Wolf (American TV series)

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Wolf
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Genre Crime drama
Created by David E. Peckinpah
Rod Holcomb
Directed by Bill Corcoran
Rod Holcomb
Starring Jack Scalia
Joseph Sirola
Nicolas Surovy
Judith Hoag
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerDavid E. Peckinpah
ProducerKen Swor
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesHolcomb/Peckinpah Productions
CBS Entertainment Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1989 (1989-09-13) 
June 28, 1990 (1990-06-28)

Wolf is an American crime drama television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy which aired on CBS from September 13, 1989 to June 28, 1990. It features Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former cop turned private detective, with Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force. Joseph Sirola starred as Wolf's father, Sal, who lived on a boat.

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Plot

Tony Wolf was a San Francisco policeman who now works as a fisherman and sometime private eye. Originally a narcotics officer for the SFPD, Tony was framed and took the fall as a crooked cop. Drummed off the force, he wandered the world for a couple of years, before finally returning home to The City to make amends with his aging father and to take over the family fishing boat. He has also tried to re-kindle a relationship with Connie, an old flame.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1
2
"Pilot" Rod Holcomb David PeckinpahSeptember 13, 1989 (1989-09-13)
Note: 2-hour TV movie.
3"On the Run"Rod HolcombElliott AndersonSeptember 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)
4"Danny"Mark LaubDeborah ArakelianSeptember 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)
5"Running on Empty"UnknownUnknownSeptember 26, 1989 (1989-09-26)
6"Two Men and a Baby"Bill CorcoranGarner SimmonsOctober 3, 1989 (1989-10-03)
7"Curtains of Silence"Daniel AttiasMichael Berlin & Eric EstrinOctober 10, 1989 (1989-10-10)
8"Echoes of Yesterday"Michael PreeceMichael A. GrahamOctober 24, 1989 (1989-10-24)
9"Guns and Roses"UnknownUnknownNovember 7, 1989 (1989-11-07)
10"Betrayal" Jim Johnston David PeckinpahNovember 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)
11"Little Girl Lost"UnknownUnknownJune 21, 1990 (1990-06-21)
12"Vengeance"UnknownUnknownJune 28, 1990 (1990-06-28)

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