Otto Salamon Movies
First shot as "Up the Pentagon," this comedy is about a sexy worker who shuns the quick-handed advances of her Pentagon boss and gets fired. To pay him back for her unjust dismissal, she and two other gals manipulate their way back into Pentagon jobs and go about setting up a bunch of top-level male lechers for early unscheduled retirements. This is a lady-payback type film with plenty of dirty talk, but not much else. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anne Dusenberry, Rhonda Shear, (more)
The videotaped TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris premiered May 7, 1981-five weeks after the outcome of Jean Harris' trial. Ellen Burstyn plays Jean, the 57-year old headmistress of a Virginia girl's school. Jean was also the longtime lover of Scarsdale Diet author Dr. Herman Tarnower. On March 10, 1980, Jean was arrested for the murder of Dr. Tarnower. She never denied her guilt, but insisted that the court hear out her reasons. Those reasons form the dramatic core of this two-part, four-hour film (its second half was aired May 8, 1981). Martin Balsam and Peter Coyote co-star as, respectively, the defense and prosecuting attorneys. It was difficult for contemporary reviewers to assess The People vs. Jean Harris, since it wasn't completed until virtually the eve of its television premiere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ellen Burstyn, Martin Balsam, (more)
- 1980
In this drama, a policeman tries to get God to heal his brain-damaged daughter by promising to run the 320 miles between San Antonio and the Shrine of San Juan de los Lagos. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Orlando, Peter Graves, (more)
- 1980
In this made-for-TV movie four suburban wives become vigilantes to protect innocent actresses from an amoral, blackmailing talent agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1979
Big-time movie director Kenneth Annakin called the shots in this TV pilot film. "Institute for Revenge" is the nickname for a computer known as IFR 7000 (voice by John Hillerman). The computer is employed by a large foundation dedicated to righting wrongs, albeit nonviolently. Sam Groom, Lauren Hutton and Robert Coote are the good guys who go after a charity swindler (special guest star George Hamilton). While it may sound a lot like a high-tech Mission: Impossible, Institute for Revenge bears a closer resemblance to the 1973 theatrical feature The Sting, a resemblance driven home by the presence of Sting costar Ray Walston in a supporting role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
