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Salvage

Salvage

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Salvage

1979

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5.6(4 votes)

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Comedy

Overview

A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.

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Columbia Pictures Television

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

Harry Broderick

Joel Higgins

Joel Higgins

Skip Carmichael

Trish Stewart

Trish Stewart

Melanie Slozar

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Jack Klinger

J. Jay Saunders

J. Jay Saunders

Mack

Raleigh Bond

Raleigh Bond

Fred

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Lorene

Peter Brown

Peter Brown

Bill Kelly

Lee de Broux

Lee de Broux

Hank Beddoes

Richard Eastham

Richard Eastham

Commentator

Creative team

Directed by: Lee Phillips
Written by: Mike Lloyd Ross
Produced by: Norman S. Powell

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