Claude Akins guest starred as a former fighter who can identify a key witness in a case. Macmillan and his wife try to protect him. The episode has plenty of memorable moments especially Mac flying an airplane from Palm Springs. Claude Akins was really one of my favorite actors. He was perfectly cast to play this role. It's one of the more memorable episodes. in the series.
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****
edwagreen9 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Excellent episode with Claude Akins as a boxer and a friend of Mac and his wife. While on a golf course, Akins is overheard saying that he knows the identity of the Dutchman, a notorious jewel thief robber.
Mac feels that the recent number of burglaries occurring in wealthy homes during parties is some how related to this notorious thief.
We have high-speed chase, being fired upon while in an airplane and Mac purposely trying to draw out the fiend by "fake" bullets supposedly killing the Akins character.
The "wake" scene at Mac's house is hilarious with so many people getting drunk including Mildred, who takes more than a few nips. Akins is hysterical laying in a casket and drinking when he is sure that nobody is around.
Mac feels that the recent number of burglaries occurring in wealthy homes during parties is some how related to this notorious thief.
We have high-speed chase, being fired upon while in an airplane and Mac purposely trying to draw out the fiend by "fake" bullets supposedly killing the Akins character.
The "wake" scene at Mac's house is hilarious with so many people getting drunk including Mildred, who takes more than a few nips. Akins is hysterical laying in a casket and drinking when he is sure that nobody is around.
Mac brings in the ship and a mysterious aroma
bkoganbing30 November 2015
The best part of this McMillan&Wife story was right at the beginning of it when Rock Hudson after pilot Robert Dowdell is wounded in a midair attack brings the plane down for a soft desert landing. They should have climaxed the episode with that. It was all downhill from there.
In the plane was Claude Akins who is a former fighter who can identify the mysterious jewel thief known as the Dutchman. So if that was the case why didn't he just identify him and be done with that? The only other clue they have is a mysterious aroma that Susan Saint James sniffed out. At a wake she spends the evening sniffing all the guests out like a bloodhound.
One of the lesser episodes from this series.
In the plane was Claude Akins who is a former fighter who can identify the mysterious jewel thief known as the Dutchman. So if that was the case why didn't he just identify him and be done with that? The only other clue they have is a mysterious aroma that Susan Saint James sniffed out. At a wake she spends the evening sniffing all the guests out like a bloodhound.
One of the lesser episodes from this series.
The Unidentified Jewel Thief Caper
profh-130 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
For the 2nd episode this season, the plot involves a series of jewel thefts at expensive parties, where the identical list of jet-setters always turn up. A retired boxer friend of Mac's says he saw the mysterious "Dutchman" once, and could identify him if he ever saw him again. Soon after, someone tries to shoot the guy dead with a machine-gun while they're flying in a small plane across the desert, injuring the pilot and forcing Mac to try to land it safely. Next, Sally is kidnapped, with a demand that Mac swap the boxer for his wife. During the swap, the kidnappers try to run the man down, miss, but he winds up getting shot dead by accident by a police officer. WHAT? I wondered about this, until Sally got the idea to hold a "real Irish wake" in his memory, Mac had a surprised look on his face about it, and Enright says, "Isn't that the kind that has an OPEN casket?"
Sure enough, Mac had his men fake the "accident", the boxer is alive, and will get a try to identify the unusually-murderous jewel thief. And meanwhile, Sally goes to insane lengths trying to identify a perfume (or is it a cologne?) worn by one of her kidnappers. If the phrase, "Who writes this stuff?" comes to mind, join the club.
A wide and varied guest cast includes Claude Akins (RIO BRAVO), Edward Andrews (SIXTEEN CANDLES), Hazel Court (THE RAVEN), Jon Cypher (HILL STREET BLUES), Richard Deacon (THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW), Dick Wilson (Charmin' commercials), Stafford Repp (BATMAN), Robert Dowdell (VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA), Barbara Rhodes (SOAP) and Sidney Klute (McCLOUD). I suppose a big enough crowd of decent actors can sometimes make up for deficiencies in a script.
As usual, the regulars are always top-notch. Nancy Walker gets smashed at the wake, John Schuck is amazingly efficient, Rock Hudson gets to BEAT THE CRAP out of a couple people involved in his wife's kidnapping, and Susan St. James is just ADORABLE-- as usual. The tense scene where Mac tries to land a plane reminded me that not long after, Rock Hudson played a WW1 biplane fighter pilot in the movie DARLING LILI. (Am I the only one who genuinely LIKED that film?)
Sure enough, Mac had his men fake the "accident", the boxer is alive, and will get a try to identify the unusually-murderous jewel thief. And meanwhile, Sally goes to insane lengths trying to identify a perfume (or is it a cologne?) worn by one of her kidnappers. If the phrase, "Who writes this stuff?" comes to mind, join the club.
A wide and varied guest cast includes Claude Akins (RIO BRAVO), Edward Andrews (SIXTEEN CANDLES), Hazel Court (THE RAVEN), Jon Cypher (HILL STREET BLUES), Richard Deacon (THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW), Dick Wilson (Charmin' commercials), Stafford Repp (BATMAN), Robert Dowdell (VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA), Barbara Rhodes (SOAP) and Sidney Klute (McCLOUD). I suppose a big enough crowd of decent actors can sometimes make up for deficiencies in a script.
As usual, the regulars are always top-notch. Nancy Walker gets smashed at the wake, John Schuck is amazingly efficient, Rock Hudson gets to BEAT THE CRAP out of a couple people involved in his wife's kidnapping, and Susan St. James is just ADORABLE-- as usual. The tense scene where Mac tries to land a plane reminded me that not long after, Rock Hudson played a WW1 biplane fighter pilot in the movie DARLING LILI. (Am I the only one who genuinely LIKED that film?)
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