Mrs. Sundance

(NBC, 6/20/1977, 90 mins). A struggling high school football coach, his wife and three growing children take in four more who were being raised by his sister and her husband before dying in a plane crash. This was the pilot for the short lived 1977-78 series with stars Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue.

Production Companies Christiana Productions, Paramount Network Television. Director Noel Black. Producer Joanna Lee. Teleplay Joanna Lee. Photography Terry K. Meade. Music George Aliceson Tipton. Song “We Gotta Stick Together” by Daniel Walsh, Michael Price. Editor Kenneth R. Koch. Art Director Kenneth A. Reid.

Cast Lawrence Pressman (Michael Mulligan), Elinor Donahue (Jane Mulligan), Johnny Whitaker (Mark Mulligan), Christopher Ciampa (Adam “Moose” Friedman), K.C. Martel (Jimmy Mulligan), Julie Haddock (Melinda Mulligan), Suzanne Crough (Stevie Friedman), Lory Kochheim (Polly Friedman), Sunshine Lee (Kimmy Friedman), Alex Karras (Mr. Hollenbeck), Johnny Timko (Matt Hollenbeck), Zandor Taylor (Zandor), Jaime Alba (Polo Polocheck), Katy Kurtzman (Katy), David Jolliffe (Greeley, Jamie Silvani (Roselli), Adam Gunn (Brown), Steve Butts (Goodman), Paul Lambert (Principal), Pamela Serpe (Miss Silver), Lynn Holly (Beach girl), Sally Marr (Teacher).