Writer:	Ed Adamson
Director:	Robert Day
Star:	Robert Forster (Miles C. Banyon)
Guest Star:	Alvin Childress (Clayton),  Paul Hampton (David),  Ted Hartley ( Sonny Arnheim),  Carla Borelli (Joan),  Stanley Adams (Eddie Dolan),  Deidre Daniels (Irene Fortolla),  Ray Danton (Victor Pappas),  Cathleen Cordell (Mrs. Fontaine),  Florence Lake (Witness),  Robert Shields (Mechanical Man),  Joseph Ruskin (Carl Horner),  Jeff Morris (Billy),  Leslie Parrish (Ruth Sprague),  Hermione Gingold (Peggy Revere),  Herb Edelman (Harry Sprague),  Anjanette Comer (Diane Jennings),  Jose Ferrer (Lee Jennings),  Jason Wingreen (Dr. Greenbaum),  Ned Glass ( Lou Moran),  John Lawrence (Willie Douglas),  Anne Randall (Linda Hayden),  Darren McGavin (Lt. Pete McNeil)

Banyon's living quarters are seen in this pilot episode. They would not be seen again once the show was picked up as a regular series. (edit) Banyon provides no voiceover narration in the pilot like he would do in the regular series. (edit) Banyon reveals that he voted for FDR in the 1936 presidential election. (edit) Hermione Gingold and Darren McGavin play Peggy Revere and Lt. Pete McNeill in this pilot episode. When the show was picked up as a regular series the roles would be played by Joan Blondell and Richard Jaeckel. (edit)

McNeil: Your tie's undone.
Banyon: I'm not a cop anymore. I can wear it anyway I want. (edit) Dr. Greenbaum (about the body): This all you got?
McNeil: How many you want? (edit) Sprague: What do you want me to do?
Banyon: For openers, you can go home. (edit) McNeil: Why did you lie to me?
Banyon: Well, you were so scary. My memory just jumped out on me. (edit) Jennings: Wanna dance with my wife?
Banyon: Some other time. (edit)

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The character of Lee Jennings appears to be based upon Walter Winchell, a newspaper gossip columnist and radio commentator during the period in which Banyon is set. (edit)