A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.
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Peter Mark Richman
- Sal Gilman
- (as Mark Richman)
Lynda Day George
- Lillian Crane
- (as Lynda Day)
Lawrence Dane
- Reverend Ryan Hagen
- (as Laurence Dane)
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- TriviaSome unsubstantiated sources claim this film was originally produced for theatrical release. It was cut by nearly 30 minutes and broadcast as an ABC Sunday Night Movie on January 11, 1970 where it was a big ratings grabber.
- GoofsEarly in the film, they say the family car is a1962 Ford sedan. It is actually a 1961 model.
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Chief Frank Untermyer: [as August starts to leave the room] Where are you going?
Lieutenant Dan August: I'm a detective. I'm going out to detect.
[Leaves]
Sergeant Charles Wilentz: A detective. That's what I want to be when I grow up.
Chief Frank Untermyer: There's no money in it.
- ConnectionsSpin-off Dan August (1970)
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Terrific set-up, routine mystery
TV-movies, especially those from the late-'60s and early-'70s, are an under-appreciated breed (probably the least-respected in the film industry). Leonard Maltin has all but dropped them from his annual review book, and you never hear about anybody trying to preserve Barbara Eden in "Let's Switch!" or Gloria Swanson in "Killer Bees". Every once in awhile, a TV-movie gets mentioned with respect, such as "Brian's Song" or "Sunshine". I've always thought "House On Greenapple Road" could have been a theatrical film, it is produced with such style and has a great, scary set-up: a young girl gets dropped off from school, runs up the driveway to her house, opens the door and finds the entire place ransacked, with blood spattering the walls. This sequence terrified me as a kid (I was amused to discover years later that the young actress was "Brady Bunch"'s Eve Plumb!). Onto the mystery, which surrounds a missing lady (Janet Leigh) and the investigator on the case (Christopher George playing Dan August). The character of August later got his own series (starring Burt Reynolds), but this feature is more than just a pilot, it has twists and a sophisticated script. The ending doesn't cop-out, although I must say it followed a rather routine development. Overall, a neat little yarn, and Janet Leigh is just gorgeous.
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- moonspinner55
- May 21, 2001
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