THE INVADERS - The Ivy Curtain - Jack Warden is a cargo plane pilot who discovers his passengers are aliens since one of them gets a cut arm and doesn't bleed. Instead of killing him, they want to hire him to continue transporting their people to a school they have set up to instruct the aliens how to subvert the public. We see them learning about promoting drugs and criticizing the police in a fake soda bar where alien instructor Murray Matheson appraises their agitprop skills. One thing I wonder, is why doesn't David Vincent carry a knife or gun? Sjnce he knows the aliens are after him and he frequently gets into fights with them--wouldn't it be handy since the aliens disintegrate on contact so he doesn't have to worry about a murder rap. Susan Olivier plays the wife of Warden--I heard somewhere she became an actual pilot for real.
BARETTA - Half a Million Dollar Baby --- Tony has a new girlfriend but when she comes along with him on the job and he busts some counterfeiters, she finds a bag of money and takes it without telling him. Then the robbers come after him and mess up him and his apartment (but Fred is ok).
PETROCELLI Mark of Cain -- Now we are talking. This was a dramatic episode. John Saxon comes to town to see his old friend Tony and gets charged with murder. Turns out he works for the mafia and they want him out of the way. They aren't too happy with a public trial so they kidnap Maggie and beat up Pete! Paul Koslo plays one of the kidnappers and Ken Swofford, who had the "Pete" role in the feature film, reappears in a big role as the head cop. Interestingly, his character name in the feature film was different and so was the wife's name. Maybe Petrocelli re-married/ I hope Diane Muldaur shows up so we can get that settled.
BARETTA - Half a Million Dollar Baby --- Tony has a new girlfriend but when she comes along with him on the job and he busts some counterfeiters, she finds a bag of money and takes it without telling him. Then the robbers come after him and mess up him and his apartment (but Fred is ok).
PETROCELLI Mark of Cain -- Now we are talking. This was a dramatic episode. John Saxon comes to town to see his old friend Tony and gets charged with murder. Turns out he works for the mafia and they want him out of the way. They aren't too happy with a public trial so they kidnap Maggie and beat up Pete! Paul Koslo plays one of the kidnappers and Ken Swofford, who had the "Pete" role in the feature film, reappears in a big role as the head cop. Interestingly, his character name in the feature film was different and so was the wife's name. Maybe Petrocelli re-married/ I hope Diane Muldaur shows up so we can get that settled.