williams best-seller of the year before), playing an enigmatic, rather evil woman intent on ruining the life of Patrick Duffy (Cornel Wilde’s original part), as the man who loves her. Production Company Newland-Raynor Productions. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Director Ted Maynor. Producers John Newland, Judith Parker. Teleplay Timothy Bradshaw. Based on a Novel by Ben Ames Williams. Photography Michael D. Margulies. Music Michel Rubini. Editor Steve Cohen. Production Designer Jack Senter. Associate Producer Steve Cohen. Cast Loni Anderson (Ellen Berent), Patrick Duffy (Richard Harland), Glynnis O’Connor (Ruth Berent), Larry Drake (Glen Robie), Neil Patrick Harris (Danny Harland), Carmen Argenziano (Judge Otto Karsten), Elizabeth Norment (Anita Robie), James B. Sikking (DA Russell Quinton), Julie Harris (Margaret Berent), Lorinne Vozoff (Doctor), Carl Franklin (Dr. Boyd), Daniel Baldwin (Leif), Arnold Turner, Ted Gehring, Areta Farrell, Leeza Vinnichenko, Randy Josselyn, Michael Blue. 2462... Too Young the Hero (CBS, 3/27/1988, 120 mins). Fictionalized drama about the exploits of real-life naval hero Calvin Graham, whose acts of battleship bravery in World War II are forgotten when a new commander discovers that Graham was just 12 when he enlisted, was taken for a deserter when returned to a recruiting station in Texas while things were to be cleared up, and was thrown in the brig where he suffered abuse at the hands of other inmates. Production Companies Rick-Dawn Enterprises, Pierre Cossette Productions, The Landsburg Company. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producers Pierre Cossette, Alan Landsburg, Joan Barnett. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn.

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Based on a Manuscript by Calvin Graham, Gary Thomas. Photography Don Burgess. Music Steve Dorff. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Norm Baron. Associate Producer Diane Schroder. Cast Ricky Schroder (Calvin Graham), Jon DeVries (Captain Gatch), Debra Mooney (Calvin’s mother), Mary-Louise Parker (Pearl Spencer), Rick Warner (Lieutenant Holbrook), Tom Wood (Davey Cluff), Christopher Curry (Laslo), John Linton (Scotty Blocksam), Markus Flanagan (Sparky), David Gianopoulos (McBride), Ron Shelley (Cracker), Christopher Di Oni (Chief Avila), Carl Mueller (Lt. Sargent Shriver), James Eric (Calvin’s stepfather), Mert Hatfield (Harry), James Wiggins (Cleon Jackson), Thomas J. McGovern (Turkel), Charlie Peterson (Stammer), Christopher Yohe (Frank Graham), Randell Haynes (Chaplain Rose), R. Pickett Bugg (Pico), Terry Loughlin (Necker), David Frisinger (Pearl’s husband), Kevin Draine (Graves), Penny Hayes (Lieutenant Cindy), J. Michael Hunter (Dr. Smith), Avon Stephenson (Tommy), E. Pat Hall (Medic), Rob Dator (Lugo), Steven Thomas Maillard (Gillis), Rich Valliere, Bob Orwig, Mark Jeffrey Miller. 2463... The Top of the Hill (Syndicated 2/6/1980 and 2/7/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). This Operation Prime Time two-parter, Irwin Shaw’s only original written exclusively for television, centers on a rising company executive who chucks his career and his marriage to fulfill a fantasy: to be a member of the Olympic bobsled team (to tie in with the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid). Production Companies The Fellows-Keegan Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Walter Grauman. Executive Producers Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay Eric Bercovici. Based on a Story by Irwin Shaw. Photography Andrew Laszlo. Music George Duning. Editor Jerry Young. Art Director Robert Jillson. Art Director (Canada) Stephane Reichel. Cast Wayne Rogers (Michael Stone), Elke Sommer (Eva Heggener), Adrienne Barbeau (Elizabeth Stone), Sonny Bono (Bobby Antoine), Peter Brown (McCain), J.D. Cannon (Frank Langrock), Macdonald Carey (Mitchell), Mel Ferrer (Andreas Heggener), Gary Lockwood (Dave Cully), Richard O’Brien (Herb Ellsworth), Carmen Mathews (Minna Ellsworth), Paula Prentiss (Norma Ellsworth Cully), Denise DuBarry (Maria von Taub), Rae Dawn Chong (Rita), Janice Lynne (Josie), Barry Snider (George), Karen Bercovici (Karen), Allison Carroll (Allison), Chuck Hicks (Chuck). 2464... A Touch of Scandal (CBS, 11/27/1984, 120 mins). A comely councilwoman (Angie Dickinson), whose campaign for attorney general is being managed by her ambitious but cold husband, gets involved in a lured scandal when pictures surface of her liaison with a male prostitute, who used to be her law client, and he now has turned up dead. The blackmailer, she finds, might be a shadowy powerbroker, a charismatic minister, an activist priest, or even her husband. “Somebody Knows” was the initial title of this drama. Production Companies Doris Keating Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ivan Nagy. Producer Doris Keating. Teleplay Richard Guttman. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor J. Terry Williams. Art Directors Ross Bellah, Robert Purcell. Associate Producer Chan Mahon. Cast Angie Dickinson (Katherine Gilvey), Tom Skerritt (Father Dwelle), Jason Miller (Garrett Locke), Don Murray (Benjamin Gilvey), Robert Loggia (Paul Avakian), Stephen Shellen (Billy Podovsky), Lois Foraker (Polly), Marta Kober (Toni Allenby), Beverly Todd (Beatty), Dick O’Neill (Lieutenant Halquist), Michael Ensign (Manderly), Victoria Ann-Lewis (Woman at nuclear plant), Martin Casella (Mortuary man), Luis Contreras (Eugenio Salvador), Paul Eiding (Howard Karpman), Gloria Gifford (Newscaster at hotel), Jinaki (Black woman), Damian London (Manderly’s assistant), Susan E Moore (Louise), Chuck Olsen (Councilman), Duke Stroud (R.G.), Alan Toy (Stanley), Irene Tsu (Woman in restaurant), Gwen Van Dam (White woman), David Wiley (Haskell). 2465... The Toughest Man in the World (CBS, 11/7/1984, 120 mins). Mr. T’s first starring movie for television has him playing a softhearted but ever scowling nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with a bunch of kids after being conned into taking over a youth center. Mr. T’s hometown of Chicago was the location for virtually all of the filming, and Mr. T himself “sang” the title song. Production Companies Guber-Peters Entertainment, Centerpoint Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Jon Peters, Peter Guber. Producer John Cutts. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster, Richard Guttman. Based on a Story by Vincent Bono. Photography James Pergola. Music William Goldstein. Title Song Performed by Mr. T. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Art Director Robert Gundlach. Cast Mr. T (Bruise Brubaker), Dennis Dugan (Dick), John Navin Jr. (Billy), Peggy Pope (Esther), Lynne Moody (Leslie), Joe Greco (Matty), Tom Milanovich (Tanker), Wally Engelhardt (Charlie), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Fox), Frank Rice (Grass), Tina DeLeone (Sally), Ron Dean (Ernie), Brian Finn (Gus), Diane Dorsey (Billy’s mother), Jobe Cerny (Mayor’s aide). 2466... Toughlove (ABC, 10/13/1985, 120 mins). Drama concerning the Toughlove organization, whose program is designed to help parents whose children have problems with drugs or alcohol, introduced Jason Patric (grandson of Jackie Gleason) as a lying, troubled teenager, Lee Remick and Bruce Dern as his distraught parents, and Piper Laurie as the mother in the Toughlove program whose daughter is on the verge of suicide. Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Irv Wilson. Producer Ervin Zavada. Teleplay Karen Hall. Photography Gayne Rescher. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Paul Rubell. Art Director James G. Hulsey.

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Cast Lee Remick (Jan Charters), Bruce Dern (Rob Charters), Jason Patric (Gary Charters), Eric Schiff (Scott Charters), Piper Laurie (Darlene Marsh), Dedee Pfeiffer (Kristen Marsh), Beth Miller (Cindy), Louise Latham (Mrs. Griffin [unbilled]), Dana Elcar (Max Wiley), Erica Yohn (Leader #3), Sean Frye (Tim), Jim Haynie (Lloyd), Janet MacLachlan (Bess Dawson), John Wesley (Danny Dawson), Jo DeWinter (Barbara Wiley), Ivan Bonar (Mr. Griffin), Michael Alan Brooks (Policeman), Cyndi James-Reese (Ms. Hobart), Guy Killum (Calvin Dawson), F. William Parker (Car dealer), Charlie Stavola (Group leader), Helene Udy (Randa), Paul Vaughn (Man in group), Noni White (Group leader). 2467... Tourist (Syndicated, 7/17/1980, 120 mins). This romantic “Fantasy Island”-style comedy involving a group of familiar TV faces as tourists on a “once-in-a-lifetime” European trip under the guidance of tour directors John McCook and actress/wife Laurette Spang-McCook was adapted from the book by Gerald Green, who had been associated previously with weightier matters such as “The Last Angry Man” and “Holocaust.” Production Companies Castle Combe Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Director Jeremy Summers. Executive Producer David Lawrence. Teleplay Norman Hudis. Based on a Story by David Lawrence, Norman Hudis. Based on a Book by Gerald Green. Photography Norman Langley. Music Jack Smalley. Music Supervisor Lionel Newman. Song “Come With Me” by Jack Smalley. Editors Larry L. Mills, Stanford Tischler. Cast Lee Meriwether (Lulu Flemington), Bradford Dillman (Harry Flemington), Lois Nettleton (Terry Carrell), Adrienne Barbeau (Barbara Huggins), David Groh (Jim Huggins), James Stephens (Steve Konay), Bonnie Bedelia (Mandy Burke), John Ireland (Joe Virgil Sr.), Marisa Berenson (Marian), John McCook (Pepi Virgil), Laurette Spang-McCook (RoseAnne Wicker). 2468... The Town Bully (ABC, 4/24/1988, 120 mins). In this contemporary variation on the Gary Cooper Western “High Noon,” a crusading county prosecutor (Bruce Boxleitner) incurs the wrath of the citizenry and finds himself alone when he decides to go after a paroled killer (David Graf) who has come back to town to bully his neighbors and resume his reign of terror. Original title: “A Friendly, Quiet Little Town” Production Company dick clark productions. Director Noel Black. Executive Producer Dick Clark. Co-Executive Producer Daniel Paulson. Producer Ian Sander. Co-Producers Lisa Demberg, Jonathan Rintels. Teleplay Jonathan Rintels. Photography Bernd Heinl. Music Jorge Calandrelli. Editor Stanford C. Allen. Production Designer Bernt Amadeus Capra. Art Director Corey Kaplan. Executive in Charge of Production Fran La Maina. Cast Bruce Boxleitner (Robert Doniger), Pat Hingle (Charlie King), Isabella Hofmann (Ronnie Doniger), Jerry Hardin (Mayor Artie Lyons), Timothy Scott (Sonny Moran), Jordan Charney (Harmon Gunderson), John M. Jackson (Cliff Clifford), Sandy Ward (Sheriff Abe Jenkins), Katy Boyer (Kit Moran West), Macon McCalman (Marshal Austin), David Graf (Raymond West), Royce D. Applegate (Eddie), Ellen Geer (Bea King), Christine Elise (Lorraine Gunderson), Raymond Forchion, Lora Staley, Peter Hobbs, Thomas Albert Clay, Weldon Bleiler, Bill Sorrells, Dan Lewk, Paul Miceli-Sanchez. 2469... Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (CBS, 10/15/1983, 120 mins). This dramatization of a New York City detective’s dogged investigation into the 1972 murder of a Manhattan school teacher--fictionalized from the victim’s point of view in the Albert Ruben book and subsequent movie, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”--marked George Segal’s TV-movie debut. Production Company Grosso-Jacobson Productions. Director Bill Persky. Producers Larry Jacobson, Sonny Grosso. Teleplay Albert Ruben. Photography Fred Murphy. Music Stephen Lawrence. Editor Norman Gay. Art Director Michael Molly. Cast George Segal (John Grafton), Shelley Hack (Logan Gay), Alan North (Lt. Walter Belden), Barton Heyman (Alan Cahill), Steve Allie Collura (Steve Miscelli), Shannon Presby (John Charles Turner), Jean DeBaer (Betty Grafton), Tracy Pollan (Eileen Grafton), Bo Rucker (Trick Johnson), Marek Johnson (Mary Alice Nolan), Mike Miller (Assistant DA), William Kiehl (Cahill’s lawyer), Joe Spinell (Escobar/doorman), John Christopher Jones (Artist), Christina-Avis Krauss (Vanessa Blaustein), Dick Latessa (Puliese), Steven Mendillo (Sergeant Reed), Marvin Scott (TV reporter), Frank Licato (2nd policeman), Dustyn Taylor (Mrs. Turner), John Randolph Jones (Flanagan), Jo Ana Joseph (Woman with artist), John Fitzgerald (Proprietor), Ray Martucci (Policeman), Joe Lisi (Detective), Peter D’Arcy (Technician), Ed Grace (Bellman), Francine Dumont (Police officer), Thomas Moore (Detective), John Ring (Detective), Dominic Accardi (Detective), Pete Kowanko (Michael Nolan), John Lafferty (3rd detective), Frank Simpson (Duty officer), Ed Miller (Hostrup), Martin Starkand (Woman’s date), Ken Larson (Sonny), Hubert Kelly (Informant), Jim Desmond (Reporter), Richard DuBois (Bartender), Richard Portnow (Bartender), Tom Degidon (2nd reporter), Buddy Short (Detective). 2470... The Tracker (HBO, 3/26/1988, 105 mins). Kris Kristofferson is back in the saddle as a onetime frontier tracker, Indian fighter and scout who is now a retired rancher in Arizona, at odds with his only son, the graduate of a law school back East where he wants to practice, while dad wants him to stay and take over the spread. Circumstances team the two up together to track a ruthless killer (played by Scott Wilson) across the deserts of the Southwest, and learn to be father and son again. Production Companies Lance Hool Productions, HBO Pictures. Director John Guillerman. Executive Producer Alan Trustman. Producer Lance Hool. Teleplay Kevin Jarre. Photography George Tirl. Music Sylvester Levay. Editor J. Terry Williams. Production Designer Peter M. Wooley. Cast Kris Kristofferson (Noble Adams), Scott Wilson (John “Red Jack” Stillwell), Mark Moses (Tom Adams), Geoffrey Blake (Miller), John Quade (Lomax), Don Swayze (Brewer), Leon Rippy (Chub Dumont), Brynn Thayer (Lottie Adams), Ernie Lively (Bob), Karen Kopins (Sarah Bolton), Jake Dengel (Ethan), Jennifer Snyder (Mary Bolton), Jeff Weston (Lon), David

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Huddleston (Marshal Lane Crawford), José Rey Toledo (Redondo), Kip Allen (Cornish man), John Barks (Drunk), Michael D. Blum (Bartender), Forrest Bradley (Murdoch), Benito Concha (Tonio), Brook Gamble (Saloon girl), Jerry Gardiner (Sationmaster), Lois Geary (Stationmaster’s wife), Ron Kathman (Conductor), Stephen Parks (Hugh Bolton), Adan Sanchez (Mexican). 2471... Trapped (USA, 6/14/1989, 120 mins). Claustrophobic thriller bringing together a woman who happens to be working late in her office in a high-rise building and an industrial spy trying to steal secret documents from a research company headquartered there. And there’s also an enigmatic killer chasing them up and down the 63 floors of the closed building. Production Company Universal Television. Director Fred Walton. Executive Producer Jon Epstein. Producers Joe Bellotti, Robert T. Skodis. Teleplay Fred Walton, Steve Feke. Photography George Koblasa. Music Steven Cohn. Editor David B. Lloyd. Art Director Jack Marty. Cast Kathleen Quinlan (Marianne), Bruce Abbott (John), Ben Loggins (Killer), Katy Boyer (Renni), Tyress Allen (Danny), Miles Mutchler (Nathan Kappelmann), Wirt Cain (Manley), Bill Whitehead (Danuser), Jan Strimple (Secretary), Julius Tennon (Detective), (‘Fife’) Randy Fife (Guard), Vernon Grote (Policeman), David Denney (Paramedic), Melinda Austin (Receptionist), Willie Minor (Driver), Linwood Walker (Janitor #1), Octavio Solis (Janitor #2), Fernando Adame (Janitor #3). 2472... Trapped in Silence (CBS, 5/11/1986, 120 mins). Drama of an elective mute teenager (played by Donald Sutherland’s son, Kiefer) and the psychologist who feels she can get through to him at the institution (Marsha Mason in the part). Filmed in and around Poughkeepsie, New York, it was adapted by Vickie Patik (Emmy Award winner for “Do You Remember Love” who, before this film premiered, had her name removed and the pseudonym of Pat E. Victor be substituted) from psychologist Torey Hayden’s 1983 book (“Murphy’s Boy”) of her experiences treating similar cases of elective mutism--an emotionally induced condition in which the patient is capable of speaking but refuses. “Trapped in Silence,” initially titled “Silent Rage,” had been scheduled to be first broadcast in late January but was canceled due to the Challenger Shuttle disaster. Production Company Reader’s Digest Entertainment. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producer Jeffrey S Grant. Producer Dick Atkins. Teleplay Pat A. Victor. Based on a Book by Torey Hayden. Photography Brian Tufano. Music Charles Gross. Editor Eric Albertson. Production Designer William F. DeSeta. Cast Marsha Mason (Jennifer Hubbell), Kiefer Sutherland (Kevin Richter), John Mahoney (Dr. Winslow), Stephen Pearlman (Dr. Rosenthal), Ron Silver (Dr. Jeff Tomlinson), Amy Wright (Dana Wendolowski), Harsh Nayyar (Dr. Perkash), Karen Shallo (Jean Gabrielson), John McCurry (Tyler Getz), Rebecca Schull (Marlys Mengies), Jodi Pape (Mrs. Richter), Frances Foster (Ovelia), Jason Brill (Soda Jerk), Robert L. Bell (Barber). 2473... Traveling Man (HBO, 6/25/1989, 105 mins). Comedy-drama road movie with John Lithgow as a crack traveling salesman who finds himself saddled by his sadistic district boss (John Glover) with an insufferable young hotshot (Jonathan Silverman) needing to learn the ropes, only to find the kid nipping at his heels and stealing his clients. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Irvin Kershner Films. Director Irvin Kershner. Executive Producer David Taylor. Producer Thomas M. Hammel. Teleplay David Taylor. Photography William Wages. Music Miles Goodman. Editors Sidney Katz, Virginia Katz. Production Designer David Wasco. Associate Producer Fred Baron. Cast John Lithgow (Ben Cluett), Jonathan Silverman (Billy Fox), Margaret Colin (Joanna Reath), John Glover (Chick Beeler), John M. Jackson (Joe Blagdon), Chynna Phillips (Mona Voight), Dawn Arnemann (Cora Wadley), Paul Armbruster (LeBeau), Suzi Bass (Cafe waitress), Jerry Campbell (Lydell), Marc Clement (Harry Palatka), David Dwyer (Hunt), Christopher Ekholm (Bellboy), J. Don Ferguson (Riker), Saundra Franks (Molly), Jennifer Hale (Joey), Tori Horowitz (Diner waitress), Melody Knighton (Bartender), Danny Nelson (Ackerman), Bob Penny (Johnny Parsons), Johnny Popwell (Dick Duffy), Alex Van (Buddy), William Wages (Salesman), Tim Ware (Harve Stratton). 2474... Travis McGee (CBS, 5/14/1983, 120 mins). In this pilot to a prospective “Travis McGee” detective series, Sam Elliott portrays John D. MacDonald’s world-weary private eye trying to help charter boat skipper friend Richard Farnsworth salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that just might have been faked. Gene Evans is Meyer, McGee’s advisor and confidant, in this adaptation by Stirling Silliphant of MacDonald’s 1978 “The Empty Copper Sea.” The only other Travis McGee movie, the theatrical “Darker Than Amber” (1980), starred Rod Taylor. Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Andrew V McLaglen. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Stirling Silliphant. Based on a Novel by John D. MacDonald. Photography Jack A Whitman. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor Richard Bracken. Art Director Gary A Lee. Associate Producer Maria Padilla. Cast Sam Elliott (Travis McGee), Gene Evans (Meyer), Barry Corbin (Sheriff Hack Ames), Richard Farnsworth (Van Harder), Geoffrey Lewis (John Tuckerman), Amy Madigan (Billy Jean Bailey), Vera Miles (Julie Lawless), Katharine Ross (Gretel Howard), Marshall Teague (Nicky Noyes), Maggie Wellman (Mishy Burns/waitress), Walter Olkewicz (Bright Fletcher), Jack Murdock, Greta Blackburn, Owen Orr, Pilar Del Rey. 2475... Trenchcoat in Paradise (CBS, 10/18/1989, 120 mins). Breezy caper movie about a glib, small-time New Jersey gumshoe who, after inadvertently crossing a crime boss, gets packed off to Hawaii where he soon is nosing into the case of a landdeveloper’s murder. Director Martha Coolidge’s maiden TV movie was a pilot to a prospective series.

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Production Companies Ogiens-Kane Company, The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company. Director Martha Coolidge. Executive Producers Josh Kane, Michael Ogiens. Producer Harvey Frand. Teleplay Tom Dempsey. Photography Johnny E. Jensen. Editor Jack Harnish. Music John Debney. Production Designer Anthony Cowley. Cast Dirk Benedict (Eddie Mazda), Sydney Walsh (Mona Williams), Catherine Oxenberg (Lisa Duncan), Michelle Phillips (Susanna Hollander), Jeremy Slate (Robert Graham), Kim Zimmer (Claire Hollander), Bruce Dern (John Hollander), Vincent Guastaferro (Carmen Nunzio Jr.), Keone Young (Bob Kahuka), Danny Kamekona (Sottocane), Steven Flynn (P.F. James), Ron Karabatsos (Arky), Steve Lundquist (Jack Christie), Holly Fulger (Margie Moodus), Peter Saputo (Landlord), Richard Schiff (Mole), Amy Yasbeck (Nan Thompson), Ralph Drischell (Dom Gellatti), Meg Roach, Todd Camenson, Paul Cody, Bob Fimiani, Tim Robbins, Ryan Brown, Bryan O’Dell, Rochelle Ashana. 2476... The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (NBC, 5/7/1989, 120 mins). Second reunion movie following the popular 1978-82 series teams the Hulk with another comic book superhero, the Daredevil, the blind attorney who moonlights as a masked crimefighter with amazing hearing abilities. Bringing them together is scientist David Banner’s erroneous identification as a woman’s attacker in a subway confrontation, and sightless attorney Matt Murdoch’s volunteering to help him. Bill Bixby not only stars as Banner but also directed and was executive producer. Production Companies Bixby-Brandon Productions, New World Television. Director Bill Bixby. Executive Producers Bill Bixby, Gerald DiPego. Producers Hugh Spencer-Phillips, Robert Ewing. Teleplay Gerald DiPego. Based on Characters Created by Stan Lee. Photography Chuck Colwell. Music Lance Rubin. Original Theme Joe Harnell. Editor Janet Ashikaga. Production Designer Douglas Higgins. Art Directors Eric Fraser, Stan Lee. Cast Bill Bixby (Dr. David Banner), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Marta DuBois (Ellie Mendez), Nancy Everhard (Christa Klein), Nicholas Hormann (Edgar), Richard Cummings Jr. (Al Pettiman), Joseph Mascolo (Deputy Chief Tendelli), John RhysDavies (Wilson Fisk), Rex Smith (Matt Murdoch/Daredevil), Linda Darlow (Nurse), Josh Novak (Danny), Dwight Koss (John), Meredith Bain Woodward, Mark Acheson, Richard Newman, Don MacKay, Doug Abrahams, Mitchell Kosterman, Beatrice Zeilinger, Kenneth Camroux, Charles Andre, John “Bear” Curtis. 2477... Tricks of the Trade (CBS, 12/6/1988, 120 mins). Comedy-suspense tale teams two women involved with a newly murdered stockbroker: Cindy Williams as his pampered wife and Markie Post as the high-priced call girl with whom he had been a regular, and then find themselves targets while looking for the killer. Production Company Leonard Hill Films. Director Jack Bender. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Robert O’Connor. Producer Ron Gilbert. Co-Producers Joel Fields, Brenda Wilson. Teleplay Noreen Stone. Photography Paul Onorato. Music Walter Murphy. Editor Daniel Cahn. Production Designer Stephen Storer. Associate Producers Ardythe Goergens, Daniel Cahn. Cast Cindy Williams (Catherine Todson), Markie Post (Marla), Scott Paulin (Frank Stedman), James Whitmore Jr. (Detective Delroy), Chris Mulkey (Detective Stryker), John Durbin (Montgomery), Armin Shimerman (Henderson), S.A. Griffin (Eddie the Bartender), Tanya Boyd (Beverly), Laura Owens (Liz Morgenson), Nancy Morgan Ritter (Sally), Cain DeVore (Rental agent), John Di Santi (Tony), Susan Davis (Edith), Tom LaGrua (Thug), John Nance (Al), Andrew Bloch (Howard), Cheryl Carter (Victoria Spears), Tom Dahlgren (Haughty man), Eric Poppick (Waiter), James “Gypsy” Haake (“Gloria”), Christina Carlisi (Bimbo), Lisa Loving (Prostitute #1), China Kelly (Louie), Lisa Mende (Gangette), Bridget Sienna (Prostitute #2), W.K. Stratton (Cop), John Ritter (Donald Todson [unbilled]). 2478... Triplecross (ABC, 3/17/1986, 120 mins). Three competitive private eyes--two men and a woman, each an ex-cop who apparently invested well enough to become a millionaire--vie with one another involving a pair of complicated murders that also involve an attempted baseball playoff fix and blackmail. This displayed all the earmarks of a pilot to a prospective series which never came about. Production Companies Tisch-Avnet Productions, ABC Circle Films. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Steve Tisch, Jon Avnet. Supervising Producer Martin Katz. Producer Dusty Kay. Teleplay Dusty Kay. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Parkie Singh, Melvin Shapiro. Production Designer Paul Peters. Associate Producer Ric Rondell. Cast Ted Wass (Elliott Tafle), Markie Post (Delia Langtree), Gary Swanson (Cole Donovan), Shannon Wilcox (Rochelle Wingate), Barbara Horan (Vicki Janus), Robert Costanzo (Jack Avalon), Ric Mancini (Lieutenant Snead), Mike Genovese (Mike Easler), Christopher McDonald (Steve Tyler), Donald Hotton (Andrew Wingate), Tony Longo (Tweetie Pie), Sandy Simpson (James Wingate), Steven Williams (Kyle Banks), Anthony Holland (Museum curator), Rex Ryon (Marty), John Sanderford (Lannie Novek), Jonathan Goldsmith (Martin Baker), Val Bettin (Winslow), Thomas Bellin (Judge Zowel), John Fujioka (Toshi), Mario J. Machado (TV reporter), Nick DeMauro (Eddie Green), Tony O’Neil (Bobby Dee), Cindi Dietrich (Charmayne). 2479... Trouble in High Timber Country (ABC, 6/27/1980, 120 mins). In this pilot to “The Yeagers” series that came and went after a handful of episodes months earlier, Eddie Albert is the proud patriarch (Andy Griffith had the role in the series) battling union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew.

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Production Companies Witt-Thomas Films, Warner Bros. Television. Director Vincent Sherman. Executive Producers Paul Witt, Tony Thomas. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook. Photography Edward R. Plante. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Editor O. Nicholas Brown. Art Director Richard Y. Haman. Cast Eddie Albert (Carroll Yeager), Martin Kove (Willie Yeager), James Sloyan (John David Yeager), Robin Dearden (Joanna Yeager), Belinda Montgomery (Carrie Yeager), Kevin Brophy (Tony Aguella), Steve Doubet (Kyle Yeager), James B. Sikking (Roger Lomax), Bettye Ackerman (Mrs. Lomax), Brion James (Eddie Rhodes), Jimmy Mair (Scott Yeager), John Quade (Roy), Richard Sanders (Lester), Lyle Cannon (Trucker), Steve Reston (Bob Elston), Michael Fox (Thomas Elston), Hugh Gillin (Bix), John Lupton (Sheriff), Sheldon Biggs, Brian Patrick Clark, Ian Wolfe. 2480... Trouble in Paradise (CBS, 5/16/1989, 120 mins). Romantic comedy of mismatched duo with Raquel Welch as an elegantly tailored American widow marooned on a tropical island and Jack Thompson as a foul-mouthed, carousing Australian seaman---along with a sunken fortune in illegal drugs. Australian made, it had an all-Aussie cast aside from Raquel. Production Companies Harvey Matofsky Entertainment, Qintex Entertainment. Director Di Drew. Executive Producer Harvey Matofsky. Supervising Producer Lynn Barker. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Robert Sherman, Ben Marshall. Based on a Story by Robert Sherman. Photography David Connell. Music Chris Neal. Editor John Scott. Production Designer George Liddle. Art Director Ian Allan. Cast Raquel Welch (Rachel Baxely), Jack Thompson (Jake LaFontaine), Nicholas Hammond (Arthur Baxely), John Gregg (Seth), Anthony Wong (Ringe), Ralph Cotterill (Hughes), Adrian Brown (Gang Han), James Condon (Captain Lindstrom), Bogdan Koca (Lustig), Tim Elston (Clayton), Charles Little (Minister), Stephen Kuhn (Embassy official), Waldemar Gorecki (Seaman in bar), Peter Gow (Chauffeur), Sid the dog (Mr. Mutt). 2481... Turn Back the Clock (NBC, 11/20/1989, 120 mins). This suspense tale--about a woman who kills her husband at midnight on New Year’s Eve and, discovering she is mysteriously reliving the previous, traumatic year, sets out to change the events--is a remake of the 1947 “Repeat Performance” that starred Joan Leslie. Connie Sellecca has Leslie’s role, and Leslie herself, in a rare latter-day acting performance, turns up briefly as a party guest. Based on William O’Farrell’s 1942 thriller. Production Companies Michael Filerman Productions, NBC Productions, Republic Pictures. Director Larry Elikann. Executive Producer Michael Filerman. Supervising Producer Joel Dean. Producer Joseph B. Wallenstein. Teleplay Lee Hutson, Lindsay Harrison. Based on the Screenplay by Walter Bullock. Based on a Novel by William O’Farrell. Photography Laszlo George. Music Nan Schwartz. Editor Michael S. Murphy. Production Designer W Stewart Campbell. Associate Producer Michael S Murphy. Cast Connie Sellecca (Sheila Powers), David Dukes (Barney Powers), Wendy Kilbourne (Tracy Alexander), Jere Burns (William Hawkins), Gene Barry (John Forrest), Dina Merrill (Maureen Dowd), Joan Leslie (New York Woman ’88), Franc Luz (Michael Dean), Pat Cupo (Cab Driver), Kim Terry Costin (Woman #2), Frank Coppola (Doorman #3), Christopher Judges (Orderly), Thomas H. Middleton (Doorman #1), Dennis Paladino (Doorman #2), Jeannine Wiest (Reporter). 2482... Turnover Smith (ABC, 6/8/1980, 90 mins). Criminology professor William Conrad uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to track down a crazed killer in San Francisco. Pilot to another series which Conrad (as executive producer as well as star) hoped would put him back to work regularly following the retirement of “Cannon” several years earlier, it was filmed in 1978. Production Company Wellington Productions. Director Bernard L. Kowalski. Executive Producer William Conrad. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Richard Jessup. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Bernardo Segall. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Bill Hiney. Cast William Conrad (Thaddeus Smith), Belinda Montgomery (Kelly), Hilly Hicks (Eddie), James Darren (Georgie Green), Michael Parks (Lieutenant Brophy), Cameron Mitchell (Colonel Simmons), Tracy Reed (Anini), Nehemiah Persoff (Ashmed Amad), Richard Dimitri (Sharif), Nita Talbot (Sergeant McCallister), Gail Landry (Dr. Rita Downey), Sondra Blake (Victoria Simmons), Adam Angeli (Bob Fuad), Ben Wright (Franz Gerhardt), Brianne Leary (Girl on slab in lab). 2483... Twirl (NBC, 10/25/1981, 120 mins). In TV’s sardonic answer to Michael Ritchie’s theatrical movie “Smile,” a baton-twirling contest in a small Texas town and parental “winning is everything” pressures provide the thrust of this film that showcases many of the contemporary figures from the television scene and one or two from the past--notably old Edd Byrnes (“Kookie” from “77 Sunset Strip”) as the Emcee. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Atrium Productions. Director Gus Trikonis. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Supervising Producer Alan Sacks. Producer Gabriel Grunfeld. Teleplay Bernard M. Kahn. Photography Gil Hubbs. Music Jimmie Haskell. Song Written and Performed by Kinky Friedman. Editor Thomas Fries. Art Director Herman Zimmerman. Cast Erin Moran (Bonnie Lee Jordan), Lisa Whelchel (Jill Moore), Charles Haid (Matt Jordan), Stella Stevens (Carolyn Moore), Edd Byrnes (Bobby Bennett), Sharon Spelman (Tammy Watsberg), Matthew Tobin (Judge Norton Fryer), Connie Marie Brazelton (Vanessa Watkins), Rosalind Chao (Kim King), Missy Gold (Traci Jordan), Heather Locklear (Cherie Sanders), Donna McKechnie (Louise Jordan), Deborah Richter (Brigit Kummel), Jamie Rose (Lisa Hines), Sally Kemp (Mrs. Hines), Tracy Scoggins (Cindy Ryan), Christopher McDonald (Buddy Butler), Sandy Ward (Chief Ed Morgan), Frances Fong (Mrs. King), Nancy Andrews

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(Marge), Joseph G. Medalis (Billy), Susan Powell (Cheryl), Laurie Sheehan (Brett Longwood), Feather Austen (Matt’s Secretary), Debi Fries (Pam), Wiley Harker (Dr. McWilliams). 2484... Twist of Fate (NBC, 1/8/1989 and 1/9/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). World War II drama, based on Robert L. Fish’s 1978 book “Pursuit” (the film’s original title), follows an SS officer who escapes prosecution as a war criminal by undergoing plastic surgery and being sent to a concentration camp as a Jew--later to become, ironically, a founding father of Israel. Bruce Greenwood has a dual role, the officer who undergoes surgery (and emerges from the bandages as Ben Cross) and later the officer’s documentary filmmaker son. Three writers (William Bast, Paul Huson and Gy Waldron) were listed in the network press material for this movie, but Waldron’s name does not appear in the credits. Production Companies Henry Plitt-Larry White Productions, HTV Ltd., Jadran Films, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Ian Sharp. Executive Producers Henry Plitt, Larry White. Supervising Executive Producers Patrick Dromgoole, Johnny Goodman. Producer Larry White. Co-Producers William Bast, Paul Huson. Teleplay William Bast, Paul Huson. Based on a Book by Robert L. Fish. Based on a Story by Jules Schwerin. Photography Bob Edwards. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editors J. Terry Williams, Bud Friedgen. Production Designer Bruce Grimes. Associate Producer Corky Hale Stoller. Cast Ben Cross (Ben Grossman), John Glover (Max Brodsky), Bruce Greenwood (Helmut Von Schraeder/Dan Grossman), Sarah Jessica Parker (Miriam Kleiman), Larry Lamb (Davi), Ian Richardson (Dr. Franz Schlossberg), Nickolas Grace (Morris Wolf), Paul Freeman (Commandant Mittendorf), Simon MacCorkindale (Manley-Jones), Veronica Hamel (Deborah), Trevor Byfield (Richter), Nick Brimble (Soli), Constantine Gregory (Joel Perez), Peter Sands (Lieutenant Haeften), Edward Wiley (Willi Gehrmann), Leon Lissek (Ginzberg), Martin Friend (Steiner), John Bennett (Wishnak), Geoffrey Bateman (Bank manager), James McCarthy (Blakley), Tony Mathews (Mullins), Alf Joint (Chairman), Branko Blace (Yakov), Milan Plecas (Able One), Slobodan Dimitrijevic (Shimon), Vjenceslav Kapural (Jewish man), Jakov Baron (Rabbi), Mirko Boman (Aaron), Damir Saban (Driver Shultz), Petar Buntic (Sergeant Saul), René Medvesek (Able Two). 2485... Two Fathers’ Justice (NBC, 2/11/1985, 120 mins). A laid-off steelworker (Robert Conrad) and a sophisticated executive (George Hamilton) team up to track down the killers of the former’s daughter and the latter’s son, gunned down in a drug dispute on the eve of their wedding. Until the eve of this film’s initial showing, it was called simply “Two Fathers”--in fact, a truly odd couple. A sequel would follow several years later. Production Company A. Shane Company. Director Rod Holcomb. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Supervising Producers Robert Eberlle, Scott Thomas. Producer Robert Long. Teleplay David J. Kinghorn. Based on a Story by Begen Meggs. Photography George Kohut. Music Jan Hammer. Editors Robert L. Sinise, James W. Miller. Art Director Joseph T. Garrity. Cast Robert Conrad (Bill Stackhouse), George Hamilton (Bradley), Brooke Bundy (Moe Stackhouse), Catherine Corkill (Janice), Whitney Kershaw (Karen Stackhouse), Bo Kaprall (Andy), Ted Levine (Bennett), Dean Hill (Luger), Stephen Dunn (Mark), David Darlow (Tommy), Mark Von Holstein (Johnnie Simmons), Will Zahrn (Tyson), Byrne Piven (Landis), Richard Kind (Turpin), Greg Terrell (John), Jay Amor, Regan Andreas, Rolf Boettger, Vito D’Ambrosio, Lolita Davidovich, Deanna Dunagan, James Krag, Stacy Logan, Art Malesci, Church Mijatovich, Jeff Moldovan, Les Podewell, Tony Quinn, Juan Ramirez, Alex Ross, Wandachristine, Alma Washington, Alan Wilder. 2486... Two Kinds of Love (CBS, 11/8/1983, 120 mins). The coming of age of young Ricky Schroder. His doting mother, Lindsay Wagner (her second movie in two nights at its premiere), dies suddenly, his workaholic dad, Peter Weller, hardly knows him, and the girls are beginning to attract him. Based on Peggy Mann’s 1977 novel “There Are Two Kinds of Terrible.” Production Companies Orgolini-Nelson Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Jack Bender. Producers Arnold Orgolini, Peter Nelson. Teleplay Peter Nelson. Based on a Novel by Peggy Mann. Photography James Crabe. Music Mark Snow. Editor Hillary Jane Kranze. Production Designer Donald Lee Harris. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Susan Farley), Ricky Schroder (Robbie Farley), Peter Weller (Joe Farley), Evan Richards (Jud), Dennis Redfield (Coach Parker), Bridget Michelle (Maxine), Ross Harris (Buzzy), Sydney Penny (Elizabeth), Allyn Ann McLerie (Aunt Emily), Marcello Krakoff (Scottie), Seven Anne McDonald (Rita), Georg Olden (Jonas), Robert Hitt (Doctor), Jack Slater (John Reese), Elizabeth Bayer (1st young woman), Deborah Tilton (2nd young woman), John Petlock (Brubaker), Randy Rudy (Gym teacher). 2487... The Two Lives of Carol Letner (CBS, 10/14/1981, 120 mins). A onetime call girl who has left the profession to pursue a college career is recruited by the police to turn one more trick in order to trap the person laundering syndicate money. The title originally was “Dial 911.” Production Company Penthouse One Presentations. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Alan Surgal, Florence Small. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Teleplay Annie Scott. Based on a Story by Albert R. Lagrus. Photography Dennis Dalzell. Music Roger Kellaway. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Stephanie Austin. Cast Meredith Baxter Birney (Carol Letner), Don Johnson (Bob Howard), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Ron Vance), Salome Jens (Dr. Miller), Kene Holliday (Andy Murphy), Mary Jackson (Mary), Leonard Gaines (Benny Levant), Graham Jarvis (Nick Fortune), Duane Tucker (Jerry Martin), Robert Webber (Ed Lemmons), Than Wyenn (Sol), Vahan Moosekian (Resident), James Saito (Professor), Robert Geary (Policeman), Laura Burkett (Young prostitute), Gwen Van Dam (Matron), Miriam Nelson (Woman), Shelly Batt (Classmate), Bruce Winant (Checker).

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2488... The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC, 2/8/1987 and 2/9/1987, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Dominick Dunne’s 1985 bestseller about an ambitious Broadway showgirl who marries into the aristocratic Grenville family and becomes involved in the murder of her husband, heir to the vast family fortune, was turned into a popular two-part, four-hour movie that garnered 10 Emmy nominations (including Outstanding Miniseries). Dunne’s novel was a thinly disguised accounting of the infamous society shooting of William Woodward by his wife. Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert, as the two Mrs. Grenvilles, daughter-in-law and imperious matriarch, both were nominated in the Best Actress category--the former acting with the director (John Erman) of most of her TV movies, the latter returning to dramatic television after 25 years in her only TV movie. Stephen Collins as the dashing husband turned victim was nominated for Best Actor. Other nominations went to the production designer, art director, set decorator, costume designers, hair stylists, and sound mixer. Marvin Hamlisch’s romantic score was interwoven with interpolations of Kurt Weill’s ballad, “Speak Low.” Production Company Lorimar-Telepictures. Director John Erman. Executive Producer Susan Pollock. Supervising Producer John Erman. Producer Preston Fischer. Teleplay Derek Marlowe. Based on a Novel by Dominick Dunne. Photography Denis C. Lewiston. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Malcolm Middleton. Costumes (Ann-Margret) Nolan Miller. Associate Producer Lynn Guthrie. Cast Ann-Margret (Ann Arden Grenville), Claudette Colbert (Alice Grenville), Stephen Collins (Billy Grenville), John Rubinstein (Bratsie Brompton), Elizabeth Ashley (Babette Van Degan), Penny Fuller (Cordelia Hardington), Alan Oppenheimer (Sam Rosenthal), Margaret Courtenay (Madame Sophia), Deleena Kidd (Tuchy Bainbridge), Peter Eyre (Basil Plante), Sam Wanamaker (District Attorney), Sian Phillips (Duchess of Windsor), Kate Harper (Felicity Grenville), Jana Shelden (Grace Grenville), Toria Fuller (Esme Bland), Bob Sherman (Billy Bob Veblen), Genevieve Allenbury (Antonella), Michael Feinstein (Pianist [part 1]), Rex Robbins (Cabbie #1 [part 1]), Joseph Leon (Cabbie #2 [part 1]), Bruce Boa (Hunnicutt), Ellis Dale (Cahill [part 1]), Shane Rimmer (Doorman [part 1]), Alexander Davion (Arturo [part 1]), Lewis Flander (Lord Harry Kingswood [part 1]), Chuck Julian (El Morocco bartender [part 1]), Lee Crawford (El Morocco maitre d’ [part1]), Louisa Flaningham (Chorus girl #1 [part 1]), Pamela Sousa (Chorus girl #2 [part 1]), Manning Redwood (Detective Loomis [part 2]), Michael J. Shannon (Jack Fisher [part 2]), Faith Brook (Edith Brompton), Christopher Fairbank (Horst Berger [part 2]), Ed Bishop (Strasser), Donald Pickering (Lord Frankham [part 2]), Don Fellows (Ralph Wiggins [part 2]), Charlotte Mitchell (Emma Adams [part 2]), Arthur Whitelaw (Pianist [part 2]), Nancy Nevinson (Molly [part 2]), Jonathan Haley (Christopher [part 2]), Blain Fairman (Dr. Sidney Skinner [part 2]), Helen Horton (Nurse at Playhouse [part 2]), Ben Feitelson (Paolo [part 2]), Christopher Muncke (Chauffeur [part 2]), John Carlin (Forbes). 2489... Two of a Kind (CBS, 10/9/1982, 120 mins). In his television dramatic debut, George Burns is a geriatric relegated to a nursing home after his wife’s death by son Cliff Robertson, and Robby Benson is his retarded grandson who takes on the task of getting the old man to shake off his lethargy and get back on his feet. James DiPasquale and Dory Previn won an Emmy Award for their original song, “We’ll Win the World.” Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Roger Young. Executive Producers Lee Rich, Malcolm Stuart. Producers Stan Kallis, Bonnie Raskin. Teleplay James Steven Sadwith. Photography Edward R. Brown. Music James DiPasquale. Song “We’ll Win the World” Dory Previn, James DiPasquale. Song Performed by David Pomeranz. Art Director Ray Storey. Editor Michael Wilcox. Associate Producer James Steven Sadwith. Cast George Burns (Ross “Boppy” Minor), Robby Benson (Nolie Minor), Barbara Barrie (Dottie Minor), Cliff Robertson (Frank Minor), Frances Lee McCain (Nurse Mary), Geri Jewell (Irene), Ronny Cox (Ted Hahn), Peggy McCay (Nurse Harris), Justin Lord (Phelps), Ellen Blake (Berta), Aarika Wells (Angel), Dirk Blocker (Barry), Karla De Vito (Barbara), Barry Cutler (Tommy), Art La Fleur (Cook), Michele Buffone (Nadine), Michael Bond (Larry), Brenda Millhouse (Waitress), Hal Bokar, Catherine MacNeal, Biff Yeager, Kelly Henson, John Wyler, Charles Cooper. 2490... U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (ABC, 3/27/1987, 120 mins). Two unorthodox, anything-goes law enforcement partners, unencumbered by regulations and the law, search for the killer of a fellow U.S. Marshal in this lighthearted two-hour busted pilot for Walt Disney Productions that came complete with a jaunty title theme. Production Company Touchstone Television. Director Christian Nyby II. Executive Producers Daniel Petrie Jr., Lee David Zlotoff. Supervising Producer Richard Briggs. Teleplay Lee David Zlotoff. Photography George Koblasa. Music Joel Rosenbaum, Chris Boardman, Randy Kerber, Bruce Miller. Title Theme Mark Vieha, Clif Magness, Tom Bahler. Editors Stanford C. Allen, Rod Stephens. Art Director Charles Hughes. Cast Charles C. Hill (“Waco” Wheeler), Justin Deas (Milo Rhinehart), William Hootkins (Chief Peavy), Robert Tzudiker (August T. Mirch), Kathleen Lloyd (Connie Stivak), Daniel Faraldo (Carl Gooper), Eugene Butler (Victor Koury), Justin Lord (Special Agent Shawcross), Carmen Argenziano (Varela), Nancy Stafford (Joyce Hunter), Talbot Simons (Fasil), Don Gibb (Varela leader), Eric Server (CHP officer), Liz Georges (Angela), Chip Hendrie (FBI agent #2), Mark Costello (FBI agent #1), Vince McKewin (DC-3 pilot), Victor Vidales (Perez), Charles Noland (Bishopson), Alma Beltran (Woman worker), Sirri Murad (Mr. Farouk), Ann Fairlie (Mrs. Farouk), Creed Barton (Agent Jones), Douglas Dirkson (Prison officer), Duncan Gamble (Major Dentry), Rick Fitts (Armory sergeant), Mary Petrie (Stewardess), Ted Gehring (Truckstop manager), Mitch Pileggi (Gate MP).

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2491... Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Showtime, 6/14/1987, 110 mins). What was billed, curiously, as a “contemporary adaptation” of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s controversial 1852 novel which raised the moral consciousness of the nation and the world in the late 19th century, though couched in melodramatic and frequently stereotypical conventions of the time, came to television with a top-notch cast and a slightly revisionist teleplay by writer John Gay. The story basically follows the lives of two slaves in the pre-Civil War South, Eliza and Tom, after they have been sold to pay off a plantation owner’s debt. While Eliza runs away with her young son, Tom does not and is subsequently sold to two very different masters (played by a sympathetic Bruce Dern and a nasty Edward Woodward). This version, filmed on actual plantations and locations in and around Natchez, Mississippi, was erroneously promoted as “the first full-length sound movie version of the historic story”--when in fact there was a notable German-made production in the mid ’60s. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Stan Lathan. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Michael Barnathan. Co-Executive Producers Gary Hoffman, Ross Milloy. Producer Jeffrey A. Nelson. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Kenneth A. Ramsey. Editor Richard M. Burlatsky. Production Designer Joseph T Garrity. Associate Producer Mark M Wolper Cast Avery Brooks (Uncle Tom), Kate Burton (Ophelia), Bruce Dern (Augustine St. Clare), Paula Kelly (Cassy), Phylicia Rashad (Eliza), Kathryn Walker (Marie St. Clare), Edward Woodward (Simon Legree), George Coe (Shelby), Frank Converse (Haley), Albert Hall (Quimbo), Jenny Lewis (Little Eva), Troy Beyer (Emmeline), Shirley Jo Finney (Aunt Chloe), Samuel L. Jackson (George Harris), Endyia Kinney (Topsy), Lane Trippe (Mrs. Shelby), Irma P. Hall (Mammy), Jerry Haynes (Dr. Phillips), Gil Glasgow (Loker), Harlan Jordan (Deputy), Paul Osborne (Sambo), Sami Chester (Sam), Rickey Pierre (Andy), Gerald Hopkins (Christopher Shelby at age 17), Elliott Keener (Auctioneer), B.J. Hopper (Simeon), Robert Adams (Phineas Fletcher), Carol Sutton (Lucy), Jim Williamson (Mark), Elaine Partnow (Mrs. Smythe), Rhashelle Hunter (Jenny), Marjie Rynearson (Rachel), Robert Graham (Elias), Bill Bolender (Trader), Chris Loveless (Young Christopher Shelby), Alta Cannaday (Bea), Jean Mayre (Woman on boat), Harold DeMarrero (Man on boat), Walter Breaux (Adolphe), William Ramsey (Jimmy), Duane Dunkley (Tom’s son), Ray Spruell (Harper). 2492... An Uncommon Love (CBS, 11/30/1983, 120 mins). Recently divorced college professor Barry Bostwick becomes attracted to comely student Kathryn Harrold studying marine biology, only to learn that she is working her way through school by a job in a massage parlor, and is in fact a prostitute. Production Companies Beechwood Productions, Lorimar Productions. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Seth Freeman. Teleplay Seth Freeman. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Miles Goodman. Song “The Lucky One” Bruce Roberts. Song Performed by Laura Branigan. Editor Michael Vittes. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Cast Barry Bostwick (Steve Kinser), Kathryn Harrold (Cynthia Malcolm), Holly Hunter (Karen), Kip Gilman (Warren), Ed Begley Jr. (Matt Randolph), Cyril O’Reilly (Willie), Allison Argo (Arvetta), Ellen Maxted (Kelly), Connie Needham (Diane), Phillip R. Allen (Dean Laurents), Jesse Welles (Marilyn), Kaleena Kiff (Lindsay), Thom Bray (Molson), Don Amendolia (Romaine), Larry Hankin (Freddie), Jill Jacobson (Marlene), Charles Bouvier (Sam), Virginia Morris (Sarah), Oceana Marr (Mrs. Beecham), Gwil Richards (Oscarino), Dee Hoty (Martha Lowrie), Marion Kodama Yue (Selise), Charles Hutchins (Man), Laura Carlson (Janice), Michael Arabian (Eddie), Lynda Aldon (Candy), Carl LaRocco, Ed Berke, Ernest Emling, Larry Vigus. 2493... Uncommon Valor (CBS, 1/22/1983, 120 mins). Mitchell Ryan is a fire battalion chief who has the responsibility for saving the hundreds of patients in a Salt Lake City hospital that has been torched by a neurotic with a grudge. Filmed on location as “The Fire at County General,” it was a pilot to a prospective series and won a technical Emmy Award nomination for sound editing. Production Companies Brademan-Self Productions, Sunn Classics Productions. Director Rod Amateau. Executive Producers Bill Brademan, Ed Self. Producer Mark Rodgers. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Photography Stephen W. Gray. Music Bob Summers. Editor Bud Friedgen. Art Director George Costello. Cast Mitchell Ryan (Chief Tom Riordan), Ben Murphy (Jim Merritt), Rick Lohman (Joe Donovan), Barbara Parkins (Dr. Margaret Houghton), Norman Fell (Garvin), Gregory Sierra (George Callender), John Reilly (Hamner), Salome Jens (Nurse Ann Botts), Julie Cobb (Karen Merritt), Chris Lemmon (Reggie), Harold Sylvester (Sergeant), Michael Talbott (Pasco), Belinda Montgomery (Joan Donovan), Spencer Alston (Jimmy), Jay Bernard (Corvalis), Nancy Borgenicht (Admitting nurse), Brendan Burns (Pete Grant), Michael Flynn (Dr. Johnson), Jessie Frazier (Husband), Gene Gant (Highway patrol), Nicholas Guest (Johnny Robertson), Mike Hampton (Engineer 12), John Hansen (Dr. Lister), Eric Hart (Truck driver), Sherry Hursey (Nurse Keifer). 2494... Unconquered (CBS, 1/15/1989, 150 mins). Two intertwined real-life stories are well dramatized here--one of Richmond Flowers Sr., an Alabama attorney general (and later state senator) in the ’50s who was friendly with Martin Luther King and long a target of the KKK; the other of Richmond Flowers Jr., who overcame illness, a physical handicap, and the derision of his classmates because of his dad’s liberal views on integration to become a world-class hurdler and football star. Written by bestselling author Pat Conroy (“The Lords of Discipline,” “The Prince of Tides”), it originally was titled “Invictus” and premiered as a 2-1/2 hour film, but later was rebroadcast edited down to two hours. Production Companies Alexandra Film Productions Inc., Double Helix, Dick Lowry Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Dick Lowry. Supervising Producer Derek Kavanagh. Producer Dick Lowry. Co-Producers Dean Silvers, Martin Chitwood. Teleplay Pat Conroy. Based on a Story by Martin Chitwood. Photography Robert M. Baldwin. 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Rubinstein. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editors Byron “Buzz” Brandt, Anita Brandt-Burgoyne. Art Director Guy Barnes. Costume Supervisor Frances Harrison Hays. Executive in Charge of Production Norman S Powell. Cast Peter Coyote (Richmond Flowers Sr.), Dermot Mulroney (Richmond Flowers Jr.), Tess Harper (Mary Flowers), Jenny Robertson (Cindy Shiver), Frank Whaley (Arnie Woods), Bob Gunton (Gov. George Wallace), R.D. Call (Floyd Petrie), Noble Willingham (Bear Bryant), Ken Jenkins (Dr. Smith), John Quade (Guard “Tiny”), William Sadler (Coach Dickey), Trent Bross (Jones), Kyle Chandler (First boy), Benji Wilhoite (2nd boy), Suzanne Ventulette (Nancy), Lindsay Flowers (Girlfriend), Dexter McCloud (Benny Arrington), Wallace Wilkinson (Pender), Randal Patrick (First coach), Jay Kerr (2nd coach), Marc Gowan (Professor), Terry Hobbs (Boy in cafe), Elliot Street (Emcee), Larry Shuler (Teacher), Dick Lowry IV (Rich at age 7), Amanda Pillow (May Flowers), Zack Finch (Jeff Flowers), Tonea Stewart (Bertha), Billy Ray Reynolds (Tom Gentry), Lonnie Smith (Petrie’s driver), Ernest Dixon (Track coach), Saundra Franks (Bernice), Derek Harper (Hurdler), P.J. Shinall (Viola), Andrew R. Stahl (Father Dante), Bill Eudaly (Father Phillips), Bill Pace (Defense counsel), Ted Henning (Judge), Wilbur Fitzgerald (Jury foreman), Georgia Allen (Black woman), Ronreaco Lee (Busboy), Bruce Evers (Louie), Jill Jane Clements (Mrs. Rodgers), Randy Randolph (FBI agent), Robby Preddy (Mrs. Woods), J. Don Ferguson (Charley Woods), Dan Albright (Minister), Christopher Ekholm (Trainer), Phil Jackson (Dobbins). 2495... Under Siege (NBC, 2/9/1986, 120 mins). Controversial drama cowritten by Pulitzer Prize-winner Bob Woodward (coauthor of “All the President’s Men”) about this country’s first battle with domestic terrorism and how the President (Hal Holbrook) deals first with the bombing of an Army base outside of Washington, D.C., then with the destruction of several U.S. airliners in flight, and finally a rocket attack on the Capitol Building. Peter Strauss is the FBI director, Fritz Weaver the CIA chief, E.G. Marshall the Secretary of State, Paul Winfield the Secretaryof Defense, Mason Adams the presidential aide, and George Grizzard the influential newspaper editor in Washington. Since the Capitol in Washington was unavailable for destruction, the State Capitol Building in Little Rock, Arkansas, underwent the realistic attack (through clever special effects). Otherwise, Washington, D.C. was the prime film locale. “Under Siege” received an Emmy Award for Sound Editing. Production Companies Ohlmeyer Communications Company, Telepictures Corporation. Director Roger Young. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Producer Karen Danaher-Dorr. Teleplay Bob Woodward, Christian Williams, Richard Harwood, Alfred Sole. Based on a Story by Bob Woodward, Christian Williams, Richard Harwood. Photography Peter Stein. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Production Designer Stephen Marsh. Associate Producer Christopher Sands. Cast Peter Strauss (John Garry), Mason Adams (Geoffrey Wiggins), Lew Ayres (John Pace), George Grizzard (Warren Richards), Hal Holbrook (Pres. Maxwell Monroe), E.G. Marshall (Harold Sloan), David Opatoshu (Sajid Moktasanni), Thaao Penghlis (Abu Ladeen), Stan Shaw (FBI Agent Nick Tutman), Beatrice Straight (Margaret Sloan), Ann Sweeny (Kathy Murphy), Victoria Tennant (Gloria Garry), Fritz Weaver (Bernard Hughes), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (General Lord), Frederick Coffin (FBI Agent Dan Murphy), Kavi Raz (Saman Kadassi), Barry Corbin (Stu), Bob Blount, Peter Bradshaw, Bill Butler, Eli Danker, Armand DeLaurell, Dan DeMott, Bob Dinnaven, Bill Gregg, Archie Grinalds, Kelly Householder, Mark W. Johnson, Hossein Khobrowadabi, David Kienzle, Greg Martin, Thomas Mongo, Vivian Morrison, Vaughn Reeves, Bill Russell, Keith Sherman, Steve Stephens, Ron Woodson. 2496... Under the Influence (CBS, 9/28/1986, 120 mins). Andy Griffith’s gritty portrayal of a man whose alcoholism has a devastating effect not only on his professional life but on his family as well was the driving force behind this drama by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt, herself a recovered alcoholic whose novel “The Cracker Factory” had become a TV movie with Natalie Wood. “Adult Children of Alcoholics” was the title of this one initially. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Thomas Carter. Producer Vanessa Greene. Coordinating Producer Adrienne Levin. Teleplay Joyce Rebeta-Burditt. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Nan Schwartz. Editor David Rosenbloom. Production Designer Todd Hallowell. Cast Andy Griffith (Noah Talbot), Season Hubley (Ann Talbot Simpson), Paul Provenza (Stephen Talbot), Keanu Reeves (Eddie Talbot), Dana Anderson (Terri Talbot), Kario Salem (John Simpson), William Schallert (Cade), Richard Lawson (Dr. Duran), Paddi Edwards (Eve), Joyce Van Patten (Helen Talbot), Eve Smith (Mrs. Clark), Susan Ruttan (Ms. Morgan), Danae Torn (Floosie girl), Janet Rotblatt (Miss Seaver), John Zarchen (Boy in bar), Frank Picard (Mr. Hanna), Margery Nelson (Woman in hospital), Robert Phalen (Gary Watson), Ken Hill (Rick’s dad), David Wiley (Sergeant Kelly), Kerry Michaels (Nurse), Bill Calvert (Rick), Parley Baer (Reverend Caliquire), Richard Alden (Mr. Elliott), Gary Werntz (Bartender), Peter Stelzer (Man in hardware store). 2497... The Undergrads (Disney Channel, 5/5/1985, 105 mins). Disney comedy about a grandfather and grandson who attend college together after the young man has spirited the old man away from a rest home. Art Carney, as the feisty senior citizen, is the sole American actor among the lengthy list of Canadians. Production Companies Sharmhill Productions, Disney Channel. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Steven Hilliard Stern. Teleplay Paul W. Shapiro. Based on a Story by Paul W. Shapiro, Michael Wisman. Photography Laszlo George. Music Matthew McCauley. Song Performed by Tammy Dakota. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer Bill Brodie. Cast Art Carney (Mel Adler), Chris Makepeace (Dennis “Jody” Adler), Len Birman (Verne Adler), Dawn Greenhalgh (Ellen Adler), Lesleh Donaldson (Kim Barrett), Jackie Burroughs (Nancy Galik), Alfie Scopp (Hobo Weisman), Angela Fusco (Carol), Nerene Virgin (Polly Harris), Adam Ludwig (Professor Sickmeir), Ron James (Donald Finegan), Peter Spence (Steven

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Holmes), Wendy Bushell (Karen), Gary Farmer (Castro), Patrick Patterson (Cabbie), Gordon Jocelyn (University president), Barbara Kyle (Advisor), Ron Singer (Al), Elena Kudaba (Mrs. Bonboffer), Patricia Idlette (Nurse), Hrant Alianak (Zook), James Kidnie (Butch), Kenneth Camroux (Detective), Eric Keenleyside (Mugger), Lee J Campbell (Mugger), Ray Stanger (Rabbi), Jesse Collins (Jeff), Christopher Owen (Allan), Nancy Roberts (Joni), Peter Sturgess (Sidney). Jacqueline McLeod, Susan Jay, Myra Fried. 2498... Unholy Matrimony (CBS, 10/3/1988, 120 mins). Patrick Duffy is a Phoenix police detective who begins a relentless investigation of Charles Durning as a mail-order minister and Michael O’Keefe as a psychologist with a double identity, both of whom he suspects in a young woman’s murder for insurance money and might have committed the perfect crime. Based on a true story as chronicled in John Dillman’s 1986 book of the same title. Production Companies Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producers Edgar J. Scherick, Gary Hoffman. Producer Michael Barnathan. Teleplay John McGreevey. Based on a Book by John Dillman. Photography Shelly Johnson. Music Michel Rubini. Editor Steve Cohen. Production Designer Bill Malley. Associate Producer Mitch Engel. Cast Patrick Duffy (Det. John Dillman), Charles Durning (Samuel Corey), Michael O’Keefe (Dr. Cassius William Sader), Michael O’Keefe (Dr. Charles Stockwell), Lisa Blount (Karen Anne Stockwell), Jacqueline Brookes (Doris Perlman), Fred Dalton Thompson (DA Franklyn Sweeney), Ron Canada (Sgt. Jack Tolliver), Michael C. Gwynne (Lt. Al Kerns), Richard Cox (Irvin Dymond), Julie Fulton (Diane Dillman), Alexandra Powers (Trish Jaworski), Amparo Kassens (Giselle), Lindeigh Scotte (Miyoshi), Coquina Dunn (Peaches), Ron Chapman (Massage client), Sybil Harris (Madame), Ina Hamilton (Marriage bureau clerk), John N. Simons (Sergeant Leas), Lawrence Casey (Detective Follett), Richard Glover (Wilkinson), Amy McKenzie (Hotel clerk), Russ Fega (Insurance salesman), Marjie Rynearson (Neighbor), Kyle Marsh (Angel), Bob Sorenson (Lab man in San Francisco), Anita Gregory (Sweeney’s secretary), Henry Max Kendrick (Officer Polk), Dave Adams (Agent Hicks), Richard Armstrong (Court clerk), Kenneth Bridges (Judge Rudolph Becker). 2499... Unnatural Causes (NBC, 11/10/1986, 120 mins). John Ritter has a rare dramatic role as a dying Vietnam vet and Alfre Woodard plays a dynamic, real-life Veterans Administration benefits counselor who team up to fight a lopsided battle against the system in an attempt to establish the possible dangers of the defoliant Agent Orange. Ritter’s role is a composite of veterans the actual Maude DeVictor came across during her time in the VA’s Chicago office before being intimidated out of her position. Singer Patti LaBelle (who had made her acting debut in “A Soldier’s Story”) here plays another dramatic part as one of DeVictor’s coworkers and friends. Production Companies Blue Andre Productions, ITC Entertainment Group. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Blue Andre. Co-Executive Producer Robert M. Myman. Co-Producers Stephen Doran, Martin Goldstein. Teleplay John Sayles. Based on a Story by Martin Goldstein, Stephen Doran, Robert Jacobs. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Charles Fox. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Anne Pritchard. Art Director (Los Angeles) Jay Burkhart. Cast John Ritter (Frank Coleman), Alfre Woodard (Maude DeVictor), Patti LaBelle (Jeanette Thompson), John Vargas (Fernando “Nando” Sanchez), Frederick Allen (Kid), Richard Anthony Crenna (Soldier), Frank Pellegrino (Raul), Jonathan Welsh (Dr. Lester), Luba Gay (Rena), John Sayles (Lloyd), Roger Steffans (Golub), Richard Yearwood (Vincent), Dee McCafferty (Eddie), Leslie Carlson (Bob), Eugene A. Clark (Roberts), Ernest Perry Jr. (Hand), Sean McCann (Fenton Clark), J. Winston Carroll (Moore), Benjamin Barrett (Randy), Gwen E. Davis (Ethel Owens), Thomas Hauff (Sloan), Marie McCann (Phillipa), Joyce Gordon (Myra), Bob Warner (Tex). 2500... V (NBC, 5/1/1983 and 5/2/1983, 2 parts, 135/120 mins). Hugely successful sci-fi spectacular about the invasion from outer space by legions of aliens whose deceptive mission of peace is soon revealed to be a plot by a reptilian, Nazi-type society to steal the earth’s water supply. Marc Singer and Faye Grant lead a ragtag band of freedom fighters to repel the attack after seeing through the ruse. Emmy nominations went to Joe Harnell for his music score and to the makeup artists. This very expensive two-part movie (running four hours and 15 minutes) with dazzling special effects exceeded the network’s expectations and prompted a three-part miniseries follow-up a year later with the popularity of that one bringing about a weekly series that started in the 1984-85 season. The film bears the dedication “in loving memory of Dominique Dunne.” Production Companies Kenneth Johnson Productions, Warner Bros. Television, NBC Productions. Director Kenneth Johnson. Executive Producer Kenneth Johnson. Producer Chuck Bowman. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson. Photography John McPherson. Music Joe Harnell. Editors Jack Schoengarth, Alan Marks, Paul Dixon, Robert Richard. Production Designer Charles R Davis. Associate Producer Patrick Boyriven. Costume Designer Brienne Glyttor. Cast Jane Badler (Diana), Michael Durrell (Robert Maxwell), Faye Grant (Dr. Julie Parrish), Peter Nelson (Brian), David Packer (Daniel Bernstein), Neva Patterson (Eleanor), Marc Singer (Mike Donovan), Josh Brooks (Tommy Peterson), Blair Tefkin (Robin Maxwell), Michael Wright (Elias Taylor), Bonnie Bartlett (Mrs. Bernstein), Leonard Cimino (Abraham Bernstein), Richard Herd (John), Evan Kim (Tony), Richard Lawson (Dr. Ben Taylor), George Morfogen (Stanley Bernstein), Andrew Prine (Steven), Hansford Rowe (Plant supervisor), Jenny Sullivan (Kristine Walsh), Penelope Windust (Kathleen Maxwell), Michael Alldredge (Bill Graham), Camila Ashland (Ruby Engels), Frank Ashmore (Martin), Jason Bernard (Caleb Taylor), Rafael Campos (Sancho Gomez), Diane Civita (Harmony Moore), Viveka Davis (Polly Maxwell), Robert Englund (Willie), Stephanie Faulkner (Assistant director in newsroom), Myron Healey (Arch Quinton), Joanna Kerns (Marjorie Donovan), Curt Lowens (Dr. Maurice Jankowski),

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Marin May (Katie Maxwell), Jenny Neumann (Barbara), Stack Pierce (Alien captain), William Russ (Brad), Mary-Alan Hokanson (Ruth Barnes), Ron Hajak (Denny), Wiley Harker (UN Secretary General), David Hooks (Dr. Metz), Eric Johnson (Sean Donovan), Clete Roberts (Newscaster), Howard K. Smith (Newscaster), Bonnie Johns, Jennifer Perito, Denny Miller, Mike Monahan, Chuck Tamburro, Tom Fuccello, Nathan Roberts, Robert Vandenberg, Michael Bond, Dick Harwood, Momo Yashima. 2501... V - The Final Battle (NBC, 5/6/1984 to 5/8/1984, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Buoyed by the enthusiastic response to the two-part 1983 sci-fi adventure about a group of freedom fighters who do battle in Los Angeles with an invading army of aliens from another world professing peace but actually represent a reptilian race with a Nazi-like philosophy, NBC ordered (from a different production company) this three-part continuation of the story. Its equally satisfying reception (rating-wise) encouraged the network to schedule “V” as a weekly series in the 1984-85 season, beginning with a repeat showing of the first 10 hours of the saga (the initial movie and the miniseries). Marc Singer and Faye Grant continue as leaders of the freedom fighters; Jane Badler is the seductive but sinister alien leader. Emmy Award nominations: makeup, special visual effects, and film sound editing. Production Companies Blatt-Singer Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L. Singer. Producers Dean O’Brien, Patrick Boyriven. Teleplay (Parts 1, 2 and 3) Brian Taggert. Teleplay (Part 1) Peggy Goldman. Teleplay (Part 2) Diane Frolov. Teleplay (Part 3) Faustus Buck. Based on a Story by Harry Longstreet, Renée Longstreet, Diane Frolov, Faustus Buck, Lillian Weezer, Peggy Goldman. Based on an Original Idea by Kenneth Johnson. Photography Stevan Larner. Music (Part 1) Barry DeVorzon, Joseph Conlan. Music (Parts 2 and 3) Dennis McCarthy. Theme Song by Joseph Conlan, Barry DeVorzon. Supervising Editor Michael Eliot. Editors Michael F. Anderson, Paul Dixon. Production Designer Mort Rabinowitz. Art Director Tracy Bousman. Costume Designer Brienne Glyttor. Cast Jane Badler (Diana), Michael Durrell (Dr. Robert Maxwell), Robert Englund (Willie), Faye Grant (Dr. Julie Parrish), Richard Herd (Supreme Commander John), Thomas Hill (Father Andrew Doyle), Michael Ironside (Ham Tyler), Peter Nelson (Brian), David Packer (Daniel Bernstein), Neva Patterson (Eleanor Dupres), Andrew Prine (Steven), Sandy Simpson (Mark), Marc Singer (Mike Donovan), Blair Tefkin (Robin Maxwell), Michael Wright (Elias Taylor), Denise Galik (Maggie Blodgett), Jason Bernard (Caleb Taylor), Rafael Campos (Sancho), Sarah Douglas (Pamela), Frank Ashmore (Martin), Diane Civita (Harmony), Viveka Davis (Barbara), Hansford Rowe (Plant supervisor), Jenny Sullivan (Kristine Walsh), Marin May (Polly Maxwell), Mark L. Taylor (Fred), Camila Ashland (Ruby), Eric Johnson (Sean Donovan), Dick Miller (Drunk), Stack Pierce (Black alien captain), Don Starr (Dr. Walter Corley), Mickey Jones (Chris Barber), Jennifer Beck (Alien girl), Brandy Gold (Elizabeth Maxwell), Jenny O’Hara (Resistance fighter), Greta Blackburn (Resistance fighter), Clete Roberts (Newscaster). 2502... Valentine Magic on Love Island (NBC, 2/15/1980, 120 mins). Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight attractive, amiable vacationers discover one another, aided by her nephew and niece, in this pilot variation of “Fantasy Island.” A series never materialized, but it received a second network showing with the slightly altered title, “Magic on Love Island.” Production Companies dick clark productions, Osmond Television Productions, PKO Television. Director Earl Bellamy. Executive Producers Deanne Barkley, Dick Clark, Paul Klein. Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Teleplay Earl Kurland, Madeline B David, Robert Hilliard. Photography Ken Lamkin. Music Peter Matz. Song by Norman Gimbel, Peter Matz. Song Performed by Bernard Ighner. Editor O. Nicholas Brown. Art Director and Associate Producer Joe Aubel. Cast Adrienne Barbeau (Bevery McGraw), Bill Daily (Charles), Howard Duff (A.J. Morgan), Dominique Dunne (Cheryl), Dody Goodman (Ida Kramer), Lisa Hartman (Crystal Kramer), Rick Hurst (Robert Murphy), Christopher Knight (Jimmy), Janis Paige (Madge), Bob Seagren (Billy Colorado), Mary Louise Weller (Denise), Earl Montgomery (The Bishop), Robert S. Busch (Mr. Winslow), Stuart Pankin (Harvey/photographer), Ivan Philpot (Bellboy), Roselyn Royce (Nurse), Chris Curtis Hall (Pirate), Warren Munson (Coach), Dennis Robertson, Harv Selsby, Patti Townsend. 2503... Vanishing Act (CBS, 5/4/1986, 120 mins). A mystery thriller about a bridegroom and his missing bride, who may or may not be the woman he married, and a local cop whose lackadaisical attitude concerns the frantic man, was from a script by Richard Levinson and William Link. Viewers who might have found it a case of double vision vaguely recalled that it had been done before: as “One of My Wives Is Missing” (1976), a pilot to a prospective series for Jack Klugman (as the cop), and prior to that as “Honeymoon With a Stranger” (1969), which starred Janet Leigh and Rossano Brazzi. Actually, all three were based on French playwright Robert Thomas’ “Trap for a Lonely Man.” The Levinson-Link version, initially called “Hoax,” was filmed in Banff, Alberta, Canada, although set in Vail, Colorado. Production Companies Robert Cooper Productions, Richard Levinson-William Link Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Richard Levinson, William Link. Producer Robert Cooper. Teleplay Richard Levinson, William Link. Based on a Play by Robert Thomas. Photography Laszlo George. Music Ken Wannberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Richard Hudolin. Cast Mike Farrell (Harry Kenyon), Margot Kidder (Chris Kenyon), Fred Gwynne (Father Macklin), Graham Jarvis (Dr. DeMarco), Elliott Gould (Police Lt. Rudemeyer), Heather Ward Siegel (Flute girl), Wally McSween (Banker), John Bluethner (First paramedic), Howard Glassman (Second paramedic), Paul Jolicoeur (Pilot), Grant Lowe (Desk clerk), Linda Mackay (Bar girl), Larry Musser (Basketball referee), Tony Totino (Basketball cop), Reg Glass (Stunt driver).

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2504... The Vegas Strip Wars (NBC, 11/25/1984, 120 mins). Rock Hudson (in his final television movie) is a charming Las Vegas hotel owner who tries to turn a decaying casino into The Strip’s top attraction to avenge his outing by his former partners across the street. James Earl Jones, in a fright wig, does a devastating sports promoter turn as a flamboyant Don King type who may or may not be on Hudson’s side--depending on where the money is. “Las Vegas Strip Wars” was the film’s original title until just before its premiere. Production Company George Englund Productions. Director George Englund. Executive Producer George Englund. Producer Michael Greenburg. Teleplay George Englund. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Jimmie Haskell. Editors Gary Griffen, William J. Waters. Production Designer Trevor Williams. Associate Producer George Englund Jr. Cast Rock Hudson (Neil Chaine), Sharon Stone (Sarah Shipman), Madison Mason (Gray Ryan), Robert Costanzo (Stan Markham), Dennis Holahan (Jimmy Weldstrom), Robin Gammell (Marvin Berman), Tony Russel (Morgan Steinman), Pat Morita (Yip Tak), James Earl Jones (Jack Madrid), Bryan Englund (Garland), Chadda Battrell (Jacqueline Neiger), Rick Wagner (Josh Mallory), J. Carlton Adair (Minton), Jan Elise Donaldson (Helen), Brandy Ray (Ruth), George Englund Jr. (Alcatraz Ranger), Bonnie Graves (Chaine’s secretary), Ray Scarlata (Desert Inn pit boss), Jim Harrington (Stick man), Morgan Englund (Parking boy), Phillip Brown (Sweetwater Jackson), Bernie Allen (Baccarat pit boss). 2505... Velvet (ABC, 8/27/1984, 120 mins). Yet another variation on the proven if by now overworked “Charlie’s Angels” formula, this pilot to a prospective series has four, not three, spies posing as glamorous aerobics instructors working for Polly Bergen’s spy-for-hire organization. One, Shari Belafonte-Harper, actress/model daughter of entertainer Harry Belafonte, used this as a springboard to bigger, more noticeable jobs on TV. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Richard Lang. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Richard Lang. Teleplay Ned Wynn. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Dominic Frontiere. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Bob Bring. Art Director Paul Sylos. Costume Designer Nolan Miller. Associate Producer Shelley Hull. Cast Leah Ayres (Cass Dayton), Shari Belafonte-Harper (Julie Rhodes), Mary-Margaret Humes (Lauren “Boots” Dawes), Sheree Wilson (Ellen Stockwell), Michael Ensign (Stefan), Polly Bergen (Mrs. Vance), Leigh J. McCloskey (James Barstow), Bruce Abbott (Breed), Judson Scott (Mats Edholm), Bo Brundin (Prof. Charles Vandemeer), Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Edward Yashima), William Windom (Government official), Andrea Marcovicci (Erika Mueller), Stephen Davies (Farrow), Anthony DeLongis (Rawls), David Faustino (Billy Vandemeer), Ellen Geer (Nora Vandemeer), Bill Quinn (Dr. Harmon), Stanley Bower (Cullom), Tim Haldeman (Sammy the Shark), Elizabeth Foxx, Paul Tuerpe, Danny Wells, Arnold Bankston III, Jesse Bruce, Holly Butler, Tom Demenkoff, Carrie Rhodes, George Frost, Roseland Ingledew, Cis Rundle, Alys Swan. 2506... Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (CBS, 11/1/1986, 120 mins). A based-on-fact drama of a young bricklayer who avenges his beloved parents’ brutal murder in South Carolina, the story of Tony Cimo has Brad Davis as the obsessed man who, tired of waiting for the courts to act, takes the law into his own hands; William Conrad as a family friend and lawyer who councils the Cimo family; and Brad Dourif as a psycho convict who agrees for a price to take care of the killer in prison after the latter beats the electric chair. Production Companies Nederlander Television and Film Productions, Robirdie Pictures Inc. Director Marc Daniels. Executive Producers Roberta F. Becker, Gladys Rackmil. Producer George Manasse. Teleplay James Lee Barrett. Photography William Wages. Music Charles Gross. Editor Paul Fried. Art Director Barbara S. Shelton. Cast Brad Davis (Tony Cimo), Roxanne Hart (Jan Cimo), Brad Dourif (Lamar Sands), William Conrad (Jim Dunn), Michael Beach (Rudolph Tyner), Wayne Tippit (Bill Moon), Frances McDormand (Brigette), Chuck Patterson (Leroy Skelton), Cass Morgan (Rene Benton), Joyce O’Brien (Kim Moon), Fritz Bronner (Dean Benton), Jill Featherstone (Terry Cimo), Marcey Leshay (Sheryl Cimo), Jody Wilson (Myrtle Moon), Gregg Parish (Marshall), Carl Jay Cofield (Benjamin Finch), Bob Fontaine (Ralph Murphy), William Reed (Bob Perkins), Julian Byrd (Officer Slocum), Richard E. Harvin (Police captain), Allen Hall (Officer Mitchell), Clarence Thomas (Mr. Finch), Antoni Corone (Det. Bud Causey), James Southerland (Matthew Franklin), Daniel Brun (Compton), Lethanie Brooks (Officer Graham), David Reeves (Tiny Thomas), Stan Webster (Reverend Webb), George Clapp (Prosecutor Littlejohn), Wilbur Fitzgerald (Booth), Jack Judd (Psychiatrist Camp), C.T. Wakefield (Judge Kinon), Richard Liberty (Prosecutor Padgett), Grant Ford, Ray Vincent Mann, Robert F. Dauer, Jeff Moldovan, Jay Amor, Leigh Montanye, Barry Hober, Michael Bay. 2507... A Very Brady Christmas (CBS, 12/18/1988, 120 mins). Yuletide reunion of the deathless sitcom family, with all of the regulars returning from the hit series of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Following the success of this latest get-together, “The Bradys” was launched in early 1990--but it lasted only four episodes. There was enough Brady interest, however, for a ’90s revival that included an Off-Broadway play using scripts from the original series, several books, a popular theatrical movie and a sequel. Production Companies Sherwood Schwartz Company, Paramount Network Television. Director Peter Baldwin. Executive Producer Sherwood Schwartz. Producers Lloyd J. Schwartz, Barry Berg. Teleplay Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd J. Schwartz. Created by Sherwood Schwartz. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Laurence Juber. Theme Frank DeVol, Sherwood Schwartz. Editor Steve Shultz. Production Designer Raymond G. Storey. Cast Florence Henderson (Carol Brady), Robert Reed (Michael Brady), Ann B. Davis (Alice Franklin), Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady Logan), Eve Plumb (Jan Brady Covington), Jennifer Runyon (Cindy Brady), Barry Williams (Greg

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Brady), Christopher Knight (Peter Brady), Michael Lookinland (Bobby Brady), Jerry Houser (Wally Logan), Ron Kuhlman (Philip Covington III), Caryn Richman (Nora), Carol Huston (Valerie), Jaclyn Bernstein (Jessica), G.W. Lee (Mickey), Zachary Bostrom (Kevin), F.J. O’Neil (Mr. Prescott), Barbara Mallory (Mrs. Powell), Nick Toth (Mr. Powell), Selma Archerd (Ms. Crane), Tonya Lee Williams (Belinda), Inez Pedroza (TV announcer), Lewis Arquette (Sam Franklin/Santa), Lenny Garner (Howie), Doug Carfrae (Donald), Frances Louise Turner (Nurse), Gerry Black (Police Chief), Patricia Mullins (Receptionist), Jack Kutcher (Guard #1), Gilbert Garcia (Guard #2), Bart Braverman (Mechanic), Phillip R. Allen (Ted Roberts). 2508... Victims (ABC, 1/11/1982, 120 mins). A rape victim, obsessed with capturing her attacker, conspires with three other women to trap him after he is freed by the courts on a technicality, and they take the law into their own hands when he is given police protection against their harassment. Canadian actress Kate Nelligan made her TV-movie debut in the lead, and Howard Hesseman, playing against type, is the brutal rapist. Ken Howard gets top billing as her sympathetic and supportive boyfriend. Original title: “In Our Hands.” Production Companies Hajeno Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Jerrold Freedman. Executive Producer George Eckstein. Producer Douglas Benton. Teleplay Conrad Bromberg, William Wood. Based on a Story by Conrad Bromberg. Photography Robert Steadman. Music Lalo Schifrin. Editor Greyfox. Production Designer Ron Hobbs. Cast Ken Howard (Joe Buckley), Kate Nelligan (Ruth Hesson), Madge Sinclair (Sergeant Ashcroft), Jonelle Allen (Maydene Jariott), Pamela Dunlap (Nina Blygelder), Amy Madigan (Chloe Brill), Rose Portillo (Pilar Galloway), Sherry Hursey (Susan Arthur), Karmin Murcelo (Nellie Ramirez), Bert Remsen (Lieutenant McClain), Michael C. Gwynne (Attorney Walters), Howard Hesseman (Galloway), Alex Henteloff (Judge Armand Golds), Charles Sweigart (J. Winowski), Rosanna Huffman, John Herzfeld, Nick Angotti, F. William Parker, Wayne Heffley, Phil Austin, Joseph G. Medalis, Ruben Moreno, John Roselius, Jeremy Gardiner. 2509... Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (NBC, 11/12/1984, 120 mins). Actress Theresa Saldana played herself, re-creating her nearly fatal attack by a crazed fan in 1982, not long after starring with Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta’s sister-in-law in “Raging Bull,” and then trying to survive emotionally the trauma which followed and subsequently becoming spokesperson for the organization called Victims for Victims. In addition to its graphic depiction of the actress’ attack and the boldness with which it showed her scarred body, the film offered one of the rare cases in which a performer played himself or herself in an autobiographical manner. Sophia Loren had done it on television earlier (ironically, Theresa Saldana played Loren’s sister) and Ann Jillian later. Of course Audie Murphy had done it in films in the 1950s. An Emmy nomination went to Bob Norin for his startlingly realistic makeup. Production Companies Daniel L Paulson Productions, Orion Television. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers Loehr Spivey, Daniel Paulson. Producer Harry R. Sherman. Teleplay Arthur Heinemann. Photography Jan Kiesser. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director Bonnie Scott. Cast Theresa Saldana (Herself), Adrian Zmed (Fred Feliciano), Lelia Goldoni (Mrs. Saldana), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Stein), Mariclare Costello (Jane Bladow), Linda Carlson (Miriam Schneider), Stanley Kamel (DA Mike Knight), Pierrino Mascarino (Mr. Saldana), Patricia McAneny (Dolly), Kenneth Phillips (Jeff Fenn), Philip English (Arthur Jackson), William Allen Young, Estelle Getty, Barbara Tarbuck, Kate Charleson, Arva Holt, Joe Horvath, James Purcell, Sylvia Walden, Peter Kwong, Haunani Minn, Jan Burrell, Gloria Carlin, Angela Moya, Betty Caulfield, Theresa DePaolo, Conroy Gideon, Ken Hill, Dr. Eugene Allen, Eleanor Zee, John Mahon, Joel Nessa, Jane Marla Robbins, Eileen Saki, Frantz Turner, Carol Ann Williams. 2510... The Violation of Sarah McDavid (CBS, 5/19/1981, 120 mins). Idealistic young teacher, attacked in her classroom, decides to buck the system in an attempt to make schools safer, over the advice of her principal who, unwilling to rock the boat, tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Supervising Producer Buck Houghton. Producer Nancy Malone. Co-Producer John Llewellyn Moxey. Teleplay Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser. Based on a Story by Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser, Joan Marks. Photography Robert L. Morrison. Music Robert Prince. Editor Scott C. Eyler. Production Designer Albert Heschong. Associate Producers Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser. Cast Patty Duke Astin (Sarah McDavid), Ned Beatty (Dr. Walter Keys), James Sloyan (Eddie Rodelo), Vernee Watson (Kip Leslie), Fran Bennett (Ms. Merriam), Richard Venture (Roderick Hourgil), Ally Sheedy (Tracy Barnes), Marilyn Kagan (Nan), Victoria Racimo (Sergeant Smith), Alexandra Johnson (Jane), Bill Morey (Louis), James Karen (Dr. Spandler), Robert Picardo (Scott Crowell), Danie-Wade Dalton (Merritt), Eric Stoltz (Pete Brady), Hunter Von Leer (Brian), Gloria Stuart (Mrs. Fowler), William Marquez (Mr. Hernandez), Eric Boles (Young man), Howard Goodwin (Perry Halligan), Mike Darnell (Andy), Wesley Thompson (1st tough kid), Joney Smith (2nd tough kid), John Furlong (Police sergeant). 2511... Vital Signs (CBS, 2/11/1986, 120 mins). Two doctors in the same family--the father is an alcoholic, the son a drug addict--are at the heart of this crisis TV movie. Edward Asner and Gary Cole (Capt. Jeffrey McDonald, the Green Beret surgeon convicted of murdering his wife, in “Fatal Vision”) are the medical father and son; Barbara Barrie and Kate McNeil (best remembered as the strong-willed Florentyna Rosnovski in “Kane & Abel”) are their respective concerned spouses. Filmed on location entirely in and around Chicago, under the title “Following the Footsteps.”

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Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Stuart Millar. Supervising Producer Stan Kallis. Producer Stuart Millar. Teleplay Lee Hutson. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Glenn Paxton. Editor James Galloway. Art Director Paul Barnes. Cast Edward Asner (Dr. Matthew Hayward), Gary Cole (Dr. David Hayward), Kate McNeil (Kristi Hayward), John Randolph (Andy Williams), James Sloyan (Roger Gaines), Barbara Barrie (Frances Hayward), Philip Sterling (Tommy), Mary Ann Thebus (Wilma), Mike Nussbaum (Mike), James O’Reilly (Well wisher), James Deuter (1st golfer), Jack Callahan (1st crony), Richard Cusak (2nd crony), Tom Irwin (2nd doctor), Tom White (1st doctor), Janis Flax (Jane), Pauline Brailsford (3rd nurse), Lisa Dodson (1st nurse), Michael Helen Woods (2nd nurse), E.J. Murray (4th nurse), W. Peter Geis (Surgeon), Beatrice Fredman (Mrs. Underwood), Joe Guastaffero (Bartender), Corinne Romanko (Cheryl), James Noah (Anesthesiologist). 2512... Waikiki (ABC, 4/21/1980, 120 mins). A couple of private eyes, a laid-back Californian and a streetwise New Yorker, team up to track down a killer in Hawaii known as “the cane field murderer” in this unsuccessful pilot to yet another TV detective series. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Ron Satlof. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Robert Janes. Teleplay Curtis Kenyon, Don Balluck, Robert Janes, Ron Friedman. Based on a Story by Curtis Kenyon, Robert Janes. Photography Robert L Morrison. Music Stu Phillips. Supervising Editor Michael S. McLean. Editors Joe Morrisey, John Shreyer. Art Director Arch Bacon, Paul Sylos. Associate Producers Dave Love, Elaine Rich. Cast Dack Rambo (Ronnie Browning), Steve Marachuk (David King), Donna Mills (Cassie Howard), Cal Bellini (Rex), Darren McGavin (Captain McGuire), Robert F. Lyons (Mark Barrington), Mark Slade (Lloyd Barrington), Branscombe Richmond (Walter Kahamonku/cabbie), Betty Carvalho (Annie), Tanya Roberts (Carol), Jenny Sherman (Amy), Angus Duncan (Joe Farnsworth), Karen Austin (Joanie), Eddie Benton (Penny), Robert Apisa (Kahae), Paul Verdier (French tourist), Jack Hisatake (Kona/bartender), Jim Whittle (Coroner), Suzanne Schulman (Lori), Deborah Hedquist (Terri). 2513... Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! (NBC, 1/17/1983, 120 mins). Ex-high school football coach Paul Michael Glaser becomes a house-husband while his wife (Dee Wallace) goes off to work in this comedy that predated the similarly plotted theatrical movie “Mr. Mom” by nearly six months. Production Companies Blue-Greene Productions, NBC Productions. Director Bill Persky. Executive Producers Blue Andre, Vanessa Greene. Producers Albert J. Salzer, Alice Pardo. Teleplay Bill Persky, David Eyre Jr. Photography Frank Stanley. Music Ken Harrison. Editor Jerry Shepard. Production Designer Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Paul Michael Glaser (Bob Peters), Dee Wallace (Pat Peters), Peggy McCay (Cynthia Peters), David Doyle (Herman Ohme), Ray Buktenica (Fred), Lynne Moody (Marion), Rita Taggart (Mrs. Walt Johnson), James Gregory (Dan Peters), Tamar Howard (Jenny Peters), Bobby Jacoby (Robert Peters), Joey Lawrence (Chris Peters), Richard Roat (Emcee), Paddi Edwards (Rae Susoeff), Catherine Bergstrom, James Bowman, Edward Call, Sam Denoff, Buddy Farmer, Rosanna Huffman, Margery Nelson, Milt Oberman, Lyla May Owen, Raymond Rodriguez, Barbara Sammeth, Henry G. Sanders, Carl Steven, Mary Treen, Frantz Turner. 2514... The Wall (CBS, 2/16/1982, 180 mins). The dramatic three-hour reenactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jews’ desperate attempts to defend themselves against Nazi extermination in April 1943, with about 650 members of the Jewish Fighting Organization fending off about 3,000 German soldiers to the final stand, with only a handful of Jews surviving. This fictionalized account, with Tom Conti in his American TV-movie debut as a disinterested, non-Jewish bystander who finally joins the resistance movement, and Rachel Roberts, who had died shortly after making this film in 1980, as a former teacher, was adapted by Millard Lampell from his Broadway play that was based on John Hersey’s 1950 novel about the uprising. The film won the 1982 George Foster Peabody Award for distinguished programming. Production Companies Cinetex International, Time-Life Television. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producers David Susskind, Diana Kerew. Producers Harry R Sherman, Millard Lampell. Supervising Producer (Poland) Jerzy Antzcak. Supervising Producer Nancy Dockry. Teleplay Millard Lampell. Based on a Play by Millard Lampell. Based on the Novel by John Hersey. Photography Brian Tufano. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Greyfox. Art Director Jerzy Maslowski. Cast Tom Conti (Dolek Berson), Lisa Eichhorn (Rachel Apt), Gerald Hiken (Fischel Shpunt), Rachel Roberts (Regina Kowalska), Philip Sterling (Reb Mazur), Eli Wallach (Mauritzi Apt), Laurent Aidenbaum (David Apt), Rosanna Arquette (Halinka Apt), Roberts Blossom (Kuchaski), James Cromwell (Francisek), Griffin Dunne (Mordecai Apt), Christine Estabrook (Rutka), Richard Frank (Stefan Mazor), John Heffernan (Concierge), Ronald Hunter (Menkes), Bruce Ornstein (Katz), Ben Piazza (Janta), Dianne Wiest (Symka Mazor), Yusef Bulos, Mordecai Lawner, Lieb Lensky, Joel Polis, Svee Scooler, Ben Slack, John Tillinger, Jerry Zaks, John Brown, Howard Goorney, Milton Johns, Anna Korwin, Victoria Plum, Clifford Rose, David Shawyer, Rob Steinberg, Di Trevis, Steven Ubels, Barry Woolgar. 2515... Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (NBC, 4/8/1985 and 4/9/1985, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). In this muchhonored four-hour drama about the Swedish diplomat who masterminded the rescue of over 120,000 Hungarian Jews from right under the nose of Nazi Colonel Adolf Eichmann during World War II and subsequently disappeared behind Russian lines, never again to be seen, Richard Chamberlain won another of his Emmy Award nominations. Emmys went to director Lamont Johnson,

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costumer Tommy Welsh, film editor Paul LaMastra and sound editor Jeff Clark. Nominations, in addition to Chamberlain’s, went to the film itself as Outstanding Drama and to writer Gerald Green, photographer Charles Correll and sound mixer Robin Gregory. The production, based on the 1982 book “Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg” by Frederick E. Werbell and Thurston Clarke, won a Christopher Award as one of the Outstanding Television Movies of 1985. Production Companies Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producer Dick Berg. Producers Lamont Johnson, Richard Irving. Co-Producer Philip I. Levitan. Teleplay Gerald Green. Based on a Biography by Frederick E. Werbell, Thurston Clarke. Photography Charles Correll. Music Ernest Gold. Editor Paul LaMastra. Production Designer Michael Stringer. Associate Producer Neal Nordlinger. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Raoul Wallenberg), Alice Krige (Baroness Lisl Kemeny), Kenneth Colley (Col. Adolf Eichmann), Melanie Mayron (Sonja Kahn), Stuart Wilson (Baron Gabor Kemeny), Bibi Andersson (Major von Dardel), David Robb (Per Anger), Mark Rylance (Nikki Fodor), Ralph Arliss (Teicholz), Keve Hjelm (Jacob Wallenberg), Jimmy Nail (Vilmos), Olaf Pooley (Tibor Mortiz), Georgia Slowe (Hannah Mortiz), Guy Deghy (Adm. Nikolas Horthy), Curt Lowens (Dieter Wisleceny), Bruce Purchase (Rabbi Mandel), Relia Basic (Col. Laszlo Ferenczy), Peter Capell (Kalman Lauer), Tom Ormeny (Captain Bator), Aubrey Morris (Col. Ferencz Szalasi), “Bogdan” (Josef Kahn), Thomas Hellberg (Danielsson), Ferdinand Mayne (Rabbi Preiss), Don Fellows (Olsen), Josipa Lisac (Torch singer), Peter Karsten (Von Fremd), Werner Pochath (1st SS sergeant), Vila Matula (2nd SS sergeant), Lena Olin (Marta), Charles Brauer (Schmidthuber), Venco Kapural (Rotha), Per Anger (Narrator). 2516... War and Remembrance (1-7) (ABC, 11/13/1988 to 11/23/1988, 7 parts, 18 hours). In this sequel to “The Winds of War,” the epic 1983 miniseries based on Herman Wouk’s sweeping saga of a fictional Navy family in the days leading up to World War II, most of the original cast members, led by Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, and Victoria Tenant, returned to play the same characters during the war years, beginning with Pearl Harbor. The major changes here were having Jane Seymour and John Gielgud take over the roles originated by Ali MacGraw and John Houseman, and both receiving Emmy nominations for their performances. In a bit of unusual programming, ABC chose to split the massive “War and Remembrance” into two separate miniseries, airing the first 18 hours (in seven parts over an eleven-day period) during the November 1988 sweeps and the remaining 11-1/2 hours during those of May 1989. This would become the longest miniseries in TV history, surpassing the 1979’s “Centennial” (at 26 hours)--longer than a great many regular series. “War and Remembrance” won the Emmy as Outstanding Miniseries. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, Jadran Films, ABC Circle Films. Director Dan Curtis. Executive Producer Dan Curtis. Producer Barbara Steele Teleplay Earl W. Wallace, Dan Curtis, Herman Wouk. Based on a Novel by Herman Wouk. Photography Dietrich Lohmann. Music Bob Cobert. Editors Peter Zinner, John F. Burnett. Additional Editing Bill Blunden, Peter Boita, Fred A Chulack. Production Designer Guy Comtois. Art Directors Veronica Hadfield, William Cruse, Norm Baron, Alan Tomkins. Associate Producer Branko Lustig. Aerial Photography Frank Holgate. Cast Robert Mitchum (Victor “Pug” Henry), Jane Seymour (Natalie Jastrow Henry), Hart Bochner (Byron Henry), Victoria Tennant (Pamela Tudsbury), Polly Bergen (Rhoda Henry), David Dukes (Leslie Slote), Michael Woods (Warren Henry), Sharon Stone (Janice Henry), Robert Morley (Alistair Tudsbury), Barry Bostwick (Cmdr. Carter “Lady” Aster), Sami Frey (Avram Rabinovitz), Chaim Topol (Berel Jastrow), John Rhys-Davies (Sammy Mutterperl), Ian McShane (Phillip Rule), William Schallert (Harry Hopkins), Bill Wallis (Werner Beck), Jeremy Kemp (Brig. Gen. Armin von Roon), Steven Berkoff (Adolph Hitler), Robert Hardy (Winston Churchill), Ralph Bellamy (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), John Gielgud (Aaron Jastrow), G.W. Bailey (Cmdr. Jim Grigg), J. Kenneth Campbell (Commander Hoban [Captain of the Devilfish), John Dehner (Adm. Ernest King), Peter Graves (Palmer Kirby [parts 1 and 4]), Gunther Maria Halmer (Rudolph Hoess [Auschwitz]), Leslie Hope (Madeline Henry), Barry Morse (Col. Gen. Franz Halder), William R Moses (Simon Anderson [part 1]), Howard Duff (William Tuttle [parts 2 and 4]), Pat Hingle (Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey [parts 2 and 6]), Milton Johns (Adolf Eichmann [part 2]), Mijou Kovacs (Selma Ascher [part 2]), G.D. Spradlin (Adm. Raymond A. Spruance), Jack Ging (Cmdr. William Buraker [part 3]), Michael McGuire (Capt. Miles Browning [part 3]), Mike Connors (Col. Harrison “Hack”Peters), Kenneth Colley (SS Col. Paul Biobel [parts 5 and 7]), Eddie Albert (Breckinridge Long), Brian Blessed (General Yevlenko), Sky Dumont (Claus von Stauffenberg), Nina Foch (Comtesse de Chambrun [parts 6 and 7]), Hardy Kruger (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel), William Prince (Adm. Chester Nimitz), Normann Burton (Gen. George C. Marshall), Howard Caine (Lord Maxwell Beaverbrook), Eric Christmas (Adm. Sir Dudley Pound), Gene Davis (Telephone talker /Devilfish), Cate Fowler (Sarah Elowsky/Redeemer), Fred Gibbons (Quartermaster/Devilfish), Mark Keyloun (Ensign Billy/Devilfish), Michael Madsen (Lt. “Foof” Turkell [part 1]), Wolfgang Preiss (Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch), Jack Rader (Outgoing Captain/Northhampton), Clifford Rose (SS Lt. Gen. Heinz Kammler), Michael Sarne (SS Capt Schwarz/Auschwitz), Barbara Steele (Elsa McMahon [part 1), Mills Watson (Chief Derringer/Devilfish), Robert S. Woods (Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Lindsey), John Quincy Adams (Lt. jg Samtow/Devilfish), Geoffrey Beevers (Maj. Denton Shairpe), Daniel Dugan (Deck officer/Northampton), Steve Durham (Sonar operator/Devilfish), Christian Ebel (SS Security Chief Rattenhuber), Greg Ford (Chief Torpedoman Hansen), Ben Hartigan (Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson), Ray McCloud (Electrician’s Mate/Devilfish), Toby Morris (Annunciator Op/Northampton), Dan Nichols (Helmsman/Devilfish), Michael Perry (Doc Halston/Devilfish), Addison Powell (Adm. Harold Stark), Julio Scala (Gen. “Hap” Arnold [part 1]), David Shaughnessy (RAF Officer in Singapore), Dieter Steinbrink (Block Senior/Mutterperl), Leon B. Stevens (Navy Secretary Frank Knox), Kerry Sweden (Bow Planesman/Devilfish), Anthony Bate (Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt), Don Collier (Adm. Russ Carlton [FDR aide]), Fritz Von Friedl (Hoess’ Adjutant/Auschwitz), Joachim Hansen (Lt. Gen. Alfred Jodl), Elizabeth Hoffman (Eleanor Roosevelt [part 6]), Danny Kamekona (Vice Admiral Nagumo [parts 2 and 3]), Paul Lambert (Adm. Ross McIntire [FDR doctor]), John Malcolm (Field Marshal Wilhelm

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Keitel), Aubrey Morris (Father Martin [part 2]), Derek Newark (SS Sgt. Maj. Klinger/Auschwitz), Lee Patterson (August van Winnaker [part 2]), Giancarlo Prete (Dr. Castelnuovo [parts 2, 3, 4]), Anton Roblot (Dr. Roblot [parts 2 and 4]), Seth Sakai (Admiral Yamamoto [parts 2 and 3]), Dieter Wagner (Heinrich Himmler [parts 2 and 5]), Michael Wolf (Hermann Goering), Heinz Bernard (Jacob Ascher), Hugo Bower (Dutch interpreter/Auschwitz), Lou Dagsa (Alemon [Pug’s steward]), Robert Dees (Flag Lieutenant, King’s office), Sara Franchetti-Girenti (Anna Castelnuovo), Paul Glawion (Gen. Friedrich von Paulus), Margherita Horovita (Mrs. Sacerdote), Frank Marth (Adm. Marc Mitscher), Stephan Parlya (Untersturmfuhrer Hossler), Werner Pochath (Himmler’s colonel), Remo Remotti (Moses Sacerdote), Immy Schell (Commandant Hoess’ wife), Tom Tammi (Flag Secretary/Spruance), Emanuela Trombetta (Miriam Castelnuovo), Earl Hindman (Lt. Cmdr. Wade McClusky [part 3]), Michael Lemon (Lt. Earl Gallagher), Richard Lineback (Cornett/Enterprise), Rod McCary (Hugh Cleveland), John Perryman (Lt. DeWitt Shumway), John Sanderford (Ensign Pete Goff), Jerry Anderson (Ambassador Hotel bellboy), Kent Broadhurst (Capt. George Murray), Samuel Busby (Plane captain/Enterprise), Keith Brunson (Telephone talker/Enterprise), Van Golden (Enterprise debriefing off.), Ernest Harada (Chief of Staff/Akagi), William Keltner (Air Operations Ensign/Enterprise), Scooter Kindle (Lookout on Northampton), Brett Porter (Lt. Howard Ady), Allan Rich (Harry Tomplin), James Saito (Operations Officer/Yamato), Ron Smith (Deck officer/Northampton), Lisa Soland (Singer at Moana Hotel), Akira Takayama (Chief of Staff/Yamato), Michael Yama (Operations Officer /Akagi), William Berger (Jim Gaither), Ian Abercrombie (Vice Admiral Rodney [part 4]), Gay Baynes (Woman in Quaker officer), Henry Beckman (Maj. Gen. McIntyre), Peter Bromilow (Commander Sutherland), George Corraface (Pascal Gaffori), Bertie Cortez (Itzhak Mendelson), Igor Galo (Frankenthal), Garrick Hagon (Sam Jones), Moustache (Mr. Gaffori), James Pennington (Pump Room headwaiter), Nino Polito (Train conductor), Gigi Reder (Chief/Carabinieri), Anna Tzelniker (Mrs. Mendelson), Matt Clark (Chief Clark/Northampton), William Doherty (Pinckney Tuck), Ian Jentle (Josef Goebbels), Christopher Malcolm (Bunky Thurston), Dennis Patrick (Adm. Mahlon Tisdale), Peter Vaughan (Col. Gen. Kurt Zeitzler), John Golden (Signalman/Enterprise), Ric Groenendal (Port Upper Lookout/Enterprise), Ted Lehmann (Chaplain at burial), Hugo Napier (British Colonel at El Alamein), Rainer Penkert (Field Marshal Erich von Manstein), Joe Vanremortel (Naval Aide at White House), H. Richard Greene (Foxy Davis), Charles Lane (Admiral Standley), Natalija Nogulich (Vera Yevlenko), Michael Anthony (Dr. LaCroix), Arthur Bernard (2nd reporter/Standley con), James E. Brodhead (British correspondent/ Casablanca), Rhett Creighton (Louis Henry), Joseph O. Crozier (Art [FDR aide]), Vernon Dobtcheff (Henri Bulle), Michael Elwyn (Lord Duncan Burne-Wilke), Robert Favart (Comte de Chambrun), Erwin Fuller (1st reporter/Standley con), Frederick Hoffman (American reporter #2/Casablanca), Susan Italiane (Hack’s New Year’s Eve Date), Philippe Mareuil (Wald), Byron Morrow (Adm. William Leahy [part 6]), Geoffrey Rose (Dr. Kurt Freidrich), Justin Jon Ross (General Schmidt), Eric Server (American reporter #1/Casablanca), Joost Sledhoff (Doctor at Baden-Baden), Charlie Smoke (Steward in Clipper cabin), Donald Stewart (Halsey’s officer), Erwin Strahl (Radio announcer/ Berlin), Jerry Taft (Army-Navy Club maitre d’), Steven White (Halsey’s messenger), R G Armstrong (Gen. “Moose” Fitzgerald), Grainger Hines (Pete Betmann/Moray), Harold Kasket (Dr. Paul Eppstein), Michael Mellinger (Benjamin Murmelstein), Kin Shriner (Horseshoes Mullen), Michael Adamshick (Telephone talker/Moray), Paul Copley (Dagget [Pamela’s chauffeur]), Uwe Falkenbach (SS man on train), Claus Fuchs (SS officer/Theresienstadt), Dado Habazin (Kolko), Klaus Hemmerle (SS officer in Ukraine), Burkhard Heyl (SS Lieutenant Greiser), Wolf Kahler (SS Major Anton Berger), Hubert Kramar (SS officer/Theresienstadt), Karl Lieffen (Dr. Grasse), William Merrow (Herr Strauss/Theresienstadt), Glenn Morshower (Sonar operator/Moray), Thelma Ruby (Frau Strauss/Theresienstadt), Alexander Stephan (SS lieutenant/Theresienstadt), Geoffrey Toone (British Ambassador/Moscow), Christian P. Westermann (Helmsman/Moray), William T Woodson (Narrator). 2517... War and Remembrance (8-12) (ABC, 5/7/1989 to 5/14/1989, 5 parts, 11 1/4 hours). Continuation of the monumental miniseries (above) that began during the November 1988 television sweeps and, in a crafty network programming move, finished its lengthy run during the May sweeps. The two parts combined made it the longest miniseries in TV history, and it would go on to win an Emmy as Outstanding Miniseries. [See production credits above] Cast Robert Mitchum (Victor “Pug” Henry), Jane Seymour (Natalie Henry), Hart Bochner (Lt. Cmdr. Byron Henry), Victoria Tennant (Pamela Tudsbury), Polly Bergen (Rhoda Henry), David Dukes (Leslie Slote), Sharon Stone (Janice Henry), Barry Bostwick (Cmdr. Carter “Lady” Aster), Sami Frey (Avram Rabinovitz), Chaim Topol (Berel Jastrow), Ian McShane (Philip Rule), William Schallert (Harry Hopkins), Jeremy Kemp (Brig. Gen. Armin von Roon), Steven Berkoff (Adolph Hitler), Robert Hardy (Winston Churchill), E.G. Marshall (Dwight D. Eisenhower), Ralph Bellamy (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), John Gielgud (Aaron Jastrow), Brian Blessed (General Yevlenko), Mike Connors (Col. Harrison “Hack” Peters), Eli Danker (Udam), Leslie Hope (Madeline Henry), Milton Johns (Adolf Eichmann), William R. Moses (Lt. Cmdr. Simon Anderson), Robert Stephens (SS Major Karl Rahm), Sky Dumont (Claus von Stauffenberg), Hardy Kruger (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel), Barry Morse (Col. Gen. Franz Halder [part 9]), Pat Hingle (Adm. William F. Halsey [part 10]), William Prince (Adm. Chester Nimitz), Richard Dysart (Harry S Truman [part 12]), R G Armstrong (Gen “Moose” Fitzgerald), Dora Borkoff (Bronka Ginsburg), Harold Kasket (Dr. Paul Eppstein), Michael Mellinger (Benjamin Murmelstein), Hunter Schlesinger (Louis Henry), Kin Shriner (Horseshoes Mullen), Bata Zivjinovic (Jewish partisan leader), Karl Otto Alberty (Scharfuhrer Rudolf Haindl), John Bryson (Engineer McDermott), Randall Bush (Officer of Deck/Moray), Nick Ellsworth (Burne-Wilke’s Adjutant), Bruce French (Sylvester Aherne), Erhard Hartmann (Rahm’s Adjutant), Martin Hermann (SS officer/ Carpathians), Wolf Kahler (SS Major Anton Berger), Fuzzy Moody (Lookout on Moray), Sean O’Neill (Scott Joyce [Moscow]), Osman Ragheb (Theresienstadt Prominent), Al Ruscio (Marshal Josef Stalin), Christian P. Westermann (Helmsman/Moray), Anthony Bate (Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt), Rupert Frazer (Lt. Werner von Haeften), Reinhard Glemnitz (Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel), Leo V. Gordon (Gen. Omar Bradley), Joachim Hansen (Lt. Gen. Alfred Jodl),

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Elizabeth Hoffman (Eleanor Roosevelt), Jane How (Kay Summersby), John Malcolm (Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel), Charles Napier (Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith), Michael Wolf (Hermann Goering), Richard Aylen (Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsey), Tim Barrett (Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallor), Victor Baring (Hungarian Prime Minister), Justin Berlin (Lt. Gen. Ludwig von Beck), Alan Brown (Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedde), Stephen Bronowski (SS Officer), Eric P. Caspar (Lt. Gen. Heusinger), Martin Cochrane (Claude Gallieni), Joseph N. Conti (Flag Lieutenant [England]), Andrea Dahmen (Lucie Rommel), Peter Dennis (Sir Bernard Montgomery), Carl Duering (D. Karl Goerdeler), Keith Edwards (US MP), Michael Elwyn (Lord Duncan Burne-Wilke), Patrick Floersheim (Leffard), Martin Grace (Jumpmaster), G. Wayne Hill (Radio director), Barrie Houghton (Noncom sergeant), Ryan Michael (Eisenhower’s aide), David Rolfe (British Cmdr./Meteorologist), Peter Sands (Group Capt. J.M. Stagg), Rob Spendlove (British Aircraftsman Thompson), Ian Jentle (Josef Goebbels), Paul Lambert (Adm. Ross McIntyre [FDR doc]), Peter Birrell (Leon Carmel), Lewis Cowen (Film director), Arnold Diamond (Mr. Stern), Christian Ebel (SS Security Chief Rattenhuber), Walker Edmiston (Gen. Douglas MacArthur), David Gale (Adm. Mick Carney), Axel Ganz (Dr. Theodor Morell), Matthias Heinze (Manfred Rommel), Gotz von Langheim (Dr. Kurt Walter Hansen), Paul Lichtman (Mr. Weinrich), Heinz Mareck (Dr. Hans Gisevius), Frank Marth (Adm. Marc Mitscher), Vila Matula (Lieutenant von John), Byron Morrow (Adm. William Leahy), Holger Petzold (General Fellgiebel), Andrea Saric (Mrs. Weinrich), John Steigman (Flag Lieutenant/USS Iowa), Tony Stephens (SS Sergeant Kolbe), Henry Stolow (SS man), Mike Walden (Officer of Deck/USS Iowa), Eileen Way (Mrs. Stern), Jay Acovone (Quartermaster Maselli), Granville Ames (Lt. Tom Philby/Barracuda), Helena Buljan (Mother on Auschwitz train), Larry Dobkin (Gen. George S. Patton), Vjenceslav Kapural (Bruckner [concertina player]), George O’Hanlon Jr. (Lt. George Puckett), Matko Raguz (Hutberg), Wolfgang Reichmann (Martin Bormann), Geoffrey Whitehead (Albert Speer), Danny Bartholomew (Plot Officer/Barracuda), Brett Bowerbank (Louis Henry), Stelio Candelli (Auschwitz selection officer), Norman Caro (Rabbi on Auschwitz train), Matt Crane (Helmsman/Barracuda), Antonia Cutic (Nurse on Auschwitz train), James Emery (Sonar man/Barracuda), Robert Ervin (Jonesy/Barracuda steward), James Grady (Planesman/Barracuda), Wayne A. Hamamoto (Japanese officer), Klaus Hemmerle (OS officer/Czech clearing), Kiyoshi Kimura (Japanese officer), Frank Mak (Japanese officer), Leon Niemczyk (Polish peasant), Rodney Shapiro (Telephone talker/Barracuda), Markus Stolberg (SS officer/Auschwitz), Thomas Wagner (Chief Brady/Barracuda), Normann Burton (Gen. George C Marshall), Don Collier (Adm. Russ Carlton [FDR aide]), George Murdock (Gen. Leslie Groves), Kirstie Pooley (Eva Braun), Ed Van Nuys (Admiral Lockwood), Heinz Weiss (Lt. Gen. Hans Krebs), John Barrard (Oskar Friedman), Nick Eldredge (Navy Chaplain/Annapolis), Richard William Foster (Lieutenant Commander/Annapolis), Steven Kern (Denny Meunch), John Larch (Test site PA announcer), Eb Lottimer (Flag Lieutenant /ComSubPac), Nancy Nevinson (Woman at Weir Courteney), Elisabeth Ofenbock (Hitler’s secretary), Addison Powell (Adm. Harold Stark), Dorota Puzio (Katinka), William Roberts (US Army Captain), Gyl Roland (Truman’s secretary), Julio Scala (Gen. “Hap” Arnold), Leon B. Stevens (Navy Secretary Frank Knox), Mavis Walker (Alice Goldberger), Ann Way (Gertrude Dann), Alexander Wright (Boy #1 at orphanage), William T Woodson (Narrator). 2518... Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (CBS, 1/18/1987, 120 mins). Love, cutthroat journalism, and parenthood are the major elements in this romantic comedy about expectant marrieds who are columnists for competing newspapers, in which they each write running commentaries on the pregnancy--but soon clash on the home front because too much is being revealed about their personal lives. Original title: “Babytalk” Production Company Lorimar-Telepictures. Director James Frawley. Executive Producers Andrew Adelson, Bonnie Raskin. Teleplay Allen Estrin, Mark Estrin. Photography Hector Figueroa. Music Mark Snow. Editor Daniel Hanley. Art Director Bryan Ryman. Cast Tim Matheson (Mike Byrd), Margaret Colin (Amy Webster), Barry Corbin (Max Ball), George DiCenzo (Scotty), Elizabeth Ashley (Blanche Webster), Gary Bayer (Dr. Enright), Leigh French (Nancy Carmel), Kurt Fuller (Roger), Susan Krebs (Leslie), Michael Lemon (Don Carbo), Tom Lister Jr. (Mack “Truck” Jones), Pierrino Mascarino (Carlo Vietti), F.J. O’Neil (Arthur Trent), Sheila Scott-Wilkinson (Paula Craig), Liz Sheridan (Amanda McPherson), Cynthia Songe (Coral), Dan Chambers (Father), Dan Dunard (Salesman), Ted Hamaguchi (Kim), Tad Horino (Great-grandfather), Bobby Hosea (Reporter #2), Gloria Le Roy (Waitress), Ernie Lively (Ernie), Irene Olga Lopez (Nurse), Arthur Adams, Buddy Arnold, Hillary Carlip, Tom Fears, John J. Flynn, Marlena Giovi, Julie Inouye, Greg K. Johnson, Nathan Legrand, Ricardo Lopez, Gordon Oas-Heim, Charles Quertermous, Sylvester Rich, Bill Shick, Charlotte Stewart, Nancy Warren. 2519... Washington Mistress (CBS, 1/13/1982, 120 mins). A U.S. Senator’s ambitious aide falls head over heels for her boss’ chief adversary, a high-powered lobbyist who happens to be married with a family, and becomes involved in a long-running affair. Pat Hingle replaced the originally scheduled E.G. Marshall as the Senator. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Peter Levin. Executive Producers Joanne Brough, Malcolm Stuart. Supervising Producer Mitch Ackerman. Producer Karen Mack. Teleplay Audrey Davis Levin. Photography Robert Caramico. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “And Still Be Loving You” by David Ellingson, Kim Carnes. Song Performed by Kim Carnes. Editor Marjorie Fowler. Art Director Arch Bacon. Cast Lucie Arnaz (Maggie Parker), Richard Jordan (Michael Reynolds), Tony Bill (Alan), Tarah Nutter (Donna), Charles Levin (Larry), Pat Hingle (Sen. Ross Clayton), Peter Hobbs (Mr. Parker), Bridgette Andersen (Jenny Reynolds), Mimi Maynard (Peggy), Michael Prince (Tom Harrington), Eda Zahl (Nurse), Dorothy Fielding (Caroline Reynolds).

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2520... We Are the Children (ABC, 3/16/1987, 120 mins). Drama of compassion and spiritual growth set against the Ethiopian famine of the late 1980s, involving a brash television journalist and an idealistic young doctor running a small village clinic. This was the first primetime movie produced by the Paulists, the church organization that long was associated with uplifting nondenominational syndicated TV productions (dramas as well as comedies and even musicals, all with a moral of some kind) in the “Insight” series spanning the 1960s to the 1980s that attracted big-name talent before and behind the camera. Ted Danson here was not only the star but also the co-producer. Production Companies A Paulist Picture, Dan Fauci-Ted Danson Productions, Furia Television. Director Robert M. Young. Executive Producer Rev. Elwood Kieser. Supervising Producer John Furia Jr. Producer Michael Rhodes. Co-Producers Lewis Abel, Ted Danson, Dan Fauci. Teleplay Michael de Guzman. Photography Charles Stewart. Music Paul Chihara. Editors Arthur Coburn, Edward Beyer. Art Director David Minty. Cast Ted Danson (Duffy Lynch), Ally Sheedy (Annie Keats), Judith Ivey (Brenda Hayes), Zia Mohyeddin (Father Emmanuel), John Okumu (Abraham), Khadija Ali Ahmed (Amassa), Stefan Kalipha (Kebret), Dan Fauci (Lester Hammond), Paul Onosongo (Mr. Megitew), Gideon Nzoka (Annie’s Hakim), Sam Madoka (Matthew Searle), James Falkland (Al Barrows), Mohamed Umar (Brenda’s Hakim). 2521... A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (NBC, 2/22/1982, 120 mins). The first of three follow-up TV-movies inspired by the long-running series “The Waltons” (ironically a mainstay on the competing network from 1972 to 1980), this story, set immediately after World War II, focuses on the wedding plans of Erin Walton and Paul Northridge. Nearly all of the original cast members were reunited for this film, except for Michael Learned (Olivia Walton), Richard Thomas (John-Boy) and Will Geer (Grandpa Walton). Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Lee Philips. Executive Producers Earl Hamner, Lee Rich. Producer Claylene Jones. Teleplay Marjorie Fowler. Based on a Story by Claylene Jones, Marjorie Fowler. Photography Ken Peach Jr. Music Alexander Courage. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Art Director John P. Bruce. Cast Ralph Waite (John Walton), Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton), Judy Norton-Taylor (Mary Ellen Walton), Eric Scott (Ben Walton), Mary Beth McDonough (Erin Walton), David Harper (Jim-Bob Walton), Kami Cotler (Elizabeth Walton), Ellen Corby (Grandma Walton), Joe Conley (Ike Godsey), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth Codsey), Richard Gilliland (Jonesy), Morgan Stevens (Paul Northridge), Kip Niven (Rev. Tom Marshall), Louis Welch (Ashley Longworth Jr.), Leslie Winston (Cindy Walton), Mary Jackson (Emily Baldwin), Helen Kleeb (Mamie Baldwin), Joanna Kerns (Doris Marshall), Tony Becker (Drew Cutler), David Friedman (John Curtis), Angela Rhodes (Virginia Walton), DeAnna Robbins (Aimee Godsey), Richard Eastham (Mr. Northridge), Jerry Douglas, Kristina Callahan, Adrienne Grant, Lew Horn. 2522... Weekend War (ABC, 2/1/1988, 120 mins). Contemporary drama--replete with contranista overtones--about a bunch of California National Guardsmen, “weekend warriors,” who are assigned a two-week training mission in Honduras and get caught up in the middle of a guerrilla conflict in the jungle. A ’40s war flick with an ’80s attitude. Production Companies Pompian-Atamian Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Executive Producers Paul Pompian, Gil Atamian. Producer Paul Pompian. Co-Producer Gregory Widen. Teleplay Dennis Hackin, Steven Hackin, Gregory Widen. Based on a Story by Dennis Hackin, Steven Hackin. Photography King Baggot. Music Brad Fiedel. Editor Barrett Taylor. Visual Consultant Vincent J Cresciman. Associate Producer Rhonda Bloom. Cast Stephen Collins (John Deason), Daniel Stern (David Garfield), Evan Mirand (Dulcy), Michael Beach (Wiley), Scott Paulin (Frank Rudd), James Tolkan (Col. Alex Thompson), Victor Mohica (Cruzado), Kidany Lugo Santiago (Paco), Charles Haid (Sergeant Kupjack), Christine Healy (Elaine Garfield), Charles Kimbrough (Father Leary), Judith Baldwin (Kristen), Bruce Daniel Diker (Jenkins), Cucho Viero (Pendroza), Giselle Ortiz Caceres (Anita), Orvil Miller (Hashof), José Perez Meuer (Garfield’s son), Henry Gonzalez, José Maldonaldo, Leonardo Fleites, Marian Pabin, Sandra Torres Marrero, Orestes Alexander, Lourdes Moran, José M. Torres. 2523... Welcome Home, Bobby (CBS, 2/22/1986, 120 mins). The character study of a high school senior’s sexual identity crisis after being picked up by the cops in a drug raid while in the company of an older gay man stars newcomer Timothy Williams as the sensitive, ambivalent teenager and Tony Lo Bianco as his angry blue-collar father who stops short of disowning him. The Chicago area was used exclusively for location filming. Production Companies Titus Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Herbert Wise. Executive Producers Herbert Brodkin, Robert “Buzz” Berger. Producers Thomas DeWolfe, Cyma Rubin. Co-Producer Conrad Bromberg. Photography Barry Sonnenfeld. Music David McHugh. Editor Robert Reitano. Art Director Jane Musky. Cast Tony Lo Bianco (Joe Cavalero), Gisela Caldwell (Rose Cavalero), Nan Woods (Beth Lund), Adam Baldwin (Cleary Biggs), Stephen James (Mark Reed), John Karlen (Mr. Geffin), John Pleshette (John Hamill), Timothy Williams (Bobby Cavalero), Jonathan Singer (Russ Cavalero), Tony Candell (Donnie Cavalero), Moira Harris (Ann Marie), Donald James (Rogers), Erik Leeper (Gary Pennock), Kim Strauss (Teke Mitchell), Mary Ann Thebus (Mrs. Johnson), Nanette Alexander (Student), Jill Augustine (Girl in group), Terry Bozeman (Coach), Fern Dorsey (Student), John Gegenhuber (Clerk), Andy Hirsch (Boy in group), James Krag (Starter), Al Nuti (Mr. Arnold), Juan Ramirez (Police officer), Steve Pink (Finlay).

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2524... We’re Fighting Back (CBS, 4/28/1981, 120 mins). Inspired by the exploits of New York’s Guardian Angels, which began as a band of street-wise young people who formed an anti-crime subway patrol and went on to gain a national reputation and units in major cities around the country, this film unites three New York City youths as leaders of a citizens’ patrol tackling gangs terrorizing merchants and local citizens. A pilot to a prospective series. Production Company Highgate Pictures. Director Lou Antonio. Executive Producer Linda Gottlieb. Producer John E Quill. Teleplay T.S. Cook. Photography Richard E. Brooks. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Gary Griffen. Art Director Charles C. Bennett. Associate Producer Kimberly Myers. Cast Kevin Mahon (Morgan “Case” Casey), Paul McCrane (“Preacher”), Joe Morton (Elgin Jones), Ellen Barkin (Chris Capoletti), Stephen Lang (Janos), Brian Tochi (Ling), Ramon Franco (Benny), James Jay Lawrence (Willie Gilford), Michael Wright (Melvin Gilford), Frank Simpson (Liam Casey), John Snyder (Tony Costa), Alba Oms (Benny’s mother). 2525... Wet Gold (ABC, 10/28/1984, 120 mins). Three men and a girl embark on a deadly underwater hunt for sunken treasure in this thinly disguised remake of “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” with Brooke Shields in the Tim Holt role, Burgess Meredith in Walter Huston’s, and Tom Byrd and Brian Kerwinsharing Bogart’s. The network press releases to the contrary, and despite Brooke Shields’ mom’s insistence, this was not Brooke’s first television movie; she was clearly seen--and even billed--in 1977 in “The Prince of Central Park.” Production Companies Konigsberg-Sanitsky Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Bill Coker. Teleplay David Sherwin, Otis Jones. Photography James Pergola. Photography (underwater) Jordan Klein. Music John Scott. Editor Artie Mandelberg. Production Designer Hilyard Brown. Cast Brooke Shields (Laura), Burgess Meredith (Samson), Tom Byrd (Barnes), Brian Kerwin (Keating), William Bronder (Coast Guardsman), David Cass (Expatriate). 2526... A Whale for the Killing (ABC, 2/1/1981, 180 mins). Star and co-producer Peter Strauss is an outsider, stranded with his family in a Newfoundland coastal resort, where he flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale’s slaughter with the support only of his wife and one of the locals, Richard Widmark. The three-hour drama was adapted by Lionel Chetwynd from Farley Mowat’s 1972 book. Emmy Award nominations went to the film’s editors and its sound mixers. Production Companies Playboy Productions, Beowulf Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer Edward L. Rissien. Producers Peter Strauss, Robert Lovenheim. Teleplay Lionel Chetwynd. Based on a Book by Farley Mowat. Photography Ed Koons. Music Basil Poledouris. Editors Michael Eliot, Robert Florio. Art Director Vincent J. Cresciman. Cast Peter Strauss (Charles Landon), Dee Wallace (Janet Landon), Kathryn Walker (Dr. Linda McFarland), Bruce McGill (Glenn), Ken James (Lorne), David Ferry (Johnny), Richard Widmark (Tom Goodenough), David Hollander (Stevie Landon), Bill Calvert (Tony Landon), Larry Reynolds, George Morner, Reuven Bar-Yotam, Kent Barrett, Arthur Rosenberg, Tommy Sexton, Colin Fox, Vicki Whitten, E.P. Henley, Jack Jazefson, Janet Whelan. 2527... What Price Victory (ABC, 1/18/1988, 120 mins). Unscrupulous college football recruiting practices and their effect on two star high school athletes provide the drama in traditional sports-exposé film. Robert Culp is the winning-is-all team booster, George Kennedy the veteran college coach, Mac Davis the paternalistic high school team manager, and Eriq LaSalle (later Dr. Peter Benton on “ER”) and Brian Wimmer (introduced here and later to make a name as Boonie Lanier in “China Beach”) as the young athletes. Original title: “Hail Alma Mater” Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Kevin Connor. Executive Producers David L. Wolper, Bernard Sofronski. Producer Mark M Wolper. Teleplay D. Eyre Jr. Based on a Story by Richard A. Shepherd. Photography Jacques R. Marquette. Music Fred Karlin. Editor George S. Rohrs. Production Designer Jack Senter. Cast Mac Davis (Jake Ransom), George Kennedy (Buck Brayton), Warren Berlinger (Pickett), Guy Boyd (J.D. Decker), Eriq LaSalle (Trumayne James), Brian Wimmer (Denzil Ray), Susan Hess (Dianne), Robert Culp (Billy Bob Claiborne), Tom Bower (Eldon Ray), Daniel Davis (Trainer), Bobby Hosea (Coach Webster), Jim Antonio (Simonsen), Elaine Bilstad (Norleen), Linda Dona (Linda Kay), David Stenstrom (Ellis), Billy Kane (Ozell Pitts), Nicholas Guest (Notkin), Mike Jolly (Dabbs), Gary Kinear (Teacher’s assistant), Herb Mitchell (Chancellor Hayman), Christopher Keene (Charlie), Ralph Garman (Kid), Judith Baldwin, Hector Mercado, Mark Pellegrino, Alan Shearman, Todd Everett, Rodger Bumpass, Greg Collins, Jim Poyner, Norm Krasner. 2528... When Dreams Come True (ABC, 5/28/1985, 120 mins). In her return to television after decamping “Laverne and Shirley” in the fall of 1982, Cindy Williams is a lonely woman caught up in an all-too-real nightmare, dreaming of being saved by a sensuous stranger from a stalking killer and awakening to find that her lover as well as her pursuer are real. David Morse is the fascinating stranger; Lee Horsley her cop ex-lover in this mystery thriller that, with some pruning and shearing, might well have been a “Twilight Zone” episode. It was filmed entirely on location in Dallas. Production Company I & C Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Hans Proppe. Teleplay William Bleich. Photography Jack L. Richards. Music Gil Melle. Editors Dennis O’Connor, Chic Ciccolini. Art Director Jack Marty. Associate Producer William Bleich.

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Cast Cindy Williams (Susan Matthews), David Morse (Robert Wynton), Jessica Harper (Annie), Stan Shaw (Harry), Lee Horsley (Alex Koslov), Jeanne Cairns (Freida), Ouida White (Alice McPhee), Eli Cummins (Jack), Norma Young (Mrs. Colton), Tommy Madden (Newsboy), Lou Hancock (Museum woman), Marjie Rynearson (Allison Clark), John L. Martin (Detective), Chris Burton (Young boy), Tyress Allen (Patrolman), Gil Glasgow (Photographer), Harlan Jones (Policeman). 2529... When He’s Not a Stranger (CBS, 10/17/1989, 120 mins). Annabeth Gish plays a college student who becomes a victim of date rape on campus and, discovering the university and the legal system are against her, now she’s out for justice. Interrupted initially by coverage of the San Francisco earthquake, the film was repeated three weeks later. Production Companies Ohlmeyer Communications Company, World International Network (WIN). Director John Gray. Executive Producer Don Ohlmeyer. Producers Karen Danaher-Dorr, Ian Sander. Teleplay John Gray, Beth Sullivan. Based on a Story by Josephine Cummings, Richard Yalem, Beth Sullivan. Photography Mike Fash. Music Mark Snow. Editor Edward M. Abroms. Production Designer Glenda Ganis. Cast Annabeth Gish (Lyn McKenna), John Terlesky (Ron Cooper), Kevin Dillon (Rick Fiorentino), Kim Myers (Melanie Fairchild), Micole Mercurio (Emily McKenna), Paul Dooley (Ben McKenna), Annabella Price (Barbara Rumson), John M. Jackson (Coach Seeger), Stephen Elliott (James Foster), Janet Carroll (Alice), Allan Arbus (Judge Thomas Gray), Jordan Charney (Chancellor Hammond), Michael Oscar (Doug), John Lacy (Football player), Johnny Judkins (Football player), Rebecca Donner (Nancy), Alan Woolf (Dean), Eugene Lee (Biology professor), Hue Anthony, Scot Goetz, Anthony Lucero, Phil Culotta. 2530... When She Says No (ABC, 1/30/1984, 120 mins). Kathleen Quinlan stars as a plain-Jane college professor, divorced, lonely, and under the thumb of her overprotective father, but at a teachers’ convention, blossoms after a few drinks, entices three male colleagues to her room to party and later accuses them of rape, although they claim in court that it was seduction. The “lady-and-the-tiger” ending lets the viewer decide after the various viewpoints are presented in the style of “Rashomon.” Production Company I & C Productions. Director Paul Aaron. Executive Producer Gerald I. Isenberg. Producer Hans Proppe. Co-Producer Lee Tafner. Teleplay Deena Goldstone. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Brad Fiedel. Editors Gregory Prange, Robert Florio. Art Director Arch Bacon. Associate Producers Deborah Ellis Leoni, Jolie Kramer. Cast Kathleen Quinlan (Rose Michaels), Jeffrey DeMunn (Brian Garvey), George Dzundza (Paul Fellows), David Huffman (Carl Jerome), Kenneth McMillan (Mr. Michaels), Rip Torn (Stuart Blankfort), Jane Alexander (Nora Strangis), Isabell Monk (Susan Munson), Jack Rader (Al Strangis), Kathy Christopher (Ruth Garvey), John Callahan (Peter Wheaton), Richard Jamison (Det. Jim Lobell), Michael K. Osborn (Thomas Watters), Fred Greenblatt (Richard Deeks), Ralph Jorba (Reuben Ellis), James Oliver (Dean Tarr), Marque Gritta, Paula Preston, Terri Pulley. 2531... When the Bough Breaks (NBC, 10/12/1986, 120 mins). Mystery, based on Jonathan Kellerman’s Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning 1985 novel, has Ted Danson (also co-executive producer) as a noted but reclusive child psychologist who joins forces with a detective friend and begins an obsessive investigation into a series of murders involving a group of wealthy and powerful men. Production Companies TDF Productions, Taft Entertainment Television. Director Waris Hussein. Executive Producers Ted Danson, Dan Fauci. Producer Rick Husky. Co-Producer Kenneth R. Koch. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Based on a Book by Jonathan Kellerman. Photography James Crabe. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Michael Jablow. Production Designer Beala Neel. Executive in Charge of Production Elliot Friedgen. Cast Ted Danson (Dr. Alex Delaware), Richard Masur (Det. Milo Sturgia), Rachel Ticotin (Raquel Santos), James Noble (Dr. Warren Towle), Kim Miyori (Kim Hickle), Merritt Butrick (Tim Kruger), David Huddleston (Rev. Augustus McCaffrey), Charles Lane (Prof. Van Der Graff), Scott Paulin (Rick Silverman), Deborah Harmon (Lisa), Marcie Leeds (Melody Quinn), Tom Williams (Stuart Hickle), Robert Covarrubias (Andy), Danny De La Paz (Raphael Vargas), Lupe Ontiveros (Cruz), Lisa Blake Richards (Agnes Quinn), Ben Slack (Arthur Gershman), Dan Fauci (Chief of Police), Paula Shaw (Judge), Frank Dent (Harry), Jane Alden (Ellen), Ed Morgan (Judge Edwin Marks), Norman Merrill Jr. (Earl), May Quigley, Winship Cook, Larry Gilman, Barbara Sammeth, David Byrd, Janet Rotblatt, Randy Krakoff, Louis Plante, William Tucker. 2532... When the Circus Came to Town (CBS, 1/20/1981, 120 mins). In a fling at romantic comedy following all of the serious roles she played since the departure years before of “Bewitched,” Elizabeth Montgomery is a Southern spinster who, after devoting her life to the care of her recently departed father, runs away from home, joins a flea-bitten one-ring circus, and falls in love with Christopher Plummer, its owner. Boris Sagal again is her director, as he had been on several TV movies, and his wife, onetime dancer Marge Champion Sagal (of Marge and Gower Champion fame), is credited as choreographer and dialogue coach. Production Companies Entheos Unlimited Productions, Meteor Films. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Barry Krost. Producer Robert Halmi. Teleplay Larry Grusin. Based on a Story by Larry Grusin, Robert Halmi. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Charles Gross. Choreographer Marge Champion Sagal. Editor Murray Solomon. Production Designer Robert Gundlach. Associate Producer Robert Halmi Jr. Dialogue Coach Marge Champion Sagal. Cast Elizabeth Montgomery (Mary Flynn), Christopher Plummer (Duke Royal), Eileen Brennan (Jessy), Gretchen Wyler (Olivia Probashka), Anne Shrophshire (Aunt Helen), Tommy Madden (Louie the Dwarf), Timothy Hill (Schuller), Russ Saunders (Ivan Probashka), Mark Yerkes (Sergei Probashka), Bob Yerkes (Georgi Probashka), J. Don Ferguson (André Probashka), Anne Haney (Blossom), George Ellis (Rodriguez), The Stebbing Royal European Circus.

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2533... When the Time Comes (ABC, 5/25/1987, 120 mins). Bittersweet tearjerker about a young wife, stricken with a fatal illness, who asks her husband, then her childhood friend, to help her end her life with dignity when the time comes. This wellwritten, well-acted, and well-directed assisted suicide drama played to virtually no controversy in a time before Dr. Jack Kervokian’s real-life championing brought media attention and several court cases. An Emmy nomination went to makeup artist Richard Blair for his work bringing the Bonnie Bedelia character to death’s door. Production Companies Jaffe-Lansing Productions, Republic Pictures. Director John Erman. Executive Producers Sherry Lansing, Stanley Jaffe. Supervising Producer Richard Fischoff. Producer John Erman. Co-Producer Cyrus Yavneh. Teleplay William Hanley. Photography Larry Pizer. Music Marvin Hamlisch. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Bonnie Bedelia (Lydie Travis), Brad Davis (Dean McCurdy), Terry O’Quinn (Wes Travis), Karen Austin (Joanna), Donald Moffat (Harold), Wendy Schaal (Laura), Corey Carrier (Jess), Annabelle Weenick (Dr. Lambert), Mike Shanks (Bobby), Judith Doty (Nurse). 2534... When We Were Young (NBC, 7/17/1989, 120 mins). Prospective series pilot about eight 1959 high school graduates in a Northern California town preparing to go off into the world. Drama with an ensemble cast from the creators of “Dynasty” and “The Colbys.” Production Company Richard & Esther Shapiro Entertainment. Director Daryl Duke. Executive Producers Richard Shapiro, Esther Shapiro. Producer George Eckstein. Teleplay Richard Shapiro, Esther Shapiro. Photography Bill Butler. Music Peter Matz. Editors David Saxon, Mark Westmore. Production Designer Bryan Ryman. Cast Ronny Cox (Matthew Farrell), Jace Alexander (Alex Twining), Lindsay Frost (Paige Farrell), Cynthia Gibb (Ellen Reese), Jane Krakowski (Linda Rosen), Eriq LaSalle (Virgil Hawkins), Grant Show (Michael Stefanos), Charles Hunter Walsh (Lee Jameson), Steven Weber (Ben Kirkland), Wayne Tippit (Sam), John Lehne (Bartman), Don Reilly, Rebecca Cross, Galyn Gorg, Spencer Garrett, Tory Polone, Cary J. Pitts, George Buck, Christopher Carroll, Paul Napier. 2535... When Your Lover Leaves (NBC, 10/31/1983, 120 mins). A divorcee, dumped by her live-in boyfriend who returns to his wife, decides to go it alone but finds herself the object of the amorous attentions of a young cyclist, a photographer and a policeman in this romantic comedy on which “Happy Days” buddies Ron Howard and Henry Winkler were executive producers for their respective companies, Major H Productions and Fairdinkum Productions. Based on the 1980 book by Susan Trott. Production Companies Major H Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions, NBC Productions. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producers Henry Winkler, Ron Howard. Producers Ervin Zavada, Roger Birnbaum. Teleplay B.R. Maxfield, Terence Mulcahy. Based on the Novel by Susan Trott. Photography Reed Smoot. Music Randy Edelman. Editor Artie Mandelberg. Art Director Dave L. Love. Associate Producer Andrea Davis. Cast Valerie Perrine (Ronda Thompson), Betty Thomas (Maude), David Ackroyd (Joe Waterson), Ed O’Neill (Mack Shore), Merritt Butrick (Aaron), Dwight Schultz (Richard Reese), Richard Hamilton (Gramps), Shannon Wilcox (Louise), Jack Riley (Ralph), Lucille Benson (Greta), Penny Santon (Flora), Marcus Cato (Clerk), Roberta Delgado (Carol), Carole Goodrich (Cashier), Sara Langenfeld (Girl on beach), Toni Lawrence (Madelyn), Vicki McCarthy (Shannon), Terrence McNally (David), Gordon Pinkney (Mr. Enfield), Jane Story, Gary Voss, Regina Waldon. 2536... Where the Hell’s That Gold?!!? (CBS, 11/13/1988, 120 mins). Comedy Western with a heart of greed, reteaming star Willie Nelson and writer-director Burt Kennedy (from the earlier “Once Upon a Texas Train”). Willie’s an outlaw who aims to recover a cache of stolen gold that he buried somewhere in Texas. Jack Elam is his rummy-eyed sidekick; Delta Burke a frontier madam leading a railroad car full of camp followers; and Gerald McRaney a somewhat suspect Wells Fargo man at the head of a posse itching to nab the treasure hunters--after they’ve found out where the hell that gold is. Production Companies Willie Nelson Productions, Brigade Productions, The Konigsberg-Sanitsky Company. Director Burt Kennedy. Executive Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Supervising Producer Ervin Zavada. Producer Burt Kennedy. Teleplay Burt Kennedy. Photography John Elsenbach. Music Arthur B. Rubinstein. Title Song Douglas Brayfield. Editor Warner E. Leighton. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Jayne Bieber. Cast Willie Nelson (Cross), Delta Burke (Germany), Jack Elam (Boone), Alfonso Arau (Indio), Gregory Sierra (Gen. Juan Francisco Garcia), Michael Wren (Lieutenant), Gerald McRaney (Jones), Jamie Lynn Bauer (Brandy), Annabelle Gurwitch (Jessie), John David Garfield (Young Fargo man), Sheila Foster (Lilly), Deborah Carpenter (Pearl), Pamela Moore (Durango), Adan Sanchez (Firing squad officer). 2537... Where the Ladies Go (ABC, 3/14/1980, 120 mins). A small-town bar, open only from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon, operated by Earl Holliman, is where the bored housewives and wandering husbands can go to find some adventure in their lives in writer Carol Sobieski’s “Nashville” type comedy-drama. Production Company Universal Television. Director Theodore J. Flicker. Producers Allan Balter, George Eckstein. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Photography Michael D Margulies. Song “Love Is Just a Game” Performed by Earl Holliman. Editor Jean-Marc Vasseur. Art Director Loyd S. Papez. Associate Producer Martin Goldstein.

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Cast Earl Holliman (Buck), Karen Black (Helen), Candy Clark (Charlene), Lisa Hartman (Crystal), Lane Bradbury (Tasha), Mary Jo Catlett (Frances), Lee deBroux (Lee), Burton Gilliam (Stotts), Richard Hill (Bill), Gerald McRaney (Merle), Bert Rosario (José), William Smithers (Mullen), Lou Antonio (Hugo Jenkins), Ray Girardin (Jerry), Howard Honig (Bank manager), Conrad Bachmann (Captain), Jim B. Smith (Man), Douglas Bruce (Cop), Art Bradford (Weigher), Priscilla Emerson (Piano player), L’Carole Caffery (Rollerskater), Carole Dulaine (Guitarist - Wet T-Shirts), Karen E. Lynch (Drummer - Wet T-Shirts), Merry Elkins (1st woman - Wet T-Shirts), Darlye Ann Lindley (2nd woman - Wet T-Shirts). 2538... A Whisper Kills (ABC, 5/16/1988, 120 mins). Loni Anderson is the editor of a sleepy California burg’s paper and Joe Penny is a brash reporter from San Francisco who comes to town in this original though somewhat contrived thriller about a murder, a slasher and a series of phone calls in the night that terrorize the once-placid community. Original title: “Whisperkill” Production Companies Sandy Hook Productions, The Steve Tisch Company, Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Christian Nyby II. Producer Hans Proppe. Co-Producer Jody Brockway Paonessa. Teleplay John Robert Bensink. Photography Arch Bryant. Music Charles Bernstein. Editor David Solomon. Production Designer Tom Wells. Associate Producer Mel A. Bishop Cast Loni Anderson (Liz Bartlett), Joe Penny (Dan Walker), June Lockhart (Winnie Rodgers), James Sutorius (Vince Messina), Jeremy Slate (Dr. John Oxford), Joe Lerer (Oz Stevens), Martin Ponch (Miller), Robert Parnell (Chief Bill Block), Kristopher Logan (Tommy Watson), Bernie Atkin (Desk clerk), Joseph Knowland, Franc Ross, Morgan Lupton, Maud Winchester, Phyllis Coates, Mary Dilts, Melissa Martin, Shirley Spangler, Lindsay Edelman, Robert Harvey, Larry Hendreson, Jonathan Zeichner. 2539... White Mama (CBS, 3/5/1980, 120 mins). Bette Davis was Emmy Award-nominated for her performance of a penniless widow who refuses to go on welfare and takes in a streetwise black teenager as a foster child to earn money to survive. The script was written especially for her by first-time screenwriter Robert C.S. Downs. Production Company Tomorrow Entertainment. Director Jackie Cooper. Executive Producer Thomas W. Moore. Producer Jean Moore Edwards. Teleplay Robert C.S. Downs. Photography William K. Jurgensen. Music Peter Matz. Editor Jerry Dronsky. Art Director Ned Parsons. Cast Bette Davis (Estelle Malone), Ernest Harden Jr. (B.T. Williamson), Eileen Heckart (Three Bag Lady), Virginia Capers (Gorilla Sydney), Anne Ramsay (Heavy Charm), Lurene Tuttle (Frances McIntyre), Peg Shirley (Judge Alice Quentin), Ernie Hudson (Counsellor), Dan Mason (Father Gannon), Vincent Schiavelli (Medic), Cheryl Harvey (Probation woman), Jesse D. Goins (Intern), John Hancock (Tall black man), Lanyard A. Williams (Young man), Eddie Quillan (Old white man), Tracy Fine (Candy striper), Maggie Gwinn (Waitress), Roger Hampton (Man in alley), Robert Ruth (Superintendent). 2540... White Water Rebels (CBS, 1/8/1983, 120 mins). This adventure drama out of the “Deliverance” school puts white water kayaker James Brolin and freelance photojournalist Catherine Bach on a collision course with unscrupulous developer Richard Lynch, who will stop at nothing to build his dam. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Reza Badiyi. Supervising Producer Fred Baum. Producer Doris Keating. Teleplay Jim Kouf. Photography William Gereghty. Music Ken Thorne. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Art Director Jeffrey L. Goldstein. Associate Producer Timothy King. Cast Catherine Bach (Trisha Parker), James Brolin (Mike McKay), Pepe Serna (Harry Cutter), Kai Wulff (Eric Klammer), Michael C. Gwynne (Leland), Richard Lynch (William Devine), Walter Brooke (Leonard Phelps), Nancy Parsons (Georgia Gubser), Woody Eney (Gerald Swann), Bill Vint (Morgan), Laurence Haddon (Sheriff Ross), Jon Benson (1st guard), Amir Bahador (Director), Drew Michaels (3rd guard), Allan Graf (Johnson), Claudette Agard (Secretary), Bert Curry (2nd guard), Mike Anderson (Wally). 2541... Who Gets the Friends? (CBS, 5/10/1988, 120 mins). Romantic comedy-drama about divorce and the effect on the couple’s close-knit circle of friends that has Jill Clayburgh and James Farentino as upper middle-class housewife and doctor husband, each in a midlife crisis, splitting after 17 years when he announces he’s fallen out of love with her. This look at the anguish of divorce from the woman’s point of view was directed and cowritten by Lila Garrett. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Lila Garrett. Supervising Producer Andrew Gottlieb. Producer Lila Garrett. Teleplay Lila Garrett, Sandy Krinski. Photography Bradford May. Music Gary William Friedman. Musical Supervisor Robert Drasnin. Editors Joanne D’Antonio, Mark Stevens. Production Designer Rodger Maus. Cast Jill Clayburgh (Vikki Baron), James Farentino (Buddy Baron), Lucie Arnaz (Gloria McClinton), Leigh TaylorYoung (Aggie Harden), Robin Thomas (Paul Keaton), Laura Waterbury (Nola Greene), James Sloyan (Lou McClinton), Greg Mullavey (Charlie Greene), Norman Parker (Everett Harden), Melody Rogers (Sue Ralston), Thomas Callaway (Harvey), Jenny Lewis (April Baron), Tim Russ (Roger Hamel), Anna Maria Horsford (Hillary Adams), Stan Ivar (Mark Stetson), Fern Fitzgerald (Cara), Nina Arveson (Inga), Gene Castle (Marty), Robert Dawson (Jimmy), Deena Marie (Carol), Ken Olfson (Headwaiter Maurice), Linda Porter (Manya), James Milanesa (Waiter), Hazel Shermet (Dr. Sylvia Freed). 2542... Who Is Julia? (ABC, 10/26/1986, 120 mins). The first serious movie about a human brain transplant, “Who Is Julia?” is an actual “double identity” tale about two women sharing one body when, following a devastating automobile accident,

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the brain of a beauty is transplanted into the body of an average-looking housewife. Credibility is practically entirely thanks to the performance of Mare Winningham in a dual role. Based on Barbara S. Harris’ 1972 novel. Production Company CBS Entertainment Productions. Director Walter Grauman. Producers Philip Barry, Andrew J. Fenady, Walter Grauman. Teleplay James Steven Sadwith. Based on the Novel by Barbara S. Harris. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Robert Drasnin. Editors Sidney Katz, Virginia Katz. Production Designer Al Rohm. Cast Mare Winningham (Mary Frances Beaudine/Julia), Jameson Parker (Don North), Jeffrey DeMunn (Dr. Matt Matthews), Jonathan Banks (Jack Beaudine), Bert Remsen (Joseph Dineen), Mason Adams (Dr. Gordon), James Handy (Greenmeyer), Philip Baker Hall (Dean May), Tracy Brooks Swope (Loni), Judy Ledford (Julis North), Ford Rainey (The Commentator), Joel Colodner (Dr. Carlson), Bruce French (Dr. Haverford), Clare Nono (Kathy), Patricia Smith (Marlene), John Hammil (Dr. Lehman), George Kee Cheung (Dr. Cheung), Robert Lesser (Dr. Stone), Ben Ryan Ganger (Timmy), Michael Mitz (Dr. Hankin), Clare Wren (Sandy), David Selburg (On-scene reporter), Stephen Pershing (Paramedic), Lance Rosen (1st senator), Ken Hill (2nd senator), Ed McCready (Lieutenant Tyler), Buck Young (Police officer), Bruce Reed (Mechanic), Peter MacLean, William Harlow, James Louis Watkins, Brendon Boone, Sonia Kara, Jean Levine, Dolores Domasin, Ella Raino Edwards, Marti Litis, Michael Masters, Ron Shotola. 2543... Who Will Love My Children? (ABC, 2/13/1983, 120 mins). In her dramatic television debut, Ann-Margret is the true-life Lucile Fray, an Iowa farm woman with 10 children who, discovering she has terminal cancer and feeling her alcoholic husband (Frederic Forrest) is unable to care for the kids, sets out to find new homes for each of them. Ann-Margret’s Emmy Award nomination, and the one for the film itself as Outstanding Drama Special,were two of the 10 it received. Director John Erman won an Emmy, and other nominations went to writer Michael Bortman, composer Laurence Rosenthal, and for editing, makeup, and film sound editing. Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director John Erman. Producers Wendy Riche, Paula Levenback. Teleplay Michael Bortman. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Laurence Rosenthal. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer James G. Hulsey. Cast Ann-Margret (Lucile Fray), Frederic Forrest (Ivan Fray), Cathryn Damon (Hazel Anderson), Donald Moffat (Dick Thomas), Lonny Chapman (Milton Hammond), Patricia Smith (Cleta Thomas), Jess Osuna (Dr. Willis), Christopher Allport (Kenneth Handy), Patrick Brennan (Carl Fray), Soleil Moon Frye (Linda Fray), Tracey Gold (Pauline Fray), Joel Graves (Warren Fray), Rachel Jacobs (Joyce Fray), Robbie Kiger (Frank Fray), Katie McClain (Virginia Fray), Hallie Todd (Joan Fray), Bumper Yothers (Ivan Fray Jr.), Cheryl Anderson (Joyce Wehmeyer), Stephen Keep (Lawrence Wehmeyer), Jack Rader (Alfred Johnson), Lisa Blake Richards (Betty Handy), William Sanderson (Cleve Selby), Claudia Bryar (Home director), Art La Fleur (Krause), Curt Lowens (Fritz), Don Keefer (Mr. Henry), Joyce Temple-Harris (Secretary), Brian Byers, Doreen McLean, Gene R. Wallace, Kyle Chapman, Wade Chapman, Brian Mazzanti. 2544... Why Me? (ABC, 3/12/1984, 120 mins). Glynnis O’Connor is real-life Air Force nurse Leola May Harmon, whose face is shattered and her marriage destroyed in an automobile accident, and Armand Assante is the fiercely dedicated plastic surgeon who not only reconstructs her face but also renews her courage and revitalizes her spirit. Based on Harmon’s 1982 autobiography. An Emmy Award was given to Michael Westmore for his makeup work. Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producers Dalene Young, Malcolm Stuart. Producer Robert A. Papazian. Co-Producer Irwin Steinberg, Lowell Mate, Michele Moyse. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on a Biography by Leola Mae Harmon. Photography Woody Omens. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor Parkie Singh. Art Director Steven P. Sardanis. Cast Glynnis O’Connor (Leola Mae Harmon), Armand Assante (Dr. James Stallings), Craig Wasson (Brian Harmon), Annie Potts (Daria), Michael Sacks (Dr. Harry Jarrick), Bruce Abbott (Markus), Richard Backus (Civilian doctor), William Frankfather (Dental Corps doctor), Kenneth Kimmins (Chief of surgery), Lenka Peterson (Leola Mae’s mother), Milton Selzer (Colonel), William Windom (General), Harley Scott (Michael), Gary Bisig, Walker Edmiston, Donald Petrie, Andy Wood. 2545... The Wild and the Free (CBS, 11/26/1980, 120 mins). Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research--one maintaining the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them in sign language in a domesticated atmosphere--join forces when they learn that the government plans to cut off the language grant and use the chimps for radiation research. The comical adventure, filmed on location in Tampa, Florida, and in the jungle area of Florida’s Hillsborough State Park, reunited producer Paul Radin and director James Hill, who had worked together on “Born Free.” Production Companies Marble Arch Productions, BSR Productions. Director James Hill. Executive Producers Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Producer Paul B. Radin. Teleplay Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk. Based on a Story by Douglas Schwartz, Jack Couffer, Michael Berk. Photography Neil Roach. Music Gerald Fried. Editor George B. Hively. Art Director Don Ivey. Cast Granville Van Dusen (Dr. Rafelson), Linda Gray (Linda Davenport), Frank Logan (Serre), Ray Forchion (Habibu), Sharon Anderson (Lakelea), Bill Gribble (Peter), Joan Murphy (Rose Bower), Bruce McLaughlin (Dean Anderson), Fred Buch (Palmer), Walter Zukowski (Walter O’Neill), Jack McDermott (Barton), Shelly Spurlock (Secretary), Kevan North (Kevin Bower), Sean Cunningham, Teddy Milford, Bernard D Ivey, Rick Rhodes.

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2546... Wild Horses (CBS, 11/12/1985, 120 mins). This modern-day Western adventure finds Kenny Rogers as an exrodeo champion itching to get back in the saddle again and being given the chance after losing his frustrating factory job, and leaving his wife and kids to their middle-class life to pursue his dream. Veteran Western actors Ben Johnson and Richard Farnsworth, both former rodeo riders and movie stuntmen, are reunited for this film, joining an acting (and singing) Kenny Rogers on his wild horse roundup. Production Companies Konigsberg-Sanitsky Productions, Wild Horses Productions, Telepictures Corporation. Director Dick Lowry. Executive Producers Ken Kragen, Dick Lowry. Supervising Producers Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky. Producer Hunt Lowry. Teleplay Roderick Taylor, Dan Vining. Photography Keith Wagstaff. Music Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer. Songs “Wild Horses” and “Eight Second Hero” Written and Performed by Kenny Rogers. Editor Byron “Buzz” Brandt. Production Designer Linda Pearl. Art Director Dena Roth. Cast Kenny Rogers (Matt Cooper), Pam Dawber (Daryl Reese), Ben Johnson (Bill Ward), David Andrews (Dean Ellis), Richard Masur (Bob Bowne), Karen Carlson (Ann Cooper), Richard Farnsworth (Chuck Reese), Richard Hamilton (Blue Houston), Jack Rader (Dick Post), Ritch Brinkley (Wedge Smithfield), Buck Taylor (Cowboy), Kelly Junkermann (Ted Holmes), Catherine J. Worthington (Lynda), R.W. Hampton (Himself), Brian Rogers (Matt Cooper Jr.), Jamie Fleenor (Debbie), Dawn Holder (Katie Cooper), Roddy Salaear (Carlos), Beckie Hinton, Charles Hunt, Jay H. Zirbel, Riders in the Sky. 2547... Wild Times (Syndicated, 1/24/1980 and 1/25/1980, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Fictional Western adventure about dime novel hero-turned-Wild West show impresario Hugh Cardiff, from the pen of Brian (“Death Wish”) Garfield. Sam Elliott is the legendary sharpshooter, Indian fighter and buffalo hunter and Pat Hingle is Bob Halburton, the enterprising writer who made Cardiff a household name around the turn of the century. The film, initially shown in two two-hour segments and later edited down to a single three-hour movie, was the first of two made for showing on the “Golden Circle” network of independent stations-an ersatz group of stations assembled by Metromedia (which also produced the film) in the mold of the Operation Prime Time affiliations. Production Companies Metromedia Producers Corp., Rattlesnake Productions. Director Richard Compton. Executive Producer Douglas Netter. Supervising Producer Don Balluck. Producer Les Sheldon. Based on the Novel by Brian Garfield. Photography John Flinn III. Music Jerrold Immel. Editor James Coblentz. Art Director Beala Neel. Cast Sam Elliott (Hugh Cardiff), Ben Johnson (Doc Bogardus), Bruce Boxleitner (Vern Tyree), Penny Peyser (Libby Tyree), Timothy Scott (Caleb Rice), Dennis Hopper (Doc Holliday), Cameron Mitchell (Harry Dreier), Trish Stewart (Jeannette Fowler), Gene Evans (Cletus Hatch), Harry Carey Jr. (Fitz Bragg), Leif Erickson (John Tyree), L.Q. Jones (Wild Bill Hickock), Buck Taylor (McBride), Pat Hingle (Bob Halburton), Geno Silva (Ibran), Marianne Marks (Flower), Jonathan Banks (1st heckler), Sheryl Brown (Woman in stage), Kenny Call (Cowboy in show), Russell Cox Jr. (Artist), Doug Doran (Herm), Ralph Dotson (Billy), Robert Garcia (1st Indian brave), John Gill (2nd heckler), Lynn Hancock (Jessica), Chris Noel Hanks (Dolly), Don Hann (Blacksmith), Charles Hayward (Makeup man), Bill Hicks (Ramon), George LeBow (Betting man), Joe Massengale (Watts), George Nason (Langley), William Smith (Marshal), George Stokes (Langley), Harrison Sudborough (2nd judge), R.L. Tolbert (Freight driver), Robert Tzudiker (Jones), Arthur Wagner (Drifter), Alan Walter (Man in bar). 2548... The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (ABC, 10/31/1982, 120 mins). A comedy Western that teams up a Missouri mining town’s barroom belles and their self-righteous sisters to fight off a ragtag band of renegade soldiers after their own men have marched off to war. Representing the shady ladies are Joan Collins as the town madam, Phyllis Davis and Morgan Brittany. The virtuous ones include Priscilla Barnes, Pamela Bellwood and Jeanette Nolan. Howard Duff is the leader of the marauders, Donny Osmond is his son, Lee Horsley a Confederate doctor riding with them. Susan Kellerman represents the law. Production Company Aaron Spelling Productions. Director Philip Leacock. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, Douglas S. Cramer. Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent. Producer Shelley Hull. Teleplay Earl W. Wallace. Photography Richard Rawlings. Music Frank DeVol, Tom Worrall. Supervising Editor John M. Woodcock. Editor Patrick Kennedy. Art Director Paul Sylos. Associate Producer J. Bret Garwood. Costumes Nolan Miller. Cast Priscilla Barnes (Maggie McCulloch), Lee Horsley (Capt. John Cain), Howard Duff (Col. Samuel Isaacs), Pamela Bellwood (Sarah), Phyllis Davis (Sugar Harris), Jeanette Nolan (Gertrude), Morgan Brittany (Lannie), Donny Osmond (Frank Isaacs), Lisa Whelchel (Amy Cole), Joan Collins (Annie McCulloch), Paul Brinegar (Bodie), Dennis Fimple (Lamont), Susan Kellerman (Betsy), Paul Carr (Confederate captain), Rex Holman (Lieutenant Pritchard), Rayford Barnes (Russell), Steve Hanks (Lieutenant James), Tom Clark (Matthew), Robert Raymill (Sam), Jerry J. Lewandowski (Tommy), Scott Arthur Allen (Tom). 2549... Will There Really Be a Morning? (CBS, 2/22/1983, 180 mins). This three-hour docudrama about Frances Farmer’s tragic story appears to be more accurate than the theatrical “Frances” (1982), being adapted by Dalene Young directly from Farmer’s 1972 autobiography. It traces her life from childhood in Seattle through her college years, her flirtation with radical politics, her success in films and the theater, her doomed love affair with playwright Clifford Odets, her physical and mental breakdown, and her ultimate emergence from an institution where she spent five years and underwent a lobotomy. Production Companies Jaffe-Blakely Films, Sama Productions, Orion Television. Director Fielder Cook. Executive Producers Sandy Arcara, Stephen Jaffe. Supervising Producer Richard M. Rosenbloom. Producer Everett Chambers. Teleplay Dalene Young. Based on the Autobiography by Frances Farmer. Photography Michel Hugo. Music Billy Goldenberg. Editor George Jay Nicholson. Production Designer Karen Bromley. Associate Producer Steve Nicolaides.

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Cast Susan Blakely (Frances Farmer), Lee Grant (Lillian Farmer), Royal Dano (Ernest Farmer), Joseph Lambie (Bill Anderson), John Heard (Clifford Odets), Melanie Mayron (Sophie Rosenstein), Leonard Cimino (Adolph Zukor), Jack Creeley (Professor Williams), James Eckhouse (Harold Clurman), Jeanne Elias (Lottie), Joseph Maher (1st doctor), Bruce Ornstein (John Garfield), Paul Perri (Luther Adler), Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood (2nd doctor), Ivor Francis (Drama teacher), Roger Barton (1st actor), Neil Affleck (2nd actor), Donnann Calvin (3rd actor), Joe Pagano (4th actor), Sydney Armus (Judge), Frederick Rolf (Agent), Richard B. Shull (Publicist), Robert Hawkins (Franchot Tone), George Touliatos (Makeup man), Dalene Young (Hairdresser), Joe Grifasi (William Wyler), James Cahill (Howard Hawks), Michelle Leigh Stevens (Frances at age 9), Thomas Barbour (Director), Martha Gibson (Script girl), Neil Dainard (Justice of the Peace), Keith James, Paddy Carol Brown, Jim Chad, Ray Powers, Eric Stine, Bob Larkin, Sean Moloney, Alan Scarfe, Joanne Strauss, John Kirby, Meg Hogarth, Angus McInnes, Charles Prior, Clark Stevens, William Ward. 2550... Will, G. Gordon Liddy (NBC, 1/10/1982, 120 mins). Robert Conrad’s personal project (for his own company, with his wife as executive producer) about the convicted Watergate conspirator, based on Liddy’s autobiography. The film chronicles Liddy’s life through the 54 months he spent behind bars following the Watergate scandal. Conrad’s buddy, Red West (a regular in Conrad’s movies), plays a tough prison guard named Kaworski in this one, dedicated to the memory of veteran film editor Richard Sprague, another longtime Conrad colleague. Production Company A. Shane Company. Director Robert Lieberman. Executive Producer Joan Conrad. Producer John Ashley. Teleplay Frank Abatemarco. Based on the Autobiography by G. Gordon Liddy. Photography Paul Vom Brock. Music Mike Post, Pete Carpenter. Editor Howard Deane. Art Director Fred Luff III. Cast Robert Conrad (G. Gordon Liddy), Katherine Cannon (Fran Liddy), Gary Bayer (Jeb Magruder), Peter Ratray (John Dean), James Rebhorn (Peter Maroulis), Red West (Kaworski), Maurice Woods (Copperhead), Danny Lloyd (Young Liddy), Al Nuti (Bud Krough), F.J. O’Neil (Howard Hunt), Maurice Copland (John Mitchell), John Byner (Voice of Richard Nixon), Joe Maross (FBI instructor), Shane Conrad, Fran Stone, Brooke Rogers, Deanna Dunagan, James Deuter, James Andelin, Michael Bacarella, Alexandra Borrie, George Brengel, Joe Cadillac, Dan Conway, Pam Cooper, Nathan Davis, Lisa Dunsheath, Thomas O. Erhart Jr., Ken Falk, Robert Falls, Joe Guastaffero, Tim Halligan, Allen Hamilton, Caitlin Hart, Dean Hill, John Mahoney, Joseph McCaffrey, Dorothy Patterson, Byrne Piven, Les Podewell, David Selburg, Felix Shuman, Maureen SteindIer, John Wheatley, Bruce A. Young. 2551... The Winds of War (ABC, 2/6/1983 to 2/13/1983, 7 parts, 16 hours). Herman Wouk’s bestselling 1971 epic about a fictional Navy family in the days leading up to Pearl Harbor came to TV in this 16-hour miniseries over seven nights (initially it had been planned for only 12 hours). At about $40 million, it was the single most expensive television event up to that time. Filmed over a period of 13 months in over 400 locations, this TV saga captured a massive audience not only for its content but also its stars. Robert Mitchum, as a fictitious commander who hobnobs with the greats of the time and is asked for advice by FDR, Churchill and others, did his first TV acting here (although the TV movie he made subsequently, “One Shoe Makes It Murder,” was shown prior to this). Ali MacGraw also made her TV acting debut as the Jewish girl who falls in love with Mitchum’s WASP son (Jan-Michael Vincent). Polly Bergen, as Mitchum’s ambitious, socially active wife, and Ralph Bellamy, as FDR (reprising the role he made famous on stage and screen in “Sunrise at Campobello” over 22 years earlier), won Emmy Award nominations as Supporting Actress and Actor. Other nominations: Outstanding Limited Series, direction (part 7), art direction and set decoration (part 1), costume design (part 2), editing (part 7), special effects (part 4), and four more in the sound category. It won Emmys for photography (part 7) and costume design (part 2). An equally expansive miniseries, with much of the same cast and production crew, and based on Wouk’s sequel novel, “War and Remembrance,” covering the events from Pearl Harbor to war’s end, followed this one five years later. Production Companies Dan Curtis Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Dan Curtis. Producer Dan Curtis. Teleplay Herman Wouk. Based on the Novel by Herman Wouk. Photography Charles Correll. Music Bob Cobert. Editors Bernard Gribble, Earl Herdan, Gary L. Smith, Jack Tucker, John F. Burnett, Peter Zinner. Production Designer Jackson DeGovia. Associate Producer Barbara Steele. Cast Robert Mitchum (Victor “Pug” Henry), Ali MacGraw (Natalie Jastrow), Jan-Michael Vincent (Byron Henry), John Houseman (Aaron Jastrow), Polly Bergen (Rhoda Henry), Lisa Eilbacher (Madeline Henry), David Dukes (Leslie Slote), Chaim Topol (Berel Jastrow), Ben Murphy (Warren Henry), Peter Graves (Fred “Palmer” Kirby), Jeremy Kemp (Brig. Gen. Armin von Roon), Ralph Bellamy (Franklin D. Roosevelt), Victoria Tennant (Pamela Tudsbury), Elizabeth Hoffman (Eleanor Roosevelt), Gunter Meisner (Adolf Hitler), Anton Diffring (Joachim von Ribbentrop), Rene Kolldehoff (Hermann Goering), Howard Lang (Winston Churchill), Anatoly Chaguinian (Josef Stalin), Enzo Castellari (Benito Mussolini), Sky Dumont (Count Galliamo Ciano), Edmund Purdom (Luigi Gianelli), Roy Poole (Harry Hopkins), Michael Logan (Alistair Tudsbury), Tom McFadden (Hugh Cleveland), John Carter (Col.William Forrest), Stefan Gierasch (Real estate agent), Ferdy Mayne (Ludwig Rosenthal), Byron Morrow (Admiral Preble), James Ray (Reese Claremont), Lawrence Pressman (Bunky Thurston), Ron Rifkin (Mark Hartley), Joseph Hacker (Lt. Carter Aster), Barry Morse (Wolf Stoller), Deborah Winters (Janice LaCouture), Logan Ramsey (Cong. Ike LaCouture), Eloise Hardt (Mrs. LaCouture), Mickey Knox (Herb Rose), Scott Brady (Red Tully), Lin McCarthy (Blinker Vance), Jack Ging (Destroyer Commander Baldwin), Michael McGuire (Fred Fearing), Art Lund (Rear Adm. Moose Bratton), Leo V. Gordon (Gen. “Train” Anderson), John Dehner (Adm. Ernest King), George Murdock (Brigadier General Fitzgerald), Andrew Duggan (Adm. Edward Kimmel), John Karlen (Captain Connelly), Allan Cuthbertson (Major General Tillet), Ben Piazza (Aloysius

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Whitman), Peter Brocco (Mr. Jastrow), Belle Ellig (Mrs. Jastrow), Peter Bourne (Captain of the Bremen), Osman Ragheb (Klowno SS Officer), Ben Bolock (Knopfman), Barbara Steele (Mrs. Stoller), Ben Astar (Admiral Gorshev), Don Collier (Russel Carton), Arthur Brauss (SS interrogator), Wolfgang Preiss (Gen. Walther von Brauchitch), Werner Kreindl (Col. Gen. Franz Haldar), Rainer Penkert (Adm. Erich Raeder), Alexander Kerst (Wilhelm Keitel), Dick Armstrong (Frank [FDR’s butler]), Judith Atwell (Polly Forrest), Lewis Ciannelli (Tom Stanley), Jacques Berlin (Premier Renard), Ken Lynch (Adm. Talbot Gray), Edmund Pegge (Air Commander Borne-White), John Harkins (US Consul Van Winaker), Richard Barnes (Ted Gallard), David Cardy (Sergeant Johnson), Stelio Candelli (Scarface Gestapo), Karl Otto Alberty (White-haired Gestapo), Alberto Morin (Portugese Admiral d’Ergay), Anton Strunjak (Marriage bureau official), Demeter Bitenc (German ambassador), Ibrica Jusic (Fado singer), Albert Ruprecht (Wolf Pack commandant), Fritz Von Friedl (Wolf Pack captain), Guido Wikland (Dr. Mundt), Dieter Wagner (Heinrich Himmler), Ben Hammer (Sumner Wells), Colin Douglas (Field Marshall Sir John Dill), Duncan Ross (Somerset Maugham), Charles Lane (Adm. William Standley), Hugh Gillin (Capt. Jack Lockin), Richard X. Slattery (Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey), Francesco Carnelutti (Avram Rabinowitz), Venco Kapural (Colonel Gessic), Damir Mejovesk (Russian General in farmhouse), Damir Weiss (Panzer General Gouderian), Francesco Chianese (Father Enrico Spanelli), William Berger (Phil Briggs), Laurence Haddon (Captain of Enterprise), Richard Brent (Landing officer on Enterprise), Jerry Fujikawa (Yaguchi), Matsie Hoy (Assa May), William T. Woodson (Narrator), Uwe Falkenbach, Bruce Hayes, Ivo Jurida, Steve Liebman, Mitch Carter, Hugh Liggett, Paul Muller, Reinhold Claszewski, Stephan Parlya, Charles Pitt, Siegfried Rauch, Gianni Rizzo, Carolyn Rusoff, Joseph Taggart, Elliot Street, Patrick Allen, Anthony Palmer, Chuck Mitchell, Gene Ross, Hy Aberg, Mario Dergang, Michael Ensign, James Kerry, Minnie G Lindsey, Felix Nelson, Rod Pilloud, John Sanderford, Ray Blackburn, Neil Dickson, Jane Bolton, Patrick Cameron, Davis Roberts, Timothy Stack, Henryk Tifer, Tommy Lee Holland, Matt Clark, Jerry G. Velasco. 2552... A Winner Never Quits (ABC, 4/14/1986, 120 mins). Sentimental dramatization of Pete Gray’s story. Keith Carradine (with one arm tied behind his back) portrays the one-armed baseball player of the 1940s who not only realized his dream of playing in the major leagues (he was with the St. Louis Browns briefly) but also inspired a handicapped youngster. Dennis Weaver and Fionnula Flanagan are his Slavic farm parents, Mare Winningham is the woman he learns to love, and Huckleberry Fox is the one-armed youngster who worships him. Production Companies Blatt-Singer Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Daniel H. Blatt, Robert L Singer. Producers James Keach, Lynn Raynor. Teleplay Burt Prelutsky. Photography Joseph Biroc. Music Dana Kaproff. Editor Michael A. Stevenson. Production Designer Paul Peters. Art Director Ross Bellah. Costume Designer Grady Hunt. Associate Producers Pixie Lamppu, Frank Pace. Cast Keith Carradine (Pete Gray), Mare Winningham (Annie), G.W. Bailey (Tatum), Charles Hallahan (Nelson Gary Sr.), Fionnula Flanagan (Mrs. Wyshner), Dennis Weaver (Mr. Joseph Wyshner), Jack Kehoe (David Bloom), Huckleberry Fox (Nelson Gary Jr.), Mary Jo Deschanel (Mrs. Gary), Ed O’Neill (Whitey Gray), Dana Delany (Nora), Jeff McCracken (Sheldrake), David Haid (Henderson), Steve Rees (Young Pete), Andrew Lubeskie (Young Whitey), Brad Sullivan (Taylor), Peter Hobbs (Dan McGregor), J.J. Johnston (Trainer), Art La Fleur (John Stewart), Macon McCalman (Dr. Wilson), John Hostetter (Sergeant), James Troesh (Phil Nolan), Jim Morgan (Hatfield), Regi Green (Veteran), Ted Henning (Brock), Lulu Downs (Josie), Philip L. Stone (Announcer), Tom Turbiville, Jim Boyd, Robert Benson, Patrick Beall, Bryan Coley, Jamey Lee Moore, Mike Quarry, Charles Joseph Fick, Walter Robles, Al Silvani. 2553... Winnie (NBC, 10/10/1988, 120 mins). Meredith Baxter Birney does a star turn in Winnie, just as Mickey Rooney earlier had done in “Bill”--of which this seems to be the female counterpart. This fact-based drama tells both humorously and touchingly of a retarded woman, institutionalized for 30 years, who is determined to prove she can master her limitations on the outside. It is based on the 1985 book “Winnie: My Life in the Institution” by Jamie Pastor Bolnick. Production Companies All Girl Productions, NBC Productions. Director John Korty. Executive Producer Michael Manheim. Producer Andrea Baynes Teleplay Joyce Eliason. Based on a Book by Jamie Pastor Bolnick. Photography Paul Goldsmith. Music W.G. Snuffy Walden, Bennett Salvay. Editor Jim Oliver. Production Designer Josan F. Russo. Associate Producer Meredith Baxter Birney. Cast Meredith Baxter Birney (Winnie Sprockett), David Morse (Thomas Carr), Jenny O’Hara (Miriam), Tabi Cooper (Estelle), Lee Garlington (Gladys), Peggy McCay (Mrs. McKenna), Katy Boyer (Ruby Rose), Terri Hanauer (Maude), Angela Paton (Mrs. Spencer), Jenny Sullivan (Nurse Kelly), Barbara Barrie (Mrs. Drake), Ralph Seymour (Aldo), Betsy Townsend (Jeanne), Steve Itkin (Patient #1), Melanie MacQueen (Verla Mae), Victoria Ann-Lewis (Bridey), Walter Sylvest (Deputy), Florence Schauffler (Librarian), Gail Neely (Attendant), Channing Chase (Saleslady), Chris Pass (Patient #2), Molly McClure (Farm woman), Tom Maier (Neighbor), Judith Piquet (Waitress), Hal Landon Jr. (Man with car), Diana Bellamy (Nurse), Don Moss (Doctor), Rutanya Alda (Mrs. Paretti). 2554... With Intent to Kill (CBS, 10/24/1984, 120 mins). The outraged father whose daughter was killed while out with her hot-tempered high school jock boyfriend embarks on a crusade to put the young man behind bars following his release from a mental institution after coping an insanity plea. The psychological drama was filmed on location in Dallas. Production Company London Productions. Director Mike Robe. Executive Producer Jerry London. Producer Lee Rafner. Teleplay Mike Robe. Photography Robert Jessup. Music Paul Chihara. Editor Benjamin A. Weissman. Art Director Jack Marty. Associate Producers Cristan Callaway, Benjamin A Weissman.

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Cast Karl Malden (Tom Nolen), Paul Sorvino (Doyle Reinecker), Shirley Knight (Edna Reinecker), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Drew Lanscott), Catherine Mary Stewart (Lisa Nolen), Holly Hunter (Wynn Nolen), Alex McArthur (Bo Reinecker), William Devane (Aaron Charney), Richard Brooks (Eddie Cox), Wallace Wilkinson (Dr. Martin Gage), Ben Slack (Judge Albert McGrath), Norman Bennett (Ray Walker), Arthel Neville (Marsha), Harlan Jordan (Ivan White), Ray Walker (Don Estes), John William Galt (William Duminal), Matthew Posey (Larry Rigoli), Nina Wilson (Sally), Lou Hancock (Ginny), Robert Ahola (Psychiatrist), Gary Moody (Patient), Jane Roberts (Elderly lady), Peyton E. Park (Mr. Johnson). 2555... Witness for the Prosecution (CBS, 12/4/1982, 120 mins). With its high-powered cast, this remake of Billy Wilder’s 1957 screen classic offers Ralph Richardson in his final TV role, as the shrewd but ill-tempered defense counsel, and Deborah Kerr in her first, as the garrulous nurse with the thankless task of seeing to his well-being. The ubiquitous John Gay wrote the newest adaptation of the Agatha Christie drama, basing it on the Wilder-Harry Kurnitz screenplay. Originally written as a short story in the late ’40s, it first was done on TV in Great Britain in 1951 and then in the U.S. two years later on “Lux Video Theater” with Edward G. Robinson making his TV acting debut. Subsequently, it became a theatrical hit on London’s West End and then came to Broadway where it won the Drama Critics Award in 1955. An Emmy Award nomination went to Arthur Ibbetson for his photography. Production Companies Rosemont Productions, United Artists Television. Director Alan Gibson. Producer Norman Rosemont. Teleplay John Gay. Based on a Play by Agatha Christie. Based on the Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz. Adapted by Lawrence B Marcus. Photography Arthur Ibbetson. Music John Cameron. Supervising Editor Alan Pattillo. Editor Peter Boyle. Production Designer Tony Wollard. Associate Producer Nick Gillott. Second Unit Director David Tringham. Cast Ralph Richardson (Sir Wilfred Robarts), Deborah Kerr (Miss Plimsoll), Beau Bridges (Leonard Vole), Donald Pleasence (Mr. Myers), Wendy Hiller (Janet MacKenzie), Diana Rigg (Christine Vole), David Langton (Mayhew), Richard Vernon (Brogan Moore), Peter Sallis (Carter), Frank Mills (Chief Inspector Hearne), Patricia Leslie (Emily French), Zulema Dean (Miss Johnson), Peter Copley (Dr. Harrison), Barbara New (Miss O’Brien), John Kidd (Usher), Andrew MacLachlan (Foreman), Wilfred Grove (Photographer), Michael Nightingale (Clerk), Michael Gough (Judge), Ken Kitson (Policeman/Warder), Prima Townsend (Diana), Aubrey Woods (Tailor). 2556... A Woman Called Golda (Syndicated, 4/26/1982 and 5/3/1982, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The stirring chronicle of Golda Meir’s life, with Ingrid Bergman giving her final performance and posthumously winning an Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress. The film, taking Golda through her 1977 meeting with Anwar Sadat, earned an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Drama Special and nominations to Judy Davis, the Australian actress who played the young Golda, and Leonard Nimoy, who played Golda’s husband, Morris Meyerson. In addition, Emmy Award nominations went to Michel Legrand for his music and to the film’s editor and sound mixer. Robert Loggia took the role of Anwar Sadat after José Ferrer gave it up for personal reasons. The two-part, four-hour “A Woman Called Golda” was filmed entirely in Israel. Production Companies Harve Bennett Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Alan Gibson. Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Producer Gene Corman. Teleplay Harold Gast, Steven Gethers. Photography Adam Greenberg. Music Michel Legrand. Editor Robert F Shugrue. Art Director Ariel Roshko. Associate Producer Marilyn Hall. Cast Ingrid Bergman (Golda Meir), Ned Beatty (Sen. John Durward), Franklin Cover (Hubert Humphrey), Judy Davis (Young Golda), Anne Jackson (Lou Kaddar/narrator), Robert Loggia (Anwar Sadat), Leonard Nimoy (Morris Meyerson), Jack Thompson (Ariel), Bruce Boa (Macey), Anthony Bate (Sir Stuart Ross), Ron Berglas (Stampler), David DeKeyser (David BenGurion), Barry Foster (Wingate), Nigel Hawthorne (King Abdullah), Yossi Graber (Moshe Dayan), Louis Mahoney (Journalist), Noa Baniel (Golda at age 5), Shmuel Atzmon, Ari Yakir, Yoel Friedman, Ezra Danin, Amos Mokadi, Esty Kusevitsky, Eiran Baniel, Shai Schwartz, Meirav Geri, Aviva Ger, Yitschak Ne’eman, Alex Peleg, Yoram Gal, Rivka Neuman, Yehuda Fuchs, Shimon Lev Ari, Doran Nesher, Shmuel Wolf, Yacov Yacobson, Yehuda Efroni, Fred Weisgal. 2557... The Woman He Loved (CBS, 4/3/1988, 120 mins). A stellar cast enacted this dramatic retelling of the historic romance of American divorcée Wallis Simpson and England’s Edward VIII, who gave up the throne for her in 1936. Britisher Jane Seymour plays the Yank Wallis, Olivia de Havilland her romantic advice-giving aunt, and Julie Harris as her disapproving mother (winning an Emmy nomination for her single scene). Among the notable British actors are Robert Hardy, repeating his Winston Churchill that he has done countless times on stage and television, Phyllis Calvert (replacing the initially cast Wendy Hiller) as Queen Mary, and veteran ’30s music hall star Evelyn Laye, in a small role as a society matron. In addition to Harris’ Emmy nomination, one went to costume designer Robin Fraser Paye. A cautionary disclaimer indicated that “This motion picture is not specifically based on any previously published book.” Production Companies Larry Thompson Entertainment, HTV Ltd., New World Television. Director Charles Jarrott. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Supervising Executive Producers Patrick Dromgoole, Johnny Goodman. Producer William Hill. Teleplay William Luce. Photography Brian Morgan. Music Allyn Ferguson. Score Performed by London Philharmonic. Editor Terry Maisey. Production Designer Ken Sharp. Art Director Steve Groves. Cast Jane Seymour (Wallis Warfield Simpson), Anthony Andrews (David, Prince of Wales), Olivia de Havilland (Aunt Bessie), Lucy Gutteridge (Thelma Furness), Tom Wilkinson (Ernest Simpson), Julie Harris (Alice Spencer), Robert Hardy (Winston Churchill), Phyllis Calvert (Queen Mary), Evelyn Laye (Lady Cunnard), Vincent Marzello (Benny Thaw), Susan Denaker (Consuelo Thaw), Paul Williamson (Inspector Evans), Richenda Carey (Maud Kerr-Smiley), Helen Horton (Martha), Elizabeth

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Counsell (Katherine Rogers), David Waller (Stanley Baldwin), Monica Bruce (Mrs. Baldwin), Margaretta Scott (Lady Wigram), Peter Graves (Lord Reith), John Horsley (Sir John Hawkes), Rupert Frazer (Lord Perry Brownlow), Charlotte Mitchell (Lady Chatfield), Amanda Walker (Betty Lawson-Johnson), Donald Morley (Thelma’s butler), Kevin Stoney (General Trotter), Michael Drew (Hughes), Kevin Colson (Mr. Lawson-Johnson), Christopher Robbie (Newscaster), Sarah Sherborne (Genevieve), Patrick Newman (Ambrose), Peter Whitaker (Mountbatten), Louise Beattie (Mary Cain), Patrick Blackwell (George Ladbroke), Barry Cookson (Registry office official), David Gilliam (Mike Scanlon), Neville Phillips (Norman Birkett), Angela Easterling (Mrs. Fellowes), Claire Parker (Rosemary), Richard Warner (Ernest’s father), Charles Morgan (Sir Thomas Beecham), William Roberts (Herman Rogers), Charles Pemberton (Policeman), George Phillips (Trevor), John Dalby (Pianist), Pavel Douglas (Aide at funeral), Mel Martin (Lady Fairfax), Betty Hawkes (Mrs. Ralph), Sarah Bullen (Mrs. Denham), David Trevena (Mr. Busclia). 2558... A Woman of Substance (Syndicated, 11/26/1984 to 12/10/1984, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). Romantic drama at its truest, this six-hour miniseries (shown on the Operation Prime Time ersatz network either in two three-hour or three two-hour segments) offered a sumptuous adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s hugely successful 1979 novel of an English servant girl at the turn of the century who, driven by ambition, becomes one of the world’s most powerful women. Jenny Seagrove, Malaysia-born, English-bred member of the Bristol Old Vic and star of several British TV series, stars as the heroine, Emma Hart, from ages 15 to 49. Deborah Kerr (Emmy Award-nominated for her performance as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series) then takes over the role from 50 to 79. The relatively few Americans associated with the venture were onetime actress Diane Baker, who produced and played the small role of Laura Spencer, and Barry Bostwick as the Australian empire builder who becomes the great love of Emma’s life. “A Woman of Substance” won an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Limited Series. A sequel, “Hold That Dream,” followed two years later with Jenny Seagrove (now playing Young Emma’s granddaughter), Deborah Kerr, John Mills and Liam Neeson from the original cast. Production Companies Artemis Productions, Portman Productions. Director Don Sharp. Executive Producers Ian Warren, Tom Donald. Producer Diane Baker. Teleplay Lee Langley. Based on the Novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Photography Ernest Vincze. Music Nigel Hess. Music Conductor Ian MacPherson. Editor Teddy Darvas. Production Designer Roy Stannard. Associate Producer Dickie Bamber. Cast Jenny Seagrove (Young Emma), Barry Bostwick (Paul McGill), Deborah Kerr (Emma Harte), John Mills (Henry Rossiter), Diane Baker (Laura Spencer), George Baker (Bruce McGill), Peter Chelsom (Edwin Fairley), John Duttine (Joe Lowther), Peter Egan (Adam Fairley), Mick Ford (Frank Harte), Christopher Gable (Arthur Ainsley), Christopher Guard (Gerald Fairley), Dominic Guard (Winston Harte), Del Henney (Jack Harte), Gayle Hunnicutt (Olivia Wainwright), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Turner), Harry Landis (Abraham Kallinski), Barry Morse (Murgatroyd), Liam Neeson (Shane “Blackie” O’Neill), Nicola Pagett (Adele Fairley), Miranda Richardson (Paula Amory), Joris Stuyck (David Kallinski), Meg Wynn-Owen (Elizabeth Harte). 2559... The Women of Brewster Place (ABC, 3/19/1989 and 3/20/1989, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Seven women struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty, racism and unfulfilled dreams, living the black experience in an inner city tenement building on a walled-off street, in this episodic two-part four-hour drama spanning several decades. Based on the 1983 novel by Gloria Naylor. Oprah Winfrey (also the co-executive producer for her Harpo Productions) heads a virtually all black cast as the anchor to her friends and loved ones at the tenement. Emmy nominations went to the drama itself as Outstanding Miniseries and to Paula Kelly as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance as the lesbian Theresa. Winfrey and Olivia Cole (as the resident gossip Miss Sophie) continued their roles in the short-lived mid-1990 series spin-off, “Brewster Place.” Production Companies HARPO Films Inc., Phoenix Entertainment Group. Director Donna Deitch. Executive Producers Carole Isenberg, Oprah Winfrey. Supervising Producer Karen Hall. Producers Patricia K Meyer, Reuben Cannon. Line Producer Barbara Black. Teleplay Karen Hall. Based on a Novel by Gloria Naylor. Photography Alexander Gruszynski. Music David Shire. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Shay Austin. Cast Oprah Winfrey (Mattie Michael), Mary Alice (Frannie Michael), Olivia Cole (Miss Sophie), Robin Givens (Kiswana Browne), Moses Gunn (Ben), Jackee Harry (Etta Mae), Paula Kelly (Theresa), Leon (Abshu), Lonette McKee (Lorraine), Barbara Montgomery (Miss Eva), Phyllis Yvonne Stickney (Cora Lee), Lynn Whitfield (Ciel), Paul Winfield (Sam Michael), William Allen Young (Eugene), Cicely Tyson (Mrs. Browne), Clark Johnson (Butch Fuller), William Frankfather (The Judge), Bebe DrakeMassey (Cleo), Glenn Plummer (C.C. Barker), Eugene Lee (Basil), Veronica Redd (Tenant #2), Roxanne Reese (Alfreda), TaTanisha (Tenant #1), Charles Weldon (Tenant #5), Samm Art Williams (Cecil Garvin), Bruce Beatty (Crony), Douglas Turner Ward (Reverend Woods), Jonathan Leonard (Brucie), Maya Leonard (Diedre), Larenz Tate (Sammy), Eddie Palmer (Basil at age 5), Ebony Smith (Ciel at age 7), Vivian Bonnell (Black woman), Molly McClure (White woman), Vanessa Bell Armstrong (Gospel soloist), Jinaki (Tenant #3), Adrian Ricard (Tenant #4), Ray Oliver (Cab driver), Sheeneeka Smith (Girl on skates), Edwina Moore (Woman #1), Homeselle Joy (Betina), Montrose Hagins (Mourner), Phill Lewis (Bottom), Bee-Be Smith (Hippolyta), Geoffrey Thorne (Theseus). 2560... Women of San Quentin (NBC, 10/23/1983, 120 mins). A prison picture with the twist of having the title characters not inmates but a contingent of female guards under the charge of Stella Stevens, juggling a love affair with captain of the guards, Hector Elizondo, and a brutal prison yard riot she volunteers to quell.

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Production Companies David Gerber Productions, MGM Television. Director William A Graham. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producers R.W. Goodwin, Stephen Cragg. Teleplay Mark Rodgers. Based on a Story by Larry Cohen, Mark Rodgers. Photography Robert Steadman. Music John Cacavas. Editor Ronald J. Fagan. Production Designer Stan Jolley. Cast Stella Stevens (Lt. Janet Alexander), Debbie Allen (Carol Freeman), Hector Elizondo (Capt. Mike Reyes), Amy Steel (Liz Larson), Rosana DeSoto (Adela Reynosa), Gregg Henry (Williams), William Allen Young (Larry Jennings), Yaphet Kotto (Sgt. Therman Patterson), Rockne Tarkington (Big William), Ernie Hudson (Charles Wilson), James Gammon (Officer), Richard Beauchamp, Alex Colon, Robert Carnegie, Marco Rodriguez, William Sanderson, Tracee Lyles, Jenny Gago, Mike Gomez, Charlie Stavola, Wesley Thompson, Matt Landers, Charles Allen-Anderson, Ahmad Nurradin, Francisco LaGueruela, James S. Diggs, Larry Davis, Orwin C. Harvey, Robert Minor, Charles Watson, Earl Billings, J.P. Bumstead, Al Stevenson, Javier Grajeda, William Steis, Larry Charles White, James N. Dalton, Jackie Hendrickson, Ron McCallum, Dennis R. McKibbin, George Newman, Gordon D. Roetker, Martin Witjosky, Eugene Lawrence, Ray Littleton, Douglas E. Monticue, Leroy Ortz, William D. Pipkin, Don Sanders, Robert E. Shaw. 2561... Women of Valor (CBS, 11/23/1986, 120 mins). American army nurses and a female civilian or two in a World War II Japanese POW camp on Bataan is the theme of this somewhat anachronistic mid-1980s drama that immediately led film buffs to recall such wartime movies of four decades earlier as “So Proudly We Hail” and “Cry Havoc.” Filmed on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, it was, as the opening so proudly hailed, “Dedicated to the one hundred and four army and navy nurses who were incarcerated by the Japanese during World War II. Although it is a work of fiction, [it] is representative of the collective courage and the experiences of the American forces who served in the Philippines.” Production Companies Jeni Productions, InterPlanetary Productions. Director Buzz Kulik. Executive Producers Jonas McCord, Phil Parslow. Producer Buzz Kulik. Teleplay Jonas McCord. Photography Mike Fash. Music Georges Delerue. Editor Les Green. Production Designer Charles C. Bennett. Art Director Ramon Nicdao. Cast Susan Sarandon (Col. Margaret Ann Jessup), Kristy McNichol (T.J. Nolan), Alberta Watson (Lt. Helen Prescott), Valerie Mahaffey (Lt. Katherine R. Grace), Suzanne Lederer (Lt. Gail Polson), Patrick Bishop (Capt. Matome Nakayama), Terry O’Quinn (Maj. Tom Jessup), Neva Patterson (Lady Judith Easton), Jay Acovone (Captain Rader), John Philbin (Paraplegic soldier), Jeff Allin (Capt. Chris Wyatt), Marilyn Redfield (Mrs. Carstairs), Go Awazu (Sgt. Takijiro Kodama), Rey Malonzo (Sergeant Ramos), Ken Metcalfe (Colonel Sidell), Joji Nagai (Ohio), David Pearce (Dr. Morgan), Don McQuade (Chaplain), Thomas Boyd (Major Roberts), Matthew Westfall (Army sergeant), Tomoyoshi Naitoh (Soldier), Francizka Lizote (1st woman), Peggy Antos (2nd woman), Don Fowler (Senator Albright), Roswell Johnston (Army doctor). 2562... The Women’s Room (ABC, 9/14/1980, 150 mins). Star-laden but sudsy three-hour adaptation of Marilyn French’s feminist novel (1977) spanning the ’50s and ’60s. Lee Remick is a troubled divorcee whose quest for fulfillment after dumping her caddish spouse (Ted Danson), takes her back to college--to the cheers of her sister suburban matrons--where she ultimately becomes a professor. Emmy Award nominations went to the film as Outstanding Drama Special, to both Patty Duke Astin and Colleen Dewhurst as Outstanding Supporting Actress(es) and to the sound editors. Production Companies Philip Mandelker Productions, Warner Bros. Television. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Philip Mandelker. Supervising Producer Glenn Jordan. Producers Anna Cottle, Kip Gowans. Teleplay Carol Sobieski. Based on the Novel by Marilyn French. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music Billy Goldenberg. Song “You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down” by Carol Holland, Anna McGarrigle. Song Performed by Linda Ronstadt. Editor John Wright. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Cast Lee Remick (Mira Adams), Colleen Dewhurst (Val), Patty Duke Astin (Lily), Kathryn Harrold (Bliss), Tovah Feldshuh (Iso), Tyne Daly (Adele), Lisa Pelikan (Kyla), Heidi Vaughn (Samantha), Mare Winningham (Chris), Ted Danson (Norm), Gregory Harrison (Ben Volper), Jenny O’Hara (Mrs. Martinelli), Christopher Pennock (Harley), Al Corley (Tad Ford), Michael LeClair (Normie at age 15), Johnny Timko (Clark at age 14), Drew Snyder (Carl), Richard Coyle, Steven M. Gagnon, Naomi White, Patricia J. Wilson, Lew Horn, Karen Howard, Enid Kent, Douglas Stevenson. 2563... Word of Honor (CBS, 1/6/1981, 120 mins). Drama probing the issues of First Amendment rights and freedom of the press, produced by Susan Clark and Alex Karras (who does an unbilled bit as a supermarket manager). Karl Malden stars as a seasoned reporter who goes to jail for refusing to reveal confidential sources for a hot story about a prominent citizen. An Emmy Award nomination went to the film’s sound mixer. Production Company Georgian Bay Productions. Director Mel Damski. Executive Producers Alex Karras, Susan Clark. Producer John C Dutton. Teleplay David Ackles, Howard Krantz, I.C. Rapoport. Based on a Story by David Ackles, Howard Krantz. Photography Jules Brenner. Music Bruce Langhorne. Editor John Farrell. Associate Producer G. Chevalier Kevorkian. Cast Karl Malden (Mike McNeil), Rue McClanahan (Maggie McNeil), Ron Silver (David Lerner), Largo Woodruff (Amy McNeil), Alexa Kenin (Beverly Sims), Jacqueline Brookes (Spinner), Jeffrey DeMunn (Jim Burke), Henderson Forsythe (Arnett Peterson), John Marley (Gordon Agee), Dan Lounsbery (Judge John Bohan), John Malkovich (Gary), Betsy Baker (Denise McNeil), John Beem (Julian), Carole Morriseau (Marcia), Tom Mahard (Jesse), Dan Crane (Roger Clements), MacIntyre Dixon (Father Danzig), David Regal (Captain Burns), Lorraine Poirier (Annie McNeil), Alex Karras (Manager supermarket meat department [unbilled]), Carl Kneisely (Mr. Lewis), Joyce Feurring (Mrs. Lewis), Jane Burton (Mrs. Hull), Gary Ed Mach (Hank), Council Cargle (Bailiff), Jack Fish (Mr. Cooke), Linda Louise (Mrs. Cooke), Ed Oldani (Detective Larson), Peter Van Wagner

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(Officer), Whit Vernon (Officer), Frank Malary (Gatekeeper), Jerry Bennett (Officer), Chuck Uzalec (Officer), Barbara Honner (Secretary), Evelyn Orbach (Newswoman), Tom Vance (Roger [park emcee]). 2564... World War III (NBC, 1/31/1982 and 2/1/1982, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The world is placed on the brink of a nuclear holocaust following a confrontation between the United States and Russia when an insurgent military group from the Soviet Union lays siege to the Alaskan pipeline in retaliation for an American grain embargo, and U.S. President Rock Hudson and Soviet General Secretary Brian Keith find themselves hard-pressed to head off the escalating conflict. Veteran director Boris Sagal was killed in a helicopter accident during the first days of location filming which, rather than being done in Alaska, ultimately took place indoors at Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. The two-part four-hour film won an Emmy Award for its makeup and a nomination for sound mixing. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, David Greene Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producers Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan. Producer Bruce Lansbury. Teleplay Robert L. Joseph. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Gil Melle. Editors Parkie Singh, Robert L. Kimble. Production Designer Bill Malley. Associate Producer Scott Winant. Cast David Soul (Lt. Col. Jake Caffey), Rock Hudson (Pres. Thomas McKenna), Brian Keith (Secretary General Gorny), Cathy Lee Crosby (Maj. Kate Breckenridge), Jeroen Krabbe (Col. Alexander Vorashin), Katherine Helmond (Dorothy Longworth), Robert Prosky (Col. Gen. Aleksey Rudenski), James Hampton (Richard Hickman), Harry Basch (Adm. Vernon Blanchard), Frank Dent (Tim Hardy), Rick Fitts (Maj. George Devery), John Lehne (Brig. Gen. Gard Roberts), Marcus K. Mukai (Sgt. Johnny Preston), William Traylor (Maj. Nicolai Saamaretz), Lee Wallace (Dr. Jules Farber), Kai Wulff (Konstantin Sculoff), Richard Yniguez (Capt. Angel Cordobes), Anthony Shaw (Lt. Ed Spector), Steve Tannen (Lieutenant Feeling), Jerry Hardin (Gen. Philip Olafson), Michael Fairman (Dr. Alan Tenant), Robert Minor (Trimble), Meeno Peluce (Andrei Gorny), Donegan Smith (Gen. Max Schiff), Liz Sheridan (Naomi Glass), Bruce Winant (Corporal Leff), Joey Segal (Corporal Fest), Susan Niven (Megan Hardy), Thomas Hill (Marshal Victor Budner), Robert O’Reilly (Major Veich), Joseph G. Medalis (David), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Fred), Anne Gerety (Nadia Kortner), Art Evans (Buford), Brad Blaisdell (Wayne Kimball), Lesley Woods (Martha Jones). 2565... A Year in the Life (NBC, 12/15/1986 to 12/17/1986, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). This ambitious three-part miniseries pilot to a prospective series (1987-88) traced the lives and relationships of a middle-class family in suburban Seattle over the course of one year from Christmas to Christmas. Much critical acclaim was heaped on the acting and the writing by the executive producers who previously created “St. Elsewhere.” Production Companies Falsey/Austin Street Productions, Universal Television. Director Thomas Carter. Executive Producers Joshua Brand, John Falsey. Producer Stephen Cragg. Teleplay Joshua Brand, John Falsey, Stu Krieger. Created by Joshua Brand, John Falsey. Photography Frederick Moore. Music Elizabeth Swados. Editors Randy Roberts, Pamela Malouf. Editor (part 3) Ann Mills. Production Designer Dean Mitzner. Associate Producer Ken Topolsky. Cast Richard Kiley (Joe Gardner), Trey Adams (David Sisk), Adam Arkin (Jim Eisenberg), Jayne Atkinson (Lindley Garner Eisenberg), David Oliver (Sam Gardner), Sarah Jessica Parker (Kay Erickson), Amanda Peterson (Sunny Sisk), Wendy Phillips (Anne Gardner Maxwell), Morgan Stevens (Jack Gardner), Eva Marie Saint (Ruth Gardner), Scott Paulin (Glen Maxwell), Jennifer Cooke (Debbie Nesbit), Karen Landry (Roseanne), Pat Corley (George Bilzerian), Diana Muldaur (Dr. Alice Foley), Daniel McDonald (Eric Castle), Marc Poppel (Rob), Sab Shimono (Kwan), Read Morgan (George Stevens), Pepe Serna (Carter), Liz Sheridan (Lois), Mike Sisk (Frank), Gary S. Materna (Fritz), Danna Hansen (Doris), Dirk Blocker (Charlie Morgan), Doug Mears (Steve), Julie Ronnie (Lisa), Claire O’Berry (Erica Morgan), Kerry Noonan (Trudy), Jimi B. Jr. (Batter), Marla Frumkin (Nurse), Sean Morgan (Carl), Anne Ludlum (Betty), Thomas Peterson (Rick), Ruth McRee (Frances), Rod Pilloud (Al), Mark Tymchyshyn (Minister), Tanya Roberts (Waitress). 2566... You Ruined My Life (ABC, 2/1/1987, 120 mins). TV’s erstwhile Punky Brewster, Soleil Moon Frye, is a rambunctious Las Vegas 11-year-old in this Disney comedy who is reluctantly transformed into a scintillating young lady, and stand-up comic Paul Reiser is the maverick math teacher who becomes her unorthodox Pygmalion after finding himself in debt while trying to beat the odds at the blackjack table. Look closely for onetime comedy team of Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, briefly on view as a congressman and his wife. Production Companies Lantana Productions, A Kosberg and Mark H. Ovitz Production, Walt Disney Television. Director David Ashwell. Executive Producers Alex Winitsky, Arlene Sellers, Robert Kosberg. Producers Mark H. Ovitz, Dylan Sellers. Teleplay Robin Swicord. Photography Ric Waite. Music Jonathan Tunick. Editors Arthur Schmidt, Barbara Dixon. Art Director Jack F. DeShields. Cast Soleil Moon Frye (Minerva Edwards), Paul Reiser (Dexter Bunche), Mimi Rogers (Charlotte), Allen Garfield (Uncle Howie), Tony Burton (Moustache), Lisa Raggio (Lorraine), Edith Fields (Aunt Hermione), Yoshi Hoover (Yaki), Ken Olfson (Mr. Arnold), Todd Susman (Jake), John Putch (Winston), Bill Gratton (Dean Harrison), Irwin Keyes (Reginald), Spencer Milligan (Detective), Lana Schwab (Waitress), Tammy Bass (Casino woman), Nan Brennan (Marie), Jerry Clark Cleary (Doorman), Pepper Davis (George Master), Joseph Dickey (Reservation clerk), Armand Farr (Eddy), Delynn Gardner (Dealer), S.A. Griffin (Casino guard), Elven Havard (Policeman), Peter Lind Hayes (Congressman Riley), Mary Healy (Mrs. Riley), Thomas Hilliard (Security guard), Lew Hopson (Trucker #1), Red McIlvaine (Maintenance man), Maggie Peterson (Jennifer), Sly-Ali Smith (Pit boss), Sylvie Strauss, Alison Sweeney, Cecily Thompson, Harry Woolf.

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2567... Young Again (ABC, 5/11/1986, 120 mins). Disney-style fantasy in the “Back to the Future” vein about a 40year-old bachelor who is granted his wish to be 17 again. Jack Gilford is the “Angel” whom Robert Urich meets on a bus and makes possible the latter’s trip back in time. There he happily returns to his fun-filled high school days (in the guise of Keanu Reeves) and falls for the head cheerleader whose mom, Urich has forgotten, had been his old high school flame--played by Lindsay Wagner. Production Companies Sharmhill Productions, Walt Disney Television. Director Steven Hilliard Stern. Producer Steven Hilliard Stern. Teleplay Barbara Hall. Based on a Story by Steven Hilliard Stern, David Simon. Photography Laszlo George. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Ron Wisman. Art Director Tony Hall. Cast Lindsay Wagner (Laura Gordon), Robert Urich (Michael Riley), Jack Gilford (The Old Man), Keanu Reeves (Mick Riley), Jessica Steen (Tracy Gordon), Jason Nicoloff (Peter Gordon), Jeremy Ratchford (Todd), Peter Spence (Jeff), Jonathan Welsh (Jerry), Louise Vallance (Deborah), Vincent Murray (Ted), John Friesen (Coach), Marshall Perlmutter (Mr. Tyler), Barbara Kyle (Mrs. Russ), Leslie Carlson (Mr. Dillon), Leslie Toth (Steve Martini), Barry Flatman (Newsman at basketball game), Warren Van Evera (Bum), Michael Dolan (Assistant coach), Valerie Boyle (Edith), Marla Lukofsky (Suzanne), Ron Singer (Stan), Jeff Postil (Roger the doorman), Beth Amos (Landlady), David Pergrine (Romeo), Susan Bennet (Juliet), Lisa Schrage, Laura Sherman, Greg Spottiswood, J.J. Stocker, Steve Binder, Michael Copeman, John S. Davies, Ferne Downey, Barry Stevens, Andy Skelly, Ron Rubin. 2568... Young Harry Houdini (ABC, 3/15/1987, 120 mins). Disney’s fanciful account of the magical year that transformed the life of the Wisconsin boy who ran away from home and would later become Harry Houdini, the world’s most renowned escape artist. This was thanks to a meeting with a medicine show impresario (José Ferrer), who became the youngster’s teacher and mentor, and with the celebrated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, himself obsessed with things mystical. The film received an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Children’s Program. Production Company Walt Disney Television. Director James Orr. Executive Producer Susan B. Landau. Producers James Orr, Jim Cruickshank. Teleplay James Orr, Jim Cruickshank. Photography Paul Lohmann. Music Lee Holdridge. Editors Norman Hollyn, Robert Estrin. Art Director James Shanahan. Cast Wil Wheaton (Ehrich Weiss/Young Harry), Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Houdini), Kerri Green (Calpernia), Barry Corbin (Elmore), Roy Dotrice (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), José Ferrer (Dr. Grimaldi), J. Reuben Silverbird (John Parker), Ross Harris (Theo Weiss), Phil Brock (Wesley), Michael Alldredge (Yardbull), Sean McClory (Sean O’Casey), Lee deBroux (Marshall), Rita Zohar (Mrs. Weiss), J.C. Quinn (Slate), Michael Pniewski (Large miner), Mark Lonow (Assistant), Byrne Piven (Rabbi Weiss), Tony Becker (Albert), Val Bettin (Dr. Allworth), Alan David Gelman (London Bobby), Oliver Muirhead (London Bobby), Billy McComb (Merlin), Arlee Reed (Policeman), Bob Stephens (Bartender). 2569... Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (NBC, 3/27/1989, 120 mins). Taking a page out of Goldie Hawn’s “Private Benjamin,” this service comedy of a woman trying to hack it in the military has an overprotective suburbanite who follows her teenage son into airborne training at Fort Benning and proves she’s a “better man” than the others in her company. Anson Williams (Potsie from “Happy Days”) made his TV-movie directing debut here. Production Companies Mi-Bar Productions Inc., Kushner-Locke Company. Director Anson Williams. Executive Producers Peter Locke, Donald Kushner. Co-Executive Producer Fred Whitehead. Producer Bill Novodor. Teleplay Susan Hunter. Based on a Story by Bill Novodor, Susan Hunter. Photography Harry Mathias. Editor John Blizek. Music Jeff Barry, Barry Fasman. Production Designer A Rosalind Crew. Art Director Steve Rigell. Associate Producer Gene Schwam. Cast Barbara Eden (Brenda Andersen), Hector Elizondo (Sgt. Charlie Burke), Meagan Fay (Edie Winchell), David Kaufman (Jimmy Andersen), Richard McGregor (Barry), Conchata Ferrell (Specialist Mononaghee), Maria O’Brien (Carla), Annabelle Gurwitch (Airline customer), A.J. Stephans (Bernice), Ernest Dixon (Sergeant Hawkins), Kate Benton (Susan Zimmel), Keith Adams, Michael Ansara, Bob Banks, Marc Clement, James Fenn, Eric Flattery, Willetta Ford, Bill Grimmett, Mark R. Lewis, Tom Morga, Arlene Peck, Robby Preddy, Raymond Pudelski, Ronald Snyder Jr., Troy J. Stephens, Lawrence Swinton, Ronald E. Veasey Jr., Libby Whittemore, Robert L. Wiese. 2570... Your Place or Mine (CBS, 3/2/1983, 120 mins). Psychiatrist Bonnie Franklin, dumped by her lover and finding she must counsel herself as a deserted woman, is thrown together with divorced landscape designer Robert Klein by her best friends, Tyne Daly and Peter Bonerz, but they have trouble making this made-in-heaven twosome stick. “Love in Bloom” was the initial title for this romantic comedy about mature singles. Production Companies Finnegan Associates, Poolhouse Productions Inc. Director Robert Day. Executive Producers Marilyn Shapiro, Patricia Finnegan. Producer Bill Finnegan. Teleplay Steve Brown, Terry Louise Fisher. Photography Jack Swain. Music Gerald Alters. Editor Gregory Prange. Art Director Joe Aubel. Cast Bonnie Franklin (Alexandra), Robert Klein (Nick), Peter Bonerz (Phil Tanton), Tyne Daly (Karen), Penny Fuller (Paige), Kenneth Kimmins (Fred Burns), Janie Sell (Sandy), Teri Ralston (Lorraine), Terry Kiser (Stan), Charlie Brill (Bob), Shera Danese (Lana), Guy Boyd (Ralph Erman), John Hancock (Commissioner Lanford), Randolph Dreyfuss (Walter), Jim Weston (August Penrod), F. William Parker (Park custodian), Jason Hervey (Jamie), Nancy Lenehan (Laura), Peter Elbling (Waiter), Steve Tannen (Jonathan), Melonie Mazman (Claudia), David Byrd (Headwaiter), Bill Calvert (Todd), Tina Yothers (Gail), Sandra McCabe (Felicia), Stephen Shellen (Bartender), Charles Walker, Gary Wong, Eugene Choy, Richard Doyle, Art Koustik, Joseph Whipp, John Timothy.

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2571... Yuri Nosenko, KGB (HBO, 9/7/1986, 95 mins). This British-made spy thriller deals with the supposed defection to the West of an enigmatic, real-life KGB officer named Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko following the Kennedy assassination and whether he might actually be a Soviet plant to spread disinformation.The main players in this cat-and-mouse game are Tommy Lee Jones as Steve Daley, a pseudonym for an actual CIA agent, and Oleg Rudnik as the Russian defector whom Daley believed to be a phony and spent 15 years attempting to discredit. British director Mick Jackson previously was best known in this country for his television drama, “Threads,” a graphic nuclear disaster tale. Production Companies BBC Television, PrimeTime Television Ltd. Director Mick Jackson. Executive Producer David Elstein. Producer Graham Massey. Teleplay Stephen Davis. Photography David Feig. Music Peter Howell. Editor Jim Latham. Production Designer Paul Joel. Associate Producers Liz Small, David Streit. Cast Tommy Lee Jones (Steve Daley), Josef Sommer (James Angelton), Ed Lauter (Jerry Tyler), Oleg Rudnik (Yuri Nosenko), George Morfogen (Anatoli Golitsyn), Stephen D. Newman (Ed Douglas), Alexandra O’Karma (Anna Daley), Christopher Wynkoop (Richard Helms), Edwin Adams (John Collins), Michael DeSanto (Kenny Klein), Kevin Cooney (Don Fisher), Irwin Ziff (Soviet speaker), Dani Dalain (Interpreter), Phil Gaines (Chairman), H. Richard Greene (John Rogers), Dave Hammond (CIA escort), Dan Scott (CIA escort), David Healy (Newscaster), James Hornbeck (James McDonald), Austin Leonard Jones (Tom Daley), Pat Richardson (Joan Black), Pamela Roussel (Singer), Eugene Troobnick (Frank Lewis), Blaise Corrigan (Guard), Dan Dimmick (Guard), John Ortman (Guard). 2572... The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (CBS, 5/22/1984, 120 mins). Goofy goings-on in the Sherwood Forest and environs in this spoof of the Robin Hood legend with George Segal as a slightly out of kilter (and rather long of tooth) medieval outlaw who taketh from the rich and giveth to the poor--after expenses. To many, this film evoked fond memories of Mel Brooks’ short-lived but legendary series, “When Things Were Rotten.” Aside from Morgan Fairchild’s excursion here into farce (after previously playing, also against type, a cold-blooded, gun-toting terrorist), there is the interesting casting of Janet Suzman and Tom Baker, who had played Czarina Alexandra and Rasputin in “Nicholas and Alexandra,” as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Sir Guy. Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Bobka Productions. Director Ray Austin. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Robert Kaufman. Producer Andrew Donnally. Teleplay Robert Kaufman. Photography Jack Hildyard. Music Stanley Myers. Editor Bill Lenn. Production Designer David Minty. Cast George Segal (Robin Hood), Morgan Fairchild (Lady Marian), Roddy McDowall (Prince John), Janet Suzman (Eleanor of Aquitaine), Kenneth Griffith (Isaac of York), Melvyn Hayes (Father Luther), Michael Hordern (Rupert), Tom Baker (Sir Guy), Neil Hallett (Sheriff of Nottingham), Robert Hardy (King Richard), Roy Kinnear (Friar Tuck), Robin Nedwell (Will Scarlett), Pat Roach (Little John), Aubrey Morris (Archbishop), Bruce Purchase (Moishe), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1st coachman), Paul Brooke (2nd coachman), Angus Lennie (Scot Kelly), Tony Steedman (Bank president), Fenella Fielding (Molly), Michelle Newell (Rebecca), Louis Mansi (Reuben), Kelly Summers (Miss Jones), Melanie Hughes (Miss Sanders), Colin Higgins (Irving), Peter Brayham (Yehoudi), Marc Boyle (Bernie), Andrew Lodge (Lord Exeter), Angela Grant (Lady Exeter), Su Elliot (Alice), Chris Webb (1st Merryman), DeI Baker (2nd Merryman), Terry Plummer (3rd Merryman), Stephen Dent (4th Merryman), Peter Brace (Captain of guards), Fred Haggerty (1st guard), Fred Powell (2nd guard), Dinny Powell (3rd guard), George Lane Cooper (4th guard).

Chronological Listing of Titles, 1980-1989 1/2/1980 – Ohms 1/4/1980 – Stunts Unlimited 1/6/1980 – Skag 1/7/1980 – High Ice 1/9/1980 – Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris 1/11/1980 – Make Me an Offer 1/13/1980 – Doctor Franken 1/13/1980 – Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II 1/14/1980 – Power 1/16/1980 – If Things Were Different 1/20/1980 – The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog 1/22/1980 – Death Penalty 1/22/1980 – Once Upon a Family 1/24/1980 – Wild Times 1/25/1980 – Mother and Daughter: The Loving War 1/25/1980 – Marriage Is Alive and Well 1/26/1980 – The $5.20 an Hour Dream 1/27/1980 – The Martian Chronicles 1/30/1980 – Marathon 2/6/1980 – The Boy Who Drank Too Much 2/6/1980 – The Top of the Hill 2/8/1980 – Swan Song 2/9/1980 – Hardhat and Legs 2/15/1980 – Valentine Magic on Love Island 2/20/1980 – Escape 2/22/1980 – Detour to Terror 2/23/1980 – S*H*E 2/25/1980 – Scruples 3/2/1980 – Attica 3/2/1980 – The Aliens Are Coming 3/4/1980 – Bogie 3/5/1980 – White Mama 3/7/1980 – Brave New World 3/9/1980 – The Murder That Wouldn’t Die 3/9/1980 – Amber Waves 3/11/1980 – The Plutonium Incident 3/12/1980 – To Race the Wind

3/14/1980 – Where the Ladies Go 3/18/1980 – Jimmy B. & Andre 3/21/1980 – The Gossip Columnist 3/25/1980 – The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd 3/26/1980 – The Day Christ Died 3/30/1980 – City in Fear 4/2/1980 – Belle Starr 4/8/1980 – Kenny Rogers as The Gambler 4/9/1980 – Nurse 4/11/1980 – The Comeback Kid 4/15/1980 – Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 4/15/1980 – The Ivory Ape 4/21/1980 – The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway 4/21/1980 – Waikiki 4/22/1980 – Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger 4/28/1980 – All God’s Children 4/29/1980 – Gauguin the Savage 4/30/1980 – Gideon’s Trumpet 5/5/1980 – Off the Minnesota Strip 5/5/1980 – The Memory of Eva Ryker 5/8/1980 – The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb 5/9/1980 – The Love Tapes 5/11/1980 – Angel on My Shoulder 5/12/1980 – Flamingo Road 5/12/1980 – The Dream Merchants 5/13/1980 – The Hostage Tower 5/14/1980 – Haywire 5/15/1980 – F.D.R.: The Last Year 5/16/1980 – The Hustler of Muscle Beach 5/18/1980 – Moviola: This Year’s Blonde 5/19/1980 – Moviola: The Scarlett O’Hara War 5/20/1980 – Moviola: The Silent Lovers 5/21/1980 – Murder Can Hurt You! 5/23/1980 – The Long Days of Summer 5/23/1980 – Reward

5/25/1980 – The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story 5/25/1980 – Fun and Games 5/27/1980 – The Henderson Monster 6/8/1980 – Turnover Smith 6/8/1980 – Nightside 6/10/1980 – M Station: Hawaii 6/13/1980 – The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything 6/15/1980 – King Crab 6/15/1980 – Cry of the Innocent 6/27/1980 – Trouble in High Timber Country 7/15/1980 – Roughnecks 7/17/1980 – Tourist 8/1/1980 – Casino 8/26/1980 – The Seduction of Miss Leona 9/14/1980 – The Women’s Room 9/14/1980 – Shogun 9/17/1980 – Rodeo Girl 9/19/1980 – Once Upon a Spy 9/24/1980 – Act of Love 9/24/1980 – A Rumor of War 9/25/1980 – Rage 9/26/1980 – For the Love of It 9/28/1980 – Marilyn: The Untold Story 9/29/1980 – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 9/30/1980 – Scout’s Honor 9/30/1980 – Playing for Time 10/1/1980 – Fugitive Family 10/2/1980 – Gridlock 10/5/1980 – A Perfect Match 10/6/1980 – To Find My Son 10/7/1980 – Beulah Land 10/7/1980 – More Wild Wild West 10/7/1980 – A Private Battle 10/8/1980 – Portrait of an Escort 10/8/1980 – The Children of An Lac 10/12/1980 – Revenge of the Stepford Wives 10/14/1980 – Reunion 10/16/1980 – Baby Comes Home 10/20/1980 – A Cry for Love

408 10/20/1980 – Mom, the Wolfman and Me 10/22/1980 – Pleasure Palace 10/23/1980 – The Last Song 10/26/1980 – Father Figure 10/26/1980 – Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 10/27/1980 – Damien: The Leper Priest 10/29/1980 – The Jayne Mansfield Story 10/30/1980 – Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 10/31/1980 – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10/31/1980 – The Return of Frank Cannon 11/5/1980 – Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story 11/6/1980 – Scared Straight! Another Story 11/8/1980 – The Georgia Peaches 11/11/1980 – The Promise of Love 11/12/1980 – Angel City 11/15/1980 – High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane 11/17/1980 – The Diary of Anne Frank 11/19/1980 – Homeward Bound 11/20/1980 – Skyward 11/20/1980 – Condominium 11/23/1980 – Enola Gay 11/24/1980 – Children of Divorce 11/25/1980 – Little Lord Fauntleroy 11/26/1980 – The Wild and the Free 11/28/1980 – The Babysitter 11/29/1980 – The Secret War of Jackie’s Girls 11/29/1980 – Desperate Voyage 12/2/1980 – A Tale of Two Cities 12/4/1980 – The Day the Women Got Even 12/7/1980 – Fighting Back 12/8/1980 – My Kidnapper, My Love 12/9/1980 – A Christmas Without Snow 12/10/1980 – Mark, I Love You 12/14/1980 – The Night the City Screamed 12/16/1980 – Blinded by the Light 12/20/1980 – Coach of the Year 12/21/1980 – A Time for Miracles 12/28/1980 – The Shadow Box 12/30/1980 – The Mating Season 1/6/1981 – Word of Honor 1/12/1981 – Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie 1/12/1981 – Terror Among Us 1/13/1981 – A Matter of Life and Death

Chronological Listing of Titles 1/20/1981 – When the Circus Came to Town 1/23/1981 – The Oklahoma City Dolls 1/27/1981 – The Bunker 1/28/1981 – Thornwell 1/29/1981 – The Big Black Pill 2/1/1981 – A Whale for the Killing 2/4/1981 – Crisis at Central High 2/6/1981 – This House Possessed 2/8/1981 – John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” 2/8/1981 – Kent State 2/9/1981 – Midnight Lace 2/10/1981 – The Choice 2/11/1981 – A Gun in the House 2/13/1981 – Inmates: A Love Story 2/16/1981 – Angel Dusted 2/17/1981 – Thin Ice 2/19/1981 – Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood 2/20/1981 – The Intruder Within 2/23/1981 – Evita Peron 2/24/1981 – Fallen Angel 2/27/1981 – Midnight Offerings 2/27/1981 – The Munsters’ Revenge 3/1/1981 – Elvis and the Beauty Queen 3/1/1981 – Miracle on Ice 3/2/1981 – The Acorn People 3/3/1981 – The Pride of Jesse HaIIam 3/4/1981 – No Place to Hide 3/5/1981 – Death Ray 2000 3/10/1981 – Hellinger’s Law 3/11/1981 – The Killing of Randy Webster 3/12/1981 – The Million Dollar Face 3/15/1981 – Chicago Story 3/16/1981 – Madame X 3/23/1981 – The Monkey Mission 3/25/1981 – Berlin Tunnel 21 4/5/1981 – Masada 4/9/1981 – Dial M for Murder 4/10/1981 – Crazy Times 4/12/1981 – The Archer: Fugitive From the Empire 4/12/1981 – Peter and Paul 4/26/1981 – American Dream 4/26/1981 – The Phoenix 4/28/1981 – We’re Fighting Back 4/29/1981 – Leave ‘Em Laughing 5/3/1981 – Murder in Texas 5/5/1981 – Broken Promise 5/6/1981 – The Gentleman Bandit 5/7/1981 – People vs. Jean Harris 5/11/1981 – The Star Maker 5/11/1981 – The Best Little Girl in the World 5/12/1981 – The Five of Me

5/13/1981 – Stand by Your Man 5/15/1981 – The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island 5/17/1981 – Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper 5/18/1981 – Freedom 5/18/1981 – Bitter Harvest 5/19/1981 – The Violation of Sarah McDavid 5/20/1981 – Rivkin: Bounty Hunter 5/20/1981 – She’s in the Army Now 5/21/1981 – The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite 5/22/1981 – Scruples 5/31/1981 – Don’t Look Back 6/5/1981 – Side Show 6/11/1981 – The Adventures of Nellie Bly 7/9/1981 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 7/12/1981 – Charlie and the Great Balloon Race 7/30/1981 – California Gold Rush 9/18/1981 – Fly Away Home 9/20/1981 – Our Family Business 9/20/1981 – Code Red 9/25/1981 – Golden Gate 9/29/1981 – The Sophisticated Gents 9/30/1981 – The Manions of America 10/3/1981 – Red Flag: The Ultimate Game 10/4/1981 – Mistress of Paradise 10/4/1981 – Grambling’s White Tiger 10/5/1981 – The Miracle of Kathy Miller 10/5/1981 – Sidney Shorr: A Girl’s Best Friend 10/6/1981 – Return of the Beverly Hillbillies 10/7/1981 – Coward of the County 10/8/1981 – Cagney & Lacey 10/11/1981 – Family Reunion 10/13/1981 – Callie & Son 10/14/1981 – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 10/14/1981 – The Two Lives of Carol Letner 10/15/1981 – Mickey Spillane’s Margin for Murder 10/16/1981 – The Day the Loving Stopped 10/17/1981 – Return of the Rebels 10/18/1981 – Nashville Grab 10/19/1981 – Jacqueline Susann’s “Valley of the Dolls 1981” 10/21/1981 – A Few Days in Weasel Creek 10/22/1981 – Killjoy

1980-1989 10/24/1981 – Dark Night of the Scarecrow 10/25/1981 – Twirl 10/26/1981 – Splendor in the Grass 10/31/1981 – Killing at Hell’s Gate 11/1/1981 – Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story 11/2/1981 – Born to Be Sold 11/3/1981 – The Princess and the Cabbie 11/4/1981 – The Other Victim 11/9/1981 – For Ladies Only 11/16/1981 – Goliath Awaits 11/17/1981 – Skokie 11/23/1981 – Fire on the Mountain 11/24/1981 – A Small Killing 11/28/1981 – Dream House 11/29/1981 – Of Mice and Men 11/29/1981 – Sizzle 11/30/1981 – Advice to the Lovelorn 12/1/1981 – The Marva Collins Story 12/5/1981 – The Children Nobody Wanted 12/6/1981 – Through the Magic Pyramid 12/6/1981 – A Long Way Home 12/7/1981 – Child Bride of Short Creek 12/8/1981 – The Patricia Neal Story 12/16/1981 – Isabel’s Choice 12/20/1981 – From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II 12/22/1981 – Bill 12/23/1981 – The Ordeal of Bill Carney 12/30/1981 – Senior Trip! 1/2/1982 – Agatha Christie’s “Murder Is Easy” 1/4/1982 – The Kid From Nowhere 1/5/1982 – The Ambush Murders 1/10/1982 – Will, G. Gordon Liddy 1/11/1982 – Victims 1/13/1982 – Washington Mistress 1/16/1982 – Help Wanted: Male 1/18/1982 – The Long Summer of George Adams 1/18/1982 – Fantasies 1/19/1982 – Marian Rose White 1/20/1982 – Prime Suspect 1/31/1982 – World War III 2/1/1982 – Pray TV 2/2/1982 – Million Dollar Infield 2/3/1982 – A Piano for Mrs. Cimino 2/4/1982 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2/7/1982 – The Day the Bubble Burst 2/9/1982 – Dangerous Company 2/16/1982 – The Wall 2/17/1982 – Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

2/21/1982 – The Capture of Grizzly Adams 2/22/1982 – A Wedding on Waltons Mountain 2/23/1982 – Ivanhoe 2/25/1982 – Muggable Mary, Street Cop 2/27/1982 – Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 3/1/1982 – Divorce Wars 3/2/1982 – An Innocent Love 3/3/1982 – Desperate Lives 3/9/1982 – Between Two Brothers 3/16/1982 – The Gift of Life 3/22/1982 – Tomorrow’s Child 3/23/1982 – Oliver Twist 4/5/1982 – The Kid With the Broken Halo 4/12/1982 – My Body, My Child 4/12/1982 – Thou Shalt Not Kill 4/20/1982 – Parole 4/20/1982 – The Neighborhood 4/26/1982 – A Woman Called Golda 4/26/1982 – Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family 4/28/1982 – A Question of Honor 5/2/1982 – Mae West 5/3/1982 – The Letter 5/3/1982 – Portrait of a Showgirl 5/9/1982 – Inside the Third Reich 5/9/1982 – Mother’s Day on Waltons Mountain 5/10/1982 – The Rules of Marriage 5/12/1982 – Eleanor, First Lady of the World 5/16/1982 – Marco Polo 5/21/1982 – Dreams Don’t Die 5/23/1982 – Coming Out of the Ice 5/24/1982 – Paper Dolls 5/26/1982 – Rehearsal for Murder 5/26/1982 – In the Custody of Strangers 5/28/1982 – This Is Kate Bennett... 5/31/1982 – The Legend of Walks Far Woman 5/31/1982 – Mysterious Two 5/31/1982 – Benny’s Place 6/7/1982 – Sister, Sister 7/4/1982 – Terror at Alcatraz 7/25/1982 – The Fall of the House of Usher 8/1/1982 – Computerside 8/11/1982 – The Renegades 8/19/1982 – Rooster 8/26/1982 – Massarati and the Brain 9/14/1982 – Moonlight 9/17/1982 – Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

409 9/20/1982 – The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 9/22/1982 – Maid in America 9/25/1982 – The Facts of Life Goes to Paris 9/27/1982 – Drop-Out Father 9/28/1982 – Louis L’Amour’s “The Shadow Riders” 9/29/1982 – Money on the Side 9/29/1982 – Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice 10/2/1982 – Not Just Another Affair 10/4/1982 – Bare Essence 10/9/1982 – Two of a Kind 10/12/1982 – Take Your Best Shot 10/13/1982 – Having It All 10/15/1982 – For Lovers Only 10/16/1982 – Hotline 10/17/1982 – Honeyboy 10/18/1982 – Farrell for the People 10/18/1982 – Forbidden Love 10/19/1982 – Johnny Belinda 10/24/1982 – Little Gloria...Happy At Last 10/25/1982 – Smiley’s People 10/26/1982 – Not in Front of the Children 10/27/1982 – Shocktrauma 10/31/1982 – The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch 11/1/1982 – Born Beautiful 11/1/1982 – One Shoe Makes It Murder 11/8/1982 – The First Time 11/9/1982 – The Scarlet Pimpernel 11/14/1982 – The Blue and the Gray 11/15/1982 – I, Desire 11/20/1982 – Hear No Evil 11/22/1982 – A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain 11/22/1982 – Country Gold 11/24/1982 – In Love With an Older Woman 11/27/1982 – Games Mother Never Taught You 11/28/1982 – The Executioner’s Song 11/29/1982 – Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler 11/30/1982 – Something So Right 12/1/1982 – Missing Children: A Mother’s Story 12/4/1982 – Witness for the Prosecution 12/6/1982 – Remembrance of Love 12/8/1982 – Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story 12/10/1982 – Don’t Go to Sleep 12/11/1982 – Cry for the Strangers

410 12/14/1982 – I Was a Mail Order Bride 12/15/1982 – Memories Never Die 12/18/1982 – Deadly Encounter 12/18/1982 – Falcon’s Gold 12/27/1982 – Skeezer 12/28/1982 – Rona Jaffe’s “Mazes and Monsters” 12/29/1982 – Miss All-American Beauty 1/2/1983 – Cocaine and Blue Eyes 1/4/1983 – Listen to Your Heart 1/5/1983 – I Take These Men 1/8/1983 – White Water Rebels 1/10/1983 – I Married Wyatt Earp 1/11/1983 – Kentucky Woman 1/12/1983 – An Invasion of Privacy 1/17/1983 – Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! 1/18/1983 – Illusions 1/18/1983 – Another Woman’s Child 1/22/1983 – Uncommon Valor 1/23/1983 – Malibu 1/26/1983 – Running Out 1/29/1983 – Phantom of the Opera 1/31/1983 – Confessions of a Married Man 2/1/1983 – Thursday’s Child 2/2/1983 – The Scarlet and the Black 2/6/1983 – The Winds of War 2/6/1983 – The Kid With the 200 I.Q. 2/7/1983 – Packin’ It In 2/13/1983 – The Invisible Woman 2/13/1983 – Who Will Love My Children? 2/15/1983 – Murder in Coweta County 2/16/1983 – Dixie: Changing Habits 2/19/1983 – The Fighter 2/20/1983 – Rage of Angels 2/21/1983 – Grace Kelly 2/22/1983 – Will There Really Be a Morning? 2/27/1983 – Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land 2/27/1983 – Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction 2/28/1983 – The Night the Bridge Fell Down 3/1/1983 – Happy Endings 3/2/1983 – Your Place or Mine 3/6/1983 – Baby Sister 3/6/1983 – The Demon Murder Case 3/7/1983 – Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story 3/7/1983 – Deadly Lessons 3/9/1983 – Svengali 3/12/1983 – Jane Doe 3/14/1983 – M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

Chronological Listing of Titles 3/19/1983 – Still the Beaver 3/20/1983 – Special Bulletin 3/20/1983 – The Face of Rage 3/21/1983 – Intimate Agony 3/22/1983 – The Other Woman 3/27/1983 – The Thorn Birds 3/27/1983 – Love Is Forever 4/5/1983 – The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. 4/6/1983 – In Defense of Kids 4/9/1983 – Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You 4/12/1983 – Summer Girl 4/25/1983 – Blood Feud 4/30/1983 – Cowboy 5/1/1983 – V 5/2/1983 – Legs 5/9/1983 – I Want to Live 5/14/1983 – Missing Pieces 5/14/1983 – Travis McGee 5/22/1983 – Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number 5/24/1983 – The Cradle Will Fall 5/25/1983 – The Terry Fox Story 5/27/1983 – The Sins of Dorian Gray 5/30/1983 – Ghost Dancing 6/5/1983 – Murder 1, Dancer 0 6/19/1983 – Cave-In! 7/7/1983 – The Last Ninja 7/18/1983 – Emergency Room 7/28/1983 – Shooting Stars 7/28/1983 – Desperate Intruder 8/15/1983 – Prisoners of the Lost Universe 9/15/1983 – Between Friends 9/26/1983 – Sessions 9/27/1983 – One Cooks, the Other Doesn’t 9/28/1983 – Dempsey 10/4/1983 – Secrets of a Mother and Daughter 10/5/1983 – Carpool 10/8/1983 – September Gun 10/9/1983 – Making of a Male Model 10/10/1983 – Adam 10/11/1983 – Night Partners 10/12/1983 – Sunset Limousine 10/15/1983 – Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer 10/16/1983 – High School U.S.A. 10/17/1983 – Policewoman Centerfold 10/18/1983 – China Rose 10/22/1983 – Agatha Christie’s “A Caribbean Mystery” 10/23/1983 – Women of San Quentin 10/24/1983 – The Haunting Passion 10/25/1983 – First Affair 10/26/1983 – Happy

10/30/1983 – A Killer in the Family 10/31/1983 – Sadat 10/31/1983 – When Your Lover Leaves 11/1/1983 – This Girl for Hire 11/2/1983 – Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess 11/5/1983 – Agatha Christie’s “Sparkling Cyanide” 11/6/1983 – Princess Daisy 11/8/1983 – Two Kinds of Love 11/9/1983 – Bill: On His Own 11/13/1983 – Chiefs 11/20/1983 – Kennedy 11/20/1983 – The Day After 11/21/1983 – Right of Way 11/27/1983 – Memorial Day 11/28/1983 – Girls of the White Orchid 11/28/1983 – Kenny Rogers as The Gambler--The Adventure Continues 11/30/1983 – An Uncommon Love 12/3/1983 – Quarterback Princess 12/4/1983 – Heart of Steel 12/5/1983 – Choices of the Heart 12/6/1983 – John Steinbeck’s “The Winter of Our Discontent” 12/7/1983 – Prototype 12/11/1983 – Through Naked Eyes 12/12/1983 – Little House: Look Back to Yesterday 12/13/1983 – Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole 12/16/1983 – The Awakening of Candra 12/19/1983 – Found Money 12/20/1983 – The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story 12/21/1983 – Hobson’s Choice 12/26/1983 – Happy Endings 1/3/1984 – Last of the Great Survivors 1/6/1984 – The Jerk, Too 1/9/1984 – Something About Amelia 1/10/1984 – License to Kill 1/13/1984 – Hard Knox 1/15/1984 – Robin Hood and the Sorcerer 1/15/1984 – All the Rivers Run 1/16/1984 – A Matter of Sex 1/17/1984 – The Seduction of Gina 1/23/1984 – Jealousy 1/24/1984 – The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck 1/26/1984 – Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: More Than Murder 1/29/1984 – Amazons 1/30/1984 – When She Says No 1/31/1984 – The Master of Ballantrae

1980-1989 2/5/1984 – My Mother’s Secret Life 2/6/1984 – Little House: The Last Farewell 2/7/1984 – The Sky’s No Limit 2/8/1984 – A Good Sport 2/10/1984 – The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins 2/12/1984 – To Catch a King 2/12/1984 – Celebrity 2/19/1984 – Master of the Game 2/26/1984 – Lace 2/29/1984 – The Parade 3/4/1984 – A Streetcar Named Desire 3/5/1984 – Dark Mirror 3/6/1984 – Calamity Jane 3/12/1984 – Why Me? 3/12/1984 – Her Life As a Man 3/13/1984 – Second Sight: A Love Story 3/20/1984 – Getting Physical 3/24/1984 – The Cold Room 3/25/1984 – Time Bomb 3/26/1984 – Best Kept Secrets 3/27/1984 – Terrible Joe Moran 4/1/1984 – Samson and Delilah 4/1/1984 – Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac 4/2/1984 – Sins of the Past 4/5/1984 – The Red-Light Sting 4/8/1984 – Calendar Girl Murders 4/8/1984 – George Washington 4/22/1984 – The Far Pavilions 4/22/1984 – Pope John Paul II 4/23/1984 – Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues 4/23/1984 – A Doctor’s Story 5/6/1984 – The Last Days of Pompeii 5/6/1984 – V - The Final Battle 5/7/1984 – Concealed Enemies 5/13/1984 – Family Secrets 5/13/1984 – The Dollmaker 5/14/1984 – Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter 5/15/1984 – Anatomy of an Illness 5/16/1984 – Kim 5/16/1984 – The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. 5/20/1984 – The First Olympics: Athens 1896 5/20/1984 – The Mystic Warrior 5/22/1984 – The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood 5/23/1984 – A Married Man 5/23/1984 – Love Thy Neighbor 5/24/1984 – Invitation to Hell 5/25/1984 – Summer Fantasy 5/27/1984 – No Man’s Land 6/11/1984 – Nadia 6/20/1984 – Sakharov 6/29/1984 – Spraggue

7/6/1984 – Off Sides 7/9/1984 – The Outlaws 7/9/1984 – Concrete Beat 7/9/1984 – The Jesse Owens Story 7/15/1984 – Draw! 8/23/1984 – The Blood of Others 8/27/1984 – Velvet 9/11/1984 – Special People 9/14/1984 – Threesome 9/21/1984 – Burning Rage 9/24/1984 – Secrets of a Married Man 9/30/1984 – Heartsounds 10/1/1984 – Passions 10/2/1984 – Obsessive Love 10/3/1984 – He’s Not Your Son 10/7/1984 – Love Leads the Way 10/8/1984 – The Burning Bed 10/9/1984 – Scorned and Swindled 10/10/1984 – Attack on Fear 10/14/1984 – Single Bars, Single Women 10/16/1984 – Sentimental Journey 10/17/1984 – Nairobi Affair 10/20/1984 – The Guardian 10/21/1984 – His Mistress 10/22/1984 – Louisiana 10/22/1984 – Aurora 10/23/1984 – The Cowboy and the Ballerina 10/24/1984 – With Intent to Kill 10/27/1984 – Return to Eden 10/28/1984 – Wet Gold 10/28/1984 – City Killer 10/29/1984 – Shattered Vows 10/30/1984 – Silence of the Heart 10/31/1984 – Sweet Revenge 11/1/1984 – The Three Wishes of Billy Crier 11/4/1984 – The Cartier Affair 11/7/1984 – The Toughest Man in the World 11/8/1984 – The Imposter 11/11/1984 – Ellis Island 11/11/1984 – I Married a Centerfold 11/12/1984 – Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story 11/18/1984 – The Glitter Dome 11/18/1984 – Fatal Vision 11/20/1984 – For Love or Money 11/21/1984 – The Baron and the Kid 11/25/1984 – The Ewok Adventure 11/25/1984 – The Vegas Strip Wars 11/26/1984 – Rearview Mirror 11/26/1984 – A Woman of Substance 11/27/1984 – A Touch of Scandal 12/3/1984 – Children in the Crossfire 12/9/1984 – Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” 12/11/1984 – Camille

411 12/13/1984 – The Night They Saved Christmas 12/15/1984 – The Ratings Game 12/15/1984 – It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 12/17/1984 – A Christmas Carol 12/17/1984 – Little House: Bless All the Dear Children 12/18/1984 – He’s Fired, She’s Hired 1/6/1985 – Black Arrow 1/7/1985 – A Reason to Live 1/13/1985 – Gulag 1/13/1985 – Sins of the Father 1/14/1985 – The Hearst and Davies Affair 1/14/1985 – The Execution 1/15/1985 – Not My Kid 1/21/1985 – Scandal Sheet 1/21/1985 – My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn 1/27/1985 – Robert Kennedy and His Times 1/31/1985 – Starcrossed 2/3/1985 – Lots of Luck 2/4/1985 – Consenting Adult 2/4/1985 – The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission 2/5/1985 – The Corsican Brothers 2/7/1985 – The Bad Seed 2/10/1985 – The Atlanta Child Murders 2/10/1985 – Poison Ivy 2/10/1985 – Surviving 2/11/1985 – Obsessed With a Married Woman 2/11/1985 – Two Fathers’ Justice 2/14/1985 – Challenge of a Lifetime 2/16/1985 – Kojak: The Belarus File 2/17/1985 – Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil 2/17/1985 – Hollywood Wives 2/20/1985 – Agatha Christie’s “Murder With Mirrors” 2/21/1985 – Deadly Messages 2/24/1985 – Evergreen 2/24/1985 – Finnegan Begin Again 2/25/1985 – A Bunny’s Tale 3/3/1985 – Secret Weapons 3/4/1985 – Romance on the Orient Express 3/5/1985 – Kids Don’t Tell 3/6/1985 – Father of Hell Town 3/11/1985 – Kicks 3/12/1985 – Seduced 3/17/1985 – Reckless Disregard 3/18/1985 – This Wife for Hire 3/18/1985 – Private Sessions 3/19/1985 – First Steps 3/24/1985 – California Girls 3/24/1985 – Forbidden

412 3/26/1985 – Anna Karenina 3/27/1985 – A Summer to Remember 3/31/1985 – A.D. 4/1/1985 – Love Lives On 4/2/1985 – Guilty Conscience 4/5/1985 – Stormin’ Home 4/7/1985 – Florence Nightingale 4/8/1985 – Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story 4/10/1985 – Stark 4/14/1985 – Playing With Fire 4/14/1985 – James A. Michener’s “Space” 4/15/1985 – Lady Blue 4/21/1985 – Embassy 4/26/1985 – Arthur the King 4/28/1985 – Brothers-in-Law 4/28/1985 – Braker 4/29/1985 – The Key to Rebecca 5/1/1985 – Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story 5/5/1985 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents 5/5/1985 – Lace II 5/5/1985 – The Undergrads 5/8/1985 – Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story 5/11/1985 – Letting Go 5/12/1985 – A Death in California 5/12/1985 – Malice in Wonderland 5/12/1985 – Reunion at Fairborough 5/13/1985 – Peyton Place: The Next Generation 5/14/1985 – The Lady From Yesterday 5/15/1985 – Blade in Hong Kong 5/19/1985 – Christopher Columbus 5/19/1985 – Deadly Intentions 5/21/1985 – Do You Remember Love 5/22/1985 – Chiller 5/22/1985 – Right to Kill? 5/24/1985 – Generation 5/25/1985 – International Airport 5/27/1985 – Deceptions 5/27/1985 – The Rape of Richard Beck 5/28/1985 – Brotherly Love 5/28/1985 – When Dreams Come True 5/29/1985 – Arch of Triumph 6/1/1985 – Gidget’s Summer Reunion 6/2/1985 – Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster 6/3/1985 – Jamaica Inn 6/27/1985 – Midas Valley 6/30/1985 – Code of Vengeance 7/14/1985 – Stingray 7/28/1985 – Blackout 7/28/1985 – Murder in Space

Chronological Listing of Titles 8/5/1985 – Covenant 8/5/1985 – Command 5 9/8/1985 – Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce 9/11/1985 – Brass 9/11/1985 – J.O.E. and the Colonel 9/14/1985 – In Like Flynn 9/15/1985 – Death of a Salesman 9/16/1985 – Mirrors 9/23/1985 – Izzy and Moe 9/23/1985 – Family Ties Vacation 9/24/1985 – The Other Lover 9/24/1985 – Mistral’s Daughter 9/29/1985 – Amos 10/1/1985 – Murder: By Reason of Insanity 10/5/1985 – Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues 10/6/1985 – The Park Is Mine 10/6/1985 – The Long Hot Summer 10/8/1985 – Love, Mary 10/12/1985 – Out of the Darkness 10/13/1985 – Toughlove 10/14/1985 – Silent Witness 10/15/1985 – Promises to Keep 10/19/1985 – Agatha Christie’s “Thirteen at Dinner” 10/20/1985 – I Dream of Jeannie...15 Years Later 10/21/1985 – Love on the Run 10/22/1985 – Picking Up the Pieces 10/25/1985 – Children of the Night 10/27/1985 – Crime of Innocence 10/27/1985 – Tender Is the Night 10/28/1985 – Jenny’s War 10/28/1985 – A Time to Live 10/29/1985 – Into Thin Air 11/1/1985 – The Midnight Hour 11/2/1985 – Badge of the Assassin 11/3/1985 – North and South 11/4/1985 – This Child Is Mine 11/5/1985 – Stone Pillow 11/10/1985 – Streets of Justice 11/11/1985 – An Early Frost 11/12/1985 – Wild Horses 11/12/1985 – North Beach and Rawhide 11/17/1985 – The Blue Yonder 11/17/1985 – Kane & Abel 11/17/1985 – Hostage Flight 11/20/1985 – Lost in London 11/22/1985 – Bridge Across Time 11/23/1985 – Chase 11/24/1985 – Mussolini: The Untold Story 11/24/1985 – Doubletake 11/24/1985 – Ewoks: The Battle for Endor 11/24/1985 – Fortress 12/1/1985 – Perry Mason Returns

12/2/1985 – John and Yoko: A Love Story 12/3/1985 – Copacabana 12/8/1985 – Final Jeopardy 12/9/1985 – Alice in Wonderland 12/9/1985 – Love Is Never Silent 12/16/1985 – A Letter to Three Wives 12/23/1985 – Between the Darkness and the Dawn 12/29/1985 – Behind Enemy Lines 1/1/1986 – Intimate Strangers 1/5/1986 – The Defiant Ones 1/6/1986 – Shattered Spirits 1/7/1986 – A Time to Triumph 1/8/1986 – Agatha Christie’s “Dead Man’s Folly” 1/12/1986 – Rockabye 1/13/1986 – The Right of the People 1/19/1986 – Mafia Princess 1/19/1986 – Club Med 1/19/1986 – Passion Flower 1/19/1986 – Murrow 1/20/1986 – Prince of Bel-Air 1/26/1986 – The Last Precinct 1/27/1986 – A Masterpiece of Murder 2/1/1986 – Kung Fu: The Movie 2/2/1986 – Help Wanted: Kids 2/2/1986 – Peter the Great 2/2/1986 – Sins 2/3/1986 – Gladiator 2/9/1986 – Harem 2/9/1986 – Under Siege 2/9/1986 – Child’s Cry 2/11/1986 – Vital Signs 2/16/1986 – The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James 2/16/1986 – Thompson’s Last Run 2/17/1986 – Choices 2/18/1986 – One Terrific Guy 2/22/1986 – Welcome Home, Bobby 2/23/1986 – The Girl Who Spelled Freedom 2/23/1986 – Blood & Orchids 2/23/1986 – The Fifth Missile 2/23/1986 – Crossings 3/1/1986 – Betrayed by Innocence 3/2/1986 – Acceptable Risks 3/2/1986 – Outrage! 3/3/1986 – The Children of Times Square 3/3/1986 – Diary of a Perfect Murder 3/4/1986 – A Deadly Business 3/8/1986 – Classified Love 3/9/1986 – The Richest Cat in the World 3/9/1986 – Dress Gray 3/9/1986 – Blind Justice 3/10/1986 – Between Two Women

1980-1989 3/16/1986 – If Tomorrow Comes 3/17/1986 – Triplecross 3/19/1986 – Assassin 3/23/1986 – Dallas: The Early Years 3/26/1986 – Sin of Innocence 3/30/1986 – Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry 3/31/1986 – Killer in the Mirror 3/31/1986 – Pleasures 3/31/1986 – Miracle of the Heart: A Boystown Story 4/2/1986 – News at Eleven 4/5/1986 – Charley Hannah 4/5/1986 – Return to Treasure Island 4/6/1986 – I-Man 4/6/1986 – Nobody’s Child 4/6/1986 – Beverly Hills Madam 4/7/1986 – The Annihilator 4/7/1986 – My Two Loves 4/9/1986 – A Case of Deadly Force 4/13/1986 – Return to Mayberry 4/13/1986 – A Fighting Choice 4/13/1986 – Dream West 4/14/1986 – A Winner Never Quits 4/18/1986 – Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer 4/20/1986 – Act of Vengeance 4/21/1986 – Arthur Hailey’s “Strong Medicine” 4/23/1986 – Alex: The Life of a Child 4/27/1986 – Resting Place 5/4/1986 – The Deliberate Stranger 5/4/1986 – North and South, Book II 5/4/1986 – Vanishing Act 5/7/1986 – The Blue Lightning 5/11/1986 – Trapped in Silence 5/11/1986 – Young Again 5/11/1986 – Dalton: Code of Vengeance II 5/12/1986 – Convicted 5/13/1986 – Second Serve 5/14/1986 – Stark: Mirror Image 5/18/1986 – As Summers Die 5/18/1986 – On Wings of Eagles 5/18/1986 – Brotherhood of Justice 5/18/1986 – Stagecoach 5/19/1986 – Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story 5/19/1986 – Johnny Bull 5/21/1986 – Blood Sport 5/23/1986 – Long Time Gone 5/25/1986 – Spearfield’s Daughter 5/25/1986 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun 6/23/1986 – Liberty 6/29/1986 – Slow Burn 7/26/1986 – Parent Trap II 7/27/1986 – Apology 7/27/1986 – As Is

7/27/1986 – C.A.T. Squad 8/10/1986 – Northstar 8/10/1986 – Condor 8/23/1986 – Dark Mansions 9/7/1986 – Yuri Nosenko, KGB 9/7/1986 – Popeye Doyle 9/11/1986 – American Geisha 9/14/1986 – The Last Days of Patton 9/16/1986 – Oceans of Fire 9/19/1986 – Many Happy Returns 9/21/1986 – George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation 9/22/1986 – Stranded 9/23/1986 – Firefighter 9/23/1986 – Doing Life 9/24/1986 – Courage 9/28/1986 – Hero in the Family 9/28/1986 – Under the Influence 9/28/1986 – Intimate Encounters 9/28/1986 – The Canterville Ghost 9/29/1986 – Adam: His Song Continues 9/30/1986 – Agatha Christie’s “Murder in Three Acts” 10/5/1986 – Little Spies 10/5/1986 – There Must Be a Pony 10/5/1986 – The Last Frontier 10/6/1986 – A Fight for Jenny 10/12/1986 – Love With a Perfect Stranger 10/12/1986 – Circle of Violence: A Family Drama 10/12/1986 – When the Bough Breaks 10/13/1986 – Can You Feel Me Dancing? 10/14/1986 – Miles to Go 10/19/1986 – Of Pure Blood 10/21/1986 – Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI 10/26/1986 – Florida Straits 10/26/1986 – Who Is Julia? 10/26/1986 – Easy Prey 10/26/1986 – The B.R.A.T. Patrol 10/27/1986 – Hold That Dream 10/28/1986 – Manhunt for Claude Dallas 11/1/1986 – Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo 11/2/1986 – Something in Common 11/2/1986 – Rage of Angels: The Story Continues 11/9/1986 – Monte Carlo 11/9/1986 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star 11/10/1986 – Unnatural Causes 11/11/1986 – The George McKenna Story 11/15/1986 – Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

413 11/15/1986 – Louis L’Amour’s “Down the Long Hills” 11/16/1986 – The Leftovers 11/16/1986 – Fresno 11/17/1986 – Kate’s Secret 11/18/1986 – Penalty Phase 11/22/1986 – Houston: The Legend of Texas 11/23/1986 – Combat High 11/23/1986 – Women of Valor 11/23/1986 – The Thanksgiving Promise 11/23/1986 – Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story 11/24/1986 – The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story 11/25/1986 – That Secret Sunday 11/29/1986 – One Police Plaza 11/29/1986 – Sword of Gideon 11/30/1986 – Barnum 11/30/1986 – Sunday Drive 11/30/1986 – The High Price of Passion 12/7/1986 – The Murders in the Rue Morgue 12/7/1986 – Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna 12/14/1986 – Blood Ties 12/14/1986 – Promise 12/14/1986 – The Christmas Star 12/14/1986 – A Smoky Mountain Christmas 12/15/1986 – A Year in the Life 12/19/1986 – Babes in Toyland 12/21/1986 – The Christmas Gift 12/22/1986 – Christmas Eve 12/29/1986 – Blue de Ville 1/4/1987 – At Mother’s Request 1/4/1987 – Double Switch 1/5/1987 – On Fire 1/10/1987 – The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1/11/1987 – J. Edgar Hoover 1/11/1987 – Mercy or Murder? 1/12/1987 – Night of Courage 1/12/1987 – Stranger in My Bed 1/16/1987 – American Harvest 1/17/1987 – Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies 1/18/1987 – Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife 1/18/1987 – Out on a Limb 1/18/1987 – Warm Hearts, Cold Feet 1/26/1987 – The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 1/28/1987 – Broken Vows 1/31/1987 – The Room Upstairs 2/1/1987 – LBJ: The Early Years 2/1/1987 – You Ruined My Life

414 2/2/1987 – Convicted: A Mother’s Story 2/2/1987 – Tonight’s the Night 2/3/1987 – Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 2/7/1987 – A Place to Call Home 2/8/1987 – The Liberators 2/8/1987 – The Two Mrs. Grenvilles 2/9/1987 – The Last Fling 2/10/1987 – Stillwatch 2/14/1987 – Cloud Waltzing 2/14/1987 – Control 2/15/1987 – Amerika 2/15/1987 – The Facts of Life Down Under 2/21/1987 – Kojak: The Price of Justice 2/23/1987 – Love Among Thieves 2/23/1987 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love 2/28/1987 – Pals 2/28/1987 – The Quick and the Dead 3/1/1987 – Casanova 3/1/1987 – Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 3/1/1987 – I’ll Take Manhattan 3/2/1987 – The Betty Ford Story 3/8/1987 – The Abduction of Kari Swenson 3/8/1987 – Bigfoot 3/8/1987 – Deadly Deception 3/9/1987 – Three Wishes for Jamie 3/10/1987 – Timestalkers 3/14/1987 – Prison for Children 3/15/1987 – The Stepford Children 3/15/1987 – Young Harry Houdini 3/16/1987 – In Love and War 3/16/1987 – We Are the Children 3/17/1987 – Murder by the Book 3/22/1987 – Deadly Care 3/22/1987 – Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder 3/23/1987 – Fight for Life 3/24/1987 – A Different Affair 3/27/1987 – U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart 3/29/1987 – Double Agent 3/29/1987 – Independence 3/29/1987 – A Stranger Waits 3/30/1987 – Stone Fox 3/31/1987 – A Special Friendship 4/3/1987 – Destination: America 4/5/1987 – Daddy 4/5/1987 – Still Crazy Like a Fox 4/6/1987 – Sworn to Silence 4/12/1987 – Bride of Boogedy 4/12/1987 – Escape From Sobibor 4/12/1987 – Her Secret Life 4/13/1987 – Infidelity 4/19/1987 – High Mountain Rangers

Chronological Listing of Titles 4/19/1987 – The Last Innocent Man 4/26/1987 – Pack of Lies 4/27/1987 – Desperado 4/27/1987 – Ford: The Man and the Machine 5/1/1987 – Seize the Day 5/3/1987 – Murder Ordained 5/3/1987 – Police Story: The Freeway Killings 5/8/1987 – Harry’s Hong Kong 5/10/1987 – A Gathering of Old Men 5/10/1987 – Hands of a Stranger 5/10/1987 – Queenie 5/12/1987 – Ghost of a Chance 5/15/1987 – Island Sons 5/17/1987 – Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 5/17/1987 – Roses Are for the Rich 5/18/1987 – Six Against the Rock 5/22/1987 – In Self Defense 5/22/1987 – Poker Alice 5/23/1987 – Long Gone 5/24/1987 – Baby Girl Scott 5/24/1987 – Celebration Family 5/24/1987 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit 5/25/1987 – When the Time Comes 5/26/1987 – Cracked Up 5/31/1987 – Riviera 6/14/1987 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin 6/19/1987 – Not Quite Human 6/22/1987 – The Ladies 6/28/1987 – The Lion of Africa 7/12/1987 – Bates Motel 7/12/1987 – Carly’s Web 7/31/1987 – The Spirit 8/2/1987 – Three on a Match 8/16/1987 – Home Fires 8/23/1987 – The Man Who Fell to Earth 9/13/1987 – Bluffing It 9/13/1987 – Dreams Lost, Dreams Found 9/19/1987 – Desperate 9/20/1987 – The Highwayman 9/20/1987 – Mandela 9/21/1987 – If It’s Tuesday, This Still Must Be Belgium 9/22/1987 – Angel in Green 9/26/1987 – Dennis the Menace: The Live-Action Movie 9/26/1987 – Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge 9/28/1987 – Assault and Matrimony 10/1/1987 – Proud Men 10/4/1987 – Mistress 10/4/1987 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam 10/5/1987 – Haunted by Her Past

10/5/1987 – Intimate Contact 10/11/1987 – After the Promise 10/12/1987 – Right to Die 10/18/1987 – Conspiracy of Love 10/18/1987 – Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion 10/19/1987 – Strange Voices 10/21/1987 – Sadie and Son 10/25/1987 – Bay Coven 10/25/1987 – Family Sins 10/26/1987 – Deep Dark Secrets 10/26/1987 – Hoover Vs The Kennedys: The Second Civil War 10/27/1987 – The Gunfighters 10/31/1987 – The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 11/1/1987 – Dangerous Affection 11/1/1987 – Joseph Wambaugh’s “Echoes in the Darkness” 11/1/1987 – The Return of the Shaggy Dog 11/8/1987 – Billionaire Boys Club 11/8/1987 – Kids Like These 11/10/1987 – Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story 11/15/1987 – Laguna Heat 11/15/1987 – Mayflower Madam 11/15/1987 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel 11/16/1987 – Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 11/19/1987 – The King of Love 11/22/1987 – Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (Part III) - The Legend Continues 11/23/1987 – Lena: My 100 Children 11/26/1987 – Norman Rockwell’s “Breaking Home Ties” 11/28/1987 – The Impossible Spy 11/29/1987 – The Long Journey Home 11/29/1987 – Student Exchange 11/30/1987 – Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery 11/30/1987 – The Secret Garden 12/5/1987 – The Christmas 12/6/1987 – Downpayment on Murder 12/6/1987 – A Hobo’s Christmas 12/7/1987 – Eye on the Sparrow 12/8/1987 – Quo Vadis? 12/13/1987 – The Father Clements Story 12/13/1987 – Foxfire 12/17/1987 – The Three Kings 12/20/1987 – Christmas Comes to Willow Creek 12/21/1987 – The Little Match Girl 12/26/1987 – Into the Homeland 12/27/1987 – A Hazard of Hearts

1980-1989 12/28/1987 – Roman Holiday 1/1/1988 – Drop-Out Mother 1/3/1988 – Once Upon a Texas Train 1/4/1988 – The Ann Jillian Story 1/10/1988 – Man Against the Mob 1/10/1988 – Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs Salim Ajami 1/11/1988 – Evil in Clear River 1/11/1988 – Freedom Fighter 1/17/1988 – Alone in the Neon Jungle 1/17/1988 – Crash Course 1/17/1988 – Earth*Star Voyager 1/17/1988 – Stranger on My Land 1/18/1988 – The Child Saver 1/18/1988 – What Price Victory 1/24/1988 – Body of Evidence 1/24/1988 – A Father’s Revenge 1/24/1988 – The Murder of Mary Phagan 1/29/1988 – Stones for Ibarra 1/31/1988 – The Return of Ben Casey 2/1/1988 – Weekend War 2/7/1988 – Elvis and Me 2/7/1988 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Mom 2/7/1988 – Sidney Sheldon’s “Windmills of the Gods” 2/8/1988 – Moving Target 2/14/1988 – The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 2/14/1988 – Hostage 2/15/1988 – The Return of Desperado 2/20/1988 – Baja Oklahoma 2/21/1988 – Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis 2/21/1988 – James Clavell’s “Noble House” 2/28/1988 – Bluegrass 2/28/1988 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace 2/29/1988 – Perfect People 3/6/1988 – 14 Going on 30 3/6/1988 – Longarm 3/6/1988 – Side by Side 3/7/1988 – Laura Lansing Slept Here 3/8/1988 – Bonanza: The Next Generation 3/9/1988 – Shattered Innocence 3/14/1988 – Broken Angel 3/14/1988 – Danger Down Under 3/19/1988 – Save the Dog! 3/20/1988 – Hot Paint 3/20/1988 – Inherit the Wind 3/21/1988 – God Bless the Child 3/26/1988 – The Tracker 3/27/1988 – Gore Vidal’s Lincoln 3/27/1988 – Too Young the Hero 3/28/1988 – Addicted to His Love

4/3/1988 – Mario Puzo’s “The Fortunate Pilgrim” 4/3/1988 – The Woman He Loved 4/10/1988 – Red River 4/10/1988 – Scandal in a Small Town 4/17/1988 – The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank 4/17/1988 – Codename: Kyril 4/17/1988 – Nitti 4/19/1988 – Case Closed 4/20/1988 – Suspicion 4/21/1988 – The Red Spider 4/22/1988 – Shakedown on the Sunset Strip 4/24/1988 – April Morning 4/24/1988 – The Town Bully 4/25/1988 – Hemingway 4/25/1988 – Little Girl Lost 4/26/1988 – Sharing Richard 5/1/1988 – Onassis: The Richest Man in the World 5/1/1988 – Splash, Too 5/2/1988 – The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story 5/3/1988 – Necessity 5/8/1988 – The Bourne Identity 5/8/1988 – Herman Wouk’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” 5/8/1988 – Something Is Out There 5/10/1988 – Who Gets the Friends? 5/15/1988 – Justin Case 5/15/1988 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake 5/15/1988 – Shadow on the Sun 5/16/1988 – A Whisper Kills 5/19/1988 – Promised a Miracle 5/20/1988 – I Saw What You Did 5/22/1988 – Baby M 5/22/1988 – The Incredible Hulk Returns 5/22/1988 – My Father, My Son 5/23/1988 – C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf 5/23/1988 – Emma: Queen of the South Seas 5/24/1988 – Desperado: Avalanche at Devil’s Ridge 5/24/1988 – Nightmare at Bitter Creek 5/28/1988 – Clinton and Nadine 5/29/1988 – To Heal a Nation 6/5/1988 – The Night Train to Kathmandu 6/19/1988 – A Father’s Homecoming 6/27/1988 – Nightingales 7/10/1988 – Sins of the Fathers 7/17/1988 – Out of Time 8/7/1988 – Desert Rats

415 8/15/1988 – King of the Olympics: The Lives & Loves Avery Brundage 8/20/1988 – Maigret 8/21/1988 – Gotham 8/27/1988 – A Friendship in Vienna 8/28/1988 – Steal the Sky 9/1/1988 – Deadline: Madrid 9/4/1988 – Higher Ground 9/8/1988 – Open Admissions 9/9/1988 – Run Till You Fall 9/9/1988 – Secret Witness 9/11/1988 – Intrigue 9/11/1988 – Out of the Shadows 9/11/1988 – Shooter 10/2/1988 – Liberace 10/3/1988 – The People Across the Lake 10/3/1988 – Unholy Matrimony 10/4/1988 – Jesse 10/6/1988 – Leap of Faith 10/7/1988 – The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick 10/7/1988 – Street of Dreams 10/9/1988 – Going to the Chapel 10/9/1988 – Liberace: Behind the Music 10/10/1988 – Winnie 10/11/1988 – Outback Bound 10/14/1988 – Crossing the Mob 10/16/1988 – Lady Mobster 10/17/1988 – Double Standard 10/18/1988 – Fatal Judgement 10/21/1988 – Glitz 10/21/1988 – Jack the Ripper 10/23/1988 – Dance ’Til Dawn 10/24/1988 – Indiscreet 10/24/1988 – A Stoning in Fulham County 10/25/1988 – David 10/25/1988 – Pancho Barnes 10/30/1988 – Dadah Is Death 10/30/1988 – Favorite Son 11/1/1988 – Go Toward the Light 11/6/1988 – The Great Escape II: The Untold Story 11/6/1988 – Internal Affairs 11/9/1988 – Ladykillers 11/13/1988 – War and Remembrance (1-7) 11/13/1988 – Where the Hell’s That Gold?!!? 11/14/1988 – Too Good to Be True 11/20/1988 – The Diamond Trap 11/20/1988 – Goddess of Love 11/21/1988 – Take My Daughters, Please 11/22/1988 – Killer Instinct 11/22/1988 – Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs

416 11/27/1988 – A Dangerous Life 11/27/1988 – Disaster at Silo 7 11/27/1988 – In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders 11/28/1988 – The Man Who Lived at the Ritz 11/28/1988 – Shootdown 12/3/1988 – Goodbye, Miss 4th of July 12/4/1988 – My First Love 12/4/1988 – The Tenth Man 12/5/1988 – Maybe Baby 12/6/1988 – Tricks of the Trade 12/7/1988 – A Man For All Seasons 12/11/1988 – Glory Days 12/11/1988 – Roots: The Gift 12/11/1988 – Tears in the Rain 12/12/1988 – I’ll Be Home for Christmas 12/18/1988 – Dead Solid Perfect 12/18/1988 – She Was Marked for Murder 12/18/1988 – A Very Brady Christmas 12/19/1988 – A Holiday Affair 12/26/1988 – Miracle at Beekman’s Place 12/26/1988 – Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story 1/1/1989 – The Karen Carpenter Story 1/3/1989 – Terror on Highway 91 1/4/1989 – Agatha Christie’s “The Man in the Brown Suit” 1/8/1989 – The Comeback 1/8/1989 – Twist of Fate 1/11/1989 – Finish Line 1/15/1989 – Unconquered 1/16/1989 – The Cover Girl and the Cop 1/16/1989 – The Ryan White Story 1/17/1989 – Desperate for Love 1/22/1989 – Brotherhood of the Rose 1/22/1989 – The Lady and the Highwayman 1/24/1989 – Red Earth, White Earth 1/29/1989 – Home Fires Burning 1/29/1989 – She Knows Too Much 1/31/1989 – Dream Breakers 2/5/1989 – Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal 2/5/1989 – Lonesome Dove 2/12/1989 – The Outside Woman 2/12/1989 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson 2/13/1989 – The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro 2/14/1989 – Babycakes 2/19/1989 – The Fulfillment of Mary Gray

Chronological Listing of Titles 2/19/1989 – Glory! Glory! 2/19/1989 – Passion and Paradise 2/19/1989 – Swimsuit 2/20/1989 – Original Sin 2/21/1989 – Bridesmaids 2/26/1989 – Get Smart, Again! 2/26/1989 – Naked Lie 2/26/1989 – The Revenge of Al Capone 2/27/1989 – From the Dead of Night 3/5/1989 – Day One 3/5/1989 – The Penthouse 3/6/1989 – Those She Left Behind 3/8/1989 – Nightbreaker 3/12/1989 – Dead Man Out 3/19/1989 – Magic Moments 3/19/1989 – The Women of Brewster Place 3/27/1989 – Your Mother Wears Combat Boots 4/2/1989 – The Case of the Hillside Stranglers 4/9/1989 – Bridge to Silence 4/9/1989 – Parent Trap III 4/9/1989 – Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder 4/11/1989 – Kiss Shot 4/12/1989 – Champagne Charlie 4/15/1989 – Tarzan in Manhattan 4/16/1989 – Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” 4/16/1989 – A Deadly Silence 4/16/1989 – Love and Betrayal 4/23/1989 – Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier 4/23/1989 – The Littlest Victims 4/23/1989 – Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 4/23/1989 – Peter Gunn 4/24/1989 – Margaret Bourke-White 4/25/1989 – The Road Raiders 4/26/1989 – The Forgotten 4/29/1989 – Roald Dahl’s “Danny, The Champion of the World” 4/30/1989 – Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 4/30/1989 – Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North 4/30/1989 – My Name Is Bill W. 5/1/1989 – Dark Holiday 5/7/1989 – The Trial of the Incredible Hulk 5/7/1989 – War and Remembrance (8-12) 5/9/1989 – Murder by Moonlight 5/10/1989 – Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid 5/12/1989 – Amityville: The Evil Escapes

5/13/1989 – Mother’s Day 5/14/1989 – Out on the Edge 5/15/1989 – Roe vs. Wade 5/16/1989 – Trouble in Paradise 5/21/1989 – Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure 5/21/1989 – Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All 5/22/1989 – I Know My First Name Is Steven 5/28/1989 – Third Degree Burn 5/31/1989 – The Haunting of Sarah Hardy 6/3/1989 – Looking for Miracles 6/4/1989 – Shannon’s Deal 6/14/1989 – Trapped 6/25/1989 – The Gifted One 6/25/1989 – Traveling Man 7/9/1989 – Great Expectations 7/17/1989 – When We Were Young 7/19/1989 – Murder by Night 8/11/1989 – Caddie Woodlawn 8/18/1989 – Breaking Point 8/20/1989 – Nick Knight 8/20/1989 – Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy 8/23/1989 – Nightlife 8/27/1989 – L.A. Takedown 9/10/1989 – Thunderboat Row 9/10/1989 – Mothers, Daughters and Lovers 9/13/1989 – Fire and Rain 9/16/1989 – The Heist 9/17/1989 – The Nightmare Years 9/22/1989 – Nasty Boys 9/23/1989 – Not Quite Human II 9/24/1989 – The Preppie Murder 9/25/1989 – My Boyfriend’s Back 9/29/1989 – Prime Target 10/1/1989 – Captain James Cook 10/1/1989 – Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth” 10/1/1989 – Night Walk 10/2/1989 – A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story 10/8/1989 – I Love You Perfect 10/9/1989 – Dream Date 10/10/1989 – Desperado: The Outlaw Wars 10/11/1989 – Sorry, Wrong Number 10/15/1989 – An Eight Is Enough Wedding 10/16/1989 – Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer 10/16/1989 – Cold Sassy Tree 10/17/1989 – Stuck With Each Other 10/17/1989 – When He’s Not a Stranger 10/18/1989 – Trenchcoat in Paradise 10/21/1989 – Nashville Beat

1980-1989 10/22/1989 – Do You Know the Muffin Man? 10/22/1989 – Class Cruise 10/23/1989 – False Witness 10/25/1989 – The Hollywood Detective 10/27/1989 – Single Women, Married Men 10/28/1989 – Perfect Witness 10/29/1989 – The Final Days 10/29/1989 – The Lady Forgets 10/29/1989 – Double Your Pleasure 10/30/1989 – Settle the Score 11/1/1989 – High Desert Kill 11/5/1989 – Taken Away 11/5/1989 – Cross of Fire 11/12/1989 – Polly 11/12/1989 – The Return of Sam McCloud 11/12/1989 – Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker 11/12/1989 – Small Sacrifices 11/13/1989 – Cast the First Stone

11/15/1989 – Jake Spanner, Private Eye 11/19/1989 – Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon 11/19/1989 – Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin 11/19/1989 – Judith Krantz’s “Till We Meet Again” 11/20/1989 – Turn Back the Clock 11/25/1989 – Red King, White Knight 11/26/1989 – Blind Witness 11/27/1989 – Little White Lies 11/29/1989 – Final Notice 12/2/1989 – Spooner 12/3/1989 – The Shell Seekers 12/3/1989 – No Place Like Home 12/3/1989 – A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story 12/3/1989 – The Neon Empire 12/4/1989 – Howard Beach: Making the Case for Murder 12/4/1989 – Incident at Dark River

417 12/10/1989 – Money, Power, Murder 12/10/1989 – It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas 12/10/1989 – Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders 12/11/1989 – Lady in a Corner 12/11/1989 – Dinner at Eight 12/13/1989 – Just Another Secret 12/16/1989 – Age-Old Friends 12/17/1989 – My Brother’s Wife 12/17/1989 – Fear Stalk 12/17/1989 – Desperado: Badlands Justice 12/18/1989 – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 12/27/1989 – Spy 12/29/1989 – Chameleons

About the Author Alvin H. Marill is a graduate of Boston University and has spent his career in broadcasting, direct marketing, the recording industry, and publishing. He is the author of more than twenty books on the stage, screen, and television including The Complete Films of Edward G. Robinson, Robert Mitchum on the Screen, Samuel Goldwyn Presents, The Ultimate John Wayne Trivia Book, and career studies of Anthony Quinn, Sidney Poitier, Tyrone Power, the Three Stooges, Tommy Lee Jones, and Mickey Rooney. He is also the author of the screen music compendium Keeping Score: Film Music 1988-1997 (Scarecrow Press 1998), as well as More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television (Scarecrow Press 1993), and More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001 (Scarecrow Press 2003). Mr. Marill has been executive editor for CBS Entertainment; general editor of the National Review’s 500 Best American Films to Buy, Rent or Videotape; television editor for Films in Review; and is a contributing editor of Leonard Maltin’s annual Movie Guide, as well as Scarlet Street magazine. He is a charter member of the Television Movie Hall of Fame.

Movies Made for Television 1964–2004 Volume 3 1990–1999 [2573–4753]

Alvin H. Marill

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Contents

Foreword by Leonard Maltin

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Movies Made for Television, 1990-1999

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Chronological Listing of Titles, 1990-1999

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About the Author

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Foreword by Leonard Maltin When made-for-TV movies became a reality in the 1960s, some people refused to take them seriously, regarding them as little more than elongated television episodes. By the 1970s, telefilms began to attract top talent, on both sides of the camera, and tackled ground-breaking subject matter. Most TV movies were ephemeral, but some, like Brian’s Song and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, managed to make a lasting impression on critics and audiences alike. Other milestone films like My Sweet Charlie, Katherine, The Day After, and An Early Frost stirred conversation across America, and in some cases even effected social change. In the 1980s and 1990s, as the “Big Three” broadcast networks pulled back from the production of prime-time movies, cable networks’ interest grew. Their freedom from broadcast constraints made it possible for them to offer writers, directors, and actors the chance to work on challenging, adult material, without interference or the need to pander to a youthful demographic. Experienced filmmakers like John Frankenheimer and Paul Mazursky, whose talents were being ignored in a movie industry eager to sign up the hottest music-video directors, were welcomed with open arms. The evolution of made-for-TV movies was now complete. In the heyday of network movies, scripts were geared to incorporate a series of mini-climaxes (for commercial interruptions) and filmmakers had to fight time and budget problems. By the time HBO commissioned Mike Nichols to bring Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to the small screen, the budget was a reported $60 million, and there was nary a compromise in sight. Thanks to home video and DVD, these films now have a chance to remain in the public consciousness for more than just one night. So, it would seem, TV movies have come of age. They demand respect on their own terms. There’s just one problem: keeping track of them. For many years, I included them in my annual paperback Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide. The man I turned to for reviews, credits, and reliable information on these films was Al Marill. Eventually, I was forced to drop telefilms from my book, mostly for reasons of space. Then Al’s indispensable book Movies Made for Television went out of print. Al continued to maintain his meticulous files, however. Even when it seemed as if there might not be a publisher willing to take on a massive reference work on made-for-TV movies, he kept accumulating information—keeping track of actors’ debuts, remakes, Emmy awards, and other related information that put these films into historical context. I am delighted that Scarecrow Press has stepped up to the plate and made Al Marill’s life’s work a reality—happy for Al, of course, but also happy for me and every other film researcher who needs an authoritative source for the leastdocumented aspect of modern filmmaking. Leonard Maltin March 2005

Acknowledgments Many thanks to the follow for their invaluable assistance and cooperation in the completeness of this project – for this volume and the ones the follow through the decades. ABC-TV, CBS-TV, NBC-TV, HBO, Showtime, Lifetime, The Disney Channel, A&E, Turner Network Television, USA Networks, PBS, Universal City Studios, Time-Life Television, Viacom, Screen Gems, and Quinn Martin Productions. Also a tip of the hat to Monty Arnold, John Behrens, Jim Butler, John Cocchi, Vic Ghidalia, Guy Giampapa, Jane Klain, Stephen Klain, Leonard Maltin, Jim Meyer, James Robert Parish, Vincent Terrace, Jerry Vermilye, Jon Young, the late Alan Barbour and Doug McClelland, and the staffs of the Theatre Collection of the Lincoln Center Library of the Performing Arts, the Academy of Television Arts and Science, the Museum of Television and Radio, and TV Guide – and of course my unfailing VCR with its alwaysreliable pause button, without which accurate credit compiling from the closing crawls would be well-nigh impossible.

Introduction One TV movie about Rock Hudson, two about Liberace, three about Amy Fisher (in the last case, three in just three days!). Ah, the 1990s. But there were Tom Hanks’ epical, Emmy-winning From the Earth to the Moon toward the end of the decade, telling of America’s man-on-the-moon program – sort of a bookend to James Michener’s Space from the decade before; a stellar production of Randy Shilts’ eloquent and angry AIDS drama And the Band Played On, and Armistead Maupin’s controversial Tales of the City (on PBS via London’s Channel 4). Set in San Francisco in the 1970s, and rife with obscenities, the gay culture, and frontal nudity, it apparently was too hot for PBS and made its core audiences uncomfortable, and two subsequent sequels were broadcast instead on cable’s Showtime. During the decade, cable television had been making such inroads that the movies-made-for-TV genre shifted drastically away from the networks. Only CBS held its ground, offering generally well-received fare (popular with the older audiences) on Sunday nights throughout the decade, with NBC cutting back to only periodic movie originals and ABC doing likewise, scheduling them mainly as part of its “Wonderful World of Disney” franchise. Originally cable television had its own set of Cable/Ace Awards, in competition with the long established Emmys on network TV, but then the Emmy people began honoring cable programs, including TV movies, with most of the awards going to cable productions (veteran director John Frankenheimer, erstwhile wunderkind of live television, went into feature films with fare like The Manchurian Candidate and Grand Prix, and subsequently descended into a fallow period, then returned to TV on cable with a string of exceptional movies and won the Emmy for four consecutive years). During the ’90s, made-for-TV fare encompassed celebrity biopics of such names as Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, The Jacksons, Sonny and Cher, Roseanne (two movies), Rick Nelson, O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Don King, the Menendez Brothers (two movies), Aileen Wuornos (whose life later was recounted on the big screen as the award-winning Monster), Mia Farrow, John Gotti, and Meyer Lansky. The decade also brought TV movie adaptations of a gaggle of Danielle Steel best-sellers, a number of Perry Mason mysteries (through and after star Raymond Burr’s death), a half-dozen or so Stephen King novels, and film versions of musicals like Gypsy, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, and a sparkling new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. On cable, there was an ongoing series of biblical spectaculars (Moses, Jacob, Abraham, etc.), which seemed to be dear to the heart of Ted Turner, and a number of films about (and peopled by) Native Americans, dear to the heart of Turner’s then-wife Jane Fonda, who produced them. Acting-wise there were well-received, sometimes exceptional performances by stars such as Glenn Close in Sarah Plain and Tall (and two sequels); Gary Sinese, in definitive roles as both Harry Truman and segregationist governor George Wallace; Stanley Tucci as Walter Winchell; Armand Assante as John Gotti, Alfred Woodard in Miss Evers’ Boys, Holly Hunter in the satirical, extravagantly titled The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (there also was a serious, but far from engrossing look at the same real-life event in another TV movie); Raul Julia as Brazilian rain-forest martyr Chico Mendez, and Sally Field aging 50 years in A Woman of Independent Means. Among the literary classics that were given new productions: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde and Treasure Island (by coincidence or not, scheduled for airing on different networks on consecutive nights) and Kidnapped; Jack London’s Call of the Wild, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick; Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (with an expanded plotline concocted by the writer/director – “in the style of Papa”); Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (two productions airing within weeks of one another); Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous; Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and, of course, umpteen variations on A Christmas Carol, and on and on. There also were, among the more than 2,160 titles chronicled in this volume, a number of offbeat (some might call them daring) would-be audience-grabbing made-for-TV movie projects: Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Joseph Hardy’s Return of the Native, Louisa May Alcott’s little-known The Inheritance, and George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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None received much in the way of ratings. Huxley’s Brave New World was reimagined once again, but most of the viewers gravitated toward a string of Stephen King thrillers: It, The Tommyknockers, Sometimes They Come Back, The Stand, The Langoliers, The Shining, etc., and Larry McMurtry and Louis L’Amour Westerns. Less than enthralling productions (nearly in the class of “what were they thinking?”) include Hitler’s Daughter, House of Frankenstein (the creature was even given a gun in this modernized version to carry for protection!), and The Cowboy and the Movie Star (reviving memories of the earlier, similarly titled The Cowboy and the Ballerina). In the former, wags thought that the leading man and the leading lady should have swapped roles. And there was the alarmist “disaster” thriller Y2K, anticipating one of the great twentieth-century nonevents – a dud historically as well as a production. Interesting to movie historians were two films invoking memories of a pair of the historic Hollywood events: the bloated production of Scarlett, adapted from the novel Alexandra Ripley wrote with the blessings of the Margaret Mitchell estate), telling of the further adventures of Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, and the much more admired RKO 281, about Orson Welles’ filming of Citizen Kane, which managed to create faux confrontations between then-moviewunderkind Welles and publishing magnateWilliam Randolph Hearst (who, it has been questioned, never met face-toface). A TV movie in an earlier decade meticulously re-created Welles and his involvement with his infamous War of the Worlds radio production. As in the previous decade, there continued to be ever-popular “new” perspectives on Great Britain’s royal family (several back-to-back Charles and Di movies in the ’80s dealing with their fairy tale wedding, and more on Di in the ’90s in the wake of her death) and America’s royalty in the persons of the Kennedys. (To date there have been nearly 30 TV movies dealing in one way or another with Jack and Bobby Kennedy or Jackie or even Ted and John Jr.) Some undoubtedly will question the omission of certain titles from this volume: In the Gloaming, a star-laden, critically praised 1997 AIDS drama directed by Christopher Reeve, for one. Since it had a running time of just 59 minutes, it does not fit into the parameters of these compilations that established a TV movie as running at least 90 minutes or more. Direct-to-video films, as indicated in earlier volumes, generally are not chronicled here, even though some major names (Marlon Brando, Julie Andrews, Woody Allen, Robert De Niro, etc.) are listed as stars. These are not judged to be movies made for television and are omitted from this compilation.

2573... ...And Then She Was Gone (NBC, 9/29/1991, 120 mins). Businessman Robert Urich helps a waitress search for her missing child whom he spotted on a subway train in this kidnap thriller based on Matt Benjamin’s story “The Last Stop.” Original title: “Lost & Found” Production Company Steve White Productions. Director David Greene. Executive Producer Steve White. Producer Chris DeFaria. Teleplay Matthew Bombeck. Based on a Story by Matt Benjamin. Photography Stevan Larner. Music Peter Manning Robinson. Editor Michael Ornstein. Production Designer Steven Legler. Cast Robert Urich (Jack Bauer), Megan Gallagher (Laura McKillin), Brett Cullen (Peter Harmon), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Det. Gary Hopkins), Dakin Matthews (Francis Haynes), Alan Rosenberg (Alan Dunlap), Christine Dunford (Amanda), Maria O’Brien (Paula), Isabella Hofmann (Kate Lydon), Erica Dill (Carla McKillin), Janel Moloney (Mary Connally), Walter Addison (Terry Surmanak), Richard Hardacre (Tom Shea), Russell Curry (Security Guard), Bob Harvey, Dan Kern, Marla Levine, Cheryl King, Michael Rose, Clarence Felder, Philip Moon, Mary Irwin, Peter Jolly. 2574... ...First Do No Harm (ABC, 2/16/1997, 120 mins). In her first TV acting role in nearly 19 years (“Holocaust” was her previous one in April 1978), Meryl Streep plays a determined mom whose epileptic young son causes her to defy conventional wisdom and medical practices and enroll him in a controversial diet treatment. This fictionalized dramatization inspired by actual events was produced and directed by Jim Abrahams (better known for such comedies as “Airplane!,” “The Naked Gun,” and the cult TV series “Police Squad”), whose own son’s epileptic seizures have led him to champion the ketogenic diet of this film. Abraham’s story was told on NBC: Dateline and, according to network publicity, is not the basis for this movie. Streep herself was Emmy nominated as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special. The film’s title, incidentally, are the last four words of the Hippocratic Oath, sworn to by doctors. Production Companies Jaffe-Braunstein Films, Peeblehut Productions. Director Jim Abrahams. Executive Producers Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Meryl Streep. Producer Jim Abrahams. Co-Producer Alda Neves. Teleplay Ann Beckett. Photography Pierre Letarte. Music Hummie Mann. Editor Terry Stokes. Production Designer Karen Bromley. Cast Meryl Streep (Lori Reimuller), Fred Ward (Dave Reimuller), Seth Adkins (Robbie Reimuller), Margo Martindale (Marjean), Allison Janney (Dr. Abbasac), Oni Faida Lampley (Marisha Warren), Leo Burmester (Bob Perdue), Tom Butler (Jim Peterson), Mairon Bennett (Lynne Reimuller), Michael Yarmush (Mark Reimuller), Sean McCann (Dr. Foreman), Millicent Kelly (Ketogenic dietician), Philip Williams (Wally Terjian), Philip Akin (Dr. Neves), Damir Andrei (Dr. Brown), Marcia Bennett (Dr. Miller), Charlie Abrahams, Lorraine Brockway, Douglas Foster, Mark Taylor. 2575... The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (USA, 3/6/1991, 120 mins). Fictionalized recounting of the adventures and misadventures of a group of almost Runyonesque hoods who knocked over the Lufthansa office at New York’s Kennedy airport in 1978 for $12 million. Many of these figures turned up in Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas” in 1990 under other names: Robert De Niro played the character John Mahoney does here and Paul Sorvino plays the one Tony Lo Bianco does here, while Mike Starr, as Frenchie McMahon, is in both versions. Production Companies Alvin Cooperman Productions, Wilshire Court Productions. Director James A. Contner. Executive Producer Alvin Cooperman. Producer Thomas Kane. Teleplay Christopher Canaan. Based on a Book by Doug Feiden. Photography Tom Hurwitz. Music Peter Matz. Editor Scott Smith. Production Designer Gary Kosko. Cast John Mahoney (Jimmy “The Gent” Burke), Gerry Bamman (Peter Gruenwald), Joseph Carberry (Little Marty Klugman), Terrence Mann (Robert Eaton), Kenneth John McGregor (Tommy “Two Gun” DeSimone), Christopher Murney (Lou Werner), Tom Noon (Mr. Y), Wendell Pierce (Stacks Edwards), Tom Signorelli (Flatlands Tony), Mike Starr (Frenchie McMahon), Karen Young (Theresa Ferrera), Tony Lo Bianco (Tony “Ducks” Carallo), Louis Spencer (The Vamp), Chuck Aber (Lee Lester), Rick Applegate (Fed #1), Curt DuBor (Fed #2), Casey Brown (Cosmic cashier), William Cameron (Stanley Collins), Susan Chapek (Cookie De Simone), Alex Coleman, Bill Dalzell III, David Early, Marc Field, Debra Fox, Scott M Kloes, Tommy LaFitte, Raymond Laine, Kathy Lash, Bingo O’Malley, Scott Allan Small, Bob Tracey.

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2576... 12 Angry Men (Showtime, 8/17/1997, 95 mins). New version of Reginald Rose’s memorable 1954 television courtroom drama, later made by Sidney Lumet (his film directing debut) into the 1957 Henry Fonda classic. Oscar winners Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott head a stellar cast portraying a contemporary jury deliberating over a first-degree murder case, with Scott winning an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. The sole variations from the original TV drama (with Robert Cummings in the lead) and the later film version are the addition of the judge (here played by the only woman in the cast, Mary McDonnell) and the defendant, neither of whom was depicted earlier, plus several African-Americans in the jury panel itself. Emmy nominations: Outstanding Movie Made for Television, Outstanding Lead Actor (Lemmon), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Hume Cronyn), Outstanding Director. This version of the stage and screen classic later “premiered” on ABC in June 2000. Production Companies MGM Television, Showtime Pictures. Director William Friedkin. Producer Terence A. Donnelly. Teleplay Reginald Rose. Based on TV play Reginald Rose. Photography Fred Schuler. Theme Kenyon Hopkins. Additional Music Charles Haden. Editor Augie Hess. Production Designer Bill Malley. Cast Courtney B. Vance (Juror #1), Ossie Davis (Juror #2), George C. Scott (Juror #3), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Juror #4), Dorian Harewood (Juror #5), James Gandolfini (Juror #6), Tony Danza (Juror #7), Jack Lemmon (Juror #8), Hume Cronyn (Juror #9), Mykelti Williamson (Juror #10), Edward James Olmos (Juror #11), William Petersen (Juror #12), Mary McDonnell (The Judge), Douglas Spain (The Defendant). 2577... 12:01 (Fox, 7/5/1993, 120 mins). Science fiction thriller has Jonathan Silverman, a low-level clerk for a high-tech company, trapped in time in which the same day repeats again and again (like the Bill Murray comedy “Groundhog Day”), giving him the opportunity to change the course of fate and save the woman he loves. This is an expansion of writer-director Jonathan Heap’s Oscar-winning short film of the same name that aired in 1991 on Showtime’s “30-Minute Movie,” in turn adapted from Richard Lupoff’s 1973 short story, “12:01 AM.” Production Companies Fox West Pictures, Chanticleer Films, New Line Television. Director Jack Sholder. Executive Producers Jana Sue Memel, Sasha Emerson. Producers Robert J. Degus, Cindy Hornickel, Jonathan Heap. Teleplay Philip Morton. Based on a Story by Jonathan Heap, Richard Lupoff. Photography Anghel Decca. Music Peter Rodgers Melnick. Editor Michael N. Knue. Production Designer Michael Novotny. Cast Jonathan Silverman (Barry Thomas), Helen Slater (Lisa Fredericks), Nicolas Surovy (Robert Dent), Robin Bartlett (Ann Jackson), Jeremy Piven (Howard Richter), Constance Marie (John Zebow), Glenn Morshower (Detective Sillbury), Paxton Whitehead (Dr. Tiberius Scott), Martin Landau (Dr. Thadius Moxley), Cheryl Anderson (Supervisor), Joey Andrews (Kyle), Frank Collison (First assassin), Ed Crick (Detective), Jonathan Emerson (Ted Fallow), Drew Gehl, Mary Hale, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Will Leskin, Eric Mansker, Mark Phelan, Hosea Sanders, Ann Shea, Lara Steinick, Danny Trejo. 2578... 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (CBS, 9/12/1993, 120 mins). Romantic comedy twist on the venerable Sherlock Holmes adventures has the famed Baker Street sleuth emerging from a near century-long sleep in contemporary San Francisco, thanks to a lady doctor descendant of Holmes’ sidekick John Watson. He lends his expertise to the local constabulary to battle the evil grandson of his mortal enemy James Moriarty. A prospective series pilot, it initially was called “Sherlock Holmes Returns.” Production Companies Kenneth Johnson Productions, Paragon Entertainment. Director Kenneth Johnson. Executive Producers Kenneth Johnson, Jon Slan, Daniel Grodnik. Teleplay Kenneth Johnson. Photography Ron Orieux. Music James DiPasquale. Editor David Strohmaier. Production Designer Richard Hudolin. Associate Producer Susan Appling. Cast Anthony Higgins (Sherlock Holmes), Debrah Farentino (Dr. Amy Winslow), Mark Adair Rios (Julius “Zapper” Castaneda), Joy Coghill (Mrs. Hudson), Julian Christopher (Det. Darryl Griffin Jr), Ken Pogue (James Moriarty Booth), Eli Gabay (Lt. Luis Ortega), Jerry Wasserman (Lt. Bernie Civita), Kerry Sandomirsky (Mrs. Ortega), Fabricio Santin (Enrique Pavon), Jorge Vargas (Slick), Jason Diablo (Rancho), Gerry Therrien (Ronald Hunt), John Wardlow (Old Man Moriarty), Devon Sawa (Young Booth), Tish Heaven (Young Mrs. Hudson), Catherine Lough, Peter Kelamis, Susan Appling, Dan Chambers, Tom Heaton, John Blackwell Destrey, Philip Hayes, Norman Armour, Thomas Cavanagh, Kenneth Camroux, Alvin Sanders, Scott Nicholson, Lee Sollenberg. 2579... 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (CBS, 3/23/1997, 120 mins). First of two new dramatizations of Jules Verne’s great underwater adventure to premiere over a five-week period. The version alters the original tale by giving Professor Arronax, complex Captain Nemo’s unexpected undersea guest during the search for the lost city of Atlantis, a scientist daughter. Director Michael Anderson four decades earlier made a name for himself directing Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” for Mike Todd. Production Companies RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment. Director Michael Anderson. Executive Producer Robert Halmi. Producer John Davis. Co-Producer Joe Wiesenfeld. Teleplay Joe Wiesenfeld. Based on a Novel by Jules Verne. Photography Alan Hume. Music John Scott. Editor Jason Krasucki. Production Designer Brian Ackland-Snow.

1990-1999 Cast Ben Cross (Captain Nemo), Richard Crenna (Professor Arronax), Julie Cox (Sophie Arronax), Paul Gross (Ned Land), Michael Jayston (Admiral Sellings), Jeff Harding (Captain Farragut), David Henry (Captain in Nova Scotia), James Vaughan (Father), Susannah Fellows (Mother), Joshua Brody (Child). 2580... 30 Years to Life (UPN, 10/15/1998, 120 mins). In a futuristic variation of sorts of Tom Hanks’ “Big” from a decade before, this tale tells of a teenager who is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn’t commit. Robert Hays plays the youth who is physically metamorphosed overnight in to a middle-aged man. Luxembourg was the scene of the filming of this Canadian/German/Luxembourg coproduction. Production Companies Alliance Communications, Chesler-Perlmutter Productions. Director Michael Tuchner. Executive Producers Lewis B. Chesler, David M Perlmutter, Stephen Ujlaki. Producer Ken Gord. Co-Producer Jimmy de Brabant. Teleplay Shawn Alex Thompson. Photography Jon Joffin. Music Jim McGrath. Editor Dean Balser. Production Designer Sheila Haley. Cast Robert Hays (Vincent Dawson), Hugh O’Conor (Young Vinnie), Christien Anholt (Derek), Amy Robbins (Darla), Gabrielle Lazure (Kate), Mirabelle Kirkland (Gwyneth), Jana Shelden (Terryann), Zook Lynam (Kyle), Doug Haley (Ben), Geoffrey Bateman (Detective Sidney), Vernon Dobtcheff (Sandler), Michael J. Shannon (Graham), Michael Byrne (Oliver Mather), Laurie Hall (Judge Stark), Josephine D’Arby (Lucy). 2581... 36 Hours to Die (TNT, 4/11/1999, 120 mins). Treat Williams plays a microbrewery owner with a new heart bypass and just 36 hours to outwit a quixotic mob moss (played against type by Saul Rubinek) who is holding a marker on the business, thanks to a shady deal by Treat’s brother. Carroll O’Connor turns up as his resourceful wife Kim Cattrall’s ex-cop uncle with some good pals on the force. Production Companies Allegro Films, Turner Network Television, Carla Singer Productions. Director Yves Simoneau. Executive Producer Carla Singer. Supervising Producer Joan Carson. Producers Jacques Methe, Stephane Reichel. Line Producer Elisabeth-Ann Gimber. Teleplay Robert Rodat. Photography Eric Cayla. Music Richard Gregoire. Editor Yves Langlois. Production Designer Anne Pritchard. Cast Treat Williams (Noah Stone), Kim Cattrall (Kim Stone), Saul Rubinek (John Moreno), Carroll O’Connor (Uncle Jack O’Malley), Alain Goulem (Frank Stone), Barbara Eve Harris (Det. Barbara Woods), Stewart Bick (Sam), Hrothgar Mathews (George Brown), Aidan Devine (Al), Alexandra Clermont (Sarah Stone), Eamon Goldstein (Tommy Stone), Roc LaFortune (Luca), Scott Hylands (Stone Face), Richard Jutras (Coster), George Touliatos (Vito Vecchio), Dino Tavarone (Dino Angelli), Daniel Pilon (DA Richard Vaughn), Claudia Ferri (Elizabeth Giordano), Michael Perron (Arthur Davidson), Griffith Brewer (Vinnie), Jane Gilchrist (Margaret/Noah’s secretary), Lorne Brass (Det. Dave Taylor), Ted Whittall (Lieutenant Franklin), Art Kitching (Off. Robert Mason), Kenneth Fernandez (Dr. Barnham), Charles Doucet (Foreman), Kevin Louis, Richard Zeman, Henri Pardo, Sebastien Frappier, Gouchy Boy, Bill Corday. 2582... The ‘60s (NBC, 2/7/1999 and 2/8/1999, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Ambitious--and hugely overhyped--two-part, written-by-committee, pop culture drama blending history, fiction, and music to tell the story of two 1960s American families (one white, one black) and how they were caught up by the civil rights movement, the student revolution, the Chicago and Watts riots, and the Vietnam War. Only a few of the figures portrayed were real, Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Huey Newton, Father Daniel Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, among them. Look for Rosanna Arquette to turn up as a Haight-Ashbury hippie mother. The film received three Emmy nominations: Outstanding Miniseries, cinematography (part 2), and sound mixing (part 1). Production Companies Lynda Obst Productions, NBC Studios. Director Mark Piznarski. Executive Producer Lynda Obst. Producer James Chory. Teleplay Bill Couturie, Robert Greenfield, Jeffrey Fiskin. Photography Michael D. O’Shea. Music Brian Adler. Editor Robert Frazen. Production Designer Vincent Jefferds. Cast Josh Hamilton (Michael Herlihy), Jerry O’Connell (Brian Herlihy), Julia Stiles (Katie Herlihy), Leonard Roberts (Emmet Taylor), Jordana Brewster (Sarah Winestock), Jeremy Sisto (Kenny Kline), William Smitrovich (Bill Herlihy), Annie Corley (Mary Herlihy), Charles S. Dutton (Rev Willie Taylor), David Alan Grier (Fred Hampton), Carnie Wilson (Mama Earth), Rosanna Arquette (Hippie Mother), Donovan Leitch (Neal Reynolds), Cliff Gorman (Father Daniel Berigan), Raynor Scheine (Sheriff), James Arone (Father Monaghan), David Denman (SDS radical), Elisabeth Rohm (Amanda Stone), Heath Lourwood (Wavy Gravy), April Mills (Constance), Marc Blucas (Buddy Wells), Jenna Byrne (Melissa), Michael Kaufman (Leonard Tannen), David Paul Needles (Toby Manners), Dana Smith (Bobby Seale), Gregory Storm (David Hillard), Mushond Lee (Huey Newton), Steve Eastin (Big Max), Lynn Tufeld (Nurse), Tim Reinhard (John Denny), Bill Willens (Allen Ginsberg), Michael Harney (Tom Gryzbowski), Clay Wilcox (Trippie Hippie), Ryan Cutrona (Draft Board Chairman), Ping Wu (Chinese waiter), Lauren Birkell (Joanie), Grant Gelt (Jimmy Dunbar). 2583... 83 Hours ’Til Dawn (CBS, 11/4/1990, 120 mins). Fact-based psychological thriller, based on the 1968 kidnapping of teenage Barbara Jane Mackle, whose captors buried her alive in a coffin-like box while demanding ransom from her family. Peter Strauss plays against type as the sociopathic villain; Robert Urich is the victim’s millionaire dad; Paul Winfield is a psychologist; and Samantha Mathis is the girl in the box. Based on Mackle’s 1971 book (written with

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Gene Miller) and, according to press material, adapted by Gale Patrick Hickman, although the screen credit went to the pseudonymous O.R. Keys. This story was filmed earlier fictionally as “The Longest Night” with David Janssen and James Farentino. Production Company Consolidated Entertainment. Director Donald Wrye. Executive Producers Elizabeth Matthews, Susan W. Reiner. Supervising Producers John Levoff, Robert Lovenheim. Producers Joy McMahon, Paulette Breen. Teleplay Gale Patrick Hickman, O.R. Keyes. Based on a Book by Barbara Jane Mackle with Gene Miller. Photography Gideon Porath. Music Gary Chang. Editor Curtis Freilich. Production Designer Mayling Cheng. Cast Peter Strauss (Wayne Stracton), Robert Urich (Bradley Burdock), Paul Winfield (Dr. Dantley), Elizabeth Gracen (Maria Ranfield), Kevin Kilner (Bobby Dankworth), Shannon Wilcox (Janet Burdock), R. Lee Ermey (Glen Fairling), Samantha Mathis (Julie Burdock), Jacqueline Axton (Mrs. Dankworth), Cameron Bancroft (David Burdock), Victor Brandt (Sorella), Christopher Cass (Chadway), Ancel Cook (Woodmere), Joseph Della Sorte (Larwin), Randy Hamilton (Rankin), Terry Israel (Frank), Zouanne LeRoy (Phamacist), Richardson Morse (Salesman), Zachary Norman (Agent), Lawrence C. Polson (Tracker), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Dan Armada), Tom Allard (Whitewood), Danny Dayton (Morgan), Bill Dunnam (Man), Lance Hupp (Townes), Erik Fitzpatrick (Georgia cop), Adrienne Meltzer (Lisa Halberstram), John Rensenhouse (Afferton), Andrew Rohrer (Prideman), Bob Roitblat, Robert Snively. 2584... Abandoned and Deceived (ABC, 3/20/1995, 120 mins). Inspired by the life of activist Gerri Jensen, founder of the Association for Children for Enforcement of Child Support (A.C.E.S.), this drama involves a woman who, forced into poverty when her ex-husband becomes a deadbeat dad, decides to fight the system as the head of a grass-roots organization championing family rights. Co-executive producer was actress Marilu Henner. Original title: “A.C.E.S.” Production Companies Crystal Beach Entertainment, Tri-Star Television. Director Joseph Dougherty. Executive Producers Marilu Henner, Ron Lieberman, Candace Farrell. Supervising Producer Janet Turner, Daniel Helfgott. Producer Vahan Moosekian. Co-Producer Joseph Dougherty. Teleplay Joseph Dougherty. Photography Thomas Del Ruth. Music Laura Karpman. Editor Alan Shefland. Production Designer Phillip Vasels. Cast Lori Loughlin (Gerri Anderson), Brian Kerwin (Doug), Farrah Forke (Sarah), Eric Lloyd (Matthew), Bibi Besch (Iris), Rosemary Forsyth (The Judge), Ilene Graff (Constance), Robert Hooks (Dr. Peck), Claudette Nevins (Clarice), Anthony Tyler Quinn (Gary), Amy Steel (Susie), Tyler Malinger (Jake), Alison Dean (Chris), Markus Flanagan (Roy), Victoria Haas (Margaret), Herb Mitchell (Eddie), Gordon Clapp (Donald Quinn), Ben Siegler (Prosecutor), Patti Yasutake (The clerk), Linden Chiles (Gerri’s father), Duke Moosekian (Quinn’s supervisor), Tory Fairbrother (Judith), Connie Sawyer (Rose), Milt Oberman, Melissa Samuels, Steven Gregan, Beverly Mickins, Marti Greenberg, Fred Smoot, Iqbal Theba, Fredi Olster, Michael Burkhardt, Chad Gabriel. 2585... Abducted: A Father’s Love (NBC, 3/31/1996, 120 mins). Inspired-by-real-events drama about a father (Chris Noth) on the run with his baby daughter and how he is assisted by an all-female “Mother’s Underground” (run by singer Natalie Cole), helping hide him and the child from both the feds and his neglectful wife (Loryn Locklin). Production Company Zev Braun Pictures. Director Chuck Bowman. Executive Producer Zev Braun. CoExecutive Producer Ken Schwartz, Philip Krupp, Paulette Breen. Producer Peter Katz. Co-Producer Colleen Nystedt. Teleplay Joel Oliansky. Photography Ron Orieux. Music Joseph Conlan. Editor Jonathan Braun. Production Designer Brent Thomas. Cast Christopher Noth (Larry Coster), Loryn Locklin (Andrea Coster), Megan Gallagher (Veronica), Daniel Roebuck (Carter Mason), Donzaleigh Avis Abernathy (Stacy Slater), Teryl Rothery (Detective DiNovi), Stepfanie Kramer (Loretta Gaines), Natalie Cole (Latisha Corbett), Peter MacNicol (Roy Dowd), Holley Chant (Laura Poulaski), Roman Podhora (Lee Granger), Venus Terzo (Adella), Malcolm Stewart (Lightman), Andrew Arlie (Derrick Coles), Fred Henderson (Detective Fisk), David Neale (State patrolman), Don MacKay (Judge), Andrea Barclay, Fulvio Cecere, Sean Allen, Doris Chiccott, Brent Sheppard, James Bell, Christine Hadvick, Gerry Rousseau, Barry Levy, Ingrid Torrance, David Lewis, Doug Abrahams, Merrilyn Gann, Richard Sali, Jennifer Jasey. 2586... Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie (NBC, 10/7/1996, 120 mins). Fact-based tale about the teenage daughter of a lumber baron who is accused of masterminding her own kidnapping with an old boyfriend and two others to get back at her domineering dad. Production Company O’Hara-Horowitz Productions. Director James A Contner. Executive Producers Michael O’Hara, Lawrence Horowitz. Supervising Producer James A. Contner. Producer Tracey Jeffrey. Co-Producer Stefanie Epstein, Gil Grenton, Beth Schroeder. Teleplay Derek Marlowe. Photography Robert McLachlan. Music Stacy Widelitz. Editor Lynne Willingham. Production Designer Michael Ritter. Cast Katie Wright (Clare Steves), Lucie Arnaz (Helen Steves), Lochlyn Munro (Eddie Spencer), Dean Paras (Buckle), Jill Teed (Agent Karen Carter), Dirk Benedict (Robert Steves), Conor O’Farrell (Attorney John Loomis), Garry Chalk (Sheriff Billy Evans), Kevin McNulty (DA Davis), Laura Harris (Lucy Rhoads), Robert Moloney (Deputy), Nuno Antunes (Peter Dalton), Gaetana Korbin (Sarah/waitress), Ken Kramer (Judge Deakin), Andrew Wheeler (Doctor), Kimberly Unger (Kimberly/reporter).

1990-1999 2587... The Abduction (Lifetime, 7/7/1996, 120 mins). In another of her woman-in-peril adventures, Victoria Principal is terrorized, stalked, and eventually kidnapped by her ex-husband cop, whose personality changed radically following an on-the-job injury. A supposedly fact-based drama. Production Companies Power Pictures, Benjamin Productions, Hearst Entertainment. Director Larry Peerce. Executive Producers Alise Benjamin, Stuart Benjamin. Producer Julian Marks. Co-Producer Scott Anderson. Line Producer Terry Gould. Teleplay Marshall Goldberg. Photography Tony Imi. Music Fred Mollin. Editor Susan B. Browdy. Production Designer James McAteer. Executive in Charge of Production Mel A. Bishop. Cast Victoria Principal (Kate Finley), Robert Hays (Paul Olavsky), Christopher Lawford (Dan Solano), William Greenblatt (Mark Olavsky), Tabitha Lupien (Rebecca), Tom Melissis (Sgt. Brad Corey), Chris Bondy (Tim), Paul Soles (Weisner), Liz MacRae (DA Alexander), Mark Polley (Lance), Neil Crone (Mr. Williams), Robert Bidaman (Emergency doctor), Diane Plotka (Ann), Graham McPherson (Judge Julian Markson), Elizabeth Gould, Lloyd White, Nonnie Griffin, Tim Progosh, Barbara Jones, Taylore Ashlie, Paul Miller, Daniel Pawlick, Deborah DeMille. 2588... About Sarah (CBS, 10/4/1998, 120 mins). Tearjerking family drama about a young woman (Kellie Martin) and her priorities: whether she should go to medical school or stay at home to care for her mentally retarded mother (Mary Steenburgen). Production Companies WildRice Productions, Tim Reid Productions. Director Susan Rohrer. Executive Producers Jeffrey S. Grant, Tim Reid, Joel S. Rice. Producers Susan Rohrer, Jonathan Bernstein. Teleplay Susan Rohrer, Nancey Silvers. Based on a Story by Susan Rohrer. Photography Donald M. Morgan. Music David Michael Frank. Editor Henk Van Eeghen. Production Designer Anthony Cowley. Cast Kellie Martin (Mary Beth McCaffrey), Mary Steenburgen (Sarah McCaffrey), Diane Baker (Aunt Lila), Nick Searcy (Johnny), Chad Christ (Mike), Steven Gilborn (Lew Roth), Marion Ross (Rose), Karen Rauch (Grace), William Taylor (Judge Hillstrom), Aloma Wright (Claudia Avery), Katherine Cortez (Mrs. Hansen), Ariana Chase (Andrea J. Keating), Dorothy Sinclair (Ada Silver), Laura Robbins (Ms. Scott), Steve Stapenhorst (Mr. Swanson), Denice Kumagai (Mrs. Todd), Geraldine Jacobi, Paul Michael, Michael Emanuel, Richard Kuhlman, Carlease Burke. 2589... Above Suspicion (HBO, 5/21/1995, 90 mins). Thriller involving a paralyzed cop (Christopher Reeve) who concocts an insurance scam with his deceitful wife and policeman brother and then turns the tables on them. Most notable for its real-life parallel when, a few weeks after its initial airing, Reeve broke his neck in a horse-riding accident and ended up paralyzed. Production Company Rysher Entertainment. Director Steven Schachter. Executive Producer Keith Samples. Producer William Hart. Co-Producer Jerry Lazarus. Line Producer Tony Amatullo. Teleplay Jerry Lazarus, William H. Macy, Steven Schachter. Photography Ross Berryman. Music Michael Hoenig. Editor Martin Hunter. Production Designer Richard Sherman. Cast Christopher Reeve (Dempsey Kane), Joe Mantegna (Alan Reinhart), Kim Cattrall (Gail Kane), Edward Kerr (Nick Kane), Geoffrey Rivas (Det. Ricky Verado), Finola Hughes (Iris), William H. Macy (Prosecutor Schultz), Ron Canada (Capt. Michael Lindsay), Natalija Nogulich (Defense Attorney Wallace), Clark Gregg (Randy), Joanna Miles (Laura), Frank Medrano (Jorge de la Paz), Blake Foster (Damon Kane), Marty Levy (Syd), J.J. Johnston (Hank), Lionel Mark Smith (Larry), Gerald Castillo (Lieutenant Matteos), Peter Michael Goetz (Judge), Timothy Landfield (Jerry), Richard Hoyt-Miller (Inspector), Sandy Martin (Waitress), Arthur Taxier (Dr. Cole), Dana Reeve (Female detective), Holley Chant (Nancy), David Byron (Bruce), Sharon Watroba, Jonathan Freedman, Melanie Pleasure, Seidy Lopez, Tony Mamet, Michelle Bonilla, Rick Kahana, Joy Hooper, Ramiro Gonzales, Gilbert Rosales, David Ralphe, Ellis E Williams, Sheila Hanahan. 2590... Abraham (TNT, 4/3/1994 and 4/4/1994, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). First in the Ted Turner series of periodic dramas based on the Old Testament, focusing in this two-part international coproduction on the father of Judaism, Christianity, and the Muslim religion. In the leading roles: Irishman Richard Harris, American Barbara Hershey, Austrian-born Maximilian Schell, and Italian Vittorio Gassman. Gerald Rafshoon, communications director in the Carter White House before subsequently becoming a filmmaker, was executive producer. Production Companies Turner Pictures, Lube Productions, LUX SpA, BetaFilm, RAI Uno. Director Joseph Sargent. Executive Producer Gerald Rafshoon. Producer Lorenzo Minoli. Line Producer Laura Fattori. Teleplay Robert McKee. Photography Raffaele Mertes. Music Marco Frisina. Theme Ennio Morricone. Editor Michael Brown. Production Designer Enrico Sabbatini, Paolo Biagetti. Cast Richard Harris (Abraham), Barbara Hershey (Sarah), Maximilian Schell (Pharaoh), Carolina Rosi (Hagar), Andrea Prodan (Lot), Gottfried John (Eliezer), Kevin McNally (Nahor), Jude Anderson (Milosh), Simona Ferraro Chartoff (Lot’s wife), Paolo Bonacelli (Melchizdek), Tom Radcliffe (Serig), Christian Kohlund (Echeod), Vittorio Gassman (Terah), Evalina Meghnagi (Resmah), John McEnery (First councilor), Danny Mertsoy (Ishmael at age 9), Giuseppe Peluso (Ishmael at age 16), Timur Yusef (Isaac at age 5), Taylor Scipio (Isaac at age 11), Mattia Sbargia (Membec), Vincenzo Ricotta (King Ar’loch), Renato Scarpa (King of Sodom), Mario Erpichini (King of Haman), Emidio La Vella (King Tidal), Orso Maria Guerrini, Francesco Carnelutti, Mauro Marino, Maurizio Benazzo, Paco Reconti, Aziz

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Khaldoun, Rodolfo Corsato, Francesco Siciliano, Nadim Sawalha, Ahmed Sahri, Jawad Cherkaovi, Laazali Abdelahk, Joel Proust, Mouchine Besti, Caren Galea. 2591... Absolute Strangers (CBS, 4/14/1991, 120 mins). Controversial fact-based story of a husband’s struggle to keep his comatose wife alive following a car accident by allowing the termination of her pregnancy, while absolute strangers debated over the guardianship of the woman and the unborn child. It was a struggle that encompassed moral and medical dilemmas and that ultimately ended up in the Supreme Court. The film generated much publicity as well as the ire of pro-life advocates. Henry Winkler (Fonzie from “Happy Days”) here has his first starring role in eight years; after leaving the series, he became a well-respected television producer and director. Veteran writer Robert Anderson earned an Emmy nomination for his teleplay. Production Companies The Absolute Strangers Company, Gilbert Cates Productions. Director Gilbert Cates. Executive Producer Gilbert Cates. Producer Dennis E. Doty. Teleplay Robert Anderson. Photography Mark Irwin. Music Charles Fox. Editor Millie Moore. Art Director Lisa Smithline. Associate Producer Peggy Griffin. Cast Henry Winkler (Marty Klein), Patty Duke (Judge Carol Ray), Richard Kiley (Dr. R.J. Cannon), Audra Lindley (Anne Zusselman), Karl Malden (Fred Zusselman), Jennifer Hetrick (Nancy Klein), Doris Belack (Fran Klein), Vasili Bogazianos (Dr. Sears), Ron Frazier (Charles Davis), Steven Gilborn (Dr. Randall Dalton), Tony Jay (Herb Weisfeld), James Karen (Dr. X), Mitchell Laurance (Stan Rice), Alan Oppenheimer (Alan Stevenson), René Auberjonois (DA Quinn), Nancy Youngblut (Barbara Rice), Joel Anderson (Reporter #1), Kirk Bailey (Arnie), Adilah Barnes (Nurse Lawson), Peter Boyden (Dr. Paul Syrmopoulous), Lucy Butler (Dr. Ruth Williams), Lynne Cormack (Joan Garner), Pierre Epstein (Dr. Roland Pierson), Richard Fancy (Justice Richard Marino), Cassandra Friel (Arielle), Susan Merson (Dr. Natalie Kay), Gordana Rashovich (Kay Ford), Ray Reinhardt (Dr. Tim Casey), Deborah Strang (Tracy Jordan), Andrew Walker, Joseph Whipp, Daniel Ziskie, Joe Farago, Alexander Folk, William Glover, Michael Hampton-Cain, Jordan Myers, Loyda Ramos, Sylvia Short. 2592... The Absolute Truth (CBS, 4/30/1997, 120 mins). News producer Jane Seymour faces a moral dilemma: go with a sexual harassment story about a popular senator running for imminent reelection or take the time to thoroughly investigate it while her anchor boyfriend jumps on it on orders from their boss. Seymour’s husband James Keach directed, with the two of them also among the executive producers. Originally the film was scheduled to run in October, a week before the 1996 presidential election, and then two other times (one the week after its actual premiere date). Production Companies Frederick S. Pierce Company, Catfish Productions. Director James Keach. Executive Producers Frederick S. Pierce, Richard Pierce, Keith Pierce. Co-Executive Producer James Keach, Jane Seymour. Producer Susan Murdoch. Teleplay Selma Thompson, Harriet N. Frances. Photography Roland “Ozzie” Smith. Music Brahm Wenger. Editor Stephen Lawrence. Production Designer David Davis. Cast Jane Seymour (Alison Reid), Bruce Greenwood (Jake Slaughter), Linda Purl (Jean Douglas), Sean McCann (Hal Gelsen), Marina Gonzales Palmier (Payyo Gonzales), Barbara Eve Harris (Ellen Williams), Ramona Milano (Helena), William Devane (Sen. Emmett Hunter), Torri Higginson (Skye Morgan), Andy Velasquez (Luiz Gonzalez Jr.), Lynne Deragon (Judge), Jeff Grantham (Dr. Ruttledge), Mario Romano, Christopher Crumb, Frank Moore, Jane Luk, Damon D’Oliviera, Melissa DiMarco, Janet Kidder, Lynley Swain, Peter Langley, Edgar George, Paul A. MacFarlane, Steve Sutcliffe. 2593... The Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie (NBC, 9/15/1997, 120 mins). A high school senior’s life is shattered when her drinking leads to a car accident claiming her best friend, leading her to become even more dependent on alcohol. This drama about teenage alcoholism is another fact-based story airing under NBC’s umbrella “Moment of Truth” movies. Bonnie Root, actually the star, is given seventh billing among a relatively unfamiliar, basically Canadian cast. Production Company O’Hara-Horowitz Productions. Director Chuck Bowman. Executive Producers Michael O’Hara, Lawrence Horowitz. Co-Executive Producers Chuck Bowman, Beth Schroeder. Producer Tracey Jeffrey. Teleplay Susan Baskin. Photography Peter Benison. Music Stacy Widelitz. Editor Susan B. Browdy. Production Designer Michael Ritter. Cast Donna Bullock (Val Williams), Matt McCoy (Ray Williams), Teddi Siddall (Nancy Palmer), Teryl Rothery (Mrs. Novak), Deanna Milligan (Kate Jenkins), Marisa Rudiak (Janie Palmer), Bonnie Root (Lizzie Williams), Kimberley Warnat (Meg Williams), Scott Vickaryous (Ben Palmer), Ellie Harvie (English teacher), David Neale (Police officer), Andrew Wheeler (Dr. Larson), Lindsay Bourne (Principal Kelly), Deryl Hayes (Detective Pogue), Ingrid Torrance (Nurse), Merrilyn Gann (Judge), Charles Lyall, Lee Knippelberg, Bonnie Benwick. 2594... Accidental Meeting (USA, 3/17/1994, 120 mins). Psychological thriller, cribbed from Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train,” involves two women who meet by accident and agree to swap murders: the philandering husband of one, the sadistic boss of the other.

1990-1999 Production Companies Fast Track Films, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Michael Zinberg. Executive Producer Ed Milkovich. Producer Walter Klenhard. Teleplay Pete Best, Christopher Horner. Based on a Story by Pete Best. Photography Michael Watkins. Music Patrick Williams. Editor Robert L. Sinise. Production Designer Gary Constable. Cast Linda Gray (Jennifer Parris), Linda Purl (Maryanne Belman), Leigh J. McCloskey (Richard), Ernie Lively (Obrenski), David Hayward (Jonathan Holtman), Kent McCord (Jack Parris), Lorna Scott (Lynn), Nancy Hochman (Julie), Bethany Richards (Zoe), Steve Tom (Detective Hallman), Duke Stroud (Palmer), Janet Haley (The Nurse), Yavonne Evans (Cynthia), Patricia North (Allison), D.J. Sullivan (Landlady), Lance E. Nichols, Elizabeth Armijo, Peter Fennelly. 2595... Acting on Impulse (Showtime, 7/10/1993, 95 mins). A tongue-in-cheek cultist delight, this tale has a fugitive movie “Scream Queen”--on the run after allegedly cutting up the producer who made her famous—who gets involved with a straitlaced salesman in a resort hotel. Among those turning up in her odyssey: rocker Adam Ant as her agent, cult director Paul Bartel as the victim, Don Most (from “Happy Days”) as the hotel house dick, Dick Sargent (from “Bewitched”), Peter Lupus (from “Mission: Impossible”), and the irrepressible Vampira. Also known as “Eyes of a Stranger” and “Roses Are Dead.” Production Companies Showtime Entertainment, Spectacor Films. Executive Producers Joe Cohen, David Newlon, John Kramer, David Lewine. Producer David Peters. Co-Producer Mark Pittman. Line Producer Jay Sedrish. Director Sam Irwin. Teleplay Mark Pittman. Based on a Story by Solomon Weingarten. Photography Dean Kent. Music Daniel Licht. Supervising Editor James Mitchell. Production Designer Gary Ravinal. Cast C Thomas Howell (Paul Stevens), Linda Fiorentino (Susan Gittes), Nancy Allen (Cathy Thomas), Judith Hoag (Gail), Tom Wright (Dave Byers), Adam Ant (Eric Boggs), Paul Bartel (Bruno), Patrick Bauchau (Yoram Sussman), Isaac Hayes (Stubbs), Don Most (Leroy), Mary Woronov (Desk clerk), Charles Lane (Elderly hotel valet), Zelda Rubinstein (Hotel guest), Dick Sargent (Randolph), Peter Lupus (Steven Smith), Kim McGuire (Bambi), Miles O’Keefe (John), Cassandra Peterson (Roxy). 2596... Adrift (CBS, 4/13/1993, 120 mins). A couple’s sailing vacation turns into a fight for survival when a man and a woman on a derelict boat are brought aboard following a torrential storm. There are many similarities to, among others, Australia’s “Dead Calm” of 1989. Kate Jackson heads an all-Canadian cast in this Canadian-produced thriller filmed on location off the coast of New Zealand. Production Companies Atlantis Films Ltd., Blue Andre Productions, WIC, Superchannel, CTV Television Network. Director Christian Duguay. Executive Producers Peter Sussman, Blue Andre. Co-Executive Producer Ed Gernon. Producer Jonathan Goodwill. Teleplay Graham Flashner, Ed Gernon, Terry Gerritsen. Based on a Story by Terry Gerritsen. Photography Robert McLachlan. Music Louis Natale. Editor Patrick Lussier. Production Designer Dan Hennah. Cast Kate Jackson (Katie Nast), Kenneth Welsh (Judge Guy Nast), Bruce Greenwood (Nick Terrio), Kelly Rowan (Eliza Terrio), Amber-Jane Raab (Julie Nast), Bruce Allpress (Sam), Jeff Boyd (Adam), Elizabeth Hawthorne (Party guest #1), Blue Andre (Party guest #2), Jonathan Goodwill (Man in boat). 2597... The Advocate’s Devil (ABC, 10/5/1997, 120 mins). Drama based on a 1995 novel by famed attorney Alan Dershowitz and executive produced by his son Elon. A down-on-his-luck attorney with a headline-making case defends a star basketball player on rape charges, only to learn halfway through the film that all things are not what they seem to be--perhaps the guy really did it, and will do it again. “The Advocate’s Devil” (a possible pilot for a series) premiered nearly simultaneously with the big-screen “The Devil’s Advocate,” with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. Production Companies Presto Productions, Columbia Pictures Television, Tri-Star Television. Director Jeff Bleckner. Executive Producer Elon Dershowitz. Producers Karen Moore, Jeff Bleckner. Teleplay Cyrus Nowrasteh, James Steven Sadwith. Based on the Novel by Alan Dershowitz. Photography Ron Orieux. Music David Mansfield. Editor Geoffrey Rowland. Production Designer Graeme Murray. Cast Ken Olin (Abe Ringel), Mariska Hargitay (Rendi), Gina Philips (Emma Ringel), Wendell Pierce (Justin), Jessica Tuck (Jennifer Dowling), Gary Basaraba (Det. Dave Rothman), Gillian Barber (DA Cheryl Puccio), Scott Hylands (Prosecutor Cabot), Suki Kaiser (Donna Higgins), Gabrielle Miller (Darlene Walters), Kevin McNulty (Raul Kramer), Holt McCallany (Joe Campbell), Anne Farquhar (Lisa Lester), Jay Brazeau (Baker), Deanna Milligan (Zoe), Fulvio Cecere (Bernie Stein), Bob Morrisey (Henry Lester), Peter Bryant (Marco/doorman), Kenneth Camroux (Judge Gambi), Jayme Knox (Ms. Ferguson), Kevin Hayes, Mi-Jung Lee, Angela Moore, Joanna Roos, Shannon Purvis, Kirsten Rabek, Tom Shorthouse, Charles Siegel, Catherine Zak. 2598... The Affair (HBO, 10/14/1995, 105 mins). Affecting original drama about black GIs stationed in England during WWII and of a secret, star-crossed love affair between one of them and a married white British housewife. Harry Belafonte, 17 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the war, was executive producer of this British-American coproduction.

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Production Companies HBO Showcase, BBC Films. Director Paul Seed. Executive Producer Harry Belafonte. Producers John Smithson, David M. Thompson. Teleplay Pablo F. Fenjves, Bryan Goluboff. Based on a Story by Pablo F. Fenjves, Walter Bernstein. Photography Ivan Strasburg. Music Christopher Dunning. Editor John Stothart. Production Designer Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski. Cast Courtney B. Vance (Travis Holloway), Kerry Fox (Maggie Leyland), Leland Gantt (Barrett Owen), Ciaran Hinds (Edward Leyland), Beatie Edney (Esther Parks), Fraser James (Sonny), Adrian Lester (Ray), Rory Jennings (David Leyland), Bill Nunn (Sergeant Rivers), Ned Beatty (Colonel Banning), Michael Selby (Mr. Leyland), Anna Cropper (Mrs. Leyland), Rolf Saxon (Captain Marks), Michael J. Shannon (Capt. Elliot Ford), Martin McDougall (Howard), William Russell (Dr. Hastings), Manning Redwood (Military judge), William Roberts (Clark), Burnell Tucker (Bailiff), John Fitzgerald-Jay, Eamon Boland, Nathan Osgood, Noah Margetts. 2599... After All (BET, 12/11/1999, 120 mins). In this Arabesque romance (the African-American equivalent of the popular Harlequin Romance novels), an ambitious news reporter and a hard-nosed cameraman discover that romance is sparked when they team up to expose corruption at a housing project. Based on the 1996 book in the Arabesque series by Lynn Emery and produced by Roy Campanella II, the TV executive son of the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher. The cast and crew are virtually all African-Americans. Production Company BET Arabesque Films. Director Helaine Head. Executive Producers Roy Campanella II, Njeri Karago. Co-Executive Producer Robert L. Johnson, Debra Lee. Supervising Producer Roderick Plummer. Coordinating Producer Sabrina L. Gray. Teleplay Stacey Lyn Evans. Based on the Novel by Lynn Emery. Photography Geary McLeod. Music Kevin Hayes. Editor Debra L. Moore. Production Designer William J. Perretti. Associate Producer Juanita Presley. Cast Holly Robinson Peete (Michelle Toussant), DB Woodside (Anthony Hilliard), Michael Warren (Ike Baptiste), Kellie S. Williams (Katie), Hattie Winston (Audrey Joyner), Michael Cavanaugh (Roland), Art Evans (Greg), Damien Leake (James Bridgestone), Cory King (David), Dick Anthony Williams (Monte). 2600... After Jimmy (CBS, 9/24/1996, 120 mins). Loving parents Meredith Baxter and Bruce Davison must deal with the aftermath of their perfect high school honor-roll teenage son’s suicide in this movie story eloquently scripted by Judith Fein and Cynthia Saunders. Production Companies Holiday Productions, Spelling Entertainment. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent. Producer Glenn Jordan. Co-Producer Robert Bennett Steinhauer. Teleplay Judith Fein, Cynthia Saunders. Based on a Story by Judith Fein. Photography Neil Roach. Music Patrick Williams. Editor David Simmons. Art Director Lisa Smithline. Cast Meredith Baxter (Maggie Stapp), Bruce Davison (Sam Stapp), Peter Facinelli (Jimmy Stapp), Mae Whitman (Rosie), Ryan Slater (Billy), Natalija Nogulich (Lydia), Zeljko Ivanek (Dr. David Walters), Eva Marie Saint (Liz), Tina Lifford (Susan Johnson), Scott Michael Campbell (Matt), Raye Birk (John Davies), Jeanne Mori (Jane), Deborah May (Karen), Aaron Lustig (Mike), Mitchell Edmonds (Minister), Devon Gummersall (Bailey), Kellon Hathaway, Roxanne Beckford, Dan Eisenstein, Patricia Herd, Roger Rook, Lynne Marie Stewart, Earl Theroux, Susan Ware. 2601... After the Shock (USA, 9/12/1990, 120 mins). An ensemble cast headed by Yaphet Kotto dramatically re-creates the heroic deeds performed by ordinary citizens following the October 1989 California earthquake. Production Companies Gary Sherman Productions, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Gary Sherman. Executive Producers Gary Sherman, Ross Albert. Producer Gary Sherman. Teleplay Gary Sherman. Photography Alex Nepomniaschy. Editor Ross Albert. Production Designer Patricia Van Ryker. Cast Yaphet Kotto (William McElroy), Rue McClanahan (Sherra Cox), Jack Scalia (Jack Thompson), Scott Valentine (Gerry Shannon), Paul Ben-Victor (Dr. Steve Brattesani), Michael Clark (Capt. Bob Boudoures), Richard Anthony Crenna (Patrick Wallace), Tuck Milligan (Terry Brown), Gary Swanson (Lt. Pete Cornyn), Brian Thompson (Tom), Robert Ackerman (Mr. Thompson), Carlo Allen (Pastor Berumen), Nick Zaninovich (Nick), Charlotte Crossley (Mother with child), Carlease Burke (Screaming woman), Clinton Derricks-Carroll (Neighbor), Raleigh Friend (Neighbor), Rai Tasco (Neighbor), Jan Merlin (Mr. Wallace), Edith Varon (Mrs. Wallace), Robert M. Koch (Mark), Daniel Villarreal (José), Carlo Allen (Pastor Brennan), Edith Parra (Cathy), Howard Matthew-Johnson (Older man), Stewart Wilson-Turner, Paul Roache, Dana Craig, Barbara Lusch, Chris Reynolds, Jerry Williams, Angelo Tiffe, Rick Paap, Greg Montgomery, John Putch, Ben Scott, Gregg Shannon, Bobby Chaves, Montgomery Roberts, Kevin O’Neill, Kelly T Burris, James Medina, Walt Jordan, Courtenay McWhinney, Timothy Hughes, Mark Nealon, Mark Bailey, Andre Landzaat, Mark Campbell, Patrick Johnson, Nancy Linari, Lew Hopson, John H. Lawlor, Rick Dianovsky, Joey Cvar, Robert Terry Lee, Eric Lawson, Dave Higgins, Bob Roitblat, Michele Pawk, Stuart Mabray, John David Conti. 2602... Afterburn (HBO, 5/30/1992, 105 mins). Docudrama telling of an Air Force pilot’s widow (Laura Dern, in an Emmy-nominated performance as Outstanding Actress) who struggles to vindicate her husband’s reputation by suing

1990-1999 the plane’s manufacturer over lethal design flaws. Both cinematographer Isidore Mankofsky and film editor Jerrold L. Ludwig also won Emmy nominations. Production Companies HBO Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company. Director Robert Markowitz. Executive Producer Steve Tisch. Producer Paul Kurta. Co-Producer Elizabeth Chandler. Teleplay Elizabeth Chandler. Photography Isidore Mankofsky. Music Stewart Copeland. Editor Jerrold L. Ludwig. Production Designer Donald Light-Harris. Cast Laura Dern (Janet Harduvel), Robert Loggia (Leo Marrone), Michael Rooker (Casey Zanowski), Welker White (Mary Sciales), Richard Jenkins (Aaron Ryder), Vincent Spano (Capt. Ted Harduvel), Andy Romano (Dr. Carl Haller), Basil Wallace (Terry North), Dion Anderson (Colonel Hewson), Gary Basaraba (Bill Becker), Kasi Lemmons (Carol), Daniel Benzali (Col. John Patterson), Cassandra Friel (Kiki Harduvel), Christopher John Fields (Charlie Reeves), Lewis Dix Jr. (Joe), Matthew Posey (Stanley), David Warshofsky (Tiger), Stephen Burleigh (Jeff Maxwell), Paul Perri (Elliot Pace), Ron Frazier (Colonel Wilcox), Pierre Epstein (Judge Collissimo), Richard Fancy (Stephen Grant), Walter Addison (Col. Andrew Mays), Peter Jason (Col. Fred Pearson), Robert Balderson, Rick Cicetti, Ryan Cutrona, John Fountain, Marjorie Harris, Todd Jeffries, Jeffrey King, Kenton R. Lietzau, T.R. Marino, Michael Monks, Dr. John Moseley, Randal K. Quan, Jane Marla Robbins, Janet Sciales. 2603... Aftermath: A Test of Love (CBS, 3/10/1991, 120 mins). Richard Chamberlain stars as an aloof surgeon (light years away from his Dr. Kildare) who finds he must become a better parent when a violent crime takes the life of his wife and threatens that of one of their sons. Based on Gary Kinder’s 1982 book “Victim: The Other Side of Murder.” Production Company Interscope Communications. Director Glenn Jordan. Executive Producer Ted Field. Supervising Producer Glenn Jordan. Producers Judie Gregg, Helena Hacker. Teleplay Gregory Goodell. Based on a Book by Gary Kinder. Photography Steve Yaconelli. Music Leonard Rosenman. Editor Scott Conrad. Production Designer Robert Checchi. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Ross Colburn), Michael Learned (Irene Colburn), Zeljko Ivanek (Matt Colburn), Doug Savant (Jeff Colburn), Lisanne Falk (Gretchen Colburn), Raye Birk (Dr. Frenzel), Darryl Hickman (Dr. Hayes), Scott Jaeck (Dr. Sands), J.A. Preston (Detective Boland), Denis Heames (Terry Colburn), Adam Biesk (Frank), John Cotheran Jr. (Dr. Ochs), Marcus Giamatti (Luke), Cyndi James Gossett (Andrea), Rosanna Huffman (Leah), Marjorie Monaghan (Erica), Thomas C. Morgan (Andrews), Jeanne Mori (Tobi), Lance Slaughter (Dale Pierre), Christopher Durmick (Intern), Enid Kent (Gail), Matt Levin (Andy), Christopher Marcantel (Paramedic #2), Javi Mulero (Paramedic #1), John Nesci (Detective Jamison), Jack Rader (Skip Koslowsky), Sarah Trigger (Wendy), Shad Willingham (Kurt), Biff Yeager (Nelson Zenner). 2604... Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (CBS, 11/14/1999 and 11/16/1999, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). The title tells it all in this four-hour disaster movie, adapted from the 1988 novel by Chuck Scarborough, longtime news anchor for WNBC in New York (his own network passed on this project, then it premiered on the rival’s). Rather similar to the previous year’s “Earthquake in New York,” in which John Schneider and cast save the hokey crumbling Big Apple, rather than, here, Tom Skerritt and cast. Cicely Tyson spent much of her footage flat on her back buried under ruble, just as she did several seasons earlier in “Riot” (about the L.A. riots). Production Companies Hallmark Entertainment, Pacific Motion Pictures. Director Mikael Salomon. Executive Producers Matthew O’Connor, Robert Halmi Jr., David V. Picker. Producer T. Michael O’Connor. Co-Producer Ron McLeod, David Stevens. Teleplay Paul Eric Myers, David Stevens, Loren Boothby. Based on the Novel by Chuck Scarborough. Photography Jon Joffin. Music Irwin Fisch. Editor Christopher Rouse. Production Designer Lawrence Miller. Cast Tom Skerritt (Chief Thomas Ahern), Sharon Lawrence (Dori Thorell), Charles S. Dutton (Mayor Bruce Lincoln), Lisa Nicole Carson (Evie Lincoln), Jennifer Garner (Diane Agostini), Rachel Ticotin (Elizabeth Perez), Frederick Weller (Nicholai Karvovsky), Erika Eleniak-Goglia (Jillian Parks), Mitchell Ryan (Frank Agostini), Cicely Tyson (Emily Lincoln), Mark Rolston (Captain Summerlin), J. Ray (Nonamey/Clayton), JR Bourne (Joshua Bingham), Michael Suchanek (Danny Thorell), Claire Yarlett (Dr. Nancy Stuart), Kimberley Warnat (Christine Ahearn), Bridget O’Sullivan (Jeanie/Ahearn’s ex-wife), Tony Morelli (Fireman O’Leary), Paul Raskin (Choreographer), Sean Campbell (Fireman), Robert Thurston (Schoolmaster), Chantal Strand (Melissa), Carla Stewart (Judge), Robert Bruce (Jury foreman), Mark Holden, Dana Pemberton, Tony Marr, Frida Betrani, Dave “Squatch” Ward, Roger Cross, Irine Miscisco, Oscar Goncalves, Veena Sood, Hiro Kanagawa, John Treleaven, Ted Cole, Jennifer Clement, Peter Bryant, Tom McBeath, William Sanderson, Robyn Driscoll, Suzin Schiff, Tosca Baggoo, Bobby Stewart, Anthony Harrison, Karin Konoval. 2605... Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (CBS, 1/19/1992, 120 mins). In another “Incident,” Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, and Susan Blakely reprise their roles from the earlier film, with Matthau as the rumpled but dedicated small-town ’40s lawyer who here takes on the state of Maryland on behalf of a woman wrongly imprisoned in a mental institution. Morgan, who played his adversary originally, now is his semi-retired partner. Original titles: “Cobb’s Law” and “Incident in Baltimore”

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Production Companies RHI Entertainment, Procter & Gamble Productions. Director Delbert Mann. Executive Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer Ed Self. Producer Delbert Mann. Line Producer Gerrit Van Der Meer. Teleplay Michael Norell, James Norell. Photography Tony Imi. Music Allyn Ferguson. Editor Millie Moore. Production Designer Howard Cummings. Cast Walter Matthau (Harmon Cobb), Harry Morgan (Judge Stoddard Bell), Susan Blakely (Billie Cobb), Brian Kerwin (Jack Adkins), Barton Heyman (Donald), Larry Keith (Dr. Obenland), David Leary (Attorney General Yates), Norman Rose (Judge Harvey Gold), Michael Mantell (Dr. Alan Friedman), Ariana Richards (Nancy Cobb), Bruce Kirkpatrick (Michael Stainback), Susan Chapek (Melina Vovolkas), Bridget Ryan (Marika Popoulos), Ed Setrakian (Nick Vovolkas). 2606... Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (Lifetime, 10/5/1994, 120 mins). True story of Carrie Buck, a mentally challenged Virginia woman sterilized against her will, who became a test case for the landmark 1927 Supreme Court decision. Marlee Matlin plays Buck and Melissa Gilbert is the law student who becomes her advocate in court. Production Companies Janet Faust Krusi Productions, Viacom Productions. Director John David Coles. Executive Producer Janet Faust Krusi. Producer Robert Girolami. Co-Producer Brian Ross. Teleplay Brian Ross. Photography Ron Fortunato. Music Mickey Erbe. Editor Angelo Corrao. Production Designer Frederick C. Weiler. Cast Marlee Matlin (Carrie Buck), Melissa Gilbert (Melissa Prentice), Peter Frechette (Adam White), Pat Hingle (Dr. Arthur Kent), Joe Inscoe (Ian Strand), John Bennes (Gov. Albert Lee Trinkle), James Martin Jr. (Campaign manager), Elaine Nalee (Alice Evans), Terry Loughlin (Joseph Evans), Sharyn Greene (Elizabeth Lake), Moses Gibson (Feenie), Trent McDevitt (Gregory Lake), Tammy Arnold (Miss Frederick), J. Michael Hunter (Dr. Harry Laughlin), Leddy Smith, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Michael Burgess, Nello Tare, Ed Grady, Stan Kelly, Jane Kirby, Joann Pankow, David Lenthall. 2607... Against the Wall (HBO, 3/26/1994, 100 mins). The 1971 Attica prison rebellion was the backdrop for this violent, often profane film based on the true experiences of novice guard Michael Smith (played by Kyle MacLachlan), who became a hostage, and his interaction with a Muslim leader of the uprising (Samuel L. Jackson). John Frankenheimer’s languishing directorial career was revived here in his return to television, and he won the first of what turned out to be three consecutive Emmy Awards. The story of the infamous riot was also dramatized in the earlier TV movie, “Attica” (1980). Production Companies HBO Pictures, Producers Entertainment Group. Director John Frankenheimer. Executive Producers Jonathan Axelrod, Irwin Meyer, Harvey Bibicoff. Producer Steve McGlothen. Teleplay Ron Hutchinson. Photography John R. Leonetti. Music Gary Chang. Editor Lee Percy. Production Designer Michael Z. Hanan. Consultant Michael Smith. Cast Kyle MacLachlan (Michael Smith), Samuel L. Jackson (Jamaal X), Clarence Williams III (Chaka), Frederic Forrest (Lieutenant Weisbad), Philip Bosco (Comm. Russell Oswald), Tom Bower (Ed Smith), Anne Heche (Sharon Smith), Carmen Argenziano (Superintendant Mancusi), Peter Murnick (Jess), Steve Harris (Cecil), David Ackroyd (William Kunstler), Mark Cabus (Ken), Bruce Evers (Sgt. Frank Yates), Harry Dean Stanton (Hal Smith), Joey Anderson (Mrs. Wills), Richard Cowl (Barber), Bud Davis (Bud), Danny Drew (Kareem), Jeffrey Ford (Officer Wills), Denis Forest (Danny), Juan Garcia (Nuñez), Al Garrison, Vincent Harris, Vincent Henry, Scott Higgins, Rand Hopkins, James Mayberry, James “Sonny” Moore, Danny Trejo, Bart Whiteman. 2608... Against Their Will: Women in Prison (ABC, 10/30/1994, 120 mins). Judith Light stars as an outraged woman and single mom, a recovering addict, who files charges against prison guards who treat inmates like their private harem, and Stacy Keach is the equally outraged attorney who takes her case in this inspired-by-a-true-story drama. Not to be confused with either “Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story” (which first aired just three weeks earlier) or “Against Her Will: Incident in Baltimore” from two years before. Production Companies Their Own Productions Ltd. Partnership, Jaffe-Braunstein Films. Director Karen Arthur. Executive Producers Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein. Producer Christine A. Sacani. Teleplay Linda Bergman. Photography Thomas Neuwirth. Music Al Kooper. Editor Ralph Brunjes. Production Designer David Davis. Cast Judith Light (Alice Needham), Stacy Keach (Jack Devlin), Kay Lenz (Lisa), Chelcie Ross (Warden Henley), Tonya Pinkins (Sondra), Michael Helen Woods (Tandy), Giuliana Santini (Carrie), Tom Butler (Ted Young), Aidan Devine (Jerry), Eugene Lipinski (Stewie), Ross Petty (Larris Wilson), Frank Moore (Victor Little), Theresa Tova (Officer Cooney), Barbara Eve Harris (Captain Williamson), Christina Collins (Mackie), Lili Francks (Martha), Judith Scott (Breeze), Jayne Eastwood (Marge), Meg Hogarth (Evelyn), Robin Dunne (Scott), Kristin Fairlie (Abby), Fab Filipo (Jason). 2609... Airtight (UPN, 11/26/1999, 120 mins). Futuristic tale, filmed in Australia, about a city engulfed in pollution and the battle of one air cop and his team against an evil syndicate for control of the formula that would monopolize the gasping metropolis’ fresh air.

1990-1999 Production Companies Viacom, The Greenboe Corporation. Director Ian Barry. Executive Producer Norman Stephens. Producers Ian Barry, Ross Matthews. Teleplay Ian Barry. Photography Martin McGrath. Music Roger. Mason. Editor Tim Wellburn. Production Designer Timothy Ferrier. Cast Grayson McCouch (“Rat” Lucci), Andrew MacFarlane (Ed Conrad), Tasma Walton (Virg), Grant Piro (Freddy), Marshall Napier (Phil Norscrum), Danny Adcock (Studds), Alan Lovell (Flyer), Frank Whitten (Prof. Randolph Eche), Richie Singer (Lugano), Salvatore Coco (Dimitri), Simone Kessell (Dolores), Jax Pollard (Andoleo), Paul Travaric (Murchic), Andrea Moor (Elise), John Noble (Sorentino), Phillip Hinton (Goldstein), Steve Briant (Hartfeld), Garry Baxter (Beasley), David Morris (Chairman), John O’Brien (Nabunazi), David Calen (Guy Blunt), Russell Newman (Baxter). 2610... Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (Showtime, 11/29/1998, 95 mins). Biopic about one of America’s most notorious spies. A disillusioned bureaucrat with the CIA who, in 1994, was nabbed for passing secrets to the KGB over the previous eight years. Tim Hutton plays Ames as a mustachioed nebish; Elizabeth Peña as his grasping, foreign-born wife; and Joan Plowright as a Miss Marple-ish CIA investigator who tracks him down. Ames himself is listed in the credits as a technical advisor. Production Companies Dufferin Gate Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director John Mackenzie. Executive Producer Robert Benedetti. Line Producer Armand Leo. Teleplay Michael Burton. Photography Walter McGill. Music Mark Ryder. Editor Graham Walker. Production Designer Jeff Ginn. Tehnical advisor Aldrich Ames. Cast Timothy Hutton (Aldrich Ames), Joan Plowright (Jeanne Vertefeuille), C. David Johnson (Agent Brooks), Eugene Lipinski (Vlad), Elizabeth Peña (Rosario Ames), Robert Benedetti (Chief of Operations), Patricia Carroll Brown (Connie Drucker), Joyce Gordon (Sandy Grimes), Mike Shara (Tim Brett), Daniel Magder (Paul Ames at age 4), Dwight McFee (Harris), Alan McCullough (Nash), Michael Rhoades (George), Geza Kovacs (Sergei Chuvakhin), Ivo Founev (Sergei Divokulsky), R.D. Reid (1st senior official), David Clement (2nd senior official), Shawn Lawrence (Johnson), Deborah Tennant (Mary), Len Doncheff (Soviet director), Vladimir Radian, Kim Roberts, Tim Lee, Michael Johnson, Brett Heard, Karen Waddell, Conrad Bergschneider, Christine Eberle, James Binkley, Michael Bodner, Mike Kinney, Stan Coles. 2611... Alex Haley’s “Queen” (CBS, 2/14/1993 to 2/18/1993, 3 parts, 120 mins each, 6 hours). In this stellar miniseries--a follow-up of sorts to his monumental “Roots”--Alex Haley chronicles the origins and life of his paternal grandmother (played by Halle Berry), the daughter of a slave and a white Civil War colonel of Irish descent. The epic drama won an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries, with other nominations going to Ann-Margret (as the plantation matriarch), editors Paul LaMastra and James Galloway, costume designer Helen Butler Barbon, and others in technical areas. “Queen” subsequently was edited down to five hours (in two parts) for its initial network rerun. Production Companies The Wolper Organization, Warner Bros. Television. Director John Erman. Executive Producers David L Wolper, Bernard Sofronski. Producer Mark M Wolper. Co-Producer John Erman, Hal Galli. Teleplay David Stevens. Based on a Story by Alex Haley. Photography Tony Imi. Music Michael Small. Editor (Parts 1 and 3) Paul LaMastra. Editor (Parts 2 and 3) James Galloway. Production Designer Rodger Maus. Cast Ann-Margret (Sally Jackson), Patricia Clarkson (Lizzie Perkins), Tim Daly (James Jackson Jr.), Ossie Davis (Parson Dick/Narrator), Danny Glover (Alec Haley), Jasmine Guy (Easter), Raven-Symone (Young Queen at age 5 [part 1]), Martin Sheen (James Jackson Sr.), Madge Sinclair (Dora), Sada Thompson (Miss Mandy), Paul Winfield (Cap’n Jack), Halle Berry (Queen), Dennis Haysbert (Davis [parts 2, 3]), Victor Garber (Digby [part 2]), Lonette McKee (Alice [part 2]), Elizabeth Wilson (Miss Gippy [part 2]), George Grizzard (Mr. Cherry [part 3]), Frances Conroy (Mrs. Benson), Richard Jenkins (Mr. Benson), Leo Burmester (Henderson), Linda Hart (Mrs. Henderson), Erik King (Isaac), Jane Krakowski (Jane Jackson), Peter Maloney (Mr. Perkins), Charlotte Moore (Mrs. Perkins), Christopher Allport (Union officer), James McDaniel (Davy), Samuel E. Wright (Alfred), Lorraine Toussaint (Joyce), Tim Guinee (Wesley), Patrick Y. Malone (Older Simon), Jussie Smollett (Young Simon at age 11), Christine Jones (Sarah Jackson), Richard Poe (Jackson Jr.), Kathryn Firago (Sassy), Tom Nowicki (Sam Kirkman), Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (Older Abner), Kelly Neal (Older Henry), Kenny Blank (Young Henry at age 11), Alan North (Bishop), Tom Even, Jeni Jensen, Ed Grady, Patty Mack, Walton Goggins, Martin Grapengeter, Chris Blackwelder, Robert Treveiler, Eddie King, Tim Ware, John Lawthorne, Rus Blackwell, Lonnie Smith, Phil Roper, Towana Walker, Bob Banks, Ted Manson, Mary Nell Santacroce, Boots Ewing Crowder, Michael Mattison, Janette Lane Bradbury, Dan Biggers, Denise Swanson, Robert Minor, Stuart Culpepper, Bill Erwin, Ronn Leggett, Annabelle Weenick, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Sue Ann Gilfillan, Pat Larwood. 2612... Alibi (ABC, 3/16/1997, 120 mins). Tori Spelling is a championship skier here, laid up after an accident on the slopes, and daytime soap hunk Jason Brooks is a mysterious caller whose phone-sex relationship with her makes her an alibi for the murder of his wife. Production Companies Benchmark Pictures, Future Films, Viacom Productions. Director Andy Wolk. Executive Producers David Goldman, Arthur Axelman. Co-Executive Producer Joan Green, Bettina Sofia Viviano. Producers Michael Rhodes, Richard Davis. Teleplay Pamela Wallace, Madeline DiMaggio. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Don Davis. Editor Lauren Schaffer. Production Designer Guy Lalande.

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Cast Tori Spelling (Marti Gerrard), Jason Brooks (Connor Hill), Rae Dawn Chong (Linda Garcia), Garwin Sanford (Tony Travis), Laurie Holden (Beth Polasky), Kavan Smith (Cliff Curtis), Charlene Fernetz (Laura Hill), Benjamin Ratner (Stewart Ridgeway), Kevin McNulty (Brice Hendricks), Michael Tucker (Lieutenant Mahaffey), Dave “Squatch” Ward (Luis Valdivia), Freda Perry (Karen Sullivan), Karin Konoval (Judge Rawlings), Katya Gardner (Nancy Swofford), Suzy Joachim (Kathy Hewitt), Gaetana Korbin (Ramona Scott), Linda Ko (Saleswoman), Norma Wick (Reporter), Garry Davey (Minister). 2613... Alice in Wonderland (NBC, 2/28/1999, 180 mins). Enchanting, three-hour, state-of-the-art retelling of Lewis Carroll’s enduring fantasy with a stellar cast. The film was shot in London, except for Whoopi Goldberg’s part (as the Cheshire Cat), which was done in Hollywood and then morphed remarkably by the folks at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Among the highlights are segments (amounting to extended cameos) featuring Gene Wilder as the Mock Turtle and Peter Ustinov and Pete Postlethwaite as the Walrus and the Carpenter. For unexplained reasons, the Jabberwocky segment of Carroll’s tale was omitted. The production won Emmys for music composition (Richard Hartley), costume design (Charles Knode), makeup, and special visual effects. There were two other nominations: production design/art direction and main title design. Production Companies Hallmark Entertainment, NBC Studios. Director Nick Willing. Executive Producers Robert Halmi, Robert Halmi Jr. Producer Dyson Lovell. Line Producer Chris Thompson. Teleplay Peter Barnes. Based on a Novel by Lewis Carroll. Photography Giles Nuttgens. Music Richard Hartley. Editor Alex Mackie. Production Designer Roger Hall. Supervising Art Director Alan Tomkins. Cast Robbie Coltrane (Tweedle Dum), Whoopi Goldberg (Cheshire Cat), Ben Kingsley (Major Caterpillar), Christopher Lloyd (White Knight), Peter Postlethwaite (Carpenter), Miranda Richardson (Queen of Hearts), Martin Short (Mad Hatter), Peter Ustinov (Walrus), George Wendt (Tweedle Dee), Gene Wilder (Mock Turtle), Tina Majorino (Alice), Ken Dodd (Mr. Mouse), Jason Flemyng (Knave of Hearts), Sheila Hancock (Cook), Simon Russell Beale (King of Hearts), Liz Smith (Miss Lory), Elizabeth Scruggs (Duchess), Donald Sinden (Voice of the Gryphon), Joanna Lumley (Voice of Tiger Lily), Peter Bayliss (Mr. Dodo), Heathcote Williams (Mr. Eaglet), Ken Campbell (Mr. Duck), Jason Byrne (Pat the Gardener), Paddy Joyce (Bill the Gardener), Murray Melvin (Chief Executioner), Kiran Shah (The White Rabbit), Janine Eser (Alice’s mother), Jeremy Brodenell (Alice’s father), Mary Healy (Nanny), Dilys Laye (Governess), Adrian Getley (The March Hare), Tim Potter (Three of Hearts), Angus Barnett (Four of Hearts), Richard Strange (Six of Hearts), Toby Ross-Bryant (Eight of Hearts), Nigel Plaskitt (The Dormouse), Jonathan Broadbent (Royal Gardener #1), Matthew Sim (Royal Gardener #2), Chris Ryan (Royal Gardener #3), Robert Tygner (The Gryphon), Peter Eyre (Frogface footman), Hugh Lloyd (Fishface footman), John Owens (Red Bishop), Christopher Greet (White Castle). 2614... Alien Cargo (UPN, 1/28/1999, 120 mins). Australian-made sci-fi tale in which the crew of a space craft--a vessel transporting cargo between two planets--awakens from hypersleep ten months later than planned to discover the team on the first shift has been murdered, and must figure a way to save everyone else before a brain-altering gas that has been released overcomes them and the fuel supply runs dry. Production Companies Village Roadshow Pictures, Wilshire Court Productions. Director Mark Haber. Executive Producers Chip Hayes, John J. McMahon. Producer Michael Lake. Line Producer Brian Burgess. Teleplay Carla Jean Wagner. Photography John Stokes. Music Patrick O’Hearn. Editor Joel Goodman. Production Designer Michael Ralph. Cast Jason London (Chris McNeill), Missy Crider (Theta Caplan), Simon Westaway (Adam Ibarra), Elizabeth Alexander (Cmdr. Rojeen Page), Alan Dale (Icore), Warwick Young (Omar Janowitz), David Paterson (Walter Schidell), Kevin Copeland (Hunt Ballard), Diana Glenn (Leilani Griffin), Theresa Wong (Yvonne Hoving), Jennifer Congram (Shoshone [computer voice]), Helen Houard (Eli Follette), Rebecca Rigg (Meryl Leonardi), Sean Dennehy (Rupert O’Day), Julian Garner, Rainey Mayo, Brandon Burke, Eric Thill. 2615... Alistair MacLean’s “Death Train” (USA, 4/14/1993, 120 mins). Action thriller pits a Pierce Brosnan, working for a secret UN anti-terrorist unit, against an American mercenary (Ted Levine) who has hijacked a European train containing a bound-for-Iraq nuclear bomb put aboard by a renegade Russian general (Christopher Lee). Patrick Stewart is Brosnan’s boss and Alexandra Paul his sidekick for James Bondish banter. Although part of the title of the film (shot on location in Slovenia and at Jadran studios in then-Yugoslavia), novelist Alistair MacLean’s name is nowhere else to be seen, and what his contribution was remains hazy. A sequel with Brosnan and Paul followed three years later. Production Companies USA Pictures, British Lion, Yorkshire International Films, Jadran Films. Director David S. Jackson. Producer Peter Snell. Teleplay David S Jackson. Photography Timothy Eaton. Music Trevor Jones. Editors Eric Boyd-Perkins, Peter Musgrave. Production Designer Martyn Hebert. Cast Pierce Brosnan (Michael Graham), Patrick Stewart (Malcolm Philpott), Alexandra Paul (Sabrina Carver), Ted Levine (Alex Tierney), Christopher Lee (Gen. Constantin Benin), John Abineri (Dr. Karl Leitzig), Nic D’Avirro (Maj. Gerardi Rodenko), Lorrie Marlow (Yolanda Sanchez), Clarke Peters (Dr. C.J. Whitlock), Andreas Sportelli (Lieutenant Kalchinsky), Terrence Hardiman (Capt. Hauptmann Wolf), Vila Matula (Sigi), Bill Leadbetter (Rosie), Daniel Stewart

1990-1999 (Treytak), Scott Garrison (Brent), Helen Miya (Camille), Jay Benedict, Zvonimir Zoricic, Darko Milas, Borut Veselko, Josef Roposa. 2616... Alistair MacLean’s “Night Watch” (USA, 10/4/1995, 120 mins). Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul return to their roles from Alistair MacLean’s “Death Train,” as United Nations Anti-Crime Organization (UNACO) agent Mike Graham and field operative Sabrina Carver, whose latest assignment is to recover Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” from international art thieves. Filming was done in Hong Kong and Amsterdam, as well as Croatia--a war zone at the time. As with the earlier movie, although spy novelist MacLean’s name is in the film’s title, his role was limited apparently to the outline of a story that was developed by director David S. Jackson. Production Companies USA Pictures, British Lion, Jadran Films. Director David S. Jackson. Producer Peter Snell. Co-Producer Mike Mihalic. Line Producer Boris Dmitrovic. Teleplay David S. Jackson. Based on a Story by Alistair MacLean. Photography Michael B. Negrin. Music John Scott. Editor Eric Boyd Perkins. Production Designer Martyn Hebert. Cast Pierce Brosnan (Mike Graham), Alexandra Paul (Sabrina Carver), William Devane (Nick Caldwell), Michael J. Shannon (Martin Schrader), Lim Kay Siu (Mao Yixin), Irene Ng (Myra Tang), Hidde Maas (Van Dehn), Tom Jansen (Inspector De Jongh), Harold Bone (Lemmer), Rolf Saxon (Fisk), Natalie Roles (Jennifer), Kate Harper (American psychologist), Ron Berglas (Roger Flint), Ron Li-Paz, Swee-Lin, Rex Wei, Nigel Fan, Ed Miller, Benedict Wong, Cecil Cheng, Adrian Pang. 2617... All Lies End in Murder (ABC, 1/19/1997, 120 mins). Happily married woman discovers that her husband, a hard-working police officer, might in fact be a dirty cop. She thinks about blowing the whistle on him as well as blowing her idyllic family life. Original title: “Behind Every Good Man” Production Companies Krost-Chapin Productions, Baumgarten-Prophet Entertainment, Canal Plus. Director Andy Wolk. Executive Producers Barry Krost, Doug Chapin, Craig Baumgarten, Melissa Prophet. Producer Ron Gilbert. Co-Producer Lynn Mamet. Teleplay Lynn Mamet. Photography Steven Fierberg. Music Lawrence Shragge. Editor Lauren Schaffer. Production Designer Elayne Barbara Ceder. Cast Kim Delaney (Meredith Sciallo), Jamey Sheridan (Danny Sciallo), Peter Dobson (Phil Paxton), Robin Bartlett (Annie Roth), David Gianopoulos (Frank Kenney), Tom Mason (Capt. Tom Voight), David Wohl (Gabe Roth), Vanessa Marquez (Yvonne Velasquez), Robert Bishop (Bobby Sciallo), Kevin Kilner (Rich Bernardi), Amy Pietz (Terri Paxton), Thomas Kopache (Arlo), David Purdham (Dr. Miller), Christopher Chisholm (Pintuzzi), Chris Mitchell (O’Brien), Casey Payden (Connie Aquelli), Jesse D. Goins (Micah France), René Moreno (Markie Velasquez), Karl Calhoun (Reporter). 2618... All She Ever Wanted (ABC, 4/14/1996, 120 mins). A young woman afflicted with biopolar disorder strives to have her own baby against advice of doctors in this pro-life drama of (in the network’s words) motherhood and love unrestricted. Production Companies Carroll Newman Productions, Hearst Entertainment. Director Michael Scott. Executive Producer Carroll Newman. Producer Gideon Amir. Co-Producers Vicky Herman, Larry Shapiro. Teleplay David Hill. Photography Alan Caso. Music James DiPasquale. Editor Hughes Winborne. Production Designer Vincent J. Cresciman. Associate Producer Melissa Gleason. Executives in Charge of Production Gideon Amir, Mel A. Bishop. Cast Marcia Cross (Rachel Stockman), James Marshall (Tom Stockman), Leila Kenzle (Jessie Frank), Bruce Kirby Sr. (Bob), Carrie Snodgress (Alma), CCH Pounder (Dr. Marilyn Tower), Tom Nowicki (Wesley Knight), Richard K. Olsen (Judge Atwater), Larry Black (Mr. Kelly), Howard Kingkade (Dr. Danzer), Nancy McLoughlin (Nurse Green), Patricia Clay (Clara Fox), Rus Blackwell (Steve), Krista Adair (Donna), Sadie Stafford (Rachel at age 7), Ralph Wilcox (Hospital security guard), Robert Catrini (Hospital orderly), Robby Preddy (Amy), Jennifer MacWilliams (Evelyn), Rick DeFuria (Hospital attorney), Gretchen Storms (Dana), Mary Rachel Dudley (Kelly), Parker Whitman (Dr. Landau), Robert Wells (Dr. Watkins), Jordan Kruger (Sarah), Virginia Light (Judge’s secretary), Kelly Wilson, Michele Carter, Andy Fitzpatrick, Tyler Kuhn, Jessica Frank. 2619... All the Winters That Have Been (CBS, 9/21/1997, 120 mins). Richard Chamberlain made a periodic return to television (a bit long in tooth at 62 as a romantic lead) playing a man who goes back into his past to seek out the woman--a half-Indian artist--he loved and left 20 years earlier and now is determined to win her back. Adapted from Evan Maxwell’s poignant1996 novel. Production Companies Jaffe-Braunstein Films, Maili Point Productions. Director Lamont Johnson. Executive Producers Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein. Co-Executive Producer Martin Rabbett. Producer Christine A. Sacani. Co-Producer Vivienne Radkoff. Teleplay Vivienne Radkoff. Based on the Novel by Evan Maxwell. Photography Laszlo George. Music Peter Manning Robinson. Editor Ronald Sanders. Production Designers Linda Del Rosario, Richard Paris. Cast Richard Chamberlain (Dane Corvin), Karen Allen (Hannah Raven), Ben Cardinal (Waldo Raven), Sheila M. Tousey (Irene), Ken Pogue (Quentin Mackay), Chris Martin (Gabe Hartel), Hal Holbrook (Ren Corvin), Rick Burgess

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(Mike), Mark Holden (Deputy Marshal), Alfred E. Humphreys (Doctor), Sumaya Jardey (Tam), Lalaina Lindbjerg (Eileen), Sheelah Megill (Nurse), Tim Michel (Bartender), Ray G. Thunderchild (John). 2620... Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (Lifetime, 9/4/1995, 120 mins) Docudrama based on the life of TV news anchor Jessica Savitch, whose ambition and grit took her from Miami to Philadelphia to the Big Apple where she became the golden blonde for NBC News in the 1980s, but lost her way to drink and drugs, fell apart on network television while doing a newsbreak, went into a downward spiral, and drowned in an auto accident. Both the film and star Sela Ward, whose brunette image was startlingly transformed as a blonde, were nominated for Emmys. Adapted from Gwenda Blair’s 1988 book “Almost Golden,” the film had been “shopped around” to the major networks for several years, but none would touch it. Production Companies Sofronski Productions, ABC Productions. Director Peter Werner. Executive Producer Bernard Sofronski. Producer Adam Haight. Co-Producer Donna Carolan. Teleplay Linda Bergman. Based on a Biography by Gwenda Blair. Photography Neil Roach. Music David Shire. Editor Martin Nicholson. Production Designer David Moe. Cast Sela Ward (Jessica Savitch), Ron Silver (Ron Kershaw), Judith Ivey (Laura McCormick), Jeffrey DeMunn (Mel Korn), William Converse-Roberts (Dr. Donald Payne), Sean McCann (Mack Stevens), Randy Means (Terry Willis), Jason Blicker (Adam Murphy), Chuck Shamata (Al Binder), Maruska Stankova (Lilyan Wilder), Jeff Pustil (Jody Simmons), Lawrence Dane (Emmett Canterbury), Dini Petty (Lillie Werner), John Bolger (Martin Fischbein), Damir Andrei (Buddy Savitch), Kathryn Skatula (Florence Savitch), Ashton Mathis (Jessica at ages 7-9), Ashley Taylor (Jessica at ages 12-14), Nicole St. Pierre (Stephanie at age 5), Carol Purvis (Stephanie at age 10), Larry Mannell (Tom Lewis), Barry Flatman (Richard Taylor), Brett Halsey (Sen. Paul Laxalt), David Huband (Craig/engineer), Jocelyne Zucco (Kelly), Michael J. Reynolds (Ken Green), Eve Crawford (Reporter), Brad Borbridge (Senate staffer), Ross Petty (Greg Finley), Chris Owens (Nebraska), Don Ritchie (Tom Whooten), Jessica Johnson (Nina), Norma Dell’Agnese (Kat), Karen Waddell (Reporter), Tim Lee (Bruce Morton), Joe Fowler, Anton Tyukodi, Louise Granfield, Charles Lawther, David Eisner, Judah Katz. 2621... The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (CBS, 7/21/1999, 120 mins). A small-town girl, long dreaming of living the good life, enlists her policeman boyfriend to knock over the bank where she is a teller. They figure they’ve committed the perfect--and victimless--crime, but they don’t count on a relentless FBI agent in this dark comedy that was filmed in summer 1996 (and sat on the shelf for three years). Based on an article in Texas Monthly called “The Almost Great Bank Robbery” by Skip Hollandsworth. Production Companies Avenue Pictures, Hearst Entertainment. Director David Burton Morris. Executive Producers Cary Brokaw, Randy Robinson. Line Producer Bill Scott. Co-Producer Adam Greenman. Teleplay Adam Greenman. Based on a Magazine Article by Skip Hollandsworth. Photography John Demps Jr. Music Pray for Rain. Editor Corky Ehlers. Production Designer Diane Hughes. Cast Brooke Shields (Cydee La France), Dylan Walsh (Frank Syler), Sherie Rene Scott (Dawn Woltz), Alessandro Nivola (Doug), Rip Torn (Agent Bob Royce), Mujibur Rahman (Himself), Greg Hohn (Ernie Tarnowski), Rebecca Koon (Marlene Syler), Jeffrey Pillars (Ed Syler), Janell McLeod (Eleanor Royce), Marion Guyot (Janice Carter), Frank Taylor (Police Chief Tuggle), Keith Flippen (Agent Robinson), Lucile Drew McIntyre (Mrs. Cherry), Lanelle Markgraf (Kim), Mitchell Laurance (Dr. Bregman), Mark Joy (Narrator), Bill Muñoz (Domenguez), Janelle Cochrane (Rose), Lynda Clark, Chuck Kinlaw, Ron Shelley, Claudia Smith, Randell Haynes, Duke Ernsberger, Michael Genevie, Esther Lanier, John Keenan, David Dwyer, David Lenthall. 2622... Always Outnumbered (HBO, 3/21/1998, 95 mins). Episodic drama dealing with an ex-con named Socrates Fortlow who moves to South Central L.A. to seek anonymity and to become a mentor to those around him caught up in the world of violence. Adapted from mystery writer Walter Mosley’s 1997 book of short stories “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned,” with Fortlow his primary character, as anti-detective Easy Rawlins is in Mosley’s mystery novels. Production Companies Palomar Pictures, HBO NYC Productions. Director Michael Apted. Executive Producers Laurence Fishburne, Walter Mosley. Producers Anne-Marie McKay, Jonathan Kerr. Co-Producer Jeff Downer. Teleplay Walter Mosley. Based on a Book by Walter Mosley. Photography John Bailey. Music Michael Franti. Editor Rick Shaine. Production Designer Keith Brian Burns. Cast Laurence Fishburne (Socrates Fortlow), Bill Cobbs (Right Burke), Daniel Williams (Darryl), Natalie Cole (Iula Brown), Laurie Metcalf (Halley Grimes), Alan Wilder (Anton Crier), Cicely Tyson (Luvia), Bridgid Coulter (Corina M’Shalla), Bill Nunn (Howard M’Shalla), Isaiah Washington (Wilfred), Bill Duke (Blackbird Wills), Kevin Carroll (Petis), Jamaal Carter (Philip), John Toles-Bey (Stoney Wiley), Brooke Marie Bridges (Willie M’Shalla), John Gavigan (Mr. Keene), Perry Moore (Koko), Sammi Rotibi (Marian Green), Art Evans (Markham Peale), Danny Goldring (Parker), Dan Martin (Weems), Paula Jai Parker (Melodie), Vonte Sweet (Shep Fegel), Kelvin Garvanne (Lover), Crystal LaPrie (Lover), Mykel Taylor (Felix Waldron Wallace), Erika LaVonn (Charla), John Wesley, John Cotheran Jr., Sonya Haynes, Greg Bird, Lawrence Hales, Norm Wilson, Zaid Farid.

1990-1999 2623... Always Remember I Love You (CBS, 12/23/1990, 120 mins). Drama about a teenager who discovers that he was stolen from his biological parents when he was two and decides to leave his comfortable life to search for his real family. Production Companies Gross-Weston Productions, Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Director Michael Miller. Executive Producers Marcy Gross, Ann Weston. Co-Producer Diane Walsh. Teleplay Vivienne Radkoff. Photography Laszlo George. Music David Shire. Editor Janet Bartels-Vandagriff. Art Director Lawrence Pevec. Associate Producer Bruce Golin Cast Patty Duke (Ruth Monroe), Stephen Dorff (Robert Mendham), David Birney (Philip Mendham), Sam Wanamaker (Philip Mendham Sr.), Jarred Blanchard (John Monroe), Malcolm Stewart (Paul Walker), Linda Darlow (Fran), Richard Masur (Earl Monroe), Joan Van Ark (Martha Mendham), Kimberley Warnat (Sally), Gabe Khouth (Ace), Troy James (Jim), Sue Matthews (Pam), Ian Black (Sam), Matthew Walker (Pastor), Mike Izcobucci (Mike), Garrett Gabriel (Tony). 2624... Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (TNT, 6/12/1994, 120 mins). Diane Keaton gives an Emmynominated performance as the famed aviatrix in this dramatization of Doris L. Rich’s 1989 biography about the enigmatic adventuress who disappeared in 1937 while circumnavigating the globe. In the earlier TV movie tackling the Earhart story, Susan Clark starred and also was Emmy nominated. Production Companies Turner Pictures, Avenue Pictures. Director Yves Simoneau. Executive Producer Randy Robinson. Producer Cary Brokaw. Co-Producer Joe Kelly. Line Producer Gordon Wolf. Teleplay Anna Sandor. Based on a Biography by Doris L. Rich. Photography Lauro Escorel. Music George S. Clinton. Editor Michael Ornstein. Production Designer Bill Malley. Cast Diane Keaton (Amelia Earhart), Rutger Hauer (Fred Noonan), Bruce Dern (G.P. Putnam), Paul Guilfoyle (Paul Mantz), Denis Arndt (Joseph Laughlin), David Carpenter (Harry Manning), Norbert Weisser (ILM mechanic), Diana Bellamy (Mrs. Atkinson), Heather Lauren Olson (Teenage fan), Don Bloomfield (Sid Smith), Nancy Lenehan (Radio show hostess), Newell Alexander (Sound effects man), Warren Munson (President Elliot), Marilyn Rockafellow (Mrs. Elliot), Hansford Rowe (Purdue male guest), Gene Lythgow (Radioman Capriani), Simon Templeman (Harry Balfour), Edward Cinery (Eric Closens), Melanie MacQueen (Putnam’s secretary), Kim Bonsclair (Young Amelia), Edith Fields, Jill Andre, Richard Schiff, Douglas Roberts, David Cross, David Wells, Tom Kurlander, Scott A. Smith, George Gerdes, Stephanie Proulx, Lauders Roger Des, Luana Jackman, Angie Jaree, Bobbi Page. 2625... An American Story (CBS, 11/29/1992, 120 mins). Hallmark Hall of Fame drama about a group of returning World War II GIs who take on the racism and corrupt political machine of their rural Texas community. Emmy nominations went to music composer Mark Snow and cinematographer Johnny E. Jensen. Production Companies Signboard Hill Productions, RHI Entertainment. Director John Gray. Executive Producer Robert Halmi. Supervising Producer David de Vries. Producer Alan Jacobs. Co-Producers Judith Feldman, Sarah Gallagher. Line Producer Carl Clifford. Teleplay John Gray. Based on a Story by Lemuel Pitkin, Paul Donald Snowe, John Gray. Photography Johnny E. Jensen. Music Mark Snow. Editor Robert Florio. Production Designer Ed Wittstein. Cast Brad Johnson (George Meade), Kathleen Quinlan (Hope Tyler), Tom Sizemore (Jesse Meadows), Josef Sommer (Henry Meade), G.W. Bailey (Tom Cantrell), Patricia Clarkson (Barbara Meade), Lisa Blount (Becky Meadows), David Labiosa (Juan Medina), John M. Jackson (Sheriff McMillan), Sean Hennigan (Billy Wheeler), Brad Leland (Andy Buckley), Titus Welliver (Jack Austin), Shawn Toovey (Sam Meadows), Miraida Rios (Maria Medina), Jerry Haynes (Dr. Jenkins), Dante D’Andre (Carlos Medina), Rodger Boyce (Frank Crowley), Nell Heller (Becky’s mother), Peyton E. Park (Becky’s father). 2626... Amy Fisher: My Story (NBC, 12/28/1992, 120 mins) First of a unique programming ploy by the three major networks to deal with the trashy true-crime tabloid tale about Long Island teenager Amy Fisher, who shot and wounded the wife of her much older “alleged” lover Joey Buttafuoco in May 1992. Told from Amy’s perspective, this film features Canadian actress Noelle Parker and Ed Marinaro as the star-crossed if rather mismatched twosome. Later this version was released on video as “Lethal Lolita -- Amy Fisher: My Story” with additional sexy scenes plus a 20-minute jailhouse interview with Amy, who was sentenced to five to fifteen years for reckless assault. Production Companies Michael Jaffe Films, KLM Productions, Spectacor Films. Director Bradford May. Executive Producers Michael Jaffe, Alfred R. Kelman. Producers Howard Braunstein, Philip I Levitan. Co-Producers Christine Lynch, John Danylkiw. Teleplay Phil Penningroth. Photography Bradford May. Music Fred Mollin. Editor Ron Wisman. Production Designer David Davis. Cast Noelle Parker (Amy Fisher), Ed Marinaro (Joey Buttafuoco), Boyd Kestner (Paul Makely), Pierrette Grace (Crystal), Lawrence Dane (Eliot Fisher), Kate Lynch (Roseann Fisher), Kathleen Laskey (Mary Jo Buttafuoco), Rand Romano (Mick), Marianna Pascal (Aunt Violet), Gemma Barry (Teresa), Kirstin Kieferle (Ellen), Jason Blicker (Darren), Evan Sabba (Student), Henriette Ivanans (Darlene), Lynne MacKenzie (Linda), Angelo Pedari, Brian Kaulback, Tyley

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Ross, Tannis Burnett, Mario Di Lorio, Eric Chomiak, Mike Selvaggio, Vince Guerriero, Jhene Erwin, Christopher Benson, Cameron Graham, Jeremiah McCann, Allan Murley, Derek Keurvorst, John Winston Carroll, Angelo Colavecchia, Mark Melymick, Jack Jessop, Jessica Booker. 2627... The Amy Fisher Story (ABC, 1/3/1993, 120 mins). This third version of the infamous saga of Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco, premiering directly opposite the second, earned whatever reputation it gained from the starring appearance of Drew Barrymore. It is slightly more objective than the other two in that it is drawn primarily from print and televised accounts and court proceedings. Production Companies Andrew Adelson Company, ABC Productions. Director Andy Tennant. Executive Producer Andrew Adelson. Producer George W. Perkins. Teleplay Janet Brownell. Photography Glen MacPherson. Music Michael Hoenig. Editor Debra Neil. Production Designer Phil Schmidt. Consultant Amy Pagnozzi. Cast Drew Barrymore (Amy Fisher), Anthony John Denison (Joey Buttafuoco), Harley Jane Kozak (Amy Pagnozzi), Tom Mason (Eric Naiburg), Laurie Paton (Mary Jo Buttafuoco), Ken Pogue (Elliot Fisher), Linda Darlow (Roseann Fisher), Gabe Khouth (Tim Russo), Dwight McFee (Daniel Severin), Philip Granger (Williams), Stephen Cooper (Chris Drellos), Matthew Walker (“A Current Affair” reporter), Walter Marsh (Judge Marvin Goodman), Terry King (DA Fred Klein), Charles Siegel (Marvyn Kornberg), Lindsay Bourne (Ed Grilli), Ken Angel (Stephen Sleeman), Michael Iacobucci (Peter Guagenti), Garry Chalk (“Hard Copy” reporter), Philip Maurice Hayes (Paul Makely), Garry Davey, Kim Kondrashoff, Terry David Mulligan, Kevin Hayes, Robin Mossley, Michael Sicoly, Michelle Grana. 2628... And the Band Played On (HBO, 9/11/1993, 140 mins). Landmark AIDS drama with a million-dollar cast, adapted from Randy Shilts’ passionate 1987 bestseller chronicling the early years of the deadly epidemic. Of note: Steve Martin turns up for one scene almost unrecognizable; Richard Gere is a Michael Bennett-inspired choreographer; Lily Tomlin, in the role of a San Francisco public health official, replaced Whoopi Goldberg; and director Roger Spottiswoode replaced Richard Pearce who in turn had replaced Joel Schumacher. Long in the works as a theatrical feature, it premiered on television in three-plus hours form and six months later was rebroadcast on NBC edited down to two hours. Its 13 Emmy nominations included Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie, plus Matthew Modine (Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special); Richard Gere, Ian McKellen, and Alan Alda (Supporting Actor); Lily Tomlin and Swoosie Kurtz (Supporting Actress); director Roger Spottiswoode; writer Arnold Schulman; production designer Victoria Paul, art director Lee Mayman, and set decorator Diane Allen Williams; and for makeup, hairstyling, and casting. An Emmy Award went to editor Lois Freeman-Fox. Production Companies HBO Pictures, Spelling Entertainment. Director Roger Spottiswoode. Executive Producers Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent. Producers Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury. Co-Producers Edward Teets, Arnold Schulman. Teleplay Arnold Schulman. Based on a Book by Randy Shilts. Photography Paul Elliott. Music Carter Burwell. Editor Lois Freeman-Fox. Production Designer Victoria Paul. Cast Matthew Modine (Dr. Don Francis), Alan Alda (Dr. Robert Gallo), Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Luc Montagnier), Nathalie Baye (Dr. Francoise Barre), Christian Clemenson (Dr. Dale Lawrence), David Clennon (Mr. Johnstone), Phil Collins (Eddie Papasano), Bud Court (Antique shop owner), Alex Courtney (Dr. Mika Popovic), David Dukes (Dr. Mervyn Silverman), Richard Gere (Choreographer), David Marshall Grant (Dennis Seeley), Ronald Guttman (Dr. JeanClaude Chemann), Glenne Headly (Dr. Mary Guinan), Anjelica Huston (Dr. Reisz), Ken Jenkins (Dr. Dennis Donahue), Richard Jenkins (Dr. Marc Conant), Tcheky Karyo (Dr. Willy Rozenbaum), Swoosie Kurtz (Mrs. Johnstone), Jack Laufer (Brian McDonough), Donal Logue (Bobbi Campbell), Steve Martin (Brother), Richard Masur (Dr. William Darrow), Dakin Matthews (Congressman Phil Burton), Ian McKellen (Bill Kraus), Peter McRobbie (Dr. Max Essex), Lawrence Monoson (Chip), Jeffrey Nordling (Gaetan Dugas), Saul Rubinek (Dr. Jim Curran), Charles Martin Smith (Dr. Harold Jaffe), Stephen Spinella (Brandy Alexander), Lily Tomlin (Dr. Selma Dritz), Bradd Wong (Kiko), Walter Addison, Jill André, Alan Barry, Ari Neil Ben, David Bottrell, Rico Bueno, Bill Carmichael, Christopher Carroll, Reg E. Cathey, John Del Regno, John Durbin, Mogens Eckert, Carey Eidel, Robert Briscoe Evans, Richard Fancy, Keythe Farley, Christopher John Fields, Dave Florek, Niki Gilbert, Yasmine Golchen, Patrick Gorman, James Greene, Jeffrey Hayenga, Daniel Manning, Ike Ikediashi, Laura Innes, Laura James, Michael Kearns, Erasor Keme, Jack Kenny, Thomas Kopache, Clyde Kusatsu, Frank L’Bay, Rob LaBelle, Neal Lerner, Rene Levant, Geoffrey Lower, Anthony Lucero, James Mastrantonio, Jon Matthews, Rosemary Murphy, Edafe Okurume, Susanne Olsen, Angela Paton, Sierra Pecheur, Miguel Perez, Martin Raymond, Jeremy Regan, Robert Martin Robinson, Valeri Ross, Hildur Ruriks, Tom Schanley, Sean Whitesell, Michael Winters, William Wintersole, Lenny Wolfe. 2629... And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (ABC, 2/22/1999, 120 mins). Biopic of the ’60s and ’70s pop icons, told from Sonny Bono’s viewpoint (after all, it was taken from his 1991 book and brought to film by his widow and Congresswoman Mary Bono, who was co-executive producer). Jay Underwood might not be everyone’s idea of showbiz hustler Sonny but newcomer Renée Faia is dead on as Cher, down to the facial mannerisms, the vacant stares, and the hair flipping. Their career together is covered through their hit CBS musical series (1971-77) and their splitup, and then skips to Sonny’s funeral in January 1998 as a coda. Perhaps someday there’ll be a film from Cher’s point of view. Emmy nominations: hairstyling, makeup, and musical direction (Steve Tyrell).

1990-1999 Production Company Larry Thompson Organization. Director David Burton Morris. Executive Producer Larry A. Thompson. Co-Executive Producer Mary Bono. Producer Daniel Schneider. Teleplay Ellen Weston. Based on the Autobiography by Sonny Bono. Photography Anthony B Richmond. Music Steve Tyrell. Editor Michael S Murphy. Production Designer James J. Agazzi. Cast Jay Underwood (Sonny Bono), Renée Faia (Cher), Christian Leffler (Phil Spector), Jim Pirri (Buddy Black), Bruce Nozick (Art Rupe), Carl Gilliard (Bumps Blackwell), Walter Franks (Little Richard), Matthew Chaffee (Brian Stone), Thomas Tofel (Charlie Green), Laura Johnson (Georgia LaPierre), Maurice Chasse (“Chastity” director), Mahrayh Shaine (David Geffen), Marie Wilson (Mary Bono), Tom Frykman (David Letterman), Perris Knight (Sandy), Phill Miller (Abe Lastfogel), Vinny Argiro (Tony), Susan Ilene Johnson (Miriam), Christine Brent (Melissa), Duke Moosekian (Enzo), Larry Milburn (Beefy man). 2630... And the Sea Will Tell (CBS, 2/24/1991 and 2/26/1991, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). Richard Crenna stars as attorney and author Vincent Bugliosi in this dramatization of the fact-based story of a mysterious double murder on an exotic Pacific island and the sensational courtroom drama which followed. Two-part drama based on the 1991 best-seller by Manson prosecutor Bugliosi (written with Bruce B. Henderson). Production Companies Green-Epstein Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Tommy Lee Wallace. Executive Producers Jim Green, Allen Epstein. Supervising Producer Matthew O’Connor. Producer Mark Bacino. Co-Producer Michael Steele. Teleplay James Henerson. Based on a Book by Vincent T. Bugliosi with Bruce B. Henderson. Photography Richard Leiterman. Music Peter Manning Robinson. Editors Robert F. Shugrue, David Blangsted. Production Designer David Fischer. Cast Richard Crenna (Vincent Bugliosi), Rachel Ward (Jennifer Jenkins), Hart Bochner (Buck Walker), Deidre Hall (Muff Graham), John Kapelos (Len Weinglass), Susan Blakely (Gail Bugliosi), James Brolin (Mac Graham), Clyde Kusatsu (DA Eliot Enoki), Danny Kamekona (Calvin Shishido), Mavor Moore (Judge Samuel King), Sheila Moore (Kit Graham), Marion Gilsenan (Sonny Jenkins), Garwin Sanford (Ted Jenkins), Kevin McNulty (Shoemaker), Terence Kelly (Wheeler), Anna Hagan (Mrs. Wheeler), Douglas Newell (Examiner), Kenneth Camroux (George Graham), Dana Still (Partington), Denis Simpson (Findlay), Daliah Novak (Sharon), Gary Jones (J. Schroeder), Lindsay Bourne (Eggars), Ken Kramer (Fred), Peter Hanlon (Dr. Oliver Harris), Laura Rhodes (Dr. Stephens), Robin Mossley (Chemist), Alvin Lee Sanders (Serologist), Bill Dow (Bernie Leonard), Wendy Noel (Evelyn Leonard), Donald Thompson (Wolf), Paul Jarrett (Sanders), Betty Phillips (Juror #1), Donna Yamamoto (Juror #2), Frank C. Turner (Kansas Rock), Jane Mortifee-Birch (Debbie Nolan), P. Lynn Johnson (Court clerk). 2631... And Then There Was One (Lifetime, 3/9/1994, 120 mins). Devastating drama about a real-life couple, television writers working for producer Norman Lear on some of his sitcoms, who discover that they and their toddler daughter have been stricken with AIDS. Production Companies Freyda Rothstein Productions, Hearst Entertainment. Director David Jones. Executive Producer Freyda Rothstein. Supervising Producer Julian Marks. Producer Angela Bronstad. Co-Producer Roxy Ventola, Rama Laurie Stagner. Teleplay Rama Laurie Stagner. Photography Andrew Dunn. Music J.A. Redford. Editor Pamela Malouf-Cundy. Production Designer Barbara Dunphy. Cast Amy Madigan (Roxy Ventola), Dennis Boutsikaris (Vinnie Ventola), Jane Daly (Lorrie), Steven Flynn (Jack), Jennifer Hetrick (Janet Wilkes), John Robinson (Dr. Marvin Wilkes), Margaret Henry (Pediatrician), Cameron Arnett (Lenny), Kenneth Welsh (David), Richard Monette (Dr. Lloyd), Dawn Greenhalgh (Julia Sands), Henry Ramer (Roxy’s dad), Pamela Hyatt (Roxy’s mom), Damir Andrei (Dr. Steve Goodman), Gabe Cohen (Dr. Bennett), Paulina Gillis, Naz Edwards, Kenner Ames, Nigel Hamer, Beatriz Pizano, William Corno, Nancy Sakovich, Corey Sevier. 2632... Andersonville (TNT, 3/3/1996 and 3/4/1996, 2 parts, 120 mins each, 4 hours). John Frankenheimer’s ambitious two-part dramatization of the true story of the legendary Confederate POW camp and the Union soldiers who lived and died there in 1864 and 1865. The infamous Andersonville (now a national park), located in Sumter County, Georgia, was a 26-1/2 acre open-air stockade ringed by a 15-foot-high wall with no permanent structures where, between February 1864 and May 1865, when the Ci