OHMS_(1980_film)

<i>OHMS</i> (1980 film)

OHMS (1980 film)

American TV series or program

OHMS is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Dick Lowry.[1][2] It stars Ralph Waite, David Birney, Talia Balsam, Dixie Carter and also features Leslie Nielsen[3] as the Governor. It was broadcast on CBS on January 2, 1980. The film is about a conservative farmer in the Midwest who leads a group of local residents lobbying against a power company invading their land. It was shot on location in New Philadelphia, Ohio.[4]

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Plot summary

Faced with a large corporation's attempt to erect large electric towers on private owners' land against their wishes, a conservative farmer organizes community resistance.[5]

Cast

Notes

  1. [1]
    Luckin, Bill (1 January 1990). Questions of Power: Electricity and Environment in Inter-war Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7190-3302-5.
  2. [2]
    Roberts, Jerry (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-8108-6378-1.
  3. [3]
    "Leslie Nielsen Filmography". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. [4]
    TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 1979. p. 256. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. [5]
    "OHMS". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. [6]
    "OHMS Movie Cast". Reelz. Retrieved August 12, 2013.


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