Halliwell's Television Companion (1986) - US TV Movies
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- DirectorHarry FalkStarsRobert WagnerE.G. MarshallWilliam WindomA cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a seventeen-year-old girl being held captive in the house of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin.
- DirectorJoan TewkesburyStarsTed BessellCloris LeachmanDolph SweetAn unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsRon HowardRobert FoxworthMickey RourkeOld country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing. Michael De Guzman's teleplay was inspired by Paige.
- DirectorSimon LangtonStarsMarlo ThomasKris KristoffersonJon DeVriesA shopkeeper is condemned by the police & the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsElizabeth MontgomeryJames SloyanSean FryeDivorced career woman's life changes when she is beaten and robbed by a street gang.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsDaniel J. TravantiJoBeth WilliamsMartha ScottAfter their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead.
- DirectorJack HivelyStarsKurt IdaDan MonahanBrock PetersMark Twain's classic about how Tom Sawyer's best friend, Huckleberry Finn, runs away from his drunken father and helps the runaway slave Jim to escape.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsLinda PurlGene BarryRay BuktenicaFollows pioneer nineteenth-century female journalist Nellie Bly and her exposes of corruption in New York City.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsRobert ConradShelley WintersBroderick CrawfordA detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsRobert StackDavid HedisonRalph BellamyA madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsCloris LeachmanKelly BishopWalter BrookeThis was a pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsNatalie WoodRobert WagnerBruce DavisonA crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsWarren OatesMariette HartleyTyrone JacksonAfter the events of The African Queen (1951), Charlie and Rose are recaptured by the Germans and forced to tug one of their big cannons that could bring the Nazis victory against the local Allied forces.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsRichard JoyBarry SullivanGene BarryAmerican soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsWilliam ShatnerAdam WestJohn CassavetesAs Alexander the Great prepares for his battle against his great rival, King Darius III, he must also face down his own war weary army and internal rivals.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsLeigh McCloskeyEve PlumbJuliet MillsA teenaged boy arrives in Hollywood to become a movie star, but winds up becoming a male prostitute and gets involved with a gay football star.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsTom MasonEric BraedenMelinda O. FeeAn alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsRobert YoungRaymond MasseyEve ArdenA judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsRobert YoungRuth HusseyRaymond MasseyIn this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsStacy KeachSamantha EggarJohn SavageA man traveling through a backwoods area is held hostage by a group of orphans who want him to become their father. Unfortunately, the kids have a habit of killing adults who refuse that particular honor.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsSally FieldWilliam HurtNed BeattyA wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn RubinsteinGlynnis O'ConnorBrad SavageFour orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsSally StruthersJoanna MilesHenry DarrowA young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsSuzanne PleshetteEd NelsonAndrew PrineThe widow of a scientist who was murdered by his colleagues goes undercover at the research lab where he worked to expose them.
- DirectorBill PerskyStarsEva GaborRobert HaysLaurie HeinemanThe misadventures of a group of deceased souls who are relegated to the Heavenly Crisis and Conscience Center, a layover stop between Heaven and Earth where they must remain until they earn blessedness by performing good deeds among the living. The pilot episode tells the story of Dave Leland, an auto accident victim who is given a chance to earn his wings by aiding a young woman who is contemplating suicide.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsHenry FondaLeonard NimoyJames McEachinA parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsVictor FrenchCandy ClarkLouise LathamThe crises, incidents and interactions among the employees, patrons and contestants of a country-western bar's regularly scheduled talent show.
- DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsTamara DobsonJack ScaliaStella StevensA secret cult of beautiful, large-breasted female warriors plots to take over the world by killing off important male politicians.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsDennis WeaverKurt RussellMare WinninghamA drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsJames BrolinDorian HarewoodAlfre WoodardAn African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsSusan ClarkJohn ForsytheStephen MachtBiography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.
- DirectorEric TillStarsHenry WinklerDavid WayneChris WigginsIn an American town, an old bitter miser is given a ghostly chance at redemption on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsKirk DouglasElizabeth MontgomeryDorothy McGuireAfter losing his wife and home in an accident, Amos Lasher ends up in the care of the state, specifically the Sunset Nursing Home. The head nurse of Sunset, Daisy Daws, rules the cowed residents with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsSusan FlanneryJameson ParkerEd NelsonThe story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsEdward AsnerEli WallachMillie PerkinsBiopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsColleen DewhurstWarren OatesMaggie CooperA couple faces a dilemma when the 46-year-old wife unexpectedly becomes pregnant. She wants to have the baby, but her husband's plans for the future do not involve raising another child. Their three grown children, as well as other family and friends, all have their own opinions on the situation. Their relationship and their marriage itself are tested as they try to resolve the conflict.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsBlair BrownDavid AckroydVera MilesBased on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and her struggle to get to safety despite her injuries, below-freezing temperatures and rough, and at times impassable, terrain.