Thursday, May 05, 2011

New Warner Bros. Archive DVDs: Pilots for Harry-O and Search

Official Shop of Warner Bros.

New on DVD this week from the Warner Bros. archives ...

Harry O Pilot (1974)

In March 1973, ABC aired a made-for-television movie titled Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On, starring David Janssen as Harry Orwell, a Los Angeles cop forced into retirement and setting up a private investigation practice in San Diego. The intent was for the movie to serve as a pilot for a potential series. The network wasn't quite satisfied with the result and after a bit of retooling, a second made-for-television movie was filmed, Smile Jenny, You're Dead, which aired in February 1974 and led to the series Harry O being scheduled for the 1974/1975 television season. (Subsequent airings of this movie were shown as Don't Call the Police.)

Warner Bros. has now made this second pilot available as a made-to-order DVD. The plot follows Harry on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law, but is also notable for featuring a young Jodie Foster as Liberty Cole, a pre-teen who sets up home on Harry's beachfront property.

Somewhat inexplicably, the series Harry O, which ran for two seasons on ABC, has not been made available on DVD.

Probe (1972)

Hugh O'Brian stars as Hugh Lockwood, a high-tech private eye, in the made-for-television film Probe, which led to a series featuring the character titled Search. The series ran for one season (1972/1973) on NBC.

Lockwood is fitted with a hipster ring that is a camera, transmitting images and sounds of his surroundings; and a scanner, detecting telltale changes in pulse or other biometric readings of himself and the people around him. The ring and more electronic devices – some embedded – keep Lockwood linked with his mission director (played by Burgess Meredith) at Probe Control, where experts and banks of computers provide instant mission-critical warnings, intel, even language translations.

Warner Bros. has now made this telefilm available as a made-to-order DVD. The plot follows Lockwood on a quest to recover priceless diamonds lost since World War II.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Omnimystery Blog Archive

Total Pageviews (last 30 days)

Omnimystery News
Original Content Copyright © 2022 — Omnimystery, a Family of Mystery Websites — All Rights Reserved
Guest Post Content (if present) Copyright © 2022 — Contributing Author — All Rights Reserved