Dan August/The Worst Crime

The Worst Crime
Season 1, Episode 18
Airdate	February 11, 1971
Written by	Richard Landau
Directed by	Gerald Mayer
Produced by	Anthony Spinner
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Dan August — Season One

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The Worst Crime is the eighteenth episode of the first season of Dan August.

Starring: Burt Reynolds (Lt. Dan August)

Also Starring: Norman Fell (Sgt. Charles Wilentz), Richard Anderson (Chief George Untermeyer), Ned Romero (Sgt. Joe Rivera), Ena Hartman (Katy Grant)

with Guest Stars: Sal Mineo (Mort Downes), Tom Troupe (Horace Fallon)

and Special Guest Star: Fernando Lamas (Tony Storm)

Co-Starring: Ellen Corby (Agnes Oaks), Paul Hampton (Wally Pierson), Barney Phillips (Mike Golden)

with Jerry Douglas (Stan Palmer), Marilyn Chris (Waitress), Stephen Mines (Tracer Technician), Dale Tarter (Lab Technician), Carol Daniels (Laurie White), Penny Gaston (Girl in Park), Bob Duggan (Officer Sam), Lori Specter (Little Girl)

Plot Overview

After a young girl is found brutally raped and murdered in a city park, Dan orders a roundup of all known sex offenders and winds up with a creep out on bail on a rape charge, a neighbor of the dead girl who just happens to be a paroled sex offender, and a pervert who was making obscene phone calls to the girl. The discovery of another body in the park, not too far from where the girl was found, convinces August to look in another direction for the killer.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

In an interview with author Jon Etter, which was used for Etter's book on QM series and also for a Filmfax interview, director Gerald Mayer mentioned that he only did this one episode of Dan August because Burt Reynolds was difficult to work with and used a lot of his buddies, who wouldn't do a thing on the set without first consulting with Reynolds.