Country Action

Country Action
Episode #	614
Air Date	January 23, 1983
Briefing	?

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Brief Plot

Ponch gets some help

After a pile-up where a stolen bull escapes, Ponch gets to take care of the driver's orangutan who can identify the cattle rustlers.

Guest Stars

• Charly McClain (as Callie Miller)
• Bruce Penhall as Bruce Nelson
• Tina Gayle as Kathy Linahan
• William Bryant as Gossett
• Gary Lee Davis as Duane
• Cliff Emmich as Cal
• Tom Engelman as Skip
• James David Hinton as Lonnie

Special Guest Appearance

• Mickey Gilley
• Johnny Lee
• Bobby Berosini's Orangutans

Co-Stars

• Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Webster

Featuring

• Will Carney as Cowboy
• Dennis Cornell as Doctor
• Bill Handy as Truck Driver
• R.J. Miller as Attendant
• Tyler Tyhurst as Officer

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Supervising Producer: Paul Mason
• Produced By: Joseph Gunn and Donald L. Gold
• Written By: Joseph Gunn and Paul Mason
• Directed by: Chuck Bail
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Executive Story Consultant: Gerald Sanford
• Creative Consultant: Larry Mollin
• Associate Producer: Randall Torno
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
• Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
• Editor: Joe Morrisey
• Unit Production Manager: Steven P. Saeta
• First Assistant Director: Nate Haggard
• Second Assistant Director: David Newman
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Script Supervisor: Suzi Alter
• Production Consultant: Bill Udell
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Production Associate: Bonnie Jo Chermak
• Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A., Jane Aull
• Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
• Sound Editor: John Murray
• Music Editor: Tommy Carlin
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Casting: Al Onorato, Jerry Franks
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

• One of Bobby Berosini's orangutans named Clyde appeared with Clint Eastwood in Every Which Way But Loose.
• The Palomino Club (previously seen in Finders Keepers) is another link to Every Which Way But Loose. In the movie, Clint takes his orangutan, Clyde, to the Palomino. The scene even ends with the police getting involved in a punch-up while the band play on.
• Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley had a #1 hit in 1983 with the duet Paradise Tonight.

Mistakes

• When Ponch and Bobby are circling the escaped bull, just as Bobby says "that's not what I wanted to hear you say", the bull is visible in the trailer behind him.
• When the animal protection guys go to open their truck, one says "OK, let's dump this chimp" - in their profession they should know the difference between a chimp and an orangutan.

Preceded by: "High Times"

Country Action 614

Followed by: "Journey to a Spacecraft"