Choices 1986  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: George C. Scott, Jacqueline Bisset, Melissa Gilbert, Laurie Kennedy, Steven Flynn, Nancy Allison, Daliah Bache, Kirsten Bishop, Nicholas A. Bourdon, Lorena Gale, Mitch Martin, Vlasta Vrana
College student Terry Granger (Melissa Gilbert) finds herself pregnant and considers abortion. Her father, retired judge Evan (George C. Scott), learns of her situation just before his much younger wife Marisa (Jacqueline Bisset) also finds herself pregnant–despite their not wanting a child. All three must re-evaluate their stand on abortion. Made for TV.
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning 1995 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Cast: Randy Quaid, Alex McArthur, Ving Rhames, Eddie Jones, Alan Blumenfeld, Ron Perkins, Steven Flynn, Johann Carlo, Tracy Middendorf, Mary-Joan Negro
The detectives of NYC's 87th precinct are highlighted in the first of a series of made-for-TV films based on Ed McBain stories. In this episode, a serial killer is on the loose with female track and field stars on his hit list. The detectives are hot on the trail.
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Scar City 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Scarred City
Director: Ken Sanzel
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Tia Carrere, Michael Rispoli, Gary Dourdan, Larry Manetti, Bray Poor, Steven Flynn, D.B. Woodside, James Villemaire, Herschel Sparber, Dana Eskelson
A young policeman, John Trace (Stephen Baldwin), has problems accepting the tactics of his police unit that stops at nothing in the pursuit of drug dealers and mobsters. During one raid, Trace breaks the rules by setting a prostitute (Tia Carrere) free and, as a result, becomes the hunted target of both police and mobsters.
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Ulee's Gold 1997  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Nunez
Cast: Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Christine Dunford, Vanessa Zima, Tom Wood, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, Traber Burns, Chad Fish, Dale C. Marshall, James T. Whitehurst, Charles Branner, Jim Flanagan
Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson (Peter Fonda) is a widower whose son Jimmy (Tom Wood) is in prison, and Jimmy's wife Helen (Christine Dunford) has abandoned their children. Ulee is raising his teenage granddaughter Casey (Jessica Biel) and her 10-year-old sister Penny (Vanessa Zima). While visiting Jimmy in prison, Jimmy tells Ulee that Helen, who is living with drug dealers Ferris (Dewey Weber) and Eddie (Steven Flynn), is ill. Ulee brings drug-addicted Helen home and gets help from neighbor Connie (Patricia Richardson) to nurse Helen through her drug withdrawal. Ferris and Eddie arrive at Ulee's home and hold Helen and the girls hostage. They demand the $100,000 in stolen bank money that Jimmy hid in Ulee's bee yard. A fight ensues, but Ferris and Eddie are arrested. Now, Ulee struggles against the odds to fix the problems of his dysfunctional family, and there may be hope for their futures. Peter Fonda received an Oscar nomination (Best Actor).
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| 1. Choices (1986)
2. Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
3. Scar City (1999)
aka: Scarred City
4. Ulee's Gold (1997)
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