86. Ein Diebstahl kommt selten allein

[Serpico]

Odd Man In **
Original air date: 1/4/72

    A mundane follow-up to #59, Over Fifty? Steal! with Hume Cronyn reprising his role as Lewis Avery Filer, master of disguise. The opening sequence where Filer escapes from Oahu State Prison, is ridiculous. First he steals a picture off his cell wall of well-known criminal Elmo Zigler, who just happens to look like himself. One wonders why the picture was on the wall in the first place. Was Zigler the boyfriend of Filer's cellmate? He opens two locks with a spoon and escapes into a room opposite a guard's station where he makes a phone call in a very loud voice. There are stock shots of McGarrett arriving at the prison. Warden Challis is played by Richard Morrison, who was an Oriental in the previous show. Filer/Zigler then does business with Goro Shibata (Jiro Tamiya -- too bad he couldn't play some of the Oriental parts played by white guys in previous episodes). One of Shibata's "twin" bodyguards is Wilfred "Moe" Keale. The scene where Filer threatens Shibata with the bodyguards, captive in an elevator, with "ultrasonic" noise is also pretty dumb and the ending is disappointing. Music by Morton Stevens from the previous Filer episode is reused as is a shot of the Five-O team running down the palace steps (see #61). There is a scene in Shibata's office where the twins are up against the wall, but when the camera views the room from behind Shibata's desk, the duo are nowhere to be seen (it might be the camera angle).


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Der Gentlemanverbrecher Lewis Filer, den McGarrett hinter Gitter gebracht hatte, kann aus dem Gefngnis entkommen. Er hat einen groartigen Plan: Zunchst will er den bekannten Gangster Shebata und dessen Geschftspartner Oakley aufs Kreuz legen, sie dann McGarrett in die Hnde spielen - und selbst mit der Beute entkommen. Alles klappt auch vorzglich, doch dann macht ihm ausgerechnet seine eigene Supergenauigkeit einen Strich durch die raffinierte Rechnung.