That Darn Cat (film)
That Darn Cat (film) Updated remake of the 1965 feature. Sixteen-year-old Patti Randall is totally bored with her sleepy hometown, but she awakens to feverish excitement when her tomcat, D.C. (Darn Cat), delivers an important clue in a mysterious kidnapping of a wealthy family’s maid With inept novice FBI agent Zeke Kelso at her side, …
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Thanksgiving Promise, The (television) Television show; aired on November 23, 1986. A boy must care for an injured Canada goose until it is ready to grace the table at Thanksgiving. However, he becomes attached to his new companion and must decide whether to break his promise or lose his new friend. Stars Lloyd, Beau, and …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 15): Trip to Tucson (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 15): Trip to Tucson (television) Television show; aired on April 16, 1961. Directed by James Neilson. The people in Tombstone are not happy with Sheriff Slaughter’s harsh ways, but he enjoys the reputation, for it makes the outlaws fear him. He tricks his wife into going on vacation to Tucson, but …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 16): Frank Clell’s in Town (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 16): Frank Clell’s in Town (television) Television show; aired on April 23, 1961. Directed by James Neilson. Some of the businessmen in Tombstone long for the return of the desperadoes Slaughter has run out of town, for they had helped the town’s economy. A saloon keeper hires a notorious killer to …
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Thanksgiving Day Mirthquakes (film) Shorts program; released by RKO in 1953.
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Thanks (television) A satirical comedy skewering contemporary life as it looks as the venerable Pilgrims whose landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 literally got this country going. A half-hour television series debuting on August 2, 1999, on CBS, and ending September 6. Stars Tim Dutton (James Winthrop), Kirsten Nelson (Polly Winthrop), Jim Rash (Cotton), Erika …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 14): A Holster Full of Law (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 14): A Holster Full of Law (television) Television show; aired on February 5, 1961. Directed by James Neilson. Slaughter’s cattle are rustled, and when the sheriff is powerless to do anything about it, Slaughter is elected sheriff himself. With a band of skilled deputies, he brings law and order to Tombstone, …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 10): Apache Friendship (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 10): Apache Friendship (television) Television show; aired on February 19, 1960. Directed by Harry Keller. Slaughter is looking for a mother for his children, and woos Viola Howell. She will consider marrying but wants him to give up his guns; when he does that, he is set upon by an escaped …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 9): Desperado from Tombstone (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 9): Desperado from Tombstone (television) Television show; aired on February 12, 1960. Directed by Harry Keller. Slaughter is overjoyed that his children are coming to live with him, but neighbor Viola argues that the frontier is no place for a single father to raise children. A local cattle rustler is giving …
See moreTexas John Slaughter (Episode 11): Kentucky Gunslick (television)
Texas John Slaughter (Episode 11): Kentucky Gunslick (television) Television show; aired on February 26, 1960. Directed by Harry Keller. Slaughter saves a man from gunmen, only to discover that it is the former beau, Ashley Carstairs, of Slaughter’s wife. Johnson sets up ranching in the area, but causes no end of trouble, with Slaughter constantly …
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