Prolific writer Larry Brody wrote this episode,
who did a total of 4 episodes for the series, and this is one of the best.
Barnaby is up against a fellow PI in this violent tale, the likes of Patrick O'Neal who will stop at nothing. The man is a blackmailer who soon turns to murder in one easy lesson. O'Neal was terrific in this type of role, the well dressed, well mannered hitman.
Walter Grauman, one of the series top directors, delivers some nightmare scenes as O'Neal tosses a man off a building and strangles a young lady. This actually may have been a proposed CANNON episode as it's too violent for Barnaby, but that's the way it went.
Joan Van Ark appears here, frequently cast by Quinn Martin. You just wonder if and when she's going to get silenced. Look for Priscilla Pointer (the mother of Amy Irving) in a smaller role who goes through the Q AND A routine with Barnaby.
Pointer was long a stage actress before turning to tv, and it was a few more years before she made her movie debut.
For all of us on locations buffs, some of the rural scenes look to have been filmed around Griffith Park, the place to have a shootout and car chase.
Also the crew went out to Koreatown, and there are shots of the beautiful Ambassador Towers, which is still there after all these years.
Larry Brody, to his credit, wrote a ton of shows for tv and is really over the top in this one.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 remastered CBS dvd box set.
Barnaby is up against a fellow PI in this violent tale, the likes of Patrick O'Neal who will stop at nothing. The man is a blackmailer who soon turns to murder in one easy lesson. O'Neal was terrific in this type of role, the well dressed, well mannered hitman.
Walter Grauman, one of the series top directors, delivers some nightmare scenes as O'Neal tosses a man off a building and strangles a young lady. This actually may have been a proposed CANNON episode as it's too violent for Barnaby, but that's the way it went.
Joan Van Ark appears here, frequently cast by Quinn Martin. You just wonder if and when she's going to get silenced. Look for Priscilla Pointer (the mother of Amy Irving) in a smaller role who goes through the Q AND A routine with Barnaby.
Pointer was long a stage actress before turning to tv, and it was a few more years before she made her movie debut.
For all of us on locations buffs, some of the rural scenes look to have been filmed around Griffith Park, the place to have a shootout and car chase.
Also the crew went out to Koreatown, and there are shots of the beautiful Ambassador Towers, which is still there after all these years.
Larry Brody, to his credit, wrote a ton of shows for tv and is really over the top in this one.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 remastered CBS dvd box set.