# Baffled!

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{{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](/source/Philip_Leacock)<ref name="fsr"/>
| executive_producer = [Norman Felton](/source/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](/source/Leonard_Nimoy)<br>[Susan Hampshire](/source/Susan_Hampshire)<br>[Rachel Roberts](/source/Rachel_Roberts_(actress))<br>[Vera Miles](/source/Vera_Miles)
| music          = [Richard Hill](/source/Richard_Hill_(musician))
| cinematography = Ken Hodges
| editor         = [Bill Blunden](/source/Bill_Blunden)
| company        = Arena Productions<br>[ITC Entertainment](/source/ITC_Entertainment)
| network        = [NBC](/source/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](/source/television_film) [supernatural](/source/supernatural) [mystery film](/source/mystery_film) directed by [Philip Leacock](/source/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](/source/occult_detective) subgenre and stars [Leonard Nimoy](/source/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](/source/Road_%26_Track)|date=27 February 2015|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> [Susan Hampshire](/source/Susan_Hampshire),<ref name="fsr" /> and [Vera Miles](/source/Vera_Miles).<ref name="fsr"/>

''Baffled!'' was intended as a [pilot for a television series](/source/television_pilot)<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](/source/McFarland_%26_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](/source/Film_School_Rejects)|date=26 January 2020|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> and later released as a television film in America on [NBC](/source/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](/source/Star_Trek)|date=19 March 2014|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>

==Plot==
Race car driver Tom Kovack suddenly begins to experience [psychic](/source/psychic) visions.<ref name="road"/> He meets Michelle Brent, an expert on the [paranormal](/source/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](/source/Leonard_Nimoy) as Tom Kovack
*[Susan Hampshire](/source/Susan_Hampshire) as Michele Brent
*[Rachel Roberts](/source/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)) as Mrs. Farraday
*[Vera Miles](/source/Vera_Miles) as Andrea Glenn
*[Jewel Blanch](/source/Jewel_Blanch) as Jennifer Glenn
*[Valerie Taylor](/source/Valerie_Taylor_(actor)) as Louise Sanford
*[Ray Brooks](/source/Ray_Brooks_(actor)) as George Tracewell
*[Angharad Rees](/source/Angharad_Rees) as Peggy Tracewell
*[Christopher Benjamin](/source/Christopher_Benjamin_(actor)) as Verelli

==Home release==
Scorpion Releasing, in conjunction with [ITV](/source/ITV_Studios), 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==
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==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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