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The Steerer

The Steerer

1962TV Episode⏱️ 1h 0mTV-PG
ActionCrimeDrama
7.9
IMDB Rating
45 votes

A crooked poker game in a hotel that sets up businessmen leads to a murder. But when Jeff and Kookie team with the police they encounter a cover up where supposedly claim no killing took place.

Director
Francis Lederer
Writers
N/A
Stars
Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Louis Quinn
Release Date
April 13, 1962
Language
English
💬 4
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Edd Byrnes
Edd Byrnes
as Kookie
Roger Smith
Roger Smith
as Jeff Spencer
Louis Quinn
Louis Quinn
as Pete Roscoe
Robert Logan
Robert Logan
as J.R. Hale
Pamela Austin
Pamela Austin
as Betsy Howard
Robert Lowery
Robert Lowery
as Leo McCloskey
Tom Gilson
Tom Gilson
as Harmie Sinclair
Byron Keith
Byron Keith
as Lt. Roy Gilmore
John Duke
John Duke
as Ollie York
Vic Perrin
Vic Perrin
as Quayle

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Stage 14, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production
Warner Bros. Television

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

KOOKIE PLAYIN' CARDS WITH THE BIG GUNS.
by tcchelsey2024-01-29
10/10

"Kookie's show all the way, and with a little help from Roscoe, naturally. All about high stakes poker games that involve businessmen, set up by crooked gambler Leo McCloskey ( played by Robert Lowery). If you needed a guy who looked shady enough, Lowery was your man. He is spot on for this role. One of the players gets himself killed, which happens to be witnessed by a young and confused lady called Betsy, played by Pamela Austin. McCloskey is onto her, ditches the body and no one believes a thing --except, maybe Kookie. Roscoe manages to find the location of the next game and gets Kooki..."

💡 Did You Know?

There are several references to the Drysdale Bowling Alley, an in-joke reference to Don Drysdale, at the time the Dodgers' ace starting pitcher.

📖 Synopsis

A crooked poker game in a hotel that sets up businessmen leads to a murder. But when Jeff and Kookie team with the police they encounter a cover up where supposedly claim no killing took place.