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Genre Adventure Original language(s) English Network Broadcast syndication Number of episodes 18 | 8/10 IMDb Country of origin United States First episode date 26 June 1953 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Frank Burt
Milton Caniff
Oliver Crawford
Norman S. Hall
Arthur Pierson
Lou Rusoff
Barney A. Sarecky Directed by Lew Landers
Arthur Pierson Starring John Baer
Jack Reitze
William Tracy
Sandra Spence
Gloria Saunders Directors Lew Landers, Arthur Pierson Cast William Tracy, Jeff York, Allen Jung, Sheila Darcy, Dick Curtis Similar Racket Squad, The Dinah Shore Show, The Mickey Rooney Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Sh, The 20th Century Fox Hour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terry and the pirates macao gold 1953
Terry and the Pirates is an American adventure series based on Milton Caniff's comic strip, was telecast from June 26, 1953 to November 21, 1953. The syndicated series ran for 18 episodes and was produced by Don Sharpe Enterprises. Canada Dry Ginger Ale was the show's original sponsor.
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Synopsis
USAAF Colonel Terry Lee (John Baer) heads to the Far East to locate a gold mine he inherited from his grandfather. Once in the Orient, Lee becomes a pilot with Air Cathay, a cargo and passenger airline owned and operated by the cunning Chopstick Joe (Jack Reitzen), who is not always honest. His friend and co-pilot is Charles C. Charles, aka Hotshot Charlie (William Tracy), while the romantic interest is provided by the attractive blonde Burma (Sandra Spence). Lee has several encounters in thirteen episodes with his beautiful and mysterious nemesis, Lai Choi San, aka The Dragon Lady (Gloria Saunders). In the pilot episode, "Macao Gold", Chopstick Joe was portrayed by Jack Kruschen and Burma was played by Mari Blanchard.
Production
In 1951 Sam Katzman obtained the film rights to the comic strip from Douglas Fairbanks Jr but no film resulted.
Other Media
In 2007 Alpha Home Entertainment released four DVD sets of the episodes. Packaged with four episodes per Volume there are only sixteen of the eighteen. Episode 17 "Overseer" and 18 "The Diamond Maker" were not included. The episodes are not compiled in any order. The Sets have been available from re-sellers on the internet.