"House on Greenapple Road" was an off-length TV movie (135 minutes instead of the usual 100), first telecast on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on January 11, 1970. Christopher George heads a stellar cast as Lt. Dan August, probing a homicide case in suburbia. The accused, a meek clerk (Tim O'Connor), had plenty of motive to kill his faithless wife (Janet Leigh). Only there's no weapon...and no corpse. After a series of revelatory flashbacks, August deduces that there may be a lot more people and issues involved than a missing housewife. Audience response to "House on Greenapple Road" was positive enough to spin off into a Dan August TV series. But Christopher George was too busy to be involved, so the role of August went to a fellow who wasn't working all that often; a guy named Burt Reynolds, or something like that. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
House on Greenapple Road (1970) TV Movie
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Christopher George, Edward Asner, Eve Plumb, Geoffrey Deuel, Janet Leigh, Julie Harris, Keenan Wynn, Lynda Day George, Walter Pidgeon, William Windom
