Vegas (1978 TV series)
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The pilot intro of Vegas
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| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Created by | Michael Mann |
| Starring |
Robert Urich Phyllis Davis Bart Braverman Tony Curtis Naomi Stevens Judy Landers Greg Morris |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Frontiere |
| Composer(s) |
John Beal Dominic Frontiere Artie Kane |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 69 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Aaron Spelling Douglas S. Cramer |
| Producer(s) | E. Duke Vincent |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | April 25, 1978 – June 3, 1981 |
Vegas (stylized as Vega$) is an American private detective crime drama television series that aired on ABC from April 25, 1978, to June 3, 1981. Vega$ was produced by Aaron Spelling, and created by Michael Mann. The series (with the exception of special episodes filmed in Hawaii and San Francisco) was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove to his assignments around the streets of Las Vegas in a beautiful red 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible, working for a wide variety of clients, helping solve crimes, and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
Dan Tanna is a Las Vegas private detective whose many clients include Phillip Roth (Tony Curtis), a.k.a. "Slick", the owner of multiple hotel casinos, including the Maxim Hotel and Desert Inn Hotel & Country Club, in Las Vegas. Tanna is called often to investigate criminal cases or even sometimes more absurd situations, such as a nun who claims to own the land on which the Desert Inn Hotel Casino stands.
Tanna lives on the Las Vegas Strip next to Circus Circus Hotel/Casino, in the theatrical props warehouse owned by the Desert Inn Hotel and Country Club. The props warehouse where Tanna lives was converted into Tanna's living quarters. The design of Tanna's place allows him to park his red T-bird in his living room. Tanna also uses gadgets that were high-tech for the early 1980s, such as a car-phone and an answering machine that physically picks the phone up off the hook and into the microphone of a tape recorder.
Robert Urich is tough but sensitive Las Vegas private detective Dan Tanna, who is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. His combat past in Vietnam is illustrated through flashbacks in various episodes.
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