Power (1980)
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In this made-for-TV "roman a clef", Joe Don Baker stars as Tommy Vanda, a Hoffa-esque labor leader. Told in flashback, the film recounts Vanda's humble beginnings on the Chicago docks, where he gains fame and notoreity amongst his coworkers and his bosses by spearheading a wildcat strike. Rising to top dog of the Cartage Union, Tommy doesn't care whon he has to crush on the way up the ladder. Inevitably, Tommy's peccadilloes catch up with him, resulting in federal charges, an arrest, and (remember who he's supposed to be) a mysterious disappearance in the night. Written by Ernest Tidyman of The French Connection fame, Power was telecast in two two-hour installments by NBC on January 14 and 15, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Barry Shear, Virgil Vogel, (more)
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Synopsis of Power
In this made-for-TV "roman a clef", Joe Don Baker stars as Tommy Vanda, a Hoffa-esque labor leader. Told in flashback, the film recounts Vanda's humble beginnings on the Chicago docks, where he gains fame and notoreity amongst his coworkers and his bosses by spearheading a wildcat strike. Rising to top dog of the Cartage Union, Tommy doesn't care whon he has to crush on the way up the ladder. Inevitably, Tommy's peccadilloes catch up with him, resulting in federal charges, an arrest, and (remember who he's supposed to be) a mysterious disappearance in the night. Written by Ernest Tidyman of The French Connection fame, Power was telecast in two two-hour installments by NBC on January 14 and 15, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Power
- Tom Atkins - Buck Buchanan
- Joe Don Baker - Tommy Vanda
- Ralph Bellamy - Ben Frelinghuysen
- Red Buttons - Solly Weiss
- Lee Delano - Fred Goff
- Jo Van Fleet - Mother Vanda
- David Groh - Tony Guidice
- Jim Haynie
- Brian Keith
- Lance Le Gault - Stevens
- Read Morgan
- John Quade - Loading Dock Foreman
- Joe Santos - Arthur Konigsburg
- Than Wyenn
- Bill Lucking - Sham Murphy
- Paul Stewart - Vince Ianelli
- Vince Holchak - Lonny
- Jacques Aubuchon - Robins
- Walter Barnes
- Scott Brady - Armstrong
- Howard Da Silva - Jack Eisenstadt
- John Durren - Dan Feldon
- Sean Garrison - Tex
- Kevin Hagen - Prosecutor
- Victor Jory - Hillman
- Brian Kerwin - Jack Vanda
- Suzanne Lederer - Catherine
- Byron Morrow - Harry Bliss
- Joseph Ruskin - Bill Davis
- Laraine Stephens - Norma Greer
- Karen Black - Rose Vanda
- Don Reid - Faraday
- William Kirby Cullen - Bobby Vanda
- Director(s):
- Virgil Vogel, Barry Shear
- Producer(s):
- James Brown, Jay Daniel
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