Alf Kjellin directed this classic seventh season opener, and at the time was also directing HAWAII FIVE O. This is what made SUNDAY NIGHTS so much fun back in the day.
10 Stars.
Good stuff with Alfred Ryder playing an eerie psychic who predicts death for the strange lady in the polka dot dress? And is Joe next on the list?
Mannix takes the case and gets himself into a real spider's web, replete with some desperate characters. Yes, I agree with the last reviewer, some of the bad guys in the series were over the top, not quite pulp characters, but close. The mystery woman is Joan Van Ark (veteran of Knotts Landing), in one of those... "what's her angle?" roles, which she also played so well on CANNON,
This borders on a noirish mystery, reminiscent of those campy 1940s whodunits --and Joe smoked a lot of cigarettes in his time, like Bogey.
Kjellin also works his magic in the stunt department, similar to Reza Badiya, director of the most bruising Mannix episodes. For all of us muscle car fans, Joe gets a new 1973 Dodge Charger, which is put to good use.
Interestingly, this story is a variation of the SEASON 4 episode called "Deja Vu," only with a woman psychic. Remember?
SEASON 7 EPISODE 1 remastered color CBS/Paramount dvd box set. 6 dvd set. Check out the cool sketch of Mike Connors on the front cover.
10 Stars.
Good stuff with Alfred Ryder playing an eerie psychic who predicts death for the strange lady in the polka dot dress? And is Joe next on the list?
Mannix takes the case and gets himself into a real spider's web, replete with some desperate characters. Yes, I agree with the last reviewer, some of the bad guys in the series were over the top, not quite pulp characters, but close. The mystery woman is Joan Van Ark (veteran of Knotts Landing), in one of those... "what's her angle?" roles, which she also played so well on CANNON,
This borders on a noirish mystery, reminiscent of those campy 1940s whodunits --and Joe smoked a lot of cigarettes in his time, like Bogey.
Kjellin also works his magic in the stunt department, similar to Reza Badiya, director of the most bruising Mannix episodes. For all of us muscle car fans, Joe gets a new 1973 Dodge Charger, which is put to good use.
Interestingly, this story is a variation of the SEASON 4 episode called "Deja Vu," only with a woman psychic. Remember?
SEASON 7 EPISODE 1 remastered color CBS/Paramount dvd box set. 6 dvd set. Check out the cool sketch of Mike Connors on the front cover.