77 SUNSET STRIP
SEASON ONE | PART TWO

18 EPISODES ON 4 EXTENDED DISCS

      

Season One | Part Two (Episodes #17-34 on 4 Extended Discs)
Click Here for Season One | Part One

Warner Bros Television series (1958-1964) 206 episodes throughout seven seasons.
This package contains Part 2 of Season One (18 episodes)

directors: Richard L. Bare · Charles F. Hass · David Lowell Rich · George Waggner · Vincent Sherman ·
Montgomery Pittman · Ida Lupino · David Butler · Mark Sandrich Jr · Reginald Le Borg · Arthur Lubin

starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr · Roger Smith · Edward (Edd) Byrnes · Jacqueline Beer · Louis Quinn

guest stars within these 18 episodes: Connie Stevens · James Garner · Dorothy Provine · Ray Danton · Jonathan Haze
Jay North (Dennis the Menace) · Richard Long · Claude Akins · Julie Adams · Mel Blanc · Reggie Nalder
Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) · Ruta Lee · Pernell Roberts · Fay Spain

          

        

In the original days of network television, a season would routinely consist of 36 episodes (not the 8 or 10 today). This special package includes the second 18 episodes of Season One [on 4 extended discs]. 77 SUNSET STRIP is the influential, remarkably stylish detective series that brought "hip" to television screens across America. Two cool private detectives, Stu Bailey (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) and Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith) provide the adult-oriented action and intrigue. They are often assisted by be-bop Gerald [Kookie] Kookson. Edd Byrnes plays Kookie, a hip-talking parking-lot attendant who was not originally intended to be a recurring character; but public reaction was so strong that Byrnes got a regular role as a detective with the firm.

Besides the obvious chemistry between the leading actors and the impressive guest stars, the series also benefits from a fine team of writers (including Raymond Chandler, Howard Browne among others), and the superior production techniques of Warner Film Studios which provide the sublime crime-noir cinematography and the brash-n-sexy music score.

          

Here is a list of the 18 hour episodes:

17 DARK VENGEANCE (1/30/1959)
guest stars Adele Mara and Jonathan Haze
18 CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (2/6/1959)
guest star Pat Crowley
19 EYEWITNESS (2/13/1959)
guest star Jay North (Dennis the Menace)
20 LOVELY ALIBI (2/20/1959)
guest star Claude Akins
21 IN MEMORIAM (2/27/1959)
22 THE FIFTH STAR (3/6/1959)
based on the movie DIAL M FOR MURDER
guest star Richard Long, Julie Adams and Mel Blanc
23 THE PASADENA CAPER (3/13/1959)
24 THE HONG KONG CAPER (3/20/1959)
guest star Karen Steele and Reggie Nalder (Mark of the Devil)
25 A CHECK WILL DO NICELY (3/27/59)
26 THE GRANDMA CAPER (4/3/1959)
guest star Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee from Andy Griffith Show)
27 HONEY FROM THE BEE (4/10/1959)
guest stars Connie Stevens, Ruta Lee, Dimitri Tiomkin
28 ABRA-CADAVER (4/17/1959)
guest stars Pernell Roberts and Fay Spain
29 A BARGAIN IN TOMBS (4/24/1959)
guest stars Ray Danton and Louise Fletcher
30 THE WIDOW WOULDN'T WEEP (5/1/1959)
31 DOWNBEAT (5/8/1959)
guest star James Garner and Dorthy Provine
32 CANINE CAPER (5/15/1959)
guest star Julie Adams
33 MR PARADISE (5/22/1959)
guest star Andrew Duggan
34 STRANGE GIRL IN TOWN (5/29/1959)
guest star Sue Randall