Deborah Raffin in Ski Lift to Death

In 1978, Deborah Raffin starred in Ski Lift to Death. The actress was first-billed in this made-for-TV thriller (later retitled Snowblind for home video release) which also featured Clu Gulager, Howard Duff, Veronica Hamel and a young Don Johnson. Raffin shared many of her scenes with actor Charles Frank. You can find some more information on the film here.

Ski Lift to Death is a typical TV movie from the late '70s. A bunch of familiar faces gather together for some melodramatic situations. Combine this with a dance contest and some ski stunt footage and you get a nice piece of fluffy television entertainment. Its not that good but it is bad enough to be fun. Deborah Raffin comes out relatively unscathed...and she's really beautiful too!

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Here are some images of Deborah Raffin in Ski Lift to Death:

Deborah Raffin and Clu Gulager

Deborah Raffin and Charles Frank

Deborah Raffin: 1978 promo pics

Here is a trio of fabulous promotional images of Deborah Raffin for her 1978 TV movie Ski Lift to Death:

Deborah Raffin gets some press for Ski Lift to Death

In 1978, Deborah Raffin starred in Ski Lift to Death. The TV movie also featured such names as Charles Frank, Howard Duff, Clu Gulager (who would co-star with Deborah Raffin the following year in another TV movie, Willa), Veronica Hamel and Don Johnson.

This project was Deborah Raffin's second starring role in a TV movie (the first was Nightmare in Badham County in 1976). Ski Lift to Death (later released under the title Snowblind) may not be her best remembered made-for-TV work but it fits right in with the campy material she was involving herself in the late 1970s.

Regardless of the stature of this film today, it was a movie of the week on CBS back in 1978 and it got a decent amount of publicity. Here are two examples of newspaper promos, both featuring a photograph of Deborah Raffin and co-star Charles Frank:

Deborah Raffin herself also got some press coverage for her role in Ski Lift to Death. This first article discusses how, since she was portraying a ski champion, Deborah Raffin had to take ski lessons in order to make it seem plausible.

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This article goes much more detail about Deborah Raffin's experiences making the movie:

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The article "Canada's cold turned actress into frigid fatty" (which is a slightly odd title) was also published elsewhere under this title: