Addicted to His Love 1988  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sisterhood
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Polly Bergen, Barry Bostwick, Colleen Camp, Hector Elizondo, Rosemary Forsyth, Erin Gray, Linda Purl, Dee Wallace, Rusty Schwimmer, Peggy Lipton
Womanizer Larry Hogan (Barry Bostwick) loves and leaves four women in this film. When the women find out about each other they decide to get even with him.
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The Adventures of Nellie Bly 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henning Schellerup
Cast: Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, J.D. Cannon, John Randolph, Cliff Osmond, Michael Ruud, Fran Ryan, Milton Selzer
Nellie Bly, the adventuresome and crusading journalist, is brought to life in this TV film with Linda Purl as Nellie.
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Black Market Baby 1977  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Dangerous Love
Don't Steal My Baby
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Bill Bixby, Linda Purl, Tom Bosley, Annie Potts, Jessica Walter, David Doyle, Beulah Quo
Based on Elizabeth Christman's novel "A Nice Italian Girl," this film tells the story of a baby-racket ring that hires a man (Desi Arnaz Jr.) to impregnate a college girl (Linda Purl) and then sell the resulting baby. When he falls in love with her, the bad guys are not happy.
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Crazy Mama 1975  PG, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Donny Most, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Harry Northrup, John Aprea
Three generations of one family (Cloris Leachman, Ann Sothern, and Linda Purl) commit robberies during a car trip across country in this gem of a movie. 1950s sounds and sights.
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Eleanor and Franklin 1976  TV, 210 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Pamela Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders, Linda Purl, Lindsay Crouse, David Huffman, Helen Kleeb, Peggy McCay, Anna Lee, Irene Tedrow, Linda Kelsey
The story of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann) from Franklin's youth to his election to the presidency is based on Joseph P. Lash's Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Told in flashback while Eleanor prepares for Franklin's funeral, scenes include their lives growing up as cousins and then their marriage. Problems in the marriage are reflected on–including Franklin's domineering mother Sara (Rosemary Murphy) and his affair with Lucy Mercer (Linda Kelsey)–and good times are remembered as well. This made-for-TV spectacular won 11 Emmys, including Outstanding Special and Best Director, as well as one for Rosemary Murphy. A sequel that covers the presidential years follows.
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Fear of the Dark 2002 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: K.C. Bascombe
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Jesse James, Linda Purl, Rachel Skarsten, Charles Edwin Powell
Twelve-year-old Ryan (Jesse James) suffers from an acute fear of the dark. He watches the evil grow as darkness gathers, making his fear greater and greater. Ryan's brother, Dale (Kevin Zegers), is sure that the real problem is that Ryan is just trying to get attention, but when the parents leave him in charge and a storm knocks out power, Dale finds out why Ryan is afraid.
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Frozen Impact 2003 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Neil Kinsella
Cast: Ted McGinley, Linda Purl, Stacy Keach, Nicole Paggi, Myles Jeffrey, Leigh Allyn Baker, Bruce Perkins, Joshua J. Masters, Grainger Hines, Colleen Porch
A fast-developing storm appears over Rutland, VT, dropping large hail, and a plane carrying a liver for a sick boy goes down in the mountains. The boy's father (Ted McGinley) braves the elements, finds the plane and liver, makes it through the storm, and now must deliver it, though the boy is trapped in ruins resulting from the storm. Whew! [2003 was a bad year for Rutland–the film "Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke" also occurred there.]
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Having Babies 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Ronny Cox, Harry Guardino, Tom Kennedy, Linda Purl, Richard Masur, Jan Sterling, Karen Valentine, Jessica Walter
This drama tells the story of four couples as they decide to have babies by natural (Lamaze) methods. It was probably more timely then than now and spawned two sequels and a TV series.
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Like Normal People 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Shaun Cassidy, Linda Purl, Zalman King, Hope Lange, Michael McGuire, Rhea Perlman, James Keach
Rock star Shaun Cassidy makes his acting debut in this TV movie about a mentally challenged couple who decide to get married despite the outcries of their families. You will note the great similarity between this film and "No Other Love," which came out the same year. If you want to see just one, see "No Other Love."
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Little Ladies of the Night 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Diamond Alley
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: David Soul, Louis Gossett Jr., Linda Purl, Carolyn Jones, Clifton James, Kathleen Quinlan, Vic Tayback, Dorothy Malone, Paul Burke, Lana Wood
This made-for-TV film concerns a teenager (Linda Purl) who runs away and gets involved in the world of prostitution.
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The Manions of America 1981 TV, 290 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles S. Dubin, Joseph Sargent
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Kate Mulgrew, Linda Purl, David Soul, Steve Forrest, Simon MacCorkindale, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Parkins, T.P. McKenna, Kathleen Beller
This film was originally shown as a three-part TV miniseries and stars Pierce Brosnan as one of many Irish patriots who immigrated to the United States during the famine of the 1840s. The story chronicles his successes, failures, and fights in his rise in America.
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Midas Valley 1985 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Jean Simmons, Robert Stack, George Grizzard, Brett Cullen, France Nuyen, Linda Purl, Catherine Mary Stewart, Joseph Hacker, James Read, Shanna Reed
"Midas" is short for "Silicon," so that pretty much says what this "Knots Landing"-like TV movie is all about. The hoped-for series that this was the pilot for didn't happen.
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 Mighty Joe Young 1998  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Linda Purl, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, Mika Boorem
Mighty Joe Young, that mutant gorilla, is brought to the United States to protect him from vicious poachers. But the poachers follow, the gorilla escapes, and a rampage through Hollywood ensues.
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Money on the Side 1982  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert E. Collins
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Purl, Karen Valentine, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Masur, Susan Flannery, Gary Graham, John Bennett Perry, Arthur Rosenberg, Lee de Broux
To help the family finances, three suburban housewives turn to prostitution.
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The Night the City Screamed 1980 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Falk
Cast: Raymond Burr, Georg Stanford Brown, Robert Culp, David Cassidy, Linda Purl, George DiCenzo, Vic Tayback, Gary Frank, Dick Anthony Williams, Shelley Smith
A large-scale blackout affects the lives of many, and this TV movie tells you all about it. You'll recognize many faces.
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Outrage! 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Burgess Meredith, Linda Purl, Anthony Newley, Mel Ferrer, William Allen Young, Bill Dearth, Steven Marlo, Stan Haze, Brent Jennings, Robert Miano, Myron Natwick, Ric Mancini, Vincent Howard
Based on Henry Denker's bestseller, this TV movie is good watching with a strong cast. Dennis Riordan (Robert Preston) admits to killing his daughter's murderer after the loopholes in the legal system set him free. Riordan hires lawyer Brad Gordon (Beau Bridges), and an excellent courtroom drama unfolds when Gordon challenges Judge Michael Lengel (Mel Ferrer) and the legal system that failed.
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Pleasures 1986 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sharron Miller
Cast: Linda Purl, Joanna Cassidy, Pamela Adlon, Barry Bostwick, Elizabeth Kerr, Sasha Mitchell, Tracy Nelson, David Paymer, Jorge Russek, Perla Walter
Love is found by a trio of women.
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Secrets 1992 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Danielle Steel's "Secrets"
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Linda Purl, Gary Collins, Ben Browder, Josie Bissett, John Bennett Perry, Nicole Eggert, Brenda Bakke, Stephanie Beacham, Ray Stricklyn, O-Lan Jones, Tom Hallick
When a man renews an old romance with a star in the TV series he produces, something is different. Why won't she talk about her mysterious past? Made for TV.
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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Harry Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Purl, Wendy Crewson, Rachel Ticotin, Brent Carver, Maria Mayenzet, Anthony Sherwood, Raymond Singer, Hrant Alianak, Christopher Britton, Henry Chao, Louis Di Bianco, Paul Coeur, Sam Malkin
Harry Anderson is at his crazy best in this comedy/mystery film. He plays CIA Agent Freddie Fallon who, as a houseguest of Alan and Beverly Rossmore (Ed Begley Jr. and Linda Purl), imposes on his hosts to help solve a mystery. They live at the International Arms apartment building in New York, and Fallon has tracked down a hit man to their building. The hit man, who uses household appliances to kill, is plotting to assassinate the President–and the killer might be next door! (The killer did WHAT with the cookie cutter?)
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W.C. Fields and Me 1976 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Kenneth Tobey, Linda Purl
Rod Steiger takes on the role of famed comedian W.C. Fields, and Valerie Perrine plays his mistress Carlotta Monti in this biography centering on Fields' later years.
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| 1. Accidental Meeting (1994)
2. Addicted to His Love (1988)
aka: Sisterhood
3. The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981)
4. Bad Ronald (1974)
5. Black Market Baby (1977)
aka: A Dangerous Love
aka: Don't Steal My Baby
6. Body Language (1992)
7. Crazy Mama (1975)
8. Dark Mansions (1986)
9. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
10. Fear of the Dark (2002)
11. The Flame Is Love (1979)
12. Frozen Impact (2003)
13. Having Babies (1976)
14. The High Country (1981)
15. In Self Defense (1987)
16. Incident at Deception Ridge (1994)
17. Jory (1972)
18. A Last Cry for Help (1979)
19. Leo and Loree (1980)
20. Like Normal People (1979)
21. Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
aka: Diamond Alley
22. The Manions of America (1981)
23. Midas Valley (1985)
24. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
25. Money on the Side (1982)
26. Natural Causes (1994)
27. The Night the City Screamed (1980)
28. The Oregon Trail (1976)
29. Outrage! (1986)
30. Pleasures (1986)
31. Secrets (1992)
aka: Danielle Steel's "Secrets"
32. Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988)
33. Viper (1988)
34. Visiting Hours (1982)
aka: The Fright
aka: Get Well Soon
35. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
36. Web of Deceit (1990)
37. Women at West Point (1979)
38. Young Pioneers (1976)
39. Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)
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