Park the Body - Directed by Edward Ludlum. Written by Ken Pettus and Steven Thornley, Director Of Photography John F. Warren, Music by Frederick Herbert.
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| Mike Hammer (Darren McGavin) |
Starring Darren McGavin as Mike Hammer, Helena Nash (
The Money Trap (1965)) as Agnes 'Babe' Barlow, Johnny Seven (
On the Waterfront (1954),
Cop Hater (1958)) as Carl Pate, Film Noir veteran Frank Ferguson (
This Gun for Hire (1942),
Grand Central Murder (1942),
They Won't Believe Me (1947),
They Live by Night (1948)
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948),
On Dangerous Ground (1951),
The Blue Gardenia (1953)) as Sid Barlow / Thorpe, James Chandler as Det. Sgt. Giles, Robert Fuller (
The Harder They Fall (1956)) as Roy Barlow, and Dale Van Sickel (about five Film Noir) as Blackie Davis (uncredited).
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| Agnes 'Babe' Barlow (Helena Nash) |
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| Det. Sgt. Giles (James Chandler) |
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| Carl Pate (Johnny Seven) |
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| Mike with Roy Barlow (Robert Fuller ) |
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| Sid Barlow (Frank Ferguson) with Mike |
Here is another great episode that uses quite a bit of New York City locations compared to some that use none. Its also another good example of what a typical NYC P.I. would be called on to investigate. This time Mike gets an anonymous letter with three hundred bucks. The request is for Mike to find a missing employee from Barlow, a large parking garage & parking lot company, based throughout the five boroughs.
Doing some snooping, Mike discovers that the guy was running a racket with a sets of duplicate ticket rolls. He'd stamp a start time and end time of one hour on one ticket, and stamp the same start time on its duplicate and the real end time of the customer. On the books it shows one hour. The Scam artist charges the full time pockets the difference.
The man is found murdered. It all goes Noirsville when mike discovers that Ma Barlow, the owner, was the one who though up the scam.
Noirsville
The locations and story give this one a 7/10
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