Barnaby Jones/Requiem for a Son

Requiem for a Son
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	January 28, 1973
Production Number	9701
Teleplay by	Edward Hume
Story by	Adrian Samish
Directed by	Walter Grauman
— N/A	1x02 → To Catch a Dead Man
Barnaby Jones — Season One

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Requiem for a Son is the first episode of the first season of Barnaby Jones.

Starring: Buddy Ebsen (Barnaby Jones)

Also Starring: Lee Meriwether (Betty Jones)

with Guest Stars: Bradford Dillman (Terry McCormack), Robert Hogan (Reed Carpenter)

Special Guest Star: William Conrad (Frank Cannon)

Co-Starring: Keith Charles (Marshall Eaton), Robert Patten (Hal Jones), Mary Jackson (Karen's Landlady)

with Erica Hagen (Donna), Dan Barton (Doctor), Patrick Culliton (Russell), Richard A. Washington (McCormack's Spokeperson)

Plot Overview

Nervous about making a money drop, private investigator Hal Jones phones friend and fellow P.I. Frank Cannon for advice. Shortly after making the call, Hal is fatally gunned down in the phone booth, and his father, retired private investigator Barnaby Jones comes out of retirement and forms an uneasy alliance with Cannon to find the killer.

Trivia

The Show

The initial plan was to have this episode made as an episode of Cannon, with Buddy Ebsen guest-starring as Barnaby Jones. When a time slot opened up and a replacement series was needed, the decision was made to go ahead with the series, and William Conrad guest-starring in the first episode of Barnaby Jones.