MacGyver

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MacGyver is a top agent for the Phoenix Foundation, a progressive agency devoted to righting the wrongs of the world. Even more progressive is the genius MacGyver, who never carries a gun and …

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Richard Dean Anderson
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Dana Elcar
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Bruce McGill
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Elyssa Davalos
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Premiered: Sep 29, 1985

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