Vagabonds

Vagabonds
Episode #	502
Air Date	October 11, 1981
Briefing	Turn in form 184/Gang with insurance rip-off scheme.

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Brief Plot

The remnants of a family gang of insurance scammers/thieves come to town staging fake accidents. Jon is the CHP's entry in a "speed-mobile" race for recumbent bikes and trikes.

Guest Stars

• Ed Harris as Lonny
• Jesse Vint as Daws
• McKee Anderson as Claire
• Jim Calvert as Jamie
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Patrick Strong as Murphy
• Rick Goldman as Lewis
• Max Trumpower as Sports Car Driver
• Kathryn Daley as Woman
• Hal England as The Man

Featuring

• Greg Finley as Passenger
• Dan Caldwell as Driver
• Larry Turk as Citizen
• 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: Joe Morrisey
• 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

Vector HPV

• The hospital interior looks the same as the one that appeared in A Simple Operation, but this time they used the stock footage of West Hills Hospital and Medical Center for the exterior shot.
• It looks like they repainted the LTD that Jon used to reconstruct the accident in Dead Man's Riddle to make the gray LTD driven by Daws - both have the same damage behind the rear wheel.
• The CHP's speed-mobile is a Vector HPV.

Mistakes

Preceded by: "Suicide Stunt"

Vagabonds 502

Followed by: "Moonlight"