TV series
Riptide
Overview
The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.
Details
- First air date
- 1984-01-03
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
- Episodes
- 56 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Stephen J. Cannell Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Perry King as Cody Allen
- Joe Penny as Nick Ryder
- Thom Bray as Murray Bozinsky
- Jack Ging as Ted Quinlan
- Ken Olandt as Kirk Dooley
- Anne Francis as Mama Jo
- Bruce Tuthill as Guard / Bob
- Deborah Voorhees as Tippy
- Barbara Keegan as Tina
- John Astin as Baxter Bernard
- Kenneth Gray as David Brady
- Joan Sweeny as Jessie Wells
Creators and crew
- Frank Lupo - Creator
- Stephen J. Cannell - Creator
- Stephen J. Cannell - Executive Producer
- Tom Blomquist - Producer
- J. Rickley Dumm - Producer
- Michael Lange - Director
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