Herschel Daugherty Movies

In this comedy, a retired Navy cook lives his dreams. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this suspenseful drama, a terrible storm strands a young woman in a spooky old house where she is unwittingly stalked by a mysterious killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The emergency staff of Rampart Hospital struggles to stem an outbreak of botulism which they have traced to a Hollywood movie set. At the same time, the firemen race against time to rescue a boy trapped in a condemned building about to collapse. With all this going on, paramedic John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) still manages to squeeze in a revenge plan against a persistent practical joker. And in other developments, head nurse Dixie (Julie London) clashes with Dr. Brackett (Robert Fuller) over his treatment of one of her student nurses; and Dr. Early (Bobby Troup) suffers a bizarre "stethoscope malfunction." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this comic episode, Hoss Cartwright is tapped to judge a Virginia City "beautiful baby" contest. In so doing, he inadvertently sparks a chain reaction of disaster and ill will, culminating with the exposure of a long-suppressed "scandal". The Moral: All babies are beautiful, but most grownups are not. Edward Andrews, Patricia Harty and Ellen Moss play key supporting roles in "Rock-a-Bye Hoss", which was written by Preston Wood and Robert Vincent Wright, and first aired on October 10, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Ponderosa ranchhand Dusty Rhodes (Lou Frizzell) has landed in jail. The only man who can clear Dusty is an itinerant, ill-tempered wrestler named Tom Callahan (Victor French), who is nowhere to be found. While searching for the reluctant witness, Joe Cartwright not only runs afoul of Callahan but also Callahan's girl Evangeline (Sandy Duncan in her TV debut), a deceptively frail-looking lass who is capable of smashing barrels with her head! Written by Preston Wood, "An Earthquake Called Callahan" originally aired on April 11, 1971, as the final episode of Bonanza's twelfth season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Guest star Richard Kiley is cast as Sheriff Gideon Yates, one of Nevada's most admired lawmen. When Joe Cartwright comes to Yates claiming that he has witnessed a murder, the Sheriff realizes to his horror that the killer was his own wife Lydia (Terry Moore). With grim determination, Yates quietly decides that Joe must be silenced for keeps, leading to one of the most thrilling showdown sequences in Bonanza history. Written by Ken Pettus, "Gideon, the Good" was first shown on October 18, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Introduced in the earlier episode "Meena", the scraggly Calhouns make a return Bonanza appearance in the April 5, 1970 episode "The Horse Traders." Having struck it rich, unkempt miner Luke Calhoun (Dub Taylor) and his feisty daughter Meena (Ann Prentiss) now wear fancy clothes and reek of perfume. Magnanimously, Calhoun has allowed the three lamebrained outlaws who'd tried to steal his gold in the earlier episode-Jesse (Victor French), Owen (Robert Donner) and Virg (George Morgan)--to live on his property; in fact, Virg is now Meena's fiance. Ultimately, the ex-crooks wear out their welcome and are told to vacate the premises unless they find jobs. Before long, the three stupids have opened up a livery stable-just as Hoss and Joe Cartwright come to town, hoping to make some money in a hurry by selling a herd of valuable horses. "The Horse Traders" was written by Jack B. Sowards. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

John Astin and Emmaline Henry, who back in 1962 played husband and wife in the short-lived sitcom I'm Dickens-He's Fenster, were reunited in the December 21, 1969 Bonanza episode "Abner Willoughby's Return." Astin is cast as ex-miner Abner, who after 17 years at sea comes back to Virginia City to dig up the gold he buried before his departure. Thing of it is, the hiding place is now on the property owned by Widow Sprague (Emmaline Henry) and her son Charlie (Russell Schulman). When Abner tries to persuade the widow to move, he-and most of the Ponderosa men-are forced to remain on the property due to a quarantine. Written by Jack B. Sowards and Leslie McFarland, "Abner Willoughby's Return" was one of several Bonanza episodes which, for a variety of reasons, were withdrawn from the series' original syndication package; it has since been exhumed for cable-TV play. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This episode of the 1960s science fiction series begins with the Enterprise coming across one of the most unexpected space travelers they have encountered: President Abraham Lincoln. Finding the long-dead President alive and well in outer space, a stunned Captain Kirk beams him aboard. The man, who indeed seems to be Lincoln, convinces Kirk and Mr. Spock to accompany him to the surface of a nearby planet. They agree, and Spock is similarly shocked when the trio is joined by Surak, a legendary Vulcan historical figure. The meaning of these strange encounters becomes clearer when the foursome meets a powerful alien, who explains that he is conducting an experiment to test the worthiness of their species, using them as examples. This test takes the form of a battle to the death with Kirk, Spock, Surak, and Lincoln on the side of good, against four historical representatives of evil, including Genghis Khan and the ruthless Klingon warrior Kahless. Kirk and Spock must band together with their idols to defeat their villainous opponents, or else they, and the Enterprise, shall be destroyed. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

This episode of the popular science fiction television series finds the Enterprise battling a contagious form of insanity that has already lead to the devastation of several planets. The starship finds the illness has spread further than initially feared when they discover that nearly all of the population of the planet Deneva -- including Captain Kirk's brother -- has wiped itself out. Further exploration reveals that the insanity is caused by an extraterrestrial parasite, which next infects Mr. Spock. Dr. McCoy must race against time and Spock's growing madness to analyze the creature and find a cure, even if it means sacrificing Spock's life in the process. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

US Senator William Townsend (Kent Smith), the head of a right-wing extremist group, has been assassinated. Confessing to the crime is Andreas Solowiechek (David Sheiner), a member of a Communist Trade delegation, who insists that he was acting on orders from his own government. In truth, however, the assassination was engineered by Townsend's own followers, who hope to spark a dangerous international incident. It is up to the IMF to force Solowiechek to change his tune. First telecast on February 25, 1967, "The Confession" was written by William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

UNCLE agent April Dancer poses as her lookalike, Princess Fatima, the missing heir to the throne of oil-rich Zalamar. Meanwhile, the real Fatima endures psychological torture at the hands of her power-mad uncle (Michael Ansara), Zalamar's Grand Vizier. Fellow UNCLE operative Mark Slate ends up racing to the rescue of both ladies. Written by Max Hodge, "The Prisoner of Zalamar Affair" originally aired on September 20, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The ninth season of Alfred Hitchcock's popular TV suspense anthology opens with a chilling little character study by Robert Bloch, who seems to have drawn his inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe's The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether. Ray Milland stars as mad doctor Fenwick, an inmate of the Norton Sanitarium. In order to prove his theory that "role-playing" is the perfect therapy for the insane, Fenwick murders the head of the sanitarium, locks up the rest of the staff, and releases the other patients, allowing them to roam about impersonating a variety of "normal" people pursuing normal careers. But Fenwick's theory blows up in his face thanks to two unforeseen events: the arrival of the niece (Claire Griswold) of the murdered sanitarium head and the grim determination of one of the lunatics to play his new "role" to the hilt. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide