Fourth Story (1991 TV Movie) User Reviews

If you would climb into a fourth floor window; why not jump?

[michaelRokeefe · 7/10 · 14 June 2003]

At times a little slow, but an above average TV drama with thrills and suspense. This psychological passage is about a private eye(Mark Harmon) and the woman(Mimi Rogers) who hires him to find her missing husband(Cliff De Young). Very watchable and personally I liked this a whole lot better than PROOF OF LIFE(2000)which is more or less the same story. Harmon is cool without trying to be macho. Miss Rogers is flawless and to die for. In support: M.Emmet Walsh, Paul Gleason and Michael Boatman.

Mark Harmon shines in a romantic thriller

[georgelanz · 9/10 · 16 July 2002]

A great romantic thriller with wonderful characters. Mark Harmon shines as a private detective more at ease in a library than carrying a gun. Mimi Rogers is brilliant as the mysterious grieving widow and the film is extremely well made with a catchy Jazz music score and beautiful photography. A must-see.

Classic Hitchcockian Thriller

[garyhey · 10/10 · 26 August 2002]

A wonderfully filmed, deliciously scored and brilliantly acted contemporary thriller. Mark Harmon plays a private eye the likes of which hasn't been seen often and Mimi Rogers is perfect as the woman with the missing husband who hires him. The wonderful direction of Ivan Passer makes this a classic in its own right.

A Masterpiece of the Detective Genre

[conniekramer · 10/10 · 6 December 2002]

Mark Harmon plays a detective who doesn't carry a gun, more at ease sifting through the newspaper collection of the library than in a gun battle.

The story and direction are equally compelling and a masterful cast and great music score make this movie an undiscovered gem of a detective story.

Brilliant Film

[stevemalcolm · 10/10 · 21 October 2002]

Starting with a wonderful screenplay full of interesting characters, Ivan Passer crafted an amazing film. The performances are top notch as is the music and all the elements of this wonderful film. Mark Harmon and Mimi Rogers shine in two of the best parts they ever got to play.

A Repeated Pleasure

[randyritenour · 10/10 · 18 September 2005]

Fourth Story is a film that bears repeated viewings with ease.

The actors are perfectly cast and have an easy chemistry with each other (and not just Mark Harmon and Mimi Rogers - all the actors are perfectly cast from the biggest to the smallest part!) while the script is a model of clarity and fun that most writers would do well to emulate.

The music score is a joy and works like gangbusters.

It makes you wonder why most directors think of Jazz as a fad when it can be made to work so well in so many settings.

Overall it is a very worthy film that I can only hope will have a DVD release very soon.

Good story, fantastic acting and definitely worth a watch.

[soynaniinr · 9/10 · 27 October 2018]

I really enjoyed this movie. Good story, fantastic acting and definitely worth a watch. There is some thrill to it and a twist in the end, although I did suspect he was the brother about half way through. Some things were a little fast paced, like the attack on the older detective wasn't really explained further or in the end when the police just like that accepts that the guy killed himself, but those are minor things.

Plus Mark Harmon buck naked for like 2 whole minutes, god I love this man!

What a story?

[videorama-759-859391 · 8/10 · 11 January 2023]

This straight to video Viacom production, makes for quite an engrossing, entertaining watch, though not perfect. The premise of husband, leaving wifie, and disappearing, isn't of course, new, but there's kind of more to run with here, as the movie progresses. But also having Mark Harmon in this, is a great and rewarding choice for the viewer, as loving Harmon. He's the PI you want, when the cops aren't delivering. And of course. Hot wifie, Rodgers and Harmon, strike up an affair, kind of putting them in a bad light with LAPD, notably our comic duo, one of them, Gleason, who I love, not Jackie, and I'm glad he was in this. M Emmet Walsh as Harmon's friend, and business aquaintance was sort of wasted in this, and I feel he's playing type again, here in these smaller offerings. (just think Narrow Margin). As to the why's, of the disappearance, it was hard to accept, but I loved the motive. Just another sick puppy let loose in LA, I guess. Nice car chase, and a great 5 sec bare buttock Harmon moment. Would of liked better music in this one. Some predicabilities, and I did make out Harmon's real place in this story, before the confess, reveal. Nice rain shot scenes too.