House on Greenapple Road

TV Movie
1970
2h

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A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.A detective investigates the disappearance of the promiscuous wife of a timid salesman, and finds that everything is not quite as it appears.

Director
- Robert Day
Writers
- Harold R. Daniels
- George Eckstein
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6.8/10

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YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Day
Writers
- Harold R. Daniels
- George Eckstein
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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10/10

a classic 70s thriller/mystery

I am dying to see this film again but cant find it anywhere and everyone i ask about it gives me blank looks! Mommy i'm home is the opening line, and what follows has stuck in my head for 38 years! just goes to prove that this era produced some of the best entertainment around! the bloody hand print on the fridge, the mess in the kitchen, all simple stuff by todays standards but left a much bigger impression on me than some of the rubbish that passes for entertainment nowadays! I was only 6 years old when i first saw this film so i didn't really appreciate Janet Leigh's professionalism and beauty until i watched Psycho much later, i then realised the similarity between the two films! if the powers that be are reading, please release this on DVD!

dshakey
Jan 21, 2008
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Trivia
Some unsubstantiated sources claim this film was originally produced for theatrical release. It was cut by nearly 30 minutes and broadcast as an ABC Sunday Night Movie on January 11, 1970 where it was a big ratings grabber.

Goofs
In the movie's opening scene, a cat jumps to a windowsill and knocks off a flowerpot, which falls onto the driveway and breaks. Later, when detectives respond to the house and go around back, the pot is back in place. Still later, when the detectives go to "pick George Ord up" and find the officer on stakeout knocked over the head, the flower pot is again missing.

Quotes
Chief Frank Untermyer: [as August starts to leave the room] Where are you going?
Lieutenant Dan August: I'm a detective. I'm going out to detect.
[Leaves]
Sergeant Charles Wilentz: A detective. That's what I want to be when I grow up.
Chief Frank Untermyer: There's no money in it.