| Barbary Coast |
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| ABC Network |
| 1975 - 1976 |
| Drama |
| 60 Minutes |
Set in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast during
the 1880s, this was the story of an unlikely
alliance between gambler Cash Conover (Doug
McClure) the owner of the Golden Gate Casino and
Jeff Cable (William Shatner), a special
undercover agent and master of disguises who
worked for the Governor's office.
Agent Jeff Cable recruited Cash Conover, a former
New Orleans riverboat gambler into fighting crime in the rowdy
California region. Cash's motto is "Cash Makes No Enemies."
For luck, he knocks on wood three times.
Agent Cable used the fact that Cash was wanted for killing the
son of a Louisiana Governor in a duel (and the guilt for once
saving Cash's life) to coerce him into using the casino as a front
for his operations. Cable used a secret room behind the fireplace in
Cash's office as his headquarters.
Other folks in the employ of the casino included:
- Richard Kiel as Moose Moran, the 7' 2" bouncer
- Dave Turner as Thumbs, the piano player
- Bobbi Jordon as Flame, the croupier
- Francine York as Brandy
- Brooke Mills as Rusty
Jeff Cable and Cash Conover
Listen to Theme Music
The cases that Cash and Cable were
involved included:
- A crooked banker using counterfeit cash to inflate his
account
- Retrieving a valuable pair of jade
cats for the Chinese
- A Jesse James imposter who robs a bank
- Cash posing as a US Marshal to
retrieve hidden stash of cash
- Recovering a hijacked shipment of rifles
- Thwarting the assassination plot of a
visiting Irish leader
- Bringing down a "boat-burning" racketeer called the
Shark
- Stopping the robbery of casino patrons
on their way home
TRIVIA NOTE:
Actor Richard Kiel who played Moose Moran is
best known for his role as Jaws, the assassin
with metal teeth in the James Bond films The
Spy Who Love Me (1977) and Moonraker
(1979).
and a recurring villain named Voltaire, the
gigantic, mute, body crushing assistant to the
murderous dwarf Dr. Miguelito Loveless on the
western series WILD WILD WEST/CBS/1965-69.
Dennis Cole played the role of Cash Conover in
the series pilot.
The series was originally called "Cash and
Cable".
Obituaries: Doug McClure: 02/05/1995
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