"The Mouse That Died" is an episode of "Mannix" that was strongly inspired by the old Edmund O'Brien film noir thriller, "DOA". In the film, SOMEONE has somehow poisoned O'Brien and he spends the entire film looking for that person before he ultimately dies from the poison. In this case, obviously someone wants Mannix off a case and somehow they slip poison into his system. It will kill him unless they can figure out what it is and the doctor (Robert Ito--who played Sam on "Quincy") is stumped.
For most of the film, Mannix is heavily impaired--with dizzy spells, hallucinations and the like. How he manages to keep investigating is a testament to the sheer manliness of Joe Mannix!! I really appreciated Mike Connors' acting in this one and the makeup folks did a nice job making him look like death warmed over! Overall, an exciting episode filled with some nice twists even though the show was obviously taken from "DOA".
For most of the film, Mannix is heavily impaired--with dizzy spells, hallucinations and the like. How he manages to keep investigating is a testament to the sheer manliness of Joe Mannix!! I really appreciated Mike Connors' acting in this one and the makeup folks did a nice job making him look like death warmed over! Overall, an exciting episode filled with some nice twists even though the show was obviously taken from "DOA".