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COLLECTION · Series · 1974

Chopper One

Chopper One was a short-lived ABC drama/adventure television series in early 1974 depicting the activities of a California police helicopter team. The program aired in a half-hour time slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern. It aired adjacent to Firehouse, an action-drama series about a Los Angeles fire station. Chopper One was cancelled after six months and Firehouse ended in the following month.

Source: TMDB
* 7.5 (2)CrimeDrama
Studios
ABC
Runtime
22–30 min/ep
Release
17/01/1974
Score
7.5 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
13 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. Chopper One
1974-01-17

A swanky fourteen story hotel is being robbed downtown. The team plot the arrests and how best to use the helicopter.

Episode 2. Strain of Innocence
1974-01-24

Burdick gets a call from a girl he once helped, who is now mixed up with some bad guys and afraid for the safety of her unborn child.

Episode 3. The Bust-Out
1974-01-31

Don and Gil find themselves in a dangerous predicament when their helicopter is taken over by armed gunmen.

Episode 4. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
1974-02-07

An invalid creates havoc when he uses a ham radio to call in fake emergencies.

Episode 5. The Informer
1974-02-14 · 30 min

Don and Gil are asked to help secure a witness by using the chopper to transport him to the safe house. But when they get there, the man calls his wife and tells her where he is. So she goes there not knowing that the people who want to…

Episode 6. The Drop
1974-02-21

When the daughter of a doctor is kidnapped. The kidnappers then call her father to tell him of their demands. And it seems he wants the police to make the ransom drop using a chopper so Don and Gil are told of this. The father only wants…

Episode 7. Ambush
1974-02-28

When anti-police militants offer a reward to anyone who can shoot down the "pig spy helicopter," Foley and Burdick's lives are in danger from rooftop snipers.

Episode 8. The Copperhead
1974-03-07

A respected officer is suspected of reselling guns that were confiscated by the police.

Episode 9. Killing Time
1974-03-14

Mitch's wife's been kidnapped. They call him to tell him that they want the chopper grounded, so he damages it so it won't fly. Gil and Don who suspect something talks to him and he admits what's happening. So the go to the Captsin and…

Episode 10. Deadly Carrier
1974-03-21

Gil and Don are working on a case involving illegal aliens. But they learn that one of the aliens is carrying a contagious disease, so a doctor is assigned to accompany them. And Don doesn't get along with her.

Episode 11. The Scramble
1974-03-28

Chopper cop Gil goes undercover to race in a motorcycle scramble. He's investigating renegade cyclists who have been robbing business establishments near the races.

Episode 12. The Hijacking
1974-04-04

During a period of fuel shortages, Foley and Burdick work to help bust a gang that is hijacking gasoline tanker trucks.

Episode 13. Downtime
1974-04-11

Thinking that they will be able to relax while their chopper is undergoing repairs, Burdick and Foley find that they must race the clock to locate an extortionist before his bomb goes off.

Cast by season
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict
Officer Gil Foley
Ted Hartley
Ted Hartley
Captain McKeegan
Jim McMullan
Jim McMullan
Officer Don Burdick
Lou Frizzell
Lou Frizzell
Mitch
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