Wine connisseur Adrian Carsini (Donald Pleasence) kills his half- brother Rick (Gary Conway) to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
With Dana Elcar, Joyce Jillson
#19 - S3E2 - September 23, 1973
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Of course, a true wine connoisseur wouldn't turn off his air conditioner to his wine cellar in order to commit a murder. 😎
MeTV viewers will recognize Gary Conway from Land of the Giants, which was just on the night before! (Saturday night)
Donald Pleasence was in The Twilight Zone episode "The Changing of the Guard", as the professor who was being asked to retire. It was on a couple weeks ago.
Absolutely gorgeous Joyce Jillson also appeared in Kolchak: The Night Stalker ("The Energy Eater"), but sadly died an early death from of kidney failure at the age of 58.
Dana Elcar has been in several episodes of Cannon, and one of Mission: Impossible ("Flip Side"), but what I know him from is The A-Team and MacGyver. He started going blind during the filming of MacGyver, and it was written into his part, and he continued to act.
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