No Place to Hide (1981) (TV)

Director:

John Llewellyn Moxey

Writers:

Jimmy Sangster (writer)
Harriet Steinberg (story)

Release Date:

4 March 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A sinister, haunting tale

Plot:

Amy is the Mannings only daughter. After the death of her rich father, she lives together with her stepmother...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Stepmother | Student | Cabin | Chase

Cast

Kathleen Beller	...	Amy Manning
Brad M. Bucklin	...	Driver
Keir Dullea	...	Cliff Letterman
Gary Graham	...	David Norland
Marc Handler	...	Student
Mariette Hartley	...	Adele Manning
Sandy McPeak	...	Sergeant Newman
Milton Selzer	...	Florist
Arlen Dean Snyder	...	James Stockwood

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

In an interview, Mariette Hartley confessed that her love scenes with Keir Dullea were so steamy that at the end of each day of filming, Hartley would go home and "transfer those affections" to her husband. On the last day of shooting, when Hartley came home, her husband said, "You know, I'm going to miss Keir."

Quotes:

Psychopathic stalker: Soon Amy, soon

Made for TV? Made for morons more like it..

Doncha just love writing reviews of crappy movies? Certainly beats watching them. Anyhoo, this little beaut is about a girl who THINKS she is being stalked by a crazed psychopath who always leaves messages that he'll 'see her soon', but she eventually reaches the conclusion that these are just delusions of the physical manifestation of the guilt she feels over her father's death. Sound complicated? Well, it isn't, and as every creaky plot device is utilised and the ominous music starts playing you realise there isn't a single reason why this movie should have been made. Fancy taking bets that the heroine will end up in an abandoned log cabin by herself, even though she is in fear of her life? And, what say we get a series of incredibly lame twists near the end in a vain attempt to inject some life into this dull as ditchwater screenplay? Checkmate.

You can forget about any decent gore or T&A action either. You've got about as much chance of finding a polar bear in the Sahara than encountering anything controversial in a made for TV film. I could also bring up the horrible quality of the print, or the fact that they couldn't even seem to find an actress who could SCREAM convincingly, but alongside the myriad of other faults, these simply pale into insignificance. For being a complete waste of time, and not even getting the basics right in being a suspense thriller I can't give this more than 2/10. Fortunately, unlike poor old Ms Keeler you DO have A Place To Hide. It's called another channel, so why not take refuge there rather than bore yourself to tears with crap like this?