Writing

Michael Gleason

Born January 14, 1938 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died October 21, 2016 · aged 78

No biography available.

Known For

A Double LifeA Double Life · 1978
A Double Life
9.01978
MovieTV MovieAction
After the death of his parents, millionaire playboy Jack Cole is framed on charges of embezzlement. In prison, Cole learns various tricks of the criminal trade - lockpicking, safecracking, electronic surveillance, etc. Upon his release, Cole uses his wealth and his newly learned talents to help others, leaving his calling card, a "sword of justice", at the scene.
MacShayne: Winner Takes AllMacShayne: Winner Takes All · 1994
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
5.01994
MovieDramaThriller
MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently retired cop, approaches him and tells him that he will help him find his son, if he does something for him. It seems that he is planning to rob a hotel casino and he needs three guys to pull it off. Now two of the guys he recruited has agreed to it but the third is uncertain, so he sets up a poker game wherein MacShayne is suppose to clean him out thus giving Leggett some leverage on him. After doing that he discovers that Leggett is duplicitous and is going stab everybody in the back. So he decides to turn the tables on him.
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam RiderFast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider · 1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
5.51979
MovieComedy
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.
Murder 101: College Can be MurderMurder 101: College Can be Murder · 2007
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
7.12007
MovieTV MovieDrama
Criminology Professor Dr. Jonathan Maxwell does not believe that Professor Archer Coe died of a heart attack, so he hires his friend Mike Parker to investigate. The pair discover that the murdered professor had many enemies, and many secrets.
The Shamrock ConspiracyThe Shamrock Conspiracy · 1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy
6.01995
MovieTV MovieAction
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.
Force FiveForce Five · 1975
Force Five
6.51975
MovieDramaAction
Rewrite for MurderRewrite for Murder · 1991
Rewrite for Murder
7.01991
MovieMysteryComedy
Unaired CBS television pilot from 1991 starring George Clooney and Pam Dawber was an attempt at a breezy comedy/mystery in the style of Moonlighting about a pair of mismatched writers on a television mystery program who have to solve a real-life murder.
Yesterday's ChildYesterday's Child · 1977
Yesterday's Child
8.01977
MovieThriller
A young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl shows up at the parents' house.

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MacShayne: Winner Takes AllMacShayne: Winner Takes All · 1994
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
5.01994
MovieDramaThriller
MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently retired cop, approaches him and tells him that he will help him find his son, if he does something for him. It seems that he is planning to rob a hotel casino and he needs three guys to pull it off. Now two of the guys he recruited has agreed to it but the third is uncertain, so he sets up a poker game wherein MacShayne is suppose to clean him out thus giving Leggett some leverage on him. After doing that he discovers that Leggett is duplicitous and is going stab everybody in the back. So he decides to turn the tables on him.

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Harold Robbins' The SurvivorsHarold Robbins' The Survivors · 1969
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
9.01969
SeriesDrama
The Survivors is a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup. This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.

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The Burning ZoneThe Burning Zone · 1996
The Burning Zone
7.51996
SeriesDrama
The Burning Zone is a television drama broadcast on the UPN network as part of its 1996–97 lineup. It ran for 19 episodes. The series was rerun on SciFi Channel in the mid-to-late 1990s. The Burning Zone featured a team of American agents who could be almost instantly dispatched almost anywhere in the world to fight biological warfare and naturally occurring biohazards. The series is believed to be cashing in on the success of the New York Times bestseller The Hot Zone, which spawned biological disaster movies like Outbreak. There was a villainous organization known as "The Dawn" that was responsible for some of the threats the team faced. The members of "The Dawn" were shadowy and never fully exposed but their goals and aims were clear: To allow disease and pestilence of a biological nature restore the Earth by rendering extinct the most virulent pestilence of all—mankind.

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