HONEY VICARRO stands as a testament to Gavin Hurrell's legendary eye for talent.
Many of the actors featured in guest-starring roles went on to major film and television stardom.
WILLIAM
SHATNER starred as a desperate married businessman, a multiple personality who hires Honey
to follow his dark half.
JULIE CHRISTIE as a young school-teacher who's trapped in a nightmare of
drugs and white slavery.
RICHARD
PRYOR appeared in his first professional acting role as a heroin
addicted sax player framed for murder by a crooked LAPD detective.
Among the more memorable
characters was
DUSTIN
HOFFMAN Hoffman as the young scion of a department store magnate (William Windom) who
is being blackmailed by a ruthless male prostitute.
Furthermore, Hurrell cast many of his friends,
seasoned stars like
SAL MINEO,
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. and
ERNEST BORGNINE.
In one especially poignant
episode,
LON CHANEY, JR. guest-starred as a deaf-mute, down-and-out boxer who's willing to die in the
ring to win a purse to pay for a life-saving operation for his only friend--a little girl who lives
in his tenement.
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