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"A Call to Arms"
Season 1, Episode # 5
#5 in series (202 episodes)
Episode Information
Series: Alice (TV series)
Network/Country: CBS-TV/USA
Air date: October 20, 1976
Written by: Lloyd Garver
Directed by Jim Drake
Guest stars: Lew Gallo
Geoffrey Lewis
Jack Riley
William Neal Seals
Emory Souza
Production code: 166554 (1x5)
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A Call to Arms was the fifth episode in Season 1 of Alice, and the fifth overall series episode; it first aired on CBS-TV on October 20, 1976. The episode was written by Lloyd Garver and was directed by Bill Persky.


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Synopsis[]

Alice considers buying a gun when a heavy breather keeps calling her.

Summary[]

Alice is fed up with the obscene caller who has been harassing her and keeping her up all night with heavy breathing. Things begin to get out of hand when Alice borrows Vera's answering machine and gets a message that threatens her life. This prompts her to take Flo's advice, which is to get a gun.

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Quote

  • Alice: I'm not well. A person who tries to arrest a telephone is not well.

Cast[]

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Recurring cast/characters[]

  • No recurring cast memebers appear in this episode.

Guest starring[]

  • Lew Gallo as Customer in Mel's Diner
  • Geoffrey Lewis as Deputy Barnes
  • Jack Riley as Richard Atkins
  • William Neal Seals as Rocky
  • Emory Souza as Leslie

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