Showing posts with label Christopher Plummer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christopher Plummer. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Dial M for Murder (1981) TV Movie

This second film version of Frederick Knott's suspense play stars Christopher Plummer as a wealthy Londoner, who works out a meticulous scheme to murder his wife (Angie Dickinson) and escape undetected. A serviceable made-for-TV job, the 1981 "Dial 'M' for Murder" suffers only when compared to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 filmization of the same play. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Dial M for Murder (1981) TV Movie
Cast: Angie Dickinson, Michael Parks, Christopher Plummer, Ron Moody

Monday, April 12, 2010

Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) TV Movie

The story of the early years of fashion icon, Gloria Vanderbilt.










Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) TV Movie
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Barnard Hughes, Bette Davis, Christopher Plummer, Glynis Johns, John Hillerman, Lucy Gutteridge, Martin Balsam, Maureen Stapleton, Michael Gross

Friday, March 27, 2009

Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976) TV Movie

This four-part adaptation of Arthur Hailey's tale of power and greed in the banking business has two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Series of the 1976-77 season as well as an Emmy for Christopher Plummer as one of the antagonists. Other nominations went to Susan Flannery (as Kirk Douglas' lawyer girlfriend), to Joseph Biroc for his photography, and to Phill Norman for his graphics and opening titles. Of interest: Jean Peters returned to films here after spending nearly twenty years in retirement -- most of them as Mrs. Howard Hughes.

Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976) TV Movie
Cast: Anne Baxter, Christopher Plummer, Hayden Rorke, Jean Peters, Joan Collins, Kirk Douglas, Patrick O'Neal, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Loggia, Susan Flannery, Timothy Bottoms