Call to Glory

Call to Glory
Genre	Action
Created by	Ronald M. Cohen
Directed by	Thomas Carter
Starring	Keenan Wynn; Craig T. Nelson; Cindy Pickett; Elisabeth Shue; David Hollander; Gabriel Damon
Composer(s)	Charles Gross
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Production location(s)	Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, USA
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Tisch-Avnet Productions; Paramount Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	August 13, 1984 –; June 30, 1985

Call to Glory is an American drama which was aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–1985 TV season (specifically from August 1984 to February 1985) on the ABC network.[1][2]

The show focuses on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.[1]

Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics,[1] the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.

The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie. Jackie aspired to be a fighter pilot like her dad, and she was steadfast in voicing her prediction that the exclusion against women would be lifted. This prediction came to pass in the actual US Air Force on April 28, 1993.[3][4]

Also appearing in the series was David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli; Baker would later become one of the judges on the competition show Forged in Fire.

Cast

Craig T. Nelson as Col. Raynor Sarnac
David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli
Cindy Pickett as Vanessa Sarnac
Elisabeth Shue as Jackie Sarnac
Keenan Wynn as Carl Sarnac
David Hollander as Wesley Sarnac
Gabriel Damon as R.H. Sarnac
Thomas O'Brien as Patrick Thomas

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1 2	"Pilot"	TBA	TBA	August 13, 1984 (1984-08-13)
3	"The Move"	TBA	TBA	August 20, 1984 (1984-08-20)
4	"Blackbird"	TBA	TBA	August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27)
5	"A Nation Divided"	TBA	TBA	September 3, 1984 (1984-09-03)
6	"Paper Tiger"	TBA	TBA	September 17, 1984 (1984-09-17)
7	"Go / No Go"	TBA	TBA	September 24, 1984 (1984-09-24)
8	"Call It Courage"	TBA	TBA	October 1, 1984 (1984-10-01)
9	"A Wind in the East"	TBA	TBA	October 8, 1984 (1984-10-08)
10	"A Moment in the Sun"	TBA	TBA	October 22, 1984 (1984-10-22)
11	"Cover Story"	TBA	TBA	October 29, 1984 (1984-10-29)
12	"Realities"	TBA	TBA	November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12)
13	"The Wake"	TBA	TBA	November 19, 1984 (1984-11-19)
14	"Medals All of Brass"	TBA	TBA	November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26)
15	"A Wind of Change"	TBA	TBA	December 3, 1984 (1984-12-03)
16	"Give Unto Caesar"	TBA	TBA	December 17, 1984 (1984-12-17)
17	"Moonchild"	TBA	TBA	January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15)
18	"Images"	TBA	TBA	January 22, 1985 (1985-01-22)
19	"Fathers and Sons"	TBA	TBA	January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29)
20	"Just in Time"	TBA	TBA	February 12, 1985 (1985-02-12)
21 22	"The JFK Years"	TBA	TBA	June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30)

Production

Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.

Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.

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References

Hill, Michael E. (August 12, 1984). "'Call To Glory': Craig Nelson's unlikely role as a willing warrior". Washington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
Walker, Joseph (February 8, 1985). "A new slot for 'Call to Glory' - the exit". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C7.
1st female F-16 pilot retires, The Sumter Item, October 12, 2006.
Sharon Preszler, the first woman accepted to fly F-16s in the active duty USAF, was age 41 at the time of her retirement, making her a few years older than Elisabeth Shue's character Jackie, who was in high school when the show premiered in 1984.
First female active-duty fighter pilot retires, by Tarsha Storey, Shaw Air Force Base News, October 13, 2006

External links

Call to Glory on IMDb
YouTube – Call to Glory – opening credits

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[wpos-1] Hill, Michael E. (August 12, 1984). "'Call To Glory': Craig Nelson's unlikely role as a willing warrior". Washington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[dntheexit-2] Walker, Joseph (February 8, 1985). "A new slot for 'Call to Glory' - the exit". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C7.

[3] 1st female F-16 pilot retires, The Sumter Item, October 12, 2006.
Sharon Preszler, the first woman accepted to fly F-16s in the active duty USAF, was age 41 at the time of her retirement, making her a few years older than Elisabeth Shue's character Jackie, who was in high school when the show premiered in 1984.

[4] First female active-duty fighter pilot retires, by Tarsha Storey, Shaw Air Force Base News, October 13, 2006