Movies by Jerry Thorpe

The Lazarus Syndrome

The Lazarus Syndrome

An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

After avenging the death of his teacher, a Shaolin monk flees China to the American West and helps people while being pursued by bounty hunters.

Company of Killers

Company of Killers

A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.

All God's Children

All God's Children

Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.

Stickin' Together

Stickin' Together

A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a TV series which turned up briefly in the spring of 1979 as "The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove."

Dirty Work

Dirty Work

An unsold TV pilot starring Kerrie Keane and Louis Giambalvo.

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

David Janssen plays Harry Orwell, a retired L.A. cop who was shot during a robbery and whose partner was killed in the incident. Harry is in constant pain due to the bullet lodged near his spine, but he works off and on as a private detective to supplement his pension. Late one night, Harry is approached in his home by one of the men who shot him (Martin Sheen) to help find the other man (Sal Mineo) involved in the robbery, who he says is trying to kill him. Is it a setup? This was the first pilot for the ABC detective series *Harry O*, whi...

Dial Hot Line

Dial Hot Line

The head of a psychiatric telephone hotline inspires his associates to get out of the office and into the streets to help people with psychiatric problems.

A Question of Love

A Question of Love

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.