''Saturday Night Movies'' is a
Canadian
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film television series which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
in 1977.
Premise
Various feature films from Canada and other nations were presented during this time, as Saturday night replacement programming between hockey seasons.
Scheduling
This normally two-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays from 8:30 p.m. from 28 May to 1 October 1977.
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'', ''The Leader-Post
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Founding
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''; May–October 1977
* 28 May 1977: ''
Goldenrod
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* 4 June 1977: ''
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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* 11 June 1977: ''The Man Inside''
* 18 June 1977: ''Love Among the Ruins''
* 25 June 1977: ''I Will Fight No More Forever''
* 2 July 1977: ''Wings in the Wilderness''
* 9 July 1977: ''Guys and Dolls''
* 16 July 1977: ''Wuthering Heights''
* 23 July 1977: ''Sudden Fury''
* 30 July 1977: (pre-empted for music special, ''The Magic Flute'')
* 6 August 1977: ''The Bishop's Wife''
* 13 August 1977: ''Between Friends''
* 20 August 1977: ''
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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* 27 August 1977: ''Brethren''
* 3 September 1977: ''Hans Christian Andersen''
* 10 September 1977: ''
Second Wind''
* 17 September 1977: ''
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz''
* 24 September 1977: ''
The Fighting Men'' (8 p.m.)
* 1 October 1977: ''Love is a Long Shot'' (9 p.m.)
References
External links
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CBC Television original programming
1977 Canadian television series debuts
1977 Canadian television series endings