That's the question, when an experimental prototype car is being moved by railroad, and the train was going 50 MPH and never stopped along the route. I remembered how this one was done... it was the rest of the story I had virtually no memory of. Which makes re-watching it all the more fun.
William Windom (MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT) and Bert Convy (THE SNOOP SISTERS) are "Harry Wexler" & "Douglas Ruderman", owners of the company that designed the missing car.
Percy Rodrigues (STAR TREK: "Court Martial") and Herb Edelman (STRIKE FORCE) are "Faldor" and "Joe Haddenhurst", insurance company reps who would hate to pay out what the car was insured for; the latter has a personal hatred of Banacek, who will collect his usual 10% if he finds the car.
Peter Mark Richman (LONGSTREET) is "Andy Cole", owner of the rival car company, who will win big if the car isn't found and his own wins a big contract. More con-artist than designer, he's a prime suspect for who might be behind the theft.
Joanna Pettet (THE BEST HOUSE IN LONDON) is "Christine Verdon", who once worked for Cole, was also in love with him, and was caught stealing plans from his rival's company. She insists she was framed... and only conceited womanizer Thomas Banacek seems to be on her side.
Stafford Repp (BATMAN) is a helpful local police chief, who looks like he put on quite a few pounds since 1968. Bruce Kirby (who's been in practically everythng including 9 episodes of COLUMBO) is "Collier", an undertaker who also owns a laudromat. John Fielder (BUFFALO BILL) has a very unusual role as "Paddle", a hobo who once worked for a large bank, who provides Banacek some important info.
I mostly remember the ending of this because Banacek demonstrated how the crime was committed using a table-top model railroad set, and I was very big into those when I growing up. I won't tell you how it was done, but according to the Trivia section, the same method of stealing a train carriage from a moving train can be found in the story, "Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture", from the book "Thrilling Stories of the Railway" (1912), by the Rev. Victor L. Whitchurch. Now if only this TV-movie had actually included that in the credits-- TSK!
William Windom (MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT) and Bert Convy (THE SNOOP SISTERS) are "Harry Wexler" & "Douglas Ruderman", owners of the company that designed the missing car.
Percy Rodrigues (STAR TREK: "Court Martial") and Herb Edelman (STRIKE FORCE) are "Faldor" and "Joe Haddenhurst", insurance company reps who would hate to pay out what the car was insured for; the latter has a personal hatred of Banacek, who will collect his usual 10% if he finds the car.
Peter Mark Richman (LONGSTREET) is "Andy Cole", owner of the rival car company, who will win big if the car isn't found and his own wins a big contract. More con-artist than designer, he's a prime suspect for who might be behind the theft.
Joanna Pettet (THE BEST HOUSE IN LONDON) is "Christine Verdon", who once worked for Cole, was also in love with him, and was caught stealing plans from his rival's company. She insists she was framed... and only conceited womanizer Thomas Banacek seems to be on her side.
Stafford Repp (BATMAN) is a helpful local police chief, who looks like he put on quite a few pounds since 1968. Bruce Kirby (who's been in practically everythng including 9 episodes of COLUMBO) is "Collier", an undertaker who also owns a laudromat. John Fielder (BUFFALO BILL) has a very unusual role as "Paddle", a hobo who once worked for a large bank, who provides Banacek some important info.
I mostly remember the ending of this because Banacek demonstrated how the crime was committed using a table-top model railroad set, and I was very big into those when I growing up. I won't tell you how it was done, but according to the Trivia section, the same method of stealing a train carriage from a moving train can be found in the story, "Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture", from the book "Thrilling Stories of the Railway" (1912), by the Rev. Victor L. Whitchurch. Now if only this TV-movie had actually included that in the credits-- TSK!