Mannix (Season 5)

Dark So Early, Dark So Long (Episode 1)

Air date: 1971-09-15

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A blackmail victim is headed for prison.

Cold Trail (Episode 2)

Air date: 1971-09-22

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A big kidnapping plot and an insignificant victim.

A Step in Time (Episode 3)

Air date: 1971-09-29

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.

Wine From These Grapes (Episode 4)

Air date: 1971-10-06

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.

Woman in the Shadows (Episode 5)

Writer: Karl Tunberg

Air date: 1971-10-13

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.

Days Beyond Recall (Episode 6)

Writer: Robert Pirosh

Air date: 1971-10-20

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A skid row bum is concealing his identity.

Run Till Dark (Episode 7)

Writer: Daniel B. Ullman

Air date: 1971-10-27

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A contract is taken out on a Little League manager.

The Glass Trap (Episode 8)

Writer: Edward J. Lakso

Air date: 1971-11-03

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Strange circumstances surround an arrest by Mannix.

A Choice of Evils (Episode 9)

Air date: 1971-11-10

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.

A Button for General D (Episode 10)

Air date: 1971-11-17

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.

The Man Outside (Episode 11)

Air date: 1971-11-24

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Blackmail has its twists and turns.

Murder Times Three (Episode 12)

Air date: 1971-12-01

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.

Catspaw (Episode 13)

Air date: 1971-12-08

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.

To Save a Dead Man (Episode 14)

Air date: 1971-12-15

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.

Nightshade (Episode 15)

Writer: Martin Roth

Air date: 1971-12-29

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.

Babe in the Woods (Episode 16)

Air date: 1972-01-05

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.

The Sound of Murder (Episode 17)

Writer: Leigh Vance

Air date: 1972-01-12

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.

Moving Target (Episode 18)

Writer: Karl Tunberg

Air date: 1972-01-19

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.

Cry Pigeon (Episode 19)

Air date: 1972-01-26

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Mannix in the middle of a gang war.

A Walk in the Shadows (Episode 20)

Writer: Edward J. Lakso

Air date: 1972-02-09

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: In defense of a client accused of murder.

Lifeline (Episode 21)

Writer: Daniel B. Ullman

Air date: 1972-02-16

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.

To Draw the Lightning (Episode 22)

Writer: Ed Adamson

Air date: 1972-02-23

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.

Scapegoat (Episode 23)

Air date: 1972-03-01

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?

Death in the Fifth Gear (Episode 24)

Air date: 1972-03-08

Runtime: 52 min

Overview: A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?