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Tales of Wells Fargo: A Fistful of Pride (1961)
What we have here is a failure to communicate
Eddie Albert is a good actor who is really convincing as a father devoted to his daughter. You certainly have sympathy for his plight with this script. Barbara Stuart, who plays his wife, really has very little to do in the script. She is better known as the actress who played Bunny on Gomer Pyle USMC. In fact, this character is kind of similar to the one she played on that show as a girlfriend. I wonder if her scenes were used in the audition tape for GP:USMC?
The Rookies: The Hunting Ground (1975)
T.J. Hooker in an alternate universe?
William Shatner plays a lone wolf cop who has an obsession to get drug dealers off the streets. The character acting is in the usual Shatner style - over the top. Although Shatner plays a policeman who turns vigilante, it really feels like you are watching him audition for the T. J. Hooker character!
The actual link to T. J. Hooker is Rick Huskey who was writer on the show when this Rookies episode was filmed. Rick Huskey was also the creator of T. J. Hooker a few years later, which was apparently intended to be similar to The Rookies.