Intimate Strangers

(ABC, 11/11/1977, 120 mins). A contemporary drama of a couple who find that their deep love for each other cannot overcome the emotions threatening to destroy their marriage, and she becomes a battered wife. The original title for this: “Battered!” Tyne Daly earned an Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.

Production Company Charles Fries Productions. Director John Llewellyn Moxey. Executive Producer Charles Fries. Producers Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Teleplay Esther Shapiro, Richard Shapiro. Photography Robert B. Hauser. Music Fred Karlin. Editor Walter A. Hannemann. Art Director Bill Ross. Associate Producer Tony Ganz.

Cast Dennis Weaver (Donald Halston), Sally Struthers (Janis Halston), Tyne Daly (Karen Renshaw), Larry Hagman (Mort Burns), Melvyn Douglas (Donald’s Father), Brian Andrews (Chris Halston), Quinn Cummings (Peggy Halston), Julian Burton (Dr. James Morgan), Ellen Travolta (Marilyn Burns), Ellen Blake (Bridget), Regis J. Cordic (Simpson/rest home director), James Keane, Edward Walsh, Barbara Iley, Jack Stauffer, Carol Vogel, Dolores Dorn, Judy Farrell, Roberta Jean Williams, Norma Nonn Martin, Margo Ann Bordeshevsky, Rhea Perlman, Irene Forrest, Joseph G. Medalis, Steven Anderson, Terrence McNally, Tony Lucatorto, Larry French, Orin Kennedy, Penny Krompier, Leigh Kavanaugh.