If I Had a Quarter-Million (TAGS Episode)

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Episode Info

If I Had a Quarter-Million

  • Filmed: 149
  • Aired: 149
  • Original Air Date: 1965/02/15
  • Writer(s): Bob Ross
  • Director: Alan Rafkin

Plot Summary

While chasing off a hobo, Barney stumbles over a briefcase loaded with $250,000 in cash. When he and Andy find the money is from a bank robbery, Barney goes undercover to catch the thief. Barney openly flashes the money around town as a lure for the crook. Unfortunately, the crook tricks Barney into believing he is an FBI agent on the same case and manages to get the money back during a stakeout. Andy arrives in time with the real federal agent and captures the criminal.

Odd Facts Known by Few

  • Actor Hank Patterson was born in Springville, Alabama and was the great uncle of actress Tea Leoni.

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • George Lindsey - Goober Pyle
  • Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
  • Robert Brubaker - Frank Brewster
  • Al Checco - Hennessey
  • Byron Foulger - Fred, the hotel clerk
  • Hank Patterson - Hobo
  • Alfred Hopson - Farmer