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'{{Short description|American television series}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Drama | creator = Lane Slate | developer = | writer = Jonathan Daly<br />[[John Michael Hayes]]<br />Lane Slate<br />Charles Stewart | director = [[Lawrence Dobkin]]<br />[[Walter Grauman]]<br />[[Jud Taylor]] | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = [[Andy Griffith]]<br />[[Abby Dalton]]<br />[[Nick Nolte]] | judges = | voices = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]<br />Harry V. Lojewski | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = <!-- or num_series --> | num_episodes = 2 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Richard O. Linke | producer = [[Walter Grauman]]<br />[[Burt Nodella]]<br />Charles Stewart | editor = | location = [[Big Bear Lake, California]]<br />[[Fawnskin, California]] | cinematography = Robert B. Hauser | camera = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = [[Andy Griffith|Andy Griffith Enterprises]] | distributor = [[MGM Television]] | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | picture_format = Color | audio_format = Monaural | first_aired = | last_aired = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | related = }} '''''Adams of Eagle Lake''''' is an American hour-long police series that aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1975. [[Andy Griffith]] starred as Chief of Police Sam Adams and the episodes presented his attempts to maintain the law in a small resort town.<ref>Terrace, Vincent (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007'' (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3305-6}}.</ref> The show lasted for two episodes. ==Background== In 1974, Griffith starred in ''[[Winter Kill]]'', a [[television movie]] that was intended as a series pilot. When it failed to sell, the main character of Sheriff Sam McNeill was renamed and used as the lead character in ''Adams of Eagle Lake''.<ref>Marill, Alvin H. (1980). ''Movies Made for Television''. Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House Publishers. {{ISBN|0-87000-451-4}}.</ref> ==Cast and characters== *[[Andy Griffith]] as Sheriff Sam Adams *Abby Dalton as Margaret Kelly *[[Nick Nolte]] as Officer Jerry Troy *[[Iggie Wolfington]] as Officer Jubal Hammond *[[Paul Winchell]] as Monty *[[Sheldon Allman]] as Quinn *[[Eldon Quick]] as Leonard *William Mims as Lucas Pratt *[[Peter Coffield]] as Jimmy Simpkins *[[Scott Marlowe]] as Ron Selleck *[[Lynne Marta]] as Cindy *[[Brenda Scott]] as Debbie *[[Irene Tedrow]] as Grandma Simpkins *[[Jack Dodson]] as Doc Russell ==Episodes== #"Home is the Coward" (January 10, 1975) #"Treasure Chest Murder" (February 26, 1975) ==Locations== Although supposedly set in northern California, the TV series location showed opening scenes and other outdoor shots actually taken from the southern California mountain resort communities of Big Bear Lake and Fawnskin, which were much closer to Los Angeles area television production studios. ==Later version== In 1977, Griffith appeared in two additional television movies (''The Girl in the Empty Grave'' and ''Deadly Game''), both attempts to make use again of the same concept. Griffith's character was now Chief of Police Abel Marsh, but he was still a lawman in a small town near a lake. Both movies were filmed in [[Big Bear Lake, California]]. These movies, as well as ''Adams of Eagle Lake'' and ''[[Isn't It Shocking?]]'' (1973) before it, were based on writer Lane Slate's 1972 feature film ''[[They Only Kill Their Masters]]'' <ref>Goldberg, Lee (1990). ''Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989''. Cutting Edge Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1511590679}}.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|72464}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525104740/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Adams-Eagle-Lake/549 ''Adams of Eagle Lake''] at [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]] [[Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming]] [[Category:1975 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1975 American television series endings]] [[Category:1970s American crime drama television series]] [[Category:Television series by MGM Television]] [[Category:Television shows scored by Jerry Goldsmith]]'