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Score: 5.6 Mediocre 15 votes

Angels in the Stretch

Episode Number: 61    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Wednesday December 20, 1978    Prod Code: n/a
The Angels are called in to find the murderer of a gambler killed while investigating the suspicious antics of a dull racehorse. They discover the horse has being switched with his winning twin.

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Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Star: John Forsythe (voice of Charlie),  David Doyle (John Bosley),  Cheryl Ladd (Kris Munroe ([ seasons 2-5 ]),  Jaclyn Smith (Kelly Garrett),  Kate Jackson (Sabrina Duncan [ seasons 1-3 ])
Guest Star: Al Hopson (Fred),  Joyce Jameson (Gini),  Sidney Clute (Les Ferrar),  Richard Bakalyan (Thad Roper),  James Gammon (Gates),  Deirdre Berthrong (Valerie),  John David Carson (Kevin Ryan),  Jeremy West (Waiter),  David Hedison (Carter Gillis)

Notes

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Richard Bakalyan reunited again with Kate Jackson in her next television series, Scarecrow and Mrs. King in the episode called The Khrushchev List. (edit)

Quotes

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Carter Gillis: Oh Kelly. How'd they find out?
Kelly: A little white spot that nobody saw except Les Ferrar, that dreary character that hung around racetracks. (edit)
Kris: We're looking for a horse.
Fred: I got no horses.
Kris: Well actually, we're looking for a man.
Fred: Make up your mind. You looking for a man or a horse. (edit)
Sabrina: (To Kris on the phone) You run Perdition. He loses, so the odds are against him. Then you run the ringer and you really pull it it.
Kris: Sweet plan. (edit)
Sabrina: I was wondering what is it make you so sure Perdition is a dud?
Mr. Roper: I'm his trainer. (edit)
Kevin: (To Gates) We agreed. You can't drink because when you drink, you get drunk. And when you get drunk, your mouth works too much and your ticker works too little. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: Listen to the flubbed line when Kris and Bosley get ready to find Fred's cabin. She says, "Let's try and frind Fred's cabin." (edit)

Allusions

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Valerie: (Referring about her father) He used to say he stole his system from Dr. Dolittle.

This is in reference to Dr. Dolittle who could speak to animals. It was a book of the same name that was first printed in 1920. Several novels were published between 1920 and 1950. There was also three cartoon series, two stage productions and several film productions. The first starring Rex Harrison and the latter with Eddie Murphy. (edit)
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