Adams of Eagle Lake

*Adams of Eagle Lake*
Adams of Eagle Lake
Genre	Drama
Created by	Lane Slate
Written by	Jonathan Daly; John Michael Hayes; Lane Slate; Charles Stewart
Directed by	Lawrence Dobkin; Walter Grauman; Jud Taylor
Starring	Andy Griffith; Abby Dalton; Nick Nolte
Composers	Jerry Goldsmith; Harry V. Lojewski
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Richard O. Linke
Producers	Walter Grauman; Burt Nodella; Charles Stewart
Production locations	Big Bear Lake, California; Fawnskin, California
Cinematography	Robert B. Hauser
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Andy Griffith Enterprises
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 10 –; February 26, 1975

Adams of Eagle Lake is an American hour-long police series that aired on ABC in 1975. Andy Griffith starred as Chief of Police Sam Adams and the episodes presented his attempts to maintain the law in a small resort town.^[1] The show lasted for two episodes.

Background

In 1974, Griffith starred in Winter Kill, a television movie that was intended as a series pilot. When it failed to sell, the main character of Sheriff Sam McNeill was renamed and used as the lead character in Adams of Eagle Lake.^[2]

Cast and characters

Andy Griffith as Sheriff Sam Adams
Abby Dalton as Margaret Kelly
Nick Nolte as Officer Jerry Troy
Iggie Wolfington as Officer Jubal Hammond
Paul Winchell as Monty
Sheldon Allman as Quinn
Eldon Quick as Leonard
William Mims as Lucas Pratt
Peter Coffield as Jimmy Simpkins
Scott Marlowe as Ron Selleck
Lynne Marta as Cindy
Brenda Scott as Debbie
Irene Tedrow as Grandma Simpkins
Jack Dodson as Doc Russell

Episodes

"Home is the Coward" (January 10, 1975)
"Treasure Chest Murder" (February 26, 1975)

Locations

Although supposedly set in northern California, the TV series location showed opening scenes and other outdoor shots actually taken from the southern California mountain resort communities of Big Bear Lake and Fawnskin, which were much closer to Los Angeles area television production studios.

Later version

In 1977, Griffith appeared in two additional television movies (The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game), both attempts to make use again of the same concept. Griffith's character was now Chief of Police Abel Marsh, but he was still a lawman in a small town near a lake. Both movies were filmed in Big Bear Lake, California. These movies, as well as Adams of Eagle Lake and Isn't It Shocking? (1973) before it, were based on writer Lane Slate's 1972 feature film They Only Kill Their Masters ^[3]

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.
^ Marill, Alvin H. (1980). Movies Made for Television. Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House Publishers. ISBN 0-87000-451-4.
^ Goldberg, Lee (1990). Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989. Cutting Edge Publishing. ISBN 978-1511590679.

External links

[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] Marill, Alvin H. (1980). Movies Made for Television. Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House Publishers. ISBN 0-87000-451-4.

[3] Goldberg, Lee (1990). Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989. Cutting Edge Publishing. ISBN 978-1511590679.

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