Sally FieldFilmography

Brothers & Sisters: Season 02

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Actors: Sid Levin, Andy Sidaris, Haskell Wexler, William Friedkin, Georgiana M. Alonzo

Synopsis: Axel Schill's non-fiction work The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo joins Light Keeps Me Company, Tell Them Who You Are, and other recent documentaries in paying homage to one of the world's great cinematographers. Active from the early 1960s until just before his death Read More

Brothers & Sisters: Season 01

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill

Synopsis: Taking home a paycheck that nearly rivals the budget of the first film, Reese Witherspoon reprises the role of Elle Woods in this sequel to 2001's surprise blockbuster Legally Blonde. When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on Read More

ER: A Boy Falling Out of the Sky

Synopsis: Abby (Maura Tierney) has just about reached the end of her rope: Her biploar brother, Eric, has vanished, and her bipolar mother Maggie (Sally Field) has come back into her life. As Carter (Noah Wyle) tries to help Abby cope with her many burdens, a shaken and humbled Kovac (Goran Visnjic) returns Read More

ER: A Thousand Cranes

Synopsis: Magoo's, a local hangout frequented by the ER staffers, is the scene of a bloody holdup, in which three people are killed and one seriously injured. As Chen (Ming-Na) pieces together a sketchy description of one of the likely perps, her African-American colleagues Gallant (Sharif Atkins) and Pratt Read More

ER: Next of Kin

Synopsis: A major crisis arises for Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) and Harkins (Leslie Bibb) as they care for an injured teenager who is harboring a secret from her father. Kovac (Goran Visnjic) has an eye-opening encounter with an elderly female patient. Chen (Ming-Na) reacts strangely when an abandoned baby turns Read More

ER: First Snowfall

Synopsis: The first big blizzard of the year results in an overload of patients at the ER, including members of a family who were building a snowman when they were struck down by a drunk driver. Carter (Noah Wyle) would sooner leave Chicago behind and join Abby (Maura Tierney), who has flown to an Omaha Read More

Say It Isn't So

Actors: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: Bobby Farrelly and brother Peter Farrelly continue exploring outrageous premises with this comedy directed by their first assistant director J.B. Rogers. In this wacky spin on the boy-meets-girl tale, Gilly Noble (Chris Klein) enters a sexually charged, passionate love affair with girl of his Read More

ER: Sailing Away

Synopsis: Abby (Maura Tierney) is forced to leave Chicago to retrieve her bipolar mother, Maggie (Sally Field), who has squirreled herself away in an Oklahoma motel room and has refused to seek out treatment for her mental condition. When Carter (Noah Wyle) offers to accompany Abby on her trip, he Read More

ER: Fear of Commitment

Synopsis: Abby's (Maura Tierney) bipolar mother, Maggie (Sally Field), testifies in court as to her competency, with surprising results. Back at the ER, Weaver (Laura Innes) is shocked to learn that her latest patient, a homeless derelict (Bette Ford), is actually "Princess Taffeta," Weaver's favorite Read More

ER: Where the Heart Is

Synopsis: A softball game between the hospital staffers is but one of this episode's many story ingredients. In other developments, Greene (Anthony Edwards) suspects that his seven-year-old patient is a victim of abuse. Weaver (Laura Innes) finds out what her former lover Legaspi (Elizabeth Mitchell) has Read More

Beautiful

Crew: Director

Actors: Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field makes her debut as a director of a theatrical feature with this gently satiric comedy. Mona Hibbard (Minnie Driver) is a woman from a small town in Illinois who never enjoyed much of a rapport with her parents. Looking for approval and validation, Mona Read More

Where the Heart Is

Actors: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Sally Field

Synopsis: Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickins (Dylan Bruno). But Willy gets cold feet and abandons her at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, OK. Novalee's life savings amount to Read More

David Copperfield

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of the BBC's multipart 1999 adaptation of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield came this American-financed version, prepared for the TNT cable network as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Child actor Max Dolbey and adult performer Hugh Dancy share the Read More

ER: The Visit

Synopsis: Sally Field makes the first of several appearances in the Emmy-winning role of Maggie Wyczenski, the bipolar mother of ER nurse Abby Lockhart (Maura Tierney). Off her medication, a hyper Maggie tries to pay a visit to Abby -- who refuses to see her. Meanwhile, Kovac (Goran Visnjic) looks into a Read More

ER: Rescue Me

Synopsis: Abby (Maura Tierney) and her bipolar mom, Maggie (Sally Field), have a tense confrontation just before Thanksgiving. In a less serious but similar vein, Chen (Ming-Na) uses a family Thanksgiving party as an opportunity to reveal her pregnancy to her mother (Nancy Kwan). Back at the ER, Abby barely Read More

ER: The Dance We Do

Synopsis: Abby's mentally disturbed mother, Maggie (Sally Field), thinks she's healthy enough to interview for a job -- but she's wrong. Greene (Anthony Edwards) reacts to the news that he has a brain tumor. Kynesha (Toy Connor), the girlfriend of Benton's (Eriq La Salle) murdered nephew Jesse, is herself Read More

A Cooler Climate

Actors: Sally Field, Judy Davis, Winston Rekert

Synopsis: Susan Seidelman directs this critically acclaimed made-for-cable TV movie based on the novel by Zena Collier. A nasty divorce leaves one-time housewife Iris Prue (Sally Field) in unstable financial circumstances, forcing her to accept a demeaning job as live-in housekeeper to the family of Read More

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: Family Portraits

Actors: Sally Field

Synopsis: In this episode of AFI's 100 Years. . .100 movies, viewers look at the portrayal of families in American film. Some of the films featured include Giant, It's a Wonderful Life, Shane, The Sound of Music, and many others. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide Read More

From the Earth to the Moon, Part 11: The Original Wives Club

Crew: Director

Synopsis: President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge to America in a speech to Congress in 1961: Land a man on the moon within the decade. This HBO mini-series, produced by Tom Hanks, chronicles the story of NASA's efforts to carry out the vision. Episode 11 presents the story of the women behind the Read More

Murphy Brown: Opus One

Synopsis: Murphy Brown returned from a four-month hiatus with this episode, originally telecast April 6, 1998. Now finished with chemotherapy, Murphy (Candice Bergen) hopes to celebrate her 50th birthday in grand style. Picking up on Murphy's high spirits, Frank (Joe Regalbuto) concocts a surprise party to Read More

From the Earth to the Moon

Actors: David Andrews, Bryan Cranston, Tim Daly, Al Franken, Tony Goldwyn

Synopsis: Originally aired on HBO and directed by Apollo 13 star and space enthusiast Tom Hanks, among others, From the Earth to the Moon explores the ups and downs of space travel, beginning with President Kennedy's famous speech before Congress on May 25, 1961, and chronicling the journey to putting the Read More

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: The Wilder Shores of Love

Actors: Sally Field

Synopsis: In this episode of AFI's 100 Years. . .100 movies, viewers examine those films defined by grand, sweeping passions. Movies featured include The African Queen, Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Midnight Cowboy, and many others. Other titles in the AFI series include Beyond the Law and Family Read More

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: Love Crazy

Actors: Sally Field

Synopsis: In this episode of AFI's 100 Years. . .100 movies, viewers look at some of Hollywood's greatest love stories. Some of the films examined include City Lights, The Apartment, West Side Story, Annie Hall, and many others. Other titles in the AFI series include Beyond the Law and Family Portraits Read More

King of the Hill: Hilloween

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

Actors: Robert Hays, Kim Greist, Veronica Lauren, Kevin Timothy Chevalia, Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Benji Thall

Synopsis: Two dogs and a cat, separated from their human family, must find their way home and face the dangers of a big city for the first time in this adventure story for the whole family. Bob Seaver (Robert Hays) and his wife Laura (Kim Greist), who live in Northern California, are taking their kids on a Read More

The Christmas Tree

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A possible candidate for New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is the subject of this made-for-TV movie. Julie Harris stars as elderly nun Sister Anthony, whose orphanage tree is being courted by a Rockefeller Center gardener (Andrew McCarthy) for use as the famed seasonal attraction. Trini Alvarado Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Where Is the Love?

Synopsis: Despite Artie's (Rip Torn) pleas to Larry (Garry Shandling) to ignore a scathing and personal review from critic Tom Shales, the embittered host's subsequent rebuttal sparks a press-fueled war of words between Larry and Shales. When an obscene fax meant for Shales instead finds its way to Hank Read More

The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful: Women in the Movies

Intimate Portrait: Sally Field

Actors: Sally Field

Synopsis: Lifetime's Intimate Portrait: Sally Field profiles the actress who started out playing television's lighthearted Gidget but soon took on weightier roles in Sybil, Norma Rae, and Places in the Heart. The daughter of screen starlet Maggie Mahoney, Field has always been an actress. When her mother Read More

A Woman of Independent Means

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Sally Field, Ron Silver, Tony Goldwyn, Jack Thompson, Sheila McCarthy

Synopsis: Adapted from Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's best-selling novel, Woman of Independent Means follows the journey of a woman forced to face fresh challenges following the unexpected death of her husband. Sally Field stars as Bess Steer Garner, a widow who documents her many triumphs and tragedies in a Read More

Eye for an Eye

Actors: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Joe Mantegna

Synopsis: An ordinary woman is driven to the point of violent revenge in this tense thriller. Karen McCann (Sally Field) is a suburban wife and working mother with two daughters. Karen's life is turned upside down when her 17-year-old daughter is raped and murdered, a crime she overhears on her cellular Read More

Forrest Gump

Actors: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field

Synopsis: "Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most Read More

Saturday Night Live: Sally Field

Actors: Sally Field, Tony! Toni! Tone'!

Synopsis: This 1993 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Sally Field and features musical guest Tony! Toni! Tone!. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Mrs. Doubtfire

Actors: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: Robin Williams learns that keeping in touch with his children can be a drag in this hit comedy. Daniel Hillard (Williams) is an eccentric actor who specializes in dubbing voices for cartoon characters. Daniel is a kind man and a loving father, but he's a poor disciplinarian and a shaky role model. Read More

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Actors: Robert Hays, Kim Greist, Jean Smart, Benji Thall, Michael J. Fox, Don Ameche, Veronica Lauren, Sally Field

Synopsis: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Disney's 1993 remake of the 1963 hit The Incredible Journey, follows three household pets as they travel across mountains and plains on their way to find their owners. A misunderstanding leads the animals to mistakenly believe that they have been abandoned Read More

Dying Young

Crew: Producer

Actors: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby

Synopsis: Directed by Joel Schumacher, Dying Young was adapted from a novel by Marti Leimbach. When Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott) discovers that he is suffering from leukemia, his wealthy family hires pretty, young Hillary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) to help nurse him through his chemotherapy treatment. As the Read More

Soapdish

Actors: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis: In the comedic farce Soapdish, the behind-the-scenes lives of several soap opera actors are just as melodramatic as those of their television counterparts. Sally Field stars as Celeste Talbert, the star of a declining TV show. To make matters worse, Talbert's career is thrown into turmoil when her Read More

Not Without My Daughter

Actors: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth, Sarah Badel

Synopsis: In this docudrama based on true events, a mid-'80s Michigan housewife finds her life turned upside down when a vacation to Tehran with her Iranian husband turns into virtual imprisonment for her and her young daughter. Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is reluctant to visit the wartorn homeland of her Read More

Steel Magnolias

Actors: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts

Synopsis: The title refers to those seemingly frail Southern belles who survive any and all deprivations through whims of iron. Robert Harling's original stage play was set exclusively in a Louisiana beauty parlor where an all-female cast of characters laughed, cried and compared menfolk. The film expands Read More

Twisted Justice

Actors: David Heavener, Erik Estrada, Karen Black, Shannon Tweed, Jim Brown

Synopsis: In this futuristic actioner set in the year 2020, guns have become so illegal that even cops cannot use them to stop criminals. But officer James Tucker is a maverick and carries with him an enormous homemade revolver, which he uses to blow away bad-guys and psychotic criminals. His newest Read More

Punchline

Actors: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark Rydell, Kim Greist, Damon Wayans

Synopsis: Sally Field goes the Roseanne route in Punchline. Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. Tom Hanks, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field Read More

Surrender

Actors: Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper

Synopsis: Veteran television writer-director Jerry Belson concocted this sweet comedy that stars Michael Caine as Sean Stein, a best-selling mystery novelist who's been constantly hurt by women he's fallen for. Sally Field plays Daisy Morgan, an artist who has not yet hit it big. She and Stein are at a Read More

Murphy's Romance

Actors: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson

Synopsis: Newly divorced Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) moves herself and her young son to a small Arizona town, hoping to establish a horse farm. Town pharmacist Murphy Jones (James Garner), the town's most eligible bachelor, develops a platonic friendship with Emma, but he decides to keep his distance when Read More

AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Lillian Gish

Synopsis: Hosted by the American Film Institute, this video is a tribute to career of Lillian Gish. Included are excerpts from: The Birth of a Nation, Duel in the Sun, The Scarlet Letter and other films. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Places in the Heart

Actors: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover

Synopsis: Of the three "mortgage on the farm" films of 1984 (Country and The River were the other two), Places in the Heart is the only one set during the Depression. After her husband is killed, Sally Field is forced to take over the debt-ridden Texas family farm herself. Though slightly embittered by the Read More

Kiss Me Goodbye

Actors: Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges, Paul Dooley, Claire Trevor

Synopsis: Robert Mulligan directed this Americanized re-make of the successful Brazilian comedy Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. Sally Field stars as Kay Villano, a lonely widow of three years who can't forget the memory of her dead husband, Jolly (James Caan). Jolly was a selfish and unfaithful Broadway Read More

All the Way Home

Synopsis: Tad Mosel's Broadway play All the Way Home was based on James Agee's A Death in the Family. A film version of the Mosel piece, starring Robert Preston and Jean Simmons, was released in 1963. 18 years later, All the Way Home was given an all-star staging by the NBC television network. Set in 1915 Read More

Back Roads

Actors: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, Michael Vincente Gazzo

Synopsis: For his follow-up to 1979's Academy Award-winning Norma Rae, director Martin Ritt re-teams with that film's star, Sally Field, for this gritty romantic road comedy. Reportedly Ritt's homage to Frank Capra's films of the 1930s, Back Roads stars Field as Amy Post, a no-nonsense prostitute in the Read More

Absence of Malice

Actors: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Wilford Brimley

Synopsis: In this legal drama from director Sydney Pollack, Sally Field stars as Megan, an ambitious newpaper reporter who, based on information from FBI investigator Rosen, played by Bob Balaban, writes a scathing article that implicates Gallagher, a reclusive business-owner played by Paul Newman, in the Read More

Smokey and the Bandit II

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed

Synopsis: Former stuntman Hal Needham made his directorial debut with the first Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and repeated his success with the sequel, a virtual remake that substituted a live elephant for a truckload of beer. Burt Reynolds returns as law-defying anti-hero Bandit, now a washed-up alcoholic Read More

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Actors: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden

Synopsis: Irwin Allen's second water-logged disaster film picks up where The Poseidon Adventure left off; Salvagers Michael Caine, Karl Malden and Sally Field enter the Poseidon to take what they can, unaware that evil salvager Telly Savalas and his henchmen lie in wait. When an explosion rocks the ship Read More

Norma Rae

Actors: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Gail Strickland, Barbara Baxley

Synopsis: Norma Rae finds Sally Field cast in the title role, a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill. The factory has taken too much of a toll on the health of Norma Rae's family for her to ignore her Dickensian working conditions. After hearing a speech by New York union organizer Reuben (Ron Leibman) Read More

Hooper

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, John Marley

Synopsis: Following the blockbuster success of Smokey and the Bandit, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and director Hal Needham reunited to make the very similar Hooper, an action-laced comedy about a Hollywood stunt man who enters a dangerous rivalry with a younger stunt man. Hooper (Reynolds) and the younger Read More

The End

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg

Synopsis: At the beginning of The End, Wendell Sonny Lawson (Burt Reynolds) is informed by his doctor that he's dying from "the same thing Ali MacGraw had in Love Story." Lawson's first reaction is to cry uncontrollably, much to the discomfort of his fellow elevator passengers. He heads to a nearby church Read More

Smokey and the Bandit

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry

Synopsis: "Smokey," aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick racecar driver, makes an 80,000-dollar bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, TX, to Atlanta within Read More

Heroes

Actors: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole

Synopsis: Heroes is an old-fashioned social problem movie concerning a troubled Vietnam veteran and the loving woman who helps him to work out his problems. Henry Winkler plays Jack Dunne, a veteran who has a history of mental problems. Jack fools the hospital doctor Elias (Hector Elias) and escapes from Read More

Sybil

Actors: Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Martine Bartlett, William Prince, Jane Hoffman

Synopsis: The multiple award-winning made-for-TV movie Sybil was based on the book by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Sally Field won an Emmy for her portrayal of the title character, a substitute teacher in New York who has developed multiple personality disorder. As a coping mechanism to deal with the abuse she Read More

Bridger

Actors: John Anderson

Synopsis: Based on the exploits of real-life 1830s frontiersman James Bridger, this TV movie was supposed to have graduated to a weekly series, but the fates were against it. James Wainwright plays the title role with Gary Cooper-like stoicism. John Anderson guest stars as President Andrew Jackson, who Read More

Stay Hungry

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

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

Hitched

Synopsis: The made-for-TV family-Western Hitched is a sequel to the 1971 TV movie Lock, Stock and Barrel, with Sally Field stepping into the role originally played by Belinda Montgomery. Newly married couple Roselle and Clare Bridgeman (played by Field and Tim Matheson) head westward to seek their fortune Read More

Home for the Holidays

Synopsis: When their aging father (Walter Brennan) is convinced his second wife is out to kill him, his four adult daughters gather over the holidays to help make things right, only to find themselves terrorized by a pitchfork-wielding maniac. This made-for-TV thriller was also released as Deadly Desires. Read More

Marriage: Year One

Synopsis: Sally Field and Robert Pratt star as newlyweds Jane and L.T. in this feature-length pilot for an unsold weekly series. Born into wealth, Jane is quite unprepared for her life with farm-bred medical student L.T., especially when the couple move into what may be the tiniest apartment in the least Read More

Mongo's Back in Town

Synopsis: Joe Don Baker stars as Mongo Nash, a professional gunman and the brother of mob boss Mike Nash (Charles Cioffi). At the behest of his brother, Mongo packs up his heat and prepares to bump off a rival gangster. Meanwhile, relentless police lieutenant Pete Tolstad (Telly Savalas) dogs Mongo's trail Read More

The Flying Nun: Man's Best Friend Isn't

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille ends up in the doghouse when she takes care of the mutt owned by Felix the plumber (Gino Conforti). She does such a good job that the dog refuses to return to its master-and the heartbroken Felix refuses to repair the pipes in Carlos Ramirez' casino. Want to bet that Sr. Bertrille Read More

The Flying Nun: Papa Carlos

Synopsis: Back during the Korean War, Carlos Ramirez adopted a 2-year-old orphan girl named Kim, whom he has supported, sight unseen, ever since. Now it is 1970: Kim (Mike Kayama) is 19 years old, a stunning beauty-and intent upon marrying Carlos! Once again, it's Sr. Bertrille to the rescue. Written by Read More

The Flying Nun: The Somnaviatrix

Synopsis: Now Sr. Bertrille is flying in her sleep, with no recollection of her nocturnal forays into the clouds. While snoozing away late one night, she flies over Carlos Ramirez, who is innocently stranded in his car with an impulsive girl named Sofia (Cynthia Hull). The next morning, Sofia's father Read More

The Flying Nun: The Dumbest Kid in School

Synopsis: Robert Lansing guest-stars as Mr. Sanders, a former (and none too distinguished) student of San Tanco's convent school. Now a successful businessman, Sanders wants to demonstrate his gratitude to the nuns by adopting the most backward and troublesome orphan in Sr. Bertrille's classroom, a lad Read More

The Flying Nun: Armando and the Pool Table

Synopsis: The nuns try to help a troublesome convent youngster named Armando (George Spell). The plan backfires when Armando turns into a pool shark, who cares about nothing but winning and isn't too particular how he wins. Sr. Bertrille comes up with the solution to the dilemma, but it takes her nearly the Read More

The Flying Nun: My Sister the Doctor

Synopsis: Elinor Donahue makes her third guest appearance as obstetrician Jennifer Ethrington (Elinor Donahue), the sister of Sr. Bertrille. Determining that Jennifer is working too hard, the nuns try to lighten her burden by hiding the fact that she's a doctor. Not surprisingly, a crisis results. Nancy Read More

The Flying Nun: Hello Columbus

Synopsis: Series regular Alejandro Rey once more essays the dual role of dapper casino owner Carlos Ramirez and Carlos' monumentally inept lookalike cousin Luis. Hoping to build up Luis' confidence, Sr. Bertrille casts him as Christopher Columbus in an upcoming convent pageant. And that's her first Read More

The Flying Nun: Operation Population

Synopsis: To qualify for state aid to build a children's day camp, Convent San Tanco must increase their community's popular by 444 residents. Spunky Sr. Bertrille immediately embarks upon a recruiting drive for new citizens-and with equal immediacy, runs afoul of a land-grabbing business tycoon. Pedro Read More

The Flying Nun: No Tears for Mrs. Thomas

Synopsis: Having survived seventy years and outlived four wives, old Mr. Montero is as spry and lively as ever. Thus it comes as surprise to the nuns when Montero insists that they arrange his funeral, insisting that he will be dead by the end of the week. Sr. Bertrille quickly deduces that Montero is not Read More

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

Actors: Sally Field

Synopsis: Sally Field had her first significant dramatic role in this "generation gap" TV movie. After a year's time in the world of hippies and drugs, Field returns home to the parents who'd all but booted her out. Mom and Dad (Eleanor Parker and Jackie Cooper) try their best to understand their wayward Read More

The Flying Nun: The Candid Commercial

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille becomes a TV star when she is captured on film in a "hidden camera" detergent advertisement. Unfotunately, her sudden celebrity may end up discrediting our heroine in the eyes of a visiting bishop (Ivor Francis. A pre-One Day at a Time Pat Harrington Jr. appears as Harry. First Read More

The Flying Nun: A Gift for El Charro

Synopsis: Celebrated bullfighter El Charro (Ben Archibek) has entered convent San Tanco under an assumed name. His purpose: to learn to read and write English, without attracting the attention of his adoring fans. Sr. Bertrille enlists the aid of casino owner Carlos in helping the timid toreador keep his Read More

The Flying Nun: When Generations Gap

Synopsis: Singer/songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who composed many of The Monkees' best tunes, appear in this episode of The Flying Nun. While appearing in San Juan, the two performers are involved in a minor traffic accident caused by Sr. Bertrille, who willingly takes all the blame for the Read More

The Flying Nun: Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters

Synopsis: Once again cooking up a fund-raising scheme for San Tanco, Sr. Bertrille wants to use the convent's kitchen facilities-plus a huge new oven-to make and distribute bread. As always, Carlos Ramirez gets mixed up in the scheme, and as expected, slapstick havoc ensues. Future MASH costar Jamie Farr Read More

The Flying Nun: Happy Birthday, Dear Gaspar

Synopsis: The nuns of San Tanco busy themselves arranging a surprise party for one of the convent orphans. Police Captain Fomento gets wind of the preparations, and mistakenly believes that the party is being thrown for him. To avoid yet another incident with the prickly Fomento, Sr. Bertrille has to do Read More

The Flying Nun: Cousins by the Dozens

Synopsis: Casino owner Carlos Ramirez' latest romantic conquest is the lovely Elena. At least, she was his latest conquest until Carlos was besieged by a huge number of very distant-and dependent-relatives, led by Uncle Antonio (Henry Corden) and Aunt Constancia (Athena Lorde). Not surprisingly, the Read More

The Flying Nun: The Convent Gets the Business

Synopsis: Alejandro Rey appears in the dual role of casino owner Carlos Ramirez and Carlos' lookalike cousin Luis. A born loser, Luis entangles the nuns in a questionable business scheme when they inherit a dry goods store. It is up to Sr. Bertrille (isn't it always?) to save the day-and the convent Read More

The Flying Nun: The Breakaway Monk

Synopsis: Impressionist Rich Little returns to The Flying Nun in the role of hopelessly accident-prone Brother Paul, a character introduced in the first-season episode "With a Friend Like Him." This time, the clumsy cleric has arrived to help Carlos Ramirez straighten out a tax audit. Hoping to prevent the Read More

The Flying Nun: Great Casino Robbery, Part Two

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the two-part "Great Casino Robbery," Sr. Bertrille and her light-fingered Uncle Reggie (Alan Hale Jr.) are accused of masterminded a heist at Carlos Ramirez' casino. Meanwhile, the genuine thief, a brassy blonde named Faye (Ruta Lee), is hiding in Convent San Tanco, posing as Read More

The Flying Nun: The Landlord Cometh

Synopsis: Facing eviction, the nuns are compelled to accept landlord Moreno (Ivor Francis) as their house guest. Doubting Moreno's claims that he is penniless, Police Captain Fomento works overtime to prove that the troublesome landlord is a crook. Meanwhile, Sr. Bertrille tries to dissuade the present Read More

The Flying Nun: The Moo is Blue

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille tries to save Alice the cow from the butcher shop. To do this, our heroine must figure a way to persuade Alice to start producing milk again. As it happens, Alice will "give out" only when she hears music-as good an excuse as any for Sally Field (Sr. Bertrille) to sing "What a Read More

The Flying Nun: The Kleptomonkeyac

Synopsis: The title character in this episode of The Flying Nun is a light-fingered monkey. When valuable items turn up missing, Police Captain Fomento suspects the nuns of Convent San Tanco. Unaware of the simian's larcenous streak, the nuns think that Sr. Bertrille is the thief. First telecast on February Read More

The Flying Nun: The Lottery

Synopsis: It all begins when a parishioner named Benito (David Hurst) donates a lottery ticket to Convent San Tanco. Though grateful, the nuns cannot accept such a gift, so Sr. Bertrille returns the ticket. When Benito happens to spot Sr. Bertrille flying off into the heavens, he is convinced that she's a Read More

The Flying Nun: The New Carlos

Synopsis: Convinced that the nuns of San Tanco don't like him anymore, Carlos vows to turn over a new leaf. His sudden and baffling change in personality-and wardrobe-not only confuses the sisters, but also perplexes his new girlfriend Regina (Sandra Smith). Sr. Bertrille sets about to restore the "old" Read More

The Flying Nun: A Ticket for Bertrille

Synopsis: This time out, Sr. Bertrille is outraged over a parking ticket. No, she didn't technically receive the ticket, but her inbred sense of justice and equality dictates that nuns should not be granted special privileges. Insisting upon being arrested and locked up in jail, the militant nun causes a Read More

The Flying Nun: Season 03

Actors: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison

Synopsis: Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), ebullient American novice at Convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico, continues in her efforts to bring happiness and spiritual contentment to those around her -- and to avoid using her ability to fly through the air when the trade winds are strong, unless absolutely Read More

The Flying Nun: Dear Aggie

Synopsis: The nuns in general and Sr. Bertrille in particular offer to substitute for popular advice columnist "Dear Aggie." In attempting to solve the problems mailed in by one of her readers, Sr. Bertrille manages to neatly mess up the romantic life of one of Carlos' friends. Featured in the cast are Read More

The Flying Nun: Marcello's Idol

Synopsis: At the urging of Sr. Bertrille, casino owner Carlos Ramirez agrees to act as surrogate father to convent orphan Marcello (Manuel Padilla). Things take a tricky turn when Marcello, suffering a severe case of hero worship, insists upon being adopted by Carlos-and even offers to pick his own Read More

The Flying Nun: My Sister the Star

Synopsis: The fun begins when Sr. Bertrille makes a guest appearance on a San Juan children's television program. An enthusiastic TV executive, played by ventriloquist Paul Winchell, spots star potential in our heroine. In an extended fantasy sequence, series star Sally Field sings "World Inside Your Read More

The Flying Nun: The Big Game

Synopsis: Season Three of "The Flying Nun" was ushered in on September 17, 1969 with the episode titled "The Big Game." On this occasion, Sr. Bertrille takes over the coaching duties for the Convent San Tanco baseball team-and the result is a staggering 43-to-1 loss! Former Los Angeles Dodgers stars Willie Read More

The Flying Nun: The Paola Story

Synopsis: Former Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In regular Chelsea Brown guest-stars as Paola, the young secretary of Convent San Tanco. When Paola claims that she found a baby on the convent's doorstep, the nuns are skeptical about her story. Sr. Bertrille takes it upon herself to learn the truth-and to Read More

The Flying Nun: Speak the Speech, I Pray You

Synopsis: Robert Cummings guest-stars as Father Larson, the new priest at Convent San Tanco. Having spent his whole career in the academic world, Father Larson is nervous about assuming the responsibilities of his first parish-and even more so when he is slated to make a speech at his welcome dinner. A Read More

The Flying Nun: A Convent Full of Miracles

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille's curiosity is piqued when the nuns of Convent San Tanco begins receiving huge donations and valuable gifts from a mysterious benefactor. The sisters don't know that the philanthropist is Alonzo Baldaran (Nehemiah Persoff). They'd be even more surprised if they knew that the Read More

The Flying Nun: The Not So Great Impostor

Synopsis: Larry Storch guest-stars as obstreperous investigative reporter Joe Barnes. Checking on a reports of a flying nun in the vicinity of Convent San Tanco, Joe goes undercover by posing as a priest. Things reach a pretty pass when "Father Joe" manages to take a picture of Sr. Bertrille in mid-flight. Read More

The Flying Nun: Hector and the Brass Band

Synopsis: A cagey and none too honest merchant named Antonio (Titos Vandis) saddles the nuns with a burro named Hector. Before long, the convent has been all but reduced to rubble by the contentious and destructive beast. But with a little "boost" from Sr. Bertrille-coupled with a curiously convenient Read More

The Flying Nun: Bertrille and the Silent Flicks

Synopsis: Veteran film and Broadway star Miriam Hopkins appears as Gloria Davenport, a former movie queen who has taken her vows and reemerged as Sister Adelaide. Hoping to raise money for Convent San Tanco, Sr. Adelaide stages a benefit screening of one of her old silent movies. Unfortunately, the Read More

The Flying Nun: The New Habit

Synopsis: Every time God closes a door, He opens a window-and sometimes, vice versa. Sr. Bertrille is initially delighted with her fancy new habit, a gift from the Mother General (played by Edith Atwater, taking over from Spring Byington). Alas, her new wingless coronet robs our heroine of her flying Read More

The Flying Nun: Great Casino Robbery, Part One

Synopsis: Part One of the two-part Flying Nun episode "Great Casino Robbery" first aired on January 30, 1969. Alan Hale Jr. guest-stars as Sr. Bertrille's lovably larcenous Uncle Reggie, who goes to work at Carlos Ramirez' casino. Reggie's fast-and-loose relationship with honesty inadvertenly paves the way Read More

The Flying Nun: Sister Socko in San Tanco

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille stages a benefit show at Convent San Tanco, using mostly local talent (including herself). Banking on the appearance of professional magician Marko the Magnificent (Victor Buono), Sr. Bertrille is stunned when he refuses to perform. Our heroine tries to get to the bottom of Marko's Read More

The Flying Nun: Guess Who's Coming to Picket

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille becomes innocently embroiled in a labor-vs.-management dispute which threatens to shatter her friendship with casino owner Carlos Ramirez. It all begins when she strikes up a friendly conversation with one of Carlos' striking employees. A nosy photojournalist picks up on the Read More

The Flying Nun: The Boyfriend

Synopsis: Written by Michael Morris, "The Boyfriend" is The Flying Nun's spin on "Rashomon." Dwayne Hickman guest-stars as Randy Putnam, the former boyfriend of Elsie Ethrington, aka Sr. Bertrille. In flashbacks, Randy and Sr. Bertrille offer different versions of their romance, their breakup, and the Read More

The Flying Nun: May the Wind Be Always at Your Back

Synopsis: Sr. Betrille takes gawky, painfully self-conscioius preteener Bridgett (Cindy Cassell) under her wing. Believing that the girl needs a confidence boost, Sr. Bertrille persuades Carlos Ramirez to smother Bridgett in flowery compliments. The plan backfires when the girl falls hopelessly in love with Read More

The Flying Nun: Love Me, Love My Dog

Synopsis: A larcenous stray dog, appropriately named Raffles, wreaks havoc at Convent San Tanco. The pooch's habit of picking pockets gets the convent children in trouble-and by extension, also places the nuns in jeopardy. To save the day, Sr. Bertrille again takes to the skies. Written by Ted Sherdeman and Jane Klove Read More

The Flying Nun: The Hot Spell

Synopsis: To keep a bunch of gangsters from taking over his business, Carlos Ramirez transfers the ownership of his casino to the nuns of Convent San Tanco. Carlos' reasoning is thus: The crooks won't bother the nuns, and he'll be able to sit by in safety and comfort as the sisters solve his present Read More

The Flying Nun: My Sister, the Sister

Synopsis: The delightful Elinor Donahue, who by a strange coincidence was the wife of Flying Nun executive producer Harry Ackerman, makes her first series appearance in the role of Jennifer Ethrington, the obstetrician sister of our heroine Sr. Bertrille. Upon being introduced to Jennifer, casino owner Read More

The Flying Nun: A Fish Story

Synopsis: David Hurst guest stars as the tenacious old uncle of Sr. Bertrille's English-fracturing colleague Sr. Sixto (Shelley Morrison). Despite his utter lack of talent and success as a fisherman, Uncle stubbornly insists upon heading out to sea for one last big haul. Sr. Bertrille tries to help the old Read More

The Flying Nun: Season 02

Actors: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison

Synopsis: Season two of The Flying Nun finds spunky Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), who takes flight whenever the winds are strong, struggling to remain earthbound while going about her duties at Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Carried over from the previous season are such supporting characters Read More

The Flying Nun: Tonio's Mother

Synopsis: Little Tonio (Gerald Michenaud) is convinced that flying nun Sr. Bertrille is his dead mother returning from Heaven. Trouble is, Tonio's dad, Luis (Nico Minardos), is about to walk down the aisle with his new bride, Manuela (Arlene Martel). How can Sr. Bertrille straighten things out without Read More

The Flying Nun: Sister Lucky

Synopsis: Michael Constantine guest-stars as Juan, a compulsive-and monumentally unlucky-gambler. A sudden upsurge in his fortunes convinces Juan that Sr. Bertrille is his good luck charm. As usual, one thing leads to another, and both the gambler and the nun (what, no radio?) nearly end up facing a stiff Read More

The Flying Nun: Where There's a Will

Synopsis: The sisters of San Tanco inherit a prizefighter named Mike (Ron Masak). This turns out to be a decidedly mixed blessing when Mike reveals himself to be a devout pacifist. To toughen up the Convent's "boy", Sr. Bertrille converts San Tanco into a training camp, and presses Carlos into service as a Read More

The Flying Nun: The Puce Albert

Synopsis: Returning to his US Marine reserve unit, casino owner Carlos Ramirez faces a court-martial for an unintentional series of infractions. Determined to rescue her old friend, Sr. Bertrille takes to the air. Her flight is spotted by Marine Captain Dolger (John Dehner), who, convinced that our heroine Read More

The Flying Nun: Reconversion of Sister Shapiro

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille invites Carlos' Jewish goddaughter Linda Shapiro (Pamelyn Ferdin) to visit Convent San Tanco. Chaos ensues when the awestruck girl announces her intention to convert to Catholicism and become a nun herself. In a lengthy "home movie" segment, Sr. Bertrille looks back at her own Read More

The Flying Nun: The Sister and the Old Salt

Synopsis: J. Pat O'Malley plays Captain Barnaby, a self-styled "ancient mariner" who boldly embarks upon a 1000-mile sea voyage. There's only one slight problem: The Captain has never been on the ocean in his life! Sr. Bertrille tags along to make certain that Barnaby's secret remains a secret-and to insure Read More

The Flying Nun: Cyrano de Bertrille

Synopsis: Determined to learn to read and write, middle-aged grocer Pedro (Albert Paulsen) makes a shambles out of Sr. Bertrille's convent classroom. Pedro also succeeds in driving a visiting bishop (Oliver McGowan), crazy, which bodes ill for the long-suffering Reverend Mother. Sr. Bertrille discovers that Read More

The Flying Nun: You Can't Get There from Here

Synopsis: This episode of The Flying Nun was penned by none other than Harlan Ellison, writing under his familiar nom de plume "Cordwainer Bird." Sr. Bertrille, Carlos, and Carlos' latest girlfriend (Bridget Hanley) are marooned on a deserted island. Drawing upon her Campfire Girl survival training, Sr. Read More

The Flying Nun: All Alone by the Convent Phone

Synopsis: In the absence of the other nuns, Sr. Betrille nervously holds down the fort at Convent San Tanco all by herself. Meanwhile, Police Captain Fomento dogged pursues fugitive criminal Ignacio Ferrente (Cliff Osmond). Inevitably, once Fomento has left the premises Ferrente takes refuge in the convent Read More

The Flying Nun: Two Bad Eggs

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille adopts two bird eggs, accidentally breaking a musty old law which is rigidly enforced by bean-counting Police Captain Fomento. Meanwhile, Carlos tries to escape an angry former flame (Diana Herbert Markes). And to make matters even worse, Fomento is bound and determined to capture an Read More

The Flying Nun: The Organ Transplant

Synopsis: Vocalist Abbe Lane plays Felicia and sings Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love" in this episode of The Flying Nun. It all begins when Sr. Bertrille purchases an ancient pipe organ for Convent San Tanco. Before the episode is half over, the organ has caused a heap o' trouble for long-suffering Read More

The Flying Nun: How to Be a Spanish Grandmother

Synopsis: Elinor Donahue returns in the role of Dr. Jennifer Ethrington, the sister of Sr. Bertrille. Having amicably ended her romance with Carlos Ramirez, Jennifer is now engaged to Paul (Richard Anders). This proves problematic when Sr. Bertrille persuades Jennifer to pose as Mrs. Ramirez in order to Read More

The Flying Nun: Slightly Hot Parking Meters

Synopsis: Ever anxious to pounce upon potential lawbreakers, Police Captain Fomento installs parking meters near Convent San Tanco. When the meters yield an abundance of marked coins previously in his possession, Fomento suspects the nuns of ripping him off. "Slightly Hot Parking Meters" was written by Read More

The Flying Nun: It's an Ill Windfall

Synopsis: Convent San Tanco has received a huge contribution from a mysterious benefactor named Juan Hernando-a far from uncommon monicker in Puerto Rico. Sr. Bertrille takes it upon herself to locate the elusive philanthropist. Meanwhile, a different Juan Hernando (Gino Conforti), this one a slightly Read More

The Flying Nun: A Star is Reborn

Synopsis: Patricia Barry guest-stars as Sabrina, a self-centered movie star who arrives in San Juan to film her latest movie. Saved from drowning by Sr. Betrille, the impulsive Sabrina announces that she is giving up her career to become a nun. Now saddled with the contentious movie queen, Sr. Bertrille Read More

The Flying Nun: The Crooked Convent

Synopsis: Vito Scotti makes his first appearance on The Flying Nun as relentless-and relentlessly stupid-Police Captain Fomento. Establishing a pattern for all future episodes, Fomento is convinced that the Convent San Tanco is running an illegal gambling operation when, attending a charity bazaar, he loses Read More

The Flying Nun: Song of Bertrille

Synopsis: The second season of the vintage sitcom The Flying Nun was launched on September 26, 1968 with the episode titled "Song of Bertrille." Once again, spunky Sr. Bertrille rocks the foundations of Convent San Tanco. This time, she pens the lyrics to a "radical" song, "A Whole New World", which turns Read More

The Flying Nun: To Fly or Not to Fly

Synopsis: Spring Byington guest-stars as the formidable and much-feared Mother General. The plot complications begin when Sr. Bertrille contemplates taking to the air to prevent low-flying planes from interfering with an outdoor rededication ceremony at Convent San Tanco. Unfortunately, the guest of honor Read More

The Flying Nun: The Rabbi and the Nun

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille tries to patch up the romance between a Jewish couple. The crux of the breakup is the man's chronic gambling, prompting our heroine to use her wiles-and her flying skills-to recover his lost money. Harold Gould guest-stars as Rabbi Mendez, while Vito Scotti officially becomes a Read More

The Flying Nun: The Convent is Condemned

Synopsis: Doltishly diligent Police Captain Fomento once again thinks he has sniffed out illegal activities at Convent San Tanco. This time, he goes after the nuns for selling old clothes without a permit, then slaps a summons on casino owner Carlos Ramirez for protecting a gang of ash-tray thieves! To make Read More

The Flying Nun: The Return of Father Lundigan

Synopsis: Paul Lynde takes over from the previous season's John Astin as Father Lundigan, a church psychologist whose own mental state is far from stable. Having finally recovered from his first encounter with "flying nun" Sr. Bertrille, Father Lundigan pays another visit to Convent San Tanco. His arrival Read More

The Flying Nun: Polly Wants a Crack in the Head

Synopsis: Convent San Tanco has become the home of a talking parrot with a very colorful -- and profane -- vocabulary. It is up to Sr. Bertrille to hide the dirty bird from the eyes and ears of the Reverend Mother. Step number two: Find a proper home for the feathered troublemaker. First broadcast on Read More

The Flying Nun: Ah Love, Could You and I Conspire

Synopsis: Maureen Arthur guest stars as Bobbye Starr, the girlfriend of Chicago mobster Al Caine (Herb Edelman). Much to the discomfort of the nuns, Bobbye takes refuge in Convent San Tanco, not out of fear of her boyfriend, but out of frustration over his refusal to marry her. Sr. Bertrille takes a hand in Read More

The Flying Nun: Days of Nuns and Roses

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille comes up with another of her sure-fire fundraising schemes for Convent San Tanco. This time, she persuades the other nuns to bottling and selling their own special brand of sea-grape juice. Alas, the beverage costs more to manufacture than it does to buy, and that's only the Read More

The Flying Nun: Season 01

Actors: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison

Synopsis: The two-part opening episode of The Flying Nun introduces Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), a spunky young American novice stationed at Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Not long after discovering that her light weight and her winglike coronet enable her to take flight whenever the trade Read More

The Flying Nun: Old Cars for New

Synopsis: Unwise in the ways of commerce, Sr. Bertrille is gypped by crooked used car dealer Money Back Hernando (Gino Conforti). Unable to inform the Mother Superior of her folly, Sr. Bertrille turns to casino owner Carlos for help. Rather than extend her the forfeited money, Carlos elects to fight fire Read More

The Flying Nun: The Convert

Synopsis: Having seen Sister Bertrille fly through the air (thanks to her lightweight and oversized coronet), casino proprietor Carlos Ramirez is convinced that she is a "sign," and promptly makes plans to change his hedonistic ways and convert to Catholicism. Though Sr. Bertrille is naturally gratified Read More

The Flying Nun: A Bell for San Tanco

Synopsis: The bell of Convent San Tanco is broken, and the nuns are in desperate need of a quick substitute. The enterprising Sr. Bertrille tries to talk casino owner Carlos into helping her recover the convent's original, 200-year-old bell which currently rests on the ocean floor! Carlos' girlfriend du Read More

The Flying Nun: Flight of a Dodo Bird

Synopsis: Psychologist Father Lundigan (John Askin) is skeptical about the Mother Superior's wild stories about a flying nun. Of course, the audience knows that the Reverend Mother is not hallucinating, and is anxious for Sr. Bertrille to take to the air and prove that she can indeed fly. Alas, Sr. Read More

The Flying Nun: Fatal Hibiscus

Synopsis: Overhearing Sr. Bertrille's plans to transfer to another convent, the nuns mistakenly believe that their young comrade is not long for this world. They set about to brighten her "last days," much to her amazement and bewilderment. Meanwhile, casino owner Carlos finds out the reason that Sr. Read More

The Flying Nun: With Love from Irving

Synopsis: While sailing through the air one fine morning, Sr. Bertrille discovers she has company: A pelican has fallen in love with her and refuses to leave her side. This is dilemma enough, but things get worse when visiting priest Father Sweeney (Harold Gould), a man who brooks no nonsense or dereliction Read More

The Flying Nun: Wailing in a Winter Wonderland

Synopsis: To brighten the existence of elderly, homesick Norwegian nun Sr. Olaf (Celia Lovsky), Sr. Bertrille takes to the air and "arranges" a sudden snowstorm. Her act of largesse not only wreaks havoc with a confused weatherman (Woodrow Parfrey), but also threatens to destroy the San Juan tourist trade. Read More

The Flying Nun: The Dig In

Synopsis: Future film director Henry Jaglom (Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, Venice/Venice etc.) teams with future Oscar winner Sally Field in this episode of The Flying Nun. A mine cave-in has trapped Sr. Bertrille with escaped convict and self-avowed born loser Bill Watkins (Jaglom). All but oblivious to her Read More

The Flying Nun: With a Friend Like Him

Synopsis: Rich Little makes his first Flying Nun appearance in the role of Brother Paul, a natural-born "jinx." Brother Paul's habit of inadvertently spreading bad fortune wherever he goes reaches its limit when he makes an important discovery in the Convent library -- then manages not only to lose the Read More

The Flying Nun: Pilot

Synopsis: This one-hour pilot episode for the popular ABC sitcom The Flying Nun introduces viewers to Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), formerly Elsie Ethrington, the newest arrival at Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One morning, a gust of wind blows the 90-pound nun into the air, where she stays Read More

The Way West

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding, routine western. A scared settler accidently shoots an Indian boy who is mistaken for a wolf, prompting Summers to Read More

The Flying Nun: If You Want to Fly, Keep Your Coronet Dry

Synopsis: Hoping to get a little peace and quiet, casino owner Carlos Ramirez sends Sr. Bertrille and ten convent children off on a picnic. Before long, however, he is suffering the pangs of guilt: The pack of picnickers has apparently gotten lost, and there's a violent rainstorm a-brewing. Given this Read More

The Flying Nun: A Young Man With a Coronet

Synopsis: After promising to keep her flying abilities under wraps, Sr. Bertrille is inadvertently whisked aloft by a sudden gust of wind. Her ascent is witnessed by Charlie Webster (Brian Nash), a little boy with a history of telling big lies. How can Sr. Bertrille keep Charlie from getting into trouble Read More

The Flying Nun: It's an Ill Wind

Synopsis: Coming in for an emergency landing while flying important documents to the Mother Superior, Sr. Bertrille drops into the middle of a secret Mob conclave. Her sudden arrival has a profound effect on a gangster chieftain (Noam Pitlik), who is convinced that Sr. Bertrille is a sign from Heaven. Read More

The Flying Nun: The Patron of Santa Thomasina

Synopsis: Sr. Bertrille is among the travelers taking a pack-mule trip into the mountain community of Santa Thomasina. Upon her arrival, the exuberant little nun is confused by the residents' eccentric behavior. It turns out that the locals are convinced that Sr. Bertrille is their patron saint. Trouble Read More

Gidget [TV Series]

Actors: Sally Field, Don Porter

Synopsis: Gidget began life as a novel by Frederick Kohner, who used his own teenage daughter as inspiration. The novel was filmed in 1958 with Sandra Dee as California high-schooler Francie Lawrence, known to her friends as "Gidget" because of her diminutive size ("girl midget"). According to both novel Read More

Gidget: Season 01

Actors: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Betty Conner, Peter Deuel

Synopsis: Bubbly newcomer Sally Field became an instant star by virtue of her vivacious interpretation of the title character in the delightful half-hour sitcom Gidget. Although only one season's worth of episodes were filmed, they were enough to launch Field into a spectacular show-business career, which Read More