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The Empty Hours

Episode Number: 9    Season Num: 1    First Aired: November 20, 1961    Prod Code: 22697
Josie Thompson hopes to benefit financially by assuming the identity of her deceased friend. She's unaware that she's placing herself in deadly danger. It appears as though there's a hit man on the friend's trail.

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Writer: Evan Hunter, Richard Collins
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Star: Norman Fell (Det. Meyer Meyer),  Gregory Walcott (Det. Roger Havilland),  Robert Lansing (Det. Steve Carella),  Ron Harper (Det. Bert Kling)
Guest Star: William Schallert (Eric Blough),  Frances Robinson (Mrs. Miller),  John Zaremba (Anderson),  Pitt Herbert (Mr. Paul),  Malcolm Atterbury (Police Chief),  Hank Patterson (Cy),  Gail Bonney (Mrs. Courtney),  Lewis Charles (Bradvek),  Hank Brandt (George),  Stanley Adams (Howard Oblinsky),  Pat Crowley (Josie Thompson),  Tom Fadden (Sidney Courtney),  Grandon Rhodes (McClintock)

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This episode is based upon the Ed McBain novel of the same name and actually aired before the novel itself was published. (edit)
William Schallert, cast against type in this episode, would later go onto appear as Martin Lane in The Patty Duke Show. (edit)
Patricia Crowley would later star in the NBC sitcom Please Don't Eat the Daisies. (edit)

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Josie: I don't have any excuses for what I did.
Carella: We see a lot worse. (edit)
Carella (to Josie): No one shoots holes in a canoe for practice. (edit)
Kling: Why don't you find a girl who can type like I did.
Havilland: Type! Mine can't even read. (edit)
Josie (to George): Now that I've had a taste of money I'm starved for it. (edit)
Kling: We'd certainly try and find you, Mrs. Miller. (edit)

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