The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)

A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the ... See full summary »

Director:

Walter Grauman

Writers:

Laurence Heath, Donald A. Stanwood (novel)

Stars:

John Alderson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, William Beckley

Cast

Credited cast:
John Alderson	...	Sheriff
Jean-Pierre Aumont	...	Inspector Laurier
William Beckley	...	Leeds
Ralph Bellamy	...	William E. Ryker
Jorge Cervera Jr.	...	Gardener
Tonya Crowe	...	Eva - as child
Bradford Dillman	...	Jason Eddington
Ellaraino	...	Martha (as Ella Raino Edwards)
Morgan Fairchild	...	Lisa Eddington
Mel Ferrer	...	Dr. Sanford
Robert Foxworth	...	Norman Hall
John Furlong	...	Doctor
Ted Gehring	...	Lieutenant Galbraith
Peter Graves	...	Mike Rogers
Robert Hogan	...	J.H. Martin

Storyline

A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of her mother's death 30 years previously, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman.

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Plot Keywords:

childhood memory | actress playing multiple roles | death of mother | based on novel | 

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Taglines:

For thirty years Eva Ryker has been fighting a cruel and clever enemy. The enemy is her own mind and it holds the clue to murder and millions.

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In this film, there is a short sequence of Natalie Wood's character nearly drowning, before being saved. Natalie Wood would a year later meet her end this way.

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Connections

Edited from The Last Voyage (1960)

User Reviews

Irwin Allen TV Movie Starring Natalie Wood & The Music Composer

Irwin Allen's The Memory Of Eva Ryker is a change from the 1970s disaster movies this man was dishing out left, right and centre. But the sea loving Irwin Allen just had to have a Poseidon-looking ship in this film.

Three things make this film worth watching (1) Natalie Wood, (2) Bradford Dillman as a memorable bad guy, (3) An old-fashioned score by Richard LaSalle.

But the movie has problems. This may have been a fun show 23 years ago, but now, seeing a 1980 movie pretending to be a 1940s Hollywood melodrama, there is now too much of the 1980s in it. And that scene in "The Australian Outback", it seems Irwin Allen knew nothing about Australia as every Aussie detail of this scene is very WRONG! We don't talk like the cop in that scene. And one line from this cop "I don't read" is almost insulting to me as an Aussie.

See this movie for the above mentioned three things.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Geheimnis der Queen Anne

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

144 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1