Semi-regular Roger Robinson is a key figure in this Kojak story as he sets up an elaborate drug bust and nets himself a lot of heroin, but not the key man, one very prominent racketeer played by Val Avery. This guy is one big fish that Telly Savalas wants bad.
Much as I like the show and the characters the whole premise of the show is that Kojak while one colorful guy is totally incorruptible. Try as Telly Savalas does and as elaborately as Roger Robinson bates the trap I could never buy a corrupt Kojak. I doubt whether the audience in 1974 bought it either.
The bad guys know what a straight shooter Kojak is and so does the TV audience.
Much as I like the show and the characters the whole premise of the show is that Kojak while one colorful guy is totally incorruptible. Try as Telly Savalas does and as elaborately as Roger Robinson bates the trap I could never buy a corrupt Kojak. I doubt whether the audience in 1974 bought it either.
The bad guys know what a straight shooter Kojak is and so does the TV audience.
