Perry King Movies

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As mentioned, Christmas comes a bit early this year but for the moment. lol

And tonight then Good King Wenceslas from 1994!

Cast:
Stefanie Powers - The Queen
Jonathan Brandis - Prince Wenceslas (RIP)
Perry King - Tunna
Leo McKern - Duke Philip
Joan Fontaine - Queen Ludmilla (RIP)
Charlotte Chatton - Princess Johanna
Oliver Milburn - Boleslav

and many more

Story:
Wenceslas, the young king of Bohemia, lives trapped between the wisdom of his Christian grandmother and his ever constant battle with his tyranical step-mother. She wants her own son to be king and constantly tries to stay in charge of Wenceslas's life (including picking out a bride for him). But it is only when he sees the suffering of his people that Wenceslas learns how vital it is that his step-brother never rules. —Max Vaughn (taken from IMDB again)

Thoughts: I don't know the song but I do know some of the legend of King Wenceslas and it was filmed at some of the original places in the Czech Republic (and London). Prince Wenceslas enjoys his day as his stepmother rules Bohemia and the chancellor Tunna reigns her bed. She loathes the Christians who become stronger every day. The Queen wants her own son, Boleslav, to be king, yet she can't go against the popularity of Wenceslas and his grandmother. Wenceslas bids only to her wishes and doesn't want to marry but when he sees his bride-to-be, Johanna, he slowly changes his mind. And more when he realizes that the Queen and Tunna take money and wood from the people in his name. When his grandmother is killed by one of the Lords, he goes against the Queen and Tunna with his people. Wenceslas has a sword fight with Tunna and the chancellor ends up under a chandelier (how fitting) and the Queen and her son are on the run. They free all people and give away what was storaged in the castle. Wenceslas marries Johanna and well, you know the end.

Some pics:


I'll leave it here with the pics and we'll remain in this year tomorrow.

See you then!

[Tim]

Oct 27, 2022 15:51:08 GMT -5 Squad 51 said:

Thoughts: I don't know the song

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gathering winter fuel

Hither, page, and stand by me,

If thou knowst it, telling
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?
Sire, he lives a good league hence,
Underneath the mountain
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes fountain.

Bring me flesh and bring me wine

Bring me pine logs hither
Thou and I shall see him dine
When we bear them thither.
Page and monarch, forth they went
Forth they went together
Through the rude winds wild lament
And the bitter weather

Sire, the night is darker now

And the wind blows stronger
Fails my heart, I know not how
I can go no longer.
Mark my footsteps, good my page
Tread thou in them boldly
Thou shall find the winters rage
Freeze thy blood less coldly.

In his masters step he trod

Where the snow lay dinted
Heat was in the very sod
Which the Saint had printed
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
Wealth or rank possessing
Ye, who now will bless the poor
Shall yourselves find blessing.

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Ah thanks, and here's a link to the original legend.

Never mind, tonight then She Led Two Lives, also from 1994.

Cast:
Connie Selecca - Rebecca Madison
Perry King - Jeffrey Madison
A Martinez - Mike Lewis
Patricia Clarkson - Desiree Parnell
J. Smith-Anderson - Angela Anderson
David Wohl - Harvey Parnell

and many more

Story:
Connie Sellecca plays Rebecca, a very immature woman who clearly doesn't know what real love is. She feels abandoned by her first husband, Jeffrey (Perry King), who's a surgeon and doesn't have much time for her, which is the normality in such a well-paid and high-end profession, especially if you work in a hospital. Her attitude annoys me because Jeffrey provides her the lifestyle she always wanted (as a socialite), with only a part time job as a professor in a university out of town. She is academically ambitious and her husband, although not perfect, is very supportive.

When she meets Mike, her old high-school sweetheart, things get complicated.

She doesn't tell Mike she's married and starts a whirlwind love affair that leads her to marry him on a whim just because Mike is a very pushy man and she wants to continue to live in this romantic fantasy world.

Foolishly, Rebecca believes she can keep two separate lives and love two men at the same time, since she only sees Jeffrey (her first husband) on the weekends.

She tries to convince herself that she loves both men for different reasons: Jeffrey is dependable and safe and Mike is passionate and makes her high.

This movie is not high art, it's rather entertaining because it's a trainwreck. They try to make it dramatic but it's borderline comedic. I really wanted to throttle Connie Sellecca for acting so silly and believing she could hold the charade forever. If you ask me, there is no way I would have cheated on Perry King because he's PERRY KING. LOL. - by germaniaosorio on IMDB

Thoughts: We start with Rebecca being led into prison where she begins to tell her inmate her story. In the (cursed) 7th year of their marriage, Rebecca and Jeffrey live a good life but Jeffrey works as a surgeon and is always busy, yet he tries to answer his wife's needs. When her father dies, Rebecca is offered a job at the local college which her husband agrees to and they're on a weekend relationship. Back at college, she meets her old college sweetheart, Mike, and well, begins an affair with him. To make matters worse from the start, Rebecca doesn't tell Mike that she's still married and soon enough, he pushes her into more and well, they marry as well. Rebecca really tries to separate the two marriages but it could only fail - and it does so miserably. The men never meet, yet are being at the two different apartments but Rebecca weasels her way out good anytime. Never mind, after some time Jeffrey manages to have some free time just as Rebecca wants to tell Mike the truth, yet Jeffrey catches them kissing passionately. Only now is Rebecca forced to tell both the truth and well, she gets divorced - twice, though both men wanna start anew with her but she moves away to California.

One pic (hopefully):


It's based on a true story but this really sounds complicated.

See you then.

[Tim]

I had to remove your pics, Jana, something in them was tripping off my anti-virus software.

See my PM for further details.

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Well, hopefully it works with the chosen pics later then. *sighs*

So, tonight then Hijacked - Flight 285 from 1996.

Cast:
Susan Batten - Kim Paulsen
James Brolin - Ron Showman
Michael Gross - Ben Horner
Anthony Michael Hall - Peter Cronin
Perry King - Frank Leyton
Casey Sander - Steve Paulsen
Ally Sheedy - Deni Patton
Barbara Stock - Veronica Mitchell

and many more

Story:
Ruthless convicted murderer Peter Cronin (well played with lipsmacking wicked relish by Anthony Michael Hall) is being transported to prison on a commercial airliner. Trouble ensues when Cronin hijacks the plane and demands twenty million in bail bonds. It's up to FBI negotiator Deni Patton (a sturdy performance by Ally Sheedy) to keep things under control.

Director Charles Correll, working from a compact script by David Peckinpah, keeps the enjoyable and engrossing story moving along at a snappy pace, generates a good deal of tension, and stages some exciting last reel action with skill and flair. The sound acting by the able cast helps a lot: Michael Gross as good-hearted disabled Vietnam veteran Ben Horner, Casey Sander as the brave Steve Paulsen, Barbara Stock as gutsy captain Veronica Mitchell, Perry King as hard-nosed fed Frank Layton, Hudson Leick as Cronin's loyal accomplice Shayna Loring, David Graf as an obnoxious cowardly drunk, and James Brolin as easygoing copilot Ron Showman. Moreover, Hall has a ball portraying a real evil and dangerous bad guy. Worth a watch. - by Woodyanders on IMDB (just corrected the name of Perry from Lang to King - )

Thoughts: We start with the preparations for the flight and introduction of all players in the game. They even had self made weapons in the 1990s. Never mind, with Cronin on board and escorted by two marshalls, the flight gets up to Dallas. After a short time, the two aides of him free him and hijack the plane. Cronin calls Layton at home and asks if he remembers him and surely he does. Cronin tells him what he's planned and therefore Layton calls Patton in to help since both have a history with Cronin and he knows them also well enough to know what they would do. Well, it takes a very long flight, some tricks from the passengers and pilot and a lot of convincing to get the man down, quite literally. Most of the passengers are just hurt and only one dead in the end. It's a good movie.

Here's the official trailer:


Some pics (mainly officials from IMDB or others):


I'll stop here before it might be too much. Sorry, and hopefully no bad reactions!!!

See you tomorrow!

[Tim]

I saw this one, many years ago.

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There's also a German title for it but I really can't remember here.

So, tonight a minor shocker with Face of Evil, again from 1996 - and Hallmark!!

Cast:
Tracey Gold - Darcy Palmer
Perry King - Russell Polk
Shawnee Smith - Jeanelle Polk
Don Harvey - Quinn Harris
Mireille Enros - Brianne Dwyer

and many more

Story:
In Face of Evil, Darcy Palmer (Tracey Golds) is a good-looking, blonde psychopath who can charm any man (it seems) into helping her – including the cop cabdriver in the final scene who is about to let her out of her handcuffs. In the course of the story, she takes on different identities (probably many, it is hinted, before the story begins), and erases the lives of those she devours. Her whole life is a tissue of lies and a closet full of corpses – as we get in Malicious (1996) and many such variations.

Much of Face of Evil has a telemovie blandness of execution, but director Mary Lambert (whose career since early Madonna videos and Siesta in 1987 is intriguing from many angles) has some good gesture/action/visual-business scenes to work with. Such as the prologue, where Darcy tempts a cat to eat a bird she is feeding (much to the moral distress of a nearby little girl!). And especially the elaborate passage where she breaks into the University’s administration offices (an anti-heroine trait: she can get in anywhere – somewhat Hitchockian, à la Marnie [1964]), replaces a woman’s eye-drop liquid with acid, and then waits around the next day outside the building to reassure herself of the success of her plan – “It probably ate straight through to her brain!”, as she chirps to her (again morally horrified) classmates back in the dorm, watching the gruesome news on TV.

Note, by the way, how absolutely bland/pretty and uninteresting the character of Darby’s friend Jeanelle (Shawnee Smith) is, always moping about her somewhat sleazy Dad (Perry King: perfect casting) who has neither time nor affection for her … Smith, by the way, has subsequently shown up in many horror movies of the Saw/Grudge variety, as well as the TV series Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008-2013). While on the matter of credits, let us also note the trajectory of writer Gregory Goodell, who has directed a bunch of telemovie thillers, as well as the horror movie Human Experiments (1980), and also wrote a guide to independent production.

One of the distinctive and intriguing elements of Face of Evil is the role played by art. At the start, about to marry some hick named Quinn (Don Harvey), Darcy claims to be giving up her interest in painting. He tries to persuade her not to do this. That night, when she clears out, she takes her paintings (including “his” one, a gift to him, cut right out of its frame) with her. At University, inspired by the heavenly vision of art class, she works her wiles to switch her enrolment.

Eventually, Jeanelle’s Dad will help Darby get her first exhibition. And not only is her art the explicit confession in surrealist-expressionist canvases of her actual criminal deeds – like stuffing a dead girl in her suitcase! – it also furnishes her with a kind of Nietzschean life-motto (shades of Rope [1948]): the artist must be free, with no restraining limits. Indeed, whenever Darcy psychotically cracks, it is precisely because someone, in her mind, threatens to curtail her artistic freedom.

One of the most basic structures bequeathed to the modern thriller by Hitchcock and (before him) Patricia Highsmith in Strangers on a Train (novel 1950, film 1951) is the plot trope of “the fortuitously encountered stranger who enacts your most secret wish”. Face of Evil, adopting the evil gal pal template of Single White Female (1992) and other contemporary 1990s thrillers, takes this in an odd and highly perverse direction, which is in some sense also a scrambled reworking of the “Mom really did it” displacement-logic of Psycho (1960). In Darcy’s romancing of Jeanelle’s Dad, she does not merely take her BFF’s place as the beloved daughter – she does what the daughter longs to do but cannot: make love to him! And then, just to top it off, Darcy more-or-less throws exactly this wish-come-true in Jeanelle’s face.

This logic also works, on a lesser but more humorous level, with the character of Quinn – whom Darcy rudely jilts, but who then comes after her, until he is trapped in a rolled-up car window and (discreetly) stabbed to death by her. Back at the point of his post-jilt rage, he informs his super-religious parents that he will return to the bar to once again take up boozing – the very bar “where I met Darcy”!

© Adrian Martin June 2012 (taken from here now)

Thoughts: Well, a normal looking woman is trying to lure a cat to kill a bird which she feeds. She gets interrupted by a young girl - and her fiance, Quinn, who introduces she as Darcy Palmer. She plays the perfect role until she has enough and flees from him - with their wedding rings and her own pictures (and one of his). At an airport where she meets Brianne, who starts college soon, both women just talk until Brianne goes to the restrooms and Darcy kills her, taking her identity and suitcase (with the body in it). At the college, and also earlier, she meets her new roommate, Jeanelle and they befriend quickly - until she sees Jeanelle's Dad, Russell (King with a ponytail first). In Darcy seems to grow a plan and she also switches her courses from music to art, her profession. Never mind, she sugarcoats Russell more and more as he likes art as well and she slowly begins to replace Jeanelle. Yet Jeanelle sees some holes in Darcy's story which changes anytime and she begins to research and phone to get the needed information. Darcy, meanwhile, has reached her goal and Russell has opened an exhibition for her - and she sleeps with him. Jeanelle has found out that Darcy is not even Darcy and so both women fight but Russell comes to the rescue of his daughter after finally realizing what is going on. The police arrests the woman who might weasel her way out, again.

Some pics (I hope):


So, I'll leave it here. More can be found online. Naturally.

There's a minor break of 22 days here. You'll find out tomorrow!!

[Tim]

Carol from Growing Pains goes rogue!

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Yep, so back on track here. Not that many left, though I've found another one on DVD. Still thinking about it.

So, we start again here with Their Second Chance from 1997.

Cast:
Lindsay Wagner - Barbara
Perry King - Larry
Tracy Griffith - Laurie
Sheila Moore - Brenda
Chris Owens - Jeff Colvin
Melanie Shatner - Dawn
Ken Tremblett - Scott
Nicholas Lea - Roy
D.J. Truber - Philip

and many more

Story:
Twenty eight years ago, Barbara and Larry were college lovers and Laurie was conceived. They were unmarried, young and afraid and decided to put her up for adoption. She now returns to their lives and, through persistence, re-unites them. (from IMDB again)

Wagner and King had really good chemistry. Their characters are really endearing and you are rooting for them throughout the film. Both are good actors and really do well in the world of TV. Both actors look really good for their ages too. The script is a bit weak (i.e. Wagner is a little too pessimistic but she's a very good actress, so its not that noticeable) and the sibling rivalry parts are annoying. For example, Wagner's son has beef with his older adopted sister and Wagner's older sister was too skeptical of King's character. His character was too "likable" despite his actions so it's hard to believe the sister's distrust of him. It would have been better if the tension solely focused on Wagner and King (i.e. Wagner resisting King throughout most of the movie, or making King's character a little more flawed) and all the other characters were for them, despite the history because they see that they are meant for each other. Overall, the acting from the cast is good. It's a sweet film to watch on a rainy day. - by Calliegrl03 on IMDB

Thoughts: We start with Barbara witnessing her first grandchild and holding it, making her remember her first child. She goes to the adoption center and makes a request for her daughter. At the same time, Laurie does the same and they meet. When her half sibling are told about it, they are not happy, especially Jeff who's having a hard time accepting all this. Mother and daughter talk, yet Laurie also wants to meet her Dad and well, after some phoning around, they find him, Larry, in Boston, owning a plant company (if I got that right) and having a son. Laurie meets him as well and they also talk a lot. In Laurie grows the plan to get her parents back together, yet a lot of time has passed. They all meet at a restaurant and just talk while Laurie takes a photo of Larry and Barbara together. Well, Laurie's own relationship with Roy fails but Barbara and Larry come closer and speak about marriage which surprises Laurie to no end. The grown kids are troubled at first but then give their blessing, and so the old couple is the new couple.

Some pics:


I'll leave it here with the pics and hope there's no reaction!

See you tomorrow in the 1998! lol

[Tim]

Melanie Shatner again

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That was just pure coincidence here.

Tonight then Love on the Edge or The Cowboy and the Moviestar from 1998! Listed under both titles.

Cast:
Sean Young - Sean Livingston
Perry King - Clint Brannan
Priscilla Barnes - Marlene Brighton
David Groh - Adrian Friar
Rochelle Swanson - Liz Brannan
George Pilgrim - David

and many more

Story:
Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan decides to drive his cattle up to their high pasture. One day into the drive Clint happens across actress Sean Livingston who has run her car off the road in the middle of nowhere whilst out on a drive to clear her head. Faced with the prospect of a two or three day wait for rescue or accompanying Clint on his cattle drive, Sean decides to go on the cattle drive. Completely unprepared for the harshness and privations of living outdoors Sean initially hates the adventure. However, as the drive progresses Sean and Clint start to appreciate the differences and similarities of their respective lives and begin to realize that they have much in common. As the drive progresses fate and the forces of nature intervene to turn the cattle drive into a race against time to reach their destination to save the cattle and then return to civilization as soon as possible to save Clint's life. Will their fledgling friendship, borne of enforced intimacy, survive and grow or will they go their separate ways? — Mark Smith (from IMDB again)

This is a very difficult picture to find (despite being from 1998), because it came from "The Family Channel" and it is not on DVD. But it is a great film, with tremendous attention to detail, including using an Australian Cattle Dog on the round-up (most film makers would use a German Shepherd and call it a day). What I really like is the relationship between the actress Sean Livingston (Sean Young), and the cowboy Clint Brannan (Perry King), and how these characters really depend on each other to survive. Major Spoilers ahead: She is involved in a bad relationship with a fellow actor (Who she finds out is married), and he is being sued for divorce by his wife Liz (Rochelle Swanson) so she can escape the ranching business, and become a movie star. They meet when in a remote area of California, she crashes her car, and he picks her up and agrees to bring her back to civilization, but after the drive is over. She is a total fish out of water, and stuff like bad weather and poor food is not exactly her lifestyle, and he has to teach her how to adjust. It all changes when he saves her from a grizzly attack, but the bear scratch causes blood poisoning, and eventually pneumonia, so she has to become the leader (walking while he rides, and surviving the elements). They finally get back to civilization and Liz actually has the audacity to give him divorce papers while he is in a hospital bed, and saying "Sean looks so much better in the movies" (at least have the decency to wait until he is out of the hospital, and appreciate what she did (what a bitch)). At the end, he signs papers selling half of the ranch to someone (it was executed by an attorney), but who shows up but Sean, with the land deed who says "You can take me back to town, or teach me to ranch." Of course, they will live happily ever after. I love the way the Sean learned from Clint about how to survive (she always had to rely on others), and that when she was forced by circumstances to do so, she could not only do so, but do it successfully, and thus make it her life as well. Without Sean, the legacy of the Brannan Family ranching will die with Clint (the round-up where he met Sean was going to be the last), but since together they own the land, it can continue for generations to come. A absolute classic film 10/10 stars without any thought involved. - by David_Brown on IMDB (and adapted by me)

Thoughts: We start with Sean Livingston, making a movie and then finding out the man she loves has already a family. On the other side, Clint Brannan fights with his ex-wife over the ranch and well, he needs a distraction. Sean does the same while driving her car but gets then lost in the middle of nowhere but Clint happens to be close by and well, Sean has to make a decision and she settles to go with the cowboy on his cattle drive. It's a hard school and lesson but slowly, they can rely on each other. There are some funny moments in between, especially with Scratch, the dog. When Clint saves Sean from a grizzly and gets hurt, the romance slowly begins. Unfortunately, the wound gets infected and Sean has to take over for Clint. In the end, she manages to save his life and to Clint's surprise, buys his ranch. Together they start a new life.

Some pics:


I think Perry King was in his element with playing a cowboy and all. Plus, this movie seems to be a remake from an older one with the same title.

We'll stay in the same year tomorrow!

[Tim]

I know Priscilla Barnes from her run as Terri on the final seasons of Three's Company.

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I see. The name also rings a bell but can be from another movie already.

So, tonight some fun with The Adventures of Ragtime, also from 1998.

Cast:
Shelley Long - Sam
Jay Thomas - Lester Waylin
Perry King - Jerry Blue
Justin Cooper - Barkley Blue
Michelle Joyner - Sarah Blue
Richard Brooks - Agent Dooley
George Murdock - Captain Murphy
Kay Lenz - Detective Hill
Robert Pine - Fred Waters
Zack Duhame - Carter Blue
Lindsay Felton - Amy Blue

and many more

Story:
Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think Ragtime can be their meal ticket. They kidnap the horse for ransom. The family is worried but before you can say "Home Alone", Ragtime out-smarts the bad guys who are then happy to be hauled off to prison. — Anonymous (from IMDB again)

Sam (Shelley Long) and Lester (Jay Thomas) are dimwitted petty criminals. All of their get rich schemes fall flat. BUT, one day, at a rodeo they believe they have hit pay dirt. One of the performers is a darling miniature horse named Ragtime. This tiny equine belongs to the Blue Family. Mr. Blue (Perry King) is a hotshot lawyer with very little time for his family. This upsets his wife and three cute kids. The youngest, Barkley (Justin Cooper) is especially close to Ragtime and Rag's animal pal Taylor the dog. At the rodeo, unknown to Barkley, Mr. Blue promises to sell the little horse for a steep price. Here is where paths cross with Lester and Sam. Les gets the brilliant idea, after eavesdropping, to kidnap the horse and garner some ransom money. After bungling an initial attempt, the dumb duo succeeds and sets up horsekeeping in an empty mansion nearby. (The owners must be out of towners). However, this is one smart pony. Soon, Sam and Lester are falling down garbage chutes, sliding on soap suds, and getting shut up in closets. Ragtime, who can talk to the audience, is having a ball. What is ahead? Will the kidnappers get their dough? Will the cops find the missing horse first? Will Dad still sell the horse anyway? This is a cute family movie, still another variation of Home Alone. This one, however, has hoof power in a darling, darling mini horse. Just watching the trained creature in action, opening doors, etc, will delight children of all ages. Long and Thomas play dumb pretty well and Cooper, from Liar Liar, is a great child performer. King, Kay Lenz, and a truly competent cast compliment the stars nicely. The sets, costumes, script and direction also have their strong points. No, this will never be an award winning movie. However, this Ragtime to Riches story will please most audiences very well for an evening's romp. - by inkblot11 on IMDB

Thoughts: We start with the upcoming thieves and their attempt to get some food. Fail Number one. Then Lester listens to when Jerry Blue wants to sell the animals to a friend and his youngest son hears that too. At night, both Lester and Sam try to steal it but fail number two happens, and the little horse outsmarts them. Unfortunately, Ragtime (the horse) thinks they are new neighbors and so the horse and dog, Taylor, get kidnapped. Soon the FBI and cops are involved - and they are just as dumb as the kidnappers. No words. Never mind, the police frees the dog and brings her home where it encourages Barkley to find the horse but they land under a defunctional bridge. Meanwhile, the cops and FBI have found the outsmarted kidnappers locked in an empty mansion close by. Ragtime has heard Barkley's call for help and enlists the family as well. So, in the end the animals are not sold and Daddy finally realizes how important it is to be with his family.

Some pics:


I'll leave it here with the pics. Couldn't find one with Perry King alone. Maybe some snapshots later.

See you tomorrow - in 1999! lol

[Tim]

Recognize a few actors in this one as well.

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Yeah, so do I and was surprised to see them there.

So tonight then Her married Lover or A Clean Kill from 1999.

Cast:
Roxana Zal - Katie Griffin
Perry King - Richard Mannhart
Daniel Benzali - Lt. Joe Lansing
Terrence Carson - Det. Rawlins
Rob Roy Fitzgerald - Det. King
Susan Blakely - Laura Mannhart
Michele Greene - Brenda Slagel

and many more

Story:
Film cutter Katie Griffin is hopelessly in love with writer Richard Mannhart, and starts an affair with him. When Mannhart's wife is killed in a road accident, Katie tells the police she thinks he's tampered with his wife's car. Being questioned Mannhart declares he's innocent. Not only that, he also denies any amorous involvement with Griffin. As it is her word against his, both parties are pressed to back up their stories with hard evidence. Finally Katie comes up with some. End of story? — Swie Tio (from IMDB again)

From the moment this film opens, it grabs hold of you and never lets go till the final frame. A woman who we later find out is Katie Griffin, drives to a police station and tells the police that there has been a car crash, and that a woman has been killed. She thinks that her lover, the man she had an affair with for the last eight months, has killed his wife so he could inherit his wife's money, and marry her. She thinks he must have tampered with her car, to make it go off the road.

The wife is not actually dead, but in a coma. Her husband is a writer, and teaches a ten-week writing course. The police confront him and escort him to the hospital. His story is that they never had an affair, that she was just an obsessive student of his, in love with him and making a terrible nuisance of herself. If the car was tampered with to kill the wife, then she would have done it out of jealousy.

Both their stories fit all the known facts. Their descriptions of events differ, but they both talk about the same events. The audience is kept guessing all the way through. Which one of their stories is true? Although many murder mysteries use artificial devices to keep the audience guessing, this brilliantly-written, brilliantly-directed film does it only with utterly believable, appropriate plot and character development.

Near the end, when Katie hands over photos to the detective, the truth is revealed. But although the detective now knows the truth, the audience doesn't actually see what's in those photos until the very satisfying, yet very surprising, end. If you love murder mysteries, and you love good films, this would certainly be one of the best you'll ever see. - by Eva Ionesco on IMDB

Thoughts: As described above, the movie starts with Katie driving to the police to tell about a murder - and that she had an affair with writer Richard Mannhart. The whole drama is told in flashbacks and you really can't say who's responsible for killing Laura Mannhart in the end. It goes back and forth and well, you don't know who's stalking who. Richard denies, yet has a thing for gloves. Lansing asks for evidence but miracously there's nothing - or nothing made on purpose. Katie, however, insists that there was something going on, yet she seems to follow his writing courses. Only the last scene offers the explanation, which I won't spoil.

Some pics:


I'll leave it here with the pictures. To be sure.

Until tomorrow in - 2001!

P.S. Many movies of his can be found online on Youtube, even for free!