Here are some TV movies from 1977 I've seen at some point. I'll give a brief note on what they are about...or what I think they were about...it's been a long time for most of them, so my memories may not be too accurate.
Ah, high school...
One of my favorite mini-series of this year. Tommy Lee Jones plays the eccentric aviator in this biography that runs from his youth until his last days.
Ah, high school...
1977
The
Amazing Howard HughesOne of my favorite mini-series of this year. Tommy Lee Jones plays the eccentric aviator in this biography that runs from his youth until his last days.
The Amazing Howard Hughes
It Happened One Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life gets a sex change and Marlo Thomas gets to see what life would have been like without her. Blashpehmy? Perhaps, but Orson Welles as Mr. Potter does seem like a natural fit for 1977.
It Happened One Christmas
Jesus
of Nazareth
Speaking of blasphemy...actually, I remember this version of the Christ story as being pretty good. Robert Powell plays Jesus, Anne Bancroft is Mary Magdalene, Rod Steiger is Pilate and Christopher Plummer is Herod.
Speaking of blasphemy...actually, I remember this version of the Christ story as being pretty good. Robert Powell plays Jesus, Anne Bancroft is Mary Magdalene, Rod Steiger is Pilate and Christopher Plummer is Herod.
Jesus of Nazareth
Kill Me if You Can
Unusual role for Alan Alda as a convict on death row.
Kill Me if You Can
The Last Hurrah
Unusual role for Carroll O'Connor as the Irish politician in the remake of the 1958 Spencer Tracy film.
The Last Hurrah
Mad
Bull
Not so unusual role for Alex Karras as a professional wrestler who isn't going to take crap from the man anymore!
Not so unusual role for Alex Karras as a professional wrestler who isn't going to take crap from the man anymore!
Mad Bull
The Incredible Hulk/Return of the Incredible Hulk
The green guy is back and on your TV for the next four years and forever in reruns.
Return of the Incredible Hulk
Roots
Alex Haley's everynight for a week (unprecedented at the time) story of his family history from colonial America to the end of the Civil War was really the television event of 1977.
Something for Joey
Moving story of footballer John Cappelletti and his younger brother who has leukemia.
Alex Haley's everynight for a week (unprecedented at the time) story of his family history from colonial America to the end of the Civil War was really the television event of 1977.
Roots
Something for Joey
Moving story of footballer John Cappelletti and his younger brother who has leukemia.
Something for Joey
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Let the conspiracies begin...
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Washington
Behind Closed Doors
Before there was Wikileaks...
Before there was Wikileaks...
Washington Behind Closed Doors
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Blythe Danner and Edward Hermann as Lou Gehrig in this baseball romance.
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Spider-Man
Don't judge me too harshly...I'm pre-CGI!
Don't judge me too harshly...I'm pre-CGI!
Spider-Man
Fantasy
Island
I do remember the pilot of the long-running series had Mr. Roarke (Richardo Montalban) as being a lot more malevolent than he was in the series.
I do remember the pilot of the long-running series had Mr. Roarke (Richardo Montalban) as being a lot more malevolent than he was in the series.
Fantasy Island
James
at 15
I did watch a few episodes of this show. It lasted long enough to change to James at 16.
I did watch a few episodes of this show. It lasted long enough to change to James at 16.
The
Love Boat II/The
New Love Boat (Love Boat III)
Is Love Boat III better known as The New Love Boat? You decide for yourself!
Is Love Boat III better known as The New Love Boat? You decide for yourself!
The Love Boat
Operation Petticoat
Pilot for short-lived series based on the Cary Grant/Tony Curtis submarine comedy. Jamie Lee Curtis was along for the show's brief ride.
Operation Petticoat
The
San Pedro Bums
Not everything Aaron Spelling touched turned to gold.
Not everything Aaron Spelling touched turned to gold.
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The Spell
Movie that was criticized for being a Carrie clone. Interestingly, I actually saw this one before Carrie.
The Spell
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