| USA
/ ABC / 1x90 minutes / 2 January 1973
Music: Tom Scott / Executive Producer: Dick Berg / Producer: Joe Manduke / Writer: Frank Lucci / Director: Alex March
Drama. The pilot film for the series of the same name. While both the series and the pilot film depicts the work of fire fighters in Los Angeles, the pilot presents the original story line, which was later dropped: experiences of Shelly Forsythe, a rookie fireman, as he struggles to cross the color line in an all – white fire company.
With:- VINCE EDWARDS as Capt. Spike Ryerson / RICHARD ROUNDTREE as Fireman Shelly Forsythe / SHEILA FRAZIER as Michelle Forsythe, Shelly’s wife / ANDREW DUGGAN as Captain Parr / RICHARD JAECKEL as Fireman Hank Myers / VAL AVERY as Fireman Sonny Caputo / PAUL LE MAT as Fireman Billy Dalzell / /MICHAEL LERNER as Fireman Ernie Bush
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