The Fatal Impulse

Somewhere in Manhattan a lady has a bomb in her purse, and doesn't know it. Even Mary Tyler Moore isn't safe!

Duration: 49 min

Release date: 1960-11-29

IMDB

A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a woman in an elevator. The police spend the evening looking for the mystery girl and the bomb. Originally aired November 29, 1960, in the "Thriller" series, Season 1, Episode 11.

Crime

The Fatal Impulse

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Lieutenant Brian Rome

as Jane Kimball

as Mayor Walker Wylie

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Sgt. George Dumont

as Marjorie Dalquiss

as Robert Larrimore

as Mr. Dalquiss

as Receptionist

Ernestine Barrier

Ernestine Barrier

as Agnes Kimball

as Martha Bailey

as Sgt. Hannigan

as Waiter (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Chalky Williams

as Policeman (uncredited)

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald

Benjamin H. Kline

Benjamin H. Kline

Richard Belding

Richard Belding

Howard E. Johnson

Howard E. Johnson

John McCarthy Jr.

John McCarthy Jr.

Edward K. Dodds

Edward K. Dodds

Assistant Director

Graphic Designer

Costume Designer

David J. O'Connell

David J. O'Connell

Editorial Staff

Music Supervisor

John D. MacDonald

John D. MacDonald

arrow_drop_down

Recomendation Films

NextFilm 2026