Marland Proctor Movies

While searching for a mobster, Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) vanishes from sight. In the midst of her efforts to locate her partner, Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) is targeted for extermination, but her life is saved by a mysterious gunman. At the same time, McCall's temporary partner, undercover cop Kitty O'Hearn (Shelley Taylor Morgan in her first series appearance), uses her sexual wiles to finish the assignment at hand--much to Dee Dee's dismay! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the first episode of a two part story, Hunter (Fred Dryer) comes home to find the body of a murdered woman sprawled over a chair in his living room. Almost immediately thereafter, the corpse disappears--and with it all evidence of the killing. Though he doesn't know it at first, Hunter has unearthed a hotbed of intrigue involving a mysterious beauty, a Russian defector, and ruthless special agents from an unidentified Federal agency. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Quincy (Jack Klugman) is an unwilling key player in an elaborate vengeance scheme concocted by arrogant paralegal Carl Norman (Jeff Pomerantz). After the 7-year-old granddaughter of law professor Henry Hillman (Lew Ayres) is kidnapped in broad daylight, Norman calmly walks into police headquarters and confesses to the crime, further demanding to be put on trial immediately. Using the flaws in the legal system to his advantage, Norman is supremely confident that he will not only be acquitted for the crime, but that he will be able to collect the ransom for the girl without running the risk of a future arrest--thanks to that all-too-familiar loophole known as "Double Jeopardy". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Wheeler (John King III) is a sociopathic career thug who has been summoned to a small town to abduct a retired oil millionaire. He and a local yokel named Slick (Tommy Lamey) are simply to hold William Phillips (Herschell Mays) in a remote cabin for 48 hours until the ransom is delivered, but Wheeler has a nasty violent streak, and will kill at the slightest provocation. He experiences tormented flashbacks to a traumatic childhood event concerning his prostitute mother, and becomes unglued when crossed. Wheeler cons his way into the good graces of the local sheriff (Jack Collins), who regards him as a harmless, friendly drifter, even after discovering Phillips' broken glasses discarded in a field. While Wheeler ventures into town to score some grass at a local pool hall, Phillips escapes into the woods, with Slick in hot, but clumsy, pursuit. Meanwhile, the millionaire's daughter (Candy Dee) is at the family home, preparing for a party to announce her engagement to the very man who has arranged this kidnapping. Wheeler arrives, talks his way in, and is compelled to kill. Will the sheriff put all the pieces together in time to save the town from this bloodthirsty Texan? ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi

This is the obligatory "lone dissenting voice" episode, in which medical examiner Quincy finds himself serving on a jury in the murder trial of Frank Munson (Morgan Stevens). Although he has promised his superiors that he will not allow his professional expertise influence his decision, our hero can't help but notice that there are several serious flaws in the prosecution's evidence--and of course, he can't stop himself from loudly expressing his feelings in court, much to the dismay of everyone concerned (except the defendant). This episode was originally scheduled to air on January 28, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Jim (James Garner) goes undercover at a tabloid rag, "The National Investigator", to find out if its reports have burglarized the private files of "Doctor to the Stars" Richard Hagens (Dallas Mitchell). When Hagens is murdered, the "Investigator" goes after Jim with both barrels, all but accusing him of the crime. But the solution of the case may rest with a mob boss (Gianni Russo) who has a compelling reason to keep his visits to Hagen a secret. Aiding Jim in his investigation--in a manner of speaking, that is--is gonzo attorney John Cooper (Bo Hopkins). And though Jim isn't really eaten by a newspaper as the episode's title claims, he stands a good chance of being roasted alive. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

An interesting (if extremely violent) twist on the standard blaxploitation formula, this crime film deals with a black militant-group, led by Charles P. Robinson, whose members decide to clean up their Watts neighborhood by ridding it of white gangsters. Extreme mayhem follows, with slimy Caucasian hoodlums being castrated, shot, and flung from windows, but the black heroes begin overstepping their authority. Soon, they are no better than the mobsters and are even goose-stepping and chanting Nazi slogans, leading the community to revolt. Rod Perry stars, and cult pin-up queen Uschi Digart can be seen as a prostitute. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Two bored and neglected suburban housewives find themselves intrigued by lesbianism after they watch two female lovers having an intimate lunch on the Sunset Strip. They are both fascinated and repelled, and one of the wives is disturbed to find herself attracted to the other. Still a passionate affair begins between the two friends. Giddy with love and happiness, everything falls apart when the wife who began the affair abruptly ends it by getting involved with a virile young actor. The other wife is devastated, decides that she really is a lesbian and sets out to prove it with a strong-willed dyke during a party. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A young medical student named Mark (Marland Proctor) inherits a decrepit ranch/tourist attraction from his late uncle, and must turn a profit with the enterprise within six months in order to possess it fully. He invites his fiancee, Brenda (Claudia Ream) and a gaggle of their freaky hippie friends to start living on the property and brainstorm some ways to make "Callahan's Old West" a success. However, the ranch's caretaker, Solomon (B. G. Fisher) warns the kids that an eerie spectral presence haunts the area, a headless horseman who rides through the night seeking revenge for a deadly shootout that occurred at the ranch in 1928. Sure enough, the mysterious horseman begins appearing, splashing blood from a disembodied head over the frightened hippies and driving some to accidental deaths. When gold is discovered in the land the ranch occupies, suspicions arise that perhaps the headless rider isn't a ghostly presence at all. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi

This "regional" comedy was also released as Kin Folk and The Closest of Kin. Two backwoods high school grads, Mady Maguire and Jay Scott, try their luck in the big city. Their luck runs out in a hurry as they're slickered and conned. Meanwhile, kissin' cousins Mady and Jay go well beyond kissin'. All the Lovin' Kinfolk is rated R for sex and nudity; it probably should also have gotten a D for dumb. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi