I'm at the library and can't see the picture (blast the filters anyway) but if yer talking about the guy in the trenchcoat, yes, that is definitely Bob Mitchum.
Oh, hey, NeoT, I found something for you. A little trivia, can't remember if I posted this or not yet.
If you will notice in The Last Campaign, the building our young victim is taken to that is supposed to be a mental hospital is the exact same building McCall is taken to in Mission: McCall. Thought I'd throw that out there and I have one minute left on this computer.....
I'm at the library and can't see the picture (blast the filters anyway) but if yer talking about the guy in the trenchcoat, yes, that is definitely Bob Mitchum.
Oh, hey, NeoT, I found something for you. A little trivia, can't remember if I posted this or not yet.
If you will notice in The Last Campaign, the building our young victim is taken to that is supposed to be a mental hospital is the exact same building McCall is taken to in Mission: McCall. Thought I'd throw that out there and I have one minute left on this computer.....
I'm at the library and can't see the picture (blast the filters anyway) but if yer talking about the guy in the trenchcoat, yes, that is definitely Bob Mitchum.
Oh,
THE PHOTO is of course Mitchum. I refer to the clip below:
By the (almost) bye, Bruce-O, to put you outta your misery so you can finally get some sleep, that pic in the clip you wondered about IS Meester Mitchum, too.
I have another trivia question. You can see that Edward Woodward wears a ring on his left hand in each episode. It kind of looks like a school ring. In one episode, a homing transmitter is implanted in it. However, if you have seen Edward Woodward in pre-Equalizer films and television appearances, you can see that he is wearing the same ring. I can't recall if he had it on in Breaker Morant (which is the first time I became acquainted with E.W.). Does anyone know if this was his personal ring and what was its origin and significance?
Speaking of The Last Campaign, did anyone catch the reunion of John Benjamin Hickey (recent Tony winner) and Stanley Tucci on Wine Talk (PBS)? John Hickey tells Stanley Tucci that this episode of The Equalizer was his very first acting job. It is very obvious that Stanley Tucci does not remember him at all. Maybe, Neo will find some cool pictures.
Well, I FINALLY watched all of the episodes. All I can say is WOW! I appreciate this show much more now than when I first saw it aired on CBS. So many elements mesh together to make this program work. It is such a pity that this show is not more remembered by audiences. I wish that they would release all of the seasons with the original music on DVD. I believe that season 2 is being released in the UK?
The casting director was a genius. It was a pleasure to watch the many guest stars who were either well-known at the time or novice actors who are now major stars. I found it bittersweet to watch each episode, feeling sadness for the actors who are no longer with us. The other major co-star was the backdrop of NYC in the 1980s. The show captured the ambiance of the time perfectly. It is fun and sad to see former NYC iconic establishments in the background, The Chinese Ice Cream Factory, The Colony music store et al. and of course, The World Trade Center Twin Towers, which is prominently featured in many episodes. How I would love to go back in time.
I really do wish someone would write a book about this show.
Well, I FINALLY watched all of the episodes. All I can say is WOW! I appreciate this show much more now than when I first saw it aired on CBS. So many elements mesh together to make this program work. It is such a pity that this show is not more remembered by audiences.
With almost 360 posts and over 59,500 pageviews on this forum I'd say that the series is freakishly well-remembered.
I only saw a few eppisodes more than ten years ago, but apart from Edward Woodward's great charismaand screen presence I found nothing at all remarkable about it.
I think if you look through this thread, you will see that there aren't all that many posters in total and it hasn't been very active lately. Can't say as to who has been reading without posting, naturally. A lot of over 40s remember the series. Younger people don't.
You might have to be of a certain age and to have lived through the times of the late cold war and the grittiness of NYC back then to appreciate the series. However, the show wasn't about suspense and car chases any more than Star Trek was "Wagon Train to the Stars." It wasn't a crime drama nor a spy drama. It was a show with much character development revolving around the themes of redemption, atonement, growing older, and internal conflict. You can't scratch the surface with just a few episodes. You need to see the growth of the characters from the beginning.
Take a look again at the performances of Robert Mitchum, Tova Feldshuh, Melissa Joan Hart (at around age 10), Maureen Stapleton, Sandy Dennis, Meatloaf, Adam Ant, Stanley Tucci, a very young Kim Delaney, Laurie Metcalf before Rosanne, Macaulay Culkin in his second TV appearance at around age 6 before Home Alone, the incredible Roy Dotrice, and dozens of others captured in time.
) were far too few, but his two-part appearance on this series was PRIMO. 
Detective Smalls.
