Underplayed Gems

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow poster
Directed by
Henning Schellerup
Genre
horror film, comedy television program, ghost film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In this TV movie version of the classic story, a superstitious schoolteacher named Ichabod Crane comes to a small town and competes for the attention of a wealthy farmer's daughter. He faces a local bully and encounters a legendary headless horseman.

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What happens

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1980 American made-for-television film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It was filmed partly in Park City, Utah, and shown on NBC. It starred Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster as Katrina von Tassel, and Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. It was directed by Henning Schellerup and produced by Charles Sellier, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie. The plot follows the general outline of the 1820 Washington Irving short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", with the addition of a new character, widow Thelma Dumkey, who marries Brom Bones, leaving Ichabod free to marry Katrina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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