The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970 TV Movie)
9/10
A cast of old pros enliven a good "secret society" film
7 May 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Film veteran Glenn Ford made a rare television appearance as a college professor that runs afoul of a fraternal organization with dastardly intentions. Giving him "headaches" are brilliant character actors Will Geer and Dean Jagger. A pre-Walton Geer and veteran Jagger are appropriately "fatherly" as the story unfolds, revealing to college professor Ford that all is not as it appears in the "Ivy Halls" of academia. Shakespearean actor Maurice Evans, better known to American audiences as Samantha's father on "Bewitched," is also on hand as an associate of Ford's that also is not as he appears to be.

Rosemary Forsyth is good as Ford's supportive wife, while William Smithers and William Conrad are effective in their secondary roles.

When this film aired in '71, it was good to see Ford, an actor that had numerous movie successes in the 40's and 50's.
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