Solid episode. Casey goes undercover in a clip-joint bar where girls get guys to buy them watered drinks for a percentage of the cost. Trouble is one of the bar girls is gruesomely strangled in a neighboring alley, and Casey has to find out who did it and why. Wow, certainly can't say the flick showcases good looks. Between ugly bartender Al (Polan) and homely owner Ben (Charles), their many close-ups had me hungering for the lovely Garland for relief. There's some plot suspense, but the story's more about character than mystery. And I like the twist ending that unexpectedly pivots on character. Anyway, for 1950's TV, the series's shows its unusual nature by taking on tricky subject matter, like scarcely veiled hookers in a low-life bar. So give the entry a look see, along with the series as a whole.
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