Cain's Hundred (1962)

As recounted in our post for the 1961 episodes of Cain's Hundred, the series appeared to be written off by critics early in its life as an Untouchables knock-off due to its mob-fighting crusader premise and its lineage as another creation of executive producer Paul Monash. But according to an interview with Robert Culp currently posted on the Archive of American Television web site (emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/cains-hundred), Monash considered the show's failure to win over viewers to be the fault of lead actor Peter Mark Richman. Culp recalls being hired to play an ambitious transportation company V.P. in the show's first 1962 episode "The Plush Jungle: Benjamin Riker" (January 2, 1962) and while still filming this episode he came up with the idea for the episode "The Swinger" (April 3, 1962), which he would write and star in toward the end of the series' run. After delivering an early draft of the teleplay to Monash, Culp insisted that he could continue reworking it to give Richman's character a larger role in the action, but Monash told him not to bother, that it was fine as it is, and intimated that he considered Richman's performance to be the reason for the show's failure. Other episodes that aired in 1962 exhibit a similar pattern in relegating the character of Nicholas Cain to a peripheral role in the plot's action. The Robert Altman-directed episode "The Left Side of Canada" (May 1, 1962) likewise leaves Cain with very little screen time, showing up in an early bar scene where unwitting mob accomplice Howard Douglas tries to convince him that the business he runs with known criminal John Maychin is legitimate, and then after the episode's primary action has happened he resurfaces to try to get lounge singer Jeanette to tell what she knows about Maychin. She refuses to talk, however, until her boyfriend and Maychin's nephew turns up dead. It's true that Richman's portrayal of Cain is a bit on the rigid side, but it's not entirely clear what else Monash objected to in his performance. His character's shortcomings are at least partly due to scripts that have him delivering sermons to accomplices who fail to see the world in black-and-white terms and his being hamstrung by legal requirements to produce evidence that will convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Like Monash and his Untouchables past, Cain entered the crime drama arena with two strikes against him.

It's also clear that when the series failed to produce the desired ratings, Monash doubled down on his Untouchables pedigree rather than trying to distinguish the newer series from the older. In 1962 the series brought in two of The Untouchables biggest crime figures to serve as guest stars, with Bruce Gordon, who played mobster Frank Nitti in 28 episodes of The Untouchables over its 4-year run, hired to play a Las Vegas club owner in the aforementioned Cain's Hundred episode "The Swinger," and Neville Brand, who famously played Al Capone in the two-part Untouchables pilot and then reprised the role in another two-part 1961 episode "The Big Train," brought on to play smut peddler Milton Bonner in "The Debasers: Milton Bonner and Phillip Colerane" (January 16, 1962). Beginning with the March 6, 1962 episode "The New Order: Peter Long," the producers also tried to spice up the opening lead by having the theme score reworked and beginning each episode with clips of the guest stars, exactly as was then being done on The Untouchables. Two episodes later, they dropped the name of the primary villain from the title, essentially undercutting the original premise of the series. The producers may have correctly decided that including character names in the titles was not a draw since they were fictional, unlike on The Untouchables, but other successful programs like Wagon Train didn't seem to suffer from having their titles based on fictional characters.

In any case, all the tinkering didn't save the series, which is a shame because while not every episode was a gem, the best of the lot rank as highly as any other dramas being produced at that time. Many still have considerable resonance today. "Inside Track" (April 10, 1962) offers a surprisingly realistic and even cynical view of back-room politics. The plot is set in motion when race horse owner Charles Dennis decides to build his own race track after one of his horses is intentionally sabotaged in a race it was about to win. The lobbyist for crooked race track owner Ben Kilrea offers the horse's owner an opportunity to partner with his boss in a mutually profitable enterprise but is rebuffed. The two rivals then do battle through the state legislature as Dennis seeks to have his new race track approved for construction. The wining and dining of state representatives by both sides' lobbyists, the offer of company stock under the table to the committee chairman, and the threat of blackmail against another representative with a skeleton in her closet do not seem far-fetched at all. But perhaps most piercing is the discussion between Cain and Kilrea's lobbyist Dan Mullin in which the latter lays out the realities of the political world--lobbyists write the laws because the elected representatives are untrained to do so and the voters are too indifferent to care.

The political system is also the backdrop in "Blood Money: Dave Malloy" (February 13, 1962) where the 30-year incumbent District Attorney Tully Johnson is being challenged by young reform candidate Jay Adams, who promises to clean up the city's vice, controlled by casino owner Dave Malloy. Except the choice is not so clear-cut: while Johnson has been on Malloy's payroll for decades, Adams is vying to take over not just the office but the payoffs as well, unbeknownst to his lily white campaign manager Sam Palmer. Malloy sees Adams as a promising young star who could rise to higher, statewide office, giving him a bigger field for his operations, but the savvy Johnson has learned a thing or two in his years in office and threatens to expose the upstart Adams and the man who is really backing him. The back-and-forth maneuvering in this political triangle eschews the usual good vs. evil melodrama that passes for political suspense on television. And Ed Begley, Sr. gives a sterling performance as the wily and still potent D.A.

The hypocrisy of so-called amateur college athletics is exposed in "A Creature Lurks in Ambush" (April 17, 1962) when sports fixer Vincent Pavanne needs some leverage to force his estranged nephew Rick Carter to return to St. Louis after promising his dying mobster brother that he would bring the boy back for one last visit. Rick's best friend Alec Benden is their university's star basketball player, so when all of Vincent's appeals to Rick's sense of family fail to get him to make the trip to see his father, Vincent tries to get Alec to shave 5 points during his team's next game to show Rick that his belief in black-and-white right and wrong is a fantasy. When he meets with Alec, Vincent makes the case that even though he is supposed to be an amateur, he is receiving room and board, free tuition, and a nominal yardwork job that pays him much more than what it is worth, essentially making him a professional ball player, just one who works for cheap wages considering how much money the university makes off him, allowing it to build a brand new million dollar gym. Vincent's argument makes a lot of sense, and even though Alec ultimately does the right thing, though Rick at first thinks otherwise, the falsehood of amateur college athletics has been exposed.

And finally the one episode that bears an uncanny resemblance to current events is "The Manipulator: Raymond Cruz" (January 30, 1962). It tells the story of a real estate "investor" who bankrolls a Neo-Nazi proselytizer to stir up unrest in a poor neighborhood to prompt the state legislature to condemn the district's property so that Cruz can then swoop in and buy it on the cheap. Racism becomes the leverage Cruz exploits, with complicity from bribable politicians, to fatten his bank account, all under the guise of civic improvement. Sound familiar? When television viewers and historians laud classic series such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek for their bravery in tackling uncomfortable issues, they should also praise Cain's Hundred for the same bravery, or perhaps even greater bravery, because while the former series masked their treatment of sensitive topics behind the veil of science fiction or alternate realities, Cain's Hundred dealt with the same subjects bluntly out in the open. That bluntness, more than any shortcomings Peter Mark Richman may have had as a leading man, is why the series was and has been largely buried. Television viewers don't like a series that hits too close to home.

The Actors

For the biography of Peter Mark Richman, see the post for Cain's Hundred 1961.

Notable Guest Stars

Season 1, Episode 14, "The Plush Jungle: Benjamin Riker": John Larch (starred in The Wrecking Crew, Play Misty for Me, and Dirty Harry and wo played Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller on Arrest and Trial, Gerald Wilson on Dynasty, and Arlen & Atticus Ward on Dallas) plays convicted felon Benjamin Riker. Harry Dean Stanton (appeared in Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, Cool Hand Luke, Repo Man, Pretty in Pink, Alien, Paris, Texas and played Jake Walters on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) plays one of his hoods. Laurence Haddon (Mr. Brady on Dennis the Menace, Ed McCullough on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, the foreign editor on Lou Grant, Dr. Mitch Ackerman on Knots Landing, and Franklin Horner on Dallas) plays another of his hoods. Dan Seymour (Ferrari on Casablanca) plays a member of his board of directors Milano. Larry Gates (starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Some Came Running, and The Young Savages and played H.B. Lewis on Guiding Light) plays Amalgamated Transportation president Zales Yoder. Kathryn Givney (appeared in My Friend Irma, A Place in the Sun, Three Coins in the Fountain, Daddy Long Legs, and Guys and Dolls and played Grandma Collins on My Three Sons) plays his wife. Robert Culp (shown on the left, starred in Sunday in New York, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and Breaking Point and played Hoby Gilman on Trackdown, Kelly Robinson on I Spy, Bill Maxwell on The Greatest American Hero, and Warren on Everybody Loves Raymond) plays his son Kurt. Vaughn Taylor (starred in Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho, and In Cold Blood and played Ernest P. Duckweather on Johnny Jupiter) plays Amalgamated's biggest client Harry Marstow. Sheila Bromley (Ethel Weiss on Hank) plays Marstow's wife Helen. Byron Morrow (Capt. Keith Gregory on The New Breed and Pearce Newberry on Executive Suite) plays Amalgamated board member Meyers. Tyler McVey (Gen. Maj. Norgath on Men Into Space) plays Amalgamated board member Eaton. 

Season 1, Episode 15, "Take a Number: Jack Garsell": Martin Balsam  (shown on the right, starred in 12 Angry Men, Psycho, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Catch-22 and played Dr. Milton Orliff on Dr. Kildare and Murray Klein on Archie Bunker's Place) plays numbers runner Jack Garsell. Sandy Kenyon (Des Smith on Crunch and Des, Shep Baggott on The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, and Reverend Kathrun on Knots Landing) plays his hit-man Waldo. Ron Foster (Officer Garvey on Highway Patrol) plays another hit-man Tom Brannon. Frank McHugh (appeared in The Front Page, The Crowd Roars, One Way Passage, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Going My Way, and State Fair and played Willis Walter on The Bing Crosby Show) plays bag man Wilbur Morton. Ross Elliott (Freddie the director on The Jack Benny Program and Sheriff Abbott on The Virginian) plays police Lt. Spencer. Alex Cord (Jack Kiley on W.E.B., Mike Holland on Cassie & Co., and Michael Coldsmith Briggs III on Airwolf) plays new operator Larry Rome. Harlan Warde (John Hamilton on The Rifleman and Sheriff John Brannan on The Virginian) plays federal D.A. Jerome Von. 

Season 1, Episode 16, "The Debasers: Milton Bonner and Phillip Colerane": Neville Brand (starred in D.O.A., The Mob, Stalag 17, Riot in Cell Block 11, and The Three Outlaws and played Al Capone on The Untouchables and Reese Bennett on Laredo) plays smut peddler Milton E. Bonner. Marsha Hunt (starred in Pride and Prejudice (1940), The Affairs of Martha, and Raw Deal and played Jennifer Peck on Peck's Bad Girl) plays his wife Gloria. Robert Vaughn (shown on the left, starred in Teenage Cave Man, The Magnificent Seven, The Towering Inferno, and Bullitt and played Capt. Ray Rambridge on The Lieutenant, Napoleon Solo on The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Harry Rule on The Protectors, Harlan Adams on Emerald Point N.A.S., Gen. Hunt Stockwell on The A-Team, and Albert Stroller on Hustle) plays P.R. mogul Phillip Colerane. Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp on Lawman and Phyllis Sloan on Peyton Place) plays his wife. Max Showalter (appeared in Niagra, The Music Man, Dangerous Crossing, Indestructible Man, The Monster That Challenged the World, and How to Murder Your Wife and played Gus Clyde on The Stockard Channing Show) plays his employee Grady Boyle. James Maloney (Jim on 21 Beacon Street) plays another employee Ken Lightner. John Marley (starred in Cat Ballou, Love Story, and The Godfather) plays police Lt. Gene Marcus. Marion Ross (Nora on Life With Father, Susan Green on The Gertrude Berg Show, Marion Cunningham on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi, Emily Heywod/Hayward on The Love Boat, Sophie Berger on Brooklyn Bridge, Beulah Carey on The Drew Carey Show, and the voice of Mrs. Lopart on Handy Manny) plays the wife of Bonner's shipping manager Laura Harding. Henry Corden (Carlo on The Count of Monte Cristo, and Babbitt on The Monkees and did voicework on The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, The Atom Ant Show, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and Return to the Planet of the Apes) plays delivery man Harry Upson. Bartlett Robinson (Frank Caldwell on Mona McCluskey) plays newspaper editor Foster Fallon.

Season 1, Episode 17, "The Schemer: William Norman": Paul Richards (appeared in Playgirl and Beneath the Planet of the Apes and played Louis Kassoff on The Lawless Years) plays mobster William Norman. Bert Freed (appeared in The Atomic City, The Cobweb, and Paths of Glory and played Rufe Ryker on Shane) plays syndicate watchman Dave Reed. Richard Kiley (appeared in Pickup on South Street, Blackboard Jungle, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Patch Adams and played Joe Gardner on A Year in the Life and Jason DeWitt on The Great Defender) plays small-town D.A. Doug Crawford. Joan Taylor (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Rifleman) plays his wife Nancy. Tom Greenway (Sheriff Jack Bronson on State Trooper) plays local Sheriff Clayton. Jack Hogan (shown on the right, starred in The Bonnie Parker Story, Paratroop Command, and The Cat Burglar and played Kirby on Combat!, Sgt. Jerry Miller on Adam-12, Chief Ranger Jack Moore on Sierra, and Judge Smithwood on Jake and the Fatman) plays local hustler Gil Grand. Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara on Batman) plays a bartender.

Season 1, Episode 18, "The Manipulator: Raymond Cruz": Jacques Aubuchon (starred in The Silver Chalice, The Big Boodle, and The Love God? and played Chief Urulu on McHale's Navy) plays real estate kingpin Raymond Cruz. H.M. Wynant (Frosty on Batman and Ed Chapman on Dallas) plays his henchman Joe Anneau. Fritz Weaver (starred in Fail-Safe, The Maltese Bippy, Marathon Man, and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and played Hugo Marick on All My Children) plays Neo-Nazi preacher Martin Weir. George Voskovec (appeared in The Iron Mistress, 12 Angry Men, BUtterfirld 8, and The Boston Strangler and played Petar Skagska on Skag and Fritz Brenner on Nero Wolfe) plays Holocaust survivor Willy Brower. Karl Held (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Perry Mason) plays his son Emil. Arlene Martel (shown on the left, played Tiger on Hogan's Heroes and Spock's Vulcan bride on Star Trek) plays their neighbor Anna Vargaray. Renata Vanni (appeared in Pay or Die!, A Patch of Blue, and Fatso and played Rose Brentano on That Girl) plays her mother. Sidney Blackmer (starred in Kismet (1930), Little Caesar, The Count of Monte Cristo, Heidi (1937), High Society, and Rosemary's Baby and played Dr. Morgan Granger on Ben Casey) plays state representative Joseph Callan. Charles Aidman (narrator on the 1985-87 version of The Twilight Zone) plays representative Mike Ballantine.

Season 1, Episode 19, "Murder by Proxy: Earl Klegg": Charles McGraw (appeared in The Killers, Blood on the Moon, The Narrow Margin, and Spartacus and played Mike Waring on The Adventures of Falcon) plays convicted felon Earl Klegg. Leonard Nimoy (shown on the right, played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, Paris on Mission: Impossible, and Dr. William Bell on Fringe) plays his hit-man Ralph Tomek. Lee Farr (Lt. Jim Conway on The Detectives and was married to actor Felicia Farr) plays state investigator Harvey Dakes. Noah Keen (Det. Lt. Carl Bone on Arrest and Trial) plays state prosecutor John Bernard. Fay Spain (starred in Dragstrip Girl, Al Capone, and The Gentle Rain) plays murder victim's fiance Enid Laslo. Gerald Hiken (cousin of Nat Hiken, appeared in Uncle Vanya, The Goddess, Invitation to a Gunfighter, and Reds, and played Katz the Butcher on Car 54 Where Are You?) plays trade association bookkeeper Vic Fell. Juanita Moore (starred in Ransom!, The Girl Can't Help It, Imitation of Life, and The Singing Nun) plays cleaning woman Beatrice George. Regis Toomey (starred in Alibi, Other Men's Women, The Finger Points, His Girl Friday, and The Big Sleep and played Joe Mulligan on The Mickey Rooney Show, Lt. Manny Waldo on Four Star Playhouse, Lt. McGough on Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Bill Cochran on Shannon, Det. Les Hart on Burke's Law, and Dr. Barton Stuart on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres) plays district Judge Thomas Otto. John Zaremba (Special Agent Jerry Dressler on I Led 3 Lives, Dr. Harold Jensen on Ben Casey, Admiral Hardesy on McHale's Navy, Dr. Raymond Swain on The Time Tunnel, and Dr, Harlem Danvers on Dallas) plays a prison warden.

Season 1, Episode 20, "Blood Money: Dave Malloy": Don Rickles (shown on the left, legendary comedian who appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo, Kelly's Heroes, voiced Mr. Potato Head in all the Toy Story movies, and played Don Robinson on The Don Rickles Show, Otto Sharkey on C.P.O. Sharkey, and Al Mitchell on Daddy Dearest) plays casino owner Dave Molloy. Ed Begley, Sr. (starred in Sorry, Wrong Number, The Great Gatsby (1949), Deadline U.S.A., The Turning Point, 12 Angry Men, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Hang 'Em High and played Mr. Koppel on Leave It to Larry) plays incumbent District Attorney Tully Johnson. Larry Blyden (Joe Sparton on Joe & Mabel and Harry Burns on Harry's Girls) plays challenger Jay Adams. Everett Sloane (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Dick Tracy Show) plays Adams' campaign manager Sam Palmer. Kathie Browne (Angie Dow on Hondo and was Darren McGavin's second wife) plays casino hostess Connie Agnew. Milton Selzer (Parker on Get Smart, Jake Winkelman on The Harvey Korman Show, Abe Werkfinder on The Famous Teddy Z, and Manny Henry on Valley of the Dolls) plays card dealer George Forbes. Alfred Shelly (Carney on The D.A.'s Man) plays a police deputy. 

Season 1, Episode 22, "The New Order: Peter Long": Simon Oakland (shown on the right, starred in Psycho, West Side Story, and Follow That Dream and played Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore on Black Sheep Squadron, and Sgt. Abrams on David Cassidy - Man Undercover) plays ex-con muscle man Walter Hayes. Chris Robinson (Sgt. Sandy Komansky on 12 O'Clock High, Rick Webber on General Hospital, and Jack Hamilton on The Bold and the Beautiful) plays his son Jack. Jesse White (appeared in Harvey, Bedtime for Bonzo, The Bad Seed, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,Mad World, and The Reluctant Astronaut and played Mickey Calhoun on Private Secretary, Jesse Leeds on Make Room for Daddy, and Oscar Pudney on The Ann Sothern Show) plays Walter's loan-shark partner Rudy. Lin McCarthy (starred in Yellowneck, The D.I., and Face of a Fugitive and played Bill Talbot on Modern Romances) plays Walter's replacement Peter Long. Jack Ging (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Tales of Wells Fargo) plays federal agent Steve Strohm. Norman Grabowski (appeared in Girls Town, College Confidential, Sex Kittens Go to College, Roustabout, The Monkey's Uncle, and The Towering Inferno and played Padowski on Hank) plays Jack's friend Milt Gray. Harry Swoger (Harry the bartender on The Big Valley) plays Walter's debtor Vulner. Anne Helm (Molly Pierce on Run for Your Life) plays his daughter Rita. Stephen Pearlman (Murray Zuckerman on Husbands, Wives & Lovers) plays bartender Eddy.

Season 1, Episode 23, "The Cost of Living: Howard Judlow": David White (shown on the left, played Larry Tate on Bewitched) plays crime kingpin Howard Judlow. Ed Nelson (Michael Rossi on Peyton Place and Ward Fuller on The Silent Force) plays his hit-man Pete Stull. Walter Slezak (starred in Lifeboat, The Pirate, The Inspector General, Bedtime for Bonzo, and Dr. Copelius and played The Clock King on Batman) plays bail bondsman Arnie Grote. Susan Oliver (Ann Howard on Peyton Place) plays his assistant Kitty Bester. John Anderson (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays D.A. Kenneth Drake. Ned Glass (MSgt. Andy Pendleton on The Phil Silvers Show, Sol Cooper on Julia, and Uncle Moe Plotnick on Bridget Loves Bernie) plays courthouse food kiosk clerk Eddie. 

Season 1, Episode 24, "Savage in Darkness": Harold J. Stone (John Kennedy on The Grand Jury, Hamilton Greeley on My World and Welcome to It, and Sam Steinberg on Bridget Loves Bernie) plays produce company owner Marty Emson. Barbara Eden (shown on the right, starred in Flaming Star, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Ride the Wild Surf, and Harper Valley P.T.A. and played Loco Jones on How to Marry a Millionaire, Jeannie on I Dream of Jeannie, Stella Johnson on Harper Valley P.T.A., Barbara McCray Gibbons on A Brand New Life, and Lee Ann De La Vega on Dallas) plays his daughter Terri. Telly Savalas (starred in Cape Fear, The Birdman of Alcatraz, The Dirty Dozen, and Kelly's Heroes and played Mr. Carver on Acapulco and Lt. Theo Kojak on Kojak) plays narcotics kingpin Harry Rennick. Terry Becker (Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) plays lounge owner Julius Lenke. Denver Pyle (Ben Thompson on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Grandpa Tarleton on Tammy, Briscoe Darling on The Andy Griffith Show, Buck Webb on The Doris Day Show, Mad Jack on The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard) plays police chief Amos Trask. 

Season 1, Episode 25, "The Swinger": Robert Culp (see "The Plush Jungle: Benjamin Riker" above) plays lounge singer Hank Shannon. Bruce Gordon (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Untouchables) plays Las Vegas club owner Marcus Jackson. Zina Bethune (Robin Lang on Guiding Light, Gail Lucas on The Doctors and the Nurses, and Barbara Sterling on Love of Life) plays his daughter Lucinda. George Macready (Martin Peyton on Peyton Place) plays syndicate organizer James Harrison. Sammy Davis, Jr. ("The Greatest Living Entertainer" starred in Porgy and Bess, Ocean's 11, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sweet Charity, The Cannonball Run, and Cannonball Run II) plays himself. Ric Marlow (wrote the lyrics to "A Taste of Honey") plays Harrison thug Pete. Cyril Delevanti (Lucious Coin on Jefferson Drum) plays Shannon's butler Simon. 

Season 1, Episode 26, "Inside Track": Kent Smith (starred in Cat People, This Land Is Mine, Hitler's Children, Curse of the Cat People, Nora Prentiss, The Spiral Staircase, and The Fountainhead and played Dr. Robert Morton on Peyton Place and Edgar Scoville on The Invaders) plays race horse breeder Charles Dennis. Lloyd Bochner (Chief Inspector Neil Campbell on Hong Kong and Cecil Colby on Dynasty) plays his lobbyist William Hillier. Bernard Fein (Pvt Gomez on The Phil Silvers Show) plays rival race track owner Ben Kilrea. David Janssen (shown on the right, starred in To Hell and Back, Hell to Eternity, King of the Roaring '20's, The Green Berets, and The Shoes of the Fisherman and played Richard Diamond on Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive, Jim O'Hara on O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, and Harry Orwell on Harry O) plays Kilrea lobbyist Dan Mullin. Bethel Leslie (appeared in 15 episodes of The Richard Boone Show and played Claudia Conner on All My Children and Ethel Crawford on One Life to Live) plays state representative Frances Olney. Robert F. Simon (Dave Tabak on Saints and Sinners, Gen. Alfred Terry on Custer, Frank Stephens on Bewitched, Uncle Everett McPherson on Nancy, Capt. Rudy Olsen on The Streets of San Francisco, and J. Jonah Jameson on The Amazing Spiderman) plays committee chairman Leonard Yates. George Kane (Link Morrison on Love of Life) plays committee member George Crawford. S. John Launer (Marshall Houts on The Court of Last Resort and the judge 33 times on Perry Mason) plays speaker of the house Goode.

Season 1, Episode 27, "A Creature Lurks in Ambush": Ricardo Montalban (starred in The Kissing Bandit, On an Island With You, The Singing Nun, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and played David Valerio on Executive Suite, Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, and Zach Powers on The Colbys) plays gambling fixer Vincent Pavanne. Ted de Corsia (Police Chief Hagedorn on Steve Canyon) plays his dying brother Ed. Robert Blake (played Mickey in over 30 Our Gang shorts and Little Beaver in 23 westerns, starred in Black Rose, Pork Chop Hill, The Purple Gang, In Cold Blood, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, and Electra Glide in Blue, and played Det. Tony Baretta on Baretta and Father Noah Rivers on Hell Town) plays Ed's son Rick Carter. Keir Dullea (shown on the left, starred in David and Lisa, The Thin Red Line, Bunny Lake Is Missing, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and De Sade and played Dr. Mark Jarrett on Guiding Light, Devon on The Starlost, and Dr. Steven Meye on The Path) plays Rick's best friend and star basketball player Alec Benden. Fredd Wayne (Sgt. Bill Hollis on Code 3) plays gambler Marty. James Gavin (Sheriff Frank Madden on The Big Valley) plays Alec's basketball coach.

Season 1, Episode 28, "Women of Silure": Jack Klugman (shown on the right, starred in 12 Angry Men, Days of Wine and Roses, and I Could Go on Singing and played Alan Harris on Harris Against the World, Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, Dr. Quincy, M.E. on Quincy, M.E., and Henry Willows on You Again?) plays deported mobster Mike Colonni. Madlyn Rhue (Marjorie Grant on Bracken's World, Angela Schwartz on Fame, and Hilary Mason/Madison on Executive Suite) plays his wife Margarita Safa. Perry Lopez (starred in Mister Roberts, Taras Bulba, Kelly's Heroes, and Chinatown and played Joaquin Castaneda on Zorro) plays Colonni employee Nico Berengeri. Penny Santon (Madame Fatime in Don't Call Me Charlie, Madam Delacort on Roll Out, Mama Rosa Novelli on Matt Houston, Muriel Lacey on Cagney and Lacey, and Teresa Giordano on Life Goes On) plays Nico's mother. Gavin MacLeod (starred in Operation Petticoat, The Sand Pebbles, and Kelly's Heroes and played Joseph Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on Mary Tyler Moore and Rhoda, and Capt. Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat) plays undercover French agent Jean Douvin.

Season 1, Episode 29, "The Left Side of Canada": Harry Guardino (starred in Houseboat, Pork Chop Hill, The Five Pennies, Hell Is for Heroes, Madigan, Dirty Harry, and The Enforcer and played Danny Taylor on The Reporter, Monty Nash on Monty Nash, and Hamilton Burger on The New Perry Mason) plays real estate kingpin John Maychin. Philip Abbott (starred in Sweet Bird of Youth and played Arthur Ward on The F.B.I., Dr. Alex Baker on General Hospital, and Grant Stevens on The Young and the Restless) plays his business partner Howard Douglas. Geraldine Brooks (Lou Carson on Faraday and Company and Angela Dumpling on The Dumplings) plays Howard's wife Joanna. Douglas Lambert (Walter Schiff on Inside Story) plays their son Johnny. Beverly Garland (shown on the left, played Casey Jones on Decoy, Ellis Collins on The Bing Crosby Show, Barbara Harper Douglas on My Three Sons, Dorothy "Dotty" West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Ellen Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Ginger on 7th Heaven) plays lounge singer Jeanette. Bruce Dern (starred in The Wild Angels, Hang 'Em High, Support Your Local Sheriff!, Silent Running, Coming Home, and Nebraska and played E.J. Stocker on Stoney Burke and Frank Harlow on Big Love) plays Maychin's nephew Eddie Light. Ted Knight (Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, Roger Dennis on The Ted Knight Show, and Henry Rush on Too Close for Comfort) plays a detective. Queenie Leonard (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Hazel) plays Maychin's maid.

Season 1, Episode 30, "Quick Brown Fox": Alex Nicol (starred in The Redhead From Wyoming, Heat Wave, and The Man From Laramie and played Van Lorn on The Law) plays star newspaper reporter Peter Fleming. Pat Crowley (Joan Nash on Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Georgia Cameron on Joe Forrester, Emily Fallmont on Dynasty, and Natalie DeWitt on The Bold and the Beautiful) plays homemaker columnist Holly Baker. Majel Barrett (Nurse Christine Chapel on Star Trek, was the voice of the computer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, and played Julianne Belman on Earth: The Final Conflict) plays her typist Grace Newberg. Hugh Sanders (starred in That's My Boy, The Pride of St. Louis, The Winning Team, and The Wild One) plays newspaper editor Roger Hove. Edward Binns (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1961 post on Brenner) plays police Captain Lemoyne.

Cain's Hundred (1961)

If actors can be typecast after playing a single iconic role, such as Adam West's Batman or Fred Gwynne's Herman Munster, creator and executive producer Paul Monash appears to have suffered the same fate with Cain's Hundred after writing the two-part episode of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that served as the pilot for The Untouchables. As Jon Burlingame recounts in the liner notes for Film Score Monthly's CD release of the Cain's Hundred soundtrack, critics immediately wrote off Monash's 1961-62 crime drama as an Untouchables knock-off, even though Cain's Hundred was set in present times and revolved around a fictional former mob lawyer gone straight rather than a real-life crusading G-man. But the similarities were hard to ignore: each week the untouchable Nicholas Cain almost single-handedly and doggedly brought down a crime syndicate kingpin, just like Elliot Ness. Cain had a more developed backstory: after deciding he wanted out of the mob world, his fiance is mistakenly gunned down by an incompetent hit-man who was supposed to eliminate him, thereby initiating his vengeful mission to take down the top 100 figures in organized crime. Cain also works almost entirely alone, occasionally paired with a nominal police lieutenant or federal attorney, once even having to expose a dirty cop in addition to capturing his criminal prey ("The Penitent: Louis Strode," October 31, 1961); he has no team of untouchables providing additional eyes, ears, and muscle as does Ness, which makes his singular take-downs of mob bosses all the more remarkable and unbelievable. But the tone and narrative drive both have the similar feel of the more successful Untouchables. Though Cain is a lawyer by training, he uses those skills only in the second part of the two-episode opener "Rules of Evidence: George Vincent" (September 26, 1961) to interrogate the mob leader who tried to eliminate him and instead caused his fiance's death. The mob activities he tries to break up sometimes hail back to the Prohibition Era: The series' third episode, "Blue Water, White Beach: Edward Hoagley" (October 3, 1961), profiles a present-day bootlegger whose roots go back to the 1930s and who even drives a 1930s automobile. Monash obviously sought to cash in on the current fad of jazz age dramas that he helped create, which was led by The Untouchables but also included The Roaring 20's and The Lawless Years, but in the end that may have proved Cain's undoing.

Besides the shadow of The Untouchables, the series had internal inconsistencies and a problem with suspension of disbelief, like why Cain can walk into a small town run by a criminal nightclub owner, start digging around in the owner's business, and not disappear permanently. The series wants us to believe that a high-profile investigator with federal connections would inspire enough fear of a full-scale federal intrusion to keep the criminals off his back, but in a real world where people like John Gotti or former Pennsylvania district attorney Ray Gricar can disappear and never be found, such a situation seems highly unlikely. As for inconsistencies, the series sets up its title in the two-episode opener in which Cain vows to take down the top 100 figures in organized crime, but several of the characters from that story, who are portrayed as equals to George Vincent, are never pursued in subsequent episodes. Granted, the series was canceled after 30 episodes, far short of the promised 100 villains, but the failure to follow up on loose threads from the pilot only reinforces the artificiality of the series' premise.

Burlingame's CD liner notes also suggest that part of Cain's downfall was getting swept up in the rising outcry against excessive violence on television, particularly, again, on The Untouchables. But while plenty of authority figures ranted  against killings on screen, the public never really heeded such rejections of humans' penchant for violence. Perhaps more cogent is the way Cain's Hundred painted a world in which corruption infiltrated just about every corner of the civilized world--boxing ("Comeback: Tom Larch," November 7, 1961), the garment industry ("Final Judgment: Alexander Marish," December 19, 1961), grocery produce ("Markdown on a Man: Lenny Bircher," October 10, 1961), loading docks ("Dead Load: Dave Braddock," November 21, 1961), costume jewelry ("Five for One: James Condon," December 5, 1961), and even the judiciary ("In the Balance: Philip Hallson," November 28, 1961). The criminal justice system in which the reformed Nicholas Cain operates is rife with judges, lawyers, and cops on the take--besides the revered Judge Philip Hallson and Cain's dirty partner Lt. Martin Cahurn alluded to above, we find small-town sheriffs particularly susceptible to bribery and extortion in "Degrees of Guilt: Frank Andreotis" (October 17, 1961), "King of the Mountain: Herman Coombs" (October 24, 1961), and "The Fixer: Ray Riley" (December 12, 1961). Though we frequently see someone gone bad regret their decision, change sides, and help Cain bring down a kingpin--former drug lord Louis Strode is finally forced to face his culpability in his son's death and get back in the game in order to bring down his former network partners, ultimately paying for it with his life, as does former good-time girl and addict Bunny in "Degrees of Guilt"--the cost is high and one wonders if someone else equally corrupt or worse will step in and fill the void. In any case, Cain's Hundred paints a bleak portrait of society's underworld that most of us prefer not to be made aware of.

Still, for all its short-comings Cain's Hundred was a well-written and acted crime drama that probably deserved a better fate, or at least the opportunity to run its course. The performance in "Markdown on a Man: Lenny Bircher" by Phyllis Love as the conflicted daughter of produce seller Vincent Orlatti and girlfriend of mob enforcer Herbert Lorgan shows the potential the series bore in presenting nuanced, complicated decisions real people face in their everyday lives. Pat Hingle likewise gives a sterling turn as the small-town, good-old-boy sheriff who sees the chance of a lifetime in going into business with the mob to finance his one shot at the good life in "The Fixer: Ray Riley," failing to realize that doing so will alienate the most important person in his life--his wife Katie. Such moral dilemmas were the series' strongest asset, as good as anything turned out in the more highly regarded Stirling Silliphant series Naked City and Route 66, but the show ultimately failed to triumph in the court of public opinion or the boardroom of NBC. Unlike on the series itself, the good guys don't always win.

The main theme and score for several early episodes were composed by Jerry Goldsmith, who was profiled in the 1961 post on Dr. Kildare.

All but one of the series' 30 episodes are currently streaming on Warner Archive.

The Actors

Peter Mark Richman

Marvin Jack Richman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a painting and paper-hanging contractor. After starring as the captain and fullback of his city-champion high school football team, he served in the U.S. Navy in 1945-46 and played semi-pro football in the Eastern Pro Conference in 1946-47 until a knee injury ended his athletic career. He then attended what is now The University of the Sciences and graduated with a pharmacy degree in 1951, but during his school years he became interested in acting, making his first appearance on the stage with the Philadelphia Experimental Theater in 1949. After graduation, he ran a drugstore in Rosemont, Pennsylvania and appeared in over a dozen productions at the Grove Theatre in Nuongola, PA. Later in 1952 he moved to New York, where he also was licensed as a pharmacist, and studied acting under Lee Strasberg from 1952-54, eventually becoming a member of the Actors Studio. His first New York theatrical role was in an Actors Studio production of Calder Willingham's End as a Man in 1953, where he met his wife, Helen Theodora Landess, also an actor. That same year he landed his first television role playing a young police officer in an episode of Suspense. Additional roles over the next few years on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, and the series Justice eventually caught the eye of William Wyler, who cast him opposite Phyllis Love in his feature film Friendly Persuasion in support of Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire. In 1957 he appeared in the film adaption of End as a Man, retitled The Strange One, starring Ben Gazzara. His work on television drama anthologies picked up, too, and in 1958 he was billed third in The Black Orchid behind Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. By 1959 he was also getting guest spots on LA-based TV series such as Rawhide, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Hotel de Paree. Once he was cast in the lead role on Cain's Hundred in 1961, he made the move to Hollywood.

Though his signature series lasted only a single season, its quick demise didn't harm his ability to find work on TV series from then on. The remainder of the 1960s was filled with credits on series such as Ben Casey, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Man From U.N.C.L.E., and The Wild Wild West, to name but a few.  He also found time for occasional feature film work and remained active in live theater. In 1971 he added Peter to his established name Mark Richman as part of his devotion to the Subud spiritual movement. He also landed his second recurring TV role as Duke Paige on the Stirling Silliphant-created Longstreet, which also lasted only a single season. But regular TV guest spots continued for the rest of the 1970s on The F.B.I., Police Story, and Mission: Impossible, as well as a few appearances as Suzanne Sommers' father on Three's Company. In the 1980s he forayed into primetime soaps playing Andrew Laird in 27 episodes of Dynasty and C.C. Capwell on 28 episodes of Santa Barbara. The 1980s were also fruitful in terms of voicework, as he voiced The Phantom and Kit Walker in Defenders of the Earth. Thereafter the number of roles declined slightly, though he did land a supporting role in the 1989 slasher feature Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and appeared 4 times as Lawrence Carson on Beverly Hills 90210 in 1993-94. Other than The Final Show, a short still in post-production at the end of 2016, his last credited role was in the 2011 feature film Mysteria whose cast also included Danny Glover and Martin Landau. Besides acting, Richman's other pursuits include impressionist painting and novel writing. Amongst his many awards are a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council and the Silver Medallion from The Motion Picture and Television Fund for humanitarian achievement.

Notable Guest Stars

Season 1, Episode 1, "Crime and Commitment: Part 1": Martin Gabel  (starred in The Thief, Marnie, and Lady in Cement) plays mob boss George Vincent. Carol Eve Rossen (Anna Kassoff on The Lawless Years) plays Cain's fiance Stella Caulfield. Philip Ober (appeared in From Here to Eternity, North by Northwest, and Elmer Gantry) plays mob boss Herman Hausner. Gavin MacLeod (starred in Operation Petticoat, The Sand Pebbles, and Kelly's Heroes and played Joseph Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on Mary Tyler Moore and Rhoda, and Capt. Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat) plays mob hit-man Harry Diener. Bruce Dern (shown on the left, starred in The Wild Angels, Hang 'Em High, Support Your Local Sheriff!, Silent Running, Coming Home, and Nebraska and played E.J. Stocker on Stoney Burke and Frank Harlow on Big Love) plays small-time thug Joe Krajac. Gloria Talbott (starred in The Cyclops, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, and I Married a Monster From Outer Space and played Moneta on Zorro) plays Krajac's brother's girlfriend Bobbie. Ted de Corsia (Police Chief Hagedorn on Steve Canyon) plays mob kingpin Chris Narleski. Robert Karnes (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Lawless Years) plays federal D.A. John Hurlie. Judson Pratt (Billy Kinkaid on Union Pacific) plays federal agent Leonard Mead. Catherine McLeod (Claire Larkin on Days of Our Lives) plays Cain's secretary Grace. Bern Hoffman (Sam the bartender on Bonanza) plays mob boss Lester Cook.

Season 1, Episode 2, "Rules of Evidence: George Vincent": Martin Gabel  (see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as mob boss George Vincent. Philip Ober (see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as mob boss Herman Hausner. Gavin MacLeod (shown on the right, see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as mob hit-man Harry Diener. Gloria Talbott (see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as mobster girlfriend Bobbie. Robert Karnes (see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as federal D.A. John Hurlie. Judson Pratt (see "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" above) returns as federal agent Leonard Mead. Henry Beckman (Commander Paul Richards on Flash Gordon, Mulligan on I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, George Anderson on Peyton Place, Colonel Harrigan on McHale's Navy, Capt. Roland Frances Clancey on Here Come the Brides, Pat Harwell on Funny Face, Harry Mark on Bronk, and Alf Scully on Check It Out) plays police Sgt. Kaline. Noah Keen (Det. Lt. Carl Bone on Arrest and Trial) plays fake lawyer Sidney Shallet.

Season 1, Episode 3, "Blue Water, White Beach: Edward Hoagley": Ed Begley (shown on the left, starred in Sorry, Wrong Number, The Great Gatsby (1949), Deadline U.S.A., The Turning Point, 12 Angry Men, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Hang 'Em High and played Mr. Koppel on Leave It to Larry) plays bootlegger Edward Hoagley. Jan Merlin (Roger Manning on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and Lt. Colin Kirby on The Rough Riders) plays his right-hand man Weaver. Lawrence Dobkin (Dutch Schultz on The Untouchables, the narrator on Naked City, Judge Saul Edelstein on L.A. Law, and Judge Stanely Pittman on Melrose Place) plays federal D.A. Dale Statesman. Robert Carricart (Pepe Cordoza on T.H.E. Cat) plays syndicate spokesman Bruno Keller. Carl Benton Reid (starred in The Little Foxes, In a Lonely Place, Lorna Doone, and The Left Hand of God and played The Man on Burke's Law) plays former governor John Stapleton. Patricia Medina (Margarita Cortazar on Zorro) plays his wife Jenny. John Bryant (Dr. Carl Spaulding on The Virginian) plays her fling Ronnie. Kevin Hagen (John Colton on Yancy Derringer, Inspector Dobbs Kobick on Land of the Giants, and Dr. Hiram Baker on Little House on the Prairie) plays hit-man Charlie Chinn.

Season 1, Episode 4, "Markdown on a Man: Lenny Bircher": John McGiver (shown on the right, appeared in Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Manchurian Candidate, The Glass Bottom Boat, Midnight Cowboy, The Apple Dumpling Gang and played J.R. Castle on The Patty Duke Show, Walter Burnley on Many Happy Returns, Barton J. Reed on Mr. Terrific, and Dr. Luther Quince on The Jimmy Stewart Show) plays produce kingpin Lenny Bircher. Michael Constantine (appeared in The Last Mile, The Hustler, The Reivers, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding and played Jack Ellenhorn on Hey, Landlord, Principal Seymour Kaufman on Room 222, Judge Matthew Sirota on Sirota's Court, and Gus on My Big Fat Greek Life) plays his hand-picked supervisor Herbert Lorgan. Eduardo Ciannelli (see the biography section for the 1960 post on Johnny Staccato) plays produce seller Vincent Orlatti. George Mitchell (Cal Bristol on Stoney Burke) plays his partner David Michaels. Ivan Dixon (starred in A Raisin in the Sun, Nothing But a Man, and A Patch of Blue and played Sgt. James Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes) plays produce worker Willie Williams. Adrienne Marden (Mary Breckenridge on The Waltons) plays policewoman Ann Gregory. Harold Gould (Bowman Chamberlain on The Long Hot Summer, Harry Danton on The Feather and Father Gang, Martin Morgenstern on Mary Tyler Moore and Rhoda, Jonah Foot on Foot in the Door, Ben Sprague on Spencer, and Miles Webber on The Golden Girls) plays Bircher's bookkeeper.

Season 1, Episode 5, "Frank Andreottis: Degrees of Guilt": David Brian (shown on the left, appeared in Flamingo Road, Intruder in the Dust, Million Dollar Mermaid, and The High and the Mighty and played D.A. Paul Garrett on Mr. District Attorney) plays small-town vice kingpin Frank Andreottis. Robert Foulk (Ed Davis on Father Knows Best, Sheriff Miller on Lassie, Joe Kingston on Wichita Town, Mr. Wheeler on Green Acres, and Phillip Toomey on The Rifleman) plays the chief of police. Eve McVeagh (starred in High Noon, The Glass Web, and Tight Spot and played Miss Hammond on Petticoat Junction) plays Andreottis employee Bunny. Leonard Stone (appeared in The Mugger, The Big Mouth, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Soylent Green and played Doc Joslyn on Camp Runamuck, Packy Moore on General Hospital, and Judge Paul Hansen on L.A. Law) plays federal agent Herm Levinson.

Season 1, Episode 6, "King of the Mountain: Herman Coombs": Edward Andrews (appeared in The Harder They Fall, Elmer Gantry, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Advise and Consent, and The Glass Bottom Boat and played Cmdr. Rogers Adrian on Broadside and Col. Fairburn on The Doris Day Show) plays Mountain County kingpin Herman Coombs. Barbara Baxley (starred in Countdown, Nashville, Norma Rae, and The Exorcist III) plays his wife Clara. Paul Birch (Erle Stanley Gardner on The Court of Last Resort, Mike Malone on Cannonball, and Capt. Carpenter on The Fugitive) plays Mountain County Sheriff Rainey. Robert Duvall (shown on the right, starred in To Kill a Mockingbird, Bullitt, True Grit, MASH, The Godfather, The Godfather -- Part II, The Eagle Has Landed, and Apocalypse Now and played Augustus McRae on Lonesome Dove) plays Deputy Tom Nugent. Milton Selzer (Parker on Get Smart, Jake Winkelman on The Harvey Korman Show, Abe Werkfinder on The Famous Teddy Z, and Manny Henry on Valley of the Dolls) plays Coombs business associate Lou Metzger. Jan Shepard (Nurse Betty on Dr. Christian) plays bar hostess Karen. 

Season 1, Episode 7, "The Penitent: Louis Strode": Herschel Bernardi (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1960 post on Peter Gunn) plays drug kingpin Louis Strode. Leo Penn (father of Sean, Chris, and Michael Penn, played Dr. David McMillan on Ben Casey, and had at least 87 directing credits including 19 episodes of Ben Casey, 11 episodes of Bonanza, 18 episodes of Marcus Welby, M.D., and 27 episodes of Matlock) plays his brother-in-law Larry Cram. Philip Bourneuf (appeared in Joan of Arc, Chamber of Horrors, and Pete 'n' Tillie and played Dr. Wickens on Dr. Kildare) plays Strode's lawyer Gilbert Caxley. Will Kuluva (Charlie Kingman on Primus) plays drug seller Benny Barber. Paul Lambert (Tom Dalessio on Executive Suite) plays drug distributor Al Coston. Al Ruscio (Paul Locatelli on Shannon, Sal Giordano on Life Goes On, and Frank Ruscio on Joe's Life) plays his hit-man Vic. Philip Abbott (starred in Sweet Bird of Youth and played Arthur Ward on The F.B.I., Dr. Alex Baker on General Hospital, and Grant Stevens on The Young and the Restless) plays police Lt. Martin Cahurn. Dabbs Greer (see the biography section for the 1960 post on Gunsmoke) plays stool pigeon Willie Beal. Donna Douglas (Barbara Simmons on Checkmate and Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies) plays showgirl Edie. Ted Knight (Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, Roger Dennis on The Ted Knight Show, and Henry Rush on Too Close for Comfort) plays narcotics agent Joe Bowen.

Season 1, Episode 8, "Comeback: Tom Larch": Clifton James (appeared in Experiment in Terror, Cool Hand Luke, Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun, and Eight Men Out and played Silas Jones on Lewis & Clark and Duke Carlisle on Dallas) plays boxing fixer Tom Larch. Paul Carr (Bill Horton on Days of Our Lives, Casey Clark on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Ted Prince on Dallas, and Martin Gentry on The Young and the Restless) plays promising boxer Eddie Novak. J. Pat O'Malley (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Frontier Circus) plays his manager Joe Hagen. Bernie Hamilton (shown on the right, played Capt. Harold Dobey on Starsky and Hutch) plays his trainer Willie Carter. Arch Johnson (starred in Somebody Up There Likes Me, G.I. Blues, and The Cheyenne Social Club and played Gus Honochek on The Asphalt Jungle and Cmdr. Wivenhoe on Camp Runamuck) plays former champion Al Heldon. Lew Gallo (Major Joseph Cobb on 12 O'Clock High and directed multiple episodes of That Girl, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Love American Style, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and The New Mike Hammer) plays Larch stooge Stuhler. Jean Carson (Rosemary on The Betty Hutton Show) plays a blonde in Larch's apartment. Carmen Phillips (Lily on The Lieutenant) plays a brunette in Larch's apartment. Norman Alden (Grundy on Not for Hire, Johnny Ringo on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Captain Horton on Rango, Tom Williams on My Three Sons, and Coach Leroy Fedders on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) plays boxer Fred Jackson.

Season 1, Episode 9, "Dead Load: Dave Braddock": Harold J. Stone (John Kennedy on The Grand Jury, Hamilton Greeley on My World and Welcome to It, and Sam Steinberg on Bridget Loves Bernie) plays longshoreman kingpin Dave Braddock. Jack Lord (shown on the near left, played Stoney Burke on Stoney Burke and Det. Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O) plays one of his supervisors Wilt Farrell. Charles Bronson (shown on the far left, starred in The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Valachi Papers, and four Death Wish movies and played Mike Kovac on Man With a Camera, Paul Moreno on Empire, and Linc Murdock on The Travels of Jamie McPheeters) plays loader Hank Conrad. Jacqueline Scott (starred in House of Women, Empire of the Ants, and Telefon and played Donna Kimble Taft on The Fugitive) plays Conrad's fiance Helen. Robert Stevenson (bartender Big Ed on Richard Drum and Marshal Hugh Strickland on Stagecoach West) plays organizer Tommy Jackson. Jack Perkins (Mr. Bender on The Good Guys) plays Braddock thug Bill. Howard Caine (Schaab on The Californians and Maj. Wolfgang Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes) plays trucking proprietor Tony Arnelo. Joe Higgins (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Rifleman) plays an unnamed loader.

Season 1, Episode 10, "In the Balance: Phillip Hallson": Alexander Scourby (starred in The Big Heat, The Silver Chalice, Giant, and The Shaggy Dog) plays respected judge Phillip Hallson. Myron McCormick (starred in No Time for Sergeants and The Hustler) plays his long-time friend Cy Faring. Ray Walston (shown on the right, starred in South Pacific, Damn Yankees!, The Apartment, Kiss Me, Stupid, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High and played Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian, Mr. Bottoms on Santa Barbara, Mr. Arnold Hand on Fast Times, and Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences) plays state's attorney Manny Rockham. Jack Kruschen (appeared in The War of the Worlds, The Apartment, Lover Come Back, and Freebie and the Bean and played Tully on Hong Kong, Sam Markowitz on Busting Loose, Papa Papadapolis on Webster, and Fred Avery on Material World) plays state accountant Bill Ziegler. Telly Savalas (starred in Cape Fear, The Birdman of Alcatraz, The Dirty Dozen, and Kelly's Heroes and played Mr. Carver on Acapulco and Lt. Theo Kojak on Kojak) plays indicted mobster Frank Meehan. David Lewis (Senator Ames on The Farmer's Daughter, Warden Crichton on Batman, and Edward L. Quartermaine on General Hospital) plays Meehan's go-between Martin Allard. James Flavin (Lt. Donovan on Man With a Camera and Robert Howard on The Roaring 20's) plays acquitted mobster Arnie Kellwin. Anne Seymour (appeared in All the King's Men, The Gift of Love, The Subterraneans, and Fitzwilly and played Lucia Garrett on Empire and Beatrice Hewitt on General Hospital) plays shady realtor Viola Ashlow. Amy Fields (Jean on The F.B.I.) plays witness Miss Serrano.

Season 1, Episode 11, "Five for One: James Condon": Robert Ellenstein (appeared in 3:10 to Yuma, Too Much Too Soon, and North by Northwest) plays jewelry smuggler James Condon. Ron Soble (Dirty Jim on The Monroes) plays his hit-man Charlie. Jim Backus (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Mr. Magoo Show) plays costume jewelry maker Karl Bigger. Ludwig Donath (appeared in The Strange Death of Adolph Hitler, Gilda, The Jolson Story, and Torn Curtain) plays his bookkeeper Hans Saltzman. Ian Wolfe (starred in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Magnificent Yankee, and Seven brides for Seven Brothers and played Hirsch the Butler on WKRP in Cincinnati and Wizard Traquil on Wizards and Warriors) plays jeweler Pop Parkson. Jerry Paris (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Untouchables) plays his salesman Harry White. Joanna Barnes (appeared in Auntie Mame, Tarzan, the Ape Man, Spartacus, The Parent Trap, and The War Wagon and played Lola on 21 Beacon Street and Katie O'Brien on The Trials of O'Brien) plays jewelry mule Carol Stedman. Dee J. Thompson (Agnes on Grindl) plays U.S. attorney Maggie Sommers.

Season 1, Episode 12, "The Fixer: Ray Riley": Henry Silva (starred in Johnny Cool, The Manchurian Candidate, Cinderfella, and Ocean's Eleven) plays mob vice manager Ray Riley. Pat Hingle (appeared in On the Waterfront, Splendor in the Grass, Hang 'Em High, Norma Rae, Sudden Impact, Batman(1989), Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and played Dr. Chapman on Gunsmoke and Chief Paulton on Stone) plays small-town sheriff Sam Cortner. Cloris Leachman (shown on the right, starred in The Last Picture Show, Charley and the Angel, Dillinger, and Young Frankenstein and played Ruth Martin on Lassie Rhoda Kirsh on Dr. Kildare, and Phyllis Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, and Phyllis) plays his wife Katie. Roger Mobley (Homer "Packy" Lambert on Fury) plays his son Cort. DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) plays one of his deputies Bob Tully. Berkeley Harris (Dr. Joe Werner on The Guiding Light and Phil Roberts on Texas) plays his other deputy John Lincoln. Dan Sheridan (see the biography section for the 1960 post on Lawman) plays Cortner's neighbor Mr. Webber.

Season 1, Episode 13, "Final Judgment: Alexander Marish": Paul Stewart (starred in Citizen Kane, Kiss Me Deadly, Twelve O'Clock High, Champion, and In Cold Blood and was the host of Deadline) plays garment industry extorter Alexander Marish. Sam Jaffe (shown on the left, starred in Lost Horizon, Gunga Din, The Asphalt Jungle, and Ben-Hur and played Dr. David Zorba on Ben Casey) plays garment maker Louis Speckter. Michael Dante (Crazy Horse on Custer) plays his son Danny. Norman Fell (see the biography section for the 1961 post on 87th Precinct) plays Marish's hit-man Frank Driscoll. Herbert Rudley (Sam Brennan on The Californians, Lt. Will Gentry on Michael Shayne, General Crone on Mona McCluskey, and Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law) plays syndicate spokesman Howard Arneg. Frank Maxwell (Duncan MacRoberts on Our Man Higgins and Col. Garraway on The Second Hundred Years) plays police Lt. Walter Trenson.