Edwin Sherin
1930 - 2017Edwin Sherin (January 15, 1930-May 4, 2017) was an American theatre and television director and producer. He was the husband of actress Jane Alexander. He directed many episodes of the television drama Law & Order, as well as directed for the stage, mainly on Broadway, including The Great White Hope.
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King Lear
Edwin Sherin
James Earl Jones, Paul Sorvino
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
King Lear
The Father Clements Story
Edwin Sherin
Louis Gossett Jr., Malcolm-Jamal Warner
In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets.
The Father Clements Story
My Old Man's Place
Edwin Sherin
Arthur Kennedy, Mitchell Ryan
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
My Old Man's Place
Valdez Is Coming
Edwin Sherin
Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark
Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.
Valdez Is Coming
Daughter of the Streets
Edwin Sherin
Roxana Zal, Harris Yulin
A divorcée struggling to make ends meet, but still utilizing her spare time for social causes neglects her daughter in this fact-based story. At 18, the daughter starts drifting into bad company and eventually becomes a prostitute. To try to get her back in a proper life, her mother abducts her off the street and forcibly brings her home.
Daughter of the Streets
Settle the Score
Edwin Sherin
Jaclyn Smith, Jeffrey DeMunn
Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her teenage rape. She is welcomed by her brother but shunned by her father. Josh, the town doctor, is her only ally in her quest for the truth. Together Katherine and Josh find the bloody trail of a serial murderer and shatter the lie that is two decades old.
Settle the Score
