User Reviews

Every so often the Bailey&Spencer team gets involved in a story from their respective pasts, Stu Bailey with the OSS in World War II and Jeff Spencer from the marines in the Korean War. In this story Efrem Zimbalist gets an intelligence assignment to verify work done by a Nazi scientist now with the Soviets.

It initially does not seem to be anything involving violence but all is most definitely not what it seems especially after Narda Onyx is stabbed in a Berlin nightclub. There's someone definitely working at cross purposes.

A nice cast is assembled with Patric Knowles from British Intelligence, Carl Esmond as a Werner Von Braun figure, Adam West from the CIA, Robert Christopher as a member of Bailey's OSS team who defected, Lilli Kardell as his wife and Reggie Nalder as the scarred and deadly Russian agent. Nalder you might best remember as the assassin in The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Nalder has these people bugged but Zimbalist is wise to that. Best scene is him placing a call to the office where Kookie and Roscoe are holding down the fort. Zimbalist speaks to Kookie in that jive language that Edd Byrnes made popular. Nalder is absolutely enraged that he can't figure it out.

Sometimes hanging around Kookie pays off.

Right away we see a very young and very good looking actor in Adam West, i.e. TV's Batman of the 60's. What a treat! Love this show and all episodes are great.

A rather good episode this spy, or may I say red scare, story speaking of evil Russian agents on the loose, because of a long range rocket file which they want to purchase for the good of their country. And, guess what, in the evil Russian - or East Germany - character, you have Reggie Nalder with his so terrible face. Some good action sequences, like this one, in a café, where a young woman is killed because a knife thrown in her back by a communist agent. It is fast paced, enough to keep you entertained. Red scare intrigues have never been my cup of tea, but I understand that the writers and producers of the series can't always use the same schemes and topics.

Some funny and light touch here too. And a terrific action sequence at the end, with the car chase with the coffins inside.

Not the best, not the worst either.