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Unwanted Partners
Crocker investigates an old friend suspected of extortion and possibly murder. Kojak: Telly Savalas. Valano: Michael Delano. Niler: Brad Dexter. Grubert: Carmine Caridi., Detective Crockett’s dedication to duty struggles with his loyalty to an old high school chum, Benny Morino, who is a prime suspect in a murderous protection racket., Crocker (Kevin Dobson) reluctantly, and regretfully, launches an investigation of his old high school pal Benny Morino (James Sutorius). An ex-convict, Benny had promised to go straight, but is now suspected of extortion and murder–and his lavish lifestyle and hair-trigger temper would seem to be proof of his guilt. Brad Dexter, best remembered as one of The Magnificent Seven in that 1960 film classic, appears as the head of a particularly insidious protection racket., Crocker investigates an old friend suspected of extortion and possibly murder.
