The Lives of Jenny Dolan

The Lives of Jenny Dolan is a 1975 made-for-television drama film from producer Ross Hunter. It was Hunter's first work for TV.^[1][2]

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Written by	James Lee Richard Alan Simmons
Directed by	Jerry Jameson
Starring	Shirley Jones Stephen Boyd Lynn Carlin James Darren Farley Granger George Grizzard Ian McShane Pernell Roberts Dana Wynter
Music by	Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ross Hunter
Producer	Jacques Mapes
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor	George W. Brooks
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Paramount Television Ross Hunter Productions Inc.
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 27, 1975 (1975-10-27)

It was the unsold pilot for a television series.^[3]

Plot

Jenny Dolan, a newspaper reporter, is jeopardized by her investigation of an assassination.

Cast

• Shirley Jones as Jenny Dolan
• Stephen Boyd as Joe Rossiter
• Lynn Carlin as Nancy Royce
• James Darren as Orlando
• Farley Granger as David Ames
• George Grizzard as Ralph Stantlow
• David Hedison as Dr. Wes Dolan
• Stephen McNally as Lt. Nesbitt
• Ian McShane as Saunders
• Pernell Roberts as Camera Shop Proprietor
• Percy Rodrigues as Dr. Mallen
• Collin Wilcox as Mrs. Owens
• Dana Wynter as Andrea Hardesty
• Alan Oppenheimer as Springfield

Reception

Synopsis from Modcinema:

Looking like a million dollars in a series of fabulous outfits, Shirley Jones plays Jenny Dolan, an ex-investigative reporter. The widow of a wealthy businessman, Jenny suspects her husband met with foul play, and returns to reporting to prove her theory. She uncovers a political assassination plot, but never does solve her husband's murder… because this made-for-TV movie was the pilot for an unsold series, in which Jenny would have spent each week trying to get at the truth. She also would have gone from one exotic foreign locale to another, with an expensive change of wardrobe for each occasion. It should come as no surprise that Lives of Jenny Dolan was the first TV project of famed "glamour film" producer Ross Hunter.^[3]