Cool Million

Cool Million is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC as an element in its "wheel series" The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie during its 1972–73 schedule.

Cool Million
James Farentino as Jefferson Keyes.
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Larry Cohen
Starring	James Farentino John Vernon Barbara Bouchet Christine Belford
Theme music composer	Pete Rugolo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producers	George Eckstein Roy Huggins
Producers	David J. O'Connell Jo Swerling, Jr.
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	90 mins.
Production companies	Public Arts Films Universal TV
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 28 (1972-10-28) – December 20, 1972 (1972-12-20)
Related
The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie

Synopsis

James Farentino starred as Jefferson Keyes, a former agent in the clandestine services of the Central Intelligence Agency who, after he left "The Company," as it was also called by its insiders, had established his own private detective agency. Keyes's agency had, indeed, become so successful that he now charged his prospective clients a fee of $1,000,000 (hence the title) per case, which enabled him to live a fabulous lifestyle including his own executive jet.

Barbara Bouchet guest starred in the 1972 season.

Episode list

Nº	Title	Directed by	Written by	Air date
1	"Mask of Marcella"	Gene Levitt	Larry Cohen	October 16, 1972 (1972-10-16)
2	"Hunt for a Lonely Girl"	Gene Levitt	Gene Levitt	October 25, 1972 (1972-10-25)
3	"Assault on Gavaloni"	John Badham	Juanita Bartlett (teleplay), Roy Huggins (story)	November 22, 1972 (1972-11-22)
4	"The Abduction of Baynard Barnes"	Barry Shear	Richard Morris (teleplay), Roy Huggins (story)	December 6, 1972 (1972-12-06)
5	"The Million Dollar Misunderstanding"	Daryl Duke	Juanita Bartlett (teleplay), Roy Huggins (story)	December 20, 1972 (1972-12-20)

Reception

Cool Million proved to be less successful than several other elements of the NBC Mystery Movie and was not renewed for further episodes after its initial order.

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• Cool Million at IMDb