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Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
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Ring of Fear is the second episode of the TV series Police Squad!
, it was directed by Joe Dante
and written by Tino Insana and Robert Wuhl
. It was produced by Robert K. Weiss
.
with Buddy's manager Saul Cooper (who was also Mike Schultz's manager). He introduces himself as Bob Kelly. It doesn't take long before Frank (or Bob) wins (with a full house
), and gets Buddy Brigs contract.
When at the lab, Ted shows Frank and Hocken the facial hair that was found on the crime scene, it belongs to Luca Burneth, the man who killed Mike Schultz. Frank's next step is to train Buddy Brigs. At Buddy's place we meet Buddy's girlfriend, Mary, Buddy and Mary's relationship is going downwards, Mary calls Buddy a bum who could have been a contender (a spoof to the famous quote from On the Waterfront
.)
Buddy and Frank decide to meet at Morey's Bar in the evening, to arrange a fight with "The Champ". When in the bar Frank meets Mr. Martin (the man who had sent Luca to kill Mike).
Frank tries to offend "The Champ" but this doesn't work, but when Buddy says: "forget it", "The Champ" gets pissed off and Buddy knocks him down, the fight is on.
The evening of the fight, Mr. Martin walks into Buddy's dressing room and tells him that he has kidnapped Mary. He shows him Mary's toaster
to prove he's not bluffing. Frank needs to find Mary before the fight is over, Frank needs answers, and he knows where he can get them, Johnny the Snitch. Johnny tells Frank that Mary is being held hostage by Luca Berneth at Jim's Gym. When Frank arrives here Mary has just untied the rope that was tied to her arms, and tries to escape, but Luca wakes up and takes her into the steam room. A big fight of which we can't see anything starts. When we see Frank and Mary driving in a car later it's clear that they have won the fight. They arrive just in time.
During the boxing match in a continuation of the gag where Martin shows Buddy things belonging to Mary to prove he has her, Martin hold's up Mary's washing machine. Buddy defeats "The Champ". Just when Mr. Martin tries to leave the arena Ed and Frank arrive and arrest him. The final scene is at the station. Frank and Ed discuss the case and when the credits roll Martin realises what is happening and attempts to escape as Ed and Frank are frozen. Martin finds the door is blocked and with no other way out he ultimately tries to make his way through the camera lens towards the viewer but cannot make his way past the glass barrier.
Police Squad!
Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
, it was directed by Joe Dante
Joe Dante
Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fiction content....
and written by Tino Insana and Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl
-Early life:Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey to a Jewish family, including a father who worked as a produce distributor. After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon...
. It was produced by Robert K. Weiss
Robert K. Weiss
Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels, and the “Z. A. Z.” team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science-fiction TV series Sliders...
.
Plot
The episode starts with a boxing match, which is won by a boxer who we later meet as Mike Schultz, he was supposed to lose the game, but he won. So Mr. Martin (the big boss) sends a killer to kill Mike. Frank decides to go undercover and find a good boxer, and straighten him up. At the local gym (Jim's gym) Frank meets Buddy Brigs, the boxer who was supposed to win the fight the night of the murder. Frank wants to manage Buddy, but he's going to need Buddy's contract for that, so he goes and play pokerPoker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
with Buddy's manager Saul Cooper (who was also Mike Schultz's manager). He introduces himself as Bob Kelly. It doesn't take long before Frank (or Bob) wins (with a full house
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
), and gets Buddy Brigs contract.
Act II: Bruté?
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about union violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb and Karl Malden. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard...
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Buddy and Frank decide to meet at Morey's Bar in the evening, to arrange a fight with "The Champ". When in the bar Frank meets Mr. Martin (the man who had sent Luca to kill Mike).
Frank tries to offend "The Champ" but this doesn't work, but when Buddy says: "forget it", "The Champ" gets pissed off and Buddy knocks him down, the fight is on.
The evening of the fight, Mr. Martin walks into Buddy's dressing room and tells him that he has kidnapped Mary. He shows him Mary's toaster
Toaster
The toaster is typically a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. A typical modern two-slice toaster draws anywhere between 600 and 1200 W and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes...
to prove he's not bluffing. Frank needs to find Mary before the fight is over, Frank needs answers, and he knows where he can get them, Johnny the Snitch. Johnny tells Frank that Mary is being held hostage by Luca Berneth at Jim's Gym. When Frank arrives here Mary has just untied the rope that was tied to her arms, and tries to escape, but Luca wakes up and takes her into the steam room. A big fight of which we can't see anything starts. When we see Frank and Mary driving in a car later it's clear that they have won the fight. They arrive just in time.
During the boxing match in a continuation of the gag where Martin shows Buddy things belonging to Mary to prove he has her, Martin hold's up Mary's washing machine. Buddy defeats "The Champ". Just when Mr. Martin tries to leave the arena Ed and Frank arrive and arrest him. The final scene is at the station. Frank and Ed discuss the case and when the credits roll Martin realises what is happening and attempts to escape as Ed and Frank are frozen. Martin finds the door is blocked and with no other way out he ultimately tries to make his way through the camera lens towards the viewer but cannot make his way past the glass barrier.