Carlos Romero Movies

The scene is New Mexico, where evil towing-service operater Tyler (Don Stroud) is using the most vicious means imaginable to drive his chief competitor, the Corson Garage, out of business. Tyler, it seems, is in league with drug dealer Zuniga (Carlos Romero), and is using the towed cars to smuggle narcotics out of Mexico. But fear not--the A-Team is on its way to save the day. Among the many schemes cooked up by our heroes is an elaborate eavesdropping ruse in which Murdock (Dwight Schultz) hides under the hood of a car! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

In this organized crime drama (one of many that came in the wake of The Godfather, Tony (Frederic Forrest) and Vince (Al Lettieri) are two brothers whose father is a high-ranking Mafia kingpin; they've followed him into the family business, operating a profitable drug ring. While waiting for a delivery of a large supply of heroin, the pair are ambushed, which leads them to suspect their associate Frank (Robert Forster) is a snitch. They soon realize that the corruption within their organization runs deeper than expected when they discover that their father has been assassinated. Don Angelo (Anthony Quinn) is chosen to be the new boss in a tense meeting of the Mafia brass, but Tony and Frank refuse to follow his leadership. Meanwhile, Orlando (Charles Cioffi), a mob accountant whose boss, Don Bernardo (J. Duke Russo), is behind bars, has a plan to bring himself to a position of power in the mob; he engineers a situation that will put Frank's fiancée Ruby (Angel Thompkins) into the arms of Don Angelo, thereby sending Frank into a murderous rage. Cult figure Sid Haig has a supporting role as The Arab. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Without taking anything away from series stars Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, it must be admitted that this episode is stolen hands-down by its formidable array of guest actors, headed by future Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven costar Victor French as ruthless alien smuggler Reggie Noris. Witnessing the latest unloading of Noris' "human cargo" are a pair of hapless fishermen, Joe Porturo (Nicholas Colasanto) and Lou Roselli (Anthony Caruso). Bullied into silence by Noris' goons (one of whom actually warns the pair that they may end up "sleeping with the fish"!), Joe and Lou refuse to cooperate with the police--leading to catastrophic consequences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the final episode of Family Affair, Buffy (Anissa Jones) and Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) try to help their less fortunate friend Ricky Alvarez (Tony Fraser), who has no time to play because he must care for his younger brother while their cab-driver dad (Carlos Romero) is working. The twins come across a vacant lot which they establish as a playground for poor kids, cleaning and decorating the place until it is well-nigh "ideal". But their efforts may be for naught: The city intends to use the lot to build a parking structure. Can Uncle Bill (Brian Keith) come to the rescue yet once more, or will the series conclude on a sour note? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Murder One was the pilot film for the Jack Webb-produced TV series The D.A. Howard Duff plays the title role, with Robert Conrad his able-bodied deputy. The indictment they must prepare for the Grand Jury is that of nurse Diane Baker. Several of Baker's husbands and relatives have met untimely deaths, and it appears that the good nurse has been dispatching the victims with overdoses of insulin. While Murder One was first telecast on December 8, 1969, the D.A. series itself wouldn't premiere until nearly two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Rhodes (Stephen Brooks) goes undercover as a seaman when a Latin-American diplomat is killed on board a merchant ship. It turns out that a group of insurgents are planning a mutiny, the better to deliver weapons to guerilla warriors in a South American republic. To make certain that the mission succeeds, the leader of the rebels (Alejandro Rey) is playing upon the fragile emotions of countrywoman Barbara Reyes Barbara Luna). Featured as the ship's captain is veteran actor Henry Wilcoxon, best known for his work in such Cecil B. DeMille productions as Cleopatra and The Crusades. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Adopting the alias "Tom Barrett", for the second time this season, Kimble journeys to the small Mexican town of Puerta Banales. Here he is blackmailed into acting as assistant for Dr Frederick Howell (Arthur Hill), who with his loyal secretary Reina (Carol Lawrence) is battling an outbreak of meningitis. Meanwhile, local police sergeant Rodriguez (Carlos Romero), certain that he's seen Kimble somewhere before, places Howell's clinic under surveillance. What Rodriguez doesn't realize--but Kimble does, eventually--is that the real villain of the piece is the "humanitarian" Howell, presently conducting an unholy experiment to test out a new serum. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Grant (Ralph Bellamy) is a wealthy rancher who hires four mercenaries to retrieve his wife, Maria (Claudia Cardinale), from the clutches of the desperado Raza (Jack Palance) in this Western adventure set in 1917. Dolworth (Burt Lancaster) is a munitions expert who joins gunslinger Fardan (Lee Marvin), horse trainer Hans Ehrengard (Robert Ryan), and longbow master Jake (Woody Strode) when the men are offered 10,000 dollars apiece for the safe return of Grant's kidnapped wife. The cadre travels 100 miles into Mexico to retrieve the woman, whom they later discover wants to remain with Raza, but they decide to nab Maria anyway to make good on the money. Soon Fardan, Hans, and Jake are chased across the border by the enraged Raza and his equally deadly female accomplice Chiquita (Marie Gomez), while Dolworth stays behind to fight off Raza's Mexican banditos. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Direction (Richard Brooks), Best Screenplay (Brooks again), and Best Cinematography (Conrad L. Hall). ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

No sooner has Mme. Sonya Galinova (Virginia Field) hires Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to press charges against a jewel dealer for selling her a cheap imitation of a tiara worth $754,000 than she discovers that the "fake" is the genuine article. Somehow or other, the precious tiara ends up in the hands of Gerard Van Ness (Kendall Clark)--who finds himself facing a murder charge when the body of jewel thief Nils Dorow (Fred Krone) tumbles out of a trunk that has been delivered to Perry's office! Broadway musical star Vivienne Segal, whose stage credits include the original productions of "The Desert Song" and "Pal Joey", makes a rare TV appearance in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Fresh from her six-year stint on Lassie, June Lockhart is cast as Mona Harvey, the wife of wildly eccentric sculptor Hannibal Harvey (Sean McClory), and the principal stockholder in the highly respected publishing firm owned by her uncle Everett Stanton (Stuart Erwin). In dire need of $10,000, Hannibal takes advantage of Mona's temporary absence to shake down Everett for the money, arranging for his model Bonnie (Sue Ane Langdon) to deliver a blackmail note. But Mona gets her hands on the note and decides to confront Bonnie--and as a result, she and Hannibal show up just in time to find the girl's corpse, and to be charged with murder. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days for overworked defense attorney Perry Mason (Raymond Burr)! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This is the second of four consecutive episodes in which Perry Mason appears only briefly, while a "guest" lawyer handles the case at hand (Raymond Burr was at the time recovering from minor surgery). Michael Rennie stars as erudite law professor Edward Lindley, one of Perry's best friends and severest critics. Though he has never handled a murder case--and indeed, regards most defense attorneys with the utmost disdain--Lindley agrees to help one of his students, Janice Norland (Patricia Manning), who claims to have killed blackmailing dance instructor Raul Perez (Carlos Romero). But when Lindley accompanies Janice to the scene of the crime, the body has disappeared! Ultimately, however, Janice is charged with Perez' murder, with circumstantial evidence provided by a candid camera which the dead man used for his extortion racket. Making things even dicier is the possibility that Janice's own mother Maureen (played by Patrice Wymore, former wife of movie superstar Errol Flynn), is the guilty party!. Excluded from the original Perry Mason syndicated rerun package in 1966, this episode remained unseen until it was telecast on cable TV in the mid-1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide