US TV movies released theatrically in UK 1970s/80s

[Ju Upton]

Hi

I'm looking for examples of, as the title of this thread says, US TV movies released theatrically in UK 1970s/80s.

Obviously there's Spielberg's Duel (1971), and I also remember (with great disappointment, as I'd already seen them on TV), the pilot for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) and one of the Incredible Hulk pilots getting a screening at my local fleapit.

I know there's quite a lot more. Anyone have any memories, or, even better, hard evidence?

Thanks

[batman]

IIRC the pilot episode of the original Battlestar Galactica received a UK theatrical release in about 1979/1980.

[agutterfan]

Apparently, Jenny's US TV Movie A War of Children (1972) was released theatrically in UK & Eire.

[wearysloth]

Do TV episodes as TV Movies as theatrical releases count?

I saw several of these man From UNCLE mashups at the cinema back in the day.

Good reference site here
THE U.N.C.L.E. TIMELINE FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

[dremble wedge]

I'm sure I can remember seeing an advert at the cinema for Spider Man: The Dragon's Challenge which was part of the TV series I think.

Cat and Mouse from 1974 starring Kirk Douglas and Jean Seberg was released theatrically over here.

[MikeB]

I seem to vaguely remember that 'The Horror at 37,000 Feet' from 1973 (staring 'The Shat'!) was shown in cinemas, although it was a TV movie. And was 'Mark of Zorro' (1974) ever released over here?

[Paul Waines]

So was the Strother Martin pic SSSSS, I think it was called SSSnake in the States. From around 73/4. I know it was released as a theatrical film in the U.K. as I have the Quad for it somewhere...

[philly]

David Copperfield 1969 ,The Power And The Glory 1961,Ewoks:Battle for Endor 1987 (Saw it!), Oliver Twist 1982, A Christmas Carol 1984, The Return Of Jafar (Disney)199? (Saw It!)

[m35541]

Dan Curtis' Dracula was released theatrically over here as was Jack Smight's Frankenstein the True Story (in an abridged 2 hour version)

[ajhooper]

Salem's Lot was given a theatrical showing, though in a greatly edited form. I remember some scenes were also reshot, for example in the TV version a character has a shotgun pointed at his face, in the theatrical version he has the barrels put in his mouth.

[Gerald Lovell]

I saw Madame Sin (1972) starring Bette Davis and Robert Wagner in a cinema on its release here, but I think it was designed and originally shown in the US as a TV movie.

[GRAEME]

So was the Strother Martin pic SSSSS, I think it was called SSSnake in the States. From around 73/4. I know it was released as a theatrical film in the U.K. as I have the Quad for it somewhere...

But SSSSnake was a theatrical release in the USA too. No mention I've seen of it being made-for-TV.

Originally released as a double feature with The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, according to IMDB.

[philly]

If think quite a few of the Walt Disney tv series "The Wonderful World Of Colour" were issued here theatrically, some abridged.

[Markb]

Ransom for a Dead Man(1971), the second of two pilot episodes for the TV detective series Columbo, was released theatrically in the UK. It was before my time but, if you look it up on imdb, there's a link to a picture of the UK Quad poster.

[Windthrop]

David Copperfield starring Robin Philips was made for American TV and got a theatrical release.

[orpheum2]

without giving any titles i recall that many Universal tv movies were released here as the bottom half of double bills in the 70s and 80s.Sometimes they were pilots for tv series which never happened.Most had minimal production values and werent particularly good.So naturally they tend to end up on Channel 5 in the afternoon.

[Heinrich]

In the late 50s and before everyone had television sets, American TV shows such as Cheyenne, were often shown in local cinemas for children.