Cliffhangers (1979)
- Original title
- Stop Susan Williams
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 10 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This series brings back old movie serials by splitting each hour into three mini-stories. One is a mystery, one blends sci-fi with Westerns, and one is a horror tale.
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What happens
Cliffhangers is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from February 27 to May 1, 1979. It attempted to revive the genre of movie serials in a television format. Each hour-long episode was divided into three 20-minute segments: a mystery, Stop Susan Williams; a science fiction/Western hybrid, The Secret Empire; and a horror story, The Curse of Dracula. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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