ABC Movie of the Week
by WillysJeepMan | created - 20 Oct 2012 | updated - 03 Nov 2012 | PublicThis is a list of movies that were made for and appeared on "ABC Movie of the Week". (work in progress)
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1. Short Walk to Daylight (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Eight people are trapped in a New York City subway after an earthquake, and try to find their way out.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: James Brolin, Don Mitchell, James McEachin, Abbey Lincoln
Votes: 247
2. Bad Ronald (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 2,413
3. Killdozer (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Clint Walker, Robert Urich, Carl Betz, Neville Brand
Votes: 1,991
4. Daughter of the Mind (1969 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
A professor of cybernetics comes to believe that his dead daughter is communicating with him from the netherworld.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Don Murray, Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Barbara Dana
Votes: 441
5. Gidget Grows Up (1969 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 75 min | Comedy
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her ... See full summary »
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Karen Valentine, Edward Mulhare, Paul Petersen, Warner Anderson
Votes: 279
6. Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
While vacationing with her husband in Italy, a middle-aged woman wakes up one morning to find that the man in bed with her is an impostor. He, however, claims that he is her husband, and she cannot get anyone to believe her.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Janet Leigh, Rossano Brazzi, Cesare Danova, Eric Braeden
Votes: 127
7. In Name Only (1969 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Romance
Problems arise for Steve and Jill when they discover that the JP that they are using for their marriage bureau is not licensed.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Michael Callan, Ann Prentiss, Eve Arden, Ruth Buzzi
Votes: 47
8.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode:
A Matter of Humanities
(1969)
TV-G | 100 min | Drama
Marcus Welby hires brash young Doctor Kiley to assist in his bustling general practice. Among Welby's most pressing cases is a young man suffering from aphasia whose wife is seeking to have him committed to an institution.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Anne Baxter, Susan Strasberg
Votes: 99
9. Arsenic and Old Lace (1969 TV Movie)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Helen Hayes, Bob Crane, Lillian Gish, Fred Gwynne
Votes: 281
10. Seven in Darkness (1969 TV Movie)
74 min | Adventure, Drama
Based on the Leonard Bishop's novel Against Heaven's Hand. Seven blind people are on a plane on their way to a convention for the blind in Seattle. Due to bad weather, the plane crashes and only the seven blind people survive.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Milton Berle, Sean Garrison, Dina Merrill, Barry Nelson
Votes: 199
11. The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969 TV Movie)
Unrated | 75 min | Comedy, Western
A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Jack Elam
Votes: 692
12. The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Drama
A returning Vietnam veteran finds out that while he was gone his girlfriend has been forced into marrying someone else, his small business is in ruins, and that those he once thought were his friends are in short supply.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Lee Majors, Joey Heatherton, Jimmy Dean, Bobby Hatfield
Votes: 215
13. The Immortal Story (1968 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama
In Macao, a wealthy merchant named Charles Clay hires two people to recreate a story of a sailor who is paid to impregnate a man's wife.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley
Votes: 3,472
14. The Monk (1969 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Mystery, Thriller
Private eye Gus Monk refuses when attorney Barnes wants him to secure material incriminating a gangster. But then Mrs. Barnes asks him, he agrees and soon regrets it when bodies start piling up and all involved speak with forked tongues.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: George Maharis, Janet Leigh, Rick Jason, Carl Betz
Votes: 68
15. The Young Lawyers (1969–1971)
60 min | Drama
David Barrett heads an organization in Boston that supports poor and indigent clients with the aid of young lawyers, Aaron Silverman is the young idealist, Pat Walters is the black ... See full summary »
Stars: Zalman King, Judy Pace, Lee J. Cobb, Phillip Clark
Votes: 90
16. Three's a Crowd (1969 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Larry Hagman, Jessica Walter, E.J. Peaker, Harvey Korman
Votes: 68
17. Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Comedy, War
During the final months of WW2, a lonely German Baroness hides an attractive American airman in her mansion for long time without telling him the war has been over for almost five years.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Ken Berry, Eva Gabor, Werner Klemperer, Danielle De Metz
Votes: 233
18. Along Came a Spider (1970 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
The widow of a scientist who was murdered by his colleagues goes undercover at the research lab where he worked to expose them.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Ed Nelson, Andrew Prine, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 217
19. Carter's Army (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier
Votes: 610
20. Crowhaven Farm (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple inherits a farm. Hoping that the rural location might help to patch up their strained marriage, they move into it, only to be confronted by the supernatural forces that inhabit it.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner, John Carradine
Votes: 1,019
21. Dial Hot Line (1970 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
The head of a psychiatric telephone hot line gets his associates to get out of the office and into the streets to help people with psychiatric problems.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Vince Edwards, Chelsea Brown, Michael Larrain, June Harding
Votes: 39
22. How Awful About Allan (1970 TV Movie)
PG | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett, Kent Smith
Votes: 1,008
23. Mister Jerico (1970 TV Movie)
85 min | Adventure
Dudley Jerico sets out to rob corrupt millionaire Victor Rosso of his legendary Gemini diamond.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Connie Stevens, Herbert Lom, Marty Allen
Votes: 114
24. Night Slaves (1970 TV Movie)
72 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Scott Marlowe, Andrew Prine
Votes: 378
25. Quarantined (1970 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and a movie star who refuses to accept treatment for the disease.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Gary Collins, John Dehner, Susan Howard, Gordon Pinsent
Votes: 58
26. Run, Simon, Run (1970 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 74 min | Adventure, Thriller
A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Inger Stevens, Royal Dano, James Best
Votes: 256
27. The Challenge (1970 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Gallery, a U.S. commando, and Yuro, an enemy commando, are sent to a no man's Pacific jungle island to capture a crashed U.S. space satellite. Whoever survives, wins. Their nations have agreed to this to avoid war, but they cheat.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford, James Whitmore, Skip Homeier
Votes: 250
28. The House That Would Not Die (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror
A woman and her niece move into an ancestral house in the Amish countryside haunted by two ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, Michael Anderson Jr., Kitty Winn
Votes: 986
29. The Love War (1970 TV Movie)
74 min | Sci-Fi
Aliens from two planets at war come to Earth, assume human form and continue their battle.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Angie Dickinson, Daniel J. Travanti, Harry Basch
Votes: 278
30. The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Thriller
A famous heart surgeon finds out that a medical research foundation is being used for shady, and illegal, purposes.
Director: John Trent | Stars: Sandy Dennis, Stuart Whitman, Burl Ives, Tom Harvey
Votes: 64
31. The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970 TV Movie)
73 min | Thriller
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told that Abe is dead, dead by natural causes,... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Martin Balsam, Diane Baker, Ruth Roman
Votes: 286
32. The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970 TV Movie)
Unrated | 75 min | Comedy, Family, Western
Retired Texas Ranger Nash Crawford re-assembles his former Ranger outfit from the old days to fight crime in his hometown.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine
Votes: 476
33. The Young Country (1970 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Western
An adventurous young gambler searches for the owner of a mysterious fortune.
Director: Roy Huggins | Stars: Walter Brennan, Joan Hackett, Wally Cox, Pete Duel
Votes: 97
34. Tribes (1970)
G | 90 min | Drama
A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Darren McGavin, Earl Holliman, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Gruber
Votes: 891
35. Weekend of Terror (1970 TV Movie)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three nuns on a weekend trip are held hostage by escaped convicts.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Robert Conrad, Carol Lynley, Lee Majors, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 285
36. Wild Women (1970 TV Movie)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Anne Francis, Marilyn Maxwell, Marie Windsor
Votes: 158
37. A Little Game (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the boy's next victim.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Diane Baker, Ed Nelson, Howard Duff, Katy Jurado
Votes: 136
38. A Taste of Evil (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Parkins, Roddy McDowall, William Windom
Votes: 744
39. Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".
Stars: Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Pete Duel, Walt Davis
Votes: 2,395
40. Assault on the Wayne (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, enemy agents, posing as U.S. Navy crew, plan to sabotage a nuclear submarine and steal its anti-ballistic missile guidance system.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Lloyd Haynes, Dewey Martin, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 167
41. Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)
G | 73 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey
Votes: 8,871
42. Earth II (1971 TV Movie)
G | 100 min | Sci-Fi
When Earth II, an orbiting research space station, is menaced by a Red Chinese nuclear weapon, its 2,000 inhabitants take action to disarm and dispose of the missile without resorting to violence.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Scott Hylands, Hari Rhodes, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 388
43. Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 73 min | Comedy
A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Bill Bixby, Diane Baker, Jack Albertson, Ann Sothern
Votes: 137
44. The Deadly Dream (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
A scientist keeps having dreams that he is marked for murder by a mysterious tribunal for something that he's not aware that he's done, and that his wife and his friends are part of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Janet Leigh, Carl Betz, Leif Erickson
Votes: 175
45. Death Takes a Holiday (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham, Myrna Loy, Bert Convy
Votes: 299
46. Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Mystery
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Helen Hayes, Vince Edwards, Myrna Loy, Mildred Natwick
Votes: 307
47. Dr. Cook's Garden (1971 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
Dr Cook has a beautiful garden! But what's the secret to his green thumb?
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Bing Crosby, Frank Converse, Blythe Danner, Bethel Leslie
Votes: 221
48. Duel (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 78,435
49. Escape (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Christopher George, William Windom, Marlyn Mason, Avery Schreiber
Votes: 110
50. Five Desperate Women (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Five young women vacation together at a resort on an isolated island. They are the resort's only customers and, aside from the boat Captain who brought them there and the resort's handyman,... See full summary »
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Robert Conrad, Anjanette Comer, Bradford Dillman, Joan Hackett
Votes: 235
51. If Tomorrow Comes (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Romance, War
A white Californian girl and her new Japanese-American husband must keep their recent marriage secret in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Patty Duke, Frank Michael Liu, Anne Baxter, James Whitmore
Votes: 138
52. Hitched (1971 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Comedy, Western
The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Sally Field, Tim Matheson, Neville Brand, Slim Pickens
Votes: 93
53. In Broad Daylight (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, and hatches a plot to murder them both.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Richard Boone, Suzanne Pleshette, Stella Stevens, John Marley
Votes: 251
54. In Search of America (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A college dropout convinces his family to re-examine its goals and gets them to leave it all for a cross-country odyssey in a 1928 Greyhound bus.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Carl Betz, Vera Miles, Ruth McDevitt, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 179
55. Longstreet (1971–1972)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of a blind insurance investigator.
Stars: James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Ann Doran
Votes: 627
56. Love Hate Love (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance who turns out to be a psychotic who will not let go of Sheila that easily.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Haskell, Henry Jones
Votes: 153
57. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
After finding out that the hippie lifestyle isn't as glamorous as the media makes it look, Dennie comes home to find disapproval and judgment at every turn, and her sister Susie wanting to follow in her footsteps.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Lane Bradbury, David Carradine
Votes: 724
58. Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A high-school senior and his girlfriend get married when they find out she's pregnant.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Christopher Norris, Dan Dailey, Dina Merrill
Votes: 99
59. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974)
60 min | Drama
In a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.
Stars: Arthur Hill, Joan Darling, Lee Majors, Christine Matchett
Votes: 295
60. Revenge! (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A deranged mother avenges herself against the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Shelley Winters, Stuart Whitman, Bradford Dillman, Carol Eve Rossen
Votes: 180
61. River of Gold (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Thriller
A pair of beach bums wind up in Acapulco, where they get involved in a search for a beautiful woman and a sunken treasure.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Ray Milland, Suzanne Pleshette, Dack Rambo, Roger Davis
Votes: 41
62. See the Man Run (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Kidnappers making a ransom demand dial a wrong number & reach a struggling actor instead. He decides to cut himself in for some of the money.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Robert Culp, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert, June Allyson
Votes: 156
63. Suddenly Single (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy
A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barbara Rush, Margot Kidder, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 49
64. Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 71 min | Horror, Thriller
An ESP expert uses his powers to try to track down a psychic who uses telepathy to commit murder.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Alex Dreier, Pat Hingle, Louise Latham, Steve Ihnat
Votes: 236
65. The Birdmen (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, American soldier Harry Cook is sent to Norway to aid in the defection of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape Europe, they are... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Doug McClure, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 337
66. The Death of Me Yet (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
The editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that a Soviet agent who knew him when he was a spy has been sent to the U.S. to kill him.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Doug McClure, Darren McGavin, Rosemary Forsyth, Richard Basehart
Votes: 84
67. The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Western
A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man's wife to try to possess her and help him escape.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Gene Barry, Janice Rule, James Drury, Slim Pickens
Votes: 73
68. The Failing of Raymond (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
On the day before she retires, a teacher discovers that a student she had flunked ten years previously is out to kill her.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Jane Wyman, Dean Stockwell, Dana Andrews, Paul Henreid
Votes: 104
69. The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Through unforeseen circumstances, a male chauvinist cop and a dedicated feminist become roommates.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Barbara Eden, David Hartman, Jo Anne Worley, Herb Edelman
Votes: 223
70. The Forgotten Man (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, War
Former Vietnam War POW Lt.Joe Hardy returns home to the US where he finds a totally changed life situation and where he struggles with PTSD.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Lois Nettleton, Anne Francis, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 95
71. The Last Child (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Michael Cole, Van Heflin, Harry Guardino, Janet Margolin
Votes: 230
72. The Point (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A father reads his son a bedtime story about young Oblio, who is banished from the fantastical kingdom of pointed heads and things for having no point.
Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Ringo Starr, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Frees, Lennie Weinrib
Votes: 3,069
73. The Reluctant Heroes (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, a newly commissioned lieutenant finds that he and his men are trapped after the enemy surrounds their position. Despite having had no leadership training, he uses ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Ken Berry, Jim Hutton, Trini López, Don Marshall
Votes: 103
74. The Sheriff (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Ossie Davis, Kaz Garas, Kyle Johnson, Edward Binns
Votes: 90
75. The Trackers (1971 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Drama, Western
When a rancher's daughter is kidnapped by Apaches, he forms a posse and sends for the U.S. Marshal but an African-American Deputy Marshal shows up instead.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Ernest Borgnine, Julie Adams, Connie Kreski
Votes: 358
76. Thief (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson, Cameron Mitchell, Hurd Hatfield
Votes: 119
77. Two on a Bench (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston, are mistaken for international spies & chased by both sides.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Patty Duke, Ted Bessell, Andrew Duggan, John Astin
Votes: 49
78. What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Warden, Roddy McDowall, Jo Anne Worley
Votes: 84
79. Yuma (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 73 min | Western
A tough marshal is sent to clean up a lawless western town.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Walker, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Kathryn Hays
Votes: 695
80. A Great American Tragedy (1972 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up... See full summary »
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: George Kennedy, Vera Miles, William Windom, Sallie Shockley
Votes: 115
81. All My Darling Daughters (1972 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Young, Raymond Massey, Eve Arden, Darleen Carr
Votes: 93
82. Call Her Mom (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy
A sexy waitress becomes the house mother in a fraternity house.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Connie Stevens, Thelma Carpenter, John David Carson, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 77
83. Every Man Needs One (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Romance
A male chauvinist architect is pressured into hiring a feminist as his assistant, finds himself falling for her.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Connie Stevens, Ken Berry, Gail Fisher, Steve Franken
Votes: 42
84. Family Flight (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
During a flight from San Diego to Guaymas, Mexico, the Carlyle family from Florida is surprised by a weather front in the Rocky Mountains and must do an emergency landing in a Mexican ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dina Merrill, Kristoffer Tabori, Janet Margolin
Votes: 99
85. Getting Away from It All (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Larry Hagman, Barbara Feldon, Gary Collins, E.J. Peaker
Votes: 78
86. Gidget Gets Married (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Romance
Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Michael Burns, Monie Ellis, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett
Votes: 157
87. Goodnight, My Love (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A down-on-his-luck private eye and his partner, a dwarf, are drawn into a tangle of missing persons and murder in 1940s Los Angeles.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Richard Boone, Michael Dunn, Barbara Bain, Victor Buono
Votes: 179
88. Haunts of the Very Rich (1972 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A group of wealthy but secretly very troubled people travel to an island resort but find themselves wondering about their existences after a while.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asner, Anne Francis
Votes: 477
89. Home for the Holidays (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Sally Field, Jill Haworth, Julie Harris, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 1,337
90. Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama
After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Don Galloway, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 38
91. Moon of the Wolf (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman, John Beradino
Votes: 1,934
92. Night of Terror (1972 TV Movie)
Unrated | 73 min | Thriller
A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Martin Balsam, Catherine Burns, Chuck Connors, Donna Mills
Votes: 310
93. No Place to Run (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama
An adopted boy's parents are killed, and to keep him from returning to the state's custody, he and his grandfather run away.
Directors: Delbert Mann, John Badham | Stars: Herschel Bernardi, Stefanie Powers, Larry Hagman, Neville Brand
Votes: 75
94. Playmates (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Romance
Two divorced men meet and become friends, but unbeknownst to each other, start dating each other's ex-wives.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: Alan Alda, Connie Stevens, Barbara Feldon, Doug McClure
Votes: 87
95. Pursuit (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
A political extremist plans to spread stolen nerve gas in a city where a political convention is being held. Government agents are sent to catch him.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Ben Gazzara, E.G. Marshall, William Windom, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 535
96. Rolling Man (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
During the 1970s, a tow-truck driver serves 4 years in prison and upon release he tries to find his 2 motherless children and to put his life back together.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Don Stroud, Donna Mills, Jimmy Dean
Votes: 101
97. Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Drama
A recently widowed research doctor is convinced by a colleague to join him in an inner-city clinic.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Susan Hayward, Darren McGavin, Michael Constantine, Michele Nichols
Votes: 178
98. Second Chance (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Brian Keith, Elizabeth Ashley, Kenneth Mars, William Windom
Votes: 48
99. She Waits (1972 TV Movie)
74 min | Horror
A murdered woman possesses her husband's new wife to seek revenge.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Patty Duke, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire, Lew Ayres
Votes: 383
100. Short Walk to Daylight (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Eight people are trapped in a New York City subway after an earthquake, and try to find their way out.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: James Brolin, Don Mitchell, James McEachin, Abbey Lincoln
Votes: 247
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