#1 You have to love the title. 10 stars alone for the title!
#2 You had better get used to the small town "stopovers" Joe would endure through the years. It was a way of life! This one, though, is not that predictable and will keep your attention, credit some fine writing by Barry Orringer, a regular writer for MEDICAL CENTER and head writer for HOTEL.
Joe comes to the aid of a doctor who is facing malpractice charges. A neat sideline here is incidents are relived via flashback, assembling this whodunit one piece at a time. It's an old ploy, but seems to work quite well in this case. The photography is excellent.
Mike Connors said for years, the show was a contemporary noir, and "flashbacks" were a staple in all those classic 40s mysteries we all so loved.
The "original" Catwoman from the Batman series, Lee Meriwether guest stars, of course soon to play BARNABY JONES daughter in law and secretary. Look for James Westerfield as the sheriff, at his best in these type of roles. Westerfield was one of the most popular character actors on tv at the time and a founder of the famous GREEK THEATRE in Hollywood.
In the spot the old star department, yes, that's John Howard playing the distinguished senior doctor. Howard gained movie fame as BULLDOG DRUMMOND in the 1930s, and in numerous classic films shot on the Paramount lot.
The inside joke is that parts of this small town were filmed at Van Nuys, CA (about 15 minutes from Hollywood), which is NOT a small town.
By the way, Reva's (Lee Meriwether) apartment is a pretty cool place, even by today's standards. The colors!
SEASON 3 EPISODE 5 remastered CBS dvd box set.
#2 You had better get used to the small town "stopovers" Joe would endure through the years. It was a way of life! This one, though, is not that predictable and will keep your attention, credit some fine writing by Barry Orringer, a regular writer for MEDICAL CENTER and head writer for HOTEL.
Joe comes to the aid of a doctor who is facing malpractice charges. A neat sideline here is incidents are relived via flashback, assembling this whodunit one piece at a time. It's an old ploy, but seems to work quite well in this case. The photography is excellent.
Mike Connors said for years, the show was a contemporary noir, and "flashbacks" were a staple in all those classic 40s mysteries we all so loved.
The "original" Catwoman from the Batman series, Lee Meriwether guest stars, of course soon to play BARNABY JONES daughter in law and secretary. Look for James Westerfield as the sheriff, at his best in these type of roles. Westerfield was one of the most popular character actors on tv at the time and a founder of the famous GREEK THEATRE in Hollywood.
In the spot the old star department, yes, that's John Howard playing the distinguished senior doctor. Howard gained movie fame as BULLDOG DRUMMOND in the 1930s, and in numerous classic films shot on the Paramount lot.
The inside joke is that parts of this small town were filmed at Van Nuys, CA (about 15 minutes from Hollywood), which is NOT a small town.
By the way, Reva's (Lee Meriwether) apartment is a pretty cool place, even by today's standards. The colors!
SEASON 3 EPISODE 5 remastered CBS dvd box set.