Season 3 - originally broadcast
January 15, 1968
French: "Le penseur" (The Thinker)
Writer: Michael Zagor
Director: Christian Nyby
Suddenly afflicted with an eerie compulsion to take his own life, Scotty undergoes medical treatment that has him reliving his past.
Cast:
Henry Silva (Dr. Akvic), Mary Murphy (Cass), Denny Miller (Wally), Gail Bonney (secretary), Jim Pawler (desk sergeant), Carl Gottlieb (large man), Bill Henry (Colonel Shay), Bob Kline (guard), Ken Tobey (Russ)
Synopsis: Scotty's mysterious suicidal tendency and flashb
acks to `spy school' days.
Highlights/Comments: Dialogue and Scotty's recollections delightful - “Kell was a real square. Thought Miles Davis was a singer.” & “The guy was so clumsy.” But in Kelly's story, he remembers Scotty “He was slow, on the clumsy side.” When spy teacher says “He said he'd try to kill himself again,” Kelly responds “smack him in the mouth!”
Henry Silva
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