Red Light And Siren 1956. TV Pilot to the Code 3 television series.
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2023
- This TV Pilot title does not seem to be in any reference books. My assumption is this Pilot show lead to the Code 3 television series, produced by Hal Roach Jr. The main title sequence is completely different from Code 3, but has the same leading character, Richard Travis. As with some Pilots, the episode was intergraded into the 39 episode series, as episode 27, You Can't Kill a Marine. The end credits, if there was any, are not on the film, making research into this pilot more difficult. A chilling episode, about a psychopath who just decides he wants to kill someone, to create a perfect crime. James Griffith plays the disturbed killer. Also in the cast is Richard Travis as sheriff Barnett of Los Angeles County, California. With James Griffith, Christian Drake (Bob in the Sheena TV series), Paul Bryar, and William Schillert. Mastered from 16mm film.
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40-year-old James Griffith played the role of "Orville Greer." He was in hundreds of productions during his four-decade-long career and, coincidentally, he was a Marine in WW II. Many of his roles followed this type of smarmy character because they were plentiful and kept him working, but he was in some comedies too. He passed away in 1993 at age 77.
34-year-old William Schallert played the role "Max McKinney" (the crime lab guy.) He was also in many hundreds of productions over his seven-decade career. His biggest recurring role was "Martin Lane" in the three seasons of "The Patty Duke Show" in the mid 60's. He married Leah Waggner when he was 27 and they remained married for 66 years until her death in 2015. William passed away the following year at 93 years of age.
43-year-old Richard Travis played the role of the sheriff. Most of his movie roles before this were either un-credited or credited as "William Justice" (his birth name.) This was a recurring role for him in all 40 episodes of "Code 3," which was syndicated for one season. He played the role of "Bert Jefferson," Bette Davis's love interest, in the classic 1941 movie comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner." He passed away in 1989 at the age of 76.
14:30 - "I noticed also that the radio was playing; real long haired stuff. Yeah, real long hair..."
Ah - you're thinking of it from the wrong era. Back in 1956 it meant a highbrow or intellectual type of character, and was commonly used to describe classical music.
For instance, the musicians described as 'longhair' in a recording studio back then weren't the band; they were the moonlighting orchestral musicians making up the string section!
@@BackToTheBlues Why do you assume that I am unaware of this?
I have a 1" box end wrench. It doubles as a personal protection implement. It has such nice balance and would do serious damage.
Sheriffs are driving new 1957 Fords in the opening sequence. At 09:16 cruiser is a '56 Ford. Both have base model trim ('56 Mainline, '57 Custom). Enter a 1955 Ford at 11:20 , then parked behind '56 at 11:28 . Bad guy drives a 1953 Ford.
Another great find, the wife and I really enjoyed this it had a bit of a twist in the end.
Another possibility is that they intended to re-title "Code 3" to "Red Light and Siren" for later syndication. This was a common practice during the Golden Age of Television.
Interesting possibility. It's my understanding syndicated titles were used for network programming, where network contracts would not allow another station to air a TV show at the same time due to contractual agreements. So in order to syndicate or air the shows the same year the titles of the show were changed. This is when the network wanted to avoid confusion with first run vs. reruns on the same channel too. Code 3 was released by Hal Roach Jr. as syndicated series, so I don't believe in a one year run (39 episodes at the time) Roach would have needed to create a "syndicated" title. Code 3 was first run syndicated, so they would sell to a TV market or network for a year, and since the second run was already "reruns" the series wouldn't need a syndicated title. I admit there are exceptions to every rule. Thanks for the possibility.
Interesting watching movies from when my parents were young.
Fascinating. You are certainly the UA-cam *King of Obscure*, THANK YOU!!!
Wow, thank you!
You deserve the title, after coming up with this show. Awesome!
This was terrific - thanks for posting. I’m going to watch all the Code 3 episodes I can find now.
For some reason I thought the name of the show was Red Light and Siren. Code 3? I'll be looking for more.
on Amazon now (2024)..really IS a good show.
Same here!!👍👍😊
@jimkilleen9130 Thank you very much for that information! I didn't know that!
My Father in law served as a Marine in the Korean War. His helicopter crashed in combat , he was the only Survivor. When he came to and was walking among people in a town they thought he was drunk and laughed at him calling him a drunk gringo. He was dazed and bloody . Never Hitch a ride from a stranger. That’s sad this is based on a true crime story . Burn in hell 👍💕love the actor. Seen him in a ton of stuff 🎥📺⭐️🎭😍
Love this show and episode!! Fantastic!!👍✨️🫠
My mom gave me that same ST.Christopher medal before i went in the navy, it went half way around the world with me. more than a few sailors had one.
My dad had one in his car all his life😢
Narrated by Rye Billsbury {Michael Rye}.
Thanks for making this gem available.
My pleasure!
Similar true life scenario. Someone survives military service, returns to civilian life, and is a victim of a brutal crime.
Isn't that the truth!
You mean like the country abandoning him at an airport not even giving him a bus ticket home? Abandoned by a country and not building up enough Veteran Administration hospitals? Abandoned by his country and not giving him universal basic income for the rest of his life? Lied to by politicians and sent to Vietnam in Iraq on lies?
You are absolutely one hundred percent correct.
Oh stop. 😂
Barbaric criminal. The Chair.
Man, just a smear of petroleum jelly or something like it for Orville's makeup was perfect to make him look sinister.
James Griffith usually plays a beachcomber.
Indubidubly 🙂
Also, the CSI tech played the ambulance driver in the same movie 😊
that dude was convincing psycho killer
I've never heard my maiden's name used for anything, but cooking oil. I just love the automobiles. I kind of wish they were in color
The actor playing the marine looks like the actor in the movie Them who was the cop attacked by the giant ants near the beginning of the film.
I thought he was going to put some of that cactus on his seat. That might make my back feel on fire.
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William Schallert is "McKay".
i guess wagner's music was in the public domain by this time.
not a bad print, thanks.
The scientist is none other than Patti Duke's daddy. But Patti's only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights.
Great program; an excellent and rare find! BTW., I wonder if anyone has actually caught a Boobie in a Boobie Trap?
The killer reminded me of our highway murderer
Ivan Milat in Australia,😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
I eant to know the perps punishment
Well, let's just say the jury gave Orville Greer "the perfect punishment": *life imprisonment in the State Prison.* 😠
@@fromthesidelines I doubt it, probably a stinch in the "Rubber Room Rest Home"!
Orville did his time @ Q, then turned over a new leaf and changed his last name to Redenbacher, and the rest is history. 😃
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Is that Dobi Gillis 's teacher.
nice f ing guy.........
All those ugly old Fords. What happened ti all thr classic '55, '56, and '57 Chevys?
probably producers got a deal from fomoco or a dealer to feature ford cars. they got a price break if they featured only ford cars.