Clip of Deborah Raffin in Sparkling Cyanide

Here's a clip of Deborah Raffin and Anthony Andrews having lunch in the park in the 1983 TV movie Sparkling Cyanide.

Deborah Raffin in Sparkling Cyanide

In the late 1970s, Deborah Raffin started doing TV movies and by the early '80s she was one of the queens of the small screen. In 1983, Deborah Raffin co-starred with British actor Anthony Andrews in a made-for-TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide. The setting was updated to take place in the 1980s and as such seems to play out much like the popular television series of the time. However, Sparkling Cyanide is a fun movie featuring a cast of familiar American and British faces who all do their best to keep the proceedings enjoyably campy. Deborah Raffin does a fine job in her leading role, looking quite lovely throughout as she is romanced by the mysterious Anthony Andrews.

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Deborah Raffin and Anthony Andrews

Deborah Raffin & Anthony Andrews again

Deborah Raffin with Harry Morgan and Josef Sommer

Here are some images of Deborah Raffin and her various co-stars from Sparkling Cyanide:

Deborah Raffin and June Chadwick

Deborah Raffin and Christine Belford

Deborah Raffin and Nancy Marchand

And a few pictures of Deborah Raffin and her leading man, Anthony Andrews:

Here are some images of Deborah Raffin in Sparkling Cyanide:

Press for Sparkling Cyanide

Here is a selection of articles related to Deborah Raffin's 1983 TV mystery movie Sparkling Cyanide. One of the articles refers to Deborah Raffin as "one of the great beauties of our time," and I would tend to agree!

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A photo of the lovely Deborah Raffin

Deborah Raffin is quite beautiful. Click on this image of her to see it full size.

Clip of Deborah Raffin in Night of the Fox

Here's a clip of Deborah Raffin in the 1990 Jack Higgins World War II TV event Night of the Fox. In this clip, nurse Sara Drayton (Deborah Raffin) is interviewed by General Munro (John Mills) concerning an undercover mission. Check out her British accent!

A look at Deborah Raffin in The Dove

In 1974, Deborah Raffin co-starred in her second feature film, The Dove. The movie centers around a young man named Robin Lee Graham (played by Joseph Bottoms) who plans to sail solo around the globe. Deborah Raffin plays the free-spirited Patti, a young lady (though slightly older than his character) that Robin meets on his journey. The pair form a friendship and eventually fall in love, all set to the backdrop of exotic locales and the high seas.

The Dove, which was produced by the legendary Gregory Peck, is essentially a family film...a coming-of-age story of a young man. He falls in love for the first time and it is revealed that sailing around the world is actually more of his father's dream than his. Esteemed cinematographer Sven Nykvist shot the film beautifully (though much of the effect is lost when viewed in full screen rather than the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio). All in all, not a bad movie. However, the presence of Deborah Raffin and her stunning youthful beauty really does something to elevate The Dove. Though you might say that her acting abilities improved in the years following the movie, it is nonetheless a joy to see a young, lithe, effervescent Deborah Raffin bring her charms to the screen in one of her earliest roles.

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Here are some images of Deborah Raffin in The Dove:

Deborah Raffin plays guitar

 

Deborah Raffin and Joseph Bottoms in bed

Deborah Raffin to star in Dry Hustle

Here's an interesting bit of press concerning Deborah Raffin and a project that (I guess) never happened. Apparently, her long-time husband Michael Viner was producing a film to be titled 'Dry Hustle.' Various names, including Barbara Streisand, Glenda Jackson and Bette Midler had previously been attached to star in the film but had all dropped out for various reasons. Still wanting to move ahead on the problem-plagued production, Deborah Raffin was announced as star but, as far as I can tell, the movie never ended up being made.