Truant

November 3, 1971
30 min
Season 4 - Episode 7: Truant

Season 4 - Episode 7: Truant

Truant - Episode 7

Overview

Truancy is on the rise in the district and Reed has a plan to pick up truants on the street, which was approved after a garage break-in by two truants. Results show a drop in crimes committed by truants, in one case two truants were stopped by the police and were implicated in a burglary, and one of the two truants involved in the garage break-in is brought in on another incident. Other incidents include arresting two heroin smugglers who hid the stash in their car's gas tank, which leaked some of the contraband making the car stall, and stop car thieves from stripping parts to build a dune buggy. Starting with this episode, Officer Ed Wells is promoted to Police Officer III (just under Malloy's rank of Police Officer III+1).

Episode Information

TV Show

Adam-12

Season

Season 4

Episode Number

7

Air Date

November 3, 1971

Runtime

30 minutes

Guest Stars

Vincent Van Patten

Vincent Van Patten

Virgil Stephens

Gary Crosby

Gary Crosby

Officer Ed Wells

A

Art Balinger

Capt. Grant

N

Natalie Masters

Katie Anderson

Charles Lampkin

Charles Lampkin

Myron Bradley

Robert Clarke

Robert Clarke

Tom Bennett

Crew

Hollingsworth Morse

Hollingsworth Morse

Director

M

Michael Donovan

Writer

J

John Sturtevant

Set Decoration

F

Frank Comstock

Music

Jack Webb

Jack Webb

Executive Producer

L

Lester Green

Art Direction