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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193304223
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Running Time: 782 minutes
Sales Rank: 7034
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 1971
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Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks" since "in all the trains and banks they robbed they never shot anyone". They are offered an amnesty on condition that they stay out of trouble for a year and that they don't tell anyone about it. With a view to keeping their noses clean they adopt the identities of Smith and Jones and use all of their ingenuity keeping out of the way of the law.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 025193304223 Manufacturer No: 61033042
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This warm, comedic western appeared on televisions a year after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was a surprise blockbuster. Both lighthearted Westerns follow two outlaws who have won the hearts of the public. In TV bandit version, it's because "they never killed anyone" while being ever-so-charming as they steal from banks and trains. In the pilot episode (which aired as a TV movie in January 1971, followed two weeks later by the series), the premise is set: Hannibal Heyes (Pete Duel) and 'Kid' Curry (Ben Johnson) want to go straight when they discover the governor is offering amnesty, a historical fact. However, it's stipulated they need to go "straight" for a year before amnesty will be given. So they rename themselves Joshua Smith and Thaddeus Jones as they attempt to go straight, but lawmen--unknown of the secret deal--are on their heels. Usually the pair goes out of the way to stop a crime from other bandits. A good double-cross is usually thrown in too. Heyes/Smith is the brainier one with an eye for the ladies. Curry/Jones is more brawny (a relative term), possessing the proverbial "fastest gun in the west." Highlights of the 14 episodes includes "Wrong Train to Brimstone," as the two board a train of detectives looking for Heyes and Curry, and "A Fistful of Diamonds" where we don't know who is conning who. The revolving door of guest stars is pretty impressive. Susan St. James, Earl Holliman, and Forest Tucker appear in the pilot. Later shows find Burl Ives as a gambler, Susan Strasberg as a casino owner, Fernando Lamas as a mentor of Heyes', Keenan Wynn as a stationmaster who captures the bandits, plus Juliet Mills, Patrick Macnee, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Sam Jaffe, and J.D. Cannon, who appears in several episodes as a detective on the trail. Add those talents to the easygoing charm of the two stars, and even the thinnest story is enjoyable to watch.
This was the first show Glen A. Larson (Magnum, P.I. , Knight Rider) created and produced. His copy of the Butch formula (and the some extent, the previous comedic TV western Maverick) worked well enough for the struggling ABC network to quickly order a second season (the show was especially a hit with the younger set). However, by the end of 1971, the tragic suicide of Duel made the show a dead end, despite the addition of Sally Field and instantly recasting Smith with Roger Davis (who supplied the show's opening narration up to that point). A flash in the pan (50 episodes) seen year later holds up well enough, and has been preserved to supply an excellent picture quality. --Doug Thomas
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When I was a young `tween`, I fell madly, deeply in love with this show and it's two incredibly charismatic stars. I was so excited when I could finally buy the first season on DVD! It's so amazing that it has not aged a bit - anyone watching for the first time would think it had just been filmed last week. The stories and guest stars are all great, but the real strength of the show is the chemistry between the two very attractive stars. That Pete Duel killed himself at such a young age, and with ... Read More
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"One thing we gotta get . . . . out of this business"
Just finished watching "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" an episode from a later season with Michele Lee and Robert Middleton. What a great series with a great many stars....in this same episode Walter Brennan appeared. One of my favorite recurring actors was J.D. Cannon, the conniving detective. I have many of the series shows on several VHS from cable, but nothing can compare to the DVD.
It's hard to believe the ... Read More
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The 70's were full of great TV shows like 'Kung Fu' and this forgotten classic! The show was obviously inspired by the classic film
'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and the two leads have excellent chemistry. Sadly, Peter Duel took his own life at the height of the series popularity.
The first season includes the pilot TV movie and the first 14 episodes. The shows look very good with minimal wear and tear. The opening sequence is more battered than the shows themselves, so don't ... Read More
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Alias Smith and Jones is a clever precursor to the genius of Glen A.Larson. The casting of Duel and Murphy works with great comradery and chemistry. The scripts are written with humor and enough of a plot to keep your interest over the 30 some years since they were on prime time. It is a shame that due to the times in the early 70's and the death of Pete Duel that the series wasn't produced for more seasons. One of the joys in watching season one was again seeing many of my favorite stars from my childhood ... Read More
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I'd give this six stars if I could. I was fourteen years of age when Alias Smith and Jones first hit BBC2 (major terrestrial channel here in the UK) and the memory has stayed with me ever since. It was an instant success and the cheerful, self-effacing style of AS&J was irresistable. At its height the British Broadcasting Corporation was receiving 5,000 letters a week demanding more episodes and rapid re-runs.
For the first time we had a Western series that featured two amiable rogues as the lead ... Read More
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