Call to Danger

Call to Danger was broadcast as a New CBS Tuesday Night Movie television film on February 27, 1973. Initially ordered as a pilot, titled Deadly Target, the series was envisioned as a vehicle for Peter Graves should his current series, Mission: Impossible, not be renewed. Diana Muldaur was cast as the female lead. Parts of the movie were filmed on location in Washington, D.C.[1]

Call to Danger
Diana Muldaur & Peter Graves in the CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Call To Danger
GenreAdventure
Written byLaurence Heath
Directed byTom Gries
StarringPeter Graves
Diana Muldaur
Clu Gulager
Ina Balin
Tina Louise
William Jordan
Theme music composerLaurence Rosenthal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLaurence Heath
Production locationsParamount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Washington, D.C.
CinematographyRobert W. Browne
EditorsJohn Loeffler
Chuck Freeman
Running time75 min.
Production companyParamount Television
DistributorCBS
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseFebruary 27, 1973 (USA)

Plot synopsis

The bold kidnapping of a crime syndicate turncoat (Roy Jenson), while in the midst of giving testimony before a Federal investigating committee, calls for an equally bold move by Justice Department investigators Inspector Douglas Warfield (Peter Graves) and Carrie Donovan (Diana Muldaur). With the help of chief ally Emmitt Jergens (Clu Gulager), an expert beekeeper/archer/computer science wizard and private citizen, the team attempts to infiltrate the syndicate boss's hideaway—a heavily fortified and intricate farm enclave on the west coast. Even with additional support from a gangsters fashion-model gal pal (Tina Louise) and a Justice Dept. cohort (John Anderson), Douglas and Carrie cannot ignore the increasing and likely deadly call to danger.[2]

Cast

A perpetual pilot

Call to Danger was originally a television pilot in 1961 starring Larry Blyden that was shown on General Electric Theater.[3] In 1966 Peter Graves made another television pilot with the same title. The series wasn't picked up but Graves replaced Steven Hill on the Mission Impossible television series.[4]

Notes
  3. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/461785/Call-to-Danger/
  4. p.146 Weaver, Tom Peter Graves Interview in Earth Vs. the Sci-fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews McFarland, 1 Jan 2005
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