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Starring: Robert Wagner (as Pete Ryan) & Eddie Albert (as Frank McBride)  
Season 1 (CBS) (1975-76)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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CBS Tuesdays 9:00PM Eastern

1.1 [--] Switch: THE JAMES CAAN CON
09Sep75
Keir Dullea
Julie Sommars
John S. Ragin

1.2 [--] Switch: THE LATE SHOW MURDERS
16-Sep-1975 CBS Tue
prod #44215
guest stars
Jaclyn Smith ......... Ali
Roger C. Carmel ...... Lou Belasco
Stanley Kamel ........ Eddie Matlock
Stack Pierce ......... Charlie Van Scoyk
Midori ............... Moo Ling
Synopsis 1:
A private detective (Roger C. Carmel) acquires $1 million in gems stolen from his client by killing the jewel thief.
Synopsis 2:
Pete and Mac borrow ideas from classic detective stories to thwart a crooked small-time private eye. They're
decoying him from fencing stolen jewels by concocting a case he couldn't refuse. [RF]

1.3 [--] Switch: THE OLD DIAMOND GAME
23Sep75
Guest Cast:
Robert Webber
Anne Archer
Robert Miller Driscoll
Stefan Gierasch
Mary Gregory

1.4 [--] Switch: STUNG FROM BEYOND
Universal-Glen Larson prod #44206
30-Sep-1975 CBS Tue
guest cast:
Joan Collins ......... Jackie Simon
Granville Van Dusen .. Phil Simon
Ida Lupino ........... Mrs. Simon
John Dehner .......... Mr. Simon
Gordon Jump .......... Chuck Kreski
Maida Severn ......... Mrs. Kreski
Buddy Lester ......... Arnie Gold
Byron Morrow ......... Farrell
Ivan Bonar ........... Manager
Synopsis:
A family of con artists stages seances to bilk unsuspecting stock investors. [RF].

1.5 [--] Switch: THE DEADLY MISSILE CAPER
07-Oct-1975 CBS Tue
guest cast:
Kathleen Quinlan ..... Robin Morgan
John Vernon .......... Jack Morgan
John Quade ........... Sheriff Jacobs
Stephen McNally ...... Steve Morgan
Martin Kove .......... Bud Ewing
Marjorie Battles ..... Emma
Synopsis:
The daughter of a missing timber magnate is convinced that her uncle murdered her father and buried his body
somewhere on their million-acre Oregon spread. She wants Pete and Mac to con him into revealing exactly where. [RF]

1.6 [--] Switch: THE MAN WHO COULDN'T LOSE
14-Oct-1975 CBS Tue
written by Michael Kozoll
Guest cast:
Gayle Hunnicutt ...... Samantha
Paul Koslo ........... Roy Moss
Don Gordon ........... Deputy Graylow
Richard Masur ........ Wes Atwater
Joshua Shelley ....... Dutch
Keith Atkinson ....... Riesdorf
Robert Snively ....... Chet Varner
Synopsis:
Pete and Mac play on a hijacker's weakness for cars, gambling and women
to get him to reveal where he and two partners hid an armored car
carrying $900,000. [RF]

1.7 [--] Switch: DEATH HEIST
21Oct75
Henry Silva
Jaclyn Smith
Richard Kiel
Bill Engesser
Richard Le Pore
Booth Colman

1.8 [--] Switch: THE BODY AT THE BOTTOM
04Nov75
Vic Tayback
James Keach
Gino Conforti
Jordan Rhodes
Vernon Weddie
H.B. Haggerty
Albert Cole

1.9 [--] Switch: THE CRUISE SHIP MURDERS
11-Nov-1975 CBS Tue
Guest cast:
Lloyd Bochner ........ Harmon
Jared Martin ......... Todd
John Findlater ....... Bob
Chris Morley ......... Jane
Joan Freeman ......... Norma Harmon
Russ Conway .......... Captain
Gino Ardito .......... Willis
Natalie Wood ???
Synopsis:
Pete and Mac embark on an ocean cruise to get a fellow passenger to
admit to having had his bookkeeper murdered. [RF]

1.10 [--] Switch: KISS OF DEATH
25Nov75
Guest Cast:
Ricardo Montalban
Dina Merrill
Marc Lawrence
Martine Beswick
Cliff Carnell
Pearl Shear

1.11 [--] Switch: DEATH BY RESURRECTION
02Dec75
Guest Cast:
Don Porter
Cheryl Ladd
Alfred Ryder
JoAnna Cameron
Todd Martin
John Kerr
George Wyner
A routine background check turns dangerous for Pete and Mac when local police, the FBI and the mob all want to
stop their investigation.

1.12 [--] Switch: THE COLD WAR CON
09Dec75
Guest Cast:
Madlyn Rhue
Burr DeBenning
Bill Fletcher
Anne Archer
James Jeter
Randi Oakes

1.13 [--] Switch: THROUGH THE PAST DEADLY
16Dec75
Guest Cast:
Frank Marth
Camilia Sparv
Mel Allen
Bill Morey

1.14 [--] Switch: MISTRESSES, MURDER AND MILLIONS
23Dec75
Guest Cast:
Ann Blyth
Charles Drake
Joe Maross
Shelly Novack
Carole Wells
Med Flory
Don Fenwick

1.15 [--] Switch: THE WALKING BOMB
06Jan76
Guest Cast:
Jacques Aubuchon
Sandy Deal
Milt Kogan
Patrick Duffy
Charles Haid
Larry Manetti
Terry Kiser

1.16 [--] Switch: AIN'T NOBODY HERE NAMED BARNEY
13Jan76
Guest Cast:
Fred Holliday
Lurene Tuttle
Ann Prentiss
Bernie Kopell
Lucille Benson
Guy Raymond

1.17 [--] Switch: COME DIE WITH ME
27Jan76
Guest Cast:
Don Ho
Gretchen Corbett
Jason Evers
Linden Chiles
Ben Piazza
John Fujioka
Kathrine Baumann

1.18 [--] Switch: ONE OF OUR ZEPPELINS IS MISSING
10Feb76
Guest Cast:
Joan Blondell
Estelle Winwood
Dabney Coleman
John Evans
Alan Vint
William Vint

1.19 [--] Switch: BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST
17Feb76
Guest Cast:
David Sheiner
Sydney Chaplin
Ross Elliott
Bruce Glover
Christopher Nelson
Pamela Shoop

1.20 [--] Switch: BIG DEAL IN PARADISE
24Feb76
Guest Cast:
Ray Danton
Peter Mark Richman
Jeanne Bates
Charles Bateman
Anne Archer
Richard Le Pore

1.21 [--] Switch: THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED CASE
02Mar76
Guest Cast:
Larry Storch
Dionne Warwick
Milt Kamen
Lara Parker
Irving Benson
Jack Colvin
Erica Hagen
A woman from Pete's con-man days asks him to recover a stolen package supposedly containing letters.

1.22 [--] Switch: THE GIRL ON THE GOLDEN STRIP
16Mar76
Guest Cast:
Wayne Newton
Michael Callan
Kelly Harmon
Jack Colvin
Dave Barry
David Sabin

1.23 [--] Switch: ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS
23Mar76
Guest Cast:
Fernando Lamas
George Voskovec
Sid Haig
James Ingersoll
Veronica Hamel
Edith Atwater

1.24 [--] Switch: DEATH SQUAD
06Apr76
Guest Cast:
Mark Goddard
David Hollander
Jack Hogan
Mike Quinn
Augusta Summerland
William Sylvester

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