Adam-12 (Series 1) - 4-DVD Set ( Adam 12 - Series One ) ( Adam Twelve )

Adam-12 (Series 1) - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Adam 12 - Series One
Alternate Title: Adam Twelve
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
648 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Dennis Donnelly
Hollingsworth Morse

Written By:
Robert A. Cinader
Jack Webb

Actors:
Martin Milner ..... Officer Pete Malloy (174 episodes, 1968-1975)
Kent McCord ..... Officer Jim Reed (174 episodes, 1968-1975)
William Boyett ..... Sgt. MacDonald (126 episodes, 1968-1975)
Fred Stromsoe ..... Officer Jerry Woods / ... (58 episodes, 1972-1975)
Gary Crosby ..... Officer Ed Wells / ... (23 episodes, 1969-1975)
Art Gilmore ..... Lt. Moore / ... (15 episodes, 1968-1974)
Claude Johnson ..... Officer Brinkman / ... (15 episodes, 1968-1974)
William Stevens ..... Off. Jerry Walters (14 episodes, 1968-1974)
Robert Patten ..... Det. Sgt. Stone / ... (9 episodes, 1969-1972)
Marco López ..... Officer Sanchez / ... (9 episodes, 1969-1971)
Kenneth Washington ..... Officer Miller / ... (8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Chuck Bowman ..... Detective Cole Edwards / ... (8 episodes, 1969-1975)
William Elliott ..... Officer Grant / ... (8 episodes, 1971-1975)
Jack Hogan ..... Sgt. Jerry Miller / ... (8 episodes, 1968-1974)
Shaaron Claridge ..... Dispatcher / ... (8 episodes, 1969-1974)
Robert Rothwell ..... Off. Russo / ... (7 episodes, 1968-1969)
Raymond Mayo ..... Suspect / ... (7 episodes, 1970-1974)
Don Ross ..... Investigator Kincaid / ... (7 episodes, 1971-1974)
Jed Allan ..... Reno West / ... (6 episodes, 1970-1973)
James McEachin ..... Dewey Randolph / ... (6 episodes, 1968-1972)
Robert Donner ..... Teejay / ... (6 episodes, 1968-1973)
Myron Healey ..... Carl Tremain / ... (6 episodes, 1969-1973)
Virginia Gregg ..... Anne White / ... (6 episodes, 1970-1975)
Jim B. Smith ..... Investigator Johnson / ... (6 episodes, 1969-1975)
Natalie Masters ..... Woman / ... (6 episodes, 1968-1974)

Synopsis:

From the celebrated creators of Dragnet and Emergency ADAM 12 is the groundbreaking action-packed series that defined the police procedural genre to a whole generation of viewersin its gritty day-to-day depictionof modern crime fighting and the dedicated Police Officers whowork the beat to get the job done. Together officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and rookie Jim Reed (Kent McCord) take up the formidablegauntlet in orderto serve and protect the City of Angels from the scourge of the streets. Adam -12 their radio call number is their lifeline to the precinct as they manage the job's daily challenges and demands - battling drug dealers petty criminals domestic disturbances and thehigh-speed thrills and spills ofgrand theft auto. Featuring an impressive line-up of guest stars across 26 episodesincluding Harry Dean Stanton Cloris LeachmanKaren Black Barry Williams and Tim Matheson ADAM 12 is destined to keep you on the right side of the law and thoroughly entertained along the way.

Season 1
Log 1: The Impossible Mission
S1, Ep1 Sep. 21, 1968
Malloy plans to resign at the end of shift due to the death of his previous partner but is assigned a rookie partner Reed. Malloy decides the green Reed is worthy of Malloy's effort to train him leading Malloy to stay on the job.

Log 141: The Color TV Bandit
S1, Ep2 Sep. 28, 1968
Malloy and Reed learn of a serial home burglar stealing color TVs. They stumble upon the suspect's car with unusual results. Also, Reed must come to terms with his anger over a drug using mother that endangered her children to score dope.

Log 11: It's Just a Little Dent, Isn't It?
S1, Ep3 Oct. 5, 1968
Reed dents the fender of the patrol car while putting gas in it and frets the entire shift about the impact of it on his career. Meanwhile they deal with a man who wants revenge against a woman who testified against his son.

Log 131: Reed, the Dicks Have Their Jobs, and We Have Ours
S1, Ep4 Oct. 12, 1968
Malloy teaches raw rookie Reed about the job that Detectives play when a murder scene must be secured and turned over. Reed learns to be content with his role and responsibilities in a uniformed radio car when they arrest fleeing fugitives.

Log 91: You're Not the First Guy's Had the Problem
S1, Ep5 Oct. 19, 1968
Reed's ability to focus on his job is put to the test when his close friend and fellow academy partner is critically wounded during a robbery.

Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married?
S1, Ep6 Oct. 26, 1968
After an evening at Jim's with his wife, Pete's girlfriend Donna is making marriage comments that has Pete running for cover. Mixed in with their calls is a domestic noise complaint Pete uses to support his bachelorhood.

Log 71: I Feel Like a Fool, Malloy
S1, Ep7 Nov. 2, 1968
It is a shift of conflicts forcing the officer to use their wits to keep control and make the right decisions end on a low note.

Log 72: El Presidente
S1, Ep8 Nov. 9, 1968
Log 72: El Presidente
Malloy teases Reed about calculating the cost of a new house while their first baby is still 6 months away. In the meantime they settle a domestic dispute between arguing neighbors, help a taxi driver that was just robbed, and a local man mistaken as the President by a group of rural Mexicans. Finally, they must arrest a psychotic shooter holed up in his house.

Log 101: The Stolen Lawn
S1, Ep9 Nov. 16, 1968
Reed wants an early dinner when his wife puts him on a low-cal diet. However, one after another event prevents them from going code 7 all night long. Events include the theft of a man's sod, stolen credit cards, and a suspected car theft.

Log 132: Producer
S1, Ep10 Nov. 30, 1968
Reed tries to pawn off his new litter of puppies to co-workers, strangers, even victims. The officers work a silent alarm, rescue a boy with his head stuck in a fence, and track down a prowler.

Log 111: The Boa Constrictor
S1, Ep11 Dec. 7, 1968
Reed is on a high due a to meeting he and other probationers had with the Chief of Police. A ditsy young woman reports her 1958 Ford convertible stolen while she went in a liquor store. She left the keys in the car, has no paperwork, doesn't know the license number or other details but she needs it by 6:00 pm for a date! She finally tells the officers her pet 8 foot boa constrictor is in the trunk as she was coming from the vet. Every squad car is suddenly very careful with all 1958 white convertibles. They spot a fire in a house and rescue two drug users passed out ...

Log 61: The Runaway
S1, Ep12 Dec. 14, 1968
Walters and Brinkman are on a roll lately and like to brag, much to the irritation of Reed. He and Malloy help them out by finishing one of their calls, then rescue a sick teenage girl and arrest the young man who took her in. Back on patrol, they meet an informant who gives them a tip on a big drug buy scheduled for 11pm. They give the info to Sgt. Miller who asks them to help in the bust. They banter with Walters and Brinkman during meal break then take a prowler call before it's time to set up for the big drug meet at 10pm. The bust is a bust and called off at 12:...

Log 122: Christmas - The Yellow Dump Truck
S1, Ep13 Dec. 21, 1968
On Christmas eve Reed and Malloy make rounds distributing police department donation packages to needy families, and pull many heartstrings.

Log 81: The Long Walk
S1, Ep14 Jan. 4, 1969
After roll call, Reed and Malloy provide backup at a robbery, help a lost man return home, handle a call about a prowler, then respond to a silent alarm. Malloy demonstrates for Reed the importance of 'officer presence'.

Log 32: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack
S1, Ep15 Jan. 11, 1969
Reed volunteers to find entertainment for the department party but he is having poor luck and his options left are poor. They spot TJ, an informant, who tells them about a possible drug house. They spot a woman and girl at the same bus stop an hour apart. When they stop to talk to her, she tries to run. They learn she is from New Mexico looking for her husband but doesn't know how to contact him and has no money. She stole but did not open a box of cookies. The officers take her to the Salvation Army. That night they locate the drug house and call in support.

Log 62: Grand Theft Horse?
S1, Ep16 Jan. 18, 1969
The officers have to put with a mystery noise in the car while handling grand theft horse, a naive girl, and a robbery suspect who makes fake calls to distract the police

Log 33: It All Happened So Fast
S1, Ep17 Feb. 1, 1969
In a behind-the-scenes look at police investigations into deadly force incidents, Reed endures a night of intensive questioning by the station's lieutenant after he kills a man in self-defense.

Log 112: You Blew It
S1, Ep18 Feb. 8, 1969
The shift starts with the officers talking about another officer's judgment. Little do they realize they will be facing the same problem several times during the shift.

Log 51: A Jumper, Code 2
S1, Ep19 Feb. 15, 1969
The officers have one of those nights where they either have no calls or minor issues they can do nothing about until the end of the shift when Malloy is successful with a dangerous solution to a suicide jumper.

Log 73: I'm Still a Cop
S1, Ep20 Feb. 22, 1969
While Malloy is attending college, radicals learn he is a cop. They reject him stressing him on the job. After helping arrest demonstrators, his new car is vandalized. When a timer is found missing, he locates and disarms a bomb using it.

Log 102: We Can't Just Walk Away from It
S1, Ep21 Mar. 1, 1969
They respond to a call about a drug overdose and track the drugs to a 17 year who has barricaded himself in his room with a gun and threatens kill himself. They contend with a distraught mother and an overbearing father.

Log 152: A Dead Cop Can't Help Anyone
S1, Ep22 Mar. 8, 1969
Malloy tries to shield an impressionable Reed from Officer Ed Wells, a shoot-first ask-questions-later style officer. Wells' reckless philosophy endangers his own safety when he responds to a sniper, forcing them to come to his rescue.

Log 12: He Was Trying to Kill Me
S1, Ep23 Mar. 15, 1969
A 'child-left-alone' call turns up a horrifying case of child neglect. A 6-year-old girl is left home with her baby brother and both parents are unable to provide for their children.

Log 172: Boy, the Things You Do for the Job
S1, Ep24 Mar. 22, 1969
After Malloy gives a gorgeous wealthy blonde a traffic ticket, she stalks him affecting him and the police force. Although uninterested in her, Malloy is forced to 'take one' for the job.

Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed a Little Too Hard
S1, Ep25 Mar. 29, 1969
Malloy and Reed respond to repeated calls about an argument between two men and their wives over a boat they co-own. The feud escalates and ends with a fatal conclusion.

Log 22:...So This Little Guy Goes Into a Bar, and...
S1, Ep26 Apr. 5, 1969
Reed hears a joke from Ed Wells before roll call, then spends the shift retelling it to Malloy. The partners solve a mystery for a little old lady. Later, Reed needs to break up a noisy party hosted by an old school chum.

After his partner is killed in a gun battle, Veteran Patrol Officer Pete Malloy, bitter and disillusioned, is teamed with an eager rookie partner, Jim Reed. Officer Malloy feeling responsible for his new partner, is determined to keep his new partner safe and alive. Stories involve daily assignments, close teamwork, and then-current law enforcement procedures right out of the files of the City of Los Angeles Police Department. The series featured real department issue badges, vehicles and patrol markings, and Patrol Stations (Rampart & Central Division Headquarters). The series was endorsed & supported by the LAPD, and the series Director - Jack Webb upon his death in 1982, was buried with full LAPD honors. Mr. Webb was issued Sergeants Badge #714, the only badge ever issued to a civilian in history of the LAPD.

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