| 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 | USA |
| 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 is a short-lived 1966 CBS World War II espionage American television series. It starred John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents.
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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 consisting 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]
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.