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1. Local Commercial (2012)
21 min | Short, Comedy
A 58-year old director loses his job to a 14-year old director who loses his job to an 8-year old director.
Director: Richard Dobbs | Stars: Frank Converse, Lisa Dahlstrom, David Davino, Nancy Dinoto
Votes: 48
2. Steeletown (1979 TV Movie)
60 min
Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Bibi Besch, Michael Biehn, Kraig Cassity, Frank Converse
Votes: 43
3.
Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1987)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Romance
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse
Votes: 82
4. Guests of the Nation (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, War
Irish insurgents guard their British prisoners-of-war in a remote farmstead. Gradually the opposing soldiers come to respect, even like each other. This greatly worries Frank Callahan, the ... See full summary »
Director: John J. Desmond | Stars: Frank Converse, Richard Cottrell, Charlie Stavola, Nesbitt Blaisdell
Votes: 11
5.
Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1987)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Romance
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse
Votes: 80
6.
Coronet Blue (1967)
Episode:
Six Months to Mars
(1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Feds want to exploit Alden's amnesia for simulating a mission to Mars. Brainwashed, he and a partner are placed into a drug-induced simulator. His partner's breakdown aborts the mission, ... See full summary »
Director: David Greene | Stars: Frank Converse, Patrick O'Neal, Alan Alda, Walter Moulder
Votes: 20
7.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Landslide
(1975)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
While detouring around a road construction site, Will and Sonny are trapped by a landslide on a wilderness road, along with six other people: a runaway and her boyfriend, an alcoholic ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Cameron Mitchell, John Ritter
Votes: 28
8.
Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1987)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Romance
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse
Votes: 78
9. CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1980–1982)
Family, Mystery
CBS Children's Mystery Theatre was an American television anthology series aimed at teens and pre-teens. A total of five episodes were produced by and aired on CBS from 1980-83.
Stars: Dody Goodman, Dominique Dunne, Beth Ehlers, Adam Rich
Votes: 23
10.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
From Baltimore to Eternity
(1975)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
Sonny and Will pick up a load from a Baltimore furniture factory whose owner has refused to pay a local thug "protection" money. The bomb intended for the factory ticks hidden in the ... See full summary »
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, George Dzundza, Thom Christopher
Votes: 26
11.
Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1987)
TV-G | Drama, Family, Romance
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Marilyn Lightstone, Schuyler Grant
Votes: 83
12. Anne of Avonlea (1987)
TV-G | 58 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Anne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.
Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Marilyn Lightstone, Schuyler Grant
Votes: 10,210
13.
Coronet Blue (1967)
Episode:
The Flip Side of Timmy Devon
(1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Alden hears a pop tune on the radio, supposedly from a dead singer, yet never released until that moment-but he somehow knows the lyrics already, and surmises that he had to have been ... See full summary »
Director: David Greene | Stars: Frank Converse, Dick Clark, Sally Kellerman, Peter Duchin
Votes: 16
14.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Witch Hunt
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Will and Sonny get stuck in Gainesville, Georgia, with a load of chicken feed when the Chicken Growers Co-op is threatened with a quarantine by the government. Will is bitten by a snake while he is working on the rig.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Rosemary Murphy, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 21
15. Columbo (1971–2003)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 42,132
16. Coronet Blue (1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Michael Alden is an amnesiac, who must discover his real identity before the operatives of a mysterious group locate him and kill him. The key to his past might be "Coronet Blue", a meaningless phrase he for some reason remembers.
Stars: Frank Converse, Joe Silver, Brian Bedford, Robert Burr
Votes: 210
17.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts
(1986)
TV-14 | 150 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.
Director: Perry Miller Adato | Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Zoe Caldwell, Colleen Dewhurst, Frances Conroy
Votes: 107
18.
CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1980–1982)
Episode:
Mystery at Fire Island
(1981)
60 min | Family, Mystery
Two youngsters are determined to undercover the truth, when an old neighbor disappears without a trace.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Beth Ehlers, Eric Gurry, Barbara Bryne, Frank Converse
Votes: 11
19.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Tomorrow
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a wealthy man's two children and their friend has Goren and Eames looking at his ex-wife, but a closer look at the evidence reveals a different connection and sisters with an unusual attachment.
Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 460
20.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Trick Is to Stay Alive
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Will is taking a shortcut through the country when he spots fresh skid marks leading off the road to a bullet-riddled car. He and Sonny soon learn why the car is there: a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde . . . plus one.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Marilyn Hassett, James Keach
Votes: 32
21.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Games
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Will, Sonny, and fellow trucker Ike run afoul of a small-town police officer and his speed trap, and they get involved in a series of "touch" football games that turn out rougher, and with higher stakes, than expected.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Gary Lockwood, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 25
22.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Toughest Men in America
(1975)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Sonny's comment published in a trucker's magazine about truckers being "the toughest men in America" draws the ire of the US Marines, and results in a challenge to complete one week of Marine basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Roosevelt Grier, Art Metrano
Votes: 25
23. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,175
24.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
In Tandem
(1974)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama
Two independent truck drivers, one a veteran and the other his young, college-educated partner, get involved with a group of beleaguered citrus growers.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Richard Angarola, Sondra Blake
Votes: 65
25.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Fraud
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Sonny's trailer catches fire while parked overnight at a warehouse dock, and Sonny is framed for arson.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Barry Sullivan, Jenny Sullivan
Votes: 22
26.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Price of Loving
(1975)
TV-PG | Drama
In San Francisco, Will and Sonny get caught between a trucker pal and his wife Abby . . . and his other wife Betsy.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Anne Francis, John Schuck
Votes: 19
27.
Medical Center (1969–1976)
Episode:
Trial by Terror
(1970)
60 min | Drama
Just before he is supposed to perform a life-saving operation on a young woman who is counting on him, Gannon is blinded in a car accident after his brakes fail. And he does not realize ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Chad Everett, James Daly, Frank Converse, Jayne Meadows
Votes: 11
28.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Goin' Home: Part 1
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
While in a cafe in Las Vegas, Sonny moans to Will about how depressing it is to spend Christmas on the road. So they head for Phoenix for dinner with Sonny's uncle, but end up with Sonny's ex-wife instead.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Sheree North, John Vernon
Votes: 23
29.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Good for Laughs
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Will talks Sonny into hauling timber with Will's Vietnam War buddy in Hood River, Oregon.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Frank Gorshin, Jonathan Goldsmith
Votes: 20
30.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Checkmate
(1998)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A.D.A. Helen Gamble and Joey Heric go head to head in the courtroom, each trying to outmaneuver the other in Heric's murder trial. Meanwhile, Ellenor represents an obese woman, suing a carnival for ridiculing her in public.
Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 126
31.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Stowaway
(1975)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
Sonny finds Russian pianist stowaway in his load of musical instruments, and Will thinks the pianist wants to defect to the USA.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, John Rubinstein, Roosevelt Grier
Votes: 22
32.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Old South Will Rise Again
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
After a hot-air balloon lands on the rig while they are going down the road, Will and Sonny get involved in an old man's obsession with entering his balloon, The Old South, in a race.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Dub Taylor, Devon Ericson
Votes: 19
33.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Prosperity #1
(1975)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
Sonny and Will deliver equipment to a strike-bound West Virginia coal mine, where Will sides with the miners, and Sonny sides with the mine owner, Maddie.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Patricia Neal, Gary Merrill
Votes: 24
34.
VR.5 (1995–1997)
Episode:
Facing the Fire
(1995)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Oliver instructs Sydney to make a VR link to a test pilot in a psychiatric hospital. The pilot keeps seeing fire and hates his father. Sydney enters the hospital disguised as a patient, and... See full summary »
Director: Lorraine Senna | Stars: Lori Singer, Michael Easton, Anthony Head, Frank Converse
Votes: 28
35. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
36. Nurse (1981–1982)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A widow, Mary Benjamin, a supervising nurse at Grant Memorial Hospital in New York City, returns to work after her husband dies and learns to live as a single woman again.
Stars: Michael Learned, Robert Reed, Hattie Winston, Bonnie Hellman
Votes: 90
37.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
Canyon of No Return
(1972)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three men rob a Northern California resort of $200,000 in currency and jewels. They cross the state line into Oregon, bringing the FBI into the case. Erskine and Colby take charge of the ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Frank Converse
Votes: 17
38.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Life Line
(1974)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama
Will and Sonny deliver a generator to Shaniko, Oregon, and encounter a single mother and her autistic son.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Lois Nettleton, Clint Howard
Votes: 30
39.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Please Don't Talk to the Driver
(1975)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
Sonny and Will are hauling a load of apples out of Hendersonville when they come upon a bus that has a flat tire as a result of a gunshot. They and the passengers end up at an abandoned ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Priestley | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, John Dehner, Paul Carr
Votes: 19
40.
N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969)
Episode:
The Body in the Trunk
(1969)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The body of a dead girl is found floating in a trunk.
Director: David Pressman | Stars: Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse, Ted Beniades
Votes: 11
41.
N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969)
Episode:
The Peep Freak
(1968)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Detectives Corso and Ward investigate the murder of a woman who was strangled in her apartment. A peeping Tom who resides in an adjacent building is their prime suspect.
Director: David Pressman | Stars: Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse, Martin Sheen
Votes: 21
42.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Antiques
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Will and Sonny deliver two trucks to an eccentric old lady who has an antique Benz that she restored herself. The next day it's gone and she accuses them of stealing it.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Jeanette Nolan, Jerry Houser
Votes: 22
43.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Breakout
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
While Will goes to the bank in Asheville to cash a check, Sonny delivers a load to a North Carolina minimum security prison farm, and an inmate stowaway forces Sonny to take him to his girlfriend so they can get married.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Roosevelt Grier, Art Metrano
Votes: 19
44.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Explosion
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Sonny accepts a racing dog from a freight broker as payment for a debt after Sonny's rig is impounded for a late loan payment.
Director: Richard Newton | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Charles Haid, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 21
45.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Living It Up!
(1976)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Against Will's objections, Sonny rents the rig to a broker and almost loses it, and more, to a crew that broke in to an armory. To keep them in the dark and out of his way, the broker treats Will and Sonny to a few days at an exclusive resort.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Roosevelt Grier, Art Metrano
Votes: 18
46.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
The Time of His Life
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Will and Sonny stop to help a young trucker when he almost runs them off of the road. When they find that he is very ill, they determine to give him "The Time of His Life". This includes bowling and girls.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Michael J. Pollard, Karen Jensen
Votes: 59
47.
Movin' On (1974–1976)
Episode:
Will the Last Trucker Leaving Charlotte Please Turn Out the Lights
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Sonny and Will try to get a load out of Charlotte, where the local truckers are under the thumb of a broker and his thug, and wind up with the four-year-old daughter of another trucker instead.
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Ned Austin, Jack Canon
Votes: 22
48. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,734
49. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,937
50. The Trials of O'Brien (1965–1966)
60 min | Drama
A flamboyant, Shakespeare-quoting, New York City defense attorney always seems to get into trouble.
Stars: Peter Falk, Joanna Barnes, Elaine Stritch, David Burns
Votes: 112