Reid Smith Movies
Filled with enough cameos to keep film buffs entertained, this otherwise routine action-comedy by John Landis boasts Michelle Pfeiffer as one of its major attractions. She plays Diana, a woman prone to having affairs with some very dangerous men, and Jeff Goldblum is Ed Okin, an aerospace engineer whose lot is thrown in with Diana's when the woman is caught in a bind at the airport. The beautiful Diana is an airhead on the scale of the Hindenberg, her only concerns are clothes and men -- which she either most attractively wears or wears out, depending. While Ed is at the airport one day trying to sort out his life, Diana arrives with six smuggled emeralds in tow and is immediately welcomed by several hired assassins. Fear and expediency propel her into Ed's car, and the two are off on a series of narrow escapes that has them pursued by everyone from Iranians to baddies played by well-known international directors (Roger Vadim) or singers (David Bowie) or comedians (Dan Aykroyd). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, (more)
- 1980
Taking advantage of a computer dating service, Sheriff Roscoe (James Best) is paired up with a prospective bride, a cutie named Sue Ann (Tori Lysdahl). Making the wedding arrangements, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) is careful not to invite the Dukes to the ceremony, the better to frame Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) for the robbery of his own bank that Boss has planned for the afternoon. Little does Boss realize that sweet little Sue Ann has cooked up a bank heist of her own! Featured as Sue Ann's chief accomplice is William Sanderson, the future "Larry" of Newhart's Larry, Darrell, and Darryl. This episode was originally slated to air on November 28, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1973
Chase was a Jack Webb-produced series which ran from September 1973 to August of 1974. Mitchell Ryan starred as the head of a special police unit assigned to cases that no one else would touch with a ten-foot pole. Ryan's staff included Wayne Maunder, Reid Smith, Michael Richardson and Brian Fong; surprisingly, there was no female Chase Squad member (three of the above-mentioned actors would be replaced in mid-season; among the replacements was old reliable Jack Webb cohort Gary Crosby). In the Chase 60-minute pilot, telecast on September 11, 1973, the Chase gang goes after an auto-theft ring. They catch them...or haven't you tumbled to that fact? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Fugitive Confederate officer Cody Ransom (Jon Cypher) is finally willing to surrender to the Union forces-but only if the Cartwright men act as intermediaries. Unfortunately, by-the-book Northern officer Major Donahue (Hurd Hatfield) insists upon handling the capture all by himself-and he is prepared to resort to violence to get his way. Suzanne Pleshette appears as Rose, a war-weary Southerner desperately trying to put her life back together, while 10-year-old Jodie Foster is seen as Bluebird. Originally shown on March 19, 1972, "A Place to Hide" was written by William D. Gordon and Ward Hawkins. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1971
- PG
This Dick Ross melodrama stars Anne Baxter as an alcoholic socialite who beats her addiction by finding strength through religion. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1970
When a famous female movie star dies, the secret is revealed the woman was really a man. Dinah East (Jeremy Stockwell) had kept the secret from his agent, attorney and his own son. Alan Sloan (Andy Davis) is the family lawyer who would often escort Dinah, and Tony Locke (Ray Foster) was her homosexual friend who dated her to hide his same sex preference to the world. Reid Smith is the surviving son who must deal with the publicity and headlines. The story opens with the news of Dinah's death before flashbacks are used to illustrate past events. A brief nude scene and the subject matter are the only things that would put this film in the exploitation category. Ultra Violet appears briefly as a lesbian fashion designer. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ultra Violet, Andy Davis, (more)
