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Break-In at Santa Paula

Episode Number: 53    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Saturday February 22, 1986    Prod Code: 61131
The wife of a deceased old friend of Hawke's begs him to rescue her son Terry, who is in a corrupt Mexican prison after being framed, with a bad heart condition. After visiting the prison posing as the boy's uncle, in order to survey the layout, Hawke, Dominic and Caitlin make the rescue bit; but the attempt fails when Terry attempts to take an ill friend with them, causing Hawke himself to be captured and held in the prison...

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Writer: Edward J. Lakso
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Star: Ernest Borgnine (Dominic Santini),  Jan-Michael Vincent (Stringfellow Hawke),  Alex Cord (Michael 'Archangel' Coldsmith-Briggs III),  Jean Bruce Scott (Caitlin O'Shaughnessy)
Guest Star: Bobby Apisa (Joaquin),  Ernesto Hernandez (Paco),  Abel Franco (Garcia),  John Davis Chandler (Gentry),  Jane Merrow (Eleanor Haines),  Mike Moroff (Senders),  Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Captain Mendez),  Tony O'Dell (Terry Haines),  Thomas Rosales Jr. (Morales)

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Archangel (Alex Cord) is mentioned, but does not appear in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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(Making light of their prison ordeal)
String: Come on. Pull up your bootstraps and tuck in your shirt, we're flying to Texas. And, there's no speed limits up there.
Gentry: (chuckles) Good, because I've had plenty of law enforcement for one lifetime.
String: All right. (edit)

Trivia

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Most of the aerial footage for this episode's final aerial sequence is taken from the episode Jennie (when Airwolf comes in to pick up String from the village). (edit)
Nitpick: When Hawke, visiting the prison camp pretending to be Terry's uncle, reveals to Terry who he really is, he says it loud enough for any of the surrounding prisoners to hear. Surely he'd want to keep it as quiet as possible – information like that would be valuable for the less desirable prisoners to bribe the guards with! (edit)
When Caitlin retrieves Airwolf from the Lair, when she engages the turbos, the turbos sound effect seems to kick in a noticeable split-second too early! (edit)

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