ALIAS SMITH AND JONES SEASON 1
After the success of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
the producers of this show decided that this couldn't be
anything but a hit!! They were right! Unfortunately, after
Pete Duel killed himself and they producers replaced him with
Roger Davis, the popularity waned considerably and the show
was cancelled! Fortunately for the fans of the show, they
were able to produce 50 episodes!
Many well known guest stars here: J.D. Cannon, Burl Ives,
Forrest Tucker, Slim Pickens, Keenann Wynn, Walter Brennan,
Cesar Romero, Sam Jaffe, Jackie Coogan, Paul Fix, James
Drury, Buddy Ebsen, Sally Field, L.Q. Jones, David Canary,
Dana Elcar, Pernell Roberts, Dub Taylor, Earl Holliman,
Louis Gossett Jr., Vera Miles, Diana Muldaur, Will Geer,
Patrick Macnee, Jack Cassidy, Claudine Longet, Joseph
Campenella, Judy Carne, Fernando Lamas, Jack Kelly,
Howard Duff, George Montgomery, Lee Majors, Ida Lupino,
Jim Backus, Broderick Crawford, Susan Oliver, Susan Saint
James, Alan Hale Jr.,, Jane Wyatt, Joe Flynn, Edd Byrnes,
Jack Elam, Chill Wills, Don Ameche, William Windom, Richard
Anderson, Jack Albertson, Ann Southern, Mark Leonard, Pat
Buttram, Larry Storch, John Banner, Alejandro Rey, Wally
Cox, Rory Calhoun, Noah Baery Jr., J. Pat O'Malley, Pat
O'Brien & many more!!!
EPISODES 1: ALIAS SMITH AND JONES(Jan. 05, 1971):
This was the pilot for this series which shows the
set up for the series!!
While trying to rob a train of it's safe, Hannibal
Heyes and Kid Curry have difficulties trying to open
it! The rest of the gang get tired of Heyes' attempts
and decide to go on their own! During the robery,
an old woman hands the boys a note about amnisty
and they head to a town where a friend of theirs
goes out to find out what's up. Of course the rest
of the gang doesn't know what's going on, show up
in the town, and decide to rob the bank, of which
the boys have gotten a job!!
A very entertaining beginning to the series!!
Guest starring here are: Forest Tucker, Susan
Saint James, Earl Holliman & James Drury!!
Star Trek connection: Charles Dierkopf(TOS episode
"Wolf In The Fold"), Sid Haig(TOS episode "The
Return Of The Archons"), Peter Brocco(TOS episod
"Errand Of Mercy"), Julie Cobb(TOS episode "By Any
Other Name"), Tony Dante(3 TOS episodes)! A
EPISODE 2: THE MCCREEDY BUST(Jan. 21, 1971):
A man(Burl) who basically owns the town that the boys
ride into, offers them a bunch of money to steal back
a statue that was stolen from him in Mexico!
Guest Starring: Burl Ives, Cesar Romero,
Star Trek Connection: Jimmie Booth(Star Trek: The Motion
Picture) A
EPISODE 3: EXIT FROM WICKENBURG(Jan. 28, 1971):
The boys find themselves good jobs working as saloon
managers to try to clear out the rifraf who are costing
the rather attractive owner money! People in the town
are not happy and are trying to force them out!!
Guest Starring: Slim Pickens, Pernell Roberts!
Star Trek Connection: Mark Leonard(TOS episodes "Balance
Of Terror", "Journey To Babel" as Spock's daddy, TAS
episode "Yesteryear"), Star Trek: The Motion Picture,
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,
TNG episodes "Sarek" & "Unification I"), Paul Kent
(Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan"), Noble "Kid"
Chissell(TOS episode "The City On The Edge Of
Forever"), Rudy Doucette(TOS episode "Assignment:
Earth"), Edwin Rochelle(TOS episode "Assignment:
Earth"), Max Wagner(TOS episode "The City On The
Edge Of Forever")! A
EPISODE 4: WRONG TRAIN TO GAINSVILLE(Feb. 04, 1971):
The boys wanna get out of town in a hurry because they
run into a sheriff that knows them!! So they steal tickets
for a train headed out of town and find out that they've
gone from the frying pan into the fire when the train they're
on is a trap to catch, you guessed it, Heyes and Curry!!
Guest starring here are J.D. Cannon, William Windom &
J. Pat O'Malley!
Star Trek connection: William Windom(TOS episode "The
Doomsday Machine", TNV episode "In Harms Way"), Hal
Needham(TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
as a stuntman!) A
EPISODE 5: THE GIRL IN BOXCAR #3(Feb. 11, 1971):
The boys get hired to take $50,000 from one town to
another as a favor to a man who is friends with the
Governor!!
Guest starring: Alan Hale Jr., Heather Menzies-Urich &
Jack Garner!
Star Trek connection: Gene Roddenberry(who wrote the story)
(Star Trek creator!!) A
EPISODE 6: THE GREAT SHELL GAME(Feb. 10, 1971):
If you've ever seen the movie The Sting, you will recognize
this set-up immediatelly!!
Guest starring: Diana Muldaur & Sam Jaffe!
Star Trek connection: Diana Muldaur(TOS episodes "Is There,
In Truth, No Beauty?", "Retrun To Tomorrow", TNG season 2) &
Tony Dante(3 episode of TOS), Chester Hayes(TOS episode
"Bread And Circuses")! A
EPISODE 7: RETURN TO DEVIL'S HOLE(Feb. 25, 1971):
A woman tracks down Heyes and Curry and asks Heyes if
he will go to Devil's Hole and rescue her husband who
thinks he's wanted for murder! Or anyway that's her
story!
Guest starring: Fernando Lamas & Sid Haig!
Star Trek connection: Sid Haig(TOS episode "The Return
Of The Archons"), Jon Lormer(3 TOS episodes), Rudy
Doucette(TOS episode "Assignment: Earth"), Ron Stien
(stunt organizer for Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock)! A
EPISODE 8: A FISTFUL OF DIAMONDS(Mar. 04, 1971):
A bank president robs his own bank, kills the manager, then
frames the Kid and Heyes for the job!!
Guest starring: John McGiver & Sam Jaffe!
Star Trek connection: Paul Sorensen(Star Terk III: The Search
For Spock)! A
EPISODE 9: STAGECOACH SEVEN(Mar. 11, 1971):
The boys are on stagecoach that gets robbed(not their men)!
One of the bandits recognizes them and decide that their going
to take them in for the reward! Only problem is the stagecoach
makes it to the way station and the bandits surround the house
and then - - - -!!
Guest starring: Keenan Wynn, L.Q. Jones & Dana Elcar!
Star Trek connection: Steve Ihnat(TOS episode "Whom Gods
Destroy"). A
EPISODE 10: THE MAN WHO MURDERED HIMSELF(Mar. 18, 1971):
The two boys are in a heap of trouble, in two different ways!
Curry is transporting explosives and Heyes is leading an espidition
of archeologist to find some red haired, 7 foot indians!!
Guest starring: Patrick MacNee, Slim Pickens, Juliet
Mills
Star Trek connection: Don Keefer(TOS episode "Assignment:
Earth")! A
EPISODE 11: THE ROOT OF IT ALL(Mar. 25, 1971):
Ok, stop me if you've heard this before: Heyes and Curry
are on a stage and it gets robbed! One of the crooks that
stopped the stage recognizes the boys! Ok, that's where the
story takes a turn from the last one: there's three women on
the stage in search of $100,000 that's supposed to be buried
around the area and they talk the boys into trying to help
them find it!!
Guest starring: Judy Carne!<
Star Trek connection: Meg Wyllie(TOS episode "The Cage"),
Walt Davis(3 episodes of TOS), Dick Crockett(TOS episodes
"The Trouble With Tribbles" & "The Gamesters Of Triskelion')! A
EPISODE 12: THE 5TH VICTIM((Apr. 1, 1971):
There's a poker game where the boys are playing and an
Ace is found out the floor, idicating there's some cheating
going on! Suddenly, after the game, the players start dropping
like flies!!!
Guest starring: Joseph Campanella! A
Star Trek connection: Sharon Acker(TOS episode "The Mark Of
Gideon"), Bill Quinn(Star Trek V: The Final Frontier),
Jimmie Booth(Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Edwin
Rochelle(TOS episode "Assignment: Earth")! A
EPISODE 13: THE JOURNEY FROM SAN JUAN(Apr. 08, 1971):
Heyes and Curry are in Mexico for purposes unknown when they
meet up with a couple of ladies! They band together to drive
a bunch of cattle up north!
Claudine sings a couple of songs here!
Guest starring: Claudine Longet, Susan Oliver!
Star Trek connection: Susan Oliver(TOS episode "The Cage"),
Gregory Sierra(DS9 episode "Second Skin")!
EPISODE 14: NEVER TRUST AN HONEST MAN(Apr. 15, 1971):
After going on a train trip and stopping in Bountiful,
the boys accidently swap bags with a woman that was on
said same train! Not a big deal, except they find a few
million dollars worth of jewels in the bag they grabbe! A
Guest starring: Richard Anderson, Robert Donner!
Star Trek connection: Marj Dusay(TOS episode "Spock's
Brain")!
EPISODE 15: THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE O'ROURKE(Apr. 22, 1971):
Last episode of season one!
The boys ride into town, get recognized by a man in jail,
find out he's to be hung in the morning, also find out he
knows where $100,000 in gold is buried, and get hornswoggled
into trying to find it!
Guest starring: Joan Hackett, J.D. Cannon!
Star Trek connection: Guy Raymond(TOS episode "The Trouble
With Tribbles"), Erik Holland(TOS episode "Wink Of An Eye"!
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
"A-team"is one of the best tv-series ever. Four
veterans of Vietnam war are wrongfully accused
and now they are outlaws.Peppard is very good
in his role.He plays Hannibal,the leader of the four.
I think is the best role of Peppard!But Mr.T as B.A
is also outstanding."A_team"is not only adventure
and crime.It has also comedy and sometimes romance.
If you like "MacGyver" you are going to love "A-Team".
Also if you are fun of Robert Vaughn you must see
"A-Team" because Vaughn plays general Stockwell.
A mysterious person who is a friend and an enemy
of the four veterans. - Andy S, (anstamatopoulos@yahoo.gr)