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 |
Producer | Richard Lang |
Cinematography | Richard L. Rawlings |
Editors | Bob Bring Marsh Hendry John Woodcock |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production company | Aaron Spelling Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
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.
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.
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: 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.
External links
- Shooting Stars at TCMDB
- Shooting Stars at IMDb
- Shooting Stars at BFI
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