I always thought Gene Hackman was a spy! And I always looked forward to EZJ dropping the bad guy at the end with his .38. Great show. ..."A Quinn Martin Production"....
Who was the guy who always voiced these intro's "A Quinn Martin Production!". He did this, Cannon, oh, so many more, and all with that booming delivery.
@SteveTheMovieGuy1 I know what you mean--that deep, resonant voice was a big part of my childhood since the adults in my family loved Quinn Martin dramas (and eventually so did I). The announcer was Hank Simmons, aka Henry Fry Simms. Seems to me there ought to have been a special Emmy award for him, he was such an organic part of the success of all those shows.
This classic show from the 60's had SUCH a great opening...all of producer Quinn Martin's shows did...love the rousing themes his musical team came up with! I recall watching this show many times as a kid & teen during it's long run. Very well written & well cast. THANKS for posting this...you have MADE my day & my weekend!
Why was that guy shouting and that music was also annoying there's a reason these shows aren't on tv anymore there dated but Gene Hackman was probably awesome he always is.
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@ftsjr , Same here, which was really weird, because my dad was an ardent leftwinger in the 50's and 60's. Yet he loved this show, along with shows like the Virginian and Gunsmoke. My brother says it was the simple good/bad theme he liked.
It is long overdue for The F.B.I. to be released on DVD!! They release all of these stupid TV shows from 3-5 yrs ago and ignore the classics. This is the only TV show that is still owned by Quinn Martin Productions. If TV stations can get The F.B.I. to show then the general public should be able to buy it on DVD!!!
The music was by, if I recall properly, Bronislau Kaper. Brilliant theme! Made at a time when a tv show's music mattered and added to the ethos of a show. Now...pfftt! It's all crap!
Yeah, the 1966-1969 Mustangs Efrem drove through D.C. in the ending credits were cool. I prefered the sweet 1972 Gran Torino Sport he drove in the ending credits in the 1971-72 season.
the 1969-1970 season had a white 1970 Thunderbird 4-door sedan with blue top and the "suicide" doors, 1970-1971 red 1971 Mercury Cougar coupe and a white 1971 Ford LTD with black top, 1971-1972 pewter colored 1972 Mercury Montego and red 1972 Ford Torino Sport fastback, 1972-1973 brown 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe and a 1973 Copper/bronze Mercury Grand Marquis and 1973-1974 blue 1974 Ford Grand Torino Brougham Coupe with white top. I love the Mustangs and the 1972 Torino
I wonder if Popeye Doyle plays one of the "bad guys" in this episode. Hackman is terrific in just about everything he does. I wish this series was on DVD. They don't play re-runs on any station that I know of. Watching this intro and having just read Louis Freeh's book, I'd really love to be able to watch this show. Did you notice what a lush Juliet Anne Sinclair looks like before the show even starts?
Gene Hackman does. He plays a spy for the Peoples' Republic of China based in the U.S.A. back in the bad old days when Mao Ze Dong ruled China and considered the U.S. his worst enemy. Ruth Roman plays a courier for Chinese Intelligence. In the beginning she was toasting a Colonel from the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB).
There are TV programs such as this one where people my age remember the theme music almost as much as the programs themselves. I love this one. Regarding diapertom2001, you mirrored my emotions exactly.
Watching this show as a little kid in the 60's and seeing former FBI Agent G. Gordon Liddy speak at my college campus in 1981 inspired me to want to join the FBI. I know, sounds weird but this was a great show.
I didn't get accepted into the FBI because of colorblindness.
Love catching Gene Hackman (Robert Duvall too) in old shows like this. Totally agree with diapertom2001--this show really should have been released to DVD by now. For awhile I watched this on American Life channel but Comcast yanked the channel and DirecTV doesn't offer it. Looked on American Life's website and now the channel no longer even offers it, or Harry O, or Hawaiian Eye. Sigh.......
I was hoping to see The Anna Nicole Smith reality shows where she passes out drunk in the back of her limo & wets her pants. You don't like that stuff? (I don't, either, but they might make good PSA's like "fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life")
I love the openings too, but how about the end credits. E.Z. exits a building gets into his Ford product (the last season it was a Ford Gran Torino) and drive all over DC and the theme music plays. Used to give me goose bumps.
is it easy to download a video? I tried googling how, got a special box to type a URL in, tried both the URL from the address bar the video was playing in, and the URL they gave at the right. They both came back invalid URL.
I believe that was the late Marvin Miller, who also was the original voice of Aquaman from the Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure as well as the narrator for Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.
Great, forgotten show and theme song! Bronislau Kaper was an old-time composer going back to tin-pan alley, and did work for MGM during it's Golden Age. Leo Arnaud is best remembered for his piece "Bugler's Dream", a portion of which ABC Sports used for their intro to Olympic Games decades ago, and now it's completely associated with the Games!
I vividly remember this episode when it aired. As a seven year old boy, I thought it was wierd the the spy lady was named Sincliar like the gasoline. I also remember my mother explaining to me that spys were communists. At the end of some episodes Ephrem Z. would review one criminal from the 10 most wanted list.....I used to get nightmare on those sunday nights thinking they were outside my house
VanWADebbie: That's right. He would also say, "IN COLOR" That was a big deal in the 60s, but not when Police Squad came out. LOL Then he would then read the title wrong!
A stirring theme for a riveting show starring Efrem Zimablist, Jr., a class act in both his personal and professional life. This show, which aired from 1965-1974, was light years ahead of its time in terms of script, acting, and production quality. I think it would be a popular in re-runs, even today.
He also was the original voice of Aquaman (on the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, 1967-68 and a few years later narrated Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for the Kroftt Super Show in its first season (1976-77). He also did the openings for other Quinn Martin produced shows such as Cannnon, Barnaby Jones and The Streets of San Francisco.
A great show. American Life TV cable network ran the reruns on Friday night for a long time - I loved them. Then my stinking cable co Time Warner dropped American Life - Time Warner stinks.
The last time I saw Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on camera was in 1994, in an episode of the new Burke's Law. He had swept-back grey hair and a Wally Walrus mustache and looked more like a mad scientist instead of the high-powered lawyer he played in the episode.
I was recently in Mexico and was so happy to see episodes of The FBI on TCM LA (I don't know if that's available in the States via satellite dish). I've got a few episodes with the original sponsor opens (for Alcoa and Ford) and commercials -- if TV Land would run then, I would hope they would run they with the original openings (the close up on the Dept. of Justice entrance morphs into animation of the sponsor's logo, then into the show logo).
They won't show it with the 'Ford presents' logo for an obvious reason--Ford isn't sponsoring the rerun. However, I do think I saw a syndicated episode where they inadvertently left that in.
Actually, "The FBI" was originally brought to us by ... Ford, makers of the Mustang, like the one Inspector Erskine tooled around in at the close of every episode.
Ford Motor Company & it's Lincoln-Mercury division were long time sponsors of The FBI until the early 70's until it shared commercial time with Sunoco Gasoline & Prudential Insurance.
@retrovideoman When GSN was running What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, Password and 50's/60's Price is Right, they left the sponsor intros intact, so the practice is not unheard of in cable tv. I also remember Nick at Nite in the 90's occasionally running sitcom episodes with the original closing credits that included the sponsor graphics (Quaker Oats and Chevrolet for Bewitched, Band Aids for Donna Reed Show). Just hoping The FBI shows up on dvd with the credits intact.
When this episode aired. Gene was doing "Bonnie and Clyde which was released by Warner Bros. Seven Arts pictures. In 1971, He won The Academy Award for Best Actor in the film "The French Connection".
Not only that, he was the voice of Alfred on Batman:The Animated Series (1992-1997) as well as several animated Batman DVDs, the most recent of which was Mystery of The Batwoman (2003). He's quite a talent!
This is my favorite show. The last time I saw this show in re-run was back in the mid 1980's. The episode I saw was from the 1970-1971 season. I do remember one TV station where I lived have FBI re-runs, they aired up to the 1969-1970 season. American Life TV network no longer airs re-runs of The FBI after September 28, 2007. The contract with Warner Bros. expired and the episode where up until the 1970-1971 season.
I have a neighbor who is a retired FBI agent. He has met Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on several occasions he last saw him back in the late 1980's early 1990's at an FOP(Fraternal Order of Police) convention. He is also an honorary member.
The 1965-67 theme & opening were the best, Especially with the US Capitol Dome episode bylines. And the plaque being used at the beginning as an introduction to the show's opening & closing.
I used to love this show, The FBI. I loved this, as much as I loved Dragnet, also back in the 60's. I remember watching this show when I was a Little Boy.
Me too. I use to remember Inspector Lewis Erskine as a by the book, hard working member of J. Edgar Hoover's finest. Dig the action and the Ford Cars(product tie in and corporate sponsor).
Only Kaper is credited for the theme. Arnaud scored the debut episode, "The Monster," but was only credited with that episode's music. Arnaud also scored the fourth episode, "Slow March Up a Steep Hill," which has the most personal Erskine story.
They did air re-runs of The FBI after the series went off the air in 1974. They stopped around the early 1980's. KOFY television in San Francisco aired re-runs around the mid 1980's but, up to the 1969-1970 season. American Life TV Network did air re-runs of the show but, no longer aired due to the expiration of contract with Warner Bros. This show should be on DVD.
When I was 9 years old I use to like watching "The FBI In Color" when we had black and white TV. On my next birthday I'll be 50.
123thunderduck 1 month ago
The narrator sounds like the same guy in the opening theme for streets of san fransisco.
Since this is and "streets" are both quinn martin production,this has to be the same guy.
25mfd 2 months ago
Phyllis Love 1925 - 2011
Born: December 21, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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wahoo76 4 months ago
PIMannix-VERY, VERY cool ! I liked the show when it was on.
leftyguns221 6 months ago
Where on earth did you find this? I haven't been able to find FBI episodes anywhere!
ItsMeItsOlive 6 months ago
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foxeema 6 months ago
The first part of Season One is now available on DVD-R from Warner Archives.
wahoo76 8 months ago
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psp3000legend 10 months ago
hackman、若い!!
bzww6890 10 months ago
なぜか子供のころ見てました。土曜日の午後やってた。
SGRMKN 10 months ago
In the early days of the series when color TV was not as widespread as it
was later the introduction used to say "The FBI... In Color!!!
JSTONE9352 1 year ago
Even back then, Gene had that mean Popeye look about him.
Banner1979 1 year ago
HACKMAN!
dykesy30 1 year ago
I always thought Gene Hackman was a spy! And I always looked forward to EZJ dropping the bad guy at the end with his .38. Great show. ..."A Quinn Martin Production"....
saxophoney 1 year ago
Who was the guy who always voiced these intro's "A Quinn Martin Production!". He did this, Cannon, oh, so many more, and all with that booming delivery.
SteveTheMovieGuy1 1 year ago
@SteveTheMovieGuy1 I know what you mean--that deep, resonant voice was a big part of my childhood since the adults in my family loved Quinn Martin dramas (and eventually so did I). The announcer was Hank Simmons, aka Henry Fry Simms. Seems to me there ought to have been a special Emmy award for him, he was such an organic part of the success of all those shows.
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
@TheCatgirl6 Thanks for clearing up the name, he really deserves some recognition, that voice is an indelible part of US TV history!
SteveTheMovieGuy1 1 year ago
@SteveTheMovieGuy1 You're welcome--and you're right! :-)
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
I sure wish this series was released on DVD. Awesome. One of my all-time favorites as a kid.
RayLRiv 1 year ago
This classic show from the 60's had SUCH a great opening...all of producer Quinn Martin's shows did...love the rousing themes his musical team came up with! I recall watching this show many times as a kid & teen during it's long run. Very well written & well cast. THANKS for posting this...you have MADE my day & my weekend!
JubalCalif 1 year ago
Efrem Zimbalist Jr - I remeber The FBI when I was 10 years old then. Efrem is now 92 years old and a born-again Christian. Many more years to you!
JohnPiperBoots 1 year ago
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Wonder if J Edgar Hoover (FBI Director) was a fag? Wonder no more.
See "Mary" Hoover wearing a female's hair bun on the back of his head, and wearing a bra with fake boobies under his shirt.
Youtube video: J.Edgar Hoover his oil friends and his non existant mafia #1
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Look at 2:40 - 2:52. One ugly bitch in drag in front of his Texas oil felon patrons.
jacobji5 1 year ago
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Wonder if J Edgar Hoover (FBI Director) was a fag? Wonder no more.
See "Mary" Hoover wearing a female's hair bun on the back of his head, and wearing a bra with fake boobies under his shirt.
Youtube video: J.Edgar Hoover his oil friends and his non existant mafia #1
Youtube video: 9fqMA9YV3ks
Look at 2:40 - 2:52. One ugly bitch in drag in front of his Texas oil felon patrons.
jacobji5 1 year ago
Why was that guy shouting and that music was also annoying there's a reason these shows aren't on tv anymore there dated but Gene Hackman was probably awesome he always is.
mrdoyle71 1 year ago
Is there anyplace online where I can watch old shows like this? Gosh I miss them!!
dranet 1 year ago
NEED'S TO BE RELEASED ON DVD! NOW!
diapertommy 1 year ago
VERY GOOD
lhr1967 1 year ago
The FBI in COLOR!
blabblab1212 1 year ago 2
The year of Gene's big breakthrough in "Bonnie and Clyde." ('67)
thanksforthemusic 1 year ago
Quinn Martin 4tw.
airwolfman 1 year ago
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wideawake4ever2 1 year ago
This goes back a long way..... OMG!!!! I miss this. The closing music and scenes were great...... OMG!!!!
MarcusLeepapi 1 year ago 2
#LOL
TheWriteNow 1 year ago
Gene Hackman looks like he's about ready to fire his agent.
Conman436 1 year ago
Four Beer Idiot
herbalvegas 1 year ago
wasn it nice to have something to watch on sat nite
neweast1 1 year ago
The F.B.I. was a Sunday night "staple" at my house. We watched it every week. The theme song alone takes me back to happier times.
ftsjr 2 years ago 2
@ftsjr , Same here, which was really weird, because my dad was an ardent leftwinger in the 50's and 60's. Yet he loved this show, along with shows like the Virginian and Gunsmoke. My brother says it was the simple good/bad theme he liked.
ryoushii 1 year ago
It is long overdue for The F.B.I. to be released on DVD!! They release all of these stupid TV shows from 3-5 yrs ago and ignore the classics. This is the only TV show that is still owned by Quinn Martin Productions. If TV stations can get The F.B.I. to show then the general public should be able to buy it on DVD!!!
diapertom2001 2 years ago 5
The music was by, if I recall properly, Bronislau Kaper. Brilliant theme! Made at a time when a tv show's music mattered and added to the ethos of a show. Now...pfftt! It's all crap!
tripsadelica 2 years ago 5
Yeah, music like that gets you in a serious mood. Streets of San Francisco also has a great jazzy opening theme.
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago 2
great series... boy Gene Hackman.. Mr Resume huh?? I wish someone would post the ending credits with Efrem driving through DC..
irish89055 2 years ago
Yeah, the 1966-1969 Mustangs Efrem drove through D.C. in the ending credits were cool. I prefered the sweet 1972 Gran Torino Sport he drove in the ending credits in the 1971-72 season.
RwalterMI 2 years ago
the 1969-1970 season had a white 1970 Thunderbird 4-door sedan with blue top and the "suicide" doors, 1970-1971 red 1971 Mercury Cougar coupe and a white 1971 Ford LTD with black top, 1971-1972 pewter colored 1972 Mercury Montego and red 1972 Ford Torino Sport fastback, 1972-1973 brown 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe and a 1973 Copper/bronze Mercury Grand Marquis and 1973-1974 blue 1974 Ford Grand Torino Brougham Coupe with white top. I love the Mustangs and the 1972 Torino
frankd1965 2 years ago
I wonder if Popeye Doyle plays one of the "bad guys" in this episode. Hackman is terrific in just about everything he does. I wish this series was on DVD. They don't play re-runs on any station that I know of. Watching this intro and having just read Louis Freeh's book, I'd really love to be able to watch this show. Did you notice what a lush Juliet Anne Sinclair looks like before the show even starts?
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago
Gene Hackman does. He plays a spy for the Peoples' Republic of China based in the U.S.A. back in the bad old days when Mao Ze Dong ruled China and considered the U.S. his worst enemy. Ruth Roman plays a courier for Chinese Intelligence. In the beginning she was toasting a Colonel from the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB).
oshawa10 2 years ago
In my day, we called him Mao Tse-tung.Gene Hackman a spy for the Chinks? Way to go, Gene. You are one hell of an actor.
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago
@oshawa10 filthy chicoms... not much has changed...
irish89055 1 year ago
@WilliamRowlett gene hackman is a great actor. i watched him in the french connection a few weeks ago and he was great!!
metal1313 2 years ago
Hank Simms the opening credits man who won An Actors Screen Guild Award.
SuperTony1968 2 years ago
I remember it opening as "The FBI - In Color"
It was one of the first shows filmed in color and they let us know about it.
higgme1ster 2 years ago 5
There are TV programs such as this one where people my age remember the theme music almost as much as the programs themselves. I love this one. Regarding diapertom2001, you mirrored my emotions exactly.
budscin 2 years ago 26
Watching this show as a little kid in the 60's and seeing former FBI Agent G. Gordon Liddy speak at my college campus in 1981 inspired me to want to join the FBI. I know, sounds weird but this was a great show.
I didn't get accepted into the FBI because of colorblindness.
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago
Love catching Gene Hackman (Robert Duvall too) in old shows like this. Totally agree with diapertom2001--this show really should have been released to DVD by now. For awhile I watched this on American Life channel but Comcast yanked the channel and DirecTV doesn't offer it. Looked on American Life's website and now the channel no longer even offers it, or Harry O, or Hawaiian Eye. Sigh.......
TheCatgirl6 2 years ago 20
It's available at the online TV service of AOL, IIRC.
Neville6000 2 years ago
it hasnt been available for over a year now thru AOL. i wish it still was because i always watched them!
diapertom2001 2 years ago
@TheCatgirl6 The channel now calls itself 'The New ALN'. New, my uterus.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
@Juliaflo Love that retort, Juliaflo! "New, my uterus"--LOL
And thanks for the tip about the "new" ALN :-)
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
@TheCatgirl6 You're welcome.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
@TheCatgirl6 Coming to DVD in 2011, apparently!
gummboote 1 year ago
@gummboote Cool, FINALLY!! Thanks for the update!
TheCatgirl6 1 year ago
@gummboote I heard that too... I hope it's for real!
diapertommy 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Ahh this was long before we found out what the FBI was really up to in the 60's and 70's.
hanoc101 2 years ago
This show is long overdue for DVD release.!!
When will the studios understand there is a market for these classic TV shows.?
If I ever see another reality show out on DVD, It will be tooo soon.!!!
diapertom2001 3 years ago 4
I was hoping to see The Anna Nicole Smith reality shows where she passes out drunk in the back of her limo & wets her pants. You don't like that stuff? (I don't, either, but they might make good PSA's like "fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life")
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago
I love the openings too, but how about the end credits. E.Z. exits a building gets into his Ford product (the last season it was a Ford Gran Torino) and drive all over DC and the theme music plays. Used to give me goose bumps.
Drivermatic 3 years ago 2
is it easy to download a video? I tried googling how, got a special box to type a URL in, tried both the URL from the address bar the video was playing in, and the URL they gave at the right. They both came back invalid URL.
basicalgebra 3 years ago
Stop confusing me you stupid people, and what the hell did hillary duff do in Italy? In the past?
Systole101 3 years ago
i love the show, I just brought the complete "The F.B.I. and I love it.
lionheart042672 3 years ago
where can i find this series??? is it on dvd? please advise, maybe for christmas!
hermitage530 3 years ago
My dad loved this show, which was really weird, considering he was a socialist (a supporter of the Socialst Workers Party)
ryoushii 3 years ago
You Americans know how to sell yourselves. We in the UK are so far behind.
A Europen minister was aked where he would like to die. England. Why. They are a hundred years behind the times.
Hickey66 3 years ago
oh no idon't thing it is very good !china is the beat country in the world.
yb90614 3 years ago
It's rumored that J Edgar Hoover had the final say about every episode of this show.
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
A very recognizable TV theme. A great show, too. I never missed it, Sundays at 8.
ftsjr 3 years ago
These QM shows were all introduced by the same guy who to the best of my recollections is never given any screen credit at the end of the show.
does anyone know who he was? or will this remain one of the last mysteries in TV Land
TVFREAKMAN 3 years ago
I believe that was the late Marvin Miller, who also was the original voice of Aquaman from the Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure as well as the narrator for Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
@TVFREAKMAN The announcer was Hank Simms, who did most of the QM shows. He spoofed himself on the short-lived TV series "Police Squad!"
wahoo76 1 year ago
@wahoo76 Wahoo! I remember Hank Simms announcing Day in Court, the old courtroom drama.
(Uh-uh, don't figure out my age. No fair. LOLOLOLOL).
Juliaflo 1 year ago
Loved the openings of Quinn Martin's shows.
Tonight's Episode............
Ssrn53 3 years ago 2
Great, forgotten show and theme song! Bronislau Kaper was an old-time composer going back to tin-pan alley, and did work for MGM during it's Golden Age. Leo Arnaud is best remembered for his piece "Bugler's Dream", a portion of which ABC Sports used for their intro to Olympic Games decades ago, and now it's completely associated with the Games!
MKIVWWI 3 years ago
I vividly remember this episode when it aired. As a seven year old boy, I thought it was wierd the the spy lady was named Sincliar like the gasoline. I also remember my mother explaining to me that spys were communists. At the end of some episodes Ephrem Z. would review one criminal from the 10 most wanted list.....I used to get nightmare on those sunday nights thinking they were outside my house
Drivermatic 3 years ago
watch the fbi episode the scourge at in2 tv where the mafia is inside your house
spacepatrolman 3 years ago
VanWADebbie: That's right. He would also say, "IN COLOR" That was a big deal in the 60s, but not when Police Squad came out. LOL Then he would then read the title wrong!
brcbrtn 3 years ago
A stirring theme for a riveting show starring Efrem Zimablist, Jr., a class act in both his personal and professional life. This show, which aired from 1965-1974, was light years ahead of its time in terms of script, acting, and production quality. I think it would be a popular in re-runs, even today.
rytide57 3 years ago
they have 5 pages of episodes at in 2 tv
spacepatrolman 3 years ago
And FYI, the theme for The FBI was composed by Leo Arnaud and Bronislaw Kaper.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
OMG, how I love the strings on this theme. How sad that synthesizers have made us forget the beauty of the genuine item.
KeepMyMusicAlive 3 years ago 2
Highly agreed
drkam6 3 years ago
This was on sunday nights, right?
ZIPPTPH77 3 years ago
correct
frankd1965 3 years ago
Who is the announcer? I heard him for years metion "A QM Production". He also did Police Squad.
VanWADebbie 3 years ago
Marvin Miller. He's deceased.
bikr0 3 years ago
He also was the original voice of Aquaman (on the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, 1967-68 and a few years later narrated Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for the Kroftt Super Show in its first season (1976-77). He also did the openings for other Quinn Martin produced shows such as Cannnon, Barnaby Jones and The Streets of San Francisco.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
A great show. American Life TV cable network ran the reruns on Friday night for a long time - I loved them. Then my stinking cable co Time Warner dropped American Life - Time Warner stinks.
UrbaneFarmer 3 years ago
Major flashback time! Love that announcer: "Also starring--Fillabbabbit!"
smichelle65 4 years ago
Man this a great one thanx for posting,i play it over and over, i havn't seen it in 40 years.
HYGRADE7692 4 years ago
gene hacknman is my idol....
josatinho 4 years ago
The last time I saw Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on camera was in 1994, in an episode of the new Burke's Law. He had swept-back grey hair and a Wally Walrus mustache and looked more like a mad scientist instead of the high-powered lawyer he played in the episode.
retrovideoman 4 years ago
Efrem Z is sometimes seen and reading a verse or two on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. He does voice-overs for them.
VanWADebbie 3 years ago
MY DINNER OF HERBS
spacepatrolman 4 years ago
you can watch The FBI on AOL's in2tv. It's under the television category on aol's main page.
tallboyyyy 4 years ago 2
I was recently in Mexico and was so happy to see episodes of The FBI on TCM LA (I don't know if that's available in the States via satellite dish). I've got a few episodes with the original sponsor opens (for Alcoa and Ford) and commercials -- if TV Land would run then, I would hope they would run they with the original openings (the close up on the Dept. of Justice entrance morphs into animation of the sponsor's logo, then into the show logo).
staytunedfor 4 years ago
They won't show it with the 'Ford presents' logo for an obvious reason--Ford isn't sponsoring the rerun. However, I do think I saw a syndicated episode where they inadvertently left that in.
retrovideoman 4 years ago
I always wondered why the opening title was cut like that, and i suspected it was a cigarette sponsor that was cut out.
warlaker 4 years ago
Actually, "The FBI" was originally brought to us by ... Ford, makers of the Mustang, like the one Inspector Erskine tooled around in at the close of every episode.
zekepig 3 years ago
Ford Motor Company & it's Lincoln-Mercury division were long time sponsors of The FBI until the early 70's until it shared commercial time with Sunoco Gasoline & Prudential Insurance.
DJKhrome 3 years ago 2
@retrovideoman When GSN was running What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, Password and 50's/60's Price is Right, they left the sponsor intros intact, so the practice is not unheard of in cable tv. I also remember Nick at Nite in the 90's occasionally running sitcom episodes with the original closing credits that included the sponsor graphics (Quaker Oats and Chevrolet for Bewitched, Band Aids for Donna Reed Show). Just hoping The FBI shows up on dvd with the credits intact.
staytunedfor 1 year ago
When this episode aired. Gene was doing "Bonnie and Clyde which was released by Warner Bros. Seven Arts pictures. In 1971, He won The Academy Award for Best Actor in the film "The French Connection".
frankd1965 4 years ago
He is still alive. He will be 89 on 30 November.
frankd1965 4 years ago
HE HAS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OUT
spacepatrolman 4 years ago
You can see Efrem on TBN from time to time reading Bible verses. (He's a Christian)
warlaker 4 years ago
Not only that, he was the voice of Alfred on Batman:The Animated Series (1992-1997) as well as several animated Batman DVDs, the most recent of which was Mystery of The Batwoman (2003). He's quite a talent!
Scarletspeedster68 4 years ago
This is my favorite show. The last time I saw this show in re-run was back in the mid 1980's. The episode I saw was from the 1970-1971 season. I do remember one TV station where I lived have FBI re-runs, they aired up to the 1969-1970 season. American Life TV network no longer airs re-runs of The FBI after September 28, 2007. The contract with Warner Bros. expired and the episode where up until the 1970-1971 season.
frankd1965 4 years ago
I LIKED STEPHEN BROOKS AS JIM RHODES
redhotmountie 4 years ago
I have a neighbor who is a retired FBI agent. He has met Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on several occasions he last saw him back in the late 1980's early 1990's at an FOP(Fraternal Order of Police) convention. He is also an honorary member.
frankd1965 4 years ago
Heck, the deputy director of the FBI is orignally from my hometown.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
I would love to see the Ford logo in the introduction, like they used to have when it was run on ABC!
Markieo 4 years ago
Ford Motor Company provided the cars for the show. They where a corporate sponsor and product tie in.
frankd1965 4 years ago
The 1965-67 theme & opening were the best, Especially with the US Capitol Dome episode bylines. And the plaque being used at the beginning as an introduction to the show's opening & closing.
Tmetrvlr 4 years ago
The outline of the shield was used from the 1967-1968 to the 1973-1974 season
frankd1965 4 years ago
I used to love this show, The FBI. I loved this, as much as I loved Dragnet, also back in the 60's. I remember watching this show when I was a Little Boy.
asia1015 4 years ago
Me too. I use to remember Inspector Lewis Erskine as a by the book, hard working member of J. Edgar Hoover's finest. Dig the action and the Ford Cars(product tie in and corporate sponsor).
frankd1965 4 years ago
I would LOVE to see more Quinn Martin opens, especially the more obscure ones like "Dan August" and "Caribe."
Cindylover1969 4 years ago
Me too! I've not seen those shows for ages!
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
The music was by Bronislaw Kaper, a veteran film composer.
BillKoenig 4 years ago
Actually, he co-composed the theme with Leo Arnaud.
Scarletspeedster68 3 years ago
Only Kaper is credited for the theme. Arnaud scored the debut episode, "The Monster," but was only credited with that episode's music. Arnaud also scored the fourth episode, "Slow March Up a Steep Hill," which has the most personal Erskine story.
BillKoenig 3 years ago
Kaper also scored the episode "The Giant Killer".
vividwatch47 2 years ago
I haven't heard that theme song since the show went off the air in 1975. Thanks for posting this.
thunderbay63 4 years ago
They did air re-runs of The FBI after the series went off the air in 1974. They stopped around the early 1980's. KOFY television in San Francisco aired re-runs around the mid 1980's but, up to the 1969-1970 season. American Life TV Network did air re-runs of the show but, no longer aired due to the expiration of contract with Warner Bros. This show should be on DVD.
frankd1965 4 years ago
A second season (1967) opening sequence. The show's best openers were in seasons 1, 2 and 9! There, the full theme music was used.
catfan 4 years ago
Gosh, this is the opening from a very early series of the show.
colong88 4 years ago