The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
1h 44m
Running Time
October 31, 1980Release Date
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
1h 44m
Running Time
October 31, 1980Release Date
Plot.
A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
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Cast & Crew.
Dick Butkus
Brom Bones
Jeff Goldblum
Ichabod Crane
Paul Sand
Frederic Dutcher
Meg Foster
Katrina Van Tassel
Laura Campbell
Thelma Dumkey
Henning Schellerup
Director
James Griffith
Squire Van Tassel
Michael Ruud
Winthrop Palmer
Malvin Wald
Writer
Karin Isaacson
Jenny
Thomas C. Chapman
Writer
H.E.D. Redford
Karl
Tiger Thompson
Jan Van Tassel
Washington Irving
Writer
James L. Conway
Producer
Michael Witt
Ted Vanderhoof
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1980 American made-for-television film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It was filmed partly in Park City, Utah and shown on NBC. It starred Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster as Katrina von Tassel, and Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. It was directed by Henning Schellerup and produced by Charles Sellier, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie.The plot follows the general outline of the Irving story, with the addition of a new character, widow Thelma Dumkey, who marries Brom Bones, leaving Ichabod free to marry Katrina.