Howard Duff – MRQE

In Search of America (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them into joining him in traveling the country and educating themselves about the state of things. They, along with Grandma (Ruth McDevitt) trick out an old Greyhound bus and hit the road. The picaresque plotline brings the family into contact with a variety of colorful characters. The producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but it ends on an ambiguous note with plenty of loose plot ends. In Search of America was first telecast March 23, 1971.

This Girl for Hire (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady’s live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.

Settle the Score (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her teenage rape. She is welcomed by her brother but shunned by her father. Josh, the town doctor, is her only ally in her quest for the truth. Together Katherine and Josh find the bloody trail of a serial murderer and shatter the lie that is two decades old.

Too Much Sun

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.

Shakedown

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it’s not long before he’s made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.

Monster in the Closet

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a “mild-mannered” reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic.

Double Negative

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife’s murderer.

Women’s Prison

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women’s prison.

Flamingo Road

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.

Kramer vs. Kramer

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.