The IMF team infiltrates a top-secret meeting of Nazis in South America, and are shocked to learn that their leader is war criminal Martin Bormann.The IMF team infiltrates a top-secret meeting of Nazis in South America, and are shocked to learn that their leader is war criminal Martin Bormann.The IMF team infiltrates a top-secret meeting of Nazis in South America, and are shocked to learn that their leader is war criminal Martin Bormann.
- Willy Armitage
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- Frederick Rudd
- (as Gunnar Hellstrom)
- Eckhart
- (as Larry Blake)
- Guard
- (uncredited)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Person on Tape
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Second Guard
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhen this episode first aired, the ultimate fate of Martin Bormann was not known. Although he had been tried in absentia and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, he was rumored to still be alive. It wasn't until 1972, over five years after this episode aired, that German construction workers found what was believed to be his body in West Berlin, where it was believed he had been killed trying to escape Berlin in the closing days of the war. It wasn't until 1998 that a conclusive DNA match was made.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, as Briggs enters the elevator, the camera shows the bottom of the sliding doors do not touch the floor. Briggs is clearly stepping into a two-door closet.
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[first lines]
Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good afternoon, Mr. Briggs. The man you're looking at is Dr. Herbert Raynor, a dedicated official in Hitler's National Socialist Party. For the last 20 years, he's been in Spandau Prison outside of Berlin. On Tuesday of next week, Dr. Raynor finishes his sentence, and with his daughter flies immediately to Porta Ubera in South America, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous benefactor who has sent him a round-trip ticket. Our informants tell us other of Hitler's top Nazis are also at this moment on their way to Porta Ubera. Whoever is bringing them together seems to be well financed and determined to sow the seeds of Nazism across the world again. Your mission, Dan, should you decide to accept it, is to put these Nazis out of business. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in 10 seconds. Good luck, Dan.
The intriguing storyline again deals with Nazis, a theme all of us kids couldn't get enough of at the time. There's also some historical relevence to this episode. A few years prior to this story (1965), international police were closing in on the whereabouts of one of the top missing Nazi leaders, Martin Bormann. A retired postal clerk said he was paid to bury two bodies of Nazi officers at the close of WWII. Was it real -- or just another subterfuge to cloud his actual whereabouts.
This story picks up from there. The IMF team has a chance to apprehend Bormann, once the personal secretary to Hitler and his successor. International actor Gunner Hellstrom plays Rudd, a Nazi who is trying to create a new Nazi army and is in contact with Bormann! The only debit here is that Bormann appears to be a wax dummy (again the tech issues), however it's still rather creepy the way its all done. Watch carefully.
Also in the cast is Ben Wright, as Kleinster, a master of dialects who appeared in such classics as the SOUND OF MUSIC and MY FAIR LADY. Veteran heavy Gene Roth plays another desperate Nazi, and very convincingly.
Director Richard Benedict gets the best out of this cast, who also handled many episodes of HAWAII FIVE O. Benedict was also an actor for many years, usually playing tough guys in both comedies and dramas.
***On a factual note. Many years after this episode, in the early 70s, Bormann's body was in fact found and it was determined he committed suicide, a spineless coward, unable to face prosecutors.
Recommended for us real tough on crime history buffs, from SEASON 1, EPISODE 20 remastered Paramount dvd box set.
- tcchelsey
- Sep 10, 2023
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