Burt Reynolds didn't play many murderous thugs in his career but this one he did to a tee along with well known supporting actor Joe Moross as his equally evil brother. Hijacking a military weapons carrier with intentions of selling the arms to the syndicate but their plans are derailed by the FBI as a 1930's era gun battle erupts resulting in some of the gang killed and the Murtaugh brothers ending up in jail. Unfortunately there is one huge flaw in this episode. The writers forgot about the gun battle which meant the attempted murder of at least a half a dozen federal agents (not to mention possession of the stolen weapons) Duh!!! No way would the brothers have even made bail (under six figures) on such charges. The only other thing that makes me not give this a higher rating is that like so much television, there's too much time wasted on the private life of the informant and his pregnant wife which detracts from the story itself and i just fast forward thru those parts. Still it is well acted and I give this time capsule a 7 out of 10.
Review of All the Streets Are Silent
