Riptide Summary
Director: Christian Nyby II
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime
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The weekly TV series Riptide was kicked off on January 3, 1984 with a 2-hour "movie premiere"--which is TV Guide talk for "pilot film." Cody Allen (Perry_King) and Nick Ryder (Joe_Penny) are hip, handsome Southern California detectives. Teaming up with their service buddy, computer geek Murray Bozinsky (Thom_Bray), the boys set up their own agency, using a cabin cruiser as headquarters (shades of Surfside Six). In the pilot, the detectives tackle the mystery of a yacht hijacking, which an eyewitness insists was a case of sabotage and murder. Also appearing in this initial Riptide adventure are regulars-to-be Jack_Ging as Lt. Quinlan, Anne_Francis as charter-boat skipper Mama Jo, and Gianna_Russo as restaurant owner Straightaway. Riptide ran from 1984 through 1986, after which Joe_Penny and Perry_King continued their Hollywood hunkdom, while Thom_Bray became the voice of John Arbuckle on the cartoon series Garfield. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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