Kathleen Layman Movies
Ione Skye plays Diane Court, high-school valedictorian on the verge of heading to England on a prestigious scholarship. This is especially thrilling to Diane's divorced father, James (John Mahoney), who has always shared a special relationship with the girl, less father/daughter than friend/friend. When Diane begins dating irresponsible army brat Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), her father despairs at her choice of an "underachiever." Pressured by her dad to break off the relationship, Diane spends the rest of the summer being pursued by the lovestruck Lloyd, who does everything he can to win her back. Diane finally realizes there's more to life than perfection when her sainted father comes under the scrutiny of the IRS. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Cusack, Ione Skye, (more)
- 1988
Now that Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) has returned to LA, David (Bruce Willis) has trouble believing that she has gotten married--or even that her husband Walter Bishop truly exists. Of course, David isn't about to admit how much he loves Maddie, which fact will color the incidents in subsequent episodes. Meanwhile, the Blue Moon Detective Agency has a new client: Lauren Baxter (Cristine Rose), who wants to get rid of her husband's mistress Bridget Graves (Kathleen Layman) by paying her $50,000. Assigned to deliver the money, David and Maddie once again end up in the middle of a murder case--which is unexpectedly untangled by the obsequious Bert Viola (Curtis Armstrong). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
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The first of several 1980s TV movies based on official FBI files, In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders premiered on November 27, 1988. Veteran TV "good guys" David Soul and Michael Gross do a typecasting about-face, playing two vicious, homicidal Miami-based bank robbers. The deadly duo's crime spree was climaxed by a bloody 1986 gun battle. Extremely violent, the film tempers its bloodshed with several instructive scenes showing how the FBI pieced together the clues that enabled them to track down their quarry. Doug Sheehan, Ronny Cox and Bruce Greenwood represent the forces of the Law. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
