Lillian Lehman Movies
- 2001
Wanda Sykes makes her first apperance as Christine Watson, the store's new, no-nonsense efficiency expert. Though she runs everyone else ragged, Christine treats Drew (Drew Carey) with kid gloves, inasmuch as she has a crush on him. Taking advantage of this, the employees offer Drew $500 to date Christine and persuade her to lighten up. It turns out that Christine is being so tough because she doesn't want to fire anyone--but when she suspects that Drew has been bribed to take her out, it's a different story! Elsewhere, a circus troupe helps Lewis (Ryan Stiles) and Oswald (Diedrich Bader) build their dream house in the park. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1996
Paramedics Shep (Ron Eldard) and Raul (Carlos Gomez) respond to a call from the projects, where an abandoned row house yields 22 youngsters suffering from malnutrition. Though his actions in this crisis are compassionate, Shep nonetheless makes a careless remark which Benton (Eriq La Salle) and Malik (Deezer D) regard as racist. Benton has other problems in the form of Jeanie (Gloria Reuben), whose husband, Al (Michael Beach), wants a reconciliation. In other developments, Greene (Anthony Edwards) is served with divorce papers while on the job; and Carter (Noah Wyle) tests out a risky surgical procedure on the terminally ill wife of octogenarian Mr. Rubadoux (Red Buttons). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Madonna plays Rebecca Carlson, a sex bomb who parades naked in front of the open windows of her houseboat at all hours while the lobstermen catch crabs. This entry in the Basic Instinct sweepstakes poses the question: If love hurts, does sex kill? The judge and jury certainly want to find out when Rebecca's latest conquest, a multi-millionaire, dies of a heart attack while making love to her. Eight million dollars was bequeathed to Rebecca in his will, and District Attorney Robert Garrett (Joe Mantegna) is convinced that Rebecca, knowing that her rich lover had a weak heart, killed him with wild sex so that she could get her mitts on the money. Rebecca's lawyer, Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe), thinks differently, suspecting the millionaire's private secretary Joanne Braslow (Anne Archer) of the crime, since she was dumped by the millionaire for Rebecca. Besides which, Frank is attracted to Rebecca himself and throws legal ethics out the window as he starts a sadomasochistic affair with her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Madonna, Willem Dafoe, (more)
- 1993
- R
A killer who strikes only during Mardi Gras turns out to be a supernatural demon (Michael Ironside) who has sought human sacrifices ever since the original festival began as an occultist ceremony. The New Orleans cop assigned to the case (Robert Davi) tracks the demon around the city with his partner (Mike Starr) and must save the girl he loves from being the next victim. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, (more)
- 1992
Following an temporary insanity acquittal of her daughter's rapist and murderer, a mother goes after the criminal. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Donna Mills, Lee Grant, (more)
Albert Brooks wrote, directed, and stars in this philosophical comedy about a man having a hard time making a case for himself in the afterlife. When advertising executive Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) finds himself in a fatal car crash minutes after taking delivery on a new BMW, he's whisked away to Judgment City, where the recently dead are put on a sort of trial to decide their fate. If in your time on Earth you were able to face your fears and learn from your mistakes, you get to move on to a life in a better world. However, if you didn't, you have to go back to Earth and try again. As he spends the next several days watching various episodes from his life, Daniel gets the impression he doesn't stand much of a chance of moving on -- and his representative, Bob Diamond (Rip Torn), seems to have little confidence in his case. In the meantime, he frequents Judgment City's many restaurants (where the food is delicious and you can eat all you want without gaining an ounce), pays a visit to the Past Life Pavilion, and meets Julia (Meryl Streep), who seems so kind, sweet, and noble that her advancement is practically assured. Daniel and Julia fall in love, but what's going to happen if they don't end up in the same place? Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep make a witty and engaging romantic team in Defending Your Life, and Shirley MacLaine appears in a highly appropriate cameo. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, (more)
- 1989
This is the celebrated "lost" episode of Married... With Children, in which Peg (Katey Sagal) and Al (Ed O'Neill) spend a weekend at the sleazy Hop-On-In Motel. Tuning in to an X-rated cable station, the Bundys are surprised to see their own neighbors Steve (David Garrison) and Marcy (Amanda Bearse) in a porno film. It turns out that the motel has been secretly videotaping the sexual shenanigans of its guests -- including the Bundys. Outraged, Al and Peg join Steve and Marcy in filing suit against the hotel owners, with surprising (and humiliating!) results. Although this episode was slated to air in February of 1989, the Fox network would not approve the final version, which had an unprecedented 15 "censor notes." As a result, "I'll See You in Court" was not broadcast on the United States until it was run by cable's FX service on June 18, 2002 -- over 13 years after it was taped. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1986
John Ritter stars in this made-for-television comedy as a lonely philanderer who falls in love with a one-night-stand (Connie Sellecca) who is about to marry another man. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1986
The spotlight in this episode is on T.C. (Roger E. Mosley, who coincidentally also wrote the script!), whose daughter Melody (Martina Stringer) is kidnapped for a $300,000 ransom. Forced to sell his helicopter to raise the money, T.C. must also endure the additional trauma of a "reunion" with his ex-wife Tina (Fay Hauser). Meanwhile, Magnum (Tom Selleck) is determined to find out if Tina's current boyfriend was responsible for the kidnapping. Former Diff'rent Strokes regular Shavar Ross (aka "Dudley Ramsey") appears as T.C.'S son Bryant. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1977
Mother Jefferson (Zara Cully) takes it upon herself to invite a "mystery" guest to the apartment of son George (Sherman Hemsley) and daughter-in-law Louise (Isabel Sanford). The fun begins when the guest turns out to be Harriet Johnson (Lillian Lehman), George's first girlfriend. But it's no fun for Louise when Harriet makes clear the fact that she intends to rekindle an old flame. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, (more)
- 1974
In his efforts to capture a narcotics thief who has killed a cop, Kojak (Telly Savalas) clashes with Federal agents who want the fugitive for themselves. What follows is a jurisdictional turf battle, with neither side yielding an inch. Finally, Kojak decides to defy both the Feds and his own superiors, and launch a personal pursuit of the killer--a chase that leads the detective all the way to California. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1973
Joyride to Nowhere was the first episode of the 90-minute TV series Tenafly. James McEachin stars as Harry Tenafly, an African-American Los Angeles detective and doting family man. In this episode, Tenafly tries to make ends meet by moonlighting as a cabdriver. His detective instincts take over when the cab company for which he works is targeted for a series of mysterious robberies. Joyride to Nowhere was first telecast on October 10, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1973
John (Randolph Mantooth) is pushed to the brink by the bad driving habits of others, and also joins Roy (Kevin Tighe) as he teaches a CPR class formerly conducted by John's late mentor. Meanwhile, the emergency staff tries to rescue a child stuck in a hollow tree, and to determine the source of a college football star's mysterious back pains. Also on the docket is a cardiac victim, trapped on the third floor of a burning hotel. Appearing as a football coach is Dick Yarmy, the brother of comedian Don Adams. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1973
An explosion in Rampart's hospital lab not only endangers the workers, but also some valuable documents. A young woman who is trying to impress her boyfriend and his mother with a homecooked meal falls victim to one kitchen accident after another, ultimately resulting in a call to Squad 51. Dr. Early (Bobby Troup) tries to convince a man that he hasn't been placed under a hex. A sports car, and its driver, are pinned under a gas truck that is on the verge of blowing up. And station mascot Boots confuses one and all with his uncharacteristically lethargic behavior. This episode was originally scheduled to air on January 27, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Henry Jones guest stars as Dr. Alexander Knott, an elderly country physician who helps Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) during an emergency--and who goes to great lengths to hide his own physical frailties. Back at the station house, John becomes starstuck during a photo shoot in which he is surrounded by beautiful models. And in another show business-related incident, a pair of Hollywood stuntmen (played by real-life stunt performers Fred Gabourie and George Sawaya) are trapped on a studio-built waterfall. The same week that this episode originally aired on NBC, the cast of Emergency! appeared in a "crossover" episode on Adam-12, "ost and Found". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
The TV series Tenafly starred James McEachin as a working-stiff LA private eye. In the series premiere, which first aired February 12, 1973, Tenafly looks into the murder of an abrasive radio talk-show host's wife. When not on the job, our hero passes the time with his wife Ruth (Lillian Lehmann), his son Herbert (Paul M. Jackson Jr.) and his contentious relatives (Lillian Randolph, Bill Walker). The premise of Tenafly--an unhandsome black private eye juggles his dangerous profession with his middle-class family life-was appealing, but not enough to save the program from cancellation after a single season. Tenafly was originally telecast as one of four rotating components of The NBC Wednesday Movie (the others were Banacek, Faraday and Company and The Snoop Sisters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
When Chet (Tim Donnelly) chides John (Randolph Mantooth) for playing his bagpipes at the station house, John gets even by assembling several other musical instruments and transfomring himself into a one-man band. On a more serious note, a hostile backwoods family refuses to allow the Ramparts staffers to treat their child, who is suffering from lead poisoning. Elsewhere, a glider pilot is injured in a crash, a man is trapped under his own rapidly collapsing house, and a woman refuses to accept the fact that her daughter has died of a drug overdose. Kathleen Kelly Wiget, who appears in other Emergency! episodes as the wife of paramedic Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe), is here cast as Betty Snyder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Former Vietnam medic Ed Marlow (Robert Pratt) signs on as a paramedic trainee with Squad 51--and quickly alienates the rest of the staff with his smug know-it-all attitude. Marlow's ego-tripping proves particularly troublesome as he accompanies the staffers on a variety of emergency calls, involving a boy who has fallen off a cliff, a woman who has o.d.'ed on prescription drugs, and a diabetic with a bad insulin reaction. Former child star Jackie Coogan appears as a slovenly junkyard owner who learns the hard way to appreciate the local fire-prevention laws. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Future General Hospital star Leslie Charleson appears in this episode as Christy Todd, a pushy journalist (aka "the Baby Barracuda") who insists upon accompanying the paramedics as they go about their rescue rounds. The virulently feminist Christy causes nothing but trouble for the male staffers as they deal with a boy suffering from hemlock poisoning and a perilous situation involving an overturned truck surrounded by live power lines. Also, the team extracts a man (Dick Van Patten) caught in a garbage disposal, and another poor soul who is trapped in a sofa bed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1971
- R
Russ Meyer followed-up his delirious Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with this surprisingly straighforward drama, which offered little of Meyer's traditional tongue-in-cheek humor or remarkably proportioned women in favor of a serious message about the evils of censorship. A bookstore sells a copy of a notorious erotic novel, entitled The Seven Minutes, to a teenager who is later arrested for rape. A prosecutor on a crusade against pornography seizes upon this as an opportunity to have the book declared obscene, and the trial sparks a heated debate about the issue of pornography vs. free speech, as well as revealing a startling revelation about the novel's true author. Adapted from a novel by Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes featured one of Meyer's more interesting casts, including veteran character actors John Carradine and Alexander D'Arcy, a post-Munsters Yvonne de Carlo, a pre-Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck, lounge comic Jackie Gayle, and Wolfman Jack as himself. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, (more)
- 1969
The focus in this episode is on Robert Donner) as police informer TeeJay, a familiar if not always welcome figure at the Rampart division. Officers Reed (Kent McCord) and Malloy (Martin Milner) are somewhat surprised when TeeJay is hauled into jail, suspected of assault and robbery. Though the two cops do what they can to help him, TeeJay's past history as a drug addict works against him. John Kerr, best known for his sensitive potrayals in such films as Tea and Sympathy and South Pacific, is here cast as a neighborhood priest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1968
Tragedy strikes the Ironside team when policewoman Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson) is seriously injured in a shooting. As Eve hovers between life and death, Ironside (Raymond Burr) flashes back to his first meeting with the socialite-turned-cop, a time when he was unconvinced that she was cut out for police work (and incidentally, when he was still able to move around without a wheelchair). Meanwhile, Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) is poised to take the law in his own hands and kill Eve's attacker unless Ironside and Mark (Don Mitchell) can talk him out of it. Featured in the cast of this "retrospective" episode Quinn Redeker, who later shared an Oscar for his screenplay contributions to the 1978 theatrical feature The Deer Hunter. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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