CBS Saturday Movie (1978-1979)
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1. Outside Chance (1978 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
A young woman accused of murdering the jailer who raped her, escapes from jail and becomes a fugitive.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Yvette Mimieux, Royce D. Applegate, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Susan Batson
Votes: 40
2. A Real American Hero (1978 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser attempts to stop a moonshiner whose bad liquor has blinded several teens.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Forrest Tucker, Brian Kerwin, Ken Howard
Votes: 355
3. Who'll Save Our Children? (1978 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A childless couple provide shelter for a pair of homeless children. When they try to adopt them the natural parents appear leading to the inevitable court battle.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, Cassie Yates, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 41
4. Champions: A Love Story (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Sport
Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.
Director: John A. Alonzo | Stars: Shirley Knight, Tony Lo Bianco, Jimmy McNichol, Joy LeDuc
Votes: 211
6. Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
2 lady truck drivers buy their own rig & try to make a go of it.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Annie Potts, Harry Dean Stanton, Kim Darby, Arthur Godfrey
Votes: 191
7. Murder by Natural Causes (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Richard Anderson, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Barry Bostwick
Votes: 870
8. Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil (Stockard Channing), a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Stockard Channing, James Farentino, Colleen Dewhurst, Edward Albert
Votes: 99
9. The Chinese Typewriter (1979 TV Movie)
60 min | Action, Adventure
This unsold TV pilot set in Hawaii is about two PIs hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen jet, the company's latest prototype.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Tom Selleck, James Whitmore Jr., Lane Bradbury, William Daniels
Votes: 42
10. Willa (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Willa wants to make it on her own. Her mom's a drunk, her husband has abandoned her, and she has 2 kids. She waitresses during the day and loads produce at night in exchange for ... See full summary »
Directors: Joan Darling, Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Clu Gulager, Diane Ladd, Nancy Marchand
Votes: 57
11. No Other Love (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Two marginally intellectually disabled young adults fall in love and wish to marry.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Thomas, Julie Kavner, Frances Lee McCain, Norman Alden
Votes: 118
12. The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A young woman volunteers to carry an embryo transplant for a couple that has tried and failed to have a baby. Soon, however, she begins to have second thoughts about giving up the baby after it's born.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Kay Lenz, Martin Balsam, Cassie Yates, Charles Siebert
Votes: 29
13. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama
Based on writer Maya Angelou's childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Paul Benjamin, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 335
14. The Ultimate Impostor (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Action
A secret agent is trained by having his brain linked up to a computer. He is then sent on a mission to rescue a Russian sub commander. The Russian is a defector who has important secrets ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Joseph Hacker, Keith Andes, Macon McCalman, Erin Gray
Votes: 41
15. Steeletown (1979 TV Movie)
60 min
Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Bibi Besch, Michael Biehn, Kraig Cassity, Frank Converse
Votes: 43
16. Forever (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A made-for-TV movie based on Judy Blume's novel Forever.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Dean Butler, John Friedrich, Beth Raines
Votes: 106
17. Last of the Good Guys (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young cop starts an elaborate con game to ensure that the family of his dead buddy gets a pension.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: Robert Culp, Elta Blake, Jonathan Harris, Roger Bowen
Votes: 83
18. The Paradise Connection (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A famous Chicago criminal lawyer, Stuart Douglas, arrives in Maui searching for his son, Bruce, who has run away from a promising legal career; it appears that Bruce has become involved in a dangerous drug smuggling operation.
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Marj Dusay, Brian Kerwin, Bonnie Ebsen
Votes: 47
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