Amos

Amos is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Tuchner and written by Richard Kramer. It is based on the 1983 novel Amos: To Ride a Dead Horse by Stanley Gordon West. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorothy McGuire, Pat Morita, James Sloyan and Ray Walston. The film premiered on CBS on September 29, 1985. Plot The opening of the start of the movie reveals a couple having breakfast, then going on a road trip or outing, when suddenly Amos (Kirk Douglas), who was driving, and his wife are involved in a major accident that claims the life of his wife and severely injures Amos. He wakes up in a hospital, to realize that his wife died as a result of the accident and his home has been sold. Amos is sent to the Sunset Nursing Home. There he meets an old baseball friend and gets in a relationship with a female resident. The head nurse, Daisy Daws (Elizabeth Montgomery), is notorious for running the facility with strict rules that are enforced by Roland, an orderly (male CNA). Daisy also has an affair with the local Sheriff so none of the residents dares to complain about her. Even when a County Commissioner, Burt, pays a surprise visit he is only told good things about the facility and Daisy. One night, Daisy administers an overdose of a barbiturates to Amos' roommate, while Amos pretends to be sleeping, he watches it happen and can't do anything about it. Later, after the remains are picked up by morticians, Amos questions Daisy of why she did that and she threatens to do the same to him unless he puts his life insurance policy in her name.