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The F.B.I. Season 5 Episodes

26 Episodes 1969 - 1970

Episode 1

Target of Interest

Sun, Sep 14, 1969 60 mins

Erskine poses as a lovelorn diplomat to provide fresh bait for an extortion ring suspected of having blackmailed a diplomat to suicide. Anne: Diane Baker. Weil: Linden Chiles. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Klar: Eduard Franz. Sandra: Melissa Murphy.

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Episode 2

Nightmare Road

Sun, Sep 21, 1969 60 mins

An engaged couple with criminal records is caught in a manhunt for a fugitive who gunned down an FBI agent. Wilson: Robert Duvall. Collins: Burr DeBenning. Carolyn: Davey Davison. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Ward: Philip Abbott. Barbara: Ellen Wetson.

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Episode 3

The Swindler

Sun, Sep 28, 1969 60 mins

The agents pursue an embezzler of rare ingenuity and charm who works his magic on an unwitting female bank executive. Kate: Vera Miles. Pollard: Peter Donat. Gans: William Schallert. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Quine: John Ryan. Burke: Ford Rainey. Hoyer: Richard Bull.

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Episode 4

Boomerang

Sun, Oct 5, 1969 60 mins

A youth falls into a trap when he fakes his own kidnapping to extort money from his hated father (Carl Betz). Terry: Jeff Bridges. Melinda: Brooke Bundy. Eve: Nancy Wickwire. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Ward: Philip Abbott.

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Episode 5

Silent Partners

Sun, Oct 12, 1969 60 mins

A syndicate-bribed juror finds himself a victim of blackmail and a target of the mob---which wants to keep him quiet. Harbor: Robert Hooks. Elaine: Cicely Tyson. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Torrance: Wesley Addy. Colby: William Reynolds. Berris: Robert Yuro. Ward: Philip Abbott.

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Episode 6

Gamble with Death

Sun, Oct 19, 1969 60 mins

Michael Callan plays an honest man who takes a dangerous gamble to clear his imprisoned brother of murder. Helen: Laraine Day. Amy: Anne Helm. York: Simon Scott. John: Jerry Ayres. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Weber: Barry Russo.

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Episode 7

Flight

Sun, Oct 26, 1969 60 mins

Survival rather than money prompts a hood to skyjack a plane to escape the syndicate. Hazlett: Tim O'Connor. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Eddie Floyd: Michael Witney. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 8

The Challenge

Sun, Nov 2, 1969 60 mins

The unhappy wife of a top-security engineer becomes a dupe in an amorous master spy's efforts to sabotage a sensitive American industry. Winters: Fritz Weaver. Ruth: Joanne Linville. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Banning: Richard Anderson. Vallen: Barry Atwater. Shirley: Nancy Fisher.

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Episode 9

Blood Tie

Sun, Nov 9, 1969 60 mins

On the run from the FBI, Ricky Kriton (Scott Marlowe) takes shelter with his brother, a staid businessman ignorant of his criminal past. Neil: Michael Tolan. Denise: Julie Adams. Lori: Donna Baccala. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 10

The Sanctuary

Sun, Nov 16, 1969 60 mins

FBI agent Harry Dane leads a treacherous ghetto search for an ex-football star (Billy Dee Williams) wanted for robbery and murder. Lenore: Lola Falana. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Laraby: D'Urville Martin. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 11

The Scapegoat

Sun, Nov 23, 1969 60 mins

The murder of a Connecticut socialite gets FBI attention when it's learned that the crime was committed on government land. Harley: Michael Burns. Eleanor: Nan Martin. Jerri: Brenda Vaccaro. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Stokely: Arthur Franz. Ward: Philip Abbott.

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Episode 12

The Inside Man

Sun, Nov 30, 1969 60 mins

Erskine tries to stop a rash of daringly executed jewel thefts. Gray: Lloyd Bochner. Sawyer: Lawrence Dane. Abrilev: Oscar Beregi. Andrea: Janis Hansen. Asey: Clyde Ventura.

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Episode 13

The Prey

Sun, Dec 7, 1969 60 mins

Mildred Dunnock portrays a prospective victim of a cruel con game aimed at the aged and infirm. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Angela: Joanna Moore. Colby: William Reynolds. Carl: Steve Ihnat. Ward: Philip Abbott. Miss Kurland: Bettye Ackerman.

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Episode 14

Journey into Night

Sun, Dec 14, 1969 60 mins

The agents track a prison escapee who kidnaped his son, a leukemia victim requiring constant medical attention. Starret: John Vernon. Cliff: Michael Kearney. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Randolph: Anthony Eisley. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 15

The Doll Courier

Sun, Dec 21, 1969 60 mins

In one of the FBI's oddest espionage cases, an antique doll becomes the object of a nationwide search. Eva: Viveca Lindfors. Becker: William Smithers. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Muriel: Penny Fuller. Ward: Philip Abbott. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 16

Tug-of-War

Sun, Dec 28, 1969 60 mins

The murder of a stockbroker unearths a new syndicate enterprise: using certificates, extorted from stockbrokers, as collateral for large bank loans. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Val Palmer: Barry Nelson. Colby: William Reynolds. Aaron Taylor: Don Gordon. Meredith: Michele Carey.

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Episode 17

The Fatal Imposter

Sun, Jan 4, 1970 60 mins

A tense chase begins when widow Anne Williams (Mary Fickett) and her son are taken hostage by a fugitive. Kiley: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Lorraine: Norma Crane. Larry: David Cassidy. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Ward: Philip Abbott. Dennison: John Considine.

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Episode 18

Conspiracy of Corruption

Sun, Jan 11, 1970 60 mins

A sheriff is Erskine's chief suspect in a shooting linked to the illegal transportation of foreign laborers. Wynant: J.D. Cannon. Sheriff: James Olson. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Laurel: Katherine Justice. Ward: Philip Abbott.

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Episode 19

The Diamond Millstone

Sun, Jan 18, 1970 60 mins

A well-laid plan to nab a diamond thief goes haywire as the FBI collars a fence while the crook---and the gem---get away. Amazeen: Jack Klugman. Lyle: Dan Travanty. Elders: Murray Matheson. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Marie: Pilar Seurat. Colby: William Reynolds. Tate: Richard Evans.

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Episode 20

Deadly Reunion

Sun, Jan 25, 1970 60 mins

Erskine poses as a Communist to get the wife of a top enemy agent out of East Berlin. Stone/ Buchanan: Alf Kjellin. Lisa: Dana Wynter. Peggy: Sandra Smith. Conrad: John van Dreelen. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Colby: William Reynolds. Ward: Philip Abbott. Howard: David Frankham.

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Episode 21

Pressure Point

Sun, Feb 1, 1970 60 mins

An up-and-coming gambling operator works himself into a dangerous bind between his syndicate protectors and the FBI. Rogers: Fred Beir. Rawl: Frank Marth. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Tracy: Phyllis Love. Crist: David Opatoshu. Colby: William Reynolds. Lutcher: Michael Baseleon.

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Episode 22

Summer Terror

Sun, Feb 8, 1970 60 mins

With the FBI far behind, a kidnap victim has only one hope: one of the abductors is growing fond of her. Lowe: Lin McCarthy. Marianne: Pamela McMyler. Drake: Joe Don Baker. Beau: Mark Jenkins. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Kathy: Beverlee McKinsey. Mrs. Lowe: Peggy McCay.

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Episode 23

Return to Power

Sun, Feb 15, 1970 60 mins

The FBI closes in on an exiled syndicate leader (Christopher George) who slipped back into the States to regain control of his "family." Manion: Mark Richman. Maria: Lynda Day. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Frank: Richard Devon. Larry: Anthony Caruso.

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Episode 24

The Dealer

Sun, Feb 22, 1970 60 mins

Colby (William Reynolds) goes under cover as a truck dispatcher (and ex-convict) to break up a hijack ring. Simms: Edward Binns. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Terry: Nina Foch. Ward: Philip Abbott.

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Episode 25

Deadfall

Sun, Mar 1, 1970 60 mins

False leads hamper the FBI's search for Mary Cochella (Zohra Lampert), the kidnapped wife of a sports-arena cashier. Moonan: Robert Drivas. Shelly: Anne Francis. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Brimlow: Wayne Rogers. Cochella: Paul Picerni. Ward: Philip Abbott. Colby: William Reynolds.

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Episode 26

The Quest

Sun, Mar 8, 1970 60 mins

Alleged murderer Walker Carr (Earl Holliman) flees from a hospital for the criminally insane. As an FBI manhunt quickens, Erskine begins to doubt Carr's guilt. Erskine: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Austin: Larry Gates. Evans: Morgan Sterne. Colby: William Reynolds. Hauser: Richard O'Brian.

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