Call to Glory

Call to Glory
Genre	Action
Written by	Ronald M. Cohen
Directed by	Thomas Carter
Starring	Keenan Wynn Craig T. Nelson Cindy Pickett Elisabeth Shue David Hollander Gabriel Damon
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	23
Production
Production location(s)	Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, USA
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Tisch-Avnet Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	13 August 1984 – 1 February 1985

Call to Glory is an American television series that aired 23 episodes during the 1984–1985 TV season (specifically from August 1984 to February 1985) on the ABC-TV network.

The show focused on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base during the early 1960s.

Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode aired August 13, 1984. The first episode related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's then more noticeable isolation from civilization.

The series was an early appearance of in the career of actor Elisabeth Shue, who starred as the Sarnacs' daughter.

Trivia

Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.

Call to Glory was filmed at Laughlin Air Force Base on Val Verde County, Texas near Del Rio, Texas.

See also

• Edwards Air Force Base
• Antelope Valley
• Laughlin Air Force Base
• Val Verde County, Texas
• Del Rio, Texas

External links

• Call to Glory at IMDb