Airwolf
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| Created by | Donald P. Bellisario |
| Starring |
Jan-Michael Vincent Ernest Borgnine Alex Cord Jean Bruce Scott |
| Theme music composer | Sylvester Levay |
| Composer(s) | Sylvester Levay (S1-3) Udi Harpaz (S2-3) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 80 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Belisarius Productions (1984–1986) Universal Television (1984–1986) Atlantis Communications (1987) MCA TV (1987) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBS (1984–1986) USA (1987) |
| Original release | January 22, 1984 – August 7, 1987 |
Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme.
The show was created by Donald P. Bellisario and lasted four seasons. The first three seasons star Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord, and (from the second season onwards) Jean Bruce Scott, and aired on CBS. After the original series was cancelled, a fourth season, with an entirely new cast and on a much smaller budget, was filmed in Canada for the USA Network.
The show's distinctive musical score, which was originally orchestral but shifted to more synthesizer-based arrangements early in the second season, was composed and mainly conducted by Sylvester Levay. Udi Harpaz conducted the scores for many later second and third season episodes.
Airwolf, an advanced supersonic helicopter with stealth capabilities and a formidable arsenal, was designed by Dr. Charles Henry Moffet (David Hemmings) – a genius with a psychopathic taste for torturing and killing women – and built by "the Firm," a division of the CIA (a play on the term "the Company", a nickname for the CIA). As the series begins, Moffet and his crew steal Airwolf during a live-fire weapons test. During the theft, Moffet opens fire on the Firm's bunker, killing a United States Senator and seriously injuring Firm deputy director Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III (codename "Archangel"). Moffet takes the gunship to Libya, where he begins performing acts of aggression – such as sinking an American destroyer – as a service for Muammar Gaddafi, who allows Moffet to keep Airwolf on Libyan soil.
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