Peter Breck – MRQE

“Big Valley, The”

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

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.

Highway 61

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her “brother’s” corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.

The Crawling Hand

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

After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, with the astronaut begging to be killed, a teenager couple finds a severed arm on a remote beach. The boy takes the arm home, where it becomes animate and the alien force which animates it soon possesses his mind as well.

Terminal City Ricochet

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

Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its fullest to sell yet more needless junk to eager consumers; a bewildering land where the unreal is real and the real, unreal. Alex Stevens is hurled into this bedlam where he finds himself pitted against the maniacal Ross Gilmore, Mayor of Terminal City, and the evil Bruce Coddle, agent of Gilmore’s Social Peace Enforcement Unit.

Benji

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

Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he’s been longing for.

Shock Corridor

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

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.

Hootenanny Hoot

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

The marriage of television director Ted Glover and television producer A.G. Bannister has gone on the rocks because she has permitted her career to take precedence over romance.

Lad: A Dog

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

The story of the rough collie hero, Sunnybank Lad.

Red Nightmare

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

A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles.

Portrait of a Mobster

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

A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.