A remake of a far earlier Mannix ep that had starred Georg Stanford-Brown as a kidnapper who abducts Peggy Fair and then falls for her.
I like this episode very much but I would loved it If it had stayed what it started off being about. That was Mannix's attempt to help beautiful Kim Hamilton from becoming a mob fatal casualty. There is an exciting early car chase with a cab and we have every right to think Hamilton is the main focus of the show. Sadly Kim soon pulls a gun on Joe and she flees and that's the last we see of her great bit in this episode. Meantime, Peggy is mistaken for Kim and is kidnapped leaving Mobster Lincoln Kilpatrick to go through Stanford-Brown's old role including about the same climax (despite both men turning in very powerful performances Stanford-Brown did it slightly better). All in all I feel viewer-cheated out more Kim Hamilton viewing.
I like this episode very much but I would loved it If it had stayed what it started off being about. That was Mannix's attempt to help beautiful Kim Hamilton from becoming a mob fatal casualty. There is an exciting early car chase with a cab and we have every right to think Hamilton is the main focus of the show. Sadly Kim soon pulls a gun on Joe and she flees and that's the last we see of her great bit in this episode. Meantime, Peggy is mistaken for Kim and is kidnapped leaving Mobster Lincoln Kilpatrick to go through Stanford-Brown's old role including about the same climax (despite both men turning in very powerful performances Stanford-Brown did it slightly better). All in all I feel viewer-cheated out more Kim Hamilton viewing.