Strong Medicine (1986) TV Movie

Strong Medicine` A Potboiler Of Intrigue
April 28, 1986|By Bill Kelley, Staff writer

"Guilty pleasure" aficionados will have a good time tonight and Tuesday with Strong Medicine (8 p.m., WCIX-Ch. 6, both nights), an Arthur (Hotel ) Hailey potboiler about intrigue in the pharmaceutical industry in 1957. Pamela Sue Martin is the noble young heroine who uncovers a nest of vipers, and the spot-the-stars cast includes Patrick Duffy, Ben Cross, Douglas Fairbanks and Dick Van Dyke. Produced independently for first-run, off-network syndication -- which means it`s a little juicier than network fare.

Strong Medicine (1986)TV Movie
Cast: Alan Oppenheimer, Annette O'Toole, Ben Cross, Dick Van Dyke, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Sue Martin, Patrick Duffy, Sam Neill

Twist of Fate (1989) TV Movie

The four-part British miniseries Pursuit, based upon Robert L. Fish's novel of the same name, was first telecast in the United States as the two-part "movie special" Twist of Fate. Bruce Greenwood essayed the leading role of Helmut Von Schraeder, an ex-S.S. officer on the run after conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Undergoing plastic surgery, Von Schraeder assumed the new identity of Jewish concentration camp survivor Daniel Grossman. And as if that wasn't unbelievable enough, "Grossman" went on to a colorful career as an Israeli freedom fighter. The huge multinational cast included British film and TV stalwart Ben Cross and American leading lady Sarah Jessica Parker. Though made for British television, Pursuit did not air in that country until 1990, a full year after its American debut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Twist of Fate (1989) TV Movie
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jakov Baron, Geoffrey Bateman, Branko Blace, Mirko Boman, Nick Brimble, Ben Cross, Paul Freeman, John Glover, Bruce Greenwood

Temptress (1995)

Karin brings a statue home from her travels to Asia and it soon begins to have a strange effect.

 

Temptress (1995)

Cast: Kim Delaney, Chris Sarandon, Corbin Bernsen, Dee Wallace, Ben Cross, Jessica Walter, Katrina McNeal, Gregory Wallace, David Brooks, Ryan MacDonald, Kelle Kipp, Jack DeLeon, Roger Lodge, Barbara Ann Moore

Unholy, The (1988)

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

The Unholy (1988)

Cast: Ben Cross, Claudia Robinson, Hal Holbrook, John Boyland, Ned Beatty, Nicole Fortier, Peter Frechette, Phil Becker, Ruben Rabasa, Trevor Howard