Oliver McGowan Movies

Scoring a winning run in a stickball game, Buffy also breaks her leg in the process. With her leg in a cast, Buffy despairs becauase she won't be able to go the circus as planned. Hoping to cheer the girl up, the family brings the circus to her--elephants and all! Curiously, Buffy is no happier now than before...and all because of a reason that no one even suspects until the final scene. This episode was hastily written to accommodate series star Anissa Jones, who had broken her leg in real life. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Surprisingly, Buffy (Anissa Jones) accepts the news that she needs to have her tonsils removed calmly and in stride. Not so surprisingly, Bill (Brian Keith) and Mr. French (Sebastian Cabot) look forward to Buffy's hospital stay with fear and loathing. Nor does it get any better for the Family Affair parental units when the doctor announces that Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) likewise needs a tonsilectomy! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) and Buffy (Anissa Jones) secretly conspire to build a clay figure, to be presented to Bill (Brian Keith) as a "Best Uncle" award. Unfortunately, the twins are allergic to clay, and both fall ill as a result. Because the kids won't tell him what they've been up to, Bill becomes convinced that their illness is due to his own bad parenting--and this is far from the last false conclusion to which Bill jumps in this episode! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Penned by noted science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, this episode of the famed science-fiction television series depicts the crew of the starship Enterprise relaxing and enjoying time off -- until, that is, their vacation spot provides them with some unexpected surprises. When Dr. McCoy suggests a brief vacation for the crew to relieve stress, Kirk agrees, having found what seems to be the perfect place: a pristine, Earth-like planet without any dangerous animal life. However, once the crew lands, bizarre events begin to occur. On this supposedly uninhabited planet, Sulu finds an ancient gun, Kirk meets an old school rival, and McCoy spots the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. While initially benevolent, these appearances become increasingly strange -- and dangerous. Soon the vacationers appear to be in mortal danger, and Kirk, Spock, and the others must solve the mystery behind these curious encounters before anyone is harmed. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

Determined to buy Samantha a mink coat, Darrin makes a strenuous -- and frustrating -- effort to land a lucrative account. But when his efforts unexpectedly yield success, Darrin comes to believe that he was aided by Samantha's witchcraft. Sam spends the rest of the episode trying to prove that Darrin won the account on his own, while Darrin wrestles with the notion of continuing to rely upon Sam's magical powers to get ahead. Written by Syd Zelinka and Paul Wayne, "The Girl With the Golden Nose" originally aired on June 2, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Hoping to coerce Tony (Larry Hagman) into marrying her, Jeannie pretends to accept Roger's marriage proposal. This makes it imperative for Jeannie to hide her true identity from Roger(Bill Daily). For this purpose, she "creates" a set of wealthy parents, who live in the house across the street from Tony--which she also conjures up out of thin air, leading to no end of complications for her long-suffering Master. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

San Francisco, 1906: As a fancy downtown hotel prepares for a concert by the legendary Enrico Caruso, overrage bellhop Gerald Perkins (David Opatoshu) has a disturbing premonition, involving widespread death, devastation and destruction. Alas, when Gerald tries to warn people of his visions, he is believed to be drunk and is booted out of his job. But at least one other person in San Francisco seems willing to believe Gerald...just before the earth begins to move. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Two years before Hitchcock terrified audiences with the shower scene from Psycho, audiences recoiled at the shower scene in this dark and decidedly twisted psychological thriller. The tale of terror centers on an exotic dancer (Anita Ekberg) who is terrorized by a knife-wielding homicidal maniac. She is cut up but not seriously hurt as her step brother bursts into the bathroom and shoots the killer before he finishes. Unfortunately, the slasher escapes. Time passes, and while the physical wounds, heal, the psychic wounds continue to haunt the poor dancer, who must go to a psychiatrist for help. When a reporter hears about the case, he suspects the work of a serial killer and starts investigating. He finds that each of the killer's victims are given a horrifying sculpture of a woman screaming. Meanwhile, the girl's doctor finds himself falling in love with her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Frank Sinatra stars as legendary nightclub comic Joe E. Lewis in this dramatic screen biography. In the 1920s, Lewis was a popular singer in Chicago who could fill any nightclub he chose to play. This doesn't go unnoticed by the mobsters who control many of the city's venues; when they ask Lewis to leave his steady gig and come work for them, he politely but firmly refuses. This does not make Al Capone and his men happy, and they respond by brutally attacking Lewis, cutting his throat and damaging his vocal cords so severely that he can never sing again. Lewis sinks into a deep depression and develops a highly caustic sense of humor, but his friend Austin Mack (Eddie Albert) suggests that he could put his sharp wit to work as a comedian. With little to lose, Lewis tries his hand at comedy, and with the encouragement of famous entertainer Sophie Tucker, Lewis once again rises to stardom as his salty material makes him the talk of late-night spots and burlesque houses everywhere. Along the way, he becomes involved with chorus girl Martha Stewart (Mitzi Gaynor) and wealthy socialite Letty Page (Jeanne Crain); while he marries Martha, he's not able to get Letty out of his thoughts for long. Lewis' romantic conflicts and the pressures of success fan the flames of his already potent taste for alcohol, and soon Lewis becomes a bitter drunk whose addiction to the bottle threatens to send his career (and his life) back into the gutter. The classic Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen number "All the Way" was introduced in The Joker Is Wild, and it won a 1957 Academy Award for Best Song; the film was later re-released as All the Way. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi