The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Overview

A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.

Directed by Henning Schellerup

Top cast

Jeff Goldblum

Ichabod Crane

Dick Butkus

Brom Bones

Meg Foster

Katrina Van Tassel

Paul Sand

Frederic Dutcher

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Laura Campbell

Thelma Vanderhoof Dumke

James Griffith

Squire Van Tassel

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Michael Ruud

Winthrop Palmer

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Karin Isaacson

Jenny

H.E.D. Redford

Karl

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Tiger Thompson

Jan Van Tassel

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Michael Witt

Ted Vanderhoof

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Jean Coulter

Singer

John Sylvester White

Fritz Vanderhoof

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