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Supertrain

1979

In a similar vein to The Love Boat, a mix of adventure, comedy, and mystery with a new set of guest stars each week, onboard a futuristic, nuclear-powered luxury train traveling across America.

Dennis Donnelly

Director · Known for Adam-12, Charlie's Angels, Emergency!

Dennis Donnelly was born on 24 August 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and assistant director, known for Supertrain (1979), Terminal Velocity (1994) and Hunter (1984). He has been married to Deborah Ann Devine since 15 June 1986. They have three children. He was previously married to Barbara Marshall Berry and Momi Blackburn.

Orin Cannon

Orin Cannon was born on 10 June 1905 in Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Burnt Offerings (1976), Supertrain (1979) and Dead of Night (1977). He died on 11 November 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Robert I. Holt

Writer · Known for Adam-12

Robert I. Holt was born on 24 April 1923 in Alameda, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Supertrain (1979) and Hunter (1976). He was previously married to Betty Jane Rust. He died on 23 February 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Anthony Simmons

Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido (1957). Simmons was born in West Ham, then in Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham, the fourth of five children – three boys and two girls – to parents of Polish-Jewish extraction, Miriam (née Corb) and Joseph Simmons (originally Anzulowsky), from a family of market traders. He was named Isidore but adopted the forename Anthony in his teens. After attending West Ham Grammar School, Simmons gained a law degree from the London School of Economics, where his course was interrupted by wartime service. Simmons asserted: "I wasn’t aiming to be a film director. I was a lawyer aiming to be a writer. But I felt that if I wrote films it was more immediate. It’s quicker. You haven’t got to spell out the words, you just make the image and tell the story." His documentary Sunday by the Sea (1951) won the Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival. Four in the Morning (1965), his second feature film as director, did not gain a circuit release although it won awards at several international film festivals, and a BAFTA for Judi Dench as the 'Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles'. For several years Simmons worked in radio and made television commercials until his next feature The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) starring Peter Sellers. His feature movie Black Joy (1977) was entered into the Cannes Film Festival. His television drama On Giant's Shoulders (1979) about Terry Wiles won an Emmy Award. He also directed episodes of British television series including The Professionals, Supergran, Inspector Morse, Van Der Valk, A Touch of Frost and C.A.T.S. Eyes.