Suicide Stunt

Suicide Stunt
Episode #	501
Air Date	October 4, 1981
Briefing	Box office bandits.

Title screen

Brief Plot

A Hungarian stunt rider causes problems for the CHP as he keeps disappearing from their care to meet his old friend, Maria. Meanwhile, a trio of robbers is stealing money from ticket booths.

Guest Stars

• Les Lannom as Janos
• Anita Jodelsohn as Maria
• Zitto Kazann as Imre Kovacs
• Warren Berlinger as Curtis
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Rex Benson as Hubbard
• Alan Abelew as Toby
• Michael Bair as Virg
• Sherri Lubov as Rita
• Gordon Oas-Heim as Garfield
• Joseph Taggart as Long Beach Officer
• James David Hinton as Crest
• Curtis Lynn Taylor as Guard
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Produced by: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
• Written by: Frank Telford
• Directed by: Michael Caffey
• 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: William Neel
• 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
• 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

Spruce Goose

• Anita Jodelsohn (Maria) previously appeared as Suzanne in The Sheik in season 2.
• This is Warren Berlinger's third and last CHiPs appearance. He was previously in Kidnap and The Volunteers.
• Janos sees Maria's bus depart on West Washington Boulevard, just opposite the entrance to Central. He steals the pickup from outside the church on the corner of Bonsallo Avenue. View in Google Maps
• When Janos dumps Bonnie's car and hijacks the truck, there's a airplane in the background. It's Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose in temporary storage while it's waiting to be moved to its new home, the geodesic dome next to the Queen Mary, in 1982.

Mistakes

• In the pre-titles sequence there's a shot of Jon and Ponch escorting the limo over a bridge. The shot has been mirrored - the Queen Mary and docks should be on the right.

Preceded by: "A Simple Operation"

Suicide Stunt 501

Followed by: "Vagabonds"