Created by Walter Hill Country of origin United States Executive producer(s) Lawrence Gordon | Opening theme Barry Devorzon No. of episodes 6 | |
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Starring Lou Antonio
Kim Basinger
Matt Clark | ||
Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m Eastern time in 1977.
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Premise
Lou Antonio played Sgt. Jack Ramsey, an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, who found himself teamed with a very green partner named J.Z. Kane (Kim Basinger). Together they formed a relationship based on friendship and trust (completely platonic) that led to them capturing many of L.A.'s criminals. Lieutenant Arthur Kipling (Matt Clark) was their boss.
"Dog and Cat" is a slang term used by police officers to denote a male-female partnership. The show is especially remembered for the car that Kim Basinger used in the series: a souped-up Volkswagen Beetle with a Porsche engine.
Production History
It replaced Most Wanted which moved to Monday night.
Reception
The New York Times described one of the earliest episodes, about a rapist, as "a particularly repulsive tale" and thought the male lead was a rip off of Baretta and the female lead too obviously inspired by Charlie's Angels.
The Washington Post said Antonio does "a nice, grumpy job" and Basinger was "a little saltier than Angie Dickinson's Pepper" but liked the fact it was not overly violent and "had a sense of humour. It could be around in the fall."
The first episode after the pilot - which was meant to be about the rape but was changed to be about a corrupt cop - got a 40% rating and was the 23rd most watched show of the week.
Joe Silver says that Walter Hill's original pilot script inspired Shane Black to write Lethal Weapon.
Credits
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Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Credited cast
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