11-99: Officer Needs Help
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| 11-99: Officer Needs Help | |
| Episode # | 411 |
| Air Date | January 18, 1981 |
| Briefing | Check any Crafter vans spotted. |
Brief Plot
Some van thieves end up with some dangerous chemicals that were loaded by mistake. Jon and Ponch have trouble understanding a new dispatcher. Grossman accidentally causes an "Officer Needs Help" alert while trying out a new safety device.
Plot
Guest Stars
- Kitty Ruth Moffat as Kathie
- Michael Baseleon as Rod Sullivan
- Steve Sandor as Jerry
- Greg Bradford as Chad Sullivan
- Molly Cheek as Pam
- Paul Linke as Grossman
- Lou Wagner as Harlan
Co-Starring
- Brodie Greer as Baricza
- Michael Dorn as Turner
- John Davey as Communications Sergeant
- Dorothy Dells as Janet
- Frank Doubleday as Lopez
- Tony Lucatorto as Kalvin
- Warren Munson as Sandy
- Chris Noel as Karen
- Rodney Saulsberry as Driver
- Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark
Crew
- Produced by: Cy Chermak
- Written by: Kenneth Dorward
- Directed by: Phil Bondelli
- Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
- Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
- Associate Producer: Paul Rabwin
- Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
- 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: Chuck Lowry
- Second Assistant Director: Leslie Jackson
- Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
- Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
- Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
- Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
- Assistant to the Producer: Randy Torno
- 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
- Molly Cheek went on to get starring roles in It's Garry Shandling's Show and Harry and the Hendersons, and also appeared as Jim's Mom in the American Pie movies.
- When Jon and Ponch are following the red car they go down Beverly Boulevard. The red car turns down North Westmoreland Avenue (even though Jon says it's 23rd). The Ambassador Dog & Cat Hospital and Silverlake Car Wash (just around the corner) don't seem to have changed since filming. View in Google Maps
- Chad calls in his sighting of the van from the corner of Victory Boulevard and Variel Avenue. The stores behind the phone booth were only taken down around 2004. View in Google Maps
- The final chase ends up at the docks, just off West Water Street. Most of the buildings, including the water tower, have now gone, but the dome is still there (Chad did well to follow the van for nearly 50 miles on his bike!). View in Google Maps
Mistakes
- The blue car involved in the van theft is constantly referred to as a 1970 Mustang when it's actually a 1969.
- When Jon tries to wrestle Jerry from the van, Jerry is supposed to be unconscious, but you can see him frantically turning the steering wheel.
| Preceded by: "Forty Tons of Trouble" |
11-99: Officer Needs Help 411 |
Followed by: "Home Fires Burning" |