The Longest Hundred Miles is a 1967 American TV movie. It aired on NBC.[1]
Cast
edit- Doug McClure as Cpl. Steve Bennett
- Katharine Ross as Laura Huntington
- Ricardo Montalbán as Father Sanchez (as Ricardo Montalban)
Production
editThe film was shot on location in the Philippines over three months.[2]
Reception
editIt was tied with The Doomsday Flight as the highest rated TV movies of 1966; they were also tied for sixth overall in the top ten of films aired on US TV, surrounded by theatrical feature films, released in the past and now being aired on television. The first five were feature films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Robe (1953), Lilies of the Field (1963), Five Branded Women (1960) and PT109 (1963). Rounding out the top ten, following the tie at sixth, was the past feature film Blue Hawaii (1961), the TV movie Fame Is the Name of the Game, and the tenth place tie of the feature films The Delicate Delinquent (1957) and A Summer Place (1959).[3]
References
edit- ^ TV: 'Longest Hundred Miles' Viewed: 'World Premiere' Film of Well-Worn War First 2 Years in Life of Race Horse Also Seen By GEORGE GENT. New York Times 23 Jan 1967: 87.
- ^ One Actress Who Shall Not Return Dutton, Walt. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1967: c12.
- ^ 'Kwai' Easily Tops All '66 TV Movies By Rick Du Brow. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 24 Apr 1967: 66.
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