Adam 1983  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams, Richard Masur, Martha Scott, Mason Adams, Paul Regina, Tony Frank, John M. Jackson, Alex Harvey
This made-for-TV film resulted in the formation of the Missing Children's Bureau. It is the story of six-year-old Adam and his family's ordeal following his abduction. John Walsh, the boy's father, started the long-time TV program, "America's Most Wanted," dedicated to apprehending criminals. The list of missing children presented at the end of the program resulted in many leads in finding children. Followed by "Adam: His Song Continues."
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Deadly Matrimony 1992  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Treat Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Lisa Eilbacher, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, George Morfogen, Susan Ruttan, Sean McCann, James Rebhorn, Kerrie Keane, Terry Kinney
Chicago cop John Reed (Brian Dennehy) is intent on proving that mob lawyer Alan Masters (Treat Williams) killed his own wife. But that won't be easy since Alan has friends in high places AND controls the crooked cops. This made-for-TV film is based on a true story.
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Eve of Destruction 1991  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Duncan Gibbins
Cast: Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk, Michael Greene, Kurt Fuller, John M. Jackson, Loren Haynes, Nelson Mashita, Alan Haufrect, Maryedith Burrell, Kevin McCarthy, Greg Collins, Nancy Locke
Eve (Renee Soutendijk), the head of a top-secret government project, creates a robot modeled after herself that has strong emotional feelings (lacking in Eve) and is equipped with a nuclear bomb. During testing the robot is damaged in a bank robbery and goes on a rampage causing destruction throughout the city. Oh, yes, the bomb is also activated.
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 A Few Good Men 1992  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, Matt Craven, J.A. Preston, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle
A young U.S. Navy attorney, Ltjg. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), has virtually no courtroom experience, but he is about to learn that there is more to the legal system than plea-bargaining when he is assigned a murder case at the Marine Corps base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. LCdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) is assigned as co-counsel, and she urges Kaffee to look at the law as an exciting field in which to discover truth. Kaffee's case involves two Marines–Pfc. Downey (James Marshall) and Cpl. Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison)–who are accused of murdering a fellow Marine. Kaffee follows Galloway's instructions to look for the truth, and, under questioning, Downey and Dawson reveal that the murder was ordered by Lt. Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland). Kendrick's senior officer Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) denies any knowledge of Kendrick issuing the order and wants the investigation stopped. Now, Kaffee is determined to find the proof behind the allegations even if it means going head-to-head with tough Col. Jessup. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Picture.
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 The Glimmer Man 1996  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Gray
Cast: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Brian Cox, Michelle Johnson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bob Gunton, John M. Jackson, Peter Jason, Ryan Cutrona, Richard Gant, Robert Mailhouse, Johnny Strong, Alexa Vega
While on the trail of a serial killer in L.A., a detective, Lt. Jack Cole (Steven Seagal) is teamed up with Jim Campbell (Keenen Ivory Wayans). Cole becomes a suspect when his own ex-wife (Michelle Johnson) is murdered.
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The Hitcher 1986 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush, Jack Thibeau, Gene Davis, Henry Darrow, Colin(3) Campbell, Armin Shimerman, Jon Van Ness, Tony Epper, Tom Spratley
On a car trip to California, Jim (C. Thomas Howell) picks up psychotic hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), and, from that point on, his excursion turns into a nightmare. John points a switchblade at Jim's crotch, but when Jim escapes, a game of cat-and-mouse begins. John is a serial killer, and he leaves corpses of victims in their cars for Jim to discover, and Jim is framed as the chief suspect in the killings. When Jim meets truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the two of them set out, evading the police, to stop John's murder spree and clear Jim's name.
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Local Hero 1983 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, Norman Chancer, Jenny Seagrove, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Christopher Rozycki, Jennifer Black, John M. Jackson, Tam Dean Burn, Kenny Ireland, Harlan Jordan
Mac and Felix (Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster) represent Knox Oil and Gas, a company whose officers want to buy out a quiet fishing village and turn it into an oil refinery. Most of the citizens want to take the money and run, BUT old Ben (Fulton Mackay) sees the error of their decisions and holds out. Very clever and fun.
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Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mollie Miller
Cast: Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick, John M. Jackson, Leanne Creel, Monica Creel, Joy Creel, Jayne Meadows, Sasha Mitchell, Glenn Shadix
Once more Hayley Mills plays twin sisters, Sharon and Susan, in this film set amidst a Hawaiian honeymoon.
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Roswell 1994 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley, Bob Gunton, Kim Greist, Peter MacNicol, John M. Jackson, Nick Searcy, Charles Martin Smith
Jesse (Kyle MacLachlan) attends a military reunion in 1977 with the intent of clearing his name from an incident 30 years previously when he was assigned to investigate a possible extraterrestrial crash landing. He had been the fall guy for a cover-up, and what he learns at the reunion indicates that the deceit may be bigger than he thought. There could even be aliens among us.
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The Spitfire Grill 1996 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee David Zlotoff
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton, Kieran Mulroney, Gailard Sartain, John M. Jackson, Louise De Cormier, Ida Griesemer, Lincoln Grow
The Spitfire Grill is a restaurant in Gilead, Maine into which a number of characters gather and gossip is exchanged. Percy Talbot (Alison Elliott), a girl with a past, gets a job as waitress, and the gossip and innuendoes accelerate.
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Traveling Man 1989 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: John Lithgow, Jonathan Silverman, Margaret Colin, John Glover, John M. Jackson, Chynna Phillips, Tim Ware, David Dwyer, Marc Clement, Danny Nelson, Jennifer Hale, J. Don Ferguson
Top salesman Ben Cluett (John Lithgow) may be over the hill, and now eager up-and-comer Billy Fox (Jonathan Silverman) is assigned as his assistant. But there may be a new life ahead when Ben meets Joanna (Margaret Colin). Made for TV.
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| 1. Adam (1983)
2. Deadly Matrimony (1992)
3. Eve of Destruction (1991)
4. A Few Good Men (1992)
5. The Glimmer Man (1996)
6. The Hitcher (1986)
7. Local Hero (1983)
8. Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
9. Roswell (1994)
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
10. The Spitfire Grill (1996)
11. Traveling Man (1989)
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