Original title
Vega$
Released
9/20/1978
Origin country
US
Genre
Crime, Drama
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
68
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
In the series' pilot episode, Las Vegas private eye Dan Tanna (Robert Urich) is hired by a couple from the Midwest to locate their runaway daughter, who has turned to prostitution to make ends meet. When the girl winds up murdered, Tanna must follow clues into her seedy underworld. Meanwhile, at the Desert Inn, resort owner "Slick" Roth (Tony Curtis) hopes Tanna can nail a cunning trickster who has been making a killing at the casino's slot machines.
Daredevil Shara Stanley's drunken mechanic Bill Woods tries to talk her out of a dangerous stunt because her beneficiaries plan to sabotage it and have her killed so they can collect on her insurance.
At the insistence of worried parents, Dan teams up with a beautiful psychic, Cynthia Jennnings (Cristina Ferrare) to find their kidnapped daughter (Karlene Crockett). Ransom is 2 million in diamonds. Binzer tries to help Bea go on a diet.
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