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- DirectorRobert B. SinclairFriz FrelengStarsStanley AdamsFrank BaxterCheryl CallawayA little girl, frustrated by her inability to deal with her English homework, dreams that the Mad Hatter and the Jabberwock, both characters from "Alice in Wonderland", have hatched a conspiracy to abolish the alphabet.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsLaurence OlivierJudith AndersonHume CronynA staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsIngrid BergmanRip TornHelena de CrespoHelen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her straitlaced relatives are up in arms. But Clare Lester, Helen's grandmother, says the girl is free to join the man she loves. On one condition, that she listen to the story of a day in Clare's own life and of a man she tried to change.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsMaurice EvansJudith AndersonMichael HordernHallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsJulie HarrisJames DonaldBasil RathboneJulie Harris portrays the famed Queen Victoria over a 60 year span, from the age of 18 through her romance with Prince Albert through her diamond jubilee in 1897.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsTrevor HowardGreer GarsonEric BerryThe rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.
- DirectorSid SmithStarsElizabeth TaylorActress Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in London, England, gives viewers a tour of the city, including her birthplace, the Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, Battersea Park and an East End church that was damaged in the infamous "blitz" air raids during World War II. She also recites several famous English poems and speeches by notable English figures.
- DirectorRaymond C. GarnerStarsTrevor HowardAward-winning documentary (Emmy: outstanding musical score) on ancient Greece.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsMartin GabelJohn F. KennedyRichard NixonThe story of the 1960 US Presidential election.
- DirectorPeter JarvisStarsFrank BourgholtzerLucy JarvisEdwin NewmanOnce the heart of Soviet Russia and the center of the communist world, The Kremlin embodies the rich and fascinating cultural heritage of Moscow. This was the first time ever that an American film crew was granted permission to enter and discover the rich treasures and history of the government and system whose ideology swept through half the modern world during the 20th century. From its early beginnings to its present base of power, this fascinating look at the Kremlin comes to us from award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis and is told through actual Kremlin officials.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsRae AllenNorman BarrsDirk BogardeThe relationship between a British officer and a patriotic Irishwoman during "the Troubles."
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsJulie HarrisDenholm ElliottTorin ThatcherA dramatization of the life and accomplishments of English nurse and hospital reformer Florence Nightingale.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsIon BergerJordan CharneyDennis Cooney
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsChristopher PlummerRobert ShawAlec ClunesHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsJohn GielgudPerformance of extracts from Shakespeare's plays.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsTrevor HowardJames DalyPamela FranklinRecounts the events of the final years of Napoleon, culminating in his exile on the isle of St. Helena.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsMelvyn DouglasEd BegleyNorman WrightIn 1925, a Tennessee science teacher is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and a mighty courtroom battle ensues.
- DirectorMichael ElliottStarsShirley BoothHal HolbrookBarbara LodenAmanda Wingfield dominates her children with faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsRobert BurrTamara DaykarhanovaLynn FontanneA group of swindlers convinces a girl suffering from amnesia that she's the daughter and sole surviving child of Czar Nicholas II in order to collect the vast amount of money she would inherit.
- DirectorTerence YoungHenry LevinStarsSenta BergerStephen BoydYul BrynnerUnited Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsRobert GouletPeter FalkSally Ann HowesTravelers stumble across a village that they can't find on any map. They discover that this tiny hamlet is called Brigadoon, a special village in Scotland that is never found on a map. Once every 100 years this wonderful village appears, and anyone who happens upon it will have a wonderful, fun-filled, unforgettable day filled with dancing, food, and fellowship. As the day closes, so does the village, to appear somewhere else in 100 years.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsLee J. CobbMildred DunnockJames FarentinoAn abridged award-winning television adaptation of a famous play about an aging travelling salesman who's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. His job is gone, and his family hates him for never being there. He tries mending things with them.
- DirectorAlan HandleyStarsJudi RolinRoy CastleRobert CooteWhen Alice is lured by the Red King to magically enter her mirror into Looking Glass Land, she meets up with the White Queen and King, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, and Jabberwock for a magical, musical blend of fantasy and fun.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRaymond BurrGeraldine BrooksWally CoxParalyzed by a sniper's bullet, Robert T. Ironside continues investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Ironside sets out to find his would-be assassin.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsJudith AndersonCharlton HestonMichael AllinsonIn the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Judith Anderson) is the ruler of England. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (Charlton Heston) is her lover, best friend, and worst enemy.
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsGeraldine PageMichael KearneyHansford Rowe IIIThis TV movie is based on Truman Capote's childhood memories of living with his aunts in rural Alabama during the Depression. It is Christmas, and time for his quirky Aunt Sook to make her famous, or some would say, infamous, fruitcake. Geraldine Page won an Emmy for her brilliant portrayal of Soon in this well acted story.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsBurl IvesJoseph CampanellaJames FarentinoThe firm of Nichols, Darrell & Darrell defends the leader of a student protest movement charged with the murder of a campus policeman. The problem is that the student, and his supporters, may be more interested in making a statement about their grievances than about his acquittal.
- DirectorCharles JarrottAnthony PageStarsPaul ScofieldMichael CaineAnna Calder-MarshallNever trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an aging barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary's youthful vitality and charm. Only one of these men will win her heart in the end.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsBill TraversVirginia McKennaJanet MunroA group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual hierarchy in an upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant Crichton is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the community's leader.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsDerek GodfreyBarbara JeffordNicholas SelbyThe adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsRichard NixonAlso known as The Greater Good, this series of vignettes focuses on the day-to-day work of Kansas City, Missouri police covers the range of circumstances they encounter and the variety of social roles they are asked to play. More than simply chasing down criminals, the police act as counselors, negotiators and arbitrators of civil injustices, minor altercations and petty crimes. Filmed in 1968 at the height of an anti-authoritarian age, the policemen shown are more frequently reasonable, patient and fair than sadistic, inhumane or incompetent. When a policeman does step out of line, the fact that he knows he is being filmed is as revealing as the unguarded asides or unnecessary violence captured by the camera. This is well made, with content similar to the Pittsburgh Police films shot by Wiseman's former collaborator, John Marshall in 1969 and 1970. But because Law and Order was funded by the Ford Foundation for television release, and not for training police officers, it does not feature as many situations that are likely to cause disagreements about how they should have been handled.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsJennifer EdwardsMichael RedgraveMaximilian SchellSwiss orphan Heidi's Aunt Dete leaves her in her grumpy grandfather's care up in the Alps, where she also meets young goatherd Peter.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsDavid McCallumOssie DavisGeorge GrizzardStriving to reassemble his life, alcoholic teacher Hamilton Cade accepts a job tutoring an "exceptional child," only to find that young Freddie is mentally-challenged (an outstanding performance by mentally-challenged actor Billy Schulman). A Black man who works for Freddie's father also becomes interested in teaching the boy, and becomes a second role model for him. A "Hall of Fame" production.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsLloyd BridgesShirley JonesLynn CarlinOver the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard AttenboroughCyril CusackEdith EvansThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsPeter UstinovN'Gai DixonPeter BonerzAn emotionally powerful story written by Rod Serling, about a hostile elderly Jewish man (Peter Ustinov), as the proprietor of an upstate New York delicatessen, who becomes the reluctant foster father of a small angry inner-city black child (N'gai Dixon), sent to spend the summer with the man during the Vietnam war.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsEugene FriedmanStanley FriedmanRobert SchwartzAn intimate look at the daily activities of medical staff and patients in New York's Metropolitan Hospital.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsDarren McGavinSean GarrisonNico MinardosRacers compete in the Grand Prix.
- DirectorWinston HiblerStarsRon BrownBrian RussellLinda WallaceWhen a cougar raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest reverts to its natural instincts, the consequence could threaten its life.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsPatty DukeAl Freeman Jr.Ford RaineyA pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsKeir DulleaRip TornGeraldine PageThe story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured. Izquierdo decides that this will probably not yield the information he wants and instead has six entirely innocent people brought into headquarters: The six are Salas Ina, a prosperous businessman; Arnaldo Lujan, a wood carver who makes the statues of the saints, Matilde, a mother who left two small children at home alone while she went to market; Juan Salcedo Alvarez, an actor from Cádiz; Felisa, a pretty girl whom Izquierdo finds attractive, but she only wants more to eat and the death of the Spaniards; and Ricardo, a boy who only wants to know that Bolivar is safe. Izquierdo tells these six people that they have precisely one hour to persuade Montserrat to tell them where Bolivar can be found and, if they fail, he will have them all shot.
- DirectorMartin CharninWalter C. MillerStarsJoel GreyBernadette PetersJack CassidyThe life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway."
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsDarren McGavinEarl HollimanJan-Michael VincentA 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.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGig YoungLee GrantDenise NickersonA housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stops in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work are the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
- DirectorGeorge C. ScottStarsCameron MitchellWilliam ShatnerJack CassidyA dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
- DirectorStan HarrisStarsJohn WayneAnn-MargretLucille BallJohn Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsHal HolbrookE.G. MarshallJoseph CampanellaThe son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGlenn FordRosemary ForsythDean JaggerA successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past - in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsNina FochNorman LloydBlythe DannerJust before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack WardenBased on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsVic MorrowAlan AldaClu GulagerA young guard and a college professor convicted of manslaughter both start their first day in prison.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsBen GazzaraRicardo MontalbanAnne FrancisA hard-nosed general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsPeter UstinovJosé FerrerArnold MossThe Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsGeorge C. ScottSusannah YorkIan BannenJane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light, and it will take all of her courage, love and understanding to triumph.
- DirectorTed PostStarsHelen HayesVince EdwardsMyrna LoyFour 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.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsPatricia NealRichard ThomasEdgar BergenOn Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday, but they are becoming increasingly worried because John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not yet returned home.
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsBill CosbyGloria FosterDennis HinesAn airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsMia FarrowHal HolbrookJohn ColicosHollywood writer tries to talk a dejected actress out of suicide.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsRichard CrennaAngie DickinsonCameron MitchellA professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsSam WaterstonKathleen WiddoesBarnard HughesVideotape of the Joseph Papp production. Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to matchmake her with Benedick (her former boyfriend), but she being an independent-minded, bicycle-riding Suffragette type, it's going to take a bit of trickery. Meanwhile, Beatrice's cousin, Hero, has fallen in love with Benedick's friend, Claudio. But Don Pedro's bastard half-brother, Don John, plots to split them apart, and Benedick finds himself having to choose between his best friend and the woman he loves.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsBarry SullivanWilliam BassettTiffany Bolling1880: The Hubbard family got rich through profiteering in the Civil War. Now, they are hated, but powerful.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsMartin BalsamCatherine BurnsChuck ConnorsA 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.
- DirectorRobert TottenStarsHenry FondaMaureen O'HaraBen JohnsonA young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsJames BrolinDon MitchellJames McEachinEight people are trapped in a New York City subway after an earthquake, and try to find their way out.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsHal HolbrookMartin SheenJoe Don BakerTeenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.
- DirectorBill NortonStarsCornel WildeJennifer SaltGrayson HallAn anthropologist/paleontologist and his daughter, while travelling through the southwestern U.S., stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsKirk DouglasSusan GeorgeSusan HampshireMusical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- DirectorSam O'SteenStarsCloris LeachmanMartin BalsamMarge RedmondAfter 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first child.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsTelly SavalasMarjoe GortnerJosé FerrerA homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
- DirectorRon FieldDave PowersStarsCarol BurnettKen BerryJack GilfordA musical comedy variation of the classic "Princess and the Pea" story. This is a television recreation of the successful Broadway show of the same name also starring Carol Burnett in the title role.
- DirectorMartin CharninDave WilsonStarsJack LemmonDiahann CarrollJohnny MathisTV special, hosted by Jack Lemmon, which ran 90 minutes long and aired on February 24, 1973. In a Wizard of Oz-like spoof, Jack is knocked out by a broom in black and white and when he wakes up he finds himself in 'Arlenland' and with everything in color. He then begins a journey to find Harold Arlen and along the way he meets Diahann Carroll, Johnny Mathis, Dinah Shore, Cass Elliot, and Doc Severinsen who each perform various Harold Arlen songs. Jack eventually finds Harold Arlen and the show ends with the song 'Over the Rainbow'.
- DirectorWalter C. MillerStarsWendell BurtonWilliam HinnantBarry LivingstonA lot of shorts, friends, and music make Charlie Brown and friends very happy to see what happens with Charlie Brown in this fruitbowl of a show called, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown".
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsVivien MerchantJenny AgutterJohn RonaneTwo families in Belfast, one Protestant and one Catholic, find that their long-standing friendship is threatened by the escalating sectarian violence that surrounds them.
- DirectorRon FieldBill FosterStarsLauren BacallLarry HagmanPenny FullerAn aspiring actress, whose sugar-coated appearance belies her ruthless drive, worms herself into the life of an aging star and schemes to replace her on the stage as the star of a new play.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsJason RobardsMildred NatwickLisa LucasIn 1946 Nebraska, a young girl named Addie desperately craves a Christmas tree, but her bitter widower father refuses because of events from the family's past.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsWilliam ShatnerRuth RomanWendell BurtonA 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsMartin SheenMariclare CostelloNed BeattyThe story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDavid OpatoshuDuring World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsPaul WinfieldLouis Gossett Jr.Ruby DeeThe story of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella, whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January of 1958.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsCliff RobertsonBeau BridgesPeter StraussDuring the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCloris LeachmanRon HowardSissy SpacekA look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.
- DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsJames BrolinSusan ClarkEarl HollimanA man is accidentally locked in a department store overnight and finds himself held at bay by six vicious Doberman guard dogs.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsElizabeth MontgomeryWilliam DanielsCliff PottsWhen she was raped, Ellen Harrod thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse was the treatment by the hospital staff, police, and the court system when she reported it and the aftermath of the culprit's apprehension.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsDick Van DykeLynn CarlinDon PorterA successful public-relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family, and his life.
- DirectorJohn SichelStarsLaurence OlivierJoan PlowrightJeremy BrettShylock, a Jewish moneylender, demands his due of a pound of flesh for a forfeited loan.
- DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsKatharine HepburnSam WaterstonJoanna MilesAmanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a "gentleman caller" appears, things move to crisis point.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsStephen ElliottBill BixbyHerb EdelmanRandom people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsMaureen StapletonPaul SorvinoDoris DowlingA housewife, increasingly disenchanted with her homemaker role, looks for new meaning in her life and organizes a discussion group, changing the lives of her six closest friends.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsAndrea MarcovicciPeter CoffieldGreg MullaveyA man who is arrested for rape swears it wasn't him but somebody who looks just like him, but the victim insists it was him.
- DirectorGene LevittStarsSkye AubreyJack CassidyJackie CooganThe internationally famous Worldwide Studios (really MGM) has hit hard times and is forced to sell it's back lot to Hollywood property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsHal HolbrookRonny CoxAndrew DugganA Cold War incident, told in flashbacks, regarding the capture of the American spy ship, U.S.S. Pueblo and its crew by North Korean naval units off the North Korean coast on January 23, 1968.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsCicely TysonEric BrownRichard DysartStory of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsGeorge SegalShirley KnightRobert CulpAn Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.