Ray Montgomery Movies

Hunter's boss Devane (Charles Hallahan) is aroused from his slumbers late one night by his ex-wife Sarah (Frances Lee McCain), who shows up at his doorstep with an incredible story about finding an abandoned car and a dead woman. Even worse, Sarah has been drinking, and is convinced that she is responsible for the woman's death. Though Devane doesn't believe his former wife's ramblings, further investigation proves that Sara was telling the truth. Unfortunately, she doesn't live long enough to tell anything else--and now Hunter (played by Fred Dryer, who also directed this episode) has to work with the slimmest of leads to solve two seemingly unrelated murders. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Officers Malloy (Martin Milner) and Reed (Kent McCord) swing into action when suspicions arise that a hit-and-run accident was actually a case of cold-blooded murderer. Witnesses insist that a young man had a violent quarrel with the female "accident" victim on the night before the tragedy. The guest cast on this occasion includes several reliable character actors, including veteran vaudevillian and master dialectician Benny Rubin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

It's a seemingly peaceful spring morning in New York City -- graduation day at the Police Academy -- and Police Commissioner Anthony X. Russell (Henry Fonda) is looking forward to giving a speech to the new officers. But all isn't well: Russell's been given apparently incontrovertible evidence that his oldest friend, Chief Inspector Charles Kane (James Whitmore), is shaking down a bar owner, and a black minister (Raymond St. Jacques) is claiming that his son was brutalized when he was picked up for questioning in a rape/assault case. Then Russell gets a call informing him that two first-grade detectives, Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark) and Rocco Bonaro (Harry Guardino), allowed small-time hood Barney Benesch (Steve Ihnat) to get the drop on them, steal their guns, and escape while they were trying to pick him up for questioning at the request of Brooklyn detectives -- and Benesch is now a suspect in that earlier murder in Brooklyn. Madigan has other problems, including the fact that the commissioner -- his ex-captain -- doesn't trust him, always believing him to be a loose cannon who has taken advantage of the badge in accepting favors and cutting corners where peoples' rights were concerned. Madigan also has a beautiful, upwardly mobile wife (Inger Stevens) who loves him but can't abide all the time his job takes him away from her or crimps her socializing; and he has never fully gotten over Jonesy (Sheree North), a saloon singer he knew before he was married. Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours to bring in Benesch and begin beating the bushes for leads. They get help from "Midget" Castiglione (Michael Dunn), a bookmaker and an old enemy of Benesch's, and a nervous, long-haired punk named Hughie (Don Stroud). While the clock ticks away on Madigan's and Bonaro's careers, the commissioner must decide how to deal with Kane, whose father -- also a police officer -- was like his own, and he must also fathom how a four-star chief could be involved with anything as tawdry as pressuring a tavern owner. Russell genuinely believes that there must be "one standard, one rule" for any member of the department, but in the course of this one weekend, he finds this notion shattered by what he discovers about Madigan, King, and himself. Meanwhile, Benesch is still on the loose, acting like a complete psycho and a threat to anyone who crosses his path. Russell's and Madigan's paths finally cross personally, as the detective proves -- and the commissioner discovers -- just how good a cop he is. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

Columbia Pictures tried to create a tongue-in-cheek American James Bond with this, the first of five motion pictures based on the character of Matt Helm, a spy created in a series of novels by Donald Hamilton. Dean Martin stars as Helm, a boozing, womanizing cad of a spy coaxed out of retirement by ex-girlfriend Tina Batori (Daliah Lavi). His mission: stop the evil Big O organization, whose leader, Tung-Tze (Victor Buono), schemes to sabotage an atomic missile and thus spark World War III. Producer Irving Allen had once been partners with Albert R. Broccoli in the British film production company Warwick Films, their alliance ironically disintegrating over the merits of creating a Bond series. When Broccoli's instincts proved correct, Allen attempted to create his own spy franchise with the Helm character. The sequels to The Silencers (1966) were Murderers' Row (1966), The Ambushers (1967), and The Wrecking Crew (1968). Allen unsuccessfully tried to resurrect the character as a TV movie, Matt Helm (1975). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Upset that the male castaways have reneged on their promise to build them separate shelters, the women go on strike and move to the other side of the island. It quickly becomes obvious that the menfolk are helpless without the ladies, but they don't want to admit it. Hoping to scare the girls into returning to the men's side of the island, Gilligan (Bob Denver) and the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) disguise themselves as a dragonlike monstrosity. (Can it be that this episode inspired all those enigmatic "island beasts" in the much-later, much-more-serious TV series Lost?) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Ham-radio enthusiast Herman (Fred Gwynne) picks up two kids conversing on their walkie-talkies. Misunderstanding the boys' "secret" message, Herman is convinced that he has contacted the planet Mars--and once they catch on, the capricious youngsters decide to have some fun with dumb-dumb Herman. A superb closing gag caps this memorable episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this episode from the Ramar of the Jungle TV adventure series, the good doctor must find out what is causing the natives to become frightened, and restless. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this episode from the Ramar of the Jungle TV adventure series, doctor Ramar, investigates the mysteries of the African jungle. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this adventure, comprised of clips from the Ramar of the Jungle TV show, a doctor-hunter must solve the mystery of an African tribe's burning barrier. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

At the same time Gilligan (Bob Denver) has adopted a pet duck named Burton, the castaways' food supply has run dangerously low. Some of the islanders are all for eating Burton, while others would rather spare the duck in hopes that the mallard will be able to fly for help. Jealously protecting his new pet from his predatory fellow castaways, Gilligan dreams that he is a frontier sheriff slated for elimination by a hired gunman--played by Mr. Howell (Jim Backus). The familiar Gunsmoke sets are given a good workout during the dream sequence. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A Gathering of Eagles stars Rock Hudson as a colonel in the peacetime Strategic Air Command. His devotion to his duty as a wing commander takes a toll on his men, his marriage, and his own well-being. It is to Hudson's credit that he was willing to put his image on the line with this essentially unsympathetic characterization, and a tribute to his underrated ability as an actor that he compels us to care for him. Popular British leading lady Mary Peach makes a rare Hollywood appearance as Hudson's English wife. An unexpected bonus to A Gathering of Eagles is a semicomic musical piece, "The SAC Song," by dilettante satirist Tom Lehrer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Escaped convict Ray Bardon (Charles Bronson) robs a gas station and kills the attendant (Ray Montgomery), then hitches a ride with a woman named Lisa (Lola Albright). Although Lisa knows that Ray is a murderer, she bypasses several opportunities to escape from him or summon the police, and even begins to help him in his flight from justice. The hard-boiled Ray is both impressed and dumbfounded by this display of devotion -- never suspecting that Lisa has an ulterior motive. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide