Search in the Dark
- Episódio foi ao ar 25 de nov. de 1973
- TV-PG
- 52 min
Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaHamilton Starr is a blind man obsessed with finding the Auroras, a fabulous diamond collection stolen years ago.Hamilton Starr is a blind man obsessed with finding the Auroras, a fabulous diamond collection stolen years ago.Hamilton Starr is a blind man obsessed with finding the Auroras, a fabulous diamond collection stolen years ago.
- Howard Graham
- (as Steve Dunne)
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- CuriosidadesThis is the second time where Bethel Leslie's character is involved with a blind person. The first being The Night of the Sabatini Death (1969).
- Erros de gravaçãoOn the boat Starr says to Orville "We make a good pair, you and I. You're my eyes, and I'm your brain," but his lips don't say 'brain.'
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Orville Moffatt: [entering Starr's cabin on a boat] He was exactly where you said, Mr. Starr, at Jonah's Place.
Hamilton Starr: Welcome aboard, Mannix. Well, how does he look, Orville? Have the years treated him kindly?
Orville Moffatt: Looks about the same.
Joe Mannix: Well, you finally got your hands on the Auroras, huh?
Hamilton Starr: Magnificent, aren't they? Banked fires to warm a man's soul. No wonder so many people have died for them through the years.
Joe Mannix: Last night you nearly added Terry Graham's name to the list.
Hamilton Starr: I had nothing to do with the attack on Miss Graham.
Joe Mannix: You expect me to believe that? When you're sitting here gloating over this collection?
Hamilton Starr: [laughs] My dear fellow, these are nothing but paste. Your eyes are deceiving you. You're a man of keen senses, Mannix. Use them. These have no melody, no... heat. The Auroras burn and sing. That's why I've wanted them all my life- not to sell, just to own that fierce light. It would be almost like having my sight back.
[pause]
Hamilton Starr: So I planned. For years, I planned. Blueprints of Robert Blakely's house, the design of the safe, servants' schedule, nights watchman's rounds. Right, Orville?
Orville Moffatt: How can you forget?
Hamilton Starr: And finally, five years ago, I moved. There was only one thing I couldn't anticipate- the worthless imitations in the safe. Someone had beaten me to the Auroras.
Joe Mannix: Howard Graham.
Hamilton Starr: Exactly. Yeah. Rather a bitter joke on Mr. Blakely, wouldn't you say? Hoodwinked by the son-in-law he despised. Took me years before I was sure it was Graham. Then Jonah came to my rescue. He told me that Graham was prepared to deal for the jewels. I sent Orville here on his trail, he saw the girl come into the park, and there were the Auroras within arm's length. Orville lost them as a runt hound might lose a hapless rabbit.
Orville Moffatt: I did the best I could.
[lights a cigar for Starr]
Hamilton Starr: Yes. And that's the pity of it.
[pause]
Hamilton Starr: Sorry, Mannix. The point is, someone else got the Auroras, which is the reason for your being my guest this morning.
Joe Mannix: Who else could have known Graham had them?
Hamilton Starr: Who else, indeed, Mannix? Mannix, I want the Auroras. I'm willing to pay you for them. But, unless I get them soon, there's going to be more blood on them.
Joe Mannix: If there is, Starr, I'll find you.
Hamilton Starr: Don't try to threaten me. I've lived in the dark too long to be frightened by anything. The Auroras, Mannix. Hard way, the easy way... it's up to you.
[Mannix leaves the cabin]
Hamilton Starr: We'll have them soon, Orville. Did I offend you?
Orville Moffatt: It's... you know, it's in front of people.
Hamilton Starr: Sorry. We make a good pair, you and I. You're my eyes, and I'm your brain. It's a very satisfactory arrangement.
The age-old tale of the man with a plan to steal a fortune --only this time he's blind? Unforgettable Victor Bouno plays Hamilton Starr, an eccentric blind man of means (he resides on a yacht) who lives and breaths for the Auroras, an elusive collection of diamonds, believed to have been stolen years ago.
Mannix also has a connection to the mysterious case, but it was years ago. A whole lot of fun, bordering on film noir with the usual twist and turns. Malcolm (deadpan Ward Wood) teams with Joe and tosses a bunch of theories back and forth. Watching them is fun, and you have to admit, they make a super team.
Salute to writer Ben Roberts, who created CHARLIES ANGELS, and wrote, perhaps, the greatest crime thriller of all time, WHITE HEAT (1949) for James Cagney.
Peggy also has some more exposure for a change of pace. Rascally Charles Tyner plays Jonah, who got his start in films thanks to Paul Newman.
Always fun to spot the classic actor, such as popular 1940s star and Hollywood DJ Steve Dunne, still the smooth gentleman. Dunne also appeared on THE BRADY BUNCH, shot at Paramount.
OLD SCHOOL BIT: Watch for the secret envelope shoved under Mannix's door with the pasted on letters. Priceless. Inspired by CHARLIE CHAN, of course. The crew must have been up late watching lots of classic mysteries.
It's safe to say, Victor Buono steals the show.
SEASON 7 EPISODE 10 remastered color CBS/Paramount dvd box set.
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- 25 de out. de 2022