spy, with a “dead” espionage agent bumping off former colleagues.
Teleplay: Don Mankiewicz and Gordon Cotler. Guest cast: Dana Wynter, Nehemiah Persoff, Stephen McNally, Donna Douglas, Steve Forrest, Vito Scotti, William Bryant, Ross Hagen, Catlin Adams.
“The Man Without a Face.” Season 3, Episode 4. Once again we have padding, such as the attempt on the victim’s life just after the opening credits, but it could have been worse. If memory serves, both the story and the show have the same solution. Hoch, AHMM, February 1965.Ī business executive crashes through a window in a high rise and hits the ground - over three hours later. Based on “The Long Way Down” by Edward D. Guest cast: Barbara Feldon, James Olson, Tom Bosley, Dick Haymes, Edward Andrews, Tom Troupe, John Fiedler, Barbara Rhoades. “Freefall to Terror.” Season 3, Episode 3. In both cases, the central problem is the same: How could a bullet from the accused’s gun kill the victim without him firing it - and from twenty feet away instead of inches as the forensics data show? While there is some padding, this episode doesn’t waste too much time. In Hoch’s story, it’s Captain Leopold who gets framed for murdering his ex-wife in the show it’s slightly off kilter Sgt. Based on “The Leopold Locked Room” by Edward D. Brooks, Edmond O’Brien, Lorraine Gary, Kenneth Mars, Charles Nelson Reilly, Michael Ansara, Paul Winchell, John Astin. The results, of course, were predictably mixed. Hoch, master of the impossible crime tale, were adapted for this series.
So it is something of a pleasant surprise to note that several stories by Edward D. Still, the cast was amiable even if the stories dragged. Sometimes the padding was more interesting than the story - which is hardly a recommendation - with Nancy Walker as the McMillan’s housekeeper stealing most scenes. ( Quincy had a similar premise.) McMillan & Wife was also too long, an hour and a half to two hours, inevitably leading to a lot of “padding” and “business” that had little or nothing to do with the main plot. This TV series, a star vehicle for Rock Hudson, came close to being a fantasy, what with Police Commissioner Hudson personally solving murder cases best left to the homicide detectives. Regular cast: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker.
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