Alan Crosland, Jr. Movies

Paula Slayton, the woman who saddled John (Randolph Mantooth) with a dog named Bonnie in Emergency!'s premiere episode, returns with another surprise for the guys at the station house (Patricia Hindy is cast as Paula, replacing the earlier episode's Pat McAnery). The on-duty assignment roster includes a catatonic patient who won't respond to standard treatment, thus baffling the medical staff. Also: a woman inhales poisonous fumes after mixing the wrong household cleansing chemicals; Roy (Kevin Tighe) has a tense confrontation with a woman who keeps calling the emergency line out of sheer loneliness; and an elderly couple is trapped in a tangle of tumbleweeds. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

After a hard day in the field, John (Randolph Mantooth) returns to his bunk at the station, only to find that it has become the new home of a stray cat and her kittens. This week's emergency roster includes an old codger who is stuck in the bear trap he'd set to capture a thief; a burning airplane, with two passengers trapped inside; a gas leak at an elementary school; a near-fatal boating mishap; and a really bad case of stage fright. Virginia Gregg, a loyal member of producer Jack Webb's "stock company", appears as Zelda Zack. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sidelined by a fractured wrist, Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) pulls what he regards as "light duty", a night-desk shift with attractive policewoman Doris Mills (Beth Brickell). But things go from light to dark in a hurry when the two officers are confronted by a armed sniper who demands that his criminal brother be released from jail immediately. Luckily, Pete's regular partner Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) is on hand to help his comrades survive this terrifying ordeal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) have no idea what they're in for when they arrest a birdbrained socialite (Nina Shipman) on a shoplifting charge. Their pretty prisoner prompty escapes custody, leading the officers on a merry chase which culminates at the headquarters of a slick con artist (Liam Sullivan) posing as a mystic. This is the final episode of Adam-12)'s second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The men of Adam-12 have quite a full case load in this episode. One of the challenges facing mobile officers Reed (Kent McCord) and Malloy (Martin Milner) is to locate a young runaway named Diane (played by Ronne Troup, the daughter of future Emergency! costar Bobby Troup). There's also the little matter of a supermarket robbery. But these cases are mere routine compared to the officers' biggest job of the day: to find a plane that has been stolen from an airport runway. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This episode focuses on the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics unit, which had made a "guest" appearance in the previous Adam-12 installment "Log 43: Hostage". The S.W.A.T. team is called in to help Officers Malloy (Martin Milner) and Reed (Kent McCord) locate and neutralize a sniper, who is holed up on the roof of a theater. The inner workings of the team is detailed with clinical precision--and without giving away the entire ending, it can be noted that their methods are most effective. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tonight's case load for Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is a hectic one indeed. The two patrolmen run the gamut from protecting a grocer from a knife-wielding bandt, and hauling in a hippie who has supped too full of "controlled substances." The central crisis involves a runaway boy (played by future Bonanza regular Mitch Vogel) who becomes lost in a cave. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Germans capture Saunders (Vic Morrow) and place him in a makeshift prison compound along with three other newly acquired American prisoners: Sgt. Mike Martin (Claude Akins) and privates Coker (Ed Peck) and Murray (Carl Reindel). What Saunders doesn't know is that one of his three fellow POWs is a Nazi spy posing as an American. It is the spy's assignment to befriend his fellow prisoners and worm vital information out of them. Though Saunders knows enough not to reveal any secrets in front of anyone no matter what the circumstances, at least one of his "comrades" isn't quite so careful. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Joining Saunders (Vic Morrow) on a mission to destroy a German radar installation are two new men: Sgt. Rawlings (H.M. Wynant), a radar expert, and Marchand (Mark Richman), an important member of the French resistance. Everyone's role in the mission is clearly defined: Marchand is to guide the two Americans to the installation, and Saunders and Rawlings are to sabotage the place. But there's a slight hitch: Marchand isn't the real Marchand at all, but instead a Nazi lieutenant in disguise. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hanley (Rick Jason) and his men are stranded in the middle of enemy territory when they are refused transportation by arrogant British commando Major Cole-Hughes (Michael Evans). Thus, it is no small surprise to Hanley when, later on, Cole-Hughes demands that Hanley and Kirby (Jack Hogan) accompany him on a mission to seek out and destroy a German V-2 launching site. The swaggering, bombastic Cole-Hughes provides a fascinating contrast to the taciturn, no-nonsense Hanley--but will the two men be able to smother their mutual animosity for the Greater Good? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Saunders (Vic Morrow) levels some serious charges against Pvt. Stevens (Don Gordon), a soldier whom he first met on D-Day. Never mind that Stevens has been twice-decorated with the Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross: Saunders has accused the private of causing the deaths of two other soldiers by his refusal to follow orders. A series of stark flashbacks reveals the whole story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Versatile character actor Vito Scotti guest stars as a Japanese soldier who has been piloting the local waters in his one-man submarine for twenty years, unaware that WW2 is over. Bobbing to the surface, the soldier "captures" the island and takes the castaways prisoner, locking them in a makeshift jail booby-trapped with hand grenades. It is up to Gilligan (Bob Denver) to rescue his companions without getting blown up in the process. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

When contact is established between Earth and the planet Chroma, located ten light years away, an exchange is proposed between inhabitants of the two worlds. This is to be done by matter-transmitter, using technology provided by the Chromoites -- as it is a dangerous experiment, the first Earth subject, Chino Rivera (Henry Silva), is chosen from the ranks of convicts serving life sentences. As it turns out, both Rivera, who is twice as smart and three times more clever than the project director, Dr. Kellander (Michael Higgins), and the Chromoite visitor, a walking, human-sized crustacean, immensely strong, with nasty claw-like appendages and various openings that gulp, suck, and grind, are up to something other than what they're supposed to be doing, possibly involving murder. Rivera is injured in an escape attempt before he can be transmitted and, while recovering, attempts another breakout, only to find himself accused of killing one of the scientists on the project. Only one of his captors, Dr. Julia Harrison (Diana Sands), believes that he is innocent, and suspects that something far more sinister than even murder is taking place. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide