Mexican Slayride 

The A-Team is hired by Amy Allen to rescue a missing foreign correspondent in Mexico.

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers:

Frank Lupo (created by), Stephen J. Cannell (created by)

Stars:

George Peppard, Melinda Culea, Tim Dunigan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
George Peppard	...	John 'Hannibal' Smith
Melinda Culea	...	Amy Amanda Allen
Tim Dunigan	...	Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
Dwight Schultz	...	'Howling Mad' Murdock
Mr. T	...	B.A. Baracus
William Lucking	...	Col. Lynch
Philip Sterling	...	Grant Eldridge
Sergio Calderón	...	Malavida Valdez
Ron Palillo	...	Zack
Melody Anderson	...	Avon
William Windom	...	Al Massey
Enrique Lucero	...	Colonel Flores
Félix González	...	Miguel Perez
William Marquez	...	Sanchez
Jorge Zepeda	...	Manny Cortez

Storyline

Amy Allen is a reporter who is worried when her friend another reporter went to Mexico to do a story but appears to have disappeared. She tries to use everything she can to find even the newspaper she works for to find him. But her boss who has written the guy off because he has been behaving very erratically but Amy knows that he's grieving over the loss of his wife. Her boss suspends her. Another reporter finds something at her friend's apartment which might help her find him but it's not much. She decides to go to Mexico but it's dangerous there. She decides to try and find the A Team a group of soldiers of fortune who are also fugitives from the Army. It seems like while they were in Vietnam, they robbed a bank but they claim that they were ordered to but the man who supposedly gave them the order died. So they ran and are still wanted by the man who ran the detention center where they escaped from. She finds them through a man they served with but was not with them when they ...

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Plot Keywords:

pilot episode | show of hands | american | mexico | newspaper reporter | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the few installments to involve filming outside California.

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Goofs

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

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Quotes

Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus: [about Hannibal] He loves the risk. The danger. He loves the jazz.

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Connections

Referenced in Diff'rent Strokes: Bully for Arnold (1985)

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Soundtracks

Alouette
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by Dwight Schultz

User Reviews

Silly, but still very fun to watch.

The A-Team isn't exactly the most deep show ever made, but it's pure fun. Sure it's a 80's show, and has corny lines, and a lot of action sequences, but for some reason that'm part of it's charm.

The idea behind the A-Team couldn't be simpler, they're a bunch of Vietnam veterans who has become soldiers of fortune. They do thing's their own way, and helps people not always for money, but because it's the right thing to do. I guess they have a sort of Robin Hood complex, as they always scam rich people to get what they need to help the less fortunate.

The A-team has a great time dynamic, and that's the heart of the series. We got George Peppard as John 'Hannibal' Smith, the leader and a master of disguise. Dirk Benedict as Templeton 'Faceman' Peck, the scammer of the gang. My favourite Dwight Schultz as 'Howling Mad' Murdock, the pilot who's a little mentally unstable. And the man who needs no introduction Mr. T as B.A. Baracus.

I'm looking forward to see more of the A-team and i tell you it's definitely worth watching. I give the pilot episode a 7/10.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

Greek English

Release Date:

23 January 1983 (USA)

Filming Locations:

John Lautner - Arango House, 39867 Acapulco de Juárez, GRO, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Television, Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1