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Be Careful What You Pray For

Be Careful What You Pray For

1975TV Episode⏱️ 47mTV-PG
ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller
7.2
IMDB Rating
159 votes

The hijacking of a truckload of plumbing donated to a school results in murder, plus major embarrassment to the NYPD, because Det. Crocker was speaking at the struggling Catholic high school at the time. Kojak pushes his shields t...

Director
Russ Mayberry
Writers
James Mitchell Miller, Selwyn Raab
Stars
Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Release Date
October 5, 1975
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas
as Lt. Theo Kojak
Dan Frazer
Dan Frazer
as Capt. Frank McNeil
Kevin Dobson
Kevin Dobson
as Det. Bobby Crocker
George Savalas
George Savalas
as Det. Stavros
George DiCenzo
George DiCenzo
as Harry Ferguson
Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna
as Enorio Patias
Richard Bakalyan
Richard Bakalyan
as Proctor
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Don Billett
as Griss
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M.P. Murphy
as Callaghan
Meg Wyllie
Meg Wyllie
as Sister Agnes

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Union Sq East & E 15 St, New York, USA
Production
Universal Television, Universal Television

🏷️ Keywords

truck heistnun

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

A good but flawed episode
by Ralpho2022-01-12
8/10

"My problem with this episode is where Crocker is lecturing Catholic school girls about the danger of rape. He tells them that most rapes are committed by people the girl (or woman) knows, and it could even be an uncle. Maybe that's how it was done in 1975, but it's hard to believe any cop would tell teenage girls that their uncles are potential rapists and to be careful around them. All that would likely do is raise their teenage anxiety to higher levels. Meg Wyllie was good as the stern but good natured nun, but she is only four years older than Dan Frazer (Capt. McNeil), who was s..."

💡 Did You Know?

Regarding the pressure he was receiving about the case, Captain Frank McNeil remarked that "all those Irish eyes are on us and they're not smiling." This is a reference to the popular 1912 song "When Irish Eyes are Smiling," which was written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.

📖 Synopsis

The hijacking of a truckload of plumbing donated to a school results in murder, plus major embarrassment to the NYPD, because Det. Crocker was speaking at the struggling Catholic high school at the time. Kojak pushes his shields t...