The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1980 American made-for-television film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It was filmed partly in Park City, Utah, and shown on NBC. It starred Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster as Katrina von Tassel, and Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. It was directed by Henning Schellerup and produced by Charles Sellier, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie.
The plot follows the general outline of the 1820 Washington Irving short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", with the addition of a new character, widow Thelma Dumkey, who marries Brom Bones, leaving Ichabod free to marry Katrina.
Cast
Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane
Paul Sand as Frederic Dutcher
Meg Foster as Katrina Van Tassel
Laura Campbell as Thelma Dumkey
Dick Butkus as Brom Bones
James Griffith as Squire Van Tassel
Michael Ruud as Winthrop Palmer
H.E.D. Redford as Coral
Tiger Thompson as Ted Dumkey
John Sylvester White as Fritz Vanderhoof
Michael Witt as Jan Van Tassel
Marneen Fields as Singer #1 (uncredited)