Mickey Manners Movies
- 1992
After 30 years of marriage, Doris Dial (Janet Carroll) informs husband Jim (Charles Kimbrough) that she is bored and dissatisfied. While Jim hardly welcomes this news, he does not object when Doris sets out to find work to give her life purpose. However, he hadn't quite counted on Doris landing a gig as a cabaret singer! Meanwhile, Murphy (Candice Bergen) chews up and spits out her 52nd secretary and her fifth nanny. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
British POW and self-proclaimed escape artist Sgt. Malcolm Flood (Mickey Manners) has already broken out of nine prison camps when he is transferred to Stalag 13. Against Hogan's orders, Flood intends to make a tenth bid for freedom. To protect his scheduled rendezvous with the OSS, Hogan must prevent Flood's escape -- or, failing that, he must recapture the elusive Britisher himself. Written by future All in the Family stalwart Bill Davenport, "The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From" first aired on March 10, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, (more)
- 1966
This classic episode can be described as an outer-space western, as cowardly Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) comes face to face with his coldblooded lookalike Zeno (also Jonathan Harris), a notorious intergalactic gunslinger. Forced to trade his clothes with Zeno's, Smith is arrested by the Law, who sentence him to be boiled in oil. Once the Robinsons figure out what is happening, they gallop (figuratively speaking) to Smith's rescue--but it may already be "High Noon" for the hapless medico. Not surprisingly, this episode is a showcase for Jonathan Harris, who requested that the script be written for him to display his versatility. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
Ever in need of extra money, Lucy (Lucille Ball) offers her services to banker Mooney (Gale Gordon) as a part-time employee. Her first assignment is to deliver an envelope to the television studio where Danny Thomas is rehearsing a special. Before Lucy shows up, it is carefully established that big-hearted Danny adheres to an iron-clad rule: under no circumstances will he ever fire anyone who's on their very first job, no matter how clumsy or inept that person may be. On cue, Lucy shows up, and is promptly mistaken for one of the special's chorus girls. Appalled by Lucy's incompetence, Danny angrily approaches her -- whereupon, in all innocence, she explains that it's her very first job.... ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Danny Thomas, Mickey Manners, (more)
- 1965
Moving to a new Sunday-night timeslot opposite Bonanza for its ninth and final season, Perry Mason gets the ball rolling as Perry (Raymond Burr) is requested by a judge (Dan Tobin) to handle the defense of Carla Chaney (Jean Hale) a destitute young woman with a really nasty attitude. Charged with the murder of two-bit journalist Gerald Havens, Carla has failed to convince three previous lawyers that she is innocent, especially since her fingerprints were all over the murder weapon. But Perry is willing to take a chance, and immediately set about to locate the mysterious "laughing lady" whom Carla claims to have seen standing over the corpse. With this episode, Richard Anderson becomes a regular as Lt. Steve Drumm. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
