{{Short description|1979 American fantasy drama television series}} {{one source|date=June 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Time Express cast.jpg | caption = Cast photo | runtime = 60 minutes | creator = Ivan Goff<br>Ben Roberts | executive_producer = Ivan Goff<br>Ben Roberts | producer = Leonard B. Kaufman | starring = Vincent Price<br>Coral Browne<br>Woodrow Parfrey<br>William Phipps<br>James Reynolds | theme_music_composer = | composer = Richard Hazard | country = United States | language = English | network = CBS | company = Warner Bros. Television | first_aired = {{Start date|1979|04|26}} | last_aired = {{End date|1979|05|17}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 4 | list_episodes = }} '''''Time Express''''' is an American fantasy drama television series that aired on CBS from April 26 to May 17, 1979, and later syndicated. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who had both previously been involved in the creation of ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Mannix''. The series ran for four episodes before being cancelled.<ref name="lookback">{{cite web |url=https://www.thesoundofvincentprice.com/time-express-1979-fantasy-island-on-wheels/ |website=The Sound of Vincent Price |author=The Curator |date=April 26, 2017 |title=A look back at the US mini-series that was Fantasy Island on wheels!}}</ref>
==Plot== The series is in anthology format, similar to other dramatic television series on American networks of the time such as ''The Love Boat'', ''Fantasy Island'', and to a lesser extent; NBC's ''Supertrain'' which premiered roughly two months earlier. Each episode consists of two tales featuring guest actors. The featured characters would receive an invitation from "The Head of The Line" to travel to some time and place in the past where a crucial point in their lives had occurred. They would arrive at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and go to the "Special Services" desk, where the ticket clerk (Woodrow Parfrey) would direct them to "Gate Y, Track 13" (which was listed as "closed" on the public departure board).<ref name="lookback"/>
On board the train (operated by Engineer Callahan (William Phipps) and conductor R. J. Walker (James Reynolds), who, in the initial episode were revealed to have been killed in a derailment on the "Allegheny Flyer" in 1886), they would be welcomed by hosts Jason and Margaret Winters (the husband and wife team of Vincent Price and Coral Browne) who would warn them of the risks of travelling to the past. On arrival, they would relive the period, potentially changing events, and then return by train to the present, where the implications of the changes would be revealed.
==Cast== Source:<ref name="lookback"/> *Vincent Price as Jason Winters *Coral Browne as Margaret Winters *James Reynolds as the conductor, R. J. Walker *William Phipps as the engineer, Patrick Callahan *Woodrow Parfrey as the ticket clerk
==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=700070 |overall=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes=
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=The Garbage Man / The Doctor's Wife |DirectedBy=Arnold Laven |WrittenBy=Gerald Sanford |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|4|26}} |ShortSummary= ''The Garbage Man:'' A businessman (Jerry Stiller) travels back to 1969 to return $2 million he discovered in the trash. ''The Doctor's Wife:'' A doctor (James MacArthur) travels back to 1967 to find his wife's long lost brother, who he needs to save her life.<ref name="lookback"/> |LineColor=700070 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=The Figure Skater / The Copywriter's Romance |DirectedBy=Michael Caffey |WrittenBy=Pat Fielder,<br> Stephen Kandel,<br> Richard Bluel |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|5|3}} |ShortSummary=Two riders on the train get second chances at failed romances.<ref name="lookback"/> ''Guest stars'': Richard Masur and Terri Nunn |LineColor=700070 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Rodeo / Cop |DirectedBy=Alan J. Levi |WrittenBy=Alfred Hayes |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|5|10}} |ShortSummary=The two featured characters revisit their untimely deaths relating to their careers.<ref name="lookback"/> ''Guest stars'': Robert Hooks and John Beck |LineColor=700070 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=Death / The Boxer |DirectedBy=Alan S. Levi |WrittenBy=Ivan Goff,<br> Ben Roberts |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|5|17}} |ShortSummary=The first man revisits the fatal plane crash of his girlfriend and the second travels back to a rigged championship boxing match.<ref name="lookback"/> ''Guest stars'': Steve Kanaly, Linda Scruggs and Paul Sylvan |LineColor=700070 }} }}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0078702}}
Category:1979 American television series debuts Category:1979 American television series endings Category:1970s American television series about time travel Category:CBS fantasy dramas Category:American television series about time travel Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television shows set in California Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:American fantasy drama television series