Hallmark Hall of Fame (pt 1)(1951-1970) - Hallmark Hall of Fame (pt 2)(1970-present)
HALLMARK HALL OF
FAME
(part 2)(1970-present)
Episode Guide
version 24.0 June 2009
(Ep 58.3)
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
http://ctva.biz/index.htm
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME
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Hallmark Hall of Fame presents Maurice Evans
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents George Schaefer's Showcase
Beginning in 1955, Hallmark Hall of Fame has been a series of specials
(appearing four to eight times a year throughout the 1960s
The Hallmark Hall of Fame was launched on Christmas Eve 1951, with the world
premiere
of Amahl and the Night Visitors, an original opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.
Viewer response was so positive that encores were televised.
The next original production, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, was broadcast in
April 1953.
More people watched Hamlet that evening than had cumulatively seen it in all its
live performances in the 350 years since it had been written.
Founder of Hallmark - Joyce C. Hall,
Aired on NBC
This is the second section of two for Hallmark Hall of Fame
and covers the years 1970 to Present.
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME 1970-2002
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Ep 20.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HAMLET
17-Nov-1970
adapted by John Barton
story by William Shakespeare
directed by Peter Wood
produced by George LeMaire
executive producer Cecil Clarke
Music by John Addison
starring
Richard Chamberlain ..... Hamlet
Michael Redgrave ........ Polonius
Margaret Leighton ....... Gertrude
Richard Johnson ......... Claudius
John Gielgud ............ The Ghost
Ciaran Madden ........... Ophelia
Nicholas Jones .......... Laertes
Martin Shaw ............. Horatio
Godfrey James ........... Marcellus
Philip Brack ............ Barnardo
Robert Oates ............ Francisco
James Laurenson ......... Rosencrantz
Desmond McNamara ........ Guildenstern
with
Nigel Stock ............. First player
Alan Bennett ............ Osric
Norman Rossington ....... Gravedigger
Robert Coleby ........... Fortinbras
Roger Green ............. Captain
Donald Layne-Smith ...... Priest
David Belcher
Helen Bourne
Alan Adams
Stephen Williams
Donald Barclay
Synopsis:
In 1969, Richard Chamberlain became the first American to play Hamlet in
England since John Barrymore. This production is lavishly costumed in the style
of Europe in the early 1800s, as well as being filmed at England's 600-year-old
Raby Castle. [RF]
*Note:* Emmy for Supporting Actress for Margaret Leighton
Ep 20.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PRICE
03-Feb-1971
written by Arthur Miller
directed by Fielder Cook
produced by David Susskind
starring
George C. Scott ....... Victor Franz
Barry Sullivan ....... Walter Franz
David Burns ....... Gregory Solomon
Colleen Dewhurst ....... Esther Franz
Summary:
Two brothers, Victor and Walter, one was a doctor, one was a policeman,
and they confront one another about the choices they made that have brought them
to where they are. Men in middle age taking stock and facing life-long illusions,
they
speak intensely and finally, with honesty, about their motivations.
** Note: Emmy for Lead Actor to George C. Scott, Supporting Actor
for David Burns,
Director Fielder Cook.,
Ep 20.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIDEON
26-Mar-1971
adapted by Robert Hartung
written by Paddy Chayefsky
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Robert Hartung
starring
Peter Ustinov ....... Gideon
José Ferrer ....... the Angel
Arnold Moss ....... Joash
Eric Christmas ....... Shillem
Little Egypt ....... Orpah
with
Harry Davis ....... Abimelech
Alfred Dennis ....... Helek
David Barton ....... Jether
Sara Seegar
....... Hoglah
Priscilla Morrill ....... Tirzah
Gerardine
Douglas ..... Mahlah
Harry Ellerbe ..... Jahleel
Booth Colman
..... Hezekiah
Gregory Morton .... Malchiel
Robert Casper .... Zebah
Logan Ramsey ..... Zalmunna
William
Hansen ...... Ozni
Summary:
An irreverent Biblical retelling wherein the Gideon spends most of his
time kvetching with the Angel of the Lord.
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Ep 21.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SNOW GOOSE
15-Nov-1971
written by Paul Gallico
story by Paul Gallico
directed by Patrick Garland
director of photography Ray Henman
produced by Frank O'Connor
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Richard Harris ..... Philip Rhayadar
Jenny Agutter .... Frith
Graham Crowden .... Recruiting officer
Freda Bamford .... Postmistress
Noel Johnson .... Naval Captain
William Marlowe .... Soldier
Ludmila Nova .... Jane
Summary:
On the coast of North England, a shot, wounded snow goose creates a
close relationship between a lonely man and a young woman, when they both
take care of
the helpless bird.
**Note Emmy for Supporting Actress Jenny Agutter
Ep 21.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ALL THE WAY HOME
01-Dec-1971
adapted by Tad Mosel
based on the novel, "A Death in the Family", by James Agee
directed by Fred Coe
produced by David Susskind
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Joanne Woodward .... Mary Follet
Richard Kiley ..... Jay Follet
Pat Hingle .... Ralph Follet
Eileen Heckart .... Aunt Hannah Lynch
Barnard Hughes .... Joel Lynch
Jane Mallett .... Catherine Lynch
James Woods .... Andrew Lynch
James O'Neill .... John Henry Follet
Nan Stewart .... Jessie Follet
Betty Garde .... Aunt Sadie Follet
Kay Hawtry .... Sally Follet
with
Jenny Laidle .... Great Great Grandma Follet
Tommy Gilchrist ..... First boy
Gerard Kelly ...... Second boy
Adam Reed ...... Third boy
Mark Devitt ..... Fourth boy
Michael Wilson ..... Jim-Wilson Follet
Allan Clowes ..... Father Jackson
Shane Nickerson ..... Rufus
Ep 21.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
08-Feb-1972
written by David Hamilton
directed by Sterling Johnson
director of photography Bob Collins
produced by Dick Foster
executive producer Bob Banner
narrated by Robert Wagner
starring
Bread; Helen Reddy; Mac Davis; & actual couples filmed where they live & love:
Debi & Charlie, Ennis Texas; Val & Scott from Ketchum, Idaho;
Bill & Joan from Philadelphia;
Lydia & Paul, Ennis, Texas; Doria & Bruce, San Francisco;
Becky &
Gary Anslyn, Snowmass, Colorado
Ep 21.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HARVEY
22-Mar-1972
adapted by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey Gellen Maas
written by Mary Chase
directed by Fielder Cook
produced by David Susskind
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
James Stewart ..... Elwood P. Dowd
Helen Hayes ..... Veta Louise Simmons
Arlene Francis .... Betty Chumley
Martin Gabel .... Judge Omar Gaffney
Fred Gwynne .... Cab Driver
John McGiver .... Dr. William R. Chumley
Richard Mulligan ..... Dr. Lyman Sanderson
Jesse White .... Wilson
with
Marian Hailey .... Myrtle Mae Simmons
Dorothy Blackburn .... Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Madeline Kahn .... Nurse Ruth Kelly
Synopsis:
A middle aged drunk has been driving his sister and niece wild by
introducing everyone he meets to his pal Harvey. Harvey is
a big white rabbit, six feet eight inches tall, which only Elwood
(and occasionally his sister when she's feeling odd) can see.
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Ep 22.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HANDS OF CORMAC JOYCE
17-Nov-1972
produced by Fred L. Engel
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
written by S.S. Schweitzer
based on the novel by Leonard Wibberley
directed by Fielder Cook
director of photography, John McLean
starring
Stephen Boyd ......... Cormac Joyce
Colleen Dewhurst ..... Mollie Joyce
Cyril Cusack ......... Mr. Reece
Dominic Guard ........ Jackie Joyce
Deryck Barnes ........ Pat Coneeley
Enid Lorimer ......... Mrs. Reece
Lynette Floyd ........ Eilis Coneeley
Marshall Crosby ...... Tigue Coneeley
Synopsis:
A proud fisherman casts his hand against the elements. The setting is an island
off the Irish coast, where an approaching storm sends villagers scurrying for the mainland.
Not the fisherman, who stays to save his property.
Filmed on Phillip Island off the coast of Australia.
* Note this was Hallmark Hall of Fame's 100th show
Ep 22.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
29-Nov-1972
adapted by Bill Persky & Sam Denoff
based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
directed by Buzz Kulik
produced by Bill Persky & Sam Denoff
starring
Orson Welles as Sheridan Whiteside
Lee Remick as Maggie Cutler
Joan Collins as Lorraine Sheldon
Edward Andrews as Mr. Stanley
Mary Wickes as Miss Preen
Marty Feldman as Banjo
Don Knotts as Dr. Bradley
Peter Haskell
with
Michael Gough as Beverley Carlton
Marcella Markham as Mrs. Stanley
Anita Sharp Bolster as Harriet Stanley
Kim Braden as June Stanley
Frank Singuineau as John
Elisabeth Welch as Sarah
George Pravda as Professor Metz
Tutte Lemkow as Zoltan
Betty McDowall as Mrs. McCutcheon
Al Mancini as Westcott
Hal Galili as Delivery man
Ep 22.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
09-Feb-1973
written by Joseph Hardy
based upon the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
directed by Walter C. Miller
produced by Gene Persson
executive producers, Lee Mendelson, Warren L. Lockhart
starring
Wendell Burton as Charlie Brown
Ruby Persson as Lucy
Barry Livingston as Linus
Mark Montgomery as Schroeder
Noelle Matlovsky as Patty
Bill Hinnant as Snoopy
Summary:
A live comedy revue in which "Charles Schulz's little people philosophize
on everything from Charlie Brown's disastrous baseball team to
Snoopy's suppertime revels.
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Ep 23.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LISA, BRIGHT AND DARK
28-Nov-1973
written by Lionel E. Siegel
based on the novel by John Neufeld
directed by Jeannot Szwarc
director of photography, Richard C. Glouner
produced by Tom Egan
executive producer Bob Banner
starring
Anne Baxter as Margaret Schilling
John Forsythe as William Schilling
Anne Lockhart as Elizabeth Frazer
Jamie Smith Jackson as Betsy Goodman
Debralee Scott as Mary Nell Fickett
Kay Lenz as Lisa Schilling
Anson Williams as Brian Morris
Erin Moran as Tracy Schilling
Stu Klitsner as Arthur Milne
Richard Stahl as John Fickett
Jessica Myerson as Eleanor Fickett
Larry Casey as Buddy King
Ep 23.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BORROWERS
14-Dec-1973
written by Jay Presson Allen
based on the book by Mary Norton
directed by Walter C. Miller
produced by Walt DeFaria & Warren L. Lockhart
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Eddie Albert as Pod
Tammy Grimes as Homily
Judith Anderson as Aunt Sophy
Beatrice Straight as Mrs. Crampfurl
Barnard Hughes as Mr. Crampfurl
Karen Pearson as Arrietty
Dennis Larson as The Boy
Murray Westgate as Ernie
Danny McIlravey as Tom
Ep 23.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE COUNTRY GIRL
05-Feb-1974
adapted by Sidney Carroll
story by Clifford Odets
directed by Paul Bogart
produced by David Susskind
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Jason Robards as Frank Elgin
Shirley Knight as Georgie Elgin
George Grizzard as Bernie Dodd
Larry Haines as Phil Cook
John Lithgow as Paul Unger
Christopher Murney as Larry
Lisa Pelikan as Nancy
Summary:
Story of a middle-aged, washed-up actor who gets a big break to star in a play,
and the interrelationships between the director of the play and the actor's wife.
Set in New York City, 1940.
Ep 23.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CROWN MATRIMONIAL
03-Apr-1974
adapted by Royce Ryton & Audrey Maas
play by Royce Ryton
directed by Alan Bridges
produced by David Susskind & Arthur Cantor
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
prod#1731
starring
Greer Garson
Peter Barkworth as King Edward VIII
Bernard Archard as Geoffrey Dawson
Maxine Audley as Countess of Airlie
Anna Cropper as The Princess Royal (Mary)
Andrew Ray as The Duke of York (Bertie)
Amanda Reiss as The Duchess of York (Elizabeth)
with
Barbara Atkinson as The Hon. Margaret Wyndham
Christopher Beeny as John, The Page
Robert Sansom as Garter King of Arms
Brian Wilde as Sir John Reith
Jane Wendem
Heather Kyd
Ep 23.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SMALL MIRACLE
11-Apr-1974
written by John Patrick & Arthur Dales
directed by Jeannot Szwarc
director of photography, John McLean
produced by Duane C. Bogie
executive producer Alan Landsburg
starring
Vittorio de Sica as Father Damico
Raf Vallone as Father Superior
Marco della Cava as Pepino
Summary:
The setting is a small Italian village - the story is of a small boy and his
sick donkey.
The boy believes that God can make his donkey well again and tries to take his
donkey into the local church. When the priest refuses permission, the boy hitch-hikes
to Rome and finally gains admission to the Vatican where a "higher authority" irons
out his problems and sends a message to the priest that the donkey be
allowed a brief interlude in the Church.
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Ep 24.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BRIEF ENCOUNTER
12-Nov-1974
adapted by John Bowen
based on Noel Coward's "Still Life".
directed by Alan Bridges
produced by Cecil Clarke
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Sophia Loren as Anna Jesson
Richard Burton as Alec Harvey
Jack Hedley as Graham Jesson
Rosemary Leach as Mrs. Gaines
John Le Mesurier as Stephen
Gwen Cherrell as Dolly
Jumoke Debayo as Mrs. Harris
Madeline Hinde as Grace
with
Ann Firbank as Melanie Harvey
Christopher Benjamin as Porter
David Cook as Schoolmaster
Patricia Franklin as Beryl
Jacki Harding as Ilse
Benjamin Edney as Alistair Jesson
Marco Orlandini as Dominic Jesson
Summary:
A middle-aged man and a married woman meet by chance and have a brief affair.
Ep 24.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GATHERING STORM
29-Nov-1974
written by Colin Morris
directed by Herbert Wise
produced by Jack Le Vien
executive producer Duane C. Bogie
starring
Richard Burton as Winston Churchill
Virginia McKenna as Clementine Churchill
Angharad Rees as Sarah Churchill
Lesley Dunlop as Mary Churchill
Clive Francis as Randolph Churchill
Thorley Walters as Stanley Baldwin
Robin Bailey as Neville Chamberlain
Robert Beatty as Lord Beaverbrook
Michael Elwyn as Anthony Eden
Ian Bannen as Hitler
Robert Hardy as Von Ribbentrop
John Phillips as Von Brondorff
Geoffrey Bayldon as Von Schuschnigg
Steve Plytas as Maisky
Ian Ogilvy as Edward VIII
Dennis Lill as George VI
Patrick Stewart as Clement Attlee
with
Edward Evans as Lloyd George
Lawrence Hardy as Speaker
John Rutland as Leo Amery
Richard Leech as Admiral Round
Terence Longdon as Admiral Browning
Brook Williams as Lt. Comdr. Thompson
Kenneth Scott as Civil servant
Fiona Walker as Miss Hamblin
John Kane as Brendan Bracken
Verna Harvey as Junior secretary
Patsy Byrne as Cook
Ep 24.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
04-Feb-1975
adapted by Hugh Whitemore
based on the book by James Herriot
directed by Claude Whatham
director of photography, Peter Suschitzky
producer by David Susskind & Duane C. Bogie
starring
Simon Ward as James
Anthony Hopkins as Siegfried
Lisa Harrow as Helen
Brian Stirner as Tristan
Christine Buckley as Mrs. Hall
Harold Goodwin as Dinsdale's uncle
Doreen Mantle as Mrs. Seaton
Brenda Bruce as Miss Harbottle
Burt Palmer as Mr. Dean
John Collin as Mr. Alderson
T.P. McKenna as Soames
Summary:
Dramatization of an English veterinarian's autobiography; set in Yorkshire in
the 1930s.
Ep 24.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
19-Mar-1975
adapted by John Patrick & Arthur Dales
story by Paul Gallico
directed by Jeannot Szwarc
director of photography, John McLean
produced by Duane C. Bogie & Herbert L. Strock
executive producer Alan Landsburg
starring
Vittorio de Sica ....... Father Damico
Raf Vallone ....... Father Superior
Marco della Cav ....... Pepino
Summary:
The setting is a small Italian village - the story is of a small boy and his
sick donkey.
The boy believes that God can make his donkey well again and tries to take his donkey
into the local church. When the priest refuses permission, the boy hitch-hikes to Rome
and finally gains admission to the Vatican where a "higher authority" irons out his
problems and sends a message to the priest that the donkey be allowed a brief
interlude in the Church.
* Note Originally aired April 11, 1974 (90 mins) re-edited for March 19, 1975
(60mins)
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Ep 25.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame:
A SALUTE TO THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALLMARK
HALL OF FAME
20-Oct-1975
produced by Patrick Collins
Narrated by Ross Martin
Summary:
Documents a tribute to Mr. Joyce C. Hall, Chairman, Hallmark Cards, Inc., and to
the Hallmark hall of fame on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Includes clips
from eight Emmy award-winning Hallmark hall of fame programs (Little Moon of Alban,
The Magnificent Yankee, The Snow Goose, Eagle in a Cage, Teacher, Teacher, Macbeth,
Elizabeth the Queen, and A Storm in Summer).
* Note Never broadcasted.
Ep 25.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ERIC
10-Nov-1975
Executive producer Lee Rich
Producer by Herbert Hirschman
Adapted by Nigel McKeand & Carol Evan McKeand
Based on the book by Doris Lund
Directed by James Goldstone
Director of photography, Terry K. Meade
starring
John Savage ......... Eric Swensen
Patricia Neal ....... Lois Swensen
Claude Akins ........ Stanley Swensen
Sian Barbara Allen ...... Marilyn Porter
Mark Hamill ......... Paul Swensen
Nehemiah Persoff .... Dr. Duchesnes
Eileen McDonough .... Linda Swensen
Tom Clancy .......... Murphy
James G. Richardson ..... Tom
with
Katherine Squire .... Mrs. Harris
Harry Basch ......... Dr. Gruder
Nancy Wolfe ......... Susan Gilbert
Ronald Joseph ....... Ricardo
Peg Shirley ......... Waitress
Gene Tyburn ......... Pharmacist
Annette Ferra ....... Abby
Synopsis 1:
Recreates the last years of a young man who succumbed to leukemia.
Synopsis 2:
Eric is an active, athletic youth who is stricken by leukemia. As devastating
as the disease is physically Eric refuses to be broken in spirit, vowing to
fight for his life. And fight he does, attending college, playing soccer,
even falling in love despite the painful relapses, powerful drugs and increasingly
long hospital stays. It's a pluck and a love for
life that helps his family endure their grief.
Based on author Doris Lund's own true story about her son that inspired this
drama. [RF]
Ep 25.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: VALLEY FORGE
03-Dec-1975
adapted by Sidney Carroll
play by Maxwell Anderson
produced & directed by Fielder Cook
executive producer, Duane C. Bogie
starring
Richard Basehart ..... General Washington
Harry Andrews ..... General Howe
Simon Ward ....... Major Andre
Men of the first Virginia:
Barry Snider ..... Alcock
Alan Cauldwell ...... Andrew
Stuart Warmflash ...... Mason
Woodrow Parfrey ..... Minto
Robert Metcalf ..... Neil
William Carden ..... Nick
Lane Smith ..... Spad
Michael McGuire .... Teague
The Officers:
Victor Garber ..... General Lafayette
Josef Sommer ...... Brig. Gen. Varnum
Paul Sparer ..... Brig. Stirling
Michael Tolan ..... Lt. Col. Tench
Christopher Walken ..... The Hessian
David Dukes ...... Lt. Cutting
The British:
Kathryn Walker ....... The General's Lady
The Congressmen:
Edward Herrmann ...... Folsom
John Heard ...... Harvie
The Camp followers:
Nancy Marchand ....... Auntie
Lisa Pelikan ...... Tavis
Jeff Braunstein ...... British Dragoon
Ted Beatie ...... Cook
Leo Phillips ...... Valet
Summary:
Dramatizes the plight of the Continental Army in the winter of 1776-77.
Ep 25.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE RIVALRY
12-Dec-1975
adapted by Ernest Kinoy & Donald Cormorant
based on the play by Norman Corwin
directed by Fielder Cook
producer by Walt deFaria
starring
Arthur Hill ........ Abraham Lincoln
Charles Durning ........ Stephen Douglas
Hope Lange ........ Mrs. Douglas
Summary:
Dramatizes the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
Ep 25.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
01-Feb-1976
adapted by Audrey Maas
story by George Bernard Shaw
directed by James Cellan Jones
produced by David Susskind & Duane C. Bogie
executive producer Lewis Rudd
starring
Alec Guinness as Julius Caesar
Genevieve Bujold as Cleopatra
Margaret Courtenay as Ftatateeta
Iain Cuthbertson as Rufio
Noel Willman as Pothinus
David Steuart as Theodotus
Gareth Thomas as Achillas
Michael Bryant as Britannus
Clive Francis as Apollodorus
Jolyon Bates as Ptolemy
with
Roy Stewart as Nubian Slave
Matthew Long as Wounded Soldier
Michael Poole as Centurion
Neville Phillips as Major-Domo
Ludmila Nova as Charmian
Kristin Hatfield as Iras
Ep 25.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TRUMAN AT POTSDAM
08-Apr-1976
written by Sidney Carroll
directed by George Schaefer
produced by David Susskind
executive producer Ron Gilbert
starring
John Houseman as Winston S. Churchill
Jose Ferrer as Josef Stalin
Ed Flanders as Harry S. Truman
Alexander Knox as Henry Stimson
Barry Morse as James Byrnes
David Schoenbrun
Summary:
Documentary-style dramatization of the Potsdam Conference. Not all historians
agree
with this interpretation of President Truman's role and motives at the Potsdam Conference
and the dropping of the atomic bombs. But such is the nature of attempting to reconstruct
past events and the continuing fascination that
history holds for us.
Based on Meeting at Potsdam by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
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Ep 26.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AIMEE
17-Nov-1976
written by John McGreevey
directed by Anthony Harvey
director of photography, Jim Crabe
produced by Paul Leaf
executive producer Thomas W. Moore
starring
Faye Dunaway as Aimee Semple McPherson
Bette Davis as Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother
James Sloyan as District Attorney Asa Keyes
James Woods as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
John Lehne as Captain Cline
with
Lelia Goldoni as Emma Shaffer
Severn Darden as S.I. Gilbert, Aimee's lawyer
William Jordan as Kenneth Ormiston
Sandy Ward as Judge Blake
Barry Brown as Wallace Moore
Rena Andrews
Lucian Berrier
Paul Felix
Richard Jamison
Liz Jury
Harlan Knudson
Lester Palmer
Jerry Reitmeyer
Dusty Saunders
Irby Smith
Summary:
The story of "famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who in 1926 vanished
from a California beach, setting off an extensive police search. Six weeks later she
turned up in Mexico, claiming she had been kidnaped. But many, including her mother
and the police, suspected Aimee staged her disappearance to conceal
a
tryst with a married man.
Ep 26.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
03-Dec-1976
adapted by Sherman Yellen
directed by Fielder Cook
produced by Hank Moonjean
executive producer Thomas Johnston
starring
George C. Scott as the Beast
Trish Van Devere as Belle
Virginia McKenna as Lucy
Bernard Lee as Beaumont
with
Michael Harbour as Anthony
William Relton as Nicholas
Patricia Quinn as Susan
Summary:
*Note Filmed in England on location at Knebworth House, Salisbury Hall,
and Sudeley Castle.
Ep 26.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PETER PAN
12-Dec-1976
adapted by Jack Burns & Andrew Birkin
story by James M. Barrie
directed by Dwight Hemion
produced by Gary Smith
executive producers Gary Smith & Dwight Hemion
narrated by John Gielgud
starring
Mia Farrow as Peter Pan
Danny Kaye as Captain Hook
Paula Kelly as Tiger Lily
Virginia McKenna as Mrs. Darling
Briony McRoberts as Wendy
Tony Sympson as Smee
Joe Melia as Starkey
Ian Sharrock as John
Adam Stafford as Michael
with
Peter O'Farrell as Nana
Jerome Watts as Slightly
Nicky Lyndhurst as Tootles
Adam Richens as Nibs
Michael Deeks as Curly
Simon Mooney as 1st Twin
Andrew Mooney as 2nd Twin
Jill Gascoine as Wendy--grown-up
Lynsey Baxter as Jane
with
Peppi Borza, Michael Crane, Fred Evans, George Harris,
Oscar James, Max Latimer as Pirates
Summary:
Musical adaptation of the story of the boy who refuses to grow up.
Note * Music & lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Musical & dramatic
sequences supervised by Michael Kidd. "Once upon a bedtime" sung by Julie Andrews;
music supervised and arranged by Ian Fraser; orchestra conducted
by Ian
Fraser & Jack Parnell
Ep 26.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: EMILY, EMILY, EMILY, EMILY
07-Feb-1977
written by Allan Sloane
directed by Marc Daniels
produced by Michael Jaffe
executive producer Henry Jaffe
starring
John Forsythe
Karen Grassle
Pamela Bellwood as Emily
Thomas Hulce as Freddie
James Farentino
with
Ilana Frank as Jojo
Carl Marchand as Frank
Bob Park as Jimmy
Jerome Pascaris as Kevin
Marianne Skanks as Frannie
Paul-Emile Frappier as Jesse
*Note Sequel to the 1969 Hallmark hall of fame program entitled Teacher,
Teacher.
Ep 26.05
Hallmark Hall of Fame: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
29-Mar-1977 (rebroadcast of 04-Feb-1975)
adapted by Hugh Whitemore
based on the book by James Herriot
directed by Claude Whatham
produced by David Susskind & Duane C. Bogie
starring
Simon Ward as James
Anthony Hopkins as Siegfried
Lisa Harrow as Helen
Brian Stirner as Tristan
Christine Buckley as Mrs. Hall
Harold Goodwin as Dinsdale's uncle
Doreen Mantle as Mrs. Seaton
Brenda Bruce as Miss Harbottle
Burt Palmer as Mr. Dean
John Collin as Mr. Alderson
T.P. McKenna as Soames
Summary:
Dramatization of an English veterinarian's autobiography;
set in Yorkshire in
the 1930s.
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Ep 27.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LAST HURRAH
16-Nov-1977
adapted by Carroll O'Connor
based upon the novel by Edwin O'Connor.
director of photography, Gerald Perry Finnerman
directed by Vincent Sherman
produced by Mike Wise & Franklin R. Levy
executive producer Terry Becker
starring
Carroll O'Connor as Frank Skeffington
Leslie Ackerman as Prudy Cass
Patrick O'Neal as Norman Cass
John Anderson as Amos Force
Dana Andrews as Roger Shanley
Robert Brown as Nat Gardiner
Jack Carter as Sam Weinberg
Tom Clancy as Ditto Boland
Brendan Dillon as John Gorman
Arthur Franz as Hack Wiles
Alan Hamel as George Sherrard
Mariette Hartley as Claire Gardiner
Burgess Meredith as Cardinal Burke
Stewart Moss as Winslow
Paul Picerni as Dr. Mike Santangelo
Patrick Wayne as Robert 'Bobby' Skeffington
Kitty Winn as Maeve Skeffington
with
Mel Stewart as Herb Ripley
Katharine Bard as Grace Minihan
Bill Quinn as Jimmy Minihan
Sandy Kenyon as Kane
James Sikking as Monsignor Killian
Arthur Batanides as Ben Morrow
William Benedict as Degnan
Lane Allan as Major O'Sullivan
George Barrows as Tomasino,
Jack Griffin as Walsh
Sal Vecchio as Narone,
Paul Napier as Collins
Ricki Williams as Elaine,
Elise O'Connor as Mrs. Cusack
Dennis McMullen as Sgt. Bill Sullivan,
Harry Basch as Editor
Larry McCormick as Election Announcer,
Barbara Schillaci as Ms. Stone
Mike Walden as TV Announcer,
Paul Laurence as Restaurant Captain
Summary:
Head of a political machine tries to win a fourth term as mayor.
Ep 27.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame:
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER
01-Dec-1977
adapted by John Gay
based on the novel by Douglas C. Jones
directed by Glenn Jordan
produced by Norman Rosemont
starring
James Olson as General George A. Custer
Blythe Danner as Elizabeth Custer
Brian Keith as Prosecuting Attorney
Ken Howard as Defense Attorney
Nicolas Coster as General Philip Sheridan
Duncan Gamble as Lt. Bradley
Woody Skaggs as Court Clerk
Stephen Elliott
J.D. Cannon
William Daniels
Richard Dysart
Biff McGuire
Susan Sullivan
Anthony Zerbe
with
Dehl Berti,
James Blendick,
John Cunningham
Rick Goldman,
John Horn,
Laurence Hugo
Christopher Pennock,
Lane Smith,
Joe Carafello
Maury Cooper,
Sean Griffin,
Robert Kya-Hill
Stuart Lancaster,
William Larsen,
James Lashly
Len Lawson,
Drew Michaels,
Norm Stephens
Mark Travis,
John Zoller
Summary:
An suggestive take on the battle of Little Big Horn and General George
Armstrong Custer's part in it, this is a combination of the known facts of the battle
with fiction as to what if General Custer had survived the massacre.
*Note: The UCLA Bruin Marching Band appeared in the background
drilling on a field as Cavalry soldiers, marching information around a field.
Filmed in the Malibu mountains near the MASH set. The UCLA Band serenaded
the 3-year-old daughter of star Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Ep 27.03Hallmark Hall of Fame: HAVE I GOT A CHRISTMAS FOR YOU
16-Dec-1977
written by Jerome Coopersmith
directed by Marc Daniels
produced by Patricia Rickey & Marc Daniels
executive producer Gilbert Cates & Joseph Cates
starring
Adrienne Barbeau
Milton Berle
Alex Cord
Harold Gould
Sheree North
Steve Allen as Martin Kaplan
Jim Backus as Kevin Grady
Wolfman Jack as Chips Domino
Lew Brown as Peter Walsh
Jeannie Carson as Mimi Horgan
Jack Carter as Sidney Wineberg
Don Chastain as Reverend Michael Powers
Herb Edelman as Rabbi David Miller
Kim Fields as Sharon Hayes
Viola Harris as Jenny Silver
Biff McGuire as Fred Horgan
Jayne Meadows as Rita Solomon
Barry Pearl as Barry Silver
Dennis Redfield as Station engineer
Barbara Stuart as Nurse Bradford
George Takei as Doctor
with
Nancy Ann Adler as Voice on P.A.
Corrine Carroll as Elaine,
Robert Courtleigh as George
Dave Shelley as Phil,
Pat Van Patten as Jean
Will Walker as Young man in bus station
Summary:
A light-hearted Christmas special, based on fact, showing how members
of a midwestern city's Jewish community help their Christian neighbors who otherwise
would have to work on Christmas Eve. The situations in which many of the volunteers
find themselves give them insight into their own lives and families and force them to do
some re-evaluating of their relationships. In one way or
another, their lives are changed.
Ep 27.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TAXI!!!
02-Feb-1978
written by Lanford Wilson
produced & directed by Joseph Hardy
executive producer Stan Parlan
starring
Martin Sheen as Taxi Driver
Eva Marie Saint as Passenger
Summary:
A Brooklyn cab driver picks up a sophisticated woman and
they learn a great deal
about one another.
* 128th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 28.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: RETURN ENGAGEMENT
17-Nov-1978
written by James Prideaux
directed by Joseph Hardy
produced by Mike Wise & Franklin R. Levy
starring
Elizabeth Taylor as Dr. Emily Loomis
Joseph Bottoms as Stewart Anderman
Allyn Ann McLerie as Florence
Peter Donat as George Riley
James Ray as Keith
Susan Buckner as Janice
with
Robin Strand as Victor
Alston Ahern as Audrey,
Don Stark as Waiter
Melanie Henderson as First Girl,
Jennifer Myers as Second Girl
Wendy Sommerstein as Third Girl,
Darlene Conley as Aide
Summary:
Two loners on campus, an ancient history professor and her student,
help each
other emerge from their shells.
* 129th Hallmark presentation
Ep 28.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FAME (aka Arthur Miller's Fame)
30-Nov-1978
written by Arthur Miller
directed by Marc Daniels
produced by Patricia Rickey & Marc Daniels
executive producers Gilbert Cates & Joseph Cates
starring
Richard Benjamin as Meyer Shine
José Ferrer as Francesco
Raf Vallone as Driver
Robert Alda as Concierge
Joe Bennett as Danielo
Oliver Clark as Billy Dorfman
Shera Danese as Lucia
Linda Hunt as Mona
weith
Richard Libertini as Airport Policeman,
Tom Poston as Car Salesman
Nipsey Russell as Vinny,
David Mauro as Bellhop
Peggy Pope as Mrs. Dorfman
Reva Rose as Rhoda,
Sandra Seacat as Bess
Oz Tortora as Pepe,
Erica Yohn as Sally
Anthony Alda as Italian Street Cop,
Ray Ballard as Maitre 'D
Colette Chenault as Cocktail Waitress
Paola Frediani as Francesco's Friend
Carole Mathews as Woman in Restaurant
Paige Matthews as Girl in Restaurant
Ruben Moreno as Customs Agent,
Duncan Ross as Professor Jennings
* 130th Hallmark presentation
Ep 28.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: STUBBY PRINGLE'S CHRISTMAS
17-Dec-1978
written by James Lee Barrett
based on the story by Jack Schaefer
directed by Burt Brinckerhoff
produced by Peter Dohanos
executive producers Gilbert & Joseph Cates
starring
Beau Bridges as Stubby Pringle
Julie Harris as Georgia Henderson
Edward Binns as Red
Kim Hunter as Mrs. Harper
Strother Martin as Old Hollander
James Greene as Skipper
Chill Wills as The Janitor
with
Terri Homberg, Lenora May, M.B. Miller,
Gina Russell, John de Poo, Gayle Meyers,
Mark Rush
* 131st Hallmark presentation
Hallmark Hall of Fame: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
06-Apr-1979 (Rebroadcast from 03-Dec-1976)
adapted by Sherman Yellen
directed by Fielder Cook
produced by Hank Moonjean
executive producer Thomas Johnston
starring
George C. Scott as the Beast
Trish Van Devere as Belle
Virginia McKenna as Lucy
Bernard Lee as Beaumont
with
Michael Harbour as Anthony
William Relton as Nicholas
Patricia Quinn as Susan
Summary:
**Note Filmed in England on location at Knebworth House,
Salisbury Hall, and Sudeley Castle.
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Ep 29.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
14-Nov-1979
adapted by Paul Monash
based on the novel All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
directed by Delbert Mann
director of photography, John Coquillon
produced by Norman Rosemont
executive producer Martin Starger
starring
Richard Thomas as Paul Baumer
Ernest Borgnine as Stanislaus Katczinsky
Donald Pleasence as Kantorek
Ian Holm as Himmelstoss
Patricia Neal as Paul's Mother
Mark Elliott as Behm
Dai Bradley as Kropp
Mathew Evans as Muller
George Winter as Kemmerich
Dominic Jephcott as Leer
Mark Drewry as Tjaden
Colin Mayes as Westhus
Ewan Stewart as Detering
with
Michael Sheard as Paul's Father
Katerina Lirova as Paul's Sister
Mary Miller as Mrs. Kemmerich
Denys Graham as Kaiser
Mark Roemmich as French Soldier
Andrew Burleigh as Young Recruit
Tomas Juricka as 2nd Recruit
Bruce Purchase as Cook
Drahomira Fialkova as Sister Libertine
Veronika Jenikova as Anna
Ken Hutchison as Hammacher
Stephen Reynolds as Franz
Ian Hastings as Lewandowski
Marie Noelle-Barre, Dominique Varda, Arda Brokmenn as French girls
** Note Filmed entirely on location in Czechoslovakia.
* 133rd Hallmark presentation
Ep 29.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AUNT MARY
05-Dec-1979
written by Burt Prelutsky
story by Ellis A. Cohen
directed by Peter Werner
director of photography, Hugh Gagnier
produced by Michael Jaffe
executive producers Henry Jaffe & Ellis A. Cohen
starring
Jean Stapleton as Mary Dobkin
Martin Balsam as Strasberg
Harold Gould as Dr. Hoxley
Dolph Sweet as Amos
Robert Emhardt as Berwick
Philip Bruns as Det. LaMonica
Robbie Rist as Vernon
Anthony Cafiso as Nicholas Rocco
K.C. Martel as Billy
Hap Lawrence as Clyde Hopper
Gerry Black as George Hazel
Marilyn Coleman as Grace Hazel
with
Lulu Baxter ...... Susie Martin
Steven Cafiso ...... Tony Rocco
Mitch Carter ...... Man on the Street
Rick Casorla ...... Chester
Christopher Ciampa ..... Hank
Natalie Cilona ..... Nurse Abbott
Dago Demster ..... Tommy
Ted Duncan ..... Man in Stunt Car
Tim Gemelli .... Andy
Roger Hampton .... Cop Sokowitz
Ernie Harwell .... Baseball announcer
Julia Jennings .... Nurse
Kristopher Marquis .... Mickey
Annie O'Neill .... Woman on the Street
Barney Pell .... Sam Jessup
Steve Pollack ..... Dennis
Stuart Rogers ..... Jaguar Fielder
Tom Stern ...... Hawk Coach
Jesse Joe Walsh ..... Randy
De Voreaux White ..... Wally Hazel
Terry Wills ..... Mr. Jessup
Summary:
A disabled woman living in Baltimore who set up a baseball team of
street kids
to save them from juvenile delinquency.
*134th Hallmark presentation
Ep 29.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIDEON'S TRUMPET
30-Apr-1980
adapted by David W. Rintels
based on the book by Anthony Lewis, originally published in part in The New
Yorker
directed by Robert Collins
director of photography, Don H. Birnkrant
produced by David W. Rintels
executive producer, John Houseman
starring
Henry Fonda ..... Clarence Earl Gideon
Jose Ferrer ..... Associate Justice Abe Fortas
John Houseman ..... Chief Justice
Fay Wray .... Edna Curtis
Sam Jaffe ..... 1st Supreme Court Justice
Dean Jagger ..... 6th Supreme Court Justice
Nicholas Pryor ..... Jacob
William Prince ..... 5th Supreme Court Justice
Lane Smith ..... Fred Turner
Richard McKenzie ..... Judge Robert McCary
Dolph Sweet ..... Charlie
Ford Rainey ..... 2nd Supreme Court Justice
with
David Sheiner .... Abe Karsh
J. Patrick McNamara .... Harris
Les Lannom .... Bobby Earle
Malcolm Groome .... John Ely
Allan Rich .... Tobias Simon
Richard Lineback .... Lester Wade
David Clennon .... James Fitzpatrick
Michael Cavanaugh .... Stocker
Paul Benjamin .... Arlis
Clifford Pellow .... Justin Pike
Jerry Hardin .... Mel Cobb
Fredric Cook .... Leo Stafford
Steven Peterman .... Arthur Vitale
James O'Connell .... The Warden
Jon Locke .... Supervisor
Gary Grubbs .... Deputy Hamilton
Seamon Glass .... Prison Guard
Gwen Van Dam .... Mrs. Lawrence
James E. Brodhead .... Court Crier
Edmund H. North, Emmet Lavery, Sr. &
Liam O'Brien ..... Supreme Court Justices
Don Draper ..... Bailiff
Henry Proach ..... Guard
Anthony Lewis ..... The Reporter
Timothy Scott ..... Toby
Summary:
Clarence Earl Gideon, a semi-literate drifter, is arrested for breaking into a
pool room and for petty theft. When he asks the court to appoint a lawyer for his
defense because he cannot afford one, his request is denied. Acting as his own lawyer,
Gideon is convicted and sent to jail. While in prison, he begins a hand-written campaign
directed to the U.S. Supreme Court, contending that every defendant is entitled to legal
representation. The Court agrees to hear Gideon's case, and, in a landmark
decision, rules in his favor.
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Ep 30.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MISTER LINCOLN
09-Feb-1981
Produced by David Susskind
Written by Herbert Mitgang
Directed by Gordon Rigsby
Hosted by George C. Scott
starring
Roy Dotrice .... Abraham Lincoln
Summary:
A one-man show spanning the lifetime of Abraham Lincoln, from his turning
against slavery as a young man through his reading of the Gettysburg Address.
Note: The first "Hallmark Hall of Fame" program to be shown on PBS rather than a commercial network.
Taped before a live audience at Ford's Theatre,
Washington, D.C.
* 137th Hallmark presentation
Ep 30.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DEAR LIAR
15-Apr-1981
Executive producer David Susskind
Produced by Andrew Susskind
Adapted by Jerome Kilty
Based upon the correspondence between George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell.
Directed by Gordon Rigsby
starring
Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann
Summary:
Playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell began
exchanging letters in 1899, when Shaw was beginning to have success as a
playwright and "Mrs. Pat" reigned in the English theater. Taken by her beauty and talent,
the married Shaw "fell head over heels in love" and, in 1911, wrote "Pygmalion"--with
her in mind as Eliza Doolittle. Their preparations and heated rehearsals for that play dominate
Act I of this one, which finds Mrs. Pat apprehensive about playing a teen-age flower girl and
picky about her costar. "If you attempt this play on the one-star system,"
retorts Shaw, "nothing, not even my genius--can save you." In the concluding act,
their letters touch on World War I; their quarrels over her intention
to publish the correspondence; and their disparate fortunes during the 1930s.
* 138th Hallmark presentation
Ep 30.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CASEY STENGEL
06-May-1981
Executive producer, David Susskind
Produced by Andrew Susskind
Written by David and Sidney Carroll
Directed by Nick Havinga
Hosted by George C. Scott
starring
Charles Durning ...... Casey Stengel
William Duell ...... Bob Daly
Summary:
Casey Stengel earned a niche in baseball's Hall of Fame by managing the
Yankees to 10 pennants and seven world series triumphs from 1949 to 1960.
But it was his witty and baffling syntax that made him a favorite with sportswriters and fans.
Bits of "Stengelese" highlight a monologue set at a 1969 banquet, where the "Ol' Perfesser"
reminisces about his career. Among his topics: his great Yankee teams,
his lovably pathetic Mets, and growing old ("most people my age are
dead").
* 139th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 31.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MARVA COLLINS STORY
01-Dec-1981
written by Clifford Campion
directed by Peter Levin
director of photography, Don H. Birnkrant
produced by Conrad Holzgang
executive producer, Marian Rees
starring
Cicely Tyson as Marva Collins
Morgan Freeman as Clarence
Rodrick Wimberly as Martin Luther Jones
Mashaune Hardy as Cindy Collins
Brett Bouldin as Patrick Collins
Samuel Muhammad, Jr. as Eric Collins
Dianne Kirksey as Cynthia Rawls
Frankie Hill as Ida Banbower
Charlie Brown as Chester Boland
Marsha Warfield as Lela Boland
Ce Ce Thompson as Louise Jones
Jimmy Skaggs as Zay Smith
Mike Genovese as Mardesich
Kelly Crosby as Tina Boland
Tonda Leavy as Clarissa Lester
Duke Thorbs as Eddie Banbower
Darlene Jackson as Roxanne Johnston
Cynthia Collins as Rose
Erika McCoy as Brenda
Gordie Wright as Truman
Summary:
In 1975, after 14 frustrating years teaching in public schools, Marva Collins
opened the Westside Preparatory School--in her own home--on Chicago's
depressed West Side. Hoping to create an educational environment where the
basics came first (and frivolity was banished altogether), Collins faced problems
from the outset: low enrollment, high bills, bureaucratic snafus, and, most daunting,
the skepticism of her charges' parents. This presentation recounts the story of the
school's trying first year, and along the way, profiles a singular teacher who tempers
old-fashioned strictness with praise, patience, and inspiration.
* 140th Hallmark presentation
Ep 31.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
04-Feb-1982
adapted by John Gay
based upon the classic work of "Notre Dame de Paris" by Victor Hugo
directed by Michael Tuchner
director of photography, Alan Hume
produced by Norman Rosemont
starring
Anthony Hopkins as Quasimodo
Derek Jacobi as Dom Claude
David Suchet as Trouillefou
Gerry Sundquist as Pierre
Tim Pigott-Smith as Philippe
John Gielgud as Charmolue
Robert Powell as Phoebus
Lesley-Anne Down as Esmeralda
Nigel Hawthorne as Magistrate
Roland Culver as Bishop of Paris
Rosalie Crutchley as Simone
with
David Kelly as Tavernkeeper
Joseph Blatchley as Albert
Dave Hill as Coppenhole
Donald Eccles as Judge
Timothy Bateson as Commerce
Jack Klaff as Officer
Timothy Morand as Maurice
Martin Carroll as Herald
Hugo De Vernier as Nobility
Eunice Black as Clergy
Kenny Baker as Pick Pocket
Michael Burrell as Clerical Aide
Antony Carrick as Auditor
John Kidd as 1st Physician
Stanley Lebor as Torturer
Norman Lumsden as King's Attorney
John Rutland as 2nd Old Man
Wally Thomas as 1st Old Man
Summary:
Quasimodo, the malformed bell-ringer of 15th-century Paris' Notre Dame
Cathedral,
is moved to tears by the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, when she gives him water
and a little pity after he is publicly flogged. But others too are enamored of Esmeralda:
in particular, the self-righteous archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, who is not above
kidnaping and murder to satisfy his lust.
* 141st Hallmark presentation
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Ep 32.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
04-Dec-1982
adapted by John Gay
based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz;
adaptation by Larry Marcus;
based on the play by Agatha Christie
directed by Alan Gibson
director of photography by Arthur Ibbetson
produced by Norman Rosemont
starring
Ralph Richardson as Barrister
Deborah Kerr as Miss Plimsoll
Beau Bridges as Leonard Vole
Donald Pleasence as Myers
Wendy Hiller as Janet Mackenzie
Diana Rigg as Christine
David Langton as Mayhew
Richard Vernon as Brogan-Moore
Peter Sallis as Carter
with
Michael Gough as Judge
Frank Mills as Chief Inspector Hearne
Michael Nightingale as Clerk of the Court
Peter Copley as Dr. Harrison,
Patricia Leslie as Mrs. French
John Kidd as Court Usher,
Kit Kitson as Policeman
Wilfred Grove as Photographer,
Primi [?] Townsend as Diana
Andrew MacLachlan as Jury foreman,
Aubrey Woods as Tailor
Zulema Dene as Miss Johnson,
Barbara New as Miss O'Brien
Jenny Donnison as 1st Nurse,
Geri Jackson as 2nd Nurse
Summary:
A phlegmatic London barrister defends one Leonard Vole, a "nice, harmless chap"
who's on trial for the murder of a widow who had taken a shine to him. The circumstantial
evidence against Vole is strong, especially since he's unemployed and stands to inherit
a considerable sum from the victim. And to further complicate the defense,
the only person who can provide an alibi is Vole's wife Christine, who
has agreed to be a witness for the prosecution.
* 142nd Hallmark presentation
Ep 32.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THURSDAY'S CHILD
01-Feb-1983
written by Gwen Bagni
based upon the book by Victoria Poole
directed by David Lowell Rich
director of photography, Charles F. Wheeler
produced by Peter Katz
executive producers Franklin R. Levy, Ron Parker & Gregory Harrison
starring
Gena Rowlands as Victoria Alden
Don Murray as Parker Alden
Jessica Walter as Roz
Rob Lowe as Sam Alden
The Family:
Tracey Gold as Alix
Glen Morrissey as Pokie
Ken Stovitz as Charlie
Heidi Bohay as Ruthie
Elizabeth Keifer as Tina
Larry Poindexter as Malcolm
The Doctors:
Robin Gammell as Dr. Schroeder
Alan Fudge as Dr. Baumgartner
Thomas Hill as Dr. Owens
Stephen Keep as Dr. Reston
Curt Lowens as Dr. Wakely
Ryan MacDonald as Dr. Shumway
The Nurses:
Janet MacLachlan as Nurse Judy
Lindy Nisbet as Portsmouth Nurse
Susan Ruttan as Portsmouth Nurse
Ella Raino Edwards as Duty Nurse
Sharon Benyakar as Nurse
Julie Inouye as Stanford Floor Nurse
with
Robert Biheller as Bar Owner, Brad Cowgill as Student,
Andrew Ethier as Adam, Dal Jenkins as Mr. Rushton,
William Vincent Kulak as Painter, Michael Saucedo as Randy,
Woody Eney as Hart Perry, Jan Reed as Cardiologist,
Carla Stevens as Stewardess, Kenneth Tigar as Bill Richardson,
Jennifer Holmes
as Young Woman.
Summary:
A heartwarming fact-based story about a teenager's courageous battle
against chronic heart disease. The movie follows the medical charts of Sam Alden,
a spunky, personable 17-year-old from a close-knit family who is suddenly stricken
with coughing spasms, cold sweats, and shortness of breath. His alarmed parents
take him to an array of doctors for tests that lead to a dire diagnosis of a degenerative
heart condition--which could kill him within five years. Shocked and scared--and getting
sicker all the time--Sam undergoes a transplant, then faces an even more grueling
ordeal as doctors battle to keep his body from
rejecting the new organ.
* 143rd Hallmark presentation
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Ep 33.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
06-Dec-1983
adapted by Michael de Guzman
based on the novel by John Steinbeck
directed by Waris Hussein
director of photography, Robbie Greenberg
produced by R.W. Goodwin
executive producers Malcolm Stuart & Gary Adelson
starring
Donald Sutherland as Ethan Hawley
Teri Garr as Mary Hawley
Tuesday Weld as Margie Young-Hunt
Michael Gazzo as Marullo
Richard Masur as Danny
E.G. Marshall as Mr. Baker
Kirk Brennan as Allen Hawley
Amanita Hyldahl as Ellen Hawley
Nan Martin as Mrs. Baker
Macon McCalman as Reverend Sloane
Ben Piazza as Louis Brock
Margaret Wheeler as Miss Elgar
Tom Pletts as Dave
Linda Hoy as Mildred
Summary:
Chronicles "the breakdown of a descendant of an old, once-aristocratic,
New
England family.
* 144th Hallmark presentation
Ep 33.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
31-Jan-1984
adapted by William Bast
based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
directed by Douglas Hickox
director of photography, Bob Edwards
produced by Hugh Benson
executive producer Peter Graham Scott
starring
Richard Thomas as Henry Durie
Michael York as James Durie, Henry's older brother
John Gielgud as Lord Durrisdeer
Timothy Dalton as Colonel Francis Burke
Ian Richardson as Mr. MacKellar
Nickolas Grace as Dass
Finola Hughes as Alison Graeme
Brian Blessed as Captain Teach
Kim Hicks as Jessie Broun
Donald Eccles as John Paul
Robert James as Macconochie
Andrew Panton as Sandie
Nick Brimble as Chew
Leonard McGuire as the Sin Eater
John Hallam as Captain Harris
Brian Coburn as John Mountain
Ed Bishop as Pinkerton
Summary:
The two brothers and their rivalry in the reclamation of the throne for
'Bonnie'
Prince Charlie in 1745 Scotland during the Battle of Cullöden.
**Note Filmed entirely on location in England, Scotland and Wales.
*145th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 34.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CAMILLE
11-Dec-1984
adapted by Blanche Hanalis
based on the novel "The Lady with the Camelias" by Alexandre Dumas
directed by Desmond Davis
director of photography, Jean Tournier
produced by Norman Rosemont
starring
Greta Scacchi as Marguerite
Colin Firth as Armand
John Gielgud as Duke
Billie Whitelaw as Prudence
Patrick Ryecart as Gaston
Denholm Elliott as Count
Ben Kingsley as Duval
Lila Kaye as Nanine
Rachel Kempson as Hortense
Ronald Pickup as Jean
with
Julie Dawn Cole, Shelagh McLeod, Natalie Ogle,
Nicholas Hawtrey, Richard Beal, Cazz Scattergo, Joanne James,
Bertie Cortez, Garrick Maul, Kathy Staff, Andre Raffard,
Norman Stokle, Michael Motu, Maurice Teymac, Morgan Sheppard,
Peter
Hudson, Christian Ericson, Godfrey James, Caryle Cline
Summary:
The story of the ill-fated love affair between the famous Parisian courtesan,
Marguerite Gautier, and a young admirer, Armand Duval.
* 146th Hallmark presentation
Ep 34.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CORSICAN BROTHERS
05-Feb-1985
adapted by Robin Miller
based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
directed by Ian Sharp
director of photography, Frank Watts
produced by David A. Rosemont
executive producer, Norman Rosemont
starring
Trevor Eve as Lucien and Louis de Franchi
Geraldine Chaplin as Mme. Savilia de Franchi
Olivia Hussey as Annamaria de Guidice
Jean Marsh as Mazzere
Simon Ward as Chateau-Renaud
Donald Pleasence as the Chancellor
James Hazeldine as Vincente de Franchi
Patsy Kensit as Emilie du Caillaud
Margaret Tyzack as Madame de Guidice
Mark Ryan as Bernardo de Guidice
Kevork Malikyan as Orlandi
Jennie Linden as Countess Wolski
Nicholas Clay
Benedict Taylor
with
Peter Howell, Anthony Pedley, Peter Cellier,
Toby Salaman, Daniel Auguste, Raynald Bandry,
Flora Alberti, Lise Roy, Mirelle Chaulet,
Mark Brooks, David Brooks, Joe Maalouf,
Bernard Fontaine, Francoise Trumpette, Marc Estrada de Tourmiel,
Liselote Palm, Marina Bonin, Anne Bruner, Abbe Fantozzi,
Nancy Mooy, Louis Lalanne, Rosette Jaubert,
Mike Bainsborough, Pietro Jianni
Summary:
In 19th-century Corsica, the da Franchi twins are caught up in a centuries-old
vendetta between their family and the de Guidicis. The swashbuckling Lucien
wants to maintain the Corsican traditions, including the bloody vendetta. Louis,
however, wants to change and goes to Paris to work laws to outlaw the vendetta.
The feud leaves murder, strife, and broken hearts in its wake, until finally, after the
tragic death of Louis in a duel, peace comes to the island
*147th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 35.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LOVE IS NEVER SILENT
1985
adapted by Darlene Craviotto
from the novel "In this Sign" by Joanne Greenberg
directed by Joseph Sargent
director of photography, David Gribble
produced by Dorothea G. Petrie
executive producer, Marian Rees
starring
Mare Winningham as Margaret Ryder
Phyllis Frelich as Janice Ryder
Ed Waterstreet as Abel Ryder
Fredric Lehne as William Anglin
Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Anglin
Sid Caesar as Mr. Petrakis
Lou Fant as Reverend Maartens
Susan Ann Curtis as Young Margaret
Mark Hildreth as Bradley
Julianna Fjeld as Barbara
Jeff Schultz as Donald Anglin
Jeremy Cristall as Marshall
with
Ted Stidder as Doctor,
Jackson Davies as Realtor
Stephen E. Miller as Driver,
Alex Diakun as Funeral Director
Gregory Hayes as Neil,
Jennifer Michas as Esther
Twyla-Dawn Vokins as Marie,
David Peterson as Mr. Cotter
Frank C. Turner as Factory Foreman
* 148th Hallmark presentation
Ep 35.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: RESTING PLACE
27-Apr-1986
written by Walter Halsey Davis
directed by John Korty
director of photography, William Wages
produced by Robert Huddleston
executive producer Marian Rees
starring
John Lithgow as Major Kendall Laird
Morgan Freeman as Luther
Richard Bradford as Hauer
C.C.H. Pounder as Ada
G.D. Spradlin as Sam
Frances Sternhagen as Mrs. McAlister
M. Emmet Walsh as Sarge
John Philbin as Erskine
Brian Tarantina as Beyer
Richard Brooks as Douglas
with
Tegan West as Oliver
Buck Herron as Private Porter
Bob Hannah as Colonel Holmby
Mert Hatfield as Police Chief
Hugh Jarrett as Oster
Denise Mickelbury as Eleanor Clark
Wallace Wilkinson as Ezra Cooper
Charles Kahlenberg as Businessman #1
Marc Clement as Businessman #2
Rev. Claude Ray James as The Pastor
Elliot Street as Staff Sergeant
Pamela Garmon as Waitress
Joyce Leigh as General Hauer's Secretary
Sherrie Diane Lewandowski as Passerby
Bernardine Mitchell as Singer
Sidney Lamar Payne as Soldier
Thomas Di Aglio as Uyehara
Summary:
Racial discrimination and a Vietnam War cover-up are at the center of an
absorbing drama that plays as a mystery. Maj. Kendall Laird, a career Army man,
is assigned to assist the parents of a black lieutenant, killed in Vietnam, in the
burial of their son in his Georgia home town. However, the deceased is denied
interment in a "white only" cemetery. To settle the matter without litigation, Laird
resolves to convince the community that the lieutenant died a hero. So he seeks
information from the slain officer's men, and learns that they have put him up
for a Silver Star. Then he uncovers unsettling facts that may point to a "fragging":
the killing of the lieutenant by his own troops.
* 149th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 36.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PROMISE
14-Dec-1986
written by Richard Friedenberg
story by Kenneth Blackwell & Tennyson Flowers & Richard Friedenberg
director of photography, Gayne Rescher
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
executive producers Peter K. Duchow & James Garner
starring
James Garner as Bob
James Woods as DJ
Piper Laurie as Annie
Peter Michael Goetz as Stuart
Michael Alldredge as Gibb
Alan Rosenberg as Dr. Pressman
Mary Marsh as Mrs. Post
Barbara Lee Alexander as Joan
Steven M. Gagnon as Michael
with
Raissa Fleming as Lonnie
Art Burke as Dr. Wexler
Bob Griggs as Minister
Janet Baumhover as Mrs. Green
Charles W. Bernard as Mr. Allison
Claretta Mariana as Beth
Virginia Settle as Mrs. Burden
Diana Van Arnam as Netta
Summary:
A feckless bachelor (Bob) who promised his mother that at her death he would
care for his schizophrenic younger brother (D.J.), becomes apprehensive when
the time comes. Facing up to his responsibility, Bob tries his best, but his set
ways and D.J.'s erratic behavior mix like oil and vinegar. Giving his promise one
last shot, Bob takes D.J. on a fishing trip to the secluded lake where they vacationed
as children. Here, the rush of memories transforms both men.
*150th Hallmark presentation
Ep 36.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ROOM UPSTAIRS
31-Jan-1987
written by Steve Lawson
director of photography, Ron Hagen
directed by Stuart Margolin
produced by Robert Huddleston
executive producer, Marian Rees
starring
Stockard Channing as Leah Lazenby
Sam Waterston as Travis Coles
Linda Hunt as Mrs. Sanders
Joan Allen as Ellie
Clancy Brown as Kevin
Devoreaux White as Jack
James Handy as Frank
Sarah Jessica Parker as Mandy
Jerry O'Connell as Carl
Renee Estevez as Susan
Denice Kumagai as Deena
Johnny D'Agostino as Micky
Summary:
After the death of her parents, Leah Lazenby, a Boston teacher of
learning-impaired
young people, seeks to supplement her modest income by turning the family
homestead into a boarding house. She makes the parlor her living quarters and
rents rooms to six tenants, who include a gentle classical cellist. Although Leah has
"a way with the wayward" in her work, at home she's strictly a loner. Gradually however,
professional and personal crises draw her out of her shell and awaken her
to the lives of her boarders.
* 151st Hallmark presentation
Ep 36.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PACK OF LIES
26-Apr-1987
written by Ralph Gallup
based on the play by Hugh Whitemore
director of photography, Kenneth Macmillan
directed by Anthony Page
produced by Robert Halmi
executive producer, Robert Halmi, Jr.
starring
Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Jackson
Alan Bates as Stewart
Teri Garr as Helen Schaefer
Daniel Benzali as Peter Schaefer
Sammi Davis as Julie Jackson
Ronald Hines as Bob Jackson
Clive Swift as Ellis
Peter Schofield as Powell
David Corti as Malcolm
with
Margot Leicester as Thelma
Jackie Downey as Sally
Peter Hughes as Club Manager
Bruce Morrison as Club Waiter
Tim Barker as Telephone Man
Alan Renwick as Vegetable Truck Man
Terry John as Police Gas Man
Summary:
Fact-based drama about a middle-class homemaker who becomes
involved in a 1961 espionage investigation in her suburban London backyard.
A straightforward yet reserved British subject (Barbara), sharing a quiet life with
her loving husband and their teen-age daughter, is visited out of the blue by an
intelligence agent who cites national security and sets up shop in the couple's
bedroom to watch for a 'suspicious character' seen in the vicinity. But the agent
is really after the family's neighbors, one of which is Barbara's very dear friend.
As the intrigue intensifies, Barbara undergoes a crisis of conscience that tests her
loyalties, her confidences, and her sense of ethics.
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Ep 37.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SECRET GARDEN
30-Nov-1987
written by Blance Hanalis
based on the novel "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
directed by Alan Grint
director of photography, Robert Paynter
producer by Steve Lanning
executive producer Norman Rosemont
starring
Gennie James as Mary Lennox
Barret Oliver as Dickon Sowerby
Jadrien Steele as Colin Craven
Michael Hordern as Ben Weatherstaff
Billie Whitelaw as Mrs. Medlock
Derek Jacobi as Archibald Craven
Lucy Gutteridge as Mrs. Lennox
Colin Firth
Julian Glover as Colonel McGraw
Cassie Stuart as Martha
Margaret Whiting as Nurse Boggs
Philip Locke as Pilcher
Karen Archer as Mrs. Crawford
with
Irina Brook as Adult Mary
David Waller as Dr. Craven
Pat Heywood as Mrs. Sowerby
Carmel McSharry as Mrs. Gordy
Sophie Thursfield as Betty
Tony Selby as Sgt. Barney
Alison Doody as Lilias
Edward Tudor-Pole as John the Footman
Stephen Dillon as Captain Lennox
Dominic Hawksley as Young Officer
Summary:
The story of Mary Lennox, orphaned and sent to live on a Yorkshire estate,
and Colin Craven, the sickly invalid whose father owns the estate. Exploring the grounds,
Mary discovers a locked, abandoned garden and the children, befriended by a local lad,
Dickon Sowerby, discover the joy and beauty of life as they
bring the garden back to life.
** Note Filmed entirely on location in England at Highclere Castle, Newbury.
Ep 37.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FOXFIRE
13-Dec-1987
written by Susan Cooper
based upon a play by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn
directed by Jud Taylor
director of photography, Thomas Burstyn
produced by Anne Hopkins
executive producer, Marian Rees
starring
Jessica Tandy as Annie Nations
Hume Cronyn as Hector
John Denver as Dillard
Gary Grubbs as Prince
Harriet Hall as Holly
Collin Wilcox Paxton as Madge Burton
Joshua Bryson as Heckie
with
Jenny Whitter as Becky
Kenny Kosek as Fiddler
Tony Trischka as Banjo
Roger Mason as Bass
Summary:
The story of Annie Nations, a 79-year-old widow who lives in an isolated
Appalachian
Mountain cabin. Her son Dillard wants Annie to move near him in Florida and a land
developer wants to buy her farm to build vacation homes. Annie, who "visits"
regularly with her deceased husband, Hector, must decide which is most important to her:
Hector and the land, or Dillard and his family.
* 155th Hallmark presentation
Ep 37.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: STONES FOR IBARRA
29-Jan-1988
written by Ernest Kinoy
based on the novel by Harriet Doerr
directed by Jack Gold
director of photography, Mike Fash
produced by Bruce S. Pustin
executive producers Herbert Brodkin & Robert Berger
starring
Glenn Close as Sara Everton
Keith Carradine as Richard Everton
Alfonso Arau as Chuy Santos
Jorge Cervera Jr. as Jose Reyes
Ron Joseph as Dr. de la Luna
Lupe Ontiveros as Remedios Acosta
Diane Rodriguez as Maria de Lourdes
Trinidad Silva as Basilio Garcia
Ray Oriel as Domingo Garcia
Joaquín Martínez as the Cura
Marco Rodriquez as El Galondrino
with
Carlos Palomino as Julian Palacio
E.J. Castillo as Intern
Jennifer Balgobin as Carmen Lopez
Arturo Martinez as Gaspar Lopez
Michael Rabago as Luis Fuentes
Danny Mora as El Gallo
Kamala Lopez as Manuela Reyes
Bob Cota as Tomas Palacio
Margie Dorame as Luz Reyes
Angie Torres as Madre Petra
George Salazar as Dynamitero
Ray Chavez as Policeman
Barbara Glover as Receptionist
Henry Max Kendrick as Specialist
Arnold Tafolla as Kid Munoz
Miguel Delgado as Senor Gomez
Yolanda Hovey as Feliciana
Frank Soto as Taco Vendor
Summary:
A young American couple struggles to reopen the family copper mine in Mexico,
and in so doing, shares a "companionship with death" with the inhabitants
of a rural Mexican village. "A haunting drama ... enriched by its undercurrents
of
mysticism and its insight into Mexican culture.
* 156th Hallmark presentation
Ep 37.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: APRIL MORNING
24-Apr-1988
written by James Lee Barrett
from the novel "April Morning" by Howard Fast
directed by Delbert Mann
director of photography, Frank Tidy
produced by Robert Halmi Jr. & Delbert Mann
executive producers Robert Halmi & Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
starring
Tommy Lee Jones as Moses Cooper
Robert Urich as Joseph Simmons
Chad Lowe as Adam Cooper
Susan Blakely as Sarah Cooper
Meredith Salenger as Ruth Simmons
Rip Torn as Solomon Chandler
Joan Heney as Granny Cooper
Nicholas Kilbertus as John Parker
Griffith Brewer as Samuel Hadley
Thor Bishopric as Jonathan Harrington
with
Joel Miller as The Reverend
Brian Furlong as Joash Smith
Tony Ulc as Simon Casper
Philip Spensley as John Buckman
Peter Colvey as Major John Pitcairn
Alan Mozes as Young British Soldier
Jeannie Walker as Mrs. Simmons
Gary Plaxton as Lt. Col. Francis Smith
John Baggaley as Metcalf
Vlasta Vrana as Paul Revere
Burke Lawrence as Rider on Concord Road
Paul Rutledge as Lt. Sutherland
Ken Siegel as Ensign de Berniere
David Gow & Teddy Lee Dillon as Men at Atkins Farm
James Coull as Captain Parson
Timothy Hine as British Soldier
Vincent Glorioso as Lt. Baker
Summary:
Re-creation of the fateful morning of April 19, 1775, on which British soldiers
marched out of Boston to seize and destroy Colonial munitions stockpiled
in Concord, Massachusetts. Although history doesn't record who actually fired
the first shot on the Lexington green, here it is surmised that the skirmish was
initiated by a Colonial zealot named Solomon Chandler. After Concord, Chandler
leads ambushes against the retreating British that prove to be a frightening rite
of passage for 15-year-old Adam Cooper, the mustered
son of a patriotic and prinicipled farmer.
* 157th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 38.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TENTH MAN
04-Dec-1988
written by Lee Langley
based on the novel "The Tenth Man" by Graham Greene
directed by Jack Gold
director of photography, Alan Hume
produced by David A. Rosemont & William Hill
executive producers Norman Rosemont & William Self
starring
Anthony Hopkins as Jean Louis Chavel
Kristin Scott Thomas as Therese
Derek Jacobi as Imposter
Cyril Cusack as Priest
Brenda Bruce as Madame Mangeot
Timothy Watson as Mangeot
Paul Rogers as Breton
Peter Jonfield as Roche
with
Geoffrey Bayldon as Elderly clerk
Michael Attwell as Krogh
Jim Carter as Pierre
Robert Morgan as German officer
Patrice Valota as Voisin
John Bennett as Jules
Alan Rossett as Prisoner no. 3
Guy Matchord as Prisoner no. 4
Francois Lalande as Prisoner no. 5
Sebastien Floche as Man Concierge
Eva Schmidt as Secretary
Summary:
Jean Louis Chavel, a well-to-do lawyer in Nazi-occupied France, is arbitrarily
arrested and sent to prison. Once there, he is randomly selected for execution in
retaliation for Resistance activities. Desperate to avoid the firing squad, Chavel
offers all his possessions--including a chateau--to any prisoner who'll take his place.
One man agrees, a sickly man named Michel, who wills Chavel's estate to his heirs.
After the war, Chavel returns to his former home, now inhabited by Michel's mother
and embittered sister Therese. Using an alias, Chavel hires on as a gardener and
winds up falling for Therese. As their uneasy relationship develops,
a mysterious man visits, claiming to be Jean Louis Chavel.
* 158th Hallmark presentation
Ep 38.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HOME FIRES BURNING
29-Jan-1989
written by Robert Inman
based upon the novel by Robert Inman
director of photography, Steve Yaconelli
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
executive producer Marian Rees
starring
Barnard Hughes as Jake Tibbetts
Sada Thompson as Pastine
Robert Prosky as Rosh Benefield
Bill Pullman as Henry Tibbetts
Elizabeth Berridge as Francine Tibbetts
Neil Patrick Harris as Lonnie
Brad Sullivan as Fog Martin
William Duell as Whit Hennessy
with
Dan Biggers as Tunstall Renfroe
Warde Butler as Biscuit Brunson
Wallace Wilkinson as Hilton Redlinger
Ric Reitz as Lt. Whalen
Tom Even as Ollie Whittle
Kyle Chandler as Billy Benefield
Monica Achilles as Alsatia Renfroe
Edith Ivey as Jailer
Ray Johnson as Minister
Bob Penny as Bystander
Jere Ronveaux as Em Nesbitt
Mary Doster as Marvel Renfroe
Summary:
A series of seriocomic vignettes linked to the impact of World War II on a proud
family and its town. Set in a southern hamlet between July 1944 and July 1945, the story
revolves around the family's patriarch, Jake Tibbetts, the feisty publisher of the local
newspaper, Jake's compassionate yet spirited wife, Pastine, their sensitive teenage
grandson Lonnie, and Francine Tibbetts, the wife of Jake and Pastine's estranged son,
who appears suddenly one hot summer
day, unannounced, alone--and very pregnant.
* 160th Hallmark presentation
Ep 38.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MY NAME IS BILL W.
30-Apr-1989
written by William G. Borchert
produced & directed by Daniel Petrie
director of photography, Neil Roach
executive producers Peter K. Duchow & James Garner
starring
James Woods as Bill Wilson
Jobeth Williams as Lois Wilson
James Garner as Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith aka Dr. Bob
Gary Sinise as Ebb, Bill's best friend
George Coe as Frank Shaw
Robert Harper as Dr. Jeremy Partlin
Ray Reinhardt as Silkworth
Fritz Weaver as Dr. Burnham
Rick Warner as Bill Dotson
Joe Inscoe as Fred
Susan Duchow as Adele Gentry
Rich Valliere as Charley
Mark Joy as Guy Kolb
with
Bill Aylward as Controller
Richard Travis as Stockquoter
Mike McBlair as Mayflower Clerk
Wally Doyle as Mayflower Bartender
Norman Aronovic as Hospital Attendant
Bruce Morrow as Chief Engineer
Catherine Shaffner as Head Nurse
Celia Clark as Nurse
Greg Babers as Soldier #1
Walter Borchert as Soldier #2
Daniel Moore as Soldier #3
Jim Scopeletis as Pete
Jack Garner as Zack
William Borchert as Wade
Max Maxwell as Casey
Rick Marshall as Artie
Belle Doughty as Ellen
Bev Appleton as Hank
David Frisinger as Shorty
Bill Sullivan as Michael
Meredith Strange Boston as Dorothy Strong
John Bedila as Leonard Strong
Margo Tully as Henrietta Seiberling
Helen Carey as Anne Smith
Joseph McCartney as Customer
Chris Bass Randolph as Norene
Summary:
The story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson, a good-time
Charlie who returns home from World War I with a drinking problem, embarks
on a Wall Street career, but jeopardizes his success with binges that become more
and more frequent. When the stock market crashes in 1929, Wilson plunges into
an alcoholic abyss that sorely tests his marriage and leaves him consumed with
guilt and depression. Bill is powerless in his battle with the bottle until a spiritual
experience in a detox ward and a friendship struck with a boozing surgeon i
nstill in him new hope and purpose
** Note Based on personal interviews and various publications
about the life of
Bill Wilson and the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous.
* 161st Hallmark presentation
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Ep 39.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SHELL SEEKERS
03-Dec-1989
written by John Pielmeier
based on the novel by Rosamunde Pilcher
directed by Waris Hussein
director of photography, Brian West
produced by Anne Hopkins
executive producer Marian Rees
starring
Angela Lansbury as Penelope Keeling
Sam Wanamaker as Richard
Christopher Bowen
Anna Carteret as Nancy
Michael Gough as Roy Brookner
Patricia Hodge as Olivia
Denis Quilley as Cosmo
Sophie Ward as Antonia
Irene Worth as Dolly Kelling
with
Mark Lewis Jones as Danus
John Rowe as George
Andrew Keir as Lawrence
Serena Gordon as Amabel
Tracey Childs as Penelope, age 20
William Hope as Young Richard
Cornelia Hayes as Sophie
Patrick Blackwell as Taxi Driver
Gemma Hubbard as Penelope, age 5
Laura Goodwin as Melanie
James Goodwin as Rupert
David Simeon as Mr. Plackett
Summary:
A troubled British widow searches for a meaning to her life. 63-year-old
Penelope Keeling,
daughter of an artist, lives alone and fairly comfortably in England's Cotswold countryside.
But at the outset of the film, Penelope suffers a heart attack. That brush with death moves
her to reflect on her often embattled relationships with her three adult children,
whose own quests for happiness have not been especially fulfilling. Confused
and insecure, Penelope embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery, frequently reflecting
back on the
memorable years that shaped her character during World War II.
* 162nd Hallmark presentation
Ep 39.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FACE TO FACE
24-Jan-1990
written by John Sweet
story by Edward Pomerantz
directed by Lou Antonio
director of photography, Charles Correll
produced by Robert Halmi
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery as Dr. Diana Firestone
Robert Foxworth as Tobias Williams
Ronald Lacey as Dr. Brinkman
Lydia Kigada as Miriam
Richard Ngatia as Enjoro
Lou Antonio as Dr. Calvin Finch
Stephen Greif as Grant Ross
with
Ka Vundla as Obwa
Mick Ndisho Chege as Tobias' Foreman
Parare as Nashar
Njeri Karago as Photographer
Zacky Hinga as Teacher
Barry Gamer as Pilot
Sarah Withey as Jean Strong
Stuart Denny as Journalist
Daniel Kiare, Gichora Mwange, Loice Abukutsa, Wilfred Machua as Diana's students
Davis Sindiyo as Photographer at Press Conference
Shanni Chaggar as Reporter
Summary:
A female American paleontologist and a British miner, mistakenly issued permits
for the same Kenya digging site, almost come to blows. But when they unite to help a
Masai warrior fight exile from his tribe, they become drawn to each
other.
* 163rd Hallmark presentation
Ep 39.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CAROLINE?
29-Apr-1990
written by Michael de Guzman
based on the novel "Father's Arcane Daughter" by E.L. Konigsburg
director of photography, William Wages
directed by Joseph Sargent
produced by Dorothea G. Petrie
executive producers Dan Enright & Les Alexander
starring
Stephanie Zimbalist as Caroline
Pamela Reed as Grace Carmichael
George Grizzard as Paul Carmichael
Patricia Neal as Miss Trollope
Dorothy McGuire as Flora Atkins
Shawn Phelan as Winston
Jenny Jacobs as Heidi
Libby Whittemore as Bunny
John Evans as Winston as adult
Barbara Britt as Hilary
John Bennes as Simmons
Judith Sullivan as Agnes
Mary Nell Santacroce as Aunt Helen
Dan Albright as Mr. Phillips
Warde Q. Butler as Randolph
Joseph C. Floyd as Kevin
with
Marc Gowan as Harvey
Alice Heffernan-Sneed as Luellen
Randi Layne as Charlotte
Mark Lee Levitt as Simon
Jeff Young Lewis as Freddie
Audray McCroskey as Waitress
Afemo Omilami as Taxi Driver
Shelley Robertson as Book Salesperson
Lonnie R. Smith Jr. as Larry
Tonea Stewart as Diane
Bruce Taylor as Arthur
Laura Whyte as Librarian
Summary:
Fourteen years after being presumed dead in a plane crash, a woman
reappears--just in time to claim a sizable inheritance from her grandmother.
Set in the 1950s, the story centers around Paul Carmichael and his second wife Grace,
who have a somewhat peripheral relationship with their two children, 12-year-old Winston
and his 10-year-old sister. Enter Caroline--or a woman claiming to be Paul's "late"
daughter from his first marriage. Paul accepts her story that she never boarded the plane,
and used the crash to escape her shallow debutante life. But Grace is more than skeptical,
and the headmistress of
Caroline's finishing school is quite sure that "Caroline" is a fraud.
** Emmy for Dramatic Special
* 164th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 40.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DECORATION DAY
02-Dec-1990
written by Robert W. Lenski
based upon the novella by John William Corrington
directed by Robert Markowitz
produced by Anne Hopkins
executive producer Marian Rees
starring
James Garner as Albert Sidney
Judith Ivey as Terry Novis
Ruby Dee as Rowena Finch
Bill Cobbs as Gee Pennywell
Lawrence Fishburne as Michael Waring
Jo Anderson as Loreen Wendell
Norm Skaggs as Billy Wendell
with
Wallace Wilkinson as Judge Wesley
Jonathan Peck as Young Gee
Ric Reitz as Young Albert
Jeff Young Lewis as Imposter Lieutenant
Tracy Perry as Tracy Wendell
Dwionne Dickerson as Fritzie
Summary:
A cantankerous yet compassionate widower and retired judge who has virtually
withdrawn from life in his rural Georgia town is thrust back into an awareness of community
and conscience by crises involving a troubled godchild and a childhood friend.
The friend, a black tenant farmer, refuses to accept the Congressional Medal of Honor
which is to be belatedly bestowed upon him for his
bravery in World War II.
* 166th Hallmark presentation
Ep 40.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
03-Feb-1991
written by Patricia MacLachlan & Carol Sobieski
based on the book "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan
director of photography, Michael Fash
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
executive producers William Self & Glenn Close
starring
Glenn Close as Sarah Wheaton
Christopher Walken as Jacob Witting
Lexi Randall as Anna Witting
Margaret Sophie Stein as Maggie Grant
Jon De Vries as Matthew Grant
Christopher Bell as Caleb Witting
James Rebhorn as William Wheaton
with
Woody Watson as Jess Stearns
Betty Laird as Mrs. Parkley
Marc Penney as Ticket Agent
Kara Beth Taylor as Rose
Summary:
A four-character drama set in 1910 Kansas, which revolves around a withdrawn,
widowed father, his children Anna and Caleb, ages 9 and 6, and Sarah Wheaton,
a compassionate yet feisty single woman from Maine who responds to Jacob's
advertisement for "a kind woman to share a life--to make a difference; no picture
necessary." Giving herself a month's trial to make that difference, Sarah finds herself
battling against Jacob's stubborn ways, Anna's uneasy resentment, and the memories
of wife and mother that haunt father and daughter.
Ep 40.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
28-Apr-1991
written by John Gay
based on a screenplay by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville. From a
story by Gordon McDonell
director of photography, Thomas Neuwirth
directed by Karen Arthur
produced by David A. Rosemont
executive producer Norman Rosemont
starring
Mark Harmon as Charles
Margaret Welsh as Charlie
Norm Skaggs as Gary
William Lanteau as Henry
Rick Lenz as Herb
Diane Ladd as Emma Newton
Shirley Knight as Mrs. Potter
Tippi Hedren as Mrs. Mathewson
Sydney Walker as Mr. Granville
with
Bianca Rose as Midge Newton
Seth Smith as Bobby Newton
Michael Wisley as Rick
Fran Lish as Mrs. Granville
Olivia Charles as Miss Clayborne
John Gavigan as Medical Examiner
Romy Rosemont as Waitress
Ken Grantham as Reverend Hayworth
Richard LaTouche as Sims
Jason Kertel as David
Summary:
A small-town naif suspects that her visiting uncle is a notorious murderer.
* 169th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 41.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ONE AGAINST THE WIND
01-Dec-1991
written by Chris Bryant
directed by Larry Elikann
director of photography, Dennis Lewiston
produced by Tom Reeve
executive producer Karen Mack
starring
Judy Davis as Mary Lindell
Sam Neill as British Flier
Anthony Higgins as Herman Gruber
Christien Anholt as Maurice
Kate Beckinsale as Barbe
Denholm Elliot as Father LeBlanc
Frank Middlemass as Dubois
David Ryall as Dumont
with
Peter Cellier as Court General
Mark Wing-Davey as Colonel Miles
Stevan Rimkus as German pilot
Tom Hodgkins as Big Canada
Michael Crossman as Little Canada
John Savident as Henry Smallwood
Terry Taplin as Von Bismarck
Mikush Alexander as Erich
Paul Haigh as Sealove
Stefan Gryff as Fernand
Wolf Kahler as Commandant Reingart
Benedick Blythe as SS Captain
John Sandford as Gunner
Marie-Pauli V. Roesgen as Jeanette Odille
Rupert Evans as Blondie
Jane Montgomery as Helen
Metin Yenal as Surgeon
Summary:
Mary Lindell, an enobled Englishwoman estranged from her French husband
but still living in Paris, maintains a regal lifestyle even after the invading German
army takes over the city in 1940. Initially blasé about the occupation, Lindell is propelled
out of her malaise by the plight of a downed British flier whom she secretly shelters,
nurses back to health, then helps to escape. As word of her deed spreads, Lindell
becomes a beacon that draws other entrapped Allies, as well as the Gestapo.
Based on a true story.
* 170th Hallmark presentation
Ep 41.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: O PIONEERS!
02-Feb-1992
written by Robert W. Lenski
based on the novel by Willa Cather
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
director of photography, Dick Bush
executive producer Craig Anderson
starring
Jessica Lange as Alexandra Bergson
David Strathairn as Carl Linstrum
Tom Aldredge as Ivar
Reed Diamond as Emil
Anne Heche as Marie
Heather Graham as Young Alexandra
Josh Hamilton as Young Carl
Leigh Lawson as Frank
Graham Beckel as Oscar
Bradley Gregg as Young Oscar
Adam Nelson as Lou
Darin Heames as Young Lou
Deborah May as Mrs. Bergom
Christopher Collet as Amedee
with
John Durbin as Father Duchesne
Philip Heckman as Warden
Daniel Franklyn Hatch as Young Emil
J. Michael Hunter as Barney Flinn
Sherman Monahan as Middle-aged Farmer
Gail Ogden as Mrs. Larsen
Cork Ramer as Mr. Bergson
Rita Ruona as Annie
Stephanie Stewart as Signa
Gary Sullivan as Young Farmer
Hughston Walkinshaw as Nelse Jensen
Tom Webb as Joe Tovesky
Amanda White as Young Marie
Summary:
Set on the Nebraska prairie from 1880 to 1910, this paean to the settlers of
America's
heartland chronicles the hardships and joys of European immigrants striving to build a
new life in the harsh but fertile New World. Alexandra Bergson, headstrong daughter
of Swedish émigrés, provides the willpower that transforms her barren homestead into
a prosperous farm. In her later years, Alexandra still waits for her American dream,
deferred by sibling rivalries, a
timeworn romance, and tragic violence.
* 172nd Hallmark presentation
Ep 41.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MISS ROSE WHITE
26-Apr-1992
written by Anna Sandor
based on the play "A Shayna Maidel" by Barbara Lebow
directed by Joseph Sargent
director of photography, Kees Van Oostrum
produced by Anne Hopkins
executive producer Marian Rees
starring
Kyra Sedgwick as Rose White
Maximilian Schell as Rose's Father
Amanda Plummer as Lusia
D.B. Sweeney as Dan McKay
Penny Fuller as Miss Ryan
Milton Selzer as Uncle Shimon
Maureen Stapleton as Tanta Perla
Gina Gershon as Angie
with
Thomas Kopache as Janos
Tom Mardirosian as Henry
Howard Pinhasik as David
Jeff Mandon as Jim
Jeri Moon as Mother
Scott Morgan as Young Mordechai
Caron Tate as Saleslady
Bari Biern as Clerk
Kelly Scallion as Little Rayzel
Emily Miller as Little Lusia
Summary:
A young woman tries to bridge the Old World with the New. During the week,
Rose White is a would-be sophisticate living on her own and working her way
up the ladder at a large Manhattan department store. On Friday nights, Rose
returns to Brooklyn and, as Rayzel Weiss, the dutiful daughter of a Jewish immigrant
from Poland, observes the Sabbath with her family. Suddenly, Rose's balancing
act is shaken by the arrival of her long-lost sister Lusia, a Holocaust survivor she
hasn't seen since the family was separated before the war. Taking in Lusia as her roommate,
Rose comes face to face with haunting memories and troubling
feelings of guilt and denial.
* 173rd Hallmark presentation
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Ep 42.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AN AMERICAN STORY
29-Nov-1992
written by John Gray
story by Lemuel Pitkin & Paul Donald Snowe & John Gray
directed by John Gray
director of photography, Johnny E. Jensen
produced by Alan Jacobs
executive producer Robert Halmi Sr
starring
Brad Johnson as George Meade
Kathleen Quinlan as Hope Tyler
Tom Sizemore as Jesse Meadows
Josef Sommer as Henry Meade
G.W. Bailey as Tom Cantrell
Patricia Clarkson as Barbara Meade
Lisa Blount as Becky Meadows
David Labiosa as Juan Medina
with
John M. Jackson as Sheriff McMillan
Sean Hennigan as Billy Wheeler
Brad Leland as Andy Buckley
Titus Welliver as Jack Austin
Shawn Toovey as Sam Meadows
Miraida Rios as Maria Medina
Jerry Haynes as Dr. Jenkins
Dante DAndre as Carlos Medina
Rodger Boyce as Frank Crowley
Nell Heller as Beckys Mother
Peyton E. Park as Beckys Father
Summary:
World War II veterans unite against a corrupt mayor and his cronies as
they
fight to take back their Texas hometown.
Ep 42.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SKYLARK
07-Feb-1993
written by Patricia MacLachlan
based upon characters from the novel Sarah, plain and tall by Patricia
MacLachlan." "The sequel to Sarah plain and tall.
director of photography, Michael Fash
produced and directed by Joseph Sargent
executive producers William Self & Glenn Close
starring
Glenn Close as Sarah Witting
Christopher Walken as Jacob Witting
Lexi Randall as Anna
Christopher Bell as Caleb
Margaret Sophie Stein as Maggie
Jon Devries as Matthew
Tresa Hughes as Mattie Wheaton
Lee Richardson as Chubbers Horatio
Lois Smith as Lou Wheaton
Elizabeth Wilson as Harriet Wheaton
James Rebhorn as William Wheaton
with
Woody Watson as Jess Stearns
Anne Swift as Meg
Max Graham as Photographer
Betty Laird as Mrs. Parkley
Peggy Freisen as Caroline
Michael T. McGraw as Samuel
Summary:
In 1912 Kansas, drought plagues Jacob and Sarah Witting and Jacob's
children by his first marriage. As conditions worsen, the family suffers a calamity
that
marks a turning point for Sarah, who's harboring a secret from Jacob.
** Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for
Glenn Close.
* 176th Hallmark presentation
Ep 42.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BLIND SPOT
02-May-1993
written by Nina Shengold
story by Michael McTaggart
directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno
director of photography, David Geddes
produced by Andrew Gottlieb
executive producers Robert Halmi Jr. & Richard Welsh
starring
Joanne Woodward as Nell Harrington
Laura Linney as Phoebe
Reed Diamond as Charlie
Fritz Weaver as Simon
Cynthia Martells as Holly
Patti Yasutake as Dr. Charbonneau
Patti D'Arbanville as Lucinda
Mark Anthony Wade as Adam
Edmond Genest as Alden Rice
Allison Janney as Doreen
with
Sam Turich as Joel
Karina Arroyave as Ramona
Sharon Washington as Donna
Linda Powell as Tory
Melissa Bell as Patty
Mark Joy as Jerry Barbetto
Mary Louise Wilson as Mrs. Deitz
Emily Ann Wachtel as Phyllis
Ming Na-wen as Mitsuko
David Thornton as Frank
Larry John Meyers as Surgeon
Bruce Kirkpatrick as Lt. Grody
Ashley Palmer as Olivia
Summary:
A take-charge U.S. Representative takes charge of the rehabilitation of her
daughter,
who is a young widow, a new mother, and a cocaine addict.
** Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for
Joanne Woodward.
* 177th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 43.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE DOG
05-Dec-1993
written by Susan Cooper
based on the book by Terry Kay
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
director of photography, Neil Roach
executive producer Bruce Savin
starring
Hume Cronyn as Robert Samuel Peek
Jessica Tandy as Cora Peek
Christine Baranski as Kate
Terry Beaver as Paul
Harley Cross as Bobby
Esther Rolle as Neelie
Frank Whaley as James
Amy Wright as Carrie
Dan Albright as Noah
Dan Biggers as Dr. Bennett
Janette Lane Bradbury as Mildred Cook
Warde Q. Butler as Neal Lewis
David Dwyer as Holman
Ed Grady as Herman Morris
Bob Hannah as Clete Walton
Frank Roberts as Howard Cook
Jack Swanson as Photographer
Alex Van as Pete Morris
Summary:
A story about marital love, old age and death. Robert Samuel ('Mr. Sam') Peek,
a sagacious and seasoned pecan tree grower from rural Georgia, has been
married for the last 57 years or so to his college sweetheart, Cora. When she
suddenly passes away, Sam becomes increasingly lonely--until he befriends
a snow-white dog that strays onto the Peek property. People wonder if the animal
is real or merely a figment of Mr. Sam's imagination. Then Mr. Sam and the
dog take a
fateful journey to a college reunion.
Ep 43.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BREATHING LESSONS
06-Feb-1994
written by Robert W. Lenski
based upon the book by Anne Tyler
produced & directed by John Erman
director of photography, Gayne Rescher
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
James Garner as Ira Moran
Joanne Woodward as Maggie Moran
Kathryn Erbe as Fiona
Joyce Van Patten as Serena
Eileen Heckart as Mabel
Paul Winfield as Mr. Otis
Tim Guinee as Jesse
Henry Jones as Sam
Stephi Lineburg as Leroy
Debra Mooney as Mrs. Stuckey
John Considine as Durwood
Delphi Harrington as Sugar
Jean Louisa Kelly as Daisy
Kevin Thigpen as Lamont
Larry John Meyers as Bodyshop Owner
Don Wadsworth as Deacon
Summary:
The story of some fifteen hours in the lives of Ira and Maggie Moran, a
quarrelsome yet endearing middle-class couple who are driving from their
Baltimore home to a funeral in Pennsylvania. As the Morans' day progresses,
they befriend a fellow traveler, are reunited with their estranged daughter-in-law,
and share their hopes and dreams in a storyline that stresses
character development over action.
Ep 43.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A PLACE FOR ANNIE
01-May-1994
written by Cathleen Young & Lee Guthrie
directed by John Gray
director of photography, Donald M. Morgan
produced by Diane Walsh
executive producers Marcy Gross & Ann Weston
starring
Sissy Spacek as Susan Lansing
Mary-Louise Parker as Linda.
S. Epatha Merkerson as Alice
Jack Noseworthy as David
Joan Plowright as Dorothy
David Spielberg as Dr. Palmer
Richard Gilbert Hill as Dr. Scott
Stephen Mills as Dr. Reilly
Robin Pearson Rose as Edna
Lauree Berger as Sandy
Linda Carlson as Gerry
Wendy Robie as Dr. Horton
with
J.P. Bumstead as Judge
Rebecca Donner as Elaine
Claudette Sutherland as Carol
Cam Brainard as Medical Student
Katie and Leslie Anderson as Annie
Summary:
The compassion of a divorced pediatric nurse leads her to become
foster mother to an apparently abandoned HIV-positive infant named Annie.
Annie's hardened birth mother, a destitute AIDS victim, resurfaces and wants
her daughter back. Ultimately the two women reach a compromise
and move in together to share
Annie's parenting.
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Ep 44.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: RETURN OF THE NATIVE
04-Dec-1994
written by Robert W. Lenski
based on Thomas Hardy's novel
directed by Jack Gold
director of photography, Alan Hume
producerd by Brent Shields
executive producers Craig Anderson & Richard Welsh
starring
Catherine Zeta Jones as Eustacia
Clive Owen as Damon Wildeve
Ray Stevenson as Clym
Steven Mackintosh as Diggory
Claire Skinner as Thomasin
Paul Rogers as Captain Vye
Joan Plowright as Mrs. Yeobright
Celia Imrie as Susan Nunsuch
Richard Avery as Humphrey
with
Peter Wight as Timothy
Jeremy Peters as Sam
Gregg Saunders as Charley
John Boswall as Granfer Cantle
William Waghorn as Christian Cantle
Matthew Owens as Johnny
Britta Smith as Olly Dowden
John Breslin as Vicar
Daniel Newman as Mummer
Summary:
Set in the early 1850s, the story revolves around Eustacia Vye, one of
English literature's most compelling characters, a willful, passionate enchantress
whose
desire to escape her lonely, rustic life thrusts her into two doomed
relationships.
* 182nd Hallmark presentation
Ep 44.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PIANO LESSON
05-Feb-1995
written by August Wilson
directed by Lloyd Richards
director of photography Paul Elliott
produced by August Wilson
executive producers Richard Welsh & Craig Anderson
starring
Charles Dutton as Boy Willie
Alfre Woodard as Berniece
Carl Gordon as Doaker
Tommy Hollis as Avery
Lou Myers as Whiner
Courtney B. Vance as Lymon
Zelda Harris as Maretha
Rosalyn Coleman as Grace
Tommy La Fitte as Ace
Lynne Innerst as Miss Ophelia
with
Harold Surratt as Papa Willie Boy
Elva Branson as Mama Berniece
Tim Hartman as Sutter
Ben Tatar as Watermelon man
Alice Gerber Eisner as Watermelon lady
Bob Tracey as Nolander
Summary:
Set in 1936 Pittsburgh, this film centers on an ornately carved 80-year-old
upright piano, a family heirloom co-owned by a proud widow and her forceful brother,
Boy Willie. Boy Willie's determination to trade the piano for Mississippi farmland
triggers an emotional battle.
**Note Emmy for Outstanding Television Special, Directing, Writing,
Lead Actor
(Charles Dutton) & Lead Actress (Alfre Woodard)
*183rd Hallmark presentation
Ep 44.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: REDWOOD CURTAIN
23-Apr-1995
adapted by Ed Namzug
based on the play by Lanford Wilson
directed by John Korty
director of photography, Ronnie Taylor
produced by Rick Rosenberg & Bob Christiansen
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Jeff Daniels as Lyman Fellers
Lea Salonga as Geri Riordan
Debra Monk as Geneva, Laird's Sister
Catherine Hicks as Julia Riordan
John Lithgow as Laird Riordan
Shirley Douglas as Schyler Noyes
Vilma Silva as Zenaida
with
Joy Carlin as Mrs. Cole
Steve Anthony Jones as Nate Stone
Jarion Monroe as Leon Shea
Cab Covay as Mad John
R. Blakeslee Colby as Reverend Grant
Jonathan Korty as Dennis McCaw
Summary:
Geri Riordan is a teenage concert pianist of Vietnamese-American heritage
who has been trained by her adoptive father. Sudden personal and
professional tumult prompts Geri to visit her understanding aunt, who lives
amid a California
redwood forest that is also home to a troubled Vietnam veteran.
* 184th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 45.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JOURNEY
10-Dec-1995
written by Patricia MacLachlan
based upon the novel, "Journey" by Patricia MacLachlan
directed by Tom McLoughlin
director of photography, Kees van Oostrum
produced by Brent Shields
executive producers Glenn Close & Richard Welsh
starring
Jason Robards as Marcus
Brenda Fricker as Lottie
Max Pomeranc as Journey
Eliza Dushku as Cat
Meg Tilly as Min
Sal Lopez as Boone
Jason Dohring as Cooper
Frances Conroy as Fiona
James Lashly as Duncan
with
Anne Betancourt as Kate
Annie O'Donnell as Millie
Thomas Kopache as Jed
Claude Earl Jones as Man at Diner
Paul Sutera as Narrator
Summary:
This bittersweet portrait of a family's loss focuses on a farmer with a passion
for photography, his headstrong wife, and their 11-year-old grandson, who is
emotionally devastated when his mother abandons the family. The drama
explores the theme of hope as the child searches for the truth somewhere
behind the
pictures in his grandfather's family photographs.
* 185th Hallmark presentation
Ep 45.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
04-Feb-1996
adapted by William Blinn
based on the play by Tom Griffin
produced & directed by John Erman
director of photography, Frank Tidy
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Nathan Lane as Norman Bulansky
Robert Sean Leonard as Barry Klemper
Tony Goldwyn as Jack Palmer
Michael Jeter as Arnold Wiggins
Courtney B. Vance as Lucien P. Singer
Mare Winningham as Sheila
Elizabeth Wilson as Mary Fremus
Lynne Thigpen as Mrs. Tracy
with
Richard Jenkins,
Caroline Aaron,
Michael Hogan, Laura Bertram as Cashier,
Martha Burns, George R.
Robertson. Jenny Robertson as Rena.
Thank you to all our developmentally challenged actors: Anthony, Blair,
Bruce, Carol, Carolyn, Chris, Glenn, Heather, James, Joseph,
Karen, Leslie, Paul,
Robert, Scott, Susan, Wendy, Yvonne.
Summary:
Moving performances by Nathan Lane, Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Jeter
and Courtney B. Vance highlight this touching and funny 1996 TV movie
about four mentally challenged housemates. Norman loves doughnuts--and a
girl named Sheila; Barry fancies himself a golf instructor; Arnold is beset with
shopping problems; and Lucien is preparing to testify before a Senate committee.
Looking out for them is a dedicated social worker whose wife warns him,
'These dear, sweet
damaged guys are eating you up alive.'
* 187th Hallmark presentation
Ep 45.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HARVEST OF FIRE
21-Apr-1996
written by Richard Alfieri & Susan Nanus
story by Susan Nanus
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
director of photography, Neil Roach
produced by Brent Shields
executive producers, Bernard Sofronski, Richard Welsh
starring
Lolita Davidovich as Sally Russell
Patty Duke as Annie Beiler
James Read as Scott
J.A. Preston as Sheriff Garrison
Jean Louisa Kelly as Rachel
Jennifer Garner as Sarah Troyer
Marta Kristen as Martha Troyer
Peter McRobbie as Reuben Troyer
Sam Trammell as Simon Troyer
Gabriel Mick as John Beiler
Tom Aldredge as Jacob Hostetler
Craig Wasson as Philip Dixon
Eric Mabius as Sam Hostetler
Wesley Addy as Bishop Levi Lapp
Bette Henritze as Mary Lapp
Gary Bisig as Amos Zook
Madeleine Potter as Miriam Zook
Pamela Sam as Irene Yoder
Millie Perkins as Ruth
Isa Thomas as Barbara
Catherine Kellner as Nancy
Justin Chambers as George
Jeff Kizer as Lester
Summary:
A close-knit Amish farming community in Iowa is plagued by a series
of barn burnings. These crimes come under the investigation of a cagey
FBI agent whose efforts to resolve the case hinge on an
uneasy alliance with a candid Amish
widow.
* 188th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 46.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CALM AT SUNSET
01-Dec-1996
adapted by Pamela Gray & John Kent Harrison
based on the novel, "Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn" by Paul Watkins
produced & directed by Daniel Petrie
director of photography, Glen Macpherson
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Michael Moriarty as Russell Pfeiffer
Peter Facinelli as James Pfeiffer
Kate Nelligan as Margaret Pfeiffer
Gretchen Mol as Emily
Kevin Conway as Kelly Dobbs
Melvin Van Peebles as Bucket
Christopher Orr as Joseph Pfeiffer
with
Richard Bright, Richard Donat, Cecil Wright,
Brian Jamieson, Michael Higgins,
Tom Gallant, Jeremy Akerman
Summary:
James Pfeiffer disappoints his parents when he drops out of college to
pursue his dream of becoming a fisherman, following in the footsteps of his dad
and grandfather. James gets his chance when he saves the life of a seaman and
the pair decide to become partners. But it's hardly smooth sailing; James must
weather a tragedy, deal with a shocking secret about his father, and
make a
decision that might compromise his values.
* 189th Hallmark presentation
Ep 46.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SUMMER OF BEN TYLER
15-Dec-1996
written by Robert Inman
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
director of photography, Neil Roach
produced by Dan Witt
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
James Woods as Temple Rayburn
Elizabeth McGovern as Celia
Julia McIlvaine as Nell
Charles Mattocks as Ben Tyler
Len Cariou as Spencer Maitland
Kevin Isola as Junius Maitland
Gregory Perrilli as Scooter Maitland
Jack Gilpin as Carter Glenn
Novella Nelson as Rosetta Tyler
with
Clifton James as Chief Sam Thomkins
Millie Perkins as Doris Carpenter
Anita Gillette as Suellen Maples
Ronn Carroll as Judge Kragen
Ed Grady as Dr. Ringgold
Phil Loch as Abner Morris
Richard Olsen as Woodrow Biggers
Summary:
Set in 1942 about Temple Rayburn, a respected but financially struggling
attorney who is approached to run for state senate, but must choose between
his political aspirations and his sense of dignity when the town wants him to put
Ben Tyler, the mildly retarded son of his late housekeeper,
out of his home
because the boy is black
* 190th Hallmark presentation
Ep 46.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: OLD MAN
09-Feb-1997
adapted by Horton Foote
based on the short story by William Faulkner
directed by John Kent Harrison
director of photography, Kees van Oostrum
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Addie
Arliss Howard as J.J. Taylor
Leo Burmester
Daro Latiolais
Ray McKinnon
with
Jerry Leggio as Warden
Horace Trahan, Ritchie Montgomery,
Edward Grady, Dan Kamin, Michael Arata
Summary:
When the flooded Mississippi River leaves a pregnant woman stranded, a gentle,
taciturn convict is called upon to aid in the rescue effort. The inmate braves
countless obstacles as the two travel down the "Old Man," driven to fulfill his
orders to get her back home--and his promise to return to prison.
* 191st Hallmark presentation
Ep 46.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ROSE HILL
20-Apr-1997
adapted by Earl Wallace
based on the novel ,"For the Roses" by Julie Garwood
directed by Christopher Cain
producer Andrew Gottlieb
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Jennifer Garner as Mary Rose
Jeffrey D. Sams as Adam
Zak Orth as Douglas
Justin Chambers as Cole
Tristan Tait as Travis
David Newsom as Stringer
Casey Siemaszko as Fergus
Stuart Wilson as Richard Elliot
Kristin Griffith as Annie
with
Courtney Chase as Young Mary
Michael Alexander Jackson as Young Adam
David Klein as Young Douglas
Kevin Zegers as Young Cole
Blair Slater as Young Travis
Vanya Rose as Maude
David Aaron Baker as Harrison
Vera Farmiga as Emily
Peggy Ann Adams as Ruth Pruitt
Carmen Moore as Shining Water
Addison Bell as Fat Cow Bates
James McDonald as Charlie Orr
Donovan Workun as Sam Tucker
Summary:
A group of New York orphans adopt an abandoned baby and go West,
where their
charge grows up to be a headstrong young woman with a restless spirit
* 192nd Hallmark presentation
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Ep 47.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WHAT THE DEAF MAN HEARD
23-Nov-1997
written by Robert W. Lenski
based on the novel What the deaf-mute heard by G.D. Gearino
directed by John Kent Harrison
director of photography, Eric Van Haren Noman (Emmy)
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Matthew Modine as Sammy Ayers
Claire Bloom as Mrs. Tynan
Judith Ivey as Lucille
James Earl Jones as Archibald Thacker
Jerry O'Connell as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Bernadette Peters as Helen Ayers
Tom Skerritt as Norm Jenkins
with
Anne Bobby as Tallasse Tynan
Stephen Spinella as Percy
Jake Weber as Tolliver Tynan
Frankie Muniz as Young Sammy
Andy Stahl as Finis
Tyler Noyes as Young Tolliver
Hallee Hirsh as Young Tallasse
Teagle F. Bougere as Abraham Thacker
Lance Reddick as George Thacker
Daniel Kamin as Judge
Patrick Garner as Drunk
Mary Lucy Bivins as Mrs. Raymond
Patt Noday as TV Reporter
Terry Neinhuis as Officer Harvey
Lorri Lindberg as Miss Shaw
J.R. Horne as Attorney Rubicoff
Karen Williams as Rachel
Summary:
A boy en route to a quiet Georgia town with his mother is taken in by two
employees of the local bus depot after his mother disappears. He grows
up in the community using silence as a survival technique. Twenty years later,
however,
the silence provides a tool to possibly foil a childhood tormentor.
* 193rd Hallmark presentation
Ep 47.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ELLEN FOSTER
14-Dec-1997
adapted by Maria Nation & William Hanley
based on the novel by Kaye Gibbons
produced & directed by John Erman
director of photography, Brian West
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Jena Malone as Ellen Foster
Ted Levine as Bill Foster
Glynnis OConnor as Charlotte Foster
Julie Harris as Grandmother Leonora
Debra Monk as Aunt Nadine
Barbara Garrick as Aunt Betsy
Kate Burton as Abigail
Kimberly Brown as Dora
Allison Jones as Starletta
Lynne Moody as Starletta's mom
Bill Nunn as Starletta's dad
Timothy Olyphant as Roy Hobbs
Charles W. Gray as Chauffeur
with
Dick ONeill, Zeljko Ivanek, Davenia McFadden, Amanda Peet,
Sean Allan, Cheralynn Bailey, Lorena Gale; ], Michael Hogan,
Helen Honeywell, Don Mackay; Sheila Moore, Sheila Paterson,
Brent Stait, Helen Taylor, Neil Vipond
Summary:
Ten-year-old Ellen's existence with her alcoholic father is bearable only
because of the love of her gentle mother. When her mother dies, Ellen finds
herself shuffled among cruel and selfish relatives, including her venomous
grandmother. Through it all, though, Ellen remains resilient, drawing strength
from a few friendships and a boundless supply of hope.
* 194th Hallmark presentation
Ep 47.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LOVE LETTER
01-Feb-1998
written by James Henderson
based on a short story by Jack Finney
produced & directed by Dan Curtis
director of photography, Eric Van Haren Noman
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Campbell Scott as Scott Corrigan
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elizabeth Whitcomb
David Dukes as Everett Reagle
Estelle Parsons as Beatrice Corrigan
Daphne Ashbrook as Debra
Myra Carter as Clarice Whitcomb
Gerrit Graham as Warren Whitcomb
Irma P. Hall as Mae
Richard Woods as Jacob Campbell
Kali Rocha as Flossy Whitcomb
Laurie Kennedy as Lavinia Whitcomb
with
Edgar Smith as Potts the Postman
Cara Stoner as Maggie the Maid
George Gaffney as Bike Rider
Tom Riis Farrell as Scotts Boss
Mark Joy as Celebrity Author
Linda Powell as Doctor
Summary:
Scotty Corrigan, an engaged thirty-something, purchases an antique desk and
finds a letter written in 1863 by its original owner, Elizabeth Whitcomb. Intrigued
by her wish for 'a love that burns like fire and moonlight,' Scotty playfully
'answers' the letter--and is astonished to receive a reply. The extraordinary
correspondence continues, and Scotty starts to question his commitment to his fiancée.
Then he discovers it's not too late to alter the
course of Elizabeth's life, as well as his own.
* 195th Hallmark presentation
Ep 47.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ECHO OF THUNDER
19-Apr-1998
adapted by H. Haden Yelin
based on the novel Thunderwith by Libby Hathorn
directed by Simon Wincer
director of photography, David Eggby
produced by Dorothea G. Petrie
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Judy Davis as Gladwyn Ritchie
Jamey Sheridan as Larry Ritchie
Lauren Hewett as Lara Ritchie
Ernie Dingo as Neil
Michael Caton as Bill Gadrey
Emily Jane Browning as Opal Ritchie
Chelsea Yates as Pearl Ritchie
with
Jamie Croft as Gowd Gadrey
James Wright as Mr. Calloway
Ben & James Hanson as Jasper Ritchie
Reg Evans as Garage Attendant
Linda Ross as Bank Woman
Frank Magree as Driver
Summary:
Gladwyn and Larry Ritchie lead a hard life raising palm trees on a farm in
the Australian outback. They struggle daily with the elements--and the bank--to
keep a roof over their heads and to feed their three children. Despite the
hardships, they are a close-knit, happy family until one day when an unsettling
letter arrives. Larry's first wife has died and his daughter Lara, 15, is coming
from the city to live with the Ritchies. Gladwyn resists the idea of Lara joining the
family. She fears this city girl may have a negative influence on her three children.
Even more importantly, she worries that Lara's presence may rekindle memories in
her husband's mind of his first wife and former life. When Lara arrives, she senses
that she isn't welcome in the Ritchie home. As she tries to find a place in this new family,
she finds comfort in the company of the stray
Dingo dog which she names Thunderwith.
* 196th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 48.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SAINT MAYBE
22-Nov-1998
written by Robert W. Lenski
based on the novel by Anne Tyler
directed by Michael Pressman
director of photography, Shelly Johnson
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Blythe Danner as Bee Bedloe
Edward Herrmann as Doug Bedloe
Melina Kanakaredes as Rita
Thomas McCarthy as Ian Bedloe
Jeffrey Nordling as Danny Bedloe
Mary-Louise Parker as Lucy Dean Bedloe
Glynnis OConnor as Claudia Bedloe
Bethel Leslie as Mrs. Dulcimer
Mary Lucy Bivins as Mrs. Jordan
Lori Rom as Cicely Brown
Denis OHare as Reverend Emmett
with
René Augesen as Adult Agatha
Amy Hargreaves as Adult Daphne
Kristoffer Winters as Adult Thomas
Hallee Hirsh as Young Agatha
Sam Gyllenhaal as Young Thomas
Julia McClernon as Young Daphne
Tracy Spindler as Agatha, 12 years
Joseph Cross as Thomas, 10 years
Heather & Shannon Adams as Baby Daphne
Bill Raymond as B.B. Brandt
Molly Price as Clara
Pamela J. Gray as Dot
Ginnie Randall as Mrs. Myrdal
Summary:
A family saga centering on the Bedloe family, newlyweds Danny and Lucy,
and Danny's teenage brother Ian. Ian, plagued with doubts about Lucy's character,
confronts Danny, which triggers a series of tragedies and an effort by Ian to
seek redemption.
* 197th Hallmark presentation
Ep 48.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: GRACE & GLORIE
13-Dec-1998
adapted by Grace McKeaney
story by Tom Ziegler
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
director of photography, Mike Fash
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Gena Rowlands as Grace
Diane Lane as Glorie
Neal McDonough as David
Chris Beetem as Roy
Carrie Preston as Charlene
Emmy Rossum as Luanne
Viola Davis as Rosemary Allbright
Diane Kagan as Winnifred Bradley
with
Sue Bugden as Dr. Peters
Anne Pitoniak as Bernice Wallace
Gordana Rashovich as Nurse Janice Crane
William Severs as Rev. J.P. Conklin
Jack Willis as Lou Edwards
Ron McLarty as R.J. Anders
Michael Emerson as Arnold Dudley
Gregory Zaragoza as Cal
Gus Corrado as Chris
Rueben Jackson as Ed
Marc Damon Johnson as Mike
Michael Angarano as Bicycle Kid
Summary:
A down-to-earth widow named Grace reluctantly agrees to share her country
home with a hospice caregiver, a sophisticated ex-New Yorker whom
Grace calls Glorie. Initially, the relationship between the two women is strained,
but as the drama unfolds, Grace and Glorie share reminiscences and regrets
that bond them in a
friendship based on mutual comforting and respect.
* 198th Hallmark presentation
Ep 48.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: NIGHT RIDE HOME
07-Feb-1999
adapted by Ronald Parker & Darrah Cloud
based on the novel by Barbara Esstman
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
director of photography, Neil Roach
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Rebecca De Mornay as Nora
Keith Carradine as Neal
Thora Birch as Clea
Lynne Thigpen as Fran
Ryan Merriman as Justin
Jordan Brower as Simon
Ellen Burstyn as Maggie
Rosanna Huffman as Iris
with
Ramon de Ocampo as Luis
Mary Marsh as Mrs. Kramer
John Morrison as Dr. Froman
Terry Ward as Mr. Wetzel
Patrick Welch as George
Linda Burden-Williams as Nurse
Enrique M. Arias as Desk clerk
Tina Hahn as Dr. Mayeda
Francine Williams as Realtor
Summary:
Nora Mahler has a strong bond with her son Simon, but is not as close with
her daughter or husband Neal. When Simon is killed in a riding accident,
the family is torn apart. A grief-stricken Nora is hospitalized initially but her
mother brings her home to face her emotions and failing marriage. Neal,
on the other
hand, acts in the belief that the family needs a fresh start.
* 200th Hallmark presentation
Ep 48.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DURANGO
25-Apr-1999
adapted by Walter Bernstein
based on the novel by John B. Keane
produced & directed by Brent Shields
director of photography, Shelly Johnson
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Matt Keeslar as Mark Doran
Patrick Bergin as Fergus Mullaney
George Hearn as Rector
Nancy St. Alban as Annie Mullaney
Dermot Martin as Jay Mullaney
Paul Ronan as Tom Mullaney
Brenda Fricker as Maeve
Eamon Morrissey as Philly Hinds
Mark Lambert as Algie
Ian McElhinney as Vester
Pat Laffan as Bill Gobberley
Dean Kearns as Sergeant Rowley
Luke Griffin as Will Sullivan
Glenn Mulhern as Henry Sullivan
Vinnie McCabe as Jocko
Helen Norton as Bessie
Veronica Duffy as Sheila Mullaney
Dave Duffy as Martin Mooley
Macdara OFatharta as Fizz Moran
Britta Smith as Nonie Doran
Joe Pilkington as Donnelly
Noel ODonovan as Gubbins
Don Foley as Old Man
Joe Gallagher as Jobber
Eileen Colgan as Mrs. Hinds
Summary:
A struggling young farmer, Mark Doran, falls in love with the daughter of
Fergus Mullaney, a feisty giant of a man. Fergus has threatened to destroy
anyone who tries to court his daughter. Before confronting Fergus, Mark feels
he must prove himself as a man. He organizes an unprecedented undertaking
-- an Irish cattle drive to a nearby town to break the local cattle buyer's monopoly.
Mark assembles a team and sets out on an incredible adventure. Along the way,
he
finds the inner strength to overcome tremendous obstacles.
In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a 40-mile cattle
drive rather than selling his cattle to an
unscrupulous local buyer.
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Ep 49.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame:
SARAH, PLAIN & TALL: WINTER'S END
21-Nov-1999
written by Patricia MacLachlan
produced & directed by Glenn Jordan
director of photography, Ralf Bode
executive producers, William Self & Glenn Close
starring
Glenn Close as Sarah
Christopher Walken as Jacob
George Hearn as Dr. Hartley
Lexi Randall as Anna
Christopher Bell as Caleb
Emily Osment as Cassie
Jack Palance as John
Betty Laird as May Parkley
Calen Pick as Justin
Summary:
Sarah and Jacob Witting are a hardy couple raising a family on a Kansas
farm in 1918. Unexpectedly, they're visited by Jacob's father John, who
deserted his son more than thirty years earlier and has returned to make
amends--a task
complicated by a fateful accident and the onslaught of a blizzard.
** Note The third and final installment of the Sara trilogy.
Ep 49.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A SEASON FOR MIRACLES
12-Dec-1999
adapted by Maria Nation
based on the novel "Season for Miracles" by Marilyn Pappano
directed by Michael Pressman
director of photography, Shelly Johnson
produced by Timothy M. Bourne
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Carla Gugino as Emilie Thompson
Kathy Baker as Ruth
David Conrad as Nathan Blair
Laura Dern as Berry Thompson
Patty Duke as Angel
Lynn Redgrave as Judge Nancy Jakes
Mary Fogarty as Agatha
Faith Prince as Sadie
Evan Sabara as J.T. Thompson
Mae Whitman as Alanna Thompson
Mary Louise Wilson as Corinna
Kurt Deutsch as Alexander Thomas
Scott Sowers as Howie
Paul Collins as Gerald Thomas
Gail Grate as Holly McBride
Patricia Childress as Maeve
Jill Parker-Jones as Librarian
Mary Pat Gleason Young Grandmother
Susan Leslie as Female Guard
Logan OBrien as Young Boy
Summary:
When a young woman's niece and nephew are threatened with foster care
after her sister is hospitalized following yet another overdose, she flees with
them until they land in the sleepy town of Bethlehem just before Christmas
and a series of
kindnesses and coincidences gives the trio a chance a happiness.
A Season for Miracles is the story of Emilie Dalton, a young woman who
takes off with her jailed sister's children, not knowing where or how they will end up.
Along the way, the trio finds refuge in a small town where good things somehow
just seem to happen to good people. With the help of the local townsfolk
and a
small miracle, Emilie and the children have a Christmas to remember.
Ep 49.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MISSING PIECES
06-Feb-2000
adapted by Peachy Markowitz & Philip Rosenberg & Richard Kletter & D.W. Owen
based on the novel, "Atticus" by Ron Hansen
directed by Carl Schenkel
director of photography, Karl Herrmann
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
James Coburn as Atticus Cody
Lisa Zane as Renata
Paul Kersey as Scott Cody
Finn Carter as Marilyn
William R. Moses as David
Julio Oscar Mechoso as Hernandez
Maxwell Caulfield as Stuart
Karina Arroyave as Maria
Sal Lopez as Castillo
William Marquez as Espinoza
Carsten Norgaard as Reinhardt
with
Lilyan Chauvin as Old Woman
Ken Davitian as Jorge
Nadia Gomez as Girl
Efrem Ramirez as Renaldo
Caroline Lagerfelt as Serena
Yareli Arizendindi as Rosa
Elsie Escobar as Carmen Martinez
Luis Contreras as Beggar
Alberto Ledesma as Mexican priest
Demetrius Navarro as Carlos
Darrell Kunitomi as Tourist
Octavio Solorio as Doorman
Jorge Pallo as Messenger
Ron Paul Ramirez as Cipriano
Octavia L. Spencer as Elegant guest
Summary:
Atticus Cody is a rancher and widower on a sad mission in Mexico to claim
the body of his son Scott, a troubled artist and probable suicide who felt
responsible for the auto accident years earlier that took his mother's life.
The unusual circumstances behind Scott's case raise Atticus's suspicions
--enough to
launch his own investigation, which takes intriguing twists
Ep 49.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CUPID & CATE
07-May-2000
written by Jennifer Miller & Ron Raley
based on the novel "Cupid and Diana" by Christina Bartolomeo
directed by Brent Shields
director of photography Kees Van Oostrum
producer Timothy M. Bourne
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Mary-Louise Parker as Cate
Peter Gallagher as Harry
Bebe Neuwirth as Francesca
Philip Bosco as Dominic DeAngelo
Joanna Going as Cynthia
David Lansbury as Philip
Rebecca Luker as Annette
Brenda Fricker as Willie Hendley
with
E. Katherine Kerr as Cecilia
Jonathan Walker as Jerry
Peter McRobbie as Dr. Brimmer
Bill Raymond as Father Francis
Robert Hogan as Laurence
Kurt McKinney as Simon
Sheila Hennessey as Woman Shopper
William Thomas as Paul
Marceline Hugot as Tourist Woman
Bill Aylward as Judge
Alice Frank as Teen #1
Louisa Holaday as Teen #2
Kimberley Perfetto as Waitress
Nap Turner as Newspaper man
Jim Scopeletis as Speaker
Katie Ziegler as Carol
Robinne Lee as Ellen
Summary:
Cate, a young conventional dress-shop owner is about to marry her boring fiance,
but whose life is changed when her sister introduces her to witty, wise and endearing
Harry, her idea of Mr. Right. They hit it off, but soon they face several hurdles,
including Cate's tough father and disease.
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Ep 50.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LOST CHILD
19-Nov-2000
written by Sally Beth Robinson
based on the book "Looking for Lost Bird" by Yvette Melanson & Claire Safran
directed by Karen Arthur
director of photography Tom Neuwirth
producer Robert Bennett Steinhauer
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Mercedes Ruehl as Rebecca
Jamey Sheridan as Jack
Irene Bedard as Grace
Dinah Manoff as Helen
Tantoo Cardinal as Aunt Mary
Ned Romero as Yazzi Monroe
Louis Giambalvo
Julia McIlvaine as Caroline
Michael Greyeyes as Eddie
Cristine Rose as Carl
Ashley Burritt as Rebecca at 13 years
Kimberly Norris as Dorrine
Jennifer Podemski as Kate
Shayna Levine as Hannah
Ed Begay as Man #2
Rabbi Maynard Bell as Rabbi
Katherine Crookedhorn as Woman #3
Camille Gordon as Norrie's Mother
Deanne Giago as Betty Jackson Monroe
Maggie Hunts as Shelly
Roy Johnston as Superintendent
Naomi Lovelace as Norrie
Roger Maloney as Harry
David "Bronco" Martinez as Horse Auctioneer
Eric Martinez as Medicine Man
Hamilton Mitchell as Resident Doctor
Jon Proudstar as John Harry
Petur Redbird as Kate's Boyfriend
Rudy "Red Eagle" Soto as Dorrine's Husband
Shannon Rivers as Council President
Douglas Miles as Mr. Samule
Patty Suarez as Arlene
Alan Tafoya as Bus Driver
Loren Tapahe as Man #3
Delphine Tsinajinnie as Woman #2, singer
Nicole Weltzien as Rebecca at 3 years old
Bucky & Cinco as Brown horse
Summary:
A woman raised in a Jewish family discovers, after the death of her adoptive
parents,
that she is a Navajo Indian. Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection
to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the
deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the
Navajo community. But cultures clash when her husband is rejected as an outsider.
Rebecca and her family experience rebirth in a rich culture and renewal as a family
in this dramatic film based on the autobiography
Looking for Lost Bird by
Yvette Melanson.
Ep 50.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE RUNAWAY
10-Dec-2000
written by Ron Raley
based on the novel by Terry Kay
director of photography Ron Garcia
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
producer Dan Witt
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Dean Cain as Sheriff Frank Richards
Pat Hingle as Avery
Debbi Morgan as Reba Monroe
Kathryn Erbe as Evelyn Carnes
Cliff De Young as Harlan Davis
Roxanne Hart as Alice Davis
Cody Newton as Luke Winter
Duane McLaughlin as Sonny Monroe
Maya Angelou as Conjure woman
with
Robinne Lee as Cecily Monroe
Kamali Minter as Remona Monroe
Afemo Omilami as Jule Monroe
Brett Rice as Deputy Hugh
Robin O'Dell as Amy Winter
Mike Harding as Hack Winter
Frank Hoyt Taylor as Pug Holly
Marc Macaulay
Mike Pniewski as Avery Jr.
Graham Timbes as Ben Blair
David Dwyer as Ray
Sonny Shroyer as Mason Davis
Steve Coulter as Doctor
Leland Jones as The Reverend
Robert D. Raiford as Judge
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Tyler Long as First boy
Bing Putney as Boy #2
Willie Statford, Jr. as First man
Charles Black as Second man
Johnell Gainey as Rody Monroe
Summary:
Two teenagers, one black, one white, are destined to bring change to
their racially divided Georgia hometown in 1949. Luke is a dreamer who runs
away with his more pragmatic best friend after reading about Huckleberry Finn's
riverboat journey. The fun-filled adventure quickly turns into a frightful mystery
when the boys stumble upon the bones of three murdered men. As the
townspeople scurry to protect themselves from a legendary serial killer named Pegleg,
their new
sheriff aims to bring justice to the village.
Ep 50.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FLAMINGO RISING
04-Feb-2001
written by Richard Russo
based on the novel by Larry Baker
directed by Martha Coolidge
director of photography Johnny E. Jensen
producer Robert Steinhauer
executive producer Kathleen Straub
starring
William Hurt as Turner Knight
Elizabeth McGovern as Edna Lee
Brian Benben as Hubert T. Lee
Angela Bettis as Alice King
Erin Broderick as Grace Knight
Olivia Oguma as Louise Janine Lee
Joe Torry as Pete Moss
Christopher Larkin as Abraham Jacob Lee
John Gallagher Jr. as Gary
Lorie Baker as Polly
with
Kurt Smildsin as Fireworks Driver
Dwayne Holden as West's Son
Elizabeth Dimon as Nun
Peggy Sheffield as Mother Superior
Randall Franks as Cop
Father D. Terrence Morgan as Priest
Ken Arajuo as Paying Customer
Craig Cavaliere as Theater Patron
Pete Cavaliere as Sobbing Impala Owner
Summary:
1960s dreamer Hubert T. Lee moves his wife Edna and two children to Florida,
where he builds the world's largest drive-in right on the beach--and directly
across the street from a funeral home. The noisy establishment is a hit
with locals, but infuriates funeral director Turner Knight. The animosity is
further complicated by a growing friendship between Knight and Edna,
and the budding
romance between Lee's son and Knight's daughter
Ep 50.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FOLLOW THE STARS HOME
06-May-2001
written by Sally Beth Robinson
based on the novel by Luanne Rice
director of photography Steven Fierberg
directed by Dick Lowry
producer Gordon Wolf
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Kimberly Williams as Dianne Parker-McCune
Campbell Scott as David McCune
Eric Close as Mark
Blair Brown as Hannah Parker
Alexa Vega as Amy
Roxanne Hart as Tess
Tim Ransom as Buddy
Amanda & Caitlin Fein as Julia
with
Patricia Belcher as Counselor
Judith Drake as Admitting Nurse
Suzy Nakamura as Martha
Dan Eisenstein as Orderly
Octavia L. Spencer as Hildy
Jason Graham as Nurse
Cynthia St. John as Nurse #2
Toya A. Brown as Aide
Debra Orenstein as Young Librarian
Summary:
A woman is abandoned by her newlywed husband when he learns that
their unborn
child will be born with genetic abnormalities
Sometimes we choose the wrong person to fall in love with.
Dianne Parker marries the handsome, charismatic Mark McCune,
never noticing the quiet attention of his brother, David, a soft-spoken pediatrician.
When baby Julia arrives with genetic abnormalities, Mark is unable to cope and
walks out on their perfect marriage, leaving Dianne to face the challenges of
being a single mom. It's a challenge that becomes a journey of devotion and
discovery--a challenge that will lead her to renewed strength, surprising
friendships and a meaningful lesson in love.
* 209th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 51.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: IN LOVE AND WAR
18-Nov-2001
adapted by John Mortimer
based on a true story by Eric Newby
directed by John Kent Harrison
director of photography Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Callum Blue as Eric Newby
Barbara Bobulova as Wanda Skof
with
Peter Bowles as Melville
Giorgio Cantarini as Sloto
Marcus Cottorell as Elwood
Silvia De Santis as Valeria
Rosa Di Brigida as Mrs. Baruffa
Maurizio Donadoni as Vincenzo
Nicholas Gallagher as Duffy
Toby Jones as Bolo
Emanuela Macchniz as Bianca
Blancia Nappi as Delores
Madlena Nedeva as Wanda's Mother
Roberto Nobile as Wanda's Father
Nicola Pannelli as Maurizio
Rosa Pianeta as Rosa
Giacomo Piperno as Colonello
Marco Quaglia as Guissipe
Franco Ravera as Osvaldo
Nick Reding as James
Roberta Fiorentini as Housekeeper
Massimo Sarchielli as Merry
Mark Whiteley as Bob
Victoria Zinny as Mother Superior
Orazio Stracuzzi as Baruffa
John Warnaby as Feathers
Chiara Stampone as Girlfriend #1
Sabrina Sirchia as Girlfriend #2
Mario Erpichini as Chairman
Gabriele Parrillo as Italian Officer
Helmut Hagen as Commandant
Hermann Weisskopf as German NCO (as Herman Weiskopf)
Jan Stahlberg as German Lt.
Ralph Palka as German Officer
Robert Weatherby as Butler
Oreste Rotundo .... Doctor
Giacomo Gonnella as Black Shirt #1
Giuseppe Oppedisano as Black Shirt #2
Summary:
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy.
In Love and War chronicles the meeting of Eric Newby, a British soldier captured
in World War II whose life is saved by Wanda Skof, a courageous Italian woman
with whom he falls in love. The two overcome increasing risks as they find new
ways to keep Eric safe from his Nazi pursuers, but eventually Eric is faced with
an agonizing choice. Fate brought them together, but now
one decision could
separate them forever.
* 210th Hallmark presentation
Ep 51.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SEVENTH STREAM
16-Dec-2001
written by John Gray
directed by John Gray
director of photography Seamus Deasy
produced by David A. Rosemont
executive producer Brent Shields & Richard Welsh
starring
Scott Glenn as Owen Quinn
Saffron Burrows as Mairead
with
Simon Delaney as Reverend
Joseph Kelly as Eamon Dunhill
John Lynch as Tomas Dunhill
Eamon Morrissey as Willy Driscoll
Jer O'Leary as Fisherman #1
Eamonn Owens as Fisherman #2
Noel O'Donovan as Fisherman #3
Eddie Grimes as Fisherman #4
Padraig O'Faolin as Fisherman #5
Jack Lynch as Salesman
Lalor Roddy as Fish Buyer
Stanley Townsend as Constable
Fiona Shaw
Maire Hastings
Summary:
Owen Quinn loved his quiet but challenging life as an Irish fisherman.
Since his wife died, however, Quinn's world has been empty. But when
he encounters Mairead, a beautiful woman in distress, wonderful things start
happening. Quinn - and his whole sleepy village - seem magically reborn.
Quinn finds himself falling in love - but this mysterious woman raises
suspicions among his friends and neighbors. Where did she come from?
Will she vanish as quickly as she appeared?
Quinn has stumbled into a mystery straight out of Irish folklore.
*211th Hallmark presentation
Ep 51.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MY SISTER'S KEEPER
27-Jan-2002
written by Susan Tarr
based on the book by Margaret Moorman
directed by Ron Lagomarsino
director of photography Lloyd Ahern II
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Kathy Bates as Christine Chapman
Elizabeth Perkins as Judy Chapman
Lynn Redgrave as Helen Margaret Chapman
Kimberly J. Brown as Young Christine Chapman
Hallee Hirsh as Young Judy Chapman
Bobby Harwell as Father Daniel
with
Alex Alexander as Waitress
Toya A. Brown as Group Leader
Marc Miller as Dancing Boy
David St. James as George
Jascha Washington as Earl
Kathleen Wilhoite as Mona
Summary:
Two sisters embark on a journey of discovery and reconciliation in this
poignant real-life story based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman.
Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others
for support but longs for independence and an ordinary life. Her sister Judy,
a career-oriented New York art director, becomes responsible for her care when
their mother dies. The two
are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.
* 212th Hallmark presentation
Ep 51.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LITTLE JOHN
05-May-2002
written by H.Haden Yelin & Temma Kramer
story by Temma Kramer
directed by Dick Lowry
director of photography Steven Fierberg
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh & Ann Weston
starring
Gloria Reuben as Natalie Britain
Ving Rhames as John Morgan
Robert Bailey Jr. as Little John
Patty Duke as Sylvia
Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Steven
Adilah Barnes
Alyssa Gainer as Lisa
Scott Burkholder as Mr. Williams
Susan Merson as Ms. Connors
Bill Mesnik as Mr. Bates
Marc McClure as Mr. Davidson
with
Dex Elliot Sanders as Nelson
Henry G. Sanders as Merlle
Elizabeth Anne Smith as Sister Mary
Sean Squire as Charlie
Hayden Tank as Benny
Bruce Nozick as Doctor
Dianna Miranda as Nurse #1
Geraldine Hughes as Nurse #2
Dean Ross Berke as Orderly
Rainbow Borden as Messenger
Jack McGee as Bailiff
Adrian Sparks as Cowboy
Octavia Spencer as Waitress
Peter Van Norden as Presiding Judge
Ellis Williams as Lou
Wayne Thomas Yorke as Bus Driver
Summary:
As a family court judge, Natalie Britain routinely makes decisions involving
hundreds of children and their families. Yet she harbors a secret involving her
own unacknowledged child. Natalie thought her son was put up for adoption at birth
12 years ago. But her estranged father, John, has been raising Little John on his Texas
farm. Now, with John in failing health, Little John suddenly re-enters Natalie's well
-ordered life in this story of family and forgiveness.
* 213th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 52.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LOCKET
08-Dec-2002
adapted by Ron Raley
based on the novel by Richard Paul Evans
directed by Karen Arthur
director of photography Tom Neuwirth
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Vanessa Redgrave as Esther Huish
Michael Keddington as Chad Willett
Mary McDonnell as Helen Staples
Marguerite Moreau as Faye Murrow
Brock Peters as Henry McCord
Lori Heuring as Alice Richards
Irene Ziegler as Mrs. Murrow
with
Leland L. Jones as Detective Ross
Jennifer Ferrin as Young Esther
Jonathan Frappier as Young Thomas
Michael Genevie as Professor King
Karen Kirschenbauer as Dean Scott
Terry O'Quinn as Michael Keddington's Abusive Father
Lourdes Benedicto
Chance Kelley
Summary:
Esther, a wise woman who teaches a troubled young man the power of love.
From her, Michael Keddington learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness.
Her gift to him of a locket - symbolic of one person's missed opportunities -
comes to represent Michael's second chance.
* 214th Hallmark presentation
Ep 52.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BRUSH WITH FATE (aka The Girl in Hyacinth
Blue)
02-Feb-2003
written by Richard Russo
story by Susan Vreeland
directed by Brent Shields
director of photography Eric Van Haren Noman
produced by Brent Shields
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Glenn Close ...... Cornelia Englebrecht
Thomas Gibson ...... Richard
Ellen Burstyn ..... Rika
Kelly MacDonald ..... Aletta Pieters
Patrick Bergin ....... Headmaster
with
Phyllida Law ......... Maria
Daniel Boissevain .... Sol
Roef Ragas ........... Stijn
Kieran Bew ........... Adrian Kuypers
Katja Mira Herders ... Tannske
Marcel Jonker ........ Willem
Erwan van Buuren ..... Fritz
Caro Lensen .......... Joanna
Thekla Reuten ........ Saskia
Laurien Van den Broeck ... Magdalena Vermeer
Horace Cohen ......... Faculty Man
Jenne Decleir ........ Young Laurens
Hugo Konings ......... Young Man
Erik van Beekum ...... Angry dike worker
Carly Wijs ........... Faculty Woman
Summary:
For generations, a lost Vermeer painting has passed between owners,
changing the fate of all who have possessed it...whether bought in passion,
sold in desperation or stolen in greed. An eccentric school teacher,
who secretly possesses the painting today, has devoted her life to
researching its history. When she decides to share the story of the
painting with a fellow teacher, this
300-year-old mystery begins to unravel.
* 215th Hallmark presentation
Ep 52.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A PAINTED HOUSE
27-Apr-2003
written by Patrick Shane Duncan
based on the novel by John Grisham
directed by Alfonso Arau
director of photography Xavier Perez Grobet
John Grisham as Narrator (voice)
starring
Scott Glenn as Eli "Pappy" Chandler
Arija Bareikis as Kathleen Chandler
Robert Sean Leonard as Jesse Chandler
Logan Lerman as Luke Chandler
Melinda Dillon as Gran Chandler
Pablo Schreiber as Hank Spruill
Audrey Marie Anderson as Tally Spruill
Geoffrey Lewis as Mr. Spruill
Michael Shamus Wiles as Officer Stick
Luis Esteban Garcia as Cowboy
Miguel Pérez as Miguel
Diane Delano as Mrs. Spruill
Luke Eberl as Trot Spruill
Sean Jones as Bo Spruill
Kiersten Warren as Stacy
with
Cody Block as Percy Latcher
Liz Byler as Libby Latcher
Richard Crowe as Mr. Latcher
Donna Denley as Pearl Watson
Neva Howell as Darla Latcher
Thomas Humphrey as Latcher boy
Silas Weir Mitchell as Jimmy Dale
Don Pirl as Pop Watson
John Boyd West as Jackie Moon
Summary:
A young boy's summer of danger and discovery on a 1950s cotton farm.
A violent storm threatens his family's survival. A beautiful girl catches his eye.
And after witnessing a murder, he faces an awful choice
--revealing the truth could hurt those he loves
* Note: 216th Hallmark presentation
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Ep 53.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FALLEN ANGEL
26-Nov-2003
teleplay & novel by Don Snyder
directed by Michael Switzer
director of photography William Wages
produced by Anne Hopkins
starring
Gary Sinise .......... Terry McQuinn
Joely Richardson ..... Katherine Wentworth
Art Hindle ........... Saunders
Gordon Pinsent ....... Charles Wentworth
Jordy Benattar ....... Olivia Wentworth
James McGowan ........ Jack
Kate Trotter ......... Callie
Alisa Wiegers ........ Mrs. Wentworth
Boyd Banks ........... Birdie
Jake Brockman ........ Young Terry
Bruce Gooch .......... Chief Kane
Kevin Hare ........... Robbins
James McCowan ........ Billings
Rick Roberts ......... Young Charles Wentworth
Shawn Roberts ........ Terry McQuin at 18 years old
Ryan Simpkins ........ Young Katherine Wentworth
Grace Armas .......... Nurse #1
Joanne Reece ......... Nurse #2
Murray Oliver ........ Worker
Lorne Cardinal ....... Hardware clerk
Quancetia Hamilton ... Roadside Crewperson
Larry Heisler ........ Extra
Summary:
Twenty-five years later, Terry returns to his hometown in Maine. His father has
died,
and he must face the truth about the anger he has felt toward his father and aspects of
his father's character that he hadn't noticed when he was a young man. He also learns
more about the Wentworth family, whose father, Charles, was driving and lost his own
family after the car wreck. The turning point occurs when Terry learns that
Katherine Wentworth, the daughter of the family on that long-ago Christmas Eve, is coming
back to the family seaside "cottage" for the
first time.
*Note: Hallmark's 217th presentation
Ep 53.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BLACKWATER
LIGHTSHIP
06-Feb-2004
teleplay by Shane Connaughton
based on the novel by Colm Toibin
directed by John Erman
director of photography Tony Imi
produced by Heather Ogilvie
starring
Marijka Bardin ....... Young Helen
Sean Campion ......... Michael Breen
Barry Cassin ......... Fr. Griffin
Laura Hughes ......... Anne
Angela Lansbury ...... Dora
Ruth McCabe .......... Dr. Louise
Frank McCusker ....... Harry
Maria McDermottroe ... Madge Kehoe
Keith McErlean ....... Declan
Gina McKee ........... Helen
Dearbhla Molloy ...... Essie Kehoe
Brian F. O'Byrne ..... Larry
Kevin O'Dwyer ........ Young Declan
Macdara O'Fatharta ... Grandad
David Parnell ........ Dr. Kerwin
Sam Robards .......... Paul
Dianne Wiest ......... Lily
Synopsis:
Set and filmed in Ireland, it's an adaptation of Colm Toibin's novel about
generational
conflict and the struggle to heal emotional rifts as these women care for their
AIDS-afflicted brother, son and grandson, Declan.
*Note: Hallmark's 218th presentation.
Ep 53.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PLAINSONG
25-Apr-2004
teleplay by Oliver Goldstick
based on the novel by Kent Haruf
directed by Richard Pearce
director of photography Alfonso Beato
produced Orly Adelson
starring
Aidan Quinn .......... Tom Guthrie
Rachel Griffiths ..... Maggie Jonas
America Ferrera ...... Victoria Roubideaux
Geoffrey Lewis ....... Raymond McPheron
William Andrews ...... Harold McPheron
Megan Follows ........ Ella Guthrie
Zachery Ty Bryan ..... Russell Beckman
Cody Arens ........... Bobby Guthrie
Mick Hazen ........... Ike Guthrie
Marian Seldes ........ Iva Stearns
Jeffrey Carlson ...... Dwayne
Katie Finneran ....... Judy
Margo Martindale ..... Mrs. Beckman
Ron Perkins .......... Lloyd Crowder
Margot Rose .......... Betty Roubideaux
Kim Jensen Abunuwara . Aunt Janet
Mary Greenwood ....... Charlene
Allan Groves ......... Murphy
Edward Seamon ........ Maggie's Father
Brent Sexton ......... Bud Sealy
Brenda Wehle ......... Janine
Morgan Lund .......... Harvey the Barber
Steve Anderson ....... Barber Shop Patron
Dan Merket ........... Cook
Don Re Sampson ....... Superintendent
Steve Anderson ....... Barber Shop Patron
Lincoln Hoppe ........ Furniture Salesman
Synopsis:
Story about a dedicated school teacher and his adjustment to life as a single father
and the emotional growth and changes that occur over a year's time in the lives of eight
very different people who inhabit a small town in
rural Colorado.
*Note: Hallmark's 219th presentation.
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A Painted House encore presentation
12-Sep-2004
Ep 54.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BACK WHEN WE WERE
GROWNUPS
22-Nov-2004
teleplay by Susanna Styron & Bridget Terry
based on the novel by Anne Tyler
directed by Ron Underwood
director of photography David M. Walsh
producer Richard Welsh
starring
Blythe Danner ........ Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Faye Dunaway ......... Tina
Peter Fonda .......... Dr. Will Allenby
Jack Palance ......... Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Peter Riegert ........ Zeb
Ione Skye ............ Minerva 'Min' Foo
Betsy Brandt ......... Nono
Stacy Edwards ........ Biddy
Blake Lindsley ....... Patch
Julio Oscar Mechoso .. J.J. Barrow
Nina Foch ............ Mrs. Holmes
Anjul Nigam .......... Hakim
Cameron Watson ....... Barry
Mark Fite ............ Jeep
Oded Gross ........... Troy
with
Alex Cole ............ Dixon
Thomas Curtis ........ Peter
Allison Scagliotti-Smith ... Emmy
Jonathan Pickett ..... Joey
Zolee Griggs ......... LaTeesha
Olivia Milo Pence .... Young Patch
Grace Fulton ......... Young Biddy
Nick Kiriazis ........ Joe
Amanda MacDonald ..... Beatrice
Elaine Kagan ......... Mother Davitch
Jill Holden .......... Mrs. Borders
Hillary Danner ....... Young Rebecca
Troy Dudley .......... Young Will
Lisa Kaseman ......... Waitress/Minister
Eric Winter .......... Hunk
Gary Mack ............ Photographer
Lana Underwood ....... Hostess
Robert Berumen ....... Waiter
Lynette DuPree ....... Librarian
Delaney Keefe ........ Little NoNo
Anika C. McFall ...... Grooms Wedding Guest
Cynthia Wilber ........ Tanya
Summary:
Since her husband’s death after only six years of marriage, Rebecca has
single-handedly raised his ever-challenging and now adult daughters, as well as
one of her own. Rebecca also inherited her husband’s uncle, 99-year-old Poppy
(Jack Palance), a crotchety old man whose total
focus is his upcoming 100th birthday. [RF]
*Note: Hallmark's 221st presentation.
Ep 54.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS
30-Jan-2005
teleplay by Camille Thomasson
based on the novel by Ann Howard Creel
directed by Brent Shields
director of photography Eric Van Haren
composer Lawrence Shragge
producer Andrew Gottlieb
executive producer Richard Welsh
starring
Keri Russell ......... Livy Dunne
Skeet Ulrich ......... Ray Singleton
Mare Winningham ...... Martha
Stephen Strachan ..... Hank
Eric Winter .......... Walter
Tania Gunadi ......... Lorelei
Katie Keating ........ Ruth
Tom Carey ............ Shopkeeper
Gwendoline Yeo ....... Rose
Kira Bradley ......... Librarian
Brayden Bullen ....... Hank Jr.
Tom Carey ............ Shopkeeper
Marion Case .......... Mark Black
Sam Dyer ............. Chester
Roger Haskett ........ Telephone Man
Andy Maton ........... Dr. McCutcheon
Jane McGregor ........ Abby
Jackie Robbins ....... Mrs. Pratt
Joyce Robbins ........ Mrs. Parker
Karl Roth ............ Slim
Daryl Shuttleworth ... Reverend Dunne
Synopsis:
Livy Dunne, who becomes pregnant during World War II. Her stern father sends
her away, into a marriage of convenience with a lonely farmer, Ray Singleton, in
tiny Wilson, Colo. Initially, Livy and Ray are wary of each other. Worldly Livy
is bored by Ray and the hardscrabble life he leads.
*Note: Hallmark's 222nd presentation.
Ep 54.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: RIDING THE BUS WITH
MY SISTER
01-May-2005
Teleplay by Joyce Eliason
Based on the book written by Rachel Simon
Directed by Anjelica Huston
Produced by Sherri Saito
Director of photography Roberto Richmond
starring
Rosie O'Donnell ....... Beth
Andie MacDowell ....... Rachel
Richard T. Jones ...... Jesse
D.W. Moffett .......... Rick
Boyd Banks ............ Henry
Tom Barnett ........... Bobby
Todd Dulmage .......... Doctor
Mallory Margel ........ Teenage Rachel
Angelo Tsarouchas ..... Eugene
Ellora Patnaik ........ Girl on Bus
David Michie .......... Street Thug
Inna Korobkina ........ Model
Ramona Pringle ........ Model
Synopsis:
The story of two sisters – Beth and Rachel – who live very different lives.
Rachel is a successful,
driven fashion photographer in New York City. Beth who is develop mentally challenged,
spends her days riding public buses. After the death of their father, Rachel comes home to
be with her sister and the two literally butt heads.
* Hallmark presentation no. 224
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Ep 55.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SILVER BELLS
27-Nov-2005 CBS Sun
Produced by Andrew Gottlieb
Directed by Dick Lowry
Adapted by Jim McGrath
Based on Luanne Rice's best-selling novel.
Director of photography Eric Van Haren Noman
starring
Tate Donovan ......... Christy Byrne
Anne Heche ........... Catherine Tierney
Michael Mitchell ..... Danny Byrne
Courtney Jines ....... Bridget Byrne
Margo Martindale ..... Mrs. Quinn
Mike Colter .......... Bill
Max Martini .......... Rip
Mary Eileen O'Donnell ........ Emergency Room Nurse
Nate Haden ........... Stake Bed Truck Driver
V.J. Foster .......... Policeman #1
Marc D. Wilson ....... Policeman #2
Synopsis:
A rough-hewn Christmas tree farmer who has come from Nova Scotia
with his children on their annual selling trip to New York City. Taking over his
regular street corner, and filling its air with the unmistakable scent of fresh pine,
he draws the attention of a young reclusive librarian troubled by tender memories. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
At Christmastime, a single dad finds love with a lonely widow when he travels
to New York City to sell Christmas trees and find his
runaway son. [RF]
*
Hallmark presentation no. 225.
Ep 55.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE WATER IS WIDE
29-Jan-2006 CBS Sun
Executive Producer Richard Welsh and Brent Sheilds
Directed by John Kent Harrison
Teleplay by Jonathan Estrin
Based on the autobiographical novel by Pat Conroy
starring
Alfre Woodard ........ Mrs. Brown
Jeff Hephner ......... Pat Conroy
Frank Langella ....... Dr. Henry Piedmont
Lynda Clark .......... Lou Stone
Michael Harding ...... Ted Stone
Julianne Nicholson ... Barbara
LaTanya Richardson ... Edna Graves
Rodney Reid .......... Prophet
Synopsis 1:
Based on the experiences of Pat Conroy as a young, idealistic and unconventional
teacher who strives to bring literacy, knowledge and self-respect to the predominantly
poor black children living on a small isolated island
off the coast of South Carolina. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
During the late 1960s, an enthusiastic schoolteacher comes to a small island off
the
coast of South Carolina with the hope of bringing literacy and self-respect to the
predominantly black, uneducated children who live there. With dogged enthusiasm
he tries to involve the people of the island in their children's education. Although his
creative style ultimately proves too unconventional for the school principal and
the school superintendent, he inspires the islanders to
strive for a better education for their
children. [RF]
*
Hallmark presentation no. 226.
Ep 55.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: IN FROM THE NIGHT
23-Apr-2006 CBS Sun
Executive Producers Richard Welsh and Brent Shields
Directed by Peter Levin
Teleplay by Susanna Styron & Bridget Terry
Based on the novel "If Nights Could Talk", by Marsha Recknagle
Director of photography Eric Van Haren Noman
Music by Mark McKenzie
starring
Marcia Gay Harden .... Vicki Miller
Thomas Gibson ........ Aiden Byrnes
Taylor Handley ....... Bobby Miller
Kate Nelligan ........ Vera Miller
Marian Seldes ........ Nora Cantata
Regina Taylor ........ Dr. A. Gardner
Mackenzie Astin ...... Rob Miller
Roxanne Hart ......... Ruth Miller Hammond
Mageina Tovah ........ Priscilla Miller
Miguel Perez ......... Ned Alvarez
Lauren Tom ........... Dr. Myra Chen
Jenny Gabrielle ...... Lois
Ryan Donowho ......... Snakeman
Arty Nichols ......... Restaurant Customer
Richard Barela
Elizabeth Latham
Eric McCormack
Cody McMains
Synopsis:
Vicki Miller is a thirty-something Houston writer living a well-ordered and
purposefully
childless life when her sixteen-year-old nephew Bobby arrives from Louisiana on her doorstep.
The awkward and morbidly troubled young man is seeking deliverance from his chaotic
and abusive home and an emotional tug-of-war between Vicki’s unstable younger brother
and his wife. A virtual stranger to Bobby, Vicki is no stranger to the family nightmare from
which Bobby is fleeing. She left it behind years ago to retreat, like her nephew, into her
own cocoon. For Vicki to open her door to Bobby means opening a door to her own past,
her own pain, and the secrets that have shadowed her.
In a moment of compassion, Vicki lets Bobby in.
*
Hallmark presentation no. 227.
For more info see Marcia Gay Harden's site at:
http://www.faceof.net/marcia/films/2005creditstvinfromthenight.htm
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Ep 56.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CANDLES ON BAY
STREET
26-Nov-2006 CBS Sun
Produced by Andrew Gottlieb and John Erman
Directed by John Erman
Written by Jonathan Estrin
Based on the novel by K.C. McKinnon
starring
Alicia Silverstone ... Dee Dee Michaud
Annabeth Gish ........ Lydia
Polly Bergen ......... Rosemary
Eion Bailey .......... Sam Timmons
Matthew Knight ....... Trooper
Jonathan Potts ....... Rick
James Rebhorn ........ Farmer Frieden
Martha Irving ........ Val
Aislinn Paul ......... Amber
Ted Atherton ......... Ross
Katie Griffin ........ Naomi
Marlane O'Brien ...... Mrs. Gruber
Jayne Eastwood ....... Sarah
Wayne Robson ......... Brad
Brian Downey ......... Cee Jay
Richard Donat ........ Walter
Kevin Nugent ......... Workman
Synopsis:
A woman returns to her small hometown after a 13-year absence
with her son, which creates a whirl of emotions for her formerly
smitten childhood friend and his wife. [RF]
*Note: Filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.
Hallmark presentation no. 228.
Ep 56.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE VALLEY OF LIGHT
28-Jan-2007 CBS Sun
Produced by
Directed by Brent Shields
Teleplay by Camille Thomasson
Based on the novel by Terry Kay
Director of photography Eric Van Haren Noman
Composer Jeff Beal
starring
Chris Klein .......... Noah Locke
Gretchen Mol ......... Eleanor
Jay O. Sanders ....... Howard
Betty Moyer .......... Ada Reynolds
Zach Mills ........... Matthew
Robert Prosky ........ Hoke
Angela Paton ......... Granny
with
Kevin Chamberlin ..... Moody
William Joseph Elk ... Marshall
Jim Beaver ........... Radio Preacher (Voice)
Ben Billingsley ...... Town kid
Jacqueline Billingsley ... Town kid
Al Cacioppo .......... Fisherman
T.J. Civis ........... Pallbearer
Alexander Baird ...... Sunday School Boy
Karyn Dahl ........... Choir member
Todd Gearou .......... Singer
Leslie Goodman ....... Townsperson, Memorial Singer
Scott Goodman ........ Townsperson (age 8)
Robert Granados ...... Townsperson (Singing)
Marilyn Faith Hickey ... Fish Fry Woman
David Hodges ......... Townsperson
Lee D. Hudson ........ Townsperson, Memorial Singer
Yvonne Koenig ........ Choir Member/Townsperson
Emmalea Luna ......... Townsperson
James Marsh .......... Peavo
Sean May ............. Memorial Singer/Townsperson
Rick Mischke ......... Memorial Singer/Townsperson
Jacqueline Mraz ...... Town kid
David Pearl .......... Peavo
Jackson Rathbone ..... Travis
Beverly Roberts ...... Townswoman/Memorial Singer/Pie Lady
Bob Sáenz ............ Fisherman
Kandice Stroh ........ Warden's secretary
Synopsis:
A World War II veteran returns home at the end of the war to find his parents
have died, his brother is in prison and the family farm has been sold. Discouraged
he wanders the rural roads of the South in search of a place he can call home.
He is led by a mysterious stranger to a place the stranger calls 'The Valley of Light'.
There he meets and befriends a mute boy named Matthew
and a widow named Eleanor.
Hallmark presentation no. 229.
Ep 56.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CROSSROADS: A STORY
OF FORGIVENESS
22-Apr-2007 CBS Sun
Produced by Andrew Gottlieb, Jim Head and Brent Shields.
Directed by John Kent Harrison
Teleplay by Peter Hunziker, Cynthia Riddle and Oliver Goldstick
Director of photography Jean Lepine
Music by Lawrence Shragge
starring
Dean Cain ............ Bruce Murakami
Peri Gilpin .......... Erin Teller
Shiloh Fernandez ..... Justin Suarez
Julie Warner ......... Melissa
Chelah Horsdal ....... Cindy
Landon Liboiron ...... Brody Murakami
Ryan Kennedy ......... Josh Murakami
Steph Song ........... Kim
Carrie Fleming ....... Anna
Venus Terzo .......... Nancy
Calum Worthy ......... Kip
Emy Aneke ............ Rodney
Catherine Lough Haggquist ... Chantal
Nicole LaPlaca ....... Carla
David Michie ......... Hector
Brett Viberg ......... Deputy Haines
Andy Stahl ........... Peterson
Tim Henry ............ Mr. Scully
Andrew Hedge ......... Bill
Katie Pezarro ........ Chelsea
Andrew Abud .......... Court Spectator
Alex DeVorak ......... Court Spectator
Denis Corbett ........ Court Observer
Blaine Lopes ......... Court Observer
Yolanda Corbett ...... Wedding Guest
Julius Chapple ....... Reporter #1
Synopsis:
After the tragic death of his wife and their child in a November 1998 car crash,
Bruce Murakami begins his search with help from lawyer Erin Teller to find out what
happened. He pursues justice against the teenage
boy whose street-racing killed them.
*Based on a true story, filmed in Victoria, British Columbia.
Hallmark presentation no. 230.
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Ep 57.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PICTURES OF HOLLIS
WOODS
02Dec2007 CBS
Producer Dan Paulson
Teleplay by Ann Peacock, Daniel Petrie Jr. and Camille Thomasson
Based on the novel by Patricia Reilly Giff
Directed by Tony Bill
Editor Paul Dixon
Production Designer Michael S. Bolton
starring
Cissy Spacek .......... Josie Cahill
Alfre Woodard ......... Edna Reilly
Jodelle Ferland ....... Hollis Woods
James Tupper .......... John Regan
Judith Ivey ........... Beatrice Gilcrest
Julie Ann Emery ....... Izzy Regan
Ridge Canipe .......... Steven Regan
Desiree Zurowski ...... Foster Mother
Joanne Kimm ........... Female Bus Driver
Eric Crump ............ Pedestrian
Denis Corbett ......... Pedestrian
Yolanda Corbett ....... Passenger on Bus
Jacqueline Brown ...... Passenger on Bus
Synopsis:
Story of a twelve year old foster child who has been to so many homes she
longs for a family of her own. She winds up at the home of a retired schoolteacher
who opens her heart and home to Hollis and the two share a Christmas
adventure and learns that miracles do happen. [RF]
Hallmark presentation no. 231.
*Filmed at Ladysmith, British Columbia
Ep 57.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE RUSSELL GIRL
27Jan2008
Executive Producer Brent Shields
Co-executive Producer Stefanie Epstein
Produced by Andrew Gottlieb
Written by Jill Blotevogel
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Director of photography Charles Minsky
Editor Geoffrey Rowland
starring
Amber Tamblyn ......... Sarah Russell
Jennifer Ehle ......... Lorainne Morrisey
Paul Wesley ........... Evan Carroll
Daniel Clark .......... Daniel Russell
Tim DeKay ............. Mr. Russell, Sarah's dad
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ...... Gayle Russell
Henry Czerny .......... Howard Morissey
Max Morrow ............ Rick Morissey
Ben Lewis ............. Jon Morrisey
Richard Leacock ....... Dr. Gordon
William Cuddy ......... Young Rick
Synopsis:
A small-town girl takes a job in Chicago to escape memories of a
tragic accident she blames herself for. She goes home to try and heal
but her secrets continue to haunt her. Sarah decides to withhold the true
reason for her homecoming after an old conflict resurfaces during
an uncomfortable encounter with Lorraine Morrisey.
Hallmark presentation no. 232.
*Filmed in Claremont, Stouffville, and Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Ep 57.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SWEET NOTHING IN MY
EAR
20Apr2008
Executive Producer Brent Shields
Co-executive Producer Marian Rees
Produced by Anne Hopkins
Based on the play by Stephen Sachs
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Director of photography Donald M. Morgan
Editor Michael Brown
starring
Jeff Daniels .......... Dan
Marlee Matlin ......... Laura
David Oyelowo ......... Leonard Grisham
Nolan Gould ........... Mark Scott
Jack Laufer ........... Dr. Carl Harvey
Gina D'Acciaro ........ Court Clerk
Synopsis:
Dan is married to his lovely wife Laura who is deaf and when their son
Adam loses his hearing at age six, Dan pursues the possibility of a cochlear
implant for his boy a divisive wedge is driven between husband and
wife that threatens to shatter their marriage.
Hallmark presentation no. 233.
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Ep 58.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FRONT OF THE CLASS
07Dec2008
Producer Andrew Gottlieb
Directed by Peter Werner
Director of photography Paul Elliott
Production Design James A. Gelarden
cast:
Jimmy Wolk ............ Brad Cohen
Treat Williams ........ Norman Cohen
Patricia Heaton ....... Ellen
Sarah Drew ............ Nancy Lazarus
Johnny Pacar .......... Jeff Cohen
Charlie Finn .......... Ron
Dominic Scott Kay ..... Young Brad Cohen
Charles Henry Wyson ... Young Jeff Cohen
Lori Beth Edgeman ..... Deborah
Kathleen York ......... Diane
Nicholas Stargel ...... Eli
James Wolk ............ Brad
Joe Chrest ............ Jim Ovbey
Helen Ingebritsen ..... Susan Scott
Dianne Butler ......... Hilarie Straka
Lanie Taylor .......... Simone
Zack Miller ........... Thomas
Katherine Shepler ..... Heather
Cameron Ten Napel ..... Caroline
Anna Rappaport ........ Amanda
Avery Kelley .......... Cameron
Molly Sullivan ........ Molly
Ryne Little ........... Fox
Ric Reitz ............. Amanda's Father
Michael Byrnes ........ Heather's Father
Karen Beyer ........... Mrs. Wilkins
Derek Wayne Johnson ... Tourette's Group Leader
Mike Martindale ....... Math Teacher
Chase McDaniel ........ Bully
Cole Cordell .......... Bully #3
Ryan Akin ............. Bully #1
Bruce Bryant .......... Bar Patron
Kip Cummings .......... Party Attendant
Halley Rachal ......... Award Ceremony Attendant
Clayton S. Taylor ..... Awards Banquet Attendee
Ron Clinton Smith ..... Patrolman
Thomas Wallace ........ School Administrator
Patrick Kirton ........ Fourth Golfer
Synopsis:
The story of a young man who overcomes the odds and being
diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome to become a
teacher.
Filming in Shreveport, Louisiana
Hallmark presentation no. 234.
Ep 58.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LOVING LEAH
25Jan2009
Written by Pnenah Goldstein
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Director of photography Charles Minsky
Editor Geoffrey Rowland
Composer Jeff Beal
cast:
Lauren Ambrose ........ Leah Lever
Adam Kaufman .......... Jake Lever
Mercedes Ruehl ........ Janice Lever
Susie Essman .......... Malka
Ricki Lake ............ Rabbi Gerry
Natasha Lyonne ........ Esther
Christy Pusz .......... Carol
David Rossmer ......... Rabbi Benjamin Lever
Harris Yulin .......... Rabbi Belsky
Jolly Abraham ......... Priya
Jayne Houdyshell ...... Mrs. Finkelman
Jonathan C. Kaplan .... Feldman
Timothee Chatamet ..... Young Jake
Tibor Feldman ......... Dr. Saloway
Don Guillory .......... Salesman
Sam Guncler ........... Bentsi - Religious man
Sylvia Kauders ........ Widow Goldfarb
Jonathan E. Kay ....... Yossi
Donnie Keshawarz ...... Raj
Zachary Knower ........ Carmie
Debbie Lang ........... Mother of the Bar Mitzvah Boy
Tonye Patano .......... Emily
Portia Reiners ........ April
Bess Rous ............. Rifka
Matt Walton ........... Carter
Marc Wolf ............. Art
Joanna Becker ......... Bridesmaid
Jo Yang ............... Nurse
Jessalyn Wanlim ....... Sales Clerk
Synopsis:
A widow becomes involved with her late husband's brother in what is more a
marriage
of convenience until they truly fall in love with each
other.
Hallmark presentation no. 235.
Ep 58.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE COURAGEOUS
HEART OF IRENA SENDLER
19Apr2009
Written by John Kent Harrison & Larry Spagnola
Directed by John Kent Harrison
cast:
Anna Paquin ........... Irena Sendler
Marcia Gay Harden ..... Janina Sendler
Goran Visnjic ......... Stefan
Steve Speirs .......... Piotr
Paul Freeman .......... Monsignor Godlewski
Nathaniel Parker ...... Dr. Majkowski
Rebecca Night ......... Danuta
Danny Webb ............ Trojan
Iddo Goldberg ......... Jacob Rozenfeld
Leigh Lawson .......... Rabbi Rozenfeld
Michelle Dockery ...... Eva Rozenfeld
Rebecca Windheim ...... Karolyna Rozenfeld
Danuta Stenka ......... Hannah Rozenfeld
Scott Handy ........... Michal Laski
Maja Ostaszewska ...... Jadwiga
Fiona Glascott ........ Maria
Olga Boladz ........... Zofia
Imants Vekmanis ....... Janek
Krzysztof Pieczynski .. Dr. Janusz Korczak
Dace Smits ............ Sister Stanislawa
Elea Hofland .......... Anna
Sergei Novik-Marchenko... Jasio
William Ellis ......... Viktor
Imants Strads ......... Juliusz
Erich Redman .......... Untersturmfuher Brandt
Janis Reinis .......... SS Officer
Jeff Most ............. Familiar German Officer
Romualds Ancans ....... German General
Aleksandrs Petukhovs .. Soldier
Sofya Skya ............ Desperate Mother
Karolina Dryzner ...... Weeping Mother
Jerzy Nowak ........... Elderly Rabbi
Ariela Mareda ......... Miriam
Vilis Daudzins ........ Gestapo Officer
Synopsis:
The heroic story of a World War II social worker named Irena Sendler
who was also a part of the Polish underground during World War II.
She was arrested by the Nazi's for saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish
children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
Hallmark presentation no. 236.
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Ep 59.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A DOG NAMED
CHRISTMAS
Hallmark presentation no. 237.
29Nov2009
Executive Producer Brent Shields
Producer Andrew Gottlieb
Adapted by Jenny Wingfield
Based on the book by Greg Kincaid
Directed by Peter Werner
Director of photography Eric Van Haren Norman
Production designer John Willett
Editor David Beatty
cast:
Bruce Greenwood ........ George McCray
Noel Fisher ............ Todd McCray
Linda Emond ............ Mary Ann McCray
Sonja Bennett .......... Hannah McCray
Josh A. Young .......... Thomas McCray
Anna Mae Routledge ..... Lucille McCray
Ken Pogue .............. Hank
Carrie Genzel .......... Brianna Lewis
Carrie Ruscheinsky ..... Hailey
Wesley MacInnes ........ Young George
Soldiers played by
Nathaniel Baptiste, Derek J. Finnik, Leon Soop, Andrew J. Nagy, Joel Mamchur,
Brendon Leippi,
Jacob Kujanek and Michael Kram.
Synopsis:
On a Kansas farm a developmentally challenged young man has a close attachment
with animals. When
the local shelter is looking for a foster family to look after a dog, he eagerly
signs up.
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