"Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow,
They Went Out with Bow and Arrow"
Episode: #4.17 - 9 January 1963;
Christopher Walken
playing Chris Johannis (as "Ronnie Walken")
Naked City on DVD:
"The big selling point of
this selection is the very young Christopher Walken before he had fully
unleashed his full Walken-ness. While it's fun to hear him spout some TV
writer's version of bebop teenager lingo, the episode really belongs to
Eddie Albert, who plays his father. Albert runs a small liquor store and
is still grieving over his wife, who passed away a year before. When he
sees one of his friends die as part of a rash of liquor store robberies,
the world begins to look like an emptier place. He crafts a trap for the
robbers, making himself a target so he can exact revenge and prove to
his two boys that there are things a man can do that matter. Albert
brings a real inner strength to his performance. His emotions smolder to
a fire his character is ill-equipped to handle, and with the differing
opinions of the investigating officers acting as a sort of Greek chorus,
Naked City once again avoids an overly easy resolution to its
morality play."
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