A young married man hangs out with a couple of disreputable brothers. He stays in the car while the brothers (supposedly) go into a corner store to buy cigarettes. They soon come out shooting a gun with the owner shooting back. The young man flees. One of the brothers has been shot and soon captured by the police. The other brother vows to kill the innocent young man who fled (well, they were shooting at him). The young man's wife tries to convince her husband to turn himself in but he's afraid that the police won't believe that he had no part in the robbery. The wife even goes and talks to Crawford about a "hypothetical" situation whereby an innocent man is at a robbery. My favorite part of this show was when they were trying to track down the identity of the innocent young man. The cops knew that there was a third person with the brothers because they found their car. They find three pairs of bowling shoes in the car. Crawford asks his colleagues "Where would three men be going on a Sunday afternoon?" The answer? "Bowling." Can you imagine - a time when football was not king of Sunday afternoon? I didn't miss a Kansas City Chiefs game on television from 1965-1972 and now follow the Buffalo Bills, but even so, it is refreshing to recall a time in which such a participatory activity as bowling was more popular than football. At the end of this show Crawford reminds us "To leave blood at the Red Cross, not the highway."
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rmbarbar11 June 2019
Fearless Dan walks up to man threatening to shoot him
FlushingCaps8 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A man is seen mowing his lawn before going inside, telling his wife he'll finish it later. His buddies are about to pick him up for their Sunday bowling. She expresses a dislike for the friends because they used to be in prison. Her husband, Joe, says they've gone straight.
But en route to the bowling alley, the pair tell Joe they want to stop for cigarettes at a store. He waits in the car while they go inside. He noses into the glove compartment and sees a box of ammunition. Fearing they are committing a robbery, he slides over and starts to take off in their car-just as they emerge from the store having used their gun to shoot the store owner and are about to make their escape.
Stymied by their car being stolen, the bandits start to fire at Joe, unsuccessfully, but the store owner comes out and shoots one of the hold-up men, wounding him badly. The bandits escape by stealing the store owner's car, with one man leaving the other at their place while he seeks some sort of medical help.
Meanwhile Joe has lost his marbles. Even though he fled and left the bad guys behind, he figures he'll be considered part of the hold-up and he does NOT want to face prison. Instead, he'll give up his home and job and try to change his name and send for his wife somewhere. He figures his "buddies" will be trying to kill him, so he's on the run from them and the police.
A normal person would figure "If I head straight for the police station and tell them what happened, I'll be in the clear. As soon as those guys go back to prison, I won't have to worry about them coming for me-if the man they shot dies, perhaps not ever." But Joe just assumes the worst.
His devoted wife, Grace, goes to the police and tells Dan the story-as a hypothetical. Dan cannot guarantee things like she wanted to hear, but tells her that his best chance is to turn himself in right away. She tells this to Joe but he fears prison too much to think straight. He tells her to go pack her things and he'll call her, then they'll find a new place, a new identity, and they'll be safe.
Before she can leave their home, one of Joe's buddies comes, looking for him. Joe phones a minute later and the "buddy" tells him to come there right away or he'll kill Grace.
Through finding the car that Joe abandoned, Dan has found three pairs of bowling shoes and through that learned the identities of the men. He tracked the wounded man. Before he can then get to Joe, Joe has an unfortunate encounter with the healthy robber-unfortunate for Joe's former friend.
Now it is Joe holding a gun with his wife in the room, threatening to shoot the police if they don't leave him alone. Fearless Dan goes in for him, confident as he talks to Joe that Joe will not shoot him, and Dan saves the day again, with a finishing semi-assurance to Grace that after he goes downtown with him, Joe will be coming back.
To me, the thing for Joe to do was hop out of the car and disappear before the bad guys came out of the store. This might not have worked since they emerged just after he figured out what they were up to. Fleeing in their car going straight to the police was the next logical thing. Having left crooks behind and going to the cops immediately was surely a better choice than trying to flee altogether.
But the dumbest part was what the crooks did. They had a friend they bowled with, who as far as they knew was totally honest. Why on earth did they think it would be smart to involve him unwittingly in a hold-up? There was no point in them wanting him in the car while they went inside-he wasn't supposed to drive the getaway car and they didn't know at all if he'd want any part of their crimes. They could have held up the place anytime they wanted without Joe anywhere around. Then they wouldn't have to worry about their friend telling the police about them. Involving Joe was a senseless act that led to their downfall.
Someone put in as a "goof" that Dan says he can describe Grace "from the mole on her neck to the run in her stocking." The contributor feels that is a goof because she had no visible mole. He doesn't realize that is the type of dialog very popular in novels and movies and TV and radio shows of the day, particularly for detectives of all sorts. It was simply a colorful way for Dan to say he spent enough time with this woman to know for sure just what she looks like as Dan tries to track her husband.
An ordinary episode, knocked a point lower by the crooks being stupid and another point for Joe wanting to be a wanted felon instead of an honest guy going to the police believing he won't be charged for being with the wrong guys at the wrong time. That leaves it a 5.
But en route to the bowling alley, the pair tell Joe they want to stop for cigarettes at a store. He waits in the car while they go inside. He noses into the glove compartment and sees a box of ammunition. Fearing they are committing a robbery, he slides over and starts to take off in their car-just as they emerge from the store having used their gun to shoot the store owner and are about to make their escape.
Stymied by their car being stolen, the bandits start to fire at Joe, unsuccessfully, but the store owner comes out and shoots one of the hold-up men, wounding him badly. The bandits escape by stealing the store owner's car, with one man leaving the other at their place while he seeks some sort of medical help.
Meanwhile Joe has lost his marbles. Even though he fled and left the bad guys behind, he figures he'll be considered part of the hold-up and he does NOT want to face prison. Instead, he'll give up his home and job and try to change his name and send for his wife somewhere. He figures his "buddies" will be trying to kill him, so he's on the run from them and the police.
A normal person would figure "If I head straight for the police station and tell them what happened, I'll be in the clear. As soon as those guys go back to prison, I won't have to worry about them coming for me-if the man they shot dies, perhaps not ever." But Joe just assumes the worst.
His devoted wife, Grace, goes to the police and tells Dan the story-as a hypothetical. Dan cannot guarantee things like she wanted to hear, but tells her that his best chance is to turn himself in right away. She tells this to Joe but he fears prison too much to think straight. He tells her to go pack her things and he'll call her, then they'll find a new place, a new identity, and they'll be safe.
Before she can leave their home, one of Joe's buddies comes, looking for him. Joe phones a minute later and the "buddy" tells him to come there right away or he'll kill Grace.
Through finding the car that Joe abandoned, Dan has found three pairs of bowling shoes and through that learned the identities of the men. He tracked the wounded man. Before he can then get to Joe, Joe has an unfortunate encounter with the healthy robber-unfortunate for Joe's former friend.
Now it is Joe holding a gun with his wife in the room, threatening to shoot the police if they don't leave him alone. Fearless Dan goes in for him, confident as he talks to Joe that Joe will not shoot him, and Dan saves the day again, with a finishing semi-assurance to Grace that after he goes downtown with him, Joe will be coming back.
To me, the thing for Joe to do was hop out of the car and disappear before the bad guys came out of the store. This might not have worked since they emerged just after he figured out what they were up to. Fleeing in their car going straight to the police was the next logical thing. Having left crooks behind and going to the cops immediately was surely a better choice than trying to flee altogether.
But the dumbest part was what the crooks did. They had a friend they bowled with, who as far as they knew was totally honest. Why on earth did they think it would be smart to involve him unwittingly in a hold-up? There was no point in them wanting him in the car while they went inside-he wasn't supposed to drive the getaway car and they didn't know at all if he'd want any part of their crimes. They could have held up the place anytime they wanted without Joe anywhere around. Then they wouldn't have to worry about their friend telling the police about them. Involving Joe was a senseless act that led to their downfall.
Someone put in as a "goof" that Dan says he can describe Grace "from the mole on her neck to the run in her stocking." The contributor feels that is a goof because she had no visible mole. He doesn't realize that is the type of dialog very popular in novels and movies and TV and radio shows of the day, particularly for detectives of all sorts. It was simply a colorful way for Dan to say he spent enough time with this woman to know for sure just what she looks like as Dan tries to track her husband.
An ordinary episode, knocked a point lower by the crooks being stupid and another point for Joe wanting to be a wanted felon instead of an honest guy going to the police believing he won't be charged for being with the wrong guys at the wrong time. That leaves it a 5.
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