A psychic tells Joe that he saw a vision of a girl in a polka dot dress getting shot. Joe checks it out and saves her. The next vision the psychic has is of her death.A psychic tells Joe that he saw a vision of a girl in a polka dot dress getting shot. Joe checks it out and saves her. The next vision the psychic has is of her death.A psychic tells Joe that he saw a vision of a girl in a polka dot dress getting shot. Joe checks it out and saves her. The next vision the psychic has is of her death.
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- TriviaLike some other Mannix plots this one recycled a story line. In Deja Vu (1970) he dealt with a woman who repeatedly warned him of coming events, including his death.
- GoofsWhen Emory Davis (Alfred Ryder) first approaches Joe Mannix about his vision of the girl in the polka dot dress, he shows Mannix the evening paper, which Mannix notes has a date of September 10. When Peggy later learns where the dress was purchased, Mannix asks her the date it was paid for and she says, "September 12." Mannix comments that that was the date Emory Davis first came into his life -- even though it is off by two days.
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[first lines]
Emory Davis: [hiding in the shadows] Mr. Mannix?
Joe Mannix: That's right.
Emory Davis: I must talk to you.
[walks over to Mannix]
Emory Davis: I... I've been waiting for hours.
Joe Mannix: Come in.
Emory Davis: Thank you.
[Mannix unlocks his office door and they walk in]
Joe Mannix: You did say "neat", Mr...
Emory Davis: Davis. My name is Davis. Emory Davis. Thanks. Well, it's difficult to know how to begin, since one no idea how you feel about the supernatural.
Joe Mannix: Well, I live in a pretty factual world, Mr. Davis, but I do try to keep an open mind.
Emory Davis: Well, that's all I ask. See, for years, I have been the recipient... no, more truthfully the victim of flashes of precognition. I can actually see bits and pieces of events before they really happen. Not just dreams, Mr. Mannix. Events that really happen.
Joe Mannix: Well, the crystal ball has been around for a long time, Mr. Davis, and there may be people who can see into the future, and you may be one of those people. But, uh, I really don't see where a private investigator would fit in.
Emory Davis: Please, hear me out, Mr. Mannix. Please.
Joe Mannix: All right, Mr. Davis.
Emory Davis: For two days, I have been haunted by a vision. A beautiful young girl, wearing a polka dot dress, being shot by a man wearing a mask.
Joe Mannix: In your, uh, vision, could you tell me where this was all taking place?
Emory Davis: Outside the Glenville hotel, downtown. There was a newsstand at the corner, and I could see the newsdealer and the headlines. These headlines.
[holds up a newspaper with the headlines, "Helicopter search for missing hikers"; Mannix takes the paper and sees the date "September 10, 1973"]
Joe Mannix: This is tonight's paper.
Emory Davis: Exactly. It's going to happen tonight, if it hasn't already.
Joe Mannix: Have you, uh, talked to anyone else about this?
Emory Davis: I went to the police, but I couldn't get past the desk sergeant. I was told that there are too many real crimes to add imaginary ones.
Joe Mannix: The Glenville Hotel. Well, that's not a neighborhood most people tend to visit late at night, especially a beautiful young girl.
Emory Davis: But it is what I saw, Mr. Mannix. Oh, I haven't slept in days. I don't know who the girl is, but if anything were to happen to her, I could never forgive myself. I see the doubt your eyes, but I have no place else to turn. Isn't there something you could do, Mr. Mannix?
Joe Mannix: Well, Mr. Davis, uh, if you've given up two, three days of sleep, I guess I could give up a couple of hours- just to make sure it's nothing more than a vision.
There's a considerable amount of action as Mannix copes with a series of hired killers, but is more than up to the task of fighting them off. He's no closer to solving the perplexing mystery of it all, but one thing's for sure: the original prophecy of what will happen, as well as Van Ark being the actual target is just a ruse. It's hard to change that channel until the secret behind the cat & mouse action is finally revealed. And thankfully, the explanation makes sense and ties up loose ends neatly.
- lor_
- Jul 11, 2023
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- Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, California, USA(Foreman's yacht, exterior scenes)
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