''Shooting Stars'' is a 1983 American
made-for-television
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action comedy film
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starring
Billy Dee Williams
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and
Parker Stevenson
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.
It was the
pilot
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for a proposed TV series which did not eventuate. However, it aired as a stand-alone TV movie on
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on July 28, 1983.
[HE HOPES 'SHOOTING STARS' WILL CATCH FIRE
BY MICHAEL E. HILL. The Washington Post 24 July 1983: TV5.]
Plot
Two actors who play detectives are fired from their jobs. They decide to go into business as private investigators.
Cast
*
Billy Dee Williams
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as Douglas Hawke
*
Parker Stevenson
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as Bill O'Keefe
*
John P. Ryan
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Biography
The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and st ...
as Detective Mcgee
*
Edie Adams
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Adams was well known for her impersonation ...
as Hazel
*
Fred Travalena
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Early life
Bronx, New York-born and Long Island-raised, Travalena moved to Los Angeles and developed a multi ...
as Teddy
*
Richard Bakalyan
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as Snuffy
*
Tori Spelling
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as Frank Mcrae
*
Frank McRae
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McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major i ...
as Tubbs
*
Robert Webber
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Early life
Webber was born in Santa Ana, ...
as J Woodrow Wilson
*
Kathleen Lloyd
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Ea ...
as Laura O'Keefe
*
Denny Miller
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as Tanner
*
John Randolph as Stevenson
*
David Faustino
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as Patrick
*
Robert Webber
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Early life
Webber was born in Santa Ana, ...
as Woodrow Norton
*
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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as Robert Cluso
References
External links
''Shooting Stars''at
TCMDB
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''Shooting Stars''at
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''Shooting Stars''at BFI
1983 television films
1983 films
1980s action comedy films
ABC network original films
American television films
American action comedy films
Television films as pilots
Television pilots not picked up as a series
Films scored by Dominic Frontiere
Films directed by Richard Lang (director)
1980s American films
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