COronado 9
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| Coronado 9 | |
|---|---|
| Format | Crime drama |
| Directed by |
Dann Cahn |
| Starring | Rod Cameron |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black and white (1960-1961) |
| Original run | September 6, 1960 – May 31, 1961 |
Coronado 9 is a syndicated crime drama set in San Diego, California, starring Rod Cameron as Dan Adams, a former United States Navy intelligence officer turned private detective. Coronado 9 is Adams's address; the numeral 9 on a rock shown near his front door in the opening credits denotes the house number. Coronado is also a wealthy suburban city in San Diego County.[1] The series produced thirty-nine episodes between September 6, 1960 and May 31, 1961. Coronado 9 was the third and last of Cameron's syndicated programs, following City Detective and "State Trooper".
Vaughn Taylor guest starred three times in the episodes "Flim Flam" as Voss, "Come with Thy Loot" as dentist Henry Dakin, and "Sincerely Yours, Napoleon", which also featured Virginia Christine and Sue Ane Langdon. Christine appeared also in "Obituary of a Small Ape", along with character actor J. Pat O'Malley (who played Dr. Tracey). Langdon appeared as well in the role of Holly Crane in "Blonde Herring".
Beverly Garland, Anthony Caruso, and Doug McClure appeared in the pilot, "The Widow of Kill Cove", in the roles of Doris Denny Bona, Jack Bona, and Jimmy Hoke, respectively. Garland and Caruso also appeared as the same characters in a subsequent episode with an unlikely title, "Remember the Alamo". Connie Hines, later a co-star of Mr. Ed, appeared twice on the series as well in the episodes "A Stroll in the Park" and "The Groom Came D.O.A." Future "Star Trek" star DeForest Kelley appeared in two episodes: "Loser's Circle" as Frank Briggs and "Run, Shep, Run" as Shep Harlow. Jay Novello and Walter Coy also appeared in "Run, Shep, Run."
Other episodes and notable guest stars included "Doomtown" (Frank Ferguson), "The Spinster of Nob Hill" (Ed Nelson), "I Want To Be Hated" (Joanne Linville), "Four and Twenty Buddhas" (Raymond Bailey), "Long Way to Detroit" (Vito Scotti and Barbara Stuart), "The Anxious Mariner" (William Schallert), and, the series finale, "They Met in Honolulu", with Tod Griffin Joe Sanger. Read Morgan appeared as Mark Sidon in the episode "Flim Flam".
Several Coronado 9 guest stars, such as Tod Griffin, Read Morgan, and Paul Stader, also appeared with Cameron on State Trooper. Both were Revue Studios productions. Coronado 9 was filmed in San Diego except for two episodes made in Honolulu and New Orleans.[2]
[edit] DVD release
On December 14, 2010, Timeless Media Group released Coronado 9 - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penquin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 180
- ^ "Filming locations for Coronado 9". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052455/locations. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Coronado-9-The-Complete-Series/14625
