- Mannix is called in the middle of the night by an acquaintance, Pete Neal, and offered $1,000 to protect a man named Frank Devereau just until the following morning. Devereau is carrying $250,000, but he and Neal insist that the money is not stolen. Suddenly a car swerves by, shots ring out, Neal is killed, and the car disappears with both the money and Neal's body. Then Devereau runs off, too, leaving Mannix to report the shooting and disappearance of the money to the police with no other witnesses, no physical evidence, and no explanation where Devereau got such a large amount of money.—aldanoli
- Mrs. Devereau, acting like the dumb blonde, tells Mannix Frank worked for Vegas casino owner Harry Wallach. He visits Wallach in Vegas and tells him Neal is dead. Wallach denies any skimming or a Swiss bank account, but Mannix leaves a listening device to overhear Wallach's phone call about an account there. He and Albie visit the rental agency with the car description and 3 numbers of the license plate. The agreement was torn up, but learns about the Johnson School from tracing Jean John-something on a piece of paper stuffed between the seats of the getaway car at the rental agency. Her phone was disconnected so he visits her after finding her address in the phone book. Later Mrs. Devereau calls Mannix to say her missing husband was upstairs packing. Shots ring out and Devereau is dead. Later she tells Mannix she knows who killed him. He is ambushed at the meeting site; she drives off & disappears. She visits Mrs. Johnson again. She doesn't remember any Pete Neal, but when Albie learns he had changed his name from Pierre, she remembers him and says he was there yesterday. She is having the house redecorated with the money she forgot she had saved up. They're in the basement looking at it when Wallach & his strongman show up. Shots are exchanged and those two are killed by a third man that Mannix shoots dead. It's Pete Neal! He was in it with Mrs. Devereau but had no plans to share it with her after they left the money at Mrs. Johnson's. At the opening it turns out Mrs. Devereau was driving the car, Neal took the money and pretended to be shot, then jumped in the car to drive off. Mrs. Devereau was figuring with Neal, Frank and Mannix dead she'd be a very rich woman.
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