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A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.
Season 5
1Dark So Early, Dark So Long
52 minSep 15, 1971
A blackmail victim is headed for prison.
2Cold Trail
52 minSep 22, 1971
A big kidnapping plot and an insignificant victim.
3A Step in Time
52 minSep 29, 1971
Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.
4Wine From These Grapes
52 minOct 6, 1971
A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.
5Woman in the Shadows
52 minOct 13, 1971
Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.
6Days Beyond Recall
52 minOct 20, 1971
A skid row bum is concealing his identity.
7Run Till Dark
52 minOct 27, 1971
A contract is taken out on a Little League manager.
8The Glass Trap
52 minNov 3, 1971
Strange circumstances surround an arrest by Mannix.
9A Choice of Evils
52 minNov 10, 1971
Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.
10A Button for General D
52 minNov 17, 1971
The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.
11The Man Outside
52 minNov 24, 1971
Blackmail has its twists and turns.
12Murder Times Three
52 minDec 1, 1971
Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.
13Catspaw
52 minDec 8, 1971
Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.
14To Save a Dead Man
52 minDec 15, 1971
Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.
15Nightshade
52 minDec 29, 1971
Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.
16Babe in the Woods
52 minJan 5, 1972
Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.
17The Sound of Murder
52 minJan 12, 1972
A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.
18Moving Target
52 minJan 19, 1972
The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.
19Cry Pigeon
52 minJan 26, 1972
Mannix in the middle of a gang war.
20A Walk in the Shadows
52 minFeb 9, 1972
In defense of a client accused of murder.
21Lifeline
52 minFeb 16, 1972Now viewing
A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.
22To Draw the Lightning
52 minFeb 23, 1972
Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.
23Scapegoat
52 minMar 1, 1972
Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?
24Death in the Fifth Gear
52 minMar 8, 1972
A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?
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