Travis Logan, D.A. (1971) TV Movie

Travis Logan, D.A. is a TV pilot film, originally telecast in March of 1971. Vic Morrow heads the cast as Logan, while Hal Holbrook earns "special guest star" billing as a clever murderer. Logan is prepared to go around with Holbrook's defense team when they try to cop an insanity plea. But a little ardent sleuthing reveals a vital trip-up clue in the form of a shotgun pellet. Though Travis Logan, D.A. did not result in a series, its pilot film was far and away superior to most one-shot of its ilk. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Travis Logan, D.A. (1971) TV Movie

Cast: Brenda Vaccaro, Brooke Bundy, Chris Robinson, George Grizzard, Hal Holbrook, James T. Callahan, Scott Marlowe, Vic Morrow

No Place Like Home (1989) TV Movie

Written with heartbreaking attention to detail by Ara Watson and Sam Blackwell, "No Place Like Home" was one of the first TV movies to direct itself to the plight of the homeless. Jeff Daniels plays a Pittsburgh apartment superintendent and aspiring electrician who loses his job - and his home - when the apartment building burns to the ground. Daniels, his wife Christine Lahti, and his two children (Lantz Landry and Kyndra Joy Casper) move in with Daniels' brother Scott Marlowe, but the resultant family hostilities render the situation impossible. As the family takes the downward journey from welfare hotel to homeless shelter, Daniels searches in vain for an electrician's job, Lahti takes a few stints as a waitress, and son Lantz Landry gets involved with a drug dealer. The film offers little hope or comfort, nor any pat solutions to the ever-growing homeless dilemma. The final shot in "No Place Like Home" is a stunner, grimly evocative of King Vidor's more upbeat finale in 1928's "The Crowd". Lee Grant, director of this numbingly realistic TV movie, had earlier directed a documentary on the same subject, "Down and Out in America". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

No Place Like Home (1989) TV Movie

Cast: Anne Pitoniak, CCH Pounder, Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Kathy Bates, Kyndra Joy Casper, Lantz Landry, Scott Marlowe

Night Slaves (1970) TV Movie

James Franciscus and his wife Lee Grant take a vacation in a faraway, fogbound village. Before we get a chance to ask "Why not go to the beach?" Franciscus awakens suddenly in the middle of the night to see several of the villagers compliantly boarding trucks; among these glassy-eyed passengers is his own wife. The trucks drive off into the mists. The next day, Franciscus is the only person who remembers this strange occurrence. The title of this TV movie should give you a good idea of what's afoot. "Night Slaves" is a 1970s spin on the old Shock Theatre favorite "It Came From Outer Space". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Night Slaves (1970) TV Movie

Cast: Andrew Prine, James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Leslie Nielsen, Scott Marlowe, Tisha Sterling