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8.5/10   45 votes
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown full episode list

Release Date:

28 September 1961 (USA) more

Genre:

Adventure more

Plot:

Operating their sykdiving service company "Ripcord", Jim Buckley and Ted McKeever are able to get to... more

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Absurdly cool more (7 total)


Cast

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Larry Pennell ... Ted McKeever (8 episodes, 1961-1963)
Ken Curtis ... Jim Buckley (5 episodes, 1961-1963)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

At one point during the series, two planes that were doing filming for an episode accidentally collided with each other. The script was subsequently revised so that footage of the crash was included in the episode. more


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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Absurdly cool, 15 April 2007
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Author: maxsmodels from United States

Being a pilot (9000+ hours) and former skydiver (216 jumps) I can tell you that this show is cool yet absurd. The actors are fine, the writing was often good, but sometimes the story lines simply departed reality. I guess the writers were just trying to come up with something exciting. To me, the best parts are the stunt work. You have to remember that to get the great aerial footage, they had to do it for real with a cameraman falling alongside. I think the cameraman were the best skydiver of them all.

when I did my first skydive from a Cessna 182 (in the 1980's) I was amazed that I flashed back to the show. The sound of that engine was exactly the same as in the show.

I wish I could find it on DVD. Get some popcorn, suspend reality and enjoy an often absurd, but always cools show!

PS: I think Larry Pannell was a better actor than Hollywood ever let him be.

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