Fear No Evil (1969 film)

{{short description|1969 television film by Pauk Wendkos}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| genre = Horror
Thriller

| screenplay = Richard Alan Simmons

| director = Paul Wendkos

| starring = Louis Jourdan

| music = Billy Goldenberg
(as William Goldenberg)

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = David Levinson

| producer = Richard Alan Simmons

| location = Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

| cinematography = Andrew J. McIntyre

| editor = Byron Chudnow

| runtime = 98 minutes

| company = Universal Television

| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1969|03|03}}

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Fear No Evil is a 1969 American made-for-television horror thriller film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Louis Jourdan as David Sorrell, a psychologist and authority on the occult who becomes involved in supernatural investigations. Wilfrid Hyde-White appears as Sorrell's mentor, Harry Snowden. Originally broadcast on March 3, 1969 as NBC's first "Movie of the Week", Fear No Evil was a pilot for a proposed television series.{{cite web |last1=Ekstedt |first1=Richard |title=Fear No Evil: An Observance |url=https://filmsinreviewarchives.com/2009/09/05/fear-no-evil-an-observance/ |website=Films in Review |access-date=28 April 2025 |date=September 5, 2009}} It performed well enough in the ratings for the network to commission a sequel television film, Ritual of Evil (1970), but it never became a series.{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Greenberger |authorlink=Robert Greenberger |date=March 2023 |title=Lynda Day George: Her Missions Were Possible |url=https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_152&products_id=1678&zenid=2hgu5onnn6uguc8o85oh8pf7q6 |magazine=RetroFan |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |location=United States |issue=25 |page=5}}