Joel Lawrence

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Ed Flanders  •  James Hampton  •  Tovah Feldshuh

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Ed Flanders  •  James Hampton  •  Tovah Feldshuh

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Newland
CAST:  Kim Darby  •  Jim Hutton  •  William Demarest  •  Barbara Anderson

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Newland
CAST:  Kim Darby  •  Jim Hutton  •  William Demarest  •  Barbara Anderson

Roadracers (1959)

The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Swerdloff
CAST:  Joel Lawrence  •  Marian Collier  •  Skip Ward  •  Sally Fraser

The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Swerdloff
CAST:  Joel Lawrence  •  Marian Collier  •  Skip Ward  •  Sally Fraser

Gridlock (1980)

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Desi Arnaz Jr.  •  John Beck  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  René Enríquez

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Desi Arnaz Jr.  •  John Beck  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  René Enríquez

Salvage (1979)

A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Phillips
CAST:  Andy Griffith  •  Joel Higgins  •  Trish Stewart  •  J. Jay Saunders

A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Phillips
CAST:  Andy Griffith  •  Joel Higgins  •  Trish Stewart  •  J. Jay Saunders

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)

The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain control of the company. Based on British TV series "The Foundation." Pilot to a prospective series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Green
CAST:  Elizabeth Montgomery  •  Scott Hylands  •  James Booth  •  Bradford Dillman

The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain control of the company. Based on British TV series "The Foundation." Pilot to a prospective series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Green
CAST:  Elizabeth Montgomery  •  Scott Hylands  •  James Booth  •  Bradford Dillman

Fast Friends (1979)

A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Carrie Snodgress  •  Dick Shawn  •  Edie Adams  •  Jed Allan

A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Carrie Snodgress  •  Dick Shawn  •  Edie Adams  •  Jed Allan

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981)

In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  O.J. Simpson  •  Melissa Michaelsen  •  Roger Bowen  •  Reb Brown

In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  O.J. Simpson  •  Melissa Michaelsen  •  Roger Bowen  •  Reb Brown