Ron Howard's efficient direction shaped a taut, suspenseful drama around an honest brand of heroism that put Hollywood's usual gun-toting bravado to shame.

And, what could have been a suspenseful drama, a whodunit of sorts, becomes a very predictable film that is only fitfully entertaining.

When Mandy Patinkin is on stage emoting - or, these days, on record crooning - there is always a second suspenseful drama percolating just beneath the official script.

Taking place in real time - an hour an episode - this suspenseful drama with Kiefer Sutherland has some addicted fans and deserves many more.

The suspenseful, cat-and-mouse drama is deepened by the political arguments, as conscience collides with temporal justice, as a desire for retribution conflicts with moral responsibility.

It pre-dates "The China Syndrome," but this suspenseful drama has the same plot focus - an accident at a nuclear power plant.

President Reagan ended one of Washington's longest-running and least suspenseful political dramas tonight when he endorsed Vice President Bush as his successor.

George Cukor's classy, suspenseful drama has a twisty plot and a dark secret.

NBC has been presenting its prime-time coverage as suspenseful dramas taking place before the viewers' eyes.

President Reagan ended one of the least suspenseful political dramas of 1988 in a manner that surprised many observers.