The Name of the Game : Beware of the Watchdog (1971)
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Richard Kiley guest-stars in this episode of the TV weekly Name of the Game. Kiley plays a Ralph Nader-style consumer advocate, currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on Kiley's life, Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (Robert Stack) investigates. The dilemma: the culprit may be one of Crime's biggest advertisers. Pernell Roberts, Diana Muldaur, Nancy Olson and Ed Flanders co-star in Beware of the Watchdog, which debuted on March 5, 1971.
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investigation, journalism, life, magazine, reporter, threat