"Adam-12" (1968) TV series 1968-1975

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creators:

Robert A. Cinader
Jack Webb
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

21 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Two regular police officers patrol Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Sergeant | Los Angeles California | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Martin Milner	...	Officer Peter J. Malloy (173 episodes, 1968-1975)
Kent McCord	...	Officer James A. Reed (173 episodes, 1968-1975)
William Boyett	...	Sgt. MacDonald (118 episodes, 1968-1975)

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Series Directed by
Dennis Donnelly		(25 episodes, 1971-1975)
Hollingsworth Morse		(18 episodes, 1968-1975)
Lawrence Doheny		(13 episodes, 1972-1974)
James Neilson		(12 episodes, 1971-1972)
Joseph Pevney		(11 episodes, 1969-1975)
Christian I. Nyby II		(11 episodes, 1971-1975)
Alan Crosland		(10 episodes, 1968-1970)
Phil Rawlins		(9 episodes, 1968-1969)
Christian Nyby		(8 episodes, 1970-1975)
Robert Douglas		(6 episodes, 1969-1970)
Sam Freedle		(5 episodes, 1972-1973)
Bruce Kessler		(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Oscar Rudolph		(3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Jack Webb		(2 episodes, 1968-1974)
Alan Crosland Jr.		(2 episodes, 1969-1971)
Ozzie Nelson		(2 episodes, 1971)
Robert M. Leeds		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Norman Abbott		(2 episodes, 1974)
Leo Gordon		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Robert A. Cinader		(174 episodes, 1968-1975)
Jack Webb		(174 episodes, 1968-1975)
Leo Gordon		(20 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael Donovan		(17 episodes, 1969-1973)
Stephen J. Cannell		(15 episodes, 1971-1973)
Preston Wood		(12 episodes, 1968-1973)
Robert I. Holt		(11 episodes, 1968-1973)
James Doherty		(11 episodes, 1969-1972)
Richard Morgan		(6 episodes, 1968-1969)
Guerdon Trueblood		(5 episodes, 1969-1970)
John T. Dugan		(3 episodes, 1970-1971)
Walter Dallenbach		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
William Keenan		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jack Hawn		(2 episodes, 1969)
Herbert Purdom		(2 episodes, 1971)
Leonard F. Hill		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jeffrey Lewis		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jim Carlson		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Bryan Joseph		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Kenneth Johnson		(2 episodes, 1973)
Edward J. Lakso		(2 episodes, 1973)
Arnold Somkin		(2 episodes, 1974)
Jerry Thomas		(2 episodes, 1974)
Pat Boyette		(unknown episodes)
William R. Cox		(unknown episodes)
Howard Dimsdale		(unknown episodes)
John Kingsbridge		(unknown episodes)
James E. Moser		(unknown episodes)
Wilton Schiller		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jack Webb	....	executive producer (35 episodes, 1968-1972)
Robert A. Cinader	....	producer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Herman S. Saunders	....	producer / executive producer (20 episodes, 1970-1974)
William Stark	....	associate producer / producer (17 episodes, 1968-1969)
Edward K. Dodds	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1969)
Tom Williams	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1970-1972)
James Doherty	....	producer (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jerry Stanley	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Frank Comstock		(41 episodes, 1968-1972)

Series Cinematography by
Brick Marquard		(14 episodes, 1968-1969)
Andrew Jackson		(10 episodes, 1968)
F. Bud Mautino		(8 episodes, 1970-1971)
Duke Callaghan		(7 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Film Editing by
John Kaufman		(17 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert K. Richard		(10 episodes, 1970-1972)
Richard M. Sprague		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Tony Martinelli		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Sam E. Waxman		(2 episodes, 1970)

Series Casting by
Tom Jennings		(26 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Art Direction by
Lester Green		(27 episodes, 1968-1972)
Henry Larrecq		(10 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.		(29 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Sturtevant		(14 episodes, 1968-1972)
Claire P. Brown		(12 episodes, 1968-1970)
Gary Moreno		(9 episodes, 1969)

Series Makeup Department
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist (31 episodes, 1968-1971)
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist (31 episodes, 1968-1971)

Series Production Management
Edward K. Dodds	....	unit production manager / production manager / ... (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Mel A. Bishop	....	unit manager (11 episodes, 1970-1972)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis Donnelly	....	assistant director (15 episodes, 1970-1972)
Harry Hogan III	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1968-1969)
Phil Rawlins	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert G. Stone	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Norman August	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1969)
Robin S. Clark	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1969)
Harker Wade	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1969)
William Holbrook	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1972)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Robert R. Bertrand	....	sound (13 episodes, 1968-1969)
John Erlinger	....	sound (6 episodes, 1968-1971)
Philip Mitchell	....	sound (6 episodes, 1972)
Edwin S. Hall	....	sound (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
John R. Walker	....	sound (4 episodes, 1969)
Vernon W. Kramer	....	sound (2 episodes, 1969)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1968-1973)
Mickey Alzola	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Richard E. Butler	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Jean Coulter	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Chuck Courtney	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Doug O'Dell	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vincent Dee	....	costume supervisor (32 episodes, 1968-1971)

Series Editorial Department
Richard Belding	....	editorial supervisor / editorial supervision (39 episodes, 1968-1972)
Robert Brower	....	color coordinator (29 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Music Department
Stanley Wilson	....	music supervisor / music supervision (29 episodes, 1968-1970)
Hal Mooney	....	music supervision / music supervisor (5 episodes, 1972)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (3 episodes, 1975)
Frank Khoury	....	driver (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Other crew
Tom Williams	....	assistant to producer / assistant to executive producer (31 episodes, 1968-1970)
Edward M. Davis	....	technical advisor: Los Angeles Police Department (12 episodes, 1969-1972)
Stephen J. Cannell	....	executive story consultant / executive story editor / ... (6 episodes, 1971-1972)
John T. Dugan	....	executive story consultant (4 episodes, 1970-1971)
Bryan Joseph	....	executive story consultant (unknown episodes)
David H. Vowell	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Adam-12 Productions
• Mark VII Ltd.
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• Universal TV

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1968-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA/Universal Pictures
• Studios USA Television
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005-) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Universal City Studios  filmed at
• Universal Title  titles & optical effects

Runtime:

30 min (174 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Adam-12 Productions

Trivia:

In keeping with the reputation of Jack Webb's series being scrupulously accurate about police procedures, select episodes of this series were used in police academies as instructional films.

Goofs:

Continuity: Whenever there is an insert of either the radio, the "hot sheet" (list of stolen cars), or when Reed is jotting down information on the pad, the visuals almost never match the continuity of the scene. Example: It can be daytime in the scene, but when the insert of the radio or the hot sheet is shown, they appear, due to the lighting, that the inserts are from nighttime. Also, the same insert of Reed writing on the pad is used whenever he writes info down. As with the errors with the radio not matching the scene, there are times when Reed is wearing the short-sleeve uniform, yet when he's writing info down, we see the cuff of a long-sleeve shirt.

Quotes:

Pete Malloy: You know what this is?
Jim Reed: Yes sir, it's a police car.
Pete Malloy: This black and white patrol car has an overhead valve V8 engine. It develops 325 horsepower at 4800 RPM's. It accelerates from 0 to 60 in seven seconds; it has a top speed of 120 miles an hour. It's equipped with a multi channeled DFE radio and an electronic siren capable of admitting three variables...
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Stargate SG-1: Chimera (#7.15)" (2004)

A Jack Webb Junkie born January named John

The title is my attempt to honor the classic Johnny Carson "Claude Cooper copper clappers" bit with Jack Webb. As a kid I tried to never miss an episode of any Jack Webb series. Adam 12 being one of them. I really enjoyed how the relationship between Reed and Malloy developed throughout out the seasons. From the beginning when Malloy was a bit distant from his partner but still very mother hen-like to the later years when the two were comfortable with each other and taking little jabs at each other between calls.

One of my favorites was the episode when Reed's wife was pregnant, and the Reeds, Malloy, and his girl friend were trapped in a ghost town by a motorcycle gang. That episode still stands out in my mind. I enjoyed how the series dealt with more day to day stuff than the impossible situations shown in many other cop shows. It was amazing how a day's work could be squeezed into a 30 min show (22 w/o commercials).