EDITOR’S NOTE: The Devil and Miss Sarah was on the CBS Late Movie on February 24 and April 4, 1974.

Directed by Michael Caffey (who did a lot of TV, including the “Horror In the Heights” episode of Kolchak the Night Stalker) and written by Calvin Clements Jr. (whose career was also mostly in TV), The Devil and Miss Sarah has Gil Turner (James Drury), a farmer, escorting a criminal named Rankin (Gene Barry) to prison. Turner is bringing his wife Sarah (Janice Rule) along with him, which is a bad idea, because Rankin has occult powers and wants her.

Shot in the Utah desert, this has some great natural scenery and keeps the idea if the supernatural is real a mystery until the end. Sarah may or may not also have psychic powers, which means that she may see Rankin as a better partner than her husband. Or perhaps Gene Barry is so incredible in this it seems like he can dominate anyone.

A Manson-influenced Western about a Western outlaw who might be Satan. TV movies were bringing it in 1971.

You can watch this on YouTube.