"Charlie's Angels" Hellride (1976)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Richard Lang

Writers:

Edward J. Lakso (writer) and
Ivan Goff (creator)

TV Series:

"Charlie's Angels" (1976)

Original Air Date:

22 September 1976 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Action

Plot:

An investigation to determine whether sabotage was behind the death of a race car driver finds Sabrina behind the wheel in a dangerous...

Plot Keywords:

Female | Hidden Character | Beauty | Anonymous Backer | Secret Agent

Cast

Kate Jackson	...	Sabrina Duncan
Farrah Fawcett	...	Jill Munroe (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
Jaclyn Smith	...	Kelly Garrett
David Doyle	...	John Bosley
Don Gordon	...	Gene Wells
Mayf Nutter	...	Eddie Dirko
Kurt Grayson	...	Ted Kale
John Dennis Johnston	...	Jerry Adams
Jenny O'Hara	...	Mary Barrows / Bloody Mary
Ric Mancini	...	Poker Player
Norma Connolly	...	Mrs. Lemson
Rosanne Covy	...	Susan 'Suzy' Lemson
Russ Grieve	...	Mr. Lemson
Anne Ramsey	...	Henry's Wife
Bob Frank	...	Henry

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

The Angels' needs went up an "alphabetical" chain - A, B and C. Themselves, up to Bosley and finally to Charlie.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: A cameraman can be seen in the reflection of the highway patrolman's sunglasses. He was speaking to two characters, but three people are visible.

Quotes:

Eddie Dirko: You know they say a man should never be drinking by himself. Causes alcoholism.
Kelly Garrett: Oh?
Eddie Dirko: Now you can levitate that by, eh, joining me at a place called the Pitt-stop bar, you ever been there?
Kelly Garrett: Never, never...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' (2004) (TV)

Packed with plot...and plenty of sexy action

Some of these early episodes of "Charlie's Angels" have enough plot for a TV movie...with the strong production elements and supporting cast worthy of a television feature. A tragic auto accident out on the dustbowl racecar circuit leads the Angels to believe there was dirty-pool being played out on the track, but that's just the first half of the story. Sabrina (who it turns out did a little racecar driving in her youth!) poses as the new driver--with a Texas drawl; Bosley and Jill are father and daughter Holy Rollers; Kelly does some leg-work interviewing the victim's parents (in a sensitive scene) and later joins the gang at the arena, amusingly getting one suspect arrested for drunk driving. Exceptionally well-plotted installment, though I doubt Jill would be so sloppy as to leave evidence behind in a motel room, or that all her nosy questions would be overlooked by the locals with just a flash of her blinding-white smile.