McCLOUD: ENCOUNTER WITH ARIES (TV) (1971, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Mystery Network: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) (USA); production company: UNIVERSAL TELEVISION; director: RUSS MAYBERRY; writer: PETER ALLAN FIELDS; producer: DEAN HARGROVE; associate producer: PETER ALLAN FIELDS; director of photography: WILLIAM MARGULIES (Technicolor | 35mm | Spherical | 1.37:1); music: DICK DEBENEDICTIS; film editor: BYRON ‘BUZZ’…
Tag: J.D. Cannon
Film Review – CANNON (TV) (1971)
CANNON (TV) (1971, USA) *** Action, Crime, Mystery, Drama dist. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); pr co. Quinn Martin Productions / Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); d. George McCowan; w. Edward Hume; exec pr. Quinn Martin; pr. Arthur Fellows, Adrian Samish; ass pr. Howard P. Alston; ph. John A. Alonzo (Colour. 35mm. Spherical. 1.33:1); m. John Carl…
TV REVIEW – ALIAS SMITH & JONES: THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE O’ROURKE (1971)
ALIAS SMITH & JONES: THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE O’ROURKE (1971, USA) *** Western net. American Broadcasting Company (ABC); pr co. Universal/Public Arts Production; d. Jeffrey Hayden; w. Dick Nelson (based on a story by Robert Guy Barrows); exec pr. Roy Huggins; pr. Glen A. Larson; ass pr. Steve Heilpern, Jo Swerling Jr.; ph. Gene Polito…
Film Review – RAISE THE TITANIC (1980)
RAISE THE TITANIC (1980, UK/USA, 115m, PG) ** Drama, Thriller, Adventure dist. Associated Film Distribution (AFD); pr co. Incorporated Television Company (ITC); d. Jerry Jameson; w. Adam Kennedy, Eric Hughes (based on the novel by Clive Cussler); pr. William Frye, Martin Starger, Lew Grade; ph. Matthew F. Leonetti (DeLuxe | 2.35:1; 2.20:1 (70mm prints)); m….
Film Review – GIVE MY REGRETS TO BROADWAY (TV) (1972)
Give My Regrets to Broadway (TV) (1972; USA; Technicolor; 75m) **½ d. Lou Antonio; w. Peter Allan Fields; ph. Harry L. Wolf; m. Billy Goldenberg. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Milton Berle, Barbara Rush, Janette Lane Bradbury, Diana Muldaur, Terry Carter, Eric Christmas, Vic Tayback. An explosion kills an officer filling in for McCloud….
Film Review – SHARKS! (TV) (1975)
Sharks! (TV) (1975; USA; Technicolor; 98m) **½ d. E.W. Swackhamer; w. Lou Shaw, Stephen Lord; ph. Ben Colman; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, A Martinez, Dick Haymes, Herb Jefferson, Jr., Pat Hingle. McCloud disobeys a lieutenant to investigate a loan shark he suspects of…
Film Review – THE 42ND STREET CAVALRY (TV) (1974)
42nd Street Cavalry, The (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 96m) *** d. Jerry Jameson; w. Michael Gleason; ph. Ben Colman, Sol Negrin; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Julie Sommars, Peter Mark Richman, Rafael Campos, Victor Campos, Michael Parks. The mounted patrol, McCloud and a sergeant probe a weapons robbery and…
Film Review – THIS MUST BE THE ALAMO (TV) (1974)
This Must Be the Alamo (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 96m) ***½ d. Bruce Kessler; w. Glen A. Larson; ph. Alric Edens; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Van Johnson, Laraine Stephens, Ray Danton, Eugene Roche, Della Reese, Jack Kelly, Gregory Sierra, Ken Lynch, Teri Garr, Sidney Klute. A football gambling…
Film Review – THE DISPOSAL MAN (TV) (1971)
Disposal Man, The (TV) (1971; USA; Technicolor; 76m) **½ d. Boris Sagal; w. Mel Arrighi, Dean Hargrove; ph. William Margulies; m. Billy Goldenberg. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Patrick O’Neal, James Olson, Jack Carter, Arthur O’Connell, Nita Talbot, Diana Muldaur, James McEachin. McCloud protects an executive who refuses to believe he is in danger…
Film Review – THE COLORADO CATTLE CAPER (TV) (1974)
Colorado Cattle Caper, The (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 75m) *** d. Robert Day; w. Michael Gleason; ph. Alric Edens; m. Frank De Vol. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Claude Akins, Patrick Wayne, John Denver, Ed Ames, Robert Sampson, Farrah Fawcett, Vic Tayback, Austin Stoker. In Colorado to pick up a suspect, McCloud…