Kojak: The Condemned (1977)
Kojak moved from its familiar Sunday-night stamping grounds to a Tuesday slot with this episode, in which a young Dorian Harewood) is cast as Jake Riley, a prizefighter falsely accused of his wife's murder. Escaping custody, Riley takes several hostages in a local church and demands that the authorities provide him with $200,000 in ransom money and an escape route. Racing against time, Kojak (Telly Savalas must simultaneously talk sense to the desperate fugitive and locate the actual murderer. Featured in the supporting cast is Ken Foree, best known to contemporary horror fans as the protagonist in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Noel Black
Synopsis of Kojak: The Condemned
Kojak moved from its familiar Sunday-night stamping grounds to a Tuesday slot with this episode, in which a young Dorian Harewood) is cast as Jake Riley, a prizefighter falsely accused of his wife's murder. Escaping custody, Riley takes several hostages in a local church and demands that the authorities provide him with $200,000 in ransom money and an escape route. Racing against time, Kojak (Telly Savalas must simultaneously talk sense to the desperate fugitive and locate the actual murderer. Featured in the supporting cast is Ken Foree, best known to contemporary horror fans as the protagonist in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Kojak: The Condemned
- Paul Benjamin - Willy Daniels
- Ken Foree - T.J. Smith
- Dorian Harewood - Jake Riley
- Stephen Joyce - Father Damion
- Trish Hawkins - Olga
- John Pinero - Hector
- James Bryson - Penney
- Jack Betts - Paul Lawford
- Arthur French - Eddie
- Jane Hoffman - Maggie
- Roscoe Orman - Lt. Connors
- Richard Cummings - Louis Daniels
- Victor Morales - Luis Avalos
- Director(s):
- Noel Black
- Writer(s):
- Mark Victor, Anthony Spinner, Michael Grais
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