The Greatest Gift (1974)
1h 36m
Running Time
November 4, 1974Release Date
The Greatest Gift (1974)
1h 36m
Running Time
November 4, 1974Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with a violent, bullying sheriff whilst protecting his loved ones.
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Cast & Crew.
Glenn Ford
Rev. Holvak
Julie Harris
Elizabeth Holvak
Lance Kerwin
Ramey Holvak
Harris Yulin
Hog Yancy
Charles Tyner
Amos Goodloe
Dabbs Greer
Deacon Hurd
Ken Renard
Abraham Morrison
Cari Anne Warder
Julie Mae Holvak
J. Don Ferguson
Jim Friedlin
Leslie Thorsen
Tincey Bell
Bob Hannah
Emmet Posten
Furman Walters
Willis Graham
Elsie Travis
Mrs. Goodloe
Don Devendorf
Bert
Tom Hilliard
Harold Biglow
Lewell Akins
Hap
Doris Pearce
Mrs. Pradley
Albert Smith
Eli Wiggins
Burt Douglas
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Farris
Writer
Abby Mann
Writer
Boris Sagal
Director
Dean Hargrove
Producer
Dick DeBenedictis
Music
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Greatest Gift is an NBC television movie which premiered on November 4, 1974. Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Glenn Ford, Julie Harris, and Lance Kerwin, the film served as the pilot for the 1975 television series The Family Holvak.