Mannix investigates death threats against a young woman that had a car accident that killed her pregnant friend and left her legs paralyzed.Mannix investigates death threats against a young woman that had a car accident that killed her pregnant friend and left her legs paralyzed.Mannix investigates death threats against a young woman that had a car accident that killed her pregnant friend and left her legs paralyzed.
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- GoofsAmong the record albums Mannix was looking at for his "background music" were Iron Butterfly "In A Gadda Di Vida", Andy Williams, David Rose and Blood Sweat and Tears and the music playing did not sound like any of them.
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Joe Mannix: [walks into Dorothy Kinman's apartment] Miss Kinman?
Dorothy Kinman: Thank you for coming here.
[locks the door to her apartment]
Dorothy Kinman: I just poured myself a scotch. Would you care for some?
Joe Mannix: Yes, thank you.
Dorothy Kinman: I must have sounded pretty hysterical when I called you.
Joe Mannix: Well, shall we say you sounded... upset?
Dorothy Kinman: I think these phone calls are getting to me.
Joe Mannix: When did the calls first begin?
Dorothy Kinman: A month ago. Four or five days after I left the hospital and moved into here.
Joe Mannix: Have you, uh... notified the police?
Dorothy Kinman: Won't you sit down?
Joe Mannix: Thank you.
Dorothy Kinman: Yes, they suggested that I change my number.
Joe Mannix: Did you?
Dorothy Kinman: Last week. I thought that was the end of it. But tonight...
Joe Mannix: How long did he stay on the line?
Dorothy Kinman: Just a few seconds. That's all there ever is.
Joe Mannix: What exactly did he say?
Dorothy Kinman: What he always says. That he's going to kill me.
Joe Mannix: Let's start with the familiar. Can you think of anybody who might want to hurt you, or at least frighten you?
Dorothy Kinman: No. No one.
Joe Mannix: Let's go back two or three years. Have you ever had any trouble with anybody? For instance, a cab driver, a clerk in some hotel, anyone at all?
Dorothy Kinman: I didn't think there was. Obviously, I was wrong.
Joe Mannix: Well, the fact that he knows your name doesn't necessarily mean you've met. And after all, you are a public figure- won the nationals- everyone's choice for the Olympics.
Dorothy Kinman: Former choice. I don't want anyone's pity, Mr. Mannix. All I want is to be left alone... and not to be terrified every time the phone rings.
Joe Mannix: Tell me, who handled your complaint at the police department?
Dorothy Kinman: Uh, Lieutenant Tobias.
Joe Mannix: Well, now, that's a help.
Dorothy Kinman: Do you know him?
Joe Mannix: Yes.
Dorothy Kinman: He wasn't very optimistic. It seems that calls of such short duration are very hard to trace.
Joe Mannix: Which means we'll have to lengthen them.
Dorothy Kinman: How?
Joe Mannix: By asking questions; making conversation. If nothing else, we might get an idea of the kind of psychopath we're dealing with.
Dorothy Kinman: He wasn't interested in conversation. He wouldn't listen to me.
Joe Mannix: We'll make him.
Dorothy Kinman: You're an optimist, Mr. Mannix.
Joe Mannix: Comes with the territory.
[checks his watch]
Joe Mannix: I think I'd better get over and see Lieutenant Tobias. I'll, uh, call you first thing in the morning.
Carol Lynley, who's career was very similar to Patty Duke, successfully graduated to adult roles following a career as a truly gifted child actress.
Carol is the whole show here, and you really feel sorry for her. This is about as poignant as it gets for a cop show. She portrays Dorothy, a former Olympic champion, now in a wheelchair and a Hollywood recluse due to a tragic car accident. She also has another problem. Dorothy's getting creepy, threatening phone calls --or is she? Mannix enters the case and it gets genuinely eerie.
There are shades of BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965), also starring Lynley in a similar role. In the movie, she claimed her baby was kidnapped --or was it all a hoax? Credit exceptional writing to Edward Lakso, who in a few years would be associated with CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Lakso had a hand in many detective shows, and with good reason. At the time he was also writing for the MOD SQUAD.
Look for veteran Paul Picerni, long associated with THE UNTOUCHABLES, a reliable heavy actor for decades. He later was the MC for the LA Rams.
Lakso wrote in a little inside joke. Picerni's character's name is Roger Stack, similar to UNTOUCHABLES star Robert Stack, ya think? All in all, a tidy mystery. The acting is tops. Robert Reed (as Lt. Tobias) returns. As I wrote in the previous episode, I think it's obvious Reed was cast to keep him "occupied" as he was not thrilled playing the dad on the BRADY BUNCH. There were lots of heated arguments and that surely got around the Paramount lot.
The beautiful Los Feliz Towers apartment building is seen again here, not that far from Paramount Pictures. Whoever owned the place must have had a sweet deal with the studio. It was a great find for filming.
Do not miss this episode.
SEASON 4 EPISODE 21 remastered color CBS/Paramount dvd box set.
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- Jul 30, 2022
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