My Favorite Made-for-TV Movies
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- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsJean SmartRobert PastorelliDennis BoutsikarisMargaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her children away from her. She must prove in a court of law that she is capable of taking care of her family.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsTimothy BottomsEva Marie SaintArthur HillA recently blinded man becomes one of the first American users of a seeing eye dog and must fight to remove the legal barriers impeding its use.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJames FranciscusMartine BeswickBradford DillmanThe pilot for the 1971 - 1972 series of the same title. The story of Michael Longstreet, an insurance investigator recovering from an explosion that killed his wife and took his sight. He decides to remain an investigator and find those responsible for his wife's death and his blindness.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsDoug McClureRene AuberjonoisRichard BasehartDuring World War II, American soldier Harry Cook is sent to Norway to aid in the defection of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape Europe, they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in a high alpine castle on the German-Swiss border. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discover the Norwegian's true identity. Cook convinces the other prisoners to build a two person glider that can fly to Switzerland. The race is on to complete the glider before the German guards discover the plane, and the Gestapo catch up with Cook and the scientist.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
- DirectorBill BixbyStarsBill BixbyLou FerrignoMarta DuBoisWhen Banner is held as a witness to a violent crime linked to the Kingpin, the fugitive is helped by lawyer Matt Murdock who is also the superhero, Daredevil.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsMilton BerleSean GarrisonDina MerrillBased on the Leonard Bishop's novel Against Heaven's Hand. Seven blind people are on a plane on their way to a convention for the blind in Seattle. Due to bad weather, the plane crashes and only the seven blind people survive.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack WardenBased on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsEd FlandersKathryn WalkerRoxanne HartA TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own if their demand isn't met.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsSteve GuttenbergRandy QuaidMark L. TaylorThe story of Harold Krents, who became totally blind at nine years old, but graduated Harvard and Oxford and became a lawyer.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsElizabeth MontgomeryWilliam DanielsCliff PottsWhen she was raped, Ellen Harrod thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse was the treatment by the hospital staff, police, and the court system when she reported it and the aftermath of the culprit's apprehension.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRalph BellamyPolly BergenTheodore BikelLeft in the lounge for first-class passengers, a letter warns of murders on Flight 502 - and the warning's received a day early.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsRobert StackVera MilesL.Q. JonesA family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJack KlugmanElizabeth AshleyJames FranciscusDaniel Corban's wife Elizabeth disappeared after they had a fight. Then she shows up, yet he insists that the woman isn't actually his wife.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsLeif EricksonDoug McClureRoddy McDowallOn a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBen JohnsonBen MurphyEd NelsonA group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBarbara AndersonBert ConvyPeter GravesOn its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
- DirectorJoseph SargentRichard CarpenterStarsCynthia GibbMitchell AndersonPeter Michael GoetzStory of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert CulpMartin MilnerBarbara HersheyAfter several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsErnest BorgnineVera MilesPatty DukeA convict starts a fire in a forest to cover his escape, but the fire goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
- DirectorRon MaxwellStarsHayley MillsTom SkerrittCarrie Kei HeimTwo best friends plot to get their single parents together to stop one of them from moving to New York City.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsGlynnis O'ConnorArmand AssanteCraig WassonLeola Mae Harmon, a pregnant military nurse, is the victim of a drunk-driving accident. She loses her unborn child and is severely disfigured, her husband can't cope with the situation, and she sinks into depression. Her life slowly begins to get back on track when Dr. James Stallings takes an interest in reconstructing her face.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsMare WinninghamKeith CarradineSandy McPeakA blind couple's long and tiresome legal battle to be allowed to adopt a child.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsBen MurphyBonnie BedeliaLew AyresThe residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsJohn RitterCarrie FisherBuddy EbsenPaul is injured while playing polo, then learns that he's paralyzed from the waist down. Feeling despondent, he decides to go to his grandfather's ranch, where he meets horse-trainer Marnie. She decides to help him get his head out of the sand he'd placed it in since his accident. They start falling for each other, but he tries to resist because he fears he could be impotent.