This is one of those "would you like to be in this guy's shoes" episodes, and with Dick York as the anti-hero.
Hitch chose York for so many productions because he just had that face, the look, that smile --which could go both ways. He could be one funny guy, or a very crafty villain.
He's somewhere in between here, playing a dedicated, but neglected employee of a securities company. The reward he receives is seeing someone else being promoted to a job he is entitled to. What to do? Rob the company blind --- to the tune of a half million dollars in bonds. In today's money market, that would amount to a cool five million dollars!
His plan is quite clever, and you have to watch it all in sequence. A prelude, sort of, to MISSION IMPOSSIBLE with an intricate timetable. Excellent writing on the part of Harold Swanton, who wrote 10 episodes for Hitch. He also wrote for PERRY MASON, without too much surprise. Swanton has some fun with the characters names; York plays Herbert Wiggam? Popular character actor Gage Clarke plays a guy called Frisbee? Interesting.
Solid direction from John Newland, one of the best tv directors, also host of ONE STEP BEYOND. Newland and Hitch had a lot in common when it came to unusual stories and characters.
Dedicated to all us Dick York fans. Always. SEASON 7 EPISODE 34 remastered Universal dvd box set.