Our Family Honor

Our Family Honor
Created by	Lawrence Gordon
Starring	Eli Wallach Kenneth McMillan
Composer	Doug Timm
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Lorimar Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 17, 1985 (1985-09-17) – January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03)

Our Family Honor is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1985 until January 3, 1986 as part of its 1985 fall lineup.

Launched as a two-hour TV-movie, Our Family Honor is about two New York City families who had known each other since their childhoods and who were involved in competing "family businesses" – the McKay family mostly worked for the New York City Police Department, where Patrick (Kenneth McMillan) was Commissioner, while the Danzigs were deeply involved in organized crime, with patriarch Vincent (Eli Wallach) filling the role of "godfather". Barbara Stuart played Vincent's wife, Marianne Danzig. Detective Sergeant Frank McKay (Tom Mason) was Patrick's often hot-headed son, while Vincent's cruel but inept son, Augie (Michael Madsen), was nonetheless his heir apparent. Liz McKay (Daphne Ashbrook), Patrick's niece, was a newly graduated officer now partnered with Officer Ed Santini (Ray Liotta). She was romantically involved with Vincent's other son, Jerry (Michael Woods), who wanted out of his father's business and used the name "Jerry Cole" in order to minimize any connection with his father's family. Another story line involved Vincent's murder of his wife's lover, carried out by Augie; when Frank came to arrest Augie for this crime, Augie died in the ensuing fight. The effect of Augie's death was not revealed. Despite the program's large budget and large, impressive cast, it was cancelled due to low ratings after the episode (January 3, 1986) containing this event was aired.

Cast

• Michael Madsen as Augie Danzig
• Daphne Ashbrook as Liz McKay
• Kenneth McMillan as Patrick McKay
• Sheree J. Wilson as Rita Danzig
• Michael Woods as Jerry Danzig
• Ray Liotta as Ed Santini
• Eli Wallach as Vincent Danzig
• Tom Mason as Frank McKay
• Barbara Stuart as Marianne Danzig
• Ron Karabatsos as George Bennett

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1 2	"Pilot"	Unknown	Unknown	September 17, 1985 (1985-09-17)
3	"Everybody is a Star"	Unknown	Unknown	September 24, 1985 (1985-09-24)
4	"In the Line of Duty"	Unknown	Unknown	October 1, 1985 (1985-10-01)
5	"Runaway Movie Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	October 8, 1985 (1985-10-08)
6	"Cat and Mouse"	Unknown	Unknown	October 15, 1985 (1985-10-15)
7	"Hostage"	Unknown	Unknown	November 8, 1985 (1985-11-08)
8	"Homecoming"	Unknown	Unknown	November 15, 1985 (1985-11-15)
9	"The Casino"	Unknown	Unknown	November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22)
10	"Mark of Cain"	Unknown	Unknown	November 29, 1985 (1985-11-29)
11	"Lone Justice"	Unknown	Unknown	December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06)
12	"End of the Line"	Unknown	Unknown	December 13, 1985 (1985-12-13)
13	"Crimes of Passion: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	December 27, 1985 (1985-12-27)
14	"Crimes of Passion: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03)

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• Pilot/TV-movie at the Internet Movie Data Base
• Our Family Honor (series) at the Internet Movie Database