The Lonely Profession
Written byDouglas Heyes
Directed byDouglas Heyes
StarringHarry Guardino
Music byPete Rugolo
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJo Swerling Jr.
CinematographyRalph Woolsey
EditorRobert Watts
Running time100 minutes
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
ReleaseOctober 21, 1969 (1969-10-21)

The Lonely Profession, also known as The Savarona Syndrome, is a 1969 American television film directed and written by Douglas Heyes, based on his 1963 novel The Twelfth of Never. It stars Harry Guardino as Leo Gordon, a private investigator who seeks the killer of a tycoon's mistress and becomes a suspect.[1]

Plot

Private investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. When they meet, Gordon and Mendaros hit it off and check in at a motel. Gordon wakes up the next morning and discovers that Mendaros had been murdered during the night. Gordon opens his own investigation of Mendaros' past in an attempt to determine who killed Mendaros and why he's been set up as the fall guy.

Main cast

ActorRole
Harry GuardinoLee Gordon
Dean JaggerCharles Van Cleve
Barbara McNairDonna Travers
Fernando LamasDominic Savarona
Joseph CottenMartin Bannister
Jack CarterFreddie Farber
Ina BalinKaren Menardos
Dina MerrillBeatrice Savarona
Troy DonahueJulian Thatcher

References

  1. ↑ "The Lonely Profession (1969)". Moviefone. Retrieved July 8, 2018.


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