"77 Sunset Strip" The Turning Point (TV Episode 1961) Poster

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(1961)

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7/10
Speed turns into the "Obey the signs Kid"
pensman15 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Nothing really new here. A friend of Stu's from the army, who has the nickname Foghorn, is now a minister in a tough neighborhood. Having saved Stu's life he uses that to extract a favor. If he can just turn one kid around . . .you know the plot. Stu, Kookie, J.R. Hale—all work hard to turn the kid around. Speed even reconciles with his long absent sister, Mary. His gangster brother Nate Minton draws Speed into a jewel theft. Speed helps but has second thoughts, he likes his new friends and backs out on the deal. Stu believes in Speed who shows he has turned his life around. All's well and it ends well.

If anything, I am watching way too much MeTV, H&I, and Cozi as I am starting to recognize guest stars from long past decades. In this case it's Kathie Brown (Mary Minton) who I recall from Have Gun, Will Travel and Star Trek. And David Winters (Speed) from West Side Story. Turns out Kathie Brown was married to Darren McGavin; and David Winters had a rather amazing career.
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6/10
An old army debt
bkoganbing8 January 2019
When a friend from Anzio asks you to do him a favor you just can't refuse. That's the position Stu Bailey is in when Father Ken Mayer asks him to take juvenile delinquent David Winter under his wing. Winter has a convict brother in prison Don Kelly and a sister who wants nothing more to do with him Kathie Browne.

Some elements of Boys Town are worked into this one as Kelly has some kind of caper cooking and Winter is swept up in it. The hope here is that Browne will ultimately have more to say in what direction her other brother takes.

Not sure why Efrem Zimbalist didn't hand this one off to Edd Byrnes who is a bit more in Winters's generation. Ditto for Robert Logan.

Still it's a good story.
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