Pool Hall Blues
"Pool Hall Blues" | |
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Quantum Leap episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
Directed by | Joe Napolitano |
Written by | Randy Holland |
Produced by | Deborah Pratt (supervising producer) Harker Wade (producer) Paul Brown, Jeff Gourson, Chris Ruppenthal (co-producers) |
Featured music | Mike Post |
Cinematography by | Michael W. Watkins |
Original air date | March 14, 1990 |
Running time | 48 min |
Guest appearances | |
Ken Foree, Robert Gossett, Shari Headley, Theodore Wilson | |
"Pool Hall Blues" is a 1990 episode of the American science fiction television series
Plot
It is September 4, 1954 in
Ziggy providing Sam (who has no clue how to play pool) with guidance to allow him to play at Magic's level. Despite Eddie's interference - including having his henchman destroy Magic's beloved cue stick
, Alberta - and the loss of Ziggy's guidance at a critical point in the match, Sam defeats Eddie and wins the note.
Cast
The principal cast of the episode were:[3]
- Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett
- Dean Stockwell as Admiral Al Calavicci
- Alton Blair Carter as Lester Brown
- Ken Foree as The Brush
- Robert Gossett as Charles Griffin
- Shari Headley as Violet Walters
- J. W. Smith as Eddie Davies
- Annie Waterman as Miss White
- Theodore Wilson as Jimmy Grady
- Robert "Rags" Woods as Charlie "Black Magic" Walters
Awards
"Pool Hall Blues" won the 1990
Outstanding Cinematography, for the camera work of Michael W. Watkins.[1] The series had won the 1989 Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography (Roy H. Wagner, pilot episode "Genesis"), and would three-peat when it also won the 1991 Emmy (Watkins, season 3 episode "The Leap Home (Part 2) – Vietnam").[2][4][5]
References
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Outstanding Cinematography for a Series section. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ a b "QUANTUM LEAP | (all time) Awards & Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ "Quantum Leap (TV series 1989–1993) 'Pool Hall Blues' - September 4, 1954 (#2.18)". Internet Movie Database. op. cit. 2012. Cast section. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- Internet Movie Database. Outstanding Cinematography for a Series section. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- Internet Movie Database. Outstanding Cinematography for a Series section. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
External links
- "Pool Hall Blues" at IMDb