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A Lease With An Option to Die

Show Nº:-
Season:-
Episode Nº:-
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First Aired, NBC:-
66
04
4-04
1410
22nd Oct 1985
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Episode Summary

The tenants of a Chicago apartment building are fed up with the harassments by a gang of goons who moved in and seem determined to drive them away, lead by the building superintendent Alvarez. One of them has a broken arms and calls her son: Bosco (B.A.) "Scooter" Baracus, who she believes to lead the outfit, and the giant still jumps for her, even insisting they fly. Murdock's new thing is a yo-yo, to play the retarded son of the new tenants committee president, Hannibal playing an old woman in a wheelchair. The team make it harder for the goons and finds out the respectable firm Harrington Management is behind them as it stands among properties they already bought for a development project. Now both parties hit hard... - 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
Ray Wise..................................Phillip Chadway
Brion James...................................David Plout
Ismael Carlo......................................Alvarez
Wendy Schaal................................Karen Messing
Della Reese..................................Mrs. Baracus
John Vargas..........................................Rico
Wiley Harker...............................Nicholas Perry
Liz Sheridan...........................Hildegard Harrison
Gerry Black............................................??
Patrick Pankhurst......................................??
Anita Jesse.......................................Dorothy
Gene Cross...................Russian Mobster (Uncredited)
Al Leong..................Asian Looking Thug (Uncredited)
Vince McKewin...........................Thug (Uncredited)

Writer (creator)..........Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Writer (Story)..................................Bill Nuss
Director...................................David Hemmings
Producer......................................John Ashley
Executive Producer.....................Stephen J. Cannell
Co-Executive Producer..........................Frank Lupo
Associate Producer............Steve Beers & Rob S. Bowman
Supervising Producer......................Jo Swerling, Jr
Director Of Photography..................Frank E. Johnson
Art Director......................................Al Rohm
Set Decorator..............................Robinson Royce
Film Editor.....................................Ron Spang
Unit Production Manager......................Steve Sassen
Executive In Charge of Production.......Matthew N. Herman
Executive In Charge of Post-production........Gary Winter
1st Assistant Director...................John P. Kousakis
2nd Assistant Director........................Garry Brown
Casting...........................Victoria Burrows, C.S.A
2nd Unit Director.........................Craig R. Baxley
Camera Operator................................Henry Lebo
Gaffer.......................................Don Marshall
Key Grip...............................Verlin J. Matthews
Sound Mixer..........................."Fast" Eddie Mahler
Sound Effects Co-Ordinator...................Dick Wahrman
Stunt Co-Ordinator........................Craig R. Baxley
Script Supervisor..........................Cosmo Genovese
Property Master.............................Bill Petrotta
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
Chicago Cubs Radio Broadcast....................WGN Radio
Titles & Opticals....................Howard A.Anderson Co
Colour By.............................................CFI
Re-Recorded By...........................Glen Glenn Sound
Re-Recorded By....................Robert L. Harman, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By............................Hoppy Mehterian
Re-Recorded By.........................Dean Okrand, C.A.S
Costume Supervisor...........................Sheila Mason
Men's Wardrobe...................................Jan Kemp
Women's Wardrobe...........................Joy M. Tierney
Make-Up..........................................Ve Neill
Hairstylist..................................Elaina Cizek
Production Co-Ordinator.................Priscilla Taussig
Location Manager......................Peter Major Robarts
Transportation Co-Ordinator..................Steve Imbler
Assistant To The Producers...................Grace Curcio

Episode Quotes

Face: You and your husband, live in the building?
Karen: [Pause] I'm single. I have a two bedroom on the third floor.
Face: Ah, well I'd love to see it somtime.

Mrs. Baracus: I remember the day that Scooter came and told me that he had signed up for the army. He was just a boy, eighteen. They told him they'd teach him a trade. He'd come home a trained mechanic and maybe be able to have a shop of his own. I was just hoping and praying he'd come home at all.


Episode Errors

Obvious stunt double as B.A. picks up a guy and throws him onto the bonnet of a car when the A-Team are fighting the crooks outside the building for the first time after putting the fire out.

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the beginning of the episode, when Hannibal picks up the van's phone, we hear "Lou's Delivery". But his lips say something different.


Episode References & Connections
The Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
- WGN Radio Broadcast
King Kong (1933)
- Mentioned By Rico
The Untouchables (1959)
- Mentioned by Murdock


BBFC Consumer Advice Information
 Classified As: PG - Parental Guidance 
 Date Classified: 16th April 2002 
 Company: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 
 BBFC Reference: AVV175830 
 Main Spoken Language: English 
 BBFC Genre(s): Action 
 Run Time: 46m 21s 
 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  None
VIOLENCE  Some mild action
OTHER  Innocuous drug ref'

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