Call to Glory

Call to Glory
Genre Action
Created by Ronald M. Cohen
Directed by Thomas Carter
Starring Keenan Wynn
Craig T. Nelson
Cindy Pickett
Elisabeth Shue
David Hollander
Gabriel Damon
Composer Charles Gross
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 24 (2 unaired)
Production
Production locations Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, USA; Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, USA
Running time 60 minutes
Production companies Tisch-Avnet Productions
Paramount Television
Original release
Network ABC
Release August 13, 1984 –
June 30, 1985

Call to Glory is an American drama which was aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–1985 TV season (specifically from August 1984 to February 1985) on the ABC network.

The show focuses on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.

Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.

The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie. Also appearing in the series was David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli; Baker would later become one of the judges on the competition show Forged in Fire.

Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 "Pilot" Thomas Carter Ronald M. Cohen August 13, 1984
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3 "The Move" Peter Werner Diane English August 20, 1984
4 "Blackbird" Ernest Pintoff Brad Radnitz August 27, 1984
5 "Paper Tiger" Bill Duke E. Jack Kaplan September 3, 1984
6 "A Nation Divided" Peter Werner Carol Schreder September 17, 1984
7 "Go / No Go" Peter Levin Max Jack September 24, 1984
8 "Call It Courage" Georg Sanford Brown Linda Elstad October 1, 1984
9 "A Wind from the East" Peter Levin Josef Anderson October 8, 1984
10 "A Moment in the Sun" Rick Wallace David Chisholm October 22, 1984
11 "Cover Story" Unknown Unknown October 29, 1984
12 "Realities" Ernest Pintoff Elroy Schwartz and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz November 12, 1984
13 "The Wake" Rick Hauser Story by : Brad Radnitz & W.J. Knight
Teleplay by : Brad Radnitz		 November 19, 1984
14 "Medals All of Brass" Gilbert Moses Robert Sabaroff and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz November 26, 1984
15 "A Wind of Change" Jon Avnet Story by : Jon Avnet
Teleplay by : Josef Anderson		 December 3, 1984
16 "Give Unto Caesar" Unknown Unknown December 17, 1984
17 "Moonchild" Unknown Unknown January 15, 1985
18 "Images" Unknown Unknown January 22, 1985
19 "Fathers and Sons" Kevin Conner Brad Radnitz January 29, 1985
20 "Just in Time" Unknown Unknown February 12, 1985
21 "The JFK Years" Unknown Unknown June 30, 1985
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23 "Fathers and Daughters" TBD Story by : Brad Radnitz & Robert Lewin
Teleplay by : Josef Anderson & Carol Schreder		 UNAIRED
24 "The End, the Beginning" Craig T Nelson Brad Radnitz UNAIRED

Production

Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.

Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.