Case file: #7-1101-D
Mrs. Amy Doucette: Kidnapping.
Original broadcast date: 13 February 1966
Inspector Lewis Erskine leads a three-state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she has been baby-sitting. Colleen Dewhurst was the ex-wife of actor George C. Scott; she makes her one appearance on the series. In 1966, she herself was a mother of young children, including actor Campbell Scott.
- No interesting cars and this is the best thing to be said about this story. A weak entry in the first season. This territory is covered in the vastly superior episode “The Innocents,” which aired on 1 November 1970.
- Stunt driver and sometime-bad guy (Bullitt, The Seven-Ups) Bill Hickman makes his first appearance here. This time, he plays a state trooper. Mr. Hickman also got to play an agent for the Bureau, in 1971’s The French Connection.
Credits:
Directed by: Christian Nyby
Written by: Leonard Kantor
Performer | Role
- Colleen Dewhurst | Mrs. Amy Doucette
- Collin Wilcox | Stella
- Geoffrey Horne | Herb Wilcox
- Davey Davison | Francine Wilcox
- Janet Waldo | Arlene Morgan
- Peter Hobbs | Giles Berton
- Dan Barton | Hewitt Wood
- Carol Allen | The First Housewife
- Lew Brown | The Document Examiner
- David Armstrong (as Dave Armstrong) | Jim Morgan
- Charles Randall | Dr. Taldi
- Ben Bennett | Special Agent
- Bill Hickman | State Trooper