Mannix tries to help a woman suspected of murder when she kills an intruder in self-defense, who may have been blackmailing her.Mannix tries to help a woman suspected of murder when she kills an intruder in self-defense, who may have been blackmailing her.Mannix tries to help a woman suspected of murder when she kills an intruder in self-defense, who may have been blackmailing her.
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- TriviaIn this premiere episode of Season Five, the opening credits are altered somewhat from the previous three seasons. One of those changes is that early on a shot of Mannix standing on a lawn where a young woman pirouettes, briefly showing her panties, has been replaced by a shot of Mannix jumping off a platform onto the back of someone facing away. The new replacement scene is taken from near the end of this episode.
- GoofsThe property used throughout most of the episode as Leslie Fielding's residence is the same property used to depict the orphanage that Joe Mannix visits on his way to Mexico. In the establishing shot of the house shown immediately after the opening credits there is a distinctive white statue of Jesus, with arms outstretched, in the foreground of the shot; that same statue appears in the orphanage scenes, but shot only from the side and back, to try to disguise that it's on the same parcel as the house.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: [greeting Mildred Oliver] Ah, it's so good to see you, Mildred. Come in. Come in.
Mildred Oliver: I was just passing by and I- I saw the name.
Joe Mannix: Sit down. Golly, how long has it been?
Mildred Oliver: Now, don't you dare. I'm not as old as I look.
Joe Mannix: You look just beautiful.
Mildred Oliver: It's fall like that that used to allow you to raid the refrigerator, as I remember.
Joe Mannix: Well, after all, I was going to school on a G. I. Bill- $110 a month and all you could read.
Mildred Oliver: Those were good days, Joe.
Joe Mannix: And Mr. Oliver's great barbeques- what a feast.
Mildred Oliver: Matthew loved to have young people around, especially you, Joe. Thank you for that wonderful letter.
Joe Mannix: Well, he was a great guy. And Leslie- how is she?
Mildred Oliver: [sinks her head] Fine, as far as I know.
Joe Mannix: You weren't just passing by, were you, Mildred?
Mildred Oliver: [shakes her head] I'm worried about her, Joe. She's drinking... excessively, I think is the clinical world for it. She was always a high-spirited girl- foolish but forgivable. But parties are just the public part of her drinking these days. It goes on day and night.
Joe Mannix: When did this all start?
Mildred Oliver: I don't know exactly. It was as if... the wind changed and no one noticed. She got worse after Mathew died. I let it go, hoping she'd find herself.
Joe Mannix: But she wasn't really looking.
Mildred Oliver: In fact, there was a time when she lost herself completely for months.
Joe Mannix: When was that?
Mildred Oliver: Five years ago. She just dropped out of sight. I was worried sick.
Joe Mannix: Why didn't you call me, Mildred?
Mildred Oliver: I thought of it many times. She turned up, finally- married.
Joe Mannix: Yeah, I know. I remember seeing his picture.
Mildred Oliver: On a tennis court, no doubt.
[Mannix looks at Oliver]
Mildred Oliver: Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't say that. Hardly know Glen, really. Mothers rarely approve of their daughters' choice in husbands, do they?
Joe Mannix: Well, that's all history, Mildred. What about today?
Mildred Oliver: Something's bothering her terribly, Joe. We were supposed to go shopping on Saturday, and she canceled. Then I called her on Sunday and Glen said she was out, but she never called me back. Then yesterday, we were supposed to meet for lunch, and she never showed up. And I still can't get through to her on the phone. Something's dreadfully wrong, Joe.
Joe Mannix: How can I help?
Mildred Oliver: Well... they're having a cocktail party today at the house. Glen's invited, oh, some important buyers from the East. I'm still on the board, so they had to invite me.
Joe Mannix: And you have to invite me for old times' sake.
[Mildred nods]
Joe Mannix: Well, I hope they don't mind.
Having seen this episode when it came out in 1971, it's good, minus the brass knuckles. Also you have one of the best directors and writers in the business behind it. 9 Stars.
Excellent cast, featuring Rosemary Forsythe, playing Leslie, in a very sympathetic role. She has a drinking problem and is caught up in a murder investigation, killing an intruder who entered her home. The question is did she really do it? Stay tuned...
More of a dramatic slant, and you feel sorry for Leslie as her life is snowballing. Forsythe, a former model, later became a series regular on SANTA BARBARA and DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Veteran actress Josephine Hutchinson plays her mom, who appeared in scores of classic films, even the SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. Robert Reed returns as Tobias, taking time off from the BRADY BUNCH, a job he was not too thrilled with.
John Llewellyn Moxey directed, who scared all us kids back in the day with such tv movies as the HOUSE THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1970) starring Barbara Stanwyck. And many more. Robert Lenski wrote this drama, a regular writer for CANNON and BARNABY JONES. He also wrote the famous 70s tv serial THE DAIN CURSE.
In the spot the old time actor; K. T. Stevens plays a nun, Sister Angela. Stevens was the daughter of the famous director Sam Wood, appearing in his own films as a child, which may include GONE WITH THE WIND where he served as assistant director.
Beautifully filmed, for all us archair sightseers, at the famous King Gillette Ranch (the razor king) at Calabasas, about 27 miles from LA, near Thousand Oaks. Gillette built his mansion here back in the 1920s and spent a ton of money on real estate in the area. A magnificent place to shoot films and tv shows.
For fans of Rosemary Forsythe, for sure, who would appear three times on the series. SEASON 5 EPISODE 1 remastered CBS/Paramount dvd box set.
- tcchelsey
- May 4, 2023