Those Tremendous Made-For-TV Dramas / Mysteries / Thrillers from the 1970's!...
Murdering maniacs! Puzzling crimes! Disasters! Indeed, those were the days! The small screen ruled the Earth, producing a multitude of these telefilms for our entertainment! Some are not so great, while others stand as mini-masterpieces!...
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- DirectorJud TaylorStarsRobert ConradCarol LynleyLee MajorsThree nuns on a weekend trip are held hostage by escaped convicts.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsJanet LeighJulie HarrisTim O'ConnorA detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsRichard LongPolly BergenEdward AlbertSeveral couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanJohn RubinsteinA disillusioned homemaker on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home--and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBen GazzaraElizabeth AshleyMichael DouglasA woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryEileen HeckartSue Ane LangdonA wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDennis WeaverEstelle ParsonsKristoffer TaboriA family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsAndy GriffithWilliam ShatnerRobert ReedAn ad agency suggests using Baja California, Mexico, for an industrialist's campaign. He insists on all 4 of them riding the 600 miles on dirt bikes to find the perfect spot. It gets rough - not just the route.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsRobert StackVera MilesL.Q. JonesA family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsAndy GriffithSam BottomsNoah Beery Jr.Ben Campbell, a twenty-two-year-old gas station attendant in a small desert town, is looking to make some extra money. He is surprised when Madec, a wealthy lawyer, asks him to be his guide in a hunting trip in the desert. When Madec accidentally shoots a prospector, he is fearful of what it will do his reputation, and decides to eliminate the only witness, Ben, who is forced to go on the run. In addition to being hunted by Madec, Ben must also contend with the harsh desert elements. But if he does make it back to town alive, will anyone believe his story?
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsRobert ForsterMichelle PhillipsClaude AkinsWhen petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
- DirectorHerbert KenwithStarsClaude AkinsAnjanette ComerJason EversRich woman, an industrialist's wife, finds her home nearly destroyed and with menacing phrases painted on the walls. Besides calling the police, her husband calls his security manager, an ex-cop who hesitates before accepting the task.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsElizabeth MontgomeryFionnula FlanaganEd FlandersIn 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe.
- StarsGeorge DiCenzoSteve RailsbackNancy WolfeThe investigation and trial of the horrific Tate-LaBianca mass murders orchestrated by the psychotic pseudo-hippie cult leader, Charles Manson.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJack KlugmanElizabeth AshleyJames FranciscusDaniel Corban's wife Elizabeth disappeared after they had a fight. Then she shows up, yet he insists that the woman isn't actually his wife.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsValerie HarperRichard RomanusNicholas PryorA housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him murder a highway patrol officer.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsGary CollinsChuck ConnorsHenry GibsonCriminals hijack an airplane that not only carries a dangerous organism that is to be used in bacterial warfare, but also five beauty contest finalists.
- DirectorRichard LangStarsLloyd BridgesPat CrowleyEve PlumbA murderer on parole victimizes a family against whom he holds a grudge.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsClaude AkinsPatty DukeLen BirmanThe passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsLauren HuttonDavid BirneyAdrienne BarbeauA woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsRichard AndersonKatharine RossHal HolbrookAllison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert CulpMartin MilnerBarbara HersheyAfter several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsDavid JanssenDon MeredithChristopher GeorgeThe co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDorian HarewoodRobin GammellCatlin AdamsA young black M.D. tries to prove that the community of Echo Park is endangered by a deadly epidemic. But he has to fight his superior in the hospital and city government who accuse him of just causing panic.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames OlsonDavid CanaryRobert PineA small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLloyd BridgesFrank ConverseSallie ShockleyA detective accidentally kills his son-in-law's floozy and then tries to cover-up his actions.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJohn ForsytheRichard KileyReta ShawA doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRalph BellamyPolly BergenTheodore BikelLeft in the lounge for first-class passengers, a letter warns of murders on Flight 502 - and the warning's received a day early.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsBarbara EdenRobert VaughnStuart WhitmanA woman vacationing with her husband in Mexico discovers she is being stalked by an international killer.
- StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad DavisA young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsDavid JanssenHope LangeIvan DixonSnakes on board an American sub set off a chain of events that ultimately causes the boat to sink to the bottom of the ocean. The surviving crew must devise a rescue plan to free themselves and raise the sub.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsStacy KeachSamantha EggarJohn SavageA man traveling through a backwoods area is held hostage by a group of orphans who want him to become their father. Unfortunately, the kids have a habit of killing adults who refuse that particular honor.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsWilliam ShatnerAdrienne BarbeauBrooke BundyOn December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities.
- DirectorTed PostStarsRobert ConradAnjanette ComerBradford DillmanFive 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, Wylie, the island's only inhabitants. When one of the women is found dead, the others begin to fear the Captain, who's been acting strangely. Wylie and the Captain argue over the identity of the murderer, each accusing the other, and a fight erupts. Alarmed, the women attempt to leave the island, but the boat, their only means of escape, explodes and sinks before they can board it. Then Wylie comes to their aid, claiming to have killed the boat Captain in self-defense and telling the women they're safe. But are they?
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsKathleen BellerBlythe DannerTony BillA teenage girl is harassed by a stalker who torments her with threatening notes and phone calls.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsDavid HartmanJane WyattRalph MeekerAfter a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsCliff PottsWalter PidgeonDonna MillsAfter being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man, her children older than she is, and her daughter is crazy and wants her dead.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsDonna MillsMichael ConstantineWilliam DevaneAn undercover policewomen risks her life to trap a homicidal rapist.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsRobert CulpMarlyn MasonBeah RichardsOne man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
- DirectorJohn NewlandBuzz KulikStarsArthur KennedyTeresa WrightTom HapperA childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsJohn ForsytheEarl HollimanRalph MeekerA man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsCloris LeachmanMichael BrandonHenry DarrowA Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsMartin SheenVic MorrowMichelle PhillipsA deranged desert town sheriff has a murderous habit of forcing speeders to their deaths, until a young man with a souped-up hotrod arrives to possibly end it.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsDavid JanssenJames FarentinoPhyllis ThaxterThe daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a coffin, while her family and the police search for her.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsStefanie PowersPaul ClemensTom AtkinsWhen a teenager is accused of his mother's murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsVince EdwardsCarol LynleyAnjanette ComerThe whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The husbands break free from their bonds and raft down the river in hopes of rescuing their wives.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsRichard BooneSuzanne PleshetteStella StevensA blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, and hatches a plot to murder them both.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsAlan AldaEdmond O'BrienLouise LasserA small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsShelley HackFrank GorshinPeter GravesAn unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting female drivers on the freeway.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsBen MurphyBonnie BedeliaLew AyresThe residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsBen JohnsonRon HowardKatherine HelmondA swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town, and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devour the area's valuable crops.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsIna BalinBernie CaseyLinden ChilesThree armed men take over a private railroad car, determined to rob and kill the passengers.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDiane BakerEd NelsonHoward DuffA 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.