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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Three For The Road' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Three For The Road':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 4, 1975: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1
W: Jerry McNeely   D: Boris Sagal

With Julie Sommars (Amy Parsons), John Beck (Rick Sadler), John McLiam (Thurman Parsons), Katie Sagal (Receptionist), Alan McRae (Doctor), Lucille Benson (Gas Station Attendant). A free-lance photographer's assignments take him across America in a motorhome he shares with his two sons.

September 14, 1975: Fear
Season 1, episode 2
W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant   D: Barry Crane

With Kathleen Cody (Shelley), James Van Patten, Christopher Stone (Frank). A series about the Karras family traveling cross-country to see America. In the premiere episode, John Karras performs a dangerous hang-gliding experiment in hopes of proving to himself and others that he can overcome his acrophobia. Stars Alex Rocco, Vincent Van Patten and Leif Garrett.

September 21, 1975: Match Point
Season 1, episode 3
W: Jerry McNeely   D: Bernard McEveety

With Tim Matheson (Tom Aberling), Jane Alice Brandon (Laura), Gary Lockwood (Brent Aberling), Jan Shutan (Susanne Aberling). A sensational but tempermental young tennis star is shaken when John Karras almost defeats him in a pickup match.

September 28, 1975: The Ghost Story
Season 1, episode 4
W: William Kelley   D: Barry Crane

With Judy Lewis, Stefanie Powers (Paula), Alex Henteloff (Angus Anson), Arline Anderson (Mrs. Owen). Peter Karras receives a bizarre request: to photograph the ghost of a lady artist.

October 5, 1975: Ride On A Red Balloon
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jerry McNeely   D: Claudio Guzman

With Anne Lockhart (Betsy), Larry Hagman (Gordo Thurgate), James W. Gavin (Al). Pete discovers that a hot air balloon pilot he's assigned to photograph has a drinking problem.

October 12, 1975: The Fugitives
Season 1, episode 6
W: Del Reisman, Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield   D: Bernard McEveety

With Tracie Savage (Donna McCrea), Med Flory (Mechanic), Martin West (Henderson), Bradford Dillman (Hal McCrea). The father of a young girl is being stalked by a mysterious man with a gun.

October 19, 1975: The Cave
Season 1, episode 7
W: Jack Turley   D: Barry Crane

With Wyatt Johnson, Hal Bokar, Clint Ritchie, Clu Gulager. Pete's wartime buddy undertakes daring exploits in a dark and treacherous cave, with an admiring John following close behind.

October 26, 1975: The Rip-Off
Season 1, episode 8
W: Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser   D: Claudio Guzman

With Noble Willingham, Martin Kove, Kathleen Quinlan, Brendan Burns. A young girl hitchhiker creates a nightmare for Pete Karras and his sons when she and her boyfriend steal the Karras' motor home.

November 2, 1975: The Prisoner In Sneakers
Season 1, episode 9
W: Jack Miller   D: Ralph Senensky

With Tierre Turner, Jack Stauffer (Counselor), Nicolas Beauvy (Terry Markes), Anne Convy (Pat Dugan), Jim Antonio (Bill Dugan), Michael LeClair (Prisoner). A friendship develops between Endy Karras and a bitter, street-wise youth in a detention home.

November 9, 1975: The Trail Of Bigfoot
Season 1, episode 10
W: Michael Kozoll   D: Claudio Guzman

With James Ray, Eldon Quick (Russell Allport), Parley Baer (Al Buckheister), Anne Schedeen, Woodrow Chambliss, Dean Stockwell (Ethan Crawford). Reported sightings of the legendary "Bigfoot" send Pete Karras on a photo assignment to discover if the creature really exists.

November 16, 1975: The Albatross
Season 1, episode 11
D: Ralph Senensky

With Brian Cutler, Michael Link, Kristopher Marquis, Meg Foster (Patti Hardy), Albert Reed, Pitt Herbert, Kathleen O'Malley. An aggressive, eccentric young mother stirs a passionate concern in the Karras family for her eight-year-old son, who needs scholastic help as well as love.

November 23, 1975: Adventure In L.A.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Dick Nelson   D: Herschel Daugherty

With John Medici, Nate Esformes (Bruno), Frank Leo, Eleni Kiamos, John Goff, Elyssa Davalos (Sophie Gianelli), Charles Frank (Cliff Martin), Giorgio Tozzi (Cesare Gianelli), Beth Brickell (Dee Dee). Unbeknownst to John and Endy, they help the daughter of a shipping magnate run away.

November 30, 1975: Odyssey In Jeans
Season 1, episode 13
W: Michael Kozoll   D: Lou Antonio

With Dan Roth (Frank), Cissy Wellman, Janice Carroll, Lew Palter, Tom Wheatley, Jane Actman, Paul Linke, Mel Gallagher, Charles Wagenheim, J. Jay Saunders, Dean Smith, Harry Gold, Robyn Lundin. Pete is hospitalized by a fall from a horse, and Endy is frightened because he fears he will lose his father -- right on the heels of his mother's death. (Last show of the series.)


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