Movies by Daniel Petrie

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

A Wind from the South

A Wind from the South

Set in Ireland, the story centers on a day in the life of Shevawn, an innocent, 30-year-old dreamer who is domineered by her innkeeper brother. An American tourist with a troubled marriage gives Shevawn's life new meaning.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and his fellow Senators has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Moon of the Wolf

Moon of the Wolf

After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.

Resurrection

Resurrection

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.

The City

The City

The trials and tribulations of the first Hispanic mayor of a major Southwestern city.

Mousey

Mousey

A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

Trouble Comes to Town

Trouble Comes to Town

A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

The Idol

The Idol

A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

Lifeguard

Lifeguard

Rick is a Los Angeles County lifeguard who is in his thirties. At his 15-year high school reunion, he sees his old girlfriend who is now a divorced mother. After falling in love with her, Rick considers changing his career and lifestyle.

The Gun and the Pulpit

The Gun and the Pulpit

In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.

Bang the Drum Slowly

Bang the Drum Slowly

A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so the owner won't find out and fire him.

The Main Attraction

The Main Attraction

An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.

Silent Night, Lonely Night

Silent Night, Lonely Night

Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.

The Spy with a Cold Nose

The Spy with a Cold Nose

A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British intelligence must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device.

Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

Kissinger and Nixon

Kissinger and Nixon

A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.

Stolen Hours

Stolen Hours

A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation. [Originally aired on CBS's DuPont Show of the Month.]