The action and stunts in this fourth racing vehicle for Burt Reynolds could be accurately foreseen by most youngsters. Stroker Ace (Reynolds) is a race car driver who gets the short end of a contract with a fried-chicken entrepreneur (Ned Beatty) but can be expected to end up with the woman (Pembrook) in compensation -- and actually did (Pembrook ...
Sam Elliot stars as Rick Carlson, a thirty year old lifeguard who thinks life is passing him by. Rick loves the beach life and his job, but after attending his fifteen-year high school reunion and receiving advice from his family and friends that he's wasting his life, Rick begins to question his livelihood and wonders whether he should quit and ...
Seven teenage prep-school students become young men as they face the realities of WW II in this drama set in 1942. Much of the tale centers on two roommates who seem exceptionally close, but whether or not they are homosexually involved is never made clear. But when one feels betrayed by the other, he acts out of anger and ultimately causes the ...
Arriving in New Zealand for their honeymoon, volcano expert Janet Fraser (Lynda Carter) and her new husband, Kevin (Parker Stevenson), must overcome the resentment of Janet's daughter Melanie (Emily Barclay). But this domestic tribulation pales in comparison to the greater danger posed by a long-dormant volcano known as "Mount Extreme." By the ...
This videotape consists of the 48-minute TV drama "The Flickering Torch Mystery." Originally telecast January 30, 1977, it was the opening episode of The Hardy Boys, the third TV series based on Franklin W. Dixon's children's-book characters. Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson play Joe and Frank Hardy, the sleuthing teen-age sons of attorney ...
An invader from space has sinister designs on the world's blood supply in this sci-fi thriller. Paul Johnson (Michael York) is a mysterious stranger who arrives in Los Angeles and moves into a luxurious estate in Beverly Hills, hiring a private nurse, Amanda (Elizabeth Barondes), to help him with his rare medical condition, as well as a driver and ...
Made-for-television, this future-set sci-adventure follows a band of brave soldiers in an epic battle against a government-created monster. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
The plot of the made-for-cable Official Denial is only partially summed up by the title. Parker Stevenson plays Paul Corliss, a hapless gent who is abducted by extraterrestrials. With no tangible proof, Corliss can't get anyone to believe his story. Even his wife Annie (Erin Gray) thinks he's hallucinating. But when the government can't cover up a ...
This sequel to the Australian miniseries All the Rivers Run takes place in 1903, as Brenton Edwards (John Waters) continues to pilot the Philadelphia Riverboat around Echuca, one of the biggest port cities in Australia. Edwards makes the acquaintance of Cyrus James (Parker Stevenson), an American relocated to Australia, and soon James becomes his ...
Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson play Franklin W. Dixon's teenage sleuths Joe and Frank Hardy in this 48-minute spine tingler, originally titled "Mystery of the Witches' Hollow." Things start hopping when the uncle of Joe and Frank's classmate Calley (Lisa Eilbacher) disappears. The only clues to Uncle's whereabouts are the mysterious drawings ...
In this made-for-TV movie, two actors who pose as detectives on a television series lose their jobs, only to take up work as real crime fighters. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Although the Hardy Boys books are credited to Franklin W. Dixon and the Nancy Drew mysteries are signed by Carolyn Keene, both of these children's literature properties were created by one man -- Edward R. Stratemeyer -- who, using a wide variety of pen names and a huge staff of ghost writers, churned out hundreds of "Hardy," "Drew," and similar ...
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