George Reynolds Movies

Sullen teenage orphan Johnny Miles (Josh Albee) is wrongfully accused of stealing from his foster parents. Running away from home, Johnny forms a bond with another youthful "runaway"--this one a leopard who has escaped from a nearby wild-animal compound. Both fugitives are sheltered by a harsh but lovable kennel owner, Angela Lakey (Dorothy McGuire), who senses that neither boy nor leopard are as bad as they're cracked up to be. Assuming the responsibility of caring for the animal, Johnny risks being captured by the authorities--and while his punishment will be relatively benign, the leopard might well be destroyed. Adapted from a novel by Victor Canning, The Runaways premiered April 1, 1975, on ABC. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Chasing after a known murderer, Tony Penner (Peter Virgo Jr.), a member of a neighborhood vigilante group, fires into a darkened warehouse--and ends up killing an innocent bystander. Although Quincy can understand the frustrations which have led to "mob rule" in the streets of LA, he insists that the forensic evidence be used to prosecute Penner. Meanwhile, Tony's fellow vigilantes, feeling betrayed by the authorities, prepare to exact a terrible revenge against the fugitive murderer. Originally scheduled to air on April 8, 1981, this is the final episode of Quincy, M.E.'s sixth season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Local loan shark Sweet Daddy Williams (Teddy Wilson) sends out two thugs to "kidnap" J.J. (Jimmie Walker). Much to his surprise, J.J. ends up in a hospital room, where Sweet Daddy is in desperate need of a blood transfusion. Should J.J. get even for Sweet Daddy's past misdeeds and refuse to donate a pint of blood -- or should he accept the 1,000 dollars that the ailing crook is dangling in front of him? (Esther Rolle [Florida] does not appear in this episode.) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Excluded from his son Lamont's weekly poker game, Fred gets even by arranging for his pal Al Banks (Richard Ward), a professional gambler, to sit in for a few hands. Just as Fred planned, Al wins all the players' money -- but then neglects to give it back. The result: Fred and Lamont (Demond Wilson) are now at the mercy of tough guy Arms Crowder (George Reynolds), who is a very, very sore loser. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tamara Dobson stars as Cleopatra Jones in Jack Starrett's blaxploitation programmer that, in its own way, deals effectively with the ravages of drugs in inner-city black communities. Cleopatra Jones is a jive female James Bond, a special drug agent for the United States government who wears sleek and hip clothes, drives a fancy car with a submachine-gun compartment in the front door, and travels all over the world to stomp out drugs at their source. Cleopatra has a loving relationship with Ruben (Bernie Casey), the well-meaning head of a drug rehabilitation clinic in Los Angeles. When Cleopatra travels to Turkey to oversee the destruction of poppy fields owned by Mommy (Shelley Winters) -- a lesbian drug dealer -- Mommy becomes upset. She exacts her revenge on Cleopatra by having the police close down Ruben's drug clinic. Nevertheless, Cleopatra continues to wreak havoc upon Mommy's drug business, and Mommy continues to try to do Cleopatra in, until finally there is a major confrontation between Cleopatra and Mommy and her minions. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Made on the heels of Paul Mazursky's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, this cinematic experiment is one of the director's more personal films. With a big tip-'o-the-hat to Fellini's 8 1/2 (to make sure no one misses the references to the film, Federico Fellini appears in a cameo), Alex in Wonderland centers on a young director (Donald Sutherland) who feels compelled to follow his recent box-office hit with another blockbuster. While mulling over this dilemma, the director's mind wanders to his past, his present, and probable future. One of the film's memorable sequences involves a restaging of the Vietnam War in downtown Hollywood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide