| Telly Savalas | ... | Lt. Theo Kojak | |
| Dan Frazer | ... | Capt. Frank McNeil | |
| Kevin Dobson | ... | Det. Bobby Crocker | |
| George Savalas | ... | Det. Stavros | |
| Simon Oakland | ... | Tom Donnelly | |
| Brooke Adams | ... | Julie Winston | |
| John Durren | ... | Andy Rhodes | |
| Alan Manson | ... | Lt. Steve Nicola | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Frank Keltern | |
| William Cort | ... | Mr. Proctor (as Bill Cort) | |
| Helen Page Camp | ... | Mrs. Chester | |
| Vince Conti | ... | Det. Rizzo | |
| Mark Russell | ... | Det. Saperstein | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Diana Scarwid | ... | Out-of-Town Visitor (uncredited) | |
| Episode Crew |
Directed by | |||
| Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Abby Mann | (creator) | |
| Burton Armus | (written by) | |
| Selwyn Raab | (book) | |
Produced by | |||
| Jack Laird | .... | supervising producer | |
| James Duff McAdams | .... | producer (as James McAdams) | |
| Matthew Rapf | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| John Cacavas | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| John Elsenbach | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Fred Baratta | (as Frederic Baratta) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Raymond Beal | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Ed Baer | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Bill Jobe | |||
Production Management | |||
| G. Warren Smith | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Phil Cook | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gordon Ecker | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Andrew Gilmore | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Charlie Picerni | .... | stunt coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Charlie Picerni | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Billy Goldenberg | .... | composer: theme music | |
| Robert Mayer | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Burton Armus | .... | technical advisor | |
| Chester Krumholz | .... | executive story consultant | |
| Main series | Episode guide | Full cast and crew |
| Company credits | IMDb TV section | IMDb Crime section |
| IMDb USA section |
If there is one thing that is clear in the Kojak series it is how much Kojak cares for the victims and how serious he takes his job. So when a young woman from Ohio fairly new to the city comes into Manhattan South and tells him that her late neighbor from Ohio is alive and she saw him in Manhattan, Kojak does listen. The neighbor Roy Jenson is a career criminal, but no evidence to suspect he's alive.
Later on when the woman is pushed off a roof, Kojak takes it very personal. As it turns out Jenson has quite a scheme going, but he's rather stupid in that if he left her alone there would be no way to connect him to an extortion plot he has cooking. But he's a real low life who likes murder anyway so this was an excuse when you come down to it.
Simon Oakland guest stars her as a retired cop who works security for a department store chain which Jenson wants to blackmail. But Jenson is the one you remember from this fine Kojak episode.