77 Sunset Strip
| 77 Sunset Strip | |
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Louis Quinn and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., 1962.
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Roy Huggins |
| Directed by | Irving J. Moore et al |
| Starring |
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Roger Smith Edd Byrnes Richard Long Louis Quinn Jacqueline Beer Robert Logan Joan Staley (Season 6) |
| Theme music composer |
Mack David Jerry Livingston (original) Bob Thompson |
| Composer(s) |
Max Steiner Jack Halloran |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 206 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William T. Orr Jack Webb |
| Producer(s) |
Howie Horwitz |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48-50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 10, 1958 – February 7, 1964 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
I Love Trouble Conflict episode: "Anything for Money" |
| Related shows |
Surfside 6 Bourbon Street Beat Hawaiian Eye |
Howie Horwitz
Harry Tatelman
William Conrad
Jerry Davis
Fenton Earnshaw
Joel Rogosin
Roy Huggins
Oren W. Haglund (production manager)
77 Sunset Strip is an American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. Each episode was one hour long.
The show was the subject of an ownership battle between Roy Huggins and Warner Bros., which was the proximate cause of Huggins' departure from the studio. The series was based on novels and short stories written by Huggins prior to his arrival at Warner, but as a matter of legal record, derived from a brief Caribbean theatrical release of its pilot, Girl on the Run. The show ran from 1958 to 1964.
The series revolves around two Los Angeles private detectives, both former government secret agents: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., played Stuart ("Stu") Bailey, a character Huggins had originated in his 1946 novel The Double Take (which he later adapted into the 1948 movie I Love Trouble, starring Franchot Tone in the role). Roger Smith played Jeff Spencer, also a former government agent, and a nonpracticing attorney. The duo worked out of a stylish office at 77 Sunset Boulevard (colloquially known as "Sunset Strip"), between La Cienega Boulevard and Alta Loma Road on the south side of the strip next door to Dean Martin's real-life lounge, Dino's Lodge. Suzanne, the beautiful French switchboard operator played by Jacqueline Beer, handled the phones.
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