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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Supernatural & Occult, Genre Hybrids

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1980

Directed by Henning Schellerup

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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.

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Produced by
James L. Conway
Composer
Bob Summers
Cinematographer
Paul Hipp
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
en
TMDB
6.8/10 (16 votes)
IMDb
6.0/10 (871 votes)
Released October 31, 1980

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