"Starsky and Hutch" Pilot (1975)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Barry Shear

Writer:

William Blinn (writer)

TV Series:

"Starsky and Hutch" (1975)

Original Air Date:

30 April 1975 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

The two detectives investigating a double homicide, discover that the man and women who died were mistakenly murdered - it was the detectives themselves who were the intended targets. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Murder | Police | Assassination | TV Series Pilot

Cast

David Soul	...	Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Det. Dave Starsky
Michael Lerner	...	Fat Rolly
Antonio Fargas	...	Huggy Bear
Richard Ward	...	Captain Dobey
Gilbert Green	...	Frank Tallman
Albert Morgenstern	...	D.A. Mark Henderson
Richard Lynch	...	Zane
Michael Conrad	...	Cannell
Buddy Lester	...	Coley
Carole Ita White	...	Mrs. Gretchen Knebel
Don Billett	...	Steele
Karen Lamm	...	Patty
Douglas Fowley	...	Lijah
James Brodhead	...	Tourist

Runtime:

90 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Galway Theatre, 514 S. Main St., Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Trivia:

The pilot is set in Los Angeles, while the TV series is set in fictional Bay City, California.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Starsky jumps into the swimming pool after the hitman, his gun is in his right hand when we see him in his blue shirt. When we see him a second later with the sweater back on, his gun is now in his left hand.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart Has Two Mommies (#17.14)" (2006)

good whodunnit

this is the pilot for the t.v series Starsky and Hutch. it has a great story as the detectives search for the two hit men hired to kill them. best line in movie has Starsky asking Hutch "who are we suposed to trust?" Hutch replies "me and thee".these two guys really care about each other,which is what made the following series so great.