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Burke's Law (1963)/Who Killed Supersleuth?
| Who Killed Supersleuth? | |
| Season 2, Episode 13 | |
| Airdate | December 16, 1964 |
| Production Number | 6115 |
| Written by | Lorenzo Semple, Jr. |
| Directed by | Lawrence Dobkin |
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| Burke's Law (1963) — Season Two | |
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Who Killed Supersleuth? is the thirteenth episode of the second season of Burke's Law, and the forty-fifth episode overall.
Special Guest Stars: Ed Begley (Bascule Doirot), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Commissar Ilona Buda), Thomas Gomez (Caligula Foxe), J. Carrol Naish (Mr. Toto), Carl Reiner (Chief Inspector House)
Guest Stars: Francine York (Nurse), Art Lewis (O'Hara), Bob Bice (Cop), Eve Brent (Waitress), Margareta Sullivan (Maria), Bebe Louie (Geisha Girl #1), Moko Mokusho (Geisha Girl #2), Eileen O'Neill (Sgt. Gloria Ames)
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Plot Overview
A United Nations of crimefighters--a Hungarian police chief, a Chief Inspector from Scotland Yard, an official of the French police, a Japanese detective and a world-renowned private investigator--are all suspects in the shooting death of Police Chief Gaynor, who was also part of their gathering. Les and Tim were present as security for the event, but they insist they saw no one leave the locked room where they were gathered, nor did they see anyone enter the Chief's room (and the lights did go out briefly around the time of the murder). Burke's willing to bet that the theft of Mr. Toto's valuable diamond, which also occurred around the time of the murder, has something to do with the solution to the case.
Notes
An extended sequence with the great Carl Reiner, playing a haughty Scotland Yard Inspector, is priceless, first in a scene with a hotel maid, where he offends her by making presumptions about her, her mother and her possible previous occupation, then with Burke, where he makes odd assumptions about the murder that makes Burke think he's full of it...until he points out that the deceased Chief may have been high on dope. A quick call to the lab confirms that one. All the while, Chief Inspector House confounds Burke with his infernal violin playing, which 'stimulates his thinking'!
A bit of foreshadowing here? Zsa Zsa Gabor's character ALMOST slaps Burke...he grabs her hand as she's about to do so.
Ed Begley deserves a special mention here...he appears in three episodes this season (this is the second one), and he plays distinctively different characters in each, showing off his remarkable range as an actor. He first played an aged, seen-it-all drunk in a mock Wild West town in "Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel?", then he played the character in this episode (a French police official), and finally, in "Who Killed the Grand Piano?", he played a washed-up Lon Chaney-styled actor who didn't know when to stop scaring people.
