The Man and the City

*The Man and the City*
The Man and the City
	Anthony Quinn and Janice Rule, 1971
Created by	Howard Rodman
Starring	Anthony Quinn
Composer	Alex North
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 15, 1971 –; January 5, 1972

The Man and the City is an American drama series which aired on ABC as part of its Fall 1971 lineup from September 15, 1971 to January 5, 1972.

Anthony Quinn starred as Thomas Jefferson Alcala, the long-term Hispanic mayor of a major but unidentified city in the Southwestern United States (location shooting was done in Albuquerque, New Mexico). Arcala's WASP deputy, Andy Hays, was portrayed by Mike Farrell. Hays' main role was to make sure that the well-meaning Mayor Alcala did not become so engrossed in aiding individual constituents with their problems that he failed to address the issues facing the city as a whole.

Despite the vast talents of Quinn and the earnest Farrell, The Man and the City was a Nielsen ratings failure, finishing third in its Wednesday night time slot against the hit private eye show Mannix and the Rod Serling anthology series Night Gallery, and was cancelled at midseason.

Cast[]

Anthony Quinn....Thomas Jefferson Alcala
Mike Farrell....Andy Hayes
Mala Powers....Marian Crane
Carmen Zapata...Josefina

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Hands of Love"	TBA	TBA	September 15, 1971 (1971-09-15)
2	"100 Blank Pages"	TBA	TBA	September 22, 1971 (1971-09-22)
3	"I Should Have Let Him Die"	TBA	TBA	September 29, 1971 (1971-09-29)
4	"A Very Special Girl"	TBA	TBA	October 6, 1971 (1971-10-06)
5	"Reprisal"	TBA	TBA	October 13, 1971 (1971-10-13)
6	"Disaster on Turner Street"	TBA	TBA	October 20, 1971 (1971-10-20)
7	"The Handwriting on the Door"	TBA	TBA	October 27, 1971 (1971-10-27)
8	"Running Scared"	TBA	TBA	November 3, 1971 (1971-11-03)
9	"The Deadly Fountain"	TBA	TBA	November 10, 1971 (1971-11-10)
10	"Run for Daylight"	TBA	TBA	November 17, 1971 (1971-11-17)
11	"The Cross-Country Man"	TBA	TBA	December 1, 1971 (1971-12-01)
12	"Pipe Me a Loving Tune"	TBA	TBA	December 8, 1971 (1971-12-08)
13	"The Girls in Truck 7"	TBA	TBA	December 15, 1971 (1971-12-15)
14	"Jennifer"	TBA	TBA	December 29, 1971 (1971-12-29)
15	"Diagnosis: Corruption"	TBA	TBA	January 5, 1972 (1972-01-05)

Awards[]

Daniel Petrie won a Directors Guild of America Award in 1972 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night for the episode "Hands of Love." That same episode earned Petrie an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme.

References[]

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links[]

The Man and the City at IMDb

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