I always enjoy MSW episodes featuring reformed jewel thief turned insurance investigator Dennis Stanton. This installment delves more into Dennis's past as he encounters an old rival whom he suspects is attempting to defraud his company for millions with a purportedly lost Mark Twain manuscript.
The episode keeps viewers guessing as the questions shift from "Is the Twain manuscript a forgery?" and "How did the expert forger pull it off?" to "Who killed the rare book expert?" Keith Michell is as charming and roguish as ever as Stanton, and the enmity between him and Lawrence Erlich, played by David Birney, simmers under the surface, with unresolved issues involving Stanton's late wife.
Roy Dotrice, Nehemiah Persoff, Diane Baker, James Sloyan, Hallie Todd, and Ken Swofford round out a top-flight cast.
The episode keeps viewers guessing as the questions shift from "Is the Twain manuscript a forgery?" and "How did the expert forger pull it off?" to "Who killed the rare book expert?" Keith Michell is as charming and roguish as ever as Stanton, and the enmity between him and Lawrence Erlich, played by David Birney, simmers under the surface, with unresolved issues involving Stanton's late wife.
Roy Dotrice, Nehemiah Persoff, Diane Baker, James Sloyan, Hallie Todd, and Ken Swofford round out a top-flight cast.