LADY BLUE: DEATH VALLEY DAY {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere in this series about a bold, female Chicago detective. A brutal rape/murder is the latest in a string of crimes committed at a notorious housing project. Detective Katy Mahoney asks to be assigned to the case even though she is not familiar with the area where the housing project is located. Mahoney soon finds that the case will be harder to crack than she thought because the majority of the tenants live in fear of a ganglord named Banger, and they refuse to cooperate with the police. An older woman named Pearl, and a young man named Christopher, who are both fed up with Banger's reign of terror, speak with Mahoney secretly. However, nothing can really be kept secret from Banger since he has a large network of spies. Before the police can get warrants to search Banger's apartment, or find any information they can use to return him to prison, Christopher is nearly beaten to death and Pearl's daycare center mysteriously goes up in flames. However, neither Pearl nor Mahoney are willing to let Banger's gang overrun the project. Pearl attempts to organize concerned tenants, and Mahoney prepares for a face-off with Banger. Banger responds by shutting down the housing project so that the tenants are unable to receive any outside help. Unfortunately, more lives are ruined before Mahoney finally confronts Banger. However, due to the sacrifices of a few individuals, the community gets a chance to rebuild itself. Includes commercials, promos, and a news brief with Carole Simpson. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 26, 1985 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T89:0189
- GENRE: Drama, police
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1985-1986
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Agnes of God" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "Invasion USA" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "Marie" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - American Airlines
- TV - Commercials - Carnival cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Commodore Amiga computers
- TV - Commercials - Cover Girl cosmetics
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - LA beer
- TV - Commercials - Life cereal
- TV - Commercials - Liquid Paper correction fluid
- TV - Commercials - McDonaldÕs fast-food
- TV - Commercials - Mercury automobiles
- TV - Commercials - PanAm airlines
- TV - Commercials - Papermate Accu-Point pens
- TV - Commercials - Trident sugarless chewing gum
- TV - Commercials - WendyÕs fast-food
- TV - Promos - "ABC News Brief"
- TV - Promos - "DiffÕrent Strokes"
- TV - Promos - "Hardcastle & McCormick"
- TV - Promos - "Hollywood Beat"
- TV - Promos - "Lime Street"
- TV - Promos - "MacGyver"
- TV - Promos - "Spenser: For Hire"
- TV - Promos - "Tootsie" (telecast of a feature film)
- TV - Promos - "Twenty/Twenty {20/20}"
- TV - Promos - "Weather Update"
CREDITS
- David Gerber … Executive Producer
- Christopher Seiter … Supervising Producer
- Mark Rodgers … Co-Producer
- Virgil Vogel … Director
- Robert Vincent O'Neil … Created by
- Howard Chesley … Writer
- Nancy Audley … Writer
- John Cacavas … Theme Music by
- Anthony Guefen … Theme Music by
- Molly Mandeville … Theme Music by
- Arneta Walker … Theme Music by
- Jamie Rose … Cast, Katy Mahoney
- Danny Aiello … Cast, Terry McNichols
- Clarice Taylor … Cast, Pearl McKinley
- Frank G. Rice … Cast, Alvin Banger
- Ira Rogers … Cast, LoneWolf Jackson
- Bruce A. Young … Cast, Cassidy
- Ron Dean … Cast, Gianelli
- E.J. Murray … Cast, Delores
- Rod Wimberly … Cast, David
- Wayman Ezell … Cast, Christopher
- Okoro Harold Johnson … Cast, George Jensen
- Richard W. Sollenberger … Cast, Kellner
- Jay Lawson … Cast, Len
- Harry Blanks … Cast, Martin
- Sam Sanders … Cast, the Apt. Manager
- Kim Matthews … Cast, Joan Wagner
- Dwon Kelly … Cast, the 10 Yr. Old Kid
- Carole Simpson … Anchor, "ABC News Brief"