Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
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Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and typically traveling by public bus instead of his own car (“It gives a man a chance to think”), he’s on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law. It won’t be the only time the killer strikes before Harry closes in. David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series. Among the highlights: young Jodie Foster as Liberty, the wise-beyond-her-years homeless waif Harry befriends.
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David JanssenHarry Orwell
Andrea MarcovicciJennifer English
John AndersonCol. John Lockport
Jodie FosterLiberty Cole
Howard Da SilvaLt. Humphrey Kenner
Tim McIntireCharley English
Zalman KingRoy St. John
Clu GulagerDet. Milt Bosworth
Martin GabelMeade De Ruyter
Barbara LeighMildred
Victor ArgoSgt. Richard Marum
Ellen WestonJuliaKeywords
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What is Smile Jenny, You're Dead about?
Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and typically traveling by public bus instead of his own car (“It gives a man a chance to think”), he’s on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law. It won’t be the only time the killer strikes before Harry closes in. David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series. Among the highlights: young Jodie Foster as Liberty, the wise-beyond-her-years homeless waif Harry befriends.
How long is Smile Jenny, You're Dead?
Smile Jenny, You're Dead has a runtime of 100 minutes.