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The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Payoff (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ending a date with Phyllis one night, Robin crosses a parking lot and reaches what he thinks is his sports car. A sedan across the lot comes forward and a sniper takes a shot at him. Robin seems doomed, but at the last moment, the sniper ...See moreEnding a date with Phyllis one night, Robin crosses a parking lot and reaches what he thinks is his sports car. A sedan across the lot comes forward and a sniper takes a shot at him. Robin seems doomed, but at the last moment, the sniper cries, "It isn't him!" and the sedan speeds away. The sports car--an exact duplicate of Robin's - turns out to belong to a fading young rock-and-roll singer names Teddy Thomas. Robin realizes the would-be killer was out to get Thomas. This is pretty well confirmed the following day when Robin learns that Thomas has a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar life insurance policy, payable between his manager and fiancee. When Robin tries to see Thomas at a night club to explain about the shooting, he is knocked out. Then Thomas is killed - in such a way that it legally seems accidental. The insurance company is going to be forced to pay off double indemnity, until Robin - with the magnificent and heroic aid of Phyllis - plots the weirdest plan of his career to trap the murderers. See less
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John Abernathy (creator) | Leo Gordon (creator) | Stuart Jerome
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Edit Released
Updated Dec 13, 1960

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Dec 13, 1960 (United States)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Rick Jason
Robin Scott Robin Scott   See fewer
Jean Blake Fleming
Phyllis Collier (as Jean Blake) Phyllis Collier (as Jean Blake)   See fewer
Jackie Loughery
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John Duke
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John O'Neill
Actor (as Johnny O'Neill) Actor (as Johnny O'Neill)   See fewer
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