The F.B.I.
Target of Interest
Season 5, Episode 1 · Aired 1969-09-14
Synopsis
An espionage case opens the series' fifth season. Inspector Erskine poses as an American diplomat in love with a lady spy. He plans to provide fresh bait for a foreign embassy suspected of having already blackmailed one career diplomat to suicide.
In the series
This episode is part of The F.B.I. (1965–1974) on ABC.
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Key cast
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine
- Philip Abbott as Arthur Ward
- William Reynolds as Special Agent Tom Colby