"Due South" Pilot (1994)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Fred Gerber

Writers:

Paul Haggis (writer)
Jeff King (writer)

TV Series:

"Due South" (1994)

Original Air Date:

23 April 1994 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After the murder of his father in the Yukon, Fraser, a RCMP constable, follows the killer's tracks all the way to Chicago where he meets Ray...

Plot Keywords:

Rcmp | Mounted Police Officer | Police Officer | Chicago Illinois | Wolf Hybrid

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Paul Gross	...	Constable Benton Fraser
David Marciano	...	Det. Ray Vecchio
Wendel Meldrum	...	Leann Brighton
Chuck Shamata	...	Capt. Walsh
Joseph Ziegler	...	Insp. Moffatt
Page Fletcher	...	Frank Drake
Ken Pogue	...	Gerard
Kaye Ballard	...	Mrs. Vecchio
Gordon Pinsent	...	Fraser Sr.
James Millington	...	Underhill
Victor Ertmanis	...	Supt. Meers
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Senior Official
Eric Schweig	...	Inuit Hunter
Kimberly Ange	...	RCMP Officer 1
Jennifer Parsons	...	RCMP Officer 2

Runtime:

Canada:100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Alliance Communications Corporation

Trivia:

Originally, CBS intended this episode to be a stand-alone TV Movie. However, when ratings of the movie were pretty good, they decided to start production of a full-blown television series.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Fraser jumps on the back of the speeding van.

Quotes:

Fraser: [Diefenbaker is half on, half off Vecchio while the detective is driving the car] He's deaf. You have to speak very loud and very slow and enunciate.
Ray Vecchio: GET-OFF-ME-EXCLAMATION-MARK!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ride Forever (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Superman's Song

this rocks

I love this tv-series, it is such a great concept, i just love the caractors especially the wolf, i like how they do things and i like the arguments between Fraser and Vecchio. i like the serie because it's unusual, and there are not many series like this one.