"Ripley's Believe It or Not!" (1982) TV series 1982-1986

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Ronald Lyon

Writers:

Thomas Fuchs (writer)
David H. Vowell (writer)

Release Date:

26 September 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Reality-TV

Plot:

Based on the travels and discoveries of oddity-hunter Ripley, this show looked at the people, places...

Plot Keywords:

Jack The Ripper | Non Fiction

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Jack Palance	...	Himself - Host (1982-1986)
Cathie Shirriff	...	Herself (1982-1983)
Holly Palance	...	Herself (1983-1985)
Marie Osmond	...	Herself (1985-1986)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)

Palance Made This Show

This was one of the finest show's of the early 1980's. Jack Palance was always one of the scariest actors to grace the motion picture and television screens and this show only added to this mystique. Not only was it educational, but it was fun as well and it showed what a gift Palance had for storytelling. The one segment that really showed that talent was when he related the murder of Rasputin. Not only did he tell the story, but he almost seemed to act it out and made it come alive. Of course balancing things out were his female co-hosts and the best of them was his daughter Holly. She brought a sense of normalcy to the show and really made the show informative as well as bizarre. Too bad the new version couldn't take lessons from this version. While that one seems to delight in shocking people, this version was very enjoyable to watch.