Death Watch

Death Watch
Episode #	305
Air Date	October 13, 1979
Briefing	?

Title screen

Guest Stars

• Christopher Stone as Dennis
• Gwen Humble as Cheryl Wydemeyer
• Rick Hurst as The Movie Director
• Dee Wallace as Sheila

Co-starring

• Stephen Parr as Steve Wydemeyer
• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Shirley Mitchell as Matron
• Larry Block as Abel Henshaw
• Larry Ellis as Assistant Director
• Ted Noose as Phil Boyd
• Frank Parker as Commissioner

Featuring

• Gary Calhern as Doctor
• Clay Alexander as Corvette Driver
• Timothy Wayne as Ken
• David Clover as Continental Driver
• Mickey Cherney as Todson
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Written by: Larry Alexander
• Directed by: Barry Crane
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
• Associate Producer: Paul Rabwin
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
• Art Director: Les Gobruegge
• Editors: Harry Knapp , Dennis Mosher
• Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
• Assistant Director: Lindsley Parsons III
• 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Chavez
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
• Technical Advisor: Bill Kuethen
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Sound: Coye Vanover, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A, Walter Schenck
• Casting: Michael O. Hanks
• Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

Inglewood Park Cemetery.

• Christopher Stone and Dee Wallace were married in real life, until Christoper's death.
• Rick Hurst, who plays the movie director, is probably best known for his role as Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard. This episode originally aired the day after his third appearance on that show.
• The crash where Dennis reverses into the red Cadillac was filmed on the Paxton Street off-ramp from the Foothill Freeway, a much used location. The original crash where the blue van hits the patrol car was filmed at the top of the same off-ramp. View in Google Maps
• The funeral chapel featured in this episode is at Inglewood Park Cemetery on East Florence Avenue. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

• The green Mercedes forces a white car off the road, but when the camera angle changes, the white car has gone.

Preceded by: "High Octane"

Death Watch 305

Followed by: "Counterfeit"