Weed Wars

Weed Wars
Episode #	505
Air Date	October 31, 1981
Briefing	Keep up high visibility in Topanga area.

Title screen

Brief Plot

Some small-time marijuana growers are being pressurized by a bigger drug importer, and their pickups are being forced off the road. The accidents are witnessed by a kid who puts a hex on Ponch when he asks too many questions. As a result, Ponch suffers all manner of unexplained mishaps.

Guest Stars

• Jonathan Woodward as Tyler
• Betty Kennedy as Loretta
• Chris Lemmon as Kenny
• Grainger Hines as Varro
• Jeff Doucette as Vincent
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Dennis Stewart as Starkey
• James Carrington as Spiff Boyle
• Tim Donnelly as Sam Boyle
• Bradley Lieberman as Mark
• Sean Michaels as Gary
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Produced by: Paul Rabwin
• Written by: Rudolph Borchert
• Directed by: Earl Bellamy
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: L. Ford Neale & John Huff
• Associate Producer: Randall Torno
• 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: Stephen Myles Berger
• Editor: Dennis C. Vejar
• Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
• First Assistant Director: Denny Salvaryn
• Second Assistant Director: Leslie Jackson
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Recorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos S.M.A., Walter Schenck
• Hairdresser: Don Lynch
• Casting: Cathy Henderson
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

• Grainger Hines (Varro) previously appeared in Drive, Lady, Drive.

Mistakes

• In the opening chase, some shots show the white pickup with a damaged headlight while in others it's still intact. After the titles it's seen with the hood up, and the collision with the school bus seems to have fixed the headlights!
• The school bus only has minor bodywork damage - why doesn't the driver just move it away from the van?
• When the red/cream pickup crashes, it hits the rocks on the front right corner, but after a cut-away to the white truck it is facing a completely different direction.

Preceded by: "The Killer Indy"

Weed Wars 505

Followed by: "Anything But The Truth"