Showing posts with label Laurence Luckinbill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laurence Luckinbill. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

Delphi Bureau, The (1972) TV Movie

Delphi Bureau was the pilot film for a short-lived TV espionage series. Lawrence Luckinbill plays an operative for a secret agency that answers only to the US President. His current mission is to locate an entire fleet of obsolete Air Force planes that have vanished without a trace. Very ordinary cold-war fare, The Delphi Bureau contains one or two neat touches, notably the cryptic poems that appear on-screen just before the commercial breaks. Celeste Holm, playing the Washington social leader who acts as Luckinbill's contact, was replaced by Anne Jeffreys when this TV movie graduated to a weekly series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Delphi Bureau (1972) TV Movie
Cast:  Bob Crane, Bradford Dillman, Cameron Mitchell, Celeste Holm, Dean Jagger, Joanna Pettet, Laurence Luckinbill, Pamelyn Ferdin

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Corky (1972)

Corky's comin': Smell the rubber burn. Hear the women scream.

A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.





Corky (1972)
Cast: Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly, Pamela Payton-Wright, Ben Johnson, Laurence Luckinbill, Paul Stevens, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Buddy Baker, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough

Friday, May 28, 2010

Ike: The War Years (1980) TV Movie

Five Emmy nominations were bestowed upon the TV miniseries Ike, which first aired May 3, 4, and 6, 1979. Later, these three two-hour installments were boiled down to two and retitled Ike: The War Years. Robert Duvall stars as General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Lee Remick co-starring as Kay Summersby, his official driver, confidante, and (it has been said) lover. Part Two of The War Years finds Eisenhower, now the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, dealing with political tangles involving Winston Churchill (Wesley Pitney) and General DeGaulle (Vernon Dobtcheff). The film concludes with Eisenhower's supervision of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Two directors were credited for Ike: The War Years Boris Sagal handled the scenes filmed in England, while Melville Shavelson helmed the scenes set in the US and North Africa. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Ike: The War Years (1980) TV Movie
Cast: Joe Altieri, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon, Robert Duvall, Paul Gleason, Laurence Luckinbill, Darren McGavin, Lee Remick

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976) TV Movie

Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case  (1976) TV Movie
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Cliff De Young, David Spielberg, Dean Jagger, Denise Alexander, Laurence Luckinbill, Martin Balsam, Peter Donat, Sian Barbara Allen, Tony Roberts

Monday, March 23, 2009

One Terrific Guy (1986) TV Movie

In this teen drama, a courageous high school girl accuses her well-respected coach of improper conduct. Despite severe ostracism from her peers and the faculty, the brave girl refuses to back down until justice is done. ~ Sandra Brennan

One Terrific Guy (1986) TV Movie
Cast: Brian Robbins, Geoffrey Blake, Hildy Brooks, Jane Sibbett, Laurence Luckinbill, Mariette Hartley, Susan Rinell, Wayne Rogers

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Mating Season, The (1980) TV Movie

Lucie Arnaz is a high-strung attorney and then-husband-to-be Laurence Luckinbill is a good-natured laundromat owner who are thrown together in this whimsical movie set in a birdwatching retreat. Swoosie Kurtz is her dippy best friend, a kindergarten teacher who has convinced her to go watch birds for their vacation rather than basking on a Caribbean beach.

The Mating Season  (1980) TV Movie
Cast: Laurence Luckinbill, Lucie Arnaz, Megan Follows, Swoosie Kurtz