"Rescue 911" (1989) TV series 1989-1996

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Directors:

Mark Cole
Dan Jackson

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

18 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

William Shatner hosts this television show, featuring dramatic reenactments of situations leading to emergency calls to 9-1-1.

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Paramedic | Fire | Hanged Child | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

William Shatner

...

Himself - Host (14 episodes, 1989-1996)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Arnold Shapiro Productions

Trivia:

The show outlasted many of its similarly-themed contemporaries because, by host William Shatner's own admission, the focus was on "success stories" with happy endings.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Volcano (#1.3)" (1997)

one episode in particular....

William Shatner wasn't the great host that Robert Stack was for Unsolved Mysteries or Leonard Nimoy for In Search Of.. or Peter Thomas for Forensic Files. He acted as if this whole thing was just a big bore to him. I used to enjoy watching this show though and it amazed and at times horrified me at how people got hurt thru their own foolishness. Like the two stories they had on there about boys who were badly burned playing with gas. The episodes of "emergencies" all had happy endings, save for one. This teenage boy was "huffing" a can of butane. He practically inhaled the entire can and went into cardiac arrest. He died that night in the hospital. It was heartbreaking to watch, but I think it provided a good lesson to kids.