Paul L. SmithFilmography

Menmaniacs: The Legacy of Leather

Synopsis: Two gay "leather" beauty pageants form the core of this German documentary. The events, the International Mr. Leather Pageant and the Mr. Drummer Pageant held in San Francisco and Chicago respectively, are filled with scads of strangely dressed leather aficionados. These "leather men" are seen Read More

Maverick

Actors: Noah Emmerich, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, James Coburn

Synopsis: A gunslinging con man develops a tricky scheme to make a killing at a major poker tournament in this comic Western inspired by the popular television show. Mel Gibson assumes the role of Bret Maverick, the handsome rogue who hopes to cheat his way to success. In need of a large stake to enter a Read More

Desert Kickboxer

Synopsis: A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily Mexican drug lord, Santos, has been a real thorn Read More

Desert Hawk

Actors: John Haymes Newton, Judie Aronson, Paul L. Smith

Synopsis: Joe Nighthawk used to serve in the San Francisco Police Department but got burned out by having to use lethal force one time too many. Now, the part-Indian lawman is working with the police in Arizona hunting small-time hoods and drug lords. That is, until he encounters two gentle people who have Read More

Crossing the Line

Actors: Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley, Ian Bannen, Billy Connolly, Maurice Roeves

Synopsis: Filmmaker David Leland handled the directing chores on this British drama that stars Liam Neeson as an unemployed Scotsman whose inability to find a job threatens his family's wellbeing. Against his better judgement, Neeson is coerced into a bare-knuckle boxing match. Crossing the Line's Read More

Sonny Boy

Actors: David Carradine, Paul L. Smith, Brad Dourif, Conrad Janis, Sidney Lassick

Synopsis: The story contained in this bizarre psychological drama/horror movie adds a new dimension to the term "dysfunctional family." It is set in a small town in New Mexico and is told through the eyes of "Sonny Boy," a horribly abused child who was raised by the brutal giant Slue, who rules Harmony with Read More

Caged Fury

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Erik Estrada, Richie Barathy, Roxanna Michaels, Paul L. Smith, James Hong

Synopsis: Prison chicks provide the basis for this exploitation film. The tale centers on two young women, one a naive, star-struck midwestern girl, and the other a savvy hitcher, who head for Tinseltown in search of stardom only to find themselves appearing in a soft-core porno flick. Unfortunately they Read More

Ten Little Indians

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Frank Stallone, Sarah Maur-Thorp, Herbert Lom, Brenda Vaccaro

Synopsis: Ten Little Indians, the classic mystery by Agatha Christie, is again adapted, with enjoyable results. The setting of the now familiar mystery is moved to Africa, where the ten guests of a mysterious host are killed one by one as they travel on safari. None of the guests, played with great fun by a Read More

Gor

Actors: Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, Paul L. Smith, Oliver Reed

Synopsis: In this sword and sorcery film, a wimpy college professor Tarl Cabot (Urbano Barberini) is mysteriously thrown into the world of Gor, where he must battle the evil Sarm (Oliver Reed) to save the innocent people of Gor. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Killer

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Premiering October 23, 1988, the revival of the classic suspense series Mission:Impossible was hobbled during its first few weeks on the air by a Hollywood writer's strike. Thus, several episodes of the new series were remakes of scripts from the "old" version. Case in point was the series' pilot Read More

Terminal Entry

Actors: Edward Albert, Yaphet Kotto, Paul L. Smith, Kabir Bedi, Heidi Helmer, Mazhar Khan

Synopsis: Unknowingly, a group of computer-hacking teens tamper with a federal system program in what they think is an innocent enough game of strategy. After they begin relaying deadly instructions, they find it is not merely a virtual game they are playing. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Funny Boy

Actors: Valérie Mairesse, Anais Jeanneret, Emmanuelle Riva

Outlaw Force

Actors: David Heavener, Paul L. Smith, Frank Stallone, Robert Bjorklund, Devin Dunsworth

Synopsis: Essentially a western, this actioner chronicles the bloody battles between a vicious band of redneck punks and a country-music-crooning Vietnam vet. The conflict begins after the punks murder his wife and rape his daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Death Chase

Actors: Paul L. Smith, Jack Starrett, William Zipp, Bainbridge Scott, Regie de Morton

Synopsis: Steven Chase (William Zipp) is a naive jogger who runs across a dying man with a gun in this low-budget action thriller. With his dying breath, the man hands Steven the gun and says "you're it." Steven is now in a deadly urban game of cat-and-mouse as he is chased by a corporate killer known only Read More

Haunted Honeymoon

Actors: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith

Synopsis: Gene Wilder directed and wrote (along with Terence Marsh) this mild farce which is a pale reminder of Wilder's glory days in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Wilder plays ham radio actor Larry Abbot, who takes his fiancee Vickie Pearle (Gilda Radner) out to meet his relations on a gloomy country Read More

Crimewave

Actors: Reed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Brion James

Synopsis: In a slapstick spoof of hitmen and crime stories, the head of a security systems company (Hamid Dana) is bumped off by two gonzo exterminators (Brion James and Paul L. Smith) who have gone from stomping out pesky varmints to stomping out human targets, and one of them does so with gusto. Now the Read More

Screamplay

Actors: Rufus Butler Seder, Katy Bolger, George Cordeiro, J. Basil Bova

Synopsis: Executed in the manner of a 1940's low-budget programmer, this comedy-thriller chronicles the misadventures of screenwriter Edgar Allen (Rufus Butler Seder), aspiring to move along in the literary footsteps of another, 19th-century Edgar Allen. Edgar is trying to come up with good horror script in Read More

Platypus Cove

Synopsis: In this Australian actioner, a young boy gets brutal revenge on the crooks who murdered his adoptive family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Henderson Kids/The Henderson Kids II [TV Series]

Actors: Nadine Garner, Paul L. Smith, Bradley Kilpatrick, Jane Hall, Annie Jones

Synopsis: Another effort from the prolific Australian firm of Crawford Productions, this weekly comedy-drama series focused on young Tam and Steve Henderson (Nadine Garner, Paul Smith) who (briefly) lived with their peripatetic foster father Walter Mullins (Michael Aitkens) in the town of Haven Bay. As Read More

Red Sonja

Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Ernie Reyes, Jr.

Synopsis: Brigitte Nielsen appears as warrior woman Sonja, who unites with a couple of other gladiator types (including Arnold Schwarzenegger) to overthrow the evil queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman) and avenge the deaths of Sonja's family. This story descends from the writings of Robert E. Howard (author of Conan Read More

Eleni

Actors: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup

Synopsis: Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar Read More

Sno-Line

Actors: Paul L. Smith, June Wilkinson, Phil Foster, Louis Guss

Synopsis: In an unusual move, this gangster story features no good guys, telling its tale strictly within the confines of the mob. Steve King (Vince Edwards) is trying to gain control of the cocaine market in one region of his home state of Texas. After borrowing money from a New York mobster, he plans on Read More

The Protector

Actors: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Roy Chiao, Victor Arnold, Kim Bass

Synopsis: Although this American action film, which has little of Jackie Chan's comedic martial arts, was less successful in the U.S. than hoped, it is still a worthy effort. Chan plays Billy Wong, a New York cop whose partner is murdered by Hong Kong gangsters. His new partner is Danny Gorani (Danny Read More

Dune

Actors: Francesca Annis, Leo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Kyle MacLachlan, Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis: David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and Read More

Hey Dad...! [TV Series]

Actors: Robert Hughes, Mark Owen-Taylor, Julie McGregor, Paul L. Smith, Christopher Mayer

Synopsis: Australia's longest-running sitcom, Hey Dad...! premiered in 1984. Robert Hughes starred as Martin Kelly, a widowed architect who forsook his lucrative business to raise his four kids: Simon (played first by Paul Smith, then by Christopher Mayer), Debbie (Simone Buchanan), and Jenny (Sarah Read More

Jungle Warriors

Actors: Paul L. Smith, John Vernon, Alex Cord, Sybil Danning

Synopsis: This routine actioner is about several models caught in a South American jungle battle between drug lords and drug busters. Cesar (Paul L. Smith) and Don Vito (John Vernon) are about to conclude a cocaine deal in Peru, and a drug enforcement agent is about to bust both men by sending a secret Read More

The Fire in the Stone

Actors: Paul L. Smith, Linda Hartley, Theo Pertsindis, Alan Cassell

Synopsis: In this interesting and well-developed teen adventure movie by Gary Conway, based on a novel by Colin Thiele, Ernie (Paul Smith) and a few of his friends in an opal-mining town in Australia take on the challenge of finding about $300,000 (Australian) in stolen opals. Sophie (Linda Hartley) joins Read More

Sadat

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in this two-part made-for-TV biopic. With 4 hours at its disposal, Sadat is able to trace its protagonist from his formative years fighting against the British occupiers of his country. The second part of Read More

Raiders in Action

Synopsis: The formidable Paul Smith stars in Raiders in Action. Set in the last days of World War 2, the film follows the exploits of a group of allied commandos. After the usual intramural hostilities and wiseguy banter, our heroes settle down to business. This being an early-1970s film, both the language Read More

Pieces

Actors: Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Frank Brana

Synopsis: With a tagline that reads, "You don't have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre," this Spanish-Italian entry into slasher film territory went on to achieve a dubious distinction as one of the most tasteless films ever produced. The bloodshed opens in 1942 with a scene of a little boy axing his Read More

Fighting Back

Actors: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Paul L. Smith, Kris McQuade, Robyn Nevin, Caroline Gillmer

Synopsis: Based on John Embling's book Tom, the Australian Fighting Back is set in a hellhole of a slum school. Most of the teachers have given up on the "unreachable" students. Not so idealistic John (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), who channels all his energies into elevating the intelligence and self-confidence of Read More

Montenegro

Actors: Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Per Oscarsson, John Zacharias, Svetozar Cvetkovic

Synopsis: Marilyn Jordan (Susan Anspach), an American-born housewife, mother, and socialite living in Sweden, is crumbling under the weight of her own existence. She deeply resents her husband Martin's (Erland Josephson) frequent holiday absences and his indifferent attitude toward their two children ("If Read More

The Salamander

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil Danning

Synopsis: Dante Matucci (Franco Nero), a counter-intelligence officer, uncovers a fascist plot to overthrow the Italian government, and as he begins to investigate, he has an ally in Bruno Manzini (Anthony Quinn), a man dedicated to hunting down war criminals. Bruno and other operatives, including the Read More

Mortuary

Actors: Mary McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, Christopher George, Bill Paxton

Synopsis: Crown International's leading sleaze director, Hikmet Avedis (The Fifth Floor) was behind this bloody horror film. Greg and Christie are a young married couple who are investigating the mysterious death of Christie's father. Their search takes them to mortician Hank Andrews (Christopher George) Read More

Popeye

Actors: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley

Synopsis: Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in Read More

The In-Laws

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

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

Going in Style

Actors: George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a Read More

Midnight Express

Actors: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith

Synopsis: Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is an American tourist visiting Turkey with his girlfriend Susan (Irene Miracle) when he's caught by customs officials trying to smuggle a Read More

Return of the Tiger

Actors: Angela Mao Ying

Synopsis: Directed by Jimmy Shaw, this vintage kung fu action film revolves around the efforts of an international narcotics ring to dominate the entire Southeast Asian drug market. There's only one thing standing in their way -- martial arts expert Bruce Li. Return of the Tiger also stars Paul L. Smith and Read More

Storm Boy

Actors: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison

Synopsis: Storm Boy (Greg Rowe) is a rambunctious Australian youth, living along the coastline with his freewheeling father. At the behest of an aging aborigine, Storm Boy takes care of an uncared-for nest of pelicans. As he develops a sense of responsibility, the boy's outlook on the world matures. This Read More

21 Hours at Munich

Actors: William Holden, Franco Nero

Synopsis: 21 Hours at Munich is a grim reenactment of the darkest days of the 1972 Munich Olympics. A gang of eight Arab terrorists storm the Israeli dormitory, killing two and taking hostage nine athletes. The terrorist's demands include the release of 200 Arabs held in Israeli jails; Israel follows its Read More

Noi Non Siamo Angeli

The Bull Buster

Conspiracy of Terror

Synopsis: Mixing humor and melodrama, this curiosity has a husband-and-wife detective duo investigating Satanic goings on in an American suburb, all the while bickering about their in-laws and other domestic problems. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Carambola

Emergency!: The Bash

Synopsis: After the Rampart emergency team subdues a wild bear on a movie set, film star Vic Webster (played by Batman's Adam West) invites the firemen, paramedics and doctors to a lavish Hollywood party. But the crew barely has time to soak in all the glamour when another, more serious crisis occurs. Back Read More

The Gospel Road

Actors: Robert Elfstrom, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash

Synopsis: This musical documentary of Jesus' life, filmed mostly in Israel, takes a nondenominational but conservative religious approach to the story. Johnny Cash and Larry Murray wrote the script, and the film was produced by June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash. The music includes songs by John Denver, Kris Kristofferson 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

Bewitched: Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Bernard Fox

Synopsis: Dining out at a Chinese restaurant, Samantha downs an exotic drink called "The Heavenly Himalayan," and as a result, her face breaks out in red stripes. Worse still, Sam loses all her powers, and the only antidote is the tail feather of the extinct dodo bird. The ensuing complications lead Sam and Read More

Bewitched: The Good Fairy Strikes Again

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Imogene Coca

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Samantha takes over the responsibilities of Mary the Good Fairy (guest star Imogene Coca) when the latter partakes of a wee bit too much medicinal brandy. Trouble is, Mary refuses to re-don her wings, and it looks like Samantha will be in the Good Fairy Read More

Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate

Actors: Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney, Vince Edwards

Synopsis: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Myrna Loy and Sylvia Sidney star as four elderly pranksters devoted to practical jokes. When one of the ladies gets hold of a computer-dating questionnaire, the others invent a mythical girl and feed the falsified information into the computer. Alas, the description Read More

Madron

Actors: Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Chaim Banai, Paul L. Smith, Aharon Ipalé

Synopsis: Sister Mary (Leslie Caron) is a nun who enlists the help of Madron (Richard Boone) after she is the only survivor of an Apache massacre. A trio of lecherous bandits try to force themselves on the nun, and Madron shoots two of them to death. The third is made to swear allegiance to Sister Mary in Read More

The Doris Day Show: Season 03

Actors: Doris Day, Philip Brown, Tod Starke, McLean Stevenson, Rose Marie

Synopsis: The third season of The Doris Day Show ushers in the series' second format change. During season one, widow Doris Martin (Doris Day) and her sons Toby (Tod Starke) and Billy (Philip Brown) spent all their time in the upstate California farm owned by Doris' uncle Buck Webb. Season two found Doris Read More

Bewitched: Super Arthur

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Dr. Bombay's new pills have a strange side effect on Uncle Arthur. His "power system" on the fritz, Arthur began transforming into whomever and whatever he happens to be thinking about -- a pony, a demon, a Native American, and finally Superman. Somehow or other, Arthur's out-of-control morphing Read More

The Doris Day Show: Season 02

Actors: Doris Day, Denver Pyle, Philip Brown, Tod Starke, Naomi Stevens

Synopsis: Although The Doris Day Show has posted reasonably good ratings during its first season on the air, neither the star nor the producers felt that the format -- newly widowed city girl Doris Martin (Doris Day) and her two sons leading the simple life on the farm owned by Doris' bucolic uncle Buck Read More

Bewitched: Going Ape

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy, David White

Synopsis: Samantha transforms a stray chimpanzee into a human named Harry (Lou Antonio). The trouble really begins when Harry refuses to be returned to ape-hood. And as if that wasn't enough of a dilemma, Harry is hired as a "perfect" model by Darrin's latest client, cologne manufacturer Evelyn Tucker (Gail Kobe Read More

The Ribald Tales of Robin Hood

Synopsis: Sherwood Forest in medieval times is the scene of the erotic and exotic story of Robin Hood and his merry men and women. The reason everyone is so merry is they spend the live-long day and night engaging in their favorite sexual experiences including sadism, lesbianism and homosexuality. Strictly Read More

Ironside: And Be My Love

Synopsis: While investigating a series of burglaries amongst San Francisco's wealthiest residents, Eve (Barbara Anderson) falls in love with one of the victims, suave society columnist Larry Van Druten (Chad Everett). Things become so serious that Eve considers quitting the force to become Larry's wife. Read More

Adam-12: Log 83: A Different Thing

Synopsis: Officers Malloy (Martin Milner) and Reed (Kent McCord) swing into action when suspicions arise that a hit-and-run accident was actually a case of cold-blooded murderer. Witnesses insist that a young man had a violent quarrel with the female "accident" victim on the night before the tragedy. The Read More

Bewitched: The No-Harm Charm

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: After a botched sales meeting and a run-in with Larry, Darrin is convinced that he's been hexed by Endora and retreats to his bedroom, utterly defeated. Enter prankish Uncle Arthur, who gives Darrin a lucky charm which will supposedly make him immune to witchcraft. Chances are that this is another Read More

The F.B.I.: The Hero

Synopsis: Chad Everett guest stars as Daniel Sayres, a singularly despicable con artist. Decked out with a phony USAF uniform and a "borrowed" identity from the Vietnam casualty list, Sayres specializes in tricking gullible women into marrying him, whereupon he steals all their money. The FBI is alerted to Read More

Fishke Goes to War

Bewitched: Oedipus Hex

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: When Samantha expresses the wish that Darrin would forget about business and relax once in a while, Endora decides to help out by placing a bowl of magic popcorn in the Stephenses' house. The popcorn has the curious power to induce laziness in anyone who eats it. On cue, Darrin ingests the popcorn Read More

Bewitched: Endora Moves In For a Spell

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Zany Uncle Arthur moves into the Stephens household, wanting to be near baby Tabitha. Enter Endora, who accuses Arthur of being a bad influence on the child. When Arthur makes the same charge against Endora, she decides to move in as well -- and woe betide poor Samantha and Darrin. Paul Lynde Read More

The Great Race

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: Tony Curtis stars as The Great Leslie, a hero among heroes whose purity of heart is manifested by his spotlessly white wardrobe. Leslie's great rival, played by Jack Lemmon, is Professor Fate, a scowling, mustachioed, top-hatted, black-garbed villain. Long envious of Leslie's record-setting Read More

My Favorite Martian: Blood is Thicker than the Martian

Synopsis: Tim (Bill Bixby) has good reason to dread a visit from his cousin Harvey (Paul Smith). Not only is Harvey a notorious freeloader, but he also knows full well that Tim has no "Uncle Martin." It thus falls on Tim not only to keep both Martin (Ray Walston) and landlady Mrs. Brown (Pamela Britton) Read More

Bikini Beach

Actors: Boris Karloff, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Harvey Lembeck

Synopsis: The Beach Party gang is back in this third episode. This time out, the gang is visited by the handsome British pop star Potato Bug (Frankie Avalon in a dual role) who has come to CA for a little r&r. When Potato Bug sees the perky Dee Dee (Annette Funicello), he falls head over heels. This doesn't Read More

Advance to the Rear

Actors: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell

Synopsis: Union Colonel Brackenby (Melvyn Douglas) and his second-in-command, Captain Heath (Glenn Ford), attempt to command a rather inept cavalry unit during the Civil War. General Willoughby (Jim Backus) heads them out West on assignment rather than allowing them to foul things up where it counts. They Read More

The Andy Griffith Show: Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army

Actors: Howard Morris, Allan Melvin, Paul L. Smith

Synopsis: To impress his erstwhile sweetheart Romenia, who simply adores a man in uniform, village idiot Ernest T. Bass tries to join the army, only to be turned down flat. Outraged, Ernest T. goes on another of his rock-throwing frenzies, threatening to break every window in North Carolina. Attempting to Read More

The Andy Griffith Show: Class Reunion

Actors: Peggy McCay, Barbara Perry, Don Haggerty

Synopsis: While paging through their old high school annuals, Andy and Barney hit upon the notion of staging a class reunion. The boys are particularly anxious to be reunited with their school sweethearts Sharon (Peggy McCay) and Ramona (Virginia Eilers). In true "You Can't Go Home Again" fashion, the Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Meddling Medium

Synopsis: Determined to make contact with her late son, wealthy Sylvia Walker (Virginia Field) contacts spiritualist Philip Paisley (James Forrest), never suspecting that the man is a crook who intends to leech off of Sylvia's fortune. But Bonnie Craig (Sonya Wilde) knows that Paisley is a phony--and when Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Journalist

Synopsis: Though originally identified by TV Guide as a departure from Perry Mason's fourth-season Summer rerun schedule, this is actually the first episode of the series' fifth season. There's skullduggery at the "Los Angeles Chronicle" following the death of the paper's top executive in a drowning Read More

The Left-Handed Gun

Actors: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best

Synopsis: The Left Handed Gun was adapted by Gore Vidal from his own TV play, The Death of Billy the Kid. 33-year-old Paul Newman stars as 21-year-old William Bonney, the hotheaded gunslinger known as Billy the Kid. Avoiding the usual Hollywood glamourization of this controversial character, Newman portays Read More

Wink of an Eye

Actors: Jonathan Kidd, Doris Dowling, Barbara Turner, Irene Seidner, Jaclynne Greene

Synopsis: The little-known British melodrama Wink of an Eye was given a brief American distribution by United Artists. Jonathan Kidd plays Atterbury, the apparently mild-mannered owner of a small perfume laboratory. No one suspects that Atterbury plans to murder his harridan of a wife (Jaclynne Greene) and Read More

Funny Face

Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng

Synopsis: This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's Read More

Loving You

Actors: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason

Synopsis: Loving You was the most autobiographical of all Elvis Presley's movies, and, not coincidentally, features the most naturalistic, easygoing performance of his early career. He plays Deke Rivers, a truck driver with a penchant for singing and a raw animal magnetism where women are concerned. He Read More

Dragnet: The Big Fin

Synopsis: Emmatine Haskell (Ernestine Barrier), an out-of-town buyer, reports that her purse, which contained $6000, is missing. Detectives Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) based their investigation on Ms. Haskell's belief that she left her purse in a taxicab. A humble five-dollar bill proves to Read More

The Deadly Mantis

Actors: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Don Randolph, Patrick Conway

Synopsis: This is the one in which the "villain" is a huge, carnivorous praying mantis. After the titular insect has attacked several people in a remote Arctic region, Col. Joe Parkham (Craig Stevens) swings into action. Parkham and his associates, Dr. Ned Jackson (William Hopper) and Ned's assistant Margie Read More

There's Always Tomorrow

Actors: Gigi Perreau, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds, Judy Nugent

Synopsis: There's Always Tomorrow is a remake of a 1934 film of the same name. Fred MacMurray is a toy company executive whose wife (Joan Bennett) and kids (Gigi Perreau, William Reynolds and Judy Nugent) take him for granted. Barbara Stanwyck is Fred's former girlfriend, whose own business activities Read More

A Strange Adventure

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a young man with a love of hot cars and fast women gets into real trouble when he finds himself involved with a beautiful bank robber who forces him to help her hijack an armored car. At her insistence they end up hiding out in a remote cabin in the High Sierras. ~ Sandra Read More

Pillars of the Sky

Actors: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Keith Andes, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: Pillars of the Sky is the lyrical title bestowed upon this cinemadaptation of Will Henry's novel Frontier Fury. Jeff Chandler stars as Sgt. Emmett Bell, whose job it is to put down an Indian uprising. Since converting to Christanity, the local tribe has done its best to keep the peace. But Chief Read More

Screaming Eagles

Actors: Tom Tryon, Jan Merlin, Alvy Moore, Martin Milner, Jacqueline Beer

Synopsis: The D-Day invasion of 1944 provides a backdrop for the Allied Artists actioner Screaming Eagles. Tom Tryon plays Private Mason, an ill-tempered member of the 101st Airborne Infantry division. Mason makes plenty of enemies with his negative attitude until good-guy lieutenant Pauling (Jan Merlin) Read More

The Hour of Stars: Miracle on 34th Street

Actors: Thomas Mitchell, Teresa Wright, Sandy Descher

Synopsis: The 20th Century-Fox Hour (later syndicated as The Hour of Stars) ran on CBS just shy of two years, from October 1955 through September 1957. An anthology program, the series typically featured readaptations of 20th Century-Fox feature films for a sixty-minute TV airslot. The 1955 production of Read More

Men of the Fighting Lady

Actors: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Dewey Martin, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: Leave it to MGM to turn the Korean War into a splashy, big-budget, all-star extravaganza. Men of the Fighting Lady is set on the US aircraft career of the same name. Van Johnson stars as Lt. Howard Thayer, while other MGM stalwarts in the cast include Walter Pidgeon, Kennan Wynn and Louis Calhern. Read More

You for Me

Actors: Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young, Howard Wendell

Synopsis: You for Me stars Peter Lawford as a profligate playboy who's a nice guy underneath. After suffering a hunting accident which leaves him with a butt full of buckshot, Lawford is interred in the hospital that his donations have kept afloat. Nurse Jane Greer refuses to treat Lawford any better than Read More

Retreat, Hell!

Actors: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise, Ned Young

Synopsis: Retreat, Hell! is out of favor with most disciples of director Joseph H. Lewis, partly because it was a major-studio release, whereas Lewis' cult classics were made on shoestring budgets for independent producers. Despite this "handicap," Retreat, Hell! holds up beautifully when seen today. The Read More

The Battle at Apache Pass

Actors: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler, Bruce Cowling, Susan Cabot

Synopsis: Two of the cast members from the 1950 western Broken Arrow, Jeff Chandler and Jay Silverheels, recreate their earlier roles in 1952's Battle at Apache Pass. Chandler plays temperate Indian leader Cochise, while Silverheels is the more explosive Geronimo. The film takes place several years before Read More

The Third Man

Actors: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hoerbiger

Synopsis: In this Cold War spy classic, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a third-rate American pulp novelist, arrives in postwar Vienna, where he has been promised a job by his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon his arrival, Martins discovers that Lime has been killed in a traffic accident, and that Read More

Tornado Range

Actors: Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt, George Cheseboro, Brad Slaven

Synopsis: Tornado Range is one of five Eddie Dean westerns originally produced by PRC in 1947 but released the following year by Eagle-Lion. Cast as a troubleshooter for the U.S. Land Office, Dean is assigned to settle a deadly range war. Sure enough, the warring homesteaders and cattlemen are being whipped Read More

Shadow Valley

Actors: Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt, George Cheseboro, Eddie Parker

Synopsis: At least 10 percent of the 58-minute Eddie Dean western Shadow Valley is comprised of stock shots from earlier Dean oaters. This time, the star plays as U.S. marshal who comes to the rescue of the standard damsel in distress (Jennifer Holt, sister of Tim and daughter of Jack). The double-dyed Read More

There's Always Tomorrow

Actors: Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson, Louise Latimer, Elisabeth Young

Synopsis: In this melodrama, a devoted father begins feeling unappreciated at home and so embarks upon a clandestine friendship with a former employee. The children see them together and assume it's an affair. They beg him to end the relationship. Later the woman herself talks to the kids, assuring them Read More