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How Awful About Allan
How Awful About Allan is a 1970 American made-for-television psychological thriller film, directed by Curtis Harrington, the first of two collaborations with writer Henry Farrell (the other was "What's the Matter with Helen?"), and starring Anthony Perkins and Julie Harris. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on September 22, 1970 and was produced by prolific television producer Aaron Spelling.
Plot.
Allan Colleigh is suffering from psychosomatic blindness following a fire that killed his
for "What's the Matter with Helen?" (1971), which starred Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters.
His wife was actress Molly Dodd, who died in 1981. Dodd appeared in small roles in two movies written by Farrell, the TV production "How Awful About Allan" starring Anthony Perkins and Julie Harris and "What's the Matter with Helen?" French director François Truffaut's 1972 movie "Une belle fille comme moi" was based on Farrell's 1967 novel "Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me