Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

[Franko]

Here's the thread devoted to them. If they ran longer than two installments, I think they should go to the miniseries thread, but I'm not going to be a hall monitor.

I should do my homework and find out what stars like Victoria Principal, Cheryl Ladd, etc. thought about their TV movies. I imagine that the stars who had regular series work liked having something to break up their regular grind and/or having an extra paycheck. And it probably didn't hurt their Q ratings, either.

If I was a motivational speaker, this would be my entrance music.

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[Khan]

If I had to choose an all-time favorite TV movie, I'd choose "One of My Wives is Missing," starring James Franciscus, Elizabeth Ashley and Jack Klugman.  Based on a French stage play about a man who insists a woman claiming to be his recently disappeared wife is not, it was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, written by Peter Stone ("Charade," "1776"), and it aired on ABC the 1975-76 season.

Another all-time favorite: "The Christmas Wife," produced in 1988 for HBO, and starring Jason Robards and Julie Harris.  A very tender story about a widower (Robards) who hires a female companion (Harris) for the Christmas season.  To this day, it remains a wonderful showcase for two legendary performers, and it's one I'd love to see adapted again someday.

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[Paul Raven]

That was remade as Vanishing Act in 1986 with Eliot Gould,Mike Farrell, Margot Kidder and Fred Gwynne.