Jarrett (1973)
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.
- Date of release
- 1973-03-17
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Barry Shear
Casting
- Glenn Ford — Sam Jarrett
- Anthony Quayle — Cosmo Bastrop
- Forrest Tucker — Rev. Vocal Simpson
- Laraine Stephens — Sigrid Larsen
- Richard Anderson — Spencer Loomis
- Yvonne Craig — Luluwa
- Bob Schott — Gordon
Interesting facts
Jarrett is a 1973 American television film which aired on NBC, directed by Barry Shear and starring Glenn Ford as an investigator who specializes in art cases. A feature-length pilot, it was envisioned as a weekly series, but the network did not pick it up.
Background
Glenn Ford had recently starred in Western drama Cade's County, and its executive producer David Gerber wanted to work with Ford again and pitched it to NBC. Jarrett was intended to be a comedy-mystery series akin to James Bond films, and the filmmakers recruited Bond scriptwriter Richard Maibaum for its script. Ford did his own stunts for the film.
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