Betrayal (1974 film)
Betrayal is a 1974 ABC Movie of the Week directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Amanda Blake and Tisha Sterling, adapted from the novel Only Couples Need Apply by Doris Miles Disney.  It first aired on December 3, 1974.

Plot
Helen Mercer, a wealthy elderly widow, hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, as her secretary. Mercer, nicknamed "Deadeye" after having shot her criminal handyman, is lonely, and her ad for a secretary is as much about companionship as business. Little does she suspect, though, that the woman and her boyfriend Jay are criminals on the run after a killing, who target elderly women to extort them. The partners plan to make Mercer their next victim, killing her and stealing her money. Addison, however, grows to admire Mercer, and decides she needs to change her ways.

Cast
 Amanda Blake  ...  Helen Mercer
 Tisha Sterling  ...  Gretchen Addison alias Adele Murphy
 Dick Haymes  ...  Harold Porter
 Sam Groom  ...  Jay
 Britt Leach  ...  Fred Hawkes
 Edward Marshall  ...  Roy
Ted Gehring  ...  Police Sergeant
 Dennis Cross  ...  Highway Patrolman
Eric Brotherson  ...  Mr. Hall
Vernon Weddle  ...  Savings Officer
 Rene Bond  ...  Betty, waitress
 Lucille Benson  ...  Eunice Russell

Critical reception
Journalist David Deal wrote in 2005 that the film was "mild in the terror department but the fears it depicts are very real nonetheless."

References

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ABC Movie of the Week
1974 television films
1974 films
Films directed by Gordon Hessler
Films based on American novels