The Lives of Jenny Dolan

(NBC, 10/27/1975, 120 mins). Veteran producer Ross Hunter came to television with this drama (a pilot for a prospective series) about a glamorous newspaper reporter, played by Shirley Jones, who is assigned to investigate the assassination of a political figure.

Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Jerry Jameson. Executive Producer Ross Hunter. Producer Jacque Mapes. Teleplay James Lee. Based on an Original Idea by Richard Alan Simmons. Photography Matthew F. Leonetti. Music Patrick Williams. Editor George W. Brooks. Art Director Preston Ames. Costumes Guy Verhille.

Cast Shirley Jones (Jenny Dolan), Stephen Boyd (Joe Rossiter), Lynn Carlin (Nancy Royce), James Darren (Oriando), Farley Granger (David Ames), George Grizzard (Ralph Stantlow), David Hedison (Dr. Wes Dolan), Stephen McNally (Lieutenant Nesbitt), Ian McShane (Sanders), Pernell Roberts (Camera shop proprietor), Percy Rodrigues (Dr. Laurence Mallen), Collin Wilcox-Horne (Mrs. Owens), Dana Wynter (Andrea Hardesty), Charles Drake (Alan Hardesty), Jess Oppenheimer (Springfield), Paul Carr (Eddie Owens), Virginia Grey (Landlady), Tony Young (Intern).