The New CBS Friday Night Movies (1971-1972)
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- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsLeif EricksonDoug McClureRoddy McDowallOn a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.17 September 1971
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLloyd BridgesFrank ConverseSallie ShockleyA detective accidentally kills his son-in-law's floozy and then tries to cover-up his actions.24 September 1971
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsAnthony FranciosaPeter LawfordJim HuttonA young businessman and his wife on a hunting trip find themselves hunted by two hired killers in the middle of a forest fire.1 October 1971
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRicardo MontalbanJack WardenElizabeth AshleyA young Iowa schoolteacher, thinking she is dying of leukemia, goes to San Francisco, where she hires a mob killer to take her life. However, she soon changes her mind, and with the help of the local police, tries to find the killer before he fulfills his part of the bargain.8 October 1971
- DirectorFielder CookStarsMia FarrowHal HolbrookJohn ColicosHollywood writer tries to talk a dejected actress out of suicide.22 October 1971
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJohn ForsytheRichard KileyReta ShawDoctor Ron Wellesley and his lover Lisa Manning plot to get rid of her wealthy husband Frank Manning so that they can be together and inherit all of his money after he dies.29 October 1971
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsRoy ThinnesYvette MimieuxRay MillandTraveling minister Reverend John Keyes and his wife Lorna are quietly menaced by a devil cult in the Old West. By the time the good Reverend figures out what's really going on, it may be too late to stop the evil.5 November 1971
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsDean StockwellStefanie PowersJames StacyA prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that takes a murderous turn.12 November 1971
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsRobert HooksJeremy SlateRobert WagnerPolice procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.19 November 1971
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsShelley WintersArthur KennedyJohn RandolphA mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.26 November 1971
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsTelly SavalasSally FieldAnne FrancisProfessional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.10 December 1971
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsChristopher GeorgeJudy CarnePatricia BarryA photographer is chased by professional killers who have mistaken him for the person they're really after.17 December 1971
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsRobert WagnerDiane BakerGreg MorrisA doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.7 January 1972
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDarren McGavinSandy DennisRalph BellamyA young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.21 January 1972
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsPatty DukeDavid McCallumDorothy McGuireA murdered woman possesses her husband's new wife to seek revenge.28 January 1972
- DirectorTom GriesStarsVic MorrowAlan AldaClu GulagerCorrections officer Brian Courtland, naive drug pusher Alan Campbell, and college professor Jonathan Page convicted of manslaughter report to prison and soon learn the truth about the prison system. From a Truman Capote story.4 February 1972
- DirectorJohn NewlandBuzz KulikStarsArthur KennedyTeresa WrightTom HapperA childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.11 February 1972
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsChristopher GeorgeWilliam SchallertMichael BaseleonA government agent, out to destroy a crime ring, finds himself in the middle of a mob war.18 February 1972
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsBill CosbyGloria FosterDennis HinesAn airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.25 February 1972
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsTimothy BottomsBarbara ColbyRonny CoxThe life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the twentieth century, based on Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel.25 February 1972
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsSusan HaywardJames StacyLee J. CobbA woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.3 March 1972
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsJohn VernonSteve IhnatSabrina ScharfA fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.10 March 1972