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20 January 1979 (USA) more
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Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things)... more
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Great pilot launches a so-so series. more (6 total)
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(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 35)| Andy Griffith | ... | Harry Broderick (18 episodes, 1979) | |
| Joel Higgins | ... | Skip Carmichael (18 episodes, 1979) | |
| Trish Stewart | ... | Melanie Slozar (18 episodes, 1979) | |
| J. Jay Saunders | ... | Mack (18 episodes, 1979) | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Jack Klinger (12 episodes, 1979) |
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60 min (20 episodes)
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[opening narration] Once upon a time, a junkman had a dream.
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I want to build a spaceship, go to the moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it.
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So he put together a team. An ex-astronaut. A fuel expert. They built a rocketship, and they went to the moon. Who knows what they'll do next.
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The movie-length pilot of "Salvage 1" concerns a salvage man, an ex-astronaut and a few friends who build a rocket out of junk and launch it to the moon to retrieve gear from one of the Apollo sites to pay off a tax debt. Despite obviously cheap special effects, it does a great job of capturing the excitement of spaceflight, and also has some wonderfully funny moments, such as Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) phoning the FAA to lodge their flight plan. Highly recommended for space buffs. The weekly series, in which Broderick attempts other salvage operations, was watchable but never re-captured the highs of the pilot telemovie.