True Movies / True Movies2 28 February
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True Movies 1
05:00
Heartland (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Conchata Ferell stars in this stark depiction of early 'homestead' life in the American West, in a story of love and survival.
(PG)
07:00
A Case of Deadly Force (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Fascinating story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit.
Director: Mike Miller
Starring: Richard Crenna, John Shea, Lorraine Toussaint, Francis X. McCarthy, Tom Isbell, Dylan Baker
(Made For TV, 1986, PG, 3 Star)
09:00
If You Believe in Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Susan Stone is a modern-day scrooge. Out of nowhere, a carefree 7-year-old girl named Suzie, the embodiment of Susan's inner child, comes to help Susan recapture the love of life that she's lost.
Director: Alan Metzger
Starring: Ally Walker, Tom Amandes, Hayden Panettiere, Meredith McGeachie, Andrew Tarbet, Jonathan Welsh
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)
11:00
The Temptations (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Award winning story of one of the most unforgettable groups in Motown history as told by the last surviving member, Otis Williams, in his autobiography.
Director: Allan Arkush
Starring: Charles Malik Whitfield, D.B. Woodside, Terron Brooks, Christian Payton, Leon, Alan Rosenberg
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1998, 15, 4 Star)
13:00
Mark Twain's Toughing it (Drama) PG certificate
Eric Roberts and Adam Arkin star in the biographical re-telling of a mature Sam Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, as he looks back on his early adulthood. Directed by Charles Martin Smith.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Adam Arkin
(Part 1 of 2, PG)
15:00
Replacing Dad (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Linda Marsh had an ideal life married to her college sweetheart George. The Marshes were a model family with three wonderful children - until George leaves his perfect wife for the perfect 'Barbie'.
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Mary McDonnell, William Russ, Jack Coleman, Erik von Detten, Camilla Belle, Tippi Hedren
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)
17:00
Death of a Cheerleader (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
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)
19:00
Narrow Escape (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Military drama in which morale on board a US aircraft carrier at the end of the Korean War is boosted by the arrival of a mixed-race baby rescued from a Korean orphanage. The child's welfare soon becomes the concern of the entire crew as well as the ship's doctor, whose stoical reaction to his wife's recent still-birth is modified by his charge. Based on a true story.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Gerald McRaney, Jonathan Banks, Doris Roberts, Keith MacKechnie, Michael Woolson
(Made For TV, 1997, U, 3 Star)
21:00
Mark Twain's Toughing it (Drama) PG certificate
Eric Roberts and Adam Arkin star in the biographical re-telling of a mature Sam Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, as he looks back on his early adulthood. Directed by Charles Martin Smith.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Adam Arkin
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
23:00
Children of the Night (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Children of the Night is the true story of one woman's crusade to rescue some of the thousands of homeless runaway children who fall into prostitution.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Nicholas Campbell, Mario Van Peebles, Lar Park-Lincoln, Wallace Langham, Eddie Velez
(Made For TV, 1985, 15, 2 Star)
01:00
The Plot to Kill Hitler (Documentary) 12 certificate
On July 20, 1944, a group of disillusioned senior German officers, led by Colonal Claus Shenk Graf von Stauffenberg nearly ended the Second World War with The Plot to Kill Hitler.
Starring: Brad Davis
(12)
03:00
Thou Shalt Not Kill (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Wrongfully convicted of murder, a young mechanic goes to prison, where he is forced to kill in self-defence. But now the prosecution seeks the death penalty in the riveting Thou Shalt Not Kill.
Director: I.C. Rapoport
Starring: Lee Grant, Gary Graham, Diana Scarwid, Robert Culp, James Keach, Scott Marlowe
(1982, 15, 3 Star)
05:00
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
An inspiring and heart-breaking portrait of a mother who would stop at nothing to be reunited with her missing children. Drama starring Mare Winningham and Kate Capshaw.
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Robert Alan Browne, Kate Capshaw, Conlan Carter, Scatman Crothers, Richard Dysart, Polly Holliday
(Made For TV, 1982, PG, 4 Star)
True Movies 2
05:00
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Brian Dennehy stars as Detective Jack Reed and investigates the brutal murder of a stripper.
Director: Brian Dennehy
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Joe Grifasi, Charles Hallahan, Rex Linn
(1994, 15, 3 Star)
07:00
The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Search. Series 4, episode 15.
Olivia and two of her children become lost on Walton Mountain, while Grandma keeps Erin and Mary Ellen busy doing chores all day.
(1976, U)
08:00
The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Secret. Series 4, episode 16.
Young Jim-Bob Walton searches for the truth about his birth and finds it shrouded in mystery.
(1976, PG)
09:00
Uprising (Drama) PG certificate
Featuring David Schwimmer, Stephen Moyer and Sadie Frost, this mini-series tells the story of one of the most inspiring but tragic events of the Second World War, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. 1 of 2.
(PG)
11:00
Uprising (Drama) PG certificate
As the Nazi oppression took hold, some 350,000 Polish Jews were effectively incarcerated. But a handful of Jews refused to submit to this fate, and so the uprising began. David Schwimmer stars. 2 of 2.
(PG)
13:00
A Woman Named Jackie (Drama) PG certificate
Compelling and intimate Emmy Award-winning film revealing the fascinating world of Jackie Kennedy Bouvier Onassis. An all-star cast includes Sarah Michelle Geller and Roma Downey.
(Part 1 of 3, PG)
15:00
A Woman Named Jackie (Drama) PG certificate
Compelling and intimate Emmy Award-winning film revealing the fascinating world of Jackie Kennedy Bouvier Onassis. An all-star cast includes Sarah Michelle Geller and Roma Downey.
(Part 2 of 3, PG)
17:00
A Woman Named Jackie (Drama) PG certificate
Compelling and intimate Emmy Award-winning film revealing the fascinating world of Jackie Kennedy Bouvier Onassis. An all-star cast includes Sarah Michelle Geller and Roma Downey.
(Last In Series, Part 3 of 3, PG)
19:00
Pearl (Drama) PG certificate
See the conclusion of this epic mini series charting the event that drove a peaceful nation into World War II. An all star cast including Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver and Robert Wagner. 3 of 3.
(PG)
21:00
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (Film) Film icon 18 certificate
The tragic story of how one man's religious beliefs led to the siege at Waco, Texas, and the subsequent botched FBI rescue - leaving dozens dead, and shocking the world.
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Tim Daly, William O'Leary, Neal McDonough, Lewis Smith, Marley Shelton, Jeri Ryan
(Made For TV, 1993, 18, 2 Star)
23:00
The Practice (Drama) 15 certificate
Crossfire. Series 3, episode 18.
Eugene and his wife battle for custody of their son; Rebecca represents a cross-eyed psychologist fired from his job; Gamble loses faith in the victim of an alleged carjacking.
Director: Dennis Smith
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Steve Richard Harris, Camryn Manheim, Marla Sokoloff
(15)
00:00
Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
Love and Hope. Series 1, episode 11.
A teenage boxer whom Dr. Watters helped train suffers a seizure. Birch helps a young girl find a couple interested in adopting her baby. A tax audit reveals an unpleasant surprise.
Director: Michael Dinner
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, E.G. Marshall, Roxanne Hart, Peter MacNicol, Roma Maffia
(15)
01:00
Saigon: Year of the Cat (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The scene is Vietnam, winter of 1974. The war is officially over, the American Army are gone, and the country has been divided in two. What happens to the people who are left behind? Judi Dench stars.
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, Chic Murray, Yim Hoontrakul, E.G. Marshall, Pichit Bulkul
(Made For TV, 1983, PG, 3 Star)
03:00
Rosa Parks: Ride to Freedom (Film) Film icon PG certificate
The life and times of Rosa Parks, whose decision not to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery Alabama bus, sparked the birth of the modern civil rights movement.
Director: Julie Dash
Starring: Angela Bassett, Cecily Tyson
(2002, PG)
05:00
Midwest Obsession (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
The dramatic true story of an obsessive small town beauty queen's desperate attempt to stop the man she loves from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
Director: William A. Graham
Starring: Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kyle Secor, Stephen Fanning, Tracey Gold, Ewan 'Sudsy' Clark, Joely Collins
(1995, 15, 3 Star)
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