Acapulco is an American half-hour adventure series that aired on NBC from February 27, 1961 to April 24, 1961. It is notable for providing Telly Savalas (Kojak) with his first regularly recurring role in a television series.
Ralph Taeger and James Coburn starred as Korean War veterans who "retire" to southern Mexico as beachcombers. Each episode relates their experiences helping people in distress. They often worked as bodyguards for Mr. Carver (...
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Acapulco is an American half-hour adventure series that aired on NBC from February 27, 1961 to April 24, 1961. It is notable for providing Telly Savalas (Kojak) with his first regularly recurring role in a television series.
Ralph Taeger and James Coburn starred as Korean War veterans who "retire" to southern Mexico as beachcombers. Each episode relates their experiences helping people in distress. They often worked as bodyguards for Mr. Carver (Savalas), a former criminal lawyer frequently put in danger by people from his past.
Taeger and Coburn were starring in Klondike, another Ziv Television/NBC series, when it was cancelled after 17 episodes. In order to fulfill Ziv's contract with the network, they were recast in Acapulco, which premiered two weeks later in the same time slot as Klondike (Mondays at 9:00 PM). The new show lasted for only eight episodes.
DVD rights to Acapulco are owned by MGM Home Video, but no DVD has been released.
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