Diahn Williams Movies
Don Murray plays Lacy, a blatantly bigoted New York cop who finds that his rabid hatred forces him into a bloody rampage in order to save himself and his job in the derivative cop melodrama Deadly Hero. At one point in the film, Lacy rehearses a speech to be given to a cadre of right-wingers by intoning, "These are troubled times." This is certainly the case for Lacy, since this 18-year veteran of the NYPD has been demoted from detective to patrol car because of his liberal use of deadly force on nasty perpetrators. When Lacy, a lit fuse of seething anger and racial epithets, encounters nasty black mugger Rabbit (James Earl Jones), who is terrorizing young schoolteacher Sally (Diahn Williams) at knifepoint in her apartment, it doesn't take much for the cop to decide to put the thug on terror alert by shooting him. Is Sally grateful for blowing away the object of her torture? To Lacy's surprise, she instead testifies against him, accusing him of being a cold-blooded killer. Now Lacy has to figure out a way out of this high-shootin' mess. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Don Murray, Diahn Williams, (more)
- 1967
In the conclusion of a two-part story arc, Barney Fife heads back to Mayberry via train. En route, he is reunited with his high school girlfriend Teena Andrews (Diahn Williams), who is now a major movie star. Teena's PR man Carson (Chet Stratton) decides to capitalize on his star's past relationship with Barney by staging the premiere of Teena's latest picture in Mayberry. Naturally, Barney is led to believe that Teena still carries a torch for him-but there are plenty of surprises in store for everyone concerned. First telecast on January 22, 1967, "Barney Comes to Mayberry" was written by Sid Morse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Don Knotts
