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Foul Play (1981)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: John King
references:
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Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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FOUL PLAY
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Miller-Milkis-Boyett Production
(Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis, Robert L. Boyett)
in association with Paramount Television
for ABC (Mondays)
based on  the 1978 film of the same name starring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn

US Comedy Crime series 1981 6 episodes x 60 min color
26Jan81-23Aug81
Starring:
Barry Bostwick as Sgt. Tucker Pendleton
Deborah Raffin as Gloria Munday
with
Richard Romanus as Capt. Vito Lombardi (Pendleton's boss)
Mary Jo Catlett as Stella Finkle (Gloria's co-worker)
Greg Rice as Ben / John Rice as Beau (Gloria's twin landords)

Premise:
Based on the comedy film of a bumbling San Francisco cop (Barry Bostwick)
and his librarian girl friend and host of a tv show called "Gloria's World" (Deborah Raffin).

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ABC Mondays

[01] Foul Play: THE BIG BANG
26Jan81 ABC Mon
Starring: Deborah Raffin (as Gloria), Barry Bostwick (as Tucker)
with: Richard Romanus (as Capt. Lombardi)
Guest Cast:
Juanin Clay ............... Pandora
Christoff St. John ........ Jimmy Greene
Vincent Schiavelli ........ Cassius
Richard Lee-Sung .......... He-Chu
Gary Wood ................. Allan
Debut:
The madcap adventures of Gloria Mundy and police
detective Tucker Pendleton that began in the 1978 movie
reemerge on TV with Deborah Rifkin and Barry Bostwick as
the romantic but disaster--prone pair. This exploit begins
with the San Francisco hijacking of 30 pounds of plutonium
by a bizarre band of brigands who then kidnap a 13-year old
genius who can build a nuclear bomb from scratch. Gloria's
diminutive landlords--scholarly Ben and hedonist Beau--are
played by millionaire twins Greg and John Rice. [JK]

[02] Foul Play: SINS OF THE FATHER
02Feb81 ABC Mon
Starring: Deborah Raffin (as Gloria), Barry Bostwick (as Tucker)
Guest Cast:
Sam Jaffe ................. Barbary Bob Norton
Robert Emhardt ............ Flitcraft
Livia Genise .............. Corrine
Max Showalter ............. Douglas Archer
Synopsis:
A 75-year old murder case falls into Tucker's lap when a skeleton
tumbles out of a time capsule disinterred by preservationists whose
society buried it after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [JK]

[--] 09Feb81 - Pre-empted: East of Eden

[03] Foul Play: DOUBLE PLAY
16Feb81 ABC Mon
Starring: Deborah Raffin (as Gloria), Barry Bostwick (as Tucker)
Guest Cast:
Alan Oppenheimer .......... McKinley
Dana Elcar ................ Bidecker
Willard Waterman .......... Colonel Mustard
Olwen Morgan .............. Miss Peacock
Synopsis:
The fatal shooting of an unsavory tycoon leaves a diabolical set
of clues pointing to Gloria as the jilted girl friend who pulled
the trigger. [JK]

[04] Foul Play: PLAY IT AGAIN TUCK
23Feb81 ABC Mon
Starring: Deborah Raffin (as Gloria), Barry Bostwick (as Tucker)
Guest Cast:
Vincent Bagetta ........... Paul Farrow
William Windom ............ Franklin Mills
Richard Narita ............ Sweeney
Synopsis:
A conductor who admires Tuck's violin virtuosity (as well as his girl)
invites the detective to play a concert,and presents Gloria with an
antique jewel case containing something no one knows about-except a
man willing to kill for it. [JK]

[05] Foul Play: HIT AND RUN (final episode)
23Aug81 ABC Sun
Starring: Deborah Raffin (as Gloria), Barry Bostwick (as Tucker)
Guest Cast...
David Spielberg ........... Lieutenant Hofstra
James Cromwell ............ Bebet
Terry McGovern ............ Asst.DA Wolfe
Synopsis:
Tucker and Captain Lombardi dodge a hit man aiming to stop the Captain
grand-jury testimony. [JK]

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