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8/10
One Law for the influential When things are not quite as they seem...?
biffot10 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Spoiler Alert !

A 'Tony Franciosa' Segment Episode

When Pete Fowler discovers that wealthy and powerfully influential farmer Jesse Gil McRae (Darren McGavin), a seemingly charming and charismatic character of high public profile and good repute... is secretly involved in a major financial conspiracy, he is then shot to death....

....however his death is mysteriously then just recorded by the local Police as a 'suicide'...

Howard Publications 'People' Magazine Star Investigative Reporter Jeff Dillon (Tony Franciosa) is convinced Fowler would never have taken his own life...and begins checking into the death, aided by his faithful Research Assistant Peggy Maxwell (Susan Saint James)....

Jeff Dillon comes to realise just how powerful Jesse Gil McRae really is, with the law apparently in his pocket...

Good supporting cast includes Gary Collins as Sheriff Beal, and the famous Gypsy Rose Lee as Rosetta.

Series Note: Gene Barry makes a few brief cameo appearances 'as Glenn Howard' in this 'Tony Franciosa' Segment Episode.
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7/10
Not a bad episode...but the finale is weak.
planktonrules18 April 2023
Jesse Gil (Darren McGavin) is a man who says he's 'just a poor country farmer' but the truth is far from it. He's a powerful and popular guy and what he says goes in his county. Heck, even the sheriff (Gary Collins) is bought and paid for by Gil. When reporter Jeff Dillon (Anthony Franciosa) hears about the man and his power, he decides it could make for an interesting story. Soon, Dillon is trying to knock Gil down a few pegs...especially since Gil might be involved in a few murders!

I liked this episode of "The Name of the Game"....but also felt the finale was a bit weak and too simple. Such a powerful and complex man as Gil should have put up a better fight...and I was disappointed at exactly how the show ended.

By the way, in an odd casting move, the retired stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee plays Rosetta...a very important character in the story.
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