High Explosive

High Explosive
Episode #	212
Air Date	Dec 9, 1978
Briefing	?

Title Screen

Plot

Cahill spots the shooter.

Guest Stars

• Steve Oliver as Brad Holmes
• Jonathan Goldsmith as Stan Mallory
• Lynne Marta as Beth
• Ike Eisenmann as Barry
• Rosanne Katon as Mary

Also Starring

• Brianne Leary as Sindy
• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lew Saunders as Fritz

Co-starring

• Bucklind Beery as Shorty
• Ken Kercheval as Dr. Faraday
• F. William Parker as Gus
• Robert Yuro as Eddie
• Carol Vogel as Mrs. Lasher
• Marie Denn as Receptionist
• Steven Mond as Boy

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Teleplay by: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
• Story by: Susanne Ryder
• Directed by: Barry Crane
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
• Associate Producers: Wm. L. Young and 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: Joseph M. Altadonna
• Editor: Dennis Mosher
• Unit Production Manager: Thom Anable, Wm. L. Young
• Assistant Director: Ron Grow
• 2nd Assistant Director: Mary Lou MacLaury
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Bob Hayden
• Technical Advisor: Dick Barton
• Sound: Robert Sheridan, Hal Watkins, C.A.S.
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: John M. Norin
• 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

• Ponch and Jon pass through the intersection of Soledad Canyon Rd. and Sierra Highway when the show opens.
• Gas is 66 cents per gallon.
• The pursuit of the ambulance driver passes through the intersection of Cahuenga Blvd. and Yucca St. [*http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=yucca&sll=34.116033,-118.339663&sspn=0.0275,0.055747&ie=UTF8&ll=34.103952,-118.329663&spn=0.003767,0.015407&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.103946,-118.329671&panoid=urnOlefncxuoy6IgYvIOSA&cbp=11,272.39,,0,4.96 View in Google Maps]

Mistakes

Someone moved the pellets!

• When the kid with the gun takes off, he drops his tin of pellets. A number of them fall out. When Jon discovers the tin of pellets later, the tin is nearly full and the lid is much closer to the tin. It looks neatly placed.
• When Ponch and Jon chase the ambulance driver, both the driver and the CHP exit through a gate, pass a pillar, a speed limit sign, and a smaller sign. The next shots appear to be the same footage given where they pass and the movements of the CHP riders. The first shots of the driver and then the CHP officers appear to be edited versions of the second shots.

Visible jump ramp

• During the chase of the ambulance driver, a jump ramp is visible right before one vehicle vaults another.

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Preceded by: "Supercycle"

High Explosive 212

Followed by: "Down Time"