Escape/Cinderella Girls (28 Jan. 1978)

A magician wants to perform the ultimate escape from a notorious prison on a nearby island; and a pair of best friends want to be filthy rich for a weekend.

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Michael Fisher, Steve Fisher,

Stars:

Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Diana Canova

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ricardo Montalban	...	Mr. Roarke
Hervé Villechaize	...	Tattoo (as Herve Villechaize)
Diana Canova	...	Ann Dowd
Robert Clary	...	Ipsy Dauphin
Bert Convy	...	Gregory Udall
Georgia Engel	...	Maxine Bender
John Saxon	...	Dr. Roger Sullivan
Alan Sues	...	Andre Massoon
Howard Caine	...	Count Rudolph
William Beckley	...	Ian
Bernie Kuby	...	Harmon
Lisa Blake Richards	...	Kathy Udall
Peter Mamakos	...	The Sergeant
Reggie Nalder	...	Duprez

Storyline

A magician wants to perform the ultimate escape from a notorious prison on a nearby island; and a pair of best friends want to be filthy rich for a weekend.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 1978 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 17, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions, Columbia Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Watch for Reggie Nalder

In case you don't know who Reggie Nalder is, he portrays Duprez, the head of Devil's Island, who holds many prisoners, including Gregory Udall, played by Bert Convy. Udall is a magician(those crazy 70's)who apparently has a fantasy of upstaging his father, who was also(you guessed it)a magician; regarding Nalder, his other memorable role was Mr. Barlow from the epic Salem's Lot(1979), a hideous looking vampire who wrecks havoc on the small town. I don't know much about him, but his "normal" face is rather scary looking as well, and it adds to the intrigue as well; his accent almost matches his face, but to me, he was the best aspect of this tame episode, and watch for an appearance of Robert Clary(Hogan's Heroes), who portrays fellow inmate Ipsy. As you can guess, they both escape the prison, which supposedly has a track record of preventing such things, but they got out anyway.

The other segment revolves around Ann(Diana Canova, Soap), and Maxine(Georgia Engel), with her annoying voice,and their wish is to be jet-setters, which is basically to be amongst a group of wealthy people. The only real notable aspect here was the insertion of John Saxon(Roger), who's a fine actor, but he's given a very bad accent for some reason; another thing I noticed was the location of this segment, which looked the same locale from the Rockford Files , with the cliffs hanging over the ocean. To make a long story short, Maxine leaves on a yacht with a man named Rudolph, played by Howard Caine(Hogan's Heroes yet again); he isn't the most attractive man in the world, but she likes him and tells him the truth about her real persona. It turns out that Roger had a fantasy too; he wanted to be among the wealthy in order to get donations for his clinic(he is also a child doctor in real life), which is struggling financially. After Ann spills her guts that she's in fact not wealthy at all, but lives in a trailer, Roger then tells her that he was struggling also, and they leave the island together.

Overall, I wouldn't call this a great episode, but I'm probably one of the few out there that watched this just to see Reggie Nalder in a rare appearance, as he has more lines that I would've expected.