The best Hal Holbrook’s tv movie movies
We present our ranking of the best Hal Holbrook’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Hal Holbrook.
Day One
7.4/10
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
Operation Delta Force
3.8/10
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
6.4/10
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
Suddenly Single
6.6/10
A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
6.9/10
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
Pueblo
7.7/10
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of captivity through flashbacks during the 1969 investigation of the affair.
The Whole World Is Watching
7.6/10
A student radical, accused of murdering a cop during a campus revolt, welcomes a court confrontation and then refuses to take the stand, despite the urging of the three high-priced lawyers he has hired to represent him in this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
6.8/10
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
Bonds of Love
5.6/10
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
5.8/10
A compassionate Hollywood screenwriter attempts to talk a troubled actress out of taking her own life.
A Clear and Present Danger
6.8/10
The son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema.
A Killing in a Small Town
6.7/10
The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense. Could it be so?
The Legend of the Golden Gun
5.2/10
In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill. Rescued by runaway slave Joshua Brown, Golden is determined to get revenge. With the help of a legendary gunfighter and a special gun, Golden must not only deal with Quantrill and his men, but has to dodge General Custer and his army, as well.
Murder by Natural Causes
7.6/10
Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, together with her lover tries to kill him by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill when it turns out that he knew about it all along.
The Killing of Randy Webster
5.9/10
A young man is shot and killed in an altercation with Houston police. His father doesn't believe the police version of the incident and starts digging around on his own.
The Legend of the Three Trees
7.1/10
Vivid visual imagery brings this classic legend to life. Told simply, in language even the youngest family members will understand, the story begins with three young trees who dream - as all children do - of doing big deeds. When the woodcutters come, the trees each find that the reality of their existence doesn't match their dreams... and yet... This touching story contains a simple lesson about God's Plan for every life, told in a way that will touch hearts. Narrated by Hal Holbrook.
That Certain Summer
7.7/10
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years.
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
6.8/10
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
All the Winters that Have Been
5.2/10
Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven (Allen) had fallen in love. She vowed never to see him again because he had arrested her brother, who he had been investigating. Dane is now determined to win her back and slowly re-enters her daily life. But Helen has a secret, and unless Dane can forgive her and understand the powerful feelings that motivated her to keep it from him, their fragile relationship will not survive.
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
6.2/10
Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as presidents and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. often turned to Niebuhr's writings for guidance and inspiration on the most volatile political and social issues of the 20th century. Niebuhr rose from a small Midwest church pulpit to become the nation's moral voice - an American conscience -during some of the most defining moments in American history.
