The Green Hornet (1966)

Directed by

William Beaudine, Leslie H. Martinson

Genre

adventure television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 88 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy newspaper publisher and his skilled sidekick fight crime disguised as heroes. They use a high-tech car and martial arts to take down villains.

action-packedfast-pacednostalgiccampylightheartedstylish

What happens

The Green Hornet is an American action television series broadcast on ABC during the 1966–1967 television season, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato. It was produced and narrated by William Dozier, and filmed by 20th Century-Fox. The single-season series premiered September 9, 1966, and ran through March 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes; ABC repeated the series after its cancellation by the network, until July 14, 1967, when The Green Hornet had its last broadcast on network television. With the later success of Lee as a premiere star of the martial arts film genre, the series has become a cult favorite. The Van Williams–Bruce Lee The Green Hornet remains unavailable for home video because of licensing issues. 20th Century-Fox has always had the broadcast rights, so the series can be shown today on broadcast and cable television. The non-television rights were controlled by the owner of the character, George W. Trendle (as licensing agent The Green Hornet, Inc.); this entity survived Trendle's death in 1972 and still functions today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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