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

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creator:

Roy Huggins
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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 | Thief | Racetrack | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins

Cast

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Stuart Bailey / ... (162 episodes, 1958-1964)
Roger Smith	...	Jeff Spencer (81 episodes, 1958-1963)
Edd Byrnes	...	Kookie / ... (80 episodes, 1958-1963)
Jacqueline Beer	...	Suzanne Fabray / ... (66 episodes, 1958-1963)

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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)
Budd Boetticher		(unknown episodes)
Gunther von Fritsch		(unknown episodes)

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)
Chris Hayward		(unknown episodes)
Steve McNeil		(unknown episodes)
Jo Pagano		(unknown episodes)

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)
Jack Webb	....	executive producer (1 episode, 1963-1964)
Jerry Davis	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Fenton Earnshaw	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Joel Rogosin	....	producer (unknown episodes)

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)
Wesley Anderson		(unknown episodes)
Perry Finnerman		(unknown episodes)
Jacques R. Marquette		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
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)
Lloyd Nosler		(unknown episodes)
David Wages		(unknown episodes)
Robert B. Warwick Jr.		(unknown episodes)
Robert Watts		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Art Loel		(3 episodes, 1960-1963)

Series Set Decoration by
Mowbray Berkeley		(2 episodes, 1960)
John P. Austin		(unknown episodes)

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)
Richard Maybery	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Eddie Prinz	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Lee W. Moore	....	props (unknown episodes)
Roy Moore	....	props (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Harold Hanks	....	sound (1 episode, 1960)
Ross Owen	....	sound (1 episode, 1960)
Francis M. Sarver	....	sound (1 episode, 1963)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
B.F. Ryan	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Francis E. Stahl	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Fred Carson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
John Daheim	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob May	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Paul McWilliams	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dale Van Sickel	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

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)
Jack Halloran	....	music arranger (unknown episodes)
Erma E. Levin	....	supervising music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Christopher Lee	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1958-1964) (USA) (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:

This series was produced by Warner Brothers for ABC and the episode "The Kookie Caper" (episode 2.2, October 9, 1959) has some inside jokes about other series produced by that studio for ABC. Early in episode, Kookie (Edd Byrnes_ indicates that he doesn't know that Will Hutchins is the star of "Sugarfoot" (1957). Later, he can be seen reading an issue of TV Guide magazine with the stars of "Maverick" (1957), James Garner and Jack Kelly, on the cover. Both of those shows were produced by Warner Bros., as was this one.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Teri Garr/Dream Academy/The Cult (#11.6)" (1985)

Still the best on TV..

I just move to a big house with a home theater, BIG TV, very comfortable leather recliners and perfect sound, all just to watch 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Surfside Six and Bourbon street Beat.

I am in heaven!! Where did they find all this handsome guys? and the cars!... the only character I do not like is the secretary in Bourbon St...I find her childish.

Thanks for cable TV.

I was just 4 years old the first time I remember seen 77 Sunset Strip and I still a fun of the program.

My favorite was Roger Smith and his suits and ties.

In Hawaiian Eye Conrad coming out the pool look so good that was imitated by me many, many times.

What ever happen to Cha Cha, Margarita Sierra?..she was fun too even if the songs sometimes where a bit too long.

Van Williams what a guy!...all of them, so well cast.