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Mannix Huntdown (1967–1975) Online

Mannix Huntdown (1967–1975) Online
1967–1975 Mike Connors Joseph Campanella Steve Ihnat Gerald Mayer
Original Title :
Huntdown
Genre :
TV Episode / Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Year :
1967–1975
Directror :
Gerald Mayer
Cast :
Mike Connors,Joseph Campanella,Steve Ihnat
Writer :
Richard Levinson,William Link
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
52min
Rating :
8.2/10

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Mannix Huntdown (1967–1975) Online

Mannix, on the mend after a gunshot has one foot in a cast, is given a routine assignment by Intertect boss Lew Wickersham: get the signature of a man named Amos Silo on a legal document. The detective takes a bus to a small town but finds a chilly reception whenever he inquires about the man or his ranch. The town is hiding something. As Mannix digs deeper, he discovers dead cattle are part of the mystery. The question is whether he'll survive to find out the rest.
Episode cast overview:
Mike Connors Mike Connors - Joe Mannix
Joseph Campanella Joseph Campanella - Lew Wickersham
Steve Ihnat Steve Ihnat - Sheriff Weed
Paul Stevens Paul Stevens - Mayor Glass
Sandra Smith Sandra Smith - Violet Brooks
Ford Rainey Ford Rainey - Dr. Crow
Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin - Luther
John Pickard John Pickard - Wilkens
Edna Glover Edna Glover - Operator
Ken Renard Ken Renard - Mr. Sureyano
Phil Vandervort Phil Vandervort - Hamilton (as Philip Vandervort)
James Chandler James Chandler - Truck Driver

When Mannix says, at the start of the episode, that he has already been off for 2 weeks, it is an inside joke, as the show had been off for 2 weeks. It had been preempted on Saturday, November 11 for the Miss Teenage America pageant.

At the end of the episode, Wickersham asks Mannix whether the police are overlooking his breaking and entering charges, escape from jail and manslaughter of the mayor. However, nothing is said of the bulldozer operator Joe also shot, nor the Jeep he stole, even though the sheriff is standing next to him during the phone call.


User reviews

Invissibale

Invissibale

"Huntdown" is a bit similar to an episode of "Quincy" ("Visitors in Paradise", season two episode four). In both cases, the leading character comes to a rural town and is greeted VERY inhospitably by the locals. In fact, it soon appears that someone might kill them unless they go home now!

This program begins with Mannix having his foot in a cast--he'd gotten it shot in a recent case. But he's too bored just sitting around and begs his boss for a case...ANYTHING to keep him busy. So, he's given a VERY simple task--one that should have been strictly routine. But, it turns out to be anything but routine. In fact, when he asks about this guy's whereabouts, folks are rude, evasive and threatening. Eventually, he's tossed into jail on trumped up charges and isn't allowed to call anyone. Why?! What is going on here? Why are folks so hostile?!

"Huntdown" is a very good episode. It's well written and different from the style show so far seen in "Mannix". Exciting, clever and the payoff at the end was quite good. It's also interesting because it's one of the few episodes up to that point where Joe Mannix actually kills someone...in self-defense, of course. Interestingly, in the next episode, Mannix increases his body count. Perhaps the network insisted on more, I don't know.
cyrexoff

cyrexoff

Wow! Great episode! Brimming with long exterior scenes, plenty of suspense, mystery and danger: this episode exemplifies why this is one of the best, maybe the very best, of the 1960's to 1980's detective shows.

The setup is, Mannix is just looking to get some guy's signature on a document, and the entire tiny country town is strangely hostile and secretive. Mannix wonders what on earth is going on here, and so does the viewer, as we follow the twists and turns. The guest cast is first rate, including Steve Ihnat and Ford Rainey.

You can really see the difference between the era of "Mannix" in this first 1967-68 season, and what I think of as the era of "Hart to Hart" just ten years later: hard-edged action and real danger, versus a kind of "Love Boat" or "Fantasy Island" approach--much softer, with little if any sense of threat. Mannix is one tough guy! Good stuff! Ten years later, TV detectives were a lot blander, I think.