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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
William Conrad
Col. Keefer
Michael O'Hare
Benny
Cathy Lee Crosby
Angel
Katherine Woodville
Amy
Brioni Farrell
Beaujolais
Marcel Hillaire
Maureau
Bill Fletcher
Hegel
Ian Abercrombie
Rudy
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Barry Shear
- Writers
- William Driskill, Simon Muntner
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Barry Shear directs. Ken Zemke cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Editor Ken Zemke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4William Conrad and Michael O'Hare and Cathy Lee Crosby carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0077795 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Ken Zemke
- Costume design
- Grady Hunt
- Runtime
- 71 min · 1h 11m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Keefer (1978)
Also by
Barry Shear
Production companies
Who made it
- DA
David Gerber Productions
US
Columbia Pictures Television
US
Key crew
- MusicDuane Tatro
- ProducerJames H. Brown
- EditorKen Zemke
- CinematographyGerald Perry Finnerman
- Costume DesignGrady Hunt
- Executive ProducerDavid Gerber
- Set DecorationDavid Horowitz
- Art DirectionRoss Bellah
- Executive ProducerWilliam Driskill
- Art DirectionJames Hulsey
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1978-03-16· ABC
Also known as
International titles
- Behind the LinesUS
