7.6 /10 1 Votes
7.1/10 TV First episode date 13 August 1984 Number of seasons 1 | 7.9/10 IMDb Genre Action Directed by Thomas Carter Country of origin United States Final episode date 30 June 1985 Number of episodes 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Keenan WynnCraig T. NelsonCindy PickettElisabeth ShueDavid HollanderGabriel Damon Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Similar Twelve O'Clock High, China Beach, Emerald Point NAS, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Pan Am | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Call to Glory is an American drama that aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–1985 TV season (specifically from August 1984 to February 1985) on the ABC network.
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The show focused on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.
Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode aired August 13, 1984. The first episode related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's then more noticeable isolation from civilization.
The series also starred Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the Sarnacs' daughter.
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Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.
Call to Glory was filmed at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, Texas near Del Rio, Texas.