A married couple is scared into silence by a gangster who they saw run down his girlfriend, but their young boy tries to hire Mannix for help.A married couple is scared into silence by a gangster who they saw run down his girlfriend, but their young boy tries to hire Mannix for help.A married couple is scared into silence by a gangster who they saw run down his girlfriend, but their young boy tries to hire Mannix for help.
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- Dorothy Henry
- (as Mary Wilcox)
- Second Hood
- (as Buzz Henry)
Storyline
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- TriviaCelebrity author Jacqueline Susann plays Clare Bowman. Susann achieved fame with her bestselling 1966 novel, which was adapted for film as Valley of the Dolls (1967).
- GoofsThe car that was following Mr. Mannix with two men trying to shoot him had a bullet shatter pattern on the windshield that disappeared in long shots.
- Quotes
Sherwin Caine: Beverly North.
Lt. Adam Tobias: Where'd you see her last?
Sherwin Caine: Oh, several months ago. We were very close for a while. Such a lovely girl. I'm not entirely surprised, though. She was very unpredictable. Especially when she drank.
Lt. Adam Tobias: Any particular reason you stopped seeing her, Mr. Caine?
Sherwin Caine: No. It just happened.
Joe Mannix: Her idea or yours?
Sherwin Caine: I don't have to talk to him. You know?
Kevin Archer: Look, Lieutenant, if you don't mind, Mr. Caine and I have work to do.
Lt. Adam Tobias: Sure, Mr. Archer.
[Archer nods]
Lt. Adam Tobias: Thanks for your cooperation, Mr. Caine. Joe.
Joe Mannix: You know, Mr. Archer, you really should do something about the people who work for you.
Kevin Archer: Why? I'm satisfied.
Joe Mannix: After those two foul-ups today? And the garage and on the road? You are easy to please. It's the old story, Mr. Archer. If you want something done right, you just have to do it yourself.
[Archer smiles]
Joe Mannix: Good night, gentlemen.
[he and Tobias leave]
Sherwin Caine: He's just trying to needle you. He hasn't got anything; nothing at all.
Kevin Archer: No. But he's right. I haven't got one good man. Not one who can find his nose with both hands. There's only one sure way to get rid of Mr. Mannix.
Sherwin Caine: Careful, Kevin. That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble. Just like it did Saturday night.
Kevin Archer: I told you about that. Now, nobody walks out on me. I told her if she got out of that car, it'd be the last thing she ever did.
Sherwin Caine: Well, I don't know. Going after Mannix yourself.
Kevin Archer: Oh, don't be stupid. Just get someone who knows what he's doing.
Sherwin Caine: Hm. In the meantime, Mannix is going to be busy.
Kevin Archer: Yeah. He's contacted everyone except George Bowman. He'll get there sooner or later.
When the show begins, some crazy guy is chasing a woman through a parking garage with his car--and he appears to be trying to kill her. While the bystanders don't actually see the guy run her down, they hear it. But, when they go up a level to check, there is no body. Has a crime even been committed?
In the following scene, a kid comes to see Mannix. It seems that the kid is worried about his parents as he overheard them talking about a crime that they SHOULD have reported. But, when Mannix talks with the parents, the story is quickly explained...the boy just overheard them watching an old movie in the other room. However, when Mannix looks into the story, it won't hold water. Plus, he recognizes a career criminal sitting across the street from their house--as if he's watching this family. Now Mannix seems to think the kid is right--the parents are trying to hide something. And, as he investigates and talks to other people who were at the same restaurant as the parents, each of them is scared to talk to him and it's obvious that there's a cover-up. Plus, folks start taking shots at him--and there is no way that NOTHING occurred! In his dogged fashion, Mannix is going to see this through to the end of the trail.
The plot is not just novel but very exciting and manages to offer something different. Well done all around and with a cute ending.
- planktonrules
- Sep 4, 2014
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