Jewel Blanch Movies

Leigh McCloskey stars in this ABC Afterschool Special as Jeff, a teenage boy who falls in love with Eileen (Jewel Blanch), a fiercely independent blind girl whom he has met at the local swimming pool. Somewhat put off by the girl's adamant insistence that she be treated like a normal person, Jeff begins to wonder what it would be like to be sightless. Thus, he spends an entire day blindfolded -- with surprising results. The final scene, in which Eileen asks Jeff to describe a daffodil, is just as effective today as when first telecast way back in 1976. ~ Rovi

The made-for-TV Climb an Angry Mountain revives the reliable "country cop vs city cop" concept, with Fess Parker and Barry Nelson on either side of the argument. New York City officer Nelson wants to use state-of-art methods to track down a fugitive Indian criminal (played by former football star Joe Kapp) who is hiding out on California's Mount Shasta. Local rancher/sheriff Parker wants to handle the case on his own, since his son (Clay O'Brien) is the fugitive's hostage. The rival authority figures eventually come to the "united we stand" understanding in trailing their quarry. Climb an Angry Mountain benefits mightily from extensive location shooting. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Neta (Jewel Blanch), a teenaged friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, witnesses the murder of Mr. Trunkett, but is too frightened to say anything about it. Meanwhile, the murderer, a man named Bannon (Bradford Dillman), impersonates the dead man in order to inherit a fortune. The danger to Neta intensifies when the incognito Bannon is hired by the Cartwrights. Originally shown on November 14 1971, "Face of Fear" was written by Ken Pettus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi