Dog and Cat

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Dog and Cat
Dog and Cat (1977 TV series).jpg
Created by Walter Hill
Starring Lou Antonio
Kim Basinger
Matt Clark
Opening theme Barry Devorzon
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer Lawrence Gordon
ProducerRobert Singer
Running time74 minutes
Production companiesLargo Productions
Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMarch 5 (1977-03-05) 
May 14, 1977 (1977-05-14)

Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m Eastern time in 1977.

Contents

Premise

Sgt. Jack Ramsey (Lou Antonio), an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, teams up with a partner named J.Z. Kane (Kim Basinger). Together they form a relationship based on friendship and trust (completely platonic) that leads them to capture many of L.A.'s criminals. Lieutenant Arthur Kipling (Matt Clark) is 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

Lawrence Gordon pitched the show to ABC who bought it. He took it to Paramount who produced it. [1] The show was one of the first supervised by Brandon Tartikoff when he was at ABC. [2]

It replaced Most Wanted which moved to Monday night. [3]

Reception

Critical

The New York Times described one of the earliest episodes, "Live Bait", 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 . [4]

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". [5]

Ratings

The first episode after the pilot was meant to be "Live Bait" (directed by Steve Stern, written by Rudolph Borchert), about a rapist. However it was changed to be about a corrupt cop. It got a 40% rating and was the 23rd most watched show of the week. [6]

Joel Silver reported that Walter Hill's original pilot script inspired Shane Black to write Lethal Weapon . [7]

Credits

Basinger as J.Z. Kane in the show. Kim Basinger Dog and Cat 1977.JPG
Basinger as J.Z. Kane in the show.

Directed by:

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

Credited cast

The rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Episode guide

TitleDirected by:Written by:Original air date
0"Pilot"Robert KelljanWalter HillMarch 5, 1977 (1977-03-05)
Pilot episode: When his partner is shot, a police detective (Lou Antonio) reluctantly accepts a slightly kooky lady replacement (Kim Basinger).
Guest stars: Charles Cioffi, Richard Lynch, Dale Robinette, Dick Wesson
1"Dead Dog and Cat"UnknownUnknownMarch 12, 1977 (1977-03-12)
J.Z.and Jack hunt a hood who's accused of peddling stolen diamonds.
Guest stars: Charles Siebert, Jennifer Shaw, Gary W. Giem, Dennis McMullan
2"Live Bait"Steven H. SteinRudolph BorchertMarch 19, 1977 (1977-03-19)
Important women are the victims of a rapist.
Guest stars: Alan Feinstein, John Karlen, Lou Elias, Tracy Brooks Swope, Robert Symonds
3"A Duck Is a Duck"UnknownUnknownApril 9, 1977 (1977-04-09)
Thieves have bad luck when they steal from a mob chief.
Guest stars: Gerrit Graham, Scott Edmund Lane, Alex Rocco, Barbara Cason, Margie Gordon
4"Brother Death"UnknownUnknownApril 16, 1977 (1977-04-16)
A murder gets caught on film by a photographer who decides to use the evidence as blackmail.
Guest stars: Richard Mulligan, John Krokes, Joseph Stern, Tannis G. Montgomery, Gary Wood, Ron Burke
5"Dead Skunk"UnknownUnknownApril 23, 1977 (1977-04-23)
Guest stars: Clu Gulager, Shannon Wilcox, Normann Burton, Richard Roar, Charles Cyphers, Conrad Janis
6"Yesterday's Woman"UnknownUnknownMay 14, 1977 (1977-05-14)
A socialite with a gambling problem steals from a loan shark.
Guest stars: Susan Sullivan, Mark Goddard, Luke Andreas, Peter Mark Richman, Gene Conforti, Cliff Carnell

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