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The Greatest Gift is an NBC television movie which premiered on November 4, 1974. Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Glenn Ford , Julie Harris , and Lance Kerwin , the film served as the pilot for the 1975 television series The Family Holvak .
- Ramey (1953 novel), by Jack Farris
- Universal Television
Nov 4, 1974 · The Greatest Gift: Directed by Boris Sagal. With Glenn Ford, Julie Harris, Lance Kerwin, Harris Yulin. Reverend Holvak, a poor rural preacher in the 1940s, fights against stiff- necked church deacons and a violent, bullying sheriff while struggling to support his family.
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- Drama
- Boris Sagal
- 1974-11-04
The Greatest Gift. " The Greatest Gift " is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). It was self-published as a booklet in 1943 and published as a book in 1944.
- Cluster Publishing Ltd
- Fantasy
The Greatest Gift View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis The Rev. Holvak (Glenn Ford) is a country preacher faced with the difficulties of making ends meet and keeping people in the pews. Although ...
- Drama
- Glenn Ford
- Boris Sagal
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Brief Synopsis. An impoverished small-town preacher struggles to provide for his family while leading a dwindling congregation, battling restless church deacons and standing up to a bullying sheriff in a small southern town in 1940. The subsequent short-lived series, "The Family Holvak" (9/7/75-10/27/75), reteamed.
The Greatest Gift. 1974. 1 hr 36 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Pilot for "The Family Holvak" series with Glenn Ford as a preacher in a small Southern town of the '30s. Elizabeth: Julie Harris. Ramey ...