Salvage 1 | |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Created by | Mike Lloyd Ross |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Walter Scharf |
Composers | Jack Hayes Ken Harrison |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 (4 unaired) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Harve Bennett Harris Katleman |
Producers | Mike Lloyd Ross Ralph Sariego Craig Schiller |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Bennett/Katleman Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 20 December 9, 1979 | –
Related | |
Salvage |
Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that was broadcast for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on ABC during 1979. The series was based on the pilot film, Salvage, broadcast in early 1979.[1]
The plot centers on Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) who owns the Jettison Scrap and Salvage Co. and is a specialist in reclaiming trash and junk to sell as scrap. His dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions[2] for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture.[3] In the show's opening title narration, Harry states:
"I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."[4]
He invites a former astronaut Addison "Skip" Carmichael (Joel Higgins), who'd been fired for being a daredevil, and Melanie "Mel" Slozar (Trish Stewart), a fuel and explosives expert who'd been working as a movie stunt coordinator, to assist him in this effort.[5] Richard Jaeckel has a recurring role as Jack Klinger, a FBI agent.[2]
Harry builds a spaceship dubbed Vulture, made from reclaimed salvage and former NASA parts. A cement mixer, a gasoline tanker trailer, and several surplus rocket engines (bought at auction when the space program was in a slump) became the homemade spaceship.[3]
No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 2 | 1 2 | "Salvage" | Lee Philips | Mike Lloyd Ross | January 20, 1979 | |
Harry, a junk dealer, wants to build a space ship and fly to the moon to salvage junk. He recruits Skip and Melanie, former NASA workers, to help him and they build the Vulture, later renamed Salvage 1, under the watchful eye of FBI agent Jack Klinger. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Dark Island" | Gene Nelson | Ruel Fischmann | January 29, 1979 | |
Harry and his crew, who want to obtain dwarf spider monkeys for the San Diego Zoo, end up stranded on a remote island where they discover a giant ape. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Shangri-la Lil" | Ron Satlof | Judy Burns | February 5, 1979 | |
During a search for a B-25 bomber to salvage Harry finds a Japanese soldier who doesn't know World War II has ended. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Shelter Five" | Unknown | Unknown | February 12, 1979 | |
After an earthquake Harry and his crew try to rescue a girl trapped in a bomb shelter that is rapidly filling with water. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "The Haunting of Manderly Mansion" | Ray Austin | Mike Robe | February 26, 1979 | |
A creature from planet Andromeda crashes to earth and assumes Harry's appearance. Salvage 1 is needed for the alien to return to his home. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "The Bugatti Treasure" | Ed Abroms | Story by : Mike Lloyd Ross Teleplay by : Richard Chapman & Ruel Fischmann | March 5, 1979 | |
A 16th century map is found inside of a 1934 Bugatti coupe that Harry bought. Will the map lead to Cortez's treasure? | ||||||
8 | 8 | "The Golden Orbit: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | March 12, 1979 | |
Harry wants to salvage a gold-plated satellite, while Skip is onboard a NASA spacecraft with a liquid nitrogen leak. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "The Golden Orbit: Part 2" | Ron Satlof | Robert Swanson | March 19, 1979 | |
Harry needs to rescue Skip and the others on the damaged spacecraft, but Jack Klinger impounds Salvage 1. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Operation Breakout" | Gerald Finnerman | Gerald K. Siegel | April 2, 1979 | |
An African dictator kidnaps Jack Klinger and demands a U.S. Missile, but the U.S. government won't respond to the demand. Harry and his crew work to rescue Klinger. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Mermadon" | Unknown | Unknown | April 16, 1979 | |
Harry befriends a runaway robot programmed to kill anyone believed to be a threat. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Up, Up and Away" | Les Green | Robert Swanson | May 14, 1979 | |
Harry survives a plane crash in a remote area, then faces outlaws determined to steal the counterfeit money in the plane. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Energy Solution" | Unknown | Unknown | May 21, 1979 | |
Melanie's plan to create crude oil causes an underground fire. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Confederate Gold" | Unknown | Unknown | May 28, 1979 | |
Harry and his crew searches for Confederate gold, but are captured by local townspeople. |
The first season ranked 48th out of 114 shows that season with an average 17.7/26 rating/share.[6]
No. overall |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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15 | 1 | "Hard Water: Part 1" | Les Green | Mike Lloyd Ross | November 4, 1979 | |
A rival salvage team attempts to tow an iceberg to a drought-stricken location. | ||||||
16 | 2 | "Hard Water: Part 2" | Les Green | Mike Lloyd Ross | November 11, 1979 | |
Harry and his crew try to move the iceberg out of the shipping lane, but the U.S. Navy plans to destroy it. Melanie wants to adopt a child. | ||||||
17 | 3 | "Round Up" | TBD | TBD | unaired in 1979 | |
Harry and his crew try to save wild horses the government plans to slaughter. | ||||||
18 | 4 | "Harry's Doll" | TBD | TBD | unaired in 1979 | |
Harry buys a racehorse that shows little promise of winning races. | ||||||
19 | 5 | "Dry Spell" | TBD | TBD | unaired in 1979 | |
Harry and his crew attempt to seed clouds to cause rain. | ||||||
20 | 6 | "Diamond Volcano" | Dana Elcar | Geoffrey Fischer | unaired in 1979 | |
Harry offers his crew a Hawaiian vacation, but Skip and Melanie discover he wants to mine for diamonds inside an inactive volcano. |
ABC filmed six Season 2 episodes before cancelling the series.[7] The last four episodes were shown in the early 1990s on The Nostalgia Channel,[8] and overseas in the UK in some ITV regions in 1981.[9][10]
Science fiction author Isaac Asimov was the show's scientific adviser.[a]
Estes Rockets made a prototype of a model rocket version of the Vulture. It was never brought to market.[12]