Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.
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Sgt. Rockwell: You had it figured, huh?
Stephen Fontaine: Well, not exactly. I didn't know who the lucky man would be. I thought whoever it was would be wearing a ready-made suit off of a basement rack, his heels would be run down. Be the kind of man who was living on the installment plan. Doesn't really own anything, just pieces of things. A piece of a cheap car, a piece of an ice box, a piece of a bedroom set. And all the stuff he has pieces of is already falling to pieces. But he'll keep paying on it and paying on it, month after month because that's the kind of man he is. Just a piece of a man.
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
Much of the series success comes from first-rate acting, unusual for series TV of the day. Here the suspense depends upon bringing to life the opposing personalities and keeping us guessing who will prevail. Redfield and Merrill carry off the challenge beautifully, especially the young Redfield who's the last word in cocky self-assurance. Notice how smugly he establishes his superiority to the astonished waitress (Betty Harford in a fine non-speaking bit) who has noticed his manacles. Under-rated director Stevens comes up with a number of nice touches (the obnoxious kid) that overcome the tight train compartment. Note too that the teleplay is by Stirling Silliphant, soon to become one of TV's top, award-winning writers. All in all, it's a solid entry with an appropriately ironical ending.
- dougdoepke
- Jul 9, 2009
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1