KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)

Summary

The premiere in this series of police dramas about the cases of Lt. Theo Kojak and the detectives of the Manhattan South Precinct. This episode concerns a group of men who rob an armored truck and seize hostages in a surplus store. They demand a getaway airplane from Kojak, allowing him two hours to arrange for a plane before they start shooting the hostages.

(This series also aired on ABC from 1989 to 1990 as a recurring segment of "The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie.")

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: October 24, 1973 10:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:49:23
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T78:0524
• GENRE: Drama, police
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1973-1978
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Abby Mann … Executive Producer, Created by
• Matthew Rapf … Supervising Producer
• James McAdams … Producer
• William Hale … Director
• Robert Heverly … Writer
• Selwyn Raab … Suggested by the book by
• Goldenberg, Billy (See also: Goldenberg, William) … Music by
• Telly Savalas … Cast, Lt. Theo Kojak
• Dan Frazer … Cast, Frank McNeil
• Harvey Keitel … Cast, Jerry Talaba
• Kevin Dobson … Cast, Lt. Bobby Crocker
• James J. Sloyan … Cast, Jack Murzie
• William Hansen … Cast, Old Man Hostage
• David Proval … Cast, Calvelli
• Jude Farese … Cast, Mike Amazeen
• John Garwood … Cast, Frank Talaba
• Bart Burns … Cast, Deputy Commissioner
• Richard Hurst … Cast, Crew Cut Hostage
• Ralph James … Cast, Albie Linnick
• Jannis Durkin … Cast, Woman Model Hostage
• Allan Manson … Cast, the Detective
• Arnold Soboloff … Cast, Mastin
• Alvin Hammer … Cast, Store Owner Hostage
• Demosthenes … Cast, Det. Stavros