Dishpan Man (26 Sep. 1986)

After having a little accident on the set of his latest monster movie, Hannibal has to spend the night in a hospital. From there he is kidnapped and brought before the mysterious retired ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Mordente

Writers:

Frank Lupo (creator), Stephen J. Cannell (creator),

Stars:

George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
George Peppard	...	John 'Hannibal' Smith
Dirk Benedict	...	Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
Dwight Schultz	...	'Howling Mad' Murdock
Mr. T	...	B.A. Baracus
Robert Vaughn	...	General Hunt Stockwell
Sandy McPeak	...	Josh Curtis
David Hess	...	Ben Al Fradeen (as David A. Hess)
Fernando Escandon
Judith Ledford	...	Carla
Eddie Velez	...	Frankie Santana
Stanley Brock	...	Mr. Rubinick
Marcelo Tubert	...	(as Marc Tubert)
Héctor Mercado	...	(as Héctor Jaime Mercado)
Andrew Divoff
John Durbin	...	Ramon Soulay

Storyline

After having a little accident on the set of his latest monster movie, Hannibal has to spend the night in a hospital. From there he is kidnapped and brought before the mysterious retired general Hunt Stockwell, who proposes a mission to free the passengers of a high jacked plane. One passenger in particular interests them both: Captain Curtis, the one man who could prove the A-Team's innocence in the '72 Hanoi bank job. Hannibal decides to take along the young special effects man who was responsible for landing him in the hospital, 'Dishpan' Frankie Santana. As the five of them leave for Spain, Stockwell designated them the call-numbers 'Empress' 7 to 12.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to macbeth

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 1986 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV, Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Vaughn has worked with George Peppard before. They both starred in the 1980 science fiction film Battle Beyond The Stars, which was a futuristic remake of The Magnificent Seven. Robert Vaughn played Lee in The Magnificent Seven and George Peppard was originally considered to play Vin in The Magnificent Seven.

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Goofs

On the first scene, when Stockwell reads the military files of the A-Team, we can see that B.A.'s file refers to him by his nickname rather than his real name - Bosco, which is unlikely.

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Quotes

Frankie "Dishpan" Santana: [referring to Hannibal] He's in there doing the death scene from Macbeth while I got cannisters going off.

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Connections

Edited from The A-Team: One More Time (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Sixteen Tons"
Written by Merle Travis
Performed by Dwight Schultz

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