Mannix (TV Series)

The Other Game in Town (1970)

Martine Beswick: Eve Brady

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• Joe Mannix : [Mrs. Brady has told him that she feels that her husband is still alive]  I know how you feel Mrs. Brady, but...

  Eve Brady : No. No, it's true. Victor is alive.

  Joe Mannix : But you just came from his memorial services.

  Eve Brady : I had to go through with the services. In fact, Victor insisted on it. Oh, yes, Victor is very much alive. I talked to him on the phone this morning. I picked up the phone, and it was Victor. And he said... "Hi, Eve, baby. Nice day for a funeral." Then he said, "I think somebody is trying to kill me."

  Joe Mannix : Did he say what happened?

  Eve Brady : I asked him. He just laughed... and said old Navy pilots never die, they just swim away.

  Joe Mannix : Did he say why he didn't want you to call the police?

  Eve Brady : How did you know?

  Joe Mannix : I'm here. The police aren't.

  Eve Brady : He said he was in a spot.

  Joe Mannix : Which means exactly how much, in round figures?

  Eve Brady : Nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

  Chris Allison : I warned him about those dice tables.

  Joe Mannix : Mrs. Brady, your husband's in "Who's Who" of the electronic business. Couldn't he somehow have put together a quarter of a million dollars in a pinch?

  Eve Brady : There were too many pinches lately, too close together. He lost two big contracts in three months. He couldn't raise that kind of money. Or any kind of money.

  Joe Mannix : Mr. Allison, how well did you know Mr. Brady?

  Chris Allison : I flew with him years ago. The Navy.

  Joe Mannix : Good pilot?

  Chris Allison : Victor could fly a barn door through a hurricane by its hinges.

  Joe Mannix : What about his plane?

  Chris Allison : He kept it at my place in Las Vegas. I serviced it from time to time. As a matter of fact, I gassed it up and rubbed it down a couple of hours before he took off.

  Joe Mannix : Could anyone have gotten to it?

  Chris Allison : I suppose so. Sometimes kids hang around.

  Joe Mannix : I'm not talking about kid stuff.

  Eve Brady : Then you do think somebody tried to kill him?

  Joe Mannix : He thinks so.