Richard Diamond was pre-Fugitive and is perhaps remembered most for his little seen secretary, other than her legs, played by Mary Tyler Moore. It went through many changes in four seasons, from NY to LA, from noir to sunny SoCal, and it hasn’t aged well based on the few I have seen. If you really like 77 Sunset Strip and it’s clones, you might like it more than me.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 4:33 amSo it looks like Janssen starred in 4 different TV shows. There was also RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE EYE and O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY. Have you (or anyone else here) seen either of those?Pahonu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 1:13 amGlad to hear you enjoyed!ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:11 pm I just watched "Mortal Sin" on YouTube. Very good episode! Directed by Paul Wendkos, who directed quite a few films (the underrated GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN being one of them) as well the Hawaii Five-O pilot "Cocoon"!
Good acting all around, including Laurence Luckinbill as the priest and Walter McGinn as the psycho. David Janssen was good too! An improvement over his sleep-walking Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE. Or maybe I'm just biased because I like 70s PI/cop shows and didn't care for whatever THE FUGITIVE was (drama? crime drama? both?). Still, Janssen's world-weariness serves him well as the PI with a somewhat sour or jaded disposition. Though I still prefer Garner's Rockford by leaps and bounds! He can be jaded and maybe somewhat sour too but he's just so much more fun watching. There's a sparkle there that I don't see in Janssen. I do like Janssen's voice-overs (and he seems to be a well-read man) but Magnum's voice-overs can't be beat. Or maybe I'm just more used to them.
The score by Billy Goldenberg (he scored everything in the 70s, including his stellar work on COLUMBO and DUEL) is very effective here. Atmospheric and creepy when needed. The man sure knew how to score suspense.
I look forward to checking out a few more episodes.
O’Hara was a straight laced, by the book show like Dragnet, and was indeed produced by Jack Webb. I saw the pilot several years ago and wasn’t overly impressed. I liked it better than Riches Diamond but have seen no other episodes.