 SEASON 1, EPISODE 8 SHADOW BOXER When gym owner Manny (Jack Duffy) is found dead, his widow contacts Curious Goods to sell his belongings, which include an impressive collection of boxing memorabilia. Jack recalls that Manny purchased a valuable pair of boxing gloves from Lewis Vendredi that once belonged to 'Killer' Ken Kelsey, and discovers that they have gone missing. Meanwhile, at Manny's gym, a down-and-out boxer named Tommy Dunn suddenly begins bragging about his newly-found punching prowess. No one takes him seriously until he enters the ring and obliterates every opponent he faces. Watching from the stands, Micki soon realizes that the reason for his success are the gloves, stolen from Manny before they could be put in the vault. CAST & CREW RYAN DALLION- JOHN D. LEMAY MICKI FOSTER- LOUISE ROBEY JACK MARSHAK- CHRIS WIGGINS TOMMY DUNN- DAVID FERRY MANNY KING- JACK DUFFY SADIE KING- PATRICIA HAMILTON DOORMAN- GERRY QUIGLEY PEPPER BOLISKI- DENNIS LUNDIN REFEREE- PATSY FERN TONY TERRIFIC- NICHOLAS PASCO KID CORNELIUS- PHILIP AKIN SHADOW- DAVID BORTOLUCCI Directed by- Timothy Bond Written by- Joshua Daniel Miller Created by- Larry B. Williams, Frank Mancuso Jr. Produced by- Iain Paterson Executive Producer- Frank Mancuso Jr. Coordinating Producer- Ronald Sanders Line Producer- J. Miles Dale Executive Story Editor- William Taub Story Editor- Roy Sallows Story Consultant- Marc Scott Zicree Supervising Executive- Barbara Sachs Music Composed and Performed by- Fred Mollin Casting by- Dierdre Bowen L.A. Casting by- Fern Champion and Pamela Basker Associate- Sue Swan Director of Photography- Rodney Charters Production Designer- Stephen Roloff First Assistant Director- Mac Bradden Editor- Peter Light Assistant Production Manager- Adam J. Shully Second Assistant Director- Francis R. Mahony III Assistant Art Director- Adam Kolodziej Third Assistant Director- Myron Hoffert Visual Effects Supervisor- Megan Hope-Ross Script Supervisor- Madeleine Duff Assistant Camera- Patrick Stepien Sound Recordist- Gabor Vadnay Boom Operator- Francois Perrier Location Manager- Robin Rockett Production Coordinator- Margaret McNair Production Accountant- Dawn MacNair Stunt Coordination- The Stunt Team Inc. Production Secretary- Donald Ayres Story Assistant- Tracy Kennedy Gaffer- Christopher Porter Best Boy- Ian Bibby Electricians- Owen Taylor, Kevin Murphy Transportation Coordinator- Brenda Sportun Key Grip- Carlo Campana Dolly Grip- Ian Taylor Grips- John Zulinski, Mitchell Holmes Construction Coordinator- Jake De Villiers Set Decorator- Marlene Puritt Lead Set Dressers- Kimothy Steede, Alexandra Anthony Property Master- Juanita Holden Lead Props- Alex Kutschera Prop Buyer- Frauke Illing Wardrobe Mistress- Constance Buck Wardrobe Coordinators- Maxyne Baker, Mia Sturup Make-Up Artist- Ava Stone Special Effects Make-Up- Randy J. Daudlin Hair Stylist- Jennifer Bower Post Production Supervisors- Bernadette Kelly, John Dolman Sound Supervisor- Nolan Roberts Sound Mixer- David Appleby Sound Editor- Alban Streeter Unit Manager- Sandra Delaney Shadow Special Effects- Light and Motion Corporation Automobiles Furnished by- AI International A Variety Arts Production Produced in Association with Lexicon Productions Limited and Hometown Films Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation All Rights Reserved |
     Sam: "You're a lost cause, Dunn..." Tommy: "Baby, you're lookin' at a guy that just can't lose..." Jack: "It's an old strategy...tie a goat to a peg, wait for a lion..." Ryan: "Cops don't believe in magic..." Tommy: "Without the gloves, I go back to being a nobody...a bum..." CORONER'S REPORT 1. Manny (Jack Duffy)- Beat to death 2. Tony Terrific (Nicholas Pasco)- Beat to death TRIVIA QUESTIONS 1. What was the name of the gym where Tommy trained? 2. What was Micki's chief hobby? 3. Who originally owned the boxing gloves? 4. What did Ryan trade to get Micki's photos developed in the middle of the night? 5. What was the key to defeating the shadow? ANSWERS 1. Tommy trained at 'Manny's Gym'. 2. Micki's chief hobby was photography. 3. The gloves were 'Killer' Ken Kelsey's, who killed someone in the ring in the 1940s. 4. Ryan traded a comic- 'Green Lantern #3' to get Micki's photos developed. 5. To defeat the shadow, you just had to blind it with light and it would disappear. AIR DATE November 21, 1987 EPISODE RATING: 3 Predictable episode, very easy to know what would happen and when... The boxing angle was interesting, but little else worthy of an hour of my time PROMO |
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