Perry King Movies

[Tim]

Of course, I know Jaclyn Smith from the original Charlie's Angels.  Made  by Aaron Spelling, who some twenty years later, made another show about powerful young women.

[Squad 51]

Yeah, so do I and along with Kate Jackson and Farah Fawcett-Majors at the beginning. Soon Cheryl Ladd followed but that's beside the point here.

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I already messed up with the years. Never mind, so tonight A Cry in the Night from 1992, in German.

Cast:
Carol Higgings Clark - Jenny
Perry King - Erich Krueger
Annie Girardot - Reine
Chris Wiggings - Clyde
Matt Cooke - Mark
Frayne McCarthy - Joe
James Rae - Chris

and many more

Story:
A single mother, Jenny, who works at an art gallery, gets to know the wealthy artist Erich Krueger. He instantly falls in love with her and asks her within a month to marry him. Every weekend he comes from Quebec to New York. At least, Jenny agrees to marry and both move with Jenny's two daughters up to Quebec where Erich has a huge property. Most of the time, he spends in a cabin for painting and Jenny slowly befriends with the old couple Reine and Clyde who took care of Erich as a kid when he'd lost his mother at age 10. However, as Jenny moves some things in the house, Erich puts it back to the way it was, has been for many years. It seems that he's stuck in the past and threatens anyone who dares to come close to his family. For this, Jenny's ex-husband is killed, Mark, an old friend, also almost killed and so it goes on. Well, Jenny feels that she's being observed and as it turns out, it's her husband in disguise as his own mother. Crazy! Never mind, after finding the paintings which prove Erich's crimes, Reine takes matter in her own hands and kills her employer to save Jenny. And with Joe's help, she even finds her daughters and brings them home safely.

Thoughts: Well, this role kinda reminded me of Perry King's first big one, The Possession of Joel Delaney, yet different. He's a man for everything.
And it's based on a novel by Mary Higgings Clark.

Some pictures:


And tomorrow then, finally, the start of the year 1993. Phew.

[Tim]

Got a Canadian in this one, the late Chris Wiggins.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Jacelyn Smith from what I know starred in a few Danielle Steel television films unless I'm mistaken otherwise. One such film 'Family Affairs' featured a young Brian Krause of course.

[Squad 51]

Anyway, the download I started but still there are shipping costs listed. Well, I already sent a mail to get that cleared up. Hopefully. I'll give the guy a week to send the link.

Quote myself again, because it worked. I got the shipping costs back and the link for downloading it. Worked perfectly. So, another two parter added: The Man Who Lived At The Ritz from 1989.



Melinda Halliwell: That seems to be true. Saw this while researching for "Kaleidoscope".

[Tim]

May 29, 2022 2:10:40 GMT -5 Melinda Halliwell said:

Jacelyn Smith from what I know starred in a few Daniel Steel television films unless I'm mistaken otherwise. One such film 'Family Affairs' featured a young Brian Krause of course.

 

I think you mean Danielle Steel, Katherine.

[Squad 51]

Regarding the movies, I went through my other source and also found "Slaughterhouse Five" from 1972 where Perry King plays a descendant of the main character. Definitely headache alert!

Never mind that. Some pics though:


It's been downloaded but not moved yet. I know it should be. *sighs*

[Squad 51]

The mentioned movie above has been added to my list as well meanwhile. Oh boy, and it still grows.

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And today then A Stranger in the Mirror from 1993, based on a novel by Sidney Sheldon.

Cast:
Perry King - Toby Temple
Lori Laughlin - Jill Castle
Geordie Johnson - David Kenyon
Juliet Mills - Alice Tanner
Christopher Plummer - Clifton Lawrence
Lochlyn Munro - Alan Preston

and many more

Story:
Toby Temple, a low comedian with no luck, is sent out to the country but he makes it till Hollywood where he is still low but meets the right woman, Alice. She brings him into contact with Clifton Lawrence who becomes his agent and so Toby's career slowly but steadily takes off. He even gets his own TV show. On the other hand, Josie works as a waitress but dreams also from a Hollywood career, yet when David, her big love, marries another woman, she goes there and learns the hard way how they do business there. She changes her name to Jill and meets Toby at his show. Well, he's quickly attracted to her and can be very persistent to get a date. It works and they even marry, despite his agent's doubts and Jill uses her power over him to get what she wants. Until a stroke hit Toby who then can't talk and walk anymore but Jill doesn't give up and gets him back on his feet. They are happy to go to London where Jill/Josie meets David again what Toby sees quickly that there's more behind it. Clifton, meanwhile, has discovered the old porn movie and wants to show it Toby but they are away. At the airport, Toby plays around and gets a second stroke, leaving him more or less bed-ridden. Jill is ready to kill him but Toby can all of a sudden speak to her in her mind. Or she thinks, with his eyes. Never mind, Toby still sees what's going but he's drowned himself with his wheelchair in his own pool where he dies. After some grieving time, Jill decides to take David's offer on a cruise where Clifton shows him the movie and David flips out, leaving the boat. Clifton then shows up and tells Jill about this. She's angry but can't do anything. In the end, she hears Toby's voice and follows it. At her balcony, she sees his face in the water and follows him, to be with him.

Some pictures:


More I couldn't find.

And tomorrow some "Tales from the Crypt" but just this one episode.

[Tim]

Interesting

[Squad 51]

Why do I find now the original versions from some movies/episodes I downloaded earlier? Weird.

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And tonight a special episode from "Tales from the Crypt". It was a series from 1989 till 1996.

And this was Came the Dawn (S5,E10 or Part 62).

Cast:
Brooke Shields - Norma
Perry King - Roger
Michael J. Pollard - Ed
Valerie Wildman - Woman at the Restaurant
John Kassir - Cryptkeeper

Story:
In this episode, a woman on a date in a restaurant excuses herself to use the restroom only to be brutally murdered by an axe-wielding maniac moments later. Meanwhile, a wealthy man named Roger picks up a hitchhiker and thief named Norma and brings her back to his cabin where he tries to seduce her. Things heat up when Norma learns that Roger has a mysterious, jealous girlfriend and that there is a psychotic killer in the area. (taken from here)

Some pictures:


I'll leave it here with the pictures because I won't spoil too much.
Just expect the unexpected and a reference to a favorite horror movie. Enjoy!!

Tomorrow then a movie again!

[Tim]

Think I remember this one.

[Squad 51]

That's great to hear, Tim. Available on Youtube or dailymotion if wanted.

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And tonight then Jericho Fever from 1993 as well.

Cast:
Stephanie Zimbalist - Dr. Bonnie Whitney
Perry King - Dr. Michael Whitney
Branscombe Richmond - FBI Agent
Alan Scarfe - Claus
Elyssa Davalos - Bettina

and many more

Story:
Some terrorists bomb their way through Mexico and flee over the border to the USA but one of them is very sick with a fever. Unintentionally, they infect many people and they are dying. In Colorado, the doctors Whitney celebrate their wedding anniversary, yet both Michael and Bonnie are down there to stop the disease. In New Mexico they ask the personnel to make a decision but the couple also splits up. Bonnie goes out on the field while Michael stays at the hospital and asks his wife to call twice a day. She teams up with a FBI agent and does as requested. By accident, Michael infects himself with the fever and Bonnie finds out by calling him, because he wouldn't let her know. During the chase, she gets desperate to find Patient Zero but she and the FBI man are being followed. As it turns out, this is the Mossad who follow some German terrorist. At a deserted cabin, she finally finds him yet all parties meet there. After some hard convincing, Bonnie gets the antibody she needs to save anyone, including her husband.

Some pictures:


There are no more pics here. So, tomorrow then a movie re-watch of my own choice.

But I'll stop here for the time being. I've added too much lately that I need to restart anew here. At least with the years. *hehe*

So, therefore I'll start a new series on Monday. With some young stars, I guess - and its sequel.

[Tim]

I know Stephanie Zimbalist from her run on Remington Steele, in the 1980's.

[Squad 51]

Yeah, as I've read Riptide and Remington Steele ran after one after the other at that time, back in the 1980ies. And here the two of them were playing together.

[Tim]

Yeah, that's true.