“Quarry” er et gribende actiondrama, der foregår i og omkring Memphis i starten af 1970'erne og fokuserer på karakteren Mac Conway, en marineinfanterist, som vender hjem efter sin anden udstationering til Vietnam og hænges ud for sin rolle i en meget omtalt massakre, der fandt sted, mens han kæmpede i udlandet. Selvom han og hans soldaterkammerat Arthur Solomon er blevet frikendt for at have begået fejl, bliver de mødt med fjendtlighed og afvisning i Memphis, hvor ingen af dem kan finde et ordentligt job. Da Macs forhold til konen Joni bliver anspændt, fristes han og Arthur af et lukrativt tilbud fra Mægleren, en lyssky kriminel, der er involveret i et netværk af mord og korruption langs Mississippi-floden. Først afviser Mac at arbejde for Mægleren, men da Arthur vælger at svigte sine principper for at tjene nogle lette penge, lader Mac – som Mægleren giver tilnavnet ”Quarry” - sig hverve som en del af Mæglerens mandskab, selvom han ved, at det er forkert, og det får alvorlige følger for ham selv og Joni.
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series was made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/German coproduction.
Huckleberry Finn is played by Ian Tracey who is also the narrator. Tom Sawyer is played by Sammy Snyders.
Directed by Jack B. Hively and Ken Jubenvill, this mini-series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations. The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following.
Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this mini-series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's.
In 2007, the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK. It contains many extras including a 12 page color booklet and a 30 minute 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with many stars of the series including Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma.
The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season episodes and 17 episodes in the second season. The series was written by Aubrey Solomon and starred Ralph Waite, Linda Miller and Stan Shaw. Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who after retiring his law practice, sought a more simple life on the mighty Mississippi river as a simple stern-wheel river boat captain. But at every port he would stop at he'd find someone who needed a good attorney and he would end up defending them. His "crew" consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafe Tate, both of whom was more interested in helping people, fighting crime and becoming attorneys than running the tug. Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.
The Runaway Barge is the pilot for an unsold TV series. Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson and Jim Davis star as three owners of a Mississippi river tugboat who find themselves neck deep in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.