Richmond Shepard Movies
- 1975
Kojak (Telly Savalas) is approached with an offer that he may not be in a position to refuse. The detective has been ordered to relinquish incriminating evidence against a man named Steiner (Mark Stevens), who has been arrested on drug charges. If Kojak fails to do so, the kidnapped wife (Jean Le Bouvier) of police captain Frank McNeil (Dan Frazer) will be killed. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Claude Akins appears as Jason Peale, a glib con artist with an ego as big as all outdoors. Peale's latest scam involves poses as an elusive, Howard Hughes-like tycoon in order to sell bogus stock. Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) makes it his mission to nip Peale in the bud, with or without the assistance of the man's gullible victims. Featured in the cast is a pre-Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner and a pre-Alice Vic Tayback. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
In desperate need of money to square a debt, Neil Stryker (Bradford Dillman) enters into an unholy alliance with Communist spy Bryan Carlson (Wayne Rogers). Stryker agrees to steal top-secret information from the Boston research firm where he works. A discarded cellophane cigar wrapper puts FBI inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) on the trail of the spies, with dire consequences for Stryker and his wife Elaine (Antoinette Bower). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
