Prime-time network TV listings for Friday July 15, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966)
W: William Rose D: Norman Jewison With Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Theodore Bikel, Paul Ford, Ben Blue, Parker Fennelly. A Soviet sub on maneuvers off the coast of New England ventures too close to shore and goes aground, setting off wild rumors among the inhabitants of a seacoast town that the U.S. is being invaded.
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| [ABC 8:00] TV Movie: Bridger (1976)
W: Merwin Gerard, Herschell Gordon Lewis D: David Lowell Rich With James Wainwright, Ben Murphy, Dirk Blocker, Sally Field, John Anderson, William Windom. The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to England.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Will
Season 6, episode 20 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Russ Petranto With Raymond Allen, Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Eric Laneuville (Daniel), Julius Harris (Doctor). Convinced that he is at death's door after being knocked cold by Aunt Esther's purse, Fred summons family and friends for an emotional reading of his will. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1977)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Ed's Recuperation
Season 3, episode 6 W: Hal Kanter, Michael Morris D: Jack Donohue With Shirley Mitchell (Amanda). Though fully recovered from his operation, Ed hires a nurse, not knowing that she met all four of her husbands in a hospital and nursed them to death. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1976)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Becker Connection
Season 3, episode 16 W: Juanita Bartlett D: Reza Badiyi With Pat Finley (Peggy Becker), Jack Kelly (Alex Kasajian), Jack Carter (Marty Golden), James B. Sikking (John Hickland), William Jordan (Andy Dolan), Lal Baum (Joey Holbrook), Rita George (Officer Hasty), Bucklind Beery (Al Mazurski), Luis Delgado (Officer Billings), Bert Kramer (Capt. O'Reilly). Det. Becker is suspended from the force when he is suspected of dealing drugs, but when Rockford investigates he uncovers a narcotics ring complete with a crooked cop. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/11/1977)
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| [ABC 9:30] Movie: A Gunfight (1971)
W: Harold Jack Bloom D: Lamont Johnson With Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Dana Elcar. Two legendary gunmen, who had been struggling to make a non-violent living for many years, meet each other in a small southwestern town and decide to stage a gunfight between them - winner take all.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Visitors In Paradise
Season 2, episode 3 W: Michael Sloan D: Ivan Dixon With William Sylvester (Joe Crawford), Ivor Francis (Howard Garfield), Jamie Lee Curtis (Girl), Pernell Roberts (Sheriff Connelly), Hilary Thompson (Jessie Cassey), Jack Kelly (Peter Devlin), Barry Cahill (John Cassey), Stanley Kamel (Max Cullis), James Chandler (Judge Walker), James Jeter (Shannon), Roger Davis (Dr. Taggart). Despite hostility from the residents of a fishing resort, Quincy insists on involving himself in a controversial manslaughter case. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1977)
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| [CBS 10:30] Stop The Presses [special]
With John Rubinstein, Bryan Gordon. Comedy pilot. Two aspiring reporters link a local politician to organized crime.
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