Jean Allison Movies
- 1984
Probationary angel Jonathan (Michael Landon) and his sidekick Mark (Victor French) to reconcile young construction-firm heir Arthur Krock Jr. (Jonathan Frakes) with his eccentric widowed father Arthur Sr. (Ron Moody). It seems that the elder Krock likes to fantasize that he is King Arthur -- and that his latest "quest" is to rescue the residents of an old building complex that Krock Jr. plans to demolish. In the course of events, "King Arthur" meets his "Guenevere" in the form of veterinarian Gwen Halstead (Jean Allison), one of the tenants whom Krock Jr. intends to evict...after seeing to it that his dad is declared mentally incompetent, that is. ~ All Movie Guide
"Oh my God, that's my daughter." So read the advertising copy of Hardcore. George C. Scott plays Jake Van Dorn, a man of means and conservative values who discovers that his precious daughter is appearing in X-rated films. Desperately making his way through the sub-rosa world of pornography, Van Dorn talks to pimps, prostitutes, and other such sterling individuals in hopes of locating his daughter and dragging her home. At one point, he falsely advertises himself as a porn producer in hopes that his little girl will show up for an interview. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, (more)
- 1977
Dick Bakalyan makes his first series appearance as Charlie, the redoubtable ambulance mechanic. Advised to give Charley a wide berth when he shows up to fix an electrical short in Squad 51's emergency vehicle, John (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy (Kevin Tighe) soon discover that the eccentric mechanic is far more trouble than he's worth. The caseload in this episode includes a pair of "nature lovers" who contact a virulent case of anthrax, and a man stranded on an amusement-park tower ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
With America's entry into WW2 still several months away, Mary Ellen's husband Curt (Tom Bower) is drafted in to the US Army Medical Corps, while Erin's erstwhile soldier boyfriend G.W. (David Doremus) returns on furlough. At the same time, Jason's rambunctious pal Yancy (Robert Donner) decides to enlist, pausing only long enough to wed his girlfriend Sissy (Cissy Wellman). The episode ends on a tragic note as one of the Mountain's three soldiers returns home in a coffin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
A number of wealthy, lonely women have been photographed in compromising positions for blackmail purposes by a seedy dance instructor. To put at end to the miscreant's racket, the Angels go undercover at a disco ballroom -- thereby treating viewers to the spectacle of our heroines performing that popular dance craze, The Hustle. Even the never-seen Charlie assumes a phony identity for this caper, in which at least one of the Angels very nearly loses the use of her life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Kate Jackson, (more)
- 1976
The doctors and paramedics of Rampart are in a state of shock and sorrow when their beloved former head nurse Millie Eastman (Anne Seymour) tries to commit suicide. However, it looks as though Millie will find a new lease on life when she bonds with a troubled young paraplegic. The emergency roster includes a family suffering from carbon-monoxide poisoning, a man trapped under a truck full of combustible fuel, and a woman who has somehow become mummified in plastic. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
The S.W.A.T. team is saddled with Meredith Cooper (Darleen Carr), a beautiful but obnoxious reporter from an anti-establishment alternative newspaper. Intent on exposing examples of police brutality, she wangles departmental approval to tag along with the team during the next few days. This, of course, does not sit well with team leader Hondo (Steve Forrest), who is having enough trouble tracking down a particularly vicious band of thieves and kidnappers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Forrest, Rod Perry, (more)
- 1975
A Cry for Help (working title: End of the Line) stars Robert Culp as an acerbic, Don Imus-like radio talk show host. When one of his callers, an anxious young woman, threatens to kill herself, Culp laughs it off. Later, however, he realizes that the girl wasn't kidding, and mounts a frantic effort-with the help of his loyal audience-to locate the would-be suicide. Richard Levinson and William Link's script stretches the tension level to the snapping point, and you'll love every minute of it. Made for television, A Cry for Help originally aired February 12, 1975. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
This episode focuses on Lt. Carl Reese, the police-inspector friend of Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) who is played on a recurring basis by Johnny Seven. Shortly after five pounds of heroin disappears while in the custody of Reese and his partner Don Borden (Sandy Ward), Borden is killed in a mysterious accident. Now Reese himself is suspected of collaborating with the drug dealers, and a swift conviction would seem to be a foregone conclusion. Despite the formidable opposition of the DA's office, Ironside is determined to clear Reese's name. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) is dismayed to learn that his priest friend Steve Timmins (Christopher Connelly)has been targeted for murder. Even more dismaying is the fact that Father Steve knows the identity of the would-be killer, but is bound by the rules of the Confessional to remain silent. As Ed and Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) endeavor to save Steve in spite of himself, they come across three seemingly random murders--and in each case,the victim is a drug dealer working in Steve's parish. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) think that something fishy is going on where they're summoned to two different accident scenes. In both instances, the same tow truck pulls up to haul off the damaged vehicle--and the same witness comes forth to tell what he saw. Sure enough, there's a con job going on, and Jim and Pete join forces with the Bunco division to nab the perpetrators. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Jim (James Garner) is understandably confused when a woman (Joan Van Ark) identifying herself as Florence Baker hires him to find her--that's right, to find HER! He soon discovers that Florence is actually Barbara Kelbaker, and that she has stolen $50,000 from her live-in lover Ralph Correll (played by a pre-Starsky and Hutch Paul Michael Glaser). This doesn't quite explain why Florence, or Barbara, or whoever has hired Jim--but it does tell more than we want to know about Correll and his sinister motives. Curiously, guest star Joan Van Ark's name is spelled "Van Arc" in the opening credits...a mistake that certainly would not occur in future years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
Richard Widmark is Brock, a salty NYC cop who retires to a small town in California. Brock's plans to become a peaceful orange farmer are interrupted when his Native American ranch hand (Henry Darrow) is accused of murdering the local sheriff. Before long, Brock himself has been appointed sheriff, and has trouble adapting his big-city technique to the less hectic style of his adopted community. Brock's Last Case was supposed to be the pilot for a weekly series. As it turned out, the title was prophetic. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
In the police penal code, a "Misdemeanor 415" translates as "Disturbing the Peace"--and Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) have a doozy of a "415" on their hands. The two cops are summoned time and again to the home of an unhappily married couple (Jed Allan, Jean Allison), whose noisy arguments are driving everyone in their neighborhood crazy. It would be nice to report that Jim and Pete are able to convince the couple to calm down and patch up their differences...but the final scene of this episode yields tragically different results. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Several people in and around Rampart Hospital are felled by a potentially deadly virus--and the cause of it all may well be a woman with a pet monkey. Elsewhere, an injured man is stuck on a high scaffold; and a boy suffering from vertigo is trapped in a backyard treehouse. Featured in the cast are future That's Incredible cohost Cathy Lee Crosby, as well as Skye Aubrey, the daughter of TV and movie executive James Aubrey and actress Phyllis Thaxter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Set during the Civil War, Bad Company stars Barry Brown as a Northern boy, Drew Dixon, who heads West to avoid getting drafted. He falls under the spell of Jake Rumsey (Jeff Bridges), an easygoing young con artist. Drew joins Jake's gang of boy bandits, who live by their wits and try to avoid confrontation with adult criminals like Big Joe (David Huddleston). It is Drew who must eventually save Jake from hanging, even though he realizes that his intervention could lead to his own execution. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Roy (Kevin Tighe) tries to arrange a date between wife's cousin and his coworker John (Randolph Mantooth)--and one can only imagine how happy John is over this situation. Squad 51's caseload in this episode includes saving a youngster whose arm is caught in a swimming-pool drainpipe, a woman who suffers an epileptic fit after barely averting a car accident, and a young man who has been shot by his own father-in-law. Also: a case of tetanus poisoning, and an overweight man whose pacemaker fails at a crucial moment. Featured in the cast is a very young, pre-Little House on the Prairie Melissa Gilbert, and former child actress Patricia McCormack (The Bad Seed). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
- R
In this comedy, Harold Weiss (Richard Benjamin) is a professor at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when a nuclear holocaust seemed imminent. Rather than sit around waiting to die, he decides to drive from Long Island to Los Angeles, taking in such sights as Las Vegas along the way. As he travels, he assumes different momentary identities which he uses--to humorous effect--in his interactions with the people he meets. This story is captured in a number of short sketch-like episodes, as the professor acts out his fantasies with increasing abandon. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Just before Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is to embark on a skiing trip, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) has a "Caesar's wife" moment, dreaming that Rob will break every bone in his body if he attempts to ski the big mountains. Despite Laura's premonitions, Rob goes on the trip anyway -- and returns the next day with his entire body (save for his lips!) racked with pain. Though technically he hasn't broken any bones (indeed, he'd gotten injured before he'd even had a chance to ski), Rob isn't about to let Laura know that she was right -- and thus the stage is set for another classic "pain is funny" pantomime set piece! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
A man wearing dark glasses steals a valuable necklace from the showroom window of a jewelry store--then returns the item and walks away. It turns out that this is a mere "dress rehearsal" for an actual robbery planned by store employee Karl Addison (John Conte), who intends to use the fact that an upcoming operation will render him temporarily blind as his alibi. Alas, things go terribly wrong, and Addison is killed. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) enters the scene when his client James Kincannon (Jack Ging) is charged with Addison's murder. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1960
Ben and Adam Cartwright are convicted of murder and sentenced to the gallows. Rushing to their defense is a secretive stranger named Lassiter (Vic Morrow). Grateful but bewildered, the Cartwrights try to find out why Lassiter is willing to help them, whereupon they learn that the stranger's own parents had been lynched years before. Also appearing are Jean Allison as Sally, Dan White as Jackson, and Bern Passey as Giles. First shown on March 19, 1960, "The Avenger" was written by Clair Huffaker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, (more)
- 1960
Host John Newland once again beckons us into the "unknown" world of psychic phenomena as One Step Beyond begins its third season. The opening episode is based on actual events, as wheelchair-bound Margaret North (Jean Allison) hears a radio bulletin announcing that a huge tidal wave is rapidly approaching her Hawaiian beach home. Miles from her nearest neighbor, the helpless Margaret is unable to alert anyone of her plight--but she hasn't taken into account the power of "thought transference." The real Margaret North appears at the end of this episode, which was later refilmed as the pilot for the sequel TV series The Next Step Beyond. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1959
The lives of two men, who under normal circumstances might never have even met, are inextricably intertwined in the 12 hours before the tragedy that will unite them both. One man is Will Jansen (Paul Richards), an outwardly respectable individual who storms out of his house after an argument with his wife Carol (Jean Allison)--an argument that seems curiously contrived. The other man is police sergeant Cooper (Douglas Kennedy), whose mounting debts have compelled him to participate in a nocturnal bank robbery. What bizarre twist of fate will force Jansen and Cooper into a fateful--and fatal--confrontation before the night is over? And how could Mrs. Jansen have prevented it? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1958
Fired by wealthy rancher Gil Borden (Stuart Whitman), shiftless Ed McKay (Murray Hamilton) decides to get even by pulling off a cruel practical joke. McKay goads Judd Calhoun (Peter Whitney), a gentle giant with mind of a child, to place burr under the saddle of Borden's horse. Unfortunately, it is Borden's wife Nora (Jean Allison) who is thrown from the horse and crippled for life--and it is innocent bystander Paladin, who'd helped Nora onto the horse, who is accused of causing the tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1958
Against his better judgment (which is the way he usually does things), Bret (James Garner) lends $2000 to duplicitous gambler Dandy Jim Buckley (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), which Jim claims will be used to start a horsetrading business. Not long afterward, Bret discovers that Dandy Jim is stuck in jail after attempting to swindle an entire town. In order to recoup his investment, Bret must devise a scheme to break Jim out of his cell. Future Bonanza costar Dan Blocker plays an oafish gunslinger in this lighthearted episode, which is capped by a delicious plot twist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
