The Rookies The Bear That Didn't Get Up (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

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The Rookies

The Bear That Didn't Get Up (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

Willie struggles to cope with the death of a young man he shot during a break-in who appeared to be unarmed. That is until an unidentified caller gives reason to believe another person might be responsible for his death.

Director

Jud Taylor

Writers

Rita Lakin (created by) | William Blinn (developed by) (teleplay by) | Ron Bishop (story by)

Producer

William Blinn

Composer

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematographer

Archie R. Dalzell (as Arch Dalzell)

Editor

Jim Faris

Casting Director

Bert Remsen

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Updated Oct 23, 1972

Release date

Oct 23, 1972 (United States)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Georg Stanford Brown Officer Terry Webster Officer Terry Webster See fewer	Stir Crazy (1980)
Sam Melville Officer Mike Danko Officer Mike Danko See fewer	The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Michael Ontkean Officer Willie Gillis Officer Willie Gillis See fewer	Slap Shot (1977)
Kate Jackson Jill Danko Jill Danko See fewer	Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Gerald S. O'Loughlin Lt. Ryker Lt. Ryker See fewer	The Rookies (1972)
David Huddleston Watchman Watchman See fewer	The Big Lebowski (1998)
Warren J. Kemmerling Andrew Levitt (as Warren Kemmerling) Andrew Levitt (as Warren Kemmerling) See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Simon Scott Mr. Palmer Mr. Palmer See fewer	Cold Turkey (1971)
Ken Swofford Mr. Felker Mr. Felker See fewer	Annie (1982)
Shelley Morrison Mrs. Felker Mrs. Felker See fewer	Will & Grace (1998)
Kenneth Tobey Officer Rankin Officer Rankin See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Pamela Susan Shoop Patty Lewis (as Pamela Shoop) Patty Lewis (as Pamela Shoop) See fewer	Halloween II (1981)
Jim Antonio Asst. D.A. Blair Asst. D.A. Blair See fewer	Outbreak (1995)
Walter Woolf King Abe Douglas Abe Douglas See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Jeanne Bates Mrs. Palmer Mrs. Palmer See fewer	Mulholland Drive (2001)
Peter Hobbs Doctor (uncredited) Doctor (uncredited) See fewer	The Man with Two Brains (1983)