Savage

Mar 31, 1973

1h 13m

★ 5.3

Overview

A television reporter uncovers a compromising photograph of a Supreme Court nominee, only for the woman in the picture to die under mysterious circumstances. As he investigates, he’s drawn into a web of political intrigue and media manipulation. Originally conceived as a TV series pilot, the 1973 thriller aired as a standalone film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Martin Landau.

Genres

TV Movie

Thriller

Drama

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Cast

Paul Savage

Martin Landau

Gail Abbott

Barbara Bain

Joel Ryker

Will Geer

Peter Brooks

Paul Richards

Allison Baker

Michele Carey

Judge Daniel Stern

Barry Sullivan

Marian Stern

Louise Latham

Ted Seligson

Dabney Coleman

Lee Raynolds

Susan Howard

Russell

Pat Harrington Jr.

Jerry

Jack Bender

Director

Victor Millan

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.

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