The Sheik

The Sheik
Episode #	209
Air Date	November 18, 1978
Briefing	People shaking down abandoned vehicles. Accepting gifts is prohibited.

Title screen

Brief Plot

Ponch and Jon are frustrated by diplomatic immunity. They are offered a bribe by the sheik. They save a yacht from destruction. They honor a request to show the shiek what CHPs do.

Plot

The sheik is pulled over.

Cahill arrives to transport.

Guest Stars

• Kario Salem as Barney
• Marianne Marks as Fay
• Joey Aresco as Husband

Also Starring

• Brianne Leary as Sindy
• Brodie Greer as Baricza

Co-Starring

• William Bronder as Workman
• Jill Jaress as Pregnant Woman
• Maggie Malooly as Irate Wife

Featuring

• Chris Beaumont as Ambulance Attendant
• Colette Bertrand as Michelle
• Dorit Renier as Girlfriend
• Tony Lucatorto as Driver
• Michael Barker as Mr. Taylor
• Anita Jodelsohn as Suzanne
• Peter Ashton as Servant
• Robert Hoff as Paramedic
• Dick Valentine as Husband in Car

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Written by: Jerry Thomas
• Directed by: Phil Bondelli
• 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: Wm. L. Young
• Assistant Director: William Morrison
• 2nd Assistant Director: Randell Henderson
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Bob Hayden
• Technical Advisor: Dick Barton
• Sound: Maury Harris, 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

Gas is 62 cents per gallon.

Mistakes

• During the second pursuit of the sheik, we see Nichol's Restaurant in the background. As the chase continues, seconds later, we see Nichol's Restaurant in the background again, but they were well past it in the previous shot. Most likely the shots are out of order. We again see the restaurant in the background in a later shot. Had the second shot been placed first, continuity would have been preserved. Nichol's Restaurant is located at 4375 Glencoe Ave. in Marina Del Rey.

• The jet-ski riders are clearly not Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada in far shots.

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Preceded by: "The Grudge"

The Sheik 209

Followed by: "Return of the Turks"