Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending on your point of view.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Robert Urich | ... |
Dan Tanna
(69 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Bart Braverman | ... |
Bobby 'Binzer' Borso
(69 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Phyllis Davis | ... |
Beatrice Travis
(69 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Greg Morris | ... |
Lt. David Nelson
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(57 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Naomi Stevens | ... |
Sgt. Bella Archer
(23 episodes, 1978-1979)
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| Tony Curtis | ... |
Roth
(17 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Judy Landers | ... |
Angie Turner
(14 episodes, 1978-1979)
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| Will Sampson | ... |
Harlon Twoleaf
(7 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Al Stephans Scaglione | ... |
Pit Boss
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(5 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Richard Bakalyan | ... |
Bernie
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(5 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Byron Morrow | ... |
Judge Hunt
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(5 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Victor Buono | ... |
'Diamond' Jim
(4 episodes, 1980-1981)
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Chase Cordell | ... |
Burns
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(4 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Tony Ballen | ... |
Charlie
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(4 episodes, 1978-1981)
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Dian Parkinson | ... |
Sally
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(4 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Peter Haskell | ... |
Turner
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(4 episodes, 1979-1981)
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Pepper Davis | ... |
Manny
(4 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Chick Vennera | ... |
Costigan
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(3 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Heather Menzies-Urich | ... |
Charlotte Henderson
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(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Pernell Roberts | ... |
Mr. Logan
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(3 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Lloyd Bochner | ... |
Alexander Waverly
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(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Joe E. Tata | ... |
Dixon
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(3 episodes, 1980-1981)
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| Jere Rae Mansfield | ... |
Blue
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(3 episodes, 1980-1981)
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Burton Cohen | ... |
Burton Cohen
(3 episodes, 1980-1981)
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| Ned Glass | ... |
Charlie
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(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
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Sandy Freeman | ... |
Dr. Beck
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(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
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Margolyn Curtis | ... |
Aludra
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(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
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| David Sheiner | ... |
Capt. Frank Smith
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(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Paul Mantee | ... |
Capt. Jim Schmidt
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(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Linda Thompson | ... |
Helen Martin
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(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Charles A. Tamburro | ... |
Hastings
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(3 episodes, 1980)
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| Peter Mark Richman | ... |
Sam Ullman
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(3 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Louis Jourdan | ... |
Nicholas Rambeau
(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
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| Lorne Greene | ... |
Emil Remick
(2 episodes, 1980)
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| Richard Lynch | ... |
Benjamin Lang
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(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Cristina Ferrare | ... |
Cynthia Jennings
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(2 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Joseph Campanella | ... |
Bruno Moretti
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(2 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Denny Miller | ... |
Art Cochran
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(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Andrew Duggan | ... |
Dr. Barrow
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(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
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| Wayne Newton | ... |
Justin Marsh
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(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
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Tom Urich | ... |
Grant Packer
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(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| John Larch | ... |
Ben Coleman
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(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
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| Randolph Mantooth | ... |
Bobby Howard
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(2 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Edd Byrnes | ... |
Billy Brogan
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(2 episodes, 1978-1981)
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| Elyssa Davalos | ... |
Kimberly Sarrason
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(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
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| Vernee Watson | ... |
Annabel Nelson
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(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
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| Manu Tupou | ... |
Luke Kichi
(2 episodes, 1980)
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| Cameron Mitchell | ... |
Willie 'Sparrow' Salter
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(2 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Skip Homeier | ... |
Frederick Barr
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(2 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Johnny Seven | ... |
Buddy Johnson
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(2 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (Germany) (DVD)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1981) (United States) (tv)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1981) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- ITV - Independent Television (1981) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- M6 (1987) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- M6 (1990) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD) (season 1) (volume 1)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD) (season 1) (volume 2)
- Paramount Television (1999) (World-wide) (tv)
- RTL-TV (1983) (Luxembourg) (tv)
- Video Films (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Worldvision Enterprises (1992) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Goldman & Associates (extras casting)
- Unique Movie Cars (picture cars)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Dan Tanna, a Vietnam vet, works as a private eye in Las Vegas. He lives in an apartment in back of the Desert Inn and his boss is the owner of the hotel, Phil Roth. Tanna is aided by his sexy but efficient secretary, Bea Travis, and his nerdy legman, Bobby "Binzer" Borso. Tanna's contact on the force is Lt. Dave Nelson.
Written by Brian Washington |
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| Taglines | Money Moves This Town. People Gamble for It, Love for It...Even Kill for It. Just Ask Dan Tanna, Private Eye. He's Murder When the Heat's On! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Just before this show premiered on September 20, 1978, Robert Urich briefly appeared (in a backdoor pilot) as Dan Tanna at the end of Charlie's Angels (1976) season three, episode one, "Angels in Vegas". Supposedly, Dan Tanna was a friend of Charlie and Bosley. See more » |
| Goofs | In many chase scenes, the chase moves magically from downtown to the strip. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). See more » |
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