A mobster's lawyer desperately wants Joe to recover a briefcase that was stolen in a hotel robbery. His life depends on Joe getting it back.A mobster's lawyer desperately wants Joe to recover a briefcase that was stolen in a hotel robbery. His life depends on Joe getting it back.A mobster's lawyer desperately wants Joe to recover a briefcase that was stolen in a hotel robbery. His life depends on Joe getting it back.
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- TriviaThis is Robert Reed's final appearance as Lt. Tobias.
- GoofsWhen the car Mannix jumped out of is going over the cliff, it becomes a Ford with vertically stacked headlamps rather than the Dodge with side by side headlamps he was driving during the chase.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: [Mark Prentiss enters Mannix's office] Mr. Prentiss.
Mark Prentiss: Mr. Mannix. Can we, uh, get right to the point?
Joe Mannix: Of course. Please sit down.
Mark Prentiss: Thank you. I use the safe deposit vault at the Bedford Hotel. And last night, that vault was broken into.
Joe Mannix: Yes, I was just reading about it. They got away with about $150,000 in jewelry, a hunk of cash, bonds...
Mark Prentiss: And a briefcase.
Joe Mannix: A briefcase?
Mark Prentiss: Mine, as it happens. Recover by Tuesday, Mr. Mannix, and I'll write you a check for $5,000.
Joe Mannix: That's some briefcase. What was in it?
Mark Prentiss: Papers, depositions... to be used as evidence in a murder trial. Useless to anyone else, but absolutely essential to me, if I'm to free my client. I must have them back.
Joe Mannix: Now, who's your client?
Mark Prentiss: Vince Adante.
Joe Mannix: Yeah. Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Prentiss, but suddenly I don't like the smell of your briefcase.
Mark Prentiss: Adante is innocent.
Joe Mannix: Vince Adante doesn't know what the word means.
Mark Prentiss: Mr. Mannix, my client is facing a 20-year sentence. Suppose a year from now, two years, five- that missing evidence turns up? How responsible would you fell for Adante's false conviction? The law judges a man's guilt on a particular charge. It acquits a man on the basis of evidence, and that evidence was in my briefcase in my safe deposit box at the Bedford Hotel, and I must have that briefcase back. It is worth $5,000 to me.
Joe Mannix: But not to me. Now I have a great deal of respect for you, counselor, but I don't like Vince Adante, guilty or innocent. Now, you'd be wasting your money. Besides, that briefcase is probably in a sewer by now.
Mark Prentiss: All right, Mr. Mannix... find me that sewer.
- ConnectionsEdited into Mannix: A Choice of Victims (1974)
There are some dynamic action scenes, making this one of the most adventurous episodes. Production notes indicate this was partly filmed at Griffith Park, outside Hollywood, which had been used before because of its remoteness. After dark, it's a genuinely scary place. Barbara Rhoades appears once again, this time as Ruth, obviously to balance out all the villains in the cast. James Luisi is appropriately cast as Larkin, one of the baddies. Luisi acquired a long list of tv credits, generally playing a victim or one of the wild bunch.
This also marked Robert Reed's final appearance on the series as Tobias. The story goes that he literally walked away from THE BRADY BUNCH tv series (as the dad) because he was dissatisfied with the scripts. The show may have continued for another season, but was soon after cancelled. Bottom line, because both shows were filmed at Paramount he was gone. I always thought it was a bad move on his part. There were lots of tv stars who didn't like their roles or material, but stuck to it. This also included Mike Connors.
One episode not to be missed, reminiscent of the early years of MANNIX. Get out the chips. SEASON 7 EPISODE 23 CBS dvd box set.
- tcchelsey
- Nov 11, 2022
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- Griffith Park Pony Ride - 4400 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, California, USA(scene near beginning at pony rides)
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