The 1970s

"The Longest Night" 1972

A young woman gets kidnapped by two thugs who hide her in an underground space, waiting for ransom. Farrell spotting hint: I think he plays a bad guy.

"I don't remember this one at all."

"She Cried Murder!" 1973

A model is witness to a murder in the subway. She can escape but when later the police arrive to take her statement, she recognises one of them as the killer.

"Shot in Toronto. I remember this one. I played a cop who finally had a shoot-out with the bad guy. One thing I recall vividly: In one shot of me they placed a squib (small exploding device which simulates bullets striking) on a girder near my head to show that the bad guy was almost hitting me. When it went off it was evidently a larger charge then they intended because it blew fragments of something into the side of my face. Pretty scary and fairly painful. I remember being kind of dazed afterwards. I also remember Telly [Salvales] sitting around on the set with his shirt off all the time. Very proud of his physique, evidently."

"The Nightmare Step" 1973

A woman hires a professional killer to get rid of her husband, but things don't quite work out the way she wanted it. Backfiring story.

"The Questor Tapes" 1974

Androit [Questor] goes on a quest to find his maker in order to complete himself. Farrell plays the scientist who helps Questor.

"Great fun. Got to know Bob Foxworth and had a good time playing a substantial role. Was supposed to be a series, which turned into a real botch, but that's another story." (for this story go to: Questor Tapes)

"Live Again, Die Again" 1974

A terminally ill woman gets frozen in by her husband in the hope that in the future she can be healed with new technologies. When she wakes up she finds out that somebody is out there who tries to kill her.

"I think this is the one in which I played Donna Mills's son. Her character was supposed to have been cryogenically frozen by her husband (played by Walter Pigeon) because she had some condition that couldn't then be healed but could at a later date, so they thawed her out and cured her and everything was weird because she was so young and everyone else had grown up or grown old. The think I liked best about it was playing in a picture with Walter Pigeon and Genevieve Page, who played the maid."

"McNaughton's Daughter" 1976

Pilot for a "lawyer" series.

"I think this was a movie which was a pilot for a series for Susan Clark, who played an attorney. I think I was a bad guy in this one. Susan was hot. Great looking, terrific actress."

"Battered" 1978

The lives of three couples are shown here. The thing they have in common: domestic abuse. The film shows that domestic violence is not only a thing that takes place in the 'lower' classes of society.

"Early picture about domestic violence. Pretty good, I think. I played the batterer, which went against the image (which was why they chose me) and caused some people to sit up and take notice. Film starred and was co-produced by Karen Grassle, then from "Little House on the Prairie."

"Sex and the Single Parent" 1979

You're single, with kids. You want to date someone else. How do you do that without ending up in a huge conflict with your kids? This is a great way to show that single parents can date without their kids losing their folk's affection.Fitted very well in this era where divorce rates were very high, because of the "let's make a career attitude."

"Great fun. Played opposite Susan St. James, who was a doll. Gorgeous, fun, a bit wacky. Became a good friend. Story was an early tale about the problems of single parenting, finding new romance."

"Letters from Frank" 1979

Picture that shows how people are losing their jobs because of technology taking over.

"I played Art Carney's son. A strained, difficult relationship, in the film and on the set. Tough part. Worked with Maureen Stapleton, who is one of my favorites. And my son was played by a young Canadian who was thinking about going to Hollywood (film was shot in Canada) to see if he could build a film career there. His name was Michael J. Fox."