MATT HELM - Tony Franciosa TV series

[TheSnowdropFan]

I never even heard of him until I saw in one of Roddy McDowells home movies.

[MsPinkDove]

Does anyone know where I can view Matt Helm episode "Murder on the run'? Thanks

[rogerbahakel]

i remember this

[Madelow56]

Always thought that Franciosa was as talented as they come, and should have been a great star. Check out his performance in "Story On Page One". A winner!

[smkemper]

Not yet released on DVD. :- ( I don't know if ti's worth waiting, but it's good memories of my childhood. In France, Tony's voice was dubbed by a great actor with a fantastic voice : Daniel Gelin.

The opening is from the episode "Think murder" aired on december 6 th in 1975 on ABC.

[pf540]

The original Matt Helm in the movies was Dean Martin they made 4 movies and you can get them all on DVD.

[smizzman]

T.V during the late 60's and the 70's was a glorious time, great comedies and crime dramas and NO REALITY T.V ...ahh those were the days :)

[whiskeyify]

Don't think I ever saw this...probably I was working nights at the time..of course he also starred in "the name of the game". I thought he was great in that show.

[smkemper29]

Thanks for the opening. I always like this music. I will never get old.

I've just found season one of "Mannix", I hope "Matt Helm" will be available very soon on DVD too. Fingers crossed.

[htrrz]

I remember this show, I always like Tony's tv shows and films, he had something that is lacking in stars today, his own kind of charm that showed through on the screen, and he did two films with Ann Margeret, one with Raquel Welch and other beautiful women, now that's a career.

[neilprocter]

Dear LovingKimiKatcar - you mean he was only 5 feet 3 inches tall???

[seedofvision]

Franciosa started on broadway with "Hatful of Rain" the Michael Gazzo play. He was an exciting actor. He could have done more to "wow" the world. Oh, well.

[LovingKimiKatkar]

Tony Franciosa: 63 inches of American tough guy!!!

[arnauda1971]

thank you for the post.

one of the first tv show I 've ever seen in my life ( I was a young boy back to that time).

In France this stv serie was very popular mainly because of the coolness Steve Mcqueen type of Tony Franciosa.

The character of the show departed from the original novel .

the theme is also terrific.

[Matklasik]

who played charlie in charlie's angels?

[spockvideo]

John Forsythe.

[mc1pc2nk3]

Mannix and Serpico were much better than this piece of crap for bored housewives lolz

[yee7121]

Typical mean trick from [mc1pc2nk3], he attacks anonymus people without any big issue and then run, hide himself, block himself. We should take pity on this miserable kid. or just ignore him.

[sierria64]

NEVER HEARD OF THIS SHOW

[wallyworldusa]

WHO THE HELL CARES!

[creolelady182]

I can't say I remember this one but one can see why Tony Franciosca got all of the tv roles

[joebradio]

..and hey he had one of those cool phones you could use in your car... back before everybody had them and starting gumming up traffic on the daily commute...

[frankd1965]

Frank Cannon had a phone in his car

[joebradio]

He sure did.. we have RTN in our market and they run episodes every weekday afternoon... car phones were a big thing with TV's private detectives .. I recall that Joe Mannix and Dan Tanna (Vegas) also were on the cutting edge..

[the60sKid]

You got that right.

[the60sKid]

Hell, Tony Franciosa had a long career in movies and TV. This was just after he did SEARCH and Name of the Game. Any kid watching TV back them would know this.

[sibphu]

in the 60's, i was 6 yrs old when i saw my 1st dean martin/matt helm film. i wanted 2 be matt helm after that. in the 70s when tony f. got this series, i thot holllywood was NUTS!! now i think of tony f. as a gr8 actor and wish he were still around! he and dino did a gr8 film in the 50s called CAREER. the 2 pre-helms acting side-by-side. incidentally, tony f. was the standout in that film about making it theatre. hollywood has a new helm film in the making. be afraid. be very afraid.

[wallyworldusa]

The first TV detective to have a car phone was Richard Diamond (David Janssen). And his girl Friday on the other end was Mary Tyler Moore but her face was never shown and her name didn't appear in the credits.

[joebradio]

yes indeed... after her days as Happy Hotpoint ....and, she had legs to die for ... she might just make it after all !!!

[retrovideoman]

I remember this show and even remember a couple of episodes as if they aired yesterday, one of which guest-starred Marlyn Mason.

[BillKoenig]

The theme is by Morton Stevens, who also composed the theme for Hawaii Five-O.

[elio4]

What a theme music ! Thanks you so much !!! There is another intro (wuth the same theme) for later episodes. If you have it, pleeeeeeaaaaaassssseeee.... upload it !! Thanks.

[catecumen]

I remember the theme song better than the show itself. It's a catchy bit of music. I had recorded it the old-fashioned way (cassette tape recorder, from the television) and always liked the tune! Thanks for posting this.

[markie909]

Great but very short lived show circa 1975 as I recall! I too thank you for uploading the title and teaser sequence! Great stuff, and I wish I could see this whole series again as well.

[frankd1965]

The red T-Bird looks like the car Dan Tana used in the 1970's series "Vegas"

[BadAndy]

Whoever uploaded this, thank you from the very bottom of my heart. I LOVE THIS SHIT!! I wish I could find whole episodes.