The Most Deadly Game

The Most Deadly Game
Genre	Drama
Created by	Morton S. Fine David Friedkin
Written by	Morton S. Fine David Friedkin Bernard C. Schoenfeld Dirk Wayne Summers
Directed by	David Friedkin Lee Madden
Starring	Ralph Bellamy George Maharis Yvette Mimieux
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Morton S. Fine David Friedkin Aaron Spelling
Producer(s)	Joan Harrison
Running time	48 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	October 10, 1970 (1970-10-10) – January 16, 1971 (1971-01-16)

The Most Deadly Game is an American drama television series that ran for 12 episodes on ABC from 1970 to 1971.^[1] The series was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions, with Aaron Spelling as the executive producer.^[2] It stars Yvette Mimieux, Ralph Bellamy, and George Maharis.^[3]^[4]

Overview

The series follows the lives of three criminologists who only take on high profile cases.^[5]

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