DAN AUGUST SERIES(1970)
A very early vehicle for Burt Reynolds before he became
popular! This stars him and Norman Fell(Three's Company)
a a group of unknowns!
With many guest stars of the time including: Diana Muldaur,
Vera Miles, Dabney Coleman, Vic Morrow, Ricardo Montalban,
Julie Adams, Richard Basehart, Bradford Dillman, Tim O'Connor,
Mickey Rooney, Susan Oliver, Robert Fuller, Don Stroud, Monte
Markham, Sal Mineo, Walter Pidgeon and others!!
SEASON 1:
PILOT MOVIE: HOUSE ON GREENAPPLE ROAD(Sept. 23, 1970):
This was the pilot for this series which shows the
set up for the series!! The only character who was
kept from this movie for the series was Ned Romero
as Sgt. Joe Rivera
A young girl comes home to find her house a mess
and her mother gone!!
Guest stars, which includes the actors who were
replaced by the stars of the series include: Tim
O'Connor(Buck Rogers), William Windom(Murder, She
Wrote), Janet Leigh(Psycho), Walter Pidgeon(Forbidden
Planet), Keenan Wynn(MANY Disney movies), Edward
Asner(Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant), Paul Fix
(The Rifleman), Eve Plumb(The Brady Bunch), Christopher
George(Rat Patrol), Linda Day George(Mission: Impossible)!
Star Trek connection: Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The
Perfect Mate"), William Windom(TOS episode "The
Doomsday Machine), Joanne Linville(TOS episode "The
Enterprise Incident"), Paul Fix(TOS episode "Where
No Man Has Gone Before")! B
EPISODES 1: MURDER BY PROXY(Sept. 23, 1970):
A man is driving irratically and chased by the
police when he crashes into a lake! He is found
inside the car naked and dead!
Guest Starring: Diana Muldaur(Star Trek: TNG season
2, McCloud, LA Law, Planet Earth), Anne Francis
Forbidden Planet, Honey West)!
Star Trek connection: Diana Muldaur(2 episodes of TOS,
Season 2 of TNG), Roger Perry(TOS episode "Tomorrow
Is Yesterday")! A
EPISODE 2: THE MURDER OF A SMALL TOWN(Sept. 30, 1970):
A racial episode with whites against migrant workers!
Guest Starring: Ricardo Mantalban(Fantasy Island)!
Star Trek connection: Ricardo Mantalban(TOS episode
"Space Seed", Star Trek II: Thw Wrath Of Khan), Bar
La Rue(6 episodes of TOS! C-
EPISODE 3: LOVE IS A NICKEL BAG(Oct. 07, 1970):
Drug problems in the small town!
Guest starring here is Annette O'Toole(Smallville)!! B-
EPISODE 4: THE KING IS DEAD(PART 1)(Oct. 14, 1970):
A rich dude who helped put Dan through college is found
dead and the number one suspect is his wife!
Guest starring here are Dabney Coleman(War Games, Fernwood
Tonight, 9 To 5)! B
EPISODE 5: IN THE EYES OF GOD(Oct. 21, 1970):
A priest is killed and a former priest knows who did
it but his faith keeps him from telling!
Guest starring here are Bradfor Dillman(8 episodes of Murder
She Wrote), James Best(Dukes Of Hazzard, ), Donna Mills
(Knots Landing)! A
EPISODE 6: THE COLOR OF FURY(Oct. 28, 1970):
Another episode centered around race!
Guest starring: Nehemiah Persoff(The Amarican Tale movies)!
Star Trek connection: Nehemiah Persoff(TNG epsidoe "The
Most Toys")! A
EPISODE 7: INVITATION TO MURDER(Nov. 04, 1970):
The daughter of a well known columnist gets offed
and he is making life difficult for the police by
writing half-truths about suspects!!
Guest starring: Tim O'Connor(Buck Rogers)!
Star Trek connection: Michael Strong(TOS episode "What
Are Little Girls Made Of"), Tim O'Connor(TNG episode
"The Perfect Mate")! A
EPISODE 8: THE UNION FOREVER(Nov. 11, 1970):
A union leader is killed and it causes quite an uproar!
Guest starring: Vic Morrrow(Combat), Joan Van Ark(Knots Landing)! C+
EPISODE 9: EPITAPH FOR A SWINGER(Nov. 18, 1970):
A swinger gets killed and there are many suspects!!
Guest starring: Julie Adams(Creature From The Black
Lagoon, 10 episodes of Murder She Wrote)! B
EPISODE 10: WHEN THE SHOUTING DIES(Nov. 25, 1970):
A blackmailer gets killed and it appears an old
friend of Dan's might have done it!
Guest starring: Vera Miles(Psycho), Soon Tek Oh(Mulan),
Rance Howard(Ron and Clint's Father), Victor French
(Highway To Heaven!! A-
EPISODE 11: THE SOLDIER(Dec. 02, 1970):
A soldier who is AWOL gets framed for the murder of
an MP!! B+
EPISODE 12: QUADRANGLE FOR DEATH(Dec. 16, 1970):
A college professor gets fired and the man who fires
him gets run down and killed!
Guest Starring Richard Basehart(Voyage To The Bottom Of
The Sea, Knight Rider) John Ritter(Three's Company)! A
EPISODE 13: PASSING FAIR(Dec. 30, 1970):
This one's pretty interesting: A psychiatrist is killed
and a file is missing from his office! The man whose file
it was is the prime suspect!! A
EPISODE 14: THE TITAN(Jan. 07, 1971):
A drug pusher is killed and there are several suspects!
Starring: Robert Fuller(Wagon Train, Emergency!, Laramie)! B
EPISODE 15: DEATH CHAIN(Jan. 21, 1971):
A young woman gets killed and all the suspects are
being gunned down!!
Guest starring: Jan-Micheal Vincent(Airwolf)! A
EPISODE 16: DEAD WITNESS TO A KILLING(Jan. 28, 1971):
A woman gets killed and the DA is giving Dan a hard
time with his investigation: the woman was his wife!
Guest starring: A very young Martin Sheen(West Wing, Grace
And Frankie, The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, Babylon 5 episode
"Soul Hunter", Monte Markham(The New Perry Mason, Baywatch)
Star Trek connection: Laurence Luckinbill(Star Trek V:
The Final Frontier)! A
EPISODE 17: THE LAW(Feb. 04, 1971):
A judge is being framed for being incompetent by
one of several suspects!!
Guest starring: Walter Pidgeon returns, Larry Hagman(I Dream
Of Jeanie, Dallas), Lee Merriwether(Batman[as Catwoman,
Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)!
Star Trek connection: Lee Meriwether(TOS episode "That
Which Survives")! A
EPISODE 18: THE WORST CRIME(Feb. 11, 1971):
A woman is raped and murdered!
Speaking of Star Trek: there's an announcement at the space
port paging a "Captain Christopher Pike"!!
Guest starring: Ellen Corby(The Waltons), Sal Mineo(Exodus,
Planet Of The Apes, Rebel Without A Cause. He also tried out
a singing career with a couple of minor hits in the late 50s.
He was murdered in a robbery attempt!), Frenando Lamas(The
Cheap Detective, Murder On Flight 502, 3 episodes of It Takes
A Thief, 5 episodes of Run For Your Life)Tom Troupe(Kelly's
Heroes), Jerry Douglas(The Young And The Restless)!
Star Trek connection: Tom Trooupe(TOS episode "Arena")! A
EPISODE 19: CIRCLE OF LIES(Feb. 18, 1971):
A race car designer is killed and the number one
suspect is the driver who was in an accident with
his latest design!
Guest starring: Christopher Connelly(Peyton Place, The Martian
Chronicles), Fred Holiday(Galactica 1980), Ben Wright(The
Sound Of Music, My Fair Lady, several Disney projects)!
Star Trek connection: Jason Evers(TOS episode "Wink Of An
Eye")! A
EPISODE 20: TRACKDOWN(Feb. 25, 1971):
Dan is hot on the trail of a gang that robs racetracks,
and in one of the jobs a friend of his is killed!!
Guest starring Stewert Moss(Catch-22, Fuzz)!
Star Trek connection: Michael Pataki(TOS episode "The Trouble
With Tribbles", TNG episode "Kitumba"), Stewert Moss(2 episodes
of TOS!), Harry Basch(What Are Little Girls Made Of?") A
EPISODE 21: BULLET FOR A HERO(Mar. 04, 1971):
A Viet Vet is murdered and it could be because he
married a Vietnamese girl!
Guest starring: Robert Pine(Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, CHips)!
Star Trek connection: Lou Antonio(TOS episode "Let That
Be Your Last Battlefield"), Robert Pine(Enterprise episode
"Fusion", Voyager episode "The Chute"),! B
EPISODES 22: THE MANUFACTURED MAN(JMar. 11, 1971):
Some really great actors here!!
A woman gets off a bus and promptly gets killed! The
suspects are many, but the main one is Indiana Joens!
But you shouldn't count out Lando!! (LOL!)
Guest starring: Harrison Ford(THE Harrison Ford!!), Mickey
Rooney(THE Mickey Rooney), Billy Dee Williams(Star Wars V
& VI), David Soul(Starsky And Hutch, he was also known as
a singer), Gary Busey(Lethal Weapon, Under Siege)!
Star Trek connection: Lou Antonio(TOS episode "Let That
Be Your Last Battlefield"), Robert Pine(Enterprise episode
"Fusion", Voyager episode "The Chute"), Keith Andes(TOS
episode "The Apple")! B
EPISODE 23: THE MEAL TICKET(Mar. 18, 1971):
A boxer drops dead in the ring!
Guest Starring: Don Stroud(2 episodes of Babylon 5), Dick
Enberg(award winning sports announcer)!
Star Trek connection: Gil Gerard(TNV episode "Kitumba"),
Erin Gray(CONT episodes "Lolani" & "Embracing The Winds"),
Felix Silla (TOS episode "The Cage"), Mark Leonard(Star Trek
TOS, TNG, The Motion Picture, IV: The Voyage Home, VI: The
Undiscovered Country), Paul Carr(TOS episode "Where No Man
Has Gone Before"), Ron Gans(TNG episode "Skin Of Evil")!! C
EPISODE 24: DAYS OF RAGE(Mar. 25, 1971):
A man gets killed while being handed off to the cops for
delivery to the hoosgow!!! C
EPISODE 25: PROGNOSIS: HOMICIDE(Apr. 01, 1971):
A drunk gets killed when he drinks an expensive liquer!
Turns out it was meant for a doctor, but who was after
him?!!
Guest starring here are Susan Oliver(Days Of Our Lives, Payton
Place)
Star Trek connection: Susan Oliver(TOS episode "The Cage"), Fritz
Weaver(DS9 episode "Tribunal")!! B+
EPISODE 26: THE ASSASSIN(Apr. 08, 1971):
Last episode of the series!
The chief gets shot, but it looks like he wasn't the
target! This gets our boys hot for the perp!
Starring Carolyn Jones(The Addams Family, The Man Who Knew
Too Much, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers)! B+
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Great short-lived series. Reynolds in another cop show after
Hawk, but this time in color, with more cast members and under
a Quinn Martin format (Prologue, Acts 1 to 4, Epilogue). Social
topics of the day (student unrest, race relations, changing
morals) were woven into the episodes and Burt with his stunts;
what more can you ask for? - purakek