Highwayman (TV series)

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Television series
German title Highwayman
Original title The Highwayman
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1987-1988
length 60 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1 season
genre Action series , science fiction
idea Glen A. Larson ,
Douglas Heyes
First broadcast September 20, 1987 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 30, 1991 on ProSieben
occupation

Highwayman is an American action series starring Sam J. Jones . The series, which is set in the near future, was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes . The pilot film (mostly broadcast as two series episodes in Germany) was presented on September 20, 1987 on US television at NBC and resulted in a short-lived series that consisted of only nine episodes. Some changes to the cast and format were made between the pilot and the series. The series has often been viewed by fans and critics as a cross between Mad Max and Knight Rider .

action

The pilot and the series are about a mysterious group of US marshals , the so-called "Highwaymen". Your job is to fight crime and prosecute bizarre phenomena. Each Highwayman has for this purpose a special high-tech - trucks with lots of special equipment.

The pilot featured the show's hero known only as "Highwayman" (or "Highway"). The viewer hardly learns anything about him or his past. Highway drives a computer-aided high-tech truck with a spherical driver's cab that actually belongs to a helicopter (an Aérospatiale SA 341/342 ). There is also a futuristic sports car in the hold . At the same time, his lover ( Claudia Christian ) and Mr. Toto ( Stanford Egi ) appeared, an oriental technical genius who invented a method to make the truck invisible. During the course of the film, Highway meets the unscrupulous Merrick, a car thief. He can only stop Merrick with the help of five outlaws.

After the pilot, only Highwayman and his truck returned to the series. Highwayman was no longer acting alone. At his side as a non-permanent partner and sidekick came Jetto, a somewhat unconventional Highwayman. He also got a boss named Tania Winthrop and DC Montana as technology specialists. Jetto got a truck from which a futuristic car could be separated.

It has never been clarified exactly who the Highwaymen report to. Obviously, they are beyond the police, but they also come into conflict with the local authorities. Though the organization bears similarities to the Knight Rider Law and Constitution Foundation , Highwayman's bosses seemed far more mysterious.

Although the series only ran for a very short time, it was shown successfully in France and Great Britain and also had a lot of fans in German-speaking countries.

The series ended after only nine episodes. There were a number of reasons against continuing. The ratings in the USA were not high enough to cover the high production costs. In addition, the concept of American television series changed from comic book adventures to more politically correct series in the 1990s.

synchronization

The German version was created by Rainer Brandt Filmproductions GmbH in the early 1990s and was shown on ProSieben from 1991 . The dialogue book was written by Rainer Brandt , who also directed the dialogue.

At the end of the 1980s, the pilot was first released dubbed on VHS cassette . Both dubbed versions come from Rainer Brandt Filmproductions GmbH.

role actor Voice actor VHS
Highwayman - The trip to hell
Highwayman Sam J. Jones Tilo Schmitz Kurt Goldstein
Dawn Claudia Christian - Inken summer
Mr. Toto Stanford Egi - Santiago Ziesmer
Tanya Winthorp Jane Badler Viola Sauer -
DC Montana Tim Russ Mario von Jascheroff -
Jetto Mark "Jacko" Jackson Gerald Paradise -
teller William Conrad Rainer Brandt Rainer Brandt

Episodes

  1. Highwayman - "Highwayman" (pilot) ( The Highwayman - Terror on the Blacktop ): Highway chases an unscrupulous car thief.
  2. People of Steel ( Road Ranger / Road Lord ): A former Highwayman is murdered, Highway investigated.
  3. The Thing from Space ( The Hitchhiker ): Highway is supposed to bring a crashed alien into a laboratory.
  4. Duel between friends ( Til Death Duel Us Part ): Highway helping his old instructor Cody to break out of prison.
  5. Visit from the future ( Summer of 45 ): The scientist Edward Travers and Tanja travel through a crack to the year 1945, in which Edward's father detonated the first atomic bomb.
  6. Battle of the clones ( Send in the Clones ): Highway takes up a hitchhiker, who was arrested shortly afterwards by the military. He's investigating.
  7. The organ bank of the multimillionaires ( Billionaire Body Club ): A foundation for young artists actually collects the body parts of young people in order to sell them to the sick rich.
  8. Techno nightmares ( Frightmare ): Highway protects a Mafia - key witnesses , which is why Tanja is taken hostage.
  9. The Traitor Quartet ( Warzone ): Jetto is drugged and sees in his memories that someone wanted to kill him. Now he wants revenge.
  10. The holy warriors ( Haunted Highway ): An engineer dies under strange circumstances on an Indian reservation.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Highwayman. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  2. ^ Highwayman - The hell trip on OFDb.de