A rooftop sniper endangers the lives of people in a neighborhood, resulting in Malloy and Reed calling in the SWAT unit to secure the scene.A rooftop sniper endangers the lives of people in a neighborhood, resulting in Malloy and Reed calling in the SWAT unit to secure the scene.A rooftop sniper endangers the lives of people in a neighborhood, resulting in Malloy and Reed calling in the SWAT unit to secure the scene.
George Barrows
- Mr. Bunch
- (as George D. Barrows)
Dick Geary
- Benson
- (as Richard Geary)
Shaaron Claridge
- Dispatcher
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst time in the series when a hand held radio is used. Reed uses it to notify the Sergeant of the wounded lady in her apartment.
- GoofsMrs. Bell is shot through her window, which faces the building with the sniper, located to the left of the corridor. Then, the officers go around the corner to the right to Mr. Bunch's apartment. Mallloy incorrectly states there's a sniper across the street. After first refusing to leave, Bunch is then scared out of his apartment by the sniper firing at him, but as his apartment is around the corner, his windows are not facing the theater with the sniper on the roof, and there would be no threat in Bunch's apartment.
- Quotes
Boy: Why is that man over there trying to kill people?
Officer Pete Malloy: I wish I knew, son.
Featured review
Outstanding Episode
This episode is almost perfect from start to finish. Everything fits together so well and flows so well. And it's got a little bit of everything. Amazing what they could fit into a half-hour show back in those days.
There's a sniper on a roof shooting people and trying to shoot a little kid's dog. Obviously, he's a total wacko. I liked how the director didn't take any close ups of the sniper until the very end. That was a brilliant touch. Most director's would have been taking close ups of the sniper all throughout the episode. But with no close ups until the very end it keeps us in the same viewpoint as the people on the ground and keeps the sniper totally mysterious. We don't find out about him and his motives until the very end. That's excellent.
I'm not going to give away the whole plot I don't do that in my reviews. I just try to give my impressions.
Another reviewer complained that the police didn't use a helicopter to take on the sniper, but there's an obvious reason for that. The sniper would just shoot the pilot and the helicopter would crash, possibly killing innocent people. Duh.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this episode. There are all kinds of wonderful moments and it's never dull. That's why I gave it a "10".
There's a sniper on a roof shooting people and trying to shoot a little kid's dog. Obviously, he's a total wacko. I liked how the director didn't take any close ups of the sniper until the very end. That was a brilliant touch. Most director's would have been taking close ups of the sniper all throughout the episode. But with no close ups until the very end it keeps us in the same viewpoint as the people on the ground and keeps the sniper totally mysterious. We don't find out about him and his motives until the very end. That's excellent.
I'm not going to give away the whole plot I don't do that in my reviews. I just try to give my impressions.
Another reviewer complained that the police didn't use a helicopter to take on the sniper, but there's an obvious reason for that. The sniper would just shoot the pilot and the helicopter would crash, possibly killing innocent people. Duh.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this episode. There are all kinds of wonderful moments and it's never dull. That's why I gave it a "10".
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- Runtime25 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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