''Johnny Bago'' is an American

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television series created by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman and

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. The series stars

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, Rose Abdoo, Anna Berger, Richard Romanus, Timothy Stack and Michael V. Gazzo. The series aired on

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from June 25, 1993, to July 30, 1993.

Plot

After being framed for a mob murder, ex-con John Tenuti stows away in a retiree's Winnebago and adopts the alias Johnny Bago.

Cast

as Johnny Bago * Rose Abdoo as Beverly Florio * Anna Berger as Ma Tenuti * Richard Romanus as Vinnie * Timothy Stack as Bob Burrows * Michael V. Gazzo as Don Roselli *

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as Captain Lemsky * Barry Shabaka Henley as Detective Venezia

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* {{Robert Zemeckis 1990s American comedy-drama television series 1993 American television series debuts 1993 American television series endings American English-language television shows CBS comedy-dramas Television series by Universal Television Television shows set in Nevada