Follow the Sun (TV series)
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Alan Hale, Jr. and Celeste Holm in the February 18, 1962 episode "The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch"
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| Genre | Drama / Adventure |
| Created by | Roy Huggins |
| Written by | Roy Huggins |
| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Starring |
Brett Halsey Barry Coe Gary Lockwood Gigi Perreau Jay Lanin |
| Theme music composer | Sonny Burke |
| Composer(s) | Harry Geller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Producer(s) | Ellis Kadison Anthony Wilson Roy Huggins |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45 mins. |
| Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 17, 1961 – April 8, 1962 |
Follow the Sun is an American adventure and drama series which ran for thirty episodes on the ABC television network from September 17, 1961, through April 8, 1962.
Follow the Sun stars Brett Halsey and Barry Coe in the roles of Honolulu-based free-lance magazine writers Paul Templin and Ben Gregory, respectively. Gary Lockwood plays their 20-year-old researcher Eric Jason, who was, according to the story line, born on December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor Day). In reality, Lockwood was born on February 21, 1937, and was hence nearly five years older than the character he played. Gigi Perreau played Katherine Ann "Kathy" Richards, the pretty secretary, and Jay Lanin was Lieutenant Frank Roper, the writers' friend on the police force.
Lockwood's success on Follow the Sun propelled him thereafter to the role of William T. "Bill" Rice in The Lieutenant, a program about the peacetime United States Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, which aired on NBC during the 1963-1964 season.
Follow the Sun is somewhat similar in theme and tone to Rod Taylor's Hong Kong (1960-1961) and Robert Conrad's Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963). Taylor's role as Glenn Evans, a foreign correspondent, could have fit in with the writers on Follow the Sun who also got involved in detective work—just like the Hawaiian Eye cast.
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