Peter Germano Movies
- 1969
Passing themselves off as wealthy business owners, brother-and-sister swindlers Tobias and April Horn (Robert Hogan, Marj Dusay) hoodwink the Cartwrights into helping them rob the Virginia City bank. Humiliated at being taken in by the siblings, and angry that his father was wounded in the robbery, Joe Cartwright rides into the desert in pursuit of the Horns-only to be outmaneuvered every inch of the way by the crooks' partner in crime, former army scout John Spain (Anthony Zerbe). "A Ride in the Sun" was written by John Hawkins and Peter Germano. The episode was originally shown on May 11, 1969, bringing Bonanza's tenth TV season to a close. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1968
Joe Cartwright is grief-stricken when his friend Steve Regan, leader of a miners' strike, is accidentally killed. Because the Cartwrights are major stockholders in the mining company, Joe feels partially responsible for Steve's death, and does what he can to help the man's widow Stephanie (Marj Dusay). Meanwhile, the corrupt mine officials, intending to break the back of the strike movement, hire a group of troublemakers to encourage further violence. First shown on April 7, 1968, "Commitment at Angelus" was written by Peter Germano. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1963
While working on a construction crew under the alias "Paul Beaumont", Kimble (David Janssen) befriends Jamie (Buck Taylor), a mentally challenged youth who has been hired for a menial job by crew boss Buck Harmon (Jack Klugman). Defending Jamie against the cruel taunts of his fellow workers, Kimble is also the only person to believe in the boy's innocence when he is accused of sexually assaulting Harmon's wife Ruth (Elizabeth Allen). Unfortunately, the beleaguered Harmon is pressured into hunting the runaway Jamie down like a dog--and possibly allowing the other workers to kill the boy when they catch up with him. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Kimble (David Jansen) takes on the alias "David Benson" when he goes to work for Allan Pruitt (Richard Carlson) and Pruitt's second wife Dorina (Gloria Grahame). At the same time, Mr. Pruitt's troubled daughter Janice (Shirley Knight) returns home from a long hospital stay, having suffered a nervous breakdown after a child in her care was killed by her pet dog. Resenting Janice's presence, Dorina devises an elaborate scheme to drive the girl insane--and when Kimble tries to help Janice, Dorina adds him to her list of victims. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
Broke again, Bart (Jack Kelly) accepts a job from rancher Cal Powers (Andrew Duggan), hauling ice from the nearby mountains. While on the job, Bart comes upon a corpse, frozen beneath the surface of an icy river. This discovery will prove to have dire consequence for our hero, thanks largely to villainous machinous of political boss Rath Lawson, played by Bruce Gordon in the same manner as the actor's interpretation of mobster Frank Nitti on The Untouchables. The heroine of the occasion is Shirley Knight, who went on to a stellar stage, film and TV career, including such memorable roles as the mother of Helen Hunt in the 1997 Jack Nicholson theatrical feature As Good as It Gets. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
In an effort to help railroad owner Paul Sutton (James Westerfield) escape his financial woes, Bart (Jack Kelly) enters into a poker game with the somewhat shady San Francisco investors who covet Sutton's train line. Alas, his opponents cheat spectacularly, and Bart ends up even deeper in debt than poor Sutton. Sentenced to work as a butler for the Cushman family, Bart tries to turn the situation to his advantage by pulling off a sting operation to expose the villains. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
