Shell Game (TV series)
Appearance
Shell Game | |
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Genre | Comedy drama |
Created by | Carla Jean Wagner |
Starring | James Read Margot Kidder Chip Zien Marg Helgenberger Rod McCary Fred McCarren |
Composers | Richard Lewis Warren (pilot) Michael Colombier Udi Harpaz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | Alex Beaton John Wirth |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Lou-Step Productions Hey Keed Productions Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | January 8 February 12, 1987 | –
Shell Game is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from January 8 until February 12, 1987.
Premise
[edit]Two former con artists use their skills in a consumer-action show.[1]
Cast
[edit]- James Read as John Reid
- Margot Kidder as Jennie Jerome
- Chip Zien as Bert Luna
- Marg Helgenberger as Natalie Thayer
- Rod McCary as William Bauer
- Fred McCarren as Vince Vanneman
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Pilot" | Lou Antonio | Carla Jean Wagner | January 8, 1987 | |
John hides Jennie after a con gone wrong. Jennie helps John into an asylum where an heiress is being held. | |||||
2 | "Norman's Parking Ticket" | Harry Harris | Gerald Sanoff | January 15, 1987 | |
A man's car was ticketed and used for murder, but the man claims he was out of town. | |||||
3 | "The Old Team" | Paul Krasny | Nick Thiel & Kerry Ehrin | January 22, 1987 | |
The consumer-action show is on to a con done by Jennie and her father | |||||
4 | "The Upstairs Gardener" | Chris Leitch | John Wirth | January 29, 1987 | |
An illegal alien is accused of killing an heiress. | |||||
5 | "Pai Gow" | Harry Mastrogeorge | John Wells & Mitchell Fink | February 5, 1987 | |
When a man is charged with drunk driving and manslaughter, he claims he was set up. | |||||
6 | "Dead Wrong" | Chris Leitch | John Wirth & John Wells | February 12, 1987 | |
Luna and Bauer are fired when they air an unsubstantiated arsonist story, Jennie and John makes a bet on who can solve the case first. |
References
[edit]- ^ TV Guide. "Shell Game Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-18.