Donald Foster Movies

Today's shift finds mobile officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) chasing after a man suspected of kidnapping a child. The two cops also deal with an escaped prisoner, and with a vicious gang of armored-car hijackers. Featured in the supporting cast is venerable character actor Burt Mustin (84 years old when this episode was filmed) and former Western sidekick Rand Brooks, who in 1970 was the owner of an ambulance service which provided a number of vehicles for Jack Webb's various police shows. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Much to the dismay of a wealthy female customer (Barbara Morrison), Lucy (Lucille Ball) stakes a claim to a fancy dinette set during a major department-store sale. It is only after putting a deposit on the set that Lucy realizes a bargain is a bargain only if you can afford to pay for it. In desperate need of the necessary funds, Lucy takes a job at the same store -- only to come face to face with the indignant socialite who had wanted to buy the dinette set herself. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The big day has arrived: Jethro has been promoted to the sixth grade, the first step towards his chosen profession as a brain surgeon! Alas, when time comes for the graduation ceremony at Mrs. Millicent Potts' private school, Jethro is nowhere to be found. Helpfully, Elly May sends along a substitute -- her own "critter," Skipper the Chimp. "Jethro's Graduation" first aired on June 10, 1964, as the final episode of The Beverly Hillbillies' second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this entertaining comedy by Charles Walters, everyone seems to get in on the act, even the dog and especially the four overactive kids in a wildly challenging family. David Niven co-stars with Doris Day as Lawrence and Kate Mackay, distinctive parents struggling with home, life, and family. Lawrence opts for leaving his job teaching at Columbia University in New York for a post as a drama critic for a Gotham newspaper, bringing new problems to the pile the family already owns. First, they are forced to move out -- far out -- to the countryside with their brood and canine. And next, while Kate handles home, hearth, and hellions, Lawrence proceeds to alienate one of his best friends with a shattering review. That unhappy beginning to his new career also brings in one of the actresses damaged by his cutting remarks (Janis Paige), who wreaks her own form of havoc on poor Lawrence. In the meantime, Day gets to sing some songs which add to the light-hearted attitude of it all. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

A young artist is determined to make his reputation with an epic painting--only to be killed in battle, leaving the painting half-finished. Then, miraculously and without explanation, the work is completed. A young woma wants to find out how this could possibly happen. . .and so, presumably, does the audience. Featured in the cast is child actor Danny Zaldivar, who as "Danny Bravo" would later supply the voice of Hajji on the classic prime time cartoon series Jonny Quest. This is the final episode of One Step Beyond's second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Taking a brief respite from professional gunslinging, Paladin (Richard Boone) opts instead for the more pleasurable pursuit of judging a wine exhibit. Unfortunately, gunplay is lurking around the corner, thanks to an Irish-born oil driller named Tim Gorman (Richard Shannon). Insisting that Gorman's oil rigs are polluting his vineyard, Italian winemaker Renato Donatello (Eduardo Ciannelli) asks Paladin to intervene--with the expected violent results. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide