"77 Sunset Strip" (1958) TV series 1958-1964

Creator:

Roy Huggins
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

10 October 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were the wisecracking, womanizing private detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Private | French | Los Angeles California | Address As Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins

Cast

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Stuart Bailey / ... (163 episodes, 1958-1964)
Roger Smith	...	Jeff Spencer (83 episodes, 1958-1963)
Edd Byrnes	...	Kookie / ... (81 episodes, 1958-1963)
Jacqueline Beer	...	Suzanne Fabray / ... (66 episodes, 1958-1963)

Series Directed by
George Waggner		(41 episodes, 1959-1963)
Montgomery Pittman		(15 episodes, 1959-1962)
Robert Douglas		(12 episodes, 1960-1962)
Leslie H. Martinson		(9 episodes, 1958-1963)
Paul Landres		(8 episodes, 1962-1963)
Lawrence Dobkin		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jeffrey Hayden		(7 episodes, 1961-1963)
Richard L. Bare		(6 episodes, 1958-1959)
Irving J. Moore		(6 episodes, 1960-1962)
Robert Sparr		(6 episodes, 1961-1963)
William Conrad		(6 episodes, 1963)
James V. Kern		(4 episodes, 1958-1960)
William J. Hole Jr.		(4 episodes, 1960)
Michael O'Herlihy		(4 episodes, 1961-1962)
Charles R. Rondeau		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Sidney Salkow		(4 episodes, 1962)
André De Toth		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Charles F. Haas		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Mark Sandrich Jr.		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Arthur Lubin		(3 episodes, 1959)
Robert B. Sinclair		(3 episodes, 1960)
Richard Bartlett		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Paton Price		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Richard C. Sarafian		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Abner Biberman		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Reginald Le Borg		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ida Lupino		(2 episodes, 1959)
Leslie Goodwins		(2 episodes, 1961)
Andrew McCullough		(2 episodes, 1961)
Byron Paul		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Writing credits
Robert C. Dennis		(15 episodes, 1961-1963)
Montgomery Pittman		(14 episodes, 1959-1962)
Frederick Brady		(13 episodes, 1958-1962)
Leonard Lee		(13 episodes, 1958-1962)
Gloria Elmore		(11 episodes, 1960-1963)
Lawrence Kimble		(10 episodes, 1962-1963)
Fenton Earnshaw		(8 episodes, 1958-1961)
Howard Browne		(6 episodes, 1958-1961)
William L. Stuart		(5 episodes, 1958-1959)
Roger Smith		(5 episodes, 1960-1963)
Harry Essex		(5 episodes, 1963)
Roy Huggins		(4 episodes, 1958-1963)
James O'Hanlon		(4 episodes, 1958-1963)
Jerry Davis		(4 episodes, 1959-1963)
Charles Sinclair		(4 episodes, 1960-1961)
W. Hermanos		(4 episodes, 1960)
Paul Savage		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Leslie Bellem		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Charles Hoffman		(3 episodes, 1958-1959)
Maurita Pittman		(3 episodes, 1959-1962)
Dean Riesner		(3 episodes, 1960-1963)
Ed Jurist		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Sonya Roberts		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Bill Finger		(3 episodes, 1961)
John K. Butler		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Louis Vittes		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ardel Wray		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Howie Horwitz		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Gene Levitt		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
James Barnett		(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Jack Emanuel		(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Peter R. Brooke		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
James Gunn		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
N.B. Stone Jr.		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Steve Fisher		(2 episodes, 1959)
Don Tait		(2 episodes, 1960-1963)
Richard De Roy		(2 episodes, 1960-1962)
C.L. Moore		(2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Douglas Morrow		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Waggner		(2 episodes, 1960)
Robert J. Shaw		(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Whitman Chambers		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Richard Newhafer		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Lou Huston		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
A.I. Bezzerides		(2 episodes, 1962)
Brevarde Lee		(2 episodes, 1962)
Tony Barrett		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Produced by
William T. Orr	....	executive producer (32 episodes, 1958-1963)
Howie Horwitz	....	producer (26 episodes, 1958-1961)
Harry Tatelman	....	producer (2 episodes, 1958-1959)

Series Original Music by
William Lava		(1 episode, 1963)

Series Cinematography by
Harold E. Stine		(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Bert Glennon		(2 episodes, 1960-1963)
Robert Hoffman		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Film Editing by
Thomas Neff		(1 episode, 1958)
Cliff Bell Sr.		(1 episode, 1960)
Robert Crawford		(1 episode, 1960)
Clarence Kolster		(1 episode, 1960)
James Moore		(1 episode, 1960)
Noel L. Scott		(1 episode, 1960)
James T. Heckert		(1 episode, 1963)

Series Art Direction by
Art Loel		(4 episodes, 1958-1963)

Series Set Decoration by
Mowbray Berkeley		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor (3 episodes, 1958-1963)

Series Production Management
Oren Haglund	....	production manager (1 episode, 1960)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rusty Meek	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1958-1960)

Series Art Department
Lee W. Moore	....	props (34 episodes, 1958-1959)

Series Sound Department
Harold Hanks	....	sound (1 episode, 1960)
Ross Owen	....	sound (1 episode, 1960)
Francis M. Sarver	....	sound (1 episode, 1963)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James Daly	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1963)

Series Editorial Department
James Moore	....	supervising editor (1 episode, 1960)

Series Music Department
Max Steiner	....	composer: stock music (203 episodes, 1958-1964)
Jerry Livingston	....	composer: theme music (2 episodes, 1958-1960)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1958-1964) (USA) (TV)
• Radio Tokyo Television (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (2001) (USA) (TV) (resyndication)

Also Known As:

Sunset 77 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min (206 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

The network handed the creative reigns of the show over to 'Jack Webb' and William Conrad for the show's 6th and final season. Webb and Conrad proceeded to fire the entire cast except Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and re-molded his character Stu Bailey into an international spy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Biography: Mary Tyler Moore: All American-Girl (1995)" (????)

Great Detective Show didn't take itself too seriously

This was a wonderful show. Kookie and Roscoe gave it an added comic element. It also allowed for human effort. As I recall, even the secretary often gave ideas for solving cases.

I recall the caper where Roscoe, the horse player who always played hunches (and always lost) had to come up with all the winners for the day's races. After much effort he did so, but of course he did not bet on a single one.

I watch little TV any more but I tried out Remington Steele, because the daughter of Efriam Zimbalist, Jr.: Stephanie Zimbalist was cast as one of the leads. The two shows shared much similarity. They were both detective shows which really was only peripherally about solving cases. Mostly they were about relationships.

I'm guessing that all the film of these shows is not around any more or I think they would be shown as reruns. I would sure love to see some of these shows either on TV or bought on VHS tapes.