Remington Steele
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Remington Steele |
| Original title | Remington Steele |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1982-1987 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 94 in 5 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , crime film |
| Theme music | Henry Mancini |
| idea |
Robert Butler Michael Gleason |
| music | Richard Lewis Warren |
| First broadcast | October 1, 1982 (USA) on NBC |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 5, 1985 on Das Erste |
| occupation | |
| |
Remington Steele is an American television series that was produced from 1982 to 1987. The main actors were Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele and Stephanie Zimbalist in the role of Laura Holt .
action
Laura Holt is a private investigator who attributes her failure to the fact that she is a woman. Finally, Laura comes up with the idea of renaming her detective agency “Remington Steele” and suggests to her clients that an ominous male investigator by that name is the actual owner of the company. The idea succeeds, but one day a man appears out of nowhere who a customer in the first episode thinks is Steele. Laura finally agrees that he will now play the role of Remington Steele. In the course of the program, the search for Steele's true identity continues. In the end, the mystery of Steele's father is solved, while Steele's identity is not clarified.
Production history
A total of 94 episodes were shot, four seasons with 22 episodes each from 1982 to 1986 and three double episodes as the fifth season in 1987. The English episode titles all contain as a play on words either: Steele, Steeled or Steeling.
Due to falling audience ratings, the series should be discontinued after the fourth season. However, when it became known that Pierce Brosnan was being discussed as Roger Moore's successor for the role of James Bond , public interest in the series rose again. This prompted the show's producers to shoot a fifth season, initially preventing Brosnan from being cast for James Bond. After Timothy Dalton played the British agent twice, Brosnan was finally able to take on the role in 1995. But not only Pierce Brosnan had to give up the already promised role. Stephanie Zimbalist also had to cancel her role in Robocop .
Trivia
At the start of the fourth season, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , the father of leading actress Stephanie Zimbalist and u. a. known from the TV series FBI , a guest role in the double episode "A man chases himself".
In episode 15 of the first season, Remington Steele compares - as so often - the current case with one of the film classics. He plays on Thomas Crown is unbelievable with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway . In 1999, Brosnan himself played Thomas Crown in the remake The Thomas Crown Affair . The original title of both films is The Thomas Crown Affair .
From season 2 (episode oldtimer ) the detective agency owns a replica of a white Auburn Speedster.
Guest appearances by well-known actors
- Paul Reiser in Goodnight, Steele
- Sharon Stone in Fantastics and Terrorists
- Tracy Scoggins and Jenny O'Hara in studying in the studio
- Lance Kinsey in classic car
- Joanna Barnes in Mixed Doubles
- Judith Light and Woodrow Parfrey in Jewel Thieves
- Cassandra Harris in Living Past
- David Garrison in Crime Fan Club
- Daniel Davis in Kaiser's new kitchen
- Geena Davis and GW Bailey in company cookie jar
- Jennifer Tilly in Three Too Many Santas
- Terry O'Quinn in turmoil
- Jeffrey Jones in Old Masters of Format
- Armin Shimerman in fire and flame
- Nana Visitor in the Nude and Facts
- A Martinez in circus air
- Jane Kaczmarek in Five Women Too Many
- Thom Bray wedding greetings from the CIA . Thom Bray has a Riptide Dr. Murray "Boz" Bozinsky played.
Episode list
synchronization
The German dubbing was carried out on behalf of Deutsche Synchron Filmgesellschaft mbH & Co. Karlheinz Brunnemann Produktions KG in Berlin-Tempelhof , Frank Glaubrecht and Michael Richter were responsible for the dialogue direction.
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Remington Steele | Pierce Brosnan | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Laura Holt | Stephanie Zimbalist | Karin Buchholz |
| Murphy Michaels (Season 1) | James Read | Uwe Paulsen |
| Bernice Fox (Season 1) | Janet DeMay | Anita Kupsch |
| Mildred Krebs (seasons 2-5) | Doris Roberts | Inge Wolffberg |
| Tony Roselli (Season 5) | Jack Scalia | Udo Schenk |
DVD release in Germany
In 2011 a DVD box Best of Remington Steele was released in Germany . In 2015 season 1 was released on DVD in Germany. Season 2 followed in March 2016 and season 3 in June 2016. With the release of the final seasons 4 and 5 on September 30, 2016, the series is now completely available on DVD in Germany.
Web links
- Remington Steele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auburn Speedster Replica in "Remington Steele". Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
- ^ Remington Steele. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .