When the Whistle Blows
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When the Whistle Blows

5.0 / 10
1980
1 season
11 episodes
Comedy

Short-lived comedy about construction workers enjoying themselves. The crew was all male except for Lucy – Randy the college grad; Buzz the extrovert; Martin the hunk; Norm, an older man married to Dottie; Bulldog the foreman; Hanrahan; and Darlene, who runs the bar that's "their place."

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  • Ep 1

    1.Rodeo Blues (Pilot)

    14-03-1980
  • Ep 2

    2.Love Is a Four-Letter Word (1)

    21-03-1980

    Accidentally Hunk hits a young woman with his car. Striven and fretful he takes her to a hospital for a medical checkup. Soon afterwards Hunk finds that he has fallen for her, bu...

  • Ep 3

    3.Macho Man

    28-03-1980
  • Ep 4

    4.The Inheritance (aka The Wildcatters)

    04-04-1980

    Hunk is bequeathed a heritage from a distant relative and this turns out to be a well of oil. Using the savings of relatives and friends he decides to explode the well, but an oil...

  • Ep 5

    5.God's Country

    11-04-1980

    Hunk, Randy, Buzz and Norman travel to Reno where they stay at a luxurious hotel-casino. There, they meet to a beautiful woman, a friend of Hunk's, who proceeds to involve them in...

  • Ep 6

    6.Beauty Pageant (aka Miss Hard Hat USA)

    18-04-1980

    Hunk courts a beautiful participant in a beauty pageant. The only obstacle that prevents a romance is the girl's ex-boyfriend, who resorts to abduct her to force a wedding.

  • Ep 7

    7.Somebody's Daughter

    25-04-1980
  • Ep 8

    8.The House that Roared

    07-06-1980
  • Ep 9

    9.Love in the Fast Lane

    14-06-1980

    Lucy is deeply in love with a car racing champion, who is constantly performing dangerous feats that may lead him to death.

  • Ep 10

    10.Run for the Roses

    20-06-1980
  • Ep 11

    11.Love Is a Four-Letter Word (2)

    TBA

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