The Highwayman Intro Opening Credits TV Series

The shortlived 1987 NBC action series The Highwayman starred Sam J. Jones (aka 1980 s Flash Gordon) as a futuristic federal marshal driving a hightech 18wheeler with a cab that could transform into a helicopter. With his sidekick Jetto (played by Australian Energizer Batteries pitchman Jacko), they worked for government agent Jane Badler (best remembered as Diana in the original Eighties version of V ), hauling classified cargo and fighting criminals where ordinary laws do not reach whatever that meant. The Highwayman wanted to be a Mad Max and Knight Rider rolled into one but the show didn t catch on despite or perhaps because of plot lines involving aliens, clones, Indian curses, time travel, mind control, and organ harvesting. A TV movie and 8 episodes are all that came about of this Glen A. Larson production.