The Specialists
- Episode aired Apr 30, 1962
- 1h
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5.5/10
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An elite team of federal agents is formed to take down an international ring of jewel thieves.An elite team of federal agents is formed to take down an international ring of jewel thieves.An elite team of federal agents is formed to take down an international ring of jewel thieves.
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- TriviaLast show of the series.
- GoofsIn the London scenes, the same piece of stock footage showing a taxi cab is used twice. Both times the film is reversed so all the letters on signs are backwards. In addition, the cab does not have enough people sitting inside it to match the close-up shots.
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Well made but where's the horror?
"Thriller", despite having Boris Karloff as a host, was a problematic program as it never seemed to have found its voice, so to speak. Some shows were amazingly good and thrilling while many others seemed flat and out of place. So, it seems fitting that perhaps the most out of place, "The Specialists", ended the series.
"The Specialists" is not a bad hour of programming...though it seems to have nothing to do with the series. Instead, it appears to be a possible TV pilot that the network was trying out on a series that was on its last legs. This sort of thing happened a lot back in the day...when the network would try out a concept by running it first on an established show.
The program is about international jewel thieves. Unfortunately for the authorities, this is a brilliantly run group as they don't leave any loose threads. In other words, they kill anyone who could talk and divulge the identities of these scum. Unfortunately for them, however, one of the members is sentimental and has fallen in love with someone...and that might just be the one loose thread that can bring them all down.
This episode is taut, has a great fight scene at the end and is entertaining....just not at all appropriate for an inclusion in "Thriller".
"The Specialists" is not a bad hour of programming...though it seems to have nothing to do with the series. Instead, it appears to be a possible TV pilot that the network was trying out on a series that was on its last legs. This sort of thing happened a lot back in the day...when the network would try out a concept by running it first on an established show.
The program is about international jewel thieves. Unfortunately for the authorities, this is a brilliantly run group as they don't leave any loose threads. In other words, they kill anyone who could talk and divulge the identities of these scum. Unfortunately for them, however, one of the members is sentimental and has fallen in love with someone...and that might just be the one loose thread that can bring them all down.
This episode is taut, has a great fight scene at the end and is entertaining....just not at all appropriate for an inclusion in "Thriller".
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- planktonrules
- Dec 18, 2017
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- 1.33 : 1
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