Roy Bradley hands Mannix an envelope with what is supposed to be $8,000 in cash. In the medium distance shots when Mannix examines the money, it is prop stage money, but when the shot switches to a closeup, he is holding real U.S. currency in $100 bills.
After the fight with Bradley, Mannix picks up his car phone and immediately asks to be connected to Wickersham. In previous and subsequent car phone scenes in the series, he first gives the mobile operator a number to call Intertect (which is the only way car phones worked in those early days).
How could Mr. Bradley afford to hire Intertect if he could only pay the blackmailer $8,000 out of the $20,000 demanded of him?
He could pay Intertect over several months, take out a loan, sell some assets, or something else to pay the bill. Blackmailers don't give their marks months to pay. Besides, if Intertect is successful, he wouldn't have to pay the blackmailer.
He could pay Intertect over several months, take out a loan, sell some assets, or something else to pay the bill. Blackmailers don't give their marks months to pay. Besides, if Intertect is successful, he wouldn't have to pay the blackmailer.
In the opening scene, face punch sounds are heard every time a fist appears to connect with a face. In reality, those sounds would not appear until after they were edited in during the Foley (sound effect) phase, since the punches wouldn't normally connect during a movie shoot.
Roy Bradley tells Mannix he's supposed to pay a blackmailer $20,000 and asks Mannix to make the payoff. When he hands Mannix an envelope with the money, Mannix takes out the money, partially fans it, and immediately says that there's only $8,000. Because the money consists of $100 bills and isn't banded or otherwise marked, it realistically should have taken Mannix between 30 seconds and a minute to count that much money.