McMillan & Wife - Season One
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Actor: John Schuck, Nancy Walker, Rock Hudson, Susan Saint JamesBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 624 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of McMillan & Wife - Season One
Movie Review: B4 my time but well worth watching, LOVED IT
Summary: 5 Stars
I hadn't ever heard of this show but was running out of the good old 70's shows I love. I went back and forth...no reviews, never heard of it, no other seasons released...UGH.
I really loved this show from the first episode. Some of the older shows that I never saw before, it takes a couple episodes before I know if I really want to watch the whole thing but this is one of those I had to purposely stretch out since I knew there weren't anymore episodes available.
The acting is great, the mysteries are good, creepy enough without today's assault of gore. I like today's mystery/crime/dramas but when I watch them from the 60's and 70's, even some from the 80's, I like tat the stories and characters are the focus and strength of the shows more than the blood and guts and violence and "shock factor" of today's shows which seem to sometimes add so much for shock value that there isn't a whole lot of time left for character and story development. It's not so obvious until you watch a bunch of old mystery/crime/dramas and realize that because of moral differences and/or FCC regulation at the time, they actually had to write a full and complete story with well-developed characters because there were no HD graphics, computer generated scenery, and shock value tactics to fall back on/depend on/write around.
Of course, the clothes, language, hair, makeup, etc are all classic 70's but not campy or cheesy. I don't mind the campy and cheesy but sometimes it's a bit distracting in some of the old shows. This one just seemed all about the mystery/crime/relationships of the characters and I loved it. Also without all the camp/cheese, it reminded me of my early, early childhood and the old photos of my parents in those wonderfully identifiable 70's clothes and hair.
A great show that leads to further frustration in the dvd market when there are no further episodes available and the companies that release older shows seem to have no interest in putting out complete series in any decent amount of time - or ever. They throw out half a season here, a full season there, and then quit or back-burner it for 3 yrs and then put out a bit more - or something else entirely.
Great shows, well-worth the money and time to watch, would absolutely buy the rest if it was out.
In addition to the primary McMillan and Wife - McMillan's sidekick/driver/detective is freakin' hilarious, dry humor, deadpan facial expressions, really enjoyable.
Summary of McMillan & Wife - Season One
MCMILLAN & WIFE:SEASON ONE - DVD MovieThey were the happening '70s answer to Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man movies, and when McMillan & Wife premiered as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" lineup (in three-way rotation with McCloud and Columbo) on September 17, 1971, they were an instant hit with both critics and viewers. The two-hour pilot "Once Upon a Dead Man" set the serio-comic tone for the series: San Francisco police commissioner Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson, his film career in decline) and the goofy doofus Sgt. Enright (John Schuck) frequently found themselves in the midst of a mystery, typically beginning when McMillan's cute and kooky wife Sally (Susan Saint James) stumbled onto telltale evidence or a murder scene. The McMillans were the perfect image of '70s California cool, attending trendy parties and charity benefits while solving robberies, murders, and other malicious goings-on, sporting the latest fashions (Hudson's handlebar moustache and longish hair perfectly complementing Saint James's bellbottoms and shag hairdo) and verbally sparring with some of the goofiest dialogue this side of Hope & Crosby's Road movies. Schuck provided additional comic relief while Nancy Walker, as the McMillans' nosy maid Mildred, made brief but memorable appearances before her role was expanded in subsequent seasons.
By latter-day standards the plots are simplistic but cleverly engaging, especially given that the entire series was something of a lark. The first regular series episode "Murder by the Barrel" (9/29/71) is indicative of the series' entertainment value, and "Death is a Seven Point Favorite" (12/8/71) was a season highlight, with '70s stalwart Don Stroud as a pro football quarterback targeted for murder in a bookie scheme gone awry. And while Hudson's macho image was certainly appealing to viewers unaware of his off-screen homosexuality (several episodes end with Stewart and Sally under the sheets), there's no denying that Saint James (whose irresistible charm was previously established on Robert Wagner's caper series It Takes a Thief) was the ideal costar, a perfect Nixon-era combination of looks, humor, and flighty, non-threatening intelligence, adorable to men and acceptable to women's-lib activists. Drawing upon Universal's reliable stable of TV directors including Hy Averback and Addams Family alumnus John Astin, writers including future TV mogul Steven Bochco, and a bevy of guest stars including Andrew Duggan, Jackie Coogan, Wally Cox, Herb Edelman, Peter Bonerz, June Havoc, Rene Auberjonois, Tyne Daly and many others, the debut season of McMillan & Wife (totaling 10 hours and 25 minutes of viewing time) provided a strong start for the series, which lasted (ultimately without Saint James) until 1977. --Jeff Shannon
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