A-Team EP Guide: Season 01
A-Team Episode Guide: Season 02, Episode 07
The Taxicab Wars

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21
02
2-07
1207
1st Nov 1983
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Episode Summary

A small cab company finds itself on the verge of extinction when the A-Team steps in and helps them with a major problem...a rival no-holds-barred cab company that will stop at nothing to control the complete territory currently shared by both companies. Cal (Ernie Hudson) agrees to give Hannibal and the team 10% ownership of Lone Star Taxi if they can find some way to stop Love Cabs and their shady leader, Crane (Michael Ironside), who has no reservations about fixing meters, dealing dope out of his cabs and hiring ex-cons to drive them. The team breaks into Crane's estate in an effort to shake him up, but have they truly rattled him, or did they just knock over a hornet's nest? - 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
Michael Ironside..............................Miler Crane
Edward Lynch......................................Striker
Ernie Hudson..................................Cal Freeman
Robin Dearden.......................................Kathy
Brion James.........................................Ryder
Greg Monaghan......................................Shelly
Michael Crabtree..............................Thomas Hart
Liz Sheridan.................................Tina Lavelle
Tom Reese...............................Guard at the gate
Ivor Barry.................................Old Man in Cab
Donald Gibb.................................Deke Billings

Writer (creator)..........Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Writer (Story).........................Stephen J. Cannell
Director..................................Gilbert Shilton
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 Director....................................Sam Gross
Film Editor..................................Jack Harnish
Unit Production Manager......................Steve Sassen
1st Assistant Director...................Robin Chamberlin
2nd Assistant Director......................Craig R. West
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..............................Nino Candido
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...........................Ralph Alderman
Transportation Co-Ordinator.....................Jim Sharp
Assistant To The Producers...................Grace Curcio
Production Accountant.......................Joan Etchells

Episode Quotes

Cal: What do we have to lose?
Hannibal: Well, you could lose your life.

Hannibal: But my daddy used to say that a life without danger is just like a house of ill repute without a naked lady.

Murdock: I feel a new identity coming on. I feel it. Yes, from the front seat of his cab, with his faithful companions Hannibal, Faceman, and Amy, he will lead this war against injustice.
Face: I have a feeling I'm really gonna hate this one, Murdock.
Murdock: Comes fighting the light vanquisher of evil. He is the protector of the innocent and the revenger of the downtrodden.
Bad Guy: Who is that?
Murdock: It's Captain Cab.

Murdock: People all over the city look to the roads in awe, and ask �what is happening?� The answer is simple, Captain Cab has returned to Tarzana.

Deke: Excuse me, this cab's out of service.
B.A.: No it isn't!
Deke: Yes it is.
B.A.: No it isn't!
Deke: Oh, you're a big one, aren't you?
B.A.: Even more to the point, I'm a mean one, sucker! [picks Deke up and throws him over the car]

Murdock: I for one think that this has turned out pretty darn well. It's not easy being a talking sock. We're often abused, forced to live inside of old smelly boots. But I have found new friends. I've heard that Captain Cab is nice, but I've decided to switch owners and become the companion of this big angry mudsucker named B.A. Along with his talking fist, Knock Out, and the A-Team, I will continue to fight crime wherever I find it. And I'll trample the sock abuse throughout the world. Now where is that big, angry mudsucker? Oh, here he comes now. I, I can hear his gold rattling. Watch out! [B.A. pulls Socki off Murdock�s hand]


Trivia/Episode Notes

Faceman's 1984 Chevrolet Corvette C4 (4th Generation) Coup� makes its first in appearance in the episode "The Taxicab Wars".


Episode Disguises & Aliases
Hannibal: Clarence Wikersham III
Face: Harold (Clarence's nephew)
Murdock: Captain Cab, Dr. Verne (veterinarian, friend of socki), Socki (talking dog sock puppet)
B.A.: Knock Out (talking fist)


Episode Continuity Errors

When Hannibal goes to meet the client as Clarence, he tells Harold (Face) to remain in the car. But when Hannibal calls for B.A. to bring the van in, Face is in the van.

When one of the Love cab company's cars crashes through the Lonestar company's building, the cab's windscreen is alternately smashed/intact.


Episode Errors

When the Love cabs are painted in the car wash, their windshields are naturally covered up to prevent being painted. An interior camera, however, shows spray paint being applied to the windshield. - IMDB


Episode References & Connections
Bring Back... The A-Team (2006)
- Clips from this episode are shown.


BBFC Consumer Advice Information
 Classified As: PG - Parental Guidance 
 Date Classified: 26th March 2001 
 Company: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 
 BBFC Reference: AVV167303 
 Main Spoken Language: English 
 BBFC Genre(s): Action 
 Run Time: 46m 30s 
 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  None
SEX/NUDITY  One mild reference
VIOLENCE  Occasional, mild
OTHER  Action, adventure

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