1988 Archives - Page 2 of 6

RoboCop: The Animated Series

Cyborg cop Alex Murphy, with his partner Officer Anne Lewis fight to save the city of Old Detroit from assorted rogue elements, and to reclaim aspects of his humanity.

NR

7

1988 Action 30 min Play

HD TV 7

Don Tonino

Don Tonino is an Italian television series.

NR Italia 1

7

1988 Comedy 100 min Play

HD TV 7.0

Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

T and T

T. and T. is a Canadian-produced television series, in production from 1987 to 1990. The series premiered in first-run syndication in January 1988, later moving to new episodes on the Family Channel in 1990. It was a starring vehicle for Mr. T, after the cancellation of The A-Team in 1986. The series’ theme song was performed by Merry Clayton. The opening voice-over set-up the premise:

TV-PG

6.8

1988 Crime 25 min Play

HD TV 8

The Naive Rogue Detective

Detective Kichinosuke Yasuura, also known as "Yasu-san", A detective with a sense of humanity and justice that deviates from the framework of the police organization is popular.

NR

8

1988 Crime 54 min Play

HD TV 0

Die Männer vom K3

Die Männer vom K3 is a German television series.

NR NDR Fernsehen

0

1988 Crime 90 min Play

HD TV 7.3

48 Hours

This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.

TV-14 CBS

7.3

1988 Crime 42 min Play

HD TV 6.9

Noble House

Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new tai-pan Ian Dunross has had to issue public stock to improve the company's financial standing. Even this, however, has not given him the capital he needs. As a result, he is courting a private investor, American billionaire Linc Bartlett. Bartlett decides secretly to back Dunross' arch enemy, Quillian Gornt, who will stop at nothing to destroy ...

NR NBC

6.9

1988 Crime 89 min Play

HD TV 7.6

Something Is Out There

A short-lived weekly series based on the miniseries of the same name.

NR NBC

7.6

1988 Action 44 min Play

HD TV 0

South Of The Border

Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.

NR BBC One

0

1988 Crime 50 min Play

HD TV 7

Dragonfly

Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsunekichi Mito, the younger brother, who came to meet him.

Crying Freeman

Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as the "Crying Freeman."

NR

6.6

1988 Action 52 min Play

HD TV 5.8

The Murder of Mary Phagan

The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part American TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures and distributed by NBC. It has a running time of 251 minutes. It is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering a 13-year-old girl, a factory worker named Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia in 1913. The trial was sensational and controversial. After Frank's legal appeals had failed, the governor of Georgia in 1915 commuted his death sentence to life ...

NR NBC

5.8

1988 Crime 120 min Play

HD TV 5

Hannay

Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which had starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay. In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Great Britain. These stories had little in common with John Buchan's novels about the character, although some character names are taken from his other novels. There were two series, ...

NR ITV1

5

1988 Action 42 min Play

HD 0

How We Cut Up and Flipped Rambo

A three-projector Super 8 film.

NR

0

1988 Animation 14 min Play

HD 6.2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait

A documentary about the classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' film, including interviews with Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, John Dugan and Jim Seidow.

NR

6.2

1988 Documentary 60 min Play

HD 10

Dissecting Table: Performance of Ultimate Psychological Description

Live concert recorded in 1988.

NR

10

1988 Music 0 min Play

HD 0

Psychogenesis

Umkehr Film Material. Shot on Bolex H16 camera. Three Expositions inside camera. Drago Doppler film developer. Coloured with Pantone Markers. Sound originally recorded on Tascam 4 channel cassete recorder. Magnetophone system used separately during film projection. Sound created with Bass Guitar and effect processor Boss.

NR

0

1988 Documentary 7 min Play

HD 4

Psycho Woman

A Turkish remake of FATAL ATTRACTION.

NR

4

1988 Crime 0 min Play

HD 10

Psycho Skate

This VHS video features tons of rare footage of guys like Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Rodney Mullen, Gator, Mark Gonzales, and many more of the late 1980's biggest stars.

NR

10

1988 Action 30 min Play

HD 5.8

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her new friend, Alice.

R

5.8

1988 Horror 93 min Play

HD 6.3

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Julia Cotton, her step daughter Kirsty, and the sinister Dr. Channard are sent into the dominion of the Cenobites themselves.

R

6.3

1988 Fantasy 97 min Play

HD 5.6

The Wrong Guys

Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.

PG

5.6

1988 Action 86 min Play

HD 7.7

Rain Man

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

R

7.7

1988 Drama 134 min Play