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A Safe House

Episode aired Feb 15, 1977
TV-PG

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Gary Frank and Ted Wass in Family (1976)

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Willie's old friend Sam Trask, wanted by the FBI, seeks Willie's help in visiting his dying father. Buddy learns about responsible journalism when she publishes a story for the school newspa... Read allWillie's old friend Sam Trask, wanted by the FBI, seeks Willie's help in visiting his dying father. Buddy learns about responsible journalism when she publishes a story for the school newspaper without verifying the facts.Willie's old friend Sam Trask, wanted by the FBI, seeks Willie's help in visiting his dying father. Buddy learns about responsible journalism when she publishes a story for the school newspaper without verifying the facts.

Director
- Richard Kinon
Writers
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Vicki Slotnick
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Director
- Richard Kinon
Writers
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Vicki Slotnick
Stars

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Sada Thompson

Kate Lawrence

James Broderick

Doug Lawrence

Gary Frank

Willie Lawrence

Kristy McNichol

Buddy Lawrence

Meredith Baxter

Nancy Lawrence Maitland
(as Meredith Baxter Birney)
(credit only)

Ted Wass

Sam Trask

Michael LeClair

Charlie Roberts
(as Michael Le Clair)

Tracie Savage

Wendy Spears

Louise Foley

Audrey Pfeiffer

Alan McRae

Doctor

Don Keefer

Al Trask

Grace Albertson

Nurse

Bob Harks

Detective
(uncredited)

Connie Mason

Christina Campbell
(uncredited)

Director
- Richard Kinon
Writers
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Vicki Slotnick
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Trivia
The tune that Kate is struggling with, but doing better than most, is Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy.

Quotes
Sam Trask: [Willie goes back to the movie set and discovers Sam is in one of the buildings] Sam!
Willie Lawrence: [comes out of the building] Go home, Willie.
Willie Lawrence: What?
Sam Trask: I said, go home!
Willie Lawrence: Tell me why you didn't stay in the guesthouse.
Sam Trask: Look, I figured you were right. I figured that you just didn't need any more of this hassle. I thought if I went to the hospital early enough, it'd be cool, but there was a cop outside.
Willie Lawrence: I know that. I went there, first.
Sam Trask: Look, just go home, Willie. Go back to your nice, safe house, where everything is warm and calm and everybody talks civilly to everybody else. I can handle this myself!
Willie Lawrence: [angrily] Right. Just the way you handled everything else, man! WELL, TO HELL WITH YOU!
Sam Trask: Look, I appreciate what you've done!
Willie Lawrence: You don't appreciate anything! You don't even know what the word means! You think you can just come in here and get me involved, up to my ears, in your mess, then tell me to walk home, treat me like some stray mutt following you around? All right, do it alone, man! I have had it with you!
[starts walking away]
Sam Trask: Willie! Willie!
[Willie stops]
Sam Trask: I can't... I can't do it alone.