Sherri Spillane Movies
- 1965
The debut episode of The F.B.I. focuses on the Bureau's intensive search for Francis Jerome (Jeffrey Hunter), an extortionist who specializes in fleecing gullible women. When Jerome breaks out of prison, Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) figures that the fugitive will head to his home town to reconnect with his last victim, Jean Davis (Dina Merrill). Given Jerome's pathological hatred for women, the Feds race against time to prevent him from murdering his "mark." Meanwhile, in keeping with the series' first-season efforts to "humanize" Erskine, the good inspector agonizes over the budding romance between his daughter Barbara (Lynn Loring) and FBI agent Jim Rhodes (Stephen Brooks). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
