telefilm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of telefilm
First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + film
Example Sentences
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“She’s shooting a telefilm now in Switzerland called ‘Bulle.'
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
He did appear as a different character in a 1985 Poirot telefilm “Thirteen at Dinner,” in which Peter Ustinov played the detective.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
But the telefilm any aging kid will recall with a shudder was Trilogy of Terror, starring Karen Black and produced and directed by House of Dark Shadows’s Dan Curtis from three Matheson stories.
From Time ● Oct. 31, 2011
He also produced the 1984 miniseries "Fatal Vision," which won an Emmy for actor Karl Malden, and the 1989 telefilm "The Case of the Hillside Stranglers."
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2010
You've got cans of telefilm in the cellar, but them I don't mind.
From Spacemen Never Die! by Morris Hershman
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