The
FBI - The Complete Seventh Season
(1971 - 1972/Warner Archive DVD Set)
Picture:
B Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: C
PLEASE
NOTE:
The FBI
is now only available from Warner Bros. through their Warner Archive
series and can be ordered from the link below.
This
six disc, 28 episode collection of the acclaimed 1960s/1970s drama
series The
FBI
explodes onto DVD in this nice package by Warner Bros. The show
centers around intrepid FBI agents that take on the domestic war on
crime after the cooling down of the Cold War and the Culture War.
Starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (who sadly just passed away as of this
posting) as Inspector Lewis Erskine, Philip Abbott as Arthur Ward -
Assistant Director to F.B.I. chief J. Edgar Hoover, and William
Reynolds - who played Special Agent John Colby until 1973. The
series was renowned for being an authentic re-telling of or fictional
accounts of actual F.B.I. cases with of course fictitious characters
carrying the story.
Whether
it's a suburban salesman roiling with self loathing who plans the
perfect crime (Bradford Dillman) and doesn't care who he crushes in
the process (Clu Gulager), a crushed lumber merchant (John Colicos)
with a fail-proof kidnap cache or a syndicate-raised hit man with the
heart of an Angel (Martin Sheen himself!), the intrepid professionals
of the bureau are on the case to bring these criminals to justice!
If
you are a fan of crime drama television then I'm sure this show will
be a treat for you. It was definitely a precursor to CSI
and other shows currently seen on primetime television. This season
was the first I had seen of the show and while I won't dismiss it,
the show really isn't my kind of thing. It's definitely dated and
very heavy on meaty dialogue and drama but high on production value.
Disc
One features the episodes Death
on Sunday, Recurring Nightmare, The Last Job
and The
Deadly Gift.
Disc Two features Dynasty of
Hate, The Mastermind: Parts One and Two,
and the Watch
Dog.
Disc
Three is The
Game of Terror, End of A Hero, Superstition Rock,
and The
Minerva Tapes.
Disc Four features Bitter
Harbor, The Recruiter, The Buyer,
and A
Second Life.
Disc
Five features The
Break-Up, Judas Coat, The Hunters, Arrangement with Terror,
and The
Set-Up.
Disc Six finishes off the set with The
Test, The Corruptor, The Deadly Species, and
Escape to Nowhere.
Cameos
for the season feature Lindsay Wagner, Mark Hamill, Dabney Coleman,
Stefanie Powers, and Vic Tayback!
I
gave the picture and sound a low rating because while they accurate
I'm sure to the original broadcast, they are lossy Dolby Digital Mono
tracks and caught in standard definition with a 4 X 3/1.33 aspect
ratio.
While
total running time for the series is 1,300 minutes, there are no
additional special features on this release.
To
order the FBI DVD set for this and previous seasons, some of which we
have reviewed elsewhere on this site, go to this link for them and
many more great web-exclusive releases at:
http://www.warnerarchive.com/
-
James Harland Lockhart V
www.vimeo.com/jamielockhart
