Dirty Work

Search for the Gods(en)

A valuable medallion believed to prove that aliens from outer space visited Earth in prehistoric times is sought.

State Fair(en)

Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.

Letters from Three Lovers(en)

Three letters, whose delivery has been delayed by a year, change the lives of the people to whom they were addressed.

Lookwell(en)

The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff.

Hasiči(sk)

Delta County, USA(en)

Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditions have little meaning in their lives. Their elders, struggling to preserve values of an older day, have personal problems that are sometimes overwhelming, such as the one facing John McCain Jr., an alcoholic whose wife Kate is having a hidden and torrid romance that sets her husband off on a vengeance-seeking spree.

Slither(en)

A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.

San Francisco International(en)

This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots run - a kid whose parents are splitting up decides to take off in a little red prop plane (and Conrad talks him down), and thieves played by the handsome Tab Hunter and his truly ugly sidekicks try to steal a money shipment. Roberts was replaced by Lloyd Bridges when the show went to series.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(en)

The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.

Hellinger's Law(en)

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.

Nick Knight(en)

Detective Nick Knight is investigating a series of murders in which the bodies are found drained of blood - but the most recent one doesn't fit the pattern. Instead it involves the cure that Nick has been searching for for decades, so that he himself can face the light of day. Later remade as the first two episodes of Forever Knight.

Inspector Perez(en)

Failed crime TV pilot starring Anne Bloom.

The Knife and Gun Club(en)

Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.

I'm At Home(en)

The host of a children's television show aimed for creativity starts experiencing burnout after needing to force that creativity every day.

Spraggue(en)

Boston professor and amateur detective, Michael Spraggue, together with his eccentric aunt investigates a suspicious physician in connection with the death of his acquaintance which endangers their lives.

The Catcher(en)

An ex-cop and a Harvard graduate team up to become bounty hunters.

Travis McGee(en)

Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked.

Amanda Fallon(en)

A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.

Partners in Crime(en)

A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.

Beach Patrol(en)

Jan Plummer, a policewoman recently transferred from LA narcotics to a beach patrol unit, spots a fugitive drug kingpin on the beach and becomes a target for murder.