In a year when several stars of the big screen failed in their attempt to headline a TV series (Shirley Maclaine, Anthony Quinn, and James Stewart among them), Rock Hudson succeeded in this segment of the original NBC Mystery Movie. Hudson starred as San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan whose wife Sally, played by the delightful Susan Saint James somehow got involved in all of his cases. Reminiscent of "The Thin Man" movies, the series was pure escapism mixing humor and mystery, frequenly with an occult theme. The final, sixth season found the show retitled "McMillan" after Saint James left in a salary dispute.
--Brian W. Fairbanks
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