Ben Fuhrman

The Burning Bed (1984)

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Greenwald
CAST:  Farrah Fawcett  •  Paul Le Mat  •  Richard Masur  •  Grace Zabriskie

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Greenwald
CAST:  Farrah Fawcett  •  Paul Le Mat  •  Richard Masur  •  Grace Zabriskie

Heroes (1977)

A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Sally Field  •  Harrison Ford  •  Val Avery

A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Sally Field  •  Harrison Ford  •  Val Avery

September 30, 1955 (1977)

A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Bridges
CAST:  Richard Thomas  •  Susan Tyrrell  •  Deborah Benson  •  Lisa Blount

A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Bridges
CAST:  Richard Thomas  •  Susan Tyrrell  •  Deborah Benson  •  Lisa Blount

The Staircase (1998)

A mysterious carpenter appears just as a church is in need of repair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karen Arthur
CAST:  Barbara Hershey  •  William Petersen  •  Diane Ladd  •  Louis Ferreira

A mysterious carpenter appears just as a church is in need of repair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karen Arthur
CAST:  Barbara Hershey  •  William Petersen  •  Diane Ladd  •  Louis Ferreira

The Shadow Riders (1982)

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Tom Selleck  •  Sam Elliott  •  Dominique Dunne  •  Ben Johnson

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Tom Selleck  •  Sam Elliott  •  Dominique Dunne  •  Ben Johnson

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Darleen Carr

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Darleen Carr

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980)

This prospective pilot to a series tells the improbable story of five American female pilots recruited into the British RAF, before the USA joined the war, to fly a new top-secret aircraft -- the helicopter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Lee Purcell  •  Ann Dusenberry  •  Tracy Brooks Swope  •  Dee Wallace

This prospective pilot to a series tells the improbable story of five American female pilots recruited into the British RAF, before the USA joined the war, to fly a new top-secret aircraft -- the helicopter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Lee Purcell  •  Ann Dusenberry  •  Tracy Brooks Swope  •  Dee Wallace

The Great Wallendas (1978)

Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Britt Ekland  •  William Sadler  •  Cathy Rigby

Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Britt Ekland  •  William Sadler  •  Cathy Rigby

Freedom (1981)

Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits the road, soon joining the ranks of a traveling carnival. She gains the freedom she has longed for but learns some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Mare Winningham  •  Jennifer Warren  •  Tony Bill  •  Roy Thinnes

Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits the road, soon joining the ranks of a traveling carnival. She gains the freedom she has longed for but learns some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Mare Winningham  •  Jennifer Warren  •  Tony Bill  •  Roy Thinnes

Our Family Business (1981)

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother, Phil, a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert L. Collins
CAST:  Sam Wanamaker  •  Ted Danson  •  David Morse  •  Vera Miles

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother, Phil, a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert L. Collins
CAST:  Sam Wanamaker  •  Ted Danson  •  David Morse  •  Vera Miles

The Comedy Company (1978)

An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Philips
CAST:  Jack Albertson  •  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  •  Herb Edelman  •  Joyce Van Patten

An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Philips
CAST:  Jack Albertson  •  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  •  Herb Edelman  •  Joyce Van Patten