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The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
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A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control. Creator:Stephen J. Cannell |
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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys.
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,4,136,19,200,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_ZAon IMDb,5,1,14,200,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_ZA47:42,164,1,14,40,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "The Greatest American Hero: Season 3: Episode 8 -- Ralph's unusual new student creates international chaos when his class project of building a radio telescope for tracking orbiting satellites brings the CIA and KGB down on the school.")
,4,136,19,200,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_ZAon IMDb,5,1,14,200,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_ZA48:41,164,1,14,40,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "The Greatest American Hero: Season 3: Episode 7 -- Ralph and Maxwell become embroiled in a bizarre scheme when a disgruntled news anchorman plots the terrorist takeover of a nuclear power plant to launch his career. William Windom guest stars.")
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Cast
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| William Katt | ... |
Ralph Hinkley
(44 episodes, 1981-1986)
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| Robert Culp | ... |
Bill Maxwell
(44 episodes, 1981-1986)
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| Connie Sellecca | ... |
Pam Davidson
(41 episodes, 1981-1986)
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Don Cervantes | ... |
Paco Rodriguez
(23 episodes, 1981-1983)
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| Faye Grant | ... |
Rhonda Blake
(22 episodes, 1981-1982)
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| Michael Paré | ... |
Tony Villicana
(21 episodes, 1981-1983)
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| Jesse D. Goins | ... |
Cyler Johnson
(19 episodes, 1981-1983)
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Storyline
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. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El gran héroe americano See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
| USA: (43 episodes)Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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three-note NBC theme is heard as the letters "i-n-e" appear one at a time
on screen. (An in-joke as NBC was the network the series was being pitched
to at the time) See more »
Written by Mike Post & Stephen Geyer
Performed by Joey Scarbury
(theme song) See more »
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Trivia
Initially Pam was only to be featured in the Pilot, as a recurring gag was to be Ralph having a different girl friend in each episode. 'Connie Selleca' impressed the producers so much with her performance that she was made a regular on the series. See more »Quotes
Ralph Hinkley: You can't go because... WE'RE THE PACKAGE, BILL! Those little green guys they... they didn't pick us out by accident! We're supposed to do this as long as it takes. How many times have you told that to me?See more »
Crazy Credits
During the opening credits of the pilot "Greatest American Heroine", thethree-note NBC theme is heard as the letters "i-n-e" appear one at a time
on screen. (An in-joke as NBC was the network the series was being pitched
to at the time) See more »
Soundtracks
"Believe It or Not"Written by Mike Post & Stephen Geyer
Performed by Joey Scarbury
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