Jericho (1966 TV series)
| Jericho | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Drama Spy fiction |
| Created by |
Richard Levinson William Link Merwin A. Bloch |
| Directed by |
Allen Baron Richard C. Sarafian Barry Shear |
| Starring |
John Leyton Don Francks Marino Masé |
| Theme music composer | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Composer(s) |
Lalo Schifrin Robert Drasnin Jerry Goldsmith Richard Shores Morton Stevens |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Norman Felton |
| Producer(s) | David Victor |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Arena Productions MGM Television CBS Television Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 15, 1966 – January 19, 1967 |
Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents, and aired on CBS from September 1966 to January 1967.
Norman Felton who had previously co-produced The Man from U.N.C.L.E. came up with the idea of a World War II espionage series produced by his Arena Productions through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television for the CBS television network. The characters were perhaps inspired by the Jedburgh teams consisting of three agents, American Office of Strategic Services Army Captain Franklin Shepphard (Francks) expert in psychological warfare, Special Operations Executive Royal Navy Lieutenant Nicholas Gage (Leyton) expert in demolitions, and French Air Force Lt. Jean-Gaston Andre (Masé) skilled in small arms. Each week the three performed a mission behind enemy lines using their skills in espionage and sabotage where they met a guest star. Eric Braeden, who would be one of the stars of the more successful World War II series The Rat Patrol (which began that same season), was one of the guest stars in the pilot.
The Jericho theme was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, although Goldsmith did not score the pilot episode "Upbeat And Underground" (Lalo Schifrin composed the music for the pilot and a theme which was never used) - Goldsmith's theme came from his score for "A Jug Of Wine, A Loaf Of Bread And Pow!"
The series was canceled after 16 episodes. It primarily failed as it was shown opposite ABC's popular Batman.
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