Mannix finds a woman stabbed to death, witnesses that won't come forward, and evidence that a teenage ex-con friend of Peggy's, may be the killer.Mannix finds a woman stabbed to death, witnesses that won't come forward, and evidence that a teenage ex-con friend of Peggy's, may be the killer.Mannix finds a woman stabbed to death, witnesses that won't come forward, and evidence that a teenage ex-con friend of Peggy's, may be the killer.
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- Harriet Griswold
- (as Wallace Earl)
- Young Man
- (as Arnold Turner)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe roof top chase is on top of the Hollywood Melrose Hotel at Melrose Ave and N Wilton Pl.
- GoofsIn the opening scene a woman whose car has a flat tire pulls over to the curb about 10 feet in front of a parked car. She gets out and walks toward a phone booth behind her car but the car that was parked behind hers has disappeared.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: Please sit down, Mr. Griswold.
Lou Griswold: Uh, first, Mr. Mannix, I... I owe you an apology. That stuff I spouted off at police headquarters about, uh, the world we're living in and people not becoming involved. Uh, I just wasn't thinking right. You are involved, and, uh, with a little bit of luck, uh, well, we might have an idea now who... who we're looking for. What I'm trying to sat is that, uh, I'm sorry, and uh, thank you.
Joe Mannix: How about a cup of coffee?
Lou Griswold: No thanks, but, uh... Mr. Mannix, tell me, uh, what do you get a day?
Joe Mannix: $100 a day plus expenses.
Lou Griswold: I'll give you two.
Joe Mannix: For doing what?
Lou Griswold: Last night, the man who murdered my wife, I want him caught. Then at least I can tell myself I did everything I could.
Joe Mannix: Now, Mr. Griswold, I know you must, uh, feel that you need to strike out at somebody, but I can understand that.
Lou Griswold: Look, Mr. Mannix, I didn't come here to be analyzed. I mean, I don't want just somebody. No, I want the man who killed my wife. I want the man who killed Harriet! Look, this is very... difficult for me to explain to you. I... We never had any children. I mean, my wife... Harriet was all I ever had. And I'm not gonna rest until I see that man trapped, and I can sit in a courtroom and watch him get what he deserves.
Joe Mannix: Mr. Griswold, Lieutenant Malcolm's on your case. You couldn't be in better hands.
Lou Griswold: Look, I know the police have hundreds of unsolved cases just like this one. Lieutenant Malcolm told me so. I don't expect them to drop everything and just concentrate on mine. But I thought someone like yourself, if I made it worth your while, you could help me.
Joe Mannix: Mr. Griswold, why don't you give the police a few days, and if nothing turns up, why then maybe I...
Lou Griswold: NOW, MR. MANNIX! I WANT YOUR HELP NOW! I know the police are doing everything they can, but I want more muscle. I'm prepared to pay for it. If takes weeks, months... Now this man, Kohler-- you said you think he saw the killing, right?
Joe Mannix: That's right, but when I talked to him, Kohler said he was watching television.
Lou Griswold: Well, then go to him again, talk to him again. Offer him money, bribe him. Threaten him if you have to!
Joe Mannix: Mr. Griswold, doing that could cost me my license.
Lou Griswold: Oh, come on, Mannix. When's the last time you did a job entirely by the book?
[Joe opens his office door]
Lou Griswold: I... I take that back. I'm sorry. You do it your way. But please, help me, Mr. Mannix, please.
Joe Mannix: All right, Mr. Griswold, I'll do what I can.
[Mr. Griswold leaves]
There are many other TV shows where he wrote one or more episodes. Of the ones I have seen the quality is uneven.
This effect seems encapsulated in this episode, there are good parts and bad parts.
The part of the contact lenses is one. If the person needs contact lenses so much, why weren't they wearing them when they committed the crime? Dropping the empty lenses container should not have had enough information to trace the owner.
So, were they planted there to throw suspicion on the football player? Would you be surprised to see the answer?
The other twist is a surprise, something not common in these types of shows. Again, it is the unevenness, parts are rote cop drama, others are this level of gifted writing.
Btw, re Mannix wanting to use the phone at the house - what better way to gain entrance to the house where he thought there was a witness than to claim an urgent need to use the phone? Car phones were not common when this episode was made, so it could be a reasonable request.
- cpotato1010
- Dec 28, 2021
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- Hollywood High School - 1521 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(conversation with football player on athletic field)
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