Danny Sullivan Movies
- 1993
Cybill Shepherd takes a ride into the dark side in this two-part TV movie, purported based on a true story. Shepherd is cast as wealthy and seductive Phoenix socialite Faith Kelsey, who opts not to get mad but to get even when her husband, Terry (Christopher McDonald), enters into an affair with Stacey Eckhart (Denise Gentile), herself a married woman with children. When Stacey is brutally murdered, the police have great difficulty linking either of the Kelseys to the crime -- and no one has more difficulty than Detective Jay Jensen (Ken Olin), who, entranced by Faith's beauty and charm, concludes that she is as "much a victim" as the dead woman. But as the story unfolds, it becomes painfully clear that Faith has hatched an elaborate scheme to get away with murder, and to cover her tracks by persuading a number of people -- mostly male people -- to help her cover her tracks and leave the dots unconnected. But will Jensen finally wrest free of Faith's alluring spell and see to it that justice is done? And of more importance, can this be done before Faith makes her good her plan to leave the country and totally escape extradition? Telling Secrets was originally seen over NBC on January 17 and 18, 1993. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
In this crime drama, ruthless Bobby Stiles busts out of a maximum security prison and makes a bee-line for his hometown where he plans to get revenge upon his double-crossing brother. Bobby ends up hijacking a married couple and forcing them to take him there. It's a long journey and perceptive Bob realizes that their marriage is ready to disintegrate. The opportunistic crook begins sleeping with the sexy wife and then plots the demise of her spouse. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960s rock group The Doors. Stone cuts a jagged swath through Morrison's life, starting with a childhood memory where Morrison sees an elderly Indian dying by the roadside. It picks up with Morrison's arrival in California and his assimilation into the Venice Beach culture, followed by his film school days at UCLA; his introduction to his girlfriend Pamela Courson (Meg Ryan); his first encounters with Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan); and the origin of The Doors -- made up of Manzarek, Robby Kreiger (Frank Whaley), and John Densmore (Kevin Dillon). As the fame of The Doors grows, Morrison's obsession with death increases. The band grows weary of Morrison's missed recording sessions and no-shows at concerts. Morrison, meanwhile, sinks deeper into a drug-induced haze, having mystical sexual encounters with Patricia Kennealy (Kathleen Quinlan), an older rock journalist involved with sadomasochism and witchcraft. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, (more)
Todd Barrett (John Dye) is an Arizona State University student who needs money for tuition in this teen comedy. He recruits his handsome friend Bret Wilson (Steve Lyon) from the school diving team to pose for a series of photographs. The enterprising Todd uses the photos to print a calendar that quickly becomes a hot-selling item and ends his financial woes. This feature was shot on location at ASU. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Dye, Steve Lyon, (more)
- 1976
- R
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Exploitation film vixen Claudia Jennings stars with Jocelyn Jones in this all-trash rip-off of Bonnie and Clyde with Jennings and Morgan playing a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into countryside banks with a carload of fresh dynamite. The story literally begins with a bang as Candy Morgan (Claudia Jennings) dynamites her way out of jail and proceeds to blow up a bank where Ellie-Jo Turner (Jocelyn Jones) has just lost her job. Candy and Ellie-Jo team up and go on a bank-robbing crime spree. When Ellie-Jo is detained for shoplifting, the outlaw girls take Slim (Johnny Crawford) as a hostage. Slim and Ellie-Jo become lovers and Slim joins the merry band, playing the role of hostage during the gals' bank robberies. However, the law is slowly closing in on them. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Claudia Jennings, Jocelyn Jones, (more)
- 1919
Fred Hartley (Ned Hay) is a hard-working family man; Mrs. Hartley (Ellen Cassidy) prefers to waste her time flitting around in society. She meets J. Douglas Kerr (Stuart Holmes), a very slick character, and he weasels his way into her affections. The U.S. enters World War I and Hartley feels it is his patriotic duty to enlist. While he is fighting in France, Kerr works on convincing Mrs. Hartley that he won't return and that she should marry him. To force matters, he sends a fake telegram informing her that Mr. Hartley has been killed. She buys into all this, but in the nick of time her husband returns. Kerr's plan is foiled, but he manages to escape retribution. Mrs. Hartley, meanwhile, revels in her husband's forgiveness. George Jessel and Evelyn Brent had small roles in this mediocre programmer. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- 1917
The Blue Streak (William Nigh) has been so-named by his former outlaw father because he feels that his son has inherited his weak ways from his blue-blood mother. But the Blue Streak goes on to earn a reputation in the Wild West with his skillful riding and shooting. He and two of his comrades alight in a frontier town and interrupt a card game where the saloonkeeper's daughter (Violet Palmer) has just been won in a round of poker. He takes the girl himself and returns to his shack. But when he finds she has some baby clothes, he believes that she is an unwed mother-to-be. So he heads back to town and fetches the local bar-fly (Ruth Thorp) to nurse the girl. The baby clothes, it turns out, are the girl's own, saved by her mother, but the bar-fly tells her to keep up the ruse. The girl pretends to lose the baby, but the truth finally comes out. The sheriff (Ned Finley) is about to come and get the wayward Blue Streak, but the girl suggests that they make a getaway, and they do. They return to the Blue Streak's estranged father, where he is forced to welcome his new daughter-in-law. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
