After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.
Photos
Tom Newman
- Projectionist
- (as Thomas Newman)
Charles Leland
- Chuck
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe race car driver's house was featured on a Kolchak: The Stalker and the Columbo: Murder by the Book.
- GoofsThe race track official mentions how one driver had managed to drive with one broken arm. Given that race cars require constant gear shifting, it would be all but impossible for someone to steer and shift gears with only one arm.
- Quotes
Dr. Robert Asten: [while trying to wash acid off his hands in Quincy's lab] I should have known better than to have come in here without a decontamination suit.
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Unremarkable mystery episode focused on car racing sport
Speed Trap begins at Danny's where Quincy (Jack Klugman) and friends are watching a car race on television when one of the drivers favored to win, Kevin Bannon, suddenly loses control and crashes. Kevin does not survive the accident and later Quincy conducts the autopsy at the coroner lab finding amphetamines in his system. Kevin's chief mechanic (Simon Oakland) cries foul at the findings and maintains that Kevin would have never taken any type of drugs due to his strict health regimen. Quincy begins to believe this assertion when he discovers that Kevin had hypoglycemia and with this condition the amphetamines would have caused him to lose consciousness shortly after taking them making it a possible murder.
This second episode of Season 4 is an OK one where there is a murder mystery featured but the plot is rather predictable. Right from the opening scenes where Quincy is watching the race and commenting on a particular driver you know that driver is going to crash and there will be an investigation into whether someone caused it. This coupled along with the stock footage of racing scenes used just make for an overall unremarkable episode in my opinion and certainly not one of the standouts of Season 4.
This second episode of Season 4 is an OK one where there is a murder mystery featured but the plot is rather predictable. Right from the opening scenes where Quincy is watching the race and commenting on a particular driver you know that driver is going to crash and there will be an investigation into whether someone caused it. This coupled along with the stock footage of racing scenes used just make for an overall unremarkable episode in my opinion and certainly not one of the standouts of Season 4.
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- rayoflite24
- Sep 11, 2015
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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