QM File: THE FBI (ABC/1965-1974) (4 Viewers)

[JohnHopper]

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Season Six (1970-71)

For Quinn Martin, his top priority for the 1970-71 season of The FBI was securing the continuing services of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The actor originally signed a five-year contract and was ready to mo…

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[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #5
“The Savage Wilderness”
written by Robert Malcolm Young
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by Jack Swain
music by John Elizalde
guests: Don Stroud, Darleen Carr, David Macklin, Ellen Corby, Len Wayland, Marjorie Eaton, John Oldham, William Paterson, Craig Kelly, Fred MacMillan

CRIME ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION

It’s a good but strange love story disguised as a social mysery drama about a lonely and mysterious rough man with a rifle named Walker (Don Stroud) that kidnaps a young waitress on the beach that turns into a manhunt in the forest. The case is rather “kidnapping” than “crime on a government reservation”. At first, the audience supports the default viewpoint of the victim until the reveal that explains the grand scheme of things. One shocking and ambiguous scene not to miss: Walker grabs a large rock pointed in the direction of the victim. Director Virgil W. Vogel does a fine job of recapturing the beauty of nature as a poem that is also supported by the romantic score of John Elizalde and that alone is a breath of fresh air as opposed to the usual studio bound scenes. Walker is a character that borrows from the utopian “off the grid philosophy” of writer Henry David Thoreau’s Walden or Life in the Woods. That kind of story is a departure from the series format because we don’t witness the usual actions of a wild criminal. The helicopter is back but without Inspector Erskine and it is used to film high angle shots of the scenery. Actors Don Stroud, David Macklin and Darleen Carr are the only young people in a realm of mature men with strict costumes. Anyway, at the end of Act 2, Eskine and Colby wear cowboy outfits.

QM actors notes: Don Stroud appears in some QM series like The FBI (2), Dan August, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Manhunter. Darleen Carr will be cast as Jeannie Stone, the daughter of Lieutenant Mike Stone, in The Streets of San Francisco. Both actors start at QM with this episode.

Returning guest actors: David Macklin (the season 3 “By Force and Violence”), Ellen Corby (the season 4 “The Butcher”), Len Wayland (the season 2 “Force of Nature”).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #5
“The Savage Wilderness”
written by Robert Malcolm Young
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by Jack Swain
music by John Elizalde
guests: Don Stroud, Darleen Carr, David Macklin, Ellen Corby, Len Wayland, Marjorie Eaton, John Oldham, William Paterson, Craig Kelly, Fred MacMillan

Pictures of kidnapper Walker Oborn (actor Don Stroud).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #6
“Time Bomb”
written by Robert Malcolm Young
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: Wayne Maunder, Diana Ewing, Mark Jenkins, Geoffrey Deuel, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Falk, Dean Harens, Yvonne White, Ed Prentiss, Bard Stevens, Phil Garris, John Perak, John Kroger, Steve Thomas

DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

It’s a very good domestic terrorism (bombing) entry in which a tiny secret organization a la Weather Underground suspects a fink that tips off the cops about their subversive and murderous actions that ends up as both a manhunt and a family drama spiced up by a love affair centered around two antagonistic brothers: one revolutionary and one ex-revolutionary that turned neutral and conservative. In the very end, the group plants two bombs: one in the federal building annex and one in the federal court building. After “The Savage Wilderness” (also written by Robert Malcolm Young), find another young people narrative about utopia—as a side note, the writer nails down one key sociological element of the youth through the idle and wealthy female militant who lives on a yacht in Long Beach. As in “The Architect”, it omits the third ritual at the office of Eskine. The cast of the radicals is good: Wayne Maunder, Diana Ewing, Geoffrey Deuel, Tom Falk. The Seventies zeitgeist is present through actor Geoffrey Deuel as the archetype of the diehard activist and actress Diana Ewing who is dressed like a blonde Indian: see her folkloric haircut. It was broadcast on October 25, 1970.

Mission: Impossible notes : It’s the equivalent of the season 5 episode “Takeover” (Jan 2, 1971) (also directed by Virgil W. Vogel) in terms of activists and Geoffrey Deuel foreshadows the fanatical and inquisitive part of Richard Kelton and Diana Ewing helps to fashion the template for the part of Lesley-Ann Warren.

Ironside notes: during the fourth season, that series also offers an episode entitled “The Target” (Jan 28, 1971) showing three young radicals trading three cases of dynamites against the life of an abducted kid in order to bomb a big lab.

QM actors notes: Geoffrey Deuel appears in some QM series like 12 O’Clock High, The FBI (4), The Invaders, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco (2), Barnaby Jones, The Manhunter.

Returning guest actors: Mark Jenkins (the season 5 “Summer Terror”), Geoffrey Deuel (the season 4 “The Widow”), Josephine Hutchinson (the season 5 “The Doll Courier”), Dean Harens (the season 5 “Tug-of-War”), Ed Prentiss (the season 3 “The Messenger”), Bard Stevens (the season 5 “The Inside Man”).


“If it’s a revolution and let’s have a little dying.”
— Eric Stone warning his militants.

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #6
“Time Bomb”
written by Robert Malcolm Young
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: Wayne Maunder, Diana Ewing, Mark Jenkins, Geoffrey Deuel, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Falk, Dean Harens, Yvonne White, Ed Prentiss, Bard Stevens, Phil Garris, John Perak, John Kroger, Steve Thomas

Pictures of the four militants (actors: Wayne Maunder, Diana Ewing, Geoffrey Deuel, Tom Falk).

 

[bmasters9]

QM actors notes: Don Stroud appears in some QM series like The FBI (2), Dan August, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Manhunter. Darleen Carr will be cast as Jeannie Stone, the daughter of Lieutenant Mike Stone, in The Streets of San Francisco. Both actors start at QM with this episode.

And Michael Douglas (who would be Lt. Stone's first partner, Insp. Steve Keller, in The Streets of San Francisco) will have his first taste of QM in a later sixth-season episode, "The Hitchhiker," to come in 1971 (he would be Jerome [Jerry] Williams there).

 

[JohnHopper]

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[Purple Wig]

Sunday afternoon, August 11 1974.

 

[JohnHopper]

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[JohnHopper]

And Michael Douglas (who would be Lt. Stone's first partner, Insp. Steve Keller, in The Streets of San Francisco) will have his first taste of QM in a later sixth-season episode, "The Hitchhiker," to come in 1971 (he would be Jerome [Jerry] Williams there).

Don't worry I will publish a review and a set of pictures of Buddy Boy!

 

[bmasters9]

Don't worry I will publish a review and a set of pictures of Buddy Boy!

Looking forward!

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #7
“The Innocents”
written by Pat Riddle (aka David W. Rintels)
directed by Gene Nelson
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: Lois Nettleton, Joan Hotchkis, Larry Blyden, Lee Bergere, Russell Thorson, Brian Dewey, James Nolan, Maidie Norman, Dani Nolan, Buck Young, John Graham, Ed Hall, Robert Ritchie, Ted Foulkes, Bob LeMond, Ed Deemer, Patti Cohoon, Geoffrey Gage, Joey Sinda, Robert Knapp

KIDNAPPING, EXTORTION

It’s a cheap and corny couple kidnappers entry that plays like an average slice of life that turns into a human tragedy/countdown to save a sick kid. The criminals ask a ransom to a wealthy family to trade the feverish seven years old child and, oddly enough, both couples have common denominators: a flawed husband, a sentimental wife, a person related to the medical profession. As in “The Architect” and “Time Bomb”, it omits the third ritual at the office of Eskine. The cast of the couple criminal is picturesque: Lois Nettleton as a sentimental/former nurse—we learn from the narrator that she suffers from a mental illness during the epilogue—and Larry Blyden as a crooked man with a drinking addiction who visits bars. One scene to notice: an old wino fails to make the delivery of the ransom money because of two annoying street hoods. Kidnapping-wise, the previous one “The Savage Wilderness” is much better and more original. The music editor recycles a cue from Dominic Frontiere’s “The Forms of Things Unknown” from The Outer Limits when the kid fails to escape the house of the kidnappers.

QM actors notes: Lois Nettleton appears in some QM series like 12 O’Clock High, The Fugitive (3), The FBI (2), Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones.

Returning guest actors: Lois Nettleton (the season 2 “Vendetta”), Russell Thorson (the season 5 “Gamble with Death”), James Nolan (the season 5 “The Swindler”), Dani Nolan (the season 5 “The Sanctuary”), Buck Young (the season 5 “Deadfall”), John Graham (the season 5 “The Swindler”), Ed Deemer (the season 5 “Target of Interest”), Robert Knapp (the season 5 “The Diamond Millstone”).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #8
“The Deadly Pact”
written by Robert Heverly
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by William W. Spencer
music by Sidney Cutner
guests: Hari Rhodes, James McEachin, Ivan Dixon, Robert Loggia, Gloria Calomee, Booker Bradshaw, Dean Harens, David Moses, Albert Popwell, Jeff Burton, Scott Graham, Frank Jamus, Frank Baxter, Wadsworth Taylor, Arlyce Baker, Edward Crawford

ORGANIZED CRIME, EXTORTIONATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS, ATTEMPTED MURDER

It’s a mere remake of the season 2 “The Scourge” and you can replace actor Robert Duvall by Hari Rhodes. Find the second Cosa Nostra entry after “Escape to Terror” but penned by story consultant Robert Heverly and spiced up by a black community backdrop that focuses on a black gangster named Ginger Dodds—typical of the blackexploitation trend of the Seventies era—that corrupts and controls every sectors of the economy and, here, on a small industrial company businessman whose compromised social position reminds the company scientist from “The Traitor”. Unknown to Dodds, a federal agent infiltrates his small organisation and posing as an accountant. In the very end, everybody threaten and betray everybody. This time, the representative of the Cosa Nostra is convincing because of actor Robert Loggia’s performance. As in previous episodes (“The Architect”, “Time Bomb”, “The Innocents”), it omits the third ritual at the office of Eskine.

QM actors notes: Hari Rhodes used to play a police lab man during the first season of The Streets of San Francisco and appears in some QM series like The Fugitive, The FBI (2), Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco (7), Most Wanted, The Runaways.

Returning guest actors: Booker Bradshaw (the season 5 “The Sanctuary”), Dean Harens (the season 6 “Time Bomb”), Scott Graham (the season 5 “The Diamond Millstone”), Frank Jamus (the season 5 “Journey Into Night”), Frank Baxter (the season 5 “The Dealer”).

 

[JohnHopper]

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¶ Next on The F.B.I. season 6, the reviews of the third disc and starting on Monday 19!​

¶ Get your ID and be ready!​

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[Lecagr]

"The Savage Wilderness" episode benefits from some great outdoor footage with the wilderness scenery.

Last night on the DVD I watched the episodes "Time Bomb" and "The Deadly Pact", I thought both episodes were good and I enjoyed both. The end of the "Time Bomb" episode reminds me of the end of a Naked City episode where a time bomb is found and safely detonated.

An observation about "The Hitchhiker" episode, I was expecting there would be a scene with Inspector Erskine questioning the male hitchhiker that Jerome Williams picked up, but there is no such scene. There is a scene from the hospital where the surgeon informs Inspector Erskine that the male hitchhiker made it through the surgery OK and he would be made available for questioning, but there is no scene with Erskine questioning the hitchhiker and I thought that was kind of odd. Aside from that, it's a strong episode and one of my favorites from season 6.

 

[JohnHopper]

"The Savage Wilderness" episode benefits from some great outdoor footage with the wilderness scenery.

Last night on the DVD I watched the episodes "Time Bomb" and "The Deadly Pact", I thought both episodes were good and I enjoyed both. The end of the "Time Bomb" episode reminds me of the end of a Naked City episode where a time bomb is found and safely detonated.

An observation about "The Hitchhiker" episode, I was expecting there would be a scene with Inspector Erskine questioning the male hitchhiker that Jerome Williams picked up, but there is no such scene. There is a scene from the hospital where the surgeon informs Inspector Erskine that the male hitchhiker made it through the surgery OK and he would be made available for questioning, but there is no scene with Erskine questioning the hitchhiker and I thought that was kind of odd. Aside from that, it's a strong episode and one of my favorites from season 6.

You're the second person who mentions "The Hitchhiker". Wait for my disc 6 reviews. We will dig into Buddy Boy!

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #9
“The Impersonator”
written by Don Brinkley
directed by William Hale
cinematography by William W. Spencer
guests: Stuart Whitman, Phyllis Kirk, Marj Dusay, Mariette Hartley, Kent Smith, James Luisi, Charles Macaulay, Peter Church, Martin Braddock, Ben Young, Dick Merrifield, Matt Pelto

IMPERSONATION, INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY

It’s a basic marital drama disguised as a silky smooth con artist (jewel thief/social parasite/serial lover) entry that relies on the smart seducer performance of Stuart Whitman who enjoys and masters the sea and poses as a Navy officer. His victims are actresses Phyllis Kirk and Mariette Hartley but there’s a glitch in his plan: the sudden appearance of his wife (actress Marj Dusay). Details from the central guest character are borrowed from the one in the season 4 “The Hero” (fake uniform, serial lover). As in some previous episodes, it omits the third ritual.

QM actors notes: Stuart Whitman will play a fine hired killer part in the season 1 “The Set-Up” from The Streets of San Francisco and guests in some QM series like The FBI (3), Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Caribe, Most Wanted.

Returning guest actors: Kent Smith (the season 4 “Conspiracy of Silence”), Martin Braddock (the season 2 “The Hostage”), Ben Young (the season 5 “Journey Into Night”), Matt Pelto (the season 4 “Death of a Fixer”).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #10
“Antennae of Death”
written by Robert Heverly
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: William Shatner, Bettye Ackerman, Astrid Warner, Robert Doyle, Dean Harens, Felice Orlandi, Richard Schaal, Lawrence Montaigne, Mary Gregory, Jack Bender, Tony Brande, Victor Campos, Rhill Rhaden, Robert Palmer, Charles Bastin, Hal Riddle, Ray Kellogg, John Yates

ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICERS

It’s a good, hectic and slick heroin smugglers entry in which the character of William Shatner plays a desperate junkie/rough small time crook working as an employee of a big gangster organization—and meets the head in a steam room—and is a friend of a widower and his naive teen daughter that he uses as a messenger for his sordid operations. The script is penned by story consultant Robert Heverly who treats and condemns drug addiction. One scene not to miss and that sums-up the Seventies zeitgeist: the gang of junkies bursts in and robs a hip drug supplier at night. The third ritual returns but with a small change: the guilty man doesn’t wear the costume of the convict. The cast of the cheap gangsters is good: William Shatner, Felice Orlandi, Victor Campos, Rhill Rhaden. Orlandi was always typecast of a Mafia man, starting in the 1968 Neo Noir Bullitt.

Mission: Impossible notes: This thematic episode is the equivalent of the season 5 “Flip Side”.

QM actors notes: William Shatner guests in some QM series like 12 O’Clock High, The Fugitive, The FBI, Barnaby Jones.

Returning guest actors: Bettye Ackerman (the season 5 “The Prey”), Robert Doyle (the season 5 “Blood Tie”), Dean Harens (the season 6 “The Deadly Pact”), Lawrence Montaigne (the season 5 “Target of Interest”), Mary Gregory (the season 1 “The Hiding Place”), Hal Riddle (the season 5 “Summer Terror”), Ray Kellogg (the season 5 “Nightmare Road”), John Yates (the season 5 “Summer Terror”).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #11
“The Target”
written by Gerald Sanford
directed by William Hale
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: Eric Braeden, Karin Dor, David Frankham, John Kerr, Dinah Anne Rogers, Jerry Douglas, Bill Zuckert, Ken Mayer, Pepe Callahan, Ann Loos, San Christopher, Katharina Berger, Phyllis Davis, William Meigs, John Mayo, Robert Buckingham

FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT

It’s a pleasant infiltrator-high ranking Soviet agent entry. The icy, diehard and cynical character of Braeden named Blok is described as a specialist in abduction and assassination and his target is the daughter of defector polit bureau member/minister of economics that he will smuggle and use to blackmail her father and, later, he even shoots his devious foreign partner who refuses to follow the orders and whose front is a bakery/catering company. For the anecdote, Nicholas Blok colors his hair like Richard Kimble from The Fugitive. The third ritual returns. The cast of the Soviet agents is amusingly cosmopolitan: German-born Eric Braeden, British-born David Frankham.

QM actors notes: Eric Braeden guests in some QM series like 12 O’Clock High (2), The FBI (2), Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Caribe, Most Wanted, A Man Called Sloane. John Kerr will be cast as D.A. Gerald O’Brien in The Streets of San Francisco.

Returning guest actors: David Frankham (the season 5 “Deadly Reunion”), John Kerr (the season 5 “Pressure Point”), Jerry Douglas (the season 2 “The Executioners, Part 2”), Bill Zuckert (the season 4 “Breakthrough”), Pepe Callahan (the season 3 “Line of Fire”), John Mayo (the season 6 “The Traitor”).

 

[JohnHopper]

THE FBI SEASON 6

Episode #11
“The Target”
written by Gerald Sanford
directed by William Hale
cinematography by Jack Swain
guests: Eric Braeden, Karin Dor, David Frankham, John Kerr, Dinah Anne Rogers, Jerry Douglas, Bill Zuckert, Ken Mayer, Pepe Callahan, Ann Loos, San Christopher, Katharina Berger, Phyllis Davis, William Meigs, John Mayo, Robert Buckingham

Pictures of Soviet operative Nicholas Blok (actor Eric Braeden).