Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Jan 1, 1980

1h 33m

★ 4.0

Overview

Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

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Cast

Lt. Dan August

Burt Reynolds

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Norman Fell

Chief George Untermeyer

Richard Anderson

Dr. Rodell (archive footage)

Jerry Ayres

Sgt. Joe Rivera

Ned Romero

Kevin Colter

Jan-Michael Vincent

Leona Serling

Susan Oliver

Dominic Lazar

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Dr. Michael Serling

Fritz Weaver

Linda Perry

Ahna Capri

Esseltine

Ken Scott

(Archive footage)

Tony Colti

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