Halliwell's Television Companion (1986) - US TV Movies
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1. The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 72 min | Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Robert Wagner, E.G. Marshall, William Windom, George McCallister
Votes: 79
2. The Acorn People (1981 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Family
An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.
Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Ted Bessell, Cloris Leachman, Dolph Sweet, LeVar Burton
Votes: 55
3. Act of Love (1980 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
Old 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ron Howard, Robert Foxworth, Mickey Rourke, David Spielberg
Votes: 179
4. The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police & the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Kris Kristofferson, Jon DeVries, David Rasche
Votes: 99
5. Act of Violence (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Divorced career woman's life changes when she is beaten and robbed by a street gang.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, James Sloyan, Sean Frye, Roy Poole
Votes: 123
6. Adam (1983 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama
After their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams, Martha Scott, Richard Masur
Votes: 710
7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure
Mark 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.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Kurt Ida, Dan Monahan, Brock Peters, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 60
8. The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Follows pioneer nineteenth-century female journalist Nellie Bly and her exposes of corruption in New York City.
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, John Randolph
Votes: 34
9. Adventures of Nick Carter (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Robert Conrad, Shelley Winters, Broderick Crawford, Neville Brand
Votes: 112
10. Adventures of the Queen (1975 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A 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,... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Stack, David Hedison, Ralph Bellamy, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 69
11. Advice to the Lovelorn (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
This 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Cloris Leachman, Kelly Bishop, Walter Brooke, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 34
12. The Affair (1973 TV Movie)
PG | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce Davison, Jamie Smith-Jackson
Votes: 297
13. The African Queen (1977 TV Movie)
50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
After 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.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Warren Oates, Mariette Hartley, Tyrone Jackson, Alfred Polsen
Votes: 50
14.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Ain't No Time for Glory
(1957)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
American soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Richard Joy, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry, John Drew Barrymore
Votes: 14
15. Alexander the Great (1963 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
As 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.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: William Shatner, Adam West, John Cassavetes, John Doucette
Votes: 199
16. Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Eve Plumb, Juliet Mills, Jean Hagen
Votes: 275
17. The Aliens Are Coming (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Tom Mason, Eric Braeden, Melinda O. Fee, Fawne Harriman
Votes: 222
18. All My Darling Daughters (1972 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Young, Raymond Massey, Eve Arden, Darleen Carr
Votes: 93
19. My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Raymond Massey, Darleen Carr
Votes: 36
20. All the Kind Strangers (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson
Votes: 923
21. All the Way Home (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sally Field, William Hurt, Ned Beatty, Ellen Corby
Votes: 107
22. All Together Now (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Rubinstein, Glynnis O'Connor, Brad Savage, Helen Hunt
Votes: 44
23. Aloha Means Goodbye (1974 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Sally Struthers, Joanna Miles, Henry Darrow, James Franciscus
Votes: 56
24. Along Came a Spider (1970 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
The widow of a scientist who was murdered by his colleagues goes undercover at the research lab where he worked to expose them.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Ed Nelson, Andrew Prine, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 218
25. Almost Heaven (1978 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy
The 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... See full synopsis »
Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Eva Gabor, Robert Hays, Laurie Heineman, Larry Gelman
Votes: 16
26. The Alpha Caper (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Henry Fonda, Leonard Nimoy, James McEachin, Elena Verdugo
Votes: 232
27. Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The crises, incidents and interactions among the employees, patrons and contestants of a country-western bar's regularly scheduled talent show.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Victor French, Candy Clark, Louise Latham, Don Johnson
Votes: 169
28. Amazons (1984 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A secret cult of beautiful, large-breasted female warriors plots to take over the world by killing off important male politicians.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Jack Scalia, Stella Stevens, Madeleine Stowe
Votes: 198
29. Amber Waves (1980 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Kurt Russell, Mare Winningham, Fran Brill
Votes: 251
30. The Ambush Murders (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
An 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.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: James Brolin, Dorian Harewood, Alfre Woodard, Robert G. Denison
Votes: 105
31. Amelia Earhart (1976 TV Movie)
Unrated | 150 min | Biography, Drama
Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Susan Clark, John Forsythe, Stephen Macht, Susan Oliver
Votes: 138
32. An American Christmas Carol (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy
In an American town, an old bitter miser is given a ghostly chance at redemption on Christmas Eve.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Henry Winkler, David Wayne, Chris Wiggins, R.H. Thomson
Votes: 1,702
33. Amos (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
After 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorothy McGuire, Pat Morita
Votes: 354
34. Anatomy of a Seduction (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The 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.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Susan Flannery, Jameson Parker, Ed Nelson, Michael LeClair
Votes: 146
35. Anatomy of an Illness (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic 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.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Edward Asner, Eli Wallach, Millie Perkins, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 124
36. And Baby Makes Six (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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. ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Colleen Dewhurst, Warren Oates, Maggie Cooper, Al Corley
Votes: 66
37. And I Alone Survived (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Based 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... See full summary »
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Blair Brown, David Ackroyd, Vera Miles, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 128
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