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With Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott. Switek sinks into drunkenness and self-destructive behavior after a dangerous mobster forces him to talk his indebted quarterback buddy into throwing a game to pay off his own enormous gambling debts.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Vern Gillum
- 1989-01-20
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Switek's gambling problems result in him asking his friend's son, a star college quarterback, to throw a big game.
Switek makes a call to a guy named Chi-Chi regarding some gambling debts. He then goes to watch his friend Mac Mulhern's son Kevin's football practice when a rolling gambling den heads into town. The driver is alerted to the presence of a waiting phalanx of Metro-Dade police and the bookmakers try to eliminate the evidence, but are stopped by the c...
Don Johnson as Metro-Dade Detective James "Sonny" CrockettPhilip Michael Thomas as Metro-Dade Detective Ricardo "Rico" TubbsSaundra Santiago as Metro-Dade Detective Gina CalabreseMichael Talbott as Metro-Dade Detective Stan SwitekRichard Jenkins as Marvin GoodmanVictor Slezak as Jerome HorowitzJordan Clarke as Mac MulhernSwitek's gambling problems would arise again in "Freefall" and "Too Much, Too Late".This episode contains another example of a "fake" song composed by Tim Truman filling in as popular music in one or more scenes -- specifically, the track playing in Woody'sstrip club. Such tracks...Switek has now had two girlfriends in the series; his first was Darlene from "Made for Each Other".The football scenes were filmed at the Orange Bowl, where the opening drug deal scene from "Indian Wars" took place.Kevin is shown to have an agent while playing college football; at this time (1989), college players were forbidden from using agents under NCAA rules, and were declared ineligible if they have one...
Filmed: November 23, 1988 - December 5, 1988Production Code: 63910Production Order: 98MacArthur Causeway & Ocean Drive up to its end at 15th Street, Miami Beach (teaser)Orange Bowl Stadium, 1501 NW 3rd Street, Miami (football stadium, Switek and Kevin threatened, Switek on the phone; stadium torn down in 2008)Club Ocho 3600 SW 8 Street, Miami (Chi Chi´s club)Greenberg Traurig Building 1221 Brickell Ave, Miami (exterior, Goodman´s office lunch, casino scenes, Horowitz office)"Big League" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider(opening sequence at football game)"Nobody's Perfect" by Mike + The Mechanics(Switek playing poker)"Miami Vice" Hard Knocks (TV Episode 1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Miami Vice - Hard Knocks (Stagione 5)
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Episode Guide for Miami Vice 5x08: Hard Knocks. Episode summary, trailer and screencaps; guest stars and main cast list; and more.
