A card game with Brian Hamilton goes sour, leading Gene Bradley subsequently into a game of pure skill, Chess. The stakes are high when the betting begins and more than just Bradley have big money laying on this Chess match. Match day is rife with pressure and anxiety as Bradley and Brian wield their pawns.
Personal Synopsis
This may seem redundant, however this is another great episode, the third in a row. The Case of the Poisoned Pawn harkens back to the days of crime novellas, only now in a early 70’s theme with great scriptwriting. Even after only recently learning Chess myself, the chess idioms and clever word play were not lost on me and this gave the episode an air of an intellectual story plot building. The tail end of the episode does lose momentum yet I still finished watching this and enjoyed it.
Original Air-Date: 1973
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Written by Philip Broadley
Gene Bradley- Gene Barry
Mr. Parminter- Barry Morse
Brandon- Dennis Price
Lady Anne Benson- Dawn Addams
Nicky Asteri- Martin Benson
Grant- David Blagden
Secretary- Christine Donna
Julia Franklin- Jenny Hanley
Max- Max Latimer
Lord Franklin- Cyril Luckham
Bank Official- Michael Martin
Superintendent- Paul Williamson
Brian Hamilton- Stuart Wilson
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