1970s

The trial of an Aspen man accused of the rape and murder of a teenager.Read More »

Synopsis
Old Redwood Series – 95 min. silent, 1974-1979
Animations – by Jack Fisher and Carl Conversa

In 1974 I moved to a rural property on Old Redwood Highway in Sonoma County near the town of Penngrove California where I still live. I had started a filmmaking curriculum in the Art Department at nearby Sonoma State University in 1969 after obtaining an MA in Film from San Francisco State University, and wanted to live closer to work.Read More »

At a mountain ski resort, some two hundred passengers board the train for the return to Jackson City. At the controls is veteran engineer Holly Gibson, and as the train proceeds downhill, Gibson discovers that the main brakes have frozen….Read More »

A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime – and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.Read More »

This Australian TV movie is a fun little watch. It is a mystery with supernatural overtones as insurance man Ted Morrow (Hugh Keays-Byrne) shows up to investigate the unusual death of a man who was apparently run over by a train in a place where there are no train tracks. What really makes this movie enjoyable is the lead performance of Keays-Byrne, He of “Toecutter” fame from MAD MAX fame. He plays the character as a bit of an eccentric and really adds a lot to the role. Director Igor Auzins bends the mystery to leave both the logical and supernatural options open at the end of the film. This is wonderful in the sense that you can imagine Morrow as being completely insane with the way he unravels the mystery.Read More »

A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.Read More »

By no means a great work, this television movie – a pilot for a series that was never made – does have some strong moments.

The plot focuses on a team of Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles trying to take down a mobster and a corrupt civil servant. James Olmos plays the straight arrow US Attorney, David Canary is his younger assistant, and Robert Pine (later to land a starring role in CHiPs), the naïve young law school graduate. Together they doggedly pursue Mafia boss Dominic Leopold (Gilbert Roland), piece by piece.Read More »

Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to cover 3,000 dangerous miles, because the drug mob wants to kill them at any price.Read More »

A hunting expedition becomes a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when a big-game hunter decides to eliminate the only witness to an accidental shooting: his guide.Read More »