High Mountain Rangers

High Mountain Rangers is an American adventure drama series about a group of highly trained wilderness search and rescue/law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada.

High Mountain Rangers
Genre	Action
Created by	Robert Conrad David J. Kinghorn
Directed by	Joan Conrad Robert Conrad
Starring	Robert Conrad
Opening theme	"High Mountain Rangers" performed by Lee Greenwood
Composer	Robert Folk
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Joan Conrad
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	A. Shane Company with Sibling Rivalries Black Sheep Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 2 (1988-01-02) – April 9, 1988 (1988-04-09)
Related
Jesse Hawkes

It starred Robert Conrad as Jesse Hawkes and also starred his two sons, Christian Conrad and Shane Conrad. Robert's daughter Joan was the executive producer. 12 episodes were broadcast, from January 2 until April 9, 1988 on CBS, before the show was cancelled. The series also had a spin-off titled Jesse Hawkes.

The series was centered on Jesse Hawkes, an ex-Marine who started the High Mountain Rangers 35 years before the pilot. He retired after hauling his long-time nemesis, murderous criminal mastermind T.J. Cousins, to justice. Spared the death penalty on a legal technicality, Cousins instead was given life imprisonment without eligibility for parole. Meanwhile, Jesse's eldest son Matt tries out for the HMRs and eventually becomes the team's #2 Ranger...after Merlin (guest star Rick J. Porter as Ranger "Merlin" Pierce) who succeeded Jesse as director. Then Cousins gets broken out of jail by a drug dealer needing his mountain skills, and fatally ambushes Merlin. Now, as the team's third director, Matt urges his father out of retirement to help the Rangers recapture Cousins.

Cast

Each Ranger had a call sign (e.g., "Top Gun", "Merlin", "Flying Tiger"); this was used whenever the HMRs were in the field.

• Robert Conrad as Jesse "Top Gun" Hawkes
• Christian Conrad as Matt "Flying Tiger" Hawkes
• Shane Conrad as Cody Hawkes
• Russell Todd as Jim "Flash" Cutler
• Pa Neumüller (billed as P.A. Christian) as Robin "Frostbite" Kelly
• Timothy Erwin (Robert Conrad's real-life son-in-law) as Izzy "the Pocatello Kid" Flowers
• Eugene Williams as Tim "Black Magic" Hart
• Tony Acierto as Frank "White Eagle" Avila
• Guest star Rick J. Porter as Ranger "Merlin" Pierce

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Only Place to Live"	Unknown	Unknown	January 2, 1988 (1988-01-02)
2	"Old Friends, New Friends"	Unknown	Unknown	January 9, 1988 (1988-01-09)
3	"The Trial of Jesse Hawkes"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16)
4	"The Competitors"	Unknown	Unknown	January 23, 1988 (1988-01-23)
5	"War Games"	Unknown	Unknown	January 30, 1988 (1988-01-30)
6	"The Run of Her Life"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)
7	"Mr. Right"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13)
8	"Sacred Ground"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)
9	"The Wild"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)
10	"Ordeal"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 1988 (1988-03-05)
11	"Asylum"	Unknown	Unknown	March 19, 1988 (1988-03-19)
12	"Matt's Choice"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1988 (1988-04-09)

References

• Tim Brooks; Earle F. Marsh (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 611. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1.

External links

• High Mountain Rangers at IMDb