Supertrain - pilot (1979)
aka Express to Terror
Producer: Dan Curtis
Director: Dan Curtis
Starring: Broderick Crawford, George Hamilton, Steve Lawrence, Don Meredith, Stella Stevens
What do you get when you mix Dan Curtis with The Love Boat? A really weird Love Boat.... and instead of a boat, its set on a futuristic cross country luxury train...and instead of love there is murder!!! With its huge ensemble casts and slightly askew take - this would have been preferable to the coke frosted boat series had it come first. As par for the course with 70s TV, there is alot of drinking, sex, disco and satin......Curtis - a legendary curmudgeon - left a trail of epic tales regarding this pilot. 24 hour work shifts, mass firings and budget spirals...still, it all ultimately works when viewed outside the shadow of television circa 1979.
Norliss Tapes or Night Stalker this ain't....but its a worthwhile look at one of our favorite television prodigy's 70s swansong.
Download Supertrain - pilot: avi video (698MB)
iPod video (324MB)
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