Are You Lonesome Tonight (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

E.W. Swackhamer

Writer (WGA):

Wesley Moore (written by)

Release Date:

22 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

He was calling for a good time. It might be his last.

Plot:

A rich wife who is searching for her missing husband, seeks help from a private eye and her husband's call girl.

Plot Keywords:

Obsession | Detective | Murder | Search | Private Detective

Cast

Jane Seymour	...	Adrienne Welles
Parker Stevenson	...	Mat Henderson
Beth Broderick	...	Laura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joel Brooks
George Chambers	...	Arnold
Charmaine Charles	...	Cop
Micha Espinosa	...	Monica
John Farmer	...	Man at Benefit
Lael Jackson	...	Other Woman
Henry J. Jordan	...	Richard Welles
Carolyn Kimball	...	Eleanor
James Kuehnle	...	Bartender
Barbara Morgan	...	Middle Aged Woman
Jonathan Nichols	...	Tony LaTour
Robert Pine
Mary Qualls	...	Nussbaum Secretary
Bob Sallese	...	Pimp
Rosie Taravella	...	Receptionist at XX Change
Ann Tyler	...	Another Woman

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Quotes:

[first lines]
Richard Welles: Guess who?
Laura: Oh, I'm so glad it's you. I've been waiting by the phone. I miss you.

Are You Bored Enough to Watch This Tonight?

Adrienne Welles is an attractive society woman who does nothing but support charitable causes. Her husband Richard apparently finds her cold and is carrying on with Laura a phone sex operator whose conversations he tapes. Adrienne overhears one of the conversations, then discovers the tapes.

Her husband goes missing and the last tape has the Laura wanting Richard to guess where she is, Richard being surprised and then hit by something. There's no "bloodcurdling scream" as the video box states, just a "no!" You're really slow if you can't figure out what happened just from hearing that tape.

Adrienne is really slow. She goes to the police, but then decides not to tell them about the tape. A PI at the station overhears her and wants to help. He's really slow too. Adrienne finds Laura without the PI, unlike what the box says. There's not really "a seamy underworld of fatal attractions and deadly connections" either.

Not recommended unless you like any of the cast.