The first of two television movies under the Police Story banner.
This segment first aired on NBC on May 23, 1979. It was originally slated to air as an episode within season 5 of Police Story, the network kept this segment on the shelf for nearly two years. The copyright date is listed in the opening credits as 1977.
The syndicated version airs as two, 60 minute segments (with commercials).
Although he was 14 years older than her, Dennis Weaver played the husband of Diana Muldaur. The two had played an occasional romantic couple in McCloud (1970) from 1970-1977.