The F.B.I./The Mastermind (1)

The Mastermind (1)
Season 7, Episode 6
Airdate	October 17, 1971
Written by	Robert Heverly
Directed by	Virgil Vogel
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The F.B.I. — Season Seven

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The Mastermind (1) is the sixth episode of the seventh season of The F.B.I., and the one hundred seventy-first episode overall.

Starring: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Inspector Lewis Erskine)

Also Starring: Philip Abbott (Assistant Director Arthur Ward), William Reynolds (Special Agent Tom Colby)

Guest Stars: Bradford Dillman (Curtis Breer), Steve Ihnat (Howard Rademaker), Scott Marlowe (Clenard Massey), Clu Gulager (Lyle Chernik), Marianne McAndrew (Marian Breer)

Co-Starring: Jennifer Billingsley (Mavis Barrett), Virginia Vincent (Mrs. Rademaker), Robert Emhardt (Cyrus Boyer), Laara Lacey (Sally Gaynor)

with Fred Holliday (Ted Ross), Ryan MacDonald (Stuart Munday), Stephen Coit (Mr. King), Pat Patterson (Park Security Guard), Joe Mell (Janos), Don Epperson (Supermarket Manager), Cliff McDonald (2nd Special Agent in Louisville), Matthew Knox (1st Special Agent in Louisville), Robert Glen Reece (Mover), Deanna Martin (Debbie Breer)

Plot Overview

Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik--Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle

A brazen robbery at a Louisville amusement park nets the thieves a $1,800,000 profit, but what the gang members don't realize is that the man who planned the caper, whom they know only as 'the Salesman', is that he's planning to run off with the money and leave them with nothing. Before the Salesman makes off with the money, he critically wounds one of the other gang members, who vows that he'll get back at him. Erskine and the other agents are able to uncover the identity of one of the men, Rademaker, and pursue him, hoping that he'll lead them to the other thieves. Meanwhile, the Salesman returns to his wife and young daughter, lying to his wife about his sudden windfall of cash.

Trivia

The Show

This caper episode about a gang of thieves is the equivalent of a sports 'all-star' game, featuring three of the series' most frequent villain actors, Bradford Dillman, Steve Ihnat and Scott Marlowe.