Irene Yah Ling Sun Movies
- 1982
Through some freakish glitch in the time-space continuum, Magnum (Tom Selleck) awakens in the year 1936. Despite this bizarre displacement, he's still a private eye, and he's still very much for hire. In fact, his latest client is Brenda McCutchen (Anne Lockhart), whose labor-leader father has been framed for the murder of an evil industrialist. Playing the "30s" angle to the hilt, the episode is stylishly written and directed in the manner of an old Warner Bros. detective film, and the familiar Magnum PI characters conform to Depression-era sensibilities: Magnum speaks fluent "Dashiel Hammett", Higgins (John Hillerman) is a Noel Coward-ish bon vivant, and so on. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1981
Magnum (Tom Selleck) is hired by Mitsu McWilliams (Irene Yah-Ling Sun), the wife of his old Navy buddy Dick McWilliams (Guy Stockwell), to ransom her husband from kidnappers. Mitsu also pleads with Magnum not to inform her father (John Fujioika), a wealthy Japanese businessman, that she is willing to spend $500,000 to free Dick; its seems that her dear old dad has despised her husband ever since he first laid eyes on him. Ultimately, it turns out that there is more to the case than a mere kidnapping--and that Magnum has been set up as a dupe yet once more! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
This low-budget expansion of the popular Tom T. Hall/Jeannie C. Riley song "Harper Valley PTA" is surprisingly good, boasting lively performances by star Barbara Eden and everybody else in the cast. Eden plays Stella Johnson, a widowed single mom whose gaudy makeup, miniskirts and tight jeans are a source of scandal for the smug, self-righteous members of the local PTA. Forced to leave town with her teenaged daughter Dee (Susan Swift), Stella gets revenge with photographic evidence revealing the sexual peccadilloes and drunken misbehavior of the oh-so-righteous PTA members. The supporting cast includes such seasoned comic pros as Nanette Fabray, Louis Nye, Pat Paulsen and Audrey Christie, all performing above and beyond the call of duty. A weekly-TV version of Harper Valley PTA, also starring Barbara Eden, soon followed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Barbara Eden, Ronny Cox, (more)
- 1977
In an episode obviously inspired by the death of Bruce Lee, Quincy's assistant Sam (Robert Ito) takes it personally when his cousin Tad Kimura, a martial-arts movie star, dies mysteriously while filming his latest picture. As Quincy (Jack Klugman) prepares to perform an autopsy, Sam begs him not to do so, since such an operation would be against Tad's religious beliefs. So adamant is Sam on this point that he quits the Coroner's Office, putting Quincy on the outs with LA's Japanese community and forcing him to chart a brand new course in his investigation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1977
On behalf of Vietnamese refugee Mai (Irene Yah-Ling Sun), Jim (James Garner) searches for the girl's brother Vinh (Jim Ishida), who myseriously vanished after leaving a relocation center. It turns out that Vinh has been waylaid by a couple of war veterans (from the "Catering Corps") who want the missing Vihn to lead them to the $500,000 they'd stolen just before the fall of Saigon. Complicating matters is the fact that Mai seems utterly incapable of telling Jim the whole truth. Counterpointing this intrigue is a running gag involving Jim's dad Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.) and his buddy L.J. (Al Stevenson). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
