Jericho
Genre	Espionage World War II
Format	Espionage
Created by	Richard Levinson William Link Merwin A. Bloch
Starring	John Leyton Don Francks Marino Masé
Theme music composer	Jerry Goldsmith
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norman Felton
Running time	60 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 15, 1966 – January 19, 1967

Jericho (1966 TV series) was a short-lived 1966 CBS World War II espionage American television series. It starred John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents.

Contents 1 Plot and production 2 Soundtrack 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Plot and production

Norman Felton who had previously co-produced The Man from U.N.C.L.E. came up with the idea of a World War II espionage series produced by his Arena Productions through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television for the CBS television network. The characters were perhaps inspired by the Jedburgh teams consisiting of three agents, American Office of Strategic Services Army Captain Franklin Shepphard (Francks) expert in psychological warfare, Special Operations Executive Royal Navy Lieutenant Nicholas Gage (Leyton) expert in demolitions, and French Air Force Lt. Jean-Gaston Andre (Masé) skilled in small arms.^[1] Each week the three performed a mission behind enemy lines using their skills in espionage and sabotage where they met a guest star.

In the same year 1966, the American ABC network featured 20th Century Fox Television's Blue Light that also had a World War II setting that lasted 17 episodes. Blue Light featured a musical theme from MGM composer Lalo Schifrin whilst MGM's Jericho had its theme composed by Fox's Jerry Goldsmith. Both featured American secret agents portrayed by Canadians.

The show primarily failed as it was shown opposite ABC's popular Batman.^[2]

[edit] Soundtrack

In June 2005 Film Score Monthly released an album of music from the series, twinned with the score Johnny Williams composed for the unsold pilot The Ghostbreaker (also produced by Arena Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television) - the latter score occupies tracks 13-22.

1. Jericho Main Title - Jerry Goldsmith (1:04)
2. A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Pow! - Jerry Goldsmith (10:52)
3. Upbeat and Underground - Lalo Schifrin (8:47)
4. Dutch and Go - Morton Stevens (4:38)
5. Have Traitor, Will Travel - Morton Stevens (2:29)
6. The Big Brass Contraband - Richard Shores (3:41)
7. Wall to Wall Kaput - Richard Shores (2:07)
8. Eric the Redhead - Gerald Fried (5:33)
9. One for the Mountain - Richard Shores (3:16)
10. Two for the Road - Richard Shores (4:49)
11. Four O'Clock Bomb to London - Richard Shores (4:29)
12. Alternate Main Title - Lalo Schifrin (:45)
13. The Ghostbreaker Main Title (1:01)
14. Teaser (3:39)
15. Act I: The Spooked Skyscraper Strikes Again (2:08)
16. Men of Unitran (1:44)
17. Act II: Accent the Supernatural (3:00)
18. Greensleeves (1:24)
19. Act III: Don't Trip Over Diablo (3:57)
20. Organ Piece (2:31)
21. Act IV: To Outspook a Spook (6:25)
22. End Credits (:49)

Album page

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Jericho at the Internet Movie Database
• list of episodes http://ctva.biz/US/Military/Jericho.htm