Nancy Malone Movies
American actress Nancy Malone began appearing in films in 1956, and three years later landed her first weekly TV series assignment in The Naked City. Stardom came her way in 1965, when she was cast as Clara Varner in the short-lived TV version of The Long Hot Summer. Eventually she phased out acting to concentrate on producing (through her own Lilac Productions) and directing. Nancy Malone's producer credits include the 1976 TV movie Sherlock Holmes in New York; her directorial manifest includes individual episodes of TV's Touched By an Angel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1998
- PG13
This updated remake of the 1958 sci-fi cult classic I Married a Monster from Outer Space closely adheres to the same basic plotline as the original. On the eve of his wedding to Kelly Drummond (Susan Walters), good ol' boy Nick Farrell (Richard Burgi) wanders into the woods, where he is promptly abducted by aliens. Despite this ordeal, Nick shows up at the church on time and the wedding proceeds. But Kelly cannot help but notice that there is something "different" about her husband. Whereas previously all Nick cared about was drinking and carousing with his buddies, now he is serious, well-spoken, and curiously insistent that he and Kelly begin making babies as soon as possible. When all of Nick's drinking companions undergo similar character transformations, it becomes obvious to Kelly that the man she married isn't the man she intended to marry, but instead the "host" for an impending invasion from beyond.. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Susan Walters
- 1997
Two members of the crew of the Voyager discover themselves revisiting the past in different ways (but with the same awful results) in this episode of the sci-fi television series Star Trek: Voyager. Capt. Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Chakotay (Robert Beltran) are on a shuttle craft which is forced to land on an unusual island. Moments later, Janeway and Chakotay are killed when the shuttle explodes; however, soon they are back patrolling the spaceways, and it soon becomes obvious that the two pilots have fallen into a loop in time, where they repeatedly die and come back to life. Star Trek: Voyager 158: Coda first aired on January 29, 1997, and features a guest appearance by Len Cariou. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 1996
The first of two CBS TV movies based on the novels of LaVyrle Spencer, Home Song stars Lee Horsley as school principal Tom Gardner. Happily married to wife Claire (Polly Draper), and the father of two children, Tom is taken aback when student Kent Arins (Stan Kirsch) transfers to his school. It seems that, two decades earlier at his bachelor party, Tom had slept with Kent's mother Monica (Deborah Raffin). Kent is aware of this untidy little secret as well; he happens to be Tom's illegitimate son. The situation becomes even dicier when Kent begins dating Tom and Claire's daughter Chelsea (Ari Meyers), who is blissfully unaware that she is being squired by her own half-brother! LaVyrle Spencer's Home Song premiered March 20, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lee Horsley, Polly Draper, (more)
- 1995
While babysitting Emily (Kelsi Copier), a young girl with a cleft lip, Monica allows the child to play with a neighbor kid. This infuriates Emily's overprotective mother Ginger (Terumi Matthews), an exotic dancer who is convinced that her daughter's facial difigurement is God's punishment for her own sins. Things get worse when Ginger refuses to allow Emily to undergo corrective surgery under the auspices of Opeation Smile, a Nashville-based medical organization. But Monica and Operation Smile representative Jeremy (Miles Fuelner) are determined that Emily be given every chance to lead a normal life--even if it means becoming innocently involved with a smuggler (Tone Loc) and heading skyward in a hot-air balloon! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1985
This excellent docudrama is an affecting dramatization of the decline of an Alzheimer's victim and the emotional and psychological toll his fatal illness takes on his family. Bob Millard (Len Cariou) is an active outdoorsman, he is strong and healthy and vibrant with life when the symptoms of Alzheimer's first begin to appear. His wife Susanne (Shirley Jones) and his daughter Jenny (Cynthia Eilbacher) gradually begin to realize that something is wrong, and Bob's condition is soon diagnosed. Over the next eight years, the mother and daughter suffer the gradual loss of their friends (who just stop visiting), and personal tensions mount as Bob deteriorates. This is an information-packed dramatization that pulls no punches. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, (more)
- 1984
This made-for-TV effort concerns a con man who worms his way into the position of principal at the high school where his ex-girlfriend works. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- 1981
After allegedly stealing a customized van, 17-year-old Randy Webster (Gary McCleery) is chased down by the Houston police. Randy is killed in a car crash; on his body is found a weapon, supposedly the one used in the commission of the van theft. But Randy's father (Hal Holbrook) suspects that the "official" story of his son's death is the result of a cover-up. The elder Webster attempts to conduct his own investigation despite hostility from an hostile police department and an overcrowded judicial system. Throughout his ordeal, Webster remains convinced that his son was not a criminal, but was set up posthumously by the overzealous authorities. Based on journalist Tom Curtis' s account of a true incident, The Killing of Randy Webster was originally telecast on March 11, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Astronauts Charles Brubaker, John Walker, and Peter Willis (James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston, respectively) are hailed as heroes when they become the first men to be rocketed to Mars. Actually the space travelers are as phony as their mission controller, Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook); to avert a failure that might cost the space program its funding, the Mars-bound vessel has been sent up without a crew, while the helmeted astronauts sit on a movie soundstage, pretending to be in outer space for the benefit of the TV cameras. Unfortunately the Mars ship crashes on arrival, making the astronaut trio thoroughly expendable. Investigative reporter Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould), who's smelled a rat all along, races against time to prevent NASA from "terminating" the hapless astronauts in order to cover up the conspiracy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elliott Gould, James Brolin, (more)
- 1978
Professor Patrick O'Neal packs his pipe and cardigan and walks out on wife Linda Lavin and daughter Kristy McNichol. Left with nothing but each other, Lavin and McNichol find themselves agreeing to disagree often as not. The principal bone of contention is the fact that Mom is dating again. McNichol disapproves of this, just as virulently as Lavin disapproves of her daughter imitating her own behavior. And that's how novelist Sheila Schwartz came up with the title Like Mom, Like Me, which was produced as a TV movie by onetime film star Nancy Malone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York is a topnotch TV movie starring Roger Moore (surprisingly effective as Holmes) and Patrick MacNee (an intelligent, compassionate Watson). The Great Detective travels to the Big Apple of the 1890s to thwart arch-villain Moriarty, who plans to devalue the world's gold supply. Holmes is also reunited with his lost love Irene Adler (Charlotte Rampling), whose honesty--or lack of it--is just as much in doubt as it had been in Doyle's Scandal in Bohemia. The film combines the razor-sharp deductions of Holmes with the deeper, darker aspects of his character. Sherlock Holmes in New York underwent numerous script and concept changes while the producers awaited the availability of Roger Moore, who in the mid-1970s was being kept busy as James Bond. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
This episode marks the first appearance of Gretchen Corbett as attorney Beth Davenport, erstwhile girlfriend of private eye Jim Rockford (James Garner). Characteristically, Beth has called upon Jim for a teeny-tiny favor: namely, to prove the innocence of her impoverished client Ann Calhoun (Patricia Smith), who is accused of killing her husband. Dutifully, Rockford heads to Parker Arizona, the hometown of Ann's late husband Kevin, in hopes of gathering new evidence. Before long both Jim and Beth find their lives threatened by a certain party who is harboring a sinister secret--in this case, the fact that Kevin Calhoun wasn't Kevin Calhoun at all. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
David Hartman stars as Lucas Tanner in this made for TV film. A former athlete and sportswriter, Tanner decides to become a high school teacher after losing his wife and son in an auto accident. His new career is almost over before it begins when Tanner is held responsible for the death of a student. Rosemary Murphy co-stars as Tanner's rules-are-rules principal. First telecast May 8, 1974, Lucas Tanner served as the pilot for the subsequent series of the same name, which also starred Hartman and Murphy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Betty Smith's best selling novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn inspired an Oscar-winning 1945 film, a play and a Broadway musical; this 1974 73-minute telefilm - a pilot for a weekly series drama -- represents the fourth incarnation. Cliff Robertson plays Johnny Nolan, a bibulous waiter living in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. When Nolan dies, it is up to his widow Katie (Diane Baker) to carve out an existence for herself and her children Francie (Pamelyn Ferdin) and Neely (Michael James Wixted). Ultimately, Katie marries kindly Brooklyn cop McShane (James Olson). Nancy Malone costars as Katie's promiscuous sister Sissy. First telecast March 27, 1974, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn failed to generate high enough ratings for a regular series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
The wife and daughter of travelling salesman Baxter Flynn (Alllen Garfield) are unaware that he is carrying on a secret life as a compulsive gambler--and paid mob informant. When Flynn witnesses a double murder, Ironside (Raymond Burr) is determined to force the man to give testimony against the killers. Only one problem: If Flynn shows up in court, his dirty little secrets will be revealed to the world, resulting in disgrace for his family--and, very possibly, instant death for himself. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
- PG
This romantic western drama, based on the best-selling novel by Marilyn Durham, stars Burt Reynolds as Jay Grobart, an outlaw married to an Indian woman named Cat Dancing. When Cat is raped and murdered, a distraught Grobart kills the man responsible for the crime; he soon pulls a robbery with the help of his friends Dawes (Jack Warden) and Billy (Bo Hopkins), and is now on the run from the law. While in transit, Grobart and his partners run across Catherine (Sarah Miles), a woman running away from her abusive husband Crocker (George Hamilton). Catherine is abducted by Dawes and Billy, but Grobart protects her from their violence and threats of rape. As Grobart and Catherine get to know each other, they find themselves falling in love, and despite his lawless past, she admires him for avenging the death of the woman he loved. Grobart, Catherine, and the men travel to the Indian village where Grobart lived with Cat Dancing and their son; however, Lapchance (Lee J. Cobb), a bounty hunter hired by Crocker, is on their trail to bring Catherine back to her husband. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing was one of Burt Reynolds' first major starring roles after Deliverance elevated him to full-fledged film stardom following years in television and low-budget pictures. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, (more)
- 1973
The multitalented Jackie Cooper is cast against type as Harlan Slade, the cold-blood patriarch of a criminal family. The action gets under way when Slade's clan breaks him out of Federal Prison. Their next step is a "break-in"--of a bank holding millions of dollars. Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is hot on Slade's trail, but the canny crook manages to keep at least two steps ahead of the Feds for most of the episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Father Daniel Berrigan, at the height of the Vietnam War, was arrested along with eight other protesters (including his brother Philip) in Baltimore in 1968, for burning draft records. Berrigan later penned a didactic play, based upon the incident, which was the basis for this film. The motives behind the Vietnam War protesters are examined during their trial, but the plea for individual responsibility and personal action concerning the war is rejected by the judge, and the Nine are found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, (more)
- 1972
In this drama a newspaper publisher begins to doubt the guilt of a hero convicted of murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1971
Fired up with the zeal of a dedicated matchmaker, Shirley (Shirley Jones) sets her mind to pairing up band manager Reuben (Dave Madden) with wealthy cosmetics manufacturer Cathleen D'Arcy (Nancy Malone). The plan backfires when Reuben decides to quit show business to devote all his energies to managing Cathleen's business. All it takes is one concert without the guiding hand of Reuben to convince everyone--and we mean everyone--that a major mistake has been made! Song: "Umbrella Man". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
The only witness to a woman's murder is the victim's son, 13-year-old Jerry Jessup (Mitch Vogel). Unfortunately, Jerry refuses to cooperate with the investigation spearheaded by Ironside (Raymond Burr), holding the Chief responsible for the arrest of his bank-robber father Marty (William Shatner). Ironside's only hope of finding the woman's murderer is to arrange for Marty Jessup to get a temporary pass from prison--and then hope against hope that Jessup won't use the opportunity to escape. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
San Francisco International is a multiplotted drama set at the titular air transport center. Several storylines intersect at various junctures: A $3,000,000 cargo plane robbery, a teenaged boy commandeering an aircraft, and a violent confrontation between a nasty businessman and a an airheaded hippie. Presiding over these major and minor crises is airport manager Pernell Roberts. When San Francisco International became the TV series San Francisco International Airport, Lloyd Bridges stepped into the Van Johnson role. The series, which ran from 1970 to 1971, was part of NBC's Four in One umbrella weekly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Elinor Donahue makes her third guest appearance as obstetrician Jennifer Ethrington (Elinor Donahue), the sister of Sr. Bertrille. Determining that Jennifer is working too hard, the nuns try to lighten her burden by hiding the fact that she's a doctor. Not surprisingly, a crisis results. Nancy Malone also appears as The Countess. Originally shown on January 7, 1970, "My Sister, the Doctor" was written by Michael Morris and Milt Rosen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
After an explosion at SF International Airport, Ironside discovers that someone has abandoned a baby in his van. Subsequent events suggest that the child's mother was the intended victim of the bombing, prompting Ironside (Raymond Burr) to use the baby as bait in hopes of locating the mom and persuading her to reveal all the facts of the case. In an amusing plot development, the cantankerous Chief proves to be an ideal babysitter! Two sets of 11-month-old twins were cast as "Officer Bobby" in this episode, which was coscripted by "Michael Shayne" creator Brett Halliday. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
Subscribing to a computer dating service, Goober misunderstands the questions on the application form and supplies misleading information. For example, he describes himself as a voracious reader, neglecting to mention that his reading material consists entirely of comic books. But the computer doesn't know that, and as result Goober is matched up with worldly, erudite psychologist Dr. Edith Gibson (Nancy Malone). Scripted by Bruce Howard from a story by Bob Ross, "A Girl for Goober" was the 249th and final episode of The Andy Griffith Show. It was, however, originally telecast as the next-to-last episode, on March 25, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ken Berry
