CTVA US Crime - "Strike Force" (AaronSpelling/ABC)(1981-82) starring Robert Stack

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Strike Force (1981-82)
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STRIKE FORCE
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Aaron Spelling productions (ASP)
The ABC Television Network (Fridays 10:00pm ET)
Supervising Producer E. Duke Vincent
Produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher

US Crime series 1981-82 pilot + 20 episodes x 60 min color
Starring
Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy
Co-starring
Dorian Harewood as Sgt. Paul Strobber
Richard Romanus as Lt. Charlie Gunzer
Michael Goodwin as Sgt. Mark Osborne
Trisha Noble as Sgt. Rosie Johnson
Herbert Edelman as Dep. Comm Herbert Kein

Premise:
Strike Force - a special police squad in Los Angeles.
The crack team headed by Captain Frank Murphy (Robert Stack),
is charge with solving bizarre crimes.

There was a similar tvm called "Strike Force" made in 1975
starring Cliff Gorman, Donald Blakely, Richard Gere, Edward Grover

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ABC Fridays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern

1.1 [--] STRIKE FORCE: (2hr. pilot)
Aaron Spelling prod. no. X-20
13Nov81
Directed by Richard Lang
Guest Cast:
George Dickerson ... Chester Leedham
Grayce Grant ... Evelyn Stockton
John Harkins ... Walter Stockton
Warren Berlinger ... Dr. Syson
Billy Drago ... Ernie
Dave Alan Johnson ... Philip
John McCann ... Dep. Warden Bowen
Ted Gehring ... Demolition Foreman
Rick Fitts ... Cop#1
Laurence Haddon ... Plainclothesman
Synopsis:
The pilot episode starts with the Strike Force disguised as
employees in a hamburger joint. Two hoods burst in, brandishing
guns. The team then move on to catch The Tuesday Killer, an ax
murderer who has killed five people.

1.2 [-] Strike Force: KIDNAP
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 004
20Nov81 ABC
directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Guest Cast:
Richard Herd

1.3 [--] Strike Force: THE VICTIMS
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 002
27Nov81 ABC
Directed by Lane Slate
Guest Cast:
Philip Michael Thomas ..... Wesley
Lynne Moody ............... Annie / Jossy
Virginia Hawkins
Sandy Helberg

1.4 [--] Strike Force: THE PREDATOR
4Dec81 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 003
directed by Richard Lang
Guest Cast:
Janette Lane Bradbury .... Julie
Kathleen Lloyd ........... Lucy Durrant
Ellen Bry .... Eunice
John Calvin .... Rapist
Hank Brandt

1.5 [--] Strike Force: MAGIC MAN
11Dec81 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 001
directed by Richard Lang
Guest Cast:
Ellen Geer
Claudia Wells ... Patty
Robert Sampson

1.6 [--] Strike Force: NIGHT NURSE
18Dec81 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 008
directed by Cliff Bole
Guest Cast:
Tab Hunter ... Dr. Voorhees
Steve Sandor
Fredd Wayne

1.7 [--] Strike Force: THE HOLLOW MAN
25Dec81 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 005
directed by Richard Lang
Guest Cast:
Ron Moody

1.8 [--] Strike Force: THE OUTCASTS
8Jan82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. no. 007
directed by Don Chaffey.

1.9 [--] Strike Force: ICE
15Jan82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 006
directed by Cliff Bole
guest star
David McCallum ... William Hadley

1.10 [--] Strike Force: INTERNAL AFFAIR
22Jan82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 009
directed by Bob Sweeney
Guest Cast:
Sam Melville ... Dennis

1.11 [--] Strike Force: LONELY LADIES
5Feb82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 011
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Bob Sweeney
Guest Cast:
Eric Braeden
Ellen Bry ... Anne
Carole Cook
Deborah Dalton
Paul Picerni
Ann Turkel

1.12 [--] Strike Force: FALLEN ANGEL
12Feb82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 010
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Lawrence Dobkin
guest star
Anne Bruner .... Linda
Cindy Fisher ... Sunset
Judson Scott ... Johnny Lee Bradick

1.13 [--] Strike Force: SHARKS
19Feb82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 012
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Cliff Bole
Guest Cast:
Christopher Pennock
Gerard Prendergast (as Gearld Pendergast)
Robin Strand

1.14 [--] Strike Force: TURNABOUT
26Feb82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 014
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Cliff Bole
Guest Cast:
Joanna Cassidy ... Eve Murphy
Raymond St. Jacques ... Peck Ortega

1.15 [--] Strike Force: THE JOHN KILLER
5Mar82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 013
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Don Chaffey
Guest Cast:
Ellen Bry
Ronnie Schell
Elizabeth Stack
John Stuart West ... Agent Dalton (uncredited)

1.16 [--] Strike Force: HUMILIATION
19Mar82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 015
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Robert Gist
Guest Cast:
Larry Fishburne ... F.T.
Andrea Howard ... Marian
Deborah Pratt

1.17 [--] Strike Force: PANDORA VECTOR (aka "Deadly Chemicals")
26Mar82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 016
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Charles Picerni
Guest Cast:
Lindsay Bloom
Stuart Pankin
Christopher Stone

1.18 [--] Strike Force: THE REVENGER
2Apr82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 017
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Don Chaffey

1.19 [--] Strike Force: CHINATOWN
9Apr82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 018
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Mike Vejar
Guest Cast:
Wendy Schaal
James Shigeta

1.20 [--] Strike Force: DEATH FARE
16Apr82 ABC
Aaron Spelling prod. no. 019
produced by Joseph T. Naar and Michael Fisher
directed by Don Chaffey
Guest Cast:
Vince Flaherty ... Detective Jim O'Brien
Anne McCurry ... Karin

1.21 [--] Strike Force: THE JUDGE
23Apr82 ABC
guest star
DeForest Kelley

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