B.J. and the Bear
Brief Synopsis
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An action-adventure featuring a guitar-plucking independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimp, hauls anything, and finds himself caught up with a bunch of girls trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff. The series based on this film began in January 1979, with Evig
Cast & Crew
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Bruce Bilson
Director
Greg Evigan
Billie Joe "B J" Mckay
Claude Akins
Sheriff Lobo
Mills Watson
Perkins
Penny Peyser
Stilts
Julius Harris
Colonel Whitmore
Film Details
Genre
Action
Adventure
Release Date
1978
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
An action-adventure featuring a guitar-plucking independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimp, hauls anything, and finds himself caught up with a bunch of girls trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff. The series based on this film began in January 1979, with Evigan the only holdover (along, of course, with the chimp known as "The Bear"). Subsequently, in the fall of 1979, "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" spun off from this with Claude Akins and Mills Watson returning to play Lobo and his thick-headed deputy.
Cast
Greg Evigan
Billie Joe "B J" Mckay
Claude Akins
Sheriff Lobo
Mills Watson
Perkins
Penny Peyser
Stilts
Julius Harris
Colonel Whitmore
Woodrow Parfrey
Store Proprietor
Kristine Debell
Marcia
Antoinette Stella
Willie
Elena Frank
Julie
Harry Townes
Doctor
Ted Gehring
Sheriff
Dave Murich
1st Deputy
J Andrew Kenny
2nd Deputy
Mario Roccuzzo
High Ranking Suit
Tom Newman
Helicopter Pilot
Kimberly Cameron
Jane Steele
Pamela Jean Bryant
Angela Capre
Barbara Stephenson
Leslie Winston
Kory Lynn
Walt Davis
William Stephens
Ross Borden
Irene Kelly
Chip Johnson
Tom Newman
Film Details
Genre
Action
Adventure
Release Date
1978
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States October 4, 1978
