Call to Danger
{{Short description|1973 American television film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Diana Muldaur Peter Graves.jpg
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| caption = Diana Muldaur & Peter Graves in the CBS Tuesday Night Movie, Call to Danger
| genre = Adventure
| creator =
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| writer = Laurence Heath
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = Tom Gries
| starring = Peter Graves
Diana Muldaur
Clu Gulager
Ina Balin
Tina Louise
William Jordan
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Laurence Rosenthal
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer =
| producer = Laurence Heath
| location = Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Washington, D.C.
| cinematography = Robert W. Browne
| editor = John Loeffler
Chuck Freeman
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| runtime = 75 min.
| company = Paramount Television
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| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1973|02|27}}
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Call to Danger was broadcast as a New CBS Tuesday Night Movie television film on February 27, 1973. Initially ordered as a pilot, titled Deadly Target, the series was envisioned as a vehicle for Peter Graves should his current series, Mission: Impossible, not be renewed. Diana Muldaur was cast as the female lead. Parts of the movie were filmed on location in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069835/fullcredits#cast|title = Call to Danger (TV Movie 1973) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}
Plot
The bold kidnapping of a crime syndicate turncoat (Roy Jenson), while in the midst of giving testimony before a Federal investigating committee, calls for an equally bold move by Justice Department investigators Inspector Douglas Warfield (Peter Graves) and Carrie Donovan (Diana Muldaur). With the help of chief ally Emmitt Jergens (Clu Gulager), an expert beekeeper/archer/computer science wizard and private citizen, the team attempts to infiltrate the syndicate boss's hideaway—a heavily fortified and intricate farm enclave on the west coast. Even with additional support from a gangsters fashion-model gal pal (Tina Louise) and a Justice Dept. cohort (John Anderson), Douglas and Carrie cannot ignore the increasing and likely deadly call to danger.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peter-Graves-Diana-Muldaur-Call-To-Danger-1973-lot-of-three-press-releases-CBS-/110896445961?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1f17a09 |title=Peter Graves Diana Muldaur Call to Danger 1973 Lot of Three Press Releases CBS | eBay |access-date=2013-01-18 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231907/http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peter-Graves-Diana-Muldaur-Call-To-Danger-1973-lot-of-three-press-releases-CBS-/110896445961?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1f17a09 |url-status=dead }}
Cast
- Peter Graves as Inspector Douglas Warfield
- Diana Muldaur as Inspector Carrie Donovan
- Stephen McNally as Joe Barker
- John Anderson as Edward McClure
- Tina Louise as April Tierney
- Clu Gulager as Emmitt Jergens
- William Jordan as Tony Boyd
- Michael Ansara as Frank Mulvey
- Roy Jenson as Dave Falk
- Victor Campos as Danny
- Ina Balin as Marla Hayes
- Paul Mantee as Simmy Adams
A perpetual pilot
Call to Danger was originally a television pilot in 1961 starring Larry Blyden that was shown on General Electric Theater.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/461785/call-to-danger|title = Call to Danger}} In 1966 Peter Graves made another television pilot with the same title. The series wasn't picked up but Graves replaced Steven Hill on the Mission Impossible television series.p.146 Weaver, Tom Peter Graves Interview in Earth Vs. the Sci-fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews McFarland, 1 Jan 2005
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