The Legacies of Remick and Landon : From quality films to a campy send-up to recent TV dramas, each star left diverse libraries that date back to the ‘50s.

Some of the best work of both Lee Remick and Michael Landon, who died earlier this week, is available on video.

Nearly all of Remick’s finest movies were made between the late ‘50s and the late ‘60s. Of her quality films, only “Wild River,” a 1960 drama co-starring Montgomery Clift, is not yet on video. In the ‘80s, Remick did mostly TV dramas, the best of which are out on video.

Though primarily a TV star, Landon is represented on home video through selections from his TV series, his early film work and his TV movies.

Among Remick’s best movies available:

“A Face in the Crowd” (Warner, 1957): In her first film, Remick plays a sexpot cheerleader fooling around with a TV star (Andy Griffith, also in his film debut). Worth seeing for Griffith’s performance as a real heel. Remick is so striking that it’s a wonder she wasn’t typecast as a sexpot.

“Anatomy of a Murder” (RCA/Columbia, 1959): As often happened in Remick’s career, her best performances didn’t get the recognition they deserved because others in the movie were overpowering. As good as she is as the sultry wife of a soldier on trial for murdering the man who raped her, Remick pales next to James Stewart, George C. Scott and Joseph Welch in this suspenseful courtroom drama.

“Days of Wine and Roses” (Warner, 1962): A career-best performance by Remick in the plum role of her career, playing a doting wife pulled into alcoholism by her husband (Jack Lemmon). Even here, Remick was overshadowed by Lemmon, who has a showier role. She was beaten out for the best-actress Oscar by Anne Bancroft. Still stands as one of the most harrowing film portraits of the horrors of alcohol abuse.

“Experiment in Terror” (RCA/Columbia, 1962): In this taut thriller, Remick plays a bank-teller terrorized by a criminal who’s being hunted by an FBI agent (Glenn Ford). For a change, Remick isn’t overshadowed by anyone.

“Baby, the Rain Must Fall” (RCA/Columbia, 1964): In this finely detailed character study, written by Horton Foote, Remick is terrific as a distraught wife struggling to cope with her moody, ex-con husband (Steve McQueen). Many Remick fans contend this is her best performance.

“No Way to Treat a Lady” (Paramount, 1968): As a master of disguise who murders women, Rod Steiger dominates this underrated, suspenseful gem. The detective (George Segal) who’s tracking him has a girlfriend (Remick) who is, of course, a potential victim.

“The Omen” (CBS-Fox, 1976): Remick’s best post-’60s feature-film performance, playing the wife of a diplomat (Gregory Peck). As the couple slowly realize their son is the Antichrist, Remick gets a chance to do some no-holds-barred, melodramatic acting. Often ranked as one of the scariest films ever made.

The rest of Remick’s films on video:

“The Long Hot Summer” (CBS-Fox, 1958): Remick doesn’t stand out in this absorbing movie, but Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward do. It’s about a neurotic Southern family ruled by a patriarch (Orson Welles). Steamy for the ‘50s but mild by today’s standards. Not easy to find in video stores.

“Sometimes a Great Notion” (MCA/Universal, 1971): Neither of the stars, Remick nor Paul Newman, shine in this botched adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel about Oregon loggers.

“The Medusa Touch” (Commtron, 1978): Just a few mild scares in this horror film featuring Remick as a psychiatrist whose patient (Richard Burton) is a psychopath with supernatural powers.

“The Europeans” (Vestron, 1979): A good performance by Remick but this adaptation of the Henry James novel is unbearably slow.

“Tribute” (Vestron, 1980): In this heavy-handed drama about the strained relationship between a dying father (Jack Lemmon) and his son (Robby Benson), Remick is a background figure while Lemmon vigorously overacts.

“The Competition” (RCA/Columbia, 1980): Remick is routine in this enjoyable drama about a romance between two competing classical pianists (Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving).

“Loot” (Powersports/American, 1971): Remick is undistinguished in this far-out farce about crooks trying to retrieve stolen goods from a coffin.

“The Vision” (SVS, 1987). Good cast--Remick and Dirk Bogarde--but this is muddled science fiction about attempted mass-mind control.

In the following action dramas, Remick was just a pretty face:

“Hennessy” (HBO, 1975), a so-so thriller featuring Rod Steiger; “Telefon” (MGM/UA, 1977) with Charles Bronson and “The Detective” (CBS-Fox, 1968) a seamy cops-vs.-gays tale, co-starring Frank Sinatra, that’s out of print.

Of Remick’s TV movies available in video--including “QB VII” (RCA/Columbia, 1974), “Mistral’s Daughter” (LIVE, 1984) and “Toughlove” (Fries, 1985)--the following are worth a look:

“The Blue Knight” (Baker and Taylor, 1973): In one of the best TV movies of the ‘70s, Remick co-stars as the wife of a retiring cop (William Holden).

“Hustling” (Goodtimes, 1975): Grim drama, boasting fine performances, about a reporter (Remick) hooking up with a hooker (Jill Clayburgh) while working on a prostitution story.

“Ike” (Vidmark, 1978): This pared-down version of a six-hour miniseries focuses on a scandalous World War II affair between Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Robert Duvall) and his driver (Remick). Worth seeing for Duvall’s performance.

Michael Landon’s most famous movie, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” was just released last week on RCA/Columbia at $29.95. Made in 1957 in six days for just $125,000 and featuring some tawdry special effects, it’s one of the most celebrated bad movies--a mixture of the horror flicks and teen-crime movies that were popular in those days. One of the movie’s biggest claims to fame is that it features Landon before he became a star.

Landon has roles in other pre-”Bonanza” B-movies, including “High School Confidential” (Republic, 1958) and “God’s Little Acre” (Western World, 1958). In his “Bonanza” character, he also appeared in the Jerry Lewis comedy “The Errand Boy” (LIVE, 1961).

As writer-director, Landon was responsible for two TV movies that are on video. He also has small roles in both:

“Sam’s Son” (World Vision, 1984): Largely autobiographical and excessively sentimental, a young javelin thrower overcomes obstacles while working out his relationship with his father, played by Eli Wallach.

“The Loneliest Runner” (Warner, 1976): The story of a teen-age bed-wetter--from humiliation to triumph--handled surprisingly well.

Selections from Landon’s TV series are available on video--”The Best of Bonanza” on Republic and “Little House on the Prairie” on Warner. The 1974 pilot for the “Little House” series is out on Goodtimes.