Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday July 9, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Movie: Five Million Years To Earth (1967)
W: Nigel Kneale D: Roy Ward Baker With Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, James Donald, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont, Bryan Marshall. A time capsule unearthed in London contains clues to an ancient invasion by Martians, and a famous scientist is called in to determine the capsule's origins and explain its strange effect on people.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Hacksaw (1)
Season 18, episode 2 D: Larry Lansburgh With Tab Hunter, Susan Bracken, Russ McCubbin (Dusty Trent). First of a two-part adventure story about a cowboy living in the Canadian Rockies who captures and tries to break a wild stallion. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] Democratic National Committee Telethon [special]
A continuation of the mammoth, 18 1/2 hour musical-variety telethon to raise funds for the Democratic Presidential campaign. The show will originate live and on tape from Miami, Hollywood, Las Vegas and Nashville. Guest celebrities from the sports and entertainment world [see July 8th] as well as Democratic Committee officials will share the duties of host throughout the program.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Jimmy Stewart Show [Reg]: The Quarterback Ache
Season 1, episode 17 W: Hal Kanter, Steve Barker D: Ezra Stone With Richard Annis (Karpopolis), Jack Somack (Coach Wylie), Jerry Hausner (Dr. Scully), Marilyn Rogers (Susie), Willis Bouchey (Phineas Cobb). Everyone on campus joins in the campaign to help the overweight star quarterback of the football team lose 10 pounds. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Smoky (1966)
W: Harold Medford D: George Sherman With Fess Parker, Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado, Hoyt Axton, Robert J. Wilke. The story of a wrangler who embarks upon a series of adventures with a wild stallion.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: The Stalker
Season 11, episode 8 W: D.C. Fontana D: Robert L. Friend With Harry Holcombe (Dr. Martin), Vernon Weddle (South), Charlotte Stewart (Lisa Campbell), Austin Roberts (Travis), John Perak (Devlin), Dorothy Konrad (Mrs. Pardee), Pitt Herbert (Postal Clerk), Ed Griffith (Jim Campbell), Brian Dewey (Kenny Campbell), Lloyd Battista (Jake Campbell). In his attempt to thwart a bank holdup, ranch hand Candy kills one of the robbers and becomes the target of threats. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1969)
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| [CBS 9:30] Cade's County [Reg]: A Gun For Billy
Season 1, episode 10 W: Anthony Lawrence D: Richard Donner With David Doyle (Dr. Geis), Linda Cristal (Celia), Bobby Darin (Billy Dobbs), Warren Kemmerling (McCann), Leif Garrett (Gabriel), Richard Kelton (Paul Jeffries). An escaped convict has delusions that he's Billy the Kid -- and that Sam Cade is Pat Garrett. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/28/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers [Reg]: In Sudden Darkness
Season 3, episode 10 W: Charles Israel, David Moessinger D: David Moessinger With John Milford (Lt. Hewitt), Carol Lawrence (Norma Hazelwood), Sian Barbara Allen (Lauren), Tim O'Connor (Dr. Newcomb), Frank Aletter (William Harper), David Spielberg (D.A. Wahlburg), Barry Higgins (David Sherman), Arthur Adams (Judge Miller). Attorneys Walter Nichols and Brian Darrell are faced with the difficult defense of Lauren Hazelwood, who won't reveal why she killed her father. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/30/1972)
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