GE ELECTRIC THEATER "THE
INCREDIBLE JEWEL ROBBERY"-1959-Hosted by future ex-president
Ronald Reagan, the story is told with no dialogue and is about two
guys (Harpo & Chico Marx) planning to rob a jewelry store. They
"visit" various places at night to get their equipment
which includes a policeman's uniform. They paint their car to look
like a police patrol car. Later Harpo holds up the jewelry store
owner (Benny Rubin) while wearing "Groucho" eyebrows and mustache! Chico arrives dressed as a cop and arrests him. They get
away but are sidelined by a woman having a baby. It ends in a police
lineup where the real Groucho makes an appearance uttering the show's
only line. Chico seems very old but Harpo still makes his usual faces
which are a highlight. Director Mitchell Leisen directed episodes of
THE TWILIGHT ZONE and THRILLER soon after this.
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