The Billion Dollar Threat

(ABC, 4/15/1979, 120 mins). A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours. This light-hearted thriller was the pilot for a proposed series.

Production Companies David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television. Director Barry Shear. Executive Producer David Gerber. Producer Jay Daniel. Teleplay Jimmy Sangster. Photography Jack Woolf. Music Richard Shores. Editors Melvin Shapiro, Robbie L. Shapiro. Art Directors Dale Hennessy, Ross Bellah. Special Effects Joe Unsinn.

Cast Dale Robinette (Robert Sands), Ralph Bellamy (Miles Larson), Keenan Wynn (Ely), Patrick Macnee (Horatio Black), Robert Tessier (Benjamin), Beth Specht (Holly), Karen Specht (Ivy), Ronnie Carol (Marcia Buttercup), Stephen Keep (Harold Darling), William Bryant (Harry Grebe), Marianne Marks (Ming), Read Morgan (Charlie), Harold Sakata (Oriental man), Ned Wilson (Martian), Fil Formicola (Bellboy), Bob Hastings (Desk clerk), Than Wyenn (Assistant manager), Walt Davis, Jason Corbett, Robert Lone, Davis Roberts, Elven Havard, Cliff Carnell, George Spicer, Seth Foster.