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The People (1972)
Introduced Me to an Important Voice in Female Science Fiction
ABC's "Movie of the Week" truly captured my attention with this film, which had Kim Darby and William Shatner. The star-power was secondary to the story here, and I fell in love with the concepts of The People. Imagine my surprise when just a couple of years later my literature textbook in grade school contained one of the Zenna Henderson stories on which this movie was based. I looked up her printed work, which in even a university library was confined to one or two hardback volumes, and enjoyed learning more about this very down-to-earth outer space idea that she developed with so many connected tales. I loved the warm heart that pulsed underneath the sci-fi framework. Jeremy Francher is a character I will remember forever. I'm glad an old country doctor, played by Shatner(!), could save him ... with a little help!