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Malloy and Reed are just about go on their meal break at one of their regular hang-outs, Duke's. While Reed goes to buy a newspaper first, Malloy goes into the restaurant to grab a table. What Malloy walks into is a hold-up, he who is immediately shot upon entering. Reed quickly calls in the fires shot, and the restaurant is soon surrounded by police. The hold-up men - Reed knows that there are at least two of them - state that Malloy is indeed shot but that he is still alive. They also state that one of the hostages, a retired rodeo performer named Stony, who Reed knows as one of Duke's regulars, has bad lungs, to which Reed can attest, which further means no tear gas as that would kill Stony. They surmise that the two hold-up men are Bernie Ryan and Vince Warren, who had just escaped from San Quentin, and are the type of men who wouldn't hesitate to shoot to kill. Indeed, Bernie states there is no way he is returning to prison. Everyone realizes that it is virtually impossible for ...

Episode complete credited cast:
Martin Milner Martin Milner - Officer Pete Malloy
Kent McCord Kent McCord - Officer Jim Reed
Ken Lynch Ken Lynch - Bernie Ryan
Joe Turkel Joe Turkel - Vince Warren (as Joseph Turkel)
George Brenlin George Brenlin - Duke Dukowski
Diane Holden Diane Holden - Angie Vanders
William Boyett William Boyett - Sgt. MacDonald
Lew Brown Lew Brown - Sgt. Gus Baron
William Fawcett William Fawcett - Stony
Craig Chudy Craig Chudy - Policeman
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