Writing

Lane Slate

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Known For

The CarThe Car · 1977
The Car
★ 6.41977
MovieHorrorAction
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
The Strange and Deadly OccurrenceThe Strange and Deadly Occurrence · 1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
★ 5.91974
MovieHorrorMystery
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
They Only Kill Their MastersThey Only Kill Their Masters · 1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
★ 5.11972
MovieMysteryRomance
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the scattered trail of evidence ranges from a mysterious photograph to the victim's own dog. During the investigation, the sheriff meets and becomes romantically involved with a woman whose connection to the murder is ambiguous.
And I Alone SurvivedAnd I Alone Survived · 1978
And I Alone Survived
★ 6.21978
MovieTV MovieAdventure
Based on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and her struggle to get to safety despite her injuries, below-freezing temperatures and rough, and at times impassable, terrain.
Isn't It Shocking?Isn't It Shocking? · 1973
Isn't It Shocking?
★ 6.31973
MovieMysteryTV Movie
A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
The Girl in the Empty GraveThe Girl in the Empty Grave · 1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave
★ 7.11977
MovieMysteryThriller
The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman, who was supposed to have died several months previously, starts appearing around town just before her parents are found mysteriously dead.
Clay PigeonClay Pigeon · 1971
Clay Pigeon
★ 4.01971
MovieActionDrama
An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.
Undercover with the KKKUndercover with the KKK · 1979
Undercover with the KKK
★ 5.21979
MovieDramaCrime
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several Klansmen for crimes of destruction and murder.

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Island SonIsland Son · 1989
Island Son
★ 7.51989
SeriesDrama
Island Son is a CBS television medical drama during its 1989-90 schedule. Island Son marked the return to regular weekly series television of Richard Chamberlain, who had not so appeared since his Dr. Kildare series almost 25 years earlier. In the interim he had enjoyed a somewhat successful career in feature films, and had become widely known as "The King of the Miniseries" due to his success in that format. Chamberlain once again portrayed a dedicated medical doctor, Dr. Daniel Kulani. Kulani was born in Hawaii and practiced on the mainland for many years prior to his return to work at the fictional Kamehameha Medical Center in Honolulu. Kulani's complicated life involved his stressful work environment; his adoptive parents, Tutu and Nana; his 18-year-old son, Sam; and his love interest, high school drama teacher Nina Delaney. Dr. Kulani's complicated life was never resolved to the satisfaction of the viewers because the program was canceled in March 1990.

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Strike ForceStrike Force · 1981
Strike Force
★ 7.51981
SeriesDrama
Strike Force is an American action-adventure/police procedural television series that aired on ABC during the 1981–1982 television season, and was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions. The program stars Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy, the leader of a special unit of specialized detectives and police officers whose job is to stop violent criminals at any cost. Mixing elements of Stack's classic TV series The Untouchables from 20 years earlier with doses of Mission: Impossible and Dirty Harry, the series immediately provoked controversy over its violence – at one point the series was labeled the most violent in American TV history – though the series attempted to interject liberal amounts of humor into its regular characters and balanced the violence by focusing on the detectives' personal lives.

Director