Michael Tuchner

Michael Tuchner
Total Credits at Criticker: 20 (Director)
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Adam
Adam (1983) - TV Movie
After their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead. (imdb)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. But when a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral. (imdb)
The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt. (imdb)
Back to the Secret Garden
A once-vibrant garden is dying, and it's up to a young orphan named Lizzie to save it. She sneaks away from the watchful eye of her guardian and manages to enter the garden ... but once inside, even...( read more read more... ) with the help of friendly animals, she still can't solve the garden's mystery. Lizzie soon realizes she must risk all to bring life and magic back to the secret place. (Flixster)
Generation
The main interest here is new gear for a form of "combat hockey" and how it should be tested on the playing field. People bicker, just like in the soaps. (John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again)
Villain
Murderous, sadistic London gang leader Vic Dakin, a mother-obsessed homosexual modeled on real-life gangster Ronnie Kray, is worried about potential stool pigeons that may bring down his criminal empire. The brutal Vic cuts the throat of one bloke who has been a little too loose-lipped, afraid that his gossiping may turn into a grand operatic performance for the coppers. (imdb)
Fear Is the Key
Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. By setting himself up as a criminal, he plans to get close to a certain tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of the lost plane. (imdb)
Trenchcoat
An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta. (imdb)
Amos
Amos (1985) - TV Movie
Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes. (imdb)
The Likely Lads
"The Likely Lads" is the hilarious feature-length spin-off from the popular television series. Yet again the two lovable Geordies are up to their likeable necks in trouble. It begins when Bob's wife talks Terry and his Finnish girlfriend into touring the North of England in a caravan. And it ends with both like-minded lads running away to sea. With a fantastic script from Clement and La Frenais, "The Likely Lads" is vintage, essential British comedy. (DVD Sleeve Overview)
Summer of My German Soldier
Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and is unable to understand why her father can't seem to love her. Her town eventually becomes host to a prisoner of war camp. A young german soldier escapes from this camp, and Patty finds him hiding in her secret places in the woods outside of town.
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarter Time
When the Harts accept a clock left to them by Max, their recently deceased valet, the timepiece becomes the centerpiece of a case involving blackmail and murder. (imdb)
Trapped in Silence
Kevin Richter is an adolescent boy who has suffered from years of physical abuse. In an attempt to deal emotionally with the effects of the abuse, Kevin refuses to speak and instead lives in a world of silence. When child psychologist Jennifer Hubbell becomes aware of his situation, she refuses to write him off as a hopeless case and works tirelessly to help him emerge from his protective shell. (rottentomatoes.com)
Good King Wenceslas
Wenceslas, the young king of Bohemia, lives trapped between the wisdom of his Christian grandmother and his ever constant battle with his tyranical step-mother. She wants her own son to be king and constantly tries to stay in charge of Weceslas's life (including picking out a bride for him). But it is only when he sees the suffering of his people that Wenceslas learns how vital it is that his step-brother never rules. (imdb)
Mister Quilp
A musical version of Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop".
Awake to Danger
Several of the Collin's neighbors are victims of a series of burglaries. One evening their house is tragically hit, too: Mr. Collins finds his wife dead in the bathroom, his 16 years old daughter Aimee unconscious at the base of the stairs. She's in a coma for 18 months; when she wakes up, she can't remember anything from that fatal evening. But during her physical recovery she relives the happenings in her dreams more and more clearly.
Captive
Captive (1991) - TV Movie
Paul and Kathy Plunk move away from Phoenix, Arizona, so that their baby daughter may grow up in the healthy Oregon. They buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region... - it could be idyllic, but their first guests are the wanted criminals Knott and Frost, who are on flight from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank.
Desperate for Love
The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.
Haywire
Haywire (1980) - TV Movie
Based on autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents. (imdb)
Tales of the Unexpected - Season 1