Good Against Evil (TV 1977)

ABC-TV pilot about a writer, Andy Stuart, teaming up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin.

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Writer:

Jimmy Sangster

Stars:

Dack Rambo, Elyssa Davalos, Richard Lynch

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dack Rambo	...	Andy Stuart
Elyssa Davalos	...	Jessica Gordon
Richard Lynch	...	Mr. Rimmin
Dan O'Herlihy	...	Father Kemschler
John Harkins	...	Father Wheatley
Jenny O'Hara	...	The Woman
Lelia Goldoni	...	Sister Monica
Peggy McCay	...	Irene
Peter Brandon	...	Dr. Price
Kim Cattrall	...	Linday Isley
Natasha Ryan	...	Cindy Isley
Richard Sanders	...	The Doctor
Lillian Adams	...	Beatrice
Erica Yohn	...	Agnes
Richard Stahl	...	Brown

Storyline

ABC-TV pilot about a writer, Andy Stuart, teaming up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin.

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Plot Keywords:

mini van | rowing a boat | horse riding | close up of eyes | falling down stairs | 

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Taglines:

She became Satan's play thing.

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les forces du mal

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Frankel-Bolen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Astaroth is named as the devil and male in this film. Historically, Astaroth was the Canaanite goddess of love and was known as Ishtar to the Babylonians. Her name appears in the Bible to generically refer to pagan goddesses. She appears as a demon in the TV show Blood Ties and in PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal: Sacrifices.

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Goofs

While the story is unfolding in New Orleans, the film jumps back to a view of Andy's van parked on the waterfront near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, then back to New Orleans.

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Quotes

Linday Isley: Father Kemschler, it's one thing for you to break into my house, but to stand there and give me orders - that's something else!

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Connections

References The Exorcist (1973)

User Reviews

not bad, now can we finishing filming the movie

This was not a bad effort. The movie was actually interesting and had some suspense to it. I first saw this movie years ago, and thought the TV station cut it off to go to other programming. Well I saw it again about a year later hence, that's it the movie abruptly ended without further explanation. Sort of like the director, cast, and crew just didn't show up again....and that was it. At least now I know it was suppose to be continued in a TV series. This too me is still the strangest ending, if you care to call it that, of anything i've ever seen to date. Memo to the director- maybe if you would have thought of an end , or better yet at least created one...you might have made it through say ... 2 weeks into the new season.