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| BROADCAST & THEATER |
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| Title |
Airwolf |
| Production Number |
58201 |
| VIDEO & SYNDICATION |
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| Title |
Shadow of the Hawke |
| Production Numbers |
58275 (part 1)
58276 (part 2) |
| Season |
1 |
| Season Episode |
1 |
| First-Run Airdate |
1/22/1984 |
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| CREDITS |
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| Director |
Donald P. Bellisario |
| Producer |
Alan J. Levi |
| Screenplay |
Donald P. Bellisario |
| Director of Photography |
Howard Schwartz, ASC |
| Production Designer |
Charles R. Davis |
| Editors |
Leon Ortiz-Gil, ACE
Bill Luciano
Carl A. Kress |
| Music |
Sylvester Levay |
| Associate Producer |
John David |
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| Sound |
Don Sharpless |
| Sound Editor |
Sam Shaw |
| Music Editor |
Gene L. Gillette |
| Production Manager |
Mitchell L. Gamson |
| 1st AD |
Thomas J. Blank |
| 2nd AD |
Ryan Gordon |
| Set Decorator |
Richard B. Goddard |
| Costume Designer |
Jean-Pierre Dorleac |
| Costume Supervisors |
Rudy Garcia
Barbara Lee Maccarone |
| Make-Up |
Darrell McIntyre |
| Hairstylist |
Sandra Henderson |
| Choreography |
Helene Phillips |
Assistant to the
Executive Producer |
Carol Gillson |
Second Unit Director/
Aerial Coordinator |
David Jones |
| Stunt Coordinator |
Ron Stein |
| Casting |
Donna Dockstader |
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| REGULAR CAST |
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| Jan-Michael Vincent |
Stringfellow Hawke |
| Ernest Borgnine |
Dominic Santini |
| Alex Cord |
Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III |
| Deborah Pratt |
Marella (Archangel's Aide) |
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| GUEST CAST |
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| Belinda Bauer |
Gabrielle (Archangel's Aide) |
| David Hemmings |
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet |
| Frank Annese |
Major Mustafa Ben-Kamal |
| Eugene Roche |
Senator William Dietz |
| W.K. Stratton |
Chuck, Engineer |
| Dean Wein |
Mark, Co-Pilot |
| John Calvin |
Blaze |
| Helene Phillips |
Angela |
| Tina Chen |
Faye |
| Herbert Jefferson, Jr. |
Carrier Captain |
| Phillip Bruns |
Mitch, Director |
| Dee Dee Rescher |
Mona Khan, Reporter |
| Nick Faltas |
Libyan Officer #1 |
| Steven Greenstein |
Libyan Controller |
| Gary Epper |
Controller - Red Star |
| Dan Woren |
Army Lieutenant - Red Star |
| Toby Norton |
Radar Operator - Enterprise |
| Paul LaGreca |
Arab Boy |
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| STORY LOCATIONS |
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| Devil's Anvil, CA |
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| Kafir, Lybia |
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STILLS FROM THIS EPISODE
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Michael Archangel, project director for the CIA, enlists Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke and Dominic Santini to recover Airwolf, an ultra-state-of-the-art helicopter which has become an effective tool in the Mid-Eastern struggle, in NBC Universal's 2-hour premiere episode of 'AIRWOLF.' The pilot was scripted by the series' creator/producer, Donald P. Bellisario.
A secret test is about to take place in the desert where Michael Archangel, project director for the CIA, is trying to convince Senator William Dietz that Airwolf is more than just the normal government combat helicopter.
Archangel is running the experiment for the Senator because he is also the head of the powerful Senate Weapons Appropriation Sub-Committee and hopes the Senator will agree to reimburse the development costs of the copter and aid in the building of five more Airwolves.
Flown by its creator, Dr. Moffet, it holds two other crew members: A copilot/gunner; and a member who monitors the turbine temperatures, fuel pressures, etc.
However the helicopter is far from basic... it is awesome -- complete with a twin-turbine driven rotor system capable of propelling it to 300 knots and exceeding Mach One; the capability of two additional turbines if needed; plus fourteen firepower options ranging from thirty millimeter cannons to nuclear-tipped Shrike missiles.
Airwolf successfully comes through the real, not simulated, attack yet concludes with Moffet destroying the tower, airfield and leaving all personnel for dead -- then stealing Airwolf. An injured Archangel and his new assistant, Gabrielle, approach Stringfellow Hawke, a Vietnam veteran and onetime flyer for the CIA, with hopes he will recapture Airwolf which is now in Khaddafi's hands in Libya.
Hawke is a complex individual who lives with his hound, Tet, in a cabin by a lake high in the mountains.
His dock is utilized as a helicopter landing pad; he serenades eagles with Prokofiev on his Stradivarius cello; is an avid fisherman; has a first-rate art collection -- and yet remains cold and distant...being the only survivor of anyone he has ever rescued.
He works with Dominic Santini, best friend of Hawke's departed father, who raised Hawke from a young boy, and is now his employer as owner of a helicopter service for hire: "SANTINI AIR."
Hawke agrees to work with Archangel with the condition the government help find his brother, Saint John, who was listed missing-in-action in Vietnam fifteen years before. His hard exterior slowly melts under Gabrielle's caring attention and understanding as they prepare for the mission. Hawke, secretly enlists Santini's aid.
The mission date is suddenly moved up when Moffet destroys two French Mirages, an American destroyer, and brutally murders their CIA contact, Angela, who fronted as a dancer at the Red Castle.
Hawke finds that Gabrielle is chosen to replace Angela as the Libyan connection.
Hawke and Santini enter Khaddafi's summer home in a fuel tanker complete with rifles intent on confiscating Airwolf.
Meanwhile, Gabrielle has caught Moffet's eye and is taken to the desert where she is tied to a stake, tortured and left to die from dehydration -- Moffet's method of seduction and madness.
Hawke learns of Gabrielle's abduction and through a rain of bullets and bombs steals the Airwolf back.
Hawke and his team search the desert eventually finding Gabrielle who dies in Hawke's arms.
Like a man possessed, Hawke, together with Santini, track Moffet and blow him and half the desert apart.
He returns home with Airwolf, hiding it at a secret landing pad and refusing to return it until he receives sufficient information of his brother's whereabouts.
Archangel offers Hawke the committee's funding and protection from other government agencies if he will fly Airwolf on company business. Hawke promises nothing -- at least for now.
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