This is more Sam Spade than Sam Beckett who has leaped into the body of private eye Nick Allen. He just happens to be a man with Bogart's face.
His partner Phil is found dead and Nick is initially in the frame for his murder. Nick's widow is beautiful femme fatale Allison Grimsley (Claudia Christian) who Phil has the hots for.
Al gives Sam the bad news. Nick is next in line for the drop and Allison is the likely culprit. Sam finds this hard to believe.
The episode plays out like a cheap detective novel as well as a Bogart pastiche. There is a lot of fun to be had by Sam being mistaken for Bogart including by a young Woody Allen.
Despite Nick's life being in peril it was somehow a low thrill episode. I could not understand why Sam would want to upset Al because of his suspicions about Allison.
His partner Phil is found dead and Nick is initially in the frame for his murder. Nick's widow is beautiful femme fatale Allison Grimsley (Claudia Christian) who Phil has the hots for.
Al gives Sam the bad news. Nick is next in line for the drop and Allison is the likely culprit. Sam finds this hard to believe.
The episode plays out like a cheap detective novel as well as a Bogart pastiche. There is a lot of fun to be had by Sam being mistaken for Bogart including by a young Woody Allen.
Despite Nick's life being in peril it was somehow a low thrill episode. I could not understand why Sam would want to upset Al because of his suspicions about Allison.