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Cool Million

TV·1972–1972·1 season, 5 episodes·NBC·Drama, Crime·Created by Larry Cohen

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A globe-trotting adventurer takes on cases to track down shady individuals who want to stay hidden, earning a million dollars per assignment.

Cast

James FarentinoJames FarentinoJefferson KeyesJohn VernonJohn VernonInspector DuprezBarbara BouchetBarbara BouchetCarla MilesChristine BelfordChristine BelfordPatrick O'NealPatrick O'NealDoctor Emile SnowAdele MaraAdele MaraElenaEd BernardEd BernardFelton PerryFelton Perry

Episodes by season

Season015Episodes1972Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Cool Million [a.k.a. Mask of Marcella]October 16, 1972—Jefferson Keyes, a former government agent, is now a private eye/mercenary. His fee never changes: a cool million, with results guaranteed.
  2. S01E02Hunt for a Lonely GirlNovember 22, 1972—A wealthy tycoon accused of murder needs Keyes to find the only person who can clear him. Jeff's only clue is that her picture was taken du
  3. S01E03Assault on GavaloniDecember 6, 1972—Jeff's latest case is to steal a priceless painting from a Greek billionaire and replace it with a forgery.
  4. S01E04The Abduction of Baynard BarnesDecember 20, 1972—Keyes must rescue a kidnapped billionaire, but his mission is endangered by the man's paranoid aversion to germs.
  5. S01E05The Million Dollar MisunderstandingDecember 20, 1972—Keyes final assignment is personal: he tries a diamond heist to get revenge on the African ruler who paid for his job with a million dollar

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