Anne Collings Movies
- 1976
- PG
Filmed on location, Escape from Angola stars Stan Brock as a courageous game farmer. Armed with little more than good intentions, Brock endeavors to rescue African wildlife from predatory humans. He also has his hands full rescuing himself from political terrorists. Anne Cowlings costars, while veteran movie producer Ivan Tors makes his acting debut as "Lars" (in fact, the whole Tors family shows up on screen!) Escape from Angola was also released as Return to Africa. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A septet of settler's children find themselves orphaned and alone following a disaster on the Oregon trail. This fact-based, family-oriented adventure chronicles their cross-country odyssey as they make their way westward. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1973
This 1973 episode features Brenda Vaccaro, the then girlfriend of series costar Michael Douglas (Steve Keller), as rookie SFPD officer Sherry Tate. When her roommate, likewise a cop, is murdered while tracking down an elusive rapist, Sherry volunteers to act as bait for the killer. Even after Stone (Michael Douglas) orders her off the case, Sherry persists in her efforts to nail the murderer all by herself--with shocking results. Intriguingly, this episode was directed by Lawrence Dobkin, who had played a demented serial killer in the two-hour Streets of San Francisco pilot film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
When John (Randolph Mantooth) predicted that this Wednesday would be a "weird" one for Rampart Hospital, he wasn't kidding. The case log includes a feisty 80-year-old woman (Jeanette Nolan) who sprains her ankle while dancing at her own birthday party, a panicky hooker who hauls her cardiac-victim "John" into the hospital, a near-fatal case of hiccups, a teenager (played by a young, uncredited William Katt) who tries to put himself into a deep-freeze, and a parachutist who ends up in a high tree. And have we mentioned the snakes on the golf course? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Returning to Fiji for the first time since WW2, Ironside is anxious to be reunited with a wartime friend. Upon his arrival, however, Ironside is informed that his friend has left for San Francisco to meet him. Suspecting foul play, Ironside summons Mark and Ed to the islands--only to mysteriously vanish himself. Central to the mystery is a well-coordinated scheme to steal gold from the US government. Featured in the cast are two 1960s TV icons: Alan Napier, aka "Alfred the Butler" on Batman; and Bernard Fox, whose many sitcom roles included Dr. Bombay on Bewitched and Malcolm Merriwether on The Andy Griffth Show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Also known as Eyes of Hell, The Mask, is an inexpensive Canadian horror film is distinguished by a gimmick which relies upon full-audience cooperation. Anticipating Jim Carrey by 30 years, Paul Stevens comes into possession of an ancient mask which harbors Strange Powers. When Stevens places the mask over his face, the line "Put your mask on now" is supposed to cue the audience to don their 3-D glasses -- whereupon both Stevens and the audience experience a series of hallucinatory images. The major difference is that Stevens' hallucinations give him the urge to kill; it is hoped that the audience will not follow suit. In the early 1980s, a restored stereoscopic version of The Eyes of Hell was released to television in tandem with a pair of 3-D Three Stooges shorts, Spooks (1953) and Pardon My Backfire (1953). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, (more)
- 1958
This anthology is the first all-Canadian feature film. Set in Toronto during the 1920s, it is based on four stories by Morley Callaghan. The first, "Silk Stockings" follows the painful love felt by a clumsy fellow for the landlady's daughter who unfortunately, loves another. "Rocking Chair" a lonely border makes a pass at a widower, but he spurns her because he cannot escape the memory of his late wife. A rich man ignores his family's disapproval and falls in love with a voluptuous, but ignorant girl from the poor side of town in "The Rejected One." In the fourth story, "A Sick Call," a dying woman defies her Protestant husband and decides to revert back to Catholicism. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Don Borisenko, Michael Mann, (more)
