Victor Kiley, Rick Davis: Unlawful Flight—Murder.
Original air date: 4 January 1970
Rerun 7 June 1970
The first episode of The FBI for the 1970s has, appropriately, David Cassidy as a featured guest. When the episode was aired, he was likely in the middle of making the pilot episode of The Partridge Family.
He and his mother, played by Mary Fickett, are carjacked by a pair of murderers. The episode shows its age, as this was filmed in late 1969, before carjacking was made a Federal crime. The episode is set in North Dakota.
One is struck by how youthful David Cassidy was, and by how relatively short he was. His height was 5’6½” (168 cm). He and the rest of the cast turn in a good performance.
- David Cassidy, of course, went on to star in the ABC sitcom The Partridge Family from 1970, as well as a very popular pop singer. He remained a busy performer, especially on the music circuit, up to his death on 21 November 2017 in Florida.
Car note
The 1957 Ford Ranchero (yellow/white) is shown in the gas station scene. The hood is opened all the way. On this particular model Ford, the hood is hinged at the front rather than at the firewall (windshield), so the hood looks sort of funny.
The hostage vehicle is a 1965 Ford Fairlane four-door sedan.
Credits:
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
Written by: Anthony Spinner
Performer | Role
- Gerald S. O’Loughlin | Victor Kiley
- Allen Emerson | Rick Davis
- David Cassidy | Larry Williams
- Mary Fickett | Anne Williams
- John Lasell | Jerry Stevens
- John Considine | SRA John Dennison (North Dakota)
- Larry Ward | State Trooper Sergeant
- Joel Lawrence | Deputy
- Stephen Coit | Mr. Joseph
- Nick Ford | Attendant
- Jan Burrell | Marge
- Paul Todd | Special Agent Stanley
- Norma Crane | Lorraine