Take Me Home Again (1994) TV Movie

Kirk Douglas has the starring role in this made-for-television drama which is based on the novel The Lies Boys Tell by Lamar Herrin. Douglas stars as Ed Reece, an elderly man who decides that he wants to spend his final days back in the town where he was born. He persuades his grown son to make the journey with him for a long goodbye. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi

Take Me Home Again (1994) TV Movie

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Bess Armstrong, Bonnie Bartlett, Richard Gilliland, Nancy McLoughlin, Jason Hervey, Eileen Brennan

Death in Canaan, A (1978) TV Movie

Paul Clemens plays the real-life Peter Reilly, who in September of 1973 was charged with the mutilation and murder of his mother. The confused 18-year-old signs a confession after being told that he's flunked a lie detector test. Later renouncing the confession, Reilly demands a reopening of his case. The citizens of Peter's home town of Canaan, CT, who'd been willing to see the boy thrown in jail for life when the case first hit the papers, now rally around the youth, insisting that his constitutional rights have been violated. New evidence uncovered by a sympathetic detective enables Peter to press his case. Stefanie Powers plays Joan Barthel, the Canaan resident and free-lance journalist who chronicled Peter's bid for freedom. The made-for-TV "A Death in Canaan" was first telecast March 1, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A Death in Canaan (1978) TV Movie

Cast: Stefanie Powers, Paul Clemens, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Brookes, Brian Dennehy, Conchata Ferrell, Charles Haid, Floyd Levine, Kenneth McMillan, Gavan O'Herlihy, Yuki Shimoda, James Sutorius, Bonnie Bartlett

Family Blessings (1999) TV Movie

A widow finds refuge in the arms of a younger man after the death of her policeman son. Lee Reston, 44, and Chris Lallek, 30, find love while mourning the death of Greg, Lee's son and Chris's best friend and partner. Lee's family and friends oppose the relationship because of the age difference but Lee decides to pursue the relationship, with or without her family's blessing.

Family Blessings (1999) TV Movie

Cast: Ari Meyers, Bonnie Bartlett, Brendan Fletcher, Lynda Carter, Nina Foch, Pam Grier, Steven Eckholdt

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993) TV Movie

When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play.


From the files of "Unsolved Mysteries", this is based on a true story.

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993) TV Movie
Cast: Andy Romano, Ann Cusack, Bonnie Bartlett, Darren Dalton, Dennis Boutsikaris, Dwight Schultz, Gregg Henry, Michael O'Neill, Sally Murphy

Legend of Lizzie Borden, The (1975) TV Movie

Elizabeth Montgomery got the best role of her career with this creepy docudrama, a sterling example of the 1970's made-for-TV movie at its peak. "The Legend Of Lizzie Borden" holds up beautifully because it was made with a level of care you might expect from a theatrical feature. William Bast's script hooks the viewer in by using an elliptical structure whose jumping back and forth in time forces the viewer to constantly readjust their thoughts on the title character. It is also a very well-researched piece of work, offering a lot of historical evidence that might challenge a viewer's casual perceptions of the case. Director Paul Wendkos lives up to the script's level of ambition, using some effective fast-editing to handle the transitions between time periods while also making sure the story flows in a style that is easy to comprehend. Wendkos also does an excellent job of handling the film's murder setpiece, filming it in a style that is intensely unnerving without ever showing too much or going overboard on cheap shocks. Finally and most importantly, "The Legend Of Lizzie Borden" offers a great cast delivering impressive performances: standouts include Ed Sanders as the determined prosecutor and Katherine Helmond as Lizzie's long-suffering sister. That said, the film truly belongs to Montgomery, who gives a multi-faceted performance in the title role: she manages to shift effortlessly from being childlike to conniving, resulting in a character who is both pitiable and frightening all at once. All in all, "The Legend Of Lizzie Borden" is an excellent TV production that is worth the time for true crime buffs and horror fans alike. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide

The Legend of Lizzie Borden  (1975) TV Movie

Cast: Bonnie Bartlett, Don Porter, Ed Flanders, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fionnula Flanagan, Fritz Weaver, Katherine Helmond

Right to Die (1987) TV Movie

Right to Die (1987) TV Movie
Cast: Alan Fudge, Bonnie Bartlett, David Wohl, Diane Salinger, Ed O'Neill, Karen Landry, Lilyan Chauvin, Michael Gross, Raquel Welch

Deadly Deception (1987) TV Movie

TV: BABY VANISHES IN 'DEADLY DECEPTION'

By JOHN CORRY

Published: March 7, 1987

LEAD: ''Deadly Deception'' is melodrama, occasionally unpleasant, vaguely depressing, only fitfully interesting. The two-hour CBS movie, at 9 P.M. Sunday, is about the disappearance of a baby. First, however, the baby's mother is hanged. This is cheerless stuff.

''Deadly Deception'' is melodrama, occasionally unpleasant, vaguely depressing, only fitfully interesting. The two-hour CBS movie, at 9 P.M. Sunday, is about the disappearance of a baby. First, however, the baby's mother is hanged. This is cheerless stuff.

The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, although we're meant to think it's rural California. Laurie Shoat (Margaret Gibson) is lured to a motel rendezvous with her baby and there meets her nasty end. Her aggrieved husband (Matt Salinger) wants to unravel the mystery. The movie throws dream sequences and Freudian darkness into all this, but not to much effect. Low-budget melodrama is still low-budget melodrama.

When the mystery is unraveled, though, ''Deadly Deception'' does give us a slightly embarrassed-looking Mildred Natwick in a ''special guest appearance.'' Miss Natwick descends a flight of stairs in a supposedly spooky old mansion. Actually, it's not spooky in the slightest, but it is nice to see Miss Natwick.

Mr. Salinger moves stolidly through all this. ''Deadly Deception'' - produced by Andrew Gottlieb, directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, written by Gordon Cotler - poses him artfully in a leather jacket over a white turtleneck and plaid shirts. The jacket is the kind that's meant to look worn when it's brand new. The clothes give Mr. Salinger, who's supposed to be a carpenter, a certain picturesqueness. In the absence of much else to do, Mr. Salinger at least displays some presence.

The movie's other presence is provided by Bonnie Bartlett, who plays Mr. Salinger's mother. She does seem to be acting a part. Otherwise, not much is going on in ''Deadly Deception.'' Mostly it just wants to kill time.

Deadly Deception (1987) TV Movie

Cast: Bonnie Bartlett, Christopher Allport, James Noble, Lisa Eilbacher, Matt Salinger