True Movies Listings for Tuesday 21st April
05:00
Trial By Fire (Film)
Based on a true story. Paulette Gill is a devoted teacher who takes a special interest in one of her pupils. With Keith Carradine.
Director: Alan Metzger
Starring: Keith Carradine, Gail O'Grady, Michael Bowen, Ken Lerner, Mariangela Pino, Devon Odessa
(Made For TV, 1995, 15, 3 Star)
07:00
Deep in My Heart (Film)
A trio of great actresses unite their talents for this powerful true story of an adopted woman's search for her roots.
Director: Anita Addison
Starring: Gloria Reuben, Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Olivia Kassardjian
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 4 Star)
09:00
The Heart of The Lie (Film)
Was 'Bambi' Bembenek a calculating, cold-blooded killer? Or simply the victim of envy and prejudice.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Timothy Busfield, Lindsay Frost, John Karlen, Linda Blair, James Sloyan, Kathleen Garrett
(1992, PG, 2 Star)
11:00
Crimes of Passion: Victim Of Love (Film)
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
Director: John Cosgrove
Starring: Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bartlett, Andy Romano, Sally Murphy, Dennis Boutsikaris, Michael O'Neill
(1993, 12, 2 Star)
13:00
The Whereabouts of Jenny (Film)
A divorced father is desperate to get access to his young daughter after she and his ex wife are whisked into hiding under a witness protection act.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Debrah Farentino, Eve Gordon, David Graf, Dakin Matthews, Lee Garlington
(Made For TV, 1991, PG, 3 Star)
15:00
The Cry (Drama)
Sarah Lancashire stars in this thriller as a child protection officer, grieving for her own stillborn baby, who becomes convinced that a child in her care is being abused and kidnaps her.
Starring: sarah lancashire
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
17:00
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (Film)
Based on a true story. When a stripper is brutally murdered all the clues point to her boss, but he has friends in high places, and bringing him to justice is not going to be easy.
Director: Brian Dennehy
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Joe Grifasi, Charles Hallahan, Rex Linn
(1995, 12, 3 Star)
19:00
The Assisi Underground (Film)
Based on the true incidents of how the Catholic church headed up a courageous movement to save several hundred Italian Jews from being executed during the 1943 German occupation of Italy.
Director: Alexander Ramati
Starring: Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell, Karl-Heinz Hackl, Riccardo Cucciolla
(1985, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Death of a Cheerleader (Film)
Based on a true story. A cheerleader's death challenges a whole community for its sense of values and the intense pressure it puts on its pupils.
Director: Billy Graham, William A. Graham
Starring: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche, Andy Romano, Margaret Langrick
(Made For TV, 1994, U, 3 Star)
23:00
Someone to Love Me (Film)
Lonely and depressed after her father's death, a girl seeks solace in sex. But when she is raped, she must prove her innocence against accusations of promiscuity.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Starring: Lynda Carter, Jessica Bowman, Scott Foley, Julie Patzwald, Andrea Nemeth, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 1998, 15, 2 Star)
01:00
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (Film)
Patsy Kensit stars in this colourful depiction of the life of Mia Farrow and her spectacularly bitter feud with former lover Woody Allen.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Muenz, Robert LuPone, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Pearlman
(Part 1, Made For TV, 1995, 12, 3 Star)
03:00
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (Film)
Patsy Kensit stars in this colourful depiction of the life of Mia Farrow and her spectacularly bitter feud with former lover Woody Allen.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Muenz, Robert LuPone, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Pearlman
(Part 2, Made For TV, 1995, 12, 3 Star)
05:00
Death in Small Doses (Film)
Taut mystery surrounding a woman's death by arsenic poisoning. The state prosecutor knows that the dead woman had obtained arsenic herself, but is still faced with the difficult job of discovering whether her death was suicide or murder. The prime suspects include her husband and his brother, with whom she was having an affair.
Director: Sondra Locke
Starring: Richard Thomas, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor, Shawn Elliott, Gary Frank, Matthew Posey
(Made For TV, 1995, 15, 3 Star)
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True Movies 2 Listings for Tuesday 21st April
06:00
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (Film)
The story of compassionate sports star Daniel Huffman, who sacrificed his career to make a profound 'gift of love' through organ donation. Debbie Reynolds shines as Huffman's grandmother.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Ed Marinaro, Elden Henson, Dan MacDonald, Allegra Denton, Michael McLachlan
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 2 Star)
08:00
Message To My Daughter (Film)
Tissue-demanding weepy starring Martin Sheen, in which a girl looking for answers finds a stack of tapes recorded for her years earlier by her dying mother.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Martin Sheen, Kitty Winn, Neva Patterson, Mark Slade, Jerry Ayres
(Made For TV, 1973, U, 3 Star)
10:00
A Place for Annie (Film)
Sissy Spacek stars in this poignant and powerful family drama as Susan Lansing, a compassionate nurse who fosters terminally ill, baby Annie. HIV positive, Annie has been left at the clinic to die by her drug-addicted mother. Susan takes charge of her and brings her up with loving care and devotion. Two years on as Susan prepares to adopt little Annie, her birth mother turns up demanding back her daughter.
Director: John Gray
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jack Noseworthy, Joan Plowright, David Spielberg
(Made For TV, 1993, PG, 4 Star)
12:00
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (Film)
Based on a true story. A young naval recruit's confession of infidelity sparks off a murderous pact.
Director: Richard A. Colla
Starring: Holly-Marie Combs, David Lipper, Cassidy Rae, Dee Wallace, Gary Grubbs, Kurt Fuller
(Made For TV, 1997, 15, 3 Star)
14:00
View of Terror (Film)
Shannen Doherty stars as a woman who moves after parting from her ex lover. She soon begins to receive calls from a stalker. As she tries to get to the bottom of who is watching her, panic sets in.
Director: Louis Belanger
Starring: Shannen Doherty, Michel Francoeur, Jayne Heitmeyer, Sean Tucker, Charles Edwin Powell, Vittorio Rossi
(Made For TV, 2003, 15, 3 Star)
16:00
The Babysitter's Seduction (Film)
Mission Impossible's Keri Russell stars as a babysitter who may be marked for murder by her employer, a man whose wife has recently been killed. Also starring Phylicia Rashad.
Director: David Burton-Morris
Starring: Stephen Collins, Keri Russell, Phylicia Rashad, Tobin Bell, John D'Aquino, Linda Kelsey
(Made For TV, 1996, 15, 2 Star)
18:00
Firestorm: 72 Hours In Oakland (Film)
The story of the 1991 bushfire that swept across Northern California, destroying countless homes and communities. This film ranks 3rd in our True Movies Top 20.
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton, Keith Coulouris, Galyn Görg, Keone Young, Jodi Long
(Made For TV, 1993, PG, 3 Star)
20:00
All She Ever Wanted (Film)
How far will a woman go to have the child she so desperately wants? Rachel Stockman risked everything to prove the medical community wrong. Based on a true story.
Director: Michael Scott
Starring: Marcia Cross, James Marshall, Leila Kenzle, Bruce Kirby, Carrie Snodgress, CCH Pounder
(1995, PG, 3 Star)
22:00
The Salem Witch Trials (Drama)
A group of young girls begin to accuse neighbours of being witches, setting in motion an horrific chain of events.
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Rebecca de Mornay
(Part 1, 15)
00:00
No One Could Protect Her (Film)
Jessica Rayner lives with her husband, Dan, in a quiet, pleasant neighbourhood. But this peaceful existence is brutally shattered when Jessica is raped in her own home by a crazed intruder. A riveting tale of one woman's fight to catch a relentless killer.
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: Joanna Kerns, Anthony John Denison, Peter MacNeill, Lori Hallier, Dan Lett, Christina Cox
(1995, 18, 3 Star)
02:00
Trapped and Deceived (Film)
A rebellious teenager experiences all sorts of horrors when she is sent to a teen psychiatric facility. Based on a true story.
Director: Robert Iscove
Starring: Jennie Garth, Jill Eikenberry, Tom Irwin, Johnny Galecki, Eric Close, Gene Lythgow
(1994, 12, 3 Star)
04:00
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (Film)
What do you do when you discover that your nightmares are something even worse: memories.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Kate Nelligan, Shirley Douglas, Dick Latessa, Rosemary Dunsmore, Stewart Bick
(Made For TV, 1993, 15, 3 Star)
05:30
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05:00
Trial By Fire (Film)
Based on a true story. Paulette Gill is a devoted teacher who takes a special interest in one of her pupils. With Keith Carradine.
Director: Alan Metzger
Starring: Keith Carradine, Gail O'Grady, Michael Bowen, Ken Lerner, Mariangela Pino, Devon Odessa
(Made For TV, 1995, 15, 3 Star)
07:00
Deep in My Heart (Film)
A trio of great actresses unite their talents for this powerful true story of an adopted woman's search for her roots.
Director: Anita Addison
Starring: Gloria Reuben, Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Olivia Kassardjian
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 4 Star)
09:00
The Heart of The Lie (Film)
Was 'Bambi' Bembenek a calculating, cold-blooded killer? Or simply the victim of envy and prejudice.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Timothy Busfield, Lindsay Frost, John Karlen, Linda Blair, James Sloyan, Kathleen Garrett
(1992, PG, 2 Star)
11:00
Crimes of Passion: Victim Of Love (Film)
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
Director: John Cosgrove
Starring: Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bartlett, Andy Romano, Sally Murphy, Dennis Boutsikaris, Michael O'Neill
(1993, 12, 2 Star)
13:00
The Whereabouts of Jenny (Film)
A divorced father is desperate to get access to his young daughter after she and his ex wife are whisked into hiding under a witness protection act.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Debrah Farentino, Eve Gordon, David Graf, Dakin Matthews, Lee Garlington
(Made For TV, 1991, PG, 3 Star)
15:00
The Cry (Drama)
Sarah Lancashire stars in this thriller as a child protection officer, grieving for her own stillborn baby, who becomes convinced that a child in her care is being abused and kidnaps her.
Starring: sarah lancashire
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
17:00
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (Film)
Based on a true story. When a stripper is brutally murdered all the clues point to her boss, but he has friends in high places, and bringing him to justice is not going to be easy.
Director: Brian Dennehy
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Joe Grifasi, Charles Hallahan, Rex Linn
(1995, 12, 3 Star)
19:00
The Assisi Underground (Film)
Based on the true incidents of how the Catholic church headed up a courageous movement to save several hundred Italian Jews from being executed during the 1943 German occupation of Italy.
Director: Alexander Ramati
Starring: Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell, Karl-Heinz Hackl, Riccardo Cucciolla
(1985, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Death of a Cheerleader (Film)
Based on a true story. A cheerleader's death challenges a whole community for its sense of values and the intense pressure it puts on its pupils.
Director: Billy Graham, William A. Graham
Starring: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche, Andy Romano, Margaret Langrick
(Made For TV, 1994, U, 3 Star)
23:00
Someone to Love Me (Film)
Lonely and depressed after her father's death, a girl seeks solace in sex. But when she is raped, she must prove her innocence against accusations of promiscuity.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Starring: Lynda Carter, Jessica Bowman, Scott Foley, Julie Patzwald, Andrea Nemeth, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 1998, 15, 2 Star)
01:00
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (Film)
Patsy Kensit stars in this colourful depiction of the life of Mia Farrow and her spectacularly bitter feud with former lover Woody Allen.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Muenz, Robert LuPone, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Pearlman
(Part 1, Made For TV, 1995, 12, 3 Star)
03:00
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (Film)
Patsy Kensit stars in this colourful depiction of the life of Mia Farrow and her spectacularly bitter feud with former lover Woody Allen.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Dennis Boutsikaris, Richard Muenz, Robert LuPone, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Pearlman
(Part 2, Made For TV, 1995, 12, 3 Star)
05:00
Death in Small Doses (Film)
Taut mystery surrounding a woman's death by arsenic poisoning. The state prosecutor knows that the dead woman had obtained arsenic herself, but is still faced with the difficult job of discovering whether her death was suicide or murder. The prime suspects include her husband and his brother, with whom she was having an affair.
Director: Sondra Locke
Starring: Richard Thomas, Tess Harper, Glynnis O'Connor, Shawn Elliott, Gary Frank, Matthew Posey
(Made For TV, 1995, 15, 3 Star)
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True Movies 2 Listings for Tuesday 21st April
06:00
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (Film)
The story of compassionate sports star Daniel Huffman, who sacrificed his career to make a profound 'gift of love' through organ donation. Debbie Reynolds shines as Huffman's grandmother.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Ed Marinaro, Elden Henson, Dan MacDonald, Allegra Denton, Michael McLachlan
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 2 Star)
08:00
Message To My Daughter (Film)
Tissue-demanding weepy starring Martin Sheen, in which a girl looking for answers finds a stack of tapes recorded for her years earlier by her dying mother.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Martin Sheen, Kitty Winn, Neva Patterson, Mark Slade, Jerry Ayres
(Made For TV, 1973, U, 3 Star)
10:00
A Place for Annie (Film)
Sissy Spacek stars in this poignant and powerful family drama as Susan Lansing, a compassionate nurse who fosters terminally ill, baby Annie. HIV positive, Annie has been left at the clinic to die by her drug-addicted mother. Susan takes charge of her and brings her up with loving care and devotion. Two years on as Susan prepares to adopt little Annie, her birth mother turns up demanding back her daughter.
Director: John Gray
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jack Noseworthy, Joan Plowright, David Spielberg
(Made For TV, 1993, PG, 4 Star)
12:00
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (Film)
Based on a true story. A young naval recruit's confession of infidelity sparks off a murderous pact.
Director: Richard A. Colla
Starring: Holly-Marie Combs, David Lipper, Cassidy Rae, Dee Wallace, Gary Grubbs, Kurt Fuller
(Made For TV, 1997, 15, 3 Star)
14:00
View of Terror (Film)
Shannen Doherty stars as a woman who moves after parting from her ex lover. She soon begins to receive calls from a stalker. As she tries to get to the bottom of who is watching her, panic sets in.
Director: Louis Belanger
Starring: Shannen Doherty, Michel Francoeur, Jayne Heitmeyer, Sean Tucker, Charles Edwin Powell, Vittorio Rossi
(Made For TV, 2003, 15, 3 Star)
16:00
The Babysitter's Seduction (Film)
Mission Impossible's Keri Russell stars as a babysitter who may be marked for murder by her employer, a man whose wife has recently been killed. Also starring Phylicia Rashad.
Director: David Burton-Morris
Starring: Stephen Collins, Keri Russell, Phylicia Rashad, Tobin Bell, John D'Aquino, Linda Kelsey
(Made For TV, 1996, 15, 2 Star)
18:00
Firestorm: 72 Hours In Oakland (Film)
The story of the 1991 bushfire that swept across Northern California, destroying countless homes and communities. This film ranks 3rd in our True Movies Top 20.
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton, Keith Coulouris, Galyn Görg, Keone Young, Jodi Long
(Made For TV, 1993, PG, 3 Star)
20:00
All She Ever Wanted (Film)
How far will a woman go to have the child she so desperately wants? Rachel Stockman risked everything to prove the medical community wrong. Based on a true story.
Director: Michael Scott
Starring: Marcia Cross, James Marshall, Leila Kenzle, Bruce Kirby, Carrie Snodgress, CCH Pounder
(1995, PG, 3 Star)
22:00
The Salem Witch Trials (Drama)
A group of young girls begin to accuse neighbours of being witches, setting in motion an horrific chain of events.
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Rebecca de Mornay
(Part 1, 15)
00:00
No One Could Protect Her (Film)
Jessica Rayner lives with her husband, Dan, in a quiet, pleasant neighbourhood. But this peaceful existence is brutally shattered when Jessica is raped in her own home by a crazed intruder. A riveting tale of one woman's fight to catch a relentless killer.
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: Joanna Kerns, Anthony John Denison, Peter MacNeill, Lori Hallier, Dan Lett, Christina Cox
(1995, 18, 3 Star)
02:00
Trapped and Deceived (Film)
A rebellious teenager experiences all sorts of horrors when she is sent to a teen psychiatric facility. Based on a true story.
Director: Robert Iscove
Starring: Jennie Garth, Jill Eikenberry, Tom Irwin, Johnny Galecki, Eric Close, Gene Lythgow
(1994, 12, 3 Star)
04:00
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (Film)
What do you do when you discover that your nightmares are something even worse: memories.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Kate Nelligan, Shirley Douglas, Dick Latessa, Rosemary Dunsmore, Stewart Bick
(Made For TV, 1993, 15, 3 Star)
05:30
This is True Movies 2 (Entertainment)
This is True Movies 2.