The Payoff

30min | Action, Crime, Drama | Episode aired 16 January 1958

Season 2 | Episode 3

The detective is looking for a man, unaware that he has been hired by a gang leader looking for the member who got away with the loot from a safe robbery.

Director:

Tom Gries

Writers:

Ellis Kadison (as Ellis Arnold Kadison), Coles Trapnell (story editor)

Stars:

David Janssen, Doris Dowling, Bartlett Robinson | See full cast & crew »

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Cast

Episode cast overview:
	David Janssen	...	Richard Diamond
	Doris Dowling	...	Marion Carl
	Bartlett Robinson	...	Otto Carl
	Peter Hansen	...	Frank Bonner
	Henry Corden	...	Turk Stell
	Bobby Jordan	...	Connie Thorpe (as Robert Jordan)
	Al Avalon	...	Eddie Bell
	Jay Adler	...	Herbie Wilkins
	Barbara Pepper	...	Mrs. Brody

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Storyline

The detective is looking for a man, unaware that he has been hired by a gang leader looking for the member who got away with the loot from a safe robbery.

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Plot Keywords:

safecracker | See All (1) »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Release Date:

16 January 1958 (USA) See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four Star Productions, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) See more »

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Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

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Trivia

The safe cracker that Richard Diamond is looking for is named Frank Bonner. Fourteen years later, David Janssen and the actor Frank Bonner would appear together in the TV movie Fer-de-Lance (1974). See more »

Quotes

Marion Carl: Tell me. Is it true what they say? Diamond's a girl's best friend?
Richard Diamond: Well that all depends. What did you have in mind?
Marion Carl: Nothing. Just filing away for future reference.
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