Calendar Girl Murders (1984)

Millionaire Richard Trainor is celebrating the fact that his new calendar featuring twelve nude woman is a huge success. However the party is ruined when Miss January is pushed off a ... See full summary »

Director:

William A. Graham

Writers:

Gregory S. Dinallo (story), Scott Swanton (teleplay)

Stars:

Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Skerritt	...	Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Sharon Stone	...	Cassie Bascomb
Barbara Bosson	...	Nancy
Robert Beltran	...	Mooney
Pat Corley	...	Tony
Robert Morse	...	Nat Couray
Alan Thicke	...	Alan Conti
Silvana Gallardo	...	Detective Rose Hernandez
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Krell
Robert Culp	...	Richard Trainor
Barbara Parkins	...	Cleo Banks
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Heather English
Victoria Tucker	...	Pam
Pamela West	...	Gail Keating
Claudia Christian	...	Kara

Storyline

Millionaire Richard Trainor is celebrating the fact that his new calendar featuring twelve nude woman is a huge success. However the party is ruined when Miss January is pushed off a building and later on that night Miss February is knifed to death. Policeman Lieutenant Dan Stoner is assigned to the case and he immediately strikes a friendship with photographer Cassie Bascomb. While Dan investigates the case Cassie is attacked. What connection is she to the case and will the killer be caught before he/she reached Miss December.

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Plot Keywords:

pinup girl | photographer | calendar | villainess | falling from height | 

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Taglines:

12 Months. 12 Girls. 1 Killer.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Calendar Girl Murders

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Red King, White Knight (1989)

User Reviews

Washout

I watched this because I had a hunch it might be pretty good. Sometimes TV movies have a certain zinginess to them, a sort of "what the hell" quality that's generated, I've always suspected, by the unusually low budgets, That is, if your investment is small enough, you don't have to worry so much about producing a blockbuster. Add to it that this cast was interesting. Tom Skerrit may or may not have much acting range, but he's reliable in the way that Cary Grant and Michael Caine have been reliable. They don't always give first-rate performances but they never torpedo a production they appear in, and Skerrit has that same quality. Then there is Sharon Stone, youthful and full of fresh open-faced beauty, and not so evidently full of herself as she later became. And Robert Morse! I was curious to see his gap-toothed person in a dramatic role. The story, involving the sequential knocking off of "Playmates of the Month" or whatever they call them here. The film unfortunately did not live up to its promise. I suppose I'd forgotten that there must be a script. It's awful. There's no suspense to speak of. The dialogue is dull. Conflict, either intra- or interpersonal, is minimal. We don't know about the murdered models, so we don't care about them. (Except the momentary thought -- "What a waste.") At least the movie is not laden with cliches -- one or two car chases, a vehicular fireball -- but not much of that, perhaps because the writers didn't bother to put much effort into cranking up the action. Watch it if you want. I doubt that you'll get much out of it.