A Spool There Was



Good afternoon, Mr. Briggs.  Please put on the red light, then remove the cover from the developing trays.  There is in existance a reel of recording wire with details of a chemical warfare project being developed for use against the free world.  One of our agents carrying the reel made his way to the lake shown.  We assume his intention was to appropriate a boat and row across to neutral territory.  But he was seen by secret police and forced to hide.  Shortly thereafter he was discovered and killed resisting capture.  However, in that brief period of time before being discovered, he managed to hide the reel so ingeniously that the secret police, with every resource at their disposal, have still not been able to find it, despite the limited area they have to search.  Other, unfriendly nations also have agents working in the area.  Your mission, Mr. Briggs, should you decide to accept it , would be to find the reel and bring it out of the country.  As always, should you or any of the IM Force be caught or killed, the secretary would disavow any knowledge of your actions.  This recording will decompose in sixty seconds after the breaking of the seal.  Good luck, Dan.


Original Airdate: 11/12/66

Written by: Ellis Marcus

Produced by: Joseph Gantman

Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski

Guest Stars:
Richard Devon as Inspector Gulick
Warren Vanders as Holbeck
Michael Shea as Pieter Stakovar
Curt Lowens as Lt. Daglieri
Eric Lord as Concessionaire
Lynn Wood as Mrs. Stakovar
Todd Martin as Mr. Stakovar