Original title
Three for the Road
Released
9/4/1975
Origin country
US
Genre
Drama
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
13
Three for the Road is an American drama television series that aired on CBS from September 14 to November 30, 1975. The series centers on Pete Karras, played by Alex Rocco, a recently widowed photojournalist travelling around the United States with two sons, John and Endy, in a recreational vehicle.
I have been unable to trace details of this 90-minute TV-movie pilot. The International Movie Database identifies the writer as Tom Greene.
Despite his deep-rooted fear of heights, John goes along with Pete and Endy in tacking flight instuction from a hang-glibding pilot. Unexpectedly, John likes the beginner's lessons—until he realizes that the advanced stages of the sport entail flying off 200-foot cliffs.
While his father is shooting a photo layout for a sports magazine, John almost defeats tennis star Tom Aberling in a pick-up match; but Tom's father fears the nonchalant game could ruin his son's reputation.
While covering an exhibit featuring the works of a recently deceased young artist, Peter receives a bizarre request from her twin sister: she wants him to photograph the dead woman's ghost, reportedly haunting the family estate.
A drinking problem prevents Pete's longtime friend, a hot air balloon pilot, from assisting with an advertising photo layour Pete is doing for a soft drink company.
The father of a young girl is being stalked by a mysterious man with a gun.
Pete's wartime buddy Dan Marshall undertakes daring exploits in a huge, dark, and treacherous cave, with an admiring John Karras following close behind.
A young girl hitchhiker creates a nightmare for Pete Karras and his sons when she and her boyfriend steal the Karras' motor home.
A friendship develops between Endy Karras and a bitter, street-wise youth in a detention home.
Pete and his sons stop to help a young mother whose car has broken down, but find themselves giving Patti Hardy and her son more than just a lift to the next city.
Pete has been assigned to photograph the daughter of an international shipping magnae while she is visiting Los Angeles, but he arrives to find that the job has been given to someone else—and that threats have been made on the young girl's life.
Working on a photo assignment at a guest ranch, Pete falls from his horse and is rushed to hospital, leaving John to deal with young Endy's fright and confusion.
Pete sets out to photgraph the elusive Bigfoot.
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