Alias Smith and Jones

Name: Alias Smith and Jones
Genre: Drama

1971–1973ABCDrama

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Two outlaws promised an amnesty they have to stay out of trouble for twenty months to collect.

Alias Smith and Jones opens with a main title sequence of 62 seconds.

It arrived on ABC in 1971, when One Life to Live, All My Children and The Bugs Bunny Show were also on the network.

The opening titles

62s

The western's own titles, found on a later pass. Searches are still mostly captured by the British sketch show that puns on this title.

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