The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (TV 1980) 

A young Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane is a truly brilliant casting choice!

I'm 46 and have only recently found this movie, but I've been watching it every October now since 2017. I love the old school feel of this movie and all the actors and actresses who made a wonderful feel good family movie.

I was just a 12 year old girl when this movie first aired in October of 1980. Jeff Goldblum is the best Ichabod Crane I've ever seen. I'm a 54 year old woman now, and this is still my favorite version of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. It's a shame this movie isn't being shown on TV anymore. It's a good, family-friendly movie.

I miss these kinds of movies.

“A man don’t know what fed up means, until he’s been proper married”. This movie has a comic element which I truly enjoy.

I love this version. You can tell that the actors had fun with the roles.

Cute version. Jeff was casted perfectly, all 6'6" of that goofy looking actor. Loved it... And if you're old enough to remember legendary NFL Dick Butkus (Bram Bones) playing football... a beast of a man on the field and fun on film! Thank you for sharing @ FroggyFlix!

Wow. I was ten years old and our family just moved into the country down a 3 mile long dirt road with an old cemetery in a hollow just a half a mile away about the time this movie first aired on television. The cemetery is called Rigdon cemetery located in umatilla Florida. It dates back to the 1800's and it gave me the willy's walking past it to and from the school bus stop. But after a while I started visiting that old graveyard and started picking it up and taking care of it. It was a forgotten cemetery, which as a kid I found to be terribly sad and everyday I would visit each and every gravestone and pay my respects. I'm 48 years old now and I still visit that old graveyard , everytime I walk into that resting place a calmness happens that is indescribable. Everytime I see this movie, it brings back memories of my childhood and I take a long ride into the country and visit that old place.

I saw this version on Halloween night after I got home from trick-or-treating. Still my favorite version!

It's not Halloween without Sleepy Hollow, Thank You.

This is my favorite version! This is the only version where Ichabod gets a happy ending. I was 6 years old and in love with the Halloween season in 1980 when this was on tv. Wish I could go back just one more time. We didnt know how good we had it.

Jeff Goldblum best Ichabod Crane ever!👍🏻

Goldblum is the perfect actor to play Ichabod Crane, he just looks and sounds exactly how the character should. I have this movie on VHS and have rewatched it a few times, it's always entertaining.

This movie is so wholesomely innocent yet keeps audience's attention. I have lost count how often I have watched this and I look forward to many more years of watching it here😍. 4-24-22

My favorite favorite version of this ghostly tale & Jeff G is the perfect Ichabod Crane- all the actors are sublime💖

I haven't seen this movie since I was 10-years-old and had just finished trick-or-treating. I'm amazed at how much I remembered of the movie. What nostalgia!

I saw this movie as a child in the 80s. It’s always stuck with me that jeff Goldblum played in an adaptation of sleepy hollow.

Jeff Goldblum and Meg Foster, what a great combination! This was very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.

I love this version of Sleepy Hollow (The legend of). It has a charm, and humor, that I never tire of. I used to have a crush on the girl who played Katrina. I saw her in an episode of Miami Vice, too.

A classic. I watch it every year. RIP Dick Butkus.

Jeff Goldblum is the perfect Ichabod Crane

September 2020 and was recommended this adaptation I wasn't aware this gem even existed ..love the Sleepy Hallow stories

My claim to fame is my grandpa and dad being the fiddle players at the hour and ten mark lol

I grew up watching these fun kind of movies... Everything seemed so much better back then... Thankyou for uploading these great movies.. 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻🖤

Hidden classic. One of the greats.

Love this version! So much better than any other. I agree; Jeff Goldbum was MUCH more like Ichabod Crane than Johnny Depp. There is something simple & eerie about this -- scared me half to death as a kid....but I grew up with this. It's funny; what you know as a child...it never leaves you!

Jeff Goldblum makes such a great Ichabod Crane, a good mix of awkwardness and magnetism. The kind of guy Brom Bones could be equally worried and not worried about.

When you weren't expecting Jeff Goldblum, but then Jeff Goldblum happens. It's like hell yeah, bonus Goldblum! Nature, uh, found a way.

This is actually my favorite version of Sleepy Hollow. It has a little house on the prairie era vibe.

Jeff Goldblum was so handsome😍😍😍😍. Still an attractive man now that he’s older.

I’m 63 1st time I’ve seen this movie. I’d seen dozen other versions. Including the animated ones. Jeff Goldblum is the perfect impersonation of Ichabod Crane. The most perfect character resembling Ichabod Crane. Loved it.

This is my all time favorite Sleepy Hollow movie! Not Halloween with out it! Sad to hear of the passing of Dick Butkus-he was excellent in this movie!

My absolutely favorite version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!!! ❤❤❤❤

I always thought Jeff Goldblum was the perfect Ichabod Crane. 💙

Very entertaining! Loved this movie. Thankyou

It's always been family tradition since I was about 9 years old to watch this movie every Halloween season. It's one of my most favorite classic literature stories that just fits right in with Halloween and it's origins extremely well. Bloomberg imo looked the most handsome, cute and attractive in this movie more then others he I'm sure has had the pleasure of acting in. The best hands down. ❤️👍

Wow! What a bonus with Jeff Goldblum! I love every film he's made!

The last (and first) time I've seen this, was back when, it came out. I bought a VHS of it, back in the '90's, when a local video store was going, out of business. But, I never watched it, and lost it later on. This is an early Jeff Goldbloom vehicle, if not his first, perhaps. I see Mr. Woodman (from 'Welcome Back Cotter') is in it, along with that creepy eyed, Meg Foster😲!!! Those creeper peepers, always sent chills 🌬️ up, and down my spine🥴!!! I never did (and wouldn't), go out with a woman, who possesses blue eyes, like this. This movie is my favorite version, of this tale😁, next to the Disney animated short.

Like visiting an old friend once a year.

Classic, this version is a hidden gem!!!! Needs to be viewed in school and Washington Irvings book needs to be mandatory reading in elementary and middle school Classic good Americana Excellent outstanding damily stories , classic American folklore stories!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Jeff Goldblum is fantastic in everything he does! thanks for the movie! and Dick Butkus-too funny!!!

Always like Jeff Goldblum. He has one of those rare types of acting style, where it looks and sounds like he is just talking off the top of his head. Like he didn't even rehearse the lines.

Dick Butkus and Jeff Goldblum 👍and that beautiful Meg Foster

Show of hands, in the scene where Goldblum is being chased by the Headless horseman, how many of you were Hoping He'd say "Must go faster, Must Go Faster..."

Well I see Tim Burton wasn't the only one who took some creative liberties with this Story. Poor Irving, two rough years.

I hadn't seen this in 35 yrs..still liked it alot!

I remember watching this when it first aired. Damn, I am old. 🤣 Be safe and be 😎

In junior high school I fell asleep watching this movie the night after Halloween and always wanted to know how it ended - yes, I read the book - and now, I finally know.☺️ Very good movie with a fun ending; thanks for sharing it!

Just love it! It's not Halloween without this movie. Happy Halloween everyone!

Love this version! 🎃💀

This is my favorite sleepy hollow I've ever seen.

Thanks so much for having this here. I bought a used VHS version several years ago but this is better quality. I always enjoy this version of Sleepy Hollow!

This and Sleepy Hollow (1999) are the best adaptations of the tale. Though this one focuses much more on the residents of Sleepy Hollow, their relations with Crane, and the subplot involving Palmer. The Headless Horseman isn't much of a threat until the end. Goldblum is in his element, and this was his earliest starring role. Too bad this movie never made it past VHS, it must not be married!

It may sound silly but this particular version of Sleepy Hallow is just the best and I thoroughly enjoy watching it over and over. I thank whomever posted this.😊 Have often wondered why the script writers have Crane say Palmer has a "white" beard when it's clearly dark grey????🤔 Brook👩‍🌾🍏🍎

Times were simple back then.

Had to watch this in my 11th grade English class back in 89. I've loved it ever since.

I must have missed this growing up. Surprised I loved the Disney cartoon as a kid. Relatives lived near Sleepy Hollow. Even wound up going to school in Tarrytown. 🎃👻

Loved this movie as a young kid in the early 80s. Came on TV around Halloween! Thanks for posting!!

I was 11 in 1980, where did the time go.

I love this version. I grew up watching this.

Everything is better with Jeff Goldblum. Just everything!!!

An enjoyable version of a classic tale,thanks for posting.

love this version use to watch it when i was a kid. Jeff Goldblum was a excellent Icobod Crane

Jeff goldblum is the best ichabod crane. No one could play him better than him.

The most relaxing film ever.

I just love Meg Foster's eyes she is so beautiful!

I found the VHS of this a couple of years ago at a thrift store. I was very lucky.

Omg, Jeff Goldblum. I'm gonna guess he got this part based on appearance, alone, in spite of his early acting career. :D I remember watching him in Ten Speed and Brown Shoe.

Thank you for posting this

I was about to give up on this when I realized Katrina was Meg Foster. Dem eyes! :)

Our Family's FAVORITE VERSION of live action LOSH ! Jeff Goldblum, of course, is Fabulous as always, And the Wonderful Dick Butkus is such a great Brom Bones !! We have watched this every fall for Decades ! Wish someone could re-master this, and bring it new life !!

I think I remember this as a kid. It was around this time in Oct.

When I seen that guy I expected a T. rex to show up .

I remember watching this near Halloween 1980 with my family

This is like the first horror film I saw. from this all else followed ... Still scary as an adult .

This is perhaps my favorite adaptation of this story. I remember watching it as a kid. Very good.

The original network it first aired on should air this every Halloween just like a Christmas special 😄

Thank You for sharing! This was from a fun era in television.

How have I never seen this?!? A young Jeff Goldblum!

I love this version, I have to watch it a couple times every Halloween season or it’s not Halloween 🎃 I have the old VHS tape but I wish they would re-release it on dvd or blu-ray.

I loved this movie with Jeff Goldblum. Thank you for posting it!

This was great ! Thank you for sharing and bringing back some good memories!😁🐎🎃🎇✨

My very first Jeff Goldblum movie. So weird seeing Ichabod Crane as The Fly and in Jurassic Park now! 😂

i love this movie. i used to watch it all the time me and my brother. still got the vhs tape.

I never saw this version before. I love it! Jeff Goldblum is an excellent Ichabod Crane.

Never seen this before but I love this era of TV.

Thank you for sharing it was fun to watch this movie again after several years

Jeff was perfect 🎃 enjoyed this so much

Just lucked up on Disney's Ichabod Crane animated version with Bing Crosby narrating n singing the entire feature, which first introduced my family when we were kids in the 1960's to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!!! Since then, I have been fascinated by EVERY version of the famous tale!! This Jeff Goldblum tale is a classic!!! I do not remember it from when it first came out as I was ALREADY too old to be home watching TV at night as I was ALWAYS working n going to school at night 🌃!!! But since finding it recently in my 67 th year on this earth, I have grown enamored with it!!! Thanks for showing it this evening in July, 2024, where I am experiencing great difficulties in life. This is a Great respite to regenerate on!!!

Ichabod: Brom Bones assaulted the schoolmaster just for looking at Miss Van Tassel? Fritz: A-salted, a-peppered, and a-roasted him too! Lol...Fritz had some of the best lines in this enjoyable adaptation from around 1980. 😊🌌🎃

This, the Disney adaptation, and the original novella are collectively all the Sleepy Hollow media anybody needs.

RIP Dick Butkus. The one and only Brom Bones. One of my favorite movies.

Loved it! Reminded me of my childhood! Scared to go to bed and covered up my head afraid the headless horseman was coming to chop off our heads! Lol 👻🎃 Happy Halloween everyone!

Just finished watching it with my newly wife. I saw this back in the early eighties. I was probably about 12 and I remember it like it was yesterday. I had a wonderful effect on me. Now I am 52 and I hope to share movies like this with my first newborn expected in 3 months.

What a treat. I had no idea Jeff Goldblum was in this. I just clicked because of the title. This ought to be really good.

Oh my gosh!!!! I had the biggest crush on Paul Sand. Love this. Goldblum is the man.

I think I remember when this came out and we watched it around halloween. You know like when the Charlie Brown Great pumpkin and all of the other Halloween shows used to air on television back in the long days ago.

The 80s had the Best COMEDY horror comedy movies of any decade 😊😄😁

This is a great version. I remember this from my youth.This was my favorite until the Hallmark Channel made a version with Brent Carver. Both are very rustic and time-period driven movies. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Winthrop Palmer’s laugh scared the hell out of me as a kid. A great movie. Appreciate you uploading!