Paul BogartFilmography

The Gift of Love

Crew: Director

Actors: Andy Griffith, Blair Brown, Olivia Burnette, Will Friedle, Joyce Van Patten

Synopsis: Reeling with guilt after he accepts the healthy heart of his darling, deceased grandson, an elderly man lapses into a deep depression that does not abate until he hooks up with a troubled teenage runaway. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Broadway Bound

Crew: Director

Actors: Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman, Anne Bancroft, Michele Lee, Hume Cronyn

Synopsis: The 1986 stage hit Broadway Bound is the third entry in playwright Neil Simon's "autobiography trilogy". Unlike the cinemadaptations of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound was filmed for television, where it debuted March 23, 1992. Brighton Beach Memoirs star Jonathan Silverman Read More

Torch Song Trilogy

Crew: Director

Actors: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young

Synopsis: Harvey Fierstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway hit was adapted for the screen by Fierstein himself. The playwright also repeats his stage role of female impersonator Arnold Beckoff, aka nightclub entertainer "Virginia Hamm." The three-part plotline, whittled down to accommodate the film's Read More

Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The 1986-87 TV season was graced by two "dueling" biopics of Frances Bradshaw, the socialite convicted of coercing her own son into murdering Frances' millionaire father Frank. The first was the four-hour At Mother's Request, starring Stefanie Powers as Frances. The second, and superior adaptation Read More

The Canterville Ghost

Crew: Director

Actors: John Gielgud

Synopsis: John Gielgud stars in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic ghost tale. Simon de Canterville (Gielgud) becomes trapped in his family's estate after he runs away instead of engaging in a duel with another man. After he dies, his ghost haunts the mansion; his soul cannot rest until his Read More

The Golden Girls: Job Hunting

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Rose (Betty White) loses her job at the crisis center -- but not her persistent clients, who keep calling and calling for Rose's help at all hours, thereby putting a crimp in her job-hunting efforts. Blanche (Rue McClanahan) -- who is determined to drop several pounds -- faces a "loss" of a Read More

The Golden Girls: Season 01

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Synopsis: Legend has it that The Golden Girls, created by Susan Harris of Soap fame, was introduced to NBC's Saturday-evening lineup in the fall of 1986 to counter criticism that the network was ignoring its older viewers (that is, those over the age of 34) in favor of younger fans. Whatever the case, not Read More

The Golden Girls: Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearance of Dorothy's ex-husband, Stan (Herb Edelman), and daughter, Kate (here played by Lisa Jane Persky). Dorothy (Bea Arthur) is still angry that Stan left her for a much younger woman -- and intends to wreak vengeance upon her ex at the wedding of Kate and her Read More

The Golden Girls: Break-In

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Arriving home from a concert, the girls find that their home has been broken into and burglarized. Terrified that they might be robbed again, our heroines purchase all manner of precautions, ranging from a security system, a supply of mace, and a dog. When Rose (Rue McClanahan) goes one step Read More

The Golden Girls: Transplant

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Sheree North guest stars as Virginia Hollingsworth, the younger sister of Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan). Throughout her life, Virginia has always managed to "win" everything that Blanche has ever held dear. Now, Virginia hopes once again to take something away from Blanche -- namely, one of Read More

Oh, God! You Devil

Crew: Director

Actors: George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart, Eugene Roche

Synopsis: In the third and final film in the Oh, God! franchise, Bobby Shelton (Ted Wass) is a struggling musician who can't get a break, which bothers him all the more now that his wife, Wendy (Roxanne Hart), is about to have a baby. Desperate and depressed, Bobby announces that he'd sell his soul to get Read More

Power, Passion and Murder

Crew: Director

Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, George Murdock

Synopsis: Set during the '30s, this made-for-television sudser tells the melodramatic tale of a beautiful Hollywood starlet who throws away her promising career for the love of a married man. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Fun and Games

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In Fun and Games, a professional career woman is harassed by her boss, who then rejects her for promotion. The woman then sues her boss for sexual harassment ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

All in the Family: A Night at the PTA

Crew: Director

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: A Girl Like Edith

Crew: Director

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: The Appendectomy

Crew: Director

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: Stephanie and the Crime Wave

Crew: Director

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: The Family Next Door

Crew: Director

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 Return of Stephanie's Father

Crew: Director

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: Too-Good Edith

Crew: Director

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

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

Crew: Director

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: Barney the Gold Digger

Crew: Director

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: Stephanie's Conversion

Crew: Director

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: Edith Gets Fired

Crew: Director

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: Mike's New Job

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Brother

Crew: Director

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: The Dinner Guest

Crew: Director

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: Little Miss Bunker

Crew: Director

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: The Stivics Go West

Crew: Director

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: Stale Mates

Crew: Director

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: Archie and the Super Bowl

Crew: Director

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: The Commercial

Crew: Director

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: Aunt Iola's Visit

Crew: Director

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: Two's a Crowd

Crew: Director

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: Love Comes to the Butcher

Crew: Director

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 Return of the Waitress

Crew: Director

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: Edith Versus the Bank

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: California, Here We Are

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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

All in the Family: Archie's Other Wife

Crew: Director

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: Reunion on Hauser Street

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: What'll We Do With Stephanie?

Crew: Director

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: Weekend in the Country

Crew: Director

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's Final Respects

Crew: Director

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: Archie Gets the Business

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Dog Day Afternoon

Crew: Director

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: Edith's 50th Birthday

Crew: Director

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: Cousin Liz

Crew: Director

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: Fire

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Archie the Liberal

Crew: Director

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: Mike and Gloria Split

Crew: Director

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: Unequal Partners

Crew: Director

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: Mike and Gloria Meet

Crew: Director

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: Archie and the KKK, Part Two

Crew: Director

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: Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part Two

Crew: Director

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: Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part One

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Bitter Pill, Part One

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Chair

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye

Crew: Director

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: The Joys of Sex

Crew: Director

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: Mike Goes Skiing

Crew: Director

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: Gloria and Mike's House Guests

Crew: Director

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: Love By Appointment

Crew: Director

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: Joey's Baptism

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Brief Encounter, Part Two

Crew: Director

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 Brief Encounter, Part One

Crew: Director

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: Edith's Night Out

Crew: Director

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: New Year's Wedding

Crew: Director

Actors: Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Billy Crystal, Elliott Reid

Synopsis: Now that little Joey Stivic has been born, things return to normal on All in the Family; that is, the various family members start arguing and bickering again. This time around, the problems arise from Mike's habit of making decisions without consulting Gloria. Things reach the crisis stage when Read More

Alice: Pilot

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Getting a head start on the 1976-1977 TV season, the movie-based sitcom Alice made its debut with a special airing of its pilot episode on August 31, 1976. After the death of her truck driver husband, Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) decides to resume her career as a piano-bar singer. First, however, she Read More

All in the Family: Gloria's False Alarm

Crew: Director

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: Mike's Move

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: The Unemployment Story, Part One

Crew: Director

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: Mr. Edith Bunker

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Weighty Problem

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Secret Passion

Crew: Director

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: The Draft Dodger

Crew: Director

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: The Baby Contest

Crew: Director

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: Mike and Gloria's Will

Crew: Director

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 Operation, Part One

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Archie's Operation, Part Two

Crew: Director

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: Teresa Moves In

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Archie the Hero

Crew: Director

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: Archie the Donor

Crew: Director

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: Chain Letter

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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

Winner Take All

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this drama, a gambling-addicted housewife resorts to stealing from the family savings account to feed her obsession. Trouble ensues when her husband finds out. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mr. Ricco

Crew: Director

Actors: Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nicholas, Cindy Williams

Synopsis: Dean Martin had his final leading role in this obscure drama about a San Francisco lawyer defending a black militant (Thalmus Rasulala) on trial for murder. The familiar supporting cast includes Cindy Williams, Philip Michael Thomas, and Room 222's Denise Nicholas. Filmmaker Paul Bogart, who Read More

All in the Family: Alone At Last

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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: Gloria Is Nervous

Crew: Director

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

Crew: Director

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 Two

Crew: Director

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: Birth of the Baby, Part One

Crew: Director

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: The Little Atheist

Crew: Director

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: Edith Breaks Out

Crew: Director

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: Mike Faces Life

Crew: Director

Actors: Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, George Furth, Diane Shalet

Synopsis: While fondly recalling the opening theme music of The Milton Berle Show, Gloria and Mike receive a letter stating that Gloria has been fired from her job. Once Mike has come to grips with the fact that he will be forced to be the family breadwinner, a new plot tangent develops when Gloria's Read More

All in the Family: Grandpa Blues

Crew: Director

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: Gloria Suspects Mike

Crew: Director

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

Double Solitaire

Crew: Director

Actors: Susan Clark, Norma Crane, Richard Crenna, Norman Foster, Harold Gould

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Crew: Director

Actors: Maureen Stapleton, Paul Sorvino, Ayn Ruymen

Synopsis: Maureen Stapleton stars as a housewife who, after 26 years of marriage, is searching for new meaning in life. She inaugurates a weekly round robin at her home, encouraging six of her best friends to seriously discuss their difficulties. While the friends draw closer during these sessions Read More

The Thanksgiving Treasure

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Set in 1947, The Thanksgiving Treasure takes place on the small Nebraska farm of the Mills family. 11-year-old Addie Mills (Lisa Lucas) is of the opinion that the purpose of Thanksgiving is to turn an enemy into a friend--just as the Pilgrims and the Indians did back in 1620. Addie hopes to mend Read More

Class of '44

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, William Atherton, Samuel Bottoms

Synopsis: Paul Bogart directed this ho-hum follow-up to Robert Mulligan's Summer of '42 in which the three adolescents begin their college years during the waning years of World War II. Hermie (Gary Grimes), Oscy (Jerry Houser), and Benjie (Oliver Conant) graduate from high school and head off in different Read More

Holiday Treasure

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Set during Thanksgiving, this feature stars veteran performers Jason Robards, Sr. and Melvyn Douglas in a touching story of warmth, compassion, and reaching out during the feast of the year. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

Cancel My Reservation

Crew: Director

Actors: Ralph Bellamy, Bob Hope

Synopsis: The title of this Bob Hope vehicle Cancel My Reservation is a multiple pun, referring to elements in the story. The ever-youthful Hope plays Dan Bartlett, a late-night TV talk show host. Frazzled, he takes a much-needed vacation in Arizona. There, he stumbles upon a murder and a conspiracy by Read More

A House without a Christmas Tree

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Embittered by the death of his wife, James Mills (Jason Robards) refuses to buy a Christmas tree for his 10-year-old daughter Addie (Lisa Lucas). Undaunted, Addie wins a Christmas tree at school, which enrages her father. With the help of her loving grandmother (Mildred Natwick), Addie eventually Read More

In Search of America

Crew: Director

Actors: Vera Miles, Carl Betz, Jeff Bridges, Ruth McDevitt, Renne Jarrett

Synopsis: The producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but there sure are plenty of loose plot ends. Carl Betz and Vera Miles play the parents of shaggy-haired college dropout Jeff Bridges. At the boy's suggestion, Betz and Miles Read More

Skin Game

Crew: Director

Actors: Susan Clark, James Garner

Synopsis: Skin Game was historically significant as the 2000th film produced by Warner Bros. studios. The film is a comedy western starring James Garner and Louis Gossett Jr. as a pair of clever Antebellum con men. Garner regularly "sells" the black Gossett into slavery for an exalted price, then Read More

Halls of Anger

Crew: Director

Actors: Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, James A. Watson Jr., Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: White students are bussed into an all black school in this powerful drama. Quincy Davis (Calvin Lockhart) is the dedicated black English teacher who leaves an all white school to teach in the inner city. Lloyd Wilkerson (John McLiam) is the disciplinary principal who manages the institution like a Read More

A Memory of Two Mondays

Crew: Director

Actors: Harvey Keitel

Synopsis: Paul Bogart directed this 1974 televised production of Arthur Miller's classic play, A Memory of Two Mondays. An dramatic and comedic ensemble piece, the one-act traces several years in the lives of a group of characters working in an auto parts warehouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Read More

Marlowe

Crew: Director

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

An Enemy of the People

Crew: Director

Actors: Philip Bosco, James Daly, Kate Reid

Synopsis: Arthur Miller's celebrated adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama was brought to the small screen in this production staged for television. An Enemy of the People stars James Daly as a doctor living in a small town in Norway. The local economy depends on the success of a spa offering waters Read More

The Three Sisters

Crew: Director

Actors: Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, Shelley Winters, Sandy Dennis, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: The Three Sisters is a literal transcription of the 1965 Actor's Theatre production of the Chekhov drama. Kim Stanley, Geraldine Page and Shelley Winters play the title characters, all members of a wealthy but unhappy 19th-century Russian family. Stuck in a forsaken garrison town by their Read More

Pinocchio

Crew: Director

Actors: Mickey Rooney

Shady Hill Kidnapping

Crew: Director

Actors: George Grizzard, Polly Holliday, Celeste Holm

Synopsis: Presented by The Broadway Theatre Archive, The Shady Hill Kidnapping is one of a variety of plays televised between the 1960s and '80s. Written by John Cheever, this satire centers around a series of phony kidnappings and a strange penchant for kidney-shaped swimming pools. The Shady Hill Read More