The Renegades is an American actioncrime drama television series about a street gang that becomes a special police undercover unit in order to avoid jail time.[1] The show starred Patrick Swayze as "Bandit", the leader of the gang.[2]
Car strippers use souped-up cars to evade the police.
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"The Big Time"
Barbara Peeters
Stephen McPherson
March 18, 1983 (1983-03-18)
Prisoners are being trained to crack sophisticated safes.
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"On the Pad"
Bruce Bilson
Robert Earll
March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25)
The team goes undercover to find out why a cop lets two extortionists go.
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"Film at Eleven"
Unknown
Gregory S. Dinallo
April 1, 1983 (1983-04-01)
An 11-year-old is a witness to a holdup-murder.
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"Target: Marciano"
Barbara Peeters
Nicholas Corea
April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08)
An escaped drug pusher wants Marciano to surrender to him or else there will be a blood bath in the streets.
Broadcast history
After the success of the movie The Warriors, Hollywood looked to take the youth gang concept and market it to TV. In 1981, Swayze did a TV show, Return of the Rebels, about an aging motorcycle gang who get together to help a friend who owns a popular campground that is being threatened by a band of arrogant groupies. However, the show didn't catch on and was quickly canceled.
Brother team Lawrence and Charles Gordon tried to market Swayze's rebel look, combine the gang concept with a police angle and came up with The Renegades. Roger Spottiswoode directed the TV movie pilot that premiered on August 11, 1982 and a six-episode series was broadcast in Spring 1983. It had weak ratings and ABC cancelled the show.
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