As explained up front by narrator Walter Winchell, "Jamaica Ginger" (a.k.a. Ginger Jake) was a "lethal alcohol" that people would drink and could die from it.
Here, competing mobsters in the Kansas City are after the stuff. One has it, so the other steals some from him and things escalate after that to the point in which one of the guys is murdered.
This is a violent episode, yet it has a strange romance in the middle of it. One of the hit-men in the story falls for a very plain local girl. It hardly makes sense but it's an okay diversion from the tenseness of the story. Veteran TV actor Brian Keith plays the hit-man, bowler and romantic who is ready to settle down after he meets a local school teacher named "Louise." Neverthelrss, the major part of the story is Ness and his boys trying to get this "Ginger Jake" off the streets and stopping whoever has it, which turns out to be "Rafael Torres," played by another familiar actor of his time: Michael Ansara.
This episode was really intriguing, different from most in that it had so many odd side-stories, such as bowling,romance, an untamed racehorse who stomps a guy to death. Oh, and did I mention James Coburn, playing the other hit-man?
Yes, there is plenty of interesting material in this episode.
Here, competing mobsters in the Kansas City are after the stuff. One has it, so the other steals some from him and things escalate after that to the point in which one of the guys is murdered.
This is a violent episode, yet it has a strange romance in the middle of it. One of the hit-men in the story falls for a very plain local girl. It hardly makes sense but it's an okay diversion from the tenseness of the story. Veteran TV actor Brian Keith plays the hit-man, bowler and romantic who is ready to settle down after he meets a local school teacher named "Louise." Neverthelrss, the major part of the story is Ness and his boys trying to get this "Ginger Jake" off the streets and stopping whoever has it, which turns out to be "Rafael Torres," played by another familiar actor of his time: Michael Ansara.
This episode was really intriguing, different from most in that it had so many odd side-stories, such as bowling,romance, an untamed racehorse who stomps a guy to death. Oh, and did I mention James Coburn, playing the other hit-man?
Yes, there is plenty of interesting material in this episode.