Fear No Evil (1969 film)

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Fear No Evil
Genre Horror
Thriller
Screenplay by Richard Alan Simmons
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Starring Louis Jourdan
Music by Billy Goldenberg
(as William Goldenberg)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer David Levinson
Producer Richard Alan Simmons
Production locationsUniversal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
CinematographyAndrew J. McIntyre
EditorByron Chudnow
Running time98 minutes
Production company Universal Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMarch 3, 1969 (1969-03-03)

Fear No Evil is a 1969 American made-for-television horror thriller film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Louis Jourdan as David Sorrell, a psychologist and authority on the occult who becomes involved in supernatural investigations. Wilfrid Hyde-White appears as Sorrell's mentor, Harry Snowden. Originally broadcast on March 3, 1969 as NBC's first "Movie of the Week", Fear No Evil was a pilot for a proposed television series. [1] It performed well enough in the ratings for the network to commission a sequel television film, Ritual of Evil (1970), but it never became a series. [2]

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Plot

The plot focuses on a young man who dies suddenly after purchasing an antique mirror. The man's widow visits Sorrell but starts to be plagued with strange, eerie dreams in which her husband's image visits her in the mirror. The psychologist investigates and learns that a sinister cult and ancient magic are involved.

Cast

Production

The Fear No Evil project was approved by the NBC programming executive Mort Werner, and the veteran film writer Guy Endore was signed on to write the story, but Endore was unable to finish the assignment and it was passed on to Richard Alan Simmons instead. [1] Despite this, Endore received a received a screen credit for "story". At the time Simmons took on the writing, the film was to be called Dead of Night, but the title was changed to The Bedeviled and later to Fear No Evil. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ekstedt, Richard (September 5, 2009). "Fear No Evil: An Observance". Films in Review . Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  2. Greenberger, Robert (March 2023). "Lynda Day George: Her Missions Were Possible". RetroFan. No. 25. United States: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 5.