Caribe is an American crime drama series that was originally broadcast on Monday nights at 10:00–11:00 pm (ET) on ABC from February 17 until May 12, 1975. The Quinn Martin-produced series was about the exploits of the Caribe Force, a fictional law enforcement unit that had extra-national jurisdiction throughout the Caribbean, headquartered in Miami.[1] The stars were Stacy Keach as Lieutenant Ben Logan, a former officer in Miami Police hired by the Caribe Force, and Carl Franklin as his partner, Sergeant Mark Walters, also formerly of the Miami PD. Originally it was planned that Franklin's character would be a former detective inspector from one of the British Commonwealth island nations in the Caribbean, but the character was ultimately depicted as an American, and as someone who was outranked by Logan, somewhat undercutting both the supposedly international character of the Caribe Force, and the supposedly equal status of the two co-stars. Robert Mandan played their superior, Deputy Commissioner Ed Rawlings. The series was plagued by production problems.[2]
| Caribe | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Charles K. Peck Jr. |
| Starring | Stacy Keach Carl Franklin Robert Mandan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | QM Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 17 – May 12, 1975 |
Episodes
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| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Plastic Connection" | William Wiard | Ed Waters | February 17, 1975 | |
| 2 | "Vanished" | Unknown | Robert I. Holt | February 24, 1975 | |
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Lt. Ben Hogan and Sgt. Mark Walters try to save a noted woman flier (Joanna Pettet) from a gangland leader's vengeance. | |||||
| 3 | "The Survivor" | Unknown | Larry Forrester | March 3, 1975 | |
| 4 | "The Mercenary" | Paul Stanley | Robert C. Dennis | March 10, 1975 | |
| 5 | "Lady Killer" | Unknown | S.S. Schweitzer & Anthony Spinner | March 17, 1975 | |
| 6 | "Flowers of Death" | Unknown | Larry Alexander | March 24, 1975 | |
| 7 | "Murder in Paradise" | Unknown | Carey Wilber | March 31, 1975 | |
| 8 | "School for Killers" | Unknown | Unknown | April 7, 1975 | |
| 9 | "One Second to Doom" | Unknown | Jackson Gillis | April 14, 1975 | |
| 10 | "The Patriots" | Unknown | Max Hodge & Robert I. Holt & Leigh Vance | April 21, 1975 | |
| 11 | "Counterfeit Killer" | Unknown | Unknown | April 28, 1975 | |
| 12 | "The Assassin" | Unknown | Stephen Kandel | May 5, 1975 | |
| 13 | "Assault on the Calavera" | Unknown | Unknown | May 12, 1975 | |
References
edit- ^ "Stacy Keach In 'Caribe,'" The Ledger (Lakeland, FL), Sunday, February 16, 1975.
- ^ Etter, Jonathan. Quinn Martin, Producer: A Behind-the-Scenes History of QM Productions and Its Founder. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. Print.