"Westworld" is a science fiction thriller about an interactive theme park populated by lifelike robots who malfunction and start killing guests. This engrossing and well paced film was tightly directed and written by Michael Crichton, a novelist involved in his first motion picture project. Not bad [..]

"Cahill United States Marshall" is one of John Wayne's last films, telling the story of driven lawman who neglects his two sons. Upon return from one of his many absences, he finds that they are involved with an outlaw and mixed up in a bank robbery. [..]

"Bang the Drum Slowly" is a baseball action film telling the story of a young catcher trying to finish the season after being diagnosed with a terminal illness and his friendship with one of the team's pitchers. Director John Hancock ("Let's Scare Jessica to Death" 1971) does an [..]

"Electra Glide in Blue" is a quirky police drama where Robert Blake plays an Arizona motorcycle cop who gets into troubles of all kinds. The 114-minute film actually seems longer because of Blake's obnoxious personality and bad direction by James William Guercio, who mainly produced albums for [..]

"The Gatling Gun" is a western movie that tells the story of two soldiers deserting their post to steal a new Gatling (automatic fire) gun. They are pursued by a cavalry and the drama proceeds from there. And it is not very good drama due to [..]

"The Neptune Factor" is a science fiction action movie about an underwater research laboratory that has fallen into a deep trench as the result of an earthquake. A rescue team aboard a submarine is sent down to rescue the crew, but runs into unexpected trouble from gigantic [..]

Lynn Redgrave carries the day as Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion," aired on December 16, 1973, as a BBC Play of the Month. Director Cedric Messina used Shaw's original material verbatim with fantastic results. The two hour production moved rapidly. [..]

"Divorce His, Divorce Hers" is a made-for-television movie telling the story of the end of an 18-year marriage. The first half of the film ("Divorce His") details the story from the husband's point of view, and the second half ("Divorce Hers") from the wife's perspective. Director Waris Hussein [..]

"Go Ask Alice" is a made-for-television film about a 15-year-old girl who develops an addiction to drugs, runs away from home, and eventually seeks help. Director John Korty ("The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman" 1974) and teleplay writers Ellen M. Violett and Beatrice Sparks did a [..]

"Double Indemnity" is a 1973 remake of the 1944 film noir classic about a housewife who plots to kill her husband and collect a generous insurance settlement. Director Jack Smight ("Harper" 1966) and teleplay writer Steven Bochco based this made-for-television movie directly on the original film rather than [..]