Cannon is hired by a woman who was slipped a mickey at a bar and then framed for murder.Cannon is hired by a woman who was slipped a mickey at a bar and then framed for murder.Cannon is hired by a woman who was slipped a mickey at a bar and then framed for murder.
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- TriviaCannon tells silver-haired Lt. Tarcher, played by Charles Bateman, that he has known that kid (referring to Anne Francis's character) since she needed two hands to hold a popsicle. Mr. Bateman was born two months after Ms. Francis.
- GoofsThe inside of the apartment did not match the outside appearance of the apartment building where the murder took place. On the outside the door to apt. 24 was next to the neighboring apt. door, which means there would be a common wall between the two stretching all the way back to the rear of the building (to ensure structural integrity of the load bearing walls). Inside, there are a couple of steps to a small hallway with a room on each side. All of that would be inside the apartment next door.
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THE LATE NIGHT ENDING IS THE HOOK!
Outstanding.
Robert Douglas, one of William Conrad's old co-workers at Warner Brothers/ABC, directed this nifty episode and handles the cast quite well. Douglas knew his craft, beginning a long career as an actor, working with good friends, such as Errol Flynn. He must have had some great stories to tell about old Hollywood.
ANOTHER Top 10 episode, and here's why.
It's a very clever yarn, very atmospheric. Lovely Anne Francis is conveniently framed for murder, and it looks bad for her. Cannon takes the case, who turns the tables on no-account Linden Chiles and Marj Dusay, always at her best playing sinister types. He's playing too, somewhat in the low key tradition of COLUMBO. Remember the season's premier episode, and the famous missing button?
Francis is slipped a mickey and wakes up to find she killed Dusay's hubby in one easy lesson. Was it a case of sleepwalking, which was debated in an episode from SEASON 2. The plot is not original, but it's carried out quite effectively... and they ALMOST get away with it.
Wait for the end, and special thanks to Robert W. Lenski, a master at cop shows, who at the time was also writing for MANNIX and BARNABY JONES.
Not to give anything away... had he not inserted that ending, the crooks would have been successful. That's a first for the series.
Bill Conrad brought back his old friend, Anne Francis, who he directed in BRAINSTORM for Warners in 1965. Now a cult movie. Watch for it. It must have been strange to be acting with her old boss. And to note, Conrad NEVER directed an episode of his own tv show. Anne, in later years, would guest on his next series, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, which was an (inside joke) take off on Cannon.
There's a good gag at the end. Cannon gives his grateful client her bill, and he ain't kidding. Bob Lenski had to put that in for kicks. Well done on ALL levels, and with many familiar faces in smaller roles. Partly filmed at beautiful Marina del Rey, near Santa Monica.
This MUST have been a fun episode to make, considering all the Warner Brothers folks.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 6 remastered CBS dvd box set. 2012 release.
Robert Douglas, one of William Conrad's old co-workers at Warner Brothers/ABC, directed this nifty episode and handles the cast quite well. Douglas knew his craft, beginning a long career as an actor, working with good friends, such as Errol Flynn. He must have had some great stories to tell about old Hollywood.
ANOTHER Top 10 episode, and here's why.
It's a very clever yarn, very atmospheric. Lovely Anne Francis is conveniently framed for murder, and it looks bad for her. Cannon takes the case, who turns the tables on no-account Linden Chiles and Marj Dusay, always at her best playing sinister types. He's playing too, somewhat in the low key tradition of COLUMBO. Remember the season's premier episode, and the famous missing button?
Francis is slipped a mickey and wakes up to find she killed Dusay's hubby in one easy lesson. Was it a case of sleepwalking, which was debated in an episode from SEASON 2. The plot is not original, but it's carried out quite effectively... and they ALMOST get away with it.
Wait for the end, and special thanks to Robert W. Lenski, a master at cop shows, who at the time was also writing for MANNIX and BARNABY JONES.
Not to give anything away... had he not inserted that ending, the crooks would have been successful. That's a first for the series.
Bill Conrad brought back his old friend, Anne Francis, who he directed in BRAINSTORM for Warners in 1965. Now a cult movie. Watch for it. It must have been strange to be acting with her old boss. And to note, Conrad NEVER directed an episode of his own tv show. Anne, in later years, would guest on his next series, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, which was an (inside joke) take off on Cannon.
There's a good gag at the end. Cannon gives his grateful client her bill, and he ain't kidding. Bob Lenski had to put that in for kicks. Well done on ALL levels, and with many familiar faces in smaller roles. Partly filmed at beautiful Marina del Rey, near Santa Monica.
This MUST have been a fun episode to make, considering all the Warner Brothers folks.
SEASON 3 EPISODE 6 remastered CBS dvd box set. 2012 release.
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