Amelia Earhart (film)

Amelia Earhart
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Genre	Biographical drama
Written by	Carol Sobieski
Directed by	George Schaefer
Starring	Susan Clark John Forsythe Stephen Macht Jane Wyatt
Music by	David Shire
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	George Eckstein
Cinematography	Ted Voigtlander
Editor	Jim Benson
Running time	150 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 25, 1976 (1976-10-25)
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Amelia Earhart is a 1976 American biographical drama television film directed by George Schaefer and written by Carol Sobieski. It stars Susan Clark as Amelia Earhart, and John Forsythe as her husband, George P. Putnam.

Unlike more recent depictions of Earhart's life, this film makes an attempt to cover her entire life from her childhood on a Kansas farm, her nursing during World War I, an early boyfriend, employment at a Boston children's orphanage, her interest and exploits in aviation, her marriage to Putnam, and her famous disappearance in 1937.

The film was the first dramatization of Earhart's life and co-starred a parade of well-known actors of the time and originally premiered on NBC Monday Night at the Movies on October 25, 1976.^[1]