Good Against Evil (1977)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 22 May 1977
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 72 mins (on original broadcast) 97 mins (syndication version)
Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Television / Frankel Productions / Lin Bolen Productions
Executive Producers: Lin Bolen, Ernie Frankel
Executive Production Manager: Mark Evans
Unit Production Manager: Lorin B. Salob

SCRIPT
Script: Jimmy Sangster

DIRECTION
Director: Paul Wendkos
Assistant Director: Foster H. Phinney

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jack Woolf
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Art Seid, George Hively
Post Production Supervisor: Joseph Silver

MUSIC
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Music Supervisor: Lionel Newman
Music Editor: Len Engel

SOUND
Sound Editors: William Hartman, Richard Sperber

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Ladies Wardrobe: Theodores

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Richard Y. Haman
Set Decorator: Dennis Peeples

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Francisco, California, USA

CASTING
Casting: Lynn Stalmaster

CAST
Dack Rambo (Andy Stuart)
Elyssa Davalos (Jessica Gordon)
Richard Lynch (Mr Rimmin)
Dan O'Herlihy (Father Kemschler)
John Harkins (Father Wheatley)
Jenny O'Hara (the woman)
Lelia Goldoni (Sister Monica)
Peggy McCay (Irene)
Peter Brandon (Dr Price)
Kim Cattrall (Linday Isley)
Natasha Ryan (Cindy Isley)
Richard Sanders (the doctor)
Lillian Adams (Beatrice)
Erica Yohn (Agnes)
Richard Stahl (Brown)
Issac Goz (Merlin)
Sandy Ward (Lieutenant Taggert)

PLOT SUMMARY

Jessica Gordon grows up not realising that she is the daughter of Satan himself. When she's abducted by the cult who have been watching her for years, her boyfriend Andy recruits a pair of priests, Fathers Kemschler and Wheatley, to help him find her and exorcise her of the demons which have now possessed her.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A dull, threadbare and sanitized take on The Exorcist (1973) by way of To the Devil… A Daughter (1976) which ultimately ends up going nowhere. Performances are never any better than bland, Wendkos' direction is merely serviceable and the script is more concerned with romance than horror. A pointless pilot that failed to generate enough interest to lead to a full series.

USA
Television Distributor: ABC
DVD Distributor: Brentwood

SEE ALSO
The Exorcist (1973)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
To the Devil… A Daughter (1976)

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KEYWORDS

the devil; exorcisms; possession; priests