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Two kidnappers are holed up in an abandoned hunting shack. They kidnapped the adult son of a wealthy family and are holding him for $50,000 ransom. A Game Warden becomes suspicious and phones the Highway Patrol. The shack is in an isolated area over 200 miles from Patrol headquarters. To make matters worse, the kidnap victim was shot in the back while trying to escape and the two culprits with rifles prevent the patrol officers from getting the victim to the nearby helicopter. This episode, as the title indicates, is all about law enforcement's use of helicopters. Whoever was piloting the helicopter was very skilled as there's an amazing scene where the helicopter is used to collapse the dilapidated shack. It was nice seeing Robert Bice as the Game Warden - he appeared in a couple of Perry Mason shows as one of the detectives in the Paul Drake Detective Agency. A solid if not particularly memorable episode.

Review – Kidnap Copter All action from the opening scenes, kidnappers with hunting rifles in a shack with a young victim, Dan on the way to the scene after the victim is shot trying to escape, with HP Officers fending off rifle shots from the shed while tending to the shot youth. Three HP Officers in this episode with Dan, the HP copter pilot and a doctor to care for the wounded. Never a dull moment with the kidnap victim in desperate need of hospital assistance, pinned down with rifle shooting criminals is a very remote area. Crush the shack they are in with the copter since they cannot move the victim until they capture the kidnappers. The HP did its job without any ransom paid and the victim is off to get medical attention asap. Worth watching as the story moves along rapidly; for every crisis there is a solution with Chief Dan Mathews and the HP.

**SPOILERS** I liked it, in spite of a couple of differences. One, how were the kidnappers supposed to get away? Two, the building that they showed was not a dilapidated shack, but, a pretty nice cabin; it just needed a little T.L.C., maybe sister up a couple of support posts and roof beams, and some decent shingles. In reality, I'm sure that the shack was very unsafe.

As far as the kidnappers went, well, just everything went wrong. It was interesting watching the bad guy, after they had been discovered by the game warden, telling the kid that "no hard feelings, but we gotta kill you - you understand". Yeah, sure. Of course they shot him in the back when he tried to get away. I don't know all the details, but there was a "Lindburg Law" in some jurisdictions that would allow for the death penalty in kidnap cases, so, it's hard to tell about that. BUT, shooting him is definitely attempted murder. Interesting thinking how it might have played out. "Ed" the first kidnapper, didn't actually SHOOT at the chopper, "second kidnapper did. He also was the one who plugged the kid. Now, if you saw it, it looked (to me, at least) like Ed was visually measuring #2 for a coffin after he was hit. Might have turned on his pals, huh?

They never covered it, but how were the bad guys supposed to get away at all? The chopper was a Bell 47, a workhorse small copter for the Army and Police forces at the time. The actor flying it was an actual pilot, and it was really cool watching him show off how it was done VERY COOL. The actor who played the dispatcher was a prolific yeoman bit and cameo player, Terry Frost who was in a lot of westerns, and must have chafed at being only a microphone man (R.I.P.Mr. Frost). Neat episode.

Action-filled entry, especially with the copter. Then too, Crawford gets a workout climbing in and out (I hope he liked copters !). Story picks up midway in the kidnapping of son (Roy) of wealthy father. The two kidnappers are keeping him in a rundown shack in the boondocks. Trouble is a game warden figures out who they are and notifies the Patrol. Soon a standoff develops with cops and wounded Roy on outside and kidnappers on inside.

I believe HP was either first or one of first TV series to use copters regularly in law enforcement. Here we get a good look at a two-man version, and note how the stretcher is ferried. Anyway, director Landers does good job with close-ups at right time. I'm not sure, however, how the crooks thought they would escape once they lost their hostage. Then too, it's typical Hollywood shootout where fusillades are fired but hardly anyone gets hit, even when standing behind porous bushes. But that's just carping, when the real draw is action with the copter and Mathews racing about the sticks in his business suit.