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Very well done episode done with a film noir atmosphere with an excellent cast. Howard Duff well known for numerous movie roles as well as radio's Sam Spade along with veteran actor Dan Dailey who starred as Governor William Drinkwater along with Julie Sommers in the short lived 1970 CBS series, "The Governor and J. J." are particularly well cast in their respective roles. A recent reviewer noted a similarity between an interior set in this episode and one used in The Brady Bunch. They're not the same since this episode was filmed at Universal/Revue and The Brady Bunch was filmed at Paramount Studios.

We are forever grateful to a wonderful friend in the UK for highly recommending this superb series! (Although it required the purchase of a region free Blu-ray player to be able to view this series in the US). The acting, writing, and production set new standards for quality - things sadly lacking here in America. My only slight criticism of this particular episode was the veiled reference to the former Republican USA president - not by any means a fan of that administration, but would prefer that all fictional shows, especially ones of this high caliber, keep divisive politics out of an otherwise perfect series.

Episode is a little far-fetched, but good escapist entertainment.

Just a correction to "Movies - 109"'s review: The episode was filmed on "Bonanza's" Virginia City set on the Paramount backlot - nothing in this episode was filmed on the RKO 40 Aces lot.