Judith Jones Movies
- 1995
The life of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor is told in this made-for-television drama. Sherilyn Fenn stars as Oscar-winning actress Liz Taylor, whose career began when her mother pushed her into acting as a child in the 1940s. Her tumultuous career ups and downs, and her turbulent personal life are chronicled in the film, which was based on the book by C. David Heymann. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
- 1993
A much-hated slumlord who has long been victimizing the denizens of his racially mixed neighborhood heads to the local church to seek absolution from the priest--who happens to also be the slumlord's son. The sinner subsequent dies, and it is determined that a poison spray was the murder weapon. As luck would have it, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is teaching a course on mystery writing in the selfsame church...and she has just finished discussing the various and sundry uses of poison! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1993
A mysterious gentleman named Lawrence Baker (David Birney) moves into Cabot Cove and takes possession of a Victorian mansion that is regarded as a local landmark. Baker's curious behavior causes rumors to fly that there is something supernatural, even vampiric about him. And then, Baker is found dead...with a wooden stake through his heart. Jessica (Angela Lansbury) of course wants to find out what really happened--after all, detective work is in her bloooood! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1992
"Based on the Georgia case that shocked the country" (or so said its ad copy), the made-for-TV Stay the Night was originally telecast in two parts in April of 1992. Part One introduces Barbara Hershey as a predatory middle-aged woman who seduces feckless teenager Morgan Wessler. Before this two-hour installment has run its course, Barbara has talked Morgan into murdering her husband and taking sole blame for the deed. In part two, first seen April 27, 1992, Morgan's mother Jane Alexander turns the tables on Barbara, using several of the villainess' own dirty tricks. While Stay the Night is rough sledding during the first half, its denouement is well worth the wait. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1990
In the first episode of a three-part story, no sooner has Mike (Kirk Cameron) landed a job with a travel agency than he books an anniversary trip to Paris for his parents Jason (Alan Thicke) and Maggie (Joanna Kerns). In fact, so good is Mike's job performance that he is rewarded with his own Parisian vacation. Alas, he gets no further than Barcelona when he discovers that his bosses have gone bankrupt--and to top it off, he must deal with a disgruntled customer, an art student named Amy (played by Heather Langenkamp, one of the stars of the Growing Pains spinoff Just the Ten of Us). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
In this horror outing, a secret government experiment produces a man capable of using his mental powers to start fires. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1987
Arriving on the idyllic planet of Rubicam Three for a much-needed vacation, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew are endangered when Wesley Crusher unknowingly violates a planetary law. To save Wesley and three others from a death sentence, Picard must do the unthinkable and break the Prime Directive. Making matters worse, the Enterprise is attacked by a hostile vessel which objects to the presence of human beings in the vicinity. Cowritten by Worley Thorne and Ralph Wills, "Justice" originally aired November 14, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1987
Double Agent stars Michael McKean in a dual role as the Starbinder twins. One twin is a cool, nerveless secret agent; the other (the one with glasses) is a mild-mannered veterinarian and family man. It must needs be that the spy twin is incapacitated, forcing the veterinarian twin to take his place on a dangerous mission. Lloyd Bochner costars as "Secret Agent Vaughn"--a cute reference to Man From UNCLE star Robert Vaughn. Double Agent was first telecast March 29, 1987, on the Disney Sunday Movie series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
