Murder at the World Series

(ABC, 3/20/1977, 120 mins). A troubled young man, bent on avenging the Houston Astro baseball team’s rejection of him, plots a bizarre kidnapping during the final two games of the World Series in Houston and places the lives of five innocent women in jeopardy. The original title for this movie: “The Woman in Box 359.”

Production Company ABC Circle Films. Director Andrew V. McLaglen. Producer Cy Chermak. Teleplay Cy Chermak. Photography Richard C. Glouner. Music John Cacavas. Editors John F. Link, Richard A. Harris. Art Director Elayne Barbara Ceder.

Cast Lynda Day George (Margot Mannering), Murray Hamilton (Harvey Murkison), Karen Valentine (Lois Marshall), Gerald S. O’Loughlin (Moe Gold), Michael Parks (Larry Marshall), Janet Leigh (Karen Weese), Hugh O’Brian (The Governor), Nancy Kelly (Alice Dakso), Johnny Seven (Severino), Tamara Dobson (Lisa), Joseph Wiseman (Sam Druckman), Bruce Boxleitner (Cisco), Larry Mahan (Gary Vawn), Cooper Huckabee (Frank Gresham), Maggie Wellman (Kathy), Cynthia Avila (Jane Torres), Monica Gayle (Barbara Gresham), Lisa Hartman (Stewardess).