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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
Case: Michael Weil, Sandra Davis, Eugene Moody, et al - Espionage.
Guest stars Tod Andrews, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Stewart Moss, Diane Baker, Eduard Franz, Lawrence Montaigne, Curt Lowens, Linden Chiles
Episode 2
Case: Gerald Wilson, Lawrence ""Jack"" Collins, Carolyn Paul - Killing a Federal Officer, Unlawful Flight, Murder.
Directed by Harvey HartGuest stars Fred Holliday, Ellen Weston, Burr DeBenning, Robert Duvall, John Anthony Hayes
Episode 3
Case: Robert Charles Pollard, William Fremont Quine, George J. Hoyer - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder.
Guest stars Peter Donat, Vera Miles, William Schallert, Bill Quinn, John P. Ryan, Ford Rainey, Richard Bull, Herb Armstrong
Episode 4
Case: Extortion - Kidnapping. Terry Shelton, Melinda Collier, Harvey George Windsor, Robert David Fleming.
Directed by Gene NelsonGuest stars John Beck, Carl Betz, Jeff Bridges, Karen Carlson, Brooke Bundy, Nancy Wickwire, Mark Roberts
Episode 5
Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the trial of a mob kingpin.
Written by Jack TurleyGuest stars Robert Hooks, Walter Burke, Wesley Addy, Cicely Tyson, Tyler McVey, Robert Yuro
Episode 6
Case: Harry L. Springer - Extortion.
Written by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Laraine Day, Claire Kelly, Anne Helm, Michael Callan, Peter Hobbs, Jerry Ayres
Episode 7
Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger.
Directed by Gene NelsonGuest stars Lynne Marta, Jenny Sullivan, Brenda Benet, Larry Linville, Irene Tedrow, Michael Witney, Tim O'Connor, Skip Ward
Episode 8
Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Donald S. SanfordGuest stars Joanne Linville, John Zaremba, Fritz Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Richard Anderson, Forrest Compton
Episode 9
Case: Richard Arthur Kriton, Maximilian Kerry, Francis Wanderman - Theft from Interstate Shipment, Attempted Murder.
Guest stars Julie Adams, Jeff Donnell, Michael Tolan, Scott Marlowe
Episode 10
Case: Nate Phelps, John Carl Winslow - Bank Robbery, Murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Lola Falana, Booker Bradshaw, Adam Wade, Charles Lampkin, Billy Dee Williams, Troy Melton, Ron Stokes
Episode 11
Case: Harley Earl Garnett - Crime on a Government Reservation - Murder.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Edward J. LaksoGuest stars Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Okazaki, Harrison Ford, Arthur Franz, Nan Martin, Michael Burns, Harlan Warde, Noah Keen
Episode 12
Case:Harold H. Casey, Frank V. Sawyer-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inpector Erskine and Agent Colby uncovers the ""Inside Man"" in a series of jewelery heists from New York City's Diamond District.
Directed by Gene NelsonWritten by Norman HudisGuest stars Lloyd Bochner, Aron Kincaid, Janis Hansen, Oscar Beregi Jr., Lawrence Dane, Dean Harens
Episode 13
Case: Carl S. Beaumont, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives - Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Sam Elliott, Mildred Dunnock, Bettye Ackerman, Joanna Moore, Rose Hobart, Steve Ihnat, Paul Fix, Cyril Delevanti
Episode 14
Case: David Mark Starret - Escaped Federal Prisoner - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The escaped federal prisoner, David Starret, kidnaps his own son from the son's foster parents in Albany NY. The father and son travel to Texas where the good inspector finally captures him.
Guest stars Fred Sadoff, Pat Renella, Dabbs Greer, Tol Avery, Don Keefer, John Vernon, Anthony Eisley
Episode 15
Case: John DeBecker,Eric Linler, et al-Espionage,murder. The FBI goes after communist agents in which the head of a porcelain doll is used to transport top secret microfilm.
Directed by Herschel DaughertyGuest stars Robert Wolders, Josephine Hutchinson, Viveca Lindfors, Penny Fuller, Peter Brandon, William Smithers, Anthony Eisley, Julie Bennett
Episode 16
Case: Aaron Taylor, Milo Pike - Organized Crime, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft, Murder.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Robert McQueeney, Michele Carey, Frank Campanella, Harrison Page, William Cort, Jim McKrell, James Seay, Don Gordon
Episode 17
Case: Victor Kiley, Rick Davis - Unlawful Flight, Murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Jan Burrell, Larry Ward, David Cassidy, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Norma Crane, John Considine, John Lasell
Episode 18
Case: Peter Freeman Griffith - Victim, Civil Rights Violation.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Vitina Marcus, James Olson, Armando Silvestre, J.D. Cannon, James McCallion
Episode 19
Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond pendant with the aid of the owner's maid.
Directed by Robert DouglasGuest stars Daniel J. Travanti, Jack Klugman
Episode 20
Case: Matthew Bernhardt, David Hermann, John Stone, et al. - Espionage. Agents from the ""Eastern Sector"" (East Berlin) allow the wife of a US based spy to ""escape"" the eastern sector. She is to then assassinate her husband, who is about to defect. The good inspector goes undercover to transport the wife from Berlin to the US and eventually prevent the assassination.
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Alf Kjellin, Dana Wynter, Alex Gerry, John van Dreelen, Gregory Gaye, Anthony Eisley
Episode 21
Case: Martin Rawll, Jack Lee Lutcher, Scott Rogers - Interstate Transportation of Gambling Devices, Attempted Murder.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Phyllis Love, David Opatoshu, John Kerr, Frank Marth, William Stevens
Episode 22
Case: Alex Drake, Beau Thomas Manley - Extortion, Kidnapping.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Joe Don Baker, Beverlee McKinsey, Eldon Quick, Lin McCarthy, Peggy McCay, Fred Holliday
Episode 23
Case: Peter Joseph Tenny, Frank DiMirjian - Organized Crime, Assault of a Federal Officer. Inspector Lew Erskine Capitalizes on a blood feud to lead him to secret mafia financial records.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Christopher George, John Carter, Anthony Caruso, Lynda Day George, Peter Mark Richman, Richard Devon, Jerome Guardino
Episode 24
Case: Bernard Simms, Frank Brokaw, Norman Whitehead, David Osborne, et al-Theft From Interstate Shipments, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine goes undercover by driving big rigs to obtain evidence against an Interstate Hijacking Ring. Colby also goes undercover as a shipping clerk to uncover the smuggling ring. He is injured in the line of duty when an ex-con reveals that Colby was not a convict!
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Nina Foch, Roy Jenson, Paul Mantee, Edward Binns, Paul Bryar, Larry J. Blake
Episode 25
Case: Ronald Brimlow, Frank Morris Moonan, Shelly Brimlow, Arthur Cody - Kidnapping, Bank Robbery, Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.
Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Anne Francis, Zohra Lampert, Paul Picerni, Wayne Rogers, Buck Young, Robert Drivas
Episode 26
Case: Walter Graham Carr - Crime on a Government Reservation.
Directed by Philip AbbottGuest stars Michael Stanwood, Parley Baer, Earl Holliman, Russell Johnson, Frank Maxwell, Larry Gates, Anthony Eisley, Dorothy Dells
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
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 Quinlan
ABCUnited States
