A-Team EP Guide: Season 01
A-Team Episode Guide: Season 02, Episode 05
When You Comin' Back, Range Rider? (Pt. 1)

Show Nº:-
Season:-
Episode Nº:-
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First Aired, NBC:-
19
02
2-05
1207
25th Oct 1983
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Episode Summary

A young native American enlists the aid of the A-Team in saving a herd of wild mustangs which are being rounded up by a rancher named Carter (Morgan Woodward) who is shipping them into Mexico for slaughter despite their protected status. After agreeing to help out, Hannibal and the unit arrive in Arizona and accost Carter's henchmen. Meanwhile, the Army dispatches maverick Col. Roderick Decker (Lance LeGault) to round up the A-Team in the wake of Lynch's failure. Decker turns out to be an overzealous go-getter and will stop at nothing to apprehend the fugitive soldiers-for-hire. - IMDB


Credited Cast & Crew
George Peppard......................John "Hannibal" Smith=
Dwight Schultz..........Captain H.M "Howling Mad" Murdock=
Dirk Benedict.....Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck (2)=
Mr. T........................Sergeant Bosco "B.A" Baracus=
Melinda Culea.................Amy Amanda "Triple A" Allen=
Lance LeGault.....................Colonel Roderick Decker=
Carl Franklin...............................Captain Crane=
Richard Y�iguez.......................Daniel Running Bear
Mills Watson......................................Stryker
Dana Kimmell..................................Lane Carter
Walter Brooke..........................Army Major General
Morgan Woodward................................Bus Carter
Philip Gordon.....................................Shelley
Alicia Fleer..........................Girl, Dressing Room
Will Hunt...........................................Tramp
Anita Merritt......................................Gretel
Tony Ciccone............................Parking Attendant
Kevin McBride.....................................M.P. #1
Bill Dyer........................................Engineer
Bobby Bass.........................................Dexter
Jack Verbois........................................Flint
Norman Howell.....................................M.P. #2

Writer (creator)..........Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Writer (Story).................................Frank Lupo
Director............................Christian I. Nyby, II
Producer......................................John Ashley
Executive Producer.....................Stephen J. Cannell
Co-Executive Producer..........................Frank Lupo
Associate Producer............................Gary Winter
Supervising Producer......................Jo Swerling, Jr
Story Editor...................Richard Christian Matheson
Story Editor..............................Thomas Szollosi
Director Of Photography....................Bradley B. Six
Art Director...........................Sherman Loudermilk
Set Decorator...................................Sam Gross
Film Editor.........................Howard Terrill, A.C.E
Unit Production Manager......................Steve Sassen
1st Assistant Director......................Jerram Swartz
2nd Assistant Director..................Anderson G. House
Casting.........Reuben Cannon & Associates & Peg Halligan
2nd Unit Director.........................Craig R. Baxley
Camera Operator.......................Bob Bergdahl, S.O.C
Gaffer........................................Dave Marsik
Key Grip...............................Verlin J. Matthews
Sound Mixer..........................."Fast" Eddie Mahler
Stunt Co-Ordinator........................Craig R. Baxley
Script Supervisor..........................Cosmo Genovese
Property Master.........................Ernie Sawyers, Sr
Special Effects...............................Al Di Sarro
Narrator......................................John Ashley
Original Music (Written By).....................Mike Post
Original Music (Written By)................Pete Carpenter
Original Music (Conducted By)................Daniel Caine
Music Supervisor............................John Caper Jr
A-Team Van Furnished By........................GMC Trucks
A-Team Van Designed By......................George Barris
Titles & Opticals....................Howard A.Anderson Co
Colour By.............................................CFI
Re-Recorded By...........................Glen Glenn Sound
Re-Recorded By............................Jim Cook, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By....................Robert L. Harman, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By................................John Norman
Costume Supervisor............................Kent Warner
Men's Wardrobe..............................Darryl Levine
Women's Wardrobe.............................Sheila Mason
Make-Up.....................................Scott H. Eddo
Hairstylist..................................Elaina Cizek
Production Co-Ordinator......................Gina Neilson
Location Manager........................Ronald M. Quigley
Transportation Co-Ordinator.....................Jim Sharp
Assistant To The Producers...................Grace Curcio
Production Accountant.......................Joan Etchells

Episode Quotes

Decker: We both know what you're saying, General, so let's not dance around the floor once. Everyone heard the reports from 'Nam on these guys. They were the best, because they're fast, sharp, and unorthodox. The way to catch men like this are to play by their rules, which means... there are none.
General: What I'm interested in, Colonel, are results. I don't expect detailed reports on the whats, hows, or whens of their apprehension, I just want to know that it's done.

Hannibal: Now who did you scam to spring for this little extravaganza?
Face: No, no, no, no, no, that's just it, Hannibal. In Hollywood, when you get someone else to pay the freight, you're not scammin', you're producin'.

Carter: Well, honey, I keep telling you you gotta grip with your knees.
Carters Goon: Keeps you from bouncing around and hurting.... yourself.


Trivia/Episode Notes

Lance LeGault & Carl Franklin make there first appearances as 'Col. Roderick Decker' and 'Captain Crane'.

In this episode Faceman's latest scam is to produce films setting up a Production Company called "Miracle Films" with the tagline "If it�s a good film, it�s a miracle". This is in fact a genuine Production Company/Distributor with exact same tagline responsible for such films as Insatiable (1980) and Bubba Ho-tep from 2002.


Episode Disguises & Aliases
Hannibal: Hot Dog Vendor, Caterer, Police officer, Fisherman.
Face: Jerry "The Jer" Johnson (producer with Miracle Films).
Murdock: Range Rider, Thunder (invisible horse).


Episode Music Samples
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1979)
- Performed by Willie Nelson (Columbia, 1-11186)


Episode Sample Footage
A-Team - S01E01 - Mexican Slayride (Pt. 1) (1983)
- Samples Played when recalling Lynch's failed atempts at capturing the A-Team
A-Team - S01E09 - Holiday In The Hills (1983)
- Samples Played when recalling Lynch's failed atempts at capturing the A-Team
A-Team - S01E11 - One More Time (1983)
- Samples Played when recalling Lynch's failed atempts at capturing the A-Team
The Range Rider (1951)
- watched by Murdock on TV


Episode Errors

When the van goes over the dock into the water it turns into a Ford Econoline [E-100] van, but it's supposed to be a GMC.


Episode References & Connections
The Range Rider (1951)
- Mentioned in the title
Mister Ed (1961)
- Theme tune sung by Murdock
High Plains Drifter (1973)
- Mentioned by Gus
The A-Team S02E05 - When You Comin' Back, Range Rider? (1983)
- Van crashing into dock & driving through the road surface water is reused.
The A-Team - S02E23 - Curtain Call (1984)
- scenes reused as flashbacks


BBFC Consumer Advice Information
 Classified As: PG - Parental Guidance 
 Date Classified: 15th June 2005 
 Company: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 
 BBFC Reference: AVV207829 
 Main Spoken Language: English 
 BBFC Genre(s): Action 
 Run Time: 92m 51s 
 Cuts Made: Work was passed, with no cuts 

Advice For Consumers

When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by about 4% due to the differing number of FPS. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited.

LANGUAGE  Infrequent, very mild
SEX/NUDITY  Infrequent, mild
VIOLENCE  Some mild action
OTHER  Action, adventure

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