"The F.B.I." (1965) TV series 1965-1974

Directors:

Carl Barth
Earl Bellamy

Writers:

Norman Borisoff (story)
Jonathan Box (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

19 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

The cases of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Based On Film | Police | Acronym In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Inspector Lewis Erskine / ... (239 episodes, 1965-1974)
Philip Abbott	...	Arthur Ward / ... (164 episodes, 1965-1974)
Marvin Miller	...	Narrator (117 episodes, 1966-1974)
William Reynolds	...	Special Agent Tom Colby / ... (108 episodes, 1966-1974)

Runtime:

60 min (239 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

Trivia:

Originally sponsored by the Ford Motor Co., which supplied all the vehicles used on the show.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Barney Miller: Atomic Bomb (#4.11)" (1977)

Soundtrack:

F.B.I. Theme

Sturdy Law and Justice Series.

I can still hear it now... The four notes of the series theme, and that familiar voice over, "The F.B.I, A Quinn Martin Production!"...

Great show, great cast, and well deserving of a run in syndication, someplace. Or sold by Time-Life on video. I am amazed that this show is buried somewhere, and not seen. "Hawaii Five-O", was missing in action for years, and then came back to life, so why not this gem.

And remember this, car nuts out there, how Inspector Erskine would, at the end of the show, hop into a new Ford Motor Company product? A friend of mine and I would bet on what it might be, that week. A new pointy nosed 1970 T-bird? A lowly Custom 500, LTD, or Mustang? I wonder if Ford's catch phrase slogan of that era, "Ford has a Better Idea", came from "F.B.I"? See the connection?