Nick Havinga

Single Women, Married Men

A divorced psychotherapist forms a support group for single women whose lovers are married men.

Desperate Intruder

A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose ruthless partner is on the way.

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

Tom Beauchurch , a successful New England lawyer, takes his wife Ginette to Paris for a second honeymoon. It is a Paris in the throes of the Algerian crisis; a crisis which soon threatens the very foundations of their marriage. A New York bartender refuses to lower his standards even when his boss threatens to sack him. Michael Loomis runs into trouble when he confesses to his beautiful young wife that he can't help eyeing the girls in their summer dresses ...

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in Manhattan, and the conversation turns to the husband's fidelity. "The Monument" centers on the conflict between a popular bartender with a following in an upscale Irish bar in 1938 Manhattan and its owner, who is determined to introduce a more economical whiskey in the establishment over the barkeep's objections. In "The Man Who Married a French Wife" the influential American husband of a French woman is asked by her former lover, a former resistance fighter, to help him escape the country.

Casey Stengel

Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

Ghost of a Chance

After Jenny Clifford gets married, the ghost of her first husband comes back. Pilot episode for an unproduced series.

The Girl Who Saved the World

A news photographer (Susan Anton) hunts conspirators in Brazil.

The School for Scandal

London society matron Lady Sneerwell loves to gossip and spends her free time engaged in manipulation. When she selfishly derails the romance of Charles Surface, her scheming unexpectedly creates a ripple effect among her well-to-do acquaintances.

Murder Works Overtime

An advertising artist with a large amount of cash finds herself the latest target of a vicious killer.

A Little Bit Like Murder

A malevolent old house is pervaded by evil spirits who inflict harm upon the occupants. Their latest victim is a woman who is overcome with hatred for her family.

Much Ado About Nothing

Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to matchmake her with Benedick (her former boyfriend), but she being an independent-minded, bicycle-riding Suffragette type, it's going to take a bit of trickery.

Tribute to Lester Horton

A dance performance salute to choreographer-dancer Lester Horton with Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and James Truitte, all former members of his company. They perform various works by Horton.