Perry King
Released from prison after serving eight years for the murder of her philandering husband, an innocent woman eager to start a new life discovers that the same person who previously framed her for murder is about to strike again. With little time to lose before she is once again placed behind bars for a crime she didn't commit, the determined amateur sleuth sets out to ensure that the real killer is captured and justice is finally served. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Directed by Roland Emmerich, this mega-budget, special-effects-laden epic revolves around the onset of an international series of crises brought on by the long-term results of the greenhouse effect. At the eye of the storm is paleoclimatologist (a professor dedicated to the study of weather patterns throughout the ages) Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), who voluntarily takes on the preservation of the world in the dawn of the next ice age and all the disaster that comes along with it -- violent hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, massive floods, etc. Hall must also contact his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was in the middle of an academic competition in New York City when the chaos begun. In addition to facing the largest-scale onslaught of natural catastrophes in the history of humankind, Jack, in his journey north, must contend with the masses fleeing south in an attempt to resettle in a warmer climate. The Day After Tomorrow also features Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward, and Joe Cobden. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, (more)
The Perfect Neighbor stars Barbara Niven as Donna Germaine, a woman attempting to start her life over in a new location. However, her past as a femme fatale is impossible to outrun. She falls back on some old bad habits when she becomes obsessed with William (Perry King), a neighbor who is having marriage problems. Although the husband and wife are attempting to keep their relationship, Donna's lack of scruples may lead to more than one death. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
25 years ago, Katherine (Linda Norris) put her son Jamie up for adoption. Now happily married to Greg Norris (Perry King), Katherine is surprised when a young man claiming to be Jamie (Andrew Kraulis) shows up at her door. Captivated by the boy's charm and honeyed words, Katherine and Greg welcome Jamie into their home, much to the disgust of her daughter Tara (Meredith Henderson) who senses that there's something not quite right about her supposed brother. How right Tara is: It turns out that Jamie, in cahoots with his sleazy girlfriend Delia (Sophie Gendron), has cooked up a sinister long-range scheme aimed at his "parents"--beginning with trying to induce a heart attack for Greg in order to collect an enormous insurance policy. The made-for-cable Stranger at the Door was first telecast by the Lifetime channel on June 21, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The media's tendency to favor youth and cosmetic perfection over experience and intelligence is the gist of this mildly trenchant TV movie. Mel Harris stars as Diana, a top TV news anchor who is summarily dumped from her lofty perch in favor of a younger and prettier journalist named Amber (Julianne Morris). Partly to get even, but mostly to prove something to herself, Diana undergoes plastic surgery, changes her name, and takes an entry-level job in a small TV market, intent upon building her stellar career all over again. Diana's saga is complemented by the story of her middle-aged newsperson colleague Michael (Perry King), who likewise faces competition from an up-and-coming pretty boy. It is somewhat ironic that one of the supporting characters in this film is played by Corey Donaldson, whose chief claim to fame was his participation in Survivor: Australia, one of many TV reality series in which the race is more often won by the good-looking than by the swift. Another Pretty Face debuted November 8, 2002, over the PAX network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The dirty laundry of the wealthy and oversexed gets yet another airing in this prime-time soap opera from producer Aaron Spelling. Richard Williams (Perry King) is a tough-as-nails businessman who single-handedly built his aviation business into a powerful multinational conglomerate. Richard is engaged to marry Heather (Yasmine Bleeth), a manipulative woman who only recently had an affair with Chandler (Casper Van Dien), Richard's son. Chandler isn't sure what he should tell his father about Heather, especially when he learns Heather is pregnant. Elsewhere in the family, Peter (John Barrowman) oversees the Williams family's finances, Jenny (Elizabeth Bogush) tries to keep her drinking problem in check (with mixed results), Laurie (Josie Davis) operates a nightclub and keeps her poisoned pen sharpened at all times, and Richard's former wife Gwen (Victoria Principal) observes the action from her bungalow across the street from his Beverly Hills estate. In the midst of all this, Samantha (Lourdes Benedicto), daughter of the family's housekeeper, works for the Williams and keeps track of their many peccadilloes, while also carrying a torch for Chandler (and wishing Heather would dry up and blow away). Got all that? Titans first aired on the NBC television network on October 4, 2000. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Casper Van Dien, Yasmine Bleeth, (more)
Dr. Robert Seward (Perry King) is unable to save the life of a young cyclist who has been struck down by a drunken driver. Instead of blaming the motorist, Liza (Shannon Sturges), the unhinged sister of the dead cyclist, holds Seward responsible for the boy's death. Plotting an intricate and elaborate revenge, Liza manages to get Seward to fall in love with her. Once she is married to the doctor, Liza sets about to ruin his reputation by killing off his patients. But the "heroine" has not reckoned with the resourcefulness of Seward's ex-wife (Michelle Greene). Apparently designed for the direct-to-video market, The Perfect Wife was not shown in the U.S. until its Lifetime cable network debut on May 21, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Perry King
An unexpected death turns lovers into rivals in this thriller. Richard Mannhart (Perry King) is an unhappily married author who is having an affair with Katie Griffin (Roxana Zal), a film editor. Richard is mostly interested in sex, but Katie has become deeply infatuated with him. However, when Richard's wife, Laura (Susan Blakely), dies in a suspicious-looking auto accident, Katie tells the authorities that she has reason to believe Richard sabotaged his spouse's car. Richard angrily denies Katie's allegations and then goes on to deny any involvement with her. Trying to weigh one story against the other, the police tell both Richard and Katie that it's up to them to prove the validity of their stories. So what evidence can they produce to clear themselves and incriminate their lover? Also released as A Clean Kill, Her Married Lover also features Michelle Green, Daniel Benzali, and Terrence "T.C." Carson. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Sean Young stars as a spoiled Hollywood star who finds herself marooned in the Wild West after a car wreck. When a handsome cowboy in the midst of a cattle drive suddenly appears, the pampered princess has little choice but to accompany him to the nearest town. This romantic adventure was made especially for the Family Channel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Young, Perry King, (more)
Based on actual events, this made-for-TV drama stars Lindsay Wagner as Barbara Colvin, a woman about to become a grandmother. The new birth stirs up her own interest in finding the love-child she gave up for adoption some 20-odd years ago. With the help of the courts, Colvin is reunited with her long-lost daughter (Tracey Griffith) who now wants to meet her biological father Larry Kellum (Perry King) as well. The reunion of the three forces Barbara and Larry to reconcile with the past, their lost love and their child. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lindsay Wagner, Perry King, (more)
No sooner has unsuccessful artist Darcy Palmer (Tracey Gold) met music student Brianne Dwyer (Mireille Enos) at an airport than she murders Brianne, stuffs her body in her trunk, and assumes her identity! Entering a prestigious New Hampshire University on the late Brianne's scholarship, Darcy is subsequently introduced to widowed art collector Russell Polk (Perry King), the father of her roommate, Jeanelle (Shawnee Smith). Within what seems like ten minutes, Darcy and Russell have fallen in love, and her future in the rarefied world of art seems assured. Then, without warning, Darcy's web of deceit begins to unravel thanks to a pair of "ghosts" from her past. Clearly, there is no other alternative for Darcy than to start killing people again -- just as she has done so many times in the past in her many previous stolen identities. Its incredible lapses of logic taken care of by its breathless pace (not to mention an ending straight out of The Silence of the Lambs!), the made-for-TV Face of Evil made its CBS network bow on April 9, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tracey Gold, Perry King, (more)
While being escorted to prison from Phoenix to New York, crazed killer Peter Cronin (Anthony Michael Hall) hijacks a commercial jet in flight with the help of accomplices. Holding the 200 passengers and the crew members hostage, Cronin forces the plane to land in Dallas, then demands another, more powerful aircraft for the last leg of his escape. As FBI agent Frank Layton (Perry King) and detective Deni Patton (Ally Sheedy) attempt to negotiate with Cronin, time runs perilously short for the hostages, who know that the killer isn't bluffing when he threatens to kill one prisoner per hour unless his demands are met. A curious reunion for former Breakfast Club costars Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy, the made-forTV Hijacked: Flight 285--which is so weighed down with the "backstories" of the many characters that it could well have been retitled "The High and the Mighty at Gunpoint"--made its ABC network debut on February 4, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Brolin, Perry King, (more)
Wanting to learn some dance moves in order to cut a mean rug with his beloved at their upcoming wedding, a young man finds nothing but trouble after he starts taking lessons from a gorgeous teacher. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Virtue battles treachery in this made-for-TV peroid drama. Prince Wenceslas (Jonathan Brandis) is the seventeen-year-old heir to the Czech crown, who has been pledged to marry the lovely Johanna (Charlotte Chatton), whose father, Duke Phillip (Leo McKern), is a man of no small power and wealth. However, Wenceslas's humorless stepmother, The Queen (Stefanie Powers), is determined to see her son Boleslav (Oliver Milburn) usurp Wenceslas as the nation's future leader. While the Prince's grandmother, Queen Ludmilla (Joan Fontaine) rallies the support of the church and the people behind Wenceslas, The Queen and her partner Lord Tunna (Perry King) will use any means necessary to achieve their dishonest ends. Good King Wenceslas first aired on the Family Channel cable television network on November 26, 1994. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In this fact-based made-for-television drama, a woman engages in polyandry. The trouble is neither husband knows about the other. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Connie Sellecca, A. Martinez, (more)
Based on a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the film explores the life of an art-gallery manager (Carol Higgins Clark) who marries a famous Canadian painter (Perry King). After moving her two young daughters to his mansion, she soon comes to the frightening realization that he is much more than the garden-variety tortured artist. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Perry King, Carol Higgins Clark, (more)

- 1992
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Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story was one of a myriad of early 1990s TV movies centering around the AIDS issue. Molly Ringwald stars as Alison Gertz, an upscale Manhattanite who thinks she knows her way around. Still, Alison conducts an "unprotected" one-night affair, which results in her contacting the AIDS virus. Despite her alleged smarts, Alison continues to seek out sexual partners and can't understand why they're reluctant to sleep with her, even though she belatedly offers to use contraceptives. Perhaps if it had been made five years earlier, and perhaps if it didn't have its characters speaking fluent pop profundities, Something to Live For might have been one of the truly important made-for-TV AIDS sagas. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Ellen Barkin stars in this mystical comedy about a detestable male chauvinist temporarily reincarnated into the body of a woman. Steve Brooks (Perry King) foolishly accepts an invite for an evening of debauchery from three former girlfriends, and thinks he's got it made when he shows up to find them waiting for him in a hot tub. Eager to exact revenge on the scoundrel, the women proceed to drown him, and Steve is cast into a purgatory in which two unseen voices are deciding whether to send him to heaven or hell. Steve is given one chance to save himself from damnation -- if he can find a woman alive who actually liked him. To complicate his task and teach him a lesson, Steve is reincarnated as a sexy woman (Barkin), just the type who would have been the target of his cheesy advances. Sloppily adjusting to his new body, Steve (now Barkin) tells people he is the sister of the missing Steve Brooks, and begins working at his old advertising agency as a means toward completing his arduous task. As Steve's sister, he also enlists the help of his best friend, Walter (Jimmy Smits), despite the complication that Walter is noticeably attracted to the woman he has become. Steve's homophobia -- and several of his other hateful traits -- are put to the test. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, (more)
An explosion in a nuclear warhead silo located near a tiny Texas town causes all kinds of terror in this taut suspensor. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Wealthy, but yearning for the family he lost after his parents' untimely deaths, a businessman hires a private eye to locate his three sisters, each of whom was sent to a different foster home following the mysterious accident. One particularly traumatized sister seems to know the truth about the deaths. Her revelations could be catastrophic for the recently reunited siblings. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jaclyn Smith, Perry King, (more)
In this adventure, four folk from New York city, and their Brazilian boat captain attempt to keep a ship filled with dynamite from foundering along the South American coastline. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer was based on the best-selling 1987 autobiography of (who else?) Roxanne Pulitzer. Since both the book and the subsequent TV movie were told from Roxanne's point of view, it is to be expected that certain ego-massaging liberties would be taken with the facts behind her sensational divorce from publishing heir Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King), and Herbert's subsequent bitter child custody battle. Thus it is that Roxanne is portrayed as a wide-eyed innocent at the time of her marriage, and Pulitzer is a double-dyed dastard. Those who tuned in to see the sex and drug orgies which permeated the couple's relationship were in for a major letdown: these "hot" elements were soft-pedalled into virtual invisibility. The leading lady of Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer is Chynna Phillips, daughter of another famous star-crossed duo, musicians John and Michelle Phillips. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
This made-for-TV biography chronicles the ugly divorce between publishing magnate Herbert "Pete" Pulitzer and his youthful wife Roxanne. It is based on Roxanne's autobiography. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide





















