Joan Scott Movies
Scottish actress Joan Scott played character roles on radio, television, and a few British films of the '70s. She got her start working on the British stage. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
An orphaned white teen and a Cree Indian boy must put their differences aside to survive when they get lost together in the Canadian wilderness. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his burgeoning career has estranged him from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening) and their son. When he returns from a trip to Paris, Merrill is surprised when told by his boss, Darryl F. Zanuck (Ben Piazza) that he's been summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which is investigating Communist ties to Hollywood. Although Merrill once attended a meeting years before, he's not a Communist, and he refuses to help the committee wreck the career of his friend Bunny Baxter (George Wendt). Merrill becomes blacklisted, unable to find work even in menial positions or under assumed names as the editor of a B-movie or the director of a low-budget Western. Reconciled with his family, Merrill caves in and agrees to testify, but as he prepares to "name names," his conscience plagues him. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, (more)
- 1977
An elderly Cherokee Indian, Grandfather Joseph Taskigi (Jerado DeCordovier), arrives at the Walton farm with his grandson Matthew (Ernest Esparza III) in tow. But it isn't a social call by any means: Joseph insists that the Walton barn has been built on sacred Cherokee burial ground, and he demands "return" of the land--going so far as to set the barn ablaze when he is turned down. Arrested and place on trial, Joseph finds that he has a strong and unexpected ally in the person of Elizabeth Walton (Kami Cotler). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1975
Olivia (Michael Learned) is reunited with her namesake Young Olivia Hill (Deborah White), who is deeply in mourning over the death of her husband Bob. The fact that Bob has left his widow with precious few memories of their short time together serves only to make the healing process harder. It takes a a major crisis involving the Waltons' pet cat Calico to coax Young Olivia out of her shell and back into her life. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Freakmaker is a creepy horror film about a mad scientist who abducts college students for the subjects he needs in his attempts to crossbreed plants with humans. His failures are turned over to a dwarf who runs a circus freakshow. This film is also known by the title The Mutations. ~ Rovi
- 1972
- R
In this romantic British comedy, an amorous young man attempts to persuade his girl friend to abandon her old -fashioned notions about premarital sex. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
