The Name of the Game : Breakout to a Fast Buck (1969)
Genres - Drama, Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Breakout to a Fast Buck is an episode of the 90-minute TV series Name of the Game. Dan Farrell (Robert Stack), senior editor of Crime magazine, is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor (Arthur O'Connell), who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contract is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed. This Name of the Game installment originally aired on March 14, 1969.
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investigation, prison-escape, reporter, contractor, magazine
