The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
The F.B.I. (Season 4)
Wind It Up and It Betrays You (Episode 1)
Writer: Charles Larson
Air date: 1968-09-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Carl Schmidt, Colonel Lorenz Tabor - Espionage, Murder. A dead mans hearing aid containing microfilm has The FBI uncovering an espionage ring.
Out of Control (Episode 2)
Air date: 1968-09-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby track down an oil field killer.
The Quarry (Episode 3)
Air date: 1968-10-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Michael Vincent Riley, Fugitive - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.
The Runaways (Episode 4)
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Air date: 1968-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: John Graham Evans - Parole Violator - Murder. A killer picks for his robbery Victims, a happy family of four living on a farm.
Death of a Fixer (Episode 5)
Air date: 1968-10-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Roy Donald Blake - Fugitive, Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Gambling.
The Enemies (Episode 6)
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Air date: 1968-11-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Ralph Gordon Stuart - Espionage, Murder. The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy who's out to steel a top secret rocket fuel.
The Nightmare (Episode 7)
Air date: 1968-11-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.
Breakthrough (Episode 8)
Air date: 1968-11-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Vincent Preston Gray - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion.
The Harvest (Episode 9)
Air date: 1968-11-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: James Reed, George Wilson, Joseph Troy - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A holdup mans love for a woman forces him into a shootout with a crew of FBI agents.
The Intermediary (Episode 10)
Air date: 1968-12-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Thomas Waters a.k.a. Thomas Grant; William MacKenzie; Jack Dale - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Lew Erskine is the go-between for a jeweler seeking the return of stolen diamonds.
The Butcher (Episode 11)
Air date: 1968-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Helmut Probst a.k.a. Paul Seiger - Unlawful Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inspector Erskine hunts down a wartime SS colonel who is still promoting Nazi ideals.
The Flaw (Episode 12)
Writer: Paul Schneider
Air date: 1968-12-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Glen Parmenter et al - Espionage, murder. Inspector Lew Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn trapped by them in a deserted Mountain cabin.
The Hero (Episode 13)
Writer: Charles Larson
Air date: 1968-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The crime is ""Unlawful Wearing of the Uniform"" and (by the way) murder. A con man wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry him. He then murders or otherwise cheats them.
The Widow (Episode 14)
Air date: 1968-12-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Joyce Carr - Parole Violator,Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine traps a go-go dancer who conspires to marry military service men and collects their insurance money when her boyfriend murders them.
Eye of the Storm (Episode 15)
Writer: Don Brinkley
Air date: 1969-01-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague infested ghetto.
The Fraud (Episode 16)
Air date: 1969-01-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: David Joseph Miles, Frank Stocker - Interstate transportation of Stolen Property, Extortion. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine fights the Mafias entry into selling fake masterpiece paintings.
A Life in the Balance (Episode 17)
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Air date: 1969-01-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Eugene David Holt, Elaine Donner, Richard Mills - Kidnapping. Blood at the sight of a kidnapping decides FBI Inspector Lew Erskine to act immediately without waiting for the ransom payment.
Caesar's Wife (Episode 18)
Air date: 1969-01-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Danielle Chabrol - Espionage.
The Patriot (Episode 19)
Air date: 1969-02-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Richard William Shaefer, alias Marvin Smith - Kidnapping.
The Maze (Episode 20)
Writer: Charles Larson
Air date: 1969-02-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Frank Dixon Welles - Top Ten Fugitive, Assaulting a Federal Officer.
The Attorney (Episode 21)
Air date: 1969-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Arnold Grant Toby - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Attempted Murder.
The Catalyst (Episode 22)
Air date: 1969-02-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Miguel Torres - Destruction of Aircraft, Kidnapping.
Conspiracy of Silence (Episode 23)
Air date: 1969-03-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Leonard King et al - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Murder.
The Young Warriors (Episode 24)
Air date: 1969-03-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: William Rockhill - Crime on a Government Reservation, Arson, Murder.
The Cober List (Episode 25)
Air date: 1969-03-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Terence Cober - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.
Moment of Truth (Episode 26)
Writer: Don Brinkley
Air date: 1969-03-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Case: Vincent Tobias, John Beeker - Crime on a Government Reservation, Murder. A banker runs a loan sharking ring from his bank. He specializes in ripping off ex servicemen who have been rejected for a normal loan at his bank. The crime on a government reservation was the murder of a serviceman who could not pay the outrageous interest on a ""loan"".
