| Mannix | |
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| Season 5 | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 15, 1971 – March 8, 1972 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Mannix.
The season originally aired Wednesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST).[1][2]
The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video.
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See also: List of Mannix episodes |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 99 | 1 | "Dark So Early, Dark So Long" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Robert W. Lenski | September 15, 1971 | |
| Mannix's latest case involves blackmail and murder. (Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell) | ||||||
| 100 | 2 | "Cold Trail" | Barry Crane | Ed Waters | September 22, 1971 | |
| A young woman is on the run from a gang of killers with an unknown motive. | ||||||
| 101 | 3 | "A Step in Time" | Sutton Roley | Mann Rubin | September 29, 1971 | |
| Mannix can't find the lady who he saw being attacked in her yard by 2 men, but he does find out that a woman was murdered there under the same scenario a year before. | ||||||
| 102 | 4 | "Wine from These Grapes" | Paul Krasny | David H. Vowell | October 6, 1971 | |
| Mannix investigates a murder in a California grape-growing region. (Victor Jory as Stefan Mannix) | ||||||
| 103 | 5 | "Woman in the Shadows" | Paul Krasny | Karl Tunberg | October 13, 1971 | |
| A mysterious woman gets Mannix involved in the hunt for the first chapter of Karl Marx's Das Kapital. | ||||||
| 104 | 6 | "Days Beyond Recall" | Jud Taylor | Robert Pirosh | October 20, 1971 | |
| Mannix searches skid row for a former crime exposé writer who supposedly drowned. (Vic Morrow, Elizabeth Allen) | ||||||
| 105 | 7 | "Run Till Dark" | Murray Golden | Dan Ullman | October 27, 1971 | |
| Mannix finds himself in a dirty syndicate game involving a youngsters' baseball coach gone missing. | ||||||
| 106 | 8 | "The Glass Trap" | Reza S. Badiyi | Edward J. Lakso | November 3, 1971 | |
| A New York policeman is troubled over extraditing a suspected cop killer. | ||||||
| 107 | 9 | "A Choice of Evils" | Paul Krasny | James Schmerer | November 10, 1971 | |
| A racketeer makes Mannix his reluctant employee. | ||||||
| 108 | 10 | "A Button for General D" | Reza S. Badiyi | Ernie Frankel | November 17, 1971 | |
| A dying man's words start a treasure hunt. | ||||||
| 109 | 11 | "The Man Outside" | Harry Harvey, Jr. | Story by : Tibor Zada Teleplay by : Arthur Weiss | November 24, 1971 | |
| A retired Army general (Andrew Duggan) is victimized by a blackmailer. | ||||||
| 110 | 12 | "Murder Times Three" | Leonard J. Horn | Stephen Kandel | December 1, 1971 | |
| Mannix wonders why he's been fired from separate cases at once. | ||||||
| 111 | 13 | "Catspaw" | Leonard J. Horn | Frank Telford | December 8, 1971 | |
| A case of extortion places Mannix on the search for a missing letter. | ||||||
| 112 | 14 | "To Save a Dead Man" | Paul Krasny | Donn Mullally | December 15, 1971 | |
| A dying man pleads with Mannix to save a convicted murderer who admits his guilt. | ||||||
| 113 | 15 | "Nightshade" | Reza Badiyi | Martin Roth | December 29, 1971 | |
| A comedian is connected to a private eye's murder. Milton Berle guest stars. | ||||||
| 114 | 16 | "Babe in the Woods" | Leonard J. Horn | Robert W. Lenski | January 5, 1972 | |
| Mannix puts himself at risk when he looks for a murder victim's plans hidden on a golf course. Nita Talbot and Paul Stevens guest star. | ||||||
| 115 | 17 | "The Sound of Murder" | Leslie H. Martinson | Leigh Vance | January 12, 1972 | |
| A tape recording connects a missing philanderer to a beautiful model, blackmail and murder. | ||||||
| 116 | 18 | "Moving Target" | Richard Benedict | Karl Tunberg | January 19, 1972 | |
| A silent partner seems anxious to silence his partner. Art Buchwald has a cameo role. | ||||||
| 117 | 19 | "Cry Pigeon" | Reza Badiyi | Donn Mullally | January 26, 1972 | |
| The patriarch of a racketeer family comes to Mannix for help in a possible gang war. | ||||||
| 118 | 20 | "A Walk in the Shadows" | Paul Krasny | Edward J. Lakso | February 9, 1972 | |
| Mannix deals with jealousy and blackmail as he works to clear a man accused of murdering his wife. | ||||||
| 119 | 21 | "Lifeline" | Leslie H. Martinson | Dan Ullman | February 16, 1972 | |
| A singer becomes a target for murder after his involvement with a dope pusher's killing. Lou Rawls guest stars. | ||||||
| 120 | 22 | "To Draw the Lightning" | Don McDougall | Ed Adamson | February 23, 1972 | |
| A cop is accused of murder, but is strangely uncooperative in helping Mannix prove it was a set-up. | ||||||
| 121 | 23 | "Scapegoat" | Leslie H. Martinson | Stephen Kandel | March 1, 1972 | |
| With Mannix stranded in the desert, his lookalike Mannix (imposter) (Dick Ziker) (also played by Mike Connors in a dual role) makes off with eight million dollars worth of jewels. | ||||||
| 122 | 24 | "Death is the Fifth Gear" | Paul Krasny | Chester Krumholz | March 8, 1972 | |
| A somewhat dotty patient has Mannix deal with a case that engulfs him with paranoia and hallucinations. | ||||||