Shooting Stars (1983 film)

Shooting Stars
Genre	Action Comedy
Written by	Michael Fisher
Directed by	Richard Lang
Starring	Billy Dee Williams Parker Stevenson John P. Ryan Edie Adams Fred Travalena
Music by	Dominic Frontiere
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Douglas S. Cramer Aaron Spelling E. Duke Vincent
Producers	Richard Lang Claudia Myhers Tschudin (associate producer) Michael Fisher (supervising producer)
Cinematography	Richard L. Rawlings
Editors	Bob Bring Marsh Hendry John Woodcock
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	Aaron Spelling Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	July 28, 1983 (1983-07-28)

Shooting Stars is a 1983 American made-for-television action comedy film starring Billy Dee Williams and Parker Stevenson.^[1]

It was the pilot for a proposed TV series which did not eventuate. However, it aired as a stand-alone TV movie on ABC on July 28, 1983.^[2]

Plot[]

Two actors who play detectives are fired from their jobs. They decide to go into business as private investigators.

Cast[]

Billy Dee Williams as Douglas Hawke
Parker Stevenson as Bill O'Keefe
John P. Ryan as Detective Mcgee
Edie Adams as Hazel
Fred Travalena as Teddy
Richard Bakalyan as Snuffy
Tori Spelling as Frank Mcrae
Frank McRae as Tubbs
Robert Webber as J Woodrow Wilson
Kathleen Lloyd as Laura O'Keefe
Denny Miller as Tanner
John Randolph as Stevenson
David Faustino as Patrick
Robert Webber as Woodrow Norton
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Robert Cluso

References[]

^ TV: 'SHOOTING STARS,' AN ABC MOVIE: [Review] Corry, John. New York Times 28 July 1983: C.23.
^ HE HOPES 'SHOOTING STARS' WILL CATCH FIRE BY MICHAEL E. HILL. The Washington Post 24 July 1983: TV5.

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