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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19980609
Author:Guthrie, Marisa

The "Lethal Weapon" franchise is getting tiresome for sure (the fourth installment hits theaters this summer), so Danny Glover (one half of the "Lethal" duo with Mel Gibson) is switching gears to do a TV movie for NBC-- a period piece based on author Stephen Crane's ("Red Badge of Courage") "The Monster."

Set in 1890s New England, Glover plays Henry, the stable hand for the town doctor and his family. Generally wellliked, Henry's fortunes change drastically when he is disfigured in a fire while trying to save the doctors young son.

NBC's adaptation of "The Monster" is ...

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