Case file: #98-33934-R
Thomas George Rule: Sabotage – Murder.
Original air date: 16 October 1966
Rerun 7 May 1967
FBI Agent Jim Rhodes is entombed in a tungsten mine cave-in along with the suspect wanted for sabotage. The mine, located in New Mexico, is vital to US defense interests.
- Here, we have father and son appearing together in an episode of The FBI. John McIntire (1907-1991) and his son Tim (1944-1986) had roles in this episode. And the older McIntire’s wife, Jeanette Nolan (1911-1998), also appeared on The FBI. Amazing!
- Black 1966 Mercury Breezeway used as sheriff’s car. Also used in the “Assassin” No sighting of the 1957 Ranchero.
- 1963 Ford Ambulance (blue/white) in scene at the end of episode. This was probably a conversion by the Shop of Seibert of Ohio.
- Canadian actor John McLiam would go on to play Herbert Clutter, the doomed family patriarch, in the film adaptation of the Truman Capote-penned nove, In Cold Blood, in 1967. That film was in production when this episode was rerun. And the ever-lovely Judee Morton makes an appearance here.
Credits:
- John McIntire | Thomas George Rule
- Tim McIntire | Dubilier
- Buck Taylor | Ed Rule
- John McLiam | Nettles
- Judee Morton | May Dubilier
- Richard O’Brien | Peer
- Val Avery | Carr
- Meg Wyllie | Arna Rule
- James Gavin | Gordon
- Don Keefer | Junkman
- John Mayo | Document Examiner