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Escape (1973)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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ESCAPE
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Mark VII Ltd. Production (Jack Webb)
for
NBC (Sundays 10PM ET) )
US Semi-Documentary Adventure Anthology 1973 4 episodes x 30 mins
Narrated by Jack Webb
music by Frank Comstock
Anthology dramas about people caught in hair-raising situations
allegedly from real life.
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NBC Sun 10pm (February 1973-April 1973)(Rerun Aug-Sep 73)
1.01 Escape: HOLD DOWN
25Feb1973 NBC Sun (rerun 02Sep73)
Narrated by Jack Webb
starring
Ed Nelson ............. Lt. Cmdr. Frank Wyatt
Ron Hayes ........... Mike Coles
Kip Niven ............. Kurczak
Dennis Rucker ..... Murphy
Simon Scott ......... Admiral Lockery
Christopher Caine .. Quack
Robin Clarke ........ Diving Officer
Synopsis 1:
A submarine is trapped on an ocean floor.
Synopsis 2:
The Captain of a crippled World War II submarine plays a deadly game of waiting
with a Japanese destroyer.
*Also known as "The Sub".
1.02 Escape: RENDER SAFE
11Mar1973 NBC Sun
Narrated by Jack Webb
starring
Bernie Hamilton ..... Devlon
Scott Walker .......... Valero
Synopsis:
A demolition expert races to avert disaster.
Synopsis 2:
Devlon, an alcoholic awakens with the realization that a ship will be blown up
at noon by the use of a bomb he drew for a stranger who bought drinks.
1.03 Escape: THE WILDERNESS
25Mar1973 NBC Sun
Narrated by Jack Webb
Guest cast:
Glenn Corbett ...... Larry McGowen
Lee H. Montgomery .. Matthew McGowen
Cameron Mitchell ... Sergeant Nordlaw
Dana Laurita ....... Kate McGowen
Marion Ross ........ Fran McGowen
Ned Romero ......... Ramirez
Synopsis:
The ordeal of a 9-year-old boy and his baby sister, lost in the wilds of
California's San Gabriel Mountains.
1.04 Escape: WALK SOUTH
01Apr1973 NBC
Narrated by Jack Webb
starring
John Ericson
James Gregory .... General Trebner
Charlene Wong .... Korean Girl
Synopsis:
An orphan saves an American official during the Korean War.
Synopsis 2:
During the Korean War a man is blinded in a crash behind enemy lines.
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