Various feature length pilot episodes and one-off movies from American TV.
A list of American TV pilot episodes and one-off movies, mainly the older ones.
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- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkGene BarryKatherine JusticeA psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.Made for TV but rejected for its violence.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsTelly SavalasMarjoe GortnerJosé FerrerA homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRaymond BurrGeraldine BrooksWally CoxParalyzed by a sniper's bullet, Robert T. Ironside continues investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Ironside sets out to find his would-be assassin.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsBen MurphyBonnie BedeliaLew AyresThe residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsFred GwynneYvonne De CarloAl LewisWhen the owner of a wax museum attempts to frame Herman and Grandpa Munster for pulling a jewelry heist, they must both prove their innocence and find out who the true thieves are.
- DirectorGeorge CahanStarsLarry FineMoe HowardShemp HowardTelevision pilot for a Three Stooges situation comedy, where the Stooges are painters and paperhangers and completely wreck a hapless couple's home.
- DirectorWalter ColmesStarsDale EvansForrest TaylorLane BradfordDale snaps the first picture ever of "Notched Ear Jackson" and then the chase is on. This Pilot became the Precursor to the Roy Rogers Show.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsDan O'HerlihyMarjo HarrisGertrude MichaelA dramatic t.v. pilot that tells the story of the tragic, mysterious "love deaths" of Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera at Mayerling in 1889.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBuddy EbsenMarvin KaplanClaude StroudBoring failed pilot revolving around the Andrews Sisters consisting primarily of them mouthing to already recorded songs with some mediocre comedy bits from a loose plot, sandwiched in between.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsEdward G. RobinsonJohn HoytAnn DoranThis is a pilot TV movie for a series about a former police captain turned eager defense attorney.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsMichael AllenArthur CassellAndrew DugganA school bus driver (Jack Warden) is fired by the local school board when he refuses to sign a loyalty oath. This was a pilot for a proposed anthology series that didn't sell.
- StarsAnn SheridanUna MerkelPhilip OberPilot for a proposed series about the comedic adventures of a Nevada casino's public affairs director.
- DirectorPaul LandresHerbert L. StrockGeorge WaggnerStarsBoris KarloffDenise AlexanderWhit BissellPilot film for an anthology series called "The Veil."
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsBilly PearsonBenay VenutaMaurice MansonLight-hearted pilot for a proposed CBS detective series featuring characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner (under the pseudonym of A.A. Fair). Penny-pinching, rotund Bertha Cool runs a detective agency while her diminutive junior partner Donald Lam provides the legs and padded expense account. In the pilot, Lam's investigation of infidelity leads to murder.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsDarrell HowePatrick WayneIda LupinoPilot for a sitcom about a family caught up in the craze over the latest teenage rock-and-roll sensation.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRichard ErdmanAnne FrancisJohn HoytPilot for a proposed anthology series where each story revolved around the meaning of one of the Ten Commandments in modern times. The theme for this story was the third commandment: "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain."
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsKeith AndesLewis MartinMary AdamsPilot for a proposed medical series set in a large metropolitan hospital. A woman must have an operation to save her life, but her husband refuses to authorize the procedure. Dr. Grant must learn why and convince him to allow the life-saving operation.
- DirectorRobert M. LeedsStarsWilliam JoyceFay SpainRegis PartonPilot for a proposed western series about a footloose, guitar-strumming cowboy who helps folks with their problems. In the pilot episode, Johnny is hired to provide music for a wedding and discovers that the bride is an unwilling participant in the proposed nuptials.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBen BlueRuth McDevittBarbara HellerIn 1958, Ben Blue played all four brothers (the wealthy snob, the vaudevillian, the tramp and the average guy), in this comedy pilot for CBS. The network didn't exercise it's option and the pilot wasn't aired until 1965.
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsMargaret O'BrienLeon AmesFay BakerPilot for a proposed sit-com concerns the misadventures that occur when a sophisticated husband-and-wife team of actors and their clever teen-age daughter move from Manhattan to suburban Connecticut and immediately clash with their new neighbors.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsMichael O'SheaVirginia MayoLes TremaynePilot for a situation comedy developed by CBS about the adventures of a gentle Irish-American beat cop and his non-confrontational methods of resolving neighborhood problems.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsGene NelsonJoe MantellMarvin KaplanPilot for a situation comedy about three war buddies who decide to chuck their individual careers and open a restaurant together.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsSheila MacRaeGordon MacRaeKelly SmithUnsold situation comedy pilot about the complicated lives of a show business couple, their kids and friends.