The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
Genre	Action Drama
Written by	Ann Donahue D. Guthrie Theodore Jonas Jean Ross Kondek
Directed by	Gordon Hessler
Starring	Lee Purcell Mariette Hartley Dee Wallace
Music by	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Florence Small Jon Surgal
Producer	Dorothy J. Bailey
Cinematography	William Cronjager
Editors	Beryl Gelfond Larry Lester Michael S. Murphy Larry Strong Jean-Marc Vasseur
Running time	100 min.
Production companies	Penthouse Productions Public Art Films Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 29, 1980 (1980-11-29)

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls is a 1980 American TV movie that was conceived as a pilot but never went to series. It is about female pilots who undertake secret missions in World War II. The pilot was directed by Gordon Hessler.[1]

Cast

• Lee Purcell
• Mariette Hartley
• Dee Wallace

Production

The success of Charlie's Angels in the 1976-77 ratings season prompted all the American TV networks to feature more sexy young women in action-orientated roles, either adding them to existing programs or introducing new shows that focused on them. NBC picked up The Bionic Woman from ABC and also added young female characters to the 1977-78 seasons of Baa Baa Black Sheep and BJ and the Bear. They introduced several new shows with female sex symbol leads such as Quark, The Roller Girls and Who's Watching the Kids?, as well as commissioning pilots for several series which were direct imitations of Charlie's Angels: The Secret War of Jackie's Girls, The Hunted Lady and Cover Girls.[2]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times said "the aerial photography... is quite marvellous."[3]

References

1. MOVIES OF THE WEK Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 23 Nov 1980: z5.
2. Hilmes p 231
3. TELEVISION REVIEWS: THE BABYSITTER' AIRS ON ABC TELEVISION REVIEWS Los Angeles Times 28 Nov 1980: h18.

Notes

• Hilmes, Mary (2007). NBC: America's Network. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520250819.

External links

• The Secret War of Jackie's Girls at IMDb
• Secret War of Jackie's Girls at BFI