"The A-Team" Mexican Slayride (1983)

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers:

Stephen J. Cannell (creator)
Stephen J. Cannell (writer)

TV Series:

"The A-Team" (1983)

Original Air Date:

23 January 1983 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Amy Allen attempts to hire The A-Team, four soldiers-for-hire, to rescue her reporter friend Al Massey...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Napoleon | Pun In Title | Reference To Harold Lloyd | Beautiful Woman | Vietnam

Cast

George Peppard	...	John 'Hannibal' Smith
Melinda Culea	...	Amy Amanda Allen
Tim Dunigan	...	Face
Dwight Schultz	...	'Howling Mad' Murdock
Mr. T	...	B.A. Baracus
William Lucking	...	Army Col. Lynch
Philip Sterling	...	Grant Eldridge
Sergio Calderón	...	Malavida Valdez
Ron Palillo	...	Zack
Melody Anderson	...	Avon - Salesgirl
William Windom	...	Reporter Al Massey
Enrique Lucero	...	Colonel Flores
Félix Gonzáles	...	Mexican Town Leader
William Marquez	...	Miguel
Jorge Zepeda	...	Manny Cortez

Filming Locations:

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Trivia:

Templeton "Faceman" Peck was originally played by Tim Dunigan, but he was fired after the pilot and replaced by Dirk Benedict because the producer decided that he was too young for the part.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the bar fighting scene when Hannibal is thrown over the counter it's obviously a body double.

Quotes:

Zack: These guys knocked over the bank of Hanoi, four days after the Vietnam war ended. They wandered out of the DMZ with one hundred million yen and got busted by the army. Nobody knew anything about the mission. They claimed that they were under order of a Colonel, ah...

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)