Call to Glory
{{short description|American television series}}
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| genre = Action
| creator = Ronald M. Cohen
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| director = Thomas Carter
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| starring = Keenan Wynn
Craig T. Nelson
Cindy Pickett
Elisabeth Shue
David Hollander
Gabriel Damon
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| composer = Charles Gross
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 24 (2 unaired)
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| location = Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, USA; Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, USA
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = Tisch-Avnet Productions
Paramount Television
| channel = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1984|08|13}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1985|06|30}}
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Call to Glory is an American drama that aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–85 television season on ABC.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1984/08/12/call-to-glory-craig-nelsons-unlikely-role-as-a-willing-warrior/a639e816-77a8-493c-840f-48830151a40e/ |newspaper=Washington Post |last=Hill |first=Michael E. |title='Call To Glory': Craig Nelson's unlikely role as a willing warrior |date=August 12, 1984 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sDtTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4oIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520%2C3116545 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Walker |first=Joseph |title=A new slot for 'Call to Glory' - the exit |date=February 8, 1985 |page=C7}}
The show focuses on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.
Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.
The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie. Also appearing in the series was David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli; Baker would later become one of the judges on the competition show Forged in Fire.
Cast
- Craig T. Nelson as Col. Raynor Sarnac
- David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli
- Cindy Pickett as Vanessa Sarnac
- Elisabeth Shue as Jackie Sarnac
- Keenan Wynn as Carl Sarnac
- David Hollander as Wesley Sarnac
- Gabriel Damon as R.H. Sarnac
- Thomas O'Brien as Patrick Thomas
Episodes
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| EpisodeNumber_1 = 1
| EpisodeNumber_2 = 2
| Title = Pilot
| DirectedBy = Thomas Carter
| WrittenBy = Ronald M. Cohen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|08|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Move
| DirectedBy = Peter Werner
| WrittenBy = Diane English
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|08|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Blackbird
| DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
| WrittenBy = Brad Radnitz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|08|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Paper Tiger
| DirectedBy = Bill Duke
| WrittenBy = E. Jack Kaplan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|09|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = A Nation Divided
| DirectedBy = Peter Werner
| WrittenBy = Carol Schreder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|09|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Go / No Go
| DirectedBy = Peter Levin
| WrittenBy = Max Jack
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|09|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Call It Courage
| DirectedBy = Georg Sanford Brown
| WrittenBy = Linda Elstad
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|01}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = A Wind from the East
| DirectedBy = Peter Levin
| WrittenBy = Josef Anderson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|08}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = A Moment in the Sun
| DirectedBy = Rick Wallace
| WrittenBy = David Chisholm
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|22}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Cover Story
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|29}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Realities
| DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
| WrittenBy = Elroy Schwartz and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|12}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = The Wake
| DirectedBy = Rick Hauser
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Brad Radnitz|s=Brad Radnitz & W.J. Knight }}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|19}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Medals All of Brass
| DirectedBy = Gilbert Moses
| WrittenBy = Robert Sabaroff and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = A Wind of Change
| DirectedBy = Jon Avnet
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Josef Anderson|s=Jon Avnet}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|12|03}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = Give Unto Caesar
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|12|17}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Moonchild
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|01|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = Images
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|01|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = Fathers and Sons
| DirectedBy = Kevin Conner
| WrittenBy = Brad Radnitz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|01|29}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = Just in Time
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|02|12}}
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| NumParts = 2
| EpisodeNumber_1 = 21
| EpisodeNumber_2 = 22
| Title = The JFK Years
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|06|30}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Fathers and Daughters
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| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Josef Anderson & Carol Schreder|s=Brad Radnitz & Robert Lewin}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = The End, the Beginning
| DirectedBy = Craig T Nelson
| WrittenBy = Brad Radnitz
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Production
Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.
Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0086678|title=Call to Glory}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8uZFGUD4gQ YouTube] – Call to Glory – opening credits
Category:1984 American television series debuts
Category:1985 American television series endings
Category:1980s American drama television series
Category:American aviation television series
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:American military television series
Category:Television series by CBS Studios
Category:Television series set in the 1960s
Category:Television shows set in Texas
Category:Television series about the United States Air Force