Code Name: Foxfire
| Code Name: Foxfire | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action-adventure |
| Created by | |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Joe Sample |
| Composer | Jeff Sturges |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Richard Chapman Bill Dial Joel Schumacher |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Universal Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 27 – April 26, 1985 |
Code Name: Foxfire is an hour-long American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January to April 1985 about a group of three female operatives, secretly working on behalf of the president of the United States.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Joanna Cassidy as Elizabeth "Foxfire" Towne
- John McCook as Larry Hutchins
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Maggie Bryan
- Robin Johnson as Danny O'Toole
- Henry Jones as Phillips
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 2 | "Slay It Again, Sam" | Corey Allen | Richard Chapman, Bill Dial, Joel Schumacher | January 27, 1985 | 83513 |
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Two-hour pilot. | |||||
| 3 | "Tell Me That You Love Me" | Tom Wright | Richard Chapman, Bill Dial | February 8, 1985 | 59901 |
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The presidents of five banks have been taken hostage. Three secret agents, operating under the code name Foxfire, try to find out what happened to the security staff in charge of the presidents. | |||||
| 4 | "La Paloma" | Alan Cooke[3] | David E. Peckinpah | February 15, 1985 | 59902 |
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The three ladies have to guard a South-American president who's visiting the US. | |||||
| 5 | "That Old Familiar Face" | Tom Wright | Rob Gilmer | February 22, 1985 | 59904 |
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The wife of a famous scientist has doubts about the identity of her husband. She thinks something happened during his trip to a hospital. | |||||
| 6 | "Pick a Hero, Any Hero" | Michael Hamilton | Jill Sherman Donner | March 8, 1985 | 59908 |
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A waitress overhears a conversation about the delivery of weapons and now her life is in danger. Liz Towne and her team try to track her down before anyone else does. | |||||
| 7 | "Robin's Egg Blues" | Allen Reisner | George Geiger | March 15, 1985 | 59903 |
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Elizabeth Towne gets romantically involved with a jewel thief in order to get her hands on a stolen diamond. The diamond contains secret info from Russia, which is why a Russian agent is tailing her. | |||||
| 8 | "Goodbye, Mr. Microchips" | Roy Campanella II | Tom Ropelewski | March 22, 1985 | 59911 |
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A student from the Wendell Academy stumbled upon some secrets from a project by the American air force. | |||||
| 9 | "Send Me No Orchids" | Allen Reisner | Steve Stoliar | April 26, 1985 | 59907 |
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The Black Orchid, the most dangerous woman in the world, is out to get Liz. | |||||
Episodes information is taken from IMDB[4] and The Classic TV Archive.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1995). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 199. ISBN 9780345397362.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to the Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). Penguin. p. 170. ISBN 9780140249163.
- ^ a b "Codename: Foxfire (1985)". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "Code Name: Foxfire - Episode list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
External links
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