Baffled!

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Baffled!
Baffled! FilmPoster.jpeg
GenreThriller
Written byTheodore Apstein
Directed by Philip Leacock [1]
Starring Leonard Nimoy
Susan Hampshire
Rachel Roberts
Vera Miles
Music by Richard Hill
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Norman Felton
ProducerPhilip Leacock
CinematographyKen Hodges
Editor Bill Blunden
Running time90 minutes (American version)
100 minutes (UK version)
Production companiesArena Productions
ITC Entertainment
Original release
Network NBC [1]
ReleaseJanuary 30, 1973 (1973-01-30) [1]

Baffled! is a 1973 American-British made-for-television supernatural mystery film directed by Philip Leacock. [2] [3] The story is part of the occult detective subgenre and stars Leonard Nimoy, [4] Susan Hampshire, [1] and Vera Miles. [1]

Contents

Baffled! was intended as a pilot for a television series [3] but when no network showed interest it was released in British theatres [1] and later released as a television film in America on NBC. [1] The British version runs ten minutes longer than the American. [5]

Plot

Race car driver Tom Kovack suddenly begins to experience psychic visions. [4] He meets Michelle Brent, an expert on the paranormal, and the two form an unlikely partnership. Kovack's visions draw them into an occult-themed mystery at a remote inn on the English coast.

Cast

Home release

Scorpion Releasing, in conjunction with ITV, released a DVD of Baffled! in 2014. [5] The DVD included both the UK version and U.S versions of the film. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fisher, Kieran (26 January 2020). "Leonard Nimoy Races Cars and Investigates the Occult In 'Baffled!'". Film School Rejects . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Baffled!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2nd edition. McFarland & Company. p. 70. ISBN   9780786486410.
  4. 1 2 Nunez, Alex (27 February 2015). "That time Leonard Nimoy played a psychic racecar driver". Road & Track . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Leonard Nimoy Is Baffled!". Star Trek . 19 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2023.


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