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A mother and her young child are trapped high above the ground on a ferris wheel at an amusement park. Wes Cameron and Skip Johnson arrive on the scene and devise a plan to bring down the woman and her child. [SC]
1.1 [--] Rescue 8: THE FERRIS WHEEL (Pilot Episode) [verified -SC]
23Sep58
Directed by Robert G. Walker
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon & Loren Dayle
Story by George Draine
Jim Davis (as Wes Cameron), Lang Jeffries (as Skip Johnson)
Rand Brooks
Jeanne Bates
Sidney Smith
Gina Gillespie
Nancy Rennick ...... Patty Johnson (recurring)
Mary K. Cleary ..... Susan Johnson (recurring)
Synopsis 2:
A woman and child are trapped in the top seat of a ferris wheel. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A woman, recently released from a mental institution, is trapped when a giant ferris wheel snaps and is tipped perilously over water. [TA]
Synopsis 4:
Rescuers go after a deranged woman and her small daughter who are trapped at the top of a broken ferris wheel. [TA]
*Note:
Filmed in part at Gilmore Field at the time the baseball field was
being demolished to make way for CBS Television City, and at the Santa Monica Pier. [RF]
Episode Guide Courtesy:
ctva.biz/US/Adventure/Rescue8.htm
Series Premise:
Rescue 8 is a syndicated American action drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. It starred Jim Davis as fireman Wes Cameron (much later cast as Jock Ewing on CBS's Dallas), and Lang Jeffries as the fireman Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick and Mary K. Cleary each appeared in twenty-four episodes as Patty Johnson and Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. The series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. Rescue 8 produced seventy-four half-hour episodes. The first season ran on Tuesday evenings, and the second season on Wednesdays.
Series Information Courtesy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_8
1.1 [--] Rescue 8: THE FERRIS WHEEL (Pilot Episode) [verified -SC]
23Sep58
Directed by Robert G. Walker
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon & Loren Dayle
Story by George Draine
Jim Davis (as Wes Cameron), Lang Jeffries (as Skip Johnson)
Rand Brooks
Jeanne Bates
Sidney Smith
Gina Gillespie
Nancy Rennick ...... Patty Johnson (recurring)
Mary K. Cleary ..... Susan Johnson (recurring)
Synopsis 2:
A woman and child are trapped in the top seat of a ferris wheel. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A woman, recently released from a mental institution, is trapped when a giant ferris wheel snaps and is tipped perilously over water. [TA]
Synopsis 4:
Rescuers go after a deranged woman and her small daughter who are trapped at the top of a broken ferris wheel. [TA]
*Note:
Filmed in part at Gilmore Field at the time the baseball field was
being demolished to make way for CBS Television City, and at the Santa Monica Pier. [RF]
Episode Guide Courtesy:
ctva.biz/US/Adventure/Rescue8.htm
Series Premise:
Rescue 8 is a syndicated American action drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. It starred Jim Davis as fireman Wes Cameron (much later cast as Jock Ewing on CBS's Dallas), and Lang Jeffries as the fireman Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick and Mary K. Cleary each appeared in twenty-four episodes as Patty Johnson and Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. The series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. Rescue 8 produced seventy-four half-hour episodes. The first season ran on Tuesday evenings, and the second season on Wednesdays.
Series Information Courtesy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_8