Comments on: We Go Way Back (to 1971), Lando and Me http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/11/19/we-go-way-back-to-1971-lando-and-me/ Sun, 26 May 2013 02:39:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Jimmy Mac http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/11/19/we-go-way-back-to-1971-lando-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-294819 Jimmy Mac Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:32:20 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=2333#comment-294819 WOW! What an interesting discovery! I would love to see this episode. I wonder if Billy Dee and Harrison shared any scenes together? Sadly, Dan August is not available on DVD...Yet. Some episodes are available online from underground video collectors but I cannot find this particular episode. Harrison played a character named Hewitt and Billy Dee played Steve McAdams. Here is a plot description courtesy of www.harrisonfordweb.com Episode The Manufactured Man Broadcast Date March 11th, 1971 Episode Summary The secretary of a political candidate is found murdered in an alley. A witness at the nearby bus depot reports that a drifter, who has stuff stashed in a locker at the bus depot, was bothering the young woman before she was murdered. Further, the witness saw the drifter running form the scene of the crime. Dan August & partner have the locker under observation and when a girl comes to pick up the contents they follow her. She goes to an apartment, where the drifter - Al Hewitt (HARRISON FORD) - is hiding out. Hewitt spots the girl being trailed and tries to knock out Dan with a guitar but is subdued and arrested on suspicion of Murder One. Autopsy of the murdered secretary shows that she gave birth to a child just a few months before her death and that she was once involved with the son of the political candidate. Armed with information from reporter Steve McAdams (BILLY DEE), Dan looks further into the case. WOW! What an interesting discovery! I would love to see this episode. I wonder if Billy Dee and Harrison shared any scenes together? Sadly, Dan August is not available on DVD…Yet. Some episodes are available online from underground video collectors but I cannot find this particular episode. Harrison played a character named Hewitt and Billy Dee played Steve McAdams. Here is a plot description courtesy of http://www.harrisonfordweb.com

Episode The Manufactured Man
Broadcast Date March 11th, 1971

Episode Summary The secretary of a political candidate is found murdered in an alley. A witness at the nearby bus depot reports that a drifter, who has stuff stashed in a locker at the bus depot, was bothering the young woman before she was murdered. Further, the witness saw the drifter running form the scene of the crime. Dan August & partner have the locker under observation and when a girl comes to pick up the contents they follow her. She goes to an apartment, where the drifter – Al Hewitt (HARRISON FORD) – is hiding out. Hewitt spots the girl being trailed and tries to knock out Dan with a guitar but is subdued and arrested on suspicion of Murder One. Autopsy of the murdered secretary shows that she gave birth to a child just a few months before her death and that she was once involved with the son of the political candidate. Armed with information from reporter Steve McAdams (BILLY DEE), Dan looks further into the case.

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