The Road to Hope (29 Oct. 1985)

Face was already enjoying the possibilities to spend the profits from a no-sweat $300,000 job offered by a foxy millionaire when Hannibal guesses right it must by a Decker trap, and goes ... See full summary »

Director:

David Hemmings

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
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Jim Beam (as Elisha Cook)
Warren Berlinger	...	E. Robert Colton
Christopher Neame	...	Jack Scarett
Lance LeGault	...	Colonel Roderick Decker
Bill Marcus	...	William
Gloria Charles	...	Estate Agent
Lori Butler	...	Christina
Ancel Cook	...	Wino #1
Bill Dyer	...	Wino #2 (as William Dyer)
James Edgcomb	...	Doctor (as Jim Edgcomb)
Rick Garcia	...	Enrique

Storyline

Face was already enjoying the possibilities to spend the profits from a no-sweat $300,000 job offered by a foxy millionaire when Hannibal guesses right it must by a Decker trap, and goes collect the money dressed as a bum, but a real one gets the briefcase and the MP arms before his nose, and is even erroneously sprung by the other team-members while Smith checked out a restaurant where the bum told him to ask for a certain Wiiliam to get free food- he finds himself in the hands of a dodgy group giving him a full medical and then ordering him to dig his own grave, but escapes and tells the team they must be after homeless men's identities, which sell for a small fortune to criminals. Therefore they set up their own 'mission' to draw potential victims and the goons, run by 'reverend' Face and evangelist Murdock, which sets more in motion then they bargained for...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Fire Station 23 - 225 E. 5th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV, Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen J. Cannell asked Dwight Schultz to impersonate Burt Reynolds when posing as "Father Harry Dean Hanover".

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Goofs

When Face is scamming the building, he claims it was designed by an architect "before his untimely demise in the mid-19th century." Murdock then says that the architect was hit by a streetcar in 1948, which would be the 20th century.

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Quotes

E. Robert Colton: He's a newsman!
Hannibal: You don't like newsmen. How about fireman? Mailman? Cop! Uh, wrong.

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