Mannix (TV Series)

Moving Target (1972)

Charles Aidman: Ken Mitchell

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• Ken Mitchell : [having breakfast with Joe, talking about him being attacked by a burglar at his workplace]  I don't know. It happened so fast. Zonk - I was out!

  Joe Mannix : You haven't any idea what he looked like?

  Ken Mitchell : No. You sure you won't eat something? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

  Joe Mannix : No thanks.

  [notices that Ken is putting an unusually large amount of hot sauce on his eggs] 

  Joe Mannix : And with all that hot sauce, it must be a fire hazard, too.

  Ken Mitchell : Well, every man to his own poison. Kills the taste of the eggs.

  Joe Mannix : Any idea what he hit you with?

  Ken Mitchell : No, but it felt like a baseball bat. It was the same the last time.

  Joe Mannix : This happened once before?

  Ken Mitchell : Last March. I was getting out of my car in the garage. Somebody belted me from behind. I don't know who or what. Fortunately, a neighbor was passing by walking his dog, scared the guy off.

  Joe Mannix : Would you know anyone who'd want to kill you?

  Ken Mitchell : That's what I'm hiring you to find out.

  Joe Mannix : Why me, not the police?

  Ken Mitchell : You know, in the toy business, we're dealing with children. Any association with crime or violence is bad publicity. That's why I want you to handle this as quietly as possible.

  Joe Mannix : Well, uh, to start with, you'd better show me where it happened.