77 Sunset Strip Terror in a Small Town (Season 5, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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77 Sunset Strip

Terror in a Small Town (Season 5, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Kookie and Jeff pretend to accuse each other of treachery and shoot it out in the office at 77, but it's just a prank on J.R. That night, en route to a case in a remote California town, Kookie is attacked by a hitchhiker he unwisely picked...See moreKookie and Jeff pretend to accuse each other of treachery and shoot it out in the office at 77, but it's just a prank on J.R. That night, en route to a case in a remote California town, Kookie is attacked by a hitchhiker he unwisely picked up. The rapist hijacks Kookie's wheels and gun, and makes him switch clothes, so the sheriff has good reason to suspect the young PI. Kookie is mistakenly arrested for assault (really a euphemism for attempted rape). After insisting on his right to a phone call (the small town yokels don't seem aware of the right to a phone call), the first of which fails to go through, he then calls J.R., who is throwing a wild party. J.R. thinks he is being (what we now call) "punked" yet again. J.R. tells the sheriff to "lock him [Kookie] up and throw away the key". The sheriff then allows Kookie to see his accuser but the traumatized woman mistakenly claims Kookie IS the man who attacked her in the dark. The townsfolk, led by the woman's husband, are increasingly inflamed. Kookie may not even make it to trial, in a plot very similar to that of the Spencer Tracy-Sylvia Sidney classic Fury including the well-acted role of the conflicted and very morally ambiguous sheriff. Written by David Stevens See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Edd Byrnes Kookie (as Edward Byrnes) Kookie (as Edward Byrnes) See fewer	Grease (1978)
Roger Smith Jeff Spencer Jeff Spencer See fewer	Auntie Mame (1958)
Jacqueline Beer Suzanne Fabry Suzanne Fabry See fewer	77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Robert Logan J.R. Hale J.R. Hale See fewer	The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Kevin Hagen Henry Foster Henry Foster See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Don Kelly Sheriff Farber (as Don O'Kelly) Sheriff Farber (as Don O'Kelly) See fewer	Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
Frank Ferguson Ben Carter Ben Carter See fewer	This Gun for Hire (1942)
Kathy Bennett Carter's Girl Carter's Girl See fewer	77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Warren Oates Orville Orville See fewer	The Wild Bunch (1969)
Martin West Bevins Bevins See fewer	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Mikki Jamison Lindy Lindy See fewer	Wonder Woman (1975)
Sandy McPeak Bates (as Sandy Kevin) Bates (as Sandy Kevin) See fewer	Patton (1970)
Dee Carroll Clara Foster Clara Foster See fewer	The Stunt Man (1980)
Elvia Allman Millie (uncredited) Millie (uncredited) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1963)