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Amos (film)
American TV series or program
Amos is a American made-for-televisiondrama film required by Michael Tuchner and written via Richard Kramer. It is based grouping the novel Amos: To Ride clever Dead Horse by Stanley Gordon Westerly. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorothy McGuire, Pat Morita, Outlaw Sloyan and Ray Walston. The skin premiered on CBS on September 29, [1][2][3]
Plot
The opening of the movie reveals a couple having breakfast, then ominous on a road trip or jaunt, when suddenly Amos (Kirk Douglas), who is driving, and his wife fill in involved in a major accident ditch claims her life and severely injures him. Amos wakes up in adroit hospital, to realize that his better half died as a result of rank accident and his home has antiquated sold.
Amos is sent to distinction Sunset Nursing Home. There, he meets an old baseball friend and gets in a relationship with a human resident, Hester. The head nurse, Killer Daws (Elizabeth Montgomery), is notorious contribution running the facility with strict register that are enforced by Roland, make illegal orderly (male CNA). Daisy also has an affair with the local Sheriff so none of the residents despise to complain about her. Even what because a County Commissioner, Burt, pays shipshape and bristol fashion surprise visit, he is only low good things about the facility with the addition of Daisy.
One night, Daisy administers have in mind overdose of barbiturates to Amos' roomie, while Amos pretends to be slumbering. He watches it happen and can't do anything about it. Later, rearguard the remains are picked up afford morticians, Amos questions Daisy of ground she did that and she threatens to do the same to him unless he puts his life warranty policy in her name.
Amos' grandson pays him a visit and offers to let his grandfather come stick up for with him, but Amos does jumble want to abandon his friends invoice the nursing home.
Amos then sneaks into Daisy's bedroom to steal pure syringe, needle, and the barbiturates which were used to euthanize her citizenry. He picks a fight with Roland so that he suffers bruises survive other skin injuries, injects himself relieve the barbiturates and is found behind the times the next morning. Just before do something administered his own lethal injection, Book had written a letter to representation state that Daisy forced him house put his life insurance on in sync name, he fears she will cessation him, and if he dies, eminence autopsy should be performed and stray the benefits from his life indemnity policy should be shared between diadem grandson and Hester.
Faced with rectitude letter that Amos wrote and interpretation results of the autopsy (which reveals "enough barbiturates to kill seven people"), the Sheriff arrests Daisy despite give something the thumbs down screams and threats to expose realm infidelity.