Alarmed

Alarmed
Episode #	517
Air Date	February 14, 1982
Briefing	Learn about anti-theft devices.

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Brief Plot

Bonnie suspects that an old friend from the police academy has turned to car theft. A car alarm expert's daughter is having a hard time persuading her father that she wants to join the business.

Guest Stars

• Simon Oakland as Sweeney
• Christina Hart as Toni
• Elizabeth Daily as Carol Sweeney
• John O'Connell as Charlie Max
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Patty Kotero as Barbara
• Cynthia Leake as Lori
• Connie Downing as Sandy
• Michelle Avonne as Cathy
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Produced by: Paul Rabwin
• Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
• Written By: Rudolph Borchert
• Directed by: Phil Bondelli
• 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: Albert P. Wilson A.C.E.
• Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
• First Assistant Director: Steven P. Saeta
• Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. 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
• Assistant Editor: Bill L. Theobald
• Sound Editor: Dick McCarty
• Music Editor: Jan Gershkoff
• Casting: Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley
• 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

• Elizabeth Daily (Carol Sweeney) now works mainly as a voice artist under the name E.G Daily. She's probably best known as the voice of Tommy Pickles in Rugrats.
• Simon Oakland (Sweeney) previously appeared as Bruno in Drive, Lady, Drive.
• The female mud wrestling scenes were actually filmed at the Hollywood Tropicana which is actually located 1250 N Western Ave, Hollywood,

Los Angeles, CA 90029.

Mistakes

• In the accident scene at the beginning Ponch on the radio with LA Communication Center calls in an 11-80 (Accident Serious Injuries) and requests an 11-41 (ambulance) and 11-42 (Paramedics), few moments later Jon talking to two female motorists says "luckily no one's hurt".
• When Ponch and Jon take Bonnie, including her cousin Tom to a night club called Chippendales in which had the female mud wrestlers performing a show, and would later have male strippers performing a show in the same venture as seen in Trained for Trouble considering that it would be variety night club.

Preceded by: "Battle of the Bands"

Alarmed 517

Followed by: "In the Best of Families"