Ed Begley, Jr.Filmography

21 and a Wake-Up

Actors: Amy Acker, Danica McKellar, Ed Begley, Jr., Faye Dunaway

Around the World in 50 Years 3-D

Actors: Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley, Jr., Pat Carroll, Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin

Synopsis: nWave Pictures presents this animated adventure surrounding a sea turtle's 50-year journey around the globe, featuring the voices of Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Tim Curry, Melanie Griffith, Stacy Keach, and Jenny McCarthy. Fly Me to the Moon 3-D's director, Ben Stassen, heads up the project Read More

NOVA: The Big Energy Gamble

Synopsis: As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver on his campaign promise to combat global warming, the filmmakers at NOVA take a comprehensive look at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitious, yet controversial, plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions and promote energy efficiency. Known as Read More

Fly Me to the Moon 3-D

Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Trevor Gagnon

Synopsis: Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, and Tim Curry lend their voices to director Ben Stassen's (Haunted Castle and Encounter in the Third Dimension) animatedchildren's fantasy about three preteen flies who hitch a ride into space on the Apollo 11 moon mission. The year is Read More

Pineapple Express

Actors: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Danny R. McBride

Synopsis: Critically acclaimed director David Gordon Green takes a break from the brooding drama that defined such early efforts as George Washington and Undertow for this action-flavored buddy comedy concerning two pot-smoking friends (Seth Rogen and James Franco) who unwittingly become involved with a Read More

Finding Amanda

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Steve Coogan, Maura Tierney, Peter Facinelli

Synopsis: Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan makes his feature directorial debut with this comedy starring Matthew Broderick as a moderately successful television writer whose addiction to alcohol, gambling, and drugs make dealing with the latest family crisis especially difficult. Taylor Peters (Broderick) Read More

Gary Unmarried [TV Series]

Actors: Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall, Jaime King, Ryan Malgarini, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: After fifteen years of marriage, painting contractor Gary Barnes (Joy Mohr) and his controlling wife Allison (Paula Marshall) have finally split, and now as the unhappy couple attempts to navigate the treacherous waters of divorce while sharing custody of their two kids - environmentally conscious Read More

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Rascals

Synopsis: Bob Odenkirk mediates a fight between Tim and Eric; Ed Begley Jr. pitches a new phone; children receive acting tips. ~ Brie Hearn, All Movie Guide Read More

Balancing the Books

Actors: Dina Meyer, Vincent Spano, Lea Thompson, Lela Rochon, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A desperate woman enlists the aid of two close friends in contending with a volatile situation that is fast threatening to spiral out of control. Julia (Dina Meyer) is a successful, independent woman. The only thing missing from her life is the right man. Though Julia is currently sleeping with Read More

Recount

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt

Synopsis: Kevin Spacey and Bob Balaban headline Austin Powers director Jay Roach's all-star docudrama examining the events surrounding the most controversial presidential election in United States history. The highest office in the country is up for grabs, and the fate of the free world may hang in the Read More

One Long Night

Synopsis: Jon Seda, Alison Eastwood, Paul Rodriguez, Ed Begley, Jr., and Karen Black star in writer/producer/director David Siquerios' fish out of water comedy following a conservative half-Mexican, half-Caucasian businessman as he attempts to navigate a foreign land that he could have called home. The year Read More

Brando

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Bailey, Janet Aemisegger, Ellen Adler, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, James Caan, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: As originally screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Turner Classic Movies, the mammoth, epic-length documentary Brando chronicles in encyclopedic detail (and with a consistently reverent overtone) the life and career of the man widely regarded as the most Read More

Living With Ed: Season 01

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Rachelle Carson

For Your Consideration

Actors: Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Mockumentary mastermind Christopher Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in Read More

Hair High

Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Zak Orth, Sarah Silverman, Justin Long, Eric Gilliland

Synopsis: As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen Read More

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Actors: Greg "Gadget" Abbott, Dave Barthmuss, Ed Begley, Jr., Jim Boyd and His Men of the West, Alec N. Brooks

Synopsis: Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a Read More

The Optimist

Actors: Rade Serbedzija, Leelee Sobieski, Shane West, Eric Balfour, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A Russian-Jewish immigrant (Rade Serbedzija) whose pride prevents him from admitting to being fired as a clarinetist for the Torrance Symphony finds his life taking an unexpectedly positive turn after a pair of fleeing car thieves choose his home as a place to hide out from the authorities. Later Read More

Pittsburgh

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Illeana Douglas, Moby, Catherine Wreford

Synopsis: Filmmakers Chris Bradley and Kyle LaBrache co-directed this film that exists somewhere between an improvisational mockumentary and an actual documentary. Starring Jeff Goldblum as himself, the film follows the actor's attempts to put on a production of The Music Man in the titular town. The play Read More

Veronica Mars: Hi, Infidelity

Synopsis: Veronica's term paper turns up on the internet, leading the TA to accuse her of cheating. The young sleuth must prove her innocence, all while Wallace copes with long basketball practices distracting him from his studies. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

Veronica Mars: Lord of the Pi's

Synopsis: Veronica and Keith are hired to find the missing daughter of the founder of Hearst College, who just happens to be the swing vote in the case to ban all fraternities and sororities at the college. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

Veronica Mars: President Evil

Synopsis: The illegal casino that Veronica's been visiting is robbed, and now she must discover who the thief was, so she can retrieve the necklace Lilly gave her, which was taken with the rest of the casino's loot. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

Tripping Forward

Actors: Chris Fogleman, William Gregory Lee

Synopsis: A struggling actor and a has-been rock star attempt to make the rent by selling cocaine to supermodels in this buddy comedy starring Chris Fogelman, William Gregory Lee, Ed Begley, Jr., M.C. Gainey, and Ezra Buzzington. As an actor, Ford (Fogelman) is a modestly successful commercial spokesman Read More

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story

Actors: Catherine Disher, Jonathan Potts, Mark Rendall, Ed Begley, Jr., Graham Greene, Katie Stuart

Synopsis: Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story concerns an awkward teenager who, after being attacked in the forest, befriends a Kermode bear. He soon learns that the bears are seriously endangered. The boy grows out of his shell and begins a political campaign to save his large furry friends. ~ Perry Read More

Desolation Sound

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Helene Joy, Jennifer Beals

Synopsis: A woman hounded by jealousy, doubt, and guilt commits a shocking crime and suffers unexpected consequences in this psychological thriller. Laurel (Helene Joy) is a fortysomething artist living in rural Canada with her husband, Michael (Ian Tracey), but their relationship is hardly ideal -- he's Read More

Stateside

Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer, Joe Mantegna

Synopsis: Directed by Reverge Anselmo, Stateside revolves around the unique love story of two very different teens -- namely, the rich but lonely Mark Deloach (Jonathan Tucker) and Dori Lawrence (Rachael Leigh Cook), a schizophrenic singer and actress -- whose lives spiral out of control in separate but Read More

Kingdom Hospital

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison, Ed Begley, Jr., Jack Coleman

Synopsis: Based upon the critically acclaimed Lars von Trier miniseries Riget (The Kingdom), this American remake from fright master Stephen King unfolds over 15 hours and centers on the creepy goings-on at a hospital known as The Kingdom. Andrew McCarthy leads the cast as Dr. Hook, one of the physicians at Read More

Raising Genius

Life on Liberty Street

Actors: Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Wendy Phillips, Ed Begley, Jr., Brett Cullen

Synopsis: An altruistic divorcée learns that sometimes it takes a patient to heal the healer in a touching tale of forgiveness and compassion starring Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, and Ed Begley, Jr. Denise (Gish) has just been through an emotionally taxing divorce, and when the hospital she is employed at Read More

A Mighty Wind

Actors: Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: The writing and directing team who created Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show turn their satiric eye toward the world of folk music in this sly mockumentary. Irving Steinbloom was one of the great behind-the-scenes figures of the folk music boom of the late '50s and early '60s, and helped to Read More

Net Games

Actors: Monique Demers, C. Thomas Howell, Lala Sloatman, Samuel Ball

Synopsis: A man who has it all finds his perfect world spinning into a blinding storm of psychotic rage after engaging in a bout of extramarital cybersex in this thriller starring C. Thomas Howell. Despite having a life that every man would envy, Adam Vance (Howell) just can't help but feeling that his sex Read More

Going Down

Actors: Jay Michael Ferguson, Josh Blake, Christine Lakin, Hope Riley, Matthew Carey

Synopsis: The debut film from director Joseph A. Pineda, Going Down is a raunchy independent comedy starring Jay Michael Ferguson and Josh Blake as two pals who find themselves mired in a fiasco in the aftermath of a wild party. With Jack's (Ferguson) parents due back in just a few hours, the guys find Read More

War Stories

Synopsis: A feature-length pilot film for a proposed NBC series, War Stories is set in a battle-torn Middle Eastern country that is obviously Uzbekistan (but not identified as such). Cynical, hard-as-nails American war correspondent Ben Dansmore (Jeff Goldblum) balks at being assigned a new Read More

Auto Focus

Actors: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman

Synopsis: The life and sordid, untimely death of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane are explored by director Paul Schrader in this biopic, which marks one of the few times the filmmaker has not scripted his own film. Auto Focus chronologically traces the meteoric rise of Crane's show business career, beginning Read More

Bug

Actors: Brian Cox, Michael Hitchcock, Jamie Kennedy, Jane Adams

Synopsis: Various lives intersect to curious results in this sometimes surreal tale of life in Silverlake, from the duo who scripted crazy/beautiful and The Tuxedo. As Chinese-food restaurant and donut shop owner Cyr's (Brian Cox) obsessive-compulsive leanings begin to get the best of him, his workers' Read More

Get Over It!

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqo, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Martin Short

Synopsis: Ben Foster stars in this teenage comedy as Berke Landers, an average high schooler who has achieved high status by winning over Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), reputed to be the most popular and beautiful girl in his class. After an initially winning time, Allison finds herself drawn to the hot new Read More

Hounded

Actors: Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood, Shia LaBeouf, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Directed by Neal Israel, Hounded is a made-for-television family film about a 13-year-old boy named Jay Martin who has both a school paper and his chances for a scholarship stolen by his rival, Ronny Van Dusen, who just so happens to be the headmaster's son. Jay concocts a plan to right the Read More

Diary of a Sex Addict

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Michael Des Barres, Rosanna Arquette, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Joseph Brustman's erotic drama Diary of a Sex Addict tells the tale of Sammy Horn (Michael Des Barres), a man whose sexual addiction forces him into situations where he risks the comfortable suburban life he has created for himself and his family. Rosanna Arquette, Nastassja Kinski, Ed Begley Jr. Read More

Best in Show

Actors: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard

Synopsis: After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training. A television crew is on Read More

Homicide: The Movie

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher

Synopsis: Some six months after the cancellation of the popular, hard-hitting TV cop series Homicide, most of the cast members were reunited for a two-hour TV movie, which deftly (and somewhat surprisingly) combines stark, raw realism with Sartre-esque flights of fantasy. Several members past and present of Read More

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Actors: Ricki Lake, Blythe Danner, Anthony Clark, Linden Ashby, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: An amateur sleuth gets some help from her pets in this family-oriented mystery. Mary Haristeen (Ricki Lake), known to her friends as Harry, is the Post Mistress in a small Southern town; when she's not reading mystery novels, she tends to her cat, Mrs. Murphy (voice of Blythe Danner), and her dog Read More

I'm Losing You

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Amanda Donohoe, Buck Henry, Salome Jens, Frank Langella

Synopsis: This 1998 film about a dysfunctional Los Angeles family is directed by Bruce Wagner, on whose novel this is based. Everyone in this family has a problem. Perry (Frank Langella) is a successful TV producer who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer just before his 60th birthday. His son Bertie (Andrew McCarthy Read More

Addams Family Reunion

Actors: Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV sequel to the popular films, the Addams set out to find some of their weirder relatives. Tim Curry and Darryl Hannah star. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Putting the "Gay" Back in Litigation

Synopsis: Hesitant to have Illeana Douglas as a guest on the show despite the fact that he's currently dating her, Larry (Garry Shandling) is compelled to coach the confounded actress through her appearance. Meanwhile, amidst a seemingly endless barrage of gay jokes from Phil (Wallace Langham), Brian (Scott Thompson Read More

Joey

Actors: Jamie Croft, Alex McKenna, Rebecca Gibney, Ed Begley, Jr., Ruth Cracknell

Synopsis: This Australian animal adventure begins at a Queensland farm where young Billy (Jamie Croft), who lives with his widowed mother Penny (Rebecca Gibney), likes to watch the kangaroos, including baby Joey. Mean-spirited neighbor Dixon (Errol O'Neill) hires brutish Kanga Catcher (Harold Hopkins) to Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Cap-Beer-Cino

Synopsis: The guys are appalled to discover that their coffee-flavored Buzz Beer has an upscale rival in the form of "Cap-Beer-Cino", created by shady entrepreneur Gus Vandekamp (Ed Begley Jr.). Actually, Gus brazenly stole the idea from the guys, but thanks to a legal loophole they can't do anything about Read More

Ms. Bear

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Shaun Johnston, Kaitlyn Burke, Natja Jamaan, Kimberly Warnat

Synopsis: In this heartwarming, youth-oriented outing, a 7-year-old girl finds the perfect playmate when she stumbles across a lost, lonely bear cub in the forest. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Lay of the Land

Actors: Sally Kellerman, Ed Begley, Jr., Sandra Taylor, Stuart Margolin, Tyne Daly

Synopsis: A pair of not-so-happily married academics confront their various emotional problems as temptations appear on all sides in this comedy. Mary Jane Dankworth (Sally Kellerman) teaches film at the same university where her husband Harvey (Ed Begley, Jr.) teaches Russian literature. Their relationship Read More

Not in This Town

Actors: Kathy Baker, Adam Arkin, Max Gail, Bradford Tatum

Synopsis: A wife and mother from Billings, Montana takes a stand against a white supremacist hate group in Not In This Town. Tammy Schnitzer (Kathy Baker) and her husband Brian (Adam Arkin) hope to raise two young children in the quiet town. Henry Whitcomb (Ed Begley Jr.) leads the hate group into Read More

Alone

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Chris Cooper, Shelley Duvall, James Earl Jones, Hume Cronyn

Synopsis: A lonely man receives some not entirely welcome attention from his children in this drama written by Horton Foote. John Webb (Hume Cronyn) is an aging farmer from Texas who recently lost his wife and is coming to terms with spending the rest of his days on his own. An oil company believes that Read More

Project: ALF

Actors: Ray Walston, Ed Begley, Jr., Martin Sheen, Jensen Daggett

Synopsis: This made-for-television comedy picks up where the popular alien TV-series ALF left off. Captured by the military on his way back home, ALF is forced to undergo experiments at the hands of the unsympathetic Col. Gilbert Milfoil (Martin Sheen). Two military officers take pity on poor ALF and decide Read More

The Late Shift

Actors: Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the non-fiction best-seller, The Late Shift is an irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at the conflict over who would succeed Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno or David Letterman. Beginning with Carson's retirement, the made-for-cable film follows the backstage Read More

Santa with Muscles

Actors: Hulk Hogan, Ed Begley, Jr., Don Stark

Synopsis: Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne (famed wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan) has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun Read More

Star Trek: Voyager: Future's End, Part I

Actors: Roxann Dawson

7th Heaven [TV Series]

Actors: Tyler Hoechlin, George Stults, Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher, MacKenzie Rosman

Synopsis: One of the most atypical weekly series to emerge from the Aaron Spelling TV factory, 7th Heaven, created by Spelling and Brenda Hampton, has eschewed the sex-and-sin shenanigans of such series as Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place in favor of honest, three-dimensional family values, with Read More

Hourglass

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Sofia Shinas, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: C. Thomas Howell made his directorial debut in this suspense thriller, in which he also stars as Michael Jardine, a successful fashion designer. When Jardine's wife drowns under mysterious circumstances, he finds himself the key suspect in the murder investigation led by police detective Cecil Read More

Star Trek: Voyager: Future's End, Part II

Actors: Roxann Dawson

Touched By an Angel: 'Til We Meet Again

Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey) is the nurse at the bedside of elderly Joe Carpenter (Harvey Vernon), who is on the verge of being "collected" by Angel of Death Andrew (John Dye). But before Joe can leave this world, Monica and Tess (Della Reese) must somehow repair the fractured relationships between the Read More

Batman Forever

Actors: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell

Synopsis: Director Joel Schumacher inherited the Batman franchise from Tim Burton and began steering it in the campier direction of the Sixties television show with this third installment. First-time Batman/Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer), in his only outing as the Caped Crusader, is effectively brooding as he Read More

The Crazysitter

Synopsis: When an ex-con manages to schmooze her way into being a high-priced nanny for a rich family, she promptly tries to control the family's two adorable moppets. Unfortunately for her, the kids are none too keen on starting an early career in a sweat shop, and with Home Alone-like aplomb, they manage Read More

Storybook

Actors: Swoosie Kurtz, William McNamara, Sean Fitzgerald, Richard Moll, Milton Berle, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A trip to the attic of his new house lands young Brandon and his loyal dog in a magical world ruled by a wicked queen. There he meets a captive prince and vows to help the youthful prince relocate a powerful sword and prevent it from falling into the queen's greedy hands. This fantasy adventure is Read More

Partners

Rave Review

Actors: Jeff Seymour, Carmen Argenziano, Ed Begley, Jr., Robert Costanzo, James Handy

Synopsis: This black comedy centers upon the L.A. theater scene. Steve Maletti owns a small struggling theater. He also directs the plays there. He has just secured two popular TV stars to appear in his newest production. Unfortunately, the actors get a movie deal and fly away to Africa leaving the hapless Read More

The Shaggy Dog

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Scott Weinger, Sharon Lawrence, Jon Polito, James Cromwell

Synopsis: In this television remake of Disney's zany feature, a teenager under a magic spell keeps turning into a sheepdog, much to his father's chagrin. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Earth Aid: Recycling

Synopsis: In the throwaway mindset of the world of rabid consumerism, hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash are discarded by humans every day. Where does it all go? When will we run out of space to contain it all? What kind of damage is it doing to our precious environment? These have long been the Read More

Earth Aid: Water Conservation

Synopsis: The modern world increases its use of water daily, while the available water supply diminishes. Environmental expert Ed Begley Jr. narrates this serious look at the planet's water resources and their preservation. Earth Aid: Water Conservation examines the importance of water conservation and Read More

World War II: When Lions Roared

Actors: Michael Caine, John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, Ed Begley, Jr., Jan Triska

Synopsis: This made-for-TV historical drama focuses on the sometimes uneasy alliances between three of the world's great leaders -- Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston Churchill (Bob Hoskins), and Joseph Stalin (Michael Caine) -- as they met in 1943 for the Tehran Conference, in which they Read More

Incident at Deception Ridge

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Linda Purl, Ed Begley, Jr., Colleen Flynn, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV action adventure, some criminals terrorize a Seattle-bound bus filled with innocent passengers after a kidnapping goes awry. Michael O'Keefe stars as Jack Boulder, a just-released ex-con who, along with some resourceful characters, helps his fellow bus passengers defend Read More

Columbo: Undercover

Actors: Peter Falk, Ed Begley, Jr., Burt Young, Shera Danese, Harrison Page

Synopsis: In this episode of the long-running detective series, Lt. Columbo delves seven years into the past to look into a lucrative bank robbery. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Pagemaster

Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Mel Harris, Patrick Stewart

Synopsis: A young boy overcomes his obsessive fears by discovering a love for books in this animated fantasy adventure. In a live action wraparound, Macaulay Culkin stars as Richard Tyler, an easily bullied, nervous wreck of a kid who's an expert on safety statistics. His mother and father (Mel Harris and Ed Begley, Jr. Read More

Greedy

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia D'Abo, Phil Hartman

Synopsis: It's been said that nothing can bring two men closer together than a dollar placed between them, and a large family finds themselves becoming far closer than they'd like over several million dollars in this satiric comedy. Uncle Joe McTeague (Kirk Douglas) is an elderly man with a multi-million Read More

Renaissance Man

Actors: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, James Remar, Cliff Robertson, Lillo Brancato Jr.

Synopsis: Penny Marshall's feel-good comedy, invoking parts of Dead Poet's Society, Sister Act, and Private Benjamin, features Danny DeVito as Bill Rago, a divorced advertising man who is fired from his job. During an appointment at the unemployment office, a counselor finds him a job as a civilian Read More

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Actors: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Lorraine Bracco

Synopsis: Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace Zabriskie Read More

Roseanne: Crime and Punishment, Part 1

Synopsis: D.J. gets in trouble at school for bringing a coarse comic book to class, which he got from his sister Darlene. Meanwhile, Dan gets hostile when he finds out that Fisher (Matt Roth) has been physically abusing Jackie. Ed Begley Jr. guest stars as Mr. Alexander. Part one of a two-part episode. Read More

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: The Radish Cure

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: The Pet Forgetters Cure

Tales From the Crypt: Death of Some Salesman

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A phony tombstone salesmen discovers that his latest mark could be his most profitable ever in this Tales from the Crypt episode starring Tim Curry and Ed Begley, Jr. After making a killing by selling phony tombstones, a murderous conman learns of a family rumored to have a virtual fortune Read More

Your Toxic Trash

The Larry Sanders Show: The List

Synopsis: Though Larry (Garry Shandling) is slowly being pulled out of depression by spending more time with Francine (Kathryn Harrold), his suspicions concerning her sexual history make the eccentric talk show host a bit hesitant to rekindle the old flame. After making a passing reference to her sex life Read More

Celebrity Guide to Entertaining

Synopsis: Find out how celebrity parties and dinners differ from those attended by most people. Hosts Bernard Erpicum of Spago and Paula McClure introduce the viewer to such basics as the Elegant Winter Meal, the Festive Holiday Dinner and the Afternoon or Evening Get-Together Meal. Tasty recipes for such Read More

Cooperstown

Synopsis: This gentle baseball fantasy centers on a former ball player who has spent thirty years bitterly brooding over the fact that he has been overlooked by the Baseball Hall of Fame. He finally decides to take action when his long-lost best friend returns from the dead to talk to him. Just before he Read More

Earth and the American Dream

Actors: Mel Gibson, E.G. Marshall

Synopsis: This exhaustive treatment of the roots of environmental destruction in the modern world has come in for scathing criticism from those spearheading the "environmental backlash" movement, which is composed largely of rabidly pro-corporate thinkers and those who take "pure" capitalism as their Read More

Running Mates

Actors: Ed Harris, Diane Keaton

Synopsis: The made-for-cable satirical comedy Running Mates is about a bachelor U.S. Senator named Hugh (Ed Harris), who falls in love with Aggie (Diane Keaton), a widowed children's author, while he is running for president. Though she hates politics, she finds something charming in the slick Hugh and Read More

Exclusive

Actors: Suzanne Somers, Michael Nouri, Ed Begley, Jr., Joe Cortese, Scott Bryce

Synopsis: TV journalist (and recovering alcoholic) Marcy Singer (Suzanne Somers) is promised an Exclusive by anonymous phone an caller. Singer is advised to show up at a well-known bar at an appointed time. Once she's arrived, she finds six corpses awaiting her. Investigating, Singer follows the trail of Read More

Dark Horse

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Mimi Rogers, Ari Meyers, Donovan Leitch, Samantha Eggar, Tab Hunter

Synopsis: A troubled teen girl finds friendship with a cast-aside horse, in this family drama. Ari Meyers (from TV's Kate & Allie) stars as Allison Mills, a young girl who gets herself into trouble after the death of her mother. Sent to a horse farm as part of a community service sentence, Allison is Read More

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

Synopsis: This 1970s true story features a fanatically religious woman and her son-in-law who hold her children prisoner while waiting for her late husband's resurrection in Utah. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

America the Bountiful

Synopsis: Available with a teaching guide, this is a historical documentary made in six parts showing the history of American agriculture through actual photographs, vintage footage and historical re-enactments. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Applegates

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Stockard Channing, Cami Cooper, Bobby Jacoby, Dabney Coleman

Synopsis: The Applegates is the video title for the darkly satirical comedy Meet the Applegates. The titular family, for all intents and purposes human beings, are actually a clan of giant Brazilian Cocorada bugs. Paterfamilias Dick Applegate (Ed Begley Jr.) takes a job with an Ohio nuclear power plant Read More

Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs

Synopsis: In this lively made-for-TV espionage comedy, an off-the-wall CIA agent involves an interpreter in his hunt for a professional hit man assigned to murder the President. The real craziness begins when they discover that the killer is one of their ex-wives and that she is living next door. ~ Sandra Read More

The Story Lady

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Tandy Cronyn, Lisa Jakub, Richard Masur, Jessica Tandy, Stephanie Zimbalist

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV drama, Jessica Tandy plays Grace McQueen, an elderly woman who has grown bored and restless following the death of her husband. Grace has always loved telling stories to children, and as a way of keeping herself occupied she comes up with an idea for a public access television Read More

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

Synopsis: The superb, utterly convincing special effects in the two-part TV movie The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake cannot be faulted. Less convincing are the scenes in which the fictional TV reporters, demoralized and in tears, can't bring themselves to describe the extent of the destruction. Read More

Chance of a Lifetime

Synopsis: In this romance, a widowed businesswoman, believing she has an incurable disease begins a series of romantic encounters only to discover that she has been misdiagnosed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Actors: Jenny Agutter, Ed Asner

Synopsis: This made-for-cable feature film stars Edward Asner as a fashionable confidence trickster. Asner masterminds an investment scam which cleans out four gullible young men. The foursome pool their resources and decide to beat Asner at his own game with a con of their own. Jenny Agutter is the lovely Read More

In the Best Interest of the Child

Actors: Meg Tilly, Ed Begley, Jr., Michael O'Keefe, Michele Greene, Marta Woodward

Synopsis: In the Best Interest of the Child was not based on a true story. That's the official line adopted by producer Robert A. Papazian, even though the plot of this made-for-TV movie would seem to be inspired by the exploits of the real-life Dr. Elizabeth Morgan. True or no, there's plenty of Read More

The Great L.A. Earthquake

She-Devil

Actors: Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Begley, Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles

Synopsis: Susan Seidelman directed this loose adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil concerning the extreme revenge exacted by a dumpy housewife on her philandering husband. Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) is a best-selling romance novelist of the manner of Danielle Steel or Jackie Collins Read More

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Robert Beltran, Mary Woronov, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: In this satirical skewering of the lifestyles of the rich and famous, a divorced Beverly Hills gal ends up on the doorstep of her next-door neighbor, an out-of-work TV sitcom actress who happens to have a socially eclectic group of friends and a deceased husband who can't accept the fact that he Read More

The Accidental Tourist

Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman

Synopsis: Director Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Galati adapted their screenplay for The Accidental Tourist from Anne Tyler's novel. William Hurt plays Macon Leary, a well-known "travel advisor" headquartered in Baltimore. The tragic death of Leary's son causes him to withdraw from the world, which in turn Read More

Amazon Women on the Moon

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Ralph Bellamy, Carrie Fisher, Griffin Dunne, Steve Guttenberg

Synopsis: The 1987 portmanteau comedy feature Amazon Women on the Moon lampoons several film genres in general and the 1954 sci-fi cheapie Cat Women of the Moon in particular. Other sketches in Amazon Women include an opening bit with Arsenio Hall; a vignette titled "Son of the Invisible Man" wherein a Read More

Roman Holiday

Actors: Tom Conti, Catherine Oxenberg, Eileen Atkins, Patrick Allen

Synopsis: All the charm and joie de vivre of the 1953 Gregory Peck/Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday is purged from this hollow TV remake. The stunning but lifeless Catherine Oxenberg assumes the Hepburn role of a young princess who escapes the protocol of court life for a romantic fling in Rome. Tom Conti Read More

Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Synopsis: The Lyons Group presents this retelling of Washington Irving's classic story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Part of Shelley Duvall's American Tall Tales series, American Tall Tales: Legend of Sleepy Hollow features Ed Begley Jr. as Ichobod Crane, the cowardly school teacher forced to face the Read More

Celebration Family

Actors: Stephanie Zimbalist, James Read, Diane Ladd

Synopsis: In this touching family drama, a loving couple discovers they can no longer make babies so they provide a good home to unwanted children. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

St. Elsewhere: Season 06

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

St. Elsewhere: Season 05

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Synopsis: This 47-minute adaptation of the Washington Irving classic was originally telecast on Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends anthology. Ed Begley Jr. stars as a cerebral Ichabod Crane. Taking time off from schoolteaching, Ichabod woos Katrina Van Tassel, alias Beverly D'Angelo. Tim Thomerson is Read More

Pound Puppies

Synopsis: Essentially a long commercial for a popular line of stuffed toys, this animated feature chronicles the adventures of a pack of adorable pooches. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

St. Elsewhere: Season 04

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

Transylvania 6-5000

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, John Byner, Jeffrey Jones

Synopsis: In a plot that combines Mary Shelley's mad Dr. Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, two yellow journalism reporters, Jack and Gil (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr.) head off to a castle in Transylvania. The intrepid duo is out to hunt down a story that proves Frankenstein's "monster" is Read More

Protocol

Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland

Synopsis: In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assassination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts Read More

St. Elsewhere: Season 03

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

This Is Spinal Tap

Actors: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra, R.J. Parnell

Synopsis: Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This Is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Synopsis: This Faerie Tale Theatre (Shelley Duvall) episode is about the man who fell asleep for twenty years, only to awaken an old man. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Streets of Fire

Actors: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: More like a series of MTV sequences than a long-term narration, this super-thin story line focuses on a kidnapped singer (Diane Lane) and her ex-boyfriend (Michael Pare) who goes forth to save her through rainy streets, the roar of elevated subways, several alleys, and the usual warehouses. Each Read More

Saturday Night Live: Ed Begley, Jr.

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Billy Squier

Synopsis: This 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Ed Begley Jr. and features musical guests Billy Squier. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

An Uncommon Love

Synopsis: In this drama, a college professor gets romantically involved with a student until he learns that she earns tuition working as a part-time hooker. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

St. Elsewhere: Season 02

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

Still the Beaver

Actors: Barbara Billingsley, Jerry Mathers

Synopsis: Perhaps it's a blessing that old Ward Cleaver didn't live to see how his son Beaver (Jerry Mathers) turned out. Now in his mid-30s, the Beav is divorced, out of work, and living in his mother's house with his two children. Beaver's brother Wally, also married, is doing rather better, but his Read More

Get Crazy

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Miles Chapin

Synopsis: Director Allan Arkush knew whereof he spoke in Get Crazy. A longtime employee of Fillmore East, a popular rock-concert locale of the 1960s and 1970s, Arkush brought a great deal of insider's savvy to this comedy about the concert circuit and its denizens. Malcolm McDowell stars as a Mick Read More

Voyager from the Unknown

Synopsis: Taken from the Voyagers! television show, these two episodes follow the adventures of a man and an orphaned child as they travel through time in an attempt to prevent future disasters. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Cat People

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee

Synopsis: In this loose adaptation of the 1942 horror classic of the same name, a 2001-style opening montage establishes some sort of sacrificial, mystical union between panthers and an ancient tribe of humans. Flash forward to 1980's New Orleans, where waifish Irina (Natassja Kinski) meets her older Read More

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Synopsis: Inasmuch as Mark Twain thoughtlessly neglected to mention all the "secret adventures" of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in his own books on these colorful characters, this CBS TV movie performed a public service by taking up the slack. According to Rascals and Robbers, Hannibal's own Tom (Patrick Read More

St. Elsewhere: Season 01

Actors: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., David Morse

Young Doctors in Love

Actors: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Macnee, Hector Elizondo

Synopsis: In this comedy, a group of randy young interns turn City Hospital upside down with their romantic liaisons and their blunders. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

An Officer and a Gentleman

Actors: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett, Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount

Synopsis: Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he's arrived at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill sergeant Emil Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.). Mayo --or "Mayonnaise," as he is dubbed by the irascible Read More

Not Just Another Affair

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, an attorney finds himself frustrated when his lovely fiance, a marine biologist insists on remaining celibate until her wedding night. The film is also known as Perfect Affair. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Eating Raoul

Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Eating Raoul was celebrated at the time of its release as the perfect marriage between mainstream moviemaking and the so-called "underground" cinema. Cult-film icons Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel (both of whom directed) play a married couple who decide to cash in on the sexual perversions of Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Stain of Guilt

Synopsis: Quincy (Jack Klugman) is the technical advisor on a movie which is dramatizing an infamous murder case involving onetime socialite Victoria Sawyer (Carolyn Jones). Noticing several discrepancies in the script, Quincy begins to doubt that Victoria was guilty of the murder for which she is currently Read More

Buddy Buddy

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar

Synopsis: As if in some way Billy Wilder sensed that Buddy Buddy would ultimately turn out to be his final feature film, Wilder lets loose scatter-shot stingers at a wide range of pop-culture targets -- from sex clinics, to 60 Minutes, to movie references, to disco, to Betamax video recorders. Based on Read More

Private Lessons

Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Ron Foster, Eric Brown, Pamela Jean Bryant, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Penned by Dan Greenburg, Private Lessons details the plight of a rich, fifteen-year-old boy (Eric Brown) whose French maid (Sylvia Kristel of the Emmanuelle series) is hired to teach him the finer points of l'amour. A contrived subplot involving a blackmail scheme complicates matters but really Read More

Laverne & Shirley: Who's Papa?

Synopsis: Reunited with her seafaring brother Bobby (Ed Begley Jr.) after many years, Shirley (Cindy Williams) is struck by the fact that she and Bobby do not resemble one another in the least. Can it be that Shirley is not a "natural" offspring of the Feeney family, but was instead adopted? To find out Read More

Hot Rod

Synopsis: A young racer attempts to win a dragstip competition where the outcome has already been fixed by the local mob, in this film alternately known as Hotrod and Rebel of the Road. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Laverne & Shirley: What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?

Synopsis: Ed Begley Jr. returns in the role of Shirley's brother Bobby Feeney. Evidently Bobby's years in the Navy have not been altogether beneficial; during her sibling's shore leave, Shirley becomes painfully aware that Bobby has developed into a full-fledged alcoholic. Featured in the supporting cast of Read More

The In-Laws

Actors: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Arlene Golonka, Penny Peyser

Synopsis: Dentist Sheldon Kornpett (Alan Arkin) is a respectable man. He has a daughter who is about to marry the son of a very suspicious character, Vince Ricardo (Peter Falk). They are practically relatives already, the wedding is so near. Certainly, Sheldon already despises Vince as if he were already a Read More

A Shining Season

Synopsis: Timothy Bottoms stars as the real-life John Baker in the made-for-TV A Shining Season. A champion University of New Mexico track athlete, the 25-year-old Baker is only momentarily halted when he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. His efforts to coach a losing girls' track team in his last months Read More

Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Patrick MacNee guest stars as Count Iblis, a shipwrecked alien rescued by a Galactica recon mission. Claiming to be the last descendant of a long-gone alien culture, Iblis promises to grant three wishes to the Colonials -- including safe passage to Read More

Battlestar Galactica

Actors: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Jane Seymour, Dirk Benedict

Synopsis: This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to Read More

Airport '79: Concorde

Actors: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, George Kennedy

Synopsis: The fourth Airport film may be the silliest of them all, as George Kennedy returns, this time co-piloting with Alain Delon. The plane is on its way to the Moscow Olympics, has a bomb on board, and gets fired upon with missiles that necessitate flying upside-down. A look at the cast list resembles Read More

Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

Actors: Henry Gibson, Tanya Tucker

Synopsis: Director Joel Schumacher makes like Robert Altman in the made-for-TV Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill. In the tradition of Altman's Nashville, Schumacher's film is a rambling, anecdotal study of an amateur talent show in a tawdry Southern saloon. The link between the two films is Read More

M*A*S*H: Too Many Cooks

Synopsis: In this opening episode of M*A*S*H's eighth season, the 4077th pays host to Pvt. Paul "Look Out Below" Conway (Ed Begley Jr.), the clumsiest man in the army--any army. Though Conway is a total loss as a soldier, he turns out to be a brilliant gourmet chef, which is why the doctors and nurses are Read More

Elvis

Actors: Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: The first volley in the never-ending "Presley movie" blitzkrieg, the made-for-TV Elvis: The Movie stars Kurt Russell as the King, Season Hubley as Priscilla, Pat Hingle as Col. Parker, Shelley Winters as Elvis' mom, and Bing Russell (Kurt's real-life father) as Elvis' dad. The film recounts Presley Read More

Hardcore

Actors: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Leonard Gaines, Dick Sargent

Synopsis: "Oh my God, that's my daughter." So read the advertising copy of Hardcore. George C. Scott plays Jake Van Dorn, a man of means and conservative values who discovers that his precious daughter is appearing in X-rated films. Desperately making his way through the sub-rosa world of pornography, Van Read More

Quincy, M.E.: No Way to Treat a Body

Synopsis: While renovating her new apartment in an old Victorian mansion, Quincy's girlfriend Jenny Drake (Marj Dusay) unearths the mummified remains of two women. Later on, two other female corpses are found within the same walls. After a thorough examination, Quincy (Jack Klugman) concludes that three of Read More

Blue Collar

Actors: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley, Jr., Harry Bellaver

Synopsis: Paul Schrader's directorial debut examines the trials of Detroit autoworkers living at the mercy of a heartless corporation and a corrupt union. Surviving from paycheck to paycheck, Checker Cab assembly linemen Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto) scrape by and Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In an outer-space replay of a familiar western plotline, the Gallactica must gather enough seed to replant its devastated agroships, lest the crew and passengers starve. In order to gain the necessary seed from a group of alien farmers, Adama (Lorne Greene) is obliged to romance a former Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In Part Two of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, Galactica's Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) has managed to escape the death trap arranged by the scurrilous, metallic cylons and human traitor Baltar (John Colicos). With the other survivors of the apocalyptic battle between the Cylons and the 12 Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 2

Actors: Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos, Maren Jensen

Synopsis: In the concluding episode of a two-part story, the disease-weakened convoy, led by Galactica's commander Adama (Lorne Greene), have found an ancient planet that may well be the gateway to the long-lost 13th colony of Mankind (once known as planet earth). With Galactica's male personnel afflicted Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the surviving Mankind convoy is weakened by an unknown but highly contagious disease. Soon all the male fighter pilots of Galactica have fallen ill, leaving the vessel--and its thousands passengers--in the hands of the the courageous but untested female Read More

The One and Only

Actors: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: Brash young Andy Schmidt (Henry Winkler) can't make a go of it as an actor in the early 1950s. Still, he wins the hand of Mary Crawford (Kim Darby), and the two of them try to make ends meet in New York City. Andy is on the verge of starvation when he befriends wrestling-promoter Sidney Seltzer (Gene Saks Read More

Record City

Synopsis: This lighthearted, tuneful and youth-oriented comedy is set in a record store and chronicles the zany exploits of its employees. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In part one of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, the 12 colonies of humankind are poised to sign a peace treaty with the Cylons, a race of mechanical men with whom the colonies have waged war for the past millennium. In truth, however, the peace conference is a trap, arranged by traitorous Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 3

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In Part Three of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, the survivors of the war between the Cylons and Mankind have been lured into a trap on the planet Carillon. Thanks to some quick thinking on the part of Galactica's Cmdr. Adama (Lorne Greene), Adama's son Apollo (Richard Hatch), and Apollo's Read More

Goin' South

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright

Synopsis: Sentenced to hang in a backwater western town, horse thief Henry Moon (Jack Nicholson) is saved when frontierswoman Julia Tate (Mary Steenburgen) agrees to marry him. Taking advantage of the town law that prohibits the execution of married men, Moon follows Tate back to her ranch, planning all the Read More

Dead of Night

Synopsis: Directed and produced by genre icon Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows, Trilogy of Terror), this trio of terrifying stories from I Am Legend author Richard Matheson features performances by Patrick Macnee, Ed Begley, Jr., and Horst Buchholz. The horror gets underway in "Second Chance," a story about a man Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Valleyview

Synopsis: Several deaths have occurred at Valleyview Sanitarium--which in and of itself is not unusual, in that most of the patients are very old and very ill. Even Quincy (Jack Klugman) is persuaded that the recent, slightly mysterious death of an elderly man was simply a coronary rather than foul play. Read More

Citizens Band

Actors: Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Ann Wedgeworth, Bruce McGill, Marcia Rodd

Synopsis: CB radios provide a human connection between the lives of a collection of varied characters in Jonathan Demme's energizing film that exploits the CB radio craze of the mid-'70s. Chrome Angel (Charles Napier) is a truck driver who has an accident and is laid up recuperating at the home of Hot Read More

Stay Hungry

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Englund

Synopsis: In this offbeat comedy, Jeff Bridges plays Craig Blake, a rich kid who works with a group of hard-living Southern real-estate men led by Jabo (Joe Spinell), who are buying up a business district in Birmingham, Alabama in order to clear the space and put in a new project. Craig is supposed to work Read More

Baretta: A Bite of the Apple

Actors: Robert Blake, Edward Grover, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts, Chino "Fats" Williams

Synopsis: Karen Valentine guest stars as Holly Dean, the fiancée of a former mobster. When her boyfriend dies, he entrusts his "little black book" to Holly's care. Since the book contains the itemized accounts of several local mobsters, both the good guys and the bad guys would like to get their hands on Read More

Cockfighter

Actors: Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins

Synopsis: Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) is a game cock trainer who has taken a vow of silence; he once bragged too loudly about his cockfighting prowess and ended up losing his best fowl in a drunken, late-night match before an important tournament. To regain his pride after such hubris, Frank refuses to Read More

Superdad

Actors: Sarah Fankboner, Jim Wakefield, Bob Crane, Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Barbara Rush, Dick Van Patten

Synopsis: A concerned father decides to become closer to his daughter the hard way in this live-action comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Charlie McCready (Bob Crane) is the father of Wendy (Kathleen Cody), a pretty teenager soon to enter college. Like most parents, Charlie only wants the best for his Read More

Showdown

Actors: Dan Boydston, Dean Martin, Rock Hudson, Susan Clark

Synopsis: In this Western comedy, Billy (Dean Martin) and Chuck (Rock Hudson) were the best of friends until Chuck married the girl they were both courting. Now they have drifted apart. Chuck has since become a sheriff and must hunt down Billy, now a robber. As the chase proceeds, each of them reminisces Read More

Charley and the Angel

Synopsis: Finding that he hasn't much time left to live, a man makes needed changes in his life with the help of an angel in this Disney feature. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Actors: Joyce Menges, Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus, William Windom

Synopsis: If anyone is interested in seeing what Kurt Russell used to do before transforming into Snake Plissken in Escape From New York, they can look no further than this labored Disney slapstick marzipan sequel to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Kurt Russell, once again, is Dexter Riley, a science major Read More

Family Flight

Synopsis: The family in "flight" is played by Rod Taylor, Dina Merrill and Kristoffer Tabori. While taking an airborne vacation to Mexico, the family crash-lands somewhere in the Baja peninsula. Having taken the vacation as a means to patch up a variety of differences, the family is forced to pull together Read More

Ironside: Programmed for Panic

Synopsis: The police are stymied by a lack of witnesses and clues as they investigate the murder of a pretty coed in San Francisco park. Hoping to arouse the conscience of The Public, Ironside (Raymond Burr) appears on an all-night TV debate show, begging people to come forward with any information that Read More

Evil Roy Slade

Actors: Edie Adams, John Astin, Pamela Austin, Henry Gibson, John Ritter, Dick Shawn, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise, Penny Marshall, Mickey Rooney

Synopsis: Overlooked when it first aired February 18, 1972, the made-for-TV Evil Roy Slade has gained a loyal and protective cult following in the past 20 years. The film was the second pilot for a never-sold TV western spoof created by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, Sheriff Who?. Actually, it was the Read More

The F.B.I.: The Deadly Gift

Synopsis: Posing as a psychic, silver-tongued con artist Charles Ridgeway (Fritz Weaver) specializing in relieving his wealthy clients of their jewels and other valuables. Ridgeway's current pigeon is widow Carol Stanford (Dana Wynter), who is desperate to make contact with the spirit of her dead son. FBI Read More

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Pound Puppies: City Pound

Synopsis: An animated adventure that features the Pound Puppies when they try to rescue their friends from the pound! ~ All Movie Guide Read More

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