The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
Genre	Drama
Written by	Cliff Gould Ivan Goff Ben Roberts
Screenplay by	Cliff Gould
Directed by	William Hale
Starring	Mike Connors Grégoire Aslan Mariette Hartley Patrick O'Neal Clu Gulager James Shigeta Robert Colbert Robert Hooks Samantha Eggar
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Ivan Goff Ben Roberts
Producers	William Cairncross Michael P. Schoenbrun
Cinematography	Gert Andersen
Editor	Neil MacDonald
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Paramount Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 4, 1974 (1974-04-04)

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die is a 1976 American TV film broadcast by ABC on its The ABC Sunday Night Movie . ^{[1] [2]} It was a pilot for a proposed TV series. ^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Mike Connors as Karl Ohanian
• Grégoire Aslan as Ara
• Mariette Hartley as Heather McDougall
• Patrick O'Neal as Commissioner Pat Moore
• Clu Gulager as Harry Keller
• James Shigeta as David Lao
• Robert Colbert as Doug McDougall
• Robert Hooks as Commissioner Frank Wharton
• Samantha Eggar as Anne Roland
• Lucille Benson as Flo
• Phillip Ahn as Soong
• Tony Becker as Steve McDougall
• Christopher L. Gardner as Doug
• Todd Mason as Priest
• James Burr-Johnson as Reardon
• Kate Hawley as Nancy Rigg
• Leslie Howard Fong Jr. as Kim
• Eugene Peterson as Secretary
• Larry Watson as Corpsman
• Don Eitner as Coast Guard Officer
• Kwan Hi Lim as Chew

Reception

It was the ninth highest rated TV show of the week in the US. ^[5]

References

1. 'The Killer Who Wouldn't Die' By John Carmody. The Washington Post. April 3, 1976: E5.
2. "Sunday's TV previews". Mid Cities Daily News. Dallas. April 4, 1976. p. 4. Retrieved October 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. TV MOVIE REVIEW: Mike Connors in Series Pilot Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times April 2, 1976: e28.
4. Kleiner, Dick (August 2, 1976). "Ask Dick Kleiner". Fort Scott Tribune . Rust Communications. p. 5. Retrieved October 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. Deeb, Gary (April 8, 1976). "'Helter' soars to No. 1 spot". Chicago Tribune . Tribune Publishing. p. B-9. ISSN   1085-6706. OCLC   7960243 . Retrieved July 26, 2019– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• The Killer Who Wouldn't Die at BFI
• The Killer Who Wouldn't Die at IMDb