The F.B.I.
Boomerang
Season 5, Episode 4 · Aired 1969-10-05
Synopsis
Terry Shelton fakes his own kidnaping in an attempt to extort money from his hated father. The plot boomerangs into a knotty case for the FBI when an accomplice makes the abduction real and the elder Shelton insists on handling the ransom drop his own way.
In the series
This episode is part of The F.B.I. (1965–1974) on ABC.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. vs. the ten most wanted — Bureau procedural as national myth.
Key cast
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine
- Philip Abbott as Arthur Ward
- William Reynolds as Special Agent Tom Colby