Peggy Rea Movies
American actress Peggy Rea began gaining notice in the 1960s as a member of Red Skelton's TV stock company. In the 1970s, she was seen as Olivia Walton's cousin Rose Burton in The Waltons and on an irregular basis as man-chasing Lulu Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard. Later seen in maternal roles, Peggy Rea was featured on Step By Step (1991) as Ivy Williams, the mother of Suzanne Sommers' character, and as Brett Butler's mom Jean Kelly in Grace Under Fire (1993- ). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He's wondering how to make his mortgage payment when he's approached by De Witt Albright (Tom Sizemore), who describes his job as "doing favors for friends." It seems that a woman named Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals) has gone missing; Daphne is the former girlfriend of wealthy mayoral candidate Todd Carter (Terry Kinney) and a known habitué of the black jazz clubs and night spots on L.A.'s Central Avenue. Albright offers Easy $100 to help him find Daphne, and while he doesn't have any detective experience, the price is right, so Easy agrees. After a passionate affair with a friend of Daphne's, Coretta James (Lisa Nicole Carson), leads to that woman's murder, Easy enlists the help of his friend Mouse (Don Cheadle), who seems to know just a bit too well how to use a gun, which gives Easy all too clear a look at the lower depths of L.A.'s upper crust. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, (more)
Richard Benjamin directed this farce that plays like "Guess Who's Coming for Insemination?" Whoopi Goldberg stars as Sarah Matthews, who runs an African-American oriented bookstore in Oakland. She is raising her daughter, a beautiful high school student named Zora (Nia Long), on her own after her husband's death many years earlier. As a result of a science class blood test, Zora discovers that the man she thought was her father actually wasn't. Instead Zora finds she was the result of artificial insemination. After researching the sperm bank's records, Zora discovers, much to the surprise of Sarah and herself, that the anonymous sperm donor is in fact, Hal Jackson (Ted Danson), a loud, crude obnoxious (and white) used-car dealer who advertises on late-night television. Zora visits Hal while he is filming a commercial and Hal brushes her off. Enraged, Sarah tells Hal off, but after meeting Zora he now feels a paternal itch. Not only that, but he is beginning to feel an attraction to Sarah. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, (more)
Jonathan Kaplan directs this drama which grafts a nostalgic mood piece with a race-to-the-finish road movie. Lurene Hallett (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an insulated middle-class wife living in Texas in the early 1960s who adores the Kennedys, particularly Jackie, whom she feels is a kindred soul. When she finds out the President and First Lady will be in Dallas on November 22, 1963, she races to the airport to greet the couple. Just missing them, she drives through the Dallas streets and notices a quiet chaos developing. When she finds out John Kennedy has been assassinated, Lureen is determined to get to Washington to be with Jackie for the funeral. When her redneck husband Ray (Brian Kerwin) refuses to give her the car, she gets on a bus, where she meets a black man named Johnson (Dennis Haysbert), with his five-year-old daughter Jonell (Stephanie McFadden). Lureen speaks continually about Kennedy and the rest of the black occupants of the bus roll their eyes. But after an accident with the bus, Lureen uncovers the fact that Mr. Johnson's real name is Cater, and he has kidnapped his daughter from an orphanage and is heading to Philadelphia. With the cops on their tail, the trio steals a car and race northward with the police in pursuit, Lureen hoping to make to Washington in time for Kennedy's funeral. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, (more)
- 1990
Gregory Harrison is the Angel of Death in this made-for-TV suspenser. In love with artist Jane Seymour, escaped convict Harrison vows to protect Seymour and her six-year-old son Brian Bonsall from any and all antagonists. Trouble is, Harrison is apt to love Seymour and her boy to death. If you don't care for the melodramatic angle, you'll love the scene wherein Harrison gains Seymour's confidence by agreeing to pose nude for her! Angel of Death premiered on October 2, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Norman Jewison directed this subdued character study of the effect of the Vietnam War on a small-town Kentucky family -- based on the novel by Bobbi Ann Mason. The film centers upon 17-year-old Samantha (Emily Lloyd) who lives in Hopewell, Kentucky with her Uncle Emmett (Bruce Willis), a quiet, laid-back veteran of Vietnam suffering from post-traumatic stress. Samantha's father was killed in Vietnam when he was 19-years-old (almost her age now), and her mother Irene (Joan Allen) has remarried. Samantha finds some old photographs of her father, and she becomes obsessed with finding out more about him. Irene, who has moved to Lexington with her second husband, wants Samantha to move in with them and go to college. But Samantha would rather stay with Uncle Emmett and try to find out more about her father. Her mother is no help, as she tells Samantha, "Honey, I married him four weeks before he left for the war. He was 19. I hardly even remember him." Finally Samantha, Emmett and her grandmother (Peggy Rea) go to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Finding her father's name in the memorial releases cathartic emotions in Samantha and her family. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, (more)
- 1988
- PG
Ryan Richmond (Nicholas Strouse) is a lonely teen from Sunnydale, Arizona who believes he is a space alien in this offbeat comedy. Charles (Adam West) and his wife Edna (Candice Azzara) are the new neighbors who reinforce Ryan's vivid imagination. Hugh O'Brien plays a former U.S. vice-president who is embarrassed by Ryan at his daughter's wedding. Hugh Gillin plays Ryan's father who manages a local Holiday Inn that Ryan believes is a spacecraft. Maureen Stapleton and Roddy McDowell make cameo appearances in this uneven teen comedy. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nicholas Strouse, Hugh Gillin, (more)
- 1985
Poor Deputy Enos (Sonny Shroyer) is framed for a bank robbery--and he may be convicted on the eyewitness testimony of Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach)! Actually, Daisy isn't certain what she has seen, but she IS certain that she doesn't want to be responsible for Enos' incarceration. Thus, she generously agrees to marry Enos, acting upon the knowledge that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband. Can Daisy's cousins Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) simultaneously clear Enos and save Daisy from ruining her life (or at least, messin' it up a mite)? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1985
The 147th and final episode of The Dukes of Hazzard focuses on a talent show featuring practically everyone in the cast. The star of the show turns out to be, of all people, amateur magician Roscoe (James Best), who pulls off a trick in which Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) vanishes from sight! What Roscoe doesn't know is that Boss has been kidnapped by a pair of ex-convicts who plan to kill the old reprobate for sending them to the slammer...after collecting a million-dollar ransom, of course. In addition to being the series' last episode, this is the only one directed by Dukes of Hazzard costar John Schneider (Bo Duke). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1984
Having long since replaced his wife Lulu's savings bonds with phonies, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) panics when Lulu (Peggy Rea) decides to exchange the bonds for cash. To avoid being trapped by his own perfidy, Boss hires a pair of phony fortune-tellers, Madama Delilah (Leslie Easterbrook) and Three-Pack (Tommy Madden), to persuade Lulu to reveal the combination to her safe. But the crooks haven't reckoned with the Dukes, who intend to get even with Madame Delilah for framing Daisy (Catherine Bach) on a theft charge. Except for a brief phone-call scene, John Schneider (Bo Duke) does not appear in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1984
Sheriff Little (Don Pedro Colley) is placed in charge of two convicts, one of whom (Judson Scott) has a score to settle with Luke Duke (Tom Wopat). Getting the drop on the Duke boys, the two prisoners force the cousins to help them break out of jail. Unfortunately, the rest of their escape takes the four men straight into the heart of a raging forest fire! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1984
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The seventh and final season of Dukes of Hazzard finds the familiar cast back in harness, with the exception of Don Pedro Colley in the recurring role of Chickasaw County Sheriff Ed Little. Once again, hot-rodding cousins Luke and Bo Duke (Tom Wopat, John Schneider), aided and abetted by sexy cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach) and Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle), spend half their time zooming around in their hopped up vehicle "General Lee," and the other half foiling the crooked machinations of County Commissioner Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and the less crooked but no less irksome interferences of Sheriff Coltrane (James Best) and Deputy Enos (Sonny Shroyer). Season Seven begins with a "flashback" episode, in which we learn for the first time how the Dukes came into possession of the General Lee. Subsequent installments feature guest-star turns by singer Waylon Jennings and pro racer Cale Yarborough, not to mention the usual run-ins with crooks, con artists and other assorted nemeses. The series finale, "Opening Night at the Boar's Nest, not only co-stars John Schneider but was also written and directed by him -- a first (and last) for Dukes of Hazzard, though series regulars Denver Pyle, Tom Wopat, Sorrell Booke, and James Best had all previously directed a few episodes here and there. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1984
Framed for a crime they didn't commit in Osage County, Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) are sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang. It turns out that the arrest was orchestrated by crooked landowner Col. Cassius Clayborne (Morgan Woodward, who appropriately enough had appeared in this episode's filmic precursor Cool Hand Luke), who hopes to lure Boss Hogg out of Hazzard country--the better to strip Boss of everything he possesses, and then some! Watch for future Fresh Prince of Bel-Air regular James Avery in a supporting role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Returning from a trip to New Orleans, Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) and Lulu Hogg (Peggy Rea) are unaware that they've brought back the wrong suitcase thanks to a mixup at the airport. They're also unaware that the suitcase contains a stolen necklace. Unfortunately, the crooks who stole the necklace are very much aware of the situation--are equally determined to leave no witnesses behind when they retrieve their ill-gotten gains! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
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Season six of Dukes of Hazzard finds hot-rodding cousins Luke and Bo Duke returning to Hazzard County for good and all, cueing the exit of another set of Duke cousins, Coy and Vance. This is because series stars Tom Wopat and John Schneider, who'd ankled the series during season five in the midst of a contract dispute, made their peace with the producers. Thus, it was back to business, with Luke, Bo, their sexy cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach), their farmer-moonshiner Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle) and, of course, their souped up Dodge Charger "General Lee," making life miserable for crooked county commissioner Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and cloddish sheriff Roscoe Coltrane (James Best). As mentioned, Coy and Vance Duke (played during the previous season by Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer) had left for parts unknown. Also absent from the sixth season's 22 episodes are Nedra Voltz as postmistress Miz Emma and Rick Hurst as Deputy Cletus. Making up for this gap in more ways than one is actress Peggy Rea in the off-and-on role of Boss Hogg's hefty wife, Lulu. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1983
R.G. Armstrong guest stars as Floyd Calloway, an old enemy of Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke). Having vowed to kill the "fat water buffalo", Calloway arranges several suspicious accidents in hopes of bumping Boss off. Feeling a bit sorry for the old reprobate, the Dukes cook up a scheme to convince the world in general and Calloway in particular that Boss is already dead. And the scheme might have gone off without a hitch...had not Calloway demanded to see the body! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Season Six of Dukes of Hazzard opens as the formidable Lulu Hogg (Peggy Rea) walks out on her husband Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) after an argument. Lulu then moves in with Boss' arch-rivals, the Dukes--who, alas, aren't around to prevent her being kidnapped and held for ransom by a trio of cloddish crooks. Suddenly realizing how much he loves his "Little Kumquat", Boss hopes against hope that Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) will be able to bring her back (whether she wants to come back or not!) This episode, capped by a wild chase through an amusement park, was directed by series regular Tom Wopat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
James Best plays a dual role in this episode, as bumbling Sheriff Roscoe and a lookalike criminal named Woody. Having undergone plastic surgery to make himself Roscoe's exact double, Woody kidnaps the sheriff and takes his place. It's all part of a scheme to steal a million dollars from an armored truck--but will Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) be able to determine which Roscoe is which in the customary nick of time? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Tracy Scoggins guest stars as Linda Mae Barnes, a voluptuous female deputy who is escorting a male prisoner through Hazzard County. Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) is not only enchanted by Linda Mae's beauty, but he's also impressed by the gal's mercenary streak. The Duke boys are likewise appreciative of the girls' looks, but they know something Boss doesn't: Linda Mae is a phony, in cahoots with her "prisoner" in a major crime scheme. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) must keep the State gambling commission from finding out that he's running an illegal casino. To do this, he characteristically frames the Duke boys for his own crimes. But things take an unexpected turn when, after being accidentally injected with truth serum, Boss can't stop spilling the beans about everything...including all the secrets he's kept from his outraged wife Lulu (Peggy Rea)! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Sheriff Roscoe (James Best) is up for re-election, and of course Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) is using every means at his disposal (most of them crooked) to make sure that his boy wins. All this changes abruptly when Boss throws his support behind another candidate--his own nephew Hughie (Jeff Altman). No, it isn't a case of nepotism: blackmailing Hughie has "got the goods" on Boss, and he'll tell all unless he's elected Sheriff in Roscoe's place. And how do the Dukes figure into all this? Well, that's another story... ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
After Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) stumble across a stash of stolen credit cards, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) hatches a scheme to get his hands on the cards and frame the Dukes for theft in the process. But Boss has reckoned without his formidable wife Lulu (Peggy Rea), who has just joined Hazzard's Equal Rights Society (HERS), and uses her newfound feminist clout (with a little help from Daisy Duke [Catherine Bach] to take over half her husband's business enterprises. Further flexing her muscles, Lulu proceeds to sell Roscoe's (James Best) car to Sheriff Little (Don Pedro Colley)--never suspecting that those hot credit cards are hidden inside the vehicle! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
For those who need reminding, cartoonist Al Capp of "Li'l Abner" fame was the original creator of "Sadie Hawkins Day", wherein traditional gender roles are reversed and the girls ask the boys out for dances and other such social affairs. Hazzard County's variation on this tradition is "Sadie Hogg Day" during which the females take over jobs traditionally performed by males, and vice versa. Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) is flattered when Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) appoints her temporary county treasurer--little realizing that he intends to have her take the blame for the financial shortages caused by his own embezzlements! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
Convict Digger Jackson (Charles Napier) has escaped from prison, swearing revenge on Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke). By and by, Jackson kidnaps Boss and holds him for ransom, but no one has any inclination to pay up--and the only people who could possibly rescue Boss, Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat), are themselves fugitives, having been framed for a robbery committed by Jackson during his escape. Highlights include a climactic chase on horseback and a performance of "Jambalaya" by Freddie Fender, the latest victim of Boss' "celebrity speed trap." Originally scheduled for March 27, 1981, this episode was bumped forward to March 13. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1980
Taking advantage of a computer dating service, Sheriff Roscoe (James Best) is paired up with a prospective bride, a cutie named Sue Ann (Tori Lysdahl). Making the wedding arrangements, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) is careful not to invite the Dukes to the ceremony, the better to frame Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) for the robbery of his own bank that Boss has planned for the afternoon. Little does Boss realize that sweet little Sue Ann has cooked up a bank heist of her own! Featured as Sue Ann's chief accomplice is William Sanderson, the future "Larry" of Newhart's Larry, Darrell, and Darryl. This episode was originally slated to air on November 28, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
