Switch - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The James Caan Con
Mac poses as a movie producer to get the goods on Anthony Kirk, an actor (Keir Dullea) who blackmails on the side. Switch has an amusing caper which takes full advantage of Universal Studios, where it is filmed. Keir Dullea plays an actor who uses disguises and blackmails actress Julie Sommars. Heroes Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert set up a frame which involves making Kirk think he has been discovered to star in an epic film. Première.
The Late Show Murders
Lou Belasco, a private detective (Roger C. Carmel) acquires $1 million in gems stolen from his client by killing the jewel thief. To snare him, Pete and Mac must resort to tricks used by old gumshoes. The cops turn to Pete and Mac for a special job.
The Old Diamond Game
Paul Sinclair, a lawyer who embezzled a million dollars from a retirement home takes up residence in Brazil, a country from which he cannot be extradited. Ryan and MacBride face a real challenge -- how to get Sinclair and his embezzled one million dollars out of Brazil within a week in order to save the residents of a senior citizens' home from being evicted.
Stung from Beyond
When a family of con artists stages seances to bilk rich widows out of their money, Pete and Mac decide to enliven the game. The distaff members of the Simon family stage seances to con rich widows and widowers into investing their money in the stock market through their 'broker". The Simon family conduct "seances" on unsuspecting people, including a kindly lady whose nephew enlists Pete and Mac to expose the con artists. They come up with a plan, including a costly loan of $100,000—at 10 per cent interest per week—from a loan shark they know. They fake Pete's death, and Mac, posing as his father, remorsefully attends a seance for the big windup.
The Deadly Missiles Caper
Robin Morgan convinces Pete and Mac to come to the mountains of Oregon to help try to prove that her uncle was her father's murderer.
The Man Who Couldn't Lose
Pete and Mac try to get a hijacker to reveal where he and two partners hid a stolen armored car carrying $900,000.
Death Heist
A dim jewel thief waits almost seven years to fence a stolen emerald, but Pete and Mac catch him just before the statue of limitations runs out.
The Body at the Bottom
Ralph Kabelka, a businessman (Vic Tayback), sets fire to his plant and lets an ex-con employee take the blame. Kabelka creates the perfect alibi to cover the burning of his own business but makes the mistake of framing an ex-con, a former prison mate of Pete's.
The Cruise Ship Murders
Pete and Mac take an ocean cruise to get Harmon, a fellow passenger (Lloyd Bochner) to admit that he had his bookkeeper murdered. All the action takes place in Puerto Vallarta.
Kiss of Death
A syndicate don helps turn the tables on Jean Paul Jacquard, a swindling French Romeo (Ricardo Montalban).
Death By Resurrection
A routine investigation of a wealthy man's prospective son-in-law stirs up a storm of violent reaction. This routine background check turns dangerous for Pete and Mac when local police, the FBI and the mob all want to stop their investigation.
The Cold War Con
Pete and Mac attempt to rescue Fran Yarrow, a model who was abducted by white slavers.
Through the Past Deadly
An attempt on Pete's life triggers flashbacks recalling the creation of his and Mac's partnership.
Mistresses, Murder and Millions
Ann Blyth makes a rare TV appearance (except for a cupcake commercial). She plays an apprehensive woman who hires Pete and Mac to keep an eye on her husband. But he's kidnapped while they are watching, and he Is held in $3 million ransom. To make amends for their embarrassment, Pete and Mac devise a plan to get the man back, without paying off the ransom.
The Walking Bomb
Two robbers turn Earl Harper, a bank manager (Jacques Aubuchon) into a remote-controlled walking bomb.
Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney
An avant-garde artist (Ann Prentiss) is sure that someone is trying to kill her and that her dead uncle's body isn't in its casket. Against Mac's advice, Pete takes on the assignment of helping Paula Wirehouse (guest star Ann Prentiss) try to establish whether her despised Uncle Barney is really dead and buried. After discovering Barney's casket empty, Pete and Paula beat a grave-robbing charge, only to witness several attempts on the lives of two people near and dear to them — themselves.
Come Die with Me
An airline stewardess is murdered after she starts raising questions about a large shipment of Federal Reserve funds. Pete finds himself accused of the rape and murder of an airline stewardess who is killed after she stumbles onto a plot by her captain and his crew, to steal Federal reserve money which they are transporting.
One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing
Joan Blondell portrays Delores Lear, the matriarch of a family that specializes in extortion. Joan Blondell guest stars as head of a family specializing in extortion, who tries to frame Mac and get him sent to jail to pay for her husband getting killed in prison. After being foiled once by Pete and Mac, Mrs. Lear returns to millionaire C.C. Owens and threatens to destroy his entire antique car collection unless he helps her frame Mac.
Before the Holocaust
A young man is murdered after stumbling onto something at a heavily guarded mountain gun club. Pete and Mac investigate the mysterious death of a client's brother and find themselves the target of a television commentator.
Big Deal in Paradise
Pete and Malcolm are suspected of stealing a million dollars of underworld money. Pete suddenly becomes the possible target for a bullet from the syndicate when they believe that he and Malcolm are partners in a scheme which ripped them off for one million dollars. Given 24 hours to produce the missing million or else, Pete and Malcolm take off for the Bahamas, trying to keep Mac out of this for his own safety, only to discover that he is perhaps the only one who can save their lives.
The Case of the Purloined Case
In Las Vegas, Pete and Mac search for a twice-stolen tote bag that a lot of shady people want, but for mysteriously different reasons.
The Girl on the Golden Strip
A Las Vegas superstar hires Pete and Mac as bodyguards when he seems to be the target of a killer.
Round Up the Usual Suspects
Pete and Mac find themselves in Casablanca, trying to out-con Fouad Jahrat, a local syndicate head, who is responsible for an innocent American being held indefinitely in the local jail.
Veronica Hamel plays Nabilla, their local contact, who has been successful in getting young Jack Wood out of jail. When she discovers that Mac is not really the millionaire he pretends to be, she has to discard one plan to solve Wood's predicament and opt for a more desperate solution.
Death Squad
A woman is placed in danger when her husband discovers a 'death squad' attempting to free a prisoner from jail.
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