Showing posts with label Stefanie Powers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stefanie Powers. Show all posts

Friday, December 7, 2012

Good King Wenceslas (1994) TV Movie

Wenceslas, the young king of Bohemia, lives trapped between the wisdom of his Christian grandmother and his tyranical stepmother. Only when he sees the suffering of the people does Wenceslas conclude that his stepbrother should never rule.

Good King Wenceslas (1994) TV Movie
Cast: Charlotte Chatton, Joan Fontaine, Jonathan Brandis, Leo McKern, Oliver Milburn, Perry King, Stefanie Powers, William Morgan Sheppard

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Death in Canaan, A (1978) TV Movie

Paul Clemens plays the real-life Peter Reilly, who in September of 1973 was charged with the mutilation and murder of his mother. The confused 18-year-old signs a confession after being told that he's flunked a lie detector test. Later renouncing the confession, Reilly demands a reopening of his case. The citizens of Peter's home town of Canaan, CT, who'd been willing to see the boy thrown in jail for life when the case first hit the papers, now rally around the youth, insisting that his constitutional rights have been violated. New evidence uncovered by a sympathetic detective enables Peter to press his case. Stefanie Powers plays Joan Barthel, the Canaan resident and free-lance journalist who chronicled Peter's bid for freedom. The made-for-TV "A Death in Canaan" was first telecast March 1, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A Death in Canaan (1978) TV Movie
Cast: Stefanie Powers, Paul Clemens, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Brookes, Brian Dennehy, Conchata Ferrell, Charles Haid, Floyd Levine, Kenneth McMillan, Gavan O'Herlihy, Yuki Shimoda, James Sutorius, Bonnie Bartlett

Monday, April 12, 2010

She Was Marked for Murder (1988) TV Movie

While jogging in New York's Central Park, rich widow Elena meets Eric. Although he's 10 years younger, she falls in love with him. Soapy and predictable.






She Was Marked for Murder (1988)TV Movie
Cast: Dana Stevens, Debrah Farentino, Eddie Jones, Hunt Block, Lloyd Bridges, Lou Liberatore, Polly Bergen, Randy Brooks, Stefanie Powers

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Mistral's Daughter (1984) TV mini-series

Beautiful and naïve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke.



Mistral's Daughter (1984) TV mini-series
Cast: Cotter Smith, Ian Richardson, Lee Remick, Robert Urich, Stacey Keach, Stefanie Powers, Timothy Dalton

Monday, March 30, 2009

Hollywood Wives (1985) TV Movie

Hollywood Wives (1985) TV Movie
Cast: Andrew Stevens, Angie Dickinson, Anthony Hopkins, Candice Bergen, Catherine Mary Stewart, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Stack, Stefanie Powers, Steve Forrest, Suzanne Somers

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Nowhere to Run (1978) TV Movie

In this suspenseful drama, an angry husband hatches an ingenious plot to get his avaricious wife and the pesky detective she has hired out of his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Nowhere to Run (1978) TV Movie
Cast: Allen Garfield, Anthony Eisley, David Janssen, James Keach, John Randolph, Linda Evans, Neva Patterson, Stefanie Powers

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Family Secrets (1984) TV Movie

Maureen Stapleton, Stefanie Powers and Melissa Gilbert represent three generations of women in one family in this made-for-TV movie. Recently widowed, Stapleton invites her divorced daughter Powers, and Powers' illegitimate daughter Gilbert, for a weekend get-together. The catalyst for the film's cascade of bickering, reminiscences, and regrets is Stapleton's announcement that she plans to move from the family home and into a condominium. In addition to starring, Stefanie Powers also came up with the film's premise and functioned as co-producer. A "General Foods Showcase" TV presentation, Family Secrets first aired on May 13, 1984. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Family Secrets (1984) TV Movie
Cast: Gary Dontzig, Gary Sinise, James Spader, Maureen Stapleton, Melissa Gilbert, Stefanie Powers

Deceptions (1985) Mini-series

Stefanie Powers does double duty as twin sisters in the two-part TV movie Deceptions. Stefanie #1 is a glamorous globetrotter; Stefanie #2 is a drab New Jersey housewife. On a whim, the two siblings exchange identities, leading to a dizzying series of unexpected complications. Filmed on location in England and Italy, Deceptions is too thin to be stretched over two days (it was originally telecast May 27 and 28, 1985), but Stefanie Powers can make anything work. The film is based on a novel by Judith Michaels (the joint pen name for Judith Barnard and Michael Fain); it was adapted for television by Oscar-winning writer/director Melville Shavelson, who also shared directorial responsibilities with Robert Chenault. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Deceptions (1985) Mini-series
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Brenda Vaccaro, Fabio Testi, Fairuza Balk, Gina Lollobrigida, James Faulkner, Jeremy Brett, Jeremy Miller, Sam Wanamaker, Stefanie Powers

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988) TV Movie

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer - is depicted.

Raised by her father in colonial East Africa, Beryl hunted with the Maasai, bred thoroughbred horses, romanced Denys Finch-Hatton and defied constraining social rules. Based upon her own memoir 'West With the Night'.

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988) TV Movie
Cast: Brian Cox, Claire Bloom, Frederic Forrest, Jack Thompson, James Fox, John Rubinstein, Joseph Mydell, Nicola Pagett, Peter Bowles, Rupert Frazer, Stefanie Powers