Trish VanDevere Filmography

Deadly Currents

Actors: William L. Petersen, Trish VanDevere, George C. Scott

Synopsis: Carl Schultz' made-for-television thriller Deadly Currents stars George C. Scott as a man with a secret. The former captain of a ship that exploded, Cornelius Wettering (Scott) runs a bar in Curacao. He is friendly with the head of security for the American embassy, Guerin (William Petersen). The Read More

Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Vol. 3

Synopsis: Each episode of this series offers different battles of the war. Each uses re-enactments, expert commentary, and readings by actors such as Burt Reynolds, Charlton Heston, and Richard Dreyfuss to bring the events of the war to vivid life. Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Vol. 3 Read More

Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Vol. 6

Synopsis: Each episode of this series presents different battles from the war. Each uses re-enactments, expert commentary, and readings by actors such as Burt Reynolds, {$Charlton Heston, and Richard Dreyfuss to bring the events of the war to vivid life. This episode concentrates on the Wilderness campaign Read More

Messenger of Death

Actors: Charles Bronson, Trish VanDevere, Laurence Luckinbill, Daniel Benzali, Marilyn Hassett

Synopsis: Even though Charles Bronson doesn't carry a gun in this feature, there are still plenty of the fights, car chases, and explosions -- all hallmarks of Bronson's action films. Bronson plays Denver Tribune crime reporter Garrett Smith, who investigates the murder mystery of a Mormon family. Smith Read More

Hollywood Vice Squad

Actors: Ronny Cox, Frank Gorshin, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Trish VanDevere, Carrie Fisher, Robin Wright Penn, H.B. Haggerty

Synopsis: This attempt at parodying a world of hookers, child pornographers, and drug cartels never quite gets off the ground. Though these topics are not inherently amusing, director Penelope Spheeris takes the plot of Hardcore as a springboard and develops a few parallel stories that are meant to be Read More

Uphill All the Way

Actors: Mel Tillis, Burl Ives, Glen Campbell, Trish VanDevere

Synopsis: This Western comedy is set in the early 1900's and features the inept duo of Ben (Roy Clark) and Booger (Mel Tillis). The two men visit a bank seeking a loan but carry a shotgun with them. Understandably, this gives the wrong impression to the bank staff and before they know it, they are being Read More

Highway to Heaven: The Brightest Star

Synopsis: Angel-in-training Jonathan (Michael Landon) is assigned to straighten out the problems of Lori Parks (Carrie Wells), a famous and rather contentious child movie star. Jonathan's first step is to find the runaway Lori and return the girl to her parents. His next step -- which does not become Read More

Haunted

Actors: Brooke Adams, Jon de Vries, Ari Meyers, Trish VanDevere, Audrey Matson

Synopsis: Michael Roemer both wrote and directed the 60-minute TV drama Haunted. Brooke Adams stars as a troubled young woman who returns to her Rhode Island home. Why she does this is a mystery: her childhood was a textbook example of misery, exacerbated by her spiteful adoptive mother and her abusive Read More

The Hearse

Actors: Trish VanDevere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton, Med Flory

Synopsis: The Hearse, directed by George Bowers is a clichéd, predictable horror film which, despite its interesting cast, is derivative and uninspired. Jane (Trish Van Devere) inherits a mansion from an aunt, whom she closely resembles. The townspeople believe that her aunt was possessed by Satan, and Read More

All God's Children

Actors: Richard Widmark

Synopsis: The issue of forced school busing is explored with an unfortunately heavy hand in All God's Children. Richard Widmark plays a judge who is tortured with guilt after a school bus is stolen. The robbery was a prank, committed as a reaction to the judge's ruling that selected black students must be Read More

The Changeling

Actors: George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh

Synopsis: Peter Medak's The Changeling is among a handful of films, including The Haunting (1963), Ghost Story (1981), and Lady in White (1988), that have successfully recreated the intimate, drawing-room atmosphere of supernatural horror fiction. After his wife and daughter are killed in a snowbound car Read More

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

Synopsis: Originally titled The Voyage of the Mayflower, this made-for-TV historical drama was, not surprisingly, first telecast as a CBS Thanksgiving special. In the tradition of the 1952 theatrical feature Plymouth Adventure, the film meticulously recounted the journey in 1620 A.D. of 103 Pilgrim Read More

Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder

Synopsis: Trish Van Devere plays a television executive (evidently inspired by Faye Dunaway in Network) in the made-for-TV Make Me a Perfect Murder. Denied a promotion, Ms. Van Devere retaliates by "cancelling" her boss--permanently. Utilizing her knowledge of TV mysteries, she manages to misdirect the Read More

Movie, Movie

Actors: George C. Scott, Barbara Harris, Eli Wallach, Trish VanDevere, Red Buttons

Synopsis: This spoof of a "typical" double-feature bill of the 1930s is introduced by George Burns, who explains that we're about to see two classic films produced by the legendary Warren Brothers. The first, "Dynamite Fists," is a black-and-white takeoff of such boxing dramas as Golden Boy. Harry Hamlin Read More

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

Synopsis: In this drama, a beautiful woman with a taste for married men begins looking at her life in a new way. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Stalk the Wild Child

Synopsis: An Americanized version of Truffaut's The Wild Child, this drama centers on the attempts of a behavioral psychologist to educate a boy, raised in the wilds by dogs, and teach him how to function in society. This film spawned a brief television series, Lucan. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Beauty and the Beast

Actors: George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Lee, Patricia Quinn

Synopsis: This Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast stars George C. Scott and his wife Trish Van Devere in the title roles -- and it should not take a rocket scientist to determine who plays what role. It all begins when Edward Beaumont (Bernard Lee) makes the Read More

The Savage Is Loose

Actors: George C. Scott

Synopsis: George C. Scott produced, directed and distributed this offbeat drama. Near the turn of the century, John (Scott), his wife Maidi (Trish VanDevere) and their young son David (Lee Montgomery) are shipwrecked on a remote island. Resigned to the fact they may never be rescued, John teaches Read More

The Day of the Dolphin

Actors: Pat Englund, George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver, Jon Korkes

Synopsis: Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry team up again (after collaborating on The Graduate and Catch-22) for this adaptation of Robert Merle's best-selling adventure novel concerning dolphins who become pawns in a plot to kill the president. George C. Scott plays Dr. Jake Terrell, a Read More

Harry in Your Pocket

Actors: James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin, Trish VanDevere, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Gwynne

Synopsis: In this engaging crime drama with an undercurrent of subtle humor, James Coburn stars as Harry, a "cannon" (a top-flight pickpocket), who works in association with Casey (Walter Pidgeon), an older career criminal with a fondness for cocaine. Ray (Michael Sarrazin) and Sandy (Trish Van Devere) are Read More

One Is a Lonely Number

Actors: Thomas McNallan, Trish VanDevere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh, Melvyn Douglas, Jane Elliot

Synopsis: A woman struggles to rebuild her life after her husband leaves her in this drama. Amy Brower (Trish VanDevere) is a 27-year-old woman who thinks that her marriage to James (Paul Jenkins), a college professor, is a happy one until he unexpectedly files for divorce after falling for one of his Read More

The Last Run

Actors: George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish VanDevere, Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: George C. Scott stars in The Last Run as an aging mob driver hoping to make one last big haul and retire. Harry Garmes (Scott) is persuaded by his old cronies to drive escaped criminal Paul Ricard (Tony Musante) and his girlfriend, Claudio Schemer (Trish VanDevere), across Spain to safety. Garmes Read More

The Landlord

Actors: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Marki Bey, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Wealthy, insensitive young Beau Bridges buys an inner-city tenement, planning to evict the present occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. But once he ventures into the tenement, he grows quite fond of the low-income ethnic types who dwell within. He even kicks over the traces of his Read More

Where's Poppa?

Actors: George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish VanDevere, Barnard Hughes

Synopsis: Director Carl Reiner, most closely associated with the homey values of situation comedies, shocked, surprised, and (in some cases) delighted his admirers with the jet-black comedy Where's Poppa?. George Segal plays Gordon Hocheiser, a New York attorney whose love life is constantly being sabotaged Read More