David Cassidy on The FBI

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The FBI episode called 'Fatal Impostor' (#5.17) was aired on January 4th 1970 on ABC. It was one of the David Cassidy's seven tv appearances in 1970. The last one of his pre TPF's role was in Mod Squad, and that episode  was aired on April 7th. Later for 4 years he played  Keith Douglas Partridge and a superstar known as David Cassidy... 

The F.B.I. was a very popular tv series (1965-1974) , consisting of 9 seasons and 241 episodes. It looks like all actors in Hollywood played in it. Including Harrison Ford as a convicted murderer in that same season as DC. The first seasons were realistic and showed more violence. I've read that every detail of every episode of the series was carefully vetted by FBI second-in-command Clyde Tolson.  The premiere episode called 'The Monster' was about a handsome serial killer who strangled women with their own hair, and it  shocked Clyde Tolson so much that he recommended the show to be cancelled. J. Edgar Hoover tried at least 7 times to stop the series.

Let's see the first fragment of the episode with David.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JenXSyeLleM

Amazing when you think that at the same time he was doing TPF pilot. 19 year old himself, DC played 16 year old. Yes, yes I know. I shouldn't even think about that posibility..if only..But it's obvious watching those pre TPF shows how big potential DC had, such a talent..

Warner Bros (under the Warner Home Video label) has released all 9 seasons on DVD in 2013. And I wish I could see DC's episode, because I've read some interesting reviews about it. Unfortunately I've haven't found it on Dailymotion and there are only 2 small fragments with David on You Tube. This is the second and the last one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2iG2tzHDE

Yes there are some pages which offer a free download of that episode, or watching on line for a few dollars, but I couldn't find a good quality copy, and besides my security program hasn't been happy with them.. Martin Hafer wrote in an review on imdb.com 'I enjoyed the tension, the interesting relationship between the mother and son as well as the ending.'..

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  1. Encarni1/3/22, 4:23 PM

    https://vodkaster.telerama.fr/series-tv/the-f-b-i/2223/s05e17

    I don't know if you can see it with this link, I think you have to register with your email

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