Kojak (TV Series) Loser Takes All (1974) User Reviews

Not The Leslie Nielsen Character You Might Know!

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 2 February 2012]

Like a number of actors (i.e. Raymond Burr, Abe Vigoda, Humphrey Bogart, etc.) who turned to play "good guys" or comedians, Leslie Nielsen played some rough characters, killers with no sense of humor.

He plays one in this episode, and is fascinating to watch. It's just kinda of strange to see Neilsen play this rough a character but his performance as "Michael Hagar" gives a real edge to this episode (as if "Theo Kojak" didn't produce an "edge" with every story!).

The story involves both a heist (of diamonds) and a murder plot with a nasty lady played by Ja'net DuBois.

As we see, the two crimes are connected and Kojak and his crew have to solve this.

Kojak wounded in the line of duty

[bkoganbing · 6/10 · 28 December 2020]

Some good guest tars takeover this episode of Kojak. Telly Savalas has to get shot during the episode to get some attention.

Leslie Nielsen is having an affair with Janet Dubois and kills her husband when the husband finds out about Nielsen's plans to heist the merchandise a diamond courier is carrying. Trying to foil that is when Savalas is wounded in the line of duty.

Nielsen is a dangerous opponent and no fool except in one matter which leads to his downfall,

Antonio Fargas road tests his Huggy Bear character from Starsky&Hutch when he plays an informant that Savalas and Roger Robinson make good use of and he them.