Michael Brandon Movies
After a flurry of stage activity, Brooklyn-born leading man Michael Brandon settled into a leading-man career before the cameras. Brandon's first film appearance was as Mike Vecchio in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). Perhaps the most notable of his many TV-movie stints was as real-life biographer/confidant William Bast in the 1976 biopic James Dean. Six years later, he showed up as David Marquette, deranged kidnapper of Maud Evans in the never-resolved cliffhanger that closed out the weekly TV series Emerald Point NAS. He was seen to better advantage as Serpico-like Lt. Dempsey in the Anglo-British adventure weekly Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), co-starring with his second wife, Glynis Barber (wife number one was Bionic Woman star Lindsay Wagner). He also played overly sensitive yuppie patriarch Teddy Kramer in the 1992 sitcom Home Fires. Michael Brandon should not be confused with the 1940s utility player of the same name, who, as Archie Twitchell, played the alpaca-coat salesman in Sunset Boulevard (1950). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Six stories combine to tell an exciting tale of life on the Island of Sodor as Thomas the Tank Engine and pals Percy, Emily, and James set out to get their jobs done and keep the tracks running smoothly. It seems like Thomas is always on the go, and as Emily strives to deliver her passengers on time and James drops in with a little helpful advice, Percy struggles to figure out if he's made a big mistake. Story stops include "Thomas Gets it Right," "Emily's New Route," "Percy's Big Mistake," "As Good as Gordon," "Thomas, Emily, and the Snowplow," and "James Gets a New Coat." ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1989
In this spy spoof and thriller, director Guy Hamilton seeks to renew the success he had with the James Bond thriller Goldfinger. The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), a master thief. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Brandon, David Carradine, (more)
