Nine Hours
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Episode
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22 of season 3
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Director
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Nicholas Corea
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Writer
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Nicholas Corea
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Original airdate
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April 4, 1980
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Alias
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David Breck
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Preceded by
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Followed by
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Nine Hours is episode fifty-six of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on April 4, 1980 on CBS.
Synopsis[]
David has only nine hours to save a young boy and a reformed mobster from some angry killers. His only hope is to enlist the help of an alcoholic ex-police officer.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as David Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
- Marc Alaimo as Joe Lo Franco
- Sheila Larken as Rhonda Wilkes
- Frank DeKova as Sam Monte
- Doris Dowling as Mrs. Grasso
- Phil Rubenstein as Fats
- David Comfort as Timmy Wilkes
- Sam Ingraffia as Slick Monte
- Hal Bokar as Captain Deeter
- Dennis Haysbert as Guard
- John Medici as Danny
Highlights[]
- One particularly good scene involves the Hulk screaming in frustration when he can't find the car that he is looking for amidst the rush hour traffic of a big city
- Hulk out 1: Being hit by a car and knocked twenty feet so that he tumbles down a conveniently open manhole
- Hulk out 2: Being shot at close range with a silenced pistol, after standing up to the mob's enforcers
Trivia[]
- Marc Alaimo also appeared in "The Slam" (season three), and in "Alice In Disco Land" (season two)
- Sheila Larken also appeared in "The Waterfront Story" (season one)
- There is a brief in-joke in this episode: at one point, the voice over a loudspeaker in the hospital requests a Dr. Corea, an obvious reference to Hulk co-producer Nicholas Corea (who wrote and directed this episode)