James Bond with a mood ring and a mainframe boyfriend.
That hipster ring that special agent Hugh Lockwood wears? It's a camera, transmitting image and sound of his surroundings. It's also a scanner, detecting telltale changes in pulse or other biometric readings of himself and the people around him. This ring and more electronic devices -- some embedded -- keep Lockwood linked with Probe Control, where experts and banks of computers provide instant mission-critical warnings, intel, even language translations. In this pilot film for the short-lived series "Search," Lockwood is on a quest to recover priceless diamonds stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
Production
Probe Control set looks like NASA cosplaying a casino.
Costume
That ring. They really thought we'd all be wearing those by 2000.
Director
Russ Mayberry
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh Lockwood
Elke Sommer
Heideline 'Uli' Ullman
Burgess Meredith
V.C.R. Cameron
Lilia Skala
Frieda Ullman
Angel Tompkins
Gloria Harding
John Gielgud
Harold L. Streeter
Kent Smith
Dr. Edward Laurent
Alfred Ryder
Cheyne
Ben Wright
Kurt van Niestat
Albert Popwell
Dr. Griffin
A Martinez
Carlos Lobos
Byron Chung
Kuroda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This pilot became 'Search,' a 23-episode series where rotating agents used different high-tech implants. Think 'Black Mirror' but your grandpa thinks it's cutting edge.
The 'biometric spy ring' concept predates smartwatches by decades—Apple owes Hugh Lockwood royalties for that heart rate anxiety.
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