title: Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)
text: # Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)
  
  Beauty and the Beast is a 1976 TV movie directed by Fielder Cook, written by Sherman Yellen and produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and Palm Films.
  
  The movie is a live-action adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's eighteenth-century fairy-tale starring real-life husband and wife George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * George C. Scott as the Beast
  * Trish Van Devere as Belle
  * Virginia McKenna as Lucy
  * Bernard Lee as Beaumont
  * Michael Harbour as Anthony
  * William Relton as Nicholas
  * Patricia Quinn as Susan
  
  ## Reception
  
  ### Accolades
  
  | Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Primetime Emmy Award | September 11, 1977 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy | George C. Scott | Nominated |
  | Primetime Emmy Award | September 11, 1977 | Outstanding Achievement in Make-Up | Del Acevedo, John Chambers and Daniel C. Striepeke | Nominated |
  | Primetime Emmy Award | September 11, 1977 | Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special | Albert Wolsky | Nominated |
  