Studio: A Presentation of The Production Company for the NBC Television Network
Running time: 74 minutes
Return Engagement (1978)
“Beautiful Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor and young Joseph Bottoms (Blind Date) star in this sensitive romance about a lonely middle-aged professor engaged by the charms of a young student.
“Dr. Emily Loomis (Taylor) reluctantly rents a room to one of her students, Stewart Anderman (Bottoms). Both ignore each other and are unaffected by having to share the same house. It isn’t until Stewart secretly finds a strange clue to Dr. Loomis’s past that the two confront each other and find a rare and close comradery. With this newfound knowledge, Stewart is able to bring some joy, some fun, some laughs...and a little romance into the professor’s home.
“A rare and delightful blend of old fashioned romanticism and musical theater, you will surely come back again and again to this Return Engagement.” [From the VHS]
Cast
Dr. Emily Loomis: Elizabeth Taylor
Stewart Anderman: Joseph Bottoms
Florence: Allyn Ann McLerie
George Riley: Peter Donat
Mr. Keith: James
Janice: Susan Buckner
Audrey: Alston Ahern
Victor: Robin Strand
First Girl: Melanie Henderson
Second Girl: Jennifer Myers
Third Girl: Wendy Sommerstein
Waiter: Don Stark
Crew
Director: Joseph Hardy
Producers: Franklin R. Levy and Mike Wise
Screenwriter: James Prideaux
Music: Arthur B. Rubenstein
Costumes: Edith Head
Did You Know?
Return Engagement aired as part of the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame series, which began in 1952 and continues to the present day. It kicked off the series’ final season on the NBC network, before it moved to CBS.