The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Ended First aired 19/Sep/1965 United States English 9 season(s) 241 episode(s)
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

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Season 9 · Season 9
23 episode(s) · Air date: 16/Sep/1973
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S9E21
The Vendetta
Air date: 07/Apr/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A mobster who had fled the country has learned that his girlfriend has betrayed him causing his brother's death. going on revenge, Inspector Erskine hunts him down, hoping to avoid a bloodbath and to convince him to turn state's evidence.

Summary

A mobster who had fled the country has learned that his girlfriend has betrayed him causing his brother's death. going on revenge, Inspector Erskine hunts him down, hoping to avoid a bloodbath and to convince him to turn state's evidence.

S9E20
The Lost Man
Air date: 24/Mar/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A journalist is the quarry of an escaped Federal prisoner who was sentenced for blackmail they both committed. The con was willing to take the rap by himself - until he learned that his partner was squandering their loot.

Summary

A journalist is the quarry of an escaped Federal prisoner who was sentenced for blackmail they both committed. The con was willing to take the rap by himself - until he learned that his partner was squandering their loot.

S9E19
Deadly Ambition
Air date: 17/Mar/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from the National Guard, he and some friends hijacked an armored car.

Summary

An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from the National Guard, he and some friends hijacked an armored car.

S9E18
Diamond Run
Air date: 10/Mar/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A blind young mother is the hostage of a fugitive amateur diamond smuggler. He's desperately trying to find a buyer for the gems, while he runs from both the Feds and a deadly private detective.

Summary

A blind young mother is the hostage of a fugitive amateur diamond smuggler. He's desperately trying to find a buyer for the gems, while he runs from both the Feds and a deadly private detective.

S9E15
The Betrayal
Air date: 03/Feb/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

After a lifetime of neglecting his daughter, an escaped convict decides to give her financial security by selling information about the mob.

Summary

After a lifetime of neglecting his daughter, an escaped convict decides to give her financial security by selling information about the mob.

S9E13
A Piece of the Action
Air date: 06/Jan/1974 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Two brothers who own a trucking firm have discovered a short cut to prosperity. They help the syndicate hijack competitors' trucks in return for a share of the booty.

Summary

Two brothers who own a trucking firm have discovered a short cut to prosperity. They help the syndicate hijack competitors' trucks in return for a share of the booty.

S9E11
The Bought Jury
Air date: 16/Dec/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A mistrial is arranged by the defendant's would-be killers. His syndicate partners want to silence him permanently before he reaches the security of prison.

Summary

A mistrial is arranged by the defendant's would-be killers. His syndicate partners want to silence him permanently before he reaches the security of prison.

S9E7
Fatal Reunion
Air date: 04/Nov/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A homesick bank robber visits his home town for the first time in 10 years. The townsfolk are not aware of his profession or the fact that the FBI is after him for the job he just pulled.

Summary

A homesick bank robber visits his home town for the first time in 10 years. The townsfolk are not aware of his profession or the fact that the FBI is after him for the job he just pulled.

S9E6
Tower of Terror
Air date: 28/Oct/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise office building, but neglected to mention the city it's in.

Summary

A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise office building, but neglected to mention the city it's in.

S9E5
The Exchange
Air date: 21/Oct/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The trail of one crime leads to another as the agents try to crack a race track robbery. They catch the inside man red-handed; only to learn he was forced to help or the masterminds would kill his kidnapped wife.

Summary

The trail of one crime leads to another as the agents try to crack a race track robbery. They catch the inside man red-handed; only to learn he was forced to help or the masterminds would kill his kidnapped wife.

S9E4
The Pay-off
Air date: 14/Oct/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A syndicate pay off can help start a new life - maybe. A bribed eyewitness doesn't know that the mob has decided he'd be more trustworthy - dead.

Summary

A syndicate pay off can help start a new life - maybe. A bribed eyewitness doesn't know that the mob has decided he'd be more trustworthy - dead.

S9E2
The Confession
Air date: 30/Sep/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A nasty nightclub entertainer whose selfishness may end her daughter's life. The girl has been kidnapped by her mother's manager, who's out for a special brand of ransom - revenge.

Summary

A nasty nightclub entertainer whose selfishness may end her daughter's life. The girl has been kidnapped by her mother's manager, who's out for a special brand of ransom - revenge.

S9E1
The Big Job
Air date: 16/Sep/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

As carefully planned and perfectly executed as a military maneuver, the robbery of an armored-car firm nets a trio of slick bandits more than $4,000.000.

Summary

As carefully planned and perfectly executed as a military maneuver, the robbery of an armored-car firm nets a trio of slick bandits more than $4,000.000.

Season 8 · Season 8
26 episode(s) · Air date: 17/Sep/1972
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S8E26
The Loper Gambit
Air date: 01/Apr/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.

Summary

Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.

S8E25
Night of the Long Knives
Air date: 25/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.

Summary

Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.

S8E24
Memory of a Legend
Air date: 11/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Inspector Lew Erskine & The FBI confront a father and son, The father being a small time burglar glamorized by the son who is trying to follow in his footsteps.

Summary

Inspector Lew Erskine & The FBI confront a father and son, The father being a small time burglar glamorized by the son who is trying to follow in his footsteps.

S8E15
Dark Christmas
Air date: 24/Dec/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Hitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an intense investigation, seeking to prevent him from succeeding, and even Assistant Director Arthur Ward will make an arrest in the field as part of the effort. The target is Richard Ghormley, who formerly worked for a criminal. While he wasn't involved with illegal activities, the criminal fears that he knows too much. He is desperately trying to get home from a business trip to San Francisco on Christmas Eve and Tilden is waiting for him there. Colby and other agents rescue his children while Erskine confronts Tilden.

Summary

Hitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an intense investigation, seeking to prevent him from succeeding, and even Assistant Director Arthur Ward will make an arrest in the field as part of the effort. The target is Richard Ghormley, who formerly worked for a criminal. While he wasn't involved with illegal activities, the criminal fears that he knows too much. He is desperately trying to get home from a business trip to San Francisco on Christmas Eve and Tilden is waiting for him there. Colby and other agents rescue his children while Erskine confronts Tilden.

S8E4
The Franklin Papers
Air date: 08/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

Summary

While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

S8E2
The Edge of Desperation
Air date: 24/Sep/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A business man masterminds his own kidnapping and flees with the ransom money obtained from his father in-law along with a young woman to New York City.

Summary

A business man masterminds his own kidnapping and flees with the ransom money obtained from his father in-law along with a young woman to New York City.

Season 7 · Season 7
26 episode(s) · Air date: 12/Sep/1971
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S7E26
Escape to Nowhere
Air date: 19/Mar/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Drugan, learns that crime boss Nelson Wayland has ordered him murdered to prevent him from testifying at an upcoming trial.

Summary

Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Drugan, learns that crime boss Nelson Wayland has ordered him murdered to prevent him from testifying at an upcoming trial.

S7E24
The Deadly Species
Air date: 05/Mar/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Jean Scott, Bank Robbery. Jean Scott pulls one robbery after another to finance finding her eight-year old son and stealing him away from her ex-husband.

Summary

Case: Jean Scott, Bank Robbery. Jean Scott pulls one robbery after another to finance finding her eight-year old son and stealing him away from her ex-husband.

S7E21
The Set-Up
Air date: 13/Feb/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat Adryth Nolan.

Summary

While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat Adryth Nolan.

S7E16
A Second Life
Air date: 09/Jan/1972 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Steve Elliot Chandler - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempted Murder. A contract killer is being pursued by the mob after botching up a job.

Summary

Case: Steve Elliot Chandler - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempted Murder. A contract killer is being pursued by the mob after botching up a job.

S7E7
The Mastermind (2)
Air date: 24/Oct/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. In part(2) of this episode, After capturing one of the members of a gang of robbers, the F.B.I. learns the identity of two others, but not the phantom leader who double-crossed his partners in-crime.

Summary

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. In part(2) of this episode, After capturing one of the members of a gang of robbers, the F.B.I. learns the identity of two others, but not the phantom leader who double-crossed his partners in-crime.

S7E6
The Mastermind (1)
Air date: 17/Oct/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Motor Vehicle.

Summary

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Motor Vehicle.

S7E3
The Last Job
Air date: 26/Sep/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Michael 'Doc' Lacy, Jerrold Rivers - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement, Armed Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The FBI hunts down a criminal mastermind who escapes from prison to pull-off a military payroll robbery.

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Case: Michael 'Doc' Lacy, Jerrold Rivers - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement, Armed Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The FBI hunts down a criminal mastermind who escapes from prison to pull-off a military payroll robbery.

Season 6 · Season 6
26 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Sep/1970
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S6E25
The Natural
Air date: 14/Mar/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: John Nesbitt, Chester Hanzer, Rudy Walen, et al- Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, Sports Bribery. Inspector Erskine rescues a kidnap victim and stops an attempt to fix a college basketball game.

Summary

Case: John Nesbitt, Chester Hanzer, Rudy Walen, et al- Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, Sports Bribery. Inspector Erskine rescues a kidnap victim and stops an attempt to fix a college basketball game.

S6E24
Turnabout
Air date: 07/Mar/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Richard A. Billings-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine apprehends the lone survivor of an amoured car robberyand recovers $500.000 in stolen money.

Summary

Case: Richard A. Billings-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine apprehends the lone survivor of an amoured car robberyand recovers $500.000 in stolen money.

S6E19
The Fatal Connection
Air date: 31/Jan/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Albert Rendich, Raymond Bergan, Anthony Sprague - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.

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Case: Albert Rendich, Raymond Bergan, Anthony Sprague - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.

S6E15
The Unknown Victim
Air date: 03/Jan/1971 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

case: Thorn Hazard, Bryan Hazard, Sheila Waters-Extortion, Kidnapping. Inspector Lew Erskine rescues a young girl who was kidnapped through mistaken identity.

Summary

case: Thorn Hazard, Bryan Hazard, Sheila Waters-Extortion, Kidnapping. Inspector Lew Erskine rescues a young girl who was kidnapped through mistaken identity.

S6E14
The Inheritors
Air date: 27/Dec/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Glen Frey, Lester Hunter - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft. Inspector Erskine prevents two con-artists from bilking a wealthy winery owner.

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Case: Glen Frey, Lester Hunter - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft. Inspector Erskine prevents two con-artists from bilking a wealthy winery owner.

S6E13
Incident in the Desert
Air date: 20/Dec/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: John H. Elgin, Frank V. Taylor, Harold D. Boggs, Collier M. Sampson - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Erskine catches up with four jewel thieves in a deserted ghost town.

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Case: John H. Elgin, Frank V. Taylor, Harold D. Boggs, Collier M. Sampson - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Erskine catches up with four jewel thieves in a deserted ghost town.

S6E9
The Impersonator
Air date: 22/Nov/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Wesley W. Ziegler - Impersonation, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine is on the hunt for a con-man who preys on lonely women.

Summary

Case: Wesley W. Ziegler - Impersonation, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine is on the hunt for a con-man who preys on lonely women.

S6E7
The Innocents
Air date: 01/Nov/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case:Frank Raphael Colling,Elizabeth Dulcie Colling - Kidnapping, Extortion. Inspector Erskine and the FBI Captures a man and wife kidnapping team who have abducted a seven-year-old boy.

Summary

Case:Frank Raphael Colling,Elizabeth Dulcie Colling - Kidnapping, Extortion. Inspector Erskine and the FBI Captures a man and wife kidnapping team who have abducted a seven-year-old boy.

S6E5
The Savage Wilderness
Air date: 18/Oct/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Walker Oborn - Crime on a Government Reservation. Inspector Lew Erskine and the FBI tracks down the kidnapper of a young girl in the wilderness area of the Sierra Mountains.

Summary

Case: Walker Oborn - Crime on a Government Reservation. Inspector Lew Erskine and the FBI tracks down the kidnapper of a young girl in the wilderness area of the Sierra Mountains.

S6E4
The Architect
Air date: 11/Oct/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Arthur McBride, James J. Borden, Howard Lawson Deal - Unlawful Flight To Avoid Confinement - Fugitives. Three bad guys break out of a prison bus and then travel to Miami to knock over a armored car fresh from a horse-race track pickup.

Summary

Case: Arthur McBride, James J. Borden, Howard Lawson Deal - Unlawful Flight To Avoid Confinement - Fugitives. Three bad guys break out of a prison bus and then travel to Miami to knock over a armored car fresh from a horse-race track pickup.

Season 5 · Season 5
26 episode(s) · Air date: 14/Sep/1969
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S5E24
The Dealer
Air date: 22/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Bernard Simms, Frank Brokaw, Norman Whitehead, David Osborne, et al-Theft From Interstate Shipments, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine goes undercover by driving big rigs to obtain evidence against an Interstate Hijacking Ring. Colby also goes undercover as a shipping clerk to uncover the smuggling ring. He is injured in the line of duty when an ex-con reveals that Colby was not a convict!

Summary

Case: Bernard Simms, Frank Brokaw, Norman Whitehead, David Osborne, et al-Theft From Interstate Shipments, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine goes undercover by driving big rigs to obtain evidence against an Interstate Hijacking Ring. Colby also goes undercover as a shipping clerk to uncover the smuggling ring. He is injured in the line of duty when an ex-con reveals that Colby was not a convict!

S5E23
Return to Power
Air date: 15/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Peter Joseph Tenny, Frank DiMirjian - Organized Crime, Assault of a Federal Officer. Inspector Lew Erskine Capitalizes on a blood feud to lead him to secret mafia financial records.

Summary

Case: Peter Joseph Tenny, Frank DiMirjian - Organized Crime, Assault of a Federal Officer. Inspector Lew Erskine Capitalizes on a blood feud to lead him to secret mafia financial records.

S5E20
Deadly Reunion
Air date: 25/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Matthew Bernhardt, David Hermann, John Stone, et al. - Espionage. Agents from the ""Eastern Sector"" (East Berlin) allow the wife of a US based spy to ""escape"" the eastern sector. She is to then assassinate her husband, who is about to defect. The good inspector goes undercover to transport the wife from Berlin to the US and eventually prevent the assassination.

Summary

Case: Matthew Bernhardt, David Hermann, John Stone, et al. - Espionage. Agents from the ""Eastern Sector"" (East Berlin) allow the wife of a US based spy to ""escape"" the eastern sector. She is to then assassinate her husband, who is about to defect. The good inspector goes undercover to transport the wife from Berlin to the US and eventually prevent the assassination.

S5E19
The Diamond Millstone
Air date: 18/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond pendant with the aid of the owner's maid.

Summary

Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond pendant with the aid of the owner's maid.

S5E15
The Doll Courier
Air date: 21/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: John DeBecker,Eric Linler, et al-Espionage,murder. The FBI goes after communist agents in which the head of a porcelain doll is used to transport top secret microfilm.

Summary

Case: John DeBecker,Eric Linler, et al-Espionage,murder. The FBI goes after communist agents in which the head of a porcelain doll is used to transport top secret microfilm.

S5E14
Journey Into Night
Air date: 14/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: David Mark Starret - Escaped Federal Prisoner - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The escaped federal prisoner, David Starret, kidnaps his own son from the son's foster parents in Albany NY. The father and son travel to Texas where the good inspector finally captures him.

Summary

Case: David Mark Starret - Escaped Federal Prisoner - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The escaped federal prisoner, David Starret, kidnaps his own son from the son's foster parents in Albany NY. The father and son travel to Texas where the good inspector finally captures him.

S5E12
The Inside Man
Air date: 30/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case:Harold H. Casey, Frank V. Sawyer-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inpector Erskine and Agent Colby uncovers the ""Inside Man"" in a series of jewelery heists from New York City's Diamond District.

Summary

Case:Harold H. Casey, Frank V. Sawyer-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inpector Erskine and Agent Colby uncovers the ""Inside Man"" in a series of jewelery heists from New York City's Diamond District.

S5E7
Flight
Air date: 26/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger.

Summary

Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger.

S5E5
Silent Partners
Air date: 12/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the trial of a mob kingpin.

Summary

Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the trial of a mob kingpin.

Season 4 · Season 4
26 episode(s) · Air date: 22/Sep/1968
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S4E26
Moment of Truth
Air date: 30/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Vincent Tobias, John Beeker - Crime on a Government Reservation, Murder. A banker runs a loan sharking ring from his bank. He specializes in ripping off ex servicemen who have been rejected for a normal loan at his bank. The crime on a government reservation was the murder of a serviceman who could not pay the outrageous interest on a ""loan"".

Summary

Case: Vincent Tobias, John Beeker - Crime on a Government Reservation, Murder. A banker runs a loan sharking ring from his bank. He specializes in ripping off ex servicemen who have been rejected for a normal loan at his bank. The crime on a government reservation was the murder of a serviceman who could not pay the outrageous interest on a ""loan"".

S4E17
A Life in the Balance
Air date: 19/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Eugene David Holt, Elaine Donner, Richard Mills - Kidnapping. Blood at the sight of a kidnapping decides FBI Inspector Lew Erskine to act immediately without waiting for the ransom payment.

Summary

Case: Eugene David Holt, Elaine Donner, Richard Mills - Kidnapping. Blood at the sight of a kidnapping decides FBI Inspector Lew Erskine to act immediately without waiting for the ransom payment.

S4E16
The Fraud
Air date: 12/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: David Joseph Miles, Frank Stocker - Interstate transportation of Stolen Property, Extortion. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine fights the Mafias entry into selling fake masterpiece paintings.

Summary

Case: David Joseph Miles, Frank Stocker - Interstate transportation of Stolen Property, Extortion. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine fights the Mafias entry into selling fake masterpiece paintings.

S4E15
Eye of the Storm
Air date: 05/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague infested ghetto.

Summary

Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague infested ghetto.

S4E14
The Widow
Air date: 29/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Joyce Carr - Parole Violator,Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine traps a go-go dancer who conspires to marry military service men and collects their insurance money when her boyfriend murders them.

Summary

Case: Joyce Carr - Parole Violator,Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine traps a go-go dancer who conspires to marry military service men and collects their insurance money when her boyfriend murders them.

S4E13
The Hero
Air date: 08/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The crime is ""Unlawful Wearing of the Uniform"" and (by the way) murder. A con man wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry him. He then murders or otherwise cheats them.

Summary

The crime is ""Unlawful Wearing of the Uniform"" and (by the way) murder. A con man wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry him. He then murders or otherwise cheats them.

S4E12
The Flaw
Air date: 15/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Glen Parmenter et al - Espionage, murder. Inspector Lew Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn trapped by them in a deserted Mountain cabin.

Summary

Case: Glen Parmenter et al - Espionage, murder. Inspector Lew Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn trapped by them in a deserted Mountain cabin.

S4E11
The Butcher
Air date: 08/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Helmut Probst a.k.a. Paul Seiger - Unlawful Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inspector Erskine hunts down a wartime SS colonel who is still promoting Nazi ideals.

Summary

Case: Helmut Probst a.k.a. Paul Seiger - Unlawful Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inspector Erskine hunts down a wartime SS colonel who is still promoting Nazi ideals.

S4E10
The Intermediary
Air date: 01/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Thomas Waters a.k.a. Thomas Grant; William MacKenzie; Jack Dale - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Lew Erskine is the go-between for a jeweler seeking the return of stolen diamonds.

Summary

Case: Thomas Waters a.k.a. Thomas Grant; William MacKenzie; Jack Dale - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Lew Erskine is the go-between for a jeweler seeking the return of stolen diamonds.

S4E9
The Harvest
Air date: 24/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: James Reed, George Wilson, Joseph Troy - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A holdup mans love for a woman forces him into a shootout with a crew of FBI agents.

Summary

Case: James Reed, George Wilson, Joseph Troy - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A holdup mans love for a woman forces him into a shootout with a crew of FBI agents.

S4E7
The Nightmare
Air date: 10/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.

Summary

Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.

S4E6
The Enemies
Air date: 03/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Ralph Gordon Stuart - Espionage, Murder. The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy who's out to steel a top secret rocket fuel.

Summary

Case: Ralph Gordon Stuart - Espionage, Murder. The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy who's out to steel a top secret rocket fuel.

S4E2
Out of Control
Air date: 29/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby track down an oil field killer.

Summary

Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby track down an oil field killer.

S4E1
Wind It Up and It Betrays You
Air date: 22/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: Carl Schmidt, Colonel Lorenz Tabor - Espionage, Murder. A dead mans hearing aid containing microfilm has The FBI uncovering an espionage ring.

Summary

Case: Carl Schmidt, Colonel Lorenz Tabor - Espionage, Murder. A dead mans hearing aid containing microfilm has The FBI uncovering an espionage ring.

Season 3 · Season 3
27 episode(s) · Air date: 17/Sep/1967
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S3E19
The Phone Call
Air date: 18/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The husband, an Army sergeant, had just returned from service in Viet Nam. He found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the night before his return.

Summary

The husband, an Army sergeant, had just returned from service in Viet Nam. He found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the night before his return.

S3E18
The Homecoming
Air date: 11/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles the case.

Summary

A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles the case.

S3E12
The Legend of John Rim
Air date: 31/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp, and a viscious backwood's town protect an escaped killer being sought by the F.B.I.

Summary

Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp, and a viscious backwood's town protect an escaped killer being sought by the F.B.I.

S3E1
The Gold Card
Air date: 17/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Paul Nichols, a long-time member of the Cosa Nostra, over 30 years organized the mob's illegal gambling network. He kills Denton, a Mafia member who has been skimming off the top. But the killing was done without a vote from the Cosa Nostra's "commission." Complicating the situation: Nichols has taken possession of "the book," a list of codes necessary to the running of the gambling operation. The FBI learns through an informant that Nichols may be participating in a high-stakes poker game. Erskine recruits Doc Cameron, once a successful gambler who was nearly killed by the mob. Cameron also has been invited to the poker game and Erskine goes undercover as Cameron's "silent partner." The Cosa Nostra's commission, meanwhile, decides to hire hit men who will murder everyone at the poker game and make a grab for "the book."

Summary

Paul Nichols, a long-time member of the Cosa Nostra, over 30 years organized the mob's illegal gambling network. He kills Denton, a Mafia member who has been skimming off the top. But the killing was done without a vote from the Cosa Nostra's "commission." Complicating the situation: Nichols has taken possession of "the book," a list of codes necessary to the running of the gambling operation. The FBI learns through an informant that Nichols may be participating in a high-stakes poker game. Erskine recruits Doc Cameron, once a successful gambler who was nearly killed by the mob. Cameron also has been invited to the poker game and Erskine goes undercover as Cameron's "silent partner." The Cosa Nostra's commission, meanwhile, decides to hire hit men who will murder everyone at the poker game and make a grab for "the book."

Season 2 · Season 2
29 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Sep/1966
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S2E26
The Executioners (2)
Air date: 19/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

As Part II opens, Leo Roland is desperate. His close La Cosa Nostra associate, Ed Clementi, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Clementi is desperate to get out of the rackets but Roland reminds Clementi of the oath he swore to La Cosa Nostra - the La Cosa Nostra comes before family and all else. Roland is prepared to order a hit on anybody Clementi knows who could be a potential witness. Meanwhile, Clementi's nephew, Paul, the hit man known to the authorities as "Cupid," has committed a potential fatal blunder. The FBI has recovered one of his teeth that was knocked loose by Cupid's last victim. Now, FBI Inspector Lewis Erskine has a way to find who Cupid is and to connect him to Leo Roland. The question is whether the FBI's top investigator can reach Cupid in time before he turns murder into slaughter.

Summary

As Part II opens, Leo Roland is desperate. His close La Cosa Nostra associate, Ed Clementi, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Clementi is desperate to get out of the rackets but Roland reminds Clementi of the oath he swore to La Cosa Nostra - the La Cosa Nostra comes before family and all else. Roland is prepared to order a hit on anybody Clementi knows who could be a potential witness. Meanwhile, Clementi's nephew, Paul, the hit man known to the authorities as "Cupid," has committed a potential fatal blunder. The FBI has recovered one of his teeth that was knocked loose by Cupid's last victim. Now, FBI Inspector Lewis Erskine has a way to find who Cupid is and to connect him to Leo Roland. The question is whether the FBI's top investigator can reach Cupid in time before he turns murder into slaughter.

S2E25
The Executioners (1)
Air date: 12/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Leo Roland, one of the chiefs of the Cosa Nostra, invokes the Fifth Amendments repeatedly when called before a federal grand jury in New York concerning a fraudulent bankruptcy. But his attorney, Carl Munroe, has learned the U.S. has turned up a witness that could get the mafia leader indicted. Roland, following a meeting of the Cosa Nostra's council, orders a hit on the witness, which is carried out by Paul Clementi, nephew of Ed Clementi, the other primary Cosa Nostra leader.

Summary

Leo Roland, one of the chiefs of the Cosa Nostra, invokes the Fifth Amendments repeatedly when called before a federal grand jury in New York concerning a fraudulent bankruptcy. But his attorney, Carl Munroe, has learned the U.S. has turned up a witness that could get the mafia leader indicted. Roland, following a meeting of the Cosa Nostra's council, orders a hit on the witness, which is carried out by Paul Clementi, nephew of Ed Clementi, the other primary Cosa Nostra leader.

S2E15
The Raid
Air date: 01/Jan/1967 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #91-64888-M: Scott Lee Martin - Ralph Daiker - Bank Robbery - Murder. Acting on an informer's tip, Erskine and Rhodes prepare to raid a motel, where four armed fugitives are holding a 10 year old boy hostage. (60 mins)

Summary

Case file #91-64888-M: Scott Lee Martin - Ralph Daiker - Bank Robbery - Murder. Acting on an informer's tip, Erskine and Rhodes prepare to raid a motel, where four armed fugitives are holding a 10 year old boy hostage. (60 mins)

S2E6
The Plague Merchant
Air date: 30/Oct/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #87-32746-J: The Doomsday Plague Theft - Interstate Transport of Stolen Property, Staph Eleven. The FBI must find the culprit who stole a vial of a deadly bacteria strain.

Summary

Case file #87-32746-J: The Doomsday Plague Theft - Interstate Transport of Stolen Property, Staph Eleven. The FBI must find the culprit who stole a vial of a deadly bacteria strain.

S2E4
The Cave-In
Air date: 16/Oct/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #98-33934-R - Thomas George Rule - Sabotage - Murder. FBI Agent Rhodes is entombed in a mine cave-in along with the suspect wanted for sabotage.

Summary

Case file #98-33934-R - Thomas George Rule - Sabotage - Murder. FBI Agent Rhodes is entombed in a mine cave-in along with the suspect wanted for sabotage.

Season 1 · Season 1
32 episode(s) · Air date: 19/Sep/1965
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S1E32
The Hiding Place
Air date: 08/May/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its residents may have been a traitor during World War II, serving as a Japanese officer without ever renouncing his U.S. citizenship. The one-time officer also was involved in torture during the war. To find the man, the agents eventually must seek the aid of one of the torture victims from the war.

Summary

Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its residents may have been a traitor during World War II, serving as a Japanese officer without ever renouncing his U.S. citizenship. The one-time officer also was involved in torture during the war. To find the man, the agents eventually must seek the aid of one of the torture victims from the war.

S1E31
The Bomb That Walked Like a Man
Air date: 01/May/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #7-76881-H - Dale Vernon Hillman - Kidnapping, Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine seeks a kidnapper-killer who tries to hide in a para-military hate group.

Summary

Case file #7-76881-H - Dale Vernon Hillman - Kidnapping, Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine seeks a kidnapper-killer who tries to hide in a para-military hate group.

S1E30
The Plunderers
Air date: 24/Apr/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads a search for bank robbers who did not take enough money.

Summary

Case file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads a search for bank robbers who did not take enough money.

S1E28
The Tormentors
Air date: 10/Apr/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #7-4929-D - Logan Clyde Dupree, John Carl Brock, Anita James - Kidnapping. A desperate father jeopardizes the life of his kidnapped son when he defies F.B.I. warnings to keep the story out of the media.

Summary

Case file #7-4929-D - Logan Clyde Dupree, John Carl Brock, Anita James - Kidnapping. A desperate father jeopardizes the life of his kidnapped son when he defies F.B.I. warnings to keep the story out of the media.

S1E27
The Defector (2)
Air date: 03/Apr/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. plays a deadly game of espionage with foreign assassins who seek the life of an Eastern European defector to the U.S.

Summary

Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. plays a deadly game of espionage with foreign assassins who seek the life of an Eastern European defector to the U.S.

S1E26
The Defector (1)
Air date: 27/Mar/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. seeks to protect the life of an Eastern European cryptographer who defects to the United States.

Summary

Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. seeks to protect the life of an Eastern European cryptographer who defects to the United States.

S1E23
Flight to Harbin
Air date: 27/Feb/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder. Inspector Erskine must save the lives of airline passengers aboard a flying prison of terror.

Summary

Case file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder. Inspector Erskine must save the lives of airline passengers aboard a flying prison of terror.

S1E22
The Baby Sitter
Air date: 13/Feb/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #7-1101-D - Mrs. Amy Doucette - Kidnapping. Lew Erskine leads a three state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she has been baby-sitting.

Summary

Case file #7-1101-D - Mrs. Amy Doucette - Kidnapping. Lew Erskine leads a three state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she has been baby-sitting.

S1E21
The Spy Master
Air date: 06/Feb/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #65-4948-X - The Forsythe Memo - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine masquerades as a traitor to break up a Red Chinese spy operation.

Summary

Case file #65-4948-X - The Forsythe Memo - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine masquerades as a traitor to break up a Red Chinese spy operation.

S1E20
Quantico
Air date: 30/Jan/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.

Summary

Case File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.

S1E19
Special Delivery
Air date: 23/Jan/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-hemisphere fugitive smuggling ring.

Summary

Case file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-hemisphere fugitive smuggling ring.

S1E17
The Chameleon
Air date: 09/Jan/1966 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A clever confidence man of a thousand faces plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with a million dollars as the prize

Summary

Case file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A clever confidence man of a thousand faces plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with a million dollars as the prize

S1E13
How to Murder an Iron Horse
Air date: 12/Dec/1965 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion. Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage.

Summary

Case File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion. Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage.

S1E12
An Elephant is Like a Rope
Air date: 05/Dec/1965 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Case file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost his memory are Inspector Erskine's and Agent Jim Rhodes' only lead to a crime within a crime.

Summary

Case file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost his memory are Inspector Erskine's and Agent Jim Rhodes' only lead to a crime within a crime.

S1E6
To Free My Enemy
Air date: 24/Oct/1965 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against. In the end, Erskine captures the kidnappers and obtains a warrant for the arrest of the pornographer.

Summary

The good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against. In the end, Erskine captures the kidnappers and obtains a warrant for the arrest of the pornographer.

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