Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. Blackmail evidence which will provide organized crime
with an unprecedented hold on high government officials has been engineered by this
ambitious man, Lou Merrick, who plans to turn it over to the Syndicate when they hold
their national convention here next week. Merrick's blackmail file is now being held
for safekeeping under close guard by Merrick's boss Jonas Stone, the aging local Syndicate
chief who has been grooming Merrick as his successor. Your mission, Jim, should you
decide to accept it, is to destroy Merrick and his blackmail file. As always, if you
or any of your IM Force should be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any
knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good
luck, Jim.
Original Airdate: 11/23/69
Teleplay by: Jerry Ludwig
Story by: Jerry Ludwig and
Richard Neil Morgan
Produced by: Stanley Kallis
Directed by: Georg Fenady
Guest Stars:
Donnelly Rhodes as Lou Merrick
Paul Stewart as Jonas Stone
William Bryant as Nicholson
Gerald Hiken as Thomas Galvin
Ben Wright as Dr. Irving Berman
Joel Lawrence as Carter
Lucas White as Flynn
Alice Reinheart as Nurse Larkin