1961 - 87th PRECINCT: The Very Hard Sell

 

Det. Steve Carella: Robert Lansing
Det. Berg Kling: Ron Harper
Barrow: Leonard Nimoy
Glen Cornell: Tom Greenway
Stella: Charlene Whitman
Mrs. Cornell: Alice Frost

 

To sell a car Glen Cornell takes it to the buyer and tells his wife, that this will be an easy sale. The second hand car dealer Cornell is later found dead in this car. Suicide is suspected at first, but his wife is sure it was not. When the case seems to be involved with drug dealing and dubious car deals, detective Carella suspects murder and concentrates on the person who wanted to buy the car from Cornell: Barrow. Barrow's girl friend becomes insecure about what to do, but Barrow forces her to go on with him and his deals. In the end Barrow and Stella are arrested, Barrow for murdering Glen Cornell.