Shooting Stars (1983 film)
Shooting Stars | |
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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 |
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[]
External links[]
- Shooting Stars at TCMDB
- Shooting Stars at IMDb
- Shooting Stars at BFI
Categories:
- 1983 television films
- 1983 films
- 1980s action comedy films
- American films
- American television films
- American action comedy films
- Television films as pilots
- Television pilots not picked up as a series
- Films scored by Dominic Frontiere
- Films directed by Richard Lang (director)
- American television film stubs