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Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)

Genre : Crime, Drama, TV Movie, Thriller

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Jerry Thorpe
Writer : Howard Rodman

Synopsis

Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and typically traveling by public bus instead of his own car (“It gives a man a chance to think”), he’s on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law. It won’t be the only time the killer strikes before Harry closes in. David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series. Among the highlights: young Jodie Foster as Liberty, the wise-beyond-her-years homeless waif Harry befriends.

Actors

David Janssen
David Janssen
Harry Orwell
Andrea Marcovicci
Andrea Marcovicci
Jennifer English
John Anderson
John Anderson
Col. John Lockport
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
Liberty Cole
Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
Tim McIntire
Tim McIntire
Charley English
Zalman King
Zalman King
Roy St. John
Clu Gulager
Clu Gulager
Det. Milt Bosworth
Martin Gabel
Martin Gabel
Meade De Ruyter
Barbara Leigh
Barbara Leigh
Mildred
Victor Argo
Victor Argo
Sgt. Richard Marum
Ellen Weston
Ellen Weston
Julia
Harvey Jason
Harvey Jason
Portrait Photographer
Chet Winfield
Chet Winfield
Assistant Photographer

Crews

Jerry Thorpe
Jerry Thorpe
Director
Howard Rodman
Howard Rodman
Screenplay
Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg
Original Music Composer
Sid McCoy
Sid McCoy
Associate Producer
Jerry Thorpe
Jerry Thorpe
Producer
Jack Woolf
Jack Woolf
Director of Photography
Melvin Shapiro
Melvin Shapiro
Editor
Walter Scott Herndon
Walter Scott Herndon
Art Direction
Cheryal Kearney
Cheryal Kearney
Set Decoration
Dick Moder
Dick Moder
Assistant Director
Dwight Mobley
Dwight Mobley
Sound
Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg
Conductor

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