Wall Street Gunslinger

The first seven minutes of this episode is really, really good - the best I've seen thus far on "Kojak." We follow a theft of securities that a courier had handcuffed to him, to the mugging of the latter and the cop with him, to the disposal of them quickly to an old Jewish man, to the quick killing that man when the guys go to grab the securities back, to a dispersal of the two crooks - each going in a different direction.....on and on. It's a long but riveting opening segment.

The rest of the story can't come close to it, bogging down here and there with talk that only a Wall Street broker could understand. It involves three big rollers: "Larry Grenfell," "Sheik" and "Paulus." The ending is a good one but, overall, the episode is fair.

However, I'll always remember that great opening. That, and this gorgeous girl who is interviewed early on - Ann Coleman who plays "Felicity." What a face and voice!