Robert Conrad plays a hard-as-nails New York private eye in "The Adventures of Nick Carter" but his charisma cannot salvage an otherwise routine murder-mystery with clichéd characters and stock situations. Carter's close friend Sam Bates is gunned down and the authorities don't discover his body until later when a derelict stumbles onto it. The action takes place in the Big Apple, circa 1912, when motor cars looked primitive. The supporting cast includes Pat O'Brien, Neville Brand, Sorrell Brooke, Pernell Roberts, Broderick Crawford, Dean Stockwell, Paul Mantee, and Shelly Winters. The production values are solid, but the lackluster Ken Pettus teleplay generates little momentum. Conrad puts on an accent and wears disguises. He has few scrapes with the bad guys.
Review of Adventures of Nick Carter
Adventures of Nick Carter
(1972 TV Movie)
Robert Conrad Is Nick Carter!
22 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers