The greatest movie ever!

ridiculous rating

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I first would like say that I would never do anything like that as to spoil this TV movie for anyone.I saw this TV movie, when I was a teen back in 1973; and I enjoyed this movie. I hope you put it out soon! What I would also like to say is that television and movie studio's, have a lot of old shows and films that have been locked away since I was kid. One example, would be "Sargent's Three" that had the "Rat Pack" in it. I've search high and low for this movie and not even a bite!... ya really should show it. I enjoy a good western and that was one of them, I watch TMC and AMC and I haven't seen it at anytime.

Businessman Chuck Brenner (a strong and engaging performance by James Brolin) gets mugged and knocked unconscious in the bathroom at a department store. When Chuck comes to, he finds himself locked inside the store with a bunch of ferocious Doberman guard dogs. Writer/director Frank De Felitta, who also wrote the superior supernatural shocker "The Entity," relates the arresting story at a snappy pace and does an adept job of creating plenty of sweaty, nerve-wracking suspense. Fred Mandl's agile cinematography and Gil Melle's primal, robust, throbbing score greatly enhance the white-knuckle tension. Brolin excels in the strenuous and demanding lead role: Scared and delirious, suffering from severe blood loss (one of the vicious canines bites his leg) and fending off those pesky pooches with either a chair or a flaming mop, Brolin has you rooting for him every harrowing step of the way. Moreover, the supporting cast likewise contributes solid work: Susan Clark as Chuck's bitter estranged ex-wife Elaine, Earl Holliman as Elaine's patient, practical new hubby David Moore, Robert ("Trouble Man") Hooks as smooth, helpful police Sergeant Connaught, and Tammy Harrington as Chuck's adorable little daughter Carrie. An excellent nail-biter.

An early entry in the glory days of TV movies that stands well alongside other TV movies on the era. Well acted, very well edited and scored and most importantly written and directed by Frank De Felitta. It ages pretty well and of course has real dog attacks rather than CGI junk animals. For some reason this quality of TV production died out almost entirely in the 1980's when all the elements of craft that this film has vanished really until X Files and other shows brought back film type story telling to TV.The story unfolds very well and is believable and involving, this should be on DVD and certainly is among the handful of memorable TV movies of any era, it's like a very good episode of the Hitchcock series or Thriller--the Boris Karloff series. Someone at Univeral get this out on DVD like it deserves. This movie will having you making sure you're home before any store closes. James Brolin sweats and suffers with the best of them.

Forget "Marcus Welby"! When I think of James Brolin, I instantly recall a host of movies he made consecutively between 1972-1973: "Skyjacked", "Westworld", the TV-film "Short Walk To Daylight", and this compact thriller, another movie-of-the-week. After being mugged and knocked unconscious by teenagers in a department store men's room, Brolin wakes to find he's locked in alone after closing time. This might sound like a shop-a-holic's dream come true, but Brolin has to fight off vicious guard dogs all night, sometimes in clever ways. James Brolin was the perfect TV substitute for Charlton Heston: stalwart and determined, with a firm jaw and a survivor's instinct. The film doesn't amount to much--the viewer and Brolin are in much the same spot, biding time until the store reopens--but the general scenario is a good one.