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The Fatal Impulse

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"Somewhere in Manhattan a lady has a bomb in her purse, and doesn't know it. Even Mary Tyler Moore isn't safe!"

A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a woman in an elevator. The police spend the evening looking for the mystery girl and the bomb. Originally aired November 29, 1960, in the "Thriller" series, Season 1, Episode 11.

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Boris Karloff

Self

Robert Lansing

Lieutenant Brian Rome

Whitney Blake

Jane Kimball

Conrad Nagel

Mayor Walker Wylie

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Snyder

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Elser

Steve Brodie

Sgt. George Dumont

Elaine Edwards

Marjorie Dalquiss

Lance Fuller

Robert Larrimore

Harry Bartell

Mr. Dalquiss

Alice Backes

Carolyn

Antony Carbone

Bernie

Ed Nelson

Brundage

Cynthia Pepper

Receptionist

Ernestine Barrier

Agnes Kimball

Ella Ethridge

Martha Bailey

Fred Graham

Sgt. Hannigan

Edwin Rochelle

Waiter (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Policeman (uncredited)

Gerald Mayer

Director

Philip MacDonald

Writer

Maxwell Shane

Producer

Pete Rugolo

Sound

Benjamin H. Kline

Cinematography

Richard Belding

Editor

Howard E. Johnson

Art Direction

Julia Heron

Set Decoration

John McCarthy Jr.

Set Decoration

Jack Barron

Makeup Artist

Florence Bush

Hair Designer

Edward K. Dodds

Assistant Director

Jerome Gould

Graphic Designer

Earl Crain Sr.

Sound

Vincent Dee

Costume Designer

David J. O'Connell

Editorial Staff

Stanley Wilson

Music Supervisor

Edwin Rochelle

Stand In

John D. MacDonald

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