Rex Tucker Movies

Based on the novel by Aldous Huxley, the four-episode British miniseries Point Counterpoint was set in 1920s London. Concentrating on a group of dissolute young intellectuals, the story was a biting satire on the false, hypocritical, and often dangerous values of those with nothing but time on their hands. Lyndon Brook was cast as Huxley's alter ego Phillip Quarles, who quietly recorded the many fads and foibles (among them political fanaticism, open infidelity, and even a "necessary" murder) indulged in by his friends. First broadcast in Britain in 1972, Point Counterpoint was reedited as a five-parter and telecast in America as part of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre beginning February 18, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Gunfighters," the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his companions Steven (Peter Purves) and Dodo (Jackie Lane) may very well meet their doom as the Earps and the Clantons shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ. Complicating matters is Doc Holliday (Anthony Jacobs), who hasn't yet decided which side he will take in the climactic showdown. Written by Donald Cotton, "Johnny Ringo" was originally telecast on May 21, 1966. For the record, "The Gunfighters" was the last Doctor Who adventure to contain separately titled episodes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the third episode of the four-part story "The Gunfighters," the plot continues to thicken in the hours just prior to the gunfight at the OK Corral. Rescued from a lynch mob, Steven (Peter Purves) faces a new threat in the form of gunslinger Johnny Ringo (Laurence Payne). The Doctor (William Hartnell) is torn between rescuing Steven and coming to the aid of the still-imperiled Dodo (Jackie Lane). Written by Donald Cotton, "Johnny Ringo" was originally telecast on May 14, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Saint Ives, Robert Louis Stevenson's posthumously published follow-up to his swashbuckling historical novel The Black Arrow (described as a "sequel" even though it was set hundreds of years after the first book), was brought to television courtesy of the BBC beginning October 30, 1955. Though described by its author as merely "a tissue of adventures" with a nondescript hero and "no philosophic pith under the yarn," producer-adapter Rex Tucker managed to weave a lucid and exciting account of the tumultuous years following the Napoleonic wars. William Russell, best known for his star turn on the internationally syndicated series The Adventures of William Tell, headed the cast in this story of Captain Jacques St. Ives, a French prisoner of war making the best of a bad situation while sequestered in Scotland. Telecast live, Saint Ives ran for six half-hour episodes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi