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An Act of Terror: Directed by John Brahm. With John Cassavetes, Maurice McEndree, Joan Chambers, Ted de Corsia. Johnny solves the murder of a ventriloquists wife through his dummy.
Johnny Staccato: With John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dennis Sallas, Frank London. Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
"Johnny Staccato" An Act of Terror (TV Episode 1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The next morning, nursing the bump on his head, Staccato gets a visit from an insurance adjuster who reads him the riot act. Unfazed, Johnny tells the adjuster to take a hike, goes into the bathroom and viola! pulls the jewels out from the soap dispenser.
Johnny Staccato has many curiosities and a few near-classic episodes—the quasi Pop Front boxing saga “Viva Paco!,” the sub-Subterraneans “Poet’s Touch,” the Twilight Zone creepy “Act of Terror”—but the most authentic thing is Cassavetes’s anxiety. Again and again, he signals that Staccato has just too friggin’ much on his ...
(23) An Act Of Terror- Ventriloquist Thad Clinton drops in to ask Staccato if he'll help locate his missing wife. Johnny finds out that the woman has been murdered. w/ Maurice McEndree. (2/18/1960)
Sep 1, 2020 · In "Act of Terror," Johnny is hired by a hypnotist to find his missing wife but Johnny becomes suspicious that the man (and his dummy) may know more than they're letting on. In these sort of rough and tumble situations, Staccato handled himself as well as any detective on television.
