Picks and Pans Review: The Elephant Man

UPDATED 12/21/1981 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/21/1981 at 01:00 AM EST

ABC (9-11 p.m. ET)

Philip Anglim and Kevin Conway re-create their Broadway roles as a horribly deformed Victorian freak and the doctor who brings dignity to his life. The Tony Award-winning play, however, should not be confused with the 1980 John Hurt movie of the same name.