The Defection of Simas Kudirka 1978  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alan Arkin, Richard Jordan, Donald Pleasence, John McMartin, Shirley Knight, George Dzundza, Leo Grillo, Nicholas Guest, Ted Shackelford
This powerful made-for-TV drama is the true-life story of a Lithuanian sailor who defected by jumping ship in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1970. Arkin does another fine acting job and Rich won an Emmy for his directing.
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Miracle Dogs 2003  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Craig Clyde
Cast: Kate Jackson, Ted Shackelford, Alana Austin, Stacy Keach, Rue McClanahan, Daniel Roebuck, Wayne Rogers, Josh Hutcherson, K.C. Clyde, Dudley Swetland, Patrice Moncell, Talbot Perry Simons, Todd Holland
Young Charlie (Josh Hutcherson) has just moved to Cleveland with his parents (Kate Jackson and Ted Shackelford) when Charlie finds "Annie," a thee-legged Springer Spaniel that has just had puppies. With help from the janitor (Stacy Keach), Charlie hides Annie and the puppies in the hospital where his parents work. But it doesn't take long for the dogs to start wandering around the hospital, and, miraculously, after encounters with the dogs, patients begin to heal. Of course, hospital rules do not allow dogs in patients' rooms, problems ensue, and the dogs are sent to an animal shelter. Now, a wealthy patient (Rue McClanahan) realizes that the dogs have cured her illness, and she ensures that the dogs are rescued, and new homes are found.
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Sweet Revenge 1987  R, 78 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Mark Sobel
Cast: Nancy Allen, Ted Shackelford, Martin Landau, Sal Landi, Michele Little, Gina Gershon, Jim Beaver, George E. Mahlberg, Stacey Adams, Lotis Key
Jillian Grey (Nancy Allen) finds her job as a reporter becoming dangerous when she is kidnapped by leaders of the white-slavery ring she is investigating. Probably not as good as one star, but the reviewer is easy today.
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| 1. The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
2. Miracle Dogs (2003)
3. Sweet Revenge (1987)
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