Baffled!

{{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

| executive_producer = Norman Felton

| producer = Philip Leacock

| writer = Theodore Apstein

| story =

| based_on =

| starring = Leonard Nimoy
Susan Hampshire
Rachel Roberts
Vera Miles

| music = Richard Hill

| cinematography = Ken Hodges

| editor = Bill Blunden

| company = Arena Productions
ITC Entertainment

| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1973|01|30}}

| runtime = 90 minutes (American version)
100 minutes (UK version)

| country = United States
United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Baffled! is a 1973 American-British made-for-television supernatural mystery film directed by Philip Leacock.{{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}} The story is part of the occult detective subgenre and stars Leonard Nimoy,{{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}} Susan Hampshire, and Vera Miles.

Baffled! was intended as a pilot for a television series{{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}} but when no network showed interest it was released in British theatres{{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}} and later released as a television film in America on NBC. The British version runs ten minutes longer than the American.{{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}}