1 Season
26 Episode
T.H.E. Cat - Season 1 Episode 17 A Hot Place to Die
(intro narration) David Benton and the beautiful Crystal Pierson are in the blazing desert, in their convertible. They stop at a filling station. David is nervous; he has a suitcase, and was supposed to meet a man there. Crystal says worriedly that Percy Hagan probably stopped the man. As they start to drive on, a long car cuts in front of them. It's 2 of Hagan's armed goons. They tell Benton to turn around and follow them back to the casino. (so this is probably outside Las Vegas, Nevada). Later, as they're driving along, Cat speeds up in his sportscar, and runs the hoods off the road. Cat leaves his car there, and hops into the driver's seat of Benton's convertible; Cat was the man Benton was supposed to meet. Benton was an accountant for Hagan, but 6 months ago he saw Hagan brutally murder a man over an unpaid gambling debt. Benton has 6 month's worth of evidence in his suitcase, enough to nail Hagan for murder, extortion and income tax evasion. Crystal was Hagan's girlf
- Year: 1967
- Country:
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: san francisco, california, nightclub, bodyguard, ex-con
- Director: Harry Julian Fink
- Cast: Robert Loggia, R. G. Armstrong, Robert Carricart
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