Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001) TV Movie

In one of the most startling examples of "playing against type" in TV history, beloved sitcom icon Mary Tyler Moore stars as Sante Chamber Kimes, a woman who was accurately described during her trial for murder as "...a sociopath of unremitting violence, the most remorseless degenerate ever to appear in this courtroom..." Based on a true story, this CBS TV movie details the events leading up to the killing of wealthy, lonely socialite Irene Silverman, a murder orchestrated by the evil-incarnate Sante and carried out by her loving son Kenny. The film is unsparing in its depiction of the coldblooded, sexually promiscuous Sante, who throughout her life managed to wheedle and manipulate other people to do her bidding, no matter how odious and repellant that bidding was. Without giving away the film's ending, it is a matter of record that, as of this writing, Sante and Kenny Kimes are serving prison terms with a combined total of 246 years. Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes was originally broadcast on May 20, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001) TV Movie

Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Forster, Gabriel Olds, Jean Stapleton, Ken Radley, Arianthe Galani, Mark Mitchell, Wayne Hope

Goliath Awaits (1981) TV Movie

During World War II the passenger liner "Goliath" is sunk by a German submarine. Portions of the ship's hull remain airtight, and some of the passengers and crew survive. Over the decades they build a rigidly regulated society completely isolated from the surface world, until in contemporary times a diving team begins to explore the wreck.

Goliath Awaits (1981) TV Movie

Cast: Alex Cord, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert, Emma Samms, Frank Gorshin, Jeanette Nolan, John Carradine, Lori Lethin, Mark Harmon, Robert Forster

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