Christopher Man Movies
- 1974
Laurie's friend Frankie (Tracy Brooks Swope) is barred from joining the high school basketball team because she's a girl. In retribution, Laurie (Susan Dey) organizes a feminist protest, demanding that girls be allowed to participate in the same school activities generally reserved for boys. Hoping to teach Laurie a lesson, Keith (David Cassidy) and Danny (Danny Bonaduce) persuade their male pal Jerry Bishop (Chris Beaumont) to run for Homecoming Queen! Whoever said that Partridge Family wasn't "cutting-edge" entertainment? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Pat Buttram, aka "Mr. Haney" of Green Acres fame, guest-stars in this episode as an old hermit whom the emergency team must rescue from a cave. Also: a chemist loses consciousness in a burning warehouse laboratory; and Dr. Morton (Ron Pinkard) ministers both medically and emotionally to a one-time popular singer. The title of this episode refers to a new floor-cleaning business, concocted by Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
- PG
Leon Prochnik adapted the evocative Robert Moresco play Child's Play for the screen, with Sidney Lumet assuming directorial duties. Beau Bridges stars as a young teacher at an exclusive Catholic boy's boarding school named Paul Reis. An outbreak of violence and brutality among the students has Reis perplexed. He suspects that one of the older professors is responsible for inciting the mayhem. The two most likely suspects, played by James Mason and Robert Preston, are long-standing rivals who blame each other for the student turmoil. One of the old enemies goes so far as to discredit the other -- but his motives are at great odds with the religious doctrine taught within the school's walls. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Mason, Robert Preston, (more)
