"Emergency!" Emergency! the Wedsworth-Townsend Act (1972)

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Director:

Jack Webb

Writers:

Harold Jack Bloom (writer)
Robert A. Cinader (writer)

TV Series:

"Emergency!" (1972)

Original Air Date:

15 January 1972 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Adventure | Action

Plot:

Roy convinces John to join the paramedic program. They must deal with the opposition from both medical and civil authorities...

Plot Keywords:

Accident Victim | Rescue Team | Doctor | Firefighting | Paramedic

Cast

Robert Fuller	...	Dr. Kelly Brackett
Julie London	...	Nurse Dixie McCall
Bobby Troup	...	Dr. Joe Early
Kevin Tighe	...	Firefighter / Paramedic Roy DeSoto
Randolph Mantooth	...	Firefighter / Paramedic Johnny Gage
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Art Balinger	...	Battalion Chief Conrad
Lew Brown	...	Man with ulcer
Colby Chester	...	Fireman Tony Freeman
Tim Donnelly	...	Firefighter Chester 'Chet' Kelly
Virginia Gregg	...	Wilma Jacobs, R.N.
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Woman in trouble
Jack Kruschen
Kent McCord	...	Officer Jim Reed
Martin Milner	...	Officer Pete Malloy
John Price	...	Firefighter Specialist Price, LACoFD
Don Ross	...	Man at boatyard
Mike Stoker	...	Firefighter / Engineer Mike Stoker
Herb Vigran	...	Committee chairman
Kathryn Kelly Wiget	...	Joanne Desoto
Kurt Wilhelm	...	Firefighter, Station * 54, LACoFD

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

John Smith	...	Captain Hammer
Patricia Mickey	...	Nurse Sharon Walter

Trivia:

The title of the pilot episode is a reference to the law signed by then-governor Ronald Reagan authorizing the creation of emergency medical services in California.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the very beginning of the episode, a crew member can be seen at the right of the screen. He is standing near the right side of the rescue squad's hood by the wall.