Maxine Stuart Movies

"Death by typewriter" is the coroner's verdict when the body of a man is found. Elsewhere, a naked female corpse, dumped in a junkyard, leads Simone (Jimmy Smits) and Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) on another far-from-merry chase, and still-wobbly Gina (Lourdes Benedicto) returns to work. Outside the precinct, Simone hires the mercurial Henry (Willie Garson) to paint the apartment building, leading to a confrontation with an angry tenant (Maxine Stuart); and Diane (Kim Delaney) begins her counselling sessions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The "FYI" staff is a bit wary when Corky (Faith Ford) arranges for her recently graduated sorority sister Amy (Maxine Stuart) to get a job as an intern on the show. Expecting to greet a youthful, Corky-like airhead, the staff is shocked to discover that Amy is well into her sixties. Now the concern is not whether Amy is smart enough for the job, but whether she can physically handle the strain--but the over-compensating staff barely gives the poor woman a chance to find out. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Originally shot as a television series pilot, the made-for-television Rousters is about Wyatt Earp's great-grandson (Chad Everett) who is a bouncer for Captain Jack Slade's carnival in Sladetown. The carnival is upset when a rascal named Clayton drops by, looking to cause some trouble. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

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, All Movie Guide

Frequent Quincy, M.E guest star Ina Balin makes a return appearance, this time in the role of Quincy's fellow medical examiner Dr. Lorraine Linderman. Afer several mistakes both minor and serious are made in Dr. Linderman's lab, Quincy (Jack Klugman) becomes convinced that Lorraine is an alcoholic. Despite a preponderance of symptoms, the woman remains in denial--and unless she faces up to her problem soon, the consequences may be fatal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Devastated when her brand-new husband Albert Brooks) drops dead on their wedding night, Jewish American princess Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn) is receptive to the pitch delivered by a duplicitous recruiter for the Women's Army Corps. Quickly adivsed by topkick Captain Lewis (Eileen Brennan) that she should not look forward to the private room, fancy clothes and sauna bath that she'd been promised, Judy is forced to go through basic training like any other "grunt". This turns out to be a real growth experience for the pampered Private Benjamin, who for the first time in her life has to work for her privileges. A brief misadventure with a lascivious paratroop officer (Robert Webber) nearly sours Judy on army life, but she turns out to be a darned good soldier-and a woman with a highly developed sense of self-esteem, which enables her to weather a further disappointing romantic fling with French phsycian Henri Tremont (Armand Assante). Private Benjamin turned out to be one of Goldie Hawn's most profitable vehicles. The 1981-82 TV sitcom spinoff starred Lorna Patterson in Goldie's role, with Eileen Brennan repeating her film characterization of the long-suffering Captain Lewis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this dark drama, a woman allows a human embryo to be implanted in her body and then realizes she has made a terrible mistake. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Meek-and-mild longshoreman Pete Thornwall (Robert Walker Jr.) steps forward to take credit for the murder of much-despised loan shark Jake Hennafy (Roy Jenson). Although he is taken into custody, Pete basks in the knowledge that he has become a hero amongst his fellow dock workers, who rationalize that Hennafy was a man who needed killing. But Quincy threatens to burst Pete's bubble when he uncovers evidence that Hennafy died under entirely different circumstances--and that the real killer's motive had nothing to do with heroism. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A lesser but still entertaining Neil Simon work, The Prisoner of Second Avenue was adapted to film in 1974. Jack Lemmon takes over the role played on Broadway by Peter Falk: Mel is a New York-based advertising man who goes through hell when he loses his job. The gods seem to conspire against him as he tries to cope with his unemployed status; he is particularly depressed over the fact that he must now subsist on the income of his wife (Anne Bancroft). There are laughs in The Prisoner of Second Avenue, but it's the laughter of desperation and despair; it might not be advisable to watch this film after a bad day at the office. Watch for Sylvester Stallone as the "human punch line" of an old urban legend about a pickpocket. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Appointed a temporary student teacher, Laurie (Susan Dey) takes her job very, very seriously--and in the process makes life miserable for her brother Danny (Danny Bonaduce). Determined that Danny will get a passing grade, Laurie mercilessly tears apart his every academic effort. Finally, Danny teaches her a lesson by proving that even the greatest of men were once struggling 13-year-old students--but will he be able to make his point without having to attend (ugh!) summer school? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Publicity-mad Danny (Danny Bonaduce) plants a newspaper article about the Partridge Family that unfortunately reveals far too many of the family's secrets. As a result, both Keith (David Cassidy) and Shirley (Shirley Jones) find themselves the objects of public ridicule and scorn. But don't despair: The family settles the score by publishing an article that exposes the "awful truth" about Danny! Song: "If Ever You Go". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the life of sexually successful young high-school student Phil Fuller (Kristoffer Tabori) the episodes in this story enable him to gain increased maturity and understanding. Phil is attracted to his gym teacher's beautiful wife who has a phobia about growing old and who eventually takes him to her bed. The boy also has a girlfriend with a late period, so he gallantly arranges for an abortion for her. When they discover she is not actually pregnant, he finds out that his mother (Joyce Van Patten) is seeking an abortion. Though he and she were not on very good terms, he stands by her throughout the whole ordeal (not entirely by choice) and wins her friendship. The story is broadly based on a novel by James Leigh. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide