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Ordeal

Oct 30, 1973
1h 30m
★ 5.1

Overview

Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.

Genres

Drama
TV Movie

Production Companies

ABC

Cast

Arthur Hill

Richard Damian

Arthur Hill

Diana Muldaur

Kay Damian

Diana Muldaur

James Stacy

Andy Folsom

James Stacy

Macdonald Carey

Eliot Frost

Macdonald Carey

Michael Ansara

Sheriff Peter Geeson

Michael Ansara

Arch Whiting

Fred

Arch Whiting

Bill Catching

Joe Duncan

Bill Catching

Len Felber

Ralph

Len Felber

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