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By all means try to outrun a car. Apparently the Chrysler corp. wanted to show off its Plymouth Superbee so badly they gave it too the bad guys.
Chrysler designed such jaw droppingly beautiful cars in the 60s.
D.S.
The Super Bee was a Dodge, not a Plymouth, whose second performance model was the GTX (followed by the Sport Satellite).
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Season two's "All Around the Money Tree" is the closest thing that passes for a Mannix "comedy episode" we've seen thus far and perhaps during the series' entire run. The light tone comes from the performance of lovable scalawag Roger Bard (Christopher Cary) who apparently is in possession of several million £££ that was earmarked for incineration. Mannix and a group of dopes go on a wild goose chase in the desert with Mannix and company being double crossed and playing everyone against everyone else. Thankfully there isn't a "wacky" score and the episode comes off much better as a result of this and the witty banter and plot twists.
I'm currently watching again my season 6 set.
I'm watching the episodes with stock music because I wish to track down the use of the scores.
I'm into "Portrait of a Hero". I'm lucky because my favorite cop work with Joe: Lt. Tobias!
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Jan 27, 2017 - 10:26 AM
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Jim Phelps
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(Original Airdate: January 23, 1971): Tough L.A. police Lt. Ira Deegan is warned off the investigation of a heist that netted $85,000 -- a threat that seems to have come true when his garage is blown up, although no one is hurt. Joe Mannix begins investigating the theft, which he claims is for the $8,500 recovery fee offered by the insurance company that would have to pay off on the theft. But Mannix' client is actually someone who is worried about Deegan's safety --his wife.
Good performances from Dane Clark as Ira Deegan and Joan Hotchkis as his wife, Evelyn. This is the third and final appearance of the Ira Deegan character, who was always used for the more intense episodes. Deegan and Mannix do not get along and Deegan's tightly-wound personality means that scenes between he and Mannix are always tense. Deegan is always about ready to explode in a white-hot rage. Too bad the character wasn't brought back for future seasons.
Art Malcolm is also here, and he claims to not like Deegan very much, either.
Joan Hotchkis is fantastic as Deegan's long-suffering but strong wife. She looks damned good in the scene when she wears a turtleneck sweater. Otherwise, she is dressed like the typical middle-aged housewife, but there's a strength to her character that shatters the stereotypical portrayal one often sees in this era. Despite being the early '70s, Mannix belongs to the America of the 1960s in both attitude and in its adherence to the Paramont lot and other sets.
Peggy wears a putrid burnt orange jumpsuit over a crazy-patterned red, white, and blue blouse. Despite this early '70s fashion tragedy, Gail Fisher still manages to look great as always. 
Mannix is hit by a car and as he's being taken to the hospital in a station wagon ambulance (in a tightly-photographed shot), he acts like a jerk to the ambulance attendant and forces them to let him out.
When it's revealed that Deegan's young partner is part of the scheme for the robbery money, Mannix stops him in a quick but brutal fight. Deegan is disgusted by his partner's actions, and when Mannix tells him to "say hello to your wife", Deegan, realizing he has a lot of mending to do, chokes back tears and leaves. 8/10
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, Mannix is the everyman representing the hopes, fears, and concerns of the World War II generation. 
