Power

• Directors: Barry Shear; Virgil Vogel
• AMG Rating:
• Release Year: 1980

Plot

In this made-for-TV "roman a clef", Joe Don Baker stars as Tommy Vanda, a Hoffa-esque labor leader. Told in flashback, the film recounts Vanda's humble beginnings on the Chicago docks, where he gains fame and notoreity amongst his coworkers and his bosses by spearheading a wildcat strike. Rising to top dog of the Cartage Union, Tommy doesn't care whon he has to crush on the way up the ladder. Inevitably, Tommy's peccadilloes catch up with him, resulting in federal charges, an arrest, and (remember who he's supposed to be) a mysterious disappearance in the night. Written by Ernest Tidyman of The French Connection fame, Power was telecast in two two-hour installments by NBC on January 14 and 15, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tom Atkins - Buck Buchanan; Jacques Aubuchon - Robins; Joe Don Baker - Tommy Vanda; Walter Barnes; Ralph Bellamy - Ben Frelinghuysen; Scott Brady - Armstrong; Red Buttons - Solly Weiss; Howard Da Silva - Jack Eisenstadt; Lee Delano - Fred Goff; John Durren - Dan Feldon; Jo Van Fleet - Mother Vanda; Sean Garrison - Tex; David Groh - Tony Guidice; Kevin Hagen - Prosecutor; Jim Haynie; Victor Jory - Hillman; Brian Keith; Brian Kerwin - Jack Vanda; Lance Le Gault - Stevens; Suzanne Lederer - Catherine; Read Morgan; Byron Morrow - Harry Bliss; John Quade - Loading Dock Foreman; Joseph Ruskin - Bill Davis; Joe Santos - Arthur Konigsburg; Laraine Stephens - Norma Greer; Than Wyenn; Karen Black - Rose Vanda; Bill [William] Lucking - Sham Murphy; Don Reid - Faraday; Paul Stewart - Vince Ianelli; William Kirby Cullen - Bobby Vanda; Vince Holchak - Lonny

Credit

Richard J. Lawrence - Art Director, Ward Preston - Art Director, Barry Shear - Director, Virgil Vogel - Director, Donald A. Douglas - Editor, John V. LaBarbera - Editor, John Benson - Editor, David Gerber - Executive Producer, Jerrold Immel - Composer (Music Score), Jacques Marquette - Cinematographer, Jay Daniel - Producer, James Brown - Producer, Ernest Tidyman - Teleplay By

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