William Stevens Movies

In the conclusion of a two-part story, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) continue their temporary assignment with an ASD helicopter unit. Assisted by airborne officers Walters (William Stevens) and Mills (Gavin James), the two normally "grounded" cops are able to hunt down and capture some very elusive robbery suspects who have escaped by plane. Inasmuch as most of the episode's exposition is delivered via the helicopter radio, guest actors Sam Edwards, Julie Bennett and John Nolan are heard but never seen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The case against a big-time racketeer may be dismissed because of a hung jury. Ironside (Raymond Burr) suspects that one of the jury members has been bribed to be the sole "holdout." With only 24 hours at his disposal, the Chief must find out which of the 12 jurors has been bought off--a difficult assignment in that the jury has been sequestered and is beyond his reach. This episode boasts a particularly strong supporting cast, including veteran Hollywood leading lady Marsha Hunt as a no-nonsense judge. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is in for a lot of ribbing from his fellow cops after he gives a traffic ticket to footloose young heiress Penelope Lang (Ahna Capri)--who immediately falls madly in love with him. For the next several days, Malloy is distracted from his duties as the persistent Penelope barrages him with gifts, love notes and (less amusingly) false-alarm emergency calls. The method by which Pete finally divests himself of the irksome Ms. Lang is truly one for the books. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) is still on probationary status with the LAPD as Adam-12 begins its second season. However, Jim is lucky indeed that he has a partner as experienced and generous as Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) to show him the ropes. It is during this season that we meet Reed's wife Jean (here played by Mikki Jamison) for the first time. In fact, Jean has a baby, and a beaming Malloy is named the kid's godfather. The partners' various assignments involve a crooked cop, a bank robbery, a tense hostage situation, an uncomfortable liaison with a gung-ho SWAT team, a courtroom date, and a few dust-ups with typical Dragnet-style longhairs who regard all cops as "pigs." Just a typical year in the lives of two sublimely typical LAPD officers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Answering a call from two park rangers, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) conduct an A.P.B. search for a horse, stolen from a riding stable from alleged junkie. In turns out that the thief is a homesick Texan, who has gone to rather extreme measures to assuage his loneliness. Back on their home turf, Jim and Pete chase after a pair of vicious gunmen. This week's supporting cast includes a young Tim Matheson (The West Wing) and Peter Duryea, the son of veteran movie heavy Dan Duryea. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Season one of Adam-12 gets underway with admirable rapidity, with the episode "Log 1: The Impossible Mission," directed by series creator Jack Webb. The opener details the first day on the job for rookie LAPD cop Jim Reed (Kent McCord), who has been teamed with crusty veteran Pete Malloy (Marvin Miller). Although Malloy is still bitter over the fact that his previous partner had been killed a few weeks earlier, he takes Reed under his wing and helps the youngster survive his shakedown cruise with flying colors. Later episodes find Reed and Malloy piloting their squad car to a variety of assignments, coming in close contact with drug pushers, burglars, abusive spouses, and stalkers. Many of the first-season installments deal with Reed's adjustment to his new job. In "Log 91 -- You're Not the First Guy's Had the Problem," Jim learns the hard way how to keep his emotions separate from his work when one of his best friends is seriously wounded. And in "Log 33 -- It All Happened So Fast," Reed is forced to kill a man in the line of duty for the first time. In the interests of fairness, however, Malloy also has his bad days. In "Log 112 -- You Blew It," Pete gives a speeding motorist a break and lets him go without a citation -- only to find out that the man had several warrants for robbery and weapons charges against him. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In a situation that could be termed a rite of passage, rookie police officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) must somehow keep his emotions in check and behave in a calm, professional manner as he nervously awaits the medical prognosis on a former Police Academy buddy, who has been seriously wounded. The assignment log tackled by Reed and his veteran partner Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) during this crucial period include the interrogation of two robbery suspects, and a sobriety test administered to an uncooperative motorist. Appearing as a cop in this and several other Adam-12 episodes is former football pro and future Hogan's Heroes regular Kenneth Washington. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

What would a Jack Webb-produced TV series be without at least one narcotics-related episode per season? On this occasion, Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) participate in a stakeout to trap a particularly vicious drug dealer, and also come to the rescue of a runaway teenage girl who has overdosed in a hippie commune (Classic dialogue exchange: "Hi." "I don't know--are you?") Curiously, Robert Donner, appearing in his recurring Adam-12 role as police informer TeeJay, was misidentified as "Ralph Donner" in the original TV Guide listings. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

It's Christmastime, and Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) enter into the spirit of things by playing Santa for the impoverished Ward family--with the curmudgeonly Malloy agreeing to put up half the money for a toy dump truck. But it's back to business as usual when the cops chase after the perpetrators who have stolen the Wards' car. Elsewhere, Jim and Pete break up a domestic quarrel and haul in a driver who has indulged in too much "Yuletide cheer." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Turncoat scientist Lawrence Underwood (Linden Chiles) manages to steal some top-secret documents from an atomic lab in Idaho. Picking up Underwood's trail, Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) methodically tracks the man down. What Erskine doesn't know is that Underwood has been exposed to deadly atomic radiation--and is contaminating everyone with whom he comes in contact. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Immediately upon arriving in the West, Eastern-educated Maya (Jena Engstrom) engages the services of Paladin (Richard Boone). Maya wants to determine the whereabouts of her mother Alice (Jeanette Nolan), who had abruptly cut off her school tuition after sending her a series of increasingly ominious letters. Paladin quickly ascertains that Alice is the owner of a rowdy saloon--and that her unsavory past may well have caught up with her in a potentially disastrous fashion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to track down elderly outlaw Pappy French (Hank Patterson), who years earlier had robbed the bank of Mercede and absconded with $50,000 in gold, leaving his partners in the lurch. Upon meeting Pappy, Paladin grows rather fond of the old coot, who with a broken leg and no horse is certainly not enjoying his ill-gotten gains. Though he is still determined to bring Pappy in, the outlaw persuades him to offer protection against his vengeful partners. This is the first of several episodes written by celebrated scenarist-playwright Shimon Wincelberg, who as Simon Bar-David later penned the classic Star Trek entries "The Galileo Seven" and "Dagger of the Mind". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide