Author Archive: Retro

A corporate executive is taken prisoner by an underground organization known as The Movement, and is turned over to a ruthless interrogator.

Originally filmed under the title One Starry Night, this CBS TV movie stars Melissa Sue Anderson as 19-year-old University of Washington volleyball champ Molly Rush. In danger of flunking out of school, Molly turns to a tutor for help. Her “mentor” turns out to be 14-year-old math genius Harry Woodward (Doug McKeon), who has been enrolled in the university under a special early entry program. Much to the surprise of both protagonists, Molly and Harry fall in love — a state of affairs that does not please Molly’s otherwise easygoing jock boyfriend, Dunc Widdoes (Steven Bauer, here billed as Rocky Bauer). An Innocent Love initially aired on March 2, 1982.

By the end of 1974 the Americans have withdrawn their troops from Saigon and President Thieu is on the verge of packing up his bags as well. The U.S. presence is reduced to a handful of advisers, among whom the CIA members. It is against this surreal backdrop that Bob Chesneau, a CIA officer, and Barbara Dean, a bank executive, are having an affair.