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Starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord
Season 5 (NBC) (1972-73)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
TV Guide /   Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive

################## Adam-12 ###################
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24 episodes
NBC Wednesdays 8:00 PM EST

5.01 [103] Adam-12: DIRT DUEL (1972.09.13)
Edd Byrnes
Mickey Dolenz
Keith Taylor
Virginia Gregg
Larry Levine
Officers Malloy and Reed get help from an unexpected source
in their pursuit of two motorcycle purse snatchers.

5.02 [104] Adam-12: THE LATE BABY (1972.09.20)
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Christina Sinatra
Herb Vigran
John Gilgreen
Stuart Nisbet
Officer Malloy dates the new girl in the steno pool, causing
great concern for another officer who is her uncle.

5.03 [105] Adam-12: AIRDROP (1972.09.27)
Al Martino
Cindy Eilbacher
Ned Romero
A young girl leads Officers Malloy and Reed, who are expecting
a narcotics drop, to a suspicious plane and jeep in the mountains.

5.04 [106] Adam-12: LOST AND FOUND (1972.10.04)
Robert Fuller .......... Dr Kelly Brackett (Emergency)
Julie London ........... Nurse Dixie McCall (Emergency)
Bobby Troup ............ Dr. Joe Early (Emergency)
Kevin Tighe ............ Paramedic Roy DeSoto (Emergency)
Randolph Mantooth ...... Paramedic John Gage (Emergency)
Kirby Furlong
Elaine Giftos
Diane Sherry
Nancy King
Chanin Hale
Officers Malloy and Reed help prevent the death of a six-year
old boy and track down a thirteen-year-old drug addict.

5.05 [107] Adam-12: TRAINING WHEELS (1972.10.11or18)
(no cast details)
Much to their chagrin, Officers Malloy and Reed are assigned
to the bicycle patrol in an experiment to catch car accessory
thieves.

5.06 [108] Adam-12: BADGE HEAVY (1972.10.25)
Quinn Redeker
Steve Franken
Officer Jim Reed puts himself on the spot when he accuses fellow
officer Charlie Burnside of unnecessary cruelty to suspects.

5.07 [109] Adam-12: HARRY NOBODY (1972.11.08)
Henry Jones
Anne Whitfield
Greg Mullavey
Scott Garrett
Liz Renay
Officers Malloy and Reed catch a killer with the aid of an
unlikely witness, a wino who lies.

5.08 [110] Adam-12: THE SURPRISE (1972.11.15)
Felton Perry
Don Stroud
John Goddard
William Wellman, Jr.
Officers Malloy and Reed, assisted by Officer Wells, break up
a rash of commercial burglaries. Meanwhile, Malloy doesn't want
a surprise party for his birthday.

5.09 [111] Adam-12: THE VENDETTA
1972
Walt Davis
Paul Gleason
Ann Doran
Officers Malloy and Reed try to prevent a vindictive man from
avenging his brother's death.

5.xx [---] Adam-12: THE IMIGRANT TAILOR (not in syndication package)
22Nov72
Nehemiah Persoff
Peter Brocco
Barbara Nichols
(no synopsis)

5.10 [112] Adam-12: THE CHASER
6Dec72
Bruce Gordon
Hilly Hicks
Christopher Graham
Burt Mustin
Sandra Gould
Officers Malloy and Reed, aided by a tip from waitress Jenny,
question a private investigator who outsmarts himself.

5.11 [113] Adam-12: HOT SPELL
13Dec72
Russell E. Wiggins
Joel Fluellen
Leo Gordon
John Lance
Rodolfo Hoyos
Scatman Crothers
Officers Malloy and Reed search for a missing cyclist and also
become very suspicious of a front yard sale of attractive items.

5.12 [114] Adam-12: GIFTS AND LONG LETTERS
20Dec72
Mark Miller
Leslie Parrish
Leonard Stone
Sammy Jackson
Carlos Romero
A young woman's suicide attempt and her note to a former
racketeer plunge Officers Malloy and Reed into one of their more
unusual investigations.

5.13 [115] Adam-12: O'BRIEN'S STAND
3Jan73
Lillian Bronson
Carlos Romero
Murray MacLeod
Jeff Donnell
Officer Malloy's apartment house manager, Mrs. O'Brien, pickets
the police department to protest against the failure to capture
a purse snatcher.

5.14 [116] Adam-12: CLEAR WITH A CIVILIAN (Part 1/2) 10Jan73
5.15 [117] Adam-12: CLEAR WITH A CIVILIAN (Part 2/2) 17Jan73
Juanita Moore
Robert Donner
Peggy Rhea
Penny Santon
Rose Marie
Burt Mustin
Cay Forester
Anthony Eldridge
Part I:
Officers Malloy and Reed cite a woman for making an illegal turn
and then find out that she is the new police commissioner.
Part II:
Officers Malloy and Reed are assigned to take the new police
commissioner on night watch patrol. They check out a wino who
strips naked in a bar, prevent a riot, and chase a 17-year-old
who steals a car.

5.16 [118] Adam-12: CITIZEN'S ARREST - 484
24Jan73
Pamela Jones
Kim Hamilton
Cay Forester
Doug Johnson
An off-duty patrolman's arrest of a female shoplifter at a
supermarket leads Officers Malloy and Reed into a tragic chain
of events.

5.17 [119] Adam-12: THE BEAST
31Jan73
Lennie Weinrib
John Gallaudet
Donna Douglas
Todd Martin
Officers Malloy and Reed run into trouble when they tangle with
a beautiful woman and a malfunctioning police car they nickname
"the beast."

5.18 [120] Adam-12: KILLING GROUND
7Feb73
Michael Richardson
John Chandler
Joy Wenner Bang
Todd Martin
Officers Malloy and Reed become victims of a trap set by two
young criminals and narrowly escape death.

5.19 [121] Adam-12: NIGHT WATCH
14Feb73
Charles Lampkin
Keefe Brasselle
Tol Avery
Carlos Romero
Officers Malloy and Reed have a busy night which culminates in
three tragedies, and Reed's resistance is tested by a used car
dealer.

5.20 [122] Adam-12: SUSPENDED
21Feb73
Don Dubbins
Michael Margotta
Ray Ballard
Sharon Claridge ... the voice for the unseen dispatcher
Officer Reed is suspended when a dying unarmed man and another
witness accuse him of the shooting.

5.21 [123] Adam-12: A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
28Feb73
Regis Toomey
Lurene Tuttle
David White
Officer Malloy's day is marked by dodging bullets and receiving
advice on how to spend the $10,000 he won in a contest.

5.22 [124] Adam-12: ANATOMY OF A 415
7Mar73
Jed Allen
Jean Allison
Milton France
Eve Brent
Donald Barry
Ken Renard
Officers Malloy and Reed receive several "disturbing the peace"
complaint calls to the same home, culminating in tragedy for a
family.

5.23 [125] Adam-12: KEEPING TABS
14Mar73
Sean Kelly
Louise Lorimer
Ta-Tanisha
E.A. Sirianni
Officer Malloy helps Sergeant MacDonald bridge the generation
gap with his son, and Officer Reed gives some pointers to an
inebriated traffic director.

5.24 [126] Adam-12: EASY RAP
21Mar73
Damon Douglas
Catherine Burns
Joe Kapp
Joe E. Tata
Florence Lake
Legal rulings which protect criminals frustrate Officers Malloy
and Reed when they go after a drug pusher and a car thief.