Tomorrow morning be sure to catch two Steve Canyon episodes starting at 7am eastern, 4am Pacific.
First up is an early Ron Ely appearance in THE SERGEANT. You may know him as the late 60's TV Tarzan and also title character of the mid 70's DOC SAVAGE movie by George Pal. Ely gets into it with a sadistic USAF Sergeant bent on stealing something very important from Ely's character. The episode also features Abel Fernandez (later of THE UNTOUCHABLES), was wrtten by Producer David Haft, and was directed by Walter Grauman.
Next up is arguably the best episode of the Steve Canyon TV series (and the most requested), OPERATION INTERCEPT!
NOTE: Steve Canyon moved from Thursdays to Tuesday nights with this episode on NBC in 1959.
26. OPERATION INTERCEPT
Show #28
Production #9229
NBC First Run Tuesday March 31, 1959
NBC Rerun Tuesday September 1, 1959
ABC Summer Rerun Thursday April 21, 1960
Photographed: Feb 5-6, 1959
Directed by Arthur Marks
Teleplay by David Haft
Story by Frank Benedict
A freak accident kills the pilot and co-pilot of a B-47 bomber while the plane
is in flight, and the plane heads for the USSR on automatic pilot. Canyon tries
to intercept the plane and determine whether the third crew member is alive or not.
Cast: Jerry Paris, Nelson Leigh, Harlan Warde, Harry Landers, Ingrid Goude, Don Richards, Gil Frye, Jeanne Tatum.
“This film is dedicated to the Air Control and Warning Personnel of the United States Air Force”
John Ellis
Hollywood, CA
Are these three men doomed?
Featuring a B-47 crew on a tragic mission...
Ingrid Goude and Jerry Paris co-star. She was Miss Sweden 1956 and he was Rob and Laura Petrie's wacky neighbor on the Dick Van Dyke show.
A bomber crew doesn't respond and sets wheels in motion...
Steve goes up to check out the problem...
What he sees shocks him!
General Connors (Nelson Leigh) has a painful choice to make...
Don't miss OPERATION INTERCEPT tomorrow morning on The DECADES Television Network!
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NOTE: Steve Canyon moved from Thursdays to Tuesday nights with this episode on NBC in 1959.
26. OPERATION INTERCEPT
Show #28
Production #9229
NBC First Run Tuesday March 31, 1959
NBC Rerun Tuesday September 1, 1959
ABC Summer Rerun Thursday April 21, 1960
Photographed: Feb 5-6, 1959
Directed by Arthur Marks
Teleplay by David Haft
Story by Frank Benedict
A freak accident kills the pilot and co-pilot of a B-47 bomber while the plane
is in flight, and the plane heads for the USSR on automatic pilot. Canyon tries
to intercept the plane and determine whether the third crew member is alive or not.
Cast: Jerry Paris, Nelson Leigh, Harlan Warde, Harry Landers, Ingrid Goude, Don Richards, Gil Frye, Jeanne Tatum.
Here's a clip from the episode
“This film is dedicated to the Air Control and Warning Personnel of the United States Air Force”
John Ellis
Hollywood, CA
