Like a number of actors (i.e. Raymond Burr, Abe Vigoda, Humphrey Bogart, etc.) who turned to play "good guys" or comedians, Leslie Nielsen played some rough characters, killers with no sense of humor.
He plays one in this episode, and is fascinating to watch. It's just kinda of strange to see Neilsen play this rough a character but his performance as "Michael Hagar" gives a real edge to this episode (as if "Theo Kojak" didn't produce an "edge" with every story!).
The story involves both a heist (of diamonds) and a murder plot with a nasty lady played by Ja'net DuBois.
As we see, the two crimes are connected and Kojak and his crew have to solve this.
He plays one in this episode, and is fascinating to watch. It's just kinda of strange to see Neilsen play this rough a character but his performance as "Michael Hagar" gives a real edge to this episode (as if "Theo Kojak" didn't produce an "edge" with every story!).
The story involves both a heist (of diamonds) and a murder plot with a nasty lady played by Ja'net DuBois.
As we see, the two crimes are connected and Kojak and his crew have to solve this.