HONG KONG "The Woman in Grey" 1961
Rod Taylor headlines this 1960-61 series as a newsman who is stationed in Hong Kong. Taylor is constantly in trouble with various shady types who are always involving him in their troubles. It usually takes several round of fisticuffs, a dead body or two and a gun battle before things get settled. This is the 23rd episode in the production run.
Reporter Rod Taylor is called to the local woman's prison to see a woman on a hunger strike. The woman, Pat Li, is doing a long stretch for a murder committed three years before. Li has always claimed that she was innocent, and that another woman dressed in grey had done the crime. The Police never found any such person and Li was convicted. Now Li claims that an American businesswoman, Rhonda Fleming, is the mysterious woman in grey. There was a photo of Fleming in one of the local papers. Taylor decides to look into the case and see what he can find out.
Taylor talks with his pal, Hong Kong Police Inspector, Lloyd Bochner, who had been on the original case. No joy there, or with Li's lawyer, J Pat O'Malley. Last on the list is Miss Fleming. Fleming has an import business in the States and calls in Hong Kong several times a year. Taylor pays the woman a visit, but is seems that Miss Fleming had been in the States at the time of the murder.
Taylor, though, believes Miss Li and continues to dig around. This soon has some nasty types coming out of the woodwork. A Hong Kong exporter, Leonard Strong, has a thriving sideline in smuggling Chinese antiques into the States hidden in goods going to Fleming's business. Strong and several large gentlemen with a definite anti-social bent, pay Taylor a visit. The message is that Taylor's health could take a turn for the worse if he continues to dig into Fleming.
Taylor is not sure what to make of this, but he again dives in to look for clues. He is lucky to survive a car crash after his sports car is sabotaged. Needless to say, Taylor and the Police soon get to the bottom of the case. Strong, O'Malley and Fleming were all involved in some rather unsavoury deeds. Miss Li is soon off her hunger strike and out of jail.
While it is a watchable episode, it is not a barn-burner by any means. The story could have been a bit tighter. The director, Stuart Rosenberg, would strike gold in 1967's COOL HAND Luke.
Rod Taylor headlines this 1960-61 series as a newsman who is stationed in Hong Kong. Taylor is constantly in trouble with various shady types who are always involving him in their troubles. It usually takes several round of fisticuffs, a dead body or two and a gun battle before things get settled. This is the 23rd episode in the production run.
Reporter Rod Taylor is called to the local woman's prison to see a woman on a hunger strike. The woman, Pat Li, is doing a long stretch for a murder committed three years before. Li has always claimed that she was innocent, and that another woman dressed in grey had done the crime. The Police never found any such person and Li was convicted. Now Li claims that an American businesswoman, Rhonda Fleming, is the mysterious woman in grey. There was a photo of Fleming in one of the local papers. Taylor decides to look into the case and see what he can find out.
Taylor talks with his pal, Hong Kong Police Inspector, Lloyd Bochner, who had been on the original case. No joy there, or with Li's lawyer, J Pat O'Malley. Last on the list is Miss Fleming. Fleming has an import business in the States and calls in Hong Kong several times a year. Taylor pays the woman a visit, but is seems that Miss Fleming had been in the States at the time of the murder.
Taylor, though, believes Miss Li and continues to dig around. This soon has some nasty types coming out of the woodwork. A Hong Kong exporter, Leonard Strong, has a thriving sideline in smuggling Chinese antiques into the States hidden in goods going to Fleming's business. Strong and several large gentlemen with a definite anti-social bent, pay Taylor a visit. The message is that Taylor's health could take a turn for the worse if he continues to dig into Fleming.
Taylor is not sure what to make of this, but he again dives in to look for clues. He is lucky to survive a car crash after his sports car is sabotaged. Needless to say, Taylor and the Police soon get to the bottom of the case. Strong, O'Malley and Fleming were all involved in some rather unsavoury deeds. Miss Li is soon off her hunger strike and out of jail.
While it is a watchable episode, it is not a barn-burner by any means. The story could have been a bit tighter. The director, Stuart Rosenberg, would strike gold in 1967's COOL HAND Luke.