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Give the Boys a Great Big Hand

Episode Number: 17    Season Num: 1    First Aired: January 15, 1962    Prod Code: 22705
A severed hand found in a dumpster leads the detectives to conclude that a murder has been committed and that the killer might be preparing to strike again.

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Writer: Evan Hunter, Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Don Weis
Star: Gregory Walcott (Det. Roger Havilland),  Ron Harper (Det. Bert Kling),  Robert Lansing (Det. Steve Carella),  Norman Fell (Det. Meyer Meyer)
Recurring Role: Dal McKennon (Dr. Blaney),  Dennis McCarthy (Richards)
Guest Star: Asa Maynor (Receptionist),  Michael Forest (Karl Andrade),  Roxanne Arlen (Taffy),  Lorna Thayer (Mrs. Livingston),  Theodore Marcuse (Captain Comer),  George N. Neise (Piat),  Suzi Carnell (Millie Andrade),  Barry Atwater (Charles Tudor)

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The culprit in this episode ranks as one of the slimiest in the series. (edit)
Gregory Walcott only appears in one scene at the beginning of the episode. (edit)
This episode is based upon the Ed McBain novel of the same name. (edit)

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Taffy: You're a little too short for me.
Meyer: I could wear stilts. (edit)
Havilland: You think she could handle a meat cleaver?
Kling: I don't know but any girl with legs like that can't be all bad. (edit)
Kling (about Mrs. Andrade): She doesn't look like the axe murder type to me.
Carella: Who does? If you could tell a murderer by looking we'd be outta business. (edit)
Kling (about Mrs. Livingston): Do you still feel the same way about mothers?
Carella: She's no mother.
Kling: What is she then?
Carella: Do I have to spell it? (edit)
Carella: Let's start with the mother.
Kling: Why the mother?
Carella: Because I'm sentimental. (edit)

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