McMillan & Wife - Season One
starring: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker
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Revisit tvs favorite husband-wife duo as they take on crooks murderers & the windy streets of san francisco.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 08/09/2005Run time: 624 minutes
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They were the happening '70s answer to Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man movies, and when McMillan & Wife premiered as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" lineup (in three-way rotation with McCloud and Columbo) on September 17, 1971, they were an instant hit with both critics and viewers. The two-hour pilot "Once Upon a Dead Man" set the serio-comic tone for the series: San Francisco police commissioner Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson, his film career in decline) and the goofy doofus Sgt. Enright (John Schuck) frequently found themselves in the midst of a mystery, typically beginning when McMillan's cute and kooky wife Sally (Susan Saint James) stumbled onto telltale evidence or a murder scene. The McMillans were the perfect image of '70s California cool, attending trendy parties and charity benefits while solving robberies, murders, and other malicious goings-on, sporting the latest fashions (Hudson's handlebar moustache and longish hair perfectly complementing Saint James's bellbottoms and shag hairdo) and verbally sparring with some of the goofiest dialogue this side of Hope & Crosby's Road movies. Schuck provided additional comic relief while Nancy Walker, as the McMillans' nosy maid Mildred, made brief but memorable appearances before her role was expanded in subsequent seasons.
By latter-day standards the plots are simplistic but cleverly engaging, especially given that the entire series was something of a lark. The first regular series episode "Murder by the Barrel" (9/29/71) is indicative of the series' entertainment value, and "Death is a Seven Point Favorite" (12/8/71) was a season highlight, with '70s stalwart Don Stroud as a pro football quarterback targeted for murder in a bookie scheme gone awry. And while Hudson's macho image was certainly appealing to viewers unaware of his off-screen homosexuality (several episodes end with Stewart and Sally under the sheets), there's no denying that Saint James (whose irresistible charm was previously established on Robert Wagner's caper series It Takes a Thief) was the ideal costar, a perfect Nixon-era combination of looks, humor, and flighty, non-threatening intelligence, adorable to men and acceptable to women's-lib activists. Drawing upon Universal's reliable stable of TV directors including Hy Averback and Addams Family alumnus John Astin, writers including future TV mogul Steven Bochco, and a bevy of guest stars including Andrew Duggan, Jackie Coogan, Wally Cox, Herb Edelman, Peter Bonerz, June Havoc, Rene Auberjonois, Tyne Daly and many others, the debut season of McMillan & Wife (totaling 10 hours and 25 minutes of viewing time) provided a strong start for the series, which lasted (ultimately without Saint James) until 1977. --Jeff Shannon
Revisit tvs favorite husband-wife duo as they take on crooks murderers & the windy streets of san francisco.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 08/09/2005Run time: 624 minutes
Amazon.com:
They were the happening '70s answer to Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man movies, and when McMillan & Wife premiered as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" lineup (in three-way rotation with McCloud and Columbo) on September 17, 1971, they were an instant hit with both critics and viewers. The two-hour pilot "Once Upon a Dead Man" set the serio-comic tone for the series: San Francisco police commissioner Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson, his film career in decline) and the goofy doofus Sgt. Enright (John Schuck) frequently found themselves in the midst of a mystery, typically beginning when McMillan's cute and kooky wife Sally (Susan Saint James) stumbled onto telltale evidence or a murder scene. The McMillans were the perfect image of '70s California cool, attending trendy parties and charity benefits while solving robberies, murders, and other malicious goings-on, sporting the latest fashions (Hudson's handlebar moustache and longish hair perfectly complementing Saint James's bellbottoms and shag hairdo) and verbally sparring with some of the goofiest dialogue this side of Hope & Crosby's Road movies. Schuck provided additional comic relief while Nancy Walker, as the McMillans' nosy maid Mildred, made brief but memorable appearances before her role was expanded in subsequent seasons.
By latter-day standards the plots are simplistic but cleverly engaging, especially given that the entire series was something of a lark. The first regular series episode "Murder by the Barrel" (9/29/71) is indicative of the series' entertainment value, and "Death is a Seven Point Favorite" (12/8/71) was a season highlight, with '70s stalwart Don Stroud as a pro football quarterback targeted for murder in a bookie scheme gone awry. And while Hudson's macho image was certainly appealing to viewers unaware of his off-screen homosexuality (several episodes end with Stewart and Sally under the sheets), there's no denying that Saint James (whose irresistible charm was previously established on Robert Wagner's caper series It Takes a Thief) was the ideal costar, a perfect Nixon-era combination of looks, humor, and flighty, non-threatening intelligence, adorable to men and acceptable to women's-lib activists. Drawing upon Universal's reliable stable of TV directors including Hy Averback and Addams Family alumnus John Astin, writers including future TV mogul Steven Bochco, and a bevy of guest stars including Andrew Duggan, Jackie Coogan, Wally Cox, Herb Edelman, Peter Bonerz, June Havoc, Rene Auberjonois, Tyne Daly and many others, the debut season of McMillan & Wife (totaling 10 hours and 25 minutes of viewing time) provided a strong start for the series, which lasted (ultimately without Saint James) until 1977. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
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- MORE SEASONS PLEASE!
The shows get 5 stars; unfortunately, the two-sided discs are a big disappointment - lots of sticking and freezing up.We were unable to watch the last half of two of the episodes, but the rest played OK and were as fun to watch as when they originally aired on TV.I hope to see more seasons of Rock & Susan, but please put them on single-sided discs!
Rating: - MacMillan & Wife
I loved this series when it was on...always been a fan of Rock Hudson, and especially after the tragic circumstances of his life in his later years, it's nice to have a piece of nostalgia, when he was happy and enjoying life. I get a big kick out of the "70's" clothes - colored shirts with big collars for the men, and minis on the ladies, etc!
Rating: - The Rock of Crime
Around the late 1950's and early `60's, Rock Hudson co-starred in a series of romantic comedies with Doris Day. "McMillian and Wife" is like those movies except for the crime solving element and with Susan Saint James in place of Doris Day. That would make Sargeant Enright (John Schuck) the Tony Randall in Rock's debut TV series. My reason for making my purchase is that "McMillian and Wife" has two things in it I really like to watch in a mystery series. One is humor with such things as congested ... Read More
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- UNIVERSAL SUCKS
McMILLAN AND WIFE is a five star show, Universal is a negative 100,000. Do not expect to see any new McMillans from them, this show will have to be farmed out to get released in full. I am so sick of buying the first season of a series only to realize that the rest of the series won't be, like Kojak, etal. Or, you can buy the whole series, one DVD release at a time like I did for the Wild Wild West only to have it then re released WITH the two made for TV movies included and no you can't get the movies ... Read More
Rating: - McMillian & Wife - Where Are The Rest of The Seasons?
I loved this TV series, but when are the rest of the Seasons coming out?Has anyone heard?
- MORE SEASONS PLEASE!The shows get 5 stars; unfortunately, the two-sided discs are a big disappointment - lots of sticking and freezing up.We were unable to watch the last half of two of the episodes, but the rest played OK and were as fun to watch as when they originally aired on TV.I hope to see more seasons of Rock & Susan, but please put them on single-sided discs!
- MacMillan & WifeI loved this series when it was on...always been a fan of Rock Hudson, and especially after the tragic circumstances of his life in his later years, it's nice to have a piece of nostalgia, when he was happy and enjoying life. I get a big kick out of the "70's" clothes - colored shirts with big collars for the men, and minis on the ladies, etc!
- The Rock of CrimeAround the late 1950's and early `60's, Rock Hudson co-starred in a series of romantic comedies with Doris Day. "McMillian and Wife" is like those movies except for the crime solving element and with Susan Saint James in place of Doris Day. That would make Sargeant Enright (John Schuck) the Tony Randall in Rock's debut TV series. My reason for making my purchase is that "McMillian and Wife" has two things in it I really like to watch in a mystery series. One is humor with such things as congested ... Read More
- UNIVERSAL SUCKSMcMILLAN AND WIFE is a five star show, Universal is a negative 100,000. Do not expect to see any new McMillans from them, this show will have to be farmed out to get released in full. I am so sick of buying the first season of a series only to realize that the rest of the series won't be, like Kojak, etal. Or, you can buy the whole series, one DVD release at a time like I did for the Wild Wild West only to have it then re released WITH the two made for TV movies included and no you can't get the movies ... Read More
- McMillian & Wife - Where Are The Rest of The Seasons?I loved this TV series, but when are the rest of the Seasons coming out?Has anyone heard?
