Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday October 24, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Papillon (1973)
W: Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr. D: Franklin Schaffner With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Victor Jory, Woodrow Parfrey, Billy Mumy, Val Avery, Vic Tayback, Gregory Sierra, Mills Watson, Ron Soble, William Smithers. A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fearless Malph
Season 6, episode 8 W: Walter Kempley D: Jerry Paris With Leon Askin (Professor Himmel). Ralph is hypnotized to cure his fright after a tornado warning is posted.
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| [NBC 8:00] Grandpa Goes To Washington [Reg]: Kelley's Best Friend
Season 1, episode 4 W: Leonora Thuna D: Paul Stanley With Harold Gould (Matthew Lawson). Senator Kelley's oldest and most trusted friend calls on him for reasons other than friendship.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Date With Eraserhead
Season 4, episode 7 W: Judy Ervin D: Ray DeVally Jr. With Lynne Marie Stewart (Muriel), Paul Willson (Eraserhead), Linda Gillen (Girl in Black Wig). Shirley finds out that Carmine is running around with other girls, so Laverne arranges a blind date for her with an old high school acquaintance.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Chrissy And The Guru
Season 3, episode 7 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt, Viki King D: Dave Powers With Paul Ainsley (Bartender), Michael Bell (Rama Mageesh), Regie Baf (Second Girl), Diane Sommerfield (First Girl). Chrissy, feeling very depressed, is taken in by a guru.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978)
W: S.S. Schweitzer D: James L. Conway With Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan, John Anderson, Diane McBain, John Doucette, Royal Dano, Gregory Walcott, Lance LeGault, Whit Bissell, Cindy Eilbacher. A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: High School Reunion
Season 1, episode 7 W: Sy Rosen D: James Burrows With Angelo Gnazzo (George), Arlene Golonka (Sheila), Pierrino Mascarino (Stanley Tarses), Joanna Cassidy (Beverly), Sandra Holt (Woman). Louie is afraid to attend his 20th anniversary class reunion -- so Bobby goes in his place.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Strange Justice
Season 4, episode 6 W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Reza Badiyi With Joseph Reale (Lenny Biggs), Woody Eney (D.A. Arnold Rich), Leslie Bloom (Officer O'Reilly), John Lisbon Wood (Higgins), Juli Andelman (Lori Prescott), Kenneth McMillan (Lieutenant Slate), Tom Baker (Officer Dobson), Carl Anderson (Marsellus Cobb), Mary Crosby (Leslie Slate), John Zenda (Captain Myerson), Susan Heldfond (Cassie). Starsky and Hutch become embroiled in a bizarre plan by a respected detective who sets his own deadly system of justice into motion to avenge the rape of his young daughter.
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