Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday March 13, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: The Merchant
Season 5, episode 23 W: Harold Livingston D: Leon Benson With Tony Giorgio (Croupier), George Sanders (Armand Anderssarian), Ken Drake (Minister of Defense Karel Sartori), Jo Morrow (Nicole Dubois), Jan Merlin (Leon), Todd Martin (Captain Ionescu), James Hong (Yin), Carmelo Manto (Manager). One of the world's largest dealers in illegal arms, who is about to complete a deal involving the purchase and resale of millions of dollars worth of American arms to guerrilla groups in North Africa, faces the IMF's roadblock.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Lawrence Welk Show
A salute to St. Patrick's Day.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Andy Williams Show [Reg]
Season 2, episode 24 W: Chris Bearde, Allan Blye With Fess Parker, Dusty Springfield, Louis Nye, The Lennon Sisters. Dusty sings "Running Out of Time". Louis Nye plays the title in a spoof of "The Godfather" with Rosey Grier in a cameo and Andy and the Lennon Sisters participating. Fess Parker sings "Davy Crockett". Andy sings "Danny Boy", "Long, Long Time" and "Fire and Rain".
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| [CBS 8:30] My Three Sons [Reg]: The Return Of Terrible Tom
Season 11, episode 23 W: Lois Hire D: Fred De Cordova With Virginia Lewis (Dorothy Danson), Arthur Hunnicutt (Tom Kubinsky). Uncle Charley is elated when he gets word that his pugilistic shipmate and buddy is going to visit him for a few days. But he's disappointed because some of the fire has gone out of his old pal.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Pearl Bailey Show
Season 1, episode 8 With Wayne Newton, Joan Rivers, Moms Mabley. In a final production number, members of the audience are brought on stage to participate in "Be a Clown".
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: The Pleasure Of His Company (1961)
W: Samuel A. Taylor D: George Seaton With Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter, Gary Merrill, Charles Ruggles, Elvia Allman, Harold Fong. The story of a girl who has a difficult time deciding between traveling with her charming playboy father (whom she hasn't seen in 15 years) and marrying a business-minded younger man.
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| [CBS 9:00] Arnie [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: David Swift D: David Swift With Dick Van Patten (Walter Granscog), Allison McKay (Frances Granscog), Olan Soule (Fred Springer), Angela Clarke, Carol Worthington. Series about a loading dock foreman who, following a dispute with an executive, is astonished to learn that instead of being fired he's promoted to an executive position with a big pay increase. However, the man he argued with remains as a menace to his future. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/19/1970)
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| [CBS 9:30] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: Love Is All Around
Season 1, episode 1 W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks D: Jay Sandrich With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Angus Duncan (Bill), David Morick (Locksmith). Situation comedy about a girl who leaves behind a four-year romance to seek a new life. She arrives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and applies for a job as secretary in a local TV newsroom but is hired instead as associate producer. In the first episode, she encounters a frustrated mother (guest star Cloris Leachman) in the apartment house. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/19/1970)
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| [ABC 9:30] Movie: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)
W: Robert Dillon, Ray Russell D: Roger Corman With Ray Milland, Diana van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles. A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Overkill
Season 4, episode 24 W: Donn Mullally D: Harry Harvey, Jr. With Keith Walker (Smith), Carol Bagdasarian (Nancy), Jay Robinson (Overkill), Jeff Corey (Paul Sorenson), Marc Lawrence (Ty Webber), John Dennis (Colson), Lawrence Deane (Lassiter), Victor Izay (Janney), Al Roberts (Officer), Michael Masters (Williams), Tony Giorgio (Sanford), Jack Bannon (Mr. Caldwell), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (Bailey). Joe Mannix joins a police investigation for a compulsive killer when a friend of his becomes the sixth victim. And the first clues he uncovers seem to indicate that the killer wasn't responsible for all the crimes reported.
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