Coronado 9 starring Rod Cameron Review

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(More customer reviews)Smart, moderately budgeted half-hour crime series set in Coronado, CA, near San Diego, starring Rod Cameron as private detective Dan Adams. Shot by Revue/MCA in 1959-60 for syndication in 1960-61, Coronado 9 moves briskly, with direct, uncluttered plots and surprisingly biting violence. Prints for this welcome DVD release are unrestored but pleasingly clean, with adequate gray ranges and clear audio. Cameron, rugged at about 50 and very tall, is alternately amiable and grimly determined as Adams, a believable character who takes plenty of lumps before emerging triumphant. Cameron was a stuntman before reaching B-movie stardom via serials and westerns. He had a long and prolific career, and Coronado 9 is a highlight. William Witney, who had directed Cameron in the actor's 1943 breakthrough, G Men vs. Black Dragon, helmed many episodes of Coronado 9, bringing more visual flair and action than was typical of crime shows of the period; stunts are particularly well-staged. Plots are suitably varied (robbery, extortion, murder, domestic upset, psychosis, etc.), and the city-seaside combination is used well in location shooting. Male guests stars are competent types like John Archer, Ed Kemmer, Harry Lauter, Walter Reed, Anthony Caruso, Richard Arlen, and young Doug McClure. Female guests stars are particularly vivid: Beverly Garland, Joanne Linville, Sue Ane Langdon, Laurie Mitchell, Coleen Gray, Carol Ohmart, Lisa Lu, Connie Hines, Jean Willes. The episodes are uniformly entertaining, with the strongest being the work of writer Lawrence Kimble (Shotgun Slade, 77 Sunset Strip, Cameron's State Trooper, and many others). But Rod Cameron--stolid and appealing--is the single most important reason why Coronado 9 is satisfying and above average. And despite what the brief liner notes suggest, "Coronado 9" doesn't refer to a telephone exchange, but to the main character's home address.

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Rod Cameron starring in Coronado 9! Set in the affluent San Diego County suburb of Coronado, California, Coronado 9 stars the ruggedly handsome Rod Cameron as Dan Adams, a former Naval Intelligence officer turned private detective. Using his wits as well as his brawn, Adams takes on cases too hot for others to handle, which often involve wealthy and celebrated clients. Adams gets taken from his base in Coronado to far-flung corners of the world in search of justice, including London, New Orleans and Honolulu. Among the many guest stars who seek his help are Doug McClure, DeForest Kelley, Beverly Garland, Connie Hines and Argentina Brunetti. Interestingly, Coronado 9 refers to his telephone exchange, harking back to a simpler time when all telephone numbers had place name prefixes.

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