"The F.B.I." All the Streets Are Silent (TV Episode 1965) Poster

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9/10
Burt is evil...
planktonrules28 February 2019
"All the Streets Are Silent" has a pretty impressive duo of guest stars, Burt Reynolds and James Farentino. Of the two, Burt plays the evil guy. So what did Burt's character do? He and some friends shot up some marines in a truck and heisted their cargo of automatic weapons! Erskine and the FBI think it was done by someone connected to organizedc crime...and he approaches an ex-boxer, Frankie Metro (Farentino) for help. However, helping the authorities is pretty dangerous stuff....as the guys behind the crime aren't exactly pussycats!

In addition to having some excellent supporting characters, I liked this one because it played a bit like an episode of "The Untouchables"! In one portion, Erskine and the agents take on the baddies with Tommy Guns....and seeing Erskine blasting away there and at the exciting finale made this one well worth seeing.
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7/10
Good episode but.......
fbm7275125 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Burt Reynolds didn't play many murderous thugs in his career but this one he did to a tee along with well known supporting actor Joe Moross as his equally evil brother. Hijacking a military weapons carrier with intentions of selling the arms to the syndicate but their plans are derailed by the FBI as a 1930's era gun battle erupts resulting in some of the gang killed and the Murtaugh brothers ending up in jail. Unfortunately there is one huge flaw in this episode. The writers forgot about the gun battle which meant the attempted murder of at least a half a dozen federal agents (not to mention possession of the stolen weapons) Duh!!! No way would the brothers have even made bail (under six figures) on such charges. The only other thing that makes me not give this a higher rating is that like so much television, there's too much time wasted on the private life of the informant and his pregnant wife which detracts from the story itself and i just fast forward thru those parts. Still it is well acted and I give this time capsule a 7 out of 10.
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