Alias Smith and Jones
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Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western television series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973.
Plot
Kid Curry and Hannibal Heyes are outlaws who wish to go straight. Through a friendly sheriff, the pair negotiate an amnesty with the governor of Wyoming. The amnesty will be turned in a full pardon as long as the pair stay out of trouble for 12 months. The deal is complicated by it remaining a secret between the four men, so during the 12 months the pair are still wanted men. To try and obtain the pardon they adopt the pseudonyms Joshua Smith (Heyes) and Thaddeus Jones (Curry). The series follows their exploits in evading capture and avoiding any crimes.[1]
Cast and characters
The original casting had Pete Duel as Heyes/Smith and Ben Murphy as Curry/Jones. During the three series Murphy appeared in all 50 episodes.
In the early morning hours of December 31, 1971, series star Pete Duel died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 31. He was reportedly suffering from depression and had been drinking heavily when he shot himself. Upon learning of Duel's death, executive producer Jo Swerling Jr. initially wanted to end the series, but ABC refused.[2]Template:Rp Swerling later stated:
ABC said, "No way!" They said, "You have a contract to deliver this show to us, and you will continue to deliver the show as best you can on schedule or we will sue you." Hearing those words, Universal didn't hesitate for a second to instruct us to stay in production. We were already a little bit behind the eight ball on airdates. So, we contacted everybody, including Ben (Murphy), and told them to come back in. The entire company was reassembled and back in production by one o'clock that day shooting scenes that did not involve Peter — only 12 hours after his death.[2]Template:Rp
Series writer, director, and producer Roy Huggins contacted actor Roger Davis (who provided narration for the series, and who had also appeared in episode 19 "Smiler with a Gun") the day of Duel's death to fill the role of Hannibal Heyes, and actor/voice man Paul Frees came in to loop Duel's unfinished ADR on "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg" (episode 33) Davis was fitted for costumes the following day, and began reshooting scenes Duel had previously completed for an unfinished episode the following Monday. According to Swerling, the decision to continue production so soon after Duel's death was heavily criticized in the press at the time.[2]Template:Rp
Davis played Heyes for the rest of the series.
Production
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Universal contract player Ben Murphy was offered to the producers because he was considered a Paul Newman lookalike.[4]
Parts of the television series were filmed at Castle Valley and Professor Valley in Utah.[5]
Episodes
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Home media
The entire series has been released on DVD.[6]
| DVD set | Episodes | Release date | Company |
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| Alias Smith and Jones: Season 1 | 15 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[7] | Universal Home Video |
| Alias Smith and Jones: Seasons 2 & 3 | 35 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8] | Timeless Media Group |
| Alias Smith and Jones: The Complete Series | 50 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9] | Timeless Media Group |
Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the complete first season of Alias Smith and Jones in Region 2 on June 11, 2007.[10]
References
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- ↑ Glen A. Larson, audio commentary on Alias Smith and Jones, Season One, Disc One, the pilot, Universal DVD, 2007.
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External links
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- Alias Smith & Jones Collection
- Alias Smith & Jones Image Library
