In the series' final show: To ensure a safe release of 6 hostages taken by a desperate drug dealer, Mannix, with no other choice, must find and deliver a member who turned informer against t... Read allIn the series' final show: To ensure a safe release of 6 hostages taken by a desperate drug dealer, Mannix, with no other choice, must find and deliver a member who turned informer against the dealer and his men.In the series' final show: To ensure a safe release of 6 hostages taken by a desperate drug dealer, Mannix, with no other choice, must find and deliver a member who turned informer against the dealer and his men.
- Peggy Fair
- (credit only)
- Sergeant Charley
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe home set used is actually a somewhat redecorated, but still recognizable version of The Brady Bunch (1969) living room & staircase. The Brady Bunch had already ended a full year before on ABC in 1974. Both shows were produced at Paramount, the Brady home set was used several times during the 8 season run.
- GoofsAfter Art is shot and lying on the floor, Joe removes the cushion from a nearby chair, and places it under Art's head for comfort. The camera goes back to the other people in the room. When the camera comes back to Art, the cushion is no longer under his head.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: [breaking in on the Kane gang] Everybody just relax. Hello, Fingerman. You can keep feeding the kitty.
George Kane: [coming up behind Mannix with a gun pointed at him] Hold it. Take it, Billy Lee.
[Billy Lee takes Mannix's gun]
George Kane: You know him?
Fingerman: I believe the gentleman is a private detective by the name of Joe Mannix.
Joe Mannix: [sees the suitcase full of money] Oh, that's quite a bundle. How much heroin does it represent?
George Kane: I'm in the real estate business.
Joe Mannix: Really? What did you sell, San Diego?
[Billy Lee giggles]
George Kane: I have to deal in large amounts of currency. You can ask my lawyer, Mr. Fingerman.
Joe Mannix: Sure, Billy Lee and Ginger here, they're your bankers. Come off it, Kane. There was a shipment if heroin hijacked at the border last month, a syndicate shipment. What did you do, front for the sale, Fingerman?
Fingerman: Well, that's a very serious charge to make without any evidence, Mr. Mannix.
Joe Mannix: Is it? I know a man whose daughter died from an overdose. Legally, the charge should be murder. She was only 16 years old.
George Kane: Then I don't suppose she'll get any older, will she?
[knife clicks]
George Kane: And neither will you, Mr. Mannix.
Billy Lee: Now you just relax, Mannix.
[Mannix pushes Billy Lee out of the way, and a fight ensues; Billy Lee accidentally cuts his hand on Ginger's knife]
Billy Lee: HE GOT MY HAND!
George Kane: All right, you'll live through it.
Billy Lee: IT'S BAD!
George Kane: We'll fix it later, Billy Lee.
Ginger: Come on, let's get out of here. Maybe he tipped the cops.
George Kane: All right, my office. Close up that suitcase and let's go.
Fingerman: Wait a minute, don't everybody leave at once. It's gonna look bad. Look, George, you leave with Ginger with and Billy Lee, and I'll follow with the kid. I'll bring the money.
[Kane, Billy Lee, and Ginger walk out the door as Cliff helps Fingerman re-load the suitcase of money]
Credit Bill Bixby, who did some fine work on the show, both behind the camera and as an actor. He gets the most out of this crew. A desperate hostage crisis that includes Joe and Art Malcolm -- getting shot and looking like he may not make it.
Albert Beich wrote this story, behind BURKES LAW and who wrote the classic Bette Davis thriller DEAD RINGER. William Windom, typically a tv good guy, plays George Kane, the top man behind a heroin racket. This is perhaps one of his best dramatic roles, making you wonder when is he gonna' get it? We also get a glimpse of young John Ritter (as Cliff), who began his career (mostly in comedy) though playing some villains, and quite well. Actress Tina Andrews turns in an excellent performance as Edna, who soon switched to soap operas. She also had a distinguished career as a historical playwright.
Two things to note. Yes, the Brady Bunch living room set is still alive and well here, long after the show went off the air. Additionally, as one reviewer noted, we never find out what happened to Malcolm? He becomes one of the casualties in the hostage crisis, and although he's whisked away in an ambulance, there's no concrete conclusion either way. However, I will keep this a 10 star episode because it owes up to its title.
Long time and famous bit actor Bob Harks plays a reporter on the scene on the familiar Paramount lot. Although this episode was aired in April, I remember it was early summer when the news came (I heard it on the radio) announcing the series was cancelled, and all of us fans were shocked, at least in my high school. But there's reruns, and still around some 50 years later. Amazing.
Thanks, Mike Connors and Gail Fisher for a job well done. I didn't live too far from Mike Connors who retired to Tarzana, CA and I always remember stories and photos of him, usually taken at the front door of his house with his wife, a bit grayer, but still Mannix all the way.
SEASON 8 EPISODE 24 CBS/Paramount dvd box set.
Collectors final season edition.