The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980 film)

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^[1] 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.^[2]

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Release poster
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Horror
Based on	"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
Written by	Malvin Wald Jack Jacobs Thomas C. Chapman
Directed by	Henning Schellerup
Starring	Jeff Goldblum Meg Foster Dick Butkus Paul Sand Laura Campbell James Griffith Michael Ruud Karin Isaacson H.E.D. Redford Tiger Thompson John Sylvester White Michael Witt Marneen Fields
Music by	Bob Summers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Charles Sellier
Producer	James L. Conway
Cinematography	Paul Hipp
Editor	Michael Spence
Running time	104 minutes
Production companies	Schick Sunn Classics Sunn Classic Pictures
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 31, 1980 (1980-10-31)

The plot follows the general outline of the 1820 Washington Irving short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", with the addition of a new character, widow Thelma Dumkey, who marries Brom Bones, leaving Ichabod free to marry Katrina.

Cast

• Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane
• Paul Sand as Frederic Dutcher
• Meg Foster as Katrina Van Tassel
• Laura Campbell as Thelma Dumkey
• Dick Butkus as Brom Bones
• James Griffith as Squire Van Tassel
• Michael Ruud as Winthrop Palmer
• H.E.D. Redford as Coral
• Tiger Thompson as Ted Dumkey
• John Sylvester White as Fritz Vanderhoof
• Michael Witt as Jan Van Tassel
• Marneen Fields as Singer #1 (uncredited)

See also

• List of films set around Halloween