THE NAKED CITY – Nickel Ride – 1958
This is the second episode of the 1958 to 1963 Police series, THE NAKED CITY. The series covered stories of New York's 65th Precinct. The leads were played by John McIntire, James Franciscus, Harry Bellevar, Paul Burke and Horace McMahon. The first 39 episodes of the 138 episode run were half hour productions. The remaining episodes were expanded to an hour running time. Each episode starts and finishes with the narrator saying, "There are 8 million stories in the Naked City."
In this one, Detectives John McIntire, James Franciscus and Harry Bellevar are hitching a ride on a Staten Island ferry. McIntire is there to tell his old friend, Cameron Prud'Homme, that he should retire from being a ferry captain. This discussion is interrupted by a group of armored car hold-up types. They have taken control of an armored car taking the ferry to Staten Island. They also have a man stationed in the ferry engine room, and another by the wheelhouse.
Needless to say things go wrong for the crooks. The unexpected presence of John Law throws the old monkey wrench into the gears. Pistols are produced and several of the unlawful crowd soon pick up a selection of unwanted lead souvenirs.
A pretty good episode of this gritty, shot on location, series. The episode was again written by one time Oscar winner, Stirling Silliphant. His Oscar was for, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
John McIntire would leave the series after the first season to replace Ward Bond on WAGON TRAIN, after Bond's death.
The title of the episode refers to the price of a fare to take the ferry at the time, a nickel.
This is the second episode of the 1958 to 1963 Police series, THE NAKED CITY. The series covered stories of New York's 65th Precinct. The leads were played by John McIntire, James Franciscus, Harry Bellevar, Paul Burke and Horace McMahon. The first 39 episodes of the 138 episode run were half hour productions. The remaining episodes were expanded to an hour running time. Each episode starts and finishes with the narrator saying, "There are 8 million stories in the Naked City."
In this one, Detectives John McIntire, James Franciscus and Harry Bellevar are hitching a ride on a Staten Island ferry. McIntire is there to tell his old friend, Cameron Prud'Homme, that he should retire from being a ferry captain. This discussion is interrupted by a group of armored car hold-up types. They have taken control of an armored car taking the ferry to Staten Island. They also have a man stationed in the ferry engine room, and another by the wheelhouse.
Needless to say things go wrong for the crooks. The unexpected presence of John Law throws the old monkey wrench into the gears. Pistols are produced and several of the unlawful crowd soon pick up a selection of unwanted lead souvenirs.
A pretty good episode of this gritty, shot on location, series. The episode was again written by one time Oscar winner, Stirling Silliphant. His Oscar was for, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
John McIntire would leave the series after the first season to replace Ward Bond on WAGON TRAIN, after Bond's death.
The title of the episode refers to the price of a fare to take the ferry at the time, a nickel.
