Dan August: Once Is Never Enough Released 1980-01-01 is a story that falls under the Action, Crime, Drama, TV Movie category. Movie Story "Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.".