The Greatest Gift (film)

For other uses, see The Greatest Gift (disambiguation).

The Greatest Gift
Glenn Ford and Lance Kerwin as Reverend and Ramey Holvak
Genre	Drama
Based on	Ramey by Jack Farris
Written by	Ben Goodman
Directed by	Boris Sagal
Starring	Glenn Ford Julie Harris Lance Kerwin
Theme music composer	Richard DeBenedictis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Dean Hargrove
Cinematography	Stevan Larner
Editors	Howard Epstein Douglas Stewart
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 4, 1974 (1974-11-04)
Related
The Family Holvak

The Greatest Gift is an NBC television movie which premiered on November 4, 1974. Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Glenn Ford, Julie Harris, and Lance Kerwin, the film served as the pilot for the 1975 television series The Family Holvak .

Synopsis

Humble Depression-era preacher Reverend Holvak (Glenn Ford) lives with his wife Elizabeth (Julie Harris) and son Ramey (Lance Kerwin) and struggles against the injustice of violence and a corrupt sheriff in an attempt to maintain the moral values of their faith in their small town.

Cast

Actor	Role
Glenn Ford	Rev. Holvak
Julie Harris	Elizabeth Holvak
Lance Kerwin	Ramey Holvak
Cari Anne Warder-Kueltzo	Julie Mae Holvak
Harris Yulin	Hog Yancy
Charles Tyner	Amos Goodloe
Furman Walters	Willis Graham
Dabbs Greer	Deacon Hurd

References

• Movies made for television, 1964–2004, by Alvin H. Maril

External links

• The Greatest Gift at IMDb