File #7-24861-K
Nicholas Roy Kirby, Harry George Bisk, Max Healy | KIDNAPPING
Original air date: 24 October 1965
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.
This episode shows its age-or does it? Pornography was still considered a taboo item even in 1965. Movie censorship was on the verge of ending, and the Sexual Revolution was about to happen. This was the year Russ Meyer aired his film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
However, it did not here. For those who liked adult material, there were stag magazines and 8mm reels of “stag films” to watch. In general, people watched more family-oriented fare, such as The FBI. Hmmm. Today, adult material seems to be on its way out in a more conservative world. Perhaps the episode IS timely.
- Jill Haworth, whose movie career was going strong, is billed as a special guest star.
- James Gregory, who later was a supporting player on Barney Miller, makes the first of two appearances in the series. His second appearance was near the end of the series’ run.
Credits:
Directed by: William A. Graham
Written by: Ken Kolb and Norman Jolley
Performer | Role
- James Gregory | Bert Anselm
- Katharine Bard | Flora Anselm
- Jill Haworth | Lynn Anselm
- Robert Doyle | Nick Kirby
- Robert Hogan | Harry Bisk
- Dean Harens | Alvin Forest
- June Forest | Thelma
- Hank Brandt | Calvin Lee
- Paul Potash | Max Healy
- Stanley Schneider | Leo Meyerson
- Billy Halop | Manager
- John Mayo | Examiner