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The Night Of The Big Blast

FILMED May 1966 Three months after I finished THE NIGHT OF THE DRUID’S BLOOD, during which time I filmed THE PLUNDERERS for THE FBI, I reported back to Studio Center in Studio City to direct THE NIGHT OF THE BIG … Continue reading

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The Night Of The Druid’s Blood

FILMED February 1966 And so we have completed the first leg of our journey and have arrived back at STAR TREK where this journal began. But before we continue on to my endeavors after STAR TREK, there are some skipped-over … Continue reading

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A Question of Guilt

Filmed November 1966 Seven working days after I completed photography on THE RAID (during which time I prepared my next episode while another episode was filming) I returned to the streets of Los Angeles to begin filming A QUESTION OF … Continue reading

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The Raid

Filmed October 1966 My next outing on THE FBI, THE RAID, was one of my lesser productions for the series, but I want to include it for a special reason, which will be revealed later. The scripts for the series … Continue reading

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The Courier

Filmed October 1966 There had been a major change in the production staff for THE FBI series in the month since I had completed filming ORDEAL. Director of photography William Spencer had departed for Twentieth Century Fox to photograph Quinn … Continue reading

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Ordeal

Filmed August 1966 Legendary art director William Cameron Menzies invented the job title, Production Designer, after his work on GONE WITH THE WIND. It denoted contribution beyond the creation of the sets for a film. I bring this up because … Continue reading

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The Death Wind

Filmed July 1966 The above appeared on the final credit card of the end credits of each episode of THE FBI. I was not involved in the creation of scripts at their inception, so I can only surmise how the … Continue reading

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The Assassin

Filmed June 1966 With the commencement of the 1966-67 season there had been some major changes in the personnel structure of the QM Production Company. I again want to stress that my knowledge of this was strictly that of an … Continue reading

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The Escape

Filmed May 1966 The start of the 1966-67 season found me doing something I had never done before. I signed with QM Productions to direct every other THE FBI for the season, a total of thirteen productions. That meant I … Continue reading

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The Plunderers

Filmed March 1966 Ford Motor Co. was one of the sponsors of THE FBI on ABC. As I remember it, they sponsored the show every other week. At that time commercials in shows were not fifteen second and thirty second … Continue reading

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