Police lieutenant Christopher George (Dan) is under pressure to arrest travelling salesman Tim O'Connor (George) for the murder of his wife Janet Leigh (Marian). One problem, though, there is no body.The night before I watched this, I had drunk a load of wine. So, I wanted something easy to watch that would carry me along and not hassle me with any brain work. And that's what this film provided, so I'm grateful. It's obviously a TV film with very pale colours and boasting a cast of familiar faces. It's a murder detective story in the same mould as Columbo, only more like Hawaii-Five-O because George resembles Jack Lord in this one. It's like a formulaic episode of a detective series and it succeeds at that. There is a moment at the end which may throw you and in my case, it was the only scary part – the bit when George breaks into the clubhouse apartment and finds something in the bathtub.It's what I wanted to watch – perfect viewing for a hangover, but it doesn't have any meaning outside of this context. It's OK to while away the time.

I would have to agree that Janet Leigh looks very beautiful in this movie, but I hope that people also notice how great of a performance she gives. This character gives her the chance to play a much more seedy part, and she plays it to the hilt. I don't want to take away from the other great things about this movie because there are many. The plot was great, most of the actors were very good, and the use of flashbacks was COOL! The script was quite racy for a TV movie of that time. House on Greenapple Road still holds up watching it today, and many believe it is one of the better made for TV movies.

House on Greenapple Road 1970, is a memorably athmospheric murder mystery benefitting from excellent script and superb acting from tough 1970s great leading man Christopher George.

TV-movies, especially those from the late-'60s and early-'70s, are an under-appreciated breed (probably the least-respected in the film industry). Leonard Maltin has all but dropped them from his annual review book, and you never hear about anybody trying to preserve Barbara Eden in "Let's Switch!" or Gloria Swanson in "Killer Bees". Every once in awhile, a TV-movie gets mentioned with respect, such as "Brian's Song" or "Sunshine". I've always thought "House On Greenapple Road" could have been a theatrical film, it is produced with such style and has a great, scary set-up: a young girl gets dropped off from school, runs up the driveway to her house, opens the door and finds the entire place ransacked, with blood spattering the walls. This sequence terrified me as a kid (I was amused to discover years later that the young actress was "Brady Bunch"'s Eve Plumb!). Onto the mystery, which surrounds a missing lady (Janet Leigh) and the investigator on the case (Christopher George playing Dan August). The character of August later got his own series (starring Burt Reynolds), but this feature is more than just a pilot, it has twists and a sophisticated script. The ending doesn't cop-out, although I must say it followed a rather routine development. Overall, a neat little yarn, and Janet Leigh is just gorgeous.