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GREEN HORNET, THE: THE SILENT GUN {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere of the television version of the adventure series about Britt Reid, editor and publisher of The Daily Sentinel, who fights crime disguised as the Green Hornet, aided by his valet, Kato. In this episode, a young man is shot and killed at his father's funeral, but no one at the funeral hears the gunfire. Someone in the city has a special silent gun and begins using it against the city's biggest crime figures. The Green Hornet suspects that crime bosses Al Trump and Big Dan Carley have the gun and tries to negotiate with them. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 9, 1966 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:02
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:0076
- GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense; Most Popular (Top 100); Asian American Pacific Islanders Collection
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1966-1967
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Crest toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - Keds sneakers
- TV - Commercials - Mexico (tourism)
- TV - Commercials - Sylvania Blue Dot flashbulbs
- TV - Commercials - Young Men's Christian Assoc. (YMCA)
CREDITS
- William Dozier … Executive Producer
- Richard Bluel … Producer
- Leslie H. Martinson … Director
- George W. Trendle … Created by
- Ken Pettus … Writer
- Green Hornet, Inc., The … Based on the radio dramas of
- Lionel Newman … Conductor
- Billy May … Composer
- Al Hirt … Theme Music by
- Van Williams … Cast, Britt Reid/The Green Hornet
- Bruce Lee … Cast, Kato
- Wende Wagner … Cast, Lenore Case
- Lloyd Gough … Cast, Mike Axford
- Walter Brooke … Cast, District Attorney Scanlon
- Lloyd Bochner … Cast, Dan Carley
- Kelly Jean Peters … Cast, Jackie Cameron
- Ed McCready … Cast, Detective Olson
- Al McGranary … Cast, the Minister
- Charles Francisco … Cast, Al Trump
- Breland Rice … Cast, a Policeman
- Bob Harvey … Cast, a Policeman