Lee Marvin gives an incredible performance as a psychotic killer. In the previous three years about 12 men who were driving north from LA disappeared. Sgt. Friday and his partner want to find out what happened to them.
They are specifically investigating the disappearance of the last one, who left LA for the small farming town of Oakdale. Six months of investigation reveal that the last person to see him was a longshoreman played by Lee Marvin. Sgt. Friday and his partner track him down to a small boarding house in LA.
When they knock on the door Marvin slams in in their faces and they break in and a fight erupts. Virtually the entire show is a cat and mouse conversation between the cops and the killer. Finally the killer asks to go to Helga's Health Store where they have healthy sandwiches. The killer confesses and they show ends with the announcement that the killer was executed by lethal gas in San Quentin.
This episode of Dragnet is one of the first performances by Lee Marvin and he is mesmerizing and the psychotic kill who has killed twelve men and has no real concern of what he does in his live. Marvin's killer is incredibly low key and denies all to the detectives who are sure that he is the killer but do not have enough evidence to pin the crime on him.
If you want to see why Dragnet is a memorable show and why Lee Marvin became a big star watch this episode. My only question is what the title "The Big Cast" is referring too.
They are specifically investigating the disappearance of the last one, who left LA for the small farming town of Oakdale. Six months of investigation reveal that the last person to see him was a longshoreman played by Lee Marvin. Sgt. Friday and his partner track him down to a small boarding house in LA.
When they knock on the door Marvin slams in in their faces and they break in and a fight erupts. Virtually the entire show is a cat and mouse conversation between the cops and the killer. Finally the killer asks to go to Helga's Health Store where they have healthy sandwiches. The killer confesses and they show ends with the announcement that the killer was executed by lethal gas in San Quentin.
This episode of Dragnet is one of the first performances by Lee Marvin and he is mesmerizing and the psychotic kill who has killed twelve men and has no real concern of what he does in his live. Marvin's killer is incredibly low key and denies all to the detectives who are sure that he is the killer but do not have enough evidence to pin the crime on him.
If you want to see why Dragnet is a memorable show and why Lee Marvin became a big star watch this episode. My only question is what the title "The Big Cast" is referring too.