Deadly Game

Director: Lane Slate Lane Slate

Overview

Twice during the mid-1970s, Andy Griffith unsuccessfully attempted to launch a TV detective series titled Abel Marsh. The first pilot film was The Girl in the Empty Grave; the second was The Deadly Game. Griffith once again stars as resort-town sheriff Abel Marsh, this time wrestling with a sinister conspiracy involving a dangerous chemical spill. Lane Slate produced, directed and wrote the film, while Griffith's longtime manager Richard O. Linke functioned as executive producer. Deadly Game was first telecast December 3, 1977.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2009
UPC:	0883316221488
Original Release:	1977
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	27,248

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Andy Griffith	Police Chief Abel Marsh
Sharon Spelman	Actor
Hunter von Leer	Actor
Dan O'Herlihy	Colonel Edward Stryker
Rebecca Balding	Amy Franklin
Ellen Blake	Waitress
Miriam Byrd-Nethery	Polly
James Cromwell	Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Med Flory	Sergeant Redman
Eddie Foy Jr.	Carter
Mitzi Hoag	Gloria
Claude Jones	Deputy Fred
Bill McLean	Whit
Ted Noose	Goldstone
Fran Ryan	Frieda Beezly
Morgan Woodward	General Olson
Steffen Zacharias	Vernon Brea
Mundell Lowe	Composer

Technical Credits

Lane Slate

Lane Slate	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Richard O. Linke	Executive Producer
Gordon Webb	Producer