Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.
Acting
Burt Reynolds being Burt Reynolds in every scene.
Production
Two TV episodes Frankensteined into a 'movie'
Costume
That. Blazer. And those sideburns.
Director
Ralph Senensky
Burt Reynolds
Lt. Dan August
Norman Fell
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Richard Anderson
Chief George Untermeyer
Ned Romero
Sgt. Joe Rivera
Jan-Michael Vincent
Kevin Colter
Susan Oliver
Leona Serling
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Dominic Lazar
Fritz Weaver
Dr. Michael Serling
Ahna Capri
Linda Perry
Ken Scott
Esseltine
Tony Colti
(Archive footage)
John Lasell
Wedlock
Rusty Lane
(archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 'movie' is just episodes 'The King Is Dead' and 'The Law' smashed together with new credits. Theatrical distribution of TV content was weirdly common in the 70s.
The Dan August series only lasted one season (1970-71) but this 1980 'film' release cashed in on Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit superstardom. Hollywood recycling at its finest.
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