The Greatest American Hero (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States
TV Series (1981-1983). 3 Seasons. 44 Episodes. A pair of strangers, liberal high-school teacher Ralph Hinkley and right-wing FBI agent Bill Maxwell, have a close encounter in the Southern California desert one night with "little green men", who give our heroes a red superhero suit. The suit works only for Ralph, and the two, accompanied by Ralph's cute lawyer girlfriend Pam, reluctantly team up to battle criminals. Problems ensue when Ralph loses the suit's instruction book, so he had to master the suit's powers on his own.
Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Arnold Laven · Ivan Dixon · Rod Holcomb · Bruce Kessler · Robert C. Thompson · Lawrence Doheny · Gabrielle Beaumont · Chuck Bowman · Robert Culp · Sidney Hayers · Christian I. Nyby II
Cast William Katt · Robert Culp · Connie Sellecca · Michael Paré · Faye Grant · Jesse D. Goins · Don Cervantes · William Bogert · Paul Carafotes · Deborah Mays · Edward Bell · Robert Weaver · Brandon Williams · Glenn R. Wilder · James Whitmore Jr. · Anthony Charnota · Eugene Peterson · Red West · Kurt Grayson · Chip Johnson · Will MacMillan · Bob Hastings · Melvin F. Allen
Soundtrack Joey Scarbury · Mike Post
Screenplay Stephen J. Cannell · Frank Lupo · Patrick Hasburgh · Juanita Bartlett · Jeff Ray · Babs Greyhosky · Rudolph Borchert · Robert Culp · J. Duncan Ray · Danny Lee Cole
Cinematography Andrew Jackson · Jacques R. Marquette · Héctor R. Figueroa
Original title The Greatest American Hero (TV Series)
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