Cannon attempts to help the reformed ex-con he put away years before when the man is coerced into masterminding a bank heist.Cannon attempts to help the reformed ex-con he put away years before when the man is coerced into masterminding a bank heist.Cannon attempts to help the reformed ex-con he put away years before when the man is coerced into masterminding a bank heist.
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- TriviaIn this episode is one of only 30 of the Grumman G-21A "Goose" planes ever built.
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Jim Relko: [Thugs run to a helicopter to try to escape after a robbery. But they don't know that Cannon had removed the igniter plug from the helicopter, so the helicopter can't take off. After the pilot discovers this and tells the thugs, Cannon then appears and let the thugs know that he has the plug. One of the thugs then yell at Cannon] Cannon!
Jim Relko: Bring that thing down here, Cannon!
[Cannon stands by at a distance on an elevated walkway, holding up the igniter plug in his hands]
Jim Relko: Listen, you fat fathead, hand that over, do you hear?
Frank Cannon: You want it, come and get it!
He was discovered by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., fresh out of college, and employed frequently by producer Quinn Martin. Olson plays the ring leader of a gang who pays retiring Keenan Wynn a visit, now running a restaurant on picturesque Catalina island. Wynn is an ex-con, one of the best crooks in the biz. They make him an offer he can't refuse and in steps Frank Cannon.
Lewis Allen directed this episode, behind many classics; THE UNINVITED (1944) starring Ray Milland, the cult film, SUDDENLY (1954) with Frank Sinatra and DESERT FURY starring Lizabeth Scott. George Bellak, who wrote for NYPD, put together this terrific episode.
Great support from Jacqueline Scott, as Wynn's wife. Scott played many housewives and mothers in distress through the years, also a regular in Quinn Martin productions.
A note about Lizabeth Scott. She briefly came out of retirement around this time and apperared in the cult movie PULP. I'm sure Bill Conrad tried to contact her, along with Lewis Allen to be on the show. That said, many Hollywood greats did not do cop shows. The series was lucky to snag Vera Miles and Kim Hunter for Season One, and more big names to follow.
Caution; lots of broken dishes and furniture here. Cannon's encounters with bad guy Olson is something to see. Outstanding adventure on Catalina Island, and for fans of Keenan Wynn.
Recommended. SEASON 1 EPISODE 19 CBS/Paramount dvd box set No. 2 of 2. Eight remastered discs total. 2008.