The two with the turn
Television series | |
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German title | The two with the turn |
Original title | Switch |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1975-1988 |
length | 60 minutes |
Episodes | 71 in 3 seasons |
genre | Crime series |
idea | Glen A. Larson |
First broadcast | September 9, 1975 (USA) on CBS |
German-language first broadcast |
April 12, 1989 on RTLplus |
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The two with the shoot (original title: Switch ) is an American crime series penned by Glen A. Larson , which was produced between 1975 and 1978.
action
Frank MacBride is a retired police officer and Pete Ryan is a con man MacBride put in jail. Despite this history, the two open a detective agency together in Los Angeles after Ryan's release from prison . They help victims of fraud by stealing the fraudulent money from the fraudsters with much more sophisticated scams. They are supported by restaurant owner Malcolm Argos, like Ryan, a former fraudster, and Maggie Philbin, the secretary of the detective agency.
background
The series featured with Robert Wagner , a film and television star who had previously played the lead role in the series Your Appearance, Al Mundy and alongside Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther and was nominated for the Emmy and the Golden Globe , as well as Eddie Albert , an Oscar nominee veteran, has a star cast. Sharon Gless , who came to fame as Christine Cagney in Cagney and Lacey in the 1980s , and comedian Charlie Callas also took on other leading roles . Recurring guest roles have had Jaclyn Smith , Anne Archer and Dionne Warwick . Female guest stars included Joan Collins , Kathleen Quinlan , Cheryl Ladd , Morgan Fairchild , Kim Cattrall and Maud Adams, and others. The male guest stars included Ricardo Montalbán , Casey Kasem , Patrick Duffy and Sonny Bono . In addition, father and son appeared in various episodes with Fernando Lamas and Lorenzo Lamas .
The series has some similarities with the feature film The Clou ; so the composition of the wise, older and the young, handsome partner and the premise of the deceived cheater. Hustle later had a similar act - dishonest lasts the longest .
Broadcast in Germany
The series was first broadcast in Germany in April 1989. RTL Television repeated it the following year, and has not been broadcast in Germany since.
Web links
- The two with the rotation in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kabel Eins Series Lexicon ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.