Acapulco (TV series)

Acapulco
	Ralph Taeger and guest star Leslie Parrish in a scene from the series
Genre	Adventure
Written by	B.C. Schoenfeld ; Cy Chermak ; Gene L. Coon
Starring	Ralph Taeger; James Coburn; Telly Savalas
Theme music composer	Billy May
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	John Robinson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Ziv Television Programs
Distributor	United Artists Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Original release	February 27 –; April 24, 1961

Acapulco is an American half-hour adventure series starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn that aired on NBC in 1961. It is notable for providing Telly Savalas with his first regularly recurring role in a television series.

Plot

Taeger and Coburn starred as Korean War veterans who, tired of life in the States, take up residence in southern Mexico as beachcombers. Each episode relates their experiences helping people in distress. They often worked for Mr. Carver (Savalas), protecting him from enemies he made during his career as a criminal lawyer.[1]

Background

Taeger and Coburn were starring in Klondike, another Ziv Television/NBC series, when it was cancelled after 17 episodes. In order to fulfill Ziv's contract with the network, they were recast in Acapulco, which premiered two weeks later in the same time slot as Klondike (Mondays at 9:00 PM). The new show lasted for only eight episodes.

Cast and characters

Ralph Taeger as Patrick Malone
James Coburn as Gregg Miles
Telly Savalas as Mr. Carver
Bobby Troup as Himself
Allison Hayes as Chloe
Jason Robards, Sr. as Max

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Director	Writer	Original airdate
1-01	"Bell's Half Acre"	John Meredyth Lucas	Cy Chermak	February 27, 1961
1-02	"Killer in a Rose Colored Mask"	TBA	John Robinson	March 6, 1961
1-03	"The Gentleman From Brazil"	TBA	Gene L. Coon	March 13, 1961
1-04	"Carbon Copy Cat"	TBA	Cy Chermak	March 20, 1961
1-06*	"Fisher's Daughter"	TBA	Bernard C. Schoenfeld	April 3, 1961
1-05*	"Death is a Smiling Man"	TBA	Gene L. Coon	April 10, 1961
1-07	"Blood Money"	TBA	William Bast	April 17, 1961
1-08	"Murder With Love"	TBA	Arthur Dales	April 24, 1961

* Broadcast out of sequence.[2]

DVD rights to Acapulco are owned by MGM Home Video, but no DVD has been released.

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References

Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
"Acapulco (1961) - Episode list" IMDb. Retrieved 2011-04-09.

External links

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[1] Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.

[2] "Acapulco (1961) - Episode list" IMDb. Retrieved 2011-04-09.