Chris Forbes Movies
- 1975
- PG
Writer/director Gy Waldron makes his feature film debut with the 1975 action comedy Moonrunners. Cousins Grady (James Mitchum) and Bobby Lee (Kiel Martin) run moonshine for their wise old Uncle Jessie (Arthur Hunnicutt). Lately, though, his fine quality liquor hasn't been moving that much. That's because boorish businessman Jake Rainey (George Ellis) has been trying to take over all the moonshine running in the area. He'll stop at nothing to shut down Uncle Jessie's little operation, including paying off the local law enforcement officers and recruiting speed driver Zeebo (Pete Munro). When Jake tries to buy out Uncle Jessie's stock, Grady and Bobby Lee plan a little operation of their own. Meanwhile, Grady carries on an affair with Jake's wife Reba (Joan Blackman) and Bobby Lee falls in love with blonde runaway Beth (Chris Forbes). Outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings narrates and composes the musical score. If this whole premise sounds familiar, it's because director Waldron was also the creator of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Based on this film, the show debuted four years later on CBS. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Mitchum, Kiel Martin, (more)
In 1973, health-food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) enters the hospital for a routine gall bladder operation. When he expires on the operating table, Miles' sister requests permission to cryogenically freeze her brother's body. After 200 years, Miles is unwrapped by a group of scientists and awakens to a "brave new world" of deadening conformity, ruled with an iron fist by a never-seen leader. Miles is forced to flee for his life when the scientists -- actually a group of revolutionary activists -- are overpowered by the leader's police. He eludes the cops by pretending to be an android, and in this guise is sent to work at the home of Luna (Diane Keaton), a composer of greeting cards who thinks that the world of the future is perfect as it stands. There's more, but why spoil your fun? Sleeper is the most visual of Woody Allen's earlier films, and demonstrated a more pronounced rapport between Allen and his off- and onscreen leading lady Diane Keaton than had previously existed. The Dixieland score is performed by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, (more)
- 1972
Comedian Mort Sahl guest stars as a publicity-hungry jewel thief who finds himself trapped in an air-conditioned duct. Elsewhere, radioactivity causes serious problems as the paramedics try to rescue a man injured in a science lab; two barroom brawlers carry their fight over into the hospital waiting room; and an arrogant surfer suffers mightily when he returns to the waves before he has fully recovered from an accident. The title of this episode has something to do with paramedic Johnny Gage's (Randolph Mantooth) devotion to Emergency!'s "sister" TV series Adam-12. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Dr. Brackett (Robert Fuller) is saddled with a hero-worshipping nurse, while paramedic John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) is similarly burdened with a "fireman groupie." The case load this week includes an elevator crash involving a heart-attrack victim, a hippie (played by Seymour Cassel od Minnie and Moscovitzfame ) who is seriously injured while on a recycling mission in a junkyward, and carbon monoxide poisoning at the local railyard. Curiously, though the role of Cynthia is played by guest actress Marilyn Hassett (The Other Side of the Mountain), the original TV Guide listings credit Patty Eltinge with the role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
The emergency staff of Rampart Hospital is kept extra-busy this evening as a plane crashes into a tree, a child overdoses on phenobarbital, and a burglar has a heart attack. In addition, Dr. Early (Robert Fuller) must deal with a nervous hypochondriac and a football player who has been "over-tackled". And on a personal note, paramedics Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) are having a lot of trouble settling an argument. Ronne Troup, the daughter of series regular Bobby Troup, plays a supporting role in this final episode of Emergency!'s first season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
