# Call to Glory

Call to Glory is an American drama that aired for 22 episodes during the 1984–85 television season on ABC.
The show focuses on USAF pilot Colonel Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson) and his family, living near Edwards Air Force Base, where Sarnac was stationed during the early 1960s.
Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.
The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie. Also appearing in the series was David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli; Baker would later become one of the judges on the competition show Forged in Fire.

## Cast

* Craig T. Nelson as Col. Raynor Sarnac
* David Lain Baker as Tom Bonelli
* Cindy Pickett as Vanessa Sarnac
* Elisabeth Shue as Jackie Sarnac
* Keenan Wynn as Carl Sarnac
* David Hollander as Wesley Sarnac
* Gabriel Damon as R.H. Sarnac
* Thomas O'Brien as Patrick Thomas

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Pilot" | Thomas Carter | Ronald M. Cohen | August 13, 1984 (1984-08-13) |
| 2 | "Pilot" | Thomas Carter | Ronald M. Cohen | August 13, 1984 (1984-08-13) |
| 3 | "The Move" | Peter Werner | Diane English | August 20, 1984 (1984-08-20) |
| 4 | "Blackbird" | Ernest Pintoff | Brad Radnitz | August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) |
| 5 | "Paper Tiger" | Bill Duke | E. Jack Kaplan | September 3, 1984 (1984-09-03) |
| 6 | "A Nation Divided" | Peter Werner | Carol Schreder | September 17, 1984 (1984-09-17) |
| 7 | "Go / No Go" | Peter Levin | Max Jack | September 24, 1984 (1984-09-24) |
| 8 | "Call It Courage" | Georg Sanford Brown | Linda Elstad | October 1, 1984 (1984-10-01) |
| 9 | "A Wind from the East" | Peter Levin | Josef Anderson | October 8, 1984 (1984-10-08) |
| 10 | "A Moment in the Sun" | Rick Wallace | David Chisholm | October 22, 1984 (1984-10-22) |
| 11 | "Cover Story" | Unknown | Unknown | October 29, 1984 (1984-10-29) |
| 12 | "Realities" | Ernest Pintoff | Elroy Schwartz and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz | November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12) |
| 13 | "The Wake" | Rick Hauser | Story by : Brad Radnitz & W.J. Knight Teleplay by : Brad Radnitz | November 19, 1984 (1984-11-19) |
| 14 | "Medals All of Brass" | Gilbert Moses | Robert Sabaroff and Carol Schreder & Brad Radnitz | November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26) |
| 15 | "A Wind of Change" | Jon Avnet | Story by : Jon Avnet Teleplay by : Josef Anderson | December 3, 1984 (1984-12-03) |
| 16 | "Give Unto Caesar" | Unknown | Unknown | December 17, 1984 (1984-12-17) |
| 17 | "Moonchild" | Unknown | Unknown | January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) |
| 18 | "Images" | Unknown | Unknown | January 22, 1985 (1985-01-22) |
| 19 | "Fathers and Sons" | Kevin Conner | Brad Radnitz | January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) |
| 20 | "Just in Time" | Unknown | Unknown | February 12, 1985 (1985-02-12) |
| 21 | "The JFK Years" | Unknown | Unknown | June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) |
| 22 | "The JFK Years" | Unknown | Unknown | June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) |
| 23 | "Fathers and Daughters" | TBD | Story by : Brad Radnitz & Robert Lewin Teleplay by : Josef Anderson & Carol Schreder | UNAIRED |
| 24 | "The End, the Beginning" | Craig T Nelson | Brad Radnitz | UNAIRED |

## Production

Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. On one particular flight in the F-16, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure. Nelson and his pilot prepared to bail out, however, the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft.
Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.