The Fatal Impulse (1960)

Somewhere in Manhattan a lady has a bomb in her purse, and doesn't know it. Even Mary Tyler Moore isn't safe!

A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a woman in an elevator. The police spend the evening looking for the mystery girl and the bomb. Originally aired November 29, 1960, in the "Thriller" series, Season 1, Episode 11.

Cast (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Boris Karloff

Self

Robert Lansing

Lieutenant Brian Rome

Whitney Blake

Jane Kimball

Conrad Nagel

Mayor Walker Wylie

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Snyder

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Elser

Steve Brodie

Sgt. George Dumont

Elaine Edwards

Marjorie Dalquiss

Lance Fuller

Robert Larrimore

Harry Bartell

Mr. Dalquiss

Alice Backes

Carolyn

Antony Carbone

Bernie

Ed Nelson

Brundage

Cynthia Pepper

Receptionist

E

Ernestine Barrier

Agnes Kimball

E

Ella Ethridge

Martha Bailey

Fred Graham

Sgt. Hannigan

E

Edwin Rochelle

Waiter (uncredited)

C

Chalky Williams

Policeman (uncredited)

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