Carroll O'ConnorFilmography

Return to Me

Actors: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, James Belushi, David Alan Grier, Chris Barnes, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a man loses the love of his life, only to find her heart beating in the body of someone new. Architect Bob Rueland (David Duchovny) is happily married until his wife Elizabeth (Joely Richardson), a zoologist, dies in an auto accident. A year later, Bob is still dealing Read More

Gideon

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Shelley Winters, Charlton Heston, Carroll O'Connor, Shirley Jones

Synopsis: In the comic fable Gideon, the residents of the Lakeview Retirement Home are drifting through their final years with quiet dissatisfaction. A former cook (Carrol O'Connor) can't stand the food, a former fighter (Mike Connors) wishes he could still box, a one-time philosophy professor (Charlton Heston Read More

Mad About You: Paved with Good Intentions

Actors: Louis Zorich

Synopsis: Paul (Paul Reiser) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) vow to assure their respective families that, with all their faults, they still love them. Things don't go quite as planned when Paul accidentally runs over his mother-in-law, Theresa (Carol Burnett), with his car. On the other hand, Theresa's hospital Read More

36 Hours to Die

Actors: Treat Williams, Carroll O'Connor, Kim Cattrall

Synopsis: Treat Williams stars in this drama as the owner of a brewing company who refuses to knuckle under when gangsters make threats against him, his business, and his family. With the help of his wife and his uncle, he's able to outsmart and outmuscle the crooks. Carroll O'Connor and Kim Cattrall are Read More

Mad About You: The Birth, Part 1

Synopsis: After innumerable false alarms, it looks as though Jamie (Helen Hunt) is going to have her baby. This expected blessed event coincides with the unexpected film-festival triumph of Jamie's husband, Paul (Paul Reiser) -- who'da thunk that "Buchman" would win an award over a Michael Moore project? Read More

Mad About You: The Birth, Part 2

Synopsis: After innumerable false alarms, it looks as though Jamie (Helen Hunt) is going to have her baby. But before this blessed event can take place, Jamie is unexpectedly reunited with old flame Alan (Eric Stoltz), while her husband, Paul (Paul Reiser), is given a guided hospital tour by a very big Read More

Mad About You: Outbreak

Synopsis: Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt) have decided to hold off telling everyone that Jamie is pregnant until the couple can make a formal announcement at their Thanksgiving dinner. This plan is undermined by a number of "security leaks" in the office of gynecologist Joan Golfinos (Suzie Plakson Read More

Mad About You: Jamie's Parents

Actors: Carol Burnett

Synopsis: Carol Burnett and Carroll O'Connor join the cast as Jamie's parents, Theresa and Gus Stemple, the latest in a long line of actors to essay these roles. When the Stemples arrive for a two-day visit, Paul (Paul Reiser) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) try to determine the best time to tell Theresa and Gus Read More

Party of Five: Christmas

Synopsis: Christmas at the Salinger home marks the return of Grandpa Jake (Carroll O'Connor), who brings along a combination of good cheer and bad news. Meanwhile, Charlie (Matthew Fox) strengthens his resolve to forget about Kirsten, while simultaneously softening his attitude towards homeless people. Read More

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Corbin Bernsen, John Calvin, Alan Autry

Synopsis: It's election time in Gillespie's hometown and once again he is running for sheriff. This time however, he's got competition and his rival isn't interested in playing fair. This feature-length episode of the long-running police series follows Gillespie as he solves the murder of one of his Read More

All in the Family 20th Anniversary Special

Synopsis: This tribute to the long-running and very successful TV comedy series features the original cast as they take a nostalgic and respectful look back at the series, reflecting as to its impact on their lives and careers. Included too, are actual scenes from early episodes as well as viewers opinions Read More

In the Heat of the Night [TV Series]

The Father Clements Story

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Convicted: A True Story

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, John Larroquette, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this made-for-television drama chronicles a woman's fight for justice within the legal system. John Larroquette (Night Court) stars as Douglas Forbes, a husband who is wrongly accused of being a serial rapist. Targeted by a prosecutor who is determined to put someone behind Read More

Brass

Actors: Vincent Gardenia, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: Carroll O'Connor stars as NYPD chief of detectives Frank Nolan in Brass. The script, pseudonymously cowritten by O'Connor and Alvin Boretz, dramatizes two real-life incidents: a sniper attack on Penn Station and a murder in the CBS network parking lot. Though consigned to a desk job, Nolan insists Read More

All in the Family: Barney the Gold Digger

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Allan Melvin, Peggy Rea

Synopsis: Blanche Hefner has walked out on husband Barney several times in the past, but this time it's permanent. As usual, Barney tries to drown his sorrows at Archie's bar, thoroughly depressing the other patrons. Hoping to divest himself of Barney, Archie tries fixes his pal up with a wealthy and hefty Read More

All in the Family: Edith Gets Fired

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Angela Clarke, Victor Kilian

Synopsis: Edith faces a crisis of conscience when she is assigned to care for Sunshine Home resident Mrs. Loretta Dillon (Angela Clarke), an 81-year-old woman who is dying of heart failure. Though the rest of the staff is determined to keep Mrs. Dillon alive, she is equally determined to die with dignity. Read More

All in the Family: Stephanie's Conversion

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Michael Mann

Synopsis: Fully aware of Archie's narrow-minded attitude towards minorities, Stephanie hides the fact that she's Jewish. The truth comes to the forefront thanks to the family's well-meaning minister, Reverend Chong (Clyde Kusatsu), to whom Stephanie confessed during a Sunday School session. Will Archie Read More

All in the Family: The Appendectomy

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, George Wyner, Tracy Bogart

Synopsis: Archie rushes Stephanie to the hospital when she suffers an attack of appendicitis. Upon meeting Stephanie's doctor, however, Archie very nearly rushes Stephanie back home again. It turns out that Dr. Shapiro (George Wyner) was once the childhood playmate of Archie's daughter, Gloria -- and Read More

All in the Family: A Girl Like Edith

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Theodore Bikel

Synopsis: Theodore Bikel returns as Bronx butcher Alvin Klemmer, the man who fell in love with Edith during All in the Family's eighth season. Insisting that he's gotten over his infatuation with Edith, Alvin introduces the Bunkers to his new fiancée, a mittel-European woman named Judith Klammerstadt. But Read More

All in the Family: Stephanie and the Crime Wave

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Davis Roberts

Synopsis: The disappearance of several items from the Bunker household coincides with a rash of petty thefts from the school attended by Stephanie. Though Archie and Edith are reluctant to believe it, the evidence is irrefutable: Stephanie has been stealing. The question is how best to punish the girl, who Read More

All in the Family: A Night at the PTA

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Jason Wingreen

Synopsis: Much to Archie's discomfort, Edith insists upon rehearsing day and night for her singing duet with Stephanie at the annual PTA show. The night of the performance, Edith suffers from laryngitis. Reluctantly, and inevitably, Archie agrees to take Edith's place, making a musical debut that is truly Read More

All in the Family: The Best of All in the Family

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Danielle Brisebois

Synopsis: Technically speaking, this was the 199th episode of All in the Family. But because the earlier one-hour episode "California Here We Are" was conceived as two half-hour installments, "The Best of All in the Family" was heralded as the series' 200th program. Hosted by producer Norman Lear, this Read More

All in the Family: Too-Good Edith

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, George Wyner

Synopsis: Edith is her usual bubbly, buoyant self as she prepares a special St. Patrick's Day dinner for the patrons of Archie's bar. But what Archie doesn't know is that Edith is paying a painful price for her cheerfulness; suffering from phlebitis, she had been ordered by her doctor to stay off her feet. Read More

Archie Bunker's Place: Season 01

Actors: Danielle Brisebois, Bill Quinn, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton

All in the Family: The Return of Stephanie's Father

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Victor Kilian

Synopsis: Just when Archie has accustomed himself to the presence of foster daughter Stephanie, along comes Stephanie's no-good father (and Edith's cousin), Floyd Mills. Aware of the Bunkers' fondness for Stephanie, Floyd cagily offers to let the girl stay with them -- provided they pay him a thousand Read More

All in the Family: The Return of Archie's Brother

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Richard McKenzie, Elissa Leeds

Synopsis: Richard MacKenzie makes a return visit in the role of Archie Bunker's black-sheep brother, Fred (originally called Alfred in the 1978 episode "Archie's Brother"). Still hoping for a reconciliation with Archie, Alfred arrives at the Bunker household with his new bride, Katherine (Elissa Leeds), in Read More

All in the Family: The Family Next Door

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Isabel Sanford, Janet MacLachlan

Synopsis: Edith agrees to show Mike and Gloria's old house to potential renters. But Archie is outraged; The prospective tenants are a black family, and he remembers his far-from-pleasant relationship with the house's previous African- American occupants, the Jefferson family. Isabel Sanford makes a Read More

All in the Family: The Stivics Go West

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Clyde Kusatsu

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Mike and Gloria are all packed and ready to head to their new home in Santa Barbara, CA. Just before their departure, the couple decides to reaffirm their marriage vows -- and request that Archie and Edith do the same. The concluding scene between Archie and Read More

All in the Family: The Dinner Guest

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Edith prepares a special farewell dinner for Mike and Gloria, in preparation of their move to California. While Gloria eagerly looks forward to this final family get-together, Mike has a problem: He has already made a commitment that evening to meet his new supervisor from Santa Barbara. The Read More

All in the Family: What'll We Do With Stephanie?

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Abbey Lincoln

Synopsis: Archie and Edith have spent several weeks waiting for Edith's no-good cousin Floyd to pick up his daughter, Stephanie. It is now obvious, however, that Floyd isn't coming back. Should the Bunkers keep Stephanie as an unofficially adopted daughter, or should they turn her over to the authorities? Read More

All in the Family: Little Miss Bunker

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Marty Brill, Santos Morales

Synopsis: All in the Family entered its ninth season minus Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers, but with Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton still in attendance. Originally telecast on September 24, 1978, "Little Miss Bunker" begins as Edith's shiftless cousin, Floyd (Marty Brill), pays a visit to the Bunkers. Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Final Respects

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Howard Morton, Charles Siebert

Synopsis: Nobody in Edith's family cared much for nasty old Aunt Rose -- least of all Archie, who knew that Rose heartily disapproved of his marriage to Edith. But when Rose finally dies, Edith regards it as her duty to attend the old battleaxe's funeral. In this respect, Edith finds herself all alone. Bob Read More

All in the Family: Reunion on Hauser Street

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Estelle Parsons, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Estelle Parsons appears as Blanche, the "straying" wife of Archie's pal, Barney Hefner. When Blanche throws Barney over in favor of an electrician, Barney drowns his sorrows at Archie's bar. Realizing that Barney's self-pity is driving away customers, Archie enlists Edith's aid in bringing the Read More

All in the Family: End in Sight

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Phil Leeds, Danny Dayton

Synopsis: Panic reigns in the Bunker household when an insurance-company physical reveals that Archie has a spot on his liver. Convinced that he is at death's door, Archie disconsolately retires to his bedroom to await the inevitable. The ubiquitous Phil Leeds appears as Mrs. Stanley. Written by Nate Monaster Read More

All in the Family: Aunt Iola's Visit

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Nedra Volz

Synopsis: Another of Edith's castoff relations, Aunt Iola (Nedra Volz) has been passed from relative to relative, with no willing to keep her on a permanent basis. Inevitably, Iola ends up at the Bunker household, and despite Edith's feeling of obligation, Archie likewise wants to rid himself of the Read More

All in the Family: Love Comes to the Butcher

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Theodore Bikel

Synopsis: Theodore Bikel guest stars as Bronx butcher Alvin Klemmer. Regular customer Edith Bunker is flattered by Klemmer's old-world graciousness, until she realizes that the butcher has fallen in love with her. Written by Phil Sharp, "Love Comes to the Butcher" first aired on February 5, 1978. Audience Read More

All in the Family: The Commercial

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Frank Aletter

Synopsis: Archie envisions a life free of financial worries when Edith is chosen to appear in a detergent commercial. Unfortunately for Archie -- and the sponsor -- Edith is incapable of telling lies in front of the camera. Former child star Darryl Hickman delivers a hilariously understated performance as a Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Super Bowl

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jason Wingreen

Synopsis: Archie fully expects that his bar will make a fortune on Super Bowl Sunday. What Archie hadn't counted on was the fact that two holdup men would likewise covet the contents of the bar's cash register. This is the episode in which virtually the entire cast is stripped to their undies. Written by Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Brother

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Richard McKenzie

Synopsis: Richard Mckenzie guest stars as Archie's long-estranged brother, Alfred Bunker. After 29 years, Alfred pays a visit to Archie, hoping to patch up their differences before Alfred undergoes radical surgery. An already tense situation is made even more so by a mysterious letter from Alfred, which Read More

All in the Family: Mike's New Job

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sherman Hemsley

Synopsis: Mike is offered a lucrative teaching job in Santa Barbara, CA. Excitedly, the Stivics prepare for their big move to the West Coast. But this sudden uprooting has an unexpected effect on Mike and Gloria's relationship with Archie and Edith. Sherman Hemsley makes a "crossover" appearance as George Read More

All in the Family: Two's a Crowd

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Archie and Mike are accidentally locked in the storeroom of Archie's saloon. As they await their release on Monday morning, the two perennial antagonists pass the time with a bottle of scotch. In the course of the weekend, both men learn an awful lot about each other -- and Mike gains a whole new Read More

All in the Family: Stale Mates

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Terry Kiser

Synopsis: Mike and Gloria are convinced that the spark has gone out of their marriage. To rekindle that spark, the Stivics spend a weekend in the Pocono Mountains. Unfortunately, the time alone only further convinces Mike and Gloria that something is seriously wrong with their relationship. Also appearing Read More

All in the Family: California, Here We Are

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Danielle Brisebois

Synopsis: Archie and Edith arrive in Santa Barbara, CA, where they intend to spend Christmas week with Mike and Gloria. But all is not holly-jolly in the Stivic household; Mike and Gloria are on the verge of getting a divorce. At first, Archie threatens dire consequences to Mike, but ends up taking The Read More

All in the Family: The Bunkers Go West

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois

Synopsis: Eagerly awaiting a visit from Mike, Gloria, and Joey during the Christmas holidays, Archie and Edith are surprised to learn that the Stivics have cancelled their trip from California to New York. The reason, according to Gloria, is that Mike is suffering from a bad back. Suspecting that something Read More

A Different Approach

The Jeffersons: George and Louise in a Bind, Part 2

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Damon Evans

Synopsis: Having just had an argument, George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) are hardly in the mood to be tied up back-to-back while a burglar (Philip Charles MacKenzie) ransacks their apartment. Brooding over their predicament, the feuding couple begins recalling the highlights Read More

All in the Family: Season 09

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois

Synopsis: Season nine of All in the Family finds Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) in his second year as owner of his own neighborhood tavern, with his wife, Edith (Jean Stapleton), supporting his new project every inch of the way. Archie and Edith's daughter, Gloria (Sally Struthers), son-in-law, Mike (Rob Reiner Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Other Wife

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jonelle Allen, Eugene Roche, Harvey Lembeck, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: The irrepressible Pinky (Eugene Roche) plays another practical joke on Archie while attending an out-of-town VFW convention. Thus, when Archie awakens from a drunken stupor, he finds that he is sharing his motel bed with an attractive black woman named Marabel (Jonelle Allen), who insists that the Read More

All in the Family: Weekend in the Country

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Estelle Parsons, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Once again, Blanche Hefner is "stepping out" on her husband, Barney. And once again, Barney's misery is seriously affecting business at Archie's bar. And yet once again, Archie and Edith try to bring the Hefners back together -- this time by spending a weekend with the contentious couple in Read More

All in the Family: Edith Versus the Bank

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, John Harkins

Synopsis: Hoping to buy Archie a TV for their 30th wedding anniversary, Edith is upset to learn that the bank won't okay her loan without her husband's signature. She is even more upset when Archie agrees with the bank's assertion that Edith is "unemployed." In her own dumb-like-a-fox fashion, Edith finds a Read More

All in the Family: Bogus Bills

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Jason Wingreen, Sandy Kenyon

Synopsis: Archie discovers that the cash register in his bar contains several counterfeit ten-dollar bills. Alas, he makes this discovery after Edith has been arrested for trying to spend one of those phony bills. Even more embarrassing is the fact that Edith was using the "funny money" to buy him some new Read More

All in the Family: The Return of the Waitress

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Janis Paige, Jason Wingreen

Synopsis: Archie is shocked to discover that the new waitress hired by Harry is none other than Denise (Janis Paige), the woman with whom Archie nearly had an extramarital fling back in 1976. Unfortunately, Edith also learns that Denise is back in the neighborhood. Inevitably, the two women in Archie's life Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Dog Day Afternoon

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Archie is driven crazy by the persistent yapping of the dog owned by his neighbor Barney Hefner. Things get worse when Archie accidentally runs over the dog with his car, and tries to rush the animal to the vet without Barney knowing anything about it. As the episode draws to a conclusion Read More

All in the Family: Mike and Gloria Split

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: While playing a word game, Gloria is frustrated at Mike's intellectual capacity. Lashing out at her husband, she attributes her limited range of knowledge to the fact that she handled the domestic duties while Mike enjoyed the benefits of a college education. Ultimately, Mike is kicked out of his Read More

All in the Family: Archie the Liberal

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, James McEachin

Synopsis: Surprise, surprise! It is Archie Bunker, who, as head of his lodge's membership committee, demands that a minority-group member be allowed to join. Actually, Archie is covering his own behind: The lodge has been threatened with legal action from various civil-rights groups if it does not open its Read More

All in the Family: Edith's 50th Birthday

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, David Dukes

Synopsis: One of the most controversial and compelling episodes of All in the Family, "Edith's 50th Birthday" begins as the rest of the family prepares a surprise party for Edith at Mike and Gloria's house. Left alone in her own house, Edith is attacked and held at knifepoint by a rapist (David Dukes). Read More

All in the Family: Unequal Partners

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Ian Wolfe, Will MacKenzie

Synopsis: Generous Edith offers the Bunker living room as the site for the wedding between Mr. Hooper (Ian Wolfe) and Florence Talley (Merie Earle), two octogenarian residents of the Sunshine Rest House. Unfortunately, the ceremony coincides with Archie's long-anticipated fishing trip. As the wedding plods Read More

All in the Family: Archie Gets the Business

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Frank Maxwell

Synopsis: All in the Family launched its eighth season on October 2, 1977 (and moved from Saturday to Sunday evening in the process), with the extra-length "transitional" episode "Archie Gets the Business." Tired of working for wages, Archie yearns to fulfill his longtime dream of purchasing Kelcey's Bar. Read More

All in the Family: Cousin Liz

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, K Callan

Synopsis: Archie reluctantly accompanies Edith to the funeral of her cousin, Liz. At first, an uncharacteristically quiet Archie enters into the solemnity of the occasion. But things change radically when the Bunkers make the acquaintance of the decedent's longtime female roommate, Veronica Cartright (K. Callan Read More

All in the Family: Mike Goes Skiing

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: Mike is determined to assert his independence. He chooses to do so by claiming to be too tired to attend a party with Gloria and then going off on a skiing excursion with his friends. Mike's defiant move sparks another of those marathon All in the Family arguments. Written by Ben Starr and Charles Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Chair

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Michael Pataki

Synopsis: While in the furniture shop for repairs, Archie's beloved easy chair is accidentally given to the wrong customer. Tracking down the precious piece of furniture, Archie discovers that the chair become the centerpiece of an avant-garde exhibition created by an artist named Lichtenrauch (Michael Pataki Read More

All in the Family: The Boarder Patrol

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: Arriving home early from a weekend trip, Archie and Edith find their tenant Teresa Betancourt and her boyfriend, Brian (Patrick J. Cronin), enjoying an intimate -- and underdressed -- moment in Teresa's room. An outraged Archie is all for throwing Teresa out, bag and baggage. Though Edith is Read More

All in the Family: The Joys of Sex

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jason Wingreen

Synopsis: Gloria is amazed when she finds her mother, Edith, engrossed in a best-selling sex manual. Even more amazing is the effect that the book has on Edith. To make a long story short (without revealing too much of the plot), Gloria prevails upon Mike to relate the "new facts of life" to Read More

All in the Family: Fire

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: The Bunkers' upstairs bathroom suffers minor damages in a small fire. Hoping to collect a huge insurance settlement, Archie rearranges the evidence to make it seem that the damage was extensive. His self-inflicted vandalization is merely a prologue for yet another example of Archie figuratively Read More

All in the Family: Mike, the Pacifist

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Wynn Irwin, Nita Talbot

Synopsis: Much against his will, Mike accompanies Archie and Gloria on a subway ride. In the course of events, he is forced to slug a wife-abusing passenger (Wynn Irwin), who tried to assault Gloria. As the passenger threatens legal action, peace-loving Mike broods over the fact that he was pushed into Read More

All in the Family: Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Charles Siebert

Synopsis: There was little love lost between Archie and his co-worker Stretch Cunningham when Stretch was alive. Now that Mr. Cunningham has passed away, a reluctant Archie agrees to deliver the eulogy. But then, Archie discovers a hitherto well-concealed fact: Stretch was Jewish. The sight of Archie Bunker Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Lori Shannon returns to the role of Edith's female-impersonator friend, Beverly LaSalle. While heading for a Christmas party at the Bunkers, Beverly and Mike are attacked by a violent street gang -- and Beverly is killed. Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf Read More

All in the Family: Mike and Gloria Meet

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Priscilla Lopez

Synopsis: In another flashback episode, Mike and Gloria recall their first blind date way back in 1968. Once again, the audience is treated to a glimpse of the curly haired, squeaky-voiced, pre-Lib Gloria and the bearded, oversexed radical Mike. Christopher Guest, who later appeared in the Rob Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Ron Vernan

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Edith is still grieving over the death of her female-impersonor friend, Beverly LaSalle, who was killed by a vicious street gang for no reason other than being "different." So shaken is Edith that nothing can snap her out of her depression. Not even the Read More

All in the Family: Season 08

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: The eighth season of All in the Family is the last in which that "family" would all be together. Offered a professorship at a California University, Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner) moves himself, his wife, Gloria (Sally Struthers), and their son, Joey, out of their Bronx home, which of course is next Read More

The Last Hurrah

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: 1977's Last Hurrah is a TV-movie remake of the 1958 John Ford film of the same name. Both versions are based on the Edwin O'Connor novel about the last days of flamboyant, larcenous Mayor Frank Skeffington--based upon the equally colorful, equally underhanded Boston mayor James Curley. Carroll O'Connor Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the KKK, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Dennis Patrick

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Archie has been duped into joining the KKK (which, undoubtedly for legal reasons, has been renamed "The Kweens Kouncil of Krusaders"). Even worse, the group plans to burn a cross on Mike and Gloria's lawn. Aghast, Archie puts his own life on the line to save Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Bitter Pill, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Danny Dayton

Synopsis: In this first episode of a two-part story, the pressures of the saloon business lead Archie to begin taking unprescribed pep pills. Inevitably, he develops a dangerous addiction to amphetamines. The script was written by Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine in collaboration with medical consultant William Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Grand Opening

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sorrell Booke

Synopsis: Preparing the grand opening of "Archie Bunker's Place," Archie discovers that being an employer can be just as vexing as working for wages. As one argument segues into another, Archie's entire staff walks out on him. There is nothing else for Archie to do but press Edith, Mike, and Gloria into Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the KKK, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Dennis Patrick

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Archie is offered membership in a secretive "patriotic" organization. Only when it is too late does Archie realize that he's been "rushed" by the KKK, who have designated his own son-in-law, Mike, as their latest target for persecution. Dennis Patrick and Roger Bowen Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Bitter Pill, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, A. Martinez

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Archie's dependency upon "pep pills" -- brought about by the pressures of owning a bar -- has gotten completely out of hand. Fortunately, he is able to make a complete withdrawl from amphetatimes; unfortunately, this "cold turkey" approach has left him Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Night Out

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Scott Brady

Synopsis: Given an attractive pantsuit by Gloria, Edith would like to show off her new outfit in public. Alas, Archie is his usual stick-in-the-mud self, and refuses to take Edith out. Undaunted, Edith decides to have a good time on her own, and takes her first step toward that goal by heading down to Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Brief Encounter, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Janis Paige

Synopsis: Season seven of All in the Family opened with an hour-long episode -- the first of a two-part story arc -- which put the relationship between Archie and Edith Bunker to its severest test. With Edith busy at the Sunshine Nursing Home, a lonely Archie gravitates to an attractive middle-aged waitress Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Brief Encounter, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Scott Brady

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story arc, Edith is outraged that Archie has been "stepping out" with a waitress named Denise (Janis Paige), despite Archie's insistence that the relationship never went beyond the flirtation stage. Ultimately, Archie and Edith separate, with both parties to proud Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Operation, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Milton Selzer

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, a nervous Archie steels himself for a gall-bladder operation. His fears are not allayed by the fact that the hospital is festooned with ethnic minorities: His nurse is Puerto Rican, his doctor is Jewish, and he is compelled to accept a blood transfusion Read More

All in the Family: The Unemployment Story, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Gerald Hiken

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, an unemployed Archie continues to look for work. After landing a minimum-wage custodial job, Archie finds himself in the position of saving an unsuccessful applicant for the same job -- and a college graduate to boot -- from committing suicide. Gerald Hiken Read More

All in the Family: The Unemployment Story, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jinaki

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Archie suffers the humiliation of being fired from his job -- just as Mike is given a promotion. But this blow is a minor one compared to the heartache Archie endures when he makes his first trip to the unemployment office. Future Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Move

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Lee Bergere

Synopsis: Mike's liberalism is once more put to the test when he is faced with the iniquities of Real Life. Up for a prestigious teaching position at a Minnesota College, Mike may lose out to a black candidate thanks to what would later be called "affirmative action." Surprisingly, a gloating Archie agrees Read More

All in the Family: Archie Finds a Friend

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Jack Gilford

Synopsis: Jack Gilford delivers a poignant performance as Bernard Bernstein, an elderly Jewish watchmaker who has spent a lifetime vainly chasing rainbows. Archie befriends Bernstein in hopes of making vast quantities of money from the little watchmaker's latest "sure-fire" invention. It isn't until Archie Read More

All in the Family: Archie the Baby Sitter

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Joe Mantell, Bob Hastings

Synopsis: Overprotective grandpa Archie is convinced that Mike and Gloria's babysitter is not up to the task. Firing the sitter, Archie takes on the job of caring for baby Joey himself -- all the while trying to continue his weekly poker game with the boys. This is the episode with the famous (and Read More

All in the Family: Gloria and Mike's House Guests

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: When Archie and Edith's furnace breaks down, they temporarily move in with Gloria and Mike. An already tense situation is made even more so thanks to a power blackout which rapidly spreads throughout the neighborhood. Series stalwarts Larry Rhine, Mel Tolkin, and Milt Josefsberg were responsible Read More

All in the Family: Joey's Baptism

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Clyde Kusatsu

Synopsis: It is no surprise that Archie is outraged again. This time, the source of his anger is Mike and Gloria's refusal to baptize baby Joey. Determined that the child will enter Heaven in spite of his parents, Archie "borrows" Joey for a quiet -- and hilariously touching -- baptismal service of his own Read More

All in the Family: Love By Appointment

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Mike feels neglected of late, all because Gloria is obliged to devote a generous portion of her time to baby Joey. At first, Mike suffers in quiet desperation. But when Gloria insists that he draw up a timetable for their sex lives, Mike rebels. Is this marriage doomed, or will Edith come to the Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Operation, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vinnette Carrol

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Archie's ordeal as a surgical patient is alleviated somewhat when he finds out that he has been rehired by his former employer -- and with a raise and promotion in the bargain. Alas, Archie's elevated financial situation is brought back to earth by his Read More

All in the Family: Gloria's False Alarm

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Michael Mann

Synopsis: Struggling to make financial ends meet as new parents, Mike and Gloria are taken aback when Gloria thinks she might be pregnant again. Clearly, it is time for the Stivics to adopt more effective methods of birth control. But Mike is none too keen about honoring Gloria's insistence that he have his Read More

All in the Family: The Baby Contest

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Reversing the usual procedure, it is Mike and Gloria who are angry at Archie. The reason? Against their wishes, Archie entered their son, Joey, in a beautiful-baby contest. Criticized in some quarters as a banal episode, "The Baby Contest" at least served as a non-controversial safety valve in the Read More

All in the Family: The Draft Dodger

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: As most veteran All in the Family fans know, the Christmas season is seldom a joyous occasion in the Bunker household. This year, a bitter argument erupts between Mike and Archie when Mike welcomes his friend, David Brewster (Renny Temple), a draft dodger now living in Canada, to Christmas dinner. Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Weighty Problem

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Burt Mustin

Synopsis: The Bunker family's doctor forces Archie to go on a diet. In the spirit of "one for all," Edith convinces the rest of the family to watch their calories. Even so, Archie is constitutionally incapable of sticking to his rigid diet -- until he receives unexpected moral support from octogenarian Read More

All in the Family: Season 07

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Season seven of All in the Family begins on an unsettling note with a three-part story in which faithful Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) seriously considers cheating on his ever-lovin' spouse, Edith (Jean Stapleton), with a brassy waitress named Denise (Janis Paige). Ultimately, Archie returns to Read More

All in the Family: Teresa Moves In

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: Liz Torres, who first played the role of tempestuous Puerto Rican nurse Teresa Betancourt in "Archie's Operation," became a series regular in the subsequent episode "Teresa Moves In." With money at a premium, Archie and Edith decide to rent out Gloria's old room. Their new boarder turns out to be Read More

All in the Family: Beverly Rides Again

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Eugene Roche, Phoebe Dorin

Synopsis: Archie is fed up with the practical jokes perpetrated by his bachelor buddy, Pinky (Eugene Roche). To get even, Archie arranges a date between Pinky and Beverly LaSalle (Lori Shannon), who happens to be a professional female impersonator. This episode, a follow-up to the previous season's "Archie the Hero Read More

All in the Family: Mike and Gloria's Will

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Once again, Archie is driven into a state of apoplexy over a decision made by Mike and Gloria. This time around, the Stivics have decreed that, in the event of their deaths, the guardianship of baby Joey will be handed over to Mike's best friends. Not unexpectedly, Archie hotly demands that Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Secret Passion

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Estelle Parsons, Mike Kellin

Synopsis: Archie seems unusually nervous when Edith invites her former classmate, Dolores Mancheney, to dinner at the Bunkers'. What the audience knows, but Edith doesn't, is that Archie and Dolores had carried on a brief but torrid romance -- while he was dating Edith. Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons, who Read More

All in the Family: Mr. Edith Bunker

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Liz Torres

Synopsis: Edith becomes a celebrity when she saves the life of old Mr. Kleever (Phil Leeds) at the Sunshine Rest Home. She is even lauded with a medal, which is presented in front of a vast TV audience. Should anyone be surprised that Archie feels overshadowed -- and has become intensely jealous? Written by Mel Tolkin Read More

All in the Family: Mike Makes His Move

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: His year-long college fellowship at an end, Mike lands a teaching job. At long last, he and Gloria are able to move out of the Bunker house and find a place of their own; in fact, Gloria has promised her parents that she and Mike will locate an apartment within the week. But if Archie thinks that Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Quiz

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: To pass the time, Archie takes a magazine test which ostensibly measures his life expectancy. Alas, he scores a miserable 64, meaning that, according to the test, he will die at the age of 57. This of course sends Archie into a tizzy; after all, he's already passed the "big five-o." In its Read More

All in the Family: No Smoking

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Archie makes another snide comment about Mike's eating habits, whereupon Mike counters that Archie smokes too much. The gauntlet flung, Archie and Mike make a five-dollar bet. Archie must give up smoking for 48 hours, while Mike must abstain from eating for the same period of time. Who will be the Read More

All in the Family: Archie the Donor

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Betty Garrett, Sorrell Booke

Synopsis: Hoping to get in good with his employer, Mr. Sanders (Sorrell Booke), and thereby land a promotion to dispatcher, Archie makes a huge charitable contribution to his boss' favorite charity. Unfortunately, he also unknowingly signs a contract donating his body and vital organs to science -- and Read More

All in the Family: Alone At Last

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Poised to move out of the Bunker household and into a place of his own, Mike decides to release five years' worth of pent-up anger by telling Archie exactly where to go. Alas, Mike is forced to eat his words -- due to some unexpected red tape, he will be unable to move into his new home for Read More

All in the Family: A Very Moving Day

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: The sixth season of All in the Family got under way as Mike and Gloria prepared to move out of the Bunker house and into their new lodgings -- the old Jefferson house, right across the street. Adding to the excitement is Gloria's discovery that she is pregnant. But this may not be altogether good Read More

All in the Family: The Jeffersons Move Up

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sherman Hemsley

Synopsis: As indicated by its title, this episode of All in the Family served as the pilot for the spin-off series The Jeffersons. The Bunkers appear at the beginning of the episode to bid goodbye as the nouveau riche Jefferson family leave their middle-class Bronx neighborhood in favorite of a Read More

All in the Family: Prisoner in the House

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Cliff Osmond

Synopsis: Edith is charmed by her plumber's new assistant, Nick Howard (Cliff Osmond), who compliments her appearance and recites poetry as he works. She is less charmed to discover that Nick is a prisoner at Sing Sing, who is participating in a work-furlough program. But Edith's concern is nothing compared Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Raise

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, James Cromwell

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a four-part story arc, an increasingly paranoid Archie is still out of work due to a union strike, while Edith has settled into her new job with George Jefferson's dry-cleaning establishment. At long last, the strike is settled, and Archie is able to tell Edith to quit her Read More

All in the Family: Everybody Does It

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Archie sees nothing wrong in "borrowing" a few nails and an electric drill from work. Mike and Gloria argue that stealing is stealing, no matter what the circumstances or excuses. Yes, another argument ensues, and yes, Archie learns another lesson -- and so, for that matter, do Mike and Gloria. Read More

All in the Family: Amelia's Divorce

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, George Irving

Synopsis: Much to Archie's dismay, Edith has always regarded the union of her cousin Amelia and wealthy Russell DeKuyper as the "perfect marriage." Thus it is no small shock to Edith when, while visiting the Bunkers, Amelia blithely announces that she and Russell are splitting up. Elizabeth Wilson and George S. Irving Read More

All in the Family: All's Fair

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Gloria and Mike have become disciples of a new psychological technique called "fair fighting." Whenever they get into an argument, they shout out code phrases like "That's below the belt!" in hopes of ceasing hostilities. Duly impressed, Edith tries out this technique on Archie -- and guess what Read More

All in the Family: Archie the Hero

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sandy Kenyon

Synopsis: Archie basks in the adulation of his friends and family when, while moonlighting as a cabdriver, he uses mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save the life of an attractive passenger named Beverly LaSalle. But when the grateful passenger shows up at the Bunker doorstep, Archie is appalled to discover Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Is Nervous

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Pregnant Gloria's "due date" has come and gone. In fact, nine full days have passed since Gloria was supposed to have given birth. Frustrated beyond belief, Gloria explosively takes out her anger on Mike -- and before long even Edith has fallen victim to her daughter's crabbiness. Others in the Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Civil Rights

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Frank Campanella

Synopsis: While moonlighting as a cabbie, Archie is mugged. Reporting the crime to a cop named Garsky (Frank Campanella), Archie lets slip that he fended off the mugger with a concealed tear-gas pen. As a result, it is Archie who ends up being arrested for carrying an illegal weapon. Best line: "You ain't Read More

All in the Family: Birth of the Baby, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Gloria suddenly goes into labor while she's stuck in a restaurant telephone booth. As Mike and Edith try to free Gloria and ship her to the hospital, Archie receives the news while applying blackface for a lodge minstrel show. Perhaps a bit overloaded with Read More

All in the Family: Season 06

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: The sixth season of All in the Family begins as Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) move out of the home of Gloria's parents, Archie (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton) -- and into the house next door. Not long afterward, Gloria discovers that she's pregnant, thereby opening Read More

All in the Family: Birth of the Baby, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Gene Blakely

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Mike is finally able to pry the in-labor Gloria loose from a restaurant telephone booth and rush her to the hospital. Thanks to innumerable delays, it is grandparents Archie and Edith who arrive at the hospital first -- with Archie still in blackface from his Read More

All in the Family: The Little Atheist

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Thanksgiving dinner at the Bunkers' provides Archie with yet another opportunity to hit the ceiling. This time, Archie is outraged when Mike and Gloria announce that their baby will be raised without any sort of religious training. Though certainly no churchgoer himself, Archie is convinced that Read More

All in the Family: Chain Letter

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Betty Garrett, Robert Guillaume

Synopsis: An old sitcom plot line is given a fresh new workout in this episode of All in the Family. Receiving a chain letter from superstitious Edith, Archie and Mike laugh off the "dire predictions" catalogued therein and disdainfully throw the letter away. But then, both men experiencing an uncanny Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Pains

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Francine Beers

Synopsis: Resigned to the fact that he is going to be a father, Mike is likewise willing to go along with Gloria's "natural childbirth" plans. In theory, it sounds great, but when Mike begins to contemplate the notion of actually being present in the delivery room while Gloria gives birth, the old familiar Read More

All in the Family: Edith Breaks Out

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, James Hong

Synopsis: Edith is happy with her volunteer job at the Sunshine Nursing Home -- too happy, as far as Archie is concerned. Feeling neglected, Archie pulls out the old "woman's place is in the home" routine and demands that Edith give up her job. This time, however, Edith refuses to say "How high?" when Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Suspects Mike

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Bernadette Peters

Synopsis: Bernadette Peters guest stars as Linda Galloway, a sexy college student in need of special tutoring. Since Linda is one of Mike's students, he takes on the task of getting her through the finals. But Mike is not quite prepared for the fact that Linda finds him to be a very attractive man Read More

All in the Family: Grandpa Blues

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sorrell Booke

Synopsis: In order to pass a company physical, Archie must lower his normally high blood pressure. This means that Archie must remain absolutely calm, no matter what the provocation. Unfortunately, the family is in the midst of debate over the naming of Gloria's baby -- and it's still two days before the Read More

All in the Family: George and Archie Make a Deal

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: In order to run for public office, George Jefferson must have all his neighbors sign a petition in his favor. Yes, all the neighbors -- including Archie Bunker. But what will Archie demand in return for his support of George's political aspirations? It was clear when "George and Archie Make Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Miracle

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, James Cromwell

Synopsis: Never much of a churchgoer, Archie finally "sees the light" after a near-death experience at his job. Suddenly, there is no one more fervently religious than Archie -- and no bigger pain in the neck. Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell's teleplay cleverly contrives to have the audience eagerly await Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Contract

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Dennis Patrick guest stars as Scanlon, a slick-talking bunco artist who cons Archie into buying $2000 worth of aluminum siding. By the time Archie realizes he's been hoodwinked -- or at least, by the time he finally listens to reason -- the siding is already being hammered onto the outer walls of Read More

All in the Family: Season 05

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Season five of All in the Family begins with a four-part story arc, in which Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) faces a long stretch of unemployment during a union strike, while the other members of the Bunker household -- including wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) -- attempt to either tighten or fatten Read More

All in the Family: The Best of All in the Family

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Henry Fonda

Synopsis: Henry Fonda serves as host for the 100th episode of All in the Family, which is devoted to highlights from the past 99 installments. Included are a montage of Archie's bigoted diatribes, a compendium of Archie's tiltings with "meathead" Mike, Gloria's matriculation from dizzy-headed bride to Read More

All in the Family: Lionel's Engagement

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Lionel Jefferson's engagement party promises to be a fun occasion for everyone but Archie, who discovers that Lionel's dad, George Jefferson, does not want to invite him. Even so, Archie attends, only to get into an argument with George's indomitable mother. The episode ends with Archie and George Read More

All in the Family: Gloria's Boyfriend

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Richard Masur

Synopsis: Richard Masur is cast as George Bushmill, a retarded grocery stockboy whom Gloria befriends. Intimidated by George's mental handicap, Archie unintentionally gets the boy fired from his job. Before Archie learns his inevitable lesson, he is neatly put in his place by George's dad (Joseph Mascolo); Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Sings the Blues

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: When Gloria is depressed, everyone in the family suffers. The reason for Gloria's doldrums is her belief that she has fallen out of love with husband Mike. It is up to Edith to save the day -- and to again reveal that, when the chips are down, she is anything but a mere "dingbat." Written by All in the Family Read More

All in the Family: Archie Eats and Runs

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Richard Stahl

Synopsis: The whole Bunker household is thrown into an uproar -- and the cause of it all is a dish of stew. Believing that he has eaten poison mushrooms, Archie is convinced he is at death's door. Richard Stahl and Jane Dulo head the supporting cast as Archie's doctor and nurse, respectively. Written by Michael Ross Read More

All in the Family: Mike and Gloria Mix It Up

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Mike thinks that the husband should be the "aggressive" member of a married couple. Gloria claims she doesn't care, but Mike thinks he can read through the lines of her indifference. As a result, Mike and Gloria's romantic evening degenerates into a high-decibel argument. Focusing almost Read More

Law and Disorder

Actors: Adam Lessuck, Ed Madsen, Bill Richert, Sydney Sherrif

Synopsis: Fed up with an escalating crime rate and an increasingly ineffective police force, blue-collar New Yorkers Willie and Cy (Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine) join a citizen's vigilante group. Their efforts to act as an auxiliary police force are comically inept, but director Ivan Passer lulls us Read More

All in the Family: Et Tu, Archie

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vic Tayback

Synopsis: Archie tries to help out his unemployed friend, Joe Tucker (Vic Tayback), who used to hold Archie's job at the loading dock. Things get dicey when it looks as though Joe is going to get his old job back -- and where does that leave Archie? A pre-Charlie's Angels David Doyle rounds out the Read More

All in the Family: Archie Feels Left Out

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: The family is planning a 50th birthday party for Archie. The only one unwilling to enter into the festivities is Archie himself, who feels that he is old and useless. Then he takes a peek at his birth certificate -- and is he in for a surprise. The episode's level of humor is heightened by Read More

All in the Family: Pay the Twenty Dollars

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sherman Hemsley

Synopsis: George Jefferson's contention that Archie Bunker was placed on this earth just to make trouble for him seems to be confirmed when Archie accidentally pays George with a counterfeit 20-dollar bill. Much as it pains him, Archie bends over backward to rectify his error, only to make the situation Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Helping Hand

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Hoping to keep Irene Lorenzo from indoctrinating Edith with her "liberated" notions, Archie arranges for Irene to get a job down at the loading dock. This act of left-handed generosity backfires when Irene ends up operating the forklift, a "macho" position that Archie has always coveted. Worse Read More

All in the Family: Lionel the Live-In

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Lionel moves out of the Jefferson household after an argument with his parents. Normally, this domestic squabble would be of no concern to Archie Bunker, who would just as soon have all the Jeffersons move away. But Archie hadn't reckoned with Edith, who not only allows Lionel to move in Read More

All in the Family: The Longest Kiss

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a three-part story arc, the Bunker household is relieved that Archie Bunker, reported missing from his lodge convention in Buffalo, has been found. It turns out that he had "one too many" with his buddies, and spent two days sleeping it off (as good an explanation as any for Read More

All in the Family: Gloria's Shock

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Gloria has always been aware that Mike is against overpopulation. Even so, she is shocked when Mike states, flat out, that he doesn't want any children. The ensuing argument spreads throughout the Bunker household, affecting not only Archie and Edith, but next-door neighbor Irene Lorenzo as well. Read More

All in the Family: The Bunkers and Inflation

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Billy Halop

Synopsis: Season four of All in the Family began on September 14, 1974, with the first of the series' multipart stories. "The Bunkers and Inflation" gets under way with the news that Archie's union is going on strike. The action could not happen at a worse time; the Bunkers' bank account is at an all-time Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Graduation

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Despite his fears and trepidations, Mike passes his final exams and graduates from college. No one is happier than Archie; at long last, Mike will be able to move out of the Bunker household. But Archie's exultation is brief, as it turns out that Mike will neither be gone nor forgotten (and you'll Read More

All in the Family: Edith the Job Hunter

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sherman Hemsley

Synopsis: In the third episode of a four-part story arc, Archie is still out of work as union negotiations continue to go round and round in circles. Despite the Bunkers' nearly empty bank account, Archie is dead set against Edith going to work. When he finally relents, Edith lands a job with dry-cleaning Read More

All in the Family: Archie Underfoot

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: In the second episode of a four-part story arc, Archie's union is still on strike, and the Bunkers' household debts continue to mount. When Archie isn't on the picket line, he is sitting around the house wallowing in self-pity. Edith tries to put on a happy face, but even she is pushed to the Read More

All in the Family: Henry's Farewell

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis: Archie is delighted to learn that his black neighbors, the Jeffersons, are planning to move. During a farewell party at the Bunker household, Archie finds himself deep in conversation with Henry Jefferson's contentious brother George Jefferson. Amazingly, the two men find they have a lot in common Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Computer

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jack Grimes

Synopsis: Modern technology runs amok when a computer error enables Edith to collect a huge sum of money for a single prune-company promotional giveaway. Archie is delighted that Edith is the recipient of so much currency -- until another computer glitch declares that Archie is dead. The Bunkers' ensuing Read More

All in the Family: The Games Bunkers Play

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: While Archie is out of the house, the rest of the family joins Lionel and the Lorenzos in playing Mike's new "group therapy" board game, in which the players reveal their honest opinions about the other players. Alas, Mike doesn't like what he hears when time comes for the others to vent their Read More

All in the Family: Edith Finds an Old Man

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Burt Mustin

Synopsis: Burt Mustin makes his first series appearance in the role of feisty octogenarian Justin Quigley (a character that, at age 82, was seven years younger than Mustin!). Running away from a restrictive nursing home, Justin accepts Edith's invitation to temporarily move in with the Bunkers, which Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Kiss

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis: Gloria brings home a miniature replica of Rodin's famous sculpture "The Kiss." The erotic nature of the sculpture does not rest well with Archie, who orders Gloria to take that "dirty thing" out of the house immediately. Want to bet that this sparks another Battle Royal in the Bunker household? Read More

All in the Family: Archie the Gambler

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Why is stingy, curmudgeonly old Archie coming home loaded down with expensive gifts and lavish compliments for Edith and Gloria? The answer: Archie has just struck it rich at the race track. The problem: Archie's gambling threatens to become compulsive -- and worse still, he begins posting heavy Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Conversion

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Archie is uncomfortable with Edith's new friend, a peppery Catholic nun named Theresa (Phyllis Avery). When Edith begins attending mass -- mainly to hear the music -- Archie worries that his wife is planning to convert to Catholicism. In his usual roundabout manner, Arch holds next-door neighbor Read More

All in the Family: The Taxi Caper

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Robert Mandan

Synopsis: While moonlighting as a cab driver, Archie is held up and robbed of 50 dollars. At first, he insists upon prosecuting his assailant to the full extent of the law -- in fact, he'd be thrilled if armed robbery was a hanging offense. But an unexpected plot twist involving a prominent politician Read More

All in the Family: Archie Is Cursed

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Even under normal circumstances, Archie feels threatened by his intelligent and resourceful neighbor Irene Lorenzo. When Irene challenges Archie to a high-stakes game of pool, he is so intimidated by the possibility of losing that he begs off, using a "bad back" as his excuse. Written by John Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Christmas Story

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Archie and Mike can't understand why the usually ebullient Edith is unable to get into the Christmas spirit. Only when she is alone with Gloria does Edith reveal what is preying on her mind: She thinks she may have breast cancer. It is up to next-door neighbor Irene Lorenzo to restore Edith's Read More

All in the Family: Archie in the Cellar

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: This episode is essentially a solo tour de force for series star Carroll O'Connor. Left home alone while the rest of the family is out of town for the weekend, Archie manages to get himself locked in the cellar. Convinced that he will perish before he is discovered, Archie prepares to meet Read More

All in the Family: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Wig

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis: Donning a brunette wig, blonde-tressed Gloria is at first flattered and delighted when Mike is "turned on" by her new look. But her delight turns to dismay when she concludes that it is the wig, and not her, that so arouses Mike's libido. This episode poses a question previously unexplored in Read More

All in the Family: Second Honeymoon

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Though Archie resists the notion, Edith insists that they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at the Atlantic City hotel suite where they spent their honeymoon. Edith's romantic notions are quickly dissipated by Archie's refusal to enter into the spirit of the occasion. But by episode's end Read More

All in the Family: Archie Goes Too Far

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Pamela Murphy

Synopsis: Archie has often overstepped his bounds in expressing his dismay over Gloria's marital relationship with a "liberal meathead" like Mike. But never before has he expressed his mistrust of Mike in so extreme a manner as in this episode. Considering himself within his rights to search Mike and Read More

All in the Family: Class Reunion

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Rae Allen

Synopsis: Archie balks at the notion of accompanying Edith to her 30th class reunion at Millard Fillmore High. But he quickly changes his mind upon discovering that one of Edith's former boyfriends will also be in attendance. Watching Archie Bunker sweat through the pangs of jealousy is one of the many Read More

All in the Family: Hot Watch

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jack Tesler

Synopsis: An excited Archie comes home one night, announcing that he has just purchased a 300-dollar watch for 25 dollars. When the rest of the family learns that the transaction took place in a parking lot, they begin to worry that Archie has a stolen watch on his hands. The painful truth is revealed when Read More

All in the Family: Season 04

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Still riding high as America's number one TV show, All in the Family glides effortlessly into its fourth season. Vincent Gardenia and Betty Garrett join the cast as, respectively, Frank and Irene Lorenzo, the Bunkers' new neighbors. Also making his first series appearance is nonagenarian character Read More

All in the Family: Archie Goes to the Hospital

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Roscoe Lee Browne

Synopsis: Problems on the job manifest themselves in a huge backache for Archie Bunker. Landing in the hospital, he strikes up a warm friendship with his roommate, who is separated from Archie by a transom. Unbeknownst to him, Archie's unseen new friend is a black man. Roscoe Lee Browne guest stars as Mr. Read More

All in the Family: Oh Say Can You See

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Larry Storch

Synopsis: Middle-aged Archie can only envy the eternally youthful outlook of his friend and contemporary Bill Mulholern. He is especially impressed that the toupeed, flashily garbed Bill has managed to attract a sexy young bedmate named Tina. But by episode's end, Archie is made to realize how lucky he is Read More

All in the Family: Archie Is Branded

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Gregory Sierra

Synopsis: Prejudiced though he may be, Archie Bunker is no Nazi. Thus, he is both outraged and terrified when a swastika is painted on the Bunkers' front door. It turns out that Archie's home has been mistaken for the residence of a Jewish extremist named Paul Benjamin (Gregory Sierra), who pays a visit to Read More

All in the Family: The Battle of the Month

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Once again fueled by the flames of Women's Lib, Gloria is convinced that her mother Edith is being emotionally abused by Archie. Trouble is, Edith doesn't feel like a victim, and refuses to act like one. As a result, Gloria and Edith engage in a no-holds-barred argument, while the Read More

All in the Family: We're Having a Heat Wave

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis: Season four of All in the Family commenced with an object lesson about -- what else? -- racial bigotry. Archie is up in arms over the notion of a Latino family moving into the neighborhood. In this, Archie finds himself with an unexpected ally: Henry Jefferson, his black neighbor from across the Read More

All in the Family: We're Still Having a Heat Wave

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Betty Garrett

Synopsis: Now that the Lorenzos have moved next door to the Bunkers, Archie has managed to come up with a whole new list of pet peeves. It especially vexes Archie that Irene and Frank Lorenzo don't seem to know their proper gender roles: Irene does the household repairs, while Frank does all the cooking Read More

All in the Family: Everybody Tells the Truth

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Ken Lynch

Synopsis: All in the Family ventures into Rashomon territory when Archie and Mike offer two different versions of the same story. It all began when Archie called in a couple of repairmen to fix the Bunkers' refrigerator. According to Archie, the repair crew consisted of an intimidating Mafia don and a Read More

All in the Family: Archie Learns His Lesson

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: For reasons unknown, Archie is sneaking out of the house every night. Their curiosity aroused, Mike and Gloria decide to follow Archie and find out what he is up to. The solution to the mystery is inherent in the title of this episode, which first aired on March 10, 1973. "Archie Learns His Read More

All in the Family: Gloria the Victim

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Gloria is traumatized when she is attacked and nearly raped while walking home from work. At first, the family insists that Gloria press charges against her assailant. But Archie and Mike soon change their minds when a no-nonsense police detective named Vogel (Charles Durning) tells Gloria what Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Editorial

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sorrell Booke

Synopsis: All in the Family began its third season with this satirical jab at America's "gun culture." Angered at a television editorial advocating gun control, Archie marches down to the TV station demanding that his voice be heard. Astounded at Archie's thick-eared opinions, station manager Bennett (Sorrell Booke Read More

All in the Family: Maude

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Bea Arthur, Bob Dishy, Marcia Rodd

Synopsis: Having scored a hit with her earlier All in the Family appearance as Edith's ultraliberal cousin, Maude, Bea Arthur returned to the role in this episode, which originally aired on March 11, 1972. Archie and Edith are invited to Long Island to attend the wedding of Maude's daughter, Carol. Thugh Read More

All in the Family: The Threat

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Gloria Le Roy

Synopsis: Gloria Le Roy guest stars as Bobby Jo, the much-younger wife of the man whose life Archie saved during WWII. When Bobby Jo pays a visit to the Bunker household, Archie falls over himself being uncommonly gracious and hospitable. Naturally, he insists that his behavior is borne of friendship -- but Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Fraud

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, James McEachin

Synopsis: Still moonlighting as a cab driver, Archie has neglected to report his additional income to the IRS. Inevitably, the Feds come calling, whereupon Archie "handles" matters by offering the IRS agent (James McEachin) a little under-the-counter hush money. Of course, the agent is neither impressed nor Read More

All in the Family: Sammy's Visit

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Synopsis: Written by comedian Bill Dana (aka Jose Jimenez), this classic episode represents the one and only time that All in the Family relied upon a guest star. It all begins when moonlighting cabbie Archie comes home bearing a briefcase left in his taxi by Sammy Davis Jr. Intending to return the Read More

All in the Family: Edith Gets a Mink

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Richard Dysart

Synopsis: Archie's pride is hurt when Edith is given an expensive mink cape by her cousin Amelia. At first ordering Edith to return the gift, Archie changes his mind when he realizes that he stands to collect 300 dollars by selling the cape. Unfortunately, there's that pesky stain which just won't come out. Rae Allen Read More

All in the Family: Archie Is Jealous

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Brendan Dillon

Synopsis: Archie accidentally discovers that Edith is harboring a secret. Sometime in the distant past, she spent a weekend at the home of a former boyfriend. With his usual sense of tact and propriety, Archie reacts to this revelation by going into a jealous rage and going out of the house in a huff. Brendan Dillon Read More

All in the Family: Edith, the Judge

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jack Weston

Synopsis: Archie gets into an argument with Syrian laundry owner Girgis (Jack Weston) when each blames the other for breaking a washing machine. When it becomes clear that neither side will back down, Edith finds herself arbitrating between her husband and the owner. Naturally, Archie is convinced that Read More

All in the Family: Gloria and the Riddle

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Patricia Stich

Synopsis: A riddle posed by Gloria sparks a major brouhaha on the topic of Women's Lib. Gloria knows the answer to the riddle, and so does Edith -- but Mike and Archie are stumped. Archie, of course, reacts with his usual bombast, while Mike begins to question the validity of his own liberal sentiments. Allan Melvin Read More

All in the Family: Flashback - Mike and Gloria's Wedding, Part Two

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Michael Conrad

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the viewer is transported back to the day that Mike and Gloria were married. Not surprisingly, Archie continues his feud with Mike's formidable Uncle Casmir (a pre-Hill Street Blues Michael Conrad). Things come to a head when both Archie and Mike object to Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Appendix

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Ann Summers

Synopsis: Suffering an appendicitis attack, Mike is rushed to the hospital. End of story? Not quite: Mike's surgeon is a woman, a fact which sparks a "chauvinist vs. feminist" argument between Archie and Gloria. Much to Gloria's dismay, Mike agrees with Arch that a woman's place is not in the operating Read More

All in the Family: Mike Comes Into Money

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: In this episode the ball starts rolling when Mike unexpectedly receives a 200-dollar inheritance. Archie wants Mike to hand over the money for household expenses. Instead, liberal Mike donates the 200 dollars to the presidential campaign of George McGovern. Like many another third-season episodes Read More

All in the Family: Flashback - Mike and Gloria's Wedding, Part One

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Michael Conrad

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the Bunkers and the Stivics recall the wedding of Mike and Gloria. The pre-nuptial arrangements are complicated when stubborn Archie butts heads with Mike's equally stubborn Uncle Casmir (played by future Hill Street Blues co-star Michael Conrad). It's Read More

All in the Family: The Locket

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, John Randolph

Synopsis: Edith is in a panic when she loses a valuable locket. Archie, however, is less concerned about the locket than in its long-range value. Hoping to purchase a new color TV set, Archie tries to persuade Edith to claim that the locket was stolen so he can collect a huge insurance settlement. Written Read More

All in the Family: Lionel Steps Out

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: It is no surprise that Archie is livid over the fact that his lily-white niece Linda (Diane Hull) has gone out dancing with Lionel Jefferson. What is surprising is that Archie's opinions are in alignment with those of Lionel's uncle Henry, who is likewise dead set against "mixed dating." Michael Ross Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Winning Ticket

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mel Stewart

Synopsis: The Bunker household is turned on its ear when Edith announces that she holds a winning lottery ticket. An exultant Archie wants to go on an immediate spending spree, but Edith puts a damper on the celebration by revealing that the ticket actually belongs to Louise Jefferson. Only briefly daunted Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Bowling Team

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Brad Logan

Synopsis: Archie is thrilled when he is considered for membership in a championship bowling team. He is less thrilled to discover that his principal competition is a top-notch black bowler. Taking heart in the fact that the rest of the team is as bigoted as he, Archie is not quite prepared for the surprises Read More

Of Thee I Sing

All in the Family: Season 03

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Securely imbedded as America's top-rated series, All in the Family enters its third season with the greatest of ease. This season's episode manifest yields quite a few interesting guest appearances: Vincent Gardenia, later cast in the recurring role of Archie's neighbor Frank Lorenzo, is seen as a Read More

All in the Family: Edith Flips Her Wig

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, James Gregory

Synopsis: Could Edith Bunker be a kleptomaniac? That's what Edith thinks when she is arrested for shoplifting after accidentally leaving a store with an unpaid-for item. Mike and Gloria advise that Edith visit a psychiatrist, but Archie insist that he handle the matter himself -- and guess what happens Read More

All in the Family: The Bunkers and the Swingers

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis: Naïve Edith answers a classified advertisement requesting a pair of "fun pen pals." Before long, the Bunkers are visited by Mr. and Mrs. Rempley, a couple of middle-aged "swingers" who invite Archie and Edith to participate in a wife-swapping party. Curtis Rempley is played by Vincent Gardenia Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Mysterious Son

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Marcia Rodd

Synopsis: Marcia Rodd guest stars as a woman named Marilyn Sanders, who unexpectedly shows up one night at the Bunker doorstep. Insisting that Mike is father of her son (Steve Manley), Marilyn leaves the kid with the Bunkers and disappears as quickly as she came. Now Mike must do a lot of soul-searching Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the FBI

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Archie's blind faith in the infallibility of the United States receives another blow when he finds himself under the scrutiny of the FBI. At first, the Feds seem more interested in one of Archie's closest friends, but then the investigation hits closer to home. Though Archie survives with his Read More

All in the Family: The Elevator Story

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Roscoe Lee Browne

Synopsis: It could only happen to Archie Bunker: He's trapped in a stalled elevator with a prickly black attorney named Thompson (Roscoe Lee Browne), a ditzy secretary named Miss McCarthy (Eileen Brennan), and a pregnant, monolingual Puerto Rican woman (Edith Diaz). Things take an even dicier turn when Mrs. Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Problem

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jeannie Linero

Synopsis: This Emmy-winning episode of All in the Family not only shattered yet another TV taboo, but also showcased an acting tour de force for series star Jean Stapleton. The Bunker family is thrown into an uproar when the normally docile Edith undergoes several sudden and unexpected mood swings Read More

All in the Family: Now That You Know the Way

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Jack Bender

Synopsis: Also known as "Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit," this episode proves that even Mike has his limits when it comes to human behavior. Archie is appalled when Mike and Gloria invite their flower-child friends Paul (Jack Bender) and Robin (Jenny Sullivan) to "crash" at the Bunker home. He is even Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Poses in the Nude

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Mike's let-it-all-hang-out liberalism is again put to the test when Gloria agrees to pose in the nude for the Stivics' artist friend Szabo Daborba (a pre-Starsky and Hutch David Soul). Naturally, Archie is outraged that Gloria would be willing to appear in the altogether in front of a stranger Read More

All in the Family: Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Archie learns to his horror that a black family is moving across the street. As Edith, Gloria, and Mike listen with varying reactions, Archie spouts out all manner of racist venom and ethnic misapprehensions -- only to be caught short when Lionel (Mike Evans) arrives with an added tidbit of Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Is Pregnant

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Holly Near

Synopsis: When Gloria announces that she's pregnant, both Mike and Archie blanche in terror. Not only did Mike enter into matrimony with the understanding that there wouldn't be any children, but he just plain can't afford to be a father. As for Archie, he is dead set against Gloria bringing a "little Read More

All in the Family: Edith Has Jury Duty

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Hollis Irving

Synopsis: Just because All in the Family specialized in cutting-edge humor didn't mean that the producers were above using tried-and-true sitcom plot lines now and then. In this one, Edith Bunker serves on a jury -- and, of course, is the sole holdout when everyone else enters a "guilty" verdict. As a Read More

All in the Family: Archie's Aching Back

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: After getting into a minor fender-bender, Archie suffers a delayed case of whiplash. Hoping to collect a huge settlement from the other driver, Archie figures that his chances in court will improve if he hires a Jewish lawyer. But even Attorney Rabinowitz (Salem Ludwig) balks at suing a "van full Read More

All in the Family: Writing the President

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Helen Page Camp

Synopsis: Incensed that Mike has written a stern and critical letter to President Nixon, super-patriotic Archie tries to set things right by penning his own missive to the Chief Executive. "Dear Mr. President...Your Honor...Sir..." -- and Archie even dons a clean shirt and tie for the occasion. Scripted by Paul Harrison Read More

All in the Family: Judging Books By Covers

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Philip Carey

Synopsis: Archie thinks he knows a homosexual when he sees one, and when Mike invites his flamboyant photographer friend Roger to the Bunker household, Archie automatically assumes that Roger is a "flamer." Retreating to the safety of Kelsey's Bar, Arch chooses to spend some time with his "he-man" pals Read More

All in the Family: Archie Gives Blood

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Archie balks at the notion of donating blood at the local Red Cross. When Mike accuses him of being chicken, Archie protests that he doesn't want to give up a precious pint of his own "pure" blood unless he can be certain that the recipient will not be a member of a minority group. Archie's Read More

All in the Family: Season 01

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: From the vantage point of the early 21st century, it is hard to imagine the shocking impact of All in the Family's premiere episode, "Meet the Bunkers," in which the world was introduced to Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor), who apparently never met a minority group he liked and whose vocabulary Read More

All in the Family: Season 02

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: Season two of All in the Family was also the series' first "full" season, offering 24 episodes in contrast with season one's meager manifest of 13. The opener, "The Saga of Cousin Oscar," is the first of the series' episodes to deal with the previously taboo topic of death (but hardly the last!). Read More

All in the Family: Meet the Bunkers

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: The sitcom that changed the face of American television premiered on January 12, 1971, with the last of three pilot episodes filmed between 1968 and 1970 (during which time the property underwent two near-complete cast overhauls and three title changes). Written by series co-producer Norman Lear Read More

All in the Family [TV Series]

Crew: Songwriter

Synopsis: "The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show -- in a mature fashion -- just how absurd they are." With this carefully worded disclaimer, the CBS Read More

All in the Family: The Saga of Cousin Oscar

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Isabel Sanford

Synopsis: Season two of All in the Family commenced on September 18, 1971 with yet another taboo-banning episode. Scripted by Burt Styler and Norman Lear from a story by Styler, "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" dared to turn a subject as serious as death into a joke. No one in the Bunker family can abide Read More

All in the Family: Edith's Accident

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Accidentally denting the fender of a parked car with a can of peaches, Edith leaves a note on the car's windshield. A furious Archie reprimands Edith for her unrepentant act of honesty, but that's hardly the end of the story, which includes such elements as insurance fraud and an "unfrocked" Read More

All in the Family: Mike's Problem

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mel Stewart

Synopsis: Mike's nervousness over his upcoming final exams have rendered him temporarily impotent. Not only does this put the damper on his sex life with Gloria, but it adversely -- and hilariously -- affects the rest of the Bunker family as well. The script for this taboo-shattering All in the Family Read More

All in the Family: The Blockbuster

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Jack Crowder (later billed as Thalmus Rasulala) guest stars as Chester Byrd, a high-pressure black real estate agent. Offering to give Archie twice what he paid for his house, Byrd adroitly and insidiously utilizes scare tactics, warning the Bunkers that their neighborhood is about to be infested Read More

All in the Family: Edith Writes a Song

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Cleavon Little

Synopsis: Archie's insistence upon purchasing a gun to protect his household backfires when a couple of burglars named Coke and Horace break into the Bunker household. Keeping Archie at bay with his own gun, the two thieves reveal a lot about themselves -- and, in the course of the evening, genially Read More

All in the Family: Archie and the Lock-Up

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Archie predicts disaster when Mike and Lionel participate in an anti-Pentagon demonstration at the U.N. building. It turns out that Archie is right -- but disaster befalls him, when, showing up at the demonstration to take Mike and Lionel home, he ends up in the slammer himself. Allan Melvin Read More

All in the Family: The Election Story

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Barbara Cason

Synopsis: Though "The Election Story" originally aired on October 30, 1971, for plot purposes the action takes place during an election year. Predictably, Mike and Gloria throw their support behind a liberal candidate, while Archie takes the side of the conservative opponent. And that's about all that's Read More

All in the Family: Flashback - Mike Meets Archie

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Synopsis: As indicated by the title of this episode (which is "bookended" by the celebration of Mike and Gloria's first anniversary), the viewer is taken back in time to the momentous first meeting between Archie Bunker and Mike Stivic. The fun is generated not only by Archie's outraged reaction at Gloria's Read More

All in the Family: The First and Last Supper

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: The tempestuous introductory "shakedown season" of All in the Family ended on a high (and highly rated) note with the episode titled "The First and Last Supper." Though Archie is resigned to the fact that the Jeffersons are living across the street, he is still opposed to having other black Read More

All in the Family: Christmas Day at the Bunkers

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Christmas is anything but merry in the Bunker household this year. Anticipating his usual Christmas bonus, Archie makes like a modern-day Scrooge when the bonus doesn't come through. Meanwhile, Edith, Gloria, and Mike try to make the best of things for themselves and their erstwhile dinner guests Read More

All in the Family: Cousin Maude's Visit

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Bea Arthur

Synopsis: Bea Arthur makes her first-ever appearance as Maude Findlay, ultra-conservative Archie's ultra-liberal cousin. Described by Archie as "the original creeping socialist," Maude has steered clear of the Bunker household for years. But when the entire family comes down with the flu, "Maudie" arrives Read More

All in the Family: Archie Is Worried About His Job

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Hollis Irving

Synopsis: This episode offers a few clues as to what makes Archie Bunker "tick." Worried that he will be fired from his job, Arch spends a nervous evening seated at the telephone, while a steady stream of eccentric characters -- a nosy cop (Sandy Kenyon), a noisy drunk (Jack Perkins), and a confused Read More

All in the Family: Gloria Discovers Women's Lib

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: A "showcase" episode for series co-star Sally Struthers, "Gloria Discovers Women's Lib" delivers exactly what its title promises. Upset that even her liberal husband Mike refuses to regard her as an equal, Gloria angrily leaves the Bunker household. As upsetting as this is to Archie, the prospect Read More

All in the Family: Success Story

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, William Windom

Synopsis: Archie's old army buddies prepare a reception for the most successful of their ranks, self-made millionaire Eddie Frazier (William Windom). Figuring that Eddie will purge Mike of some of his "pinko" anti-capitalist notions, Archie invites Eddie home for dinner. Not unexpectedly, it is Archie who Read More

All in the Family: The Man in the Street

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans

Synopsis: Interviewed by a WCBS-TV reporter about Nixon's economic plan, Archie is thrilled to learn that his interview will appear on the evening news. Alas, the Bunkers' TV set is broken and practically every other set in the neighborhood is likewise incapacitated. After numerous frustrations, Archie Read More

All in the Family: The Insurance Is Cancelled

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Philip Proctor

Synopsis: So often the dispenser of thoughtless discrimination, Archie finds himself forced to take his own medicine. This occurs when the Bunkers' home insurance is canceled thanks to the company's new racial red-lining procedures. Archie's plight at home is contrasted with his on-the-job decision to lay Read More

Kelly's Heroes

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: Like M*A*S*H and Catch-22, both released the same year, this military comedy takes place in an earlier war but is really a thinly disguised treatise on the modern-day insanity and avariciousness then unfolding in Vietnam. Clint Eastwood stars as Kelly, a former lieutenant whose illusions about the Read More

Doctors' Wives

Actors: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Rachel Roberts, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: Among a cliquish set of country club doctors and surgeons, it seems that sleeping around is the norm. Early in the film, however, one husband murders his promiscuous wife (Dyan Cannon) while she is in bed with a rather unlikely adulterer. The various alliances and rivalries in this close-knit Read More

Fear No Evil

Synopsis: Richard Alan Simmons, scriptwriter of Fear No Evil, evidently held fond memories of the old British chiller Dead of Night (a cornucopia of inspiration for programs like The Twilight Zone). The "Mirror Sequence" in the earlier film was gussied up for the basic plotline of this 1969 TV-movie. Bradford Dillman Read More

Marlowe

Actors: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell

Synopsis: James Garner is so good as Raymond Chandler's philosophical gumshoe Philip Marlowe that you forget he's totally wrong for the part. Based on Chandler's The Little Sister, Marlowe involves the detective's efforts to locate the missing brother of Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell). He follows the clues Read More

Ride a Northbound Horse

Synopsis: Carroll O'Connor was two years away from Archie Bunker when he signed for the minor Disney effort Ride a Northbound Horse. O'Connor plays second fiddle to teenaged John Shea, an orphan who journeys to Texas in hopes of growing up to be a cattle rancher. En route, Shea meets a glib con man (you Read More

Death of a Gunfighter

Actors: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu, Kent Smith

Synopsis: Famed anonymous director Alan Smithee (in this case a hybrid of Richard Totten and Don Siegel), directed this turgid western drama concerning Marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark), who, even though he has kept the peace in Cottonwood Springs for over twenty years, is now considered a local joke by Read More

For Love of Ivy

Actors: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters

Synopsis: When it was released in 1968, For Love of Ivy was the first mainstream Hollywood film to depict a mature romantic relationship between a black man and woman. Sidney Poitier stars as Jack Parks, a trucking executive who runs an illegal travelling casino out of one of his vehicles. Abbey Lincoln Read More

The Devil's Brigade

Actors: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins

Synopsis: During the early days of World War II, while the United States was massing its forces for the war, England hastily plans commando raids against the German forces to keep them at bay until America's troops enter the war. As a part of this plan, the Allies create the 1st Special Service Force to Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Trial

Actors: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: Though filmed as the twelfth episode of Mission: Impossible, "The Trial" was the seventeenth to be telecast, on January 28, 1967. While visiting an Eastern European nation, Briggs is mistaken for an American tourist and arrested by public prosecutor Josef Varsh (Carroll O'Connor). It is Varsh's Read More

Point Blank

Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, John Vernon

Synopsis: Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Hunter, John Boorman's gangster film hauntingly merges a generic revenge story with a European art cinema sensibility. In Alcatraz to divvy up the spoils from a robbery, thief Walker (Lee Marvin) is instead shot point blank by his double-crossing friend Mal Read More

Warning Shot

Actors: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Sr., Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish

Synopsis: LAPD detective Sgt. Tom Valens (David Janssen) is a ten-year veteran of the force who has had more than his share of hard luck lately -- his marriage is a wreck, and he hasn't fully recovered from a serious wound suffered in the line of duty a year ago. He and his partner, Sgt. Ed Musso (Keenan Wynn Read More

Waterhole #3

Actors: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Maggie Blye, Claude Akins, Timothy Carey

Synopsis: "A rootin', tootin', but sincere picture" was the advertising tag for the comedy western Waterhole No. 3. James Coburn plays the likeably amoral hero, who'll go to any lengths to get his mitts on a treasure map. Like his principal rival, renegade confederate cavalryman Claude Akins, Coburn knows Read More

Not with My Wife, You Don't!

Actors: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor, Richard Eastham

Synopsis: In the words of Hamlet, there's a plentiful lack of wit in Not with My Wife, You Don't! Korean war vet Tony Curtis is living in London, blissfully married (so he thinks) to Virna Lisi. In strolls old air force buddy George C. Scott, who has a history of stealing Curtis' ladies away from him. Read More

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Actors: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Aldo Ray, Giovanna Ralli

Synopsis: In this service comedy set during World War II, Capt. Cash (Dick Shawn) and Lt. Christian (James Coburn) are given orders to invade a small but strategically important village in Sicily. To their surprise, none of the natives offer the slightest resistance to the Americans taking over their town Read More

Hawaii

Actors: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Elizabeth Cole

Synopsis: Hawaii hadn't even begun filming when director Fred Zinnemann was replaced by George Roy Hill; similarly, the role intended for Charlton Heston ended up being played by Richard Harris (though Heston would eventually star in the 1970 sequel, The Hawaiians). Based on James A. Michener's best-selling Read More

In Harm's Way

Actors: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Dana Andrews, Paula Prentiss

Synopsis: In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network television in prime time, it was broken into two very full nights). On the morning of December 7, 1941, a heavy cruiser, commanded by Captain Rockwell Read More

The Outer Limits: Controlled Experiment

Synopsis: In Volume 16 of a collection culled from the 1963-1965 science fiction anthology television series, the human phenomena of "murder" is investigated by a pair of curious Martians. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Long Live the King

Synopsis: When the king of a small nation is assassinated, the Seaview gets the mission of conducting the young Crown Prince home. The mission, and the need to protect the boy, is made all the more difficult by his unhappiness, and Nelson and Crane's inability to communicate with him. When the sub picks up Read More

Cleopatra

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, Roddy McDowall, George Cole, Martin Landau

Synopsis: In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word -- an epic investment, an epic in the annals of Hollywood gossip, and, ultimately, an epic flop that nearly dragged 20th Century Fox down the Nile along with Cleopatra's barge. Handsomely mounted by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Read More

The Fugitive: Flight from the Final Demon

Synopsis: Working as a masseur in a health club, fugtive Richard Kimble (David Janssen)--alias "Al Dexter"--is recognized by Sheriff Bray (Carroll O'Connor), who intends to use Kimble to advance his own political ambitions. At the same time, coworker Steve Edson (Ed Nelson), who has just been acquitted on a Read More

Bonanza: The Boss

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: A decidedly pre-All in the Family Carroll O'Connor stars as freight line owner Tom Slayden. Using underhanded and monopolistic tactics, Slayden has managed to crown himself the unofficial boss of Virginia City. The Cartwrights become mixed up with the ruthlessly ambitious Slayden when one of his Read More

Death Valley Days: A Gun Is Not a Gentleman

The Untouchables: Bird in the Hand

Synopsis: This is the first of two Untouchables episodes intended as pilot films for the proposed spinoff series White Knights, starring Dane Clark and John Gabriel as US Public Health Service agents Dr. Victor Garr and Dr. Daniel Gifford. The plot gets under way when hoodlum Chicago Arnie Kurtz (Carroll Read More

Naked City: Spectre of the Rose Street Gang

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Lonely Are the Brave

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Mike Kane, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: Although it never quite escapes the pitfalls of pretension, this film was Kirk Douglas's bid for the affections of the art house crowd, and it remains one of his best efforts. The star plays unreconstructed "rugged individual" Jack Burns, who rides throughout the modern west knocking down man-made Read More

Lad: A Dog

Actors: Peter Breck, Peggy McCay, Carroll O'Connor, Angela Cartwright, Maurice Dallimore

Synopsis: This sentimental children's film is based on the true adventures of author Albert Payson Terhune's collie dog, as immortalized in Terhune's early 1920's novel. The story about the dog Lad's saving graces is very much directed toward the youngest moppets whose love of animals has yet to be jaded by Read More

The Untouchables: Power Play

Synopsis: Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) joins forces with Willard Thornton (Wendell Corey), newly appointed Special Crime Commissioner of Chicago, to ferret out the brains behind a huge criminal combine. What Ness doesn't know (but the audience does) is that Thornton himself is a member of the combine, in Read More

Parrish

Actors: Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens

Synopsis: A scenic, tobacco-road soap opera by director Delmar Daves, known more for his westerns, Parrish features Troy Donahue in the eponymous title role. Parrish's mother Ellen (Claudette Colbert in her last movie role) happens to marry one of two competing tobacco growers in the Connecticut River Read More

A Fever in the Blood

Actors: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly, Don Ameche, Ray Danton

Synopsis: In this routine political drama by Vincent Sherman, a murder trial is converted into one piece in the complex interaction between three candidates for governor. Judge Hoffman (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) is a solid, anchoring presence in his courtroom, qualities which should stand him in good stead when Read More

By Love Possessed

Actors: Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Jason Robards, Jr., George Hamilton, Susan Kohner

Synopsis: There's always something simmering beneath the quaint and placid surface of small-town New England lives -- and that includes the usual maladies of alcoholism, rape, and suicide. At least this is the case if you go by the tortuous tale told in By Love Possessed, a Peyton Place knock-off, directed Read More

Johnny Frenchman

Actors: Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc, Ralph Michael, Paul Dupuis

Synopsis: Johnny Frenchman uses humor to drive home the point that, despite all previous rivalries and hostilties, the French and English should pull together during WW2. Aldwych farceur Tom Walls plays Nat Pomeroy, harbourmaster of a Cornwall fishing village, who is continually outsmarted by clever French Read More