Split Second to an Epitaph (TV 1968)

Director:

Leonard Horn

Writers:

Don Mankiewicz, Sy Salkowitz,

Stars:

Raymond Burr, Barbara Anderson, Joseph Cotten

Cast

Credited cast:
Raymond Burr	...	Robert Ironside (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Anderson	...	Eve Whitfield (archive footage)
Joseph Cotten	...	Dr. Ben Stern (archive footage)
Troy Donahue	...	Father Dugan (archive footage)
Don Galloway	...	Det. Sgt. Ed Brown (archive footage)
Don Mitchell	...	Mark Sanger (archive footage)
Margaret O'Brien	...	Louise Prescott (archive footage)
Andrew Prine	...	Ernie Clark (archive footage)
Mel Scott	...	Ralph Fellows (archive footage)
Lilia Skala	...	Sister Agatha (archive footage)
Don Stroud	...	Albee (archive footage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

murder

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Genres:

Mystery | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Chef - Mit einem Bein im Grab

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harbour Productions Limited, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Twenty minutes of footage from this TV movie were re-edited into a demonstration film for a proposed medical drama-based TV series called "Forefront". The series would have focused on the characters played by Joseph Cotten, Troy Donahue and Lilia Skala.

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Connections

Edited from Ironside: Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 2 (1968)

User Reviews

Tootie smokes, Tootie KILLS!

This is a grand old two-parter Ironside episode. The Chief briefly regains some sensations in his legs. His surgeon-friend Joseph Cotten suggests a dangerous operation that might help him walk again. As it happens, a guard at the hospital gets killed during a drug holdup at the pharmacy. The murderer escapes, but the chief has seen him and distributes his likeness to the media.

Fussing over the chief is perennial Teutonic nun Lilia Skala, handsome priest Troy Donahue, and - of course - Ed, Eve, and Mark.

Wouldn't you know, but the cool and composed pharmacist (Margaret O'Brien, yes, little Tootie from Meet me in St Louis) is in cahoots with the drug thief. The two fiends plan to substitute a bottle of Cyanide gas for the oxygen to be used during the Chief's surgery.

Slow moving at times, but a classic.