Crime · United States of America · 1960 · 49m

The Fatal Impulse

Director

Cast

Boris Karloff as Self Robert Lansing as Lieutenant Brian Rome Whitney Blake as Jane Kimball Conrad Nagel as Mayor Walker Wylie Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Snyder Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Elser

Crew

Richard Belding — Editor Philip MacDonald — Writer John D. MacDonald — Novel Maxwell Shane — Producer

Tagline

Somewhere in Manhattan a lady has a bomb in her purse, and doesn't know it. Even Mary Tyler Moore isn't safe!

Synopsis

A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a woman in an elevator. The police spend the evening looking for the mystery girl and the bomb. Originally aired November 29, 1960, in the "Thriller" series, Season 1, Episode 11.

Key Collaborators

Gerald Mayer Director Richard Belding Editor Philip MacDonald Writer John D. MacDonald Novel Maxwell Shane Producer

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