Julie Sommars Filmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason proves that a famous illusionist is innocent of deliberately killing his assistant during a spectacular stage stunt. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Matlock: Nowhere to Turn

Actors: Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Julie Sommars, Joe Regalbuto

Synopsis: In this episode of the long-running courtroom drama, Matlock must prove that he is not responsible for murdering a Los Angeles judge. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Matlock: The Mayor

Actors: Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holliday, Don Knotts

Synopsis: An old flower child stands accused of murdering the mayor of Chicago. He says he is innocent, and attorney Ben Matlock believes him. During his investigation, the clever lawyer discovers several damning skeletons in the late leader's closet. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Emergency Room

Actors: Julie Sommars, Paul Stewart

Synopsis: Lensed on videotape, Emergency Room was the first presentation of the syndicated Commworld Prime Time Showcase. Sarah Purcell and LeVar Burton star in this hospital melodrama. Purcell plays the doctor in charge of the E.R., dealing not only with an onrush of patients but also with hospital red Read More

Cave-In!

Magnum, P.I.: Texas Lightning

Synopsis: "Texas Lightning" is the nickname of professional cardsharp Jeannie Lowry (Julie Sommars), who hires Magnum (Tom Selleck) as her bodyguard during a big-time poker game on a luxurious yacht. It soon develops that Jeannie is using the game as a cover for a planned burglary of the adjacent yacht Read More

Sex and the Single Parent

Synopsis: Based on Jane Adams' book of the same name, the made-for-TV Sex and the Single Parent stars Susan Saint James as Sally and Mike Farrell as George. Newly divorced from their respective spouses, both Sally and George intend to celebrate their independence by throwing sexual caution to the wind. But Read More

Cave-In!

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, James Olson, Julie Sommars

Synopsis: You'd think that Irwin Allen had exhausted the "disaster" genre by 1979. Think again: 1979 was the year that Allen put together the made-for-TV movie Cave-In. Once again, a diverse group is trapped in a perilous situation; this time they're caught in an underground cave-in in an anonymous national Read More

Centennial

Actors: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Timothy Dalton, Alex Karras, Robert Conrad

Synopsis: The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a Read More

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Actors: Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear

Synopsis: It's love at first spark plug for Herbie, the spunky Disney Volkswagen, in Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo. Herbie reunites with Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), his driver from the original The Love Bug, as they participate in the annual Monte Carlo road rally. Herbie holds his own in the qualifying races Read More

The 42nd Street Cavalry

Synopsis: 42nd Street Cavalry originated as a two-hour episode of the popular TV series McCloud. Assigned to the NYPD's mounted police unit, detective McCloud (Dennis Weaver) takes chase when several armed robbers hold up a National Guard Armory and wound a cop. The trail leads McCloud to a looney Read More

The Rockford Files: The Kirkoff Case

Synopsis: The first "official" case for private detective Jim Rockford (James Garner)--that is, the first case on the TV-series version of The Rockford Files, rather than the 1974 TV-movie pilot--finds him typically championing the underdog. In this instance, that "underdog" is not some impoverished wretch Read More

I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill

Five Desperate Women

Actors: Anjanette Comer, Joan Hackett, Stefanie Powers, Denise Nicholas

Synopsis: Five Desperate Women debuted as an ABC Movie of the Week on September 28, 1971. Anjanette Comer, Joan Hackett, Denise Nicholas and Stefanie Powers are four of five graduates of an exclusive girl's college, meeting together for a reunion on a remote island. The fifth girl (whose name we'll withhold Read More

How to Steal an Airplane

Synopsis: The alternate title for this TV pilot film is the more appropriate The Scavengers. Peter Deuel and Clintin Greyn play two soldiers of fortune who work outside the law in order to reclaim stolen goods for their rightful owners. The stolen item in this case is a jet plane, swiped by a Latin American Read More

The Harness

Synopsis: Made for television, The Harness was "suggested" by a John Steinbeck short story. Lorne Greene stars as an aging California farmer, long under the thumb of his domineering wife. Much against his better judgment, Greene becomes fascinated with young Julie Sommars, a free-spirited unwed mother. When Read More

The F.B.I.: A Life in the Balance

Synopsis: A young James Caan heads the guest cast in this episode, wherein the heir to a plastics fortune is kidnapped. Investigating, the FBI finds blood stains at the suspected abduction site, but their labs are unable to determine whose blood it is. In order to solve this mystery--and by extension, save Read More

Nightmare

Synopsis: In this crime drama, Dan Farrel patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The F.B.I.: The Daughter

Synopsis: Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is on the hunt for Red spy major Jan Anka, who has assumed the identity of deceased American Albert Robinson. Having thus far successfully eluded the Feds, Anka is confronted with an unexpected threat to his safety with the arrival of a girl named Janet Read More

The F.B.I.: The Conspirators

Synopsis: A seaport murder alerts Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) to the presence of Communist spies in the area. Sure enough, enemy agent Conrad Letterman (Michael Rennie) is laying the groundwork for a plan to blow up a military supply ship bound for the Orient. In order for the mission to Read More

The Fugitive: The Blessings of Liberty

Synopsis: Posing as "Ben Russell", Kimble finds refuge in the home of the Koraks, a family of Hungarian emigres. When the police put the family's apartment building under surveillance while searching for an escaped murderer, Josef Korak (Ludwig Donath) begins to worry that his past criminal record as an Read More

The Pad and How to Use It

Actors: Brian Bedford, Julie Sommars, James Farentino, Edy Williams

Synopsis: A nebbish tries to become a ladies' man overnight, with disastrous results, in this comedy. Bob Handman (Brian Bedford) is a bright but painfully shy young man who is more than a bit nervous around the opposite sex. While attending a Mozart recital, he meets a beautiful woman named Doreen Marshall Read More

The Fugitive: Stranger in the Mirror

Synopsis: William Shatner guest stars as Tony Burrell, a former policeman who runs a boy's athletic club. Posing as "John Evans", Kimble goes to work for Burrell just as the neighborhood is buzzing about the brutal murder of two cops. As the story progresses and another murder occurs, Kimble begins to Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Careless Kitten

Synopsis: Franklin Shore is supposed to have died ten years ago, but his widow Matilda (Louise Latham) stubbornly refuses to probate Franklin's will, presumably convinced that the man is still alive. It could be that Matilda is right: her niece Helen (Julie Sommars) receives quite a shock late one night Read More

The Great Sioux Massacre

Actors: Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars, Nancy Kovack

Synopsis: The Great Sioux Massacre is an entertaining pack of lies about Custer's Last Stand. General Custer (Philip Carey) is herein depicted as a bastion of tolerance, whose efforts to secure fair treatment for the Indians lead to several confrontations with corrupt government officials. Custer is forced Read More

Bonanza: The Roper

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Williams

Synopsis: The focus is on new series regular Will Cartwright (Guy Williams) in the Peter Packer-scripted Bonanza episode "The Roper." In the absence of Ben and his sons, outlaws invade the Ponderosa, attempt to rob Ben's safe, and take Will as hostage. As the crooks await Ben's return-the better to demand Read More

Sex and the College Girl

Synopsis: A cad who goes through women faster than his laundry finally meets his match while vacationing in Puerto Rico. ~ All Movie Guide Read More