HONG KONG "The Hunted" 1961
Rod Taylor headlines this 1960-61 series as a newsman who is stationed in Hong Kong. Taylor is constantly in trouble with various shady types who are always involving him in their troubles. It usually takes several round of fisticuffs, a dead body or two and a gun battle before things get settled. This is the 20th episode.
This one begins late at night with Taylor on the ferry to Hong Kong from Macao. Taylor has spent the trip chatting up a woman he met on the ride. The woman, the pretty, Arlene Martel, agrees to have a quiet drink or two and dinner with Taylor. The woman however disappears after the ferry docks.
Taylor hears several shots ring out from further down the dock. Being a reporter, he of course trots over for a look see. All he sees is a woman who looks like Miss Martel vanish into the darkness. Taylor has a look around and finds a couple of spent shells from an automatic on the dock. Taylor is soon on the horn to his pal, Hong Kong Police Inspector, Lloyd Bochner.
Taylor is not sure what is going on, but he is sure something nefarious is afoot. And right he is, as it seems Martel is mixed up somehow in the assassination of a Government Minister in a nearby East Asian country. Also in the mix here is a pair of shady type individuals, Hong Kong underworld fence, John Abbott, and crooked photographer, Harry Landers.
The whole deal is over a photo Landers took of the assassination in the nearby country. An American doctor had been charged with killing the Government Minister. Of course the murder was really a set-up by the Red Chinese who are trying to take over the country. The photo would prove the American innocent of the charge. Landers and Abbott though, want to sell the photo to the Red Chinese for a fistful of cash. Miss Martell was smuggling half the negative into Hong Kong while Landers brought the other half.
Needless to say things are not what they appear to be. Taylor fouls up the deal by chasing after the pretty Miss Martel. Now it turns out that Martel is really the daughter of the American doctor charged with murder. She is trying to get both halves of the negative to prove her father guiltless. Of course the matter is put right with the proper folks going free while the others find themselves in jail.
This is a really sharp looking episode that looks great, but, is let down by the somewhat cockeyed story.
The director here is Stuart Rosenberg whose big screen work includes "Brubaker", "Pope of Greenwich Village", "The Laughing Policeman", "The Drowning Pool" and "Cool Hand Luke".
Also behind the camera is the twice Oscar nominated cinematographer, Philip Lathrop. He also handled the lensing duties for 61 episodes of the popular series, PETER GUNN.
The exotic looking, Arlene Martel is the actress who played the Vulcan wife, T'pring, of Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, AMOK TIME.
Rod Taylor headlines this 1960-61 series as a newsman who is stationed in Hong Kong. Taylor is constantly in trouble with various shady types who are always involving him in their troubles. It usually takes several round of fisticuffs, a dead body or two and a gun battle before things get settled. This is the 20th episode.
This one begins late at night with Taylor on the ferry to Hong Kong from Macao. Taylor has spent the trip chatting up a woman he met on the ride. The woman, the pretty, Arlene Martel, agrees to have a quiet drink or two and dinner with Taylor. The woman however disappears after the ferry docks.
Taylor hears several shots ring out from further down the dock. Being a reporter, he of course trots over for a look see. All he sees is a woman who looks like Miss Martel vanish into the darkness. Taylor has a look around and finds a couple of spent shells from an automatic on the dock. Taylor is soon on the horn to his pal, Hong Kong Police Inspector, Lloyd Bochner.
Taylor is not sure what is going on, but he is sure something nefarious is afoot. And right he is, as it seems Martel is mixed up somehow in the assassination of a Government Minister in a nearby East Asian country. Also in the mix here is a pair of shady type individuals, Hong Kong underworld fence, John Abbott, and crooked photographer, Harry Landers.
The whole deal is over a photo Landers took of the assassination in the nearby country. An American doctor had been charged with killing the Government Minister. Of course the murder was really a set-up by the Red Chinese who are trying to take over the country. The photo would prove the American innocent of the charge. Landers and Abbott though, want to sell the photo to the Red Chinese for a fistful of cash. Miss Martell was smuggling half the negative into Hong Kong while Landers brought the other half.
Needless to say things are not what they appear to be. Taylor fouls up the deal by chasing after the pretty Miss Martel. Now it turns out that Martel is really the daughter of the American doctor charged with murder. She is trying to get both halves of the negative to prove her father guiltless. Of course the matter is put right with the proper folks going free while the others find themselves in jail.
This is a really sharp looking episode that looks great, but, is let down by the somewhat cockeyed story.
The director here is Stuart Rosenberg whose big screen work includes "Brubaker", "Pope of Greenwich Village", "The Laughing Policeman", "The Drowning Pool" and "Cool Hand Luke".
Also behind the camera is the twice Oscar nominated cinematographer, Philip Lathrop. He also handled the lensing duties for 61 episodes of the popular series, PETER GUNN.
The exotic looking, Arlene Martel is the actress who played the Vulcan wife, T'pring, of Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, AMOK TIME.
