Sundown Spencer Movies
- 1983
Magnum (Tom Selleck) and T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) sign on to coach a junior basketball team, whose star player is a 13-year-old orphan girl named Willie (Dana Hill). A likeable kid with an ingratiating personality, Willie soon charms her way into the confidence of her two coaches, and ends up being invited to stay at Robin's Nest. Little do Magnum and T.C. realize that they have been duped into participating in a slick bunco job masterminded by Willie's crooked foster parents Bob (William Schallert) and Vera (Jo Pruden). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to Arizona to reconcile with the family he hasn't seen in years. Bonner is shocked to see that the solid family he was hoping to come back to is breaking apart. His parents, Ace (Robert Preston) and Elvira (Ida Lupino), have separated, and his brother Curley (Joe Don Baker) has turned into a heartless real estate tycoon, parceling off sections of his parent's land for quick money. With nowhere to turn and nowhere to run, Bonner has to face himself and try to find a way to regain his self-respect. He is given that opportunity at the town's Fourth of July Rodeo, where he is determined to mount and ride and unrideable bull. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, (more)
- 1971
Victoria Meyerink guest stars as Angela Clayton, a drab, chubby, standoffish girl who has developed a hopeless crush on Jody (Johnnie Whitaker). Taking pity on the girl, Buffy (Anissa Jones) decides to pull a "Henry Higgins", giving "Eliza Doolittle" Angela a fashion makeover, putting her on a diet, and arranging a party so she can meet some eligible boys. Unfortunately, Buffy is incapable of doing anything to change Angela's nasty, negative attitude. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
Dean Stockwell guest-stars as Mathew, a former Northern war hero and Congressional Medal of Honor Winner, now living a pauper's existence in Nevada. Ben Cartwright comes to Mathew's aid when the man is victimized by Seth Nagel (Harry Townes), a Southerner determined to avenge the loss of his home and family at the hands of the Yankees. The plot goes off on a rivetting tangent when Seth's daughter Lori (Susan Howard) befriends the beleagured Mathew. Written by Frank Chase, "The Medal" was originally broadcast on October 26, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1969
The kids are planning a surprise birthday party for Mr. French (Sebastian Cabot), but whether or not it will be a happy birthday party is open to debate. For one thing, Mr. French has gone on record disdaining any sort of celebration of his birth. And worse still, the kids have not consulted each other as to their choice of presents, resulting in a plethora of duplicate gifts! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
Expressing dismay over the twins' obsession with violent TV shows, not to mention the bad influence exerted by Cissy's new friend Gwen (Susan Abbott), Bill (Brian Keith) decides it is time to take drastic action. Thus, Bill goes to extreme lengths to show Cissy (Kathy Garver), Buffy (Anissa Jones) and Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) the value of making one's own choices in life. This project culminates in a memorable buying-and-selling experience for the youngest members of the Davis clan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
