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  • Episode aired Feb 8, 1980
  • TV-PG
  • 48m
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Jack Colvin in The Incredible Hulk (1977)
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David 'Bannister' takes a job as a handyman at the Chesley Heights home for girls, only to find out the girls are being schooled in the arts of pick pocketing and safe cracking.David 'Bannister' takes a job as a handyman at the Chesley Heights home for girls, only to find out the girls are being schooled in the arts of pick pocketing and safe cracking.David 'Bannister' takes a job as a handyman at the Chesley Heights home for girls, only to find out the girls are being schooled in the arts of pick pocketing and safe cracking.

  • Director
    • Barry Crane
  • Writers
    • Kenneth Johnson
    • Eric Kaldor
    • Richard Krzemien
  • Stars
    • Bill Bixby
    • Jack Colvin
    • Lou Ferrigno
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    • Director
      • Barry Crane
    • Writers
      • Kenneth Johnson
      • Eric Kaldor
      • Richard Krzemien
    • Stars
      • Bill Bixby
      • Jack Colvin
      • Lou Ferrigno
    • 3User reviews
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    Bill Bixby
    Bill Bixby
    • Dr. David Banner
    Jack Colvin
    Jack Colvin
    • Jack McGee
    Lou Ferrigno
    Lou Ferrigno
    • The Incredible Hulk
    Annette Charles
    Annette Charles
    • Rita
    Anthony Herrera
    • Don
    Debbi Morgan
    Debbi Morgan
    • Jody
    • (as Deborah Morgan-Weldon)
    Cindy Fisher
    Cindy Fisher
    • Mickey
    Timothy O'Hagan
    Timothy O'Hagan
    • Peter Grant
    William Bronder
    • Jeff
    Earl Billings
    Earl Billings
    • Lee
    George Dickerson
    • George
    Arline Anderson
    • Mrs. Taylor
    Vincent Lucchesi
    • Tom
    Joan Benedict Steiger
    • Society Woman
    • (as Joan Benedict)
    Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Harks
    Bob Harks
    • Exterminator
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • Hulk
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Santiago
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    • Director
      • Barry Crane
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      • Kenneth Johnson
      • Eric Kaldor
      • Richard Krzemien
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    6AaronCapenBanner

    The Orphans

    David Banner(Bill Bixby) accepts a job offer to be a handyman/driver at the Chesley Heights Home For Girls, an orphanage for teenage girls. Unfortunately, the manager, a woman named Rita(played by Annette Charles) is secretly(along with her boyfriend) training the girls to be safe-crackers, shoplifters, and pickpockets! When David finds out, he tries to stop the plan and redeem the girls before it is too late, as a fancy fund raiser will be used to rob the would-be donors. Marginal episode is undeniably far-fetched, bordering on silly, but fine acting and lively direction compensate, though this is certainly not a highlight of the series...
    4Chase_Witherspoon

    Orphaned Hulk

    David (Bixby) takes a job as a handyman in a girl's home, where a couple of troubled teens are cajoled into criminal activity by an unscrupulous crook (Herrera) and his girlfriend (Charles) who works at the home. Groomed to perform a number of swindles, David develops a close bond with the reluctant one (Morgan-Weldon) managing to keep them out of harm's way until the Hulk emerges to settle the score on a more permanent basis.

    Low-key Hulk episode struggles to contrive the necessary circumstances for the Hulk to appear; his first incarnation develops from a minor altercation with a couple of, essentially, law-abiding sanitation workers. There's a couple of humorous moments (the Hulk answers a ringing pay phone with an irate woman at the other end), the usual attempt at social commentary (racial prejudice in this instance) and an apparently "Shaft"-inspired musical theme that isn't bad, but it's a time-filler at best and not for the Hulk highlight reel.

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    • Trivia
      Anthony Herrera and Annette Charles both passed away in 2011 within 6 weeks of each other.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Taylor: [after the Hulk breaks through her glass doors] Well at least he could have opened the doors!

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 840 South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(Supermarket where Mickey & Jodi pickpocket the man in front of the market, then David gets thrown in the dumpster)
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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      • 48m
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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