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The Mexican Connection

  • Episode aired Sep 29, 1976
  • Not Rated
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels (1976)
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaMystery

After the death of a stewardess carrying drugs on her person, her brother, the pilot, enlists the Angels to discover who was behind it. The Angels go undercover to take down the drug ring an... Read allAfter the death of a stewardess carrying drugs on her person, her brother, the pilot, enlists the Angels to discover who was behind it. The Angels go undercover to take down the drug ring and discover who murdered the stewardess.After the death of a stewardess carrying drugs on her person, her brother, the pilot, enlists the Angels to discover who was behind it. The Angels go undercover to take down the drug ring and discover who murdered the stewardess.

  • Director
    • Allen Baron
  • Writers
    • Ivan Goff
    • Ben Roberts
    • Jack V. Fogarty
  • Stars
    • Kate Jackson
    • Farrah Fawcett
    • Jaclyn Smith
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    375
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Allen Baron
    • Writers
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
      • Jack V. Fogarty
    • Stars
      • Kate Jackson
      • Farrah Fawcett
      • Jaclyn Smith
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Kate Jackson
    Kate Jackson
    • Sabrina Duncan
    Farrah Fawcett
    Farrah Fawcett
    • Jill Munroe
    • (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
    Jaclyn Smith
    Jaclyn Smith
    • Kelly Garrett
    David Doyle
    David Doyle
    • John Bosley
    Cesare Danova
    Cesare Danova
    • Frank Bartone
    Edward Power
    Edward Power
    • Jim Taylor
    Joseph Burke
    Joseph Burke
    • Nick Doyle
    Arnold Soboloff
    • Steiner
    Robert Tafur
    • Col. Morales
    Elyssa Davalos
    Elyssa Davalos
    • Maria Bartone
    Alex Tinne
    • Peasant
    Dante D'Andre
    • Butler
    David Armstrong
    • Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Buckingham
    Robert Buckingham
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Fritz Ford
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    John Forsythe
    John Forsythe
    • Charles Townsend
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Ron Stein
    Ron Stein
    • Agent
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Allen Baron
    • Writers
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
      • Jack V. Fogarty
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    6moonspinner55

    Solid early episode from the series, though the Angels haven't quite found their characters yet...

    After a hijacked charter plane owned by a bigwig in Mazatlán crashes on US soil carrying a shipment of heroin, the injured pilot hires Townsend Investigations to find out who the smugglers are and to uncover the identity of their powerful contact, a man known only as Escobar. It's "Angels Down Mexico Way"! Sabrina poses as a stewardess, Kelly a girls' boarding-school teacher, and Jill a swim instructor (seems the wealthy owner of the charter company has a daughter who needs work on her finishing kick!). Although the plot deals with a dangerous smuggling ring of smack dealers, this doesn't stop our Angels from attending a glittery cocktail party or sitting poolside looking fabulous. The camaraderie between the three (Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and Farrah Fawcett-Majors) is a bit stilted, curiously; this could be the fault of the director, or perhaps the ladies weren't fully into their characters. Nevertheless, each gets her showy slice of the pie, and there are some juicy moments: Farrah coming onto a hairy number after she's caught red-handed in the wine cellar; Kate knocking on the door of the covert heroin lab and feigning a need to use the phone. Still, the climax at the L.A. marina seems a little awkward (with Jill batted around like a pinball) and the tag is too rushed to tie up the story satisfactorily.

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    • Trivia
      The plot revolves around drug smuggling where a main competitor is having an issue with an upstart drug dealer named Escobar. The episode is from 1976 which actually aligns to when Pablo Escobar began his smuggling operations.
    • Goofs
      The pilot, Jim Taylor, wears Captain's wings (topped by a Captain's Star), but wears the 3-striped shoulder epaulets and the three jacket sleeve-stripes of a First Officer (i.e. Co-Pilot). A real uniform-wearing pilot-in-command would wear four stripes on his epaulets and sleeves to match his Captain's wings.
    • Quotes

      Jim Taylor: You mean you three are a team?

      Jill Munroe: Just like the Supremes.

    • Connections
      Edited from The New People (1969)

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1976 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Filming locations
      • The Langham Huntington Hotel - 1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA(Location)
    • Production company
      • Spelling-Goldberg Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 50m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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