Max Hodge Movies
- 1978
Quincy (Jack Klugman) crosses over into "Columbo" territory as he tries to trip up a fiendishly clever murderer. When the wife of ambitious young executive Richard Yager (John Fink) dies of an apparent heart attack, Quincy wonders why an otherwise healthy woman would succumb in this fashion. Investigating, Quincy discovers that the victim's sister was Yager's previous wife--who also died under similar circumstances. The conclusion: Yager has been marrying for financial convenience and job advancement, then murdering each wife before moving on to the next. All Quincy needs now is the conclusive proof to stop Yager in his tracks...before he kills again. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Grandpa Walton (Will Geer) never passes up an opporutnity to regale the kids with memories of his adventures during the Spanish Civil War, when--as he tells it--he stood side by side with Teddy Roosevelt while charging up San Juan Hill. Why then, is Grandpa so reluctant to attend a reunion of his fellow war veterans. And just who is that mysterious stranger shadowing Grandpa's every move? This intrigue tends to overshadow the episode's secondary storyline, in which Ben (Eric Scott) goes into the hunting business for fun (?) and profit. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
Olivia Walton's namesake Young Olivia (Deborah White) brings her city-bred husband Bob (Bruce Davison) to Walton's Mountain for their wedding. Realizing that Bob would neither understand nor appreciate the old mountain custom of the "shivaree", in which the local boys kidnap the groom on his wedding night, John-Boy calls off this traditional event. But John-Boy's prankish friends Ike (Joe Conley) and Yancy (Robert Donner) are determined to go through with the shivaree anyway--and as a result, Young Olivia's marriage is nearly over before it begins. Director Lee Philipsappears as a minister. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
Created by Earl Hamner, A Dream for Christmas is set in the 1950s. African-American minister Will Douglas (Hari Rhodes) moves his family from Arkansas to the Watts section of Los Angeles to take charge of an impoverished church. The attendance, at least at first, is as poor as the congregation. Worse still, the church is slated to be demolished. But it's close to Christmas, a time when miracles have been known to happen. Featured in the all-black cast are Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, Robert Do'Qui, Juanita Moore, and Clarence Muse. Appropriately enough, A Dream for Christmas originally aired on December 24, 1973. It was originally designed as the pilot for a never-sold TV series titled The Douglas Family. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
One of the wealthier sections of San Francisco is being terrorized by a crime wave. Studying the pattern of events, Ironside (Raymond Burr) figures out that the crimes are being planned and executed in the manner of a chess game. It now falls to the Chief to "checkmate" the two depraved socialites (Noel Harrison, Scott Marlowe) who are using their victims as human pawns in a sinister game that threatens to turn lethal at any moment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
Broadway musical star Joel Grey appears in this episode as jockey Eddie Yeager, who is suspected of throwing several horse races. Ironside (Raymond Burr) wonders if Eddie is the real culprit, or if the brains of the operation is a certain Scott Bradley (played by TV's former "Tarzan" Ron Ely). Complicating matters is the fact that Bradley is the ex-fiance of Ironside's assistant Eve (Barbara Anderson). Featured in the cast is future movie-studio executive Sherry Lansing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
After coming across a corpse stuffed in a sack and deposited in a park, Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) notifies the homicide division. When the cops arrive, the sack is still there--but the corpse is gone. Embarrassed by the taunts of rival cop Larry Muller (Warren Berlinger), Ed dedicates himself to proving that the body really existed, even though Ironside (Raymond Burr) demands that he devote his attention to a kidnapping case. Inevitably, it turns out that both cases share a common link. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
Eve (Barbara Anderson) investigates when an old friend, the female member of a folksinging trio consisting of two brothers and a sister, disappears during a San Francisco concert tour. Could this disappearance be linked with the murder of another girl--to say nothing of a sinister drug ring? The key to solving the mystery is a curious geometric configuration called "the quincunx." Cast as the singing Roberts brothers, David Carradine and Michael Blodgett perform "Lonesome Stranger", "I Stepped on a Flower" and "Sorrow of the Singing Tree". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
This episode reunites Ironside star Raymond Burr with his former Perry Mason costar Barbara Hale. Chief Ironside (Burr) comes to the aid of Marsha Connell (Hale) when she is implicated in the murder of a member of an improvisational comedy group. The killing takes place during a stage performance, so naturally all the actors--and everyone in the theater, for that matter--fall under suspicion. The episode's highlight is the bravura performance of Roddy McDowell as a washed-up child actor attempting a comeback as an improv comic. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
Ruth Roman guest-stars as Riva Sentel, the Evita-like widow of a popular Latin American leader. Santel plans to make a television broadcast that will enable her to abolish democracy in her nations and set herself up as dictator. Banking on Sentel's notorious vanity, the IMF hopes to ruin her scheme by means of a "miraculous" eternal-youth formula. Written by Robert E. Thompson, "The Elixir" first aired on November 24, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, (more)
- 1966
UNCLE agent April Dancer poses as her lookalike, Princess Fatima, the missing heir to the throne of oil-rich Zalamar. Meanwhile, the real Fatima endures psychological torture at the hands of her power-mad uncle (Michael Ansara), Zalamar's Grand Vizier. Fellow UNCLE operative Mark Slate ends up racing to the rescue of both ladies. Written by Max Hodge, "The Prisoner of Zalamar Affair" originally aired on September 20, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
