"Moonlighting" Moonlighting (Pilot) (1985)

Director:

Robert Butler

Writer:

Glenn Gordon Caron (written by)

TV Series:

"Moonlighting" (1985)

Original Air Date:

3 March 1985 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Maddie Hayes wakes up to find her staff have quit and all her money has been stolen. One of her few remaining assets is a loss-making investigation agency run by David Addison. She sacks the staff but David is determined to keep it going.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Murder | Model | Duo | TV Series Pilot

Cast

Cybill Shepherd	...	Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes
Bruce Willis	...	David Addison Jr.
Allyce Beasley	...	Agnes DiPesto
Robert Ellenstein	...	Heinz
Jim McKrell	...	Plastic Surgeon (as Jim MacKrell)
James Karen	...	Alan
Rebecca Stanley	...	Susan Kaplan
Dennis Lipscomb	...	Simon
Frederick Coffin	...	Pawnbroker
Mary Hart	...	Herself
Henry G. Sanders	...	Investigator #1 (as Henry Sanders)
Liz Sheridan	...	Selma
Dennis Stewart	...	Blond Mohawk
Joseph Whipp	...	Investigator #2 (as Joe Whipp)
Jean Adams	...	Old Lady
Rachel Bard	...	Grandma
Blake Clark	...	Newsstand Man
Suzanne Fagan	...	Female Driver
Sam Hennings	...	Jonathan Kaplan
Joan McMurtrey	...	Mother
Ira S. Rosenstein	...	Bartender (as Ira Rosenstein)
John Medici	...	Andre
Brian Thompson	...	Simon's Man
Tricia Tomicic	...	Jennifer
Michel Voletti	...	Maitre D' (as Michael Voletti)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cynthia Lea Clark	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lyle Howry	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Butler

Writing credits
Glenn Gordon Caron		(written by)

Produced by
Glenn Gordon Caron	....	executive producer
Jay Daniel	....	producer
Artie Mandelberg	....	associate producer
Pauline Miller	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Lee Holdridge

Cinematography by
Michael D. Margulies		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Artie Mandelberg
Neil Mandelberg

Production Design by
William Hiney

Set Decoration by
Cheryal Kearney

Costume Design by
Robert Turturice

Makeup Department
Lee Crawford	....	hair stylist
Dee Manges	....	makeup artist

Production Management
David McCann	....	post-production supervisor
F.A. Miller	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Simons	....	first assistant director (as James S. Simons)
Tena Psyche Yatroussis	....	second assistant director (as Tena Yatroussis)
Tom Phillips	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
William M. Bates	....	property master
R. Gilbert Clayton	....	production illustrator
Marvin Salsberg	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Don J. Bassman	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Don Bassman)
John Speak	....	production sound mixer (as John V. Speak)
Christopher T. Welch	....	sound editor
Laurence Abrams	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Ken Cain	....	sound conform (uncredited)
Scott D. Jackson	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Randy Lawson	....	assistant sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Cary Weitz	....	cable person (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Paul Stewart	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Thomas Baker	....	main title graphics (uncredited)
Hoyt Yeatman	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (uncredited)
Keii Johnston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Donna Keegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw	....	stunts (uncredited)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
George Hill	....	key grip
Ted Holt	....	gaffer (as Theodore P. Holt)
Albert Hood	....	electrician (uncredited)
Ernie Reed	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "b"camera, steadicam (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvonne Kubis	....	costume supervisor: ladies
Robert Q. Mathews	....	costume supervisor: men
John S. Perry	....	costume department head

Editorial Department
Alec Smight	....	assistant editor
Gerald Lawrence Whelan	....	assistant editor
Deborah Romare	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Norman Honath	....	transportation coordinator
Dennis Junt	....	driver: honeywagon (uncredited)

Other crew
Eric C. Daroca	....	production office assistant (as Eric Daroca)
Melissa Gelineau	....	assistant to the producers
Sandy King	....	script supervisor (as Sandra King)
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	location manager (as Ira Rosenstein)
Karen Hall	....	assistant to actor (uncredited)
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)

Directed by
Allan Arkush		(multiple episodes)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Glenn Gordon Caron		creator
Jeremy Lew		teleplay

Produced by
Charles H. Eglee	....	producer (1987-1989)
Barbara Hall	....	producer (1988-1989)
Pauline Miller	....	associate producer (episodes 2.01-2.05, 2.07-) (as Pauline Turboff Miller)
Philip Carr Neel	....	associate producer (1987-)

Film Editing by
Jerry Dronsky
Leslie Gaulin

Costume Design by
Susan Cohoon-Swain

Production Management
Rick Finn	....	post-production supervisor
F.A. Miller	....	unit production manager (1985-1986)

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Derek Casari	....	dubbing engineer
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer
Greg Curda	....	foley mixer
Arnold Finkelstein	....	assistant sound editor
William Gazecki	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Gerard	....	sound re-recording mixer
James M. McCann	....	boom operator (season 1)

Special Effects by
Jor Van Kline	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Contarino	....	gaffer (1985-) (as Vincent F. Contarino)
Scott C. Williman	....	lamp operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Abbott	....	costumer: men (1987-)
Valerie Laven-Cooper	....	costumer
Buffy Snyder	....	costumer: women (1987-)

Music Department
Peter Asher	....	song producer: theme song
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Jerry Sidwell	....	driver captain

Other crew
Debra Frank	....	story editor
Suzanne Gangursky	....	production secretary (episodes 2.1-2.4 and 2.7-)
Scott Grossman	....	production office assistant (1986-)
Keith McNulty	....	cue cards
John D. Sarviss	....	helicopter pilot
Carl Sautter	....	story editor

Production Companies

• Picturemaker Productions
• ABC Circle Films (in association with)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• EuroVideo
• Warner Home Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Reuben Cannon & Associates  casting
• Echo Film Services  sound
• Segue Music  music editing
• Panavision  photographic equipment
• Westheimer Company  titles and opticals

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Eastern Columbia Building - 849 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Picturemaker Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Blond Mohawk is running through the park he is barefoot, But when he runs away after the accident he's wearing shoes.

Quotes:

David Addison:All right! You're looking great, kid! I'm right behind ya. Now, don't look back and try and see me, just know that I'm right in back of you, and -- yes, I am looking up your dress.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Moonlighting

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18 years later and Moonlighting is still a modern comment on human relations,love feelings of a man and a woman who have a great personality and work together...And all that with style and romance,character and sense of humor!