Barnaby Jones/School of Terror

School of Terror
Season 8, Episode 10
Airdate	December 20, 1979
Written by	William Keys
Directed by	Kenneth C. Gilbert
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Barnaby Jones — Season Eight

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School of Terror is the tenth episode of the eighth season of Barnaby Jones, and the one hundred sixty-sixth episode overall.

Starring: Buddy Ebsen (Barnaby Jones)

Also Starring: Lee Meriwether (Betty Jones), Mark Shera (J.R. Jones)

with Guest Stars: Ed Harris (Glenn Morgan), Alex Courtney (Milt Edwards), Madeleine Stowe (Diane), Michael Mullins (Peter Chestane), Bill Beyers (Clifford Connors)

Co-Starring: John Witherspoon (Frank Wales), Kati Powell (Barbara (Bobbi) Whitaker), Sean Penn (Sam)

with Dick Miller (Deputy Crawford), Buddy Ochoa (David (Davie) Collie), Margaret Shinn (Nurse Adams)

Plot Overview

J.R.'s friend, a counselor at a drug treatment center, is killed after he discovers that a colleague has been supplying drugs to the patients there.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

This episode marks the acting debut of Sean Penn. According to Jonathan Etter's book, episode director Kenneth Gilbert mentioned that fellow Barnaby Jones director Leo Penn read the script for this episode and suggested that his son might be right for one particular role. He was cast in the small part and on his way to movie stardom within a couple of years.