When Mannix tries to find out what a disturbed little girl knows about her murdered doctor and $150,000 in stolen bonds, they both become marked for assassination.When Mannix tries to find out what a disturbed little girl knows about her murdered doctor and $150,000 in stolen bonds, they both become marked for assassination.When Mannix tries to find out what a disturbed little girl knows about her murdered doctor and $150,000 in stolen bonds, they both become marked for assassination.
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Gwen Van Dam
- Woman on Balcony
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Did you know
- TriviaActress Pamelyn Ferdin recently revealed that the scene where Dana threatens to jump caused a minor traffic accident along Los Feliz Boulevard and also drew a crowd of horrified onlookers unaware that a TV show was being filmed. Pamelyn was standing on a wobbly glass table, and her only protection was a production assistant holding her by the ankles. The scene violated Standards & Practices of the day, which prohibited the realistic portrayal of a minor in mortal peril, and CBS held up the episode until the footage could be reviewed. In the end, the network decided that the scene would be acceptable to the show's mature audience. Pamelyn says that the scene's inclusion gave her "the groundbreaking distinction of playing the first child staring down death on prime-time TV."
- GoofsYou can see crew holding Dana's ankles in the one scene near the end when she threatens to jump to avoid the "pirates".
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: Do you know why she has the idea she can fly?
Dr. Barbara Harley: Oh, yes, it's from Peter Pan. Her mother told her the story before she became withdrawn. Peter and Wendy and Captain Hook have become almost her whole world.
- ConnectionsReferences Peter Pan (1953)
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Brush up on your Peter Pan
A plot you could actually follow and a good performance by Pam Ferdin, who plays as a mentally disturbed child named Dana with a Peter Pan complex who floats in and out of reality and threatens to fly off balconies. She is being treated at a special school and is very close to her psychiatrist, who is about to donate a small fortune in bonds to the school. Dana overhears something she shouldn't about the bonds being stolen on the same day her doctor was murdered. Joe, working on behalf of the insurance company on this one, is assigned to investigate the whereabouts of the bonds. Proving he is catnip to kids as well as women, Joe instantly bonds with Dana, and he is convinced that her delusions about Captain Cook and the pirates contain strands of truth about what she saw and heard prior to the murder.
Ferdin had quite a few scenes and being an accomplished child actress was as self-possessed as any adult. The other costars seemed wooden in comparison and there is no mystery to solve in this one really. For those who like the action, there was a car chase along a windy road and the obligatory fight scene at the end. While it is watchable, as almost every episode is, it is nothing special. Other reviewers have commented on the real danger Ferdin was in during the balcony scene, and watching the episode makes you wonder who thought that was a good idea. In an ironic note - Connors' own daughter was named Dana and his son, now deceased, would be diagnosed with a mental illness a few years after this episode was filmed.
Ferdin had quite a few scenes and being an accomplished child actress was as self-possessed as any adult. The other costars seemed wooden in comparison and there is no mystery to solve in this one really. For those who like the action, there was a car chase along a windy road and the obligatory fight scene at the end. While it is watchable, as almost every episode is, it is nothing special. Other reviewers have commented on the real danger Ferdin was in during the balcony scene, and watching the episode makes you wonder who thought that was a good idea. In an ironic note - Connors' own daughter was named Dana and his son, now deceased, would be diagnosed with a mental illness a few years after this episode was filmed.
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- KatieBell230
- Mar 24, 2023
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- Los Feliz Towers, Los Feliz Boulevard and Hillhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior and balcony scenes of Dana's apartment)
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