{{Short description|1973 American-British TV film by Philip Leacock}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox television | caption = | image = Baffled! FilmPoster.jpeg | genre = Thriller | director = Philip Leacock<ref name="fsr"/> | executive_producer = Norman Felton | producer = Philip Leacock | writer = Theodore Apstein | story = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = Leonard Nimoy<br>Susan Hampshire<br>Rachel Roberts<br>Vera Miles | music = Richard Hill | cinematography = Ken Hodges | editor = Bill Blunden | company = Arena Productions<br>ITC Entertainment | network = NBC<ref name="fsr"/> | released = {{Start date|1973|01|30}}<ref name="fsr"/> | runtime = 90 minutes (American version)<br>100 minutes (UK version) | country = United States<br>United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }} '''''Baffled!''''' is a 1973 American-British made-for-television supernatural mystery film directed by Philip Leacock.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Baffled! |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150024225 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref name="terrace" /> The story is part of the occult detective subgenre and stars Leonard Nimoy,<ref name="road">{{cite web|last=Nunez|first=Alex|title=That time Leonard Nimoy played a psychic racecar driver|url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/videos/a25149/video-1973-trailer-baffled-starring-leonard-nimoy/|website=Road & Track|date=27 February 2015|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> Susan Hampshire,<ref name="fsr" /> and Vera Miles.<ref name="fsr"/>
''Baffled!'' was intended as a pilot for a television series<ref name="terrace">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&dq=baffled%21%3A+1973&pg=PA70|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2nd edition|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|publisher=McFarland & Company|page=70|year=2014|isbn=9780786486410}}</ref><ref name=Classic>{{cite web|url=https://classichorrors.club/2021/07/16/baffled-1972/|title=TV Terror Guide: Baffled (1972)|website=ClassicHorrorsClub|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> but when no network showed interest it was released in British theatres<ref name="fsr">{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Kieran|title=Leonard Nimoy Races Cars and Investigates the Occult In 'Baffled!'|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/baffled-1972/|website=Film School Rejects|date=26 January 2020|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> and later released as a television film in America on NBC.<ref name="fsr"/> The British version runs ten minutes longer than the American.<ref name="trek">{{cite web|title=Leonard Nimoy Is Baffled!|url=https://www.startrek.com/news/leonard-nimoy-is-baffled|website=Star Trek|date=19 March 2014|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>
==Plot== Race car driver Tom Kovack suddenly begins to experience psychic visions.<ref name="road"/> He meets Michelle Brent, an expert on the paranormal, and the two form an unlikely partnership. Kovack's visions draw them into an occult-themed mystery at a remote inn on the English coast.<ref name=Classic></ref>
==Cast== *Leonard Nimoy as Tom Kovack *Susan Hampshire as Michele Brent *Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Farraday *Vera Miles as Andrea Glenn *Jewel Blanch as Jennifer Glenn *Valerie Taylor as Louise Sanford *Ray Brooks as George Tracewell *Angharad Rees as Peggy Tracewell *Christopher Benjamin as Verelli
==Home release== Scorpion Releasing, in conjunction with ITV, released a DVD of ''Baffled!'' in 2014.<ref name="trek"/> The DVD included both the UK version and U.S versions of the film.<ref name="trek"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0068248|title=Baffled!}} {{Philip Leacock}}
Category:1973 television films Category:1973 films Category:1970s science fiction thriller films Category:British thriller television films Category:Occult detective fiction Category:British science fiction thriller films Category:NBC original films Category:Films directed by Philip Leacock Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios Category:Television films as pilots Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series Category:Television series by ITC Entertainment Category:1973 English-language films Category:1973 British films Category:English-language science fiction thriller films Category:1973 science fiction films
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