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Posted by Frank R.A.J. Maloney on 06/26/06 15:26
jayembee wrote:
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> It was a show called CLIFFHANGERS that aired circa 1980. They did a
> selection of chapters from three serials, not always starting with
> Chapter One. I don't recall how many weeks it ran, but the only one
> of the three serials that was reasonably complete was a Dracula story
> set in the (then) present day starring Michael Nouri in the title
> role. Another one of the serials was a Brenda Starr style adventure
> thriller called "Stop Susan Williams".
The show that gave us Susan Anton (and we gave her right back).
> The third was an uncredited
> remake (or rip-off) of THE PHANTOM EMPIRE. The gimmick in that
> version was that the surface scenes were shot in sepia, and the
> underground scenes in color.
"The Curse of Dracula" and "The Secret Empire" were enjoyable and I was
sorry when "Cliffhangers" got the ax because of them. The "Dracula"
storyline had already closed but "Secret Empire" was simply abandoned.
--
Frank in Seattle
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Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
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