The Name of the Game : Aquarius Descending (1970)
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Aquarius Descending is a 90-minute episode of the TV weekly Name of the Game. Gene Barry plays Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard, who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician (Arthur Hill). Seeking revenge, the politico orders a young hard-case (Michael Callan) to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece (Brenda Scott). The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine. Aquarius Descending was first telecast December 11, 1970.
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revenge, bad-guy, credibility, magazine, politician, scandal, publisher, seduction, city