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Archive - US Crime Series
City of Angels
(1976)
Episode Guide
compiled by
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with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
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CITY OF ANGELS
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Roy Huggins-Public Arts Production
Universal City Studios, an MCA Company
for
NBC ( Tuesdays)
Created by Stephen J. Cannell
Executive Producers, Roy Huggins / Jo Swerling Jr
Produced by Philip DeGuere/ William F. Philips
US Detective series 1976 13 episodes x 60 min color
(03Feb76-10Aug76)
Starring:
Wayne Rogers as Jake Axminster
Elaine Joyce as Marsha
Clifton James as Lt. Murray Quint
Philip Sterling as Michael Brimm
Timmie Rogers as Lester
Beginning intro: "They call LA the city of Angels; well, let me tell
you something...all the angels left this burg about twenty years ago.
It's crooked and corrupt and it suits me fine."
Premise:
Set in Los Angeles in the 1930's, this detective series was
patterned after the hit motion picture "Chinatown".
Music by Nelson Riddle
Directors: Barry Shear, Douglas Heyes, Jerry London, Don Medford,
Robert Douglas, Sigmund Neufield, Jr., Allen Reisner
Writers: Stephen J. Cannell, John Thomas James, Gloryette Clark, Philip
DeGuere, Stephen & Elinor Karpf, Mervin Gerard, Douglas Heyes
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NBC Tuesdays
1.01 City of Angels: THE NOVEMBER PLAN [Part 1] 03-Feb-1976 NBC Tue
1.02 City of Angels: THE NOVEMBER PLAN [Part 2] 10-Feb-1976 NBC Tue
1.03 City of Angels: THE NOVEMBER PLAN [Part 3] 17-Feb-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Meredith Baxter-Birney
Steve Kanaly
Laurence Luckinbill
*
Diane Ladd
Lloyd Nolan
Stephen Elliott
Dorothy Malone
G.D. Spradlin
Jack Kruschen
1.04 City of Angels: THE PARTING SHOT
24-Feb-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Lee Bryant
Corinne Michaels
Donna Mills
Meg Wyllie
*
Stefan Gierasch
Joshua Bryant
Art Lund
Lee Bryant
Hal Riddle
1.05 City of Angels: A LONELY WAY TO DIE
02-Mar-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Martine Beswick
Belinda J. Montgomery
William Smith ...... Vic
*
Don Porter
Lynn Carlin
Karen Ericson
1.06 City of Angels: THE HOUSE ON ORANGE GROVE AVENUE
16-Mar-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Susan Howard
Lara Parker
Susan Sullivan
*
Billy Green Bush
Severn Darden
Shug Fisher
1.07 City of Angels: PALM SPRINGS ANSWER
23-Mar-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
George Gaynes
Christine Jones
*
Signe Hasso
Rockne Tarkington
Milt Kogan
Heather Lowe
Terry Kiser
[--] 30-Mar-1976 preempted for Liberty a Bicentennial
documentary by David Brinkley.
1.08 City of Angels: THE LOSERS
06-Apr-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Brett Halsey
Priscilla Pointer
Marcia Strassman
*
Broderick Crawford
Dave Cass
W.T. Zacha
1.09 City of Angels: A SUDDEN SILENCE
13-Apr-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Darleen Carr
Joel Fabiani
Edward Winter
*
John S. Ragin
Douglas Matthews
Rod Haase
1.10 City of Angels: THE CASTLE OF DREAMS
20-Apr-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
James Luisi
Veronica Hamel
Barry Cahill ....... Sgt. Pearson
Laurence Haddon .... Mason Terry
Janice Heiden ...... Darla
Gordon Jump ........ Waiter
Pepper Martin ...... Reggie
Howard McGillin .... Man at Beach
*
Eugene Peterson
1.11 City of Angels: SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY
04-May-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
G.D. Spradlin ...... Matthew Lyons
Cassie Yates ....... Gilda
Carole Mallory ..... Mrs. Lyons
Lynne Marta ........ Singer
Jack Colvin ........ Al Starner
John Durren ........ Kieran
Beulah Quo ......... Loo Wong
Bill Saito ......... Phil Soo
Synopsis:
Jake's search for an oil man's wife leads him to a Chinese brothel, a
murdered blackmailer and the painful realization that Chinese thugs are
looking for the wife too. [RF]
1.12 City of Angels: THE BLOODSHOT EYE
11-May-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Taylor Lacher
*
John McLiam
Geoffrey Lewis
Booth Colman
Charles Tyner
1.13 City of Angels: MATCH POINT
18-May-1976 NBC Tue
Guest cast:
Dana Wynter
*
Randolph Roberts
Renne Jarrett
David Young
George Sperdakos
Victor Holchak
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