Original air date: 21 January 1968
Rerun 7 July 1968
John Duquesne: Crime On A Government Reservation—Murder.
Two murders, 10 years apart, are linked by Inspector Erskine, giving him clues to solving both.
Here, The FBI meets CSI. We see the skeleton of the murder victim; the skull has a hole in it, where the victim was apparently shot. This was perhaps the most graphic scene of a murder in the series’ history. Even then, the skeleton is otherwise pristine looking. Remember, this was 1968, and J. Edgar Hoover was running the bureau.
Burt Reynolds makes his second of two appearances on the series in this episode. In early 1968, he was still not the megastar he would become in the 1970s. He had been on Gunsmoke from 1962 to 1965, and the ABC series Hawk in 1966. Burt Reynolds would later star in another QM series, Dan August (1970-1971), shortly before his breakout as a Seventies megastar. Mr. Reynolds passed away from a heart attack on 6 September 2018, during production of Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood, which made reference to his earlier appearance.
- FBI Carousel Bulletin: Hank Brandt steps in as S.A.C. William Converse, the third actor after Don Eitner and Douglas Henderson to do so.
- Geoffrey Deuel is the younger brother of the late Pete Duel. He makes the first of his four appearances.
- Frank Aletter was married to Lee Meriwether from 1958 to 1974.
- Paul Comi makes another appearance, as an agent.
Credits:
Directed by: Gene Nelson
Teleplay by: Richard Sale and Mark Rodgers
Story by: Richard Sale
Performer | Role
- Burt Reynolds | John Miller Duquesne
- Michael Strong | Paul Gray
- Frank Aletter | Jim Kellog
- Diana Muldaur | Irene Davis/Irene Devers
- Johnny Seven | Ralph Morris
- Jimmy Lydon | Joey Witner
- Hank Brandt | SAC William Converse
- Paul Comi | Crime Scene Special Agent
- Hal Baylor | Sgt. Glynnis
- Roy Engel | David Wrightmann
- Claudia Bryar | Clerk
- Michael Harris | SA #2
- Geoffrey Deuel | Pvt. Kendall
- Paul Bradford | SA #1
- Michael Barbera | John Davis
- Lee Faulkner | Sgt. Forbes