How Awful About Allan is a 1970

1970 in film

The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....

 television film thriller, directed by Curtis Harrington

Curtis Harrington

Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television.-Biography:...

, his second collaboration with writer Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned gothic horror story What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.-Life and work:He was born Charles Farrell Myers in California, and grew up in...

, and starring Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins was an American actor, best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion and as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho , and its three sequels.-Early life:...

 and Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Julia Ann "Julie" Harris is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1994, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame...

. It premiered on the ABC Movie of the Week

ABC Movie of the Week

The ABC Movie of the Week is a weekly television anthology series, featuring made-for-TV movies, that aired on the ABC network in various permutations from 1969 to 1975.-History:...

in the fall of 1970 and was produced by prolific television producer Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...

.

Plot

Allan (Perkins) is suffering from hysterical blindness

Conversion disorder

Conversion disorder is a condition in which patients present with neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits without a neurological cause. It is thought that these problems arise in response to difficulties in the patient's life, and conversion is considered a psychiatric...

 following a fire that killed his father and scarred his sister Katherine (Harris). Returning home after months in a hospital, Allan begins to hear his name being whispered and partially sees a dark figure coming to get him. Is he crazy or is someone really out to get him?

Cast

• Anthony Perkins
  Anthony Perkins
  Anthony Perkins was an American actor, best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion and as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho , and its three sequels.-Early life:...
  
   as Allan
• Julie Harris
  Julie Harris
  Julia Ann "Julie" Harris is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1994, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame...
  
   as Katherine
• Joan Hackett
  Joan Hackett
  Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress who appeared on stage, in films, and on television.- Early life :She was born in New York City of Irish and Italian extraction...
  
   as Olive
• Kent Smith
  Kent Smith
  Kent Smith was an American actor who had a lengthy career in film, theater, and television.Born Frank Kent Smith in New York, New York, Smith made his acting debut on Broadway in 1932 in and, after spending a few years there, moved to Hollywood, California, where he made his film debut in The...
  
   as Raymond
• Robert H. Harris
  Robert H. Harris
  Robert H. Harris was an American character actor born in New York City, New York.-Career:...
  
   as Doctor Ellins
• Molly Dodd
  Molly Dodd
  Molly Dodd was an American actress.Born as Mary Elise Dodd in Los Angeles, California to Neal Dodd and Lila Elsie Weaver , her father was a priest of the Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Church.Dodd began her career on the Los Angeles stage in 1939, debuting in a revival of the...
  
   as the Imate
• Billy Bowles as Harold Dennis
• Trent Dolan as Eric
• Bill Erwin
  Bill Erwin
  William Lindsey "Bill" Erwin was an American film, stage and television actor with over 250 television and film credits...
  
   as Doctor Ames
• Jeannette Howe as Katherine (child)
• Kenneth Lawrence as Allan (child)