Will Kuluva Movies

The wife of Quincy's boss Dr. Astin (John S. Ragin) enters the same hospital where veteran nurse Lynn Buchanan (Georgann Johnson) is employed. Having resumed medication on a patient without a doctor's approval (which she was unable to secure due to lack of time and back-up staff), Lynn has been placed on suspension--whereupon all the other nurses go on strike. Though he might be more concerned with the fate of his wife Louise (Cynthia Harris) than in defusing the actual crisis at hand, Astin begs Quincy (Jack Klugman) to determine whether or not Nurse Buchanan acted properly. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this thriller, adapted from the novel Binary by John Lange and directed by Michael Crichton, a federal agent played by Ben Gazzara must stop a madman before he can unleash a toxic nerve gas upon an unwitting political convention. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Taken from the autobiography of the world's first transsexual, George Jorgensen (John Hansen) is a woman trapped in a man's body who opts for surgery and hormone treatments to make him a woman. Events of his childhood are covered, showing young George preferring dolls over contact sports. Inducted into the Army, the sexually confused George learns to hide his emotions during his military experience. He travels to Denmark where a pioneering team of doctors agree to perform the surgical process for the first time ever. His kindly aunt in Denmark (Joan Tompkins) gives George the name of Christine after her late daughter. Hansen is unconvincing as a woman, and there are several passages in this biographical drama that lead to unintentional hilarity. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Rebelling against his old-world father Stefan (Will Kuluva), young Gus Kolner (played by future teen idol Bobby Sherman) runs away from home in the company of his "cool" new friend Spencer Lang (Andrew Prine). What Gus doesn't know is that Lang is a hardened criminal, who plans to kidnap the boy and hold him for ransom. As Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr. conducts a frantic search for the missing Gus, the boy lies helplessly bound and gagged--just inches away from a ticking time bomb! Veteran character actress Lynn Bari contributes an amusing cameo as the overaged-hippie owner of a "Mod" boutique. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

An ongoing FBI effort to topple the Mafia empire headed by Mark Vincent (Johnny Albin) is complicated by the presence of eager young loan shark Johnny Albin (Robert Duvall), who will go to any lengths to join the "Organization." Vincent has assigned Johnny to seize control of a cash-strapped industry in order to provide a respectable Mafia front. Immediately, Johnny puts the squeeze on troubled businessman Albert Towner (Lin McCarthy)--who cannot inform the Feds for fear of what will happen to his family. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This film is essentially the original pilot for the popular 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It was expanded to 92 minutes and shot in color for theatrical release. Robert Vaughn plays the master spy and adept action hero Napoleon Solo. He works for a shadowy supra-governmental enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. His partner is the suave Russian secret agent Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). In this pilot, a sinister organization called W.A.S.P. assassinates the president of an African republic and his assistants. Solo is enlisted to stop W.A.S.P.'s plans to take over the country and turn it into a dictatorship. The plot and action proceed at lightning speed against the backdrop of a brewing Cold War superpower confrontation. Through a series of mishaps, a housewife, Elaine May Donaldson (Pat Crowley) is dragged into the fight and helps Solo thwart the coup attempt. Also released as a film in 1966 was another expanded episode from the TV series, The Spy with My Face. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

In the first episode of a two-part story, Richard Kimble (David Janssen), alias Jeff Cooper, arrives in Santa Barbara. Here the fugitive gives serious consideration to giving up his flight from the law--and his search for the one-armed man who murdered his wife--when he falls in love with Karen Christian (Susan Oliver), the niece of Norwegian sailmaker Lars Christian (Will Kuluva). This arouses the jealousy of Karen's neurotic half-brother Eric (a young Robert Duvall), who begins plotting Kimble's demise. Meanwhile, Lt. Gerard, still in relentless pursuit of Kimble, has shown up in nearby Los Angeles. (Trivia note: Gerard's wife, played by Rachel Ames, is identified as "Ann"; in later episode, she will be played by Barbara Rush, byt which time her name will have inexplicably changed to "Marie"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

When the Americans capture the village of Beauville, Saunders (Vince Morrow) grants permission to Pvt. Paul Villers (Chris Robinson) to search for his father, whom he hasn't seen since childhood. Catching up with the elder Villers (Will Kuluva), Paul finds that his dad is the town's physician. He also discovers to his chagrin that the "good " doctor is harboring a dark secret. Canadian comic actress Fifi D'Orsay plays it straight as the wife of the local Resistance leader. (Note: in the closing credits, Paul and Emile Villers are incorrectly billed as "Villette"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Since it was released in the same year as his masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), it is ironic that this drama was probably the least liked of director Robert Mulligan's films. A stiff adaptation of a novel by Dutch author Jan DeHartog, the film stars Rock Hudson as Dr. Anton Drager, an opportunistic atheist who travels with his wife Els (Gena Rowlands) to the jungles of Java in 1936. Drager is to become the new right-hand man of famed Dr. Brits Jansen (Burl Ives), a legendary humanist who works with lepers and is rumored to have done groundbreaking work that Drager believes could make him famous and wealthy. Trouble with a native witch doctor practicing black magic leads to a crisis of conscience for Drager, however, forcing him to reevaluate his self-centered philosophy. A former divinity student at New York's Fordham University, Mulligan may have been intrigued by the material's spiritual bent, but his direction is uninspired, and The Spiral Road (1962) was not considered a success. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Having been on the side of the law as one of the original "Untouchables" in the series' two-part pilot film, Keenan Wynn returns in the despicably villainous role of Augie "The Banker" Ciamino. Terrorizing his fellow Italian immigrants into submission, Ciamino forces them to set up small stills in their homes, enabling him to ship thousands of gallons of bootleg booze right under the Feds' noses. In order to break Ciamino's back, Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) must win the trust of the hapless immigrants. To this end, he enlists the aid of night-school English teacher Mr. Lee (Bernard Kates), who passes along coded messages via blackboard. Unfortunately, one of Mr. Lee's students, baker Renzo Raineri (Will Kuluva), has a son named Paul (Lee Phillips) who works as Ciamino's bookkeeper--and Paul isn't the sort of guy who can keep a secret. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Bull Hanlon (John Larch), "The King of the Boardwalk", imposes Syndicate rule upon New York's bakeries at the behest of Joe "The Teacher" Kulak (Oscar Beregi). But Bull isn't working fast enough to suit Kulak, and if he wants to keep his job--and his life--he had better force the sole holdout, baker Adam Stone (Harold Stone), to pay tribute to the Mob. Meanwhile, Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) tries to persuade Stone to defy both Hanlon and Kulak and organize his fellow bakers into an honest union--but Stone has already been warned that if he doesn't play ball, something mighty bad will happen to his daughter Marcia (Joan Staley, a Coney Island "nautch dancer." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this sequel to the first-season episode "Noise of Death", Henry Silva returns as drug kingpin Little Charlie Sebastino. After a little girl dies from an overdose, Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) persuades the Chicago media to bear down on the city's illegal heroin traffic. Withering in the glare of publicity, the higher-ups in the Mob shut down Little Charlie's operation--leading to a bloody chain reaction of betrayal and revenge. The episode's stellar supporting cast includes Eduardo Cianelli and Will Kuluva as fraternal mob kingpins, Paula Raymond as Kuluva's two-timing wife, and Conrad Janis, miles removed from his mild-mannered portrayal of Pam Dawber's father on Mork and Mindy, as a dope-addicted jazz drummer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Announcing that his girl Angie (Doris Dowling) won't marry him until he goes legitimate, bookie Larry Chetnick (Robert Loggia) wangles a job from Steve Bregomick (Will Kuluva), a family friend who runs a cash-only exporting business. Soon, however, Larry reverts to form and embezzles a great deal of money from Steve, intending to skip the country with Angie before his boss finds out. But at the last moment, a contrite Larry sees the error of his ways...or does he? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi