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Discards

  • Episode aired Nov 13, 1997
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Barbara Bain, Robert Culp, and Charlie Schlatter in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
Cozy MysteryCrimeDramaMystery

Jesse gets involved in a deadly web of international intrigue when he discovers his father is a secret agent being hunted, and it's soon discovered that an old case may hold the clues to cat... Read allJesse gets involved in a deadly web of international intrigue when he discovers his father is a secret agent being hunted, and it's soon discovered that an old case may hold the clues to catching the culprit.Jesse gets involved in a deadly web of international intrigue when he discovers his father is a secret agent being hunted, and it's soon discovered that an old case may hold the clues to catching the culprit.

  • Director
    • Christian I. Nyby II
  • Writers
    • Joyce Burditt
    • J. Larry Carroll
    • David Carren
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Victoria Rowell
    • Charlie Schlatter
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    146
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Christian I. Nyby II
    • Writers
      • Joyce Burditt
      • J. Larry Carroll
      • David Carren
    • Stars
      • Dick Van Dyke
      • Victoria Rowell
      • Charlie Schlatter
    • 2User reviews
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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Dr. Mark Sloan
    Victoria Rowell
    Victoria Rowell
    • Amanda Bentley-Livingston
    Charlie Schlatter
    Charlie Schlatter
    • Dr. Jesse Travis
    Barry Van Dyke
    Barry Van Dyke
    • Steve Sloan
    Barbara Bain
    Barbara Bain
    • Cinnamon Carter
    Robert Culp
    Robert Culp
    • Dane Travis
    Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee
    • John Garrison
    Phil Morris
    Phil Morris
    • Jim Kesler
    Robert Vaughn
    Robert Vaughn
    • Alexander Drake
    Ted Mattison
    Ted Mattison
    • Bruce
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      • Christian I. Nyby II
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      • Joyce Burditt
      • J. Larry Carroll
      • David Carren
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    7brainstem

    Old time spy fans should love this

    I'm watching this because Robert Culp is in it. It has a kinda silly plot about spies, but Culp is always interesting. Then Barbara Bain from Mission Impossible comes on. Then another actor from a different spy series comes on. Then another one. All from secret agent shows in the 60's and 70's. The dialogue isn't great but seeing all these TV spies from the past is a blast! And it becomes clear that the title - Discards - is meant apply to plot elements as well as the actors themselves, although fans of those series will argue that the actors prove that they are more than just "discards".

    Roughly, the plot involves an attempt by unknown people to resurrect an old spy network that some of the actors were part of.

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    • Trivia
      The main guest stars were all regulars on various spy shows of the 1960s: Barbara Bain from Mission: Impossible (1966); Robert Culp from I Spy (1965); Patrick Macnee from The Avengers (1961); and Robert Vaughn from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). Out of all of the actors, only Barbara Bain played the same character from the original show.
    • Goofs
      If Bruce and Jesse had the same father and different mothers, they would not be step brothers, they would be half brothers.
    • Connections
      References Mission: Impossible (1966)

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
    • Production companies
      • Dean Hargrove Productions
      • Fred Silverman Company
      • Viacom Productions
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      • 45m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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