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[1973 American-British TV film by Philip Leacock] [date=June 2016] [date=June
2016] {{Infobox television | caption = | image = Baffled! FilmPoster.jpeg |
genre = Thriller | director = Philip Leacock<ref name="fsr"/> |
executive_producer = Norman Felton | producer = Philip Leacock | writer =
Theodore Apstein | story = | based_on = <!-- [title of the original work] -->
| starring = Leonard Nimoy<br>Susan Hampshire<br>Rachel Roberts<br>Vera Miles
| music = Richard Hill | cinematography = Ken Hodges | editor = Bill Blunden |
company = Arena Productions<br>ITC Entertainment | network = NBC<ref
name="fsr"/> | released = [1973]<ref name="fsr"/> | runtime = 90 minutes
(American version)<br>100 minutes (UK version) | country = United
States<br>United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }} _BAFFLED!_ is a
1973 American-British made-for-television supernatural mystery film directed
by Philip Leacock.[1]<ref name="terrace" /> The story is part of the occult
detective subgenre and stars Leonard Nimoy,[2] Susan Hampshire,<ref name="fsr"
/> and Vera Miles.<ref name="fsr"/>
_Baffled!_ was intended as a pilot for a television series[3] but when no
network showed interest it was released in British theatres[4] and later
released as a television film in America on NBC.<ref name="fsr"/> The British
version runs ten minutes longer than the American.[5]
** Plot
Race car driver Tom Kovack suddenly begins to experience psychic visions.<ref
name="road"/> He meets Michelle Brent, an expert on the paranormal, and the
two form an unlikely partnership. Kovack's visions draw them into an
occult-themed mystery at a remote inn on the English coast.
** Cast
- Leonard Nimoy as Tom Kovack
- Susan Hampshire as Michele Brent
- Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Farraday
- Vera Miles as Andrea Glenn
- Jewel Blanch as Jennifer Glenn
- Valerie Taylor as Louise Sanford
- Ray Brooks as George Tracewell
- Angharad Rees as Peggy Tracewell
- Christopher Benjamin as Verelli
** Home release
Scorpion Releasing, in conjunction with ITV, released a DVD of _Baffled!_ in
2014.<ref name="trek"/> The DVD included both the UK version and U.S versions
of the film.<ref name="trek"/>
** References
[reflist]
** External links
- [id=0068248]
[Philip Leacock]
Category:1973 television films Category:1973 films Category:1970s science
fiction thriller films Category:British thriller television films
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films Category:NBC original films Category:Films directed by Philip Leacock
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Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series Category:Television
series by ITC Entertainment Category:1970s English-language films
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thriller films Category:1973 science fiction films
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