Meg Foster Movies

Kevin Sorbo makes a guest appearance in his familiar role as legendary muscleman Hercules. Teaming up with old friends Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), Hercules tries to prevent Zeus (Charles Keating) from killing Xena's unborn child -- a move borne of Zeus' fear that the baby will fulfill the prophecy that the Olympian gods will be destroyed by "a child not begotten of man." Meanwhile, Xena heads down to the Underworld in search of the Helmet of Invisibility -- and in the course of her nether travels, she is reunited with her deceased son, Solan (Nicko Vella). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

No sooner have they escaped a war-ravaged Parallel Earth than the Sliders find themselves in an even more hostile world, where possession of any sort of technology is a capital crime. Worse still, the "Maggie" who has arrived along with Quinn (Jerry O'Connell), Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) and Colin (Charlie O'Connell) is actually a double. Meanwhile, the real Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) faces a bizarre form of execution for the misdeeds of her lookalike. John DeMita appears as Maggie's husband Steven Jensen, a role previously played by Mark Kiely. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actor-director William Richert (Winter Kills), who directed the late River Phoenix in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), originally planned this low-budget adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1848-50 classic adventure, as a vehicle for River Phoenix. Casting his son, Nick Richert, in the dual role of Philippe and King Louis XIV, he continued on with the project, despite the competition of the heavily promoted, more lavish MGM production scheduled for release almost the same month. The future King of France is kidnapped as a boy, put inside an iron mask, and imprisoned in the Bastille. Court intrigue then places his younger twin on the throne as Louis XIV. A decade later, the queen confesses on her deathbed, revealing the truth to Count Aramis (William Richert), who recruits the three Musketeers (Edward Albert, Dennis Hayden, Rex Ryon) in order to bring truth and justice to the situation. Filmed at the historic Mission Inn in Riverside, California. Previous film versions: the 1939 James Whale version with Louis Hayward, the 1976 TV movie with Richard Chamberlain, and Ken Annakin's The Fifth Musketeer (1978, aka Behind the Iron Mask) with Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Jose Ferrer, Rex Harrison, and Olivia de Havilland. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Majel Barrett returns in the role of Lwaxana Troi, who arrives on DS9 in a state of advanced pregnancy. Her delight over the prospect of giving birth is dampened by the admonitions of her Tavnian husband Jeyal (Michael Ansara), who insists that he and he alone will raise their son. Meanwhile, Jake is befriended by the mysterious Onaya (Meg Foster), who takes an inordinate interest in his writing aspirations. Scripted by guest star Majel Barrett (using her married name Roddenberry) and Rene Echevarria, "The Muse" was first telecast April 29, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Carol (Julianna Margulies) takes a more than professional interest in Tatiana (Milana Vayntrub), a six-year-old Russian girl with AIDS who has been adopted -- and then abandoned -- by an American family. Overachiever Deb (Ming-Na) accidentally ingests some candy-coated LSD. And despite their volatile professional differences, Kayson (Sam Anderson) asks Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) out for a special Valentine's Day dinner. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A divorced Los Angeles detective is tracking down a psycho serial killer who strangles prostitutes. He becomes a suspect himself when the rich lawyer who represented all the murdered hookers is killed -- and the lawyer just happens to be his ex-wife's husband. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide

Based on Stuart Kaminsky's novel Exercise in Terror, Hidden Fears is about a widow (Meg Foster) who is haunted by memories of her husband's murder. Several years after his death, she approaches the police with new evidence about her husband's death. Unfortunately the perpetrators discover that the case is re-opened, and they set out to kill the eyewitnesses and the widow herself. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

John Savage stars as a troubled man with a checkered past in the made-for-TV Desperate. Born into wealth, Savage turns his back on his heritage by heading for the high seas as skipper of an excursion ship. In Lord Jim fashion, he betrays his customers' trust by jumping ship during a storm. Years later, he settles down as a charter boat captain in Key West, where he hopes to make amends for his past sins. He partially realizes that goal by scuttling a gang of gun-runners. Meg Foster costars as Savage's lady friend, while Christopher Burke, the Down Syndrome-afflicted young actor who later starred in TV's Life Goes On, plays Foster's mentally handicapped son. Conceived as the pilot for a weekly series, Desperate debuted September 19, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A young widow realizes that the memories of her deceased husband is interfering in her new relationship with a motorcycle racer. ~ All Movie Guide

Over the protests of several local residents, shady tycoon Henderson Wheatley (John Ericson) intends to build a high-rise hotel in Cabot Cove. During excavation, a set of bones comes to surface, supposedly belonging to Revolutionary war hero Joshua Peabody. Almost immediately, those who oppose the hotel insist that the land be consecrated as a national monument, while others insist that those aren't Peabody's bones at all. Whatever the case, it soon develops that the centuries-old remains are those of a murder victim--and before long, Wheatley himself is murdered. William Windom makes his first series appearance as Dr. Seth Hazlitt, an old friend of heroine Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury)...and a likely suspect in the killing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the early 1980s, Procter and Gamble teamed with Commworld Productions for a series of taped two-hour TV movies, to be syndicated throughout the US. The Commworld Prime Time Showcase yielded only two efforts: Emergency Room and Desperate Intruder. The latter film was the old chestnut about a blind woman (Meg Foster) at the mercy of two escaped convicts (Claude Akins and Nick Mancusco). The handsomer of the two fugitives falls in love with the woman and endeavors to keep her from being murdered. Desperate Intruder made its first appearance in most markets on July 31, 1983. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This two-part TV movie was, of course, sparked by the November 1978 mass suicide of 913 people at the South American religious "colony" of Jonestown. The catalyst for this tragedy was cult-leader Reverend Jim Jones (played by Powers Boothe, who won an Emmy for his performance), head of the so-called People's Temple. The film traces the life of Jones from his days as an idealistic 1960s activist. He drifts into penny-ante confidence scams and bed-hops from woman to woman, before electing to pass himself off as a modern messiah--eventually believing his own feverish sermons. The climactic scenes are chillingly staged in a near-documentary fashion, with Puerto Rico and Georgia substituting for Guyana. Ned Beatty plays the ill-fated Representative Leo Ryan, while James Earl Jones has a cameo as 1930s religious-leader Father Divine; most of the other main characters are composites of real people. Originally broadcast April 15 and 16, 1980, The Guyana Tragedy was adapted by Ernest Tidyman from the Washington Post and Charles A. Krause's Guyana Massacre: An Eyewitness Account. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide