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Police Squad! The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 24 min |Comedy, Crime

Police Squad!

The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 24 min |Comedy, Crime

The daughter of a textile tycoon is kidnapped and Frank must find her before it's too late to pay the ransom.

Creators

Jim Abrahams (created by) |David Zucker (created by) |Jerry Zucker (created by)

Director

Georg Stanford Brown

Writers

Pat Proft (teleplay by) |Deborah Hwang-Marriott (story by) (as Deborah Hwang) |Robert K. Weiss (story by) |David Misch (executive story editor) & 4 more

Producer

Robert K. Weiss (producer)

Composer

Ira Newborn (music by)

Cinematographer

Sherman Kunkel (director of photography)

Editor

Malcolm Campbell

Casting Director

Sally Powers (casting)

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Status

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Updated 1982 Mar 18

Release date

Mar 18, 1982 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

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Alan NorthCapt. Ed Hocken Capt. Ed Hocken See fewer	See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Rex HamiltonAbraham Lincoln (archive footage) Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) See fewer	Police Squad! (1982)
Robert Goulet Executed Man Executed Man See fewer	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Ed Williams Mr. Olson Mr. Olson See fewer	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
William Duell Johnny Johnny See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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