138. Deadfall

Ronald Brimlow, Frank Morris Moonan, Shelly Brimlow, Arthur Cody: Kidnapping, Bank Robbery, Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.

Original air date: 1 March 1970

This episode starts off with a kidnapping that a little girl witnesses in a manner similar to the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window. Initially, she is not believed, because the facts don’t add up.

But they soon do.

And The FBI are up against some dangerous criminals holding a hostage.

This episode is set in New Jersey, and actually manages to look like it, too. Once again, we have a strong cast, lead by Wayne Rogers and Anne Francis. Erin Moran makes a pre-Happy Days appearance as the little girl who witnesses the kidnapping.