Martin Beck

The Last Game

Martin Beck

Cory Grant must handle a great deal of responsibility and pressure for a boy his age. After his morning paper route, he cooks breakfast for his father, John, who is blind and ill. They talk of Cory's chances as quarterback for the Chase College football team.

Challenge

Martin Beck

Earl Owensby

U.S. Senate candidate Frank Challenge will not sell out to the Syndicate. As a result, his family is murdered. Then Challenge becomes judge, jury, and executioner.

Wolfman

Worth Keeter

Martin Beck, Earl Owensby

A man finds out that his family has a werewolf curse put upon them.

The Brass Ring

Martin Beck

Earl Owensby, Johnny Popwell

A sequel to 1974's Challenge, in which the title character is assigned to gather incriminating evidence against his rival in the state senate, but his assignment gets complicated when the rival hires a group of killers to rub him out.

Manhunter

Earl Owensby, Martin Beck

Earl Owensby, Doug Hale

A mercenary battles to remove the web of organized crime from politics. One man studio Owensby also produced! Earl Owensby, the Orson Welles of the South, produced, directed and starred in Manhunter. Playing a soldier of fortune, Owensby vows to squash organized crime in America. Deciding that fish rots from the head, he goes after the "untouchable" political biggies he holds responsible. Calling the directorial shots while Owensby was acting was his loyal assistant, Martin Beck. The cast is the usual mixture of regional professionals and ambitious college drama students.