The Felony Squad#ep22
{{Short description|American TV crime drama (1966–1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Howard Duff Felony Squad 1967.JPG
| caption = Howard Duff working in front of the camera and behind it, 1967.
| genre = Crime drama
| creator = Richard Murphy
| writer =
| director =
| starring = Howard Duff
Dennis Cole
Ben Alexander
| opentheme =
| theme_music_composer = Pete Rugolo
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 73
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Walter Grauman
| producer = Richard Newton (1966–1967)
Philip Saltzman (1967–1969)
| runtime = 30 mins.
| company = 20th Century-Fox Television
| channel = ABC
| first_aired = {{start date|1966|9|12}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1969|1|31}}
| related =
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The Felony Squad is a half-hour television crime drama originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 12, 1966, to January 31, 1969.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 283|edition=4th}}
Overview
Sergeant Sam Stone and Detective Jim Briggs are investigators in a major crimes unit in an unidentified West Coast city. (Los Angeles City Hall is shown at dusk in the final scene of the opening credits.) Duff's character was the veteran who was teaching his younger partner the nuances of life in this new facet of police work.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} Another main character was desk sergeant Dan Briggs, the father of Cole's character.
Originally titled Men Against Evil,{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Val |title=Friday's Friend On the Felony Squad |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/17/archives/fridays-friend-on-the-felony-squad.html |access-date=May 11, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=July 17, 1966 |page=85|url-access=subscription}} the show was set to be a soap opera-type program that would have been broadcast two nights per week. By March 1966 Stone's alcoholic wife and other "main female characters" were removed, with the focus of the program changed from personal lives of policemen to the work of the police.{{cite book |last1=Shubilla |first1=Thom "Beefstew" |title=Primetime 1966–1967: The Full Spectrum of Television's First All-Color Season |date=April 21, 2022 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8344-7 |pages=68–69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V21tEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Felony+Squad%22&pg=PA68 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |language=en}} In addition, following primary sponsor Liggett & Myers' objection about being associated with the word "evil," the show's title was changed.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}
Regular Cast
- Howard Duff as Detective Sgt. Sam Stone
- Dennis Cole as Detective Jim Briggs
- Ben Alexander as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
- Frank Maxwell as Captain Frank Nye (1966–1967)
- Barney Phillips as Captain Ed Franks (1967–1969)
- Robert DoQui as Detective Cliff Sims (1968–1969){{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|page=341|edition=7th}}
- Len Wayland as District Attorney Adam Fisher (recurring){{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}
Guest Stars
- Joe Don Baker as Shep in "My Mommy Got Lost" (1967)
- Francis De Sales as Harmon in "The Broken Badge" (1966)
- Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., as Pepe Enciras in "Epitaph for a Cop" (1968)
- Don Keefer as Harry Jocelyn in "A Most Proper Killing" (1967)
- Ricky Kelman as Donny Clement in "The Fatal Hours" (1968)
- John M. Pickard as Cahill in "A Blueprint for Dying" (1968)
- Eric Shea as Mike Bradley in "A Date with Terror" (1966)
- Brooke Bundy as Betty Joyce in "The Deadly Innocents" (1968)
- Lana Wood as Sherry Martin in "The Last Man in the World" (1967)
Episodes
=Season 1: 1966–67=
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Streets Are Paved with Quicksand
| DirectedBy = Michael Ritchie
| WrittenBy = Harold Gast
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|9|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = A Walk to Oblivion
| DirectedBy = Michael Ritchie
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|9|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Broken Badge
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|9|26}}
| WrittenBy = George Eckstein
| DirectedBy = Vincent McEveety
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Strike Out
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|3}}
| WrittenBy = Donald S. Sanford
| DirectedBy = Andrew McCullough
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = A Date with Terror
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|10}}
| WrittenBy = Hank Searles
| DirectedBy = Richard Donner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Flame Out
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|17}}
| WrittenBy = Donald S. Sanford
| DirectedBy = Thomas Carr
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Immaculate Killer
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|24}}
| WrittenBy = Alfred Brenner
| DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Death of a Dream
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|31}}
| WrittenBy = Adrian Spies
| DirectedBy = Richard Donner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Prologue to Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|7}}
| WrittenBy = John Kneubuhl
| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Killer with a Badge
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|14}}
| WrittenBy = Donald S. Sanford
| DirectedBy = Jud Taylor
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Between Two Fires
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|21}}
| WrittenBy = Harold Gast
| DirectedBy = László Benedek
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Terror Trap
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|28}}
| WrittenBy = Alvin Boretz
| DirectedBy = Tom Gries
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Killer Instinct
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|5}}
| WrittenBy = Mann Rubin
| DirectedBy = Robert Butler
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Fear Below
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|12}}
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Franklin Barton;
| t = Donald S. Sanford
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
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| DirectedBy = Walter Grauman
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = A Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|19}}
| WrittenBy = Adrian Spies
| DirectedBy = Richard Donner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Miss Reilly's Revenge
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|26}}
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| t = George Eckstein;
| ex1 = Leonard Kantor
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| DirectedBy = Michael Ritchie
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = A Death for a Death
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|2}}
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Harry Kronman;
| ex1 = Donald S. Sanford
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
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| DirectedBy = Herschel Daugherty
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Deadly Partner
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|9}}
| WrittenBy = Donald S. Sanford
| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Night of the Shark: Part 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|16}}
| WrittenBy = Harold Gast
| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Night of the Shark: Part 2
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|23}}
| WrittenBy = Harold Gast
| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Strangler
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|1|30}}
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Lee Erwin;
| ex1 = Tony Barrett
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}
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| DirectedBy = Lee H. Katzin
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Breakout
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|2|6}}
| WrittenBy = Barry Oringer
| DirectedBy = Larry Peerce
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = The Desperate Silence
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|2|13}}
| WrittenBy = Gwen Bagni & Paul Dubov
| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Target!
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|2|20}}
| WrittenBy = Frank L. Moss
| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Echo of a Killing
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|2|27}}
| WrittenBy = Dan Ullman
| DirectedBy = Gene Nelson
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Live Coward, Dead Hero
| DirectedBy = Robert Butler
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| t = Franklin Barton;
| ex1 = Jay Simms
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = A Blueprint for Dying
| DirectedBy = Lee H. Katzin
| WrittenBy = Tony Barrett
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = The Fear Merchant
| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Quentin Sparr;
| t = Tony Barrett
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = The Savage Streets
| DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| t = Philip Saltzman;
| ex1 = L.T. Bentwood
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|4|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Debt of Fear
| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin
| WrittenBy = John Furia Jr. (as "John Joseph")
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|4|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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=Season 2: 1967–68=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Let Him Die!
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Tony Barrett
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Counterfeit Cop
| DirectedBy = Walter Grauman
| WrittenBy = Art Wallace
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = A Most Proper Killing
| DirectedBy = Walter Grauman
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|25}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The 30-Gram Kill
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Don Tait & Willian Koenig;
| t = Tony Bennett
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|2}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Death Bag
| DirectedBy = Charles Rondeau
| WrittenBy = Tony Barrett
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|9}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Deadly Junkman
| DirectedBy = William Hale
| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|16}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Pat Hand of Death
| DirectedBy = Sutton Roley
| WrittenBy = Tony Barrett
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|30}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Hit and Run, Run, Run
| DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie
| WrittenBy = Dan Ullman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|6}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Time of Trial
| DirectedBy = Gerd Oswald
| WrittenBy = Robert E. Thompson
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|13}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Who'll Take Care of Joey
| DirectedBy = Herbert Hirschman
| WrittenBy = Tony Barrett
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = My Mommy Got Lost
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Robert Heverly
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|27}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 000070
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Ordeal by Terror
| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = William Kayden;
| t = Philip Saltzman
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|4}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = An Arrangement with Death: Part 1
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = An Arrangement with Death: Part 2
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = No Sad Songs for Charlie
| DirectedBy = Gerd Oswald
| WrittenBy = Earl Felton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|25}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Bed of Strangers
| DirectedBy = James Sheldon
| WrittenBy = Jack Turley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Killing, Country Style
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Judith & Robert Guy Barrows;
| t = Robert Heverly
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Flip Side of Fear: Part 1
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Flip Side of Fear: Part 2
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Love Victim
| DirectedBy = Nicholas Colasanto
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| t = Robert Heverly;
| ex1 = Anthony Lawrence
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Deadly Abductors
| DirectedBy = Howard Duff
| WrittenBy = Jerry Devine
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|12}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Nightmare on a Dead-End Street
| DirectedBy = Ron Kelly
| WrittenBy = Richard Landau
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|19}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Epitaph for a Cop
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Jack Morton;
| t = Jack Morton & Norman Klenman
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|26}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Man on Fire
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Jerome Ross
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Image of Evil
| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin
| WrittenBy = Bob Barbash
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = The Human Target
| DirectedBy = Herbert Hirschman
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Ellis Kadison & Joel Kane;
| t = Norman Klenman
| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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=Season 3: 1968–69=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = A Fashion for Dying
| DirectedBy = Nicholas Colasanto
| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|9|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Jury of One
| DirectedBy = Gene Nelson
| WrittenBy = Jack Turley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|10|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Underground Nightmare
| DirectedBy = Nicholas Colasanto
| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|10|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Deadly Innocents
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Jack Turley
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|10|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Kiss Me, Kill You
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|11|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Nowhere Man: Part 1
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Philip Saltzman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|11|8}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Nowhere Man: Part 2
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Philip Saltzman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|11|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Matched for Murder
| DirectedBy = Robert Butler
| WrittenBy = Robert Heverly
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|11|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Fatal Hours
| DirectedBy = Otto Lang
| WrittenBy = Franklin Barton
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|11|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Hostage
| DirectedBy = Gerd Oswald
| WrittenBy = Mark Rodgers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|12|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Distant Shore
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Mark Rodgers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|12|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Dark Memory
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Mark Rodgers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|12|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Last Man in the World
| DirectedBy = Harvey Hart
| WrittenBy = Robert Heverly
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|1|3}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Conspiracy of Power: Part 1
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|1|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Conspiracy of Power: Part 2
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|1|17}}
| ShortSummary =
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Blind Terror
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
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| t = Robert Heverly
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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|1|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The Law and Order Blues
| DirectedBy = George McCowan
| WrittenBy = Harold Gast
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|1|31}}
| ShortSummary = This episode was a crossover with Judd, for the Defense.
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Production
The show was filmed in Los Angeles locations.
From the show's debut until September 1968, it was broadcast on Monday nights from 9 to 9:30 Eastern Time. In the Fall of 1968 it was switched to Fridays from 8:30 to 9 E.T. The program was cancelled at midseason after just thirteen aired episodes. The final episode of the series was part of a crossover with the ABC legal drama Judd, for the Defense, starring Carl Betz, which was cancelled at the end of its season after a two-year run.
Alexander's role in the series was not only onscreen but also offscreen as a technical adviser. His earlier work with Jack Webb in Dragnet was the basis for this added position,{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} but resulted in his inability to reprise his role of Officer Frank Smith when Webb revived Dragnet in late 1966. He died of a heart attack less than six months after The Felony Squad left the air.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}
The Felony Squad was sponsored by L&M cigarettes, as seen on the 1967 episode "The Day of the Shark Part 1".
20th-Century Fox supplied the series. Pete Rugolo composed Felony Squad Theme.
Critical response
Jack Gould wrote in The New York Times that the debut episode was "a very old-fashioned and conventional yarn about tight-lipped detectives doing a day's work."{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=Jack |title=TV: 'Rat Patrol' Takes On Rommel: 4 Commandos Display Jeep-Driving Skill 'Felony Squad' and 'Iron Horse' Bow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/20/archives/tv-rat-patrol-takes-on-rommel-4-commandos-display-jeepdriving-skill.html |access-date=May 11, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=September 20, 1966 |page=93|url-access=subscription}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Felony Squad}}
- {{IMDb title|0059983|The Felony Squad}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLuT38m-anc YouTube compilation of Batman window cameos]
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Category:1960s American crime drama television series
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:1966 American television series debuts
Category:1969 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows