Howard Spencer Collier Jr. (David Macklin) prepares to impersonate Gomez Addams (!) in The Addams Family by crashing toy trains!
Claude Akins (left) makes a guest appearance as Ben Gambriella.
13. How To Murder An Iron Horse
Case file:
#9-74219-C
Howard Spencer Collier Jr.: Extortion.
Original broadcast date: 12 December 1965
Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage. The bad guy is a 20-year-old psychopath who is trying to blow up a train. Maybe he worked for General Motors!
- The '57 Ranchero is in the street scene where the mother of the bad guy buys a newspaper.
- SPOILER: One of the scenes involves the bad buy crashing a toy train, just like Gomez Addams (played by John Astin) did in The Addams Family. That show also ran on ABC in the 1965-66 season. Only difference was, this was not done for comic effect.
- Speaking of other ABC shows, David Macklin, who would go on to star in four other FBI episodes, had a starring role in the ABC comedy Tammy, which ran on Friday nights on ABC in 1965-66.
Cast |
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| Role | Performer |
| David Macklin | Howard Spencer Collier Jr. |
| Claude Akins | Ben Gambriella |
| Louise Latham | Mrs. Collier |
| Paul Fix | Willard Oberly |
| Len Wayland | Vic Roberts |
| Noah Keen | Examiner |
| Alex Gerry | Chairman |
| Robert Knapp | First Special Agent |
| Karl Held | Second Special Agent |
| Directed by: Christian Nyby Written by: Don Brinkley |
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