Straightaway (1961)
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Straightaway (1961)
Plot.
Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season – the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott designs the vehicles, and Clipper is the mechanic. Asa Maynor was cast in four episodes as Dixie. Most episodes center on the clients who bring a race car to the Straightaway Garage. The series was originally planned to be named “The Racers”, but the title had to be altered because of sponsor problems.
Straightaway ran at 7:30 Eastern on Fridays opposite CBS’s Rawhide with Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming. Straightaway was moved to Wednesdays effective January 10, 1962, for the remainder of its brief run.
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Cast & Crew.
Brian Kelly
Scott Ross
John Ashley
Clipper Hamilton
Asa Maynor
Dixie
Robert Blake
Chu Chu Hernandes / Paul
Ken Lynch
Lt. Ben Webster
Bill Bixby
Actor
Michael Parks
Actor
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
Gloria Swanson
Lorraine Carrington
Chris Robinson
Harkey
Diana Dors
Photographer
Bethel Leslie
Jeanne
Jack Klugman
Buddy Conway
Tod Andrews
Merry Anders
Leo Penn
Peter Whitney
John Davis Chandler
Maura McGiveney
Myrna Fahey
Gustavo Rojo
Stanley Clements
Henry Corden
Kevin Hagen
Barbara Bain
Isobel Elsom
Roy Barcroft
Jim Hayward
Hank Patterson
Arline Hunter
James Westerfield
Joan Tabor
Details.
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