There is a film called Fear with Ally Sheedy from the early 90's that was a direct to video release here. Apparently it was MFTV.

One of my favourite films, really snuck under the skin.

Another film I really like didn't get a cinema release here (as far as I know) and stars Anthony Edwards. Late 80's it was called Miracle Mile and is terrific. Could possibly have been MFTV.

Dave

It.

Centennial.

Death in Paradise.

And Shogun, but its already been mentioned.

It.

Centennial.

Death in Paradise.

And Shogun, but its already been mentioned.

Yeah . . . Centennial. That was one of the best mini-series'. Have you read the book? It was real history with some of the serial numbers filed off.

For instance, there was a mountain man who had a Pawnee arrowhead in his back for nine years, and it was removed by a doctor whom the mountain man had met. In the book/series, the character was Pasquinel the trapper, and the arrow head was removed by a doctor in Saint Louis. In real life, the arrowhead was removed from the back of a mountain man named Jim Bridger, and it was removed by Doctor Marcus Whitman, pioneer of the Oregon Trail.

Levi Zent was a thinly disguised William Bent, who had a trading post near LaJunta, Colorado . . . Bent's Fort -- instead of Zent's Farm. Both in the book and real life, the Bent/Zent character had an Indian wife who refused to shake the hand of the perpetrator of the massacre at Sand Creek/Rattlesnake Butte.

I grew up in that area.

Ken V.

Yeah . . . Centennial. That was one of the best mini-series'. Have you read the book? It was real history with some of the serial numbers filed off.

For instance, there was a mountain man who had a Pawnee arrowhead in his back for nine years, and it was removed by a doctor whom the mountain man had met. In the book/series, the character was Pasquinel the trapper, and the arrow head was removed by a doctor in Saint Louis. In real life, the arrowhead was removed from the back of a mountain man named Jim Bridger, and it was removed by Doctor Marcus Whitman, pioneer of the Oregon Trail.

Levi Zent was a thinly disguised William Bent, who had a trading post near LaJunta, Colorado . . . Bent's Fort -- instead of Zent's Farm. Both in the book and real life, the Bent/Zent character had an Indian wife who refused to shake the hand of the perpetrator of the massacre at Sand Creek/Rattlesnake Butte.

I grew up in that area.

Ken V.

I have read the book, but a looooong time ago.

And I did NOT know it so closely tracked actual history. Thank you for that.

Well, here are two of my favorites that I'm always ringing the bell about:
FEAR NO EVIL
Universal/MCA for NBC TV
1969
Starring Louis Jourdan, Linda Day George, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Carroll O'Conner
Directed by Paul Wendkos
from a story by Guy Endore.
Great film and very sought after-brillant supernatural story!

BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL
1971
Starring Glenn Ford, Dean Jagger, Maurice Evans and Will Geer
Directed by Paul Wendkos
EXCELLENT-Track it down and see it!

Anyone recall these gems?

Yeah, Saw both.

But, IIRC it was called "See No Evil" where this entranced guy purchases a mirror at an obscure antique shop and the demon with the moniker "RAKOSHI" starts taking over his life. Good stuff. I hope this post is intelligible (2 many Marguaritas tonight)

And there was a sequel or prequel called "Ritual of Evil" but I was but a child at the time and P & M sent me to bed. Still haven't see this one.

The film was called FEAR NO EVIL and I have a fair copy on DVD from a tv broadcast. But I also saw a pristine 16mm print along with BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL one night and made me realize how wonderful these movies are!
Been trying to get both AMC and TCM to run them. Would give anything for really good, clear copies on DVD!

The best I can think of is one that I avoided because of the genre. Then decades later it was highly recommended to me, so I borrowed it from my friend. I think "Lonesome Dove" was superb in both screenplay and casting (Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Angelica Houston, etc.). Loved it!

(Edit: Not sure what "Classic/"b" Performers" means, but if it means "unknown" then this probably doesn't apply here)

-MarcC

Yes, yes, yes!!
True, Lonesome Dove doesn't apply here because of all the "A List" actors in it, but it is a dern good film! Quite possibly the best book-to-film adaptation I've ever seen.

I'll mention a couple more "based on a Stephen King novel" MFTV movies starring "B List" actors that I thought were pretty good...

Desperation
Starring Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, Ron Perlman, Henry Thomas, Matt Frewer, and Charles Durning.

Salem's Lot
Starring David Soul and Lance Kerwin

But at the very top of my list has to be the movie that made Steven Spielberg... Duel starring Dennis Weaver. Excellent to this day.

I have read the book, but a looooong time ago.

And I did NOT know it so closely tracked actual history. Thank you for that.

You're welcome. All of James Micheners historical novels are like that. In HAWAII, substitute Dole for Hale. Some of the characters are composites, but the historical background is pretty accurate.

ALSAKA is another good one, as well as SPACE, and THE COVENANT, which is about South Africa.

Ken V.

The Over the Hill Gang (Walter Brennan, etc.)
Tribes (Jan Michael Vincent)
Brian's Song (James Caan before he was a big actor, if he is a big actor)
Death Takes a Holiday (Monte Markham version)
Duel (the guy who played McCloud)
The Night Stalker (so good they made a series out of a TV movie)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (Elizabeth Mongomery post-Bewitched)
The Daughters of Joshua McCabe (Tony Franciosa)
and the biggest made-for-TV movie of them all...
Bang The Drum Slowly.

All of those are made for TV movies that aired on the old ABC Movie of the Week between the very late sixties and sometime in the early seventies and even if the actor(s) did become famous later, they weren't at the time the movie was made or they were definite B-movie actors or pretty much TV actors.

Edit: Just realized that both Night Stalker and Duel were already mentioned. Duel was Steven Spielberg's first move, I think - a made for TV movie.