Michael Preece Movies
Chuck Norris stars in this made-for-TV thriller as Joshua McCord, a Presidential secret agent. Though still quite virile and limber, McCord feels that he is getting too old for his job, thus he begins training a younger man named Deke Slater (Dylan Neal) as his replacement, using Zen and proper nutrition as primary teachings tools. But McCord springs back into action -- and kicks plenty of serious butt in the process -- when the First Lady is kidnapped by a terrorist organization. First telecast by CBS on April 2, 2000, The President's Man was followed two years later by a sequel, The President's Man: A Line in the Sand. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, (more)
- 1998
In this sudsy made-for-TV installment of the Ewing saga, wily J.R. (Larry Hagman) finds himself discontent merely managing an oil conglomerate and decides to try to regain control of his father's company from Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and Sue Ellen (Linda Gray). But first he needs money. Opportunity knocks when he discovers that Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly) has a large untapped supply of oil upon his land. Best of all, Krebbs is ignorant of this fact. Unfortunately, J.R.'s long-time rival Carter McKay (George Kennedy) also knows about the oil and is not about to let J.R. get it. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, (more)
Logan Fallon was ten years old the night gangsters burst into his home and brutally murdered his district-attorney father and the rest of his family. Somehow, the boy had a premonition before it happened and saved himself. This actioner follows the adult Logan on his quest to honor his promise to avenge his slain family. His uncle, an ex-Army ranger, assists him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chuck Norris, Eddie Cibrian, (more)
- 1990
McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) and her boyfriend, Judge Michael Hayworth (John Beck), are held captive by the brother (Harold Sylvester) of a convict who killed himself in prison. Their captor is convinced that the Judge, who refused to consider new evidence in his brother's case, is responsible for the tragedy. As Hunter races against time to free his partner, information comes to light suggesting that Hayworth may have had a hidden agenda during the dead man's trial. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Hunter (Fred Dryer) comes back into the life of his high school sweetheart Laurie (Cristina Raines Crowe) when she witnesses a murder. Naturally, it is Hunter's intention to keep Laurie under wraps so that she can testify in court, and just as naturally she cooperates with his efforts. Unfortunately, the woman's no-good husband Eddie (Granville Van Dusen) has other ideas--and before long he is threatening to reveal what his wife has witnessed in order to blackmail the corporate "fat cats" who ordered the killing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) suspects foul play when her new friend, a pregnant ER nurse, dies in a car crash. The official report indicates that the woman had been drinking, but McCall refuses to accept this: even though the nurse had a history of alcoholism, she would never have mixed liquor with her morning-sickness medicine. Investigating on McCall's behalf, Hunter (Fred Dryer) discovers that the real villain of the piece is one of the victim's coworkers--who is inextricably linked with that most ubiquitous of 1980s TV heavies, an evil land developer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) take temporary leave of the streets of LA and head down to Malibu, there to investigate the death of a thoroughbred race horse and the murder of a groom. At first it appeared that the horse had gone berserk before he died, but it turns out that the animal had been slipped a deadly drug--the same drug that cost the groom his life. The two detectives have quite a time solving this one, with more suspects and motives than they can shake a stick at! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
A lunatic who has confessed to killing four homosexual men insists that he is innocent of a fifth, similar murder. If this is true, then there is a copycat killer on the loose--and armed with inside information known only to an elite LAPD task squad. Investigating, Hunter (Fred Dryer) narrows the list of suspects to two of his own colleagues: a homophobic sergeant (played by veteran B-movie heavy Bill Smith) and a closeted gay cop. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
A pile of human bones found at a construction site reopens one of Los Angeles' most notorious unsolved murders: the "Black Dahlia" case of 1947. Veteran movie tough guy Lawrence Tierney) is cast as Doyle, the original investigating detective on the case. Once Doyle has come out of retirement to help Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) piece the new clues together, it becomes apparent that the "Black Dahlia" killer is still alive and at large--and that he was also responsible for another unsolved murder on Doyle's watch. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
A notorious pimp is the latest victim of a vigilante killer who targets known criminals and leaves a silver bullet at the scene of each murder. Though Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) suspect that the vigilante is actually an ill-tempered undercover vice officer (Edward Wiley), the pimp's bosses have pinpointed the victim's newest lady friend (Leslie Bevis) as the guilty party. In either case, someone is not long for this world! This final episode of Hunter's fourth season was adapted from a novel by former police detective Dallas L. Barnes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
It has been nearly a year since drug kingpin Bogota was killed in the episode "Love, Hate, and Sporty James", but the million dollars that Bogota had on him when he died is still missing. Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) suspect that the money was stolen by street hustler Sporty James (Garret Morris), the man who helped them mete out justice to the drug lord. Trouble is, a bunch of Colombian tough guys also think that Sporty has the dough, and they're willing to kill him to get it back. In an ironic turn of events, Sporty ends up being charged with the murder of one of the Colombians, prompting Hunter to call in a number of favors from the Underworld to find the real trigger man. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1987
The son of Hispanic mayoral candidate Michael Elandro (Gregory Sierra) is one of three teenagers accidentally shot and killed in a police raid. In their efforts to prevent a race riot, Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) must convince Elandro that they are sincere in their efforts to see that justice is done. Former series regular Arthur Rosenberg returns as Lester Cain, who since last we saw him has been promoted from Captain to Commander of Police. This episode was adapted by former police detective Dallas L. Barnes from his own novel See the Woman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1987
While searching for a mobster, Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) vanishes from sight. In the midst of her efforts to locate her partner, Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) is targeted for extermination, but her life is saved by a mysterious gunman. At the same time, McCall's temporary partner, undercover cop Kitty O'Hearn (Shelley Taylor Morgan in her first series appearance), uses her sexual wiles to finish the assignment at hand--much to Dee Dee's dismay! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1986
On his deathbed, a syndicate hitman confesses that it was he who killed Hunter's mobster father fifteen years earlier. No sooner has Hunter (Fred Dryer) digested this news than he learns that the man who put out the contract was his father's former partner--still very much alive. To prove the culprit's guilt, Hunter must locate a prostitute (Kay Lenz) who has vital information before the homicidal ex-partner can strike again. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1986
A terrorist group takes credit for the murder of a middle Eastern ambassador. Though Hunter (Fred Dryer) acknowledges that the group is smart enough to take another diplomat hostage (which they have), he isn't convinced that they have the technical savvy to assemble the time bomb that killed the ambassador. Assembling the clues at hand, Hunter finally deduces that the "brains" behind the murder was an exotic beauty (Persis Khambatta) with an extremely personal agenda. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1986
After rape victim Rhonda Burke (Sonia Curtis) suffers a fatal attack, one of the many suspects comes forth with a confession--which is promptly thrown out of court. Outraged by this breach of justice, Rhonda's sister Sheila (Lauren Tewes) swears vengeance on all those suspected of assaulting Rhonda. Subsequently, two suspects are killed, and Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) are ordered to go after Sheila--even though Hunter cannot reconcile himself to the notion that Sheila is a murderer. Attorney Melvin Belli and TV journalist Ines Pedroza appear as themselves. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1985
After pulling off a million-dollar armored car heist, criminal mastermind Sonny Dunbar (Robert Davi) murders his partner, the better to grab a bigger piece of the prize. Unfortunately for Dunbar, the money is stuffed into the trunk of a car that has been stolen by a band of petty thieves. Determined to retrieve the money and kill anyone who tries to stop him, the shotgun-wielding Dunbar cuts quite a bloody swath through Los Angeles--and this time even the formidable Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) may have met his match! Watch for Robert Englund of "Freddy Krueger" fame as a secondary villain. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1984
No one pays much attention when 10-year-old Ruffy Collier (Marissa Mendenhall) reports that her carrier pigeons have been stolen. But Hunter takes a special interest in the little girl's story after her uncle is murdered by thugs looking for a cache of missing drugs. To save Ruffy from being kidnapped or worse, Hunter and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) are pressed into service as babysitters--a job that may prove even more treacherous than the case at hand. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Tim Conway as woeful boxer Bags and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick Shake are out to save a gym and do the impossible in this predictable, cliched comedy from director Michael Preece. The setting is the 1930s and Bags is trying to make it as a boxer. Gangster Mike (Robin Clarke) decides to take advantage of the two losers, so he sets Bags up for a big championship match against a bruiser appropriately nicknamed the Butcher (Michael LaGuardia). At stake is more than the one-sided match, the dull duo's friend "Pop" Morgan (David Wayne) has bet all he has on Bags -- he needs money to save his gym from the clutches of the gangster. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tim Conway, Don Knotts, (more)
- 1979
In this drama, a prestigious lawyer chucks it all to begin a quest for his long-lost son who is now living somewhere in Hawaii. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1977
In one of his first acting roles, Arnold Schwarzenegger is typecast as professional bodybuilder Josef Schmidt. Anticipating Arnold's earliest, villainous film appearances, Schmidt is dangerously sensitive to criticism of his chosen profession--a sensitivity that leads inexorably to murder. Who'd have thought back in 1977 that Schwarzenegger would one day forsake the Streets of San Francisco to take up residence in the gubernatorial mansion in Sacramento? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
A gang of scurrilous sailors go into the smuggling business, bringing some valuable jade into the country by illegal means. When a jewelry-store owner balks at the sailors' monetary demands for the contraband jade, the sailors kill the man and begin stalking the only witness, the victim's daughter Meg Foster). Keller (Michael Douglas) is likewise targeted for extermination when he is assigned to escort one of the criminals to prison. The episode's highlight is a bravura display of villainy from a young, pre-stardom James Woods. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
- PG
A team of anthropologists travel to New Guinea in search of the missing link in this routine adventure tale. The expedition is financed by Vancruysen (Paul Hubschmid) and lead by Dr. Sybil Greame (Susan Clark). Also on hand are Douglas Temple (Burt Reynolds) and the boozy Otto Kreps (Roger C. Carmel). The two men are on the lookout for phospherous. The party discovers a group that appears to behalf human and half ape. Otto entices the female creature Topazia (Pat Suzuki) with sandwiches. When phosphorous is discovered, the evil industrialist Vancruysen enslaves the primates to work in the mines. Otto, Topazia, and Douglas escape, but there quest is slowed by the stillborn birth of Topazia's child. Douglas tricks the doctor into signing the death certificate that claims the child was human, which forces a murder trial. Eaton (Wilfred Hyde-White) is the South African anthropologist and racist called on to judge the proceedings. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, (more)
