Sands Hall Movies
Brian Dennehy plays a Wambaugh-type cop who has flourished as a novelist. At the moment, however, Dennehy is suffering from a profound case of writer's block. Coming to the rescue, as it were, is professional hit man James Woods. Recently dumped by his boss, above-suspicion business executive Paul Shenar, Woods is anxious to tell his life story to Dennehy, in hopes of striking it rich with a tell-all bestseller. Shenar, however, takes a dim view of Woods' indiscretions, and for a while it looks as though it's curtains for both Dennehy and his teenaged daughter Allison Balson. Screenwriter Larry Cohen has claimed that Best Seller was based on Strangers on a Train. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Woods, Brian Dennehy, (more)
In this Cold-War era actioner, the trouble begins when a group of scientists travel to an isolated island off the Chilean coast to plant experimental seismic monitors on the ocean floor. While encamped upon the island, they are ambushed by Russian scuba divers and of the original entourage, only four survive. While trying to survive, the researchers learn the truth about their scientific assignment. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Roger Kern, Jenny Neumann, (more)
- 1985
In this melodrama, a fourteen-year-old son tries to keep his father, who is suffering a mid-life crisis, just lost his job and his wife, from killing himself. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1985
In this drama, a marketing director at a publishing house is assigned to represent an author. In his presence, she soon forgets her marital vows. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1978
- PG
In this comic mystery, a department store clerk dreams of becoming a famous writer of children's books. He is also having an affair with a lovely patron of the store. The trouble begins when the lovers find that her husband, a pair of neighbors and a bogus detective have been murdered. The lovers decide to solve the case themselves. Mayhem ensues and the story's climax occurs at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jeff Bridges, John Wood, (more)
