Airwolf: Season 1
CBS (1984)
TV Series  /  Actie, Avontuur, Science Fiction
In Verzameling
#944
0*
GezienJa
IMDB   6.7
592 min. Verenigde Staten / Engels
DVD    NL - 6
Jan-Michael Vincent Stringfellow Hawke
Ernest Borgnine Dominic Santini
Alex Cord Archangel
Deborah Pratt Marella
Lance LeGault Narrator
James Whitmore Jr. Maj. Sam Roper
Radu Gavor Russian Officer
David Hemmings Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Paul Tuerpe Lt. Simms
Jeff Imada Chinese Thug in Alley
Ismael 'East' Carlo Sanchez
John Sanderford Lt. John Winner
Aki Aleong Colonel Quoc
Raymond St. Jacques President Seko Logana
Eugene Roche Senator William Dietz
Jeff Cadiente Chinese Thug in Alley
Nick Faltas Libyan Officer #1
Philip Bruns Mitch - Director
Belinda Bauer Gabrielle Ademaur
Gary Epper Controller - Red Star
Dan Woren Army Lieutenant - Red Star
Herb Jefferson Jr. Carrier Commander
W.K. Stratton Chuck Sinclair - Engineer
Dee Dee Rescher Mona Kahn - Reporter
Chad Allen Ho Minh Truong
Regisseur
Ivan Dixon
Alan J. Levi
Virgil W. Vogel
Producent Alan J. Levi
Burton Armus
Donald P. Bellisario
John David
Schrijver Christopher Crowe
Burton Armus
Donald P. Bellisario
Camerawerk Robert B. Hauser
Stan Lazan
Howard Schwartz
Muzikant Sylvester Levay


Created by Donald P. Bellisario, who had already had such hits as 'Magnum p.i.' (1980-1988), 'Airwolf' followed the adventures of a hi-tech helicopter and it's reclusive pilot, Stringfellow Hawke. Bellisario developed Airwolf (early working titles: Blackwolf, Lonewolf), from the loose concept of a third season 'Magnum p.i.' episode he'd previously written, titled 'Two Birds Of A Feather' (1983) - an unsold Pilot about a treasure-hunting, adventure-loving ace combat pilot named Sam Houston Hunter (William Lucking). Bellisario had come up with the concept after Lucking played a similar character in a couple of episodes of another Bellisario series, 'Tales Of The Gold Monkey' (1982-1983). After the proposed new series wasn't picked up, Bellisario took the bare bones of the concept, and eventually developed the premise into 'Airwolf'. Airwolf itself was a hi-tech attack helicopter, equipped with cutting-edge on-board computer, surveillance and radar systems, able to fly quicker t
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    22-1-1984  1.  Shadow of the Hawke (1)
While demonstrating the capabilities of the new prototype supercopter codenamed 'Airwolf', Dr. Charles Moffet goes rogue, steals the chopper and kills almost all of the observers. At least one man -- Michael Coldsmith Briggs III survives. Briggs, codenamed 'Archangel' is the head of a covert organization called 'The Firm' and Archangel calls upon the one man in the world he knows that can retrieve the copter. The problem is Stringfellow Hawke is not only a loner, but a recluse as well. The amount of money the Firm is willing to pay for Airwolf's recovery is irrelevant. Hawke wants just one thing - the safe return of his brother, Saint John, who was captured during the Vietnam war and is evidently a POW.
Regisseur:  Donald P. Bellisario  Schrijver:  Donald P. Bellisario 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    22-1-1984  2.  Shadow of the Hawke (2)
Hawke and his pal Santini head to Libya to recover Airwolf from it's diabolical creator, but Dr. Moffet turns up the heat by destroying a U.S. Navy warship. When Hawke's girlfriend Gabrielle goes undercover to discover Moffet's nefarious plans, she is captured and tortured and left to die in the desert. It's up to Hawke to recover the chopper, stop Moffet and save the girl, but will he do it all in time?
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    28-1-1984  3.  Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n
Hawke and Dom must stop a suspected traitor from turning an advanced military fighter over to the Russians in exchange for his son who was born in Vietnam. Things get complicated, though, when Hawke realizes that he was also involved with the boy's mother during roughly the same era as the child's birth.
Regisseur:  Donald P. Bellisario  Schrijver:  Donald P. Bellisario 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    4-2-1984  4.  Bite of the Jackal
An ambitious executive at the Firm makes a subversive play for Archangel's job. A bomb is planted aboard a vintage helicopter owned by Dominic Santini and he's forced to crash land. When Hawke and Archangel go hunting for Dom, Airwolf is ambushed and shot down. The two must convince a group of locals to help them repair their damaged tail rotor. Complicating matters on Dom's end, he must contend with a stowaway aboard his chopper -- a young girl searching for her dad.
Regisseur:  Virgil Vogel  Schrijver:  Burton Armus 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    1-2-1984  5.  Proof Through the Night
A Russian mole discovers that scientists in the U.S.S.R. have developed a lethal serum that instantly kills anyone exposed to it. He steals a vial of the serum and contacts his friend Archangel for help in escaping the country with his family. Archangel dispatches Hawke and Santini for the rescue effort, but Airwolf can't handle that much passenger weight -- unless all her armaments are stripped leaving the supercopter defenseless.
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    18-2-1984  6.  One Way Express
A movie producer hires Santini Air for a dangerous stunt involving the landing of a helicopter onto the roof of a moving semi. Dom and String nearly come to blows, however, when String tries to convince Dom that his reaction time might not be up to snuff for this particular action sequence. Things get even more dicey when it appears that the production might just be an elaborate cover for a high-stakes gold heist.
Regisseur:  Harvey Laidman  Schrijver:  Clyde Ware 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    3-3-1984  7.  Echos from the Past
Hawke meets a mercenary who claims to have information regarding his missing brother. When they part company, Hawke loses consciousness in his helicopter and crashes. When he comes to, he finds himself in a hospital. The medical staff inform him that he has been in a coma for the better part of a year. His friends, Archangel and Dom, were killed on a POW camp raid, but in the process, their heroism helped rescue Hawke's brother Saint John. Believing that his "mission" is over, Hawke reveals the location of Airwolf to his captors, then discovers that it has all been an elaborate ruse and he has inadvertantly turned over the super copter to a group of foreign conspirators.
Regisseur:  Alan J. Levi  Schrijver:  Burton Armus 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    10-3-1984  8.  Fight Like a Dove
An Israeli war crimes hunter is killed by a suspected Nazi named Hans Daubert in France. His daughter vows revenge and seeks the help of String and Dom, along with Airwolf, to bring him to justice. Complicating matters is Archangel's involvement with Daubert who is a known arms dealer selling to the powers that he chooses to in order to influence political outcomes in the world -- and Archangel is his supplier!
Regisseur:  Harvey Laidman  Schrijver:  C.R. O'Christopher 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    24-3-1984  9.  Mad Over Miami
Santini makes an unauthorized flight to Cuba in order to rescue two political prisoners who are being ransomed for $2 million. However, while there, the exchange site is attacked and the ransom money is stolen. While flying back to the mainland, Santini is forced to crash land back on Cuba and Hawke must brave a hurricane in Airwolf to rescue his friend. When String and Dom are reunited, the pair must negotiate with a band of freedom fighters who raised the capital to ransom their compadres and are not convinced of Santini's innocence in the theft of the funds. To make matters more interesting, Archangel is supplying weapons to a paramilitary band that just may have had a hand in stealing the ransom money.
Regisseur:  Stephen Dollinger  Schrijver:  Burton Armus 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    31-3-1984  10.  And They Are Us
North and South Limbawe are in conflict over oil and a despotic General plans to overthrow his own government in South Limbawe and attacks his neighbors to the North. String and Dom are sent by Archangel to aid North Limbawe and it's leader, Seku Logana, but Logana has his own prejudices about receiving aid for his cause. Also in the mix is an old Vietnam buddy of Hawke's, Marty Vidor, who is working as a mercenary for South Limbawe, and Hawke is hesitant to take him on since Vidor just may know the location of the missing Saint John.
Regisseur:  David Hemmings  Schrijver:  Joseph Gunn 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    7-4-1984  11.  Mind of the Machine
Dr. Robert Winchester is a brilliant researcher and a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf. Now, he's asking for Hawke's help in test flying a simulator that he's designed to enable the Firm to train future test pilots to fly Airwolf. Reluctantly, Hawke agrees, but determines that the simulator's "feel" is a little off. Archangel convinces Hawke to let Winchester hook up the real Airwolf to his computers in order to get a more realistic demonstration. This allows Winchester to engage in a little friendly flying competition with Hawke but it also allows the Russians to nearly get their hands on the high tech super copter.
Regisseur:  Nicholas Corea  Schrijver:  Nicholas Corea 
    Seen it: Yes   60 min.    14-4-1984  12.  To Snare a Wolf
Archangel warns String about a zealous government bureaucrat named D.G. Bogard who will stop at nothing until he finds Airwolf. Dom and Hawke take time out from shooting a military training film to hide Airwolf in a different location before it can be discovered, but Bogard catches on to their ruse and tracks Hawke back to the new hideaway. To complicate things, an eager pilot tails Dom and Hawke in an effort to convince Santini that she deserves a job working for his company.
Regisseur:  Ivan Dixon  Schrijver:  T.S. Cook 
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Serie Airwolf
Aantal Disks/Banden 1
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Aanschafdatum 13-1-2021
Locatie 24,07
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