Blood Feud (1983) TV Movie

Life and times of the notoriously popular union boss, James (Jimmy) Hoffa Sr. Excellently done, long form (4 hours) TV movie. IMO, Blake is miscast. He doesn't look, act or sound like the real thing, but it's testament to his underrated acting abilities. You're pulled in from the opening act and you'll probably watch it straight through. Casting is outstanding, lots of notables including the great Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine as J. Edgar Hoover.
 
Blood Feud (1983) TV Movie
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Cotter Smith, Danny Aiello, Edward Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Forrest Tucker, José Ferrer, Lance Henriksen, Robert Blake, Sam Groom, Seymour Cassel

George Washington (1984) TV mini-series

The early life and career of the American General and President through his participation in the Revolutionary War.

George Washington (1984) TV mini-series

Cast: Barry Bostwick, David Dukes, Hal Holbrook, Jaclyn Smith, James Mason, José Ferrer, Lloyd Bridges, Patty Duke, Richard Kiley, Robert Stack, Trevor Howard

This Girl for Hire (1983) TV Movie

This Girl for Hire (1983) TV Movie
Cast: Bess Armstrong, Beverly Garland, Celeste Holm, Cliff De Young, Elisha Cook Jr., Hermione Baddeley, Howard Duff, José Ferrer, Ray Walston, Roddy McDowall, Scott Brady

Banyon (1971) TV Movie

Banyon is an A-number-one detective yarn set (very accurately) in the 1930s. Robert Forster, emulating John Garfield in virtually every scene, plays private eye Miles C. Banyon. Right now he's in dutch because a beautiful young woman has been found murdered--and Banyon's gun was the murder weapon. This state of affairs plunges the detective into a maelstrom of deceit and double-cross involving (among many elements) a Winchell-style radio commentator (Jose Ferrer), a paroled big-time gangster, a scar-faced assassin, and a Nazi Bund camp. Once he solves the main mystery, Banyon is faced with the unhappy Maltese Falcon task of exposing a close friend as a murderer. First telecast March 15, 1971, Banyon spawned a brief TV series one year later, with Robert Forster still in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Banyon (1971) TV Movie
Cast: Anjanette Comer, Darren McGavin, Herb Edelman, Hermione Gingold, José Ferrer, Robert Forster