7.6 /10 1 Votes
6.1/10 TV Country of origin United States Running time 60 minutes Original network ABC Final episode date 5 January 1972 Number of episodes 15 | 9/10 IMDb Starring Anthony Quinn Original language(s) English Production company(s) Universal Television First episode date 15 September 1971 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Anthony Quinn, Lindsay Wagner Similar Cassie & Co, Vanity Fair, Appointment with Adventure, Pray for the Wildcats, Hec Ramsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Man and the City is a dramatic television series which was aired on the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1971 lineup from September 15, 1971 to January 5, 1972.
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The Man and the City stars the well-known Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn as Thomas Jefferson Alcala, the long-term Hispanic mayor of a major but unidentified city in the Southwestern United States (location shooting was done in Albuquerque, New Mexico). Quinn's WASP deputy, Andy Hays, was portrayed by Mike Farrell. Hays' main role was to make sure that the well-meaning Mayor Alcala did not become so engrossed in aiding individual constituents with their problems that he failed to address the issues facing the city as a whole.
Despite the vast talents of Quinn and the earnest Farrell, The Man and the City was a Nielsen ratings failure, finishing third in its Wednesday night time slot against the hit private eye show Mannix and the Rod Serling anthology series Night Gallery, and was cancelled at midseason.
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Awards
Daniel Petrie won a Directors Guild of America Award in 1972 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night for the episode "Hands of Love." That same episode earned Petrie an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme.