77 Sunset Strip The Dark Wood (Season 5, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

77 Sunset Strip

The Dark Wood (Season 5, Episode 8)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stu and JR are mountain fishing when Stu checks on friend Willa who is recently widowed. Daughter Netsie insists her father was murdered. The detectives stick around to learn more about the locals with Tuffy around when things go wrong.

Director

Richard C. Sarafian

Writers

Roy Huggins (created by) | Lawrence Kimble (teleplay by) | A.I. Bezzerides (teleplay by) (story by)

Producer

Fenton Earnshaw

Cinematographer

Carl E. Guthrie (as Carl Guthrie)

Editor

David Wages

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 30, 1962

Release date

Nov 30, 1962 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Stuart Bailey Stuart Bailey See fewer	Wait Until Dark (I) (1967)
Robert Logan J.R. Hale J.R. Hale See fewer	The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Susan Gordon Netsie Phelps Netsie Phelps See fewer	The Five Pennies (1959)
Douglas Lambert Tuffy Miles Tuffy Miles See fewer	Moonraker (1979)
Walter Sande Ben Miles Ben Miles See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
Claire Carleton Alma Miles Alma Miles See fewer	The Mickey Rooney Show (1954)
Dennis James Sam Mason Sam Mason See fewer	Rocky III (1982)
Benny Baker Fred Webber Fred Webber See fewer	Paint Your Wagon (1969)
House Peters Jr. Sheriff Joe Goodson Sheriff Joe Goodson See fewer	Black Patch (1957)
Diana Brewster Willa Phelps (as Diane Brewster) Willa Phelps (as Diane Brewster) See fewer	Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Pat Woodell Suzie (uncredited) Suzie (uncredited) See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)