Episode 1
The Monster
1h
Case file #76-3342-J- Francis Jerome - Escaped Federal Prisoner.
Episode credits
Directed by William A. GrahamGuest stars Jeffrey Hunter, Dina Merrill, Estelle Winwood, Peter Hansen, Julie Parrish
TV series
The F.B.I.
1965TV-149 seasons5.6 / 10
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.
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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.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Image in a Cracked Mirror
1h
Case file #29-68954-G - Charles Emery Gates - Federal Reserve Act, Embezzlement.
Episode credits
Directed by William A. GrahamGuest stars Jack Klugman, Brett Somers, Ed Peck
Episode 3
A Mouthful of Dust
1h
Case file #70-68307-C - Joseph Cloud - Crime on Indian Reservation.
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Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Iron Eyes Cody, Robert Blake, Alejandro Rey, R.G. Armstrong, Joseph V. Perry, Noah Keen
Episode 4
Slow March Up a Steep Hill
1h
Case file #91-77270-X - Wayne Everett Powell - Bank Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.
Episode credits
Directed by William A. GrahamWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars Pete Duel, Crahan Denton, Harold Gould, Lee Meriwether, Dabney Coleman, S. John Launer, Barbara Baldavin
Episode 5
The Insolents
1h
Case file #45-47339-Y - Roger York - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Joan Marshall, Ben Wright, Lawrence Montaigne, Eileen Heckart, Oscar Beregi Jr., Douglas Henderson
Episode 6
To Free My Enemy
1h
The good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against. In the end, Erskine captures the kidnappers and obtains a warrant for the arrest of the pornographer.
Episode credits
Directed by William A. GrahamGuest stars James Gregory, Billy Halop, Dean Harens, Jill Haworth, Katharine Bard, Robert Hogan
Episode 7
The Problem of the Honorable Wife
1h
Case file #98-63520-M - Maury Maddock - Sabotage.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Bert Remsen, Donald Harron, Adam Williams, Stuart Nisbet, Jason Evers, Peter Mark Richman, James B. Sikking
Episode 8
Courage of a Conviction
1h
Case file #87-633462-C - Harry Castle - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Fraudulent Checks.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Oscar MillardGuest stars Susan Oliver, Edward Andrews, Lee Meriwether, John Milford
Episode 9
The Exiles
1h
Case file #2-46675-R - General Romero, et al. - Violation of Neutrality Act.
Episode credits
Directed by William A. GrahamWritten by Robert Leslie BellemGuest stars Carlos Montalbán, Perry Lopez, Marisa Pavan, John Zaremba, Lin McCarthy
Episode 10
The Giant Killer
1h
Case file #52-19223-W - Joseph Maurice Walker - Destruction of Government Property.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars David Sheiner, Patricia Smith, Robert Duvall, Lee Meriwether, John Clarke
Episode 11
All the Streets Are Silent
1h
Case file #52-499362-M - Mike Murtaugh - Theft of Government Property.
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Directed by William A. GrahamGuest stars James Farentino, Wesley Addy, Jack Betts, Frank Maxwell, Joe Maross, Nelson Leigh, Norman Fell, Burt Reynolds
Episode 12
An Elephant is Like a Rope
1h
Case file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost his memory are Inspector Erskine's and Agent Jim Rhodes' only lead to a crime within a crime.
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Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Robert Leslie Bellem, Lee ErwinGuest stars Parley Baer, Sue Randall, Paul Mantee, Bill Quinn, Clint Howard, Mary Jackson, Ted Knight, Larry Gates
Episode 13
How to Murder an Iron Horse
1h
Case File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion. Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Alex Gerry, Claude Akins, Paul Fix, Noah Keen, Len Wayland, Karl Held
Episode 14
Pound of Flesh
1h
The FBI Investigates the murder of an Army Chaplains wife on an U.S. Army base.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Jenny Maxwell, Connie Gilchrist, Malcolm Atterbury, Bruce Dern, Tyler McVey, Herb Voland, Lew Gallo, Forrest Compton
Episode 15
The Hijackers
1h
Case file #15-9436-S - Harold K. Smith - Theft from Interstate Shipment.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Norman LessingGuest stars Seymour Cassel, Arthur O'Connell, John McIntire, Harry Bellaver, Cecil Kellaway, Bernard Fein, Connie Sawyer, Alice Frost
Episode 16
The Forests of the Night
1h
Case file #9-26080-X Adam MacDonald, et al., Victims - Extortion.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars Ian Wolfe, Val Avery, John Anderson, Harry Townes, Michael Burns, Robert Colbert, Ellen Corby, Med Flory
Episode 17
The Chameleon
1h
Case file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A clever confidence man of a thousand faces plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with a million dollars as the prize
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Lloyd Gough, Margaret Leighton, Amzie Strickland, James Daly, Noah Keen, Dan Frazer, John Newton, Russell Thorson
Episode 18
The Sacrifice
1h
Case file #65-9525-X - The Doriskin Papers - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine infiltrates a spy network and is marked for assassination.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Don Dubbins, Nancy Wickwire, Albert Paulsen, Percy Helton, Walter Reed, Ed Begley, Gregory Gaye, James McCallion
Episode 19
Special Delivery
1h
Case file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-hemisphere fugitive smuggling ring.
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Directed by Ralph SenenskyGuest stars Earl Holliman, Donald May, Argentina Brunetti, BarBara Luna, Jack Betts, Joseph V. Perry
Episode 20
Quantico
1h
Case File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Robert Walker Jr., Virginia Christine, Michael Callan, James Seay, Rhys Williams, Buck Young, Bert Kramer, Lillian Bronson
Episode 21
The Spy Master
1h
Case file #65-4948-X - The Forsythe Memo - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine masquerades as a traitor to break up a Red Chinese spy operation.
Episode credits
Directed by Richard DonnerGuest stars Lloyd Haynes, Keye Luke, Greg Mullavey, Kevin McCarthy, Patrick O'Neal, Whit Bissell
Episode 22
The Baby Sitter
1h
Case file #7-1101-D - Mrs. Amy Doucette - Kidnapping. Lew Erskine leads a three state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she has been baby-sitting.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Geoffrey Horne, Colleen Dewhurst, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Janet Waldo, Peter Hobbs
Episode 23
Flight to Harbin
1h
Case file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder. Inspector Erskine must save the lives of airline passengers aboard a flying prison of terror.
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Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Charles Larson, Gene L. CoonGuest stars Nancy Kovack, Jessica Walter, Robert F. Lyons, Arthur Hill, Milton Selzer, Priscilla Morrill, Bert Remsen, Julie Parrish
Episode 24
The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
1h
Case file #115-28414-T - Mark Stephen Tabor - Bond Default, Fraud Against The Government, Unlawful Flight.
Episode credits
Directed by Ralph SenenskyWritten by Robert Leslie BellemGuest stars Michael Conrad, Joseph Mell, J.D. Cannon, Anthony Eisley, Harold Gould
Episode 25
The Divided Man
1h
Case file #98-81829-M - Roger Leroy Mason - Sabotage.
Episode credits
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Jacqueline Scott, Bradford Dillman, Ross Elliott, Douglas Henderson
Episode 26
The Defector (1)
1h
Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. seeks to protect the life of an Eastern European cryptographer who defects to the United States.
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Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Norman LessingGuest stars Dana Wynter, Paul Lukas, Carl Benton Reid, John van Dreelen, James Frawley, Olan Soule, George Voskovec, Forrest Compton
Episode 27
The Defector (2)
1h
Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. plays a deadly game of espionage with foreign assassins who seek the life of an Eastern European defector to the U.S.
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Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Norman LessingGuest stars Dana Wynter, Paul Lukas, Carl Benton Reid, Bobs Watson, John van Dreelen, James Frawley, George Voskovec, Forrest Compton
Episode 28
The Tormentors
1h
Case file #7-4929-D - Logan Clyde Dupree, John Carl Brock, Anita James - Kidnapping. A desperate father jeopardizes the life of his kidnapped son when he defies F.B.I. warnings to keep the story out of the media.
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Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Lew Ayres, Kurt Russell, Wayne Rogers, Ed Asner, Joel Fluellen, Garry Walberg
Episode 29
The Animal
1h
Case file #76-2947-C - Earl Clayton, Roy Joe Spencer, et al. - Escaped Federal Prisoners, Killing a Federal Officer.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Mimsy Farmer, Harry Lauter, Doris Singleton, Harry Basch, Tim McIntire, Valentin de Vargas, Charles Bronson, James Doohan
Episode 30
The Plunderers
1h
Case file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads a search for bank robbers who did not take enough money.
Episode credits
Directed by Ralph SenenskyGuest stars Ralph Meeker, Bill Erwin, Mark Roberts, Albert Salmi, Harry Ellerbe, Wesley Addy, Walter Reed, Don Quine
Episode 31
The Bomb That Walked Like a Man
1h
Case file #7-76881-H - Dale Vernon Hillman - Kidnapping, Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine seeks a kidnapper-killer who tries to hide in a para-military hate group.
Episode credits
Directed by Christian NybyWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars Dick Whittinghill, Andrew Duggan, Marvin Brody, Melinda Casey, Robert Drivas, Charlotte Stewart, Joe Maross
Episode 32
The Hiding Place
1hfinale
Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its residents may have been a traitor during World War II, serving as a Japanese officer without ever renouncing his U.S. citizenship. The one-time officer also was involved in torture during the war. To find the man, the agents eventually must seek the aid of one of the torture victims from the war.
Episode credits
Guest stars Philip Ahn, Seymour Cassel, James Doohan, James Hong, Keye Luke, Victor Sen Yung, Mako, Charles Aidman
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
More about The F.B.I.
Cast
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Lewis Erskine
Philip AbbottArthur Ward
Marvin MillerNarrator (uncredited)
Lynn LoringBarbara Erskine
Shelly NovackAgente especial Chris Daniels
Stephen BrooksAgente especial Jim Rhodes
William ReynoldsSpecial Agent Tom Colby
Noah KeenVictor QuinlanCredits
- Written by
- Don Brinkley, Charles Larson, Robert Leslie Bellem
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 241
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States
Themes
fbipolice detective
