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This Date in THE FBI History: David Soul, Belinda J. Montgomery, and Jim Davis star in “The Runner,” airing Sept. 17, 1972. This episode also marked the very first network TV appearance of Robert Urich. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE RUNNER
Original Air Date: Sept. 17, 1972
Synopsis. A once-promising college football running back, Cliff Wade (played by David Soul) resorted to crime after taking a $5,000 payment—a violation of a conference rule that cost him his eligibility and ruined his future. After engineering his escape from prison, Wade kidnaps his former college sweetheart, Margo Bengston (Belinda J. Montgomery)—the daughter of the rancher who is directly responsible for Wade’s disgrace—and takes her deep into the Oregon mountains, where he desperately hopes to rekindle their romance while also plotting his escape across the river en route to Mexico.

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This Date in THE FBI History: William Reynolds joins the cast as Special Agent Tom Colby in “The Gold Card,” airing Sept. 17, 1967

THE GOLD CARD
Original Air Date: Sept. 17, 1967
Synopsis. In Willis, Nevada, Erskine enlists the aid of legendary gambler Doc Cameron (played by James Daly) to infiltrate Paul Nichols’ secret poker game and recover a black book that can link Nichols to an interstate system of bookmaking rooms and gambling parlors. But the escapade may endanger the inspector’s life.

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This Date in THE FBI History: Richard Anderson stars in “The Big Job,” the episode that also marked the first appearance of Shelly Novack as Special Agent Chris Daniels, airing Sept. 16, 1973

THE BIG JOB
Original Air Date: Sept. 16, 1973
Synopsis. Erskine and his new field partner, Special Agent Chris Daniels, travel six states in their effort to identify and locate the three men responsible for breaking into the depository of a nationwide armored car service located in Dallas, Texas.

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This Date in THE FBI History: Diane Baker stars as “the spy who came into the fold” in “Target of Interest,” airing Sept. 14, 1969

TARGET OF INTEREST
Original Air Date: Sept. 14, 1969
Synopsis. A spy ring for a Code Green Communist nation drives a prominent U.S. diplomat to leap to his death after the attaché refused to turn over an intelligence paper detailing how the United States would respond to the conflict in the Middle East. At Erskine’s behest, Anne Fraser, a double agent (played by Diane Baker), comes out of retirement to help the Bureau infiltrate the ring.

LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.

This Date in THE FBI History: Frank Converse and Andrew Prine star in “Death on Sunday,” airing Sept. 12, 1971. This episode was one of several FBI episodes that was filmed on location at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

DEATH ON SUNDAY
Original Air Date: Sept. 12, 1971
Synopsis. In San Francisco, professional quarterback Paul Talbot finds himself engaged in psychological warfare with convicted extortionist Irwin Lynch on the eve of the league championship game. Lynch, a borderline psychotic whom Talbot arrested eight years before when he was an MP with the army, threatens to kill the football star unless he is paid $125,000.

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This Date in THE FBI History: Quinn Martin dies on Sept. 5, 1987 at age sixty-five. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available through Black Pawn Press

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Our thanks to Mitchell Hadley and ItsAboutTV.com for the kind words about THE FBI DOSSIER

Our thanks to Bill Koenig for the great article about the recent release of THE FBI DOSSIER. Bill is the webmaster behind The Spy Command, an excellent forum about spy movies and spy TV series, and The FBI Episode Guide, another great source about the FBI TV series