Peter Levin

Marva Collins: Excellence in Education

Peter Levin

The Chicago educator, noted for her ability to reach students who have previously done poorly in public schools, speaks about her methods.

The Marva Collins Story

Peter Levin

Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman

Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "60 Minutes" segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style.

Secret Service

Peter Levin

Meryl Streep, Lenny Baker

Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Peter Levin

Thora Birch, Michael Riley

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Zalmen, or, The Madness of God

Alan Schneider, Peter Levin

Joseph Wiseman, Richard Bauer

This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

Peter Levin

Elizabeth Montgomery, James Naughton

A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.

And Never Let Her Go

Peter Levin

Mark Harmon, Rachel Ward

The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.

Precious Victims

Peter Levin

Park Overall, Robyn Lively

Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Shortly after their daughter is found dead. When the same happens three years later to their second daughter, Sheriff Yocom becomes suspicious.

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Peter Levin

Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In From The Night

Peter Levin

Marcia Gay Harden, Taylor Handley

Vicki Miller is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in.

Hostage

Peter Levin

Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton

After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible secret and hunted by her father, a man desperate for revenge and a need to silence her forever... Alone on the run, she will do whatever it takes to survive and find the one person who can clear her name - her mother. She's a desperate woman on a desperate mission and the only person who can save her is the only person who cares... her Hostage .

A Stranger to Love

Peter Levin

Beau Bridges, Pam Dawber

In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is suddenly attacked one night, he loses his memory, leading his family to believe that he is dead.

Washington Mistress

Peter Levin

Lucie Arnaz, Richard Jordan

Maggie Parker, a U.S. Senator's ambitious aide, falls head over heels for her boss' chief adversary, Michael Reynolds, a high-powered lobbyist who happens to be married with children. Both mismatched lovers become involved in a long-running affair.

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

Harold Scott, Peter Levin

Diane Danzi, Rosemary De Angelis

Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two months. Tension drives the action in Marsha Sheiness's play, which takes its title from an obscure nursery rhyme and never reveals the true nature of the experiment.

The Perfect Mother

Peter Levin

Tyne Daly, Ione Skye

Since self-made immigrant Nico Podaras's death, widow Elenie runs his lucrative garage, with an illegal side business, generously using the profits to keep control of their three sons' lives. Simpleton Dan is happy to sire the crucial heir without hesitation to keep unruly, immature wife Charlene in line, but goes to far, so she absconds pregnant. Firstborn John gave up his dream, fishery, to work in the garage. When he marries Kathryn, she starts questioning and resisting Elenie's matriarchal manipulation, but bares her a grandson. The conflict escalates, leaving John torn between loyalties.

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

Peter Levin

Mickey Rourke, Linda Hamilton

Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.