Eunice Christopher Movies
- 1981
This fact-based made-for-television drama tells the story of nurse Joy Ufemal and her invaluable work with those dying of incurable diseases. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1979
In the conclusion of The Waltons' two-part season eight opener (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), newlyweds Ben (Eric Scott) and Cindy (new series regular Leslie Winston) nearly buckle under the pressure to start a family of their own; Erin (Mary McDonough) bristles at the condescending attitude of her boss J.D. Pickett (Lewis Arquette); and Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) has mixed feelings about the budding romance between her brother Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) and her best friend Aimee (Rachel Longaker). On a more serious note, local draft-board officer John Walton (Ralph Waite) has been threatened with dire consequences by Calvin Satterfield (George DiCenzo), who holds John responsible for the combat death of his son Tommy. The episode ends with more bad news from the battlefields of Europe -- and this time the topic of conversation is John's own son John-Boy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
The Second World War has made quite an impact on Walton's Mountain as the eighth season of The Waltons gets under way. Fired up with patriotic fervor, everyone in the Walton family is involved in the war effort. For example, John Walton (Ralph Waite) is serving on the local draft board, Jason (Jon Walmsley) is an Army corporal, Erin (Mary McDonough) has taken a job at the metals plant owned by J.D. Pickett (Lewis Arquette), and the younger Walton siblings are closely monitoring the activities of the absent John-Boy, now a war correspondent in Europe. The good news in this first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast in a single two-hour slot) is that John's wife Olivia (Michael Learned) has returned from Arizona, where she was being treated for tuberculosis. The bad news is that a certain Calvin Satterfield (George DiCenzo) has threatened to kill John for advising Calvin's AWOL son Tommy (Glenn Withrow) to return to the Army -- advice that turned out to have tragic consequences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
Kojak (Telly Savalas) is startled to learn that his nephew Johnny (Michael Mullins) has turned to drugs--and even more so that the boy may have been an accomplice in the murder of a pusher. In order to get to the truth of the matter, Kojak must subject Johnny to a grueling interrogation--which may prove impossible unless the boy goes "cold turkey." In desperation, the detective turns to an ex-addict named Sonny (Neville Brand) to scare Johnny straight. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
Grandma Walton (Ellen Corby) is pleasantly surprised when she receives a huge bequest--a whole $250!--from a casual acquaintance. Naturally, everybody in the Walton household has a special plan on how best to spend the money, and just as naturally, Grandma intends to be generous with her windfall, not only doling it out to her family but to the rest of the community. But an unexpected development puts a damper on that generosity--and now Grandma is faced with the prospect of being unable to keep her word for the first time in her life. ~ 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
- 1968
Still on probation, Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) obsesses over his involvement in a very minor fender-bender, much to the exasperation of his veteran partner Pete Malloy (Martin Milner). During the two officers' night-watch shift, they canvass a beat that takes them all the way from skid row to the suburbs. Jim and Pete's workload on this occasion include a runaway kid, a family quarrel, a homicide and a climactic high-speed chase. Future Brady Bunch costar Barry Williams appears unbilled. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
It's Christmastime, and Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) enter into the spirit of things by playing Santa for the impoverished Ward family--with the curmudgeonly Malloy agreeing to put up half the money for a toy dump truck. But it's back to business as usual when the cops chase after the perpetrators who have stolen the Wards' car. Elsewhere, Jim and Pete break up a domestic quarrel and haul in a driver who has indulged in too much "Yuletide cheer." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
