Word: crooking
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Roughly speaking, the story is about a civic committee led by a master crook which is trying to bring about "progress." A mansion peopled by a trio of spinsters with highly suspect hobbies stands in the way of progress, and must, of course, be removed...
Some of the cutest girls were, unfortunately, anonymously placed in the chorus groups, but other, not so sexy and sophisticated, were superb any way. Martha Manapace as the Crook, Mary Hoag, a JFK-accented aide, and Elizabeth Kennedy, a maid from Massachusetts trying to "get class," were exceptional...
Arrest and Trial (ABC, 8:30-10 p.m.). A new 90-minute format gives Ben Gazzara, detective, 45 minutes to catch the crook, and gives Chuck Conners, defense mouthpiece, 45 minutes to get him off. Anthony Franciosa stars as the crook in the first episode...
...British movies, crime usually pays handsomely-at least if the crook is a dear old crank whose only motive is to raise some lolly for the League Against Cruel Sports. In real life, larceny is even more lucrative for the professional who specializes in the sophisticated jobs that the English call "Yankee-style" crime. Robberies alone have soared by more than 200% (to some $5,000,000 yearly) in metropolitan London over the past decade, while payroll thefts have gone up almost 500% since 1960. Chief reason for the increase in "snatchings and takings," as Scotland Yard calls them...
...Gassman and accomplice sit at separate tables in a swell restaurant. Suddenly the accomplice doubles up and cries out as if in abdominal pain. The manager, alarmed and embarrassed, hurries him into the kitchen. The crook moans louder and curses the cook for poisoning him. At that point, Gassman strides into the kitchen and declares: "I am a doctor!" He examines the patient, says he really does have food poisoning, starts to phone the health department. "Don't," the manager begs him. "Don't ruin me! I'll do anything you ask!" The "doctor" hesitates significantly, then...