Shooting Stars (1983 film)
1983 film directed by Richard Lang
Shooting Stars is a 1983 American made-for-television action comedy film starring Billy Dee Williams and Parker Stevenson.
It was the pilot for a proposed TV series which did not eventuate. However, it aired as a stand-alone TV movie on ABC on July 28, 1983.
Plot
Two actors who play detectives are fired from their jobs. They decide to go into business as private investigators.
Cast
Billy Dee Williams as Douglas Hawke
Parker Stevenson as Bill O'Keefe
John P. Ryan as Detective Mcgee
Edie Adams as Hazel
Fred Travalena as Teddy
Richard Bakalyan as Snuffy
Tori Spelling as Frank Mcrae
Frank McRae as Tubbs
Robert Webber as J Woodrow Wilson
Kathleen Lloyd as Laura O'Keefe
Denny Miller as Tanner
John Randolph as Stevenson
David Faustino as Patrick
Robert Webber as Woodrow Norton
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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