Call to Glory was intended as an ABC mini-series, deplicting the turbelent 1960's as seen through the eyes of an Air Force family, a pre-Coach Craig T Nelson stars as Col. Raynor Sarnac and Cindy Picket as his wife Vanessa and Elisabeth Shue and Gabriel Damon with David Hollander and C Thomas Howell and the late Keenam Wynn as the Sarnac family. The two hour pilot focuses on the Cuban Missle crisis of 1962. This pilot and the mini series itself were originally intended to be aired on ABC in the spring of 1984, but ABC smelled potential in the project and ordered that it be expanded into a thirteen week series. The premiere was moved up to August 13, 1984 with the pilot unveiled right after ABC'S Olympics coverage. Call To Glory was an immediate ratings success at the outset; alas ABC'S decision to move away from the historical aspects of the show to concentrate on the soapish goings on with the Sarnac family prompted a severe viewer dropoff. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: No Rating | |
Released: | August 13, 1984 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | ABC | |
Cast: | Keenan Wynn Elisabeth Shue Craig T. Nelson Tom O'Brien Cindy Pickett J.D. Cannon David Baker Priscilla Pointer Gabriel Damon David Hollander | |
Crew: | Paul Jarrico Jon Avnet Lawrence Konner Jeffrey Goldstein William A. Schwartz Ronald M. Cohen Stephen Purvis Merri D. Howard Skip Schoolnik Steve Tisch Joel Rogosin 25 more Craig Safan E. Jack Kaplan David Nicksay David Menteer Larry Powell Rick Edelstein Susan Miller Charles G. Arnold Greg Wong Carol Schreder Robert Folk Charles Gross Gayne Rescher Steve Danforth Benjamin Weissman Robert Hargrove Peter E. Berger Ward Preston James O'Fallon Ron Heilman Reuben Cannon Michael Daves John Reitz Carol Dudley Dennis Mosher | |
grasshopper rex : This show is the mental equivalent of blue balls